< (c'l'OUEU 2:.', 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



29 



Chrysanthemums 



For All Saints' Day 



(Also for today and any other day) 



You will be pleased if you place your orders in our hands. Our business is 

 increasing nicely because we are doing our very best to give satisfaction to 

 all who deal with us— and have the stock to do it with. Plenty of Mums to 

 take care of the largest order; all sizes. 



Western Headquarters for Fancy New York Violets 



YAUGHAN & SPERRY 



58-60 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



Mention The Review when you write. 



I Charles W. NcKellar 



Wholesale Florist... 



51 Wabash Ave., ChlCdQO 



L. D. Phone, Central 3598 



Fancy stock in Valley, Beauties. Roses, Violets. 

 Carnations and Greens of all kinds 



A fine assortment of Cattleyas and other 



Orchids always on hand, fresh every day 



A complete line of all Wire Work and Supplies constantly on hand 



Can always supply the best troods the 

 ^ea.>^on afTorcI>. at Chicago Market 

 Quotations. 



Mention 'I'lie Kcvit'w when you write. 



SOUTHERN BULB STOCK. 



(Continued from page II.) 



also true that considerable capital and 

 labor are required to conduct the busi- 

 ness, and we doubt if it has been over- 

 done to the samp extent as the jiroduc- 

 tion of carnations, violets or almost any- 

 other class of cut flowers. 



We think the future will brintr lower 

 prices in the bulk of cut llowor trade. 

 The wajjes earned by a large part of our 

 I'opulatiou do not warrant the purchase 

 if any hij^h priced flowers, and that the 

 I'l'oplc want cheap flowers is evidenced 

 liy till' enormous (piaiitities of carnations, 

 violets, etc., disposed of durinjj market 

 ^luts by the street peddlers and stands. 

 " lit flowers durinj; winter have been for 

 I lie wealthy alone, and proflts have been 

 so attractive that inunense capital h.MS 

 been invested in producinjf Idooms in the 

 winter. This, of course, has resulted in 

 :i lar}j;e increase of wholesale dealers. 



If the dealers would cut their commis- 

 sions to ten ])er cent aiul the retailers 

 ^\ould S(dl their flowers at a nnndi closer 

 iihir^in fur cash, tlu> trade would all be 

 benefited. It would result in less coin- 

 I'ctition from new cornpetilors coming in, 

 attracted by the large per cent of profits, 

 and would gradually strengthen those 

 now estabiishcil in lln; business. 



If the comniission men an<l retailers 



will not make this concession, and we be- 

 lieve they will not, the result will be that 

 the cream of the trade (the cash .sales) 

 ;ind a good volume of all the trade will 

 drift into the department stores, and 

 that will give a worse condition than 

 the present situation. 



The southern cut daffodil blooms will 

 surely increase and some outlet will be 

 jjrovided if the regular trade can not or 

 will not handle them. Unfortunately, 

 the flrst growers put on the market 

 American grown daffodil bulbs not prop- 

 erly grown, or varieties that cannot be 

 successfully produced in America. This 

 closed the markets to our luilljs and we 

 are force(| to depend on the cut blooms 

 for most of the profit. The bulbs now- 

 being offered on the market, however, 

 by the responsible Virginia growers are 

 guaranteed to give good bloom with 

 usual care and treatment, .and as soon as 

 the tra<le is satisfied as to the good qual- 

 ity and early blooming of our bulbs for 

 forcing, there will be a decrease in cut 

 blooms owing to s.ale of the large bulbs 

 and replanting of small sets. 



We are largely increasing our planting 

 and varying our product, and intend to 

 ('(unmenee shipping daffodils about March 

 1, continuing with Darwin tulips, peonies, 

 yjianish and German iris, and closing 

 with glailioli in July. Thus we would 

 give nearly five months of a steady sup- 



ply of cut flowers, and the traile seems 

 to be favorable to a change from the 

 usual roses, carnations, etc., which are 

 on the market all through the winter. 



C. W. Bemax. 



S.mith's Mum Manual sent by the Ee- 

 viEW for 40 cents. 



Mei.rose, Mass.— a. M. Tuttle, who 

 has heretofore confined himself to the 

 nursery business and laudscajie garden- 

 ing, has now erected two greenhouses, 

 o(t.\SO feet, with an office, fronting on 

 Howie court. 



i.'AciNK, Wi.s. — The K'aciue i'loral Co. 

 opiMied its new store, on Si.\th street, 

 October 14. The whole interior of the 

 store has been remodeled ami it is now 

 one of the most fintdy ajipointed stand-; 

 in the city. The present company is tlie 

 successor of A. J. Fiddler cV Co., one of 

 the oldest floral conci'rns in this part of 

 the state. 



Pauticket, R. I.— a. L. Warner is 

 busy making benches with cement which 

 is mixed with ashes from his furnace, 

 without the use of any sand. He says 

 the process is a success. His benches, he 

 .says, arc made according to a pattern 

 described in the Rf.vikw of .July 30. He 

 is making a specialty of Asparagus 

 plumosus ;ind Sprengeri. 



