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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBEB 29, 1908. 





CARNATIONS 



In all grides, short, medium and fancy, for all needs. Lowest market prices. 8 a s s 

 Also large crops of Killarney, Maid, Bride and all other Roses. » :: 8 8 s :: 

 Plenty of Mums of all colors and sizes, x: u s :: ti u n ^ a tt ii u ;: u n 

 While it has been our steady policy to take care of our regular customers before seeking 

 others, now, however, with increased supply in all lines, we can take care of more trade. 

 "We, therefore, respectfully solicit your orders. All stock in season— at all seasons, u u u 



ZECH & MANN 



Wholesale Growers and 

 Shippers of Cut Flow^ers 



51 Wabash Avenue 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



E. F. WINTERSON CO., waS'itU Chicago 



Lons: Distance Phone, Central 6004 



Wholesale Cut Flowers and Florists' Supplies 



We can supply 



Wild Smilax 



on short 

 notice. 



MUMS 



Orchids 



ALL COLORS AND GRADES 



From 4c to 16c Each. 



We are ""now receiving a fine lot of Cattleyas. Prices 

 from $3.00 to $5.00 per doz. Also can supply White 

 and fellow Orchids on 2 to 3 days' notice. 



Did you Ket a 



copy of our 



new 



Supply Catalog? 



Also a good supply of FANCT Valley, $3.00 to $4.00 per 100. All Cut Flowers billed at Chicago 



Market Quotations at time of Shipment. 



Plenty of "tRKKNS, Including ■ 



Galax, Leucothoe, Boxwood, Asparagus, Adiantum, Smilax, Fancy Ferns, Etc. 



Mention Ttie Review when you write. 



who have the best flowers, and even these 

 are not selling as they should. There 

 are some good violets and these sell tol- 

 erably well. Some mignonette is coming 

 in, but spikes are small. For candytuft 

 there is little call. Valley has a fair 

 sale, as have lilies. Callas have arrived 

 in small lots, also snapdragons, but 

 neither are wanted. Some extra good 

 smilax is coming in. Other green stock 

 is unchanged. About the only flowering 

 pot plants much in evidence are chrysan- 

 themums. The average quality of these 

 leaves much to be desired. 



Flower Market Banquet. 



The sixteenth annual banquet of the 

 Boston Co-operative Flower Growers' As- 

 sociation was held at Young's hotel, Octo- 

 ber 24. The menu could hardly have been 

 improved upon and many words of com- 

 mendation for the committee in charge 

 were heard. A magnificent vase of White 

 Killarney roses from Waban Conserva- 

 tories occupied a place of honor in the 

 center of the hall. Justice having been 

 done to the dinner, the presiding officer, 

 William C. Stickel, welcomed the invited 

 guests and called upon W. H. Elliott for 

 the first speech of the evening. Mr. 

 Elliott said he would prefer not to dis- 

 cuss the flower market under prevailing 

 conditions, but described a trip to Ber- 

 muda and spoke of the diseased condition 

 of most of the lilies seen growing there. 



He also mentioned another trip, to 

 Quebec, winding up with a eulogy of the 

 Holstein cow, the great amount of money 

 to be made in raising this class of stock 

 and their especial value to rose growers 

 like himself. 



W. J. Stewart said he hopes there will 

 be a good delegation to the coming na- 

 tional show in Chicago. Alexander Mont- 

 gomery said a few words about Rose 

 White Killarney, believing it to be a 

 little stronger than the parent and like- 

 ly to prove a valuable addition. Thomas 

 Pegler, as the newest addition to the 

 stockholders, made a good maiden speech. 

 Peter Fisher and E. A. Peirce made 

 short addresses. J. W. Duncan showed 

 himself to be a poet of no mean caliber, 

 contributing a humorous composition. H. 

 L. Cameron and W. N. Craig also made 

 addresses. 



At a business session following the 

 speech-making, the secretary's aijd treas- 

 urer's reports were read and accepted. 

 The treasurer's report showed receipts 

 of the year amounting to $10,515.27, ex- 

 penditures $10,429.23; cash balance in 

 various savings banks $6,837.59; notes, 

 etc., $1,140.99. A dividend of $6 per 

 share was declared by the directors prior 

 to the regular meeting. 



Election of officers resulted as follows: 

 President, W. C. Stickel; vice-president, 

 William Nicholson; secretary and treas- 

 urer, George Cartwright; directors, A. 



Montgomery, William Nicholson, L. W. 

 Mann, E. Sutermeister, A. Christenson 

 and Thomas Pegler, the last named tak- 

 ing the place of the late W. W. Edgar. 



It was decided to hold a market ex- 

 hibition again and $200 for prizes and 

 $25 for printing was voted from the cor- 

 poration. A committee of eight was ap- 

 pointed to start work at once on framing 

 a schedule. W. H. Elliott, E. A. Peirce, 

 William Sim, Peter Fisher, S. J. Goddard 

 and others spoke on the proposed show, 

 which is planned to far eclipse that of 

 last March. 



Various Notes. 



Among those who are planning to visit 

 the national show, in addition to those 

 named last week, are: William Nichol- 

 son, Peter Fisher, W. J. Stewart, W. H. 

 Elliott, E. A. Peirce and Alexander 

 Montgomery. William Miller, Bar Har- 

 bor,. Me., also will attend. 



H. M. Bobinson & Co. will keep open 

 house on the evening of October 29, it 

 being the third anniversary at their pres- 

 ent quarters. They report the flower 

 trade as a little better, but with far too 

 much stock arriving. Their leucothoe, 

 hardy ferns, smilax and other greenery 

 are selling well. Galax leaves are now 

 spotting badly. 



At the chrysanthemum show of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 opening on November 6, a silver medal is 



