NOVEMBKH 5, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



19 



Get in Line for Your Thanksgiving 



Violets and Mums 



You will be pleased if you place your ordersja our hands. Our bueinefls is 

 increasing nicely because we are doing; oar 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. Roses and Carnations in good supply. 



Western Headquarters for Fancy New York Violets 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



58-60 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



AM. BKAUTIES- 



Per doz. 



Stems, long $3.00 to $4.00 



24 to 30 inches 3.00 



20 inches 2.00 



15 " 1.60 



12 " 1.00 



ROSES— Per 100 



Kaiserin $3.00 to $6.00 



Richmond 3.00to 8.00 



Bride and Maid S.OOto 6.00 



Killarney 4.00 to 10.00 



Ohatenay 3.00to 6.00 



Gate 3.00to 6.00 



8.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 



8.00 



.75 

 4.00 



Roses, our selection 



Carnations, select 1.00 to 



" fancy 



MISCELLANEOITS- 



Mnms, small '. S.OOto 



medium lO.OOto 12.50 



fancy per doz., 2.00 to 3.00 



Violets 50 to 



Longriflorum doz.,$1.50 to $2.00 



Valley 2.00 to 



decobativb:- 



Asp. PlumoBus strinRT 



'^ " >bunch 



" Sprengeri per 100 



Galax per 100, 20c; 1000 



" per case of 10,000 



Ferns per 100, 20c; 1000 



Adiantum per 100 



Smilax per doz., 11.50: 100 



Extra fancy stock billed accordingly. 



Subject to olianKe without notice 



.35 to 

 .35 to 



.60 



.50 



2.00 



1.25 



10.00 



1.50 



75 to 1.00 



10.00 



Mention The Review when you write. 



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Charles W. NcKellar 



Wholesale riorist... 



5r Wabash Ave., ChlCdQO 



L. D. Phone, Central 3598 



Fancy stock in Valley, Beauties. Roses, Violets, 

 Carnations and Greens of all kinds 



Can always supply the best goods the 

 season affords, at Chicago Market 

 Quotations. 



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 



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fairly firm, not being in sufficiently heavy 

 supply to glut the market. Quite a 

 few doubles have been sent from the 

 Hudson, but these will not find a market 

 here when local growers' crops are in 

 season. Valley, gardenias, Cattleya 

 labiata and lilies all sell fairly well. A 

 little Paper White narcissus has made 

 its appearance. Sweet peas are still 

 rather short-stemmed. With the election 

 over and more seasonable weather condi- 

 tions, growers are looking for improved 

 business. 



Various Notes. 



Everything now points to a fine exhi- 

 bition at Horticultural hall, November 

 6, 7, 8 and 9. Entries far surpass those 

 of a year ago, and the show promises to 

 be a varied and iateresting one. The at- 

 tendance of the general public will, it 

 is expected, easily break all records for 

 a fall show. 



The cooler weather has caused a big 

 run on Dutch bulbs. Farquhar & Co. 

 report much heavier sales than a year 

 ago, with many lines completely sold out. 

 W. W. Eawson & Co. report splendid 

 trade, as do Schlegel & Fottler Co., T. J. 

 Grey Co., H. E. Fiske Seed Co. and 

 Joseph Breck & Sons. Demand is spe- 

 cially strong on tulips and narcissi. 



James Wheeler, who assisted in judg- 

 ing the late Lenox show, pronounces it 



one of the finest he ever saw, the cut 

 blooms being immense and groups 

 superbly put up. The specimen blooms 

 were all grown in pots from six to nine 

 inches in diameter. 



Cards are out for the marriage Novem- 

 ber 10, at the Baptist church, Brookline, 

 of F. B. Cannell, the popular bass soloist 

 of the Gardeners ' and Florists ' Club, and 

 Miss Ernestine Mae Thielscher, of 

 Brookline. 



H. M. Bobinson & Co. kept open house 

 October 29, the occasion of their third 

 anniversary at their present quarters 

 being taken advantage of by a large 

 number of their customers to call and 

 'express their good will. Refreshments 

 were served and the evening was pleas- 

 antly spent with music and other attrac- 

 tions. 



Houghton & Clark have dissolved the 

 partnership existing for some years, Mr. 

 Houghton remaining in charge of the 

 Boylston street store. 



Peirce Bros., as usual, are marketing 

 an immense quantity of chrysanthemums. 

 They have a big lot of cyclamen coming 

 along for Christmas. 



William Shillsbury and A. W. Kidder 

 are bringing in remarkably fine single 

 violets for so early in the season. 



W. N. Cbuio. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



There was a slight slump in the gen- 

 eral business during last week, due, pos- 

 sibly, to the near approach of the elec- 

 tion, and it is expected that the coming 

 week will be worse. Flowers of all kinds 

 continue more than plentiful. Chrysan- 

 themums, being the seasonable flowers, 

 are the ones pushed to the front, and as 

 a result roses and other flowers are 

 suffering most. 



The wholesale houses all say trade is 

 good and everything going nicely. Never- 

 theless, they are j3i pretty well loaded 

 and sales are generally at buyers' prices. 

 The retail shops are making good, honest 

 efforts to keep things moving and, as 

 they are able to buy cheap, are offering 

 special inducements to dispose of their 

 stock. One firm advertised dollar boxes 

 of flowers for Hallowe'en, each to con- 

 tain one dozen good chrysanthemums. 

 Another advertised, in big, 4-inch, doable 

 column ads in the daily papers, chrysan- 

 themums at 75 cents per dozen, the 

 finest varieties. While this looks like 

 selling flowers cheap, it shows just the 

 amount of effort it takes to do business, 

 and shows that, at least in the opinion 

 of some, it is better to keep their cus- 



