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Dbcovbxb 3, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



21 



1878 



1908 



THOSE DATES 



Mean a Long Line of 



Satisfied Customers 



We have catered to the wants of the Trade so successfully as to 

 do a constantly increasing business for 30 years. Never so well 

 fixed as now. Glad to get your orders. 



E. H. HUNT 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. 



■■tebUshed 1878 



Ijong Dlstano* Phone Central 1781 



Current Prices 



BBAUTIBS Per doi. 



80to86-fach $4.00 to $5.00 



24to80-incb S.OUto 4 00 



15 to 2l)-iiich 2.00 to 3 00 



8tol2-incb l.OOto 2.00 



ROSBS (T«ai) 



Bride and Maid $ 5.00 



Richmond 6.00 



Ohatenay 6.00 



KiUamey 8.00 



Perle 5.00 



Ro8eB, our selection 



CARNATIONS, medium 1.50 



*• fancy 8.00 



MUMS. 



Small 12.50 



Medium doz., $2.00 



Fancy " $2.50 to 8.00 



Earrisli LilieB 



CaUas 



VaUey 8.00 



Violets 1.00 



Stevia 2.00 



Sweet Peas 75 



Paper Whites 



Boxwood per lb., 



Umiiax titrinsTB per doi., 



Asparafirus Strines each, 



Asparaffus Bunches " 



Sprengeri Bunches " 



Fema, Fancy per 1000, 



Adiantum ..*. per 100, 



Gain, Oreen per 1000, 



" Bronze 



Leucothoe ' " 



Wild 8milax....$3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 



Per 100 

 to $ 8.00 

 to 10.00 



8.00 

 10.00 



7.00 



to 

 to 

 to 



4.00 



2.00 

 4.00 



to 15.00 



to 



to 



to 

 to 



.86 

 .26 



12.50 



15.00 



4.00 



1.26 



3.00 



1.00 



3.00 



.25 



1.60 



.60 



.60 



.85 



1.50 



1.00 



1.00 



1.50 



7.50 



per case 



to 

 to 



75 to 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Wietor Bros. 



Wholesale Cut Flowers, w.b.ShA,e.. Chicago 



Large Cuts in All Lines at All Times 



American Beauties Per doz. 

 Long stems , $4.00 



24 to 30-inch stems 3.00 



20-inch stems 2.50 



18-inch stems 2.00 



15-inch stems 1.75 



12-inch stems 1.50 



Short.... ^ $1.00 to 1.25 



Bridesmaid and Bride . 



Per 100 

 ,.$4.00 to $ 6.00 



Killarney 4.00 to 6.00 



Chaienay 4.U0 to 6.00 



Sunrise 4.00 to 6.00 



KaU Moulton 4.00 to 6.00 



Richmond 4.00 to 6.00 



" special fancy. 8.00 



Uncle John 4.00 to 6.00 



Perle 4.00 to 6.00 



Per 100 

 Carnations $2.00 to $ 3.00 



Harrisii 15.00 



Valley 3.00 to 4.00 



Adiantum 1.00 



Sprcngeri 50c per bunch 



Ferns $1.50 per 1000 



ROSES, OUR SELECTION $4.00 per 100 Galax $1.00 to $1.50 per 1000 



SUBJKCT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 



Mention The Review when you write. 



rangements. The date will be left open 

 for the members to decide at the meet- 

 ing next week. 



Henry Emunds called November 28, 

 and reported a good Thanksgiving trade 

 in Belleville. Mr. Emunds is cutting a 

 fine lot of chrysanthemum blooms, in- 

 cluding extra fine Golden Wedding, 



Ostertag Bros, furnished all the flow- 

 ers for the St. Louis Star Thanksgiv- 

 ing, which were sent to the hospitals. 

 Several hundred boxes were used. 



A. S. Halstead, Belleville, was elected 

 vice-president of the Illinois Horticul- 

 tural Society at its meeting last week- 

 week. 



W. J. Pilcher, of Kirkwood, took sev- 

 eral prizes at the chicken show last 

 week. 



Jules Burdett, on Vandeventer avenue, 

 has a big lot of extra fine cyclamen and 

 Begonia Gloire de Lorraine for the holi- 

 day trade. He has been supplying the 

 local trade with fancy ferns in variety, 



Andy Hoffman, George Waldbart's 



right-hand man, says that Thanksgiving 

 business was fully fifty per cent bet- 

 ter than last year. They are shovnng 

 some extra fancy blooms in Eaton, Morel 

 and Wedding, which retail at $9 per 

 dozen. 



The St. Louis Horticultural Society, 

 through its committee, F. C. Weber, Jr., 

 and Theo. Miller, is this week soliciting 

 flowers from the florists for the Jewish 

 charity fair, to be held at the Coliseum. 

 The flower booth there will be one of 

 its features. 



G. Reising, representing L. Baumann 

 & Co., Chicago, called on the trade last 

 week. 



The Florists' Bowling Club started 

 its flrst series of bowling for prizes Mon- 

 day night, November 30. One Monday 

 night in the month will be ladies' night. 

 Henry Ostertag and Arthur Ellison are 

 new members. The club has now twenty 

 members. President Connon says they 

 will be represented at the bowling in 

 Cincinnati next August, during the S. A. 

 F. meeting. C. A. Kuehn, Carl Beyer 



and J. J. Beneke are not as yet members 

 of the new club, having signed with 

 other teams early in the season, but will 

 be on hand later. 



The members of the Florists' Club 

 should not forget the last meeting of 

 the club this year, which will take place 

 Thursday afternoon, December 10, at 

 2 o'clock, in the old meeting hall, 1023 

 Locust street. President Young says that 

 Chairman Henry Ostertag has a surprise 

 in store for the members who attend this 

 meeting. 



D. Augspurger, of D. TJ. Augspurger 

 & Sons, Peoria, HI., spent Thanksgiving 

 week in St. Louis. J. J. B. 



Waltham, Mass. — The flower store 

 and greenhouses at 100 Chestnut street 

 are now under the management of K. 

 W. Powers and are known as the Chest- 

 nut Street Greenhouses. Mr. Powers is 

 an experienced florist, havipg been in 

 the wholesale and retail business for the 

 last ten years. 



