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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



December 3, 1908. 



Charles W. McKellar 



Wholesale Florist... 



Leading Western 



Siupply House 



51 Wabash Ave.. ChiCd^O 



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 



Can always supply the best goods 

 the season affords, at Chicago 

 Market Quotations. 



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



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sale Seedsmen's League in New York 

 December 2. The object of the meeting 

 was to discuss the advisability of sub- 

 stituting specific for ad valorem duty 

 on seeds. Mr. Stokes believes thaf^ a 

 properly graduated scale of specific 

 duties wotild prove beneficial. 



Israel Rosnosky is in Atlanta, Ga. 



Robert Scott & Son are sending some 

 fine blooms of their rose, Mrs. Jardine, 

 to S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. Charles E. 

 Meehan thinks highly of this rose. 



Robert A. Craig, who has been ill for 

 a week with grip, is about again. 



The Leo Niessen Co. anticipates an in- 

 crease in the supply of cattleyas and gar- 

 denias next week. 



Last week D. Fuerstenberg and Eugene 

 Bernheimer called on the Garrettsford 

 growers, David Anderson, William 

 Munro and James Vemer. They ex- 

 pressed themselves as much interested in 

 all that they saw. 



Edward Eeid left for the south No- 

 vember 30. He is expected back Decem- 

 ber 5. 



Freeman & Co. sold the paraphernalia 

 used in the founders' week pageant at 

 auction last week. The things were sold 

 for a mere song. 



The cover page on the National Flower 

 Show Number of the Review was a pic- 

 ture of "The Spirit of the Sign of the 

 Rose." 



W. J. Sherry, of the Johnson Seed Co., 

 reports the November demand for bulbs 

 as exceeding the two previous months 

 combined. 



Jacob Becker has some promising aza- 

 leas just coming into bloom, Simon 

 Mardner, Pauline Mardner, Hexe, 

 Deutsche Perle, Vervasneana and Mme. 

 Petrick. 



Eugene Bernheimer is receiving some 

 well grown Paper White narcissi. Leu- 

 cothoe sprays have arrived. 



There were heavy shipments of Marie 

 Louise double violets from the Rhinebeck 

 district to this market both for Thanks- 

 giving and for the Army-Navy football 

 game of November 28. 



John Berger, of Berger Bros., was out 

 of town on business part of this week. 



John Kulp, of Wayne Junction, has 

 purchased two lots of ground at Fort 

 Washington, Pa. 



Two of our wholesalers went to New 



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York last week, John Mclntyre going to 

 Rhinebeck, Edgar Upton to Manhattan. 

 B. Eschner, of M. Rice & Co., re- 

 turned last week from the west. Mr. 

 Eschner met many of his friends in Chi- 

 cago. Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Thanksgiving trade compared favorably 

 with that of a year ago. Some report 

 better business than in 1907, and others 

 about the same as last year. The weather 

 being warm and sultry militated against 

 brisker trade. It is unusual to have 

 a temperature of 60 degrees in the shade 

 for Thanksgiving, and as a consequence 

 of the heat there was an unusually heavy 

 lot of flowers in the market. In roses. 

 Beauty of medium length sold better 

 than long-stemmed ones. Richmond and 

 Killarney sold well at fropi $4. to $16 

 per hundred. Bride, Maid and Kaiserin 

 were in heavy oversupply and sold poorly. 

 Maryland and Jardine brought similar 

 prices to Killarney. 



While fancy carnations made from $3 

 to $5, there was a heavy overstock of or- 



dinary grades, these selling down as low 

 as $1 per hundred. Whites were the 

 poorest sellers, bright reds and pinks sell- 

 ing the best. Violets were rather scarce- 

 and sold well at 75 cents to $1 per 

 hundred. There was a fair supply of 

 lilies and callas, with but slight advances- 

 in prices. Chrysanthemums sold well,, 

 the best bringing $3 per dozen. Bonnaf- 

 fon and Eaton were mostly in evidence,, 

 but some good Nonin made top prices. 

 Cattleyas were scarce at $5 to $6 per doz- 

 en, and gardenias at $3 to $4 per dozen. 

 Paper Whites and Romans made $2 per 

 hundred. 



The retail stores all did a good busi- 

 ness, equal to that of a year ago. Inr 

 pot plants there was a moderate sale for 

 Lorraines, poinsettias, azaleas, cyclamens, 

 and palms. Fern dishes also were in de- 

 mand. Green goods were only in mod- 

 erate demand. 



Si^ce Thanksgiving trade has bee» 

 fair. The weather continues unseason- 

 ably warm, which militates against brisk 

 trade. Chrysanthemums now are almost 

 over, but there is an abundant supply 

 of carnations and roses. Violets sell well. 

 Stevia brings 25 cents per bunch. Some 



