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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



December 17, 1908. 



BUY 

 YOIR 



Cut Flowers in Milwaukee 



WE OFFER 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES, extra quality. 

 BRIDE and MAID, none better. 



RICHMOND, splendid stock. 

 KILLARNEY, extra fine. 



CARNATIONS, well, you know the grade grown around Milwaukee ; if not, try 



a shipment. i 



VIOLETS, only Wisconsin grown. They have a violet odor. 



VALLEY, all the year round. Of course we can furnish all other seasonable flowers. 



We can take good care of all orders at lowest market rates. Write, phooe or wire us— we do the rest. 



HOLTON & HUNkEL C2.- 



Without Doubt the Best Equipped Wholesale House in the G)untry 



462 Milwaukee St., MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



Meation Toe Revle* whAi you write 

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PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



For the first time for a long while the 

 demand has been equal to the supply, and 

 even carnations were called for and got 

 nearly the right price for this season or 

 the year. The general conditions seem 

 to have improved all around and prices 

 on roses and carnations were advanced; 

 toy Saturday night these flowers were 

 •scarce. Fine Beauties were much in evi- 

 dence, and lilies and Paper White nar- 

 •cissi were still to be had. Taken all 

 around, it was a good week for the 

 wholesalers. 



The retail men also admit an improve- 

 ment. The funeral of several prominent 

 people helped, and there were also several 

 decorations. 



The shops are looking their best just 

 310W, all of them being filled with beau- 

 tiful plants, ferns, begonias, primulas 

 and a general assortment of nice things. 

 The shopmen all declare they are going 

 to cut out high priced cut flowers and 

 sell plants. But take it from me, if they 

 see an opportunity to sell a box of 

 flowers on which the profit will be three 

 times what it would be on the plants 

 they would be likely to sell to the same 

 person and not one-third the trouble to 

 pack and deliver, they will not force the 

 plant sale very hard. There is plenty of 

 room for the plants, but the necessity for 

 the cut flowers still exists and they will 

 be in the market for their usual stock 

 whether they want to be or not. 



Florists* Club Outing. 



The members of the Florists' Club 

 responded to President Burki's invitation 

 to visit the Pittsburg Bose & Carnation 

 Co. last Thursday. A number of them 

 started early in the morning and took in 

 the places at Allison Park, and then 

 joined the main body, which left on the 

 1 o'clock train. There was a party of 

 over fifty men, among them the following 

 €rom out of town : John Walker, Youngs- 



For Christmas 



Carnations, all varieties 



American Beauties 



Richmonds 



Kiilarney 



Brides and Bridesmaids 



Kaiserins and Girnots 



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Lily of the Valley / 



Violets, single and double 

 Easter and Calla Lilies 

 Narcissus and Roman Hyacinths 

 Sweet Peas, Stevia 

 Sprengeri and Plumosus 



We handle the flowers from the best growers; therefore by 

 placing: your orders with us, you will get nothing but the best 

 quality of goods. Reasonable prices, satisfaction guaranteed. 

 All orders given our prompt and personal attention. 



Write for Prices. 



See our Evergreen Ad., page 32. 



HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO., Wholesale Commission Florists 



15 Profiaca Street and 9 Chapman Place, BOSTON, MASS. 



Telephone 2617 and 2618 Maine. 



town, O.; John Hellstern and friend, of 

 Wheeling, W. Va.; Geo. A. Mc Williams, 

 Natrona, Pa.; C. A. De Muth, Connells- 

 ville, Pa. The balance of the party was 

 made up of growers about the city. 



The Pittsburg Eose & Carnation Co. 

 has a 250-acre farm, with a village of one 

 hotel and twelve dwelling houses for their 

 employees, who look after the stock under 

 a quarter of a million feet of glass. The 

 stock grown consists of Kiilarney, Bich- 

 mond, Maid, Bride, Chatenay, Jardine, 

 Perle, Cusin and Bon Silene roses, all the 

 best carnations. Asparagus plumosus and 

 Sprengeri. The verdict of those who 

 know a good thing when they see it was 

 that, taken as a whole, they never saw 



anything better. The houses themselves 

 were considered by some as too good and 

 expensive for commercial houses, and the 

 stock compared well with the houses, par- 

 ticularly the carnations. To anyone not 

 connected with the business it would have 

 been a surprise to hear that lot of grow- 

 ers showering praises on Mr. Burki and 

 his staff of workmen. There certainly is 

 not as much jealousy among the growers 

 as among some other people. 



After all the greenhouses, boiler 

 houses, and heating system had been 

 looked into, the party adjourned to the 

 long packing house, about 50x200 feet, 

 where they looked into the cooling sys- 

 tem. Then came the tables of lunch, pre- 



