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The Weekly Floris^ts^ Review* 



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Supplies For Brides and Graduates 



[Dikknno onil nhlfffnilA No Wedding; ^vork is complete without Ribbons. Remember, we carry a complete stock o( Ribbons and 

 nlDDUIIu linU ulllllUnS chiffons, stock made ud specially to match an Hower and follaire colors, and can ship by first train. Send 

 iiiMwwiiw Hiiw wiiiiiwiiw ug a rush order lor anychins you may be bhort of— and stock up. Write for special circular and samples. 



BASKETS 



FOR FLOWER GIRLS — '«-»i*i»»— .— ~ m^ yOK GRADDATEg 



Complete stock of all Braid and Nest Baskets, somethini; you Our longr-handled Baekets are the correct thing for flowers for 



i^honld have always in stock. If not, order now See page IS of Graduates. Don't make the mistake of uringr any other. Prices 



our catalogue. from '25c to $1.26 each. Order an assortment. 



ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF NOVBLT7 AND FANCT BASKETS FOR EVERT PURPOSE. 



WIRE WORK-Notbing but the best, 

 prices as low as auy. 



NO MATTER WHAT 



Tou -wwoX In SuFPU«a« order of us. 



FERTILIZERS-Growers: It costs 

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Money can't boy 

 Ribbons better adapted 



to Florists' work than 



Conqeror Taffeta, Cyclone Taffeta, Monarch 



Satin Taffeta, Climax Satin Taffeta. 



The colors, widths and rich quality stamp them 

 leaders. These Ribbons often cost less than Infe- 

 rior "stuff "—we sell direct from our mill to you. 



Samples Free. 



Sljf Pitt? ^xn Mk iitllH (Hott^attg 



ing prices. There was, of course, some 

 decline on sweet peas and peonies Satur- 

 day night and Sunday, but in general 

 city trade paid good prices. With those 

 houses handling peonies and miscel- 

 laneous stock, the week gave a better 

 total of sales than they ever have had 

 for Memorial day, but with the big grow- 

 ers, who run almost exclusively to roses 

 and carnations, the shortage of carna- 

 tions prevented much increase in their 

 sales. 



Monday's receipts were heavy, and 

 prices were cut into from the jump. Car- 

 nations were on again in full force. 

 Peonies began going into storage a^in, 

 and sweet peas were overabundant. 

 These was brisk business in the morning, 

 but it was a general holiday, and most 

 houses closed at noon. 



June 1 found the market abundantly 

 supplied, with the prospect of large busi- 

 liess this month, but plenty to do it with. 



Thompson Not Bankrupt. 



The "United States District Court has 

 refused the petition of the Thompson 

 Carnation Co. and others that .T. D. 



Thompson personally be declared a bank- 

 rupt. At Joliet it is said that this de- 

 cision will result in the sale of certain 

 shares of stock in the carnation company, 

 now in the possession of Ernest Oram, to 

 the interests now in charge of the com- 

 pany, and that it will bring to a close the 

 long litigation in which the members of 

 the Thompson family have been engaged. 



My Maryland. 



Pochlmann Bros. Co. is again cutting 

 some fine blooms of My Maryland rose, 

 but not in quantity, as only a few plants 

 were benched last season. These gave 

 splendid results in the fall, but have not 

 done anything all winter, but now are 

 giving splendid flowers on long, strong 

 stems, with perfect foliage. The flowers 

 are larger than any Beauties at this sea- 

 son, and they keep splendidly. John 

 Poehlmann says they have benched in 

 the vicinity of 20,000 plants of My 

 Maryland for next season, and already 

 the earliest planted stock is up three 

 feet, strong plants, that will soon be giv- 

 ing a good cut. 



The Weather in May. 



Few would believe it if anyone except 

 the weather bureau said May was almost 

 a normal month as to temperature; the 

 oflicial record shows it was only half a 

 degree cooler than normal. But the rain- 

 fall was only two-thirds as much as usual 

 and only one-third what it was last year. 

 The precipitation was only 2.18 inches. 

 The feature of the month was the high 

 percentage of the possible sunshine. There 

 were thirteen clear days, eleven only 

 partly cloudy and only seven cloudy days. 

 The percentage of possible sunshine was 

 67.77 and the least sunshine of the month 

 was May 25 and 26. 



Various Notes. 



The John C. Moninger Co. is now in 

 the fifth week of working its factory to 

 8 p. m. daily. 



George Sykes, of Lord & Bumham Co., 

 who opened an oflBce in the Rookery build- 

 ing May 1, returned May 27 from a trip 

 east. 



A. Lange's business has greatly in- 

 creased since he moved into his new and 

 larger store on Madison street. None of 

 the downtown places is busier. 



Vaughan & Sperry say they could not 

 have got all their receipts into the old 

 quarters last week, to say nothing of 

 having room enough to sort and pack the 

 stock for shipment. 



C. L. Washburn says that Bassett & 

 Washburn shipped 170 boxes May 29. 



H. F. Halle has one of the neatest 

 stores in town at Sheridan road and 

 Evanston avenue. Most of his Decora- 

 tion day business was in cut flowers, as 

 he does little with plant boxes or garden 

 work. In spite of the fact that he has 

 a cla83 of trade above the average, he 

 says he cannot use carnations at Decora- 

 tion day at the prices demanded this 

 year— May 29 he was asked 7 cents for 

 the grade of goods he has been selling at 

 fo cents to $1 per dozen. 



Harry Manheim, of J. A. Budlong's, 

 says that he put in twenty-three hours atiL 

 one stretch during the Decoration da^ 

 rush. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. had the biggest 

 Decoration dav in the history of the 

 firm. E. E. Pieser says it was double 



