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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



JCNE 3, 1909. 



Nothing Succeeds Like Success 



We knew we were right when we advised all buyers 

 to order early and heavy on 



PEONIES 



for Decoration Day. And we still advise using 

 Peonies for all June Weddings and Commencements. 



The best flower for the purpose. 



The cheapest flower for the money. 



The showiest flower at any price. 



The most satisfactory flower you can use. 



This is the Peony House of America 



$2.00 to $4.00 per 100; fancy, $5.00 to $6.00 per 100 



All other flowers in season in 

 large supply at market rates. 



We advised correctly for Decoration Day, as we always aim to do. 

 It Is as much to the interest of the grower as it la the buyer to have 

 correct advices— and the Interests oi growers and buyers are the 

 Interests of this House. See reproduction of full page advertisement 

 in Review of April 29. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



Wholesale Commission florists Long Distance Telephone, Central 466 



48=50 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



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Kindly print tha ancloiad Utttr;. also Mr. Nejllst'i an»w«r to 

 our lotttr of thanks to him. 



.. ,, ?• "" •"?• "■•' *" °"' C""" and buytrs foal the samo as Mr. 

 NelUst doos. 



For w« havo boon 27 yaars trying our bast to g«t this rosult. 

 By that we mean, best service to both buyer and grower 

 Yours very truly. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



Bnito» BuOKn 

 0REESB0U8ES 

 CA.!i*m. o..wni * 



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UN JtrrBBw* AvBai'i 



„,,...' OKaND RiFIDS, mCH., Mar. 31, 1909 



Kennicott Bros. Co.. ' ./...«? 



48-50 Wabash ive.. Chicago. 



Dear Sirs. -Now that tha sweet. pea season is alosed for us, I 

 "ish to expraas my thanks to your firm, its management and employees, for 

 the very satisfactory results you have attained for us. 



I expect to plant three large houses next season, and will try to 

 arrange a longer season by planting at different times, running from 

 Oct. 15 to Easter. • 



I shall plant largely of pink and 'white, also white, and would 

 like to know if vou think it advisable to plant lavender; if you have a 

 narket for a small amount I \»iH grow them. 



.kir,r,.,.'i*;f'I"v*?^''^^"' * •■•l""* t'O" your neighbor for regular 

 shipments -but I shall ship to you exclusively, as I do not consfder it 

 justice tojrou to give them to competing .firms . at least without your 

 consent. ' 



..»., 4 .'j*"?'.." '" ''"'' "> ""'" '» Cliloago this summer and get 



Ji2 Tiri't r! '■"' ''•JP'' •"* «" *" ""»>' "»"> »">■"• requirements so I 



can take better care of you in the future. Yours very trul.y. 



.lohn r. Nell 1st. 



Grand Rapids. Mich.. »pr. 3, I909. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



Chicago. 



., 1 I. ""r ^''■"' ■'" '■"l"'' '0 your letter of the 2d will say you are 

 at liberty to use any oart of my letter for your adv. 



.».,„ ,„ L^***;} "" ?.'• '" '"■■"'»•> yo« "ith an agreement next season to 

 .AtlAi ^ . ! !r,*" °'" "°'='' ">»' «">•• «» Chicago so that you can 

 advertise to handle my stock exclusively Yours very truly, 



John T. Nellist . 



fANCriRIS, Yellow, Blue. Purple," 



St Uklf time. All tb« latduic mofm tn otiBt il for UMir twH -ork. 



.00 

 par 100 



We *""" '' "ypjiy"? Mb, Peofiles for Decoration Day 



NOW BOOKINO OROeSS 



MentJonTbe Keview wnen vou wnie 



last year's. The increase was made pos- 

 sible by the great quantity of peonies 

 from Villa Eidge and Sarcoxie, which 

 had been stored. To show how the peony 

 business has broadened, May 29 Kenni- 

 cott Bros. Co, received consignments of 

 peonies from five growers the firm never 

 before had heard of. 



W. P. Kyle, of the J. B. Deamud Co., 

 says he thinks that, on the whole, the 

 wholesalers have never had so sati^ac- 

 tory a Decoration day as this year. 



Henry Bassett, brother of O. P. Bas- 

 sett, died May 26, at the age of 78 years. 

 He lived at 772 Warren avenue; another 

 brother, John J. Bassett, lives at Aurora. 



Gilbert H. Wild, the Sarcoxie peony 

 grower, was in town all last week. He 

 annually ships half his large cut of 

 peonies to this market for storage for 

 Decoration day, and he came up this 

 year to see for himself how the business 

 is conducted. His stock is handled by 

 Kennicott Bros. Co. 



L. Baumann May 18 sent the Review 

 a postal card from Brussels, Belgium, 

 showing the Jardin Italien au Jardin 

 botanique, one of the sights of that old 

 city. 



Mrs. T. E. Waters has gone to Boston 

 for a visit of two months with friends, 

 while her husband is on the road, making 

 a trip for the A. L. Randall Co. 



The A. L. Randall Co. will handle the 

 peonies of Peterson Nursery this year, 

 and William A. Peterson says the cut 

 will be the largest in the history of the 

 nursery. He now has 60,000 plants, al- 

 though not all are of blooming size. 



Adam Wolniewicz says business last 

 week was away ahead of other years. He 

 sold out of everything in bloom and quite 



a lot of stock in bud was moved. He 

 had about 2,000 2-inch vincas that 

 brought as high as $5 per hundred. 



E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. Co., 

 says his firm will now put in cold storage 

 at least 20,000 dozen of peonies, in an- 

 ticipation of the demand which will come 

 after the local crop has been cut. He 

 looks for a big June business. 



E. C. Amling thinks it was the two 

 days of cold, dark weather at the begin- 

 ning of last week that upset all Memo- 

 rial day calculations. He lays the short- 

 age of carnations to those two days, and 

 points out that May 31 the receipts of 

 carnations again became heavy, the 

 weather having turned warm and bright. 

 He believes that had it not been for those 

 two bad days, there would have been 

 carnations enough to go around. 



It is reported a wholesaler objected to 

 the language a Greek was using in the 

 hall of the Atlas block May 29. Lively 

 times were about to ensue, bilt an ath- 

 letic relative of the wholesaler sat on 

 the Greek. 



John J. Wolniewicz, at Oakley and 

 Le Moyne avenues, is building a green- 

 house 25x100 at Forest Glen, using 

 Moninger material, and intends to move 

 out there soon. 



The George Wittbold Co. says the 

 spring season is still running away ahead 

 of last year. Their shipping trade has 

 been more than double last year's. 

 Dracffina indivisa has sold splendidly. 



Peter Reinberg is much farther along 

 with his replanting this year than he 

 ever has been before at this date. The 

 work will be all finished up by the end of 

 this week. The stock now being cut from 

 will later be dried, rested and carried 



another year. It was the best May Peter 

 Reinberg ever has had, beating even last 

 May, which was a specially good one 

 with him. He has concluded to make the 

 addition to the carnation range at "the 

 farm ' ' eight houses, instead of four, and 

 has bought the glass. The addition will 

 have pecky cypress benches on concrete 

 posts. 



Discussing the prospects for the imme- 

 diate future, Percy Jones gave it as his 

 opinion May 31 that there would soon be 

 not only enough stock to go around, but 

 enough more for a large if not orna- 

 mental bow-knot. 



George Reinberg 's people say every- 

 thing seemed to be in demand for Deco- 

 ration day, except orchids. They had the 

 largest cut of the season of Cattleya 

 Mossiffi, and could not move them. C. W. 

 McKellar also reports little sale for 

 orchids last week, but says he received a 

 large number of inquiries for white 

 orchids, for delivery early in June. 

 About all that can be done on calls for 

 white orchids is to supply Cattleya Men- 

 dellii. 



Mrs. Moora was taken ill at her stand 

 in the Flower Growers' Market Decora- 

 tion clay. 1 



E. F. Winterson says that it is impos- 

 sibre to sell dagger ferns in this market 

 when anything else is to be had. 



C. M. Dickinson, at E. H. Hunt's, com- 

 ments on the fact that it was the biggest 

 Decoration day this market ever has 

 had in spite of the great shortage of the 

 three Decoration day staples, carnations, 

 cape jasmines and ferns. 



O. P. Bassett is on an automobile trip 

 to West Baden. 



One of the week 's visitors is Leroy B. 



