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JUNE 3, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



21 



PEONIES 



$3-$4 per lOO 



FANCIES— 



$5-$6 per 100 



We can supply white or pink in any grade in any quantity— thousand lots our specialty. Get our quotations 

 if you can use a big lot. 



Carnations in Large Supply 



and all other stock in aeason at market rates 



VAIGHAN & SPERRY 



VISIT US IN OUR NEW DOUBLE STORE 



52-54 Wabash Avenue, 



L. D. Phone, 

 Central 2571, 



CHICAGO 



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We are Headquarters on 



PEONIES 



For JUNE WEDDINGS 



AND COMMENCEMENTS 



Fancy Carnations in Large Supply 



All other Cut Flo\trera In ■eason and everytbinB in Baskets, Ribbons and 



Otber Requisites. 



E. H. HUNT 



Established 1878. Oldest House in the West Incorporated 1906 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. 



BKAUTIBS PeidOS. 



40toi8-lncb $8.00 



SOtoSO-lncli 2.50 



21 to SO-lncli 2.00 



18to20-incb 1.60 



8 to la-incta 1.00 



Sborts $4.00 to $6.00 per 100 



B08KS (Teas) Per 100 



Bride and Maid $4.00 to $ 6.00 



Richmond 4.00to 8.00 



KiUsmey 4.00to 8.00 



Perle S.OOto 6.00 



Roiea, oar selection 3.00 



CARNATIONS, medium 1.50 to 2.00 



" fancy 2.00 to 8.00 



BII8CBIXANBOU8 



Harriill Llliei 1200 



Oallas 12.00 



yslley S.OOto 4.00 



SweetPeas soto 1.00 



Peonies S.OOto 6.00 



Jasmine 1.00 



Daisies 76 to l.OO' 



Pansles i.oo 



OBBKNS 



Smllax Strings perdoi., 2.00to 2.50 



Asparagus Strings each, .60 



Asparagus Buncnes " .86 to .60 



Sprengeri Boncbes " .25 to .as 



Adlantnm per 100, i.oo 



Ferns, Common per 1000. 4.00 



Oalax 1.00 



Boxwood lb., 26c; 100 lbs., 16.00 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



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plants were disposed of for cash before 

 the tents were folded and the lights 

 went out. Wagons innumerable lined the 

 streets on every side. Eoses, palms, 

 flowering plants of every known variety, 

 and above all else geraniums, made a 

 wealth of quantity and color that to a 

 casual visitor was indeed surprising. 

 Geraniums were sold first at 10 cents, 

 later at 12% cents, and before the day- 

 light came the wise ones who bought 

 early were able to close out their pur- 

 chases on the ground at $1.75 per dozen. 

 It was a morning long to be remembered, 

 and it emphasized especially the fact 

 that the florists, especially those who 

 grow and market their goods in this way, 

 turning night into day and living for 

 months without proper rest and sleep, 

 are the hardest working merchants in 

 the world. There is not anything worth 

 while they don't deserve. 



Retail buyers were many, and the vet- 

 eran, John Weir, who has not slept much 

 for forty years, was one of the earliest 

 and' biggest purchasers of the crowd. 



Various Notes. 



June 12 the farewell Florists' Club 

 meeting for the season will be held. A 

 large attendance and a splendid eve- 

 ning's enjoyment are anticipated. The 

 outing committee will make its final re- 

 port, and the names of the prize donors 

 and the advertising patrons for the forty 

 or fifty-page souvenir will be read. The 

 book will contain over 150 photos of the 

 club members. The outing is already an 

 assured financial success. The committee 

 announces a $3.50 single rate ticket for 

 gentlemen. The souvenirs will be distrib- 

 uted at the meeting. 



Igoe Bros., of Brooklyn, have pur- 

 chased outright the patents, good will, 

 machinery, etc., of the Parker-Bruen 

 Mfg. Co. This is an important step, and 

 places Igoe Bros, at the head of the wire 

 work merchants for florists in this coun- 

 try. 



The American Peony Society will hold 

 its annual meeting at the Cottage Gar- 

 dens, Queens, L. I., Tuesday and Wednes- 



day, June 8 and 9. An exhibit of great 

 beauty and variety is expected. 



Several of the nurserymen in and 

 around New York will be at the conven- 

 tion in Rochester, June 9, 10 and 11, and 

 the flower city will demonstrate its great 

 ability and liberality as one of the lead- 

 ing convention cities of the country. 



John S. Nicholas, of Forty-second 

 street, and the Greely square retail florist 

 have gone to Greece for a holiday. James 

 Hammond, formerly in the wholesale cut 

 flower business, is in charge of the 

 Nicholas store for the summer. 



Herman Moller, with Wadley & 

 Smythe, has ^one to Newport, R. I., 

 where he will at once open the firm's 

 retail store there for the season. 



Michael Ford became the proud father 

 of a baby girl May 23. The smile that 

 won't come off is much in evidence in 

 the establishment of Ford Bros. 



Thomas Martin, the foreman for 

 Traendly & Schenck, has purchased an 

 apartment house in the Bronx that dem- 

 onstrates the value of loyalty to one's 



