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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



June 10, 1909. 



We Advised Correctly 



For Decoration Day 



We alwayB give the Trade the benefit of our best judRment on 

 the market. It is as much to the interest of the Grower as it is to the 

 interest of the Buyer to have correct information— and the interests of 

 Growers and Buyers are the interests of this House. See attached full 

 page adv. from the Review of April 29. 



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. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



Wliolesale Commission Florists Long Distance Telephone, Central 466 



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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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48=50 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO IL= 



rmm WlK D«SJ jM Mid florists' Supplio 



Florists' Rovisw-.-- 



Kindly print th« •nclossd IttUr; aUo Mr. Htjllat's inswer to 

 our Isttar of thanki to him. 



We now hop* that all our frovara and buyers feel the sane as Mr. 

 Nsllist does. 



For we have been 27 years tryinf our best to get this result. 

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

 Yours very truly. 



Kennicott Sros. Co. 



Braio. Blrtm 

 OREENBOCSES 



OBaHD HAPID8, MICH., Mar . 3 1 . . lao 9 . 



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Clli.RNM.IMk 

 UOB JimMO. Avnt-i 



Kennicott Bros. Co., 



48-SO Wabash Ive., Chicago. 



Dear Sirs. -Now that th* swe^l.psa season is oloaed tor us, I 

 Wish to express my thanks to your firm, its nanagsment and employees, - for 

 the very satisfactory results you have attained for Us. 



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

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

 Oct. 15 to Easter. 



, V . I '**!'. •"'•"' '•■■««ly ot pink and 'whits, also white, and would 

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

 narket for a small amount 1 will grow them. 



I have recently had a request from your neighbor for regular 

 shipment! but 1 shall ship to you exclusively, as I do not consider it 

 justice to jrou to give them to competing .firms, at Isast without your 

 consent . 



I hope to be able to coma to Chicago this summer and get 

 acquainted with you people and gat in touch with your requirements 30 I 

 can take better care of you in the future. Vours vsry truly. 



.lohn P. Nellist . 



Grand Rapids. Ilich.. Apr. 3, 1909. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



Chicago. 



.. I ,. ""r Sirs- In reply to your letter of the 2d will say you are 

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

 ... ■ ^ ''*1} *" ?)" *' '"'•nish you with an agreement naxt season to 

 ship to your firm all our stock that goes to Chicago so that you can 

 advertise to handle my stock exclusively Yours very truly, 



John F. Nellist. 



We 



■hall hav« • U 



wiy'Hii., Peonies for Decoration Day 



NOW DOOKINO ORDCBS 



menaon rne Keview wben you wnie 



and Frank Kadlec are Chicago's rep.i-e- 

 sentatives at the nurserymen's convention 

 at Rochester this week. 



In Rogers Park, Peter Rolling is put- 

 ting up four houses 25x150, using Mon- 

 inger material. 



H. R. Hughes has been at Detroit this 

 week. 



A stranger called on A. W. Morgan, 

 588 Forty-third street, June 8 and or- 

 dered some flowers delivered a few blocks 

 away, with change for $5. When the 

 messenger arrived with the flowers he 

 was met in the hall of the building and 

 gave $3.50 change for a 5-dollar bill that 

 proved to be bad. Mr. Morgan recently 

 succeeded Iralson. 



Visitors: B. F. Vandervate, Galena, 

 m. ; John Evans, Richmond, Ind. ; Mr. 

 and Mrs. J. E. Watts, Meridian, Miss.; 

 Martin Reukauf, with Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., Philadelphia; Louis Bauscher, Free- 

 port, 111. 



Bowling. 



The. bowlers had a good session June 4. 

 John Zech, who has been making the best 

 scores weekly since the practice began, 

 eclipsed his best record by rolling 237, 

 but his son, A. Zech, made 200 and 203. 

 Victor Bergman made 225 and W. Wolf 

 203. It was the first match of ten that 

 are to determine who represents Chicago 

 at Cincinnati in August. The complete 

 scores were: 

 Player. Ist. 2d. 3d. 



0. GoerlBCh 144 124 145 



J. Krnchten.... 118 142 127 



G PleBcr 100 153 104 



F Ayers m 138 180 



J Zech 237 181 191 



j; Degnan -^ _167 JOB 



Total 935 907 912 



riayer. 1st. 2d. 3d. 



J. H.vers 154 114 121 



A. Z«cli 200 203 145 



F. rasternick 173 134 152 



J. Mlchelsen 149 148 156 



C. W. McKellar 105 174 145 



A. Rennie 101 86 97 



Total 882 859 816 



Player. l8t. 2d. 3d. 



F. Krauss 141 111 108 



H. Kruchten 177 108 205 



E. Schultz 166 158 150 



T. Vogel 01 67 82 



John Evans 125 



W. Graff 171 131 



Total 699 705 678 



Player. 1st. 2d. 3d. 



E. Parley 120 146 151 



W. Wolf 155 158 203 



V. Bergman 225 158 149 



T. Yarnell 156 192 181 



E. F. Wlnterson 130 145 147 



Total 786 799 831 



These scores also counted in the 



monthly prize handicap, won by Ed 



Schultz, with John Zech second and H. 

 Kruchten third. 



NEVYORK. 



TheMai^et 



Fast-increasing supplies, with a limited 

 demand, describes the condition Monday 

 morning, June 7. The outlook for profit- 

 able returns, therefore, is clouded, and 

 the summer schedule may be safely is- 

 sued. The June weddings may keep the 

 retailers good-natured for a while, for 

 they are many and some of them elab- 

 orate, but love will soon fly out of the 

 windows. The exodus of the best flower 

 buyers to their country places or to 

 Europe has begun. The theaters are rap- 

 idly closing. The days of innocuous des- 

 uetude are coming fast. 



Roses and carnations are overabundant, 

 and prices are about at the summer level. 

 Peonies now dominate the market. Some 

 grand stock is coming in, and samples of 

 it added greatly to the interest of the 

 flower show at Bronx park, where, Sun- 

 day, June 6, large numbers visited the 

 fine display. Prices for peonies, how- 

 ever, are low, and there is much of the 

 common grade reaching the street that 

 cheapens this splendid seasonable spe- 

 cialty, as the experts now grow it in this 

 vicinity. 



Of lilies, snapdragons, sweet peas ami 

 irises, there are more than the market 

 can digest and prices are correspondingly 

 low. Lilacs, tulips and snowballs have 

 departed. Branches from the scarier 

 weigelas, spiraeas and other gardez' 

 shrubs make the retail windows attrac 

 tive. Orchids add caste and brilliancy U- 

 the display. Summer travel to Europ 

 in the floating palaces grows apace, anl 

 great quantities of flowers in baskets g' 

 out on every steamer. 



Horticultural Society's Shew. 



Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and (*■ 

 the summer exhibition of the Horticu^ 

 tural Society of New York was held i;; 

 the Museum building, Bronx park, an* 

 the show and the attendance, especiall." 

 on Sunday, was most encouraging. Thi; 

 lecture on Saturday afternoon, witl" 

 stereopticon, drew a good and wel' 

 pleased audience. The subject was ' ' The 

 Selection and Care of Shade Trees," anJ 

 Dr. Wm. A. Murrill drew upon views 

 from every part of the country in iHu^, 

 tration. Several visitors walked a hair 

 mile through the hemlock woods to vie^v 

 the new greenhouses under construction. 



