NOVEMBEK 18, 190C. 



The Weekly Florists* Review, 



Are yoD ordering fer Thanksgiving ^VA/S mm.^^ V I ^-^ 



or any otter time ? ifsoYTllC IJS 



We are fixed to fill any telegraph order for 



Roses, Carnations, Mums, etc. 



We have large crops of fineEillarney, Maid, Bride, White Kill arney, My Maryland, and all other Roses, 

 also Carniitions in all grades, short, mediam and fancy, for all needs; Mums in large supply. 

 Right market prices. It has been our steady policy to take care of our regular customers before ' 

 seeking others; now, however, we can take care of more trade. We, therefore, respectfully solicit 

 your orders. All stock in season— at all seasons. 



Write us for special prices on large orders of roses 



ZECH & MANN, 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 

 L. D. Phone, Central 3284 



51 Wabash Avenue 



Chicago 



29 



Mention The Review when you write. 



1878 THIS IS OUR 31st 1909 



Thanksgiving 



Never so well fixed as now to supply all needs 



Call on D8, no matter what you want, and you will get 

 the right goods at the right time— and at the light 

 price. Let ub hear from you. :: :: :: :: 



E. H.HUNT 



Established 1878. Oldest House in the West Incorporated 1906 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. 



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SPRINGFffiLD, OHIO. 



The Daily News, of this city, says the 

 blue rose is a more important discovery 

 than the north pole and adds : 



"While the scientists have given us a 

 new rose, the practical florists must give 

 it to the public. Wherever the blue rose 

 was born, its home will be Springfield, 

 O., for here clustered together are the al- 

 ready famous rose growers who, with 

 their vast facilities for growing and 

 distributing, give this point the ac- 

 knowledged name of being the largest 

 rose-producing center in the world. 



"Where does California get the roses 

 which bloom there as nowhere else? Ask 

 anyone from the homes fairly hidden 

 with its flowers. Oh, yes, Springfield, O. 

 Where does the south get its roses? Ask 

 the southern dealers, and their reply, giv- 

 ing the staggering quantity of their pur- 

 chases at Springfield, would easily stamp 

 the source of supply as the manufactur- 

 ing center. 



"And so it is in the land of the rose, 



be it California, Florida, Texas, or any 

 other spot; they all depend on Spring- 

 field, O., for the practical side of plant 

 producing. So vast has the rose indus- 

 try grown that it is no longer a growing 

 of plants as in the old days; it is a huge 

 manufacturing of them, in huge estab- 

 lishments where hundreds of thousands of 

 plants are grown side by side, under 

 the careful guidance of the expert rosa- 

 rian." 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Indian summer is delightful and New 

 York is fast becoming a favorite winter 

 resort, in competition with Florida and 

 Bermuda, but all this is bad for the cut 

 flower business. The nurserymen are 

 much deliglited, for they have not had 

 an inch of frost to combat, the bulb and 

 seedsmen continue to ship and are so 

 busy that they have to sit up nights, but 

 the cut flower market is flooded and run- 

 ning over. The biggest godsend that 



BBAUTLE8 Per doi. 



48-inch and over $5.00 



30to86-inch $3.60to 4.00 



24to80-inch 2.50to 8.50 



18to20-inch 2.00to 2.50 



12to 15-inch l.OOto 1.60 



8to 12-inch 60to .76 



BOSE8 (Teaa) Per 100 



Bride and Maid $4.00 to$ 8.00 



Richmond 4.00to 10 00 



Klllarney 4.00to 10.00 



White KiUamey 4.00 to 10.00 



My Maryland . 4.00to 10.00 



Kai8erin ^ 4.00to 8.00 



Perle ^ 4.00to 7.00 



Roses, our selection 4.00 



CARNATIONS, medium 8.00 



fancy 4.00 to 5.00 



MI8CS:i.I.ANX;OV8 



Mums, small, doz., 10.75 to 11.00 



medium" 1,50 to 2.00 



fancy .. " 2.00 to 3.00 



Harrlsll Lilies 15.00 



Valley 3.00to 4.00 



Violets lOOto 1.60 



ORSBNS 



Smiiaz Strings per doz., 1.50 to 2.00 



Asparagus Strings each, .50to .60 



Asparagus Bunches " .35 to .50 



Sprengeri Bunches " .«.Sto 



Adiantum per 100, .75 to 100 



Ferns, Common per 1000, 1.60 



Qalax •' 1.25 



Leucothoe 75 



Boxwood lb., 25c 



Wild Smilax 12.50. $.<? 50 and 4.60 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



could come to it would be a good freeze. 

 Chrysanthemums and roses are having 

 a hard road to travel. Perfect though 

 they are, values proportionate with the 

 cost of growing them seem impossible. 

 The volume of arrivals is enormous. 

 Mums worth 25 cents go at 10 cents. 

 Roses by the box do not average $1 per 

 hundred, extras and specials included. 

 Debarred, as in the last years, from 

 large shipments to adjoining cities, New 

 York is largely thrown upon its own re- 

 sources and must make its market within 

 a restricted radius within the big city it- 

 self. Therefore the growth of its retail 

 element is looked upon with abundant 

 favor, and the hope is this may so in- 

 crease that the metropolis can profltably 

 absorb every good flower daily that 

 knocks at its open door. 



Easter lilies do not bring Easter 

 prices. The tendency is down again. 

 Valley holds well and the November 

 weddings are many. Orchids are up and 

 staying there. The demand is wide -and 

 the outside call must be in advance to 



