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ThcWeekly Florists^ Review^ 



November 18,..10U0. 



Armadillo Baskets 



THE HIT or THE SEASON 



Somethine new and unique for florists. They make novel flower and hanging plant baskets. Are well prepared and guaranteed water- 

 proof. Ihese baskets are mdde in (4) four different styles and sizes. The price ranges from 60c and up for jobbers. Ihc plain basket makes 

 a unique novelty for a gift, very strong and durable. Th^y are made from the horned shell of the Armadillo. 



WHAf IS AN ARMADItLO? A most curious and interesting animal, captured in the mountains of West Texas and Old Mexico. In freedom 

 it makes its nest about six feet under ground ; sleeping during the day, it ventures out at night, hs shell or armor i^ fashioned into the oddest 

 and most curious baskets ever known. I have no agents and therefore am able to give you my lowest quotations. Ship goods direct to all 

 parts of North America. Write for catalogue and prices, special terms to jobbers. 



CHAS. APELt, Comfort, Texas S.r 



e Horn* of the Arniadlllo). Upsler in Tfxts and Hexican 

 iotitles. My Specialty is the iVaterprouf Plant Basket. 



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be lieai-a, for the city takes about all 

 that are arriving. The two big opera 

 houses and the new theater are all 

 crowded nightly with the four hundred 

 and they are wearing orchids and gar- 

 denias. 



Between football games and the horse 

 show the modest violets sat up some last 

 week and took notice. They are back 

 again this week, however, to a lower 

 standard. 



Carnations are not able yet to get 

 above $2 per hundred, and thousands go 

 at half that figure. 



The frost must come upon the pump- 

 kin quickly if Ave are to have a real 

 Thanksgiving. We look for a change 

 for the better during the coming week 

 and a steady and profitable condition in 

 all departments of the cut flower indus- 

 try thereafter until Christmas. 



Variou* Notes. 



The import trade this fall is enor- 

 mous. As an illustration, last week Mc- 

 Hutchison & Co. received 593 cases, 4UG 

 cases of valley and twelve cases of plants 

 from C.erniany, and 165 cases of plants 

 from Holland. 



J. II. Small & Sons had a vase ot 

 President Taft roses last week in their 

 Br(;a<Vway window, a brilliant pink. 



^hc prize nmms still come in from 

 C. II. Totty's Madison range and main- 

 tain their higlf-wator mark. But these 

 are few, when compared with the great 

 river of medium and cheap flowees. 



The Ketail Florists' Association held 

 its monthly session November 16, and is 

 planning for another smoker in the near 

 future. The belief seems to be well 

 founded that the prominent retailers will 

 not let another such opportunity for 

 profitable publicity pass as the flower 

 show in the INIuseum of Natural His- 

 tory, without taking advantage of it. 



William Wells, who has been a guest 

 of C. H. Totty for several weeks, sailed 

 for home Wednesday, November 17, on 

 the Lusitania. He is a most genial gen- 

 tleman and has made a host of friends. 



The traveling representatives of Kalph 

 M. Ward & Co. are leaving this week on 

 their fall trips, which will cover the en 

 tire country. , 



The downtown seedsmen vie with each 

 other in attractive window decorations. 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., with blooms, and 

 J M. Thorburn & Co., with vegetables, 

 manage to hold up pedestrians con- 



WESTERN 



Headquarters 



Thanksgiving Prices 



For week commeueinK Saturday. Nov, 



ORCBIUS-Cattlnyae, lavender Per doz., 



Dendrobium Formosum, white, 



Den'irobium Phalatnopsis, pink... Per 100, 



Vanda Caerniea, wbite, tinted blue. Per doz., 



Cy pripediums " 



Oucidiums. yellow Per 100, 



AsBorted. selected flowers Per box, 



Gardenias Per doz.. 



20,1909 



$6.00 to $ 7.50 



4.00 to 6 00 



15.00 



400 



3.00 



5.00 



25.00 



4.00 



3.00 to 

 2.00 to 

 3.00 to 

 5.00 to 

 3.00 to 



AMERICAN BE AUT¥-8peclals. . 



30 to 3« in 



20to24-lu 



15to 18-iD 



Short PerlOO 



Killarney, special 



select 



seconds 



Kalserin, special 



select 



seconds 



My Maryland, select 



seconds 



Richmond, select 



" seconds 



Mrs. Field " SOOto 



Bridesmaid " 3.00 to 



Bride " 3.00 to 



"Special" Stock billed accordingly 



CARNATIONS 



Common, short PerlOO, $2.00to$3.00 



Select •' 4.00to 5.00 



MISCELLANEOUS STOCK 



Chryeanthemums, faucv Per doz. 



diu 



3 00 to 

 2 00 to 



6 00 to 

 8.00 to 

 5.00 to 

 3.00 to 



5.00 to 



6 00 to 

 SOOto 

 6.00 to 



500 

 4 00 

 2.50 

 150 

 8.00 

 1000 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 300 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 



$2 50 to 

 1 fiOto 



5roto 



75 to 

 8.00 to 



3.00 

 2.00 

 8.00 

 1.00 

 4.00 

 15.00 

 1.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 



medium 



„. , " small PerlOO, 



Violets 



Valley 



Easter Lilies Per doz., $2.00 



Sweet Peas " .75to 



Bouvardia " 4.00to 



PaperWhites " S.COto 



DECORATIVE 



Asparagus Plumosus Perstring;, .50to .60 



■' „ " Per bunch, .35 to .75 



Sprengeri PerlOO, 2.00to 6.00 



Adiantum •• ,75to 1.00 



Farleyense " looo 



Smllax Per doz., $1.50 10.00 



Ferns PtrlOOO, 150 " .20 



Galax, green and bronze Per 1000, 1.26 



,^ Casel0,0OO, 10.00 



ronS'o*'^? PerlOO, .76 



WildSmilax Largecases, 5.00 



Boxwood Per bunch, 26c; per 100 lbs., 15.00 



Store open from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. Sundays closed at noon. 

 Snbject to market changes 



CHAS. W. McKELLAR 



SI Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



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stantly. Mayor Stumpp has had some of 

 the prize mum blooms of the big shows 

 in his windows. 



One of the prettiest windows of Fifth 

 avenue last week was that of Thomas 

 Young, Jr., with decorations appropriate 

 to the horse show, including a panel with 

 three horses' heads. 



The auction sales will not go beyond 



November. Just now the big importa- 

 tions of palms, boxwood and evergreens 

 are being disposed of and the audiences 

 every Tuesday and Friday continue 

 large. 



Tuesday evening, November 16, at 

 the Astoria Bowling Club was ladies' 

 night. Supper was served at 6 o'clock 

 and piizes were awarded and a good time 



