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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOTDHBBR 25, 1909. 



Roses :: Violets 



Best Beauties, Fancy Carnations 



The North and Northwest, where the florists all are doing a big business, are learning to rely on Milwaukee 

 for their Cut Flowers. Large supply and the quality second to none in the whole 



United States. The superior quality of 



Milwaukee Stock Was the Notable Feature of the Fall Shows 



Buyers who have not yet tried Milwaukee stock should send us an order now. The stock and service 

 will cause you to become a regular customer. 



HOLTON & HUNKEL CO. 



462 Milwaukee Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



The best-equipped Wholesale House In the West 



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Trianse. He says that under the circum- 

 stances buyers are using Dendrobium 

 formosum, but that the shortage will be 

 overcome by the arrival of Trianse in 

 another ten days or so. 



A. Lange was the only retail florist 

 who attended the land show banquet 

 at the Congress hotel November 20. 



A visit to the greenhouses of Ernest 

 Oechslin, at Maywood, shows prospects 

 for a good Christmas and spring trade. 

 He has one house each of azaleas and 

 poinsettias and his men were busily en- 

 gaged potting lily bulbs for the spring. 

 Mr. Oechslin says he is now crowded for 

 room, but there is little chance to ex- 

 pand at present, as his ground is now 

 practically all under glass and the ad- 

 joining property is built up. 



Joseph Kohout, carnation foreman at 

 Bassett & Washburn's, is doing a fort- 

 night's term of jury duty at Hinsdale. 



Bowling. 



The Carnations lost three straight to 

 the Bullard & Gormley team November 

 20, but they still lead the Florists' 

 League. The scores November 18 were: 



Orchids. 1st 2d 3d 



Hueber 125 118 126 



Graff 151 137 126 



Kruchten ..161 133 180 



Vogel 97 113 122 



J. Zech 118 124 162 



Carnations. 1st 2d 3d 



Ayers 135 198 119 



Pasternick 155 115 138 



Krauss 161 118 124 



Farley 199 153 118 



A. Zech 139 134 170 



Total .. 

 Violets. 

 Bergman . 

 Jolinson . . 

 J. Kruchten 

 Lieberman 

 Yarnell .. 



Total . . 



.652 625 716 



1st 2d 3d 

 .129 132 221 

 .149 152 135 



103 115 151 

 .102 157 161 

 .153 129 137 



.635 685 805 



Total . 

 Roses. 



Wolf 



Goerlsch 

 Pleser . . 

 Orseske . 

 Skafgard 



Total . 



.789 718 669 



Ist 2d 3d 

 .116 140 126 

 .112 133 121 

 .101 125 114 

 .123 134 113 

 .164 160 107 



.613 692 581 



NEW YORK. 



PETER REINBERQ 



35 Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Current Price List 



American Beauties Doz. 



Long stems $4.00 



30-inch etema 3.00 



24-inch Btems 2.50 



18-inch stems 2.00 



16-inch stems 1.60 



12-inch stems 1.26 



Short stems $0.75 to 1.00 



ROSES Per 100 



Richmond $4.00 to $10.00 



Bride 4.00 to 8.00 



Maid 4.00 to 8.00 



Perle 4.00 to 6.00 



Sunrise 4.00 to 6.00 



Uncle John 4.00 to 6.00 



Killarney 4.00 to 8.00 



My Maryland 4.00 to 10.00 



Mrs. Field 4.00 to 10.00 



Carnations 2.50 to 3.00 



Muma.doz., $1.50 to $3 



Ferns per 1000, 1.50 



Asparagus... bunches .50 to .75 



ROSES, our selection, $4.00 per 100 



The Market. 



This week opened cloudy and colder, 

 with the hope and prospect of crisp, 

 seasonable weather. Shipments towards 

 the close of last week decreased in vol- 

 ume and a general cleaning up at some- 

 what better prices gave the street en- 

 couragement. 



Early this week it appeared that 

 Thanksgiving prices would be reason- 

 able. The holiday is not expected to be 

 other than a good Saturday at this busy 

 time of the floricultural year. 



The demand for orchids from out of 



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town grows constantly. The local call 

 is persistent. The amount of stock sent 

 in will not go around. Prices are ad- 

 vancing. The chrysanthemum supply is 

 immense and the quality of most of it 

 now superb. For the medium and in- 

 ferior grades there is little demand, and 

 these go at any offer, but the Chad- 

 wicks, Bonnaffons and Gold Mines are 

 snapped up rapidly. 



Carnations have held well at 2 cents 

 in quantity for the best stock, with a 

 higher rate at times for the novelties 

 or small lots. Valley and lilies do not 

 vary. Narcissi and bouvardia are here. 

 Gardenias, when perfect, bring $4 a 



dozen, and few can be had under $2 of 

 any grade. The demand is greater than 

 the supply. There are no more of them 

 on the streets. The big football games 

 lifted the violet market; 75 cents was 

 top, with 50 cents per hundred in 

 bunches of fifty, and half of that for 

 anything the street men handled. 



There are many large weddings booked 

 for this week and next, with a large 

 number of debutante affairs, so the lead- 

 ing retailers are having a good run of 

 work. 



Various Notes. 



Monday, December 13, the Florists' 



