November 25, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



27 





CARNATIONS 



This is Carnation season and we are in line to 

 handle a big volume of business — can ship any 

 grade from good to extra fancy, in large quan- 

 tity at short notice. Special prices on 1000-lots. 



Violets, Nums, 

 Beauties and All Roses 



SEND AIX>NG THE ORDERS 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



52-54 Wabash Avenue, ^?;.r'???. CHICAGO 



AMERICAN BEAUTY Per doz. 



86 to 40-lncb stem S5.00 to 16.00 



24 to 30-incb stem $3.00 to 4.00 



18 to 20-inch stem 2.50 



12 to 16-iDcb stem 1.50 to 2.00 



Short stem 75 to 1.00 



Per 100 



Bride |4.C0to $8.00 



Bridesmaid 4.00to 8.00 



Katserln 4.00to 8.00 



Killarney 4.00to 10.00 



White Killarney 4 00 to 10.00 



My Maryland 4.00to 1000 



Mrs. Field 4.00to 10.00 



Richmond 4.00to 10.00 



Carnations, good 2.00 to 3.00 



fancy 4.00 



Chrysanthemums, fancy.doz.fS.OO 

 medium, doz 91 50 to 2.50 



" small e.OOto 10.00 



Violets 75to 1.00 



Valley 3.00to 4.00 



Harrisii Lilies 15.00 



Callas per doz.. $2.00 



Asparagus per strinR 50c 



Sprengreri, per bunch, .25 to .60 

 Plumosus " .50 to .75 



Oalaz, green per 1000, S1.50; .15 



bronze.... " 1.50; .16 



Adiantum 75to 1.60 



Leucothoe Sprays .75 



Smilax per doz, $1.60 12.60 



Fancy Ferns per 1000 1.50 .20 



Boxwood 501b. case, 7 50 



Wild Smilax 601b., 5.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



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ROSES 

 CARNATIONS 



ORDER or US 



No order too large for ub to fill, and none 

 too small to receive our careful attention. 



31 YEARS AT IT 



E. H. HUNT 



Established 1878. Oldest House fa tke West Incorporated 1916 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. 



BEAUTIES Per doc. 



48-inch and oyer S5.00 to $6.00 



3Cto86-inch $3.50 to 4.00 



24toS0-inch 2.50to 8.50 



18to20-Inch 2.00to 2.60 



12tol5-Inch l.OOto 1.60 



8to 12-Inch 60to .76 



ROSES (T«aa) Per 100 



Bride and Maid $4.00 to $ 8.00 



Richmond 4.00to 10.00 



Killamey 4.00to 10.00 



White Killamey 4.00to 10.00 



My Maryland 4.00 to 10.00 



Kaiserin 4.00to 8.00 



Perle 4.00to 7.00 



Roses, our selection 4.00 



CARNATIONS, medium 2.00 to 3.00 



fancy 4.00 



MISCBIiLANEOUS 



Mums, small, doz., $0.76 to $1.00 



" medium " 1,60 to 2.00 



" fancy .. " 2.00 to 8.00 



Harrisii Lilies 16.00 



Valley S.OOto 4.00 



Violets l.OOto 1.60 



GREENS 



Smilax Strings per doz., 1.60 to 3.00 



Asparagus Strings each, .60to ,60 



Asparagus Bunches " .86 to .60 



Sprengeri Bunches " .85to .50 



Adiantum per 100, .75 to 1.00 



Ferns, Common per 1000, 1.60 



Galax " 1.26 



Leucothoe .76 



Boxwood lb., 26c 



Wild Smilax $2.50, $8.50 and 4.60 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



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and White Chadwlclf. A vase of well grown 

 Bride roses completed this exhibit. 



Another of the large exhibitors was J. Brelt- 

 meyer's Sons. They showed a good collection 

 of stove and greenhouse plants, some good or- 

 chids, some well grown valley, and plants of 

 good clean Harrisii lilies, also several vases of 

 well grown chrysanthemums, a vase of pink 

 Imperial carnations, of fine quality, which at- 

 tracted especial attention, also some fine O. P. 

 Bassett, Enchantress, White Perfection, and 

 Beacon, winding up with several vases of fine 

 violets, both single and double. 



John Dlnser made a nice exhibit of plants, 

 including .some begonias, ferns, cyclamen, and 

 araucarias. 



Robert Klagge's stock was finer than ever. 

 His display of roses was excellent. Rhea Beid, 

 Richmond, KlUarney, La Detroit, and White 

 Klllarney were particularly noticeable. Mr. 

 Klagge also showed a vase of fine valley, and 

 his single violets were good. A fine lot of 

 cosmos In white and pink completed his exhibit. 



R. H. Ellis, of Leamington, Ontario, was on 

 hand with well grown vases of O. P. Bassett, 

 Enchantress, White Enchantress and Beacon. 



Among the best carnations seen were those 

 of Ferdinand Kolbe. They were white and pink 

 Enchantress, Rose-pink Enchantress and Beacon. 



Last but not least, Mr. Pautke showed some 

 fine pompons, one being a vase of Diana, also a 

 seedling pompon which Is a decided Improvement 

 on Diana. It Is a cross between Diana and 

 another pompon, Is a vigorous grower, quite full 

 * I ..* ^**°** propagator. A sport of White Chad- 

 wick, the color of which was terra cotta bronze, 

 was one of the attractions, as were also some 



Bonnaffon and Adelia. Mr. Pautke also showed 

 a vase of lupines. 



The report of the Judges, J. F. Sullivan, 

 Frank Danzer and Herman Knope, was as fol- 

 lows: 



Chrysanthemums, white; first, G'. Taepke; 

 second, T. Damerow; third, M. Bloy. 



Bronze; first, J. Breitmeyer's Sons. 



Yellow; first, J. F. Sullivan; second, M. Bloy. 



Pink; first, M. Bloy; second, J. F. Sullivan; 

 third, J. Breitmeyer's Sons. 



Best collection of not less than fifty; first, J. 

 Breitmeyer's Sons; second, G. Taepke. 



Best vase, one variety; first, Fred Pautke, 

 BonnafTon; second. T. Damerow, on Eaton; third, 

 .M. Bloy, on Chadwick. 



Best collection of plants, first, J. BreU- 

 meyer's Sons. 



Cyclamen, first. M. Bloy; second, F. Mlesel & 

 Sons; third, J. B. Dlnzer. 



Primroses, first, M. Bloy; second, F. Mlesel & 



Sons. 



Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, first, M. Bloy; 

 second, F. Mlesel & Sons; third, J. B. Dlnser. 



Whitman! fern, first, M. Bloy: second, Beard 

 Bros. 



.Specimen Boston. J. Breitmeyer's Sons. 



Specimen Scholzelin, J. Breitmeyer's Sons. 



Mum plants, Charles Distelrath. 



Hoses, best genera] appearance, R. Klagge. 



Carnations, first, J. Breitmeyer's Sons; sec- 

 ond, R. Klagge; third, Ferd. Kolbe. 



Those receiving honorable mention were: R. 

 Klagge, M. Bloy, R. H. Ellis, T. Damerow, 

 C. Distelrath, A. Von Boeselager, F. Pautke, 

 and J. Breitmeyer's Sons. 



Variotti Notes. 



The fine new show window at Sulli- 

 van's is quite a drawing card with its 

 prettily arranged hampers and baskets 

 of flowers. Norman Sullivan, who is the 

 window trimmer, is continually display- 

 ing some new arrangements of flowers 

 and small plants. 



W. B. Brown is receiving daily some 

 of the best carnations seen hereabouts. 

 They are from the houses of Ferdinand 

 Kolbe. 



Hielscher's wire works is working over- 

 time getting ready for the Christmas 

 trade. 



Another of the old florists of this city 

 has passed into the great beyond. Fred- 

 erick C. Schneider died Monday morning, 

 November 22, after a long illness. He 

 was 68 years old and had been engaged 

 in the florist and vegetable business, in 

 Detroit, for at least 40 years. 



Mrs. Pearce, wife of Hubert V. Pearce 

 of the Detroit Cut Flower Supply House, 

 has been at a local hospital for some 



