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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decdmbeb 2, 1909. 



KENNICOn BROS. CO. 



48-50 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



LOHG DISTANCE PHOHS, CBHTRAL 4«6. 



Handles All Cut Flowers in Season 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BBAUTir Per doz. 



Longr stems $5.00 



Stems 30 Inches 4 00 



Stems 24 inches 8 00 



Stems 20 Inches 2.50 



Stems leinches 2.00 



Stems 12 inches 1.50 



Short per 100, $6.00 to $8.00 



Per 100 



KiUamey, special $10.00 



select $600to 800 



seconds 8.00 to 4.00 



Richmond, special 10.00 



select 6.00 to 8.00 



seconds 8.00to 4.00 



Kaiserin, special 800 



select 5.00 to 6.00 



seconds 4.00 



My Maryland , special 10.00 



select. 6.00to 8.00 



seconds SOOto 4.00 



Bridesmaid S.OOto 8.00 



Bride S.OOto 8.00 



Mrs. Field 8.00to 8.00 



CARNATIONS 



Common 1.50to 2.00 



Select 8.00 



Chryaanthemnina Per 100 



Extrafancy doz., $3.00 $20.00 



Medium....doz., $1.50co 2.00$10.00to 15.00 



Small 6.00 to 



Pompons and singles, 



per bunch 85c to 75c 



Valley S.OOto 



Easter Lilies per doz., $2.00 



Violets 75 to 



Sweet Peas 75 to 



Stevia 



Paper Whites 



DBCORATITE 



Asparagus Plumosus, per string 



per bunch 



Sprengeri....per 100 



Adiantum " 



Smilax per doz., $1.60 



Ferns per 1000, 1.50 



Galax, bronze per 1000 



green 



Leucotboe 



Box wood. 35c per bunch; $7.50 per 50-lb. 



8.00 



4.00 

 16.00 

 1.00 

 1.50 

 2.00 

 S.OO 



.50 to 



.85 to 



2 00 to 



.60 to 



.75 



.75 



6.00 



.75 



10.00 



.20 



1.00 



1.00 



.75 



case 



Store open from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. Sundays 

 closed at noon. 



Subject to market ohancei. 



^|72| J Cfiillsv -^Iw^ys on hand for immediate shipment. Large 

 Tf nil jIUllaA cases only, $5.00 each; two or more at $4.50 each. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



one of our daily papers, that their trade 

 on Thanksgiving day was twenty-five per 

 cent greater than last year. 



Miss Lillian Humfeld, whose hands 

 were poisoned by Primula obconica, has 

 been absent from business for about two 

 weeks, but is now able to be at her desk 

 again. 



Judging by the large pile of orders we 

 saw packed ready for delivery, at the 

 William L. Eock Flower Co., they must 

 have had a rushing business. 



Almost all of the florists in the city 

 were lined up for more stock on Thurs- 

 day, but could not be supplied. 



The W. H. Humfeld Floral Co. reports 

 good business. They were kept busy with 

 several weddings during the week. 



Arthur Newell reports trade as being 

 exceptionally good and he could have 

 sold more if he had had more stock. 



The Holland bulb and azalea agents are 

 making their appearance again. We had 

 two representatives to call on us last 

 week. They report that they are taking 

 good, large orders. W. H. H, 



BALTIMORE. 



TheM«rket. 



The Thanksgiving business this year 

 was well up to the standard set by pre- 

 vious years in volume, but the quality 

 of some stock was inferior to what it 

 has been for some time past. This fact, 

 coupled with the large quantities of stock 

 poured into the market, caused a large 

 amount to be moved off at low prices. 

 This was particularly true of roses, 

 chrysanthemums and carnations. 



There seems to be a tendency to at- 



tach too much importance to this holiday, 

 among growers who are not in the mar- 

 ket themselves, with the result that con- 

 siderable quantities of stock are pickled 

 in anticipation of a tremendous rush of 

 business, which does not, as a rule, ma- 

 terialize. 



This year the weather undoubtedly af- 



raiVERY now and then a well- 

 L9 pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of bringinf a 

 new advertiser to 



Such friendly assistance is thoroti ghly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florists' use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Cazton Bide. Chicago 



fected the market here to a great extent. 

 There was bright weather up to Tues- 

 day and then a cold, raw temperature and 

 high winds, with rain, which later turned 



to snow and sleet, the first snow of the 

 season. The snow fell the entire day 

 and night on Wednesday and melted 

 nearly as fast as it fell. About three 

 inches fell, by weather report. If Thurs- 

 day had been warm, the volume of local 

 business would have been tremendous. 



After the flurry incident to the holiday, 

 business settled down to a good, healthy 

 condition, with better grades of stock ar- 

 riving, in quantities better suited to the 

 demands, and as a consequence bringing 

 steadier prices. 



Carnations look better than during the 

 latter part of last week. Chrysanthe- 

 mums hold out pretty well, but are be- 

 ginning to show old age, except Nonin 

 and Helen ±'rick, which are gobbled up 

 on sight. Boses are overstocked in al- 

 most every color. Sweet peas are to be 

 had in small quantities. 



Various Notes. 



The Maryland State Horticultural So- 

 ciety holds its annual exhibition of fruit 

 and flowers December 2 and 3, at the 

 Fifth Regiment Armory. The exhibits 

 aro divided into three classes— fruits, veg- 

 etables, and flowering and ornamental 

 plants. It is one of the largest exhibi- 

 tions ever held here. Lectures are given 

 by state experts. Wm. F. Gude, of Wash- 

 ington, will address the evening session 

 on "Practical Floriculture." 



Henry Fischer had three fine vases of 

 seedling mums at the last meeting of the 

 Florists' Club. One white variety made 

 an average of eighty-five points. G. A. 

 Lotze had a vase of fine mums, incurved, 

 dark pinjc of the shade of Amorita, which 

 were awarded a certificate of merit and 



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