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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



February 3, 1910. 



VIOLETS 



For St. Valentine's 

 Day, February 14 



Our Violets are Famous. Home Grown— they have a Violet Odor 



— . WE OrFER 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES, extra quality. RICHMOND, aplendid etoek. 



BRIDE and MAID, none better. KILIiARNET, extra fine. 



CARNATIONS, the stock that fears no competition. VALLEY, all the year round. Of course we can 



furnish all other seasonable flowers. 



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We have plenty of Asparag:us ^trinsfs and Smilax. Headquarters for Fancy Ferns. 



HOLTON & HUNKEL CO. 



462 Milwaukee Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



The best-equipped Wholesale House In the West 



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give the man forty years in the peniten- 

 tiary, and in another case two men got 

 twenty years each. 



The Moninger Co. reports the comple- 

 tion of the fine range of conservatories it 

 lias been building at Lake Forest, on the 

 l.ouis F. Swift estate, where Mr. Francis 

 is gardener. 



Theron Brown is now with A. Lange. 



W. E. Lynch, at K. H. Hunt's, says 

 the buyers like A. C. Brown 's new carna- 

 tion, Superba. 



Henry Van Gelder is one of those who 

 comments on the better success of the 

 growers with their later batches of jon- 

 quils. 



Ned Washburn is convalescing and able 

 to be out a while each day. By the latter 

 part of the month he hopes to be strong 

 enough to go to California with Mrs. 

 Washburn for a few weeks' visit. By a 

 coincidence his grandfather, O. P. Bas- 

 sett, and .Mrs. Washburn's grandfather 

 are both wintering at Pasadena and play 

 golf together nearly every afternoon. 



Pochlmann Bros. C:o. is much pleased 

 with its success Avith valley this season. 



The Greek who operates as the White 

 House Florist has opened a branch store 

 at 189 Wabash avenue until a permanent 

 tenant is found. 



The A. F. Amling Co. states that the 

 contract for its range of six new Beauty 

 houses has been let to the A. Dietsch Co. 



Peter Reinberg is cutting quite a few 

 Bride, but his Killarneys, which were in 

 such heavy crop for Christmas, are off. 



C. W. McKellar says the approach of 

 February 14 is apparent in the orders for 

 Valentine's specialties. 



Visitors to the carnation meeting at 

 Pittsburg met Henry Klunder, formerly 

 .)f Chicago, who is w^orking in one of the 

 retail stores there. Wm. Wienhocber, 

 youngest son of E. Wienhoeber, also is in 

 Pittsburg, learning the flower business in 

 the store of H. L. Blind & Bro. 



Kyle & Foerster say that after being 

 four" months in business they find them- 

 selves much farther along than they had 

 hoped to get in so short a time. 



W. .T. Smyth says this was the best 

 .January he ever has had. Mr. Smyth now 

 walks without the aid of his cane. 



A wonderful new White Sox ball park 



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Headquarters 



Cut Flower Price List 



TakioK effect Monday, February 7, 1910. 

 OBCHIDS-Cattleyaa, layender ....Per doi., $6.00 to $ 7.50 



Laelia alba, white 



Dendroblum Formosum, white, 



Oyprlpediums, green, per 100, $15.00 



Asiorted, selected flowers Per box, 15.00 to 



6.00 



6.00 



2.00 



25.00 



400 



6.00 



4.00 



250 



1.60 



100 



15.00 



10.00 



6.00 



12.00 



8.00 



6.00 



12.00 



8.00 



600 



12.00 



12.00 



12.00 



5.00 



Gardenias Perdoz., 2.00to 



AMERICAN BEAUTT-Bpeolala.. 5 00 to 



80to36-in " S.OOto 



20to24-in " 2.00to 



16tol8-in " 1.26 to 



Shorter " .75to 



Killamey, speciat PerlOO 12.00 t^o 



select " g.OOto 



" seconds " 5.00to 



My Maryland, special 10.00 to 



select 



seconds " 500to 



EUchmond, special " lO.OOto 



'* select ..•.••• '* 



seconds " 5.00to 



Mrs. Field " S.OOto 



Bridesmaid " 5.00to 



Bride " S.OOto 



HOSES, our selection, mixed 



CABNATIOMS 



Select PerlOO, $2.00 to $8.00 



Fancy " 4.00 



BIISCEI.I.AirEOUS STOCK 



Violets, double PerlOO, .75 to 100 



single •' .75to 1.00 



Valley " S.OOto 4.00 



Easter Lilies Per doz., $2.00 15.00 



Oallas " 2.00 " 15.00 



SweetPeas " i.oo 



Boavardia " 4.00to 6.00 



Paper Whites and Romans 3.00 



Jonquils " 4.00tO 5.00 



Tulips " S.OOto 4.00 



Stevia " 1.50 



Mignonette " 4.00to 8.00 



Freesla " S.OOto 4.00 



DSCOBATIVE 



Asparagus Plumosus Perstring, .60to .$0 



Perbunch. .86to .76 



Sprengerl " .85to .75 



Adlantum PerlOO, .76to 1.00 



Farleyense " 10.00 



Smilax Per doz., $1.60 



Mexican lyy " I.OO 



Ferns Per 1000, 2.00 .26 



Oalax, green and bronze Per 1000, I.OO 



Case 10,000, 7.60 



Leucothoe PerlOO, .76 



bronze " 1.00 



Wild Smilax Large cases, 5.oe 



Boxwood Per bunch, 26c; per 100 lbs., 16.0e 



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

 Subject to market obaiiKea 



CHAS. W. McKELLAR 



SI Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



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was started this week on the lot back of 

 the Kidwell greenhouses at Thirty-fourth 

 and Wentworth — but the greenhouses are 

 to remain. 



J. H. Lindenberger, of the Kentucky 

 Tobacco Product Co., Louisville, Ky., has 

 been in town several days, calling on 



growers in company with Mr, Taylor, the 

 regular representative in this territory. 



The Wittbolds had the Coliseum decora- 

 tion for the automobile show, using large 

 quantities of greens. 



Bowling. 



In the Florists' Bowling League Janu- 



