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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febbuaky 10, 1910 



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VIOLETS 



For St. Valentine's 

 Day, February 14 



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



_ WK OFFKR 



AMKRICAIf BEAUTIES, extra quality. RICHUOND, splendid stock. | 



BRIDE and MAID, none better. KILLARNBY, extra fine. * 



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



furnish all other seasonable flowers. 



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We have plenty of Asparagus Strings 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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th3 family home, 3203 Fox street, Febru- 

 ary 7. There were many flowers. 



The George Wittbold Co. has been 

 forcing quite a little more white lilac 

 than was needed for its own retail stores. 

 This has been consigned to Percy Jones, 

 E. C. Amling and others. 



The board of directors of the Flower 

 Growers ' Market corporation met recently 

 and elected the following officers: Presi- 

 dent, Walter Tenner; vice-president, 

 Frank Beu; treasurer. Miss Hertha Ton- 

 ner; financial secretary and manager, 

 John Sinner; recording secretary, Alex. 

 Henderson. Mr. Tonner some time since 

 ceased to operate his greenhouses; he is 

 now employed in the Northwestern 

 freight house. 



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

 does not take an expert to tell when the 

 violet growers have been fumigating with 

 hydrocyanic acid gas. 



A. Lange had six men at Ottawa, 111., 

 the other day, putting up one of the most 

 elaborate wedding decorations he has 

 executed this season. 



Frank Johnson, of the A. L. Randall 

 Co., is calling on customers in Toledo 

 and Detroit this week. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McKellar find 

 much of special interest at the Coliseum, 

 where the automobile show is on. The 

 Wittbold Co. had the largest decoration 

 of the season there this week. 



Kyle & Foerster state that three of 

 the big houses of the Benthey establish- 

 ment at New Castle are to be planted to 

 Beauties this season. 



The Poehlmann Bros. C&. is beginning 

 to cut choice cattleyas/in considerable 

 quantity. August PoWdmann says they 

 will add to the orchids this season so that 

 they will have two large houses of them 

 next year. 



Bassett & Washburn say that lilies this 

 winter have paid them better than lilies 

 usually have at Easter. 



Phil Schupp, at J. A. Budlong's, says 

 he looks for an early and large increase 

 in the rose supply. 



It is reported that Fred Lieberman, of 

 the Vaughan & Sperry staff, committed 

 matrimony Thursday evening, Febru- 

 ary 3. 



E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. Co., 



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Laella alba, white 



Dendrobium FormoBom, white, " 



Oypripedlums, green, per 100, 116.00 " 



AHorted, selected flo wen Per box, 96.00 to 



Gardenias Per doz., 2.00 to 



Cut Flower Price List 



Takinr effect Monday, February 14, 1910. 

 OBCHIDS-CattleyM. lavender ....Per dos., 96.00 to S 7.50 



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26.00 



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Headquarters 



AMBKIOAN BKAUTT-Bpeclala 



80to86-ln 



20to24-in 



16 to 18-in 



Shorter 



Klllaroey, special Per 100 



select 



seconds 



My Maryland, special " 



select 



seconds 



Richmond, special 



select 



seconds 



Mrs. Field 



Bridesmaid 



Bride 



ROSES, our selection, mixed 



CABNATIONS 



Select Per 100, 12.00 



Fancy " IS.OOto 4.00 



MI8CBI.LANBOUS STOCK I 



Yioleta, double Per 100, 



single 



VaUey 



Easter Ulles Per dos., 91.50 to 92.00 



Oallas " 1.60to 2.00 " 



Sweet Peas 



Boayardia 



Paper Whites and Romans 



Jonqolls 



Tulips 



Daffodils 



Mignonette 



Freesla .... 



DKCOBATIYB 



Asparagus Plnmosoa Per string, 



Perbnnch. 



Sprengeri 



Adiaatom Per 100, 



Farleyense 



Smilax Per doB., 91.60 



Mexlcanlyy " i.oo 



Ferns Per 1000, 2.00 .36 



Galax, green and bronze , Per 1000, 1.00 



Oasel0,000, 7.60 



Leucothoe Per 100, .76 



bronte " 1.00 



Wild Smilax Largecases, 6.09 



Boxwood Per bunch. 26c; per 100 lbs., 16.09 



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

 Subject to market otasnKes 



CHAS. W. McKELLAR 



51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



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says that the Saturday before Ash 

 Wednesday for uncounted years has been 

 the busiest Saturday of the season with 

 them, larger sales than any other Satur- 

 day, unless a holiday made extra busi- 

 ness. This year the Saturday before Ash 

 Wednesday fell February 5. It was a 



big day all through the market, but w;i 

 cut into by the extremely cold weather, 

 which shut off the buyers who take tin 

 cheap stock and tone up the market. 



The Chicago Bose Co. has bought tli'' 

 ice-box formerly used by the Benthey 

 Coatsworth Co., and it is being removeci 



