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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Pebhuabt 17, 1910. 



BEAUTIES 



We have the largest supply and the finest Beauties in 



this market and we want to hear from those 



who have not previously bought of us. 



LET'S HEAR FROM YOU 



We also can supply all other stock in season. A fine 



lot of Carnations. 



VAUGHAN & SPERRY 



52-54 Wabash Avenue, ^U*???. CHICAGO 



Price List 



AMXBICAN BKAUTT Per dos. 



S6 to M-lnoh Item $6.00 



24 to SO-lnch Item tS.OOto 4.00 



18 to ao-lBota Btem l.SOto 2.60 



12 to 16-lDCh stem 1.00 to 1.26 



Sbortitem .76 



Per 100 



BHde. : 16.00 to 912.00 



Brldeamald 6.00 to 12.00 



EiUamey : 6.00 to 16.00 t 



Sblte KllUrney 6 00to 16.00 

 ohmond e.OOto 12.00 



R08BS, our seleotlon 5.00 



Oamationi, good. 1.50 to 2.00 



fancy S.OO 



Yloletfl 76to 1.00 



VaUey S.OOto 6.00 



HarriiU LiUes. . .doz.. 11.60 to 12. 



OaUai " $1.60 to $2. 



Tulips S.OOto 4.00 



JonqullB 4.00 



Freesia 8.00 



Sweet Peas 75 to 1.50 



Aiparagui peritrlns, .60 



" Sprengeri, per bunch, .85 to .60 

 Plumoaua " .60 to .76 



Galax per 1000. 91.00; .16 



Adlantum 76to 1.60 



Leuootboe Spraya .76 



Smllax per doi., 9200 



Fancy Fema per 1000 2.00 .26 



Boxwood 691b. caie, 7 60 



WUd Smllax 601b., 6.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



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red for Lincoln dinners and for valen- 

 tines. Killarney has been short of the 

 requirements for weeks, but now is equal 

 to the call. Since the passing of the 

 special demand the rose situation has 

 become quite a little easier. 



Carnations have been and are in large 

 supply. Quality varies, the highest 

 grade being in lightest supply, with an 

 overabundance of the stock that does 

 not pass critical inspection. Splits are 

 so plentiful it is next to impossible to 

 move them. There was a big call for 

 red last week and the price, of course, 

 was pushed up. Bright pink also shared 

 in the extra demand, but for light pink 

 and white the call did not even hold 

 prices steady except, perhaps, where the 

 quality was above the ordinary. While 

 a few carnations sold for 4 cents, whole- 

 salers were glad to take $1.50 per hun- 

 dred for others and were never able to 

 clean up on the lower grade. The 

 weather the last few days has favored 

 the carnation and no further shortage is 

 to be expected this season. 



The violet is the popular specialty for 

 Valentine's day. The supply was enor- 

 mous, but so was the demand and a good 

 business was done, both at wholesale and 

 retail. Fair prices were realized for the 

 doubles up to February 13, but the next 

 day the market went to pieces. Singles 

 were in even heavier supply than doubles 

 and there simply was no sale for them 

 at any price February 14. Fancy sweet 

 peas sold well, as did jonquils, daffodils 

 and the colored tulips, up to the close of 

 business February 13 (two houses kept 

 open and busy all day Sunday), but 

 after that there was too much of every- 

 thing except roses, and enough of these. 



Cattleyas seem equal to the call, but 

 the price for the best continues good. 

 There are plenty of Easter lilies and 

 callas are more abundant than hereto- 

 fore. Fine valley is in large supply, 

 shipments coming here from other mar- 

 kets that are overstocked. 



The greens department is quiet. There 

 is not much call for asparagus strings. 

 Plumosus bunches are scarce. Of other 

 items there is a good supply. 



Some of the orders intended for ship- 

 ment January 12 were not received until 

 next day, because the senders had over- 

 looked the fact that there was but one 



d^ivery of mail. Washington's birth- 

 day, February 22, also is a holiday, with 

 only one delivery. To be on the safe 

 side, wire. 



Varioas Notei. 



The retailers made more effort than 

 ever before for Valentine's day. Several 

 spent considerable sums in advertising in 

 the daily papers and all made more or 

 less elaborate special window and store 

 decorations, with the result that they 

 nearly all report increased business. 

 The red heart-shaped box was the staple 

 article for violets, but the leading stores 

 showed many elaborate boxes and did a 

 good business with them. The table 

 decorating, with the stores that do the 

 bulk of this work, was heavy February 

 12 and 14. 



Eoy Wilcox and liis bride, from Coun- 

 cil Bluffs, spent several days in Chicago 

 last week, on their way home from the 

 east. The wedding occurred February 1. 



Fred Strail, formerly in the retail 

 business on Jackson boulevard and later 

 with A. Lange, is now with the Bohan- 

 non Floral Co. Eeport has it that the 

 Bohannon business has increased 

 largely since removal to the University 

 Club building. 



Vaughan & Sperry say that their sales 

 in the first eleven days of February were 

 almost the exact sum of the sales for 

 the whole month last year, which w&s be- 

 fore they moved to their present loca- 

 tion. 



W. H. Hilton, who has been ill for 

 several months, a part of the time seri- 

 ously so, went to Alabama February 12 

 for a^jcriod of recuperation. 



W. E. Lynch, of E. H. Hunt's, re- 

 cently visited business connections at 

 Champaign and Springfield. 



John Mangel had a fully set table 

 with a Valentine's, day decoration as a 

 part of his window display last week. 



Ed Heim, of Heim Bros., Blue Island, 

 was in town the other j3ay and said it 

 will be some little time yet before roses 

 get into full crop again; the plants have 

 made extremely slow growth during the 

 several weeks of severe cold weather. He 

 says he looks for a big crop about March 

 15, carrying over Easter, and thinks 

 there is a probability of a glut of roses 

 in April, possibly a little before if the 



TO USERS or 



APHINE 



Please note the following modifi- 

 cations in directions for applying, 

 which if carefnlly followed will prove 

 effective for the destruction of all 

 insects intended for: 



For Green, Black and White Fly. 

 1 part Aphine to 35 to 40 parts Water. 



For Red Spider, Thrips and Slugs, 



1 part Aphine to 20 to 25 parts Water. 



For Mealy Bug. White and Brown Scale, 



1 part Aphine to 12 to 15 parts Water. 



$8.50 per Gallon. 



APHINE MANUFAQURING CO. 



MADISON. N. J. 



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weather is bright and warm. Heim 

 Bros, grow only roses and carnations and 

 have cut good stock this season. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. does not intend to 

 be caught short if a coal strike cuts off 

 the fuel supply in April. Not only arc 

 all the storage sheds being filled to the 

 roof, but huge piles of coal are being 

 stacked up in the open air. 



E. C. Amling says that he thinks there 

 were at least four times, and possibly 

 six times as many single violets this year 

 as for any previous Valentine's day. 



Frank Schramm took in the automobile 

 show last week, sold his old machine and 

 bought a fine new National touring car. 

 He is cutting some specially good White 

 Lawson carnations just now. 



Bassett & Washburn say Lent ha» 

 made absolutely no difference to them; 

 business has been even better since Asb 

 Wednesday than it was before. 



A. L. Eandall says his house never 

 handled so many violets in three day& 

 as it did February 11 to 14. Frank 

 Johnson is in Michigan this week. 



H. C. Blewitt, Des Plaines, is plan- 

 ning to put up another large house this 



