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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Max 18, 1911. 



WESTERN 



Headquarters 



DECORATION DAY PRICES 



ORCHIDS 



Oattleyas. pinkish laTender Per dOB . I 5.00 to t 6.00 



Boxes assorted Orchids, 16.00 and up. 



ASIIEBIOAN BBAUTT-SpeoUla..Per doi.. 8.00 to 



SO-ln 



20to24-ln 



16to 18-ln 



Shorter •• 



Klllamer Per 100. 



Whlto KlUamey " 



My MarrUmd " 



Richmond 



Mrs. yield 



BrldMbnaid or Bride ....w.,.. " 



BOSKS, our selection ".... * 



special ^ 



.80 to 

 4.00 to 

 4.00 to 

 4.00 to 

 4.00 to 

 4.00 to 

 4.00 to 



4.00 

 2.S0 

 2.00 

 1.60 

 1.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 4.00 

 10.00 



Select, 

 rancy. 



OABMATIONS 



..PerlOO. 



MISCXXI^AMSOUS STOCK 



Oardenlaa. ffreenhouse-vrown Per doi.. 



Peonies " 



OladloU 



" miniature Per 100, 



VaUej *• 



EaaterLlUea " 



Oallas " 



Daisies " 



SweetPeas " 



Butterfly " 



Kl«nonette " 



Pansles, bunches " 



Iris, Spanish " 



3.00 to 4.00 

 6.00 



2.00 to 

 .60 to 

 1.00 to 

 4.00 to 

 3.00 to 



1.00 to 



.60 to 

 LOO to 

 4.00 to 

 8.00 to 

 3.00 to 



4.00 



100 



1.60 



6.00 



4.00 



12.60 



12.60 



1.60 



1.00 



1.60 



8.00 



10.00 



6.00 



DBCOBATITB 



Aeparafus Plnmoaos Perstrlnc, .50to .(0 



Per bunch. .IS to .60 



Sprencert " .2Sto .60 



▲dlantnm Per 100. .76to 1.00 



Iteleyenee *' . lo.OOto 12.00 



Smllax Per dot.. t2.0O to $2.50 



Mexlcanlry Per 1000. 6.00 " ,. .76 



Ferns ** 3.80 " ,40 



Oalax. green and bronse Per 1000. 1.2S 



Leucothoe Per 100. .75 



Boxwood Per bunch. S6c; percaae. 7.60 



Subject to market ohancea 



For Decoration Day 



Cemetery Vases, Green Moss, Magnolia Leaves, 



green and bronze; Moss Wreaths, Cycas 



Leaves, Ribbons of All Kinds. 



CHAS. W. NcKELLAR 



New Ho. 1«2 North Wabash Are. i*§M Eg* A i>t\ 

 (Old No. 61 Wabash Ave.) ^^■■■V»**UVF 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Various Notes. 



Ted. Vogel, formerly buyer for W. J. 

 Smyth, is getting an experience of the 

 other end of the business, having taken 

 hold with Kennicott Bros. Co. for the 

 Mothers' day and peony rush. This 

 firm has more than doubled its force for 

 May and June and is having the biggest 

 season in its long experience. 



The Percy Jones establishment has 

 expanded during the week, to occupy 

 more than double the space heretofore 

 occupied. A complete rearrangement, 

 with an office at the street front, ice- 

 boxes at the rear, new tabling, wide 

 aisles and fresh decoration, adds greatly 

 to appearance as well as facilities. Big, 

 bright gold lettering on the windows 

 calls attention from street and elevated 

 roads. 



Vaughan & Sperry say Mothers' day 

 was ahead of the Memorial days of 

 their earlier experience. They expect 

 the business for May 30 to eclipse 

 Easter. 



There are no insurrectos among the 

 A. L. Bandall customers along the 

 Mexican border, but Frank Johnson 

 spent last week in southwestern Texas, 

 close to the seat of war. 



John Kruchten says Memorial day 

 always has brought one of his big 

 weeks and he expects, with increased 

 supplies, to break all records this year. 

 N. P. Miller fell from a ladder while 

 carpentering at his place at Wilmette 

 last week, dislocating his right shoul- 

 der and otherwise bruising him up. It 



will be several days before he can take 

 charge of the new Kennicott branch 

 at 56 East Bandolph street. 



C. M. Dickinson says that E. H. 

 Hunt's Memorial day will break all 

 records; already more than a third of 

 their supply of peonies is ordered up. 

 This is the fiftieth Memorial day and 

 the thirty-third for the house of Hunt. 



Wietor Bros, are dropping Bride, 

 Bridesmaid and Kaiserin from their 

 list. Next season's planting consists 

 of Beauty, Killarney, White Killarney, 

 Richmond, Uncle John and, last but 

 not least, Mrs. Jardine. 



Zech & Mann report the refusal of a 

 C. O. D. last week by John Brown, 

 supposed by them to be the assumed 

 name of a Greek, at 41 North High 

 street, Columbus, O. 



Next season George Reinberg will 

 grow only Beauties, the Killarneys and 

 Richmond. Bride is dropped. 



F. Struvy is making another effort to 

 find purchasers for his two flower 

 stores, so he can remove to California. 



The Growers' Exchange opened May 

 15 in the remodeled and redecorated 

 quarters formerly occupied by the 

 Flower Growers' Market. The idea 

 is to supply growers with everything 

 needful for the wholesale business, the 

 grower selling his own flowers and pay- 

 ing a commission instead of rent. The 

 idea is E. E. Pieser's. H. Van Gelder 

 is manager. 



Charlie Erne, who has been with 

 E. H. Hunt for fifteen years, says he 



Suppose, Mr. Retail Florist, 

 it is May 29 and a customer 

 stands at your counter. 



On the counter is a bunch 

 of twelve good Peonies. In 

 another vase there are twelve 

 roses, and in still anotheii 

 vase twelve carnations. 



The Peonies cost you 5 cents 

 each flower, the Roses 8 

 cents and the Carnations 4 

 cents. Put your own selling 

 prices on them. 



Which does the customer 

 select ? 



The Peonies, practically 

 every time. 



The modern Peony is as fine 

 as any rose. It's as big as 

 several carnations, and it 

 makes a showing for the 

 money unequaled by any 

 other flower. 



That's why the JPeony is the 

 big special item of the Deco- 

 ration Day deritand. 



Up to and including May 

 20, we are booking orders for 

 first-class Peonies, pink and 

 white, mixed, for Decoration 

 Day shipment at the guaran- 

 teed price of $6.00 per 100. 



Last year and the year be- 

 fore, when Decoration Day 

 came, such goods were selling 

 at from 8 cents to 10 cents. 



We don't know what the 

 price will be after May 20 

 this year, but the chances are 

 the only chance you tak:e^is 

 in not ordering enough while 

 the guaranteed 5 cent price 

 is open to you. 



That's till May 20. 



KENNICOTT 

 BROS. CO. 



■i 

 Wholesale 



Commisaion Floris^> 



163 N. Wabash Avenue 

 CHICAGO 



