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Mav 25, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



27 



PEONIES 



For DECORATION DAY, and all Other Stock. Send 

 m your orders and we will take exceptional care of ^ 

 them, shipping stock that will satisfy you 



E« H« HUNT^w'ipMrse Chicago 



New Number, 131 N. Wabash Avenue. 



Meiicioii 'jne hf'vipw when you write. 



greenhouses of the Geo. Wittbold Co. 

 The feed wires, however, must be 

 brought through from Niles, and it may 

 be some time before the work is com- 

 pleted. 



Kyle & Foerster say that Klehm's 

 J^urseries, Arlington Heiglits, cut Old 

 Ked peonies May 23, the earliest date 

 within their recollection. 



C. W. McKellar and Mrs. McKellar 

 returned May 24 from their stay at 

 Hot Springs, Ark. 



D. J. Murphy is again in town. He. 

 recently has been with the Stuppy Flo- 

 ral Co. at St. Joseph. 



Wietor Bros, report a big demand for 

 cuttings of Golden Eagle chrysanthe- 

 mum. They were cleaned out of stock 

 within one week of issuing their list 

 in The Eeview. 



O. W. Frese, who has charge of the 

 shipping for Poehlmann Bros. Co., now 

 makes his home at Western Springs. 



Faber Bros., at Kankakee, sent the 

 E. F. Winterson Co. white peonies May 

 20. Last year they were not in until 

 long after Decoration day. 



August Koeble will sell his place on 

 North Fortieth avenue, to give his time 

 to his mother's retail store. 



Tim Matchen, salos manager for 

 Peter Reinberg, says that Decoration 

 day orders are much heavier for carna- 

 tions than for roses. 



George Fisher, who is local buyer for 

 H. A. Fisher Co., Kalamazoo and Battle 

 Creek, will be married at Kalamazoo 

 June 6. The bride is Miss Dora 

 Shapiro. 



C. M. Dickinson says that E. H. Hunt 

 has had, in the last week, an unprece- 

 dented demand for To-bak-ine. Rush 

 orders have come from all directions, 

 for thrips have been active. 



Harry Manheim, of Hoerber Bros., 

 believes the next few days will be the 

 busiest his house ever hS,s seen. 



Bassett & Washburn report a first- 

 class shipping demand for fancy car- 

 nations. 



Phil Schupp says that the injury to 

 sweet peas has already stimulated the 

 demand for valley. 



Vaughan & Sperry last week mar- 

 keted a big crop of peonies cut near 

 Quincy. They were ten days to two 

 weeks earlier than expected and opened 



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DECORATION DAT PRICES 



OBCHIDS 



Oattleyas. pinkish laTender Par dos ) 4.00 to I 6.00 



Boxes assorted Orchids, 16.00 and np, 



AMERICAN BSAUTT— Specials.. Per dos.. 3.00 to 4.00 



SWn " 2.60 



20to24-ln '• 2.00 



lAtol8-ln " 1.60 



Shorter " .fiOto 1.00 



Klllamer PerlOO. 4.00to 8.W 



White KlUamer " 4.00to 8.00 



Mr Maryland " 4.00to 8.00 



Richmond " 4.00to 8.00 



Mrs. Field " 4.00 to 8.00 



Brldeamald or Bride " 4.00 to 8.00 



ROSES, oar selection " 4.00 



extraspeclal, select " 10.00 



CARNATIONS 



Select PerlOO. S.OOto 4.00 



Fancy ** S.OO 



MISCEi:.I.ANEOU8 STOCK 



Gladioli , Perdoz., 1.00 to 1.50 



miniature PerlOO. 4.00 to 6 00 



Peonies, pink, white and red " 3 OU to 6 00 



extra fancy, selected " 6 00 to 8.00 



Valley " S.OOlo 4.00 



RasterLlllee ' 1250 



Oallas " 12..50 



Ualalea " l.OOto 1.50 



Sweet Peas • " -fOto 1.00 



Butterfly " l.OOto 1.50 



Hlffnonette 4.00 to 8.0o 



Pangles, bunches " 8.00 to 10.00 



Irl8,8panl8h " 3.00 to 5.00 



DECORATITE 



Atparafos Plomosus Per string, 50to .(0 



Perbunch. .86 to .60 



Sprenvert " .26 to .60 



Adlantom PerlOO. .76 to 1.00 



Farleyense " lO.OOto 13.00 



Smllax Per doi.. t2.0O to 12.50 



Mexlcanlry Per 1000. 6.00 " .76 



Ferns " 3.50 " .40 



Qalax. green and bronze Per 1000. 1.26 



Lencothoe PerlOO. .76 



Boxwood Per bnnch. S6c; per c«s*. 7.60 



Subject to market chances 



For Decorlltioii Day 



Cemetery Vases, Green Moss Magnolia Leaves, 



green and bronze; Moss Wreaths, Cycas 



Leaves, Ribbons of All Kinds. 



CHAS. W. McKELLAR 



New No. 162 North Wabash Av«. t*HMi* /k ilt\ 



(Old No. 61 Wabash Ave.) ^^■■■^HkWF 



SO fast the grower could not cut many 

 of them tight enough to store for 

 Memorial day. 



The W. E. Lynch Co. was incorpo- 

 rated May 20, at Springfield. The capi- 

 tal stock is $20,000. The incorporators 

 are Andrew J. Ryan, Edward J. Prebis 

 and Irvin L Livingston, with Mr. 



Lynch. The company's charter gives 

 it the right to do everything connected 

 in any way with the flower business. 



Lucien Le Clere, formerly in business 

 with his father ^ Lexington, Ky., is 

 now employed in^the greenhouses of 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. 



Among the visitors this week have 



