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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Jolt 18, 1911. 



KILLARNEY and WHITE KILLARNEY 



especially fine 



BEAUTIES 



CURRENT PRICE LIST- 



Fer doz. 



Extra Select $3.00 



36-inch stems 2.50 



30-inch stems 2.00 



24-inch stems 1.75 



20 inch stems 1.60 



15-inch stems 1.25 



12-inch stems 1.00 



Short stem 75 



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Killarney, select $6.00 



" medium $3.00 @ 4.00 



-Subject to change without notice 



White Killarney, select 



" " medium $ 3.00 @ 



Richmond, select 



" medium 3.00 



Carnations, fancy 



' ' good 



Easter LiUes 10.00 @ 



VaUey 3.00® 



Sweet Peas 75 @ 



New Ferns per 1000, 



Sprengferi and Asparagus Sprays per bunch, 



All Green Gh>ods at market rates. 



Per 100 



$ 6.00 



4.00 



6.00 



4.00 



2.00 



1.60 



12.00 



4.00 



1.00 



1.50 



.50 



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ROSES9 our selection. 



$3.00 per 100 



WIETOR BROS. I'^^t^w^AsiS" CHICAGO 



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varieties, for the average grower has 

 learned that the best demand is for 

 light pink, white, and red. A large 

 proportion of the orders for gladioli 

 name the variety wanted, but the 

 small receipts of miscellaneous glads 

 sell quickly. 



The arrivals of Easter lilies have 

 fallen oflf, the demand has increased 

 and prices have advanced. Gattleyas 

 are in light supply, but in even lighter 

 request. Valley is abundant and not 

 in special demand. Shasta daisies are 

 in heavy supply and the long-stemmed 

 flowers are realizing the usual prices. 

 Carnations, though a few nice clean 

 flowers aro seen, are generally pretty 

 well done up by the heat and not many 

 are coming in. A few asters are seen, 

 and the buyers take them up quickly, 

 but it is said that most of the grow- 

 ers will be late this year and that no 

 heavy supplies of asters will be avail- 

 able until next month. 



Eeceipts of Beauties continue about 

 equal to the demand. The arrival of 

 crops on the young stock has relieved 

 the shortage of medium and short 

 stems. The Beauties show the heat 

 fully as much as any other roses, but 

 there are, all things considered, many 

 first-class flowers in the market. Kil- 

 larney holds its color wonderfully well 

 and some of the growers are cutting 

 a good proportion of long stems. 

 These are selling well. Maryland also 

 is excellent in color and substance, but 

 not many are available that have 

 length of stem to their credit. White 

 Killarney also is showing improved 

 form. Richmond is not in special re- 

 quest. Short-stemmed flowers of Mrs. 

 Ward and Prince de Bulgarie are seen 

 in several of the wholesale houses and 

 are selling well, though there is lit- 

 tle call for short-stemmed roses out- 

 side the city. 



The green goods market has eased 

 up, smilax, which has been scarce for 

 months, having fallen to normal prices. 



Frese Becomes Manager. 



At a meeting of the directors of the 

 Ohicago Flower Growers' Association, 

 July 5, a tender of the management 

 of the company's new wholesale estab- 

 lishment was made to O. W. Frese, and 



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within a few days it was accepted. 

 Mr. Frese is a man of wide experience 

 in the wholesaling of cut flowers. For 

 several years he has been with Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co. and before that with 

 George Reinberg. It is said the offer 

 of the new position came to Mr. Frese 

 in spite of a large number of applica- 

 tions received by the association and 

 that the officers feel that they have 

 made a propitious start through se- 

 curing his services. He took hold of 

 his new duties July 10 and is busily 

 engaged in fitting up the new estab- 

 lishment at 176 North Michigan ave- 

 nue, where the company has a four- 

 story and basement building. The Orr 

 & Lockett Co. is building an ice-box 

 forty-five feet long, office and other 

 fixtures. The date of opening has been 

 postponed' but it is expected to be in 

 shape to do business by August 1. 



Club Meeting. 



On motion of A. C. Kohlbrand, the 

 Chicago Florists' Club voted, July 6, 

 to invite the S. A. F. to hold its 1912 

 convention in Chicago. President 

 Philpott was instructed to present the 



invitation to the convention at Balti- 

 more. 



The club adopted the recommenda- 

 tion of the majority of the transporta- 

 tion committee that the club travel to 

 Baltimore over the Monon railroad to 

 Cincinnati and thence east by the 

 Baltimore & Ohio, one member of the 

 committee standing alone for the di- 

 rect route. 



A. Zech, chairman of the outing 

 committee, reported on the plans for 

 the annual picnic to be held at Er- 

 hardt's grove, Park Ridge, July 23. 

 It is to be a basket picnic. The 

 grounds are reached via the Chicago 

 & Northwestern railroad and the 

 tickets are on sale at 50 cents each 

 in all the wholesale houses. A fine list 

 of pastimes has been arranged and 

 enough committees appointed so that 

 nearly every working club member has 

 something to do. It is expected that 

 the attendance will largely exceed 

 that of any other picnic the club ever 

 has given. 



A communication from the John C. 

 Moninger Co. with regard to a hear- 

 ing on the subject of classification of 



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