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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 2, 1910. 



BEAITIES 



Fancy Long Stock in Large Supply 



You can figure on your June work with the cer- 

 tainty that we can supply Beauties in any quantity — 

 stock that will be sure to please. 



CARNATIONS 



No Limit to Our Crops 



We can handle the largest orders, supplying 

 first-class goods, for our growers are in full crop. 

 Send along your orders. 



VAIGHAN & SPERRY 



52-54 Wabash Avenue, 



L. D. Phone, 



Central 3571 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Kevlew when you write. 



houses, at the corner of Sixty-third 

 street and Lexington avenue. Mr. Bom- 

 benger's business has grown rapidly of 

 late and he thinks all he needs to bring 

 in a lot more trade is to provide up-to- 

 date facilities. 



C. W. Marks, patron of floriculture 

 and friend of florists, who died some 

 months ago, left an estate of $1,283,- 

 109, according to a schedule filed in the 

 probate court May 28. 



Adam Heim, of Connersville, Ind., 

 was at Morton Grove last week, with 

 his machine, putting the self-tying 

 twist on 54,000 rose stakes at Plant B 

 of Poehlmann Bros. Co. Mr. Heim has 

 work in this vicinity to keep him busy 

 several weeks. 



Geraniums in bloom are scarce, but 

 there are plenty not yet in flower. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Memorial day was cloudy and humid, 

 the first real summer temperature of 

 the year, and a day long to be remem- 

 berexl in eastern floriculture, because 

 of the enormous quantity of blooming 

 plants and cut flowers disposed of. 

 Prices were not abnormal and, in fact, 

 most reasonable compared with many 

 other cities. Boston wholesalers bought 

 in advance over 100,000 carnations in 

 this market and realized a handsome 

 profit on their venture. One house 

 had a buyer here for nearly a week 

 and in addition large quantities of cut 

 flowers were shipped direct to the 

 other wholesale houses of the Hub, 

 where Decoration day is the big day 

 of all the year, far in advance of 



either Christmas or Easter. Thomas F. 

 Galvin showed me 600 wreaths pre- 

 pared in anticipation of the demand, 

 and few of the Boston retail stores 

 were closed at all on Friday night. 



Beauties sold as high as 30 cents 

 May 28 and the best of the other 



VaVERY now and then a weU- 

 U9 pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of bringing a 

 new advertiser to 



t\lf^ 



Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florist's use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS* PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Cazton Bldg. Chicago 



roses brought 6 cents, but all of these 

 were selected. Carnations did not go 

 above 4 cents and most of the best 

 stock sold at 3 cents. The weather 

 has begun to influence the quality of 

 the roses, especially Killarney. 



Cape jasmine from the south can be 



had at low rates. The street men offer 

 good flowers at 5 cents, badly inter- 

 fering with the home-grown and long- 

 stemmed stock, which now is offered 

 at $1 per dozen. Orchids are abun- 

 dant, in all the seasonable varieties, 

 but the demand for weddings prob- 

 ably will hold them at present quota- 

 tions. Some of the finest gigas sell 

 at 75 cents. Lilies have fallen to 4 

 cents again. Valley has to compete 

 against enormous quantities of the out- 

 door crop, and even the demand for 

 wedding bouquets cannot raise it above 

 $2.50 per hundred. The best of the 

 sweet peas are in constant request, but 

 there is no use sending any but the 

 finest to the New York market. Pe- 

 onies are now at their best and the 

 fine varieties yield $8 per hundred 

 easily. There is a tremendous amount 

 of common stuff, however, that never 

 should be grown at all. The south 

 has flooded us with it. Gladioli are 

 abundant and the best still command 

 $1 per dozen. The market thi.-? week 

 overflows with cut blooms from weige- 

 lias, snowballs, spiraeas and the ram- 

 bler roses. These will all be largely 

 used in wedding decorations. The many 

 weddings will keep the prices of Beau- 

 ties, valley and orchids steady all 

 through the month. One retail house 

 has five big weddings booked for June 

 9 and 10. This may be taken as a 

 sample of the splendid outlook for the 

 retailers during the month. 



Various Notes. 

 The greenhouses near all the ceme- 

 teries are depleted. These never had 

 so thorough an appreciation as this Me- 

 morial day. There was a call for every- 



