riEPTEMBEB 23, 1909. 



TheWeckly Florists' Review. 



21 



Wild Smilax "I}-:!.;'" 



Thompson's 



DAHLIAS 



are the leaders in this market. We handle 

 them, put up in boxes of 50 selected blooms, 

 direct from the grower — no bruised or 

 short-stemmed flowers in these boxes. 



Cactus Show Decorative 



Best standard cut flower varieties, and 

 Mr. Thompson's own special fancy seed- 

 lings, $3.00 to $5.00 per too. 



BEAUTIES 



We are receiving and shipping Beauties 

 that have no superior on this market. The 

 supply is large — all lengths. 



Chrysanthemums 



Yellow and white, $2.00-$3.00perdoz. 



$5.00 per cose 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



Boses— Continued Per 100 



My Uaiyland. Special $8.00 



Kichmond $4.00 to 6 00 



Special 8.00 



Kaisarin 4.00 to 6 00 



Special 8 00 



Maid 8.00 to 6.00 



Bride 3.00 to 6.00 



Field 8.00 to 6 00 



Perle 8 CO to 6.00 



Carnations 1 00 to 2 00 



Asters 1.00 to 3.00 



Mums. . .per doz., $2.00 to $3 00 Per 100 



Easter Ulles " 1.50 to 2 00 



GladioU $2.00 to 



Valley 8.00 to 



Smilax.. per string, li'sc to 16c 



Asparasus, 60c to 75c 



per bunch, 85c to 75c 



Sprenarerl, 25c to 50c 



Adlantum 



Galax per lOOO,' $1.25 



Leuootboe 1.25 



Wild Smilax.. large cases, $6.00 



$4.00 

 4.00 



75 to 1.00 



Place standing orders with us for all your fail needs. Personal attention to every order 



VISIT US IN OUR NEW DOUBLE STORE 



VAUflHAN & SPERRY ^2 5^ Wabash Ave., CHICAfiO 



T rm^^U/s.!! \a. kJm. MjmM.M\M.J lonq distance phone central 2571 



Mention The Review when you write. 



urea that business will boom aa soon as 

 there is a good frost. 



F. Stielow, at Niles Center, says the 

 «;arnation plants in his section were 

 rather small when housed this season, 

 but that the stock is healthy and prom- 

 ises splendid results, if a little later than 

 usual. 



W. H. Hilton, having been around the 

 "ircuit of the autumn trotting races, is 

 again on deck 'at his store on Sixty-third 

 street. His horse, Harry S., was a little 

 off his feed most of the season, but he 

 ^von the 2:28 trot at Valparaiso in such 

 liandy fashion that it brought Hilton an 

 "ffer he could not refuse, so that Hilton's 

 stable is empty at present. 



1'^. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. Co., 

 icturned September 16 from his outing 

 "1 Canada. Mrs. Pieser will be home 

 next week. 



The George Wittbold Co. reports fall 

 business opening excellently. They did 

 'he bankers' ball decoration last week, 

 and are now at work on a big decoration 

 at Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.'s. 



Visitors: S. S. Skidelsky, of Skidelsky 

 •^ Irwin, Philadelphia ; George B. Taylor, 

 '•'I'l'csenting Miss Whitted, Minneapolis; 



Wellington Hughes, of Hillsdale, Mich., 

 formerly with J. B. Deamud, Chicago. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



The cut flower market pendulum swings 

 no faster yet, and business shows little 

 improvement that can arouse enthusiasm. 

 The supply of everything is more than 

 enough to meet any possible demand. 

 Gradually, improvement is apparent in 

 the roses and carnations; the stems are 

 longer, the heads larger, the color 

 brighter. There is a wide demand for 

 Killarney, both colors, and for My Mary- 

 land. But the old Maid does not lose its 

 popularity, and though the stems are yet 

 short, it is improving fast, and the best 

 will hold the old prices, no matter how 

 many other varieties make their bid for 

 popularity. 



Beauties are now coming thick and 

 fast, but there is a wide demand for 

 them, and the selected easily hold at $25 

 per hundred. Good carnations now bring 

 from $1.50 to $2 per hundred. They 

 begin to look like themselves again, after 



a month ^f eclipse by asters and dahlias. 

 These still arrive in shoals, and until 

 frost comes there will evidently be no 

 cessation. The late asters are superb, 

 and some of the single dahlias are in- 

 comparable. Gladioli are on their last 

 legs, and have surely had their day. Apart 

 from the standard and new ones, the less 

 said the better. Before long the common 

 stock will be utterly without a market at 

 any price. There are plenty of lilies and 

 valley. Orchids are coming fast. Every 

 day adds to the perfection of this king 

 of flowers, for which this season a great 

 demand is anticipated. The chrysanthe- 

 mum is lifting up its head and next de- 

 mands recognition. There will be plenty 

 of them. All around New York the 

 plantsmen have houses full of them. Be- 

 fore the month ends the wholesale mar- 

 kets will groan with their weight and at- 

 tract with the beauty of the display. 

 . The violet will shortly protest against 

 its repute for modesty, for the outlook is 

 aggressive. There is no disease reported. 

 The stock looks perfect and abundant, 

 and the preliminary contracts for entire 

 crops are in evidence. Bidding from the 

 west is to be reckoned with again. The 



