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,K,"BER l-*' 1^09. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Read what we have! Look what you need! 



Then write or wire and we will do the reat. We are strong on all three leading iteme. 



Mums, Roses and Carnation^ 



f^ amS— In yellow, white and pink ; fancy or other grades. 



P }SeS— Beauties, Maryland, Marshall Field, Eillarney, Jardine, Richmond, Eaiserin, Maid, Bride, Uncle 

 John, Perle. In all lengths— short, medium, fancy and special. 



Carnations— Good long stems for this season. Fine, clean flowers. All the best varieties in all colors. 



Violets : Lilies : Valley : Greens 



We invite comparison of our stock 

 W: n any other offered in the Chicago 

 ir^rket- comparison on Beauties, Kil- 

 ls! ney, Maryland, fields or any other 

 R..ses or Carnations. 



Our specialty is the handling of 

 r>is'ular, standing, all-season orders. 

 lit us know what you want and we 

 $• c that you get iL 



J.A.BUDLONG 



37-39 Randolph Streot, CHICAGO. 



Roses and 

 Carnations 

 A Specialty. 



WHOLESALE 



6R0WER of 



CUT FLOWERS 



Mention The Review when you write. 



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MUMS 



ROSES, CARNATIONS 



Wild Smilax 



Until Settled, Cool Weather Comes, Better 

 Give Us Three or Four Days* Notice on This 



E. H. HUNT 



Established 1878. Oldest Hmsc ii the West lacorponted 1916 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, HI. 



_. ^ ^ BBAUTIKS Perdos. 



48-incb and oyer %^ oo 



30to86-lncb IS.OOto 4.00 



24to80-inch 2.00to 8.00 



18toao-inch i.BOto 2.00 



12tol5-inch l.ooto 1.26 



8tol2-inch soto .76 



., w BOSKS (T«M) Per 100 



Bride .and Maid $4.00 to $ 6.00 



Richmond 4.00to 6.00, 



Kiyft""5fn <«>to 800 



White Klllarney 4.t4ito 8.00 



My Maryland 4.00 to 8.00 



Kaiserin 4.00to 800 



Perle 4.00to 7.00 



Roses, our selection sna 



CAKNATIONS, medium 1.60 to 2 00 



select 2.00to 3.00 



MISCKL, L ANBOUS 

 Mums, small ..per doz., I2.U0 



medium .. " s.OO 



fancy " 4.00 



Harrisii Lilies 1500 



Valley 3.00to 4.00 



Gladioli a.OOto 6.00 



OBBBN8 



Smilax Strinn per doz., 1.60 to 2 00 



Asparagus Strings each, bo 



Asparagus Bunches " .8610 '50 



Sprengeri Bunches " .agto M 



Adiantum per 100, lioo 



Perns, Common pec 1000, iMt 



Galax • • igft 



L ucotboe 76 



Boxwo d lb., 2150 



Wild Smilax SS.OO, $4.00 and 600 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



Meutiou The Keview when you Write. 



with all the extras, the order will 

 it to $2,500. This is one of the 

 -t orders in recent years. 

 ^. M. S. Myers, who opened a store 

 ly at 921 North Kingshighway, 

 That she has had a splendid trade 

 her opening. 



W. Wors is now employed with the 



Floral Co., on Sixth street, which 



Tetty store near a busy corner. 



Iter Retzer, manager for Grimm & 



y at their new Washington avenue 



says they were never so busy as 



'^eek. They are making attractive 



w displays. 



Ellison Floral Co., at Taylor 



and Grand avenue, had an attract- 



^ntennial window display last week, 



ng the difference between the florist 



hundred years ago and now. 



go Gross, W. J. Pilcher and a num- 



'f other Kirkwood florists are send- 



'') this market some extra good Cali- 



'^ violets, which are handled by the 



'• Smith Wholesale Floral Co. 



le Kelley Floral Co., at Eighteenth 



and Olive streets, has the field to itself 

 now, as its competitor, Joseph Goldbach, 

 who opened across the way several 

 months ago, sold his stock and fixtures to 

 the Kelley Floral Co. Another case of 

 going into the florists' business without 

 any experience. 



Judge W. J. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, 

 Ind., spent Monday, October 11, with 

 friends in the trade here. 



The decorated power boat in the river 

 parade last week attracted a lot of at- 

 tention. The Eleanor, decorated by 

 Ostertag Bros., won the first prize for 

 the best decorated boat. 



The posters for the flower show of the 

 St. Louis Horticultural Society are out 

 and among the retailers for window dis- 

 plays. F. W. Brockman, chairman of 

 the executive board, says it will be the 

 largest show ever held in the city, and a 

 big financial success is looked for. 



The florists' bowlers have scattered 

 and all are bowling on a different team 

 and league, C. A. Kuehn with the Comp- 

 ton league, Carl Beyer with the West- 



erns, E. W. Guy with BelleviUe, A. Y. 

 Ellison with the City league and J. J. 

 Beneke with the Knights of Pythias 

 league, and all with good averages. 



J. J. B. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



We are enjoying a second summer- 

 shade temperatures of 75 to 80 degrees 

 and cloudless skies have been our lot for 

 the last ten days. A week ago something 

 of a shortage developed and cut flower 

 prices advanced sharply, foUowing a pro- 

 tracted rain. Now all is changed once 

 more. While there is no market glut as 

 yet, supplies are steadily increasing, 

 thanks to the semi-tropical weather pre- 

 vailing and prices show a drooping tend- 

 ency all around. Chrysanthemums are 

 much more plentiful, but stiU move 

 pretty weU. Polly Rose, Glory of Pacific 

 and Monrovia are mostly in evidence, 

 tarnations are m oversupply. The heat 



