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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



November 16, 1911. 



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time and medium and short were scarce 

 when all else was plentiful. The heat 

 softened the roses, but the quality, oth- 

 erwise, still is improving. One can get 

 all the roses he wants with four-foot 

 stems, and the price, in proportion to 

 quality, really is lower than for the 

 shorts, which, relatively, are scarce. 

 With full crops on at the middle of 

 the month, no great quantities are ex- 

 pected for Thanksgiving, but growers 

 feel sanguine as to Christmas. 



Carnations showed the effect of the 

 heat ijerhaps more than any other 

 flower. With the temperature suddenly 

 carried above 60 degrees all night and 

 74 degrees in the shade by day, the 

 damage would have been great if the 

 heat wave had not ended quickly. 

 Strictly first-class carnations became 

 scarce in the face of an oversupply of 

 low grade stock. 



Violets, both single and double, were 

 good, but slow sale. Sweet peas have 

 come in moderate quantity. Cattleyas 

 continue plentiful and there are liberal 

 supplies of oncidiums, vandas, etc., 

 all fine. Valley is abundant. Lilies 

 cut little figure, but callas are arriving. 

 A few Paper Whites are seen, also 

 mignonette, antirrhinum and a little 

 stevia. All greens are plentiful. 



Eeceipts were not so heavy Monday, 

 November 13, but city trade was dead, 

 as it always is after a bad Sunday fol- 

 lowing a pleasant Saturday. Shipping 

 trade was fair, but could not consume 

 the stock on hand, some of which was 

 no longer in condition to ship. The 

 market scarcely will regain its equili- 

 brium until there have been several 

 days of settled weather. 



Ferns are reported as not keeping 

 well, and some of the stock that has 

 arrived in the last few days seems to 

 confirm the statement. The price, which 

 was advanced the first of the month in 

 the east and which will go up another 

 notch December 1, has been advanced 

 by many of the wholesalers. At $l.oO 

 there was not enough margin to cover 

 waste. Ferns are not the profitable 

 item they once were. 



Various Notes. 



.T. F. Czarnich, who has a store at 

 ]514 West Chicago avenue, has taken a 

 lease of the one at Ashland avenue and 

 Van Buren street, formerly conducted 

 by H. W. Metz. The fixtures now are 

 the property of the landlord. Some 

 small claims are outstanding. 



A. L. Randall Co. has consolidated 

 the bookkeeping office with the sales 

 office, locating i)oth at the rear of the 

 second floor of the building, adjoining 

 the florists' supplies. 



The George Wittbold Co. now oper- 

 ates four motor cars, besides numerous 

 wagons, in its delivery department and 

 has a runabout for the estimators, dec- 

 orators, etc. 



T. E. Waters, of Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., spent two days at the St. Louis 

 flower show last week. 



Kyle & Foerster have a consignor 

 who has a fine yellow sport of George 

 S. Kalb. Having sold the cut flowers, 

 they are now placing the stock plants. 



Vaughan & Sperry report a large 

 business on natural green sheet moss, 

 Sj)hagnum is scarce. 



Paul M. Bryant, secretary of the 

 E. yi. Hunt corporation, spent a couple 

 of days at Milwaukee, Wis., his old 

 home, last week, on personal business. 



^Irs. F. Ben has concentrated her 



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CURRENT PRICK LIST 



Pnr 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES doz. 



Extra long stems $4.00 



36-inch stems 3.50 



30-inch stems 3.00 



24-inch stems 2.60 



20-inch stems 2.00 



18-inch stems 1.50 



15-inch stems 1.25 



12-inch stems 1.00 



ROSES Per 100 



Killarney— Special $ 8.00 



Select 6.00 



Medimn 5.00 



Short 4.00 



White KiUarney— Special. 8.00 



Select 6.00 



Mediimi 5.00 



Short 4.00 



Richmond— Special 8.00 



Select 6.00 



Medium 5.00 



Short 4.00 



Antoine Rivoire— 



Special 15.00 



Select 12 00 



Medium 8.00 



Short 5.00 



Melody— Special 10.00 



Select 8.00 



Medium 6.00 



Short 5.00 



My Maryland— Special . . . 8.00 



Select 6.00 



Medium 5.00 



Short 4.00 



mSCKLLAMKOnS 



Carnations, Fancy 3.50 



Select 3.C0 



Medium 2.00 



Gardenias ..doz., $4.00 @ 6.00 

 Orchids— 



Cattleyas, doz., 5.00 @ 7.00 



Easter Lilies, Medium . . . 10.00 



' Long 12.50 



Lily of the Valley, $3.00 @ 4.00 



Violets, Double ... .60 @ .75 



Single 50 @ .75 



Daisies, W. and Y. 1.00 @ 1.60 



Sweet Peas 1.00 @ 1.60 



Mic>nonette 4.00 @ 6.00 



Chrysanthemums — Yellow, 



white, pink . . doz. , $1.50 @ 3.00 



Pompons, .bunch, ,35 @ .50 



DECORATIVK 

 Smilaz— 



Strings, 100, $12.50; doz., $1.75 

 Spreng^eri, large bunch, ea., 40c 

 Asparagus, large bunch, ea., 40c 



Large string . . ea. , 50c @ 60c 

 Mexican Ivy, 1000, $6.00; 100,75c 

 Adiantum.fine, 100, $0.75 @ $1.25 



Galax 1000, $1.50; 100,20c 



Ferns 1000, 1.50; 100,20c 



Quotations sabiect to 



change without notice. 



Store open from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. 



Sundays and holidays closed at noon. 



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