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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Decembeb 21, 1911. 



KILLARNEYS 



WHITE 

 PINK 



Also a good cut of BEAUTIES, RICHMONDS and CARNATIONS 



Also can supply all other stock in season. Give us a 

 share of your orders. We know we can please you. 



Batavia Greenhouse Co. 



Orvenliousesi 

 Batavia, lU. 



L. D. Pbone 

 2995 Randolph 



Stores 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



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John Kruchten says most of the 

 Bowmanville growers are in good crop 

 this week and he looks for no scarcity 

 except in red. 



Hoerber Bros, say this will be their 

 banner week to date. 



Pumps and engines will be added to 

 the John C. Moninger line for the com- 

 ing year. This will enable this company 

 to furnish anything or everything that 

 goes to make up a greenhouse establish- 

 ment, including the building material, 

 heating plant and water supply system. 



Christmas stock is practically all 

 cleaned out at Wittbold's Edgebrook 

 plant, and in a number of cases they 

 were obliged to buy from other growers 

 to take care of their orders. 



Visitors since last issue have included 

 A. E. Kunderd, Goshen, Ind.; S. W. 

 Pike, St. Charles, 111.; H. W. Tioerner, 

 Milwaukee; E. S. Thompson, South 

 Haven, Mich.; M. Rocklin, Sioux City, 

 la.; Gust Eusch, Milwaukee. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Last week was the usual before- 

 Christmas, dull week in the cut flower 

 market, only more so, because of the 

 remarkably mild weather and the con- 

 sequent increase in shipments of every 

 kind. Ice-boxes and cellars were bulg- 

 ing with the surplus, which even a De- 

 cember Saturday was unable to relieve. 

 Prices were on the down grade all the 

 week and at times touched summer 

 levels. The only consolation is that 

 every year tells about the same story 

 for a corresponding date. The new 

 week opens with light shipments and 

 nice, warm weather, splendid for the 

 plantsmen, but ominous for the cut 

 flower section. 



The cut of American Beauties is large 

 and the promised Christmas shipments 

 will beat all records, the quality grow- 

 ing better as the cold increases. Prices 

 can not be unreasonable, although they 

 fell unreasonably low at times dur- 

 ing the week just past. There will 

 be a good demand for all the novelties 

 in roses, and any price in reason may be 

 asked with safety. The standard varie- 

 ties of roses will have the usual reason- 

 able advances. Carnations fell last week 

 to half the Thanksgiving average, but 

 will doubtless bring excellent returns 

 to growers for the holidays. There are 

 a good many varieties of orchids. Prices 

 are reasonable and there is a wide de- 

 mand from out of town. Lilies dropped 

 to 6 cents and lower last week and 10 

 cents for Christmas is as high as anyone 



FANCY CARNATIONS 



CHRISTMAS PRICE LIST 



CARNATIONS Per 100 



Fancy White t 6.00 



Fancy Enchantress and Rose-pink 8.00 



Fancy Red 10.00 



R08KS 



White Killamey I 8.00 @ 15.00 



Klllamey 8.00© 15.00 



My Maryland 8.00 @ 15.00 



Richmond 10.00® 20.00 



Kztra lenBttaa of roaea billed aooordlnBly 

 American Beauties perdoz., $6.00 @ $12.00 



MI8CKIXANXOUS Per 100 



BasterLiUes $12 00 @ $15.00 



Valley 3.00® 4.00 



Violets 



Sweet Peas $1.00 @ 



Paper Whites 3.00 ® 



DKCORATIVX 

 Asparagus Plumosus 

 per Btrins $0.50 @ $0.75 



Asparagus Plumosus 

 per bunch 35® .50 



Asparagus Sprengeri 

 per bunch 25® .50 



Adiantom, fancy, long 



Smilax per doz., $1.50 ® $2.00 



Ferns per 1000 2.00 



Boxwood large bunches, .25 



Per 100 



$2.00 



1.50 

 4.00 



1.00 



Subject to Market Changes 



Chicago Carnation Co. 



Salesroom: 30 C. Randolph Street, 



Greenhouses, 

 JOLIKT, ILL.. 



CHICAGO 



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expects. Few will go above $1 a dozen, 

 or $1.50 for callas. Gardenias are abun- 

 dant and in many grades, the best firm 

 at $4 to $5 a dozen. Violets were down 

 to 50 cents last week, never above 75 

 cents, and this for the specials. The 

 chrysanthemum has had its banner year, 

 and is not yet hiding its light under a 

 bushel. A goodly supply was obtainable 

 all the week and they will last a while 

 longer, not disappearing entirely until 

 the advent of 1912. 



There are lots of other flowers — 

 sweet peas, hyacinths, poinsettias, pan- 

 sies, and of stevia and Paper Whites a 

 surplus that seems almost unclearable 

 at any price, though doubtless every- 

 thing will go for Christmas and plants 

 and cut flowers will compete about 

 equally for public patronage. There 

 will be no more exclusively plant 

 Christmases, now that the old days of 

 great rises for roses, carnations, etc., are 

 forever past. No one can reasonably 

 complain at the fair levels maintained 

 by the wholesale men in these later 

 years. 



The supply of holly, wreathing in 

 laurel and pine, wreaths, wild smilax 

 and mistletoe compares favorably with 

 other years. 



New York to Detroit. 



F. H. Traendly, W. F. Sheridan and 

 John Young issue the following an- 

 nouncement: 



"The transportation committee ap- 

 pointed by the New York Florists' Club 



Honey for You 



in Goldfish 



$3.00 



per 100 

 and up 



Send for 

 Catalogae 



and oar Special Assortments. Largest dealers 

 In Ck>ldfl!«li and Aquai lam Supplies In the United 

 StateH. sea Motta, ■lapanese Fish. 



AUBURNDALE GOLDFISH CO. 



920 ^V. Randolpli Ht., Chicago, 111. 



Phone Haymabkkt 162 



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has made the following arrangements: 

 Leave Grand Central station on the 

 Wolverine, leaving at 5 p. m., arriving 

 at Detroit at 7:15 next morning. Fare 

 one way, $16. On a party ticket of ten 

 or more the fare will be $13.25. Lower 

 berths, $3.50; upper, $2.80; compart- 

 ment, $10; drawing room, $13. Reser- 

 vation of berths should be made by 

 January 8 at latest. Tickets for trans- 

 portation may be obtained on the train. 

 All delegates from the east are invited 

 to join our party. Further information, 

 if desired, maj' be had of Frank H. 

 Traendly, 133 West Twenty-eighth 

 street." 



Various Notes. 



The plantsmen are having a splendid 



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