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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



JANUABT 18, 1912. 



enough long roses so that everyone has 

 been supplied, but more short white 

 roses might easily have been used. 

 Beauties have been equal to all de- 

 mands and prices have been weakening. 

 Carnations have come in more plenti- 

 fully than roses and the wholesalers 

 have had some difficulty in eflfecting a 

 clearance. Recently red was in special 

 demand, but now the principal call is 

 for white, though no fancy prices are 

 paid. 



While carnations have been in large 

 supply with practically all the houses, 

 some of them have found their princi- 

 pal difficulty in moving the violets. The 

 weather has been so severe that the 

 wearers of violets have not been mov- 

 ing about. Any sort of a clean-up at 

 straight prices has been impossible, and 

 average returns to the growers have 

 been extremely low. Many frozen ship- 

 ments of Bhinebeck stock have been a 

 complete loss. Sweet peas have come in 

 much more abundantly and have in a 

 measure shared the predicament of the 

 violets, since the two flowers have much 

 the same uses. The quality is better 

 than ever before at this date and the 

 quantity is larger. 



Some tulips with really good stems 

 now are offered. Jonquils are abun- 

 dant. Paper Whites are passing, their 

 season having been brief this year, but 

 there are plenty of Romans. Freesia is 

 equal to all calls. Valley is abundant. 

 Easter lilies are again in large supply. 

 Stevia is about out of the market, its 

 duration having been less than usual 

 this season, but its sale considerably 

 better than a year ago. Some fine mig- 

 nonette now can be had. 



The green goods market is quiet, so 

 quiet, in fact, that special bargains are 

 offered to move galax and boxwood. 



Losses by Gas Ijeakage. 



Every time there comes a severely 

 cold spell there are reports of loss 

 through illuminating gas filtering into 

 greenhouses from broken mains. The 

 ground is frozen so solidly that there 

 is no outlet for the gas until it works 

 its way to a greenhouse that has kept 

 the soil open. W. L. Palinsky is the 

 heaviest loser so far reported this cold 

 spell. He found his place full of gas 

 Sunday, January 14, and soon located 

 the broken pipe, in the street ten feet 

 from his wall. He puts his loss at 

 $1,500, the stock in all five of his 

 houses being affected. He has filed 

 a claim with the gas company, al- 

 though others who have had similar 

 experiences have found it impossible 

 to collect damages. 



A. T, Eichel, proprietor \)f the green- 

 houses at 4228 North Fortieth avenue, 

 found gas in his place January 8. He 

 notified the gas company and was told 

 that it was sewer gas. After laying 

 open the sewer he did the same thing 

 for the gas pipe in the street and found 

 the source of the mischief. His loss 

 is not large. 



Miss Pearce to Wed. 



Announcement is made of the en- 

 gagement of Miss Carrie Pearce and 

 G. Tegelaar, no date for the wedding 

 having been set. Miss Pearce is the 

 daughter of Sam J. Pearce, widely 

 known in the trade as the largest forcer 

 of miscellaneous bulbs for the Chicago 

 market. Mr. Tegelaar is the American 

 representative of two of the large Euro- 

 pean firms of bulb growers, C. J. Speel- 

 man & Sons, of Sassenheim, Holland, 



WESTERN 



Headquarters 



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CURRENT PRICES 



OBOHIDS 



OktttojM. TrlADM Per doc., $6.0 



Perclvallua " 6.C 



OxpripecUama " 



Dendrobinm Formoaoin, white " 6. 



Oncldlnm, yellow " 



BoxM aMortod Orchl da. t6. 00 and ap. 

 AMKBIOAN BKAUTT— SpMslaU. Perdoi., 



Se-lnoh 



tO-lnoh " 



a4-lncta ' 



20-lnch " 



UtolS-lnch 



Shorter 



Klllamer Per 100. 4. 



WhlteKlllamey " 4. 



MrMaryland " 4, 



Richmond ' 4. 



Mrs.Fleld " 4, 



BOSKS, oar MlectlOQ 



extra special, select " 



OABNATIOMS 



Select Per 100. 2.00 8.00 



Fancy " 4.00 



MISOBXXAirBOUS STOCK 



Gardenias Perdoa., 8.00 8 6.00 



Valley PerlOO. 8.00 6 4.00 



Easter UUes " 12.60 6 16.00 



violets, doable 76 Q 1.00 



single 75 1.00 



SweetPeas 75© 1.60 



Paper Whites 8«« # *M 



Romans 8.00© 4.00 



Mignonette 6.00© 8.00 



BnuTardla 6.00© 8.00 



Jonquils 4.00 



DBOOBATIYB 



Asparacrus Flamosus Per strlnc. 



Asparagns Plamosus Per banch. 



Asparagas Sprengerl 



Adlantom Per 100. 



Farleyense " 



Smllu Per doz., tl.60 



Mexican Ivy Per 1000. 6.00 " 



Ferns " 2.00 " 



Oalaz, green Per 1000. 



bronze 



Leacothoe PerlOO. 



WlldSmllaz Per case. 



Boxwood Per banch, 26c; per lOt lbs.. 



Subject to market oIuuikmi 



ORCHIDS-SPECIAL 



We have an annscally large and fine supply of that splen- 

 did orchid, Cattleya Trianae. Also a large crop of Perci- 

 valiana at lower prices. 



CHAS. W. NcKELLAR 



162 N. Wabash Avesue, CHICAGO 



8 PRIZES 



at Detroit, January 10. 



This la more than were taken by any other exhibitor in the 



Carnation classes. 



It proves not only the high quality of our stock, but its keep- 

 ing and shipping quality as well. 



We prefer to be known as THE BEST RATHER THAN AS THE LARGEST. 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



CARNATIONS Per 106 R08K8 



Good $2.00 PerlOO 



Select, large and fancy, prize All varieties $5.00 @ $10.00 



winners $3,00 4.00 Beauties.. $2.00 ©! $5.00 per doz. 



CHICAGO CARNATION CO. 



30 E. Randolph St. A. T. PYFER, Ngr., CHICAQO 



Mention rhe Review when you write 



and La Garde & Speelman, Ollioules, 

 France. 



Oold Weather Troubles. 



The cold weather is making trouble 

 all along the line. Not only are ship- 



ments freezing, but the express com- 

 panies are refusing to entertain claims; 

 it is either ship the goods at owner's 

 risk of freezing or else the express 

 companies will not accept cut flower 

 shipments at all so long as the severely 



