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JANUABT 18, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



25 



Milwaukee Flowers 



Have Become Widely Known as 



The Best in the Northwest 



And at the Fall Show we proved that the stock we grow and sell is without equal. 



A large supply of Roses, Carnations, Valley, Bulb Stock, Violets and Qreens of all kinds. 



Fine Long Smilax 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



Extra 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Perdoz. 



36 to 48-inch 16.00 



24 to 30-inch 4.00 



18 to 24-inch 3.00 



12 to 18-inch $1.50 @ 2.00 



ROSES Per 100 



Specials $12.00 



Richmond f6.00 @ $10.00 



Killarney 6.00 @ JO. GO 



White Killamey 6.00 @ 10.00 



Roses, our selection 4.00 @ 6.00 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Snapdragon, per bunch 35 @ .75 



Paper Whites 2.00 @ 3.00 



HarrlsllLllles...perdoz.,$1.50@$2.C0 16.00 



Yellow Narcissus 3.00 



Romans 2.00 @ 3.00 



MISCELLANEOUS Per 100 



Carnations, fancy $4.00 



Carnations, common $2.00 @ 3.00 



Carnations, eplits 1 .50 @ 



Stevia 



Violets, Wisconsin grown 75 @ 



Valley 3.00 @ 



Adiantum, extra fine 



Asparagus Strings, .each, $0.50 @ $0.76 

 Asparagus Bunches. each, .25 @ .50 

 Sprengeri Buaches.each, .25 @ .35 



Smilax perdoz., 1.50 @ 2.00 



Oalax, green per 1000, 1 . 50 



Galax, bronze . , .per 1000, 1.50 



Ferns per 1000, 2. CO 



2.00 



2.00 



1.00 

 4.00 

 1.50 



Subject to change without notice. 



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Wild Smilax on hand all the time, $5.00 per case; $22.50 for 6 cases. 



HOLTON & HUNKEL CO. 



462 Milwaukee Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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The extreme cold and other circum- 

 stances prevented the Pittsburgh peo- 

 ple from attending the convention at 

 Detroit, but we had several who 

 stopped off on their way home, among 

 them Wm. Craig, Mr. Berger, of Berger 

 Bros., S. S. Pennock and Mr. Heacock, 

 who braved the zero weather to make 

 a trip to the Pittsburgh Cut Flower 

 Co. 's plant at Bakerstown. Hoo-Hoo. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



The prolonged severely cold weather, 

 which has been with us since the first 

 of the year and which was the worst 

 since the establishment of the local 

 weather bureau, has laid the flower 

 business flat on its back. It is quite 

 fortunate that it also reduced the sup- 

 ply to a considerable extent, for the de- 

 mand is far from satisfactory. There 

 have been plenty of good carnations to 

 meet all demands, while the supply of 

 roses has been about equal to the calls. 

 Valley has not moved, while the sale 

 of violets has been at a complete stand- 

 still. There is no trouble in getting 

 bulbous stock at any time. Beauties 

 are the one item that is scarce, but 

 there are few calls. Lilies are of good 

 quality and not overabundant. 



Various Notes. 



H. V. Hunkel, Nic Zweifel and C. C. 

 Pollworth were the only ones who at- 

 tended the Detroit convention. Messrs. 

 Pollworth and Zweifel returned Janu- 

 ary 13, while Mr. Hunkel took a side 

 trip to Richmond, Ind., where he says 



he received a cold reception, for it 

 was 25 degrees below zero. That Mil- 

 waukee grown stock still cuts some 

 figure was proven, inasmuch as Mr. 

 Zweifel and the C. C. Pollworth Co. 

 captured some first prizes. In all they 

 say it was a fine affair, including the 

 hospitality for which the Detroiters 

 are famous. 



The cold weather of the last week 

 will long be remembered by John Dun- 

 lop, of Wauwatosa. While confined to 

 his bed through sickness, leaving the 

 firing in charge of inexperienced help, 

 Mr. Dunlop's place was completely 

 frozen up. 



January 12, while the thermometer 

 registered 18 degrees below zero, the 

 hot water boiler of the east range of 

 the Wm. Edlefsen plant, at North Mil- 

 waukee, sprung a bad leak and in less 

 than no time, in spite of the heroic 

 efforts of all present, the best part 

 of the stock was frozen. This section 

 contained bedding stock, stevias, aza- 

 leas and various bulbs. Little was 

 saved. 



The Holton & Hunkel Co. says violets 

 did not sell as readily for the charity 

 ball this year as on former occasions. 



As no quorum was on hand January 

 5 for the monthly meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' Club, President Hunkel decided 

 to combine it with the February 

 meeting. 



J. E. Matthewson, of Sheboygan, 

 Wis., joined the Milwaukee boys on the 

 Detroit trip. 



L. S. Spencer, of Champaign, 111., was 

 a visitor last week. 



J. M. Fox & Son again had the 

 decoration for the charity ball, held 



rSHIMUIS 



™Cinr FLOWER?™ 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



ROSES ^^iS 

 CARNATIONS 

 ORCHIDS, GARDENIAS 



VALLEV, VIOLETS 



DAISIES, LILIES, Etc. 



QREENS 



At Lowest Market Rates 



CdelEotul^J^idcA. 



IM If . Wabash Avana* 

 CHICAGO 



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.January 9 at the Auditorium. The 

 color effect was pink and green. White 

 vases made especially for the occasion, 

 and over three feet high, filled with 

 latania leaves, formed the inside line 

 of the promenade. 



With several large decorations on 

 hand last week, A. F, Kellner, of the 

 A. F. Kellner Co., was drawn on the 

 jury in the circuit court. The decora- 

 tions for the auto show at the Audi- 

 torium, which opened January 13, were 

 executed by this firm. Large quanti- 



