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The Florists^ Review 



Fkbruaky 26, 1914. 



WIETOR BROS. 



162 N. WABASH AVE.. 



CHICAGO 



CURRENT PRICE LIST- 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



Per doz. 



48-inch stems $4 .00 



36-inch stems 3.00 



30-inch stems 2.50 



24-inch stems 2.00 



20-inch stems 1.50 



SUNBURST 



Per 100 



Fancy $12.00 



Medium 10.00 



Good 8.00 



Short 6.00 



KILLARNEY, WHITE KILLARNEY, RICHMOND 



Per JOO 



Fancy $10 . 00 



Medium 8.00 



Good 6.00 



Short stems 4.00 



CARNATIONS 



Per 100 



Good $3.00 



Medium 2.50 



Short 2.00 



Liliesp per dozen $1.50 @ 2.00 



Adiantum, per 100 1.00 



Asparagus Sprays, per bunch 50 @ .75 



SmilaXy per dozen 2.00 



Sprsngeriy per bunch .50 



Fernsp per 1000 3.00 



Galaxp per 1000 1 .00 



ROSES, Our Selection, Good Stock, - - Per 100, 4.00 



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the supply. But the bright, springlike 

 weather has not come. 



Peculiarly, short Beauties became 

 plentiful last week; usually there are 

 not many in midwinter. The buyers 

 had got out of the habit of asking for 

 them, so there was no special demand 

 and the stock required pushing. The 

 better quality of long Beauties sold 

 well. There have been enough of the 

 long Killarneys for some time, but all 

 last week it was difficult to find enough 

 of any variety of rose in the medium 

 lengths, and short roses were far short 

 of the demand, especially White Kil- 

 larney. For months the supply of the 

 so-called novelty roses has not been 

 equal to the selling possibilities. 



While there has been some improve- 

 ment in the quality of carnations, there 

 continue to be too many split and 

 soft, weak-stemmed flowers and last 

 week there was a shortage of strictly 

 fancy stock. While the bulk of the re- 

 ceipts were selling at $1.50 and $2 per 

 hundred, the fine Ward and Pink De- 

 light were quickly sold at $3 to $4, 

 It seems strange that so many growers 

 are content to produce the low grade 

 stock. The same thing was true of 

 jonquils, which increased in supply 

 probably more than anything else last 

 week. Golden Spur of the ordinary 

 grade was well sold at an average of 

 $2 per hundred, while Emperor, well 

 grown, brought $3 to $4. Daffodils of 

 common quality also were cheap. 



The local growers of single violets 

 had a streak of luck last week. Some 

 of them got into crop for St*. "Valen- 

 tine's day and the fraternity as a 

 whole had its first full pick of the sea- 

 son last week. The storm in the east 

 shut off the supply of Hudson river 

 stock for three days, so that the local 

 growers were able to market their stock 

 to good advantage. The market had 

 been so starved for doubles that the 

 first day's receipts cleaned up well and 

 it was not until February 19 that vio- 

 lets again accumulated. 



Tulips are doing poorly this season. 

 There is a fair sale for good stock, but 

 the bulk of the flowers are poor and 

 short-stemmed, fit for nothing but 

 cheap funeral work. Most of the La 

 Keine aje so lightly colored that this 

 popular variety, probably grown here 

 in quantity nearly if not quite as great 

 as all others combined, is of little use 



CINCINNATI HEADQUARTERS FOR CUT FLOWERS OF 

 ALL KINDS AND FLORISTS* SUPPLIES 



Green Sheet Moss $1.00 per bale; 5 bales. 14.75; 10 bales, $9.00 



Sphagnum Moss, burlapped $1.25 per bale 



Fancy Eastern Ferns 2.50 per 1000 



Green and Bronze Galax 1.00 per 1000 



See our Classified ad on Hanging Baskets. 



WM. MURPHY, Wholesale Commission florist 



309 Main Street Phones Main 980-981 CINCINNATI, OHIO 



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CORSAGE PINS 



4^2 in. long, per dozen $0.12>« 



Per gross 1.25 



(Special price on larger quantities.) 



Also other Supplies. Write for list. 



GEO. H. ANGERNUELLER, Wholesale Florist 



1324 Pine Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. 



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except in designs. Sweet peas are com- 

 ing stronger. Some of these, too, are 

 short-stemmed and of little value, but 

 the long-stemmed stock of the winter- 

 blooming varieties sells well and the 

 new winter Spencers, being among the 

 finest flowers in the market, are in 

 wide request. In addition to the local 

 demand, a big shipping trade is being 

 worked up on these. Lilies are not 

 overabundant, some of the large grow- 

 ers being cut out for the time being. 

 There are not many callas. Snapdragon 

 is scarce. Freesia is plentiful, but 

 Paper Whites and Komans are about 

 out of the market. 



There is nothing special doing in 

 greens. Smilax is scarce. 



Credit Association Reorganizing. 



There was a well attended meeting 

 of local wholesalers last week, at which 

 plans were discussed for a new credit 

 association, to be under the manage- 

 ment of F. S. Webb, who had charge 

 of the one that expired last year. The 

 new plan is radically different; the idea 

 is to gather and exchange information, 

 leaving the seller free to use his own 

 judgment in the matter of granting 

 credit. After the meeting fourteen 

 members signed at once. John Zech, 

 whose firm, Zech & Mann, foots all 

 alphabetical lists, said it was his chance 

 to head the line and was the first to 

 sign. All the houses in this market, 



KANSAS CITY 

 FLOWERS 



For quick service, lower express 



rates, better flowers, send us your 



orders. 



Plenty of good stock, 

 all kinds. 



Roses. Carnations, Tulips, 



Jonquils, Valley, Violets, 



Lilies and Greens at the 



right price. 



T. J. NOLL & CO. 



1109 Gtul An., KANSAS CITY, NO. 



DwnxrTi'c / Home Main 6487 



Mention The Beylew when yon write. 



with only one or two exceptions, are 

 expected to subscribe. 



The plan contemplates taking as 

 members florists all over the country, 

 the fees for out-of-town subscribers 

 being slightly less than for local mem- 

 bers. It is proposed to gather infor- 

 mation as to the financial standing of 

 every florist in the United States and 

 place it at the disposal of all who con- 

 tribute to the fund of fact and money. 



Association Elects Officers. 



The Cook County Florists' Associa- 

 tion held its annual meeting February 

 19. The election was unanimous, ex- 

 cept in the case of the trustees, and re- 

 sulted as follows: 



