May 6, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



2\ 



PEONIES 



SHALL HAVE A LARGE SUPPLY 



For Decoration Day 



Quality promises to be much better than it has been 

 in years when the Peonies were earlier in blooming* 



Retailers Can Make Plans 



for a big Decoration Day business and can call 

 on us for a'l the Peonies they need* ^ ^ 



FANCY IRIS 



Purple, Yellow, Blue 



$5.00 per 100 



This is grccnhousc-grown and fs THE special fancy flower of this 

 market at this time. AH the leading stores are using it for their 

 best work. Order some today. All other stock in season. ^ .^ 



KENNICOn BROS. CO. 



48-50 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



L. D. Phone, Central 466 



branches from Jersey will make summer- 

 iike the retailers' windows, and winter 

 will be forgotten. 



Roses just now are exceptionally good, 

 the best to date the spring has afforded. 

 The promise for the continuance of 

 quality is sure, but that the market will 

 be flooded is none the less a certainty, 

 and before the week is over thousand 

 lots probably will be at the buyers' op- 

 tion. Beauties have held fairly well, 

 owing to the many weddings and din- 

 ners, the auto carnival and many im- 

 portant funerals where they were used 

 profusely; 20 cents would buy the best 

 or them, and few Brides and Maids, even 

 m small quantities, went above 6 cents 



while the average of each was near 15 

 cents and 4 cents. All the novelties in 

 roses, as well as Richmond and Killarney, 

 felt the strain. 



Carnations sell at 2 cents and under. 

 Few can be sold at 3 cents. Quality was 

 never better. Cattleyas are still in wide 

 demand, and prices are firm. Gardenias 

 also hold well, and are as popular appar- 

 ently as ever. Sweet peas, when perfect 

 and long-stemmed, command good prices. 

 The common stock goes at any price of- 

 fered, and there is always too much of it. 



Variofii Notea. 



The Bowling Club,' finding Monday 

 evenings unpopular., has about decided to 



change to Friday evenings and the next 

 session will likely be May 14, and the 

 usual Monday afternoon bowling on club 

 nights will be omitted after May 10. 

 The club is suffering from innocuous- des- 

 uetude. R. J. Irwin, of the Skidelsky 

 & Irwin Co., Philadelphia, was present 

 and bowled as well as usual. Messrs. 

 Berry and Faulkner also ran strong. The 

 rest are evidently resting or moulting, 

 or else are already sure of having a win- 

 ning team at Cincinnati. Wonderful 

 harmony and enthusiasm these New York 

 bowlers demonstrate! No wonder we are 

 proud of them. 



The Manhattan Flower Market, at 46 

 West Twenty-eighth street, ape- for ac- 



