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The WcdHy Floriste' Rc^m, 



Febhuabt 9, 1911. 



Pussy Willows 



A NOVELTY-60C DOZEN 



II 



pNG, straight stems, each stem carrying 

 several large, fully developed catkins. 

 Leading retailers use them on almost every 

 order and find they make a hit. Order some 

 for today, and more for Valentine's Day. 



Headquarters 

 for Home-Grown Gardenias. 



JOH^ KRUCHTEN 



51 Wabash Avenue ^""'cSnteaMe?""' Chicago, Hi. 



VAI.BNTINE'S DAY PRICE M8T 



Cattleyas per doe., $6.00 to $7.60 



Gardenias '• 3.00 to 6.00 



BEAUTISS Per doz. 



LoD^atemB $6.00 



StemsSO Inches 4.00 



Stem824 Inches 8.00 



Stem820 Inches .' 2.60 



StenislG Inches 2.00 



Stems 12 Inches 1.60 



Sbortstems $0.76 to 1.00 



Per 100 



Klllarney 6.00to$10.00 



Richmond S.OOto 10.00 



White KlUarney 6.00to 10.00 



Maid and Bride 6.00to 10.00 



My Maryland S.OOto 10.00 



ROSES , our selection 6.00 



extra select lii.OO to 15.00 



Carnations, common 2.00 to 3.00 



fancy 4.00 



Violets 76to 1.00 



Valley S.OOto 4.00 



Easter LlUes.per doz.. $1.60 to $2.00 

 Oallas .per doz., 1.60 to 2.00 



Paper Whites. Romans 3.00 



Tulips. Jonquils S.OOto 4.00 



SweetPeas 76to 1.26 



AsparacusPlnmosas.. -per string. .60 to .76 

 ...per bunch, .36 to .60 



Sprengerl per 100. 2.00 to 4.00 



Adlantum Oroweanum. — *' ,76 to IM 



Smllax per doz., $1.60 to $2.00 16.00 



Ferns per 1000. 2JM) .26 



Galax " 1.00 .16 



Leucothoe '* 7.60 1.00 



Mexican Ivy 1.00 



Boxwood percase, 7.60 



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collapse of about fifteen tars on one 

 of the Beauty houses of Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. At Hinsdale the propagating 

 houses of Bassett & Washburn were re- 

 ported completely buried in the drifts. 



Paul Blome, who has been ill for a 

 number of weeks, is on his way to re- 

 covery and is expected to be able to 

 attend to his duties within the coming 

 ten days. 



Peter Reinberg bought a car of glass 

 a few months ago, but Tim Matchen, 

 who has charge of the store, says he 

 has heard nothing as yet about new 

 houses. 



Miss M. C. Gunterberg says she looks 

 for next week to break all February 

 records, especially in the demand for 

 violets. 



The Fleischman Floral Co. is fea- 

 turing Violet Marie Elise. This is a 

 variety originating with Thomas De 

 Voy's Son, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., as a 

 sport of Marie Louise. The color is a 

 dainty light wistaria shade. It has not 

 yet come into the wholesale markets. 



G. M. Reburn has returned from a 

 successful maiden trip of six weeks for 

 the new firm of A. Henderson & Co. 



Carl Thomas, of the A. L. Randall 

 Co., has put in a busy week fighting off 

 pneumonia. Frank .Johnson has re- 

 turned from a week's trip to Minne- 

 apolis and St. Paul. 



It is reported that the Des Plaines 

 Violet Co. has ordered a car of glass 

 for a range of violet houses at Des 

 Plaines. Local parties and a Chicago 

 wholesaler are said to be interested. 



Kyle & Foerster have a report that 

 Peter Weiland, who last year sold his 

 share in the business of Weiland & 

 Olinger at New Castle, is preparing to 

 erect a new range of ten houses there 

 this season. 



Comment has many times been made 

 that wild smilax is not in as large de- 

 mand in this market this season as in 

 other years. E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott 

 Bros. Co., says the falling off in demand 

 cannot be explained by a lack of qual- 

 ity in the goods, for he says the stock 

 they have handled this year has been 

 the best he ever has seen. 



Fred Sperry, of Vaughan & Sperry, 

 has been confined to his home by the 

 grip for several days. 



John Steinmetz, formerly city sales- 



Fancy Carnations 



Highest 

 Quality 



We have an exceptionally 

 heavy cut of choicest carna- 

 tions fresh from our green- 

 houses every day; shipped to 

 you the same day they are cut. 

 That is why they please our 

 customers all the time. 



PRICK LIST Per 100 



Carnations , extra fancy $ 4.00 



*• select 3.00 



choice 2.00 



Violets, double $0.76to 1.00 



single 60to .76 



SweetPeas 76to 1.60 



Lilies 16.00 



Valley, choice. Blue Ribbon 3.00 to 4.00 



All Greens and other Stock at Market Rates. 

 Subject to Blarliet Changes. 



Send us your name and we will send you 

 our beautiful calendar, showing: our new 

 carnation Washintrton In natural color. 



CHICAGO CSRNATION CO. 



L. D. Phone Central 3373 



35-37 Randolph Street A. T. PYFER, Ngr. CHICAGO 



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SPRINKLEPROOF RIBBONS 



(trade mark) 

 and 



SPRINKLEPROOF CHIFFONS 



(trade mark) 

 'Will not Collapse when Exposed to Water. 



Originators and sole distributors. 



WERTHEIMER BROTHERS 



NEW YORK 

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man and later traveler for the W. W. 

 Barnard Co., recently bought the retail 

 store of Mrs. Paasch on North Halsted 

 street. February 4 he turned out $300 

 worth of funeral work, including sev- 

 eral large designs. 



The E. F. "Winterson Co. still is han- 

 dling poinsettias, but expects to clean 

 out the crop for Valentine's day, E. F. 

 Winterson, Jr., has been on a business 

 trip north. 



C. W. McKellar reports the passing 

 of cypripediums. He says there is ari 

 increase in the demand for orchids, 

 other varieties than cattleyas, dendro- 

 biums and oncidiums being in good 

 request. 



An adjourned meeting of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of Chicago will be held 



^ Budlong's 



E Blue Ribbon Valley 



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at the Art Institute Tuesday, February 

 14. The annual election is to take place. 



The Star Floral Co., at Wilmette, of 

 which John Flint is manager, plans to 

 house next season 4,000 plants of a 

 white seedling carnation raised on the 

 place, 



B. Eldridge, of Belvidere, was a re- 

 cent visitor. He plans to plant 2,500 

 Carnation Washington next season. 



F. Liebermann, who left Vaughan & 

 Sperry to go into business for himself, 

 buying the store of Mrs. Lundberg at 

 1609 North Wells street, is well pleased 

 with his start. 



John Michelsen says E, C. Amling 

 has reported safe arrival in the Summer 

 clime of Orange, Cal, 0. P. Bassett 

 and Ned Washburn are at Pasadena. 



