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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Fbbruabi 23, 1911. 



Sunshine 



Have you seen it ? One of our growers called up the other 

 day and asked if the sun ever shone in Chicago. We told him we 

 had seen very little of it lately. He informed us that in the section 

 of the country where he is located they had just 5 days' sunshine 

 since January 1, and no prospects in sight, as it was raining at that 

 time. With all this, it is remarlcable tlie amount of 

 stocic we receive under these conditions. There is a good cut 

 in everything except in roses, demand for these being ahead of sup- 

 ply. Bulbous Steele, such as Tulips, Daffodils, Jonquils, 

 Narcissi, Lilies, Valley, in good supply, quality fine. 



St. Patrick's Green 



This fluid will absolutely color white carnations, or other white 

 flowers, a vivid Irish green. One quart is sufficient to color three to 

 four hundred carnations. One pint, 50c ; one quart, $1.00 ; six 

 pints, $2.75 ; six quarts, $5.00. 



Per doi. 

 16.00 

 6.«0 

 4.00 

 S.OO 

 2.00 

 .76 



PRICK U8T 

 AMERIOAN BKAUTIES 



86to4S-lnoh ^ 



24to80-lDCh 14.00 to 



18to24-inoh S.COto 



16tol8-lnch 2.00to 



12tolB-lncl> 1.00 to 



8tol24nch 



BOSKS Per 100 



BrtdM 16.00 to WO.OO 



Mald0 e.OOto lU.OO 



Rlohmonda e.OOto 10.00 



Klllarnej. white, pink 6.00 to 10.00 



My Maryland e.OOto 10.00 



Perles S.OOto 8.00 



RoflM, our Mlectlon B.OO 



" extra select 12.00 



N I80BI.Ii ANKOUS 



CARNATIONS, medium 2.00 



fancy 3.00 



" extra fancy ... • 4.00 



HarriaU IdUea IS.OO 



Oallas 12.60to 16.U0 



Valley S.OOto 4.U0 



Violets, single 7Sto 1.00 



double 75 to 1.00 



Mignonette 4.00to 8.00 



Sweot Peas 76to 1.00 



Jonquils, Daffodils 3.00 to 4.0» 



Paper Whites 8.00 



Romans S.OO 



Tulips S.OOto 4.00 



Leucothoe . 7S 



▲diantam 7Bto 1.00 



Asparagus Strings WMSh, .00 to .60 



Asparagus Bunches " .86 to .60 



Sprengerl Bunches " .88to .60 



Smllax per dos.. 1.60to 2.00 



Oalax per 1000, 1.00 



Perns perlOOO. 2.60 



Boxwood per lb., .26 



Mexicanlvy .76 to 1.00 



Wild Smilax per case, tS.OO, $4.00 and 6.00 



Subject to change without notice. Store open 7.30 

 a.m. to R p. m. Sundays and holidaysclose at noon 



E. H. HUNT 



76-78 Wabash Avenue, 

 CHICAGO, lU. 



EstiUisM 1878 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 



Oldest Mouse in tbe West 



iacorporited 1906 



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MeDtiuD I'tMj Keview when you wnte. 



DENVER. 



The Market. 



Ever since Christmas, stock has been 

 exceedingly scarce, and there have been 

 few days when the retailers have had 

 everything they needed or wanted in 

 the way of cut flowers. Weather con- 

 ditions have been most favorable for 

 plants under glass, but the sun did not 

 succeed in bringing out as many blooms 

 as the florists wanted. The warm 

 weather was causing the trees and 

 shrubbery to start into growth, but, for- 

 tunately, a change came the latter part 

 of the week and the cold and snow will 

 keep them back for a while. 



The market was flooded with violets 

 last week. Some of the retailers re- 

 ceived large shipments from California 

 in time for Valentine's day, which 

 caused the sale of the home-grown prod- 

 uct to drop oflf materially. The violet 

 growers had planned on a big day, but 

 they were disappointed, and a few, in 

 order to dispose of their stock, offered 

 it at ridiculously low prices. Bulbous 

 stock is arriving in quantities, and there 

 is a good demand for nice pans of daf- 

 fodils, tulips and hyacinths. Some of 

 the tulips seen have extremely short 

 stems, the flowers barely showing above 

 the pot. 



The question of greens is becoming 

 quite alarming. There is practically no 

 smilax to be cut, and Asparagus Spren- 

 geri and plumosus are very scarce. The 

 supply 01 fancy cut fern leaves from 

 the east has been cut in two, and every- 

 one is having trouble getting enough 

 greens to go around. 



Fancy Carnations 



Highest 

 Quality 



We have an exceptionally 

 heavy cut of choicest carna- 

 tions fresh from our green- 

 liouses every day; shipped to 

 you the same day they are cut. 

 That Is why they please our 

 customers all the time. We also 

 handle a full line of Roses, Vio- 

 lets, Valley, Sweet Peas, Nar- 

 cissi and greens of all Icinds. 



PRICK LIST 



Carnations , extra fancy 



'* select 



choice 



Rosee W.OO 



Vloleta. double 76 



single 60 



Sweet Peas 76 



LlUea 



Valley, choice. Blue Ribbon 3.00 



Narcissi 



All Oreens and oth«r Stock at Market 

 Sabjftct tn IHarket Chances. 



Per 100 



$4.00 



3.00 



2.00 



12 00 



1.00 



.76 



1.60 



16.00 



4.00 



3.00 



Rates. 



Send us your name and we will send you 

 our beautiful calendar, showinif our new 

 carnation Wasbinirton in natural color. 



CHICAGO CARNATION CO. 



L. D. Phone Central 3373 



35-37 Randolph Street A. T. pyter, FUr. CHICAGO 



MenooD The Kevlew wnen Ton write 



Everyone reports a good business for 

 Valentine's day. Of course, there were 

 not nearly enough red roses or carna- 

 tions to satisfy all, and, as is usual at 

 Christmas and on Valentine's day, the 

 growers have been asked, "Why don't 

 you grow more redt" 



Club Meeting. 



The Colorado Florists' Club met Feb- 

 ruary 14, in the oflSce room of the Park 

 Floral Co. John Callis, manager of the 

 Denver branch of R. G. Dun & Co., ad- 

 dressed the club, his subject dealing 



with the importance of any business 

 man keeping the credit agencies posted 

 as to his financial condition, especially 

 as applied to florists. The talk was 

 both interesting and instructive. 



Then there was a discussion between 

 the wholesalers and retailers, the sub- 

 ject being "The Annual Shortage of 

 Boses in January and February." Pa- 

 pers were prepared and read by A. H. 

 Bush, who took the retailers' side, and 

 by Fred Hall, from the growers' view- 

 point. Those who took part in the dis- 

 cussion, besides Mr. Bush and Mr. Hall, 



