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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mahch 9, 1911. 



^^'^R KILLARNEY 



Now in full crop— fine quality In all lengths 



Our VALLEY Is exceptionally good 

 Extra fine Wisconsin -grown, sweetly fragrant VIOLETS 



Trumpets •- Daffodils - - Freesia - - Sweet Peas 

 ORDER ASPARAGUS STRINGS AND SMILAX HERE 



Headquarters for Fancy Cut Perns 



HOLTON & HUNKEL CO. 



462 Milwaukee Street, "■^irH^u'iSl?^. ^S' MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



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NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The market became almost demoral- 

 ized at the close of last week, and at the 

 opening of the present week showed no 

 sign of recovery. There were more vio- 

 fets left over March 6 than this market 

 ever was called on to distribute in a 

 day. Some of the wholesalers had as 

 high as 100 boxes on hand. The whole 

 market feels, as it has not for years, the 

 advent of Lent, and to this may be 

 added the increasing daily shipments. 

 Roses, especially, have fallen and few 

 commanded a higher price than 8 cents, 

 and from this down rapidly to $1 per 

 hundred. Carnations also struck a lower 

 level and 1 cent to 2 cents was the pre- 

 vailing quotation; only the selected 

 novelties were higher. The best Amer- 

 ican Beauties seem to be the only stock 

 that held at anywhere near its real 

 value. Most of the Beauty stock is 

 mediocre and "slow of sale. Even the 

 street was offering the short-stemmed 

 ones Saturday. For cattleyas 50 cents 

 was top, though a few Mossise touched 

 60 cents the first of the season. Gar- 

 denias are lower and lilies of all kinds 

 have fallen. Bulbous stock of all kinds 

 is overabundant. Yellow tulips were 

 selling at 10 cents a bunch March 6. 



The retailers' windows are gay with 

 blooming plants of all kinds. The signs 

 of an early spring are abundant. The 

 general expectation is that the present 

 week will see the end of winter. The 

 nurserymen already are busy with their 

 early shipments, the seedsmen are work- 

 ing night and day, and the plantsmen 

 are already almost sold out of Easter 

 blooming stock. Everyone seems to be 

 anticipating a remarkably good holiday 

 season. 



Various Notes. 



The plant auctions, including roses, 

 bulbs, hardy shrubs and evergreens, be- 

 gin Tuesday, March 14, at Elliott's and 

 NacNiff 's, on Vesey street, the center of 

 this branch of the business. 



The New York Florists ' Club 's month- 

 ly meeting will be held next Monday 

 evening, March 13, at its rooms in the 

 Grand Opera House building. There will 

 be bowling at the club 's alleys, 115 West 



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St. Patrick's Green Dye 



I handle only the origrinal true Irish dye. Put up in powder form, 

 which is easily diluted. Do not buy liquid dye when you can ^et 

 this powder so cheap and dilute it yourself . Full directions with 

 each package. One package will dye from 100 to 160 carnations. Per 

 pkg., 26c; 5 pkgs., $1.00; per doz., $2.00. By mail postage prepaid. 



CURRENT PRICES 



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Oattleyas. pinkish lavender Perdoc $6.00 tot 7.80 



Dendroblom Formosnm. white " 6.00 to 6.00 



Oncldlnm Bplendldum PerlOOfls., 6.00 to 10.00 



Boxes assorted Orchids, $6.00 and up. 



AMBBICAM BKAUTY— Specials.. Per doe.. 6.00 



M-ln " 4.00 



20to24-in " 3.00 



16tol8-ln " 2.00 



Shorter " .76to 1.S0 



KlUamey PerlOO. B.OOto 8.00 



White Killamey " S.OOto 8.00 



Uy Maryland " S.OOto 8.00 



Richmond " S.OOto 8.00 



Mrs. neld " 6.00to 8.00 



Brldeonald or Bride " 6.00 to 8.00 



BOSBS, oar selection " 4.00 



special •' 10.00 



GABNATIONS 



Select PerlOO. 1.50to 2.00 



Fancy " 8.00 



White, for St. Patrick's Day " 4.00 to 6.0O 



MISCIXLANEOUS STOCK 



Oardeniaa, home-grrown Perdos., 3.00 to 4.00 



Stocks, doable Per bancb, 1.60 



single " .76to 1.00 



YaUey ..PerlOO, S.OOto 4.M 



Eaater lilUee, OaUas PerdoE.. 1.60 



DaUlea PerlOO, l.OOto IM 



SweetPeas " .76to 1.00 



Violets, doable and single " BOto .76 



Paper Whites, Romans " S.OO 



Freesia " 8.00 



Tulips '• 3.00to 4.00 



Daffodils " SOOto 4.00 



Jonquils " 2.0«to 3 00 



Mignonette " 4.00to 8.00 



DSCOBATITE 



Asparagus Plomoeaa Perstring. .Mto .76 



Perbunch. .86to JJO 



" Sprengert " .26to .60 



▲dlantnm PerlOO. .76lo 1.00 



Farleyenae " lO.OOto 12.00 



Smllax Perdos..$1.60 " 12.00 



Mexlcanlry Per 1000, 6.00 " .76 



Ferns " 3.00 " .30 



Oalax, green and bronse PerlOOO, 1.25 



Lencothoe PerlOO. .76 



WlldSmllaz largecaae. 6.00 



Boxwood Per bunch. 86c; per caa*. 7.60 



Subject to market clianKes 



CHAS. W. McKELLAR 



51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



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Twenty-third street, in the afternoon. 

 There will be exhibits, refreshments and 

 ten-minute essays and addresses by a 

 dozen of the club's members. The ban- 

 quet at Shanley's, Saturday evening, 

 March 18, is an assured success. Nearly 

 250 seats have been spoken for. Presi- 



dent Nugent will be toastmaster and a 

 fine entertainment will follow the ban- 

 quet. If any club members have failed 

 to send for their tickets, to Chairman 

 Weathered, there is no time to lose. 



The Greater New York Florists ' Asso- 

 ciation, Brooklyn, will hold its first an- 



