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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 7, 1012. 



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GOOD STOCK, QUICK ACTIONi LOW PRICES 



E9HAT ought to cover your wants. With forty reliable shippers, representing about 1,200,000 

 ■■ sq. ft. of glass, we are able to supply you with the GREATEST VARIETY OF STOCK 

 grown by individual specialists near Chicago. Those who have been our regular patrons will 

 appreciate the above statement, and to YO U who have not called on us heretofore we ask 

 only a trial. 



ILVAUGHAN & CO.,r 161 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS Telephone. \ asSS UVz 



Mention The Review wheD vou write 



The Kirkwood growers made a com- 

 plete job of filling the wholesale mar- 

 ket up with carnations, violets and 

 sweet peas. These, with the many other 

 shipments, filled every spot in the 

 wholesale houses last week and prices 

 went down with a crash. 



The St. Louis Florists ' Club will hold 

 its regular monthly meeting Thursday 

 afternoon, March 14, in Odd Fellows' 

 hall. The rose and carnation show will 

 be held at Kuehn's the same afternoon. 

 The members will attend in a body 

 after the meeting. J. J. B. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The cut flower business has been in 

 a thoroughly demoralized condition for 

 the last week, and it is a long time 

 since prices have been so ruinously low 

 at this season of the year. We have 

 had another cold wave, and while less 

 severe than some of its predecessors, it 

 was accompanied by cutting winds and 

 made flower selling on the street an im- 

 possibility for several days. Roses, 

 which have held up unusually well for 

 the last two months, have slumped with 

 the rest, and values are practically cut' 

 in halves. The quality remains par- 

 ticularly good, but there is a slack^ted^ 

 demand for even the best stock. Car- 

 nations have rarely been in a worse 

 plight in winter than they are today. 

 Absurdly low quotations have been, 

 made to effect clearances — prices which 

 could barely pay the express charges. 

 Of course, first-class flowers are selling, 

 but the prices on even these should be 

 double what is being obtained to be 

 profitable. The clear sky is bringing 

 violets on with a rush and veritable 

 avalanches of these are arriving. Sin^ 

 gles now are of superb quality. 



Sweet peas are overplentiful, while 

 bulbous stock is in a bad condition. 

 Trumpet narcissi sell as low as 50 cents 

 per hundred. Valley is in a weak 

 condition, but gardenias are tempo- 

 rarily scarce. Liliums are selling low, 

 as are callas. White marguerites do 

 not sell well, but yellows move much 

 better. Mignonette, English primroses, 

 snapdragons, dimorphothecas, calen- 

 dulas and other miscellaneous flowers 

 have an uncertain sale. Pink snap- 

 dragon sells as well as anything on the 

 list. Dendrobiums are good. There 

 is still a good supply of cattleyas. 

 Green stock only sells moderately. 

 Colder weather has affected pot plant 



8TQP— 



At Oechslin's 



when in Chicago to attend the 



Spring Flower Show, March 12 to 1 5 



and see our 



Easter Blooming Plants 



Also PALMS, FERNS and 

 other Decorative Stock 



Visitors are always cordially welcomed, 

 and it will give us great pleasure to 

 show you through our houses. 



FRANK OECHSLIN, 



4911 W. Quincy Street, 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



MentloD The Review Tirhen you write. 



Supplies 



Cut Flowers Greens 



Everythinsr a Florist Needs 



CINCINNATI CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE 



Wholesale Commission Florists 24 B. Third Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 



Mention The Review when you write. 



trade. A fine assortment is now obtain- 

 able, among which Tausendschon roses 

 are quite prominent. 



Various Notes. 



John Barr, of South Natick, one of 

 our finest growers of carnations, grows 

 some 40,000 plants. In whites he has 

 White Enchantress, White Wonder, 



White Perfection, the old Queen, White 

 Winsor, and a white sport \f rom Mrs. 

 C. W. Ward, which is proving good. 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward does well.X In scar- 

 lets, Beacon is the best, Fenn being 

 the leader in crimson. Mr. Bams new 

 variegated seedling, Mrs. B. P. Cheney,, 

 continues to do finely and is in demwid 

 at the stores. Tn light pinks. Pink De-. 



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