May 9, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



35 



CARNATrONS FOR MOTHERS' DAY 



Fancy stock, $30.00 to $40.00 per 1000. 

 A VERY LARGE CROP. ALL VARIETIES. BUT EXTRA STRONG ON 



BEAUTIES 



GOOD QUALITY-ALL LENGTHS 



Also a big supply of Klllarney, White Killarney, 

 Richmond and Fancy Carnations 



SPECIALS THIS WEEK: 



Roses, short 

 Roses, medium 



$20.00 per lOOO 

 30.00 per lOOO 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



Extra long $3.00 



36-inch stem 2.50 



30-inch 8tem 2.00 



24-inch Btem 1 . 75 



20-inch stem 1 .50 



15-inch Bter^ 1.25 



12-inch Bteln 1.00 



Short Btem $0.50 @ .76 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



Per doz. Richmond 



Select 



Medium $5.00 @ 



Short 



KlUarney f Select 



White KlUarney. . . . ] Medium 6.00 @ 



Maryland (Short 



Sunrise 



Select 



Medium 



Short 



Per 100 

 $8.00 

 6.00 



4.00 



8.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 



6.00 

 o.OO 

 4.00 



ROSES, our selection, $3.00 per 100. 



Per 100 

 $1.50 

 2.60 



CARNATIONS, good 



Fancy $2.00 @ 



Harriaii per doz. , $1.50 



Sweet Peas .76 @ 1.00 



Tulips T. . . . . 3.00 



Valley 3.00 @ 4.00 



Adiantum 1 .00 



Per 100 



Asparagus, sprays $ 2.00 



" strings $60.00 @ 75. #0 



Sprengeri 2.00 



Smilax per doz., $2.00 @ $2.50 



Ferns per 1000, 3.50 



Mexican Ivy .75 



Galax, green or bronze, .per 1000, 1.00 



Leucothoe .75 



Boxwood bunch, 25c 



Subject to otaanca without notice. 



PETER REINBERG 



30 E. Randolph Street, 



L. D. Phone Central 2846. 



CHICAGO 



on the President Grant, sailing from 

 New York for Hamburg June 29. One 

 •laughter will remain in Detroit. Re- 

 turn passage has been engaged on the 

 Cincinnati, sailing from Hamlnirg Sep- 

 tember 7. 



•John Kruehten says the cull for gar- 

 denias has gone down with the passing 

 of the violets, even though the eastern 

 stock is no longer reaching this market. 



C. W. Deusner, the new secretary of 

 the Horticultural Society of Chicago, is 

 oflBce manager for 0. C. Simonds & Co., 

 landscape gardeners. His address is 

 Graceland cemetery and Buena avenue. 



In April there was an average of 

 eight hours and forty-two minutes of 



sun per day, which was sixty-five per 

 cent of the possible, or five per cent 

 more than is normal for April. The 

 month was about .3 degrees per day 

 warmer than normal, with a little less 

 rain than usual. 



Frank Johnson, of the A. L. Eandall 

 Co., returned May 5 from a three weeks' 

 trip that extended to Atlanta, Ga., and 

 San Antonio. Tex. 



Wendland & Keinicl benched the last 

 rose plant in their l)ig new range May 

 2 and are ready for vacation. The E. 

 C. Amling Co. reports the arrival of 

 the first Ward from the earliest planted 

 house. 



August Poehlmann says that Poehl- 



mann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, has had 

 336,000 carnation plants on its benches 

 this season. The young stock for next 

 season is about all in the field and num- 

 bers well over 400,000. 



Albert T. Hey, of Maywood. has the 

 sympathy of his wide circle of friends 

 in the loss of his father, whose death 

 occurred last week. 



N. J. Wietor says that the inquiries 

 for Mothers' day that came to hand 

 Monday morning make certain that the 

 market will have big business the lat- 

 ter part of the week. As he expressed 

 it, the buyers appear to have ' ' gone 

 crazy ' ' over Mothers ' day. 



Lord & Burnham < 'o. is preparing to 



