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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JUNE 6, 1912, 



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WIETOR BROS. 



162 North Wabash Avenue, '' ^^^.^^h ^osi CHICAGO, ILL. 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



4 >i;^iB Per doz. 



iO-inch Btema $3.00 



48-inch stems 2.60 



SB-inch items 2.00 



30-inch stems 1.50 



24-inch stems 1.25 



20-inch stems 1 .00 



15-inch stems 75 



Short stems 50 



PINK ud WHITE KILLARNEY Per 100 



Extra special $7.00 



Selects 6.00 



Fancy 6.00 



Medium 4.00 



Good 3.00 



Short stems 2.00 



RICHMOND 



Extra special 7.00 



Selects 6.00 



Fancy 5.00 



Medium 4.00 



Gk)od 3.00 



Short stems 2.00 



JARDINE Per 100 



Fancy % 8.00 



Good 6.00 



Short stems 4.00 



UNCLE JOHN 



Fancy 6.00 



Good 4.00 



Short stems 2.00 



CARNATIONS 



Extra special 2.50 



Special 2.00 



Fancy 1.50 



Good •. 1 . 00 



MISCELLANEOUS STOCK 



Peonies per doz., 60c to 1.00 



Lilies, fancy per 100, $12.50 to 16.00 



Ferns, new per 1000, 2.00 to 



old " 



Smilax per dozen, $2.00 to 



Adiantnm per 100, 1.00 to 



OaUz per 1000, 



Sprufcri or Asparafus Sprays per bunch, 



2.50 

 3.50 

 2.50 

 1.50 



i.eo 



.50 



ROSES, Good Stock, Our Selection, - $3.00 per 100 



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462 ffilwaukee Street, llwaiikee,Wis. m K^HZ^^XtS^m i^^m 



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boxes were made ready for the express 

 wagons showed how every detail had 

 been worked out to a fine point, every 

 minute saved having its value in dollars 

 and cents. 



Tuesday saw great quantities of stock 

 on hand and all available space was 

 used to store the later arrivals. Boses 

 were in big supply, while peonies were 

 hauled in great quantities from the stor- 

 age houses where they had been held in 

 reserve from one day to two weeks. 

 Carnations, while not so plentiful as 

 either roses or peonies, were being 

 brought in by the thousands. The heat 

 left most of them in a deplorable con- 

 dition for shipping, and many anxious 

 minutes were spent trying to figure out 

 the situation. "Wholesalers were some- 

 what backward about shipping too freely 

 of the carnations and held off to the last 

 minute, hoping better stock would put 

 in an appearance and relieve the strain. 

 No color was favored especially. Any 

 good stock was taken. "With roses, while 

 large quantities were moved, there was 

 not the same demand as for the carna- 

 tions. The weather had affected roses 

 also. Even the best popped open. 

 American Beauties that were cut tight 

 at the greenhouses arrived almost half 

 open. The best were shipped ; the others 



were sold to the local buyers at almost 

 any prices they would bring. Killarney, 

 Bichmond, Maryland, Bride and Maid of 

 good quality went rapidly and moved 

 along much faster than the novelties. 

 There was little call for Mrs. Aaron 

 "Ward, Melody and the others. Sweet 

 peas found a good market, although the 

 stock was not as good as it had been. 

 The heat was responsible for the poor 

 quality. "Valley was hardly so popular 

 as the week before, although the calls 

 from out of town were frequent. The 

 other flowers, too, seemed to have been 

 overlooked in the rush, and while Easter 

 lilies were cleaned out as fast as they 

 came on the market, there was no great 

 demand for gladioli, daisies, snapdragon, 

 etc.; in fact, they were a drug on the 

 market. Greens sold well. New ferns 

 have been on the market for two weeks, 

 but there has been no indication of 

 lower prices for good stock as yet. 



Following Memorial day, trade again 

 resumed its normal state, and with the 

 wedding and school exercises creating 

 a good demand the week closed rather 

 briskly. "With the opening of the mar- 

 ket June 3 stock was plentiful, but 

 hardly of the quality desired, and the 

 best stock brought more than average 

 prices. The inferior grades found little 



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favor with the buyers, who turned more 

 to peonies, of which there is a heavy 

 supply, the local cut now being on. 

 Boses and carnations undoubtedly suf- 

 fered from the hot weather and, while 

 there is good stock to be had this week, 

 the better grades are not overplentiful. 

 Beauties are coming in faster and Mary- 

 land seems to be holding its own with 

 Killarney. For bouquets, Melody and 

 Mrs. Aaron "Ward have found a brisk 

 market, along with the ever popular 

 sweet peas and valley. 



Various Notes. 



A. I. Simmons, on "West Sixty-third 

 street, says that somewhat to his sur- 

 prise his Memorial day business in- 

 creased forty per cent over 1911 and 

 that he thinks all the florists in Engle- 

 wood had a banner trade. 



O. Johnson says the Batavia Green- 



