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The Florists^ Review 



41 



OUR SPECIAL 



R0SE3 ' ,^ 



Owd Short, $40.00 



CARNATIONS \^ 



Good Awrtment, our selection, - $30.00 



EAST£R PRICE UST, ineifectNarchlSth. 



RICHMOND Per 100 



Specials, 24 inches $15.r 



Long. 20 to 2i Inches li.OO 



Medium. 15 to 18 inches $8 00 to 10.00 



Short, 6 to 14 inches 4.00 to 6.(0 



KILLARNEY 



Specials, 24 inches $15.00 



Long, '20 to 22 inches 12.00 



Medium, 15 to 18 inches $8 00 to 10.00 



Short, 6 to 14 inches. . . 4.00to 600 



KILLARNEY QUEBN 



Specials, 21 inches $15.00 



Long, 20 to 22 inches 12 00 



Medium, 1$ to 18 inches $8.C0 to 10.00 



Short, 6 to 14 inches 6.00 



WHITE KILLARNEY 



Specials, 24r inches $15.00 



Long, 20 to 22 inches 12 00 



Medium, 15 to 18 inches $8 00 to 10.00 



Short, 6 to 14 inches 4.00 to 6.00 



CARNATIONS 



Firsts $5.00 



Seconds 4 00 



Thirds 3.00 



SWEET PEAS 



Common $0.50 



Fancy 1.00. 



Double Sweet AlysEom .25 



QRBENS Bunch 



Asparagus Plumosus $0 26 



Asparagus Sprengeri.. 25 



Pems < per 100 ) 25 



English Ivy leaves (per 100) 25 



We book orders for future delivery. 



W. E. Trimble Greenhouse Co. 



Wholesale Cut riowers. Plant Growers, 

 Rooted Cuttlnss 



PRINCETON, ILLINOIS 



We live you fair deiUngs. We strive to please. 



We are racing for our share of your business. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



change building, has been especially 

 fortunate since Lent began, in getting 

 large funeral orders. Last week the 

 force worked all one night, having 

 .$2,000 worth of designs to deliver next 

 morning. 



A handsome portrait of John T. Muir 

 appeared in the last issue of the Hamil- 

 tonian, the magazine published by the 

 Hamilton Club. Mr. Muir is the club's 

 official decorator. 



F. C. Hoefber, of Hoerber Bros., is 

 free from the bad cold he was doctor- 

 ing last week and is putting things in 

 shape for the Easter rush. Business 

 for February, he asserts, held up favor- 

 ably and, with the crops in good shape 

 at Des Plaines, he looks for a banner 

 Easter. 



Henry Luebbe has built a greenhouse 



WESTERN 



CURRENT PRICES 



ORCHIDS 



Cattleyas.^ larg« varieties per dos., 



Dendroblirm Formosum, white. " 



AMERICAN BBACTY— Specials " 



80 to 86 In , 



20 to 24 in.... 



16 to 18 in... 



Shorter 



RlchmoiM 



Klllarney 



White Klllamsy 



6.00 to 



6.00 to 



6.00 to 



8.00 to 



2.00 to 



1.26 to 



.76 to 



6.00 

 6.00 



6.00 

 4.00 

 2.60 

 1.60 

 1.00 



* I Special 

 „„- * LSslect .. 



My'^r,iiid:::::::::::::te"\ 



Melody 



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Mrs. Aaron Ward 



Prince ds Bulgarie.. .^ . 



ROSES, our selection Per lOO 



CARNATIONS 



Per 100 



{10.00 to $12.00 

 6.00 to 8.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 



4.00 



Per 100 

 1.60 to $ 2.00 



Headquarters 



Common $ 



Select, large and fancy 



' MISCEXIrANlSOUS 



Gardenias, per dos $ 8.00 to 



Violets, New York doable 60 to 



Violets, single • • ■ .BO to 



Easter Lilies ....' per dos., {1.60 



Calla Lilies per dos.. $1.60 



Valley, seconds •••• 



select . ^ ^ 



Daisies, white and yellow 1.00 to 



Sweet Peas • "o to 



Paper Whites . . . .: 



Roman Hyacinth i ; _ ^„ 



Mignonette ; 6.00 to 



Tulips 2-25 J** 



Freeslas 1 . : 2.00 to 



Daffodils 2.00 to 



Jonquils 2.00 to 



DECORATITB 



Asparagus Plumosas, per strlnc 60 to 



•• " per bunch 86 to 



Spren«erJ, " 26 to 



Adiantum, fancy. Ions per 100 



" medium .60 to 



Farleyense " 12.00 to 



Smllax ....per doB., $1.60 



Per 1000 



Mexican Ivy .... i :.;..... *50? 



Ferns 2.80 



Galax, Green or Bronx* 1.20 



Leucothoe Sprays 6.60 



Wild Smllax large 



8.00 



i 4.00 



.76 



.76 



10.00 



10.00 



8.00 



4.00 



2.00 



1.00 



8.00 



8.00 



8.00 



4.00 



4.00 



8.00 



8.00 



.76 



.60 



.60 



1.00 



.76 



18.00 



12.00 



Per 100 



$0.60 



.80 



.16 



.78 



6.00 



7.60 



ease 



Boxwood .psr .bunch, 26c; per case 



CARNATION DYE 



Send 25 cents and receive by mail a package of dye 

 that will color 76 to 100 carnations green. Have 

 many letters stating it Is best on market. Three pack- 

 ages, 60c; |2.00 per dozen. Two-cent stamps accepted. 



CHAS. W. McKELLAR 



22 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yog write. 



Do Not Tike Any Fake Green Thread. Use the Gesoiiie 

 $ilkaline and Bet Mora Thread aad Lets Wood 



The BlIEYEJR Green 



SILKALINE 



Used by (tetail Florists for mossing funeral 

 designs, tying bunches, etc., is 



THE ONLY ARTICLE THAT SHOULD BE USED 



by Growers for stringing Smllax and Asparagas, as 

 it will not fade or rot in the greenhouse. The M«y«r 

 Sllkalln* was the first green thread to be introduced 

 among Florists and Growers. It is handled by the 

 best houses everywhere, but it should be ordered by 

 name— M«y«r's Silkaline— to be sure of getting the 

 genuine article. Do noi accept substitutes. 



If your jobber cannot supply you, order direct of 

 the manufacturers. Price for any size or color, $1.25 

 per lb. 8izes"F"flne,"FF"medium,and"FFF" coarse 



JOHN c. MEYER & CO., i**;;':.]:;.";:!.?';.., lowell, mass. 



Silkaline also is mde ii ill leadiaf celtrs, is Violet, for biincbing violets, iml also for tyiif fiicy boxes. 



25x108 at 5001 North Ridgeway avenue. 

 He will grow pot plants, looking to the 

 market for cut flowers, as he antici- 

 pates working up a nice retail trade. 



John F. Kidwell, president of the 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association, 

 says a large number of advance Easter 

 orders were on file March 3 and he be- 

 lieves that the out-of-town retailers are 

 realizing the importance of getting 

 their orders in early. 



Friends of H. H. Wilkerson, man- 

 ager for Henry Wittbold, have been 

 offering congratulations, the occasion 

 being a son, born March 3. Papa Wil- 

 kerson says both mother and son are 

 doing well. 



John Ganger, of Ganger & Bergman, 

 is again free to pay his undivided at- 

 tention to business cares, after a term 

 of jury service. Mr. Ganger says trade 

 has kept a good pace and he believes rc» 

 moval to the Michigan avenue location 

 has more than doubled the business. 



Erne & Klingel have found a steady 

 increase in shipping orders lately and, 

 ^with Easter approaching, Mr. Erne 

 figures on record-breaking business. 



The Bohannon Floral Co. has had a 

 good run of business and, while table 

 decorations have fallen off somewhat, 

 there has been a good sale for bulbous 

 stock, both cut and in pans. Orchids 

 are popular with this store's trade and 



