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The Florists' Review 



December 26, 1912. 



FOR NEW YEAR'S 





A Big Crop of Beauties and Roses 



Batavia Greenhouse Co* 



Oraanbonsast 

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L. D. Phan* 

 S00i Bmndolpk 



Stores 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



M«Btlon ^le KtiYltnr whwt yon writ*. 



ber of orders for Christmas blooming 

 plants fairly swamped the Morton 

 Grove office, cleaning out everything 

 except the decorative stock. 



E. J. Fancourt and Mrs. Russell, the 

 rose, were in town a few days ago. 

 Most of the large growers bought. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. has a 1913 

 calendar with a cut of The Herald on it. 



Curt Ilberg, a florist, ended his life 

 December 19 by turning on the gas at 

 the home of his brother, Johannes Il- 

 berg, 1325 North California avenue. 



P. Jones has had a good year since 

 Henry Wittbold lifted the burden of 

 rent for unused space. 



Visitors: M. Rocklin, of Bocklin & 

 Lehman, Sioux City, la.; B. H. riynn, 

 manager of the store of the late Wm. 

 Graff, Columbus, O.; G. L. Freeman, 

 Fall Eiver, Mass.; Frank Gorly and 

 C. C. Young, St. Louis. 



ST. Loxns. 



The Southwestern Market. 



The market last week was in splen- 

 did condition. There was plenty of 

 stock coming in daily and it sold well 

 at reasonable prices. The weather was 

 fine all through the week and from all 

 accounts there is going to be plenty 

 of stock in this market for the Christ- 

 mas demand. [This letter was written 

 December 22.] Prices are going to be 

 high according to the advance price 

 lists of the local wholesalers, and espe- 

 cially so on red stock, as this has the 

 greatest demand and will not be any 

 too plentiful in any variety. Extra 

 fancy red carnations are quoted at 

 $10 per hundred, while pink and white 

 will not go over $8 per hundred. The 

 lower grades will be quite plentiful, 

 at least enough to go around, and espe- 

 cially so in white and Enchantress. In 

 roses we are looking for a large cut 

 of the Killarney variety, also in Brides 

 and Maids and Marylands, but Beau- 

 ties and Eichmonds will be scarce and 

 high in price. Eichmonds are quoted 

 as high as $25, for extra specials, and 

 Killarney at from $6 to $15 per hun- 

 dred. A fine cut of poinsettias is seen 

 at the markets. Violets will go to $2 

 per hundred and the supply and demand 

 should be good, as the weather has 

 been just right for them all week. 

 The stock on which the prices will not 

 advance will be lilies, valley, Paper 

 Whites, Eomans and stevia. In thit 

 stock a large cut is expected. Sweet 

 peas are coming in fine and are in 



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NEW YEAR'S PRICES 



ORCHIDS 



Cattleyas, pinkish lavender. . .per doz. $10.00 to $12.00 



" Percivaliana " 7. SO to 9.00 



Cypripediums " 2.00 to 2.60 



Dendrobium Formosum, white. " 5.00 to 6.00 



Oncldium, yellow ......... per 100 lis. 5.00 to 6.00 



Dendrobium Phaltenopsls. pink " " 12.00 to 16.00 



Gardenias per doz. 5.00 to 7.50 



AAOBKICAN BEAUTY— Specials " 8.00 



30 to 36 in " 6.00 to 7.00 



20 to 24 in " 4.00 to 5.00 



16 to 18 In " 2.00 to 3.00 



Shorter " 1.00 to 1.50 



Richmond ^ 



Killarney e„»„i„ i 



^^xoiy ''•"'"''' i«"ct"\ .•.•;:$io.oo 



Mary-land ".W '. '. '. ! ". i ! ! ! iMedlum . . . 6.00 



Per 



Mrs. Aaron Ward Short 



Prince de Bulgrarie -' 



ROSES, our selection Per 



CARNATIONS 



100 



100 



$15.00 



to 12.00 



to 8.00 



5.00 



5.00 



Common 



Select, large and fancy ,. $ 



Fancy red 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Poinsettias, doz , $ 



Violets, New York double 



Violets, single 



faster Lilies and Callas. .per doz., $2.00 

 Valley, seconds 



" select , 



" special , 



Daisies, white and yellow 



Sweet Peas 



Bouvardia , 



Stevia , 



Paper Whites 



Roman Hyacinth , 



Mignonette 



DECORATIVE 



Per 



100 

 $ 4.00 

 5.00 to 6.00 

 8.00 to 10.00 



2.00 to 

 1.25 to 

 1.25 to 



1.00 to 

 1.60 to 

 4.00 to 

 1.00 to 

 8.00 to 

 8.00 to 

 6.00 to 



$ 4.00 

 1.50 

 1.50 



15.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



10.00 

 1.50 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 



25 to 



60 to 

 12.00 to 



Asparagus Plumosus, per string 60 to 



" " per bunch ...... .35 to 



" Sprengeri, " 



Adlantum, fancy, long per 100 



" medium " 



Farleyense , . . . . *' 



Smilax per doz., $1.60 



Red Winter Berries, per case, 14x14x80 



Per 1000 



Mexican Ivy $6.00 



Ferns . 2.00 



Galax, Green or Bronze 1.26 



Leucothoe Sprays 6.50 



Wild Smilax large 



Boxwood per bunch, 26c; per case 



.76 



.50 



.60 



1.00 



.76 



15.00 



12.00 



2.26 



Per 100 



$0.60 



.26 



.16 



.75 



5.00 



7.60 



case 



CHAS. W. McKELLAR 



22 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yoo write 



large demand at from 75 cents to $2 per 

 hundred. Smilax, adiantum, asparagus, 

 leucothoe and galax will, as usual, 

 have a good demand at no advance in 

 price. According to the leading retail- 

 ers it is going to be another plant 

 Christmas. Poinsettia, of course, is 

 the main plant called for, but azaleas, 

 begonias, cyclamens, valley and Bo- 

 mans in pots and pans also will have 

 a heavy demand. All are looking for- 

 ward to great Christmas business. 



Various Notes. 



Chas. Schwake, representing C. F. 

 Meyer Co., New York, was a recent 

 visitor. 



Chas. C. Young and Frank Gorly 

 visited Chicago last week. Buying stock 

 for Christmas. Both say they have 

 plenty of advance orders for Christ- 

 mas. 



The coming out into society of Mil- 

 lionaire Campbell's daughter last week 

 called for a lot of fancy stock in cut 



