Febkuarv 4, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



509 



GOOD.. 



STOCK 



PLENTY 



Whatever your needs in Seasonable Cut Flowers, let 

 us have your orders. We have good supplies of Choice 

 Tea Roses and Fancy Carnations. Plenty Bulb Stock, in- 

 cluding Fancy Tulips in all colors; choice Valley, Violets, 

 Orchids, and everything else to be found in this market. 



Inexhaustible Supply of "Green Goods 



»» 



E. C. SMLING, 



The Largest. Best Kquipped and Most Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cnt Flower Hoase lu Chicago. 



32-34-36 Randolph St., 



Long UlBtance Telephones I97S and 1977 Central. 



Chicago, 111. 



AMEBICAir BEAUTY, Per doz. 



Long stemmed $5.00 



30-ineh stem 4.00 



24-inch stem 3.00 



■20-iDeh Btem .■ 2.50 



15-iDch stem 2.00 



12-mch stem 1.50 



Short stem $0.00 to $8.00 per 100 



Per 100 



Brides and Maids $6.00 to $10.00 



Meteors and Gates 6.00 to 10.00 



Liberty 6.00 to 15.00 



Carnations 2.00 



large and fancy. 3.00 to 4.00 



Violets 75to 



Valley 2.00 to 



Romans. Paper Whites 2.00 to 



Tulips 2 00 to 



Callas. per doz., $1,50 to $2,00 



Harrisil per doz,, 2,00 



Asparagus, per string, 25 to 50c, 



Asparagus Sprengeri 3,00 to 



Ferns.., per 1000. $2,50 



Galax per 1000, $1,00 



Adiantum 



Smilax per doz,, $1,50 



Leucothoe sprays 



Subject to change without notice. 



1,00 

 3,00 

 3.00 

 5.00 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



Tlie past few weeks we liave been hav- 

 ing all kinds of weather, from spring to 

 coldest winter. Last Wednesday the mer- 

 cury ranged from 6 to 10 degrees below 

 zero, with 17 below reported by J. Lodder 

 & Sons, of Hamilton, O. This winter has 

 been, without a doubt, the most severe 

 that we have had for a great many years, 

 and the expense of running greenhouses 

 consequently, is greater. It is to be 

 hoped that the returns for stock produced 

 will show enough increase to warrant 

 the extra expense. As far as this market 

 is concerned it is safe to say that it has. 



The demand for stock of all kinds is 

 much better than last week. The supply 

 is about the same. The store men are 

 beginning to hustle about more tnan at 

 any time since the holidays, and they are 

 not nearly so particular about the kind 

 of flowers they get. The main idea is to 

 get the stock. This has a tendency to 

 raise the price, and all grades are ))ow 

 helu stiff at the quoted figures. 



American Beauties, which did not ilo 

 very well at any time during the past 

 month, are i.ow in better demand, and 

 there are not enough to go around. Tho 

 same may be said of all other kipds uf^ 

 roses, wiiu the Liberty and Meteor very 

 scarce. The receipts of carnations are 

 somewhat heavier, but still they are not 

 enough to go around ; almost anything 

 that looks like a carnation is good for 

 $3 per hundred now. Violets also show 

 signs of waking up, and the wholesalers 

 now look with more favor on shipments 

 of these as they come in. All kinds of 

 bulbous stock is moving well and there i.i 

 not enough Asparagus plumosus and 

 Sprengeri, smilax, etc., to mfiot the de- 

 mand. 



Notes. 



It is with sincere regret that I read of 

 the death of our friend and fellow florist, 

 Henry Weber. Mr. Weber came to this 

 eity quite frequently and has always taken 

 an active part in our =ociety's flowei 

 shows, though he was not a member. 



By act of the legislature the red cai 

 nation has been chosen as tha otucial 

 flower of Ohio, in honor of President 

 McKinley. This is work in the right di- 

 rection, but it was a saa mistake to have 



. SPECIALTIES • 



FROM NOW UNTII. EASTER WE SHAI.I. HAVE A STEADY STTPFLY OF 



WHITE LILaC 



Per dozen $1.50 



LA REINE 



And all otherTulips, $2,00 to $3.00 per 100 



FREESIA 



Fine, per 100 $3,00 



VALLEY 



Fine, per 100 $2.50 



CARNATIONS and FANCY ROSES 



We are now booking orders for LONGIFLORUMS FOR 

 EASTER, and shall be glad to quote you figures on your 

 needs. We expect to have, as in past years, the very 

 best Lilies on the market. 



!. 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



»19-21 Randolph St., Chicago« 



Mfntlnn thp Rpvipw whpD yon wrltp 



the color designated, and if such a thing 

 is possible, it should be changed. It is 

 highly proper to have the carnation the 

 official flower, but >c is decidedly wrong 

 to name the color. From a florist's point 

 of view it is unnecessary to give any ar- 

 guments for this, they are too obvious. 



Fred Walker, brother of Geo. Walker, 

 superintendent of the flower market, died 

 during the past week and was buried on 

 Saturday. 



Our rose show is scheduled for Febru- 

 ary 13, and indications point to its be- 

 ing a great success this year. AU ar- 

 rangements are now complete and sched- 

 ules have been mailed. We would like to 

 have vases of all the new roses for our 

 boys to look at, so if you have anything 

 new or especially fine, send it along, ex- 

 press prepaid, addressed to the Cincinnati 

 Florists' Society, care of superintendent 

 Jabez Elliott Flower Market, and your 

 blooms will be staged by an experienced 

 man and shown to the best advantage. 

 C. J. Ohmee. 



LOCKPORT, N. Y. 



Announcement is made of the death of 

 Eli B. Lewis, the dean of the craft in 

 western New York. He was 85 years of 



Schenectady, N. Y. — George H. 

 Campbell died January 18, aged 81 years. 

 Up to a year ago he was actively en- 

 gaged in the florist business. 



Canton, O. — Carnations were in large 

 demand here January 29, McKinley 

 day. Rftiny liandsome designs were sent 

 to Mr. McKinley 's tomb and carna- 

 tions were used everywhere. Florist 

 Charles Brown put a pink carnation in 

 the buttonhole of every street car em- 

 ploye, which served to remind many of 

 the significance of the flower that day. 



Ce:ntral Isup, N. Y. — ^William 

 Thompson, gardener at the Manhattan 

 State Hospital, died suddenly January 

 17 at the age of 68 years. He was born 

 in Dublin, Ireland, and came to this 

 country in 1888. He has become widely 

 known' as a g.ardener of much skill and 

 his exhibits of vegetables, plants, etc., at 

 the fairs of Eiverhead, L. I., Hunting- 

 ton, L. I., and at the Berkeley Lyceum, 

 New York city, were awarded the high- 

 est prizes. He was formerly gardener 

 at the New York Experimental Station, 

 Geneva, N. Y. 



