Maech 31, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



995 



Demands for Easter 



are very heavy but we have 



Large Supplies 



In all departments and will take good care of all your orders. 



If you find yourself running short, wire us, or call us up on the 

 long distance telephone and we will help you out if stock is to be 

 had in this market. 



E. C. aMLING, 



The ^arg'est, Best Equipped and Most Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower House in Chicag^o. 



Chicago, III. 



32-34-36 Randolph St., 



Long Distance lelephones 1978 and 1977 Central. 



EASTER PRICE LIST 



AMEBICAN BEAUTY, Per doz. 



30— 10-inch stem $5.00 to $6.00 



24-inch stem 4.00 



20-inch stem 3.00 



15-inch stem 2.00 



12-inch stem 1.50 



Short stem S6.00 to $8.00 per 100 



Per 100 



Brides and Maids je.OOto »10.00 



JHeteors and Gates 6.00to 10.00 



Perles 6.00to 10.00 



Roses, oxir selection 5.00 



Carnations 400 



large and fancy 5.00 to 6.00 



Violets 75to 1.60 



Valley S.OOto 4.00 



Romans, Paper Whites 3.00 to 4.00 



Tulips 3.00 to 5.00 



Callas. per doz $1.60 to $2.00 



Harrisii per doz.. $2.00. . . . 15.00 



Asparagus, per string, 30 to 60c. 



Asparagus Sprengeri 3.00 to 6.00 



Ferns... perlOOO, $3.50 .40 



Galax per 1000, $1.25. ... .15 



Adiantum 1.00 



Smilax per doz., $2.50. .. . 



Leucothoe sprays 1.00 



Sabject to cbange wlthont notice. 



himself and see that all his friends vote 

 for Mr. Eeinberg. 



There was a meeting of the Horti- 

 cutural Society of Chicago at P. J. Haus- 

 wirth's on Tuesday afternoon. The fall 

 show was the principal topic for discus- 

 sion and it was finally decided to leave 

 the whole matter to the executive com- 

 mittee. If the committee can find a 

 suitable hall there will doubtless be a 

 good show, otherwise none at all. 



Joe Currau has bought the Michigan 

 avenue store of Johnson & Swan, taking 

 possession March 28. Mr. Johnsou 

 stati.s that an agreement has been made 

 whereby he will buy out Jolm Mangel 

 shortly after Easter. Mr. Alangel has 

 not enjoyed his usual good health for 

 several months and is thinking of spend- 

 ing the summer in Greece. 



Fire attacked the block at the corner 

 of Wabash and Adams street Tuesday 

 and the department flooded out the New 

 York Floral store in the basement. This 

 is the headquarters of an aggregation of 

 shrewd merchants who are said to do a 

 large business in buying up surplus lots 

 around the market, shipping the stock 

 to their confreres in several smaller 

 cities. 



E. E. Pieser says that he expects the 

 Easter trade to foot up ahead of any 

 previous year, with a lively scramble for 

 good roses and carnations before the 

 week is over. He calls attention to the 

 fact that all orders are for a greater 

 proportion of carnations than ever. 



The big wind at Morgan Park last 

 week blew down Singler Bros.' tall chim- 

 ney and broke quite a little glass. It 

 also took off John Turner's windmiU, 

 breaking some glass. Out at Evanston, 

 the floods got into some of the boiler 

 rooms, making much trouble. 



Clifford Pmner, who has been at his 

 home in Ohio since the holidays, is in 

 town for a few days. He has nearly re- 

 covered his health. 



The express companies have declined 

 to give the wholesalers a wagon after six 

 'clock this week and late orders will 

 have to be hustled to the trains the best 

 way they can. 



The tailor over John Mangel recently 

 moved out and Mr. Mangel has the store 

 for a plant annex this week. 



The George "Wittbold Co. now has a 

 down-town retail stand in Kaempfer's, 

 88 State street. They have a fine house 

 of lilies for this week. 



James Paulsen will shortly turn his 

 place over to his grower and remove to 

 Virginia to make his home for a time. 



Carl Niemann, president of the Gard- 

 eners ' Union, will shortly leave the West 

 Parks to go into business for himself 

 at Norwood Park, where the family 

 awns some real estate and where a be- 

 ginning will be made at carnation grow- 

 ing by building two 125-foot houses this 

 spring. 



Mrs. Annie Kreitling Kochman has 

 taken the business of Walter Kreitling & 

 Co. and will continue it. She has been in 

 the store right along and is well quali- 

 fied to make the business a success. 



There is considerable complaint among 

 growers that the longiflorums are short 

 and poorly flowered. Sam Pearce says 

 that the late, well ripened bulbs are the 

 best but that the essential is to let the 

 plants make a good ro' *■ growth before 

 any attempt is made to loree them. 



Albert F. Amling is planning another 

 addition to his range this spring, short- 

 span houses set on Garlaid iron gutters. 



Frank Garland expects to cut 10,000 

 lilies this week. 



Wietor Bros, are getting in fine, long- 

 stemmed sweet peas, selling readily at 

 $1.50 per hundred. 



Mrs. Horton. of Bassett & Washburn 's, 

 lost her mother last week, her illness 

 having been prolonged. Jlrs. Horton 

 has many friends in the trade and they 

 all sympathize deeply with her in her 

 grief. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. is doing quite 

 a business in dormant ruse plants. 



Carl Thomas says the A. L. Randall 

 Co. will get in 100,000 carnations within 

 four days this week. 



C. W." McKellar is handling the Easter 

 chickens and finds the moderate priced 

 ones ready sale, but hardly anybody 

 wants to pay over $4 a dozen. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



There is marked activity in the cut 

 flower centers, with carnations advanc- 

 ing in price and a considerable scarcity 

 of greens, especially smilax. as features. 

 The probability of a shortage in good 

 lilies is generally admitted. Still it is 

 improbable that prices will stiflTen much 

 on this staple Easter flower. Choice ear- 

 nations are promised in quantity, with 



prospects of a brisk demand. The out- 

 look for roses is fair, but hardly as bright 

 as for lilies and carnations. Smilax is 

 eagerly sought, very ordinary stuff bring- 

 ing fancy prices. The condition of the 

 violet and daffodil supply is a little un- 

 certain. Neither are coming in freely, 

 but there is a growing suspicion that they 

 may sweep down in torrents before the 

 week is out. 



Easter Plants. 



Reports gathered from various sources 

 agree that a very large business has been 

 done in blooming plants during the past 

 fortnight. It is stated that most of 

 the wholesale growers were unable to ac- 

 cept orders early this week, some varie- 

 ties of stock being very difficult to ob- 

 tain. It can be safel.y said that this 

 Easter is a good one from the growers' 

 standpoint in so far as the selling of 

 the' finished stock is concerned. Of course 

 the expense of production has been high 

 and in many cases too large a percent- 

 age of plants have not been ready in 

 time. 



The Show. — Continued. 



The groups of Cineraria stellata were 

 features in the main hall at the exhibi- 

 tion last week. The improvement in the 

 culture of these plants during the last 

 few years has been very marked. The 

 central group arranged around a half 

 dozen columns by the Wm. Graham Co. 

 was much admired. In azaleas there 

 were some handsome specimens in large 

 tubs, evenly flowered and prettily con- 

 trasted in color. In genistas there were 

 four fine specimens that attracted atten- 

 tion. In spirceas, the variety Gladstone 

 was covered with large blooms. Nearby 

 was the pink variety. Palmetto, seen in 

 two shades of that color. Wm. Robert- 

 son showed some very fine Cineraria hy- 

 brida. Two groups of well-grown geran- 

 iums in half a dozen distinct varieties 

 were shown, besides many other choice 

 plants. 



The H. A. Dreer Co. showed a plant 

 of their pretty Asparagus myrioeladus. 

 In biUbs there was a large assortment 

 of well grown hyacinths, narcissi and 

 tulips in pans and in pots. One of the 

 latter, Raphael, is a double variety of 

 a very pretty shade of pink somewhat 

 resembling Murillo. James Bell ex- 

 hibited Clirysantheraum segetum hearing 

 many large flowers. Albert Woltemate 



