ArRiL' 7, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1053 



522i! STOCK Plsslv 



Receipts are large and qualities leave nothing to be desired. 

 At prevailing quotations you ought to be able to use large 

 quantities of choice material. Send us your orders. 



ALL CIT FLOWERS IN SEASON 



E. C. SMLING, 



The Larg-est, Best Bqiiipped and Most Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower House in Chicago. 



Chicago, 111. 



32-34-36 Randolph St., 



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AMEBICAN' BEAUTY, Per doz. 



30— 40-inch stem JlOO 



24-inch stem 3.00 



20-inch stem 2.00 



1,5-inch stem 1- 50 



12-inch stem 1 00 



Short stem $.'-|.00 to S6.00 per 100 



Per 100 



Brides and Maids $3.00 to $S,00 



Meteors and Gates 3.00 to .s.OO 



Perles ''.00 to 6.00 



Roses, our selection 4.00 



Carnations 1.50 to 



large and fancy 3.00 to 



Violets 75 to 



Valley 3.00 to 



Romans, Paper Whites 2.0O to 



TuliDs 8 00 to 



iJMtTo.lils 2.00 to 



Swi'.'t Peas "5 to 



Callas. per doz $1.25 to $1.50 



Harrisil.-.perdoz.. 1.5iito2.C0 

 AsparaRus, per string, 30 to 50c. 



Asparagus Sprengeri 3.00 to 



Ferns. ..per 1000. $3.50 



Galax per 1000. $1.25.... 



Adiantum 



Smilax pe udoz., $2.50. .. 



Leucothoe sprays 



Snbjeet to cbanse wlttaoot notice. 



2.00 

 4.00 

 1.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 

 1.00 



6.00 

 .40 

 .16 



1.00 



1.00 



about filling late oriler.s and everything 

 went off very smoothly. 



As is usual, there was salted stock in 

 •evidence, and some of it was pretty fierce 

 and resulted in a loss to the grower. 

 But taken as a whole the quality of the 

 goods handled was very good. There was 

 fonsiderable l)ulbous stock left over, but 

 that was due more to poor quality than 

 lack of demand. Harrisii and oalla lilies 

 were fine and were in big demand. There 

 was a heavy call for violets and not 

 nearly enough to fill all orders. Carna- 

 tions did fine and brought high prices. 

 First giade roses were none too plenti- 

 ful. Long stemmed Beatifies were much 

 in evidence and sold fairly well. They 

 are not an Easter flower, however, and 

 sn they did not bring such high prices. 

 Green goods were very scarce. 



The Easter shipping trade was very 

 good and some first-class sto(-k was sent 

 out. The ship|>ing trade from this city 

 is growing constantly and is Iwiund to 

 he .a big factor some day. 



At present trade is somewhat slow, 

 as it usually is after a holiday, but we 

 are having some fine weather, and it 

 ought to firing forth some fine stock. 



Vanotis Notes. 



•Tohn ?;vans is in the city. He is su- 

 perintending the placing of a large num- 

 ber of his ventilating machines in the 

 big factory buildings that are being 

 erected at Norwood. 



As is usual at Easter, the growers in 

 the Jabez Elliott flower market did a 

 rushing business Saturday. There was a 

 continual crush of people from opening 

 till closing time, and thousands of dol- 

 lars' worth of flowers were sold. Tlie 

 market was a sight well worth going 

 many miles to see, and one that is not 

 eqiuiled anywhere in the United States. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Society will be held Saturday, April 0, 

 There will be some special business to b;< 

 disposed of. C. .J. Ohmer. 



BUFFALO. 



The Easter Trade. 



Without definite information, we be- 

 lieve the Easter of 1004 was the greatest 

 flower festival ever known in this city, 

 and in some respects much greater.' The 

 decorations of churches, once a great fea- 

 ture of our Easter business, have been 

 growing less and less elaborate for sev- 



fORBROS. 



Wholesale Florists, 



31 Wabash Avenue, 



CHICAGO. 



CURRENT PRICE LIST. 



Per doz. 

 $4 00 

 3 00 

 2 00 

 1 50 

 1 OO 



ShorrstemB.T." !!.'.'." per iOO. S5 CO to $6 00 



Bridesmaids per 100, 6 00 to s 00 



AHXRICAN BEAUTY— 



Extra long stem 



30-36-lnch stems 



24~lnch stems 



20-lnch stems 



12-16-lnch stems 



Per 100 

 RrtrtB ICOOtolSOO 



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Liberty 8 00 to 



Golden Gate ^ 00 to 



Perle •> ""'o 



Carnations, good 



fancy 



00 



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8 00 



8 00 



3 00 



4 00 



All other stock at lowest market rates. The above P>-l«es are for select stock. Extra select or 

 Inferior stock billed accordingly. Prices subject to change without notice. 



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cral years, a few palms l)eing often the 

 extent of the connuittee's work, contri- 

 butions of plants by individuals making 

 up the rest of the decoration. We don't 

 uiiss that part of the business any, for 

 where ten or fifteen years ago there was 

 a pretty plant bought to brighten the 

 home or, still oftener, to give to a friend, 

 there are today at least 100. In another 

 column I have spoken of the plants that 

 were greatest in demand, so I need sa)' 

 no more, only to repeat that it seems each 

 succeeding year that plants are the lead- 

 ing feature. There must have been an 

 enormous quantity .sold. 



Flowers were plentiful. Carnations 

 were of the finest quality and abundant, 

 and you could buy mighty fine ones at 

 $1 per dozen retail. That will compare 

 very well with ten years ago, but is not 

 as good as last year. There were plenty 

 of roses also. American Beauty roses 

 could be bought wholesale at $25 per 

 100, and there were more than enough. 

 Valley sold fairly well because it is never 

 raised in price. Bulbous stock is al- 

 ways a little slow at Easter. The flower 

 that was decidedly the flower of the day 

 was the sweet little violet, either double 

 or single, but I suppose there were a 

 thousand double to everv hundred single. 

 This man sold 20,000 another 2.5,000, 

 and we can swear that one small firm 

 sold 12,000, so I .should say there must 

 have been 150,000 violets sold on Satur- 



day and Sunday. W, Ehman sent in 

 from Corfu some 500 bunches of sweet 

 jjeas and they all sold. 



Those who" look for a large demand 

 from people visiting the different ceme- 

 teries on Easter Sunday, which is the 

 case if the weather is mild and pleasant, 

 were disappointed, for it was much too 

 cold, and but few ventured out. The 

 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were 

 fine aiid bright, Friday came in dark 

 and cool. On Saturday it was 3 or 4 de- 

 grees above the freezing point, with the 

 wind blowing forty miles an hour. 

 Flakes of snow went scudding along ten 

 miles without alighting on the ground. 

 It was the very worst kind of a day for 

 delivering plants and necessitated the 

 careful wrapping of every plant. Sunday 

 was clear and cold. We are inclined to 

 think that these unfortunate weather 

 conditions were largely local and expect 

 and hope to hear that in most localities 

 the weather was all the florist could de- 

 sire. With all our misfortunes in that 

 way, it was a glorious Eastet for us all 

 anil long may the dear public's fancy 

 turn to a pretty plant or bunch of flower.5 

 for an Easter remembrance as they did 

 this year. "• ^• 



Columbus, O.— The Franklin Park 

 Floral Co. invited the public to an Easter 

 flower show at its greenhouses March .31 

 and provided music and refreshments. 



