590 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



MARCH 



189S. 



BALTIMORE. 



Trade Conditions. 



The retailers have scored another 

 tusy week. Society's last big affair, 

 the bachelors' cotillion, was given 

 Monday evening, and the great demand 

 for dinner decorations, bouquets and 

 the many other floral requisites to so- 

 cial events is now at an end. Shrove 

 Tuesday and Washington's birthday 

 falling together caused trade to be ex"- 

 ceptionally brisk. Thus far the ad- 

 vent of Lent ha-i given little maierial 

 check to general business, and the out- 

 look for a continuance of these good 

 times is very bright. 



Stock. 



Stuff, though moi-e plentiful than it 

 has been, is not quite equal to the de- 

 mand. Mr. Scott, manager of the Flor- 

 ists' Exchange, reports a great scarcity 

 of carnations, with violets correspond- 

 ingly plentiful. This latter fact is 

 quite evident by the price, the best 

 only bringing 40 cents per 100. The 

 fakirs also flood the streets with an 

 almndant supply of fresh stock, which 

 ordinarily they seldom handle. At the 

 markets can be seen bulbous stuff in 

 profusion. In fact, this week growing 

 plants seemed to be the chief article 

 for sale. Everybody looked busv. Miss 

 Stoel especially so, although it is noth 

 ing new to see a crowd about h.-r 

 stall. 



Among the list of successful com- 

 petitors at the carnation convention, 

 the writer notes with no small amount 

 of pride and pleasure the familiar 

 name of II. Weber & Sons. Hurrah 

 for Maryland! and our friends at Oak- 

 land, who so nobly won new laurels 

 for our state. C. F. F. 



HUNT'S REVIEW OF THE CHICAGO 

 MARKET. 



I-ent is here: So is evervthing flse— 

 liable to stay with u-s, too. The same 

 •old, old story:" not of love or of peace 

 and happini'ss. but of (u-rce unresi „r 

 sweating under the collar and of search 

 for some spot to unload surplus stock. 

 This thing of unloading doe.s not rpfer 

 to trashy stuff, but the best. In fact 

 there is little trash coming in. Most 

 stocks are good— above the average. 



The market has been and is and will 

 be long on colored stock of all kinds Of 

 course, there have been and will be short 

 periods when some particular varietv 

 may not be at hand, but until late in th'e 

 day most lines remain unbroken. 



White roses, carnations and all that 

 acompany them in "making up" seem to 

 have the call, and demand so far has 

 about kept apace with receipts. 



Violets, while ruling low. have gone 

 fairly clean at all times, and as the voice 

 ■of the fakir is now hr-ard in the land, 

 will probably keep moving at price that 

 really is fair, season considered. 



The expected decline in price has been 

 general and followed real values closclv 

 and there is little doubt but that out-o'f- 

 town buyers have had all the benefit re- 

 alized by the local ones. 



The period of depression now on is not 

 •expected to reach the proportions at- 

 tained for the past several seasons— all or 

 much will depend on the weather. 



Always mention the Florists' 

 ^when writing advertisers. 



Review 



ICOTTBROS.CQ 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 



AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 



88 WABASH AVENUE, 

 Carnations, Violets and Valley, Specialties. CHICAGO, ILL. 



Full Line of Wire Work. 



LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE 



EXPRESS 466. 



WRITE US FOR 

 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. 



*^ GRADE Cut Flowers 



FULL LINE OF WIRE DESIGNS 

 AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. 



Properly packed and promptly forwarded. 



21 Randolph St., CHICAGO. 



Don't 

 Forget 



V^ 



126 DEARBORN STREET, 



CHICAGO 



L 



that we .nrr ;it tie' oM 



n\itnber. 126 Dearborn Street. 

 Write for special quotations 

 on large orders. 



Wholesale Florist. 



N^N^O 



W. E. LYNCH, 



...Wholesale Florist... 



Tlio ritjht kind of stuck, packed Id the riffht wav. 

 dfliviTi-a ai tlie riglit time, and at the right prices. 



19-21 Randolph St., CHICAGO. 



^J?*''!!^'' Cut Flowers 



Consignments Solicited. Prompt .Attention 

 to Shipping Orders. 



< 51 Wabash Ave., - CHICAGO. 

 NATIONAL FLORISTS' BOARD OF TRADE 



CORNELIUS S. LODER. Secretary. 



Collections. Credits, Etc. 



271 Broadway, - - NEW YORK 



ROGERS PARK FLORAL CO. 



Wholesalt Growers uf 



CUT FLOWERS. 



All telegraph and telephone orders 

 given prompt attention. 



51 Wabash Avenue, - CHICAGO. 



A. G. Prince & 

 Comp 



Telephone 



Main 



3208 



f)flV Agents for 



""/ HINSDALE ROSE CO. 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND 

 FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



88 and 90 Wabash Ave., - Chicago 



ALWAYS MENTION THE... 



Florists' Review 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS 



