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The Florists' Review 



Apbil 29, 1920 



ORDER NOW for MOTHERS' DAY 



ROSES 



HEAVY 

 SUPPLY 



CARNATIONS 



Fine quality in all leading varieties. Russell, Columbia, Premier, Milady, 



Hearst, Ophelia, Sunburst, Wefland, Killamey^ Richmond, Double White Killamey, 



besides Nesbit and Brunner, the Miniature Roses. 



CARNATIONS: Red, White, Deep Pink and Llsrht Pink 



Easter Lilies, Callas, Tulips, Snapdrasrons, 



Sweet Peas, Daisies, Calendula, Pansies, Lupines 



and all other seasonable Cut Flowers, including Greens of all kinds. 



Tulips, Jonquils, ^ In Good Supply 



Darwin Tulips \ you win find these ready 



Ten Weeks' Stocksf sellers at this season. 



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QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



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PRICES 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS 



Roses, Valley and Carnations our Specialties 



184-186 North Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



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 SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION 



PRICES 



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all colors. These three are the big 

 staples at present. They are the flowers 

 with which the bulk of the business is 

 being done. Their quality, abundance 

 and moderate price make it possible to 

 show a good volume. Most of the 

 wholesalers are reporting aggregate daily 

 sales somewhat larger than those of a 

 year ago, when business was considered 

 excellent. Our ideas have grown since 

 then and it takes more and more to 

 create enthusiasm. 



The leading roses are Premier, Co- 

 lumbia and Eussell, about in the order 

 named, with Ophelia abundant in two or 

 three of the wholesale houses and Sun- 

 burst showing up nicely here and there. 

 The supply is not so large as it was, 

 because Easter crops have passed off 

 and many growers are drying off their 

 houses or cleaning the benches for re- 

 planting. Indeed, replanting operations 

 are well under way. 



Carnations are selling well, if not at 

 high prices, but it is noticeable that 



Enchantress hangs back. Sweet peas 

 are more abundant than ever before at 

 this time of the year, but some difficulty 

 is experienced in shipping; they sweat 

 and die in the box unless they are in 

 the proper condition when packed. 

 Easter lilies are equal to all require- 

 ments, but are not the burden they have 

 been since Easter. There are plenty of 

 callas, but they have been slow sale 

 since the giganteums came in. The 

 spring crop of cattlevas is coming on, 

 gigas being the variety. The quality is 

 fine. Bulbous stock has fallen to insig- 

 nificant quantities. There still are a 

 few Darwin tulips and an occasional 

 small lot of indoor jonquils, but the 

 early tulips, the freesias and even the 

 outdoor narcissi have nearly disap- 

 peared for the season. Peonies are due 

 next week, from southern fields, but 

 locally the season is ten days late at 

 present. Irises are limited to the variety 

 ftlifolia, dark blue, which is seen in 

 small quantity in most of the wholesale 



houses. It would sell better if there 

 were not so many lavender peas. There 

 are adequate supplies of valley, with no 

 special demand thus far. 



Gathered at Randall's. 



A. L. Bandall and wife have returned 

 from Hot Springs, Ark., where they 

 spent three weeks. At St. Louis last 

 week they met Manager F. M. Johnson 

 and Sales Manager Edward Galavan, 

 the three having a look at the new bas- 

 ket and furniture factory recently 

 started there. The Bandall interests 

 now operate five manufacturing cor- 

 porations. 



Eric Johnson, manager of the cut 

 flower department, having recovered 

 from a painful experience with an 

 abscess in his ear, last week had his 

 tonsils removed and has been at home 

 for several days. 



W. Cleveland Johnson, of Memphis, 

 while here last week, contracted with 

 Bandall 's for the fixtures and furnish- 



