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The Florists' Review 



Februaby 10, 1916. 



CARHATIOHS 



Our supply is large and fine; you can rely on our filling your order. 



Roses Tulips Beauties 



Paper Wliites Romans Jonquils 



Orchids Callas Lilies 



Violets Valley Freesia 



Calendulas Peas Greens 



FANCY BOXWOOD, $7.00 per case of 50 lbs. 



Erne A Klingel 



Acento for 

 TO-BAK-INE 



30 E. Randolph St. 



It. D. Phone 



Randolph 6578 



Auto. 41-716 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Rertew whm yon write. 



too much. Of good stock there is a 

 fair supply. Of medium and splits 

 there is any quantity. Fully thirty 

 per cent of the carnations now reach- 

 ing the market are splits. 



Bulbous stock of all kinds is plenti- 

 ful. Tulips, red, white, yellow and 

 variegated, are available in quantities. 

 Jonquils, too, are on the long side. Not 

 so, daffodils. These are still in short 

 supply. These items, however, have 

 not been moving in an altogether satis- 

 factory manner. They show a rather 

 marked tendency to drag. Paper 

 Whites still find a cordial reception at 

 the hands of the buyers. Romans are 

 leaning to the short side. The demand 

 for violets can be satisfied without diflB- 

 culty. Valley is again short of the 

 demand. Sweet peas are moving well, 

 but the supply is shortened as a result 

 of the trouble growers are having with 

 buds dropping. Freesia, too, clears 

 readily. As a consequence of the ex- 

 treme cold, eastern growers of cattleyas 

 are not shipping to the Chicago market 

 as heavily as they were, with the result 

 that cattleyas are decidedly scarce. 



The shortage of Sprengeri and 

 plumosus continues. Other greens are 

 moving, but not fast enough to outrun 

 the supply. Many ferns require pick- 

 ing over and rebunching before the 

 buyers will accept them. 



Elaborate preparations are being 

 made for St. Valentine's day and many 

 advance orders have been booked by 

 the wholesalers, assuring a good three 

 days at the end of this week. 



January Business. 



Now that January totals have been 

 figured up and consideration has been 

 possible, a somewhat curious state of 

 affairs is revealed. Some wholesalers 

 and growers had the best January on 

 record, but others are not willing to 

 be quoted on the subject. Scarcely 

 anyone handled so many flowers as in 

 January last year, but better prices 

 were received, so that in cases in which 

 the shrinkage in supply was not too 

 severe at least as good a total of sales 

 was obtained. The principal sufferers 

 from the short supply were wholesalers 

 who receive little stock of shipping 

 grade and who habitually buy on the 



ST. VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIALS 



TULIPS ^ 



all colors 



Romans, Pap or Whit as 



Jonquils, kotkouse and Southern 



Violets, double and single 



Sweet Peas 



Valley 



At all times Kennicott stock is the best 

 to buy and Kennicott service will satisfy 



EstabUshed 188S 



Incorporated 1892 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 

 163-5 North Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 



Mention The RoTlew when yon write. 



market to fill the greater part of their 

 out-of-town orders. During January it 

 was diflScult for a wholesaler to buy. 

 either roses or carnations, as each 

 house had need for all it received. 



The retailers nearly all report a ban- 

 ner business so far as volume is con- 

 cerned, but they, too, suffered from 

 the higher cost of stock, profits not in- 

 creasing in proportion to the increase 

 in sales. 



Novelty Night at Club. 



The Florists' Club has chosen the 

 Morrison hotel as permanent meeting 

 place, the former quarters at the 

 Bismarck being no longer available, 

 and the show of novelties will be open 

 there this afternoon, February 10, as 

 well as this evening, when the regular 

 club meeting will be held. The ban- 

 quet room on the third floor of the 

 Morrison is a fine place for the, show 



and no doubt nearly everyone in the 

 trade will have a look in today or to- 

 night. 



The Crown Prince of Crown Point. 



A new 'Lord & Burnham steel frame 

 house 60x200 will be built at Crown 

 Point this summer to make space for 

 Alois Frey's Rainbow freesias for next 

 season. Twenty benches ninety-five 

 feet long will hold quite some freesias! 



John Michelsen, of the E. C. Amling 

 Co., sales agent for the cut blooms, and 

 A. Henderson, of Henderson & Co., 

 selling the bulbs, were among those 

 who made visits to Mr. Frey last week 

 to look over the multicolored freesias 

 for which Mr. Henderson coined the 

 name Rainbow. They are a magnifi- 

 cent sight, whole benches of bright 

 blooms. Mr. Frey obtained the first 

 bulbs from a brother in Europe, but 



