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The Florists^ Review 



Februahy 17, 1916. 



ROSES 



We offer a large supply of select, long-stemmed stock; enough 



to take care of all orders. 



CARNATIONS DE LUXE 



(ALL COLORS) 



and all other cut flowers in season. 



A.T. PYFER & CO. 



30 E. RANDOLPH ST., CHICAeO 



L D. Phone Central 3373 



PRICE LIST 



Per 100 



13.00 

 2.00 



CARNATIONS 



De Luxe 



Select 



ROSK8 



Mrs. Russell $10.00 



White KUlarney 6.00 



KUlarney 6.00 



KUlarney Brilliant 6.00 



Richmond 6.00 



Ophelia 6 00 



Sunburst 6.00 



Extra lonir roses at market rates. 

 American Beauty. . .doz., $2.00 @ $5.00 



MISCBIiLANEOUS Per: 100 



Easter LlUes $10.00 



Valley, select 4 00 



Violets 60 



Paper Whites 8.00 



Freeslas 8.00 



Tulips 8.00 O 



Jonquils 3 00 '^ 



Daffodils 3 00 



Sweet Peas 1.00 



DECOBATIVE 



Plumosus, per string 60c976c 



Plumosus, per bunch 



Sprenfrerl, per bunch 



Adlantum, fancy, long 



Smllax. heavy strings.. per doz., $2 00 



Ferns per 1000, 2.B0 



Boxwood per bunch, .26 



Oalax per 1000, 1.00 



Mexican Ivy 



Subject to market cbangres. 



20.00 

 12.00 

 12.00 

 15.00 

 12.00 

 15 00 

 16.00 



1.00 



.60 



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SO to make any marked diflference in 

 the market. The Valentine's day de- 

 mand was unusually strong for Milady, 

 Eichmond, Ophelia and Cecile Brunner, 

 but a large part of it was doomed to 

 disappointment. Dark weather has con- 

 tinued through the greater part of the 

 week, and this has, as a matter of 

 course, held back the crops. 



No difficulty is experienced in dis- 

 posing of all fancy and good grade 

 carnations. The large number of splits, 

 however, that find no ready sale are 

 well calculated to give the impression 

 that there is a superabundance of car- 

 nations. The red varieties enjoyed a 

 particularly strong demand for the holi- 

 day. There is no end of bulbous stock 

 on the market, but it moves well con- 

 sidering its large volume. Tulips are 

 selling well, especially the pinks. Jon- 

 quils are clearing, and this in spite of 

 the fact that the heavy influx from 

 the south is on. Daffodils are clearing, 

 but not rapidly. So, too, are Paper 

 "Whites. Freesia is a free seller and does 

 not tarry long on the tables. Sweet 

 peas have lost none of their popularity. 

 Valley continues to focus attention on 

 itself by flirting with the extreme 

 short side of the market. There has 

 been no great effort to secure lilies, al- 

 though the supply is none too large. 

 Snapdragons, mignonette, pansies and 

 calendulas are moving in a satisfactory 

 manner. The holiday demand for vio- 

 lets was unusually large in some quar- 

 ters, but low prices prevailed. Cat- 

 tleyas are still scarce. 



Sprengeri seems to have acquired the 

 short habit, but plumosus is again easy. 

 Greens in general are moving, but not 

 with any disturbing rapidity. Boxwood 

 is in larger supply than usual at this 

 date and is not selling so fast as in 

 former years. 



Was It Lack of Advertising? 



A few of the Chicago retailers had 

 fine business for St. Valentine's day, 

 but the rank and file report it by no 

 means up to last year. What is the 

 reason? 



Last year, of course, February 14 

 was Sunday, which is a better day than 

 Monday for selling gift flowers. But 

 last year, there being plenty of low 



The House of Quality Plus Service 

 Has Stood the Test of Thirty Years 



stop ! Consider this, the House of Kennicott. staunch 

 as steel, has stood the wear and tear of over thirty 

 years of vigorous service. There are many instances 

 in which this sturdy servant is satisfying the demands 

 of a third generation of buyers. 



Why? Why do they stick? 



There must be a reason for intelligent, tight-fisted 

 Florists to continue to buy from the same House year 

 after year, even generation after generation. 



Just now is an exceptionally good time to put us to 

 the test. Especially in Carnations and Freesia, we 

 can furnish stock of the most satisfying quality in 

 unlimited quantities. 



Shoot in an order, we'll do the rest. 



KBtabUahed 188S 



Incorporated 1893 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 

 163-5 North Wabask Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 



Mention The Review when you write. 



GREENHOUSE WINDSTORM INSURANCE 



FLOKIAN D. WALLACE 



INSURANCE CXCHANGe BUILOINa 



Chicaoo 



If— tl— Tile Be view when yog write 



priced stock in the market, half a dozen 

 downtown retailers used large spaces in 

 the best daily February 12. Indeed, so 

 strong was the combined showing that 



the most casual reader could not escape 

 the impression that flowers are the 

 proper valentine. It no doubt worked 

 great good for those who did not adver- 



