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The Florists' Review 



Fkbbuaby 22, 1917. 



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I Russell, Ophelia, Milady, Sunburst, White Killarney, Pink Killarney, | 

 I Killarney Brilliant, Aaron Ward and all other leading varieties. Our | 

 I supply is large; our quality unexcelled; our prices right. I 



VIOLETS 



Finest single and double Violets. Strictly 

 fresh stock. We are prepared to furnish 

 you in quantity. 



SWEET PEAS 



Our Spencer Sweet Peas sell themselves. 



Send us your order and convince yourself. 



Large assortment of colors. 



I A. L RANDALL COMPANY f 



I WABASH AVENUE AT LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. | 



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f SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK I 



S Per 100 Per 100 = 



Sweet Pea«— Fancy Spencer $1.50 @ $2.00 



1000 lois $10.00, $12.50, $15.00 



Carnations— Select, Fancy r..00 @ 4.00 



Extra Fancy 5.00 



Tulips-Fancy 3.00 @ 4.00 



Jonquils and Daffodils 3.00 @ 4.00 



Per 100 



Freesia Purity $2.00 @ $ :5 .00 



Violets -Double and Single 60 @ .75 



Easter Lilies- Fancy 15 .(K) 



Roses -Pink and White Killarney, Brilliant. 



Sunburst. Ophelia $6.00, $8.00, $10.00, $12.00 



Fems-Per 1000 3.00 



I A. T. PYFER & CO. "KS^fi* 30 E. RANDOLPH ST. ■~&;^%t3 OHICABO | 

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well as they should, even at slightly re- 

 duced prices. Sweet peas are plentiful 

 and are selling at a little lower figures. 

 The now crop now coming in is of ex- 

 cellent quality, while the pick from 

 plants which have been blooming all 

 season is mostly short stems. 



Calendulas are moving slowly, due to 

 the large variety of other yellow stociv 

 on the market. Tulips are in oversup- 

 ply and are dragging heavily. Jonquils 

 are selling well, the supply being just 

 about enough to meet the demand. Daf- 

 fodils have sold well, but the appear- 

 ance of some of the retail windows of 

 the price-ticketed class indicates bar- 

 gains have been obtainable. Freesias 

 are selling considerably better than they 

 -were the week previous. Poeticus has 

 made its appearance and is finding a 

 ready market. Paper Whites are disap- 

 pearing and, although some growers 

 probably will bring them in until Easter, 

 their season is practically over. They 

 are now bringing about tlie best aver- 

 age price of the year. Stevia is prac- 

 tically out. Snapdragons are appearing 

 in larger quantities. The variety of 

 colors is as yet not large. Mignonette 

 also is in increased supply. 



Plumosus was in exceedingly short 

 supply last week. The freeze in the 



south has cut off the Florida supply and 

 little California stock is arriving. The 

 quantity of indoor grown plumosus com- 

 ing in is too small to relieve the situa- 

 tion. Other greens are accordingly in 

 improved demand. 



St. Valentine's Day. 



There was an excellent increase in the 

 St. Valentine's day business in this city, 

 wholesale and retail. Nearly all the re- 

 tailers made some sort of effort, either 

 window decoration, the use of the Flo- 

 rists' Club's stickers, newspaper adver- 

 tising, or all three, and they say they 

 were well repaid; there is general con- 

 fidence that the business of the day can 

 be developed until it is one of the most 

 important flower days in each year. Tb>o 

 wholesalers who ship say the business 

 increased nicely and that many shipping 

 orders came from buyers who are only 

 heard from at holiday times. 



Kennicott's Will Move. 



The principal news item of the week 

 is that Kennicott Bros. Co. has leased 

 the greater part of the store at 174 to 

 176 North Wabash avenue, formerly oc- 

 cupied by the E. C. Amling Co., which 

 is almost directly across the street from 

 their present location. Arrangements 



for the move are already under way and 

 the company expects to get into its new 

 location before April 1. The lease is 

 for three years, dating from May 1, with 

 a privilege of renewal at expiration. 

 The new store will be used exclusively 

 for the company's cut flower business, 

 the space now occupied by the wire shop 

 in the rear part of the present location 

 being retained for this department. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. is the oldest 

 wholesale cut flower house in the city. 

 The move was necessitated, according to 

 President H. B. Kennicott, by the com- 

 pany's rapidly increasing business. 



Wholesalers Organize. 



Growing out of the efforts to secure 

 for the trade a more efficient express 

 service, a dinner was given at Hotel 

 Sherman February 15, at which prac- 

 tically all the wholesale florists of Chi- 

 cago were present or represented. It 

 was a good-fellowship meeting, but out 

 of it came the decision to form a per- 

 manent organisation for the general 

 betterment of conditions in the trade. 

 The name chosen is Chicago Wholesale 

 Cut Flower Association and a dinner 

 will be held monthly for the develop- 

 ment of the social side and the discus- 

 sion of trade problems. There is, of 



