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The Florists' Review 



November 9, 1916. 



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ROSES-ROSES-R OSES 



RUSSELL 



ALL OTHER 

 VARIETIES 



OPHELIA 



I LILIES 



= Your order for 

 E Lilies will be well 

 E taken care 

 E of. Hun- 

 E dred and 

 S thousand 

 E lots our 

 E specialty, 



We have a large supply of Roses in all leading varieties and 

 lengths up to 36 inches. The high quahty of our stock 

 combined with Randall Service assures you of satisfaction. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS-POMPONS 



Our Mums and Pompons, both the choice and popular-priced 

 stock, may be had in quantity. 



Have You a Copy of Our Latest Price List? 



GREENS I 



Extra good ser- S 

 vice and quality E 



. LKs^ndall Cpmpan^ 



WABASH AVE. AT LAKE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



now. 



Ferns, 



Galax, 



Smilax, 



Mex. Ivy, 



Plumosus, 



etc. 



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The averajijos of recent weeks are said 

 to have been cut in two. 



Mums and ])onipons of all varieties 

 are in extremely heavy supply and the 

 demand is not great enough to keep 

 them moving. Lower prices therefore 

 have obtained. There are those who 

 believe that the depression of the mar- 

 ket principally has been due to the ac- 

 tiofi of Pertain wholesale houses which 

 obtained large quantities of chrysanthe- 

 mums from California. The first ship- 

 ments of these came when the supply 

 was less than the demand, but heavy 

 shipments last week came in at a time 

 when the local suj)ply was all that the 

 legitimate trade could consume. The 

 result was to depress prices to the ])oint 

 where the California stock is barred by 

 the high cost of transportation, pack- 

 ing and waste, for of course the buyers 

 prefer home stock at the same jirice. 



Valley is the one thing which may 

 be said to have been satisfactory in the 

 last week, clearing easily. The prin- 

 cipal sources of supply have advanced 

 their price to $(> i)er hundred. Lilies 

 are easy, as the demand is small. Or- 

 chids are in good supply, with a fair 

 demand, but are selling at slightly 

 lower i)rices than hitherto have ob- 

 tained. Violets are not in much de- 

 mand, but are clearing pretty well at 

 widely varying prices. Sweet peas are 

 coming in a little late this season and 

 still are scarce. The demand, however, 

 is fair, and what stock conies in is clear- 

 ing easily. In fact, November 4 it was 

 impossible to buy any on the market. 

 Snapdragons are in moderate supj)ly. 

 The demand is enough to clear stock 

 at a fair figure. 



Greens are in good supply and are 

 moving fairly well. 



Club Doings. 



There is every prospect of a first- 

 class show at Hotel La Salle next Sun- 

 day, November 12, when the Florists' 

 Cliib will hold its Floral Art and Nov- 

 elty display. A large number of in- 



CARNATIONS 



are in much better supply than they have been for a long 

 time and we can take good care of you from now on. In 

 fact, all stock is coming in fine. We can give you any 

 grade you might need. 



Try U8 on our 500 to 1000 assortment of either 

 Roses or Carnations. This is a bargrain. 



■stabUshed 1888 



Incorporated 1802 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 

 163-5 North Wabash Aranu*, Chicago, Illinoi* 



Mention The Review when yon writa. 



vitatioiis have been sent out, by the 

 club, by exhibitors and by the hotel 

 management. The right i)eople will be 

 there. A large number of retailers will 

 be rei)resented by baskets, bouquets or 

 table decorations and all the principal 

 growers will send cut flowers, which 

 the committee will arrange in vases for 

 effect. Everyone is invited to help the 

 show along. 



The clul) will hold a postponed meet- 

 ing at Hotel Morrison November 16, 

 when officers will be nominated for 

 1917. The postponement is because 

 many of the active club members went 

 to Hlooniington on the 10:15 train this 

 morning, November 9, to attend the 



meeting and show of the Illinois State 

 Florists' Association. 



October Weather. 



October was an unusually favorable 

 month for the growers, although there 

 were wide extremes of temperature, 

 the range being as much as 31 degrees 

 within twenty-four hours and .52 degrees 

 for the month. The percentage of pos- 

 sible sunshine was ten per cent above 

 normal, although the precipitation was 

 fifty per cent above normal. 



Various Notes. 



The society editor of the largest daily 

 newspaper has counted 360 debutantes 



