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The Florists' Review 



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Ithenanthos 



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S A Commercial Red Carnation 



5 " THENANTH08 is a new carnation evolved by Jolin Tlien, of Cliicagro, as a result of 



S many years' study and work. All cuttings will be cold grown and packed under his 



2 immediate supervision. The following are some of its attributes: 



■; Color — Brilliant scarlet of uniform shade. 



S Size — Flowers average over 3% inches in diameter. 



Z Fragrance — Strong and pleasing. 



Z Stem — Strong but graceful, average length 214 to 3 feet. 



S Keeplnii: Qualities — Unusually good, as il has never shown any tendency to sleep in 



^ plant or when cut. An excellent keeper and shipper. 



— Sales — Demand always in excess of supply on Chicago market, and prices secured 



— for Thenantbos have been the highest. 



S THENANTHOS cuttings will prove an unusually good investment for the up-to-date 



2 grower. So nearly perfect is it that it took sweepstakes cup for best seedling as well 



— as medal certificate and first prize at the last Chicago Flower Show less than a year ago. 

 " Here are some of its features: 

 Z (>rowth — Habit of Scott, but stronger stem. 

 SS Prolific Bloomer — Averaging 30 flowers per plant. 

 S Production — Strong producer of cuttings, easy to root average 90%. 

 S Health — Free from rust or disease. 

 2 Seasonable— Blooms heavily in December, best time for red carnations, but also 



— flowers splendidly throughout entire year, including the summer. 

 S Poliage — Grows a bushy, large plant. 



PARENTAGE 



Thennnthos has an ancestry to be proud 

 of. Its parentage is: 



ENCHANTRESS X RED SEEDLING 



This red seedling was a cross of 

 NELSON X LAWSON 



Every one of these carnations is of such 

 well known excellence that no comment 

 is necessary. The characteristics of 

 Scott are very marked in Thenantbos. 



PRICES AND DELIVERY 



THENANTHOS cold grown cuttings 

 will be ready for delivery January 1st, 

 1!)17. The demand will prove a heavy 

 strain on the supply. All shipments made 

 in the order received, so let us btjok your 

 requirements early. 



Thenanthos Cuttings, f. o. b. Chicago: 



Per 100 $ 12.00 



Per 1,000 ■. 100.00 



250 Cuttings at the 1,000 rate. 



MEDAL and RIBBONS 



Medal of Sweepstakes for best seed- 

 ling Carnation, awarded to Thenanthos 

 by tbe Horticultural Society of Chicago, 

 at the Grand Floral Festival. Novem- 

 ber, 1915. 



A. L. RANDALL COIMPANY 



= WABASH AVE. AT LAKE ST. 



E EXCLUSIVE 



PHONE CENTRAL 7720 



SALES AGENTS 



CH ICAGO = 



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Heavr.Snpply NUNS and rONPONS 



All Colors 



Extra fine stock in the leading varieties, strictly home-grown 

 and from the same source that those fancy chrysanthemums 

 came from that we supplied our trade with last season. 



CHICAGO HEADQUARTERS 



Russell and Ophelia 



Positively the largest and finest supply obtainable in the 

 Chicago market. Also large quantit^-trfflne Ward. Sunburst, 

 Richmond, Milady, Killarney and/ White Killarney roses. 



CARNATIONS 



SWEET PEAS 



VALLEY 



LILIES 



GREENS 



Remember when orderine that our line Is so complete that It Includes 

 every Item offered in the Great Chlcaeo Market. 



30 E. Randolph Street, 



L. D. Phones 



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Automatic 42-965 



CHICAGO 



■who will have their coming-out parties 

 before January 1. Only the better class 

 of stores get the orders for debutantes' 

 bouquets and baskets, but with some of 

 the principal retailers it is a big item 

 at this time of year, larger this season 

 than ever before. 



Local growers are on the anxious 

 seat over the question of fuel supply. 

 Not many of them have as much coal 

 on their places as they usually have at 

 this date and deliveries on contracts are 



slow, the coal dealers stating they can 

 not get cars. Free coal on track," what 

 little there is of it, is to be had at not 

 less than two or three times the prices 

 at which contracts were niaile last 

 spring. 



Peter Reinberg has named his ;iew 

 pompon mum for his friend, ,T.. Hamil- 

 ton Lewis. 



The first pussy willows of the season 

 arrived on the market November 1. 

 They come from a local forcer and are 



of good quality. A feature is that 

 this crop is the second which tiie same 

 plants have yielded in one year. A 

 difference of fifty-seven days in growth 

 obtains within twenty-six miles of Chi- 

 cago. This is the earliest that pussy 

 willows ever have arrived on this 

 market. 



One of the popular light trucks now 

 makes special delivery for the E. C. 

 Amling Co. Manager Michelsen says 

 that if this experiment pays for itself 



