AuooST 23, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



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FANCY ASTERS] 



Good Asters are scarce, but we have an abundance of fancy stock. All S 



colors. Fresh supply coming in every day. Let us supply you. $1.50, i 



$2.00 and $3.00 per 100. ^ | 



GLADIOLI 



We are receiving large quantities of Gladioli and are prepared to ship you 5 



in any quantity. All varieties. We shall have an extra heavy cut of 5 



Americas for the next ten days and will make a special offer on this E 



leading variety in 1000 lots at $10.00 and $15.00 per 1000. | 



Plenty of Easter Lilies all the year around | 



A. L. RANDALL COMPANY i 



Rtuh Orders 

 are Welcome 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 

 Wabash Ave. at Lake St., 



Phone 

 Central 7720 



CHICAGO i 



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Mention The Review when yon write. 



is only fair. The best call is for white, 

 with pink, piyple and lavender next in 

 order. 



American Beauties are commencing 

 to arrive in slightly larger quantities, 

 growers commencing to cut from the 

 new crop. They are in excellent de- 

 mand. Of the other varieties Russell 

 still leads. The supply is better than 

 it has been and the color also has im- 

 proved. Ophelia and Hoosier Beauty 

 are next in demand. White Killarney 

 also sells well and the supply, which is 

 short, was at times insufficient to meet 

 the demand. Yellow roses, however, are 

 not finding a good market. The supply 

 of roses is mostly of the medium and 

 shorter grades and these also are in the 

 greatest demand, as they are utilized 

 mainly for funeral work. / 



A few field carnations of fair quality, 

 considering the season, are coming in. 

 The color is mostly white. They sell 

 fairly well. 



Gladioli are plentiful and are selling 

 satisfactorily. There is also a good 

 >*upply of piaster lilies, which meet 

 with a fair demand. Valley is a little 

 scarce. Orcliids are practically unol)- 

 tainable. The supply of gypsophila has 

 decreased considerably as coin])ared 

 with last week. Tlie "first chrysanthe- 

 mums of good quality have made tlieir 

 appearance. 



Various Notes. 

 When the deep well air compressor at 

 t|ie Bassett & Washburn plant, at 

 Groggs Station, 111., broke down last 

 week, there miglit liave lieen consider- 

 able trouble had it not been for the 



F. T. D. Service in a Wholesale Way 

 is a new departure in Wholesaling Cut 

 Flowers to the Exclusive Retail Florist. 



To Buy Right is to make permanent connection with a 



house that protects you. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



Chicago 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



resourcefulness of Andrew Benson, fore- 

 man. About one-lialf mile from the 

 greenhouses lies a small lake, and to 

 this lake Mr. Benson ran a IVt-incli 

 steam pipe. A ])unip was erected at 

 the side of the lake and with this ap- 

 jiaratus water is being forced through a 

 2-inch pipe into the reservoir. The dif- 

 ference in level between tlie top of the 



reservoir and the lake surface is abou: 

 twenty-five feet. 



Eric Jolinson, of the A, L. Randall 

 Co., is back from a one week's trij) to 

 Sister Lakes, Mich., where he visited his 

 wife, who is summering there. 



At Peter Reinborg's grcenliouses, ten 

 boilers are now equipped with the 

 Murphy system. Tliis system was tried 



