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The Florists^ Review 



Sbptembeu 6, 1917. 



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Ifancy astersI 



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



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



I $2.00 aud $3.00 per 100. | 



I GLADIOLI I 



= Order your supply of Gladioli here. We handle large quantities daily and E 



E can supply you in any amount desired. Finest (luality. All leading vari- E 



= eties. E 



E ROSES are greatly impro\ed in (juality. All varieties and grades. E 



E Prices right. E 



I A. L. RANDALL COMPANY I 



Rush Orders 

 are Welcome 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 

 Wabash Ave. at Lake St., 



Phone 

 Central 7720 



CHICAGO I 



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Mention 'Thf Hevipw when yon write. 



Till' i(>s(,' Mi|i|ily is not so laij^e as it 

 usually is at this time of year, but 

 tlicri' has \n't'\[ ((nisiiiri aMc ini|)r()\i' 

 lUfut in (juality liiii-in^ thr iri-eut rooliT 

 ■vvfathcr. Mis. iiusscll has ilis])la(.i'(l 

 iieiiut_\ as Ihf iti-m ot' most iiniiurtaiiff. 

 It is in lar;;cst siipjily in a uuuiIht ol' 

 AvhuU'sali- luuisfs tiiat l(Uiiicily sjiecial 

 i/i'<l (111 Beauty. Most of the stoik now 

 ariiviM<i is slioit to iiiediuui in sti'iii. 

 but tlu'ic arc luoiltM'ate quantities of tho 

 louj^er j.;ia»les, almost eiioiiijh to rnvvt 

 The euli'eiit (leiiiaml. Next to Russell, 

 Ojiheliii is the |iriiici|ial item in most 

 of the wholesale liouses, slio\viii<f how 

 ji'eiieraily the }rro\vers liave tunieil to 

 this easily liaiidleil variety. Milady 

 also is in increased suiiply this >'ear, 

 many ^rnwcis lia\in;4 planted it as thidr 

 diilv red idsi'. Both KiUaniey and 

 Kiliarnry liiiliiaiit are in rcchiccd siiji- 

 ])ly this season. 'Die inrscnt stoi-k is 

 most 1\' short in stfiii. whiili is not a mat 

 ter of eonctiii at |iii'>tnt. Iiccaiisc the 

 demand for loiii^ roses has not yet 

 auaUeiifd. Scxcial ^lowiis who have 

 <dmiix to lloaiity arc cutting ^nod crops 

 ami it is one of the interesting; facts 

 that with the dei-reased sii|i]dy increased 

 salesmanshi ji is necessary to realize tlie 

 oidtime prices. Jt seems that with de 

 (■reasiii<r suppl\' the retailers stoppc<l 

 ])usliin^' T>canty ami consei|nent ly have 

 stop|ieil hiintJnG; for it. Cuiiseipieiit l\ 

 it i-- up to tile wholesaler to pu^sh tlli- 

 item, fornu-rly c(uisidered a trade 

 brinj^er i'or him. 



(ireeiis (d' all kinds are in ji;<'od sup- 

 pl\ , with no specdal demand. 



August and the Summer. 



The arri\;il i<\' Septinibei- 7:ia\' n(j1 

 mark the opening; of the antiimn season, 

 but it me;iii- the passini: ot' sumiiiei- 

 ,(ul\' and AiiLiU'-t are the ihill month'-. 

 ()n the whide, it ha^ been a t^oud sum 

 iiier. Nid all the wlmlesah' houses are 

 aide to report sales in excess ot' idher 

 summers, but a few liaxe done mindi 

 better than hciidofori-. In 7iiost case^ 

 one or b(jtli of two (•.■iiises are a<-count 



For 



Your 



Protection 



Our policy towards protecting the Retail Florist is also in line 

 with the work we are doing for theiGrower. 



It's cheaper to buy Cut Flowers in 

 the world's greatest cut flower mar- 

 ket than it is for you to grow them. 



Kennicott Bros. Co, 



Chicago 



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Mention The RpvIpw when von wrlfe 



able for cliano-es in the recoids: The 

 sliit'tiii;^; of j^idwers from house to lioust' 

 has inlliieiiced the iiidi\idiial slinwinos 

 of ccuniiiissioii iiieii without alfordiiie- 

 any index to oeiiei;il 1ra<le coiiil'it ions, 

 or the ipiantit\' aiol <|iiality (>( sto(d\ 

 cut lia\e \aiied sii ^ii'atly Ihi-^ \far ami 

 last a-^ to determine the summer's lecord 

 in s|dte ot' the ln'st (dfoits ot' salesmen. 

 .\i|onst was marked b\' a considerable 

 reduction ot' sii])]>ly in this markid as 

 com|>ared ^\itli the .same month in re- 

 cent >(;ns. Hoses, particularly, were 

 fvw and short. While this nuide certain 

 incomi's less than last ,\'ea)', it ma>' be 

 a bles^iiiL;' in dis^^uisc, because it jpr(d> 



ably will briiiL;' the crop avIu'U it will be 

 mill h more badly iiceiled. 



J 'rices in Auj^ust have not been bad: 

 tlu're has been little to comjdaiii of 

 excejd. icdiiced sup|dies ill indi\idual 

 cases. 



August "Weather. 



,\uenst was miK li Ixlow normal in 

 tempeiat lire, 90 dej^i'i'es Uci44-jf-Tt'TiicTied 

 only once, as was 47 decrees, the Iwwest 

 Aii<fiist readiii}^ ever i-ecorded here. Tt 

 was a j^ood month from the jjrower's 

 standpoint, but the cool nif^lits broni^^ht 

 on mildew in a ^^od many rose houses. 

 The raiiil'all was less than half the nor- 



