The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 6. 1919 



THE BEST 

 QUALITY 



ROSES 



LEADING 

 VARIETIES 



CARNATIONS— Splits, $3.03 and $4.00 per 100. Choice Stock, $5.00 $6.00 and $8.00 per 100. 



Choice Stock of Valley, Easter Lilies, Jonquils, Tulips, Daisies, Calendulas, 



Violets, Snapdragons, Iris, Calla Lilies, Sweet Peas, Paper Whites, 



Mignonette, Freesias, and all other Seasonable Stock. 



DON'T FORGET US ON GREENS AS WE HAVE 



Mexican Ivy, Asparagus, Sprengeri, Ferns, Adiantum, Green and Bronze Leucothoe and Galax 



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J.H.BDDLONG CO. 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS 



Roses, Valley and Carnations our Specialties 



184-186 North Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION -^^ 



PRICES 



AS 



LOW 



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OTHERS 



We we M constint loodi with market conditioas and whrn ■ drdine takes ylice yoa can rely apon orders seat as receivinf sacb beaefits. 



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Mf>ntinn The t{»Tt#w whm roil writ* 



shortening up and the same condition 

 exists with Paper Whites. Eoman hya- 

 cinths are nearing the end, but the 

 small supply is sufficient for the present 

 call. Iris tingitana is arriving more 

 heavily and there is no trouble in fill- 

 ing orders. 



Orchids are plentiful and prices on 

 these flowers have dropped to such an 

 extent that the retailers find them a 

 profitable item to push. Plenty of vio- 

 lets continue to come in, causing a drop 

 in price. Valley is equal to the demand, 

 but the price is holding up. 



The spring crop of sweet peas is on 

 and, after a winter of light receipts, 

 these have become one of the most im- 

 portant items in the list. They are 

 selling well at somewhat lower average 

 prices. 



Calendulas are increasing in supply. 

 A good number of pansies are coming 

 in and these move rapidly, being used 

 extensively for corsage work. Snap- 

 dragons are plentiful. Calla and Eas- 

 ter lilies, for the first time in many 

 months, are on the long side. 



The green goods situation also has 

 changed and there is now enough of 

 everything to take care of the needs. 



February Business. 



No February ever saw better flower 

 business in Chicago than did the month 

 just past. Last year, because of its un- 

 usual conditions, affords no basis for 

 comparison, but going back to February, 

 1917, which preceded our entry into the 

 war and which was an unusually good 

 month, we find that there is a big mar- 

 gin of gain in sales. The Chicago mar- 

 ket seldoBi has had a better month of 



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shipping business, with large demand, 

 fair supplies and good prices. Nor has 

 the local retail business been behind. 

 The retailers have been busy and have 

 been getting good prices in most cases. 



McKellar Retires. 



March 1 C. W. McKellar disposed of 

 his business in the Atlas block to A. C. 

 Spencer, who has removed his own es- 

 tablishment, from the smaller quarters 

 he occupied in the same building, to the 

 McKellar store, where Mr. Spencer will 

 have facilities more nearly adequate to 

 the needs of his large business in fu- 

 neral flowers. 



Mr. Spencer had felt for some time 

 that he must have more room. When 

 Ernst C. Amling and Paul Amling 

 bought out Hoerber Bros. Co. they came 

 into possession of a wholesale cut flower 

 store for which they had no use. It 

 afforded Mr. Spencer the opportunity 

 to enlarge his quarters, so from the 



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Amlings he bought the Hoerber whole- 

 sale store outfit and lease. Then came 

 the opportunity to acquire the McKellar 

 establishment, including the good will 

 of a prosperous trade as well as the fa- 

 cilities of which Mr. Spencer stood in 

 need, and the best located store of the 

 three, considering the purpose for which 

 it is to be used. So Mr. Spencer now 

 has three stores on the second floor of 

 the Atlas block, within little more than 

 100 feet of each other. He plans to 

 continue his own business and the Mc- 

 Kellar store, on the Bandolph street 

 side of the building. The Hoerber store 

 and the smaller store Mr. Spencer has 

 occupied are for sale. Several offers 

 have been received, but nothing has 

 been closed. Incidentally, the room Mr. 

 Spencer is vacating is known in the 

 market as something of a mascot. B. 

 C. Amling once occupied it. George 

 Beinberg's business grew faster while 



