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The Florists^ Review 



Dbcimbbb 26. 1918. 



CHOICE ROSES 



BEST QUAUTY TO BE HAD . 



Columbia, Russell, Milady, Ophelia, Sunburst, Montro^, Double White 



and Pink Killarney, Hearst, Ward, Nesbit, Brumier, Richmond 



and Stanley — none better on the Chicago market. 



ALL COLORS CARNATIONS GOOD QUALITY 



Choice Stock of Valley, Easter Lilies, Calendulas, Violets, Calla Lilies, Sweet Peas, 



Mignonette, Stevia and all other Seasonable Stock. 



Don't forget us on Greens as we have Mexican Ivy, Asparagus, Sprengeri, Ferns, Adiantum, etc. 



If you want good stock and good treatment, buy of Chicago's most up-to-date and best located 

 , Wholesale Cut Flower House. 



YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR PROFITS AND BUSINESS BY SENDING ALL ORDERS DIRECT TO 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



J.A.BUDLONG 



184 North Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



CUT FLOWERS 



WHOLESALE 



ROSES, VALLEY and 



CARNATIONS mixuivn « 



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PRICES 



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OTHERS 



■^SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION^WI 



We are ia coistint touch with market conditions and when a decline takes place yon can rely upon orders sent us receiving such benefits. 

 We arc open antll 8 p. m. on Saturday, but dosed all day Suo<ii>y 



Mention The Review when you write. 



week's prices. There will be much dis- 

 appointment at such a result. 



The prices of roses are holding firm, 

 with the short and medium grades in 

 larger demand than the choice stock. 

 Extra fancy stock is relatively more 

 plentiful than other grades, but the 

 supply does not .exceed the demand. 

 After the big shipping days December 

 22 and 23, most of the wholesale houses 

 being open all day Sunday for the first 

 time in nearly a year, there were few 

 good flowers on hand for city trade, but 

 there were considerable quantities of 

 soft stock, off color. Killarney, Bussell 

 and Milady all showed the bad effects 

 of recent weather conditions. 



Orchids are meeting with an unusu- 

 ally good demand, but the price is not 

 higher than the oldtime holiday prices. 

 The quality of the stock coming in is 

 exceptionally fine and the retailers re- 

 port a heavy demand for them. Every- 

 thing else in the cut flower line is short 

 of the demand, with prices holding up, 

 the only exception being poinsettias. 

 These are plentiful and there are even a 

 few more than enough to go around. 



Toward the end of last week quite a 

 few shipments of holly reached the mar- 

 ket, but these were not offered for sale 

 owing to the large number of orders al- 

 ready in the wholesalers' hands. All 

 Christmas greens are on the short side. 



That it will be the largest Christmas 

 business in the history of this market 

 goes without saying; largest, that is, in 

 money value and returns to the growers. 



In the Betall Stores. 



The retail stores were alike in two 

 respects: They were full of customers, 



A rr«^ ^feir g ^mpa iiy 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 

 164 North Wabash Avenue L. D. Phone Central 3373 



CHICAGO 



all the employees on the run, apparently 

 doing a record business, and their dis- 

 plays principally were made up of other 

 things than plants and cut flowers. 

 Many retailers doubted their ability to 

 increase their selling prices in propor- 

 tion to the greater cost of cut flowers 

 and bought lightly on that account, 

 while it was the general idea that cut 

 flowers cost too much to use them for 

 decorating the store. Plants were so 

 scarce that few stores obtained all they 

 wanted. Eecourse, then, was had to 

 boxwood, ruscus, etc. With these bas- 

 kets and hampers of green and red the 

 stores were bright and gay; it is open 

 to question if they ever looked more at- 

 tractive to the public. There seemed 

 to be little complaint over prices. While 

 customers went out without buying, it 

 seemed hardly more than usual and it 

 appeared to be taken as a matter of 

 course that prices were higher than 

 usual. What line of Christmas goods 

 was not higher this year? 



Various Notes. 



Charles Cowdery, formerly green- 

 house foreman for Edward Amerpohl, 

 Janesville, Wis., has entered the em- 

 ployment of Wietor Bros., in the same 

 capacity. 



The firm of Kyle & Foerster after 



January 1 will operate under the name 

 of the Joseph Foerster Co. William P. 

 Kyle sold his interest to Mr. Foerster 

 some time ago and it was their agree- 

 ment that the firm name remain un- 

 changed during 1918. The business will 

 be under the management of Joseph 

 Foerster, as it has been. 



The American Greenhouse Mfg. Co. 

 has opened a New York office, at 50 

 Broad street. Mr. McKee evidently is 

 getting ready for a boom in greenhouse 

 building. 



It may be that it was the excellent 

 prices for long Bussells this autumn, or 

 it may be Frank Schramm's fondness 

 for the Knight motor, or it may be the 

 combination of the -two that caused Mr. 

 Schramm to make himself a Christmas 

 present of a brand new Moline De Luxe 

 seven-passenger touring car. 



Herman Bauske, Jr., has returned 

 from Washington, where he has been 

 serving in the Ordnance Department. 



It was Edward Enders' thirty-first 

 Christmas with C. A. Samuelson. 



Michael Fink made a delivery of 

 plants to John Schoepfle's, on Belmont 

 avenue, but when driving away Mr. 

 Fink evidently had his mind on Christ- 

 mas business and was not watching an 

 approaching Belmont avenue car. The 

 street car hit his machine head on, 



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