Decembbb 26, 1918. 



The Florists' Review 



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I Beauties for New Year's | 



I You can get as many as you need— and of the finest | 



I quality— by ordering of Randall's. We are headquarters. | 



FREESIA 



Prime Purity. 



CARNATIONS 



Coming fast. 



STEVIA 



Plenty of it. 



All Cut Flowers in Good Supply 



for New Year's— order all you need, a full line, and you 

 will get fine stock carefully packed, shipped promptly. 



DON'T MISS SALES- RESTOCK AT ONCE 



Send a mail order for the Supplies to make your stock complete again— make out 

 your want list today— NOW. It does not pay to be out of the things your work calls 

 for— Randall can send them to you at once. 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



Wabash Ave. 

 at Lake St. 



CHICAGO 



Phones: 

 Cent. 7720 



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Mention The BeTlew when you write. 



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= npHIS New Year finds the world at peace and the business outlook bright, and we = 

 = X hope that prosperity will be the portion of our many customers. | 



I We thank you for your patronage during the year of 1918, and hope that those whose orders | 

 = we have been unable to fill will take into consideration the handicaps we have been laboring = 

 = under — conditions that now are happily past. = 



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Mention The Review when .von write. 



as plantinjjs in most cases were reduced 

 one half , there was no prospect of a 

 glut this season and prices are not like- 

 ly at any time to sink to normal. 



Roses have been in good demand, but 

 the supply is short, and a great part of 

 it is sold before arrival. Outside buy- 

 ers have been in the market, but have 

 found it difficult to place orders. Stock, 

 as a rule, is of fine quality, r>arti''ularlv 

 Hadley and Ophelia. American Beauty 

 was up to the holiday dollar, and many 

 went higher, as the supply was light. 



The supply of sweet peas is increas- 

 ing and promises to be heavy after the 

 holidays. With violets going west, the 

 demand for peas is expected to be 

 strong, as they will be used extensively 

 instead of violets. 



Quantities of other flowers are arriv- 

 ing, such as calendulas, bouvardia, 

 snapdragon, pansics, stcvia, wallflowers 

 and mignonette, but all clean up well. 

 One or two varieties of chrysanthemums 

 are lingering, among them the pink 

 Godfrey, a single variety which sells 

 well and is among tlie best of its type. 



Lilies are not in heavy supply, but are 

 sufficient for the demand, which is light, 

 due largely to the high price, 20 cents 

 being asked for the best. Rubrum lilies 

 move well at 5 to 10 cents. Lily of the 

 valley is both scarce and poor; its use 

 is avoided as much as possible. Callas 

 are plentiful at 15 to 25 cents. 



Poinsettias have been in the market 

 for a week or more, but arc only now 

 really in demand. Some unusually 



large flowers are available, and bring 

 as much as 75 cents each, with a good 

 grade at 50 cents and smaller down to 

 25 cents. 



Christmas trees have been short in 

 supply, and late prices were as high as 

 $5 per bundle of three. Holly also has 

 been scarce, and the price advanced 

 from $6 to $10. Greens were plentiful, 

 but moved at prices considerably higher 

 than those in force last year. 



Christmas this year was remarkable 

 for the smallest supply of cut flowers 

 in two decades, with prices not alto- 

 gether out of proportion to those of 

 other years at the same season. 



Various Notes. 



The many friends of John Donaldson 



