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The Florists^ Review 



Januabx 2, 1919. 



CHOICE ROSES 



BEST QUALITY TO BE HAD 



Columbia, Russell, Milady, Ophelia, Sunburst, Montrose, Double White 



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



and Stanley — none better on the Chicago market. 



ALL COLORS C A R N AT IONS COOP 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 



J.A.BUDL0NG 



QUALITY 



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LOUDER 



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PRICES 



184 North Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



WHOLESALE 



ROSES, VALLEY and 



CARNATIONS rnAUiiro * 



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CUT FLOWERS 



SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION' 



PRICES 



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OTHERS 



We ire in constant touch with market conditions and when ■ decline takes place you can rely upon orders sent us receiving such benefits. 



We are open until 8 p. m. on Saturday, but dosed all day SnD<i»y 



by the growers, but the probability is 

 that there was less holding back than 

 in any other year; the condition of 

 many roses and carnations more prob- 

 ably was due to the soft, dark weather 

 and the high temperatures the growers 

 used to force out as many buds as they 

 could. It was the undoing of some of 

 them. 



The most trouble was experienced 

 with carnations. The supply proved 

 rather larger than expected and many 

 buyers took no carnations ut all, be- 

 cause of the high quotations. The 

 strictly first-class stock cleaned up at 

 about the prices of the previous week, 

 but there were soft, sleepy carnations 

 in some houses that were not easily sold 

 and which pulled the averages down 

 quite a little. 



Eoses never sold better. There were 

 more special fancy roses sold at 75 

 cents than ever before were sold at 50 

 cents. There were more roses sold at 

 35 cents than ever before were sold at 

 25 cents, and the shorter grades were 

 in greatest request and brought, rela- 

 tively, the best prices. It certainly was 

 the rose growers' harvest season and 

 most of them cut more than they had 

 been expected to. There were many 

 extremely fine roses and some that were 

 extremely poor. Eussell was in both 

 classes. Beauties were not the leading 

 item of bygone years; the reduced sup- 

 ply has resulted in reduced demand, but 

 the best were in request at good prices, 

 more selling at $15 per dozen than in 

 any previous year. 



Violets, sweet peas, Paper Whites, 

 valley, stevia, mignonette, calendulas 

 and lilies were scarce and brought rec- 

 ord prices. Orchids were more plenti- 



ful than expected and did not advance 

 in proportion to other items usually 

 plebeian. Poinsettias were in large sup- 

 ply, but sold well at the best prices in 

 many years. 



When the wholesale houses closed, on 

 Christmas day there were few flowers 

 left, but for the next day or two the 

 market was not so bare as it might 

 have been. Prices declined rather 

 sharply, especially on carnations. The 

 retailers were not doing much and were 

 busy working off what they had left 

 from Christmas, which in some cases 

 included quite a few cut flowers. Then 

 demand picked up again, prices stif- 

 fened and the week closed with the 

 market in good condition. At the open- 

 ing of the present week a good New 

 Year's business was being done as this 

 issue of The Eeview went on the press. 



The local retailers nearly all report 

 the largest business on record, if not 

 with cut flowers or pot plants, with 

 baskets of boxwood, ruscus and novel- 

 ties of one kind or another. Some of 

 the larger stores did little with this 

 class of material, but on the whole Chi- 

 cago retailers sold much more of it than 

 ever before. 



Greenhouse Building. 



The Chicago manufacturers and job- 

 bers in greenhouse building material 

 report the heaviest run of inquiries ever 

 received at this time of year, with 

 orders developing promptly in a fair 

 proportion of the prospects. One of the 

 special features noted is the large per- 

 centage of eastern inquiries; the re- 

 quests for estimates for greenhouses to 

 be built east of the Ohio-Pennsylvania 



YOUR 



PROTECTION 



THE MARKET PLACE 



We maintain certain construc- 

 tive and practical ideas and 

 ideals which we believe eventu- 

 ally win be promoted by 



WHOLESALE GROWERS «N0 

 RETAIL FLORISTS 



whose interests are identical 

 with ours. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



Wholesale Dealera in Cut Flower* 

 and Plants since 1881 



CHICAGO 



Mention The BaTlcw when yon write. 



line constitute a larger part of the whole 

 volume of inquiries than ever before in 

 the history of the Chicago material sup- 

 pliers. 



E. F. Kurowski, president of the 

 Moninger Co., says he thinks a large 

 percentage of the smaller places will 



