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The Florists^ Review 



Jandahy 9, 1919. 



estimate of five per cent increase in 

 sales for the year, taking the market 

 as a whole, is conservative. Some 

 houses made splendid increases. 



It is difficult to estimate the sales 

 in dollars, due to the disinclination of 

 most of the wholesale houses to reveal 

 the exact size of their business, and 

 because of a considerable element of 

 duplication, sales to other wholesalers 

 which would appear twice in the total. 

 There are about twenty exclusively 

 wholesale cut flower houses in this mar- 

 ket, with half a dozen others which do 

 both wholesale and retail business. At 

 the head of the list are four with an- 

 nual sales of from $400,000 to $600,000. 

 Unless these four largest wholesalers 

 do more business than all the others 

 put together, which seems unlikely, an 

 estimate of $3,790,050 for the whole 

 market is conservative* 



Decembor Weather. 



December was an easy month on the 

 coal pile, but a hard one on the stock. 

 The mean temperature of 37.8 degrees 

 made it the warmest December since 

 1889, but it also was the darkest, there 

 being only three-quarters of the usual 

 number of hours of sunshine. In per- 

 centage the possible number of hours of 

 sun were only thirty per cent, whereas 

 an average December gives forty per 

 cent. The mild temperature made it 

 possible to save coal and to produce 

 a greater quantity of stock, but the 

 absence of sun made it difficult to sup- 

 ply nice, crisp flowers of good, clear, 

 bright color. 



Various Notes. 



Albert Marck, for twelve years with 

 A. L. Miller, Jamaica, L. I., and later 

 in business for himself, has assumed 

 charge of the plant department of Poehl- 

 manu Bros. Co., at Morton Grove. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. has the full force 

 working again after many being away 

 from work on account of influenza. This 

 concern was badly handicapped on this 

 account during the holiday rush. 



During the war the Masonic lodges 

 curtailed floral decorations at their 

 special meetings and entertainments. 

 The ban has lifted and many florists 

 who catered to this trade before the 

 war state that the fraternity is again 

 ordering plants and cut flowers for dec- 

 orative purposes in the old manner. 



The Chicago Flower Growers' Asso- 

 ciation will hold its semiannual meet- 

 ing of directors at the corporation's of- 

 fice January 14. 



During the recent extreme cold spell 

 and blizzard the fireman at George Eein- 

 berg's left without notice, but before 

 any heavy damage was done Mr. Bein- 

 berg and some of his men started up 

 the fires, which were slowly going down. 



Nicholas Karthauser, proprietor of 

 the restaurant and summer garden on 

 the Ridge, died January 4. Mr. Kar- 

 thauser, although not a florist, is well 

 known in the trade, having entertained 

 the Chicago Florists' Club, of which he 

 was a member, for many years. 



S. J. Pearce is doing well with his 

 cold storage giganteums. They are giv- 

 ing two, three and occasionally four 

 clean flowers to the bulb and are selling 

 briskly. 



W. W. Randall started January 7 on 

 an extended trip west and north. 



Among other things, the shipping of 

 bulbs was suspended during the zero 

 weather. The first shipments this year 

 went out January 6, when A. Hender- 



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^j6d More Stock 

 Lower Prices 



ROSES 

 CARNATIONS 

 SWEET PEAS 

 VIOLETS 

 FREESIA 

 FERNS 



\ ASPARAGUS g^'^^xj^;,,,^^ 

 BOXWOOD ^^-v^i^*^^ 

 ETC. 



BOSES Per 100 



Russell $8.00 to 925.00 



Columbia 8.00 to 25.00 



Milady 8.00 to 20.00 



Montrose 8.00 to 20.00 



Opiielia 6.00 to 20.00 



Sunburst 6.00 to 20.00 



Ward 6.00 to 15.00 



Hearst 8.00 to 20.00 



BriUiant 8.00 to 20.00 



Double White KUlarney 8.00 to 20.00 



CARNATIONS Per 100 



Best Fancy Select $4.00 to 6.00 



Common 8.00 



SWEET PEAS Per 100 



Select assorted $2.00 



1000 lots, $15.00. 



Freesia $6.00 



Violets 2.00 



GREEN GOODS 



Dwarf Boxwood, short. Per lb $ 0.30 



Dwarf Boxwood. Per barrel 12.00 



Tree Boxwood, long:. Per lb 30 



Tree Boxwood. Per barrel 12.00 



GALAX Per 1000 



Extra select bronze and »reen $ 2.00 



10,000 case 17.50 



5 case lots. Per case 15.00 



10 case lota. Per case 1J8.60 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS 



Short tips. Per bunch 25c to 35o 



Lonar sprays. Per bunch 50c to 76c 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. Per bunch 35o to 60c 



FERNS, select. Per 1000 $5.00 



L.EUCOTUOE. bronze and ffreen. Per 1000 ^. 75c to $1.U0 



164 North Wabash Avenue, L. D. Phone, Central 3373 



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