January 23, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



VALENTINE 

 NOVELTY 



New and attractive wood cutouts with metal 



flower vase 



Use them in your Valentine window trim 



Price, each, $1.00 Per dozen, $10.00 



They will not leak or tip over 



Gold Arrows 



Per dozen, $1.25 



Per 100, $9.00 



A. L RANDALL CO. 



180 N. Wabash Ave. CHICAGO 



Magnolia Leaves, Florists' Thread, Wire, Pins, Chiffons, Toothpicks, Etc. 



PERCY JONES 



INC. 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



56 E. Randolph St., 



CHICAGO 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



interests. Committees of the two organ- 

 izations are holding conferences. 



Visitors. 



Vincent Gorly, of Grimm & Gorly, St. 

 Louis, spent three days as the guest of 

 friends on the northwest side and found 

 time to visit a number of his business 

 connections here. 



Victor Eyhd, of the Dole Floral Co., 

 Beatrice, Neb., has been in the market 

 this week. He reports business the best 

 ever. 



K. Boestler, of Kirby's Flower Shop, 

 Little Rock, Ark., was seen in the mar- 

 ket this week. 



Among our visitors is George A. 

 Kuhl, of Pekin, 111., who again is an in- 

 mate of the Presbyterian hospital. Ward 

 and Congress streets. He hopes, how- 

 t'ver, that his stay this time will be short. 



EVANSVILLE, IND. 



- The Market. 



Another week of springlike weather 

 has come and gone. The amount of coal 

 consumed this winter is small, compared 

 with last winter. But even with the 

 warm weather, there is likely to be an- 



other shortage of flowers, especially of 

 carnations. Roses are in fair supply, 

 also sweet peas, calendulas and bulbous 

 stock, such as Romans and Paper Whites. 

 Business continues heavy. 



Various Notes. 



Niednagel & Sons are still cutting 

 carnations, but the crop is going off. 



C. L. Niednagel is propagating the 

 Columbia rose as largely as he has space 

 for it. He has 7,000 cuttings in the 

 sand. 



The William Blackman Floral Co. is 

 making changes in its store, enlarging 

 the oflBce space and providing room over- 

 head for storage. 



George Blackman spent a few days 

 with Anders Rasmussen at the home 

 of the latter in New Albany, after 

 which he visited in Louisville. 



Karl Zeidler has several benches of 

 lettuce coming on. 



Royston & Fenton report a strong de- 

 mand for coleus. E. L. F. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



Business has been quiet of late, com- 

 pared with the early weeks of winter, but 

 still the demand keeps all hands busy. 



Stock is plentiful, but high prices pre- 

 vail. While there is not nearly the same 

 amount of stock disposed of as in for- 

 mer years, receipts are not reduced, as 

 prices are almost double. 



Roses are of fine quality and include 

 Russell, Ophelia, Shawyer, the Killar- 

 neys, etc. Carnations are more plenti- 

 ful and, though prices are high, the de- 

 mand cleans them up daily. Narcissi 

 are in fair supply and sweet peas of the 

 ordinary sorts are arriving. A few 

 of the orchid-flowering varieties are 

 noted, but the growers report the buds 

 dropping from the sweet pea vines. Vio- 

 lets are good and the demand cleans up 

 receipts as they arrive. Lilies are 

 scarce. 



Potted plants are scarce, except cycla- 

 mens, of which a few good specimens 

 remain. Prices are down on these lines, 

 as compared with those of a few weeks 

 ago. Primroses are fair, but not well 

 developed, as holiday demands cleaned 

 out all the best plants. 



Letters to friends in the trade from 

 Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Roth, who are spend- 

 ing the winter in Florida for the benefit 

 of Mrs. Roth 's health, indicate that they 

 intend to reopen their range in the 

 spring. J. M. 



