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The Florists^ Review 



Jolt 10, 1919. 



BIG SUPPLY OF 

 SUMMER 



THE BEST 

 QUALITY 



LEADING 

 VARIETIES 



Use our DOUBLE WHITE KILLARNEY. The only White Killarney that 



stays "White" during the hot summer months — once USedf you will want no others. 

 P* P* U 1\TQ We have plenty of good hardy new ferns. 



Fancy, $3.00 per 1000; small size, $1.50 and $2.00 per 1000. 



Leucethoe, 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000. Galax, 25c per 100; $2.00 per 1000. 



Choic* Stock of Delphinium, Daisies, Calendulas, Scabiosa, Asters, 

 Gladioli, Feverfew, Candytuft, Snapdragons and all other Seasonable Stock. 



DON'T FORGET US ON GREENS, AS WE HAVE 



Asparagus, Sprengeri, Ferns, Adiantum, Green and Bronze Leucothoe and Galax 



If yon wilt gold stock ind good treitment, buy of Ckicigo's most np-to-dite ind best-locited Wholesile Cat Flower Hoise - ' 



J.H.BUDLONG O0, 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS 



Roses, Valley and Carnations our Specialties 



184-186 North Wabash Ave* 

 CHICAGO 



SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION -^dft 



PRICES 



AS 



LOW 



AS 



OTHERS 



We are !■ coastant toach with market conditioas aad when a dedine takes iMace you caa rdy apon orders sent us receiviac sack beaefits. 



WE ARE CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY 



the variety narrows each day. Eoses 

 grown specially for the summer crop 

 constitute the principal stock today, 

 Kussell and Columbia leading. There 

 still are some carnations, but not many 

 good ones, and the supply decreases 

 each day, as the growers get around to 

 refilling the benches. There still are 

 some June peonies, but most of the deal- 

 ers are out and the market soon will be 

 in tlio good hands of one grower. There 

 is a steady increase in the supply of 

 gladioli, the local outdoor crop having 

 come to reinforce the southern outdoor 

 i'roj> and the local indoor crop. Prices 

 have fallen. Last winter there were 

 numerous expressions of anxiety over 

 the prospect for a glut of indoor gla- 

 dioli, the belief being held that large 

 numbers of growers had planted empty 

 houses with this catch crop. What be- 

 came of them? At no time has there 

 been anything approaching an oversup- 

 ]dy of indoor glads; indeed, most of the 

 time it has been impossible to fill all the 

 orders for them and the prices were 

 high, sometimes as high as $20 per hun- 

 dred for special varieties like Pendle- 

 ton and Schwaben, and seldom lower 

 than $12 to $16 per hundred for the com- 



moner kinds. Now the anxiety is on the 

 score of the large supply of outdoor 

 flowers expected during the next two 

 months. Thus far they are selling well. 



The general run of garden flowers is 

 passing off the market, but gypsophila 

 has come in large quantities and is serv- 

 ing its purpose. There are a few sweet 

 peas. Yellow daisies are hard to find, 

 the market practically being limited to 

 the field variety and to Shastas. Colored 

 water lilies are in request for conven- 

 tional summer window displays. There 

 are large quantities of candytuft and 

 feverfew, also considerable supplies of 

 coreopsis and gaillardia. Quantities of 

 candidum lilies held in cold storage have 

 been cleaned up. 



Orchids continue to be the principal 

 shortage; there are not enough good cat- 

 tleyas for even the present light de- 

 mand. Valley is not in large supply, but 

 the demand has dwindled. Moderate 

 supplies of giganteums sufiice for the de- 

 mand. 



Green goods of all kinds are equal to 

 all requirements. 



At Randall's. 



A. L. Randall and F. M. Johnson were 



in New York last week, although they 

 neither went nor returned together. "I 

 came back," said Mr. Johnson, "more 

 certain than ever that any florist makes 

 a mistake if he does not prepare at once 

 for a big season. There is sure to be a 

 wonderful opportunity, but to take ad- 

 vantage of it preparation is necessary; 

 the goods must be bought. There is, at 

 the factories, the greatest demand ever 

 known and merchandise already is 

 scarce and many items are unobtainable 

 for early delivery. There is no chance 

 for lower prices; indeed, prices are go- 

 ing up every day. It is time to buy, 

 time to buy heavily. 



Arthur M. Anderson returned this 

 week from a three months' trip to Eng- 

 land, France and Italy on a buying trip 

 for the Randall Co. 



George Haas has rejoined the Randall 

 forces after having been overseas a 

 year. He was six months in Germany. 



Meetings, et Cetera. 



Secretary Otto H. Amling calls atten- 

 tion that the regular meeting of the 

 Commercial Flower Growers of Chicago 

 takes place Thursday evening, July 17, 

 8 p. m., at the Hotel Randolph. 



