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The Florists^ Review 



May 8, 1919. 



THE BEST 

 QUALITY 



ROSES 



LEADING 

 VARIETIES 



CARNATIONS and SWEET PEAS, as in Easter week, will be scarce; we fhere< 



fore recommend the use off Roses, Tulips and other 



Seasonable Flowers In their stead. 



Ckoic* Stock of Lupiaos, Swoot Poas, JonquiU, Darwin Tulips, Tulipa, Stock*, Daitios, Calendulas, Valloy, 



Snapdragons, Pansies, Mignonotto and all otkor Seasonable Stock. 



Use our BLUE RIBBON VALLEY for your Weddingr Bouquets. 



NONE BETTER ON THE MARKET 



Also order some of our Fancy Spencer Sweet Peas, they are the talk of the town. 



DON'T FORGET U8 ON GREENS. AS WE HAVE 



Mexican Ivy, Asparagus, Sprengeri, Ferns, Atiantum, Green and Bronze Leucothoe and Galax 



If yen wut ^ itock aid M treitnent, bvy if Cluca|o*s most ip-to^ite and beit-located Wblesale Cat Hawer Hoase 



J.H.BDDLONG CO. 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS 



Roses, Valley and Carnations our Specialties 



184-186 North Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



PRICES 



AS 



LOW 



AS 



OTHERS 



SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION -^^l 



We are ia coostant touch with market conditioas aad whea a dediae takes place yoa caa rely apoa orders seat us receiviag soch beaefits. 



WE ARE CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY 



before the week was over. This year it 

 takes $120 to get a thousand first-class 

 carnations and there are orders for 

 more than can be supplied. Of course 

 some buyers hold off, saying they can- 

 not pay the price and make a profit, 

 but the justification of the price is seen 

 in the fact that there are late buyers, 

 ready to pay it, who cannot find anyone 

 who will take their orders. 



It is impossible to compare this Moth- 

 ers ' day with any other. At the open- 

 ing of the week the houses which do 

 the principal shipping business had 

 booked as many orders as they wanted. 

 The result was that the same order, re- 

 jected by the first wholesaler to whom 

 it was offered, reappeared several times 

 in other houses, creating an appearance 

 of greater demand than actually exists. 

 Nevertheless it is apparent that the mar- 

 ket will not be able to fill anywhere near 

 all the orders this Mothers' day. 



The principal shortage is in carna- 

 tions of a quality which will stand a 

 journey. The supply of roses is larger 

 and the average quality is better. There 

 has been a week of cold, dark weather, 



Cut Flowers In General 



O er L 



^ Chicago III. 



T^e'd.\e\s \x\ ^wpp\\<is 



30 East Randolph Street 



Phone Central 6284 



which has been extremely bad for busi- 

 ness. It is probable, however, that 

 warm weather would have driven off a 

 good many rose crops and would have 

 made a much larger percentage of the 

 supply unfit for shipping. 



There is one flower which is much 

 more plentiful than usual for Mothers' 

 day. The southern peonies made their 

 appearance in considerable quantities 

 last week and at once became an im- 

 portant factor. They were welcomed 



