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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 16, 1019. 



THi: BEST 

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ROSES 



LEADING 

 VARIETIES 



CARNATIONS are still In scant supply; we therefore recommend the use of 

 Roses, Peonies, Tulips and other Seasonable Flowers in their stead. 



Choice Stock of l.upines. Sweet Peas, Peonies, Tulips, Stocks, Daisies, Calendulas, Valley, Calla Lilies, 



Snapdragons, Pansies, Mignonette and all other Seasonable Stock. 



Use our BLUE RIBBON VALLEY for your Wedding 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 US ON GREENS. AS WE HAVE 



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



If T«B wilt gNd stock ind good treatment, buy of Chicago's most op-to^ate and best-located Wholesale Cit Flower Hoise 



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PRICES 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS 



Roses, Valley and Carnations our Specialties 



184-186 North Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



PRICES 



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OTHERS 



SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION -^^ 



We ire ia coastint touch with market coflditioas aad whea a dediae takes place you caa rely apon orders seat us recelvias sach beaefits. 



WE ARE CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY 



of carnations was much better than 

 usual, and even the small proportion of 

 splits and soft flowers sold at good 



prices. . . j • 



The wholesalers were disappointed in 

 the small receipts of peonies. They had 

 expected a rapid increase in the ar- 

 rivals, but the weather was such that 

 these failed to materialize. The stock 

 received sold at the best prices peonies 

 ever realized in this market. 



Just the opposite was the experience 

 with sweet peas. It had been figured 

 that there would be few of these, but 

 considerable quantities arrived. The 

 quality was not so good as before the 

 long stretch of dark weather, but the 

 stock sold clean at fine prices. 



There was a considerable supply of 

 snapdragon, not too good in quality, for 

 the end of the season is near. All mis- 

 cellaneous flowers sold clean because of 

 the shortage of the first-choice items, 

 and on the whole the market had a much 

 larger week than last year, probably 

 nearly double in money value. 



The present week opened strong. 

 Monday, May 12, was one of the most 



Cut Flowers In General 



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Phone Central 6284 



active days the market has seen. The 

 supply of stock was not large. All the 

 buyers were ■ clamoring for flowers and 

 prices held up close to the Mothers ' day 

 level. It is figured that a sharp increase 

 in supply and a reduction in demand is 



due any day. That the change toward 

 normal May conditions has been so long 

 delayed is credited to the cool weather, 

 which seems to be general over the cen- 

 tral part of the country. Peonies were 

 expected to be in full crop by now in the 



