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The Florists' Review 



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COLUMBIA 



SUNBURST 



NRS. RUSSELL 



We now have large cuts of Roses in all lengths, including all the 

 popular varieties, but our leader is the prime favorite, Columbia. 

 Fine lots also of Sunburst, Mrs. Russell, etc. Order Roses of 

 Randall and you will get the right stock at the right price. 



GLADIOLI, $3.00 to $6.00 per 100 



All colors, offered in great quantity— no order too large for us to fill. 



ASTERS, IN ALL COLORS 



You can get here as good Asters as the season affords, and at the right price. 



Keep Pastiiiig Your Sales and Order the Stock of Randall 



When you send to Randall you are drawing on the largest supply of Cut Flowers in the 

 Central States— you can rely on Randall. Anything that's in the market, Randall has it. 



Headquarters for Florists' Greens 



A large supply of Good Ferns; write for special quotations on case lots. 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



Wabash Ave. 

 at Lake St. 



CHICAGO 



Phones: 

 Cent. 7720 



line with modern tendencies. It is his 

 notion that if all retail florists made a 

 small charge for the green which goes 

 with almost every sale, the public would 

 not object and the average store would 

 save a tidy sum for other uses, better 

 wages for the workers, for instance. 

 Many stores pay $5 to $10 a day in the 

 season for the green they give away. 



C. C. Wakeling and Mrs. Wakeling, 

 of Eldora, la., were Chicago visitors this 

 week. Mr. Wakeling has just returned 

 from France, having served three years 

 in the Canadian army. 



P. A. Glenn, chief inspector of nurs- 

 ery stock for the state, was here from 

 Urbana, August 25, in conference with 

 R. B. Howe, of the W. W. Barnard Co., 

 over the new requirements regarding 

 the inspection of bulbs. Those inter- 

 ested in the matter will find further in- 



formation on another page of this issue 

 of The Review, 



There were a great number of visitors 

 in the market last week, many on their 

 way home from the convention. Among 

 them were W. Westgate, Houston, Tex.; 

 Otto Rice and wife, Sapulpa, Okla.; J. C. 

 Steinhauser, Pittsburg, Kan.; R. Lutey, 

 Iron wood, Mich.; Mrs. Maudo Mc- 

 Govern, Winnipeg, Can.; H, Kusik, Kan- 

 sas City, Mo.; J. J. Hess, Omaha, Neb.; 

 A. R. King, Winnipeg, Can.; R. C. Kerr, 

 Houston, Tex.; F. L. Washourn and 

 wife, Bloomington, 111., and C. E. Gul- 

 lett, Lincoln, 111. 



BALTIMORE. 



Tlie Market. 

 The market took a jump the early part 

 of last week, owing to several large 



funerals, which kept some of the retail 

 stores busy to get stock of the quality 

 they required. Of course there was 

 plenty of stock on the market, but not 

 all of it by any means would answer to 

 fill the orders for the above-mentioned 

 funerals. Good white and pink gladioli 

 were at a premium, as were good asters. 

 These are being used principally for 

 sprays. Roses were out of the question, 

 as in most cases they were not fit for 

 fine spray work. Some of the sprays 

 of gladioli were certainly fine examples 

 of the florists' art, as were also some 

 wreaths of purple and white, and pink 

 and white asters. While many roses 

 were used, they were made up into de- 

 signs. In spite of this extra demand, 

 at no time were the commission honses 

 cleaned up, and, as I write this, it looks 



