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January 1, 1920. 





The Florists^ Review 



31 



ROSES 



Randall's ^Roses in quality are second to none and the 

 supply is large — send Randall your orders. 



CARNATIONS 



A steadily increasing supply and first-class quality in 



all colors. Order what you want. 



VIOLETS 



Single or double. 



VALLEY 



You can get it here. 



PUSSYWILLOW 



Fancy, $6.00 per 100. 



STEVIA 



Include some in every order. 



FANCY HOME-GROWN CATTLEYAS 



Increasing supply. 



NARCISSI 



Fine White and Yellow. 



BRONZE GALAX dJ^ia $8.50 ''r 10,000 



No matter what you want, order 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. 



I We Wish You A Happy and Prosperous New YeaT" | 



A. L. Randall Co. 



ISO N. 

 Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



L. D. Phone 

 Central 7720 



AXeuiKiu Aue .teoen w ueu >ou niiCe. 



part of it, perhaps, lay in the fact that 

 there was no slump after Christmas. 

 Tn most recent years the market has 

 fallen precipitately as soon as the holi- 

 day demand subsided. This year it was 

 quite another story. Nearly all the 

 buyers were back December 26, indicat- 

 ing that they had cleaned up on their 

 high-priced purchases. The demand has 

 continued steady. Prices have not 

 stayed at the Christmas level, but they 

 have been high enough to satisfy the 

 growers, while retail business has been 

 good enough to make the buyers glad 

 to get the stock. 



Tlie New Year's demand, not fully 

 satisfied at this writing, promises also 

 to make a new record. December 29 all 

 the houses were busy shipping and were 

 more or less short of stock in spite of 

 the fact that cuts are coming on again 

 in good shape. The quality of the roses 

 IS especially fine. Prices are firm, par- 

 ticularly for the shorter grades of 

 roses; the longest are selling at from 

 two-thirds to three-quarters the Christ- 

 mas prices. 



Poor Express Service. 



The express service afforded the 



principal cause for complaint at Christ- 

 mas. Considering the large number of 

 shipments, probably the number of 

 losses was not large, but to the man 

 affected each loss was serious. There 

 have been a number of cases reported 

 in which high priced flowers shipped 

 in ordinarily good season failed to 

 arrive at their destination until after 

 Christmas. Apparently, however, the 

 express company tried to give cut flow- 

 ers special attention, because shipments 

 of supplies fared much worse. There 

 are a lot of them shipped weeks ago 

 that have not yet shown up. Express 



