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The Florists' Review 



FiBBDABT 26, 1920 



INCREASED SUPPLY 



HAS 

 CREATED 



LOWER PRICES 



ROSES 



CARNATIONS 



Fine quality in all leading varieties. Russell, Columbia, Premier, Milady, 



Hearst, Ophelia, Sunburst, Wefland, Killamey, Richmond, Double White Killarney, 



besides Nesbit and Brunner, the Miniature Roses. 



CARNATIONS: Red, White, Deep Pink and Light Pink 



Tulips, Hyacinths, Purity Freesia, Rainbow Freesia, Violets, Sweet Peas, Daisies, Yellow 



Narcissi, Paper Whites, Stevia, Calendula, Cyclamen Blooms, Callas, Pansies, 



Misfnonette, and all other seasonable Cut Flowers, including Greens of all kinds. 



Jonquils 

 Tulips 

 Darwin Tulips 



In Good Supply 



You will find these ready 

 sellers at this season. 



if you want {ood stock and good treatment, buy of Chicago*! most up-to-date and best-located Wholesale Cut Flower House 



J.A.BUOLONG CO. 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS 



Roses, Valley and Carnations our Specialties 



184-186 North Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



we ARE CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY 



SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION -^Ul 



PRICES 



AS 



LOW 



AS 



OTHERS 



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Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



mand and the probability is that they 

 will have the greatest measure of pros- 

 perity from now until the end of the 

 season. Last week's easing of the mar- 

 ket probably was due to two causes, 

 chief of which was the passing of the 

 epidemic of influenza. The arrival of 

 Lent, while it had some effect, was ot 

 secondary importance and no doubt its 

 influence will gradually subside. The 

 best observers expect this week to be 

 rather quiet, with a gradual increase in 

 demand thereafter. 



Practically anything retailers want 

 can now be had in Chicago. If there 

 is any exception it is short roses. The 



demand for these is not nearly so strong 

 as it was while the epidemic lasted, but 

 the price of short roses still is stronger 

 than the prices of the better grades. 

 Any retailer who can use first-class 

 stock can get it at prices which seem 

 moderate by comparison with what the 

 stock has been bringing. Carnations, 

 too, are easier. The prediction is made 

 in many quarters that the supply of 

 carnations this spring will be the larg- 

 est the Chicago market ever has han- 

 dled. Sweet peas are much more plenti- 

 ful than they were. There is a marked 

 increase in the supply of jonquils. A 

 few daffodils are seen. There are few 



early tulips, but Darwins are beginning 

 to appear. Cattleyas, valley and violets 

 are abundant. Taking the market as a 

 whole, stock seldom has been of better 

 quality than now. 



Big Business. 



The Chicago market has had two 

 months of the biggest business in the 

 history of the trade. From the middle 

 of December to the middle of February 

 there was scarcely a day on which the 

 demand did not exceed the supply. 

 Prices advanced until Christmas levels 

 seemed to many to be the limit of what 

 the public could stand, but the strength 



