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The Horists^ Review 



MABCH 4, 1*20 



INCREASED SUPPLY "^.-^ LOWER PRICES 



ROSES 



CARNATIONS 



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



Hearst, Ophelia, Sunburst, WeUand, Killamey, Richmond, Double White Killamey, 



besides Nesbit and Brunner, the Miniature Roses. 



CARNATIONS: Red, White, Deep Pink and Light Pink 



Easter Lilies, Rubrum Lilies, Tulips, Hyacinths, Purity Freesia, Rainbow Freesia, Violets, 



Sweet Peas, Daisies, Paper Whites, Calendula, Cyclamen Blooms, Callas, Pansies, 



Mifirnonette, 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 yon want good stock and good treatment, bny of Chicago'i most npto-date and best-located Wholesale Cut flower Hoise 



J.H.BUDLONG C©. 



ilUALITY 



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 



PRICES 



AS 



LOW 



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OTHERS 



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Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



excellent quality. There are not many 

 Beauties. 



The carnation supply is equal to all 

 demands and prices look low in the light 

 of recent values. Nor does quality leave 

 anything for the buyers to complain of. 

 Perhaps the greatest increase in supply 

 has been of Bweet peas. These are 

 everywhere and the quality varies wide- 

 ly. While the peas are selling well, the 

 demand is not great enough to take up 

 80 tremendous a supply. The abundance 

 of peas has given violets another set- 

 baeL Early tulips are in greater 

 abundance than heretofore, although 

 some of the first growers in the market 



have finished shipping. Darwin tulips 

 are being received in considerable quan- 

 tity and are selling well. There is an 

 abundance of freesia, but it is not in 

 demand. Callas are so plentiful that 

 the price has fallen to half what it was 

 a month ago and there are a few Easter 

 lilies of fine quality, with moderate sup- 

 plies of rubrums. Cattleyas have be- 

 come plentiful and cheap; prices are 

 back where they were before the war. 

 It looks as though the orchid growers, 

 as well as the valley forcers, would 

 have to employ strong publicity methods 

 to get the trade into the habit of push- 

 ing these specialties again. 



All green goods also are in good sup- 

 ply. 



Big February Business. 



The extra day in F.ebruary this year 

 did the florists no good, because it tell 

 on Sunday, when florists no longer labor. 

 So February 's record is for twenty-eight 

 days, the same as in 1919. But other- 

 wise there is no similarity. Numerous 

 wholesale houses say their sales this 

 February were douDle those of the 

 month in 1919. Practically everyone 

 had the largest increase ever recorded 

 for a single month. Twenty-eight days 

 in February produced a eonsiderably 





