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38 



1 he Florists' Review 



Mabch 25, 1920 



EASTER LILIES ""^^L'AL.xr 



Place your orders early and secure the lowest market prices 



Fancy Butterfly Sweet Peas 



$3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 per 100. Common Sweet Peas, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 per 100 



ROSES 



HEAVY 

 SUPPLY 



CARNATIONS 



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



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



besides Nesbit and Bnmner, the Miniature Roses. 



CARNATIONS: Red, White, Deep Pink and Light Phik 



Easter Lilies. Rubrum Lilies, Callas, Tulips, Hyacinths, Purity Freesia, 



Violets, Sweet Peas, Daisies, Calendula, Pansies, Lupines, Mignonette 



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



Tulips, Jonquils, $ In Good Supply 



Darwin Tulips I 



You will find these ready 

 sellers at this season. 



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J.R.BUDLONG CO. 



QUALITY 



SPE4KS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS 



Roses, Valley and Carnations our Specialties 



184-186 North Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



WK ARK CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY 

 SHIPPINQ ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION 



PRICES 



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LOW 



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OTHERS 



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bo mado to help the shipping business 

 resume its normal volume and to handle 

 the Easter rush in satist'aetory manner. 



The Market. 



Althouy:h shipping conditions have 

 been extremely unsatisfaetory, the mar- 

 ket has done surprisingly well. At the 

 beginning of last week there was a 

 change for the better. Receipts of 

 flowers were lighter and the demand 

 was stronger. Instead of closing at 

 night with their iceboxes full of flow- 

 ers, the wholesalers began making fair 

 clean-uj)s and the average price of stock 

 began to improve without any change 



in quotations; it merely was the usual 

 result of cleaner selling to the regular 

 trade. 



The present week started with the 

 market in much better condition than 

 it has been since the express strike 

 started. There still are plenty of flow- 

 ers, but not so many that the supply is 

 unwieldy. Prices are moderate, all 

 things considered, and the demand is 

 increasing day by day. There is no rea- 

 son for feeling that business is other- 

 wise than good. Any buyer who can 

 use flowers at i)rices which will let the 

 growers live can get all he wants and, 

 apparently, the public is waking up to 



the fact that the high prices of the win- 

 ter are a thing of the i»ast, and are com- 

 ing back to the flower stores to buy for 

 other purposes than funeral use. There 

 is every reason to feel that there will 

 be a big spring business. 



Easter orders are coming in rather 

 more slowly than most of the whole- 

 salers like. It is feared that the ex- 

 press strike has been turning business 

 away from the Chicago market. A num- 

 ber of customers have indicated that 

 they were afraid to place orders here 

 for large quantities of flowers, to be 

 shipped under previously existing con- 

 ditions. But now that the express com- 



