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The Florists^ Review 



June 24, 1920 



WIETOR BROS. 



30 East Randolph Street 



Phone 

 Randolph 2081 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



Subject to change 

 Without notice 



Premier Per loo 



Special $16.00 



Select 12.00 



Medium 8.00 



Short 5.00 



Russell 



Special 16.00 



Select 12.00 



Medium 8.00 



Short 5.00 



Columbia 



Per 100 



Special $16.00 



Select 12.00 



Medium 8.00 



Short 5.00 



Carnations 



Good and Fancy $4.00 



Ferns, per 1000 $6.00 



Galax, per 1000 2.00 



Sprengeri, per bunch. .$0.50 - .75 



ROSES, our selection, $5.00 per 100 



Ophelia 



Select $8.00 to 



Medium 6.00 to 



Short 4.00 to 



12.00 



10.00 



8.00 



Sunburst Per 100 



Select $8.00 to $12.00 



Medium 6.00 to 8.00 



Short 4.00 to 6.00 



ors expect to carry peonies into August. 

 The quantity in storage is not unusually 

 large and business certainly has been 

 much more brisk than it usually is in 

 the penultimate week of June. 



Carnations, too, have benefited by the 

 cooler weather, but many growers have 

 jettisoned the old plants and the others 

 will do so soon. Each day sees a de- 

 crease in the number of carnations 

 reaching the market. Sweet peas have 

 practically disappeared. Gladioli are 

 on the increase, but the stock at present 

 seen in the market is from indoors. 

 Bachelor's buttons, double, in colors, 

 evidently have made a hit, because 

 they are seen in many places. The 

 small delphiniums in several colors also 

 are numerously offered and are popular. 

 Cattleyas and valley are scarce, but 

 Easter lilies have made their reappear- 

 ance in considerable quantity. The fact 

 that the principal local grower was off 

 crop served to draw lilies here from 

 other cities. Pansies are disappearing. 



Green goods in general seem more 

 lilentiful now that there are adequate 

 supplies of new ferns. 



The Cost of Paper. 



The trade appreciates what tlie pub- 

 lisher is up against in the skyrocketing 

 prices of paper, because paper is almost 

 as much of an essential in the florists' 

 business as it is in publishing. 



No retail florist can do business with- 

 out tissue for lining his boxes. The 

 jobbing price of a medium quality of 

 tissue at Chicago now is $21.50 per 

 'xindle, as against a pre-war price of 

 about $4. 



Kraft paper, for wrapping, now costs 

 about 18 cents per pound, compared to 

 a pre-war price of about ^V^ to 4 cents. 



Old newspapers, which shippers use 

 in quantity, now cost $45 per ton, 

 where they once cost about $9 to $11. 



Various Notes. 



Bedding plants have sold out cleaner 

 than for several years. Since the mid- 

 dle of .Tune it hasbeen difficult to locate 

 good geraniums among the local grow- 

 ers and other items have been nearly 

 as scarce. Petunias, popular along the 

 north shore for filling window boxes, 

 seemingly one of the easiest of plants 

 to provide, hpve not been anywhere 



You can have in your store, like these, 



ROSES 



All varieties^AU lengths — 



Best quality 



We also ofter Gladioli, Lilies, Larkspur, Yellow Daisies and 



all other stock in season in large supply for you. 



New Ferns and other Greens 



A rr.J ^feir g CSmpa ir 



Our Motto: "Nothing is too much trouble to please a customer." 

 164 NORTH WABASH AVENUE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



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