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The Florists^ Review 



Septkmbbb 23, 1920 



RUSSELL 



COLUMBIA 



PREMIER MILADY 



HEARST 



OPHELIA 



SUNBURST 



Excellent Autumn Roses 



BUTTERFLY KILLARNEY W. KILLARNEY RICHMOND CRUSADER NESBIT BRUNNER 



Fine Quality in All Leading Varieties 

 CARNATIONS %'^:i;'iiSi!i^''^ New Crop 



A gain in good supply, with quality exceptionally fine for so early in the season. 



M dTpnCL White, Pink. Purple, Lavender, Red M CTFPC 



/%9 1 E^IVtS Can supply tine quality Am 9 I LrlC^ 



GLADIOLI-A 1 Qoality -Large Flowering Spikes-GLADIOLI 



Yellow and White Mums, Easter LUies, Rubrum Lilies, Valley, DaUias, Celosia, Cosmos, Zinnias 



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

 1! yra want (lod stick and goad treatment, bny a! Ckkaga'i mait np-ta-date and best-Iacated Wkalesale Cnt Flawer Haise 



With the opening of the Fall Season, why not piace a regular standing order with us 

 for two or more shipments per week, thereby protecting you when a scarcity exists? 



J.A.BDDLONG CO. 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



W««iis 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS 



Roses, Valley and Carnations our Specialties 



184-186 North Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



¥tt ARK CLOSKD ALL DAY SUNDAY 

 SHIPPINQ ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION 

 iMKh Willi MriMt C MiM is i asa «vfets i teiiac takes ptan yw csi raiy spts uitntrnk m 



PRICES 



AS 

 LOW 

 AS 

 OTHERS 



rcniviagHKli kcMfMs. 



be a glut of poor gladioli, but there are 

 not now too many good ones; it is no 

 unusual thing for a wholesaler who has 

 many pails of "glads" on his counter 

 late in the day to have to go out and 

 buy to fill a shipping order. Asters, 

 too, are on the down grade, although 

 there are a few asters which will class 

 as the best of the season to date and 

 which are selling at the highest prices. 

 If other summer flowers have not gone, 

 the quantity is so reduced they are un- 

 important to the market as a whole. 



Green goods are moderately plentiful, 

 except galax. There is likely to be a 

 larger supply this season than last of 

 adiantum and asparagus. 



The Coal Situation. 



Next to the prevailing low prices of 

 flowers, the high price of coal engages 

 the attention of growers. There has 

 been just this much change in the fuel 

 situation: Coal of certain not special- 

 ly desirable grades is now to be had 



lann 



Wholesale 

 Cut Flowers 

 and Supplies 



by paying the price. There is little 

 Pocalidiitas reaching this market and 

 it goes only to those who hold contracts 

 for all-season delivery. Next to Poca- 

 hontas, the best liked fuel for growers 



is that obtained in Franklin county, 

 Illinois. It is not easy to obtain, but 

 Williamson county coal can be had by 

 applying to almost any of the principal 

 jobbers or to the concerns which op- 



