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The Florists^ Review 



November 20, 1919. 



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MUMS 





I CHOICE STOCK | 



i Carnations : Sweet Peas : Valley : Pompons : Violets : Narcissi : Calendulas | 



THANKSGIVING 



Premier per 100, $6.00 to $25.00 



Columbia " " 6.00 to 25.00 



Russell " " 6.00 to 25.00 



Milady " " 4.00 to 15.00 



Ophelia " " 4.00 to 12.00 



White " " 4.00to 15.00 



Sunburst " " 4.00 to 15.00 



Brunner '• " 2.00 to 3.(0 



Nesbit " " 2.00 to 4.00 



Mum8» good stock per doz. , 1 .50 to 3.00 



Mums, fancy stock " " 4.00 to 5.00 



Pompons, all colors .. . per bunch, .25 to .50 



PRICE LIST 



Carnations, all colors 



Double Violeta " " 



Paper Whites " " 



Valley " " 



Sweet Peas 



GREENS 



Plumosus per bunch , 



Sprengeri " 



Adiantum per 100, 



Smilax per doz.. 



Ferns per 1000, 



Galax " " 



...per 100, $3.00 to $ 5.00 

 ... " " 1.00 



... " " 6.00 to 8.00 

 ... " " 20.00 



3.00 



2.00 to 



.35 to 



.25 to 



1 .00 to 



.75 

 .50 

 1.50 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 



A large supply of Carnations in all colors 



Prices subject to market changes. 

 V/m are open until 8 P. M. on Saturday, but closed all day Sunday 



F rne a Company 



I 30 E. Randolph St. 



WHOLKSALK FLORISTS 



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CHICAGO I 



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that the price of bulbs, about 18 cents 

 for 7 to 9 giganteums, or 27'/^ cents for 

 9 to ID'S, is justified, not only by job- 

 bers' costs, but by last Easter's results 

 for the forcers, who then used much 

 inferior cold storage bulbs. 



But the growers assert the cost of the 

 Eulbs is too high to afford much hope 

 of profit for the forcer. Emil Buettner 

 says he never has averaged better than 

 two and three-quarter flowers sold for 

 each bulb bought, when his stock was 

 partly made up of the larger bulbs. He 

 voices the view of the growers who 

 have been cutting down their orders for 

 bulbs when he says the risk is too great. 

 A wholesaler's idea is that if 7 to 9 

 bulbs are well handled they will average 

 two flowers each, and that these can be 

 Hold to net the grower 2.1 cents per 

 flower, or 50 cents from a bulb costing 

 18 cents, leaving .{2 cents for the 

 forcing. C. .T. Michelsen contrasts this 

 with bulbs which cost f) cents each in 

 pre-war seasons, and two flowers at 12 

 cents each (a good average) producing 

 24 cents, or 19 cents net for the forcing. 

 A. Miller thinks Mr. Michelsen 's sug- 

 gestion of 2") cents per flower next 

 Easter is too low, and that a much better 

 price can be had for good stock. Con- 

 sequently most of the commission men 

 recommend tliat the growers make the 

 investment in bulbs. 



The retailers one and all ])rotest that 

 lilies were too high last Easter and 

 that they will not push them next Easter 

 unless they are cheaper, but the fact 

 remains that they sold pot stock to the 

 public as high as $1 per flower. 



Various Notes. 



At tiic A. L. Randall headquarters it 



FANCY BONNAFFON 



and other Mums in Quantities 



ASSORTED POMPONS— Garza, Beu 

 Fancy Roses Choice Carnations 



We have a good stock of all Seasonable Cut Flowers 



and Greens 



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is reported that A. A. Martial is tlie 

 latest addition to the staff of R. Ij. Man- 

 ning, cit}' sales manager. Mr. Martial 

 .joined up November 18, and will have 

 cliarge of the selling at the factory 

 building, 729 South Wabash avenue. 

 Cardinal Mercier is a now begonia soon 

 to be disseminated by the A. L. Ran- 

 dall Co. It originated with George 



Docmling, of Detroit. W. C. Florentine, 

 who liandles the plant department, was 

 at 8t. Louis for three days this week. 



After attending the show at Des 

 Moines last week, Paul Klingsporn went 

 to Kansas City for the special purpose 

 of seeing the store show put on by the 

 W. L. Rock Flower Co. He says the 

 Rock forces outdid anything of the 



