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The Florists^ Review 



NOTBUBIB 27, 1919. 



HAVE YOUR CUSTOMERS . 



Say it With Budlong's Flowers 



THE KIND THAT ARE BOUND TO GIVE SATISFACTION. 



MUMS 



White, Yellow and Pink — also 



POMPONS 



We have everything in the way of Cut Flowers, Roses of all varieties,' including Double White 

 Killarney, which is much better than the White Killarney that is commonly grown by other growers, also 

 plenty of Russells, Columbias and Premiers, besides Nesbit and Brunner. 



With the Mum season fast drawing to a close same finds us coming on with a heavj crop of Roses, also Carnations, 

 fc iM hence same finds us in A-1 condition to lool; after your wants from now on. Send us your orders. 



ICARNATIONS: Red, White, Deep Pink and Light Pink 



VALLEY, VIOLETS, SWEET PEAS, PANSIES, FEVERFEW, and all other seasonable 



Cut Flowers, including GREENS of all kinds. 



If ytn want good stock and good treatment, boy of Chicago^^^ost up-to-date and best-located Wholesale Cut Flower House 

 rSEND 8S A TRIAL ORDER AND 6ET IN TODCH WITH THE QUALITY OF OOR STOCK AND OOR PRICES 



J.A.BUDLONG CO. 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND QREENS 



Roses, Valley and Carnations our Specialties 



184-186 North Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



PRICES 



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SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION nM 

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WE ARE CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY 



have been running steadily ahead of last 

 year. This has been in spite of much 

 lower average prices and in spite of an 

 almost total absence of funeral work, in 

 notable contrast to the tremendous call 

 for funeral flowers a year ago. The 

 quantity of stock handled has, of course, 

 been much greater than last November. 

 While it is impossible at this writing 

 to give anything more than a rough 

 survey of the Thanksgiving demand, it 

 is evident that in quantity of stock 

 moved and in aggregate sales, it has 

 eclipsed all previous records for the Chi- 

 cago market. There has been an enor- 

 mous business. While prices were not 

 high enough to awaken any special de- 

 gree of enthusiasm in the growers, they 

 were firm enough so that retailers felt 

 confidence in the stability of the mar- 

 ket and bought freely. 



Chrysanthemums occupied the center 

 of the stage for Thanksgiving, as they 

 have all through November. Those who 

 feared a scarcity found their apprehen- 

 sions groundless. There was, however, 

 a shortage of strictly first-class stock; a 

 large percentage of the mums this year 

 have looked as though they were a catch 

 crop, a space filler, and had received 

 insuflScient care. It is the general re- 

 port that the Chicago market has had 

 more mums this season than ever be- 

 fore and, from the growers, that there 

 has been no money in them. Perhaps 

 the explanation is to be found in the 

 large proportion of low-grade flowers, 

 for the well-grown stock certainly sold 

 well for Thanksgiving. Pompons were 

 moved in great quantities. The prices 

 were not nearly so high as last year, 

 but were the best of the season. It 



develops that the supply of bunch mums 

 will hold out another two or three weeks 

 and that there are several growers who 

 have houses of Chadwick, Nonin and 

 Frick still to cut. A stiff market is 

 expected from now on. 



The Thanksgiving call for roses did 

 not run to the longer grades. The peo- 

 ple who buy flowers for the family table 

 do not ask for the highest-priced flowers 

 and the call for the longest roses wa* 

 limited to social uses. Beauties are not 

 in large supply, are mostly long-stemmed 

 and sold at what were Christmas prices 

 in the years just before 1918. Bussell 

 is less of a factor than earlier in the 

 season; it is without a peer as a summer 

 rose, but Premier now is coming into 

 its own. Columbia has not lost any 

 friends. White is in small supply and 

 there are not many red at present. 



