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I'hc Florists' Review 



Janoabt 27. 1&£1 



year. The belief u that orders can be 

 filled in full at current prices, that a 

 further increase in supply will result in 

 still sharper reduction in prices and that 

 it is desirable to make every possible 

 effort to acquaint the trade and the pub- 

 lic with the turn in events. In other 

 words, it will be necessary to advertise 

 that stock is plentiful and prices are 

 down. 



Carnation crops, as well as rose crops, 

 have increased, but the prospect is for 

 heavy rose production ahead of the big 

 cut of carnations. Prices, of course, 

 will be affected by the general supply; 

 10-cent carnations are possible only 

 when other flowers also are scarce. 

 Bulbous stock is coming to the front. 

 Trumpet majors are passing some days 

 before Golden Spurs are ready, but 

 tulips are more plentiful, in greater va- 

 riety and of better quality. Paper 

 Whites equal the demand. There are 

 more giganteums, but it takes consider- 

 able leg work to locate half a hundred 

 callas. There is plenty of valley. 



Sweet peas are coming in rapidly and 

 quality is the finest of the year to date. 

 There, also is. an increased supply of 

 violets, both double and single. Patri- 

 cian cattleyas also have joined the 

 plebeian ranks of the plentiful. They 

 looped the loop at the time of the Mc- 

 Cormick funeral, rising without warn- 

 ing and falling just as suddenly when 

 the special demand subsided. Many 

 downtown stores have been having spe- 

 cial orchid sales. 



There is little change in greens, al- 

 though the new express rate is respon- 

 sible for $7.50 for wild smilax and $5 

 for ferns. 



Various Notes. 



Last week W, J. Smyth renewed his 

 lease on the store at the southeast cor- 

 ner of Michigan avenue and Thirty-first 

 street. The new lease is for five years 

 and Mr. Smyth counted himself fortu- 

 nate that the advance in rent was only 

 $1,000 per year over what he has been 

 paying. 



G. M. Beburn, who has been trading 

 for a number of years as G. M. Beburn 

 & Co., has made a new alliance with 

 A. Henderson & Co., with whom he was 

 associated in the early days. Bulb or- 

 ders hereafter placed with Beburn & 

 Co. will be shipped by the house of Hen- 

 derson. 



Victor Bergman has severed his ac- 

 tive connection with the Bergman- 

 Koropp Co. 



One by one they are coming back! 

 The florists who have been in other 

 business during the time of topsy-turvy 

 living. The latest prodigal is Elmer 

 Marine, of the old firm of Pehrson & 

 Marine. Last week lie took charge at 

 Youngquist 's North Shore Floral Shop, 

 851 Irving Park boulevard. That he 

 has lost none of his skill was shown by 

 the immediate change in atmosphere he 

 produced in the store. 



Bert Cole states that he will join the 

 staff of the Joseph Focrster Co., prob- 

 ably February 1. He will succeed John 

 Walsh, who recently went into the retail 

 business for hicftaelf, purchasinj^ the 

 Avondale Flower Shop, at .S281 Milwau- 

 kee avenue. 



Considering the distance and the 

 times, Chicago is well represented this 

 week at Washington, D. C, where the 

 S. A. F., the American Carnation So- 

 ciety and the National Association of 

 Growers are having doings. Among 

 those who went from this section are 



STOP PAYING HIGH PRICES FOR FLOWERS 



PYFER'S ANNOUNCES A 



BIG DROP IN PRICES 



Current Price List: 



ROSES 



Premier, Columbia and Russell 



Per ICXi 



Shortb $10.00 to $12.00 



Medium 15.00 to 20.00 



Long 25.00 10 35 00 



Ophelia, Sunburst, ||Hearst,! {Mary- 

 land, White! Killarney, Milady, 

 Hoosier Beauty and Montrose 



Per HX) 



Short> $10.00 



Medium $"2.00 to ]5.0(i 



LoD}.' 20 00 to 25.00 



CARNATIONS 



Choice fancy assorted, per 100 



$8.00to$10.W 

 Choice assorted, KtOO-lols 



$50.00 to $75.00 



Per 100 

 $1.00 

 1.50 



SWEET PEAS 



Per Km 



Fancy Spencers $1.50 to $3.^1 



VIOLETS 



Home-grown Single. . 

 Home-grown Double. 

 Fancy New York Dou- 

 ble $1.00to 1.50 



BULBOUS STOCK 



Paper Whites $ G.OO to $ 8.00 



Tulips 8.00 to 12.00 



Jonquils 10.00 to 12.00 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Calendulas $0.00 U $10.00 



Valley 8.00 to 10.00 



Stevia 3.00 



Pussy Willow 3.00 to 5.00 



FLORISTS' GREENS 



Dwarf Baby Boxwood, per lb.$<).30 

 Asparagus and Sprengeri, 



l)er bunch $0.35 to .50 



Ferns, extra good, per 1000 5.00 



Galax, per 1000 2.00 



Leucothoe, per 100 1 .00 



Adiantum, per 100. . . .$1 .50 to 2.00 



OtirlMotto: *^otliln2 ^» too much trouble to please a cttstomer." 



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