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ITic Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBU 11. 1920 



MUMS AND POMPONS 



We are the largest growers of Mums and Pompons in the Chicago market — 

 quite likely the largest growers in America. Our list includes all the old favor- 

 ite varieties and the best of the novelties. The cut already is heavy, but it will 

 increase each week till Thanksgiving. Send along your orders. 



ROSES AND CARNATIONS 



ORDER OF THE GROWER 



Our prices never are higher than others ask if 

 they^ship an equal grade of stock. 



OR Bros. 



130 E. RANDOLPH STREET 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



^ A ^ FLOWERS ''at their best'' h^ From Grower Direct ^m 



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Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



quality, supply and salability. There 

 are those who say prices recently have 

 averaged as good as last year at the 

 same date, while the supply has been 

 much larger. Sweet peas also are more 

 plentiful and of better quality; they 

 sell well, much better than violets. 

 Paper Whites have arrived, the first sell- 

 ing for as much as 10 cents! Mignon- 

 ette, too, has returned for the season. 

 Callas sell rather slowly, as do lilies, 

 but the supply of neither is large. Valley 

 equals the demand. More good calen- 

 dulas could be sold. Small quantities 

 of gardenias and swainsona move welL 

 There are enough cattleyas at the price. 

 Greens are selling steadily, but not 

 rapidly; there seems at the moment no 

 special demand for anything in this line, 

 of which there is an adequate supply 

 except of bronze galax. 



Hastening the Crops. 



All cut flower crops under glass were 

 earlier than usual this season. It was 

 peculiarly noticeable in chrysanthe- 

 mums. The midseason varieties came 

 in on the heels of the earlies and the 

 late sorts now are in crop at least a 



PERCY JONES 



Wholesale Cot Flowers and Florists' Supplies 



30 East Randolph Street 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



100% Service 



week, and probably ten days, earlier 

 than usual. The reason for it can be 

 seen in the weather man's record for 

 October. The mean temperature was 

 62 degrees, or almost 9 degrees higher 

 than normal. Of the possible duration 

 of sunshine there was sixty-nine per 

 cent, or nine per cent more than normal 

 for the month. On the other hand, rain- 

 fall was only one-fourth the amount 



which fell last October. There were 

 nineteen clear days, where a normal 

 October gives only eleven. The first 

 killing frost this year was October 21, 

 twelve days later than the average date. 



Flowers a Near-Necessity. 



Large numbers of observers have com- 

 mented on the fact that the flower busi- 

 ness in the United States this autunm has 



