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ITic Florists' Review 



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RUSSELL COLUMBIA PREMIER MILADY HEARST OPHELIA SUNBURST 



Elxcellent Roses 



BUTTERFLY KILLARNEY W. KILLARNEY RICHMOND CRUSADER NBSBIT BRUNNER 



Fine Quality in All Leading Varieties 



CARNATIONS ^ay NEW CROP 



In good supply, with quality exceptionally fine in all colors. 



Daisies^ Calendulas, Sweet Peas, Violets, Easter Lilies, 

 Rubrtim Lilies, Valley, Late Pompon Chrysanthemums 



and all other seasonable Cut Flowers. 



Ferns, Adiantum, Mexican Ivy, Plumosus, Sprengeri 



and all other greens. 



If yin want {ood stock and good treatment, buy of Chicago*! moit up-to-date and beit-located Wholeiale Cit Flower Honie 



J. a. BDDLONG CO. 



QUALITY 



SPE/VKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



WtMvia 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS 



Roses, Valley and Carnations our Specialties 



184-186 NoHh Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



WK ARE CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY 



SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION 

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all of the Hudson river doubles. A 

 few California violets find their way to 

 this market under these conditions. 



There is little change in the situation 

 regarding other flowers. Valley and cat- 

 tleyas stand as they were, prices stiffen- 

 ing if anything. There are increased 

 supplies of Paper Whites, with smaller 

 quantities of Soleil d'Or. 



Bronze galax again is equal to the 

 demand. 



Uncle Sam Looks Us Up. 



One day last week the market was 

 visited by a representative of the 

 United States government's investiga- 

 tion of the cost of living. Two of the 

 larger cut flower houses were inter- 

 rogated. The investigator wanted to 

 learn how the business is conducted and 

 how wholesale and retail prices compare 

 with costs of production. He was told 

 that wholesale prices now are, on the 

 whole, about the same as a year ago and 

 that cost of production has increased 

 sharply, with the result that the grow- 



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Wholesale 

 Cat Flowers 

 and Supplies 



30 E. Raadolph St. 



Chicago 



Phone Central 6284 



ers' margin of profit is less than at any 

 time since the war. Warning was given 

 against considering only the top price; 

 short roses are today selling below the 

 estimated average cost of production 



and there are seasons of the year dur- 

 ing which the average price of the 

 whole cut is below cost of production. 

 Eetail prices, it was explained, do not 

 depend entirely on the cost of the flow- 



