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The Rorists^ Review 



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trade than Mrs. Beu. Sunshine, grown 

 by the disbudding method, has been 

 more abundant than in any previous 

 season and the principal handlers rarely 

 have been cleaned out during the last 

 fortnight. 



Sweet peas have felt the sunless days 

 and have lost color as well as dropped 

 buds. There are extremely few flowers 

 now on the market that are well adapted 

 to corsage use. There is a carefully 

 regulated supply of valley, but cattleyas 

 almost are what the high school kids 

 call non est comeatable. There are few 

 violets. 



The greens situation shows little 

 change. There is enough asparagus so 

 far this season. Boxwood is not in as 

 large supply as in other years. Good 

 holly is reported extremely scarce. Eed 

 berries are fine. 



Christmas Prostiects. 



Of course the size and, especially, the 

 quality of the Christmas supply de- 

 pends to a large extent on the weather 

 conditions during the next two weeks. 

 Given ordinarily favorable weather, this 

 market has the prospect of an unusually 

 large and fine supply of roses. Colum- 

 bia will be the leader, several of the 

 largest growers and numbers of smaller 

 ones reporting that their crops of it 

 seem perfectly timed. Premier will oc- 

 cupy second place, with good crops also 

 of the less largely planted sorts. The 

 comparatively small supply of Beauties 

 again vdll draw eastern Beauties here. 

 Russell will be less abundant than in 

 recent years and there will be compara- 

 tively few red roses, Richmond having 

 been dropped by nearly everyone, while 

 only a few have succeeded well enough 

 with Milady to have maintained their 

 plantings of it this year. 



Carnations will be in fair crop, but 

 the quantity of plants on the benches 

 is less than in any recent year. The 

 idea of price runs all the way from 8 

 cents for ordinary white to 18 cents for 

 Ward and red, but few wholesalers will 

 take orders for other than assorted 

 colors. There will be few sweet peas 

 and fewer violets; probably there will 

 be a smaller supply of violets than for 

 many years. There will be poinsettias 

 as usual, more pompon mums than ever 

 and about the usual Christmas supplies 

 of valley, lilies, Paper Whites, etc. Cat- 

 tleyas will be extremely scarce. 



As for the demand, there is general 

 belief that it will break all records. 

 Christmas pot plants are decidedly lim- 

 ited locally in quantity and variety and 

 this is thought to be the condition 

 throughout the country. It is sure to 

 increase the calls for cut flowers. Then, 

 too, shipping demand is showing another 

 increase this year in spite of various 

 unfavorable conditions, and the early 

 orders for Christmas are more numerous 

 than ever. 



As an- indication of the trend of the 

 demand, one of the leading houses 

 states that the average price on the 

 first 10,000 roses booked for Christmas 

 (lolivery figured out at 32 cents. 



Mr. Schupp, Jr., Advances. 



Roswell Schupp has been appointed 

 manager of the business of the J. A. 

 Budlonp Co.. taking the burden of rout- 

 ine duties off the shoulders of his 

 father, Philip C. Schupp, who, with Mrs. 

 Schupp, has gone to Florida for a vaca- 

 tion. Young Mr. Schupp, for he is only 

 25 years of age, has been associated with 

 his father in the business for nine vears 



For Christmas 



We are offering a choice lot of stock and ask that orders be placed as 

 early as possible. From present indications there will be a shortage of 

 flowers in all lines, especially roses; but we expect to have enough to fill 

 all advance orders.] 



Premier, Columbia and Russell Per loo 



Short $10.00 @ $12.00 



Medium 15.00 @ 20.00 



Long 25.00 @ 35.00 



Extra Long 40.00 @ (50.00 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hearst, Maryland 



and White Killarney Per loo 



Short $ 8.00 @ $10.00 



Medium 12.00 @ 15.00 



Long 20.00 @ 25.00 



Milady, Hoosier Beauty and Montrose 



Limited Stock Per 100 



Short nO.OO @ $12.00 



Medium 15.00 @ 20.00 



Long 25.00 Q 25.00 



Carnations 



We will have our usual supply of high-grade, fancy stock, with plenty of 

 RED for all orders. Per 100 



Choice, fancy, assorted $15.00 



Choice, assorted $ 10.00® 12.00 



Sweet Peas, Violets, Calendula and Paper Whites 



Dwarf Baby and Bush Boxwood 



Fifty-pound crates $1 2.50 



Red Berries 



Choice, well berried'stock, per case $4.00 to $5.00 



Asparagus and Sprengeri 



I'er buncli H5c to 50c 



Ferns 



Per thousand $4.00 to $5.00 



Adiantum 



Per hundred $i .dO to $2.00 



Galax 



Uronze and (ireen. iht thousand $ .'.(Ki 



Sjbjrcl 10 niaiket chanue. 



AX ^feir g Compa ny 



164 North Wabash Avenue l. D. Phones, Central 3373, 3374 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



