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The Florists' Review 



Dbcdmber 16, 1920 



However, the market cleans up in fair 

 shape each day. There are not too many 

 good flowers of any kind except, per- 

 haps. Paper Whites. There are many 

 low-grade mums, which are not so easy 

 to sell at good prices as they were 

 earlier in the season, partly because the 

 shipping demand has disappeared. The 

 principal supply is of roses, carnations 

 not being abundant, and of miscella- 

 neous items there are only moderate 

 quantities. 



Christinas Prospects. 



This Chistmas is unlike any other 

 Christmas, in several respects. 



In the matter of supply, it appears 

 there will be more roses than anything 

 else, a larger supply of pink roses than 

 ever before and less of the other colors. 

 There will be few Beauties and not 

 many red; Columbia will be the pre- 

 dominant variety, with Premier a poor 

 second and Russell a bad third, in the 

 matter of quantity, not quality. Car- 

 nations will not be in large supply and 

 the average quality has been better, 

 particularly of reds. Corsage flowers 

 will be scarce, the dark weather hav- 

 ing caused a shower of sweet pea buds, 

 while violets are in much reduced sup- 

 ply this year. But there will be more 

 mums than at any previous Christmas, 

 large-flowered and pompons. 



What the demand will prove to be in 

 the aggregate, no one can foretell, but 

 it is apparent the city and the so-called 

 country buyers are taking opposite 

 courses. The out-of-town stores are 

 placing orders freely, numerous orders 

 and large orders, but tlie city stores are 

 holding off; they indicate a disposition 

 to speculate on the market of December 

 24. There are some remarkable reports 

 as to the volume of out-of-town orders. 

 Several houses already have booked 

 their full supply of many items. In a 

 general way, the out-of-town orders are 

 largely for roses; they call for roses at 

 from 25 cents to 35 cents, with a dis- 

 position plainly apparent to order 

 lightly or not at all on the grades priced 

 at 40 cents and up. As the proportion 

 of long roses in this year's supply is 

 greater than heretofore, it looks as 

 though the late buyers might find them- 

 selves compelled to take that grade or 

 go without. 



The necessarily liigli prices for cut 

 flowers and the scarcity of blooming 

 plants have resulted in a wonderful de- 

 mand for ruscus, boxwood, statice, 

 small baskets and all the means of fill- 

 ing them attractively. 



Randall's Annual Auction. 



It has become the custom of the A. L. 

 Randall Co., at the ajiproaeh of the holi- 

 days, to hold an aiiction of merchan- 

 dise in its supplies department. No- 

 tices liave been sent to all the nearby 

 iorists and good bargains have been 

 jbtainable, with the result that the 

 event this year, held December 10 and 

 11, held a crowd in the store for twelve 

 hours each day. A great variety of 

 merchandise was offered, baskets, rib- 

 bons, furniture, phonogra])hs, growers' 

 supplies and scores of other lines, and 

 there was spirited bidding at all times, 

 but it was noticeable that the luxury 

 lines, like phonograplis, fancy lamps and 

 porch furniture, aroused more interest 

 and brought relatively better prices 

 than the necessities, like garden hose 

 and store supplies. The department 

 heads, salesmen and oflBce assistants 

 acted as auctioneers, sometimes as many 



For Christmsis 



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, but we expect to have enough to fill all advance orders. 



Premier, Columbia and Russell Per 103 



Short $10.00 @ $1-J.00 



Medium 1.5.00 (c^ 20.00 



Long 25.00 @ 35.00 



Extra Long 40.00 @ liO.OO 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hearst, Maryland 



and White Killarney Per lOO 



Short $ 8.00 @ $10.00 



Medium 12.00 @ 15.00 



Long 20.(X) @ 25.00 



Milady, Hoosier Beauty and Montrose 



Limited Stock Per 100 



Short $10.00 @ $12.00 



Medium 15.00 @ 20.00 



Long 25."Ht @ ii5.00 



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 $Ui.U<) @ 12.00 



Sweet Peas, Violets, Calendula and Paper Whites 



Dwarf Baby and Bush Boxwood 



Fifty-pound crates $12.50 to $15.00 



1 *er pound 30 



Red Berries 



Choice, well berried stock, per case $4.ik^ to $5.00 



Asparagus and Sprengeri 



Per buucli 3oc to 50c 



Ferns 



Per thousand $4.<>) to $5.00 



Adiantum 



Per hundred $!.,).« to $2.00 



Galax 



Hronze and Green, per thousand $2.00 



Subject to uiaikel change, 



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



CHICAGO, ILL. 



