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The Florists^ Review 



Mav 17, 1U17. 



ROOTED 



CHRYSANTHENDN 

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MEMORIAL DAY 



and we suggest that you write to us at once. We always have 

 plenty of good stock to offer you, and we can assure you your 

 inquiries will have our best attention, 



BEAUTIES - ROSES - CARNATIONS 

 PEONIES - IRIS in all colors 



These items will be our leaders, but we are also prepared to furnish you 



everything in season. 



SNAPDRAGON - CORNFLOWERS 

 GLADIOLI - DAISIES 

 EASTER LILIES 



STOCKS 



You can buy this kind of stock at very reasonable prices, and you can use 



it to good advantage. 



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tory of the firm is what Miss O. A. Ten- 

 ner, of O. A. & L. A. Tenner, says ef 

 last week. 



H. E. Ilumiston, of tlie Chicago Feed 

 & Fertilizer Co., has started on an east- 

 ern trip which will include calls on 

 {rrowers around Philadelphia, New York 

 and Boston. 



Joe Marks, of A. Henderson & Co., 

 is in the city. 



Nobody in Chicago noticed a particu- 

 lar superabundance of carnations for 

 Mothers' day, but the Nelson-Madden- 

 Rae Co., of Ottumwa, la., advertiseii 

 carnations for May 11 and 12 at 2') 

 cents per dozen. 



Visitors. 



Cliarles (irahani, of Cleveland, was 

 among last week's visitors, in quest of 

 blethers' day ilowers and looking over 

 Ihe stock that comes into the market. 



Alois Frey, of Crown Point, Ind., was 

 in the city May 11. He and Mrs. Frey 

 contemplate a trip to California in con- 

 nection with a suit tliey liave started to 

 enjoin the sale of a quantity of Rain- 

 bow freesia bulbs until the grower of 

 tht>m satisfies the court lie is within his 

 rights. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The most important event in the cut 

 llower market for the week ending May 

 It) was Mothers' dny. There was a good 

 <lcniand for white carnations, which de- 

 mand affected colored carnations, white 

 roses and, to some extent, other roses. 

 The supply of white carnations was far 

 short of the demand and far short of 

 the usual supply. This was due to the 

 cool, dark weather that continued right 

 up to .Mothers' day, keeping the market 

 clear of any sur])lus of flowers. Under 

 these conditions, speculation was rife. 

 New York has been the favorite hunt- 

 ing ground for white carnations for 

 Mothers' day, because they had good 

 carnations over there and did not know 

 about tlie holiday. This has passed; the 



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 Memorial Day 



Cool weather and careful culture enable us to 

 offer fine flowers that will please your customers. 



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New Yorker has learned. Even if New 

 York does not observe Mothers' day, the 

 wholesalers over there are on the look- 

 out for those who do. They push up the 

 price until it equals our own, and tack 

 on conditions unlieard-of here; such as, 

 if you want 1,000 white, you must take 

 1,000 pink, and be glad to get them. 



The prices on white carnations 

 ranged from $8 to $10 per hundred, with 

 the good colored ones $5 to $6; but there 

 were whites that went far and away 

 over these figures. Such is the result 

 of centralizing on one flower. 



The rest of the market was in fair 

 shape. Koses averaged pretty well for 

 the week. While the other Ilowers did 



not do so well, they wore considered 

 satisfactory by those best able to judge. 

 The weather has turned warmer since 

 Mothers' day. Prices have, of course, 

 receded on carnations. The indications 

 point to the center of activity shifting 

 from cut Ilowers to spring plants dur- 

 ing the coming week. 



Those King Hustlers. 



It is refreshing in these high-price 

 times to find that there are men who can 

 scatter greenhouses all over this broad 

 land just as freely as in times past. To 

 William J, Muth and T. J. Nolan credit 

 certainly is due for the following ex- 

 cellent building list, which, it will be 



