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The Florists' Review 



June 7, 1917. 



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! Fancy Butterfly Peas | 



S Your stock will not be complete unless it contains our fancy Butterfly Peas* S 



E Finest quality Peas obtainable. We have a tremendously large supply and can S 



s furnish you any quantity desired. Prices right. E 



PEONIES 



Large supply of fine Peonies in all colors. 

 Good lasting qualities. Will not shake. 



VALLEY 



Valley is a scarce item, but we can fill your 

 needs. The quality is excellent. 



We also have a large supply of Roses, Carnations, Snapdragons, Lilacs, and all 

 other seasonable flowers. Try us for Greens. 



A. L. RANDALL COMPANY 



^ll^^'i^m. Wholesale Cut Flowers 



Wabash Ave. at Lake St., 



Phone 

 Central 7720 



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Mention Tlip Keview when yon write. 



day demand in the market was the 

 shortage of peonies. The backward sea- 

 son was the reason for the small quan- 

 tity in storage, for the light receipts of 

 freshly cut peonies from growers nearer 

 liome and for an increased demand from 

 the trade in parts of the country where 

 the peony usually is in bloom May 30. 

 Not only did peonies clean up at tlie 

 best average prices seen in many years, 

 but it was impossible to fill all orders. 

 Of course all other stock was benefited 

 by the shortage of peonies. There were 

 adequate supplies of carnations and 

 roses, but these sold well at excellent 

 prices until the shipping orders were 

 out, May 29. Late arrivals that day had 

 to be held over to May 30, and the 

 heavy receipts of stock that morning 

 proved to be much more than the busi- 

 ness of the day required, although 

 bright weather probably would have 

 cleared everything. As it was, peonies 

 were the only flowers that cleared; 

 there were large quantities of carna- 

 tions and roses in the iceboxes when the 

 wholesale houses closed at noon. 



Since the holiday there has been no 

 recovery from tlie slump. Stock, with 

 certain exceptions, is plentiful, and the 

 quality on the whole none too good. 

 City trade has fallen off, and shipping 

 business is not large enough to make 

 mucli of an imj)ression on tlie large 

 :,'uantities of flowers on the market. 



There are not many American 

 Beauties, but other varieties of roses 

 are in jdentiful supply, although for 

 the most part they are small and soft. 

 Carnations also are in large supply, but 

 are difficult to move at even the low 

 price wholesalers are willing to accept. 

 The quality, as in the case of roses, 

 leaves room for improvement. 



Valley, eitlier indoor or outdoor, is a 

 scarce item and difficult to obtain. 

 Lilies and callas are in small supply, 

 but no great call for them exists. 

 Orchids also are exceedingly scarce and 

 are at times almost impossible to buy. 

 Sweet peas, on the other hand, arrive in 



"IF IT'S 



IN 

 CHICAGO 



YOU 

 GET IT" 



Place Yourself 



in our position in filling cut flower 

 orders— that is only a part of our 

 F. T. D. Service. 



Just as safe buying from us— 

 through the mail or by wire— not 

 necessary for you to be in Chicago. 

 We are here for that purpose. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WholesAle Dealers in Cnt Floners and Plants 



" F. T. D. Service in a Wholesale Way 

 protects the Retail Florist." 



It's cheaper 



to buy cut 



flowers in 



the world's 



greatest cut 

 flower mar- 

 ket than it 



is for you to 

 grow them. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



large quantities, but find only a small 

 market. Calendulas have been moving 

 fairly well. Mignonette drags heavily. 

 There is a good supply of gladioli on 

 the market, but they move slowly. 

 Spanish iris also drags. Good quality 

 white peonies are scarce and a fair call 

 for them exists. Other peonies are in 

 large supply and move slowly. Quite a 

 quantity of double poeticus is arriving 

 from the south, but it finds sale only 

 at low prices. Lilacs and snapdragons 

 both sell poorly. 



Flat ferns are getting scarcer every 

 day and those available require much 



picking over. Prices are advancing. 



The plantsmen who gather about the 

 entrances to the cemeteries were astir 

 betimes May 30 and made a brave 

 show, but most of them had to cart a 

 good bit of stock home again at night, 

 much bedraggled, as the rain interfered 

 sadly. 



The Weather in May. 



The trade saw many effects of the 

 unusual weather in May. As a whole 

 the month was unseasonably cool; the 

 mean temperature of 52.6 degrees was 

 lower than any May since 1907, but 



