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The Florists^ Review 



Dbckmbku 15, 1921 



l)iit tlitTC is a f^ood (leiiiaiul for ceitaiii 

 tirades of stock for ('liristiuas shippinff. 

 It seems to be widely recognized that 

 tliere will be an unusual demand this 

 season for roses of the medium and 

 shorter lengths and buyers who look 

 ahead are putting in their orders. There 

 is no present indication of an exception- 

 ally large suj)ply of roses for this Christ- 

 mas, It probably will be possible to get 

 all the roses anyone wants at prices from 

 30 cents up, but ]ower-i)riced lengths 

 seem likely to be short of the demand. 

 Red roses will be at a j)remiuin. There 

 is only one supj)ly of Beauties and $1.50 

 each is asked. The only thing that can 

 prevent a shortage of carnations is the 

 j)rice that is asked for them, which some 

 think will kill the demand. The whole- 

 salers are shy about taking orders for 

 sweet ])eas. Nor is there prospect of 

 the usual sujjplies of violets. There will 

 be the customary suj)]>lies of the mis- 

 cellaneous flowers. 



Red berries are among the scarce 

 items this year. Dealers who have han- 

 dled hundreds of cases in other seasons 

 have this year received only a dozen or 

 so to date. In spite of the reports that 

 holly has no berries this year, consider- 

 al)le good holly is seen.^ 



Christmas Plants. 



There is an unusually large su])ply of 

 ('hristmas plants this year, but most of 

 them are cyclamens; the others princi- 

 l)ally are ])oinsettias, solanums and be- 

 ^"v gonias. While the- suj)ply of cyclamens 

 ^ is large, the plants in most cases are 

 small; indeed, there are so many small 

 cyclamens and so few largo ones that 

 the prices of small stock are weak and 

 on large plants quite stiff. The abun- 

 dance of low-priced cyclamens interferes 

 to some extent with the sale of other 

 jilants. 



West Side Wants Show. 



liusiness men of the west side plan to 

 hold a business exliii)it ion like that of 

 the Tpf'own Chicago Exposition at the 

 Broadway armory the first week in No- 

 vember. .And since the flower show was 

 admittedly the biggest drawing card of 

 the north side affair, the west siders 

 liuvc wanted to learn how they could 

 stage a similar one. At a luncheon at 

 the Ifotel Seville December 9 re])fesenta- 

 tives of the west side business men's or- 

 ganizations met the leaders in the T'p- 

 town Chicago organization. Thri'e able 

 members of the trade tolil about how to 

 ]iut on ;t flower show; they were Herman 

 D. Schiller, Peter Pearson and (ieorge 

 Stollery. Some of the north side busi- 

 ness men said, "Don't let 'em steal our 

 flower show ideas." But these florists 

 were bigger than that. They told tin? 

 west siders how to improve on the north 

 side show. 



The west side business men's organi- 

 zations, such as the West Center Business 

 Men's Association, the Active Club and 

 the Kiwanis Club, will unite in forming 

 a body to J)ut on a big exhibition in the 

 armory at Madison and Rockwell streets 

 next March. The ]iresenee of several 

 live retailers in that section of the city 

 augurs another floral event. 



Various Notes. 



(.;. S. (Uaussen, representing Bonvallet 

 & Co., of Wichert, 111., has bought all the 

 (Continued on page 6.5.) 



EXTRA 



Well grown stock in all the best varieties. 



ROSES 



Premier, Columbia, Russell Per 



Shorts ..^.^ $l(i.(Kj 



Medium 15.00 



Long I'o.oo 



E.vtra long , 



Special long fancy >. .. 40.00 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hearst, Maryland and White Killarney 



Shorts $ 8.O0 



Medium VlXt) 



Long 18^ 



Extra Long 



Milady, Hoosier Beauty, Montrose and Crusader 



Limited Stock 



Shorts $!().( fO 



Medium ].■).( ki 



Long •_'.■).( K I 



CARNATIONS 



lOo 



$ll'.0(i 

 L'O.OO 

 .SO.(H) 



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60.00 

 $lll.(HI 



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20.(H) 

 l'.-).0<) 



$ll'.CU 

 2().0() 



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

 with plenty of RED for all orders. Per lui 



Fancy Assorted $12.00 $15.00 



SWEET PEAS, VIOLETS, CALENDULA, STEVIA 



and PAPER WHITES. 

 BOXWOOD, dwarf Baby and Bush 50-11). crates, $12.50 



RED BERRIES, choice, well berried stock case, $;j.00 



ASPARAGUS and SPRENGERI per bunch, .35 to 



ADIANTUM Per 100, 



FERNS Per lOOn, 



GALAX, Bronze and Green Per lOOd, 



HOLLY Per case, 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGES. 



4.m 



.5(1 

 1 .50 

 4.00 

 L'.(N) 

 8.(K) 



Our Motto: "Nothing too much trouble to please a customer." 

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