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The Florists' Review 



JnLT 10, 1918. 



LILIES 



EASTER- AURATUM - RUBRUM 



You will find Lilies among the most satisfactory flowers to use during the heated 

 term— you can depend on Randall's lilies. We have good stock in all varieties. Easter 

 Lilies are in specially large supply, grown to meet the summer demand. Special prices 

 on large orders. ' Can supply any quantity on a day's notice. 



Roses 



We can supply good Roses 

 in all the standard varieties, 

 and the quantity at our com- 

 mand is so large we are pre- 

 pared to take care of some 

 more buyers as well as our 

 regular customers. 



Shasta Daisies 



Order some of our Shasta Daisies — they 

 will make a hit with your trade and the 

 prices are so low you can use them in quantity. 



'^ Greens 



As usual, we are headquarters for every- 

 thing in Greens. Excellent quality and 

 practically unlimited supply. 



Gladioli 



You can begin using Gla- 

 dioli freely now. Our supply 

 already is large and will 

 increase rapidly. All three 

 popular colors — red, America 

 and pink — good stock. 



Iff you have not rocoivod our NEW SUPPLY CATALOGUE, 

 drop us a lino — It's the most complete In existence. 



A. L. Randall Co 



Everything for Floristt, „>k£-^i::^^^:Z^ 66 E. Randolph St., Chicago 



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is getting much better returns than this 

 variety brought last year, the heat hav- 

 ing cleared the market for him. Peonies 

 are gone, except for one lot. Shasta 

 daisies from Michigan are a glut. The 

 candidums from the same locality held 

 the stage for only a few days this year, 

 because of the high temperatuse. Eas- 

 ter lilies are overabundant; it is doubt- 

 ful if lilies ever have made as low aver- 

 ages on this market as was the case in 

 the last two weeks of June. A few 

 sweet peas still are seen, but the quality 

 is what one would expect after such 

 long continued hot weather. The de- 

 mand for valley has subsided to normal. 

 Cattleyas are not in large supply except 

 for one or two crops, but these are more 

 than suflBcient to take care of the pres- 

 ent demand. Greens are quiet. 



The June Business. 



The average wholesaler expresses 

 himself as well satisfied with the record 

 of June business; it does not compare 

 with last year so unfavorably as was 

 expected. Conditions were so bad dur- 

 ing the latter half of the month that 

 anyone who has taken in as much money 

 as last year feels that he has cause for 

 satisfaction; those who can show small 

 increases consider themselves extremely 

 fortunate. The first half of the month 

 was excellent, but the extreme heat in 

 the latter pait of the month not only 

 cut down tnef demand but ruined much 

 stock. There Tfft^' a Htce little spurt at 

 She opening of the last week of the 

 month, in spite of the heat, and on the 

 whole the showing is such as to give 

 confidence to the view that conditions 

 are all right in the Chicago market 



Everything in Seasonable 



CUT FLOWERS 



Quality the best procurable 

 CHICAGO CARNATION CO. 



A. T. PYFER, Manasar. 

 30 E. Randolph Street, 



TELEPHONE CENTRAL 3373 



CHICAGO 



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whenever the weather gives florists a 

 chance to do business. 



Various Notes. 



The Chicago Florists' Club will meet 

 tonight at Hotel La Salle, instead of 

 the Union restaurant. Committee reports 

 are the order of the evening, according 

 to the notices mailed to members, July 

 5, by Secretary Toepel. 



J. W. Boss, seedsman and florist at 

 Centralia, 111., was in town July 8 and 

 reports the best season's business in his 

 career. 



Otto W. Frese, of Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., is receiving felicitations on the ar- 

 rival of an 8-pound daughter at his 

 home July 6. 



A. L; Randall speirtr^nly 8 and -9 at 

 his place at Benton Harbor. He expects 

 to go over the lake at the ^d of ;tkis 

 week to remain until the fruit has been 

 harvested. 



Tim Matchen says Peter Reinberg has 



some of his carnation benches filled with 

 fresh soil and that planting will be 

 rushed as soon as there is a rain to put 

 the plants in the field in good condition. 



C. W. McKellar and wife motored to 

 Waukazoo Inn, near Holland, Mich., for 

 a triple holiday. 



One of the week's visitors is S. W. 

 Kanady, of the Denton Seed House, 

 Denton, Tex., who has just opened a cut 

 flower store under the name of the Den 

 ton Floral Co. 



There can be no doubt that it is mid- 

 summer, as July 3 C. H, Ketcham, oi 

 South Haven, Mich., began his annua' 

 shipments of gladioli to Kennicott Bros. 

 Co. 



August Jurgens returnfed July 3 from 

 a trip t(morthem "Michigan to inspect 

 the field of peonies planted last autumtt. 

 The field was disbudded this year, but a 

 small cut probably will be made next 

 sieason. '. 



John C. Moninger Co. is installing a 



