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The Florists^ Review 



Septembku 11, 1913. 



A BIG CUT OF FINE 



BEAUTIES 



Buyers who go the rounds of the market each day tell us we have the finest 



Beauties in town. Try a shipment and see for yourself. 



Can supply any length you want. 



ALSO A BIG CUT OF ROSES 



Killarney« While Killarney, Sunburst, Ward, etc. Good short Rosea, $20.00 per 1000 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz. 



48-iDcb stem $3 00 



36-inch stem 2 50 



30-iDcb stem 2 00 



24-iDcb stem 1 60 



20-mcb stem 1.25 



18-incb stem 1.00 



12-iDcb stem per 100, 6. 00 



Sbortstem " 4.00 



Sunburst 



Klllarney 1 Per 100 



White Klllarney.... [ Select 16.00 @ $8.00 



Maryland \ Medium 4.00 @ 5.00 



Melody [ Short 3.00 



Richmond 



Mrs. Ward 



ROSES, our selection, $3.00 per lOO, good stock. 



Asparagus sprays, per bunch, 50c @ 75c 

 Asparagus Sprengeri, bunch 50c @ 75c 



Smiiax per doz., $2 00 



Ferns per 1000, 2.00 



Asters per 100, $1 00 @ $ 2.00 



Carnations " 1.00 @ 1 50 



Easter Lilies " 12.50 



VaUey " 3.00 @ 4.00 



Adiautum " 1.00 



Subject to chansre wltbout notice. 



Order from us and gfet the freshest stock and of best keepin^^ quality and have the assurance 

 of supplies such as can only come from 2,0U0,000 FEET OF MODERN GLASS. 



PETER REINBERG 



WHOLESALE GROWER OF CUT FLOWERS 



30 E. Randolph St. '^ VJ'»r^ CHICAGO, ILL. 



.\l:Mitli.ii '111.- Kevtew wlifii you write. 



small quantities in many of the whole- 

 sale houses, but as a rule the quality is 

 nothing to brag about. A few fine ones 

 have been cut, but the general run so 

 far has been of the usual pre-season 

 kind. The season, however, is ad- 

 vancing rapidly and almost every local 

 wholesaler is preparing for the first big 

 shipments within the next week or ten 

 days. Those that are arriving now are 

 sold if they show any quality at all. 

 Of course the varieties are limited to 

 two, Golden Glow and Smith's Ad- 

 vance. The latter is not nearly so 

 plentiful as is the yellow sort. 



Short roses now are the wholesalers' 

 greatest problem. Of Klllarney the 

 crops appear to be holding up well and 

 there have been more than eno"gh to 

 go around. The quality is improving 

 every dav, as more growers get through 

 the first crops and into the second and 

 larger one. During the hot weather 

 last week many of the roses were open 

 or soft, but the cooler weather Septem- 

 ber 7 correctetl this fault. White Kll- 

 larney is not in oversnpply and still 

 command** a better price fhan pink 

 roses. Maryland is not being cut in 



such large numbers as before and Sun- 

 burst has not yet come back into heavy 

 crop. The yellows are not being cut 

 freely in any variety and only scat- 

 tering cuts of Aaron Ward and Melody 

 can be found. Mrs. Taft is less plenti- 

 ful. Mrs. Russell, Milady and Mrs. 

 Shawyer have not been cut in any great 

 numbers, but they sell better than the 

 older and more plentiful varieties. The 

 trade likes Mrs. Russell especially well. 



Carnations have improved and show 

 longer stems than those that have been 

 coming into the market for the last 

 three weeks or more. They suffered 

 somewhat from the heat last week, but 

 in some quarters there are those that 

 measure up to what might be termed 

 good stock. The supply is several times 

 as large as a week ago. 



Easter lilies are not overplentiful, 

 but the demand is light and prices have 

 not advanced. Valley probably will 

 have a run within a short time, when 

 the fall weddings are in order, but at 

 this writing there is no oversupply or 

 unusual call. C'attleyas continue scarce. 

 Greens, with the possible exception of 

 smiiax, can be had in quantity. 



Those who order in this market ap- 

 pear to lose sight of the fact that 

 everything takes time. It takes time 

 to pick out the stock, to check and bill 

 it, to pack it and, above all, to get it 

 to the depot. When a buyer really 

 needs his stock on a certain train he 

 should get his order on the wire or into 

 the mail in season to give the shipper 

 something better than a mere chance 

 of catching the train by hard work. 



Club Meeting. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held its 

 monthly meeting at the La Salle hotel 

 September 4. Secretary E. C. Toepel, 

 who is leaving for the west, tendered 

 his resignation, which was accei>te* 

 with regret, and J. B. Foley, son of last 

 year's president, was elected to fill the 

 unexpired term. James Morton was 

 elected to membership. Florian D. Wal- 

 lace, whose specialty is wind insurance, 

 was present and gave an interesting 

 talk on safeguarding the greenhouse 

 trade from the losses occasioned by big 

 storms. 



The club voted to have a ladles' 

 night in November. 



