The Florists' Review 



OCTOBHE 16, 1913. 



MUMS! 



MUMS!! 



We are Ready to Supply Anything You Want. 



Ou» cuts are on and from now to the end of the eeason we shall have an enormous supply — all 

 varieties and all grades. This week we r>frer the extra fine fancy yellows, the largest and best Mums 

 thus far seen in this market ihis season, at 30 to 35 cents; a good medium to fancy grade at 15 to 20 cents; 

 smaller mums at 6 to 10 cents. Plenty of them. 



Try ORUNKRWALD. th« pink and whit* bunch mum. Veull Itli* It; 28 to th« bunchi $2.0O and %2JBO par bunch. Wa hava 



a larsa and flna aupply. 



Caftleyas, $5.00 and $6.0O per dozen; special fancy, $7.50 per dozen 



LILIES VALLEY 



We are western headquarters for Easter Lilies, handling 

 immense quantities. Can furnish thousand lots as easily as 

 dozens if given a few days' notice. Stock always good and 

 prices always right. 



We neyer are without fancy Valley and can furnish on 

 wire order. You should have a daily or eyery-other-day 

 shipment of this from us. but don't miss a sale because you 

 haven't got the stock. Take the order and wire us. 



Randall's supply of Roses always Is very large* 



but the cuts have increased rapidly in the last few days, and the crops now are much heavier than at any previous date this 

 season. You can get all the Boses you want— any length and any variety— for we have all the Novelties as well as the 

 standard sorts. Order Roses of Randall and you will win. 



Headquarters for American Beauties 



We have a large supply, all lengths, fine quality. Send us your orders and we 



will see that you get iuat what you want. 



CARNATIONS WILD SMILAX 



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We have large daily supplies and the stock is flrst- 

 olass. Good stems. We can supply whatever grade your 

 order calls for. All colors. 



We have daily receipts and can supply usual quanti- 

 ties without notice; any quantity on 3 days' notice. 



Fine new crop Boxwood ready, awaiting your order. 



IP YOU DO NOT HAVE OUR SUPPLY CATALOGUE AT HAND, SEND FOR A COPY. 



A. La Randall Co 



Everything for Florists, 



L D. PlNMC Ceitnri 7720 

 Privite ExdMBge ail bttutmuts 



66 E. Randolph St., ChicMo 



Mention The ReTlcw when yoa write. 



quickly (Tis|)Ose(l of and it is seldom 

 that theso aro to be found in the icebox 

 unsold. The buds are good ami the 

 tolor has not suffered any. 



The cloudy weather has cause. 1 some 

 trouble with Killariiey and with many 

 jfrowers the flowers cut lately have been 

 somewhat off color. There are jdenty 

 coming on the market in all lengths of 

 stem and prices have weakened. White 

 Killarney shows good quality and there 

 is enough of it to fill orders. Richmond 

 is fairly plentiful ami the new roses 

 are being cut in the longer lengths. 

 Yellows remain ]>opular and in Wards 

 and Sunbursts the market cleans up 

 readily. 



Carnations are being cut lieavily and 

 the stems of the majority are as long as 

 there is any need for. The flowers are 

 of good quality, although the heat last 

 week resulted in some comidaints of 

 soft stock. Valley continues to sell 

 well and prices hold steady for the 

 better grades. Lilies arc in fair supply. 

 Local singles and a few doubjes have 

 come to reinforce the Hudson river 

 violets. These were extremely poor 

 last weel^,^while the beat wave lasted, 

 but there "is improvement this week. 

 Cattleyas are more abundant and prices 

 have dropi^ed a notch. There is consid- 

 erable call for white orchids, On- 

 cidiums continue plentiful. 



Asparagus strings are about out of 

 the market and smilax continues scarce. 

 There is an abundance of all other 

 greens. 



Club Meeting. 



Walter S. McCiee gave an interesting 

 talk on fertilizers before the Chicago 

 Florists' Club at its meeting October 9, 

 at the LaSalle hotel. Unfortunately, the 

 attendance was not so large as the 

 merit of his paper would warrant. The 

 principal business was the report of the 

 committee on affiliation with the ("ook 

 County Florists' Association. The com- 

 mittee favoretl consolidation and the 

 elub, after some discussion, voted to 

 accept the report and continue the com- 

 mittee. 



\ committee was appointed with 

 power to act in the matter of a special 

 night during the autumn flower show, 

 when the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America will joi'" with the Horticul- 

 tural Society of Chicago in an exhibi- 

 tion at the Art Institute. 



Various Notes. 



W. H, Beebe, a^ent for the McCor- 

 mick estate, owners of the Atlas block, 

 in which there are sixteen wholesale 

 florists and a seed siore, has given his 

 tenants assurances that it will be a con- 

 siderable time before anything is done 



Hallowe'en 

 Ruscus 



Somethiufir new and di£fereut. 

 Decorate your window with the 

 R«al Pumpkin Y«llow. 



Selected srrade, 

 7.') ceuts per lb. 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



66 E. Randolph St.. CHICAGO 

 MwmoB Tfc. aT<<w wiw r— w ii n. 



toward replacing the Atlas block with a 

 skyscraper, but the florists nevertheless 

 are nervous, as the leases can be ter- 

 minated by the landlord at any time. 

 The McCormick estate trusteeship ex- 

 j>ires in a few years, and it has been 

 stated that nothing will be done with 

 the Atlas block site before that time. 

 There is the indubitable fact that down- 

 town Chicago is overbuilt and that al- 

 most all plans for new office structures 

 have beeu held up. Also, the McCor- 

 mick estnte, it has just developed, is 

 figuring on a new 16-story building to 

 house the lumber industrv and to be 



