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The Florists' Review \ ^°" ^s ,wi4 



HERE ARE 

 THE FANCY 



You can get of Randall any quantity of fine Giganteum, 

 Rubrum an(} Auratam Lilies. These are the big, showy 

 flowers of the summer season— good value for the money. 



BEAUTIES 



Order of us and get the length you want 

 at the price you want to pay. 



ASTERS 



Can supply good stock in all the lead- 

 ing colors. 



ROSES 



All varieties are in large supply with us. 

 Good summer quality. 



VALLEY 



We never are without the best grade of 

 stock. Wire; we ship at once. 



GLADIOLI 



No trouble now to fill all orders for] 

 dioli of first-class quality, 



DAISIES 



You can get here the big, fancy I 

 Daisies in any quantity. 



Remember that Randall's Is headquarters for all Greens 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Every tliiiij for Florists, 



L B. ftmt CMral 7720 

 Privite bdMif c all Departaeals 



66 E. RaoMpk St., 



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sharp contraction in the receipts and 

 by Saturday night the accumulations 

 had pretty much cleaned up and prices 

 had shown a tendency to stiffen quite 

 shar|)ly. This week the supply is much 

 less than it has been and, although 

 quality seems to have gone down with 

 the supply, considerably better prices 

 are being realized. There continues to 

 be an abundance of roses and there 

 seems little likelihood of any scarcity 

 this summer. All the buyers are calling 

 for Bussell. If there were enough of 

 this variety to go around there would 

 be scarcely any sale for anything else. 

 Next to Bussell, Shawyer is in demand. 

 KiUamey Brilliant is coming stronger 

 and better every day. 



Carnations are in light supply and 

 little of the small quantity of stock 

 received is good enough to command 

 the attention of the buyers. On the 

 other hand, asters are coming much 

 more plentifully and some of the stock 

 is excellent. The growers are com- 

 plaining that between dry weather and 

 stem-rot this will turn out to be a poor 

 year for asters. Gladioli are abundant 

 and prices have dropped, although good 

 stock still is realizing fair money. Pink 

 Beauty seems to be the most plentiful 

 variety, although it may be that Aug- 

 usta and America sell moye quickly and 

 therefore are not so conspicuous on the 

 wholesalers' tables. Much of the stock 

 shows the effects of dry weather. Re- 

 cent hot days have finished sweet peas 

 with most growers. Easter lilies arc 

 abundant. Auratums are increasing as 

 the supply of rubrums goes down. A 

 Denver shipper supplied some of the 

 local wholesale houses with a fine lot 

 of gypsophila this week. 



The call for orchids is extremely 

 light. Some splendid stock is offered, 

 but the demand is not sufficient to 

 clean it up at anything like the price 

 such good flowers should command. 

 Valley sells steadily, but in nothing 

 like the quantity that was needed in 

 the spring months. 



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 Chicago 



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The Club Picnic. 



The Chicago Florists' Club never has 

 held a more successful outing than the 

 one of July 19, said to have been tne 

 twenty-ninth in the club's history. 

 The location was especially favorable, 

 St. Paul park, at Morton Grove, being 

 in the center of a district that is full 

 of greenhouse establishments. No tick- 

 ets were required, so that the attend- 

 ance is unknown, but it certainly was 

 large, being variously estimated all the 

 way from 500 to 700 or more. The 

 city wholesale and retail stores sup- 

 plied only a small part of the crowd, 

 most of those present being greenhouse 

 men and their families. These turned 

 out stronger than ever before. For 

 instance, the Peter Beinberg establish- 

 ment sent two motor trucks and two 

 touring cars, all loaded to capacity, 

 probably seventy-five people, men, 

 women and children, headed by Mr. 

 Beinberg himself and his lieutenants, 

 the Eeichling brothers. It was com- 

 mented that there was an unusual num- 

 ber of the veterans of the craft, men 

 who seldom are seen at club affairs, 

 like H. Bauske, Fred Stielow, Phil 

 feroadbeck, Sam Pearce, Anton Then, 

 August Jurgens and many others. 



^ Budlong's 



E Bhe Ribbon Valley 



The success of the affair was due in 

 large measure to the proximity of the 

 grounds to the establishment of P< i'W- 

 mann Bros. Co. President French md 

 the committee had all the Poehlm in" 

 resources at their command, emplo ing 

 trucks and men in the preparation oi 

 the grounds and in caring for the \ sit' 

 ors. When prizes for the sports ran 

 out the Poehlmann plant depart lent 

 even supplied the deficiency. Vv ing 

 the day the more serious-minded pic- 

 nickers took the opportunity to go 

 through the greenhouses. John P. ohl- 

 mann voiced the general verdict v hen 

 he said "the boys" appeared to ^^''"' 

 things even "a little better ''«" 

 usual," with the work farther aiong 

 than it ordinarily is in July. The e.irly- 

 planted carnations and the cattl^yfl* 

 attracted special attention. 



There was a band in the grove ana 



