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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBBB 19, 1014. 



Act Quickly or . 



You Will Miss It! 



Miss what? The 8:reatest sale of 

 the year in first-class 



^fe^Sr Florists' Supplies 



If you haven't received YOUR COPY of our "Forget-the-War" special offer of Florists' Supplies 

 and Christmas Specialties, send fur it today — it would pay you, even, to wire for it, because it quotts the 

 finest line and biggest bargains you ever f^aw — bfsidfs, the liet is the vaobt complete and attractively 

 printed ever issued in America. Sale positively ends Nov. 25 — so act quickly. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



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Everything for Florists, 



L. D. Phone Central 7720 



Private Exchanf^e all 



Departments 



66 E. Randolph Street, Chicago 



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L. D. Phone 

 Randolph 5449 



S^n^-Sif 176 N.Micl\^ejN Ave. ^-^ — Ch^cs^go 



Mums :: Violets :: Roses :: Carnations 



Everything^ Seasonable in Flow^ers and Greens. 

 WRITE, WIRE OR PHONE. 



Mention The Ri»rlpw whpn ynn write. 



for Beauties. No rose ever achieved 

 quicker popularity than has come to 

 Russell, and no rose ever held greater 

 menace for other varieties. Next sea- 

 son many growers will cut down on 

 Beauty to give extra space to Russell 

 and no doubt the price will fall, which 

 will increase the competition for the 

 other roses. Ophelia is acquitting itself 

 creditably; the propagators are getting 

 busy and it will be planted more exten- 

 sively next season. Killarney Brilliant 

 has hardly made good its early promise, 

 but some fine stock is seen. Hadley is 

 not yet a market factor. Milady and 

 Richmond are in better favor since 

 cooler weatlier came. There is plenty 

 of Killarney for the present demand, 

 but a change is expected with cooler 

 weather and the passing of mums. Sun- 

 burst is fine and sells well, as does 

 Ward. 



Mums appear to have passed the 

 height of their season and to be on 

 the down grade. There continue to be 

 large supplies of low grade mums, but 

 an improved market is noted for good 

 Chadwick, Eaton, Yellow Eaton and 



other first-class large late sorts. Pom- 

 pons and singles never were so abun- 

 dant as last week. Prices are low. 

 Expert growers have thus far averaged 

 only about three-fifths what the benches 

 brought them last year. The late 

 benches are expected to do better. 



Carnations have been and are too 

 plentiful for the demand; growers have 

 not, in most cases thus far this season, 

 averaged much over half what they did 

 last year. The colder weather is ex- 

 pected to help, if it lasts. 



Violets, double and single, are more 

 abundant and of better quality since 

 the weather turned cooler. Cattleyas 

 are equal to all demands. Valley, too, is 

 in adequate supply. Two local growers 

 are cutting gardenias, enough to take 

 care of all buyers who make their 

 wants known in advance. Lilies are 

 becoming more plentiful. Sweet peas, 

 too, are comiftfif stronger. Stevia ar- 

 rived last week. Bouvardia is seen in 

 several wholesale houses. Paper Whites 

 already have begun to stand around. 



All greens are abundant and of good 

 quality. 



Thanksgiving Prospects. 



There is every indication of an excel- 

 lent Thanksgiving business next week. 

 Shipping has been cut down by the 

 large supplies of mums through the 

 country, but these crops are passing 

 and the- result already is apparent in 

 the revival of the shipping trade. With 

 the mums cleaned up to an unusual 

 degree by Thanksgiving, the call on 

 Chicago should be stronger than ever 

 before. 



The trade through the country under- 

 stands that unusually good values were 

 to be had in Chicago this fall, and that 

 this, no doubt, still will be the case 

 next week, so that there is every indi- 

 cation of brisk business. 



French-Salm-Bussell. 



Announcement was made November 

 17 of the formation of a new partner- 

 ship, between Guy W. French, Richard 

 Salm and the Mrs. Russell rose. Messrs. 

 French and Salm have leased the es- 

 tablishment of the Yorkville & Union 

 Grove Greenhouse Co. and will start 



