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The Florists' Review 



Dbcbmbbb 17. 1014. 



THE ALWAYS KELIABLE 



BEAUTIES 



Home-growu, nothing finer. Ennush 

 lo fill a 1 orders, large or small. While 

 we prefer large order.-, every small 

 order gets the same careful seleclion. 



ROSES 



Call on us for Killarn»y. White Kil- 

 larney, Bul^arie, Ward. We have 

 good stock and lots of it. 



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WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



30 East Rindolph St., CHICAGO 



Open to 6 p.m.; Sundays and Holidays to 12 M. 



CARNATIONS 



An extra large supp y. but no over- 

 forced or pickled slock -everything 

 up to "Z. & M." hinh standard. We 

 know this btock will please you. 



VIOLETS 



Finest in Chicago— growa by the best 

 Violet specialists. Doul>le or single— 

 they cannot be surpassed. 



30,000 FANCY RICHMONDS 



WITH ALL OTHER STOCK IN PROPORTION 



We have visited our growers this week and know we shall have S'^.OOO faocy Richmond Roses, stems 24-inch and up, 

 for the Christmas trade. A wonderful supply— splendid quality. We are not saying tliis to fill space, but becau&e we 



know what we are going to have. 



VERY FANCY NARCISSI, LILIES, STEVIA, VALLEY 



and in fact anything at all may be found at our store. We have been at special pains to see that all our supply is 

 fresh and perfect, and you will make no mistake in entrusting us with your Christmas order— we realize its importance. 



We wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 



.MfutiuD Tbt) K«Tlew wbeu jou write. 



garie and Sunburst, and these are short 

 of the demand, but there is an abund- 

 ance of everything else. It is worth 

 noting that Killarney Brilliant is giving 

 a better account of itself and is rising 

 in growers' estimation. Russell is be- 

 ing watched with interest, as some 

 growers are cutting few perfect flow- 

 ers. 



There is an abundance of carnations, 

 Paper Whites, violets, Easter lilies, val- 

 ley and stevia. Sweet peas continue 

 none too plentiful and none too good. 



The principal interest in the market 

 today is the prospect for Christmas. 

 Now and then one meets a grower who 

 says he .will be cutting little, but the 

 majority are in as good shape as ever 

 before and the prospect is that the mar- 

 ket will be well supplied next week 

 with stock of excellent Christmas qual- 

 ity. It appears that some of the local 

 Beauty growers are not in heavy crop 

 and that a big crop in the east has 

 encouraged" shippers there to arrange to 

 send their Beauties to Chicago in con- 

 siderable quantity next week. From 

 present appearances the supply of red 

 roses will exceed anything in the pre- 

 vious history of this market and prob- 

 ably all the buyers who are willing to 

 pay reasonable prices can be accommo- 

 dated this year. There is no chance of 

 there being enough of the novelty roses 

 to go around, but the prospect is for 

 adequate supplies of Killarney. The 

 carnation supply will be radically dif- 

 ferent from that of last Christmas. A 

 year ago there was a pronounced short- 

 age, but this year there will be a much 

 larger supply. The quality, too, is un- 

 usually good this season. There prob- 



VIOLETS 



For Christmas I offer fine, fresh, fragrant home-grown single Violets— none 



belter anywhere. 



NARCISSI 



White and pink— fine stock. 



CARNATIONS STEVIA 



Enough to go around. Use it in all boxes. 



H«adquart«rs for Fancy Pink Snapdragon. 

 GREENS OF ALL KINDS IN LARGE SUPPLY. 



0. A. TONNER, .. R..L*.pH ... CHICAGO, ILL 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



ably will be the usual shortage of red 

 and deep pink will not be plentiful, so 

 large a part of the plantings this sea- 

 son being either Enchantress or white 

 varieties. Buyers must be prepared for 

 a large percentage of light colors. 



The only shortage in sight at present 

 apparently will be of cattleyas; the cuts 

 have decreased at an alarming rate in 

 the last few days and the supply will 

 not be anywhere near so large as an- 

 ticipated. On the other hand, violets 

 are coming in stronger every day and 

 the quality also is getting better. 



At the moment, holly is worth what 

 one can get for it. The market seldom 

 has been so badly demoralized. Some 

 holly is not bringing the freight and 



still fetches all it is worth. Fortunately 

 red winter berries never were more ( 

 plentiful or finer. Good lycopodium has 

 cleaned up nicely. 



Club Affairs. 



The Florists' Club held its annua) 

 meeting at the Bismarck December 10. 

 The election of W. J. Keimel as presi- 

 dent, James Morton as vice-president^ 

 Paul Klingsporn as treasurer and C. L. 

 Washburn as a trustee was unanimous^ 

 the only contest being over the secre- 

 taryship. There were three nominees, 

 Michael Fink, Guy W, French and T. E. 

 Waters. Mr. Waters was not present, 

 but authorized a friend ^to withdraw 

 his name. The vote then taken stood 



