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The Florists' Review 



Januabx 14, 1915. 



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30 East Rudolph St., CHICAGO 



Open to 6 p.m.: Sundays ftqd Holidays to 12 M. 



[ THE ALWAY> Rg LIABLE WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



No matter what you want we have it— everything in 

 Cut Jflowers and Greens. 



BULGARIE ROSES 



OF SPECIAL 

 QUALITY 



None better to be had anywhere— no larger supply. 



Also BEAUTIES, SUNBURST, SHAIVYER, RICHMOND, WARD 



and all the KILIiARNEYS 



You can't find a better source of supply. Our stock is unsurpassed; we have 

 a complete liue and we stop at nothing to plea'ie a customer. Carnations, 

 Valley, Paper Whites, Romans, Jonquils, Lilies— everything— await- 

 ing your word to ship. . ' ; 



THE FINEST PURE WHITE FREESIA 



Before placing any regular orders for Sweet Peas this season, try ours— 

 see what we have to offer. .You will flud il to your advantage to give your 

 stauding order to us. 



WE ARE WHOLESALERS DOING A STRICTLY WHOLESALE BUSINESS 



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Meiittou Tht* Ktrrlew wlien you write. 



It tmUfm tliw, quality and sTirIc* <o ••tabllsh a good r»putatlon 



ROSES AND CARNATIONS 



THAT ARE THE BEST 



'^We start the new year with a heavy crop of Roses 

 and Carnations, in all the leading varieties. 



We make a specialty of growiin^ Roses and Carna- 

 tions to the highest standard of perfection. If 

 quality is taiten into consideratpn, onr prices are 

 the lowest. 

 All other stock'of good quality in ,large supply' 



CHICAGO CARNATION CO. 



Current Price List 



CARNATIONS Per 100 



Pancy.Select S 2.00 @ I 3.00 



1000 lots $15.00 ^ $20.00 



ROSES 



White Killarney 4.00 @ 6.00 



Killarney 4.00 @ 6.00 



Kicbmond 4.00 @ 6.00 



Sunburst 4 00 @ 8.00 



Killarney Brilliant 400 «« 8.00 



Extra lengtba of roses billt-d aecordinffly 



American Beauties per <ioz.. $2.00 @ $5.00 



MISCELLANEOUS Per 100 



Easter Lilieaii : i $12.00 @ $15.00 



Valley 4.00 



Violets 1.00 @ 1.60 



Paper Whites 3 00 



Sweet Peas 1.50 @ 2.00 



DECORATIVE 

 Asparagus Plunioeus....per sirmi?, $0.50 @ $0.75 

 Asparagus Plumosus.... per bunch, .35 @ .50 

 Asparagus Sprengeri.... per bunch, .25 @ .50 



Adiantum, fancy, long per 100, 1.00 



8milax per doz.. 2.00 



Penis per 1000, 2.60 



Boxwood large buncfaps. .25 



Galax per lOOO, 1.00 



Subject to Market Changes. 



L. D. Phone Central 3373 



A. T. PTFER. Maaas«r 30 Cast Randolph street, CHICAGO 



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Mention The RcTlew wben you writf. 



almost auy specific statement regarding 

 market conditions is open to individual 

 coDtradiction. 



On the whole, demand has improved. 

 Most of last week was dull, but the 

 present week opened with the best day 's 

 business of the year to date, and a day 

 that compares favorably with normal 

 standards. Taking the market as a 

 whole, the supply of stock is greater 

 than it usually is at this date and 

 prices still rule low, but the annual Jan- 

 uary change is beginning to be ap- 

 parent. Roses are shortening up, not 

 with all growers but with some, and 

 the prices of carnations are not so far 

 away from those of last year as they 

 were. One must not understand that 

 the price of carnations is rising sharply, 

 for such is not the case, but it will 

 be remembered that at this time last 

 year prices went down rapidly, so that 

 returns to growets should hereafter 

 make a somewliat better comparison 

 than has been the case so far this sea- 

 son. The diflSculty of the carnation 

 situation is that the regular store trade 

 that can use carnations at fair prices, 



does not anywhere near consume the 

 daily receipts. The overstock must be 

 jobbed off at low prices. The quality 

 of much of the stock is excellent, al- 

 though there are many splits. 



There is a noticeable shortening in 

 the supply of Killarney and there also 

 is a noticeable deterioration in quality, 

 particularly color, as a result of the 

 dark weather. Eed roses have been 

 overabundant, as the demand has fallen 

 off faster than the supply has de- 

 creased since Christmas. Mrs. Russell 

 has ceased to be in large supply. The 

 explanation offered is that the wood 

 is being used for propagating, but the 

 form and color of many of the flowers 

 seen lead to the suspicion that some 

 of the growers can not cut much that 

 is a source of pride. Ophelia is scarce, 

 also because the wood at the moment is 

 more valuable than the flowers. On 

 the other hand, the wood of Hadley is 

 not cherished; too many of the growths 

 have come blind. White roses are plen- 

 tiful, but the market takes readily all 

 the yellow roses that are offered. 



The principal change in the market 



situatiou is on cattleyas. The crops 

 that missed Christmas are now being 

 cut and the supply is far heavier than 

 is needed in the stores that order by 

 the dozen. The result is that the 

 stores that buy by the hundred are 

 picking up bargains — passing them on 

 to the public. Eastern violets are a 

 broad, deep river, which proverbially 

 flows slowly. 



Easter lilies continue abundant and 

 there are in certain quarters large 

 quantities of rubrums. It has been sur- 

 prising the way jonquils have been 

 taken; the supply increases slowly and 

 the stock is sold at sight. Not many 

 tulips arrive and most of them are 

 poor. Sweet peas continue to drop the 

 buds, but the supply nevertheless in- 

 creases and some excellent Spencer 

 sorts are seen. Stevia continues abun- 

 dant and Paper "Whites are everywhere. 

 Valley is cleaned up with difficulty. 

 Freesias are selling fairly well, but at 

 lower prices. Some good mignonette 

 sells, but the poor stock is not wanted; 

 it is the ^ame with snapdragon. 



