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The Florists^ Review 



March 4, 1915. 



. RANDALL 



177-179 No. Michigan Ave, 



CUT FLOWER DEPARTMENT 



•PUSSY WIILOWS 



Very large, silvery white catkins—not the small wild stock usually leen on the market. 



Roses in larger supply and fine quality. 



Carnations— None better in Chicago. 



Lilies— LoDgiflorums, Formosums and 

 Rubrums. 



Violets— We are headquarters for both 

 siugle aud double. 



Cattleyas— The best, home-grown. They 

 reacti you iu perfect coudiliou. 



Jonquils, Daffodils, Tulips — Now coming 

 ill iu quautity. 



Valley, Mig'nonette, Freesia, Greens 

 of all kinds -iu fact, auy aad every- 

 thiug on the Chicago market, we caa 

 supply. 



Fancy Parleyense-SS.OOto $10.00 per ICO. 



Place your orders with us now for White Carnations for St. Patrick's Day, 



^ EASTER SUNDAY IS APRIL 4. We are already booking orders for 

 Longiflorum Gig^anteum Lilies, put up at the greenhouse in 'vrooden boxes, 

 100 in a box, no r^handling, at 810.00, $12.00 and 916.00 per 100, for Easter 

 delivery. THE BEST IN CHICAGO. 



DON'T FAIL TO SEND YOUR ORDER TO RANDALL 



Mention The Review when you write. 



erable increase in the supply and be- 

 cause of the competition of bulbous 

 stock. There also has been some de- 

 crease in the value of the sj)e<*ial lonjj 

 rose.**, but the decliue in the best stock 

 has not been so great as on the short 

 stems, which may be had at half the 

 prices of a month ajjo. Curiously, Rich- 

 mond is about as scarce as anythiiij^ on 

 the market. Usually there is little de- 

 mand for red at this time of year. 

 Yellow is more abundant than hereto- 

 fore, but Mrs. Ward is selling well for 

 corsage work. Pink and white are 

 equal to requirements. 



The supply of carnations appears to 

 have decreased rather than otherwise, 

 but prices are a shade easier, probably 

 because there is so much bulbous stock. 

 The city stores now are featuring hya- 

 cinths and tulips in pots and boxes, 

 which naturally subtracts something 

 from the demand for the cut flowers. 

 There is no scarcitj' of anything in 

 this line; it might almost be said there 

 is an oversupply of everything. 



Sweet peas are much more plentiful 

 than at any time heretofore this sea- 

 son, but they are selling well. The 

 Spencers are wanted; the growers who 

 are sending in the old grandiflora type 

 are meeting an unresponsive market. 

 There are all the violets that can be 

 sold, even at low prices. Valley is 

 equal to all requirements. Easter lilies 

 are abundant. 



The green goods situation is without 

 change, except that the price of ferns 

 is beiiig marked up as is usual March 1. 



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^ Budlong's 



E Bine Ribbon Valley 



M«Bttoa Tbe BcTlew wb«n 70a writ*. 



Amling's New Home. 



The E. C. Amling Co. announces that 

 it has made a lease for permanent 

 quarters in the Lemoyne block, corner 

 of Wabash avenue and Lake street. 

 The papers were signed March 2, but 

 no information is given out except that 

 the lease covers approximately 5,000 

 square feet of space, partly on the 

 street floor on Wabash avenue, south 

 of the main entrance to the building, 

 and partly in the basement beneath, 

 where an ice machine and cold storage 

 facilities will be installed. It is 

 planned to have the new equipment in 

 place by March 20, in order that the 

 Easter business may be handled in the 

 new quarters. 



The A. L. Randall Co., which last 

 week leased the second floor of the 

 same building, also is planning to get 

 into the new quarters March 20. A 

 contract was let March 1 for an icebox 

 approximately 24x28, to be built by 

 the United Cork Companies, to be 

 cooled by a Kroeschell ice machine. 

 The box will be of a type new to 

 the market. It will be made of cork 

 with a concrete veneer inside and out. 



BUY YOUR FLORISTS' SUPPUES FROM 



L. Baumann & Co. 



357-359 W. ChidgA Ave, CHiaGO. ILL 



We have the largest and most 

 complete stock. Sea Moss or Jap- 

 anese Air Plant; Natural pre- 

 pared Ferns, Cycas Leaves, Mac- 

 nolia Leaves, Cycas Wreaths. 

 Magnolia Wreaths, Moss 

 Wreaths, Metallic Designs and a 

 big line of Novelties. 



Mention Th* RtTl«w when roa writs. 



finished with white enamel. The in- 

 surance adjusters completed their work 

 on the Randall loss last week. They 

 adjusted on the basis of full payment 

 of the policies in the burned building 

 and allowed the insured all the salvage. 



Pyfer's New Firm. 



A. T. Pyfer & Co. March 1 took over 

 the city wholesale store of the Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co., which last week 

 was announced as retiring from busi- 

 ness, the greenhouses at Joliet having 

 been leased to the J. D. Thompson Car- 

 nation Co. Application has been made 

 to the secretary of state for permis- 

 sion to incorporate Pyfer & Co. The 

 plans have been so far matured that 

 it is known that H. E. Philpott will 

 be president of the corporation. A. T. 

 Pyfer will be treasurer and manager. 



