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Jamuabt 5, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



365 



WHEN YOU WANT ''GREEN GOODS'' 



Don^t Forget Us 



We are to be relied on to furnish finest stringfs of Asparagfus 

 and Smiiaz on shortest notice at any time* Just cive us your 

 orders and time to cut the stock. It will be there promptly* 



All Cut Flowers in season In large supply 

 and best shipping quality. 



FANCY VaLLEY ALWaYS ON HAND; WIRE, 



E. C. SMLING, 



The Ittafmt, Beat Equipped and Most Centrally Xiooated , 

 Wholesale Cnt riowerlHonee in Chloa^o. 



32-34-36 Randolpii St., f^hir^AflA III 



L.e.lM.UeceT.l.pfc.i^.lJgf^SJiJgC.**'-'- ^■■■^agU^ 111* 



AMBMXOA3K BBAVTT. Per doi. 



aa-86-lncb stem 15.00 to $6.00 



24-lacta Item 4.00 



20-incb Btem 8.00 



15-lncb Btem 2.00 



12-liicta atem 1.60 



Sbortatem 76to 1.00 



Per 100 



Brides $4.06 to $12.00 



Bridesmaids 4 00to 12.00 



Meteor 4.00to 12.00 



Golden Gate 400to 12.00 



Obatenay O.OOto 15.00 



Oamatloiis 2.00to 8.00 



large and fancy.... 4.00 to 6.00 



Violets l.OOto 1.60 



Valley 200to 4.00 



Oallas per doz., $1.60 



Paper Wbltes, Romans 8.00 



Stevla 1.60to 2.00 



Tulips S.OOto 4.00 



Jonquils 4 00 



Sweet Peas 1.60 



Asparagus, per string, 86 to 60o. 



Asparagus Sprengeri S.OOto 6.00 



Ferns per 1000, $2.00 .26 



Galax per 1000, $1.26 .16 



LeucotbcB .75 



Adiantum 1.00 



Srailaz per doe., $1.60 10.00 



Wild Smilax, 261b. cases... 8.00 



851b. cases... 4.00 



601b. cases... 6.00 



iBlJect to ehaate wlthovt aottee. 



Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market 



Business continued fairly strong be- 

 tween Christmas and New Year's, ship- 

 ping trade being particularly active, 

 but by Friday receipts had so increased 

 that prices began to weaken. As a mat- 

 ter of fact long Beauties had been stead- 

 ily retreating ever since Christmas and 

 their capitulation was no surprise. Me- 

 dium lengths do considerably better, 

 comparatively, than the long stock. Qual- 

 ity is good. Other roses have held up 

 better than Beauties but Chatenay is 

 weak. Brides are doing better than 

 Maids because of the call for funeral 

 work and for the same reason Liberty is 

 less aggressive. 



Carnations went out of the old year 

 with prices on the toboggan. The break 

 of Friday was accentuated Saturday and 

 this week the wholesale houses are over- 

 stocked, with the buyer making the prices 

 on the lower grades. The good shipping 

 demand still makes a fair market for 

 the select stock. 



Receipts of New York violets are not 

 large but prices are low, from 50 cents 

 to $1.50 according to the original char- 

 acter of the goods and the length of 

 time they are finding a buyer. Singles 

 sell at a fair price but Campbell is pret- 

 ty poor property. Valley is plentiful and 

 the last few days there have been many 

 calla and Harrisii lilies about. There 

 are buckets full of Paper Whites and 

 Romans, a few tulips and daffodils, also 

 some sweet peas, considerable mignonette 

 and a great deal of stevia. Jurgens still 

 has poinsettias. "Green goods" are equal 

 to all requirements. 



Hardy Ferns. 



~ The liardy cut tern question has af- 

 forded the wholesalers considerable trou- 

 ble the past few years as it seems that 

 the supply in Massachusetts is inade- 

 quate to give the country all the ferns 

 needed at a reasonable price and of fair 

 quality. It has become so that the jobbers 

 there apparently feel tiiat they are doing 

 the big buyers a favor by filling their 

 orders. This has resulted in the use of 



more or less Michigan ferns and the de- 

 velopment of a regular source of supply 

 there. This week parties have been in 

 town offering contracts for million lots 

 of 1905 crop for delivery as wanted up 

 to May 1, 1906. Attractive prices are 

 quoted and the wholesalers are all in- 

 terested, as a satisfactory supply and 

 near at hand would be greatly appreci- 

 ated. 



A Gmundrum. 



There is a story told, but not authen- 

 ticated, for it would appear superfluous, 

 of a dining-table center-piece made by a 

 local florist who shall be nameless save 

 that he was christened by fond parents 

 for the biblical gentleman of the coat 

 of many colors. It was a basket filled 

 with moss, the flowers wired on picks. 

 No corsage bouquets were provided and, 

 on leaving the table, where the center- 

 piece was much admired, one of the 

 guests asked if she might have a flower, 

 and took a rose. It came away none too 

 easily, bringing with it a tuft of moss 

 and skewered on the pick a card, and 

 on the card a name and these words of 

 great significance: "With deepest sym- 

 pathy." Now, the question is, where 

 did the florist get that moss? 



Various Notes. 



The Flower Growers' Co. held its an- 

 nual meeting Tuesday afternoon, re-elect- 

 ing directors as follows: Emil Buettner, 

 F. R. Hills, John Sinner, A. Henderson. 

 W. L. Tonner. The directors elected of- 

 ficers as follows: President, Emil Buett- 

 ner ; vice-president, W. L. Tonner ; treas- 

 urer. F. R. Hills; recording secretary. 

 A. Henderson; financial secretary and 

 manager, Percy Jones. The officers were 

 congratulated on the_ showing- 4nftde the 

 "pasfyear. Ifeustel Bros., of Galewood. 

 are new stand holders. 



When one enters the J. A. Budlong 

 greenhouses, the first thing that strikes 

 him, aside from the good condition in 

 which the stock is always found, is tho 

 fact that the purlin supports are all set 

 at an angle to the benches, so that they 

 form almost a right angle with the glass. 

 This is a departure from the practice 

 in other big places north of town. 



E. G. Hill came up irom Kicnmond 

 Wednesday with a magnificent bunch of 

 his new red rose, which he installed at 

 Benthey's and sent out an invitation ta 

 growers to come and see it. Many had 

 already bought and others did so when 

 they saw this vase. Richmond will be- 

 largely grown in thig vicinity next year 

 and lAT. Hill says it looks as if he would 

 have no trouble at all in selling all the 

 stock he can root. 



The A. L. Randall Co. reports that its 

 December business exceeded by $400 the 

 largest previous month in its career. 

 Heretofore Easter has been each year's 

 largest month. 



Harry Rowe has received word that 

 two orders of a dozen each of long Bean- 

 ties shipped to San Francisco as Christ- 

 mas gifts arrived in good shape. 



L. Coatsworth made a trip to New- 

 Castle last Aveek and thence to Rich- 

 mond in search of coal, five of his cars 

 having failed to arrive. While at Rich- 

 mond he inspected Hill's new rose, of 

 which he expects to plant a house. 



Nic Miller, well known as a grower 

 north of town, rented his greenhouses 

 last fall and is now with John Evans, 

 of the Quaker City Machine Co., at Rich- 

 mond, Ind. 



E. E. Pieser has been ill for several 

 days with tonsil itis. 



Flint Kennicott was in a wreck on the 

 Illinois Central suburban line Tuesday 

 morning and got a first-class shaking up. 



F. Thom, 1259 Milwaukee avenue, died 

 December 31 after a somewhat prolonged 

 illness. He leaves a widow and chil- 

 dren. 



E. C. Amling is very proud of one of 

 his Christmas gifts, a gold locket with 

 a diamond, given him by hia employees. 



Fred" Sperry, of Vaughan & Sperry, 

 has been laid up with the grippe for the 

 past few days. 



J. A. Mendel, who has two stores on 

 the west side, one at 422 West Eigh- 

 teenth street and one at 1534 West 

 Twenty-second, reports business good in 

 the localities he serves. 



C. L. Washburn says that they are 

 having trouble because the express mes- 

 sengers insist on putting the boxes of 

 cut flowers next the steam pipes on long 



