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^^ March 16, 1906. 



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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



947 



Thousand Lots 



We ace very well fixed to take care of the buyer 

 who wants large lots of stock* Roses and Carna- 

 tions of extra good Grade* Also planty Bulbous 

 stock of all kinds. Get our prices on quantities. 



GREEN GOODS FOR ALL REQUIREMENTS! 



E. C. SMLING, 



Tha £axveBtj Bast Bqnlppad and Most Oaatxally Ibooatvd 

 Wliolasal* Cut Flower Kona* In OUoaffo. 



Chicago, 111. 



32-34-36 Randolph St.. 



LVTT, Per doi. 



80-a6-lnoh Item $1.00 to $8.00 



at-lnch Item 4.00 



ao-lnob atem 9.00 



UV-lncli stem 2.00 



U-lncta Item 1.S0 



abort Item 76 to 1.00 



Per 100 



Brides tt-OOtQ 08.00 



Bridesmalda S.OOto 8.00 



Liberty 4.00to 12.00 



Golden Gate S.OOto 8.00 



Obatenay 4.00to 10.00 



OamationB l.Mto 2.00 



largre and fancy.... 8.00 



Vlolete 60to .76 



VaUey 2.00to 8.00 



Oallaa per doi.. $1.25 8.0O 



TuUps 2.00to 4.00 



Daflodfls 8.00 



Freealas s.OO 



Jonqolla s.oo 



Forget-me-not 1.50 



Saater LiUea doa., $1.60 



Sweet Peaa 76to 1.00 



MiKnonettea eoto .76 



Aaparagua, per atrlns, 26c to 6O0 



Aaparagna Sprengeri 2.00 to 6.00 



Fema per 1000, $8.00 .80 



Galax per 1000, $1.26 .16 



LeaootbOB .75 



Adlantom l.OOto 1.26 



Smllaz ... per doa., $1.60 to $2.00 10.00 



SallMt to «k«ag« vltfeMt Mtte«. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. - 



Conditions show little change in the 

 past week. What little several cloudy, 

 chilly, windy days have served to retard 

 production has been counterbalanced by 

 an equal reduction in street sales due to 

 the unpleasfHjt weather. Tuesday the 

 market was in bad shape because of an 

 all-day snow storm which kept the street 

 fltands closed. Lent has had no appre- 

 ciable effect on trade, either in the city 

 or out of town. 



Beauties are about at the lowest ebb 

 and prices stiff, with quality nothing to 

 brag of. A new crop will soon be com- 

 ing on. Bride, Maid, Chatenay and Lib- 

 erty are all of splendid quality, alttiough 

 with some growers Maid is beginning to 

 lose color. Supplies are very large but 

 all the stock finds an outlet, if not a 

 strong market. Of course prices are very 

 weak on the lower grades with so much 

 good stock selling cheaply. Liberty is 

 not so abundant as the other sorts. 



The receipts of carnations are very 

 heavy. The street salesmen and the 

 large orders which go to other cities for 

 cheap sales are the salvation of the mar- 

 ket; the removal of these quantities 

 serves to give a value to the select goods 

 and holds prices something like steady; 

 at least a bottom is established. The 

 surplus is almost always in pink and 

 Lawson has to be sold at about the price 

 of good Sport or Triumph to get a buy- 

 er. "White is equal to all requirements. 

 Red is the best seller. 



Bulbous stock of all kinds continues 

 abundant. There are plenty of fine tu- 

 lips of all colors. Daffodils and jonquils 

 are not so plentiful as they were, but 

 still there are some to spare. Callas con- 

 tinue in over-supply. Easter lilies are 

 jioiuso plentiful but-peor. For^ Easte*- 

 $12.50 per hundred is quoted. A few 

 freesias are seen. Valley is cheap but 

 good. 



Quantities of sweet peas are received, 

 New York violets never reached this mar- 

 ket in larger quantities and never made 

 lower prices. Good stock is sold in quan- 

 tity at $1.50 per thousand but ocoasion. 



ally a box of extra grade brings 75 cents 

 per hundred. Mignonette is plentiful. 

 Green goods are equal to all requirements 

 if wants are made known early enough 

 in the day. In fact every order, for 

 no matter what, is well filled if it gets 

 to market before the cleaning up process 

 is complete, for it is the rule of the 

 wholesalers to sell; these days there's 

 sure to be plenty more stock coming on 

 the next train. 



The Flofiata' Club. 



There was a well attended meeting 

 of the Florists' Club on March 9, the 

 special attraction being an exhibit of 

 pipes and tobacco. There was also an 

 exhibit of cinerarias by A. P. Frey, of 

 Lincoln park. These were hybrids of 

 Cineraria stellata and C. hybrida and 

 showed some very interesting variations. 

 They were awarded honorable mention. 

 The Chicago Carnation Co. sent a vase 

 of Cardinal and another of White Law- 

 son. These were magnificent. Cardinal 

 never looked so good as it does now and 

 the White Lawson was very fine. The 

 pleasure of the evening was enhanced by 

 the presence of a negro trio and Gus. 

 Balluflf contributed some of his popular 

 songs. Of course the Florists' Club 

 quartette was heard. A committee . was 

 appointed to consider a plan for life 

 membership proposed by E. F. Winter- 

 son. 



Geo. Asmus has assumed the burden of 

 management for the trade exhibition 

 which is to be a feature of the next club 

 meeting. The show will open at 2 p. m. 

 in room 300 in Handel Hall, 40 Ran- 

 dolph street, and will remain open until 

 after the club meeting, which will take 

 place at 8 p. m. No preihiums are to be 

 awarded, the idea being to make it strict- 

 ly a business proposition. The growers 

 are expected to show what they have to 

 offer for Easter ani every opportunity 

 will be afforded them for taking orders 

 from the retailers, all of whom are ex- 

 pected to visit the show. Dealers in 

 florists ' supplies are also invited to ex-i 

 hibit. • i 



The club has in mind another of it^ 

 popular suppers for an early Saturday, 

 • evening. • J , i . . ■. : 



Variooa Notes. 



E. C. Amling says that to satisfy him- 

 self as to the exact state of affairs he 

 went over his books and found, some- 

 what to his surprise, that where growers 

 had the same varieties of carnations both 

 seasons, the standard sorts have aver- 

 aged better prices from October 1 to 

 March 1 this season than they did last 

 year. Lawson, of course, is an excep- 

 tion; it has sold for less money. But 

 Guardian Angel, Higinbotham, Flora 

 Hill, etc., have brought more, and the 

 growers who had the same space in car- 

 nations both seasons have generally re- 

 ceived more money in the past five 

 months than in the same period a year 

 ago. 



Lubliner & Trinz have secured the va- 

 cant Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. store at 

 State and Wlashington streets for an in- 

 definite period and on Saturday opened a 

 flower stand there. They are doing a 

 big business. It is reported they are 

 paying $600 a month rent. These boys 

 are nothing if not enterprising. 



Tomorrow is St. Patrick's day and 

 many of the store windows show sham- 

 rocks. B. O'Neil, of Elgin, was in town 

 Monday offering the "real goods" 

 grown from seed brought from Ireland 

 ^on his return from his recent visit there. 



N. J. Rupp, president of the Moninger 

 Co., says that if trade holds out to the 

 end of the season at the pace at which it 

 has started, this will be the banner year 

 for greenhouse building. They have 

 booked good sized orders all the way 

 from Long Island to Colorado. 



N. J. Wietor, in speaking of the plant 

 business done by the large cut flower 

 growers, said that last fall his firm sold 

 chrysanthemum stock plants at 8 cents 

 each to the value of $980. Save for afl- 

 vejliaing-and-bexes^ that is-ltke-*^ getting" 

 money from home." 



The World 's Fair Flower Show Asso- 

 ciation affairs have at length been 

 wound up. Dividend checks to balance 

 the books will be maUed in a day or two. 

 There was twenty per cent profit. 



C. A. Samtielson says that up to the 

 first of Match trade was very gaod. Feb- 

 ruary being an eiceptiohaUy bnsy^ »v,nth. 



