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The W<i^y Florists' Review. 



1005 



SNILAX 



Smilax is 2n big demand but we have plenty for 

 all orders, long heavy strings. Just give us time 

 to get the stock in from the greenhouse. Also 

 enough Asparagus for all. 



ALL CUT FLOWERS IN SEASON. 



E. C. 3MLING, 



The IiKtg9mt, Best Equipped and Most Oentrally Kooated 

 Wholasalo Oat FIowm: Kona* In OUoag'o. 



32-34-36 Randolph St., Phir^AfiA III 



L.n.Dlrt.^.T.leplK.i^.flUfjIlSJI'^*^*"'* ^"■^OyWf ■■■• 



AKBSXOAV BSAITTT, Perdoi. 



80-86-illCll Item $i.00to$6.00 



24-lncb Item 4-00 



20-lnob stem 8.00 



16-inoli Item 200 



12-liicli Btem I'M 



Sbortitem 76 to 1.00 



Per 100 



BrideB $8.00 to 18.00 



Bridennalda S.OOto 8.00 



Liberty 4.00to 12.00 



Golden Gate SOOto 8.00 



Obatenay 4.00 to 10.00 



Oamatlona l.Mto 200 



" large and fancy.... 8.00 



Vloleti 80to .76 



VaUey 2.00to 8.00 



Oallas per doc. $1.26 8.0O 



Tolipa 2.00to 4.00 



DaflodOa 8.00 



Freeilas 8.00 



Jonqnila 8.00 



Forget-me-not l.M 



Easter Llllea doc, $1.60 



Sweet Peas 76to 1.00 



Ulgnonettea 60to .76 



AaparaguB, per atring, 26c to 60o 



Aaparagoa Sprengeri 2.00 to 6.00 



Fema per 1000. $8.00 .80 



Galax per 1000. $1.26 .16 



LeacotboB .76 



Adiantom l.OOto 1.25 



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



▲sk for apeclal quotations on lOCO lota 

 Botes and Oamatlona. 



BBmcet (• etaace wttfemt ■•ilea. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



According ta the almanac spring ar- 

 rived at 12:47 p. m. on Tuesday, and 

 promptly with the advent of the vernal 

 season the market took a relapse. An 

 improvement had been apparent in the 

 later days of last week, Friday bringing 

 a great many orders for thousand lots 

 from those who can use considerable ma- 

 terial "at a price." The consequence 

 was that Saturday saw the market well 

 cleaned up and prices somewhat stiffer. 

 Monday brought continued activity. 

 There was no advance in quotations, but 

 the legitimate demand was more nearly 

 equal to supplies and sacrifice sales were 

 less necessary. But Tuesday saw a stag- 

 nant market and a pessimistic Ibt of 

 wholesalers, but the growers should not 

 blame them. 



The new crop of Beauties has not yet 

 begun to influence the market. Quota- 

 tions are, however, lower than recently, 

 with the quality of stock available show- 

 ing considerable improvement. There 

 continue to be large receipts of very 

 choice Brides and Maids, which clean 

 up, but at what are very reasonable rates 

 in comparison to the quality. The cool 

 weather had an influence in checking the 

 receipts of carnations for a day or two 

 but there have at all times been ample 

 supplies for all save those who wished to 

 buy at 10 cents per bunch. Eates be- 

 low $1 were accepted for large lots on 

 Tuesday. 



There continue to be very large re- 

 ceipts of New York violets. Home-grown 

 singles are approaching the end of their 

 season. ITie New York stock is still 

 very good in quality, but supply is so 

 much ahead of demand that average re- 

 turns are very low, as little as 20 cents 

 per hundred having been recently ac- 

 cepted for fresh stock. The receipts on 

 Tuesday are always very light. It is the 

 one day in the week when there is an 

 active call. Bulbous stock is very plenti- 

 ful, but good colored tulips are selling 

 well. The white stock goes slowly at 

 very low prices. Sweet peas are becom- 

 ing more abundant and are used in the 



better class of work. Callas are fine 

 but most Harrisii are not up to the 

 standard quality. 



There is an active demand for smilax, 

 because some of the growers have their 

 crops pretty well cut out for the pres- 

 ent, but all orders can be met if a little 

 time is given. Asparagus is more plen- 

 tiful but the bunches of sprays do not 

 long remain in stock. 



Tlie New Roses. 



Bassett & Washburn are making plans 

 to increase their planting of La Detroit 

 for next season. They have about 1,800 

 plants this year and Wienhoeber and 

 Samuelson take practically all the cut 

 and like it. A house of 3,500 plants will 

 be grown next year. They have about 

 9,500 plants of Richmond in 3-inch pots 

 making splendid growth. But they think 

 there is still a field for MacArthur, 

 which is a good shipper and keeper. 

 They will grow quite a little of it next 

 season. Both La Detroit and MacArthur 

 are grafted. 



Easter Plants. 



Frank Oechslin, who grows more Eas- 

 ter plants than anyone else in the west, 

 thinks bulbous stock will be pretty well 

 out of the way in another three weeks. 

 He has a big lot of other stuff which vnll 

 be right. Besides the place on West 

 Madison street, at Austin he has eight 

 houses from 10x100 to 20x100 and the 

 pressure for space to spread bedding 

 stock is so great that a new house 8x70 

 and two 29x105 are contracted to be 

 finished April 1. Lilies ought to be 

 right given 50 to 52 degrees for an- 

 other month. There are good batches of 

 Crimson Bambler, Baby Bambler and 

 Soupert roses. The latter may be a 

 little early but will be fine for baskets. 

 A big lot of azaleas, including many 

 large plants, will be right for Easter. 

 Mr. Oechslin says Van der Cruyssen is the 

 "best seller, and he has lots of it, but 

 Prof. Welters, pink edged white, is a 

 fine sort. Hydrangeas will be especially 

 good but too many of them are large; 

 Mr. Oechslin says the retailers will buy 

 a dozen at a dollar each where they buy 

 one at $2. He has quite a stock of 

 rhododendrons, primulas and Margue- 



rites. Metrosideros he says isn't good; 

 it drops the brush as soon as it gets a 

 little dry. Primula veris, pale yellow, 

 sent out by Dreer a couple of years ago 

 is a fine thing when well flowered. 



A Million Valley. 



H. N. Bruns forces about a million 

 valley pips each season. While valley 

 has been abundant and cheap for the 

 past two months, he says that is the 

 usual condition at this season and that 

 returns are better than a year ago. 

 There has been little waste in wholewil- 

 ing and he has flowered 100 per cent of 

 his pips, which isn't always possible. 

 Mr. Bruns has a trade in pips which ex- 

 tends from Pittsburg to San Francisco, 

 from Galveston to Winnipeg. And he 

 got it all by advertising, without a 

 traveler. 



Various Notes. 



L. Coatsworth, of the Benthey-Coats- 

 worth Co., is, so far as reported, Chi- 

 cago's only representative for the Bos- 

 ton rose show this week. He left on 

 Monday night, via New Castle. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. is receiving blooms 

 of White Argyle carnation from John 

 Didier. They report it a magnificent 

 keeper. 



One of E. C. Amling's growers has 

 mushrooms under some of his rose 

 benches, and as South Water street re- 

 turns have not been satisfactory, Mr.. 

 Amling has added mushrooms to his list 

 of specialties. 



There is report of another commission 

 house to start shortly. 



The prospects are for a very good 

 trade flower show at Handel Hall this 

 afternoon and evening. Especial stress 

 is laid on the point that while the Flo- 

 rists' Club is giving the show, everyone 

 in the trade is expected to visit it, 

 whether a member of the club or not. 



H. N. Bruns thinks that, with bulb 

 stock pretty well out of the way, nicely 

 flowered and decorated pans of valley 

 should be especially salable at Easter. 



C. Frauenfelder, on West Madison 

 street, says business has slacked only a 

 little since Lent began, not so much as 

 in other years. 



