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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 4, 1905. 



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I JONQUILS, EMPERORS. Extra large and finr, $3.00 per KO. . | 



I Roses. 



A very large sopply of fine ttocky 

 $6.00 per luO. Short and medium 

 stems in lOQO lots at bargain prices. 



Carnations. 



$1.50 to $3.00 per 100. 

 Special Prices on ICOO 

 lots, our selection. 



I SPRENGERI, PLUMOSUS, ADIANTUM. Any amount on short notice. LILY OF THE VAL- $ 



1 LEY. Extra nice stock, $3.00 to $4.00 per 100. SWEET PEAS. Fine loog stems, 75c to $1.00 per 100. I 



2 DECORATION DAY is not far away. You will want stock in 1000 lots | 



3 and it will pay you to get our quotations on all kinds of stock. i 



I A. L. RANDALL CO., 19 Randolpli St., CHICAGO, ILL. | 



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Send Us Your ORDERS. 



THE STRIKE IS NOT INTERFERING AT ALL WITH OUR BUSINESS. 

 ALL SHIPMENTS GOING OUT AS USUAL. 



GOOD STOCK ENOUGH FOR ALL. 



IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE OUR PRICE LIST DROP US A POSTAL. 



POEHLMANN BROS. CO. 



Wholesale Growers and Shippers of CUT FLOWERS, 

 33-35-37 Randolph Street, ^CHICAGO. 



A. F. Barbe reports business as very 

 good and his Easter trade eTerything that 

 could be desired. 



The growers are complaining that it 

 is almost impossible to procure pots 

 enough to care for their stock, and are 

 wishing that some good pottery would 

 locate here, where a large business would 

 be assured. 



We understand that one of our leading 

 seedsmen is about to embark in the re- 

 tail flower business and is making ar- 

 rangements to remodel his store, pre- 

 paratory to the fall trade. 



Nabcissus. 



ONCINNATL 



Tlie Market 



For so soon after a holiday, trade is 

 unusually good. There is a lively de- 

 mand for all kinds and grades of stock 

 and at good prices. The market keeps 

 cleared out well and there are very few 

 left-overs each day. Business is ahead 

 of last year for this time. 



Lilies took a big drop; $6 to $7 per 

 hundred will buy them now and they do 

 not go well at that. There are great 

 quantities of them on the market. Bul- 

 bous stock is about done for this season. 

 What little comes in is pretty poor, 

 mostly Easter left-overs. 



Carnations are good and there are 

 none too many of them. Boses are 

 coming pretty strong, especially Brides 

 and Maids. They are of fairly good 

 quality. Beauties are! in good crop and 

 the quality is first-class, especially the 

 long-stemmed ones. They sell well. 



Smilaz is scarce and so is asparagus. 

 There are plenty of fancy ferns and 

 leucothoe sprays. Adiantiun is plentiful 

 and sells slowly. 



Varioas Notes. 



The next regular meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' Society will be held May 13, when 

 a good attendance is expected. 



John Bower, formerly engaged in th«^ 

 florist business in Hillsboro, 0., but 

 now in the printing business in New 

 York City, was a visitor. 



H. D. Edwards, of Newport, Ky., 

 who has been very sick, is slowly re- 

 covering. 



The opening of May-Stern's new fur- 

 niture house called for a larg« quantity 

 of flowers, the greater part being sup- 

 plied by Julius Baer and Fred G«ar. 



C. J. Ohmes. 



BALTIMORE, MD. 



Easter Trade 



On all sides gratification over the Eas- 

 ter results is heard. Few complaints arc 

 made, either by wholesale or retail deal- 

 ers. Plant and cut flower trade increased 

 equally. Some of the stores had a few 

 plants left unsold but they amounted to 

 very little considering the quantity 

 handled. In fact, most reports are that 

 everything sold out and more could have 

 been handled. 



Carnations were not as plentiful as had 

 been expected and many more could have 

 been sold. There was a good supply of 

 roses, with plenty of short stock left 

 over. Callas were short in supply but 



there were enough Harrisii to meet all 

 demands. A note in a daily paper that 

 violets would be practically over and 

 sweet peas would be the flower for this 

 Easter created quite a demand, although 

 there wer^ thousands of violets, shipped 

 here from out of town, retailed at $3 per 

 hundred, and more could have been sold. 

 Very few cut hyacinths and tulips made 

 their appearance but what did show up 

 found ready sales. Good smilax was 

 scarce but there was plenty of asparagus 

 of both kinds. More strings were shipped 

 in than could be handled and some went 

 to waste. 



Business since Easter has been keeping 

 up very well, with plenty of social ac- 

 tivity and a number of weddings, caus- 

 ins;,^^ood demand for all kinds of fine 

 cut-KOck, of which there has not been 

 an oversupply, in fact some days a big 

 shortage. A. F. 



CROMWELL, CONN. 



Death of Frank A. Pieraon. 



Prank A. Pierson died on Saturday 

 evening, April 29, after a week's illness 

 with cerebro-spinal "meningitis. He was 

 a son of A. N. Pierson and popular with 

 all. Several years ago he set up in 

 business for himself and had built up 

 a prosperous place. 



YouNGSTOWN, O.— Walker & McLean 

 have largely increased their trade in the 

 past two years. They had the largest 

 stock at Easter ever seen in this city 

 and did a big business. Funeral work 

 is heaoFy right along. 



