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JD«B 8. 1905. 



TheWcekly Florists' Review. 



139 



June Weddings 



AND COMMENCEMENTS 



We have supplies of all Seasonable Cut Flowers to fill every 

 need. Specially strong on Beauties, Peonies and 

 Sweet Peas, the most popular flowers of the season. 

 Let us have your order. 



Headquarters for 

 SMILAX and ASPSRSGUS 



You cannot make a decoration of cut flowers alone; it takes 

 some long, heavy strings of ''green/' either Smilax or Aspar- 

 agus. We have inexhaustible supplies. Also Sprengeri, 

 Adiantum and Ferns. 



E. C.AMLING, 



▲ICBBICAH BBAVTT, Per doi. 



80-36-incta Btem 18.00 to $4.00 



24-inch item 2.60 



20-liicb Item 2.00 



15-incta stem 1.60 



12-lncb Item 1.00 



Short Item, per 100, 14.00 to $6.00 



Per 100 

 Brides. Bridesmaids $3.00 to $ 6.00 



Kalserln. Qolden Gate 4.00 to 8.00 



Liberty, Ohatenay 4.00 to 10.00 



Oamations 1.60to 200 



" larare and fancy. . . . 



Peonies per doz., 50c to 75o 



VaUey 2.00 to 



Oallas per doz., $1.00 to $1.25 



Easter Lilies per doz., $1.60 



Sweet Peas 75to 



Mignonette 36 to 



Margruerites 



Shasta Daisies 1.60 to 



Asparasfus, per strinsr, 25c to 60c 



Asparagus Sprengerl 2.00 to 



Oalax per 1000, $1.26 



Adiantum 



Smilax per doz., $1.60 



8.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



10.00 



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6.00 



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1.00 



10.00 



NEW FERNS 



This seatiOD's first pick in the Berkshire 

 Hills: the best Massachusetts stock. $2.00 

 per 1000; 26c per 100. 



Ask for special quotations on 1000 lota 

 Roses and Oamations. 



BuDjeet to ehuce wltkoat aotlee. 



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THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY 

 LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO 



32-34-36 Randolph St., 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The Berlew when yon writ* 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Business continued good up to Satur- 

 day of last week, when the market weak- 

 ened materially, and this week conditions 

 have been as bad as ever in the history of 

 this market. 



The weather up to Sunday had been 

 cool, but on that day the thermometer 

 registered 86 degrees and the local peony 

 harvest began. As one grower stated, he 

 cut "Old Eed in the morning and Late 

 Rose in the afternoon, the day serving to 

 advance the crop as much as had the 

 previous week. On Monday 90 degrees 

 was registered and Tuesday was hotter, 

 with the result that the peonies are ar- 

 riving in an unprecedented flood. It is 

 impossible to do anything with them ex- 

 cept put them in cold storage, and only 

 a few of the growers are sufficiently 

 versed in the matter of cutting and bunch- 

 ing to make their stock possess the neces- 

 sary keeping qualities for cold storage; 

 It takes a lot of fast work in such great 

 heat. If this weather continues for the 

 balance of the week the peony crop will 

 be out of the way, however, and the cold 

 storage stock will resume the dominant 

 position it held all last week, when sales 

 and prices left little to be desired. 



The heat has served to rush along the 

 rosea and the market is tremendously 

 overburdened with stock, small, and soft, 

 and pale. The select goods are still 

 making a fair price, but only a fraction 

 01 the receipts come in this class. With 

 the bulk of the goods it is a case of 

 lauing what the Greeks wUl give. The 

 rose market is in a much worse way 

 man the carnation market, although the 



latter is bad enough. There are very 

 large receipts and keeping quality is 

 none too good. Prices are low on the 

 best stock an4 the accumulation has to be 

 sacrificed. 



In fact, it may be said that aside from 

 the shipping trade there is no market and 

 the bulk of the stuff is almost unsala- 

 ble. But if the heat continues the crops 

 will soon pass off and if a cold wave fol- 

 lows it will send the market to the other 

 extreme. Weather and prices have been 

 found to be "subject to change without 

 notice. ' * 



Sweet peas are in large supply, but 

 are selling fairly well at cheap prices. 

 Bulbous stuff, except Easter lilies and 

 callas, is out of the market. Daisies sell 

 well in a limited degree. Spring wedding 

 decorations are calling for green goods. 

 The new Massachusetts ferns arrived this 

 week and good stock in this line is again 

 available. 



The Express Service. 



On Monday the express companies re- 

 sumed the pick-up service as operated 

 before the strike, and, although their 

 hands are green, they are doing very 

 well. The wholesalers' association teams 

 will be retained until the end of this 

 week to guard against any possible 

 further difficulties attending the strike. 



Various Notes. 



John Brod has sold his greenhouse es- 

 tablishment at Niles Center to Albert 

 Lies, a brother-in-law of Matt Mann, who 

 has taken possession and is sending his 

 cut to Zech & Mann. The place com- 

 prises about 60,000 feet of glass. It 

 is the old Schiller establishment, but has 

 been rebuilt within the past few years. 



Mr. Lies will expend something like 

 $4,000 this summer in putting it in first- 

 class shape and will devote it to roses 

 and carnations for next season. 



The Des Plaines Floral Co., which has 

 operated the F. C. Pruse place at Des 

 Plaines under a lease, has just consum- 

 mated the purchase of the establishment. 

 H. C. Blewitt, who has sold the product 

 at the Growers' Market, will in the fu- 

 ture devote himself to the growing de- 

 partment and the stock will be sold by 

 Percy Jones. 



The firm of Gollan & Wolf, at Down- 

 ers Grove, has been dissolved by mutual 

 consent, Mr. Wolf retiring. 



Bassett & Washburn have just complet- 

 ed the planting of their new range. It 

 contains 52,000 rose plants, the varieties 

 being Richmond, Beauty, Maid, Bride 

 and Liberty. Mr. Washburn says that 

 the seventeen-year locust is appearing in 

 myriads at Hinsdale. 



The Fleischman Floral Co. has an oil 

 painting of the steamship La Savoie in 

 its show window, draped with asparagus 

 and bearing a modest sign, ' ' Flowers" de- 

 livered to all outgoing steamers." An 

 electric light is arranged to show tho pic- 

 ture and sign at night. This is a means 

 of gaining trade which any florist could 

 adopt. Those who have no regular cor- 

 respondent in New York should refer to 

 the page of Leading Retail Florists in 

 the Eevhtw. 



E. C. Amling is handling a large quan- 

 tity of sweet peas of exceptionally good 

 quality. 



There was hail at Joliet on Decoration 

 day, but the carnation growers escaped 

 with little loss. The retail establish- 

 ment of the Chicago Carnation Co. lost 



