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JuNB 22, 1905. 



llic Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Headquarters for 

 SMILAX and ASPARAGUS 



FOR JUNE WEDDINGS 

 AND COMMENCEMENTS 



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

 some long, heavy string^s of '^green,*' either Asparagus or 

 Smilax, We have inexhaustible supplies. Also Sprengeri, 

 Adiantum and Ferns. 



CUT FLOWERS 



We have supplies of all Seasonable Cut Flowers to fill 

 every need. Specially strong on Peonies, Beauties and 

 Sweet Peas, the most popular flowers of the season. 

 Let us have your order. 



E.C.AMLING, 



Loag DisUiace TelepboMi: 1978 m»i 1977 Ceatral. 7846 Antoaatk. 



AUMtaOAM BBAVTT, Per doi. 



80-8S-lDOb Item $8.00 to $4.00 



a4-iocb ttem 260 



ao-incb ttem 2.00 



IS-incIi Item... l.fiO 



12-incli Item 1.00 



Short Item, per 100. $1 00 to $6.00 



Per 100 

 .«3 00 tn $ 6.00 



Brides, Bridesmaids 



Obatenay 8(0to 



Kaiserln. Golden Gate 4.oo to 



Liberty 400to 



OamatloiM 1.60 to 



" larire and fancy 



Peonies per doz., 60c to 75c 4.C0 to 



Valley 2 00 to 



Oallas per dos.. $1.00 to $1.26 



Easter LUles per dot., $160 



Sweet Peas 60to 



lliRnonette 85 to 



Marffuerltes 



Sbasia Daisies 1.00 to 



Aaparagua, per strlngr, 25c to SOc 



Aiparacna Sprenxerl 2.00 to 



Galax per 1000. $1.25 



Adlantom 



Smllax perdns.. 11.60 



6.C0 

 800 

 10 00 

 200 

 800 

 600 

 4.00 



10.00 



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.76 



.75 



1.60 



5.00 



.15 



1.00 



10.00 



NEW FERNS 



Tbls seahon's first pii:k In tbe Berkshire 

 HiUs: the best Massacbosetts stock. $1.60 

 per 1000; 20c per 100 



Ask for special qaotatlona on 1000 lots 

 Roses and Oamations. 



8a meet t* ckaage wttkaat matlee. 



THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY 

 LOCATED WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO 



32-34-36 Randolph St., 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



M»nri<in The Rerlew when you write. 



CHICAGO. 



TheMaakeL 



Conditions have changed but little in 

 the past week. Very large quantities of 

 stock have been moved, for the June 

 weddings and school affairs have made a 

 great deal of extra business. Good 

 stock has brought satisfactory prices, but 

 so large a proportion of the receipts in 

 most lines are below the standard that 

 it is impossible to dispose of all of this 

 class of material and averages are made 

 very low. 



The supplies of Beauties are no 

 heavier than in the past two weeks and 

 the call has been better, so this item is 

 making a fair showing, considering the 

 small buds and poor color of most of 

 the cut. There are some very fine Liber- 

 ties which are bringing good money. 

 High grade Chatenay is seen but does 

 not do as well. Kaiserin in the better 

 gra<les brings a fair price because pre- 

 ferred to Bride. Both Bride and Maid 

 are small and soft, typical summer stock, 

 and the many rains and sudden changes 

 in temperature have brought mildew 

 upon the stock of all but the most care- 

 ful growers. The short and mildewed 

 stock can hardly be disposed of even by 

 the boxful to the Greeks. 



An unusual apathy has come over the 

 carnation market. Receipts are not ex- 

 cessively large and quality is good for so 

 late in the season, but there seems to be 

 no demand for the flower. Accumulations 

 are seen in most of the wholesale houses 

 and very low averages are made. Sweet 

 peas continue very abundant, but have 

 sold fairly well. Valley is not so plen- 

 tiful and brings fair money. Callas are 



frequently unobtainable but there are 

 moderate supplies of Easter lilies and 

 auratums are coming in. 



The end of last week about cleaned 

 up the peony crop, except for the cold 

 storage stock, which will bloom in quan- 

 tity these many days. There are so 

 many peonies in storage that some deal- 

 ers fear it will be impossible to clean up 

 and they are sacrificing the lower grades 

 of stock. Good peonies will, however, 

 command the usual prices from now on. 

 Sales at $1 per dozen for extra fancy 

 stock were noted this week, but 50 cents 

 is a good price generally. It appears 

 that thus far in spite of' the very low 

 prices which peonies have brought for 

 the past ten days, still the crop has 

 brought better money than it did last 

 year. 



There are large quantities of outdoor 

 flowers which meet with a very slow sale, 

 Receipts of "green goods" are much 

 larger and the stock in most instances 

 is very good. Prices are weaker in this 

 department. 



Various Notes. 



The meeting of the wholesalers last 

 week accomplished nothing more than 

 winding up the affairs of the teaming 

 association. During the strike the whole- 

 salers' teams handled nearly 8,000 boxes 

 of * * funeral flowers " at a total expense 

 of $841.60. Is there another industry 

 in Chicago which got off as cheaply! The 

 expense was paid by the wholesalers in 

 proportion to the number of boxes they 

 shipped. The cost was between 11 and 

 12 cents per box. 



The E. Wienhoeber Co. reports a very 

 good run of wedding work this week. 



A. Londenberg, of Hobart, Ind., was 



in town last week, purchasing building 

 material for a new range of greenhouses 

 to be erected at Valparaiso. The busi- 

 ness there will be known as the Valpa- 

 raiso Floral Exchange, A. Londenberg & 

 Son, proprietors. 



N. J. "Wietor went north Saturday 

 night for one of his periodical fishing ex- 

 peditions. Other piscatorial enthusiasts 

 in the market are Mrs. Horton, of Bas- 

 sett & Washburn, and E. C. Amiing. 



A drug company from Detroit has 

 made a lease on the old Carson, Pirie, 

 Scott & Co. store, which has been occu- 

 pied for several months by Lubliner & 

 Trinz. 



E. C. Amiing is handling some very 

 good clematis and finds it a fair seller 

 for wedding work. 



Flint Kennicott has been laid up with 

 tbe rheumatism, but is able to be about 

 aided by a cane. 



The John C. Moninger Co. says that 

 the May business was the largest of any 

 month, in the history of the concern. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. is receiving some 

 very fine auratums. Mr. Pieser says 

 he has every confidence that peonies will 

 sell out clean. 



M. F. Freres, who was formerly man- 

 ager of the Winandy wholesale store, is 

 now doing a successful retail business at 

 816 Thome avenue. 



A. C. Spencer, at Peter Eeinberg's, 

 says shipping trade is exceptionally good 

 but that city trade is very light. lie 

 says it will be the best June Mr. Bein- 

 berg has ever had, beating the exception- 

 ally heavy month of two years ago and 

 running nearly fifty per cent to date 

 ahead of last year. 



During the strike Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 brought their stock to town in their own 



