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July 27. 1005. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



509 



BEAUTIES 



That Can't 

 Be Beat 



SPECIAL FANCY LONG-STEMMED STOCK 



These Beauties are the best the market ever saw in mid-sum- 

 mer — risfht up to winter quality in color, size of bud» stem and 

 foliagfe. You will like these Beauties and we want your 

 order. We have a big; cut on. 



Good Roses and Carnations are in limited supply on this market 

 at present, but we have fine 



Auratums, Harrisii and "Glads" 



in very largfe supply and can always fill your orders to your satis- 

 faction. Plenty of Asters and gfood stock in all other lines. ^Green 

 Goods^ summer and winter. Send to us for what you want and 

 you'll sfet the best stock in the market. 



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



We close at 6 p. m. during^ July and Augfvst. 



imXCAV BBAVTT. Per doi. 



8»-40-inota Item N.OO 



M-aO-lnob fltexn 8.0O 



20-lxioh ■torn 2.00 



Ift-inoli Item 1-W 



la-inob ftam IW 



Short Item, per 100. $4.00 to $6.00 



Per 100 



Bridet, Bridenn»ldi $2.00to$6.00 



KBiMrin S.OOto 8.00 



Otaatenay SOOto 8.00 



OoldenGate S.OOto 8.00 



Liberty 4.00to 8.00 



Oamattona i.60to 



Asters 1.60 to 



VaUey 



Auratums per dos.. $1.60 



Baster LiUes per dos., 1.50 



SweetPeas 40to 



Feverfew . . per bancb, 25c to 85c 



OladioU 8.00 to 



Sbasta Daisies 76 to 



Asparagus, per string, 25o to 60o 



Asparaxas Spreniteri 2.00 to 



Qaiaz, bronze per 1000. $1.26 



" Rreen. new crop. " 1.00 



Adlantom 



Smilax per dos., $1.60 



Fancy Ferns perlOOO, $1.00 



B«lileet U> efeaace wttkaat Maee. 



2.00 

 2.00 

 4.00 



.60 



6.00 

 1.00 



4.00 

 .16 

 .16 

 .76 



10.00 

 .16 



E. C. AM LING 



The Larg^est, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut 

 Flower House in 

 Chicago. 



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32-34-36 Randolph St. "^'^H^ Chicago, III. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Up to Tuesday trade conditions had 

 changed practically not at all since last 

 report. The demand continued very sat- 

 isfactory to the wholesalers, who report 

 their sales exceeding in money value those 

 of last year, by as much as twenty-five 

 to thirty-five per cent. 



Receipts of stock have not greatly in- 

 creased, so far as roses are concerned. 

 There are a few more Beauties of fair 

 grade, but not enough to seriously im- 

 pair the value of the best goods. There 

 are a few fair Brides and Maids from 

 old stock, but most of the receipts are 

 now from the fresh plantings and are 

 of the usual quality under the circum- 

 stances. The new cut is increasing 

 steadily. There are more carnations, and 

 asters are coming in heavily enough so 

 that the price of both carnations and 

 asters began to weaken on Tuesday. It 

 will not be long before there will be 

 floods of asters. 



There are good supplies of auratum 

 lilies which are selling well. Quite a good 

 many Harrisii are seen. Lilium album 

 and rubrum are received in a few houses 

 and sell well. Gladioli are very abun- 

 dant and make all kinds of prices. Light 

 colored varieties are doing much better 

 than dark, but red sells well because of 

 its usefulness in window displays, etc. 

 Sweet peas are no longer so abundant and 

 what few remain are usually of very poor 

 quality. There continue to be large sup- 

 plies of "green goods," for which there 

 is little outlet. 



Death of L. P. Kelley. 



Everyone knew Larry Kelley. He had 

 been a familiar figure in the market for 

 many years, at one time having been the 

 manager of the wholesale business of S. 

 B. Winter. At other times he had been 

 in the employ of different wholesalers 

 and at various times had conducted 

 small retail stores on his own account. 

 Lately he had worked for E. C. Amling, 

 to whom on Saturday he sent a note 

 explaining his illness. On Sunday night 

 lie died. The cause was congestion of 

 the lungs. He was 34 years of age and 

 leaves a wife and son. 



Strike Ended. • 



The teamsters' strike was brought to 

 an end July 21 by the unconditional sur- 

 render of the unions. The strike had 

 lasted for 105 days, but after the first 

 few days did not interfere in the least 

 with the florist business, at least as to 

 shipments, but it cost the general busi- 

 ness interests of the city millions of dol- 

 lars. Since the hostilities ended some of 

 the strikers have their jobs back but are 

 refused permission to wear their union 

 buttons and there are rumors of further 

 trouble. 



Dan Branch's New Place. 



Last spring Dan Branch, who has been 

 in business for years at Fortieth street 

 and Indiana avenue, opened another 

 store on Fifty-first street near the Alley 

 L. He did a fair trade there from the 

 start and is now engaged in building a 

 range of glass back of the store. He put 

 up a brick boiler shed and has built two 

 houses, each 30x125, and three smaller 



houses, about 20x60. He will use these 

 for bedding plants, palms, ferns, chrys- 

 anthemums and carnations. The location 

 is a good one for a general retail trade 

 and there is no competition near. 



The Horticultural CoundL 



During the World's Fair flower show 

 a movement was set on foot to organize 

 a National Council of Horticulture, a 

 committee of seven being appointed to 

 prepare a plan of organization. Prof. 

 L. H. Bailey, Prof. L. R. Taft and Prof. 

 H. C. Irish of the committee, were in 

 Chicago last week and a full plan of 

 organization was adopted. The member- 

 ship will consist of two delegates from 

 each national horticultural society, with 

 nine delegates at large. J. C. Vaughan 

 is chairman of the committee. 



Various Notes. 



As yet no arrangements have been 

 made as to a route to Washington for 

 the convention, as it looks as though the 

 war between the New York lines may 

 result in something better than the regu- 

 lar fare and one-third rate. 



Miss Nellie Moore leaves next week for 

 a trip to Minneapolis and then to Texas. 



The Chicago Rose Co., at Libertyville, 

 has one house finished and expects to be 

 all planted up this week. 



Growers are busy planting. Most of 

 them are through or nearly through with 

 roses, and J. A. Budlong will finish plant- 

 ing carnations by the end of this week. 



F. F. Benthey returned Tuesday from 

 a fishing trip to Diamond Lake. 



P. J. Hauswirth will captain Chica- 

 go's bowling team at the convention. 

 The others entitled by their averages to 



