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October 19, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1221 



MUMS! MUMS! 



For the last five or six years we have not only had the 

 earliest and best Mums, but the largest selection to be found 

 in this market. We have more Mums this season than 

 ever. Let us have your order. 



CARNATIONS 



Large cut of fine flowers; good stems. We can supply 

 your wants* Finest Enchantress in the market* 



^'Greeli Goods'' every day in the year* 



Fancy Valley Always on Hand 



Send for weekly price list, gladly mailed free upon request. 



E. C. AM LI NO 



o^m^F.M. 32-34-36 Randolph St. ^%S^sr Chicago, III. 



AHamiOAH BBAUTT. 



36 to*0-lnch stem per doz., t4.0U 



24 to 30 Inch stem " 3.00 



20-lnch stem " 2.00 



16-lnch 8tem " 1-60 



12-lnch stem " 1.00 



Short stem per 100, H.OO to 6.00 



Brides, Bridesmaids " 2.00 to 6.00 



Kalserin " 3.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay " 2.00 to 6.00 



GoldenGate " 2.00 to 6.00 



Liberty " 3.00 to 8 00 



Ivory " 2.00to 4.00 



Carnations " 1.60 



large and fancy " 2.00 to 3.00 



Chrysanthemums, fancy. per doz., 3.00 to 4 00 



medium. " 1.26 to 2.00 



" small per 100 6.00 to 8.00 



Violets per 100, .60 to 1.00 



Valley " 4.00 



Easter Lilies per doz., 2.00 



Callas " 1.60 



Asparag'us per strinp, 25 to .50 



Asparagus Sprengreri per 110, 2 00 to 4 00 



Galax, green per 1000, $1.00; per 100, .15 



Adiantum " .76 



Ivy Leaves " -50 



Leucothoe Sprays " •76 



Smilax per doz., $1.50.... " 1000 



Fancy Ferns.... per 1000, 160.... '• .20 



Subject to change without notice* 



The Largest, Beat 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut 

 Flower House in 

 Chicago. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CHICAGO* 



The Market* 



The change in the weather caused a 

 considerable shortening of stock in the 

 later days of last week, but the decrease 

 in receipts was not sufficient to do more 

 than cause a slight stiflFening of price; 

 it was still easily possible to fill orders. 

 Business continues fair, most houses re- 

 porting total sales ahead of the same 

 period last year, but the demand is very 

 spasmodic. 



The chrysanthemum is the predominat- 

 ing influence this week. The receipts are 

 not nearly as large as they will be for 

 the next month, but they are, neverthe- 

 less, somewhat ahead of the demand and 

 nearly all houses are engaged in forc- 

 ing the sales in this department. All 

 colors are available and all grades of 

 stock. The best flowers sell fairly well, 

 but the market for the small stuff is 

 decidedly weak, as low as $4 and $5 per 

 hundred having been accepted for Berg- 

 mann. 



The cuts of Beauty were cheeked up 

 considerably by the change in tempera- 

 ture, but stock is still of excellent quality 

 and all orders are being filled if received 

 sufficiently early in the day. Brides and 

 Maids show little change from last week. 

 Liberty and Richmond are selling well. 



Carnations are in somewhat diminished 

 supply as compared with a week ago, but 

 there are, nevertheless, quantities of 

 short stock which are very hard to move, 

 as there is enough of the better grades 

 to go around. Some exceedingly good 

 Enchantress are seen and in general the 

 stock averages good flowers and long 

 stems for the middle of October. 



Hudson River violets are arriving in 

 quantity, probably due, as usual, to the 

 fact that this market is making better 

 returns than New York. Harrisii are 

 very scarce, but callas are more plenti- 

 ful. Frosts have ended dahlias, cosmos, 

 gladioli, etc., with most growers, al- 

 though a few are still seen. Green 

 goods are still abundant and steady in 

 price. ^ 



Qub Meeting. 



At the club meeting October 12 over 

 100 were present, including a number 

 who confessed it was the first time they 

 had ever been inside the clubroom. It 

 was the largest attendance in years. 



The regular order of business was laid 

 aside for a discussion of the approaching 

 flower show. Many were called upon 

 and each pledged support to the show. 

 The selection of the Coliseum has sened 

 to enthuse the trade and a grand exhibi- 

 tion is assured. The discussion, which 

 lasted two hours, is well summed up in 

 Louis Wittbold's reply when called upon 

 by President Rudd : ' ' The Wittbolds are 

 not all here tonight but will be all there 

 all right at the show. ' ' 



New officers were elected as follows: 

 President, P. J. Hauswirth; vice-presi- 

 dent, Leonard Kill; financial secretary, 

 George Asmus; treasurer, Edgar Sand- 

 ers; corresponding secretary, L. H. Win- 

 terson; trustees, F. F. Benthey, W. L. 

 Palinsky, H. N. Bruns, John Reardon, 

 J. F. Klimmer. It is a good list. They 

 take hold at the next meeting. 



E. S. Hauswirth and W. K. Wood were 

 elected to membership and proposals 

 were read from J. C. Bruecker, E. C. 

 Benthey, Fred ('. Taylor, C. Frauen- 



felder, Henry Klucder, Sam Graff and 

 H. R. Hughes. 



The amendment to the by-laws was 

 adopted so that henceforth the club will 

 meet but once a month, on the second 

 Thursday night. 



A committee was authorized to pro- 

 ceed with arrangements for a banquet 

 during the flower show. 



Show Notes. 



A very successful "advertising show" 

 closed yesterday at the Coliseum. Its 

 purpose was to display the things which 

 go to make advertising to those who 

 buy such things. A flower show is to 

 increase the sale of flowers. But there 

 was this difference: The advertising show 

 managers charged exhibitors $1 a square 

 foot for space. The acre and a half 

 of floor was pretty well filled. Flower 

 show space is always free, with premi- 

 ums added. There ought not to be any 

 question of getting exhibits; the wonder 

 is that the retailers don't howl because 

 they can't have all the room they want. 



Arrangements are progressing rapidly 

 for the big show November 7 to 11. The 

 use of the Coliseum has awakened pub- 

 lic interest in a very gratifying man- 

 ner. Many outsiders are sending in 

 suggestions. James Keeley, managing 

 editor of the Tribune, has written to say 

 that the show should be more than a 

 mere display of growers' skill; it should 

 teach the people what to plant, where 

 and when. It is not an easy suggestion 

 to carry out in November but the idea is 

 so good an attempt will be made. A 

 suggestion as to guides to explain to 

 visitors is equally good. 



The Review has only one suggestion 



