DUCEMBEH 28, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



379 



Wc wish all our customers a Happy and Prosperous 



NEW YEAR 



and a this finds anyone short of 



CARNATIONS 



let him wire or phone* Roses are still scarce^ and not 

 specially good quality, but we have large supplies of 

 carnations, the best coming to the Chicago 

 maricet. If stock of any kind can be had in Chicago 

 it can be had of us. j* j* J* j* j* j* ^ j* j* 



Valley and Violets Always on Hand 



PRICE LIST. 



IBZOAV BBAUTT, Per do^t. 



30 to 36-lnch stem $10.00 to tl2.00 



20 to 24 inch stem t).00 to 8.00 



12 to 15-lnch stem 4.00 to 5.00 



Seconds 1.60 to 2.00 



Bridesmaids per 100, «.00 to 18.00 



Brides ' 6.00 to 15.00 



Chatenay " (i.OO to 18.00 



Golden Gate " 6.00 to 15.00 



Liberty, Richmond " 10.00 to 25 00 



Ivory •• 6.00 to 15.00 



Carnations " 4.00 to 6.00 



" large and fancy " 6.00 to 10.00 



Violets, single 1.60 



fancy N. Y. doublf 2.00 to 2.50 



Valley " 4.00 



Easter Lilies ...per doz., 2.50 



Callas " 2.00 



Paper Wliites per 100 .3.00 



Romans " 3.00 



Swt'et Peas " 1.00' to 1.50 



Mignonette perdoz., .75 to 1.00 



Tulips p«'rlOO, 4.00to 5.00 



Asparagus per string, .35 to .50 



Asparagus perbimch, .35 to 1.00 



Asparagus Sprengeri per lUO, 3.00 to 6.00 



Galax, green and bronze, 



per 1000, 11.00; per 100, .15 



Adiantum " 1,00 



Leucothoe Sprays " .75 



Smllax per doz., 12.50.... " 20.00 



Fancy Perns.... per 1000, 2.00.... " .25 



Sublect to cliaasre 'without notice. 



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E. C. AMLING 



o,«.«a6P.M. 32-34-36 Randolph St. "3^|K.^jJ«r Chicago, ill 



The Larfi^est, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut 

 Flower House in 

 Chicafl^. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



template the erection of eleven more 

 new houses next spring, adjoining the 

 1905 range. 



E. G. Hill went to Texas for a week 's 

 rest, leaving Chicago December 20. 



Mrs. Flint Kennicott has been ill four 

 months, with rheumatism, and was worse 

 the past week. 



On Wednesday the daughter of E. G. 

 Uihlein, president of the Horticultural 

 Society of Chicago, was married to a 

 wealthy gentleman from Milwaukee. 

 The guests from the Cream City came 

 on a special train and were quartered 

 at the Auditorium, where the ceremony 

 was performed, followed by a dinner in 

 the banquet room. Mr. Uihlein engaged 

 several floors of the hotel, which cafied 

 for the largest floral decoration put 

 up in this city in several years. P. J. 

 Hauswirth had the order. 



E. F. Winterson, in the rush of 

 Christmas work, fell over a box of ferns 

 and suftered several bad cuts. It was 

 impossible for him to stop work, and the 

 doctor says he will be lucky if no seri- 

 ous consequences result. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



The Christmas business in Philadel- 

 phia bears evidence to the general pros- 

 perity of the country. The volume of 

 business exceeded that of any previous 

 year at this great festival. Prices were 

 good and the stock left over was very 

 small. The quality of the stock in gen- 

 eral was excellent, the general condition 

 when received indicating that holding 

 back is not so much practiced as in the 



past. There is good reason to believe 

 that this evil, among progressive grow- 

 ers at least, has been checked. Briefly 

 summed up, it was a very satisfactory 

 Christmas. This result is in no small 

 measure due to the body of energetic 

 wholesalers who centraKzed the stock 

 and broadened the field to an extent not 

 dreamed of in this city ten years ago. 

 Immense quantities of flowers went 

 south, west and even to New York City. 

 The local demand was brisk. At no 

 time was the market in danger of break- 

 ing. Prices were fairly regular. 



Beauties, Liberty, Bride and Maid 

 and red carnations were in heaviest de- 

 mand. Many more of each could have 

 been used. Long-stemmed Beauties were 

 scarcer than the medium and short stei!hs, 

 keeping the total receipts from this rose 

 lower than had the fancy stock been as 

 plentiful as last year. Liberty of the 

 medium grades was most popular. It is 

 a question whether the average of qual- 

 ity is improving. There were many 

 Maids of poor color, really choice stock 

 commanding even more than the listed 

 prices. Red carnations brought about 

 $1 per hundred more than other colors 

 of equal grade. 



Mignonette, Koman hyacinths. Paper 

 White narcissi and smilax were poor 

 sellers, valley — of course an extra heavy 

 crop, had been forced into bloom — and 

 white roses sharing somewhat in tne 

 sluggishness. Poinsettias were freely 

 used and the supply pretty well ex- 

 hausted. 



Violets were an important factor. The 

 Marie Louise from Rhinebeck averaged 

 more than Lady Campbell. Sweet peas 

 were in better supply than ever before 



and brought good money. Orchids were 

 in moderately good supply. Cattleyas 

 sold especially well. The first white Ulac 

 has made its appearance. It did not 

 create a stir. 



Carnations were not by any means in 

 heavy crop. They were generally fresh 

 and of good quality. The prices real- 

 ized were excellent. While Enchantress 

 brought as high a price as any of 

 the fancies, the prices on it varied 

 widely. The variety was not as eagerly 

 sought as the brighter colors. Medium 

 grades were most popular. Fancy white 

 sold well, but ordinary stock of snowy 

 color required pushing. 



Bouvardia was never so plentiful ax 

 Christmas. The quality was generally 

 above the average ; despite its perishable 

 nature it was in demand at good prices. 

 Easter lilies were in short supply on 

 Friday, but by Saturday night they were 

 plentiful. Quite a lot of callas were in 

 evidence. Bunches of asparagus did not 

 advance in price, but the purchasing 

 power of a half dollar decreases in an- 

 other way. 



The plants in bloom and with bright- 

 colored foliage disappeared from the 

 stores with wonderful rapidity. Their 

 charms, enhanced by hampers, ribbons, 

 baskets, pot covers and what not, they 

 were simply irresistible. The demand far 

 exceeded any previous Christmas. 



Holiday and New Year prospects are 

 bright. The market is so bare of stock 

 that it will take a few days to catch up. 

 Meanwhile many entertainments will do 

 something toward keeping up business 

 activity. 



Various Notes. 



Samuel S. Pennock is handling the 



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