JANUABT 4, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



437 



LARGE CROPS 



arc on, (roses not yet plentiful) plenty of 



Carnations... 



Out Enchantress, Lawson, Boston Market, "White Cloud, 

 Oane, etc, are the best this market affords. 



Violets are at their best, both home-grown single and 

 Hudson River double. All miscellaneous stock is in plentiful supply. 

 Tulips and Jonquils are in. 



** Green Goods" can always be supplied in any quantity; 

 plenty Asparagus and Smilax. 



Fancy Valley Always on Hand 



PRICE LIST. 



tMBKXOAV BBAUTT. Per doz. 



30 to38-lnch stem $5.00 to I 6.00 



24-lnch Btem 4 qq 



20-lnch stem > 3qq 



16-lncli stem 2.00 



12 Incli stem j jq 



Seconds 7510 i^oo 



Bridesmaids per 100, 6.00 to 10.00 



Brides " 6.00to 10.00 



Chatenay » g.OO to 10.00 



Golden Gate " g.oc to 10.00 



Liberty, Richmond " 6.00 to 1200 



^^°^y " 6.00 to 10.00 



Carnations " 2.OO to 3.00 



large and fancy " <.oo to 6.00 



Violets, single " 1 qq 



" fancy N. Y. double " l.oo to liso 



Valley • " ^ qq 



Easter Lilies per doz., 2.00 to 2."50 



C/diiiSiS ** o {v\ 



Paper Whites per 100 s'nn 



Romans " qXq 



Migrnonette per doz., .60 to '75 



T"liP8 per 100, 4.00 to 6.00 



Asparagus perstrtng, .35 to 60 



Asparagus per bunch, .35 to 100 



Asparagus Sprengerl ... .per 100, 3.00 to 6*00 

 Galax, green and bronze, 



... , per 1000, 11.00; per 100, .16 

 Adlantum 1. ' 1 qq 



Leucothoe Sprays .,'. >> "75 



Smilax per doz., $2.60 " is'no 



Fancy Ferns.... per 1000, 2.00.... " .'26 



Subject to cbanee witbout notloe. 



E. C. AM LING 



op»«i.*p.M. 32-34-36 Randolph St. ^»Ksra^»r Chicago, III. 



The LarMat, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut 

 Flower House in 

 Chicas^o. 



Mention The Review when 70a write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



Those carnation growers who sent in 

 their stock daily from Christmas to New 

 Year's realized a splendid average price, 

 \)ut those who saved up their cut and 

 sent it in Saturday, as many did, were 

 sorely disappointed, for although prices 

 were held up on Friday, much stock was 

 carried over and Saturday saw about 

 the lowest prices of the month, certainly 

 the lowest prices since the holidays hove 

 into sight. 



There seems to be misapprehension as 

 to the character of New Year's. As a 

 flower day it doesn't amount to much. 

 Of course, society is active and there 

 are innumerable reception, dinner and 

 dance decorations, but the quantity of 

 stock called for is nothing compared to 

 the resources of this market when the 

 growers try to load it up. Again, the 

 principal shipping was on Friday, while 

 many growers did not come in until 

 Saturday afternoon, when there was 

 nothing but the local demand to depend 

 on. One grower is on record as having 

 sent nothing the whole week until Sat- 

 urday afternoon, when his shipment was 

 2,600 carnations. He probably thought 

 Christmas history was going to repeat 

 itself. But it was the other way 

 'round; stock that had commanded 5 

 cents, 6 cents and even 8 cents all week 

 was sold for 3 cents or even 2 cents and 

 did not clean up; some of it was even 

 carried to Monday and sold at $1 a hun- 

 dred. 



Roses have been short of the demand 

 right along and Christmas prices were 



still in force at New Year's, when qual- 

 ity would permit, but a large part of 

 the receipts have been off grade and not 

 wanted, for the demand in holiday week 

 is invariably for good stuff. Colored 

 roses had the call because of the many 

 decorations, but funeral work has also 

 been in demand and white roses have 

 found an easy outlet. Beauties held 

 their position well untU after New 

 Year's, but a change has sinc3 taken 

 place and prices are cut almost in half. 

 Tuesday saw a brisk business but rose 

 prices were down several notches. 



Violets sold well Sunday and Monday 

 because of pleasant weather but supplies 

 were more than ample, low prices being 

 the inevitable result. Callas are abun- 

 dant and Easter lilies again coming in 

 more freely. Paper Whites are almost a 

 glut; they can be cleaned up only at low 

 prices. Not many Eomans are seen but 

 there is plenty of valley. Kennicotts 

 are still receiving chrysanthemums. 



Green goods have been and are in 

 good demand. Smilax sells steadily and 

 a big business is done with asparagus. 

 The latter specialty is pretty well cut 

 out with some growers and prices have 

 advanced slightly. 



The Year. 



The Tribune in its summary of Chi- 

 cago's industrial progress puts down the 

 total for wholesale cut flowers at $1,- 

 850,000, in spite of the teamsters' strike, 

 an increase of about twenty per cent as 

 compared with 1904, which was an off 

 year with many. This is the way some 

 of the wholesalers report it: 



Kennicott Bros. Co. — Had a bad Jan- 

 uary and February but made it up in 



the summer and ended a little ahead of 

 the average year. 



E. C. Amling. — Nice increase over last 

 year; especially good business on green 

 goods. 



E. H. Hunt. — Satisfactory increase on 

 cut flowers; nearly doubled the supply 

 business. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. — Have consider- 

 able increase in glass and could not sup- 

 ply the demand; already at work on 

 280,000 feet more glass. 



A. L. Randall Co. — Our business in- 

 creased more than twenty-five per cent. 

 Pleased? Well, hadn't wo ought to bef 



J. A. Budlong.— It was a good year 

 for us; good crops and good market 

 most of the time. 



George Reinberg.— Very much my 

 most successful year. 



Bassett & Washburn.— Satisfied, but 

 expect 1906 to show better on our books- 

 our crops were late this fall because of 

 much rebuilding. 



E. F. Winterson Co.— The teamsters' 

 strike hit us hard in the spring; had 

 fine fall business, but hadn't got ahead 

 of last year when the clock struck 

 twelve. 



Peter Reinberg.— About the same as 

 1904; haven't the totals yet. 



Percy Jones.— My business has in- 

 creased fully a fourth and all on the 

 :\rarket floor have done better than in 

 1904. 



Benthey-Coatsworth Co.— The strike 

 hurt us in the spring, but otherwise the 

 year was very satisfactory. 



Wietor Bros.— A splendid fall crop 

 of roses, especially Beauties, put us well 

 to the good with no new glass, and 

 we're still going. 



