January 25, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



641 



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McKinley Pay 1 1 



CARNATIONS 



YOU WILL need large quantities of Carnations for 

 January 29. We have large supplies of the best stock in 

 the market; FANCY ENCHANTRESS, LAWSON, 

 LORD, FLAMINGO, CRANE, BOSTON MARKET. 

 Etc. 



A fine line of BULB STOCK. 



Green Goods^ as always, in quantity* 



FANCY VALLEY always on hand. 



E. C. AMLING 



op«.«H*p.M. 32-34-36 Randolph St. "a^H^ Chicago, III. 



PRICE LIST. 



AHBBIOAV BBAUTT, Per doz. 



30 to86-lnch stem $5.00 to I 6.00 



24-lnch stem 4.00 



20-lnch stem 3.00 



16-lnch stem 2.U0 



12 Inch stem 1.60 



Seconds 75 to 1.00 



Bridesmaids per 100, G.OOto 10.00 



Brides " e.OOto 10.00 



Chatenay " G.OOto 10.00 



Golden Gate " G.OOto 10.00 



Liberty, Richmond " G.OOto 12 00 



Ivory " 6.00to 10.00 



Perles " 4.00 to 6.00 



Carnations " 2.00 to 3.00 



" large and fancy " 4.00 to 6.00 



Violets, single " .75 



" fancy N. Y. double " l.oo 



Valley " 4.00 



Easter Lilies per doz., 2.00 to 2.60 



Callas " 2.00 



Paper Whites per 100 3 00 



Romans " 3.00 



DaffodDs, Jonquils " 4.0O to 5.00 



Freeslas " 4.00 



Sweet Peas " 1.50 



Mignonette per doz., .60 to .75 



Tulips perlOO, 3.00 to 4.00 



Asparagus per string, .35 to .50 



Asparagus iper bunch, .36 to 1.00 



Asparagus Sprengeri — per 100, 3.00 to 6.00 

 Galax, green and bronze, 



per 1000, $1.00; per 100, .15 



Adiantum " i.oo 



Leucothoe Sprays " .76 



Smllax per doz., $2.00.... " 15.00 



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



Sublect to cbansre without notice. 



The Larereat, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut 

 Flow^er House in 

 Chicafl^. 



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CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Several days of exceedingly inclement 

 weather had a depressing effect on the 

 market and Sunday night's storm of 

 sleet so interrupted telegraphic communi- 

 cation that many orders for stock which 

 should have been shipped Monday night 

 were not received until Tuesday. Local 

 trade suffered through the impassability 

 of the streets, and funeral work has 

 been the principal item, but a change on 

 Tuesday has served to put renewed life 

 into the market. 



About the only flowers which can be 

 called really good are Beauties. These 

 have lost little in color or substance dur- 

 ing the fortnight of unseasonable warmth 

 and dampness. They are in supply equal 

 to all requirements, but no surplus has 

 yet developed and each day's receipts are 

 moved out at quoted rates. Bridesmaids 

 have suffered more than anything else, 

 even with the best growers, and color is 

 very poor. Brides have also felt the 

 effect of the unfavorable weather. Bed 

 roses are not in large supply. 



Carnation crops are satisfactory in 

 quantity and a few days of bright 

 weather will do much to restore quality 

 for the extra demand which is expected 

 to develop for McKinley day, January 

 29. During the past week the stock has 

 lacked the crispness which the wholesalers 

 like to see in it and there have been many 

 complaints of shipments going to sleep. 

 What carnations want is good, cold, 

 clear, crisp weather. 



Bulbous stock is coming in much great- 

 er quantities. The daily receipts of tu- 



lips now run into many thousands and 

 all colors are represented. Some have 

 very short stems but others are satisfac- 

 tory in this respect. Harrisii are much 

 more abundant and callas are plentiful. 

 Paper Whites are slow sale. Some fancy 

 mignonette is offered and Bandall has 

 white lilac. Cattleyas are seen in several 

 houses. Valley is plentiful and fine. 



Once again the item which suffers most 

 is the violet. Receipts of Hudson river 

 stock are ahead of the demand and 

 many of the retailers prefer home-grown 

 singles, which are also abundant. 



The market for green goods has been 

 rather quiet the past week. 



Northside Meeting. 



The Florists ' Club held its first outside 

 meeting at North Clark street and Devon 

 avenue January 18. Nearly 100 were 

 present and much was done to arouse 

 enthusiasm. The most effective speaker 

 was J. F. Klimmer, whose earnestness 

 and enthusiasm were infectious. Among 

 other speakers were George Asmus, James 

 Hartshorne, J. C. Vaughan, N. J. Wietor, 

 W. K. Wood and James Psenicka, fore- 

 man for Wietor Bros. There was a 

 bountiful Dutch supper and music was 

 provided by Mr. Hunn and Walter 

 Snyder, the young man with the very 

 old head who debits and credits for 

 Peter Reinberg. It was after 11 o'clock 

 when the festivities closed and everyone 

 felt that the evening had been both pleas- 

 antly and profitably spent. James 

 Hartshorne invited the club to hold its 

 next outside meeting a little further 

 from town, Joliet. 



Gardeners' Union. 

 The Gardeners' and Florists' Union 



has arranged a series of lectures at 

 its hall, 106 E. Randolph street, which 

 began January 24 with an address by 

 Prof. J. C. Blair, of Champaign. The 

 following is the program so far as an- 

 nounced : 



February 14.— "Art and Practice of Land- 

 scape," by Prof. A. P. Wymun. 



February 28. — "Some Ueusons for Success and 

 Failure iu the Growing of Plants," by Edwin A. 

 Kanst. 



March 14. — "Entomology," speaker to be an 

 noimced. 



March 28. — Topic to be announced later, by 

 Jens Jensen. 



April 11. — Topic to be announced later, bv 

 A. C. Beal. 



The lectures are to start promptly at 

 8:30 p. m. ; business meeting at 7:30. 

 The craft is cordially invited. Admis- 

 sion free. 



Various Notes. 



The large attendance at the funeral 

 of J. A. Budlong, January 17, served to 

 show the hold he had upon the esteem 

 of the craft and more especially of his 

 neighbors. The church could not accom- 

 modate nearly all who wished to attend 

 and there were a great many moist eyea 

 among the men of the neighborhood. 



H. C. Wullbrandt, at Fifty-third ave- 

 nue and Adams street, has bought ground 

 in Oak Park and will put up three or 

 four greenhouses in the spring. 



It is reported that C. A. Hunt is in 

 the life insurance business. 



Frank Oechslin, of the Garfield Park 

 Floral Co., is making arrangements to 

 add six houses to his new plant this 

 spring. 



C. W. McKellar reports a very large 

 call for orchids for use at the Field 

 funeral. 



The Chicago representation at Boston 

 is not large. P. J. Hauswirth and George 



