Fbbbuaby 16, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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WE ARE ALL 



aXTENTION 



when your order comes in, either by mailt tele- 

 g:raph or telephone. 



CUT FLOWERS 



" are no side line with us — we have nothing else to 

 do but to take care of the stock and fill your 

 orders. Will YOU help to keep us busy ? 



Green Goods for all requirements 



PRICE LIST. 



AMBBIOAV BBAUTT. Perdoz. 



30toS6-lnch stem $6.00 tot 6.00 



24-lnch8tem *.00 



20-lnch stem 3.00 



16- Inch stem 2.00 



12 -Inch stem 1.60 



Seconds T5 to 1.00 



BridesmaidB perlOO, 6.00to 10.00 



Brides " 6.00to 10.00 



Chatenay " 6.00 to 10.00 



Golden Gate " 6.00 to 10.00 



Liberty, Richmond " 6.00 to 12 00 



Ivory " 6.00 to 10.00 



Perles " 4.00to 6.00 



Carnations " 2.00to 3.00 



" lar^e and fancy " 4.00 to 6.00 



Violets, single " .76 



fancy N. Y. double " .75 to 1.00 



Valley " 2.00 to 3.00 



Easter Lilies per doz., 1.60 to 2.00 



Callas " 1.60 



PaperWhites perlOO 300 



Romans " 3.00" 



Daffodils, Jonquils " 3.00 



Sweet Peas " 1.60 



Mignonette perdoz., .60 to .76 



Tulips, common perlOO, 2.00 to 3.00 



extra fancy " 4.00 to 5.00 



Asparagus per string, .36 to .60 



Asparagus ];>er bunch, .35 to 1.00 



Asparagus Sprengeri . . . .jjer 100, 8.00 to 6.00 

 Oalax, green and bronze, 



per 1000, 11.00; per 100, .16 



Adlantum " 1.00 



Leucothoe Sprays " .75 



Smilax perdoz., $2.00.... " 16.00 



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



Subleot to olianBe "v^tbout notice. 



E. C. AMLING 



op»«fl*P.M. 32-34-36 Randolph St. "ns^f^- Chicago, 111. 



The Largest, Beat 

 Equipped and Moat 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholeaale Cut 

 Flower Honae in 

 CThieaco. 



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CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Throughout last week trade progressed 

 at a laggard pace but Monday morning 

 opened with an influx of orders that took 

 the market by surprise and occasioned the 

 most vigorous rustling for stock which 

 has been necessary thus far this year. 

 Tn fact, it was a busier day than the 

 market has seen, except at holiday time, 

 in many months. The demand was prin- 

 cipally for carnations and roses, but 

 many other items also cleaned up well. 

 Tuesday brought a large call for violets 

 for "Valentine's day and Wednesday 

 morning also saw a brisk city demand in 

 this department. 



Beauties continue very short. The 

 quality is nothing to brag about, but 

 buyers are not critical. They are glad 

 to get the Beauties without question of 

 price and without insisting on too close 

 selection. Tea roses have improved in 

 quality with a few days of fine winter 

 weather. Maids are again of excellent 

 color and substance. The demand for 

 select stock is considerably ahead of the 

 supply. There is no trouble in getting 

 $12 to .$15 per hundred for the best 

 Maids and Brides, but this does not im- 

 ply that indifferent grades can be placed 

 in the select class. Short roses are in 

 special demand and for the past fort- 

 night have been making exceedingly good 

 averages for the growers. Both Liberty 

 and Richmond are scarce. Some very 

 fine Chatenay are seen and also Uncle 

 John. 



The weather has been favorable to 

 carnations, the supply has increased and 

 at the same time the flowers have taken 



on some of that , crispness which the 

 handlers so like to see. It means that 

 shipping and keeping quality has im- 

 proved. Last week there were carna- 

 tions to spare, but on Monday orders 

 had to be cut and again on Tuesday. 

 While the prices were not shoved up, they 

 were, nevertheless, firmly held at quoted 

 rates. 



The market is full of bulbous material, 

 including practically everything on the 

 list. The fancy tulips are selling well 

 but so much can hardly be said for any 

 other item. The demand for callas and 

 Harrisii has passed. Paper Whites and 

 common tulips are selling very cheaply. 

 A few sweet peas are seen, but quality is 

 not high. Violets came in heavily this 

 week and on Monday and Tuesday sold 

 out well at prices ranging from 50 cents 

 to $1 per hundred according to quality. 

 The St. Valentine 's day demand was 

 never more apparent. 



The green goods market is taking on 

 new activity. 



The Season's Production. 



It seems quite evident that the aver- 

 age grower is not producing so good or 

 so much stock this year as last. Of 

 course there are exceptions, and the fact 

 is more apparent of roses than of car- 

 nations at most establishments, but near- , 

 ly all wholesalers agree that, even with 

 the considerable increase in glass, the 

 total receipts of stock in this market 

 are no larger, if they are even so large 

 as last year. From reports, the same is 

 true of many other markets. 



The good growers have not done as 

 well as usual thus far this year but it is 

 pointed out that some who have poor 



houses or who practice indifferent 

 methods have had better results than 

 usual. This is explained by the fact of 

 moderate temperatures and an almost un- 

 precedented amount of sunshine during 

 the past three months. 



Death of Geo. Wietor. 



George Wietor died on Tuesday at 

 12:30 o'clock at his home at 221 Devon 

 avenue. He was 73 years of age and 

 had suffered for some months with drop- 

 sy. The funeral will be held from St. 

 Henry's church, High Ridge at 9:30 this 

 morning. 



Mr. Wietor was one of the earliest to 

 engage in the forcing of vegetables, an 

 industry which has now become so great 

 in the Rogers Park section where he has 

 lived for so many years. When the two 

 sons, Henry and Nicholas J., were ready 

 to go into business for themselves they 

 established the Rogers Park Rose Co. at 

 the old place, the father at that time 

 giving up the active cares of business, 

 but he has, until failing strength for- 

 bade, found his chief pleasure in the 

 work in the greenhouses. The firm name 

 was shortly changed to Wieter Bros, and 

 the business developed to be among the 

 largest in the country. 



Qub Meeting. 



The Florists' Club met February 8. 

 John Ziska and N. P. Miller were elected 

 to membership. Jas. Psenecka, H. J. 

 Stockman, J. S. Dekema and Joseph 

 Barry were proposed. The trustees were 

 authorized to make a new lease on Room 

 409 Handel htill for the second and 

 fourth Thursdays of each month and 

 sublet the hall for the fourth Thursday 

 to the Retail Florists' Association. It 



