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JONB 21. 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



285 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



Our Beauties are easily the best in this market and we 

 believe it will be difficult to find their equal anywhere in the 

 United States in this warm weather. They are in every way 

 as good as our fEfc^mous crop last summer— and most Beauty 

 buyers know what that means. Mostly long stems. 



PEONIES— We handle the best stock in town— choicest varieties, 

 cut right, bunched right, handled right— in any quantity. 

 Will have them all through June. 



KAISERINS — The Kaiserin is the only really good summer rose. 

 We have them in 1 arge quantity— fine stock in every respect. 



CHOICE VALLEY, SWEET PEAS, LILIES and a large 

 supply of CARNATIONS. 



AN ABUND/miNCE OF FINE SMILAX 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BEAUTIBS Per doz. 



Stems, 36 to 48 Inches H.OO 



Stems, 24 to 30 Inches 8.00 



Stems, 20 Inches 2.00 



Stems, 16 inches 1.60 



Stems, 12 Inches 1.00 



Short stems tO.SOto .76 



ROSES 



Kaiserin per 100, 14.00 to 18.00 



BrldeandMald " 4.00to 6.60 



Richmond " 400to 10.00 



Chatenay " 4.U0 to lO.OO 



Golden Oate " 4.00 to 6.00 



Roses, our selection " 3.00 



CARNATIONS 



Select, all colors per 100, $2 00 



Large and Fancies " 3.00 



MISC ELL ANEOUS 



Peonies, fancy per doz.. 76c; per 100, $6.00 



Harrlsll per doz., $1.60; per 100, 10.00 



Auratum Lilies per doz., 2.00 



Sweet Peas per 100, $0.60to 1.00 



Cornflowers " .60 to 1.00 



Valley " 2.00to 4.00 



Daisies " .60to 1.00 



DECORATIVE 



Asparagrus per string:, $0.36 to $0.60 



Sprengerl per 100, 2.00 to 5.00 



Oalax 1000,$1.00, per 100, .16 



FERNS '• 2.00, " .26 



Adiantum per 100, .60to 100 



Smllax per doz. 2.00 



Prices Snbject to Change Without Notice. 



Store open from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. 

 Sundays and Holidays closed at noon. 



E.C^AMLING 



The Largest, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flow- 

 er House in Chicag^o 



32-34-36 Randolph St. 



Long Distance Telephones, 



1978 and 1977 Central, 



7846 Automatic 



Chicago, IlK 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Business continued quiet throughout 

 last week. Stock in all departments was 

 equal to the demand, althouigh in 

 Beauties, Brides and Maids it waa not 

 always possible to fill orders with tbe 

 grade of stock desired. Carnatioxis con- 

 tinued in very large supply and tihere is 

 record of sales at as low as 2 cents 

 per bunch, where the buyer was "willing 

 to clean up accumulated job lots. Side- 

 walk salesmen outside the loop tlistrict 

 were doing a thriving business on Sat- 

 urday with carnations at 5 cents a. dozen. 

 Of course, the stock waa such as would 

 not have passed muster in any flower 

 store. 



This week opened with a much better 

 tone. Supplies in all departmea ts are 

 much less than in the last for-tnight. 

 This is especially true of roses, for all 

 the growers who have not replanted are 

 busy at this annual task. Beauties are 

 especially scarce and selling at good 

 prices. The fact that many buy&rs are 

 unable to get Beauties of the grade 

 they need is making a good market for 

 long-stemmed Liberty, of which one or 

 two growers have very good cuts. Bride 

 and Bridesmaid are still seen ir» con- 

 siderable quantity, but most of the stock 

 is very poor. Much grading is requix-ed to 

 get out an order for 100 Maids and when 

 a house has call for several hundreds it 

 18 no small task to find enough tha.t will 

 pass inspection. Kaiserin is received 

 in considerable quantity and sells fast. 

 Those firms which have houses of roses 

 grown especially for summer cuttiag are 

 enjoying very brisk demand. '' 



The low prices which carnations have 

 realized the last fortnight have resulted 

 in many growers throwing out their 

 stock and receipts are lighter. Much of 

 the stock is of exceedingly poor quality 

 and will not do for shipment, or in fact 

 for any store use. The result is that 

 good carnations have stiffened in price 

 and the market is on a much more satis- 

 factory basis than a vreek ago. 



Those houses which hold large stocks 

 of peonies in cold storage are well 

 pleased with the situation. It had been 

 feared that there vpould be a poor 

 market for peonies this year, but such 

 has not been the case at any time except 

 when the cuts were at their height. 

 Good peonies are bringing first-class 

 prices. There is some complaint that 

 the stored stock is dropping quickly 

 when brought from the cooler, but most 

 of the poor stock has been closed out. 

 A big business is being done in peonies 

 because of the low quality of roses and 

 carnations. It looks as though all the 

 stock would clean up at profitable prices. 



Calla lilies are gone. There are not 

 so many longiflorums as a few weeks 

 ago, but still enough for all require- 

 ments. Auratum is abundant. Gladioli 

 are seen in many houses but are slow 

 sale. Sweet peas are again of better 

 quality an<J, selling well. Cape jasmine 

 lasted longer than usual this year, but 

 has at length passed in its checks. Pond 

 lilies are abundant and of fine quality. 



There are only moderate supplies of 

 green goods. Asparagus strings are 

 scarce, but there is enough smilax. Com- 

 mon ferns are again to be had in 

 quantity. 



Cost of Greenhouses. 



L. Coatsworth has been figuring up 

 the cost of the three houses, each 

 27%x300, added this spring to the estab- 

 lishment of the Benthey-Coatsworth Co., 

 at New Castle. He finds that they cost 

 a penny or two more than $10 per run- 

 ning foot. It is a cheaper price than 

 he has previously paid and he thinks 

 the houses are the oest ever built at their 

 place. The cost includes material and 

 erection, also piping and an eighty-five 

 horse-power steam boiler from the Frost 

 Mfg. Co., Galesburg, equipped with a 

 Martin rocking grate. Two of the Frost 

 boilers have been in operation ever since 

 the Benthey-Coatsworth Co. built its 

 first houses and have given excellent 

 satisfaction. 



One on Bohanon. 



There is a woman of advanced years, 

 well known to the wholesalers, who is 

 a frequent visitor begging flowers. When 

 refused she turns loose a storm of 

 vituperative wrath which is something 

 to marvel at. Occasionally she visits 

 a retail store. One day she asked a 

 donation from Lovelace R. Bohanon, be- 

 fore he located on North State straM. 

 Mr. Bohanon declined with thanks and 

 the beggar did her best to express her 

 opinion of him. As she was going out 

 the door she met a lady just entering. 

 "Don't go in there," she said, "that 

 man insulted me." It was Mrs. 

 Bohanon 1 Last Sunday morning Mr. 

 Bohanon happened into the Flower 

 Growers' Market just as the woman was 

 telling Percy Jones what she thought of 

 him for not giving her stock, and the 

 story came out. 



