Junk 28, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



349 



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 famous 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 large quantity — fine stock in every respect. 



CHOICE VALLEY, SWEET PEAS, LILIES and a large 

 supply of CARNATIONS. 



AN ABUNDANCE OF FINE SMILAX 



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CURRENT PRICE LIST 



B£AUTI£S Per doz. 



Stems, (Mt to 48 Inches 14.00 



Stems, 24 to 30 Inches 3.00 



Stems, 20 inches 2.00 



Stems, 16 Inches 1.60 



Stems, 12 Inches 1.00 



Short stems t0.60 to .75 



ROSES 



Kalaerln per 100, 14.00 to 18.00 



Bride and Maid *' 4.0Uto 6.60 



Richmond " 4.00 to 10 00 



Chatenay " 4.00 to 8.00 



Golden Gate " 4.00 to 6.00 



Roses, our selection " 3.00 



CARNATIONS 



Select, all colors per 100, 11 00 to $2 00 



Large and Fancies " 3.00 



MISCBI^IiANKOUS 



Peonies, fancy i)erdoz.. 75c; per 100, 16.00 



Harrlsll... per doz., $1.50; per 100, 10.00 



Auratum LlUes per doz., 2.00 



Sweet Peas per 100, $0.40to .75 



Cornflowers " .60 



Valley " 2.00to 4.00 



Daisies " .50 to 1.00 



DECORATIVE 



AsparasruB per string, $0.35 to $0.60 



Sprengerl per lOO, 2.00 to 6.00 



Galax 1000, $1.00, per 100, .16 



FERNS " 1.60, " .20 



Adlantum per 100, .60 to 1.00 



Smllax per doz. 2.00 



Prices Subject to Change Withoat Notice. 



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



Sundays and Holidays closed at noon. 



During July and August we close at 6 p. m. 



E. C. AM LING 



The Larg^est, 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, UK 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



In the cut flower market the total 

 of sales has been footing up a fair 

 figure during the last week, but there 

 is an absence of life in the demand 

 which is discouraging to the wholesalers. 

 Country orders are fairly numerous, but 

 the city buyers are listless; they do not 

 seem to care whether or not they get 

 the stock they ask for. They are al- 

 most unanimous in reporting the busi- 

 ness this June as not so good as a year 

 ago, and quite a number of the whole- 

 salers concur. Those who are able to 

 report an increase are the ones who are 

 fortunate in having some special crop, 

 as Beauties or summer roses, or an 

 especially good lot of peonies. 



The supply of Beauties has not in- 

 creased to any considerable degree, but 

 demand has fallen away so that there 

 are now ample quantities for all and 

 prices were weakening when, on Tues- 

 day, a bracing was apparent. Kaiserin 

 sells Mell although some good Brides are 

 now seen. A number of houses are cut- 

 ting roses from young stock and a 

 steady if slow improvement in quality 

 may be anticipated. Liberty continues 

 to afford large crops for several 

 growers. 



Carnations are much less plentiful 

 than a week ago, and quality averages 

 a little better because the houses which 

 were yielding poor stock have been 

 thrown out preparatory to replanting. 

 Prices are, therefore, averaging better 

 than last week. 



The peony is still the leading flower. 

 Some of those in cold storage are not 



keeping well and are being rushed on 

 the market, but there is every prospect 

 for all the peonies the trade can use 

 prior to July 15. Prices have taken a 

 tumble, although some special fancy 

 stock still makes 75 cents and occasion- 

 ally $1 per dozen; 25 to 50 cents is the 

 popular range. 



Monday morning brought large re- 

 ceipts of candidum lilies, which were 

 started off at $1 per bunch of fifty 

 flowers. There are more longiflorums 

 than are needed. Auratum is plentiful 

 but not pressing for a market. Pond 

 lilies, which have sold well, are now 

 down to the summer price of 25 cents 

 per bunch. The push for valley has 

 subsided. Gladioli are seen in consid- 

 erable quantity and are not brisk sellers. 



There is abundance of green stock of 

 all kinds. 



Early Closing. 



Beginning next Monday, July 2, all 

 the wholesale cut flower and supply 

 houses will close at 5 p. m. Those who 

 want stock should bear this fact in 

 mind and get in their orders in season. 



Mail Deliveries. 



Monday morning several wholesalers 

 received mail orders for stock which 

 should have been shipped on Sunday. 

 Investigation shows the following con- 

 dition will prevail until September 1: 

 The post-office makes no delivery Satur- 

 day after 12 o'clock. The mail to be 

 had by calling for it Sunday morning 

 is only that which reached the post- 

 office Saturday afternoon. The mail re- 

 ceived on Sunday is not distributed until 

 Monday morning; even that mail reach- 

 ing the city Saturday afternoon is not 



to be had until 11:30 Sunday morning, 

 which is almost too late for the whole- 

 salers to do anything in the matter ol 

 supplying stock. 



Cold Storage. 



The cold-storage warehouse is becom- 

 ing an important adjunct of the flower 

 business. First it was only hardy ferns 

 which were stored, but now all sorts 

 of green stuff are»kept indefinitely under 

 colli storage. For a half dozen years 

 the storing of peonies has been an im- 

 portant detail of the season 's business. 

 Last year the A. K Eandall Co. stored 

 a large part of the season's cut of 

 candidum lilies and found it so success- 

 ful that the same operation is being 

 done this year. Candidums are put in 

 with the peonies, at about 34 to 36 de- 

 grees, and will keep nearly a month in 

 salable, useable condition. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. is using a cold- 

 storage warehouse for longiflorum lilies. 

 They do not undertake to keep them 

 more than a few days, but whenever they 

 get an accumulation at the store, they 

 run them over to the warehouse until 

 the pressure lets up. These, too, go 

 in with the peonies. 



Florists' Club's Picnic. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held its 

 most successful picnic at Joliet, Sunday, 

 June 24. Nearly 200 people went down 

 on the special train at 9:45 over the 

 C. R. I. & P. The special was delayed 

 about an hour, due to a freight wreck 

 on the road. Finally Cherry Hill was 

 reached and the party was met by seven 

 large wagons especially fitted up for 

 the occasion, which made a tour of about 

 four miles through the Forest of Arden, 



