July 5, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



409 



Keep a Pushin* 



Yes, it's vacation time, but those who stay at home 

 won't mind the heat so much if they have some- 

 thing to do. Keep a pushin'. You can always 

 do business if you keep your windows fresh and 

 attractive. You don't need to carry much stock — 



You Can Call On Us 



We have an especially fine crop of 

 Summer Beauf ies, also Kaiserins, Lilies, 

 Peas and all stock in season. 



AN ABUNDANCE OF FINE SMILAX 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BEAUTIES Per doz. 



Stems, 86 to 48 inches H.OO 



Stems, 84 to 30 Inches 3.00 



Stems, 20 inches 3.00 



Stems, 16 Inches 1.50 



Stems, 13 inches 1.00 



Shortstems lO.SOto .76 



ROSES 



Kalserin per 100, 13.00 to 18 00 



BriaeandMaid " 2.00to 6.00 



Richmond " 3.00 to 800 



Chatenay " 3.00 to 6.00 



Golden Gate " 2.00 to 6.00 



CARNATIONS 



Select, all colors per 100, II 00 to W 00 



Lar^e and Fancies " 3.00 



BUSCEI^LANEOrS 



Harrlsli... perdoz., 11.50; per 100, 110.00 



Auratum Lilies per doz., 1.50 



Sweet Peas per 100, 10.30 to .50 



Cornflowers " .50 



Valley " 2.00 to 4.00 



Daisies " .50 to 1.00 



Gladioli " 5.00 to 8.00 



DECORATIVE 



Asparag'us per string, $0.35 to 10.50 



Sprengreri per 100, 2.00 to 5.00 



Galax 1000, 11.00, per 100, .15 



FERNS " 1.25, " .15 



Adiantum per 100, .60 to .75 



Smllax per doz. 1.60 



Prices Snbjeet to Change Without Notice. 



During July and August we close at 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, III. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Business slackened as the end of June 

 approached and Saturday found the 

 market dull. This week opened with re- 

 ceipts somewhat decreased and demand 

 inactive. There is a general report that 

 the shipping trade for the month of 

 June was below the average. The condi- 

 tion still maintains, although there are 

 a fair amount of orders in special lines, 

 Beauties being one of the items gen- 

 erally not in large supply. Kaiserin 

 roses are also selling well, although the 

 reappearance of one or two crops of 

 Bride of quality good for the sea- 

 son has in a measure detracted 

 from the special value of Kaiserins. 

 Maids are of poor color and realizing 

 only moderate prices. Liberty and Kich- 

 mond are giving good crops and sell 

 better than sorts of other colors. Uncle 

 John is in good shape, but Chatenay is 

 not often seen. 



It was thought that the carnation 

 crops were passing off, as receipts were 

 lighter last week in spite of two or 

 three days of scorching hot weather, but 

 Monday morning brought in very heavy 

 cuts, especially of colored sorts. Prices 

 vary widely, but $1 to $1.50 per hundred 

 may be said to be the market on 

 ordinary grades. Occasionally a few 

 bunches are sold at the rate of from 

 $2 to $3 per hundred, but more often 

 the price is 10 cents to 15 cents per 

 bunch. 



Practically all the peonies are cleaned 

 up except three lots, which promise to 

 hoid out for a week or so. Contrary to 

 expectations the stock is keeping ex- 



cellently. The early cuts dropped badly 

 when brought from cold storage, but the 

 bunches now coming out leave nothing 

 to be desired. Prices have stiffened 

 slightly, even in these days of the de- 

 creasing demand. 



Sweet peas are among the most plenti- 

 ful items in the market and they are 

 also of excellent quality. All colors 

 are offered, but light pink is the best 

 seller. Candidum lilies continue plenti- 

 ful and there are all the auratums the 

 market can consume. Harrisii have 

 been abundant all along. Pond lilies 

 are plentiful and other items of out- 

 door stock are beginning to cut con- 

 siderable figure. 



Green goods are equal to all require- 

 ments. 



John Degnan Resigns. 



John P. Degnan has severed his con- 

 nection with the Chicago Rose Co., hand- 

 ing in his resignation as secretary and 

 manager on June 30 to take immediate 

 effect. The management will hereafter 

 be entirely in the hands of the Ziskas, 

 father and son. Joseph Ziska, as the 

 principal stockholder, is president of 

 the corporation and John J. Ziska has 

 been its treasurer, and to his cares will 

 now be added the duties of the manager. 

 Mr. Degnan contemplates a vacation trip 

 west prior to entering upon any new un- 

 dertaking. 



Matthias Schillo Dies. 



Matthias C. Schillo, the junior partner 

 in the Schillo Lumber Co., died quite 

 suddenly on Monday at the age of 30 

 years. Mrs. Schillo survives, with a 

 daughter of 5 years. She is a cousin of 

 Leonard Kill. The - Schillos are known 



to practically every grower north of 

 town and the news of the young man's 

 untimely demise will be received with 

 much regret. 



Dining Car Flowers. 



The C. B. & Q. was the first road run- 

 ning out of Chicago to decorate with 

 flowers the tables of its dining cars, but 

 now most of the roads have followed 

 suit. The use of flowers was doubtless 

 due to the suggestion of Bassett & Wash- 

 burn, who were given, and have for years 

 bad, the order for the bouquets, using 

 up in this way their short, open and 

 otherwise unsalable flowers. As the de- 

 mand grew the Burlington built green- 

 houses of its own to supply the flowers, 

 and other roads did likewise, but in the 

 last year or two they have found that 

 the bouquets can be bought cheaper than 

 the flowers can be grown. To avoid pay- 

 ing high prices in times of scarcity large 

 ranges of glass are required. Therefore 

 the roads are turning the greenhouses 

 over to the men who grow plants to 

 decorate station grounds and are giving 

 florists standing orders for the dining 

 cars. The George Wittbold Co. now 

 supplies a part of the needs of the 

 Northwestern, while J. F. Wilcox, at 

 Council Bluffs, has the other end of the 

 order. 



► Meteorological Summary. 



June was warmer than the average 

 by quite a bit. The mean temperature 

 was 68 degrees, as against 66 degrees 

 in the thirty-six years since the' weather 

 bureau has been keeping records, and 

 as against 65 degrees last year. The 

 highest was 93 degrees June 8 and 28, 

 the lowest 51 degrees June 11. Since 



