Mabch 8, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1067 



Cincinnatians 



And others interestedt please 



TAKE NOTICE 



Asparagus strings and bunches, also Sprengeri and 

 Ferns were reported scarce in the Cincinnati letter 

 in last week's Review. From us you can get all 

 the Asparagus you want, fine strings and bunches; 

 Sprengeri up to four feet in length; Fancy Ferns. 

 We can ship in any quantity, to Cincinnatians or 

 others. 



Large Supplies of Strictly Fancy Carnations 



PRICE LIST. 



AMBBXOAJr BBAUTT. Perdoz. 



30 toSe-lnch stem $6.00 to t 6.00 



24-incta stem t.OO 



20-lnch stem 3.00 



16-lnch stem 2.00 



12 Inch stem 1.50 



Seconds 75 to 1.00 



Bridesmaids per 100, 6.00to 10.00 



Brides " 6.00 to 10.00 



Chatenay " 6.00 to 10.00 



Golden Gate " 6.00 to 10.00 



Liberty, Richmond " 6.00 to 12 00 



Perles " 4.00 to 6.0e 



Carnations " 1 60 to 2.00 



" large and fancy " 3.00 to 4.00 



Violets, single " .60 to .76 



" fancy N. Y. double " .75 to 1.00 



Valley " 2.00 to 3.00 



Easter Lilies perdoz., 1.5U to 2.0O 



Callas " .75 to l.so 



Paper Whites per 100 3.08 



Romans " 3.00 



Daffodils, Jonquils " 3.00 



Sweet Peas " 1.00 



Mignonette perdoz., .75 to 1.00 



Tulips, common per 100, 2.00 to 3 00 



extra fancy " 4.00 to 5.00 



Asparagus per string, .36 to .50 



Asparagus per bunch, .36 to 1.00 



Asparagus Sprengeri — per 100, 3.00 to 6.00 

 Galax, green and bronze, 



per 1000, 11.00; per 100, .16 



Adiantum " .76 to 1.00 



Leucothoe Sprays " .75 



Smllax perdoz.,t2.00.... " 15.00 



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



Subject to obanee \7ithout notice. 



E. C. AMLING 



opentm6P.M. 32-34-36 Rdndolph St. ''^^i^-^^T Chicago, 111. 



The Largrest, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut 

 Flower House la 

 Chicag^o. 



Mention The Hfvlew when you write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



The market has not recovered from the 

 depression which by a few days preceded 

 the advent of Lent. The local trade is 

 fairly active by comparison with recent 

 weeks, but shipping demand has been 

 light in the past seven days. At the 

 same time supplies of stock are not so 

 large but that a little spurt in business 

 would serve to clean up the market. As 

 it is, the receipt of a few good shipping 

 orders serves to take all the stock usually 

 on hand in the fortunate house. 



There are larger supplies of Beauties 

 and also of Brides and Maids and, prices 

 on these items are a notch lower than 

 they were in the past fortnight. Bed 

 roses are also slightly more abundant. 

 There is considerable call for the shorter 

 stemmed stock, but the heads must be 

 good. 



The receipts of carnations have not in- 

 creased materially but stocks on hand 

 are much larger because of light de- 

 mand. The result has been that last 

 week some very low prices were taken 

 for large lots and the same condition 

 promises to prevail later in this week. 

 Most of the wholesalers are carrying 

 carnations over each night. It is sel- 

 dom that the market has had better 

 stock than at present. Nearly all the 

 carnation growers are cutting fine flow- 

 ers. Here and there complaint is heard 

 as to a lack of keeping qualities. 



No flower has felt the weakening ef- 

 fect of present market conditions so' 

 greatly as has the violet. If the Hudson 

 river growers are realizing less in New 

 York than they are in Chicago at pres- 



ent, the incentive to build new houses 

 will not be great. It was no uncommon 

 thing in the past week to have very fair 

 Hudson river violets sell at 10 cents per 

 bunch of fifty, $2 per thousand, and 

 many sales must have been made for 

 less, as a number of Greeks were offering 

 violets at retail at that price or little 

 more. At the same time the really fancy 

 stock brought much better figures, 75 

 cents per hundred being about the top. 

 The fragrant, home-grown singles have 

 made better averages than the imported 

 stock. " 



Practically all bulbous stock is in over- 

 supply. Easter lilies still hold their own 

 fairly well, but the demand is light and 

 supplies ample. Callas are abundant 

 and promise to shortly become a glut. 

 There are large quantities of tulips and 

 only the best bring fair prices. White 

 tulips, if cheap enough, are taken for 

 funeral use. Poor tulips in colors do 

 not sell for much. Some fine Dutch hy- 

 acinths are seen, but very few Romans 

 and Paper Whites are not so abundant. 

 Freesia is practically out of the market. 



The green goods market is suffering a 

 slight relapse. These is complaint that 

 ferns coming from cold storage require 

 much picking over. There are large 

 quantities on hand and the dealers are 

 anxious to move them. 



Insult to Injury. 



A story widely circulated last week 

 was to the effect that Fred Kaeding was 

 charged with stealing $580 from the 

 trunk of an employee at Poehlmann's. 

 The fact was that the money was stolen 

 from Mr. Kaeding and that for the 

 theft Andrew Miller has been indicted 



by the grand jury. Mr. Kaeding re- 

 covered $531 of his savings and paid $49 

 reward to the officers who got it for him. 

 It is certainly rank injustice to report 

 a man as stealing his own money. Mr. 

 Kaeding is a good grower and value<f 

 employee at Poehlmannville. 



Various Notes. 



The perennial debate in the market 

 culminated Tuesday in the interest^ 

 parties taking the familiar advice {« 

 * ' hire a hall. ' ' About two dozen retail- 

 ers and wholesalers got together at Han- 

 del hall and the free expression of opin- 

 ion doubtless did much to correct the 

 many abuses in the business. 



The Florists' Club's annual carna^ 

 tion show is on today at room 531 Atlac 

 block. This evening the club will meet 

 as usual in Handel ball. There are a 

 number of applications for membership 

 to be acted upon and a general discns- 

 sion of carnations is announced. 



It is stated that Ernst Kramer and a 

 partner will build seven houses each 310 

 feet long at Wilmette, presumably for 

 vegetables. 



The George Wittbold Co. believes ia 

 making full use of its space. At the 

 city establishment the houses occupied 

 by palms have been filled with Boston 

 ferns hanging from the sash bars. There 

 are seventeen rows of plants in most of 

 the houses and the additional weight is 

 something like four tons on each root 

 Three crops a year can be grown in this 

 manner. 



Julia Jengen Waalowsky has the By»- 

 pathy of her many friends in the loss of 

 her eight months' old son, Paul, whe 

 died March 2. 



