March 22, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



12\3 



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LILIES!! 



If you want the best Lilies for Easter, give us your 

 order NOW. All advance orders packed at the 

 greenhouses. You get select stock without bruis- 

 ing. Price, $2 per doz.; $J5 per J 00; $125 per 

 J 000. 250 at 1000 rate. 



We have large receipts of Roses and Carna- 

 tions — no better stock to be had anywhere — and 

 prices are so reasonable that you can use the better 

 grades in quantity. 



WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL GREEN GOODS 



PRICE LIST. 



AMBSIOAJr BBAUTT. Per doz. 



30 to 36-lnch Btem 15.00 



24-lnch Btem 4.00 



20-inch stem 3.00 



IG-lnch stem 2.00 



12-inch stem 1.60 



Seconds 75 to 1.00 



Bridesmaids per 100, 4.00 to 10.00 



Brides " 4.00to 10.00 



Chatenay " 4.00 to 10.00 



Golden Gate " 4.00 to 10.00 



Liberty, Richmond " 6.00 to 12.00 



Perles " 4.00 to 6.00 



Carnations " 1.50 to 2.00 



" large and fancy " 3.00 



Violets, single " .50 to .75 



" fancy N. Y. double " .50 to .75 



Valley " 2.00to 3.00 



Easter Lilies per doz., 1.50 to 2.00 



Dallas " .75to 1.50 



Paper Whites per 100 3.00 



JonauilB " 3.00 



Daffodils *' 3.00 



Sweet Peas " 1.00 



Mignonette per doz., .75 to 1.00 



Tulips, common per 100, 2.00 to 3.00 



" extra fancy " 4.00 to 5.00 



Asparagus per string, .35 to .50 



Asparagus per bunch, .36 to 1.00 



Asparagus Sprengeri per 100, 3.00 to 6.00 



Galax, green and bronze, 



per 1000, tl.OO; per 100, .16 



Adiantum " .76 to 1.00 



Leucothoe Sprays " .75 



Smilax per doz., 12.00.... " 15.00 



Fancy Ferns per 1000, 2.00...." .25 



Subject to chanere witbout notice. 



E. C. AM LING 



opeauu.P.M. 32-34-36 RandolpH St. •3^^^=^ Chicago, HI. 



The Larg^est, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholecale Cut 

 Flower House in 

 Chicaifo. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



With a week of such unpleasant 

 weather as has prevailed in the past 

 seven clays it could not be otherwise 

 than that the market would be erratic. 

 We have had a week of continuous bliz- 

 zard and some of the coldest days of the 

 year. On March 19 more snow fell than 

 on any previous day this winter. There 

 has been no transient trade in the local 

 retail stores. An occasional decoration 

 or good funeral order made a spurt. As 

 the same weather conditions have pre- 

 vailed throughout the territory served 

 by this market, the same business con- 

 ditions have also been noted. There 

 has been an occasional run of heavy 

 shipping, but in general business has 

 been light. 



With a week of practically no sun and 

 with snow falling most of the time one 

 would expect production to be curtailed, 

 but if such has been the result the 

 effect has been nullified by the decreased 

 demand. In fact, there appears to be 

 considerably more stock now in the mar- 

 ket than during any recent period. 

 Beauties are the possible exception. 

 There is no oversupply of tlio longer 

 grades. Short stock, say up to 12-inch 

 stems, is a glut on the market, but the 

 quality is generally very poor. 



There is an abundance in the tea rose 

 department. Red is less plentiful than 

 any other color. Some very fine Brides 

 and Maids are seen, -also some grand 

 Richmond from ground canes. There 

 are some very fine Chatenay, but this 

 rose is not nearly so abundant as it was 



in the autumn. Prices have weakened 

 all along the line. 



The carnation market shows little 

 change from a week ago. There are 

 very large supplies. White has cleaned 

 out quickly, with Lawson always in 

 stock, possibly because the receipts of 

 it are so much larger than of any other 

 variety. At the end of last week there 

 was a huge accumulation, which was 

 closed out cheaply. Fortunately for the 

 market a few department store orders 

 from out of town relieved the pressure. 

 As stock is again accumulating, a repe- 

 tition of the process may be looked for 

 this week, with averages at the lowest 

 this season. Growers, however, have no 

 cause for complaint, as they have had 

 bettor returns than usual all winter. 



If anyone has a kick coming it is the 

 violet grower. Not many really fine 

 violets are reaching this market and 

 those of other grades are exceedingly 

 difficult to sell. In Monday's storm an 

 offer of 20 cents per hundred would not 

 tempt a Greek to touch the New York 

 stock. Loc;il i-ctailers seem to prefer the 

 home-grown singles. Bulbous material 

 is not nearly so abundant as it has been, 

 'ihere are increasing supplies of callas 

 and large numbers of Easter lilies, but 

 many of them are short in stem and 

 ])oor in flower. Some fine sweet peas 

 are seen and sell well. 



The green goods market is slightly 

 more active, because of a few store 

 openings Avhich are calling for consid- 

 erable quantities of asparagus. 



Various Notes. 



The Wholesale Florists ' Association 

 held a meeting ^londay morning and 



adopted by-laws. The following officois 

 were nominated: President, F. F. Ben- 

 they; vice-president, C. M. Dickinson; 

 for secretary, John P. Risch and John 

 P. Degnan; for treasurer, E. C. Amling 

 and Leonard Kill; for directors for 

 three years, C. M. Dickinson, E. E. 

 I'ieser and Leonard Kill; for two years, 

 N. J. Wietor, C, L. Washburn and John 

 Sinner; for one vear, Ij. H. Winterson^ 

 John P. Risch and F. F. Benthey. An- 

 nual dues are $24. 



E. 0. Amling is receiving some very 

 fine pink sweet peas.. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. is showing blooms 

 of a white sport of Chatenay which orig- 

 inated with George Hopp, of Grand 

 Rapids. They offer the stock of ]>hints 

 for sale and say they would as soon 

 pocket a commission for selling ]>lauts 

 as cut flowers. 



Henry Rowe celebrated St. Patrick's 

 day by opening his new store at 42 

 Monroe street, in the Palmer House 

 block. It is decorated in green ami 

 white. In the midst of his moving he 

 was given orders for fourteen large 

 pieces for the Montgomery funeral, 

 which kept him at work all night. On 

 the evening of his opening day he had, 

 as usual, the decoration for the annual 

 banquet of the Irish Fellowship Club at 

 the Auditorium. Five hundred guests 

 were each given a shamrock. 



Lubliner & Trinz have secured tlie 

 store at 145 Wabash to May 1. Tliey 

 opened a branch there on Saturday and 

 did a thriving business. 



The wholesale houses are all showing 

 portraits of Peter Reinberg with tlie in- 

 scription, ' ' One good term deserves an- 

 other. " There is a strong fight against 



