APBIL 26, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1645 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



We are just beginning to cut a heavy crop of the finest 

 Beauties coming to this market. Last summer our Beauties 

 were the sensation of the town; they are as good this year. 

 Send us your orders. 



CARNATIONS 



By the hundred or thousand, as fine stock as there is in the 

 market. Let us quote you special prices on large quantities. 



SWEET PEAS — A crop just coming; fine long stems, all shades 

 and colors. 



LILIES — A fine cut of Longiflorum received daily. 



HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL GREEN €OODS 



CURRENT PRICES 



BBAUTIBB Per doz. 



30to36-lnch stem 14.00 to $5.00 



24-lnchsteiu 3.00 



20-lnch stem 2.00 



15-lnch stem l.&O 



12-lnch stem 1.00" 



Seconds 60 to .75 



BOSZ8 



Bride and Maid per 100, 13.00 to 18.00 



Liberty " 6.00to 10.00 



Richmond " 4.00 to 10.00 



Golden Oate " 3.00 to 8.00 



Perle " 3.00 to 6.00 



Kalserln " 3.00 to 8.00 



Roses, our selection " 3.00 



CASVATIOVS 



Select per 100, 11.50 to »2.00 



Large and Fancies " 3.00 



MXSCEI^I^AirEOUS 



Dallas per doz.tl.OO to 11.60 



Harrlsll " 1.00 to 1.50 



Valley per 100, 2.00 to 4.00 



Sweet Peas " 1.00 to 1,50 



Tulips " 2.00 to 4.00 



Pansles " 1.00 



Daisies " .75 to 1.50 



Violets " .50 to .75 



Mignonette per doz., .36 to .76 



DECOBATIVE 



Asparagus per string, $0.35 to $0.50 



Asparagus plumosus bunch, .35 to 1.00 



Asparagus Sprengerl " .25 to 1.00 



Galax 1000, $1.00, per 100, .16 



FBRNS " 2.00, " .25 



Leucothoe Sprays " .76 



Boxwood per bunch .25 



Adlantum per 100, .75 



Smtlax per doz. 2.50 



Prices Subject to Change Wlthont Notice. 



E. C. AM LING 



op«.«u6P.M. 32-34-36 Randolph St. "^^ssS^' Chicago, III. 



The Larseat, Beat 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholeaale Cut 

 Flower House in 

 Chieaco. 



Mention Tbe Rerlew when yon write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Business steadily -went down hill last 

 week and Saturday night found tbe 

 wholesalers with considerable stock to 

 carry over, in spite of very moderate 

 prices. Some of them were fortunate in 

 cleaning up on Sunday but Monday 

 found the market with plenty of stock 

 and no very brisk demand. Boses con* 

 tinue to hold their own in better shape 

 than carnations, but there are enough 

 and to spare in most Unes. Cuts are not 

 heavy; it seems to be absence of de- 

 mand. The rq>ort is that everyone 

 through the country has plenty of stock. 



Boses are of excellent quality and the 

 general average of carnations is probably 

 as good as tUs market ever saw. Prices 

 on carnations have been weak ever since 

 the day after Easter. Fancy stock may 

 now be bought at the prices ordinary 

 grades commanded a couple of weeks 

 ago. In general the range is from $1 to 

 $3, with the bulk of the sales at about 

 $1.50 per hundred. Even then it is im- 

 possible to clean out. A few fine red, 

 Prosperity, etc., still bring $4 per hun- 

 dred. 



The bulbous stock is very nearly done, 

 except for the outdoor stuff, which is 

 still coming in heavily. Poeticos is in 

 large supply. Outdoor lilac is coming 

 heavily and arbutus is also added to the 

 list. Callas are good and belated Easter 

 lilies are abundant and selling cheaply. 

 Sweet peas are in demand. Some of ex- 

 cellent quality are seen. Valley has also 

 stiffened in price because of spring wed- 

 dings. Violets are very nearly at an end. 



The Hudson river shipments shake badly 

 and the color is usually very poor. 



Smilax has been scarce for several 

 weeks and now asparagus is pretty well 

 cut out. There are plenty of ferns and 

 all the jobbers are anxious to sell. 



Easter Aftermath. 



A summing up of the Easter business 

 shows that the total of sales was very 

 satisfactory. Those growers who took 

 heed of experience and the good advice 

 of the salesmen had their stock on the 

 market early and are very well pleased 

 with the aggregate sales and average 

 prices. Those who brought in the bidk 

 of their stock after the shipping demand 

 had passed are complaining. It is not 

 the first time that the early bird has 

 caught the worm in this market and it is 

 not likely to be the last time that the 

 growers who hold their stock to the last 

 minute pay the penalty. 



VarioiM Notes. 



Julius A. Schnapp, who has had 

 charge of Muir's store at Forty-seventh 

 and Grand boulevard, is opening a new 

 store for his own account at Forty-sev- 

 enth and Ellis. 



The announcement of the assignment 

 of the Shaeffer Floral Co. created con- 

 siderable stir. Five local wholesalers 

 with aggregate claims of $3,500 sent an 

 attorney to Kansas City ajd last Friday 

 filed a petition in bankruptcy in the 

 United States district court against the 

 Shaeffer Floral Co. Some of them hold 

 notes with the personal endorsement of 

 Chas. A. Shaeffer. It is stated that the 

 liabilities approximate $6,000. 



Mrs. J. Pieser, mother of tha Pieser 



brothers, of the Kennicott Bros. Co., was 

 at the Hotel Bristol, San Francisco, with 

 her daughter, Mrs. H. J. Metz, at the 

 time of the earthquake and fire. It was 

 several days before word of their safety 

 was received. Mrs. Pieser is nearly 80 

 years of age. They were to have started 

 for home on the morning of the disaster. 

 E. E. Pieser went to Fort Madison, la., 

 and met them there Tuesday evening. 



Mrs. E. L. Eaton has secured the lease 

 on the large store at the south-east cor- 

 ner of Jackson boulevard and Plymouth 

 place and will open a flower store there 

 as eoon after May 1 as the room can 

 be fitted up. This will give three flower 

 stores within 100 feet, the others being 

 those of Fred Strail and Elizabeth ^A- 

 son. Miss Carlson has done very nicely 

 in the few months since opening. 



Arnold Eingier, of the W. W. Barnard 

 Co., reached home on Tuesday. He 

 spent two very busy weeks in San Fran- 

 cisco, gathering up with much care or- 

 ders for a large variety of stock which 

 it is feared the buyers will not need as 

 soon as they expected to. He started for 

 home via lios Angeles a few days before 

 the disaster. 



The F. E. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, 

 N. Y., sent Bassett & Washburn twenty- 

 five blooms of Winsor carnation, which 

 attracted much attention at their store 

 this week. The shade of pink is entirely 

 new. Bassett & Washburn have a big 

 lot of flowers from the Azores lily bulbs 

 yet to market. 



O. P. Bassett, Mrs. Bassett and Mrs. 

 Andrews went to West Baden Monday 

 evening. 



W. Winterson, father of E. F. and 

 Louis Winterson, spent the winter with 



