1866 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mat 17, 1906. 



PEONIES 



From now to the Fourth of July 

 we shall be able to supply 

 Peonies for all orders. 



Price for Decoration Day, 75c per doz. 

 A few special long, fancy, $1.00 per doz. 



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CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Toward the end of last week the mar- 

 ket pursued its even course, with ade- 

 quate supplies in all departments, but 

 no over-stock in carnations. Cool weather 

 had much to do with holding back the 

 receipts, and when on Saturday the ther- 

 mometer registered 83 in the shade the 

 wholesalers prepared for large receipts 

 on Monday, in which they were not dis- 

 appointed. 



This week opened with about as heavy 

 a glut as has been recorded in recent 

 years. Roses continue to be the greatest 

 difficulty. There is much more stock 

 than legitimate requirements can con- 

 sume. A large part of the local demand 

 is for funeral work and the shorts are 

 making relatively better prices than the 

 medium grades. The strictly fancy stock 

 is selling fairly well, but stock which 

 cannot be sold as fancy must a large 

 part of it go at funeral flower prices. 



Jt had been stated that there was 

 nothing in sight in the carnation houses, 

 but the sun evidently found something, 

 for on Monday carnations were again 

 over-abundant. However, it is not 

 thought that the especially heavy cut 

 will continue. 



Sweet peas were good property up to 

 Saturday, but this week there are quan- 

 tities more than can be consumed by the 

 stores, and first-class peas are finding 

 their way into the baskets of cheap 

 stock. There are also over-supplies of 

 daisies which are hard to move. Quan- 

 tities of outdoor tulips are offered, in- 

 cluding some especially fine Parrots. 

 Last week everyone wanted lilac; now 

 there are literally wagon loads in almost 

 every house and no one will even make 

 an offer. Peonies are in heavy receipt 

 and selling slowly. There will be an 

 interval between the southern crop and 

 the local cut, but another glut is in sight 

 in this department. 



Several growers are again ready to 

 cut smilax and asparagus in quantity. 



On Monday there was a good shipping 

 demand, but Tuesday was about the 

 dullest day of the season and the ac- 

 cumulation was heavy. Local trade is 

 exceptionally light. The Greeks are the 

 principal buyers and they are not doing 

 anything to speak of. 



Decoration Day. 



Orders for Decoration day are already 

 being booked. For several years this 

 holiday rapidly has been developing and ' 



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it now calls for an immense amount of 

 stock. What the supply will be is not 

 a matter on which there is unanimity 

 of opinion; but it has little effect on 

 prices. Buyers can use stock only at 

 moderate figures on this day. Once 

 more it is said that there will be a 

 shortage of carnations, but the wise 

 grower will keep his cut coming right 

 along; to hold stock back will be to in- 

 vite disaster. Kose crops likely will be 

 lighter than in the first half of May. 

 Lilies will be abundant, also sweet peas. 

 The Missouri peonies are on this week 

 and going into cold storage for Decora- 

 tion day. The southern Illinois crop is 

 beginning and much of it will be stored. 

 The Texas jasmine growers report a dry 

 spring, which they say has reduced tlio 

 crop and impaired the quality, especially 

 shortened the stems. But half last 

 year 's supply will suffice ; thousands were 

 lost last year and many sold for a song. 



Qub Meetin£. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 May 10 it was voted to invite the Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of America to hold 

 its annual meeting and exhibition in 

 Chicago next November in connection 



with the local show, for which it is un- 

 derstood the Coliseum will again be 

 available, although a considerably in- 

 creased rental is demanded because of 

 last year's success. The president also 

 was instructed to appoint a committee 

 of rose growers to consider the possibil- 

 ity of making a success of a spring stow 

 of roses if the Kose Society is invited 

 here. 



The collection of $273 for the San 

 Francisco fund was reported and con- 

 siderably more was said to be in sight, 

 although many firms had, like the Al- 

 bert Dickinson Co., which contributed 

 $1,000 through the Board of Trade, and 

 the Review, which mailed a check for 

 $50 at the first call of the Commercial 

 Club, sent their subscriptions to the 

 general fund weeks ago. The disposi- 

 tion of the florists ' fund was not deter- 

 mined. 



Variotsi Notes. 



George Eeinberg has leased rooms 207 

 and 208 on the Eandolph street side of 

 the Atlas block and will remove there 

 before June 1. The new quarters 

 will be nearly three times as large 

 as the old, the additional space being 



