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Sbfisubbb 27, 1006. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JJ99 



Carnations 



Just as Asters pass out our cut of Carnations is 

 coming on finely. Enchantress is best but 

 other sorts are improving rapidly* 



VALLEY 



FANCY STOCK 

 ^ $4.00 per JOa 



MUMS 



EXTRA FINE MONROVIA 

 • Y ■ $4XX)perdo2. 



;.iv;.-'» 



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Tea Roses of good autumn quality. 



Harrisii LilieSf good^ and enough for all orders. 



''Green Goods'* for every use; an especially nice lot of Smilaz. 



EVERYTHING in SEASON of BEST QUALITY 



CURRENT PRICK LIST 



BEAITTIEB Per dos. 



Stems, <i6 to M Inches 18.00 



Stems, 34 to 30 Inches 3.60 



Stems, 30 Inches 3.00 



Stems, 16 Inches IM 



Stems, 13 incnes 1.00 



Shortstems t0.60to .76 



ROSES 



Ealseiin...' per 100, 18 00 to tS.OO 



Unue and Maid " 3.U0to 6.60 



Richmond and Liberty... " 8 00 to 8U0 



Chatenay " 8.00 to 6.00 



Golden Gate " 3.00 to 6.00 



CARNATIONS 



Select, all colors per 100, fl. 00 tots. 00 



MISCBLLANEOVS 



SInms, Monrovia perdoz. 14.00 



Htirrlsll per doz., I2.UU, per 100, 1600 



Valley perlOO.U.OO to 4.00 



Gladioli, farcy perdoz., .36 to 60 



" common per 100, 1.60 to 2 00 



Feverfew per Duncb, .36 



Tuberoses i)erdoz., .60 to .76 



DECORATITB 



Aspara«rus per string:, ia86 to 10.60 



Sprenperi per 10<l, 2.00to 6.00 



Galax 1000,11.00; per 100, .16 



Boxwood per bunch, .S6 



Leucothoe per 100, .76 



FBBM8 1000 tl.36, " .16 



Adiantum pwrlOO, .60 to .76 



Smllax per doz., 1160, per 100, 110.00 



Prices Snbject to Change Withoat Notice. 



Open 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. 

 Sundays and Holidays closed at noon. 



E.C.AMLING 



The Lartfest, Best 

 Equipped and Moat 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago. 



32-34-36 Randolph St. 



Lonff Distance Telephone!, 



1978 and 1977 teatral, 



7846 AatOMatle 



Chicago, llh 



MentloD The tteTl«»w whpn yoo write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



At the end of last week the market 

 was feeling severely the effect of the 

 long continued warm weather and, al- 

 though we now have more seasonable 

 temperature, both retailers and whole- 

 salers would be better pleased were it 

 cooler. Up to September 24 the excess 

 for 1906 was 775 degrees, for the 267 

 •days which had elapsed a record hitherto 

 unprecedented in the history of the 

 weather bureau. It takes brisk weather 

 to make the flower business active. 



Nevertheless this week opened with a 

 demand which cleaned up all good stock 

 and made the wholesalers hustle to fill 

 late orders. The demand for Beauties 

 has been something phenomenal. There 

 have been and are large cuts, but the 

 stock is cleaned up nicely each day. 

 Strange to say most of the crop is long- 

 stemmed. It is diflBcult to find enough 

 medium and short lengths to supply the 

 out-of-town orders and these grades com- 

 mand a premium. Brides and Maids 

 are showing improvement more rapidly 

 since cool nights have come. Some good 

 stock is to be had, but much short stuff 

 still is seen. Eichmond is fine and Chate- 

 nay shows up well. Kaiserin is retiring 

 for the season. Mrs. Marshall Field 

 is coming along in splendid shape. 



The heavy rains last week about fin- 

 ished off the asters. Not much was left 

 but white and since the downpour these 

 mostly have been rotted and good stock 

 is extremely difficult to supply. The 

 departure of the aster has made a de- 

 mand this week for white carnations 

 and this stock is cleaning out much bet- 



ter than heretofore. Enchantress is 

 about the best variety now in the mar- 

 ket, but other sorts are showing much 

 improvement, both in length of stem and 

 size of flower. 



, Gladioli and dahlias are cutting little 

 figure. Other outdoor stock also is about 

 out of the market. Valley continues in 

 demand. Violets are beginning to ar- 

 rive but are not yet good for much. 

 Easter lilies have shortened up and ad- 

 vanced in price. Chrysanthemums show 

 no change. Monrovia and a few scat- 

 tering whites are about all that are 

 available. The real first crop will not 

 be along for another fortnight. Green 

 goods of all sorts are abundant. 



Violets. 



New York violets have been arriving 

 daily for nearly a week. They yet are 

 pale and shaky, but the retailers all 

 have been buying for novelty's sake. 



Walter J. Pells, of Bhinebeck, last 

 season had some of the best violets han- 

 dled by the A. L. Randall Co. Last 

 year he wrapped each bunch in special 

 paper, and this year he has in addition 

 placed a rubber stamp on each wrapper 

 so that the buyers may more easily iden- 

 tify his goods. It is one of the first 

 attempts made in this market to trade- 

 mark stock, a practice which always 

 works to the profit of the man produc- 

 ing the best goods. 



As a general proposition the local 

 retailers have tired of buying violets 

 direct from the grower. The distance is 

 great and many shipments suffer in tran- 

 sit. If bought on direct order the re- 

 tailer stands the loss, but if bought of 

 a commission house the retailer sees the 

 goods before he buys and the grower 



stands any damage in transit. The re- 

 tailers find it more satisfactory to pay 

 the market price, and it works out fully 

 as well for the grower. 



Flower Show Plans. 



The Horticultural Society of Chicago 

 has leased the Coliseum for November 6 

 to 11 and proposes to repeat the success 

 achieved by last year's exhibition. The 

 same staff, will be in charge: George 

 Asmus, manager; P. J. Hauswirth, 

 chairman committee on admissions; Jas. 

 Burdette, press representative. It should 

 be a big show, as combined with it will 

 be the annual exhibition of the Chrysan- 

 themum Society of America. It is 

 planned to open Tuesday evening and 

 continue through Sunday, following the 

 lead of Boston in this respect. There 

 was a meeting of the executive commit- 

 tee at the Auditorium Monday at which 

 committees were appointed. To gather 

 new ideas and stimulate enthusiasm the 

 Horticultural Society will give a supper 

 at the Union, on Randolph street, at 7 

 o'clock next Monday evening, to which 

 all workers and prospective workers will 

 be invited. Leonard Kill has charge of 

 the arrangements and expects an attend- 

 ance of at least 100. 



Enchantress is Supreme. 

 As the carnation crops begin to gather 

 volume it becomes more apparent the 

 extent to which the growers have in- 

 creased their plantings of Enchantress. 

 It looks as though half the carnations 

 grown for this market this season are 

 Enchantress. This may be an exaggera- 

 tion, but it is certainly putting it mildly 

 to say that Enchantress far outnumbers 

 any other sort. It appears that most 



