OCTOBKB 4, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1269 



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ROSESi. 



Our cut is steadily increasing. AH grades. Send 

 US your order for whatever quantity or length you 

 want. We will do the rest. 



VIOLETS 



FANCY N. Y. STCXX 

 75c to $1.25 per 100. 



MUMS 



EXTRA FINE MONROVIA 

 $4.00 per doz* ■ 



Tea Roses of good autumn quality. 



Harrisii LilieSy good, and enough for all orders. 



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



EANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



CURRBNT PRICE LIST 



BEAUTIES Per doz. 



Stems, M to 48 inches t4.00 



Stems, 34 to 80 Inches 3.00 



Stems, 20 Inches 3.00 



Stems, 16 Inches 1.60 



Stems, 12 Inches 1.00 



Shortstems 10.60 to .76 



ROSES 



Kalserln per lOO, 18.00 to tS.OO 



Bride and Maid " 2.00 to 6.60 



Richmond and Liberty... " 8.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay " 8.00to 0.00 



Golden Gate " 3.00 to 6.00 



CABNATIOMS 



Select, all colors per 100, 12. 00 to 18.00 



MISCEI^rANEOUS 



Mnma, Monrovia per doz. 14.00 



Violets per 100. 75c to 1.26 



Harrisii per doz., t2.U0; per 100, 16.00 



Valley per 100, 12.00 to 4.00 



Gladioli, fancy perdoz., .36 to J6Q 



" common per 100, 1.60 to 2.00 



Feverfew i>er bunch, .26 



Tuberoses perdoz., .60to .76 



DECORATIVE 



Asparagus per strine, tO.36 to f0.60 



Spren^eri per 100, 2.00 to 6.00 



Galax 1000,11.00; per 100, .16 



Boxwood per bunch, .85 



Leucothce per 100, .76 



FERMS lOOO. 11.60, " .20 



Adiantum per 100, .60to .76 



Smilax per doz., 11.60; per 100, 110.00 



Prieea Sobjeet to Change Without Notice. 



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

 Sundays and Holidays closed at noon. 



I 



EeCeAMLING 



The Largest, Beat 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago. . 



32-34-36 Randolph St. 



Long Diatanee Telephoaea, 



1978 and 1977 Gcatral, 



7846 Antonatle 



Chicago, UK 



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CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



Th« market pursued its course steadily 

 last week, but Saturday was active and 

 Monday saw a pronounced increase in 

 the demand, accompanied by a consid- 

 erable shortening of supplies, due to 

 cooler weather. The result was that 

 not enough material was at hand to fill 

 all orders and prices took a jump to 

 such an extent that it gave many buyers 

 quite a jolt. Shipping demand is ex- 

 cellent, much stock going to St. Louis 

 and New Orleans, and all other towns 

 are heard from with larger orders than 

 heretofore this season. Locally the re- 

 tailers report active business. 



The demand for Beauties continues to 

 be the feature of the market. Everyone 

 wants Beauties and so many call for me- 

 dium lengths that these are not plenti- 

 ful enough to go around. Shorts go 

 farther, and there are enough long- 

 stemmeid flowers so that anyone who 

 wants to pay the price can get all he 

 needs. Brides and Maids are less in 

 number, but improved in quality and 

 selling well. Prices have stiffened ma- 

 terially since last report, the improve- 

 ment being most pronounced in lower 

 grades. Richmond is abundant and sell- 

 ing well. Not many Liberty are seen. 

 Chatenay is not so prominent as it was 

 at this date last season. 



At the first of this week carnation re- 

 ceipts became short of the demand for 

 the first time this season. Naturally 

 prices advanced rapidly. Some first- 

 class Enchantress are seen, and a few 

 good whites, but much of the stock still 



is small in flower and short in stem. 

 Quantities of outdoor carnations still are 

 received. 



Only scattering lots of asters are seen 

 and only now and then a bunch of glad- 

 ioli. Dahlias are to be had but not 

 many are wanted. Chrysanthemums still 

 are limited to Monrovia and anything at 

 all good brings $4 a dozen. Orders 

 cannot all be filled. Violets are in daily 

 receipt and show some improvement in 

 color since colder weather came. Tube- 

 roses can be had until frost comes. 

 Valley is not in request and not in large 

 supply. All the leading retailers are 

 using orchids more freely than last year. 



Green stock is plentiful but the de- 

 mand is brisk. 



Horticultural Society's Supper. 



The executive committee of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of Chicago was the 

 host at an informal supper at the Union 

 Monday evening. The tables were deco- 

 rated with fine vases of Mrs. Marshall 

 Field rose, donated by Peter Reinberg. 

 There was an attendance of nearly 100 

 and much enthusiasm was created, each 

 one promising to do his share to make 

 this year's show an even gpreater suc- 

 cess than that of last year. The man- 

 agement outlined its plans, including all 

 the good features of last year's exhi- 

 bition and several new ones. 



James Keeley, managing editor of the 

 Tribune, was present and made a little 

 talk full of good ideas. He was the 

 originator of the model backyard 

 scheme, which was so attractive last 

 year. Mr. Keeley, who, by the way, 

 had just returned from Tangiers, where 

 he captured Banker Stensland, said that 



in his youthful days in England he had 

 been aroused regularly before dawn to 

 make the daily trip to Covent Garden 

 market with the roses grown in his 

 grandfather's greenhouses. He siaid he 

 had always retained his interest in the 

 trade and that it afforded him pleasurs 

 to renew associations with it. 



Benjamin Hammond, secretary of the 

 American Rose Society, was present and 

 made a talk in its interest. When C. L. 

 Washburn brought up the excellent idea 

 of offering special inducements to ex- 

 hibitors to keep their displays fresh 

 through the week, Mr. Hammond of- 

 fered $25 in two prizes for those who 

 do best in that direction. 



Manager Asmus, Press Representative 

 Burdette and a number of others spoke 

 of the work in hand and plans were 

 given a good push forward. 



Variotti Notef , 



W. J. Smyth during the summer has 

 put in a ne'*e store front, with two splen- 

 did large windows, one on Michigan ave- 

 nue and one on Thirty-first street, greatly 

 improving his facilities for display. He 

 feels that the change will do much to 

 help business, and thought the effect was 

 already apparent, for he had a splendid 

 fortnight at the middle of September, 

 but last week was dull again. However, 

 the slacking up gave him leisure to gain 

 familiarity with the Autocar just added 

 to his facilities for enjoying himself. Mr. 

 Smyth has his summer home at Antioch. 



Miss L. A. Tonner is busy completing 

 the fall catalogue of supplies shortly to 

 be issued by the A. L. Randall Co. The 

 body of the book was prepared before 

 Miss Tonner 's trip to Europe, so it only 



