OCTOBBB 11, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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It's Better 



to give a man more ihan he expects than to 

 have him disappointed by unlimited claims. 



AU our time and energy are devoted to handling Cut Flowers 

 only — and we handle them right 



VIOLETS 



FANCY N. Y. STOCK 

 75c to $U25 per JOO. 



MUMS 



EXTRA FEME MONROVIA 

 $4.00 per do2. 



Tea Roses of good autumn quality. 

 Carnations in fair supply ; finest .Enchantress in town. 



Harrisii LiiieSy good, and enough for all orders. 

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



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BBAUTIBS Per dOE. 



Sterna, 86 to 48 inches M.OO 



StemB, 34 to 80 inches 3.00 



Stems, 20 inches 3.00 



Stems, 16 inches 1.60 



Stems, 13 inches 1.00 



Short stems laKOto .75 



BOSKS 



Kaiserin per 100, 18.00 to 18.00 



Bride and Maid " 2.00 to 6.60 



Richmond and Liberty... " 3.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay " S.OOto 6.00 



GoldenOate " S.OOto 6.00 



CABNATIONS 



Select, all colors per lOO, t3. 00 to 13.00 



BIISCEI.I.AirBOUS 



Mama, Monrovia per doz 13 00 to t4.00 



Violets per 100, 75c to 1.26 



Harrisii per doz., 12.60; per 100, 2000 



Valley per 100, 12.00 to 4.00 



Gladioli, fancy per doz., .36 to .60 



" common per 100, 1.50 to 2.0O 



Feverfew per bunch, .36 



Tuberoses per doz., .50 to .76 



DECOBATIVi: 



AsparaiTUB , per strinir, 10.86 to 10.60 



Sprencreri per 100, 2.00 to 6.00 



Oalax, green... .1000, 11.00; per 100, .16 



" bronze... 1000, 1.26; per 100, .16 



Boxwood per bunch, .86 



Leucothoe per 100, .76 



FEBMS 1000.11.50, " .20 



Adiantum perlOO, .60to .76 



Smllax per doz., 11.60; per 100, 110.00 



PriMi Snbjeet to Change Withont Notice. 



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

 Sundays and Holidays closed at noon. 



E.C.AIVILING 



The Larg^est, Beat 

 Equipped and Moat 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago. 



32-34-36 Randolph St. 



Lone Dlatanca Telephonei, 



1978 and 1977 Central, 



7848 Antomatie 



Chicago, III. 



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CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Local demand has increased during 

 the last Vfeek and shipping business con- 

 tinues brisk, 80 that the market has 

 passed through a quite satisfactory 

 seven days since last report. 



The feature of the market has been 

 the transfer of demand from American 

 Beauties to chrysanthemums. The run 

 on Beauties has continued for more than 

 a month and, indeed, there still is a 

 brisk call for them, but in the last week 

 the interest has centered on the queen 

 of autumn. It appears that chrysanthe- 

 mums generally are later than had been 

 expected and those who were fortunate 

 enough to have crops of early flowers 

 have realized prices much better than 

 usually prevail in the first ten days of 

 October. It has taken $3 to buy- any- 

 thing coming in and some of the stock 

 which has fetched that price was about 

 as poor as ever was sold m this market. 

 A fortnight hence such flowers will not 

 be worth a 2-cent postage stamp. It 

 has been impossible to fill anything like 

 all the orders sent in for mums. 



The rose market has taken a decided 

 slump. Brides are more abundant and 

 Bridesmaids are being cut in quantities 

 which preclude a good market for all 

 the stock. The best grades have weak- 

 ened only slightly in price. It is the 

 short stock that suffers most. Good 

 Richmond is seen and sells fairly well, 

 better than Liberty. Chatenay is not so 

 abundant. Killarney is seen in fair 

 quantity. There are varying reports as 

 to its salability. 



There are all the violets the market 

 needs, for demand is not brisk. Har- 

 risii lilies continue to advance in price. 

 Asters are nearly gone although we have 

 not yet had a frost. Dahlias are re- 

 ceived in considerable quantity but are 

 not readily salable. A few tuberoses are 

 received and sell well, for white carna- 

 tions are not yet abundant. Colored car- 

 nations also continue short of the de- 

 mand and prices rule strong on all good 

 stock in this department. The green 

 goods market is well supplied but the 

 demand is excellent. 



The change to cool weather on Tues- 

 day has had the result of shortening 

 receipts to a certain extent in all de- 

 partments, welcome as to Brides and 

 Maids but unfortunate as to other items. 

 We had our first light frost on the night 

 of October 9. Ojily the tenderest plants 

 suffered. Cold weather in the northwest 

 is reflected in the demands made on 

 this market by that section. 



Employees' BalL 



The wholesale florists' employees will 

 give their first annual ball at Columbia 

 hall, 638 North Clark street, October 31, 

 Hallowe'en. The committee on arrange- 

 ments consist of H. W. Rogers, E. C. 

 Benthey, Charles Ernie and Leonard 

 Kill. J. P. Risch is treasurer. The 

 boys plan most lavish decorations and 

 a high class event. The refreshments 

 will be non-alcoholic. 



Greenhotise Builders Enlarge* 



As everybody knows, this has been a 

 record season for the manufacturers of 

 greenhouse building material; indeed, 

 they have been running to the limit of 



their facilities. One and all they have 

 confidence in the future and are pre- 

 paring to enlarge their capacities for 

 next season. 



The John C. Moninger Co. will erect 

 a new building adjoining its present 

 plant and exactly doubling the floor 

 space, installing new and improved ma- 

 chinery. 



The Foley Mfg. Co. will erect an 

 entire new plant, the old factory being 

 held under lease expiring next spring. 

 It now is entirely inadequate to the 

 needs of the business. Of course the 

 new building will be large enough for 

 further development and up-to-date in 

 every particular. 



The A. Dietsch Co. put up a new 

 building last year ahd has floor space 

 enough to handle its business for some 

 years but needs more machines and more 

 power to operate them. These will be 

 installed this winter. 



Various Notes. 



C. L. Washburn says that if chrysan- 

 themums sell as well during the balance 

 of the season as they have to date it 

 will be a record season for the growers. 

 Bergmann, Monrovia and Fitzwygram 

 are the principal sorts seen. Mr. Wash- 

 bum says they could have sold several 

 tira".s as many as they were able to get 

 last week. 



W. W. Randall is sending souvenir 

 postal cards from the New West Baden 

 Springs hotel, >Vest Baden, Ind. 



Most of the supply houses are hand- 

 ling American Beauty brand tissue, made 

 especially for florists' use by Hollis & 

 Duncan. It is heavier, stronger and bet- 

 ter finished than ordinary tissue and it 



