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OCTOBEB 25, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1477 



Mmsi MiMsn 



We have supplied Mums in large quantities since September ^0, 

 and we have them now — all sizes, colors, and shapes, by the dozen 

 or thousand. Let us know your wants— we will do the rest. 



tMrmm, $S.OO to t4.00 per doz.; medium, $1.50 to 

 $2.00 per doz.; small, $8.00 to $10.00 per 100 



VIOLETS VALLEY 



FANCY N. Y. STOCX BRUNS' SPECIAL STOCK 



75c to $J.0O per (00. $4.00 per (00. 



Tea Roses of good autumn quality. 

 Carnations in fair supply; finest Enchantress in town. 



Harrisii Lilies* good, and in increased supply. 

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



BOXWOOD-THE BEST GREEN FOR WREATHS 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BEAUTIES Per dos. 



Stems, 86 to M Inobes. $4.00 



Stems, 24 to 80 Inobea 8.00 



Stems. aO Inches S.00 



Stems, 16 Inobes l.M 



Stems, 13 inches 1.00 



Shortstems I0.60t0 .76 



ROSES [^ 



Eaiserin 1 per 100, 18.00 to 18.00. 



Bride and Maid ....J. " 2.00 to 6.00 



Richmond and Liberty... " 8.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay " 8.00to 6.00 



Golden Oate " 2.00 to 6.00 



CARNATIONS 



Select, all colors per 100, 82 00 to 13.00 



BIISCELI.ANEOUS 



Mams, Large per doz , 88.00 to 14.00 



Medium " 1.60 to 2.00 



" Small per 100, 8.00 to 10.00 



Violets, Fancy New York. " .76 to 1.00 

 Single " .76 



Harrisii per doz., 83.00; per 100, 15.00 



Valley per 100, 82.00 to 4.00 



OREEN GOODS 



Asparagus per strlnjr, 80.86 to 80.60 



Sprengeri per 100, 2.00 to 5.00 



Galax, green.... 1000, 81.00; per 100, .16 



" bronze... 1000, 1.2S; jwr 100. .16 



Box-wood per bunch, .86 



Leucotboe per 100, .76 



FERNS ,.1000,81.60; " .20 



Adiantum w... per 100, .68 to .76 



Smllax per doz., 81.60; per 100, 812.00 



Prices Ssbject to Change Wlthont Notice. 



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

 Sundays and Holidays closed at noon. 



E. Ce AMLING 



The LarKest, Beat 

 Equipped and Moat 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago. 



32-34-36 Randolph St 



Lone Distance Telephoaei, 



1978 and 1977 Central, 



7846 Antomstic 



Chicago, III 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



On Friday, October 19, the market 

 began to weaken. With delightful In- 

 dian summer days, the increase in pro- 

 duction was noticeable, and it takes 

 frosty weather to stimulate demand. For 

 the next two or three days there was a 

 weakening tendency in several items, but 

 large quantities of stock were handled 

 and in the aggregate sales probably 

 reached a greater total than they had 

 when the market was stiflFer but supplies 

 shorter. The shipping business is heavy. 



Chrysanthemums are coming in heav- 

 ily. There are abundant supplies in all 

 grades, from the strictly fancy down 

 to the small stock, which sells in quan- 

 tity. Quality is good in all sizes. Prices, 

 wMle they have weakened since last re- 

 port, continue excellent as compared 

 with those of previous seasons. The 

 increase in supplies of chrysanthemums 

 has taken away a portion of the call 

 for other items. Possibly Beauties feel 

 the effect more than any other. They 

 are plentiful and prices are weaker. In 

 the effort to hold the market up to pre- 

 vious standards considerable stock has 

 been permitted to pass the point where 

 it could be shipped with safety, and on 

 this concessions have been made. The 

 other roses are bringing the same prices 

 as last week, but grading is a little 

 closer. 



Carnations are not abundant, but 

 prices are lower than in the last fort- 

 night, because buyers are not so anx- 

 ious for them; they take small chrys- 

 anthemums instead. New York violets 

 are more plentiful and the market is 



weaker. Excellent prices have been rea- 

 lized thus far, and even with values 

 shaded commission-men expect to hear 

 no complaint. Easter lilies are more 

 plentiful and prices here, too, are lower. 

 Valley continues in excellent demand. 

 There is not much other stock in market. 



The business in greens is active. "Wild 

 smilax moves well and asparagus and 

 smilax strings are wanted. Boxwood is 

 seen everywhere. It is evident this will 

 be largely used this season in the mak- 

 ing of wreaths and other designs. 



With the weather-man predicting a 

 cold wave, with All Saints' day in the 

 south and the horse show opening Mon- 

 day at the Coliseum, this cable-trainless 

 town ought to have an electrified mar- 

 ket next week. 



Bartzen Gets Busy. 



Building Commissioner Bartzen has 

 found liis way into the cut flower whole- 

 sale district with an inspector, and is 

 ordering changes right and left. He 

 began at 76 and 78 Wabash, where 

 Baumann, Bassett & Washburn and E. 

 H. Hunt all were directed to make 

 changes to conform to the law which 

 requires that the approach to fire es- 

 capes shall be unobstructed. Even so 

 slight obstructions as the sorting tables 

 in front of the windows were ordered 

 removed. Of course the alterations were 

 willingly made, and will be in all cases 

 where tables shut off access to the 

 escapes. 



Window Display. 



To those who are interested in really 

 artistic window display we commend the 

 decorations in Fleischman's Jackson 

 boulevard store. There are plenty of 



places where more stock is on display 

 and where the facilities for good work 

 are rather better, but there is no down- 

 town store where the art of floral ar- 

 rangement is better understood or prac- 

 ticed more consistently. A feature of 

 recent windows has been a line of 

 novelties in violet boxes, representing 

 metallic treasure chests, both with and 

 without decorations on the outside. 

 George E. Wienhoeber is the one who 

 creates the attractive displays. 



Various Notes. 



The wholesalers' employees are san- 

 guine of much success for their first 

 annual ball next Wednesday evening. 

 Tickets . are $1 a couple and a large 

 number have been sold. The boys are 

 planning an elaborate decoration. 



Capt. A. I. Simmons, who is a mem- 

 ber of the governor's staff, left Wednes- 

 day with the state ofQcials to attend the 

 dedication of the Illinois monument at 

 Vicksburg, Miss. 



"The world's greatest flower show, 

 November 6 to 11," appears in bold let- 

 ters on a number of long sig^^s put 

 up in some of the wholesale houses this 

 week. There was a meeting of the chair- 

 men of the flower show committees at 

 the office of the Benthey-Coatsworth Co. 

 Tuesday afternoon. Good progress was 

 reported in all departments. 



Chas. Johnson, the Limits Florist, has 

 bought the Butler place at Chillicothe, 

 O., and is preparing for early removal 

 there. He has done business in the lim- 

 its car bam on North Clark street. An 

 auction sale will be held this afternoon 

 to dispose of his remaining stock and 

 fixtures. He also has two greenhouses 



