Drcbmber 20, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



35 J 



CARNATIONS... 



Carnations are g^enerally reported scarce, but we shall have larg^e supplies the next 

 few days — Extra fancy stock, the best in this market and the best we ever handled for 

 Christmas. Common, $6.00 to $6.00 per 100; large and fancy, $6.00 to $10.00 per 100. 



POINSETTIAS 



A fine lot of stock, fancy, $4.00 per doz.; 

 smaller grade, $2.00 to $3.00 per doz. 



STEVIA 



You need it for every Christmas Box of flow- 

 ers. Fine, fancy, long stock, $2.00 per 100. 



VALLEY 



We handle the best Valley on this market; 

 plenty for everybody, $4.00 to $5.00 per 100. 



MIGNONETTE 



Extra fine, fancy stock, in large supply, 

 $6.00 to $8.00 per 100. 



BULB STOCK 



Any quantity of fine Paper Whites and 

 Romans, $3.00 to $4.00 per 100. 



VIOLETS 



Cream of the Hudson River doubles, and the 

 finest home-grown singles. Fancy New York 

 doubles, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 to $25.00 per 

 1000. Fragrant singles, $2.00 per 100; 

 $20.00 per 1000. 



GREEN GOODS 



Plenty of everything. Bouquet Green is 

 scarce, use Asparagus Strings. 

 Asparagus Plumosus, per string— $0.35 to $0.50 



per bunch — .35 to .75 



Sprengeri per 100 3.00 to 



Adiantum per 100 1.00 to 



Smilax— per 100, $15.00; per doz 



6.00 

 1.50 



:Open All Day Sunday, December 23: 



omiiax— per ikjv, ipio. , ^ __ 



Ferns, per 1000, $2.00; per 100, 25c 



Leucothoe Sprays, per 1000, $6.00; per 100, 75c 



Galax, green and bronze, per 1000, $1.00 



" " " per case, 10,000, $9.00 

 Boxwood 35c per bunch; $7.50 per case 



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CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



The week opened with excellent de- 

 mand, both from out of town and lo- 

 cally. The receipts of stock were light 

 and it was impossible to fill all orders 

 on Monday, a condition which has pre-_ 

 vailed more or less steadily in the^d^^s 

 following. It is quite apparent that 

 growers are holding back stock as much 

 as is possible to accumulate a Christmas 

 supply, for the only items which are in 

 large receipt are such as stevia. Paper 

 Whites, and the things for which there 

 is no extra demand at Christmas. The 

 wholesalers have had their own troubles 

 to get anything like the quantities of 

 roses and carnations they have need for, 

 the growers refusing to cut any more 

 than they have to, though the commis- 

 sion-men tell them that the stock will 

 realize better prices now while in good 

 condition than it will just before Christ- 

 mas, when it has passed its best. 



Good Bridesmaid roses are the shortest 

 item in the market. A long stretch of 



cloudy weather has had the effect of 

 taking out much of the color, and both 

 Brides and Maids are soft. 



It is reported that smilax will shortly 

 stiffen materially in price. 



Christmas Prospects. 



The booking of advance orders for 

 Christmas is heavier than in any recent 

 year, and wholesalers are much in doubt 

 as to what the outcome will be. In 

 many cases they are booked up to antici- 

 pated receipts in many lines and are 

 declining orders except for certain spe- 

 cialties or items not in large holiday 

 demand. The confidence in large sup- 

 plies for Christmas has been shaken by 

 a week of steady, cloudy and often 

 stormy weather. The wholesalers have 

 been visiting their sources of supply to 

 verify the reports of little stock in sight, 

 and as a rule they find the grower's 

 lugubrious predictions fully warranted 

 by conditions. It is, nevertheless, the 

 fact that on most occasions when great 

 scarcity has been predicted exactly the 

 opposite has been the condition on the 



day before the holiday. There is no 

 question but what all good stock will go 

 out Saturday and Sunday at prices fully 

 up to the best ever realized in this mar- 

 ket. But the grower who holds his cut 

 beyond Sunday morning is likely to have 

 cause for regret. Pickled stock will be 

 worth little in any event. If you have 

 anything in the vat, send it in at once. 



Aside from the prospective shortage of 

 carnations, the greatest scarcity will be 

 of good Bridesmaid roses. There will 

 be no greater number cut of other varie- 

 ties, but the average quality will be 

 better. There will be tremendous re- 

 ceipts of Hudson river violets. Several 

 growers have large crops of lilies ready. 

 Poinsettias promise to be abundant. 

 There will be all the bulbous stock the 

 market can use. 



Bouquet green is proving not so short 

 as early predictions indicated; there 

 seems enough to go around at the price. 

 Holly is abundant and most of it of fine 

 quality. 



The Commission Woman. 



So far as records show. Miss Martha 



