Decembkb 27, 1006. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



419 



Carnations 



FOR NEW YEAR'S 



We have large supplies of A-1 quality; in fact, 

 the superior character of our stock is a matter 

 of general comment in the market. 



Beauties 



A fine crop just starting. We shall have lots of 

 splendid Beauties all through January. 



Violets aod Valley always on hand 



E. C. AM LING 



New Year's Price List 



ABIEBICAN BSAUTIKS Per dos. 



Stems, 30 to 3S inctaea. tlO.OO to 112.00 



Stems, 20 to 34 inches 6.00to 8.00 



Stems, 12 to 15 inches 4.00 to 6.00 



Seconds 1.60 to 3.00 



Bridesmaid per 100, 6.00 to 16.00 



Bride " 6.00to 16.00 



Cbatenay " e.OOto 16.00 



Golden Gate '* 6.00 to 15.00 



Richmond and Liberty. . " 6.00 to 20.00 



Carnations, select *' 4.00 to 6.00 



" large and fancy " 6.00 to 8.09 



Mlscellaneons Stock 



Violets, N. Y. double.. .. " 1.60 to 2.00 



Bingrle " 1.60 to 2.00 



Valley, select " 3.00 to 4.00 



Callas per doz. 2.00 



Harrlsli " 2.00 



Mignonette " .CO to .76 



Stevla perlOO, 1.60to 2.00 



Sweet Peas " 1.60 to 2.00 



Komans " 3.00 



PaperWhites " 3.00 



Bouvardia " 2.00 to 6.00 



Decorative 



Asparagus Plumosus, per string, .36 to .60 

 " " per bunch, .36 to .76 

 " Sprengeri per 100, 3.00 to 6 00 



Adiantum " l.OOto 1.60 



Smilax, per 100, $16.00 per doz. 2.00 



Ferns, per IIWO, 12.50; per 100, 25c. 



Leucothoe Sprays, per 1000, 16.00; per 100, 76c 



Galax, green and bronze, per 1000, 11.00 



" per case, 10,000, $9.00 



Boxwood 36c per bunch ; 17.60 per case 



NOTK. 



"Special" stock billed acoordinKly. 



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 Wholesale Cut Flpwer 

 House in Chicago, j 



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Long Distance Telephones, 



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Chicago, III. 



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CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



The stranger visiting the acres upon 

 acres of glass in this vicinity, devoted to 

 cut flowers, might suppose the resources 

 of the Chicago market to be practically 

 without limit, but it is when Chicago is 

 called upon to meet the feverish demand 

 produced by a Christmas shortage in 

 practically all that great stretch of coun- 

 try between the Alleghenies and the 

 Rockies, from Canada to the gulf, that 

 one gains a fair realization of our great 

 resources. 



The Christmas demand was something 

 wholly without precedent. Orders in 

 number and in size eclipsed all previous 

 records. The only saving clause was that 

 the demand was spread over several days, 

 Sunday intervening, to the great advan- 

 tage of both retailers and wholesalers, 

 although just the opposite effect had been 

 expected. Early in the week the orders 

 from out of town began to pour upon 

 the wholesalers in such volume that most 

 of the houses were early booked up on 

 most lines. Saturday's shipping busi- 

 ness far exceeded expectations. The sup- 

 plies of stock were less than had been 

 anticipated, as a result of weeks of al- 

 most unbroken dark weather and because 

 growers had been told to make their 

 heaviest shipments Sunday. But, never- 

 theless, great quantities of material were 

 available, although much more would 

 have been consumed had it been pos- 

 sible to fill all orders complete. As early 

 as Saturday wholesalers were face to 

 face with the necessity of cutting orders 

 booked long in advance. This was par- 



ticularly true of roses, aside from red, 

 good Bridesmaids being the scarcest 

 item. It is safe to say that seldom 

 have good roses been so much short of 

 the demand. There were nowhere near 

 enough carnations to fill Saturday's or- 

 ders, although several houses had quan- 

 tities of white which they were compelled 

 to carry over Saturday night, and, in- 

 deed, there were considerable quantities 

 of white carnations left when the Christ- 

 mas business was ended, and it will serve 

 to pull down average prices. 



Sunday's shipping was heavy, but not 

 so great as Saturday's, and there was 

 more stock to do with, so orders were 

 sent out more nearly complete than on 

 Saturday. As a summing up it may be 

 said that all roses were far below re- 

 quirements and prices were paid by local 

 retailers such as would have been a shock 

 to out-of-town buyers had stock been 

 sent them at those rates. Eed was 

 scarcest, of course, but first-class Maids 

 were scarcely less so. Uncle John, which 

 is grown instead of Gate, was in fair 

 supply because not in great request. 

 Every colored carnation sold, except some 

 sleepy stock, but there were whites to 

 spare; indeed some were still on hand 

 Wednesday. 



The city trade began with a rush Mon- 

 day morning, but was soon satisfied. The 

 afternoon found little doing except get- 

 ting out belated shipping orders. In the 

 evening there was a rally which cleaned 

 up considerable stock, but when it was 

 all over there were, besides the white car- 

 nations, large lots of poinsettias, thou- 

 sands of Paper Whites and Romans, 

 considerable valley, lilies, much mignon- 

 ette, stevia and other odds and ends for 



which there had been no call. The re- 

 ceipts of chrysanthemums were light but 

 much of the stock was poor, and even the 

 best was in light demand. Violets were 

 in big supply and sold well, heavy ad- 

 vance orders having been bonked, but at 

 the close there was a tendency to shade 

 prices. 



The retailers all did a big business in , 

 one way or another, and, on the whole,, 

 everyone was satisfied, although a better 

 supply of roses would have been a great 

 relief ; as it was the few growers who had 

 good cuts found Christmas a gold mine. 



Wednesday, of course, saw light re- 

 ceipts, but neither was there much de- 

 mand, although a stiff market is looked 

 for for the next ten days at least. 



Christmas Plants. 



The plants sold this Christmas were in 

 both quantity and quality ahead of last 

 year. The ardisia was everywhere, and 

 heavily berried, shapely stock. Poinset- 

 tias were more abundant than usual, 

 most of them well grown, low, wide- 

 headed plants in pans. Azaleas were 

 plentiful and nicely flowered. Verva;- 

 neana made up the hulk of the stock, but 

 a good proportion were Simon Mardner. 

 Lorraine begonias were in splendid 

 shape. More growers are learning to do 

 this plant well, but many of the best still 

 come from Peterson, at Cincinnati. These 

 were the principal items, although or- 

 anges, cyclamens, primulas, ericas, etc., 

 played their parts. Araucarias led all 

 decorative plants, although many Ele- 

 gantissima and Whitmani ferns were 

 sold. Boxwood was everywhere, both 

 plants in pots and cut, made up into 



