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January 3. 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



483 



Carnations 



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 1»*S of 

 splendid Beauties all through January. 



FINE BRIDES AND MSIDS IN GOOD SUPPLY 



HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL GREEN GOODS 

 VIOLETS AND VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BKAUTIKS Per doz. 



Stems, 3U (O 36 lucbeu {5.00 to t6.U0 



Stems, 20 to 24 Inches 8.00 to 4.UU 



Stems, 12 to 16 Inches 1.60 to 2.00 



Seconds 75 to 1.00 



Bridesmaid per 100, 4.00 to 12.00 



Bride " 4.00to 12 00 



Chatenay " 4.U0 to 1200 



Golden Gate " 4.00 to 12.00 



Richmond and Liberty. . " 6.00 to 15.00 



CarDations, select " 2.00 to 3.00 



" large and fancy " 4.00 to 6 00 



Miscellaneoiia Stock 



Violets, N. Y. double.. .. " 1.00 to 1.50 



single " 1.00 to 1.50 



Valley, select " 2.00 to 4.00 



Callas perdoz. 1.50 to 2.00 



HarrlsU " 2.00 to 2.50 



Mignonette " .60 to .75 



Stevia perlOO, 1.60 to 2.00 



Sweet Peas " 1.00 to 1.50 



Romans " 3.00 



Paper Whites " 3.00 



Bouvardla " 2.00 to 6.00 



Joniiulls " 5.00 to 6.00 



Decorative 



Asparagus Plumosus, per string, .35 to .60 

 " per bunch, .35 to .76 



" Sprengeri per 100, 2.00 to 5 00 



Adiantum " 1.00 



Smilax, per 100, »15.00... .per doz. 2.00 

 Perns, per 1000, 12.50; per 100, 25c. 

 Leucothoe Sprays, per 1000, 16.00; per 100, 75c 

 Galax, green and bronze, per 1000, 11.00 



" " " " per case, 10,000, 19.00 



Boxwood 35c per bunch ; 17.60 per case 



Subject to change without notice. 



Store open 7 a m. to 6 p. m. Sundays and 



holidays closed at noon. 



E. C. AMLING 



The Largest, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago. 



32-36 Randolph St. 



Lonff Distance Telephones, 



1978 and 1977 Central, 



7846 Automatle 



Chicago, III. 



Mention The RcTlew when yoa write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The days following Christmas were a 

 distinct disappointment to most of the 

 wholesale houses in this market and, by 

 the same token, to the growers whom 

 they represent. The demands were not 

 up to the ■ sanguine expectations engen- 

 dered by the enormous Christmas busi- 

 ness. The carnation growers, especially, 

 failed to realize on their hopes. There 

 was comparatively little doing locally 

 and the out-of-town demand, like that in 

 the city, was almost exclusively from the 

 best buyers, indicating that the Christ- 

 mas drain upon the customers of the 

 small retailers exhausted their resources, 

 especially as compared with the between- 

 holidays prices of cut flowers. 



New Year's brought quite a little ex- 

 tra demand and Monday saw a lively 

 market, but prices were several notches 

 lower than at Christmas, Most of the 

 stock was of splendid quality and by 

 night the market was pretty well cleaned 

 up except on the same lines that proved 

 in oversupply for Christmas: white car- 

 nations. Paper "Whites and other bulb 

 stock. The charity ball New Year's eve 

 helped many of the retailers and the 

 market in general. Choice material for 

 corsages was wanted, but the principal 

 call was for decorations for the many 

 fashionable dinners which preceded the 

 dance. 



After New Year's the market opened 

 at a decidedly lower level of prices, al- 

 though roses are holding up well in view 

 of the largely increased supply. Beauties 

 are of excellent quality and fairly abun- 

 dant. There are now heavy cuts of Maid 



and Bride and quality is excellent in 

 spite of the fact that we have had little 

 sun. Killarney is superb and Kichmond 

 plentiful. The best still fetch $3 a 

 -dozen. Not so many Chatenay are seen 

 as last year, but they are fine. 



Poinsettias have been a glut since 

 Christmas. There are so many of them 

 that it is impossible to clear them out, 

 although they have been used for many 

 table decorations. The carnation crops 

 are heavy, as judged by recent standards, 

 and there is much good stock available. 

 Violets were in short supply a few days 

 following Christmas, but soon became 

 equal to all requirements, as it was re- 

 ported Chicago was better than any other 

 market for Christmas. Callas have be- 

 come quite plentiful, but Harrisii are 

 not abundant. There are Paper Whites 

 and Bomans more than the market needs. 

 A few tulips are seen and jonquils have 

 made their appearance, selling briskly. 

 Some splendid mignonette is offered, 

 Stevia is passing. 



There is a fair call for green goods, 

 but the best demand is for bunches 

 rather than strings. 



Kennicotts to Move. 



Shortly after it was announced that 

 Marshall Field had bought the Lemoine 

 block on Eandolph street, the tenants 

 were advised that the Field estate would 

 .not renew any of the leases. Kennicott 

 Bros. Co. has occupied the basement of 

 the building for seven years, but its lease 

 expires next May. 6. H. Pieser has had 

 an eye open for a favorable location and 

 a few weeks ago closed a lease on the 

 large basement at 48 and 50 Wabash 

 avenue. A part of the arrangement was 

 that the landlord should construct a new 



entrance and make other improvements. 

 It appears that to make the changes the 

 other tenants and city building depart- 

 ment had to be reckoned with, and this 

 has caused delay, but the plans now suit 

 all parties and the work is under way. 

 It is the intention of the Kennicott 

 Bros. Co. to move as soon as the re- 

 modeling is completed. The new quar- 

 ters will be practically the same size as 

 those at present occupied and excellently 

 adapted to the cut flower business. 



A Chans;e in Policy. 



Peter Beinberg has practically con- 

 fined himself to growing roses and car- 

 nations and has been one of the best 

 customers of some of the other whole- 

 salers, for a certain proportion of his 

 customers insist in looking to him for 

 all their needs, in spite of the fact that 

 he has not listed anything but roses and 

 carnations in his price list. But now he 

 plans to diversify, adding to his prod- 

 ucts until he has a full line, if results 

 are up to expectations. Leonard Kill 

 says arrangements have been made for 

 pips for forcing a liberal supply of val- 

 ley all this season, and other stock will 

 follow; even violets may be tried. Mr. 

 Eeinberg says he probably shall not build 

 this year, although he says he is in a 

 receptive mood if any one wants to sub- 

 mit cheap prices on glass. 



Smilax Goes the Limit. 



J. W. Wolfskin is the proprietor of 

 a fine store at Los Angeles, CaJ, He 

 has been in the growing end of the busi- 

 ness for some time, but only recently 

 opened the store, fitted up in the mp?t 

 approved fashion and handling a full 

 line of the best stock. Twice since the 



