January 31, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



791 



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Baskets Easter Kovelties 



The largest, finest and most up-to-date selection to be found any place. Florists who 

 ordered our $5.00, $10.00, $15.00 and $25.00 assortments for Christmas are doubling their 

 orders for Easter. Send in your order today for one of these assortments and we will 

 deliver them any time you specify. 



^M/ m^ m V^^ I 1 1 2B tf> $1*50 per dozen. Second lot ready 



^f^ MJIM 1.9!? Ib^MMC1^^# February 1st. The large demand this season 



7 cleaned up our first lot so we were unable to fill 

 orders the last few days in January. We expect to be able to take care of all orders from now 

 on and this lot is very fine stock. 



VIOLETS For Valentine's Day 



We will have plenty of both double and single, but would like to get your order as early as possible. 



We also have a full line of all other Seasonable Flowers 

 and are in a better position than ever to fill your orders. 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



19-21 Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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call. The counter trade with the down- 

 town florists was reported good, also 

 prices. Quite an improvement is noted 

 in this line since the first of the year 

 at the wholesale houses. During the 

 last week we found carnations in good 

 supply and the big demand cleaned up 

 this stock each day. 



The rose market was stiff. The short- 

 age seems general in all grades. Any- 

 thing that looks good brings $8 per 

 hundred, with extra fancy up to $15 per 

 hundred. Violets have shortened again, 

 owing to the cloudy weather; 50 cents 

 per hundred is asked. Nothing but Cali- 

 fornias in this market. 



Bulbous stock is quite plentiful, but 

 the demand is good owing to plenty of 

 funeral work. Romans and Paper 

 Whites are of fine quality. Callas move 

 well, also freesia and lily of the valley. 

 A lot of short-stemmed tulips are com- 

 ing in. In greens, a lot of bronze galax 

 was sold last week. Smilax is plenti- 

 ful, also Asparagus plumosus and 

 Sprengeri. Common ferns are up to $2 

 per thousand. 



Various Notes. 



At Henry Niemeyer's place all hands 

 were busy cleaning tuberose bulbs. All 

 stock is looking fine. 



A. G. Ahner, Sr., and A. G. Ahner, 

 Jr., have their places in tip-top condi- 

 tion. Extra fine Enchantress carnations 

 and violets were seen there. 



Frank Vennemann, at Kirkwood, has 

 quite an attraction in his potting shed 

 in the shape of a picture gallery. He 

 is long on fancy carnations and violets. 



Hugo Gross has a fine place, filled 

 mostly with California violets and car- 



nations. Mr. Gross will build several 

 new houses this summer. 



Albert Scheidegger has a fine lot of 

 Rose-pink Enchantress, for which de- 

 mand is good. 



A. Jablonsky has, at his Wellston 

 place, a fine lot of longiflorum lilies in 

 pans and pots which will ^ be in for 

 Easter. 



Henry Emunds and E. W. Guy, of 

 Belleville, were over last week buying 

 supplies. Both report an excellent trade 

 since the first of the year. 



Fred Foster had a fire recently at his 

 residence. The damage is fully covered 

 by insurance. 



Dr. A. S. Halstead, of Belleville, at- 

 tended the carnation meeting at Toronto 

 and is much pleased with the new va- 

 rieties he saw. 



It has been reported that James 

 Arata, who is with C. Young & Sons 

 Co., will desert the ancient order of 

 bachelors soon and become a benedict. 

 Here are congratulations to the young 

 lady. 



The showhouses of George Waldbart 

 and Mrs. Ayers, on Grand avenue, were 

 attractive last week with blooming stock 

 of all kinds. 



The Florists* Club meeting, which will 

 be held Thursday afternoon, February 

 14, will be of great importance to grow- 

 ers of carnations. It will be our an- 

 nual carnation meeting and all the new 

 introductions will be on exhibition. 

 Everybody is invited to meet with us, 

 regardless of membership. A neat in- 

 vitation will be sent out by the trustees 

 this week. President Irish and aU the 

 officers are making great efforts to bring 

 out the full membership on this occa- 



sion. A number of visitors from out 

 of the city are expected to be in attend- 

 ance. J. J. B. 



VALLEY IN POTS. 



Will you kindly tell me at what time 

 I should bring in valley pips to have 

 them in bloom for Easter in a night 

 temperature of about 50 degrees, planted 

 in pots with soil? W. J. T. 



If the lily of the valley is needed for 

 Easter, 1907, it must be potted without 

 delay, as the great festival comes at an 

 unusually early date, viz., March 31. It 

 makes no difference whether the pips 

 are potted in sand, moss or loam, as no 

 roots are made while they are being 

 forced. If placed in the light forth- 

 with the plants at this early date will 

 start very slowly and the stems are 

 bound to be short. Can you not find 

 some place in your house where you can 

 box in a little place and keep it up to 

 65 or 70 degrees? If over the hot-water 

 pipes it will answer all right. Plunge the 

 pots in moss or any other plunging ma- 

 terial, cover over with boards or heavy 

 paper and keep dark until the stems are 

 well up; then gradually expose to the 

 light. 



We seem likely to have a rather severe 

 winter. February is usually cold, with 

 much sunless weather, and while the sun 

 is at a considerably higher angle in 

 March, we cannot depend too much on 

 that month. Start the pips at once in 

 as warm and dark a place as is at com- 

 mand, keep them well watered and they 

 should be in season for Easter. 



C. W. 



