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Febbuabt 7, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



863 



Send Your Order to Amling for 



YIQI p^Cl For VALENTINE'S DAY 



FEBRUARY 14 



We have large supplies of the best grade of Hudson River 

 stock, also large, fragrant, home-grown singles. 



CARNATIONS 



We believe no other house in the West has so large a supply 

 of carnations — certainly no other house has so large a 

 supply when only first-class stock is considered. 



Roses 



Cut not large but 

 stock averages 

 good quality. 



Bulb Stock 



Plenty of white and yellow Tulips; also Jonquils 

 and Daffodils. Increasing supplies of Keizerkroon 

 and Proserpine. Paper Whites abundant. 



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz. 



SteniB, 3U to 36 Inches 15.00 to 16.00 



Stems, 20 to 24 Inches 3.0O to 4.00 



Stems, 12 to 16 Inches l.&O to 2.00 



Seconds 75 to 1.00 



Bridesmaid per 100, G.OO to 15.00 



Bride " 6.00 to 15 00 



Chatenay " 600to 12.00 



Golden Gate " 6.00 to 12.00 



Richmond and Liberty... " \^00 to 15.00 



Carnatlona, select " 3.00 



large and fancy " 4.00 to 5.00 



MUcellaneons Stock 



Violets, N. Y. double " .75 to 1.00 



single " .76 to 1.00 



Valley, select •' 2.00 to 4. CO 



Callas perdoz. 1.50 to 2.50 



Harrlsil " 2.00 to 2.50 



Mignonette " .50 to .75 



Sweet Peas per 100, 1.00 to 1.50 



Romans " 3.00 



Paper Whites " 4.00 



Jonquils, Daffodils " 4.00 to 5.00 



Tulips, all colors " 4.00 to 5.00 



Green Goods 



Asparagus PlumoBus, per string, .35 to .60 

 " " per bunch, .35 to .76 



Sprengeri per 100, 2.00 to 5.00 



Adlantum " 1.00 



Smilax per 100, J15.00; perdoz. 2.00 



Ferns per 1000, 12.50; per 100. .25 



Leucothoe Sprays, per 1000. 16.50; per 100, 75c 

 Galax, green and bronze, per 1000, tl.OO. 



per case, 10.000, $9.00 

 Boxwood 35c per bunch; 17.50 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 Largfest, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Tlower 

 House in Chicago. 



32-36 Randolph St. 



Lone DUtane* Telephones, 



1978 and 1977 Central, 



7846 Antomatic 



Chicago, III. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



The market is almost bare of roses. 

 The receipts of Beauties are ahnost noth- 

 ing at all. The growers, who should be 

 cutting 1,500 to 2,000 Beauties per clay, 

 find themselves cutting 300 to 500, and 

 of these the shorts are so poor they are 

 of little use. The crops of Bride and 

 Bridesmaid are little better, except that 

 the quality is more satisfactory. Rich- 

 mond seems to be giving a number of 

 growers good cuts, compared with what 

 other varieties are doing. The prices on 

 roses are something extraordinary. Never 

 in the history of this market have prices 

 been so high for so long a period after 

 Christmas. As a matter of fact, good 

 roses are now bringing more than the 

 prices asked at the holidays. Not only 

 do the extra select command full holi- 

 day rates, but the shorts are bringing 

 much more than they did for Christmas. 



The carnation has had a week of splen- 

 did business. Receipts are quite large 

 and last week the demand cleaned up 

 everything at splendid prices. It is dif- 

 ficult to make a summary of what prices 

 have been, but it is probably well within 

 bounds to say that all kinds and condi- 

 tions of carnations in the last week 

 brought $1 per hundred more than they 

 did a year ago at this time. The mar- 

 ket has been well cleaned up every day 

 and the result has been most satisfactory. 

 This week starts with only a slight re- 

 cession in demand and prices. 



The shortage in roses and the high 

 prices of carnations has haa the result 

 of turning demand to bulbous stock. 



Tulips are nothing extra in quality at 

 this early date, but have been bringing 

 excellent prices. Paper Whites and Ro- 

 mans are doing better than they usually 

 do at this season. Valley is in demand 

 and callas and longiflorum sell quickly. 

 Sweet peas have arrived in considerable 

 quantity and are a great help. Freesia 

 also sells well. 



If there is any item which is in over- 

 supply it is the violet, both Hudson 

 river and local stock. It seems that the 

 retailers do not push violets the way 

 they once did and few funeral pieces are 

 made of them. The result is that the vio- 

 let market has been dead on cold days 

 and has had a brief season of activity 

 when the weather has been favorable for 

 street wear. 



Practically all kinds of indoor greens 

 are scarce. There is abundance of every- 

 thing of hardy character. 



Local trade is not especially active, 

 but it seems that the shortage in stock, 

 which is so pronounced among local 

 growers, is also affecting the producers 

 throughout the country. The result is 

 that the whole Mississippi valley is call- 

 ing upon Chicago for stock. Wo wish 

 we had more of it for them. 



Stock Frozen. 



There are numerous complaints of stock 

 having arrived frozen during the last 

 week, and it is worth while noting that it 

 was not always on the coldest days that 

 accidents happened. The heaviest loss 

 was on two shipments of orchids to C. W. 

 McKellar. These came from Washing- 

 ton, D. C, and the value of the two lots 

 was close to $200. The most numerous 

 cases of complaint were with regard to 



the violet shipments from Rhinebeck. 

 Some local lots of roses and carnations 

 were frosted Monday morning. 



Reinberg Buys Lilies 



Several weeks ago the Review reported 

 that Peter Reinborg had decided to ex- 

 tend the range of his business by grow- 

 ing other things than roses and carna- 

 tions, to which he had confined himself 

 in the past. In pursuance of the new 

 policy Leonard Kill has in the last week 

 placed an order with William Hagemann, 

 New York, for 30,000 lily bulbs for next 

 season. A portion of these are Harrisii, 

 for early forcing, but the bulk of the 

 lot will be longiflorum multiflorum and 

 longiflorum giganteum; these for cold 

 storage and the later forcing, the idea 

 ueing to have liiics all the year around 

 after the first of this purchase of l)ulb3 

 comes in. 



Mr. Reinberg also is making plans to 

 build a small range of violet houses tliis 

 spring. It is stated this will be the 

 only addition to the glass this 3-ear. 



Wienhocber Employees' Reception. 



The employees of the E. Wienhoeber 

 Co. gave their first annual reception at 

 the Svithiod Club, 1768 Wrightwobd ave- 

 nue, on the evening of January 30. The 

 rooms were handsomely decorated, with 

 palms and cut flowers, and the attend- 

 ance was 114 couples, among them being 

 Mr. and Mrs. E. Wienhoeber and many 

 of the wholesale and retail florists. The 

 grand march was led by D. A. Robert- 

 son and wife. The music was by Gold- 

 smith 's orchestra. In the intermissions 

 there were musical numbers in the club 

 parlors. The committee in charge, which 



