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Febbuaey 21, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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Send Your Order to Amiing for 



CARNATIONS 



A large supply in all grades, including the finest 

 lot of fancy stock to be found in the west. 

 Especially strong on Enchantress. 



BULB STOCK 



Plenty of Tulips, all colors, single and double; 

 also Jonquils and Daffodils, Callas and Harrisii. 



Violets 



Doable and Single. Fine 

 quality and lots of them. 



Sweet Peas 



White and Pink. Splendid 

 quality and a large supply. 



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



Stems, 80 to 36 inch<>8 f>. 



Stems, 20 to 24 lac bee 3, 



Stems, 12 to leincbes 1 



Seconds . 



Bridesmaid per 100, C 



Bride " 6, 



Chatenay " 6 



Golden Gate " 6 



Richmond and Liberty... " 6, 



Carnationa, s>^ lect 



•' large and fani-y 



Bllscellaneona fltock 



Violets, N. Y. double 



" slngrle " 



Valley, select •' 



Callas per doz. 



Harrlslt 



Mignonette " 



Sweet Peas per 100, 



Romans " 



Paper Whites 



Jonquils, Daffodils " 



Tulips, all colors " 



Per 



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16.00 



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Oreen Goods 



Asparagus PlumoBus, per strlnsr, .35 to .60 

 " " per bunch, .35 to .76 



' ' Sprengeri per 100, 2.00 to 5.00 



Adlantum " 1.00 



Smilax. . . .per 100, 115.00: per doz. 2.00 



Perns per 1000. 13.00 ; per 1 00, .80 



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

 Galax, green and bronze, per 1000, $1.00. 



per case, 10.000, 19.00 



Boxwood 35c per bunch ; t7.50 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 Lareest, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago. 



32-36 Randolph St 



Loav DlttABM Telephone!, 



1978 and 1977 Central. 



7846 Antomatie 



Chicago, III. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



CHIGAGO. 



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The Great Central Market. 



There has been a decided slump since 

 last report. Several consecutive, warm, 

 bright days have brought in a greater 

 amount of stock than this market has 

 had in three months and the advent of 

 Lent has checked demand to a slight ex- 

 tent. Local trade has not been active 

 since Valentine's day, but shipping de- 

 mand continues excellent. Monday was 

 a good day but Tuesday was decidedly 

 dull and much stock was left over. As 

 prices recede large buyers will again 

 come into the market. 



Roses are equal to all requirements, ex- 

 cept Beauties. These continue in sup- 

 ply not up to the demand and quality is 

 not high. Other roses leave nothing to 

 be desired in quality and supply has so 

 increased that average prices have fallen 

 nearly one-half within ten days. 



The carnation department was the first 

 to feel the effect of increased receipts. 

 There has been enough stock to take 

 care of the trade for some time and with- 

 in the last fortnight prices have gone 

 down to the point where some unquot- 

 able rates are reported for clean-up sales. 

 Pink is the slowest to move, but the 

 supply of Enchantress is ahead of the 

 demand. As long as the bright weather 

 holds carnations will be on the bargain 

 counter. It is to be regretted, for this 

 is a season of the year when prices do 

 not go up again easily if bad weather 

 should check production. 



There has been an inundation of bul- 

 bous stock. Fancy tulips are abundant 

 and daffodils and jonquils are piling up 

 in the wholesale houses. Common tulips 



are selling as low as $2 per hundred 

 and the decline has been general in all 

 departments. There have been greatly 

 increased receipts of calla lilies, which 

 go out slowly. Easter lilies are not so 

 abundant, but if one can use short stems 

 and small flowers there are quantities to 

 be had at cheap prices. 



The receipts of violets this week have 

 been lighter, but they are piling up. 

 Large quantities came in last week and 

 sold well. St. "Valentine's day made 

 an exceptionally strong market for forty- 

 eight hours. It cuts more and more 

 figure every year. The violet is the spe- 

 cial flower of the day and sold well, 

 prices holding up until nearly all of 

 the Hudson river receipts had been sold, 

 but a small surplus developed Wednes- 

 day afternoon and Thursday morning. 

 All other flowers felt the effect of the 

 increased demand and wholesalers and 

 retailers all were satisfied. 



At this season of the year there al- 

 ways are flurries in green goods. Smi- 

 lax had its turn Monday, but it always 

 is possible to get greens in this market 

 if the order is placed the day before. 

 Common ferns are poor, both those com- 

 ing out of storage and those received 

 from the east. An advance in price has 

 been made by the eastern shippers which 

 has resulted in adding a notch to the 

 price asked here. 



QubMeetiof. 



At the largest and most enthusiastic 

 meeting the Chicago Florists' Club has 

 held in years August Poehlmann made 

 a motion to invite the American Rose 

 Society to hold its 1908 meeting here. 

 It was carried by a rising vote. 



It was carnation night, February 14, 

 and the hall was crowded. Exhibits 

 were numerous and most of them fine. 

 The judges, W. N. Rudd, J. G. Han- 

 cock and F. F. Benthey, scored the new 

 sorts as follows: Winsor, 88; May, 78; 

 Snowdrift, 84; Red Riding Hood, 82; 

 Imperial, 79 ; Pink Imperial, 84 ; To- 

 reador, 85; Mabelle, 79; No. 20, 87. 

 Without Mr. Rudd's assistance the other 

 judges scored No. 16802a, 87 points. 

 Certificates were awarded all scoring 85 

 or better. 



A. T. Pyfer, H. Cheesman and Harry 

 Manheim were elected to membership. 

 J. F. Helbok was proposed. The resig- 

 nations of W. A. Peterson and George 

 Wienhoeber were accepted with regret. 



Resolutions were adopted endorsing 

 the proposed appropriation for green- 

 houses for experiment at the State Uni- 

 versity and P. J. Foley reported on 

 the status of affairs at Springfield. 



President Bruns inaugurated the less 

 formal part of the proceedings with 

 the remark that the club was fortunate 

 in having present on St. Valentine's 

 day, Mr. Valentine, of Denver. That 

 widely traveled gentleman gave a brief 

 account of what he had seen on his re- 

 cent trip and concluded by saying that 

 after visiting a number of the Chicago 

 growers he had been more than ever 

 impressed that a liberal education in 

 the trade can be obtained right in this 

 market. W. A. Kennedy, of Milwau- 

 kee, said that, not being able to go to 

 Toronto he did the next best thing — 

 came to the Chicago carnation show. 

 Messrs. Rudd, Hauswirth, Pyfer, Poehl- 

 mann, .^smus and others had a few 

 things to say and E. C. Amiing, finan-: 



