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March 28, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



1459 



TWO d.8'?a"n%e phones 



Central 1978 and 1977 



Call either one (or telegraph) if you are running short of 

 ANYTHING for Easter. Prompt service is one of our 

 Specialties — and we have large supplies of stock. 



CARNATIONS 



Gur carnations have been steadily the best in the market. 

 We can take care of orders of any size, either fancy or 

 select stock. 



Mignonette 



A special fancy crop just on. 



Sweet Peas 



Best quality and largest quantity. 



LILIES ROSES 



and all bulb stock; let your orders come. Plenty and the quality is A No. 1. 



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



P6r doz. 



Stems, 30 to 36 inches 16.00 to t6.00 



Stems, 20 to 24 inches 8.00 to 4.00 



Sterna, 12 to 16 inches 1.60 to 2.00 



Seconds 76 to 1.00 



Bridesmaid per 100, 5.00to 12.00 



Bride '• S.OOto 12.00 



Chatenay " 500to 10.00 



Golden Gate " 5.00to 10.00 



Richmond " 5.00to 12.00 



Carnations, select " S.OOto 4.00 



" lartre and fancy " 5.00 to 6.00 



Miscellaneous Stock 



Violets, N. Y. double " 100 



singrle " .75 to 1.00 



Valley, select " 2.00 to 4.00 



Callas perdoz. 1.50to 2.00 



Baster Lilies per 100, 15.0U 



Mlgrnonette perdoz. .60 to 1.00 



Sweet Peas per 100. 1.00 to 1.50 



Marguerites " 1.60to 2.00 



Jonquils, Daffodils " S.OOto 4 00 



Tulips, all colors " S.OOto 5.00 



Green Goods 



Asparagus Plumosus, per string, .35 to .60 



" per bunch, .35 to .76 



Sprengerl per 100, 2.00 to 5.00 



Adiantum " 1.00 



Smilax per doz. 3.00 



Ferns per 1000, 13.00 ; per 100, .80 



Leucothoe Sprays, per 1000, 16.50; per 100, 76c 

 Galax, green and bronze, per 1000, 11.00. 



per case, 10.000, $7.50 



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. AM LING 



The Largrest, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago. 



32-36 Randolph St 



Long DUtSBce Telephoaes, 



1978 and 1977 Centrsl, 



7846 Astomstle 



Chicago, III 



Mention The Review whea you write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



We have had a week of summer. Sat- 

 urday, March 23, the temperature was 

 80 degrees in the shade, a record with- 

 out parallel in the history of the local 

 weather bureau. The natural result has 

 been that the market has been glutted 

 with stock. There has been too much 

 of everything, and it has been impossi- 

 ble to realize anything like quoted rates 

 in any department. On Wednesday, with 

 Easter only four days away, the market 

 was at its worst. Everything was a glut, 

 Avith qualities deteriorating rapidly un- 

 der the influence of the damp, hot air 

 and no legitimate outlet or value for 

 more than a small part of the receipts. 



The increase in supply has been more 

 pronounced in roses than in carnations, 

 although the latter have sold at the low- 

 est prices of the season as late as Wednes- 

 day. American Beauties became over- 

 abundant, in common with other roses. 

 Easter lilies came hurrying in a week 

 before they were wanted, and all bulb 

 stock felt the stimulus of the Avarm, 

 bright days in spite of all the growers 

 could do to hold it back for Easter. Out- 

 door stock from the south adds to the 

 congestion. 



It is now certain that there will 

 be an abundance in all lines for the 

 Easter business. The booking of orders 

 has been heavier than usual, but espe- 

 cially so on lilies. It now appears that 

 most of the lilies will be ready and 

 wholesalers have no fear of a shortage. 

 Roses will be plentiful and all bulbous 



stock will be in huge supply. Violets, 

 sweet peas, mignonette, and pansies all 

 are coming in heavily. The carnation 

 crop has not felt the effect of the weath- 

 er so much as other lines, although re- 

 ceipts are heavy. The fact is that the 

 carnation crop is on the down grade; 

 we have had our heaviest production, 

 some growers say, until late in the 

 spring. 



Out of town buyers need have no hes- 

 itancy in calling on this market for ad- 

 ditional supplies of stock if they find 

 their Easter demand running ahead of 

 anticipations. This market will have the 

 stock to meet all calls up to Saturday 

 night and every wholesaler will exert 

 himself to see that orders are out 

 promptly. They all will be thinking of 

 the orders which are to come after 

 Easter. 



The local buyers have laid in heavily 

 of plants, but have not yet bought much 

 in the cut flower line, except lilies, hop- 

 ing for a repetition of last year's ex-' 

 perience, when the market broke badly 

 after the shipping demand had been 

 taken care of. 



George Reinberg, Orchid Specialist. 



Joseph Foerster, manager of the sell- 

 ing end of the George Reinberg estab- 

 lishment, states that in the last week 

 they have placed an order with the Ju- 

 lius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J., for 

 established orchid plants for immediate 

 shipment sufficient to give them a stand- 

 ing as the orchid specialists of the west. 

 The plants will make such a bulk they 

 will be shipped ag a carload, and should 

 come through safely by fast freight. 

 The plants include all the popular cut 



flower varieties, of such size as will give 

 immediate bloom, according to their sea- 

 son. William Arnold, foreman for 

 (ileorge Reinberg, is something of an 

 orchid expert, so that the undertaking 

 is not of experimental character. Mr. 

 Foerster thinks the present excellent 

 market for orchids is only a beginning 

 of what it will be in a few years, and 

 surely Chicago, with its great shipping 

 trade, is the best center in the country 

 for an orchid growing establishment. 



Beauties by the Carload. 



Peter Reinberg has just finished 

 planting six houses of the Mrs. Marshall 

 Field rose. It is grafted stock and in 

 splendid condition. The space was for- 

 merly used for Beauties and 10,000 of 

 the bench plants were sold to Heller 

 Bros., the South Park Floral Co., New 

 Castle. The 10,000 plants made just a 

 nice carload. 



A Near-Arrest. 



Word has gone out in the automobile 

 industry that Alderiium Reinberg has 

 conimissionod Leonard Kill to select for 

 him the best machine on the market. 

 The result is that Mr. Kill is receiving 

 a great many invitations for a little 

 spin. March 21 a gentleman, anxious 

 to make a sale, took ^Ir. Kill and N. J. 

 Wietor for a run up the north shore. 

 They liad only fairly gotten up speed ou 

 the Sheridan drive when they were 

 flagged by a policeman and the' chauf- 

 feur placed under arrest. The justice 

 said the fun was worth .$25 and, as the 

 automobile man did not have the price, 

 the florists had to pay it for him, 

 though he subsequently sent it back. 



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