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APBiL 4, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1533 



SWEET PEAS 



Our Annual Spring Crop of Special Fancy Sweet Peas is 

 now ready — white and pink. These are specially popular 

 for Spring Weddings and for table center-pieces. 



CARNATIONS 



Our carnations have been steadily the best in the market. 

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

 select stock. 



ROSES Mignonette 



Plenty and the quality is A No. 1. A special fancy crop just on. 



SMILAX and Other Greens 



You can get them of us every day in the year. 



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



PRICE LIST 



ABIERIOAN BEAUTIBS 



Stems, 30 to 36 inches 13. 



Stems, 20 to 24 inches 'I 



Stems, 12 to 16 inches 1 



Shorts per 100, 4 



Bridesmaid 3, 



Bride " 3. 



Chatenay " 3 



Golden Gate " 3, 



Richmond " *• 



Killiuney ' ♦ 



Perl*' ■■ 3, 



Oarnationi, select 



" large and fancy " 



MlBcellaneous Stock 



VaUey, select " 2.00to 



Callas perdoz. 1.50 to 



Easter Lilies perdoz. 1.50 to 



Mignonette per doz. .60 to 



Sweet Peas per 100, ."6 to 



Marguerites " 



Jonquils, Daffodils " 3.00 to 



Tulips, all colors " 3.00 to 



Per doz. 



,00 to 14 00 



,00 to 3 50 



.00 to 1.50 



.00 to tl.OO 



00 to 

 00 to 

 00 to 

 00 to 

 00 to 

 .00 to 

 ,00 to 



1.50 to 



8.00 

 800 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



«.oo 



2.00 

 3.00 



4.00 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 1.00 

 1.50 

 1.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 



Green Goods 



Asparagus Plumosus, per string, .35 to .60 

 " per bunch, .35 to .75 



Sprengerl per 100, 2.00 to 5.00 



Adiantum " 100 



Stnilax per doz. 3.00 



Ferns per 1000, 13.00 ; per 100, .80 



Leucothoe Sprays, per 1000. 17.50; per 100, 1.00 

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



" " " " per case, 10.000, $7.50 



Boxwood 35c per bunch ; $7.50 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 Larg^est, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago. 



32-36 Randolph St. 



Look DistAnee Telephoaei, 



1978 snd 1977 Central, 



7846 Antomatie 



Chicago, III. 



^i''Mtl.in 'rh*" Kevlcw uiu'u you write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The volume of Kaster Vjusini'ss cer- 

 tainly exceedetl anything in the previous 

 history of the Chicago market, but the 

 aggregate money value of sales for the 

 week does not make a larger, if, indeed, 

 so large a sum as in 1906. The tre- 

 mendous quantity of poor stock resulted 

 in the lowest average Easter prices 

 within the recollection of any of the 

 wholesalers. Most of the wholesalers had 

 money receipts comparing well with those 

 of a year ago for the three <lays pre- 

 ceding Easter, but the early days of the 

 week were nothing like as good. 



The surplus of stock, which had main- 

 tained for ten days, included practically 

 all lines. The only item of which it 

 may be said that there was no oversuj)- 

 I>ly was good lilies. As had been pre- 

 dicted, there were short lilies which it 

 was not possible to sell, but by Friday 

 good stock had been pretty well cleaned 

 up. However, the demand had been 

 pretty well satisfied and there was no 

 • all which warranted an advance in price. 

 Callas were received in thousands, and 

 a large part of them were lost. 



The weather was responsible for ev- 

 erything ill that happened at Easter. It 

 is to be blamed for the surplus of stock, 

 and also for the fact that quality aver- 

 aged the poorest that it has in any re- 

 '•ent year. Only a small part of the re- 

 <'eipts came anywhere near meeting ox- 

 acting requirements. Taking the total 

 receipts of the market, it probably is not 

 an exaggeration to say that nine-tenths 

 «f the stock was below the quality nec- 



essary for shipping. The result was tliat 

 all good stock, capable of standing ji 

 journey or equal to the needs of the 

 first-class stores, brought first-class 

 prices. In spite of the fact that there 

 was no bottom to tiie market, the best 

 goods brought iiigher i)rices than a year 

 ago. This was particularly true of roses. 

 Heauty fared no better tlian the other 

 varieties, as the supply of long, fancy 

 stock was sucii as to leave some to be 

 sacrificed. However, Saturday night 

 found the market fairly well cleaned up 

 on roses. 



The inundation of carnations was 

 something wholly beyond expectations. 

 8o large a i)art of the stock was soft, 

 and so many of the growers had bunched 

 sleepy flowers with fresh ones, that 

 really good stuff brought fair prices, but 

 there were a great nuiny thousands on 

 which the buyer made the going price. 

 Saturday night found many left on han<l, 

 especially white, and Sunday did not 

 serve to clear the market. The average 

 will be much below last j-ear; some 

 wholesalers say half. 



Probably the growers wlio will put up/ 

 the strongest protest are the Rhinebcck 

 violet producers. For some reason, 

 prooably the hot weather again, the 

 stock did not travel well; it rotted on 

 the way. Orders for many thousands 

 had been booked at satisfactory prices, 

 but the retailers refused lo accept de- 

 livery because of the quality of the 

 stock. The result was that buyers not 

 critical of quality made their own price 

 on as much of the stock as they could 

 use, and the rest went to the waste 

 barrel. Probably 150,000 to 200,000 

 failed of a sale and many boxes of 2,000 



to :{,(l()(l were Hold at .+2 each. Tiie av- 

 erage returns will be the lowest ever 

 iciorded for Easter, but it woukl have 

 liccn ditt'erent if the quality had been 

 iKceptable, so there is no one to blame. 

 The flood of bulbous stock was en- 

 tirely beyond control. Add to the ex- 

 cessively heavy receipts of greenhouse 

 stock, the hundreds of cases of southern 

 narcissi, and it made a bulk of material 

 wholly beyond the possibility of a ma/- 

 kel. There Avere scores of cases of south- 

 ern outdoor stutt" which had not been 

 njx'ned Saturday evening and which were 

 given to the hospitals Sunday or 

 dumpdl Monday morning. 



One of the additions to the list of 

 Kaster fiowcrs was tiie lilac. Not within 

 the memory of man has lilac reached this 

 market so early as this year. Tlie first 

 sliipnicnts seen came in Alonday, March 

 2."), and sold well because of tiie nov- 

 elty. By Thursday and Friday every 

 house in town was choked with lilac 

 shipments. Ft looked like the middle of 

 May. Some of the good stock sold, but 

 the bulk of it Avent to the waste barrel 

 and overflowed it. It was southern Il- 

 linois stock, which shows how far ad- 

 vanced the season is. 



Stocks and mignonette also were a 

 glut. If there was any item which really 

 lield a stiff market it was smilax; $H 

 per dozen was the j)rice for not very 

 long strings. 



Seasonable weather this week has done 

 much to improve the quality of stock 

 and check the inundation. Receipts con- 

 tinue he.'xvy and in advance of the <le- 

 maiid, but if the seasonable weather 

 holds the market soon will right itself. 

 Mondav found a fair demand for fresh 



