Apbil 11, 1907, 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1605 



SWEET PEAS 



Our Annual Spring Crop of Special Fancy Swe6t Peas is 

 now ready — white and pink. These are specially popular 

 for Spring Weddings and for table center-pieces. 



ROSES 



Plenty and the quality is A No. 1. 



Mignonette 



A special fancy crop just on. 



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. 



SMILAX and Other Greens 



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



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz. 



Steins, 30 to 36 inches 13.00 to 14 00 



Stems, 20 to 24 inches 2.00 to 



Steins, 12 to 16 Inches 1.00 to 



Shorts per 100, 4.00 to 



Bridesmaid 



Bride 



Chatenay 



Golden Gate 



Richmond 



Klllarney 



Perle 



3.00 to 

 3.00 to 

 3 00 to 

 3.00 to 

 4.00 to 

 4.00 to 

 3.00 to 



2 50 

 1.60 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 800 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 



1.50 to 2.00 

 3.00 



Carnations, select 



" large and fancy 



Miacellaneons Stock 



Valley, select " 2.00 to 3.00 



Callas perdoz. 1.50 to 2 00 



Easter Lilies perdoz. 1.25 to 1.50 



Mignonette perdoz. .50 to 1.00 



Sweet Peas per 100, .76 to 1.60 



Marguerites " 1.00 



Jonquils, Daffodils " 2.00 to 3.00 



Tulips, all colors " 2.00 to 4.00 



Green Goods 



AsparagusPlumosus, per string, .35 to .60 

 •• " per bunch, .36 to .75 



Sprengeri per 100, 2.00 to 6.00 



Adiantum " 1.00 



Smilax per doz. 3.00 



Ferns per 1000, 13.00 ; per 100, .30 



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

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



" " " " per case, 10.000, $7.60 



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. AM LING 



The Lareest, Beat 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago. 



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CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The consensus of opinion is that the 

 market has been decidedly dull since 

 Easter. Here and there a house reports 

 a good run of shipping business, but the 

 report is unanimous that local demand 

 is light and erratic. There was a good 

 business locally Friday and Saturday, 

 but it was the first time last week, and 

 this week started with a total absence of 

 the local buyers in the market. The re- 

 tailers sold nothing Sunday, because of 

 an all-day rain, and consequently carried 

 over supplies suflScient for Monday; and 

 Tuesday was a raw, cold day with snow 

 flurries, not conducive to transient busi- 

 ness. 



The weather has been a large factor 

 for the last week. It has been cooler 

 than usual at this season and has seemed 

 especially disagreeable following the 

 beautiful spring days before Easter. 

 While it has no doubt affected trade ad- 

 versely, the cold days have put new- life 

 into stock and qualities throughout the 

 market are of superlative character. 

 Everything that is locally grown is fine. 



In spite of a lack of life in the de- 

 mand, large quantities of stock have 

 been moved. It must necessarily be so, 

 for production is heavy, apparently lit- 

 tle affected by the cooler conditions. 

 Prices are weak; in fact, there have 

 been no stable prices for two or three 

 weeks. After the legitimate demand has 

 been taken care of the surplus has been 

 disposed of for what it would bring; it 

 has been the harvest time of the cheap 

 buyers. So many out-of-town special 



sales people are operating on Saturdays 

 that it usually makes a good clean-up 

 Friday. Lower prices for thousand lots 

 are quoted for Tuesday and Wednesday. 



The Beauty crop is something wonder- 

 ful. Every grower of Beauties is cut- 

 ting more heavily than at any time in 

 his recollection. The stock is nearly all 

 long-stemmed and buds perfect. The 

 regular demand does not suflSce to any- 

 where near clear the market and strange 

 tales are told of what becomes of the 

 surplus; it usually realizes lower prices 

 than this market ever has known for 

 such fine stock. Other roses are not in 

 such great oversupply, although prices 

 are low. Carnations continue rather 

 more than the market needs, but most of 

 the growers say the crop is on the down 

 grade. 



Indoor bulbous stock is approaching 

 an end. Most of the growers report that 

 the belated Easter lilies are now pretty 

 well in and that supplies shortly will be 

 down to normal. Callas continue a glut. 

 Outdoor bulbous stock from the south is 

 arriving heavily and selling poorly. 

 There is considerable lilac of poor qual- 

 ity. The violets are rapidly approaching 

 an end. Sweet peas are in excellent de- 

 mand for spring wedding work. 



Violet Growers Disappomted. 



As had been foreseen, the Rhinebeck 

 violet growers were greatly disappointed 

 with their Easter returns from the Chi- 

 cago market. Nearly all season Chicago 

 has realized excellent prices compared 

 to those of other cities, but at Easter it 

 appears that Chicago did not realize 

 much more than half what was obtained 

 in New York, although the New York 



average was the lowest ever recorded for 

 Easter. The growers have hard work 

 understanding why the stock traveled 

 badly just at that time. But this does 

 not alter the fact that the violets re- 

 ceived a few days before Easter were 

 practically all in the same condition, and 

 unsalable, because of apparent heating in 

 transit. The wholesalers feel as badly 

 about it as anyone, but were helpless. 



Mooinger's Close CalL 



The plant of the John C. Moninger 

 Co. narrowly escaped destruction on the 

 afternoon of April 3. Fire wiped out 

 the equipment of the Crew-Levick Oil 

 Co., adjoining the Moninger establish- 

 ment, and it was only direction of the 

 wind that saved the greenhouse material 

 mill. As it was, all the windows on one 

 side of the factory were broken by heat. 

 A few of the piles of cypress in the 

 yard were burned, representing a con- 

 siderable loss, but this the insurance 

 companies made good. The Adam 

 Schillo Lumber Co. is located just across 

 the street from the burned oil plant and 

 for a time it was feared the fire would 

 reach their big yard. 



It is the second time within little 

 more than a year that the Moninger Co. 

 has had a close call from fire. In this 

 case destruction of the plant would have 

 meant a great deal to the trade, for the 

 firm is exceedingly busy. There has 

 been an impression that most of the 

 building this season was by the smaller 

 growers, but the Moninger Co. points 

 out that up to the date of the fire they 

 had shipped a greater number of jobs 

 making a carload or more than the total 

 number of carload jobs shipped in 1906. 



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