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yUY 2, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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FANCY ROSES 



That the quality of our stock is superior to the general run of the 

 market is proven by the fact that we are hearing day after day from 

 the "quality buyers" throughout the Chicago shipping territory. 

 If you want the best ROSES and CARNATIONS in the 



market, send us your order. 



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 

 centerpieces. To avoid disappointment, order the day before wanted 

 shipped. 



SMI LAX 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, 80 to Mi lacbes 18 OU to $ 4.(X) 



Stems, JO to 24 Inches 2.00 to 2.50 



Stems, 12 to It! inches 1.00 to 1 50 



Shorts per 100, 4 DO to 6 00 



Per 100 



lirldesmaid fa 00 to $ 8 00 



Brldo 300to 8 00 



Kalserlii 2 00 to (i.OO 



Chaten».v H.OO to 800 



Golden Gate :< 00 to 8 00 



Richmond 4.00 to 10.00 



KUlarney 4 00 to 10.00 



Perle «.uo to (i.OO 



Carn»tloD8, select 2.00 to 'A 00 



largre and fancy.... 4.00 to 5.00 



BfiaceUaneons Stock 



Valley, select 2.00 to 4 00 



Callas pertiuz. $1.50 



Kaster Lilies $1.50 to 2.00 



Mignonette.. " .50 to 1.00 



Sweet Peas 75 to 2.00 



Marguerites 1 .00 



HuUps. all colors :s 00 to 4 00 



Poet's Narcissi 1.00 



Green Goods 



Asparagus Piumosus, per string, .:{5 to .50 



per bunch, .85 to .75 



Sprengerl 2.00 to 5.00 



Adiantum i.oo 



8mllax perdo«., $:s.00 



»erns per 1000, 18.50; .40 



Leucohtoe Sprays. 7.50; 100 



Ualax, green and bronze, per 1000. 1 00 



Galax, bronze per case, 10.000, 7.50 



Boxwood per bunch. 8dc; per case. 7.50 



Subject to change without notice. 



Store open 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. Sundays and 

 holidays closed at noon. 



E. C. AMLING 



The Largest, Beat 

 Equipped and Moat 

 Centrally Ijooated 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago. 



32-36 Randolph St. 



LoBff Dlitaaee TelephOBei, 



1978 and 1977 C«Btral. 



7846 Aatomatle 



Chicago, III. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



There has been no change in the 

 weather and little change in the market 

 situation in the last week. The weather 

 continues to be of the March lion variety 

 and business, all things considered, is ex- 

 cellent. The unseasonable and exceed- 

 ingly disagreeable weather has resulted 

 in a large increase in the death rate, not 

 only in Chicago but in many other cities 

 that look to Chicago for supplies, and 

 the demand for funeral work is note- 

 worthily heavy. "While social activity 

 makes a call for select stock in the rose 

 department, it is the snorts which sell 

 out first and bring relatively the best 

 prices. Buyers will readily give 2 cents 

 to 3 cents for large quantities of short 

 roses, when 8 cents is paid with reluc- 

 tance for really splendid stock, which is 

 quite abundant. Short red roses, of 

 course, do not share in the prosperity of 

 the shorts in other colors, although short 

 Beauties sell well. The supply of roses 

 is large in all the houses. 



The carnation crop is off. Eeceipts in 

 the last week have been less than in the 

 week before and the carnation market 

 has been stiff throughout. It is pointed 

 out that a year ago at this date carna- 

 tions were being moved in thousand lots 

 at from $7.50 to $10, while in the last 

 week they have been $2 to $4 per hundred. 

 Opinions vary as to the result to the 

 growers. Some wholesalers say they are 

 not receiving as much money as a year 

 ftgo, while others aver they are sending 

 their growers larger checks than last 



year. Some fancy stock brings $5 and 

 the market is well cleaned up every day. 

 Growers say there is no immediate pros- 

 pect ctf increase in the crop. 



The most active item at present is 

 sweet peas. Everyone wants them and 

 as they are quite abundant, a large busi- 

 ness is done. A few violets still are re- 

 ceived, but they sell slowly. A little out- 

 door bulbous stock is arriving from the 

 south, but much of it shows frost marks. 

 Poet's narcissus is coming from Carbon- 

 dale. Indoor bulbous stock is nearly 

 over, only a few white tulips and jon- 

 quils now arriving. Valley is in good 

 demand. There is a large supply of 

 callas, but they are moving quite well 

 because of the demand for funeral work. 

 Easter lilies are more abundant than a 

 week ago. 



There is a considerable quantity of 

 such things as pausies, snapdragon, 

 stocks, swainsona, etc. Green goods are 

 abundant, short sprays of southern piu- 

 mosus selling even better than adiantum. 



Second Crop Lilies. 



As is well known, Albert Amling, at 

 Maywood, grows a number of roses espe- 

 cially for summer cutting. A year ago 

 he planted a lot of bulbs of Easter lilies 

 between the roses on solid beds and after 

 cutting the lilies, left the bulbs undis- 

 turbed. The roses were given a rest and 

 the lilies enjoyed the same respite. When 

 the roses were started up in the fall, 

 the lilies soon showed signs of activity 

 and now there is a splendid crop of thou- 

 sands in sight for early cutting. Nearly 

 every bulb is stronger than it was last 

 year, five or six buds being the average. 



Speculation. 



Frederick Sperry, of Vaughau & 

 Sperry, says that speculation is a neces- 

 sary feature of a brisk market for cut 

 flowers. He says that at present the re- 

 tailers will not speculate on violets j they 

 will pay a good price for violets when 

 they need them, but they will not touch 

 them at any price unless they have or- 

 ders to be fined. The result is a poor 

 market for violets. On the other hand, 

 sweet peas are good property and tho 

 retailers are quite willing to take a 

 chance; they buy large quantities with- 

 out having orders, knowing that there 

 is good transient call for them every 

 pleasant day. This willingness to specu- 

 late makes a brisk market for sweet 

 peas. 



Base Ball. 



The employees of Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 at Morton Grove have organized a base 

 ball team and opened the season April 28 

 with a game with the Ferns, winning by 

 a score of 11 to 9. The battery for 

 the Poehlmann team was Brigetto and 

 Sehultze. The team plans to play lead- 

 ing amateur teams every Sunday. 



The growers north of town are many 

 of them interested in the national game. 

 It is stated that N. J. Wietor, of Wietor 

 Bros., is one of the owners of the suc- 

 cessful Rogers Park semi-professional 

 team. 



Various Notes. 



For the flower show last November 

 the Horticultural Society sold the photo- 

 graphing privilege on a royalty basis. 

 Now the photographer has prepared «ji 



