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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



1899 



CARNATIONS 



Our cut now is large and the quality not only the best 

 in the market, but the best we ever handled at this 

 season. Sure to please you. 



FANCY ROSES 



A crop of special quality now on — plenty long, fancy 

 roses in all varieties. 



Sweet Peas 



Largest stems in the market. 

 All colors. Order early. 



Green Goods 



Always can supply everything on 

 orders received the day before. 



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



PRICE LIST 



ASf BRICAN BEAUTIES Per doz. 



Stems, 30 to :w inches 13.00 to $4 00 



Stems, 20 to 24 inches 2.00 to 2 60 



Stems, 12 to lt> inches 1.00 to 150 



Shorts per 100, 4.00to 6 00 



^-.^ -^ Per 100 



Bridesmaid $3 00 to $6 00 



Bride 3 00 to 6 00 



Kaiserin 2.00 to 6.00 



Chatenay S.OOto 600 



Golden Gate 3 00 to 6 00 



Richmond 4.00to 8.00 



Killarney 4.00 to 8.00 



Carnations, select 2.00 to 3 00 



" large and fancy.... 4.00 to 5.0O 

 BliaoellaneonB Stock 



Sweet Peas, fancy 1.50 to 200 



" " medium l.oo 



" " short 50 to .75 



Peonies per doz., 75c to 11.00 



Valley, select 2.00 to 4.00 



Callas perdoz. (1.50 



Easter Lilies " 11.50 to 2.00 



Marguerites 1 .00 



Poet's Narcissi....*. 1.00 



Green Ooods 



Asparagus Plumosus, per stringr, .:{5 to .50 



" " per bunch, Mb to .75 



" Sprengeri 2.00 to 5 00 



Adiantam l.oo 



nmilax perdox., 13.00 



Ferns per 1000, $3.50; .40 



Leucothoe Sprays, " 7.50; 1 00 



Galax, green and bronze, per 1000, 1 00 



Galax, bronze .... per case, 10,000, 7.50 



Boxwood per bunch, 36c; per case, 7.50 



Subject to change without notice. 



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

 holidays closed atmoon. 



E. C. AMLING 



The Larg^est, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrallj' Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago. 



32-36 Randolph St. 



Long DlitABM Telcphoaei, 



1978 and 1977 Central, 



7846 Antomatie 



Chicago, III. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The market still is active, but not 

 nearly so strong as in the fortnight pre- 

 ceding the last week. For some reason 

 difficult to explain, the local retailers are 

 doing no great amount of business out- 

 side of funeral work, although this 

 keeps them fairly busy. The out of 

 town demand is brisk, but it has shown 

 some falling off as crops have increased. 

 This is a general condition always to be 

 reckoned with. "When crops increase in 

 Chicago they also increase with all the 

 growers in the Mississippi valley, and 

 these growers stop buying. Then when 

 crops go off, they go off not only in 

 Chicago, but through a considerable 

 range of territory, and many who have 

 been wholesaling are forced to buy for 

 their retail needs. This in a large meas- 

 ure accounts for the wide fluctuations in 

 the Chicago market. 



"Within the week there has been some 

 little increase in production and some 

 little decline in out of town demand. 

 The rose market continues about as it 

 has been. Beauties are a little less 

 abundant, but still enough to meet the 

 demand. There continue to be large 

 supplies of fancy roses of all other va- 

 rieties, and an especially strong demand 

 for shorts. Eichmond is in especially 

 good supply and there are some splendid 

 Chatenay. Because of the amount of 

 funeral work the shorts are cleaned up 

 first and bring relatively better prices 

 than the higher grade. This is a condi- 

 tion almost without precedent in this 



market. "Usually it is the fancy stock 

 which sells quickest. 



Carnations are increasing in supply. 

 It is noted that the city buyers are 

 using few carnations but that the call 

 from outside is strong. "While the avail- 

 able quantities are greater, prices are 

 holding firm. The weather has suited 

 carnations well and the quality is ahead 

 of the usual standard for this season of 

 the year. 



There is a big business being done in 

 sweet peas. Blanche Ferry is the most 

 common variety. No great quantity of 

 white is received, but there are only a 

 few of the special fancy colors. The 

 better the quality the quicker the peas 

 sell, prices ranging from 50 cents to $2 

 per hundred. There is a strong demand 

 for valley. 



"With the continued cool weather, vio- 

 lets are holding on later than ever. 

 Bulbous stock is about gone. The few 

 remaining jonquils and daffodils sell 

 well. The outdoor stock does not cut so 

 large a figure as usual, but it may come 

 later. Callas and Easter lilies sell well 

 but are equal to requirements. Pansies 

 are popular. 



There is a good sale for all greens. 

 This market always can supply anything 

 needed in greens if the order is placed 

 before the morning rush has cleaned up 

 the day's receipts. Ferns are moving 

 well at all sorts of prices. There are 

 now four varieties of hardy ferns in the 

 market; cold storage stock, spring pick 

 from Massachusetts, spring pick from 

 Michigan and southern stock. The cold 

 storage stock, where good, is command- 

 ing much the highest price. 



Carnations Frosted. 



Some of the growers began planting 

 carnations in the field before the usual 

 date, regardless of the backwardness of 

 the season. This is what Joseph P. 

 Brooks, Morton Grove, has to say about 

 it: 



' ' I have some of the highest sand and 

 gravel land in the neighborhood, where 

 I grow my carnations for benching, and 

 as my land can be worked and put in 

 shape early I always start early. Later 

 the land becomes too dry and the plants 

 do not take hold as well. Last year I 

 started planting April 20, beginning 

 with Lawson. They were hit by a hard 

 frost about a week later. I remember 

 they looked much injured, but they 

 turned out all right. This time we had 

 the temperature down to 26 degrees and 

 cannot yet tell what harm has been 

 done. Some of the plants look sleepy, 

 but others seem all right and fresh and 

 my idea is that it will not have hurt 

 them much. Several of my neighbors 

 started planting with me, but ceased 

 when it turned cold, and are now making 

 a fresh start, though some are waiting 

 for a warm rain before starting. For 

 my part, I don't mind the cold. I am 

 hard at it every day and by Monday had 

 out about 70,000 plants of Queen and 

 several thousands of other varieties." 



The Peony Prospects. 



It is nearly six weeks since the first 

 of the season's peonies reached Has 

 market. There was a period of a month 

 following the first receipts when no 

 peonies were seen. For the last week or 

 ten days there have been a few dozens 



