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July 11, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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BEAUTIES 



THE CUT IS INCREASING 



Our Beauties are easily the best in this market and we be- 

 lieve it will be difficult to find their equal anywhere. They 

 are in every way as good as our famous crop last summer 

 — and most Beauty buyers know what that means. 



PEONIES 



Our stock was cut and stored by the oldest and most experienced 

 grower. It is in fine shape and the supply is large— you can count 

 on us for any quantity, white or pink, for July decorations. The 

 showiest flower for the money. 



Kaiserins 



VALLEY 



Good crop of fancy Kaiserin, best 

 summer rose. Also heavy cuts 

 of other roses; quality as good 

 as the market affords. 



GALAX 



Large supply of bronze galax, 

 $1.00 per 1000; $7.50 per case of 

 10,000. 



Choice valley always on hand; 

 you can wire us any day in the 

 year and be sure of getting any 

 reasonable quantity by next train. 



FERNS 



Fancy ferns of finest quality; we 

 pride ourselves on always having 

 the best ferns and plenty. $1.00 

 per 1000. 



PRICE LIST 



AMBRIOAN BBAUTIES Per doe. 



Sterna, 24 to 36 inches 18.00 to 14 00 



Stems, 20 Inches 2.00 



Stems, 15 Inches 150 



Stems, 12 Inches 1.00 



Short Stems &0 to .75 



ROSES 



Per 100 



Kaiserin $3.00 to 18.00 



BrideandMald S.OOto 600 



Richmond S.OOto 8.00 



Liberty S.OOto 8.0O 



Chatenay 4.00to 800 



OoldenOate S.OOto 600 



Roses, our selection S.OO 



Carnatlonst select, common.... 1.00 to 1 5Q 



" largre and fancy.... 2.00 



Miseellaneona 

 Peonies, fancy pink and white, 

 doz., fiOc to 76c 



Harrisii per doz.,'tl.50 10.00 



Auratum Lilies.... per doz., 1.50 



Sweet Peas, fancy 26 to .60 



Valley 2.00 to 400 



Shasta Daisies 60to 1.00 



Decorative 



Asparagus Plumosus, per strinr. .36 to .50 



" per bunch, .35 to .60 



" Spren^erl per 100, 2.00 to 5 00 



Oalax i>er 100,16c: 1000, IM 



" per case of 10 000, 7.60 



Ferns per 100, 15c: 1000, 100 



Adiantam .• , per 100, 1.00 



Smllaz ....per dos., 11.60; 100, 10.00 



Subject to change without notice. 



Duringr July and Augruat, store open from 



7 a. m. to 5 -p. m. hundays aqd holidays 



closed at noon. 



Ee C. AMLING 



The liftrMat, Beat 

 Equipped and Moat 

 Centrally Looated 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago. 



32-34-36 Randolph St 



Iioat Dlttaaes Telsphoaei, 



1978 sad 1977 Central, 



784« IstOHStle 



Chicago, III. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



The dullness of the market last week 

 was accentuated by receipts of stock con- 

 siderably larger than usual at this sea- 

 son. The growers seem reluctant to ac- 

 knowledge that the big, brisk, busy sea- 

 son is at length at an end. It lasted 

 longer than usual, but now it is time to 

 prepare for another year. 



There is some little business doing, but 

 the call is almost entirely for the best 

 grade of stock, and good stock is so 

 scarce that the quantity sold is only a 

 fraction of each day's receipts. The 

 poor stock accumulates and the waste is 

 large. 



There are considerable quantities of 

 Beauties coming in, which average fair 

 for July. They clean out quite well. 

 Kaiserin roses sell well and Eichmond 

 also has a satisfactory market. Killar- 

 ney does not go to waste. Bride and 

 Bridesmaid are decidedly poor with 

 nearly all growers. With some there is 

 much mildew on the young stock. 



Carnation growers evidently have more 

 energy and less regard for the heat than 

 usual. Otherwise they would throw out 

 much of their stock, for a considerable 

 proportion of each day's receipts must 



go to the dump because the quality is so 

 poor the buyers will not take it at any 

 price. When stock is offered at 2 cents 

 a bunch it must be pretty poor. Even 

 good carnations are not bringing as much 

 as they did a year ago. 



There continue to be plenty of peonies, 

 and good ones, and they sell fully as 

 well as anything else, because they are 

 good. Sweet peas are a tremendous glut, 

 the receipts being the heaviest in the his- 

 tory of this market. Quality is good in 

 much of the stock, but the quantities re- 

 ceived are so much ahead of the demand 

 that the stock cannot all be sold, even 

 to the fakers. Of the miscellaneous items 

 of summer stock there are rather larger 

 receipts than usual at this date and all 

 are slow sale. There is no active market, 

 save for specialties or special qualities, 

 nor will there be, in all likelihood, until 

 conditions operate to reduce supplies, not 

 only in Chicago, but in the shipping ra- 

 dius. Asters are seen in small quantities 

 but cut no f gure as yet. Candidums are 

 abundant and there is not much call for 

 Easter lilies or valley now that the wed- 

 ding season is over. 



Peony Prospects. 



"We believe that the peony market in 

 the future will be so oversupplied, " said 

 Charles Klehm one day this week, "that 



its salvation depends upon educating the 

 public and the retail florists, to a larger 

 use of peonies in their season. In order 

 to do this it is necessary to establish 

 something of a standard price, so that 

 retailers may be able to go after business 

 with some assurance as to what the flow- 

 ers will cost them. For that reason we 

 shall not ask over 50 cents a dozen for 

 our best stock, northern grown, in any 

 year. Prices will range from 25 to 50 

 cents a dozen. With so large a quantity 

 of stock as we are now able to produce, 

 it is likely to establish those prices as 

 standard prices for the entire market 

 and retail florists can figure on orders 

 with entire confidence. We look for the 

 result to be a much larger use of peonies 

 for decorating. 



"We have recently planted about an 

 acre of Old Red, and some few thou- 

 sands of other early sorts, about ninety 

 miles south in Indiana. We expect these 

 to give us flowers for Decoration day at 

 least eight years out of ten. We find 

 our local retail demand at Arlington 

 Heights increasing enormously at Deco- 

 ration day and if our local peonies are 

 not ready, as frequently is the case, we 

 have to buy other stock, and cut flowers 

 at wholesale are steadily advancing in 

 price for Memorial day. 



"We think that perhaps five varieties 



