JULT 18, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



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Beauties 



HEAVY CROP NOW ON 



Our crop of Summer Beauties has been a regular and 

 notable feature of the Chicago Market for the past three 

 years. We are receiving the orders of a great many of the 

 buyers of select stock — but we can take care of others. 

 Especially strong on long-stemmed Beauties. 



PEONIES 



Our Btock 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. 



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. 



LILIES 



FERNS 



Nice lots of both Longiflornm 

 and Auratum Lilies — make a 

 large showing for the money, as 

 prices are low. 



Fancy ferns of finest quality; we 

 pride ourselves on always having 

 the best ferns and plenty. $1.00 

 per 1000. 



E.C.AMLING 



The Larfeat, Best 

 Bqulpped and Most 

 Centrallx Iiooated 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House is Chicago. 



32-34-36 Randolph St 



Lois DIstiBM Telephoaei, 



1978 mad 1977 Csstral, 



7846 Aitosutle 



Chicago, 111. 



Mention The R«Tiew when ycm write. 



CHICAGO. 



' > ' The Great Central Market. 



Last week the market was decidedly 

 quiet and this week there is only a slight 

 improvement, the small increase in de- 

 mand being credited to the fact that 

 supplies are greatly reduced, not only in 

 Chicago, but doubtless in every town in 

 the shipping radius. Out of town buyers 

 do not send large orders and in nearly 

 every instance the call is for special 

 quality, which would tend to indicate 

 that at home the buyers have enough 

 of the lower grades, but are short on 

 quality. That is the condition in this 

 market. There is an abundance of poor 

 stock and hardly enough good stuff to go 

 around, even though the demand is small. 

 It is the quite general report that 

 business thus far in July has not been 

 up to what it was last year. The ex- 

 ceptions are those houses which have 

 special crops of summer flowers, espe- 

 cially roses. There- is a varying re- 

 port as to how peonies are going. Some 

 wholesalers say they are selling well and 

 are, in fact, practically the only readily 

 salable item. Others say the demand 

 hardly deserves that name and that 

 prices are what the buyer chooses to 

 pay. It probably is the fact that the 

 good peonies sell and those which are 



coming out of cold storage in poor shape 

 are not wanted at any price. 



There is a fair demand for Beauties, 

 largely from out of town, but in general 

 the quality of the Beauties ia not up to 

 what it was last season, although this 

 year there are more houses which have 

 considerable supplies of what would be 

 called good stock. Kaiserin sells well. 

 So does Mrs. Field, Carnot and La De- 

 troit. It is noteworthy that Killarney 

 outsells Bichmond. Several growers are 

 now beginning to cut from their new 

 stock of Killarney and it soon will be 

 abundant in this market. It remains to 

 be seen whether it will retain its special 

 value. The wholesalers are inclined to 

 the belief that it will be the best selling 

 pink rose in the approaching season. It 

 certainly holds its color well and ships 

 well in hot weather. Chatenay is not 

 wanted. 



Lilies of all kinds are abundant and 

 slow sale. Valley is hard to move. The 

 glut of sweet peas continues. Nothing 

 can be done with them. There is some 

 increase in the quantity of asters re- 

 ceived. Gladioli are abundant and slow 

 sale. All green stock is plentiful. 



Candidum Lilies. 



One of the season's disappointments 

 was the results with candidum lilies. The 



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supplies have been somewhat larger than 

 usual and the returns to the growers de- 

 cidedly less than they ordinarily are. 

 For some reason the lilies have not kept 

 as they usually do. Many were in poor 

 shape by the time they had made the 

 boat trip from Michigan and few were 

 salable after they had remained in the 

 wholesalers' hands twenty-four hours. 

 The result was that many were lost. 



Cheap Fares to Chicago. 



The out of town merchants visiting the 

 Chicago markets this fall for the pur- 

 pose of purchasing stock will be given 

 a railroad rate based on a fare and a 

 fifth for the round trip, which will make 

 the rate a little over 3 cents a mile for 

 the round trip. It will be a boon to 

 the commercial interests of Chicago, as 

 it will have the effect of greatly increas- 

 ing the number of visitors to the local 

 market and stop the tide toward the 

 east, which is growing in volume because 

 of the low rates to the Jamestown Ex- 

 position, all tickets reading via New 

 York, going or coming. 



Gladioli. 



In one of his recent public addresses 

 H. H. Groff, the gladiolus specialist, 

 called attention to the fact that a few 

 years ago florists had use for only light 





