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August 1, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



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We have several growers who make a specialty of Asters — 

 a specialty of growing them well — from special strains of 

 seed worked up with much care. Consequently the cut 

 stock has that extra quality that calls the buyers, whether 

 flowers are plentiful or scarce. Try our asters. 



BEAUTIES 



Beauties are not so abundant as they have been — and our 

 own crop will be heavier in a week or two — but our quality 

 is as good as the best and much of the crop is long stemmed. 



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 Longiflorum 

 and Auratum Lilies — make a 

 large showing for the money. 



Fancy ferns of finest quality; we 

 pride ourselves on always having 

 the best ferns and plenty. 



PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BEAUTIBS Per doz. 



Steins, 24 to 36 Inches fS.OO to tl 00 



Stems, 20 Inches 2.00 



Stems, 16 inches 1 60 



Stems, 12 inches 1.00 



ROSES 



Per 100 



Kaiserin $3 00 to $8.00 



Bride and Maid 3.00 to 6 00 



Richmond 3.00 to 8.00 



Liberty 8.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay 4.00 to 800 



Oolden Gate 3.00 to 600 



Roses, our selection 3.00 



Carnations, select, common 1.00 to 160 



large and fancy.... 2.00 



MUoellaneons 



Asters, extra fancy 2 00 to 3.00 



" common 76 to 1.50 



Longrlflorum doz., 11.60 10.00 



Auratum Lilies " 1.60 10.00 



Sweet Peas, fancy 26 to .60 



Valley 2.00 to 4.00 



Shasta Daisies 60 to 1.00 



Decorative 



Asparacrus Plumosus, per string, .35 to .60 



" " per bunch, .36 to .60 



" Sprengeri per 100, 2.00 to 5 00 



Galax per 100, 20c: 1000, 1.50 



" per case uf 10,000, 10.00 



Ferns per 100, 15c; 1000, 1.00 



Adlantum per 100, 1.00 



Smllax per dos., tl.60; 100, 10.00 



Subject to ctaanre without notice. 



During July and Augrust, store open from 



7 a. m. to 6 p. m. Sundays and holidays 



closed at noon. 



E.C.AMLING 



The Larffest, Bast 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally liooated 

 Wholesale Cut riower 

 House in Chicago. 



32-34-36 Randolph St. 



LoBff OUtaaee Telephoaes, 



1978 and 1977 Ceatral, 



7846 Aitomatlc 



Chicago, 111. 



Mention The Kevlew when you write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



There was pronounced improvement 

 in demand by the end of last week and 

 this week started off with a call for 

 stock which made it impossible to fill 

 all orders. The demand for roses was 

 ahead of the supply, but the greatest 

 shortage was in carnations of a quality 

 that would satisfy customers' require- 

 ments. Quite a number of houses re- 

 port July business as hardly up to last 

 year, but the closing week of the month 

 has done much to restore the balance to 

 the right side of the records. 



There is a decided scarcity of good 

 stock. The roses being cut are not 

 numerous and the quality of Brides and 

 Maids is such that wholesalers do not 

 like to ship them. The heavy supplies 

 of Beauty are no longer in evidence. 

 Weather conditions are responsible for 

 much black spot in the houses of sum- 

 mer Beauties and several of the large 

 growers have been compelled to dry off 

 these houses so that they are cutting lit- 

 tle or nothing. Killarney is in good 

 shape and about the most salable rose. 

 Carnot, Mrs. Field, Kaiserin and Eich- 

 mond also are in good shape. Few Lib- 



erty are now being grown in this vicin- 

 ity, Kichmond having almost wholly dis- 

 placed this variety. 



With few good carnations in the mar- 

 ket and apparently few to be had in 

 any of the cities within our shipping 

 radius, the demand has caused a sharp 

 advance in price for anything at all sal- 

 able. Asters show considerable improve- 

 ment in quality, but the supply is not 

 yet large and does not serve to hold 

 down the prices of carnations the way 

 it will when asters become more abun- 

 dant. Nice clean asters are seen, but 

 the length of stem is not great with 

 most of the growers and the increase in 

 supply has not been as rapid as was ex- 

 pected. 



We are approaching the end of the 

 peony season and the demand for these 

 flowers is not so great as it was, but 

 those who still hold them in storage have 

 no fear as to the outcome. The stock 

 is keeping better than was expected. 

 Prices are not high, 



There continue to be large receipts of 

 lilies, including longiflorum, auratum, 

 rubrum and speciosum. About their 

 only use is for window decoration or 

 funeral work. The glut of sweet peas 

 has passed. 



Valley is abundant, but has been in 

 better demand the last few days. Gla- 



dioli are not in large supply. Daisies 

 are overabundant, but poor in quality. 

 There is no shortage of green stuff. 



Kicks* 



Every time that there is a sharp ad- 

 vance in prices in this market it brings 

 indignant protests from out-of-town buy- 

 ers who do not keep in touch with the 

 situation. This week there has been 

 more than the usual number of kicks be- 

 cause of the disparity between quality 

 and prices. 



Out-of-town buyers should consider 

 that when supplies suddenly pass off in 

 their own vicinity the same reduction al- 

 ways is noted in this market. At the 

 same time demand is greatly increased 

 and the result is a sharp advance in 

 values. At seasons when quality is not 

 high anywhere it is useless to expect 

 superlative grades to be sent out on all 

 orders placed in this market. The stock 

 in the Chicago market averages rather 

 better than that produced by local grow- 

 ers through the country, but no one can 

 have big, solid roses with the tempera- 

 ture above 90 degrees. Prices are whol- 

 ly regulated by supply and demand. Out- 

 of-town customers often fail to realize 

 that stock sent them could be sold over 

 the counter without the bother of pack- 

 ing and shipping for at least as much 

 money as they are asked for it. It is 



