ArousT 8, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



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ASTERS 



For variety, for quality and for quantity, no house ie 

 better fixed on Asters. Try us. 



BEAUTI ES 



Are not so abundant, but the buyers all say ours are 

 the best on the market and most of the cut is long- 

 stemmed. Crop will be heavier in a very short time. 



Kaiserins 



FERNS 



Good crop of fancy Kaiserin, best 

 summer rose. Other roses as 

 good as the market affords. 



Fancy ferns of finest quality; we 

 pride ourselves on always having 

 the best ferns and plenty. 



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



E. C. AMLING 



The LarMst, Beat 

 ■quipped and Moat 

 Centrallj Loeated 

 Whotesele Cut Flewer 

 House ia Chicago. 



32-34-36 Randolph St 



Lose Dlataaea Talathomaa, 



1978 mmi 1977 Caatral. 



7849 AatOMsUa 



Chicago, III. 



Mention The Kevlew when .vou write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The market is decidedly quiet, except 

 for the demand for roses, carnations and 

 one or two specialties. There was a 

 run on valley Monday, to such an extent 

 that orders could not be filled. 



The supplies of Beauties are not large. 

 Every year growers make provision for 

 summer crops, because they know that 

 tiiose who are successful with them make 

 good money, but something always hap- 

 pens and the supply is under the de- 

 mand. Beauties are not so good as usual 

 this summer, but the demand is there, 

 and excellent prices are being realized. 

 There is a good call for other roses, par- 

 ticularly for white, and prices are good 

 by comparison with the quality of the 

 stock. Anything of special quality com- 

 mands a premium and even the poorest 

 roses bring more money than they were 

 bringing at this season last year. Prac- 

 tically all the cuts now are from young 

 plants and few roses can be found with 

 long stems. 



Some of the leading houses are re- 

 ceiving practically no carnations. There 

 is no possibility of filling all the orders 

 received. In many instances buyers re- 

 fuse to take asters instead, having them 

 on the home place, but the shortage of 

 carnations makes a market for large 

 numbers of asters, particularly white. 

 However, the receipts of asters are con- 

 siderably beyond the possibility of an 

 outlet through the legitimate demand. 



There are large receipts of gladioli, 

 the better grades of which are selling 

 fairly well, but there is considerable 

 waste of the poorer stock. Sweet peas 



have become good property; there are 

 few in the market. There are large sup- 

 plies of lilies, both auratum and rubrum, 

 with a few album and enough longiflo- 

 rum to fill all orders. They are being 

 used up at moderate prices for funeral 

 work and window decoration. Peonie^ 

 still are to be had, but the demand is 

 light and prices low. Quantities of gar- 

 den flowers are received, but are not 

 readily salable. The demand for greens 

 is light. 



Chicago to Philadelphia. 



Tlie Chicago Florists' Club, and the 

 visitors who can join them either at 

 Chicago or on the way, plan to use the 

 following route, Pennsylvania railroad : 



Leave Chicago, Sunday, August 18, at 

 3:15 p. m. ; arrive Philadelphia, Monday 

 at 6:10 p. m. The fare, including trip 

 to New York City, is $26.70 for the 

 round trip. These tickets are good for 

 thirty days. On them we are entitled 

 to ten days' stop over in Philadelphia, 

 after which the one using this ticket 

 must go to New York and have the 

 ticket vised there and certified to by 

 C. A. Thorley, 1173 Broadway, a mem- 

 ber of the New York Merchants' Asso- 

 ciation. 



Delegates can then return, if they de- 

 sire, via Washington, where they may 

 stop over ten days, making a side trip 

 to Norfolk, or they can return direct to 

 their destination in the west. 



Delayed members who cannot take the 

 above train can leave Chicago at 10:05 

 a. m., Monday, August 19, via Pan 

 Handle and arrive at Philadelphia at 

 12:17, Tuesday noon. Fare by the Pan 

 Handle is $2 less than the above, or 

 $24.70. 



For further information address 

 George Asmus, 897 West Madison street, 

 Chicago. 



Attwrica. 



Gladiolus America has been reaching 

 this market in considerable quantity in 

 the last ten days. E. C. Amling says 

 that it easily commands double the price 

 of Augusta, which is possibly the next 

 best selling variety. He has sold practi- 

 cally all the America at 8 cents each, 

 while some of the common sorts have 

 been unsalable at any price and Augusta 

 has made 3 cents to 4 cents. He says 

 the buyers at first complained of the 

 price of America, but that those who 

 tried it are now asking for more than 

 he is able to supply, indicating that the 

 public likes it first-rate. 



The Wittbold Picnic 



The George Wittbold Co. entertained 

 its employees at Edgebrook August 3, 

 the picnic celebrating the fiftieth an- 

 niversary of the business, which was es- 

 tablished in 1857, at the location on 

 Buckingham place, where the headquar- 

 ters now is. 



After firty years of uninterrupted suc- 

 cess there were more than eighty em- 

 ployees at the picnic, with their families, 

 a total attendance of more than 300. The 

 annual picnic day is the only day in the 

 year when one cannot do business with 

 the Wittbold Co. 



Weather in July. 



July was a single degree warmer than 

 the average, according to the weather 

 bureau's records covering thirty-seven 

 years, the mean temperature being 72 

 degrees. Rainfall was a little less thata 



