

ACGUST 15, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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ASTERS 



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

 better fixed on Asters. Try us. 



BEAUTIES 



Are not abundant, but ours are the best on the mar- 

 ket 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 

 always have the best ferns, and 

 plenty. 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMBKICAN BBAUTIE8 Per doz. 



Stems, 24 to 36 inches 13.00 to U 00 



Stems, 20 Inches 2.00 



Stems, 16 Inches '1 50 



Stems, 12 inches 1.00 



R08B8 



Per 100 



Kaiserin 13.00 to $8.00 



Bride and Maid SOOto tiOO 



Richmond 3.00 to 8.00 



Liberty S.OOto 8.00 



Chatenay 4.00to 800 



OoIdenGate 3.00 to 6.00 



Roses, our selection 8.00 



Carnations, all colors 1.50 to 2 00 



Miscellaneous 



Asters, extra fancy 1 50 to 3.00 



" common 75 to 1.00 



" commoo, 1000 lots, t5 00 

 Gladioli, extra fancy, doz., 60c-f 1 

 common.... doz., 25c-86c 



LODKlflorum doz., 11.50 10.00 



Auratum Lilies " 1.50 10.00 



Sweet Peas, fancy 25 to .50 



Valley 2.00 to 4.00 



Shasta Daisies 50to 1.00 



Deoorative 



Asparagus Plumosus, per strinr, .35 to .50 



" " per bunch, .36 to .50 



" Sprencreri per 100, 2.00 to 5 00 



Galax per 100, 20c ! 1000, 1.60 



" per case of 10.000, 10.00 



Ferns per 100, 15c; lOUO, 1.K5 



Adlantum perlOO, .50 to .75 



Smllax per dos., S1.60; 100, 10.00 



Subject to change without notice. 



During July and August, store open from 



7 a. m. to 5 p. m. Sundays and holidays 



closed at noon. 



E. C. AMLING 



Th» Largest, Best 

 ■qnlppea and Most 

 Centrally lioeatad 

 WhoteMle Cut Flower 

 House in Chicsf o. 



32-34-36 Randolph St 



Lobs Olitasee Telephoaet, 



1978 amd 1977 CeHtral, 



7846 AstoMStle 



Chicago, 111. 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



The wire strike has paralyzed the mar- 

 ket. In summer the retail trade is so 

 erratic that not many of the outside 

 buyers have regular orders in this mar- 

 ket. Instead, it is their practice to wire 

 for their daily requirements. As there 

 has been no telegraph service since Au- 

 gust 9, the outside orders have been 

 much curtailed. The telegraph company 

 is able to transmit a number of mes- 

 sages, but has no delivery facilities in 

 Chicago, where the messenger boys are 

 on strike, and consequently after the 

 telegrams reach the main oflBce here they 

 are mailed to the addressee. Buyers are 

 advised that instead of telegraphing they 

 should place 10 cents extra postage on 

 letters and write across the face, ' ' For 

 special delivery." Such orders will go 

 through much quicker than those wired 

 under existing conditions. 



There is little, if any, increase in the 

 supply of stock. Beauties, which con- 

 stitute the item most in demand, are 

 possibly a little more abundant than a 

 week ago and quality is somewhat im- 

 proved. They are selling well at prices 

 entirely satisfactory to the growers. Of 

 other roses, Kaiserin is the best seller, 

 with Bichmond second. Killarney also 

 does well and Kate Moulton, though with 

 short stems, sells briskly. The Mrs. 

 Field rose also goes well. Brides and 

 Maids yet leave much to be desired. 



The absence of carnations is mak- 

 ing a market for asters, which are sold 

 in large quantities, but at cheap prices. 

 Some strictly fancy asters do fairly well, 



but the majority are disposed of in 

 cheap lots. 



There are considerable quantities of 

 auratum lilies, which are not moving any 

 too rapidly. Easter lilies are not as 

 abundant as they have been and are 

 bringing better prices. Bubrums seem 

 about over. Gladioli are received in in- 

 creasing thousands. Some of the finest 

 sell for $4 to $5 per hundred, with 

 America making higher prices, but the 

 bulk of the stock sells for from $1 to 

 $2 per hundred, and there is some waste. 

 Dahlias have made their appearance. 

 Water lilies are abundant, cheap and 

 useful for show windows. The flurry 

 in valley was of short duration. Green 

 goods are abundant. 



Chicago to Philadelphia. 



The 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 aty, 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, 

 or J. C. Vaughan, 84 Bandolph street, 

 Chicago. 



Various Note*. 



E. C. Amling says that the wire strike 

 serves to show what he has long pointed 

 out — the superiority of the long distance 

 telephone for ordering stock. In most 

 eases the cost is not greater than where 

 a telegram requires an answer and the 

 buyer has the advantage of knowing that 

 his wants are fully understood. 



A straggling bunch of peonies still is 

 occasionally seen. There is no sale for 

 tlie fag end of the crop still in storage. 



Mrs, James Hartshorne, of Joliet, 

 called on some of her friends in the mar- 

 ket August 10. 



A. L. Vaughan, of Vaughan & Sperry, 

 reports growers largely turning to com- 

 mercial fertilizers because of the diffi- 

 (ulty of getting manure. 



George Beinberg is rapidly finishing 

 building nine short houses at the north 

 end of his range next to Rose Hill cem- 

 etery. 



L. Baumann & Co. report a big sale 

 for imported mosses and say the price 

 has been advanced materially by the mil- 

 liners adopting this material. 



C. L. Washburn says that the tele- 

 graph strike is costing Bassett & Wash- 

 burn $100 a day because of the non-re- 



tek^idiai 



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