August 22, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



37 



CUT FLOWERS 



GROWERS should not overlook the fact that we have the largest outlet for all good stock 

 and that our constant (and successful) effort is to widen this outlet. 



BUYERS should not overlook the fact that we at all times have the largest supply of good 

 gtock everything in season — to be found in this market. 



Grower, Randall, Buyer. Let's get together for a big season in 1907-8. 



A. L. RANDALL CO., 19-21 Randolph St, CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



On your way from llie Convention, don't miss to call on 



L* Baumann & Co. 



76-78 WABASH AYE., CHICAGO 



The Great Central Florists* Supply House 



You can't afford to pass us by. We have the greatest line of Natural Preserved Wreaths, 

 Metallic and Artificial Funeral Designs, Baskets, Natural Preserved Air Plants, 

 Natural Preserved Maidenhair Ferns and lots of Novelties for florists. 



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Discontinue all pinching of bush chrys- 

 anthemums. Get them staked as soon as 

 possible, if outdoors. A storm of wind 

 and rain may seriously damage them. 



Put in a good batch of cuttings of 

 variegated vinca. A good sale will al- 

 ways be found for this plant. 



Renew the sand and drainage in your 

 propagating bed. You will soon have 

 plenty of use for it. New sand is far 

 better than old. 



Cuttings of Pandanus Veitchii and P. 

 Sanderi root freely now and will make 

 nice plants by another spring. 



Prick out pansies and violas when 

 large enough to handle; also daisies, my- 

 osotis, yellow alyssum and other bien- 

 nials or perennials for spring sales. 



Fire heat will soon be needed. Is 

 everything in readiness to start up? 

 Roses will require a little heat if a damp, 

 cool spell arrives. 



Keep your antirrhinums cool and well 

 aired. Pinch out the tops of any show- 

 ing flower. 



House winter blooming geraniums be- 

 fore the fall rains set in. Pinch out all 

 flower stems. 



AN ANNOUNCEMENT 



Owing to the great demand for the field plants of "John E. Haines" 

 carnation, I am forced to discontinue taking any more orders for plants until 

 September 20th, when I will again have a fine lot coming in. Mv stock of the 

 "Imperial" and "Pink Imperial" is considerably larger than the "Haines" 

 stock. Have, therefore, still a fine lot of strong, vigorous plants. 



DON'T rAIL TO GCT SOME OF THC "NKW WONDKR8." 



August 21, 1907. JOHN E. HAINES, BETHLEHEM, PA. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



There is little change in the market 

 this week. Conditions remain about as 

 for the past fortnight. The telegraph 

 companies are doing better with mes- 

 sages and it helps some in increasing the 

 demand from out of town. The company 

 seems better able to transmit messages 

 than to deliver them and most of the 

 deliveries are made by, telephone. Some 



errors have occurred, but not of large 

 consequence. 



There is a little improvement in the 

 crops of American Beauties, both in 

 quantity and quality. The demand is 

 still for more than the receipts, but it 

 has no effect on prices, which are pre- 

 scribed by the quality of stock and gen- 

 eral summer conditions. Tlie best roses 

 are Kaiserin and Richmond, but Killar- 

 ney is improving and so is Kate Moul- 

 ton. There are few carnations. 



In the last week the midseason asters 

 have begun to arrive and there has been 

 marked improvement in the quality of 

 stock. These leave little to be desired 

 and, as all colors are available, there is 

 a fair business with them. The trouble 

 is that a great many who buy in the 

 wholesale market have asters on their 

 home places, so that their business is cut 

 off more or less during the aster season. 

 Gladioli, too, are improved in quality. 

 Some splendid reds are seen and are 

 used for window decorations, etc., but a 

 large part of the demand is for funeral 

 work, which calls for only the light 

 shades. Mixed do not sell. 



Water lilies are decidedly abundant 

 and many of the retail stores take ad- 

 vantage of the cheap prices to make 

 aquatic displays in the windows. Har- 

 risii, rubrum and auratum suflBce for all 

 requirements. Of all other items of sea- 

 sonable stock there is an abundance. 



Carnations are practically out of the 

 market and those who are cutting blooms 

 of fair quality are finding a good mar- 

 ket. Green goods of all descriptions are 

 plentiful. 



Bronze Galax. 



There are continued reports of the 

 impending shortage in bronze galax. 

 None of the wholesalers has any un- 

 usual quantity in cold storage, and re- 

 ports from other centers show that job- 

 bers everywhere have rather less than 

 their usual supplies, while a number are 

 in the market for any lots they can pick 

 up. 



One of the strongest reasons for pre- 

 dicting a scarcity before the new crop 

 arrives in the early winter is the fact 

 that the galax in storage is not keeping 

 well. 



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