November 14, 1907. 



TTic Weekly Florists' Review* 39 



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A* L. Randall Co* 



19-21 Randolph St., Chicago 



EXTRA FANCY STOCK 



Our Cut Flowers are Far Superior to any Others in Chicago 



MAIDS 



$8.00 per 100. 

 per 100. 



VIOLETS 

 VALLEY 



Extra' long, fine flower, color and 

 foliage. Choice stock, $3.00 to 

 Extra long and extra fancy, $10.00 



Very fancy stock, 

 and Eingle. 



double 



Fine stock' at $3.00 to $4.00 

 per 100. 



Adiantum Cuneatum ^^rwc'^S" 



eanum, extra long, fancy stock, $1.50 per 100. 



To those florists who have bargain 

 sales we can give a choice lot of 



roses at $3.00 per 100 that will net good money if 



quality is a feature of the sale. 



ROSES 



Richmoiid and Liberty 



. > . , . Clean foliage, $3.00 to $8.00 per 100. 



Rffll^ACl Fancy Bonnaffons, both white and 



'^■^^tTMtfcJ yellow, $1.00 ta $3.00 per doz. All 



other kinds and colors, frona $2.00 to $15.00 per 



100. Can give a fine lot at $10.00 per 100 that will 



suit the trade of any good retail store. 



CARNATIONS f.^„ru»t*i[.Ta^ 



rieties at lowest market price. A good selection in 

 1000 lots at $20.00 per 1000. 



RED BERRIES ?-^xnow,or 



well berried, $2.50 to $3.00 a case. 



Thanksgiving, 



THANKSGIVING 



If you desire good Bervice on any holiday it is safest to order from the house that has the largest supply 

 of good stock. For this reason we can give you the best holiday service. Book orders now. 



HOLLY FOR CHRISTMAS — We handle nothing but the very best selected grade of Delaware 

 Holly — no southern stock, nothing inferior. Write us now about your needs. 



Our Supply Department 



is offering a number of new novelties for the Holidays. A 

 Christmas Edition of our catalog will be ready to mail soon. 



A. L. RANDALL CO., 19-21 RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



fident they are the most widely used of 

 any insecticide sold in the United States, 

 and that they are invading Europe. 



J. A. Budlong's people report a brisk 

 demand this week. 



George Eeinberg's first crop of orchids 

 is pff. 



The Benthey-Coatsworth Co. figures 

 on an especially good crop of roses for 

 the next few weeks. 



J. J. Kruchten is increasing his re- 

 ceipts and is going out after his share 

 of the shipping business. 



Scheiden & Schoos are steadily in- 

 creasing their business, according to E. 

 Fransen, and are well pleased. 



W. E. Lynch, vice-president and man- 

 ager of the cut flower end of the E. H. 

 Hunt corporation, is especially well 

 pleased with the success which H. W. 

 Buckbee, of Rockford, scored at the 

 flower show. Mr. Buckbee is one of the 

 principal consignors of chrysanthemums 

 to E. H. Hunt and leads oja exhibition 

 sorts at the show. 



Anna Grace Sawyer, who has suc- 

 ceeded Mrs. Warder at 2020 West Madi- 

 son street, 'is a daughter of A. A. Saw- 



yer at Oak Park and calls the store the 

 Pansy Garden Flower Shop. She sends 

 out an announcement of the change tied 

 to a business card, with a pressed spray 

 of adiantum and a pansy tied on top 

 with violet silk. 



Zech & Mann say there will be no 

 shortage of mums for Thanksgiving. 



The Poehlmann Bros. Co. reports that 

 more visitors inspected its place since 

 the opening or the flower show than in 

 any other week of the history of the 

 concern. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. is pleased 

 that Fritz Bahr, one of its old-time con- 

 signors, captured a first premium for 

 Enchantress carnation at the show last 

 week. 



North Manchester, Ind. — J. J. Mar- 

 tin is the successor of Harry White as 

 proprietor of the Riverside Greenhouses. 



Osage, Ia. — Walter S. Hall had his 

 annual chrysanthemum show November 

 12 to 14, with a band concert each even- 

 ing. He had a large attendance, although 

 10 cents admission was charged. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



The fact that all the larger business 

 concerns are paying their employees with 

 clearing house checks is causing much 

 talk, for the reason that it is not under- 

 stood. Many persons fear that it will 

 affect trade. However, as long as there 

 is work enough for all, the people will 

 have just as much to spend and will soon 

 understand this method of receiving their 

 pay, if it has not gone out of existence 

 as quickly as it came in. So far trade 

 has not suffered much, although there 19 

 no great demand along any line, and each 

 one is able to take care of all the busi- 

 ness he can get without working over- 

 time. The wholesale houses seem to have 

 more than plenty of everything, and as 

 long as that is the fact they are not ex- 

 pecting any fancy prices. 



Qttb Meetinf . 



The Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' 

 Club met November 5 with the largest 

 and most enthusiastic attendance in some 



