DKCBmBGR 5, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 





15 



BEAUTIES 



We are now shipping a fine crop of American 

 Beauties— extra strong on special fancy long stems. 

 Try these— any length — and you'll be back for more. 



CURRkNT PRICK LIST 



ROSES 



Fine quality in all varieties, all lengths in good supply. 

 Maids of splendid color. We know you'll like them. 



CARNATIONS 



The largest supply of good carnations this market afifords. 

 Specially fine Enchantress. Call on us. This stock is fine. 



VIOLETS 



VALLEY 



Cream of Hudson River doubles 

 and Fancy home-grown singles. 



The finest Valley in Chicago and 

 a practically unlimited supply. 



Sweet Peas, Romans, Paper Whites, Stevia, 

 Mignonette, in large supply. Bouvardla can be shipped on 

 all orders booked a day ahead. 



A FINE CROP OF SMILAX NOW READY. 



AMKBIOAM BBAUTIBS 



Stems, 86 Inches 



Stems, 34 to 80 Inches 



Stems, ao Inches 



Stems, 16 inches 



Stems, 12 Inches 



Shorter, 16.00 to 18.00 per 100. 



B08B8 



Per doK. 

 16.00 

 4.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 1.60 



Per 100 



Bride and Mftld 14.00 tot 8 00 



Richmond 4.00 to 



Eillamey 4.00 to 



Chatenay 4.00 to 



Roses, our selection 



O«matlons, common 



Select, larre and fancy. .,. 4.00 to 



Gh» santhemnm s 



Larre and fancy, doz., •8.00-14 



Medium " 1.60- 2 



Small 8.00 to 



Taller, special 



Select 



Oommon 



13.00 



12.00 



10.00 



4.00 



8.00 



6.00 



10 00 



6.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 



MIsoellaneolu 



Lonrlflorum doz., t2.00 



Bouvardla 8.00 to 



Violets, N. T. doubles 1.00 to 



" fancy singles 75 to 



Callas per doz: 1.60 to 13.00 



Bomans 



Paoer Whites 



Sweet Peas 76 to 



Stevia 



DeooratWe 



Aspararus Plumosus, per strinr, .86 to 

 " " per bunch, .86 to 



" Sprentreri per 100, 3.00 to 



Oalax, G.orB 100, 16o: 1000, 



Verns per 100, 36c; 1000, 



V: 



16.00 

 6.00 

 1.60 

 1.00 



800 

 3U0 

 160 

 1.60 



.60 



.76 



600 



1.00 



8.00 



Adlantam per 100, .76 to 1.00 



SmUaz perdoB., ILeO: 100, 10.00 



Leucothoe per 1000, 16.60; per 100, 76o 



Boxwood bunch, 86c case 60 lbs., 7.60 



Subject to chantre without notice 



Store open from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. Sundays 



and hnlidayf clos^ at noon. 



E. C. AMLING 



Mat, B«st 

 aw 



The 



■quipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flowar 

 Nouse ia Chkage. 



32-34-36 Randolph St 



Loat DUtaaes Teisthoasi, 



1»78 and 197 7 Gsatral. 



7846 Aitonatls 



Chicago, III. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



December came in with temperatures 

 considerably below the normal and the 

 opening of the present week found sup- 

 plies somewhat reduced thereby, but 

 there is in market an edequate quantity 

 of everything to take care of all the 

 business there is doing. Local demand 

 is not active, but those houses which 

 cater specially to the shipping trade 

 are not complaining. Prices are fair and 

 the volume of sales is fairly satisfactory. 



Roses continue the most abundant item, 

 and several large producers are coming 

 in with crops of Beauty, so that the 

 Beauty market is much easier. For sev- 

 eral weeks it has been difficult to fill 

 all orders for Beauties. 



Carnations have not yet caught up 

 with the season; they have been back- 

 ward ever since housing. "While there are 

 plenty of carnations in the market, not 

 all are up to standard and there is a 

 great difference in reports as to demand; 

 the lower grades are not wanted. 



The cold weather appears to have 

 struck the Hudson river violet growers, 

 for receipts are lighter and this week 

 started with a stronger market than at 



any time this year. The wholesalers all 

 are hoping it will continue, for the 

 violet growers have had the worst of it 

 thus far this season. 



With some wholesalers, chrysanthe- 

 mums are pretty well at an end, but 

 others have considerable quantities to 

 market. Out-of-town buyers may not be 

 able to get what they want on telegrams 

 late in the day, but if they will send 

 orders early, mums can be supplied for 

 some weeks. Lilies are more abundant 

 and lower in price. Stevia is every- 

 where, and fine, Romans and Paper 

 Whites move slowly. All green stock 

 is abundant. 



Thanksgiving. 



There are varying reports as to how 

 Thanksgiving turned out, but on one 

 point all are agreed : The growers played 

 the ^same old trick. With wonderful 

 unanimity they held up Monday's ship- 

 ments, with the result that on that day 

 every order went out billed at the limit 

 price and it was impossible to buy a 

 carnation ; many orders were cut severely. 

 Tuesday there was enough to go around, 

 with some exceptions, for there are 

 always special circumstances which pre- 

 vent any statement applying without 

 exception. Wednesday the market had 

 more stock than it could use, and local 



demand was not sufficient to clean up the 

 supply carried over to Thanksgiving 

 morning. 



It seems that the demand for stock was 

 somewhat better than a year ago, and . 

 had supplies been evenly divided be- 

 tween Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- 

 day, everyone would have been in posi- 

 tion to enjoy his turkey. Those whole- 

 salers who did not increase their sales 

 for the three days, lay it to the fact that 

 they did not have as large supplies as a 

 year ago. For instance, one house lays 

 a decrease to an absence of a crop of 

 Beauties; another had a good crop of 

 carnations last year and a light crop this 

 year. 



On the whole, the average prices were 

 lower than a year ago and the grower 

 who did not produce more stock certainly 

 got less money than last Thanksgiving. 

 The market had the stock for a fine in- 

 crease had the receipts been a Uttle 

 more evenly divided and conditions a 

 little more favorable. 



The three days following Thanksgiv- 

 ing also give a variety of report: Some 

 houses say they were active, others only 

 fair, while one or two report them dull. 



Christinas Prospects* 

 Joseph Foerster, manager of the sell- 



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