ri.'s-r' 



>i>. 



\" v*. 



-■( 



16 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Dkcbubbr S, 1907. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phoae n«atral 1496 



Private iTxehaBca 



All Departmeiits 



19-21 Randolph St, ChFcago 



Fancy Stevia, $1.50 per 100. 

 Good Mignonettes, $4.00 per 100. 



Maids, None better in Chicago, $8.00 

 per 100; extra long, $10.00 per 100. 



Brides, Clean fancy stock, $8.00 per 



100. 



American Beauties, Good sup 



ply at lowest market prices. 



Carnations, $2.00, $3.00, $4.00 per 



100. Can supply your demands on 

 nice clean stock in all varieties. 



Violets, We carry only the best and 

 can supply you when others cannot. 



Christmas Greens and Novelties 



We have a complete stock of Christmas greens and all supplies, such as Baskets, 

 Hampers, Ribbons, Wreaths, Bells, etc. A special Christmas List has been issued; if 

 you did not receive a copy, write for it. It prices things you need. 



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



Mention The Review when you write. 



ing fnd of George Reinberg's business, 

 has been sizing up the prospect for 

 Christmas. As he looks over the market, 

 it appears to him that there will be a 

 good supply of almost everything. Rose 

 crops may not be at the full, but Beau- 

 ties will be on, and so will carnations. 

 Mr. Foerster says the prospect pleases 

 him, because a good supply means mod- 

 erate prices, but at the same time returns 

 more money to the growers than would 

 a small supply at higher prices. At 

 the same time the buyer has a better 

 chance to please his customer and can 

 do a bigger and better business. 



E. E. rieser, of the Kennicott Brofe^ 

 Co., subscribes to the prediction of good 

 supplies of carnations for Christmas. 



November Weather. 



The mean temperature for November 

 was 2 degrees higher than normal, ac- 

 cording to the averages of the Weather 

 Bureau, and the rainfall was six-tenths 

 of an inch less than normal. There were 

 twelve clear days, ten partly cloudy 

 and eight on which the sun did not shine. 

 The wind movement, which affects green- 

 house heating, was less than usual, 10,- 

 520 miles. 



Various Notes. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. looks forward 

 to a big Christmas, with a fine crop 

 of Beauties and heavy supplies of carna- 

 tions. They have booked an order for 

 mums for New Year's. 



E. C. Amling points to bouvardia as 

 an evidence that a steady and adequate 

 supply is necessary before a satisfactory 

 business can be done. He can supply 

 bonvardia on advance orders, but says 

 he could g»t more money for it, as well 



as doing more business, if he had it 

 regularly in quantity to supply at a 

 moment's notice. 



Vaughan & Sperry handled 40,000 

 violets the day before Thanksgiving, 

 which of itself made a good day's sale. 



Bassett & Washburn say they have had 

 an especially good season on chrysanthe- 

 mums, and are well satisfied. It is a 

 report to which not all chrysanthemum 

 growers can subscribe this season. 



Leonard Kill says that if the mar- 

 ket is at all favorable, Peter Reinberg 

 will make a new record this month. 

 He says they will have a greater sup- 

 ply the next four weeks than in any 

 period in their history. 



In the Flower Growers* Market, Mrs. 

 Beu flays they will be cutting chrysan- 

 themums for Christmas and M. Evert will 

 do even better, for a lot of Nonin are 

 only jnst showing bud. 



C. W. McKellar says that since 

 Thanksgiving there has been an excellent 

 call for gardenias and cattleyas. He 

 has just opened a stock of immortelles, 

 cape flowers and other Christmas goods. 



Wietor Bros, still grow White Cloud 

 as their principal white and, the way 

 they do it, it leaves little to be desired. 



C. L. Washburn is trying to beat Job 's 

 record, with boils, and his patience, also, 

 is entitled to special mention. 



F. F. Ben they says the Benthey-Coats- 

 worth Co. has every reason to be satis- 

 fied with tlic business of the last two 

 weeks. 



John Kruchten is doing quite a busi- 

 ness with boxwood, ferns and other 

 greens. His location is excellent for 

 this trade. 



John Zech, of Zech & Mann, says 



Thanksgiving was even a little better 

 than he expected. 



E. H. Hunt has taken the exclusive 

 selling agency for Louis Wittbold's 

 patented articles, including the water- 

 ing system and the cement bench de- 

 vice. 



It is reported that O. Johnson and 

 some associates have purchased a piece 

 of property at Wilmette and will erect 

 greenhouses in the spring. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. is handling 

 some especially fine Chadwicks this week. 

 In the supply department, they have 

 just opened a big stock of bells, statice 

 and immortelle wreaths, etc. Winding 

 green will uegin in a few days. 



The A. L. Randall Co. has called its 

 traveling men home to help get out the 

 orders in the supply department, during 

 the holiday rush. 



E. Fransen, of Scheiden & Schoos, says 

 they still are receiving orders for field - 

 grown carnation plants, one inquiry, De- 

 cember 4, being for 16,000. 



Weiland & Risch again are cutting 

 heavily of Killarney. 



Percy Jones^ denies that there has been 

 a glut of chrysanthemums this year. In 

 spite of the fact that growers have real- 

 ized lower prices than last year, he as- 

 serts that there has been no time when 

 the market was so overloaded as it has 

 been in other seasons. 



At J. A. Budlong's the;^ endorse the 

 statement that city trade is not active, 

 but that shipping is fair. 



A South Water street authority states 

 that 120 cars of holly were handled on 

 that thoroughfare last Christmas. 



The John C. Moninger Co. reports 



