Dbcbmbeb 10, 1907. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



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We have a good supply of Amenrican 

 Beauties, extra fine stock, all lengtlins of 

 stems but especially strong on long. 



CARNATIONS 



If there is any item we are Btronger on thiuan on 

 other stock, it is on Carnations. We will be i:in full 

 crop and the best stock we ever shipped;;; our 

 Enchantress have been the finest in toTvn all 

 fall, and we shall have them still betteiar for 

 Christmas. Also large lots of fine white and pink. 



VIOLETS 



We handle the cream of the Hudson River do-»uble8 

 and fancy home-grown singles. We shall hsave a 

 larger supply than at any previous Christmas, 



Also large supplies of Poinsettiaa, Valley, Sweet Peas, Bou- 

 vardia, Harrisii, Callas, Paper Whites, Romans, Stevia.*, etc. 

 Plenty Green Goods, as always. An extra fine crop of Smilax nown-eady. 



Give us your Christmas order and when you find yourself rui-nning 

 short write or wire additional orders ; if seasonable flowers are t to be 

 had in Chicago, they are to be had at Amling's. 



..Christmas Prices.. 



SabJ«ot to ohsns* wltboat notice 



AMBBICAN BBAUTT Per doz. 



Stems 30 to 86 inches tlO 00 to 112 00 



Stems 20 to 34 Inches 6.00 to 8.00 



Stems 12 to 15 Inches S.OOto 6.00 



Seconds "••• 1.60 to 2.00 



Per 100 



Bridesmaid, select 112.00 to 116.00 



" seconds 600 to 8.00 



Bride, select 12 00 to 16.00 



" seconds 6.00 to 8.00 



Chatenay, select la.bOto 1600 



seconds 6.00 to 8.00 



KlUamey, seiect 16 00 to 20.00 



" seconds S.OOto 1200 



Richmond, select l&OOto 20 OU 



" seconds S.OOto 12.00 



ROSES, our selection f6.00 per lOO 



CARNATIONS Per 100 



'Jommon $4.00 to »5 00 



Select, larere and fancies 6.00 to 8.00 



M IBCELL.ANEOIT8 STOCK 



PolnBettla8....per doz., 13.00 to t&.OO 



Violets, New York doubie 1 60 to 



" single..... 1.60to 



Valley, select 8.00 to 



Callas perdoz., 1200 



Harrtsll " 12.00 to 2.60 



Mlg-nonette " .60 to 1.00 



Stevia.. 



Sweet Peas 1 SO to 



Romans S.OOto 



Paper Whites S.OOto 



Bouvardla 8 00 to 



.36 to 



36 to 



3 00 to 



1.00 to 



DKCORVTIVB 



A.8paratrus Plumosus per string, 



" '• ....per bunch, 



" Sprenrerl per 100, 



Adlantum " 



Smilax per doz., 11.60; " 



g-erns per 1000, 2 00; " 



Leucothoe Sprays, " 6 00; " 

 Qalax, green and bronze., .per 1000, 

 " " " '• per case, 10 000, 



Boxwood per bunch , 35c ; per case, 



NOTE 

 "Special" Stock billed accordingly 



2.00 

 2.00 

 4.00 



1.60 

 2.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



.60 



.75 



6.U0 



1.50 



10.00 



.26 



.75 



1.00 



».00 



7.60 



EeCeAMLING 



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The 



Sqnipped and Moat 

 Centrally Loeatod 

 Wholesale Cut Flowar 

 House in Cbkafa. 



32-34-36 Randolph St 



Lobe DlstSBMT T«ltplion«i, 



1078 aad llirS Cntral, 



7846 litoB*«tle 



Chicago, III. 



Mention The Review ' when yocpa write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



The wholesalers in the great central 

 market already are beginning to get 

 nervous. "We have had a week of ex- 

 ceedingly bad weather and it has had the 

 usual effect of cutting down supplies. 

 At the same time, the growers are hold- 

 ing back more or less and the result 

 has been a decided shortening of re- 

 ceipts. As a consequence, the market 

 feels more or less doubt as to the extent 

 of the holiday supplies. Where a week 

 ago it was considered that supplies in 

 nearly all lines would be adequate for 

 the Christmas demand, it now is seriously 

 questioned if there will not be a short- 

 age in most lines. The result has been 

 that the wholesalers, while anxious to 

 book orders, are not willing to do so at 

 anything but top figures, and in many 

 cases they are booking them, where the 

 customer will stand for it, on the basis 

 of, "If we have the stock, you get it, 

 and at the market price. ' ' 



As a natural result of the shortening 

 in supplies, prices have advanced all 

 along the line. Beauties and other roses 

 are up. The quality is fine, but the 

 receipts have been reduced in the same 

 proportion that the price has advanced. 



Carnations, too, are under tJtte require- 

 ments of the market, and gjriees close 

 to Christmas quotations wer»-e asked by 

 Tuesday of this week. On cDother items, 

 there is not much change. Viiiolets, -while 

 not in such large supply as » last week, 

 still are abundant and not materially 

 advanced in price. The martrket is full 

 of Paper "Whites and longifljaorum lilies 

 have become abundant. Stevia and 

 mignonette are seen everywheaere and are 

 slow sale. The business donne in green 

 goods leaves nothing to be dessired. 



While a large number of ' Christmas 

 orders now are on file, still i many good 

 buyers have not been heard from. It 

 appears they are waiting, unxidecided as 

 to how much stock they will i need. The 

 indications are that at the Islast minute 

 there will be a rush which wilLU beat any- 

 thing ever seen in this marttket. "With 

 existing weather conditions, siiiipplies will 

 be reduced throughout the I Mississippi 

 valley, and Chicago will bear - the brunt 

 of the demand. Four or firve days of 

 bright, mild weather would be worth 

 thousands of dollars to the tra^de. 



Last week's market was laockadaisical. 

 The word is a favorite wi ith W- E. 

 Lynch, of Hunt's, and referesnceto the 

 dictionary shows that it is poarticularly 

 applicable to the condition last week. 

 Century says it means "setrmtimen tally 

 woebegone, languid, or listless. -" 



Lest They Forget. 



Borrowing a phrase from KipUng, 

 "Lest they forget, we say it yet," don't 

 overload this market December 24. 



Practically every wholesaler agrees that 

 the holding back, which is inevitable, 

 will produce a stronger market Decem- 

 ber 20 and 21 than we shall have De- 

 cember 24, after the shipping is over. 



Quite a number of shipments will go 

 out December 22, which is Sunday, but 

 the bulk of the shipping will be De- 

 cember 23. Let everything come in by 

 December 23 and let the wholesaler carry 

 it over, if in his judgment it seems wise. 



Club Meeting. 



There was an exceptionally good at- 

 tendance at the club meeting December 

 12, but one of the best liked and familiar 

 faces was missed, and immediately after 

 reading the minutes, President Bruns 

 asked W. N, Rudd to put in words the 

 sorrow which everyone felt at the death 

 of P. J. Hauswirth. A committee, con- 

 sisting of J. C. Vaughan, "W. N. Rudd, 

 and F. F. Benthey, was appointed to 

 draft resolutions. 



The March meeting of the Rose So- 

 ciety was discussed, E. G. Hill, of Rich- 

 mond, who was present, outlining the 

 history and aims of the organization. 



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