Decbubbb 19, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



21 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale FI«rists'"^3S"'^;%2l Randolph St, Chicago 

 Fancy Mignonette, »^™'"""°"p" 



100. This is cheap- 

 er than we ever sold our fancy Mignonette for Xnias. 



Fancy Stevla,t'.^„'?K.'"""*- '^='- 

 Paper Whites and Romans, ^'»'°»'»°''''"^ 



We have select stock 



at 3 cents. 



RIl^hmAnriC ^iH ^^^e a lot of fine stock for 

 lllVIIIIIVIIU9a Xmas. Some extra fancy and 

 extra long. 



VlolfiftS ^^ have the very best Violets on the 

 W I VIlPlvB Chicago market and can fill your orders 

 with fine stock when others might fail. 



Wild 



Can fill all orders on short 

 notice. 



RED BERRIES, $2.50 per box. 



KOW BELLS CHRISTMAS RED IMMORTELLE KOW BELLS 



Entirely new. Shown in the East as " the novelty of the season." Made of Red Immortelles, 

 square in shape, like "Ye olde Kow Bell." 



We have a large stock of these which we will ship on telegraph or telephone orders. Sizes and 



prices as follows : 



2^-inch $1.00 per dozen, $ 6.00 per 100 



4 " 2 00 »• »• 16.0O 



6 *• ... 3.60 •• '• 26.00 





Our stock of Rustic Ware is still complete. Very appropriate for bulb stock and all kinds of plants. 

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



Mention The Review wtien you write. 



MONTREAL. 



Club Meeting. 



The Montreal Gardeners' & Florists' 

 Club held ita annual meeting Monday, 

 December 2. The financial report of 

 the recent chrysanthemum show proved 

 much better than had been anticipated. 



The oflScers elected for 1908 are: 

 President, J. Pidduck; first vice-presi- 

 dent, J. C. Eddy; second vice-president, 

 J. Luck; secretary-treasurer, W. H. 

 Horobin, 283 Marquette street; assistant 

 secretary, H. J. Eddy. Committee: G. 

 Trussell, Geo. A. Kobinson, J. E. West, 

 G. Vreugde, Alf. Pinoteau, Wm. C. Hall 

 and ex-President A. H. Walker. 



The club meetings in future will be 

 held first and third Mondays at 8 p. m., 

 in the new hall, 211 Sherbrooke street. 

 West. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



Business was only fair last week. As 

 the Christmas holidays are upon us, the 

 outlook is for more steady demand if 

 prices are not too high. Social work 

 among the uptown florists has not been 

 so brisk as usual at this time of the 

 year. Funeral work was quite heavy 

 last week and that helped out greatly, 

 as the wholesalers say white flowers 

 have been in good demand. There was 

 a good call for blooming plants with 

 the uptown florists. At the wholesale 

 houses stock is plentiful in all grades ex- 

 cept extra fancy. "How is stock going 

 to be for Christmas t" is the question 

 of the hour and the wholesalers have as 



yet fixed no definite prices, although 

 they think there will be plenty of al- 

 most everything. They only hope that 

 the growers will send their stock in right 

 a^ng and not resort to pickling and ex- 

 pect fancy prices. 



Eoses were not high last week. A 

 scarcity was noticed in fancy Beauties 

 only. Carnations jvere never of better 

 quality, with top price at $5 per hundred 

 for extra fancy. Eomans, Paper Whites, 

 lily of the valley and callas are plentiful 

 and selling at usual prices, with demand 

 fair. 



Californian violets were down to 50 

 cents per hundred for the best. These 

 should be in great demand next week. 

 Some extra fine poinsettias were, seen 

 last week at $3 to $4 per dozen. 



Smilax, galax, adiantum and asparagtis 

 are selling well, and there is plenty in 

 the market. 



Club Meeting;. 



The Florists' Club held its regular 

 monthly meeting Thursday afternoon, 

 December 12, and it was one of the 

 largest of the year, there being nearly 

 fifty present when President Young cali- 

 ed to order. There was a large rep- 

 resentation of students from the Mis- 

 souri Botanical (Sarden, who took a great 

 interest in the proceedings. 



A. 8. Halstead, of Belleville, and 

 Charles Johann, of Collinsville, 111., wore 

 elected to membership. Resolutions on 

 the death of Philip J. Hauswirth, of 

 Chicago, were adopted. 



C. C. Sanders introduced S. L. Bray, 

 who talked on starting a pottery, with 

 the co-operation of the members of the 

 club to form a stock company. On 



motion. President Young appointed a 

 committee of five to take this matter up 

 with Mr. Bray and report at the next 

 meeting. The committee is as follows: 

 C. C. Sandere, Emil Schray, J. F. Am- 

 inann, A. J, Bentzen and E. W. Guy. 



The trustees were instructed to report 

 at the next meeting regarding an enter- 

 tainment to be given early in February. 

 After this, George H. Pring, of the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden, entertained the 

 members with a stereopticon lecture on 

 '■'The Royal Gardens of Kew." This 

 young gentleman visited the gardens last 

 Slimmer and brought the slides back with 

 him. His lecture was listened to with 

 great interest and all were delighted 

 with the pictures as shown on the can- 

 vas. 



Various Notes. 



Walter Mott, after an absence of 

 several years, paid us a visit last week 

 in the interest of Arthur T. Boddington, 

 New York. Rodger Peterson, of Cin- 

 cinnati, also called on the trade last 

 week. 



.7. F. Ammanu, of Edwardsvillc ; A. 

 S. Halstead, E. W. Guy and Henry 

 Eniunds, of Belleville; Henry Johann, of 

 Collinsville; William Winter, of Kirk- 

 wood, and John Connon, of Webster 

 Groves, called on the trade last week 

 Thursday, and attended the club meeting. 



C. Young & Sons Co. is making a 

 grand display of blooming plants at its 

 store, 1406 Olive street. The firm order- 

 ed last week a carload of pots from the 

 Keller Pottery Co., of Norristown, Pa. 



George Waldbart was still showing a 

 fine lot of cut chrysanthemums last week, 

 in his attractive show windows. His 



