December 20, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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IT IS BETTER TO BUY OF 



AMLING 



THAN TO WISH YOU HAD 



START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT 



VIOLETS 



New Year's calla for an especially large quantity of 

 Violets. Everybody can sell them in quantity, if 

 offered. We have them; the cream of the Hudson 

 River doubles and fancy home-grown singles. 



BEAUTIES 



We have a good supply of American Beauties, extra 

 fine stock, all lengths of stems, but especially strong 

 on long. 



CARNATIONS 



If there is any item we are stronger on than on 

 other stock, it is on Carnations. We are in full 

 crop and the best stock we ever shipped ; our 

 Enchantress have been the finest in town all 

 this season, as well as last. Also large lots of fine 

 white and pink. 



Mignonette Bulb Stuff 



A fine crop of fanqy Mignonette 

 juBt coming on. 



Plenty of Paper Whites, Romans, 

 Jonquils. Tulips just beginning. 



AIpo large supplies of Sweet Peas, Bouvardia, Harrisii, Cal- 



. Paper Whites, Romans, Stevia, etc. 



Plenty Green Goods, as always. An extra fine crop of Smilax now ready. 



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



PRICE LIST 



Snbject to chans* without notice 



AMERICAN BEAUTY Per doz. 



Stems 30 to 86 inches tlO (0 tu li2 00 



Stems 2U to 24 Inches 600to 8.00 



Stems 12 to 16 Inches 8 00 to SOU 



Seconds 1 60 to 20O 



Per 100 



Bridesmaid, select 112.00 to tl6.0O 



«.00 

 16.00 

 SOU 

 16 OU 

 8.00 

 2O.U0 

 12 00 

 2U0I) 

 12.00 



seconds tsUOto 



Bride, select 12 00 to 



" seconds OOOto 



Chatenay, select 12.i0 to 



" seconds 6.00 to 



KlUamej, seiect 16U0 to 



" seconds 8.00 to 



Richmond, select 16 00 to 



" seconds 8.00 to 



ROSES, our selection fS.OO per lOU 



CARNATIONS Per 100 



"Common $4.00 to 15 00 



Select, largre and fancies 6.00 to 8.00 



MISCELLANEOUS STOCK 



Polnsettlaa per dos., tS 00 to ti.OO 



Violets, New York doubie 1.60 



slugrle lOOto 160 



Valley, select 3.00 to 4.00 



Oallas per doz., It 00 



HarrlBii " 12.00 to 2.60 



Mignonette " .60 to 1.00 



Stevla 



Sweet Peas 1 50 to 



Romans 



Paper Whites 



J'>DquiiB 



Tulips 6.00 to 



isouvardla 3 00 to 



DKCORITITB 



Aspararus Plumosus per sirioir, .3S to 



'• ....per bunch, 35 to 



Sprenreri per 100, 3 00 to 



Adiantum " l.OOto 



Smilax per doz., 11.60; " 



B'erns per lOOO, 2 00; " 



LeucothoeSprajs, " 6 00; " 

 Oalaz, srreen and bronze. . .per 1000, 



" " '• per case, 10 000, 



Boxwood per bunch, 36c; per case, 



NOTE 



"Special" Stock blUed aecordlnsly 



1.60 

 2.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 610 

 6.00 

 6.0O 



.60 



.76 



6U0 



1.60 



10.00 



.26 



.76 



100 



9 00 



7.60 



Ee C. AMLING 



The LarMst, Bast 

 ■quipped and Moat 

 Centrally Loeated 

 Wbolessle Cut Flowsr 

 House in Chkafo. 



32-34-36 Randolph St 



LoBK Dlitaaee Telsvkoaet, 



1978 asd 1977 Cratnl. 



7846 Aatoaatle 



Chicago, III. 



Mention The Keview «ii«-ii you wrli*-. 



<lay — one of the largest the Chicago mar- 

 ket has seen in a long time. In general, 

 there was enough stock, but of course 

 special lines ran short. Some houses 

 were obliged to cut carnation'orders, but 

 most of them had enough of everything 

 but red. Roses were shorter than carna- 

 tions, which was just the opposite of 

 what had been expected by the majority. 

 Of course, red was out of the question. 

 Beauties were scarce, unless one was will- 



ing to take open flowers, and these were 

 not wanted for shipping orders. There 

 was no special call for other items of 

 stock Sunday, although poinsettias, 

 (•hrysanthemums and some other things 

 were shipped in good quantity. 



Monday, December 23, was really the 

 big day in the market. Orders were 

 heavier than on Sunday and supplies of 

 stock generally less. During the day it 

 was difficult for one wholesaler to buy ' f 



in 



another and early orders were cut — 

 many instances, but after the wholesal- 

 ers found where they stood there was a 

 sorting up which let orders go out in as 

 good shape as they ever are sent out at 

 a holiday. Of course, red could not be 

 supplied wherever wanted, and medium 

 Beauties were exceedingly short. Long 

 could be had if open flowers would do. 

 Roses were much shorter than carnations. 

 Enchantress was in heavy supply, exceed- 



