January 2, 1908. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



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FOR 1908 





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The "good old year," 1907, made a fine finish with us, for the Christmas business 

 was the " best ever." And the growers whose fine stock made it possible for us to fill 

 our heavy orders for Christmas are in full crop to give us a good start for 1908. 



BEAUTIES 



Fine stock in all lengths of stem, but especially strong on 

 long. Can fill all orders, large or small. 



TEA ROSES 



Maids and Brides in good crop— quality A No. 1. 

 Killamey and Richmond. Try us. 



Plenty 



CARNATIONS 



We do not take a back seat for any house in the United 

 States when it comes to Carnations — not on quantity or 

 average quality — in any color. If your trade requires fancy 

 Carnations, better get in touch with us. 



VIOLETS FANCY MIGNONEnE 



Cream of the Hudson 

 River doubles and fancy 

 home-grown singles 



We have a large crop of 

 Fancy Mignonette now 

 ready. :: :: :: :: :: 



Also large eapplies of Sweet Peas, Jonquils, Tulips, Harrisii, 

 Callaa, Paper Wliites, Romans, Stevia, etc. 

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



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



PRICE LIST 



AMKRIOAN BEAUTY per doz. 



Stems 86 Inches 16 00 



Stems 24 to 80 laches tiOOto &00 



stems 20 inches 3.00 



Stems 16 Inches S.OO 



Stems 121nche8 1-50 



Shorts per 100, 16 00 to 18.00 



Per 100 



Bridesmaid 14.00 to 110.00 



Bride 4.00to 10.00 



Ohatenay 4.00to 1000 



KilUmey e.OOto 12.00 



Richmond 6.00 to 12 00 



BOSKS, our selection $4.00 per 100 



CABITATIONS Per 100 



Common 12 00 



Select, largre and fancies 13.00 to 6.00 



M ISCELI^NEOUS STOCK 



Violets, New York double 1 00 



" slngrle 75to 1.00 



VaUey.select 8.00 to 4.00 



Oallas per doz. 11.50 to $2.00 



Harrisii " 11.60 to 2.00 



Mignonette " .60 to 1.00 



Stevia 1 50 



SweetPeas 75 to 1.60 



Romans 2.00 to 3.00 



Paper Whites 3.00 



Jonquils 4.00 



Tulips 4.00to 5.00 



DB0OB4TIVE 



Asparagus Plumosus per string, .35 to .60 



" '• per bunch, .35 to .75 



" Sprenreri per 100, 2.00 to 6.00 



Adiantum *' 1.00 



Smilaz per doz., tl.50; " 10.00 



Ferns per 1000, 2.00; " .26 



LeucothoeSprays.., " 6.50; " .75 



Oalax, grreen and bronze. . .per 1000, 1.00 



" per case, 10.000. 7 60 



Bozwood,per bunch, 35c; per case of 50 lbs., 7.60 



Sabject to chance without notice 



E. C. AMLING 



The LarMst, B«st 

 ■qoipped and Moat 

 Coatrallj Ijocatod 

 Wholesale Cut Flowor 

 House is Cbicafe. 



32-34-36 Randolph St 'w.riWj^^SK' Chicago, 111, 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



There is one point on which all agree, 

 and that is that, quality for quality and 

 flower for flower, prices were consider- 

 ably lower than last year. This appears 

 to have been especially true of carna- 

 tions and violets. At first it appeared 

 that there might be a shortage of car- 

 nations and then, December 23, it looked 

 like a glut, but the next day courage had 

 returned and better prices were de- 

 manded. 



It is estimated that at least twice as 

 many violets were offered in this market 

 this year as were sent here in 1906. One 

 wholesaler contends that the supply was 

 four times as great. The market was 

 from $2 down, with the bulk of the re- 

 ceipts bringing $1,50. At least a quarter 

 of the receipts were in such condition 

 that the first-class stores would not touch 

 them at any price and they went to the 



cheap stores at from 30 cents to 60 cents 

 per hundred. Even at that, some Christ- 

 mas violets were dumped the following 

 Saturday. 



The rose market was the strongest fea- 

 ture at Christmas. It comes hard to a 

 big grower to wire that he cannot fill an 

 order for 200 long Beauties at $1 each, 

 but it had to be done where nothing 

 but the best quality would answer. 

 Bichmond reaped a harvest for its grow- 

 ers, selling up to 35 cents and 50 cents 

 each, aaid in a good many cases long 

 Bichmond were substituted for medium 

 Beauties without complaint. There was 

 a big crop of Richmond on. 



Poinsettias were the item that suffered 

 worst. The supply was large and they 

 proved to be almost a drug, even where 

 the quality was all that could be asked. 

 The retailers simply could not be induced 



to buy cut poinsettias in any quantity. 

 Bed berries also were a glut and many 

 are still on hand. 



The wholesalers who look back to 1893 

 say that this Christmas was a repetition 

 of that one; quiet business in December 

 up to Christmas, then a great rush oc- 

 casioned by well-to-do people who had 

 passed up the diamonds for that year, 

 having eleventh hour recourse to cut 

 flowers, and then quiet business again 

 for a while. However, there is general 

 satisfaction. The shipping rush was 

 heavy, but the local buying quiet, al-* 

 though steady, retailers declining to 

 stock up on cut flowers, but having nev- 

 ertheless to come back to the sources of 

 supply time after time when they began 

 to get their orders out. It is seldom a 

 holiday market is so steady and prices 

 so even from end to end of the period. 



