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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



January 2, 1908. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Pkone Ceatral 1496 

 Prirato Bxekknre . 

 Ill DepirtaeMtB 



19-21 Randolph St., Chicago 



January 15th we expect to have 



Fancy La Reine Tulips 

 Fancy White Lilac...... 



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 and 



Fancy Select Maids ^^,!i '''''^J'^ ^^'^ 



we can guarantee a quality that can not be dupli- 

 cated in Chicago. 



Roses and Carnations ^ZJ" and Tn 



meet with your approval. 



iUi&MMAMA#4A In car load lots at prices half we 



Mignonette ^^^^ f^^ ust year. 



Steviay $1.50 per lOO. Good, fine' stock. 



%/SAlA4e We carry only the best in both single 

 VIOieiS and double. 



Now is the time you will need Violet Boxes, Violet Cords, Ribbons, Pins, etc. Our line of supplies is complete. 



FERTILIZERS 



From now on, every grower will have to feed his plants and will need one or more of our Guaranteed Fertilizers. 



SHREDDED CATTLE MANURE 



Pure Bone Meai Florists' Bone Float Blood and Bone 



Pulverized Sheep Manure Hardwood Ashes Nitrate of Soda 



Write for prices, stating the quantity you will need. 



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





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KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



There seemed to be plenty of flowers 

 in every store for Christmas -and bloom- 

 ing plants sold well. They are becoming 

 more in rlemand every year. There were 

 plenty of azaleas, but they sold well. 

 Medium sized ones sold at from $2.50 to 

 $3.50. larger ones selling at $5 and 

 up. Narcissi in pans at from 75 cents 

 to $1.50 sold well for smaller gifts. 

 Roman hyacinths and primroses, poinset- 

 tias and Lorraine begonias and fancy 

 baskets of mixed plants also sold better 

 than last year. 



Green was plentiful. Christmas trees 

 were a glut and everyone who handled 

 them had some left. 



There were plenty of violets. Some of 

 the stores were overstocked on them and 

 were ready to wholesale to the rest tlio 

 next day. The weather was delightful. 

 Palms for decorating were taken out in 

 open wagons. Such fine weather made 

 all delivering easy, so that but little 

 wrapping of plants was necessary. 



Various Notes. 



Arthur Newell says that he had a splen- 

 did trade and sold out entirely on green 

 and holly. Everything else went well and 

 he is much pleased. 



Mr. Freudenthal had a fine trade dur- 

 ing Christmas. He sold mostly cut flow- 

 ers. 



The William L. Rock Flower Co. re- 

 ports trade as good for Christmas and 

 they had all they could handle. 



Miss .J. E. Murray reports a splendid 

 trade and could have sold more in bloom- 

 ing plants. Her supply of plants ran out 



early in the day. She now has her store 

 back into good shape, it having gone 

 through much repair since the fire. 



W. H. Humfeld says that ho was sur- 

 prised at the amount of business he had, 

 especially the last two days, it being 

 much greater than he had expected. He 

 is satisfied that he had his share of the 

 business. 



We believe that everybody is well sat- 

 isfied with the Christmas trade. There 

 does not seem to be any complaint. 



Adolph Goldenberg, of Ralph M. Ward 

 & Co., was a visitor last week. 



W. H. H. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Christmas this year was looked for- 

 ward to with much doubt by many of 

 the retailers, the stringency in the money 

 market causing many to think trade 

 would be short. However, if the reports 

 being given out by the various dealers 

 are correct, it has been the best this city 

 has ever seen. 



Plants, of course, were more conspicu- 

 ous than ever before and many s foremen 

 said they would not handle cut flowers at 

 the prices at which they were sold, but 

 the last two days settled that matter 

 and without doubt they handled just as 

 many as ever. 



The commission men seemed to find 

 the stock somewhere to fill orders, not- 

 withstanding the fact that a short cut 

 was reported all along the line, and 

 prices were about the same as any other 

 Christmas. In fact, for several years 

 there has been but a slight difference in 

 the price lists. Beauties doubled in 



price and Richmond roses soared away 

 up, but there was enough of everything 

 to more than satisfy the demand, includ- 

 ing violets. 



The out-of-town dealers, iiowever, do 

 not speak so well of their business and 

 much complaint comes from the small 

 towns surrounding us, especially wliere 

 they depend on the mills, which were 

 shut down, and with no information when 

 thej' will start again. 



Various Notes. 



It is reported that one of our whole- 

 salers speculated in the western market, 

 buying carnations in quantities which 

 were not justified. The result was that 

 on the day before Christmas the street 

 stands on Fifth avenue were offering 

 carnations at 50 cents per do'zen, and it 

 is said even as low as 25 cents per dozen. 

 This made it look bad for the storemen 

 when they were asking very high prices, 

 having paid more themselves for their 

 stock than the stands were selling for. 



The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. reports 

 its sales considerably in advance of last 

 year and one-half their help, including 

 Mr. Langhans, had been suffering with 

 grip, just getting out Monday. Mr. 

 Langhans found by the time the rush was 

 over that he had gotten out too soon and 

 has been confined to his room ever since 

 Christmas morning. 



Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Nelf have the sym- 

 pathy .of their friends in the death of 

 Mrs. Neff 's mother, December 27. 



There were few cases of good holly in 

 this market. Many Cliristmas trees went 

 to the dump. Boxwood was very scarce 

 toward the last and sold at 25 cents per 

 pound. Rod bells wore not in it this 



