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Febbuabt 13, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



13 



CARNATIONS 



The present affords a most favorable opportunity for Retailers to make 

 good use of Carnations. The crop is the largest of the season to date and 

 with us the quality is as fine as we ever saw on any exhibition table. Such 

 stock never before sold in February at the 

 prices at present prevailing. ^j ;_r'jr "^ 



^^W]|/ WS' K7 ^^ W% K? TF C^ Fine , long stems , grown by experts 

 ^9wwL^L«l ■ L^A%t9 who have made this flower a study. 



DRIDES and NSIDSFfnTstocTallg^rades: 



BEAUTIES 



The best to be had in this market. 



Long ones especially fine. 



^^/■#^V FT€k ^® handle the cream of the Hudson River 

 w Ix^L^L M >9 doubles— the buyers will tell you so— and 



fragrant home-grown singles. 



I^II^I^^^I^E^^T^'T^K? Of the very best quality. Fine long 

 ITM 1 ^^1^ \^ 1^ L^ M U. 1^ stems and good flowers. Try some. 



FREESIAS 



A few Freesias will add a decided finish to 

 a box of Cut Flowers. 



■BH1V IS CL^rtf^tf^l^ All seasonable varieties of Tulips, 



Jonquils, Daffodils. 



^ W%W4W^^kI ^^^^^^I^CL ^"'^i'a^ ^^^ Asparagus strings 



Sprengeri and Plumosus sprays, 

 etc. 



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



PRICE LIST 



■* AMERICAN BBAUTY 



Stems 36 inches 



Stems 24 to 30 inches 



Stems 20 inches 



Stems 16 inches. 

 Stems 12 inches. 



Per doz. 



$5.00 

 4.00 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 1.50 



Shorts per 100, $4.00 to $8.00 



Per 100 



Bridesmaid $4.00 to $12.00 



Bride 4.00to 12.00 



Chatenay 4.00to 12.00 



Killarney 4.00to 12.00 



Richmond 4.00 to 12.00 



RUHifiei, our selection $4.00 per 100 



CARNATIONS Per 100 



Common $1.50 to $2.00 



Select, large and fancies 3.00 to 4 .00 



MISCELLANIJOUS STOCK 



Violets, New York double 75 to 1.00 



single 75to 1.00 



Valley, select 3.00to 4.00 



Callas per doz., $1.50 to $2.00 



Harrisii " 1.50 to 2.00 



Mignonette " .50 to .75 



SweetPeas 75to 1.50 



Romans 2.00 to 3.00 



Paper Whites 3.00 



Jonquils (Golden Spur or Trumpet).. 3.00 to 4.00 



Daffodils 3.00 to 4.00 



Tulips 3.00 to 5.00 



Freesias 3. 00 



DECORATIVE 



Asparagus Plumosus per string, .35 to .50 



per bunch, .35 to .75 



Sprengeri per 100, 2.00 to 6.00 



Adiantum " 1.00 



Smilax per doz, $1.50; ' 10.00 



Ferns per 1000, 2.00; " .25 



Leucothoe Sprays, " 6.50; '' .75 



Galax, green and bronze.. per 1000 1.00 



per case, 10,000 7.50 



Boxwood, per bunch, 35c: per case of 50 lbs., 7.50 



Sabjflct to chanse wlthoat notice 



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 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 >^holesalt9 Cut Mower 

 House in Chicago 



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CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The feature of the market is the un- 

 precedented weakness in the carnation de- 

 partment. Never within the memory of 

 the oldest wholesaler have carnations of 

 such fine quality found so weak a mar- 

 ket in February. The supply is the 

 heaviest of the season, practically all 

 growers having come in crop at once, and 

 the quality is superlatively fine. Taking 

 the market as a whole, no better carna- 

 tions ever were offered than are now to 

 be had in quantity. While some small 

 lots of selected stock are bringing fair 

 prices, it is impossible to clean up 

 through the ordinary channels and thou- 

 sand-lot s^les are made to the stores 

 which hold special sales, the price being 

 made in accordance with the buyer's 

 ability to handle stock, rather than in 

 accordance with the quality or usual 

 value. Of course, there is an attempt 



to hold the best stock back for a lit- 

 tle extra price, but February 11 $20 

 bought 1,000 of the best carnations in 

 this market, and $50 bought 5,000 of 

 good stock. The following day was a 

 little better and the wholesalers hope the 

 worst is over. 



Up to February 11 the rose market 

 was fairly strong, in contrast to the 

 carnation market. There are no large 

 crops of Beauties and prices are firm, 

 but other roses are now abundant and 

 there is some splendid stock to be had 

 in all varieties, at concessions on last 

 week's prices. There continues to be 

 some extra call for white for funeral 

 work, but Bride now is equal to all 

 demands. It will ease up the call for 

 Easter lilies, it recently having been im- 

 possible to find lilies for all late orders. 



Bulb stock is in little better shape than 

 carnations. The counters are full of 

 tulips, daffodils and Paper Whites, and 

 valley actually goes to waste. Freesia 

 also is abufldant. All these are sold 



at prices less than was asked last year. 

 The violets met with slow sale up to 

 February 12, but just before Valentine's 

 day there was a slight appreciation in 

 value because of the many orders for 

 large quantities booked for delivery Val- 

 entine's day. The quality is hardly up 

 to standard for this season of the year. 

 E. E. Pieser predicts that ferns will 

 be higher in price this spring and poorer 

 in quality than usual in the last months 

 of the season. The market for greens 

 has been excellent all through the season 

 to date. 



Institute for Rose Show. 



The Florists ' Club 's committee charged 

 with the arrangements for the approach- 

 ing meeting of the American Rose So- 

 ciety has closed an arrangement with the 

 Art Institute, whereby the exhibition ^ill 

 be held in Blackstone hall at the Art 

 Institute. This is the hall once used 

 for a November flower show. It is 

 60x208 feet and thirty-four feet high. 



