Febbdaby 20, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 





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FOR EASTER vZ SPRING TRADE 



We have much the largest and moat varied assortment of practical novelty and fancy Baskets in the West. 



Onr assortments of fancy and novelty baskets at $10.00, $15.00, $25.00 and $50.00 have been the means of pleasing a 

 great many florists. They always please; if they do not, we consider it a favor if you return them by first freight or 

 express. Try an assortment now and be convinced. Complete line of 



Short-handled and long-liandled Willow and Braid Basl(ets, Hampers, Nest Baskets, Plant Baskets, Twig Boxes, oval 

 and round Willow Plateaux, Wicker Dishes, Cane Baskets, White Rattan, Rush Braid and plain Willow Pot Covers 



Everything in Birch Bark, Cork.and Rustic Ware. If we do not have what you want along this line in stock, we 

 will make it up for you on short notice, especially Birch Bark and Cork ware. 



Let us know your wants and be satisfied that you are getting the best at lowest prices consistent with first-class goods. 



GREENHOUSE GLASS 



While we make a specialty of greenhouse glass in car lots, we are just as anxious to get your order for a few boxes 

 and can make prices that will put the man who only wants a few boxes in on the same footing as the car-lot buyers. 

 Please let us know your wants now, before the price of glass commences to advance. 



A. L. Randall Co* 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 14 1 

 Prlrate ExchmnKe all 

 Department! 



19-21 Randolph St., Chicago 



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Mention The lU"vi*w when yon write 



shows up particularly well under artifi- 

 cial light. 



Bassett & Washburn have a white 

 sport of the Eallarney rose of which they 

 intend to work up as much stock as pos- 

 sible for another season. 



August Poehlmann says that the 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. has every reason to 

 be pleased with the season's business. 

 December did not give quite the returns 

 expected, but January was twelve per 

 cent ahead of last year and February is 

 making a good record in spite of low 

 prices, because of the large volume' of 

 sales. 



Remember that Saturday, February 

 22, is a legal holiday, with only one mail 

 delivery. If you want stock from the 

 Chicago market, telegraph your orders 

 that day. 



Mrs. F. Beu is making preparations 

 for St. Patrick's day. For several years 

 she has sold a steadily increasing quan- 

 tity of her carnation dye. 



Scheiden & Schoos, at Evanston, have 

 in the sand, or just potted up, 25,000 

 cuttings of a seedling carnation raised 

 by Joseph Schoos. It is a cross of Law- 

 son and Enchantress and they think so 

 well of it that they are going into it 

 heavily for next season. The color is 

 fine pink and the flower is large and well 

 formed. The stem is long and strong 

 and there are few splits. They intend to 

 exhibit it and possibly disseminate it in 

 the trade next season. 



N. J. Wietor says that most of the 

 buyers of carnation cuttings have got 

 over the idea of early delivery, unless it 

 be of novelties. He says that it is March 

 1 before the cutting business really be- 

 gins with them, and they have a large 

 trade in this line. 



George Reinberg is cutting a large 

 crop of sweet peas. 



C. W. McKellar says that the cattleya 

 crop is off and orchid prices are ad- 

 vancing. 



The Mrs. Marshall Field rose is still 

 giving a good account of itself at Peter 

 Reinberg 's. 



Among the week's visitors were Will 



Breitmeyer, of Detroit, and one of the 

 Heinl brothers, of Jacksonville; also H. 

 S. Morton, of Rockford, 111. 



BOSTON. 

 The Market. 



Little or no improvement can be re- 

 corded in flower market conditions, which 

 are the worst Boston has seen for many 

 years. Even the milder weather has 



raVERY now and then a well 

 ■S pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of bringing a new 

 advertiser to 



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Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florists' use 

 not at present advertised* 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Cazton BIdg. Chicago 



failed to stimulate buying, and large 

 quantities of flowers are either unsold 

 each day or cleared at absurdly low 

 prices. Roses, which have held up very 

 well, owing to their comparative scarcity, 

 are now going down with the rest. The 

 best grades are selling fairly well, but 

 the cheaper ones are down in the dumps. 

 Carnations were surely never so hard 



to sell in February. Some select flow- 

 ers may bring $3 per hundred, a few 

 possibly more, but $1 is a fair price 

 on good flowers and 50 cents is as much 

 as large quantities are bringing, even 

 lower figures than this being taken to 

 clear out by growers. The quality of 

 carnations was never better and this 

 is the first time for years that they 

 have been so unsalable. Violets are 

 not quite so plentiful among the left- 

 overs and are selling tolerably well. They 

 are the same price as a week ago. 



Some good sweet peas bring fair 

 prices, but common grades bring very 

 little. Lilies and callas are down with 

 the rest. One grower disposed of his 

 longiflorums at $2 per hundred, surely 

 !i ruinous price. Of course, this low 

 price was exceptional. Prices in all 

 other flowers are very erratic. Bulbous 

 stock is not in many cases bringing the 

 initial cost of the bulbs. La Reine 

 tulips and double Von Sion narcissi 

 at $10 per thousand cannot be profitable 

 for the growers. Plant trade is quiet 

 and conditions are not very roseate, al- 

 though a change in the tide, it is hoped, 

 may soon come. 



Horticultural Society. 



.Fohn Dunbar, of Rochester, N. Y., de- 

 livered an able lecture on "Conifers for 

 the Home Grounds" at Horticultural 

 hall, February 15. Mr. Dunbar brought 

 along small branches of many evergreens 

 to illustrate his remarks. He was asked 

 what he considered the best time to trans- 

 plant evergreens. The lecturer stated 

 that he thought spring just when the 

 buds were starting, and the end of Aug- 

 gust during moist weather, the two 

 periods when transplantation could b© 

 done with the least loss, but he had 

 moved them sucessfully in midwinter 

 and about every month in the year. He 

 prefers propagation in boxes of sand in 

 November, where this method of increase 

 has to be adopted. Cuttings three \o 

 four inches long are sufficiently large 

 and a temperature of 40 to 45 degrees 

 I is about right. 



