Mabch 5, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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EVERYTHING 



In the Line of Cut Flowers 



TEA ROSES 



Quality was never better and the cut is large, so we are 

 now able to offer at prices considerably lower than you 

 have been paying, perhaps for an inferior grade of stock. 



CARNATIONS 



There is every indication of a shortening of crops, but we 

 still have heavy receipts and can fill all orders with high 

 grade stock. 



PEAS 



Extra fine Sweet Peas, long-stemmed white and Blanche 

 Ferry pink, also a few lavender. Can't be beaten. 



BEAUTIES 



A trifle off crop at present, but we shall have a nice cut 

 in a week or two ; quality always the best. 



Still have nice 

 long spikes. 



Mignonette 

 GREEN GOODS 



Violets 



As good as the 

 season affords. 



Fine, long, heavy strings of Asparagus and Smilax ; also 

 Sprengeri, Adiantum, and all hardy greens. 



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



PRICE LIST 



Per doz. 



S6.00 

 5.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 1.50 



AMERICAN BKAUTT 



Long stems 



Stems 36 inches ■ 



Stems scinches 



Stems 24 inches 



Stems 20 inches 



Stems 16 inches 



Stems 12 inches 



Shorts per 100, $6.00 to $8.00 



Per 100 



Bridesmaid $3.00 to $10.00 



Bride 3.00to 10.00 



Ghatenay S.OOto 10.00 



Killamey S.OOto 10.00 



Richmond S.OOto 10.00 



BUtUCS, our selection fS.OO per 100 



OABMATIOM8 Per 100 



Common $1.50 to $2.00 



Select, large and fancies S.OO 



BII8CBLI.ANBOU8 STOCK 



Violets, New York double .50 



single 60to .75 



Valley, select S.OOto 4.00 



Oallas per doz., $1.50 to $2.00 



Harrisii " 1.50 to 2.00 



Mignonette.... " .50 



SweetPeas 60 to 1.00 



Romans 2.00to 3.00 



Paper Whites S.OO 



Jonquils (Gtolden Spur or Trumpet) . . 3.00 



Daffodils 2.00 to -S.OO 



Tulips 3.00 



DKCOBATITB 



Asparagus Plumosus per string, .35 to .50 



" • " per bunch, .35 to .75 



Sprengeri per 100, 2.00 to 6.00 



Adlantiun " 1.00 



Smilax per doz, $1.50; •' 10.00 



Perns per 1000, 2.50; " .30 



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 



Subject to chance vitbent notice 



Ee C. AMLING 



The liargest. Beat 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Mower 

 Noute in Chicago 



32-34-36 Randolph St, 



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7846 Aatomatlc 



Chicago, III. 



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CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The market was decidedly quiet last 

 week, and it does not start off much bet- 

 ter this -week, but the wholesalers are 

 feeling easier about it. Many of them 

 have written their customers in the coun- 

 try to inquire what has become of the 

 orders, and in return have been informed 

 that the country florists are doing a first- 

 rate business, generally as good as a year 

 ago, but that local crops are so heavy 

 that for the time being the home supply 

 is adequate and there is no need to draw 

 on the Chicago market except for special 

 items. This indicates to the wholesalers 

 that the shipping business will return in 

 full force as soon as the present heavy 

 •crops pass off. 



It is beginning to be the general opin- 

 ion that the present crop of carnations 

 is the annual spring crop, somewhat 



ahead of time, and that it vrill, as usual, 

 be followed by a period of much lighter 

 production. At this season there can be 

 no scarcity, but a considerable reduction 

 in the supply of carnations will put much 

 new life in the market. The report is 

 that just now the crop of carnations is 

 exceedingly heavy almost everywhere in 

 the country. Prices in Chicago last week 

 were the lowest of the season, and much 

 lower than ev^r before in Februaiy. In- 

 deed, March starts with prices far below 

 the normal. There are stories of clean- 

 ups at 5 cents per bunch, but the market 

 really is not so bad as that. The price 

 has been from 60 cents to $3, it usually 

 being possible to clean out accumulations 

 at $10 per thousand if the stock was not 

 held too long. There is a little better 

 feeling this week. 



The rose market has weakened percept- 

 ibly since last report and there are grow- 

 ers who predict that in a short time the 

 rose market will be in as bad a state as 



that which has marked the carnation de- 

 partment in the last three weeks. Beau- 

 ties still are short of the demand, but 

 there is an abundance of each of the 

 other varieties. Quality leaves nothing to 

 be desired. 



Bulbous stock does not move any bet- 

 ter than it has and Easter lilies and 

 callas have weakened. Violets continue 

 practically unsalable except at what the 

 Greeks will give in a time of oversupply. 

 Sweet peas are beginning to come in 

 heavily and prices have gone down a 

 couple of notches. The good stock sells 

 quickly. 



Asparagus bunches are in request and 

 other greenhouse greens have advanced 

 slightly in price as a result of shortening 

 supply. Some of the houses are marking 

 ferns up to $2.50. There are predictions 

 of scarcity before Decoration day. 



February's Business. 

 With twenty-nine days in February 



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