March 19, 1908. 



Tk Weekly Florists' Review. 



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BEAUTIES 



....ARE IN FULL CROP. 



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ERE may be plenty of Beauties, but you can set it right down that there are never too many such 

 Beauties as ours-they're the kind it gives a retailer joy to 

 see when he opens the box. Try some-you'll like them ; 

 it couldn't be otherwise. 



PRICE LIST 



TEA ROSES 



Large cuts of a quality to suit the most exacting. Prices are low 

 for such high-grade stock. Order of us and you will not only please 

 YOUR customers but make an unusually good profit for yourself. 



CARNATIONS 



We never met a buyer so critical that he found fault with our 

 carnations- it's the best stock in the market, year in and year 

 out. Can fill any order. 



MIGNONETTE 



WE never saw better Mignonette than our present crop, and we 

 don't think you ever did. Try some ; if your customers like 

 "Sweet Mignonette" it will make a hit. 



Violets *'„*\rx'rrL' Bulb Stock s?,'g'''rboTb 



AMRBIOAN BKACTT 



Long stems 



Steins 36 Inches 



Stems 30 inches 



Stems 24 inches 



Stems 20 inches 



Stems 16 inches 



Stems 12 inches 



Per dos. 



$4.00 

 3.00 

 2.60 

 2.00 

 1.50 

 1.25 

 1.00 



push 'em hard. Others do, why 

 not you ? Ours are good. 



stock, large supply, very cheap, 

 $2.00 to $3.00 per 100. 



Pa€|0 Extralong-stemmed white f^YtktkfXtt ^^^^ long, heavy 

 r w09 and Blanche Ferry pink, ^' wlillW strings of Asparagus 



Can't be - ~ ~ 



also a few lavender, 

 beaten. 



and Smilax ; also Sprengeri, 

 Adiantum, and all hardy greens. 



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



E. C, AMLING 



Shorts per 100, $5.00 to 16.00 



Per 100 



Bridesmaid: ^•251*'* §22 



Bride S.OOto 8.00 



Chatenay 322!° ,§22 



KiUamey 4.00to 10.00 



Richmond -• 4^to 10^ 



BusJiiB, our selection tS.OO per 100 



CARNATIONS .^"100 «v 



Common *l-60to$2.00 



Select, large and fancies 800 



HlitCELLANKOUS 8TO0K 



Tulips, all colors 2.00to 3.00 



Violets, New York double -80 



" single •"" 



Valley.select ..•••• 2.«)to 8.00 



Oallas per doz.. $1.25 to $1.60 



Harrisii " 1.00 to 1.25 



Migmonette.... '• .60 to .75 



SweetPeas „-52J° i-22 



Romans 2.00to 3.00 



Paper Whites 8.00 



Jonquils (Golden Spur or Trumpet).. _ ^ 8.00. 



Daffodils 2.00to 3.00 



DECOR A.TITE 



Aspara^s Plumosus per string, .35 to .50 



per bunch, .86 to .76 



Sprengeri per 100, 2.00 to 6.00 



Adiantum " 1-22 



Smilax per doz, $1.50; "' 10.00 



Ferns per 1000, 2.50: " .30 



Leucothoe Sprays, " 6.60; ' .76 



Galax, green and bronze, per 1000 1.00 



per case, 10,000 7.80 



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

 Subject to chance wlthont notice 



The Largfest, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 >%bole»ale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago 



32-34-36 Randolph St, 



Long Distance Telephones 



1978 and 1977 Central 



7846 Aatomatlc 



Chicago, UK 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The general report is that the market 

 is "just fair." A majority of the 

 wholesalers say their daily sales are run- 

 ning about as they were last year, but 

 March of last year had some dull days 

 and conditions continue far from satis- 

 factory. However, there is less complaint 

 than has been noted in the last two 

 or three weeks. Either those in the mar- 

 ket are becoming accustomed to the 

 situation and are accepting it, or they 

 are consoling themselves with the thought 

 that the money income in the market 

 is about like last year, or with the 

 other thought that in the latter end 

 of March we are, in normal years, ap- 

 proaching the season of low values. The 

 quantity of stock handled is, however, 

 out of proportion to the money return, 

 and as long as this disproportion con- 

 tinues, there will be complaint. 



The spring crop of Beauties is on in 

 earnest and prices have taken another 

 drop in the last week, in spite of im- 

 proved quality. There are houses cutting 

 as high as 800 to 1,000 long-stemmed 

 Beauties per day and evet this record 

 will be beaten within the next week if 

 the weather is favorable to production. 

 The man who can handle fancy Beauties 

 in quantity at moderate prices should 

 begin to get his lines jeut. 



There has been a further recession in 

 the price of all other roses because of 

 increasing supply. Quali^ is of the best 

 throughout the market. Tb^gtowers and 

 wholesalers it seems a shame to^sell first 

 grade roses at half what they(Wnjght 

 a month ago, but to retailers ir^oks 

 like the working of the law of ivejAges. 



There is no change in the carnation 

 market, although averages are steadily 

 working lower. This is because of the 

 necessity of cleaning out large lots at 

 cheap prices; the wholesalers are under- 

 bidding each other for the big orders. 



The sale for white for St. Patrick's 

 day was not as heavy as anticipated, 

 although nearly all stores showed dyed 

 flowers. 



"Violets are in heavy supply, but clear 

 out well at cheap prices. Sweet peas 

 are more abundant than heretofore, but 

 the best continue to sell well. Bulbous 

 stock moves slowly. The southern jon- 

 quils are an obstruction. Callas are 

 specially overabundant, but Easter lilies 

 are slow to move. There has been a let- 

 up in the demand for funeral work. Val- 

 ley is in oversupply and not all offered 

 can be marketed. 



There is reported to be some improve- 

 ment in the demand for green goods, es- 

 pecially smilax and asparagus strings. 



As indicating conditions elsewhere, sev- 

 eral consignments of valley have been 

 received from New York in the last 

 week and growers in southern Illinois 

 who usually ship to St. Louis are now 

 shipping heavily to Chicago. 



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