Apbil 30, 1908, 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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There is nothing finer than our Sweet Peas. Fancy shades just beginning to 

 come in. Extra long stemmed white and Blanche 

 Ferry pink in quantity. These are the best Peas to be 

 found in this market. Ordinary grades for those who 

 want them. 



Peas 



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PEONIES 



Early red and pink. We are always first in the market with 

 Peonies and shall be able to supply, as usual, the best stock from 

 this date to July 4. 



BEAUTIES 



A heavy crop is on, quality not to be beaten. Try them— you'll 

 come back for more. 



TEX ROSES 



Large supplies of all varieties. As good stock as money will buy, 

 or short roses if you can use that kind. 



CARNATIONS 



We can hold up our end on carnations with any house in this 

 country— quality and quantity. Order of us. 



GREENS 



Smilax and fine long, heavy strings of Asparagus; also Sprengeri, 

 Adiantum. Extra fine ferns. Boxwood by the case our specialty. 



FANCY VALLEY ALWAYS ON HAND 



Current Price List 



AMRBIOAK BltAUTt 



Long stems ...;.» 



Stems 80 inches ^.'..llf^....^... 



Steins 24 inches t«i^....i...::.,. 



Stems 20 Inches .■fKi.i «.«• - 



Stems 16 inches ;i'. .-•....;;?.«,, 



Stems 12 inches ....1 



Shorts per 100, $4;00 to $5.00 



Per dOB. 



93.00 

 2.60 

 2.00 

 1.60 

 1.00 

 .75 



Per 100 



$8.00 



Bridesmaid .'...m.. .....$3.00 to 



Bride ; S.OOto 8.00 



Ohatenay 8.00 to 8.00 



^arney ^ 4.00to 8.00 



Richmond 4.00to 8.00 



KU8K8. our selection $3.00 per lOO 



OABMATIOMS Per 100 



Common $1 50 



Select, largre and fancies $2.00 to sioo 



MI80KI.I.ANBOV8 STOCK 



Peonies per doz., 60c 



Sweet Peas, fancy shades 1.00 to 1.50 



" common, pink and white .60 to 1.00 



Llljes S.OOto 10.00 



Oallas S.OOto 10.00 



Mignonette 2.00to 400 



TuDps, all colors.. 2.00 to 3.00 



Daffodils, Jonaulls...! 2.00 to 3.00 



Poet's Narcissi 40to 60 



Marguerites 50to .76 



Irises 3.00to 4.00 



DKOOBATITJE 



Asparagus Pltimosus per string, .35 to .50 



" „ " per bunch, .36 to .76 



..., ^ Sprengeri per 100, 2.00tQ 6.00 



Adiantum " loo 



Smilax per doz., $2.00: " 16.00 



Perns per 1000, 2.50: " .80 



Leucothoe Sprays, " 6.50: " .76 



Oalaz, green and bronze, .per 1000 I.OO 



Boxwood, per bunch 35c; per case of 50 lbs., 7.60 



8abJ«ct to ohanse without notloo 



E.C.AMLING 



The Largest, Best 

 Equipped and Moat 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago 



32-34-36 Randolph St, 



Long Distance Telepkoaei 



1978 and 1»7 7 Central 



7846 Antomatle 



Chicago, III. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



The week following Easter was one 

 of the most unsatisfactory the wholesale 

 houses ever have experienced. There was 

 comparatively nothing doing locally, and 

 the shipping business was nowhere near 

 able to consume the enormous quantities 

 of stock received. It is asserted that the 

 receipts were greater than for any single 

 week in the previous history of the mar- 

 ket, and certainly values were utterly de- 

 moralized. Every resource has been em- 

 ployed to move the daily receipts and it 

 has not been possible to find an outlet 

 other than the garbage wagon for a por- 

 tion of the stock. It is probably true, 

 as asserted by some wholesalers, that the 

 waste of greenhouse-grown stock has been 

 heavier since Easter than it ever has 

 been before. The average returns to the 

 growers cannot have been otherwise than 

 disappointing, for by far the greater pro- 

 portion of the receipts have been sold 

 in other than the regular way. 



To review the various departments ia 



almost without purpose, for the story 

 is the same in each item of stock. If 

 anything, roses have been more over- 

 abundant than carnations, but the prices 

 at which carnations have been sold will 

 go one step beyond the worst of recent 

 records. April 24 there was a fair clean- 

 up of both roses and carnations, many 

 thousands going to out-of-town cheap 

 salespeople for Saturday. 



The quality of both roses and car- 

 nations is excellent and the condition of 

 the stock gives no indication of any early 

 let-up in the overproduction. 



It is notable that since Easter there 

 has been an almost total absence of 

 demand for lilies. The wholesale houses 

 are incumbered with them and growers 

 are sending in stock of wretchedly poor 

 quality. There also are large numbers of 

 callas which stay the limit of their en- 

 durance and are dumped. Bulbous stock 

 is not so abundant as it was, but there 

 is little sale for that which is received. 

 Valley and sweet peas do better, because 

 a large part of demand is for choice 

 flowers for wedding work. 



Violets continue to arrive in large 

 quantities, but the approach of summer 

 is seen in the quality, and it is diflScult 

 to realize express charges on many of the 

 shipments from the east. There even 

 are more peonies than are needed! 



Smilax is almost the only item on 

 which there has not been an oversupply 

 since Easter. Of other greens there is 

 an abundance. 



The current week starts off a little bet- 

 ter than the one which preceded it, but 

 shipping trade is still much stronger than 

 local demand, without implying special 

 strength in the former. The weather 

 for several days has been unfavorable 

 to cut flower production and has done 

 something to check receipts, but whole- 

 salers in general would be glad to see 

 warm, bright days, and get the pres- 

 ent enormous crops off as soon as pos- 

 sible. 



End for End. 



C. T. Neiglick has a flower store that^ 

 has no duplicate in Chicago. It occupfes^ 

 a residence facing on Chestnut streeU 

 one door removed from North State. It 



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