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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apbil 30, 1908. 



Yello"w Mums 



A great novelty for April. 75c per bunch, $3.00 per lOO ' 



SWEET PEAS LILIES 



Larfe fupplles— finest auallty Vor aiirinB wedding decorations 



ROSES, CARNA.TIONS AND ALL OTHER STOCK IN LARGE SUPPLY 



VALl EY 



Best In the market 



Supplies for Weddings and Commencements 



RIBBONS AND CHIFFON — Buying for cash in "loom orders," we can sell ribbons at what smaller jobbers 

 pay for the high quality we handle. BASKETS— All sizes, shapes and prices. We have a complete stock 

 of all kinds. Send us an order for WIRE WORK. Cemetery Vases and Supplies for Decoration Day. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists ""f^^^ir 19-21 Randolph St., Chicago 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



The week following Easter, from trade 

 reports, was not encouraging. The re- 

 tailers say that things were about as 

 dull as they could be in all lines, not ex- 

 cepting funeral work, which generally 

 comes in as a help-out when other work 

 is dull. From reports of our wholesalers, 

 they were up against it good and proper, 

 as they all had a hard time in disposing 

 of their consignments at any price. So, 

 from the reports of both retailers and 

 wholesalers, we can safely say that the 

 trade here experienced a dull business 

 week. 



"With the greenhouse men it is alto- 

 gether diflferent. They seem to have 

 plenty to do, as the planting season is 

 upon them. Today, Monday, April 27, 

 a cold wind is blowing and it looks as 

 though their business will be greatly in- 

 terfered with, should the cold spell last 

 any length of time. 



In looking over the stock received April 

 27, we see it coming in heavily in all 

 varieties and grades, and buyers scarce. 

 Prices received for some of the ship- 

 ments would hardly pay express charges; 

 Htill, they have to be sold or dumped. 

 Market quotations could not be given 

 correctly while this great glut lasts. 



According to the daily press reports, 

 there are a number of fashionable wed- 

 dings to take place next month, which 

 should help out greatly for those who 

 have the orders booked for the floral 

 work. 



Variou* Notes. 



C. De Wever, of Clayton, reports that 

 he will build four greenhouses this sum- 

 mer. He is growing a great deal of 

 outdoor stock for summer use, such as 

 asters, tuberoses, gladioli, hydrangeas 

 and others. 



The St. Louis Seed Co. announced last 

 week, in a large advertisement in the 

 daily papers, that Thursday, April 23, 



after 4 p. m., it would distribute free 

 of charge 60,000 packages of seed to 

 the school children. All that was nec- 

 essary was for each child to cut out the 

 advertisement and present it. Each pack- 

 age contained six varieties of seeds. 

 The day set for the distribution it rained 

 all afternoon, but still several thousand 

 children braved the weather to get the 

 seeds. 



Jules Burdett reports that he will not 

 have to move his place for the next 

 two years, as his lease still runs that 

 long. The Eggeling lease also runs 

 that long, but the Reese place has no 

 lease and the Shaw estate has commenced 

 the grading at this place. 



The Belleville florists had quite a scare 

 Sunday, April 26, when at noon a great 

 amount of hail fell. When your corre- 

 spondent phoned to E. W. Guy, he re- 

 ported that the damage was only slight, 

 the hail not being large enough^ to do any 

 great damage. Only a few lights were 

 broken at his place and not any more 

 with the others. But the scare was 

 enough, with the houses all filled with 

 valuable blooming plants and lots of 

 orders for planting out. 



Miss Schnell, of East St. Louis, 111., 

 reports that her Easter Saturday was 

 extra good, but not as good on Sunday 

 as last year. Still, everything was satis- 

 factory. Large funeral orders helped 

 out during the week. 



John Connon, of Webster Groves, was 

 a caller and says his Easter business 

 was even better than last year. Plants 

 sold better than cut flowers. 



Frank Fillmore is cutting a fine lot of 

 candidum lilies, also callas and an extra 

 fine cut of carnations. His Easter trade 

 was good. 



Walter Sanders, of the Sanders Nur- 

 series, reports that they had a great 

 plant business Easter, much larger than 

 last year. Lilies sold better than ever. 

 Their sales on these were clean. 



Bell Miller, of Springfield, 111., is con- 

 signing to C. A. Kuehn a fine lot of 

 Carnot and Kaiserin roses daily. The 



JOSEPH FOERSTER 



Wbolesale mhivvvc of 



CUT FLOWERS 



68-60 Wabash Ave.,' CHICAGO 



CURRENT PRICE LIST. 



BEAITTIES- Per doz. 



30to36-lnch $4.0C 



24to30-inch $2.00to 3.0C 



15to20-lnch l.SOto 2.« 



8tol2-inch 75 to l.OC 



Shorts .75 



Per 100 



Bride and Maid $3.00 to $6.00 



Richmond 5.00to 8.00 



Killamey 5.00to 8.00 



Perle 4.00to 6.00 



Roses, our selection 2.00 



CARNATIONS, medium l.OOto 1.50 



" fancy 2.00to 3.00 



Violets .50 



Harrlsii Lilies 8.00 to 10.00 



Callas S.OOto 10.00 



Valley S.OOto 4.00 



Tulips 3.00 



Paper Whites 3.00 



Romans 3.C0 



Daffodils 3.00 



SweetPeas 50to 1.00 



6RBENS 



Smilax Strings per doz. 2.00 



Asparagrus Strings each, .40 to .50 



Bunches... " .35 to .50 



" Sprengeri Bunches " .36 



Adiantum per 100, 1.00 



Perns, Fancy per 1000, 2.00 



Galax, Green " 1.00 



Bronze " 1.00 



Boxwood 25c per lb.; 100 lbs., 15.00 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



fancies in these sell well. Business be- 

 ing so quiet last week, many went to 

 waste, but with good business among 

 the retailers, this stock would sell clean; 

 in fact, all consignors to this market 

 sufl'ered the last week. 



Frank Ellis is still with us, calling 

 on his many friends in the trade while 

 here. He will return to Panama early 

 in May. He says his banana planta- 

 tion is a success. Some 10,000 chocolate 

 trees will soon bear fruit. 



Chairman Charles Schoenle, of the Flo- 

 rists ' Club trustees, will call a meet- 

 ing of the trustees to arrange for a re- 



