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♦ Jdlt 30, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



15 



Fancy Asters 



BEAUTIES 



We again have a big crop of 

 those famous Summer Beauties — 

 plenty for all— best you can get. 

 Wire your needs. 



KAISERINS 



Our summer crop of Kaiserins 

 is not less famous than our Beau- 

 ties. If you want the best white 

 roses, order Kaiserins of us. 



GLADIOLI 



Fancy Gladioli in all colors, 

 but our Augusta (white) and 

 America (pink) , areespeciallyfine. 



VALLEY 



You need Valley every day in 

 the year— and we can supply the 

 best in the country. 



LILIES 



Plenty of fine, hard Easter Lilies 

 that will ship well. Also a large 

 crop of big Auratums. 



GREEN GOODS 



Large supply of good Smilax, 

 Asparagus strings and bunches. 

 Fancy Ferns, $1.00 per 1000. 



By the hundred, 

 thousand, or ten 

 thousand :: :: 



We have for years been head- 

 quarters in this market for fancy, 

 high grade Asters. We again 

 are in position to supply the best 

 Asters the season affords, in lots 

 of 100,^1000 or 10,000— all colors. 

 We can take care of any order. 



ALL OTHER STOCK 

 IN SEASON 



We can at any moment supply 

 everything which is to be had in 

 Chicago. It is our aim to make 

 our place at all times your most 

 patisfactory source of supply. 

 Write, telegraph or telephone. 



During^ July and Aug^i't we cloae 

 at 8 p« m. 



PRICE LIST 



BKADTIKS Per doz. 

 Stems, 24 to S6 tncbes. . .$2.00 to $8.00 



Stems, 20 Inclies 1.50 



Stems, 15 Inolies 1.00 



Stems, 12 Incites 75 



StaortStems SO to .00 



BOSKS Per 100 



Brides and Maids $S.OO to $6.00 



Blolimond S.OOto 6.00 



Klllamey S.OOto 8.00 



Cliatenay S.OOto 8.00 



Uncle John S.OOto 6.00 



Kaiserins S.OOto 8.00 



Boses, our selection S.OO 



CABNATIONS 



Common 1.00 



Larare and Fancies S.OO to S.OO 



A8TKB8 



Common SOto 1.00 



Larse and fancies l.SOto 2.00 



MISCKLLANEOUS 

 Gladioli Per doz. 



Fancy America, $1.00 



Fancy Augusta ... .50 



Common 25o to 85o 



HanrlsU dos., $1.50 10.00 



VaUey, fancy S.OOto S.OO 



Shasta Daisies SOto .75 



DBCOBAHVK 



Asparaarus per string:, .15 to .50 



Aspcurasrus, bunches S5 to .75 



Sprenareri per 100, S.OOto 5.00 



Galas, per 100. 15c; 1000, 1.00 



FKBN8. " 15c: " 1.00 



Adlantum per 100, 1.00 



Smilax. ..doz., $1.50; 100. 10.00 



Boxwood bunch, .SS 



** per case of 50 lbs., 7.50 



Special Stock chargred aocordlnsrly. 



SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 



Store open from 7 a. m. to 5 p. m. 

 Sundays and Holidays closed at noon 



EX. AM LING 



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 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Ijocated 

 Wholesale Cut Flower 

 House in Chicago 



32-34-36 Randolph St, 



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7846 Antomatie 



Chicago, IIL 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Business continues about on the usual 

 summer level. There are a few houses 

 which report greater activities than last 

 year, but a balance is struck by the 

 houses which say things are not quite up. 

 The difference appears to lie in the 

 shipping trade done. Those houses which 

 cater especially to the shipping demand, 

 and which made provisions for summer 

 supplies of good stock, are being re- 

 paid for their trouble; shipping is good, 

 rather better than ever before in the 

 summer, but city trade is largely funeral 

 work of the cheaper class. 



The feature of the market this week is 

 the sudden and almost total disappear- 

 ance of carnations; it appears the grow- 

 ers are, almost to the last one, replant- 

 ing their houses. The result has been 

 that there is a marked increase in the 

 call for carnations from outside the city, 

 with few available to meet the demand. 

 The city buyers do not ask for carna- 

 tions, because asters are so abundant and 



so. cheap that they are preferred to car- 

 nations. One large grower says he will 

 cut no more carnations until October. 



There has been an increase in the 

 supply of Beauties and the quality also 

 has improved. As the young stock gains 

 strength, longer stems are available and 

 the most critical buyer can now be 

 pleased with the Beauties available in 

 quantity. Killarney is giving an ex- 

 cellent crop for many growers, but it is 

 the most popular rose at this date and 

 sells well. Some first-class Kaiserin also 

 are seen and are in good demand, but 

 Bride and Maid are small and not in 

 request when other varieties are avail- 

 able. There is little demand for red or 

 yellow roses. 



Asters cleaned up in first-class style 

 until July 27, which was the first day 

 the wholesalers had any surplus. The 

 quality is good and the supply from 

 now on promises to be equal to the ca- 

 pacity of the market. Sweet peas are 

 practically out of it; there still are a 

 number of shippers, but the quality has 

 deteriorated and they will see their end 

 shortly. 



The growers of Easter lilies ought to 

 figure out some better program. Not 

 many days ago orders for lilies could 

 not be' filled at any price, while now 

 the supply is so great that prices are 

 lower than they should be. The trouble 

 comes in that there is a break between 

 crops, and all growers seem to be either 

 cutting or off crop at once. There con- 

 tinue to be good supplies of auratum, 

 and rubrum and album have been added 

 to the list. 



Gladioli are coming in heavily. Ameri- 

 ca and Augusta sell well, considering the 

 oversupply, but the common varieties are 

 hard to dispose of at any price. Much 

 of the stock is poor. 



There is little demand for green goods, 

 other than ferns and galax, and the 

 growers of smilax and asparagus strings 

 would be glad to see a few good orders 

 for decorations. 



Various Notes. 



August Poehlmann is spending a few 

 days at boyhood scenes in Milwaukee. 

 It also is vacation time at the city store. 

 George Poehlmann returned Monday from 



