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Sbptember 3, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



15 



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Beauties 



You Beauty Buyers 

 Will be Interested 



in the stock we offer you this season. Nothing better 

 to be had anywhere. Try them and you will be back 

 for more. We have larger supplies than ever for the 

 season now opening and the present crop pleases the 

 buyers. Order some today. 



Asters 



You will find our Fancy Asters 

 the best you have seen this 

 season. Order early, for they 

 sell on sight. 



Valley 



You need Valley every day and 

 we can supply Fancy stock in any 

 quantity, at any time. 



Gladioli 



Fancy America and any quantity 

 of the other varieties. 



Kaiserins 



You will say our Kaiserins are 

 the best White Roses you have 

 handled this summer. A good 

 supply in all lengths. 



Lilies 



Lilies supplied all the. year 

 around. Call on us any time you 

 need them for funerals or wed- 

 dings. 



Greens 



We are headquarters for Green 

 Goods in this market. 



All Other Steele in Season 



PRICE LIST 



BKAUnXS Par dos. 

 Stems, 24 to Se Inches. . .$2.00 to $S.OO 



Stems, 20 Inobes 1.50 



Stems, 15 Inches 1.00 



Stems, 12 inches 75 



ShortStems 50 to .00 



ROSXS Per 100 



Kaiserins $3.0O to $8.00 



Brides and Maids.. .« S.OOto 6.00 



Richmond S.OOto 8.00 



Klllamey S.OOto 8.00 



Chatenay S.OOto 0.00 



Uncle John S.OOto 6.00 



Roses , our selection S.OO 



CARNATIONS 



Ck>mmon 1.00 to 2.00 



ASTKRS 



Common l.OOto 1.50 



rancy S.OOto S.OO 



Specials 4.00to 6.00 



MISOIXANKOUS 

 Oladioll Per doz. 



Fancy.... to. 50 to fO.75 



Common l.OOto 2.00 



Harrtsll. dos.. $1.50 10.00 



VaUey, select S.OOto S.OO 



" special 4.00 



DKCORATIVK 

 A8para8:as....perstrinK« .85 to .50 



Asparaanie* hunches 85 to .75 



Sprenseri per 100, S.OOto 5.00 



Galax, per 100, ISc; 1000, 1.00 



rxRirs. " 15c: *' i.oo 



Adlantum per 100, .75 



Smllaz... dos., $1.50; 100. 10.00 



Boxw^ood bunch, .85 



** per case of 50 lbs., 7.50 



Leucothoe, per 100,75c; per 1000. $6.50 



Special Stock chargred accordlnarly. 



SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 



Store open from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. 



Sundays and Holidays closed at noon 



EX.AMLING 



The Larffeat, Beat 

 Equipped and Moat 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesele Cut Fbwer 

 House in Chicago 



32-34-36 Randolph St, 



LoBg DlituiM Telephoaei 



1978 ud 1877 Central 



7846 Antomktic 



Chicago, llh 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



August went out with several of the 

 hottest days of the month. Indeed, it 

 is thirty-five years since the temperature 

 has been as high on August 31 as it 

 was Monday, 92 degrees. The result has 

 not been in favor of the flower mar- 

 ket. The heat caused all roses to be 

 soft and a large part of the cut at the 

 beginning of the present week was too 

 open to suffice for shipping trade. A 

 large increase in the aster crop also 

 was at the expense of quality, and this 

 week opened with large supplies of in- 

 ferior stock and so little good stock that 

 a fair shipping demand was not easily 

 satisfied. Good asters have sold at ex- 

 cellent prices. 



There are increased receipts of Beau- 

 ties and the quality is excellent for 

 the season. The buyers appreciate that 

 they are getting good value for their 

 money and there is a good demand for 

 Beauties, one house having an order for 



500, August 31. Killarney continues in 

 good supply and there are increased 

 receipts of other sorts. Quality was 

 steadily improving until the hot days 

 struck the stock and it only requires a 

 return to cool weather to again make the 

 cut satisfactory to all concerned. 



This has been an exceptional year for 

 asters, '*and the present is the nearest ap- 

 proach to the annual glut. There are 

 now far too many poor asters, but not 

 enough really good ones, so that prices 

 range all the way from $6 per hundred 

 down to where the waste-barrel comes 

 into play. The receipts of carnations 

 are increasing, but are not yet large 

 enough to affect the sale for good asters. 



Large quantities of gladioli are re- 

 ceived for which no return can be made. 

 The sale for gladioli is limited to a 

 few dozens a day to the stores. The 

 street-corner stands do not handle glads 

 in quantity, as they do most other flow- 

 ers when they are cheap enough. The 

 result is that whenever the flowers are 

 received in any considerable quantity 

 they accumulate until they no long'er are 



presentable, and are dumped. Good 

 money is to be made through growing 

 special fancy glads, but the * common 

 stuff is not worth shipping here. 



Yellow mums are to be had on advance 

 orders. They bring up to $4 per dozen. 



There is a fair sale for lilies and val- 

 ley. A few dahlias are arriving, but 

 are slow sale. There is not much in- 

 crease in the call for greens, but there 

 is inquiry for a,sparagus and smilax for 

 the autumn openings. 



Labor Day, Monday, September 7, 

 there will be but one general delivery 

 of mail and those sending orders for 

 shipment that day must wire or use 

 special delivery, which will be made up 

 to six o'clock. 



Business Chancfes. 



September 1 brought two changes in 

 the wholesale market, Joseph Foerster 

 having sold his commission business at 

 60 Wabash avenue to D. E. Freres, who 

 has been with J. J. Kruchten. Mr. 

 Freres will have with him his brother, 

 Mike, recently a mail-carrier, but for- 



