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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Sefxumbsb !•, 1098. 



Roses— Asters 



Maids and Brides are rapidly improvinK and our supply 

 is becoming lArger every day. We are ready for your orders . 



Good Asters are in strong demand because so many are 

 poor. You will like the Asters we ship. 



The best pink R<>se 



new in market 



BEAUTIES 



Plenty for all orders — new crops, 

 good stock and stems rapidly 

 getting longer. 



WILD SMILAX 



Ready now on 3 or 4 days' notice. 

 Still too soft to carry in stock. 



KILLARNEY 



CARNATIONS 



New season's crop now ready — both 

 field-grown apd indoor. Let 

 us have your order. 



YELLOW MUMS 



Can be supplied on one 

 day's notice. 



Supply large 

 Quality fine 



VALLEY 



We handle Fancy Lily of the 



Valley in large quantities 



every day. Try us. 



FANCY FERNS 



From the north. $1 25 per 1(100. 

 Green Galax, first quality. 



Let us know how many caaes of IMMORTELLES you can use this season . We have an attractive 



offer to make those ■who write now^. 



Cut Flower and Design Boxes, Baskets, Ribbons and Chiffon 



if you did not receive our special circular on cut flowers and design boxes, send ua your name. We want to send 



you our new and enlarged supply catalogue, ready in a few days. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1496 



PrlTSte Bxehmnre all 



Departments 



19-21 Randolph St., Chicago 



Mention The Keview when you write. 



Milwaukee were advanced September 1 

 about 10 cents per hundred pounds; that 

 is, where the rate was 40 cents it was 

 made 50 cents, where 50 cents it became 

 60 cents. The advance is equal to twen- 

 ty to twenty-five per cent and it hits 

 a great many growers, who also are 

 paying highly for the return of empties. 

 The advance applies to all shipments that 

 take the general merchandise rate. 



It has been reported that an advance 

 has been made in the rate on ferns from 

 Massachusetts, but C. L. Chase, assistant 

 to the general agent for the American, 

 says the old special rate of $1.75 per 

 100 pounds is still in force and that 

 special rates also are being granted from 

 Michigan shipping points. 



Luzemburgers Award Prizes. 



There was a flower show in connection 

 with the Luxemburger Sehobermess at 

 Evert 's grove September 6 and 7. There 

 was an enormous attendance and quite 

 a few exhibits. The judges were John 

 Zech, Sam Pearce and John Michaelson, 

 the latter of Amling's. 



Wietor Bros, exhibited Killarney, 

 Richmond, Kaiserin, Beauty, Kate Moul- 

 ton. Uncle John, Chatenay and Mrs. Jar- 

 dine roses and staged some good carna- 

 tions. They were given a first prize for 

 carnations, for Beauty, for white and for 

 pink roses, second for Killarney and 

 Richmond. 



Adam Zender exhibited Maid, Bride, 

 Eallarney and Richmond. He was first 

 for Richmond and Killarney and second 

 for white and pink roses. 



Sinner Bros, staged asters and were 

 awarded first prize. 



Fischer Bros., Evanston, were first of 

 three for decorative plants, and F. C, 

 Fischer for hardy plants. 



Peter Reinberg exhibited Mrs. Field, 

 Beauty, Killarney and Richmond, not 

 for competition. 



Qub Meeting. 



The Florists' Club held its first meet- 

 ing of the season at the Union hotel 

 September .3, with a good attendance. 

 An accounting was made for the San 

 Francisco relief fund, by which it ap- 

 peared that the Pacific Coast Horticul- 

 tural Association had expended only 

 $74.50 of the amount, $75.50 being re- 

 turned to the Chicago club with the re- 

 ceipts for disbursements. The club still 

 had $173 in the fund, which had never 

 been forwarded to San Francisco. There 

 is, therefore, a large percentage of re- 

 fund for the contributors. The secre- 

 tary was instructed to send each con- 

 tributor a statement of the standing of 

 the fund and will intimate that if the 

 contributors wish to turn their share of 

 the rebate into tho club's treasury, it 

 will be put to good use. A number have 

 already directed that this disposal be 

 made of their share. 



The picnic committee reported total 

 receipts of $549.85 and a profit of $179.47 

 from the recent outing, witli about $30 

 worth of tickets still unaccounted for. 

 The rose show committee confessed to the 

 expenditure of $692.18, of which the 

 club paid $130 after private subscription 

 had made up a congljierable sum. The 

 financial succes.s or the show was not at 

 all what had been anticipated. 



August Poehlmann was designated as 

 chairman of the club's committee on 

 entertainment for the national flower 

 show, with authority to choose his own 

 committee and to appoint sub-commit- 

 tees. An outline of the plans of the 

 committee is requested at the next meet- 

 ing. 



The club voted to condu(;t the booth 

 for the sale of flowers at the national 

 flower show, if the concession is granted. 



J. F, Ammann, A. T. Pyfer and George 

 Asmus, the committee on state fair for 

 the Illinois State Florists' Association, 



Now 



IS THE TIME 



to order as much wire work as you 

 used in the last year. We offer 

 special prices on all orders for 

 quantities booked in summer — 

 delivery now or later. 



A.L.RandallCo. 



Cbicaso's Mall Order Supply House 

 19-21 Randolph St., CHICAQO 



sent a communication relative to the op- 

 portunity for reaching a large body of 

 the public by means of a good flower 

 show at the fair, cut flowers to be staged 

 September 29. Liberal premiums are of- 

 fered and several of the large growers 

 will enter. 



Albert T. Hey, of Western Springs, 

 was proposed for membership. 



Refreshments were served, as usual. 



Various Notes. 



Each wholesaler suited his own pleasure 

 in the matter of closing at noon Labor 

 day — some did and some didn't. There 

 was little doing. 



Percy Jones says that Wm. Dittman's 

 place at New Castle is all in Beauties 

 this year, half the cut going to Pittsburg 

 and half coming to Mr. Jones. 



Frank Oeehslin's people say that busi- 

 ness is opening well, there being good 

 call, both local and shipping, for ferns, 

 araucarias, rubbers, etc., as well as 



