

October 22, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



15 



Mums! Mums! 



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For All Saints' Day 



We Bhall have a Bpecial supply of fine Mums in the sizes 

 most in demand for cemetery use ; clean, nice stock at 



$60.00, $80.00 and $100.00 per lOOO 



Our llalliday and Touset are extra fancy, large blooms. 

 Tell us what your need is and we will supply you. We are after 

 orders— all the orders right goods, right prices and right service will 

 get. 



Beauties 



You will say our Beauties certain- 

 ly are fine. Enough of them to 

 take care of some more orders. 



Valley 



A wire to us brings fancy Valley, 

 at any time, in any quantity. 



Carnations 



Our crops are on again and the 

 quality is good. Order of us and 

 get what you want. 



Violets 



The cream of the Hudson River 

 doubles and fancy home-grown 

 singles. 



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Green Goods 



Can supply Asparagus and Smilax in any quantity ; long strings, ^d 

 can quote special prices on large lots. Also plenty of Sprengeri, AdianjiUm, 

 Farleyense and all outdoor greens. Best Ferns in the Market. ' 



All Other Cut Flowers In Season 



PRICE LIST 



BKADTIK8 Per dos. 



Lone $8.00 



Stems, SO incliea 2.50 



Sterna, 24 Inobes 2>00 



Stems, 20 Inolies l.iO 



Stems, 16 Inolies 1.00 



Stems, 12 Inotaes 75 



Sbort Stems .... 100, $4.00 to $5.00 

 ROSKS Per 100 



Kalserlns $S.00 to $8.00 



Brides and Maids S.OOto 6.00 



Richmond 4.00to 8.00 



Klllamey 4.00to 8.00 



Cliatenay S.OOto 6.00 



Unole John S.OOto 6.00 



Roses, our selection...^ S.OO 



CARNATIONS 



Conunon 1.50 



Select, laree and fancy. 2.00 to 8.00 



CHRTSANTHKMUU8 

 Laree and Fancy ....doz., 2.00 to S.OO 



Medium 1.50 



Small per 100. 6.00to 8.00 



MISCEIXANKOUS ^ Per 100 

 Violets, Fancy N.T. doubles $0.50 to $1.00 



" Single , 50to .75 



Harrlsll dos., $2.00 15.00 



VaUey, select S.OO 



•• special 4.00 



Sweet Peas 1.00 



DKCORATXVK 



Asparasrus per strlns, •SS to .50 



Asparaarus, bundles 85 to .75 



Sprenserl per 100, S.OOto 6.00 



O&lax, per 100, iSc; 1000, 1.25 



RUNS, " 20c; '* 1.50 



Adlantum per 100, .75to 1.00 



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



Boz^eood bunch, .85 



** per case of 50 lbs., 7.50 



Leucotboe, per 100,75c; per 1000, $6.50 



Special Steele charged accordingly. 



SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 



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



Sundays and Holidays closed at noon 



E. CAM LI NO 



The Largest, Beat 

 Equipped and Moat 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Cut Flowar 

 House in Chicago 



32-34-36 Randolph St, 



Lost Dlttasee Telephosei 



1978 and 1977 Cestral 



7846 latOHatie 



Chicago, 111 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



The anticipated slump in the market 

 arrived the latter part of last week and 

 this week opened with the cut flower 

 center choked with soft stock, as the 

 result of the heat wave of the week be- 

 fore. The slump in prices was almost 

 as radical as was the advance in the few 

 days after frost hit the outdoor stock. 

 Then prices went up like a balloon. They 

 came down as though the parachute had 

 failed to work. 



While there is far too much stock now 

 in the market, it is noticeable that a 

 great deal of it is poor and that the de- 

 mand is much stronger for the best 

 griide than it is for the cheaper stock. 

 The result is that strictly fancy stock 

 is holding up fairly well in price, while 

 the low grades are sacrificed. Some of 

 the buyers have a great deal of diffi- 

 culty in understanding why it is they 

 are required to pay such good prices for 

 the stock they want, while the counters 

 are loaded with flowers — only they are 



not the grade of flowers people want. 



Possibly the greatest change is in the 

 carnation situation. From a condition 

 of pronounced shortage, we now have an 

 oversupply. "While it was to be expected 

 that crops would come on, the warm 

 weather hastened them and took much 

 of the quality out of the flowers, and it 

 had been none too good before. There 

 are, however, enough fairly good carna- 

 tions to meet the present demand and 

 the poorest stock is selling at midsum- 

 mer prices. 



The increase in mums also was large. 

 The better grades are selling well and 

 at prices which, for the best, are pos- 

 sibly as good as were realized at this 

 date last year; but the small stock, the 

 soft flowers and the ones that show care- 

 less growing, have taken a decided tum- 

 ble, and prices on these are now less 

 than was realized last year for the same 

 grade. There now is an abundance of 

 small mums which can be sold at from 

 5 cents to 12% cents, and the volume 

 of business is increased by the presence 

 of this stock. 



Boses also are accumulating. Of 



course they show the results of the heat, 

 as does everything else. Richmond is 

 specially abundant and slow sale. Some 

 nne stock is seen of this variety. Long 

 Beauties are coming in more heavily and, 

 because of the chrysanthemum competi- 

 tion, do not move the way they did when 

 mums were scarce. 



Violets are holding their own as well 

 as anything, in price, not in quality, for 

 it has been hot at Bhinebeck and in 

 the cars. For the moment, Easter lilies 

 are not abundant and an occasional large 

 order boosts the price. Valley is in over- 

 supply. Green goods, too, are abundant; 

 Florida is sending plumosus and Spren- 

 geri and it is slow sale. 



The first half of October was all right. 

 No one complained. The same period 

 last year is still remembered because of 

 its excellent business, and as a whole 

 the market probably has done fully as 

 much this year, but if warm weather con- 

 tinues the prospect is not good. A change 

 to cold, dark weather >will bring a re- 

 versal of conditions within forty-eight 

 hours. 



In this connection it is worth whilii 



