OCTOBBB 20, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists*^ Review. 



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YOUR O RDER 



Mr. MIM BIYER 



Send it to OS and we shall see to it yoa get exactly the 

 stock yott need in your business. OUR growers are Mum special- 

 ists and OUR stock is beyond comparison with the output of 

 men who grow mums as a catch crop. There's QUALITY in 

 OUR Mums, whatever the size'^of flower you want. We've got 

 the best. All sizes, all colors. 



Beauties 



We are right in it on Beauties. 

 A good crop on now and quality 

 regularly the best in the market. 



Violets 



The cream of the Hudson River 

 doubles and fancy home-grown 

 singles. Push Violets; it pays. 



Carnations 



Our quality is getting up to winter 

 standard and our supply is large. 

 Try our stock. It will hold your 

 trade. 



Valley 



A wire to us brings fancy Valley, 

 at any time, in any quantity, a 

 bunch or a thousand. 



Green Goods 



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

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

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



All Other Cut Flowers In Season 



PRICE LIST 



BSADTIK8 Per dox. 



Lonsr ; $4.00 



Steins, so inobes ; 8.00 



Stems, 24 Inobes 2.50 



Stems, 20 Inobes -.. 2.00 



Stems, 16 Inches 1.50 



Stems, 12 Inobes 1.00 



Sbort Stems .... 100, $5.00 to $6.00 



ROSES p^, 100 



Kalserlns $8.0u to $8.00 



Brides and Maids S.OOto 6.00 



XUobmond 4.00to 8.00 



KUlamey , 4.00to 8.00 



caiatenay S.OOto' 6.00 



Unole Jobn S.OOto 6.00 



Roses, our selection S.OO 



CARNATIONS 



Common l.SOto 2.00 



Select, larsre and fancy. S.OOto 4.00 



CHRTSANTHSMUMS 



I^aree and Fancy . . . .doz., 2.00 to S.OO 



Medium 1.50 



Small per 100, 6.00to 8.00 



MISCBIXANSOUS Per 100 

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



" Single 50to .75 



Harrlsll, dox., $2.00 15.00 



Valley, select S.OO 



" special 4.00 



Sweet Peas i.oo 



DBCORATIVX 

 Asparaams — perstrlns, .85 to .50 



Asparasus, buncbes 85 to .75 



BDrenarerl per 100, S.OOto 6.00 



Galax, per 100, ISo; 1000, 1.25 



FXRNS. " 20c: " 1.50 



Adiantum per 100, .75 to 1.00 



Smilax... do*., $1.50; 100, 10.00 



Boxwood bunob, .85 



* * per case of 50 lbs. , 7.50 



Leucotboe, per 100. 75o; per 1000, $6.50 



Special Stock cbarsred accordingly. 



SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE 



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



Sundays and Holidays closed at noon 



E.C.AMLING 



The Largest, Best 

 Equipped and Most 

 Centrally Located 

 Wholesale Gut Flower 

 House in Chicago 



32-34-36 Randolph St, 



Losa DIstasM Telepkosai 



1978 Md 1977 Central 



3846 Antomatie 



Chicago, III. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market* 



The weather is always a large factor 

 in the flower business and this month it 

 seems to be playing an even more prom- 

 inent part than usual. In the first half 

 of October, with weather cooler than nor- 

 mal, business was good. This was fol- 

 lowed by a period of unusual heat, which 

 put stock to the bad, reduced the de- 

 mand, and was the cause of the almost 

 demoralized condition of the market all 

 last week. Three days of cold rain, be- 

 ginning October 25, have now operated 

 to change the situation. The future of 

 the market seems to rest largely with the 

 weather-man. If the storm clears off 

 cold, both the quality of stock, the quan- 

 tity, and the demand will show an im- 

 provement. Warmer weather will have 

 the opposite effect. Until the change 

 comes there will be little doing. 



It did not take the cold, rainy days to 

 reduce the supplies of roses and carna- 

 tions; the heat was already running these 

 crops off at the close of last week. There 



continue to be abundant supplies of 

 everything but Beauties; these had be- 

 come short by October 24. Brides and 

 Maids have deteriorated in quality. The 

 demand is largely for select stock and 

 the price of the best grade has stiffened 

 to some extent. Bichmond continues in 

 most abundant supply, with prices mod- 

 erate. Killarney is most sought after 

 and commands a premium. 



There was considerable waste in car- 

 nations last week, but the supply has 

 been reduced while at the same time de- 

 mand is improving, so that better results 

 are anticipated for this week. In fact, 

 some of the wholesalers look for a short- 

 age before the week is out. The quality 

 is improving in spite of unfavorable 

 weather conditions. 



The greatest glut, and the one which 

 has influenced the sale and prices of all 

 other stock, is of chrysanthemums. The 

 unusual weather conditions have brought 

 in the later varieties a week or ten days 

 earlier than usual. The heat has made 

 the stock soft and the accumulation has 

 resulted in demoralization of the market. 

 It is asserted by some of the wholesalers 



that chrysanthemums are not returning 

 the growers much more than half what 

 they did last year, but others say the re- 

 duction in prices is not so great as has 

 been reported. It appears that the best 

 goods are in demand in limited quanti- 

 ties, but that the oversupply of medium 

 and low grade stock is so great that it 

 is in this department that prices suffer 

 most. The growers who produce the best 

 goods are coming out ahead of the ones 

 who give less care to their mum crops. 

 There has been a fair sale for yellow, 

 but white has been difficult to move. It 

 is anticipated that the condition will be 

 changed the latter part of the week, for 

 the All Saints' day orders are largely 

 for white. 



The receipts of violets are about nor- 

 mal, quality is improving and sales fair. 

 Valley is abundant and cheap. There 

 are increased supplies of Easter lilies. 

 Sweet peas show little increase, but will 

 soon be plentiful. There is only normal 

 business in greens. 



Business this week is fair with the 

 houses catering to the shipping demand 

 and quiet with the ones that depend on 



