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The Weekly Florists' Review. 





NOVBMBBB 12, 1008. 



Our Cut Flowers are Superior 

 to any Others in Ctiicag^o. 



EXTRA FANCY STOCK 



ROSES VIOLETS 



Large crops of Maid and Bride now on — can | Quality now up to winter grade — quantity 

 handle orders of any size. I | enough to give everybody his share. 



Plenty of fancy Bonnaffon, Appleton, Robinson and other best sorts; also medium and small Mums. 



Killarney 



We have a large cut of splendid Killarney, the kind of 

 stock it is a pleasure to sell. Let's show you. 



Carnations 



We handle more carnations than any other house in this 

 market. Can offer good stock at reasonable prices. 



Richmond 



Also order some of our Richmond — they are in the same 

 class yi ith the Killarney andsureto please your customers . 



Valley 



We supply Fancy Valley in quantity every day in the 

 year. Order of us and you will not be disappointed. 



THANKSGIVING 



If you desire good service on any holiday it is safest to order from the house that has the largest supply of good 

 stock. For this reason we cftTi cive you the best holiday service. Book orders now. 



We make a specialty of Fancy Hardy Cut Ferns— Fine stock. Order a case. 



For Xmas we shall be headquarters for HOLLY and GREEN* Write for prices. Now booking orders. 

 If you haven^t our ne^v catalogue* send a postal and keep it handy. 



A. L. Randall Co* 



Whoresale Florists "-^^^^S^r 19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



Mention The Review when you write. 



as soon as the good late varieties can be 

 offered in quantity. 



There is an abundance of roses and 

 the quality has improved steadily since 

 good weather came. Killarney is fine and 

 there are some magnificent Richmond. 

 These latter are selling a little better 

 than they did. Bride and Maid are get- 

 ting toward midwinter quality, but 

 prices have not advanced in keeping with 

 the improvement, although the weak- 

 er stock still is hard to move. Such varie- 

 ties as Kate Moulton, Jardine and other 

 specialties are selling fairly well. Beauty 

 would be scarce if there were any de- 

 mand. 



Carnations are in somewhat larger sup- 

 ply And are improving in quality. The 

 demand hardly has kept pace. There 

 appears to have been a considerable in- 

 crease in the use of violets as a result 

 of the good quality and low prices. Fully 

 as great quantities as ever reached this 

 market in November are now coming in 

 and they are cleaned up each day, al- 

 though at lower prices than the growers 

 would like. However, some of the whole- 

 salers think they are averaging as good 

 a return as last year, at this date, which, 

 if true, is more than can be said of 

 other flowers. 



Sweet peas are slightly more plentiful. 

 There is an abundance of valley, lilies 

 and such other stock as is seasonable. 

 No change in the market for green goods. 



Thanksgiving. 



Thanksgiving is only a fortnight away 

 and the wholewders are beginning prepa- 

 rations for it. Thanksgiving amounts 

 to about two good Saturdays and stock 

 promises to be so plentiful this year that 



the wholesalers are booking orders freely, 

 having every assurance that they can fill 

 them. 



Growers should be cautioned that if 

 stock is held back next week, the result 

 will be a slump at Thanksgiving, while 

 if each day 's cut is sent in as ready there 

 should be a fair market November 23 

 and 24. 



Qttb Meeting. 



There was a good attendance at the 

 club meeting at the Union November 5. 

 The special feature was the election of 

 twenty-five new members, as follows: 

 Charles Swanson, William Meyerlus, M. 

 Schattls, Charles Hollenback, H. Hill- 

 mers, A. Iralson, M. Mielander, Joseph 

 Kohout, J. A. Valentine, Peter Schons- 

 boe, "William Arnold, George Collins, 

 Phil L. McKee, Walter S. McGee, Harry 

 Rubel, Duncan A. Robertson, John J. 

 Shimanek, Henry L. Seitz, Charles Ar- 

 nold, Joseph Bieber, Frank Johnson, W. 

 W. Abrahamson, Frank Kadlec, Emil 

 Fransen and John Prickett. 



The club appropriated $100 for a 

 ladies' night December 8. 



President Kill appointed H. N. Bruns, 

 E. F. Winterson and F. F. Benthey as a 

 committee to bring in nominations for 

 new officers at the December meeting. 



A number of visitors were present and 

 brief addresses were made by J. A. Val- 

 entine, W. F. Kasting, H. E. Philpott 

 and others. 



Variotti Notes. 



Joseph Bauler, who formerly was fore- 

 man at the Guardian Angel Orphan Asy- 

 lum greenhouses, and his brother, Nick, 

 are now in business at Jonesville, Mich. 



BASKETS 



We carry a complete line of Staple 

 Baskets and a large line of Novelty 

 Baskets. 



Consult our Catalogue for the 

 Staples. 



Send for an "Assortment" of 

 Novelty Baskets, stating sizes or 

 ♦uses to which to be put. Our 

 Assortments at $6, $10, $15 and $25, 

 are good value for the money and 

 will bring you back for more. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Chicago's Mall Order Supply House 



19-21 Randolph St., CHICAGO 



They are consigning some good carna- 

 tions {o Miss Guntcrberg, in the Flower 

 Growers' market. 



The E. Wienhoeber Co. had its annual 

 opening last week, with a large attend- 

 ance. The visitors all said the display 

 and decorations, both in the store and in 

 the Mansfield rooms above, illustrated in 

 the Review many times, were especially 

 good this year. 



Frank Oechslin says he has not grown 

 any Chinese primroses, except young 

 stock for the trade, for several years, but 

 last season there were calls for it and 

 he is now flowering a quantity. It takes 

 up so much room, when well done, that a 

 fair price is necessary. 



The George Wittbold Co. has gone into 

 the real estate business. For several 



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