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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



November 19, 1908.' 



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ORDER OF us 

 FOR .. .. 



THANKSGIVING 



and you will be drawing upon the largest supply of fine stock in the Chicago Market. We have 

 everything in quantity, not only for Thanksgiving but every day. 



MUMS 



Yellow, white, pink, good stock in all sizes 

 a,nd can fill the largest orders. We lead on these. 

 Send for all you need. 



CARNATIONS 



Our supply is the largest in the West. Order 

 of us and you will get what you want. All we 

 need is to know your wants; we can meet them. 



BEAUTIES 



A good crop now on. We can supply you. 

 Order early. 



ROSES 



Splendid Killarney, fancy Richmond, fine 

 Maids and Brides. 



VIOLETS 



We have them. Send along your orders. 

 VALLEY. In quantity every day. 



MATS! MATSZ! Do you know the new Chiffon Mats? The finest thing yet found 

 for pot covers. Soft, pliable, rich but inexpensive. All colors. Send for a dozen assorted colors. 



PORTO RICAN MATS. Wide, medi\im and narrow weaves. All colors. We have an enormous stock. Prices rigjit. 

 CREPE PAFKR. Velvet, two-tone, four-ply. AH colors. Splendid match for all flowers and foliage. 

 REO BERRIES for Thanksgiving and Christmas. WILD SMILAX always on hand in quantity. 



For Xmas we shall be headquarters for HOLLY and GRE EN. Write for prices. Now booking orders . 



See our other adv., on paice 93. 

 II you haven't our ne'w catalogue, send a postal and keep it handy. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists "^^^^S.'.iS" 19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



Mention The Review when you write. 



are cutting short stems are getting small 

 returns. There will be an improvement 

 in the market for carnations as soon as 

 the mums are gone. 



The fine late sorts of chrysanthemums 

 are now in and so abundant that values 

 are below normal. There has been some 

 reduction in the receipts of small mums, 

 but enough Ivory come in to meet this 

 demand and hold the prices on this grade' 

 at a low level. Yellow sells best. Bon- 

 naffon makes fair average prices, though 

 not up to last year. 



There has been a reduction in the re- 

 ceipts of violets from Ehinebeck and 

 some advance in prices. It has not been 

 possible to supply all late orders. Lo- 

 cally grown singles are not yet abundant. 

 The supply of valley continues ahead of 

 the demand and there are plenty of Eas- 

 ter lilies for all orders booked a day in 

 advance; usually enough for the late 

 telegraphic orders. Sweet peas have not 

 increased in quantity. There are a few 

 pansies. Cattleyas have shortened up. 

 The market for greep goods is unchanged. 



Various Notes. 



Growers who are holding back stock 

 for Thanksgiving ought to ship it in 

 right away. No matter what the market 

 is this week, it will be worse just before 

 .Thanksgiving if a lot of pickled stock 

 is unloaded on the wholesalers. If only 

 normal receipts come in the first of next 

 week there will be good business for 

 everyone. 



The Fleur do Lis Club, largely com- 

 posed of the young ladies at Eandall's, 

 gave a very successful dance at the Svit- 

 hoid club, November 12. 



George C. Hartung has an attractive 



place at 11816 Michigan avenue and says 

 business is increasing rapidly. He says 

 he expects soon to need more greenhouse 

 room. 



George W. Cohen, representing Wert- 

 lifcimer Bros., New York, was in town 

 during tlie national flower show. He had 

 just returned from a trip through the 

 west and says business is entirely normal 

 in that section, with the prospect for a 

 record business this winter. 



The A. L. Randall Co. says the first 

 few days the visiting florists were in 

 town were devoted to looking around, but 

 as time for departure approached the vis- 

 itors become anxious to place orders. 

 Everyone in its supply department was 

 crowded with the work of writing down 

 orders; it was no question at all of sell- 

 ing. 



Bassett & Washburn report that in 

 flower show week they had 348 visitors 

 at their greenhouses at Hinsdale. There 

 were over 200 in two days. Most of the 

 visitors were specially interested in the 

 O. P. Bassett carnation. Many left or- 

 ders and many others are sending them 

 in since returning home. 



Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beu met with a 

 great and sudden loss last week in the 

 death of their youngest son, Frank, 13 

 years of age, who died after only one 

 day's illness. He was at the flower show 

 November 7 and at school November 10. 

 The funeral was held November 12 and 

 many in the trade sent floral emblems of 

 sympathy. 



E. E. Pieser, of the Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., says that he thinks Diana is the best 

 of all the small-flowered chrysanthemums. 

 A large number of the wholesalers have 

 it now and the retailers use it freely for 



baskets and table centerpieces. Mr. 

 Pieser says it is one of the most readily 

 salable items of present stock when it is 

 well grown, but not specially salable if 

 not well done. 



E. C. Amling says business now is run- 

 ning well ahead of this date last year. 



The forcing of valley is a new de- 

 parture with H. Payne, of Hinsdale. He 

 consigns it to Vaughan & Sperry, 



E. H. Hunt is receiving some splendid 

 Timothy Eatons from E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind., also fine exhibition 

 blooms from H. W. Buckbee, Rockford. 

 Hunt's report a great business in the 

 supply department when the flower show 

 visitors were in town. 



N. J. Wietor wears the cheerful air 

 these days, because business is well ahead 

 of last year at this date. 



Percy Jones says he looks for violets 

 and Beauties to be the two shortest items 

 for Thanksgiving. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. put its new 

 green, called Mexican ivy, on the banquet 

 tables at the Auditorium' November 10, 

 and everybody liked it. 



August Poehlmann says they cleaned 

 out 12,000 Virginia Poehlmann mums as 

 fast as they were ready to cut and could 

 easily have used a much larger quantity. 

 There is a first-class demand for stock 

 plants and young stock of this variety. 



J. A. Budlong's say they are just com- 

 ing into crop again and are looking for a 

 good month. 



At Peter Reinberg's Leonard Kill says 

 the showing made by the Marshall Field 

 rose is bringing a gpod many orders for 

 young stock. 



C. W. McKellar reports the large flow- 

 ered cattleyas becoming scarce, but a 



