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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Decbmbeb 3, 1908. 



KILLARNEYS 



$6.00 to $12.00 per 100 



Best in color, best flower and stem in Chicago, and a fine 

 crop now on, so we are able to take care of all orders. 



MIGNONETTE— Medium and fancy stock, $4.00 to $6.00 per 100. CARNATIONS— Now good in quality, 

 $1.00 to $3.U0 per 100. VALLEY— Fine Btock, $3 00 per 100; extra select, $4.00. STEVIA— $1.50 per 100. 

 VIOLETS— From the beet growers in the United States. 



We are booking: orders now for Xtnas. Let us know your wants now and book your orders early. 



Baskets 



Baskets 



Baskets 



In addition to onr regular line of all staple and Fancy Baskets, we have just received a big importation of Novelty Baskets. Our 

 stock is now complete, the finest line we have ever seen. If you can't come to see them before Christmas, order an assortment at $5, $10, $15, 

 $20 or $25. State sizes, stylcb or prices you require and we will send a selection that is good value and that will meet your needs. Hundreds 

 of florists order in this way. We Kuvai|i^ee satisfaction. 



M/ir»I MATS !Z Do you know the new Chiffon Mats? 



The finest thing yet found for pot covets. Soft, pliablct rich, but inexpensive. All colors. Send for a dozen assorted colors* 



PORTO RICAN MATS. Wide, medium and narrow weaves. All colors We have an enormous stock. Prices right. 

 CREPS PAPKR. Velvet, two-tone, fnur-ply. All colors. Splendid match for all flowers and foliage. 

 RBO BKRRXE8 for Christmas. WILD BMTTiAX always on hand in quantity. 



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

 II you haven't our new catalogpie, send a postal and keep it handy. See oar other adv., on page 61 



A. L« Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists "-^^^'Jr 19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



Mention The Review when you write. 



m&nj cases being given only half what 

 they asked for, were in nearly every case 

 stuck on violets. Probably the slow sale 

 for violets at retail was due to the 

 weather being unfavorable for people 

 being on the street. Except for the vio- 

 lets, practically everything sold weU at 

 retail. An immense quantity of stock 

 was moved. The retailers could buy at 

 their own prices and in nearly every case 

 are pleased with the Thanksgiving busi- 



ness. 



November ' Business. 



November proved something of a dis- 

 appointment. The volume of business, 

 judged by money totals, was hardly as 

 great as last year. Larger quantities of 

 stock were moved, but at much lower 

 average prices than a year ago. It is 

 worth while remembering that last year 's 

 panic did not aflfect this market to any 

 great extent until along in February, but 

 everybody anticipated much better things 

 this year. "If" is a word that cuts 

 little ice in the flower business, but every- 

 one believes that seasonable weather 

 would have made all the difference in the 

 world in the results for November. 



The Fleischman Troubles. 



The filing of a petition in bankruptcy 

 against the Fleischman interests in New 

 York has caused inquiry as to the con- 

 nection between the New York and Chi- 

 cago stores. The New York store is con- 

 ducted by the Fleischman Floral Co., a 

 New York corporation, and the Chicago 

 store is conducted by the Fleischman Flo- 

 ral Co., an Illinois corporation. The two 

 are entirely separate, though both were 

 organized by Joseph Fleischman. 



B. F. Rubel is president of the Fleisch- 



man Floral Co., of Illinois, conducting 

 the store on Jackson boulevard and the 

 one at North State and Division streets. 

 He states that he purchased Mr. Fleisch- 

 man 's stock interest in the business in 

 1903, and that since that date Joseph 

 Fleischman has had no interest in the 

 Chicago concern. 



November Weather. 



The mean temperature for November 

 was 44 degrees, the normal being 39 

 degrees. The warmest days were toward 

 the close of the month. The rainfall was 

 2.67 inches, a little more than the aver- 

 age. There were nine clear days, ten 

 partly cloudy and eleven cloudy. There 

 were two heavy thunderstorms, Novem- 

 ber 22 and 25. 



Various Notes. 



It is reported that the large addition 

 now being built by the Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. is only a beginning on plans which 

 look several years into the future. If 

 the report is correct the i^xt addition 

 will be even larger. "^ — -^ 



E. C. Amling had tulips for Thanks- 

 giving. 



It is stated that the old buildings on 

 Jackson boulevard, between State and 

 Dearborn, are to be torn down May 1 to 

 give place to modern office buildings. Two 

 flower stores are in the buildings to be 

 removed, Eaton's Flower Shop and the 

 store of Hattie Carlson. 



The George Wittbold Co. reports hav- 

 ing this week bought over 100 cases of 

 holly on South Water street for use in 

 decorations in the State street stores. 



John Zech says that he figures the 

 warm weather has brought in crops con- 



siderably ahead of /fE& -time they would 

 naturally have beei ready^nd that he 

 expects ibe middle /Of December to see a 

 pronouiiced shortafge. / 



Wienhoeber reports a splendid Novem- 

 ber business. Decorations and table work 

 have kept the entire force on the jump. 



d'ohn Enders, of the Po«)^mann Bros. 

 Co., welcomed his third son Saturday, 

 November 28. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. is receiving 

 auratum lilies. Consignments November 

 27 included 3,000 Romans. 



Mrs. E. L. Eaton, proprietor of the 

 flower store at Jackson boulevard and 

 Plymouth place, has been seriously ill 

 for a fortnight at her home at 1710 

 Michigan avenue. This week her con- 

 dition is reported as somewhat improved. 



C. W. McKellar says the supply of 

 orchids at present offers greater variety 

 than usual. It includes Cattleya Trianse, 

 C. Skinneri, Oncidium RogersU, O. tigri- 

 num, Dendrobium formosum, D. Phalse- 

 nopsis, cypripediums, vandas and Iselias. 

 But the cattleya is the one that is 

 wanted. McKellar is receiving some spe- 

 cially good violets put up in bunches of 

 100. 



John Evert, who this season had eight 

 houses in mums, still has four houses to 

 cut. Lettuce is being planted as fast as 

 the mums go out. 



The store at Drexel boulevard and 

 Forty-third street, recently occupied by 

 the Klunder Floral Co., is now vacant. 



Vaughan & Sperry say that the de- 

 mand for violets has been affected by the 

 unanimity with which the retailers got 

 stuck on this flower at Thanksgiving. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. reports a much 

 improved market for small sizes of Bon- 



