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Jaxuaby 7, 1909. 



Roses Are Fine With Is 



BEAUTIES, KILLARNEY, RICHMOND, MAID, BRIDE. 



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A large crop of extra fine VICTORY CARNATIONS^ as well as all other best varieties. 



Sweet Peas, Valley, Violets, Paper Whites, Mignonette. 



The new Green MEXICAN IVY, we can supply in quantity. 

 WHITE LILAC will be ready about February 1. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



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



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mas. Beauties are fine and so abundant 

 that prices have been depressed to a 

 point rather below the usual after New 

 Year's level. All other roses also are 

 abundant and the quality, especially the 

 color, is notably good. With such large 

 supplies it was inevitable that prices 

 should weaken decidedly. Richmond 

 holds its own better than most sorts, be- 

 cause not 80 overabundant. Killarney 

 of excellent quality is so plentiful that 

 it is worth hardly any more than first- 

 class Maid. 



Carnations have been in heavy supply 

 and prices have gone down sharply. Red 

 and dark pink continue to sell fairly 

 well. There is a larger proportion of 

 Enchantress grown this year than ever 

 before and Enchantress is not as salable 

 as good Lawson. Quiet times as regards 

 funeral work, and an abundance of Paper 

 Whites and Romans, hurt the sale of 

 white carnations. 



Receipts of violets have been light 

 since New Year's, but the demand has 

 been enough lighter so that the price 

 has fallen off about a third. 



A few tulips are seen, but none yet 

 of sufficiently good quality to be readily 

 salable. Jonquils go better than any 

 other bulbous stock. 



Asparagus strings are selling a little 

 better than they have. Some good crops 

 of smilax are ready, but the demand has 

 not yet developed. Wholesalers in many 

 instances are busy picking over ferns. 



The long predicted cold wave arrived 

 January 6, with a fall in temperature 

 from 44 above to 10 below. Although 

 the sun continues to shine, the change 

 in weather will no doubt affect the mar- 

 ket, shortening the supply and stiffening 

 prices; but the weather-man thinks two 

 days will be as long as the cold will 

 remain severe. 



December Weather. 



December waa an abnormally warm 

 month, the mean temperature being 31 

 degrees. The precipitation was only 1.18 

 inches, as against a normal of 2.05 

 inches. Florists' coal consumption was 

 further reduced by a low wind move- 

 ment, the average hourly velocity being 

 only sixteen miles. In the month there 

 were nine clear days, six partly cloudy 

 and sixteen cloudy. 



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Various Notes. 



J. L. Easke got a bad start for 1909. 

 His store is on the Jackson boulevard 

 side of the Tom ^Jones restaurant, in 

 which the big explosion occurred New 

 Year's morning. Mr. Baske's store was 

 wrecked, but will soon be in ship-shape 

 again. In the meantime he is doing 

 business at his old stand, now his branch, 

 in the Board of Trade building. 



There promises to be a notable exhibi- 

 tion of carnations and other seasonable 

 flowers at the Art Institute, Thursday 

 afternoon, January 14. 



The Florists' Club holds its Januair 

 meeting tonight, the special order of busi- 

 ness being the election of officers. 



Plans are being made to get up a 

 good party to go to the carnation con- 

 vention at Indianapolis, leaving here on 

 the evening of January 26. It is expect- 

 ed that a special car will be secured in 

 each direction. 



Hattie E. Carlson, whose recent de- 

 fiance of a municipal court bailiff caused 

 much talk, dismantled her store on Jack- 

 son boulevard January 1 and has retired 

 from business. 



A. L. Randall says that his firm 

 shipped to 145 different customers in one 

 day during the Christmas rush. 



Otto Benthey, foreman of the Coats- 

 worth greenhouses at New Castle, was in 

 town last week. 



The temperature was down to 12 de- 

 grees below zero at Wheaton on the 

 morning of January 6 and at E. T. 



Wanzer's the big hot water main burst 

 just as the mercury struck bottom. By 

 wrapping the pipe with burlap soaked 

 with white lead Foreman Seheffler was 

 able to make temporary repairs and keep 

 up the proper temperature. 



E. C. Amling says single violets are 

 again in excellent demand. Cold weather, 

 while it has cut off transient trade, has 

 also affected supplies in all lines. 



There was considerable stock frozen 

 January 6, growers evidently not appre- 

 ciating the severity of the cold wave. 



The annual meeting of the Flower 

 Growers' Co. was held at the market 

 January 5. The reports showed the cor- 

 poration to be in flourishing condition. 

 The election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: President, W. L. Tonner; vice- 

 president, A. Henderson; recording sec- 

 retary, John Sinner; treasurer, M. R. 

 Hills; financial secretary and manager, 

 Percy Jones. 



C. A. Samuelson had the family order 

 and much other work for the funeral of 

 Mrs. Eddy, January 5. In the aggregate 

 it made one of the largest funeral orders 

 he ever has had. Mr. Samuelson has 

 had a heavy run of Work for coming out 

 parties this season and his holiday week, 

 for the social affairs of the young folks, 

 was especially good. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. is preparing 

 to issue an enlarged spring catalogue. It 

 is the intention to greatly increase the 

 facilities and stock this season, because 



