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January 7, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Revfeiir. 



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STAPLE SIPPLIES 



How is your Btock? Make up an order for the things you are short and let US fill it. We want 

 you to compare our goods and our prices with those of any house you may have patronized in the past. 

 You'll find we are all right. 



A FULL LINE OF 



Wire Work, Wheat Sheaves, Cycas Leaves, Ribbons, Chiffons, 



Violet Ties, Cut Flower and Design Boxes, 



Violet Boxes, Fertilizers, insecticides. Hose. 



GLAD -TO QUOTK PRICXS ON ANTTHmG TOU MKKD. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1496 



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Departments 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



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E. F. WINTERSON CO., 



Props. WINTtRSON'SSKD STORE 

 45-47-49 Wabash Ave., 



Chicago 



ESTABLISHED 

 ^ 1894 



...WHOLESALE... 



Cut Flowers and Florists' Supplies 



Long Distance Phone 

 Central 6004 



ALL CUT FLOWERS IN 



SEASON AT CHICAGO MARKET QUOTATIONS 



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last spring demonstrated that the demand 

 is to be relied on. 



Percy Jones reports the presence of 

 Mrs. William Dittraan, of New Castle, in 

 Chicago New Year's day. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. was receiving first- 

 class Chadwick chrysanthemums as late 

 as the first part of this week. 



C. M. Dickinson, of E. H. Hunt's, tells 

 an interesting story as to how the rail- 

 road freight people have classified fertil- 

 izers as explosives, because of an acci- 

 dent with some nitrate Of soda. The ob- 

 jection to the change in classification 

 comes in the increase made in freight 

 rates. Each shipment of sheep manure 

 or blood and bone now has to be accom- 

 panied' by a declaration that the sub- 

 stance is not inflammable. 



Frank Garland was in town one day 

 last week for a, visit with his mother, who 

 lives with Mrs. Fred Wittbold. Mr. Gar- 

 land says Des Plaines has no special 

 cause for complaint this season. 



D. A. Robertson, of the Wienhoeber 

 force, is one of the active members of 

 the British Empire Association. 



John Scheiden has been in Iowa for a 

 week on a hunting expedition. 



Peter Eeinberg has a large section of 

 his Mrs. Field rose which was disbudded 

 during summer and held back for a try- 

 out for winter. The rose never has been 

 given special culture with a view to a 

 winter crop, having right at the start 

 proved so good a thing in summer, but 

 this lot of plants is in fine shape and 

 indicates the rose will be a profitable 

 sort if grown only for winter forcing. 



Brant & Noe now grow no roses at 

 all; the glass is given exclusively to car- 

 nations and sweet peas. Most of the 



stock is sold direct to out-of-town retail- 

 ers, but a portion of the sweet peas are 

 consigned to Scheiden & Schoos in the 

 Flower Growers' Market. 



R. J. Busch, who has the Julius 

 Schnapp place on Forty-seventh street, 

 is offering the business for sale. 



C. W. McKellar says orchids should 

 be included among the short items. The 

 call for cattleyas exceeds the present 

 supply. 



W. J. Smyth has had an exceptionally 

 good season thus far — the best he ever 

 has enjoyed through November and De- 

 cember. 



One of last week's visitors was Frank 

 Nelson, who is with Andrew Bather, of 

 Clinton, la. He was taking a rest while 

 recovering from a sprained arm, the re- 

 sult of a fall on the ice. 



"Wietor Bros, are making preparations 

 for another increase in their rooted-cut- 

 tings trade. This branch has been get- 

 ting larger and larger for years and is 

 looked upon as good business, especially 

 the rooted cuttings of mums. 



The H. M. Hooker Co. contributed 

 $100 to the earthquake relief fund. 



Wm. Abrahamson, who acts for a num- 

 ber of out-of-town florists, as purchasing 

 agent in this market, is also selling car- 

 nation cuttings for several growers. He 

 says the quantity of stock he is buying is 

 steadily increasing. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. is taking advan- 

 tage of the favorable weather to push 

 along the erection of its new ranges. They 

 expect to plant early, for an increased 

 summer supply. They will go in heav- 

 ily on My Maryland, White Killarney and 

 O. P. Bassett this year. 



rhe Andrew McAdams store was made 



specially attractive for the holidays, with 

 laurel roping. More plant arrangements, 

 in baskets and hampers, were shown and 

 sold than in previous years. 



Bassett & Washburn report that if 

 1909 is all as good as its first week they 

 will be well satisfied. 



Vaughan & Sperry are taking up the 

 rooted cutting business, on commission. 



A good many wholesalers are on the 

 lookout now for opportunities to book 

 standing orders. Price will not be per- 

 mitted to stand in the way, for the gen- 

 eral sentiment is that from now till 

 spring supplies will be large, save perhaps 

 during some spell of bad weather. 



The A. L. Randall Co. reports receiv- 

 ing orders for cuttings of White Kil- 

 larney and My Maryland from European 

 firms. 



Elk Park, N. C. — Christmas trade was 

 good. The weather has been fine, and 

 the green goods dealers laid in splendid 

 stocks, and were able to fill about all 

 orders, which practically cleaned them 

 up. However, the weather is still fine 

 and the pickers are pouring in daily with 

 new supplies of fine decorative material. 



Syracuse, N. Y. — Bellamy Bros., who 

 have succeeded to the business of the late 

 L. E. Marquisee, say that before Mr. 

 Marquisee died he had said he had a 

 number of orders for stock of the new 

 carnation, Marquisee. A search of his 

 books and papers fails to reveal these 

 orders, so someone will be disappointed 

 unless those who gave Mr. Marquisee the 

 orders make themselves known to his 

 successors. 



