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January 28, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



35 



Violet Boxes and Cords '"■ " """ 



These Feb. 14 



Heart -Shaped Red Boxes 



We could not supply the demand last yeitr, these made such a hit. Small, 

 to hold 50 violets, loc each; medium, to hold 100 violets, 20c each; large, to 

 hold 200 violets, 25c each. 



DUPLEX FOLDING BOXES 



MADE-UP BOXES 



INEXPENSIVE BOXES 



Heavy cardboard, with violet colored, 

 waterproof enameled paper on outride and 

 fern green felt inside. Handsome bunch of 

 violets in colors on cover. 



The new embossed violet boxes in gold 

 or violet shades. A fine box, but one you 

 can well afford to use. 



Send for special Box Circular, with cuts and prices of all styles of Violet, Cut Flower and Design Boxes. 



VIOLET HAMPKRS AMD VIOIJCT CORDS IN LARGE ASSORTMENT. 



A folding box that makes up nicely: 



violet shade. Per lOa Per 100 



2%x6^x3% »2.00 5 X 9x6 $3.20 



3»sx8 x4 2.20 5I3XIIXS 4.40 



Sometimes called Sea Moss. This is all the rage just now— a big seller wherever shown. 

 We have a large importation just in— fine stock— and can fill all orders. If you don't 

 know what it is, send 15c for a sample, sent postpaid. 



JAPANESE AIR PLANT 



Also Birch Bark Canoes and Baskets for Japanese Air Piants. 



A. L. Randall Co* 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1496 



Private Exchange all 



Departments 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



M"it1on The Keview whPi von write 



HeadQuarters In tbe Great Central Market for all kinds of 



Florists' Supplies 



Specially large and fine stock of 



Natural Preserved Wreaths, Moss Wreaths and Metal Designs 



Qualities always the best and prices the lowest. 

 L. dAUIVIAIM.IM & CO. I Florlst?*Suppiy House 



^r^^^'^^t^li^g^L 118 East Chicago Avanue, CHICAGO 



• saaile mm is still naintaiseri at our oU Miintt. 78-78 Wadash Ave. leid far aar caawltte catalaiae 



Mention The Review when you write 



ton, la., who bought at E. H. Hunt's a 

 stock of supplies for the new store Mr. 

 Bather is opening at 235 Fifth avenue, 

 Clinton. 



The Horticultural Society had an ani- 

 mated session last Tuesday, in which all 

 oflBcers were reelected except the secre- 

 tary, assistant secretary and executive 

 committee. The election of these was 

 postponed for two weeks. 



Chicago was well represented at In- 

 dianapolis. There were twenty-six pas- 

 sengers in the special car, including Pres- 

 ident Valentine and one or two others 

 from outside points. 



A small fire broke out one day this 

 week in the Atlas block, where some of 

 Chicago's leading wholesale florists have 

 their headquarters. The damages sus- 

 tained were slight. 



^fEVYORK. 



The Market. 



There is no use coddling winter any 

 longer. It will not come in. Last 

 week's cold snap snapped off in an hour. 

 The week ended in rain and slush and 

 the present week opened with most of 

 the accompaniments of spring. It is de- 

 moralizing business. Fortunately, dur- 

 ing the last week the supply has been 

 limited, and the demand left the market 

 nicely depleted daily. But this week 

 opens with a downward tendency and 

 shipments are increasing. Samuel Lum, 



of Chatham, one of the large rose grow- 

 ers there, who was in the city January 

 25, takes a rather gloomy view of the 

 situation from the grower's standpoint. 

 He has one of the largest plants in that 

 great rose-growing section and speaks 

 with the authority of fifteen years' ex- 

 perience. "Koses haven't paid the 

 grower for years; not since the year of 

 the sun spots," he says, "and present 

 prices leave no margin of profit." These 

 are not the views of a pessimist, but of 

 a philosopher. He predicts a reduction 

 in the number of rose growers in the 

 country, unless there comes a great 

 change for the better in the outlook. 

 Certainly the cut flower growers of this 

 section have had a strenuous season to 

 date. 



Beauties are lower, 50 cents securing 

 the best of them. Brides and Maids 

 have fallen to 8 cents for the selected 

 and all the new varieties are going at 

 a concession from last week's figures. 

 The carnation crop is coming in with a 

 vengeance; grand stock it is, especially 

 the novelties, but the average price is 

 lower. This applies, too, to orchids, 

 which are abundant. Violets have fallen 

 again. Seldom will the extra special 

 selected bunches of 100 go above 50 

 cents, and of the ordinary and mediocre 

 stock that arrives, the street man with 

 his "twent-centa buncha" tells the 

 story. Valley, gardenias and green 

 goods show no change. Retail windows 

 look wonderfully attractive and spring- 

 like. Prices are kept reasonable; $1 



boxes even have appeared, a sure sign 

 of surplus, and most of the stores re- 

 port the usual dinner, wedding and 

 steamer demands. Lent approaches, but 

 has no further terrors. 



Various Notes. 



The Emerald and Old Guards balls 

 will be national affairs that should be 

 felt in the retail current. The debutantes 

 are still coming out encouragingly. M. A. 

 Bowe had a unique decoration last week 

 at the Union Club. It was for a rail- 

 road man and represented a railroad 

 scene. With the aid of electricity the 

 cars were in constant motion. An arti- 

 ficial lake was in the center and minia- 

 ture stations and copies of scenery en 

 route added to the realistic character of 

 the display. 



Another prosperous retailer, Joseph 

 Leikens, of Fifth avenue, has just added 

 an $800 horse to his facilities for travel. 



The new store at the corner of Broad- 

 way and Twenty-eighth street, into 

 which it is said Charles Thorley will 

 move in the spring, is next door to A. 

 Warendorff's, the entrance of the popu- 

 lar Fifth Avenue theater only separating 

 them. Talk about window decoration I 

 Wait! There will be competition in this 

 contiguity that will make blase pe- 

 destrians stand still and take notice. 



After all, we have a slim representa- 

 tion from New York at the IndianapoUs 

 convention. Sickness in the family pre- 

 vented ex-President Traendly's attend- 

 ance. 



March 17 the annual dinner of the 

 National Association of Gardeners is an- 

 nounced. John Shore is president. The 

 society is planning for a big flower show 

 and convention on that date and many 

 silver cups and medals will be competed 

 for, EUwanger & Barry and Lord & 

 Burnham being among the donors. 



W. R. Smith, who has been with Peter 

 Henderson & Co. for over twenty years, 

 left January 23 for the state of Wash- 

 ington, where he has purchased land for 

 fruit growing. The firm held him in 

 high esteem and joined with the em- 

 ployees in the presentation of a hand- 

 some testimonial on his departure. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club is carnation night, February 8, 

 and a large exhibit is assured. Harry 



