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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febsuabt 4, 1009. 



White Lilac Now Ready sSttu 



Violets For Valentine's Day 



We handle more Violets than any other house in the west and can fill all orders with the best grade of goods. 



CARNATIONS— All varieties, $1.50 to $3.00 per 100; special fancy, $4.00. Large supply ; tell us what you can use. 

 BRIDAL WREATH SPIRAEA-$1.0U per bunch. FREESIA— $2.00 to $3.00 per 100. 



KELLARNEYS— For quality, superior to any in Chicago. TULIPS— White, pink and yellow, $3.00 to $4.00 per 100. 

 ROSES— Good Maids and Brides, medium length, fine heads, $8.00 per 100. Special fancy stock at right prices. 

 MIGNONETTE— Good stock, $4.00 to $6.00 per 100. PAPER WHITES— $3.00 per 100. 



SWEET PEAS— Large supplies in white, pink and lavender. DAFFODILS and JONQUILS, $4.00 per 100. 



Send for our special quotation on Sphagnum Moss. St. Patrick's Carnation Dye, green, 50c pint; $1.00 quart. 



A. L. Randall Co 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Pho>e Ceatral 1498 

 PrlTSto Bxehus* all 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



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Kiilarney forces recognition as the lead- 

 ing rose in this market. 



There has been no shortage of carna- 

 tions and prices have weakened. Gener- 

 ally speaking, quality leaves nothing to 

 be desired. Practically every grower is 

 cutting as good carnations as he ever 

 did in his life. The receipts are so heavy 

 that the wholesalers are seldom complete- 

 ly sold out. 



The violet market suffered as much in 

 last week's storm as any other depart- 

 ment of the trade. Usually Saturday sees 

 a clean-up of all violets, but this time 

 rain on Thursday and snow on Friday, 

 which caused an accumulation of stock, 

 was followed by a zero day Saturday 

 and violets were not called for. The re- 

 tailers bought only a little stock for the 

 Saturday business and did not sell even 

 that, so the wholesalers said Sunday gave 

 them the dullest forenoon of the winter. 

 The buyer has made the price on violets 

 ever since. 



Jonquils h.ive sold excellently this 

 week. Paper Whites are not going as 

 well as they did, because white carna- 

 tions are more abundant. Some special 

 fancy tulips in red and yellow bring fair 

 prices, but white tulips are sold at ex- 

 ceedingly low prices; it does not seem 

 possible that they can be profitable to 

 the forcers. Harrisii lilies now are 

 abundant and may be had at all the way 

 from $8 per hundred up to twice that 

 sum; it depends on the length of stem; 

 there are a great many short lilies about. 

 Callas also are more abundant and there 

 is a large supply of valley and freesias. 



The early spring demand for sweet 

 peas is beginning to be apparent. Good 

 sweet peas sell well, while the poorer 

 grades are hardly wanted at any price. 



There is an ample supply of all green 

 goods at usual prices. 



Bright skies and warmer weather in 

 the early part of this week gave promise 

 of increased production and consequent 

 lower prices. 



January Weather. 



January was a bad month for the 

 growers. There were only four clear 

 days, five partly cloudy and twenty-two 

 that the weatherman classes as cloudy. 

 The sunshine during the month was 

 thirty-three per cent of the possible dura- 



Headquartera In the Qreat Central BXarket for all kinds of 



Florists' Supplies 



Specially large and fine Btock of 



Natural Preserved Wreaths, Moss Hreaths and Metal Designs 



Qualities always the best and prices the lowest. 

 L. BAUIVIAIMIM OL CO., Fk^sU^Supply Hous* 



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tion. The mean temperature was 29 de- 

 grees, against a normal of 24 degrees, 

 and the average velocity of the wind was 

 only fourteen miles per hour, which made 

 a saving in the fuel bill. 



The ground-hog saw his shadow Feb- 

 ruary 2. 



The January Business. 



Reports as to January business vary 

 considerably. Those who had fair cuts, 

 especially of roses, did as well, or even a 

 little better than a year ago; but those 

 whose rose crops were off during most 

 of the month find total sales less than a 

 year ago. During January roses have 

 brought fully as good prices as in the 

 first month of any previous year, but 

 carnation prices have been below normal, 

 and so have the prices of most other 

 items. During the first half of the 

 month business was on the quiet side; 

 then came a spurt in the demand, to be 

 quickly ended by a couple of days with 

 the temperature up to 65 degrees. The 

 return of good weather gave a few days 

 more of brisk business, only to have it 

 shut off by the storm the last three days 

 of the month. 



Various Notes. 



Thus far no one has mentioned Mc- 

 Kinley day. There may have been such 

 a day, somewhere, but not in the Chicago 

 market. Good business for Valentine's 

 day is expected, February 14. Violets 

 are expected to be in large supply and 

 moderate in price. Lincoln's birthday, 



February 12, and Washington's birth- 

 day, February 22, always bring a little 

 extra business in the way of stock for 

 dinner decorations. 



Peter Reinberg ended his sojourn at 

 St. Elizabeth's hospital February 3. He 

 had been incarcerated two weeks. Dur- 

 ing his enforced absence from the coun- 

 cil the city raised his salary as alderman 

 $1,500 per year. 



The Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. says 

 that all doubts about the extent of the 

 greenhouse building this season ha^e 

 been set at rest by the fact that last 

 week they booked orders aggregating ten 

 carloads of greenhouse glass, with many 

 more inquiries which have not yet de- 

 veloped business. 



One of the week 's visitors was Walter 

 Delmmer, son of O. R. Delmmer, Eau 

 Claire, Wis. 



E. C. Amling says that he shipped out 

 more than 2,000 jonquils February 1, 

 but that there is little call for daffodils. 



E. E. Pieser states that several ship- 

 pers of Mississippi jonquils have written 

 that they are about ready to begin to 

 pick and that the southern stock will 

 come in heavily before the end of the 

 present week. 



L. Coatsworth, of the Benthey-Coats- 

 worth Co., has returned from a few days' 

 visit to his plant at New Castle. 

 , The Florists ' Club will have its month- 

 ly meeting this evening, Thursday, Feb- 

 ruary 4, for the installation of new offi- 

 cers. 



Vaughan & Sperry report having 



