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Febbuakt 11, 1909. 



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WHITE LILAC 



Large supply and quality 

 fine,, SI.50 per ^unch. 



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, $1.00 to $3.00 per 100. Large supply; tell us what you can use. 



BRIDAL WREATH SPIRAEA-$1.00 per bunch. FRBESLA— $2.00 to $4.00 per 100. 



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



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



DAFFODILS and JONI^UILS, $3.00 per 100. Double Novelty Yellow TULIPS. $5.00 per 100. 



MIGI^ONETTE— Good stock, $4.00 to $6.00 per 100. 



PAPER WHITES-$3.00 per 100. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. PIMM 0«>tral 14M 



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19-21 Randolph St., Chicago 



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of practically all stock except Beauties 

 and violets. The Beauty crops are going 

 down at a date when they usually in- 

 crease, and prices have stiffened. Vio- 

 lets evidently are being held back for 

 the extra demand for Valentine's day. 

 The wholesalers all report having booked 

 a large number of orders, but say the 

 retailers manifest a reluctance to leave 

 orders at more than $7.50 per thousand. 

 The sentiment is that the best violets 

 will be worth $10 per thousand, and 

 perhaps more, by February 13, although 

 the supply is sure to be large. 



The rose market continues excellent, 

 although there was, at the beginning of 

 the week, an inclination to shade prices. 

 Maid and Bride are in better crop and 

 long Eichmond are equal to all require- 

 ments. Killarney is less plentiful than 

 it was. The weather last week was un- 

 favorable for quality and many of the 

 roses are soft. Now we have winter 

 again and its continuance a few days, as 

 the weather-man predicts, will stiffen 

 the rose market. 



Carnations have become almost a glut 

 and prices are at a lower point than at 

 any time this winter. Much of the stock 

 is of fancy quality and a large business 

 is being done as a result of the liberal 

 supplies and reasonable prices; but 

 wholesalers and growers both would be 

 glad to see some reduction in supply and 

 advance in average prices. White now 

 sells better than the colored varieties. 



All bulbous stock is plentiful and sell- 

 ing at low prices. Callas, as well as 

 Harrisii, are lower. Paper Whites and 

 freesia are hard to move. A few fancy 

 tulips bring fair prices, but their sale 

 is linuted. 



Conditions remain normal in the green 

 goods market, except that a shortening 

 in the supply of Asparagus plumosus in 

 bunches has caused an advance in price 

 on this item. 



Plans of Hoerfoer Bros. 



Much interest was created by the an- 

 nouncement in the Review, a few weeks 

 ago, of the big new plant to be erected 

 at Des Plaines. The plans bf Hoerber 

 Bros, are now suflSciently developed so 

 that some further details can be given. 

 Thirty-four acres of land were purchased, 

 just west of the town, and a railroad 



HMulQuartara In tlie Or*»t Central Bdtarket for aU kind* of 



Florists' Supplies 



Specially large and fine Btock of 



Natural Preserved Wreaths* Moss Wreaths and Metal Designs 



Qualities always the best and prices the lowest. 



L. BAUMANN A CO., 



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 PlorUts' SuBply House 



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switch will be the first thing put in. 

 Most of the material has been purchased 

 for ten houses 27x300. The Foley Mfg. 

 Co. has the order and has begun running 

 the millwork. A contract has been made 

 for the erection of the structures with all 

 possible speed. Frank Benthey, Jr., has 

 been engaged as grower. He is the third 

 son of Frank Benthey and has been at 

 the Coatsworth greenhouses at New Cas- 

 tle ever since the plant was started, 

 where he has had a good training under 

 his uncle, Otto Benthey, who is recog- 

 nized as a first-class rose grower. Seven 

 of the new houses are to be planted to 

 roses and three to carnations. 



One of the proprietors will live on the 

 place and, while not a florist, will give 

 the business end his personal attention. 

 It is the intention to add to the glass as 

 rapidly as possible and, as soon as the 

 production warrants, a wholesale store 

 will be opened somewhere in the market 

 district, though plans of this character, 

 like cut flower prices, are always subject 

 to change without notice. 



The proprietors are the sons of J. L. 

 Hoerber, of the Hoerber Brewing Co., 

 on West Twenty-first street. 



A New Maywood Plant. 



Henry Wagner and a partner, Mr. 

 Haltner, both of Milwaukee, have bought 

 seven acres of land at Maywood and 

 propose at once to erect 20,000 feet of 

 glass for carnations and other stock for 

 the Chicago market. The location is just 

 across the street from the new range 



For Bridal Booqaets 



and other special occasions 



Whi te Orchids, G ardenias, 

 Orange Blossoms 



ROSE HILL NURSERIES 



NEW ROCHELLE, N. T. 



of the Albert Amling Co. and adjoining 

 that of Wm. Amling. Neither Mr. Wag- 

 ner nor Mr. Haltner is a florist, but 

 each proposes to become one in the least 

 possible time and both will give per- 

 sonal attention to the business and work 

 in the greenhouses. 



Horticultural Society. 



James H. Burdett was elected secre- 

 tary of the Horticultural Society of 

 Chicago at an adjourned meeting, held 

 at the Art Institute February 9. J. C. 

 Vaughan, A. H. Poehlmann and J. B. 

 Deamud were re-elected to the executive 

 committee for two years, and Carl Cropp ' 

 was added to take the place of W. N. 

 Rudd, who, as a vice-president, is ex- 

 ofBcio a member of the committee. 



In addition to a vote of thanks, E. A. 



