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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Fkbboabx 25, 1909. 



LILAC 



WHITE— In daily supply ; quality fine. 

 $1.50 per bunch. 



KILLARNEY 



LONG, FANCY— Our Killarney can't be equaled in this market. 

 Good stock, 8c to 12c; special long, 16c to 20c. 



Single-VIOLETS-Double 



From now on we shall be headquarters on Single Violets, as we long have been for Doubles. Singles are specially 

 fine. Order some for comparison with any others you may be using. Ask for special quotations if you can use a 

 quantity, either single or double. 



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

 CARNATIONS— Largest quantity, the beet in Chicago. TULIPS— White, pink and yellow, $3.00 to $4.00 per 100. 



DAFFODILS and JONQUILS, $3.00 per 100. Double Novelty YeUow TULIPS, $5.00 per 100. 



A* L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. PhoM CaBtral 1496 



PrlTBto IxehsBce «11 



D«tartai«Hta 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



Mention The Review when you write. 



than heretofore. The growers generally 

 predict that bright weather will shortly 

 bring in an enormous crop of roses, but 

 the good weather is lasting only for a 

 day or two at a time and the rose grow- 

 ers are enjoying every day that condi- 

 tions hold in their favor. 



Carnations are in heavy supply and 

 have done extremely well for some little 

 time. There is considerable difference 

 in quality, but the good stock is so 

 abundant that it is possible to do a 

 large shipping business and a thoroughly 

 satisfactory one. 



Single violets are blooming freely un- 

 der the influence of a few days of good 

 weather, and eastern stock also is com- 

 ing in heavier. Last week violets moved 

 freely, if at slightly lower average prices, 

 but this week there are indications that 

 'the supply will soon be such that values 

 will be materially affected. Both the 

 Rhinebeck stock and the locally grown 

 singles are of excellent quality, so that 

 the better grade of stores are using them 

 in large quantities. 



There are increased receipts of bulbous 

 stock. Tulips are more plentiful than at 

 any time this season and prices are rul- 

 ing low. Daffodils also are coming in 

 heavily and are slower sale than jonquils, 

 which are not so abundant. The quantity 

 of bulb stock forced for this market this 

 year is less than in previous seasons, but 

 the price does not appear to be in any 

 way improved by the lessened supply. 

 The growers are said to be dismissing 

 the bulb salesmen more curtly, even, than 

 last year, as a result of the present con- 

 dition of the market for bulbous flowers. 

 Even callas are down ; the buyer who can 

 use a quantity gets them for 10 cents, or 

 less if the stock is not in every way 

 first-class. 



There is no special feature in the green 

 goods market. The wholesalers are be- 

 ginning to wonder where they are com- 

 ing out on ferns. Large quantities are 

 in storage and in many lots the waste has 

 become considerable, but the price does 

 not advance. 



Ernest Oechslin Shot. 



Ernest Oechslin, whose greenhouses are 

 at Eiver Forest, just opposite Concordia 

 cemetery, was shot by the accidental dis- 

 charge of a gun in the hands of his 



Headqwrtera In the GrMit Central Market for all Idnda 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> BAUIVIAIMIM & CO., Plolrlsta^Supply Houm 



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nephew Sunday morning, February 21, 

 the ball from a 22caliber rifle entering 

 Mr, Oechslin 's right side, passing through 

 the lung and lodging in the spinal col- 

 umn. The injured man was taken at 

 once to the Oak Park hospital, where his 

 condition was reported excellent Febru- 

 ary 24, although the bullet had not been 

 removed. 



Mr. Oechslin is a brother of Frank 

 Oechslin. On coming to Chicago both 

 brothers were employed by J. F. Kid- 

 well & Bro. Later they were in busi- 

 ness together as the Garfield Park Flower 

 Co. After dissolving partnership, Ernest 

 built at River Forest, where he quickly 

 established a prosperous cemetery and 

 wholesale trade, and Frank built on West 

 Adams street. 



Trade-marking the Violets. 



The Glencoe violets are now trade- 

 marked and the best flower buyers among 

 the public have beeu notified by mail to 

 look for the trade-mark as insuring them 

 fresh picked double violets. 



The Glencoe violets are grown by 

 Mrs. Otis M. Howard and Miss Nina 

 Howard and are handled by E. H. Hunt. 

 The growers decline to sell direct to the 

 trade, believing the commission man fully 

 earns his fee. Marie Louise is grown 

 and the flowers reach the trade within 

 fifteen hours from picking. The trade- 

 mark is printed indelibly on ribbon and 

 attached to each bunch. W. E. Lynch, 

 of Hunt's, says the Glencoe violets al- 

 ways sell at a better price than the 

 Rhinebeck stock, but he can't see that 



For Bridal Booqnets 



and other special occasions 



White Orchids, Gardenias, 

 Orange Blossoms 



ROSE HILL NURSERIES 



NEW ROCHELLE, N. T. 



there is any wider margin since the local 

 stock was trade-marked, though it may 

 come. 



The retailers who use Glencoe violets 

 regularly are given neat cards for win- 

 dow display and it is said they leave 

 the trade-mark ribbons in the bunches 

 when making up corsage bouquets, etc. 

 Of course none of the retailers handles 

 Glencoe violets exclusively, so it is just 

 a little bit early to say how much benefit 

 the Glencoe growers will get from their 

 efforts to educate the pubUc to the supe- 

 rior freshness and fragrance of their 

 output; the result appears to lie in the 

 hands of the retailers. 



Variotu Notes. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. has issued its 

 annual retail catalogue of seeds and 



