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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JONE 10, 1909. 



PEONIES 



The local Peonies will be in the latter part of this week. We shall handle 

 the cut of The liu.rgo»t Grower, with the finest varieties, and shall be 

 strictly Headquarters. You can't afford to use any other Peonies. 



Killarney 



AcknowledKed the best to be 

 bad on tbis market. Can 

 Bupply any length in quant- 

 ity. Long, fancy a specialty. 



Beauties 



We confldently believe these 

 to be as good as any in this 

 country. Order and see for 

 yourself. 



RICHMOND 



A large crop of fine stock — all 

 lengths. 



MAIDS AND BRIDES 



As good stock as the season 

 affords. 



WEDDING STOCK 



The finest Butterfly Sweet Peaa 

 in quantity. Fancy Valley always 

 awaiting your order. Plenty of 

 Plumoaus Strmg^s. etc* 



CARNATIONS 



The cut is on. All the leading 

 varieties. All colors. All grades. 

 Order and you get the goods. 



ASTERS 



Dark pink, fine, greenhouse stock. 

 $2.00 to $4.00 per 100. 



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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expected to result from two weeks of un- 

 profitable returns; replanting will be 

 prosecuted. 



Peonies have been in only moderate 

 supply this week. There are innumerable 

 small consignments, but the big crops to 

 the south are cut off, and the big growers 

 locally are only now beginning. The de- 

 pendable shipping stock has made from 

 50 cents to 75 cents per dozen, but the 

 great majority have been well sold at 

 three bunches for $1, and plenty of 

 peonies are to be had at the buyer's own 

 figure. With ordinary weather condi- 

 tions, next week will be peony week in 

 this market. Local lilac has about 

 passed; that now coming in is mostly 

 from Wisconsin, and is both fine and 

 cheap. 



Sweet peas continue in large supply. 

 A good proportion of the stock is of fine 

 quality and brings excellent prices, when 

 the general state of the market is consid- 

 ered, but the short peas have at no time 

 had much value. The sweet pea has been 

 an extremely popular flower this season. 

 It is to be regretted that it is not a first- 

 class shipper in warm weather; there 

 have been many complaints during the 

 last few days. No one is at fault. 



Gladioli are abundant, and the minia- 

 ture varieties are a glut. They are shown in 

 more colors than ever before, and are much 

 more plentiful. Callas are over, but there 

 are large supplies of Easter lilies, which, 

 with peonies so abundant and popular for 

 wedding decoration, sell slowly, and prices 

 are down. There are a few candidum 

 lilies seen in most of the wholesale houses, 

 but they are practically unsalable under 

 present conditions. Valley is in good de- 

 mand for wedding bouquets, but the mis- 

 cellaneous flowers have little sale. 



There is a good demand for asparagus 

 strings and for smilax. The former are 

 not abundant, but smilax is easier. The 

 woods ferns (almost every house has a 

 different variety) are abundant, and the 

 Massachusetts stock is expected this 

 week. Ferns are no longer high in price. 



Carnation Growers G>mplain. 



There is discontent and unrest among 

 the carnation growers as a result of the 

 returns for the last week in May. It al- 



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That depends on what kind it is — the de- 

 sig:n, finish, lettering^, amount of repairs, etc. 



ARMLEDER WAGONS FOR FLORISTS 



have proven in 28 years* usasre to be the 

 most economical, for many reasons, too 

 numerous to mention here. 



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ARMLEDER, 



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 The Industrial City 



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ways makes trouble for the commission 

 houses when there is a period of loud 

 calls for stock; the growers get a false 

 idea of the situation. In their need for 

 stock many houses call on consignors to 

 their competitors and, even in the case 

 of their own growers, the frequent tele- 

 phoning for shipments gives the idea that 

 the market really is stronger than ac- 

 tually is the case. Then, too, the shortage 

 never lasts more than a few days; at 

 Decoration day there were three days of 

 ordinary business, three days of special 

 demand and a Sunday to make up the 

 average. The holiday three days would 

 make a fine showing for any grower who 

 sent in fresh stock, but the average was 

 reduced considerably by the prices re- 

 ceived the other four days in the week. 

 Too many growers fail to take all the 

 factors into account. 



The question naturally arises: If any 

 carnation grower was dissatisfied with his 

 average for the last week in May, what 

 did he say when he saw his returns for 

 the first week in June? 



Club Meeting. 



There was an attendance of thirty 

 members at the club meeting June 3, 

 when Albert T. Hey's draft of the new 



constitution and by-laws was adopted 

 with minor changes. The new laws con- 

 solidate the offices of recording secretary 

 and financial secretary and reduce the 

 number of trustees from five to three. In 

 order to facilitate reorganization on this 

 basis L. H. Winterson, recording secre- 

 tary, and Frank Johnson, financial secre- 

 tary, and the entire board of trustees 

 were invited to tender their resignations. 

 Mr. Winterson and Mr. Johnson were 

 nominated for secretary and F. F. Ben- 

 they and E. C. Amling for trustees, in 

 addition to the former five: Leonard Kill. 

 .T. F. Klimmer, August Poehlmann, C. H. 

 Fisk and H. N. Bruns. The election will 

 take place at the next meeting of the 

 club. 



Ed Enders, chairman of the entertain- 

 ment committee, was directed to report 

 at the next meeting on arrangements for 

 the club's annual picnic, and the trans- 

 portation committee, of which P. J. Foley 

 is chairman, was directed to get busy on 

 arrangements for the club's trip to Cin- 

 cinnati in August. There were two pro- 

 posals for membership. 



One Block's Difference. 



Lovelace R. Bohannon says that in the 

 few days the Bohannon Floral Co. has 



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