June 10, 1909. 



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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Supplies For Brides and Graduates 



BASKETS 



FOR FLOWER OIRL8 



Complete stock of all Braid and Nest Baskets, sometbinK you 

 should have always in stock. If not, order now See page 15 oi 

 our cataloKue. 



ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF NOVELTY AND 



FOR GRADUATES 



Our long-handled Baskets are the correct thing tor flowers for 

 Graduates. Don't make the mistake of using any other. Prices 

 from 26c to $1.25 each. Order an assortment. 



FANCY BASKETS FOR EVERT PURPOSE. 



Dikhnnc anil Pkiff nno No wedding work is complete without Ribbons. Remember, we carry a complete stock of Ribbons and 

 nlljUUIIu dllU UlllllUIIu Ohiflons, stock made up specially to match all flower and foliage colors, and can ship by flrst train. Send 

 ■ iiwMw ■• w awiiw ug g rugjj order for anything you may be bhort o(— and stock up. Write for special circular and samples. 



WHKA.T SHEAVES- A SPECIAL CIRCULAR ON FOLDING BOXES. 



WIRE WORK-Nothing but the best, 

 prices as low as any. 



NO MATTER WHAT 



Tou \7ant In Supplies, order of ua. 



FERTILIZBRS-G rowers: It costs 

 nothing to get our quotations. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists '^.^"^^^r 19.2I Randolph St, Chicago 



M«»ntioii The Review when "ou wTlte 



IT AIN'T 



What you pay for Ribbons 

 that counts, it's the quality 

 you get for what you pay. 



Pine Tree Brand Ribbons are qaality, as well as 

 price ribbons. Rich luster, florist shades, 

 many widths, in Taffetas, Satin Taffetas, etc. 



You can't go wrong with these ribbons. 

 Convincing prices and samples free. 



Mention The Review when vou writs. 



been located in the University Club the 

 sales have fallen off in number, but they 

 have averaged three times as large. The 

 location is only one block from the former 

 store. And yet there are those who think 

 location makes little difference. 



Various Notes. 



An illustration showing Randall '.s Seed 

 and Poultry Annex at 98 Lake street ap- 

 pears on another page of this week's 

 Review. 



Mike Fink, of Kennicott Bros. Co., lost 

 most of his household effects June 1, in 

 a fire which destroyed the flat building at 

 48 Osgood street and cost one life. 



Vaughan & bperry say that in the three 

 days following Memorial day they put 

 5,000 dozens of peonies in cold storage. 

 It was a crop which missed Decoration 

 day by not more than four or five days. 

 Beginning June 4, the receipts had so 

 lightened that they were able to begin 

 marketing the stock from storage. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. reports having 

 sold 65,000 canna roots during May. 



Several of the wholesalers have so little 



use for cape jasmines under present mar- 

 ket conditions that they are instructing 

 would-be consignors not to ship, and are 

 refusing to receive from the express com- 

 panies shipments sent without previous 

 correspondence, declining to risk express 

 charges on them. But at the same time 

 John Kruchten says that last week he 

 was able to move about 6,000 at from 75 

 cents to $1, dealing them out a few to a 

 customer. 



Some time ago Wietor Bros, deter- 

 mined to drop Kate Moulton from their 

 list of roses for next season, and have 

 been steadily throwing out the plants to 

 make room for young stock of Killarney. 

 At the store it is said the fewer Moultons 

 there are left at the greenhouses, the 

 more flowers are cut. The variety has 

 only one weakness, its neck. 



At Peter Reinberg's store it is said no 

 reduction in the supplies of Beauty are 

 yet apparent, but the demand has shown 

 considerable increase. 



C. L. Washburn says it has been amply 

 demonstrated by the week 's business that 

 the carnation is not a bride's flower, nor 



is it any more the graduates' favorite. 

 Bassett & Washburn have had excellent 

 business on roses, but have found almost 

 no demand for carnations. 



C. W. McKellar is handling some espe- 

 cially nice Red Lawson, a variety not 

 often seen in any quantity. 



The Benthey-Coatsworth Co. is this 

 week receiving its annual crop of peonies 

 from Batavia. 



E. C. Amling reports having taken his 

 last case of ferns out of cold storage 

 June 7. With him this has been the most 

 successful season on record for ferns. 



J. A. Budlong is cutting a few hun- 

 dreds of short My Maryland daily. 



Percy Jones reports that Klehm's 

 Nurseries has cleaned up the cut of peo- 

 nies from their new Indiana place, pos- 

 sibly 1,500 dozens, and about the time 

 the last blooms were cut in Indiana they 

 began cutting Old Red at Arlington 

 Heights. Kennicott & Co. cut Old Red 

 at The Grove June 7. 



Kring Bros., Fairbury, 111., are sending 

 E. C. Amling a cut of long-stemmed 

 peonies. 



George Reinberg has ordered four large 

 traps of the Taylor Steam Trap Co., for 

 returning condensation to his boilers. 



The George Wittbold Co. reports May 

 as having been the largest month in total 

 sales in the history of the firm. They re- 

 gard the continued cool weather as in 

 their favor. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. is cutting a big 

 crop of Easter lilies. The call for the 

 best grades of roses is reported good and 

 carnations are cleaning up fairly well 

 with them. 



E. H. Hunt reports the supply depart- 

 ment unusually busy for this date. The 

 cut flower department also is busier than 

 a year ago. 



E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. Co., 

 says that every spring there comes a time 

 when carnations are abundant everywhere 

 and when peonies are in local supply 

 with a good many of the best buyers. 

 This always cuts down the calls on this 

 market, but he does not expect the con- 

 dition to last long this season. When 

 the peony season is late it is apt to be 

 short. 



B. E. Gage, of the Peterson Nursery, 



