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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Jdlt 1, 1909. 



Killarney 



We will put our Killarney against any grown in 

 this country. Splendid stock in all lengths. If 

 you want something extra fancy, order our special 

 grade. This is much the best Summer Rose. 



Beauties 



There are no better Summer 

 Beauties than tbose we are 

 BhipolDR out. Order and see 

 for yourself. Large supply. 



Peonies 



The Peony will be a leader for 

 dome weeks yet. Our stock is 

 fine and every bunch will ship 

 well. 



Our Carnations are holding up splendidly and are as good as you ever handled at this season of the year. 



Headquarters for Fancy Valley. Finest Fancy Ferns on this market. 



Whatever you need, order of us and g:et best quality. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



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Departments 



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bunches going liigher, but the prospect 

 for getting usual values on stored peonies 

 is not bright; the quantity in storage is 

 greater than usual July 1 and because of 

 the hot weather in which much of the 

 stock was cut, the keeping quality can 

 hardly be as good as usual. 



The indoor sweet peas are practically 

 gone, but there are immense quantities of 

 outdoor flowers of fine quality; prices 

 are low. Indoor gladioli are about used 

 up, with the outdoor stock not yet com- 

 ing in. The receipts of Easter lilies 

 have lightened, but there are candidums 

 from Michigan, but these have been slow 

 sale for several years. There is a good 

 call for Shasta daisies and yellow daisies, 

 which it is not always possible to meet; 

 some buyers are able to use field daisies 

 and coreopsis instead, these being plenti- 

 ful. 



The call for smilax and asparagus 

 strings has run oflF. Good ferns are now 

 abundant. Leucothoe is the one scarce 

 item among greens. 



Beginning today, the wholesale houses 

 will close at 5 p. m. Buyers should re- 

 member this during July and August. 



Monday, July 5, will be observed as 

 the Fourth. The wholesale houses will 

 close at 12 o'clock. There will be two 

 mail deliveries, the last leaving the post- 

 oflBce at 9 a. m. 



Flrischman't Plans. 



It is stated that the Fleischman Flo- 

 ral Co. is planning to open a second 

 downtown store next season, several 

 propositions being under consideration. 

 The opportunity for a store in the new 

 La Salle hotel has been decided against, 

 because of the commercial character of 

 the hotel. 



A preliminary will be the sale of the 

 North State street store, for which a pur- 

 chaser is sought. 



ButiiieH in June. 



The June business was in many ways 

 a disappointment, but in the money value 

 of sales it was up to the best previous 

 records, with a margin of gain. Prac- 

 tically every house did as much in dollars 

 and cents as ever before and some that 

 were fortunate in having the right goods 

 made quite satisfactory increases. The 

 unpleasant feature was the extreme glut 



Wiqteisoii's Seed Store 



45-47-49 Wabash Ave, """Lra'iToo^r* CHICAGO 



Plantsmen, Nurserymen, Seedsmen 

 and Florists' Supplies 



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of carnations in the early part of the 

 month, followed by an equally bad glut 

 of roses in the latter part of the month. 

 If there is anything in cheap prices edu- 

 cating the public to become flower buy- 

 ers, June had a greater educational value 

 than any month of recent years. 



Most of the wholesale houses close 

 their year's business June 30. "With 

 practically all the year was a better one 

 than the preceding. 



Floriitt' Picnic. 



At a special meeting of the Florists' 

 Club, June 25, it was decided to hold 

 the Florists' Club's annual picnic at 

 Kiverview park, Thursday, July 22. The 

 festivities will occupy the afternoon and 

 evening and practically all wholesale and 

 retail stores will close at 1 p. m. that 

 day. 



The grounds are so readily accessible 

 that it is expected to break all records 

 for attendance. The admission will be 

 50 cents, children accompanied by par- 

 ents free. 



Various Notes. 



Poehlmann Bros, Co. report Monday, 

 June 28, one of the heaviest shipping 

 days of the season. Credit for this is 

 given to the fact that the peonies, of 

 which so many buyers now have a local 

 supply, are out of the way and the heat 

 has spoiled the roses and carnations 

 through the country, so that if good stock 

 is wanted it is necessary to come to Chi- 

 cago for it. Poehlmann is cutting My 



Maryland in considerable quantity. The 

 stock attracts much attention, because 

 some of the stems are twenty-four to 

 thirty inches, with large buds of a de- 

 lightful shade of even pink. The first 

 White Killarney were cut June 28. 



The Bohannon Floral Co. has the or- 

 der for a large decoration for the Pike 

 dinner, July 1. 



J. P. Bisch says that with Weiland & 

 Bisch June has been a better month than 

 last year. The first five days were dull. 

 Then came ten days of splendid busi- 

 ness, which held up the record for the 

 month, in spite of the depression of the 

 last fortnight. 



At E. H. Hunt's June business has 

 been excellent, both in cut flowers and 

 supplies; and last week the supply de- 

 partment cat had six kittens. 



John Sinner and N. J. Wietor leave 

 July 5 for their annual fishing trip in 

 Wisconsin. 



Word was received June 28 of an acci- 

 dent which had befallen Joseph Smely at 

 Aurora. He was overcome by the heat 

 and fell into a tub of water so hot that 

 it scalded him and he is in the hospital. 



Charles Klehm, of Klehm's Nursery, 

 says he thinks the peony is decidedly 

 overdone, although the poor results this 

 year may not recur in a normal season; 

 this year the local peonies were so late 

 that the best of the season was over be- 

 fore cutting began. Mr. Klehm says 

 they are not vitally interested in the 

 peony situation, because their general 

 nursery business has grown to the point 



