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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 8, 1900. 



Fancy Killarney 



if you leid good toses, try our Killariey — 



there's notiilig in tliis narket at preseatto equal 

 them. 6ood stock la all leneths, and enovgti so 

 we want YOU to tiy them-tney're trade wliners 



Beauties 



There are do better Summer 

 Beauties tban tbcse we are 

 BtaippiDK out. Order and see 

 for yourself. Lar^e supply. 



Peonies 



The Peony will be a leader for 

 Fome weeks yet. Our stock Is 

 fine and every bunch will ship 

 well. Best show for the money. 



Our Carnations are holding up splendidly. America Gladioli. Headquarters for Fancy Valley. 

 Fancy double Emperor Cornflowers, $1 per 100. Shasta Daisies. Finest Fancy Ferns on this market. 



Whatever you need, order of us and get best quality. 



A. L. Randall Co* 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1496 



PrlTate Exchange all 



Departments 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



Mention The Keview unen vou write 



doing in all the stores, but principally 

 funeral work, and the bulk ot the stock 

 finds its outlet through the Greek stores 

 and sidewalk dealers. 



The weather has been extremely un- 

 favorable. July 2 a maximum of 92 

 degrees was registered, and the next 

 day a minimum of 55 degrees. Since 

 then it has continued steadily unseason- 

 ably cold, with much rain. This has 

 combined with other factors in reducing 

 the supply. Beauties are less abundant 

 than they were, but the demand also has 

 decreased, so that prices have not ad- 

 vanced. Maid and Bride are not abun- 

 dant and most of them are poor; the 

 weather conditions have caused much mil- 

 dew. There is a fair supply of good 

 Killarney, with My Maryland coming 

 in heavier each day. Kaiserin is short 

 of the demand; the few good ones com- 

 ing in each day are quickly picked up. 

 Chatenay has made its final exit; hardly 

 any growers will plant it for next year, 

 and both Golden Gate and Uncle John 

 will be little seen hereafter. 



The carnation growers are preparing 

 for replanting and supplies are shorten- 

 ing up. There continue, however, to be 

 more than the market needs; only a 

 small part of the receipts meet with sat- 

 isfactory sale and growers' averages are 

 extremely low. 



There has been a tendency toward 

 stiflfer prices for peonies, but there still 

 are peonies to be had at the buyer 's own 

 prioe. The keeping quality of much of 

 the stock is questionable and those who 

 find their flowers falling on being taken 

 from storage are making haste to unload. 

 Those who feel that they can depend on 

 their goods are counting on good busi- 

 ness as soon as these cheap lots are 

 cleaned out. 



Orchids are among the abundant items, 

 for there is now little demand for them 

 except where fine funeral work is to be 

 made. Feverfew has come in heavily 

 and is meeting with a quite fair sale. 

 "Water lilies are abundant; the lotuses 

 coming in heavily from Iowa are not 

 worth express charges. The rains have 

 hurt the sweet peas and for a day or 

 two good stock will be hard to find. 



Twenty wholesalers have signed an 

 agreement to close their stores at 1 

 p. m. Thursday, July 22, the day of the 

 Florists' GJub picnic. 



WimersoiCs SG61I Slore 



45-47-49 Wabash Ave., 



Long Dlitaae« Phone, 

 Central 6004, 



CHICAGO 



Plantsmen, Nurserymen, Seedsmen 

 and Florists' Supplies 



We can supply evevjihing the Florist naea. Catalo(n>e Free. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Jensen & Dck^ma to Dissolve. 



The firm of Jensen & Dekema is about 

 to dissolve partnership. J. S. Dekema 

 has been in California for practically 

 the whole term of the partnership, hav- 

 ing been compelled to seek a mild cli- 

 mate for his health, and J. E. Jensen 

 has had the sole management of affairs. 

 As Mr. Dekema will continue to reside 

 in the west, the partnership will be 

 brought to an end. Whether Mr. Jen- 

 sen will continue the business for his 

 individual account has not yet been de- 

 termined, but it is to be hoped he will 

 be able to make such an arrangement. 

 He is an expert carnation grower and 

 propagater and the firm has done a large 

 business in rooted cuttings. 



Qub Meeting* 



At its meeting at the Union restaurant, 

 July 1, the Florists' Club elected Frank 

 M. Johnson, of the A. L. Bandall Co., 

 secretary for the balance of the year. 

 The election was necessary because the 

 new by-laws combine the oflSces of re- 

 cording secretary and financial secretary. 

 They also reduce the number of trustees 

 from five to three. Those elected were 

 Leonard Kill, F. F. Benthey and H. N. 

 Bruns. Mr. Kill was president last year, 

 and it should be a source of satisfaction 

 to him that out of a possible twenty- 

 eight votes, with seven good men to 

 choose from, he received twenty-five votes 

 for trustee. 



M. D. Neeley and F. C. Morris were 

 elected to membership. Proposals num- 



bered six, as follows: Y. A. Benthey, 

 August Dressel, James Curran, T. C. Yar- 

 nall, W. F. Hoerber, Fred Hoerber. 



For the transportation committee, P. 

 J. Foley stated that the Monon had been 

 selected for the trip to the convention, 

 a special train being assured, with a 

 number of surprises in the way of enter- 

 tainment in store. The hour of depar- 

 ture has not yet been determined, but all 

 western and northern members of the 

 8. A. F. are urged to get to Chicago 

 Monday morning, August 16, to go on 

 the special train later in the day. 



The picnic committee reported all plans 

 completed for a big outing at Biverview 

 park July 22. 



The cooling refreshments were appre- 

 ciated rather more than usual. The dub 

 will take no recess this summer. There- 

 will be another meeting August 5. 



June 'leather. 



The mean temperature in June was 

 only three-fifths of a degree higher than 

 normal. The percentage of possible sun- 

 shine was unusually high when the- 

 amount of rain that fell is considered. 

 There were seven clear days, eleven 

 partly cloudy and twelve cloudy, but the 

 sun was unobscured for fifty-four and 

 one-half per cent of all the hours it was 

 above the horizon. The rainfall was over 

 five inches, nearly twice what the average 

 has been for June in the thirty-nine 

 years since the government has been, 

 keeping record. 



