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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 10, 1009. 



ASTERS 



The mideeaBon varietiee are now comtng In— the better eorts. 

 Our Bupply always is laige. Good, Sl.CO to $2 00 per 100; extra 

 selected fancy. Sa.oo ppr 100. 



GLADIOLI 



The Ehowleot flowers of the season— just the thing for decorative 

 effect in the store window or in the homes of lour tiade. We have 

 ihe finest sorts in every color. Write for prices on quantit* . 



KILLARNEY 



We are headquarters on KiUarney Roqee — were last season and shall be again all next winter. Killarney also is a 

 good snmmer rose— the best pink— and we can take good care of buyers NOW, the same as at other seasona. 



Plenty of Fancy Auratum Lilies 



Finest Ferns in Largest Quantity. 



Headquarters for Fancy Valley 



A* L« Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1496 



Private Exchange all 



Departments 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



"."utioii I'lip K'^wiew wO'-n "'»•'. •"'^^f 



that is, for the outdoor stock was sadly 

 in need of rain and should now improve 

 rapidly. There are already some much 

 better asters coming in, the midseason 

 sorts. Saturday, August 14, there was a 

 little flurry because of the shortage of 

 white, but it was soon over. 



The carnations now are practically lim- 

 ited to the outdoor stock and are short- 

 stemmed and small. Since the rain there 

 has been an improvement in these, but 

 they are slow sale ; asters are cheaper for 

 funeral work, and that is about all the 

 carnations are good for. 



The supply of Beauties is not so great 

 as the demand, even though quality gen- 

 erally is nothing to brag about. Kais- 

 erin, Killarney, White Killarney and My 

 Maryland are of excellent quality and 

 selling well in a limited way. Bride and 

 Maid are not much wanted. There is a 

 great deal of mildew, as usual at this 

 season of the year. Strange to say, some 

 of the best growers appear to always be 

 afflicted at this date, or a little later. 



There continue to be large supplies of 

 Easter lilies and all the auratums that 

 are needed. Lancifolium lilies are quite 

 abundant; album sells moderately well, 

 but rubrum seems little wanted. 



Peonies are out of it; a few still are 

 on hand, but nobody wants them. Gol- 

 den Glow chrysanthemums are seen in 

 considerable quantity. They are in only 

 limited demand. 



There is a steady but not heavy sale 

 for valley. Adiantum seems more large- 

 ly used. Other green goods are as usual. 



Chicago to Cincinnati. 



When the special train for Cincinnati 

 pulled out at 2:30 Monday afternoon it 

 carried the liveliest party the Chicago 

 Florists' Club ever has taken to a con- 

 vention. The abundance of gladioli and 

 other outdoor stock in the market gave 

 the opportunity for lavish decoration. 

 President Valentine and his bodyguard 

 from Denver were on the train, and 

 there were many others from the west 

 and north. P. J. Foley had made ar- 

 rangements BO that there was something 

 doing every minute. Some of the Chi- 

 cago Indians, of historic fame, have gone 

 to the happy hunting ground and age is 

 telling on other members of the tribe, 

 but for this occasion they renewed their 



youth and playfulness. There was con- 

 stant entertainment, varied in character. 

 The Florists' Club and others had pro- 

 vided refreshments in plenty. 



As the train proceeded Indiana florists 

 were taken on at nearly every town. The 

 club has never had a more successful ex- 

 cursion. 



The steam calliope attached to the 

 train awakened the countryside and at- 

 tracted big crowds at every stop. 



In Kenwood. 



The Kenwood district, in which John- 

 son & Chronis, at Lake avenue and Forty- 

 seventh street, and the Kenwood Floral 

 Co., at 192 Forty-seventh street, are lo- 

 cated, is one of the best in town. There 

 is not much doing now, but both stores 

 find it advantageous to keep up a good 

 show, with large stocks of palms and" 

 ferns and a variety of cut flowers. 



Various Notea. 



The John C. Moninger Co. is having 

 an extremely busy season, but found time 

 to lay in a stock of souvenirs for Mr. 

 Rupp to hand out at the convention. 

 One was a pocket mirror and the other 

 a good-luck coin for a pocket-piece. It 

 looked like a 20-dollar gold piece and had 

 on it a swastika, a horseshoe, a four-leaf 

 clover, a wishbone and some other em- 

 blems of luck. 



John Zech was able to spend only one 

 day at the convention. He went down 

 Wednesday night, bowled Thursday and 

 returned the same evening. 



The Greek who operates at the corner 

 of State and Monroe streets calls his 

 place the Busy Bee Flower Store. He 

 buys his flowers, all that the wholesaler 

 has, when he can name the price, and his 

 fruit he buys by the carload at the fruit 

 auction. 



The trade in Chicago includes practi- 

 cally every nationality. There even are 

 two colored men in the business. T. J. 

 Johnson has had a regularly equipped 

 store at 399 Thirty-first street for six 

 years and has done a steadily increasing 

 business. Clarence Powers, another col- 

 ored man, also does business on the south 

 side. 



E. H. Hunt is handling a line of glass 

 vases made by Macbeth, the man whose 

 lamp chimneys won't break. 



WIETOR BROS. 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 

 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



FRICK LIST 



▲MKRICAN BKADTT Per dot. 



Extra long stema $4.00 



80-inch Btema 8 00 



24-inch Btema 2.60 



20-incb Btema 2.00 



15-inch Btema 1.B0 



12-incb atema I.OO 



8-inch Btema 76 



Bride V ' $4.00 to 16.00 



Brideamaid 4.00 to 6.00 



Killamer 4.00 to 6.00 



Mra. Jardlne 400to 6.00 



Kate Moulton 4 00 to 6.00 



EUchmond 4.00 to 6.00 



Dncle John 4 00 to 6.00 



Roaas, oar aelection S.OO 



CARWATION8 1.60 to 2.00 



Peonies 50c to 76c per doz. 



KaaterUlles 1250 



VaUey SOOto 4.00 



▲11 other atock at market ratea. 

 Subject to change wltkout notice. 



Mention The Review wben voit write 



The George M. Garland Co. has had 

 the largest season in its history. The 

 truss construction has been a large fac- 

 tor. 



Fred G. Heinl, of John G. Heinl & 

 Son, Terre Haute, Ind., was in the city 

 for a short time Tuesday. He was on 

 his way home from the Seattle exposi- 

 tion and other points of interest on the 

 Pacific coast, where he has been for the 

 past two months. 



D. B. Hazen, of Batavia, 111., called 

 on the trade Wednesday. Mr. Hazen 

 only recently returned from Orlando, 

 Fla., where he has been the past two 

 years. 



George F. Hughson, who was manager 

 of the John Davis Co., is still selling 

 steam specialties to the florists. He 

 now does business as the Hughson Steam 

 Specialty Co. 



Nic Kruchten is figuring on discarding 

 his steam pump and putting in an elec- 

 tric motor and pump to suppl/^ water in 



