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The Florists' Review 



August 13, 1914. 



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30 East Ranlolph St, CHICAGO 



Cloa* at 8 p. m.. July 1 t* Sapt. 30 



The Always Reliable Wholesale Florists 



BEAUTIES 



We solicit your orders, and you will make a 

 mistake if you do not give us a trial, as there 

 is no better atocdc »ad no iMrgmr supply. 



ALL ROSES IN GOOD SUPPLY 



Can furnish GLADIOLI, ASTERS and LILIES 



Good stock for everybody. 



Visit us on your way to or from the Boston Convention— Seeing is 

 believing— satisfy yourself that we do not exaggerate in our ads. 



We have built up our big shipping trade. North, East, South and West, by 

 handling first-class stock and large quantities of it. 



WK ARK WHOLKSALIRS DOING A STRICTLY WHOLKSALE BUSINESS 



Mentton Th« B«Tlew when yon write. 



across the water. During the last few 

 summers there has been a marked in- 

 crease in the cut flower business in 

 Chicago. The result has been a big 

 increase in the production of stock, 

 which has come at a time when general 

 business has not been brisk. Prob- 

 ably the flower business is about as 

 good as it ever was in July and August, 

 but the heavy increase in supplies 

 makes for lower prices and an appear- 

 ance of a dull market. 



The special feature of the week has 

 been the difficulty of moving the 

 gladioli. Early in the season, when 

 it was seen how heavily the growers 

 were buying bulbs, it was predicted 

 that the quantity of cut flowers would 

 exceed the needs of the market. The 

 early part of the season did not bring 

 in the cuts that had been anticipated 

 and it was thought that perhaps the 

 forebodings had been unwarranted, but 

 now the supply is far ahead of re- 

 quirements. Last week many of the 

 commission houses instructed growers 

 who produce nothing but gladioli to 

 stop shipping, the idea being that con- 

 signers who have greenhouses, and are 

 shippers all the year around, were send- 

 ing in enough gladioli to equal every 

 demand, and that they should be given 

 the benefit. For the first time in the 

 history of this market it was, last 

 week, impossible to sell all the America 

 even by letting the buyers make the 

 price. Those who can use moderate 

 quantities at reasonable prices have 

 made no great impression on the daily 

 receipts, with the result that the 

 greater part of the gladioli were left 

 to be cleaned out by the job-lot buyers, 

 who are not numerous at this season of 

 the year. Recent rains have improved 

 the quality of the stock. 



Asters are not cutting so much figure 

 as they were a week ago. This has 

 turned out a poor season for asters. 

 There has been a fair demand for first- 

 elMS stock, but most of the flowers 

 have been of such low grade that it 

 has been diflScult to do anything with 

 them.,> The receipts this week are much 

 lighter than they have been and there 

 is a corresponding improvement in the 

 av«rage quality. Evidently the grow- 



Announcement 



^ On account of the war we are 

 compelled to cancel all prices on 

 articles imported from Europe. 



C We still are quoting^ our usual 

 unbeatable prices on all Florists' Sup- 

 plies manufactured in America. 



A. L. RANDALL CO., Chicago, 111. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



ers have got tired sending in stock that 

 cannot be sold. 



Beauties continue in large supply. 

 There never has been a summer dur- 

 ing which good Beauties have been so 

 plentiful or sold so cheaply. Much of 

 the stock now being cut is from young 

 plants and the stems from 24-inch down 

 are abundant. The retail stores that 

 can do business in summer certainly 

 can use this stock to advantage. 

 Practically all varieties of roses are 

 plentiful and the stock is of excellent 

 quality for this time of year. 



Considerable quantities of outdoor 

 carnations are seen in some of the 

 wholesale houses, but they are of such 

 poor quality that they do not command 

 much respect. Giganteum lilies con- 

 tinue abundant. Several houses have 

 unusually large supplies of rubrums 

 this summer. Until recently they have 

 sold well, but right now it is difficult 

 to move them in quantity. They call 

 the rubrum lily the poor man's orchid, 

 but the aristocrat, the cattleya, has not 

 yet come into the usual August demand. 

 It was to be expected that the call for 

 orchids would be slow in July, as it 

 always is, but ordinarily the demand 

 picks up in August. 



The green goods market is quiet. 

 There is no unusual demand for any 



GLADIOLI 



I can supply cut Gladioli now. 



E. E. STEWART 



BROOKLYN, MICH. 



MentlMi Tba Bevtow wben you write. 



item, but asparagus bunches are st?U' 

 ing as well as anything on the list. 



Olub Meeting. 



There was a well attended meeting 

 of the Florists' Club at the Bismarck 

 hotel August 6. Plans for the conven- 

 tion trip were the principal subject foi" 

 discussion. As already announced, the 

 Chicago party will leave at 8 p. ^f 

 Sunday, August 16, on the Lake Shore- 

 There will be a stopover at Nia;;ar8 

 Falls from 12:04 to 3:50 p. m., August 

 17. The fare from Chicago to Bo ton 

 and return is $30, berths $5.50 or ^t.^l* 

 each way. The club instructed the 

 transportation committee to arrange 

 for through Pullman cars, Chicago to 

 Boston, so that it will not be nefes- 

 sary to transfer baggage at Nia;:*''* 

 Fails. There will be an additional 

 charge of 50 cents for this acconimo 

 dation. 



