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The Florists^ Review 



NOVKMBIOB 6, 1914. 



THE BIG SHOW NUNS 



MUMS 



IN ALL COLORS ARE HERE 



Our crop is on. From now till tne end of November 

 we shall have a big supply of stock in all the best 

 shipping varieties. Can send White, Pink, Yellow, 

 Bronze; any size you want. Send along your orders. 



MUMS 



FANCY AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



WE HAVE THEM - YOU WANT THEM - LET'S GET TOGETHER 



You will like our Beauties. The quality is A-No. I and we have all lengths in quantity. 

 Start the season with us and you will be taken care of when the dark days come. 



ALL VARIETIES OF ROSES HERE 



You wiU like the Roses you get from us, and you will find you can use a lot of them— and make a nice 



profit. We have all the varieties— everything. 



CARNATIONS 



An excellent supply of first- 

 class flowers on good stems. 



LILIES 



A large supply of Easter Lilies, Call as 

 and Bubrums. 



NEW CROP BOXWOOD OF HNE QUALITY NOW READY. 



A. L. VAUGHAN & CO. 



CHICAGO 



(NOT INC.) 



161 N. Wabash Ave. 



(Central S571 



TSLEPHONSS-; Central SS7a 



j Amo. 48-734 



Mention The Rerlew when you write. 



m WHOLESALE GPOVEPS °/CUT FLQWERS*^'" PLANTS f? 



L. D. Phone 



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^:iT^r\7(> K.Micb^8J>" Ave. 



Beauties 



Roses 



Carnations - Mums 



EVERYTHING SEASONABLE 



WRITK. WIRE OR PHONI 



Mention The Review when yon •write. 



Prices have firmed up quite a little, 

 although they are not yet up to the 

 seasonal average. Short roses are rela- 

 tively less plentiful than long roses 

 and bring comparatively better prices. 

 Some excellent stock is seeu; thus far 

 every buyer has been able to get what 

 he wanted, but a normal demand would 

 be sure to produce a scarcity, with the 

 supply no larger than it is at present. 

 Beauties are not in heavy crop, but 

 there are more than the market needs; 

 mums are so plentiful and so cheap 

 that it is difficult to sell long Beauties 

 at the usual November price. 



Carnations are doing a little better 

 than has been the case. The low prices 

 due to the hot weather in October hit 

 the carnation growers harder than any- 

 one else. Such low average prices never 

 have been known in this month, but 

 at the same time it must be said the 

 production was much heavier than in 

 October of last year. Some of the 

 wholesalers now report they are able 

 to get the usual prices for strictly 

 fancy carnations, but the lower grades 

 still are ahead of the demand. 



The chrysanthemum season is most 

 unusual; the midseason varieties ar- 

 rived in the last days of October and 

 now such late sorts as Chadwick are 

 beginning to show up on the market. It 

 looks as though the chrysanthemum 

 season would be weeks shorter than 

 usual this year with most of the 

 growers. The quality of the mums 

 this week is the best of the season to 

 date; Bonnaffon always is the best 

 seller in this market and now is avail- 

 able in all sizes. It brings better 

 money than has been obtainable for 

 most of the varieties thus far offered. 

 The quality of the mums has been 

 nothing to brag about, taking them as 

 a whole. Pompons are everywhere; 

 the supply greatly exceeds any previous 

 year. The variety also is large. Prices 

 vary considerably, but in most cases 

 are low. The retailers are using pom- 

 pons extensively for special laasket 

 sales and for table work. 



At the end of last week the All 

 Saints' day demand was a factor. Some 

 years this event has called great quan- 

 tities of chrysanthemums to the south. 



Important shipments went out last 

 week, mainly chrysanthemums and 

 roses, but the total was the smallest in 

 years. Letters from the trade in the 

 south indicate that the decrease was 

 due to southern growers having had 

 good success this year with their home 

 crops of mums, rather than to any busi- 

 ness depression. 



Within the last few days violets have 

 begun to sell a little like old times, as 

 there are not many of them. The 

 weather has been too warm; the singles 

 have stopped blooming and the New 

 York doubles travel poorly. Several 

 experimental shipments have come 

 from San Francisco. There continue 

 to be plenty of cattleyas and enough 

 valley. Gardenias are available. The 

 few sweet peas sell quite well. There 

 also is a special demand for Mrs. Ward 

 and Cecile Brunner rosebuds because the 

 corsage work is picking up with the 

 retailers. Lilies are not overabundant. 

 The frost pretty well cleaned up the 

 odds and ends of stock, so that business 

 now is centering on the big staple 

 items. 



