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26 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



May 25, 1911. 



WIRE 



Orders for Anything You Need 



FOR DECORATION DAY 



We Have Large Supplies of Everytiiing 



A. L. Randall Co. 



66 E. Randolph Street, Chicago 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1496 



PrlTfttc Exehan^e all 



Departments 



Mention The Review when voii write 



are again selling fairly well, though 

 the greater part of the flowers still are 

 poor. Strictly fancy carnations are 

 Oagain looking up, though Boston Mar- 

 -^et and its class are tabooed. Antir- 

 rhinum of fine quality fails to sell. 

 Lilies are doing a little better. There 

 is no special demand for peonies, and 

 all which are of the necessary quality 

 are going into storage for a few days' 

 stay. 



Memorial Day. 

 Advance orders assure an enormous 

 volume of business for Memorial day. 

 The bulk of the business booked is on 

 peonies and carnations. If there is any 

 shortage it will be on the. latter flower, 

 and of low grade carnations there 

 promises to be a plenty. May 28 will 

 be the big shipping day. This is Sun- 

 day. Most of the wholesale houses will 

 be open all day and arrangements have 

 been made with the express companies 

 for wagon service to 6 p. m. Out-of- 

 town customers must remember that 

 there is no mail delivery in Chicago on 

 Sunday, unless special delivery stamps 

 are used. Orders to arrive in Chicago 

 Sunday for shipment the same day 

 must come by special delivery mail, 

 by long distance phpne, or by telegraph. 



The Peony Situation. 

 The peony accounts for many thou- 

 sands of dollars in this market the 

 week of May 30. For that reason the 

 situation is one of special interest. The 

 early peonies were of exceptionally 

 good quality, but later receipts showed 

 the effect of dry, warm weather, and 

 the many thousands of dozens that 

 came in during the heat wave last week 

 made a big loss. A large part of the 

 stock was in such condition that the 

 heads fell off almost immediately. The 

 stock, if sold immediately, brought 

 many complaints from retailers, and if 

 kept a few hours by the wholesalers 

 became unsalable. Wagon loads were 

 thrown away. This has materially re- 

 duced the expected supply. The gen- 

 eral view is that strictly first-class 

 peonies will command good prices for 

 Memorial day, while at the same time 

 the stock not strictly first-class will 

 have little value. No wholesaler will 

 ship a peony unless he has complete 

 confidence in it; it brings nothing but 



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trouble. The loss of a good part of the 

 crop from the central part of the state 

 will be made up for in a measure by 

 the arrival of the early varieties close 

 at home. As early as May 20 peonies 

 were being cut within twenty miles of 

 Chicago, an earlier date than anyone 

 can recall. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. John Zech has been in the hos- 

 pital since May 19, when an operation 

 was performed on one of her feet. At 

 Zech & Mann's it is said she is pro- 

 gressing favorably. 



Bruce McGregor, who came from just 

 where his name would lead one to sup- 

 pose, has been engaged to lay out a 

 Hampton Court garden at the Armour 

 place at Lake Forest. He came to 

 America from the Duke of Argyle and 

 is a brother of William McGregor, who 

 laid out the English garden at the St. 

 Louis world's fair. 



Frank Johnson, of the A. L. Randall 

 Co., has returned from a trip of nearly 

 four weeks south and west. He was in 

 a territory where the season is much 

 farther advanced than it is here, but 

 says he found everyone satisfied with 

 trade conditions. 



The Chicago Florists' Club will go to 

 Milwaukee on the afternoon of June 1 

 by electric car, leaving Evanston at 

 about 2:30. If forty respond to the 

 notices now being prepared by Secre- 

 tary A. T. Pyfer, of the Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co., a special car will be engaged. 



.Tohn Michelsen, of the E. C. Amling 

 Co., says he feels sure last week's heat 

 brought in as much stock as would be 

 cut in three weeks of ordinary weather. 



Martin Peterson says he grew $600 

 worth of bedding stock in frames back 

 of his retail store at 2550 West Division 

 street. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. is steadily add- 

 ing to the facilities at its new branch 

 at 56 East Randolph street. A new 

 phone, Randolph 1988, gives close touch 

 with the main store. 



Oscar Metz, at 5525 Jefferson avenue, 

 is having a busy season in spring plant- 

 ing. 



L. Baumann is making his annual Eu- 

 ropean trip in search of supplies for flo- 

 rists. He is not expected to return 

 before August 1. ^ 



Electric light is to be one of the 

 early improvements at the Edgebrook 



