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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 2, 1910. 



Orchids For June Weddings 



CatUeyas, $4.00 to $6.00 per doz. Can supply any variety in season on a few days' notice; largest source of supply in the west 



ROSES 



Headquarters for Beauties, Killariieys, 

 Richmond, etc., of best quality. 



CARNX1IONS 



No house in the west handles so many 

 Carnations as we do ; order of us and you get 

 the goods. 



Sweet Peas 



These are the Butterfly Peas that make 

 so big a hit, $1.50 per 100 for long-stemmed 

 fancy stock. Can supply orders of any 

 size. 



VALLEY 



Always on hand $3.00 to $1.00 per 100 



ADIANTUM 



Cuneatum 75c to $1.00 per 100 



Croweanum $1.00 to $1.60 per 100 



FBRNS 



Headquarters for the best fancy Ferns. 



Full Line of BuppUes for June Weddinss and Commencement Work. 



A. L* Randall Co. 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



Wholesale Florists 



Ii. D. Phone Central 1496 



Prlnte BxehuiKe all 



Deputmentt 



Mention The Review when you write. 



principal advance was on carnations, 

 and it is quite true that red and spe- 

 cial fancy stock brought higher prices 

 than ever before at Memorial day, but 

 at the same time an important percent- 

 age of the receipts was Boston Market, 

 which never can be inaue to realize 

 fancy prices; also, a considerable part 

 of the carnation receipts were in a con- 

 dition which prevented shipment, so 

 that the average prices, taking the 

 carnations as a whole, were not nearly 

 so high as might be thought from hear- 

 ing those tell it who wanted only red 

 or fancy quality. 



Short roses were excellent property 

 and brought more money, in compari- 

 son to quality, than the special grade 

 (lid. "When buyers found that they 

 could buy short roses rather cheaper 

 than they could buy a good grade of 

 carnations, they took the roses. There 

 was: a special demand for red and 

 Bichmond returned a better average 

 price than any other variety, but the 

 average buyer wanted roses at from 4 

 to 6 cents, not higher. Rose orders were 

 mnch better filled than carnation 

 orders. No one went without long 

 Beauties, but there was the usual 

 scarcity of short and medium Beauties. 



Peonies proved to be excellent prop- 

 erty and the price went above the rates 

 at which advance orders had been 

 taken. In the closing days of the rush 

 any good white brought $1 per dozen, 

 and there were askings of $1.25 and 

 $1.50, but not much business at these 

 figures. The supply proved practically 

 equal to the demand, though no doubt 

 many more "might have been sold had 

 the supply of peonies been increased, 

 but not the supply of other flowers. 

 There were, of course, some peonies 

 that were not salable; also, there were 

 some which came from storage in such 

 a condition that the heads quiakly 

 dropped off, but taking the situation as 

 :i whole it was distinctly satisfactory to 

 those who had the peonies. 



There was an enormous supply of 

 sweet peas and the quality of much of 

 the stock showed a marked deteriora- 

 tion from what it was a few days 

 before. The peas sold splendidly to 

 city buyers at fair prices, but this is 

 not a shipping flower, so that early 

 in the week prices niled extremely low. 



Lilies were plentiful for Decoration 

 day and sold well. Considerable quan- 

 tities of indoor gladioli arrived and 

 found ready buyers Saturday and Sun- 

 day. Cape jasmines were in only mod- 

 erate supply. The better grades sold 

 well, the short stock poorly. One of 

 the incidents of the week was the 

 cleaning up of the fern market, so that 

 good fancy ferns went to $4 per thou- 

 sand. 



The wholesalers were altogether too 

 busy with shipping business to give 

 much attention to city buyers May 27 

 and until evening May 28 and, indeed, 

 all day Sunday there was heavy ship- 

 ping, most of the wholesalers staying 

 open all day. Sunday and Monday 

 morning city buyers took hold freely. 



Saturday was hot and Sunday bright, 

 so that about closing time on the holi- 

 day many heavy shipments arrived and 

 were carried over to Tuesday. Coupled 

 with fairly heavy receipts Tuesday 

 mornihg, the market broke sharply, 

 especially on carnations, though most 

 of the wholesalers anticipate a rally 

 the latter part of the week. Carnation 

 prices Tuesday and "Wednesday of the 

 present week were lower than at any 

 time for the period between Mothers' 

 day and Decoration day and rose values 

 equally good, 



June starts off with an excellent vol- 

 ume of shipping business, and local re- 

 tailers have booked some excellent 

 orders for wedding decorations, so that 

 the market looks forward to an excel- 

 lent month. The quality of all stock 

 is fully as good as could be expected in 

 .Tune, roses being especially good, and 

 prices are no higher than ordinarily 

 prevail at this season. For the moment 

 peonies are in light supply, but there is 

 an abundance of Easter lilies for the 

 early wedding decorations. Old red 

 peonies are being cut by local growers 

 and only a few days will elapse before 

 the peony supply will be large once 

 more. 



Business in May, 



It M'as a banner month of May for 

 this market. "Where is that other month 

 with two holidays, both of which 

 proved better than expected? Curious- 

 ly enough, the carnation was the flower 

 specially in request both times, for 



HERE TO 

 STAY 



You know the Comet is a Tale of 

 the paflt. 



Not so with Aphine, which has 

 come to stay to the last. 



APHINE 



TIa.s provetl its efficiency for destroy- 

 ing the insect pests, that infest the 

 fl^arden, field and orchard, to be 



equal to its effectiveness in the green- 

 house, where it has already gained 

 wide recognition as the leading insec- 

 ticide on the market for general use. 



It may not he the cheapest, but it is 

 the be.«t. 



Aphine destroys green, black and 

 white fly, nvl spider, thrips, scale, 

 slugs, ants, and many other species of 

 plant insects. 



It will not injuri' the tenderest 

 foliage; in fact, it invigorates plant 

 life. 



These statements may appear as 

 bold aasertions, hut we can furnish 

 you with many expert endorsements 

 tf» substantial*' all we claim for 

 Aphine, if you are intere.«tefl. 



APHIRE MilllUFACrURING GO. 



Madison, New Jernej 



Mention The Review wben you write. 



Mothers' day and for Memorial day. 

 Carnation growers certainly have reason 

 to look back on May with the hope 



