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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Junk 9, 1910. 



Beauties, Jardine, Maryland, Killarney, Kaiserin, 



Field, Richmond, Maid, Bride 



Your trade calls for the nicest, cleanest stock obtainable— nothing less will do for Weddings 

 and Commencements— and right here are the finest roses we ever have seen in June. - / 



Fancy Carnations, Butterfly Sweet Peas, Valley and Qreens 



You can find no finer Carnations than ours. Our Butterfly Sweet Peas make a hit wherever 



they are used— white, pink, lavender, blue. 



ASPARAGUS, SPRENQERI, FERNS AND ALL OTHER STOCK IN SEASON. 



five 

 Summer 



Roses 

 Hard f 



Beat 



J.A.BUDLONG 



37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 



Rosds.aDd 

 i)» mations 

 A Specialty. 



WHOLESALE 



6R0WER of 



CUT FLOWERS 



lardine 



Kaiserin 



Killarney 



Maryland 



Field 



Mention The RpHow I'-hon vmi write. 



and Ehea Keid are commanding better 

 prices than the same lengths in other 

 roses. There is plenty of shorter stock, 

 and buyers find values extra good all 

 through the rose department. With 

 such large supply, such fine stock and 

 such moderate prices, it is no wonder 

 a big business is being done. 



Carnations are in heavier supply and 

 are of improved quality. Prices are 

 moderate. Under the circumstances, 

 there is little demand for the lower 

 grades, and growers who cut a consid- 

 erable proportion of these find returns 

 unsatisfactory. For others, they are 

 seasonable. 



One of the most popular flowers of 

 the season is the Butterfly sweet pea. 

 Nobody wants me winter bloomers any 

 more. There are all kinds and condi- 

 tions of Butterfly peas. Some have 

 stems four or five inches long and 

 others have stems eighteen inches 

 long. Some are nice, clean stock, and 

 some are not. Consequently the price 

 is anywhere from 50 cents to $1.50 per 

 hundred, with the best grade selling 

 much more promptly than the others. 



Not many peonies have come in. The 

 weather is too cool. A number of local 

 growers, however, are cutting moderate 

 quantities, and the deluge will follow 

 a few warm days. Much of the stock 

 shows frost injury, but peonies have 

 been selling excellently, because of light 

 supplies. Easter lilies are not so abun- 

 dant as they were, and callas are pass- 

 ing. The market is well supplied with 

 fancy gladioli, Augusta being the prin- 

 cipal variety seen, with lesser quanti- 

 ties of Mrs. Francis King, which is the 

 best seller. Valley is an important 

 item, but plentiful. Daisies are not 

 abundant. The miniature gladioli are 

 not selling well. Cattleyas are less 

 plentiful, but still are equal to any re- 

 quirements. 



There are abundant supplies of green 

 goods. Asparagus strings are not yet 

 especially plentiful, but the demand ap- 

 pears to have dropped oflf as a result 6f 

 the scarcity which has continued for 

 months. Smi^ax is fairly abundant, but 

 not in large request. Adiantum is 

 plentiful. Ferns from storage are pretty 

 well cleaned up, but new crop is availa- 

 ble. 



Make Wants Clear. 



Many peculiar things happen in a 

 holiday rush. Here is one of them: An 

 extra hand in a wholesale house picked 

 out and shipped an order of roses, send- 

 ing the best the firm had and charging 

 their price. When it was discovered 

 what grade of stock had been sent, a 

 strong protest was expected by return 

 mail. When the letter came this is 

 what it said: "The roses were fine; 

 why don't you send me that grade all 

 the time? I wouldn't mind the price 

 if I could get that quality." The cus- 

 tomer had always been sent second- 

 grade goods, under the impression that 

 it was what he wanted. 



In a great many cases if buyers 

 would make their wants more clearly 

 known to the wholesaler, they would 

 not lose anything by it. 



May Weather. 



May was a cold and peculiar month. 

 The mean temperature was 3 degrees 

 below normal; the rainfall was one- 

 third greater than normal; the warmest 

 day was 78 degrees, May 22, but this 

 record was exceeded several times in 

 March and also in April. There were 

 frosts May 5, 26 and 27, and the dura- 

 tion of sunshine was only fifty-five per 

 cent of the possible number of hours. 



Club Meeting. 



At the club meeting June 2 the subur- 

 ban vice-president, H. E. Philpott, of 

 Winnipeg, occupied the chair in the 

 absence of President Asmus. The at- 

 tendance was light and, in the hope of 

 stimulating interest, it was voted to set 

 up a dollar dinner to each member pres- 

 ent at the July meeting. A committee 

 consisting of A. I. Simmons, W. F. Sco- 

 field and Alex. Henderson was appointed 

 to have charge. Capt. Simmons is in 

 charge of the commissary department 

 of the -Seventh Eegiment, I. N. G., so 

 this assignment is right in his line and 

 should draw a crowd. 



P. J. Saunders and George Grimm 

 were elected to membership. A repre- 

 sentative of the Michigan Central was 

 present to tell the club what a fine 

 road his is for the trip to Rochester to 

 the S. A. F. convention. He offered a 



NOTICE 



Canadian Florists 



We have established selling agencies 

 at Montreal and Port Dover. Ontario, 

 where you can obtain 



APHINE 



FROM 



DUPUY & FERGUSON 



38 Jacques-Cartier Square, Montreal, 



AMD 



THOMAS A. IVEY & SONS, Ltd. 



Port Dover, Ontario 



We desire to establish agencies in 

 other Canadian territories and will be 

 glad to hear from reputable firms, 

 having proper facilities to introduce 

 Apliine among their trade. 



APHINE MANUFACTURING GU. 



Madison, New Jersey 



Mention The Review when you write. 



special train for 100 people paying 

 $12.88 each. 



Various Notes. 



The Jones Dry Goods Co., Kansas 

 City, went into the hands of receivers 

 June 4. At times this concern is one 

 of the largest buyers of cut flowers in 

 the Chicago market. Their specialty 

 has been Saturday special sales of car- 

 nations, though occasionally short roses 

 would be used. They often bought from 

 10,000 to 25,000 flowers on a Friday, 

 paying $7.50 to $12.50 for carnations 

 and a little more for roses. The firm 

 owes over a million dollars, mostly to 

 banks, but the receivers say it is solvent 

 and will come out all right. They will 

 continue. Bad weather is said to have 

 caused the trouble. Spring stocks have 

 not moved. 



