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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 23, 1910. 



PEONIES 



A Large Supply 

 $2 to $6 per 100 



ORCHIDS. Cattleyas, $4.00 to $(i.00 pur dozen. We can supply 

 White Orchids or any special variety that is in season on a few days' 

 notice. No disappointment possible if you order of RANDALL in time. 



BDTTKRFLT SWEET FBAS. There is no finer stock than 

 these— long stems, large wavy flowers. Almost any color. 50c to $1.00 

 per 100. 



FANCY VALLEY. 



$3.00 to $4.00 per 100. 



FANCY GREENS. Adiantum, 75c to $1.00. 

 $1.00 to $1.25 per 100, extra long fine stock. 



Call on us at any time ; we always have it. 



Cro\7eanum, 



We have large daily receipts of Aspwracaa Plumoaus Strlnes 



and can supply any quantity on short notice. 



KIIXARNEY ROSES. We can supply your needs on Klllarney 

 —the finest, cleanest stock in the market and all lengths of stem. Good 

 stock. $3.00 to $6.00; fancy. $8.00 per 100. Can furnish Beauties and all 

 other Roses in quantity. 



CARNATIONS. Many Inrgo buyers who have had years of 

 experience prefer our Carnations to all others because of the superior 

 shipping and keeping quality of our stock. We ship great quantities 

 to far distant points. 



REMEMBER— We Have Everything In Florists* Supplies. 



A* L. Randall Co. 



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Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Ceiitnl 1496 



PriTStc KxehsBge mil 



DepaitmeDti 



r9-2l Randolph St, Chicago 



Mention The Review when you write. 



growers large sums of money. Coming 

 on so rapidly, it was impossible to cut 

 the buds in shape for storage, thereby 

 increasing the quantities of open flow- 

 ers usually found on the market in the 

 height of the peony season. The qual- 

 ity also was below normal, because of 

 frost injury, and the salability of the 

 flowers was still further impaired by 

 the enormous quantities of roses and 

 carnations on the market at the same 

 time. All the peonies that were in a 

 condition for storage were put away in 

 the freezer, but reports are to the effect 

 that the quantity stored is not as great 

 as other years, and that the quality of 

 much of the stock is doubtful. 



Certainly it was a tough week for 

 peonies. The local cut is now practi- 

 cally ended, but receipts are coming in 

 from the north. 



Practically all flowers shared with the 

 j>eony the depression of last week. 

 There was a fair demand for the best 

 roses, but much of the stock was open 

 and almost unsalable, (.'arnations did 

 not have an equally good demand, and 

 fared even worse than roses. There 

 still are some really good carnations, 

 but most of them are poor. Outdoor 

 sweet peas have arrived to compete 

 with the last of the indoor product and 

 I)rices are at the lowest of the season. 

 Gladioli, lilies and valley all accumu- 

 lated. 



This week finds the market in much 

 the same condition as last week. Grow- 

 ers already are beginning to throw out 

 unprofitable stock, and it is thought 

 the heat will soon drive off the heavy 

 crops, so that wholesalers are looking 

 for a change for the better before many 

 days have passed. The anticipated im- 

 provement relates rather to decreased 

 receipts and a somewhat better average 

 grade of flowers than to any improve- 

 ment in demand. Yet the prospect is 

 thought to be for a better summer 

 business than in any previous year, and 

 preparations have been made for it. 



By general consent, the wholesale 

 stores will close at 5 p. m. during July 

 and August. 



As bearing on the general condition, 

 one of the leading retailers states that 

 his June business this year will not go 

 much more than half what it was in 



the exceptionally good June of last 

 year. The difference he attributes to 

 the fact that his wealthiest customers, 

 the steady buyers, went to Europe or 

 their summer homes earlier this season 

 than before. 



Various Notes. 



It is reported from Springfield that 

 application has been made at the office 

 of the secretary of state for the incor- 

 poration of the E. C. Amling business. 



William Homburg, after a term with 



|f3|VERY now and then a well- 

 aB pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of bringing a 

 new advertiser to 



fV/ff'w 



Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florist's use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Cazton Bldg. Chicago 



the J. B. Deamud Co., and later with 

 J. A. Budlong, is again with .Tohn F. 

 Kidwell & Bro. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co. is constructing a 

 hot water boiler that is said to be the 

 largest ever built. It will be used in 

 connection with their new tubing sys- 

 tem in the range of B. Eldridge, Belvi- 

 dere. 111., and is capable of heating 

 80,000 square feet of glass to the tem- 

 perature required for carnations. 



An unusual order was that filled by 

 the E. F. Winterson Co. one day last 

 week for six wire framea in the form 



APHINE 



INSECTICIDE 



$2.50 per gallon; $1.00 per quart 



Destroys flreen. Black and White Fly, 

 Mealy Busr. .Scale, Red .Spider, and Thrips— 

 and does it effectively. 



It invigorates plant life, 



Apblne is now recognized as one of the 

 leading insecticides on the market. 



Let us prove it to you. 



Send for dasoriptlve Circular 



APHIIIE MANUFACTURING GO. 



Madison, New Jeraej 



Mention The Review when vou write- 



of elephants, each frame being niii' 

 feet long. 



Hoerber Bros, report that Harry Man 

 heim and the tom-cat are keeping bacli 

 elor's hall these days, Mrs. Manheii ' 

 and the three children having gone t 

 Indiana for a visit with Mrs. Mai' 

 heim 's parents. 



Charles Klehm thinks the prospect^ 

 are excellent for those holders <'' 

 peonies in storage who have really firs' 

 class stock. He thinks it will be oni; 

 a few days before the low-grade stu;' 

 will be off the market. 



Allie Zech, who now makes his heail 

 quarters at Indianapolis, is here visit 

 ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John 

 Zech. - 



Frank Schramm says he will be in tin' 

 market for carnation plants this fa"- 

 as he lost a considerable part of hi;* 

 stock in the April freeze. 



N. J. Wietor never has succumbed ti> 

 the automobile fever. He still drives 

 one of the fastest horses on the north 

 shore. Wietor Bros, are cutting White 

 Killarney from the voung stock. 



W. P. Kyle, at Kyle & Foerster's, 



