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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 30, 1910. 



PEONIES 



A Large Supply 

 $2 to $6 per 100 



ORCHIDS. Cattleyaa, l^t.OO to|<'>.00pur 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. 



SWKET FSA8. There is no finer stock than these— long stems, 

 large flowers. Almost any color. 50c to $1.00 per 100. 



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

 $3.00toH.00perl00. 



FANCT GRBEMS. Adlantum, 75c to $1.00. Croweanam, 

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



We have large daily receipts of AsparacuB PlumoBus Strlnsra 

 and can supply any quantity on short notice. 



KILX.ARNKT ROSES. We can supply your needs on Killarney 

 —the finest, cleanest stock ia 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 large 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. 



CANDIDUBf LILIES, GLADIOLI. DAISIES and all season- 

 able flowers in large supply. 



REMEMBER— We Have EverytUne in Florists* Supplies. 



A. L. Randall Co* 



Wholesale Florists 



Ii. D. Phone Ceatrki 1496 



PriTkte Ezehuige All 



Departments 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



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such warm weather. The demand is not 

 extensive. 



Sweet peas also are of the summer 

 type. Indoor flowers still are seen, 

 but the majority now come from out- 

 side. Neither quality, demand nor 

 price is what it was a week or so ago. 



Arrivals of peonies have ceased. It 

 is said that the quantitj' in storage is 

 less than it usually is at this date. 

 There is great variation in the quality 

 of stock. Some exceptionally line peo- 

 nies are coming out of storage, selling 

 readilj- at 75 cents to $1 per bunch, but 

 there are others that are extremely 

 slow sale at 3.j cents per bunch. 



The dejnand for the wedding flowers 

 has subsided and vallej' once more is 

 accumulating on wholesalers' hands. 

 Gladioli are abundant, many of them of 

 excellent cpiality, and meeting with fair 

 sale. A few outdoor asters are com- 

 ing in. Candidums from Michigan have 

 glutted the market the last few days. 

 Easter lilies are abundant, but slow 

 sale. Coreopsis and gaillardia are plen- 

 tiful. Water lilies figure in the retail- 

 ers' windows. 



Last week was dull and grew duller 

 as the week progressed, until Friday 

 and Saturday, when receipts were 

 sharply cut down and demand took a 

 spurt. Many wholesalers say they were 

 more closely cleaned up Saturday night 

 than at any time in the last three 

 weeks. They now are looking for a 

 steady run of summer business. Ship- 

 ping orders are fairly numerous, but 

 not large. 



Out-of-town buyers should recall that 

 beginning July 1 all the wholesale 

 houses will aim to close promptly at 5 

 p. ni. It is a simple measure of safety 

 to send orders early. 



Various Notes. 



The market has lost another of its 

 oldest frequenters and well known char- 

 acters — "Darby" is dead. As far back 

 as the oldest remember, he was a fre- 

 quenter of the wholesale houses, doing 

 odd jobs for wholesalers or retailers as 

 opportunity presented. Of late he had 

 made his headquarters with Weiland & 

 Eisch, assisting them as they needed 

 his services. 'Taking his money Satur- 

 day night, he started for the lodging 



house at which he lived. Crossing the 

 street at Wabash avenue and Harrison 

 street, he was struck by an electric car 

 .ind died within a few moments. H. 

 W. Rogers, of Weiland & Risch, was 

 one of those who identified the remains. 

 There was some difiiculty in ascertain- 

 ing his real name, which appears to 

 have been George R. Wheeldon. He is 

 supposed to have a brother somewhere 

 in Texas, whom the police are trying 

 to notify. Once before Darby was hit 

 by a street car; that time he spent sev- 

 eral months in the County hospital. 



Wietor Bros, completed replanting 

 their Beauty range early this week and 

 are nearly through replanting the roses. 



C. W. McKellar, Mrs. McKellar and 

 guests spent the week-end motoring to 

 Lake Geneva, returning .Tune 28. 



E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. Co., 

 says he believes this will be one of the 

 summers when good flowers will be 

 scarce and in active demand. 



A. L. Randall was on his Michigan 

 farm from Saturday to Wednesday. 



C. L. Washburn advocates closing all 

 the wholesale houses on Sunday during 

 July and August. He says replanting 

 carnations will begin at Bassett & 

 Washburn 's July 5. 



C. M. Dickinson is one of the com- 

 mittee which is preparing an old-time 

 Fourth of July celebration at Park 

 Ridge. 



Kyle & Foerster say there is a fine 

 sale for the best peonies, but that 

 iiardly anyone wants the low grades. 



.7. H. McNeilly is doing a fine busi- 

 ness at his new store on Sixty-third 

 street. 



P. F. Scarry died at the home of his 

 daughter, 1143 South Home avenue. 

 Oak Park, 111., after a long illness with 

 tuberculosis. He had been confined to 

 his bed for two years. For more than 

 twenty years Mr. Scarry had been a 

 gardener in the employ of the west 

 parks system in Chicago. 



The E. F. Winterson Co. received 

 several hundreds of outdoor asters June 

 27, probably the first to reach this mar- 

 ket. They came from southern Illinois. 



Harold Burling is calling on green- 

 house owners in the interest of the 

 Martin Grate Co. He is the son of 



APHINE 



Destroys Qreen, Black and White 

 Fly, Red Spider, Thrlps, Mealy 

 Bug and Scale. 



It invigorates plant life and can 

 be applied to the tenderest flowers 

 and foliage. 



$2.50 per gallon; $1.00 per quart. 



Buy from your seedsman, or we 

 will send you a sample can with 

 sufficient for a thorough trial ( post- 

 age prepaid), on receipt of 40c. 



APHINE MANUFACTURING GO. 



Madison, New Jersey 



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W. S. Burling, president of the grate 

 concern. 



W. H. Hilton, after his long illness 

 and recuperative trip to Alabama, looks 

 well and says he feels as strong as ever. 



Emil Buettner is putting in this sea- 

 son two new return tube steam boilers, 

 which are being manufactured for him 

 by Kroeschell Bros. Co. He uses the 

 Martin rocking grate. 



C. A. Samuelson has had an excep- 

 tionally good June, an unusual number 

 of wedding jobs having come to him. 

 His largest for the season, and prob- 

 ably the largest in Chicago this month, 

 was the Harris wedding at Lake Ge- 

 neva last week. Mr. Samuelson and 

 three men went out in an automobile. 



Charles Klehm is spending his time 

 in the market these days, giving per- 

 sonal attention to the peonies which 

 Klehm 's Nursery has in storage. The 

 quantity is not as large as usual, be- 

 cause of the frost injury in April. 

 They did not cut and store anything 

 but the best, and Mr. Klehm says he 

 considers the prospect excellent for a 

 good clean-up on really first-class peo- 

 nies. 



