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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 4, 19lo. 



ASTERS 



We now have large daily supplies of Asters — we believe it is not overstating the facts to say we have 

 larger quantity than any other house in the west and that the supply includes the best Asters to be had. 

 Soecial fdncy, $3.00 to $4.00; select, at $2.00 to $3.00 per 100. Plenty of the common kind, at $1.00 to 

 $1.50 per ICO. 



KILLARNEY and MY MARYLAND, the best roses of the summer. GLADIOLI, the best. 

 LILIES, always awaiting your orders. ORCHIDS, largest supply. 



Write us about your needs In Florists* Supplies— Isreest llnei lowest prices. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



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Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phoii* Centrsl 1496 



PrlTSts Exehsiiffe sll 



Departmentt 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



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season, but which would be totally un- 

 salable with anything like a normal 

 supply of first-class flowers. The de- 

 mand much exceeds the supply of good 

 asters and it is in this department the 

 wholesalers have their greatest trouble. 

 Some superb indoor flowers are selling 

 for 60 cents to 75 cents a dozen. 



Gladioli in the three self colors are 

 selling well. Mrs. Francis King runs 

 America a close race as to popularity. 

 Augusta, white, sells well, if cheaper, 

 for funeral work. Other varieties meet 

 with indifferent demand, but somehow 

 seem to fetch fair prices on the active 

 days. Auratum and speciosum lilies 

 are much more abundant. They do not 

 sell briskly. The call for Easter lilies 

 is erratic. Valley has become one of 

 the scarce items. Sweet peas have dis- 

 appeared. Cattleyas are in light supply 

 and an occasional order is hard to fill. 

 The last peonies were sold at the close 

 of July. 



The green goods market is quiet. 



The July Business. 



Summing up the July trade, most of 

 the wholesale houses find it made a 

 new record. At the opening of the 

 month there was a period which fell 

 behind the same days of last year; the 

 first half of July always is the dullest 

 of the year in this market. Subse- 

 quently there came several days of first- 

 class business. Later the demand be- 

 came spasmodic, some days extremely 

 heavy and other days rather light. 

 Taking it all together, even with the 

 lighter receipts of asters, the month's 

 sales foot up better than a year ago. 

 Summer business has been increasing 

 steadily for several years. 



July Weather. 



July was the warmest the weather 

 office has recorded since 1901. The 

 average daily temperature was 3.6 de- 

 grees higher than the normal tempera 

 ture for the month, with a pronounced 

 period of great heat from July 20 to 

 29. Less than one-half the normal 

 amount of rain fell; it was only 1.79, 

 but, curiously enough, even this light 

 precipitation was greater than in July 

 of either of the last two vears. In ad- 



Notice 



Our business is increasing so stead- 

 ily, and so rapidly, that we are 

 constantly in position to handle to 

 advantage additional consignments of 

 first-class stock. 



Growers who are not now in every 

 way satisfied with their connections 

 are invited to see us now— before the 

 opening of the new season. 



A. Le Randall Coe 



Wholesale Commission florists 

 19 21 Randolph St., CHICAGO 



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dition to the extreme heat, the month 

 was unusually bright, there being an 

 average of 11.6 hours of sunshine each 

 day in the month. This is seventy- 

 eight per cent of the sunshine possible 

 in the month. 



The Convention Train. 



The Florists' Club's transportation 

 committee announces that it has ar- 

 ranged for a special train to Eochester, 

 leaving Chicago, via the Lake Shore, 

 Monday, August 15, at 5:30 p. m. The 

 fare, on the certificate plan, will be 

 $21.48 for the round trip, with $3 extra 

 each way for sleeper. Each member of 

 the club has been sent a postal card on 

 which to make reservation. 



The Oldest Box. 



A landmark is passing. The oldest 

 ice-box in the market is giving way to 

 one of the largest. It was sixteen 

 years ago, while located at 88 Wabash 

 avenue, that Kennicott Bros. Co. built 

 this box, one section of which is now 

 being discarded. There has been won- 

 derful change during the lifetime of 

 the old box. In its day it was a marvel 

 for size, but now its doors are too 

 low; the long-stemmed flowers of to- 

 day require more head-room than was 

 dreamed of sixteen years ago. The 



APHINE'S 



Increasing Popularity 



As a general insecticide for destroy- 

 ing greenhouse and outdoor pests 



Is due to the hearty endorse- 

 ments of the many expert 

 floriculturists who have fully 

 tested Aphine and have not 

 found it wanting. 



Its success is the talk of the 

 trade. 



It does all that is claimed 

 for it, and more. 



Ask your supply house for 

 Aphine, or write us for name 

 of our nearest selling agency. 



APHINE MANUFACTURING CO. 



Madison, New Jersejr 



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space where the old box stood is be- 

 ing used for counters; the new box is 

 to go in and fill a room formerly used 

 for greens and will be one of the 

 largest in the market. 



G. H. Pieser, president of the Kenni 

 cott Bros. Co., with Mrs. Pieser, leaves- 

 August 8 for a fortnight's visit in 

 Oklahoma. 



Various Notes. 



Formal announcement has been made 

 of the election of J. H. Burdett, secre 

 tary of the Horticultural Society of 

 Chicago, as secretary of the south park 

 board. Mr. Burdett assumed his duties 

 August 1. The salary is $3,000 a year. 



E. H. Hunt now has a telephone 

 switchboard with two trunk lines and 

 six stations. Miss Brundage, who acts 



