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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 11, 1910. 



ASTERS 



Large daily supplies of Asters — we believe it is not overBtating 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. 

 Special fancy, $3.00 to $4.00; lelect, at $2.00 to $3.00 per 100. Plenty of the medium kind, at $1.00 to 

 $1.50 per 100. 



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— lArgrest line, lo^^est prices. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



Wholesale Florists 



t. D. Phone Central 1496 



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Departments 



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stock and an overabundance of the 

 short, open-centered flowers. 



Beauties are possibly a little more 

 plentiful than a week ago. The qual- 

 ity in many cases is excellent, consid- 

 ering that these are August Beauties. 

 The call for roses is not (juite so in- 

 sistent as it Avas when asters were less 

 plentiful. There now are plenty of 

 roses for all requirements, but in many 

 houses the receipts are all short- 

 stemmed. The stock coming in is cut 

 from young plants; the old plants are 

 in process of being dried oflf. Those 

 growers who are running houses spe- 

 cially for the production of summer 

 roses are cutting good stock, find it 

 sells well and at fair prices. Killarney 

 and My Maryland continue to lead the 

 pinks, with White Killarney more 

 abundant than Kaiserin, but not so 

 well liked. Bride and Maid are little 

 seen. 



Gladioli, as well as asters, show the 

 effect of drought. The common sorts 

 are poor and extremely hard to sell. 

 America and Mrs. Francis King, with a 

 few others of decided color, sell well. 

 Probably more Augusta are seen than 

 any other one variety. It is an ex- 

 tremely useful gladiolus, but the price 

 has fallen because of its overabun- 

 dance. The demand for Easter lilies is 

 erratic; some days they sell well and 

 otner days there is no call whatever. 

 There are so many Easter lilies in the 

 market that auratum ig not faring well. 

 A few extremely short-stemmed sweet 

 peas still come in. Cattlej^as are scarce. 

 Valley is in better supply than a week 

 ago. Summer flowers sell slowly. The 

 green goods market is quiet. 



The wholesalers had their own trou- 

 bles August 9. the parade of the 

 Knights Templar causing the police to 

 bar all vehicles from the downtown 

 streets during the greater part of the 

 day. 



July Makes Record. 



The statement that the last two 

 weeks of July brought a grower more 

 money than any two weeks in the year, 

 outside of the holidays, seems almost 

 incredible, but Wendland & Keimel, 

 Elrahurst. make this report. 



Mr. Keimol states that the third 



Notice 



Our business is iucroasing 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 Co. 



Wholesale Commission Florists 

 19- 21 Randolph St., CHICAGK) 



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week in July returned them more 

 money than any other week in their ex- 

 perience, except Christmas week. The 

 week following they cut more roses, 

 but received a trifle less money, the 

 two weeks combining to make the 

 largest fortnight's sales in their his- 

 tory, only excepting last Christmas. 

 During the last half of .July they had 

 three houses more glass than at Christ- 

 mas time, but some of the old plants 

 were in process of drying off and the 

 principal cut was from the young 

 stock. In confirmation of the report, 

 Mr. Keimel shows the statements of E. 

 C. Amling, who is the firm's selling 

 agent. 



Club Meeting. 



At its meeting August 4 the Chicago 

 Florists' Club adopted resolutions in- 

 viting the S. A. F. to hold its next con- 

 vention in Chicago. 



The meeting was exceptionally well 

 attended, a number of members being 

 present whose faces seldom are seen 

 at the club, attracted by the oppor- 

 tunity of voting to extend an invita- 

 tion to the S. A. F. E. F. Winterson, 

 chairman of the transportation commit- 

 tee, reported that the special train to 

 Rochester will depend on having at 

 least sixty people, and of those present 

 thirteen declared their intention of 



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 Jersej 



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going. T. C. Yarnall stated that the 

 team to represent the club at the cor 

 vention will be chosen from the follow 

 ing: Leonard Vaughan, George Asmu 

 William Graff, E. F. Winterson, • 

 Huebner and T. C. Yarnall. The clu ■ 

 voted $50 toward the expenses of tl 

 bowlers and $50 for the use of the e; 

 tertainment committee on the train. 



August Poehlmann presented tL' 

 favorable report of the committc' 

 which had been considering the a<^ 

 visability of inviting the S. A. F. ti 

 Chicago. The other members of tin' 

 committee were C. L. Washburn, W. ^• 

 Rudd and J. C. Vaughan. The club 

 voted instructing Mr. Poehlmann to 

 speak in its behalf at Rochester. A 

 committee was appointed to take notes 

 of methods and results at the Rochester 



