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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Septembek 9, 1909. 



KILLARNEY 



AND 



WHITE KILLARNEY 



Our stock has a reputation all over the country as being the finest Killarney this marlcet affords, acknowledged as such by local buyers. This 

 season we shall again be headquarters for this splendid rose and shall have, in addition, WHITE KILLARNEY, as fine in white as our Killarney is in 

 pink. Already receiving and shipping stock of good length. Call on us for the Killarneys, white and pink, and get the best roses the market affords. 



Beauties 



and you'll say there's nothing better. 



Fine stock in 

 all lengths. 

 Try some 



My Maryland 



Good stock in limited quantity. 



Asters 



All colors, all lengths; best of the season. 



Carnations, good, but not long. 



Finest Fancy Ferns. 



Smilax. 



Wild Smilax. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1496 



PrlTate Exehanre all 



Departments 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



Mention The Review wbeu "ou write 



cept possibly in carnations, which are 

 bringing much better average prices than 

 a year ago, largely because of the short- 

 age of good asters. White roses also 

 command a little premium. 



The Beauty market is well cleaned up. 

 Crops have not come on as rapidly as 

 the growers would like. The medium 

 length stems, which are a rather larger 

 proportion of the receipts than usual, are 

 generally of good quality, though, of 

 course, buds are not of either midwinter 

 size or color; however, the demand is so 

 good that the stock does not tarry long 

 in the wholesale houses. The production 

 of roses has been light during the spell 

 of cool weather, and everything in the 

 rose line has met with good sale. There 

 are more Killarney than any other one 

 variety, and it is the best selling item, 

 but the special call has been for white, 

 and it has not at all times been possible 

 to fill all orders with a satisfactory 

 grade of stock. Kaiserin is still the best 

 white rose. Some excellent White Killar- 

 ney are received, referring to other quali- 

 ties than color; this rose has not yet be- 

 come really white. There are small quan- 

 tities of Mrs. Jardine of excellent length 

 and size of flower. Many growers are 

 cutting :Sly Maryland, but it generally is 

 short in stem as yet. Richmond is not 

 much of a factor at the moment. 



There are some really first-class asters, 

 but a majority of the stock is of poor 

 quality. The supply of asters this fall 

 is nowhere near so great as it usually is 

 at this season. The best stock brings 

 about 4 cents, with a little more for some 

 special indoor flowers, and the lower 

 grades bring better prices than the same 

 quality has in other years. Outdoor car- 

 nations have profited by the shortage of 

 asters. Considerable quantities now are 

 received of both field-grown and early 

 benched carnations. The stems are 

 gradually lengthening, but the stock is 

 yet nothing to brag about. It is, how- 

 ever, bringing excellent prices. 



There is just a little more life in the 

 demand for chrysanthemums, and the re- 

 tailers show a little more willingness to 

 pay the price for the best stock. Sup- 

 plies are not large, but orders generally 

 can be filled if a few hours' notice is 



given. 



The market has been shy on Easter 

 lilies and valley the last few days, the 



shortage having been so sharp that a 

 good many orders have been unfilled and 

 lilies have been shipped out in the close 

 bud state. There has been a momentary 

 rise in price on both lilies and valley, 

 but new batches will be in before many 

 days have passed. 



The gladiolus has ceased to be much of 

 a factor; they don't sell. Augusta still 

 is received in considerable quantity, and 

 is the best seller. Dahlias are arriving, 

 but are poor sale. Hydrangeas are re- 

 ceived in considerable quantity and sell 

 fairly well to those who have decorations. 



There is some question of the supply 

 of green goods this fall, especially strings 

 of smilax and asparagus, which the dec- 

 orators are now looking for. Wild smi- 

 lax is here; also new crop leucothoe and 

 new crop green galax. 



Pink and White. 



Thus far in its experience on this mar- 

 ket the Killarney rose has commanded a 

 better price than other roses — possibly 

 twenty-five per cent more than Maid or 

 Bride. What with the steadily increased 

 planting of Killarney, an increase notably 

 heavy this summer, and the planting of 

 My Maryland in considerable quantity, 

 this question arises: 



Will Killarney this season continue to 

 command a relatively better price than 

 other roses, or will the abundance of pink 

 set the average price of Killarney back 

 with the others, or will Bride and White 

 Killarney step to the front in the matter 

 of price? 



Qub Meeting. 



H. N. Bruns occupied the chair at the 

 meeting of the Florists' Club at the 

 Union Eestaurant September 2, President 

 Asmus being out of town. There was an 

 attendance of about thirty. 



B. Zima and A. W. Morgan were 

 elected to membership, and the proposals 

 included C. M. Dickinson, W. E. Lynch 

 and Clifford Pruner, all three of the 

 house of E. H. Hunt; H. S. Garland, 

 of Des Plaines, and O. J. Friedman. 



J. S. Wilsop, of Des Moines, was a 

 visiting member, and talked of old 

 times, when he was a regular attendant. 

 W. N. Rudd threw some interesting side- 

 lights on the Cincinnati convention, and 

 proposed that the club consider inviting 



Success 



—OF— 



Aphine 



That new diecovery which 

 kills plant lice of every known 

 species, without the least in- 

 jury to foliage, 



is assured. 



" COLLIER'S " says— 



"Aphine has a fature as 

 long and wide as the United 

 States." 



A Spray— 1 part Aphine to 

 40 parts w^ater. 



GEORGE E. TALMADGE, 



INOOKPORATKD 



Manufacturers MADISON, N. J. 



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the S. A. F. to meet in Chicago in 1911. 

 A committee consisting of W. N. Rudd, 

 Leonard Kill and J. C. Vaughan was 

 appointed to canvass the situation, in 

 view of the fact that the S. A. F. will 

 hold its second national flower show in 

 the east in the spring of that year. 



The subject of a bowling league in the 

 trade was brought up and a committee, 

 consisting of John Zech, E. F. Winter- 

 son and T. C. Yarnell, appointed to fur- 

 ther the project. 



A. T. Peterson, of Wheaton, exhibited 

 some fine white asters. 



Refreshments were sened, as usual. 



The Ltfzemburger Shobermesse. 



The annual Luxemburger affair at 

 Rogers Park, September 5 and 6, brought 

 out the usual enormous attendance. 



