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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Septembeu 23, 1909. 



VIOLET BOXES... 



You Will Need These Soon— Don^t Delay Ordering 



We have a complete line of Violet Boxes, all qualitiee. from those that cost you on'y 2 cents to those that 



are 18 cents— every one good value at the price. 



Inexpensive Violet Boxes 



Color a perfect violet Shade. These are foldinar 

 boxeH. and when made up make very neat and 

 BtrnDg boxes. 

 . Size Per 100 Size Per lOO 



2:itx6iflx8^ $2.00 5 x 9x6 $3.20 



3i-.'x8 x4 2.8 S^axllxS 4.40 



Made-up Violet Boxes 



Size Per 100 



6:<4x3'>txS $6.76 



7i4x4:Ux3i3 7.00 



8 x,5 x4»-2 8.75 



NOTICEi-Wedonot lell less than 25 boxes 

 any one size. 



Size Per 100 



10»«x6x6i« $11.50 



12 x7x5% 13.50 



of 



Duplex Folding Violet Boxes 



Made from heavy cardboard, with violet colored 

 waterproof enameled paper on outside and fern- 

 green felt inside. A handsome bunch of violets in 

 five colors printed on the covers. 



Size Per 1000 Size Per 1000 



7x«x8»3 $B7..'>0 10x6x5»« $60.00 



8x5x4>fl 60.00 12x8x6»fl 70.00 



Made-up Violet Boxes 



The new embossed Violet Boxes in Qold or Violet 

 shades. 



Size Per 100 Size Per 100 



6x4 x3»fl $12.00 8x6x4>--> tlH.OO 



7x4 '8x4 15.00 



We have a full liae of Cut Flower and Corrugated Boxes. Write for special drcular. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1406 



Private Exehan^ all 



Departments 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



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tory that looks to Chicago for supplies 

 is shown by the fact that many orders 

 are received calling for good asters, which 

 are supplied with diflBculty if at all. 



But if asters are on the down grade, 

 carnations are coming rapidly to the 

 front. The improvement has been pro- 

 nounced, and a fair proportion of the 

 stock now received has satisfactory stem. 

 Of course, the flowers are not large, but 

 the stock is selling better than it did a 

 week or ten days ago. 



It is with much diflSculty that the 

 gladioli are moved. Increasing quanti-, 

 ties of dahlias are coming in, and while 

 some of those put up carefully in boxes, 

 thus avoiding rehandling and bruising, 

 are selling fairly well, the stock handled 

 in the ordinary manner goes slowly. 

 Rubrum lilies find a fair sale. The 

 stringency in the Easter lily market has 

 passed, there being fair supplies on hand, 

 with prices back to normal. Valley is 

 once more abundant. 



The Golden Glow chrysanthemums are 

 pretty well cut out and, on the whole, 

 have given the growers a satisfactory 

 profit. Monrovia is now coming in. In 

 previous seasons this has been the first 

 yellow and has realized excellent prices, 

 but this year itB^ value is far below nor- 

 mal, perhaps due to the low price at 

 which Golden Glow has sold during the 

 warm weather. October Frost, for white, 

 is available in good quality and consider- 

 able quantity. It will not be long before 

 chrysanthemums are ab.undant. 



Several of the wholesale houses are re- 

 ceiving Rhinebeck violets, and home- 

 grown singles are seen. It is too early 

 for either to possess good quality, but 

 the leading retailers all are carrying a 

 few. 



Of all the greens, asparagus strings 

 are the only shortage, and this is being 

 relieved by shipments from the east and 

 south. Smilax in many cases is thin and 

 light, but everything else is not only plen- 

 tiful but of good quality. 



New "Wholailen* Opening. 



The two new wholesalers in the Atlas 

 block, Kyle & Foerster and Hoerber 



A Test of Aphinc 



The ''American Florist" says (September 18, 1909): 



So many "Killers" have from time to time been beard from that we confesB to bavins 

 developed a strontr disposition to be shown just what they will kill. A representative of the 

 American Florist bad recently an opportunity Of witnessing a number of interesting; tests 

 with "Apbine" at Cbas. H. Totty's Greenhouses. Madison, N. J. The tests were made 

 by Gleo. K. Talmad^e, in the presence of Mr. Totty, Wm. E. Trieker, bis foreman, and the 

 writer. Orchids affected with scale, grape vines in which mealy bug bad obtained a hold, 

 and black and green aphis on chrysanthemums and roses, were all treated. The solution 

 was applied with a small sprayer. We can say for thin preparation that "it does the work," 

 and it is so far from doing any damage to the plants that the foliage soon takes on a better 

 color after it has been applied. The results of these tests show that there is an insecticide 

 on the market that is effective and that is easily and quickly applied, at a comparatively 

 small cost. 



The day after these tests were made, Mr. Totty, whose repatation for fair dealing is 

 unquestioned, said: "I have nothing but praise for the new insecticide 'Aphine' that we 

 tested yesterday. The scale on the calanthes and cattleyas was all dead when examined 

 through a glass this morning, and the plants are not injured in the least. The mealy bug 

 was likewise wiped out where the mixture touched it. If Mr. Talmadge will maintain a 

 uniform quality in bis product, he will have an enormous sale, for it is unquestionably 

 right every way." 



A spray, averas:e 1 part Aphine to 40 parts water. 

 Two Dollars and Fifty Cents the Gallon. 



GEO. E. TALMADGE, Inc. 



Manufacturers. MADISON, N. J. 



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Bros., opened auspiciously Monday morn- 

 ing, September 20. All day long there 

 was a stream of visitors; among them 

 were most of the other wholesalers, who 

 called to pay their respects and congratu- 

 late the new firms on the excellent equip- 

 ment of their stores; each firm has fitted 

 up a first-class place, with ample cooling 

 facilities, plenty of good counter space, 

 excellent office facilities and everything 

 that is needed to do a wholesale cut 

 flower business. Miss Elizabeth Mohan 

 is in charge of the office of Kyle & Foer- 

 ster, permitting both the partners to de- 

 vote their time to looking after things on 

 the selling floor. George Pieser, son of 



G. H. Pieser, president of the Kennico t 

 Bros. Co., is with Hoerber Bros. 



The SUte Fair. 



George Asmus, president of the Fl '- 

 rists' Club, called a meeting of tho e 

 whom he thought should be interested, t 

 the Union restaurant September 17, o 

 consider the flower show at the state f ai '. 

 October 5 and 6. The attendance w! s 

 limited to those who usually take the r 

 luncheon at the Union, but the liberalitv 

 of the premiums offered and the oppo'- 

 tunity of reaching many thousands "^ 

 people seem to justify a larger intercut 

 on the part of the local growers. Tbe 



