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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCXOBEB 21, 1909, 



IMMORTELLES 



Write us 

 Your Needs in 

 Holly and Green 



We want every buyer of these staples to write us before placing 



their orders elsewhere. We do not offer to undersell all other 



dealers in these articles, for ours is not the stock that can be sold 



_ _ ^^ ^^ ^^ __ - _^ _^ _ ^_^ -- ^_ at low prices and still make a big protit 



M^ ■ 9^%^% WW Iv r *» I H ^% ^^' ^^^ seller. Ours is quality stock, the 



CAPE FLOWERS 



best we could buy, and we are confident 

 that those who write re- 

 questing samples will find 

 it worth all we ask for it. 



A. L. Randall Co* 



Wholesale Florists 



Is. D. Phone Central 1496 



PrlTftte Exehanse all 



Departments 



19-21 Randolph St., Chicago 



I 



Mention The Review when you write. 



wholesalers say there never was a time 

 in their experience when the market was 

 so tight in October as was the case Fri- 

 day and Saturday of last week, and Mon- 

 day of the present one, while on Sunday 

 there Avas hardly any stock to be had at 

 any price. It myst not- be considered, how- 

 ever, that the shortening of supply and 

 the increase in the demand has resulted 

 in any startling advance in prices. The 

 fact is that prices now are not much 

 higher than they were after first frost 

 last year, when stock was being cut in 

 considerably larger quantity by the aver- 

 age grower. Chrysanthemums undoubted- 

 ly are bringing a little better money, and 

 quality for quality, carnations are higher 

 than they were a year ago, but in general 

 the rates previously quoted for the ship- 

 ping grades still hold. Growers, how- 

 ever, will find that the reduction in sup- 

 ply has produced some improvement in 

 the average prices, because on a tight 

 market the buyers are not nearly so par- 

 ticular in the matter of quality, and 

 short stock that would be rejected in 

 times of liberal supply can be sold as of 

 a grade higher .than it really merits. 



About the only real shortage the mar- 

 ket has experienced has been of carna- 

 tions. Of these there have not been 

 enough to go around, but the pressure has 

 not been extraordinary ; the retailers sim- 

 ply have sold their customers something 

 else wherever possible and have declined 

 to bid against each other for the limited 

 amount of stock which has been available. 

 In the last year or two prices have not 

 gone up nearly so easily as they have 

 come down, and no matter how scarce 

 stock may be, there is a distinct limit on 

 prices. Indeed, the average house does 

 not try to force jjrices beyond certain 

 limits, knowing that more harm than good 

 will result. 



There are some growers who say all 

 they need is a few days of warm weather 

 to bring in plenty of carnations, but 

 others assert that the plants were too 

 small when housed and predict that it 

 will be some time before the market is 

 heavily supplied with stock. The situa- 

 tion is somewhat uncertain, but the pros- 

 pects point to some increase in supply 

 by the end of the week. 



The chrysanthemum has become the 

 leading flower in the market. Eeceipts 

 are largely increased, but the stock is 

 selling excellently, the shipping demand 

 appearing to be heavier than it was at 

 this' time last year, and the local buyers 

 are taking hold in good shape. There is 

 enough stock so everyone can get what 

 he wants, but prices are holding satisfac- 

 torily. The midseason sorts, such as Halli- 



To the Florists of the Southwest and Middle West: 



A. E. BOYCE, Florist, Bartlesville, Okla. 



■wm devote an entire house to tbe BTOvrlns: of 



Lily of the Valley 



For Cut Flowers, 



Prices. 93.00 and $1.00 per 100. 

 handle all orders. 



and solicits a sbare of the trade of the 



Southwest. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



Have best of shipping facilities, and will 



A. E. BOYCE, 



400 E. 3rd 8t 



or Phone 

 Long Distance. 



T- Bartlesville, Okla. 



day and Touset, are now on in full force 

 and the stock is fine. 



With one or two houses the Beauty 

 crop has increased, but others are cut- 

 ting less than a week ago. The demand 

 easily takes up the supply. While the 

 crops of other roses have been reduced, 

 there still are plenty of roses to be had, 

 especially of the longest grades. The 

 My Maryland never were better and can 

 be had in quantity with stems two to 

 three feet long. Splendid Killarney also 

 are in good supply and fine long Kich- 

 mond are sufficiently abundant for the 

 present call. Mrs. Jardine is good with 

 the few growers who have it in quantity. 

 Maid has fallen distinctly in the rear, 

 but Bride is keeping up the pace with 

 other roses, because the supply of white is 

 less than the supply of pink. White Kil- 

 larney is a better rose than Bride, so far 

 as size of flower and length of stem are 

 concerned, but it is not quite as white as 

 it might be. Kaiserin is approaching the 

 end of its season. 



The receipts of eastern violets are 

 largely increased, the real shipping sea- 

 son having opened last week. There also 

 are larger supplies of the locally grown 

 singles. Considering the size of the 

 supply, violets are selling well, probably 

 better than they are in New York or not 

 so many would reach this market. 



One wholesale house received outdoor 

 gladioli October 18, and a few dahlias 

 and asters still are seen, but the market 

 now has little else than the staples. Eas- 

 ter lilies still have to be cut green, but 

 valley is equal to the requirements. 



There is an adequate supply of all 

 green goods, even asparagus strings, and 

 smilax is plentiful. It is" reported that 

 boxwood is not selling the way the han- 

 dlers would like. 



All Saints' day and All Souls' day in 



Aphine 



DOES ITS WORK 



INSTANTANEOUSLY 



It kills every species of plant lice 



ivitbout the slisbtest injury 



to Hoover or foliase 



"Aphine has a future as vride and Iodr 

 as the United States,"— says Colmer s. 



"Aphine ^ill do all you claim for it, 

 and more,"— says Chas. H. Totty. 



It can be applied as a spray, wash or 

 dipplDK solution, at an average strength 

 of 1 part Aphine to 40 pans water. 



$8.60 per g^allon 



George E. Talmadge, inc. 



Madison, New Jersey 



1 f you cannot secure Aphine from your 

 supply bouse, advise us. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



New Orleans always bring this market 'ig 

 orders for small mums. Many of ■■i*^ 

 wholesalers have already booked consi*^ i- 

 able business and the call is expected 'o 

 be larger than usual because of the sto' '3 

 that damaged the mums outdoors in • 'P 

 south. 



City May Forbid Use of Old Frames. 



At the last meeting of the city cou^'il 

 the committee on health recommenti*-'! 

 an ordinance prohibiting the sale with- 

 in the city limits of "floral designs- 

 wreaths or moss" that had been taken 

 from the graves in any cemetery. I" 

 explanation, Assistant Corporation Coun 

 sel Hay, who drafted the ordinance, stal- 

 ed that "it has come to the notice of 



