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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOVEMBEB 4, 1909. 



VIOLET 



BOXES, CORDS, 

 TIES. 

 You can work up a big business on Violets 



if you Bend them out right. There should be a cord or ribbon tie on each corsage bunch and, if you deliver, each 

 bunch should go out in a neat special violet box (we have violet boxes all the way from 2c to 18c each). Send for 

 Special Box Circular; it shows pictures with prices. Order an assortment of Violet Ties, at $5.00 or $10.00. 



THE BOHANNON VIOLET CLASP, to fasten the bunch of violets to the ladies' coreage. Something new. 

 Send 20c in stamps and we will mail you a sample, with interesting particulars and prices. 



A. L. RandallX^o 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1496 



PriTftte Bxehuiffe All 



Departmenta 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



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of the shipping grade. The Beauties are 

 fine. The heat wave also made the other 

 roses arrive in an open condition for a 

 day or two, the effect being especially 

 marked on Richmond. This rose la again 

 in full crop, and some splendid, long- 

 stemmed stock is seen. Killarney is sell- 

 ing excellently in the medium grades, but 

 the extra long stock that should command 

 its price to be profitable to the grower is 

 only in limited demand at the moment, 

 and not making the values it should. 

 Some fine long My Maryland and Jardine 

 also are seen, but it i« the grade at 4 

 cents to 6 cents that is most in demand. 

 An occasional order calls for first-class 

 Maid, and it is not the easiest thing to 

 find really good stock in quantity; Maid 

 is completely overshadowed by the other 

 pink roses. White Killarney is fine, and 

 sells better than Bride. 



Carnations would not be in adequate 

 supply if the demand were what it should 

 be. The high prices asked a few weeks 

 ago for low grade carnations have 

 checked the demand so that moderate re- 

 ceipts are now equal to the market re- 

 quirements. There is some special fancy 

 stock that has been commanding high 

 prices, but the average run of carnations 

 is now bringing no more than ordinary 

 values at this date, but buyers have not 

 yet fully awakened to the fact. 



Violets are in only moderate supply 

 and are selling first rate, both doubles 

 and singles. Lilies are in fair supply 

 and there is enough valley to go around. 

 A few callas are seen, also a few sweet 

 peas and a little bouvardia. 



The single and pompon chrysanthe- 

 mums are selling excellently, and some 

 fine stock in all colors is offered. The 

 singles especially require careful handling 

 to get them on the market in good shape. 



The green goods market is quiet. As- 

 paragus strings are not abundant, but 

 there is plenty of stock; 



Club Meetin£. 



The Florists' Club held another of its 

 weekly meetings at the Union October 29, 

 when committees made final reports of 

 arrangements for the big flower show 

 that is on at the Coliseimi this week. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 bership: George Woodward, H. P. Ger- 

 hardt, George Fisher, Julius Shattls, A. 

 Miller, August Bergland, Albert* Eriek- 

 son, D. A. Robertson, John Schollsman, 



Western Florist 

 Supply Hoose 



Hardy Cut Ferns 



Ne>v Crop Galax Leaves 



Southern Wild Smilax 



All Leading Novelties for Winter 

 ROCKY ML COLUMBINE SEED 



1 oz., $1.00; 4 oz., $8.00. 

 Ne\e crop noTir ready. 



THE BARTELDES SEED CO. 



DENVER. COLO. 



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Harry Frank, Jr., Andrew Skafgard and 

 Eric G. Johnson. 



The November meeting will be held at 

 the Coliseum Thursday evening, Novem- 

 ber 4, when the visiting florists will be 

 entertained from 8 to 11 at a stag party 

 in the Annex that is expected to eclipse 

 all previous hospitalities of the club. Ed 

 Enders has arranged the program of pro- 

 fessional entertainment. All florists in 

 the city and for fifty miles around are to 

 pay $1 for their tickets; those outside 

 the 50-mile radius will be the club's 

 guests. 



October Business. 



October was a better month in the total 

 of sales in this market than the corre- 

 sponding month in the year of 1908. 

 Early in the month there was a marked 

 shortage in the supply of carnations and, 

 while it materially reduced the money 

 taken in for carnations, it gave better 

 prices for other lines of stock, and the 

 outcome was satisfactory. Later in the 

 month supplies were larger in all lines 

 and, while prices were lower, a good vol- 

 ume of business was done. Shipping 

 trade was heavy for the middle of the 

 month, but later fell off. The question is 

 raised as to whether or not the increase 

 in sales for the month was as great as 



Peter Reinberg 



85 Randolph Street 



CHICAGQ^ 



Wholesale Price List of 



Cut Flowers 



American Beauties doz. 



Long Btema $4.00 



30-incb Btema 3.00 



24-inch sterna 2.50 



18-inch stems 2.00 



15-inch Sterne 1.50 



12-inch stems 1.26 



Short stems $0.75 to 1.00 



ROSES 



Per 100 



Richmond $4.00 to $10.00 



Bride 4.00 to 8.00 



Maid 4.00 to 8.00 



Perle 4.00 to 6.00 



Sunrise 4.00 to 6.00 



UncleJohn 4.00 to 6.00 



Killarney 4.00 to 8 00 



My Maryland 4.00 to 10.00 



Mrs. Field 4.00 to 10.00 



Roses, our selection 4.00 



Carnations 3.00 to 4.00 



Mnms.doz., $1.50 to $3 



Ferns per 1000, 1.50 



Asparagus... bunches .50 to .75 



Order ot us and you -wiJl set fresh 



cut stock every time. J 



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the increase in glass since last season. 

 The average grower seems inclined to say 

 that the greater increase is in the glass. 



October leather. 



October was a cooler month thai> 

 normal and considerably cooler than last 

 year, the mean temperature this year 

 having been 51 degrees, against 53 de- 

 grees as the average in the thirty-nine 

 years the weather office has been keepinjj 

 records. There were only nine clear days, 

 twelve partly cloudy and ten cloudy. The 

 first killing frost occurred October 13. 



