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The Florists' Review 



Febbdahy 19, 1914. 



ROSES 



Killarney, White Killarney, 

 Richmond, Ward, Maryland^ 



We pride ourselves on our ability to supply roses of all varieties and in all grades 



PANCY CARNATIONS 



Our supply of these is the largest of 

 the year to date; can furnish any color. 



SWEET PEAS - VIOLETS - ORCHIDS - VALLEY < 



We have everything you need and your order will be safe with us. 



Lilies - Paffodils - Tulips - Freesia - Jonquils - Green Goods 



AGENTS FOR TO-BAK-INE 



F rne ^ K lingel 



30 E. Randolph Street 



L.. D. Phone 



Randolph 6578 



Auto. 41-716 



CHICAGO 



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CARNATIONS / ROSES 



If you are not familiar with the high quality of Carnations you can 

 get from us, send us a trial order and be convinced that our Carna- 

 tions De Luxe are the most profitable Carnations you ever handled. 



CARNATIONS DE LUXE. $2.00 TO $3.00 PER 100 



We now have the entire cut of Roses from an up-to-date range of 100,000 square feet of glass. 

 Killarney, White Killamey, Ward, Richmond, Sunburst. We can take juet as good care of you on 

 Roses as on Carnations. 



Good short Roses, $4.00 per 100 ; Medium steins, $6.00 to $8.00 per 100 



dll(>AfjU f>/%KNA I lUIN Oil* 80 East Randolph St.. CHICAGO 



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flowers that were slow sale. The strictly 

 fancy stock, such as Mrs. C. W. Ward 

 and Pink Delight, sold clean at 3 cents 

 to 4 cents. The bulk of the receipts this 

 season again are Enchantress and white, 

 with moderate quantities of Winsor and 

 other medium pinks. 



The greatest trouble was experienced 

 with double violets. The fancy singles 

 were not in large supply and cleaned 

 up at fair prices, but the Hudson river 

 stock was a glut, and some of it ex- 

 tremely poor. The week had started 

 with zero weather, which shut off the 

 sale of violets for street wear. This 

 resulted in an accumulation, in the face 

 of receipts that increased as the week 

 progressed, which could not be cleaned 

 up. All week long the wholesalers were 

 trying to work off old violets and there 

 were enough buyers willing to take 

 them at a price so that it Was impossi- 

 ble to get even fair figures for the 

 fresh stock. Considering the shipments 

 that were lost, the average price of the 

 eastern violets was so low that St. Val- 

 entine's day will not be a pleasant 

 memory for the Hudson river growers. 



Even sweet peas were plentiful. The 

 belated crops are gathering headway. 



CINCINNATI HEADQUARTERS 



FOR CUT FLOWERS OF ALL KINDS 

 W M. MURPHY, Wholesale Commission Florist 



309 Main Street Phones Main 980-981 CINCINNATI, OHIO 



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Some of the stock is fine. Daffodils, 

 jonquils and valley also sold well. The 

 miscellaneous flowers that can be used 

 for filling in low-priced boxes sold well,- 

 including the tulips, which have been 

 hanging fire. The few fancy bright- 

 colored tulips have been doing well, 

 but the short-stemmed white, pale La 

 Keine and Murillo have been slow sale. 

 That the retailers had a good St. 

 Valentine's day was shown by the way 

 they bought late Saturday and on Sun- 

 day morning. But Sunday developed a 

 blizzard shortly after the stores had 

 stocked up for the day, which shut off 



all transient trade. The result was that 

 the city demand was light February 16 

 and receipts, while somewhat curtailed, 

 fully up to the shipping demand. The 

 week started about the same way the 

 preceding one did, but with no hope of 

 so good a finish, since St. Valentine's 

 day, like Christmas, comes but once a 

 year. 



The market has been bare of violets 

 this week because of the big storm that 

 swept over the Hudson river district 

 February 14. No shipments arrived 

 Monday or Tuesday. The result was 

 that the leftover stock was sold out and 



