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The Florists' Review 



March 5, 1914. 



WHITE CARNATIONS FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY 



Get your orders ia early and we will fill them for you. Glad to quote on any quantity you need. 



We can furniBh FANCY TULIPS. 

 Such excellent varieties as Murillo, La Reine, Yellow Prince, etc. You can get the best by ordering of us. 



American Beauties Violets Peas Jonquils Daffodils 

 Carnations Roses Orchids Valley Greens 



We have a good supply of all the seasonable flowers and can make quick shipment. 



Let us know what you need — we will see thait you get it. 



WE WANT A CHANCE TO PROVE TO YOU THAT HERE IS A RELIABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY 



A. L. VAUGHAN & CO. 



(NOT INC.) 

 161 N. Wabash Avenue, Phones:— central 2571-2572. 



CHICAGO 



Mention The ReTlew when ^pn write. 



prices, but it' is not ' possible to clean 

 up at regular rates and it has been 

 the inducement offered the buyer who 

 could use a big lot of yesterday's roses 

 that has pulled down the average. There 

 are. plenty of short roses, something 

 that has not been the case in the pre- 

 ceding two months. The quality of all 

 roses is good for the price. 



Next to the increase in the supply of 

 roses the most important factor has 

 been the increase in the sweet pea picks. 

 The sweet pea growers have been de- _ 

 layeu even more than the rose grow- 

 ers in getting into crop, but they got 

 going last week. There are plenty of 

 ])eas; so many, in fact, that daily clear- 

 ances are difficult and prices therefore 

 somewhat unstable. The peas are of 

 splendid quality and they sell as well as 

 anything on the list. There is good, 

 long-stemmed stock of the old varieties 

 that once were thought fine for winter, 

 but these former favorites are quite out- 

 classed by the newer winter-flowering 

 Spencer type. The color of some of 

 these new peas is not just what the re- 

 tailers want, but the big, wavy flowers, 

 usually three and frequently four on a 

 stem, with all the stem anyone possibly 

 could use, makes them sell well in 

 every . store that does anything more 

 than funeral work. The Spencer peas 

 are coming to market from a number 

 of growersj and from some of them in 

 considerable quantity. It is common 

 report that a Maywood grower who is 

 supplying four wholesalers invested 

 $2,800 in seed of these peas, incredible 

 as that may sound. 



The carnation growers still are shy 

 on quality. The cut is abundant, but 

 there are not too many really good car- 

 nations. The price of even the best has 

 been affected by the abundance of other 

 stock, while the increase in the supply 

 of short roses has made it even more 

 difficult than before to clear the large 

 supply of carnations that are fit only 

 for funeral work. Both local single and 

 eastern double violets have been a glut. 

 The singles have had the best sale. 

 •Clean-up sales of the doubles were made 

 last week, according to the Hellenic mer- 

 «hants, at as little as 5 cents a bunch. 

 Bulbous stock of all kinds is plentiful 

 and, except for a few fancy tulips, the 



OUR FLORIST FOLDERS 



are bringing more business and larger profits to progressive 

 florists everywhere. 



EASTER FOLDER 



now ready, i^rite ^oday for sample and full particulars. 



McNEFFSWENSON COMPANY 



FLORAL PUBLICITY 



Michisfan Avenue 



ILLINOIS 



HIGH GRADE 

 220 South 

 CHICAGO, 



Mention The Review when yon write 



