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The Florists' Review 



May 7, 1914. 



SWEET PEAS 



There's No Flower YOU Can Sell at Better Profit 



We have a splendid supply of Peas — all varieties and colors — and can furnish any quantity. If it happens 

 that orders exceed the supply then in the house, we call thousand^ more from the growers on short notice — prac- 

 tically no limit to our supply. The Spencers are splendid sellers. Yotif will find you can use them in quantity. 



LILIES 



How about your Lily orders? We can supply Giganteums, 

 Rubrums or Callas in quantity— fine stock of all three, and at 

 prices that will let you make better than the usual profit. 



VALLEY 



There never is a time we are without Valley. You can get 

 what you need by wiring Randall— but why not place a standing 

 order for your regular needs? Then YOU will always have it. 



IF YOU use RANDALL'S ROSES, YOU WILL MAKE MONEY 



You can get at Randall's any or all the varieties that are on the market — and you can get any quantity — 

 the length you want, good quality — and at the price you want to pay. We have a specially good cut of medium- 

 length Killarney. Also a good cut of Beauties. 



Fancy Cattleyas (Mossiae), the finest, $6.00 to $7.50 per doz. 



The first Peonies arrived this week. A steady supply in a few days. We shall be NeadqMrUrs fw f Moies in this market this season. 



Carnations* Dalsiss, Snapdragon, Stocks and all flowsrs in soason. Also a good supply of Forns and all othor 

 groans. Soo our ad of Chrysanthemum Cuttings In tho Classified section of this paper. 



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present would mean higher prices than 

 have prevailed. There has been a sharp 

 reduction in the supply of indoor bulb- 

 ous stock. Southern stock also is leas 

 abundant, possibly because returns to 

 shippers have been low. The glut of 

 Easter lilies and callas continued un- 

 abated through last week. 



One of the frequently commented on 

 features of the market was the ex- 

 tremely poor sale of snapdragon. In 

 other years such good stock as now is 

 oflfered, especially of pink, has sold ex- 

 cellently. The retailers who put price 

 tickets on their stock last week made 

 special displays of good pink snap- 

 dragon with cards reading "50c. per 

 doz." Spanish iris is another item that 

 has not sold so well as usual. Yellow 

 daisies also have been overplentiful. In 

 previous seasons they have sold ex- 

 tremely well after Lent and it seems 

 that the production this year is much 

 heavier than usual. Wholesalers have 

 found it impossible to force the sale of 

 yellow daisies; if a retailer wants them 

 for an order he will pay the regular 

 price, but he will not speculate on them 

 if offered a quantity at a concession. 



The present week opened with the 

 market far stronger than a week be- 

 fore; it might almost be said the mar- 

 ket had again turned one of its cele- 

 brated flipflops. The supply in all lines 

 was so small that a brisk demand would 

 result in a shortage of stock. Sweet 

 peas, relatively speaking, are the most 

 plentiful flowers. Roses are no longer a 

 glut and the lilies no longer afford con- 

 cern. Carnations are so scarce that 

 vrholesalers are wondering what in the 

 world they will do with the Mothers' 



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(lay orders that are pouring in, all call- 

 ing for carnations. There is a belief 

 that the insistence on carnations for 

 Mothers ' day is on the part of the trade 

 and that the public will buy any good 

 flowers offered at reasonable prices. 



The arrival of snowbirds did not have 

 appreciable effect on the fern market. 

 While the spring pick is of pretty fair 

 quality, the buyers in many cases have 

 been willing to pay the difference for 

 the cold storage stock, which generally 

 is in better condition than usual for 

 May. Smilax has been and is extremely 

 scarce. It seems to be the case at this 

 time every year and the wonder is that 

 some grower does not bring a crop in 

 to take advantage of the best prices of 

 the year, 



Amlingtown. 



From Maywood, sometimes known as 

 Sweetpeaville, comes word that Albert 

 1^*; Amling, Mrs. Anriln^ and Clareilce 



Amling will sail, June 16, from New 

 York, on the world's largest and newest 

 steamship, the Vaterland, for a visit of 

 three months with relatives at Ham- 

 burg, Germany. 



The Albert F. Amling Co. has just 

 finished planting 8,000 Killarney Bril- 

 liant, 5,000 Hadley, 5,000 Mrs. Chas. 

 Russell and quite a' large number of 

 Mrs. Aaron Ward, making close to 

 $5,000 invested in grafted rose plants. 

 Besides this, about 30,000 American 

 Beauties, propagated on the place, have 

 been planted. 



The latest addition to the automobile 

 list is Wm. Wichtendahl, who has just 

 invested in a new five-passenger Ford 

 car, bringing the total of automobiles 

 to seven among the growers in Amling- 

 town, besides one White truck which 

 makes daily trips to Chicago wholesale 

 houses. 



Wm. H. Amling 's three new houses, 

 27x200, are nealring coinpletion and he 



