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The Florists^ Review 



Jandabt 2, 1913. 



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WE START 1913 WITH 

 A FINE CROP OF 



Beauties, Roses and Caraations 



Data via Greenhouse Co. 



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L. O. PliOB* 

 ttti Bandolph 



Storei 30 E. ^Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Mention Th» ReTJfw when yoo wrlt». 



were out, when there proved to be too 

 many for the city demand. Prices re- 

 ceded sharply. Beauties did better. 

 The supply was well cleaned up, even 

 the off-grade stock selling at good 

 prices. 



The carnation shortage proved not 

 nearly so pronounced as had generally 

 been predicted. No one had booked 

 orders with the usual freedom, and 

 some dealers found it difficult to fill 

 the orders taken, but others were able 

 to meet all demands at the prices and 

 on Christmas eve carnations, as well 

 as roses, became an oversupply; there 

 are jeports of clean-up sales Christmas 

 day at $2 to $3 per hundred for first- 

 class stock. Of course, white suffered 

 the worst. 



Violets sold well for Christmas, but 

 did not clean up until concessions were 

 offered. Then, since shipments follow- 

 ing Christmas were light, the market 

 became stronger than it had been for 

 the holiday itself. Poinsettias did not 

 sell so well as a few years ago. Ship- 

 ments of cattleyas from the east broke 

 the local market. Good mignonette 

 was soft. Sweet peas cleaned up well. 

 There was an abundance of valley and 

 of lilies, also Paper Whites, Eomans 

 and short-stemmed tulips. Stevia sold 

 well. Boxwood was scarce and some 

 of those holding good stock were able 

 to get much better prices than had 

 previously prevailed. 



There was no special demand follow- 

 ing Christmas, but the way the buyers 

 came back December 26 indicated that 

 the retail trade had been good. Busi- 

 ness steadily gathered volume until 

 the opening of the present week, the 

 last two days of the year, found the 

 market enjoying an excellent New 

 Year's demand, with an abundance of 

 stock. Eose crops are on the down 

 grade, but carnations are coming 

 stronger every day. The weather has 

 been bright and the stock is fine. 



Various Notes. 



It could not have been Santa Claus 

 who visited the home of John Poehl- 

 mann Christmas eve, as entrance was 

 had through a window instead of down 

 the chimney and, far from filling stock- 

 ings with gifts, the upper floors were 

 ransacked and jewelry to the value of 

 nearly $1,400 taken. The thieves 

 worked while the family were at din- 

 ner. Mr. Poehlmann was at the store, 

 filling Christmas ordeiw. 



Aaron T. Pyfer says it was the best 

 Christmas the Chicago Carnation Co. 

 has ever had. The cut was within 

 1,800 flowers of last year and tlie aver- 



FINE ROSES 



Richmond, Killarney, 

 White Killarney, 

 Beauties. 



Our supply of Roses is complete and 

 we do not remember the time when so 

 fine flowers were bfeing cut. Long stems, 

 fine buds and excellent color. Can we 

 ship you some? 



CARNATIONS 



are not abundant but the supply is in- 

 creasing and surely you can use some of 

 these fine solid ones of red, pink or white. 



VIOLETS 



The season for violets is now here and 

 quality is improving steadily— both single 

 and double. The supply of the highest 

 grade is unlimited with us. 



ERNE & KLINGEL 



30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



age price more than made up the dif- 

 ference. To celebrate the New Year 

 Peter Olsem, at the Joliet greenhouses, 

 shipped the first 20,000 cuttings of 

 The Herald. 



According to the real estate columns 

 of the daily papers, Marshall Field & 

 Co. will begin the demolition of the 

 Trude and Le Moyne buildings May 1, 

 1913. It is in the latter building that 

 Lubliner & Trinz have their store, 

 with a 10-year lease drawing toward a 

 close. 



John P. Degnan is rapidly closing up 

 the work on the spring catalogue of 

 Winterson's Seed Store. The book will 

 be sixteen pages larger than hereto- 

 fore. Perennials will be featured. 



O. Johnson says it is many weeks 

 since he has "seen" the greenhouses 



of his concern, the Batavia Greenhouse 

 Co., though he lives close by. He 

 leaves home before daylight and does 

 not reach Batavia again until long 

 after dark. 



C. W. McKellar reports that Paul M. 

 Palez, well known in this market, re- 

 ceived as a Christmas present an elec- 

 tion as alderman at Little Eock by a 

 large majority. 



E. E. Pieser says Kennicott Bros. 

 Co. received, December 27, 156 cases 

 of boxwood that were shipped to be in 

 time for the Christmas trade. He 

 thinks it will be good property just 

 the same. 



In the florists' supplies department 

 the A. L. Eandall Co. has been busy 

 with inventory since Christmas. The 



