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The Florists' Review 



January 9, 1913. 



CARHATIOHS 



All Other Cut Flowers and Supplies. 



THE DENVER WHOLESALE FLORISTS' CO. 



1433=35 California Street, 



DENVER, COLO. 



Mention The Rfvlew when yon write. 



retailers. Owing to the unsettled 

 weather conditions, the retailers in the 

 city have not found any special de- 

 mand. The first snow of the year came 

 January 3, when a drop in the tem- 

 perature took place. Since that date 

 more or less snow has fallen, but the 

 weather has not been severe, as it 

 was last year, when zero weather had 

 a firm grip on this region. The cloudy 

 weather, however, has been a help 

 to the wholesalers, as it has prevented 

 a bigger cut of carnations and, while 

 it has affected the retailers, it has held 

 the market steady. 



The greatest call at the present time 

 is for stock suitable for funeral work 

 and enough short roses cannot be had 

 to supply the demand. The longer 

 ones do not find such a ready market, 

 but appear to be moving along in good 

 shape. Killarneys are still in big sup- 

 ply, but roses as a general rule are 

 being cut in smaller quantities and the 

 heavy crops are passing off. Beauties 

 are of excellent quality. The long 

 stemmed ones are being cut freely 

 and command a good price. Eichmonds 

 are not so much in evidence and have 

 not been since the holiday season. The 

 new roses, such as Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 Sunburst, Lady Hillingdon, Radiance, 

 Melody and Mrs. Taft, are bringing 

 good prices and sell almost as fast as 

 they are cut. 



Violets have dropped off and during 

 the last week the demand for these 

 was rather light. Orchids and valley 

 also met with a like fate. On the other 

 hand, lilies and other flowers in de- 

 mand for funeral work have experi- 

 enced a brisk call and prices have 

 taken an upward trend, with hardly 

 enough to go around. There are quan- 

 tities of Paper Whites and Romans 

 that are selling slowly. Jonquils have 

 become abundant, but the quality is 

 nothing extra. Quite a few tulips are 

 seen, but they still are too short in 

 stem to find much favor. 



Sweet peas may be called the one 

 scarce item at the present moment. 

 All the good ones find a ready market 

 and there is a call for more, of which, 

 strangely enough, the sellers do not 

 appear to take advantage by asking 

 better prices. Retailers themselves ad- 

 mit that good peas would easily bring 

 better prices than have been the rule 

 in this market. 



CARNATIONS 



Full supply of Carnations. The cream of the crops are 

 now coming in and we know that they are the best to 

 be had anywhere. All lengths of stems, but we have 

 some long ones that are surely winners. 



KILLARNEY 

 WHITE KILLARNEY 



BEAUTIES 



SUNBURST 



The Roses are as fine now as they ever are 

 and the quality is bouhd to give satisfac- 

 tion. We have some long-stemmed Killar- 

 neys that cannot be touched by anyone in 

 this market — fine color, too. 



ORCHIDS VIOLETS 



PAPER WHITES 



LILIES 



ERNE & KLINGEL 



30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Mention The Bevlew when you write. 



Green goods still are in excellent 

 request. 



December Weather. 



It is interesting! to note that in De- 

 cember the growers enjoyed fifty-one 

 per cent of the possible quantity of 

 sunshine; the normal for the month is 

 forty-one per cent. At the same time 

 the mean temperature was 4 degrees 

 above normal and the wind movement 

 below normal. Consequently, December 

 could be described as an ideal growing 

 month. Probably the growers will not 

 soon have another December so favor- 

 able for the Christmas crop. 



Various Notes. 



The E. C. Amling Co. reports that 

 several of its growers have winter- 

 flowering strains of the Butterfly 

 sweet peas in considerable quantity 

 this season. 



January 9 is installation night with 

 the Chicago Florists' Club. The meet- 

 ing will be held at the Union restau- 

 rant, 68 West Eandolph street, 



A. A, Sawyer, who is disseminating 

 the aster that he exhibited at the S. A. 

 F. convention and has named the As- 

 termum, reports that he is receiving 



