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The Florists' Review 



Jandaht 23, 1913. 



CATTLEYAS 



Fancy Stock, $4.00 and $5.00 per doz.; $30.00 per 100 ('::f':o') 



Here's your chance for an Orchid sale. These are the home-grown western stock — none finer — and 

 they reach you fresh, in the beet possible condition. 



Pa ncy Carnations in 1000 Lots 



Our Carnation irops are on — can supply in any quantity, good stock in all colors, 

 many you can use on a given day and we will quote interesting prices. 



Write us how 



VIOLETS 



There is no limit to the quantity we can 

 supply; first-class stock In every respect and 

 the prices are so reasonable that there is 

 good money for the retailer In pushing cor- 

 sage work. 



VALLEY 



You need valley every day. Randall can 

 fill your telegraph orders, but why not place 

 a standing order for regular shipments? 



Giganteums and Rubrums 



Thesfi lilies -have become Indispensable; we 

 now have a specially good supply. We aim 

 always to sell at a price that will let our 

 customers use them in quantity. 



MIGNONETTE 



We offer fine mignonette In quantity at 

 $4.00 to $6.00 per hundred, according to 

 length; some special mignonette, the finest 

 we have seen in years, at $8.00 per hundred. 



FREESIA PURITY 



This Is the long-stemmed, pure white 

 freesla. We are olferlng a fancy grade at 

 $4.00 and $6.00 per hundred. 



BULB STOCK 



You can get here all the fresh 

 flowers — Jonquils, tulips, Romans, Paper 

 Whites — that so please your customers at this 

 season. 



spring 

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RUSCUS IN NEW COLORS 



Why not White Ruscus? Your Easter baskets and decorations will be immensely improved by its use. If you are look- 

 ing for something novel and dainty, here it is. Our White Ruscus has a splendid, lustrous finish; it is incomparably delightful 

 and unique. So is our Opal Rubcus. Florists whose judgment you would willingly accept have declared this to be the 

 most notable and useful of all Ruscus effects. It is a striking blend of pale green and white. We also have Purple or 

 Lavender and Silver Ruscus for Easter. Write us, stating how much you can use, and we will make interesting quota- 

 tions on these wonderful sellers. 



NEW PROCESS MAGNOLIAS 



It is Important that you try oar Magnolia 

 leaves prepared by our new process. This 

 gives us as fine a finish as the old method 

 and it puts us in a position to absolutely 

 ruaxantee them not to mold. We hereby 

 agree to replace every hamper of our new 

 process Magnolias that shows a particle of 

 mold. Three colors — order today. 



Bronze or Green, $1.50 per hamper; Bed, 

 $1.75 per hamper. 



Send for our special proposition on your 

 season's supply, shipped as you need them. 

 Also special proposition on 100-bamper lots. 



HEART-SHAPED 



VALENTINE BOXES 



This box is heart-shaped, but it Is white, 

 not red. On the cover it carries a big red 

 heart pierced by an arrow, and all over the 

 box are neat little Violets and Forget-me- 

 nots, li is quite the neatest corsage box we 

 ever have seen for Valentine's day use; will 

 appeal to high-class trade, yet is so cheap 

 you do not need to count the cost. Two sizes, 

 nested, one for 200 Violets, the other for LW 

 Violets in corsage; two to a nest. Price only 

 60c per nest. Order now to make sure of 

 your supply. 



GREEN OAK FOLIAGE 



Once you stop to think of It you will appre- 

 ciate how absolutely indispensable our Pre- 

 pared Green Oak will be for the Spring 

 decorations. Fireproof — can be used any- 

 where, and in many places the insurance 

 underwriters won't let you use anything else. 

 This Is the same splendid article we sold in 

 such large quantities all over America in red, 

 russet and golden brown for Autumn work, 

 except that for Spring it Is bright, rich, 

 cheerful green. 



Write for our Interesting proposition to 

 supply you with this useful article. 



A. L. Randall Co 



Everytiiing for Florists, 



L. D. PhoB* CcBtral 1496 



PrlTkte Kxeksnre all 



Departmenti 



66 E. Randolph Street, Cliicago 



Mention The Kevlew whi»n yon writp 



have tended to make them soft. Prices 

 weakened somewhat as a result. There 

 still are many splits. Orchids were in 

 big supply in the local wholesale stores, 

 possibly due as much to the absence of 

 any demand from out of town as to an 

 increase in supply. Violets were in no 

 great demand unless it was the locally 

 grown singles. Doubles from the Ney 

 York growers at times met with hardly 

 any demand at all, and sales of these 

 were mostly forced. Valley was more 

 plentiful and the quality was first rate. 

 Sweet peas have again taken an im- 

 portant place on the market and the 

 supply is steadily increasing each day. 

 Easter lilies are in large supply in 

 some quarters, with few arriving else- 

 where. Callas cut no figure. Snap- 

 dragon is seen less frequently than last 

 season and much of it is of low grade. 

 There is not much mignonette, but all 

 the market .needs. A few daisies are 

 arriving. All bulbous stock is plenti- 

 ful. There continues to be a glut of 

 Paper Whites and Eomans. Jonquils 

 are not so plentiful and sell fairly well. 



Freesia is more abundant. Tulips are 

 improving in stem and flower, but the 

 same can not be said of the price. 



Greens are plentiful and no change 

 in either the supply or prices has been 

 noted. 



Associatioii Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Cook County 

 Florists' Association January 16 the 

 principal business was the nomination 

 of oflScers in anticipation of the elec- 

 tion which occurs in February. H. N. 

 Bruns was nominated for the presi- 

 dency, but declined to permit his name 

 to stand. A. C. Kohlbrand and N. P. 

 Miller were nominated and each tried 

 to retire in favor of the other, but was 

 not permitted to do so. For vice- 

 president, George W. Wienhoeber and 

 A. Zech were nominated. For secre- 

 tary, A. T. Pyfer, the present incum- 

 bent, was the only nominee, and this 

 was the case with Treasurer John Zech 

 and Sergeant-at-arms Mike Fink. For 

 trustee, five to be elected, the follow- 

 ing were nominated: Walter Scott, 

 E. C. Amling, P. M. Brodbeck, A. Hen- 



derson, H. Wehrman, J. L. Easke, Wil- 

 iam Graff, J. W. Fink, H. N. Bruns, E. 

 Schmidt, N. P. Miller, W. J. Kiemel. 

 A. E. Marine, Herbert F. Craig, 

 James Novak, John Evert and Martin 

 Goerger were elected to membership. 

 Applications were received from Otto 

 Strobach, E. W. Siebrecht, John Swan- 

 son and Fred J. Eose. 



The exhibits of the evening were two 

 vases of carnations, staged by the Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co. The Herald was 

 given the association's certificate of 

 merit. The flowers staged were excel- 

 lent, large, full and a clear, even shade 

 of scarlet on stems thirty-six inches 

 long, carrying the flowers erect. The 

 exhibit was of special interest because 

 a considerable number of the members 

 had bought the variety for triaJ next 

 season. The other exhibit was seedling 

 No. 246, a pink that was well thought 

 of. Mr. Pyfer asked for suggestions as 

 to its name, and some wag suggested 

 Ida Klein, in honor of the nominees for 

 the presidency. Other suggestions were 

 Jolly Pink, I Will and Pink Glory. 



