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The Florists' Review 



Februaey 6, 1913. 



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VtLENTINE'S DAY FLOWERS 



A complete line of stock of ^U the popular ^owere for corsftgee and bi^akets. 



SWEET PEAS - VIOLETS - ORCHIDS - VALLEY 



We are well supplied on these, and the quality is so fine we urge that you include these in your order. 



KILLARNEYS - BEAUTIES - WHITE KILLARNEYS 



The lonR ones are in better supply than the shorter lengths, but wf are able to fiU your order. ' 



Lilies - Bulbous Sfocic - Paper Whiles - Jonquils - Green Goods 



F rne ^ Klinoel 



30 E. Randolph Street 



L. D. Plione 



Randolpb 6578 



Auto. 41-71« 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Heylew when yon writ«. 



imperfect. Still, there are some good 

 ones to be had, and of course they com- 

 mand a premium. Several growers are 

 cutting short Beauties in some quantity. 



Bulbous stock is in heavy supply and 

 the quality on most of the shipments is 

 first-rate. Local retailers are featuring 

 baskets of these, and spring flowers of 

 all kinds are being used in the window 

 displays. Tulips and jonquils are being 

 received in larger quantities, but the 

 supply of Paper Whites is not so large 

 as it has been in previous weeks. 



Sweet peas are reported as having 

 improved in demand, and some shippers 

 report that the out-of-town orders have 

 been so heavy that it was hard to fill 

 all the calls. The supply, however, ap- 

 pears to be on the increase, and with 

 brighter weather it is expected that 

 little trouble will be experienced in fill- 

 ing the orders that come in for Valen- 

 tine 's day. Violets are in large supply, 

 there being a larger number of locally 

 grown singles on the market, and these 

 have met with a slow sale during the 

 last few days. Orchids show a tendency 

 to advance in price, but as yet there is 

 no great demand and the prices were 

 only slightly higher during the last 

 week than before. Valley is in good 

 supply, and the quality is all that could 

 be desired. There are plenty of Easter 

 lilies. Stevia still is seen in one or two 

 houses, but is about done. 



McKinley day, January 29, did not 

 create a ripple. One of the largest 

 houses says that only one order could 

 be traced to the occasion. This was 

 Mardi Gras week at New Orleans. For- 

 merly this event frequently caused a 

 tightening in the Chicago market, but 

 this year it was not noticed by many of 

 the houses. 



January Weather. 



It was the warmest January since 

 1906, the mean temperature being 29 

 degrees, as against 12 degrees in 1912. 

 There was forty-two per cent of the 

 possible duration of sunshine, being one 

 per cent less than normal for the 

 month. The wind movement was only 

 11,191 miles, or considerably below nor- 

 mal. The snowfall was slightly more 

 than six inches, but it did not stay 

 more than a few hours. The growing 



FANCY ROSES 



Killarney Queen, Pink and White Kilbrney and Richmond. 



Graded 3c, 4c, 6q, 8c and 12c. 



CARNATIONS, Enchantress, Pink, White and Red 



Fancy 3c Good , 2c 



Sweet PettSy fancy assorted Ic; good %c 



Galax $1.00 per 1000 Perns 25c per 100 



SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 



W. E. TRIMBLE GREENHOUSE CO. 



PRINCETON, ILL. 



BUT DXRKCT VROM THX GRKKNHOU8K8 

 Admma, Walla-Farco and U. 8. Kzpreas 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



conditions of the month were excellent, 

 compared with other Januarys, and the 

 drain on the fuel bins unprecedentedly 

 light for the month. 



Various Notes. 



C. W. IkTcKellar is congratulating 

 himself over his quick recovery from 

 this year's case of blood poisoning. He 

 thinks it was entirely due to a rose 

 thorn and that he will hereafter be free 

 from the trouble. 



The E. C. Amling Co. anticipates an 

 extremely large business on violets for 

 Valentine's day, prices this season 

 being lower than usual and affording 

 the retailers a strong incentive to push. 



A. T. Pyfer, manager of the Chicago 

 Carnation Co., announces that an ar- 

 rangement has been made between his 

 concern and A. Jablonsky, of Olivette, 

 Mo., for the joint dissemination in 1915 

 of Mr. Jablonsky 's variegated carna- 

 tion heretofore known as No. 61, but 

 which now has been named Thomas A. 

 Edison. Mr. Jablonsky sent some of 

 his flowers to Chicago last week and 

 followed them in person a day or two 

 later. The Edison is marked on the 



USE 



Wertheimer Crepon Horal 



FABRICS 



See page 8 



order of Patten. The flowers are large, 

 of good form and possess excellent keep- 

 ing qualities. The stem is of good 

 length and strong. Mr. Jablonsky also 

 sent blooms of excellent variegated En- 

 chantress; White Enchantress penciled 

 like Patten. C. Akehurst & Son, White 

 Marsh, Md., also sent the Chicago Car- 

 nation Co. a fine lot of seedling blooms 

 last week. 



A decoration at the Woman 's Athletic 

 Club was one of the big jobs of the 

 week for the Bohannon Floral Co. In 

 the overhead work, artificial cherry 

 blossoms were used, whUe orchids and 

 spring flowers were featured in the 

 table decorations. 



N. J. Wietor spent February 3 and 4 

 calling on the trade and seeing the 

 sights in New Orleans. 



Wendland & Keimel say Mrs. Ward 



