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The Florists^ Review 



KEBKUAnv IS, 1913. 



THE FLOWERS OF SPRING 



A complete line of stock of all the popular flowers for corsages and baskets. 



CARNATIONS - 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 long ones are in better supply than the shorter lengths, but we are able to fill your order. 



Lilies 



Bulbous Stock 



Paper Whites 



Jonquils 



Green Goods 



F rne ^ Klingel 



30 E. Randolph Street 



L. D. Phone 



Randolitli 0578 



Auto. 4l.7ie 



CHICAGO 



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receipts. The result has been that the 

 outlet for carnations has been through 

 tb9 special sales channels, and growers 

 know to their sorrow that when depart- 

 ment stores are getting the bulk of the 

 crop, averages cannot be otherwise than 

 low. The wholesalers' point of view 

 is that when a big lot of stock is 

 shipped out of town the local market 

 is strengthened thereby and averages 

 ma4e better than they would have been 

 had the large quantity been left at 

 the mercy of the local buyers. 



The most unhappy man at the mo- 

 ment, however, is the wholesaler whose 

 consignments consist principally of 

 bulbous stock. It is so plentiful every- 

 where that there is no special demand. 

 Shipping orders do not call for many 

 bulbous flowers, because the out-of- 

 town buyers have a home supply, and 

 local buyers prefer to take their local 

 stock off of a wholesaler who can sup- 

 ply them with roses. Beauties, or other 

 stock more in request. Consequently, 

 the wholesaler whose receipts are .prin- 

 cifftUy Romans, jonquils, Paper Whites, 

 daffodils, freesias and tulips, finds it 

 difficult to make an average that satis- 

 fies his growers when the neighborhood 

 comparisons are made. 



Violets have sold poorly this season, 

 but cleaned up February 8, selling much 

 better than in the middle of the week. 

 This week St. Valentine's is expected 

 to make considerable extra demand, 

 quite a few orders having been booked. 

 The average day's receipts are now. 

 forty to forty-five boxes of .New York 

 violets, approximately 80,000 to 90,000, 

 with something more than half as many 

 locally grown singles, making a total 

 of 125,000 to 140,000 violets per day 

 to be disposed of. 



Cattleyas are again more plentiful 

 and prices are slightly easier. Valley 

 is abundant, and so are Easter lilies. 

 Occasionally a bunch of stevia still 

 is seen. Bouvardia is gone. There is 

 a little mignonette. The principal in- 

 crease in supply has been on sweet peas, 

 which are now -coming in heavily. There 

 are all kinds, stems three inches to 

 eighteen inches long. As usual, the 

 best grade sells most rapidly. 



Ferns are working up to the usual 

 February price. 



Carnations De Luxe 



AT THE PRICE OF ORDINARY STOCK 



We have a heavy daily cut of extra fine, all high quality, 

 choice Carnations De Luxe. The best in the market. 



EXTRA CHOICE. FANCY, CLOSE CUT FOR SHIPPING. ALL DE LUXE 

 CARNATIONS. $2.00 to $3.00 per 100. 



1000 lots, our selection of colors, good stock. $12.50 to $15.00. 



We are not only in position to take care of your order for Carnations, but 

 also handle a full line of high-grade Roses, home-grown Single Violets, etc. Our 

 Smilax is extra heavy strings, six to eight feet long. 



Chicago Carnation Co. 



30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



A. T. PYFER. Manager 



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VIOLETS 



J. YONDER LINDEN, Grower, Rhinebeck, N. Y. 



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Various Notes. 



The Chicago Florists' Club held its 

 regular monthly meeting at the Union 

 February 6, President Guy French in 

 the chair. Harry Balsley, of Detroit, 

 and Benjamin Keppell were elected to 

 membership. Most of the evening was 

 given to routine and financial affairs. 

 Mr. Page, an Englishman who is acquir- 

 ing a knowledge of American ways 

 through employment with the Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., was called on for a 

 talk and contrasted English and Amer- 

 ican business methods. He is not one 

 of those who think the older country 

 is behind. 



YOU PURCHASE NO REGRETS 



with the original 



Wertheimer Lace Chiffon 



(Trade Mark) 



Irresistibly Beautiful. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



Frank Ayres has been on the sick 

 list this week. 



H. E. Philpott, of Winnipeg, was in 

 town February 8 on his way to Eng- 

 land. 



N. J. Wietor and wife, with the 

 friends with whom they were travel- 



