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The Weekly Florists' Review 



Septkmbbb 1, 1910. 



FINE ASTERS 



Special fancy, $3.00 to $4.00j select, at $2.00 to $3.00 per 100; medium, $1.00 to $1.50; common, 75c per 100. 



KILLARNtY and WHIIE KiLLARNtY _ 



The quality of our Killamey is widely known— we do a very large shipping business in these aU the Vff "°"°*V4 * °* 

 present supply is from plants grown specially for a summer crop— there are no finer roses now on this market, ana lew so gowo. 



ALSO GOOD BEAUTY. MY MARYLAND, KAISERIN. 



GLADIOLI CARNATIONS VALLEY 



AU colors in quantity. We can supply. Fancy VaUey always on hand. 



HARDY CUT FKRNS. We want your regular orders for Fancy Ferns because we have the best in the country, now 

 and always— nothing less than the best will do for our trade, WiLD 8MILAX on three days' noiice. 

 K Write us about anytbInK you need-Glad to answer Inquiries and quote latest prices. 



A* L. Randall Co. 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Cestrsl 1496 



PrlTSte ExehsBce all 



Depsrtmentt 



is some splendid stock about. So large 

 a part of the retail business is funeral 

 work that there have been afternoons 

 when cheap white was not to be had, 

 although fancy, long-stemmed white 

 were available in fair quantity and 

 there were uncounted — and unsalable — 

 thousands of asters of undesirable col- 

 ors and undesirable quality. The sale 

 for pink asters is limited, and espe- 

 cially so in the poor grade, while for 

 the dark colors the call is only a frac- 

 tion of the call for white. 



Last week's storm did considerable 

 damage to gladioli and for two or three 

 days sales were diflScult because of 

 the condition of the stock. It is bet- 

 ter now. The supply is on the down 

 grade, several large growers having 

 sent advice of cutting the last of this 

 season's crop, but there still are plenty, 

 with some to spare. Next year Amer- 

 ica, King and Augusta will be grown 

 more extensively and the mixtures 

 hardly at ail for this market. There 

 are a few dahlias, as an indication of 

 the approacii of the close of summer. 



As a sumTuer flower Chrysanthemum 

 Golden Glow has proven a distinct fail- 

 ure; it is not wanted. There have been 

 more or loss of it in the market for 

 almost Ihe whole of the summer and 

 now thti quantity is considerable. 

 Where the first early yellow mums 

 lirought $3 to $4 per dozen, these sold 

 from $2.50 down to .$1.50, and some 

 houses say there has been no demand 

 that would take uj) all the receipts 

 until the cheap-sales stores were 

 brought into the deal by offering them 

 the mums at whatever price they w»mld 

 give for the day old or older stock. 

 These mums may have paid some grow- 

 ers, but if so they certainly are the 

 exception. 



There are plenty of lilies and valley, 

 but carnations are about at the low 

 ebb. Cattleyas also are in light sup- 

 ply, but also in slight request. 



Asparagus is selling well. There is 

 a good supply of all other greens. 



The wholesale houses will now keep 

 open until 6 p. m. 



Don't forget that Monday, Septem- 

 ber 5, is a holiday, that there will be 

 only one delivery of mail and that the 

 wholesale houses will close at noon. 

 Orders should be wired early. 



EVERY DAY 



New, Fresh Ribbons come from our looms; these are the qualities we ofEer. 



DIRECT TO THE FLORIST 



Lowest prices, best qualities. 

 Samples will prove assertions, postal brin^ samples. 



THE PINE TREE SILK MILLS CO. 



PHILADELPHIA 



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August Business. 



Summer business is increasing each 

 year. Not so long ago the wholesale 

 stores only were kept open in August 

 as a matter of form, just so there would 

 i)e someone to extend the glad hand 

 to a customer who might drop in for 

 a social call. But now August turns 

 a ])rofit for a good many people in 

 the flower business and it pays to keep 

 up the regular business gait. The 

 month just closed was certainly the best 

 August in the history of the market. 

 It afforded a quite respectable volume 

 of business, with a promise of much 

 l)etter things to come. 



Various Notes. 



Louis Wittbold, of the George Witt- 

 bold Co., is suffering from his annual 

 attack of hay fever. He reports that 

 business has been better all summer 

 than it was a year ago. This company 

 is building a number of cement hot- 

 beds at the Edgebrook plant. 



The possibility of a reduction of ex- 

 press rates affords much joy. The rates 

 have gone uj) so steadily, and are now 

 so high that growers, wholesalers and 

 buyers will welcome a turn in the other 

 direction. 



John Zech and Allie Zcch were struck 

 b}' an automobile as they were cross- 

 ing Dearborn street on Randolph on 

 their way home Saturday afternoon, 

 August 27. Mr. Zech was knocked 

 down and a wheel passed over both 

 feet, inflicting a painful but not nec- 

 essarily dangerous injury. In addition 

 he suffered bruises on the hip and 

 hand. Allie got off with a couple of 

 cuts and the ruin of a pair of trousers. 



APHINE 



Does destroy (Treen, Black and 

 White Fly, Red Spider, Thrips, 

 Mealy Bug and Scale. 



It has no equal as a general 

 insecticide for the greenhouse 

 pests, which will soon make their 

 appearance again. 



If your sn[)ply house does not 

 handle Aphine, write for name of 

 nearest selling agent. 



APHINE MANUFACTURING GO. 



Madison, New Jersey 



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The blame of the accident rested en- 

 tirely on the automobilist. 



K ^^" .^;n-^/°''^ ^""^ ^^™i^y returned 

 August 29 from a fortnight's enjoyable 

 outmg at Three Rivers, Wis. 



Willie Abrahamson, who filed a pe- 

 tition in bankruptcy at Denver Febru- 



t7 ' .?' ^PP^^"^ ^°'' a discharge. 

 The creditors have received no divi- 



uends. 



cZ\^^' ^"g^«^"d' of the Idlewild 

 Greenhouses, who has been spending 

 ten days in town, making Ms head 



