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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



November 3, 1910. 



CHRYSANTHENUIVIS 



Wk m ALL SIZES AND COLORS IN LARGE SUPPLY Wk M 



lyiUinS SOc to $3.00 doz. No one can do better by you IVIUmS 



POMPON MUMS, all colors, 75c to $1.00 bunch 



Pompous are quoted as low as 26c per bunch, but tbe size of the bunches is nowhere near so generous a^jQurs, to say nothing of the difference 

 in°^ the quality of the stock. ^3 



Killarneys 



Carnations 



Violets 



We do a very large shipping business on 

 tlie quality of tiiis stock. All other roses. 



We never had so many or such good Car- 

 nations so early in the season. 



The best of the New York double violets are 

 received here every day. Try some. 



WILD SMILAX OF FINE QUALITY RECEIVED DAILY. 



Visitors to the Big; Chicago Vlo-wer Shovir next w^eek are invited to make our 

 place their headquarters. Have mail addressed in onr care. Make yourself at lionie. 



EVERYTHING FOR FLORISTS— Our Mail Order Supply Department will ship with your cut flowers any 



article you need and save you express charges. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Centrsl 1496 



Prlnte Kxehanre all 



Departmeat* 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



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demand; there still are too many me- 

 dium and small mums. 



The growers of Beauties and roses 

 have learned that the chrysanthemum 

 season is not the best time for other 

 flowers and they are working their 

 crops as far as possible to get the 

 heaviest cut before chrysanthemum 

 time, and later. The result is that 

 the market is not overloaded with 

 Beauties and roses to the extent that 

 it usually is during the chrysanthemum 

 season. Better prices are being ob- 

 tained than frequently has been the 

 case in other years. Beauties actually 

 are on the short side; not that orders 

 are cut, but that Beauties are not press- 

 ing for a market. Some wonderfully 

 fine Killarney, White Killarney and 

 Maryland are now received, stock that 

 readily commands a special figure, 

 though it is not every buyer who can 

 use such goods. Richmond is not as 

 abundant as the other varieties. 



There is much difference in the qual- 

 ity of the carnations cut by the dif- 

 ferent growers. Some are strictly first- 

 class, while others are as yet cutting 

 only short stems. The market for 

 carnations is not strong, though it is 

 better than during the hot weather. 

 The supply of carnations so far this 

 season has certainly been ahead of all 

 previous records and the prices real- 

 ized have been below normal. 



At the close of last week violet ship- 

 ments were much reduced, but they 

 are now heavier again. The best grade 

 of goods has commanded an advance in 

 price and the wholesalers are hopeful 

 that the violet market has once more 

 come into its normal winter course. A 

 few sweet peas are arriving, much ear- 

 lier than in other years. Orchids have 

 gone off crop and the price of cattleyas 

 has been advanced. At the opening of 

 this week there was a flurry in valley. 

 Easter lilies are once more abundant. 

 A few good daisies are seen. 



The green goods market remains 

 quiet. 



Now booking: orders for 



HILDA 



Deep pink sport of My 

 Maryland. 



$20.00 per 100; 

 $150.00 per 1000. 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



19-21 Randolph St., CHICAQO 



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October Business. 



October did not fulfill the hopes of 

 the wholesalers. The first part of the 

 month was fair, or better, but the lat- 

 ter part of the month brought a dis- 

 couraging two weeks, during which the 

 sales of the majority of the houses 

 fell off to a marked extent in spite of 

 a considerable increase in the quantity 

 of stock handled. There was some im- 

 provement at the end of the month and 

 a fairly good run of business for All 

 Saints' day, most of these orders com- 

 ing in October 29, but All Saints' day 

 is no longer what it was in years gone 

 by; the wholesalers fear it never again 

 will have its old-time importance, ex- 

 cept in a year when the southern 

 growers meet misfortune with their 

 outdoor crop. 



Club Doings. 



The Florists' Club will hold its 

 monthly meeting tonight, November 3, 

 at the Union restaurant. The follow- 

 ing applications for membership are on 

 file: Thomas Laing, La Grange, 111.; 

 Fred Dietsch, .John Then and F. W. 

 Martin. 



The club will hold its annual banquet 

 next Thursday, November 10, at 6:30, 

 at the Hotel La Salle, having for its 



1911CATAL0GUES 



will not be complete without tlie listing 

 of Aphine. 



Seedsmen ^ 



should investigate the merits of this in- 

 secticide. It IS the best on the market 

 to-day for both general greenhouse and 

 outdoor requirements. 



Jobbers' Prices 



will be furnished to the trade on appli-^ 

 cation. 



APHINE MANUFAQURING CO. 



MADISON, N. J. 



Pacific Coast Diitribntina: Acenta 



MacRORIE-McLAREN COMPANY 



Westbank BldK> San Francisco, Cal. 



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guests the visiting florists and their 

 ladies. The committee is working for 

 an especially large attendance of ladies. 

 A. C. Kohlbrand, who is chairman of 

 the committee, promises that the ban- 

 quet will be the best the club has ever 

 enjoyed, and John Sterritt, who is flo- 

 rist at the La Salle, says the decorations 

 will be something out of the ordinary. 



October Weather. 



This has been the warmest October 



