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The Weekly Florists' Re^^cw. 



Apbil 14, 1910. 





CARNATIONS 



A really enormous supply. They oome, but they go, for we are known as Carnation headquarters; 

 we can furnish any quantity any day. Write for prices on lots of 1000 to 10,000 and up. 



KILLARNEY and other FANCY ROSES 



We are right in the middle of one of the largest and finest crops of Killarney — 

 splendid heads on any length of stem you say. Can supply the largest orders. $3.00 

 to $8.00 per 100. Beauties and all other Roses in good supply. 



THE BEST FANCY FERNS IN THE WEST— TRY 'EM AND SEE. 

 ALL Of HER STOCK IN SEASON IN LARGE SUPPLY. 



Anything joa need in Bapplies— aee our catalogue or write ub. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale riorists '^^%x^r« 19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



Mention The Keview wbeu you write. 



Some houses make the report that short 

 roses, stock at about $20 per thousand, 

 are now in good request, with a propor- 

 tionately larger supply of the longer and 

 higher priced grades. Others say their 

 situation is just reversed and that the 

 call is for the better lengths, but that 

 prices still rule low and the buyers are 

 getting exceptionally good value. The 

 long continued heat has affected the 

 quality of practically all roses; buds are 

 much smaller than they were. There is 

 considerable mildew. 



Carnation cuts continue heavy and 

 wholesalers say they have more trouble 

 in effecting clearances in this depart- 

 ment than in any other, meaning, of 

 course, clearances at anything except 

 fakers' prices. It is not yet possible to 

 do anything with callas and Easter lilies 

 are difficult to move, the supply is so 

 large. 



Outdoor tulips are now competing with 

 the indoor stock. The whites still fare 

 worst. 



Sweet peas dropped off as a result of 

 the hot weather and the end of last week 

 found the supply much lighter than here- 

 tofore. At the same time violets were 

 so poor few stores would use them and 

 the buyers turned to the peas. The re- 

 sult was a sharp advance in prices, for 

 there was not stock enough to go around. 

 The "Butterfly" varieties, as the whole- 

 salers call the Spencer type, are now 

 coming in and some exceedingly fine 

 stock is seen. At the opening of the present 

 week there were not enough peas to sup- 

 ply the demand. 



The spring weddings have made a call 

 for cattleyas which cannot be filled and 

 there was a flurry in valley at the be- 

 ginning of this week. It frequently hap- 

 pens that there will be a shortage of val- 

 ley at the opening of the week and an 

 oversupply in the later days, due prob- 

 ably to the fact that most of the wed- 

 dings are in the first half of the week. 



The wholesalers are interested in the 

 fern situation. The quantity in storage 

 in Chicago is generally considered to be 



not so large as usual at this date, but 

 the eastern fern dealers have apparently 

 large supplies remaining and letters from 

 the south were received this week, stat- 

 ing that any needs can be supplied with- 

 in a few days. Snowbirds from Michi- 

 gan also are coming in. It looks as 

 though the ferns would be cheaper this 

 May than ever before. 



Shipping trade already shows the pas- 

 sage of the glut in the surrounding cit- 

 ies and as local supplies go down out- 

 side demands will go up. 



Club Meeting. 



There was only a small attendance at 

 the club meeting April 7. Vice-presi- 

 dent H. E. Philpott, of Winnipeg, was 

 preset. Joe Straus, of the A. L. Ran- 

 dall Co., was elected to membership and 

 one new name was proposed. A commit- 

 tee was appointed to represent the Flo- 

 rists' Club in flower show arrangements, 

 E. F. Winterson and August Poehlmann 

 being two of the members. 



George Asmus was recommended for 

 appointment as the club's representative 

 on the Illinois State Board of Agricul- 

 ture. 



Eefreshments were served as usual. 



Various Notes. 



Charles Bond, of Philadelphia, has 

 bought the N. Saylor greenhouses at 

 Naperville and will engage in orchid 

 growing for the Chicago market. Mr. 

 Bond was until recently gardener for 

 Mrs. G. B. Wilson, who has one of the 

 best known collections of orchids in this 

 country. He has ordered freshly im- 

 ported plants to stock his houses, which 

 he considers excellently adapted to grow- 

 ing cattleyas, and expects the importa- 

 tions to arrive in a few days. 



C. W. McKellar says the season for the 

 southern bulbous stock was one of the 

 worst within his recollection, but lays 

 the trouble all to the heat. 



Building greenhouses is a continuous 

 performance with the Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., Morton Grove. Four new houses are 



APHINE 



The practicability of ipraying, 

 compar'd to fumigation or vaporiz- 

 iog, is being more generally recog- 

 nized than hrretofore among those 

 engaged in floriculture and horticul- 

 ture. 



Spraying, when operated on scien- 

 tific lines, is proving the most eco- 

 nomical method of combating insect 

 pests. Fumigation requires the filling 

 of the house. Spraying requires ap- 

 plication to that portion of the house 

 only where the insects make their 

 appearance. 



Fumigation is not beneficial to 



flower or foliage Spraying with 



Aphine does not affect them in the 



least; in fact, it invigorates the plants. 



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Send for descriptive 



circular 



APHINE MANUFACTURING CO. 



Madiaon, New Jeraej 



MeptioD The Review when you write. 



just being completed and eight more are 

 in prospect. 



E. C. Amling says the trade does not 

 hold the indoor sweet peas in high enough 

 regard. He thinks the public would read- 

 ily pay more money for them if retailert 

 asked it. 



Phil Schupp, at J. A. Budlong's, thinks 

 that now the market will go from one 

 extreme to another and says he looks for 

 a shortage of good stock. 



Peter Reinberg has been at Excelsior 

 Springs, Mo., for several days as a mem- 

 ber of the committee selecting the stand- 



