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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 25, 1909. 



BIRCH BARK WARE 



You will need a. large supply of these good sellers for Easter. Our Birch Bark Ware is well made, well shaped and in 



every way the best that can be produced. 



Birch Plant: Box 

 Size Kach 

 6x7x4i2 50.65 



Birch Plant: Boxes 



10l4X5^ _ 1.10 



7^x4H — 76 



Hexagon B irdi Plant Boxes 



7x 7x4*3 - 



10x10x614 



Size 

 5x2. . . 

 6x2.,.. 

 7x2... 



Birch Fern Dishes 



Each 

 ..10.15 

 .. .20 

 .. .25 



.75 

 1.00 



Birch Plans Dishes 



9x4. 

 9x3. 



Birch Bulb Dishes 



5x3. 

 6x8. 

 7x3. 



Each 

 ..$0.20 

 .. .25 

 .. .30 



. .50 

 . .46 



Doz. 



$2.00 

 2.25 

 2.60 



Doz. 



11.75 

 2.10 

 2.40 



Birch Pot Covers Each 



5-inch $0.40 



6-incb 60 



7-lnch 60 



8-lnch 70 



Birch Bulb Boxes 



6x4x3^ 35 



12x4x3^ 60 



18x4x3^ 75 



24x4x3^ 1.00 



30x4x3^ 1.60 



Birch Plant Box 



24x4x3*« 1.00 



Size Birch Plant Boxes Each 



7x6x454 $0.56 



12x6x5 76 



15x6x5 1.00 



18x6x5 ..( 1.25 



Square Birch Boxes 



4x4x6 40 



5x5x6 55 



6x6x8 75 



Square Tapering Birch Boxes 



4x 4x8*4 30 



5x 6x4*4 40 



7x7x5 50 



10x10x6 75 



Birch Plant Baskets 



5x5x4*4 76 



7x7x5*2 1.00 



For CSomplete List of Easter Supplies see our Catalogue 



A. L. RANDALL CO., Wholesale Florists, 19-21 Randolph St, CHICAGO 



L. D. Pbone Central 1496. Private Xxebanse all Departments. 



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than at the presecat time, and they are 

 selling -well, as goo d stock almost always 

 does. Kichmond s^Iso is in fine shape, 

 though not now as abundant as the other 

 varieties. 



Sweet peas of Srst-class quality have 

 enjoyed an active demand. Supply fell 

 off last week, but; is again larger, be- 

 cause of continued good weather, and the 

 finest stock is offer-«d at moderate prices. 

 Violets are not in so large supply as has 

 been the case. The shipments from 

 Rhinebeck have faXlen off, but there still 

 are large supplies of the locally grown 

 singles. A large lousiness is being done 

 in violets, but at eheap prices. 



Bulbous stock i^ moving slowly. Tu- 

 lips command little attention and daffo- 

 dils and the outdoor jonquils hang fire 

 until Friday evenirxg and Saturday morn- 

 ing, when they aire cleaned up at low 

 rates by the street salesmen and the small 

 stores that do the bulk of their week's 

 business Saturday ^ifternoon and Sunday. 



Green goods hav^e passed to the short 

 aide. The decorate ions for spring open- 

 ings have called for many strings of 

 smilax and asparagus, which are not be- 

 ing cut in quaa"t;ity at present; the 

 strings are short in length, as well as in 

 quantity. Smilax has gone up sharply. 

 Asparagus bunches never are in oversup- 

 ply. The price o f ferns has been ad- 

 vanced, but galax still is sold at the old 

 rates. 



Easter- Prospects. 



The prospects for Easter now form the 

 staple subject of conversation in the 

 market. There is no question as to the 

 demand; it certainly will be large. The 

 majority incline to the opinion that stock 

 •will be in abundara-t supply, but there are 

 one or two dissenting voices. It is con- 

 ceded roses are lik: ely to be in good crop, 

 but some houses -think Beauties will be 

 scarce; others saj^ they will be in full 

 crop. Carnations Inave been selling above 

 last year, because of short supply, and 

 some wholesalers e annot see where a crop 

 is to be made before Easter, but others 

 are figuring on taving enough to go 

 around, although practically all the 

 houses expect prie es will be above those 

 of last Easter, wh «n they were unusually 

 low. There will fc)e the usual quantities 

 of lilies, but ther-« will be much differ- 



Headquarters In the Great Central Market (or all Idnds of 



Florists' Supplies 



Specially large and fine stock of 



Natural Preserved Wreaths, Moss Wreaths and Metal Designs 



Qualities always the best and prices the lowest. 



L. BAUMANN & CO., 



The Great Central 

 Floiiata' Supply Houae 



NOW located in our^ MB Eost Chicagi AmuB, CHICAGO 



own new building: 



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ence in the quality of the stock. Most 

 of the plants will give good flowers, but 

 the stems will be anywhere from one foot 

 to four feet long, and there will be more 

 of the shorts than of the long stock. 

 Bulbous flowers will not be in as large 

 supply as last year and this is expected 

 to do something toward strengthening the 

 market for other stock. 



Varioisi Notes. 



Ernest Weber died March 23, after 

 only two days' illness. Details are in 

 the obituary column. 



The trade heard with keen regret of 

 the death of Mrs. P. J. Hauswirth. The 

 only word of her illness which had 

 reached the market was in this column of 

 the Review last week, and her death fol- 

 lowed within thirty-six hours. The obit- 

 uary column contains further particulars. 



Shamrocks in small pots were offered 

 in large quantities for St. Patrick's day. 

 Most of the retail stores bought liberally 

 and a good many were stuck. The green 

 carnations sold much better, but it was 

 found that Enchantress dyed green was 

 not acceptable in place of white, even for 

 the Greek trade. 



A. Lf. Eandall Co. reports a good crop 

 of Beauties again on and says Killarney 

 is better than at any time previously this 

 season. Emil Buettner has no bulb stock 

 on his place this year, except lilies. 



George Eeinberg says that Beauties 

 ■will be in good crop at Easter, as well as 

 other roses, and that in his neighborhood 

 the growers will get good cuts of car- 



Orange Blossoms 



Choice Orange Blossoms, $1.00 per 

 spraj. Carefally packed and delivered 

 f. o. b. express office, Belvidere, 111. 



B. ELDREDQE, Belvidere, III. 



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nations, the bright days making stock 

 very fast at this season. 



E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. Co.,. 

 is one of those who believe carnations 

 will be in large supply by Easter. 



Fred Lautenschlager was taken ill at 

 Geneva, March 20, and has spent the days 

 since then at the Colonial hospital in that 

 town. 



Joseph Ziska is reported to have re- 

 newed the lease of the Chicago Rose Co.,. 

 at 56 Wabash avenue. 



PhiUp, the mail man who has served 

 the wholesalers in the Atlas block for 

 many years, handed out the mail to their 

 messengers at the post-office Sunday,^ 

 March 21, and was dead Monday morn- 

 ing. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. has a nice crop 

 of Bon Silene roses, something not often 

 seen in this market. They also now are 

 cutting a large crop of forced white 

 lilac. 



W. E. Wadsworth, formerly with 

 Lange and Muir and later with Wittbold, 

 is now a partner in the Columbia Nov- 

 elty Mfg. Co. 



Wietor Bros, say that the Mrs. Jar- 



