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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



April l, 1009. 



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WE SHIP 4T ONCE 



If you are short on supplies for your Easter trade tall on 

 us— rush orders are our specialty. No matter what it is 

 you need for your big Easter trade, we can fix you out with 

 just the thing. Remember, every article in our immense 

 stock is good value at the price we ask. 



PORCELAIN SWANS 



Fine for &lr plants, small plants, pansies 

 or other small cut flowers. Five sizes. 

 Base Per doz. 



2-inch $0.60 



3-inch 1.26 



8^-Inch 1.75 



4-inch 2.75 



5-inch 8.50 



JAPANK8K AIR PLANT (Oreen Sea Moss). 



DOVES Special for Easter. 



Regulars « > • Kow— Per doz. 



$10.00 $ 9.00 



12 00 10.50 



18.50 12.00 



18.00 15.00 



AIR PLANT BASKETS 



Round per doz., $1.25 



Square (larerer) " 1.50 



Oanoes " 1.25 



RUSTIC TAPERING BOXES 



A line of fine Rustic Taperins Boxes, either 

 ^vith handles or without— either cedar or 

 sweet srrass— that we can afford to offer at 

 50o on tbe $1.00; prices from 50c to 12.00, 

 DOW 25c to $1.00. Send for an aesortment of 

 these, a real bargain. 



Ifto for a aample (sent postpaid) , and state how much you can use 



We have a large stock of this great seller and. can quote attractive prices on a quantity. Send 



BIRCH BARK WARE 



Our Birch Bark Ware is well made, well shaped and in every way the best that can be produced. 



Size Birch Plant Boxes 



Size Birch Pot Covers Each 



5-inch 50.40 



6-inch 50 



7-lnch 60 



8-inch 70 



Square Birch Boxes 



4x4x5 40 



6x5x6 55 



6x6x8 75 



Each 



7x6x4^4 10.55 



12x6x5 75 



15x6x6 1.00 



18x6x5 1.26 



Birch Plant Baskets 



5x5x4 ^4 76 



7x7x5i3 1.00 



A large line of other shapes. Order an assortment. We can meet any call for Baskets, Boxes, Hampers or Dishes for Easter plants or cut 

 flowers. Order an assortment and give us an idea what style or size you want. We will do the rest. 



POT COVERS OF ALL KINDS. You name the price-we do tbe rest. CRKPK PAPXR, all colors. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phn* CcHtnl 14M 



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19-21 Ranflolph St, Chicago 



Mention The Review when von writo 



ant — and be sure to ship regular orders 

 in full when stock is on the short side. 



The spring rose crops seem to be on. 

 The production of Beauties has increased 

 greatly and all other roses are coming in 

 lieavily. This market never had finer 

 roses than at present. The weather has 

 been favorable — cool, with a fair amount 

 of sun — and Maid, Bride and Eiehmond 

 are in splendid shape. Killarney contin- 

 ues to be the most popular rose, though 

 with some growers the color is not all 

 that is to be desired. Maid generally has 

 good color. Richmond has come into crop 

 again and is rather more abundant than 

 the other sorts. 



The growers, who said there was noth- 

 ing in sight in the carnation houses, have 

 found Old Sol could see flowers where the 

 owners of the houses could not. The in- 

 crease in the cut of carnations has 

 been fully as great as in any other line 

 of stock. The receipts last week were so 

 far ahead of regular requirements that it 

 would have been impossible to clean up 

 had it not been for the cheap sales Fri- 

 day and Saturday morning, that took the 

 accumulation. Carnations, as well as 

 roses, are of splendid quality and excep- 

 tionally good value at present prices. The 

 stock is accumulating again this week, 

 so that April 2 will again be bargain day. 



Callas have come in so heavily that 

 the market is oversupplied, and Easter 

 lilies also are abundant. The receipts of 

 bulbous flowers are not anywhere near so 

 great as a year ago, but tulips, daffodils 

 and outdoor bulbous flowers are so plen- 

 tiful they can only be sold at cheap 

 prices. Valley is going to waste in some 

 houses. 



Violets are approaching the end of the 

 season. The receipts of eastern stock are 



lighter and the local singles are becoming 

 small. Sweet peas also are rather less 

 abundant than they were, although they 

 never were finer and there still are 

 enough so prices are not high. Mignon- 

 ette is hard to sell. Daisies are coming 

 in more plentifully. 



Smilax is decidedly on the short side. 

 Other greens are fairly abundant. The 

 price of ferns will move up another notch 

 within a few days. 



Easter Prospects. 



The extent of the supply and the 

 strength of the Easter demand really de- 

 pend upon the weather of the next seven 

 days, but the wholesalers have nearly all 

 come to the belief that there will be an 

 abundance of stock. Quality will be as 

 good as the trade ever saw for the Easter 

 festival. 



The market is now heavily supplied 

 and the same state prevails throughout 

 the country. If weather conditions con- 

 tinue normal, no change is to be expected, 

 but too hot weather will rush the stock in 

 and dark, cold days will hold it back. An 

 increased supply means a lessened de- 

 mand, and a decreased supply means a 

 doubling up of orders, so there you are. 



Roses hardly can fail to be abundant 

 and there will doubtless be enough ear- 

 nations, so that everyone who will pay a 

 seasonable price can get all the good 

 stock wanted. Lilies will be not different 

 from the usual. 



Of other items there will be an ample 

 supply. 



Another Ladies^ Ni£ht. 



The Chicago Florists' Club will enter- 

 tain the ladies at a cinch party at the 

 Grand Pacific hotel, Clark street and 



Jackson boulevard, at 8:15 Friday even- 

 ing, April 2. Refreshments will be served 

 and prizes awarded the winners. The la- 

 dies have received invitations which con- 

 clude: "Sure, bring your husband." 



The regular club meeting at the Union 

 comes April 1. 



Variotts Notes. 



Peter Reinberg and Wm. A. Peterson 

 are leading the fight of the property 

 owners out Lincoln avenue who want 

 the Drainage Board to bridge the pro- 

 posed north channel at Lincoln avenue, 

 instead of at Peterson avenue, as 

 planned. Lincoln avenue is a main 

 traveled road and hundreds of teams 

 would have to make a detour if the 

 bridge were not on that thoroughfare. 



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

 calls attention to a condition which be- 

 comes more and more noticeable as time 

 goes on. He says that practically all the 

 buyers have a price limit for each kind 

 of stock, and that they simply let that 

 line of stock alone when its price goes 

 above their limit. The point is that 

 except for special orders the buyers are 

 gradually but steadily lowering the limit. 



H. Bauske is in hopes of getting an 

 early settlement from the Peoples Gas 

 Co. for the loss in his rose houses, which 

 resulted from a leak in the gas main in 

 the street. John Lang met with a simi- 

 lar loss two years ago,, but could not get 

 a settlement and started suit, from which 

 nothing resulted. 



O. P. Bassett was 73 years old March 

 31. With Mrs. Bassett, he celebrated the 

 birthday at Hot Springs, Va. 



L. Coatsworth, of the Benthey-Coats- 

 worth Co., has been at Mudlavia, Ind,, 

 for two weeks, taking the baths for 



