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APBIL 16, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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RandalFs for Supplies 



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FERTILIZERS— Bone Meal, Blood and Bone, Nitrates, Sheep Manure, 



Shredded Cattle Manure. 

 INSECTICIDES— Nico Fume, Nicoticide, To-bak-ine, etc. 

 GLASS— Get our prices before you buy. Glazing Points, Putty, Etc 

 HOSE— The best greenhouse hose on the market Write for sample and 



price. 



FOR STORES: 



WIRE DESIGNS— Don't overlook the fact that Randall's is headquarters. 



PAPER BOXES— A good box for every purpose, at prices that bring business. 



RIBBONS and CHIFFON-How is YOUR supply? OURS is complete. 



BASKETS Have you the kinds for the spring weddings and commence- 

 ments? WE have. 



WHEAT SHEAVES, DOVES -You need these on hand all the time. 



Consult our catalogue for any article— or write us 



A. L. Randall Co. 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1496 



Prlrate Exehsnge til 



Departments 



MennoQ Tbe Keview when you \rnte. 



Lone Distance 'Plione, Central 6004. 



WINTERSON'S SEED STORE 



45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Nurserymen^ Seedsmen, Plantsmen and Florists^ Supplies ; 



CALADIUMS (Elephant's Ear:) 



Size, 5/7-in per 100, $2.00; per 1000, $15.00 Size, 9/11-in per 100, $ 6.00; per 1000, $55.00 



Size, 7/9-in " 3.50; " 30.00 Size, 11-in. and up . . . *• 14.00. 



TUBEROSES, Genuine Pearl Dwarf, 1st sUe, per 1000, $8.00. 



Just received another carload of BOXWOOD, in various sizes. Send list of your probable needs for quo- 

 tations. Also a large supply of HARDY ROSES, CLEMATIS, Etc. 



If you are interested in CANNAS, write us. We can quote you on large quantities at very low prices. We 

 have the g^oods. 



Remember, we carry a full line of FLORISTS* SUPPLIES, and can supply everything the florist uses. 



Our Supply Catalogue Free. It containa prices that are ** Money Savers.** 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Valley has shortened up so it is selling 

 at better average prices. But everything 

 else is plentiful and cheap. 



Various Notes. 



The Fleischman Floral Co. had in the 

 Tribune April 9 the largest advertise- 

 ment any retail florist has thus far pub- 

 lished in a Chicago morning paper. It 

 was four columns wide and twelve inches 

 deep. George Wienhoeber said they ex- 

 pected to sell out on plant arrangements 

 that day, making deliveries Saturday and 

 leaving only the cut flowers to be handled 

 Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. 

 About all the leading retailers find Fri- 

 day the big plant day and aim to make 

 their deliveries of plants on Saturday, 

 xears ago the Easter business extended 

 over the greater part of the week, but 

 now It is practically all done in two days, 

 although the E. Wienhoeber Co. was 

 pleasantly surprised by a big volume of 

 plant sales Thursday this year. 



Leonard Kill says that he believes the 

 snortage of white carnations in this mar- 



ket in the last few weeks has been large- 

 ly due to the fact that so many growers 

 have little else than White Perfection on 

 their benches. The variety was fine in 

 the fall, but has not been blooming much 

 since Christmas. 



The A. Jj. Eandall Co. had chrysanthe- 

 mums, the small varieties, April 13, both 

 yellow and pink. 



E. C. Amling says that his sales for 

 April 10 were the greatest of any Sat- 

 urday in the history of his business. 



Bassett & Washburn say that while 

 some people think Easter calls for white 

 flowers, they had nothing that was in 

 better demand than the O. P. Bassett 

 carnation, red. 



C. M. Dickinson went home from 

 Hunt's Sunday afternoon pretty well 

 tired out with the Easter rush, but spent 

 all of Sunday evening assisting in put- 

 ting out a fire that made four families 

 homeless near his residence in Park 

 Ridge. 



One of the Greeks holds up both hands 

 and swears that he sold 125,000 violets 



on State street within twenty-four hours 

 and that he paid no more than 5 cents 

 a bunch for them. 



Vaughan & Sperry note a decided in- 

 crease in the cash sales, not only for 

 Easter, but regularly. 



Frank Oechslin and Sam Pearce sold 

 out clean on Easter plants. Azaleas were 

 in especially good demand. 



Percy Jones says one of his growers, 

 with 40,000 feet of glass, cut 25,000 car- 

 nations Easter week, which doesn't look 

 like carnations being off crop. A good 

 many were Rose-pink Enchantress. 



E. E. Pieser had his eyes sufficiently 

 well fixed on the future so that he was 

 watching last week's weather closely. It 

 was too cold to suit him, for he feared 

 the effect on the early peonies in south- 

 ern Illinois. Kennicott Bros. Co. is fig- 

 uring on the biggest Decoration day ever 

 known, and both Decoration day and the 

 peony are steadily increasing in impor- 

 tance in this market. The peonies are 

 just about normal. May 12 is the date 

 the southern Illinois stock should begin 



