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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NoveMbbb 24, 1910. 



Long Distance Shipments Our Specialty 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



FANCY CARNATIONS 



We can furnish anything you call for — special Year after year we handle more carnations than 



fancy exhibition grade or small stock for your dol- does any other house in the West, quite possibly 

 lar boxes and special sales. more than any other house in the U. S. 



THE LARGEST SUPPLY OF VIOLETS ANYWHERE IN THE WEST. 



WHITE KILLARNEY 



This is now the leading white rose. It is in white what Killarney 

 is in pink. We can supply in quantity, any grade you say, of the same 

 high quality as our widely known and used Killarney. Ships any- 

 where. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



Our supply is large at all times and the quality always is right up 

 to the top notch. What length do you need today, and how many ? 



KILLARNEY 



We are doing a very large shipping business on Killarney, because 

 of our big supply of high grade stock. Fine heads on all lengths of 

 stem. You wid And it will help your business if you u^e our Killarney. 



MY MARYLAND 



If you haven't tried our Maryland you are missing a good thing. 

 You can quickly build up a trade on it and wo are in a position to keep 

 you supplied. 



No matter vrbat roses your trade requires, 'w^e can furnish them as you w^ant tbem 

 —all varieties, all erades and all prices. You have only to let us know^ your \eants. 



We have just issued a 14-page list of Christmas specialties and novelties— things every florist needs. Send for it— there's money in it for you. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists ' J^^^^r' 1921 Randolph St, Chicago 



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the color of Beauties; better stock than 

 that offered this week would be difficult 

 to picture. But the dark weather knocked 

 the color out of Killarney. Roses shared 

 in the active Thanksgiving demand, but 

 there was. no shortage of the special 

 grade. The principal call was for the 

 medium stock and of this there was not 

 enough to go around; short roses also 

 were scarce. Bichmond was in good 

 supply with many houses and sold ex- 

 cellently. Coupled with the Thanks- 

 giving demand was a good call for 

 white for funeral work, so that every- 

 thing cleaned up nicely. 



The receipts of violets have been 

 light for weeks and the quantity avail- 

 able for Thanksgiving was much less 

 than had been expected. At the end 

 of last week and the first part of the 

 present week the price was forced to 

 hitherto unheard of levels for Thanks- 



fiving; $2 per hundred was paid in a 

 ew instances, usually by one whole- 

 saler to another, the stock being billed 

 out at exact cost. Betail buyers re- 

 fused to pay the price except in cases 

 of special necessity, so that $1.50 per 

 hundred was more near the market 

 price. Singles sold almost as well as 

 doubles. A not heavy demand served 

 to force the price of cattleyas above 

 previous quotations; values ran from 

 $7.50 to $12 per dozen. Valley was 

 equal to the demand. There were 

 plenty of Easter lilies. Some fancy 

 bouvardia sold on sight. 



Nearly all the wholesale houses state 

 that their volume of business for 

 Thanksgiving was far ahead of any 

 previous year, but most of them would 

 have preferred to see the supply larger 

 and prices easier. When the market 

 is forced into a sudden advance the 

 retail customer makes an awful kick, 

 not understanding that in many cases 

 the goods shipped him might have 

 been sold for more money if offered 

 over the counter. At the same time 

 the growers obtain an exaggerated idea 

 of what stock is bringing, doubtless 

 figuring their gross return on the top 



Something New! 



Small All-Klass Imported Tanks 



Much superior to the old style round Fish Globes 



SIZES 



Inches 

 Inches high 

 4 x6 7 



4J4X6I4 7 

 4%x7% 7 

 6 x8 7 



Also six 

 larger sizes, 

 up to 

 13x21 >«, 

 14 inches 

 high. 



From 40c to $8.00 each 



Also all kinds of Aquaria, Tanks, Fish Globes and 

 Ornaments. Catalogues and price lists on application. 



Z8 Warren St., 

 NKW YORK 



Nicholas Wapler 



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price paid in some special case. In 

 this particular instance the market 

 continued brisk for a longer period 

 than it usually does before a holiday, 

 but the averages obtained on the 

 week's shipments were far below the 

 top price. 



Various Notes. 



Charles Mulder, son of John C. 

 Mulder, was killed in a tunnel acci- 

 dent November 16 and buried at Mount 

 Greenwood cemetery last Saturday. 

 The young man, who did not care to 

 follow his father's business, drifted 

 into electric railroading and was em- 

 ployed as a motorman by the Illinois 

 Titnnel Co. His motor left the i:ails 

 and the cars rolled on him. The acci- 

 dent occurred at Clark and Taylor 

 streets. He leaves a wife and baby, 

 besides his father, mother, a brother 

 and two sisters. At the funeral his 

 parents' home was filled with flowers, 

 many from friends in the trade. 



The physical demise of R. Jahn is 

 reported in another column. 



M. Hoffenberg, who has owned and 

 operated a flower store at 1543 West 

 Twelfth street for about four years, 

 has formed a partnership with J. Hell- 

 man and recently opened the Boston 

 Flower Store at 547-B Eaat Forty- 



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Canadian Florists 



Messrs. Hall & Robinson, of Montreal, state: 

 "Aphine is superior and much cheaper than any 

 other insecticide we have ever used " 



^ Messrs. P. McKenna <fc .Sons, of Montreal, say: 

 "We use Aphine in preference to any other in- 

 secticide one advantage being that it is free from 

 the disagreeable odors of tobacco products." 



Aphine is sold by 



DUPUT tc FKRGUSON 



Montreal, Quebec 



THOMAS A. IVET 8i SONS, Ltd. 

 Port Dover, Ontario 



Blanufactured by 



APHINE MANUrAQURING CO. 



MADISON, N. J. 



Pacific Coast Distribating: Aeents 



MacRORIE.McIiAREN COMPANY 



"Westbank Bide. San Francisco. Cat. 



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seventh street, in the building where 

 formerly was located the "Warwick 

 Flower Shop. Mr. Hoffenberg says he 

 will continue to run the Twelfth street 

 store under his own name. 



C. W. McKellar says he does not 

 remember a season in which gardenias 

 have sold as well as they have in the 

 last few weeks. He thinks it is be- 

 cause of the scarcity of cattleyas, 

 which caused retailers to offer gar- 

 denias instead. 



John Kruchten says that fancy 

 bouvardia has been a splendid seller, 

 but that many buyers would only take 



