The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Dbcbubeb 8, 191*. 



Stevia, the Finest, $1.50 per 100 



ROSES CARNATIONS 



Give us your orders for Killamey, White 

 Killarney, Maryland, Richmond, Maid, Bride or 

 any other variety. We always can give you 

 exactly the grade you need and right now the 

 flowers are particularly fine on all lengths. 



Ysuiey Beauties are in line crop with as. 



We have for years Jhandled more Carnations than any 

 other house in the west— and the Carnation is the flower all 

 stores use the most of. You won't be disappointed if you send 

 your orders to us. We now have the best quality of the season 

 and shall have a splendid lot of stock for Christmas. 



Valley, Violets, Lilies, Paper Whites, Sweet Peas 



Bouquet green will be scarce and high— use WILD SMILAX. Can take care of any 

 size Order on short notice; 60-lb crate, $5.00. Special prices in large quantities. 



Now Booking Orders for Christmas and Solicit Your Inquiries 



A. L. Randall Co. 



19-21 Randorph St, Chicago 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. PhoB* Central 1406 



Prlrate Exehaace M 



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Neitv Rose 



Now booking orders for HILDA, deep pink 

 sport of My Maryland. 213-inch. 92U.0O per 100; 

 1150.00 per 1000. 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



19-21 Randolpb Street, CHICAGO 



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as they were a week ago, but prices 

 have not advanced; they are at the 

 normal level for this date, though the 

 stock is of superlative excellence. That 

 it is appreciated is shown by the vol- 

 ume of business. Killarney is the most 

 abundant of other roses, but there are 

 many first-class Maryland, and in one 

 or two places Jardine is offered in 

 moderate quantity and of fine quality. 

 The crops of Eichmond are good, both 

 in quantity and quality, and this rose 

 steadily is selling better. Few Maid 

 now are received in this market and 

 orders for this old-time favorite, many 

 of which still come to hand from the 

 irregular buyers, are not easy to fill. 

 It ia noticeable that the short roses 

 are bringing a better price, compara- 

 tively speaking, than the special long 

 grade. The call for funeral work is so 

 heavy, and white carnations are so 

 scarce, that the demand for short white 

 and pink roses is extremely heavy. 

 Short roses are picked up on sight, and 

 in the average wholesale house the 

 only roses to be had late in the day 

 are the special fancy lengths, of which 

 there is an abundance in practically all 

 varieties. 



Chrysanthemums virtually have dis- 

 appeared for the season. Some grow- 

 ers still are cutting quite a few white, 

 but there are not many yellow. The 

 finest of the stock now received is 

 bringing prices fully up to the best 

 realized this year, and even the poorer 

 grades are doing well; the retailers in- 

 sist mums are not worth what is asked 

 for them, but still they buy. The pass- 

 ing of the chrysanthemums has resulted 



MANY FLORISTS 



Handle our flowers in connection with 

 the natural— why not you ? 



They're artificial, but different from any 

 you have ever seen before. 



Handsome, original, natural, satisfying. 

 Made entirely of Goose Feathers. 



DE WITT SISTERS 



Originators and makers of 

 FINE FEATHER FLOWERS 



147 West 46th Street. CHICAQO 



Low price. Immediate shipments. 



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in the usual increase in the call for 

 Easter lilies, which are now taken up so 

 promptly on arrival that it is not always 

 possible to fill late orders, and, of 

 course, prices have stiffened. Callas 

 are more plentiful, but sell only mod- 

 erately well. 



Violets are again coming in heavily; 

 there has been a constant increase in 

 supply ever since the shortage a few 

 days before Thanksgiving. The re- 

 ceipts now are rather more than the 

 market can consume at regular rates, 

 with the result that prices have weak- 

 ened all along the line and some por- 

 tion of each day's receipts is left to 

 be jobbed off. No finer violets ever 

 were received in this market than the 

 best of those now coming in. 



There is no change in cattleyas; it 

 still is difficult to fill orders, even at 

 the prices now in vogue. Valley sells 

 excellently, but is not so scarce as it 

 was. There is an abundance of Paper 

 Whites. Stevia is everywhere. A few 

 rubrum lilies find sale at moderate 

 prices. 



The increased demand for boxwood 

 has resulted in a comparative scar- 

 city; shipments are not coming for- 

 ward as rapidly as they should. The 

 situation in other greens is unchanged. 



Does all that is claimed for it. It has 

 proved itself to be one of the cheapest 

 and most eflFective insecticides known 

 today. 



Aphine does not alone destroy the in- 

 sects, but also contains excellent cleansing 

 qualities — in fact, some experts claim it 

 invigorates plant life. 



Have you tried it ? 



$2.50 per gallon; $1.00 per quart. 



Get it from your seedsmen. 

 Manufactured by 



APHINE MANUFAQURING CO. 



MADISON, N. J. 



Pacific Coast Distribntinc Agents 



MacRORIE.McLAREN COMPANY 



Westbank Bids. San Francisco. Cal. 



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Christmas Prospects. 



Ask any grower and he will tell you 

 that, though he understands everybody 

 else is backward, his own crops will 

 be right in time for Christmas. The 

 weather is the important factor for 

 this holiday. It is the season of cloud- 

 ed skies. But there have now been 

 weeks with little sunshine, and the 

 growers feel they are about due for 

 some pleasant days. Carnations are 

 reported full of buds and Beauties and 

 roses just coming into crop. At a time 



