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The Weekly Florists^ Review* December 15. 1910 



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Christmas Cut Flowers 



and Greens— Send along the orders. 



Beauties Klllarneys Valley Marylands 



Violets 



Brides 



Orchids 



Carnations 



For quality and quantity our stocit is not excelled in this country. 



Let us know what you need. 



LAUREL WREATHING — Bouquet Green is scarce — use Laurel Wreathing. We liave a large 

 supply of the real Berkshire Hills stock, bright glossy green. It will please your trade. $6.00 per 100 

 yards; $50.00 per 1000 yards. 



Mistletoe 



Holly 



Wild Smilax 



Choicest stock carefully packed. Finest selected stock. Large quantity received daily. 



During the week of December 19 to 24, we shall be open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. in. 

 Every order will have prompt and careful attention. We have everything. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale riorists '■fA^^H" 19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



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the Killarney and tone up the rose 

 crops generally. One scarcely could 

 conceive of finer roses than those now 

 being cut, and the growers almost unan- 

 imously report that crops are on the 

 upgrade. 



Carnations are sUghtly more abun- 

 dant than they have been, but still are 

 selling at splendid prices. While the 

 quantity of Ncamations cut in the last 

 month has not equaled the quantity 

 cut in other years, the quality never 

 was better. The man who wants the 

 fancy grade has no trouble in being 

 fixed up wherever he happens upon 

 some unsold stock, but the man who is 

 looking for cheap carnations for funeral 

 work has his own troubles in locating 

 his supply.' JWhitO' commands a pre- 

 mium. There is need for a good pink 

 in the Lawson shade and wholesalers are 

 recommending to growers that they try 

 some of the novelties offered this season 

 in this color. 



The pressure of double violets noted 

 last week has subsided. There con- 

 tinue to be adequate supplies, but not 

 so many that the best grade does not 

 clean up at first-class prices. In gen- 

 eral, the quality of the New York vio- 

 lets also is better than usual. The local 

 singles are not in large supply and are 

 selling satisfactorily. 



i-oinsettias in quantity have been 

 added to the list of miscellaneous 

 flowers. They do not sell as well as 

 the growers would like. Sweet peas are 

 increasingly- abundant and stems are 

 lengthening. Chrysanthemums have 

 practically dis.a^peared, though a few 

 whites oc^asidnal^ jsome in. The de- 

 mand for valley has subsided to some 



Nei^ Rose 



Now bookinsr orders for HIU>A, deep pink 

 sport of My Maryland. 2»9-inch. $20.00 per 100; 

 tlSO.OO per 1000. 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



10-21 Randolph Street, CHICAGO 



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extent. Cattleyas continue scarce, and 

 it is on record that a Wabash avenue 

 retailer paid $5 for a spray of three 

 fancy flowers December 12. Easter 

 lilies are in short supply, but there are 

 a few more callas. Stevia is abundant. 

 Romans are now fairly plentiful and 

 there are Paper Whites in abundance. 

 The shortage of bouquet green ap- 

 pears to be turning demand to boxwood. 

 Many shipments are en route, but not 

 much stock is on hand. It appears that 

 red berries will be even scarcer than 

 bouquet green and, as these have been 

 largely used with the lower grades of 

 holly, those who have booked orders 

 find themselves in something of a di- 

 lemma. 



Christmas Prospects. 



In the wholesale market there is un- 

 usual unanimity as to the Christmas 

 supply. There will be a large, fine lot 

 of Beauties, a good crop of roses, enough 

 violets, but a decided scarcity of carna- 

 tions, almost everyone says. But cer- 

 tain buyers of long experience' are 

 assuring their supplies of Beauties and 

 roses and leaving the carnations till 

 l^ter — to use a sporting term, they are 

 coppering the bet. 



It has happened more than once in 



VIOLETS 



Headquarters for Finest Doubles 



You can arrange through me to 

 have 1000 lots shipped as needed, 

 to you direct from best growers 

 in the.Rbinebeck district. 



All other Cut flowers in Season 



M. C. GUNTERBERG 



27 & 29 Randolph St., CHIUGO 



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recent years that what eventuated was 

 just the reverse of what everybody pre- 

 dicted — the more unanimous the predic- 

 tion, the more likely it was to turn 

 out otherwise. With everybody book- 

 ing orders freely for the article thought 

 to be plentiful and holding off on the 

 one thought to be scarce, accumulation 

 of the latter was the natural result. 



Demand this Christmas will be 

 heavier than ever before — advance or- 

 ders show that — but growers who are 

 working up a cut of carnations will do 

 well to remember that present prices 

 for first-class whites are certainly as 

 good as the prices sleepy flowers will 

 command Christmas Eve. 



Jones Makes Lease. 



George C. Newbury & Co., agents for 

 the remodeled building at the north- 

 east corner of Wabash avenue and 

 Randolph streets, announce that they 

 have leased to L. M. Jones and Henry 



