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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Apbil 18, 1911. 



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We have a big supply in all lines — the finest stock we ever handled at Easter. Order anything you are 



running short on and we will see that you get just the stock you need. 



KILLARNEYS LILIES CARNATIONS 



The finest in large supply. 



Name the length you want. 



Ours are the kind that carry. 



BEAUTIES VALLEY PEAS BULB STOCK 



Always can supply. Plenty of it. Fancy, all colors. A full line. 



Everything in Greens, and all other Seasonable Cut Flowers. 



Telegraph your late orders for Florists' Supplies. We have the largest stock of f^n^pplies under 

 any one roof in this country and can make prompt shipment. .4»' 



A. L. Randall Co. 



New Number, 66 E. Randolph Street, Chicago 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1496 



Prlrnte Exchange all 



Departments 



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it is the general statement that recent 

 weather conditions have been all that 

 anyone could ask. The quality of stock 

 is much better than it ordinarily is at 

 80 late a date in spring. Beauties will 

 be the one really short item. The fail- 

 ure of the growers to get a Beauty crop 

 is the subject of wide remark. When 

 the largest growers say they are unable 

 to handle Beauty orders and practically 

 everyone is in more or less the same 

 boat, the observers wonder what com- 

 bination of circumstances could be re- 

 sponsible for so unfortunate a result. 

 Everyone in this market had more Beau- 

 ties for Christmas than ever before 

 was known, and everyone has had fewer 

 since Christmas than in any previous 

 year. The weeks from Christmas to 

 Easter have passed witli some of the 

 largest places completely at a loss to get 

 the Beauties into crop again, something 

 that never before has happened. The 

 shortage has been so long continued that 

 the demand also has become extremely 

 light. The general impression is that 

 there will be other roses of superior 

 quality to meet any possible demand. 



At the opening of the week white 

 carnations were scarce, a condition not 

 generally noted at Easter. The opinion 

 of many is that greenhouse storage 

 rooms are full of them, but there are 

 those who sav that first clas-.s carnations 

 will be good property all this week. 

 Single violets are gone, but the doubles 

 coming in are better than usual for the 

 middle of April. Bulbous stock bloomed 

 indoors is not in large supply, but there 

 are uncounted thousands of thei Vir- 

 ginia jonquils. Sweet peas are not so 

 abundant as they were a fortnight or so 

 ago, and the better quality sells excel- 

 lentlv, though at no fancy prices. Or- 

 chids are slightly less abundant. Valley 

 is among the most plentiful of items. 



The predictions that the bulk of the 

 lilies will be short-stemmed are turning 

 out to be true; some of the houses 

 found themselves sold out of long- 

 stemmed lilies early in the week, while 

 thov had an abundance of short- 



Easter Price List 



Orchids. Cattleyas perdoz., $6.00 @ 



Gardenias 



r.5o 



4.00 



Per 100 

 Callas $12.50 @ 115.00 



CARNATIONS 



Common 



Select, lartre and fancy 



Special .\. 



Splits 



Per 100 



$3.00 

 4.00 

 5.00 

 2.00 



ROSES 



American Beauty, 



perdoz., $1.50 @ $6.00 



White Killamey 5.00 @ 



Klllarney 5.00 @ 



My Maryland 5.00 @ 



Richmond 5.00 @ 



Extra special roses billed accordingly. 



12.00 

 12.00 

 12.00 

 12.00 



BUSCEIXANBOUS Per 100 



Violets, double $ 0.75 @ $ 1.00 



Sweet Peas, fancy 1.25 



■' medium 75 @ 1.00 



Easter Lilies 12.50 @ 15.00 



Valley, select. 



special 



Daisies, white and yellow 1.00 @ 



Jonquils 



Daffodils 



Paper Whites 3.00 @ 



Tulips 3.00 @ 



DKCORATIVB 



Asparagus PJumosus 



per string $0.50 @ $0.75 



Asparagus Plumosus 



per bunch 35 @ .50 



Asparagus Sprengeri 



per bunch 25 @ .50 



Adiantum, fancy, long 



Smilax per doz., $2.00 



Mexican Ivy per 1000, 6.00 



Ferns *' 4.00 



Galax " 1.00 



Leucotboe Sprays 



Subject to market ohanses. 



3.00 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 8.00 

 3.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



1.00 



.15 

 .45 

 .15 

 .75 



Chicago Carnation Co. 



A. T. PYFER, Manager 



New 

 Number 



30 East Randolph Street, 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS OF PAPER 



Beautiful and inexpensive decorations for Churches, Weddings, etc. 

 Send 50c for full line of samples, with wholesale prices attached. 



A8k for our handsome new catalogue. 



The Chicago Artificial Flower Co., 48i8-is Ntrtii 40th Ave., Chicago, 111. 



Mentlpn The Review when you write. 



stemmed ^tock. Under the circumstances 

 long lilies ought to be worth the prices, 

 but with so many shorts seeking a 

 buyer it serves to demoralize values on 

 all grades, for there still are long fancy 

 lilies to be had in quantity, advance or- 

 ders having bten lighter than was ex- 

 pected. 



There is an active demand for green 

 goods, but an abundance of ferns to 

 meet the Easter call. 



Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Chicago Flo- 

 rists' Club April 6, when there was a 

 large attendance, the club received an 

 intimation that an invitation will be 

 received to join with the Milwaukee 

 Florists' Club in a meeting at Milwau- 

 kee May 4, and it was voted to author- 

 ize the secretary to act as seems desir- 

 able in calling the May meeting. Those 



