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TheWeekly Fbrists' Review. 



March 21, 1912. 



LILIES EASTER 



•■■^^■^^^■^r ^^^I^^^W ^^^^^ NOW BOOKING ORDERS 



$8.00 TO $12.50 PER 100 



Year after year we have had the fine«t Lilies in the maricet — our grower tells us they 

 will be, if anything:, a little better than usual this season. 



These are all true Giganteums, the same stock that<.has given'* such good satisfaction in the past. 

 They will be packed at the greenhouses in boxes of 100 — packed, mind you, by men who know HOW to 

 pack Lilies, and shipped without rehandling, so that they reach the retailer in the same perfect condition 

 that they came out of the greenhouse. We say without fear of contradiction that any florist who has had 

 these Lilies and other Lilies in past years has found our Lilies not only the best but the most profitable 

 Lilies fa» has handled. The supply will be largfer than ever this year, so that we shall be able to 

 t^ke care of quite a few new customers. Now booking orders. 



R0S6S. CARNATIONS, ORCHIDS, VIOLETS, SWEET PEAS, PUSSY WILLOWS, WHITE LILAC, 

 VALLEY, BULB STOCK, QREENS— a large supply for present needs— fine quality— and a big cut assured for Easter. 



Let us quote you on your entire Easter order. Write today. 



A. L. Randall Co 



Everything for Florists, 



L. D. Phoae Ceatral 14M 



PrlTftte Exekaare a\\ 



Depftrtmenti 



66 E. Randdph Street, Chica^ 



MenttOD The Review lyhen yon write. 



grades do not appear to be returning 

 money in proportion to their quality. 

 Kichmond is abundant. One house has 

 a good crop of Jardine, another has a 

 nice lot of Eivoire, while a third is 

 cutting Ehea Eeid. A few growers 

 have the Double Killarney, the Dark 

 Pink Killarney and Melody, but in gen- 

 eral all these varieties are in small sup- 

 ply, particularly compared to the quan- 

 tities of Killarney. One or two grow- 

 ers are cutting Bride and Bridesmaid 

 of fair quality, but these probably will 

 completely disappear in another season. 

 Carnations are slightly less abundant 

 than they were and prices are averag- 

 ing a little better. The quality of car- 

 nations leaves little to be desired. 

 Neither are sweet peas so abundant as 

 in the last fortnight, but there still 

 are more than the trade requires and 

 the prices rule much too low for the 

 fine grade of stock. Violets have done 

 slightly better in the last few days 

 and both violets and peas are expected 

 to sell more briskly now that the 

 weather is such that flowers can be 

 worn on the street. The single violets 

 are rapidly running out. Cattleyas are 

 not abundant, but the demand for these 

 has not yet sprung up. Valley is 

 plentiful. Bulbous stock is cutting less 

 figure than it did, though prices con- 

 tinue to make an extremely low aver- 

 age. Among the miscellaneous items 

 seen in small quantity but good quality 

 are snapdragons, stocks, mignonette, 

 daisies and pansies. There is nothing 

 of special note in the green goods mar- 

 ket 



Various Notes. 



It is reported that Sharp, Partridge 

 & Co., who have done a big business on 

 greenhouse glass this season, have made 

 a ten-strike by having on hand, when 

 the factory priee advance took place, 

 the largest stock in their history. 



DON'T tie a string on your finger, 



Mr. Advertiser. 



Do it Now! 



Send copy for that Special 

 Display Advertisement you 

 want in 



The Review's Sfedtl Nnmber, 



next week. 



Copy must reach the office 

 at Chicago by 5 p. m. Tuesday, 

 March 26. to be in time. 



Frank Johnson, sales manager and 

 treasurer of the A. L. Bandall Co., is 

 in Kentucky this week. 



Winterson 's Seed Store received the 

 first car of Holland nursery stock of the 

 season March 18. The boxwoods went 

 to a cold storage warehouse, but a 

 basement in the neighborhood was 

 rented for the storage of the shrubs, 

 etc. 



The Boston Store had a special sale 

 of shamrocks in 1%-inch pots at 2^4 

 cents each. It is said their first order 

 was 15,000 and that in the end they 

 took all Frank Oechslin could supply. 



John Kruchten says that double 

 stocks are excellent property, but that 

 the singles are a difficult proposition. 



John P. Eisch is devoting the greater 

 part of his time to the new Weiland's 

 retail store in the Venetian building, 

 with Peter Eisch and Herman Eodgers 

 looking out for the wholesale store of 

 Weiland & Eisch. Peter Eisch, who is 

 in close touch with the growers, pre- 

 dicts that carnations will be pretty 

 well off crop by Easter. 



A leak in the gas main in front of 

 the greenhouse of the Des Plaines 



Floral Co., about a month ago, dam- 

 aged the carnations considerably before 

 it was discovered and repaired. Mr. 

 Blewitt says one bench had to be en- 

 tirely thrown out, while the balance of 

 the plants were retarded about three 

 weeks in blooming, but are now prac- 

 tically recovered. The total loss is 

 estimated at about $300 and a claim 

 for that amount has been filed with the 

 North Shore Consolidated Gas Co., 

 which owns the main that caused the 

 trouble. 



C. W. McKellar is entertaining his 

 cousin, Eobert Becker, of Poughkeepsie, 

 N. Y. 



George Eeinberg has begun wrecking 

 the greenhouses along Foster avenue 

 that are to be replaced by a flat build- 

 ing. He also is cleaning out some of 

 the houses damaged by the tornado last 

 autumn, but not then rebuilt, intending 

 to put them into shape for early plant- 

 ing. 



Harry Garland, manager for the Geo.' 

 M. Garland Co., at Des Plaines, was ill 

 last week and confined to his bed for 

 several days from overwork; T. B. 

 Gray, the sales manager, says the in- 



