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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



April 11, 1912. 



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All Stdck Plent»iWf1 



The beautiful spring weather has brought on a very large cut of all varieties of stock, and everything 

 is of the finest quality. We can fill every order, but are especially strong on the following : 



ROSES 



A splendid cut of Killarney, pink 

 and white; also Richmond. 



CARNATIONS 



The big spring crop; quality the 

 finest ; exceptional values in large lots. 



PEAS 



All colors ; fine, long-stemmed stock, 

 fresh and fragrant ; fine for corsages. 



LILIES 



VALLEY 



DAISIES 



GREENS 



For decorations or work There is no finer stock White and yellow. You will Headquarters for all greens, 

 use our Easter Lilies, Callas than the Valley we have in need these during the wedding Order your Ferns here. Best 

 orRubrums. constant supply. season. We always have them, stock at lowest price. 



A. L. Randall Co 



Everytiiing for Horists, 



L. D. PhOB* Ceatrml 14M 



PrlTAta Ezehaare all 



Departmenti 



66 E. Randelph Street, CIiicMo 



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but others were short; there was no 

 surplus and prices were stiff. Eoses 

 were in large supply, of splendid qual- 

 ity and in the greatest request ever 

 known at Easter. Prices held firm. 



For two or three weeks it had been 

 voiced around: "There won't be any 

 too many carnations"; but it proved 

 that carnations were the most overplefl- 

 tiful flowers on the list. There is, how- 

 ever, some difference in reports. A few 

 houses say they cleaned up well, at 

 regular prices, but a look in at other 

 houses Saturday afternoon was enough 

 to show what was happening. In fact, 

 as early as Thursday evening telegrams 

 were sent out offering first-class stock 

 ■at $25 per thousand and Friday night 

 sales of low grade carnations were made 

 at $15 and even $10. The carnations 

 responded to the warm weather in a 

 wonderful manner, the arrivals Satur- 

 day afternoon and Sunday being the 

 heaviest of the week. A clean-up was 

 simply out of the question. 



Lilies did well. There was no short- 

 age, except, perhaps, of the longer 

 stems, but there was no surplus. Prices 

 held at about those of other years, the 

 bulk of the stock being sold at from 

 8 to 12 cents, with the best bringing 

 15 cents and the shorts 6 cents, al- 

 though some sales at 5 cents are report- 

 ed and a few culls were left. One of 

 the special features was the arrival of 

 several thousand lilies on consignment 

 to various commission houses from Do- 

 moto Bros., of San Francisco. The ex- 

 press was about $15 per thousand. The 

 flowers and buds were drawn up and 

 wrapped so tightly in tissue paper that 

 they did not entirely resume their natu- 

 ral form on being unwrapped. The 

 wholesaler who received the first lot 

 refused a second consignment Saturday, 

 although he had succeeded in moving a 

 part of the first shipment at fair prices. 

 Others accepted the Saturday arrivals 

 in the belief that they could at least 

 realize the express, but quantities were 

 still on hand Tuesday. 



Carnations De Luxe 



Largest blooms, longest stems, best 

 keeping qualities and plenty of them. 



Extra large, fancy $3.00 per 100 



Good stock 2.00 per 100 



ROSES, LILIES, SWEET PEAS, BULB 

 STOCK, GREENS 



We have a full line of good stock and can take the very 

 best of care of your full order at lowest market prices. 



Chicag^o Carnation Co. 



A. T. PYfER, Manager 30 t. Randolph SL, CHICAGO 



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Single violets were not plentiful, but 

 there were »11 the Ehinebeck doubles 

 that could be used, and more. Valley 

 was plentiful. Tulips came in heavily 

 and proved slow sale; many were lost. 

 Daflfodils and jonquils went well, but 

 the southern outdoor stock proved diffi- 

 cult to move at any price. Sweet peas 

 sold well, taking the place of violets, 

 but the supply was so extremely large 

 that prices were a disappointment to 

 some who depend rather largely on this 

 crop. 



Such items as antirrhinums, mignon- 

 ette, stocks, candytuft, lupines, margue- 

 rites, pansies, callas, freesia, etc., were 

 difficult to convert into cash at their 

 usual values because of the large supply 

 and the abundance of the big staples. 



The market opened quiet Monday, 

 April 8. There was a fair amount of 

 buying for the morning after a holiday, 

 showing that nearly all the retailers had 

 cleaned up pretty well. But stock came 



in heavily and prices were down. Tues- 

 day the supply was still larger and the 

 season of spring bargain sales appears 

 to be on. Smilax is the only scarce 

 item. 



Easter at Eetail. 



In spite of a none too pleasant day, 

 April 7, and a heavy shower in the 

 middle of Saturday afternoon, most of 

 the retailers had their banner Easter. 

 The three big selling days were de- 

 lightfuUy warm and bright and the busi- 

 ness done by the downtown stores was 

 limited only by their ability to wait on 

 the trade. With the outlying stores 

 it was much the same. The report is 

 general that the sales were fully as 

 numerous as at any other Easter, while 

 many report a big increase made pos- 

 sible by enlarged facilities. Some say 

 they sold at the usual Easter prices, but 

 others report having been able to offer 

 exceptional values on one or more items. 



