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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



May 23, 1912. 



PEONIES 



FOR DECORATION DAY, 4c, 6c and 8c 



Also a heavy crop of Beauties of fine quality 



Batavia Greenhouse Co* 



Greenliouses : 

 Batavia, ni. 



L. D. Phone 

 SMS Randolph 



Stores 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



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without any great degree of trouble on 

 the part of the wholesalers. Commence- 

 ments were held responsible for the 

 change in the demand, which will prob- 

 ably hold good until the end of the 

 graduation season. Sweet peas, affected 

 by the weather conditions, began drop- 

 ping buds and with the last of the week 

 the supply of good stock was some- 

 what short of the demand. Not so with 

 the orchids, for cattleyas were prob- 

 ably the only overabundant flower on 

 the market, there being a general ship- 

 ment of these, mostly Mossise, from all 

 points and several New York shipments 

 were added to the list, which did not, 

 of course, tend to help prices upward. 



Of other stocks, gladioli were abun- 

 dant in the various varieties, baby and 

 fancy large flowering varieties coming 

 on the market in quantities, with the 

 demand fairly equal, although some 

 glads were left as not of good market 

 value. American Beauties were not 

 overabundant and did not arrive in the 

 large quantities that had been noticed 

 in the early part of the week. The 

 demand, however, was good and most 

 of the stock was cleaned up, as good 

 prices could be had for first-class qual- 

 ity. Easter lilies continued to arrive in 

 fair shipments and together with the 

 callas cleaned up with the rest of the 

 not overabundant stock. Novelties like 

 Spanish iris, candytuft, snapdragon and 

 mignonette moved along without much 

 pushing during the latter part of the 

 "week and not much of this kind of stock 

 was to be seen with the opening of the 

 market Monday, May 20, although there 

 was enough to supply the demand. 

 Daisies and marguerites failed to find 

 much of a market and moved along 

 slowly. Valley came in good quantities 

 but was readily disposed of at good 

 prices. The commencement demand on 

 this has helped hold the price staple and 

 with the approach of June, valley will 

 be in good demand from now on. 



Peonies from southern Illinois have 

 come in heavily since last report. There 

 is no special demand for peonies before 

 Memorial day and that part of the stock 

 which was of the proper quality has 

 gone into cold storage in anticipation 

 of next week's rush. As usual, some of 

 the stock, from novices or careless peo- 



f)le, is arriving in such condition that 

 ittle can be realized; some buds are so 

 tight they never will be worth any- 

 thing, while some flowers are so wide 

 open they are difficult to sell before 

 they fall. From the best growers the 

 stock averages rather better quality 

 than usual. 



PEONY GROWERS!! 



We are sure of a heavy demand for Peonies and 

 desire to add one or two more growers to our list. We 

 want only first-class stock that will hold up and bring 

 top prices. If you have the stock we have the market 

 for not only Peonies but all kinds of seasonable goods. 



Write or wire how many and ship ahead. We 

 will take care of all shipments. 



Erne & Klingel 



30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Room SSI Phone Randolph 6678 



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Greens have failed to show much 

 change, there being plenty of stock on 

 hand and good shipments of southern 

 stock have helped the quality. 



Memorial Day Prospects. 



There is every indication that the 

 Memorial day business will go ahead of 

 the best previous records. The day has 

 been coming to the front rapidly, with 

 nothing but bad weather responsible for 

 such set-backs as it has received. The 

 weather recently, cold and wet, has 

 been of a kind to encourage the belief 

 that if summer does not come in over 

 night as it did last year, the Memorial 

 day demand will be the heaviest ever 

 known. It largely depends on the 

 weather, but just a few days more of 

 low temperature will be all that is 

 needed. 



Unless the weather turns hot the qual- 

 ity of the stock will be excellent, but 

 the supply of carnations and roses will 

 not be large. Only fair crops are on 

 with those growers who have not 

 thrown out a considerable part of their 

 plants and the weather has been such 

 as to hold back the cuts, with the re- 

 sult that the peony looks to be the life- 

 saver again, as in the days of old. In 

 spite of the early reports that the peony 

 crop would be light, it is said that the 

 quantity in sight for next week's busi- 

 ness is the greatest in the history of 

 this market and that the quality is 

 good. 



PERCY 



Not the Oldest 



Nor the Largest 

 Just the Best 



S6 E. Rudolph St., CHICAGO 



JONES 



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Various Notes. 

 The general committee on S. A. F. 

 convention arrangements met, pursuant 

 to the call of Chairman Foley, at the 

 Union restaurant May 20 and had a 

 thorough discussion of the work in 

 hand. A tentative list of committees 

 was prepared and chairmen chosen, aftor 

 which adjournment was taken to Fri- 



