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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



June 20, 1912. 



PEONIES 



The Showiest Flowers the Money Will Buy 



You will find the big show you can make when you use our Peonies will please your customers. Our Peonies are 

 fine. All colors. An enormous supply. Prices low on small lots, lower on large quantities. Write or wire. 



EASTER LILIES 



$4.00 to $6.00 per 100 in lots of 100 or more 



FANCY CATTLE YAS, the finest Gigas, $4.00 to $5.00 per doz. ; $30.00 per 100. 



All other cut flowers and greens in large supply, of best quality, and offered at lowest market prices. 



A. L. Randall Co 



ETerything for Horists, '^ 



Phoaa CcBtril 



PrlTSte Exehance 



Departmenti 



^'^ 66 E. Randolph Street, Chicago 



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warehouses that it is now almost impos- 

 sible to move them fast enough to pre- 

 vent spoilage. Only the best are bring- 

 ing a fair price and for the indifferent 

 qualities the local retailer can set his 

 own price, to the detriment of the car- 

 nations, roses, etc. For the out-of-town 

 dealer little can be gained by the over- 

 supply, as only first-class stock in peo- 

 nies can be shipped, and for these the 

 wholesaler can get his price. 



As for roses and carnations, the sup- 

 ply is more than enough to meet the 

 demand and, while large quantities are 

 being moved,- both in roses and carna- 

 tions, there is but little in the way of 

 returns, prices suffering in the desire to 

 save the stock from the waste barrel. 

 White roses are, perhaps, an exception, 

 it being diflScult to find high grade stock 

 for shipping purposes. Some of the 

 wholesalers say they are at their wits' 

 ends on the subject of White Killar- 

 neys. Long distance shipments with 

 these are a source of much worry, for, 

 while the flowers leave in good condi- 

 tion and show little indication of going 

 wrong, they take on a brown, faded 

 look before the retailer can open the 

 box. Of Maryland and Richmond there 

 is some nice stock to be had, and in 

 fairly good condition for this time of 

 the year. Melody, Mrs. Taft and Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward are also in good supply and 

 still command a fair price. Beauties, 

 however, seem to have suffered another 

 setback and are coming on the market 

 with buds of uncertain quality. The 

 reason is advanced that the sudden hot 

 weather just before Memorial day 

 forced the Beauties too fast and for 

 a time a medium grade only will be 

 available from most growers. 



Sweet peas have also dropped back. 

 While there are large shipments from 

 the growers, they are soft and fail to 

 show the quality that was so pro- 

 nounced two or three weeks ago, when 

 the butterfly peas were at their best. 

 The outdoor sweet peas are looked for 

 within a short time. Cattleyas are 



CENUINE SCOTCH HEATHER 



CHIE HAVE taken the exclusive agency in 

 ll^ the United States for the largest grower 

 of Scotch Heather in the world. We 

 offer the cut blooms, white and purple, for 

 next season, with exclusive privilege in your 

 town. Write for prices. Orders must be 

 booked before July 15; delivery on and after 

 Sept. 15. 



Our succass was du* to Scotch 

 Hoathoi^-why not yours? 



THE LONDON FLOWER SHOP, Ltd. 



1800 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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still plentiful and are freely sold at 

 exceptionally low prices and with a 

 fair demand from the bouquet trade 

 they are being moved in better shape. 

 New ferns have brought a reduction in 

 price and smilax appears to be getting 

 easier than heretofore. Gladioli con- 

 tinue to move slowly and hardly bring 

 fancy prices, while lilies are anything 

 but fast movers. Cape jasmines find a 

 little better market than usual and, 

 there being no oversupply, the price has 

 held steady. Lily of the valley still 

 holds the center of attraction and large 

 quantities have been moved at good 

 prices during the last ten days in re- 

 sponse to the usual June demand. 



Various Notes. 



The marriage of Miss Louise Gedge, 

 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Gedge, 

 of Waukegan, to William Wienhoeber, 

 youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst 

 Wienhoeber, of Highland Park, took 

 place yesterday afternoon, June 19. It 

 was a home wedding, the guests includ- 

 ing only the immediate families and a 

 few close friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wien- 

 hoeber have gone to New York on their 

 honeymoon. After August 1 they will 

 make their home on Clarendon avenue. 



Miss Edith Lessing, lately of New 



During the summer time every 

 Florist should be using our stun- 

 ~— ning little Wedding booklet, 

 " Flowers for the Bride." 



This booklet will get the Wedding 

 business of next fall for you, if 

 you start using it now. At any 

 rate, write us today regarding it. 



Send for proof of our artistic cuts. 



PAYNE JENNINGS & CO. 



626 Federal Street 

 CHICAGO 



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^ Budlong's 



E Bhe Ribbon VaDey 



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York, has been added to the retail store 

 staff of Lubliner & Trinz. 



The Florists' Club will hold a meeting 

 at the Union tonight, June 20, to con- 

 sider convention matters. 



A. L. Vaughan says that business has 

 improved over ' June of last year and 

 both volume and price show on the profit 

 side of the ledger. 



The Cook County Florists' Association 

 will hold a meeting about the dinner- 

 table at the Tavern tonight, June 20. 

 Dutch treat, $1 per plate. The by-laws 

 will be up for adoption. 



F. J. Simons, of Percy Jones whole- 

 sale store, left this week on a two weeks ' 

 vacation, which will be spent traveling- 



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