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The Florists' Review 



March 13, 1913. 



BEAUTIES 



Carnations, Bulb Stock, Roses, Peas 



Let US handle your Easter order and you'll be pleased. , 



Batavia Greenhouse Co. 



Sforet 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Greenhouaes: 



Batavia, lU. 



L. D. Phoii* 

 2905 Randolpb 



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others aver that not in recent years 

 has there been any scarcity of carna- 

 tions in the spring. 



Easter lilies are coming in heavily. 

 Evidently some of the growers are not 

 late. There is considerable difference 

 of opinion as to the probable supply 

 for Easter. Each of the growers under- 

 stands that his neighbors will be late, 

 but says his own lilies will be ready, 

 in spite of the early date of Easter. 

 The wholesalers are booking Easter 

 orders at the usual prices. 



The more moderate weather condi- 

 tions do not appear to have helped the 

 violet situation; average prices ob- 

 tained last week usually were the low- 

 est of the year to date, even worse 

 than the prices of the week before. 

 Sweet peas, on the other hand, seem to 

 be doing better than they did a fort- 

 night ago. There is great variation in 

 the quality of the peas. Some are ex- 

 tremely good, while others are extreme- 

 ly short. The top grades seem to be 

 not realizing their special value with 

 any degree of ease; it is the medium 

 stock that sells best. Cattleyas are 

 equal to all demands. 



Valley dragged last week, and doubt- 

 less will do so until the weddings com- 

 mence. Romans and freesia are about 

 done, and not many Paper Whites are 

 seen. Fewer jonquils and daffodils 

 come in and the market is not over- 

 burdened with tulips, although there 

 are enough. Southern outdoor bulbous 

 stock is not yet cutting much figure. 



The green goods situation remains 

 unchanged. 



Club Meeting. 



The monthly meeting of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club was held March 6 at the 

 Union restaurant, with a good attend- 

 ance on hand when President French 

 took the chair. Various business mat- 

 ters were taken care of and a warm de- 

 bate was opened when the selection of 

 the official route to the Minneapolis 

 8. A, F. convention was brought up. 

 Owing to the fact that the transporta- 

 tion committee was not on hand to 

 make a report, no action was taken, 

 although George Asmus asked that the 

 selection be made between the two best 

 roads, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. 

 Paul and the Northwestern. He ex- 

 plained that many eastern delegations 

 will arrive in Chicago" with the expecta- 

 tion of taking the same route as the 

 Chicago club and said it is to the in- 

 terest o/ the local organization that one 

 of the two standard roads be the selec- 

 tion of the club. He strongly opposed 

 the Great Western line as the official 



WE WILL HAVE FOR EASTER 



50.000 

 EASTER LILIES 



PERFECT BLOOMS. 



LARGE, HEALTHY. $12. SO DCf 100 



Also a full assortment of Roses, Carnations, Hya- 

 cinths, Daffodils, Tulips, Valley, Violets, Narcis- 

 sus, Swainsona, Sweet Peas, Ferns, Lilacs, Rho- 

 dodendrons, etc. 



•THE MIAMI FLORAL CO. 



DAYTON, OHIO 



LONG DISTANCE PHONES-BEUL 1102, HOME 4473 



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Cut Flowers 



W.J.&M.S.Vesey 



Fort Wayne, Ind. 



EASTER PRICE LIST 



Per dos. 



Cattleya |6.00 



Dendrobium Formosum. . . 6 . 00 



ROSES Per 100 



Rhea Held ") 



Richmond [ 



Rillamey ^$4.00. $5.00. $8.00 @ $10.00 



My Maryland... I 

 White KillameyJ 



Carnations t2.00. tS.OO @ $ 4.00 



Easter Lilies 12.60@ 15.00 



Snapdragons 10.00 @ 12.50 



Sweet Peas .75 



VonSioD 8.00 



Sprengeri Sprays 1.00 O 2.00 



Smilax 15.00 



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route. All the roads offer special trains 

 if seventy-live passengers can be guar- 

 anteed. The matter was left open until 

 the next meeting, in order to give the 

 transportation committee an opportu- 

 nity to report its finding, when a vote 

 will be taken to decide the popular 

 choice. 



Two new members were elected, Geo. 

 Ball, Glen Ellyn, and John Tiplady, of 

 Lake Forest. Andrew McAdams, the 

 south side retailer who recently retired 

 from business, was elected to honorary 

 membership, while the resignations of 

 Andrew Eobertson and A. G. Nealy 

 were accepted. George Asmus also 

 spoke on the Florists' Telegraph De- 

 livery Association, and pointed out 

 that the public has not yet been edu- 



cated to the idea of sending flowers to 

 friends in distant cities, adding that it 

 is time for retailers to take steps to 

 work out the possibilities in this line. 

 More data concerning the experience of 

 other florists will be submitted at the 

 next session. Vaughan's Seed Store 

 exhibited the Erna Teschendorff rose 

 and a red canna, No. 15. 



Various Notes. 



A distinct novelty was a lecture at 

 the store of E. C, Amling Co., March 

 11, by Mr. Tholls, western agent for 

 the Sheldon School of Salesmanship. 

 Mr, Michelsen i^ greatly interested in 

 subjects pertaining to modern scientific 

 methods of business management and 

 when Mr. Tholls offered to give a noon 



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