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The Florists' Review 



Deceaiokr 12, 1912. 



FOR CHRISTMAS 



PRIZE-WINNING CARNATIONS 



OUR CARNATIONS WON MORE PRIZES 



at St. Paul and Cleveland than any others 



Fiv« Entries— Five Prizes and Sweepstakes at St. Paul. 



Thirteen Entries— Six Firsts, Five Seconds, One Third Prize at Cleveland, 



in strong competition. 



You ara sura of sattInK tha bast Carnation* 

 crown whan you buy from u*. Ordor aarly 



We have a full line of Roses, Violets, Greens and all other stock in season. 

 Fancy Smilax, extra heavy strings. 



Wa invlta tha Trada to ba our suoat* on tho 11.48 a. m. Rock laland 

 train Wadnaaday, Dae. 18, for a vlalt to our sroonhouaoa at Jollat. 



CHICAGO CARNATION CO. 



A. T. PYFER, Manasar 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Christmas Price List. 



CARNATIONS Per 100 



De Luxe, select, large, fancy 8.00 O $10.00 



ROSES 



American Beauty— 



Per dor $5.00 & $10.c 



White Killamey 10.00® 16.00 



Killamey 10.00 @ 16.00 



My Maryland 10.00 @ 15 00 



Richmond 12.00 20.00 



Specials billed according to grade. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Easter Lilies ' 16.00 



Valley, select 4.00 



Special 5-00 



Violets 1.50® 2.00 



DECORATIVE 

 Asparagus Plumosus— 



Per string $0.50 @ $0.75 



Per bunch 36© .50 



Asparagus Sprengeri— 



Per bunch 25® .60 



Adiantum, fancy, long 1.00 



Smilax, fancy, long, heavy 



strings perdoz., $2.00 



Ferns per 1000. 2.00 



Boxwood per bunch, iSc 



Subjact to marhot chansaa 



Mention The Review when you writ. 



thus the market is kept well cleaned 

 up without any reduction in prices. 

 Killarneys are fine, except that they are 

 a little weak on color, and Beauties are 

 holding up well, the long-stemmed ones 

 being cut in much larger quantities 

 than the medium lengths. Short Beau- 

 ties continue scarce, and not enough 

 can be had to fill orders. Richmonds 

 are showing good quality and the indi- 

 cations are that this variety will be 

 in big supply in another week. Aaron 

 Wards, Melody and Sunburst appear to 

 be oflF crop at the present and not 

 enough of these are to be had to satisfy 

 the demand. Even the shortest are 

 bringing fair prices. 



Violets are becoming even more 

 plentiful than at any previous date. 

 Both local and eastern shipments are 

 on the increase as the demand grows 

 stronger. Some houses are. still getting 

 in shipments of late mums, but many 

 of these are lacking in quality. Buy- 

 ers are ready to bid a good price for 

 anything that approaches the best grade. 

 Sweet peas are more in evidence, espe- 

 cially pink. The quality of some of the 

 peas is excellent and they are selling 

 well. Bouvardia has made its appear- 

 ance in considerable quantity and is of 

 fine quality. Paper Whites, mignonette 

 and daisies are also to be had, while 

 lilies and valley are not overabundant 

 but are to be had to fill all calls. Stevia 

 is in heavy supply. Cattleyas are sell- 

 ing well and, while the supply is not 

 large, there appears to be stock for 

 everyone who wants them at the price. 

 There is an abundance of the small- 

 flowered cattleyas and the miscellaneous 

 orchids. Poinsettias are here in quan- 

 tity earlier than usual. 



Greens of all kinds, includinir holly, 

 lycopodium, red berries and the other 

 holiday specialties, are on hand in ever- 

 increasing shipments. 



Christmas Prospects. 



Unless this note serves its purpose, 

 there may be a shortage of roses for 

 Christmas and an oversupply of car- 

 nations in the later stages of the holi- 

 day rush. Practically everywhere it is 

 said that roses will be in first-class 

 crop, but that there will be small cuts 

 of carnations, few growers being in 

 full crop. Time after time when there 

 has been such a unanimous sizing up 

 of the situation exactly the reverse of 

 what has been expected has been the 



FOR CHRISTMAS 



WE WILL HAVE A FULL UNE OF ALL 



CUT FLOWERS 



Daily Shipments From 40 to 60 Growers, Which Means Fresh Stock. 



Headquarters on Green Goods 



We have made arrangements for an extra large supply of 



FAHCY ITALIAN BOXWOOD ^l^Q^ir^'^^"^^ 



WILD SMILAX, LEUCOTHOE, GALAX, 

 FERNS, NATURAL MAGNOLIA, Etc. 



(All goods billed at Chicago Market Prices at time of shipment.) 



E. F. WINTERSON CO-.'-S-HTcA^iT **""* 



», ILL. 



L. D. Phone Central 6004 



Mention The Review when vou write 



N. C. GUNTERBERG 



82-86 E. Randolph Street 

 CHICAGO 



Fancy Violets 



and 



Winter Berries 



Roses, Carnations 

 and Qreens 



Mention The R«ylew when yon write. 



result. The reason is apparent. With 

 everyone predicting carnations in light 

 supply, few orders will be boolted; the 

 wholesalers will be afraid to take orders 

 except at such high prices that no great 

 amount of business can be booked. On 

 the other hand, with good cuts of roses 

 predicted, orders will be booked freely. 

 Then, when the smoke of battle clears 

 away, it is found that the roses were 



CLEAN 



NEWSPAPERS 



FOR LINING SHIPPING BOXES \\ 



$16.00 



PER TON 



F. O. B. CHICAGO 



L. HOECKNER 



1S15 aVBOURN AVENUE, :: CHICAGO 



Mention The RptI^w when yon write 



overbooked and that the carnations, 

 having come in more heavily than was 

 expected, exceeded the orders and real- 

 ized disappointing prices in the clean-up. 



