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RANDALL'S IS HEADQUARTERS FOR MEMORIAL DAY 



CUT FLOWERS 



ENORMOUS SUPPLIES-FINEST QUALITIES 



PEONIES 



The Peony is the big, ehowy flower for Memorial Day — it's a big seller. Our supply this year will 

 be larger than ever before — quality extra good. All colors. Extra good values at all prices. Send 

 us your orders and we will see to it that you are more than pleased. Don't place orders elsewhere until 

 you have let us quote on the quantity and quality of Peonies you need. We can interest you. Write or 

 wire today. Now booking orders.' ' 



SWEET PEAS 



Our Butterfly (Spencer) Sweet Peas will be in full crop 

 for Memorial Day— the finest flowers of the season, a delight 

 to the eye and strongly fragrant. These Peas are great sell- 

 ers. You can do a big business on them. We can supply any 

 color and any length of stem in big lots. Now booking orders. 

 Write today. Prices on request. 



EASTER LILIES 



Our special Lily grower is just ready with a big crop of 

 fancy Giganteums, grown cool, so that they have fine substance 

 and will ship without bruising. Order some today and you 

 will want a big lot for Memorial D&j. 



FANCY DAISIES 



If you want Daisies in quantity, write us. We have 

 White and Yellow Daisies of the best quality and can supply 

 in any size lots you need— 100 or 1000. You can do a big 

 business on these Daisies once you let your people see how 

 eflfectively they work up. 



CARNATIONS 



We are Carnation headquarters— handle more than any 

 other house in the west ; possibly more than any other house 

 in America. A big cut for Memorial Day. Book your order 

 with us now and be assured of YOUR supply. 



ORCHIDS 



KILLARNEYS 



Splendid flowers. The dark Orchid that all flower buyers 

 like best. We can offer large lots at such moderate prices, 

 quality considered, that now is the time for YOU to push 

 them. Put them in stock and they will sell. 



Killarney and White Killamey are the big sellers. We 

 have fine quality in all lengths and a very large supply. 

 None better. 



Also a good crop of Richmond. Kaiserin, Maryland and 

 all other roses, including American Beauties. 



All otber seasonable Cat flowers In laree supply— VALX.ET, CANDTTfWT, IRIS, GLADIOLI and 

 everythlnc else the market affords. Our FANCT FKBN8 are A-1 qttallty; can fiU aU orders. 



A. Ls Randall Co 



Everything for Florists, prKS;te^'ErcArge^tniJ7rtaents 66 E. Randolph St., Chicago 



Mention Tne Reylew wben rou wnte 



a good, old-time stiff market, such as 

 too seldom is seen nowadays. The rush 

 started May 8, when the first shipping 

 orders went out, and by May 9 the 

 wholesalers were fairly swamped with 

 the business that came in by wire and 

 with each delivery of mail. Growers 

 found it impossible to supply the nec- 

 essary stock and prices began to stiffen. 

 White carnations, being in greatest de- 

 mand, felt the advance first, but white 

 roses soon found an active market and 

 it was not long before the prices re- 

 ceived a tilt. White roses were fairly 

 abundant, but there were not enough 

 to satisfy the demand and buyers were 

 forced to take anything else on hand. 

 Saturday found the city buyers willing 

 to pay the top prices in order to secure 

 stock, and even on Sunday morning the 

 market was hardly back to normal. All 

 told. Mothers' day was a huge success. 

 While the first call was for white car- 

 nations and, secondly, for white roses, 

 when the white was not available the 

 buyers took other flSwers. In the end 

 the market had the best clean-up it 

 has known in months, a consummation 

 credit for which the trade gives to the 

 exploitation Mothers' day has been 

 given in The Eeview. 



This week opened with only light 

 supplies and a fairly brisk market. 



The weather, one day cool and one day 

 warm, is favorable, holding production 

 in check and maintaining quality. It 

 is possible to procure anything one 

 wants, but there is no surplus. Sweet 

 peas are a little lower, due to an in- 

 creased number of growers who are 

 picking Butterflies, as the Spencer va- 

 rieties are known locally. Spanish iris 

 is less plentiful and outdoor tulips have 

 practically displaced the greenhouse 

 stock. Peonies are plentiful. Last week 

 the good stock sold well, though there 

 were numerous shipments that hardly 

 deserved a sale at any price. This week 

 the surplus of good peonies is going into 

 storage for Memorial day, while the 

 low-grade stuff is being sold for what 

 it will bring. Cattleyas are more plen- 

 tiful and cheaper. Lilac is about over, 

 locally. A few small-flowered gladioli 

 are seen. Ferns are advancing in price. 

 Smilax is scarce. 



Several Wholesalers Qet More Space. 



Zech & Mann announce a change of 

 location to be made within the next 

 two weeks, when that firm will move 

 into more spacious quarters. The new 

 home of the firm will be in the base- 

 ment store formerly occupied by Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., at 30 East Bandolph 

 street, just across from the local quar- 



WANTED 



Daily shipments of 



GOOD PEONIES 



Have an excellent market for 

 choice shipping stock. Write, 

 call or phone. 



M. C. Gunterbergr 



Wholesale Florist 



56 East Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Second floor 



Long Distance Phone, Central 3067 



ters of the Batavia Greenhouse Co. A 

 new refrigerator must first be installed, 

 but John Zech hopes that the removal 

 can be made before the Memorial day 

 rush, in order to have the additional 

 room for the handling of shipping or- 



