. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. OR Bros. 130 E. RANDOLPH STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Mention The BeTlew when yon write. ^ A ^ FLOWERS ''at their best'' h^ From Grower Direct ^m milAND-RlSCH Cot w^^ve. H0WER OROWERS c«cago Mention The Berlew when yon write. quality, supply and salability. There are those who say prices recently have averaged as good as last year at the same date, while the supply has been much larger. Sweet peas also are more plentiful and of better quality; they sell well, much better than violets. Paper Whites have arrived, the first sell- ing for as much as 10 cents!
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. OR Bros. 130 E. RANDOLPH STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Mention The BeTlew when yon write. ^ A ^ FLOWERS ''at their best'' h^ From Grower Direct ^m milAND-RlSCH Cot w^^ve. H0WER OROWERS c«cago Mention The Berlew when yon write. quality, supply and salability. There are those who say prices recently have averaged as good as last year at the same date, while the supply has been much larger. Sweet peas also are more plentiful and of better quality; they sell well, much better than violets. Paper Whites have arrived, the first sell- ing for as much as 10 cents! Mignon- ette, too, has returned for the season. Callas sell rather slowly, as do lilies, but the supply of neither is large. Valley equals the demand. More good calen- dulas could be sold. Small quantities of gardenias and swainsona move welL There are enough cattleyas at the price. Greens are selling steadily, but not rapidly; there seems at the moment no special demand for anything in this line, of which there is an adequate supply except of bronze galax. Hastening the Crops. All cut flower crops under glass were earlier than usual this season. It was peculiarly noticeable in chrysanthe- mums. The midseason varieties came in on the heels of the earlies and the late sorts now are in crop at least a PERCY JONES Wholesale Cot Flowers and Florists' Supplies 30 East Randolph Street CHICAGO, ILL. 100% Service. week, and probably ten days, earlier than usual. The reason for it can be seen in the weather man's record for October. The mean temperature was 62 degrees, or almost 9 degrees higher than normal. Of the possible duration of sunshine there was sixty-nine per cent, or nine per cent more than normal for the month. On the other hand, rain- fall was only one-fourth the amount which fell last October. There were nineteen clear days, where a normal October gives only eleven. The first killing frost this year was October 21, twelve days later than the average date. Flowers a Near-N
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