. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS 30 E. Randolph St., ?f CHICAGO ..«*" ? ROSES CARNATIONS PEONIES VALLEY PEAS and all Flowers in season at Chicago Market Prices \)infr (lay. there was a considerable ainouut of sliipjiiii}; May 2!> and the lo- cal buyers eanie into the market in force tiiat day. The city stores liad not placed many in advanc^e, count- ing that the market would, be abun- dantly supplied. Had tliey been seek- intj (juality yjoods their calculations would have been astray, but Memorial day calls for (juantity rather than ipial- ity
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS 30 E. Randolph St., ?f CHICAGO ..«*" ? ROSES CARNATIONS PEONIES VALLEY PEAS and all Flowers in season at Chicago Market Prices \)infr (lay. there was a considerable ainouut of sliipjiiii}; May 2!> and the lo- cal buyers eanie into the market in force tiiat day. The city stores liad not placed many in advanc^e, count- ing that the market would, be abun- dantly supplied. Had tliey been seek- intj (juality yjoods their calculations would have been astray, but Memorial day calls for (juantity rather than ipial- ity. The regular city tr;ule was fixed up in good shape May 29. It was pos- sible to meet any buyer's ideas regard- ing reasonable prices. Heavy as the business was, the market was not clean on the evening of May 29 and on the morning of Memorial the hucksters hail their inning. The flowers they bought would not hav(> been tory in any first-class flower store, but it represented a considerable ( of stock. These buyers practically cleaned the market, but they made their own prices. Tlie Course of Expansion. That the retail trade in flowers in Chicago is increasing steadily and rather rapidlj' no one doubts, but ask almost any established retailer and he will tell you his sales fluctuate little from year to year. How, then, is the increase made? The answer is found in the large number of new stores that have been 0])ened, not in the downtown cen- ter, but in outlying business sections. During and .pist after the war this growth was arrested and the estab- lished stores profited greatly thereby, but in the last two years the number of new stores opened has exceeded any- thing in the previous history of the Check up on almost any of the PEONIES FOR JUNE WEDDINGS AND SCHOOL CLOSINGS FINE $, $ and $ per 100 SPECIAL FANCY PEONIES $ per 100 We offer High Gntde Locally Grown Peonies—the result of years of concen- trated eff
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