Decembeu 30. 1897 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



237 



A Corner in the Establishment of Kcnnicott Bros. Co., Chicago. 



good as the nione}' had they arrived in 

 good shape. 



Bassett & Washburn's business was 

 nearly double that of last vear. Their 

 increase of glass surface during tlie year 

 enlarged their supply and the cut for 

 Christmas was larger than expected the 

 early part of the week. They cut a large 

 quantity of bulbous stock in addition to 

 • their other flowers, and sold it all. This 

 included 4.000 Harrisii and S.ooo valley. 

 Romans did not go .so well. And their 

 trade since Christmas has held up re- 

 maikably well. Last Tuesday they re- 

 ceived over 40 telegraphic orders in ad- 

 dition to their usual run of business. 



E. H. Hunt reports a consiilerable in- 

 crease over last year and is thoroughly 

 well pleased with 1 is Christmas trade. 

 The supply exceeded expectations and 

 has kept up well since Christmas, al.so 

 the orders. 



-\. L. Randall is well satisfied with the 

 Christmas business and has '110 kick 

 coming" in any way. 



W. E. Lynch had a good trade. He 

 was afflicted with some "pickled ' stock 

 early in the week, and humorously re- 

 ports that he found no increase in the de- 

 mand for this sort of stock. It was sold 

 at very moderate prices to local buyers. 

 All good shipping stock went at good 

 figures. 



Winter & Glover report a fair trade 



and not enough stock to meet the lively 

 demand. 



Vau^han, McKellar & Winterson did a 

 much larger business than last year and 

 are exceeding!}- well satisfied. With 

 them orders seemed to have been placed 

 earlier than usual. They did a big trade 

 in greens and cleaned up well in that 

 line. Trade has been remarkably brisk 

 since Christmas and stock has been good. 



E. C. .Ainling's Christmas trade was 

 double that of last year. He had more 

 consignors, a larger supply and good sales 

 at excellent prices. He is very well 

 pleased. 



Reinberg Bros, report sales equal to 

 last year at good figures. The recent fire 

 cut them short on Meteors, but their sup- 

 ply was large anyway and all sold. They 

 are now cutting some particularh- fine 

 Maids and La France. 



Rogers Park Floral Co. had a good sup- 

 ply of excellent quality and all sold at 

 good prices. They are well satisfied and 

 anticipate continued good business. 



A. G. Prince it Co. report a larger sup- 

 ply than expected and consequentU- large 

 sales. 



Mr. E. E. Peiser, of Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., favors the formation of an organiza- 

 tion of shippers of cut flowers, to enforce 

 collection of damages from express com- 

 panies when flowers are lost through the 

 negligence of eniplo3-es of the companies. 



He cites the case of a shipment of valley 

 his firm received from Mr. E. Asmus, 

 New York. This shipment was due on a 

 train arriving here at 9:55 p. m. They 

 telephoned the express company to look 

 out for the cases and deliver at once. The 

 train arrived on time, but despite the fact 

 that they telephoned frequently during 

 the evening and waited till i :oo a. m. to re- 

 ceive the shipment, it was not delivered 

 to them till 9:30 a. m. the next day, and 

 was then damaged by frost. They find 

 that a commission man cannot make claim 

 for damages in such a case, as, according 

 to law, flowers sent on commission are the 

 property of the shipper and not of the 

 commission man. He believes that an 

 association of shippers with a paid attor- 

 ney to follow up and push the claims of 

 any member of the association would re- 

 sult in greater care on the part of the ex- 

 press companies. 



Various Items. 



Another bunch of their new pink car- 

 nation Irene was sent to Chicago last 

 week by Crabb & Hunter, of Grand 

 Rapids, Mich. It certainly is an excel- 

 lent flower and will undoubtedly prove 

 useful. There were other promising 

 seedlings but Irene will probably prove 

 most popular. 



Richard Prescott, foreman for C. W. 

 Xorthrop, La Grange, while arranging a 



