September 27, 1913 



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 Commended Award were given by the judges in 

 the Trade Exhibition at Minneapolis to Novelties 

 in our Display of Florists' Supplies — the most ex- 

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CHICAGO NOTES. 



E. E. Peiser is home after a long ab- 

 sence. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Vaughan are ex- 

 pected home about October 1st. 



F. P. Benthey, for several years with 

 Kyle & Foerster, is now with Zech & 

 Mann. 



One of the down-town florists has 

 a window in green and yellow, a pret- 

 ty suggestion of early fall. 



Harry Rowe will leave his present 

 location on Monroe street. Oct-lst. and 

 move to the second floor, at the north- 

 east corner of Washington street and 

 Wabash avenue, where he will include 

 both the wholesale and retail branches 

 of the business. 



The Abest flower ._^store, 3345 W. 

 North avenue, was opened Sept. 15. 

 The proprietors are L. Hoekner of Pe- 

 ter Reinberg's and C. S. Stewart, for- 

 merly with W. W. Barnard Co. Both 

 are well known to the trade and have 

 the good will of all. 



Wm. Graff will take charge of the 

 retail store for Sam Pearse at the Cly- 



bourne Ave. place where Mr. Pearse 

 has been for many years. The new 

 place on Higgins' Road is now about 

 complete and is a model plant of the 

 latest methods of construction. 



A smaller quantity of decorative 

 stock is employed than usual in the 

 large department store openings this 

 week. Very little, even of prepared 

 green was used and Asparagus plumo- 

 sa in limited amount is the only 

 natural green seen. An absence of 

 grapes, berries, etc., is noticed and ex- 

 treme simplicity rules. 



A light frost, the first of the sea- 

 son, visited this vicinity early Mon- 

 day, the 22nd, causing but slight dam- 

 age. The following night, the record 

 of the coldest weather for the time of 

 the year was made, when the growers 

 all about the city found their ther- 

 mometers registering 28 degrees and 

 excepting in sheltered places out door 

 flowers were destroyed. 



Visitors: R. Karlstrom. of W. A. 

 Manda. So. Orange, N. J.: Henry Ilg 

 Winnetka, III.; A. C. Reicher. Michi- 

 gan City, Ind.; Roy Wilcox, Council 

 Bluffs, la.; H. W. Voss, Council Bluffs, 



la.; F. X. Gorley, Nat. Kingsley, Mr. 

 Seegar, Miss Armstrong and Henry 

 Ostertag, all from St. Louis, Mo.; B. 

 Shroeter. Detroit. Mich.; Luke Collins, 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. 



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