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The Florists' Review 



Apbil 39. 1920 



Arbor, Mich,, is returning there to 

 tackle the Mothers' day business after 

 having spent several months with John 

 T. Muir, in whose store he gained many 

 useful ideas. 



At Wilmette and Evanston John 

 "Weiland is joining the rapidly growing 

 list of florists who obey the injunction, 

 "Six days shalt thou labor." His stores 

 will be closed on the Sabbath after 

 June 6. He is giving his customers 

 more than a month's notice, enclosing a 

 card with each parcel sent out. 



The Chicago Motor Club is fortunate 

 in having enlisted the interest of John 

 Ziska, than whom there is no florist with 

 more friends or with a greater will to 

 work. Mr. Ziska already has sent the 

 club the membership applications of 

 more than a score of florists and expects 

 to make it fifty by the time the motor- 

 ing season is fairly open. Let him have 

 your application. With a good body of 

 florists in the club, the trade can count 

 on the club's support in any matter con- 

 nected with the operation of automo- 

 biles. 



Weiland-Risch Co. notes a coinci- 

 dence in that the first flowers of Gla- 

 diolus Mrs. Pendleton Avere received at 

 the store April 17 this year, the same 

 date to a day as in 1919. John P. 

 Risch says that however fine the stock 

 and however well it sells, it is a ques- 

 tion if it pays to force the flowers so 

 early. He says that more than half of 

 the plants are blind this year. 



Who wouldn't be a traveling man? 

 Certainly it sounds good to hear that 

 J, C. Nielsen, who represents Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., on the road, has bought 

 a Dodge coupe and plans to start out 

 as soon as the roads dry up, accompanied 

 by his wife and his sample case, for a 

 tour of the middle west and southern 

 states, which will bring him to Cleve- 

 land for the S. A. F. convention in 

 August. Independent of trains, if he 

 takes a camping outfit along he need 

 not worry about crowded hotels. 



A. Henderson is able to be at the 

 store for a few hours now and then, but 

 still is under the doctor's care. Counter 

 trade has opened strongly, in spite of 

 bad weather. There will be a rush 

 when the sun comes out. 



Joseph Foerster notes that the grow- 

 ers are replanting their houses consid- 

 erably earlier this season than usual. 

 This is true of carnations as well as of 

 roses. 



A. L. Vaughan has canceled his ar- 

 rangement for moving to the Atlas 

 block. It appears that the demolition 

 of the building in which his store is 

 located will not begin so promptly as 

 was expected and Mr. Vaughan expects 

 to remain in the old quarters indefi- 

 nitely. 



A new organization has been formed 

 to do business as the No-Drip Basket 

 Shop, marketing .-i self-watering hang- 

 ing basket and plant basket that T. E. 

 Waters says has proved to he a remark- 

 ably ready seller. 



Wietor Bros, already have planted a 

 quantity of their carnations indoors. V. 

 Bezdck, the Gross Point carnation 

 grower, says he also has planted a 

 number of houses with carnations :*n- 

 stead of putting them in the field. One 

 of his reasons is that labor is obtain- 

 able now, while he doubts that it will 

 be so in July. 



The monthly luncheon of the Amer- 

 ican Greenhouse Mfg. Co. was held at 

 the Hotfl Randolph April 24. L. E. 

 Hooper, of the Louisiana Red Cypress 



You do not have 

 to HUNT for the 

 best flowers for 

 Mothers' Day. 



Our Stock 



is of such quality that we guarantee to deliver 

 our flowers in good condition and give you every 

 satisfaction or refund your money. 



Mothers' Day Prices 



In Effect M»7 4. 1920 



ROSES: Premi«r, Columbia. Hnssell and Milady: 



T , —Per 100— 



Long fancy $25.00 $30.00 



Choice medium jg oo 20.00 



Good short goo 12.00 



(Specials billed accordingly.) 



Ophelia, Sonburst, Hearst, Maryland and White Killamey: 



Longr fancy 15.0O 20.00 



Choice medium 10 00 12 00 



Good short '.'.'.'.'. CiOO sioo 



CARNATIONS: 



Select fancy 12.OO 15.00 



(No orders accepted for White only.) 

 SWEET PEAS: 



Fancy Spencers 2.OO 4.00 



(1000 lots $15.00 — $35.00.) 

 YELLOW DAISIES: 



Select large flowers 3.00 4 00 



Choice 1.50 2.00 



WHITE DAISIES 2.00 3.00 



— Per Dozen — 



CALLAS $ 2.00 $ 4.00 



EASTER LXLIES 2.00 4.00 



SNAPDRAGON. Long fancy 1.00 2.00 



STOCKS. Choice double 1.50 2.00 



PANSIES. Per dozen bunches 1.50 2.00 



ASPARAGUS PLCMOSr.S. Per bunch 35 .50 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. Per bunch 25 .50 



FERNS, Per thousand B.OO 



GALAX. Per thousand 2.0* 



If you aro not familiar with our stock, a trial order will convince you. 

 Orders for immediate shipment go out at lowest market price. 



Our Motto: "Nothing is too much trouble to please a customer." 

 164 NORTH WABASH AVENUE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



Manufacturers' Association, gave a 

 talk on the ' ' wood eternal. ' ' Carl Ickes, 

 of the Ickes-Braun Mill Co., told about 

 mill work, a^id Harry Berner, of the 

 drafting department of the company, 

 spoke on cypress from the greenhouse 

 manufacturers' viewpoint. 



A. J. Zech says he expects to see a 

 well supplied but active and not glutted 

 market from May 1 to July 1. 



The film, "Wonderland under Glass," 



will 



-h(jwii a;j.Mir. at the ilu:' ih o 



May f) ;'t the TTot*^l Rrindolph. w'*'; h 

 talk by E. D. Burton, of the American 

 (Jreeni.:- -c M i'n. Co. 



John Mangel was born at Sparta, 

 Greece, May 2, 1864. He has gone far 

 since then. 



Adam Beehler, of South Bend, Ind., 

 was here last week to get acquainted 

 with the houses with which he deals. 

 Mr. Beehler says he was a carpenter by 

 trade and went into the flower business 

 becau.se of his liking for it rather than 



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