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rhc Floristsr Review 



April 22, 1920 



MILWAUKBE, WIS. 



Tlie Market. " 



Last week was uneventful. Business 

 was about as good as could be expected 

 after Easter. 



The supply of carnations continues 

 heavy. Koses and sweet peas find a 

 steady market. Large quantities of 

 Easter lilies and callas are coming in, 

 but the demand is not sufficient to clean 

 up the supply. 



Shipping trade kept up fairly well, 

 but express conditions at the end of last 

 week were in bad shape. While perish- 

 fiible stock was accepted by the com- 

 panies, there was considerable uncer- 

 tainty as to whether shipments would 

 go out on schedule time. 



Fine hydrangea plants are coming in; 

 these plants will be in good supply up to 

 Moth«rs' day. 



Various Notes. 



At the recent meeting of the Florists' 

 Club the principal discussion was on 

 spring plants. It was generally be- 

 lieved that, with the increased cost of 

 production and with a shortage of labor 

 curtailing production, prices would be 

 somewhat higher than they were last 

 year. 



William Zimmermann reported a big 

 Easter, with a heavy demand for potted 

 plants. 



The force of William Lubliner, whose 

 store is located in the busiest block on 

 Grand avenue, was kept busy all day 

 Easter Sunday. 



The Boston Store had a special sale 

 on lily plants at cut rates, but appar- 

 ently it had no effect on prices in gen- 

 eral. 



There is a shortage of coal in this 

 vicinity now and the general slogan is, 

 "Stock up early." P. 



The Edward H. Stewart Co. has 

 opened a store at 538 Jackson street. 



Elgin, 111. — In the recent big wind the 

 chimney was blown down on the George 

 Souster store, a portion of it crashing 

 through the roof and falling on the top 

 of the handsome new Randall refrigera- 

 tor recently installed and pictured in 

 The Review. The damage to the re- 

 frigerator was not great. 



Concrete Benches 

 Never Need Repairing 



provided they are built under our 

 easy, practical, inexpensive system. 

 Why continue to use wood when you 

 can build 



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that lower up-keepcosts andimprove 

 grow. ng qualities? Send today for 

 the answers to every question you 

 may ask regarding concrete benches. 



FRED J. MEAD 

 371 Park Ave., NEWARK, N. J. 



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Cuts Out Rain Worries and 

 Builds up Bank Rolls 



You know the nerve-racking anxiety of cloud watchings. 



Wondering if rain will come. 



Watching your cut flowers, or carnation plants, or propa- 

 gating stocks gradually stop growing, and begin to show 

 that tell-tale yellowing of the leaves that means starvation. 



Starvation in the midst of plenty, because there isn't 

 enough water in the soil to dissolve the plant foods so the 

 plant roots can take them up. 



The day you put in a Skinner Irris^atlon System 

 - your rain worries disappear forever. 



No more dread of crop losses because the rain they needed 

 was a few days, or weeks, late. 

 But that's only half. 



Just as soon as you stop rain-worrying, you start, bank- 

 rolling. Bigger crops, in more perfect condition, maturing . 

 on time — mean bisrsfer profits. 



A Skinner system generally pays for itself the first year. 

 If you doubt it, send for our new book, "RAIN for the 

 Asking." 



THE SKINNER IRRIGATION CO. 



a2S WATER STREET 



TROY, OHIO ' 



