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The Florists' Review 



Apbil 15, 1920 



Samuelson can be with him. Thfey are 

 agreed farming is the life and that 

 Idaho is the place to live. 



Eric Johnson has had an extremely 

 painful experience. He was absent from 

 business for nearly two weeks because 

 of an abscess in his ear. 



H, P. Gebhardt is back at Wilmette 

 after spending the last three years farm- 

 ing in Michigan. He will not reengage 

 in the florists' business, as he expects 

 to remove to California in the autumn. 



The more easterly of the larger houses 

 back of Daniel Branch 'a store on Fifty- 

 first street has been demolished. 



J. H. McNeilly has closed his com- 

 bination flower and candy store at the 

 corner of University avenue and Sixty- 

 third street, the lease having been sold 

 to a druggist. On a neighboring win- 

 dow appears a sign which has made 

 most of Woodlawn stop and stare, indi- 

 cating, as it does in strong language, 

 that Mr. McNeilly has acquired the 

 lease there by methods displeasing to 

 the present tenant. 



Joseph H. Hill brought a specimen 

 bloom of Bed Columbia from Richmond, 

 Ind., to the meeting of the Chicago Flo- 

 rists' Club April 8 and that night 

 booked an order for 25,000 for the Weiss 

 syndicate. Mr. Hill had just been in 

 St. Louis, where a shipment of plants 

 was stranded by the express strike and 

 could not be shipped on to their des- 

 tination or back to Richmond. He has- 

 tened "home after the meeting, to the 

 3-months-old Joanna, who is doing 

 splendidly. 



Paul Weiss is a little busier than 

 usual because the Fort Dearborn Coal 

 Co., of which he is secretary, is pre- 

 paring to hold the opening of the new 

 offices, in the Fisher building as before. 



When the grower must pay $6 for 

 eight hours' work by shovel-and-wheel- 

 barrow hands — and not any too much 

 work, either — he needs high prices in 

 more than the . winter months, says 

 Joseph Kohout. 



Escape from the tornado of Palm 

 Sunday was only one reason for Otto 

 Amling's rejoicing next day. The other 

 was the arrival of a third daughter in 

 his household. 



The S. A. F. slides shown in the 

 movies at Maywood by the Weiss & 

 Meyer Co. have received the praise •f 

 patrons of the theater. 



Ernst Amling examined Joseph Hill's 

 specimen of Red Columbia at the meet- 

 ing of the Chicago Florists' Club with 

 keen interest, because he is nursing a 

 red sport which appeared on a plant of 

 Columbia at his greenhouses lagt De- 

 cember. 



Ziska & Sons gauge the state of busi- 

 ness largely by the demand for wire 

 frames, which they say is so strong as 

 to indicate that the average florist who 

 does funeral work is having an active 

 trade. Wire is high, but Ziska & Sons 

 have as yet had no difficulty getting 

 ■.heir requirements. 



Lewis & Rocca are advertising their 

 jtore in the Cable building, using the 

 Sunday newspapers and the trade's 

 slogan. The phrase ' * Members Florists ' 

 Telegraph Delivery Association" oc- 

 cupies enough space so that the explana- 

 tion of what the service is might have 

 been used instead. 



The J. Bombenger greenhouses, on 

 Woodlawn avenue south of Sixty-third 

 street, are being demolished. It was 

 the oldest florists' stand in Woodlawn, 

 but has been closed since just before the 

 armistice. 



You do not have 

 to HUNT for the 

 best flowers in 

 this market 



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. 



Heavy crop of Roses, CarnatioHS, Sweet Peas and Niscellaneous Stock. 



Per 100 



ROSES — Premier. Columbia, Russell $6.00 $20.00 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hearst & Killarney 4.00 10.00 



CARNATIONS— Best fancy stock 3.00 6.00 



SWEET PEAS — Spencers , 1.60 3.00 



VIOMSTS — Home-grown single 1.60 2.00 



Per flozen 



PANSIES — Per dozen bunches $1.00 $1.60 



SNAPDRAGON— Extra fine 1.00 1.60 



CALLA LJUES 1.50 2.00 



EASTER LILIES I 1.50 . 2.60 



STOCKS — Fancy double , 1.00 1.50 



Fancy single 60 .76 



Per 100 



YELLOW DAISIES— Extra good $1.60 $3.00 



WHITE DAISIES 1.00 2.00 



DARWIN TULIPS 8.00 10.00 



TULIPS — Good single 4.00 6.00 



ASPARAGUS— Per bunch 36 .75 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGKRI — Per bunch 36 .60 



FERNS — Per thousand 6.00 



GALAX — Per thousand 2.00 



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



Orders booked now for MOTHERS' DAY. under our Koarantee. 



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

 164 NORTH WABASH AVENUE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



Mention The Kevlew when yon writ*. 



Edward Meuret says the season to 

 date has been one of the best in his long 

 experience as a carnation grower, in 

 spite of the general disappointment 

 with the results at Easter. Mr. Meuret 

 has done so well as a grower that he 

 would like to sell out and play the 

 gentleman of leisure for a while. 



The hearing on Arthur F. Keenan's 

 petition for a discharge from bank- 

 ruptcy was held in the U. S. District 

 court in the Federal building April 12 

 and granted. Since his return from 

 overseas Mr. Keenan has been em- 

 ployed as a salesman by the United 

 States Eubber Co. Believed of his old 

 debts, which aggregated $5,403.09, he is 

 in position to start in the florists' busi- 

 ness again. 



April 10 I. Kosnosky severed his con- 

 nection with the W. W. Barnard Co. 



K. N. Cooper, manager of the Auburn- 

 dale Goldfish Co., says wholesale flo- 

 rists are by no means the only ones 



seriously affected by the express situa- 

 tion. Moreover, goldfish cannot be set 

 by parcel post even if express ship- 

 ments have been held up for four week '. 



ST. IiOXnS, MO. 



The Market. 



A week of sunshine, following tl;3 

 disagreeable sobw storto Easter Sunda." 

 afternoon, warmed up the atmospherf 

 and created a large supply of cut flov.- 

 ers for the growers. The wholesali" 

 markets were loaded up with stock i' 

 all grades daily. Those markets whic'k 

 do much shipping had a great deal O' 

 stock left on their hands, since the rail- 

 road strike prevented the express con)- 

 panies from taking outbound shipments. 

 Consequently the local market "wa^ 

 choked up and cheap prices prevailed 

 almost daily. To help dispose of the 

 stock, some of which was of excellent 





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