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The Florists^ Review 



Febbcart 17, 1916. 



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30 East Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Open to 6 p. m.; Sundays and Holidays to 12 M. 



Roses ■= Carnations 

 =^Sweet Peas— 



SOONER or LATER your Cut 

 Flowers will be supplied by us. 



Why Not Sooner ? 



Our Line is so complete that it includes every 

 item offered in the Great Chicago Market. 



L. D. PHONE S-CENTRAIi 3883-3284; AUTOMATIC, 48-965 



Mention The Reylew when yon write. 



JOHN KRUCHTEN 



C. L. SHERER 



HENRY KRUCHTEN 



JOHN KRUCHTEN CO. 



Wholasale noristt '« i*>.-**"^SL4i'""'' CHICA60, lU. 



lltatloii Hm BcTlew whan yon write. 



to pay for quality, and the other re- 

 tailers have given him a cordial wel- 

 come. 



That the giganteum lily has only just 

 begun to be a general purpose flower 

 and that the next five years will see 

 a wonderful increase in its use is the 

 belief of W. G. Gaddis, of Deerfield. 

 Mr. Gaddis has four houses and uses 

 practically all his space for lilies. 

 Where a few years ago the effort was 

 to flower the lilies all for one day, 

 Mr. Gaddis aims to cut every day in 

 the year. He starts on the average 

 1,000 bulbs per week. 



Two carloads of greenhouse building 

 material have been unloaded at Greggs, 

 111., by the .Foley Greenhouse Mfg. Co. 

 This is th^ first step toward the con- 

 struction of ten new houses, each 28x 

 300 feet, for Bassett & Washburn. 

 Work will begin as soon as weather 

 permits. According to C. L. Washburn, 

 all the Beauty plants will be moved 

 into the new houses when they are 

 completed. There are now growing in 

 the houses at Greggs some 54,000 Beauty 

 plants. When the removal takes place 

 the number will be reduced to about 

 35,000. A most interesting fact was 

 brought out in connection with this re- 

 duction. O. P. Bassett was the first 

 man to grow American Beauties on a 

 large scale in the west. Since then, for 

 twenty-seven years, Beauties have been 

 growing on the benches in the Hinsdale 

 greenhouses. Mr. Washburn says when 

 they first started with this variety, 24 

 to 28-inch stems were considered long. 

 Now 60-inch stems cause no comment. 

 Since the advent of the newer varieties, 

 however, he says the demand for Beau- 

 ties has been slowly receding. His firm 

 is acknowledging this waning of its 

 popularity by reducing the space de- 

 voted to it by fully one-third. 



The contract for four new green- 



OR Bros. 



162 North g^Mmm^%^^m^\. 

 Wabash Avenue, V^IllCay O 



A LARGE AND FINE CROP OF ROSES 



PRICE LI ST-S«>>iect to cluMe witbmt 



American Beauties Perdoz. 



48 to 60-inch stems 16.00 



86-inch stems 4.00 



80-inch stems 8.00 



24-inch sterna 2.50 



20-iDch stems 2.00 



Killaraey, White Killarney, Killaraey 

 BrilliiHt, Richmond per loo 



Extra specials 18.00 



Selects 7.00 



Fancy 6.00 



Medium 5.00 



Good 4.00 



Mtice 



Sunburst per loo 



Extra special * 110.00 



Select 8.00 



Fancy 7.00 



Medium 6.00 



Good 6.00 



CARNATIONS, fancy 4.00 



*• good 8.00 



lilies, perdoz tl.60 @ 2.00 



Adlantum, per 100 1.00 



Aaparasrus Sprays, per bunch 50 



SmUax, per dozen 2.00 



Bprenareri, per bunch 50 



Ferns, per 1000 2.50 



Galax, per 1000 I.OO 



R08K8, Our Selection, Good Stock, per 100, $5.00 



houses, 36x300 feet,, has been let by 

 Daut Bros., Decatur, 111., to the Amer- 

 ican Greenhouse Mfg. Co. They will 

 be all steel construction, equipped with 

 a vacuum heating system, two stand- 

 ard return boilers of 150 horsepower 

 each, a radial brick chimney 4^x100 

 feet, a fireproof packing and pump room 

 and a manure watering system. The 

 entire cost is $36,000. These houses 

 will be devoted to the growing of car- 

 nations and roses. 

 Word comes from California that W. W. 



Barnard, of the W. W. Barnard Co., 

 is enjoying long drives in the country 

 and is breathing in health with the 

 passing of each day. Arnold Kingier, 

 after a brief sojourn in Kentucky, 

 where he attended the convention of 

 the National Canners' Association at 

 Louisville, February 7 to 11, is again 

 in his office. 



Eobert E. Brenton, publicity man for 

 the flower show last fall and advertis- 

 ing manager for Kennicott Bros. Co., 

 is now handling an advertising cam- 



