Mabch 23, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



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I Big Supply 



JY. \J O tj O Reasonable Prices | 



Russell, Ophelia, Sunburst and Ward. In fact, all varieties in all lengths of first quality. 



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Sweet Peas 



Big Butterfly Sweet Peas, spring blooming variety, ^'T C/\**^1 f\ f\f\ 

 in all colors per 100, $1.00 and $1.50; per 1000, np • •0\/"q> 1 vF.VTvF 



Lilies, Carnations, Violets, Jonquils, and whatever choice stock there is to offer at reasonable prices. 



Try our dependable service on Ferns and Greens. 



Ferns, Smilax, Galax, Plumosus, Laurel, Boxwood, Leucothoe, etc. 



I A. L. RANDALL CO., 



Wabash Ave. at Lake St. 



Phone Central 7720 



Chicago I 



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182 N. Wabash Avenue 



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Milady $6.00 



Russell 5.00 



Ward 4.00 



Galax, per 1000. $1.00@$1.25. 



Per 100 Per 100 



$ 6.00 Carnations '. 1 2.00 @$ 4.00 



I 12.00 Eillameys.piskudwkite, 4.00 @ 10.00 



I 20.00 Ferns per 1000, 2.50 



[ 8.00 Borwood per case, 10.00 



Prices subject to market changes. 



Jonquils, per 100 $2.00 @ $3.00 



Pussy Willow, bunch . . .25 @ .50 



Calla LUies. doz ; 1.60 @ 2.00 



Adiantom, per 100 1.00 



Smilax, per doz. strings. 2.00 



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material firms, seedsmen and others in- 

 terested, voted to invite the Vegetable 

 Growers' Association of America to 

 hold its annual convention in Chicago 

 next October. 



The American Beauty rose will hold 

 its place in the establishment of 

 Wietor Bros. N. J, Wietor says he is 

 convinced that on the whole the variety 

 is, losing its vitality, but that the 

 Wietor Beauty houses have given so 

 good an account of themselves that 

 thus far there is nothing pays better. 



March 21 W. N. Rudd went to 

 Ithaca, N. Y., intending to proceed 

 from there to Philadelphia for the Na- 

 tional Flower Show. 



If everyone could grow Killarney 

 Brilliant like the crop now being cut 

 by Meyer & Dramm Co., at Elmhurst, 

 one never would hear a word of criti- 

 cism of that variety. 



Richard Rolston has not been with 

 the Fleischman Floral Co. since March 

 15, his duties having been taken over 

 by Arthur Weatherwax. Mr. Rolston 

 says he is planning, with a partner, a 

 start for himself. 



White has been the standard color 

 for wholesale cut flower establishments 

 in this market, but the E. C. Amling 

 Co. has just redecorated in buff, produc- 

 ing a most cheerful atmosphere. 



When two automobiles collided at 



Montrose and Ashland avenues, March 

 19, August Poehlmann, his family and 

 their guests were thrown to the pave- 

 ment. A 4-year-old child was slightly 

 injured, but the others escaped with a 

 shaking up, although the Poehlmann 

 Winton turned on its side. Miss Vir- 

 ginia was driving. 



Practically all the material for 

 George C. Weiland's new houses is on 

 the ground at Niles Center and opera- 

 tions will begin as soon as frost is out 

 of the ground. The location requires 

 the movement of quite a quantity of 

 soil to level the site before posts can 

 be set, 



When Emil Reichling carries his 

 pedometer as he makes his rounds of 

 the Peter Reinberg greenhouses it 

 shows that one walks exactly a mile 

 in passing once across each house in 

 the range, down the center cross aisles, 

 returning to the starting point. 



At a meeting of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety last week it was decided to as- 

 sume the $600 deficit that will remain 

 after collecting the guarantees on the 

 fall show. There were only two op- 

 posing votes, but there now is a resig- 

 nation on file for future consideration. 



A. L. Randall and Mrs. Randall re- 

 turned March 17 froia. their annual 

 Lenten visit to West Baden. Carl N. 

 Thomas, who has spent the four win- 



PAPER POTS 



Send postal for free Big Folder containing thtf 

 Experiences of 131 Florists and free samples. 

 Price list, testimonials, pages 8, 9 and 10. F. W. 

 Rocbelle & Sons, Chester, N. J. 



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ter months in the cut flower depart- 

 ment of the A. L. Randall Co., returned 

 to his home at West Springfield, Pa., 

 March 19. He is expected in Chicago 

 again in the autumn. 



For the purpose of largely expanding 

 his operations, C. A. Wooley has incor- 

 porated the Illinois Flower Box Co., 

 with $25,000 authorized capital stock. 

 The incorporators, with Mr. Wooley, are 

 E. A. Christopher and T. W. Davis. 



Nearly a carload of imported peren- 

 nials, invoicing nearly $3,000, recently 

 reached Evanston for Richard Gloede's 

 spring trade. 



Alois Frey, who is at Los Angeles, 

 sends word that it is early summer 

 there. His freesias in the open, and 

 all the fruit trees, are in full bloom. 

 He reports 96 degrees in the shade as 

 "some heat" for early March. 



The efforts of Hoerber Bros, in grow- 

 ing snapdragon have been attended with 

 such success that they are now devot- 

 ing an entire house of their Des Plaines 

 range to its production. 



Though suffering with a heavy cold 



