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The Florists' Review 



Apbil 27. 1916. 



possible except for the automobiles, as 

 the area covered included Morgan Park, 

 Hinsdale and Evanston. 



The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., 

 which recently absorbed the James H. 

 Bice Co., is making a number of alter- 

 ations in the Bice building, which it 

 will occupy sometime during May. 



A. F. Poehlmann and wife celebrated 

 their twenty-first wedding anniversary 

 April 18. 



The first word heralding the near ap- 

 proach of the peony season comes from 

 H. B. Kenuicott, of Kennicott Bros. 

 Co. He says there is every indication 

 of a peony crop of most excellent qual- 

 ity on the Kennicott farms. Incident- 

 ally, the firm's Easter business this 

 year exceeded that of last year by 

 thirty-five per cent. 



Among those whose work attracted 

 special attention at the annual flower 

 sale for the benefit of the Memorial 

 hospital for crippled children, held last 

 week in the Congress hotel, was B. J. 

 Sampson, formerly with H. "W. Buck- 

 bee, Bockford, 111., now gardener for 

 Edward F. Swift. He staged a table 

 of blooming plants which were ticketed 

 "Extra well grown." The sale was a 

 large one, but most of the stock was 

 supplied by retailers at prices slightly 

 above -cost. 



Fred Lautenschlager returned home 

 for Easter, after having made an east- 

 ern trip that included exhibits at the 

 Philadelphia and New York shows for 

 Kroeschell Bros. Co. 



Beport comes from the Armitage 

 Floral Shop, 2065 Milwaukee avenue, 

 that the volume of this, its first, Eas- 

 ter's trade far exceeded the hopes of 

 its proprietors. 



According to M. Pekarek, of the Cali- 

 fornia Floral Co., 3402 West Twenty- 

 sixth street, he enjoyed such a lively 

 Easter demand that his stock was com- 

 pletelj cleared out April 22. 



' ICnch of the success of the Easter 

 business must, in the opinion of FVank 

 Johnson, of the A. L. Eandall Co., ^be 

 attributed to general business condi- 

 tions, which, he says, are the best in 

 years. To his way of thinking, there 

 is no excuse for ' an able-bodied man 's 

 being out of work in the United States. 



As they are through grafting rose 

 stock, Weiland & Bisch are cutting 

 some splendid Champ Weiland, which 

 they are sending to the downtown sales- 

 room for display purposes. The firm 

 enjoyed the best Easter trade in its 

 history. 



Word comes from AUie Zech, of Zech 

 & Mann, that they cleared everything 

 daily from April 20 on, except Easter 

 lilies. He says orders for Mothers' day 

 already are coming in. 



"From a trade standpoint," says 

 C. L. Washburn, of Bassett & Wash- 

 burn, "this was the greatest Easter on 

 record." He says the Chicago market 

 supplied flowers for the whole country, 

 as there were any number of large 

 shipments to New York, Philadelphia, 

 Boston, Denver, Winnipeg, Can., and 

 Dallas, Tex. This, he thinks, surely 

 establishes Chicago as the nation's 

 greatest flower market. 



By way of celebrating their first 

 Easter in their present quarters, O. A. 

 & L. A. Tonner worked late every night 

 last week. 



Members of the trade will be pleased 

 to learn that Miss Agatha Greeley has 

 resumed her place with the John 

 Eruchten Co. Miss Zandra Anderson 

 is now quite recovered and at her desk. 



This it the 



"BEST-OF-ALL" 



year round Cut Flower 

 Basket 



One that is adapted to best advantage 

 for cut flowers both summer and win- 

 ter and a sure winner for the florist 

 who displays it. It is an exceptional 

 basket at an exceptional price. 



Special at $4.00 per dozen 



complete with liners and in any of the 

 two-tone finishes. 



The Johnson " BEST-OF-ALL" pot 

 covers are the hit of the season and 

 sell like hot cakes. Thiey come in 6 

 sizes, nested. 



Just to get acquainted— send us $4.50 

 and we will include a nest of 6 

 "BEST-OF-ALL" pot covers with 

 your order for 1 dozen "BEST-OF- 

 ALL" cut flower baskets as shown 

 above 1 



DO IT HOW. 



Johnson Basket Company 



82S-32S W. Raaaolpb Street, 



CHICAGO, nx. 



Mianfacturert of "BEST-OF-«LL" Liae of POT GIVERS 

 iiri BASKCTS. 



Mentloo The Berlew when yoo writ*. 







Mention The Heytew whea yon write. 



The wind storm that visited the coun- 

 try north of Chicago on the evening of 

 April 19 destroyed some glass in the 

 greenhouses of John Prochazka, Rogers 

 Park. There was no loss on stock and 

 that on glass is covered by insurance. 



Ernest Bober, Wilmette. says he 

 worked straight through sixty hours, 

 covering two nights, in the effort to get 

 all the Easter orders out on time. 



A splendid lot of 6-inch and 7-inch 



Ribbons and Chiffons 



rOM TNK FLOINST 



THE STANDARD LINE OF AMERICA 



WERTHEIMER BROS. 



The National Floral Ribbon Home 

 19-8 1-Z3-ZS E. g4th St.. NEW YORK 



spima plants are being shipped by 

 Charles McCaulej, of the Biverbank 



