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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 2S, 1916. 



U BUDLONG'S 

 S BLUE RIBBON 

 VALLEY for 



YOUR WEDDINGS 



A BIG CUT 



of Russell, Ophelia, Sunburst, Double White Klllarney, 

 Killarney Brilliant, Pink Killarney, Richmond, Milady 

 and Ward Roses to offer, in addition to heavy supplies of Carnations, Sweet Peas, Callas, 

 Peonies, Galax, Asparagus Sprengeri, Adiantum, as well as other seasonable stock and 

 Greens. 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



You can increase your profits and business 

 by sending all your orders direct to 



J.A.BUOLONG 



(h Avenue, CHICAGO 



CUT FLOWERS 



184 North Wabash Avenua, CHICAGO 

 ROSES, VALLEY and y,uni esai b 

 CARNATIONS MniicB , 



A Specialty OnOWcR If 



PRICES 



AS 



LOW 



AS 



OTHERS 



■V" SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION 'W 



Wc are in daily toach with mariiet conditions and when n DECLINE takes place yon can rely npon orders sent US recdving SUCH BENEFIT 



Mention The RptIpw when ynn write 



Memorial day demand. Cape jasmine 

 is the latest arrival and buyers on the 

 Chicago market are not slow to show 

 their appreciation of the excellent stock 

 being received. 



Green goods are moving in a satis- 

 factory manner, but flat ferns are ex- 

 tremely scarce, owing to the refusal of 

 the express companies at many points to 

 receive perishable goods consigned to 

 Chicago. 



The Express Strike. 



Considering that all the drivers em- 

 ployed by the express companies in 

 Chicago struck without notice May 16, 

 leaving the market without either de- 

 livery or pickup service, the trade has 

 been doing wonderfully well. The first 

 day it was every man for himself, but 

 the trade promptly organized the 

 Wholesale Florists' Special Cartage 

 Service, with E. C. Amling as treasurer 

 and Fred Lautenschlager as general 

 inanager, the latter giving his time and 

 experience without cost, for the good 

 of the cause. May 18 it was necessary 

 to send motor trucks to Eiverside, 

 Harvey and Hammond to put outgoing 

 shipments on the trains, but since then 

 Heinlein cartage wagons have been 

 getting the outgoing shipments to the 

 depots without serious delay. The 

 strikers have permitted wagons marked 

 "Funeral Flowers" to pass their 

 pickets. It has not been possible to 

 make trains with the accuracy of the 

 regular express company service, espe- 

 cially the early trains, but by early eve- 

 ning everything gets to its depot. 



More difficulty has been experienced 

 with the incoming shipments than with 

 the out freight. With the first tie-up 

 the express companies notified their 

 agents everywhere to refuse all ship- 



For Memorial Day 



Plenty of PEONIES and CAPE JASMINE 



Also Geraniums — fine, healthy plants. 

 Prompt Delivery in Spite of EXPRESS STRIKE. 



IV1. C. GUNTERBERG 



Main Floor, 



158 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The BeTlew when 700 write. 



GREENHOUSE WINDSTORM INSURANCE 



FLOI^JAN D. WALLA££ 



insurance exchange building 

 Chicago 



Mention The Reyiew when yon write. 



ments of perishable stock for Chicago. 

 That made trouble. In the course of 

 time each wholesaler and grower com- 

 pleted individual arrangements for get- 

 ting the stock to market, many by 

 motor car, others by rail to a nearby 

 town and thence by motor truck to the 



city and store. Almost before these 

 means were thoroughly organized Mr. 

 Lautenschlager 's wagons began hauling 

 freight from as well as to the stations 

 and arrangements with express compa- 

 nies and growers had to be revised in 

 the interest of speed and economy. On 



