?.' 



24 



>•- -,:' 



'?P 



The Florists^ Review 



JUNE 15, 1916. 



A BIG CUT 



of Russell, Ophelia, Stanley, Sunburst, 

 Mrs. Hurst, Hoosier Beauty, Killarney 

 Brilliant, Double White Killarney, Pink 

 Killarney, Richmond, Milady and Ward Roses to offer, in addition to heavy supplies of Car- 

 nations, Callas, Peonies, Galax, Asparagus Sprengeri, Adiantum, as well as 

 other seasonable stock and Greens* 



NOVELTY R08E8-BRUNNER-EL6AR-BABY DOLL. FANCY BUTTERFLY SWEET PEAS 



You can increase your profits and business 

 by sending all your orders direct to 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



J.A.BUDLeNG 



184 North Wabash Avanua, CHICAQO 



5I?J5!%,I^5J^^^ '■" WHOLESALE 



CARNATIONS cpnuicp .f 



A Specialty OnUlf CH IT 



GUT FLOWERS 



PRICES 



AS 



LOW 



AS 



OTHERS 



■9" SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION -Wm 

 Wc are in iaily tooch with market canditiMis mi whea a DEUINE takes place yta caa rdy ipoa orders seat US receiviag SUCH BENEFIT 



Mentton Th« ReTlwr when yon write. 



merits have a marked effect on demand 

 this -week, good shipping stock, of 

 course, being in strongest request. 



The Beauty market is practically nil, 

 as there will be few good ones until the 

 new crop is on. The cold weather, quite 

 fortunately, reduced the cut of other 

 roses to fit the demand. Eussell and 

 Sunburst are the favorites of the week, 

 with any good yellow as second choice. 

 Killarney "Brilliant, too, enjoys a whole- 

 some demand, as does Ophelia. The cut 

 from young rose plants is seen here and 

 there. 



Carnations are slipping rapidly, 

 though the market hardened at the end 

 of last week. The supply is fair and 

 the quality is unusually gpod, consider- 

 ing the fact that these are the decadent 

 days for this flower. Valley is more 

 scarce than it has been in many weeks. 

 Many of the wholesalers, finding it im- 

 possible to secure valley, are substitut- 

 ing gypsophila, which is beginning to 

 come into the market. The preponder- 

 ance of dark days last week has reduced 

 the supply of good sweet peas to the 

 minimum. At best their end is rapidly 

 approaching. Orchids are at a premium, 

 with practically no supply. The express 

 companies refuse orchid shipments in 

 the east, for Chicago. Lilies are to be 

 had if one wants them. Yellow daisies 

 are selling particularly well, while snap- 

 dragons and calendulas meet with a fair 

 demand. There are far less gladioli on 

 the market than is usual at this time of 

 the year. Gardenias are almost off the 

 market, and another week will see the 

 end of the jasmines. 



The quality of the peonies coming 

 into the market this week is much bet- 

 ter than that of a week ago. Local 

 crops are being received in splendid 

 form. The best, of course, goes into 

 storage at once, but demand is good 

 enough so that the open flowers have 

 been kept cleaned up at fair figures. 

 The peony season will last well into 

 July this year. 



Greens are moving In a highly satis- 

 factory manner. Good Asparagus plu- 

 mosus is scarce. So, too, are good ferns. 



mm 



GREENHOUSE WINDSTORM INSURANCE 



FLOKIAN J>. WALLACE 



INSURANCE S[RyiS 



insurance exchange buil0in6 

 Chi<:aoo 



Mantlon Th* Beriaw when yon write. 



There is no change in the express 

 strike situation. The Wholesale Flo- 

 rists ' Special Cartage Service is looking 

 after the market's hauling and getting 

 everything in and out promptly. 



Clulx Meeting. 



With no announced program, the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club's meeting of June 8 

 was not a large one, and adjourned at 

 an early hour. The following were 

 elected to membership: Chester P. 

 Guion, 2730 North California avenue; 

 W. E. O 'Morrow, 558 Fulton street; 

 Carl Eisemann, May wood, 111.; John 

 Ganger, with John Mangel, and Thomas 

 AV. Head, of Lake Forest, 111. 



After some little discussion the club 

 voted to abandon the annual picnic and 

 also to adjourn club meetings until 

 September 7. A communication from 

 J. F. Ammann, secretary of the Illinois 

 State Florists' Association, relative to 

 the flower show to be held in Blooming- 

 ton, was read, which contained the in- 

 formation that A. Washburn & Sons, of 

 Bloomington, had contributed $250 to 

 the premium fund, and suggested that 

 further contributions would prove ac- 

 ceptable. 



The final report of the special com- 

 mittee on the flower show proposition, 

 as suggested by O. J. Friedman at the 

 last meeting, has been deferred. 



The members will be entertained and 

 instructed at the September meeting by 

 the reading of a paper by Allie Zeeh, 

 of Zech & Mann, on selling flowers 

 to the department stores. 



Various Notes. 



A large number of young women sold 

 carnations and other flowers on the 

 streets June 9 for the benefit of Willard 

 hospital. Large quantities of stock 

 were disposed of, mostly as boutonnieres, 

 to men who never before in their lives 

 had bought a flower, so the retail fio- 

 rists were not hurt beyond such dona- 

 tions as they made. Most of the stock 

 was paid for at slightly above the mar- 

 ket rate. 



The newly appointed vice-president 

 and general manager of the Garland 

 Mfg. Co., Loyd E. Shirley, has taken 

 hold of the affairs of that company with 

 much energy. Among orders recently 

 booked is one from the United States 

 government. H. W. Strietelmeier, who 

 designed the mammoth Davis & Steiner 

 house, is chief engineer, and Louis Witt- 

 bold, president of the Geo. Wittbold Co., 

 is president. 



The public spaces of the Congress 

 hotel were thronged last week with dele- 

 gates to the conventions, and O. J. 

 Friedman reports that the politicians 

 are remarkably good spenders, having a 



