

JDNB 22, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



Confidence is the Basis of All Business 



If you have confidence in your cut flower supply — confidence based on experience — you can safely 

 promise your customers satisfaction, and, what is much more, you can give them satisfaction. A rep- 

 utation for giving satisfaction creates confidence in you* And if you gain the confidence of those 

 who buy from you, your business is an assured success. , 



By creating and retaining confidence we became the always reliable house we are today. 

 Let us help you— no matter what you need, see us. This week you will need 



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See our Classified ads under Chrysanthemums. 



A. JL RANDALL COMPANY 



Wabash Ave. at Lake St., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



WHOLESALE GD9WEPS °/ CUT FL9WEDS'^"°PLANTS 



182 N. Wabash Avenue ^ CKjc^^^o l d. Phone Rudoipk 63i 



Complete line of PEONIES, ROSES, CARNATIONS 



AT LOWEST MARKET RATES 



M.ntloa The Berltw when yon write. 



Brilliant and one of Champ Weiland, 

 with some additional space for Mary- 

 land, White Killarney and Kichmond. 

 Killarney is given less space than in 

 many years, no young stock having 

 been planted. 



How well the plants have taken hold 

 is shown by the fact that, quickly as the 

 replanting has been done, cutting has 

 begun in the first houses of young stock. 



Peterson's Peonies. 



The peak of the peony season at 

 Peterson Nursery was passed last week, 

 when there was a steady stream of vis- 

 itors from dawn to dusk. The greater 

 part of the several large fields was cut 

 over steadily, about 10,000 flowers per 

 day being sent to the A. L. Eandall Co., 

 but the first ten plants at the driveway 

 end of each row were left untouched 

 for the benefit of visitors. Also along 

 one of the drives there is a 4-year-old 

 plantation that includes every variety 

 on the place, grouped by colors and 

 in the order of blooming, each variety 

 labeled, that gives a splendid opportu- 

 nity for comparison. Another sample 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES AND GREENS 



O. A. & L. A. TONNER 



30 E. Randolph Street L> !>• Pbone Central et84 CHICACK), ILL. 



collection has been planted, three plants 

 of each variety in line behind an easily 

 read label. Next year visitors will find 

 the first plant disbudded, the second 

 grown naturally, the third with the 

 crown bud taken out to prolong the 

 season. 



The trade visitor noted, perhaps first 

 of all, the large stock of such high 

 priced varieties as Karl Rosenfield, 

 only on the market eight years, and M. 

 Martin Cahuzac, the darkest of the 

 reds, although for display nothing sur- 

 passed the showing made by Felix 

 Crousse and Mr. Peterson said the lat- 

 ter is the ideal cut flower red from the 

 wholesaler's and retailer's view. Of 

 the rose-pinks Claire Dubois is extreme- 

 ly good for late work. The whites af- 



ford an interesting study, but the aver- 

 age person comes back to Festiva max- 

 ima until its season is past. 



The Peterson collection of irises has 

 been greatly enlarged in recent years 

 and a selection of the best would con- 

 tain many unfamiliar names. In the 

 lute varieties Monsignor, violet; Lore- 

 ley, yellow; Archeveque, reddish purple, 

 and Loute, bronze, are as handsome as 

 orchids. For some unknown reason flo- 

 rists have paid little attention to Ger- 

 man irises, although they are as easy 

 to grow as an onion. 



Various Notes. 



The news of the sudden death of W. 

 F. Kasting at St. Louis last week was 

 a shock to his friends in Chicago. Mr. 



