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JULX 27, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



SoundJudgment in Buying 



Hot weather flowers means more money in the cash register. Don't waste your time and en- 

 ergy looking for reliable stock— come to RELIABLE RANDALL and get it. 



We Have a Liberal Supply of 

 ROSES - ASTERS - GLADIOLI - GYPSOPHILAS 



Push them for your summer trade. When ordering flowers of Randall you can rely on three things t 



Q They are satisfaction quality. 



^ They are shipped on time. 



^ They are packed with due care. s. 



Everything in Cut Flowers and Greens. While you are at it, order enough of ^- 



RANDALL'S, RELIABLE RIBBONS 



A. L. RANDALL COMPANY 



^"^I^^'^.ro^. Wholesalo Cut Flowers 



Wabash Ave. at Lake St., 



Phone 



Central 7 7 SO 



CHICAGO 



MMitloB The B.T1.W when yon write. 



182 N. Wabash Avenue 



CKjcewg O L iD; Phone Raadolpfe .631 



RUSSELL, WARDS, NILADY, BRILLIANT, Carnations and Greens 



AT LOWEST MARKET RATES 



Mention T^e ReTlew when yon wrtte. 



are looking forward to the best August 

 they ever have experienced, in spite of 

 the fact that there will be more roses 

 in this market than in any previous 

 August, 



Various Notes. 



The only peonies still in cold storage 

 are those of Klehm's Nursery, The 

 quantity put up was about the same as 

 last year, but the cut was about ten 

 days later than usual, Kyle & Foerster 

 say there still is an excellent demand, 

 but that the last of the crop will not 

 be sold until late in August, W. P, 

 Kyle, in his new Mercer, and Joseph 

 Toerster, in his big Moline-Knight, 

 ■with their families, drove to Crystal 

 Lake July 23 and visited Frank 

 Schramm. 



C, L, Washburn, of Bassett & Wash- 

 burn, is receiving congratulations on 

 the birth of his third grandson, July 24. 



The new member of the firm is the third 

 son of E, B. Washburn, of Pasadena, 

 Cal. 



A quartette of retailers, L. R. 

 Bohannon, of the Bohannon Floral Co.; 

 Victor Bergman, of O. J. Friedman's; 

 Lewis Bunt, of the E. Wienhoeber Co., 

 and Walter Adams, started into Wis- 

 consin last week on an outing, their 

 progress being marked by the stream of 

 souvenir post-cards sent home to their 

 friends in the market. 



Last week John Michelsen, of the 

 E. C. Amling Co., spent a couple of 

 days at McHenry, 111., where John 

 Miller extends the glad hand to all 

 florists who visit the lakes and his 

 greenhouses. Mr. Michelsen says he 

 considers business to have been better 

 during the last fortnight than during 

 any similar protracted hot spell in the 

 history of this market. 



Next week work will be begun on en- 



larging the George Wienhoeber store. 

 When the alterations are completed the 

 place will be L-shaped, with an en- 

 trance on Monroe street as well as on 

 Wabash avenue. It also will be the 

 largest of the downtown stores, with 

 nearly 1,500 square feet of space on 

 the street floor. 



That the year to come will be the 

 best in the history of the Chicago mar- 

 ket, and of the florists' trade generally, 

 is the belief of H. Van Gelder, presi- 

 dent of Percy Jones, Inc. Mr. Van 

 Gelder says he bases his belief on the 

 fact that the people generally are more 

 fully employed than ever before. 



At the A. F. Amling greenhouses a 

 careful cost and income account is kept. 

 Each section is charged with the labor 

 and material used in it and with its 

 proportion of the general expenses. On 

 the other hand, it is credited with 

 every flower cut. Consequently it is 



