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The Florists^ Review 





AOGDST 31, 1916. 



Dally Supply of VALLEY and 



EASTER LILIES 



Why not use THE BEST for your trade? 



You can increase your Profits and Business by sending all your orders direct to 



J,A.BUDLONG 





QUALIT\ 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



184 North Wabash Avanua, CHICAOO 

 ROSES. V^KY ud WHOLESALE 

 CARNATIONS^^^^ GROWER if 



■V" SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION 



CUT FLOWERS 



PRICES 



AS 



LOW 



AS 



OTHERS 



We are ia daily toach with aiaii^ coaditi«as aad whea a DECLINE takes place yea am rely apoa orders seat US receiviag SUCH BENEFIT 



Mention The Review \vhen you write. 



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It i^^ardly neces- 

 e tfaS^That valley 



remarkably well, 

 sary to remind the 

 is still scarce. Easter lilies are enjoy- 

 ing a good demand and are clearing 

 regularly with a fair supply. Cattleyas 

 are still scarce, though comparatively 

 few have occasion to know it. Daisies 

 and snapdragons have made their bow. 

 In fact, ay garden flowers have ceased 

 to be factors in the market. The sup- 

 ply of auratum and rubrum lilies is not 

 great, and they are moving in a quite 

 satisfactory manner. Sweet peas, re- 

 markable for their short stems, clear 

 readily, though that is not a difficult 

 task, as there are few of them. The 

 latest arrival on the market is the 

 Golden Glow chrysanthemum. Though 

 welcome enough as a sign of approach- 

 ing autumn, it meets with no special 

 demand, and most of the flowers are 

 too soft to amount to much; the best 

 have sold for $2 per dozen. 



Greens are moving smoothly and regu- 

 larly, untroubled with either a shortage 

 or »n oversupply. 



Changes Coming in Market. 



August 25 the leasehold interest in 

 the property at 159 and 161 North 

 Wabash avenue changed hands and it 

 is announced that the new owner will 

 proceed as speedily as may be possible 

 with the erection of a new lO-story 

 building on the site. The basement of 

 the old building now on the property is 

 occupied by A. L. Vaughan & Co. 



The transaction follows by only a 

 month a similar one on the corner, the 

 building in which Ziska & Sons and 

 Percy Jones, Inc., are locjtted. This 

 ground lease was acquired last month 

 by A. Starr Best, children's outfitter, 

 who will replace the old building with 

 a new one for his own occupancy as 

 soon as existing leases can be got out 

 of the way. 



Copipetition Growing Keen. 



The store at 6.302 University avenue 

 has been fitted up in modern metropoli- 

 tan style and will be opened in a few I 



WIREWORK and SUPPLIES 



The largest assortment of wire ^signs 

 —and the elioicest selection of Florists' 

 «Ji lJbt>Jies. 



This House stands for quality in wire- 

 work and supplies as well as seasonable 

 flowers. 



We still have some fancy Carnation 

 plants left at $40.00 per 1000. 



■■tabUataed 188S 



Xnoorporatad 189t 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 

 163-5 North Wabash At*bu*, Chicago, Illinois 



Mention The BsTtew when jou writs. 



days under the name «f the University 

 Flork Co. 



Competition is becoming decidedly 

 keen in the neighborhood. On the cor- 

 ner of Sixty-third street is the estab- 

 lishment of J. H. McNeilly. The new 

 store is just across the street on the 

 University avenue side. Last spring 

 J. A. Michal, who has greenhouses 

 farther south, opened a store at 1168 

 Sixty-third street, opposite McNeilly 

 on that side, so 4here will be three stores 

 within a stone's throw. One block east 

 is one of A. F. Keenan 's two stores. 

 Three blocks east are two other florists. 

 Bombenger is just south. 



If competition still is the life of trade 

 a lot of flowers should be sold in that 

 part of Woodlawn this season. 



Various Notes. 



This has been a wonderful season for 

 the gladiolus growers shipping to this 

 market. In spite of the injury to the 

 stock caused by hot, dry weather, sales 

 have run to much better money than 

 last season. As an example, C. S. 

 Clausen, who is perhaps the principal 

 shipper of up-to-date varieties, says that 

 up to August 20 his sales were slightly 

 more than double in money value what 

 they were in all of last season, and he 

 still is shipping about $100 worth per 

 day. As for quantity,, he has cut a few 

 more flowers than last year in spite of 

 the bad season, because he increased 

 his acreage this season, but he esti- 

 mates the price to have averaged better 



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