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184 North Wabash Avanua, CHICAQO 

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mand so good^nat nearly everything 

 went out through legitimate retail chan- 

 nels and little w«8 left for the bargain 

 counters, produfing the best average 

 prices ever known in August. But good 

 prices were of no avail to the man who 

 had nothing, or next to nothing, to sell 

 and where certain growers and whole- 

 salers will say August was "the best 

 ever" others will tell you it was 

 "about as usual." 



August Weather. 



August was a hard month for the 

 growers, because the rainfall was con- 

 siderably less than half the normal 

 quantity and because the heat of July 

 continued with only slight interruption 

 during the entire month of August. 

 The monthly mean of 76.6 degrees is 

 the highest on record, the greatest pre- 

 vious record being 76.3 degrees in 1900. 

 The month was dry, with excessive sun- 

 shine, as well as warm, and of the total 

 rainfall, 1.05 inches, 0.94 inches fell 

 within a period of twenty-four hours. 

 The percentage of sunshine was eighty- 

 six as compared with the greatest pre- 

 vious August record of eighty-two per 

 cent in 1896 and 1908. 



Various Notes. 



The first meeting of the Chicago Flo- 

 rists' Club since the adjournment for 

 the summer, June 8, will be held at the 

 Morrison hotel, September 7. The fea- 

 ture of the evening will be a paper by 

 AUie Zech, on cut flowers from a com- 

 mission man's viewpoint. The secre- 

 tary promises discussion of some im- 

 portant matters. Kefreshments will be 

 served. 



The early return of Andrew Benson, 

 who has been in the Philippines collect- 

 ing orchid plants for Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., is expected. Mr. Benson, who had 

 made previous trips to Central and 

 South America on the same errand, 

 sailed from Manila some time ago. A 

 letter which preceded him required 

 forty days to reach Chicago. It was 

 Mr. Benson who won the big silver 

 punch bowl raffled oflf last spring by the 

 Chicago Florists' Club. He has not yet 



SOME ROSES 

 KENNICOTT'S QUALITY CUTS 



Don't just automatically buy; stop and 

 consider the quality of what you buy. 



KENNICOTT'S Roses are the best buy 

 on the market at this time — all varie- 

 ties — nevertheless, if you want other 

 flowers, order them from KENNICOTT 

 BROS. CO. ry' 



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WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 

 163-5 North Wabash Aranua, Chicaco, lUinoU 



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seen his prize, but it is not supposed he 

 is returning for that reason, although 

 he may take it with him on his next 

 expedition into the wilds just as the 

 Englishman does his tub. 



As the result of William Homburg's 

 name appearing in the death notices of 

 the daily papers of September 5, the 

 telephones of the Alpha Floral Co. were 

 kept busy for a while. But Mr. Hom- 

 burg assures his friends that he never 

 felt better in his life. Another case 

 of duplication of names. 



The exclusive sale of the new car- 

 nation Thenanthos, grown by Anton 

 Then, has been placed in the hands of 

 the A. [L. Randall Co. 



N. J. Wietor took advantage of Labor 

 day to take his eldest son, Leo, to St. 



Francis, Wis., where he will pursue a 

 four years' course in St. Francis Mili- 

 tary Academy. 



A National roadster has been ordered 

 by M. Pekarek, proprietor of the Cali- 

 fornia Floral Co. This is not half bad 

 for the end of a summer season. 



Paul Richmond, with W. J. Smyth, is 

 receiving congratulations on the ar- 

 riVal in his home of a baby girl. 



Gladiolus Panama, while a popular 

 color, is not liked by the retailers be- 

 cause of its lack of keeping quality and 

 C. S. Clausen predicts that it soon will 

 be grown only for garden decoration. 



Last month was far and away the 

 best August in the history of the E. C 

 Amling Co. and September has started 

 as well. The concern's business year 



