" ." ■ *;. •'*^ • '•- .kV'<Vj(7' 



26 



The Florists' Review 



Sbptembbr 14, 1016. 



YOU 



c=3will need for your next week's trade our 



ROSES9 all varieties, and our BEAUTIES9 from new plants. 



LILIES=furnished in any quantity, 



AND> 



—you can depend on Randall's Lilies. We have good stock in all varieties. Our Giganteum Lilies are grown 

 to meet a critical demand. Special prices on large orders. Can -supply any quantity on a day's notice. 



Green and Bronze Galax in large supply— fine stock 



A. L. Randall Co 



Rash Orden 

 are "Waloome 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 

 Wabash Ave. at Lake St., 



Phone '' 



Central 7780 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



cally no demand- for cattleyas, they are 

 80 unusually scarce that the few finding 

 their way to the market sell at a fancy 

 figure. Although there is an appreci- 

 able letup in the supply of gladioli, it 

 is yet large and sales must be numerous 

 and of more than fair size to clear the 

 market. With respect to asters, it is 

 the same old story — there are not near- 

 ly enough good ones to satisfy the de- 

 mand, while culls are in abundance. 

 Rubrums are clearing. The supply of 

 chrysanthemums is slowly increasing. 

 Demand for them, too, is becoming less 

 erratic. The few marigolds and the still 

 fewer mignonettes that reach the mar- 

 ket are disposed of without difficulty. 

 Green goods are no exception to the 

 general rule. Smilax has been extreme- 

 ly scarce, and there is not more than 

 enough plumosus to go around. 



Amling to Make Auto Delivery. 



Up to this time it has not been the 

 custom in this market for wholesale cut 

 flower houses to make deliveries; the 

 city customer has been expected to take 

 his purchases with him, or to send for 

 them if he bought by phone. It has 

 been thought impossible to make deliv- 

 eries on the small margin afforded by 

 the wholesaler's fifteen per cent. But 

 it gradually has become custom ^to 

 make special accommodation deliveries 

 by boy and last week the E. C. Amling 

 Co. ordered a Ford with panel body and 

 September 25 will put it into service 

 for delivery purposes. If it proves a 

 trade winner through improved service, 

 others will be ordered as needed. 



John Michelsen, of the Amling Co., 

 went to Evansville, Irid., September 9 

 and is spending the week on his annual 

 eastern trip. He will visit New York, 

 Rhinebeck and several cities en route. 



Tlie Club Meeting. 



The first meeting of the Chicago Flo- 

 rists' Club since June 8 was held in 



FLOWERS FOR FALL . 

 (Kennicott's Quality Cuts) 



We offer flowers that stand inspection, but do not need it. 



Our Mums, Beauties, Roses, Carnations and other stock can be counted 

 on, but need not be counted. 



You need not check on count, nor worry about quality. We take care' 

 of you. 



Send in your order for supplies at the same time and save on express 

 charges. 



> 



v. 



KstabUahed 188S 



Incorporated 189S 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 

 163-5 North Wabash Atoduo, Chicago, Illinois 



Mention The Berlew when yo« WTlt». 



the Morrison hotel, September 7. It 

 was not a large meeting, as not to ex- 

 ceed fifty members were present. But 

 lack of numbers did not stand in the 

 way of its being one of the most in- 

 teresting meetings in many months. 

 And the cause of this interest had its 

 rise in the feature of the evening, a 

 paper by Allie Zech, of Zeeh & Mann, 

 entitled "Cut Flowers from a Com- 

 mission Man's Viewpoint," printed in 

 full in this issue of The Review. The 

 club showed its appreciation by accord- 

 ing Mr. Zech a vote of thanks. 



Following the paper the subject was 



open for general discussion, and the 

 question of the department store sale 

 of flowers and the disposal of surplus 

 stock was argued and discussed from 

 all possible angles. Those figuring 

 chiefly in the general discussion were 

 Alex. Henderson, John Michelsen, 

 Peter Pearson and George Asmus. As 

 this occupied the greater part of the 

 evening, there was little time left for 

 other business, though the matter of 

 street car and daily newspaper adver- 

 tising was touched upon, but without 

 resulting in anything definite. 

 The guest of the evening was Arthur 



