Febeuabt 1, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



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I Valentine Cut Flowers | 



I Valentine's Day is going to be a big flower day this year. Your customers will want | 



I the best obtainable stock. Make sure of having it for them by sending us your orders. | 



I CARNATIONS I 



i strictly first-class stock. We can ship you in any quantity. 5 



I SWEET PEAS ] 



I Finest quality Spencer Sweet Peas. Large assortment of colors. S 



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VIOLETS FREESIAS ORCHIDS LILIES 



Also a good cut of Roses. 



I A. L RANDALL COMPANY | 



I WABASH AVENUE AT LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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CHICAGO HEADQUARTERS 



RUSSELL-OPHELIA 



Our Specials for Valentine's Day: 



Fancy Freesias, Sweet Peas, Violets, Bulbous Stock 

 and all other Seasonable Flowers* 



■^^^R«m«mber whan ordering that our lino Is so comploto that 

 l^^F It Includes ovary Item offfforod In tho Qroat Chicago Market. 



30 E. Randolph St., a^^rllsj CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



stamps and posters on sale at the In- 

 dianapolis carnation show this week. 



Various Notes. 



It is sai(l the recent decision of the 

 Ignited States Supreme court, affirming 

 the judgment of the Illinois Supreme 

 court in favor of Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 which some years ago filed a petition 

 with the Illinois Warehouse Commission 

 attacking a rate of 40 cents on coal and 

 manure from Galewood to Morton 

 Grove, will mean not only a lower rate, 

 but eventually a reimbursement to that 

 company of over $35,000. 



Charles A. Meinersmann, with an of- 

 fice in the Steger building, bought out 

 a retail shop at 4807 North Kedzie ave- 

 nue, about six months ago and now an- 

 nounces that he has purchased what 



was formerly the Lister Floral Shop, at 

 1008 Belmont avenue. The two stores 

 are known as the Albany Florists. Mr. 

 Meinersmann takes an active part in 

 the work and is acquainted with the 

 retail flower business, although his busi- 

 ness is landscaping. N. J. Bins is man- 

 ager of the Belmont avenue store. 



A. Henderson thinks he sees a change 

 in the trade tendencies, in that a large 

 number of buyers have ceased to look 

 for the cheapest source of supply and 

 are earnestly in quest of one that can 

 be depended on for first-class stock, 

 well packed, even if the prices aro a 

 little higher. Mr. Henderson believes 

 the trade is beginning to appreciate that 

 "the best is the cheapest in the long 

 run." 



A little later than usual, Alois Frcy, 



at Crown Point, has begun cutting and 

 shipping his annual crop of Rainbow 

 freesias. He has 60,000 bulbs to flower, 

 not to mention the seedlings under 

 trial. 



In an interesting article in the auto- 

 mobile number of the Tribune, Peter 

 Reinberg, writing as chairman of the 

 board of county commissioners instead- 

 of as a florist, sent in a word of good 

 cheer to those who use the highwavs, 

 describing the road-building plans 'of 

 the county for 1917. 



Most successful business men have 

 an avocation as well as a vocation. C. A. 

 Samuelson's is apple orcharding in 

 Idaho. He knows the subject in all its 

 phases and talks most interestingly on 

 it. The varieties he grows are Stav- 

 man's Winesap, Jonathan and Rome 



