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The Florists^ Review 



Fdbbuaby 8, 1917. 



American Beauties 



$2.00, $2.50, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 per doz., 



and lots of them. 



Also all other Cut Flowers in season 

 BATAVIA GREENHOUSE CO. 



30 E. Randolph Street, L D. Phone, Randolph 2995 CHICAGO, ILL. 



supply of violets is not large and they 

 are moving well. Sweet peas arrive in 

 large supply, but because of the cold 

 weather they have been dragging con- 

 siderably. Paper whites are quite plen- 

 tiful and are selling fairly well. Good 

 tulips sell readily at a fair price. Poor 

 stock, however, is found difficult to 

 move. Freesias arrive in ample supply, 

 but are not selling as well as they 

 should. Daisies are arriving in larger 

 quantities and are selling fairly/well. 

 A little stevia may still be found 'on the 

 market. Snapdragons are still slow in 

 arriving; what stock comes in, however, 

 sells well. The supply of jonquils is not 

 large, but . sufficient to fill the demand. 



January Weather. 



The cold wave that marked the advent 

 of February was hard on the growers, 

 increasing the already high fuel bill.and 

 causing much extra work, but January 

 was a favorable month for production. 

 Temperature, snowfall and wind move- 

 ment were about normal, but of sun, 

 the most important factor, there was 

 sixty-four per cent of the possible 

 amount. Usually in January Chicago 

 gets only forty-two per cent of the pos- 

 sible numl)cr of hours of sun, so this 

 year gave fifty per cent more than nor- 

 mal sun. 



Fuel Famine Feared. 



Warnings of a new coal shortage in 

 Chicago wore sent out February 6, as 

 a result of an embargo by all eastern 

 railroads on the movement of coal west- 

 ward from Pennsylvania and West Vir- 

 ginia. This shuts off, for an -indefinite 

 time, the supply of Pocahontas coal on 

 which many local growers depend. 



A Beiinion. 



One of those pretty, always-summery 

 post cards has come to The Review in 

 the zero weather, inscribed "Greetings 

 from Los Angeles," and bearing the 

 well-known signatures of H. N. Bruns, 

 E. C. Amling, A. Ringier, Fred Sperry, 

 H. K. Richards and Harold Amling, all 

 Chicagoans or former Chicagoans. Evi- 

 dently something in the nature of a re- 

 union was in progress. 



Various Notes. 



Secrctarv A. J. Zech announces that 



IT WILL PAY YOU 



To push FREESIAS— Tulips and .lonquils for Valentine's 

 Day. Our supply of this Bulbous stock is all grown by men 

 who make this a specialty. You can depend upon getting 

 choice stock here at reasonable prices, for we certainly have 

 got the supply and will be only too glad to convince you 

 regarding the Quality. 



■■tabUshed 188S 



Inoorporat«il 180S 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



163-5 North Wabaah Atsdu*. Chieaso, UHdoU 



H. B. KKNNICOTT, Pres. J. E. POLLWORTH, Sec. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



the good-of-the-club committee has 

 designated as publicit}' night the meet- 

 ing of the Florists' Club for February 8 

 and has arranged an extraordinary pro- 

 gram. Ella Grant Wilson, of Cleveland, 

 will speak on cooperative publicity and 

 J. H. Burdett will talk on the possibility 

 of making new flower buyers by pub- 

 licity. The publicity committee will 

 give a preliminary report on the national 

 campaign of advertising started at the 

 last meeting and which is proving suc- 

 cessful. 



Wells-Fargo has been making pick- 

 ups, during the zero days, with a frost- 

 proof closed wagon, the body heavily 

 padded, sides, top and bottom, heated 

 by lanterns. Equal care at Christmas 

 would have saved a vast amount of 

 trouble. 



Milady still holds first i)lace among 

 red roses in the estimation of Wendland 

 & Keimel Co., Elmhurst. It was because 



of the difficulty of obtaining grafted 

 plants of Milady that i£ was decided 

 to produce their own young stock this 

 year, for something like 10,000 Milady 

 plants are needed for spring benching. 

 A few thousand of Killarney Brilliant 

 also will be grafted. 



Joseph Ziska & Sons moved to their 

 new home at 169 to 175 North Wabash 

 avenue February 3. Their new location 

 affords them a floor space 60x125 for 

 their show rooms, wire shop and office. 

 The room has a ceiling sixteen and one- 

 half feet high. Among other conveni- 

 ences for customers there will be a rest 

 room with table and chairs and a file 

 of The Review. On the opening day 

 Archie Spencer presented the firm with 

 a large horseshoe floral design made up 

 of red carnations, boxwood and plu- 

 mosus, carrying a message of good will. 



The E. C. Amling Co. has made an 

 arrangement with the E. G. Hill Co., 



