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The Florists^ Revkw 



Mabch 8, 1917. 



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R-O-S-E-S 



CARNATIONS VALLEY LILIES CALENDULAS 



VIOLETS PANSIES SWEET PEAS PAPER WHITES 



POETICUS 

 JONQUILS 

 ADIANTUM 



ASPARAGUS 



FREESIAS 



LEUCOTHOE 



SMI LAX 



TULIPS 



FERNS 



GALAX 

 MIGNONI 

 MEXICAN IVY 



Accntstor 

 TO-BAK-INE 



FRNE a ftOMPANY \ 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



30 E. Randolph St. 



Successors to ERNE & KLINGEL 



L D. PiMse Rudolph 6578 

 Auto. 41-710 



CHICAGO 



Mention Th« R€t1>w when yon write. 



according to C. L, Washburn, who says 

 he expects to see a shortage this year, 

 not as many lilies having been grown as 

 formerly. Last year, he says, was a 

 hard year for lilies with many growers, 

 who accordingly discontinued growing 

 them. 



The mother of the Wietor brothers 

 was 85 years of age March 1 and there 

 was a quiet celebration of the event at 

 her home in Eogers Park. 



While descending the elevated stairs 

 at Randolph street one day last week, 

 with a couple of large bundles in his 

 arms, D. S. Musser, of Miller & Musser, 

 slipped and fell almost the entire length 

 of the stairs, badly bruising both his 



legs. , , 



The Mrs. Shawyer rose always has 

 done specially well at the F. J. Benthey 

 establishment at New Castle, Ind., 

 which is associated with Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., in this city. Mr. Benthey says he 

 will increase his Shawyer planting to 

 15,000 this season, discarding Hoosier 

 Beauty and cutting down on White Kil- 

 larney to obtain the additional space. 



The city office and western headquar- 

 ters of Lord & Burnham Co. have been 

 removed to the Continental & Commer- 

 cial National Bank building, where 

 greatlv increased facilities were avail- 

 able. 'M. C. Wright, formerly in charge 

 of the Philadelphia office, has been 

 brought to Chicago as sales manager. 

 George Sykes, who is in charge of the 

 company's western interests, has recent- 

 ly returned from a month's outing in 

 Florida. 



H. N. Bruns and family returned 

 March 6 from California, where they 

 have been for more than a month with 

 E. C. Amling and family. The Amling 

 party will remain west for the rest of 

 this month. 



Peter Reinberg celebrated his fifty- 

 ninth birthday anniversary March 5. 



Ernest Quiran left NUes Center on the 

 evening of March 3 to walk to Morton 

 Grove, two mUes away. Next day his 

 body, the skull fractured, was found be- 

 side the road. It is believed he was 

 the victim of an auto. 



A second light delivery truck with 

 panel body has been ordered by George 

 V. Wienhoeber. 



A shower of big onions and potatoes in 



WE ARE AT YOUR SERVICE! 



Hoses, all ieadln^; varieties. Per 100 



$I.OU, $5.00. $6.00. $^.00, $10.00, $12.00 

 Special Roses billed accordingly. 



Carnations . '. $ 2.00 @ 



violets 



Valley 



l-:a8ter Lilies 12.50 @ 



Calendulas 2.0J 



Paper Whites 



W 



Per 100 



Poetlcus $2 00 @ 



Tulips. 



Freeslas 



Jonquils 



Snapdragons.. per bunch. 



Mignonette 



Callas per doz.. 



Sweet Peas 



Mexican Ivy 



2.00 



SUPPLIES 



$3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 1.00 

 6.00 

 2.00 

 1.50 

 .75 



Greens of All Kinds 



Baskets, Ribbons, Chi££ons, Ck>rBa£re Shields, Pins, Magnolia Leaves, 

 Waterproof Crepe Paper in all colors. Boxes, etc. 



O. A. & L. A. TONNER 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND SMPPLIES 

 80 E. Randolph Street l. D. Phon* Csntral 8*84 CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The B«Tlew when yoa writs. 



the window of the University Floral Co., 

 George P. Gerasimos, proprietor, 6302 

 University avenue, serves to catch the 

 eyes of the people coming down the 

 stairs from the elevated railroad. 



That good lilies will be scarce for 

 Easter, is the opinion of Philip Schupp, 

 of J. A. Budlong's, and he is advising 

 customers to order early. 



According to W. B. Eix, who is one 

 of the veterans in the business, iron 

 reservoir vases will be among the sea- 

 son's scarcities. The cost of iron not 

 only is high, but it is difficult to get 

 casting done except at what he consid- 

 ers an almbst prohibitive charge. 



Peter Pearson is congratulating him- 

 self on having received a quantity of 

 boxwoods last autumn, which he carried 

 over winter. 



T. Babros, of the A. L. Eandall Co., 

 is happy over the arrival of a baby girl. 



March opened unusually well this 

 year, according to J. P. Degnan, of Win- 

 terson's Seed Store. The Winterson 

 wholesale catalogue is on the press this 

 week, having been held back in the hope 

 of definite word regarding the plant im- 

 ports. 



Many growers are said to be figuring 

 on putting in a supply of coal suflScient 

 for from sixty days to an entire year, 

 according to the size of their bins, and 

 thus guarding themselves against the 



JOHNSON BASKET CO. 



319-321 West Randolph Street 

 CHICAGO. ILL. 



Manufacturers of "BEST-OF-ALL" Line of Florists' 

 Baskets asd Pot Covers 



ROCHELLE 



Paper Pots and Dirt Bands. See pace 120. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



great stringency which would develop in 

 case the nation should go to war, in 

 which event all mines of Pocahontas 

 might be requisitioned. 



Miss O. A. Tonner paid a visit to the 

 houses of Louis Linneman, Des Plaines, 

 111., March 5, where she found all stock 

 in excellent condition and looking prom- 

 ising for Easter. 



Frank J. Bioux, of the store fixture 

 department of the A. L. Bandall Co. re- 

 ports a contract for a large refrigerator 

 from Wilson & Co., at the stock yards. 



Visitors. 



John Nelson, of Peoria, 111., was a 

 visitor in the market this week, buying 

 for spring needs. 



J. B. Deamud, ex-Chicagoan now of 



