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The Rorists^ Review 



Dkcimbeb 28, 1916. 



E rne ^ KuNGEL 



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WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



30 E. Randolph St. 



L D. Phone Randolph 6578 



Auto. 41-716 



CHICAGO 



Asrents for 

 TO-BAK-INE 



Beauties, Roses, Carnations, Poinsettias, Paper Whites 

 Cecile Brunner, Valley, Violets, Lilies, Asparagus Sprengeri 

 Adiantum, Smilax, Ferns, Galax, Mexican Ivy 



Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year f^ 



Roses and Carnations 



Mention The R«Tlew when yon write. 



Saturday afternoon, December 23. He 

 said that what impressed him most was 

 the jaded appearance of nearly everyone 

 he saw; business going on almost si- 

 lently, workers too tired for unnecessary 

 speech. Inflamed noses and cold-sore 

 lips indicated an epidemic of uncared 

 for colds and even the growers, in to 

 see how things were going, showed the 

 marks of unusual hours of labor. It 

 spoke of big business, all right, but to 

 this observer it seemed to indicate that, 

 aside from satisfaction in a task well 

 done, the principal joy of Christmas 

 would lie in the fact that it was over. 



In recognition of faithful service and 

 the unusual character of the times, the 

 Lord & Burnham Co. made each of its 

 employees a Christmas present of one 

 week's pay. 



Edward H. Goldenstein, who last week 

 fevered his connection with Vaughan's 

 l^ced Store to become a partner in the 

 Holland firm of Langhout & Co., is pre- 

 paring to go on the road early in the 

 new year. He will have charge of the 

 permanent American headquarters the 

 firm is establishing and consid&rs that 

 being an American member of a Holland 

 firm will put him in a peculiarly advan- 

 tageous position to meet competitiori. 



In view of the large number of 

 Ophelia benched last spring, the Christ- 

 mas supply of that popular rose was sur- 

 prisingly small. Wietor Bros, probably 

 are entitled to the blue ribbon, having 

 cut nearly 30,000 flowers from 10,000 

 plants. N. J. Wietor says he never be- 

 fore sold so many roses at 18 cents each 

 as he did of this cut of Ophelia. 



The notable retail advertisement of 

 the Christmas season was the full page 

 of the Fleischman Floral Co. in the 

 Tribune of December 22. A Tribune 

 page is 2,400 agate lines and the cost, 

 varying somewhat with the nature of 

 the contract, is about $800. 



In spite of the Christmas rush last 

 week, many members of the trade 

 stopped in front of the window of the 

 American Bulb Co., attracted by a vase 

 of a new pink rose of striking size and 

 color. A. Miller brought the flowers 

 from Mt. Clemens, Mich., where Fred 

 Breitmeyer has 3,000 plants of it. It is 

 a sport of Ophelia and is said to have 

 the easy-to-do qualities of the original. 



CARNATION S-R OSES 



NARCISSUS-White and YeUow 



fillDDI ICfi Boxes, Magnolia Leaves Waterproof Crepe Paper in all colors, Baskets. Rib- 

 our rLICv bons. Chiffons and Corsage Shields. A full line of Cut Flower and Plant Bas- 

 kets. Send us your supply orders. 



We have a good stock of all seasonable Cut Flowers and Greens. 



Are you getting our Weekly Price Ldst ? II not, send us your Name and Address. 



O. A. & L. A. TONNER 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND SUPPLIES 

 80 E. Randolph Street l. D. Phone Control eS84 CHIGA60« ILL. 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



E :> M. C. GUNTERBERG, Wholesale Florist E 



E 158 Norih Wabash ATonue (Main Floor) CHICAGO = 



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combined with the clear rose-pink color. 

 The variety is to be disseminated in 

 1918 and the American Bulb Co. will 

 have a hand in the proceedings, al- 

 though it is said several eastern noveky 

 distributors have made good offers for 

 exclusive rights. 



Three nights last week, Thursday to 

 Saturday inclusive, John Michelsen and 

 five of his assistants obtained a couple 

 of extra hours of sleep by bunking at 

 the Sherman House instead of going 

 home. It is stated December 22 was the 

 biggest day in the history of the E. C. 

 Amling Co., tickets written between 7 

 a. m. and midnight footing over $11,000. 



A steady success has come to R. 

 SchefSer, who some years ago bought out 

 his employer, E. T. Wanzer, at Wheaton. 

 Mi*. Scheffler's specialty is carnations, 

 but he keeps every foot of space contin- 

 uously busy and considers it the princi- 

 pal cause of profit. He considers this an 

 excellent season, although the mid-sea- 

 son mums did not do so well as usual. 



Several interesting facts may be de- 

 duced from the statement of "W. J, 

 Keimel that the cut of Wendland & 

 Keimcl Co., Elmhurst, from December 



16 to 23, both inclusive, turned out to 

 be 90,000 roses, where 60,000 had been 

 the estimate. It shows how the general 

 supply must have exceeded expectations, 

 since other growers also were able to 

 cut more than they predicted, but most 

 of all it shows how strong the demand 

 must have been to absorb the greater 

 quantity without breaking the market. 



Considerable quantities of California 

 asparagus have been coming to this mar- 

 ket for some little time, but it does not 

 give as good satisfaction as does the 

 Florida stock. The California aspara- 

 gus seems to dry out and scatter quicker. 



There were unusually small quantities 

 of white roses on the market this Christ- 

 mas, the attitude of the growers being 

 indicated by Weiss & Meyer Co., Elm- 

 hurst; the company cut down the num- 

 ber benched this year, planned that they 

 shall be in crop later rather than at 

 Christmas and is thinking of dropping 

 them altogether at next replanting of 

 the houses. 



C. Pfund Co., in Oak Park, is planning 

 to bench some lily bulbs for cut flowers 

 for its retail trade. 



