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The Florists^ Review 



JAMCABT 4, 1917. 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



J.A.BUDLONG 



184 North Wabash Avanua, CHICAOa 



ROSES, VALLEY tad ^um e«ai e 

 CARNATIONS MnWFi rf 



CUT FLOWERS 



PRICES 



AS 

 LOW 

 AS 

 OTHERS 



'SHIPPING 



ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION 



Mention The BeTlew when yon wrlta. ; 



dent Peter Reinberg reviewed the work 

 of the commissioners in planning and 

 ., recommending for purchase 20,000 acres 

 I" of timber land in the county to be pre- 

 served as natural iorests, and congratu- 

 lated the board on the excellent prog- 

 ress which it had made. 



While the fuel question still worries a 

 considerable number of the local grow- 

 ers, Wietor Bros., whose requirements 

 run into the thousands of tons per year, 

 say they are not having and have not 

 had any trouble on this score. They burn 

 Pocahontas exclusively, contracted for 

 last spring, and have had regular deliv- 

 eries at the contract price from both of 

 the concerns with which they deal. Most 

 of the growers can look back to the 

 time when they obtained Pocahontas 

 coal at 90 cents per ton f . o. b. the mine 

 in West Virginia, but Mr. Wietor says 

 the contract price this year was $1.50 

 per ton, which means $3.60 delivered in 

 Chicago. On the spot market the same 

 coal has brought more than $6 for sev- 

 eral months. 



Forty-one cases of German valley pips 

 reached Poehlmann Bros. Co. December 

 29. The shipment came via Holland and 

 arrived here in excellent condition. 



If one is looking for an attractive 

 window decoration, it is almost certain 

 that it can be seen at Mangel's Palmer 

 House store. Last week the feature of 

 the display was several large vases of 

 American Beauties, supplemented by 

 Ophelias, poinsettias, snapdragons and 

 vandas. The sides and ceiling of the 

 window were decorated with Christmas 

 greens. John Mangel reports that Christ- 

 mas business was the largest he ever has 

 had, while decorating work, chief among 

 which was the Lolita Armour party, 

 kept him busy for New Year's. 



Tt is market talk that the heaviest 

 single loss by frost during the before- 

 Christmas cold snap was on a shipment 

 of three boxes of orchids to A. L. 

 Vaughan & Co. from W. J. & M. S. 

 Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



Being a little unsure about how safe- 

 ly valley pips will travel under existing 

 conditions, H. N. Bruns is having his 

 stock come forward in small shipments. 

 His theory was that he thus would mini- 

 mize the risk. But so far none of the 

 stock has suffered for the want of re- 

 frigeration on the Rotterdam steamers. 

 The fourth shipment, consisting of 250 

 cases, arrived in Chicago December 29. 



The work of fitting up the new home 

 of the E. C. Amling Co. has progressed 

 so well that removal to it is expected to 

 take place next week. 



At Wheaton R. Scheffler is completing 

 another house 36x250, to be planted with 

 sweet peas as a first crop. 



Fred Ottenbacher has reentered the 

 employ of Zech & Mann, 



The weather has favored the sweet pea 

 growers, according to H. Wehrmann, 

 Maywood. He started to pick a fort- 

 night before Christmas and in the first 



SUPREME QUALITY FLOWERS 

 A. T. PYFER & CO. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



L. D. Phone Central 3373 



30 EAST RANDOLPH STREET 



CHICAGO 



Mention The ReTlew when yon wrtf . 



CARNATION 8-R OSES 



NARCISSUS -White and YeUow 



6IIDDI ICQ Boxes, Magnolia Leaves. Waterproof Crepe Paper in all colors, Baskets, Rib- 

 OUrr LICO bons. ChlEfons 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 List ? If not, send us your Name and Address. 



O. A. & L. A. TONNER 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND SUPPLIES 

 30 E. Randolph Street l. D. Pbon* Central 6SM CHICAGO, ILL. 



week shipped 2,000, but in the seven 

 (lays before Christmas he picked 20,000 

 and in the week between Christmas and 

 New Year's, 17,000. The January pick 

 will depend entirely on the amount of 

 sun, he says. 



An attack of the grip kept August F. 

 Poehlmann indoors during the last days 

 of 1916. 



Stollery Bros., 1046 Wilson avenue, 

 had an attractive special window, deco- 

 rated for the holidays. The sides were 

 birch bark and cork, forming a rustic 

 fence and arbor. The floor was of solid 

 green, with small gold baskets contain- 

 ing viplets and birch bark baskets con- 

 taining cyclamen and azaleas. The 

 brothers report a heavy business in 

 red frieze-covered baskets containing 

 greens and winterberries. Azaleas sold 

 well. 



A year-end vacation brought Guy W. 

 French down from Union Grove, Wis., 



December 29. He will return after the 

 meeting of the Florists' Club January 4, 

 which will relieve him of his secretarial 

 duties. 



Japanese baskets decorated with 

 kumquats were the feature of an attrac- 

 tive window display at Fleischman's 

 last week. 



Erne & Klingel are getting ready for 

 St. Patrick's day. They have already 

 received their stock of carnation ab- 

 sorber. 



According to Fred Nelson, the tele- 

 phone is of steadily increasing impor- 

 tance in the large retail trade of the 

 George Wittbold Co. Mr. Nelson says 

 three trunk lines now are being used 

 nearly to capacity. 



James P. Foley, of the Foley Green- 

 house Mfg. Co., has been confined to his 

 bed for *k week. 



While in Chicago last week, A. 

 Rynveld, of Rynveld Bros., Lisse, Hoi- 



