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The Florists^ Review 



August 2, 1917. 



182 N. Wabash Avenue 



CKi C ^ q O I. D. Pfcote Raadolpli 631 



OUR SUMMER ROSES ARE EXCEPTIONALLY FINE 



And wfaat is more, our supply is so large that we can furnish you in any quantity desired. All vai'ieties, all grades. 

 You are certain to find here just what you want. There absolutely are no better roses on the Chicago market. We 



also have a complete line of Garden Flowers. 



Order here— you can't do better elsewhere— often not nearly so well. 



Mention The RcTtew when you write. 



THE ALWAYS RELIABLE WHOLESALE FLQPISTS 



SUMNER SPECIALS 



Russells and Lilies 



ALL VARIETIES OF ROSES 

 VALLEY, GLADIOLI 



4VOur Line is so complete that It includes every item offered in the Great Chicago Market 



30 E. Randolph St., «ii»HHlii CHICAGO 



MeutloD The Rerlew when jrou write. 



visit with Mrs. Cole's relatives at San- 

 dusky and Hamilton, O. 



H. C. Wendland and family are sum- 

 mering at Lake Villa. Mr. Wendland 

 comes in once a week or so to spend 

 a day or two in the city and at Elin- 

 hurst. 



So successful did Swain Nelson «S: Sons 

 Co. find its peony sliow tliat a display 

 of flowers of liardy perennials has been 

 held at its oflices in the Marquette 

 buildings, backed by considerable news- 

 paper advertising to get the public in. 



A. Lange does not stop pushing be- 

 cause it is the middle of the summer. 

 Finding a rose bargain last week, he ad- 

 vertised a sale of dollar boxes, each 

 containing five dozen roses. The same 

 ad offered longer roses at 25 cents, to 

 $2 per dozen. He moved a large 

 quantity. 



As president of the board of county 

 supervisors Peter Reinberg has allied 

 himself with the forces intent on mak- 

 ing Cook county dry on the Sabbath. 



The George Wittbold Co. has been 

 busy working up stock of Boston ferns 

 and recently had 200,000 ready for the 

 market. 



After having spent so many years in 

 the flower business in Chicago, H. W. 

 Rogers, formerly with Weiland & Riseh, 

 found it impossible to keep away from 

 the trade after Mrs. Rogers inherited 

 a competence and they removed to De- 

 troit. He is -with the G. H. Taepke Co. 



That he conducts "the only real 

 flower store in Chicago that has no ice- 

 box" is the only boast Walter Adams 

 «ver makes. He believes it is good 

 policy to have no refrigerator, because, 



he says, people feel sure then they get 

 fresh flowers. 



Miss Nettie Parker, who is secretary 

 of A. T. Pyfer & Co., plans to attend 

 the S. A. F. convention at New York 

 on an eastern vacation trip she will 

 make in company with her sister. 



Visitors. 



Miss Mae M. Carroll, of Norwood, O., 

 possibly the only woman bulb merchant, 

 lias been at the Auditorium hotel this 

 week, on a trip combining business and 

 pleasure. 



S. S. Pennock, of the S. S. Pennock 

 Co., Philadelphia, made a brief stay in 

 Chicago July 30, on his way to Denver. 

 Mr. Pennock expects to be back in Chi- 

 cago for a slightly longer visit in about 

 a week. 



John Stuppy, of the Stuppy Floral 

 Co., St. Joe, Mo., and Wm. Hasselman, 

 of Independence, Kan., were visitors 

 last week. 



John Furrow, of Guthrie, Okla., wa.s 

 a visitor last week. Mr. Furrow to- 

 gether with a friend made the trip to 

 Chicago by automobile in the record 

 time of three days. They drove day 

 and night. 



J. R. Souder and wife, Hutchinson, 

 Kan., were visitors last week. 



ANNOUNCEMENT 



NINNEAPOLIS FLORAL CO. 



has opened a wholesale store at 



9 Western Ave., Minneapolis, Ninn. 



prepared to supply the trade 

 with everything ia 



CUT FLOWERS and GREENS 



The largest rose growers 

 in the Northwest 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



The weather has been more than com- 

 fortably warm during the last week and 

 this put the finishing touch to business, 

 which had kept up fairly well for 



Mention The Kerlew when you write. 



so long. Stock in general is not in 

 oversupply and everyone says that 

 things would be stagnant were it not 

 for funeral work, which has been fairly 

 good up to this writing. 



The new-crop asters are beginning 

 to arrive and the blooms move rather 

 well. The quantity, however, as yet is 

 negligible, and the stems are short. 

 Sweet peas are still with us, although 

 the stems are short and the quality is 

 only medium. There are good snap- 

 dragons, which move as well as could be 

 expected. Lilies have shortened in 

 supply to some extent, but they are not 

 selling any better than they have for 

 the last few weeks. Valley remains 

 scarce and the quality is not what it 

 should be, but the daily cut nevertheless 

 finds a ready sale, despite the condition 

 of the stock. 



Carnations are still in the market, 



