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The Florists' Review 



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August 30, 1917. 



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FANCY ASTERSi 



Good Asters are scarce, but we have an abundance of 

 fancy stock. All colors. Fresh supply coming in every 

 day. Let us supply you. $1.50, $2.00 and $3.00 per 100. 



ROSES 



All leading varieties. We are getting in a large supply 

 of excellent quality stock and are prepared to furnish 

 you in quantity. All grades. Prices right. 



A. L. RANDALL COMPANY 



Rush Orders 

 are Welcome 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 

 Wabash Ave. at Lake St., 



Phone 

 Central 7720 



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Mention The Review when you write. 



a good increase in the longer stems was 

 noted last week. 



A few field carnations arrive each 

 day, but the quality is not good. As- 

 ters, though shorter, continue to arrive 

 in large quantities. The late varieties, 

 which show greatly improved quality, 

 are now, however, replacing the earlier, 

 cheaper stock. Good grades find a fair 

 sale, while even the poor quality flowers 

 move more readily. 



There are plenty of gladioli and the 

 quality here, as in other stock, shows 

 improvement. America and Mrs. King 

 still are favorites, but there are many 

 novelty varieties, arriving only in lim- 

 ited quantities, which find ready buyers. 

 Orchids continue scarce, as does valley. 

 Easter lilies arrive in quantities amply 

 sufficient to meet the requirements of 

 an active, but not eager, demand. 

 There are ])lcnty of rubrum lilies, which 

 sell fairly well in limited quantities. 



Various Notes. 



The Hoskins Floral Co., which has 

 30,000 feet of glass at Elnihurst, has 

 been reorganized. David J. Hoskins 

 has retired and H. W. Grover, a job 

 printer at 3227 Armitage avenue, Chi- 

 cago, has been elected president. Mr. 

 Grover is not a florist and seeks a 

 working manager. The company was 

 incorporated in 1913, with $25,000 capi- 

 tal stock. It purchased the old Reid 

 & Chambers range at Elmhurst and 

 added considerably to it. Tlie houses 

 are planted principally to carnations, 

 mums and sweet peas. 

 ' The Lombard Floral Co., of which 

 J. G. Schuman is manager, cut its first 

 flowers August 27 and Mr. Schuman per- 

 sonallv brought them to the E. C. Am- 

 ling Co.. with which he has arranged 

 for the sale of the output. The range 

 consists of two Moninger houses, each 

 36x4.30, planted with Killarney Bril- 

 liant, Milady and Ophelia, principally 

 the latter. Mrs. Schuman is in the 

 West Suburban ' hospital again. She 

 spent seven weeks there, then went 



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F. T. D. Service in a Wholesale Way 

 is a new departure in Wholesaling Cut 

 Flowers to the Exclusive Retail Florist. 



To Buy Right is to make permanent connection with a 



house that protects you. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



Chicago 



Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



liome for three weeks, but was com- 

 pelled to return to the hospital a fort- 

 night ago. 



G. M. Rcburn says, |he already has 

 sold 100,000 field-grown carnation 

 plants this season, principally on mail 

 orders obtained through his classified 

 ad in The Eeview. 



Peter Reinberg has just received a 

 new V/2-ton. Mack truck. 



John P. Degnan, of Winterson's Seed 

 Store, has returned from a vacation 

 spent in Michigan and Wisconsin. 



August 26 was A. T. Pyfer's thirty- 

 ninth birthday anniversary. 



Allie Zech is a strong believer in the 

 future of Evelyn Nesbit as a corsage 



rose. He says that in his opinion this 

 rose is superior to Baby Doll. 



The apple of Andrew Benson's eye 

 at present is a white sport of Sunburst 

 which appeared last season in the 

 greenhouses of Bassett & Washburn. 

 He has worked up as much stock as he 

 could and plans to have a nice batch 

 of it next year. 



Fred Longren, of Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., has returned from a four weeks' 

 vacation trip among the Michigan 

 lakes. 



William Gray now is a member of the 

 staff of Poehlmann Bros. Co. 



A. Henderson and family motored 

 to Thb'Dells ov6r the w6ek end. 



