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AUGt'ST 30, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



iMk WhD's lleie LARGE YELLOW NUNS AlOinlity 



We can supply them from now on 



ALSO FINE SUMMER ROSES 



I^T'None Better on the Chicago Market 



\F YOU WANT GOOD STOCK AND GOOD TREATMENT 



SEND US YOUR ORDERS FOR 



Roses, Gladioli, Asters 



Lilies, Calendulas, Snapdragons, Stocks, Daisies, Feverfew, Gypsophila and all other seasonable 

 stock. Also Greens, such as Ferns, Asparagus Sprengeri, Green and Bronze Galax, Leucothoe 

 Sprays, Adiantum. 



We have home-grown Asparagus— sure to reach you in good shape. 



B^^ You can increase your profits and business by sending all your orders direct to 



Chicago's most up-to-date and best 

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;HIPPING orders given careful ATTENTION'Va 



We are in constant toach wUh market coMlitions and when a decline takes place yon can rdy npon orders sent us receiving such benefits. 



Charles Coventry, of the W. W. Bar- 

 iiard Co., is on a two weeks' vacation 

 trip through the east. 



All wholesale florists will close at 

 noon Labor day, September 3. As there 

 will be no mail delivery either on that 

 day or on the day preceding, it is espe- 

 cially advisable that out-of-town buy- 

 ers who want to make sure their orders 

 are given attention on either of these 

 days, either telegraph or affix a special 

 delivery stamp to the mailed envelope. 



Geo. J. Ball, sweet pea specialist of 

 Glen Ellyn, 111., is rejoicing over the 

 arrival of a baby boy, born August 28. 



Visitors. 



Charles Hewitt, well known as a pros- 

 perous young florist at Monmouth, 111., 

 was here last week on his wedding trip. 

 His bride was his next-door neighbor 



Menti on The Berlew when you write. 



from childhood, but tliey chose to be 

 married away from home. The cere- 

 mony was performed at Galesburg 

 August 20. 



President R. C. Kerr, of the S. A. F., 

 and Mrs. Kerr have ])een here for a 

 few days on their way liome from New 

 York to Houston, Tex. 



Frank Daut, of Daut Bros., Decatur, 

 111., was a visitor last week, but was re- 

 called by phone August 24, because of 

 sudden serious illness in the family 

 at home. 



William Roepke, of the Roepke Floral 

 Co., Indianapolis, was here last week, 

 combining business and pleasure. 



Fred Haupt, of Louisville, Ky., and 

 Charles Siebrecht, of Winona, Miutn./( 

 were visitors last week. 



H. E. Philpott, who has been in Chi- 

 cago for the last two weeks, left for 



Minneapolis August 30, accompanied bv 

 Arthur Rice, of that city, who is return- 

 ing from a short Chicago visit. 



Joseph IL Hill, of Richmond, Ind., 

 was a visitor last week, exhibiting his 

 new rose, Columbia. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



The Market. 



The market was fairly well supplied 

 with stock last week, but flowers of 

 good quality were lacking, asters, par- 

 ticularly, being poor. However, a few 

 good ones arrived. First-class Peerless 

 Pink; and the purple varieties sold for 

 from $2 to $3 per hundred. Lavender 

 varieties were scarce, while there waa 



