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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBKB 4, 1917. 



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I BUY YOUR ROSES HERE | 



= Roses are scarce, but we are able to supply your needs. Complete line of all leading = 



I varieties, all grades. Give us a trial — you will not be disappointed. Prices right. = 



I A. L. RANDALL COMPANY i 



Rush Orders 



are Welcome 



Telephone 



Central 7720 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 

 I Wabash Avenue at Lake Street, CHICAGO | 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



the number is quite large for this season 

 of the year. Asters are nearing their 

 end and only a small quantity of good 

 stock now arrives. There are just about 

 enough Easter lilies to meet the de- 

 mand. 



Wholesalers Hold Meeting. 



The Chicago Wholesale Cut Flower 

 Association held a special ^meeting 

 around the dinner table at the Hotel 

 Sherman October 1, to discuss the no- 

 tices served on the members by the ex- 

 press companies. Each wholesaler has 

 received a copy of the circular reprinted 

 on another page of this issue and also 

 has been notified verbally that the ex- 

 press companies will not be responsible 

 for delays caused by the congestion ot 

 freight. As early as September 29 some 

 of the drivers were stamping receipts 

 with a notice to the above effect, and it 

 was stated that soon every man who re- 

 ceipts for shipments will be provided 

 with such a stamp and instructed to use 

 it every time he signs his name. On 

 such short notice it was impossible to 

 get together a large attendance, but the 

 wholesalers present could see no other 

 course than to pass the disclaimer on to 

 the trade, at the same time urging that 

 out-of-town customers carry a little more 

 stock than heretofore, so that it will be 

 possible for them to order early in the 

 day and thus permit the delivery of ship- 

 ments to the express companies m time 

 for early trains. Heretofore four-fifths 

 of all the shipments from this market 

 have been sent out at the close of the 

 business day. 



It was als© decided to continue clos- 

 ing at 5 o 'clock. The express companies 

 make no pick-ups after that hour. 

 Polish Florists' Club. 



Polish-speaking florists and gardeners 

 have organized a club, about fifty ot 

 them having joined. The next meeting 

 will be held Saturday evening, October 

 6 at Kosciusko park, Diversey and 

 Avers avenues. Thomas Skorupa, super- 

 intendent of the Northwest Park dis- 

 trict, is one of the leaders in the club 

 movement. Mr. Skorupa says that the 

 organization has planned a busy season. 

 Programs for several meetings are being 

 arranged, and the members are enthusi- 

 astic and confident that their number 

 will be doubled before next spring. 



Mr. Skorupa believes that owing to 

 the peculiar war conditions and inter- 

 national relations, an organization of 

 this kind is timely. He invites every 

 Polish-speaking florist and gardener in 

 the city to join the club. The expense 



F. T. D. 

 SERVICE 



in a 



Wholesale Way 



is in line with present needs of 

 the out-of-town retail Florists. 



It's cheaper to buy cut flowers in the world's greatest 

 cut flower market than it is for you to grow them — 



Our stock — our equipment — our organization — is an 

 assurance of satisfaction to those who patronize us — 



Kennicott Bros. Co., 174N. Wabash Ave., Chicago 



/ Established \ 

 \ in 1881 / 



O. A. & L. A. TONNER 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND SUPPLIES 



Ophelia, White Killarney, Pink Killarney, Killarney Brilliant and 

 all other leading varieties of Roses. Fine Mums. Galax, Leucothoe, 

 Ferns and a general supply of green goods. 

 30 E. Randolph Street, L. D. Phone Central 6284 CHICAGO 



is small and the advantages great, in 

 that it will give all an opportunity for 

 an exchange of ideas. Information con- 

 cerning the club may be secured from 

 Mr. Skorupa, whose address is 2732 

 North Avers avenue. 



A. T. Pyfer & Co. WiU Move. 

 A. T. Pyfer & Co. have consummated 

 a o-year lease for the ground floor store 

 located at 164 North Wabash avenue. 

 Their new premises will afford them a 

 floor space of 20x100 feet. They expect 

 to move into the new quarters as soon as 

 the desired alterations have been com- 

 pleted, which it is expected will be about 

 November 1. "Our steadily increasing 

 business, which has shown marked 

 strides within the last year, is the reason 

 for the move," explained Mr. Pyfer. 



Various Notes. 



There has been some advance in the 

 price of wirework, but Joseph Ziska & 

 Sons say it has not been anything like 

 the percentage of advance in the cost of 

 wire. But the few cents additional cost 

 of a wire frame has no effect whatever 

 on the sale, they say. Indeed, Ziska & 

 Sons say more wire frames are being 

 used than ever before in the history of 

 the trade. They explain this by pointing 

 to the fact that the class of people who 

 choose pillows and other made-up pieces 

 to send to funerals are more prosperous 

 than ever before and that the florists 

 catering to this class of trade are doing 

 extremely well. 



Carnation growers will enjoy a visit 

 to the greenhouses of Mt. Greenwood. 



