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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBHB 4, 1917. 



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CARNATIONS 

 GLADIOLI 

 VALLEY 

 LILIES 



ROSES f^RNs 



nUQbQ ASPARAGUS 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

 CALENDULAS 



RUBRUM LILIES 





F RNE a ft OMPANY 



Aff«Bti for 

 ELAMTID-LTKE 

 BUNEB'S. 



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CBK 

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WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



30 £• Randolph St. 



Successors to ERNE & KLINGEL 



'^'"J?.'.*V?l5t'"* CHICAGO 



WIETOR BROS.. 



162 N. 

 WABASH AVENUE, 



CHICAGO 



Mrs. Cha». Russell Per 100 



Fancy $10.00 @ $12.00 



Good 6.00@ 8.00 



Miniature Roses 



Baby Doll 2.00 



Elger 2.00 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



Pink and White Killarney, Ophelia, 



Sunburst and Richmond Per 100 



Extra special $6.00 



Select 6.00 



Fancy 4.00 



Medium 3.00 



Short 2.00 



Carnations 



Fancy 3.00 



Good 2.00 



Subject to change without 

 Miscellaneous Per 



VaUey 



Lilies $12,501 



ROSES, our selection, $4.00 per lOO 



Ferns per 1000, 



Smllax per doz. strings, 



Adiantum 



Galax (bronze and green), 1000, 

 Asparatfus Sprengeri. .bch.. 

 Asparagus Plumosus . .bch., 

 Boxwood per lb.. 



Other Green Goods Market Rates 



2.00 

 2.60 



notice. 

 100 



$ 600 



9 16.00 



i 2.60 



9 8.00 



1.00 



1.50 



.60 



.50 



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era have been procured. President W. 

 H. Amling still is at Battle Creek. 



J. E. Pollworth represented Kenni- 

 cott Bros. Co. at the F. T. D. convention 

 at Detroit, Mich. 



A well located flower store on West 

 Sixty-third street carries the sign Art 

 Haas, referring, presumably, to the qual- 

 ity of the work turned out by Propri- 

 etor Haas. 



Herbert Hansen, of Peter Eeinberg's, 

 left for Camp Grant, Eockford, HI., Oc- 

 tober 2 to do his "bit" for his country. 



Visitors. 



J. S. Wilson, Des Moines, la., was in 

 town October 1 on his way to Detroit. 



A. Miller, of the American Bulb Co., 

 had as his guest October 1 F, W. Toepel, 

 of the Donaldson Co., Minneapolis. They 

 spent the afternoon at Morton Grove, in- 

 specting the Poehlmann greenhouses. 



Ed. Westmann, manager floral depart- 

 ment of the Grand Leader, St. Louis, 

 was in Chicago two days last week buy- 

 ing stock for an elaborate wedding deco- 

 ration at Alton, HI. The order amounted 

 to $1,000, 



F, C. Weber, Jr., and Vincent Gorly, 

 of Grimm & Gorly, St. Louis, were vis- 

 itors October 1. 



T. J. Wolfe, of Waco, Tex., stopped 

 over in Chicago on his way to the F. T. 

 D. convention. 



A. Hubbard, of the Hubbard Gardens, 

 Topeka, Kan., stopped over last week 

 on his way to the F. T. D. convention. 



MZLWATTEEE. 



The Market 



Business in general has been rather 

 below standard. Several funerals, how- 

 ever, one of which was quite large, 

 have helped materially to increase the 



FALL OFFERS 



25 Tumbler Baskets $8.75 



25 Medium Cut Flower Baskets $14>a75 



12 Cut Flower Baskets for Long Stemmed Cut Flowers, in 

 one dozen lots, each $| ,00 



Q Larger Cut Flower Baskets, for Long Stemmed Beauties, 

 Russells, Mums, etc., in lots of (> or more, each .$la05 



Finished in Two-tone Colors. Each Offer Includes Liners. 

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output and keep the florists busy for a 

 few days. Stock, on the whole, has been 

 scarce and difficulty was experienced 

 in taking care of some orders satisfac- 

 torily. 



Roses are scarce, despite the liberal 

 supply, which is good for this time of 

 the year. All orders were not filled as 

 specified, and it became necessary to 

 turn down some. The quality of the 

 stock is exceptionally good, and, while 

 prices are fair, buyers of this stock are 

 getting more than their money's worth. 

 The crop of Eussell roses is extra fine, 

 the blooms moving as fast as they ap- 



Every out-of-town Retail Florist 

 should make it a part of his business 

 to get next to the F. T. D. Wholesale 

 Service offered by 



Kennicott Bros. Co., Chicago. 



See further notes on other pages. 

 Montlon The Review when you writ*. 



pear in the market. Carnations are 

 coming in more strongly; the stems 

 have increased in length. The quantity 

 received daily is still far short of the 

 demand, however, and' few orders are 



