OCTOBBB 4, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



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 Stocks, Feverfew and all other seasonable stock. 

 Also Greens, such as Ferns, Asparagus Sprengeri, 

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being taken care of as yet. Asters are 

 on the wane and in rather poor shape. 

 The demand remains strong on account 

 of the lack of carnations. All salable 

 stock is cleaning up nicely. 



Lilies are scarce and valley remains 

 about as usual. Orchids are not ar- 

 riving and the demand, which is brisk, 

 is not taken care of to any extent. 



The chrysanthemums that arrive Are 

 in good form for so early in the season, 

 and move nicely. The stock is increas- 

 ing in supply daily and it is only a mat- 

 ter of a few^ weeks when it will cut a 

 big figure in the market. 



Various Notes. 



The funeral of W. A. Luedke, Friday, 

 September 28, was one of the largest 

 held here for some time. There were 

 designs and sprays without number, 

 and one of the most ])rominent wreaths 

 was furnished by J. M. Fox & Son, at 

 a price of $100. 



Y. Sylvester, with J. M. Fox & Son, 

 was presented with a bouncing baby 

 girl ^ptembex 14^ and now is, of course, 

 the biggest man in town. 



Miss Gertrude Sommers, Meta Kas- 

 ten and Gertrude Nickels, all associat- 

 ed with J. M. Fox & Son, are responsible 

 for an informal dancing party held at 

 Keipper's park, Brown Deer, Wis., Sep- 

 tember 29. The harvest dance, as it 

 was called, was a howling success and 

 was attended largely by florists. There 

 were about sixty-five or seventy pres- 

 ent. The hall was decorated with corn- 

 stalks, pumpkins, Japanese lanterns 

 and balloons, as well as other decora- 

 tive paraphernalia aj»rojios of the oc- 

 casion. The dancers wore farmer cos- 



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tumes and the affair lasted until the 

 small hours. The party was trans- 

 ported to the scene in motor trucks and 

 touring cars furnished by members of 

 the trade. 



Gimbel Bros, celebrated their thir- 



tieth anniversary October 1. The big 

 establishment was decorated with flags, 

 artificial flowers and real flowers and 

 plants. The showing was more than 

 beautiful and there were tokens galore 

 from the firms with which Gimbel 's do 



