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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 18, 1917. 



Heeding nation's economy call 



Our many expert growers are co- 

 operating to give you the best stock 

 that it is possible to grow. We have 

 fine Roses, Chrysanthemums, 

 Carnations. You will find here, at 

 all times, a complete line of all sea- 

 sonable flowers and greens which the 

 market affords. 



~pRUE economy means bringing your 

 '■ business up to higher standards of 

 efficiency. It means buying the best 

 stock, at the best market price, and 

 buying where your order will always 

 receive the prompt and careful atten- 

 tion which constitutes real service. 

 Let us help you eliminate your "profit- 



leaks." Our service is your way to 

 true economy. 



We are convincing prosperous flo- 

 rists every day. Let us convince you 

 too. 



If you are not on our list, drop us a 

 card, or better still send us a "get- 

 acquainted" order— and do it today. 



Arr«^ Kfei^ ^ CSmpa iiV 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 

 30 E. Randolph St., L. D. Phone Central 3373 



CHICAGO 



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Only old-timers will remember the 

 Beissig collection of orchids, one of the 

 first for commercial purposes in this sec- 

 tion, but the curious may see the cypri- 

 pediums of that stock by visiting Mt. 

 Greenwood cemetery. The original Eeis- 

 sig plants have grown and been divided 

 until these cypripediums now occupy a 

 whole new house, put up this summer 

 for their accommodation. By getting 

 the plants into crop by Thanksgiving 

 the flowers never fail to pay. 



Two boosters of the new rose, Colum- 

 bia, are George Weiland, of Evanston, 

 and Stielow Bros., of Niles Center, 111. 

 Both believe that it is a real comer. 



Fred Stielow, of Niles Center, 111., is 

 at the Columbus hospital, where he will 

 undergo an operation this week. 



James Hain has sold his place on 

 West Fifty-first street and will go to 

 farming. The greenhouses will be 

 wrecked. 



Andrew J. O'Leary, formerly with the 

 Fleischman Floral Co., his arranged to 

 open a retail store at 343 East Forty- 

 seventh street October 27. 



Mrs. C. L. Washburn was an active 

 tagger for the Illinois Childrens' hos- 

 pital October 15. When the coin boxes 

 were opened and the money counted at 

 the close of the day, it was found that 

 she had the second highest amount of 

 any lady in her division. 



The Kapid Wrapper Co. reports fall 

 business to be starting with a will, the 

 morning mail October 16 bringing over 

 $1,500 worth of orders, it is said. 



W. M. Reid, formerly with the W. W. 

 Barnard Co., has joined the Canadian 

 expeditionary force. 



Visitors. 



One of last week's visitors was W. 



E. Clarke, sales manager for C. W. 

 Ward's new enterprise at Eureka, Cal. 

 Mr. Clarke came east for the purpose of 

 arranging for an exhibit at St. Louis, 

 for the National Flower Show and S. A. 



F. convention next April. The azaleas, 

 rhododendrons and bulbs from Eureka 

 will be flowered for him by a St. Louis 

 grower. Mr, Ward's nursery is not yet 

 in position to offer large quantities of 

 stock, but on his trip Mr. Clarke ar- 

 ranged for a carload shipment to Kan- 

 sas City, another to St. Louis and one 

 to Chicago. 



Harry A. Barnard, who recently called 

 on a number of Chicago customers of 



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the Stuart Low Co., Bush Hill Park, 

 England, said that in certain respects 

 he is having the best trip he ever has 

 made in America. While there is de- 

 creased interest in high-priced orchid 

 plants, nearly everyone has been ready 

 to buy cyclamen seeds and there has 

 been increased interest in budded roses. 

 E. J. Fancourt, of the S. S. Pennock 

 Co., Philadelphia, who was a visitor last 



week, states that eastern shippers have 

 decided to adopt the same policy now 

 practiced in the Chicago market, namely, 

 to accept orders only subject to express 

 delays and to accept no orders for ship- 

 ment after 5 p. m. the same day. 



The two insertions sold everything I 

 had. — H. M. Morns, Eantoul, 111. 



