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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBElt 1, 1917. 



WIETOR BROS.. 



162 N. 

 WABASH AVENUE, 



CHICAGO 



Mrs. Cha*. Russell Per 100 



Fancy; $10.00 @ 112 00 



Good 6.00® 8.00 



Miniature Roses 



Baby Doll 2.00 



Blser 200 



CURRENT PRICE LIST Subject to change without notice. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS $1.50 to $3.00 per doz. 



POMPONS, assorted colors 35c and 50c per bunch. 



Miscellaneous 



Pink and Wlilte Killamey, Ophelia, 



Sunburst and Richmond Per 100 



Extra special $6.00 



Select 6.00 



Fancy 4.00 



Med ium 8.00 



Short 2.00 



Carnations 



Fancy $i.00 @ 4.00 



Good 2.60 



ROSES, our selection, $4.00 per lOO 



Per 100 



Valley $ 600 



LMies $12,60 6 16.00 



Feins per 1000, 2.00@ 2.50 



Smllax per doz. strings, 2.60 4$ 8.00 



Adiantum 1.00 



Galax (bronze and green), 1000, 1.60 



Asparatf us Sprengeri . . bch . . .60 



Asparagus numosus ..bch., .60 



Boxwood perlb.. .26 



Other Green Goods Market Rates 



.Mhiiikmi 'I'Iih |{t*Tlcw whpn yon write. 



place, October 27, and took the sub- 

 scriptions of thirteen of the employees, 

 whose combined purchases disposed of 

 $1,150 in Liberty bonds. 



Miss L. A. Tonner, of O. A. & L. A. 

 Tonner, left October 28 for Baconton, 

 Ga., to look after the sisters' interests 

 in pecan groves. Miss Tonner will re- 

 main in the nut groves for about two 

 weeks. 



The American Greenhouse Mfg. Co. is 

 nearing the completion of the new range 

 for the Wooster Koad Greenhouse Co., 

 of Eocky Eiver, O., consisting of four 

 houses 30x250 feet, also a propagating 

 house and service building. 



P. C. Schupp, manager of J. A. Bud- 

 long's, says: "When one takes into con- 

 sideration the present conditions, ship- 

 ments to all southern points have been 

 extremely heavy this week and beyond 

 our expectations." 



When C. J. Michelsen and family re- 

 turned home on the evening of Octo- 

 ber 28, after visiting Mr. Michelsen 's 

 father, who is in St. Mary's hospital 

 for another operation, they were just in 

 time to see two burglars escape with 

 most of the portable valuables. The 

 house had been thoroughly ransacked. 



The shipments of gladiolus blooms 

 from A. L. Eandall's farm in Michigan 

 to his wholesale house have continued 

 uninterruptedly until October 27, 

 that day's boxes bringing a memoran- 

 dum that it was the last shipment for 

 the season. 



Anton Then recently bought for Mrs. 

 Tlien a Velic limousine as a fortieth 

 wedding anniversary present. Which 

 means that Miss Josie Tlion now drives 

 a most handsome ear. 



A. J. Zech, of Zech & Mann, com- 

 ments on tlie difference in tlie character 

 of the All Saints' clay demand this year. 

 The shipments south this week, he says, 

 instead of consisting principally of me- 

 dium-sized chrysantliomums, as in the 

 past, Iiavc consisted largely of carna- 

 tions, the calls for mums s])ecifying 

 only strictly fancy stock. Mr. Zech, 

 whose firm has numerous customers in 

 New Orleans, says tlie volume of busi- 

 ness has not been at all unsatisfactory. 



Bernard Bailey was christened Octo- 

 ber 28, and Grandpa E. C. Amling pre- 

 sented him and his 2-year old sister each 

 with a Liberty bond. 



The American Bulb Co. reports the 

 arrival of another shipment of French 

 bulbs October 28. 



Arrangements have been made for a 

 special express car for the transporta- 



Formerly at 30 W. Randolph Street 

 164 N. Wabash Ave., L. D. Phone Central 3373 



M»*ntlon The Review when you write. 



tion of exhil)its from tliis district to 

 the Cleveland show. Exhibits from 

 and adjacent to Chicago should be for- 

 warded to C. J. Micliolsen, care of tlie 

 E. C. Amling Co., 17.1 North Wabash 

 avenue. Chrysanthenuinis, plants, etc., 

 are to go Xovember 7 and carnations 

 and roses November 8. All shipments 

 must be in possession of Mr. Michelsen 

 by 3 p. m., in time for reshipment on 

 official train leaving Chicago 8 p. ni. 

 of the days stated. Fred Laiiten- 

 schlager is chairman of the local com- 

 mittee. The Chicagoans who will at- 

 tend the show will leave the La Salle 



Street station at 11 p. m., November 8. 



W. J. Niessen, office man for the 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association, 

 is doing jury service for a fortnight. 



"Rapid Eappers" are moving rather 

 rapidly, it seems, for one of the recent 

 shipments of the Eapid Wrapper Co. 

 contained 40,000 wrappers, weighing 

 over 9,000 jiounds. It was consigned to 

 S. Murata & Co., Los Angeles, Cal. 



H. E. Philpott, president of A. T. 

 Pyfer & Co., is here from Winnipeg, 

 Can., to attend the opening of the com- 

 pany's new quarters, at 164 North 

 Wabash avenue. 



