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The Florists^ Review 



NOTBHBBB 21, 1018. 



the autumn, buying has been mostly 

 for immediate needs and Christmas and 

 the winter have, not been provided for 

 on the usual scale. The arrival of 

 peace, Mr. Johnson thinks, will result 

 in florists everywhere preparing for the 

 biggest Christmas and midwinter busi- 

 ness ever known. He expects to see a 

 scramble for merchandise, because 

 stocks everywhere are lower than usual 

 at this date. 



After having spent the summer on his 

 apple ranches in Idaho, Charles A. Sam- 

 uelson has returned to the store on 

 Michigan avenue. He has lost none of 

 his enthusiasm for the outdoor life. 



George Asmus was at Buffalo last 

 week to attend the funeral of a sister, 

 who died unexpectedly. 



Nowhere in the flower trade has the 

 return of peace been more welcome than 

 at the store of the E. Wienhoeber Co., 

 on Elm street. This establishment is in 

 the center of the older aristocratic north 

 side residence neighborhood and in or- 

 dinary times has depended less on fu- 

 neral work than probably any other 

 store in Chicago; consequently it was 

 hardest hit by the suspension of social 

 activities. It is stated that already a 

 difference can be seen in the call for 

 flowers; customers have visibly cheered 

 up, are buying flowers more freely for 

 their own use and sending them more 

 generously to their friends. A resump- 

 tion of social activities is expected in 

 the near future. 



Charles Grabig will celebrate his fifty- 

 fifth birthday on Thanksgiving day. It 

 will also be the anniversary of forty 

 years in the trade. Mrs. Grabig, who 

 has been in the hospital for many 

 months, is home again and is speedily 

 recovering from her long illness. 



It was disappointing to A. J. Zech, 

 chairman of the florists' division in the 

 United War Work drive, likewise to 

 others who gave their best efforts to 

 assist Mr. Zech, to see the trade fall be- 

 hind in this drive when it had gone 

 over tlic top in everything of this kind 

 licrt'toforo. 



1!. ('. Kowe liad the family order for 

 f'c funeral of Mrs. Lehman, November 

 V- (!-K> of the largest in recent trade 

 lii^itory. 



('a:l Thomas, who has spent the sum- 

 iiu>r on iiis farm at West Springfield, 

 Pa., will rejoin the cut flower staff of 

 the A. L. Randall Co., for the winter, 

 probably about December 16. 



J. B. Goetz Sons, Saginaw, Mich., 

 sent the K. C. Amling Co., November 18, 

 fifty blooms of their anemone-flowered 

 seedling chrysanthemum called Sun- 

 shine. They sold at 8 cents each, per- 

 haps a record price for flowers of that 

 type. 



The John C. Moninger Co. is about to 

 start the erection of several houses, the 

 orders for which were held up because 

 of war conditions. R. E. Kurowski says 

 that no trouble will be experienced, as 

 they still have the main force they had 

 before the war. 



Louis Ancorala, with the A. T. Pyfer 

 Co. before enlisting in Company A, 108th 

 TJ. S. engineers, writes to his former 

 employers that he has been slightly 

 wounded in action during one of the 

 Americans' big drives, but that he is 

 getting along O. K. " Jack ' ' Byers was 

 in the same battle, he writes, but he had 

 not learned whether Mr. Byers came 

 through safely. It has been many weeks 

 since a letter has been received from 

 Mr. Byers and his friends in the mar- 

 ket are beginning to fear for his safety. 



Quality 



Speaks 



Louder 



Than 



Prices 



ORDER NOW 



Prices 



as 



Low 



as 



Others 



For Thanksgiving 



We shall have a heavy supply of 



Roses and Carnations 



—but we advise you to place your orders 

 early as we anticipate a big demand, 



PINK, WHITE and YELLOW 



Chrysanthemums 



Good Quality POMPONS All Colors 



BEST QUALITY TO BE HAD 



Columbia, Russell, Milady, Ophelia, Sunburst, Montrose, 

 Double White and Pink Killarney, Hearst, Ward, Nesbit, 



Brunner, Richmond and Stanley. 



None better on the Chicago Market. 



All Colors CARNATIONS Good Quality 



We are now in heavy crop with carnations, hence we can take good 

 care of you on this item as well as Roses. 



Choice Stock of 



Valley, Easter Lilies, Calendulas, 

 Violets, Rubrum Lilies, Pansies 



and all other Seasonable Stock. 



Don^t forget us on Greens 



-AS WE HAVE- 



Mexican Ivy, Asparagus, Sprengeri, Ferns, Adiantum, etc. 

 II you want good stock and good treatment, buy of 



Chicago's most up-to-date and best located 

 Wholesale Cut Flower House 



We are in constant touch with market conditions 



and when a decline takes place you can rely upon 



orders sent us receiving such benefits. 



I^P You can increase your profits and business by sending all 

 orders direct to 



J.H.BUDLONG 



184 North Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



I 



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SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION 



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