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The Florists^ Review 



January 2, 1919. 



within his fuel allotment was to plant 

 several houses to chrysanthemums and 

 let them stand idle after the mums were 

 cut. When the fuel restrictions were 

 lifted he filled one house with migno- 

 nette, another with snapdragon, a third 

 with freesia and a fourth with cold 

 storage lily bulbs. One way or another, 

 he has his space quite well utilized, but 

 he will have no lilies for Easter. 



F. O. Franzen, for a number of years 

 in business on the north side, now is 

 located at Redlands, Gal. 



George Way, formeily of the adver- 

 tising department of the A. L. Bandall 

 Co., is doing sales promotion work for 

 the Duro Paper Products Co. He as- 

 sumed his new duties January 1. 



When asked how Christmas business 

 was, Edward Mallinson, manager of the 

 Fleischman Floral Co., expressed him- 

 self thusly: "Ten large motor vehicles, 

 besides our regular facilities, were 

 needed to deliver our orders." 



Application for a patent has been 

 made by Paul Rasch, who has invented 

 a simple sprayer which automatically 

 mixes nicotine with water under pres- 

 sure of the hose. Mr. Rasch has grown 

 roses for Poehlmann Bros. Co. and other 

 large Chicago concerns and discovered 

 that there is much need of a better 

 method than hand-mixing insecticides 

 in water in the knapsack sprayer. So 

 , he contrived a double-barreled affair of 

 ,;;„extreme simplicity. One cylinder con- 

 .; tains the nicotine. The water passes 

 ^through the other and draws in the de- 

 (tsired proportion, regulated by a gauge. 

 ■^■jlf he gets his patent he will put the 

 .jSprayer on the market. 

 i,V One of the proudest men in Chicago 

 "these days is Morris S. Smith, of the 

 W. W. Barnard Co. His brother was 

 the first American newspaper corre- 

 spondent to enter Berlin. His name is 

 Frederick A. Smith, with the Tribune. 

 He has spent two weeks in the former 

 Kaiser's empire, eight days of which 

 he spent in Berlin, reaching his head- 

 quarters at Paris again the day before 

 Christmas. Mr. Smith made the trip 

 from Frankfort to Berlin, a distance of 

 385 miles, by airplane, with a German 

 airman as his pilot. 



One of the north side florists who did 

 an exceptional Christmas business was 

 Charles Props, the Wilson Avenue "L" 

 florist. The store of Mr. Props is di- 

 rectly opposite the Wilson avenue ele- 

 vated station and people coming from 

 this station are bound to see it. A large 

 transient business is done here and all 

 hands were kept busy by this class of 

 trade Christmas day. 



The friends of August Barnett, of 

 Erne & Co., will be pleased to know that 

 after being in the hospital for four 

 weeks, his wife, who has undergone a 

 serious operation, is now at home and 

 recovering rapidly. 



Clarence Ellsworth, of the J. F. Kid- 

 well Co., in speaking of Christmas busi- 

 ness at his company's store, says that 

 while it was the best Christmas he had 

 ever experienced, Christmas day, how- 

 ever, was unusually quiet in counter 

 trade, which he lays to the fact the 

 walking was bad and people stayed in- 

 doors. Phone orders kept them fairly 

 busy all day. Most south siders had the 

 same experience. 



Have you made your reservations for 

 the Chicago Florists' Club's banquet! 

 If not, better do it now. The date is 

 January 9; the place, the Bluebird room 

 of the Randolph hotel, Randolph and 



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 Lower Price s 



ROSES 

 CARNATIONS 

 SWEET PEAS 

 VIOLETS 

 FREESIA 

 FERNS 

 f ASPARAGUS 

 BOXWOOD 

 ETC. 



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ROSES Per 100 



Ku8HeII $8.00 to $26.00 



Columbia 8.00 to 25.00 



MUady 8.00 to 20.00 



Montrose 8.00 to 20.00 



Ophelia 6.00 to 20.00 



Sunburst 6.00 to 20.00 



Ward 6.00 to 16.00 



Hearst 8.00 to 20.00 



Brilliant 8.00 to 20.00 



Double White Killamey 8.00 to 20.00 



CARNATIONS Per 100 



Best Fancy $8.00 



Select $4.00 to 6.00 



SWEET PBIAS Per 100 



Select assorted $2.00 



1000 lots, $15.00. 



Iteesla 8.00 



Violets 2.00 



GREEN GOODS 



Dwarf Boxwood, short. Per lb $ 0.30 



Dwarf Boxwood. Per barrel 12.00 



Tree Boxwood, long. Per lb 30 



Tree Boxwood. Per barrel 12.00 



GAI.AX Per 1000 



Extra select bronze and green $ 2.00 



10,000 case 17.60 



5 case lots. Per case 15.00 



10 case lots. Per case 1^.50 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS 



Short tips. Per bunch 26c to 35c 



Longr sprays. Per bunch 50c to 76c 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. Per bunch 36c to 50c 



FERNS, select. Per 1000 $6.00 



LEUCOTHOE. bronze and green. Per 1000 ^.76c to $1.00 



164, North Wabash Avenue, 



L. D. Piion*, Central 3373 



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