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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 8. 1910. 



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CHICAGO 



John Colterjohn, formerly with Schil- 

 ler and other north side florists, is back 

 from France. He was gassed and still 

 is in the hospital, technically, though 

 as a matter of fact he visited the mar- 

 ket May 5, looking the picture of health. 



When Amling Bros, took over the 

 greenhouses of Hoerber Bros. Co., one 

 of the things they fell heir to was a 

 bench of chrysanthemums just begin- 

 ning to show bud. These probably are 

 the first chrysanthemums this market 

 ever has seen in April and May. The 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association 

 says nearly every retailer was ready to 

 buy one dozen, but that it has been dif- 

 ficult to sell a second dozen to any of 

 them, from which it is reasoned that 

 the retailers did not find the public 

 anxious to buy autumn flowers during 

 spring, however much attention they 

 attracted in the windows. 



The growers are having trouble with 

 high water. The Des Plaines is at flood 

 and the stream which runs past the es- 

 tablishment of Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 Morton Grove, is up and out of its 

 banks. The water has reached the 

 greenhouses, but no damage has been 

 done and the river is gradually going 

 down. It is the first time the water 

 has been so high there. 



Last week was one of the busiest W. 

 J. Smyth and his staff have had this 

 spring, two large funeral orders break- 

 ing in on the run of regular business. 

 A casket cover and numerous pieces 

 were taken to Lake Forest by automo- 

 bile early April 30 for the Viles funeral. 

 May 2 there was the family order for 

 the Freund funeral. In spite of the fact 

 that the funeral notices said "Please 

 omit flowers," the Smyth store sent 

 about a dozen large designs, each valued 

 at from $50 to $100, Fleischman had 

 several, George Wienhoeber had six or 

 seven and other florists sent good work. 



P. C. Schupp, of the J. A. Budlong 

 Co., pointed with pride to a fine batch 

 of Darwin tulips that came just right 

 for Mothers' day. 



George Asmus was at Cincinnati May 

 1> to attend a meeting of the S. A. F. 

 publicity committees, Secretary Young 

 being there on his present western trip. 



The growers have had hard work with 

 their early rose plants, Wendland & 



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Keimel Co., Elmhurst, has thrown out 

 a large part of the stock to be replanted, 

 but says the frequent rains have made it 

 impossible to get the new soil into the 



benches. They have succeeded in filling 

 and planting a few benches, but are 

 considerably behind their schedule. 

 Columbia and Premier are the first vari- 



