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The Florists^ Review 



JUNH 12. 1919. 



WE HAVE PLENTY 

 OF GOOD QUALITY 

 STOCK III 



ASK THE MAN WHO 

 BUYS FROM US 



JOSEPH FOERSTER CO. 



Wholesale Dealers in Cut Flowers 



160 North Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



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hour twenty-four other orders had come 

 in for this funeral and the force was 

 on the jump. By 2 p. m. two trucks had 

 started with these flowers and ten de- 

 signs had been made for other funerals. 

 Then Manager Mallinson and his staff 

 sent out for lunch. 



The Chicago Retail Florists' Associa- 

 tion has invited the growers, and all 

 others interested in the betterment of 

 market conditions, to meet the retailers 

 at the Randolph hotel at 8 p. m., June 

 17. A large attendance is expected. 



Mrs. A. E. Bates plans to enter the 

 florists' trade July 1, opening a retail 

 store at 3420 West Sixty-third street on 

 that date. 



The irises at Peterson's Nursery are 

 at their best this week. The first 

 peonies were cut June 9; they will be 

 at the top of their season early next 

 week. 



A Jewish tag day, June 8, called for 

 the use of about 60,000 carnations. They 

 cost $10 to $12.50 per thousand and the 

 committee gave them to young women, 

 who sold them on the street for any coin 

 the contributor was pleased to drop in a 

 box. A. Iralson did the buying on the 

 market. 



In the midst of last week's glut the 

 biggest home-coming parade of all, 

 June 5, resulted in a call to florists to 

 provide flowers with which to shower 

 the returning soldiers. The trade re- 

 sponded willingly, but several who con- 

 tributed flowers and time were dis- 

 pleased that florists received no mention 

 in the newspaper accounts of the do- 

 ings; indeed, from some of the narra- 

 tives one would have obtained the idea 

 that State street department stores in- 

 stead of the trade furnished the flowers. 



Our soldiers now are nearly all home 

 from France. So far as reported, there 

 were no casualties among them. 



The big second story of the Lemoyne 

 building, occupied by the A. L. Randall 

 Co., this week is getting its annual 

 freshening up. The ceilings and walls 

 are being washed and calcimined and 

 the floor is being oiled, so that it will 

 be practically dustless. 



A convention which filled Hotel La 

 Salle with women last week resulted in 

 a demand for corsage bouquets at the 



Peonies 



for June Weddings 



and 

 Commencements 



Best home-grown stock 



Plenty Roses 

 Carnations 



Yellow Daisies, 



Very fine; 



Gladioli, Sweet Peas, 

 Calendulas, Stocks 



LOWEST MARKET PRICES 



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hotel's flower store, which kept Man- 

 ager Edward Boyar and his two as- 

 sistants on the jump. Mr. Boyar turns 



out work that brings his customers back 

 for more. 



Harold Amling completed his course 



