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ITic Florists' Review 



OOTOBBB 28, 1919. 



ROSES - MUMS 



CHOICE ROSES 



SUNBURST PREMIER MILADY 



COLUMBIA OPHELIA 



RUSSELL NESBIT 



BRUNNER MARYLAND 



WHITE KILLARNEY 



PINK KILLARNEY 



SPRENGERI 



GALAX 



FERNS 



SMILAX 



ADIANTUM 



PLUMOSUS 





A large supply of Carnations inlall colors ^ 



Our Prices arm not Higher than Othere; Market Pricee Prevail , " 



We are open until 8 P. M. on Saturday, but closed all day Sunday 



FRNE a f tOMPANY 



30 E. Randolph St 



and A. F. Poehlmann, whose consump- 

 tion of labor and materials is greater 

 than that of any other grower in Amer- 

 ica. Mr, Poehlmann laid particular 

 stress on the indications that the price 

 of coal is going up. He made compari- 

 sons of the prices of pre-war times, of 

 last season and this season, showing 

 how serious has been the effect on the 

 growers' cost of production, and as- 

 serted that the end is not yet in sight. 

 He told the growers that we are at the 

 beginning of a hard winter, referring 

 to the supply of fuel, and that all the 

 conditions make for continually rising 

 costs of production which cannot be 

 met except by producing good stock 

 and marketing it through channeli 

 which will result in good prices. 



Boxes and Otlier Matters. 



During the last few days the whole- 

 sale florists have received notice, from 

 the concerns which supply the wood 

 shipping boxes used in such great num- 

 bers in this market, that prices have 

 again been advanced. The box makers 

 have an association and, while their 

 prices are not uniform, they usually all 

 act together. The new prices represent 

 another advance of about thirty per 

 cent. 



Before the war a good many whole- 

 salers absorbed P. & D. in their own 

 costs. While prices of materials still 

 were a good deal lower than they are 

 now they were forced to pass the cost 

 of the box along to the buyer of flow- 

 ers, but they still stand the other costs 

 themselves. Other things besides boxes 

 have advanced and still advance, prices 

 being higher than during the war. Note 

 how: 



Pre-war Now Adr. 



Box. most used size 37c HT.c 130% 



Old newspaper, ton $9 $27 200% 



Kraft wrapper, i>ouDd 4Vjc 9\ic 120% 



Rope, pound 7%c 2,'lc 200% 



It is the same story with labels, glue, 

 rent, light, heat, labor and everv'thing 

 the wholesaler uses — but all the whole- 

 saler passes on to the buyer is the cost 

 ■of the box; everything else comes out 

 of the commission of fifteen per cent, 

 which has stood unchanged from the 

 trade 's "beginning. 



That the commission houses are able 

 to maintain themselves, even to pros- 



WHOLK8AI.K FLORISTS 

 L D. PiNM RmMM 6578 



CHICAGO 



"W e coail 

 WE SAY" 



RAILROADS 



Centering in 

 CHICAGO 



RADIATE 



with Express Service that briaes the flewers to you 

 without a DOLLAR of an iDvestment in a GREEN- 

 HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT. 



Some of our most successful Retail Florists depend 

 solely on their connections with us for their Cut 

 Flowers. 



Hsliday times, or other times of extreme scarcity, 

 we giye them a supply far superior and more re- 

 liable to the "OFF CROP" condition that often 

 arises in greenhouses when flowers are most needed. 



WE WANT A FEW MORE RETAIL FLO- 

 RISTS WHOM WE CAN DEPEND UPON 

 FOR ALL THE YEAR ROUND ORDERS. 



STRONG in MUMS 

 STRONGER in CARNATIONS 

 STRONGEST in ROSES 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO. 



174 N. WatMuh Ave.. 

 Est. 1881. CHICAGO 



