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The Florists^ Review 



Sbptbmbbb 4, 1919. 





HAVE YOUR CUSTOMERS 



Say it With Budlong's Flowers 



THE KIND THAT ARE BOUND TO GIVE SATISFACTION. 



A WORD TO THE WISE 



Try Our Stock And Satisfy Yourself On This Score 



We have as fine a lot of Summer Roses of every variety as is coming into this market. We carry a 

 complete line of Roses, we are exceptionally strong on Double White Killarney, the only white 

 Killarney that stays "White" during the hot summer months — once used you will want no other. 



Gladioli of quality stock, all colors, at reasonable prices. 



Asters'— Heavy supply white, pink, purple and lavender of the large, showy^^kind, also plenty 

 of the commoner sorts. , 



Harrisii Lilies are scarce. We, however, can supply Rubrum and Album Lilies. 



Choice stock of Daisies, Calendulas, Candytuft, Feverfew, Snapdragons, Cornflowers, Gypsophila and 

 all other seasonable stock. 



DON'T forget us on greens, as we have Asparagus, Sprengeri, Ferns, Adiantum, Galax. 

 If yon wiBt gopd sted and good treatment, bny of Chicago's most ip-to^ate and best-located Wholesale Cnt Flower Honse 



J.H.BUDL0NG CO. 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAIM 



PRICES 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS 



Roses, Valley and Carnations our Specialties 



184-186 North Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO^ 



SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION -^^ 



PRICES 



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LOW 



AS 

 OTHERS 



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WB ARE CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY 



cipal houses busy until nearly the usual 

 closing hour on the holiday, although 

 the wholesalers who depend principally 

 on local trade closed at noon. 



Short roses have constituted the prin- 

 cipal problem for several days. The rose 

 is the most abundant flower on the list 

 and the quality includes some fine stock. 

 The short stems, however, far outnum- 

 ber the other grades. As the demand 

 is for the best, the longer stock has been 

 bringing good prices, with the short 

 stuff selling low by comparison. The 

 leaders are Columbia, Kussell and 

 Premier, in about the order mentioned. 



The asters are the best of the season. 

 Really good stock is coming from north- 

 ern growers. A few California asters 

 have found their w^ay here, splendid 

 flowers on long stems just a little too 

 weak. Some sample shipments of Cali- 

 fornia chrysanthemums also have come, 

 but the prices charged, with express and 

 waste, have been such that reorders 

 have not boon numerous. There are 

 small daily supplies of home-grown 

 Golden Glow. 



The local crops of gladioli are becom- 

 ing quite well cut out, but there are 

 northern shippers who will be able to 



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Mention The Review wben you write. 



keep up the supply until frost. They 

 are selling well because the quality is 

 good. Valley, lilies and cattleyas are 

 the scarce items. Carnations have re- 

 appeared, but not in quantity. Mis- 

 cellaneous items, like tritomas, mari- 

 goldSf zinnias, celosia, etc., cut little 

 figure. Rubrum lilies arc seen occasion- 

 ally, but are only useful for funeral 

 work. There are enough greens. 



August Weather. 



August was not a bad month for stock 

 under glass, but was hard on the grow- 

 ers of field stock. The mean tempera- 

 ture of 73 degrees was 2.2 degrees below 

 normal, but the rainfall of scarcely more 

 than an inch was only a little more than 

 one-third the usual amount. We are three 

 inches of rain short for the year to date. 



August's percentage of possible sunshine 

 was eighty-one; normal is sixty -nine. 



At Henry Hilmers' Place. 



The Kenwood Floral Co., 1117 East 

 Forty-seventh place, is the establish- 

 ment of Henry Hilmers, one of the vet- 

 erans. He has been located there, and 

 the family has lived next door, for nine- 

 teen years. Back of the store and resi- 

 dence there are several greenhouses, 

 used only for pot plants and propagat- 

 ing, and quite a space for hotbeds and 

 outdoor stock. The place is surrounded 

 by apartment houses and the outlook 

 from their windows on the florists' 

 grounds must be one of the advantages 

 of living there. One of the features is 

 a 30-foot brick chimney completely cov- 

 ered with Ampelopsis Veitchii. The 



