JANUABT 8, 1920. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Salesmen and Department Managers of the A. L. Randall Co.y Chicago* Hold Their Fourth Annual Banquet. 



bride's bouquet consisted of valley, 

 freesia, cattleyas and roses. The brides- 

 maid carried Columbias. Mrs. Doolittle, 

 of Minneapolis, had charge of the deco- 

 rations for this wedding and the Duluth 

 Floral Co. supplied the stock and deco- 

 rators and made the bouquets. For the 

 Mitchell wedding the Congregational 

 church was decorated with southern 

 smilax, spruce trees and Easter lilies. 

 After the ceremony the reception was 

 held at the Kitchi Gammi Club, where 

 about 500 guests attended. The large 

 ballroom was decorated with southern 

 smilax, about ten cases being used, and 

 Columbia roses. The banquet table was 

 arranged with Columbia roses and pink 

 candles. The bride's bouquet was com- 

 posed of wliite roses, freesia and val- 

 ley. Four bridesmaids carried bouquets 

 of Ophelias. The matron of honor car- 

 ried an arm bouquet of Columbia roses 

 and the maid of honor carried an arm 

 bouquet showered with Cecile Brunners. 

 John Nyl, of Minneapolis, had charge 

 of the decorating and the Duluth Floral 

 Co. supplied part of the stock and deco- 

 rators and made the bouquets. 



J. J. Le Borious had a large decora- 

 tion at the Spalding hotel for the Mer- 

 rial reception. The large ballroom was 

 decorated with southern smilax, winter- 

 berries and boxwood. The first and sec- 

 ond floors were decorated with smilax, 

 with about seventy-five spruce trees ar- 

 ranged in groups. This firm also had the 

 decoration for the Mitchell wedding din- 

 ner, which was held at the Kitchi Gammi 

 Club Friday, January 2. The decoration 

 was carried out with pink roses and a 

 colonial bouquet made of Columbia roses 

 and stevia was given to each lady guest. 



J. E. S. 



their successes have been achieved, the 

 reasons for their failures, and to plan 

 the progress which makes each year bet- 

 ter than its predecessor. It chanced 

 that on the same night the Bandall 

 salesmen and department heads were 

 dining together at Chicago, the forces 

 of the McCallum Co., at Pittsburgh, 

 were holding a similar function and the 

 following telegram was received: 



From the Balesmen at McCallum's banquet to 

 the salesmen at Randall's banquet, a prosperous 

 New Year and the season's greetings. 



The message was answered in kind. 

 It was the consensus that 1920 will be 

 an even better year than 1919 for all 

 the progressive houses in the florists' 

 supplies trade. 



LINDLEY BX7YS ABNOLD LINE. 



RANDALL'S REUNION. 



The accompanying illustration was 

 prepared from a flashlight photograph 

 of the fourth annual banquet of the 

 sales forces of the A. L. Bandall Co., 

 Chicago, held at 'the Hotel Sherman 

 December 30. Once a year, during the 

 holidays, Bandall salesmen gather from 

 all parts of the country for a confer- 

 ence, to talk over the means by which 



Two Large Boxmakers Consolidate. 



It is announced that the - Lindley 

 Box & Paper Co., of Marion, Ind., has 

 purchased the florists' box department 

 of the A. A. Arnold Box & Paper Co., 

 Chicago. The deal was closed some 

 weeks ago, but the consolidation was 

 not publicly reported until January 1. 



The Lindley people have been putting 

 out what is considered a medium-priced 

 standard weight flower box, while the 

 Arnold company has been manufactur- 

 ing a high-grade heavy weight box. 

 There is a big demand for each kind; 

 in fact, some florists buy both, using 

 the standard weight for their local de- 

 livery, light weight packages and the 

 Arnold grade for their shipping boxes. 



The two concerns have had represent- 

 atives calling on much of the same trade 

 and it was the desire to eliminate 

 some of this double expense that brought 

 about the consolidation of the two lines. 

 Not only will there be a saving in the 

 selling expense, but the Lindley people 

 also hope to materially reduce the cost 

 of manufacture, as their plant is par- 

 ticularly adapted to this kind of work. 

 They expect to make a number of im- 

 provements in their operating depart- 

 ment, which will further help to reduce 

 the cost of manufacture, which is neces- 

 sary now on account of the continued 



advances in raw material. The entire 

 florists' box department of the Arnold 

 company will be moved at once to the 

 Lindley plant at Marion, Ind., as it is 

 found the operating expenses in the 

 smaller town will be much less than in 

 Chicago. It is hoped to save enough to 

 ship the goods into Chicago for less than 

 the cost of manufacture in that city. 



The Arnold company will devote its 

 whole attention to the manufacture of 

 the set-up style of box, as this depart- 

 ment of the business is growing rapidly. 



The years in which the Lindley Box 

 & Paper Co. has been specializing on 

 florists' boxes have well established it 

 with the trade and at the time of the 

 consolidation it was enjoying probably 

 as large, if not the largest, florists' box 

 business in America. Now the Arnold 

 line added to the already large depart- 

 ment will give it the widest assortment 

 of florists' boxes that has ever been 

 carried by any one concern. 



Oklahoma City, Okla. — Because of a 

 lease for a new theater, the Foster Flo- 

 ral Co. has had to leave 120 West Main 

 street and has moved to a newly re- 

 modeled store at the southeast corner 

 of First and Eobinson streets. 



Ellwood City, Pa. — J. S. Hennon & 

 Son, who have established stores in 

 Wampum, New Castle and Beaver Falls, 

 Pa., opened a store in the Chambers 

 building, on Fifth street, December 17. 

 Mrs. James Dunnan is the manager. 



New Orleans, La. — Christmas business 

 broke all records in spite of high prices. 

 The Avenue Floral Co., which had the 

 largest volume of business in its history, 

 says the chief difficulty was with the 

 express service; some of its boxes never 

 turned up. 



Princeton, IlL — As a result of the 

 coal shortage, the W. E. Trimble Green- 

 house Co. has opened a mine on the 

 Kitterman farm, south of Tiskilwa. It 

 will produce forty tons of excellent coal 

 per day and, though started in an 

 emergency, will be operated perma-. 

 nently, according to the firm's present 

 plans. 



