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The Florists^ Review 



January 29, 1920 



SERVICE 



ASK THE RETAILER WHO BUYS FROM US 



JOSEPH FOERSTER CO. 



Wholesale Dealers in Cut Flowers 



160 North Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



L. D. Phone, Randolph 2081 



LARGE GROWERS 



or HIGH GRADE 



OR Bros. 



Wibuh Ave., f> fl I (^ A \M Cf 



Roses and Carnations 



quired knowledge that here is a sure- 

 enough one-price flower store. 



There was a highly enthusiastic meet- 

 ing of committees and district captains 

 for the publicity drive at the Randolph 

 hotel January 28, about twenty-five be- 

 ing present. Already about 125 growers 

 and retailers have signed the agreement 

 to devote a percentage of their sales and 

 purchases to the purpose of the publicity 

 campaign, following the Milwaukee 

 plan. Before the next general meeting, 

 February 2, the district captains will 

 call on as many as possible. 



Visitors. 



George Doemling, proprietor of the 

 Indian Village Greenhouses, Detroit, 

 was taken ill with the flu while here to 

 attend the carnation convention. He 

 spent two days in bed at the Brevoort 

 hotel, under the care of the house phy- 

 sician and Mrs. Doemling, before he was 

 able to leave for home. 



C. C. Case, of Prairie du Chien, Wis., 

 was a visitor last week. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The continued low temperatures, fre- 

 quent snow storms and absence of solar 

 heat have created a great shortage of 



BEST QUALITY 



VIOLETS 



FOR VALENTINE'S DAY 



From the largest grower. $20.00 per 1000. 



Parties not known must send cash. 



TELEPHONE— TELEGRAPH CONNECTIONS. 



J. VONDER LINDEN, w^'f'^ 



flowers and prices remain extremely 

 high. The demand outside of funeral 

 orders is quite small and business at 

 the retail stores is rather dull. Pur- 

 chasers are disinclined to come out, 

 slipping through streets which are block- 

 aded with snow and through which auto- 

 mobiles creep with difficulty. The horse 



is once more coming into his own and 

 proves efficient when motor service is 

 almost paralyzed. 



Roses have fallen somewhat in price, 

 with short-stemmed stock bringing $12 

 to $15 per hundred and other grades up 

 to $35 and $40, a few fancy Hadley, 

 Columbia and Russell going higher. Kil- 



