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38 



I'hc Florists' Review 



Mabch 4, 1920 



Zech & Mann 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 



30 East Randolph St., Chicago, 111. 



We are filling all orders 

 for all kinds of flowers 



There is 

 No More Reliable 

 Source of Supply 



for 



Cut Flowers 



and Greens 



T TT TTTQ Get your supply for Easter from us. 



JLdLl^llliiD Write for prices. 



larger total of sales for the market as 

 a whole than did the thirty-one days in 

 January. Still more remarkable, Feb- 

 ruary beat December! For a great 

 many years the month in which Easter 

 fell always was the big month of the 

 year in the Chicago market. Gradually 

 Christmas came to the front, with the 

 result that for the last few years De- 

 cember regularly has been the biggest 

 of the, twelve. But February, 1920, now 

 stands as the record month for Chicago. 

 Of course, a large part of the splendid 

 wholesale total was contributed by or- 

 ders from out-of-town, but most of the 

 city retail stores also had a record busi- 

 ness. 



There is a general belief that Easter 

 will be larger than ever before. While 

 trade seems inactive now, by compari- 

 son with the recent rush, it really is 

 much better than is usual in the first 

 part of Lent and there is confidence of 

 a big volume all this spring. 



A Smootli Start. 



With the opening of business March 1 

 fourteen wholesale houses began col- 

 lecting for the publicity campaign, on 

 the plan several times described in this 

 column. The idea was that one per cent 

 should be added to the bills only of 

 those who have joined the Allied Florists' 

 Association, but most of the wholesal- 

 ers made the addition to the bills of all 

 the city cu8tom,ers, without reference to 

 the list of those who have signed the 

 agreement. So far as heard from, there 

 was absolutely no objection and it seems 

 probable that in the course of a few 

 days all the kinks will be straightened 

 out and practically everybody will be 

 participating in the work and cost, as 

 all are participating in the benefits al- 

 ready apparent. 



Various Notes. 



Arthur F. Keenan, individually and 

 as A. F. Keenan & Co.^ has filed a peti- 

 tion in bankruptcy im the United States 

 District court. The purpose is to se- 



WEDO 



# 



AS WE SAT 



All the Year Around 



We serve the 



Cut Flower requirements of the 

 / Retail Florists dependent upon us. 



In Times 



. Of scarcity or overabundance 

 we provide a service not 

 always obtainable elsewhere. 



YOUR 



ProtectiM 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



Wholstal* Cut Flowers 



CHICAGO 



