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The Florists' Review 



Mat 27, 1920. 



SWEET PEAS 



All colors in tremendous supply 



Roses, Carnations, Peonies, Lilies 



No order too large for us to fill 



ZECH & MANN 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 



30 East Randolph Street 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



Mention The Review when you write. 



WIETOR BROS., SS,^S 



RANDOLPH STREET 

 :-: ILLINOIS 



Memorial Day Price List 



Subject to change 

 %vltliout notice 



Premier Per loo 



Special $25.00 



Select 20.00 



Medium 15.00 



Short 10.00 



Russell 



Special 25.00 



Select 20.00 



Medium 15.00 



Short 10.00 



Columbia 



Special 20.00 



Select 15.00 



Medium 12.00 



Short 10.00 



Ophelia per loo 



Special $15.00 



Select 12.00 



Medium 10.00 



Short .. 8.00 



Sunburst 



Special 20.00 



Select 15.00 



Medium 12.00 



Short 10.00 



Killarney and White Killarney 



Select $12.00 



Medium 10.00 



Short 8.00 



Carnations Per io@ 



Fancy $8.00 to $10.00 



Calla Lilies, per doz $2.00 



Ferns, per 1000 6.00 



Galax, per 1000 2.00 



Sprengeri, per bunch. .$0.50 - .75 



Our Selection, 

 $8.00 per lOO 



for anything except the best flowers. 

 While it is possible to charge $15 per 

 hundred for select, long-stemmed, heavy 

 bunches, it is impossible to get $8 per 

 hundred for short, light Drop White. 



There is every indication that roses 

 will meet all requirements and that car- 

 nation orders, though heavy, will be 

 fairly well filled. It will be a marvel 

 if the demand consumes all the sweet 

 peas that are offered. 



The bulk of the shipping will be done 

 on Friday and Saturday. A good many 

 buyers who ordered shipments for 

 Thursday and Friday have postponed 

 them for twenty-four hours after study- 

 ing the calendar and learning of prep- 

 arations for local observances on Mon- 

 day. The express company has not as 

 yet made any announcement with re- 

 gard to service, but the Wholesale Cut 



Flower Association hopes to obtain all- 

 day service for at least three days, as 

 was done at Mothers' day. Practically 

 all the wholesale houses will be open all 

 dav Sundav, but only half a day 

 May 31. 



A Moving Comedy. 



Scene: A doctor's office in southern 

 Indiana. 



Enter a Chicago wholesale florist: 

 "Is the doctor int" 



Attendant: "He is with a patient 

 in the consulting room. Will you have 

 a seat and waitt" 



Wholesaler sits down. 



Enter another Chicago wholesaler: 



"Is the doctor " Spies competitor. 



Beats it. 



Consulting room door opens. Out 

 walk the physician and the "patient," 



who proves to be still another Chicago 

 wholesale florist! Handshakes all 

 around. 



The moral: Peonies are scarce this 

 Memorial day. 



Various Notes. 



Peter Eeinberg will demolish five 

 greenhouses at his Robey street range 

 and sell the material. 



Since the death of Henry Hilmers, 

 November 29, 1919, the business of the 

 Kenwood Floral Co. has been operated 

 by Paul O. Hilmers, as administrator of 

 the estate. The property has been sold 

 to Miss E. Seward and the estate of 

 Henry Hilmers will have no interest 

 therein after June 1. 



As affording a basis for the com- 

 parison of business conditions, C. J- 

 Michelsen says that at about noon May 



