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The Florists^ Review 



May 27, 1920. 



All the fine flowers you need 



For June Weddings 

 and Commencements 



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'I'l tlic sales of tlio E. C. Amling Co. 

 passed the total for all of May last year. 



Arthur Weatherwax was called to 

 Wisconsin last week by the death of a 

 relative and of course his departure was 

 tlio sijiiial for a flood of orders at the 

 W. J. Smyth establishment. Mr. Smyth 

 put in several exceedingly busy days. 



R. B. Howe says the W. "VV. Barnard 

 Co. has been breaking records in sev- 

 eral of its departments this season. In 

 the commission box business 500 more 

 boxes than ever before were put out. 

 Counter trade, while somewhat irregu- 

 lar, because of weather conditions, has 

 been so heavy that the average for a 

 period has been ahead of the best pre- 

 vious day's record. 



Oscar Leistner is on his way home 

 from Japan, due at Seattle within the 

 week. 



N. .T. Wietor says that the transporta- 

 tion tie-up is giving a good many grow- 

 ers cause for worry. During the sum- 

 mer Wietor Bros, are accustomed to 

 take in Pocahontas coal at the rate of 

 about fifteen cars per month, for stor- 



age for next season's use. Through 

 April and May no more coal has come 

 tlian has been needed for daily use and 

 they are some twenty-five cars behind 

 their usual storage schedule. By Sep- 

 tember 1 they should have sixty cars of 

 coal on the place. Mr. Wietor thinks 

 there probably will be no trouble get- 

 ting the coal at a little later date, but 

 the cartage of it will present something 

 of a problem. 



O. Johnson, formerly of the Batavia 

 Greenhouse Co., now is associated with 

 O. T. Anderson & Co., dealers in invest- 

 ment securities. 



Being always on the alert, Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. last week reprinted in cir- 

 cular form the item headed "Peony 

 Prospects" from The Review of May 

 20 and mailed it to cut flower buyers 

 with the statement that, although 

 peonies will be scarce, "we are in posi- 

 tion to book any amount of roses and 

 carnations." 



Frank M. Johnson is the proud pos- 

 sessor of a wonderful new Cadillac tour- 

 ing car. 



This is the most unusual of seed and 

 jilant seasons, according to the report 

 at Henderson's Seed Store. The late- 

 ness of the season made counter trado 

 slow to start and the changeable 

 weather conditions have made the trade 

 erratic. Some days, with bad weather, 

 there is little doing, but the next day 

 there is so much business that it is im- 

 possible to wait on all the would-be pur- 

 chasers. On the whole, sales are ex- 

 ceeding those of other years. 



Albert Koehler is in London. 



Paul Klingsporn says this will be, 

 without doubt, the record week in the 

 history of the Chicago Flower Growers' 

 Association. 



Edward Mallinson, of the Fleischman 

 Floral Co., who as manager also is 

 buyer, has been in high spirits recently. 

 He has been taking large quantities of 

 the finest roses off the market and has 

 obtained them at prices that have made 

 for fast selling at excellent profits. This 

 store buys no carnations except for spe- 

 cial orders. 



As an illustration of the breadth of 



