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The Florists^ Review 



June 3, 1920 



Tann. 



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Wholesale 



Cut Flowers and 

 Supplies 



30 E. Randolph St. 



CHICAGO 



Telephone Central 6284 



Local Peonies 



for June Weddings and 

 Commencements. 



We offer High Grade Locally 

 Grown Peonies — the result of 

 years of concentrated effort 

 for a superior grade. Ready to 

 ship in any color or quantity. 



All seasonable cut flowers in 

 quantity 



SOLE MANUFACTURERS 



Fancy Bridal and Bouquet Holders and Muffs 



$1.00 TO $4.00 EACH 



PEONIES 



are among the many flowers for which we are 



HEADQUARTERS 



JOSEPH FOERSTER CO. 



Wholesale Dealers in Cut Flowers 



160 North Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



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prices had not the big lea^lers been so 

 plentiful. Orchids were in little request. 

 Considerable quantities of gladioli ar- 

 rived unheralded and were not easily 

 sold at the prices asked. Cape jasmine 

 was in moderate supply and sold well. 

 There was a scarcity of cut ferns. 



Considering the tremendous quantity 

 of stock handled, the market was well 

 cleaned up by the Memorial day de- 

 mand, but flowers began to accumulate 

 almost as soon as the rush was over. 



Fortunately,, the, weather remained com- 

 paratively cool until May 31, which was 

 a warm day and resulted in large arriv- 

 als of flowers on the first and second 

 days of June. Prices have fallen since 

 Memorial day to the lowest point of 

 the year. It is a buyers' market now. 



Memorial Day with Betailers. 



Although the wholesalers are unani- 

 mous in reporting a record Memorial 

 day, retailers are not so enthusiastic. 



The success of the wholesalers was the 

 result of rfh 'feht)rtnott3 out-cf 4e»¥Sr de- 

 mand; many of the city retaileri bouf^t 

 lightly. The downtown stores had no 

 more than an ordinarily good Saturday 

 and did nothing at all Sunday and Mon- 

 day. The nearer one's location is to a 

 cemetery the better the business done, 

 but not even those whose places adjoin 

 the cities of the dead were wholly sat- 

 isfied. The fly in their ointment was 

 the army of peddlers who camped on 



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