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The Florists^ Review 



July 8, 1920 



WIETOR BROS. 



30 East Randolph Street 



Phone 

 Randolph 2081 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



CURRENT PRICE LIST ^"^52««^5f 



Premier 



Per 100 



Special $16.00 



Select 12.00 



Medium 8.00 



Short 5.00 



Russell 



Special 16.00 



Select 12.00 



Medium 8.00 



Short 5.00 



Per 100 



Columbia 



Special $16.00 



Select 12.00 



Medium 8.00 



Short 5.00 



Ophelia 



Select $8.00 to 12.00 



Medium 6.00 to 10.00 



Short 4.00 to 8.00 



Sunburst Per 100 



Select $8.00 to $12.00 



Medium 6.00 to 8.00 



Shart 4.00 to 6.00 



Carnations 



Good and Fancy, $2.00 to $3.00 



Ferns, per 1000 $4.00 



Galax, per 1000 2.00 



Sprengeri, per bunch. .$0.50 - .75 



ROSEIS, our selection, good stock, $5.00 per 100 



been scarce, with so few cattleyaa avail- 

 able that the retailers have almost 

 • ceased to figure on thei^. 



There have been moderate shipments 

 of candidum lilies from Michigan grow- 

 lers, but they have sold slowly at from 

 "75 cents to $1 per bunch. The arrivals 

 ■are not so numerous as they were a few 

 years ago. 



Peonies have been selling notably 

 well, when the general state of the mar- 

 ket is considered. There will be peonies 

 ■throughout July. 



After the Fourth, which was observed 

 on the fifth, business picked up. No- 

 body in the retail line had much stock 

 and everybody had to buy, with the re- 

 sult that business was brisk. There is 

 general confidence that July will be 

 even better than last year, which was 

 the busiest summer month yet recorded, 

 although it will, of course, be largely in- 

 fluenced by the weather — good when it 

 is cool, poor when it is hot. 



The Weather in June. 



June was a month unusually favor- 

 able for the production of flowers. It is 

 possible for the sun to shine on Chicago 

 455 hours and six minutes during June. 

 It actually shone 342 hours and twelve 

 minutes, or seventy-five per cent of the 

 possible duration. The normal for June 

 is seventy per cent. The precipitation 

 was almost four inches, about a quarter 

 of an inch mor« than normal. There 

 were sixteen wholly clear days and the 

 mean temperature was 64 degrees, 2.8 

 degrees above normal. There were ab- 

 normal heat waves from June 7 to 16 

 and from June 26 to the end of the 

 month.- 



TThe Elks Are Here. 



It is said there are 200,000 Elks in 

 Chicago this week and, however accu- 

 rate that figure may be, they let their 

 presence be known. The most spectac- 

 ular delegation is that from Philadel- 

 phia, and at the head of it is a well 

 known florist, Charles H, Grakelow. The 

 Tribune printed his portrait July 6 with 

 this comment: 



"Charles Grakelow is his name. 



Everybody calls him Charlie, the bird 



with the pep. He led the polychromatic 



: army of Philadeliihians, which arrived on 



^ W* 





You can have in your store, like these, 



ROSES 



All varieties — All lengths — 



Best quality 



We also offer Gladioli, Lilies, Larkspur, Yellow Daisies and 



all other stock in season in large supply for you. 



Nerw Ferns and other Greens 



A rr.J yfeir g Cjompa iiy 



Our Motto: 'Nothing U too much trouble to please a outomer." 

 164 NORTH WABASH AVENUE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



Ifentlon The Berlew when 70a write. 



