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The Florists' Review 



Sbptembdb 23, 1920 



JOSEPH ZISKA & SONS 



169-175 North Wabash Avenue, C HICAGO, ILL. 



SPECIAL WEEKLY OFFER OF ITEMS EVERY FLORIST USES: 



GENUINE HOLLAND AIR FEf^N, $1.50 per doz. bunches, $11.50 per 100 bunches. 



WHITE WOODEN EASELS, write for special prices. 



GOLD LETTERS, No. 1, 60c per 100, $5.50 per 1000; No. 4, 45c per 100, $4.00 per 

 1000. 



SILKALINE thread, Meyer's, FF or FFF, $2.25 per' pound. SMILAX thread, 

 Meyer's, $2.00 per pound. YAZOO Florists' Green Thread on tubes, $1.25 per pound. 

 Wire Design Specialists. Complete Line of Florists' Supplies. 



Service and Prices. A Trial Order Will Convince You. 



solicited and that the position will af- 

 ford him an unusual opportunity for 

 the exercise of his exceptional abili- 

 ties as a cut flower and plant grower. 

 The Buckbee establishment does a 

 large wholesale as well as retail busi- 

 ness. 



Various Notes. 



T. Va. Waters celebrated his forty- 

 fifth birthday anniversary September 

 20. The president of the Florists' 

 Olub was born at Beverly, Mass., in 

 1875. He enlered the employ of J. 

 Newman & Sons, Boston, at the age of 

 12, in 1887, so he has spent thirty-three 

 years in the florists' business. 



The question of new leases is be- 

 ginning to interest the wholesalers, es- 

 pecially those in the Lemoyne build- 

 ing, whose terms expire April 30. 

 When the cut flower houses moved into 

 the Lemoyne building it had stood 

 empty some months, new, and they ob- 

 tained low rentals. Since then the 

 V)uilding and neighborhood have filled 

 up and rents have been advancing 

 steadily. It is reported the agent plans 

 to double the original rates as fast as 

 the leases expire. In other buildings 

 the advances are less sharp but are 

 considerable. Most of those in the 

 Atlas block stood a big boost last May. 



C. J. Michelscn, whose opinions on 

 such matters carry much weight, says 

 he does not see how business can be 

 considered otherwise than satisfactory. 

 ' ' We have been making moderate in- 

 creases in sales, compared to the same 

 dates last year, almost every day since 

 the middle of August and recently 

 these gains have increased consider- 

 ably. Considering that prices have 

 been lower than last year, to obtain 

 increased sales a much larger quantity 

 of stock must have been sold. The 

 trade does not buy flowers unless they 

 can be passed on to the public and it, 

 therefore, is apparent the demand must 

 have exceeded, and does exceed, the de- 

 mand last year. The low prices, in 

 my judgment, have been due solely to 

 weather conditions, which have been 

 responsible for the abnormally large 

 Fupply of stock on the market all sum- 

 mer. " 



This is the season of autumnal open- 

 ings f>n State street, which is equiva- 

 lent to saying tliat it is the rush season 

 for Henry Wittbold & Son, who do 

 most of the special decorating for the 

 department stores. George Wittbold, 

 the junior but most active partner, 

 spends most of his time in the down- 

 town district these days, his Pierce- 



LEAD YOUR DOLLARS 



TO PYFER'S 



Where they have the greatest purchasing power. 

 These are Pyfer's prices for the best grade of stock. Why pay more? 



Columbia, Russell and Premier, 



$4.00 to $12.00 per 100 



Ophelia, Milady, Sunburst, 

 Hearst and Hoosier 



Beauty $4.00 to $8.00 per 100 



CARNATIONS. . . .$1.00 to $2.00 per 100 

 GLADIOLI $2.00 to $4.00 per 100 



lOOO Lote $15.00 to $20.00 



ASTERS $2.00 to $3.00 per 100 



lOOOLots $20.00 



A TT. jb yfeir & Cpnipa ir^ 



Our Motto: "Nothing is too mnch trouble to please a customer." 

 164 NORTH WABASH AVENUE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



Arrow sport car standing many hours 

 at a time in the market section. 



The marriage of Elmer E. Wehrman, 



son of Fred Wehrman, and Miss Flor- 

 ence Charlesworth, took place Satur- 

 day evening, September 18. at the 



