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The Florists^ Review 



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NOVKMBEK 13, 1919. 



trip south and have taken up their resi- 

 dence in their new home on the south 

 side. 



<T. and Mrs. E. C. Amling leave this 

 week to spend .the winter at Orange, 

 Cal., where Mr. Amling has a sister. 

 They have rented a bungalow and 

 shipped the Packard. 



John Michelsen has a badly damaged 

 right hand as the result of a slip when 

 he put his strength against a door which 

 had stuck. 



The death of Mrs. E. Wicnhoeber is 

 recorded in this week's obituary col- 

 umn. 



J. E. Pollworth states that the Octo- 

 ber sales of Kennicott Bros. Co. figured 

 out as an increase of nine per cent, com- 

 pared with last October. He says the 

 records show it was because of a longer 

 average length of stem in the roses 

 handled. 



November 14 A. C. Benson will cele- 

 brate his thirty-first anniversary as 

 superintendent of the Bassett & Wash- 

 burn greenhouses, originally of Hins- 

 dale and now of Greggs Station. Mr. 

 Benson was one of the exhibitors at 

 the first flower show held in Chicago 

 and he carried off the blue ribbon then 

 for American Beauties, as he has done 

 many times since. 



W. J. Smyth says the present season 

 thus far is a little behind last year as 

 to volume of sales, but that the diflfer- 

 enee is not nearly so great as the de- 

 crease in the call for funeral work. 

 Furthermore, the margin of profit is 

 better this season, partly because the 

 public has become accustomed to the 

 present level of retail prices and part- 

 ly because the wholesale prices are not 

 so stiff. 



Representatives of McHutchison & 

 Co., New York, have been busy this 

 week distributing a car of giganteums 

 just in from Japan. Another car is 

 due. When orders have been shipped 

 any unsold portion of the two cars will 

 be sent east to replace stock bound for 

 New York lost in the sinking of the 

 Yoten Maru. 



George Fisher, who, with his retail 

 trade and his purchasing for out-of- 

 town stores, seems never to be idle, 

 says he thinks the trade should be well 

 content this season. "What if we do 

 have to pay a little more for boxes and 

 other things?" asked Mr. Fisher; 

 "more people than ever before are buy- 

 ing flowers." 



A. J. Zech was called to La Porte, 

 Ind., November 6, to attend the fu- 

 neral of his uncle, George Wagner. 



Mrs. Peter Reinberg and Mrs. Henry 

 Kransz have donated an automobile to 

 be raffled for the benefit of Saint Gre- 

 gory's church. 



Visitors. 



One of the busy visitors in the mar- 

 ket last week was Max Scheinuk, of 

 New Orleans. Mr. Scheinuk has been a 

 buyer in this market for nearly a dozen 

 years. Beginning in a small way, he 

 has progressed until his recent pur- 

 chases have included an outfit of new 

 store fixtures obtained of the A. L. Ran- 

 dall Co. His purpose on his Visit was 

 to buy stock for the new store and for 

 Christmas. His constant companion 

 was a copy of The Review in which he 

 had marked the places and things he 

 wanted to look up in this market. 



Swan Peterson, of Decatur and Gib- 

 son City, was in town November 10, 

 buying stock for his flourishing busi- 

 ness. 



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ROSES 

 CARNATIONS 

 CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

 POMPONS 

 SWEET PEAS 

 VIOLETS 

 CALENDULAS ^ 

 FERNS 

 ASPARAGUS 

 BOXWOOD 



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HEAR YE ! HEAR YE ! 



Thanksgiving Price List 



ROSES 



Per 100 



I'reruler, RiinhcII and Columbia — Good $ 8.00 to $1,2.00 



Helect 1,5.00 to 25.00 



Ophelia 'V 



Klt^ev i'--^ »«•»«*« »2«« 

 White killarnev f Me<Hft«m 6.00to 8.00 



Brilliant \ Short 4.00 to 5.00 



Milady J 



(Specials billed aooordingly) 



CARNATIONS 



Choice 4.00 to 5.00 



Fancy 6.00 to 8.00 



CHRYSAJ^THEMUMS 



Per doK. 



Select $5.00 to $«.00 



Medium 3.00 to 4.00 



Shori; 1.50 to 2.00 



I*OMPONS — I^arge Bunches, ea<'h .S5 to .50 



Per 100 



CALENDITAS $2.00 to $3.00 



SWEET PEAS 2.00 to 4.00 



VIOI.ETS — Double 75 to 1.50 



TERNS — Per IhouHand 3.00 



GAIvAX — Per thousand 1.50 to 2.00 



I.KItH)THOE — Per hundred 1.00 



SPRKN(;KRI — Per bunch 25 to .35 



ASP.\R.\<il S— Per bunch 35 to .50 



BOXWOOD — Dwarf — Per pound .3C 



50-lb. Lots — Per pound .28 



Subject to Market Changres 



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