XOVEMBBR 20, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



45 





Buy Direct of the Growers 



R Bros. 



162 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



i 



No Limit to Our Supply 



We grow more Mums than any other house in the West and the Season 

 is now at its height. We are also on with a specially large and fine cut of 



Pompons, Roses and Carnations 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



RUSSELL $6.00 to $25.00 per 100 



PREMIER 6.00 to 20.00 " " 



COLUMBIA 6.00 to 20.00 " " 



CARNATIONS 4.00 to 5.00 " " 



POMPONS, all varieties 35c to 50c a bunch 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS, all colors, $1.50 to $3.00 dz. 



OPHELIA 



RICHMOND 



KILl^ARNEY 



WHITE KILLARNEY ....( 

 KILLARNEY BRILLIANTX 

 SUNBURST / 



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$4.00 to $8.00 

 per 100 



Greens and other Seasonable Stock at Market Rates 



THANKSGIVING 



'I17'T7 are Thankful because of the Trade's 

 progress in the Past year and because 

 of the Loyalty of our Patrons, all of 

 whom we have tried to serve 



WELL 



JOSEPH FOERSTER CO. 



Wholesale Dealers in Cut Flowers 



160 North Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



Ask the man who 

 Buys from us. 



A. B. Barber, whose string of Ohio 

 stores has caused his friends to chris- 

 ten him "the Woolworth of the flower 

 business," was in town November 17 

 and 18. He is making his arrangements 

 witli the idea of a record retail demand 

 in the next few weeks and says he will 

 open another store whenever he finds 

 a man who will run it as he wants it 

 done. 



James A. Brown, of Brown's Bulb 

 Ranch, Capitola, Cal., was in town 

 November 18, visiting customers and 



looking over the market. He was re- 

 turning from an Eastern trip. 



PITTSBURGH. 



The Market. 



Business was fair last week, the 

 average amount for the first half of the 

 month being far in advance of that of 

 October. Chrysanthemums have seen 

 their best days and fail to meet the de- 

 mand, although the majority of those 

 coming in are of good quality and sell- 



ing for from $2.50 to $o per dozen. Pom- 

 pons, however, are still coming in plen- 

 tifully, especially the bronzes, yellows, 

 and whites; the pink "babies" are 

 about done. All are still selling at 50 

 cents per bunch. 



Eoses of all kinds, from American 

 Beauties to the short-stemmed varieties, 

 are scarce, the abnormally warm weather 

 of a few weeks ago being probably ac- 

 countable for the present off crop. For- 

 tunately there is not so much demand 

 for the Beauties, which are rated at $2, 



