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NOTBMBIB 27, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



39 







Buy Direct of the Growers 



R Bros. 



162 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Chrysanthemums and Pompons 



Some of our best late varieties remain to 

 be cut. Season will last well into December 



A Large and Fine Supply of 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 



KILLARNEY 



WHITE KILLARNEY ....( 

 KILLARNEY BRILLIANTV 

 SUNBURST / 



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$4.00 to $8.00 

 per 100 



Greens and other Seasonable Stock at Market Rates 



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WELCH BROS. CO., 262 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass 



New England's Largest Wholesale House 



Offers to the trade the most complete collection of- 



NEW ROSES FOR THIS SEASON 



Cut Flowen of PILGRIN, CRUSADER, PREMIER, RUSSELL, HADLEY ^IL^c'VArT^ 



American Beauties - Mums - Valley - Orchids 



~?^ ALL FLOWERS IN SEASON FURNISHED AT MARKET PRICES 



Phone or ivire your orders. Be convinced and satisfied. Main 6267-5948. 



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twenty years was with Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., November 24 joined the staff of the 

 E. C. Amling Co. 



N. J. Wietor ia content. He says 

 his firm has overcome its growing dif- 

 ficulties, that the place is clean, pro- 

 ducing well, that the stock is selling 

 briskly and that it was the largest 

 Thanksgiving in the history of Wietor 

 Bros. 



Roland M. Poehlmann is on the staff 

 of the Daily Illini, the college paper at 

 the University of Illinois. 



I. Eosnosky, of the W. W. Barnard 

 Co., was in the house for a few days 

 last week after a trip east as far as 

 Connecticut. He left November 23 for 

 Pittsburgh. 



Guy French says that his calls on the 

 growers lead him to believe that the 



plans for Easter do not include over 

 two-thiidp the number of lilies usually 

 planted for this market. He recom- 

 mends the purchase of bulbs as risking 

 little but offering a possibility of ex- 

 ceptional profits. 



John Kruchten celebrated his thirty- 

 seventh birthday anniversary Novem- 

 ber 21. 



Visitors. 



M. J. Sporman, of M. J. Sporman Co., 

 Cedar Rapids, la., was a recent visitor 

 to the Chicago market. He reports busi- 

 ness good and was much pleased with 

 his visit to Morton Grove as the guest 

 of John Poehlmann. 



Ove Gnatt, of La Porte, Ind., returning 

 from a trip to St. Louis, was a visitor 

 on the market November 21. 



Chas. F. Edgar, representing the Mc- 

 Callum Co., of Pittsburgh, was in town 

 last week, visiting old friends. Mr. 

 Edgar was formerly connected with the 

 Fleischman Floral Co. He is a former 

 fellow townsman of those ex-Philadel- 

 phians, Paul Klingsporn and I. Bosnosky. 



Frank C. Goodman, of Kemble & 

 Goodman, Mason City, la., was here last 

 week, buying supplies for their prosper- 

 ous business, the only one of its kind in 

 a city of 25,000 inhabitants. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business was good all through the 

 week and the demand strong for all 

 seasonable stock. The increased ship- 



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