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The Florists' Review 



Decbmbbr 4, 1919. 



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Our Prices Never are Higher Than Others ask for an Equally Good Grade of Stock, 



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I 30 E. Randolph St. '7g^fS:^£JSS^r CHICAGO | 



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Amid all the talk of confiscation, 

 there seems little probability that any 

 coal which has been unloaded will be 

 taken away and it looks as though all 

 the large growers are safe for a month 

 or two. 



Wliere There's a Will There's a Way. 



November 26 every express pick-up 

 man in Chicago was supplied with a 

 copy of the following notice: 



EMBARGO ON DETROIT. 

 Embargo all business for Detroit except per- 

 ishable food products, live stock where service is 

 arranffed ahead of time, seeds, nursery stock in 

 lota of not ever 300 pounds, drugs, medicines and 

 surgical supplies. M. P. Rugowski. 



When it is considered that Detroit 

 is one of Chicago's largest customers 

 for cut flowers, florists' supplies, bulbs 

 and plants, the importance of such an 

 unexpected order, on the eve of Thanks- 

 giving, can be realized. The embargo 

 was maintained strictly for three or 

 four days, but then its severity grad- 

 ually was relaxed. In the first four 

 days considerable quantities of stock 

 were shipped to Ypsilanti, where they 

 were met and carried to Detroit by 

 motor truck. When a florist wants flow- 

 ers he gets them. 



Ferns Are Spoiling. 



There is consternation in the ranks of 

 the storers of ferns — much of tKft stock 

 put in the warehouse in October already 

 is in such condition that it scarcely is 

 worth picking over. A wholesaier who 

 last spring dumped 235^000 'spoiled 

 ferns, after paying storage on^hem for 

 nearly six months, says the present ex- 

 perience leads to the belief that it is 

 time to stop taking such risks, because 

 the shippers, having had their pay, re- 

 fuse to share the responsibility and 

 even seem to imply that the losses are 

 exaggerated in the telling. That the 

 condition is not local, however, is shown 

 by the condition of some of the cases 

 now coming from the first hands — they 

 show that they have already been picked 

 over. 



The probability is that good ferns will 

 be worth real money before spring. 



Labor Troubles. 



For a number of months a few ciii- 



Strength of 



'We do u 

 WE SAY" 



Years 



Where is there a Greenhouse 



establishment that successfully grows 40 to 50 varieties of 

 plants to cut from? Yet that is just what the CHICAGO 

 MARKET offers every day, IN and OUT of SEASON, to fill 

 orders for the retail florists in Chicago and in other cities. 



The QUANTITY and^QUALITY of the stock is beyond 

 comparison. 



The EXPRESS SERVICE from CHICAGO is the BEST. 



It is because of our large supply of cut flowers with that 

 of the larger supply in the market as a whole that thousands 

 of retail florists operate a Retail Store without the invest- 

 ment and expense of operating a greenhouse of their own. 



CHICAGO rightfully claims the distinction as THE 

 GREAT^CENTRAL MARKET. 



Our OWN^facilities provide for every emergency. 



Strong in Carnations 

 Strongest in Roses 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO. 



174 N. Wabash Ave. 

 Est. 1881. CHICAGO 



