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The Rorists^ Review 



Decbmbbb 4, 1919. 



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INE flowers, fair prices, 

 prompt service rendered 

 with right good will.^; :* ; 





JOSEPH FOERSTER COiT -» 



Wholesale Dealers in Cut Flowers 



160 North Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



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Ask the man who 

 Buys from us. 



the end of the month, November was 

 unusually favorable for cut flower pro- 

 duction. 



Why Wedding Work Is Booming. 



Many comments are' heard on the 

 continued strength of the call for wed- 

 ding work and, particularly, on the way 

 florists in the factory districts are buy- 

 ing 20-cent valley and 3-dollar orchids. 

 But the marriage license clerk in the 

 county building explains it by offering 

 this record of licenses issued: 



Year Octolx^r Novem'ber 



1917 2,755 2,848 



1918 1.961 2,080 



1919 3,489 3.600 



"I'll tell you how it is," said Joseph 

 Stastny, who writes and stamps wedding 

 permits from dawn till dark. "We 

 used to call them 'poor people' or the 

 'masses.' Believe me, if the wealthy 

 people — the millionaires, the brokers 

 and bankers — could see the 'poorer peo- 

 ple' lining up in front of my window 

 every day they would rush from their 

 mahogany offices and learn a trade. 



"It's the working people who are 

 lining up out there and the working 

 people today are wealthier than ever 

 before. Most of them are young — boys 

 from 21 to 25 and girls from 18 to 23— 

 but they're getting married and they 

 laugh when you mention high cost of 

 living." 



Various Notes. 



A. M. Anderson, chief of the pur- 

 chasing department of the A. L. Ran- 

 dall Co., who spent April, May and June 

 of this year on a trip to England, France 

 and Italy (Germany was not then open), 

 says it will be many years before Eu- 

 rope can again compete with America 

 on the general line of florists' supplies. 

 "There are some natural products, like 

 ruscus and immortelles," says Mr. An- 

 derson, "on which Europe has a mo- 

 nopoly, but the manufacturing progress 

 made in America during the war puts 

 the florists 'supply trade in a self-reliant 

 position; our goods are moderately 

 abundant, superior in quality and not 

 higher in price.' ' 



The E. Wienhoebcr Co., on Elm street, 

 reports the best November in the his- 

 tory of the concern, made so by the 

 number of debutante affairs in the 

 neighborhood of the store. It is said 



We Sell Actual Weight 



2 oz. to every spool of thread, not weigh- 

 ing the wood. V\ e grant 16 ounces of thread 

 toevery pound. All you have to do is io take 

 an empty spool and take a full one and weigh 

 them up for your own benefit, and see the 

 difference in the Quality, and the length and 

 strength combined. Our Florist Thread has 

 been on the narket for 40 years and is used 

 by the best growers and florists throughout 

 the world. Send for a case or two. 



JOHN C. HEYER THREAD CO. 



BOSTON. MASS. MilU at Lowell, Mms. 



American Beauty Baskets 



Made of Palmetto 



Fonr baskets In a nest — depth. 3 to 4 Inches; 

 diameter, 5 to 7 Inches, without handle. By par- 

 cel poet, prepaid tl.35 per nest. Satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed or your money back. 



ARZIE'S BASKET CO., White Honse, Florida 



JOHNSON BASKET WORKS 



2S35 Milwaukee Avenue 

 CHICAGO 



the month 's sales were practically 

 double those of November last year. 



The Florists' Club's annual meeting 

 for the election of officers is the first 

 Thursday in December. Paul Klings- 

 porn stated that he had withdrawn his 

 name for the presidency, leaving Otto 

 H. Amling as the only nominee. 



Peter Olsem has the Nepper place of 

 fourteen houses on the edge of Rogers 

 Park. Most of the glass is in vegetables, 

 but Mr. Olsem is not happy even with 



An Unusual Opportunity 



For a short time we are offering you our 

 beautiful, green enameled, adjustabla 



Plant Stand 



At a price below cost of manufacture. 

 It has a range in height from 26 to 52 

 inches, and you will find it invaluable 

 for decorative purposes and the display 

 of plants and baskets in your store and 

 window. 



Poppy design is carried throughout. 



A beautiful ornament for any store. 



Sale Price - $2.00 each 

 PERCY JONES 



-INC. 



30 EAST RANDOLPH STREET 

 CHICAQO - - ILLINOIS 



good crops and high prices — he wants 

 to grow flowers. He has a small stock 

 of carnations, enough to give cuttings 

 to plant the whole place next summer, 

 which will take about 70,000 plants. 



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