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The Florists^ Review 



Dbcbmbeb 4, 1919. 



Henry Wietor has two of them, so there 

 are five good men who can turn a hand 

 to anything at the greenhouses, when- 

 ever a hand is needed. 



O. A. & L. A. Tonner, who are con- 

 servative in everything they do, say 

 they count on 1920 being an even better 

 year than 1919 has been for florists. 



The American Bulb Co., having dis- 

 posed of most of its giganteums, un- 

 loaded two cars of hardy lilies Decem- 

 ber 1. 



A. T. Pyfer & Co. report the arrival, 

 in time for Thanksgiving, of the first 

 pussy willows of the season. 



Leonard Kill, Mrs. Kill and Miss 

 Elizabeth are with Henry A. Zeuder 

 and family, adjoining the Reinberg 

 greenhouses, until they can get into a 

 new home of their own. After Mr. 

 Kill's absence of ten years, his old 

 friends are glad to see him back in the 

 market. 



Those who have made the rounds of 

 the market in years gone by encounter 

 a landmark when they visit the new 

 Weiss-Spandikow range at Maywood. It 

 is the big refrigerator which held the 

 stock in the former store of Percy 

 Jones, Inc., now used for cooling the 

 rose cut before shipment. 



W. W. Barnard Co. received 400 cases 

 of giganteums from Japan December 2. 



The first 1920 calendar to reach The 

 Review is that of Andrew Koike, who 

 has built up a nice business, especially 

 in pot plants, at 5442 North Western 

 avenue. His calendar carries a repro- 

 duction in colors of Frank H. Desch's 

 well known painting, "When Peggy 

 Goes to Town." 



Visitors. 



T. M. Cahill, of Akron, O., was a 

 Thanksgiving visitor here. He is of the 

 firm of GroBsberg & Cahill, who are 

 about to add zest to competition in the 

 flower business in Tire Town, opening a 

 new store at 283 South Main street. 

 Mr. Cahill purchased fixtures, furniture 

 and supplies. He is well known in Chi- 

 cago, having worked for a number of 

 leading retailers here. 



Albert Barber, who has come to be 

 known as the Woolworth of the florists ' 

 trade, arrived from Cleveland Decem- 

 ber 1, in quest of things he can sell in 

 his chain of stores. 



Blaine Wilcox, of J. F. Wilcox & 

 Sons, Council Bluffs, appeared in the 

 market December 1. 



Paul M. Palez is here this week, look- 

 ing as though prosperity extends at 

 least as far as Little Rock. 



Martin Reukauf, of Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., is here, returning from the west. 

 He says that if business was any better 

 it would be bad for all of us. 



J. W. Davis, of Terre Haute, Ind., 

 was a recent visitor. 



Ralph M. Ward, who has located at 

 Lawrence, Kan., was here a few days 

 ago and placed an order with the Lord 

 & Burnham Co. for two iron-frame 

 houses each 40 x 200, to go up as soon 

 as possible. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Tbe Market. 



From all reports gathered from re- 

 tailers, wholesalers and growers, this 

 year's Thanksgiving business was the 

 best ever experienced by the local trade. 

 The market was in a splendid condi- 

 tion, especially in the cut mum supply. 

 Not In any of the recent years were 



Wreaths like this and Baskets of 



Our Baby Boxwood 



Mrill sell like hot-cakes 



FOR CHRISTMAS 



Small lots, 30c lb.; 25 lbs. and up, 26c lb. 



ABSOLUTELY NO WASTE. SOLD AT NET WEIGHT. 



A FULL UNE OF ROSES 



PREMIER RUSSELL COLUBIBIA OPHELIA 



SUNBURST HEARST KILLARNEY WHITE KILLARNEY 



POMPONS, L^TE MUMS, CARNATIONS, CALENDULAS, 

 PUSSY WILLOW, PLUMOSUS, FERNS, GALAX 



Our Motto: "Nothing is tx) much trouble to please a customer." 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 

 l'>4 N. Wabash Ave., L. D. Phone, Central 3373 



CHICAGO 



WE OFFER 



IMMORTELLES 



NEW CROP 



Red, Yellow, White, Purple, Lavender 



^ $65.00 per 100 bunches 



C. J. SPEELMAN & SONS, 38 Himy St.. NEW YORK CITY 



chrysanthemums so plentiful as this 

 year and it was well they were, aa the 



demand was large from both local and 

 shipping orders. There were grand 



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