Decembbb 18. 1919. 



The Florists' Review 



71 



r* Th » florists whose cards aitpear on tbe paces carrylnc this head, are prepared to till orders 

 — — from other florists tor local delivery on the usual ttasls. 



CHICAGO 



"The Home of the Flowers" 



OUR SERVICE COVERS THE CITY AND ITS SUBURBS 



AS WITH A BLANKET 



WRISTS 



Southeast corner 47th St. 

 and Lake Park Ave. 



( Oakland 495 



Phones: \ " 496 



497 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



SCOTT THE FLORIST 



MEMBER FLORISTS' TELEGRAPH DELIVERY 



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BUFFALO 

 NEW YORK 



Reading, Pa. 



Rotary 



Member F. T. D. 



GILES 



THE 



FLORIST 



superintendent for this firm, will prob- 

 ably take a large part of Mr. Burki 's 

 responsibility during the latter 's ab- 

 sence. Mr. and Mrs. Kocher entertained 

 at their home Wednesday evening, De- 

 cember 10, with a large dinner party in 

 lienor of Mr. and Mrs. Burki, the guests' 

 list including Mr. and Mrs. Langhans, 

 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Clarke, Mr. 

 ■ind Mrs. Ernest C. Ludwig, Mr. and 

 Mrs. Ira B. Crawford and other old 

 Tiends and neighbors, numbering about 

 lorty. Miss Roma Burki, who remained 

 with the other children in California, 

 was formerly identified with the cler- 

 •i al force at the wholesale store in town. 

 Joseph M. Jones, of 401 Penn avenue, 

 IS dealing heavily in Christmas trees 

 ♦liis year. Mr. Jones and his family re- 

 •fntly returned to their town house fol- 



lowing a prolonged season at his farm 

 near Valencia, Pa. 



Manager W. H. Carney, of the Flo- 

 rists ' Supply Co., Inc., has engaged G. P. 

 Smith, of Wilkinsburg, a certified ac- 

 countant, to take charge of the firm's 

 accounting department. Mr. Carney has 

 also added a large truck to the firm's 

 delivery system. 



Mr. and Mrs. De Forest W. Ludwig 

 are receiving the congratulations of 

 their friends upon the arrival of a young 

 son, their first child, December 4. The 

 child has been named John Collins Lud- 

 wig, for his maternal grandfather, Joiin 

 George Collins, of Meyersdale, Pa. 



The display windows of Beckert's 

 Seed Store showed last week a most at- 

 tractive exhibition of rustic bird 

 houses. On the counters were Christ- 



mas boxes of Paper White narcissus 

 bulbs, with pebbles, the buios being de- 

 signed to grow in water. The boxes are 

 oj. three sizes, tue respective selling 

 prices being 25, 50 and 75 cents. 



£j. F. 'J. 



BALTIMOBE, MD. 



The Market. 



The market was again short last week 

 on all lines of stock. The cause for this 

 is quite evident — the growers are hold- 

 ing it back for the holidays and higher 

 prices. Koses were scarce; there was a 

 good demand, but not enough stock to 

 satisfy it. The same, or perhaps a lit- 

 tle worse, condition existed in regard to 

 carnations. Sweet peas were in the 

 same category and violets were hardly 



