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The Florists^ Review 



jANUATUf 27, 1921 



CHOICE ROSES 



Fancy Carnations, Fine Sweet Peas, Valley, 

 Violets and Other Flowers for buyers 

 whose trade demands the best. 



JOSEPH FOERSTER CO. 



Wholesale Dealers in Cut Flowers 



160 North Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



Ask the man who 

 Buys from us. 



Raedlein's Valentine Baskets 



at Moderate Prices 



Our three special assortments, total $66.75 



Assortment No. I— 50 Tumbler Baskets, 16 to 20 ^22 90 

 inches over all, with liners, in two-tone colors .... «4^^^» >'^ 



Assortment No. 11—26 Medium Cut Flower Baskets, ^ 1 Q Q 5 

 21 to 28 inches overall, in two-tone colors with liners, ^ J » J J 



Assortment No. Ill— 16 Large Cut Flower Baskets, 4^27 40 

 34 to 42 inches over all, in two-tone colors with liners, *P^' .TV 



RAEDLEIN BASKET CO., 713-717 NUwaukee Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 



C. E. Critchell, with a friend from 

 Cincinnati, passed through Chicago 

 January 22, en route to Honolulu for a 

 winter vacation. They will be back 

 before the Easter rush sets in. 



Carl Lindscog, of Minneapolis, was a 

 visitor last week. 



Thomas Joy, of Nashville, spent sev- 

 eral days in this market last week. He 

 reports business good in all three of the 

 cities in which his concern operates, the 

 Atlanta store already having attained 

 success. 



J. S. Wilson, of Des Moines, la., was 

 here this week and it became known 

 that he has just placed under contract 

 of sale a part of his frontage, obtain- 

 ing .$36,000 for what he originally i)ur- 

 chased for $4,000. 



James L. Denmoad, of Marshalltown, 

 la., has been in Chicago this week, com- 

 bining business with pleasure. He says 

 business is back to normal in Iowa. 



J. Aldous, of Iowa City, la., is a vis- 

 itor. His firm operates a good range of 

 glass, growing for retail trade, and is 

 one of the oldest and most continuously 

 successful in the middle west. 



Tnnn 



Wholesale 

 Cot Flowers 

 and Supplies 



30 E. Randolph St. 



Chicago 



Phone Central 6284 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



After a few cold days, which tem- 

 porarily cheered the ice man and local 

 dealers, spring-like temperatures again 



SELIGMAN & STEIN 



FLORISTS' SPECIALTIES 



116 W. 28th St., NEW YORK 



IMPORTERS 

 MANUFACTURERS 



prevail and flowers are coming in more 

 freely. Prices show a softening tend- 

 ency in nearly all lines. American 

 Beauty roses are still somewhat scarce, 

 but hybrid teas are coming in some- 

 what more freely. Columbia, Premier, 



Pilgrim, Crusader, Madame Butterfly, 

 Hadlcy and Mrs. F. Dunlop are all popu- 

 lar and bring top prices. Pilgrim is well 

 liked by everyone and seems likely to 

 be a winner. The Killarneys, as usual, 

 sell better than other varieties. For 



