NoTiuBik 11, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



39 



F. T. D. 



MEMBERS 



WANTED 



within a radius of 600 miles from CHICAGO 



as cut flower buyers in this market 



IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER of the 

 F. T. D., then become one. 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO., 



Wholesale Dealers in Cut Flowers 

 174 N. Wabash Avenue 



CHICAGO 



' 'Principal Location in the Market. ' ' 



FLOWERS YOD NEED FOR THANKSGIVING 



Mums, Pompons, Carnations, Roses, Peas, 

 Valley, Lilies, Paper Whites, Violets 



AND A FULL LINE OF GREENS. 

 Oar Prices Never Are Higher than Others Aak for an Equally Good Grade of Stock* 



F rne ^ Company 



30 E. Randolph St. 



WHOLiaAUB FLORIST! 



L D. PbMM RuMpb 6578 



CHICAGO 



been more active than many other lines, 

 including numbers of those classed as 

 essential. Everybody knows of the 

 practical paralysis of industry in 

 Russia and George J. Ball, the Glen 

 Ellyn sweet pea grower, has found an- 

 other evidence of the nearly necessary 

 character of flowers in the following ex- 

 tract from a newspaper article on busi- 

 ness conditions in St. Petersburg: 



"There are perhaps half a dozen 

 shops still open in St. Petersburg. 

 There is a government crockery shop 

 and there are a few flower shops. It 



is a wonderful fact, I think, that in this 

 city in which most of the shrinking 

 population is already nearly starving 

 and hardly anyone possesses a second 

 suit of clothes or more than a single 

 change of linen, flowers can be and still 

 are bought and sold. For ;"),000 rubles, 

 which is about 6s 8d ($1.50) at the cur- 

 rent rate of exchange, one can get a very 

 pleasing bunch of big chrysanthe- 

 mums. ' ' 



Various Notes. 



The fuel situation continues to ease 



up. There will be coal enough and, 

 while it will not be cheap, it will not 

 bankrupt growers to get it. 



It is the intention of the A. L. Randall 

 Co. to develop its department of plants, 

 bulbs and growers' supplies. William 

 Reid, whose recent marriage with Miss 

 Edna Frauenfelder made it his wish to 

 discontinue traveling, has been placed in 

 charge. 



Ered Stielow, the Niles Center grower, 

 has been on a hunting trip in Michigan. 



The A. L. Randall Co., November 8, 

 liad another of the frequent evening con- 



