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The Florists^ Review 



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ers, but are influenced by the place, 

 time, accessories and skill with which 

 they are used. 



Club to Have Show. 



At the Hotel Randolph December 9 

 the Florists' Club will hold its annual 

 novelty show. Exhibits of the newer 

 carnations and chrysanthemums have 

 been promised by Baur & Steinkamp, 

 Indianapolis, and Elmer D. Smith & Co., 

 Adrian, Mich. Numerous other grow- 

 ers are expected to take this oppor- 

 tunity to show the trade what they are 

 doing and an interesting exhibition is 

 assured. Any exhibitor who does not 

 accompany his flowers may send them to 

 Fred Lautenschlager, secretary Chicago 

 Florists' Club, Eandolph hotel, to ar- 

 rive early December 9, and they will be 

 properly staged. It is the club's elec- 

 tion night, but there is no contest this 

 year. 



Mr. Chronis, Bestaurauteur. 



Those who have missed Andrew 

 Chronis from his accustomed place in 

 the store of the Alpha Floral Co., and on 

 the market, may not know that a short 

 time ago he acquired an interest in the 

 Raklios chain of twelve restaurants, be- 

 coming secretary of the corporation, and 

 that he now devotes most of his time to 

 its affairs, making his headquarters at 

 the commissary on Ohio street. 



Mr. Chronis says that, while he is 

 well pleased with his new affairs, a brief 

 experience of the restaurant business 

 was sufficient to show him that success 

 in this, as in the florists' trade, means 

 that a great deal of hard work is to be 

 done. He retains his florist interests, 

 in the Alpha Floral Co., Johnson & 

 Chronis and at the Fair. The Alpha 

 management, formerly given his per- 

 sonal attention, has been placed in the 

 hands of a nephew, James MoUer, who 

 has been associated with the Chronis en- 

 terprises for fifteen years. 



Various Notes. 



The retail florists in the loop favor 

 the proposal to prohibit parking of au- 

 tomobiles downtown, except in Grant 

 park. In the first place, it will make 

 it possible for drivers to deposit pas- 

 sengers at the doors of the flower stores. 

 In the second place, if the cars are left 

 in Grant park large numbers of people 

 will walk, from and to them, past the 

 windows of Lange, Bohannon, Mangel, 

 Fleischman, Alpha and many others, as 

 the flower stores nearly all are on the 

 side streets east of State. Automobilists 

 are not now easy to attract; either they 

 move too fast or the traffic is too con- 

 gested. 



An interesting bit of information is 

 that H. N. Bruns early last summer 

 bought 2,000,000 German marks and 

 placed the funds in the hands of his 

 brother at Hamburg, with which to 

 finance the production of lily of the val- 

 ley pips. The first shipment of 500 

 oases reached Chicago about November 

 15 and the first forced spikes will be 

 ready for St. Valentine's day. Up to 

 that time cold storage stock of the pre- 

 vious year's crop is used.- 



Wietor's white" pompon, the stock of 

 which was acquired from H. W. Rie- 

 man, Indianapolis, has made many 

 friends during its first season on the 

 market. E. Wienhoeber thinks it will 

 become one of the widely grown stand- 

 ard varieties and that it will be fine 

 for growing by the disbudding process 

 many growers employ with Sunshine 



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Current Price List 



ROSES Per 100 



Columbia, Russell and Premier 



LongFancv $20.00 to $25.00 



Choicf Medium 15.00 to 18.00 



Good Shorts 10.00 to 12.00 



Ophelia, Sunburst, White Killamey and Hoosier Beauty 



LonKFanc.v $12.00 to $15.00 



Choice Medium 8.00 to 10.00 



Good Shorts 6.00 



CecUe Brunner 2.00 



CARNATIONS-Extra Special 6.00 to 8.00 



Choice 4.00 to 5.00 



POMPONS— New and standard varieties per large bunch. 50c to 75c 



SWEET PEAS-AU colors per 100. $4.00 to $5.00 



FERNS-New stock per 1000, 4.00 



ADIANTUM per 100, $1.00 to 2.00 



GALAX per 1000. 2,00 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS per bunch, 35c to 50c 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI per bunch, 2oc to 35c 



BOXWOOD per 100 lbs.. $25.00 



Large bunches 3 for $1.00 



Subject to Market Changes 



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