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The Florists^ Review 



Deckmbib 23, 1920 



RUSSELL 



COLUMBIA 



PREMIER 



MILADY 



HEARST 



OPHELIA 



Elxcellent Roses 



SUNBURST 



BUTTERFLY 



DOUBLE WHITE KILLARNEY 



CRUSADER 



FINE QUALITY IN ALL LEADING VARIETIES 



We have the only supply of the Nesbit Rose on this market 



CARNATIONS 



White, Litfht Pink, 

 Deep Pink, Red 



GOOD CROP 



Including the finest Mrs. C. W. Ward on this market, bar none 



Daisies, Calendulas, Sweet Peas, Violets, Easter Lilies, 

 Paper Whites, Yellow Narcissi, Stevia, Pansies, Valley 



and all other seasonable Cut Flowers. 



Ferns, Adiantum, Mexican Ivy, Plumosus, Sprengeri 



if yen wiot {ood stock and {ood treatment* bay of Chka^'i moit up-to-date aid best-located Wholesale Cut Flower House 



J. a. BUDLONG CO. 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS 



Roses, Valley and Carnations our Specialties 



184-186 North Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



WK ARK CLOSED ALL DAY SUNDAY 

 8HIPPINQ ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION 



PRICES 



AS 



LOW 



AS 



OTHERS 



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Mention The Review when you write. 



do, for the forty-odd men and the six 

 big trucks were kept busy on the way to 

 and from the leading Chicago flower 

 stores. 



At the Austin range, in addition to a 

 large stock of foliage plants for year- 

 around sale, were three houses of poin- 

 settias, fine, well colored stock. There 

 were some splendid peppers and cher- 

 ries, too. A small stock of araucarias, 

 as fine as one could wish, was on the 

 way out, to be replaced Heaven knows 

 how. The planted baskets showed skill 

 in selection and expertness in arrange- 

 ment. In the storage houses were 15,000 

 lilies ready to fill the emptied benches 

 for Easter. 



At Forest Park, where the atmosphere 

 is clearer, are more blooming plants. 

 Here were the famous cyclamens, which 



filled three sections 30x300, one 36x300, 

 and four 20x150. Though having bet- 

 ter success than most growers with these 

 plants, Mr. Oechslin noted the trouble 

 that all cyclamen growers experienced 

 this year, the cause and cure for which 

 no one seems to have discovered. Some 

 splendidlj' colored Patten and Chate- 

 laine begonias were in excellent shape 

 for the holiday. 



The old houses of the Forest Park 

 range, three in number, are filled with 

 clean, healthy Boston ferns, which go 

 out as soon as they are large enough. 

 For all sorts of foliage plants Mr. Oechs- 

 lin reports an exceedingly heavy call 

 during the autumn. 



But the peace brought by Christmas 

 is short-lived, for the space is immedi- 

 ately to be filled with stock for Easter, 



for spring bedding and for next Christ- 

 mas. For the latter there are 50,000 

 cyclamen seedlings coming on. Gera- 

 niums, ivy, etc., are for spring beddiiiij. 

 For Easter there are 20,000 roses wait- 

 ing in a storage shed for bench space. 

 Spiraeas, hydrangeas and plenty of bulb- 

 ous stock will also be grown for the big 

 day of spring. Every square foot of the 

 two ranges, each containing about 8 ",- 

 000 feet of glass, is working to makJ 

 money to meet the high expenses t'ua 

 grower has today. 



Vaxious Notes. 



The A. L. Kandall Co. had another 

 successful auction sale, mostly of furni- 

 ture, December 18, and many florists 

 took the opportunity to pick up piece? 

 for store, ofBce or home. 



