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The Florists^ Review 



Decembeb 23, 1920 



If tho village board of Niles Center 

 passes an ordinance the draft of which 

 was published in the local newspaper, 

 no more greenhouses can be erected 

 within the corporate limits of that vil- 

 lage. A hearing was set for Thursday 

 evening, December 23, at the board 

 rooms at Niles Center. 



That the general supply of carna- 

 tions in this market this Christmas does 

 not exceed half last year's supply is 

 the opinion of August F. Poehlmann. A 

 part of the decrease is accounted for 

 by some reduction in the bench space 

 given to carnations this season, several 

 large growers having gone into other 

 lines, but Mr. Poehlmann thinks the 

 Christmas shortage is attributable in 

 greater part to summer and autumn 

 growing conditions, which brought a 

 heavy early crop and will bring an- 

 other a little later, but which left Christ- 

 mas in between. 



Alois Frey returned to his home at 

 San Fernando, Cal., December 19. He 

 has large quantities of freesias planted 

 on his new place and expects to have 

 close to a million bulbs of his two named 

 varieties to market next summer. 



At his greenhouses, at 5332 Bowman- 

 ville avenue, Elmer E. Wehrmann had 

 a good Christmas cut of roses. He has 

 approximately 24,000 plants of Russell 

 and Premier and some Sunburst. 



John Enders was the recipient of a 

 signal honor December 18, when he was 

 elected president of Dearborn Chorus, 

 an organization known to every Mason. 

 Why is Sunburst throwing so many 

 crooked stems this season? Some grow- 

 ers have the rose 's initial in the neck of 

 each flower. 



Cassimir Gouza was in cities to the 

 east, as far as Pittsburgh, last week in 

 the interest of the cut flower depart- 

 ment of the A. L. Bandall Co. 



C. J. Michelsen was able to return 

 home December 18 for the first night in 

 more than a month, June having recov- 

 ered from the attack of scarlet fever 

 which had kept the family in quaran- 

 tine. 



C. L. Sherer spent several days on 

 the road last week, for the Chicago 

 Flower Growers' Association. He vis- 

 ited several cities between Chicago and 

 Pittsburgh and found the trade every- 

 where doing a satisfactory business and 

 preparing for a big Christmas. 



Christmas means nothing to Henry 

 Wehrmann this year, for at Melrose 

 Park there are no sweet peas. The dark 

 weather absolutely cleaned the vines of 

 buds. 



Probably there is no store in Chicago 

 which enjoys the patronage of people 

 better able to pay good prices, but Ed- 

 ward Mallinson, manager of the Flcisch- 

 man Floral Co., says he deplores high 

 costs and the resultant high retail 

 charges. It is his belief that continued 

 high prices will "kill the game," but 

 of course he recognizes that growers 

 still need the money the same as re- 

 tailers do. 



With his lawyer, W. J. Keimel has 

 been busy revising the primary draft of 

 the by-laws of the National Flower 

 Growers' Association, of which he is 

 president, to put the document in better 

 legal form. It will stand as adopted at 

 Cleveland, save that the matter of dues 

 will be decided upon at the meeting at 

 Washington January 27. 



The Suburban Floral Co., Inc., has 



The Sun Shines Bright 



on the prospects 



For the New Year 



We are offering a choice lot of stock 

 for your New Year's trade and quote herewith 

 the prices which are our best judgment of what 

 the market will be — you can rely on Pyfer & Co. 

 for good stock and the lowest market prices. 



Order Now for New Year's 



Premier, Columbia and Rustell Per i03 



Short $10.00 @ 4ia.0O 



Medium 15.00 @ moO 



Long 26.00 @ m.OO 



Extra Long 40.00 @ i*B.OO 



Ophelia, Sunburst, Hearst, Maryland ^. 

 and White Killarney Per i^ 



Short $ 8.00 @ W).00 



Medium 12.00 @ $5.00. 



Lo^g^ 20.00 @ 25.00 



Milady, Hootier Beauty and Montrose 



Limited Stock Per 100 



Short $10.00 @ $12.00 



Medium 15.00 @ 20.00 



Long 25.00 Q 25.00 



Carnations 



We will have our usual supply of high-grade, fancy stock, with plenty of 

 RED for all orders. Per 100 



Choice, fancy, assorted $12.00 @ 15.00 



Sweet Peas, Violets, Calendula and Paper Whites 

 Dwarf Baby and Bush Boxwood 



Fifty-pound crates $12.50 to $15.00 



Per pound 30 



Asparagus and Sprengeri 



Per bunch 35c to 50c 



Ferns Adiantum 



Per thousand $4.00 to $5.00 Per hundred $1.00 to $2.00 



Galax 



Bronze and Green, per thousand $2.00 



Subject to market change. 



Our Mottot *^othiiig U too mnch trouble to picate a castomcr.'' 



164 NORTH WABASH AVENUE CHICAQO. ILUNOIS 



L. D. Phones, Coiitral 3373, 3374 



