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The Florists^ Review 



Dbcbubkb 23, 1920 



ini* nortsto whose cards avpaar on fho pacoa eanylnc this hoad, are prepared to fill orders 

 >— i.. from ether Uortsts for local deUvery on the usual basis. 



OSHKOSH, WIS. 



THE MILES COMPANY 



GROWERS 

 Established 60 years. Member F. T. D. 



RACINE, WIS. 



610-612 



Wiscoasin 

 Street 



THE 



FLOWER 



SHOP 



Member 

 F. T. D. 



:ioiied type of flowers, such as geraniums, 



verbenas, some pot roses and carnations, 



all of which wore disposed of in the 



markets of Washington. Today these 



: two men, still in the prime of life, are 



■ the proprietors of two ranges of about 



600,000 feet of glass, in which nothing 



but the best quality of stock is grown. 



: But I started out in this article to 



speak of moving pictures; it was the 



: two ranges of Gude Bros. Co. in opera- 



' tiou that I witnessed at the movies, 



1 over forty miles away from tlie location 



of the establishment. 



Past and Present. 



The majority of those in the audience 

 '.were j'oung men, all connected with the 

 [florists' business, and to many of them 

 it was an inspiration, as it was to the 

 ; writer. I can remember my first visit 

 'to the Anacostia range, away back in 

 1886, when it was just a group of anti- 

 quated greenhouses, the kind you could 

 take the sashes off in the summer time, 

 much the same as frames are handled 

 today. As I looked at house after house 

 of modern iron construction thrown 

 upon the screen, I marveled that such 

 a transformation could take place in 

 little more than thirty years. We often 

 hear of romance in business; did you 

 ever stop to think that no other industry 

 in this country today can boast of the 

 same romantic progress as the florists' 

 industry? 



The history of Gude Bros. Co. is just a 

 repetition of that of nearly every suc- 

 cessful florists' establishment in the 

 country. Besides possessing executive 

 ability of the highest order, William F. 

 and Adolph Gude find their recreation in 

 the jiroduct ion of high-grade flowers. 

 Flowers are a hobby with them, thougli 

 not a hobby such as golf or fast horses 

 are to some men. Their hobby is to pro- 

 duce the best stock to "Say It with 

 Flowers," and it was only necessary to 

 look at the samples whicli William F. 

 Gude used to illustrate his lecture to real- 

 ize how well they were succeeding with 

 this liobby. What a yileasure it must 

 be for a man like William F. Gude to 

 spend an evening with Iiis brother 

 craftsmen and see the results of his 

 thirty years of toil .'ill pass before his 

 eyes in one evening! 



Lessons of Real Life. 



As T sat and looked at this big, jovial 

 fellow, as he joked with those about 

 him, my mind went back to 1889; then 

 down through the years to 1920. I 



"^.UfMl^^^ 



Members 



of the 



F. T. D. 



Members 



of the 



F. T. D. 



ORJ&SSIVE 



GUDE BROS.CO. 



FLORISTS 



12i4FST.N.W. 



WASHlNGTOHDi::. 



Send Orders for 



WASHINGTON, 

 D.C. 



and vicinity to 



EVERYTHING 

 FIRST-CLASS 



Member F. T. D. 



14th and H. Streets 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Louise Flower Shop 



Connecticut Ave. at N St.. N. W. 



Miss Louise W. DauBhorty, • . Proprietress 



Phones -Franklin 3579, 3841. 3»J2. 



Mombor Florl«t,s' Tclcprapli iJeHvery. 



La Crosse, Wis. 



La Crosse Floral Co. 



Oldest F. T. D. Member 

 We grow all our flowers Guaranteed service 



KENOSHA, WIS. 



L. Turner & Sons, 352 Park Ave. 



Members Florists' Telatcraph Deliverr 



ORDERS IN OR AROUND 



Washington, D. C. 



MEMBER F. T. D. 



GEO. C. SHAFFER 



900 Fourteenth Street 



La Crosse, Wis. 



Send your order for flowers for delivery in 

 this city and vicinity to 



SALZER'S FLORAL GARDENS 



QUALITY AND SERVICE ASSURED 



Racine and Kenosha 



Operstinir larire Greenhouse D M AL^j:_ 

 In both these Wisconsin citie* i. IN. UDenUl 



