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The Florists^ Review 



March 31, 1921. 



IT PAYS 



TO USE 



ELASTIC FIRE BRICK 



In All Your 

 Boiler Work 



Any Handy Man Can Install It. 



Use it for patching when you cannot afford to cut a boiler out. 



ELASTIC FIRE BRICK can be used for all fire brick purposes. 



Hocrber Bros., Geo. Wittbold Co.» Miller Bros., C. Haosermann, John Reading and Broadbeck the FlorUl 

 arc using Elastic Lining. These are only a few of the thousands we are selling. 



IT COMES IN BARRELS READY FOR USE. A TRIAL ORDER WILL CONVINCE YOU. 



CURRAN & COMPANY 



Tel. CANAL 1013 



1163-67 W. Twentieth Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Address Dept. 6 



ciill. Ill ('()iist'(|iK'iif(', tlicro was a flood 

 of i)otted flowors rushed into the mar- 

 ket early in the week and marked at 

 prices that moved the stock (|uickly. 

 But there was fjeiieral rejoicinfj over 

 the respite tliat came witli tlie cooler 

 conditions of March '2'2 and the remain- 

 der of the Aveek. 



Easter Echoes. 



Edward Brooke, of T. ,T. .Johnston & 

 Co., reports haviiij;- the best Kaster 

 business in his experience. 



William A. Jiowers s;iys he was kept 

 on the Jiinii) all the weidv ;ind had a 

 bif( trade. 



Notwithstaiidiiifr several extra clerks 

 and delivery trucks, .Johnston Bros, 

 were unable to keep up with the de- 

 mand. 



The Colonial Flower Whop handled a 

 large iuiiount of novelties, in addition 

 to a bijj business on rejjular lines. 



Timothy O'Connor said twice as 

 much could have been liandled if there 

 had been time. Both at the green- 

 houses and at the downtown stores the 

 drive was on. 



Macnair Florist had all the business 

 he could handle at both his regular 

 stores, while thousands of jilants were 

 handled in a feni])orary store opi)osite. 



The Westminster (ireenhouses made 

 a good cleaii-u]! with ;in unusually l;irg<' 

 stock. 



Reuben Po|)kiii, who conducts the 

 store under the n.nne of Smith the 

 Florist, reports a big rush since the 

 concentration of his two stores at Wash- 

 ington and J'nion strtn'ts. 



The I-'ast Greenwich (ireenhouses had 

 a "temiiorary store at the Ajipoiiaug 

 I'our Corners during Kaster. 



Various Notes. 



Albert Holscher is contemplating 

 some extensive overhauling of his 

 range, on Hartford avenue, this s])ring. 



Page F. Pott<T, of the Colonial 

 Flower Shop, was a busiiu-ss visitor in 

 Boston last week. 



A chimney fire caused sever.'il hun- 

 dred dollars' damage to the roof of 

 Fred B. Luther's residence, corner of 

 Niagara street and .Vdelaide avenue, 

 last week. 



The Lowell (ireenhouses, operated by 

 Cohen liros., had charge of the decor.i- 

 tions for the Davis-Paster wedding last 

 week. 



George Hunt, of Burnside street, has 

 the .sympathy of the entire tr;tde in 

 the serious illness of his wife. 



\V. II. M. 



New Braunfels, Tex. — William Keien 

 burg, proprietor of the Plaza hotel in 

 this town, plans to go into the flower 

 business in the near future. 



What Prominent Growers Think 

 About the Standard Recording Thermometer 



Erie, Pa., Dec. 16. 1919. 

 "Please send us another of those ther- 

 mometer clocks, just like the one you 

 sent us about two weeks ago. We 

 would never be without one again." 



Trost & Steinfurth. 



ORDER NOW 



$40.00 



STANDARD 



65 Shirley Street, 



The actuating element of the Standard Record- 

 ing Thermoineter la of lamina metal, which, be- 

 sides being extremely sensitive to temperature 

 changes, is practically indestructible. Record 

 charts are furnished either daily "r weeVly, and 

 the whole mechanism is contained in an attra tive 

 metal case fitted with lock and key, which insures 

 the record from being tampered with. 



The clock movement is of extremely high grade; 

 everything about the instrun entisup to the high- 

 est possible standard of manufacture. 



THERMOMETER 



75-19 



COMPANY 



BOSTON, MASS. 



COMPETITION PROVES OUR QUALITY 



"MOSS AZTEC" 

 Ware 



Azalea Pots 

 Hanging Baskets 

 Lawn Vases 

 31rd Baths, Etc 



RED POTS 



Best Materials— Skilled Labor— Uniformly 

 Burned — Carefully Packed. 



THE ZANE POTTERY CO., ^^i'^S5.?..!'^J^\^rl: So. Zancsville, Ohio 



IONIA POTS ARE STRONG 



Always burned to the same degree of hardness. Our kilns are equipped with heat- 

 measuring pyrometers and other up-to-the-minute improvements. Every detail of man- 

 ufacture, from the clay bank to the strong crates in which Ionia pots are carried to 

 you, marks an advancement over old-time methods. Let us have your order now. 

 WE WILL SHIP WHEN YOU ARE READY. 



*^Sale^?rre:yr.^?* IONIA POnERY CO., IONIA, MICH. 



GEORGE KELLER POTTERY CO. 



Successors to 

 GEO. KELLER & SON 



Manufacturers of 



RED POTS 



Before buying write for prices 

 2614-2622 Hcmdon Street 



Near Wrightwood Avenue 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



KANSAS RED PUTS 



All regular sizes in Standards, Azaleas. 

 Rulb Pans an) Saucers: also Haneinx 

 Baskets, Porch .Jardiniei es and Lawn Vases. 



Write for prices. 



The Pittabarg Clay Products Co. 

 Pittsburg, Kansas. 



ASTICA 



USEJTNOW. 



F.O.PlERGECa 



p. O. Box 294 

 NEW YORK 



MMtlca ii elMtic and (enacions, admiU 

 of expansion and contraction. Putty be- 

 comes hard and brittle. Broken glass more 

 easily rrnoved without breaking of other 

 glass as occurs with hard puttr. 



Lasti Liifer Tku ritty. Cvy U Apply 



Miller's Line of Pots and Bands 



For Prices sec Issac of March 24. 



Nideri Nft C«.,r.0.B«z28S4,lluUMpiut.rt. 



