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The Florists' Review 



Fbbbuahy 10, 1921 



WIRE 



YOUR 

 ORDERS 



FOR VALENTINE'S DAY 



CHOICE ROSES 



Sunburst Premier 



Columbia 



Russell 



Brunner 



White Killarney 



Beauties 



Milady 



Ophelia 



Pink Killarney 



Butterfly 



Richmond 



Carnations 

 Violets 

 Calendulas 

 Stevia 



Paper Whites 

 Mignonette 

 S^veet Peas 

 Easter Lilies 

 Pussy Willow^ 



Boxwood 



Sprengeri 



Galax 



Ferns 



Adiantum 



Plumosus 



Smilax 



Mexican Ivy 



Leucothoe 



Our Prices Never are Higher Than Others Ask for an Equally Good Grade of Stock 



F rne ^ C ompany 



30 E. Randolph St. 



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CHICAGO 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



method of using America as a dumping 

 ground for surpluses after Dutch reprc- 

 scnatives have filled their order books 

 with American orders given at high 

 prices, was severely condemned." 



The meeting was addressed by Mr. 

 Langler, representing Van Wavercfti & 

 Sons, whose remarks were greatly ^ap- 

 preciated, lie gave some interesting 

 information as to the possibilities of 

 saving on freight and forwarding 

 charges. Many questions were asked 

 Mr. Langler, particularly pertaining to 

 the cause of tulips coming blind. No 

 definite reason could be assigned that 

 would account for this trouble, but sev- 

 eral theories were advanced. This 

 brought on a discussion as to the advis- 

 ability of rerouting shipments. 



"The consensus," says Secretary 

 Schiller, "was that the bulb situation 

 at present is so serious that unless 

 the Dutch houses see the necessity of 

 getting the bulbs to the forcers in good 

 condition, the forcers for self-preserva- 

 tion will have to petition the powers 

 that be to place the few remaining bulbs 

 that are now admitted in the same class 

 as those prohibited. 



"This first meeting was well attended 

 by an enthusiastic body of men, who 

 firmly believe we can devise means of 

 relieving some of the disagreeable fea- 

 tures of the bulb forcing business." 



Various Notes. 



Emil Buettner is preparing to replant 

 a large part of his space this spring. He 

 acquired 30,000 Manetti stocks, through 

 the A. L. Randall Co., and the crew is 

 busv at grafting Premier, Columbia and 

 Butterfly. Mr. Buettner greatly prefers 

 grafted "to own-root roses, and uses only 

 English stocks. 



Kirsch Bros., at Morton Grove, have 

 had fine success with the Ethel Fisher 

 carnation. A. T. Pyfer says the variety 

 makes friends wherever it goes, among 

 retailers nnd the public, because of its 

 keeping qualities. He has had them on 

 his own desk in a warm office for a week 

 at a time in good condition. 



Guy W. French is making his way 

 homeward from a trip to the coast for 

 the A. B. C. Writing from Salt Lake 

 City, February 4, he says: "Business 

 very good in our line. The western 



Increase in sales over 

 the previous year 



$112,676.93 



In our 40 years several wholesale houses have 

 come and gone that had started soon after 

 we first became established. 



To continue the success that was destined to 

 be ours it has been our policy to meet the 

 wishes of the growers and retailers and still 

 seek a higher level for the approval of the 

 grower and the retailer; that is, to protect 

 the patronage of the retail florist and the 

 welfare of the consignor. 



To rightly serve BOTH we always have felt 

 a keen sense of our responsibility. 



florists are a splendid bunch of fellows, 

 and all take The Keview." 



A. .J. Zech spent two days in New 

 Orleans last week, combining business 



and ideasure. lie was impressed by the 

 activity in the retail flower stores there. 

 Not only are these stores more numerous 

 than in most cities of that size, but they 



