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The Rorists^ Review 



Max 10, 1017. 



For MEMORIALDAY 



We will have a Complete Line of Cut Flowers 



FANCY PEONIES All Colors 



Also a large supply of Roses, Carnations, Sweet Peas, Snapdragons, 



Spanish Iris, Mignonette, Lilies, Daisies, Orchids, 



Valley, Callas, Calendulas, etc. 



WE PLEASE OTHERS-LET US PLEASE YOU 



Erne ^ ft OMPANY 



30 E. Randolph St 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS Successors to ERNE & KLINGEL 



'-••''iSil^.r.ft'"* CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Order Your Peonies Now 



For Your Memorial Day Trade 



The Peony is the flower for you to buy at this season. There is not a better value to be 



found in the flower market, its Iceeping qualities are unsurpassed. We will have a large 



supply of excellent quality stock in all colors. Let us supply you. 



SPANISH IRIS, extra fine, $4.00 to $10.00 per 100 

 ALSO A COMPLETB LINE OF ALL OTHER SEASONABLE FLOWERS. 



O. A. & L. A. TONNER 



30 East Randolph Street 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND SUPPLIES 



L. D. PhQne Central 6284 



CHICAGO 



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of stock, it being practically impossible 

 to buy flowers from other houses. 



Advance orders for Mothers' day came 

 in heavily all week, and indications are 

 that it will be a banner day this year. 

 One good feature of the business lies 

 in the fact that the demand is for all 

 kinds of flowers this year, instead of 

 being confined to carnations alone, as 

 it has been for the most part in previous 

 years. The present outlook is that stock 

 of all kinds will be scarce. 



American Beauties were a scarce item 

 last week, and prices held firmly to quo- 

 tation figures. Other varieties of roses 

 were in short supply, with a good de- 

 mand moving stock easily. If any 

 preference at all was noticed, it was for 

 white stock, especially on the shorter 

 grades. Eussell is in larger supply than 

 any other rose with some wholesalers, 

 and the quality is excellent. Needless 

 to say, it sells well. 



The shortage of carnations last week 

 was acute, and stiff prices prevailed. 

 There is no question but what this item 

 will be short for Mothers' day. 



Easter lilies and callas shortened up 

 considerably last week, with a more 

 active demand in evidence. Sweet peas 

 also were short and cleaned up well at 

 good prices. The first spring blooming 

 stock made its appearance last week. 



Calendulas, though not so active as other 

 items, moved fairly well, better than 

 they have in some time. Spanish iris was 

 scarce, with a good demand easily clean- 

 ing up all stock that arrived on the mar- 

 ket. Bulbous stock sold considerably 

 better last week, especially jonquils and 

 daffodils, tulips following at a little 

 slower pace. The supply arriving on the 

 market is not large, the season being 

 almost over. Darwins now are the prin- 

 cipal item and hold their popularity. 

 Daisies were in fair supply, but cleared 

 easily. Pansies, although in fairly ample 

 supply, moved well at good prices. Snap- 

 dragons also enjoyed a fair degree of 

 popularity and sold easily. Southern 

 grown peonies are beginning to arrive 

 in fair quantities and are finding a warm 

 reception from an eager market. 



There is a good call for greens, fancy 

 flat ferns of good quality being one of 

 the scarce items. 



Various Notes. 



August Poehlmann, who was seriously 

 ill last week, is reported to be on the 

 way to recovery. He is at the Lake 

 View hospital. 



Believing that Dame Fortune is most 

 successfully wooed by one who puts up 

 a good front, Henry C. Dunn has in- 

 vested a tidy sum in a well appointed 



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WHOLESALE commi«»iow FLORISTS 



CHICAGO 



store on North State street, near Chicago 

 avenue, his first venture under his own 

 name, the culmination of many years 

 of experience in the retail field. Mr. 

 Dunn intimates that his siege of pros- 

 perity and patronage may see the pass- 

 ing of several moons, but that as a 

 besieger he has a full oquipnient, in- 

 cluding patience, aggressiveness and 

 standing. 



The season of 1917-18 will be the last 

 at Hinsdale for Bassett & Washburn. At 

 the close of next season all the glass re- 

 maining there will be removed to the 

 new place at Greggs Station. 



W. J. Smyth comments that his store 

 turned out eleven high-priced casket 

 covers during April, but he adds regret- 

 fully that May is not promising to equal 

 the record. 



Early in June Walter Adams hopes to 

 be located at the southeast corner of 

 North State and Division streets. This 

 is the building that was remodeled some 

 years ago for the north side branch store 



