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The Florists^ Review 



May 31, 1917. 



You will appreciate our service 

 For Your 



JDNE WEDDING and CONNENCENENT TRADE 



You will want good stock for your school commencement and June wedding trade. 

 The quality of our flowers, combined with our prompt, unsurpassed service, will make it 

 possible for you to furnish your customers with the best, freshest stock to be had. Your 

 customers will be pleased. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 

 30 East Randolph Street, 



CHICAGO 



L. D. Phone Central 3373 



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ORDER YOUR PEONIES NOW 



The Peony is the best value to be found in the flower market. Its keepinsr qualities are unsurpassed. We 

 will have a laree supply of excellent quality stock in all colors. Let us supply y<>u. $6.00 to $8.00 per !00. 



Also a complete line of all other seasonable flowers. 

 SPANISH IRIS, .... $4.00 TO $8.00 PER 100 



fillPPI ICC^Baskets, Ribbons, Chilfons, Corsasre Shields, Pins. MaKnolia 



Leaves, Waterproof Crepe Paper in all colors, Boxes, etc. 



O. A. & L. A. TONNER 



30 East Randolph Street 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND SUPPLIES 

 L. D. Phone Central 6284 



CHICAGO 



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think only of calamity, but they ap- 

 pear to be in the small minority. 



Peter Schousboe, general foreman of 

 Peter Reinberg's greenhouses, has 

 moved his home to 5450 North Eobey 

 street, the old Reinberg residence oc- 

 cupied by Emil Reichling while su- 

 perintendent of the greenhouses. 



Making hay while the sun shines, the 

 American Bulb Co. has displayed an 

 assortment of bedding plants at its 

 enlarged store on Wabash avenue'. Al- 

 though geraniums now are selling well, 

 tomato plants are said to be in great- 

 est request. A basket of eight readily 

 retails for 50 cents, where six for 25 

 cents was the usual price of other sea- 

 sons. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. employed its new 

 store in the Le Moyne building for the 

 handling of its city trade for Memorial 

 day. F. F. Benthey was in charge. 



G. M. Reburn thinks that the Ber- 

 muda growers, if they can free the 

 bulbs from disease, will find a quick re- 

 turn of popularity for the Harrisii lily. 

 Mr. Reburn is impressed by the number 

 of growers who ask about it. 



Frank J. Rioux, of the store fixture 

 division of the A. L. Randall Co., says 

 that business is humming in his de- 

 partment. Refrigerators have been 

 shipped within the last two weeks to 

 the Flower Shop, Rock Island, 111.; 

 Joy Floral Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., and 

 The Fernery, Omaha, Neb. 



Counter trade has been most satis- 

 factory at the new store taken over 

 last week by A. Henderson & Co. The 

 store is located on the same block with 

 the company's old quarters and has a 

 frontage on both Lake and State 

 streets. A large line of bedding plants 

 is moving nicely. 



John Kruchten has almost completely 

 recovered from his rheumatism. 



"It has been April all through 

 May," is the way John P. Degnan 

 describes conditions at Winterson's 

 Seed Store. 



Visitors. 



B. C. Blake, of Springfield, O., who 

 specializes on ferns for the wholesale 

 trade, was a visitor May 28. 



Marion Uhlschmidt, of Grimm & 

 Gorly, St. Louis, was a visitor last week, 

 in quest of orchids for a high class 

 funeral job. He found almost every- 

 thing else plentiful. 



W. J. Vesey, Jr., of Fort Wayne, Ind., 

 was in town last week. He expects to 

 consign large quantities of orchids to 

 this-market next season. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



A retrospect of last week 's condi- 

 tions shows how unstable is the market. 

 T}ie first part of the week stock was 

 overplentiful; carnations, roses and 

 lilies could be had in any quantity at 

 low prices. At the end of the week, 

 stock was in short supply, with the de- 

 mand heavy. Numerous weddings, fu- 

 nerals and social functions caused an 

 active demand and, owing to the dark, 

 chilly weather, no new stock was 

 brought in. 



Memorial day stock is greatly re- 

 tarded. Peonies, the usual standbys, 

 will come about two weeks after the 

 holiday. The early purple iris is about 

 at the end of its season and the later 

 varieties will not make it. Candytuft, 

 feverfew and stocks will be scarce at 



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 56 E. Randolph St., Chicago 



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this time. There will, however, be a 

 good supply of roses, carnations and 

 snapdragons, but, it is thought, not 

 enough to supply the demand. 



Roses range in price from $3 to $15 

 per hundred; carnations $3 and $4 per 

 hundred, with fancies at $5; callas $1 

 per dozen and Easter lilies $10 per 

 hundred. 



Orchids and valley are in big de- 

 mand, as there is the usual number of 

 spring weddings, together with parties, 

 luncheons and showers for the June 

 brides. 



Bedding stock has been moving well, 

 although there seems to be an unlim- 



