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The Florists^ Review 



June 14. 1917. 





Quality Always with No. 65 



WHERE ? 



to 



BUY 

 BEAUTIES 



There are only a few wholesale houses 

 in 



CHICAGO 



who have their own supply. We are 

 among those that have them. 



(Summer Crop now coming on.) 



"IF IT'S 



IN 

 CHICAGO 



YOU 

 GET IT" 



F. T. D. Service 

 in a Wholesale Wn 

 protects the Reta 

 Florist. 



It's cheaper to bus- 

 cut flowers in the 

 World's Greatest 

 Cut Flower Market 

 than it is for you tc 

 grow them. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



TWO STORES 



163-165 and 174 N.Wabash Ave. 



WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CUT FLOWERS AND PLANTS 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ply and are clearing readily. Other 

 varieties of roses are in large supply. 

 Preference, generally speaking, is given 

 to Russell, of which variety large cuts 

 of fair quality stock are arriving. The 

 color has faded as the result of warm, 

 bright weather. Next call is generally 

 for red roses, Milady being in biggest 

 demand, but the supply of red roses is 

 lighter than other colors. There are 

 great quantities of short Killarneys on 

 the market, but they move slowly. Car- 

 nations are in tremendous supply and 

 drag heavily. Much of the stock arriv- 

 ing is of poor quality. 



Valley is a little more plentiful than 

 last week and the supply is just about 

 large enough to meet the demand. 

 There are not many Easter lilies and 

 they sell poorly. Callas also are in small 

 supply, but stock arriving moves slowly 

 at low prices. Orchids are scarce. 

 Stocks are in small supply. Good quality 

 stocks sell fairly well. Although there 

 are plenty of peas, there is not much 

 good stock coming in. What high qual- 

 ity peas do arrive, however, find a fair 

 market. Gladioli are selling fairly well, 

 Pendleton leading. There are quite a 

 number of double poeticus on the mar- 

 ket. They sell slowly, however. 



Peonies are in large supply, some ex- 

 cellent quality stock arriving. Pink is 

 in great predominance, although white 

 is beginning to arrive in larger quanti- 

 ties. Peonies sell fairly well. The first 

 of the local crops commenced to come 

 in last week. 



Lilacs are at the end of their season. 

 Snapdragons sell poorly. Quite a bit of 

 candytuft is arriving. New southern 

 ferns have relieved the scarcity of east- 

 ern stock. 



LOCAL PEONIES 



We also have a lar]{e supply of all other seasonable Flowers and Greens. 



SUPPLIES 



Baskets, Ribbons, Chiffons, Corsage Sliields, Pins, Magnolia 

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



O. A. & L. A. TONNER 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND SUPPLIES 

 30 E. Randolph St., l. D. Phone Central 6284 CHICAGO 



Mr. Spencer's View. 



A. C. Spencer is one of those fortunate 

 gentlemen to whom clear vision has 

 been given; he is able to distinguish be- 

 tween essentials and non-essentials, and 

 he does not permit himself to become 

 too hurried for thought. 



Mr. Spencer says the flower business, 

 especially in the cities, undoubtedly 

 has been affected by the use of the word 

 economy by public men when all they 

 meant was to disparage the waste of 

 food and fuel. But Mr. Spencer thinks 

 the campaign for "economy" has 

 spent its force. 



The growers have had a good season, 

 Mr. Spencer thinks. He says a few 

 days of glut causes them to forget that 

 for eight solid months flowers have 

 been none too plentiful. To get better 

 prices, one must ask better prices, he 

 says, but in the end wholesale and re- 

 tail prices, at least in Chicago, are 

 fixed by the law of supply and demand. 

 If growers are not satisfied with values, 

 says Mr. Spencer, the remedy is to be 

 found in growing better flowers, which 



would mean not so many flowers, which 

 will automatically bring better prices. 

 The trouble, says Mr. Spencer, lies in 

 the fact that not all the growers whose 

 object has been quantity production can 

 see that it may be time to change the 

 program. 



Various Notes. 



At the home of the bride's parents, 

 5430 Indiana avenue. June 12. Miss 

 Phyllis Beilman, daughter of John J. 

 Beilman and Mrs. Beilman, and A. Mil- 

 ler, president of the American Bulb 

 Co., were quietly married, none but 

 members of the familv being present. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Miller will spend their 

 honeymoon on a western trip. 



Wm. Wienhoeber and wife will leave 

 for an extended trip through the west 

 June 19. They expect to be away for 

 a month to six weeks. 



C. L. Sherer, of Kyle & Foerster, is 

 happy over the arrival of an 8-pound 

 baby at his home. 



"Pessimistic? Not much. I think 

 the flower business will be better than 

 ever," says H. Van Gelder, of Percy 



