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The Florists^ Review 



June 14, 1917. 



Peonies RQSES CARNATIONS 



For Weddings and School Commencements 



All orders given our personal attention. Same care taken in selection of 

 orders as if you yourself were here to choose stock. Large supply of all grades. 

 When you place your orders with us you will be enabled to give your customers 

 excellent value and at the same time make a good profit for yourself. 



E rne ^ Company 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



30 E. Randolph St. 



Successors to ERNE & KLINGEL 



L D. Phone Randolph 6578 

 Auto. 41-716 



CHICAGO 



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an outing there. The trip was made in 

 Mr. Amling's Packard. 



Damm Bros., who had a fine Easter 

 crop of lilies, now are repeating their 

 success with bedding stock. They also 

 have a splendidly flowered lot of ram- 

 bler roses that are being distributed 

 among the retail stores. 



Andrew McAdams, Jacksonville, 

 Fla., an old-time florist, was in the city 

 last week visiting friends. 



Emil Buettner is not one of the 

 growers who believe in early planting. 

 He says he never has had his best re- 

 turns from roses that were benched 

 early in the season and that, on the 

 other hand, his best results always have 

 been with late planted stock. 



Miss 0. A. Tonner, of O. A. & L. A. 

 Tonner, paid a visit to the Austin- 

 Littleford Nurseries, Downers Grove, 

 111., June 10, to look over the prospects 

 for the local peony crop. She says that 

 everything appeared to be in fine con- 

 dition, frost not having damaged the 

 plants as much as had been expected. 



A, Henderson & Co. received a car- 

 load of cane stakes last week. 



Visitors. 



G. Madvig, secretary and treasurer of 

 C. Kooyman Co., Inc., wholesale florists 

 and bulb dealers, San Francisco, called 

 on the trade here last week, buying and 

 selling. 



E. E. Temperley, Gus Bookedis and 

 John Grande, Jr., of Indianapolis, 

 looked over the market last week. They 

 made the trip by automobile. 



John Furrow, of Furrow Bros., Guth- 

 rie, Okla., came to town last week on 

 his annual trip to market peaches. He 

 will be at the Brevoort hotel for a 

 month. 



T. C. Fagan, of Fagan's Seed Store, 

 Indianapolis, Ind., was in Chicago last 

 week looking for more stock. Mr. 

 Fagan says this was the biggest season 

 he has ever experienced. 



The presence of the following visitors 

 was noted last week: Miss A. Hartigan, 

 Michigan City, Ind; W. T. Usinger, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa.; Arthur Doebel, Nor- 

 walk, O.; B. M. Knontz, of McGregor 

 Bros. Co., Springfield, O.; C. L. W. Sny- 

 der, El Paso, 111. 



CUT FLOWERS 



FOR ALL OCCASIONS 



ATTJ ^fGr- ^ Cpitipa nV 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 

 30 E. Randolph St., l. D. Phone Central 3373 



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KANSAS CITY, MO. 



The Market. 



Business in general was good last 

 week, the number of orders for gradua- 

 tion exercises being far in advance of 

 those of any previous year. Some of 

 the schools had regulation bouquets, 

 but these did not take so wdl. More 

 baskets than ever before wei*e sent as 

 gifts. The greater activity kept the 

 market cleared of stock throughout the 

 week, and stock of all kinds was plenti- 

 ful. Greens now are scarce; the only 

 good green to be had now is home- 

 grown Sprengeri, for which good prices 

 arc realized. Roses are of good qual- 

 ity, but sell too cheaply. The same 

 may be said of carnations and lilies. 



The large supply of peonies arriving 

 hurts the sale of greenhouse cut stock. 



Various Notes. 



W, J. Barnes reported a rushing busi- 

 ness in cut flowers, bedding work and 

 decorations. He furnished a large 

 number of palms for graduation exer- 

 cises, and funeral work was above nor- 

 mal for the week. Mr. Barnes now is 

 potting some fine August-sown cycla- 

 men seedlings into 8-inch pots. 



A. Newell says graduation exercises 

 are becoming a better thing for florists. 

 More fancy baskets and corsage bou- 

 quets were sent out than the common 

 bouquet. 



Samuel Murray reported that orders 

 for graduation bouquets increased con- 

 siderably over those of last year. Mr. 



