June 21, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



23 



Summer Roses, A-1 Quality 



None Better on the Chicago Market 



IF YOU WANT GOOD STOCK AND GOOD TREATMENT 



Send us your orders for ROSES, CARNATIONS, Peonies, Peas, Lilies, Callas, Calendulas, 

 Snapdr-agons, Stocks, Daisies, Pansies, Feverfew, Gypsophila and all other seasonable stock. Also Greens, 

 such as Perns, Asparagus Sprengeri, Green and Bronze Galax, Leucothoe Sprays, Adiantum, Mexican Ivy 

 and Boxwood. We have home-grown Asparagus— hence never a shortage. Also a 

 large supply of our famous Blue Ribbon Valley, which is recognized by city buyers to be the 

 best Valley on the Chicago market. Order some and be convinced. 



B9^ You can increase your profits and business by sending all your orders direct to 



Chicago's most up-to-date and best located Wholesale Cut Flower House 



J.A.BUDLONG 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



184 North Wabash Avanua* CHICAQO 



A Bpaolaltr IHUW tn 



:CUT FLOWERS 



PRICES 



AS 



LOW 



AS 



OTHERS 



■^SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION^VI 



We are in daily touch with market conditions and when a decline takes place you can rely upon orders sent us receiving such benefits. 





Mention The ItoTlew when yon write. 



182 N. Wabash Avenue 



e.50 



l.D. Phone Randolph 631 



ROSES -:- CARNATIONS -:- PEONIES 



(Home Grown) 



We have a heavy supply in all grades and can furnish .you in quantity. Our Roses are exceptionally fine. 



The right stock at the right price. Special attention given to shipping orders. 



Order here— you can't do better elsewhere— often not nearly so well. 



evening of June 15, for two days' 

 fishing. 



Wendland & Keimel Co., Elmhurst, 

 has finished planting and attention has 

 been turned to getting the season's fuel 

 supply on the place. About 3,500 tons 

 of coal -will be needed, and W, J. Keimel 

 says it looks like $2 per ton more than 

 last season's cost. 



Peter Eeinberg saw the fulfillment of 

 one of his long cherished hopes last week 

 in the opening of the county's first 

 forest reserve. Mr. Eeinberg made a 

 speech at the dedication. 



June 19 Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Wietor 

 celebrated their twentieth wedding an- 

 niversary. Mrs. Wietor recently has 

 had a severe illness, but is happily 

 recovered. 



So many new faces appear daily at 

 the new store of Keunicott Bros. Co. 

 that the company has been obliged to 

 adopt a policy of greeting all new cus- 

 tomers with the query, "Are you a 

 retailer?" 



When it is considered that the Russell 

 rose originated near Boston and is 

 named after a Boston woman, it is a 

 bit like the proverbial "carrying coals 

 to Newcastle" to ship Russell roses 

 from Chicago to Boston. Still, that is 

 what the E. C. Amling Co. reports it has 

 been doing recently. 



Among the auto fans who took in 

 the races at the Speedway June 16 were 

 A. Henderson, H. N. Bruns and Guy 

 French and family. 



R. M. Poehlmann, son of August 

 Poehlmann, who has just returned from 



Can a Retail Florist grow cut flowers 

 for his own use and compete against the 

 Chicago market? 



Become an F.T. D. member in a whole- 

 sale way through Kennicott Bros. Co., 

 Chicago, and receive an answer to the 

 above inquiry. * 



Mention The Revtew when yog write. 



the University of Illinois, intends to 

 spend most of the summer working at 

 the greenhouses at Morton Grove. 



H. B. Kennicott and wife and H. and 

 A. G. Lozier, of Des Moines, Iowa, spent 

 June 16 viewing the races at the Speed- 

 way. 



J. E. Pollworth is not in accord with 

 the view that florists discontinue social 

 functions because of the war. He points 



