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The Florists^ Review 



Jlnk 28, 1917. 



We are headquarters for fine Roses. Large supply of exceptionally good stock in all grades at 

 the right price. Your mail or telegraph order given the same personal attention which you yourself 

 would give it. Any quantity. 



CARNATIONS 



Let us fill your Carnation needs. We have a 

 large supply of good quality stock. 



PEONIES 



Excellent home-grown Peonies. Cannot be 

 beat for value on this market. 



F rne ^ C ompany 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



30 E. Randolph St. 



Successors to ERNE & KLINGEL 



L D. Phooe Randolph 6578 

 Auto. 41-718 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when ron write. 



seller. Oplielia is in lieaviest supply of 

 the roses and moves fairly well, though 

 not so easily as the darker colored 

 varieties. 



The carnation season is rapidly ap- 

 proaching its end. Stock is still in over- 

 sujjply, liowever, and the quality has 

 retrograded because of the heat. They 

 sell slowly. A retrospect of the season 

 on this item proves quite satisfactory. 

 Althougli the season was late in start- 

 ing, it was also late in ending, and re- 

 turns for the season are not so bad as 

 they might have been. 



Peonies are in heavy supply this 

 week, because it is the heiglit of the 

 local season. Larger quantities than 

 were exj)ected are going into cold stor- 

 age, l)ecause at present the demand is 

 lethargic and low ])rices prevail. It 

 is expected July will afford a better 

 market for them. Easter lilies are in 

 good suj)ply, but sell poorly. Valley 

 remains the same; enough, but none 

 too much. Orchids are still a scarce 

 item. Some good quality sweet peas 

 are arriving and are meeting witli an 

 active demand. Poor quality stock, on 

 the other hand, of which there is con- 

 siderable, is ])roving difficult to dis- 

 ]K)se of. Gladioli are in fair demand. 

 Daisies are selling fairly well, although 

 affected by the great quantity of field 

 daisies which may be seen everywhere. 

 The few forget-me-nots which arrive 

 are finding a welcome reception. Pan- 

 sies are about over with, the quality 

 now being poor. Candytuft arrives in 

 good supply and generally speaking 

 sells well. Snapdragons sell slowly. 



Considerable quantities of new 

 southern ferns arc arriving on the 

 market, but eastern stock is still scarce 

 and in active demand. 



All the wholesale houses in tliis mar- 

 ket are preparing to close at ."5 p. m. 

 ])eginning July 2. Buyers out of town 

 should take note and get their orders 

 in early. 



Various Notes. 



"Xo, business isn't bad; in fact, 

 it's really good," says George Wien- 

 Jioeber. "For instance, at 10 a. m. 

 today (it was Jupe 25) in comes a 

 customer, isays his' father has died at 

 the old liottie town in Indiana. 'Can 

 we send a man and flowers?' Can we? 



F. T. D. Cut Flower Service in a wholesale 

 way with the "Out-of-Town" Retail Florist 

 is practical co-operation between the 

 grower and the retailer. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



Chicago 



Mention The Rerlewwhen you writ*. 



Well, 5:l.j; two men on train with 

 flowers; busy all day; bills over 

 $1,000." 



Tlie marriage of Miss Edith Herle- 

 man, formerly of Marion, Ind., and 

 Herman H. Wenk, })roprietor of the 

 Plaza Flower Shop, 302 West North 

 avenue, is announced. After the cere- 

 mony at the church, June 23, the wed- 

 ding party went to the home of the 

 bride's parents, wliere a supper was 

 served. Mr. Wenk lias owned the 

 Plaza Flower Shop two years and has 

 built an excellent business. Mrs. 

 Wenk is well known to the trade in 

 Marion, Ind., where her father was 

 formerly engaged in the florists' busi- 

 ness. 



State's Attorney Hoyne last week 

 reported he had received a request 

 from the Department of Justice that 

 he take action against those who are 



using the U. S. flag for advertising 

 jnirposes. Included in the letter were 

 advertising cards bearing the Ameri- 

 can flag. One was from Schiller the 

 Florist. The state 's attorney calls at- 

 tention to the penalty for violating the 

 statute, which is fine or imprisonment. 



Frank M. Johnson, of the A. L. Ran- 

 dall Co., is receiving congratulations 

 from his many friends on the arrival 

 of a son at his home June 22. 



O. Johnson is seriously considering 

 disposing of his interests in the Bata- 

 via Greenhouse Co., Batavia, 111., and 

 is looking about for a satisfactory op- 

 portunity to do so. 



Klug & Stahmer, at Park Ridge, 

 have largely increased their output of 

 pink bachelor's buttons this season. 

 They have fixed tlie type in two or 

 three colors, but thus far have not per- 

 mitted any of the stock to get out of 





