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The Rorists^ Review 



Jdlx 28, 1921 



the stems being short and the flowers 

 small and the foliage burned. Any- 

 thing of good grade sells well, the rea- 

 son, of course, being the shortage of 

 other good flowers. 



There are scarcely any asters that 

 would have been called good in other 

 seasons. Indeed, the season has been 

 so unfavorable that the supply of asters 

 has been the smallest in many years, 

 but poor asters this year bring the 

 prices of good asters in other years, 

 simply because the supply is so small. 

 There are no carnations worth mention- 

 ing and the demand centers on asters. 



There is an abundance of valley, 

 enough cattleyas, the necessary quan- 

 tity of lilies, a few daisies, gypsophila, 

 zinnias, etc. Everybody will be glad 

 to see the quantity of stock increased; 

 its quality improved and the variety 

 become greater. 



Oil Supersedes Coal. 



Fuel oil has superseded coal at the 

 heating plant of Stielow Bros., at Niles 

 Center. Three boilers formerly were 

 needed to heat the range when coal was 

 used. Now two boilers have been 

 equipped with Crane automatic oil 

 burners, a device using fuel oil which 

 has been successfully used to heat resi- 

 dences and factory buildings for two 

 years. Two burners have been in- 

 stalled in two of the three boilers. At 

 the present time one burner, turned 

 half on, does all the work. 



A storage tank, holding 120,000 gal- 

 lons, equal to from ten to twelve cars, 

 has been installed to hold the fuel oil. 

 It is calculated that 100 gallons will 

 deliver the same heat as a ton of coal. 

 At the present time the cost of that 

 much oil is about three-fifths of the 

 cost of a ton of coal. So, having elimi- 

 nated the cost of two firemen's wages, 

 'Fred Stielow expects to cut his heating 

 cost in two next season. 



No change was required in the boilers 

 to install the Crane burners. Fire brick 

 is laid on the floor of the furnace and 

 the atomized oil sprayed on it when 

 fire is wanted. A duplex pump equal- 

 izes the pressure and an automatic con- 

 trol shuts off the supply when the steam 

 pressure rises to a certain point and 

 turns it on when the pressure falls be- 

 low a set figure. 



New Ownej; of Old Place. 



What is probably the largest green- 

 house range devoted exclusively to the 

 growing of potted plants ever put up 

 at one time in the Chicago district is 

 now under course of construction at the 

 old Brant & Noe place, on Peterson 

 road. The old company went out of 

 business in 1918 and in May, 1920, it 

 was purchased by the Wallace Floral 

 Co. 



This new company is composed of 

 William B. Wallace and associates, the 

 work being carried on by Mr. Wallace. 

 He has been in the growing business for 

 fifteen years, the last six of which he 

 operated the Montrose Floral Co. Be- 

 tween the times when he sold the Mon- 

 trose Floral Co, and when he took over 

 the new place, he spent a year and a 

 half traveling around the country and 

 looking over the large growing estab- 

 lishments between the Atlantic coast 

 and the Eocky mountains. In this way 

 he learned much, some that he has al- 

 ready used and some that he hopes to 

 use in the future. 

 •Snice May, 1920, the old establish- 



GLADIOLI 



Pine, fresh, fancy flowers 



$4.00, $6.00 u4 $8.00 per 100 ipiktt 



According to variety — we have them all. 



Remember Pyfer's 



Have Flowers Eyery Day at Lowest Market Prices 



Here are a few of our leaders: 



ROSES p- ^liif 



RUSSEIiZ^, PBEMZZB, COIiUlCBIA Per 100 



Select Loner 915,00 



Choice Medium $ 8,00 to 13,00 



Good Short 6.0O 



OPKS^ZA, SUVBXrBST, KASTI^AIII), SOUBI.E WHITK 

 TTTiTiABIfBT AVS KOOSXEB BEAUTT 



Select Loner 12.00 



Choice Medium 8.00 to 10.00 



Good Short 4.00 to 6,00 



ASTEBS, all colors 3,00 to 6,00 



SHASTA DAISIES, Choice 1,00 to SAO 



OOKHFZiOWEBS 1.00 to 3.00 



L4BKSFUB per bunch ,50 to .75 



EA8TEB ZiXXmIES per dozen 3.00 to 3.00 



ASIABTUIK per 100 1,60 



ASPABAOVS and SPBEKOEBI per bunch .35 to ,50 



7BBHS per 1000 3,00 



QAJULX per 1000 2,00 



Subject to Market Change* 



ATH^ yfeir & CSTnipa iiy* 



Car M«H«: "Netknc too mock IroaUc to pIcaM a outoacr." 

 L. D. Phone Central 3373 164 N. Wabatk Atc., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ment has changed a great deal. The 

 nine houses of the old Brant & Noe 

 range have disappeared, and in their 

 place are seven houses already up and 



one ready for glazing. There is in all 

 at the present time 60,000 square feet 

 of glass. Mr. Wallace plans in the 

 course of a year or two to have up 



