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7^he Rorists' Review 



Dbcembbb 15, 1021 



where Tom Conlon presides. The chief 

 item of interest is a batch of 350 ])lants 

 in 8-inch pots that are judged to bo 

 ahead of anything seen in this vicinity 

 in many years. Many of them carry 

 upwards of fifty flowers and all are 

 beautifully furnished with foliage. 

 George Wienhoeber saw an advertising 

 opportunity and bought the entire lot, al- 

 though ordinarily there would not be a 

 large demand for such big plants. Mr. 

 Wienhoeber will reserve part of his pur- 

 chase for the opening of his new store, 

 scheduled to take place in January. 



Bonvallet & Co., of Wichert, have pur- 

 chased a machine of the latest model for 

 grading gladiolus bulbs and it has been 

 in operation this wedt in the stock room 

 of A. Henderson & Co. The machine 

 passes the mixed bulbs over a set of 

 screens, dividing them into ten sizes 

 if wanted, with greater speed and ac- 

 curacy than can be done by the old hand 

 screen method. The apparatus was made 

 by Schoutcn & Co., Leiden, Holland. 

 Only one or two others of the modern 

 type are known to be in America. 



Joseph Marks has returned from a 

 trip through Ohio and Pennsylvania. He 

 says business is not up to last year in 

 the cities dependent on one industry, 

 like automobiles or steel, but that here 

 and there a florist is met who is doing a 

 record trade. Mr. Marks believes 1922 

 will be a banner year for many florists, 

 aa general business already is on the up- 

 grade in their communities. 



Improvements in the boiler room at 

 the Premier Rose Gardens, Maywood, in- 

 clude not only a new boiler setting, but 

 also a forced draft to improve combus- 

 tion and a set of Swift stokers. The 

 new equipment is being installed by the 

 F. & B. Flasch Chimney Co. 



Mrs. Lydia Goodrode, better known 

 to the trade as Miss Hanke, which was 

 her name during her years as a member 

 of A. Lange's staff, has bought the 

 Avondale Flower Shop, 3182 Milwaukee 

 avenue, from John J. Walsh. 



The A. Dietsch Co. completed the 

 erection of five greenhouses December 

 10 for the D. Hill Nursery Co., at Dun- 

 dee, 111. 



The counters of A. T. Pyf er & Co. have 

 carried some excellent begonias, "for 

 exhibition only." It was a method 

 Ernest Oechslin took to let the retailers 

 see samples of his Christmas crop. 



Night work by the full force is the 

 rule at the Eandall establishments at 

 present. The rush of late orders is 

 greater than usual this year and a 

 record December business is being done. 

 George J. Roberts, head of the Elitch 

 Gardens Co., Denver, was here last week 

 to attend a convention of those engaged 

 in another branch of the company's 

 activities and took the opportunity to 

 visit some of the places of trade interest. 

 The Elitch Gardens Co. operates about 

 200,000 feet of glass in cut flowers and 

 pot plants, doing a large wholesale busi- 

 ness. 



Carl Dumke, a former Chicagoan, now 

 with the Boise Floral Co., Boise, Idaho, 

 is here for a visit. 



Zech & Mann's remodeled store is 

 ready just in time for Christmas. Nearly 

 seven weeks have been consumed by the 

 alterations, undertaken for necessary re- 

 pairs on the building. The firm has suf- 

 fered many inconveniences, but is repaid 

 by having inx;reased available space and 

 much better light and arrangement than 

 before. A. J. Zech has been ill for a few 

 days, with a severe cold. 

 John Perman, of Catawba, Wis., was 



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