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The Rorists^ Review 



DlCBMBBE 20, 1921 



was a vase of the new rose, American 

 Legion, sent by Myers & Samtman, 

 Philadelphia, who are growing it in 

 some quantity. 



Percy Jones had room 217 in the 

 Atlas block as an annex for the Christ- 

 mas trade. 



Selling only to the trade, the A. B. C. 

 suspends sales efforts while its custo- 

 mers are busy cashing in and the holiday 

 spirit pervades the establishment. The 

 recess in part was employed in prepar- 

 ing the New Year's greeting, a hand- 

 some calendar, to go to its customers. 



Chicago is to have, for 1922, a new 

 house handling florists' supplies ex- 

 clusively. The Allan Humason Co., a 

 partnership between Allan N, Humason, 

 his brother, C. Dewey Humason, and 

 August A. Barz, has leased the double 

 store at the corner of Wells and Illinois 

 streets and is putting in a line of general 

 supplies. The three members of the 

 firm are widely known in the trade 

 throughout the west, as they have been 

 traveling for years selling three or four 

 non-conflicting lines on commission. 

 Under the new plan of operations they 

 will handle the same or similar lines, 

 and others, on a jobbing basis. They 

 expect to be ready for business Janu- 

 ary 3. 



R. E. Kurowski says the John C. 

 Moninger Co. has so many customers 

 who want immediate delivery that the 

 factory is being operated to capacity 

 during the holiday week, a time usually 

 devoted to a shut-down for inventory. 



While the furniture houses are per- 

 verting our slogan, Paul Weiss calls at- 

 tention to the support given it by the 

 Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, 

 which heads its Christmas advertising, 

 " 'Say It with Flowers' and confirm it 

 with a document," meaning a life in- 

 surance policy. 



The Aurora Beacon-News recently 

 called attention to the fact that "Bata- 

 via Has New Industry," describing 

 under that headline the cyclamen pro- 

 duction at the greenhouses of the 

 Illinois Plant Co. The splendid stock 

 produced for Christmas by Manager 

 Conlon was much admired by local 

 visitors to the greenhouses before it 

 was all shipped. 



A. E. Kunderd, of gladiolus fame, was 

 here for a couple of days just before 

 Christmas. He had been lecturing in 

 Wisconsin. 



BOSTON. 



The Christmas Market. 



Contrary to all expectations, Christ- 

 mas business in 1921 has proved a 

 record-breaker and this in spite of some- 

 what unfavorable weather conditions. 

 December 22 was severely cold, with a 

 temperature of zero in Boston and a 

 fierce wind blowing. The two following 

 days were milder, but snow, sleet or rain 

 fell almost steadily, making conditions 

 disagreeable and causing curtailment or 

 abandonment of carol singing and other 

 open-air Yuletide festivities. December 

 25 was cold, with a maximum tempera- 

 ture of 20 degrees, and snow fell about 

 all day. Considering the weather, the 

 sales of both plants and flowers were 

 really remarkable and showed how well 

 the famous slogan, "Say It with Flow- 

 ers," has sunk into people's hearts. One 

 or two retailers who never advertise 

 complained of dull business, but all the 

 large and up-to-date stores stated that 



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