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The Florists' Review 



January 12. 1022 



sort toward spring in order to realize 

 something on his investment. Mr. 

 Koukola has worked in Chicago green- 

 houses for a dozen years or so, for 

 Wietor Bros., Peter Reinberg and B. J. 

 Windier. 



"180." 



The annual convention of salesmen 

 for the A. L. Eandall Co., held during 

 the holiday week, drew the representa- 

 tives of the house from both coasts and 

 all the other territories. The men came 

 in feeling that industry will develop a 

 fair volume of business in 1922 and they 

 went back to their territories, after talk- 

 ing with one another, confident of their 

 ability to make a record. 



Arthur M. Anderson, chief of the mer- 

 chandise department, is on his way to 

 France. 



F. M. Johnson, general manager, has 

 returned from Grand Rapids, where he 

 has been attending the furniture show. 



J. W. McConnell, one of the assistant 

 sales managers, has taken charge of the 

 advertising of florists' supplies. 



December Weather. 



The quality of cut flowers in late De- 

 cember was a matter of general discus- 

 sion. Everybody knew the weather was 

 decidedly unfavorable for the produc- 

 tion of high-grade stock. Now comes 

 the weather bureau with a statement of 

 the figures. There might have been 284.5 

 hours of sunshine in December, but De- 

 cember never gives anything like the 

 possible amount. The average is forty- 

 one per cent, but this year there was 

 only thirty-three per cent of the possible 

 amount of sunshine, or 92.5 hours of sun 

 in the thirty-one days. There were 

 twelve days on which' the sun did not 

 appear and only three on which it was 

 unobscured for the whole time it was 

 above the horizon. The mean tempera- 

 ture was 3.2 degrees above normal. 



Mr. Wietor, Banker. 



Nicholas J. Wietor evidently is a suc- 

 cessful banker as well as a successful 

 grower and wholesaler. He is vice-presi- 

 dent of the Devon Trust & Savings 

 Bank, which opened for business Janu- 

 ary 15, 1921, at the corner of Clark 

 street and Devon avenue. Starting with 

 $76,000, in fifty weeks the new bank ac- 

 quired deposits of over $488,000 and has 

 resources of over $612,000. Of course 

 Mr. Wietor is proud of the progress and 

 prosperity of the institution with which 

 nn is so closely identified. 



Various Notes. 



Albert F. Amling is vice-president of 

 the Maywood State bank and offered, 

 in the name of the bank, a reward of 

 $5,000 for the capture of the robbers 

 who murdered the bank president in a 

 hold-up January 5. 



That conditions similar to those in 

 the Chicago market are general through- 

 out the United States is evident by the 

 calls local wholesalers have been receiv- 

 ing from wholesale houses in other 

 cities. The long-distance telephone has 

 been used in many cases. Practically 

 every wholesale center in the middle 

 west has been heard from and John 

 Poehlmann reports that inquiries for 

 short and medium roses have been re- 

 ceived within the last week from whole- 

 salers in New York city. 



Homer Lange is buying while his 

 father is on an eastern vacation trip. 



P. C. Schupp, of the J. A. Budlong 

 Co., reports the arrival of La Reine 

 tulips January 9. 



Ttme in its flight pauae» for no man; NOW is the time to act. 



ORDER 



Pyfer^s Flowers of Quality 



EXTRA WELL GROWN STOCK 

 IN ALL THE BEST VARIETIES. 



Current Price List 

 ROSES 



Premier, Columbia, RutMett Per 100 



Medium $15.00 $20.00 



Long 26.00 30.00 



Extra long 35.00 



OpheUa, Sunburtt, Hearst, Maryland and White Killamey 



Medium $12.00 $15.00 



Long 18.00 20.00 



Extra Long 25.00 



Milady, Hoosier Beauty, Montrote and Cruaader 



Limited Stock 



Medium $15.00 $20.00 



Long 25.00 35.00 



CARNATIONS p„ loo 



Fancy Assorted , $6.00 $8.00 



SWEET PEAS 4.00 



VIOLETS 1.50 2.00 



CALENDULA 4.00 6.00 



STEVIA 3.00 



PAPER WHITES 4.00 6.00 



FREESIA 8.00 10.00 



VALLEY 10.00 



BOXWOOD, dwarf Baby and Bush 50-lb. crates, $12.60 



ASPARAGUS aiid SPRENGERI per bunch , $0.35 to .50 



ADIANTUM Per 100, 1.50 



FERNS Per 1000, 4.00 



GALAX, Bronze and Green Per 1000. 2.00 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGES. 



Ovr Motto: "Nothing too mnch trouble to please a ctutomer." 

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