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The Florists Review 



August 18, 1921 



WHY STOP BUSINESS 



IN SUMMER AND LET YOUR TRADE GO ELSEWHERE? 



We can furnish you with good Summer Roses and other seasonable stock with 

 which you can retain your trade. KEEP YOUR BUSINESS GOING— it is easier to 

 keep a business going steadily than it is to build it up again in the fall. 



Rose Specials for This Week „5^i3^;{^o^,S''iooo 



RUSSELL 



COLUMBIA 



PREMIER 



MILADY 



HEARST 



OPHELIA 



Summer Roses 



Do you ivant a good White Rose? If so, order our 

 Double White Killamey, the only good white in summer. 



SUNBURST BUTTERFLY DUNLOP MONTROSE NESBIT 



ASTERS 



Use Nesbit Roses; they more than serve the purpose of Sweet Peas 

 A CTUD C '^ GOOD SUPPLY 



Ai3 1 IjiIViJ white, pink, purple and lavender 



Very fine White, Light Pink, Yellow, Deep Pink, Red GLADIOU 

 Shasta Daisies, Easter Lilies, Candytuft, Gypsophila, Delphiniums, Bachelor's Buttons 



and all other seasonable Cut Flowers. 



USE OUR VALLEY FOR YOUR WEDDING WORK 



ONCE TRIED YOU WILL NOT BE SATISFIED WITH ANY OTHER 



All Greens: Ferns, Adiantum, Plumosus, Sprengeri 



If yn wmt gtod itick ni (nd tieatiient, biy if OacMpt't mnt ip-ti-date aid best-licited Wkdeiale Cut Fliwer Hfiie 



J. a. BDOLONG CO. 



WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND GREENS 



Roses; Valley and Carnations our Specialties 



184-186 North Wabash Ave. 

 CHICAGO 



Wl AM CLOSn ALL DAY SUNDAY 



SHIPPING ORDERS GIVEN CAREFUL ATTENTION 



QUALITY 



SPEAKS 



LOUDER 



THAN 



PRICES 



PRICES 



AS 



LOW 



AS 



OTHERS 



We are in coutut toNch witk nurket conditiois aid whci ■ dediae takes place yoa caa rdy apoa orders seat as recciviaf sach beaeTiL 



have Crusader are well pleased with it 

 as a summer rose. It is noticeable that 

 Russell, heretofore considered best for 

 summer, has not made much of a show- 

 ing this year. Its days seem to be num- 

 bered. White is scarce and brings bet- 

 ter prices than pink or even red roses. 

 Gladioli also are of better quality and 



more plentiful, but in decreased demand 

 and lower in price. It is possible that 

 the public is surfeited with gladioli, but 

 probably the decreased call is because 

 thousands of sources of supply through- 

 out the country all now are in crop and 

 the need for sending to Chicago for 

 gladioli has lessened. 



The supply of asters is unsteady. 

 Some wholesale houses have moderately 

 large supplies and others have hardly 

 any. A buyer searching for a certain 

 color and quality often has a fruitless 

 task. The small quantity of really good 

 asters results in prices about fifty per 

 cent above what such stock would nor- 



