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The Rorists^ Review 



NOVBMBBB 10, 1921 



and lilies are abundant. Callas have 

 come. The first Paper Whites have ar- 

 rived. One of the chief changes is as 

 regards orchids. After the market here 

 had been "all shot to pieces" by stock 

 from outside, the departure of those sup- 

 plies has resulted in something ap- 

 proaching a famine and good flowers 

 last week brought up to $2.50 and even 

 $.3 apiece. 



Uptown Chicago Show. 



At the Uptown Chicago Exposition, 

 lield at the Broadway Armory, Broad- 

 way and Thorndale avenue, November 

 1 to 5, floral displays were the dominat- 

 ing feature. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 

 advertised as having the largest green- 

 houses in the world, made a beautiful 

 display of cut flowers, consisting of 

 roses and pompon chrysanthemums, and 

 plants. 



The Birchwood Florist presented a 

 miniature garden with a small fish pond 

 and fountain in its center, set off with 

 trees and shrubs in the background. 



The booth of James E. Paul & Son, 

 landscape gardeners and engineers, was 

 artistically hung with sketches of work 

 on private estates in the vicinity of 

 Chicago completed by this firm. Mr. 

 Paul is an expert at this work, having a 

 great deal of experience in Wasliington, 

 D. C, and other eastern cities. 



The Allied Florists' Association occu- 

 pied the center of the hall with a large 

 and handsome display of potted plants 

 contributed by member florists. 



Schiller the Florist occupied a central 

 position. The booth consisted of an 

 arbor artistically decorated with plants 

 and cut flowers. Little girls dressed in 

 colonial costumes, standing among the 

 side displays, handed out neat cards. 

 The center of the booth was occupied 

 by a circular display of large and small 

 plants and decorated with cut flowers. 

 Mercury, with flowers in one hand and 

 an order book in the other, was doing a 

 marathon around a world encircled with 

 telegraph wires. 



Stollery Bros, and Clody's Flower 

 Shop also had booths. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. received the 

 grand prize, a silver loving cup, for the 

 best display of cut flowers. 



Frank Oechslin received the grand 

 prize, a silver loving cup, for the best 

 display of plants, consisting of more 

 than thirty varieties of well grown foli- 

 age and flowering plants. 



The following received certificates of 

 merit: Guardian Angel Greenhouses, 

 chrysanthemums; Wietor Bros., chrys- 

 anthemums; Albert F. Amling Co., 

 roses; Poehlmann Bros. Co., plants; 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, specimen chrys- 

 anthemum plants; Erickson & Holm- 

 berg, pompon chrysanthemums and car- 

 nations; A. H. Schneider, Primula ob- 

 conica, peppers and made-up baskets of 

 plants; Weiss & Meyer Co., basket and 

 Columbia roses; Hans Jepsen, several 

 vases chrysanthemums and new vari- 

 eties of pompons; Charles Swanson, 

 chrysanthemums. 



The following received honorable 

 mention: Sykora Greenhouse Co., Ba- 

 tavia, carnations; Wcllworth Farm 

 (ireenhouses, roses; Wehrman & Wehr- 

 man, roses; Robert Windier, white and 

 yellow daisies; Wiltgen & Son, calen- 

 dulas and carnations; V. Bezdek & 

 Bros., white pompons; George Hansen, 

 seedling pompons; William Sauenland. 

 variety pompons; Des Plaines Floral 

 Co., several varieties of pompons; Bas- 



For Thanksgiving 



We expect a good supply of stock 

 and little, if aoy, change in prices 



YFER'S 



FLOWERS FOR 



ROFITS 



Remember Pyfer's 



Have Flowers Every Day 

 at Lowest Market Price 



Here are a few of our leaders: 



Plenty o! ROSES at Low Prices, 



CURRENT PRICES 



PBEMZZS Per 100 



Select Long 915.00 to $20.00 



Choice Medium 10.00 to 12U>0 



Good Short 6.00 to 8.00 



COLUMBIA. 



Select Long 15.00 to 30.00 



Choice Medium 10.00 to 12.00 



Good Short 6.00 to 8.00 



OPKEKXA, SVITBUBST, MABTIiAlTD, DOUBIiJS WHZTS 



XZIiIiABHET AHD HOOSXEB BEAUTT 



Select Long lo.OO to 12.00 



Choice Medium 6.00 to 8.00 



Good Short 5.00 



CHBTSAKTHSBITTMS, yellow, white, plnlt, fancy, 



per doz 3.OO to 4.00 



-«,.^^i?*^*' P®*" <^o^ 2.00 to 2.50 



POMPONS, new varieties, per bunch 50 to .75 



POMPONS, standard varieties, per bunch .35 to .50 



O ABN ATIONS. fancy 4.OO to 6.00 



SWBET PBAS a.00 



VZOIiETS, single or double 75 to 1.00 



EASTEB ^XIOES per dozen 3.00 



ADZANTTTM per 100 IJSO 



ASPABAOUS and SPBENOEBZ per bunch .25 to .50 



PEBNS per 1000 3.00 



OAi;az per 1000 iJOO 



BOXWOOD, fancy per pound .30 



Sttbfect to Market Change* 



Oar Matto: "Natkiai Im Back trMble U pleaM ■ cwtaacr." 

 L. D. Phone Central 3373 164 N. Wabasb Are., CHICAGO 



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Ccatril 

 6284 



30 EaHt Randolph St.rA«t 



THirAGO 



sett & Washburn, roses; E. A. Hunt & 

 Co., white, yellow and blue daisies and 

 several varieties of pornpons; K. Schef- 



THK 



SECURITY STAPLE 



The simplest and best 

 device on the market for 

 securely fastening cut 

 flowers, sprays and de- 

 signs. 



$1.75 per box of SCO 



For sale by your supply 

 house or sent direct by 



FRANKJ.YETTER.n«rist 

 226 Main St., GREENFIELD, MASS. 



