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The Florists* Review 



Fbbbuarv 9. 1922 



land to devote a fortnight to her ar- 

 rangement with the Allied Florists' As- 

 sociation for flower publicity in the read- 

 ing columns of the local newspapers. 

 Her stunt is to submit to the editors 

 articles on flowers which appear as news. 

 Some jioople tlnuk this the best publicity 

 of all, although others question its sales 

 force. Be that as it niay, Mrs. Wilson 

 finds the editors cool; she says they 

 seem to think the prices of flowers are 

 higlier than the circumstances warrant 

 and are not keen to help the trade^long. 

 Anyone who would like to communicate 

 with Mrs. Wilson may do so at room 

 17.'{(i, Jlotcl Morrison. 



C. if. Michelsen reports that shipments 

 of heatluT from California have ceased, 

 the stock at the Amling ranch, in com- 

 mon with others around Los Angeles, 

 having been cut down by the January 

 freeze. 



E. Wienhoclicr, wliose business is not 

 one of those ordinarily affected by 

 periods of depression, nevertheless finds 

 general conditions are having their 

 effect, but in a peculiar way. More of 

 his customers than ever before are in 

 Ualifoinia or Florida for the winter, he 

 says, evidently finding conditions in 

 their own business affording unusual op- 

 ])ortunit ics for a good vacation. 



Albert l\ Amling Co., Maywood, re- 

 ports a good demand for bench-grown 

 rose plants. "One insertion of the 

 Classified ad sold all the stock we had 

 on hand, ' ' they say. 



C. H. Bookedis no longer is connected 

 with Mangel & Co., tlie store in the 

 Drake hotel now bi'ing in charge of 

 George Manos, who has been assisting 

 at the main store in the Palmer House 

 since he came here from Pittsburgh. Mr. 

 Manos has an attractive and proficient 

 wife, who helps at the store .at the 

 Drake on busy days. 



How would you like to pick over three 

 million ferns as they come out of cold 

 storage? More tli;in one among the 

 wholesalers can see that job ahead of 

 them. 



The Boulcviird Flower Sho]) is the 

 name of a new flower store, to be opened 

 by St. Valentine's day, at 5456 Ash- 

 land avenue. The proprietors are J. W. 

 8mitli and Kdward J. Ryan. 



Fred Price, of Peter Reinberg, Inc., 

 keeps up his Itowling even though the 

 Florists' Bowling League and team have 

 disbanded. He is planning a trip to 

 Toledo to particij)ate in the American 

 Bowling Congress. 



The windows of the Central Floral Co. 

 always are a bright spot on a colorful 

 street and usually there is a crowd of 

 j)eoj)le in front of tliem. But the win- 

 dows themselves never are crowded, 

 the dis[)lay consisting of one or two 

 well-filled vases or baskets. 



Paul R. Klingsporn w.'is under the 

 weather last week, but is at his post 

 again. 



C. L. Washburn has word from Califor- 

 nia that the damage to stock at the Bas- 

 sett & Wa-shburn establishment at Sierra 

 Madre is turning out to be less than at 

 first reported. What he seems to regret 

 most is the loss of the first pick of 

 oranges — he had been telling his friends 

 he would give them some, but the crop 

 is lost. 



Chas. H. Fisk is enjoying life on his 

 farm at Benton Harbor, Mich. He is 

 installing the Skinner system of irriga- 

 tion and antici])ates much pleasure dur- 

 ing the coming summer, to be derived 

 from the intensive cultivation of a cou- 

 ](le of acres of asters and gladioli. He 



Open Sunday Morning, February 12, to ship Valentine orders 



The Supremacy 



of the Chicago market, in variety, quality 

 and quantity, is a thing achieved. Every 

 day new buyers make their choice from the 

 world's greatest stock of Cut Flowers. 

 Every day old buyers are coming to recog- 

 nize Chicago as the one reliable source of 

 supply. 



Our own responsibility in this great market 

 is weighted with the years; our resources 

 are more than, adequate ; our connections 

 are with quality producers only. 



Chicago is your Natural Market 

 and we are in the Center of it 



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