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The Florists^ Review 



Febkuahv 10. 1922 



PUSSY WILLOWS 



SPLENDID WANDS, WELL CATKINED 



FROM CULTIVATED PLANTS, SILVERY PINK, WHITE 

 NO BLACK CAPS, ALL SIZES, $4.00 to $8.00 per 100 



We force large quantities, can supply regularly. 



Wonderfully well-grown Wands. Good values. 



ASPARAGUS PLDHOSUS STRINGS, $1.00 per String 

 PITTSBURGH CUT FLOWER COMPANY, J^lViKsV pt 





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"SERVICE YOU'LL LIKE" 



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Genuine German Statice 





Per pound, $1.25 Ten pound lots, per pound, $1.10 



A big help when fresh flowers are scarce 



ALUN HUMASON CO., 448-450 N. Wells St., .t iiii..», CHICAGO 



Si'hmidt, the wife of C. W. Schmidt, of 

 Schmidt & Botley Co., Si)riii}i;field, O. 

 Mrs. Sclimidt is one of Sprin^jfield 's 

 many efficient florists. Tlie Schmidt 

 residence is on tlie nursery jjrounds and 

 the general office is there. Mrs. Schmidt 

 looks after the bookkeeping and the 

 wholesale department of the business. 

 Wholesale and retail, the Schmidt & Bot- 

 lev Co. handled about 65,000 orders in 

 1921. 



One of last week's visitors was E. V. 

 Luhman, of Muskegon, Mich., who does 

 so prosperous a business that his own 

 greenhouses are unable to supply his 

 store, with the result that he uses con- 

 siderable stock from this market. lie 

 was in Chicago on a sad errand, being 

 i-alled by the death of a brother who 

 liad made his home here. 



CINCINNATI, O. 



Tlie Market. 



Tliis market found business good List 

 week, with enough stock to supply the 

 demand. Koses are still a little scarce, 

 but arrived in largrr shipments than 

 they have for a long time. Sweet peas 

 are arriving more profusely lately, be- 

 cause of the good sunshine we are hav- 

 ing, and are in fine condition. They 

 bring from $1.50 to .$.3 per hundred. 

 Carnations, as usual, hold their own in 

 quality and in quantity. Daffodils, 

 about the most popular bulbous flowers, 

 always find a good market, and the same 



OUR SPECIALTY 



CUT FLOWERS 



WM. C. SMITH WHOLESALE FLORAL CO. 



Wholesale Florists 

 1316 Pine Street ST. LOUIS, MO. 



Both Long Distance Phones 



EVERYTHING IN SEASONABLE CUT FLOWERS 



Mention The RtTl«w wh«a yon writ*. 



can be said for tulips and hyacinths, 

 but the latter do not move so well 

 when they arrive in larger shipments. 



Valley is now down to a pre-war price 

 of $5 per hundred, and the trade cer- 

 tainly is taking advantage of it and 

 using it. Calla and Harrisii lilies are 

 to be had for $20 to $25 per hundred, 

 and find a good market always. Other 

 stock that moves well includes violets, 

 primulas, calendulas and snapdragons. 

 (irccn goods also move well. 



Various Notes. 



Fred Ilitz, of Xorth Madison, O., has 

 been shipping some excellent sweet peas 

 to this place. 



C. E. Critchell has again been con- 

 fined to his bod with the illness that 



White Enameled Beaded 



WOOD EASELS 



Best built and neatest appear- 

 ing easel on the market. 



WRITE FOR PRICE LIST 



We guarantee prompt delivery 



0. JOHNSON MFG. CO. 



L. D. Phone Canal 1288. 



2268 Bine Itlaad Are., CHICAGO 



kept him there through the holidays. 

 Hiisiness has been brisk at the Critchell 

 estabhsliment and a large number of 

 valentine orders were booked. 



The Avondale Floral Co. reports a 

 record-breaking business in plant sales 



