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You Will Gain by Sending all Orders to 



ZECH & MANN 



Wholesale Cut Flowers 



so East Randolph Street 



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in all varieties 



At Market Prices 



NOW BOOKING ORDERS 



For MOTHERS' DAY, May 14 

 For MEMORIAL DAY, May 30 



OUR FLOWERS ARE SECOND TO NONE 



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(Contiiiucil fi'oiii page 58.) 

 Texas and Tennessee. Peonies from 

 Tennessee are reaching the market in 

 daily increasing quantities. Thus far 

 tlie peonies are cleaning uj), but the mo- 

 ment the supply exceeds the day's de- 

 mand they will begin to go into cold 

 storage, to come out again at Mothers' 

 day. 



Wholesalers Have Busy Session. 



The Wholesale Cut llower Associa- 

 tion liad a busy evening at Hotel Sher- 

 man April 27. The first subject up for 

 consideration was making effective the 

 new plan of cooperative advertising, 

 the sole responsibility for which shall 

 rest with the growers and wholesalers, 

 letting tlie retailers out. It was de- 

 cided to make the new plan effective 

 May 1 and on that day the wholesalers 



each sent the following notice to their 

 consignors: 



Following thorough consideration over a period 

 of several montlm, it was unanimously decided 

 at tbe Joint meeting vt tbe Allied Florists' 

 Association and the Commercial Flower Growers 

 of Chicago, on April 20th, 1922, to increase the 

 advertising assessments of Growers to 1% of 

 their nut sales and the assessment of Commis- 

 sion Dealers to 1% on an amount equivalent to 

 15% of their gross business. This plan to take 

 effect May 1st, 1922. 



We seeii your full cooperation in this matter, 

 which is destined to give the Flower Business 

 a fresh impetus in the right direction for the 

 mutual benefit of all engaged therein. 



ALLIF.U FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION. 



COMMERCIAL FI^WEH GROWERS 



OF CHICAGO. 



The matter of handling credits and 

 collections on the line that is followed 

 in the New York market was discussed 

 and on motion, President Klingsporn 

 appointed a committee, consisting of 

 C. J. Michelsen, Eric Johnson and P. C. 



Schupp, to prepare a definite proposition 

 to be considered at the next meeting. 



Officers for next year were nominated 

 as follows : 



For president — C. J. Michelsen, of 

 the E. ('. Amling Co. 



For vice-president — Aaron T. Pyfer, 

 of A. T. Pyfer & Co. 



For secretary — A. C. Kohlbrand, of 

 the E. C. Amling Co., who nominated 

 Fred Price, of Peter Reinberg, Inc. 



For treasurer — P. C. Schupp, of J. A. 

 Budlong. 



New Ofacers of A. F. A. 



At the meeting of the board of di- 

 rectors of the Allied Florists' Associa- 

 tion April 28, held at the Randolph ho- 

 tql, the following new officers were 

 elected: President, Peter Pearson; 

 vice-president, August Poehlmann; 



