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The Florists^ Review 



May 2'), H>2'J 



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Wholesale Cut Flowers 



30 East Randolph Street 



CHICAGO, ILUNOIS 



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in all varieties 



At Market Prices 



If there still is a train that will reach you in time, phone us 

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For MEMORIAL DAY, May 30 



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class ludding stock is not ]ilciitifiil. 

 Tlicre doubtless will be ciioajjli in late 

 June, but now most of the stock is small 

 and fjocid geraniums in l)l()oui are hard 

 to tintl. Also, petunias are having a run 

 tor window boxes and the supply at 

 I)resent is short of the demand; planters 

 are scouting among the growers to find 

 petunias. jireterably pink. showing 

 bloom. 



The A. B. C. Picnic. 



American Bulb Co. eiiii»loyees and 

 their wives and sweethearts to the 

 number of fifty couples wi're piloted by 

 .Secretary Albert Koehler. \ia automo- 

 bile, to Morton (Jrove. May '2\ , the 

 guests for the day of Mr. and Mrs. Guy 

 French. After a bountiful repast, va- 

 riiiii^ i:;iiiii> were iiidii!i;>-'l in, followed 



by a ladies' beauty contest, judged by 

 (."oroiier Peter M. Hoffman, wlio is can- 

 didate for sheriff. After holding a 

 "post-mortem," Mr. Hoffman jwas una- 

 l)le to choose a winner from the galaxy 

 of beauty in attendance and therefore 

 declared a draw, i)resenting a box of 

 Kosie 's famous Morton Grove marsli- 

 mallows to each lady, the same being 

 toasted on an old-fashioned bonfire in 

 the forest preserve, which closely ad- 

 joins the f'rench residence. An added 

 feature was a Coney Island wicnerwurst 

 eating contest between traveling repre- 

 sentatives of the firm, French, Kos- 

 nosky, Neil, Neilson and Degnan. 

 " Kos " ' won by three links. A well 

 sunburned party motored back to Chi- 

 cago after voting the French family 

 royal hosts and having enjoyed the time 

 of their young lives. 



Frank Oechalln's Fire. 



At about ~) a. m., May 20, fire was 

 discovered in the sheds at Frajik Oechs- 

 lin's establishment in Harlem. City 

 fire fighting aj)paratus from three sta- 

 tions responded to the alarm, but was 

 unable to render effective assistance 

 because of the distance to city water. 

 Tlie fire soon put the greenhouse pump- 

 ing api>aratus out of commission. The 

 packijig shed and boiler room were 

 conii)letely destroyed. The adjoining 

 greenhouse runs parallel to the service 

 buildings and about half this green- 

 house Mas destroyed. The second house 

 jilso suffered considerably. The stock in 

 these houses was largely ferns in the 

 finest of shape and ready for market. 

 This stock was badly damaged, but 



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