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The Florists^ Review 



July 6, 1022 



Poclilmaun Bros. Co. expects to use 

 only two floors and basement at first. 

 Possession will be had within a month, 

 but remodeling and installation of 

 cquipineiit will take some time. 



Various Notes. 



Competition in this market never has 

 been keener than now. 



The many Chicago friends of George 

 H. Pieser, long active in the trade in 

 this city, will be interested in the note 

 in the St. Louis news-letter in this issue, 

 announcing that Mr. Pieser is about to 

 open a wholesale commission house in 

 that city. 



June was a hard month for the grow- 

 ers with stock in the field, also for work- 

 ing under glass. The mean temperature 

 was 2 degrees above normal, there was 

 eighty-two per cent of the possible sun- 

 shine (371 hours out of a possible 455) 

 and the rainfall was only a trace, twelve 

 one-hundredths of an inch, the least 

 ever recorded here in June. 



Max L. Cohen leaves July 7, with the 

 Elks, for their trip to Atlantic City. 



Jegen will open a second store, on Bel- 

 mont avenue, just off Broadway, as soon 

 as the alterations necessary to fit the 

 space for use as a flower store have been 

 made. 



William V. Hummel will open a flower 

 store August 1 at the corner of Dakin 

 street and Broadway. On the corner, 

 whidi is midway between Irving Park 

 boulevard and Sheridan road, a small 

 brick store is just being completed. 

 Though the Briggs Floral Co. is but a 

 block away, at Sheridan and Broadway, 

 and Youngquist's P'lower Shop almost 

 ;is near, a few doors west of Broadway 

 on Irving Park boulevard, the neigh- 

 borhood is one that .should reward tlio 

 enterprise of another florist. 



In view of the consideration now be- 

 ing given by the Wholesale Cut Flower 

 Association to establishing here a credit 

 and collection system to be operated 

 somewhat along tlic lines of the one in 

 New York, it is of interest to note that 

 Kennicott Bros. Co. has for some time 

 l)een handling such matters through the 

 Lyon Adjustment Co., 1080 South Wa- 

 bash avenue, and that both Mr. ]\enni- 

 t^ott and Mr. Ellis state it is the most 

 efficient agency they ever have em- 

 ]iloyed on such work. It is understood 

 the Lyon people operate in the furni- 

 ture trade a credit and collection service 

 !|uite simil.'tr to the one the wholesalers' 

 association has in niiiid. 



Peter Duiis says the month just ended 

 was the best June the Central Floral Co. 

 has had. Most of the wedding orders 

 were sitiall, but they received more of 

 tliem than ever before. Mr. Duris says 

 sales for the first six months of ]9"22 

 have been iiractically the same as for 

 the first half of 1921, and that the cost 

 of flowers has been a little less than 

 last year, affording a .slightly better 

 ])rofit. He is now engaged in collecting 

 <'harge accounts, as he finds it poor prac- 

 tice to let bills run through the summer; 

 by autumn they are so old people hate 

 to pay them and many go elsewhere 

 instead. 



11. Schefiler cut the first gladioli July 

 1, on his big field at Wheaton. 



H. ]i. Kennicott says his company's 

 sales for June exceeded those of June, 

 1921, a most satisfactory showing, all 

 things considered. 



S. Y. Bloom, 822 East Sixty-third 

 street, says the flower business on the 

 sovt'i sidf^ Rialto li;i< lircu excellent this 



ZINNIAS 



We have a fine supply of the new double Dahlia- 

 flowered Zinnias, large flowers on strong stems that 

 are lengthening as their season advances. You'll 

 like them. 



Assorted Colors $4.00 to $6.00 per 100 



GLADIOLI 



Finest Quality and Largest Supply 



Fancy Greenhouse Gladioli $1.00 to $1.50 per doz. 



Fancy Outdoor Gladioli 5.00 to 6.00 per IOC) 



ROSES 



Colombia, Premier, Rnttell Per 100 



Select, Long $15.00 to $20.00 



Choice, Medium 10.00 to 12.00 



Good, Short e,oo to 8.00 



Ophelia, Sunburtt, Maryland, Doable White Killamey and Hoosier Beauty 



Select, Long $12.00 to $15.00 



Choice, Medium g,00 to 10.00 



Good, Short 4,00 to 6.00 



, .0 , CARNATIONS 



if resh Stock 12.00 to $4.00 



EASTER UUES doz 2 00 



FEVERFEW ■.".... .'.V.'lir bunch.' .50 



9^^Ryj^H^^ per bunch. .25 



ADIANTUM per 100 150 



^i^^^^^^^'^'^^^^^ENGERl.'.'.'.'. '.''''.'.. '.'^rhvinchl .25 to !s0 



^.A. *^ '^e^^' per 1000, 3.00 



GALAX per 1000, 2.00 



Subject to Market Changes / 



Otir Motto: "Nothintf too much trouble to please a Customer." 



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