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The Florists' Review 



July 13, 1922 



livery business has become an estab- 

 lished feature of flower store service as 

 understood by the public. He says he 

 finds many customers asking for the 

 service as a matter of course and that 

 in consequence he has been sending out 

 about five times as many orders as he 

 received from other florists. 



(icorgo Wt'iland and Mrs. Weiland en- 

 tertained all the other directors of the 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association, 

 with their families, at their home in 

 Kviiuston July '2. There were twenty- 

 .scven guests in all. The day was spent 

 most en.joyably in eating and drinking 

 and singing. 



Charles McCauley, having completed 

 and planted his new place at Geneva, 

 is starting another house, 38x250. This 

 will be used for Premier and Butterfly 

 and will increase the capacity to 18,00U 

 plants. 



Bert Cliadwick is motoring in Wis- 

 consin. 



The daily papers carried a story, July 

 11, of the death of Bobcrt Van Duscr, 

 who was referred to as a "well known 

 nurseryman and florist." 



Chicago's Max Schling — I'eter Miller, 

 of George V. Wienhoeber's staff — dem- 

 onstrated the best in floral art before 

 the convention of the Texas State Flo- 

 rists' Association at Dallas last week. 

 This innovation on the program was 

 judged a great success by the Lone Star 

 florists. 



Guy W. French passed another mile- 

 stone July 8. He was born in 1877, at 

 Des Moines. 



R. E. Kurowski has entered the em- 

 ployment of the American Greenhouse 

 Mfg. Co., in charge of the Chicago 

 sales office. His appointment dates from 

 June 16, it is said. 



Edward Meurot is leaving St. Mary's 

 Training School, Des Plaines, at the 

 end of his year's contract, with the in- 

 tention of again going into business for 

 himself, but with no definite arrange- 

 ment yet made. He is open to a propo- 

 sition. 



Budlong Gjirdens thought so well of 

 the new Philadelphia rose, Phantom, 

 that a considerable part of the avail- 

 able stock has been acquired and now 

 is blooming :it the Howard street green- 

 houses. It is a copper yellow variety 

 whi-eh promises to take the place of 

 Mrs. Ward, now jiraetically extinct in 

 this market. 



W. J. Keimel drove to Union Grove, 

 Wis., July 9, for a visit to his old asso- 

 ciate, Richard Salm. Mr. Keimel found 

 Mr. Salm 's roses looking well, though a 

 considerable part are in the resting 

 period just now. 



Carl Bacliler, who does business as the 

 McKinley Park Florist, 3597 Archer 

 avenue, lias gone to Europe for a three 

 months' visit. Leon Glow, for some 

 time in the cut flower department of 

 the A. L. Randall Co., is running the 

 store in Mr. Bachler's absence and, in 

 order to get him to take up the work, 

 Mr. Glow was given an option of pur- 

 chase. 



George Heidenreich, of the Bassett & 

 Washburn staff, and Joseph Einweok, 

 with the E. C. Amling Co., are camping 

 on the Kankakee river for a fortnight. 



Haum's Home of Flowers, Knoxville. 

 Tenn., is consigning large quantities of 

 gladioli to this market. 



Sinuin Schanfelt, one of the popular 

 salesmen in the cut flower department 

 of the A. L. Randall Co., is vacationing 

 at Eagle River, Wis. 



The annual meeting of the stockhold- 



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Fancy Gladioli 



You will £nd here all the popular varieties and the present cut is 

 large — practically no limit to our ability to supply you. 



Fancy Greenhouse Gladioli $6.00 to $8.00 per 100 



Fancy Outdoor Gladioli 3.00 to 5.00 per 100 



Dahlia-Flowered Zinnias 



We have a fine supply of the new double Zinnias, large flowers on 

 stems that are lengthening as their season advances. You'll like them. 

 Assorted colors $4.00 to $6.00 per 100 



ROSES 



Colombia, Pronier, Rnitell Per 100 



Select. Long $ 15.00 to $20.00 



Choi e. Medium lO.OO to 12.00 . 



Good, Short 6.00 to 8.00 



Ophelia, Simbiirtt, MarylaiMl, Doable White Killaraejr aid Hootier Bcaoty 



Select. Long 112.00 to $15.00 



Choice, Medium 8.00 to 10.00 



Good, Short 4.00 to 6!00 



CARNATIONS 



Fresh Stock $2.00 to $4.00 



EASTER LILIES perdoz., 2.00 



FEVERFEW per bunch, .50 



CORNFLOWERS .per 100, 1.00 



CANDYTUFT per bunch. .25 



ADIANTUM perlOO, 1.50 



ASPARAGUS and SPRENGERI per bunch , .25 to .50 



F^ERNS, new per ^qoo. 3.00 



GALAX per iqOo. 2.OO 



Subject to Market Changes 



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



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