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20 



The Florists' Review 



July 10. 1913. 



Roses - Fancy Gladioli 



An Excellent Supply of Summer Stock 



Valley, Daisies, Choice Greens 



Your Order Will Receive ATTENTION Here 



A. L. VAUullAii a tU.^Notinc. Vu?o^.^ifcni ^'sT " "*™'{i54I tllltAuU 



Mention Tbe Rpripw. wben yoo irrlt*. 



BEAUTIES 



GOOD SHIPPING ROSES, AND GliDlOU 



Batavia Greenhouse Co. 



Groonhouaoai 

 BateTU, lU. 



L. D. Phono 

 SMS Randolph 



Stores 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Montinn Tho RptIow wh<»n TOn wr1t#. 



new giant planer, with six feed rolls, 

 adjustable to from i^-inch to 8-inch 

 thicknesses, with sixty horse-power mo- 

 tors. The cost of installation will be 

 $2,500, but it will materially increase 

 the company's facilities. 



Winterson 's Seed Store reports the 

 arrival of the German pansy seeds. 



Ctus .\lles saj's Wietor Bros, now are 

 cutting their stock 4ji the morning and 

 bringing it at once to the city store, 

 arriving abo,ut 10 a. m., their annual 

 summer custoiiu-'' 



A. T. Pyfer, secretary of the Cook 

 County Florists' Association, sdys that 

 while the Cleveland Florists ' Club has 

 thought best not to adopt an official 

 route from Chicago to th« convention, 

 moat of the members who will attend 

 have signified their intention of riding 

 on one of the sections of the St. Paul 's 

 Pioneer Limited, leaving Chicago at 

 er.^O p. m.. August 18. 



G. Swenson, of Elmhurst, shipped his 

 first asters for this season, to the E. C. 

 Amling Co., July 7. 



The Batavia Greenhouse Co. has re- 

 planted practically its entire place this 

 season and O. Johnson is much pleased 

 with its appearance. 



John F. Kidwell, president of the 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association, 

 and Mrs. Kidwell left July 8 for an 

 eastern trip of two weeks. The first 

 stop will' be "Washington, D. C, and 

 after visits to other places they will 

 return by the way of New York^ city. 

 Mike Fink will have charge of the sales 

 department during Mr. Kidwell 's ab- 

 sence. 



The second annual stockholders' meet- 

 ing of the Chicago Flower Growers ' 



Association was held July 7 at the gen- 

 eral offices and store at 176 North Wab- 

 ash avenue. The list of directors was 

 altered slightly. D. Schrieber and Fred 

 Schramm were the two new directors 

 elected. The others are John F. Kid- 

 well, E. Meuret, Anton Then, George C. 

 Weiland and C. McCauley. 



A new Studebaker " 3o " touring car 

 has been delivered to John Kruchten. 

 who says he finds motoring the king of 

 pastimes after business hours. 



A. Miller, of A. Henderson & Co., is 

 back in the city after a two months' 

 trip and is helping out at the main of- 

 fice. Mr. Miller spent a few days vaca- 

 tioning at T^nion Pier. Mich., and says 

 the convention at Minneapolis is the 

 next thing in line. 



Word received from C. L. Washburn, 

 by the office of Bassett & Washburn, 

 indicates the local wholesaler had an 

 enjoyable trip to Pasadena, which city 

 was reached July 5. Mr. Washburn will 

 spend the month in Pasadena and return 

 by the way of Portland and Seattle. 



A. L. Vaughan remarks that while the 

 month of June closed with an inactive 

 market, he has found a favorable com- 

 parison for the month against previous 

 years and states that the first two weeks 

 were the best his firm has experienced 

 for a number of summers. 



The first meeting of the new Retail 

 Florists' Association of Chicago was 

 held Wednesday afternoon, July 9, in 

 the Union restaurant. The meeting was 

 well attended, the problem of incTe^siiig 

 the membership being the main topic. 



E. F. Kurowski, president of the John 

 C. Moninger Co., attended the annual 

 meeting of jobbers of pipe, valves, fit- 



Cut Flowers 



Sliasta Daisies $1 .00 @ $2.00 per 100 



MarRUPrite Daisies 25 per 100 



Pingle Mexican Tuberoses. . . 3.00 per 100 



Rosebuds, No. 3 Ishort) 1 .00 per 100 



SCOTT FLORAL CO., Navasota, Texas 



Mention The Rerlew wben you write. 



tings and plumbing material at St. Paul, 

 June 26 to 28. While there he attended 

 the silver wedding celebration given by 

 Henry J. Puvogel, which was held in 

 one of the large halls of the city and 

 enjoyed by a large and enthusiastic 

 gathering. 



The new range of the Painesvillc 

 Garden & Greenhouse Co.. at Paines- 

 ville, O., is- being equipped with tho 

 Kroeschell threaded tubing system. The 

 amount of tubing required, if extended, 

 would be five miles in length, which !•< 

 considerable tubing. 



Valley sales were heavier with J. A. 

 Budlong during Mav and .Tune than at 

 any other two months during the year, 

 according to Phil Sfhupp. Business has 

 let up somewhat with the advent of 

 July. 



Hoerber Bros, report that they havo 

 discarded Bride in the replanting at 

 Ties Plaines and White Killarneys hav<" 

 been put in the benches instead. The 

 rose replanting is finished and carna- 

 tions are going out kk the crops dwindle. 



The funeral of the late Mrs. H. O. 

 Stone, widow of one of Chicago's larg- 

 est real estate operators, gave the trade 

 a little business Julv 8 and the whole- 

 salers found it hard to supply enough 

 good white roses. 



