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The Florists' Review 



August 21, 1913. 



LIBERTYVILLE. ILLINOIS 



Vlaw in Offic* of MRS. I. M. LATSHAW, Local Manasor. 



Meredith Plower and Vegetable Co. 



Wholesale Orowera 



Cut Flowers, Bedding Stock, Vegetable Plants 



When In need of any of this stock, write for prices before placing your orderelsewhere. You are also cordially Invited to visit our establishment 

 whenever the opportunity presents itself, and you can rest, assured that we will do everything to make jour visit a pleasant one. We are located 

 on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, and are only a few feet from the station. Come out. You are as welcome as the flowers in May. 



LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. 



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coming at an early date. The To-bak- 

 ine people have a claim of approxi- 

 mately ^«lf the total liflJsiiities. 



Among thoee who motored to the cob-' 



vention were C. W. McKellar and wife, 

 who had George Asmus and wife as 

 their guests on the tour. They left 

 August 14. 



An outfit of new tables is bein&r in- 

 stalled in the cut flower deoartment of 

 the A. L. Randall Co., several of them 

 built around posts to utilize space not 

 otherwise available. 



H. N. Bruns did not visit Minneapo- 

 lis for the convention. He left for New 

 York August 17, to meet his mother and 

 sister, who will arrive from Hamburg, 

 Germany, to pay him a visit. This is 

 the first time they have been in the 

 United States. 



R. S. Woodyard, of Sharp, Partridge 

 & Co., left for the convention on the^ 

 special train August 18. Sharp, Par- 

 tridge & Co. have experienced an un- 

 usually heavy business in greenhouse 

 glass and their stock on hand, while 

 large, is in danger of being used up be- 

 fore new stock can be secured. 



The importance of the S. A. F. con- 

 vention to the Kroeschell Bros. Co. can 

 be judged by the fact that Fred Lauten- 

 schlager dropped business to make a fly- 

 ing trip to the convention city. Mr. 

 Lautenschlager intended, to leave on one 

 of the special ti'aius August 18, but was 

 delayed and left next day. j. 



The houses of the Deerfieldrlurseries 

 that were damaged in the tornado last 

 spring are again in working order, and 

 nearly three houses have been replanted 

 with gardenias. The larger house that 

 was used for gardenias last year is now 

 planted with mums. John Kruchten, 



The florists' 

 Manual 



A Business Book for Business Men 

 Second Edition 



ThorouKlily R«vls«d and IBrooi^t 

 ap to Dat* 



No dry-as-dast botanieal olMiiflea- 

 lloiu, but tells yoa just how to produce 

 marketable plants and oat flowert is 

 the best and cheapest way. 



Treats of oyer 200 snbjeott and ki 

 freely illnitrated with fine halMone 

 engraTings. 



Prlee* $6.00, prepaid bj mqiress or wuJIL 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO.,»^^SJ:;? 



Bulldlnsr. 

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CHICAGO 



who has an interest in the firm and 

 who disposes of the stock at his market 

 store, says the gardenias look especially 

 fine and he is looking for a good fall 

 cut. 



D. E. Freres is back from his vaca- 

 tion, after a trip through Wisconsin. 



H. C. Manheim, shipping manager for 

 Hoerber Bros., is back from a vacation 



in Indiana, where he and his family vis- 

 ited Mrs. Manheim 's parents. 



The Meredith Flower & Vegetable Co- 

 has its doors open to the trade ^^^^ 

 week, and florists attending the conven- 

 tion are especially invited to inspect 

 the plant at Liberty ville. 111., a slior* 

 ride out on the Chicago, Milwaukee * 

 St. Paul. Mrs. Ida M. Latshaw is the 



