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The Florists^ Review 



September 4, 1913. 



WE ARE BASKET SPECIAIISTS 



This is the reason why our exhibit 

 at Minneapolis attracted so much 

 attention. We do nothing: but buiid 

 baslcets and build them right. Are 

 we acquainted with each other? if 

 not, we are both missing: something:. 

 You are missing: a chance to build 

 up a profitable business by means 

 of our baskets. We are missing: 

 your orders. 



Let's g:et tog:ether, Mr. Florist. Drop 

 us a line. 



RAEDLEIN BASKET CO. 



713 Milwaukee Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL. 



by Secretary Pyfer and Chairman Zech 

 because the grove can be reached by 

 street car. Take Eogers Park or 

 through route 22 cars on Clark street 

 to Pratt avenue, walk west to Eidge 

 avenue and south to grove. 



James Novak, formerly foreman for 

 Wietor Bros., who last spring took hold 

 of tlie Fred Weber place on shares, has 

 his Beauties in fine shape. He grows 

 nothing else. 



Application has been made to the 

 secretary of state for authority to form 

 the Kenilworth Nursery Co., with office 

 at Chicago, capital $7,000. The incor- 

 porators are Louis Wittbold, Carl 

 Schneider and William A. Wilson. 



Joseph A. Mendel, west side retail 

 florist and prominent politician, will be 

 a candidate for sheriff at the approach- 

 ing election. He was given the en- 

 dorsement of the democratic organiza- 

 tion in the fifth congressional district 

 at a dinner August 30. Mr. Mendel 

 recently completed a term as county 

 commissioner. 



John Michelsen spent the week end 

 with his family at McHenry, 111., and 

 left September 2 for his trip through 

 the violet district along the Hudson. 

 He goes over the same route the first 

 week of September each year. 



Tim Matcheu says Peter Eeinberg 

 has for some time been cutting $8 per 

 day off 1,000 plants of Mrs. Eussell 

 rose. 



The last of the returning conven- 

 tionites, C. W. McKellar and wife and 

 George Asmus and wife, reached home 

 via automobile August 31. Messrs. 

 McKellar and Asmus were in their 

 stores September 2. 



One of last week's visitors was Pros- 

 per Henry, formerly at Lincoln park, 

 now the only private gardener at Mem- 

 phis, Tenn., where he has charge of the 

 P. P. Van Fleet estate. 



Kyle & Foerster postponed their 

 housecleaning till the last week in Au- 

 gust" and have the store in its best 

 shape for the opening of the autumn 

 season. 



Winterson's Seed Store had a quan- 

 tity of field-grown carnation plants 

 and offered them in the Classified de- 

 partment of The Eeview. One inser- 

 tion brought orders that cleaned up the 

 lot, but not in time to head off a second 



UNITED F-101 FLORISTS' REFRIGERATOR 



Here is a new and attractive design that keeps flowers firm and 

 freshv Note the unobstructed view your customer gets. Note 

 that the case has glass doors in the back, giving a full view of 

 flowers from all sides. This case can be placed in the center 

 of the store. The cornice and marble base appear on four sides. 

 All glass is plate, and the mirrors are French beveled plate. 



Ask for our book. United Retriserators for Florists; 



it shows new and artistic cases you'll be proud to own. 



UNITED REFRIGERATOR & ICE MACHINE COMPANY 



KENOSHA, WISCONSIN 



Mention The R<^vlew when yon write. 



insertion. The next week more money 

 had to be returned than the total value 

 of the surplus stock. 



A. T. Pyfer, returning from the con- 

 vention, stopped in Oregon county to 

 attend an annual family reunion. There 

 were sixty-three present, none more 

 distantly related than cousins. 



Miss Mary Hayden, well known as 

 right-hand man for Samuel Murray, at 

 Kansas City, has been in town twice 

 recently, going to and returning from 

 her old home at Elroy, Wis. 



Amateur burglars went through the 

 offices of the A. L. Eandall Co. and 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., in adjoining 

 buildings on Eandolph street, early in 

 the morning of August 29. The prin- 

 cipal losses were in damage to the fur- 

 niture, for desks were pried open, at 

 Eandall 'S with a hatchet and at Poehl- 

 mann 's with a pair of big shears. At 

 the latter place Miss Hayden, of Kan- 



Florists' Refrigerators 



Write ti8 for cataloKue and prices, Btatlnff Bize yon 

 require and for what kind of cut flowers yov 

 wish to use the refrlfirerator; also state whether you 

 want it for display or only for storage. 



McCray Refrigerator Co. 

 868 Uik« Stf et. K«nd«llvHI». Ind . 



sas City, had left her hand baggage, 

 which was rifled, and Otto W. Frese 

 had a pair of handsome new gift scarff^ 

 in his desk, which were taken from 

 their box. 



C. W. Ward spent a few hours in 

 town August 30, on his way from his 

 home at Eureka, Cal., to New York, 

 where his daughter is to be married 

 next week. At The Eeview office ho 

 ran across T. H. Wright, the Los An- 

 geles retailer, and J. E. Fotheringham, 

 of Tarrytown, N. Y., and seized the 

 opportunity of giving a luncheon at 



