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The Florists' Review 



OcXfiSBB 2. 1918., 



CHOICE KILLARNEYS--BEAUTIES 



Just the highest quality obtainable, and, while we have handled lots of them, we seldom have the chance to offer better. 

 Our supply is good. Anything in Roses you need. 



WHITE-PINK-RED CARNATIONS 



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The weather has helped quality in all lines, and Carnations, especially, hav^ improyed. The presMit cut is all that 

 could be desired, in both flower, stem and foliage. We can furnish any grade in the leading varieties. Any quantity. Wire— 

 iWrite-Phone. 



VALLEY MUMS GREENS LILIES 



A. L. YAUGHAN & CO. 



161 N. Wabash Avenue, 



(NOT INC.) 



Phones:— Central 2571-2572 



CHICAGO 



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Titlon Th«» TU'vlew wh<>n yon write. 



as city representative, October 1 joined 

 the store staff of the Bohannon Flo- 

 ral Co, 



Johnson & Chronis say business has 

 gradually increased for the last three 

 vfeeks at their store at Lake avenue 

 and Forty-seventh street. WerJdinga 

 began with the last of September and 

 table decorations were also in demand. 

 The two White delivery cars have now 

 been in service eighteen months ahd 

 Mr. Johnson is more than well pleased 

 with the money invested in them. 



J. C. Craig is back from an extended 

 trip to the Pacific coast and other 

 points. Funeral work has kept every- 

 one busy at the Wabash avenue store. 



A. L. Vaughan spent September 25 

 in Kankakee, 111., and says that the 

 latter city can well afford to be proud 

 of some of the fine retail stores there, 

 as well as the growing establishments. 



Erne & Klingel find the shipping 

 business on the increase and, in sup- 

 plies especially, the books show a gain 

 over last season. 



The Sunday Record-Herald had a fine 

 full-page story on the front of its 

 woman's section September 28, with 

 pictures, devoted to the work of three 

 sisters, one of whom is Mrs. Ida M. 

 Latshaw, manager of the Libertyville 

 plant of the Meredith Flower and Vege- 

 table Co. One other sister is a physi- 

 cian, the other an artist. None is 

 young, but each is a hard and capable 

 worker. The Eecord-Herald story 

 largely was an interview with Mrs. 

 Latshaw. 



With the new refrigerator in com- 

 mission the old icebox at the Bassett & 

 Washburn store is being overhauled 

 and remodeled. The first October Frost 

 were cut September 29. 



Frank F. Storck, a druggist at 

 Twenty-ninth street and Cottage Grove 

 avenue, has found an opportunity to 

 enter the florists' trade. His new store 

 wiU be located at 2901 Cottage Grove 

 avenue and is expected to catch a large 

 part of the trade going to Michael 

 Beese hospital. 



A. Henderson has been suffering with 

 a cold for several days and was forced 

 to give up work for the afternoon of 

 September 29. The fall bulb shipments 

 are heavy and the force is busy with 

 deliveries. 



The Cook County Florists' Associa- 

 tion bowlers met in the store of Zech 

 & Mann after closing hours September 

 24 and formed a league for the coming 

 season. Four teams were listed and 

 the first games were scheduled for 

 October 2. Owing to the sudden death 



Wietor Bros. 



162 N. Wabash Ave., •- "^iSSLU 2osi CHICAGO, ILL. 



A GOOD SUPPLY OF FINE STOCK 



BEAUTIES, ROSES AND 



CARNATIONS 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Perdoz. 



48-Inch stems $4.00 



36-inch stems 3,00 



30-inch stems 2.60 



24-inch stems 2.00 



l&-lnch stems 1.50 



12-inch stems 1.26 



KILLARNEY Per 100 



Extra special 17.00 



Selects 6.00 



Fancy 5.00 



Medium 4.00 



Good 3.00 



Short stems 2.00 



WHITE KILLARNEY 



Extra special 7.00 



Selecto 6.00 



Fancy 5.00 



Medium 4.00 



Good 3.00 



Short 2.00 



ROSES, Our Selection, 



SUNBURST Per 100 



Selects $10.00 



Fancy 8.00 



Good 6.00 



Short 8.00 



Extra special. 



Selects 



Fancy 



Medium 



Good 



Short stems... 



MY MARYLAND 



Extra special. 



Selects 



Fancy 



Medium 



Good 



Short stems... 



RICHMOND 



CARNATIONS 



Good stock $1.60 to 



MISCELLANEOUS STOCK 



Liiies, fancy per 100, $10.00 to 



Ferns, new per 1000, 



Smllax perdoz., $2.00 to 



Adlantum per 100, 1.00 to 



Galax per 1000, 



Sprenarcri or Asparasus Siltmyc.per bunch, 



7.0O 

 6.00 

 5.0O 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 



7.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 3.00 

 2.0O 



2.00 



12.50 

 2.00 

 2.60 

 1.60 

 1.50 

 .50 



$3.00 per 100 



of William Lorman's father it was 

 decided to postpone the opening another 

 week. 



Phil Schupp says that the fall rush 

 on valley is the best his firm has ever 

 known. 



L. Baumann writes from Altadena, 

 Cal., that one day last week the tem- 

 perature on his front porch, which is 

 in the shade and protected by trees, 

 reached 114 degrees. Across the val- 

 ley from his residence can be seen a 

 forest fire which has been raging for 

 three weeks. 



Harry Garland, formerly with the 

 Geo. M. Garland Co., of Des Plaines, 

 111., is calling on the trade and the 

 steam specialty people on the north 

 side of Chicago for the Eollin^ Steam 

 Specialty & Valve Co. Mr. Rollins 

 states that business with florists has 



CUT FLOWERS 



Single Mexican Tuberoses $3.00 per lOO 



Crinum Lilies (Buds or Blooms ) 2.00 per lOO 



Roses. Bride, Maid, Kaiserin, La 



France, etc. No. 1, long 6.00 per 100 



No. 2, medium 4.00 per lOO 



No. 3, short 1 .00 per 100 



Daisy Chrysanthemums 1.00 per lOO 



SCOTT FLORAL CO.. Navasota, Taxaa 



Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



grown so extensive in the last year or 

 two that a special department is neces- 

 sary. One of the sales of the week was 

 an order from Peter Reinberg for two 

 cast-iron boilers. 



Fargo, N. D. — The work on the addi- 

 tion to the Shotwell Floral Co. is being 

 rapi41y completed. Plans are being 

 made for additional window and refrig- 

 erator space. 



