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The Rorists' Review 



May 21, 1914. 



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30 ^ast Rindolph St., CDCAGO 



The Always Reliable 

 Wholesale Florists 



The Leading House for quality and quantity of extra fancy stock 



FOR MEMORIAL DAY 



By sending your orders to us you can be sure of getting good 

 stock and all you want of everything, providing you don't wait 

 until the last day. 



CARNATIONS BEAUTIES PEONIES 



LILIES GLADIOLI VALLEY CAPE JASMINE 



Also headquarters for floe Spencer Sweet Peas, grown for us by 

 W. H, Anilmg and the A. F. Amling Co. Do liot overlook these. Take 

 all the orders you can for them. There will be plenty for everybody. 



We have built up our big shipping trade. North, East, South and West, by 

 handling flrst-class stock and large quantities of it. 



WE ARK WHOLKSALKRS DOINtt A STRICTLY WHOLKSAU BUSINESS 



Mentton The BeTlew when yoa write. 



Carnations De Luxe 



Largest blooms, longost stoms, boot 

 kooplns qualitlos and plonty off thorn 



We have this year the Roses cut from 100,000 feet of modern, up-to-dato 

 greenhouses ; fine stock, sure to satisfy. 



DAISIES ^euoV" • SWEET PEAS - PEONIES - GREENS 



We have a full line of good stock and can take the very best of care of your 

 full order— send you all you need for your spring trade. 



We guarantee safe delivery in perfect condition anywhere within 1000 miles 

 of Chicago on shipments of our Carnations Do Luxo. / 



Chicago Carnation Co. 



A. T. PYFER, Manner 



30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



CABNATIONS Per 100 



Estra Iar8refanc7 1 2.00 @ $ 3.00 



For Memorial day .'.. S.OO 6.00 



ROSES 



Special 6.00 @ 8.00 



Short 4.00 



Klllarney 



White KUIarney. 



Richmond 



Mrs. Ward 



Extra specials billed accordlngrly. 

 Am. Beautlea, per doz.$2.00 @ $1.00 



MIBCELLANEOXrS^, . 



Peonies '. 6 00 



Harrlsil, best grade 10.00 



Oallas ,.; 10.00 



Valley 3.00 



Sweet Peas 76 



" Fancy Butterfly 1.00 



Snapdragon 6.00 



Daisies, White 7S 



Daisies. Yellow 1.00 



Adlantum 



Ferns, per 1000 



Smllax, per dozen 1.60 



Oalax, per 1000 



Asparagus Plumosns. per string. .. .60 

 Asparagus Plumosus, per bunch.'.. .36 

 Asparagus Sprengerl, per bunch . . .26 

 Mexican Ivy, per 1000 



Subject to nutrkat chancM. 



Mwatlon The Berlew when yon write. 



years with E. H. Hunt and makes his 

 own wire frames, baskets, etc., with 

 something over to wholesale. 



The American Peony Society will 

 hold its annual exhibition at the Art 

 Institute,' June 12 and 13, with C. W. 

 Johnson as manager. 



A carload of European palms and 

 (Iracajnas that arrived at Winterson's 

 Seed Store last week was quickly 

 cleaned up. 



One of the big rooms on the fifth floor 

 of the Western Cold St6rage Ware- 

 house has been rented jointly by Kyle 

 & Foerster and Klehm's Nurseries, for 

 two months, for handling peonies. The 

 first lot of stock went in May 18. For 

 the third season, the Klehm peonies 

 will not be bunched this year, but 

 stored loose and sold sorted and counted 

 like roses. 



Burglars entered the store of Anton 

 E. Belmont, 704 South Eacine avenue, 

 last week. Mr. Belmont handles talk- 

 ing machines as a side line and four of 

 them vrere stolen. 



E. E. Pieser points out that the south- 

 ern crop of peonies was all in storage 

 at this date last year, while this season 

 the cut had only just begun to mpve 



freely May 18. He thinks the late- 

 ness of the crop assures good quality 

 this year. 



F. C. Mendonza, 356 East Forty-third 

 street, expects to go to California next 

 month, to visit his family, who are in 

 Los Angeles. 



This week Zech & Mann are com- 

 pleting their first year in their present 

 quarters. The increase in their busi- 

 ness has again demonstrated that an 

 improvement in facilities usually re- 

 sults in an immediate increase in pat- 

 ronage. 



John Freely recently purchased the 

 store at 4035 West Madison street from 

 J. W. Walters. The name is the West 

 End Floral Co. 



The second anniversary of the open- 

 ing of their doors was celebrated May 

 13 by Erne & Klingel. They have 

 worked hard but have succeeded ftnd 

 start their third year with an excellent 

 business. 



B. Zima is back at his old location, 

 3053 West Twenty-second street, hav- 

 ing purchased the store from Max 

 Fink. Mr. Zima is having the store 

 remodeled and enlarged. 



In May Wietor Bros, always do' a 



large business in shipping chrysanthe* 

 mum cuttings and they report the regu* 

 lar volume of business in spite of the 

 unusually large quantity of young stock 

 in the country this year. 



The Cook County Florists' Associa- 

 tion meets May 21, at the Tavern. 



A heavy advertising campaign in the 

 leading Chicago daily and Sunday pa- 

 per has been the means of greatly va.-. 

 creasing the business of the W. W. 

 Barnard Co. 



The first young Beauties of the sea- 

 son were cut at Peter Eeinberg's last 

 week. 



At the headquarters of the Chicago 

 Carnation Co. it is reported that Pyfer 

 & Olsem opened a retail store at Wil- 

 mette. May 16. The location is on Eail- 

 road street, opposite the Northwestern 

 depot. Wm. Pantly is in charge, as- 

 sisted by Miss Jennings, who has given 

 up her own retail business there. 



James Murphy, of the Murphy Floral 

 Co., 4248 West Madison street, is con- 

 fined to his home with bronchitis. 



C. W. McKellar and Mrs. McKellar 

 have this week taken up their resi- 

 dence in their new country home, north- 

 west of the city, an hour by motor from 



