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The Florists' Review 



Dbcbmbbb 17, 1914. 



For the next thirty days we offer the trade our advanced HOLIDAY GREET- 

 INGS in the shape of a special trade discount on our complete line of 



Cut Flower 



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for delivery at once in lots of not less than 2000 assorted list sizes. 



This represents our standard grade of 3-ply waterproofed duplex stock, and 

 carried in the White Enamel, Pink Enamel, Golden Rod, Covert Gray and Fern 

 Green stock in following sizes: 



DUPLEX FOLDING CUT FLOWER BOXES-ROBIN EGG INSIDE LINING 



Send in your specifications for sample and prices. 



Hummel & Downing Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



indication that a large Christmas busi- 

 ness is expected. 



At the store of the Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co., A. T. Pyfer reports that fire 

 broke out in the residence of Peter 

 Olsem, at Wilmette, during the zero 

 morning of December 13. Thanks to 

 quick work by the fire department, the 

 loss was light. The building is owned 

 by Pyfer & Olsem. 



Joseph Weis, Jr., who served a long 

 apprenticeship with a wholesaler, says 

 he has done excellently in the three 

 years since he started for himself in 

 the retail end of the business. 



The pine forest, a feature each holi- 

 day time, in front of the store of the 

 Geo. Wittbold Co., on Buckingham 

 place, has been set. It is composed of 

 Christmas trees ranging from four to 

 eight feet high. 



Visitors. 



Frank X. Gorly, of Grimm & Qor- 

 ly, St. Louis, was in town last week, 

 looking over the Christmas stock. 



William P. Ward has been calling 

 on the trade in the interest of the D. 

 Hill Nursery Co., of Dundee. Until the 

 concern published its first full-page ad 

 in The Review, October 23, it was un- 

 known to Chicago florists, although 

 only forty miles from town, but now 

 is doing a nice business here in ever- 

 greens. 



Clarence Watson, representing the 

 Leo Niessen Co., Philadelphia, was in 

 town last week and is reported to have 

 placed considerable Christmas stock. 



Richard Lietz, of Milwaukee, was a 

 visitor at Zech & Mann's December 14. 



F. W. Romer, representing Briarcliflf 

 Greenhouses, the Pierson establishment 



CUT FLOWER BOXES 



EDWARDS FOLDING BOX CO 



MANUFACTURERS 



' PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention The ReTl«w when you write. 



QUALITY B^XES 



for cut flowers antf desicns aro oar sprdalty. 

 Use them and attract the best trade in youi 

 city. Made to order— any aize, sham or de- 

 sign, lined or anlined. 



H. SCHULTZ & CC'^Yi'So^T **• 



Mention Tbe K»;Tlew wben jou write. 



at Scarboro, N. Y., was here this week, 

 looking over the prospect for Christ- 

 mas Beauties. 



Representing S. S. Pennock-Meehan 

 Co., Philadelphia, E. J. Fancourt has 

 been paying his annual before-Christ- 

 mas visit to those here with whom his 

 house does business. 



Charles McCauley, visiting the Chi- 

 cago Flower Growers' Association De- 

 cember 15, jokingly remarked that he 

 came to the city to get warm, the tem- 

 perature at Geneva having fallen to 

 10 degrees below zero. 



A. C. Brown, of Springfield, 111., was 

 on the market December 14, buying for 

 Christmas. 



GLEN COVE, N. Y. 



At the annual meeting of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society, held De- 

 cember 9 in Pembroke hall, the oflScers 



Mention Tb» EeTlew when too wrlf. 



The Climax Cut Flower Boxes 



Climax Manufacturing Co. 



Main Office and Plant, 

 200 Factory Street 



CASTORLAND, 



U*nHnn '^H* n«v<a 



NEW YORK 



were chosen for the ensuing year. Presi- 

 dent Gaut called upon James Duthie to 

 take the chair and conduct the election 

 and installation. The result of the elec- 

 tion was as follows: President, Ernest 



