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December 24, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



A HAPPY NEW YEAR 



with lots of good stock of all 

 kinds to supply your needs 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES- 



All lengths, with the finest, most perfect buds. 



KILLARNEYS- 



A brilliant color, large flow^er, srood straight stems, in 

 aU lengths. The rose whose coinmercial value can't 

 be outclassed. 



RUSSELL, SUNBURST, HADLEY- 



And all the new varieties in quantity, and quality as 

 good as to be found in Chicago. 



FREESIA- 



The pure white variety. 



STEVIA- 



Tbe best grown. Used everywhere in quantity, and we 

 supply in lOOO lots or more. 



CARNATIONS- 



We have the best quality we ever had. The shipping 

 kind that carry and give you satisfaction to sell. 



PAPER WHITE NARCISSUS- 



Plenty and at prices that make you money. 



MIGNONETTE— 



The large, long-flowered kind that sells. 



VIOLETS- 



Fancy double, extra fine now. 



GREENS of all kinds in larffe supply— 



so we can supply your large wants for decorations at 

 prices which allow you a good margin. 



A complete stdck of Florists' Supplies 



After by far the largest business we ever have done in Florists' Supplies, we still have a complete assortment of 

 all staple articles and novelties, and can make quick shipments. It's especially important that you have 



CORSAGE TIES AND CORSAGE SHIELDS FOR NEW YEAR'S 



Go over your stock at once, and send a rush order for anything that's 

 low. Wire your orders if you are at a distance. We ship at once. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



66 E. Randolph Street, Chica^ 



Everythini 



L. D. Phone Central 7720 



Private Exchanire all 



Departments 



Mention The Review when you write. 



far below cost and then the price for 

 good green rebounded. For late orders 

 at fair values green was brought from 

 the woods by express. 



Good holly has been none too plen- 

 tiful during the last few days, but 

 there has been a great deal of it that 

 never could have been sold except for 

 the fact that there are, apparently, 

 plenty of people who consider what they 

 pay without a thought as to what they 

 got. Red berries are plentiful. 



A Double Bin. 



Renewed activity characterizes the 

 aflFairs of the Chicago Florists' Club 

 and a double attraction ia planned for 

 the next meeting, at the Bismarck, 

 January 7. It will be installation 

 night, with a complete new staflF of of- 

 ficers. Also, it will be novelty night, 

 all those who have new varieties being 

 invited to make exhibits. Those who 

 can not bring their stock are invited 

 to send it in care of Bassett & Wash- 

 burn, 131 North Wabash avenue. All 

 stock will be judged and if it scores 



eighty-five points or more will receive 

 the club's certificate of merit. A large 

 attendance is expected, including many 

 non-members. 



President-elect Keimel has set on foot 

 another movement for the consolidation 

 of the two local florists' organizations. 



The Freight on Coal. 



Growers who heard the news enjoyed 

 a chuckle last week when the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission gave the rail- 

 roads the right to advance freight rates 

 on everything except coal — they won't 

 have to help the railroads out of their 

 hole. It would have meant a lot to 

 some of the big growers who use Poca- 

 hontas, had the rate, now $2.10 per 

 ton, been boosted another five per cent, 

 or over 10 cents per ton. Note the 

 following from the Black Diamond of 

 October 31: "Peter Reinberg is en- 

 deavoring to be elected president of 

 the county board and thinks his can- 

 didacy should be favorably received by 

 coal men, as he uses 40,000 tons of 

 coal every year in his greenhouses. 



What candidates for office can make- 

 a better claim for the votes of coal 

 men than that?" 



Last year Mr. Reinberg, George 

 Reinberg, J. A. Budlong and other grow- 

 ers whose coal goes to the Summerdale 

 station on the Northwestern, secured an 

 order of the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission, giving them the Chicago dis- 

 trict rate, $2,05 per ton from the West 

 Virginia mines, plus 5 cents switching 

 charges. It saved the growers 20 cents 

 per ton and they have started action to 

 secure the refund of the overcharge for 

 several years. Now, however, the car- 

 riers have filed a new tariff in which 

 they seek to assess 25 cents a ton on 

 coal from mines in Ohio, Pennsylvania, 

 Virginia and West Virginia, to cer- 

 tain north and west side stations on 

 the Northwestern railway in the Chi- 

 cago switching district. The commis- 

 sion has suspended the tariff pending an 

 investigation. The statement is made 

 by Rutter & Co. that the rates were ad- 

 vanced at the request of the North- 

 western, which will receive 40 cents as 



