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The Florists^ Review 



Januabx 14, li)\o. 



GET IN WITH THE NEW THINGS 



TRY A CARTON OP 



AMERICAN OAK SHRUBS, f^t^^l 



PREPARED 



Natural Green 



Cberry Red Golden Brown 



The new foliage for Wreaths, Garlands, etc. 



Green American Oak Sprays 

 Green American BeecluSprays 



Mag^nolia Iieaves Cycas Leaves 



Selliog Agent for 



OVE GNATT, Hammond. Ind. /^C/^AD I UlCXlVIirO 



Preparer of Neural Foliages V/O V^/\I\. LlJuIOii^Ei IVy 



Preserved Lycopodium 



319-321 W. Randolph Street 

 CHICAGO 



Meiitiuu Tbr Ht-Ttew wlivu yuu wrttf. 



than last year and the cost of stock 

 was lower. 



George Eeinberg has sold the prop- 

 erty in Lincoln street, 353 feet south of 

 Bryn Mawr avenue, west front, 266 feet 

 to the Chicago & Northwestern railroad 

 right of way, for $20,000. 



Last season John Evfert had 1,000 



Slants of a white sport of Dr. Engue- 

 ard chrysanthemum. He liked it so 

 well he is propagating it heavily for 

 1915. He also nas a sport from Yellow 

 Eaton that he considers a winner and 

 which he will plant heavily this season. 



The E. C. Amling Co. reports Janu- 

 ary 11 not only the best day since 

 December 24, but the best Monday the 

 house has had since last May, of course 

 excepting holidays. 



The funeral of A. A. Sprague, January 

 12, made a heavy demand for high class 

 funeral work. Nearly all the better 

 class stores twere represented. W. J. 

 Smyth ha,d the family order. The blan- 

 ket was OT*white carnations and valley. 



N. P. Miller joined the staff of A. L. 

 Vaughan & Co. January 11. Mr. Miller 

 is president of the Cook County Florists ' 

 Association and has spent nearly thirty 

 years in the flower business in this city, 

 the last few seasons having been with 

 the J. B. Deamud Co. and Kennicott 

 Bros. Co. With William Johnson in 

 charge of shipping orders and Mr. 

 Miller as floor salesman, Mr. Vaughan 

 feels he has a staff capable of handling 

 any business. 



Sam Pearce is sending in large quan- 

 tities of poinsettias that missed Christ-, 

 mas and Ernest Rober has cut off a 

 lot of begonias that failed to move at 

 the holiday and is shipping the sprays 

 to wholesale houses. 



Taking advantage of the slkck sea- 

 son for counter sales, Edgar Winter- 

 son is spending a few days calling on 

 private gardeners and L. H. Winterson 

 is visiting city trade in the interest 

 of Winterson *8 Seed Store. 



Herman Schiller says he believes the 

 retailers have no real complaint to 

 make. The Schiller north side store 

 is doing specially well on wedding 

 work and the west side store is ex- 

 tremely busy with funeral work, sales 

 running well ahead of last year, stock 

 obtainable at prices that make for 

 better than the average profit. 



A. T. I*yfer spent January 11 on a 

 tour of inspection of the Joliet plant 

 of the Chicago Carnation Co. 



N. J. Wietor says timt records cov- 

 ering a number of years show that 

 giafted rose plants have no advantage 

 for Wietor Bros. On the contrary. 



Domeatic Baskets 



NOW IN GREATER DEMAND FOR 



The^ Social Season 



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Mall us your order early. We have a 

 complete stock for present delivery, 

 and will endeavor to supply your 

 wants promptly at all*tlmes. 



If you have not previously done so, 

 this is a favorable tfne to try put our'* 

 baskets. They are very attractive . 

 an'd'will Inclrease your sales. 



NO CHANGE IN OUR PRICES 



The Madison Basket- 

 craft Co. Nadison, Lake Co., Ohio 



Mrinion ID* tUr^Urm waen j«m enir 



they make more money off own-root 

 stock. He figures that the value of 

 grafted stock depends considerably on 

 the character of the soil a florist uses. 



At Peter Eeinberg 's much pleasure 

 was taken January 11 in the receipt 

 of an order for 5,000 carnation cuttings 

 to be shipped to the government 

 greenhouses at Washington. 



George Asmus is feeling fine again; 

 he has starved out his rheumatism. It 

 was a bread-and-milk diet for several 

 weeks. 



O. W. Frese comments on the de- 

 creasing demand for asparagus strings. 





SANITARY FLOORS 



fw FLOWER STORES 

 Cimpintif n FlNriiii 

 ATLAS FLOOR COMPANY 



S7 W. Van Bar«n Str>»t, 



CHICAGO, nx. 



Mention The RcTlew wb«n yon write. 



He says it is surprising that so good 

 an article should have fallen into such 

 disuse. 



French & Malm are this week com- 



