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The Florists' Review 



JA.NUABT 28, 1016. 



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dall Co., made a flying trip to Pitts- 

 burgh, New York and Philadelphia last 

 week. He says he found business 

 steadily improving with all those he 

 caUed on. 



A. Miller, of Henderson & Co., re- 

 turned January 21 from a trip of six 

 weeks to New York and south to Vir- 

 ginia. He says he took more orders 

 than when he covered the same terri- 

 tory -Jast season. 



The Montrose Floral Co., 3747 Aga- 

 tite avenue, conducted under the name 

 of William Wallace, has had good suc- 

 cess this season with cyclamens and 

 ferns. 



John Michelsen says the sales of the 



E. C. Amling Co. have not only come 



back to normal, but recently have been 



' running ahead of the best previous 



January record. 



Bassett & Washburn sent an exhibit 

 of their new carnations, Belle Wash- 

 burn, red, and Hdpji Washburn, pink, 

 to the Buffalo convention of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society. Attention to 

 one of Mr. Washburn's outside busi- 

 ness interests prevented his accom- 

 panying the blooms. 



Winterson's Seed Store reports good 

 business in cannas; the advanee or- 

 ders were shipped last week. 



A. T. Pyfer, of the Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co., is pleased with the call for 



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rooted cuttings of Peerless Pink, sent 

 out last season; it seems to have caught 

 on. In general the orders for cuttings, 

 according to all reports, have been a 

 little below normal this January. 



The political activities of Peter 

 Reinberg are of never-failing interest 

 to the public, but especially so to his 

 friends in the trade. They were much 

 pleased at the support given his first 

 veto, nullifying the unanimous but ill- 

 considered action of the county board. 

 At a carnation ball given in Mr. Bein- 

 berg's home wa»d January 22, Mayor 

 Harrison and wife and Mr. and Mrs. 

 Reinberg led the march and Mr. Rein- 

 berg presented every person present 

 with a carnation. 



The will of Harriet B. Northrup, 

 wife of Charles W. Northrup, of La 

 Grange, was probated last week. It 

 leaves an estate valued at $9,000 to 

 Mr. Northrup and their two daughters. 

 Mr. Northrup now is cashier of the 



bank at La Grange. Formerly he was 

 one of the principal growers of sum- 

 mer flowers, Specially of sweet peas, 

 for this market. His stock was sold 

 for many years by Kennicott Bros. Co. 



Fred Klingel, of Erne & Klingel, says 

 they consider the Atlas block so much 

 the best location available to them 

 that they prefer their quarters there 

 to twice the space at the same price 

 anywhere else. 



Charles H. Fisk is planning to spend 

 the coming summer in California, 

 where his daughter lives and where he 

 has fruit farm interests. He will be 

 accompanied by Mrs. Fisk. They will 

 return in the autumn for the busy re- 

 tail season. 



B. E. Kurowski, vice-president of the 

 John C. Moninger Co., is inclined to be 

 optimistic, as business is picking up and 

 prospects are bright. His firm has the 

 contract of E. H. Montgomery, Fair- 

 field, la., for two iron-frame truss 



