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The Florists^ Review 



FKunuAttV 18, 1915. 



ami flowers useful for tlie local retail 

 trade. 



John A. Nelson. 



Two liousos, oox.'!.")! anil 1.' Ix.'Ki.'), ai'e 

 jtlaiited -witli caruatious at Mr. Nel- 

 son's, altont 10. (Mil) plants lieiiij,' used. 

 l'\'\ver \arieties ;ire ^lowu liere tliau 

 on many places, but tiu' ]dants are all 

 in su|)erb condition and wortliy ot' a 

 lon<z journey to se(>. ,Mr. Xelsou ue\er 

 sliowed any floweis |ire\ious to the But- 

 I'alo coMxention, but I xciiture the opin- 

 ion that liis carnations will be no 

 strani:ers to tlie I'xhibitions in tli(> fu- 

 tuie. It would iudecil be a misfortune 

 it' siuli splendid llowers ;is are ^row n 

 here could uot b(> set up at the exhibi- 

 1 inns. 



I 'ink Delight herc^ was womlerl'ullx 

 line. White 1 'erfect ion. "White lOuchaut- 

 M's-; :iiid Whit c Woiidei' 1'aii'ly made one 

 Lr.'isp. The White I-]nclia nt ress, as 

 Lirown lu'ic. was equal to the tinest 

 .Mat(hli'ss 1 h:i\(' yet seen. <'li;nn|dou 

 is j^iowii, but liai'dly e(|ualcd Heacoii. 

 ^\'insor and l^mdiant les-- are both s|i|en 

 did, but ^\ill jiroliably be dioppcd an- 

 f)ther season. !Mr. .\<d-cin does not 

 knoxv \vliat to replace Winsor \vith. 1 

 uever beldre saw the (dd Harry I'mn 

 bloom as it doi^s here. A batcli of L'.tiOO 

 plants was a sea of crimson, and in- 

 dividual I'ic Ixin^s (d' J, til HI and ^ ,~7)U have 

 been maile from it. The daily pick liere 

 is from l.^DO to 2..')iin. anil no finer 

 llowers ill) to the Boston market. Thice 

 small houses .are de\ot(>d to single \'io- 

 lets. Siune Xelrosc an(| I'ludps' AX'hitc 

 suajidra^^ons are uiowii. and sweet peas 

 ju'oxc a jirolitable crop, tied to the 

 i^r'eenhousc posts. 



J. T. Butterworth. 



\Vhilo orcdiids .ai'e tlie j^reat sjit^cialty 

 at Mr. Butterworth "s, carnations are 

 ^'rown in two houses. The \aiieties are 

 Yellow Prince, Beacon, ^\'llite Woiulei-. 

 I'iiik D(dij:lit, b'osctte, Mrs. Cheney and 

 ^\'insor. Dutch bulbous flowers aie 

 also forced in large numlxM-s here. 



Cattleya labiata was nuikiuj,' a tine 

 (lis]day at the time of my visit. The 

 cattlcyas .nud, in fact, all tli(> orchids 

 here show suiprisiucr \i;:oi-, Mr. But- 



terwortii is not eonstantly dependinc; 

 on new importations. He has the knack 

 of carrying liis plants along for many 

 yi'ars, increases thorn and makes sickly 

 sjiecimeiis, which many would throw 

 awav in sheer (ies[iair, take on luxuriant 

 liealth. 



I noticed a splendid batdi of 350 ISIil- 

 toni.a vexillaria and an ecpial number 

 of Odoutoglossum crispum in grand 

 health. 'i"he latter Avere re\(diug in a 

 wide lean-to house built in 1S4S! All 

 the yellow t'orms of Cypiipedium iu- 

 sigiie were growing liki> weeds. Of the 

 beautiful Cymbidium insigiu* I couuteii 

 o\(>r fifty fiiu' ])lants. |)endrol)ium 

 .l.-nnesiauum was ])roduciug grand 

 giowths and B. iiobile and Wardiauum 

 would soon be in full crop. The orcdiid 

 houses here are iu)t lu^w, but the ])lauts 

 evidently relish tlieir surroundings and 

 theii' treatnuMit, Xowhere in New l'>ng- 

 land are finer s]iecimen cattlcyas to be 

 found than here. W. X. Craig. 



CHICAGO CONCERNS BURNED OUT. 



Randall and Amling Losers, 



j-'ire that originated from unknown 

 causes destroyed the building at tiS and 

 7ii Bast Eamiolidi street, Cliicago, to- 

 gether witii practically .all its contents, 

 early in the morning of February 14. 

 It \\;is a structure of li\e stories au<l 

 b.-isement. fOxltJO. The street floor was 

 oicupieil by the wholes.'ile cut flower 

 commission house of the K. C. Andiug 

 Co., the second floor by the wholesale 

 cut flower commission de])artment of 

 the A. L. ]\andall Co., and the base- 

 nu'ut ami three upper floors by that 

 coucern 's stock of florists' supjdies. 

 The fire was one of the most spectacu- 

 lai' the downtown Chicago district has 

 seen in years. The building was com- 

 plettdy ^utteil. the roof and four ujiper 

 lloors falling in. and the loss totals 

 something liki' $!(;."),( km I. The iu(li\id 

 ual losses are estimated as follows: 



W. I'. Slruinl. liuililiii,:.' .•? T.'i.lidii 



A. I,. K.'iiiil.'ill Cn., slurc mill ti\tiircs. . . , s.",<hi(i 



i;. V. Aiiiliiif.' Co,, lixtiircs .".ooo 



W. K. I:;il:1.-, cicMr sninil stink li.ocii 



Ti>i:ii .< it;ri,oi!o 



The Randall coiu-ern, of which Kmil 

 Huettiu'r is president and A. B. Kan 

 dall tretisurer, is well covered by in- 

 surance. There was $7!),000 on the 

 stock in the burned building, with 

 .$10,000 on stock stiucd on the fifth 

 floor of the next building east. Here 

 the loss was liglit, being caused by 

 smoke and water. The inventory takiui 

 danuary 1 showed sto(dv on hand in 

 the juain building .and in storage as 

 .tloS,(KK). It is thought the stock had 

 been reduced souu'what since then. 

 A. L. Kandall said February IH that, 

 while it would be impossible to stat(> 

 the loss with accuracy until the books 

 were available, he estimated it as about 

 .$8."), 000 and f(dt that the insurance 

 would nearly cover. 



The loss of the )•]. C. Amling Co., on 

 the street floor, was ]irinci [tally on its 

 ic(d)oxes. ^fhe fire started on one of 

 tlu^ u])per floors, which fell in, and 

 water in torrents ran over th(» boxes 

 for hours. Tlu' incon\eni(>nce of seedl- 

 ing a new location at :\ moment's no- 

 tice constitutes the juincipal loss. 



Tlie building to the (>ast, the top 

 Moor of whiidi is used by K'amlall's for 

 storage, is the city home of Pochhnann 

 liros. C'o., the cut flow(>r de]tai'tment 

 being on tlie second floor and tlu; flo- 

 lists' sujijdies departnuuit on the fourth 

 Moor. The I'oehlmann c(uiceru sus- 

 tained uo loss whate\ ei-. 



Business Kept Going. 



The fire was still burning fiercely 

 when the Amling and h'andall cut flower 

 forces arrixed for th(> Sunday morning 

 business. The Amling conceiii at once 

 obtained the \acajit IJowe sjiace at 160 

 Wabash aveinu! to rectdxe the day's 

 consigmuents and was .able to write its 

 first sales ticket for the day at 7:10, 

 only ten minutes latei- than usual. Next 

 d.ay. ade<|uate t(MMj)oi'aiy (piarters were 

 secured at l(!<i Xoith .Michigan aveinie, 

 the entire ground floor of the new Fed- 

 eral Ijife building, where business was 

 tiausacted Fcdtruary IG almost as 

 though nothing h.ad happencil. 



Bong before the fire was extinguished 

 the Bandall Co. had obtained a large 



View oi the Chicago Wholesale Florists' Burned Building Looking Toward the Point From Which the Other Photograph was Taken. 



iTIic A. I.. I'^oiJmII Cii. anil the 10. C!. .\inlinL' ('n. nccuiiicd llic liiilliliiii.' in the cciitcf: I'lulilnianti Uros. Co. occuijIi-s the second anil lnntlli tlixns ami the A. L. 

 J'.andall C". tlic lUlli tlooi nl tlic iindaniatrcd bviildiiii,' at tlic left; the biiildintf at the ri(;lit is oceii|iicd li.v tliu Dcnnison Mf«. Co.) 



