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The Florists' Review 



Apbil 22. 1016. 



else, and the demand for them is good. 

 Snapdragons and gladioli of superior 

 grade are in fair supply. 



Although many of the violet jrrowers 

 stopped shipping with the passing of 

 Easter, last week's receipts piled up in 

 most unwelcome fashion. The public 

 preferred sweet peas, according to the 

 retailers, who therefore refused even 

 to make an offer for more than small 

 quantities of violets. Wholesalers had 

 dozens of unopened boxes on hand at 

 closing time April 17, Saturday. 



Unfortunately, there has been a suc- 

 cession of extremely warm days for 

 this time of the year, and this, as a 

 matter of course, forced more stock 

 onto an already crowded market. On 

 the other hand, the supply of potted 

 plants in the hands or the retailers, 

 that did as much as any one thing 

 to kill the demand for cut flowers last 

 week, is practically exhausted. In ad- 

 dition to this, the great numbers of 

 blooming plants sold to the flower buy- 

 ing public have mostly lived their al- 

 lotted life and been thrown out, so 

 that the people are beginning to turn 

 their attention to spring flowers. The 

 effect of this is becoming perceptible to 

 the retailers, who report a gradually 

 increasing demand for corsages and 

 dinner decorations. Thus, demand is 

 slowly feeling its way towards the 

 normal. 



Wholesalers Expanding. 



Papers were signed April 20 whereby 

 Kyle & Foerster take the lease of the 

 street floor store in the Atlas block, 

 160 North Wabash avenue, occupied 

 in part by H. C. Eowe, and at the same 

 time acquire the basement space below 

 formerly occupied by the J. B. Deamud 

 Co. The move is, principally to secure 

 additional space, as it gives about dou- 

 ble the floor area now in use, but it 

 also affords possibly the best location 

 in the wholesale cut flower district as 

 it is today. Kyle & Foerster expect to 

 get into their new quarters about May 

 15. A number of changes will be neces- 

 sary in the stairways, entrances, etc., 

 before installation of fixtures can 

 begin. An entirely new equipment is 

 planned, including an ice machine to 

 operate coolers on both floors. 



Kyle & Foerster hold a lease on their 

 present quarters, which it is under- 

 stood will be transferred to John 

 Kruchten, affording him also an op- 

 portunity to largely increase his fa- 

 cilities, although details in this deal 

 have not yet been arranged. The pres- 

 ent Kruchten space, one of the best 

 located in the building, will give an 

 opportunity for another wholesaler to 

 get onto a popular floor. 



Mr. Rowe states that he has no plans 

 for the immediate future; he may take 

 the smaller vacant store at 158 North 

 Wabash, next door to the one he is 

 giving up, or he may lay off until 

 autumn. 



Randall to Open Foreign Of^ce. 



It is announced that George Husmann 

 will sail for Rotterdam about May 1 

 for the purpose of opening a European 

 buying office for the A. L. Randall Co. 

 For the last two years Mr. .Husmann 

 has been F. M. Johnson's chief assist- 

 ant on the buying side of the Randall 

 business, handling all the important 

 orders. He is a Chicago boy of Ger- 

 man parentage and is well equipped, 

 temperamentally and by experience, to 

 deal with the sources of supply in this 



RANDALL'S 



CUT FLOWERS 



The dioicest stock— the most dependable service 



American 

 Beauties 



A wonderful stock of 

 these royal beauties, 

 stiff stemmed and with 

 perfect flowers. Take 

 advantage of our large 

 supply of all lengths. 



Roses 



Ample supply of well 

 chosen varieties — all 

 fresh and sturdy stem- 

 med. 



Killarney Brilliant Russell 

 Killarney (White also) Richmond 

 Shawyer Aaron Ward 



Ophelia Sunburst 



Lilies^ large quantities, $6.00 per 100. 



Carnations 



Freshly cut, strong petals 

 that stand up well, and 

 give the blossoms that 

 desired live appearance. 

 Plenty of all varieties. 



Sweet Peas 



Fancy Spencers, with 

 strong stems and large, 

 richly colored blossoms 

 — a splendid selection in 

 all colors. 



Wholesale Cut flowers 



Have you taken 

 advantage of the 

 supply bargains in 

 our "Invitation 

 Specials"? 



Write for copy 

 of this bargain 

 bulletin today. 



I 



Phone Central 7780 



Lake and Wabash 



CHICAGO 



Out-of-town ser- 

 vice demands 

 unusual care in 

 selection and 

 packing of stock. 

 You may be sure 

 of it at 



RANDALL'S. 



Rush Your Rush Orders to Randall's 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



trade in central Europe. The location 

 of his permanent office has not yet 

 been determined, but will depend 

 largely on the course of the war. 



Suburban Politiciaiis. 



The trade was unusually well repre- 

 sented among the successful candidates 

 in the elections in the suburban towns, 

 held April 20. 



At Highland Park P^itz Bahr was 



elected a member of the board of com* 

 missioners. 



At Morton Grove August Poehlmann 

 was reelected president of the village 

 board. George Harrer and William 

 Mailander were elected trustees for the 

 full term and Edward Eisner to fill the 

 vacancy created by the removal of 

 Richard Salm to Union Grove, Wis. 



At Niles Center George H. Klehm 

 was elected president of the village 



