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The Florists' Review 



Jdnb 3, 1915. 



like fate in the near future. To bal- 

 ance matters, they will increase their 

 Aaron Ward roses by 3,500 plants, mak- 

 ing 11,000 in all; also Killarney Bril- 

 liant will be increased by 3,000 plants, 

 making a total of 11,000 for that va- 

 riety. 



By way of broadening their activities, 

 Joseph Ziska & Sons have begun to 

 carry a line of wooden easels. They 

 are not imported, but are of the "made 

 in America" brand, and should prove 

 all the more popular on that account 

 at this time. 



Simpson's, Florist, 3656 Ogden ave- 

 nue, has a most appropriate window 

 display for June. A Lilliputian wed- 

 ding procession, consisting of a bride, 

 groom, bridesmaid and staff bearer, all 

 arranged in the conventional manner, 

 is shown perambulating down a green 

 lane with a profusion of apple blossoms 

 on all sides. 



That sales last week practically dou- 

 bled the sales of Christmas week is 

 the enthusiastic report of Erne & 

 Klingel. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. Blumenfeld, 782 

 Cramer street, Milwaukee, Wis., an- 

 nounce the engagement of their daugh- 

 ter, Evelyn, to William Lubliner, of 

 Chicago. Mr. Lubliner, who is the 

 proprietor of one of Chicago's well 

 known loop establishments, is receiv- 

 ing the felicitations of his friends in 

 the trade. 



As the warm weather threatens, AUie 

 J. Zech, of Zech & Mann, is compelled 

 in spite of himself to begin planning 

 the annual fishing trip to the Wiscon- 

 sin lakes. 



H. H. Wilkerson, of the Ketail Flo- 

 rists' Co., was on a business trip last 

 week through the central part of the 

 state. 



From Huntingburg, away down in 

 the southwestern corner of Indiana, 

 Peter Morten is shipping excellent 

 summer Beauties to the Chicago mar- 

 ket. 



David Roy, of A. Henderson & Co., 

 has returned after a week's trip to the 

 Lake Geneva district of Wisconsin. 



J. P. Kellen, 2339 Greenleaf avenue, 

 has placed an order with Kroeschell 

 Bros. Co., for one of its new model No. 

 13 boilers. 



A large shipment of baskets from 

 Germany has just arrived at the ware- 

 house of the Raedlein Basket Co., so 

 that it seems the war blockade is not 

 effective. 



Buchbinder Brx)s. sent a crew of men 

 to Davenport, la., last week to install 

 the refrigerator and fixtures for Forber 

 & Bird, of that city. 



Visitors. 



Gustave Raasch, of Kankakee, vis- 

 ited friends on the market last week. 



W. DeForest Ludwig, of Pittsburgh, 

 spent Memorial day in Chicago before 

 starting on the last lap of a 9,000-mile 

 trip that has taken him three months, 

 including the Pacific coast from San 

 Diego to Seattle. 



H. E. Philpott, of Winnipeg, has been 

 here for a week, on his monthly trip. 



PROVIDENCE, E. I. 



The Maxket. 



Two or three raw, drizzling days in 

 the early part of last week caused sev- 

 eral hundred dollars drop in the expec- 

 tations of the local growers and caused 

 some of the cuts to decrease materially. 



Prepare Now 



for the Jne Kride aid Comnenctmeits 



No. 898 



The season for wedding^s, com- 

 mencements and social functions 

 demanding small cut flower bas- 

 kets is here. No up-to-date flower 

 shop can afford to be without a 

 supply of these baskets. 



We are importers, designers and 

 manufacturers, and at all times have 

 a complete stock on hand. 



No. 898, High Handle Rose Basket 



Made of Willow 



Brides' Baskets in sets of three, 50c per set 

 We also manufacture a full line of Brides' Staff Baskets 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE 



Raedlein Basket Co. 



713-17 Milwaukee Avenue, 



CHICAGO 



