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The Florists' Review 



Jdly 1, 1915. 



and find a fairly active demand. With 

 practically no exceptions, roses of all 

 kinds cleared well. 



Carnations, though slow when com- 

 pared with roses, epjoyed a fair de- 

 mand. Fortunately, the supply was not 

 out of proportion, and as a result, sales 

 balanced receipts in most houses. The 

 quality is keeping up remarkably well, 

 owing to the cool weather. 



The supply of peonies is, of course, 

 altogether automatic now, as it is reg- 

 ulated by the demand. This is good, 

 but not at all unusual. The quantity 

 in storage July 1 is without doubt the 

 largest ever, as no important part of 

 the stored stock has yet been taken 

 out. Valley is in supply equal to the 

 demand. Easter lilies and greens must 

 be classed together as forming an ex- 

 ception. Neither cleared well, however. 

 Snapdragon is practically done for this 

 season. Sweet peas are no longer top 

 liners. The supply is falling off and 

 the quality is generally poor. The 

 little really first-class stock that 

 reaches the market, however, finds a 

 ready welcome. Indoor gladioli, too, 

 are working their way to the back- 

 ground, but local outdoor stock has 

 arrived. Coreopsis is reaching out 

 tentatively, but as yet there is no rush 

 for it. 



During July and August the whole- 

 sale houses in this market will close 

 at 5 p. m. The effort to get them to 

 remain closed on the Sabbath seems 

 to have been blocked by the houses 

 that do considerable shipping on Sun- 

 day. But it should be remembered that 

 the postoffice now delivers nothing but 

 special delivery letters between Satur- 

 day noon and Monday morning. 



Club Picnic. 



There was a meeting of the ofl5cers of 

 the Chicago Florists' Club and the 

 members of the sports and the good-of- 

 the-club committees June 30 at the 

 Hotel Bismarck. Arrangements have 

 been completed for the use of St. Paul 

 park, at Morton Grove, and July 25 has 

 been chosen by the joint committee as 

 the date of the picnic. Tony Gabel 

 secured the attendance of Mr. Clem, 

 owner of the park, with whom the 

 matter of concessions was discussed. 

 Those in charge of affairs promise a 

 good program and a most enjoyable 

 day. 



Various Notes. 



William Bufe, 2924 South Canal 

 street, who has been in the employ of 

 A. Lange for several years, was 

 stricken with heart disease at Ran- 

 dolph and Dearborn streets June 24, 

 and died in an ambulance while being 

 taken to the Iroquois Memorial hos- 

 pital. He is survived by his wife and 

 seven children. The funeral, June 27, 

 was in charge of Mr. Lange. Inter- 

 ment was in Mount Greenwood cem- 

 etery. Mr. Bufe was 40 years of age 

 and was at one time engaged in the 

 florists' business in this city on his 

 own account. 



Not to be outdone by his fellow 

 craftsmen, George Weiland, of Evans- 

 ton, is buying an Overland touring car. 



Mrs. J. A. Budlong, A. H. Budlong 

 and family, and Philip Schupp and 

 family have opened their summer cot- 

 tages at Lake Geneva, Wis. The 

 ladies will remain there during the hot 

 months, but Mr. Budlong and Mr. 

 Schupp are under the necessity of be- 

 ing on the job, the one at Bowmanville, 



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the other in the city office, except for 

 the week ends. 



August Jurgens is at Calumet, Mich., 

 to superintend cutting and shipping 

 the peony crop on the plantation estab- 

 lished there three years ago by himself 



and the late E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott 

 Bros. Co. Anton Then, who is some- 

 thing of a gadder, accompanied Mr. 

 Jurgens and is shipping home a quan- 

 tity of leaf -mold. 

 Reinhart Scheel, of River Forest, and 



