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The Florists^ Review 



July 8, 1915. 



are much better than they have been 

 at this season for many years. A few 

 asters are seen, but carnations are so 

 good no one is looking for asters yet. 

 Easter lilies have been in oversupply, 

 as have many varieties of seasonable 

 stock. Candidums are hard to move. 

 Auratunis have appeared. Sweet peas 

 are abundant. Delphinium and core- 

 opsis have been making a timid appeal, 

 but it has not been heeded to a notice- 

 able degree. Peonies are saved by the 

 fact that only as much is taken from 

 the freezer as the demand will justify. 

 Greens moved in a lethargy nothing 

 could disturb. 



Demand for the week was more than 

 usually susceptible to special induce- 

 ments. And it was by virtue of this 

 fact that stock was moved in sufficient 

 volume to compensate for the generally 

 prevailing low prices. That it did com- 

 pensate, most of the larger houses are 

 willing to concede after a comparison 

 of the week 's business with that of the 

 same week in former years. 



The Peony Situation. 



There are several times as many 

 peonies in cold storage as ever before 

 at this date. A census July 3 showed 

 fourteen lots in one warehouse and one 

 at another. Several of the smaller lots 

 have since been taken out, but of the 

 larger ones only a small portion of the 

 quantity stored has as yet been dis- 

 posed of. The reason is that the crop 

 was late and stock was still going into 

 storage long after it usually begins 

 coming out. There were fresh cut 

 peonies on the market up to the end of 

 June. After July 1 the call for peo- 

 nies never is strong, unless other flow- 

 ers are scarce or poor, and this year 

 roses and carnations not only are not 

 scarce, but are of better quality than 

 ever before in July. Many of the 

 peonies in storage are in a condition 

 that affords little prospect for profit- 

 able sale. The waste from now on is 

 certain to be large. Frequently the 

 best prices of the season are obtained 

 for the last of the crop, but naturally 

 prices now are low and it looks as 

 though this year the returns would 

 steadily diminish from beginning to end 

 of the season. 



The Growers' Annual. 



At the annual stockholders' meeting 

 of the Chicago Flower Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, held July 6, all but one of the 

 old directors was reelected and there 

 was no change made in the officers. 

 They are as follows: President, E. H. 

 Meuret; vice-president and treasurer, 

 Charles McCauley; secretary, George C. 

 Weiland; directors, Anton Then, Joseph 

 Schoos, Fred Schramm, Rudolph Ells- 

 worth and Fred Stielow; manager, 

 Paul E. Klingsporn, The stockholders 

 had many pleasant things to say of the 

 skill with which Mr. Klingsporn had 

 conducted the corporation's business 

 affairs in the trying year covered by 

 the report. 



Picnic Committee Meets. 



The picnic committee of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club held a meeting in the 

 Bismarck hotel the night of June 30. 

 Among those present were W. J. 

 Keimel, H. N. Bruns, Michael Fink, 

 Paul Klingsporn and Tony Gabel. 

 Practically all of the major arrange- 

 ments for holding the picnic July 25 

 at St. Paul park, Morton Grove, 111., 

 have been completed. Eemains now 



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I No More "Dog Days'' | 



Beauties 



Choice as ever. Low 

 prices on all lengths 

 in any Quantity. 



Roses 



All popular varieties. 

 Russells. Killarneys, 

 Hadleys, Wards, Sun- 

 bursts in unusual 

 abundance. 



Gladioli 



Big, fresh blossoms in 

 all colors. Money 

 makers for you. $2.00 

 to $4,00 per hundred. 



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The progressive florist uses spare time 

 in summer to develop immediate and 

 future business. 



He writes new residents, old custo- 

 mers and the clubs and lodges, re- 

 minding them to come to him for gift 

 flowers, table and interior decorations 

 and funeral pieces. 



He plans advertising for the coming 

 seasons, and he fixeSTTp his store. 



He decides that this is the right place 

 to buy flowers and supplies. 



Do you? 



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only to handle the minor details. The 

 committee is particularly desirous of 

 having it understood that all conces- 

 sions will be handled by the club mem- 

 bers. Trains will leave the Union sta- 

 tion, Chicago, at 9:15 in the morning 

 and at 12:40, 2:05, 3:05 and 5:15 in the 

 afternoon. There will be a reduced 

 rate for the round trip, good, however, 

 only on the first two trains. On each of 

 these trains there will be a club com- 

 mittee to take care of the people. The 

 committee members are quite busy so- 

 liciting prizes for the various games 



and races. For information relative to 

 prizes, communicate with Michael Fink, 

 176 North Michigan avenue. 



Various Notes. 



Information has been received by 

 Philip C. Schupp, of J. A. Budlong, to 

 the effect that growers of valley pips 

 in the Hamburg region have received 

 orders from the government to plow up 

 two-thirds of the land usually used for 

 valley and sow it in wheat. As this 

 country has usually been a market for 

 one-third of the German grown pips, 



