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The Florists' Review 



August 12, 1915; 



80 to spare, thought growing gladioli 

 a nice way to make some pin money. 

 As a result, the most successful ef- 

 forts of the wholesalers to move them 

 fail to make much of an impression on 

 the daily receipts. Unfortunately, it 

 is not an easy thing to dispose of 

 them by job-lot at this season of the 

 year. 



Asters are abundant, though little 

 enough can be said of quality in gen- 

 eral. Midseason asters are beginning 

 to arrive in the market, and the re- 

 ceipts would seem to promise an im- 

 provement in quality and size of flower 

 as well as length of stem. The de- 

 mand, though, is not nearly equal to 

 the supply, and with the quantity aug- 

 mented by large daily receipts, it may 

 be a problem to move them at all. It 

 is reported, however, that large quan- 

 tities of asters are rotting in the field 

 as a result of the wet, season. This, 

 if quite general, will naturally have 

 a bearing on the market. 



Daisies, with many growers, are 

 practically done for, while coreopsis, 

 delphiniums and gypsophilas, though 

 in the market, have ceased to cut much 

 of a figure. Valley is scarce enough 

 to clear well. Easter lilies are not in 

 large supply, but it is just as well, 

 for a few go a long, long way. Car- 

 nations are so few in number and so 

 poor in quality that they are not to be 

 considered. Cattleyas have not as yet 

 experienced Jhe usual August call, but 

 are the scarcest item on the market. 

 Greens are clearing fairly well, with 

 the exception of smilax. 



Club Meeting. 



The meeting of the Chicago Florists' 

 Club, August 5, was not particularly 

 well attended. The fact that this is 

 the season when many are taking their 

 summer outing may account for this in 

 part, but there is also evident a lack 

 of interest in club doings on the part 

 of a large percentage of the trade. 



The report of the picnic committee 

 showed that in spite of adverse cir- 

 cumstances and small attendance the 

 club IS a few dollars ahead. The com- 

 mittee is to be congratulated on this 

 showing. Guy W. French, chairman 

 of the transportation committee, was 

 pleased to report that to date twenty- 

 five reservations have been made for 

 the florists' special, which leaves the 

 Northwestern depot at 10 p. m., Thurs- 

 day, August 12. Those making reser- 

 vations are: 



W. F. O'Carroll, Chicago. 



Rudolpb Schlele, Chicago 



Michael Barker, Chicago 



Arthur Weber, Chicago 



Emll Belchling, Chicago 



Theodore Dledrlch, Congress Hei<'lifs n n 



•Thomas McAllister, Chicago "• " ^• 



J. A Peterson and wife, Cincinnati. 



Kresken! Clndnnatl*"' "^ ''''''• ^"^ ^- «■ 

 Robert Pyle. West Grove, Pa 

 John S. Carter and wife, St Louis 



^^ Richard Vincent, Jr., and wife. White Marsh, 



^William F. Gude, wife and son, Washington, 



Benjamin Hammond, Beacon, N Y 



H. W. Rieman, Indianapolis 



.Tolm Hartje, Indianapolis. 



Robert Simpson, wife and daughter, Clifton 



Christian Schellhom, Washington, D. C. 

 During the course of the evening, 

 the following were elected to club 

 membership: John Michal, 7045 

 Stony Island avenue; Morris Grosa- 

 berg, 56 East Randolph street; Allie 

 Zech, 30 East Randolph street, and 

 Stanley Wier, Western Springs, 111. 

 Applications for membership were re- 

 ceived from: Paul Weiss, May wood. 



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Make your dollars 

 have more cents! 



One dollar (vahie one hundred cents) properly invested 

 in reliable merchandise should and can be returned to the 

 cash drawer with many more cents, representing profit. 



The Florist's investment must be made with full consid- 

 eration of the goods and the place of purchase. 



Striving to be worthy of the Florist's confidence is the 

 A. L. Randall Company. 



"Prosperity -.■ 



News" 



You'll find a host of 

 interesting items in 

 this paper. 



Florists' and Growers' 

 supplies — all listed and 

 priced exceptionally 

 low. 



Cut Flowers 



Choice GladioU 



The pink of the season's blooms. 

 Make up a vase or basket filled 

 with Glads and offer the combina- 

 tioQ at a special price. 



Lots of 100 per 100, $2.00 



Lots of 200 per 100, 1.50 



Lots of SCO or more . . per 100, 1.00 



Write for your 

 today. 



copy 



We'll put you on the 

 mailing list to receive 

 bulletins of cut flower 

 prices and all appro- 

 priate literature we is- 

 sue in the future. 



Asters 



Any desirable 

 grade in all col- 

 ors-fresh stock, 

 very reasonably 

 priced. 



Lilium 



GigrAnteum 



Unusually good 

 prices on Gigan- 

 teums in any 

 quantity, from 

 100 to 1000. 



Beauties 



Sell 'em now at 

 popular prices 

 and they will sell 

 in winter at prop- 

 er prices. 



Outdoor 



Flowers 



Gypsophila, Milk- 

 weed, Snapdragon 

 and many others- 

 new lots always 

 coming. 



A. L. RANDALL COMPANY 



WABASH AT LAKE 



Phone 

 Central 77^0 



CHICAGO 



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111.; Emil Ehrhardt and Gustave Stege, 

 both of Park Ridge, 111.; J. A. Young, 

 Mooseheart, 111., and Frank Schramm, 

 Crystal Lake, 111. 



A list of those who were honorary 

 members of the Cook County Florists' 



Association was read by the secretary. 

 They are: J. F. Ammann, Edwards- 

 ville. 111.; C. Loveridge, Peoria, 111.; 

 Herbert E. Smith, Danville, 111.; J. K. 

 M. L. Farquhar, Boston, Mass.; Rich- 

 ard Vincent, Jr., White Marsh, Md., 



