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OCTOBKB 7, 1915. 



The Florists^ Review 



59 



A SOUND FIRST MORTGAGE INVESTMENTEZXZZZtZZS 



We offefr for immediate sale ($500,000) the first portion of (total issue) 



••••••••• 



$1,500,000 6%lmo 



First Mortgage 6% Real Estate Gold Bonds 



$500 £:ql 

 $1000 O^ 



OF 



The Albert Dickinson Company 



Seed Merchants, The Largest Concern of Its Kind in the United States. Established 1855. 



Dated October 1st, 1915. Interest payable April 1 and Oct. 1. Maturing 2 to 8 years. 



Denominations, $S00-$1,000 . 



SECURITY 



1 — Location — Corner 35th Street and California Avenue on Drainage Canal, in the new South- 

 west manufacturing district, Chicago, which is steadily increasing in value. 



2 — Ownership of Land — Over 70 acres, of which over 60 acres are owned by the company. 



3 — Ownership of Buildings — New reinforced concrete with brick, outside sprinkled. The build- 

 ings are in seven units, making a square of 420 feet, with connecting subways beneath and 

 passageways overhead. There are four miles of railroad tracks on the surface and elevated. 

 The buildings are provided with covered unloading platforms and upward of 100 cars can 

 be spotted without a second movement. The Dickinson railroad yard has a capacity ex- 

 ceedmg 350 cars. 



4 — Ownership of Land and Buildings, being their old property at corner Clark and 16th Streets 

 on the L. S. & M. S. Railroad, a smaller complete working unit. 



5— Valuation — Value of land and buildings and equipment conservatively estimated at $3,288,0(X). 



S— Earnings — Earnings of the company for the past five years average considerably over three 

 times the annual interest charge. The bonds are the direct obligation of an old established, 

 successful company, financially strong. 



7 — Insurance against Fire and Mortgage Guarantee Policy by Chicago Title and Trust Company, 

 held by this bank, as trustee, for protection of bondholders. 



These Bonds are approved and recommended for investment by Greenebaum Sons Bank and 

 Trust Company, capital and surplus $1,850,0(X), founded 1855. Securities sold by this old 

 established State Bank have successfully stood every test for three generations. Legal in- 



vestment for Banks and Insurance Companies, 

 dividual investors. 



Purchased by the most conservative in- 



PRICE TO YIELD Q% TO INVESTORS 



Illustrated descriptive circular No V 707 sent on request 

 Reserration Can Now Be Made for Future Delivery if Desired. 



Founded 19SS 



Capital and Surplua 



$1,850,000 



AND TRUST COMPANY 



. E. Cor. La Salle and Madison Sts. 

 CHICAGO 



All Branches 



of Banking. 



Buy From a Bank. 



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Mention The Review when you write. 



retary, J, P. Davis; treasurer, E. H. 

 Gregory. 



There are considerable quantities of 

 1914 giganteum lily bulbs still in cold 

 storage. 



Local frosts October 4, in the middle- 

 western states, did some damage to sweet 

 corn and vine seeds. 



Joseph Schilder, of Schilder Bros., 

 Chillicothe, O., is a Chicago visitor this 

 week, on onion sets intent. 



Seedsmen will be interested in the 

 notes on the Johanssen place at El Monte, 

 Cal., in the Los Angeles letter this week. 



The report from Holland is that hya- 

 cinths are well cleaned up, a quite dif- 

 ferent condition from that which pre- 

 vailed at this date last year. 



Pieters-Wheeler Seed Company 



Qllroy, :: :: California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radish, Lettuce, 

 Sweet Peas, Etc. :: :: 



Correspondence Solicited. 



ItentloBThs Bavlsw whea jon write. 



97th Year 



J. BOLfiUNO & SON 



WhotoMi* aarden and FtoM •••da. 

 Onloii Sets. 8«mI Potatoes. 



'■n::;;:£r' BALTIMORE, MD. 



Always mentiofi the Florists' Review whet 

 vvnting advertisers. 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ARROYO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



WhoiesAle growers of full lists of FLOWEB 

 and GARDEN SEEDS 

 . Mention The Review when yon write. 



CONTRACT 



SEED GROWERS 



strictly Michicran Grown Beans, Oncnmber, 

 romato, MnsIuneloD, Squash Watermelon. Radlah 

 Sweet C!orn. CorrespoDdence soUcltedi 



S.M.ISBELL&CO.,JacksMi,HicL 



Always mention the Florists' Review whca 

 writing adverH«crs. 



