Maech 1, 1906. 



Thc'^tddy Florists' Review* 



999 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



19.2I E. RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Wholesale Florists and Florists* Supplies 



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SEVERAL REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BUY 

 YOUR FLORISTS' SUPPLIES FROM US 



I. We have just opened the Florists' Supply Department and every article is new 

 and free from soil or damage. 



IL No article will ever be shipped from our house unless it is in perfect condition 

 and as represented. 



III. Buyers of our Supplies are given to understand and are respectfully requested 

 to return at our expense any article that is not satisfactory on arrival. 



IV. We are the largest Cut Flower Supply House in the West and we do not rely 

 entirely upon the profits of the Florists' Supply Department. 



V. We have no salesmen on the road, thereby saving you one profit which we 

 give you in the form of quality, as our goods are our only salesmen and must talk for 

 themselves. 



Talk is cheap and these few remarks mean nothing to you or us unless you can 

 see a vein of truth between the lines and avail yourself, by at least writing for our cata- 

 logue and giving us one order. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



WX ARE PRKPARKD FOR TOUR ORDKR WITH 



Daily Shipments 



of ROSES, CARNATIONS, VIOLETS, 

 BULBOUS STOCK, GREENS, Etc. 



Write, telephone or telegraph. Chicago market quotations. 



If your product can be sold in Chicago to advantage, we can place 

 it for you. Correspondence or a personal call solicited. 



CHICAGO ROSE COMPANY'sfc,°.??S^ 



56-58 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



It. D. Phone 

 Central 2487 



Oreenhonaes, 

 LibertyrlUe, lU. 



Club was held Wednesday, February 21, 

 being fairly well attended. There being 

 no special subject assigned for the even- 

 ing the question box was pressed into 

 service, bringing forth a number of in- 

 teresting discussions. Next meeting we 

 will have Messrs. Dodson and Larsen 

 with us. 



Visitors: Harry Bunyard and Wm. 

 Dykes, New York; S. S. Skidelsky and 

 Paul Berkowitz, Philadelphia; E, H. 

 Schmidt, Indianapolis. H. S. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



tention, with its collection of gold and 

 other fish. Especially is this a great 

 treat for the public when it is zero 

 weather outside. 



At Taepke's we find Manager Walter 

 Taepke a busy young man. They have 

 a large share of the funeral work, espe- 

 cially among the Germans. Their own 

 houses keep them pretty well supplied 

 with roses and carnations, though at 

 times the commission house is pressed 

 into service. The Taepkes are prominent 

 members of the Concordia Singing So- 

 ciety. 



A mile farther up the street we find 

 E. 0. Koehler doing a nice business at 

 his new store. Besides doing consider- 

 able funeral work, Mr. Koehler handles 

 a large assortment of plants. 



Just opposite police headquarters is 

 the Bemb Floral Co. Although the man- 

 ager, Albert Pochelon, is one of the 

 shortest members of the club in stature, 

 he is by no means the least in point of 



activity. This establishment reminds one 

 of a kitchen cabinet. Although utilizing 

 but a small piece of property, everything 

 is arranged so conveniently that they 

 carry about as complete a stock as any- 

 one in town. 



Last, but not least, of the down-town 

 florists, is the McHugh Floral Co., on 

 Michigan avenue, doing a nice business, 

 running mostly to funeral work. 



Various Notet. 



Theodore Siebenhuener, for the past 

 seventeen years in the employ of Breit- 

 meyer's Sons, died suddenly February 

 23, aged 43 years. His loss will be 

 keenly felt by the Breitmeyers, having 

 been one of their most trustworthy em- 

 ployees. For twelve years Mr. Sieben- 

 huener had charge of the greenhouse 

 alongside of their old store and since the 

 erection of the new building he looked 

 after the plant department. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 



NORTHERN TEXAS. 



The past week has been one of con- 

 tinuous rain, making it a hard proposi- 

 tion to grow good stock and causing 

 social functions to lapse, so that busi- 

 ness is not as brisk as formerly. Stock 

 is showing the effects of the continued 

 wet, cloudy weather and a little sun- 

 shine would be gladly welcomed by the 

 growers. All the growers in this sec- 

 tion report splendid business on Valen- 

 tine's day, which is one of the florists' 

 harvest days. Christmas and Valentine's 

 days are the days here, while Easter 

 there is but very little done except with 

 some churches. 



Decoration day in the north marks 

 the closing of the planting season and 

 is generally observed there; here it isn't 

 even thought of, and no effort is made 

 to keep stock that long, as the planting 

 season ends a month or more earlier. 

 'The planting season commences about 

 the middle of March and ends about 

 May 1. All the growing must be done 

 before the latter part of June, for, 

 after that until the last of September, 

 everything stops growing except vincas, 

 which enjoy the heat and bloom luxur- 



