Mabch 22, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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LILIES FOR EASTER 



Year after year our Lilies have averaged the best in this market. As usual 

 we offer a special price on advance orders. 500 lots or over^ $125.00 per 

 1000. Write for special rates on lots of 5,000. We will issue and mail our 

 complete advance Easter Cut Flower price-list in a few days. 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



Don't fail to get one of our special illustrated lists of Easter Supplies which 

 we are mailing now. Drop us a postal if not received. This matter of 

 buying Supplies by mail, without having seen a sample of the goods, is all a 

 matter of confidence. We HAVE the confidence of the trade in the matter 

 of Cut Flowers; we propose to EARN it for our Supply Department. 



S. L. RANDALL CO. 



Wholesale Cut Floivers and Florists' Supplies 



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



Mention The Review when you write. 



Palace team, Arthur erpects to capture 

 some of the many prizes. 



Slater & Co. have opened their new 

 show house on St. Louis avenue, which 

 replaces the old one, and is one of the 

 attractions on that street. The house 

 was built by Eobert Thompson. 



The monthly meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will take place April 12. At this 

 meeting F. W. Ude, Jr., will lead a dis- 

 cussion on "Growing Violets." The 

 other discussion will be by Frank M. 

 Ellis on "How to run a wholesale 

 store, making it profitable and agree- 

 able to both buyer and consignor." 



Bowling. 



The league team has now bowled 



seventy-two games. The average of 



those who bowled over fifty games are 



as follows: 



Player. N. G. Total. Av. 



Ellison fiO 11,898 172 



Beyer .' .",3 .S,828 KJO 



Meinhardt «;i 10,446 100 



Beneke 72 11,846 164 



Kuehn 72 11.733 163 



The highest three games, Meinhardt, 

 607. The highest single score, Bever, 

 257. .J. J. B. 



Hartford, Conn. — Herbert D. Hemen- 

 way has resigned as director of the 

 School of Horticulture. He will be suc- 

 ceeded April 1 by Stanley H. Rood. 



Mendota, III.— B. Katzenwinkle will 

 erect two greenhouses opposite Restland 

 cemetery and expects to be able to fill 

 orders by Decoration day. jNIr. Katzen- 

 winkle has been in Chicago for three 

 years, where he was in the employ of 

 August Jurgens, the importer and grower 

 of valley and all kinds of bulbous stock. 

 He also worked at Rose Hill cemetery. 



extra fine stock in Bride, Maid and 

 Ivory are $6 and $8 per hundred. Long 

 Beauties are scarce, shorts plentiful. 



Romans and Paper Whites are not 

 nearly so plentiful. Harrisii and callas 

 are in short supply. Good light-colored 

 tulips sell well. Violets are again up to 

 40 cents a hundred, and not any too 

 plentiful. Lily of the valley and Von 

 Sion narcissi are abundant. More than 

 enough smilax and other greens are in 

 the market. 



Variotu Notes. 



F. K. Balthis, formerly of the Mis- 

 souri Botanic Garden, left last week to 

 take up his residence at Des Moines, 

 Iowa. Mr. Balthis was a member of the 

 local club. 



The members of the local Florists' 

 Club are much pleased at the selection 

 of J. F. Ammann as president of the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association. Mr. 

 Ammann has a countless number of 

 friends in the trade who I know are 

 with me in congratulating the associa- 

 tion on the selection, A great reception 

 awaits Fred at the next meeting of the 

 Florists' Club, over which he presides. 

 A boom is now on for J. F. Ammann 

 for president of the S. A. F. for 1907. 



Charles Juengel had a narrow escape 

 from burning out the past week. The 

 fire was extinguished with damage 

 amounting to only $50, fully covered 

 by insurance. 



The city council last Friday night 

 passed a bill for the appointment of a 

 city forester. Such a man should come 

 from the local club. 



Arthur Ellison leaves on Thursday for 

 Louisville, to attend the National Bowl- 

 ing Congress. As a member of the 



BUFFALO. 



Current G>mment. 



For several years we have remarked 

 that the season of Lent made little dif- 

 ference to our business, but this year 

 there has been a decided decrease. When 

 I^ent came in business dropped with the 

 proverbial dull thud, or an equally poetic 

 simile would be, like an oyster on the 

 sidewalk. 



There are some branches of our busi- 

 ness on which Lent has no effect, but 

 merrymaking of all kinds is tabooed, 

 jiroving that our citizens are at least 

 observing the external features of piety 

 if not practicing the essence. 



W. J. Palmer, at his upper, spacious 

 store, during the automobile show ex- 

 liibited a floral auto which attracted 

 much attention. It was some seven feet 

 long and four feet high and most faith- 

 fully worked out. The body was com- 

 I)osed of bronze galax and the running 

 gear and all outlines were worked out 

 with his Red Lawson carnation, and to 

 complete the outfit was the figure of a 

 beautiful girl of 160 pounds. 



This week Anderson, in sympathy for 

 the dog show, put up an English setter 

 and we have never seen an attempt of 

 this sort worked out to greater perfec- 

 tion. It was made of white carnations, 

 white and Harry Fenn, which exactly 

 matched the color of the famous sport- 

 ing dog, liver and white. Last year Mr. 

 Snell, Mr. Anderson's artist, had to de- 

 prive his dog of a tail to fill up the 

 usual number of hind legs, but this year 

 he has every appendage covered. We 

 understand that Mr. Anderson's other 

 artist, W. A. Adams, supplies the bark 



