December 20, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



357 



We shall have the stock you need 



For Christmas 



IF IT IS TO BE HAD IN THIS MARKET 



Wire or Phone— We do the rest 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO 



Wholesale Commission Florists 



40-42-44 Randolph Street, l. a Phone, central 466 CHICAGO 



SINNER BROS 



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58-60 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



EING located in the Growers' Market, with large supplies from 

 our own greenhouses and the stock of two-score of the best grow- 

 ers to draw upon, we have facilities second to none for the prompt 

 and satisfactory handling of shipping orders for Christmas. 



Wholesale FloristS 



Mention The RcTlew when you write. 



But Thomas was not to be put off. "I 

 have private business with Mr. Micrcer 

 himself," he said, and he was straight- 

 way shown to the firm's private office. 

 "Mr. Micreer," Thomas began, "my 

 name is Thomas Floyd. I am gardener 

 in charge of Mr. Kosepen's place on 

 Meeting House lane. I ordered some 

 bulbs from you. I asked you to send 

 good bulbs and true (Mr. Floyd always 

 writes these words on his bulb order). 

 You sent me this knife." Here Mr. 

 Floyd exhibited a knife which he had 

 previously assured his friends was worth 

 5 or maybe 6 cents, no more. Mr. Mi- 

 creer took in the situation at a glance. 

 With rare tact he led his visitor to a 

 showcase filled with the best knives. 

 "They should not have sent you that 

 child's plaything, Mr. Floyd," he said. 

 "Do me the favor to choose your 

 knife. ' ' But Thomas held back ; " I did 

 not ask for it, Mr. Micreer," he said. 

 Then the great seedsman picked out a 

 perfect beauty, blades of the best steel, 

 presented it with his compliments and 

 bowed his visitor to the door. 



When describing this incident to a 

 select circle of friends Mr. Floyd wound 

 up his story by saying that * * Mr. Micreer 

 was a perfect gentleman. ' ' 



Various Notes. 



Albert Woltemate, one of the oldest 

 and best known florists in this city, died 

 of heart failure last Monday morning. A 

 brief account of his life will be found in 

 the obituary column of this issue. 



A note on the store of Robert Craw- 

 ford, Jr., and the greenhouses at Se- 

 cane will be found on page 345. 



Fred Brown, manager for J. J. Haber- 

 mehl 's Sons, at the Bellevue-Stratf ord 

 recently made up a novel and very beau- 

 tiful wreath. It was large, about two 

 and a half feet in diameter, formed en- 

 tirely of well-berried holly, ornamented 

 with cotton blossoms, pure white, from 

 two to three inches in diameter. ' ' Where 

 did he get them?" Oh, I nearly forgot 

 that, from W. E. McKissick, who says 

 he will have 5,000 for Christmas. 



At the December meeting of the Ger- 

 mantown Horticultural Society the fol- 



lowing officers were elected for 1907: 

 President, the Rev. Francis Heyl; vice- 

 presidents, Charles J. Wister, N. Dubois 

 Miller, E. C, Jellett; secretary and treas- 

 urer, George Redles. The society has 

 had a prosperous year. 



Wm. F. Feast, of Samuel Feast & 

 Sons, Baltimore, was a visitor in this city 

 recently. 



California peppers are becoming pop- 

 ular as a decorative green. 



Edward Reid returned last week from 

 six days spent in the south, three among 

 his clientele and the balance with his 

 brother in Virginia. 



John Holt, of North Wales, Pa., is 

 shipping fine bouvardia to Eugene Bern- 

 heimer. 



R. C. Hayden and Wm. J. Muth agree 

 in assuring me that the Philadelphia Cut 

 Flower Co. will have the finest poinset- 

 tias coming into this city. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. received the 

 three United States express cars full 

 of Christmas goods described last week, 

 and immediately dispatched them to all 

 quarters of the country. Mr. Berkowitz 



