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The Weekly Florists* Review, 



JCLT 25, 1907. 



EONIE 



\ 

 Are practically out of the market, but we have supplies for some days yet. 

 Stock is in first-class shape and sure tp give satisfaction. Best, showiest 

 and cheapest flower for summer decorations. 



Asters, Lilies, Sweet Peas. Fuii line of Seasonable Cut Flowers at all times 



VAIGHAN & SPERRY 



58-60 Wabash Ave. i^^^rl^S^i CHICAGO 



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48-50 

 WABASH AVE., 



CHICAGO 



We are Headquarters for 



Any kind of Cut Flowers to be 

 found In the Chicago Market. 



All atock Mlled at market ratea. 



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his hanie in Oak Park. Mr. Parsons is 

 an old schoolmate whom he had not seen 

 for many years. 



The American Express Co. is now op- 

 erating on the Lake Shore railroad, hav- 

 ing succeeded the United States Express 

 Co. 



Sinner Bros, have temporarily closed 

 their stand in the market and are con- 

 signing their cut to Miss Gunterberg. 

 John Sinner is spending his time at the 

 greenhouses and Ben Zalinger, his as- 

 sistant, is on a trip to Buffalo. 



A. I. Simmons is at Springfield with 

 the Seventh Regiment, I. N. G., and has 

 cnarge of the commissary department, 



H. C. Blewitt, of Des Plaines, is pre- 

 paring to build a lean-to for violets. All 

 his glass, with the exception of two 

 benches given to carnations, will be 

 planted with chrysanthemums this sea- 

 son, to be followed by sweet peas, with 

 which he was very successful last season. 



Flint Kennicott, president of the Ken- 

 nicott Bros. Co., has been confined to his 

 conch for the last ten days bv his old 



enemy, rheumatism. July 19 his condi- 

 tion was thought to be critical, but he is 

 now much improved. 



A red, white and blue South African 

 parrot is one of the attractions in the 

 window of the Eaton Floral Co. 



This is house-cleaning week for John 

 J. Kruchten and the first thing he did 

 Monday morning was to smash two fin- 

 gers moving the paper roll. 



Miss Birn, of Nashville, who has filed 

 a petition in bankruptcy, did the usual 

 thing to this market. 



P. .J. Hauswirth and Mrs. Ilauswirth 

 are at home from Philadelphia, where 

 ti.ey participated in the Elks' doings. 

 Mr. Ilauswirth says elaborate prepara- 

 tions are being made for the S. A, F. 

 convention. 



At E. H. Hunt's the new catalogue is 

 nearly ready for distribution and an 

 active fall campaign has been outlined. 



Zech & Mann say customers are well 

 pleased to take the grade of asters now 

 offered, instead of the summer size of 

 carnations. 



Winterson's Seed Store is keeping up 

 a fair degree of activity handling plants, 

 principally ferns. 



George Reinberg's orchids are giving 

 eminently satisfactory results to date. 



The downtown retailers are nearly all 

 closing at 7 p. m. 



Visitors. * 



This is the tourist season and there 

 are many trade visitors to the Chicago 

 market. Some of those ' in town this 

 week have been : J. G. Crozier, Cedar 

 Rapids, la. ; P. M. Pallas and Charles 

 Vestal, of J. W. Vestal & Son, Little 

 Rock, Ark.; A. Eberfield, of the Alpha 

 Floral Co., Kansas City, Mo.; Wm. A. 

 Schaefer, Platteville, Wis.; Thomas Pep- 

 perdine, Chatsworth, El.; B. Eschner, of 

 M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia; S. B. 

 Wertheimer, of Wertheimer Bros., New 

 York; .John T. Buckbee, Rockford, III.; 

 E. S. Kennedy, of the Park Floral Co., 

 Denver. 



The Review will send Smith's Mum 

 Manual for 40 cents. 



