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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Febbcabt 6, 1908. 



FANCY WHITE LILAC 



$1.50 per bunch. THE fancy white flower of the season. 



Violets for Valentine's Day Bulbous Stock 



We handle only the finest quality and in larger quanti- 

 ties than any house in Chicago. Send your orders where 

 you can get the full order filled with the finest stock. 



Daifodila, Jonquils, Tulips, all colors; Paper 

 Whites, Romans, etc. 



Roses 



Extra selected stock. Best in Chi- 

 cago. Long and fancy. 



^>«^M_,^«^^S^_^^ All the fancy varieties. Write or 



wire for quotations in 1000 lots. 



SUPPLIES FOR ST. VALENTINE'S DAY 



You will need some of these. We can 

 Heart-Shaped,Stained Birch Bark Violet Hampers 



Small, hold 50 violets, 45c each; medium, hold 100 

 violets, 50c each; large, hold 200 violets, 55c each. 



Red Cardboard Boxes, Heart Shaped 



Small, hold 60 violets, 15c each; medium, hold 100 

 violets, 20c each; large, hold 200 violets, 25c each. 



ship at once. Write, wire or phone. 



Duplex Violet Boxes, square, enameled, decorated 

 cover, green lined, finest quality, $3.75, $5.00, $6.00 

 and $7.00 per 100. 



Violet Boxes of standard quality, $2.00, $2.20, $3.20 

 and $4.00 per 100. 



Violet Cords and Tassels from 75c to $2.00 per doz. 



Violet and Green Tinfoil, 35c per lb. 



A* L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists "»>^!^S*^<" 19-21 Randolph St., Chicago 



Mention The Review when you write. 



There continues to be a large business 

 with green goods. 



Credits Tightened. 



A number of causes have operated to- 

 ward the tightening of credits in this 

 market, which will be to the advantage 

 of every legitimate interest. For years 

 credits have been notoriously lax with 

 the Chicago wholesalers, and many losses 

 have been sustained which would have 

 been avoided by the exercise of a little 

 prudence. There is no reason why credit 

 should be more freely given in the flow- 

 er business than in other lines, and 

 many buyers have no other basis for 

 credit than the fact that they have thus 

 far paid their bills with more or less 

 promptness. A tightening of credits im- 

 plies, besides the refusjil of credit, more 

 attention to collections and the require- 

 ment of more prompt payment from 

 those with whom accounts are carried. 



Kidwell's New Establishment 



J. F. Kidwell owns 222 acres of land 

 in Du Page county, near Belmont station 

 on the C, B. & Q. railroad, and just west 

 of Bassett & Washburn's place. The 

 land has a frontage of five-eighths of a 

 mile on the railroad. On one corner of 

 this tract Mr. Kidwell is building his 

 range of houses; the rest of the ground 

 is at present used as a dairy farm. 



The work on live of the houses is al- 

 ready well advanced. They are glazed 

 and the heating plant is now being in- 

 stalled. They run east and west and are 

 each 27x200 feet^ and sixteen feet to 

 the ridge, with vJde walls eight feet 

 high. They are bnilt of red cedar, of 

 the A. Dietsch Co. U gutter construc- 



tion, with foundations and lower walls 

 of concrete blocks. At the north side o^ 

 the houses is a shed 27x100, which is 

 built of concrete blocks and will contain 

 the boiler-room, work-room, etc. As soon 

 as the weather will permit, four more 

 houses will be added, of the same size 

 and construction as the others. 



The Morehead double trap system of 

 heating will be used. The whole 60,000 

 square feet of glass will be cared for by 

 a 66x16 tubular boiler, of Pratt make. 



The houses will be used principally for 

 roses and carnations, for cut flowers. 

 One house will be used for smilax and 

 Asparagus plumosus. The first five 

 houses will be ready for planting about 

 May 1, and the other four in time for 

 carnations — about July 1. 



The new plant will be entirely inde- 

 pendent of the present business of J. F. 

 Kidwell & Bro., and will be managed by 

 J. F. Kidwell 's son, Frank N. Kidwell, 

 in company with the young man's cousin, 

 Eudolph Ellsworth. The new firm, both 

 members of which are about 20 years 

 of age, will be known as Kidwell & Ells- 

 worth. 



Various Notes. 



Bassett & Washburn say that the bliz- 

 zard Saturday, February 1. which car- 

 ried over into the following day, was the 

 worst experienced at Hinsdale in the last 

 three or four years. The temperature 

 was down to 8 degrees below zero, with a 

 high wind. C. L. Washburn went to 

 Madi.son February 4, to visit his son, 

 who is in college there. 



The A. L. Eandall -Co. has added a 

 Burroughs adding machine to its office 

 equipment. They say the supply business 



in January was double what it was a 

 year ago. 



C. M. Dickinson, of E. H. Hunt's, 

 is visiting Eockford and Aurora this 

 week. 



St. Mary's cemetery started growing 

 cut flowers last fall for the wholesale 

 market, and is sending Miss Gunter- 

 burg, in the Flower Growers' market, 

 some especially fine Lawson carnations. 



Fritz Bahr has returned from a trip 

 to Cuba and the Isle of Pines, well 

 pleased with his journey. He says the 

 horticultural possibilities, especially in 

 the line of palm growing, are great in 

 those islands. 



Joseph Foerster says he is well satis- 

 fied with his first week's business in the 

 Flower Growers' market. 



Orange blossoms are one of the spec- 

 ialties in the cut flower department of 

 the E. F. Winterson Co. this week. In 

 the retail store upstairs the spring seed 

 display is being prepared. 



The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. has 

 delivered to Peter Eeinberg 360 boxes 

 of 16x18 glass, at Webers Station, which 

 is the sidetrack at Mr. Eeinberg 's new 

 country range. The glass will go into 

 carnation houses early in the spring. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. reports that Feb- 

 ruary 3 a carload of wild smilax, con- 

 sisting of eighty-eight cases, was re- 

 ceived and that by night all but eight 

 cases had been sold. 



The George Wittbold Co. had a large 

 decoration at the Chicago Athletic Club 

 this week. 



The J. A. Budlong estate is preparing 

 to build a good sized range of new 

 houses at some new location early in 

 the spring of 1909. The range will 



