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July 0, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



17 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. 



OrriCE AND SALESROOM, 33-35-37 RANDOLPH STREET 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Loos Distance Phone 

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>Iph35. 



Stsmmer bosiness has steadily increased the last few years and YOU can do business in July IF YOU 



HAVE THE RIGHT KIND of stock You will need THE BEST. 



We have made preparations for large supplies of 



Fancy Flowers for Summer 



Brides, Mrs. Palmer, Killaroey, Richmond, Peonies 



Wehaveabicf tf^jMMnXl^Stf^Vtt A ^^i^t^^^^l^ly E^od stock for midBummer. Try some of these— they are 

 cut of fancy \i/CirnClllV118l as good as earlier— you'll say you never saw so good at this date. 



Asparagus Strings, Smilax and all Cut Flowers In Season 



W%^^^^%.^ this market affords, order of us— we have the goods. Also quantities of 



If you need the 

 Best Grade of 



good, medium and short Roses. 



POEHLM ANN'S FANCY VALLEY) w. ■•!..«« i sniii,. 

 EXTRA FINE HARRISII LILIES IKKiSlX,. 



ALL STOCK SHIPPED AT CURRENT MARKET PRICE 



Mention The Review when you write. 



but that the tickets average smaller. The 

 point is that the retailers let the whole- 

 salers take the risk of carrying stock. 

 The retailer buys in the morning no more 

 than he is absolutely sure he will need 

 and, if be gets a run of business, the 

 buyer comes back to the market two, 

 three or four times during the day. 



A. Lang is now doing business at his 

 new location, at 44 Madison street, 

 where he has a considerably larger store. 

 New fixtures will not be in place until 

 toward fall. 



The A. L. Bandall Co. is preparing to 

 issue a new and enlarged catalogue at 

 the time fall trade opens. 



Clifford Pruner, who travels for E. H. 

 Hunt, is at home from his spring trip. 

 He says the sales of fertilizers, insecti- 

 cides, hose and other growers' supplies 

 were surprisingly good right up to July 1. 



C. M. Dickinson and family left July 7 

 for an outing at Pelican Lake, Wis. 



Bassett & Washburn do the majority 

 of the regular retail trade in Hinsdale 

 and Sunday, July 5, had a big funeral 

 order. 



At Calvary cemetery $7,000 is being 

 invested in new glass. 



The George Wittbold Co. is already 

 planning rebuilding operations for next 

 season. Four of the oldest houses are 

 to be replaced by two, one of them a 

 big house on the Halsted street side, for 

 the display of decorative stock. 



Mount Greenwood Cemetery \Associa- 

 tion will add a carnation house this sea- 

 son. 



Auratum and candidum lilies intend- 

 ed for the wholesale market should be cut 

 and shipped in bud; let the wholesaler 



open them or reship in bud as his needs 

 may be. 



The Japanese air pump is selling well. 



Practically all retail stores now close 

 at 7 p. m. 



One of the week's visitors was C. W. 

 Outhwaite, of New Iberia, La., on his 

 way to Canada. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



SOUTH BEND, IND. 



The St. Joseph Loan & Trust Co. 

 states that June 2 it was appointed re- 

 ceiver for the South Bend Floral Co. 

 and that it is anxious to sell the green- 

 house establishment. 



It appears to be a friendly proceed- 

 ing and creditors are not worrying, as 

 they rely on the reputation of the Stude- 

 bakers and expect to be paid in full. 

 No statement of liabilities or assets has 

 been received by creditors. Clem W. 

 Studebaker is president of the South 

 Bend Floral Co. and Wm. Studebaker 

 secretary. John M. Studebaker is presi- 

 dent of the St. Joseph Loan & Trust 

 Co., the receiver. 



Irving Gingrich, who married one of 

 the Studebaker girls, is treasurer and 

 manager of the South Bend Floral Co. 

 and has appeared to be making a success 

 of the business. A few months ago they 

 bought out the store of Treanor & Ret- 

 tic, Charles M. Treanor becoming store 

 manager for the South Bend Floral Co. 

 Mr. Rettic continued in business on his 

 own account. 



Marquette, Mich. — T. M. Sorenson is 

 the proprietor of the Stafford Green- 

 houses. 



To mention the cut flower business 

 with the thermometer at 90 degrees in the 

 shade seems a little out of place, and 

 really there is not much business. How- 

 ever, stock is fine for this time of the 

 year and one can get all the Beauties, 

 Kaiserin and Killarney roses he wants, 

 and exceptionally good stock at that. 

 Lilies could not be finer, and these, with 

 good peas, valley and cattleyas, make 

 it perfectly safe for the retailer to ac- 

 cept any trade he may find. 



The retail stores look somewhat de- 

 serted, as many of the clerks are away 

 on vacation and there are not many cus- 

 tomers to help keep up life. 



The growers are now getting their 

 houses in shape for carnation planting. 

 While the prices the past season were 

 not all that could be desired, they are 

 all hopeful of renewed prosperity and 

 are getting ready for it. 



Various Notes. 



T. P. Langhans, of the Pittsburg Cut 

 Flower Co., has moved to his bungalow 

 at Allison Park. 



Karl Klinke, of the Cut Flower Co., 

 and Ed McCallum, of the Florists' Ex- 

 change, are doing Atlantic City and other 

 places in the east. Hoo-Hoo. 



Kansas City, Mo. — The state of Geo. 

 M, Kellogg 's health is such that he has 

 gone to the Battle Creek sanitarium. He 

 says, however, that he hopes to meet all 

 his old friends at the Niagara Falls 

 convention, and be well again. 



