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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 23, 1908. 



GOOD CUT FLOWERS 



In tummer it is even more important than at other •eatons that you order from those who have the facilities 

 for tupplyias: GOOD stock, for no other kind will pay to ship. Call on us— we have the best the season affords. 



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CARNATIONS 



You'll say you never saw better in 

 hot weather. *v- w? - 



MAIDS AND BRIDES 



We have a fine crop specially grown 



, •.-;,> t for Bummer. 



AURATUMS 



A big crop of fine flowers. 

 V «; Try them. ^ - - 



We handle Pancy Valley in large quantities dally 

 FANCY FERNS ASTERS ADIANTUM CROWEANUM 



From the north Large cuts now on. Best quality— Indispensable 



$1.26 per 1000. Lowest prices. $1.25 per 100. 



CUT FLOWER BOXES 



It pays to stock up on cut flower boxes during the summer— place order now for delivery immediately or Septem- 

 ber 1. Write for our Special Circular on paper boxes. A penny postal brings it, but it's worth dollars to you. 



GROWERS: 



See full line of FartUlzera, with prices, page 21 of our cat- 

 alogrue. Inaectlcldes— all kinds— order your favorite of us. 



HOSE 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists ^^^^^i.." 19-21 Randolph St., Chicago 



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Cincinnati, Ohio 



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 ASTERS AND GLADIOLI 



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been firm. Early in the season the flow- 

 ers did not return as much as in other 

 years, but later they have done better, 

 and the average makes an exceptionally 

 satisfactory season for the firms who 

 know how to handle peonies for cold 

 storage. 



Qub Picnic 



The annual picnic of the Florists' 

 Club, at Manilla park, Morton Grove, 

 July 19, was a thoroughly successful event, 

 although the attendance was not as great 

 as had been hoped for. Probably 250 

 persons were present. 



The sporting events were under the 

 direction of .John Zech, and the contests 

 resulted as follows: 



Quoits— D. Erlckson flrst, E. F. Wlnterson 

 second. 



Forty j'ard dasb for girls iiuder 10 years — 

 Annie L. Lockiuan flrsst, Mary Mellander second. 



Forty yard dash for boys under 10 years — 

 Philip Malger tirst, Oren Knders second. 



Forty yard dash for (tirls under 10 years — 

 Carrie Zeoli flrst, .\. Quirm second. 



Fifty yard dash for Iwys under 16 years — 

 A. Weissjterber flrst. Fred Schnapp second. 



Fifty yard dash for young ladies — Anna Dupee 

 first. .Margaret Dupee second. 



Fifty yard dash for married ladies — Mrs. B. 

 Belcher flrst, Mrs. Charles Balluff second. 



One hundred yard dash — Ollle Zech flrst, A. 

 Welssgerl)er second. 



Fifty yard dash for fat men — W. F. Sclioflold 

 first, Ueorge Asmus second. 



Hop, step and jump — John Zech flrst, Charles 

 Balluff second. 



Forty yard sack race — F. Beu flrst, Mr. Ebel- 

 Ing second. 



One hundred yard dash for greenhouse em- 

 ployees — A. WeiKsgerl)er flrst. (i. WiUinsky sec- 

 ond. 



Running broad Jump — George Kuss first, A. 

 Reinl)erger second. * 



Three-leggod race — Oneil and Veyhl flrst, 

 Et>eling and Blckrode second. 



There was a special event race for Bassett & 

 Washburn employees, of whom twenty-eight were 

 present, the Arm having supplied the tickets. 



A l>all game between teams captained by Ollle 

 Zech and Otto Goerlsch was called on account 

 of darkness, with tlie team of the former well 

 in the lead. 



The management of the picnic was 



probably the best of any in the club's 



history, and every one spent a pleasant 



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J. F. Sullivan 



of Detroit 



For Secretary of S. A. F. 



Indorsed by 

 Detroit Florists' Club 



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afternoon, while at the same time there 

 was a profit for the club 's treasury. 



The picnic grounds are only a hun- 

 dred yards from Plant A of the Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., and during the after- 

 noon most of the growers took the oppor- 

 tunity of going through that establish- 

 ment. Not many had seen the new pack- 

 ing-shed, office and refrigerating plant. 

 Nothing about the place seems to so 

 greatly impress the visitors as this re- 

 cent addition to the equipment. What 

 struck the growers most forcibly was 

 the extremely light shade on the carna- 

 tion houses; the young stock looked fine 

 with just a sprinkle of shade on the 

 side of the house that gets the direct 

 sun, and one house had no shade at all. 

 In one of the new houses built this 

 season the Everlasting tile bench, sold 

 by the Camp Conduit Co., Cleveland, had 

 just been set up the day before. Au- 

 gust Poehlmann said that after the men 

 found how to set the supports level the 

 bench went together quickly and he was 

 well pleased with it. .John Poehlmann 

 says that an order has been placed for 

 600 barrels of cement, which during the 

 winter will be manufactured into mov- 

 able concrete benches for use in that 

 part of the range which will have to 

 be supplied with new benches next year. 



Picnic 



It's a picnic to make up designs on our 

 Wire Work— strong, solid, the kind you 

 used to get before prices got so '.ow. But 

 remember: we won't let anybody 

 undersell us even if they do try it by 

 making flimsy wire work. 



Special prices on quantities 

 boolced now 



Write 



A. L.Randall Co. 



Chicaco's Mall Order Supply House 

 19-21 Randolph St., CHICAGO 



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Vaxiout Notes. 



Weiland & Risch have completed their 

 season's addition of six houses and have 

 them all planted to roses. 



N. J. Wietor and John Sinner re- 

 turned July 18 from their fortnight's 

 trip into the Michigan woods. They 

 were forty miles from a railroad and 

 had a splendid time, although the fish- 

 ing was not up to some other years 

 that they have been north. 



Peter Reinberg has started to put up 

 three new houses for carnations at his 

 new plant * ' on the farm. ' ' 



With three weeks of July gone, the 

 A. L. Randall Co. says business has been 

 steadily better than a year ago, not only 

 in supplies, but in cut flowers. 



C. W. McKellar says that Cattleya 

 Harrisonise sells quite well and brings $3 

 per dozen because the large varieties are 

 scarce. Ernest Farley has returned from 

 a visit at Indianapolis, and Marie Oll- 

 mert, of Mr. McKellar 's office, is now va- 

 cationing, 



John Brage and wife, 865 Ballou 

 street, were made happy July 18 by the 



