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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVEMBEB 5, 1908. 



Roses -Violets 



Large crops of Maid and Bride now on — can | Quality now up to winter grade — quantity 

 handle orders of any size. I enough to give everybody his share. 



Plenty of fancy Bonnaffon, Appleton, Robinson and other best sorts; also medium and small Mums. 



Killarney 



We have a large cut of splendid Killarney, the kind of 

 stock it is a pleasure to sell. Let's show you. 



Richmond 



Also order some of our Richmond— they are in the same 

 class ■^ ith the Killarney and sure to plgase your customers . 



Carnations Valley 



We handle more carnations than any other house in this | We supply Fancy Valley in quantity every day in the 

 market. I year. 



We make a 'specialty of Fancy Hardy Cut Ferns — Fine stock. Order a case. 



Immortelles 



Full size bunches. This year's crop. All colors. 

 Write for special price if you can use a quantity. 



Cycas Leaves 



Imported hy us from a leading house in Germany. Best 

 stock money would buy. Can compete with any prices. 



If you haven't our new catalog^ue, send a postal and keep it handy. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale riorists -f^^^ir 19-21 Randolph St., Chicago 



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back to the city on any one of the fre- 

 quent trains after dinner. Several hun- 

 dred people are expected. St. Paul rail- 

 road, from Union Station. 



The Chicago Carnation Company will 

 take the visitors to Joliet at 11:45 

 Wednesday, November 11. Lunch at the 

 greenhouses. Eock Island Station. 



Bassett & Washburn will supply tickets 

 to Hinsdale to all visitors who call at 

 their office for them. 



Peter Keinberg expects many visitors 

 to see the Field rose growing and will 

 have a reception committee on hand. 

 One of his outside investments is a brew- 

 ery, you will recall. 



Frank Oechslin vrill keep open house 

 during the show, at his place at 2508 to 

 2660 West Adams street. He says the 

 advertising he did this summer brought 

 him many customers who have never 

 been at his place and whom he expects 

 to see there during the show. 



West Madison Street. 



Anyone riding out West Madison 

 street on the fine new drop-your-nickel- 

 when-you-enter cars will surely get the 

 idea that the florists are flourishing. 

 Not only is there a series of prosperous- 

 looking flower stores, but there are plants 

 in the windows all along the street from 

 the river to Garfield park. Fine Boston 

 ferns seem favorites and are in windows 

 of undertakers, bakers, restaurants, fur- 

 niture stores, barber shops and even the 

 saloons. 



The first flower store, going west, is 

 the small but apparently prosperous one 

 of Martin Solms, at 391. 



A cigar factory is in the store so long 

 occupied by H. F. Halle, but C. H. Fiske 

 is just around on Ogden and fell heir to 



a large part of the HaUe trade, as he 

 continued the store for a time. 



Schnell & Poppe, at 705, are a recent 

 addition to the street. Tliey attract a 

 good deal of attention by original win- 

 dow displays. Last week they had a 

 Halloween window that caught every- 

 one's eye, especially at night. There 

 were shocks of corn, pumpkin heads with 

 lights, and a white-clad "spook," as 

 well as mums and ferns. 



The new Schiller store, where George 

 Asmus presides, makes a bold bid for 

 business. It represents a quite large in- 

 vestment, but affords facilities for a big 

 trade. Of double width, with modern 

 show windows, the store is wide rather 

 than deep, with workrooms in the rear 

 and conservatory still farther back. 



Mrs. George Wells, where Colorado 

 avenue intersects, also has a window full 

 of stock and an air of prosperity. 



The new greenhouse of H. N. Bruns, 

 east of his store, adds immensely to the 

 appearance of his place and to his facili- 

 ties. It is a good house. The front end 

 is filled with decorating stock and plants 

 for sale. It is kept lighted at night. 

 The rear half of the house is used for 

 valley. A new wagon-shed and boiler- 

 house, all brick and concrete, is fireproof. 



C. Frauenf elder & Co. always are busy; 

 it is remarkable the amount of stock 

 they use day after day, good times or 

 bad. Taking the old Garfield park place 

 of F. Oechslin, they have largely increased 

 their facilities, especially in the plant 

 line. 



October Business. 



On the whole, October was not as sat- 

 isfactory as it started out to be. There 

 was first-class demand at the beginning 



Visitors 



We cordially invite every florist who 

 comes to the National Flower Show, 

 November 6 to 14, to also 



Visit Our Store 



You may be interested in inspecting our 

 facilities for baiidiing cut flowers in a 

 large way, and in examining one of the 

 most complete stocks of Florists' Supplies 

 in this country. 



Should you favor us with an order yoa 

 will find our service prompt. 



A. L.Randall Co. 



Chicago's Mail Order Supply House 

 19-21 Randolph St., CHICAGO 



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of the month and those who had the 

 stock rolled up a good volume of busi- 

 ness. Then the heat wave increased 

 supply at the expense of quality and 

 demand slackened. Although large lots 

 of stock were moved, prices were so low 

 the total sales were not as great as they 

 should have been. The last week of the 

 month, with a good All Saints' day de- 

 mand, was more satisfactory. A good 

 many houses in the first part of the 

 month were running up to and in some 

 cases ahead of last year, but during the 

 heat wave they dropped back and not 

 many can say the month's turnover was 

 as good as last year. At the same time 

 it should be remembered that October of 

 1907 was before the panic had got as far 

 west as Chicago and that it was a 

 splendid month. That the total of sales 



