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The Weekly Florists' R?view. 



Fbbboary 18, 1009. 



Large supply and quality 

 fine, $1.50 per buncli. 



WHITE LILAC 



Slngle-VIOLETS-Dfttible 



From now on we shall be headquarters on Single Violets, as we long have been for Doubles. Singles are specially 

 fine. Order some, for comparieon with any others yon may be using. Ask for special quotations if you can use a 

 quantity, either single or double. 



CARNATIONS— Without question, the best in Chicago. 

 ROSES— Good Maids and Brides, medium length, fine heads, $8.00 per 100. Special fancy stock at right prices. 

 KILL ARNEYS- For quality, superior to any in Chicago. TULIPS— White, pink and yellow, $3.00to$4.00 per 100. 

 DAFFODILS and JONQUILS, $3.00 per 100. Double Novelty YeUow TULIPS, $5.00 per 100. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. PhoB* Gaatral 14M 



Prlratc Cxeksas* all 



D*»wte«ata 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



Mention The Review when you write. 



tinned scarce ever since, Beauties and 

 Killamey particularly so. 



Business this week has been as good 

 as could be expected under the weather 

 conditions which prevailed from Satur- 

 day to Tuesday. The local demand has 

 not been large, but shipping has been 

 good. 



Rdnberg for Senator. 



Perhaps it was because the florists 

 were in town, but at Springfield Tuesday, 

 in the senatorial deadlock, Peter Reinberg 

 received twenty votes for United States 

 senator to succeed Albert J. Hopkins. 

 The galleries were full of members of 

 the State Florists' Association, but fear 

 of the sergeant-at-arms prevented any 

 demonstration of approval, other than 

 broad grins, as one member announced, 

 in stentorian tones, his vote for Peter 

 Carnation Reinberg. 



KidwcU Burned Out. 



"William Kidwell was burned out, at 

 his home, 4453 Ellis avenue, at 2 a. m. 

 February 14. The family escaped from 

 the house in night attire and were taken 

 in and clothed temporarily by B. F. 

 Rubel, president of the Fleischman Floral 

 Co., 3 Jackson boulevard, who lives just 

 across the street from Mr. Kidwell. The 

 Kidwell residence was not destroyed, but 

 was rendered uninhabitable and thie fam- 

 ily are at the Hotel Warner until re- 

 pairs can be made. 



Lord & Bumham to Open Branch. 



The Lord & Burnham .Co., New York, 

 will open a branch office in Chicago April 

 1. George Sykes, one of the firm's 

 oldest salesmen, will have charge. He 

 was here last week, in company with 

 L. W. C. Tuthill, who prepares the firm's 

 advertising matter, and engaged an of- 

 fice in the Rookery, on La ^lle street. 

 February 16 Mr. Sykes sailed from New 

 York for a brief vacation in Europe, 

 but about April 1 will remove his fam- 

 ily to Chicago from Passaic, N. J. 



Lord & Burnham Co. has long been 

 considering entering the western field. 

 Branch offices are maintained in Boston 

 and Philadelphia, and the recent rapid 

 development of private estates in the 

 west seems to justify an office in Chi- 

 cago. Although in the east the firm gets 

 the bulk of its business from commer- 



HMuHqnartera In the Greet Central Bterket for ell kinds of 



Florists' Supplies 



Specially large and fine stock of 



Natural Preserved Wreaths, Moss Wreaths and Metal Designs 



Qualities alway* the beat and prices the lowest. 



L. BAUMANN & CO.. SS.Srs.'^n... 

 S^^A 118 East Ghicap Annue, CHICAGO 



turf far Nr ctavlatt catatona 



Now located 



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Mention The- Review when you write- 



cial growers, Mr. Sykes says the Chi- 

 cago office is being established for the 

 single purpose of getting in closer touch 

 with those who, within the next few 

 years, will build fine ranges of private 

 conservatories. Still, it is a fair pre- 

 sumption that no commercial grower will 

 be compelled to insist that his order be 

 taken, especially when he wants an iron- 

 frame greenhouse. 



Variotti Notes. 



The superintendent of schools has re- 

 signed. The trade will receive the an- 

 nouncement with fortitude. With Cooley 

 gone there may not be flowers at the 

 June school closings, but there always 

 were flowers there before Cooley came. 



J. A. Budlong estate will plant 2,000 

 O. P. Bassett carnations this season. 



Bassett & Washburn are preparing to 

 rebuild several of their older houses this 

 year and to turn them into rose houses. 

 They will plant 2,000 of the White Kil- 

 lamey and 2,000 My Maryland. 



The retailers all say they were pleased 

 with the St. Valentine's business. It is 

 growing every year. Fancy boxes of 

 violets are the best seller, but all sorts of 

 mixed boxes went well. Lincoln dinners 

 were numerous and each called for 

 flowers. 



The Chicago party had a special parlor 

 car to go down to Springfield Monday 

 evening to the meeting of the State Flo- 

 rists' Association, but only a half dozen 

 went on that train. 



E. C. AmlLng says the Albert Amling 



For Bridal BoHqnets 



and other special occasions 



White Orchids, Gardenias, 

 Orange Blossoms 



ROSE HILL NURSERIES 



NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. 



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Co., Maywood, has begun to cut sweet 

 peas. The growers at Maywood send in 

 so many each spring that some people 

 refer to the town as Sweetpeaville. 



The A. L. Randall Co. is supplying 

 florists with lawn grass seed put up in 

 cartons and reports some large sales. 



Vaughan & Sperry say St. Valentine's 

 day was a little Christmas. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. is cutting quite 

 a few long-stemmed Cardinal rose and 

 reports the buyers take it readily at $3 

 per dozen when they can not get medium 

 Beauties. 



A Wednesday wedding was that of 

 Miss Carrie Evert and Edward Fichter. 

 The bride is a daughter of Matt Evert 

 and a niece of Mrs. Peter Reinberg and 



