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JaLZ 1, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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SPECIAL 

 July Sale of 



Wire Work 



Order now— delivery any time you say 



We are quoting special prices on \«ire work to be made op now, to keep our factory going full force all summer. Capable wire workers are 

 not to be bad every day and we do not want to lay o& any of our present large force of skilled workers— we shall bold tbem tbrougb thick and 

 thin, for they are turning out 



A grade of wire work not excelled in tills country. 



So we offer special inducements for orders to keep us going during July and August. Order now— the special rates will be withdrawn when 

 we have booked two months' work. Send a list of what you can use and we will quote— the larger the order, the lower the price. 



Remember, we have A COMPLETE STOCK OF FLORISTS' SUPPLIES and can supply any article you need at a moment's notice 



A. L. Randall Co* 



r9-2l Randolph St, Chicago 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1496 



Prlrate Exchange all 



Departments 



v""iitioii The Hfvtevr when von write 



The Ribbons You Are Always After, But Seldom Get 



The qualities that have the rich, brilliant luster, 

 feel as though you had something more than paper 

 in your hand when you touch them, colors that 

 match Flowers, in narrow, medium and wide 

 widths; Qualities that will please your customers 

 every time. 



We manufacture 



Four miles ot such Ribbons every day, which we sell 



direct to the trade— prices are no higher than 

 flimsy Ribbons, because the jobber and other 

 unnecessary selling expenses are left out of our 

 calculations . Pine Tree Ribbons are the best on the 

 market, yet costing no more than poor qualities. 



Samples on request, also Chiffons. 



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SALESROOMS, 806-808-810 ARCH STREET 



Mention The Review when you write. 



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where they have a pay roll of $1,000 per 

 week. 



A. L. Randall and family have gone to 

 their farm in Michigan for the summer. 



The Florists ' Club will hold its regular 

 meeting at 7:30 tonight, July 1, at the 

 Union restaurant, for the election of a 

 secretary and three trustees. 



During a special meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' Club, June 25, in the oflSce of 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., 0. W. Frese lit the 

 gas stove unobserved, went out and closed 

 the door. The outdoor temperature was 

 only 86 at the time. 



Bassett & Washburn are more than 

 satisfied with the business year which 

 closed yesterday. Without an increase in 

 their glass area, their sales for the last 

 twelve months exceeded anything in the 

 history of the firm. This is omitting the 

 income from the dissemination of the 

 new carnation, 0. P. Bassett, which oc- 

 cupied a considerable part of their space 

 and of which they sent out over 200,000 

 cuttings, besides those retained for their 



own planting. Under the circumstances 

 Mr. "Washburn considers the year by far 

 the most successful they ever have had. 



E. C. Amling says the stores are pay- 

 ing better prices for outdoor sweet peas 

 than they did in other years, but that the 

 Greeks are not willing to pay as much 

 as heretofore, having become accustomed, 

 by recent market conditions, to making 

 inordinate profits. 



Vaughan & Sperry are looking for- 

 ward to an excellent summer business 

 and say the aster crop promises to eclipse 

 all records. 



E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. Co., 

 says events have justified his prediction 

 of several years ago, that the busy sea- 

 son would begin later and end earlier 

 year after year. 



The office of the E. F. Winterson Co. 

 begins to look like a silversmith's, with 

 the accumulation of bowling trophies for 

 the Cincinnati doings. 



Peter Reinberg has cut down on the 

 space given to Mrs. Field to get more 



room for My Maryland, Killarney and 

 White Killarney. 



C. W. McKellar says there again is no 

 scarcity of good cattleyas. 



At J. A. Budlong's, Phil Schupp says 

 the year has given an excellent increase 

 in sales without any increase in glass. 



Elsewhere in this issue is a descrip- 

 tion of the new style of ventilation adopt- 

 ed this summer by Emil KroU, one of 

 the rose growers for Zech & Mann. 



O. P. Bassett and E. B. Washburn are 

 on a trip east in the automobile of 

 Charles Phillips, one of Mr. Bassett 'a 

 business associates at Aurora. They 

 spent June 29 with Mayor Breitmeyer 

 at Detroit. 



Louis Wittbold is at Wheeling, 111., 

 where Mrs. Wittbold 's father is seri- 

 ously ill. 



Among recent visitors have been J. H. 

 Durham, Mound City, Mo.; C. E. Schae- 

 f er. La Crosse, Wis. ; J. Stamm, Hutchin- 

 son, Kan.; J. A. Newhall, Aurora; Al- 

 bert Rott, Joliet; A. F. Wienold, Fort 

 Atkinson, Wis.; George F. Crabb, Grand 

 Rapids. 



Bowlins;. 



Following are the scores made by the 

 bowlers June 25: 



Player. Ist 2d. 3d. 



Asmiis 155 169 202 



IWrpmnn 164 147 169 



A. Zech 170 157 206 



Ayers 179 138 162 



Schultz 107 127 128 



Viiniell 205 167 164 



Pasternlck 127 118 144 



(Jiaff 210 127 190 



Farley 158 160 135 



J. Zech 141 209 171 



Wolf 146 132 172 



Coerlsch 154 138 138 



(Taip 133 104 105 



Vogel 95 79 



Kinglet- 177 100 



Greenfield, Mass. — Frank J. Yetter 

 has invented a staple with which it i? 

 possible to tie down flowers packed in 

 p?.steboard boxes, holding them securely 

 in place and thereby preventing the 

 shucking, bruising and frequent break- 

 ing of flower heads from the stems. The 

 device is equally useful in staying 

 funeral designs in boxes for shipment 

 and for adjusting the covers of telescope 

 boxes to any desired height. He calls 

 it the Security staple. 



