JULY 15, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



17 



WIRE WORK 



Write for prices on the quantity of Wire frames it will take 

 to run you through next season. Special prices on orders 

 booked now to keep our factory working full force all sum- 

 mer. Larger the order, lower the prices. Delivery at any time 

 you say. This is a chance to save money— better write NOW. 



CUT FLOWER BOXES 



Send for our estimate, stating quantity you used last year. 

 We want your order now, delivery SepL 1 to Oct 1. 



AIR PLANT--Sea Moss 



Big seller if you use it to trim your window with in summer. A 

 special circular shows styles and prices of tiny baskets for air planL 



Growers' Supplies 



We handle every article a grower needs about a grreenbouse. Hose, aprons, 

 fertilizers, insecticides, glazing materials, etc. Better get our catalogue or 

 special quotations on your needs. :; :: 



A. L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists "^.^'S'r' >9-2l Randolph St, Chicago 



MPiiMon The K*»vltw when won writp 



NOTICE ! 



Buyers in the Chicago Market are requested to take Special 



Notice that 



AH Wholesale Houses Will Close 

 July 22 at 1 p. m. 



the date of the Annual Picnic at Riverview Park. Get your 



orders in early. 



All Florists are invited to join in tbe Picnic. Admission, 50c; cbildren under 12, free 

 if accompanied by parents. Any Nortb or West side car line reaches Riverview in half 

 an hour. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



are planning to go to the Cincinnati con- 

 vention in their new automobile. 



When John Cook put My Maryland on 

 the market nearly two years ago, Leonard 

 Kill picked it as a winner, and every 

 day now increases his enthusiasm for it, 



Charles Schneider, doing business as 

 the Central Floral Co., at 68 State street, 

 closed up July 10. The fixtures remain 

 in the store, which the landlord is offer- 

 ing for rent. It is said the rental was 

 approximately $100 a week. Only a 

 Greek can stand such a drain. 



Otto Benthey and his bride have re- 

 turned to New Castle. When the groom 

 applied for the marriage license he gave 

 his age as ' ' past 34, " a statement not 

 open to question. Mrs. Benthey is a 

 charming lady of 22. 



Mrs. J. A. Budlong, A, H. Budlong and 

 Mrs. Phil Schupp, with their families, 

 are summering, as usual, at Lake Geneva. 

 Bert Budlong is with the family this 

 week. 



Mons Olson, of the Poehlmann force, 

 feels keenly the death last week of his 

 oldest son, a bright young man of 19, 

 and has the sympathy of everyone in the 

 market. 



E. F. Winterson has been in Cincinnati 

 this week on convention sporting matters. 



Fred Klingel, of George Beinberg's 

 store force, is on his annual vacation. 



Vaughan & Sperry are receiving lim- 

 ited shipments of outdoor asters, and say 



a large crop will be on by the first part 

 of next week. 



Percy Jones says that conditions in 

 the Flower Growers' Market are normal 

 for the date. 



G. E. Pieser, president of the Kenni- 

 cott Bros. Co., starts July 19 for a two 

 weeks' boat trip to Montreal, starting 

 on the Northland to Mackinac. 



P. J. Foley, of the Foley Mfg. Co., and 

 John Karsten, the grower at Chatta- 

 nooga, Tenn., spent Saturday and Sunday 

 on a fishing trip in Michigan. 



Nick Kruchten has thrown out all his 

 carnations, and is busy replanting. 



Mrs. W. E. Horton, of the Bassett & 

 Washburn force, is on her annual vaca- 

 tion. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. says business took 

 a sudden spurt July 8 and has been run- 

 ning much ahead of last year since that 

 date. 



August Schrier, of the E, F. Winter- 

 son Co., spei t July 11 at Aurora and 

 called on Joseph Smely. Mr. Smely is 

 not recovering from his recent accident 

 as rapidly as was hoped, and it is now 

 feared skin grafting will be necessary, 



C. M, Dickinson, manager at E. H. 

 Hunt's, is spending the week with his 

 family, who have a summer cottage at 

 Pelican Lake. 



Henry Wittbold, at Evanston, is grow- 

 ing Shasta daisies and gaillardias, and is 

 sending the city stores some excellent 



stock. The George Wittbold Co. stored 

 a considerable quantity of the peonies 

 cut this season at its Edgebrook nursery. 

 A. A. LaVaque, with his family, leaves 

 July 17 for a two weeks' trip to Colo- 

 rado. 



A. Lange and family started July 10 

 for their trip to the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific 

 Exposition and other points on the 

 Pacific coast, 



H. N. Bruns says the business thus far 

 this year has been better than ever be- 

 fore in all the lines he handles. He has 

 done more business with valley pips, and 

 with cut valley, and his retail sales also 

 have exceeded any other year. 



H. Luedtke, the Maywood grower, had 

 all his chrysanthemums planted before 

 the Fourth, and has not yet started 

 benching carnations, though the work will 

 begin next week. The few days' respite 

 he has spent fishing. 



Heim Bros., at Blue Island, received 

 from the Florists' Hail Association 

 $487.83, because of their recent loss by 

 hail. ^ 



The Fleiscbman Floral Co. has closed 

 its north side branch store. 



The George Wittbold Co. secured an 

 order from the Harmon real estate peo- 

 ple, who are opening a new addition on 

 the northwest side, which has taken all 

 the spring bedding stock they had left 

 on hand. 



Among the recent visitors have been 

 Mrs. P. J. Olinger, of Weiland & Olinger, 

 of Cincinnati; E. S. Thompson, the 

 gladiolus and dahlia grower at Benton 

 Harbor, Mich.; C. W. Scott, of New 

 York, oh his way to the family home in 

 Wisconsin for a vacation; J. W. Lyon, 

 the Belvidere carnation grower; Lyle C. 

 Waterbury, Denver, buying stock for the 

 Denver Wholesale Florists Co., which is 

 to open September 1; Adam Heim, of 

 the Heim & Son Carnation Support Co., 

 Connersville, Ind. 



Bowling. 



The bowlers made the following scores 

 July 8: ^ 



^Pl"y«f: 1st 2d 8d 



w. Wolf 122 n7 lee 



F- Ayers 119 137 jgS 



F\ Pasternlk 169 112 140 



^' tIP'" w< V 135 '183 147 



E. F. Winterson 149- -^ 188 167 



Totals 692 637 765 



