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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



August 26, 1009. 



BEAUTIES 



We are offering fine Beauties; a Kood supply in all lengths; fine 

 beads on strong steins with perfect foliage. 



LILIES 



Our Auratums are the best Lilies the market affords at present. 

 Also can supply Easter Lilies in quantity. 



ASTERS 



The finest mid-season Asters are now available 

 in quantity; much better stock than the earlier 

 part of the season afforded. AH colors and all 

 lengths of stem. Call on us for all you need. 



All Kinds of Greens. 



Finest Ferns in Largest Quantity. 



Headquarters for Fancy Valley 



A. L. Randall Co* 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1496 



PrlTato Exchange all 



Departments 



r9-2l Randolph St, Chicago 



M«»iitlon The R<»v1ew whPn "nn nrritp 



relieved the pressure on asters. Last 



.week, and at the opening of the present 



week, asters were excellent property, 



especially white. Since the rains, quality 



ihas improved materially, and there now 



are excellent asters to be had. Gladioli 



are * much less abundant, but there still 



' are more than the trade has any use for. 



There is good call for the few first-class 



■ 'America now coming in, and white and 



flired sell fairly, but the sale for the 



''mixed lots is even slower than it has 



been. 



There has been a flurry in valley, but 

 it was of short duration. The little 

 spurt in business also found some of the 

 houses short of auratum and Easter lilies, 

 but these are to be had where sufficient 

 notice is given. The last of the peonies 

 at length has been seen. There is an 

 abundant supply of garden flowers, with 

 little demand. Both white and yellow 

 mums are offered, but they do not meet 

 vdth any special call. 



The green goods market is quiet, but 

 there already is inquiry for strings of 

 asparagus and smilax for the fall open- 

 ing decorations, which come on in Sep- 

 tember. 



New Wholesale Firm. 



W. P. Kyle has sold his interest in 

 the J. B. Deamud Co. to Mr. Deamud 

 and has formed a partnership with 

 Joseph Foerster to open a wholesale com- 

 mission cut flower house in the Atlas 

 block. The new firm will be Kyle & 

 Foerster and expects to be ready for 

 business early in September. They have 

 secured the rear half of the room at 

 the north end of the second floor of the 

 Atlas block, the front half having just 

 been leased for the new wholesale house 

 of Hoerber Bros., as reported in the 

 Eeview of August 12. The partitions 

 are being put in this week and ice-boxes 

 and fixtures will go in at once. It is an 

 excellent location. 



W. P. Kyle spent many years with 

 Kennicott Bros. Co., leaving two or three 

 years ago to buy an interest with J. B. 

 Deamud, becoming vice-president of the 

 corporation then formed. Joseph Foers- 

 ter began as bookkeeper for George Bein- 

 berg and worked up to be manager. 

 Then he was for a time in business for 

 himself, selling his place in the Flower 



DAYLITE GLASS CLEJUIER 



Quick, Powerful Compound 



for 



Cleaning Greenhouse Glass 



Leaves no greasy surface. Will not 

 injure paint or putty. 



Demonstration in Chicago on Application 



Phone Oakland 845. 



ANDERSEN SPECIALTY CO. 



4648 Calumet Ave.. CHICAGO. 



Meption The Review when you write. 



Growers' Market to Dominick Freres and 

 entering the employ of Messrs. Deamud 

 and Kyle. The new firm thus has all the 

 experience necessary to make a success 

 of the business. 



Another Building Project. 



Every little while some real estate firm 

 comes to the front with a proposition to 

 put up a building for the wholesale flo- 

 rists, the idea being to remove the market 

 from its present somewhat expensive lo- 

 cation at Wabash avenue and Randolph 

 street and make room for all the firms 

 in one large, specially equipped building. 

 The last project of this character was 

 brought forward by Oliver & Co., who 

 have a property adjoining the Bock 

 Island depot. This fell through because 

 of the undesirable location. 



Now Bounds & Wetten are trying to 

 interest the wholesalers in a building 

 they propose to erect at the southeast 

 corner of Market and Randolph streets, 

 where as many floors 120x180 as may be 

 needed can be provided, with all the 

 special equipment the wholesalers care 

 to pay for. 



With more than twenty firms in the 

 wholesale section, with leases expiring at 

 various dates, it is a matter of much 

 difficulty to get concerted action, no one 

 caring to split up the market into two 

 localities. Some day a removal undoubt- 

 edly will come to pass, but heretofore, on 

 getting down to figures, it has been found 

 that the propositions for a special build- 

 ing afforded no great saving of money 



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but involved accepting a much less fa- 

 vorable location in return for slightly be- 

 ter facilities. 



Various Notes. 



Jacob Falkenstein, at Naperville, has 

 callas that will be ready for market early 

 in the autumn. He has been growing 

 these for seven years and each year has 

 had them earlier, while at the same time 

 improving the quality of his blooms. This 

 year he repotted his bulbs about July 1, 

 starting them up in a cool, damp cellar. 

 After about a month he removed them to 

 a shaded greenhouse and plunged the pots 

 in fresh manure. He v^ have blooms 

 by October. Mr. Falkenstein also has 

 made a reputation for the quality of his 

 Bonnaffon mums and has 4,000 fine 

 plants. He says that last season, by 

 means of a small advertisement in the 

 Beview, he sold 25,000 cuttings in one 

 week, and had to return orders amount- 

 ing to $150 more. Next spring he in- 



