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FEBRUAny 17, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



19 



CARNATIONS 



Our Carnation crop is iieavy and tlie quality of tlie stocic is A -No. 1. 

 Prices seasonabie* We can quote attractive rates to buyers of 1000 iots. 



White Lilac 



Fancy Stock, $1.25 a bunch, 

 five bunches for $6.00 



Violets 



Double or single in quanti- 

 ty. Let us quote you. 



Cattieyas 



Finest the market affords. 

 $5.00 to $7.50 a doz. 



Dendrobiums 



Fine Dendrobium Formo- 

 Bum, $2.00 to $5.00 a doz. 



Gardenias 



A steady supply; $2.00 to 

 $4.00 a doz. 



Bulb Stocic 



Everything in quantity- 

 quality excellent. 



If you haven't our Catalosrue handy— a 

 complete line of Supplies— send for it. 



ALL ROStS AR£ AGAIN IN GOOD SCJPI'LV^ 



A. L. Randall Co. 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Cntrti 1496 



PrlTSt. Exehutre all 



Departments 



Mention The Review when you write. 



You will save money 



By nsing an Armleder 

 bnBinesB wagon, which is 

 the moBt economical wagon 

 made, becauee it lasts 

 longer, wears better, and 

 has greater freedom from 

 repairs than any other 

 wagon made by anybody 

 anywhere. 



Our CatsloKue I is what you need. It's free, but you must ask for it. 

 Easy terms if desired. 



idd'r... ARMLEDER, Cincinnati, Ohio 



Mention The Kfview when you write. 



season. He says his sweet peas never 

 looked so fine as now. This year he has 

 them in solid beds, twelve inches of soil 

 on a foot of cinders confined by plank 

 sides, which brings the vines well up to 

 the glass. He expects a big crop for 

 Kaster. 



Lubliner & Trinz have been short 

 handed and exceptionally busy the last 

 tew days. 



Wietor Bros, plan to increase their 

 I'lanting of Mrs. Jardine rose next sea- 

 ')n and, of course, will find room for a 

 • 'g lot of White Killarney. 

 Kyle & Foerster report many inquiries 

 rom buyers who are only waiting for 

 .Ting prices to take large quantities of 

 ■'ock from this market. 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. received 100,000 

 1 assaehusetts ferns February 14. 

 Henry Van Gelder says the increase in 

 ■e Percy Jones business requires more 

 •Ip. 



At Peter Beinberg's it is stated that 



is only a matter of a few days before 



'e roses will be in full crop. 



C. W. McKellar says he thinks sales- 



■anship will count from now till Easter. 



Miss Keegan, who has charge of the 

 books for Zech & Mann, has been ill for 

 a week and John Zech has been more 

 than ever busy. 



E. E. Pieser says the severe cold of 

 February 12 and 13 was all that kept 

 Valentine's day sales from going far 

 ahead of the best previous record. 



The E. F. Winterson Co, is fitting up 

 a new office for the cut flower depart- 

 ment in a location that will increase the 

 store space. The seed department has 

 disposed of most of the carload of can- 

 nas recently received. 



Ned Washburn and wife will start for 

 California, to join O. P. Bassett, Feb- 

 ruary 25. 



Miss Sadie Palinsky, who has charge 

 of the office end of her father's business, 

 was 21 years of age February 15 and 

 there was a gathering of fifty coupleg, 

 several florists among them, at the new 

 residence W. L. Palinsky built last year 

 at 2867 Palmer avenue, to help her cele- 

 brate the event.. 



Chicago and vicinity was well repre- 

 sented at the meeting of the State Flo- 

 rists' Association at Champaign this 



week. More than twenty went down in 

 one party. 



Emil Buettner leaves next week for a 

 vacation in southern California. 



George Asmus is walking with a cane. 

 He says it is rheumatism, but his friends 

 tell him it is the gout. 



W. L. Palinsky and Anton Then pro- 

 pose the organization of an association of 

 the plant growers for the Chicago mar- 

 ket, to hold monthly meetings for the 

 exchange of experiences — credit as well 

 as cultural. All the plantsmen thus far 

 seen welcome the suggestion, they say. 



During the Chicago flower show, 'the 

 Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, 111., gave 

 an excursion to their place, but found 

 it was inconvenient for a great many 

 growers to attend; therefore they will 

 give another excursion, Tuesday, Febru- 

 ary 22, leaving the La Salle street sta- 

 tion, Chicago, by Rock Island train, at 

 11:45 a. m. and arriving at their green- 

 houses at 1:00 p. m., where lunch will 

 be served. A cordial invitation is ex- 

 tended to all interested growers to join 

 the crowd, which is sure to be a merry 

 one. 



Bowling. 



The Carnations defeated the Violets 

 three games straight February 10 and 

 brought the Florists' League teams up 

 to close quarters again. Here are the 

 scores : 



Carnations. Ist 2d 3d Roses. Ist 2d 3d 



A. Zech 138 170 156 Fischer ...131 167 162 



Farley 160 170 118 Ooerlsch ..128 125 125 



Krauss 125 130 117 Pieser 118 104 158 



Pasternick 150 192 185 Lorman ...136 141 156 

 Ayers 184 170 179 Wolf 146 134 160 



Totals ...757 841 755 Totals ...639 671 771 



Violets. 1st 2d 3d Orchids. 1st 2d 3d 



Bergman ..171 146 148 Huebner ..117 142 132 



Johnson ...160 172 133 Graff 143 106 124 



Fink 93 112 129 Vogel 108 151125 



Depnan ...133 136 122 Asmns 172 179 120 



Yarnall ...132 183 161 J. Zech 112 164 174 



Totals . . .698 749 693 Totals . . .657 742 CTO 



Mason City, Ia.— Kemble & Good- 

 man intend to add two houses, each 27x 

 100, to their range during the coming 

 spring. 



