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The Florists' Review 



AUGUST 20, 1914. 



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BUYERS out of town may rest easy these days if their orders are sent to us— mail or 

 wire. It is the old sayinsr, "If you can't get it anywhere else you can get it at 

 Kennicott's/' That's true of all summer Cut Flowers and Greens. We have everything 

 }'ou need. 



DUHNG JULY. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER WE CLOSE AT S P. N. 



KENNICOTT 



168 NORTH WABASH AVENUE, 



BROS. CO., 



L. D. Phone, Central 466 



Wholesale Commission 

 Florists 



CHICAGO 



Mention The BeTlew when yog write. 



summer because so poor the trade would 

 not take them at any price. At pres- 

 ent, however, even poor asters are sell- 

 ing at good prices compared to the 

 quality. Field-grown carnations are 

 somewhat more plentiful and of some- 

 what improved quality. 



There will be no shortage of roses 

 this summer; the fall crops already arc 

 coming on. Beauties never have been 

 so abundant as this summer, and roses 

 are much more plentiful than usual at 

 this date. The market never had so 

 great a variety of roses as it has now 

 and the quality of the stock is ex- 

 cellent, though really long stems are 

 scarce. 



There begins to be a little better de- 

 mand for cattleyas, although it does 

 not take much stock to satisfy it. Val- 

 ley is selling steadily and already there 

 is a reduction in supply; the holders 

 of cold storage pips are reducing the 

 numbers put in sand, with the evident 

 purpose of making their supply go as 

 far as it will in case the new crop does 

 not leave Germany. 



Lilies never have cut so much figure 

 in the market during the summer as 

 has been the case this year. Gigan- 

 teums have been in large supply prac- 

 tically every day since Easter and 

 rubrums never have been grown so 

 heavily as this year. Auratum, on the 

 other hand, does not show an increase 

 in supply equal to that of the other 

 varieties. Some growers have no aura- 

 tums at all this year, but any whole- 

 saler who needs them for an order has 

 no trouble in finding the stock. 



The situation in greens shows little 

 change from week to week. Asparagus 

 strings are little seen, and seldom 

 called for. Smilax is equal to require- 

 ments; the growers appear to all get 

 this article ready for market at about 

 the same time, but it is not produced 

 in as large quantities as a few years 

 ago. Adiantum is in light request this 

 season. Ferns, of course, are abundant. 

 The jobbers are beginning to consider 

 the storage problem; many of them are 

 contracting for smaller supplies than 

 usual. 



Betailers' Outing. 



A boat trip, conducted by the Retail 

 Florists' Association, down the drainage 

 canal, through the locks to Joliet, and 

 return, was enjoyed by its members and 

 their friends, August 18. The boat left 

 the Clark street bridge at 9:30 a. m., 

 and a stop at Thirty-first and Western 

 avenue was made to pick up members 

 who found it more convenient to come 

 on board at that point. Music and danc- 

 ing were enjoyed by those who cared 

 for them. Refreshments were plentiful 

 and no effort was spared to make the 



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Roses 



Per 100 

 Select.... $5.00-$6.00 

 Good 2.00- 4.00 



Asters 



Per 100 

 Ex. select.$2.00-$ 3.00 

 Good, 1000, 5.00- 10.00 



CARNATIONS-GLADIOLI 



and all other Seasonable Cut Flowers and Greens. 



SPECIAL 



SHILAX, large, heavy, strong, doz., $1.S0; 100, $10.00 

 ASPARAGUS PLDNOSDS, bunches, 35c to 50c 



CHICAGO CARNATION CO. 



A. T. PYFER, Manager 



30 E. Randolph Street CHICAGO, ILL. 



MeptloD The Review when you write. 



trip one to be remembered. A stop-over 

 at Joliet permitted an inspection of the 

 penitentiary, and on their return all 

 agreed that the outing was a great suc- 

 cess. 



Notes from Maywood. 



A cablegram from Albert F. Amling 

 brings the good news that he is on 

 neutral territory, at Copenhagen, Den- 

 mark. Judging from the message, how- 

 ever, he seems to have been much in- 

 convenienced. 



Hugo Luedtke is busy this week re- 

 building his range of greenhouses. 



Henry Wehrmann returned Saturday, 

 August 15, from a trip to the lakes. 



The Weiss & Meyer Co. is planting 

 the new houses. Several truckloads of 

 American Beauty plants from Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co. have already arrived. 



p]rnst C. Amling has an elegant lot 

 of Eussell roses, a sight worth seeing. 



Walter Burhop has his place in good 

 trim. Chrysanthemums and sweet peas 

 are grown. 



Wm. Wichtendahl, who is now a Ford 

 owner, finds that his car gives him 

 much needed recreation. 



Wm. H. Amling is getting ready for 

 his annual automobile trip to Milwau- 

 kee, his second home. 



At the range of the Albert F. Amling 

 Co., painting and bulbing of the green- 

 houses are in progress. The work much 



SANITARY FLOORS 



for FLOWER STORES 

 Composition Flooring 

 ATLAS FLOOR COMPANY 



87 W. Van Buren Street, 

 CHICAGO, ILL. 



MPDtlnn The Revi«»w when yoo write. 



improves the appearance of the houses, 

 besides prolonging the life of them. 

 American Beauties and the newer va- 

 rieties of roses are the predominating 

 crops here. 



Various Notes. 



John Poehlmann does not change his 

 opinion of the Mrs. Eussell rose; he 

 has said all summer that the variety is 

 a sterling acquisition to the list. He 

 says the one bench of plants grown last 

 year did good work by supplying prop- 

 agating material that gave 80,000 

 young plants, worth far more than the 

 winter cut of flowers would have been. 



For various reasons the party from 

 Chicago to the convention was the 

 smallest in many years. Two special 

 cars were attached to the Lake Shore 

 train that left at 8 p. m. August 16', 

 the afternoon of Monday being spent 

 at Niagara Falls. The reservations of 

 berths numbered thirty-two, including 

 those from the west. Many had, how- 

 ever, gone ahead. President Wirth 



