AtTGDSX 20, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



40 



WE STILL HAVE PLENTY 



OF EXCELLENT BEAUTIES 



You will find your sales increase if you carry our Beauties 

 In stock. Cut from young plants. Perfect stem and foliage. 

 Qood flowers. An abundance of short and medium stems. 



GLADIOLI 



MRS. KING 



AUGUSTA 



AMERICA 



We handle the popular florists' varieties in quantity. Select stock. Can fill large orders with one 

 variety — no need to use mixed stock on our orders. America in thousands. Quality second to none. 



Giganteum 



LILIES 



Rubrum 



You can s:et of Randall any quantity of fine Qigfanteum and Rubrum Lilies. These are the big, 

 showy flowers — good value for the money. We have a supply that is practically unlimited. 



YOU CAN GET ASTERS HERE 



We can meet any demand for Asters. All colors. Good, clean, small flowers with short stems for 

 work, or fancy blooms on long stems for decorations — we've got 'em. 



ORCHIDS 



A fine crop of fancy, home-grown Cat- 

 tleyas now ready. 



ROSES 



All kinds in good supply, but specially 

 strong on Killarney, Sunburst, Ward. 



VALLEY 



We never are without the best grade 

 of stock. Wire; we ship at once. 



Green and Bronze Galax In large supply— fine stock— low prices 



A. L. Randall Co* 



Everything for Florists, 



L. D. Phone Central 7720 



Private Exchange all 



Departments 



66 E. Randolph Street, Chicago 



Mention The Herlew when yoa write. 



titiiie down from Minneapolis with a 

 ilelegatiou that justified a special car. 



• lie California party consisted of four. 



President French, of the Chicago 

 I'Morists' Club, last week appointed 



• ■eo. Asmus, H. N. Bruns, J. C. 

 Vaufrhan, Aujfust Poehlniann and H. B. 

 Howard as members of a committee to 

 reconimend ways and means of con- 

 triliution to the Wm. R. Smith memo- 

 lial fund. 



While the death of a prominent citi- 

 zen makes a bi" bunch of business for 

 rtorists, N. J. Wietor says he never con- 

 siders such an event as in favor of 

 'lie trade; he would prefer to see the 

 vvealthy «rentleman live and keep on 

 l>uyin<r flowers throujrh many years. 

 -\Ii'. Wietor looks at the war the same 

 ^^ay; while there may be some teni- 

 liorary uain for growers who do not 

 'lepend on imported stock, he would 

 I'refer to see things go along in their 

 !'«<ustonied way. 



A. Lange favors Sunday closing for 

 nie downtown retail stores. He says it 

 ^vould be impossible for him to get away 

 *''t»in the making up and delivery of 

 ^vork Sunday morning, but that he 

 ^voulil be willing to join the other 

 ''owiitown retailers iii keeping the 

 •'■out door locked Sundays during July 

 :ni(l .\ugust, with the shades drawn, 

 '""filling himself to sending out work 



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FLOKjAN D. WALLACE 



EiuRANc mm 



insurance sxchance builoino 

 Chicago 



Mention The Review whfn you write. 



that could not be delivered Saturday. 



The Cook County Florists' Associa- 

 tion will hold its monthly meeting to- 

 night, August 20. Both President 

 Miller and Secretary Pyfer are iu 

 town. 



A. C. Kohlbrand, of the E. C. Amling 

 Co., has returned from a fortnight's 

 fishing expedition to Torch lake. He 

 goes there every summer and never 

 fails to bring back a fresh stock of 

 stories. 



Felix Reichling says that Sunburst 

 is the best seller of all the roses Peter 

 Keinberg is growing. Such good results 



were obtained last season that the 

 planting was largely increased this year 

 and Mr. Reichling reports that no other 

 rose has been in such steady demand 

 through August. 



Miss Charlotte Paradise is again at 

 her desk, which she has occupied seven 

 years in the office of A. L. Vaughan & 

 Co., after a fortnight's outing. Wm. 

 Johnson is in charge of the shipping 

 during Mr. Vaughan 's absence at the 

 conventioU; 



The chain of stores idea seems popu- 

 lar on Sixty-third street. A. F. Keenan 

 has two retail stores on that thorough- 



