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The Florists' Review 



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We Want You to Try Our Beauties 



We know there are no better Beauties coming into this market and we have a large supply— larger 

 than at any previous time this summer. We want especially to hear from regular buyers— we want to 

 show what we can do. Plenty of 18-inch to 24-inch stems. 



CAN FURNISH GOOD ROSBS OF ALL LENGTHS IN ALL VARIETIES. 



Headquarters for Lilies* Giganfeum and Rubrum 



We are prepared to fill ail orders for Gladioli and Asters, any color, 



with first-class stock 



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CHICAGO 



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some of its lead because of the im- 

 provement in Killarney. Beauties are 

 abundant in all lengths and there has 

 been a marked improvement in the 

 quality. 



Each day brings an increase in the 

 supply of carnations. This flower sells 

 probably as well as anything on the list, 

 because of the scarcity of good asters. 

 Shipments from New York have begun 

 to arrive and generally are better than 

 the local cut of asters. 



The principal change and only 

 scarcity in the market is in valley and 

 cattleyas. It seems that the forcers of 

 valley made a sharp reduction, soon 

 after the war broke out, in the number 

 of pips started in their periodical 

 batches and that this reduction is just 

 now beginning to have its full effect. 

 There has been a sharp curtailment in 

 the supply during the last week and 

 prices naturally are stiff. There has 

 been no special change in cattleyas 

 this week. The heavy crops went off 

 some time ago, but the demand is only 

 just beginning to awaken. Sometimes 

 it is difficult to pick up any consider- 

 able number of cattleyas. 



Easter lilies continue one of the over- 

 abundant items. The local supply is 

 reinforced by large arrivals from dis- 

 tant points. There has been a consid- 

 erable increase in the daily receipts of 

 chrysanthemums and first-class Golden 

 Glow now are regularly available, with 

 smaller supplies of the early white. 

 Smith 's Advance. They sell fairly well. 

 Gladioli are distinctly on the down 

 grade, both as to quality and quantity. 



The supply of green goods is equal 

 to all requirements. There is a prac- 

 tically full line, boxwood having ar- 

 rived. 



The market observed Labor day more 

 generally than ever before. Many 

 houses closed promptly at 12 o'clock 

 and most of them locked the doors as 

 soon as the orders were out. 



Muir Closes Downtown. 



John T. Muir closed his store at 29 

 East Monroe street September 5, after 

 having operated there for approxi- 

 mately six months. Before the com- 

 pletion of the Goddard building Mr. 



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Muir made a lease on the store, 17x31, 

 with basement space of 2,000 square 

 feet, for ten years at a term rental at 

 that time reported to be $90,000. The 

 store was ready for occupancy May 1, 

 1913, but Mr. Muir, who then had two 

 stores on the south side, did not open 

 the downtown store for nearly a year. 

 Since then he has sold his old stand 

 on Michigan avenue and now will con- 

 solidate his interests at the store at 

 Grand boulevard and Forty-seventh 

 street. In real estate circles it is re- 

 ported that following the cancellation 

 of Mr. Muir's lease the store was 

 rented to a postcard firm for ten years 

 at a term rental of $75,000. 



Various Notes. 



H. C. Rowe announces that he will 

 be ready to open his new store at 160 

 Wabash avenue by September 15. 



A. L. Vaughan reports the arrival of 

 the first of the new season's boxwood. 



C. A. Samuelson has returned from a 

 summer's trip to his orchard interests 

 in Idaho and has tackled the fall busi- 

 ness with renewed enthusiasm. 



Alex. Henderson has reached home 

 after an even more eventful European 

 trip than he anticipated. War was de- 

 clared while he was on the water. 



P. C. Schupp reports that the first 

 mums at the J. A. Bndlong establish- 

 ment are ready earlier this year than 

 usual. He is looking for a good season, 



Arrange your Fall advertising plans now» 

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Higk-Grade Floral Publicity 

 224 South Michigan Avanuo 



ChicafOf Illinois 



as most of the stock is shipped into the 

 middle west. 



Owing to Labor day coming on the 

 regular meeting date, the Retail Flo- 

 rists' Association held its session at 

 Room 211, Hotel La Salle, on Tuesday 

 evening, September 8. There being 

 some misunderstanding as to the time 

 and place, the meeting was not called 

 to order until late, with about twenty- 

 five members present. In the future the 

 Hotel La Salle will be the meeting 

 place, the first Monday of the month 

 unless otherwise announced. 



E. E. Pieser, who has been in ill 

 health for some time, has broken the 

 custom of many years and no longer 

 is seen on Sundays at the store of Ken- 

 nicott Bros. Co. Max Ringier and N. 

 P. Miller are on duty alternate Sun- 

 days. 



C. E. Pniner started out on the even- 

 ing of September 7 for a five weeks' 

 trip through the grain states. 



John P. Degnan states that the retail 

 bulb list of Winterson's Seed Store is 

 being mailed this week, and that the 

 wholesale list is on the press. The 



