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AocbsT 22, 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



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HAMBURG 5, den August 3, 1913, 



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To The Trade 



In Attendance at the S.A.F, Convention, 



Chicago, Illinois. 



Gentlemen: 



I greatly regret my inability to rettirn to Chicago in time for the 

 big Convention, and assist in welcoming my S.A.F. brothers; but the fact is, 

 that I feel my presence is required here in Hamburg to look after this year's 

 falley crop. 



As you well know, my CHICAGO MARKET BRAND is my hobby, and the qual- 

 ity;has been maintained so many years that I owe it to my customers to stay 

 oh the ground and oversee operations. In this way they, as well as I, can be 

 assured satisfaction in the quality of next year's supply. 



Everything is in fine shape now and I believe the quality of my 

 CHICAGO MARKET BRAND will be even better than usual, although that seems 

 almost imposeible. 



I extend a most cordial invitation to avery florist to visit my 

 greenhouaes, 3032-3043 West Madison Street, Chicago, and can assure them a 

 cordial welcome from my assistants, Messrs. A.< Billerbeck and Peter Samuelson. 



With a hearty wish for a most successful meeting, I am. 



Very truly yoxirs. 



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A. li. Bandall is spending a few days 

 as the guest of I^ank Johnson and 

 Mrs. Johnson, having left his family in 

 Michigan while he attended the con- 

 vention. 



J. P. Degnan, of Winterson's Seed 

 Store, says that all bulbs appear to be 

 of excellent quality this year. Every- 

 thing is in but the Dutch. 



Tim Matchen, sales manager for 

 Peter Beinberg, says convention visi- 

 tors began to show up as early as 

 August 15 and that he expects there 

 will be many looking over the growing 

 establishments all next week. 



The 8. A. F. convention brought 

 about a family reunion of the Weiland 

 clan and for the first time in ten years ' 

 the nine children of M. Weiland met. 

 The nine present were Henry WeUand, 

 Denver, Colo.; Peter Weiland, New 

 Castle, Ind.; Mrs. P. J. Olinger, Cincin- 

 nati, C; Mrs. John Didier, Rogers 

 Park; John Weiland, George C. Wei- 

 land, Anna Weiland, Margaret Weiland 

 and Helen Weiland, Evanston, 111. 



Miss Wolf, of Zech & Mann's audit- 

 ing department, is back from a two 

 weeks' vacation spent at Leesburg, Ind. 



Erne & Klingel have had a run on 

 ^ncy asters and, according to Mr. 

 Klingel, the opening days of this week, 



August 19 and 20, were unusually lively, 

 although it was expected that conven- 

 tion w«ek would show a decline. 



Hoerber Bros, made the first cut of 

 indoor carnations this week, Beacon, 

 Enchantress, White Enchantress and 

 Victory being among the varieties in 

 the first shipment. 



The store of Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 was decorated in holiday attire during 

 convention week in honor of S. A. F. 

 visitors and presented a pretty picture 

 to those, who dropped in. 



Miss Marie Hayes, of E. H. Hunt's, 

 reported back this week after a vaca- 

 tion absence. 



New and attractive settings have 

 been added to the display rooms of H. 

 Wittbold, where autumn and other 

 decorations have been used effectively. 



Percy Jones sent a new supply cata- 

 logue to press last week and will begin 

 mailing it to the trade this week. 



Phil Schupp, of J. A. Budlong's, 

 says that the Giant Snowball asters 

 now being shipped that firm are the 

 best he has seen this season. The store 

 was decorated with American flags and 

 bunting during convention week. 



President John F. Kidwell, of the 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association, 

 gave up the idea of going home to 



Downers Grove this week, owing to 

 the fact that his services were demand- 

 ed on five different committees of the 

 Chicago Florists' Club. 



Louis Wittbold says the roses at the 

 Edgebrook greenhouses of the Geo. 

 Wittbold Co. are coming along in fine 

 shape. As evidence he is showing some 

 fine blooms with stems from twenty- 

 four to thirty inches long. 



Mr. Gelderman's labors as proof- 

 reader are finished, at least for the 

 present. The new catalogue of L. Bau- 

 mann & Co. iis ready for distribution 

 and contains eight pages of color illus- 

 trations. 



E. F. Kurowski, of the J. C. Monin- 

 ger Co., recently made his first trip out 

 to where Bassett & Washburn are build- 

 ing their new range of Moninger houses. 

 He came back greatly enthused over 

 the location, saying it is ideal for the 

 purpose. He reports that Mr. Wash- 

 burn's ambition is to eventually have a 

 range of twenty houses, identical in 

 construction with the five now being 

 built. 



S. Freund, sales manager for A. A. 

 Arnold, returned from an extensive and 

 successful western trip just in time to 

 look after the arrangement of the Ar- 

 nold box exhibit at the convention. 



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