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The Florists^ Review 



August 22, 1912. 



GLADIOLI 



First-class stock at reasonable prices. 



KILLARNEY, WHITE KILLARNEY, BEAUTIES, LILIES, Etc. 



Batavia Greenhouse Co. 



Greenhouses: 



Batavia, 111. 



L. D. Phone 

 t99S Randolph 



Store: 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Mention llip Kcvicw wlion you write. 



Send your orders for Summer Flowers to 



CHAS. W. McKELLAR 



22 E. RANDOLPH ST., CHICAGO 



Everything: in seasonable 

 stock, at lowest market 

 prices. Long: distance Phone, 



Central 3598 



^\^lat it i< during tlu^ liusy soason, still 

 < 'hic'i^io in'\ fi- luis hail more or hotter 

 (lowers ill AuL'ust tliaii have boon on 

 ■ lis|)lay this ^\eek. !'os-ilj]y this does 

 not aj'jily to white loses. J^>eautios or 

 ast(>rs, the low grades ol' the latter ]irt>- 

 duiiiiiiat in;:. 'I'he siipiily of pinlc roses 

 is stroiiLT and tlie \isitois also have 

 loniici niiiili of interest in the newi-r 

 ^a^ieties of lo^es. whi(di this season Avill 

 lie in lar;^e supply and ■\vhi(di ar(! Just 



heuiniiiiiL: to coi iilo the market in 



some (juantity. As a icsult of the eoii- 

 x'entioii. niaii\ wiiu hav(> not heretofore 

 used <'hica^o llowers will handle them 

 this season. 



Various Notes. 



The ('hicayo l'''lorists' ("luh 1j 1 a 

 s])ecial meeting August 1">. at the l'ii'>>i 

 restaurant, with an attendanre of fifty 

 nieinhers. Complete rejiorfs were made 

 of convention arrangements, which now 

 are a matter of liistory. .lohn Youn^, 

 secretary of the S. A. I'\, was present 

 and talked on society alfairs. G. L. 

 Orant told of the first Chicago conven- 

 tion, a quarter of a century ago. Two 

 n(>w memijers were ehn'ted, K. Faren- 

 wald, who is with tlie Foley Mfg. Co., 

 and Frank lialkeiihol, of Mankato, 

 Minn. 



Frank Ayres, right-hanil man for C. 

 W. McKellar, returned August 16 from 

 his canoe trip into Canada. 



E. T. Wanzer, Wheaton, 711., is grow- 

 itig asters more extensivcdy this year 

 than ever liefor(>. lie lias l)een shipping 

 ] 5.000 to Is.ddO j.er day to his selling 

 agents, the .\. Tj. Randall Co. 



.lohn l^eaiiion. now cd' Ames, Ta., has 

 lieea reni'wing ai'ijuaintances here for 

 the last forlniLdit. 



A. Jlenderson k Co. received a car 

 shipment of (Chinese lily luilhs this week 

 and the shipping fon-e is busy with 

 their distribution. .\. Henderson re- 

 ))orts that the jncsent call for these 

 will exli;nist the supply if it keeps up. 



A Mirjirise was in store for the traile 

 when A. Ij. A'aughan, of A. 1,. Vaughan 

 «ic Co., gave out the information that 

 W. ].,. I.,ynch had becomi> a nienibe.* of 

 the st<ire staff. Mr. Lynch is W(dl 

 known to t.|,.T trade. Inning been man- 

 • lirei- of F. H. Jlunt's cut flower de- 



r 



F or Good Stock 

 at All Times 



Try- 



M. C. GUNTERBERG 



82-86 E. Randolph St., 

 CHICAGO 



Roses, Carnations and 

 Greens 



OUR SPECI ALTI ES 



jiarrment for a number of years. He 

 took up his new duties .\ugiist 19 and 

 assistcfl in greeting convention visi- 

 tors throughout the wi'(d\. His acces- 

 sion will materially strengthen Vaughan 

 & ''o. 



The Cook County Florists' Associa- 

 tion held its monthly meeting at The 

 Tavern -August b"), with a large attend- 

 ance, I'resident A. C. Kohlbrand in the 

 (diair. 



(!us Alles and ITenry Wietor returned 

 -Vtigust IS i lom their annual Wiscou- 

 sin flip. 



Miss .bMne Arniit, saleslady in Ves- 

 tal's liittle Ivock store, has been yisit- 

 ing here for a fortnight. 



The Hatavia Greenhouse Co., Batavia, 

 HI., finished its four new houses last 

 week and is planting them. The new 

 range, accf)rding to O. .lohnson, now 

 contains about 120,000 f(>et of glass, 

 with about .".(1,000 in the old range. 



Wrrd was recei\ed .\ugust 17 of the 

 drowning of Joe Dunn's oldest son. Mr. 

 Dunn formerly was foreman for J. A. 

 l>udlong, but now is in business for 

 himself at Savanna, Til. 



F. Vj. Pieser is the only wholesaler 



AN INVITATION 



Wo cordially invite Florists 

 jittcndiDK tlio ("liicaKo Con- 

 vention to inspect one of tlie 

 niost up-to tiicrniniitc print- 

 inji plants in llic coiintiy. 



Tlio Woddin;: Hooklet 'Tlow- 

 cis for the lii'ide" is m.ide 

 lieic. 'I'wo other Florist Hook- 

 lets are in prciiaration. 



We specialize in Florists' ad- 

 vertisinir. niakini; artistic 

 cuts, hooklels, etc. Have 

 many intercstinR things to 

 show you. 



If you can't cnll. teloplione 

 Harrison t;."p!ll, iouj our repre- 

 sentative will call at your 

 hotel with complete samples 

 and interesting data. 



PAYNE JENNINGS &CO. 



626 FEDERAL STREET 

 CHICAQO 





missing from the market this week. 

 He is in Canada with Mrs. Pieser, who 

 has bec!' ill for a long time. The 

 affairs of Kennicott liros. Co. are in 

 the hands of X. P. Miller and Ed. Arm- 

 strong'. 



A. T. ]Vt"t>r says the Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co. had a jioor summer for field 

 stock and the anticipateil surplus of 

 jdaiits has failed to materialize. 



The Korthwestern Floral Co., Gross 

 Point, has had an exhibit of fiebl-grown 

 carnation plants at Kyle & Foerster's 

 this week. 



\. J. Wietor will now be the busy 

 man for a few days. It is his job to 

 audit the convention bills. 



.lohn Michelsen. of the E. C. Amling 

 Co., says the talks with the out-of- 

 town ilorists this week have strength- 

 ened his conviction that business will 

 be big as soon as the fall season opens. 



