AoousT 22, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



53 



AN OPEN LETTER FROM H. N. BRUNS.-READ IT. 



'OTEL DE L' EUROPE 



Diiilrich Wilrodt-Sihrinli-r 



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To The Trade HAMBURG 5, dm August 3, 1912. 



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

 Chicago, Illinola. 



Gentlemen; 



I greatly regret ray inability to return to Chicago in time for the 

 big Convention, and aasist in welcorai^ig my S.A.F. brothers; but the fact is, 

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

 Valley crop. 



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

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

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

 assured aatlafactlon 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 impossible. 



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

 greenhouses, 3032-3042 West Madlaon Street, Chicago, and can assure them a 

 cordial welcorrie from my assistants, Mesars. A.- Billerbeck and Peter Samuelson. 



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



Very truly youra, 



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A. F;. liandall is s])Oii(linj,' a I'uw days 

 as the ;^uest of Frank .lohiison aud 

 -Mrs. .lohiisoii, havinjj; left his family in 

 Mit-hij^an while he attciulcd the cou- 



\'('Uti<'D. 



J. 1*. Dei^'nan, of Wintcrson's Seed 

 Stoio, says that all bulbs ai)i)ear to be 

 '>f «ix»-ellent quality this year. Every- 

 thintr is in but the Dutch^ 



Tim Matchen, sales manager for 

 I'oter Reinberg, says convention visi- 

 tors began to show up as early as 

 Aii<,'ust 15 and that he expects there 

 will he many lookinjx over the growing 

 • ■stablishments all next week. 



The S. A. F. convention brought 

 al)out a family reunion of the Weiland 

 'Ian and for the first time in ten years 

 the nine children of M. Weiland met. 

 The nine present were Ifenrv Weiland^ 

 Denver, Colo.; I'eter Weiland, New 

 <'astle, Ind.; Mrs. V. J. Dlinger, Cincin- 

 uati, O.; Mrs. John Didier, Rogers 

 I'ark; John Weiland. (Jeorge C. Wei- 

 lan.l, Anna Weiland, Margaret Weiland 

 •ind Helen Weiland, Hvanston, 111 



Miss Wolf, of Zech & Mann's audit- 

 ing department, is back from a two 

 wee^ks' vacation spent at Ticesburg, Ind. 



Krno & Klingel have had a run on 

 tancy asters and. according to Mr. 

 M'ligel, the opening days of this week. 



August 19 and 20, were unusually lively, 

 altiiough it was expected that conven- 

 tion week 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 I'oehlmann Bros. Co. 

 ■was decorated in holiday attire during 

 convention week in honor of S. A. F. 

 visitors and presenteil a pretty picture 

 to tl.(>s(^ who droppeil in. 



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

 reported back this week after a vaca- 

 tion absence. 



New and attractive settings have 

 been added to the display rooms of JI. 

 Wittbold, where autumn and other 

 decorations have been used effectively. 



I'ercy Jones sent a new suiiply cata 

 logue to press last week and will begin 

 mailing it to the trade this week. 



I'hil Schupp, of J. A. Budlong's, 

 says that the Giant Snowlcill asters 

 now being shipjted that firm are the 

 best he has seen this season. The store 

 was decorated with Anu'rican Hags and 

 bunting during convention week. 



President John F. Kidwell, of the 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association, 

 gave up the idea of going home to 



Downers (irove this week, owing to 

 the fact that his services were demand 

 ed on five dilVereiit committees of the 

 Chicago Florists' Club. 



Louis Wittbold says the roses at the 

 Edgebrook greenhouses of the Geo. 

 Wittbold Co. arc 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 

 reailer are finished, at least for the 

 l>re!H>nt. The new catalogue of L. Ban- 

 manu & Co. is 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 trij) out 

 to where Bassett 6i Washburn are buiM 

 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. 



H. 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 \y 

 nold box exhibit at the convention. 



