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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



July 28, 191< 



ASTERS 



We now have large daily supplies of Asters — we believe it is not overstating the facts to say we havg 

 larger quantity than any other house in the west and that the supply includes the best Asters to be had. 

 But the demand for the best grade, at $2.00 to $3.00 per 100, is so strong that early orders are advised; 

 plenty of the common kind, at $1.00 to $1.50 per ICO, to fill orders at any time. 



KILLARNEY9 the best roses of the summer. GLADIOLIf the best. 



LILICS9 always awaiting your orders. ORCHIDS* largest supply. 



Write us about your needs in Florists* Supplies— largest line, lo^vest prices. 



A. L. Randall Co. 



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Wholesale riorists 



L. D. Pkose Central 1496 



PrlTSte Bzekuce sU. 



DcMrtHenta 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



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est level. A few good ones still are 

 coming in and are realizing excellent 

 prices. The aster crop is late and it is 

 the hiatus caused by the departure of 

 the carnations and the non-arrival of 

 the asters that is creating all the stir 

 in the market. It appears that all 

 through the central west the dry 

 weather has held back the asters. True, 

 considerable quantities of small white 

 asters are now available, but the supply 

 of really first-class stock is negligible. 



Sweet peas are like Jefif; they have 

 tried to come back, after practically 

 disappearing from the market, but they 

 are not able to make good; the stems 

 are so short only the lowest of prices 

 can be obtained. There are large sup- 

 plies of gladioli, of which^America con- 

 tinues to be the be<!t ^setter, with 

 Augusta second and Mrs. Francis King, 

 the bright red, following; miscellaneous 

 colors are little wante^^ Those having 

 Easter lilies report fair sales. There is 

 a large variety of garden flowers, but 

 they do not amount to much. A few 

 peonies remain, but they are little 

 wanted. 



The green goods market is quiet. 



The heat has been extreme and natu- 

 rally hurts retail trade. Sunday, July 

 24, was the hottest day in nine years. 



To Wipe the Slate. 



After having been out of the flower 

 business some months, Frances Jahn 

 individually and doing business as Mrs. 

 E. Jahn, Frances E. Butler and the F. 

 E. Butler Floral Co., has asked the U. 

 S. District Court to wipe the slate. In 

 the petition in bankruptcy, filed July 

 20, the following summary is shown: 



LIABIUTIES. 



Taxes due | 14.01 



Wages of employees 55.50 



Secured claims 262.00 



Unsecured claims 11,571.40 



Accommodation paper 2,324.51 



• Total $14,228.3!^ 



ASSETS. 



Cash on hand $ 8.60 



Insurance policy 260.00 



Exempted property 60.00 



Debts due on open accounts 1,952.33 



other personal property 106.00 



Total $ 2,376.83 



The long list of creditors contains 

 the names of a number of wholesale 



florists, plantsmen and supply dealers, 

 but most of the accounts owing in the 

 trade are under $100. There are, how- 

 ever, large sums owing to two local 

 commission houses. One is set down 

 as $2,050.16, the other $3,408.18. Of 

 this latter sum $1,908.18 is listed as 

 open account and notes and $1,500 

 among accommodation paper as liability 

 for the endorsement of notes. Beyond 

 these there are only three wholesale 

 cut flower people involved over $100 — 

 one $119, another $133, and the third 

 $288. W. L. Palinsky, who brought 

 matters to a head by an attachment last 

 December, is interested $421.70, and 

 other plantsmen appear on the list for 

 $284.88, $311.25, $151.17, $78 and lesser 

 amounts. 



How much the book accounts will 

 realize is problematical, but if it were 

 100 cents on the dollar it would not 

 go far after paying the expenses of the 

 proceedings. 



The effect of the bankruptcy, and 

 probably the purpose of the proceed- 

 ings, will be to permit Mrs. Jahn to 

 continue her typewriter business, which 

 is incorporated, or to go into new ven- 

 tures unhampered by the collection ef- 

 forts of the creditors of her former 

 interests. 



McEellar in Massachusetts. 



Robert Groves, the fern dealer at 

 Adams, Mass., wrote The Review as 

 follows under date of July 20: 



*■* Charles W. McKellar and wife ar- 

 rived here in their automobile the even- 

 ing of July 18 (they left Chicago July 

 9) and stayed over night with me. 

 They have had good luck, no trouble 

 except a little tire trouble. I piloted 

 them over Hoosac mountain in my Max- 

 well touring car and I am sure I gave 

 them the largest mountain climb they 

 will have on their trip. They were go- 

 ing through Greenfield and then up the 

 Connecticut river through Vermont and 

 New Hampshire. I am sending you 

 this so their friends in Chicago will 

 know they are still going east and hav- 

 ing a good time." 



Mr. McKellar himself wrote The Re- 

 view from Mt. Washington, Breton 

 Woods, N. H., July 21, saying they 



APHINE'S 



Increasing Popularity 



As a general insecticide for destroy- 

 ing greenhouse and outdoor pestt 



Is due to the hearty endorse- 

 ments of the nuuiy expert 

 floriculturists who have fully 

 tested Aphine and have not 

 found it wanting. 



Its success is the talk of the 

 trade. 



It does all that is claimed 

 for it, and more. 



Ask your supply house for 

 Aphine, or write us for name 

 of our nearest selling agency. 



APHINE MANUFACTURING CO 



Madison, New Jersaj 



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have run over 1,400 miles and that th y 

 are feeling fine. 



Various Notes. 



L. H. Winterson, secretary of the Fi '■ 

 rists' Club, says the prospects are gO' ii 

 for the special train to Rochester. Ife 

 is advised that eight or ten from Mil- 

 waukee will join the Chicago party and 

 has heard from many individuals, we?t 

 and jiorthwest, who will be with Cli- 

 cago. 



John P. Risch, of Weiland & Risch, is 

 spending his vacation at Antioch. Dur- 

 ing his absence Peter Risch spends the 

 greater part of his time at the store. 



H. P. Gerhardt plans to sell his store 

 at Wilmette and devote his entire time 

 to his greenhouses at Olcnview. 



