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September 9, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Here's a New Ribbon 



We want every retailer to try 



X-Cel Brand No. 100 5 inch 



Heavy taffeta, corded edse. Matched perfecUy wltH the foUowing: flower 



RICHMOND BEAUTY **^*^^i5X t^w 



KIIXARNKT MAID MAIZE 



Send for samples and prices on this beautiful ribbon. 



For a (uU line of Ribbons and Chlffoni, send for our sample list. We carry stock that 

 will meet tbe approval of the most critical, at prices that will please. 



(irowers! Attentiool 

 Corrogated Boxes 



We have a carload on hand, sizes that are 

 the favorites with growers for shipping stock 

 to market Also all other regular sizes. 



Buying in such large quantities, we can 

 quote prices that will make it an object for 

 every buyer to order of us. Special sizes 

 made to order at right prices. 



Write for Prices 



OM any article you need. We are headquarters 

 for all Growers' Supplies. 



A* L. Randall Co. 



Wholesale Florists 



L. D. Phone Central 1496 



Private Bxehange all 



Department! 



19-21 Randolph St, Chicago 



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Milwaukee This Season 



Every Reason Why You Should. No Reason Why You Shouldn't 



FOR YOUR CUT FLOWER SUPPLY 



We have a large supply of every Cut Flower grown for market and every facility experience can 

 suggest for taking good care of shipping orders from the north and northwest. 



Place order now— for regular shipment, daily, every other day, or twice a week — and wire 

 additions as needed. 



HOLTON & HUNKEL CO. 



462 Milwaukee Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



The best-equipped Wholesale 1 House in the West 



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among the thousands present being prac- 

 tically all the gardeners and cut flower 

 growers in the north end. The cut flower 

 display was staged under the direction 

 of N. J. Wietor, and the most notable 

 feature possibly was the vase of Mrs. 

 Jardine rose in bis firm's exhibit. The 

 judges were J. B. Deamud, William Kid- 

 well and T. E. Waters. They awarded 

 Wietor Bros, five firsts on roses, Beau- 

 ties, Eichmond, Bride, White Killarney 

 and Mrs. Jardine, and second on Kais- 

 erin. On carnations they won first on 

 Victory, Winsor, White Perfection, En- 

 chantress and White Lawson. Adam 

 Zender was first for Kaiserin and Killar- 

 ney, second for Bride and Richmond. 

 Fischer Bros., of Evanston, were first on 

 cannas and second on a display of palms 

 and decorative plants. Nick Reding, of 

 Rogers Park, was first on palms and on 

 geraniums. Joseph Parmentier, also of 

 Rogers Park, was first for cockscomb. 

 Vaughan's Seed Store received honorable 

 mention for a collection of fifty varieties 

 of perennials. The John C. Moninger 

 Co. put up a boiler and Messrs. Kurow- 

 ski, Rupp and McKay were in attend- 

 ance at the exhibit. 



Aus^tut Weather. 



The general impression of August is 

 that it was a cool, pleasant summer 

 month, but tiie weather man says that 

 with the single exception of 1906 and 

 1900, which beat it by a single degree, 

 it was the warmest in the history of the 

 weather office — the mean temperature 

 was 75 degrees, while 71 degrees is the 

 average for the last thirty-nine years. 

 The rainfall was 6.20 inches, just double 

 the average for the last thirty-nine years, 

 but at the same time there was an unusu- 

 ally high percentage of possible sunshine, 

 on nine days the sun being unobscuretl 

 100 per cent of the time it was above 

 the horizon. 



Varioua Notes. 



John Mangel has rebuilt and extended 

 his show windows to the edge of the side- 

 walk, so as to get better display. 



O. J. Friedman was 4.3 years of age 

 September 2, and had several guests for 

 luncheon at the Hofbrau. The affair 

 was most enjoyable in every way. and 

 were it the rule for each retailer and 

 wholesaler to observe his natal anniver- 

 sary in the same way it would lead to 



better fellowship in the trade. Mr. 

 Friedman's guests were John B. Dea- 

 mud, John Poehlmann, C. L. Washburn, 

 E. Wienhoeber, A. Lange and T. C. Yar- 

 nell. 



Prof. Wm. Crocker, of the University 

 of Chicago, has been conducting experi- 

 inents to test the effect of gas leaking 

 in the streets adjoining greenhouses, as 

 happened with John Lang and H. Bauske 

 under conditions that caused them large 

 loss. Prof. Crocker's experiments were 

 made with the carnation. He found that 

 gas causes oi)en flowers to go to sleep, 

 and that it prevents the buds from open- 

 ing at all. The one valuable result of 

 the experiments is the demonstration that 

 one part of gas in 80,000 parts of air is 

 enough to cause injury. 



Wendland & Keimef, at Elmhurst. are 

 beginning to cut Killarney and Rich- 

 mond, and soon will be on with a good 

 crop. This season they have seven 

 houses. 27x200, against three last season, 

 two houses of Richmond and five of Kil- 

 larney. When seen at E. C. Amling's 

 September 4, Mr. Wendland said thev 

 had just invested $7,000 in ten acres of 

 land adjoining their property and had 

 broken ground for three more horwes 



