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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Decembeb 28, 1011. 



December 24 buying boxwood and said 

 he never had seen anything like the 

 way it was selling. Twelve cases had 

 then been worked up, with the two 

 busiest days yet to go. 



Christmas kept A. T. Pyfer so on 

 the jump that his office saw him not the. 

 day following. 



Winterson's Seed Store sold practi- 

 cally every sprig of Christmas green, 

 including larger quantities than ever 

 of the baby trees. 



Zech & Mann say the best part of 

 Christmas was that the buyers were 

 right back next day for more, indi- 

 cating excellent results for the 

 retailers. 



O. W. Frese indicates that the. .Chi- 

 cago Flower Growers' Association is 

 well satisfied with its first Christmas. 



Mrs. P. L. McKey is convalescing 

 from an illness with pneumonia that at 

 one time was critical. 



John Kruchten says the number of 

 calls for gardenias is som3thitig sur- 

 prising, far exceeding the supply. 



M. C. Gunterberg, J. A. Budlong and 

 John Sinner all say Christmas business 

 exceeded expectations and that the 

 others who sell on the same floor also 

 were pleased. 



Except for a small section on the 

 east side of the building, the addition 

 to the Geo. M. Garland shop at Des 

 Plainps will lie practically complete 

 by the first of the year. The floor area 

 has been practically doubled and new 

 machinery is being installed, giving 

 this company a fully equipped factory 

 for greenhouse iron work. 



Nathan L. Eobinson is a new grower 

 among the colony at Des Plaines. He 

 has just started operations on the Jef- 

 ferson road with a greenhouse 20 x 50. 



Mrs. W. E. Horton, of Bassett & 

 Washburn's, receives her birthday pres- 

 ents December 26. 



Some of the downtown retailers com- 

 plain that Christmas coming on Monday 

 cut a big hole in their sales, for the 

 business center is not a particularly 

 lively place on Sunday. But the 

 rieischman Floral Co. advertised boldly 

 that the store would be open all day 

 Sunday, with the result that a big auto- 

 mobile and telephone trade was done. 

 The store has five trunk line phones. • 



W. AV. Barnard Co. reports an excep- 

 tionally satisfactory season on Christ- 

 mas greens. Seldom if ever has a closer 

 olean-up been made. 



W. E. Lynch Floral Co. had a fair cut 

 of carnations for Christmas the first 

 crop. The stock is consigned to 

 Yaughan & Sperry. 



At Crown Point Alois Frey is doing 

 especially well with pink g,ntirrhinums. 

 He ships direct to some of the leading 

 retailers. 



A. L. Eandall Co. reports a tremen- 

 dous increase in the supplies department 

 in 1911, and especially in ribbons. 



Peter Keinberg has the biggest job of 

 his life for 1912. He is devoting the 

 greater part of his time to his duties as 

 chairman of the council committee that 

 will solve the traction problem; invol,f- 

 ing many millions and Chicago's futurdf 



At E. H. Hunt 's Paul Bryant says the 

 Christmas busiiiess in supplies broke all 

 records for the house. 



E. Wienhoeber became ill the week 

 before Christmas and was at the store 

 only once or twice during the rush. 

 "William Wienhoeber said the business 

 began much earlier than usual and 

 therefore made a better total than in 



Finished in Gold 



HART'S HANDY HANDLE 



For Plant Decoration. 



Gives yoi the 

 oppertniity ti 

 place the decora- 

 tion where it ii 

 most nee^ei 



For decorating plants. 

 Fastens securely on the 

 pot. Used in connection 

 with Porto Rican Mats or 

 Crepe Paper will increase 

 the value of your plants 

 lOOfo at a nominal cost. 



Used by all 

 the leidinj Florists 

 throughout the 

 country. 



24 ti 30 Stone St., GEO. B. HART, Rwhester, N. Y. 



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 for everything you are short of after the fine business you 

 had at Christmas. We have everything. Prices always right. 



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 6004 Central 



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