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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JAMUABT 18, 1912. 



We have received a delayed shipment 



consisting of 60 cases of Bronze Galax Leaves that were intended for the 

 Christmas trade, but didn't get here in time. New crop. Fine stock. 

 In order to secure a quick clearance we will prepay freight and de- 

 liver f . o. b. your station in case lots, 



$7.00 per case of 10,000 



All Cut Flowers billed at Chicago market price day of shipment. 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO. 



163 N. Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



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Fire which started from an over- 

 heated stove in a barn at the rear of 

 the home of John Jensen, 7506 Euclid 

 avenue, January 13, creiiated over 200 

 chickens and caused a loss of $2,000. 

 Jensen, who is a florist at 1929 East 

 Seventy-first street, saved his automo- 

 bile, valued at $3,000. 



Hoerber Bros, say they burned 1,600 

 tons of coal last season, but that it will 

 go 2,000 tons this season, as a result 

 of the long stretch of zero weather. 



Fred Lautenschlager and Alois Frey 

 were snow-bound on a Pere Marquette 

 train for twenty-four hours last week, 

 and without food until farmers came 

 to the relief of the train. They were 

 on their way to the Detroit convention 

 via Grand Bapids. 



A. T. Pyfer has figured up that the 

 Chicago Carnation Co. took more prizes 

 than any other carnation exhibitor at 

 Detroit. 



A. C. Kohlbrand, of the E. C. Am- 

 ling Co., has been one of the many on 

 the sick list the last few days. 



E. B. Washburn, of Bassett & Wash- 

 burn, greatly enjoyed last week's con- 

 vention at Detroit. It was the first 

 time he has attended an affair of the 

 kind. 



The first pussy-willows of the season 

 were received January 14 by the Chi- 

 cago Flower Growers ' Association. They 

 came from Jacob Eussler, of Morgan 

 Park. The association's stockholders 

 held their quarterly meeting Janu- 

 ary 15. 



C. Frauenfelder has ordered two light 

 cars for delivery purposes. 



Tim Matchen says Peter Reinberg 

 has booked an order for 10,000 Beauties 

 and 10,000 Eichmonds from 2%-inch 

 pots. 



C. M. Dickinson was at Detroit dur- 

 ing the rose and carnation convention 

 as the guest of F. A. Thompson, head 

 of the company that manufactures To- 

 bak-ine. 



Fred Sperry, of Vaughan & Sperry, 

 is enjoying the delights of boarding- 

 house life this cold weather, Mrs. 

 Sperry and son having been in Florida 

 since Thanksgiving. 



Winterson's Seed Store reports being 

 called on last week by fifteen sales- 

 men for Holland bulb houses. 



Quite a few eastern visitors have 

 been in town this week, coming on from 

 Detroit after the convention. Among 

 these have been W. H. Elliott, Brighton, 

 Mass.; Robert Simpson, Clifton, N. J.; 

 Eber Holmes, Montrose, Mass.; Wm. 

 Penn and wife, Boston; Frank P. 



Handsome Ribbons for Florist Work 

 are the Pine Tree Qualities 



ALL WIDTHS AND COLORS 



Manufacturer to Florists 



The Pine Tree Silk Mills Co. 



PHILADELPHIA 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Myers, Chestnut Hill, Pa.; Ralph M. 

 Ward and C. W. Scott, New York. 



Visitor: Mrs. Wm. La Hayn, Ches- 

 terton, Ind. 



PITTSBURGH. 



The Weather. 



The weather during the last week put 

 all talk of business out of the florist's 

 mind. He had all he needed in keep- 

 ing his greenhouses from freezing and 

 himself warm. Some idea of the ex- 

 tremes may be had from the following 

 temperatures reported, each below zero: 

 Schenley conservatories, 10; Highland 

 park, 17; Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., 

 Bakerstown, 16; Chas. Koenig, Mill vale, 

 24; Wm. Leith, Butler, Pa., 32. Tues- 

 day night the temperature was around 

 the zero point, but the wind was the 

 worst ever felt here with such a low 

 temperature and gave the greenhouse 

 men the time of their lives and some- 

 thing to talk about for a long time. 

 S. J. Hatch, of Allison Park, Pa., so far 

 as known was the only one injured to 

 any extent and from reports he simply 

 froze up, everything being lost except 

 some orchids which he managed to pack 

 and get over to Westhoff's greenhouses. 



There are a number of reports of 

 frozen boxes of Beauties, violets, lilies 

 and other flowers, but, taken altogether, 

 the trade got through luckily. 



Various Notes. 



Edw. McCallum, of the McCallum 

 Co., has the sympathy of his host of 

 friends in the loss of his wife. Mrs. 

 McCallum, who had been ill for some 

 time, came home from the hospital just 

 before New Year's and seemed to be 

 getting along nicely until Saturday, 

 January 6, when other complications 



PERCY 



Not the Oldest 

 Nor the Largest 

 Just the Best 



56 E. Randolph Street 

 CHICAGO 



JONES 



set in which resulted in her death Sat- 

 urday, January 13. Mrs. McCallum 

 was in her twenty-fourth year and wa& 

 a woman of delightful character and 

 while of a retiring disposition was 

 dearly loved by all who had the priv- 

 ilege of her acquaintance. She leaves,^ 

 besides her husband, twin boys, 7 week& 

 old. 



Wm. Cromack, of Irwin, Pa., who wa& 

 injured early in December while mov- 

 ing a house, is able to move about 

 again. 



It is reported that the private gar- 

 deners are organizing a club which they 

 will call the Independent Gardeners '^ 

 Club, with Wm. Allen president and 

 jjavid Fraser, treasurer. 



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