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The Florists' Review 



Februahv 5, 1914. 



VALENTINE'S DAY FLOWERS 



A complete line of stock of all the popular flowers for corsages and baskets. 



SWEET PEAS - VIOLETS - ORCHIDS - VALLEY 



We have everything you need and your order will be safe with us if placed early. 



KILLARNEYS - BEAUTIES - RICHMONDS, Etc. 

 Lilies - Bulbous Sfocic - Paper Whites ^ - Jonquils - Green Goods 



AGENTS FOR TO-BAK-1NE 



Erne ^ Klingel 



30 E. Randolph Street 



li. D. Phone 



Randolph 6578 



Auto. 41-716 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Eeyjew when you write. 



...ANNOUNCEMENT... 



We wish to announce that on February 1 we purchased the CLEVELAND PLANT & 

 FLOWER CO., of Cleveland, Ohio. 



We have continued their contracts with their growers, which will give us greatly 

 increased shipments of flowers, enabling us to take care of your cut flower wants to 

 better advantage. 



The purchase also includes an immense stock of Florists' Supplies, which will be 

 disposed of at greatly reduced prices. 



cCALLUM CO. 



421 High Avenue, 



CLEVELAND, OHIO 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



for there is a good demanrl for the yel- 

 lows. Eichmond is coining into crop 

 again. As for Taft, Maryland and the 

 new roses, they are being cut in such 

 small quantities that they are hard to 

 find. The plants of the new roses, Mrs. 

 Russell, Sliawyer and Milady, are being 

 cut up for propagating, so that these 

 varieties are to be had only in small 

 quantities. There is some improvement 

 in the quality of roses, which have been 

 decidedly poor of late, because of the 

 lack of sun. 



Beauties in the longer lengths are 

 fairly plentifuLiiut the shorter grades 

 have not been in oversupply at any time 

 this year. All Beauties show the effects 

 of the weather and the better grades are 

 bringing good returns. Some of the 

 high-class stores complain that the 

 Beauties of late have been so poor they 

 could not use them without receiving 

 complaints from their customers. 



The supply of carnations has not in- 

 creased to any great extent. There are 

 quantities that are too poor to ship, but 

 first-class carnations for shipping pur- 

 poses are not easily picked up in any 

 large quantities. Most of the carna- 

 tions now on the market are soft and 

 are of little use except to the local re- 

 tailer for funeral work. 



A^iolets are in large supply and there 

 are more of the Hudson river doubles 



than the market can care for without 

 effort. The singles, however, are not so 

 plentiful and they bring good prices. 

 The supply for St. Valentine's day is 

 not expected to be so plentiful as the 

 dealers would like. While the sweet pea 

 growers believe they will be able to 

 pick in large quantities, there is no such 

 word of encouragement from the local 

 violet men. Cattleyaa are less plentiful 

 than they wefe and the bargain sales 

 of locally grown stock are said to be 

 over for a time. 



Bulbous stock is being cut more freely 

 than before and there are plenty of 

 tulips. Paper Whites, jonquils, freesias, 

 etc. The supply of jonquils, however, 

 is not any too large for the demand and 

 the dealers find no trouble in disposing 

 of them. There is much complant that 

 the bulbous stock this year is poor, the 

 pan stock as well as that grown for cut- 

 ting. Valley moves well and the supply, 

 though large, is kept well cleaned up. 



Fisher's Affairs, 



, Representing a meeting of creditors, 

 l^hilip Schupp and John Zech made a 

 thorough investigation of the affairs of 

 the y. A. Fisher Co., at Kalamazoo, last 

 week, devoting several days to the work. 

 Returning, it was reported to the cred- 

 itors that the largest creditor has ac- 

 cepted Mr. Fisher's personal notes for 



his account and that the other indebt- 

 edness is approximately $9,600. Only 

 one creditor had started suit. The com- 

 piittee recommended that the creditors 

 accept the offer of Mr. Fisher's friends 

 to pa}- at once 121^ cents on the dollar, 

 Mr. Fisher to move the store to cheaper 

 quarters and otherwise cut his ex- 

 penses in half, such profits as are se- 

 cured to be turned over to the commit- 

 tee until the company's indebtedness is 

 discharged. The committee feels that 

 the business is a good and profitable one 

 and that careful supervision will save it 

 for Mr. Fisher without loss to his cred- 

 itors. 



Pyfer and Olsem Buy Star. 



The Star Floral Co., Wilmette, 111., 

 which has been on the market for some 

 time, February 3 passed to the owner- 

 ship of Aaron T. Pyfer and Peter Olsem, 

 of the Chicago Carnation Co. The 

 consideration is reported to have been 

 $63,000, which is practically the amount 

 Herman F. Schuettler, first deputy chief 

 of police, the former owner, has said the 

 plant cost as it stands today. The first 

 houses were erected seven years ago 

 and the range has been added to from 

 time to time until now there are twenty- 

 one houses, a total of approximately 

 100.000 feet of glass. The establishment 

 was overhauled last summer and is in 



