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The Florists' Review 



Fkbruaus 5, 1914. 



VALENTINE'S DAY STOCK 



If you would be well served get your order in at once. Waiting until the last moment may 

 cause some disappointment. No supply more complete than ours— or so strong on quality. 



Violets - Sweet Peas - Orchids - Valley 



Don't fail to order freely of our Butterfly Sweet Peas— finest quality and a huge cut now on. 



Beauties, Klllarneys, White Klllarneys, Wards, Sunburst, Etc. 



ALL COLORS CARNATIONS HIGHEST GRADE 



Bulbous Stock of all kinds, including Fancy Tulips in various colors. 

 WE ARE WHOLESALERS DOING A STRICTLY WHOLESALE BUSINESS 



ZECH & MANN, 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 

 L. D. Phone, Central 3284 



30 B. Randolph Street 



Chicago 



Mention Thp RptIpw when von wrlfw 



Violets for Valentine's Day 



Fine Double $1.25 per lOO. ORDER NOW 



California Giants ..... $2.00 per doz. bunches 



ROSES 



Killarneys 6c to 15c 



Richmonds . . .• 6c to 15c 



Beauties $3.00 to $5.00 per doz. 



CARNATIONS 



Red White Pink 



Fancy 4c 



Common 3c 



GREENS 



Asparagus per bunch, $0.50 



Ferns per 1000, 2.25 



Galax " 1.25 



T. J. NOLL & COv 1109 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 



PHONES: HOME MAIN 6487-BELL GRAND 3143 



Mention The RcTlew when jou write. 



with C. A. Samuelson. Mr. Geddes made 

 the arrangement with Mr. Strail while 

 in Chicago earlier in the week. 



A thoroughly modern range of four 

 houses 57x320 is to be built at Cudahy, 

 Wis., by Patrick Cudahy, of the 

 Stock Yards firm of that name. Cypress 

 will be used throughout. The John C. 

 Moninger Co. has the contract. J 



The Evans-Jones patent case was 

 argued in the IT. S. Appellate Court in 

 Chicago January 30, having been 

 brought on appeal from the U. S. Court 

 at Indianapolis. No decision is ex- 

 pected for several months. 



Four important holidays are on the 

 calendar this month at Bassett & Wash- 

 burn 's store, to-wit: Lincoln's birth- 

 day, St. Valentine's day, Washington's 

 birthday and C. L. Washburn's birth- 

 day, the latter coming February 27. 



Sam Pearce is bringing the stock to 

 market, from his recently completed 

 establishment on Higgins avenue, in a 

 new Nelson-Le Moon motor truck, all 

 green and gold. 



M. C. Gunterberg looks forward to a 

 large St. Valentine's day demand for 

 violets. 



Bulbous stock has found a good mar- 

 ket so far, according to the Chicago 

 Flower Growers' Association, tulips, 

 jonquils, etc., cleaning up in good shape. 



A. L. Vaughan says collections have 



been satisfactory since Christmas, much 

 better than at the close of the year. 

 He adds that prospects are good for St. 

 Valentine 's day. 



Charles Erne, who is acting as re- 

 ceiver for E. H. Hunt, Inc., states that 

 a few disputed, accounts are holding up 

 the dividend to creditors that had been 

 promised by T. T. Clark, the former 

 receiver. As soon as these are adjusted, 

 the payment will be made. 



A boy, the first, came January 31 to 

 join the little girl who brightens the 

 home of Peter Pearson, on Gunnison 

 street. 



In an effort to get an early crop 

 next season Peter Reinberg will in the 

 spring plant a part of his carnations 

 direct to the benches from 2-inch pots. 

 Of late years all the stock first has gone 

 into the field. 



Following the Cleveland convention 

 of the American Carnation Society, 

 August Poehlmann and Guy W. French 

 visited Mt. Clemens, Mich., to see Car- 

 nation Philadelphia growing. Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co. will plant 5,000 of it 

 next season. 



A vase of the new crimson rose, Had- 

 ley, staged in the store of the E. C. Am- 

 ling Co., attracted no little attention 

 this week. It was the first time the 

 rose had been seen in Chicago. The 

 blooms were from A. N. Pierson, Crom- 



well, Conn., who is disseminating it. 

 J. R. Fotheringham, of the F. B. Pier- 

 son Co., was in charge. 



According to Carl Thomas, Emil 

 Buettner's roses have caught their 

 stride again. . 



At the Cleveland convention R. E. 

 Blackshaw represented .the A. L. Ran- 

 dall Co. 



After attending the Cleveland con- 

 vention, Fred Lautenschlager is swing- 

 ing around a circle through western 



