Februabt 6, 1918. 



The Florists' Review 



25 



SWEET PEAS 



Fine Stock"A Large Supply—All Colors 



These are rapid Bellers and are picked up on sight by the local buyers, but we can fill all orders that are 



in our hands the day before shipment. 



VIOLETS 



Order of us for your St. Valentine's Day needs. We can 

 furnish fine Violets in any quantity, but no use waiting until 

 the last day. Let us have your order now. 



VALLEY 



We are headquarters for the finest long,' fancy Valley. 

 Can supply the special grade for bouquets, or shorter for 

 work, in any quantity. 



^% J^ ^Pnri 1?^^ Mk ^& "^^^ laripe, fine, fre>h, weatern-g^own ■tock that will help you build 

 W #% I I Ih Eh I #% W up an Orchid trade. A ffood supply lor ST. VALENTINE'S DAY. 



A big: supply of LILIES, BULB STOCK and CARNATIONS. Also a fine 

 lot of FANCY ROSES. You can supply your every need If you order here 



Valentine's 



Red heart-shaped Cor- 

 sag:e Boxes, with white, 

 decorated top, 2 to a 

 nest, 50c per nest. 



Day Supplies 



The Hughes Valentine 

 Box, for cut flowers, a 

 hit, $2.50 per 10, 



$25.00 per 100 



These Special Boxes have met with a big sale. We have doubled our orders to the factories and expect 

 to fill all orders right up to the last day. Wire your orders. We ship at once. 



CORSAGE PINS, CORSAGE TIES, CORSAGE SHIELDS, RED 

 RIBBON, VALENTINE BASKETS - Everything in Supplies 



A. L. Randall Co 



Everything for Florists, 



L. D. Phoae C«Btril 



PrlTftte BxekABge 



Departments 



.'"" 66 E. Randolph Street, Chicago 



M.-iilt<ii Mil- K«'Tl»'» w'hHH Ton wrlff 



has not been really off crop at any time 

 through January and now is giving a 

 heavy cut. 



John Poehlmann says one day's re- 

 ceipts of coal at Morton Grove last 

 week totaled fifty cars, or nearly two 

 solid train loads. The sidings at Mor- 

 ton Grove would not hold them all and 

 some of the cars had to be carried on 

 to the next station. 



E. E. Pieser called the doctor three 

 times February 2, but was at the store 

 as usual the next day. 



Jack Byers, of the Chicago Carnation 

 Co., and Harry Manheim, of Hoerber 

 Bros., spent Sunday afternoon, February 

 2, visiting their growers at Des Plaines. 

 The Des Plaines Floral Co., owned by 

 Messrs. Blewitt and Prickett, consign 

 to the Chicago Carnation Co. 



In adding to the number of its trunk 

 lines the A. L. Eandall Co. had either 

 to use more than one number or change 

 its call. Six lines now are in use and 

 Central 7720 gets any of them, for on 

 the board in the telephone company's 

 exchange there is a ring aronnd the six 

 consecutive numbers. 



Sidney Buchbinder, sales manager for 

 Buchbinder Bros., says that retailers 

 seem to realize that an old refrigerator 

 can cost considerable in waste of ice, 

 etc., and the last month has brought 

 more than the ordinary number of 

 orders for new boxes. One of the more 

 distant orders placed last week was 

 from H. J. Ball, West Derby, Vt. 



W. J. Smyth left St. Luke's hospital 

 January 31, after a sojourn of seven 

 weeks. His hip, fractured by a fall as 

 he was stepping from an automobile, has 

 knitted perfectly and he will in time 

 be as well as ever. He is able to be 

 about the house on crutches, but it will 

 be some time before he will venture to 

 visit the store. 



Peter Reinberg wUl replant more than 

 half of his roses this season, a larger 

 proportion than in any recent year. The 

 propagators have been busy and the 

 young stock is said to be in fine shape. 



Messrs. Wienhoeber, Buettner and 

 Earl visited the new plant of Bassett & 

 Washburn one day last week, and say 



the sight is well worth the trip. The 

 five new houses in carnations are under 

 such high gutters that it looks like an 

 unbroken field of flowers, 175x600, and 

 work is being rushed on the range of 

 thirteen additional houses, with prepa- 

 rations under way for more to follow. 



Arthur F. Keenan, who recently 

 opened an attractive new store at 1222 

 East Sixty-third street, says he intends 

 to continue the old store at 1306, in the 

 next block, at least until his lease ex- 

 pires. May 1. For the spring trade he 

 expects to turn the old stand largely 

 to seeds and plants. 



J. H. McNeilly, confectioner and 

 florist, at Lexington avenue and Sixty- 

 third street, has become an enthusiast 

 on the flower business, but does not 

 neglect the candy factory, as witness 

 his booking an order last week for 10,- 

 000 1-pound boxes of high grade choco- 

 lates, his first attempt at manufacturing 

 for the wholesale trade. 



The Western Dahlia and Gladiolus 

 Association will hold its annual bulb 



