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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbhuaey 27, 1913. 



important real estate deal. In partner- 

 ship with E. C. Waller, Jr., he has made 

 a lease for ninety-nine years on the city 

 square occupied by San Souci park. The 

 value of the property is said to exceed 

 $450,000 and an average rental of nearly 

 $23,000 is to be paid. The amusement 

 buildings on the property have been 

 purchased and will be replaced by 

 stores, offices and apartments. 



J. H. McNeilly says he finds the 

 flower business so well worth attention 

 that he has closed his Forty-third street 

 candy shop and will concentrate his in- 

 terests at Sixty-third street and Lexing- 

 ton avenue. He has two new salesmen 

 in his flower department this week. 



Lubliner & Trinz are offering their 

 Columbia theater in Milwaukee for sale 

 or rent. Their new south side house 

 is nearly ready to open. 



Joseph Fink, who died recently at 

 2644 Herndon street, had been in the 

 flower business at that address for 

 thirty-one years. He had been around 

 the greenhouses as usual up to four 

 days before he died, although he was 76 

 years of age. A widow survives, with 

 three daughters and three sons, one of 

 whom is Mike Fink, of the Chicago Cut 

 Flower Growers ' Association. 



StoUery Bros., who appear to live ex- 

 tremely active lives, had a hurry-up 

 call to make boiler repairs last week. 

 Both Fred and George, who live to- 

 gether, have been kept out of their 

 home for weeks, while the children are 

 having scarlet fever. 



F, C. Hoerber, of Hoerber Bros., was 

 suffering from a bad cold this week, but 

 stayed with the job with the exception 

 of February 23. He reports stock clean- 

 ing up well and looks for a big Easter. 



W. H. Pontius, of the Superior Ma- 

 chine & Boiler Co., was ill last week 

 with pleurisy. His condition is re- 

 ported to be improving and he is ex- 

 pected to be back at his desk in a short 

 time. 



Joseph Wall is planning to erect two 

 greenhouses, at Belmont and Milwau- 

 kee avenues, as soon as the weather 

 permits. 



Local wholesalers report the death of 

 Charles Layer, a retail florist at Gilman, 

 111., February 22. The funeral took 

 place at Gilman February 25. 



Mrs. P. L. McKee and daughter are 

 recovering from serious illnesses. • 



Erne & Klingel announce that trial 

 shipments for the last few months with 

 corrugated fiber board boxes have been 

 80 satisfactory that they will hereafter 

 use them for all short distance shipping. 

 The saving to the retailer on express 

 charges has brought many favorable 

 letters and from now on wooden boxes 

 will be used only on the longer ship- 

 ments. 



The establishment of the Auburndale 

 Goldfish Co. was entered by burglars 

 the night of February 18. After break- 

 ing the lock off the door and spending 

 considerable time in drilling the safe, 

 they got only 15 cents for their trouble. 



The Kaedlein Basket Co. has installed 

 machinery to turn out all the tinware 

 used in lining its baskets. This is only 

 one of many recent improvements. A 

 large importation of baskets, made in 

 its German factories, is now on the 

 ocean. 



C. L. Washburn acted as host to E. 

 W. McLellan, the San Francisco grower, 

 February 24. The latter visited a num- 

 ber of the local growing establishments 

 and was especially interested in the 

 new roses. Mrs. Aaron Ward, he asserts, 

 has proved one of the best producers 



EASTER LILIES 



FOR 



EASTER 



Lilium Multiflorum of purest stoc& and highest quality. 

 Plants of good height and best of foliage, of 4 to 8 buds. On 

 account of the early Easter and demand for good lilies this year, 

 it would be advisable to pay us a visit early. 



Price, 12c per Flower 



HENRY I. FAUST 



LILY SPECIALIST 



MERION, PA. 



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Look 



GOLDFISH 



13.00 per 100 and up 



SILVERFISH 



$1.50 per 100 



ATTRACTIVE WINDOW DISPLAY 



Just the thing to bring people into your store and stimulate business. 



Both asaortmants, $14.48. 



Shall wa aand our catalosua? 



AUBURNDALE GOLDFISH CO. dSiS} 



920 West Randolph Street 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



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VIOLETS 



J. YONDER LINDEN, Grower, Rhinebeck, N. Y. 



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yet tried in his houses at Burlingame, 

 Cal. 



A. L. Vaughan says shipping orders 

 have held up unusually well during the 

 last week or so. 



Fred Strail, who is in charge of the 

 Williams Flower Shop, in the basement 

 at 102 South Wabash avenue, is plan- 

 ning to have his opening this week. It 



is a new building and new store, so all 

 new fixtures have been installed. Show 

 cases at the entrance make a good ap- 

 pearance from the street. 



J. Schack, of the Schack Artificial 

 Flower Co., 1735 Milwaukee avenue, as- 

 serts that sales to florists have been 

 surprisingly large during the last year 

 and believes that the majority of those 



