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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Ap&il 14, 1010. 



For Your Store Front 



SPECIMEN BAY TREES 



We have a carload " rolling " and due in a few 

 weeks, size, as follows: 



26-liich Heads 32-iiich Heads 



30-inch Heads 36-iiich Heads 



40-iiich Heads 



We've paid a premium to get selected trees and it 

 will be worth your while to write us for prices if you 

 are interested. 



Winterson's Seed Store 



45 Wabash Avenue, 



Long; Distance Phone 

 6U04 Central 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Keview when you write. 



ing committees of the new city council. 



Chicago is to have an automobile pa- 

 rade May 7. The promoter says the deal- 

 ers in automobile row have promised fifty 

 machines, each one decorated with natu- 

 ral flowers, at an average cost of $50. 



The Horticultural Society of Chicago 

 held its regular quarterly meeting at the 

 Art Institute April 12. 



Miss Ada E. Brant will participate in 

 the recital to be given Thursday evening, 

 April 14, at Handel hall by the pupils 

 of Balatka Musical College. Mrs. L. M. 

 Noe, Madison, N. J., is a guest at the 

 home of D. Wood Brant and family at 

 Forest Glen. 



A. L. Bandall says that the Peterson 

 Nursery has advised that if present 

 weather conditions continue the local peo- 

 nies will be in full bloom for Decoration 

 day. 



H. N. Bruns has succumbed to the au- 

 tomobile fever. His car is a Marion and 

 one of the handsomest on the west side 

 boulevards. 



At Kyle & Foerster's it is reported 

 that Frank Benthey became uncle to a 

 bouncing baby girl April 10. The new 

 arrival is in the family of Otto Benthey, 

 at New Castle. 



Gus Alles, of Wietor Bros., says the 

 buyers now are taking Mrs. Jardine in 

 preference to Maid or Killarney. Fra- 

 grance is one of the things in the favor 

 of Jardine. 



Vaughan & Sperry say they think Wil- 

 liam Dittman, at New Castle, will repeat 

 his lucky stroke of February, when he 

 brought in a big crop of Beauties at a 

 time the market was lightly supplied. The 

 crop appears to be just coming in again. 

 Henry Van Gelder, who manages the 



Percy Jones business, says that Keizer- 

 kroon is much the best seller of the out- 

 door tulips, now arriving in quantity. 



W. W. Bandall has moved this week to 

 2638 Albany avenue. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. reports that M. 

 Weiland, at Evanston, who had such 

 splendid success last season with his crop 

 of Spanish iris and who started out 

 equally well this month, sends word that 

 a large proportion of the irises fail to 

 develop their flowers. 



Miss Martha C. Gunterberg says the 

 demand for violets is much better than 

 the stock available for filling orders. 



John Sinner, manager of the Flower 

 Growers' Market, reports that work will 

 begin in a few days on the long delayed 

 remodeling of the market building. 



Winterson's Seed Store states that 

 April 9 was a record day for the concern 

 in the point of sales. 



Mike Tribble, who has worked in the 

 shipping department of E. H. Hunt's for 

 some five years, has resigned and will go 

 west. 



The John C. Moninger Co. has pur- 

 chased a lot 135x150 on Hawthorne ave- 

 nue, from the American Malting Co., for 

 $19,000. 



N. F. Comley, of Lexington, Mass., 

 was one of the week's visitors. 



B. Eldredge, florist and sewing machine 

 manufacturer at Belvidere, was a passen- 

 ger on the Northwestern flier that was 

 wrecked inside the Chicago city limits 

 April 9. He received several severe 

 bruises. 



B. F, Rubel, president of the Fleisch- 

 man Floral Co., is at French Lick Springs. 



BowUxig, 



There is a neck and neck finish in the 

 Florists' Bowling League. The Carna- 

 tions held first place until December 30, 

 when they dropped back to second. April 

 7 they won four games, two from the 

 Orchids and two from the Violets, and 

 went back into first place, one game 

 ahead of the Violets. Here are the 

 scores : 



Orchids. l8t 2d 3d Roses. 1st 2d 3d 



Huebner ..137 151 172 Goerlsch ..168 133 162 



Graff 154 160 126 Pieser 99 161 112 



Vogel 126 95 87 Forester .. .219 188 172 



Byers 142 148 146 Lohrman ..106 145 87 



J. Zech .... 185 159 172 Wolf 145 13A 159 



Totals ..744 713 702 Totals . .tI? 762 W2 



Carnations. 1st 2d 3d Violets. Ist 2d 3d 



Farley 124 145 171 Bergman ..146 140 113 



Krauss ...121 143 139 Johnson ..128 127 177 



Sweeney ..137 176 147 Kelley 166 145 132 



Pasternlck 176 153 144 Lleberman .137 128 123 



Ayres 148 162 160 Yarnall ...168 169 167 



Totals ..706 779 781 Totals ..746ra8 7M 



Carnations. Ist 2d 3d Orchids. 1st 2d 3d 



Farley 154 149 124 Huebner ..126 144 139 



Krauss 148 167 161 Graff 152 161 162 



Sweeney . . 168 157 146 Vogel 128 139 142 



Pasternlck 159 130 148 Byers 155 98 121 



Ayres 125 166 166 J. Zech 181 190 190 



Totals ..764 768 746 Totals ..742 732 754 



Violets. Ist 2d 3d T!oi?P8. ist 2d 3d 



Bergman ..136 113 96 Goerlsch ..151 116 140 



Johnson ...111182 179 IMeser 167 103 180 



Kelley 114 129 126 Forester ...141 169 148 



Lleberman 117 138 139 Lohrman ..169 147 108 



Yarnall ...163 158 166 Wolf 169 173 121 



Totals ..641720 706 Totals . . 787 OT7 6« 

 The season will close Thursday even- 

 ing, April 14, with another series of six 

 games, completing the schedule of eighty- 

 one games. 



Peoeia, III. — James C. Murray has 

 opened a flower and seed store at 302 

 Fulton street, in addition to the store at 

 411 Main street. 



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