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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



April 28, 1910. 



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SPECIMEN BAY TREES 



For Your Sfore Front 



We have a carload just in, sizes as follows: 26-inch heads, 30-inch heads, 

 32-inch heads, 36-inch heads, 40-inch heads. 



These are selected trees and it will be worth your while to write us for prices if 

 you are interested. 



Wintcrson's Seed Store 



45 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



liong^ Distance Phone, 

 6004 Central. 



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ton avenue, in the best business block in 

 Woodlawn, two blocks west of the flower 

 stores of Keenan and Hilton. McNeilly 

 intends to run a high-class place and has 

 built up his present business on that 

 policy. 



The A. L. Eandall Co. reports the wire 

 work department as extremely busy. It 

 has been necessary to remove the de- 

 partment to the fourth floor, where large, 

 Ught, airy quarters were available, and 

 where it is expected to largely increase 

 the output. 



John Michelsen, at E. C. Amling's, 

 says snapdragon and iris are two of the 

 best selling specialties of the season, the 

 fancy grade of snaps going especially 

 well. A. C. Kohlbrand is back on duty 

 at this house after an illness of several 

 days. 



A. F. Longren, traveler for E. H. Hunt, 

 has returned from three weeks in Michi- 

 gan. He says he found everybody busy 

 and happy until the freeze struck last 

 week; since theq everybody has been 

 busy but blue. 



At Vaughan & Sperry 's, A. L. Vaughan 

 says he not only hopes but believes that 

 the frost damage will prove not so great 

 as reported. He says peonies and other 

 plants in his own neighborhood at Oak 

 Park have come through in much better 

 condition than one would expect. 



It develops that Ole Johnson, who is 

 now selling in the Flower Growers' Mar- 

 ket, has for three months been a partner 

 in the Batavia Greenhouse Co., Batavia, 

 111. At a new location near Batavia this 

 concern is putting up a range of new 

 houses, 1,200 boxes of glass having been 

 bought, delivered and paid for, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Johnson's report. He says 

 half the space will be planted to Beauties 

 and half to tea roses. 



Miss Josephine Then, who formerly 

 sold her father's output at the Flower 

 Growers' Market, is now saleslady at the 

 Masonic Temple Flower Store. Anton 

 Then's stock goes to the A. L. Randall 

 Co. and J. B. Deamud Co. 



Miss Ethel Douglas now presides over 

 the office of Hoerber Bros, in the Atlas 

 block. 



Zech & Mann are in the market for 15,- 

 000 Asparagus plumosus seeds or seed- 

 lings for one of their growers. 



Albert Lies, of Niles Center, was.oper- 



PANSIES 



Extra fine strain. 

 All leading varieties in flower. 

 $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 



The Pikes Peak Floral Co< 



COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. 



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ated on for rupture April 21 and is now 

 progressing finely. 



C. W. McKellar has been on the sick 

 list for several days, suffering a bad at- 

 tack of the grip. 



P. Pearson says he finds an exceptional- 

 ly good mail-order demand for the young 

 stock that he grows. He intends enlarg- 

 ing this department of his business. 



Fischer Bros., Evanston, intend invest- 

 ing $4,000 in addition to their glass on 

 Wilder street. 



A. L. Randall is at West Baden, on 

 his annual spring trip. 



Albert A. Sawyer, Oak Park, reports 

 having sold Sears, Roebuck & Co. 4,500 

 pansy plants for use in the park in front 

 of their institution. Mr. Lund is garden- 

 er for Sears, Roebuck. 



Winterson's Seed Store has received 

 a carload of bay trees, including some 

 large and fine specimens. 



Wietor Bros, are this year dropping 

 Bridesmaid from their list of roses and 

 giving the additional space to Mrs. Jar- 

 dine and White Killarney. N. J. Wietor 

 says he thinks he sees signs that Rich- 

 mond is going back. 



The Brant & Noe Floral Co., Forest 

 Glen, is rebuilding the carnation house 

 which collapsed last winter, using a dif- 

 ferent style of construction. 



Tim Matchen, at Peter Reinberg 's, says 

 rose crops with them show not the slight- 



Flower Colorina 



TONE 



GSB 



CLASS 



Am. Beioty, Ormnve, Pink, Bed, Yellow, Pur- 

 ple, St. Patrick Green, Larender, Dark Green. 



All fl 00 the quart; Bine, >1 .25 the quart, postpaid. 



SAMP1,ES JF riESIKED. 



Borton-AllisoB Co., 14 AiamSt.. Chicago. U. S. A. 



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est decrease aa a result of the black 

 skies. 



WeUand & Risch are cutting lightly, 

 several ^f their rose houses having been 

 replanted and others being dried off. 



George Reinberg is cutting especially 

 heavily of Richmond. 



Kyle & Foerster say that the Benthey 

 plaoe at New Castle never was in such 

 good shape as now. 



Henry Van Gelder, manager of the 

 Percy Jones business, says shipping or- 

 ders increased in size the moment the 

 frost hit the outdoor flowers. 



H. S. Garland, of the Geo. M. Gar- 

 land Co., Des Plaines, HI., says they have 

 been forced to work overtime for several 

 months in order to keep abreast of the 

 demand for their iron gutters and the 

 new truss construction. He says that 

 without, doubt it will be necessary to in- 



