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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



(»< liiiii:i! l'.», I'.Ml. 



Store of C. A. Samuelson, Chicago. 



ii'ctly est iinat cd. 'I'lir rclaih'r who liaii 

 illcs the liiu (|n;ititily li:is, of inursc. ;iii 

 :i(i\ .'I iit;iv;(' iiihlcr' |ii('scrit (•(iiidit ions, lillt 

 tlu'\ :ili' :ii|\ :Mit;ii:cs of liis (lUll cf)':! 

 tioii; tlhTi' i-< iiotliiiiL; imr.iir .-ilMiiit 

 tliciii. aij'l ;iii\ r(iin|i('1 it or' i-;iii iil)t;iiii 

 t'df liiiiiM'll' the s.iiin' :ii| \ aiit ;il;cs in cn 

 ;ictl\' tile same way, il' lie i-lutosi's. All 

 tliat )n' iH'i'il (jo is to |Mit liiiiisclt' ill 

 posit lull to use sf(K'k ill (|iiaiitity. 



Tlu' liiu I'liycr's urcatt'st aihaiita^c 

 lies ill liis own ij is|>(isit ion to push lor 

 business. It takes more tliaii conraiit' 

 and saj;acity to l(>ad a man to assniiie 

 till' ies|ioiisildlit ies that '^n with the 

 hij,'h rental of a downtown store; the 

 avcrajic man lets well enoiiiih alone, up 

 to tlie jKiiiit that it is Koriie in on him 

 that lie isn't i<eepiiiL; up with the pro- 

 cession. If takes capital, also, to ti 

 n;ince a Iml; store, for where one's )»iir 

 chases lull into thousands ut' dollars 

 per inoiith. Wills mnst lie met promptly 

 or e\'en the stiniiLjest creilit soon is e.\ 

 hausted. •ii\eii the aliilitv to iiio\ e 

 sto(dv III i| u;i lit ity . .iiid the aliility to 

 pa\' |iioiiiptl\. all lMi\ei> are on the 

 same liasiv. || is an ad\antaL;e to lie 

 aide to xisii ihr market in pi'ismi, liiit 

 tlie 111:111 al a distam-e linds w ludesa lets 

 .pliidi til wile \\llene\er III position to 

 make mIVcis 111' stoidx the imyer is known 

 to lie .liile to use in ijiiaiitity. The liii: 

 liiiyei, whi'ievcr he is. is the in;in the 

 wholesaler wants, for the w hoies.-iler. 

 too, must li;i\e volume; the ilaily re 

 <ei|its ot' stock now are tar too licas y 

 to lie iiio\('d hy sales ot' do/eiis, or cNCii 

 hundreds, in most lines. 



Downtown Stores Multiply. 



Olli' of the hill ew 111 1 ll\ IH.illts |x the 



AMERICAN 

 BEAUTIES 



Choicest Quality 



Stems 31 feel long 

 Stems 4!' feet long 



$3.00 per dozen 

 $4.00 per dozen 



KILLARNEY 

 ROSES 



$1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 per dozen 





Prices ,| 



oder- |! 

 atp 



2134 MICHIGAN AVENUE , 



Original Four Times as Large. 



w.iy dowiitowii stores are mult i]dyiii.L;, 

 especi.illy ill the Miiallor citios. A few 

 ye.iis a;;o the llorist w.Ts content to re 

 tail from his ^reonliouses, but now, for 

 oiH- reason or another, he finds it e.x- 

 jiedieiit to j,'et into a location that is 

 .accessible to a larger part of the peo- 

 |i|e. so he opens a downtown store. Then 

 iiiore than e\ cr the need is I'elt for xnl 



nine of sales, ami work begins to ;^ct 

 them. It is work that puts mioii the 

 other llorists (>•' the town the necessity 

 of did'endinu tludr trade. It is a, jirob- 

 lem wlii(di, ill the eiicl, resolves itself 

 into the ipiestion ot' creating'' new How 

 er buyers more rapidly than they would 

 be |>rodiiced ill the natnial order of 

 tliin,L:s. 



ENGLISH NOTES. 



s. 1;. Dicks, of Cooper. Taber & Co., 

 .after a pleasant \ <iyaj;e, arrived in 

 liOiidon from .\iiierica, Tuesday, Sep- 

 tember L'<i. at ;; a. in. At 15 ]). m. be 

 was in the h'oyal Horticultural hall, 

 receivin;^ coiij^ratulat ions from his 

 friends and expressinc; his o|iinioiis on 

 the see<l situation. 



.Mr. \'erb, head j;ar<leiier al Castle 

 (iould, Ii0ii<^ Island, is oNcr here on 

 his honeviiioon trip :is bri<;ht as a 

 daisy. He Avas returning' on the 

 ()lympic, when she was rammed olf 

 Soiit liaiiipton. ''It 'sail ill wind, etc.'' 

 His honeymoon trip was extended and 

 he imw sails with his b(dter half Octo 

 ber ."1 triuii Liverpool on the Cedric. 



Tlie last rose show ot" the season 

 was lield al the Crystal Palace Sep- 

 tember ll^. \le\;iiider Hicksoil i^ 

 Soii> received the L;old mi'dal for the 

 bext new lose, Alex.iiider Hill (iray, 

 .and the silver medal went to Souvenir 

 of Portland. ()re;;()ii. exhiliited by iru<i;h 

 Diiksoii, I'xdfast. Cloire de Chedane 

 ( iuiiioisseau is a j;raiid aiituniii rose. 

 The best blooms in the show were of 

 this x.ariety, wiiiniiij; a fiold medal 

 for t'ocker & Son, .M)cr<leeii. For 

 twelve distinct varieties introduced 



