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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



March 16, 1911. 



TaUjTK^ GfT THE VALiLiEY 



3038^-42 WEST MADISON ST. 



SPECIAL 



For immediate shipment 



Brans' Chicago Market Brand 



Choicest Cut Valley grown. Owing to a large and 

 especially fine cut, I can ship spikes now at $25.00 per 

 1000; $3.00 per 100. 



Send YOUR Order today. 



Cold Storage VaHey Pips, $1.75 per 100; $14.00 per 1000. 



MentioD The Kpvihw when vnu wnce 



WINTERSON'S SEED STORE, 



IN NOVELTIES 



45-47-49 Wabash Avenue, 

 CHICAGO 



L. D. PHONE CENTRAL 6004 



We have just taken in a fine line of Gold Ware— in Fern 

 Dishes, Window Boxes, Cut Flower Vases, Etc., rang- 

 ing in price from $1.00 to $4.00 each. Just the thing to show up your display. 



We also have an attractive lot of China Ware in various colors and shapes, suitable for Small Table 

 Ferns, Air Plants, etc., from $1.25 per dozen to $6.00 dozen. 



ORDER NOW for Easter our No. 3000 Crepe Tissue Paper Pot Covers for 5 to 7-inch pots, best 

 cheap cover made, assorted colors, $1.50 per 100. 



Remember, we carry everything the florist uses, Cut Flowers, Florists* Supplies, Plants, Seeds, Bulbs, etc. 

 Send for our Comp'ete Catalos^ue, it's free. Headquarters for the best made Wire Work in America. 



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again is complete, lenten business is good 

 enough so that William Graff, an extra 

 helper, is kept on the job. 



Kyle & Foerster say business is excel- 

 lent, so far as volume is concerned, but 

 that supplies are ample in all lines. 



John Kruchten says the flurry in 

 ferns has been indefinitely postponed — 

 everyone thus far has got all he wants. 



N. J. Wietor says that Mrs. Jardine 

 rose has steadily averaged better returns 

 than Killarney or anything else grown by 

 Wietor Bros. 



John T. jMuir has leased to tlie Ken- 

 wood Trust and Savings Bank three 

 stores in _ his building at Forty-seventh 

 and Grand boulevard, for ten years for 

 $33,000. 



Cardinal has had its day so far as the 

 Chicago market is concerned. Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co. were the \)nly ones who 

 grew this rose extensively, and now they 

 have discarded it. 



Harry Manheim, though not well, is 

 again on duty in the store of Hoerber 

 Bros. 



Herman Schiller says Schiller the Flo- 

 rist never has had a better lenten season 

 than the present. Funeral work is plen- 

 tiful. 



C. W. McKellar says the green powder 

 sold extra well this year. 



George Eeinberg's store staff is busy 

 — rose crops are on again. Mr. Eein- 

 berg grows no carnations. 



A. B. Silliman, the mistletoe man, of 

 Boone, la., was a visitor this week. 



Weiland & Risch say rose crops are 

 heavy at Evanston. 



George Hartung, at Kensington, is an- 



EASTER BASKETS 



All our Baskets are imported from Europe and 

 ire selected with great care by our own representa- 

 tives. These are the latest and best novelties, in ex- 

 clusive i)atterns, and are found only in our lines. 



I^t us send you one of our 



SPECIAL EASTER ASSORTMENTS 

 We have them from $5.00 up. Just what you need 

 o increase your cut flower and plant trade. If you 

 don't like them, return them at our expense. 



SEND us YOUR ORDER TODAY. 



Raedlein Basket Co.;"^^-^" 



Mention The Kevjpw when you write. 



ticipating the arrival of a carload of 

 nursery stock for springs-delivery. 



Milton Alexander, representing Lion & 

 Co., was in town last week and reports 

 good business for Easter. 



George A. Peters will open a flower 

 stand in the space just east of the Ran- 

 dolph street entrance of the new Sher- 

 man House, having just taken a lease for 

 ten years at a term rental of $12,000. 



The Geo. Wittbold Co. reports that 

 garden and landscape work is opening 

 up in fine shape; fifteen teams are being 

 used for hauling soil. Louis Wittboll 

 says the street car cards, which have now 

 been appearing about one month, arc 

 bringing many calls daily for the com- 

 pany's booklets and considerable new 

 business is directly traceable to them. 



Incorporated in the houses that are 



You Never Can Tell 



whether a new article has merit 

 or not until you have tried it 

 yourself. Won't you try 



ILLINOIS SELF-WATERING 

 FLO.WER BOXES 



at our risk? High award given 

 by S. A. F. in 1910. Write for 

 catalogue today. 



American Metal Box Co. 



31 Dearborn St., CHICAGO 

 Conard & Jones Co . , agents f or N . Y . , N . J . and Pa. 



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