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iThe Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mat 2, 1912. 



CARNATIONS 



For 

 Mothtrt'Oay 



Supply is excellent; and we do 

 not recall the time when the 

 quality averaged better* 



KILLARNEY ROSES 



Big Spring cut on« These are 

 excellent in quality^ and we are 

 moving them without trouble* 



SWEET PEAS 



ALL COLORS 

 GOOD STEMS 



Order NOW for Mothers' Day and get the best stock 



A. L VAIGHAN & CO. 





159 N. Wabash Ave. 



Lone Olstane* 

 Plion* Cantral tS71 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



DAT TAN nFMI/rT TA Choice Roses, Carnations, 

 nULlUH &nUnRLL tU. VMets, Valley, TuHps, 

 ift? NilwanUp Strppt Nilwanbp Wi'« Trumpets, Lilies 



406 ruwaiucc ijucci, iiuwawcc, no, and ui other cut n.owERS and greens 



MentioD Tbe Review when you write. 



sale demand was active, a special 

 cashier had to be installed to take in 

 the money for retail sales. 



E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., is send- 

 ing cut blooms of the Sunburst rose to 

 the E. C. Amling Co., the first offered in 

 this market. The many who are plant- 

 ing it will be interested to know that it 

 is commanding a nice premium over the 

 same lengths of other varieties. 



Kyle & Foerster say that one of their 

 southern peony growers reports a good 

 crop prospect, but that others say half 

 to two-thirds last year's cut. 



Fred Greader, 6952 Cottage Grove 

 avenue, has taken out a building permit 

 for a greenhouse at that address, to cost 

 $1,500. 



The Chicago Carnation Co. has re- 

 ceived word from Jack Byers that he 

 reached Hot Springs safely, though 

 greatly fatigued by the journey. 



Mrs. E. E. Fieser was able to leave 

 St. Luke's hospital May 1, for her home. 

 Her recovery from her operation was 

 extremely rapid, her stay at the hospital 

 having been only two weeks, but she 

 will be confined to her bed for another 

 month. 



C. W. McKellar is greatly pleased 

 with his new store, room 209 in the 

 Atlas block. Although not yet com- 



raVERY now and then a well- 

 ■19 pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of brincfing a 

 new advertiser to 



^ytOWJ 



Such friendly assistance is thorotighly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying;, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florisf s use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Cazton Bldg. Chicago 



pletely fitted up, he has several times 

 the available space of his old quarters, 

 as well as a private entrance from the 



street that seems likely to now become 

 a principal entrance from Randolph 

 street to the second floor of the building. 



Schumann & Kohout, who are com- 

 pleting their first year as owners of the 

 Libertyville greenhouses put up by the 

 Chicago Rose Co., will give up carna- 

 tions and confine themselves to roses 

 next season. 



A. L. Randall and Frank Johnson 

 were booked to sail for a business trip 

 to Europe on the Titanic May 11. Since 

 the sinking of the boat they have been 

 unable to get accommodations to fit in 

 with their plans and have indefinitely 

 postponed the trip. 



The Botanical Decorating Co., 504 

 South Fifth avenue, has a new cata- 

 logue that contains eight pages of un- 

 usually fine color work of their arti- 

 ficial flower products. Manager Joseph 

 Adler explains that each color page cost 

 $300 for the plate and all told the 8-page 

 supplemeirt cost $2,400 before it went 

 to press. 



C. Ickes, of the A. Dietsch Co., com- 

 pleted a two weeks' term of jury serv- 

 ice last week and found his desk 

 swamped with work. He is now en- 

 gaged in the strenuous task of catching 

 up with it. 



Fred Sperry, formerly of Vaughan & 



