MAT 16, 1012. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



PEONIES 



*^ 



For Decoration Day --In Full Crop 



Extra fancy KILLARNEY, WHITE KILLARNEY, RICHMOND, BRIDE, 



BRIDESMAID and AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



The above in all lengths of stem 



Fancy Carnations, Choice Sweet Peas, Special Mignonette, 

 Baby Gladioli, Lilies, Valley, Greens of all kinds 



and everything else you may need 



We can furnish any quantity at Reasonable Prices. All we ask is a trial order. 

 NO CHARGE FOR PACKING AND DELIVEI^Y 



Hoerber Bros. 



Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers 



Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave., 



Long IHstwBce Phone 

 Randolph 2768 



CHICAGO 



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Mention The Review when yon write. 



Imported Magnolia Wreaths 



Made of the Best Grade of Leaves 



No. Price, each 

 1065— Size, 18 inches, of grreen Magnolia leaves trimmed with natural pre- 

 served Ferns and Grasses $0.85 



1066— Same as above, of brown Magnolia leaves 65 



1061— Magnolia Wreath, 18 inches, plain, no trimming at all, in green 65 



1062— Same in brown 50 



1063— The same Wreath, 22 inches, in green 90 



1064— The same Wreath, 22 inches, in brown or bronze 75 



All Preserved Wreaths ooxne two In a box 



Imported Magnolia Leaves 



The very best leaf in the market; not the 



poor domestic leaf you have been 



getting elsewhere. 



Special Offer for two weeks: 

 $1.50 per Basket : : Qreen or Brown 



ORDER NOW FOR DECORATION DAY 



L. BAUMANN & CO. 



357-359 W. Chicago Avenue 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mpntjon Th** K."vl»*w wht-ii von write. 



expectations and the shipping orders set 

 a new mark. 



TvFo weeks more should see the sup- 

 ply of pulverized manure caught up 

 with the demand, if the prophecy of D. 

 K. Harris, manager for the Pulverized 

 Manure Co., is fulfilled. 



Fred Lautenschlager, state vice-presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F., reports consider- 

 able activity in new membership, seven 

 applications being received in one day 

 recently. 



Nearly forty fine halftones, showing 

 as many different types of greenhouses, 

 are found in the new catalogue of A. 

 Dietsch Co., recently received from the 

 printers. 



I^uis Wittbold finds frequent trips 

 to Edgebrook necessary in view of the 



change from plants to cut flowers, but 

 reports the work progressing in good 

 shape. 



"In spite of the fact that last Janu- 

 ary we discontinued everything except 

 greenhouse building, our business is 

 showing a steady increase over the to- 

 tal of corresponding months last year, 

 when we were also doing general sash 

 and door work." — P. J. Foley, of the 

 Foley Mfg. Co. 



The matrimonial fever is raging in 

 the office of the A. L. Randall Co. B. E. 

 Blackshaw, who was missing from his 

 desk the last week in April, returned 

 from Streator, 111., with a bride. Miss 

 Carrie Torgerson, who has been head of 

 the stenographic force for some years, 

 was given a shower last week by the 



employees in anticipation of her wed- 

 ding with Charles Thompson, May 18. 

 And last, but by no means least, Frank 

 Johnson, the sales manager, is building 

 a bungalow in Rogers Park. The bride- 

 elect is a Miss Soderberg and it is un- 

 derstood a day in June has been se- 

 lected. 



The E. C. Amling Co. asserts that the 

 rain was the only thing that kept Moth- 

 ers ' day from cleaning up the market 

 May 11 and 12 in spite of the fact that 

 the local retailers did little if anything 

 to push the day. 



J. N. Morton has succeeded Hans 

 Rowoldt as bookkeeper for Kyle & Foef- 

 ster, Mr. Rowoldt having gone into part- 

 nership with Edward Leslie, also an ex- 

 employee of the wholesale firm, in open- 



