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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mat 23, 1912. 



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 Icinds 



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 DELIVERY 



Hoerber Bros 



Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers 



Store: 162 N. Wabash Ave., 



Long Distance Phone 

 Randolph 8758 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Reylew when yon write. 



20 and twenty-five boxes on the after- 

 noon trip. When the five horses that 

 are now required for this work have to 

 be replaced it likely will be with a 

 motor truck, with which several trips a 

 day can be made when needed. 



John Kruchten still is handling some 

 good Bridesmaid roses, something not 

 now frequently seen in this market, but 

 says the grower will drop them next 

 year as not giving the blooms that Kil- 

 larney does. 



Erne & Klingel report a most busy 

 opening week, there being both demand 

 and supply, while the extra work of 

 packing peonies for cold storage taxed 

 them to the limit and called for addi- 

 tional help. 



Jury service is taking up a good 

 deal of Fred Hoerber 's time and Will 

 Hoerber is still taking care of the mar- 

 ket end as well as the greenhouse de- 

 partment at Des Plaines. 



Bassett & Washburn are receiving 

 figures on the new plant which is to be 

 erected on the property, recently pur- 

 chased, at Gregg's Station. The new 

 plant, which will be located two miles 

 west of the present place, will total 

 about one million square feet of glass, 

 or about one-third as much more as is 

 now in use. Half of the new plant will 

 call for new material, as it is expected 

 that considerable waste will result in 

 taking down the present houses. 



A. Henderson & Co. report daily ship- 

 ment of cold storage Easter lilies and 

 note an unusually big demand for this 

 season. A. Miller left May 21 on a 

 two months' trip in the interest of his 

 firm. 



B. J. Maynard, representative for the 



CARNATIONS DE LUXE 



FOR DECORATION DAY 



Large fancy, assorted colors $5.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000 



Extra (ancy billed accordingly. 



ROSES-GLADIOLUS-PEONIES 



All seasonable Flowers and Greens at lowest market prices. 



CHICAGO CARNATION CO. 



30 E. RANDOLPH ST. 



A. T. PYFER, Mgr. 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



George M. Garland Co., returned May 

 11 from an extended eastern trip, but 

 expects to start out again within a few 

 days. 



Mrs. Emma Wittbold, who has been 

 critically ill with pneumonia, is re- 

 ported as slightly improved but not yet 

 out of danger. 



As an evidence of the rush which was 

 experienced all day Sunday, May 19, 

 by the George Wittbold Co., Fred Nel- 

 son says that an order for funeral work 

 amounting to $20 was received at 10:30 

 a. m. and delivered at the extreme other 

 side of the city before 2 o'clock in the 

 afternoon. He said the rush all day 

 was "like a second Easter" 

 looks of the store Monday 

 amply verified the statement. 



President Kidwell, of the Chicago 

 Flower Growers' Association, notes 

 tliat purple iris has the call over the 



and the 

 morning 



yellow and white, there being hardly 

 enough of the purple to go around. 



W. A. Keiman's first shipment of the 

 season reached Chicago May 20. Mr. 

 Beiman's peony farm at Vincennes is 

 said to be the largest in the world and 

 when his cut begins it puts an end to 

 any talk of shortage, even if he does 

 not have a full crop. His principal 

 variety is Queen Victoria, which has 

 proved the best keeper and shipper. 



Fred Sperry, who has been in Chicago 

 several weeks looking after business 

 matters following a long stay in Cali- 

 fornia, left May 21 for Erie, Pa., where 

 he will visit his father for a time. 

 Mr. Sperry formerly was associated 

 with A. L. Vaughan in the firm of 

 Vaughan & Sperry, now A. L. Vaughan 

 & Co. 



President Louis Selig, of the Botan- 

 ical Decorating Co., has returned from 



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