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The Florists' Review 



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here YOU Save a Third 



SALE 



We have gone over our immense stock of Florists' Ribbons and set aside a part for an early July 

 Special Sale. Some are from mills whose lines we shall not carry next season ; some » re widths that 

 we are overstocked on ; some are colors that we have too muf h of. All are good value at our 

 regular prices, but we offer at 75c, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 per bolt. The saving to you 

 is worth while — regular prices 60% more. We offer subject to being unsold when your oider arrives; 

 our selection. You can return at once at our expense any that do not please you. 



Write us about your needs in wire work—send a list of the stock you 

 can use in the year to coiue. We will quote a special auinmer price 

 that will make it worth your while to order now a full 12 months' supply 



WIRE WORK 



QQ||Bpy|||j| UflCQ ^^^ immediate shipment we offer clean, fresh, dry 

 Or IIHORlllfl IfflUOO burlap baled Sphagnum at the following low prices: 

 Per Bale, $1.40 in 5 Bale Lots, $1.30 per bale In 10 Bale Lots, $1.25 per bale 



Stock absolutely guaranteed— it is good. Write for our special proposition on Sphaiznum to be 

 shipped to you direct from the woods. We shall make it an object to you to btiy your season's supply. 



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season's cut of peonies. The blooms, 

 without wrapping, went into cold stor- 

 age in buckets. Thence they go in 

 great, strong baskets to Kyle & Foer- 

 ster, who grade them and sell by count, 

 just as roses are handled and sold. 



Mrs. Lewis H. Winterson was oper- 

 ated on for a second time July 1, at 

 Columbus hospital. It is hoped that 

 this time her recovery will be complete. 



C. W. McKellar and wife spent June 

 30 at Lake Forest. 



Tim Matchen and Mrs. Matchen Sun- 

 dayed at Round Lake, fishing. 



Arrangements have been made to take 

 the employees of the A. L. Randall Co. 

 to Galewood July 4, for a picnic at the 

 residence of Miss A. L. Tonner. The 

 12-mile trip will be made by automobile, 

 leaving the store at 10 a. m. As the 

 company has sixty-five names on the 

 store pay roll, it is expected that the 

 picnickers will number considerably 

 over 100. 



The Cook County Florists' Associa- 

 tion expects to have the largest picnic 

 ever held by the local trade, according 

 to A. Zech, chairman of the committee. 



It is to be at Kartheuser's grove July 

 14. 



Eric Johnson has been having an un- 

 pleasant time with an ulcerated tooth. 

 Face badly swollen. 



A. L. Randall expects to get away 

 this week for his summer sojourn on 

 the fruit farm in Michigan. 



The wedding bells were ringing June 

 26 for Ralph Walther, brother of George 

 Walther, the Sixty-third street florist. 

 Mr. Walther 's bride was Miss Kather- 

 ine Mayes, of this city. Paul Rich- 

 mond, store man and designer for 

 George Walther, left July 1 for a va- 

 cation visit to his home in Memphis, 

 Tenn. 



The W. E. Lynch Co., carnation 

 growers at Forest Park, are well aloug 

 with replanting and expect to be fin- 

 ished by July 15. Mrs. W. E. Lynch 

 and Miss Dorothy Lynch went to the 

 old home in Massachusetts June 27 to 

 spend the summer. Charles Lynch is 

 now employed in the Chicago Trust & 

 Savings Bank. 



Max B. Hirsch, who maintains a re- 

 tail store at 346 East Fifty-first street. 



points out the new features of a hand- 

 some new refrigerator just installed by 

 Buchbinder Bros. 



Frank M. Johnson and his bride, who 

 are now at Duluth on their wedding 

 trip, will be at home to friends at 2118 

 Estes avenue after October 1. 



Daniel Branch says that he has en- 

 joyed some good seasons in the past, 

 but that this spring has broken all rec- 

 ords for bedding plants and window 

 boxes at both the Fifty-first street and 

 Fifty-eighth street establishments. 



A. I. Simmons says that funeral and 

 wedding work has been coming in heav- 

 ily during the last three weeks and 

 making designs and wedding bouquets 

 has become a habit for all connected 

 with his retail store at Sixty-third 

 street and Yale avenue. 



W. F. Hoerber, of the firm of Hoer- 

 ber Bros., was in from Des Plaines June 

 29 and reports that the planting is al- 

 most finished. The new stock is mostly 

 of My Maryland, Killarneys and Rich- 

 monds. He states that they will have 

 an early crop of Brides this fall and 

 with three more houses of colored roses 



