3V1.Y 4, 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



USE 4)UR ARTinCIAL FLOWERS 



For' DECORATING PURPOSES 



ilF YOUR CITY is holding a home-coming or any similar parade, it will be to your advantage to^- 



use flowers that will produce the best results. We lead the field in Artificial and Paper Flowers, 

 at lowest prices. Send now for a complete price list, and on your first order of $10.00 we will send 

 a book of designs free of charge— not a catalogue, but a book telling how to work 

 up home-comings, carnivals, street parades, etc , as well as how to make estimates and design prize- 

 winning floats. Our system of co-operation will mean thorough success to the live, wide-awake florist. 



Use Our "SUPERIOR^^ SHEEBWG for Backgrounds 



We quote you a few prices : 



SHORT- STE/Vl/VIED MUMS, $2.75 per gross WISTARIA - - - $4.75 per gross 



CARNATIONS - - 1.00 per gross SUPERIOR SHEETING - .75 per yard 



TISSUE ROSES, short stem, 2.50 per gross FLEUR DE LIS, short stem, 4.50 per gross 



LARGE POPPIES, short stem, 3.25 per gross PUMPKIN BLOSSOMS, sh. St., 3.25 per gross 



TISSUE PAPER FESTOONING, 30 feet to a roll, $11.00 per 100 rolls 



Send now for Catalogue B and prices on any flowers 

 you may need. Use Superior Sheeting, all colors. 



BOTANICAL DECORATING CO., 



504 



S. Fifth Ave., 



CHICAGO 



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AUTOMOBILE DECORATIONS for FLORAL PARADES, HOME COMINGS, Etc. 



Schack Artificial Flowers, with Excello as a background, 

 have been a success aa Prize-winners in numerous Parades. 

 Send 25c in stamps for circular R-10, illustrating 100 deco- 

 rated Autos and Floats, and suitable decorations at lowest 

 ' prices. This amount will be credited on your first order 

 amounting to $6.00 or more. 



Inside information concerning manner of decorating Autos, 

 Floats or Vehicles will be given on request. If you want 

 to be. a Prize*winner you will use Schack Flowers. 



SCHACK ARTIFICIAL FLOWER CO, 



1743 IMilwaukee Avenue, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



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a large truck for delivering decorative 

 plants. This firm has had a heavy run 

 of wedding decorations. 



W. J. Pilcher will this week begin 

 cutting his first outdoor gladioli. These 

 will be handled by the W. C. Smith 

 Wholesale Floral Co. 



Edward Westmann, for the last six 

 years with Fred H. Weber, branched 

 out for himself July 1, when he opened 

 a retail flower store at 3166 South 

 Grand avenue. The Kohrs Floral Co. 

 opened this store about a year ago, but 

 is now out of business. 



The Paris Floral Co will soon have 

 to vacate its present quarters on Sixth 

 street. Mr. Foster, the head of the 

 company, says they may discontinue 

 business for the two summer months 

 and open early in the fall in a new 

 location to be selected downtown. 



C. L. May, at Valley Park, Mo., had 

 quite a loss by hail Thursday, June 27, 

 but other florists near by got away with 

 only a few lights of glass broken. The 

 Belleville florists also experienced a 

 little hail storm the same day, but with 

 only a small loss. 



John Wunderli, manager of the Alex- 

 ander Floral Co., left Saturday, June 

 29, with the Swiss Singing Society for 

 Chicago, to spend a week with other 

 singing societies there. 



C. E. De Wever, of Olivette, reports 

 that he will begin this week to cut 

 heavily on outdoor roses and gladioli. 

 Mr. De Wever has made arrangements 

 with C. A. Kuehn to handle his output 

 this year. 



Don't forget the Florists' Club meet- 

 ing next week, Thursday afternoon, 

 July 11. The features of the meeting 



will be the nomination of officers, the 

 report of the final arrangements for 

 the picnic, and several discussions on 

 important questions. A large attend- 

 ance is looked for. 



Visitors: Guy M. Eeburn, of A. Hen- 

 derson & Co., Chicago; Mr. Sanders, of 

 S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Philadelphia. 

 J. J. B. 



Hannibal, O. — Hoskins Bros, are pre- 

 paring to build an addition to their 

 already large range of vegetable houses. 

 The new section will cover an area 

 117x250 feet. 



Miami, Fla. — The Miami Tropical 

 Nursery Co. has been incorporated here, 

 with a capital of $5,000. The officers 

 are: Charles Montgomery, president; 

 Frank O. Zunwalt, vice-president; A. D. 

 H. Fossey, secretary and treasurer. 



