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The Florists' Review 



Jolt 25, 1912. 



GLADIOLI 



First-class stock, long stems, at reasonable prices. 



PEONIES, BEAUTIES, ROSES, LILIES, ETC. 



Batavia Greenhouse Co* 



Greenlioases: 

 BAteTte, m. 



L. D. Phone 

 SM5 Randolph 



Stores 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Carnations have hit the low ebb for 

 the summer, but the supply of asters 

 is daily on the increase, although the 

 quality of blooms has not yet reached 

 top-notch point. There are a few good 

 ones each day. Few carnations were to 

 be had, as the heat knocked them out 

 completely the week previous and most 

 growers have thrown out the greater 

 part of their old plants. Sweet poae 

 were hit to a considerable extent by 

 the warm, sunny days and, while the 

 supply is still large, there are not 

 nearly so many as two weeks ago, when 

 the market was overloaded with them. 

 Peonies have also gone into the declin- 

 ing stage and few were moved last 

 week. The storage warehouses still 

 contain a large number of these, but, 

 with the oversupply of other flowers 

 and the ever increasing supply of as- 

 ters, the peony has foujid but slight 

 demand. Gladioli continue in good 

 supply. They find demand, however, 

 and Augusta, Mrs. Francis King and 

 America find favor and move more 

 freely than might be expected in view 

 of the supply. Cattleyas are coming in 

 lightly and scarcely any are to be 

 found on the market, but no demand 

 has been noticed for these since the 

 first hot weather set in. Valley has 

 some call and the supply is equal to 

 the demand for the bouquet and fu- 

 neral design trade. Of greens there 

 are plenty and the price has made a 

 steady drop to almost what might be 

 called rock bottom. 



Various Notes. 



Weiland & Risch are erecting ten new 

 houses at their Evanston plant, put- 

 ting up a new range with each house 

 30x175 feet. J. F. Peflfer, of the store 

 force, is on his vacation. 



The M. Winandy Co, started work 

 this week on six new houses to replace 

 old ones at the Mathew Evert estab- 

 lishment. The new houses will be con- 

 structed after the "Winandy improved 

 bench heating type and will be 22x122 

 feet in size. 



White paint has become popular dur- 

 ing the last ten days with the local 

 wholesalers anci H. Van Gelder, of 

 Percy Jones, has had a new coat ap- 

 plied wherever it was needed. 



E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. Co., 

 says that the present month breaks all 

 July records for quantity of stock in 

 this market. i.th' n 



The Chicago Carnation Co., at Joliet, 

 has a field 100x700 that will be fitted 

 with the Skinner rain-maker before 

 time to plant out another batch of 

 'Carnation plants. 



LEXINGTON HOTEL 



Michigan Blvd. and 22d St., Chicago, Illinois 



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C Within five blocks of THE 

 COLISEUM, where S. A. F. 

 convention will be held. 



500 ROOMS 

 FIREPROOF 



C The Lexington is a high-class 

 residential, tourist and Com- 

 mercial Hotel, located just out- 

 aide of the congested "loop 

 district," and within ten min- 

 utes' ride on two electric surface 

 lines of the Theater and Shop- 

 ping District. One block from 

 "L" station. 



C Three of the best moderate 

 price Cafes in the city. 



RATES : $1.00 per ^ay up for 

 rooms without bath; |2.00 

 per day up for rooms with 

 private bath. 



J. E. MONTROSE 

 CHARLES MCHUG 



[Proprietors 



T. V. STRAIN 



Manager 



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Peter Keinberg has thrown out all 

 the last season 'a carnation plants. He 

 began cutting carnations from the field 

 last week. 



S. H. Forshaw, of Pendleton, Ore., 

 was in town July 22 on his way home 

 from Europe. 



N. J. Wietor is devoting a large part 

 of his time to convention work. 



John Degnan, of Winterson's Seed 

 Store, is vacationing this week. When 

 last seen he is said to have had a ticket 

 to Niagara Falls in his hand. 



Tim Matchen has gained a pound a 

 week in the last year. 



John Kruchten and family are at 

 Hackley, Wis. 



C. G. Benten, Ashley, 111., is shipping 

 a fine crop of gladioli to this market. 



C. W. McKellar is painting — white 



with green trimmings. Most of the 

 wholesale stores will have new dresses 

 by convention time. 



When met in the store of the E. C. 

 Amling Co. July 22, W. J. Keimel, of 

 Wendland & Keimel, Elmhurst, said 

 his firm has cut about 80,000 roses per 

 week for the last three weeks. A. C. 

 Kohlbrand and Miss Minnie Wattman, 

 of the Amling Co., are on vacation. 



S. A. Sinclair, of Holyoke, Mass., 

 was in town July 22. His son will 

 for a time devote himself to the higher 

 branches of floricultural knowledge at 

 the university at Poehlmannville. 



Capt.' A. I. Simmons, the Sixty-third 

 street retailer, is busy this week, feed- 

 ing the Seventh regiment at Camp Lin- 

 coln. 



G. L. Freeman, the orchid explorer, 



