August 8, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



SOME OF OUR SPECIALTIES 



Asters .$1.00, $1.50,; $2.00 and $3.0P per 100 



Augusta Gladiolus . . ... . . . ... . . .$3.00 @ 4.00 per 100 



Francis King and America 6.00 @ 6.00 per 100 



Valley 3.00 @ 4.00 per 100 



Sweet Peas 40 @ .75 per 100 



Roses 3.00 @ 8.00 per 100 



Fancy Ferns, best in Chicago 1.50 per 1000 



Mexican Ivy 75c per 100; 6.00 per 1000 



We want a few new, live buyers. You cannot miss it buying of us. 



A. L. VAUQHAN & CO. 



(NOT INC.) 



151 North Wabash Avenue CHICAGO 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



PERCY 



Not the Oldest 



Nor the Largest 

 Just the Best 



S6 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



JONES 



Meunou i'be Keview wiien you write. 



partmont of Poehlmann Bros. Co., is 

 back from a vacation on an Indiana 

 farm. 



Several well-known traveling sales- 

 men met at the Sherman house August 

 5 and formed what will be known as 

 the National Associated Florists' Sales- 

 men's Society, as a fraternal order for 

 the development of the florists' trade. 

 A. F. Longren acted as chairman. T. E. 

 Waters, Samuel Seligman, E. C. Pruner 

 and others were present. A meeting 

 was called for August 17. 



The Progressive convention brought 

 J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, 111., 

 and Edward GuUett, of Lincoln, 111., 

 to Chicago as delegates from their re- 

 spective districts. 



DETROIT. 



Club Meeting. 



A well attended meeting of the De- 

 troit Florists ' Club was held August 5 

 and much enthusiasm was shown about 

 the S. A. F. convention. A large dele- 

 gation will attend from Detroit. 



Officers for the ensuing year were 



LEXINGTON HOTEL 



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



^: 





C Within five block* of THE 

 COLISEUM, where S. A. F. 

 convention will be held. 



500 ROOMS 

 FIREPROOF 



C. The Lexington is a bigh-claEs 

 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. 



<L Three of the best moderate 

 price Cafes in the city. 



RATES: |1 00 per day up for 

 rooms without bath; $2 00 

 per day up for rooms with 

 private bath. 



J. E. MONTROSE 

 CHARLES MCHUGH 



[Proprietors 



T. V. STRAIN 



Manager 



Mftitlon The Review when you write. 



elected as follows: President, Jerome 

 K. Stock; vice-president, M. Bloy; sec- 

 retary, H. Schroeter, reelected; treas- 

 urer, R. Rahaley, reelected. Installa- 

 tion of officers will be made at the next 

 meeting, September 3. 



The club outing will be held the week 

 of August 12. Prizes were donated as 

 follows: G. K. Anderson, fifty feet 

 Buckskin hose; Michigan Cut Flower 

 Exchange, supplies; H. Schroeter, 200 



pounds Wizard brand sheep manure, 

 and others are expected later. 



Various Notes. 



J. F. Sullivan, who was quick to rec- 

 ognize the rapid development of the 

 new retail shopping district farther 

 north on "Woodward, will open a most 

 modern new establishment at 361 Wood- 

 ward avenue about October 1. The 

 store will be 20x65 feet and in the rear 



