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The Florists^ Rcvictv 



Apbil 8, 1918. 



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BEAUTIES, ROSES, BULB STOCK 



Batavia Greenhouse Co* 



GreenbouBas: 

 Batavia, lU. 



Li. D. Ptaona 

 3095 Randolpli 



Stores 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



JJentl^^h^R«»Jej^he^o^rrite^ 



At no time this year has our stock of long- 

 stemmed Beauties been so fine as it is right 

 now, and enough to supply any emergency. 



Long-Stemmed Beauties 



Killarneys, Richmond*, White Ballarneys— These are not the ordinary kind, but 

 the kind that spells satisfaction to your customers. Largest buds, any length of stem. 



CARNATIONS are in g^ood supply— all colors and of the highest quality anyone could desire. Also SWEET 



PEAS, IRIS, SNAPDltAOON, GREENS. All Seasonable flowers. 



A. L. VAUGHAN & CO. 



(NOT INC.) 

 161 N* Wabash Avenue, Phones: -central 2571-2572. Automatic 48734. CHICAGO 



Mention The RpTlew when yon write. 



only by the best of efforts. Long- 

 stemmed Beauties are unusually plenti- 

 ful and the medium and short lengths 

 are not short of the demand, although 

 it is easier to move the shorter ones 

 than the extra long. Killarney, White 

 Killarney, Bichmond and other roses 

 are also in big supply and in most 

 houses the quality is as good as could 

 be desired. In carnations the same 

 holds true, and only the white are 

 moving well. There are plenty of good 

 pink and red, but as yet it can hardly 

 be said that the wholesalers are able 

 to move them without sacrifice. In 

 miscellaneous stock the supply is heavy. 

 Tulips are especially diflficult to sell at 

 fair prices. Jonquils and daffodils 

 appear to be moving better than the 

 other bulbous stock, but are not so 

 popular that they are commanding any 

 better than a fair price. Valley has 

 found better sale in the last week, with 

 the increased number of weddings. 

 Sweet peas are in big supply and only 

 the best are bringing anything good 

 in the way of returns. Lilies and, in 

 fact, all flowers in season at this time 

 of the year are far in excess of the 

 demand. Double violets are poor and 

 nearing the end of thepx season; singles 

 are better. Stocks are a problem; sev- 

 eral houses have large receipts of both 

 single and double and find it difilcult 

 to get anything like usual prices. Cat- 

 tleyas are a little more plentiful, but 

 not in oversupply. 



Association Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Cook County 

 Florists' Association March 27 the 

 principal business was the installation 



of officers, most of whom were re- 

 elected to serve another, year. The 

 slate is as follows: President, A. Q 

 Kohlbrand; vice-president, AUie ZecS^ 

 secretary, A. T. Pyfer; treasurer, John 

 Zech; sergeant-at-arms, M. Fink; trus- 

 tees, Walter Scott, E. C. Amling, H. N. 

 Bruns, A. Henderson and W. J. Keimel. 



Following the installation ceremony, 

 President Kohlbrand appointed the fol- 

 lowing standing committees: 



Good of the Club— Walter Scott, 

 chairman; E. C. Amling, H. N. Bruns, 

 Alex Henderson, W. J. Keimel. 



Membership — (Jeo. Wienhoeber, chair- 

 man; Wm. Collatz, Ed. Armstrong, Phil 

 Brodbeck, James Curran. 



Transportation — A. Miller, chairman; 

 A. T. Pyfer, N. P. Miller. 



Sports and Pastimes — A. J. Zech, 

 chairman; Wm. Graff, A. Miller, Otto 

 Goerisch, John Heubner, Edw. Schultz. 



The report of the trustees showed a 

 balance of $377.99 An amendment to 

 the by-laws was proposed to limit the 

 tenure of president and vice-president 

 to one term. There was discussion of 

 publicity for the florists' business and 

 on motion a committee was appointed, 

 Peter Pearson being named as chair- 

 man. The association donated $25 to 

 the flood relief fund, and a general 

 subscription raised the amount to 

 $101.60. 



Henry Luebbe, Everett E. Peacock 

 and E. F. Kurowski were elected to 

 membership. Applications were re- 

 ceived from D. Papatony, Frederick 

 Chas. Price, Peter Tremules and Geo. 

 Wietor. 



A. C. Zvolanek, who originated the 

 winter-blooming sweet peas, was pres- 



jent and gave an interesting talk on 

 xiis specialty. Herman Wehnman, of 

 |Maywood, made an interesting exhibit 

 "of winter-blooming Spencers, grown 

 from Mr. Zvolanek 's seed. 



Various Notes. 



Chicago will not be largely repre- 

 sented at the National Flower Show 

 in New York next week. Among those 

 who will go are W. N. Rudd and 

 wife, A. F. Poehlmann, Emil Buettner, 

 Mrs. Buettner. and their two daughters, 

 J. C. Vaughan and George Asmus. All 

 these will go on the 5:30 Lake Shore 

 train April 4. H. B. Howard will go 

 on an earlier train. Fred Lauten- 

 schlager has already gone. With the 

 party will be H. B. Dorner, of Urbana, 

 and C. C. PoUworth and wife, of Mil- 

 waukee. Either Peter Olsem or A. T. 

 Pyfer may go for carnation day, with 

 an exhibit of the Chicago Carnation 

 Co., and doubtless several others will 

 find tjijey are unable to resist the at- 

 trac;^j,ons of the big show. 



The death of Mrs. Paasch is reported 

 in this week's obituary column. 



E. Goetsch, once employed by the 

 Geo. Wittbold Co., is here from Minne- 

 apolis for a week's visit. He is with 

 the L. S. Donaldson Co. 



Frank Johnson, sale^ manager for 

 the A. L. Bandall Co., returned March 



29 from New York, after having seen 

 A. L. Randall off for Europe. March 



30 Carl Thpmas returned to his farm 

 at West Springfield, Pa. 



Winterson's Seed Store received a car- 

 load of boxwood plants last week, 

 which are moving out rapidly. 



The Bohannon branch in the Muir 



