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The Florists' Review 



November 28, 1912. 



member of the concern, will have com- 

 plete ^charge of this end of the busi- 

 ness. The new offices will be at 305 

 Monadnock building. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. has secured the 

 entire fourth floor of the building at 72 

 and 74 East Bandolph street, in which 

 it already occupies the entire second 

 floor. Possession will be obtained Jan- 

 uary 1, The space will be used for the 

 expansion of the supply department. 



A. H. Budlong has been at Mudlavia 

 for several weeks, trying to get into 

 first-class health again. This has thrown 

 the responsibility for the greenhouse 

 end of the Budlong business onto P. C. 

 Schupp, as well as the selling end. 



Wietor Bros, say they think they are 

 fortunate in having a couple of houses 

 of Chadwick and Golden Chadwick still 

 to cut. N. J. Wietor is counting on a 

 banner December. 



Bert Cole, who has charge of the 

 Beauties in the store of the E. C. Am- 

 ling Co., and Miss Olive Katherine 

 Lloyd were married on the evening of 

 November 21 at 2519 Indiana avenue. 

 The announcement was a surprise to 

 their friends. 



The Chicago Florists' Club will hold 

 its monthly meeting December 5. It 

 will be election night and R. Vincent, 

 Jr., president of the S. A. F., is expect- 

 ed to be present and to deliver his 

 illustrated lecture on the London 

 flower show. 



Norby & Hoefel, Des Plaines, hit 

 Thanksgiving just right with their 

 crop of Bonnaffon. E. E. Pieser says 

 he thinks that in spite of the talk of 

 lower prices for mums, the Bonnaffons 

 averaged better prices than last year. 

 C. W. McKellar has put in a line of 

 flowering plants for "the holidays and 

 has a gay window. 



Another good room is vacant in the 

 Atlas block, suitable for a wholesale 

 florist. It is the one adjoining the 

 store of the Chicago Carnation Co., once 

 occupied by the Benthey-Coatsworth Co. 



John Michelsen says he thinks roses 

 never before have gone through the 

 chrysanthemum season as well as this 

 year. 



The travelers of the A. L. Randall 

 Co. are home to spend the next three 

 weeks in helping out with the rush of 

 mail orders for florists' supplies. 



Winterson's Seed Store reports the 

 cleanest sales of bulbs since starting in 

 business. Scarcely a bulb remained in 

 the house November 25. Winding 

 green wreathing will begin in a day or 

 two. 



Frank Johnson, of the A. L. Randall 

 Co., says there will be no shortage of 

 fancy long roses in this market be- 

 tween now and the middle of January. 



Adam Zender isays the Holton & 

 Hunkel Greenhouse Co., Milwaukee, in 

 which he is interested, is considering 

 plans for a new range of glass. The 

 concern has been extremely successful. 



O. W. Frese reports the presence in 

 the market November 23 of Mrs. E. M. 

 Irby, of the Flower Shop, Memphis, 

 engaging material for several large 

 wedding jobs for early December. 



The Bohannon Floral Co. is using a 

 new automobile for delivery. 



W. H. Hilton saw in The Review the 

 cut of the Thanksgiving poster dis- 

 tributed by the New York Florists' 

 Club, wrote for a poster, and now has 

 it displayed in his window on Fifty- 

 third street. 



J. P. Sinner still is at Alexian 

 Brothers hospital, except during the 



CHAS. W. McKELLAR 



L. D. Phone 

 Central .35B8 



22 E. Randolph Street, CHICAGO 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



ORCHIDS 



Oattleyaa. plnklah lavender Per doz., 



Oypripedlums " 



Vandas, pale lavender 



Dendroblum Formoeum , white 



Dendroblum Plialaenopsls, pink sprays, per 100, 



Oncldtum, yellow 



Boxes auorted Orchids, $6.00 and up. 



▲MIERIOAII BSAUTTHSpMlalB. Per doe., 



S6-lnch 



80-lnch 



20to24-lncb 



16 to 18-lnch " 



Shorter 



Klllarney Per 100, 



White Klllamey " 



My Uaryland ,^ 



Richmond .- /, 



Radiance '. ,, 



Mrs. Ward • ^jr 



Melody , , 



Sunburst 



Bulgarle > 



BO^KS. our selection 



extra special, billed accordingly. 



OARMATIOMB 



Select Per 100, 



Fancy .• . , 



Extra fancy 



lEIBOBI'I'AMBOFS STOCK 



Oardenlas Per doz.. 



Valley.. ; Per 100, 



Easter Lilies 



Oh rysanthemums Per doz., 



" Pompons Per bunch, 



Violets, double or single Per 100, 



Sweet Peas ,\' 



Paper Whites ,, 



Stevla 



Mignonette •••• 



DBOOBATIVB 



Asparagus Plumosns Per string. 



Asparagus Plumosus Per bunch. 



Asparagus Sprengerl " 



Adlantnm Per 100, 



Farleyense • • ■ ■ ■ 



Smilax Per doz. , $1 . 80 



Mexican Ivy Per 1000, 6.00 



Ferns " 2.00 " 



Galax, green or bronze Per lOOO, 



Lencothoe Per 100, 



wild Smilax Per case, 60 lbs., 



Boxwood Per bunch, 26c: per 100 lbs., 



SnbJ«ct to market ohanres 



Cofflplcte Stock of RuscHS, Oak Sprays. Magnolia Leaves 

 and all Flarbts' Supplies. 



Mention The Review when yog write. 



per lb. 



The M BYEB Green 



SILKALINE 



Used by Ketail Florista for mossing funeral 

 deslKus, tying bunches, etc., is 



THE ONLY ARTICLE THAT SHOULD BE USED 



Iby Orowers for stringing Smilax and Asparagos, as 

 lit will not fade or rot in tlie greenhouse. The M«y«r 

 Sllkalln* was the first green thread to be Introduced 

 among Florists and Growers. It is handled by the 

 best houses everywhere, but it should be ordered by 

 name— M*y*r's Silkaline— to be sure of getting the 

 genuine article. Do not accept substitutes. 



If your jobber cannot supply you. order direct of 

 the manufacturers. Price for any size or color, $1.25 

 Sizes "F" flue, "FF" medium, and "FFF" coarse. 



Lowoll Thread Mills. f AUirT f MUCC 

 1495 Middlesex St., LUHLiiL, HAjJ* 



Silkaliae also is mie ia ail leading colors, as Violet, for buachins violets, and also for tyhif fancy boxes. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



JOHN C. NEVER & CO., 



middle of the day. It was July 4 that 

 he suffered the accident that resulted 

 in blood poisoning and cost all the 

 fingers of his right hand, and no end 

 of pain and trouble. He hopes to have 

 the last opening healed up within an- 

 other fortnight. 



Recent visitors: Myer Heller, New 

 Castle, Ind.; Fred Lemon, Eichmond, 

 Ind.; Mr. Herbert, Jr., of D. Herbert & 

 Son, Atco, N. J. 



A. L. Vaughan & Co. say that the 

 last ten days have been the best the 

 concern has had for November. 



g Budlong's 



E Blue Ribbon Valley 



Mention The Review when you write. 



A. Henderson, of A. Henderson & Co., 

 says it has been all work and no play 

 this fall. Hardly is one European ship^ 

 ment unloaded and moved out to cusi 



