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The Florists' Review 



May 20, 1913. 



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HE "MIRROR'' 



is a basket which 

 commands a vari- 

 ety of uses. Its 

 long, narrow shape makes 

 it an excellent basket for 

 use on a banquet table. It 

 is also suitable for a com- 

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 No. 522 Mirror many desigus we make es- 



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which are appropriate, suggestive of their use, and harmonize with J 

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have never been found wanting. Their superior quality, printing, 



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pects to return early in the fall. Ernest 

 Farley, who returned recently from a 

 trip west and south, is now a member 

 of the shipping staff at this house. Mr. 

 Vaughan says he feels himself again 

 and is ready for a big month's business 

 during June. 



A. F. Poehlmann fell into the hands 

 of the Lincoln park police May 23, 

 when a motorcycle "sparrow cop" in- 

 formed him that he was speeding his 

 6-cylinder car just a little faster than 

 the law allows. A broken speedometer 

 was blamed for the sudden introduc- 

 tion to the park policeman. 



The lobby of the Hotel La Salle this 

 week contains some wonderful speci- 

 men plants. There are four large 

 Dracffina Victoria, two immense kentias 

 and several unusually fine Ficus elas- 

 tica. This hotel is furnished its plants 

 by the Geo. Wittbold Co. and the lobby 



ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, LEAVES, 



Vine Plants of AH Kinds 



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always attracts much attention from 

 visitors. 



Having disposed of Memorial day, 

 Phil Schupp, of J. A. Budlong's, says 

 everyone is in fine trim for a big June 

 run on the special events that help 

 make the month one of the best of the 

 year for his concern. Mr. Schupp says 

 the outlook is fine and that he expects to 

 break all records on valley sales. 



Business has been unusually good with 

 the Meredith Flower & 'Vegetable Co., 

 Libertyville, this spring, and bedding 



stock, with the exception of geraniums 

 and one or two other items, has been 

 disposed of entirely. Mrs. Ida M. Lat- 

 shaw, the manager, says the new display 

 house has aided wonderfully in building 

 up trade. 



The local retailers are pushing Me- 

 morial day and June wedding work 

 much harder than they did Mothers' 

 day^ perhaps having profited by th4 suc- 

 cess thus obtained in other cities. In 

 the newspaper principally used Samuel- 

 son, Lange, Wienhoeber, Wittbold, 



