. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Jltr ? •''-;ff«l<f»-r» ^^^^''^ . =^:; V CT»'. "?'v:-;^ f»-1(^ ?^-'.""•^ ?» .'-irv '. ^rists' supplies was carried and the firm manufactured artificial flow- ers. Soon more space was needed and a move was made to 76 and 78 Wabash avenue, where within three years an entire floor was being used. In the spring of 1908 a site was purchased on Chicago avenue, where a 3-story and basement brick building was put up. This building is shown on the right in the illustration. The floor space being over 14,000 square feet, it was thought that
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Jltr ? •''-;ff«l<f»-r» ^^^^''^ . =^:; V CT»'. "?'v:-;^ f»-1(^ ?^-'.""•^ ?» .'-irv '. ^rists' supplies was carried and the firm manufactured artificial flow- ers. Soon more space was needed and a move was made to 76 and 78 Wabash avenue, where within three years an entire floor was being used. In the spring of 1908 a site was purchased on Chicago avenue, where a 3-story and basement brick building was put up. This building is shown on the right in the illustration. The floor space being over 14,000 square feet, it was thought that the housing problem was settled for all time, but within two years it was necessary to ront outside space for storage purposes. The 4-story and base- ment building shown on the left in the illustration was acquired in 1911 and, after alterations, including the cutting of floors connecting the two structures, possession was taken of the three upper floors. The store and basement were under lease to outside parties until May 1 of this year, since which date Baumann & Co. have made extensive alterations, including the fitting up of a handsome office, a feature of which is a private telephone exchange with three trunk lines. Mr. Baumann, who at present is on the Pacific coast with his family, still takes active charge of the foreign in- terests of the firm. F. H. Gelderman has charge of the general business. CINCINNATI. The Market. The local market is nothing to brag aliout. There is a lot of good stock <oniing in and a lot that is far from good. Neither of these classes clean up or for that matter can clean up 8^ the rate that stock is moving. Lo- ^^\\y the retail business is slow. Mon- '^^y, usually a busy day, found buyers f'lr local stores buying stock sparingly. ' I'ipping business is good. Beginning with the close of last ^f'ek, we have had sweltering hot ^pather and up to Monday of this ^'f^k each succeeding day proved farmer than the previous one. At the. B
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