. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 42 The Rorists^ Review Decbmbbb 4, 1919. ? ff .^: F INE flowers, fair prices, prompt service rendered with right good will.^; :* ; JOSEPH FOERSTER COiT -» Wholesale Dealers in Cut Flowers 160 North Wabash Ave. CHICAGO - r • - A . ' '? ,rr .???' ?? ~: ?• ?? . , ;." " . ?.* • ''?l^-'"- • .?''?' .' ' ^<;,?s-^,•^-5??-•^J?.. iv,-"'--- Ask the man who Buys from us. the end of the month, November was unusually favorable for cut flower pro- duction. Why Wedding Work Is Booming. Many comments are' heard on the continued strength o
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 42 The Rorists^ Review Decbmbbb 4, 1919. ? ff .^: F INE flowers, fair prices, prompt service rendered with right good will.^; :* ; JOSEPH FOERSTER COiT -» Wholesale Dealers in Cut Flowers 160 North Wabash Ave. CHICAGO - r • - A . ' '? ,rr .???' ?? ~: ?• ?? . , ;." " . ?.* • ''?l^-'"- • .?''?' .' ' ^<;,?s-^,•^-5??-•^J?.. iv,-"'--- Ask the man who Buys from us. the end of the month, November was unusually favorable for cut flower pro- duction. Why Wedding Work Is Booming. Many comments are' heard on the continued strength of the call for wed- ding work and, particularly, on the way florists in the factory districts are buy- ing 20-cent valley and 3-dollar orchids. But the marriage license clerk in the county building explains it by offering this record of licenses issued: Year Octolx^r Novem'ber 1917 2,755 2,848 1918 2,080 1919 3,489 "I'll tell you how it is," said Joseph Stastny, who writes and stamps wedding permits from dawn till dark. "We used to call them 'poor people' or the 'masses.' Believe me, if the wealthy people—the millionaires, the brokers and bankers—could see the 'poorer peo- ple' lining up in front of my window every day they would rush from their mahogany offices and learn a trade. "It's the working people who are lining up out there and the working people today are wealthier than ever before. Most of them are young—boys from 21 to 25 and girls from 18 to 23— but they're getting married and they laugh when you mention high cost of ; Various Notes. A. M. Anderson, chief of the pur- chasing department of the A. L. Ran- dall Co., who spent April, May and June of this year on a trip to England, France and Italy (Germany was not then open), says it will be many years before Eu- rope can again compete with America on the general line of florists' supplies. "There are some natural products, like ruscus and immortelle
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