. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 30 The Weekly Florists' Review. Decembeb 28, 1011. December 24 buying boxwood and said he never had seen anything like the way it was selling. Twelve cases had then been worked up, with the two busiest days yet to go. Christmas kept A. T. Pyfer so on the jump that his office saw him not the. day following. Winterson's Seed Store sold practi- cally every sprig of Christmas green, including larger quantities than ever of the baby trees. Zech & Mann say the best part of Christmas was that the buyers were right back next day for more, indi- cating
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 30 The Weekly Florists' Review. Decembeb 28, 1011. December 24 buying boxwood and said he never had seen anything like the way it was selling. Twelve cases had then been worked up, with the two busiest days yet to go. Christmas kept A. T. Pyfer so on the jump that his office saw him not the. day following. Winterson's Seed Store sold practi- cally every sprig of Christmas green, including larger quantities than ever of the baby trees. Zech & Mann say the best part of Christmas was that the buyers were right back next day for more, indi- cating excellent results for the retailers. O. W. Frese indicates that the. .Chi- cago Flower Growers' Association is well satisfied with its first Christmas. Mrs. P. L. McKey is convalescing from an illness with pneumonia that at one time was critical. John Kruchten says the number of calls for gardenias is som3thitig sur- prising, far exceeding the supply. M. C. Gunterberg, J. A. Budlong and John Sinner all say Christmas business exceeded expectations and that the others who sell on the same floor also were pleased. Except for a small section on the east side of the building, the addition to the Geo. M. Garland shop at Des Plainps will lie practically complete by the first of the year. The floor area has been practically doubled and new machinery is being installed, giving this company a fully equipped factory for greenhouse iron work. Nathan L. Eobinson is a new grower among the colony at Des Plaines. He has just started operations on the Jef- ferson road with a greenhouse 20 x 50. Mrs. W. E. Horton, of Bassett & Washburn's, receives her birthday pres- ents December 26. Some of the downtown retailers com- plain that Christmas coming on Monday cut a big hole in their sales, for the business center is not a particularly lively place on Sunday. But the rieischman Floral Co. advertised boldly that the store would be open all day Sunday, with the result that a big auto- mobile and t
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