. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 167. THE FLEISCHMAN CO.'S WINDOWS, JACKSON BOULEVARD, CHICAGO, FOR THE LINCOLN CELEBRATION. Celebration Windows. As we briefly announced in our last week's issue the Fleischman Floral Co., of Chicago, had very fine window decora- tions for the Lincoln celebration and we ' present this week an illustration of them. During the time these Vmdows have been in they have been much admired and freely commented on. Other good means of advertising by window dis- plavs are noted in the excellent
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 167. THE FLEISCHMAN CO.'S WINDOWS, JACKSON BOULEVARD, CHICAGO, FOR THE LINCOLN CELEBRATION. Celebration Windows. As we briefly announced in our last week's issue the Fleischman Floral Co., of Chicago, had very fine window decora- tions for the Lincoln celebration and we ' present this week an illustration of them. During the time these Vmdows have been in they have been much admired and freely commented on. Other good means of advertising by window dis- plavs are noted in the excellent article by C. A. Schnell on the opposite page. Flowers In the Chicago Stores. The most noticeable feature in the cut flower situation has been the great scarcity of American Beauty roses. For years, growers and retailers say, they have not been so short of good flowers and even the short stemmed flowers and culls have, in many cases, been hard and poor in color. But there is a big cut in sight in ?ome of the large growing plants and the scarcity will soon be re- . lieved. Richmond has by no means been in its best form. The color is there, but .the flowers have been small and cut al- most as tight as in summer. There have been ;3ome good flowers of Cardinal, the one fault of this charming rose being the fact that in winter, when little air is given, the color fades or blues a little. White i-oses have also been scarce and growers are looking forward to the time when white Killamey will be plentiful enough to become a factor in the mar- ket. The bulb stock, tulips, has helped out considerably this season. Not nearly as much has been grown as in former years. Growers have found a bet- ter demand and. although with the .dearer varieties of tulips the prices ob- tained show only a very small margin of profit, yet there has not been the wholesale slaughter that has occurred in other and recent seasons. Growers will, however, be wise not to bank much on these conditions co
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