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AUGDST 3, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 





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SIMMER ROSES 



We make a specialty of growing Roses best adapted to handling during the hot weather. Our 

 facilities are exceptionally well equipped, and we recommend the following stock for summer: 



BEAUTIES- Mostly Medium and Short Lengths 



GOOD SHIPPING STOCK 



Rhea Reid — the best red rose Sunburst— the best yellow rose 



Mrs. Russell — the best pink rose Double White Killarney — the best White rose ' 



Ophelia — Shawyer .. 



Then, in addition, we have the regular varieties of Roses in large quantities, receiving them direct 

 from the greenhouses within a few hours of being cut, which enables us to fill all orders with strictly 

 fresh stock. This is the great advantage of buying direct of the growei*! 



PRICE list: 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES- Per doz. 



Specials, extra long stems $2.00 @ $3.00 



Mediiun 1.00 @ 1.50 



Shorter lengths 50 @ .75 



SUNBURST, WHITE and PINK KILLARNEY. 

 BRILLIANT. RHEA REID. OPHELIA. RICH- 

 MOND. SHAWYER- Per 100 



Long $6.00 



Medium $4.00 @ 5.00 



Short 3 . 00 



RUSSELL- Per 100 



Extra long $8.00 @ $10.00 



Medium 5.00 @ 



Short 



ASTERS at market prices. 



Lily of the VaUey 



Asparagus Sprays and Spreng^eri 

 Ferns. New 



In lots of 1000 or more per 1000, 



Adiantum 



Galax, bronze and green per 1000, 



CECILE BRUNNER per bunch, .35 



ROSES, Our Selection, in lots of 500 or more at the rate of $20.00 per 1000 



2.50 @ 



1.25 @ 



6 00 

 3.00 



5.00 

 3.00 

 .20 

 1.50 

 1.00 

 1.50 



We grow all the stock we sell and wish to remind all buyers of the advantages of buying direct of the grower. 



BASSETT & WASHBURN 



Office and Stor*, 



178 N. Wabash Avanua 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



GREENHOUSES : HINSDALE AND GREGGS, ILL. 



Long DIstanca Phona 



Cantral 1487 



MgntlCT TlM KtirlBw whca yog write. 



varieties quoted, both of roses and car- 

 nnr.TnTiR. would be as unfamiliar as Vedic 

 Sanskrit to all but the oldest members 

 2* the craft. 



a. new paper box concern, to be 

 known as the Duro Paper Products Co., 

 is equipping a plant on Thirty-seventh 

 street near Ashland avenue. The chief 

 activity of the new company will be 

 the manufacture of florists' boxes. 



Two nice orders have been booked by 

 the fixture department of the A. L. 

 Bandall Co. Fischer Bros., of Evanston, 

 have placed with it a contract for the 

 complete remodeling of their store and 

 the installation of new fixtures and dis- 

 play refrigerator. Moved by the same 

 spirit, Charles Grabig, 1843 Irving 

 Park boulevard, has turned over to it 

 the job of furnishing his place through- 

 out with new fixtures, including re- 

 frigerator. An important acquisition 

 to the fixture department has been 

 made in the person of F. J. Rioux, for- 

 merly refrigerator expert for the Orr 

 & Lockett Hardware Co. 



The return of cool weather is being 



BOUQUET ACCESSORIES 



Cormsre Shields 

 Bouquet Holders 



Ties and Bows 



Brides' Muffs 



WINIFRED OWEN^c'lf^l^oTiS:'- 



Phone Kedzie 6238 



Mention The ReTley when job write. 



celebrated by John Kruchten, of the 

 John Kruchten Co., with an automobile 

 trip to Sister 'Lakes, Mich., with his 

 family. 



August Poehlmann, of the Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., motored with his family to 

 Delavan Lake, Wis., last week. 



Harry Conn, with Harry C. Eowe, at 

 67 East Monroe street, has the sympa- 

 thy of the trade in the sudden death 

 of his wife last week. Mrs. Conn was 

 well known to members of the trade, as 

 she had been a saleslady in several of 

 the loop flower stores. 



When the heat became most oppres- 

 sive in the loop district, and people be- 

 gan to wonder how much longer they 



MEXICAN TUBEROSES 



$2.00 per 100 splkM. 



No order too large for us to fill. A-1 flowers 

 guaranteed. Give us a trial and be convinced. 

 Correspondence solicited. Write or wire Quick. 



ALVIN CAPE JESSAMINE & FLORAL CO. 



AL.VIN, TKZAS. 

 Mention The ReTlew when yon write. 



could endure, John Sinner, of Sinner 

 Bros., thought he would find out if he 

 was losing any of his strength and en- 

 durance. So he hied him to the green- 

 houses' and tackled the heaviest work 

 he could find — clearing and refilling 

 benches. All through the hot days he 

 worked, and with the return of the cool 

 breezes he again appeared on the mar- 

 ket, still smiling. 



Enchantress and White Enchantress 

 still hold first place, in the opinion of 

 Fred Schramm, of Park Ridge, vice- 

 president of the Chicago Flower Grow- 

 ers' Association. To his way of think- 

 ing the Enchantress is the best family 

 of carnations for commercial purposes, 

 as its members are rapid and prolific 



