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The Florists' Review 



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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: 



NEW BEAUTIES— Extra choice stock— best in this marlcet 



Rhea Reid — the best red rose 

 Mrs. Russell — the best pink rose 



Sunburst — the best yellow 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 grower. 



PRICE list: 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES- Per doz. 



Specials, extra long stems $4 GO 



Stems 30-36 inches 3.00 



Medium $1.50 @ 2.50 



Shorter lengths 75 @ 1 .00 



No very short stem Beauties. 



SUNBURST, WHITE and PINK KILLABNET, 

 BRILLIANT, RHEA REID, OPHELIA, SHAW- 

 YER- Per 100 



Long $6.00 



Medium $4.00 @ 5.00 



Short 3 . 00 



RUSSELL- 



Exlra long $8 . 



Medium 5 



Short 3. 



CECnLE BRUNNER per bunch, 



ASTERS at market prices. 



Lily of the VaUey 5. 



Asparagus Sprays and Spreng^eri 2 . 



Ferns, New 



In lots of 1000 or more per 1000, 



Adiantum 



Galax, bronze and green per 1000, 



Per 100 



00 @ $10.00 

 00 @ 6 00 

 00 @ 4.00 



.36 



00 @ 

 50 @ 



1.25 @ 



6.00 

 3.00 

 .20 

 1.50 

 1.00 

 1.50 



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



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



BASSETT & WASHBURN 



Offfle* and Store, 



178 N. Wabash Avanua 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



GREENHOUSES : HINSDALE AND GREGGS, ILL. 



Long Distance Phono 



Control 1487 





Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



There was a lively and healthy mar- 

 ket in the wholesale cut flower section 

 at the week end, and August 19 the de- 

 mand was about equal to the supply. 

 Shipments of roses were especially light 

 and of carnations practically nil, the 

 only surplus being the refuse and low- 

 est grade of asters and gladioli. There 

 now are some splendid asters, which 

 easily bring $3 per hundred — a few 

 choice ones even more. These were 

 quickly absorbed on arrival by the 

 bon-ton stores. There is little else for 

 funeral requirements in the markets. 

 Of course, there is a great abundance 

 of gladioli, and 50 cents per hundred 

 seems to be the bottom price. This 

 grade seems to meet with but little de- 

 mand and thousands remain unsold. For 

 the better grades $1 to $2 are the quo- 

 tations, with America the favorite, as 

 usual. These and the asters may be 

 termed the backbone of the market. 



Hydrangeas and goldenrods are abun- 

 dant. These help to give variety to the 

 window decorations. Cosmos, Golden 

 Glow, dahlias, bouvardias, rudbeckias — 

 of these there always are enough and 

 to spare. Valley has been running wild 

 agaui, owing to short supply. Some 

 say they received $8 and more per hun- 

 dred during the week, but August 19 

 $6 was the general price, with little 

 being offered. Lilies, too, took on new 

 life during the week and at times extra 

 quality flowers sold up to $10 per hun- 

 dred. From this down to 5 cents per 

 flower was the last quotation. The sup- 

 ply at last has not run equal to the de- 

 mand. 



Orchids still are scarce and high- 

 priced. One authority declared values 

 fluctuated between 50 cents and $1, the 

 higher price being more frequently de- 

 manded. A break this week in both 

 orchids and lilies is expected. 



Roses improve but slowly in quality, 

 and prices for even the low grades and 

 short-stemmed stock are better. Good 

 stock of any of the newer varieties sold 



up to $8 per hundred, when selected. 

 With the rapid improvement now as- 

 sured in size of bloom and length of 

 stem, better prices may be looked for. 

 There are few American Beauties ar- 

 riving. Anything first-class sells at $25 

 per hundred. 



Various Notes. 



Up to the night of August 19 none 

 of the conventionists had returned from 

 Houston. But telegrams from Secre- 

 tary Young and others had proclaimed 

 the glad tidings for 1917 and everyone 

 is delighted with the decision in favor 

 of New York and the election of Abra- 

 ham Lincoln Miller as vice-president of 

 the S. A. F. 



The plant auctions — four of them — 

 start September 12. 



Miss Lillian Golding, bookkeeper for 

 Neuer & Hoffmann, left August 18 for 

 a two weeks' vacation in the mountains. 



R. MacNiff and family are at Pocono, 

 Pa., "Lone Pine Cottage," for the sum- 

 mer. Of the employees of the MacNiff 

 Horticultural Co. these have returned 



