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August 31, J916. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Cooler Weather 



have improved the shipping quality of Roses. We recommend the following stock, all our 



own growth: 



Don't Forget to Buy Direct of the Grower. 



NEW BEAUTIES— Extra choice stock— best in this market 



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 



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f 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. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES- 



Specials, extra long stems . . . 



Stems 30-36 inches 



Medium. 



Shorter lengths , 



No very short stem Beauties. 



PRICE 



Per doz. 



$1.50 @ 

 .75 @ 



$4 00 

 3.00 

 2.50 



. 1.00 



SUNBURST, WHITE and PINK KILLABNET, 

 BRILX.IANT, RHEA REID. OPHELIA. SHAW- 

 YER- Per 100 



Long $6.00 



Medium $4.00 @ 6.00 



Short 3.00 



8 00 

 4.00 



.25 



list: 



RUSSELL- ^ Per 100 



Exlralong T. $10.00 @ $12 00 



Medium 5 00@ 



Short 3.00 @ 



CECILE BRUNNER per bunch, 



ASTERS at market prices. 



Lily of the Valley 



Asparaeus Sprays and Spreng^eri 



Ferns, New ' 



In lots of 1000 or more per 1000, 



Adiantum . 



Gala:(, bronze and green per 1000, 



5.00 @ 

 2.50 @ 



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 



.Offfic* and Stora, 



178 N. Wabash Avanua 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



GREENHOUSES : HINSDALE AND GREGGS, ILL. 



Long DIatanca Phona 



Cantral 1487 





Mention The Review when yon write. 



large and profitable business has been 

 done there and the old store will be 

 continued until the new one becomes 

 well known. 



It seems evident that more growers 

 than ever before are planning to fol- 

 low the mums with sweet peas this sea- 

 son and that the supply of the latter 

 flower in the first half of 1917 will be 

 larger than ever, but Joseph Foerster, 

 of Kyle & Foerster, says he believes 

 the market will take the increased 

 quantity all right, because of better 

 business, the increasing popularity of 

 sweet peas and the decreased supply of 

 violets. 



One would be justified in supposing 

 business to be good, judging from H. N. 

 Bruns' purchases of automobiles this 

 season. First he bought a big Buick 

 truck for the store, then a Packard 

 Twin Six for his personal use, and this 

 month a light Overland for the store. 



Driving his big Moline-Knight, John 

 Michelsen, his father and some friends, 

 went to Fox Lake August 29 for a 

 three days' outing. 



The Park Ridge growers complain 

 that the season has been one of the 

 worst on. record for the violet plants 

 and they are the principal source of 

 supply of Princess of Wales for this 

 market. 



Shipments of Paper Whites and cold 

 storage giganteums are leaving the es- 

 tablishment of the American Bulb Co., 

 also deliveries 'are being made by the 

 novelties department, many buyers hav- 

 ing indicated a wish to help give the 

 boys a start. 



That this has been the most peculiar 

 season in his long experience is the 

 comment of E. F. Winterson, referring 

 to the supply of summer stock. All 

 field stock has suffered severely. 



George Walther has returned from 

 California, where, with his family, he 

 has been visiting Mrs. Walther 's par- 

 ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hills, formerly 

 of Maywood. The baby narrowly es- 

 caped serious injury when hit by a 

 street car, but has completely recovered. 



Orders for field-grown carnation 

 plants are coming more heavily than 



ever, according to Felix Reichling, of 

 Peter Reinberg's, who says the call for 

 Enchantress and White Perfection has 

 been especially strong. Miss Marguerite 

 McNulty leaves September 2 for a trip 

 on the Great Lakes to Niagara Falls 

 and Buffalo. She will be gone two 

 weeks. 



It has been remarked by Paul Kling- 

 sporn, manager of the Chicago Flower 

 Growers' Association, that the varieties 

 of gladioli that were in little demand 

 last year have the heaviest call this 

 year. Now it is America or Augusta or 

 any good shade of pink. 



John G. Poehlmann, of the Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., is again in his accustomed 

 place after a month 's rest in Michigan. 



According to the Post, of Houston, 

 Tex., the hand-made willow furniture 

 exhibited by the A. L. Randall Co. at 

 the S. A. F. convention has attracted 

 much attention in the display window 

 of the W, C. Munn Co., of Houston. 

 The entire exhibit was purchased by 

 this concern. 



[CoDtlDned on paire 78.] 



