Mabch 8. 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



33 



BIG DROP in ROSE PRICES! 



ROSES, our selection, in lots of 200 or more, $3.00 per 100 



LIST 



Cecile Brunner Bunch of 25 buds, 50c 



Baby Doll Bunch of 25 buds, 25c 



RusselU — the best in this market 



Per doz. 



Specials, extra long $2.50 



Long 2.00 



Good medium $1.00 @ 1.50 



Good short 50 .75 



PRICE 



American Beauties 



Our cut consists mostly of medium and shorter 

 length stems, but very fine flowers. 



Per doz. 

 Extra specials, extra long stems . . . $6.00 @ $8.00 



Stems 30 inches 4.00 @ 5.00 



Stems 18 to 24 inches 2.00 @ 3.00 



Stems 12 to 18 inches 1.00 @ 1.50 



Shorter lengths 50 @ .75 



RheaReid^ PerlOO 



Richmond f Extra long $10.00 



Ophelia >Good medium $6.00 @ 8.00 



Shawyer I Good short 4.00 @ 5.00 



Sunburst / 



Extra long . . , 

 Good medium. 

 Good short . ; . 



Per 100 



Pink KiUarney 

 White KUlarney 

 KiUarney Brilliant 



Assorted Rosep, our selection, in lots of 200 or 

 more, at the *te of $3.00 per 100. 



$8.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 



CARNATIONS— Note these low prices— All colors, per 100, $3.00 @ $4.00 



WHITE CARNATIONS 



BULBOUS STOCK 



Paper Whites per 100, 



Jonquils and Daffodils per 100, 



VALLEY per 100, 



FOR ST. PATRICK'S 



DAY, $5.00 



GREENS 



per lOO 



$3.00 



2.00 



6.00 



Tulips, all colors per 100, $2.00@ 3.00 



ALL SEASONABLE FLOWERS AT MARKET PRICES. 



Asparagus and Sprengeri, per 100, $3.00 @ $4.00 

 Galax, green or bronze. . .per 1000, 1.25 



Choice oommon Ferns . . . per 1000, 3.50 



BASSETT & WASHBURN 



Offfic* and Store, 



178 N. Wabash Avsnuo 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Long DIstanco Phono 



Control 1487 



GREENHOUSES, HINSDALE AND QREGGS. ILL. 



Mention The Raylew when yon write. 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



A Special Invitation 



|HE first going-it-alone show of our National Rose Society will be held in the 

 First Regiment Armory, Broad and Callowhill Streets, Philadelphia, March 20, 

 21, 22 and 23. The Philadelphia retail florists are taking hold of this show as 

 they never have done before. We strongly advise ail our friends to come to 

 Philadelphia during show week. Our store at Twelfth and Arch Streets is very near the 

 armory where the show will be held. Come to us — we will do all we can to make your 

 visit to the City of Brotherly Love a pleasant one. Cordially yours, 



Arch Streot, PHILADELPHIA^ PA. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Whites are also good sellers. Among 

 the plants in the market are Pink Pearl 

 rhododendrons, lilacs, mountain laurel, 

 almond and crab apple. Bulbous stock 

 is plentiful and moves easily. 



Various Notes. 



"Shade Trees; Their Condition and 

 Their Most Important Enemies," was 

 the subject of a lecture given at the 

 Eastman building, University of Eoches- 

 ter, by George A. Franck, February 26. 

 About 100 specimens of insects were 

 shown. The speaker said the most dan- 



gerous enemy was man, who frequently 

 neglected the trees. 



Among recent visitors were J. W. 

 Brady, of Orchard Park, N. Y.; Milton 

 Selinka, of Schloss Bros., New York; 

 James Bates, of Oakfield, N. Y. 



The Aster Candy & Flower Store re- 

 ports good business at this time. The 

 management has been featuring violet 

 and jonquil specials during the week. 



At the monthly meeting of the Roch- 

 ester Florists' Association, which will 

 be held March 12, several important 

 topics will be discussed, among them 



ROCHELLE 



Paper Pots and Dirt Bands. 8«e pace IZO. 



the all-important one of Sunday closing. 

 It is a question that concerns grower as 

 well as retailer, and the secretary re- 

 quests a good attendance on that eve- 

 ning. 



Ambrose H. Seeker has been spending 

 a month at the University of Cornell, 

 where he has been making a special 

 study of propagation, etc. He returns 



