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The Florists' Review 



March 15, 1917. 



BUY DIRECT of the GROWER 



The advantages are fresher stock, more even grades and the best methods of handling stock, vvrhich large growers 

 are able to maintain. 



American Beauties 



PRICE 



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 



Rhea Reid 



Richmond 



Ophelia 



Shawyer 



Sunburst 



Per 100 



'Extra long ... $10.00 



>Good medium $6.00 @ 8.00 



I Good short 4.00 @ 5.00 



LIST 



Cecile Brunner Bunch of 25 buds, 50c 



Baby Doll Bunch of 25 buds, 25c 



Russells— 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 



Pink Killarney 

 White KUlarney 

 Killarney Brilliant 



Assorted Roses, our selection, in lots of 200 or 

 more, at the itite of $3.00 per 100. 



Extra long . . . 

 Good medium . 

 Good short . . . 



Per 100 



$8.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 



CARNATIONS— Very fancy stock, all colors, per 100, $4.00. 



BULBOUS STOCK 



Paper Whites per 100, 



Jonquils and Daffodils per 100, 



VALLEY per 100, 



Tulips, all colors per 100, 



$3.00 



2.00 



6.00 



$2.00@ 3.00 



GREENS 



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

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



Choice Easter Ferns per 1000, 3.00 @ 3.50 



ALL SEASONABLE FLOWERS AT MARKET PRICES. 



BASSETT & WASHBURN 



Offica and Stora, 



178 N. Wabash Avanua 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Long DIstanca Phona 



Cantral 1487 



GREENHOUSES, HINSDALE AND GREGGS. ILL. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



staff of Wertheimer Bros., New York, 

 with whom he was associated for many 

 years prior to his connection with the 

 American Bulb Co. 



It has been decided that Meyer & 

 Dramm Co., Elmhurst, will proceed at 

 once with the erection of another large 

 house, which will afford an increase of 

 twenty-five per cent in the space for 

 roses. 



With the resignation of Guy Fridley, 

 the Chicago Feed & Fertilizer Co. an- 

 nounces the appointment of H. E. 

 Humiston as manager of the florists' 

 and gardeners' fertilizer department. 

 Mr. Humiston has been the company's 

 fipecial representative during the last 

 year and is at the St. Louis flower show 

 in its interest this week. 



Darwin tulips have been one of Sam 

 Pearce 's specialties this spring and they 

 have proved highly successful. His sales 

 agent, the E. C. Amling Co., says that, 

 once used, the better class of retailers 

 find them indispensable. 



The establishment of Krowka Bros., 

 full of chrysanthemums in the autumn, 

 now is filled with lilies in course of fin- 

 ishing for Easter. 



C. J. Michelsen, of the E. C. Amling 

 Co., plans a look in at the St. Louis 

 spring flower show the latter part of 

 the week. 



There was a silver wedding celebra- 

 tion at Morton Grove March 10, at the 

 home of Adolph Poehlmann and Mrs. 

 Poehlmann. 



Among the Chicago concerns making 

 trade exhibits at the St. Louis flower 

 show this week is the John C. Moninger 

 Co. 



C. L. Washburn, of Bassett & Wash- 



Sweet Peas, Bulb Stock and Roses 



PRICES ARE DOWN TO NORMAL 



St. Patrick's Green Dye 50c and $1.00 per package 



ROSES 



Killarneys, Sunbursts (3c to 8c 



Milady, Russell, Ophelias.. . .Gc to 12c 



CARNATIONS 



Fancy Carnations 3c 



Good Carnations 2i^c 



Split Carnations li^c 



No consignments solicited. 



BULB STOCK 



Tulips, Jonquils, Narcissi.. .2^c to 3c 

 Yellow Narcissi 3c 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Peas per 100, 35c to $1.00 



Local Violets. 50c 



California Violets $1.50 



Lilies ICc to 12c 



Ferns 1000, 3.50 



We close at 6:00 p. m. 



T. J. NOLL & CO. 



1109 Grand Avenue, 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



Mention The Teylew when you write. 



burn, says that the sale of rose plants 

 this year is the largest that he ever ex- 

 perienced. He attributes this to the 

 change from carnations to roses being 

 made by so many growers. 



According to E. J. Parker, of the Na- 

 tional Plant & Flower Co., 1249 West 



Sixty-first street, the company will have 

 over 10,000 lilies for Easter and 60,000 

 geraniums for spring trade. 



There has been a for rent sign on the 

 rooms of Charles Schneider, 32 West 

 Washington street, perhaps because the 

 tenant that draws the people past thf 



