Jdly 3, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



BEAITIES - ROSES 



EXTRA 

 EASTE R 



FANCY 

 LILIES 



ROSES, 



Our Assortment 



In lots of 600 or more 



. . . $20.00 per 1000 



Pink and White Carnations, in lots of 500 or more, 

 at the rate of $10.00 per 1000. 



BUY YOUR STOCK DIRECT OF THE GROWER 



Bassett & Washburn 



Long Distance Phonos: 



CENTRAL 1487 

 AUTOMATIC 47-314 



OFFICE AND STORE: 



131 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



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BEAUTIES 



AND GOOD SHIPPING ROSES 



Batavia Greenhouse Co. 



Or««nlious«i: 



BatevUt, 111. 



L. D. Plione 

 M05 Randolpb 



Stores 30 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



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New York Florists' Club and the Bos- 

 ton Gardeners' and Florists' Club have 

 selected the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. 

 Paul E. R. as their official route from 

 Chicago to Minneapolis for the S. A. F. 

 convention, so as to have the oppor- 

 tunity of joining the local delegation, on 

 its special section of the famous Pio- 

 neer Limited. 



Joseph Trinz states that he is no 

 longer interested in the Art Floral Co., 

 of Columbus. This is Sam Graff's con- 

 cern. 



Tim Matchen says he anticipates Pe- 

 ter Eeinberg will have an unusually 

 good summer this year, having planned 

 an increased rose supply. 



W, J. Smyth and family went to 

 theit cottage at Lake Marie last week 

 to spend the summer. 



Frank Schleiden, of C. W. McKellar 's 

 staff, took part in the Marathon that 

 opened the Olympic games on the lake 

 front. 



E. E. Pieser says that the first six 

 months of this year were the best in 

 the history of Kennicott Bros. Co. 



L. H, Winterson and wife celebrated 

 their ninth wedding anniversary June 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. has placed an 

 order with the H. A. Born Co. for the 

 installation of a refrigerating plant in 

 the city store. Since the recent ad- 

 vance in' the price of ice several of 

 the wholesalers have been thinking of 

 a means to meet the increased, ^^ensfe, 

 but this will be the rfrsf 'Chicago whole- 

 sale cut flower store to cool its storage 

 space by artificial means. This will 



not do away with the need for buying 

 ice, for it is said that on the average 

 the Poehlmann store chops up 1,500 

 pounds of ice each day to pack with 

 outgoing shipments. 



When the sweet peas were played out 

 the Batavia Greenhouse Co. planted gla- 

 diolus bulbs in the bench. They are 

 now being cut. It is a crop from space 

 that otherwise would have been idle. 



The Bohannon-Muir store on Monroe 

 street, between Wabash avenue and 

 State street, has been closed. A sign 

 advises that the business has "removed 

 to 70 East Monroe street." 



The it&h6-x. fot thb ne«r quarters of 

 Zeich & "Mann arrired last week and is 

 in commission. It is 31x8x7 and affords 

 excellent facilities for the storage of 

 the daily receipts of cut flowers. The 



