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The Florists^ Review 



Sbptehbbr 4, 1913. 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BEAUTIBS 



36 to 48-Inch $2.60 



24 to 30-lnch 1.60 



18 to 24-lnch 1.26 



16 to 18-iDCb 1.00 



12 to 16-lnch 76 



8 to 12-lnch ;.... 



ROSES 



Rlchmonda $3.00 @ $ 8.00 



BEAUTIES 



Our supply of Beauties is fully equal to 

 any demand, and if you are not getting 

 what you want in the way of quality or 

 quantity, let us have your order. We 

 are strong on all roses. 



FANCY ASTERS 



The Asters we are, shipping are of 

 unusually fine quality — big full blooms 

 that are hard to find at this time of the 

 year. Both long and short stems, accord- 

 ing to your needs. 



GREENS OF ALL KINDS 



A. L VAUGHAN & CO.,""m n.wabash avehue, CHICAGO 



Klllarney , white, pink 3.U0 ( 



My Maryland 3.00 i 



Bulgarle 3.00 m 



Sunburst 3.00 @ 



Mrs. Aaron Ward 3.00 6) 



Roses, our selection 



Extra longr. fancy 



MI8CELI.ANEOUS 

 ASTERS, fancy 



'* common 1.0O(q) 



CARNATIONS 100^ 



Gladioli, Augusta 2.00 @ 



" ADierica 2.00 @ 



Mrs. F. KlDK 2.00® 



" Assorted, not named. 



Daisies, Shasta 



HarrlsU LlUcs 



Valley 3.00 i 



Adtantuin 76 i 



Asparagus Strings, cacli, 60c@60c 



" Bunches, " 25c@60f 



Sprengerl " " 26c@60c 



Smllax per doz., $2.00 



Qalax, green per 1000, 1.00 



bronze " 1.50 



Ferns '* 1.60 



Leucothoe " 6.(0 .76 



Subject to change without notice. Store open 

 7.30 a. m. to 6 p. m. Sundays and holidays close 

 at noon. I 



8.00 

 S.OO 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 2.00 

 8.00 



3.00 

 2.00 

 1.60 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 1.00 

 1.50 

 12.60 

 4.00 

 1.00 



Phones: CENTRAL 2571-2572 



vi»-ntion Tb« Rerlew when yon writ*. 



there were one or two entries of car- 

 nations and gladioli. 



A new ice-box has been put into use 

 at the Bassett & Washburn store, to 

 handle the shipping stock. The extra 

 cut from the new houses has made it 

 necesjsary to increase the store fa- 

 cilities. 



Among the out-of-town visitors who 

 were on the market last week was John 

 T. Buckbee, of Eockford. He was here 

 on business connected with the firm's 

 fieed catalogue. He reports a big plant- 

 ing of mums this year and says they 

 will be cutting heavily by the end of 

 the month. The stock will be con- 

 .■signed to A. L. Vaughan & Co. 



John Kruchten was in Milwaukee 

 August 31 and Labor day. The trip 

 was made via automobile and was 

 greatly enjoyed, as it was his first ex- 

 tended trip since his machine was de- 

 livered this spring. 



Mrs. W, E. Horton, of Bassett & 

 Washburn's oflSce force, started on a 

 vacation trip up the lakes this week 

 on the new S. S. North American. 



P. C. Wright, of the Poehlmann city 

 store staff, is sporting a handsome 

 watch and fob as the result of a birth- 

 day anniversary last week. 



Eric Johnson, of the Kandall cut 

 flower department, spent Labor day, 

 and the two days preceding, automo- 

 biling with a friend. 



A. Miller and Guy Reburn are back 

 from the Minneapolis convention and 

 are helping out at the A. Henderson 

 & Co. headquarters, where things have 

 been busy since the arrival of the fall 

 bulbs. 



The West End Floral Co. had an 

 order this week from the west park 



Everything in Seasonable 



CUT FLOWERS 



Quality the best procurable 

 CHICAGO CARNATION CO. 



A. T. PYFER. Manasar. 

 30 E. Randolph Street, 



TELEPHONE CENTRAL 3S73 



CHICACIO 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



board for a large standing wreath of 

 American Beauties and lilies of the 

 valley that went to Mr. Anda, a mem- 

 ber of the board, whose wife died 

 September 1. 



E. J. Fancourt, of the Pennock-Mee- 

 lian Co., Philadelphia, was in town over 

 the holiday. 



Adam Heim, the Connersville carna- 

 tion support and rose stake man, is 

 calling on growers in this vicinity. 



William Kidwell and his son are 

 back from Eagle Lake, Mich., where 

 they spent five weeks resorting. Mr. 

 Kidwell owns a large resort hotel there 

 and says it has been one of the best 

 seasons since the hotel was opened. 



The ofiicial weather record shows Au- 

 gust was not a bad month for the 

 gro;wers. The mean temperature was 

 less than 3 degrees above normal and 

 there was 4.06 inches of rain, the nor- 

 mal being 2.88 inches. The sun shone 

 on an average of nine hours and twelve 



minutes each day, being sixty-seven 

 per cent of the possible duration of 

 sunshine. Usually in August the sun 

 is unobscured sixty-nine per cent of the 

 time. 



F. F. Benthey, who has charge of 

 the roses at Kvle & Foerster's, is again 

 on the job after a vacation spent at 

 New Castle, Ind., where he and his son 

 conduct a large range of rose houses. 



Harry Papworth, of New Orleans, 

 was confined to his room at the Sher- 

 man House, with a slight illness last 

 week while en route home from the 

 S. A. F. convention. 



William Homberg, with J. A. Bud- 

 long, is back from his vacation. 



Charles J. Wachendorff, of Wachen- 

 dorff Bros., Atlanta, Ga., was a caller 

 at The Eeview office last week while in 

 town on a vacation trip. 



The Weiss & Meyer Co., Maywood, 

 cut its first Beauties 'August 30. This 

 is a new establishment, consisting of 



