Dkcembeb 31, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



27 



BEAUTIES - CARNATIONS 



ROSES 



Finest stock grown in this vicinity in quality. You need this 

 stock to please your trade. Buy direct from the grower and you 

 will always be best taken care of. We sell only the flowers we 

 grow and guarantee them to arrive in good condition. 



—CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BEAUTIES 



Specials, stems 48 in. and over, per doz., $4.00 



36-inch stems per doz., 3.00 



30-inch stems per doz., 2.60 



24-inch stems per doz., 2.00 



12 to 18-inch stems per doz., $1.00 @ 1.50 



SUNBURST, BUIiGARIE, RHEA REID AND 

 MHiADY 



Specials, extra long stems per 100, $10.00 @ $12.00 



Mediums, stems 10 to 16-inch. . .per 100, 8.00 



Shorter stems per 100, 6.00 



RICHMOND, PINK AND WHITE KILLARNEY, 

 HILIilNGDON AND KILLARNEY BRILLIANT 



Specials, extra long stems per 100, $8.00 @ $10 00 



Medium lengths per 100. 6.00 



Short length stems per 100, 4.00 



ROSES 



Our selection, in lots of 300 or more per 100, $3.00 



CARNATIONS 



Fancy red, very choice per 100, $ 4.00 



Fancy dark pink, very choiccper 100, 4.00 



Fancy light pink, very choiccper 100, $3.00 @ 4.00 



Fancy white, very choice per 100, 3.00 @ 4.00 



Easter Lilies per 100, 15.00 



Lily of the Valley per 100, 3.00 



Narcissus Paper Whites ' per 100, 3.00 



Asparagus and Sprengeri 

 Sprays per 100,. 2.00 @ 3.00 



Best Eastern Ferns per 1000, 2.00 @ 2.50 



Galax Leaves, green or 



bronze per 1000, 1.00 



BUY YOUR FLOWERS DIRECT OF THE GROWER 



Bassett & Washburn 



Offfle* and Stor«, 



iSS N. Wabash Avanua 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



greenhouses: hinsdale and greggs, ill. 



Long Dlatanc* Phonas 



CENTRAL 1457; AUTO^ 47-314 



Mention Th» RcTlew whpn yon write. 



BilLWAUKEE, WIS. 



The Market. 



On the whole, Christmas business was 

 not at all satisfactory. Prices were 

 largely responsible for the slump, as 

 the quantity of stock moved was as 

 large as, if not larger than last year 's, 

 but the total sales were not nearly up 

 to what they should have been. 



Every florist seems to agree that cut 

 flowers did not move as well as they 

 should. Plants, however, sold excep- 

 tionally well and were in excellent shape. 

 The loss, therefore, was at the cut 

 flower end of the business, as wreaths, 

 ruscus and other decorative stock sold 

 readily. On Monday and Tuesday the 

 market showed a lot of poor stock, for 

 which there was practically no call, 

 while the demand was heavy for first- 

 class stock at good prices for long dis- 

 tance shipments. Taking the whole 

 week into consideration, stock in gen- 



eral cleaned up fairly well and little 

 was held over. 



Carnations were good the latter part 

 of the week, but were far cheaper than 

 last year. Owing to the quantity of 

 poor stock received early in the week, 

 the ice boxes were overloaded until 

 Thursday, when the demand became so 

 great that it was necessary to use some 

 old stock to fill all orders. / 



Roses were fine and sold well. There 

 was surely no shortage, as had been 

 predicted, but as the sales were heavy, 

 they were cleaned up fairly well. There 

 was an enormous demand for Mrs. Chas. 

 Russell roses, especially the long-stem- 

 med stock, which was so fine that it 

 put American Beauties in the back- 

 ground and made the prices on Beauties 

 drop accordingly. Russells were sold as 

 high as $7.50 per dozen and the stock 

 was well worth the price. 



Wisconsin-grown violets were prac- 

 tically the only thing on the market in 

 which there was a shortage. Stock was 



scarce, but fine, and as there was a 

 wonderful demand, the stock brought 

 exceptionally good prices. 



All good stock, of every description, 

 was pretty well cleaned out Thursday 

 evening, and with the quantity of stock 

 disposed of, had prices been what they 

 should, the Christmas business would 

 have shown up much better than last 

 year's. H.J.S. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Christmas, from the wholesale cut 

 flower standpoint, will go on record as 

 the least profitable in history. Never 

 were prices so low, and stock never 

 was so abundant. Who ever heard of 

 violets the day after Christmas selling 

 at 35 cents per hundred in the New 

 York market, or lilies at 4 cents each, 

 orchids at 25 cents each and carnations 

 at $10 per thousand f 



Roses were the backbone of the en- 



