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April 15, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



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Big Reduction in Prices of Flowers 



All our own growth and guaranteed fresh cut — Packed to arrive in good condition. 

 ROSES: Killarney Brilliant, Sunburst, Bulgarie, Pink and White KiUarney, Rhea Reid and 

 Richmonds. Graded in Bpeciale, good lengths, medium and short stems. All skillfully grown, 

 even in quality and carefully handled. 



We have an especially heavy cut of Pink and White Killarney, all lengths of stem. The color 

 of the pink is very fine. 



BEAUTIES: A choice cut in all lengths of stems. 



CARNATIONS: A fine supply of very fancy quality pink,- white and our extra fancy red Belle 

 Washburn. 



SWEET PEAS: A full crop now being cut of Zvolanek's celebrated orchid-flowering peas. These 

 sell according to length of stem and coloring — 50c to $1.00 per 100. 



TULIPS, all colors, single and double- JONQUILS-PAPER WHITES- VALLEY and GREENS 



— large supply constantly on hand. 



PRICE LIST 



BEAUTIES 



Extra loQg specials per doz., $3.00 @ 



Stems 30 to 36 inch per doz., 2.00 @ 



Stems 24 inch per doz.. 



Stems 15 to 20 inch per doz., 



Shorter lengths per doz., 



EiUarney Brilliant ) 



Sunburst f extra long 



Bulgarie I medium length . . . 



Rhea Reid ' short length 



Bulgarie, Pink and White Killarney, 36 



inch 



Richmond ] long stems 



Pink Killarney.. I- medium stems 6.00 @ 



White Killarney j short stems 



ROSES, our selection, in lots of 500 or more, at rate 

 of $26.00 per 1000. 



$4.00 



2.60 



1.50 



1.00 



.25 @ .75 



Per 100 



$ 8.00 



$5.00 # 6.00 



3.00 



10.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 



CARNATIONS Per lOO 



Red extra fancy Belle Washburn $3.00 



White fancy 3.00 



Pink fancy 3 . 00 



Our fancy grade of Carnations in lots of 

 500 or more, our selection, at rate of 

 $20.00 per 1000. 



Sweet Peas, according to quality $0.50 @ 1 .00 



Lily of the Valley 3.00 @ 4.00 



Asparagus and Sprengeri Sprays 2 . 00 @ 3 . 00 



Galax, Bronze and Green per 1000, 1 . 00 



Choice Eastern Perns per 1000, 2 . 60 



IN BUYING DIRECT OF THE GROWER YOU ARE ASSURED OF FRESH STOCK AT ALL TIMES AND 



THE MOST EVEN RUN OF QUALITY POSSIBLE. 



Bassett & Washburn 



OfffIc* and Stor*, 



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CHICAGO, ILL. 



greenhouses: hinsdale and greggs, ill. 



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beauties, roses and carnations 



162 North Wabash Avenue, 



CHICAGO 



Mention Th* Rerlfw when yoa wrtf . 



-others are planted with grafted stock. 

 It probabiy is the only establishment 

 in America devoted exclusively to this 

 rose, certainly the only one of anything 

 like its size. While maintaining his 

 home at Morton Grove, 111., Guy French 

 spends the week at Union Grove, board- 

 ing with his partner and going home 

 for Sunday. A fire in an old frame 

 building nearby threatened Mr. Salm's 

 residence on a recent midnight, turn- 

 ing to steam the water the partners 

 put on the walls and roof. 



Their china wedding anniversary will 

 be celebrated April 18 by August F. 

 Poehlmann and Mrs. Poehlmann. China 

 is twenty, you know. 



Plans are being made by Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. for the erection of three addi- 

 tional houses, 27x100, to be used as 

 cold houses for the plant department. 

 They will be built on the west end of 

 plant A next to the railroad. 



A new telephone switchboard is to 

 be installed in the office of Kennicott 

 Bros. Co. It will have three incoming 



wires and should greatly facilitate the 

 work of handling telephone orders. 



Wietor Bros, have begun the sea- 

 son's work of replanting, starting, as 

 usual, with Beauties. N. J. Wietor 

 says Sunburst has turned in more 

 money per plant than any rose on the 

 place this season, Hadley and Shawyer 

 the least. The two latter are to bo 

 dropped. 



The police were asked April 13 to 

 search for F, C. Bargholtz, 3916 North 

 Clark street, who disappeared the after- 



