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Avuii. 22, 1915. 



The Ftorists' Review 



27 



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Big Reduction in Prices of Flowers 



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

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

 Richmonds. Graded in specials, good lengths, medium and short stems. Ali skillfully grown, 

 even in quality and carefully handled. 



We have an especially heavy cut of Pink and White Kfllarney, 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. 

 VALLEY, the finest in this market. GREENS of all kinds, including choice Eastern Ferns. 



@ 



.25 @ 



$4.00 



2.50 



1.50 



1.00 



.75 



BEAUTIES 



Extra long 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., 



Killarney Brilliant 1 



Sunburst f extra long 



Bulgarie i medium length . . . 



Hhea Reid : . . . / short length 



Bulgarie, Pink and White Eillarney, 36 



inch 



Richmond ] long stems 6.00 @ 



Pink KiUarney.. >- medium stems 



White Killarney J short stems 



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

 of $20.00 per 1000. j 



$5.00 



PRICE LIST 



CARNATIONS Per lOO 



Red extra fancy Belle Washburn $2.50 @ $3.00 



White fancy 2.50 @ 3.00 



Pinkfancy 2.50 @ 3.00 



Our fancy grade of Carnations in lots of 

 500 or more, our selection, at rate of 

 $20.00 per 1000. 



Cecile Brunner rose buds in bunches of 

 25 bads only 35c per bunch. 



Sweet Peas, according to quality 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 Ferns per 1000, 2.50 



Per 100 



$ 8.00 

 6.00 



3.00 



10.00 

 8.00 

 5.00 

 3.00 



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



THE INOST EVEN RUN OF QUALITY POSSIBLE. 



Bassett & Washburn 



OffIc* and Stor«» 



^r^:;;::; A..... Chicago, ill. 



greenhouses: hinsdale and greggs, ill. 



Long DIstanc* Phonos 



CENTRAL 1457; AUTO^ 47-314 



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Mention The Berlew when yon write. 



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WIETOR BROS. 



BEAUTIES, ROSES AND CARNATIONS 



162 North Wabash Avenue, 



CHICAGO 



MpntloB TTic RgTlfw when yon write. 



enough to encourage the retailers to 

 push it. They are confident the rose 

 has a permanent place between Beauty 

 and Killarney, affording a choice for 

 those who want something better than 

 Killarney and not so costly as Beauty. 

 A new touring car has been purchased 

 by A. L. Vaughan, who may use it on 

 some of his fishing trips this summer. 

 He says that one objection to owning 

 a pleasure car here is that one has to 

 leave the state to find good country 

 roads. 



No trace, as yet, has been found of 

 F. C. Bargholtz, who disappeared April 

 12 while on his way to the bank to 

 make a deposit. The Chicago police 

 have communicated with the police of 

 other cities and outlying towns in the 

 belief that he may have wandered away 

 while suffering a mental aberration. 



Mrs. Flint Kennicott and family will 

 return to Chicago from their winter 

 home in Clearwater, Fla., about May 1. 



At a meeting of the Retail Florists' 

 Association, April 19, samples of flo- 



rists ' supplies were exhibited by vari- 

 ous supply houses, together with a 

 schedule of prices. 



Michael Fink, of the Chicago Flower 

 Growers' Association, has been confined 

 to his bed since April 15 with a se- 

 vere cold, which has threatened to de- 

 velop into something worse. 



As soon as the chill is out of the at- 

 mosphere and the smell of green things 

 is in the air, Philip C. Schupp, of J. A. 

 Budlong's, begins to dream, not of 

 white duck suits and hotel piazzas, but 



