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Anil. 29. 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



33 



Reduction in Prices oi Flowers 



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



ROSES: Killarney Brilliant, Sunburst, Bulflrarie, Pink and White Killarney, Rhea Reid and 

 Richmonds. All skillfully grown, even in quality and carefully handled. 



BEAUTIES: A choiee cut in all lengths of stems. Our grade of extra long seconds make a fine 

 showing for either funeral sprays or large decorative work, and the price is very low — $8.C0 per 100. 



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 75c per 100. 



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



PRICE LIST 



BEAUTIES 



Extra long specials per doz., $3 . 00 



Extra loag seconds, in lots of 50 



or more per doz., 1.00 



Stems 30 to 36 inch per doz., 2.00 



Stems 24 inch per doz., 1.50 



Stems 15 to 20 inch per doz., 1 .00 



Shorter lengths per doz., $0.25 @ .75 



Killarney BriUiant ) Per 100 



Sunburst C extra long $ 8 .00 



Bulgarie \ medium length ... $5 .00 @ 6,00 



Rhea Reid ' short length 3.00 



Richmond "i long stems 6.00 @ 8.00 



Pink Killarney . . > medium stems 5 . 00 



White Killarney j short stems 3.00 



ROSES, our selection, in lots of 300 or more, at rate 

 of $20.00 per 1000. 



CARNATIONS 



Carnations for Mothers' Day, all colors 



(in effect May 6) 



Red extra fancy Belle Washburn .... $2.50 



White fancy 2.50 



Pink fancy 2.50 



Our fancy grade of Carnations in lots of 

 300 or more, our selection, at rate of 

 $20.00 per 1000. 



Cecile Brunner rose buds in bunches of 

 25 buds only 25c per bunch. 



Sweet Peas, according to quality 50 



Lily of the Valley 3.00 



Asparagus and Sprengeri Sprays 2 . 00 



Galax, Bronze and Green . .per 1000, 



Choice Eastern Ferns per 1000, 



Per 100 



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$5.00 

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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 



Offi«« and Store, 



Ti; N-r,;::::. «v.... Chicago, ill. 



greenhouses: hinsdale and greggs, ill. 



Long Dlstanco Phonos 



CENTRAL 1457; AUTO^ 47-314 



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MmtloB Tb* BerlOTT when yog write. 



Special Offer on High-grade Magnolia Leaves 



Th. »oN^o^«.°^^/i;„., Green and Brown, $1.00 per Carton 



Let your orders come early Prompt Delivery No Delay 



H. BAYERSDORf ER & CO., 1129 Areh St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



There were a score of florists in the 

 crowd. 



The rise in real estate values at Wil- 

 mette,_ which is attracting considerable 

 attention, promises to make the Pyfer 

 • Olsem investment a fine one. They 

 have ten acres of land surrounding the 

 greenhouses. 



The replanting operations at Peter 

 Beinberg's have marked the passing of 

 the Mrs. Ward rose. Sunburst now is 

 the sole reliance for yellow. All the 

 carnation plants were in the field April 

 23, an unusually early date. 



Erection has begun on the two new 

 Foley houses that will constitute Frank 

 Schramm's fresh start in business at 



Mention The ReTlrir when yon 'prlte. 



Crystal Lake, fifty miles northwest of 

 the city. 



It is reported that the police are not 

 now the ones who are most concerned 

 over the recent disappearance of F. C. 

 Bargholtz. 



Peter Eeinberg appeared last week 

 as the seller in an interesting transac- 

 tion in vacant property northwest of 

 town. He sold a tract at the north- 

 west corner of Devon and Sacramento 

 avenues, extended, 505.8x1,328.42 feet, 

 for an indicated consideration of 

 $22,500. 



One of the week's visitors to this 

 summer resort is E. G. Hill, of Rich- 

 mond, Ind. 



Charles Balluff ,of Indianoplis, has 

 been visiting his sister on the south 

 side. Mr. Balluff formerly was em- 

 ployed by the Hill Floral Co. 



WASHINGTON, D. 0. 



The Market. 



The season's glut of flowers of all 

 varieties seems to be about over, al- 

 though there was an oversupply of 

 American Beauty roses last week. Th« 

 weather has been exceptionally warm 

 and the roses now coming along are 

 much smaller. Killarney seems to be 

 getting poor and is being superseded 



