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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Announcenient 



PBOME and see our new Greenhouses. Our stock of American 

 IB Beauties is way ahead in quality of any other now in the market* 

 Our Kaiserins and Carnots cannot be beaten. Chatenay that 

 are exceptionally fine. Richmond and Liberty, choice flowers and long 

 stemmed. La Detroit will open your eyes. It is much improved over 

 last season. The Maids and Brides will be along by November, just 

 when wanted and Carnations and Chrysanthemums too, all the latest 

 varieties — lots of them. Besides large house of Greens, etc. Every- 

 body invited to call and see the goods. 



Bassett & Washburn 



Office amd Store, 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



Hinsdale, III. 



MHiitlnn The Hevlpw when yon write. 



annual reports, which showed that the 

 affairs of the club, financial and other- 

 wise, were in a flourishing and vigorous 

 condition. 



Mr. Zuger, florist in the department 

 of public parks, was awarded a certificate 

 of merit for a new seedling begonia. 

 This novelty is the result of a cross be- 

 tween B. Erfordii and B. Bijou; foliage 

 bright yellow; habit neat and compact; 

 height six inches. It stands the sun well 

 iind promises to be a valuable addition 

 to the list of dwarf bedding varieties. 



A. C. 



TOLEDO, OHIO. 



A Visit to Sylvania. 



After seeing the nice display of dah- 

 lias made by Mr. Cushmann at our last 

 <-lub meeting the writer made up his 

 mind to see the home of these fancy flow- 

 ers. He received a genial greeting from 

 the proprietor and, while being shown 

 about the dahlia fields, was given a sam- 

 I»le of about every variety that was in 

 bloom at the time and became so loaded 

 <lown that he had to share his burden 

 on the interurban car with all the lady 

 passengers. 



About four acres of dahlias are in full 

 bloom, half of this area being covered 

 by tents made out of tobacco cloth. 

 About twenty acres of gladioli and quite 

 H space of peonies and other hardy stuff 

 complete the plantation of this season. 



Local Notes. 



At George Bayer's about 50,000 mums 

 are attending strictly to business and 

 are locking fine. One-half of his houses, 



750 feet long, is planted to mums and 

 the other half to carnations. Of the lat- 

 ter he grows all the principal varieties 

 and always tries the new ones. He al- 

 ways has a batch of his own seedlings 

 on trial. The carnations are beginning 

 to crop nicely, but with short stems as 

 yet. 



At Suder's they are not yet quite in 

 shape for the winter, as they repaired 

 and reglazed all the old houses on their 

 Cherry street place, but the mums and 

 carnations are looking fine and E. Suder 

 reports business as being first rate. Mrs. 

 H. Suder thinks she ought to quit busi- 

 ness because she cannot get the right kind 

 of help, but as she hustles as much as 

 any two or three common people it will 

 be a good many years before she really 

 mil quit. 



T. N. Keller, of the bay shore, is 

 hustling his two new houses along in 

 good shape. He brought in some of the 

 best asters seen in this market and was 

 not troubled vei;y much with the black 

 aster beetle. He thinks that a large 

 flock of his neighbor's ducks and chick- 

 ens took care of them. 



Rode Bros., of Bowling Green, are hav- 

 ing their share "of trouble. "While re- 

 building their old houses Erick Rode was 

 taken sick with typhoid fever and after 

 four weeks of this is just out of danger. 

 Of course the work on the new houses is 

 a little behind, but with the favorable 

 weather we are having things are coming 

 their way anyhow. 



Our next club meeting will be held at 

 the club room in Liberty hall on October 

 18. If any one has anything new to 

 show he should advise our secretary, S. 

 N. Peck. E. A. K. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



Although business was rather quiet the 

 past week, stock kept pretty well on the 

 move. Asters are a thing of the past 

 and with chrysanthemums still very 

 scarce, carnations are selling at a good 

 price. A few violets found their way 

 into the market this week, but they are 

 still very poor. 



The weather the past week was any- 

 thing but favorable to start business, be- 

 ing very warm, but all are hoping for a 

 cool spell to come soon and start the par- 

 ties and receptions. 



Various Notes. 



i George A. Rackham has an elegant lot 

 I of cyclamens. 



Ed Beard reports everything doing 

 fine, even the baby, which is already fol- 

 lowing in the footsteps of its father by 

 being a good "grower," having gained 

 two pounds in a week. 



Schroeter was very busy the past week 

 with a large store decoration, using hun- 

 dreds of Beauties, roses and carnations, 

 as well as a number of car-loada of 

 palms and baskets. 



Sullivan was very busy Sunday with a 

 decoration in the millinery department of 

 one of our largest stores. 



Robert Flowerday, Jr., is again back 

 in Detroit, having given up his position 

 in St. Louis. 



The Detroit Florists' Club's bowling 

 team has accepted a challenge from the 

 West Side Club's bowling team to play 

 Thursday, October 5. The florists will 

 be represented by Wm. Dilger, Frank 



