OCTOBBB 18, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1415 



..CHRYSANTHEMUMS.. 



FOR OCTOBER. We have 40,000 plants of Mums, mostly grown to single stems, ready as follows: 



TOUSXT, very larc* $4.00 p«r doz. 



WHITE MUMS, flowers 4 to Irnob** In diameter t>.50 to S.OO per doz. 



YELLOW MUMS, flowers 4 to Inches In diameter 2.00 to 8.00 per doz. 



PINK MUMS, flowers 4 to Inches In diameter, ready by October 20 8.00 per doz. 



These are lona: stems and perfect follase. No small Mums ready before the 25th. 



OUR AMERICAN BEAUTIES rn^'^ilr'"' 





and 



we average a cut of 3,000 per day. All lengths of stems. 



^^1^ ^^CkCLFd ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ y^^ extra choice Kaiserin, Carnot, Richmond, 

 ^-^»^ iCl-r^L^ Liberty, Maid, Bride, La Detroit, Chatenay, Killamey, Perle. 



J> M DIUXT^Itf^lSI^ ^^^ improving in quality every day but the cut is still 



^^^■^'^^^ ■ 11^ 1^'^ short of the demand. We have the new varieties and 



- the best of the standard fancies. Our Carnations are the finest in the market. 



^> ■^■?M7|mc^ We have two large houses of ASPARAGUS now in full crop. One 

 "■^^^'^^ large house of SMILAX containing 12,000 plants. Four houses 

 of SPRENGERI and two houses of ADIANTUM. These are all in the best 

 possible condition. With shipping facilities the best in the West, we feel confi- 

 dent you can be best satisfied by buying direct of a grower such as ourselves. 

 No charge for boxes or packing on any order of $2.00 or more. 



Bassett & Washbiirh 



Greenhouses, Hinsdale, III. 



L. D. Phone 

 Central 1457 



Office and Store, 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



Mention The Review when you write. 



made it interesting to all the members. 



The club voted to oppose the holding 

 of the S. A. F. meeting in the fall of 

 the year. The consensus of opinion was 

 that August is the best month to hold 

 the meetings. 



Three questions from the box brought 

 out a brisk discussion: "Are asters 

 grown for cut flowers aroiad the cityt" 

 "Are dahlias grown around the city for 

 cut flowers?" "Does it pay to grow 

 high grade flowers for this market!" 

 All the members took part in answering. 



For the next meeting Harry Young 

 is down for a discussion on poinsettias, 

 and A. J. Bentzen will lead a discussion 

 on cyclamens. 



James W. Dunford spoke on flower 

 shows. This will be taken up at the 

 next meeting, and the chances are good 

 for the club to hold a big show next 

 fall. 



The next meeting will take place 

 Thursday afternoon, November 8, at 2 

 p. m. 



Varioos Notes. 



Frank M. Ellis, who has been in Pan- 

 ama the past eight months, has re- 

 turned. He reports that he had a good 

 time, and that his plantation is a money- 

 maker. 



Charles Kuehn reports American 

 Beauties as plentiful, but sales irregu- 

 lar. One day, heavy demand; the next, 

 hardly any. 



Wm. Kalisch & Sons are making a nice 

 display of cut stock and plants in their 

 attractive show house at Delmar and 

 Taylor avenue. 



The Ellison Floral Co. is doing a nice 

 business a^ its new stand, Olive and 



Taylor streets. It has the big banquet 

 of the bankers' association this week, 

 and is making a model of the U. S. 

 treasury in flowers. 



It is said that quite a large delegation 

 of local florists will visit Chicago dur- 

 ing the flower show next month. 



Hugo Gross, one of our prominent 

 Kirkwood growers, reports that he will 

 build several more houses next spring. 

 He already has a large range of glass, 

 from which he is cutting fine stock for 

 this market. 



The force at Berning's reports a 

 steady increase in shipping orders, also 

 good local demand. 



F. W. Ude, Jr., of Kirkwood, reports 

 his stock of carnations and violets in 

 fine shape for winter. 



George Angermueller handled a fine 

 lot of fancy roses last week. 



Schray's new canna, Superior, has 

 done well this year and the demand for 

 it has been quite lively. 



Fred Foster showed some of his fine 

 equine stock at the horse show last week 

 and walked off with some of the prize 

 money. 



W. C. Smith & Co. have experienced 

 a strong demand for kentias and other 

 palms, also Boston ferns. J. J. B. 



Gardner, Mass.— A. F. Johnson, who 

 recently disposed of his business here, 

 has entered the employ of M. B. King- 

 man, at Amherst. 



BiCHMOND, Ind. — The new west side 

 plant of the E. G. Hill Co. is complete 

 and fully occupied. Carnations occupy 

 all but one house, devoted to sweet peas. 

 The range contains 100,000 feet of glass. 



FORT SMITH, ARK. 



The lady managers of Belle Point hos- 

 pital will hold their fourth annual chry- 

 santhemum flower show November 8 

 to 10. 



Many improvements have been made 

 among our florists. J. F. Johnson & 

 Co. have added one house, giving them 

 now about 9,000 square feet. Cut flow- 

 ers and plants are grown. 



C. J. Brockman has opened a flower 

 store in connection with the Monumental 

 Cut Stone & Tombstone Co. It would 

 seem that they should succeed together. 



About October 20 A. A. Pantet & Co. 

 will open an oflBce in town in charge of 

 Will Germann, where the output of their 

 greenhouses will be handled. This firm 

 has added three rose houses 20x125 and 

 has bought material for six more build- 

 ings next spring. They are entering the 

 wholesale field. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market 



Business last week could be no more 

 than expected, everyone getting a share. 

 Society was out in full blast, and con- 

 siderable wedding and funeral work was 

 to be had at fair prices. In the coun- 

 try the mercury hovered around the 30- 

 degree mark, and before the sun gained 

 much headway a frail surface of ice 

 formed. The flowers of the less hardy 

 varieties, which were exposed to the 

 chilly air of the early morning, were all 

 nipped and blackened. Lexington mar- 

 ket looked its worst Saturday. Very 

 few flowers were to be found. Some of 



