OCTOBBB 25, 1006. 





The Weekly Fldrkts' Review. 



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CHRYSANTHENUNS 



Large cuts of strictly fancy flowers in all colors. We never had better stock. 



TOUSKT, very*lara:e ,^. $8.00 par doz. 



WUITJE MUMS, aooordlna: to size $S.OO to S.OO per doz. 



YELLOW MUMS, accordlnc to size 3.00 to S.OO per doz. 



PINK BSUMS, accordlnc to size S.OO to S.OO per doz. 



These are lonar steins and perfect toUaco. Small Mums tor all 'wbo -wsit them. 



OUR AMERICAN BEAUTIES r^tt'^'lXZ! 



^^1^ IBtf^CLPCL ^^ ^^^ i^^^ ^^^ extra choice Kaiserin, Camot, Richmond, 



CARNATIONS 



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



we can give you extra choice Kaiserir 



Liberty, Maid, Bride, La Detroit, Chatenay, Killamey, Perle. 



are improving in quality every day but the cut is still 

 short of the demand. We have the new varieties and 

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



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£> IBpPMCl W® have two large houses of ASPARAGUS now in ^ull crop. One 

 "■Cl-'tni^ 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 & Washburn 



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Greenhouses, Hinsdale, III. 



L. D. Phone 

 Central 1437 



and Store, 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



Mention The Review when you write. 



quite satisfactory business in the supply 

 -department as well as in cut flowers. 



Max Beiberg is opening a retail 

 flower store at 276 North Clark street. 



Among the week's visitors were Julius 

 Baer and Charles Jones, of Cincinnati; 

 Miss Amy K. Luffman, on her way back 

 to Spokane, Wash.; H. Ostertag, St. 

 Louis, buying stock. 



CHICAGO PREMIUM LIST. 



The final list of premiums offered by 

 the Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 and the Horticultural Society of Chicago 

 for the joint exhibition at the Coliseum, 

 •Chicago, November 6 to 11, has just been 

 issued. The list of special prizes of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society was published in 

 full in the Review of October 11. The 

 list of premiums offered by the Chicago 

 organization is on the same liberal lines 

 as in the past, the society having estab- 

 lished a refutation for providing more 

 liberal purses than any other similar or- 

 ganization in the country. Indeed, this 

 jear 's list shows a number of substantial 

 increases, notably in roses. For the best 

 100 red roses 35 cents each is offered, 

 25 cents for second and 12 cents for 

 third. Other vases of 100 win $25, $12 

 and $8, while the Beauty premiums re- 

 main at $100, $75, $50 and $25. These 

 sums are duplicated for a second exhibit 

 of Beauties on Friday. • Liberal pre- 

 miums are offered for bride's and 

 bridesmaid's bouquets and the premiums 

 for table decorations are reestablished, 

 with $50, $30 and $20 Thursday. 



The program is as follows: First day, 

 C. S. A. exhibits, chrysanthemums, gen- 

 eral classes; second day, roses, orchids; 



third day, carnations, violets, valley, 

 bouquets; fourth day, private gardeners' 

 classes, new mums and carnations, second 

 display of Beauties, miscellaneous; fifth 

 day, baskets arranged for effect. The 

 show closes Sunday night. 



Copies of the premium list will be 

 mailed upon request, addressed to W. N. 

 Rudd, secretary, 1411 First National 

 Bank building, or to the Review. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business last week was considered 

 good, and continues to improve. Stock 

 of all kinds has been plentiful of late, 

 but demand has been so good for local 

 and shipping trade that the commission- 

 men have cleaned up every day. The 

 bankers' convention last week was re- 

 sponsible for a great deal of extra work 

 requiring fancy stock. Society work 

 among the uptown florists is beginning 

 to come in more steadily, and from now 

 on plenty of this kind of work will be 

 done for weddings, receptions and din- 

 ners. 



Chrysanthemums have greatly im- 

 proved in size and quality, the demand 

 being good. Fancy yellow and white 

 sell well; few pink are in. The market 

 for small roses is somewhat affected by 

 them, but not so with fancy Beauties. 

 These seem in good demand. 



Carnations still are scarce, hardly 

 enough coming in at any of the commis- 

 sion houses to supply the local demand, 

 with more Enchantress than any other. 

 Lily of the valley has a big demand. 



Violets are much better in color and 

 sell well. 



From the above stock the local trade 

 draw daily supplies at fairly good prices 

 for this time of the year. 



Varioitt Note*. 



The oflScers of the St. Louis Florists' 

 Club held a special meeting on Monday 

 night in the parlors of the Hotel Rozier 

 and discussed plans for an interesting 

 meeting of the club next month, when a 

 chrysanthemum show will be held. Talk 

 drifted to a big show for next fall. 

 This matter will be brought before the 

 next meeting of the club. Those pres- 

 ent were President Irish, Vice-President 

 Connon, Secretary Beneke, Treasurer A. 

 J. Bentzen, and the trustees, Carl Beyer, 

 Frank D. Weber and W. C. Smith. 



Henry Ostertag was at Chicago last 

 week. He had the family order for the 

 Tony Faust funeral, which runs into big 

 figures. This funeral will take place 

 October 27. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers had a busy week 

 furnishing cut flowers for the bankers' 

 conventiqn, American Beauties being the 

 principal flowers used. 



Miss Badaracco furnished a violet 

 wedding last week, which was something 

 out of the ordinary, the shower bouquet 

 being made of double violets. 



W. J. Pilcher has started to build a 

 range of houses on his new place at 

 Kirkwood, and by next spring will again 

 be a full-fledgea florist. He will grow 

 stock for this market. 



Adolph Brix has leased the Klocken- 

 kemper place on Mead avenue, and it is 

 said he will have Henry Braun as his 

 grower. Mr. Klockenkemper will retire 



