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NOVBUBEB 1, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1547 



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E are now in the middle of the MUM SEASON* For those of our customers 

 wishing to make a show at their own store we will be pleased to 



GET UP SN EXHIBIT 



of Mums, extra large and showy varieties, at $3.00 per doz. A notice should be sent 

 us a few days in advance. We do not recommend shipping Carnations a long distance 

 this early in the season, as the warm fall has made a soft growth, causing the Carna- 

 tion blooms to ship poorly. 



PRICE LIST 7IS FOLLOWS 



CHRT8ANTHKIIUM8, accordins to size of Per doz. 



flower, white yellow and pink $1.25 to 12.50 



BKAUTIEB— Stems extra long 800 



Stems V4 to 80 inches 2.60 



Stems20incre8 2.00 



Stems 15 inches 1.60 



Stems 12inche8 1.00 



Kalserln, Camot. La Detroit. Bride, Maid, Per 100 

 Liberty, Riolunond, Killamey, Chatenay 



and Perle— A grade. Kood lenttths $8.00 



No. 1 Krade, good lengths 6.00to 6.00 



No.2grade 300to 4.00 



Per 100 

 $12.60 



XASTBRLXLIKS 



LILT OF THK VALLKT, very flne 4.00 to 6.00 



CARNATIONS, all colors 3.00 to 4.00 



ORESNB— Asparagus, heavy per string .60 



Asparagus Sprays per 100 2.00 to 3.00 



Adiantum, extra long ...per 100 1.00 



Smiiax, extra long per doz. strings 1.60 



New Common Ferns per 1000 1.60 



Sprengeri per 100 2.00 



Oalaz Leaves, green or bronze per 1000 1.25 



We grow all the Flowers we sell, so can cut our stock especially 

 to suit the weather conditions or for long distance shipments. 



On orders of $8.00 and over, we malce no char§>e for boxes. 



Bassett & Washburn 



Greenhouses, Hinsdale, III. 



L. D. Phone 

 Central 1457 



Office and Store, 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



Mentlou The Kpvlew when you write. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



The trade has put in a very busy week. 

 The wholesalers had plenty to do, filling 

 orders for both local and shipping trade. 

 A number of large and small weddings, 

 social affairs, and the Foust funeral used 

 up considerable fancy stock. Stock of 

 all kinds was quite plentiful. The retail- 

 ers experienced little trouble in filling 

 their orders. Tte downtown retailers, 

 who do the transient business, report 

 that trade in this line is picking up 

 greatly. Cut flowers are daily becoming 

 better and prices are ranged according to 

 the demand. 



Chrysanthemums are arriving in big 

 lots at all the commission houses. Col. 

 Appleton is fine. We also saw some 

 «xtra fine blooms of T. Eaton, Kobin- 

 fion, Perrin and Yellow Queen. 



Roses have been in good demand, but 

 the mums will crowd them this week. 

 Long Beauties had a good run last week, 

 and the market had a good supply in all 

 grades of the smaller roses. Brides and 

 Ivory had a good call, as did Chatenay. 

 Richmond, too, sold well, but only the 

 fancy stock. Plenty of seconds were sold 

 ■cheap in 1,000 lots. In this way the 

 «ommi8sion-men cleaned up well all of 

 last week. 



Carnations are still in great demand. 

 They are becoming more plentiful, yet 

 the market was cleaned up every morn- 

 ing at good prices. Violets are also 

 cleaned up every morning. These are 

 not 80 plentiful, but the quality becomes 

 better each day. F^ne valley is scarce. 

 <lreerfl arc in iull supply. 



Varioui Notes. 



J. F. Johnson, of J. F. Johnson & Co., 

 Fort Smith, Ark., made the rounds of 

 the trade last week. 



L. N. Van Hook, at Furguson, has 

 taken to growing carnations in addition 

 to violets, and is cutting some nice 

 blooms, also first-class California violets. 

 A new house or two is contemplated for 

 next spring. 



Wm. Edlefsen, of Milwaukee, is here 

 this week to help celebrate the ninety- 

 second birthday anniversary of his 

 mother, who lives here. Mr. Edlefsen is 

 a guest at the house of W. C. Smith, his 

 nephew. 



Henry Braun, late foreman for A. Ja- 

 blonsky, has taken charge of the Klock- 

 enkemper place, which was, as stated in 

 the last issue, leased by Adolph Brix. 

 Mr. Braun is a member of the Florists' 

 Club and has a host of frienas who wish 

 him good luck in his new position, in 

 which he will surely make a success. 



C. Young & Sons Co. has been busy 

 filling bulb orders and has plenty to do 

 in cut flower work. 



Grimm & Gorley's place, at 15 Cass 

 avenue, has an attractive appearance. 

 This firm has a big run of trade in the 

 north end. Mr. Gorley's popularity with 

 the young folks has a great deal to do 

 with the firm's success. 



Dr. A. S. Halsted, president of the 

 St. Clair ±'loral Co., Belleville, called last 

 week. The doctor reports a big sale for 

 his new geranium. Sycamore. His new 

 range of glass has just been completed 

 by Robert Thompson, of St. Louis, who 

 made a fine job of it. Mr. Halsted will 

 visit Chicago during the flower show 



next week. The cut flower season so far 

 in Belleville has been good with all the 

 trade there. 



A. J. Bentzen, of the Bentzen Floral 

 Co., reports that he is cutting a fine lot 

 of Dorner's White Perfection. Mr. Bent- 

 zen says he is ready for his discussion 

 on ' ' Growing Cyclamen ' ' at the club 

 meeting. 



Nick Himmers is bringing in a fine cut 

 of Col. Appleton chrysanthemum. He will 

 have a large and fine crop of T. Eaton 

 soon. He expects to capture some of 

 the club prizes next week. 



George Windier has a fine lot of pot 

 chrysanthemums. He will be looking for 

 some of the club prizes next week. 



Henry Ostertag had a busy time of it 

 on Friday and Saturday, with a big 

 force of extra help working up designs 

 for the Foust funeral. 



At Ellis's the place looks more nat- 

 ural with the boss around again. He 

 was trying to tell a crowd of his friends 

 a banana story the other day, but slipped 

 up on it. 



Will Smith entertained a few friends 

 for dinner at Hotel Peabody last week. 

 The table was nicely decorated with 

 American Beauties and small ferns. 

 Those present were Fred Alves, George 

 Angermueller, W. J. Pilcher and J. J. 

 Beneke. 



The Eggeling Floral Co. is cutting a 

 fine lot of chrysanthemums. They have 

 a new one which they will exhibit at the 

 club meeting next week. 



Frank A. Weber, the nurseryman, for 

 the benefit of the club members at the 

 meeting next week, will answer the ques- 

 tion, "Does it pay to advertise?" 



Don 't forget the big chrysanthemum 



