Mai 16, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1987 



MAID 



Special Fancy Stock 

 In extra large supply 



MAID 



A Big Crop 

 Long Stems 



Sweet Peas 



All Colors 

 Very Fine 



A. L. RANDALL CO. 



FHONBS 



Cut Flower Dept., Central 1497 



1496 

 Supply Dept.. " 5614 



A large supply of all other Cut Flowers. If not in receipt of our cut flower price list, mailed frequently, 

 send us a postal-card. We want every buyer in the Chicago market to get our quotations. 



Order Now for Decoration Day, CEMETERY VASES ;;:;S:'::i.5do^;S:SS 



Imported Prepared Cyeu LeaTei, Ctcbs Wreaths, Magnolia Wreaths, Green Hoss Wreaths, French Green Moss, Fresh Green Sheet Moss. 



19=21 RANDOLPH ST. 



CHICAGO 





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Big Crop FINE ROSES 



We grow all the flower* we sell, bo can cnt onr stock especially to suit the weather 



conditions, or long distance shipments. 



PRICE LIST 



Per doz. 



American Beanties, extra long stems 93.00 



'■ " stems 24 to 3D>in.... a.OO 



" " stems 15 to aO-in....$1.00 to l.BO 

 " " shorter stems 50 to .75 



ROSES— White, Pink, Red and Yellow 



▲ grade, lonff and select per lOO, 96. OO to 98.00 



Vo. 1, good average length " 4.00 to 6.00 



Ho. a. medinm and short " a.OO to 8 OO 



Onr selection, Boses, fao.OO per 1000; lots of 500 or 

 over. Jbig'ht colors only. 



CARNATIONS Per lOO 



94.00 



Extra fancy red, Bnohantress and White. 

 Oood Xiawson and White 



3.00 



Baster Iiilles per doz., 91.a5; per 100, $8.0O 



£ily of the Valley " 93.00 to 4.00 



GREENS 



Aspararns String's, heavy per string', 90.5O 



Aspaxag'ns Sprays p0r lOO, $3.00 to 8.0O 



Adiantnm " l.OO 



Sprengeri " a.OO to 3.0O 



Smilax, medinm length per doz. 1.50 



Oalax, bronze per lOOO, 1.50 



Oalax, ffreen " 1.85 



Common Ferns " 3.00 



BASSETT & WASHBURN 



GRKKITHOUBES. 



HINSDALX, ILL. 



Office and Store, 76 Wabasii Avenue, CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ing off beautifully. The estate comprises 

 about 1,000 acres, the mansion standing 

 on the crest of the highest elevatfon. The 

 land is naturally rocky and no attempt 

 at formal gardening has been attempted, 

 but tlie rocks and ravines, with 

 streamlets and ponds, have been utilized 

 for an extensive system of alpine and 

 natural gardening, the winding paths dis- 

 closing fresh objects to excite interest 

 and admiration at every turn. Bulbs of 

 many kinds, trilliuras, dwarf phloxes, 

 hepaticas, mertensias, anemones, ranun- 

 culi, myosotis and other suitable plants 

 are now blooming and will be followed 

 by scores of other varieties, many of 

 which are rare and unique. The collec- 

 tion of coniferae and the greenhouses 

 were later inspected. The latter contain 

 roses, carnations, grapes, peaches and 

 miscellaneous stock. The conservatory 

 attached to the mansion was gay with 

 well grown schizanthus, Canterbury bells, 

 azaleas, herbaceous calceolarias and 

 other seasonable flowers, while near by 

 beds were brilliant with tulips, narcissi 



and hyacinths. General Weld and 

 Thomas Coles, his head gardener, have 

 accomplished splendid results in tlie last 

 few years and still have unbounded scope 

 in which to develop. The party reached 

 Boston on the return trip after a most 

 delightful, interesting and instructive 

 afternoon 's outing. 



Various Notes. 



The next meeting of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club will occur at Horti- 

 cultural hall, on the evening of May 21. 

 In lieu of a regular lecture there will be 

 ten-minute talks by three members of the 

 club, on "Bulbs as Bedding Plants," 

 ' ' Herbace-ous Plants for Bedding Pur- 

 poses, ' ' and * ' Tender Bedding Plants. ' ' 

 There will be interesting exhibits of sea- 

 sonable flowers and other attractions. 



Owing to the unusually cold season, 

 double violets of excellent quality are 

 still arriving in the markets, those from 

 Thomas Pegler, of Wallaston, and South- 

 worth, of West Stoughton, being spe- 

 cially good. 



Trade m bedding plants is late in 

 starting. Some growers have not brought 

 in a plant yet. It looks at this time as 

 though lilac, Darwin and other late-flow- 

 ering tulips. Narcissus poeticus and out- 

 door valley would all be available for 

 Memorial day trade. As a rule they are 

 on the wane at that date. 



Interest in the club picnic is begin- 

 ning to show itself. The married men 

 are this year determined to beat the 

 bachelors at baseball. We hear rumors 

 that the commercial growers, remember- 

 ing last year's experience, have secured 

 an option on a steel hawser to assist in 

 pulling the private gardeners over the 

 picnic grounds. A record entry is prom- 

 ised for the fat men's race. 



Seed merchants report a dragging sea- 

 son, which promises also to be a long 

 one. The unusually cold and danip 

 spring ha.s lessened sales to some cus- 

 tomers, but the aggregate promises to 

 equal last year's, if it does not sur- 

 pass it. 



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