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August 1, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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OUR SPECIALTY 



Hot Weather Flowers 



We are the recognized headquarters for SUMMER ROSES and BEAUTIES; 

 also LILIES* Our plants axe grown in solid benches. We are now cutting 2000 roses 

 per day each of KAISERIN and KILLARNEY9 besides large quantities of the 

 other roses. Buy your flowers direct of the grower and save rehandling in hot weather. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz. 



Extra loDK stems $2.00 



Stems 20 inches 1.60 



Stems 16 inches 1.00 



Shorterstems $0.60to .76 



Rosea, Brides, Maids, Red and Yellow per 100 



A Rrade, long: $5.00 



No. 1 grade, good average length 4.00 



No. 2 grade, medium and short $2.00 to 3.00 



SUMMER ROSES 



Kalsarln, Carnot, £» Detroit and Killamey 



A grade, long and select 



No. 1 grade, good average length $4.00 to 



No. 2 grade, medium and short 2.00 to 



CARNATIONS. All colors 



VA&LBT 



▲UBATUM liXZiIBB 



BASTBB &ZLXBB, large and fine 



ABTBB8, allcolors l.OOto 



PerlOO 



$6.00 

 600 

 300 



1.00 

 3.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 1.50 



On orders amonntinsr to 93.00 or over we make no obarire for boxes. 

 BBAITTT PAABTB, 8>^-inch pots, 5c; 8-lncli pots, 7o. 



Bassett & Washburn 



OBBBBHO VBBB: 



HZBBDALB, UK. 



Wholesale Growers and Dealers in Cut Flowers 



Store: 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



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badges and these were not enough, so the 



crowd was estimated at close to 350, 



which included the friends and children 



of the florists. The weather was hot 



and the racing did not attract as usual. 



The trustees had everything in readiness 



and deserve great credit for successfully 



carrying out every detail. 



■ The first CTcnt was the 100-yard dash, open to 

 •II. This was won by August Hartman, of Kirk- 

 wood; Fred Alves, second. Prize, silk umbrella. 

 Next came the SO-yard race for girls under 16. 

 There were seven entries. This was won by 

 Alice Music; prize, a fan. In the 100-yard race 

 for boys 12 to 16 years of age the winner was 

 John Bentzen; prize, ball and bat. The potato 

 race for boys and girls under 16 came next. The 

 winner for the boys was Joe Kerr, and for the 

 girls was Alice Music; prize, a box of candy 

 each. In the 50-yard egg and spoon race for 

 married ladles, Mrs. W. J. PUcher, of KIrkwood, 

 was the winner after a hard run; prize, silver 

 meat fork. For the hop, step and jump, Fred 

 Alves had a walkover and won as he pleased, 

 bis Jump being thirty-two feet three Inches. 

 Miss Rose Windier won the 50-yard race for 

 young ladles over 16 years; prize, a fan. The 

 ninth event was the 50-yard race for boys under 

 12 years. Edwin Lammers had little trouble 

 winning this, a catching glove. Next came the 

 exciting event, the tug of war, between a team 

 of florists from KIrkwood and a team from 

 St. Louis. After a hard pull KIrkwood was de- 

 clared the winner; prize, a box of cigars. The 

 ball throwing contest by ladles was won by 

 Mamie Trockenbrock. The flower pot breaking 

 contest, for ladles only, was won by Mrs. 

 Klockenkemper. 



This ended the miscellaneous games, when all 

 wended their way to the ball grounds to witness 

 the main event of the day, a ball game between 

 the wholesalers and the retailers. The latter 

 team was made up of employees of C. Young & 

 Sons Co. The line-up was as follows: Whole- 

 salers — Hartman, p; Alves. c; Schrlefer, lb; 

 O. Konkes, 2b; Shipper, 3b; Huetteman, cf; 

 Christie, ss; Bonning, rf; Spenger, 3b. Re- 

 .tailers— J. Schroter, c; L. Schroter, p; H. 

 Young, lb; W. Young. 2b; P. Browning, cf; 

 Edwards, If; Locklett, rf; Schrober, ss; 

 Brocket, 3b. 



The gamf was called after five Inninjfs were 

 played, the score being eleven to five in favor of 

 the wholesalers. The feature of the game was 

 Christie's double play and Huetteman's home run 

 with the bases full. Both tennis played fine ball 

 at times. 



THE Florists* Supply House of America. 



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Have your letters addressed to us and we will take care of them. 



We also extend to you an invitation to our Luncheon on 



Thursday, Aug:ust 22d, from twelve to four. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., ^'a'fii^Ll'fr.l': 



PA. 



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After this all the younger folks had 

 a good time dancing and singing. Miss 

 Nellie Broe, of Eggeling's, sang beauti- 

 fully the new song, "Love Me and the 

 World Is Mine." After hearing her 

 sing, the last of the crowd left at 10:30 

 p. m. and all voted this the best picnic 

 ever given by the Florists' Club. The 

 few stay-at-homes again missed a great 

 treat. 



W. C. Young was on hand talking S. 

 A. F. to the members, and has, it is said, 

 quite a delegation to go with him in his 

 special car to Philadelphia. 



E. W. Guy and Henry Emunds, of 

 Belleville, with their families, had a 

 good time. It is a long way to come, 

 but it was worth it, they say. 



Carl Beyer had to use a cane in order 

 to get around, as his limb still troubles 

 him. The cane was won at one of the 

 florists' outings. 



Fred Ammann, of Edwardsville, with 



his family, never misses a florists' pic- 

 nic. 



Kirkwood was almost as well repre- 

 sented as St. Louis. 



The two oldest florists on the grounds 

 were F. W. Ude, Sr., and Francis Fill- 

 more, both over 80 years old. They 

 found much enjoyment in all the events. 



Various Notes. 



Julius Dilloflf, a representative of the 

 Schloss Bros., New York, called on the 

 trade last week. 



George Waldbart left Wednesday of 

 last week for a trip to Europe, to be 

 gone one month. 



W. J. Pilcher, of Kirkwood, is send- 

 ing in a fine lot of gladioli, which meet 

 with a good demand. 



Mrs. Buechel, of the Riessen Floral 

 Co., has the largest collection of leather 

 postal cards ever seen and takes great 

 pride in showing them to friends when 



