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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



SlPTKUBIB 19, 1907. 



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The Fall Trade Has Now Started 



E Are Cutting a Very Heavy Crop 



Of Beauties, Kdlamey, Kaiscrin, Richmond and Camot. THE QUALITY 

 IS AWAY AHEAD of any others in this market. Prices are low. Now 

 is the time to get a good start. We do not advise the shipment of Carna- 

 tions until the weather turns cooler. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per dot. 



Stems 36 to 48 inctaea $3.00 



Stemi 30 laches 2.60 



Stems 24 inches 2.00 



Stems 20 Inches 1.60 



Stems 16 Inches 1.00 



Shorter stems 60 



Bride, Maid, Libert j, Richmond and Perle Per lOO 



A grade, long $5.00 



No. Iffrade, grood average length 4.00 



No. 2 grade, mediam and short .... $2.00 to 8.00 



SUMMER ROSES per loo 



Xaiaarlti, Camot, &a Detroit »nd Xlllajmey 



A grade, long and select ^ , $s.0O 



No. 1 grade, good average length $1.00 to 5.00 



No. 2 gradt, medium and short 2.00to 3.00 



OABVATtOVS, pink, white and red 1.00 to 2.00 



VA^KBT 4.00 



ASTBXSi allcolors 76to 2.00 



rMMMB..i.., per 1000. 1.60 



On orders ajuonntixig^ to 92.00 or oy«r w« make &o ohariro for boxes. 

 Mrs. Lawson, field-grown carnation plants, 96.00 per lOO. 

 Field plants ot a good Ked Seedling' Carnation, 9S.00 per lOO. ' 



Bassett & Washburn 



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Wholesale Growers and Dealers in Cut Flowers 



Store: 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Mention The Beylew when you write. 



a new record for the summer, September 

 16 being the warmest day of the year 

 according to the indicator. 



E. C. Amling is handling hydrangea 

 blooms in large quantities. Up to this 

 week they have sold well at three 

 bunches, of a dozen heads each, for $1. 



In spite of the fact that the Florists' 

 Club endorsed the pending* telephone or- 

 dinance, sentiment was so strongly 

 against it that it was withdrawn from 

 consideration at the council meeting Sep- 

 tember 12. 



August I'oehlmann and Adolph Poehl- 

 mann, with their wives, have returned 

 from their trip east. Following the con- 

 vention, they visited leading rose-grow- 

 ing establishments in the vicinity of 

 New York and Boston. August Poehl- 

 mann says that he saw much fine stock, 

 but that every time he goes east he 

 comes back confirmed in the belief that 

 Chicago has no rival as a cut flower 

 market and producing center. 



The American League baseball grounds 

 adjoin the Wentworth avenue establish- 

 ment of J. F. Kidwell & Bro. Sunday 

 afternoon, August 15, there was a fire 

 in the baseball bleachers and the fire 

 department went through the Kidwell 

 establishment to get at the place. Frank 

 Kidwell, son of J. F. Kidwell, took ex- 

 ception to the way the firemen took pos- 

 session and the result was an unfortu- 

 nate fracas. 



N. J, Wietor is spending his after- 

 noons showing a new and speedy car- 

 riage horse that automobiles are harm- 

 less. The new barn also contains a pony 

 outfit for the children. 



Axel Aggerholm, manager of the Mos- 

 baek Greenhouse Co., Onarga, HI., was 



in town September 13, on his way to 

 New York and Boston on a business trip. 



J, L. Kaske is preparing to reopen his 

 flower stand in the Board of Trade 

 building. It has been closed during the 

 period of summer quiet. 



H. E. Philpott left last week for St. 

 Paul, where he intended to spend a few 

 days en route to his home at Winnipeg. 



A. Malchow, 2102 North Clark street, 

 entertained the stork September 9 — a 

 girl weighing eight and one-half pounds. 



Emil Buettner has returned from a 

 trip to Yellowstone park with a party 

 of friends. 



J. S. "Wilson was at Springfield Sep- 

 tember 14 to act as judge at the suc- 

 cessful children's flower show, given un- 

 der the auspices of the Springfield Flo- 

 rists' Club. 



J. B. Deamud, Andrew McAdams and 

 George Asmus are the local committee 

 of the Chrysanthemum Society of Ameri- 

 ca to pass on seedlings and sports. 



P. J. Hauswirth and Mrs. Hauswirth 

 returned September 15 from their east- 

 ern trip. After visiting Atlantic City 

 and at the home of President-elect 

 Traendly, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. 

 George Asmus, they proceeded to a Red 

 Men's meeting at Jamestown, while Mr. 

 and Mrs. Asmus came directly home. 



At the Horticultural Society dinner 

 September 16 a telephone message was 

 received from P. J. Foley stating that 

 he was prevented from having the pleas- 

 ure of being present by the greater 

 pleasure of remaining at home to enter- 

 tain a new daughter weighing eleven and 

 one-half pounds who arrived that day. 



Leonard Kill had charge of the ar- 

 rangements for the Horticultural So- 



ciety's dinner and supplied the roses for 

 the tables. 



Edwin A. Kanst reached home last 

 week after his period of detention in 

 the Philadelphia municipal hospital while 

 recovering from a mild attack of diph- 

 theria. He says they treated him most 

 courteously at the hospital, although they 

 insisted on his remaining with them until 

 fully recovered. 



Word comes from Aurora that two 

 Chicago men, Dr. C. H, Stahland and 

 W. C. Hamburger, are seeking to buy 

 land north of that city to build a big 

 greenhouse plant. According to the 

 story as it comes from Aurora, this is 

 to be one of a number of establishments 

 the Chicagoans propose to build about 

 the country. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade seems to improve, but is not as 

 active as it should be. Almost the only 

 business is funeral work, which was 

 quite plentiful last week. Some of the 

 downtown retailers report that transient 

 trade also is looking up, especially since 

 the theaters are open. The wholesalers 

 say that the trade was buying more 

 heavily last week than for some time, 

 and business should increase each week 

 from now on. 



In looking over the stock Monday 

 morning, September 16, we find roses 

 plentiful in all grades except of the spe- 

 cial. There are too many short-stemmed, 

 which are sold cheap in order to dispose 

 of the large consignments. Carnations 

 are coming in more plentifully; still few 



