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The Weekly Florists* Review, 



OCTUUKH 'd, IWi 



Bug Tout Flowers DiiKl of tQe Mm 



We are cutting large quantitieB of very choice BEAUTIES, KAISERIN, CARNOT, 

 KILLARNEY, RICHMOND, PERLE, MAID and BRIDE. We specialize in early 

 Fall Flowers and have the plants to cut very choice long stems with big, solid buds. 

 We are cutting a few CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Yellow, White and Pink, at 

 $3.00 to $4.00 per dozen. , 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doi. 



StemB, exiia Iodi; $4.00 



Stems 30 to S6 inches S.OO 



Stems 24 Inches 2.50 



Stems 20 inches '. 2.00 



Stems 16 inches 1.50 



Shorter stems 1.00 



Bride« Maid, Liberty, Richmond and Perle per loo 



A grade, long - $6.00 



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



No. 2 gradermedium and short 8.00 



Kaiserin, Carnot, BUlIarncy per lOO 



A grade, long and select $8.00 



No. 1 grade, good average length $5.00 to 6 00 



No. 2 grade, medium and short S.OOto 4.00 



CARNATIONS - ~ 



Per 100 



Pink, white and red, short and medium stems $2.00 to $2.50 



Fancy long red and Enchantress 3.00 'to 



CHRTSANTHKMUMS per dozen, $3.00 to $1.00 



LILT or THX VALLXT 



▲BPABAGUS BTRIMGS, heavy, per string, 50o 



▲BPARAGUS BFR4TB 2^00 to 



SPRKHGBRI 1.50 to 



ADXANTUM, extra faccy and long 1.00 to 



GALAX, bronze per 1000, $2.00 



GALAX, green " 1.25 



COMMONFKRNB 1.60 



4.00 



«.00 



3.00 

 2.00 

 1.50 



On orders amoimtinir to fS.OO or ovor w« make no charge for boxes. 



Bassett & Washburn 



OBZBVKOUBBS: 



HXV8DAX.B, IJmJ, 



Wholesale Growers and Dealers in Cut Flowers 



Store: 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



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ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business is not as steady as it might 

 be. Funeral work is the bulk of the 

 business done throughout the city, and 

 outside of that and a few small wed- 

 dings, I cannot say much for the cut 

 flower trade last week. This month the 

 trade is looking forward to a good busi- 

 ness, as a number of large orders have 

 been booked for weddings, receptions and 

 dinners. 



Stock is becoming better in color and 

 length of stem. In roses American 

 Beauties have the call, as in all grades 

 they clean up daily at good prices. Of 

 Bride and Maid there is little select 

 stock, but plenty of first and second 

 grades. Carnot, Kichmond and Killar- 

 ney sell well when not too open. 



Carnations are also better as to bloom. 

 Stems still are too short to bring any- 

 thing like high prices. Enchantress is 

 the best in the market. Rose-pink En- 

 chantress, too, is good. Lawson, Car- 

 dinal and Lady Bountiful have good 

 flowers ojily. Chrysanthemums are ex- 

 pected to arrive this week. Asters are 

 over. A few small California violets 

 are coming, but meet with slow sale. 

 Cosmos is expected this week. Quite a 

 few good dahlias are in. In greens the 

 market is well stocked. Wild smilax has 

 a good call at all the wholesale houses. 



Variotis Notes. 



Fred Ammann, of Edwardsville, was 

 a caller last week. He will be in Spring- 

 field all this week, where he expects to 



see a great many of his St. Louis and 

 Chicago friends at the Illinois state fair. 

 Harry Rieman was in Hot Springs, 

 Ark., last week, representing Ostertag 

 Bros., who had the decorations during 

 the street fair at that place. 



The engagement of Miss Hattie Wil- 

 kerson and Robert F. Tesson is an- 

 nounced. The wedding will take place 

 sometime this month. 



Mrs. William Ellison is back from her 

 summer trip and is busy making prepa- 

 rations for a number of wedding decora- 

 tions, orders for which were booked while 

 she was away. 



Adolph Brix announces that he will 

 hold a free flower show for the benefit 

 of his north side customers in the Young 

 Men 's Christian Association rooms. Nine- 

 teenth and St. Louis avenue, November 

 7-9, just one week before the big show 

 to be given by the St. Louis Horticul- 

 tural Society. Mr. Brix is enterprising 

 and has built up a large trade in North 

 St. Louis, where he started in a small 

 way. 



Grimm & Gorley are making big prep- 

 arations for the float which is to repre- 

 sent them in the big label parade this 

 week. 



A number of large fall opening dec- 

 orations were made this week by Beyer, 

 Schray and Young, all using a great 

 many plants. 



This week is called Veiled Prophet's 

 and Roosevelt's week and all the down- 

 town stores are handsomely decorated for 

 the occasion. Most of the work was 

 done by the Sehuerman Floral Co., which 

 makes a specialty of this kind of work. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers has her Grand ave- 

 nue place looking finer than ever, with 



a great many changes. She also has a 

 handsome new delivery wagon. 



Miss M. S. Newman also has a new, 

 good looking delivery wagon. Since she 

 returned from her summer trip many 

 good changes have been made. 



September 30 the large hall in the 

 Merchants' Exchange was decorated by 

 C. Young & Sons Co. for the Veiled 

 Prophet's ball and President Roosevelt. 

 George B. Windier will have a fine lot 

 of pot chrysanthemums. 



A telegram to Carew Sanders, an 

 nouncing the death of his cousin, Edgar 

 Sanders, at Chicago, on September 29, 

 caused much regret. C. C. Sanders at- 

 tended the funeral. 



Mrs. M. S. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, 

 Ind., is a visitor this week, a guest of 

 the Misses Meinhardt. 



A. J. Bentzen, of the Bentzen Floral 

 Co., reports that they will have a large 

 float in the label parade October 5. They 

 have a fine lot of poinsettias. The com- 

 pany will make an exhibit of mum plants 

 at the flower show. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club meeting 

 will take place next Thursday after- 

 noon, October 10, in the Burlington 

 building. President Young would like 

 to see a large attendance at this meeting. 



J. J. B. 



Des PiiAiNES, III. — A. F. Longren has 

 gone to see the floral exhibit at the state 

 fair. 



We frankly say that we look forward 

 to the arrival of each edition of the Be- 

 viEW, as we find it almost impossible to 

 get along without it. — Nanz & Neuner. 



