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NoVHMBEIt 28, 1907. 



CHRYSANTHEMIMS! 



WB STILL HAVS SOMK VINK MUIIB TO CUT ' 



EXTRA LARGE FANCY YELLOW AND WHITE, per doz., $3.00 



From this price down to 91.50 per dozen, the Mums vary scoordlng to alze of flower. Mo pink left. 



BEAUTIES EXTRA FINE IN QUALITY aSS^-SlVuTSKSe'"' 



CARNATIOMS THE CHOICEST IN THIS MARKET 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES per doz. 



Extra lonsr $5.00 



80 to 86 Inchea 4.00 



24Uichea 8.00 



18 Inches 2.00 



16 Inches 1.60 



Winches 100 



Killaraey per loo 



Long and Select $10.00 



Good aTerage length 8.00 



Medium lengths 6.00 



Short stems 400 



Brides, Maida« Liberty and Richmond Per loo 



A grade, long and select $8.00 



No. 1 grade, good average lengths $5.00 to 6.00 



No. 2 grade, medium and short 8.00 to 4.00 



Mixed Rosea Per lOO 



Our Selection, SliortStenis $3.00 



-CURRENT PRICK LIST- 



CARNATIONS 



Per 100 



Pink, white and red, good stock $4.00 



Fancy long red and Enchantress $6.00to 6.00 



XASTXB LILIXS, GIGANTKUH. . .per doz., $1.50 

 to $2.00. 



LILT or THK VALLXT 400 



ASPARAGUS STRINGS, heavy... per string, 50o 



ASPARAGUS SPRATS 2.00to 3.00 



SPRRHGSRI 1.50to 2.00 



SMILAZ. extra fine per doz., $1.50 



ADIAMTUM l.OO 



GALAX, bronze i per 1000, $1.25 



GALAX, green " 1.25 



VXRHS 150 



On orders amonatlng' to S3.0O or over we make no eher^e for Irazes. 



Bassett & Washburn 



Wholesale Growers and Dealers in Cut Flowers 



Store: 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



11 HIHSDAUE, ILL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



bles, for the mail trade. After the first 

 of the year a lot of hotbeds will be 

 started goinfj on the place. In this line 

 the firm is doing a large business each 

 spring. 



The Burton-Allison Co., manufacturers 

 of flower colorings, of this city, have 

 placed on the market here a lot of colors 

 for flowers. Their yellow, St. Patrick 

 green and American Beauty are fiue, all 

 having been tried by the trade here 

 through sample. C;harles E. Schoenle, of 

 the Schoenle Floral Co., is one of the 

 company. All of our wholesalers are car- 

 rying stock in all colors. 



Adolph Brix reports that since his free 

 flower show in the north end. his trade 

 has increased greatly in all lines. His 

 foreman, Mr. Vogel, at the greenhouses 

 is sending to the store a fine lot of cut 

 chrysanthemums and carnations. His 

 show windows are always attractive. 



H. W. Buckbee, of Rockford, HI., is 

 sending to this market a fine lot of chrys- 

 anthemums. They are handled by G. H. 

 Angermueller. 



Among the daily shipments sent in by 

 Fred Ammann, of Edwardsville, we find 

 as fine a lot of Uncle John roses as could 

 be seen anywhere. His Chatenay, Ivory 

 and Bichmond are not far behind. He 

 also se6t in fine blooms of Appletou, 

 Golden Wedding and Bonnaffon. Mr. 

 Ammann and his foreman, Henry Blixen, 

 were seen at the recent flower show look- 

 ing over the new roses on exhibition. 

 They thought well of Cardinal, Marshall 

 Field and Rhea Reid. 



Robert F. Tesson and bride are enjoy- 

 ing their honeymoon at Jacksonville, Fla. 

 They will return after Thanksgiving and 

 settle in their new home at Sunny Point. 



West Forest Park, where Mr. Tesson is 

 engaged in the dairy business. 



The Riessen Floral Co., John Burke 

 and the Foster Floral Co., who are in 

 the center of the theater district, are 

 daily making great window displays to 

 catch the eyes of the transient trade. 

 They report that white, pink and yellow 

 chrysanthemum blooms of the fancy 

 grades are most in demand. Roses and 

 violets are not selling so well. 



The executive committee of the St. 

 Louis Horticultural Society held a meet- 

 ing last week at the Missouri Athletic 

 Club. Harry Young, chairman of the 

 committee, called the meeting. All bills 

 were ordered paid. The show was a social 

 success, but not so financially. All the 

 members of the committee were present. 



The seventeenth annual banquet of the 

 trustees of the Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 den and their friends will be held at the 

 Southern hotel Saturday evening, No- 

 vember 30. This banquet is provided for 

 in the will of Henry Shaw, bequeathing 

 .$1,000 annually for the purpose. The 

 guests are literary and scientific men, 

 friends and patrons of the natural sci- 

 ences. The officers are Rufus J. Lack- 

 land, president; H. D. Cunningham, sec- 

 retary, and William Trelease, director of 

 the garden. J. .L B. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



The general depression in all 

 branches of business has had its 

 olTects on the florists' trade, until 

 all the florists are complaining more 

 or less. Of course it affects the re- 



tailers dJfiferently; those who get thife 

 swelldom 's business probably do not 

 notice the dullness so much. There does 

 not seem to be the usual number of 

 funerals and this has caused a falling 

 off in this work. Still, stock remains 

 well cleaned up at the wholesale 

 houses; at least the better grade of 

 stock does. 



In chrysanthemums about the only 

 variety that does meet with ready sale 

 is Dr. Enguehard. The mums are 

 bringing good prices, the medium size 

 selling at from 121^ cents to 18 cents 

 and 20 cents. Roses are none too plen- 

 tiful at the present time. Many recep- 

 tions have kept these well cleaned up 

 at good prices. Good carnations sell 

 readily at from 2 cents to 3 cents in 

 the different colors. 



Considerable valley, stevia, etc., is 

 disposed of daily. The different 

 greens are at present of good quality. 

 Some very fine bronze galax leaves are 

 on this market. 



The above prices are, of course, not 

 Thanksgiving prices, which were much 

 higher. Violets jumped from 75 cents 

 up to $1.50 per hundred. The latter 

 are a scarce article on this market and 

 the chances are they will be for some 

 time to come. 



Qub Meeting. 



Tlie most succes'sful show and enter- 

 tainment that the Detroit Florists' Club 

 has ever had was held Tuesday evening, 

 November 19, at Harmonie hall. The 

 attendance was a little less than on 

 some previous occasions, but the absent 

 ones were the losers, as all present had 

 a grand time. The young people, a>i 



