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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Januabt 30, 1908. 



Extra Fine 



BEAUTIES 



ROSES 



CARNATIONS 



All our OMrn gro'veth. Guaranteed fresh cut. Well graded and carefully packed. 

 Buy direct of the gro'veer, you will fl^t better and fresher stock. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



Extra long 



24 to 30 inches. 

 18 to 20 inches. 



15 inches 



12 inches 



Per doz. 



$4.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 1..50 

 1.00 



Killarney 



Per 100 



Extra long $12.00 



Good average length $8.00 to 10.00 



Medium length .4 fi-00 



Short stems 4.00 



Richmond Per 100 



Extra long $12.00 



Good average length 10.00 



Medium length 8.00 



Short stems $4.00 to 6.00 



Brides, Maids and Perle 



Long and select 



Good average length 



Per 100 

 $10.00 

 8.00 



Brides, Maids and Perle 



Medium . 

 Short.... 



Per 100 



$6.00 

 4.00 



CARNATIONS 



Per 100 



Pink, white, good stock $2.50 to 



Fancy long Enchantress 



Fancy long red O. P. Bassett 



EASTER LILIES, GIGANTEUM doz., $2.00 



LILT or THE VALLEY 



TULIPS, PAPER WHITES, DAFFODILS 



ASPARAGUS STRINGS, heavy per string 50c 



ASPARAGUS SPRATS 



SPRENGERI 



SMILAX, extra fine per doz., $1.50 to $2.00 



ADIANTUM.. 



GALAX, green and bronze per 1000, $1.25 



FERNS " 2.00 



BULB STOCK 



3.00 to 

 2.00 to 



2.00 to 

 2.00 to 



$3.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



4.00 

 3.00 



3.00 

 3.00 



1.00 



On orders amountins; to $2.00 or over we make no diareelfor boxes. 



Bassett & Washburn 



GREENHOUSES : 



HINSDALE, ILL. 



Wholesale Growers and Dealers in Cut Flowers 



Store: 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



as regent of this council during the last 

 year. Frank's title now is "Worthy 

 Past Eegent. ' ' 



George Waldbart had the decorations 

 at the Central high school for the mid- 

 Eeason graduating exercises. Mrs. Ayers, 

 Miss Newman and others in that neigh- 

 borhood, too, were kept busy for this 

 occasion last Friday. 



Carew Sanders, one of our oldest flo- 

 rists and nurserymen, now over 80 years 

 of age, called on friends in the trade 

 last week. Mr. Sanders kept close to 

 home, near his son's place on Delmar 

 avenue, and took advantage of the mild 

 weather for a trip downtown, and we 

 were all glad to see him looking so 

 well. 



Eggeling Floral Co., R. J. Windier, 

 and Conrad Bergsterman, on South 

 Grand avenue, report a good trade all 

 this month. They all have pretty win- 

 dow displays. 



Charles D. Hecht, is doing well with 

 his carnations and sweet peas. 



Werner Bros, are sending to this mar- 

 ket a good quality of California violets 

 and carnations. 



The members of the St. Louis Florists' 

 Club should not forget the club meet- 

 ing, which takos place February 13, 

 which will be of some importance. Car- 

 nation growers wi'l find it of great in- 

 terest to them, as Secretary Bentzen 

 says a great many growers of new va- 

 rieties have promised to send blooms for 

 their benefit. Also quite a few carnation 

 questions will come up for discussion. 

 Invitations are general for all in the 

 trade to attend. 



The St. Louis Horticultural Society 

 held its annual meeting on Tuesday 



night, January 21, in the Masonic Temple 

 building on Grand avenue. The meeting 

 was fairly well attended, but not as 

 large as expected. The election of of- 

 ficers was the main feature, which re- 

 sulted as follows: President, Edward 

 W. Mallinckrodt ; first vice-president, 

 Leonard Matthews ; second vice-president, 

 Alex Waldbart; third vice-president, J. 

 B. Gazzam; fourth vice-president, 8. H. 

 Gundlach; treasurer, Fred C. Weber; sec- 

 retary, O. G. Koenig. The executive com- 

 mittee this year will consist of eleven 

 members: Henry Young, chairman; C. 

 B. Nicholson, F. C. Weber, A. Meyer, 

 Jr., A. Jablonsky, O. G. Koenig, F. W. 

 Brockman, C. C. Sanders, Theodore Mil- 

 ler, F. H. Meinhardt and Emil Schray. 

 All the above served in the same capacity 

 last year. 



The executive committee will meet 

 soon and determine on the plans for 

 the annual spring flower show. 



J. J. B. 



ONCINNATL 



The Market 



Business during the last week was 

 nothing to be very proud of. There was 

 just about enough doing to keep one's 

 mind from dwelling on the slowness of 

 collections. As a lucky thing, too, the 

 supply of flowers was not very heavy, 

 for had they been so there would have 

 been a pretty good sized glut on. As 

 it was, the demand was about equal 

 to the supply, but it took some tall 

 hustling and talking to move the stock. 

 There did not seem to be any special 

 cause for the lack of demand. There 

 was just a sort of lull, which we have 



at times in this business and which, as 

 a rule, lasts but a few days. From all 

 appearances it has already seen its end, 

 for this week opened with a rush that 

 was very promising. 



The prices of the various flowers have 

 not varied much from the last report. 

 Of course the lack of demand had a 

 tendency to take the backbone out of 

 prices, and they weakened considerably, 

 but there was not a decided drop in 

 any line and at the present time they 

 are right up to the notch again. Roses 

 seemed to feel the effects more than 

 carnations, and Beauties received the 

 worse knock of all. But as that is all 

 over now, we hope, we can forget it 

 quite readily in the face of a good de- 

 mand and rising prices. 



The month of January has given us 

 an unusual amount of sunshine. There 

 has been scarcely a day when the sun 

 has not been shining a good portion 

 of the time. This has made itself felt 

 in the quantity of flowers being cut. 

 It is to be expected that a large num- 

 ber of blooms have thus been forced 

 open, which ordinarily would not have 

 been fit to cut till sometime in Feb- 

 ruary. With February anything like 

 what it usually is, with its dark and 

 cold days, we can look for a shortage 

 of stock and high prices. Last year 

 the prices of flowers during this month 

 rivaled those of the holidays. From 

 present prospects this season will prove 

 no exception; so the grower with a good 

 crop just coming in can look for good 

 returns. 



Various Notes. 



Our city government is doing what 

 it can to relieve the distress of our un- 



