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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Fkbbuabt 6, 1908. 



THE SEVERE WEATHER 



Ha$ Made Roses Very Scarce 



We are filling all orders that are received in time, in full. Our prices have not been advanced. 

 See the following lligi 



PRICE LIST 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz. 



Extra long $4.00 to $5.00 



24 inches 3.00 



18 to 20 inches 2.00 



15 inches 1-50 



12 inches 100 



Killarney Perioo 



Extra long $12.00 



Good average length $8.00 to 10.00 



Medium length 6.00 



Short stems 4.00 



Richmond Per loo 



Extra long $12.00 



Good average length 10.00 



Medium length 8.00 



Short stems $4.00 to 6.00 



Per 100 

 $10.00 

 8.00 



Brides, Maids and Perle 



Long and select 



Good average length 



Brides, Maids and Perle 



Medium . 

 Short.,.. 



CARNATIONS 



Pink, white, good stock 



Fancy long Enchantress 



Fancy long red O. P. Bassett. 



PerlOO 

 $6.00 

 4.00 



PerlOO 

 $3.00 

 4.00 

 6.00 



.doz., $2.00 



EASTER UUSS, GIGANTEI7M. . . 



LBLY OP THE VAIXBT 



TDIJiPS, PAPER WHITES, DAFFODILS .. . 



ASPARAGUS STRINGS, heavy per string 50c 



ASPARAGUS SPRATS 



SPRENGERI 



SMTT.AX, extra^ne per doz., $1.50 to $2.00 



ADIANTUM . 



GALAX, green and bronze per 1000, $1.25 



FERNS " 2.00 



BUIiB STOCK 



$3.00 to 

 2.00 to 



2.00 to 

 2.00 to 



4.00 

 4.00 



3.00 

 3.00 



1.00 



On orders amountins to $2.00 or over vtb make no cbarsre tor boxes. 



Bassett & Washburn 



GREENHOUSES: 



HINSDALE, ILL. 



Wholesale Growers and Dealers In Cut Flowers 



Store: 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



for fifty UI7 of the valley, fifty mar- 

 guerites, twenty-five mignonettes, 100 

 pansies and twenty-five antirrhinums. 



For 100 white, pink and any other 

 color sweet peas $3 and $2 is offered, 

 the same amounts also being offered 

 for 100 Campbell, any other double. 

 Princess, and any other single violets. 

 A space of thirty square feet each will 

 be allotted for exhibits of pot plants 

 and a number of special premiums in 

 addition to those named are expected. 



The committees are: Roses, W. H. 

 Elliott, Alex; Montgomery, Harry Bud- 

 long, Eber Holmes. Carnations, S. J. 

 Goddard, William Nicholson, Peter 

 Fisher, M. A. Patten. Miscellaneous 

 flowers, William Sim, Thomas Pegler, 

 William Spillsbury, H. F. Calder. Plants 

 and bulbs, E. A. Peirce, L. W. Mann, 

 Thomas Roland and E. Sutermeister. 

 The general committee in charge of the 

 show is: W. H. Elliott, chairman; S. 

 J. Goddard, E. A. Peirce, William Sim 

 and George Cartwright, secretary. 

 Schedules will be forwarded on applica- 

 tion to the secretary at Park Street 

 market, Boston. 



Various Notes. 



The death of W. M. Robertson, one 

 of the old-time florists of Boston, is 

 reported in the obituary column this 

 week. 



Frederick L. Olmsted, Jr., delivered 

 the lecture at Horticultural hall Febru- 

 ary 1 to an appreciative audience. His 

 remarks were made more interesting by 

 numerous stereopticon views, dealing 

 with the adornment of home grounds. 

 William Turner, of Oceanic, N. J., who 

 lectures on vegetables for forcing Feb- 

 ruary 8, will present a subject of special | 



interest to many growers in and around 

 Boston. 



Fire at the private greenhouses of 

 J. Stone, of the firm of Austin & Stone, 

 of Boston, located at Wellesley, de- 

 stroyed a collection of plants said to be 

 assessed at $8,000. 



W. W. Rawson & Co. showed plants 



|rS|VERY now and then a well 

 lL9 pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of bringing a new 

 advertiser to 



m 



Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florists' use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Caxton BIdg. Chicago 



of the pretty pink begonia, Gloire de 

 Sceaux, at Horticultural hall February 

 2. Thomas W. Head exhibited a vase 

 of White Perfection carnations. 



Charles T. Stevens, of Plymouth, had 



a batch of several hundred lilies frozen 

 during the cold wave of January 30, 

 but by hosing with cold water and cov- 

 ering he managed to save them. 



A number of the Washington conven- 

 tionists did not return until February 3. 

 All enjoyed their outing and the elec- 

 tion of one of their number to the presi- 

 dency added to their pleasure. 



If the old adage about the ground 

 hog holds good this year, we must pre- 

 pare for six weeks more of winter. Ice 

 dealers are pleased with the cold snap 

 and are rapidly filling their houses. 

 Cheap ice is something even florists can 

 be thankful for. 



At the carnation night of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club, February 18, 

 W. R. Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn., will 

 be the lecturer. There promises to be a 

 record attendance and numerous exhibits 

 are promised. 



Much sympathy is felt for Bernard 

 McGintry, the well known salesman at 

 the Music Hall market, in the death of 

 one of his little twin daughters, aged 

 18 months. W. N. Cbaig. 



NEWPORT, R. L 



Horticultural Society. 



At the regular meeting of the Newport 

 Horticultural Society, January 28, the 

 attendance was large and the gathering 

 typically representative of Newport hor- 

 ticulturists. The attraction for the even- 

 ing was an address by Alexander Mac- 

 Lellan on plant nomenclature, with spe- 

 cial reference to the question of plant 

 registration by the S. A. F. Mr. Mac- 

 Lellan treated the subject ably and ex- 

 haustively, emphasizing the importance 



