May 28, 1808. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



23 



For Weddings and Commencement Exercises 



OUR AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



Grown in solid benches, give large, fine colored flowers, with stiff stems. 



Our Richmond, Killarney, Kaiserin, Carnot, 



Maids, Brides and Perles 



All grafted and planted in solid benches. They produce big flowers with stiff stems. 

 We now have our summer crop of - 



Giganteum Lilies 



Fine, large flowers, only $6.00 per 100, or $1.00 per dozen. Carnatians, very cheap 

 and good. Send us your orders. Prices will be much lower after Decoration Day. 



Bassett & Washburn 



^'^^ISI^'iix. Office and Store, 76 Wabash Avenue, CH ICAGO 



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earlier than usual. Some of the Moutan 

 varieties have been open for a week, 

 while a few of the singles are also 

 open. From present indications there 

 will be a heavy crop of the doubles for 

 the June weddings. Last year they were 

 too late to be of much value to growers. 



W. N. Craig. 



DAYTON, OHIO. 



State of Trade. 



The gradual increase in last week's 

 business was more than noticeable to our 

 Dayton florists, and we cannot help but 

 feel the approach of Decoration day. 

 Bedding plants of every description, nat- 

 urally, sold far better than cut flowers. 

 Our florists have been almost too busy 

 to take time for bodily necessities. While 

 the wholesalers were busy sending out 

 their supply of plants, the retailers were 

 busy planting out flower beds, filling 

 urns, porch boxes, and doing everything 

 in general to beautify the parks and 

 lawns of our city. 



During the last month a good many of 

 our unemployed have taken to the flo- 

 rists' business and have been buying 

 plants at wholesale and peddling them 

 about the streets. 



The crops on carnations are not any 

 too plentiful and, from the present out- 

 look, the demand for Decoration (lay 

 will be greater than the supply. The 

 present weather conditions, which are 

 exceedingly warm and dry, have greatly 

 reduced the size of the carnations. The 

 Prosperity has lost its tinge of pink, 

 but it makes a good white carnation. 

 Lawson, pink and scarlet carnations are 

 completely off crop and there will not 



be nearly enough to fill the orders booked 

 up to the present time. Enchantress 

 and white are holding their own as well 

 as can be expected. 



Brides, Bridesmaids and Richmonds 

 also feel the effects of the hot weather 

 and they, too, are commencing to get 

 smaller. The outdoor roses, snowballs, 

 etc., will be all past blooming by Deco- 

 ration day. This, of course, will help 

 the florists out to a certain extent. 



We can only say that peonies will be 

 fine. Most of them will have to be 

 placed in cold storage in order to keep 

 them for May 30. 



The weather in the last two weeks has 

 been all in favor of our florists and 

 they have been able to get all of their 

 outdoor planting done. The carnations, 

 especially, are looking fine in the fields. 



Boston ferns from the bench have sold 

 well and are extensively used in urns, 

 boxes and for porch decorations. Lily 

 of the valley finds ready sale and is 

 eflfective in funeral designing. 



Various Notes. 



H. H. Ritter is busy planting out and 

 decorating the roof garden on the Al- 

 gonquin hotel. No expense is being 

 spared in these decorations, and the 

 garden promises to be a most beautiful 

 resort. 



The Miami Floral Co. has about 50,000 

 carnations in the field and 40,000 in 

 pots. 



C. M. Schaefer, who has his stand in 

 the Arcade, says business is fine in every 

 respect. 



Mr. Pniner, of E. H. Hunt 's supply 

 house, and Mr. Lempke, of the W. W. 

 Barnard Co., who have been calling on 



JOSEPH FOERSTER 



Wtaolesale sblpper of 



CUT FLOWERS 



68-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



DECORATION DAY PRICE LIST. 

 BSAinriES- Per doz. 



30to 36-inch $3.00to $4.00 



24to30-inch 2.00to 2.50 



16to20-lnch 1.50to 2.00 



8tol2-incb 75 to 1.00 



Shorts .75 



Per 100 



Bride and Maid $4.00to $8.00 



Richmond 5.00to 10.00 



KlUamey 5.00to 10.00 



Perle S.OOto 6.00 



Roses, our selection 3.00 



Peonies 5.00to 8.00 



CARNATIONS, medium 8.00 



" fancy 4.OO 



Harrisii Lilies S.OOto 10.00 



Callas S.OOto 10.00 



Valley 3.00to 4.00 



SweetPeas 5oto 1,00 



OR^NS 



Smilax Strings v . per doz. 2.00 



Asparagus Strings each, .40 to .50 



Bunches... " .35 to .50 



Sprengeri Bunches " .86 



Adiantum per 100, 1.00 



Ferns, Fancy per 1000, 2.00 



Galax, Green " i.oo 



Bronze " i.oo 



Boxwood 25c per lb.; 100 lbs., 15.00 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 

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the florists, spent Sunday, May 17, at 

 the home of George Bartholomew. 



George Bird, of Sidney, O., and Mr. 

 Wenneman, representing the Peters & 

 Reed Pottery Co., of South Zanesville, 

 O., were visitors last week. R. A. B. 



