JtJNB 4, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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JUNE Flowers 



PRICK UST PerDoz. 



Am. BeauttVMt extra long $3.00 



20to24-in 2.00 



15tol8-ln 1-60 



12-in 100 



shorter stems.... $0.50 to .75 



Klllamey and RlcliinondB Per 100 



Long and select '^2"SS 



Good average lengths $7.00 to 8.00 



Medium lengths 6.00 



Short lengths of Klllamey 4.00 



Short lengths of Richmond 2.00 to 8.00 



Kalseiin, Brides, Maids and Ferles 



Long and select 8.00 



Good average lengths 6.00 



Medium lengths 4.00 to 5.00 



Short lengths 2.00 to 3.00 



Carnations _ ^ „ „ 



Pink, white, good to fancy 2.00 to 3.00 



Fancy long red O. P. Bassett. . . 3.00 



Fancy Gisanteum LUles, 



per doz., $1.00 6.00 



Lily ol the VaUey 3.00 to 4.00 



Peonies, pink and white 6.00 to 8.00 



Asparasrus, per string, 30c to 40c 



Asparasrus Sprays 2.00 to 3.00 



Sprencerl 1.50 to 2.00 



SmUax per doz., $1.50 



Adlantum 100 



Galax, green and bronze per 1000, 1.25 



Perns per 1000, 2.00 



Our Beauties, grown in solid benches, are producing 



The Best Flowers 

 In This Market 



The roots do not dry out, but are down in deep soil. 

 The same with our miscellaneous roses, which, in 

 addition to being planted in solid benches, are all 

 grafted. The flower market is loaded down with 

 quantities of flowers of poor quality. 



Try Our Solid Bench Grown Flowers 



and see the difference. 



Bassett & Washburn 



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



Mention The Review when you write. 



he can do in planting out this spring. 

 The long, rainy spell delayed him much 

 of the time. 



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

 Ind., spent Monday, May 25, in this 

 city, visiting the trade. 



Henry Emmons, of Belleville, 111., and 

 Edwin Denker, of St. Charles, Mo., were 

 in the city Friday, May 29, buying stock 

 for Decoration day orders. Both report 

 ^ood trade. 



William Smith and Charles Schoenle, 

 in company with John Burke, spent a 

 ■day the last week looking up suitable 

 grounds for the Florists' Club's outing 

 next month. 



Henry Ostertag is happy now that the 

 new coliseum is being built near his 

 place of business, from which he expects 

 to derive much business when finished. 

 A number of orders for June weddings, 

 lie says, will keep him busy this month. 

 When it comes to hustling, few excel 

 •him in the trade here. 



While Park Commissioner Scanlan is 

 away on his honeymoon trip, the de- 

 partment is having its troubles with 

 :an order issued by the commissioner be- 

 fore he left, that no picnics can be held 

 in Forest park, and women and children 

 are up in arms about it. Still the mayor, 

 in a statement, seems to uphold the 

 order. 



The Michel Plant & Bulb Co. adver- 

 tised an auction sale for Wednesday of 

 this week, to sell its surplus stock in 

 geraniums and alternantheraa ; 10,000 of 

 each were to be sold. 



Next Sunday, June 7, will be the first 

 Sunday opening of the year at Shaw's 

 garden. Everything will be in shape by 

 that time to receive the large crowds, 

 should the weather be fine. Superin- 



tendent Irish says that the delay in plant- 

 ing out, caused by too much rain, has 

 been made up and everything will be 

 in readiness for the first Sunday opening. 

 Messrs. Pring, Thompson and Sulgraf are 

 all hustling to have their departments 

 in shape for the opening days. 



"Bed" Schriefer, of Kuehn's, and 

 Fred Alves, of Angermueller 's, will be 

 the wholesalers' battery for the baseball 

 game between them and the retailers 

 at the Florists' Club outing next month. 

 The retailers have not as yet announced 

 their battery, but it may be Oscar Hurtle- 

 mann and Herman Weber. 



The Bentzen Floral Co. had a busy 

 week in all lines of the trade. Friday, 

 May 29, they disposed of 1,000 cut roses 

 to the Yeatman school children, a few 

 at a time, by noon. Mr. Bentzen re- 

 ports that the busy planting season will 

 be at an end by next week, so he can at- 

 tend to the secretary's duties at the 

 club meeting. 



Frank Weber, of H. J. Weber & Son's 

 Nursery Co., reports that they had the 

 decorations for the Southeast Missouri 

 Drummers' Association meeting at St. 

 Genevieve, Mo., May 26. The large arch 

 erected by them, made of flowers, was 

 greatly admired by the large crowd that 

 was in attendance. 



All four wholesale houses did a rush- 

 ing trade Friday and Saturday, filling 

 Decoration day orders. They all closed 

 half a day Saturday, May 30, allowing 

 their employees a half day oflF. 



Great quantities of extra fine sweet 

 peas are coming in from Kirkwood grow- 

 ers each morning to our wholesale houses. 

 Winter, Ude, Jr.; Pilcher, Scheidegger, 

 Gross and others will soon be flooding 



TO THE TRADE 



Less than four years ago I built two 

 small greenhouses, as a venture into the 

 florists' world. My twelve greenhouses, 

 located at my home in New Cumberland, 

 Pa., the two stores in Harrisburg, Pa., 

 one at 35 North Second St. , the other at 

 1108 Market St., and the store at 159 

 South St., Steelton, Pa., are proof to me 

 that the key to success is carefully look- 

 ing after the wants of one's patrons, by 

 giving both wholesaler and retailer only 

 the best that can be grown and never 

 allowing anyone to be dissatisfied. 



Having recently added seed depart- 

 ments to each of my stores, I am now 

 in shape to take care of my trade in the 

 most satisfactory manner and promise 

 to give the same careful attention to all 

 in the future as in the past. 



With thanks for past patronage, I am, 

 for pleasure and profit, 



Very truly yours, 

 JOHN A. KEPNER, 

 P. O. Box 3. Harrisburg, Pa. 



the market with them. The stock sold 

 well for Decoration day. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club will hold 

 its regular monthly meeting next Thurs- 

 day afternoon, June 11, at 2 o'clock, 

 in Bowman's hall, 1023 Locust street. 

 The trustees will report on the different 

 proposed sites for the club's annual out- 

 ing and a vote will be taken on which 

 to select. Other important matters from 

 last meeting will come up and should 

 attract a large attendance. J. J. B. 



The St. Louis Horticultural Society 

 wishes through these columns to express 



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