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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



JUNS 18. 1908. 



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Summer 



We have special facilities for supplying them. An entire range of over 200,000 

 feet of glasi devoted exclusively to their growth. Our summer grown American 

 Beauties have an established reputation as the best in the market. They are planted 

 in solid benches and as the roots go down deep into rich soil, the plants produce very 

 choice flowers. Our Roses also are grafted and planted in solid benches for summer 

 blooming. 



We have 15,000 Giganteum Easier Lilies 



grown cool, just coming into bloom. They will stand the heat and handling without 

 showing any signs of bruises. Price, $6.00 per 100. 



SUMMER SPECIALTIES 



American Beauties, Kaiserin, Carnot, Killarney, Richmond and Perle Roses, Gig^an- 

 teum Easter Lilies, Greens of all kinds. Buy your flowers direct from the gfrower and g^et 

 the freshest possible stock. Our coolings rooms and shippings facilities are unexcelled. 



Bassett & Washburn 



Office and Store, 76 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



GBEENHOUSES» 



HINSDAIiE, nX. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



the marriage of a daughter of W. G. 

 Matthews, at Dayton, aMong other in- 

 teresting announcements. 



C. W. McKellar says the orchid crop 

 promises to outlast the season of spring 

 weddings. 



Among recent visitors were George A. 

 Kuhl, Pekin, 111.; Mr. Heite, of the 

 W. L. Kock Flower Co., Kansas City; 

 L. F. Dintelman and A. S. Halstead, 

 Belleville, III.; also a large number of 

 nurserymen on their way home from the 

 Milwaukee convention. 



SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 



Local florists are planning to give 

 the finest flower show ever held in the 

 city next November. Plans are now 

 making by the local club for the affair, 

 which will probably be held in the ar- 

 senal. The event is arranged for the pur- 

 pose of demonstrating to the citizens of 

 Springfield what a showing the "Flow- 

 er City" of the state can make when 

 the great abundance of blooms are 

 brought together. The show will be open 

 for three days, afternoon and evening, 

 and a nominal sum will be charged for 

 admission. It is probable that the pro- 

 ceeds will go to the charitable institu- 

 tions of the city. Frank A. Friedley 

 has been appointed chairman of the ex- 

 ecutive committee, which includes A. C. 

 Brown and Henry Drake. 



The event will be the first of its 

 kind to be held in the capital city, the 

 flower show of last summer having been 

 in charge of the merchants. 



The committee and oflScers of the Flo- 

 rists' Club are planning to make the 

 show in November a great success and 



if qo it will be held annually. The of- 

 ficers include: President, Carl Buth; 

 vice-president, R. T. Donnell; secretary, 

 Frank A. Friedley, and treasurer, George 

 Van Horn. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



The usual midsummer stagnation, which 

 is recognized as inevitable in July and 

 August, has arrived ahead of time. With 

 European travel, weddings and com- 

 mencements it was fondly hoped that 

 June would prove the best month of the 

 year. It is to date about the worst in 

 the wholesale section, and nothing can 

 now lift it from the slough of despond. 

 It will go down in wholesale history as 

 the most disastrous and discouraging ex- 

 perience cut flower growers and whole- 

 salers have ever known. There is no 

 market, is the response to one's solici- 

 tous inquiries. Price is no object, never 

 were such low values at this season, and 

 yet the voluine of retail trade does not 

 increase. When the weddings and school 

 closings are over, there will be nothing 

 left but lethargy and resignation. The 

 lesson of patience has been a severe one 

 and all have suffered. But the end of 

 depression will come in due time; the 

 future is bright with promise. The grand 

 harvests, the shelving of presidential un- 

 certainty, the reopening of the banks 

 and the return of public confldence all 

 tend to the absolute dependence that may 

 surely be entertained by all in the good 

 times coming; wait a little longer. In 

 the meantime New York wholesaledom 

 will rest on its oars and recuperate. 



Few good Beauties are arriving. The 



limited quantity insures a good figure for 

 the best, but the most of the Beauty 

 stock is anything but beautiful. This 

 applies to all rose arrivals. Quality is 

 deteriorating and the supply is abundant. 

 The peony flood is over. There were 

 millions of them while they lasted. The 

 hot, dry weather spoiled most of them, 

 so that the few arrivals June 15 were 

 small and off color. This week will see 

 their finish. They made a great noise 

 while they lasted. You could hardly hear 

 the other flowers at all and they did 

 great service in the wedding decorations. 



White orchids are still wanted at good 

 prices. The other colors and kinds are 

 abundant and reasonable — very. There 

 seems to be no end to the carnations. 

 Every wholesaler has his place full of 

 them. There are no prices. I saw 10,- 

 000 go for $25 June 15. Gladioli become 

 more plentiful daily. Next week the 

 southern stock will be here. That means 

 the limit in low rates — 50 cents per hun- 

 dred. Sweet peas are scarcer and the 

 selected stock sells readily. Lilies do not 

 improve; $2 to $3 per hundred June 15 

 was the prevailing quotation. Valley 

 holds because of the June weddings. 



The Belmont funeral caused quite a 

 demand the last of the week for orchids 

 and valley. Over 100 beautiful floral 

 offerings were sent to the church and 

 house. 



The passage of the racing bills at Al- 

 bany, which ended the betting ring in 

 New York and threw thousands out of 

 situations, will be felt by the leading re- 

 tailers heavily, these patrons of the 

 sport being among the best spenders for 

 flowers in the city, and always reliable 

 cash customers. Every little bit hurts 



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