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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



July 16, 1908. 



Ferns 



$1.25 per 1000 



These are the beet fancy cut ferns in the market— not the soft stuff from the 

 South or from Michigan, but the real article, fresh from the Berkshire Hills 



ALL CUT FLOWERS IN SEASON 



E. H. HUNT 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. 



■■tabUshed 1878 



Lone Distance Phone Central 1751 



Current Prices 



BKAUXIBS Per doc. 



80to86-inch $3.00 



24to30-lnch $2.00to 2.60 



15 to 20-Inch 1.50 to 2.00 



8to 12-inch 75 to 1.00 



Shorts .60 



ROSBS (Tea.) Per 100 



Bride ajid Maid $4.00 to $ 6.00 



Richmond 4.00to 6.00 



Klllamey 4.00to 6.00 



Perle 4.00to 5.00 



Roses, our selection 2.00 



CARNATIONS, medium 1.00 



•♦ fancy... 2.00 



MISCBIXANBOCS 



Harrisii LiUes 10.00 



CaUas 10.00 



VaUey S.OOto 4.00 



Sweet Peas 60to .75 



Peonies S.OOto 6.00 



Daisies 1.00 



Asters lOOto 3.00 



6REKN8 



Smilaz Strinsrs per doz., 1.50 to 2.00 



Asparainis StrinjKS each, .60 



Asparagus Bunches " .iVito .60 



Sprenareri Bunches " .25 to .85 



Adianciun per 100, .75 



Ferns, Fancy per 1000, 1.25 



Galax, Green " 1.00 



Bronze " 1.00 



Boxwood 25cperlb.; lOOlbs., 15.00 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



Mention The Review? when you write. 



New Beauties 



from young plants. Stems from 12 to 24 inches long. Choice flowers. These were planted 

 March 1, especially for summer. Kaiserin, Carnot, Killarney* Perles and 



Richmond* All grown in solid benches, with roots down deep in cool soil. These plants 

 are from three to six years old. They produce by far the best flowers in summer. 



ASPARAGUS, SMILAX, SPRENGERI, ADIANTUM, CHOICE AURATUM LILIES, 



Fleld-trrown 

 strong stems 



Buy your flowers direct from tlie gro'wer and get tbe freshest possible stock. 

 Our ooolinK rooms and slilpplnK facilities are unexcelled. Give us a trial order. 



Bassett & Washburn 



^^^S^'u^. Office and Store, 76 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



Mention The Heview when you write. 



William Graham Co. at Horticultural hall 

 July 15 and 16, by order of D.ivid Rust, 

 receiver. 



C. C. Yost, of Lebanon, Pa., was in 

 this city a few days ago. Mr. Yost says 

 that funeral business in his shop has 

 been larger than in any previous year. 



Miss Helen Patton, of Toledo, O., was 

 a visitor at the store of H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co. a few days ago. Miss Patton was 

 on her way to Atlantic City. 



John "W. Mclntyre has been extremely 

 ill in the Presbyterian hospital for the 

 last ten days. Mr. Mclntyre, who was 

 delirious at one time, is, I am glad to 

 say, reported as improving by the hos- 

 pital authorities. 



Charles E. Meehan is taking his vaca- 

 tion a few days at a time at Ocean City, 

 N.J. 



Jacob N. Fries, of Bethlehem, Pa., was 

 in this city a few days ago. 



Ross E. Zanger, Lancaster, Pa., has a 

 fine crop of asters which will soon be in 

 bloom. 



William C. Harry is in charge of the 



Sign of the Rose during the absence of 

 Charles Henry Fox. 



Willis N. Girdin, of Lancaster, Pa., 

 has an enviable reputation as a shipper 

 of choice carnations to this market. 



J. A. Smith, of Henry F. Michell Co., 

 is coippleting the second week of his va- 

 cation, supposedly at or near Riverton, 

 N.J. 



John Crawford points with pride to 

 the fine Harrisii lilies received by Ber- 

 ger Bros. 



Edgar Bayley, with Charles H. Buen- 

 ning, Easton, Pa., has been visiting 

 friends in this city. Mr. Bayley was for- 

 merly with Myers & Samtman. 



Edward Reid is receiving nice, long- 

 stemmed Killarney from Robert Scott & 

 Son, and choice longiflorum lilies from 

 the Floracroft Greenhouses, Moorestown, 

 Walter P. Stokes, proprietor. 



The Leo Niessen Co. has some of the 

 choicest sweet peas seen in this market 

 for some time. They come from a dis- 

 tance. 



M. Rice & Co. have their ribbon show 



case ready for inspection, filled with 

 everything required in millinery. 



The Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, 

 Pa., filled an order last week for forcing 

 roses from the Isthmian Canal Commis- 

 sion, to be shipped to Panama. 



William H. Westcott has returned from 

 visiting relatives at Williamsport, Pa. 



Edwin A. Seidewitz, of Baltimore, was 

 a visitor in this city last week. 



Robert Pyle, president of the Conard 

 & Jones Co., states that the past season 

 has been the best in the company's his- 

 tory. 



Fred Ehret reports that the first season 

 in his new shop, with its greenhouse in 

 the rear, has fully proved the wisdom of 

 the move. 



There was an effort made to induce 

 the guardians of the Florists' Club's 

 treasury to favor the sending of a base- 

 ball team representing this city to the 

 Niagara Falls convention. This effort 

 was sternly quelled with the no-funds ar- 

 gument. Fancy the surprise of those who 

 favor baseball when the club at its July 



