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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



JULV 23. 1908. 



Fancy Ferns 



$1.25 per lOOO 



These are the best 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. 



■■tabUahed 1878 



lAtng Distance Phone Central 1751 



Current Prices 



BBAVTIES Per doz. 



30to86-incb $8.00 



24to30-incb i,... $2.00 to 2 60 



16to 20-inch 1.50to 2.00 



8tol2-lnch , 76to 1.00 



Shorts J .50 



BOSBS (Tmm) Per 100 



Bride and Maid $4.00 to$ 6.00 



Richmond 4.00 to 



Klllarney 4.00 to 



Perle 4.00 to 



Roses, our selection 



GAKNATION8. medium. 

 *• fancy — 



BII8CSLI.ANBOU8 



HarrisilLiUes 



Gladioli per doz., 50c to 75c 



Valley 3.00 to 



Sweet Peas 60 to 



Daisies 



Asters 100 to 



6.00 

 6.00 

 5.00 

 2.00 

 1.00 

 2.00 



12.50 



4.00 



.75 



1.00 



3.00 



OIUBENS 



Smilax Strings per doz.. 



Asparagnu Strings 



1.50 to 



2.00 



_ _ each. .60 



Asparagus Bunches " .A5to .50 



Sprengeri Bunches " .25 to .86 



Adiantum per 100, .75 



Ferns, Fancy per 1000, 1.25 



Galax. Green " 1.00 



" Bronze " 1.00 



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



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



Mention The Revie-\v when you write. 



New 



les 



from young plants. Choice flowers. These were planted especially for summer. 



Kaiserin, Carnot, Klllarney, 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 EASTER aid AURATUM LILIES 



Buy your flo^^ers direct from ttae grovrmr and get the freshest possible stock. 

 Our oooUns rooms and shipping facilities are unexcelled. Give us a trial order. 



Bassett & Washburn 



"^^Silt^'ii^. Office and Store, 76 Wabash Avenue, OH ICAGO 



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vantage of enabling the grower to dis- 

 pose of his stock in any size desired. 

 The extreme prolificness of the Boston 

 family renders it unnecessary to plant 

 out a large number merely for runners. 

 N. Scottii, X. Amerpohlii, X. Todea- 

 oides and N. Whitmani are grown in this 

 way, in addition to Bostoniensis. 



Fieus pandurata holds a high place in 

 Mr. Craig's regard. He admitted that 

 he could have sold more, by which his 

 interviewer stupidly understood him to 

 mean that he had not enough, but Mr. 

 Craig is too honest a man to allow this 

 mistake to pass, and he explained that, 

 as in everything else, more Ficus pandu- 

 rata could have been sold this season had 

 the orders been forthcoming. But he was 

 better satisfied with the demand for 

 Ficus pandurata than for almost any- 

 thing else on the list. Still, when you 

 came to question Mr. Craig more closely, 

 the impression created by his houses was 

 tliat there was verv little stock in salable 



CHAS. W. McKELLAR 



WHOLESALE FLORIST... 



51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



ORCHIDS 



*♦"»** A SPECIALTY *»♦»»»* 



A fine assortment of Cattleyas and other 

 Orchids always on hand, fresh every day. 



Fancy Stock in Valley, Beauties, Roses, 



Carnations and Greens of all kinds 



Can always supply the best goods the season atTords 

 A complete line of all Wire Work and Supplies constantly on hand 



L.. D. Phone Central 8598 



