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July 30, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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New Beauties 



We are cutting a large lot of solid and fine colored buds. Prices very low, as follows : 



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Stems 30-36 inches long^ per doz., $8.60 to $3.00 



♦• 84 " " perdos., 8.00 



" 18-80 " •• perdoz., 1.60 



•♦ 18-16 " " perdoz., 1.00 



Summer Roses 



Kaiserin, Carnot, Killarney, Perles, Richmonds, 



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. 



Easter Lilies $1.00 per Dozen 



ASPARAGUS, SMILAX, SPRENG^RI, ADIANTUM AMD CHOICE AURATUM LILIES 



Buy your flowers direct from the grower and aret tbe freshest possible stock. 

 Our cooling: rooms and-slilpplnsr facilities are unezceUed. Give us a trial order. 



Bassett & Washburn 



^"^SS^'n^ Office and Store, 76 Wabasii Avenue, CH ICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ried out as per schedule, with the fol- 

 lowing results: 



Boys under 10 years — Myron Bloy first, A. Fry 

 second. 



Girls under 10 years — Mary Russell first, Mame 

 Carry second. ^. . ^ x i. 



One hundred yard dash — M. Olzack first, K. 

 Watson, Jr., second. - .. Sr 



Married women's race — F. Becker first, M. 

 Harris second. „ , „ ^ * o 



Single women's race — Orlean Knope first, C. 

 Holznagle second. ^ ^ , „ 



Broad Jump— R. Watson, Jr., first, J. Breger 



Quoits— Herman Knope and T. Gowanlock tied 

 for first and H. Knope won the throw-off, Bfl 

 Board third. „ , 



Three-legged race — S. Beard and B. Lawrence 

 first, W. B. Brown and Ed Beard second. 



Boys under 16 years — Howard Knope first, K. 

 Damerow second. >, ^ »« 



Girls under 16 years— Mame Carry first, KC- 

 glna Burzyck second. 



Ed Beard met with an accident at the 

 outing, or rather, his trousers did. In 

 practicing for the games he fell and 

 amputated one of his trouser legs below 

 the knee. 



The Detroit Florists ' Club has adopted 

 a new pin to be worn on all special oc- 

 casions. It is in the form of a carna- 

 tion leaf and has- the wording, "Detroit 

 Florists' Club." The pin is in sterling 

 silver and pale green enamel. 



H. S. 



HoPKiNSViLLE, Ky. — Lucien Lecleree, 

 of Lexington, has taken charge of the 

 greenhouses and grounds of the Western 

 Kentucky Lunatic Asylum. 



Knoxville, Tenn. — On the evening of 

 July 9, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Baum gave 

 a reception at Fairview, their suburban 

 residence, in honor of their son, Karl P. 

 Baum, and his bride. The young man, 

 who entered upon married life June 25, 

 is associated with his father in the flo- 

 ristfi' trade. 



CHNONNATL 



The Market 



Flowers are about as scarce as they 

 ever get at any season of the year. After 

 the orders are filled there is not a flower 

 left in the wholesale houses; even the 

 smallest and those of the poorest quality 

 find a ready sale and at good prices. 

 Prices are averaging better than they 

 did even in mid-season. There are no 

 carnations. Asters are coming well, but 

 still not nearly enough to take care of 

 the demand. Roses from new stock are 

 coming in and the quality is good. They 

 sell on sight and bring good prices. 

 Gladioli are good property and sweet 

 peas are sought after, even though they 

 are very short-stemmed. 



New green galax is on hand and there 

 is plenty of bronze on cold storage as 

 yet. Ferns and other green goods are 

 in good supply and the demand is good. 



Various Notes. 



Geo. E. Tromey, who bought out W. K. 

 Partridge's retail store last week, has 

 sold his interest to the Bletcher Floral 

 Co., which has already taken over the 

 business. Mr. Bletcher was formerly in 

 the employ of Mr. Partridge, but for 

 the last year has been with Julius Baer. 

 He is noted for the high grade of the 

 work which he turns out and we predict 

 success for the new firm. 



C. E. Critchell 's face is wreathed with 

 smiles. It is a boy, and papa is su- 

 premely happy. 



Coulthard & Pogue, who bought out 

 Huntsman & Co. 's store at 609 Walnut 

 street, have remodeled the entire store 



and it is now bright and clean and well 

 equipped for the beginning of business 

 in the fall. 



The florists ' outing July 23 was a de- 

 cided success and a great crowd turned 

 out. There was something doing all of 

 the time and all enjoyed themselves to 

 thd utmost. 



Gunnar Teilraann, of Marion, Ind., has 

 accepted the position at the soldiers' 

 home in Tennessee. 



Henry Lodder, of Hamilton, O., is 

 spending a few weeks at West Baden, 

 Ind. 



Mr. and Mrs. JC. Weber and daughter • 

 are in Michigan on a vacation trip. 



Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Howald, of 

 Atlanta, Ga., stopped over in this city 

 for a few days last week, on their way 

 home from a short visit at the doctor's 

 home in Newton, O. 



P. W. Jacobs, of the Lamborn Floral 

 Co., Alliance, O.. was a visitor, as were 

 also Frederick Flad, of New York city, 

 and H. Balsley, of Detroit, Mich. 



C. J. Ohmee. 



Jeffersoxville. Ixd. — John Meyer has 

 resigned his position at the Indiana R«- 

 formatory and has accepted a similar po- 

 sition at French Lick Springs. 



Winona, Mixn. — Xirchner & Son, of 

 the West End Greenhouses, are building 

 some additional houses and will have 

 them ready for use in less than a month. 

 When these are completed, the firm will 

 have nine good-siz^ houses, all well 

 built, with cement walks between tlie 

 benches and other parts of the construc- 

 tion as substantial as possible. 



