A««UST 13, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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LILIES 



Giganteums, 



Auratums, 



$1.00 per doz. 

 6.00 per 100 



New Beauties 



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



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. 



ASPARAGUS, SMiLAX, SPRENGERI, ADIANTUM AND CHOICE AURATUM LILIES 



Buy your flovrers direct from, the aro^rer and set the freshest possible stock. 

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



Visit our Greenhouses and see the Ne'w Carnation, O. P. Bassett, gro'v^ing. 



Will be disseminated January 1, 1909 



Bassett & Washburn 



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



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I See our Bulb Exhibit at the Convention 



worth the journey. 



Arthur T. Boddington. ■ 



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large attendance and the activity of the 

 florists. 



Before the meeting adjourned, the 

 president instructed Albert Pochelon to 

 order a large quantity of campaign 

 buttons, bearing the inscription, "For 

 Secretary of the S. A. F.— J. F. Sulli- 

 van." This goes to show the sentiment 

 of the members of the Detroit Florists' 

 Club, each one of whom is heart and 

 soul for Mr. Sullivan, riot because he is 

 from their home town, but because he is 

 a splendid man for the oflSce. 



After adjournment the whole party 

 were guests of W. B. Brown at Alt 

 Heidelburg eaf6. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. Meinhardt and several other lady 

 florists from St. Louis were the guests 

 of Mrs. Maynard, of Detroit, this week. 

 After several days here they traveled on 

 to Chicago, from whence they intend to 

 retrace their steps and go to the con- 

 vention city with the Chicago people. 



William Hielscher has returned from 

 the west, about fifteen pounds to the 

 good. He visited Portland, Seattle, Spo- 

 kane, St. Paul, Minneapolis and many 

 smaller cities, and is much taken up with 

 the west. 



The writer is in receipt of a postal 



from Carlsbad, Germany, from Henry 

 Fruck, and was pleased to note that Mr. 

 Fruck's health is rapidly improving. 



B. Eschner, of M, Rice & Co., passed 

 through Detroit en route for Philadel- 

 phia, after being away eight, weeks. He 

 reports business as having been very 

 satisfactory. 



George Peters, of the Detroit Cut 

 Flower Supply House, has been having a 

 two weeks' resting spell, which has done 

 him much good, after a season of close 

 confinement to business. This firm is 

 receiving some exceptionally fine asters 

 from its Pontiac place. They are a 

 new variety, long in stem, beautiful shell 

 pink, and are readily disposed of at 4 

 cents, so you can judge for yourself. 



The reopening of one of our large dry 

 goods houses, which met with a big fire 

 Sist spring, created quite a flurry among 

 the trade. Most of the florists had some 

 of the work, but the bulk was turned 

 out by one firm. 



M. Bloy, vice-president-elect of the De- 

 troit Florists' Club, is a newcomer in 

 these parts. Although still a young 

 man, Mr. Bloy has seen considerable of 

 the various phases of the florists' busi- 

 ness. His first experience was with Will- 

 iam Scott, of Buffalo, where he put in 

 thirteen vears. He then became assis- 



tant superintendent of Forest Lawn ceme- 

 tery, of the same city, where he put is 

 four years. This cemetery comprises 

 about 260 acres of land, and from fifty 

 to seventy-five men are employed. In 

 1902 he went to Cleveland, where he was 

 with the Ohio Floral Co. and J. M. Gas- 

 ser Co.; then to New Castle. Ind., where 

 one year was put in with Weiland & 01- 

 inger. He now has the Rackham place, 

 in this city, having purchased it some 

 time ago. Mr. Bloy took an active in- 

 terest in the club's welfare immediately 

 upon his becoming a member and will, 

 no doubt, make a splendid vice-president. 



Any member of the club wishing one 

 of the club pins can obtain it from Al- 

 bert Pochelon. The first lot has been 

 nearly disposed of. 



C. A. Woodman, of Cleveland, was a 

 recent visitor. H. S. 



BuBLiNGTON, Ia. — Joseph Bock is pre- 

 paring to put up three additional green- 

 houses, 27x220, and a large boiler house. 



LoGANSPORT, Ind. — Miss Nettie Hinkle 

 has charge of the McCormick greenhouses 

 during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Me- 

 Cormick, who are making a trip to B(f»- 

 ton. 



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