

OCTOBBB 8, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



21 



CH RYSANTH EMUMS 



WHITE, 



YELLOW, 



PINK. 



Very Fine Crop. Price per Dozen, $2.00 to $3.00. 



BEAUTIES 



Far dos. 



Extra long !ltenis • $3.00 



Stems 24 incites 2.00 



" 18 « 1.50 



Per dos. 



Stems 1 5 inches iong $1.25 



" 12 « « l.OO 



Good stock in shorter lengths. 



ROSES 



Killarne^, Kaiserin, Carnot and Richmond per loo 



Select $8.00 



Long 6.00 



Medium $4.00 to 5.00 



Short ' 3.00 



BRIDE, MAID an4 PKRLE per lOO 



. Long $6.00 to $8.00 



Medium 4.00 to 5.00 



Short 3.00 



Shorter lengths in lots of 500 $20.00 per 1000 



FANCY CARNATIONS, red, white and pink, long stems, good flowers, per 100, $3.00 to $4.00. 



Complete stock of all Greens. laiy of the Valley, per 100, $3.00 to $4.00. Easter Lilies, per 100, $16.00. 



Buy Your Flowers Direct of the Grower 



Bassett & Washburn 



GBEENHOUSES, 



^'^^: nx. Office and Store, 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



will be gala night, with special music; 

 third night, announcements of garden and 

 window-box prizes; fourth night, St. 

 Louis night. The show should this year 

 prove a financial success. J. J. B. 



DETROIT. 



The Market 



Just before the recent spell of cool, 

 dark weather struck Detroit, stock was 

 quite plentiful, but not so now; all kinds 

 of flowers are scarce. The frost last week 

 finished what asters were left. Then, with 

 the advent of more seasonable weather, 

 came an increased demand. Add to this 

 a shortening up of the supply of indoor 

 stock, and you have the answer. 



Few mums have been seen so far, but 

 a few more days of sunshine will bring 

 them out in large quantities. Carnations 

 are improving slowly; the stems are get- 

 ting longer, but they seem weaker,, for 

 the size of the flowers has also increased 

 somewhat. 



Probably the first southern smilax han- 

 dled here this season was used by Breit- 

 meyer's at a wedding decoration Monday, 

 Oetober 5. 



Variotii Notes. 



Asman & Dunn are at present cutting 

 some fine Harrisii lilies. 



A Brigji);- Mayor club ha.«^ been prg^- 

 ized h^re,qthe purpose of ,,wMc,^, is./tf 

 further the interests of Philipjpirisitni.ejier 

 for mayor. Most of the florilts^ have al- 

 ready enrolled. 



Schroeter's staff has been on the jump 

 since fall openings began at the stores. 

 Besides the decorations for Newcomb 's 

 large store, for which over 1,500 Beauties 



were used this year, in connection with 

 other stuff, several other stores were dec- 

 orated. 



Robert Rahaley visited the greenhouses 

 of the growers in Greenfield last week. 

 Tom Browne expects to have a fine crop 

 of mums and carnations ready soon. Al- 

 bert Stahelin's mums look unusually 

 promising. Fr^nk Holznagle's place was 

 also visited by Mr. Rahaley. This is one 

 of the model plants in this vicinity. As 

 a carnation, rose and chrysanthemum 

 grower Mr. Holznagle is hard to beat. 



The Michigan Cut Flower Exchange 

 has had to put on extra help to repack 

 the thousands of ferns being put in cold 

 storage. 



The Kenneth Anderson Co. reports an 

 exceedingly fine summer trade. While 

 there has not been so much local building, 

 they have increased their business 

 throughout the state. 



While in Chicago recently the writer 

 had the pleasure of being shown through 

 Wienhoeber's store and greenhouses on 

 Elm street. This is one of the neatest 

 places I ever have , seen. The most inter- 

 esting part of the place was upstairs over 

 the store. This part of the building was 

 formerly used by Richard Mansfield as 

 his living rooms while in Chicago. Wien- 

 hoeber's now have it fitted out as display 

 rooms for all kinds of baskets, vases, etc., 

 0^ TyJ)ich they carry a big line. H. S. 



iiDbnvee, Colo. — The partnership here- 

 tofore existing under the name of the 

 Denver Floral Co., between George Bren- 

 kert, Samuel Wplf, and the late Gordon 

 Wolf, has b^Bn dissQlved. The business 

 will be continued unaer the same name 

 by George Brenkert. 



NEVYOHK. 



TheMai^et 



Refreshing rains, but not enough; a 

 cold snap, but no frost, and here we 

 are again with delightful Indian sum- 

 mer weather. The outdoor flowers are 

 practically over. Hydrangeas, asters, 

 gladioli and dahlias have passed, and, 

 except goldenrod and autumn leaves, 

 there are no real competitors against the 

 roses, carnations and chrysanthemums. 

 Bpfore the end of the week the chrysan- 

 themum again will be king. Orchids 

 are in a class by themselves, with gar- 

 denias. 



Roses start the week slowly and prices 

 wabble. Beauties, with the rest of them, 

 have found a lower level. There is an 

 abundance of all varieties, and the com- 

 njon and mildewed stock is almost worth- 

 less. 



■ Carnations are doing better and grow- 

 ing piore perfect every day. All the 

 growers are shipping heavily, and the 

 quality is fully up to that of any sea- 

 son at this date. 



Violets are going begging at $2.50 per 

 thousand for the best. It will be a hard 

 task to boost them to their throne again. 



Various Notes. 



Next Monday the Florists' Club will 

 hold its Odpiher meeting. The canna ex- 

 pert, Antome Wintzer, who will lecture, 

 deserves a big audience. Will Riekards 

 will not disappoint the inner man, and 

 there will undoubtedly be some interest- 

 ing exhibits. ,p^ 



Some fine palm stock from the Bilt- 

 more Nursery, Asheville, was disposed of 



