October 15, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



25 



CH RYSANTH EMUMS 



WHITE, 



YELLOW, 



PINK. 



We are cutting now about 1000 per day. 

 Very Fine Crop. Price per Dozen, $1.00 to $3.00. 



BEAUTIES 



Per doz. 



Per doz. 



Extra long stems $3.00 



Stems 24 to 30 incites 2.00 



20 Inciies 1.50 



<6 



Stems 15 inciies long........ $1.25 



" 12 " " 1.00 



Good stock in shorter lengths. 



ROSES 



BRIDE, MAID and PERLE i ^i loo 



Long $6.00 to $8.00 



Medium 4.00 to 5.00 



Short 3.00 



Shorter lengths in lots of 500 $20.0aper 1000 



FANCY CARNATIONS, red, white and pink, long stems, good flowers, per 100, $3.00 to $5.00. 

 Complete stock of all Greens. Lily of the Valley, per 100, $3.00 to $4.00. Eaeter Lilies, per 100, $18.00. 



Killarney, Kaiserin, Carnot and Richmond per lOO 



Select $8.00 



Long 6.00 



Medium $4.00 to 5.00 



Short 3.00 



Buy Your Flowers Direct of the Grower 



Bassett & Washburn 



GREENHOUSES, 



HINSDAIiE, IliL. 



Office and Store, 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



NEVYOHK. 



The Market. 



Perfect fall weather, -vfith a temper- 

 ature of 40 degrees, greeted the opening 

 of the week, but there is little life in 

 the cut flower market. The prices, Oc- 

 tober 12, were disappointing. Selected 

 Beauties brought as little as $12 a hun- 

 dred. This is a tumble with a vengeance. 

 Roses of all varieties are down. Only 

 a novelty like White Killarney dares to 

 demand over 5 cents. The majority of 

 the specials of Maid and Bride never get 

 above 4 cents. They won't while the 

 flood of chrysanthemums continues. It 

 may be of interest to note the varieties 

 of roses coming to the market. Ernst 

 Asmus & Son are the authority and they 

 know, for they send them. In addition 

 to the above are Testout, Cusin, Morgan, 

 Queen Beatrice, Golden Gate, Chatenay, 

 Killarney, Richmond, Hoste, Deegen, 

 Sunrise, Kaiserin and "White Killarney. 



Chrysanthemums are coming in num- 

 bers and perfection beyond all expecta- 

 tions. In consequence, prices are far be- 

 low last year at this time and the retail 

 windows tell the story of low cost and 

 profusion, for they are everywhere beau- 

 tifully decorated and the city is a ver- 

 itable flower garden, for there is a mum 

 show on nearly every .block from Har- 

 lem to the Battery. The Beauty has felt 

 the invasion of the mum the most, as its 

 price now indicates. 



Dahlias continue to arrive in great 

 abundance, and in fine condition. The 

 delay of frost has made them a profit- 

 able crop this season and the new single 



and cactus kinds have been popular and 

 satisfactorily marketed. 



Carnations grow longer and larger 

 every day and prices are steady. Cosmos 

 is plentiful and perfect. Orchids are 

 here again in beauty and variety. 



Violets look like themselves at last. 

 Prices are improving with quality, but 

 it will take some time to raise them to 

 the place they ought to occupy. 



The autumn weddings are about due. 

 The society columns are full of an- 

 nouncements. Some of the retailers al- 

 ready show their bookings with cheerful 

 faces. In fact, everywhere the tone is 

 one of hopeful expectancy and faith in 

 the return of public confidence and en- 

 terprise. 



Qub Meeting. 



The Florists' Club held its monthly 

 meeting October 12, President Weathered 

 in the chair. The crowd was fully up to 

 the average, and the exhibits many and 

 varied. Charles H. Totty exhibited eight 

 fine mums, which were given suitable 

 recognition. A pink sport of Glory of 

 Pacific, exhibited by Samuel Cockburn & 

 Sons, Woodlawn, N. Y., received a vote 

 of thanks. White and pink pompon 

 chrysanthemums, by Hartman & Wagen- 

 fohr, of Woodside, L. I., received a cul- 

 tural certificate. Carnation Georgia, by 

 J. D. Cockcroft, of Northport, L. I., was 

 given a preliminary certificate. A new 

 blue salvia from Joseph A. Manda 

 gained for him a vote of thanks. Honey- 

 suckles and roses from Conard & Jones, 

 West Grove, Pa., also earned for them a 

 vote of thanks. 



Resolutions on the death of A. B. Rose 

 and Alexander Wallace were read. 



P. O'Mara reported for the transporta- 

 tion committee, with a surplus from the 

 amount voted for the S. A. F. conven- 

 tion. The committee was discharged with 

 thanks and immediately reappointed to 

 arrange for the trip to the flower show in 

 Chicago. A special sleeper is to be pro- 

 vided and assurance of an attendance of 

 ten was made. Doubtless this number 

 will be doubled, and all intending to go 

 are requested to send their names at once 

 to Secretary John Young. 



L. W. Kervan and Ambrose Cleary 

 were elected to membership, and William 

 Godhart, S. E. Briner and C. W. Scott 

 nominated. 



In response to the request of the na- 

 tional flower show committee, President 

 Weathered appointed as judges Messrs. 

 C. H, Totty, of Madison; William Eccles, 

 of Oyster Bay, and Harry Turner, of 

 Port Washington. 



Will Rickards spoke in behalf of a 

 smoker or stag entertainment at the No- 

 vember meeting and the club heartily 

 approved of the proposition and left to 

 the committee the selection of a special 

 evening for the purpose other than the 

 regular club night. Mr. Young distrib- 

 uted schedules of the New York flower 

 show in November, and also gave notice 

 of a motion at the next meeting to reduce 

 the club's life membership fee to $50. 



Mr. Marshall spoke for the new bowl- 

 ing club. Harry Bunyard gave an inter- 

 esting and amusing account of his visit 

 to England. 



The lecturer of the evening, Antoine 

 Wintzer, of West Grove, Pa., was ac- 

 corded a warm welcome and a hearty 

 vote of thanks for his address on "Hardy 

 Clematis and Other Climbers," which 



