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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



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PRICE LIST 



American Beauties 



Extra long stems 



Steins 30 to 36 inches long 



Stems 20 to 24 inches long 



Stems 18 inches long 



Stems 12 to 15 inches long 



Stems 8 to 10 inches long 



Kiiiarney and Riciiniond 



Extra select 



Good lengths ., 



Medium lengths 



Short lengths . 



Bride, Maid and Perlct « 



Long stems 



Medium lengths 



Short lengths 



Fresh Roses, our selection, in 

 more, per 1000, $20.00. 



Per doz. 



$5.00 

 3.00 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 1.50 

 1.00 



Par 100 



$8.00 to $10.00 



6.00 



5.00 



3.00 to 4.00 



6.00 to 8.00 



5.00 



3.00 to 4.00 



lots of 500 or 



Carnations 



Red O. P. Bassett, extra fancy. 

 White and Pink, according to 



length of stem 



Lily of tlie Valley 



Per 100 



$5.00 



.$3.00 to 

 - 3.00 to 



4.00 

 4.00 



EASTER LILIES 



GIGANTEUM 



Splendid stock In large supply. Will ship well, 

 low price to move the big crop 



Note special 



$10.00 per 100 



Asparagus per string, .35 to 



Asparagus Sprays ....per 100, 



Sprengeri " 2.00 to 



Smilax . per doz., 



Adiantum _....per 100, .75 to 



GalaXy green and hronze per 1000, 



Ferns " 



.40 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 1.50 

 1.00 

 1.25 

 1.50 



BUY YOUR FLOWERS DIRECT OF THE GROWER 



Bassiett & Washburn 



^'''^SIS^'iix. Office and Sfore, 76 Wabasli Avenue, C H I C AGO 



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NEW ORLEANS. 



Thanksgiving day in New Orleans is 

 far from being observed as well as in 

 the north, and the call for flowers is 

 quite limited, compared with that in other 

 localities. Still, every year seems to 

 bring some change, and this year's busi- 

 ness has been quite good. The private gar- 

 dens are still full of chrysanthemums, 

 and, as long as the present warm weather 

 continues, the florists cannot expect much 

 business. 



F. Baker is plowing up his chrysanthe- 

 mum ground to make room for his annu- 

 als, of which he will have thousands. 



M. M. L. 



DETROIT. 



The Market 



There is every indication of a good 

 Christmas business this year, at least as 

 far as Detroit is concerned. Thanksgiv- 

 ing business seems to have far exceeded 

 last year. Some florists report double 

 last year's amount of general Thanks- 

 giving business. The demand was for 

 assortments of cut flowers, rather than 

 for any one flower. Beauties are moving 

 slowly. Violets were not in as much de- 

 mand for Thanksgiving wear, but were 

 sold in large quantities just previously. 

 In fact, violet business has been very sat- 

 isfactory here. 



Chrysanthemums are fast becoming a 

 thing of the past. Some good stock is 

 still to be had, but the demand has ceased 

 and naturally the prices have come down 

 a notch. Good white are in demand for 

 funeral work. With the going of the 

 mums, trouble will again commence in 



making up work, as carnations are almost 

 too expensive for use as a background. 



Various Notes. 



F. J. Eosser, of 270 Maybury avenue, 

 recently purchased a piece of land on the 

 corner of Maybury ajid Linden avenues. 

 As soon as the winter's frost is out of 

 the ground his intentions are to erect a 

 small store and adjoining greenhouse, 

 with the hope of building up the retail 

 end of the business. This comer is just 

 a few doors from his present place. 



At the recent exhibition of the club, 

 Albert Pochelon, of the Bemb Floral Co., 

 was the only retailer to make an exhibit. 

 In fact, to Mr. Pochelon is due much 

 of the credit for the success of these 

 little shows, as he is one of the most 

 energetic workers. His display consisted 

 of several arrangements made up with the 

 curly cabbage, Savoy. Attached to the 

 display was a card bearing the wording, 

 ' ' With the kind permission of Mr. Smith, 

 of Cleveland." Whether the idea of 

 these arrangements originated in Cleve- 

 land or not, Mr. Pochelon 's work was 

 nicely executed. 



Norman Sullivan has also taken to 

 curly cabbage. In his window this week 

 can be seen a number of these pieces, 

 well done. One in particular, representing 

 the broad hats that are so popular just 

 at present, attracts much attention from 

 the ladies. 



Breitmeyer's had the decorations for 

 the ball poudre at Strassburg's hall last 

 week. H. S. 



Maryville, Mo. — Alfred Engelmann 

 says Thanksgiving trade was entirely 

 satisfactory. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Thanksgiving trade this year was not 

 as good as in former years. Some of 

 our leading stores say it was as good 

 a^ last year, but from general report it 

 appears that it was not as good as last 

 year, on the whole. There was plenty of 

 stock at all the wholesale houses ; in fact, 

 a great deal of it was left unsold Thurs- 

 day morning. The stock that came in 

 was only fair in quality and a lot of it 

 showed that the consignor kept it long in 

 order to get better prices for the big 

 day, but as more stock came in than the 

 demand called for this pickled stock was 

 dumped. 



There was a great quantity of carna- 

 tions. The fancy all started in at $5 

 per hundred, but soon dropped to $4 and 

 $3. There were quite a few California 

 violets that sold at $1 per hundred. 

 Beauties and other roses were abundant, 

 but owing to the flooded condition of 

 the market the prices dropped to the 

 every-day price. Chrysanthemums sold 

 well, but did not bring the prices the 

 wholesalers hoped for. Only the extra 

 fancy Eaton and Golden Wedding 

 brought $3 per dozen. 



Paper Whites are in the market this 

 week. Lily of the valley is down to 

 $2 per hundred. Callas and Harrisii 

 are coming in plentifully. A few large 

 weddings for this week should help trade. 



Various Notes. 



Messrs. Angermueller, Schoenle and 

 Beneke, committee on the Florists' Club 

 smoker, held a meeting November 27 and 

 mapped out a program and other ar- 



