AcacST 12, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



23 



WE HAVE SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR GROWING AND COOLINGS 



SUMMER FLOWERS 



Long Stem Beauties 



ALL NEW 

 CROP 



Kaiserin, Killarney, Richmonds, Maids, Brides, Fancy Carnations and Greens, all our own grown stock 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz. 



Extra long 93.00 



24 inches $2.00 to 2.^0 



I8inctaei 1.50 



12 Inches 1.00 



Short stems .50 



Kalserln and Carnot Per 100 



Extra long and select $8.00 



GoodlenKths 5.00 to 6.00 



Medium lengths 4 00 



Short stems 3.00 



PRICE LIST 



Klllarney, Bride, Ferle and Bichmond 



Per 100 



Extra long $600 



Ooodleugtbs 60O 



Medium lengths 4.00 



Short stems J2.0O to 30O 



Asters l.OO to 2.0O 



Carnations 



Red O. P. Bassett 2.01 



White and Winsor l.OO to 200 



Easter LlUea doz., $1.25 



8.0O 



liilyof the Valley 



Asparaens sprays 



AsparaKasstrlnKii^a . 



Sprengerl - 



Smllax ptrdo 



Adiantmn 



Oalax, bronze... 

 Oalaz, green... 

 Ferns, new crop 



6OC-60C 



Per 100 



$3.00 



. $2.OOt0 3.00 



1.50 to 2.00 



,S1.90 



per lOOO, $1.25 

 Vib 

 1.60 



1.00 



BUr DIRECT or THE GRO\irXRB 



BASSETT & WASHBURN 



eKUBMHOUSBB, 



fflKRDALB, Ilili. 



twice and Store, 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Mention Thp Rpi'<»»w when vou write 



Price List 



No. 913 Thrush 



No. 964 Low Leg Nest 



No. 922 Quail 



Diameter Thrush Nest No. 913 Low Leg Nest 

 Ouccide Quail Nest No. 9^2 Ko.964 



8-inch $ 6.00 perdoz $ 7.20 per doz. 



10-lnch V.JOperdoz 9.60 per tioz. 



12-lnch 9.60perdoz 12.00 per doz. 



ISinch 15.00 perdoz 1.5.00per doz. 



ISlnch 2l.00perdc»z 2l.OOperdoz. 



Try a Sample Order 



We manufacture 



Two Hundred Designs of Florists' Baskets 



Made of willow and colnrrd in various delicate 

 tunes to harmonize witbplazixts and tlo'wers 



Oar full line will be on exhibition at the S. A. F. Convention 



Madison Basketcraft Co. 



MADISON, OHIO 



Finely illustrated cataloiaa « sent on request 



Mention The Review when you •write. 



.\iij(ust 7, because of the stork's first ar- 

 lival at his home with a young Greek- 

 -\nierican. 



The Lewy Floral Co.. with Harry 

 I'i'wy as president, opens its store in the 

 iHw Murray restaurant, corner Broad- 

 way and Forty-seeond street, September 

 1 The decorations will be unique. Mr. 

 1 'wy is a protege of Charles Thorley. 



McKenzie West wood, of Mengham & 

 V' ostwood, and Mrs. Westwood are sum- 

 li i'ring at their old home in Canada, 

 " oir first visit there in twelve years. 



(J 



oorge Orth, of H. E. Froment's, is 

 ' i<k from his holiday, and Phil Dietzen- 

 ' rger, of the same house, is away with 

 i ^^ family in Sullivan county. Mr. Fro- 



• f'ut leaves this week for his annual 



• '^t in the mountains. James Coyle is 

 ,'ain on duty. 



Thomas Martin, with Traendly & 



• 'henck, is away where Rip Van Winkle 

 - fpt in the Catskills, and Mrs. Savin, 

 '"!■ fifteen years bookkeeper for this 

 ' "iise, is enjoying her holiday in Canada. 

 ' he head of the house will have his re- 

 '"peration at Cincinnati. 



Phil Kessler is trying the Maine 

 ^^oods for the renewal of his vitality. 



Most of the gardeners' societies are 

 liaving their outings and clam bakes 

 ^ow, preliminary to the fall exhibitions, 

 'he Nassau County show is scheduled 



for October 28 and 29. There will be 

 one continuous round of exhibitions after 

 September. It will take an automobile 

 to keep in touch with all of tliem. 



M. A. Bowe and several other leading 

 retailers had big orders for baskets and 

 Beauty bouquets for the initial perform- 

 ance of "The Florists' Shop" August 9. 



The Southampton Horticultural Society 

 will hold its annual exhibition next 

 week. Here is where the Rickards 

 brothers are much in evidence, and 

 Frank M. Dugan managerial. 



The Johnston Heating Co. has com- 

 pleted many large contracts during the 

 present season, and is optimistic as to 

 the outlook. 



George Hildebrand, of John Young's 

 force, is away with his family in the 

 mountains. Mr. Young finds a, perpetual 

 outing where the 700-foot greenhouses 

 are, at Bedford Station. These are yield- 

 ing some fine Beauties already. 



Emil Schloss will represent the Schloss 

 Bros. Ribbon House at the convention. 



Sydney Wertheimer will be at Cincin- 

 nati with the exhibit of Wertheimer 

 Bros. 



George Saltford has been fishing 

 steadily for a week at the extremity of 

 Long Island. There should be a new 

 book forthcoming this winter on the 

 "Violet," if the absorption of fish food 



has the popular effect, tliough in this 

 case it is hardly inecessary. 



S. Jacobs & Sons, tlie greenhouse 

 builders of Bioolclyn, have had a big 

 ycnr, their new fsfcctory being already in- 

 adequate for th^ growing trade, espe- 

 cially large on Long Islanil. 



Gunther Bros. are getting ready for 

 the annual dahlia, exhibit, for which they 

 are famous. Tl^e new store will give 

 them unequaleil facilities tliis year. 



William Ford is making his sunmier 

 home at his Pexinsylvania residence in 

 the Alleghanies. Michael Ford says the 

 prize- winning bsa,by next year at the 

 Asbury Park car- nival is already a win- 

 ner, and no coratcst will be necessary. 

 There are a lot of prouil young fathers 

 this year in the wholesale district. 



A. M. Hensha.Av, of Henshaw & Fen- 

 rich, is entertai xiing his father, who is 

 here from Bristol, England. He has 

 passed three scoTe years and ten, but is 

 an inveterate j^olfer, and champion of 

 his home section _ 



J. J. Coan, nraanager of the Growers' 

 Cut Flower Co., ■will celebrate his anni- 

 versary Septemfoer 15, the date of the 

 launching of tliis new and successful 

 venture. 



All the wholesalers are renovating, 

 painting and be?autifying their establish- 

 ments, just as if there were no black- 



