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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



NOVEMBEU 18, 1909. 



THANKSGIVING 



PRICE LIST 



American Beantiea Per dos. 



Extra long Btems $6.00 



Stem! 30 to 36 inches long $ 4.00 to 5.00 



Sterna 20 to 24 inches long 2.50 to 3.00 



Stems 18 inches long 2.00 



Stems 12 inches long 1.50 



Shorter 1.00 



Killarney and Richmond Per 100 



Extra select $10.00 to $12 00 



Good lengths 8 06 



Medium lengths 6.00 to 7.00 



Short lengths 4.00 



Bride, Maid and Perle 



Long stems 8 00 



Medium lengths 6.00 



Short lengths 4 00 



Fresh Roses, our selection, in lots of 500 or more, 

 per 1000, $30.00. 



Carnations Per 100 



Red O. P. Bassett, extra fancy $ 5.00 to $ 6.00 



White and Pink according to length of 



stem 4.00 to 8.00 



Easter Liliea, 6iir<^nteum t . . . 12.00 to 15.00 



Lily- of the Valley 3.00 to 4.00 



Chrysanthemums « white, yellow and pink. 



Per doz. 



Extra large, fancy $3.00 



Good size 2.00 



Medium 1.50 



No small mums left. 



Asparagns per string, .60 



Asparag^ua Sprays per 100, $2.00 to 3.00 



Sprengeri " 2.00 to 3.00 



Smilaz per doz. 1.50 



Adiantum per 100, 1.00 



Oalaz, green and bronze per 1000, 1.25 



Perns " 1.50 



BUY YOUR FLOWERS DIRECT OF THE GROWER 



Bassett & Washburn 





GREENHOUSES, 

 HlNnDALE, ILL. 



Office and Store, 76 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



Mention The Rpview -vt-bpri you write. 



Bros., with their large plate glass fronts 

 and conservatories attached, which are 

 really a part of their store rooms, made 

 every day exhibitions which might have 

 been justly entitled to the name "flower 

 shows. ' ' 



The Carnation Society committee met 

 at the Fort Pitt hotel on Thursday even- 

 . ing, with fairly good reports. A good 

 -^ portion of the money is in sight, and the 

 Tv. reception committee notified the finance 

 ^'. committee to keep busy, as they are 

 Vmakipg large plans and do not want to 

 "re'istitited for cash. All in all, Presi- 

 dent Burki went home feeling that 

 where there was so much enthusiasm and 

 every member of every committee pres- 

 ent, there would not be much trouble for 

 him. 



Visitors: Fred C. Greene, Oil City, 

 Pa. J Edward Bell, Franklin, Pa. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



dNONNATL 



The Market 



The unusually warm weather of last 

 week affected the market in general, al- 

 though trade conditions have been good. 

 The wholesale houses report a good and 

 steady call for chrysanthemums, with 

 prices averaging a little above last 

 year's; that is, good blooms have sold 

 out readily every day. Of course as this 

 is the height of their season, and warm 

 weather is bringing in double the quan- 

 tity of flowers, it is readily seen that 

 some poor stock had to be sold cheaply. 

 Bonnaflfon, Maud Dean, Mrs. Jerome 

 Jones, Chadwick, Ivory and Golden Age 

 are the leading varieties coming in. Car- 



nations of good quality iue now more 

 plentiful and meet with a steady de- 

 mand. Eoses are in full supply, with 

 moderate call. Violets arrived iu largo 

 quantities. Valley is sufficient to fill or- 

 uers. All kinds of green goods are equal 

 to the demand. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Cinciunati Florists' Society was held No- 

 vember 13 at J. A. Peterson's place in 

 Westwood. The attendance was not so 

 large as was expected, but considerable 

 .interest was manifested and much busi- 

 ness transacted. The various committees 

 brought in their reports and the auditing 

 committee reported that they found the 

 books of the finance committee from the 

 convention O. K. The money left over 

 will amount to nearly $1,600, which will 

 be set aside as a special reserve fund, to 

 be used for a flower show. The question 

 of a chrysanthemum show in 1910^ame 

 up and, judging from indications, nearly 

 all present were in favor of starting a 

 movement in that direction. A committee 

 of three was appointed to map out ways 

 and means of starting a bowling club, 

 only members of the society being 

 eligible. 



After the roXitine business was trans- 

 acted Mrs. PetCTBon invited the boys to 

 a lunch and it W needless to say every- 

 one enjoyed it to the full extent. A vote 

 of thanks was given Mr. and Mrs. Peter- 

 son for their hospitality. 



About fifteen members of the society 

 took a stroll through the greenhouses of 

 Mr. Peterson, the local home of Gloire 

 de Lorraine. This place has been long 

 famed for the excellence of the stock 



and there is every prospect that this 

 season will be a money-maker. Four 

 houses of Lorraine in various sizes, from 

 4-inoh to 8-inch pans, are a sight worth 

 seeing. Several sports and seedlings, 

 among them Pres. Taft and Gloire de 

 Cincinnati, made a grand showing. Both 

 are of more robust growth and have 

 larger blooms. A house of cyclamens 

 ranging from 6-inch to 8-inch pots, well 

 advanced in bloom, show the hand of 

 good culture. One house of Adiantum 

 Farleyense was well done, as was Dra- 

 caena Victoria and Pandanus Veitchii; in 

 fact, everything on'the place showed that 

 men of experience have bestowed their 

 best talent in growing this stock. 



H. SCHAVARZ. 



The owners of the property at 110 to 

 114 East Fourth street, part of which is 

 occupied by Robert Kelly, are planning 

 to make extensive improvements in the 

 building. The improvements, it is said, 

 will include new store fronts of a mod- 

 ern type, which will make the building 

 one of the most attractive in the square. 

 Mr. Kelly has been offered the oppor- 

 tunity of taking a long lease on the 

 part of the premises he is using. 



Grand Eapids, Mich. — ^The Grand 

 Rapids Greenhouse Co. is beginning the 

 fall season with a stock of 20,000 carna- 

 tions, 4,500 violets and 15,000 chrysan- 

 themums, and has also doubled its ca- 

 pacity in roses. In addition to the flow- 

 ers, it has about three acres urffler glasa 

 planted to lettuce and an acre to cucum- 

 bers. Some space is given to tomatoes^ 

 but this is in the nature of an experi- 

 ment. 



