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CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



The superior shipping quality of our Mums is well known to the trade. At 

 present only yellow and white are being cut We take special care in packing and 

 guarantee their arrival in good condition. >-^ 



Large supplies of Beauties, Kili«rifey Brilliant, Pink and White 

 Killarney, Sunburst, Rhea Reids, Milady, Richmonds and 

 Cecile Brunner, and a fair supply of Fancy Carnations. 



We grow all the flowers we Sell, ana wiSh to' remind all buyers of flowers of the 

 advantages of buying direct pf the grower. - i^ ^ ^^y 



CURRENT PRICe LIST 



American Beauties 



Extra long stems 



30 incti steins 



'24-inch stems 



18-inch stems. 



Per dozen 



$i.50 

 2,00 

 1.50 

 1.00 

 .75 



Shorter •. $0.60 «* 



Killarney Brilliant, Bulearie, Rliea Reid, 

 Sunburst, Opiieiia Perioo 



Long $8.00 



Medium $5.00 « 6.00 



Short 8.00 @ 4.00 



Chrysanthemums Per dozen 



Yellow and White $2.60 @ $3.00 



Easter Lilies 



Perioo $8.00 



Lily of tlie Valley 



Perioo .■ 6.00 



Yellow Pompon Chrysanthemums, 50c per bunch 



We close on week days during September at 9 p. m. 



Bassett & Washburn 



Offfle* and Stor«, 



133 N. Wabash Avanua 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



greenhouses: hinsdale and greggs, ill. 



M«>Dt1»a Tb» ll«'n«>w whrn Ton wr1t« 



Extra Fine White and Pink 



Killarney, Riclimond Perioo 



Extra select $6.00 



Medium $1.00 &, 6.00 



Short 8.00 



Cecile Brunner 



Perioo $ 1.00 



Roses 



Our selection in lots of 60 J or more, per 1000 20.00 



Carnations Perioo 



Fancy Red, Pink and White $1.00 



Short Red. Pink and White 2.00 



Asparagus Sprays and Sprengerl 3.00 



Eastern Perns 



Per 1000 .j.»-*tr 1.50 



Qaiax c.^-"-^ 



Bron7« and green, per lOOO 1,00 



Long DIstanca Phonaa 



CEN1RAL 1457; AUTO.. 47-314 



''ankruptcy September 15. The cor- 

 poration was owned and conducted bv 

 two former Chicago florists, Charles E. 

 •>iortou and Frederick Sperry. 

 t T* •^y^®'" says the call for carna- 

 nons has increased to a notable extent 

 '•» y»e lust seven, days Aud is rather bet- 



iT v" "^"*^ ^* thii\ime of the year. 



"•A. Bruna has received word that 

 Jjs Ijruther at Hamburg, who looks 

 ' '«r tlie Chicago^n's valley interests 

 thJf' ^^^^ ^BUed to the colors, but 

 shin ^'*^'®y P^P^ probably can be 

 hnFt ^^ ordinary freight on the 

 "aisirom Rotterdam or Copenhagen. 

 '•har, ""^ does not feel like taking the 

 be n|."' ^"*^. ^^ directed that his stock 

 '•ntil 1. 'I ^^ ^^^^ storage at Hamburg 

 stom '', *^"^® *8 steamers with cold 



.j,jK*: facilities are available. 

 year \ '^^*' °* prepared foliage this 

 iiccor.'i' "^^ 8^ead of any previous year, 

 ager ','"" *** Theodore Kirchen, man- 

 in thi ^"^ ^s<i&r Leistner. Everything 

 manri fi ® ^^®™s to l^e in greater de- 



Thl V.° ever before. 

 rnott,: , ^- P- MiWer plant at Wil- 

 ^'••is taken over September 1 by 



Ernest Rober, who will use it as a cold 

 range for the storage of spring stock. 

 It is being filled this week. Mr. Miller 

 now has no interests outside of his 

 duties with Kennicott Bros. Co. and the 

 presidency of the Cook County Florists' 

 Association. 



The sales force of L. Baumann & Co. 

 is making preparations to start out on 

 its holiday selling campaign. This con- 

 cern is fortunate in having received 

 considerable imported stock prior to 

 the war. 



Six of the houses at the .T. A. Bud- 

 long range formerly used for carna- 

 tions have been plantel with Ophelia, 

 Killarney Brilliant and Mrs. Charles 

 Russell roses this season. 



Miss Martha C. Gunterberg arrived 

 home September 15 after a month 's out- 

 ing in the east. After attending the 

 convention at Boston, the rest of the 

 time was spent in northern Maine. 



A. E. Hunt and wife have returned 

 from a two weeks' vacation in the 

 north woods of Wisconsin. 



The death of Mrs. Emilie Wienhoeber 

 occurred September 12, the funeral 



being held in private September 14. 

 She was 82 years of age, the mother 

 of Ernst Wienhoeber and the grand- 

 mother of "William Wienhoeber, the lat- 

 ter being absent at the time on a. motor 

 trip in Wisconsin with his wife and 

 her parents. Mrs. Wienhoeber also was 

 the grandmother of George V. Wien- 

 hoeber, of the neischman Floral Co. 



The (!ook County Florists' Associa- 

 tion will hold its monthly meeting to- 

 night, September 17, at The Tavern. 



Capt. A. I. Simmons, whose predilec- 

 tions are military, says there is so much 

 war news these days he scarcely has 

 time to wait on trade. 



After spending the earlier days of 

 the week at Indianapolis, Richmond and 

 Cleveland, John Michelsen, of the E. 

 C. Amling Co., is at New York, his prin- 

 cipal purpose being to make his annual 

 call on the violet growfers at Rhinebeck. 



Two big shipments of Dutch bulbs 

 reached Winterson's Seed Store Sep- 

 tember 10 and 11, since which time all 

 hands have been bttay shipping. 



Fritz Bahr left last week for a trip 

 ^" prune ranch in California, ac- 



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