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Mki'I'kmhkk ■_'. 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



i9 



Try buying direct of the grower 



SUMMER TLOWERSJ 



NBW 



Long Stem Beauties ^rSp 



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



PRICE LIST 



AMBRICAM BKAUTIE8 Per doz. 



Extra long $3.00 



24iDctaeB «2.00to 2.ro 



ISlnchM '. 1.60 



12 Inches 1.00 



Short Btems .60 



Kats«rin and Carnot Per 100 



Extra lonsf and select S8.00 



Goodlensrths $5.00to 6.00 



Medium lenKths 400 



Short stems 3.00 



KUIaney. Brld«« Perls and Richmond 



Per 100 



Extra long $6.00 



OoodlenKths 500 



Medium lengths. 4.00 



Shortstems 300 



Astera $1.60 to 3.00 



Carnationa l.fiOto 2.00 



Lily of the Valley 3.00 



BUT DXRKCT OV THK GROWKRS 



Per 100 



Asparasaa aprays $2.00 to $3.00 



AsparacuB atrlnsat ea , 50c-60c 



Sprenxeri 1.50t0 2.00 



Smllax per doz., $1.50 



Adlantnm l.OO 



Galax, bronze....per 1000, $1.25 



Oalax, green 1.26 



Ferns, new crop.. 1.60 



O. p. BASSETT 



-The Best Red Carnation- 



Large, strong, field plants 



per JOO, $J200 



TRY GROWING SOME THIS WINTER AND YOU 

 WILL GROW NO OTHER RED CARNATION.... 



BASSETT & WASHBURN 



Ofnoe and Store, 76 Wabath Ave, CHICAGO 



GAaJENHOUSES, 



HINSDAIiB, ILL. 



Mfntion Th<> Rp"if»w Avhen vou write 



KENNICOn BROS. CO. 



Dandles All Stock in Season 



At Chicago Market Rate = 

 48-50 Wabasii Avenue, 



CHICAGO 



LONG DI8TANCK PHOHK, CKNTRAL 408. 



Mention The Kevlew when vou write 



was also first in the individual classes for 

 melons, grapes, nectarines and plums. 



The Breck special for twelve varieties 

 of annuals went to Mrs. Gordon Abbott. 

 William Swan led for pair of hydrangeas 

 and single specimen, also for specimen 

 dracsena. Mrs. Leland had finest speci- 

 men palm, William Swan second. Mrs. 

 S. P. Brewer was in the lead for six ferna 

 distinct, Wm. Swan second, the latter 

 being both first and second for single 

 specimen. 



Among cut flowers, the dahlias, roses, 

 sweet peas, gladioli, antirrhinums, penste- 

 mons and other varieties were unusually 

 good. Vegetables were never better, those 

 from Mrs. Philip Dexter, James Salter 

 gardener; Mrs. E. S. Green, A. E. Par- 

 sons gardener: W. B. Walker, W. .Taffray 



gardener, and :\lrs. (ior.loii Al)bott, Wm. 

 Irwin gardener, being noteworthy. 



Among miscellaneous exhibits were a 

 grand display of gladioli from B.. H. 

 Tracy, awarded a silver medal; a beau 

 tiful group of summer flowering chrys 

 anthemums arranged with adiantums 

 from Mrs. E. S. Green; herbaceous per 

 ennials from R. & J. Farquhar & Co. 

 and extra flne asters from Mrs. E. A 

 Whipple, the latter being awarded a cer 

 tificate of merit. William Swan took the 

 W. W. Rawson silver medal for greatest 

 number of points won in prizes, with sev- 

 enty-eight points, Eric Wetterlow, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. Lester Leland, being second 

 with seventy-three points. 



W. N. Craig. 



Columbus, 0. — A greenhouse, 18x60 

 feet, will be erected at the Barracks. 



Blackhall, Conn. — Edgar H. Steele, 

 manager of the Blackhall greenhouses, 

 has returned from his extensive western 

 trip. 



.lACKsoNvii.i.K, Fi.A.— ( . I). MilLs and 

 iissociates have formed and incorporated 

 H company with a capital of $100,000. 

 The company will be known as Mills, the 



Florist. 1 



The Review is the paper to do the 

 business. In response to the adv., orders 

 came in daily for hundreds and thousands 

 of plants. We soon sold out the stock 

 we had and still orders are coming. — > 

 Geo. W. Haas & Soy. Meadville, Pa. 



