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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBEE 20, 1910. 



CHRYSAMHEMIMS 



White, Yellow and Pink, $1.50 to $3.00 per dozen. 



All strictly commercial varieties that ship well. 



Large crop of select BEAUTIES at low prices. 



Very fancy CARNATIONS, especially red, 15 to 18 inches long. 



PRICE 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES 



36 inches and over per doz. , $3.00 



24 to 30 inches " " $2.00 to 2.50 



ISinches " " 1.50 



12tol5inches " " 1.00 



Short stems per 100, 6.00 



Maryland, Richmond, Killarney, White 



Killarney, Kaiserin, Rhea Reid 



Good lengths per 100, $6.00 



Medium lengths per 100, $4.00 to 5.00 



Good short lengths " " 2.00 to 3.00 



Extra select Kaiserin and Rhea Reid per 100, 8.00 



Roses, our selection " ** 2.00 



LIST 



Choice Yellow and White Mums, doz., $1.50 to $ 3.00 

 New Crop Fancy Carnations, pink, 



white and red per 100, 2.00 to 3.00 



Sweet Peas " " 1.00 to 1.50 



Harrisii Lilies per doz., $1.60; per 100, 12.00 



Lily of the VaUey per 100, $3.00 to^ 4.00 



Asparagus per string, 60c 



Asparagrus Sprays per 100, $3.00 to $4.00 



Sprengeri " " 2.00 to 3.00 



Ferns per 1000, 1.50 



Smilaz per doz. , 1.50 



Adiantum per 100, 1.00 



Galax, Green per 1000, 1.00 



Galax, Bronse " " 1.26 



Bassett & Washburn 



Office and Store: 



76 Wabash Ave., Chicago 



BUY DIRECT OF THE GROWER 

 AND GET FRESH STOCK. 



GreenhoHtes: 



Hinsdale^ IllinoU 



Mention The Review when you write. 



kel Co., of Milwaukee, spent a day in 

 St. Louis last week and made the 

 • rounds with his brother-in-law, W. C. 

 Smith. 



C. A. Kuehn was still confined to his 

 bed October 17, but reports were that 

 he was much improved and expects to 

 be attending to business by the end of 

 this week. 



Gus W. Grossart, of Belleville, was 

 here last week and said the florists in 

 Belleville had been quite busy with 

 funeral work. 



Mr. and Mrs. Henry Berning have 

 been added to the list of florists who 

 are out riding in automobiles these fine 

 evenings. Mr. Berning 's purchase is of 

 the touring type. 



The Retail Florists' Association is 

 taking active steps toward the elimina- 

 tion of credit being given to customers 

 who are habitually slow pay. 



Flower show matters are progressing 

 nicely. The show takes place Novem- 

 ber 8 to 12 in the Coliseum and the 

 liberal list of prizes should bring out 

 keen competition in all classes. 



Robert J. "Windier is making a grand 

 window display of fancy crotons. Mr. 

 Windier reports that business has 

 opened up good with him. 



W, E. Ogle, florist at Belleville, 111., 

 is consigning to this market some good 

 chrysanthemums. 



Henry Jennemann, of Webster Park, 

 exhibited a grand vase of fancy dah- 

 lias at the club meeting October 13, 

 His collection of dahlias is one of the 

 largest and best in this section. 



W. J. Pilcher, of Kirkwood, has 10,- 

 ,, 000 square feet of glass planted" to 

 1 violets. The output will be handled by 

 C tlie;-!!^^^ Smitt :WKolesale Floral Co. - 



^SHIPMENTS 

 (EVERYWHERE 



^ GROWERS AKi. SHIPPERS , 



CUT FLOWERS 



^^ 59WA1&ASHAYE. ^V# 



IMMEDIATE^ 

 DEUVERIES 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



Beauties, special per doz., $440 



Long " t2.50tO 3.00 



Medium " 1.50to 2.00 



Short " .75to 1.25 



Per 100 

 KlUamey, ) Special.. $10.00 



Wblte Klllamey, I Fancy . .$6.00 to 8.00 



My Maryland, f Medium. 4.00 to 5.00 



Rlclunond, J Short ... 2.00 to 3.00 



Carnations, select 2.00 to 3.00 



common L.'jO 



Mums, fancy 2.50 to 3.00 



medium' 1.50to 2.00 



Per 100 

 Violets $0.75 to$ 1.00 



Lilies 



Valley 3.00 to 



Asparasrus Plumosus, per strinsr, .60 to 

 per bunch, 

 Sprengerl. " 



Adiantum .per 100, 



Smilax per doz., $1.50 



Mexican Ivy per 1000. 6.50 



Ferns per 1000, 1.50 



Oalax per 1000, 1.25 



Leucothoe Sprays 



,35 to 

 .25 to 

 .75 to 



15.00 



4.00 



.75 



.50 



.60 



1.00 



12.00 

 .75 

 .20 

 .15 

 .75 



Subject to Market Changes 



Swan Peterson, of Gibson City, HI., 

 is consigning a fine lot of white and 

 yellow mums to this market, which are 

 handled by C. A. Kuehn. 



George Hecht has the sympathy of 

 the trade in the loss of his little girl, 

 who died last week. 



Wm. Schray & Sons will, a%|^u3ual, 

 have a fine stock of pot ' chrysan- 

 themums and cut blooms. Julius Schray 

 --i«rili« head'-o^-ibie^^^Separtment. They 



rebuilt some of their houses this sum- 

 mer. 



J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, HI., 

 reports that he and Henry Johann, of 

 Collinsville, HI., '"■have purchased the 

 flower store of Miss Mattie Schnell, at 

 East St. Louis, 111. Mr. Ammann hae 

 stores in Alton and Edwardsville and 

 Mr. Johann has a*stOT^ in "Cottinsville. 

 The East St. Louis jtore is the onlvojtie 

 in which both are^lB4«reg£«^Jmj'.-fi^' 



