The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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M ETAL DES IGNS. 



Metal Designs— Wreath3. Crosses, Anchors, 

 etc.. In green and white foliage, tastefully 

 trimmed with flowers, best Paris and Berlin 

 styles, at special low prices. A. Rolker & 

 Sons, 52 Dey St., Now York city. 



POTS. 



now ready to supply 

 3 In unlimited quan- 

 prlce list3 furnished 



Standard Pots. 

 a superior qualU 

 titles. Catalogu 

 on application. 

 A. H. Hews & Co.. North Cambridge, Mass. 



Standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 

 are within 500 mites of the Capitol, write us; 

 we can save you money. W. H. Ernest, 28th 

 and M Sts., N. E., Washington. D. C. 



The Whllldln Pottery Co., Incorporated, 

 manufacturers of flower pots. Philadelphia. 

 Long Island City. N. Y .. Jersey City. N. J. 



Flower Pots. Before buying write us for 

 prices. Geo. Keller & Son. 361-363 Herndon 

 St. (near Wrlghtwood Ave.), Chicago. 



Red Standard Pots, wide bottoms, well burn- 

 ed and porous. Reduced prices. 



Harrison Pottery. Harrison. Ohio. 



Wllmer <?ope & Bro., Lincoln University, Pa. 

 Red pots. Jacobs & Landls, Colesburg, la. 



PRINTING. 



RAFFIA. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



WIRE WORK. 



C. A. Kuehn, 1122 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo., 

 Manufacturers of the Patent Wire Clamp 

 Floral Designs. A full line of supplies always 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. 



Various Notes. 



The state agricultural meeting was 

 held in this city last week. After a few 

 introductory remarks were made on 

 Hall's honeysuckle not being injured by 

 frost, the following papers were read: 

 "The Best Paying Cross," H. Sessions; 

 "Herbs; How to Get and Use," Prof. 

 Lageman; "Horticulture for the Ama- 

 teur," A. C. Price. Following is the 

 committee for the comirrg year : Prof. 

 J. H. Lageman, Prof. A. W. Hellerman, 

 Prof. H. Osborne, F. K. Luke, Warren 

 Phelps, L. K. Sutton, Prof. J. W. Smith, 

 J. J. Denny. 



The Agricultural Students' Union of 

 Ohio is sending out flower and vegetable 

 seeds to all parts of the state for children 

 to cultivate. The object is to encourage 

 them in farming. After they have grown 

 them they may do as they choose with 

 the products, but are requested to send 

 in a report of the growth and treatment. 

 This is the second year for the flower 

 and vegetable gardens, which have proven 

 very satisfactor}-. 



The florists report a very lively trade 

 the past week, being mostly funeral work. 

 Roses, carnations and violets are very 

 scarce. 



Mr. Underwood had a fine stock of 

 poinsettias for the holidays. 



E. L. Charles had azaleas in bloom for 

 which he found a ready sale at a good 

 price. 



Mr. W. Geiger and Miss Falls, with 

 Mr. A. J. Baldwin, of Newark, 0., were 

 recent visitors. 



Mr. S. F. Stephens received quite a 

 surprise last Saturday night when his 

 wife, son and two cousins walked in on 

 him unawares. Mrs. Stephens and son 

 left for Germany last fall, stopping at 

 r^iiis (\M. \M rk.,. They expected to re- 

 in. nn until I'lin;;, but getting homesick 

 .1.11,1.. I 1.. I. mill, which they did much 

 t,, Ml. Sl.j.li.M,' surprise. 



Mi: Steplieiis li:i :i ■. . i.i il.. i in- appa- 

 ratus in his new h. .i ■ ■ . '■ \.is made 

 liy one of his cin|.l I' ' i K. No 



wonder he can giu\\ Li. n. l roses and 

 mums in the city when he has such bright 

 and intelligent employes. 



G. E. A 



FINE VIOLETS. 



W'c have received from Mr. R. E. 

 Shuphelt, Chatham, N. Y., a bunch of 

 extra fine Marie Louise violets. The 

 flowers arrived in perfect condition, 

 though sent throuf^li the mails, still re- 

 taining a strong fiajnin..., Tlie blooms 

 were a fine dark ...1. i m.l ,i\. raged one 



and a half iiuln - m .lii t.'r when 



flattened out. .Su. Ii m..I. u must com- 

 mand a fancy price at all times. They 

 reflect the greatest credit upon Mr. 

 Shuphelt's ability as a violet grower. 



TRADE NOTICE. 



The Uenrv W. Gibbons Company, with 

 a capitalization of $40,000.00, has be'en 

 incorporated under the laws of Pennsyl- 

 vania, to carry on a general business of 

 horticultural builders, heating engineers 

 and manufacturers of greenhouse struc- 

 tural material generally. The new firm 

 is installing a quantity of specially de- 

 signed and constructed machinery to fa- 

 cilitate its work. The factory is located 

 at Bloomsburg, Pa., and has access to 

 transportation over the D. L. & W. R. 

 R., Penn. R. R., Lehigh Valley R. R., and 

 the Reading systems. 



Henry W. Gibbons, the president of the 

 company, continues at No. 136 Liberty 

 St., New York City, operating his for- 

 mer office as the sales office of the new 

 concern, to which all communications 

 should be addressed. J. L. Dillon, the 

 treasurer, is at the g'eneral offices of the 

 factory at Bloomsburg, Pa. 



INSECTICIDES. 



In a recent communication W. N. 

 Craig, North Easton, Mass., reports his 

 experience with Nicoticide and sums it 

 up as follows: 



"So far as our experiments have gone, 

 mealy bug, black and green aphis and red 

 spider have been killed and the only in- 

 jury done was to Adiantum Fronds. 

 Nikoteen and Aphis Punk, while safe to 

 use on almost all classes of plants, will 

 injure Adiantums somewhat. We be- 

 lieve Nicoticide will prove a valuable ad- 

 dition to our fumigating compounds. Of 

 course further experience is needed, but 

 it is cheaper an-d inuch safer to use than 

 hydrocyanic acid gas, which has recently 

 found much favor as an insect destroyer." 



Madison, N. J. — Charles Totty has re- 

 turned from his visit to England and is 

 again in the harness at Florham Farms. 



Dixon, III.— O. L. Baird reports that 

 business has been unusually good this 

 month. Mr. Baird says he received much 

 benefit from his visit to Chicago during 

 the carnation meeting of the Chicago 

 Club and from the excursion to Joliet 

 at the same time. 



THE QUEEN OF EDGELY. 



The Floral Exchange, of Philadelphia, 

 sent a box of the new rose Queen of 

 Edgely to Queen Victoria of England 

 last month. The flowers reached the 

 Queen by Christmas time and the 

 Floral Exchange received the following 

 acknowledgment from England's late 

 lamented Queen: 



"The private secretary is commanded 

 by the Queen to thank the president of 

 the Floral E.xchange for the beautiful 

 roses which the corporation have been 

 "(Xid enough to send to her Majesty, and 

 with which the Queen is greatly pleased. 



"The roses arrived in good condition, 

 and are greatly admired by her Majesty, 

 who hfis desired the expression of her 

 thanks and pleasure to be conveyed to 

 the Floral Exchange corporation for 

 their gift" 



It certainly speaks well for the keep- 

 ing qualities of the rose that blooms car- 

 ried across the Atlantic and arrived in 

 good condition. 



Petoskev, Mich.— S. J. Long reports 

 that trade continues good; that with wed- 

 dings, balls and funerals he is kept busy. 

 Carnations, which are oft' crop with him, 

 are his best sellers. Besides the stock 

 produced on his own place he has withm 

 the past week disposed of 1,000 carna- 

 tions, 300 roses and a quantity of bul- 

 bous stock shipped in from Grand Rapids, 

 which is not a bad record for a town of 

 5,000. Mr. Long has four houses; one 

 mixed, two carnation and one rose house, 

 yet he is short of flowers most of the 

 time. 



Sandusky, 0.— Mr. M. Hiekey, for- 

 merly of Chicago, is now m charge at 

 the Central Greenhouses. J. C. Gooding 

 has opened "The Favorite Flower Store 

 on Hancock street. The florists generally 

 had a good Christmas trade. Just now 

 funeral work is the mainstay and there 

 is sufficient of it to clean up most of the 

 local grown stock. 



Alameda, Cal.— Geo. Tyler, the flor- 

 ist, nearly choked a young lady to death 

 the evening of Jan. 19. In the darkness 

 he mistook her for his wife, from whom 

 he had recently separated, and it is 

 charged that it was his intention to kill 

 his wife. T}ler has disappeared. 



Sacramento, Cal.— Perry Watson & 

 Co., who conducted a seed business here 

 for about two years, have left the city, 

 and creditors are unuble to ascertain 

 the present address of the concern. 



Utica, N. Y.— Frank J. Baker did an 

 elaborate decoration for the Chamber' of 

 Commerce banquet Jan. 22. 



Orange, N. J.— The annual dinner of 

 the New Jersey Floricultural Society 

 takes place Feb. 6. 



Blue Point, N. Y.— Fire did some 

 damage Jan. 19 to the greenhouses of 

 HolTman & Warner. 



Hartford, Conn.— Fire did $300 dam- 

 age at the greenhouses of G. W. Mc- 

 Cfunie Jan. 19. 



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