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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



ST. PAUL. 



Dear Mr. Review: — It is six months 

 past since I have reported to you of the 

 Twin City florists' picnic, and the boy* 

 think it about time to let you know that 

 we are all still alive here and are enjoy- 

 ing a good winter business. La grippe, in 

 combination with other diseases, smashes 

 many lives without mercy, as Carrie Na- 

 tion did the beer glasses down in Kansas. 

 Funeral orders every day at all the 

 stores, and consequently good white stock 

 at times is scarce. During carnival times 

 roses of shades were in great demand and 

 the supply insufficient; even today, in 

 spite of Lent, demand for cut roses is un- 

 abated. 



A week ago Saturday friends of P. 

 Holm, senior partner of the firm of Holm 

 & Olson, gave him a surprise party at his 

 residence; some fifty people were pres- 

 ent, enjoying themselves in dancing and 

 singing, and the men folks, mostly flor- 

 ists, in killing a barrel of beer. A pres- 

 ent in the form of a nice piece of furni- 

 ture was given to Pete and his lovely lit- 

 tle wife. 



The florists just now are hustling, 

 bustling, rustling to get things in shape 

 for Easter. 



Our violet specialists, Haugen & Swan- 

 son, are wearing happy faces; their vio- 

 lets are in full crop; good sized flowers of 

 the deepest blue. About the end of No- 

 vember they were a sorry looking lot, 

 but through good care and constant 

 watching they have picked up wonder- 

 fully. 



Henry Puvogel had the finest lot of 

 Chinese primroses ever seen in this city, 

 some 2,000 plants, and they sell well. 



Christ Hansen brings the best carna- 

 tions to market. Seeger is enjoying big 

 crops of roses from his new range of 

 rose houses. 



Christ Bussjaeger is planning for new 

 additions this summer. 



Chas. Vogt, our "dandy florist," is still 

 looking for a "frau." And there are a 

 half dozen more bachelor florists in this 

 city — H. Strehlow, Johnnie Fleischer, 

 Max Bussjaeger, Johannes Nillsen, etc., 

 etc. — who are all good looking fellows, of 

 good habits, and business owners. 



I nearly forgot to tell about our latest 

 boom in tlic florists' circle — that is, the 

 coal I..HK111; li'jiiitc, yes, sir, Dakota lig- 

 nilr ii > ;,Mi |i' I Ion, and smokeless and 

 sniiil. --, wiiili means much for us. It 

 buno iiicl.v iind is easy and clean to han- 

 dle. The ashes look like dry sand. How- 

 ever, it was put on the market too late 

 for this season, as most of our florists 

 had already made contracts for coal by 

 the 1st of September. Cheap coal will 

 be a great thing for the Twin Cities; 

 last year we paid $5.50 for Youghiogheny 

 and, by Jove, after paying the coal bills 

 there wasn't much left. 



With greeting and regards from all of 

 us, Christ. Bus.sjaeqer. 



ONLY ONE NIGHT ON THE WAY. 



From Chicago to St. Augustine the 

 Chicago and Florida Special is only one 

 night en route, leaving Chicago Union 

 station via Pennsylvania Lines at 12 

 o'clock noon Tuesdays and Fridays, ar- 

 riving Jacksonville 7:30 p. m., St. Augus- 

 tine 8:30 p. m. next evening. For special 

 information apply city ticket offices, 

 Pennsylvania lines, or to H. R. Dering, A. 

 G. P. .\gt., 248 South Clark street, Chi- 



Special bargains. 



.Xsparagus Plume 

 $30.00 per 1000. 



I from 2".^-inch pots, exc 

 Nanus, $3.50 per 100: 

 $i.50 per 100; $20.00 



per : 



.\sparagus Spreogeri 

 per luOO. 



.^calypba Sanderii and Triumphans $1.00 per 

 11)0; $a.00 per 1000. 



.Azaleas. 12-inch heads, best varieties, $4.00 

 per dozen. 



Boston Ferns, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 



Crotons. finest assortment, $3.00 per luO; $25.00 

 per 1000. 



Catla Lilies, blooming bulbs, 75c per dozen: 

 JB.UOper luc. 



Cannas, all the leading varieties, well estab- 

 lished in pots, $5 00 per 100. 



Camellia Japonica, 20 inches in height, assort- 

 ed colors. SOc each ; $j.CO per dozen. 



Coleus in all the leading varieties, $2.50 per 

 100; $;0.00 per 1000. 



Geraniums, double and single varieties, the 

 verv best $3.00 per 100; $25.C0 per 1000. 



Hibiscus. Ill sorts, $2..50 per .00. 



Heliotropes. $2..50 per lOu; $20.00 per 1000. 



Foiiderosa Lemons, bears fruit two pounds 

 and up. an ideal pot plant. It blooms and 

 fruits when quite small. $1.00 per dozen; 

 $7.00 per liiO; $« Oo per 100;'. 



Otaneite Orange. 13.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 



Moon Vines, $3.C0 per 100. 



Kussellias. the two new sorts, $2.50 per 100. 



Smilax. $2.00 per 100; $17.;0 per lu0(i. 



Salvia Splendens, $2.5u per 100. 



per 1000. 

 Roses, all the leading varieties. Teas. Hvbrid 

 Teas. Climbers, from 254-inch pots, r2.50 

 per lOu. Hybrid Perpetuals, $J 50 per 100. 

 Strong roses from 4-inch pots — Teas, 8c ; 

 Hybrid Teas. 10c ; Climbers and Hybrid 

 Perpetuals, 12c. 



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Send! 



THE GOOD & REESE CO., 



SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. 



The Revle 



when you wr 



. CUT PRICES... 



llHi; $5.00 per 1000. 

 Hfliotropes, lU lust varieties, all named, 70c per 



101 ; $-).i per 1000. 

 Daisies, 2 best vars., $1.C0 per 100, $8.00 per 1000. 

 Verbena plants, s ong. full of cuttings, hne as 



silk. $2.00 per 10li;$18.00 per 1000. 

 Heliotrope, 'i',i-m., strong, fine plants, $2.C0 per 



100: $18.00 per 1000. 



Send lor our new list of other rooted cuttings 

 and plants; it will save you money. Write for 

 prices on larger lots. Special low express rates to 

 all parts. Th.\t C.^sH, Pifase. 



C. HIMFELD, - Clay Center, Kansas. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Z^sparagusP.N. 



2-inch. $3.0( per 100; $25 00 per 1(00. 



Sinch, $i.00 ■• $10.(0 per ICOO, 



Terns for Dishes, S3,00 per 100; $25.CO per lOCO. 

 Pt. Tremula, 3'4-ia(.h. at S5.00 per ICO. 

 Pandanus Utilis, ;)-inch, fs.OO per ICO. 

 Carex Japonica, {100 pi-r ICO. 

 Terms Cash. 



C. Merkel & Son, Mentor, Ohio. 



FRANClis BRILL, 

 Specialist in Cabbage and 

 Cauliflower Seed. 



HEMPSTEAD, Long Island, N. Y. 



Mention Tlie Review when you write. 



100,000 Kentucky 

 Grown 

 Roses 



for prices. 



thrifty plants ready 



|J»i "^^ ^ strong thrifty plants rea 



Hibiscus, [v^^f''h\jdi\i^' xs; 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI, strong plants, 



2'^-inch pots, $3.00 ; 3-inch pots, $«.00. 

 VIOLETS, Swanley White, 2-inch pots, $2.00 



New Rose WINNIE DAVIS, 



For description see our 1801 catalogue. 



2';-inch pot plants, $5.00 per dozen; $25.00 

 per 100. 

 CARNATIONS, liest general collection, fine stock 

 CHRVSANTHEMUMS in quantities, composed 



of best and up-to-date varieties. 

 ARBOR VITAES, Pyramidalii. large fine plants, 



3 to 4 f. et high, well sliaped, 35 cents each ; 



$4.00 per dozen. 

 IRISH JUNIPERS, fine stock, 3 to 4 feet high, 



35 cents each ; $l.(/0 per dozen, 4 to 6 feet high, 



50 cents each ; $ i.OO per dozen. 



IWll 1 



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NANZ&NEUNER, 



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