The Weekly Florists' Review. 



8S3 



son to his custoiiieia. Mrs. Frances 

 Joost has clone well here and will be 

 more largely grown next season. There 

 is a fine lot of bedding plants on hand. 



Moonvines are becoming scarce. God- 

 frey Asdniinnn had 10.000; llicv are all 

 gone. The size was hir;;cly 4-inch, the 

 price $S per 100: (here were a few 

 carried ov.t plants at $2.'i per 100. 



\i:ui\ \\ci>-. (it llatboro, has had a 

 - I -rn-..ii «iili r.ii.lcsand Maids. He 



The IViinsylv 

 ety meeting wa^■ 

 were es-ays hy 

 exhibitors and 

 iums, caulitlowt 



The really sr 

 large cities nius 

 dustry jii.I :.b 



bUsilK -s. I \r IJI 



knowh'dLji' '•< iih 

 it. Til,. I.illuun 



nini ;UMi hr .|Mirk 111 using 

 •|i,. tcilhuMii- >luiy ..I jii .illrartive 

 young man wlui ioihIihI - our of our 

 stores will illnslmle I In- |i<iinf. A ?piiet 

 looking man iIiii|i|hmI in and explained 

 to this ret.iili'i llial a friend of his 

 dauglitii'- «:i~ Li'iiiiL: to have a tea and 

 that 111- waiiicil 111 -end her a few flow- 

 ers. "I -ii|ipii-i'." lie added, "she will be 

 getting some of those things." pointing 

 to a vase of chrysanthemums on the 



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ir'inUi''y 



Tulip Beds at the Pan-American Exposition. 



counter: "how would they do?" "Yes, 

 she will receive lots of chrysanthemums," 

 was the instant reply. "But they are 

 not for you to send. Let me make you 

 up a shower bouquet of orchids. I will 

 give it my personal attention, and I as- 

 sure you "the young huh » ill liavc noth- 

 ing like it." "The quin ni.iii »ii- -far- 

 tied. He knew nrehiiN .aim' lii^li; still 

 was he not snciis-iiil m Lu-iin-- a nd the 

 subtle flattery rMiui'M, I m ilir i\ni,l-"not 

 for you to -ni.!" »a- -n.iiliini: The 

 order for the sIi.i\mt iinii.|iiel .if .ucliids 

 was given. 



other flowers were banked together on 

 the other side of the room. 



An eminent legal authority states that 

 a writer cannot secure a patent to the 

 exclusive right to the use of the name of 

 a city for his nora de plume. The S. A. 

 F. O. H.'s nomenclature committee will 

 not. therefore, be obliged to decide 

 whether the writers of this column have 

 trespassed in signing themselves 



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 hut I II 111 ill ill il n„ the line 



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the w n ti 111 It 111 I -I pir dozui 

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1 Minn I - 111 I -I 111 1 theit hi> 

 1 II 1 111 uiplus ot ill kinds of led 



I ulii h \\tnt upon the street at 



It 1 lilt most of them having poor 



The Jacqueminot lo c has not cut its 

 usuil hguie with us this spring and i 

 not now in evidence Pink and white 

 1 ) ( hue Ik en lunnm^ U liom Zd lents 

 t> l-li) pi 1 ilo/i n with quite i heiw 

 ti( t uiplu 1 ml >0 icnts to ^\ )0 

 pel 100 with I h^ht uiplus durin^ the 

 week (May 13 to 19) \ lolets aie \erv 

 few as aie also the people looking loi 

 them, at from 2o cents to 75 cents per. 

 Tulips and a few Jonquils covers about 

 the whole field of bulb material. These 

 are not plenty, the price is small, but 

 the demand is" still smaller. The supply 

 of spirea, candytuft, mignonette, etc.. is 

 not too heavy to clean up in the markets 

 at just a fair price. 



Sweet peas? They began coming in 

 very irregularly a long time ago and 

 have been very gradually increasing ever 

 since till a very few days ago when 

 they suddenly became quite plentiful. 

 The price has now been forced down to 

 riO and 75 cents. Their quality has been 

 extra good so far. handles a foot long and 

 as big as a slate pencil being grown 

 upon some of them. Pansics, too. Xow 

 down to 25. Green material now plen- 

 tiful enough at pretty good figures. 



Various Items. 



