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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



FEBRUARY 23, 1899. 



ITHACA, N. Y. 



Furniture and fla^ivers seem rather 

 an odd combination, yet a business of 

 this kind has been carried on very suc- 

 cessfully in the university town of 

 Ithaca for the past six years, and the 

 firm which has carried it out is the 

 Bool Company, first manufacturers of 

 furniture and house furnishings, and 

 then growers of house furnishings, 

 viz., flowers and decorative plants. The 

 innovation, after all, is not a startling 

 or striking one and the connection is 

 quite intimafte. 



01 course in the ordinary city of 

 12,000 to 15,000 inhabitants the nor- 

 mal market would not be large, but in 

 Ithaca, a city of this size, the condi- 

 tions are appreciably altered by the 

 immediate presence of a great institu- 

 tion of learning, with its large teach- 

 ing staff composed 'of men of culture; 

 and its frequent official functions more 

 or less social in character. 



The Bool Company began gi-owing 

 flowers in a modest way six years ago 

 and found that the cut flower corner in 

 their salesroom added much to its at- 

 tractiveness, and gomething to the 

 credit side of the balance sheet. At 

 this time there were, as there are at 

 the present time, one or two small 

 greenhouses in the town, but the chief 

 supply of choice cut flowers came from 

 Syracuse or Rochester. Under tlhe 

 management of Mr. A. H. Bool the 

 buslne.ss has grown and the houses 

 have increased in number till the last 

 addition gives him something over 20,- 

 OCiO feet of glass. Not very extensive, 

 it is true, but at least representing 

 solid progress. J. C. 



DORCHESTER, MASS. 



Having a short time to spend in 

 Dorchester at the ■"Hub." one finds the 

 houses of S. Neil & Son, on the hill, 

 filled with nice, thrifty stock of vari- 

 ous kinds, carried for a home retail 

 trade, and a cordial welcome, even 

 though you have come "only to look 

 around," as is so often said. Then, 

 going down King street, you find the 

 former "Violet King," as they used to 

 call him, when he was growing violets 

 by the 500,000 per season. I refer to 

 Lucius H. Foster, who is now known 

 for his fine stock of the Boston fern, 

 which is a snccialty with him, ship- 

 ping fifty thousand per year. Last fall 

 he started in with six houses full and 

 has only two left now, and is now 

 planting another. 



You find him firm in his belief in 

 short span to the south houses and 

 butted glass, and has about 20,000 feet 

 of ground covered with glass. 



Across the way looms up the Whit- 

 ten estate, run by the genial Lawrence 

 Cotter, who also has everything In 

 "apple pie order," and whom you are 

 loath to leave when once you get chat- 

 ting with him. R. E. S. 



Always mention the Florists' Review wher 

 writing advertisers. 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



ROSES AND CARNATIONS. 



Meteor ....$1.50 



Bridesmaid 1.5U 



ROSES. 



1000 I 

 $12..W Bride., 



12.50 1 



100 

 1.50 



1000 

 12.50 



CARNATIONS. 



FINK. 100 1000 



Triumph $1.50 $12.50 



Wni, Scott 1.00 7. .50 



Painted Ladv.... 1.10 35.00 



Daybreak...' 1..50 12.50 



.'Vrgyle 4,00 35.00 



M rs. Frances J cost 3.00 50.00 



McBurney 1..50 12.50 



BED. 



Dazzle 4.00 35.00 



Jubilee 2.00 17.50 



Bon Ton 4.00 35.00 



MABOON. 



4,00 35,00 



WHITE. 100 1000 



Flora Hill 1..50 12.50 



Mary Wood 5.00 40,00 



The larg:est and best White Carnation that 

 IS grown. Has a strong stiff stem and a 

 constant bloomer. .Sell in the market to- 

 day for nearly double any other White Car- 

 nation we handle. 

 Eyelina 4.0O 35.00 



VABIEGATED— Wbite and Bed. 



Psvche 4.00 



Armazindy 2,00 



YEI.LOW. 



Mayor Pingree 2,00 



Gold N'ugget li.OU 



35.00 

 17.50 



17.50 



.50.00 



BASSETT & WASHBIRN, 



store, 88 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Long Distance Phone Main 223 



Greenhouses and Residence, HINSDALE, ILL. 



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Long Distance 'Phone No. 10 



Flora Hill 



Has come to stay. A sterling commer- 

 cial White Carnation. Ever>one can grow 

 It. Best returns are on this sort. Clean 

 stock, well rooted and full count on your 

 orders. Ji.tKi per 100. $15.00 per 1000. 



150,000 R. C. of other varieties to 

 select from. Send lur my price list and state 

 your wants for an estimate. 



WM. MURPHY, station F, CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



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ROOTED CUTTINGS 



of New and Standard 



ARNATIONS.., 



_^"" Send fcir Price List. 



z^jO^"" WM, SWAYNE, Kennett Square, Pa. 



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ROOTED 

 CITTINGS. 



and Rooted Slow. 



fARNATIONS. 



^^ Fine Stock. Grown Cool 



Daybreak, Freedom, Dana and lahns Starlet, 



per 100, $7.50; per 1,000, $12,00, ' 

 Vinca Var., fine strong, 4-in. pots, $7.00 per 100, 



W. G. KR.4BER, 



35 TremontSt., NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



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ffliHFimriaioinioaigiiBi 



RuutL'd Cuttings of Novelties and Standard 



varieties. Send for price list. 

 Also Lady Campbell. Swanley White and 



California \ iolets and Giant Double 



Alyssum. 

 W. B. SHEI.SIIIBE. • AVOiniAI.E, FA. 

 Lock Box 10. Telephone connection. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



CARNATION CITTINGS. 



Jubilee and Triumph, the best red 

 and pink, rooted, strong and clean, $1.40 per 100 

 not rooted, strong and clean 75 



Albertini and Delia Fox, very tine 



stock, rooted, strong and clean |1.50 per 100 



not rooted, strong and clean 1.00 " 



Daybreak. Ivory and McGowan, 



rooted, extra strong $1.00 per 100 



not rooted, extra strong 50 " 



LASH WITH ORDER. 



LE MARS GREENHOUSES, Le Mars, la. 



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ST. GLAIR GO. 



GAtRfNj^TIOINS 



ROOTED CUTTINGS. NO DISEASE. 



Rose Queen, \Vm. Scutt, Emma Wocher, Day- 

 break, Alaska. McGowan. Rubv, Jubilee, $1.50 per 

 100> $12.00 per lUUU; Alyssum Double. $1.00 per 100. 



A. G. FEHR, Belleville, 111. 



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GET PCMCOCC 'f you want the best Commercial 

 THE UCIlLOLl. WHITE CARNATION. 



Has with me during Dec, Jan and so far in Feb., out- 

 yielded S. Spray by nearly one-third. Seems to be a con- 

 tinuous bloomer ; pure white, 2 H-in. ; no culls ; does not 

 spUl; does equally well in light or heavy soil. Ha\'e not 

 lost a plant out ot 1600 planted, nor seen a single case of 

 stem rot. A strong grower. A tew thousand to spare at 

 the low price of $3.50 per 100, $30 per 1,000. Marie 

 Louise Violets, Rooted Runners, SOc per 100. French 

 Cannas, mixed, mostly Yellow, Dormant, $3 per 100. 



W. C. 5TR0H, Attica, N. Y. 

 Mention The Review when you wrlte^^ 



MITGHINGS dc GO. 



233 MERCER STREET. NEW YORK. 

 GREENHOUSE BUIbDIING, 



VENTILATING APPARATUS 



HOT WATER BOILERS, PIPES AND FiniNGS. 



SEND FOUR CENTS FOR CATALOGUE. 



Mention The Revlaw wben 70U write. 



