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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AI RII/ 20, 1899. 



THE MUMMY'S CASE. 



Under tlie above title the John C. 

 Moninger Co., Chicago, maimers of cy- 

 press greenhouse material, are sending 

 out the following verses which are cer- 

 tainly very clever: 



When Pharaohs ruled in clays of yore 

 Upon the Nile's historic shore. 

 It wad the custom of the land 

 To build upon the desert's sand 

 Great pyramids and towering piles 

 "Where, as in some cathedral's aisles. 

 The death-struck kings, each by himself 

 Were laid embalmed upon a shelf. 



Each mummy had his separate place. 

 With cerements bound round his face. 

 While over his body a sheathing sheet. 

 In many coils, wound to his feet: 

 And for each mummy, thus wound about, 

 A cypress case was hollowed out. 



Three thousand years have passed since 



then. 

 Yet there they lie — those mummied men. 

 The mystic drugs, forced in their veins. 

 Have well repaid th' embalmer's pains. 

 Shrunk are the muscles, parched the skin, 

 ^ But no corruption lies within; 



And e'en the cases of cypress wood 

 Time's ravages have all withstood. 



No drugs preserved the cypress case 

 Or gave the wood th' immortal place 

 Held by it ever since tlie flood — 

 And Noah's ark of shittim wood. 

 Its every fibre seem^ to say; 

 "Cease, time! I never will decay." 

 No storms that blow or winds that beat. 

 Or winter's cold or summer's heat 

 Can cause the cypress to decay; 

 It wears, but will not rot away. 



VOLIN. S. DAK.— J. K. Jensen is 

 building a house, 16x50. 



MERRILL, WIS.— Jos. Wolf is 

 building a house, 18x50. 



YOUNGSTOWN, O.— B. Hippard is 

 building five houses, each 19x100. 



SAGINAW. MICH.— Chas. Fruoh & 

 Son are building a new house, 20x100. 



MONTCLAIR, COLO.— Emil Glau- 

 ber is building two new houses, 19x 

 100. 



OSWEGO, N. Y.— W. N. Mattoon has 

 opened a down-town store at 9 West 

 Bridge St. 



SAGINAW, MICH.— Chas. Frueh has 

 admitted to partnership his son, Chas. 

 Frueh, Jr. 



SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.— A floral 

 carnival will be held here April 21 and 

 22. Leading features will be a flower 

 battle and parade of vehicles decorat- 

 ed with flowers. 



CHESTER, PA.— Isaac F. Bartow 

 has purchased the business of Wm. 

 Edwards, the florist. The latter has re- 

 moved to Norwood. 



FREDERICK, MD.— Mr. C. Her- 

 mann will at once rebuild the green- 

 house recently damaged by fire. The 

 loss is estimated at $500 on the green- 

 house, $500 on plants, and $100 on the 

 residence. The damage to the resi- 

 dence and greenhouse was fully cover- 

 ed by insurance and there was $200 

 insurance on the plants. 



BRIGHTON, MASS. 



H GUT STRirSGS, 10 feet lonft. 50 cts. each. 

 Shipped to any part of the country. 

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Illustrated in Florists' Review January 26, iSgg, and in Florists' Exchange August 13, iSgS. 

 Awarded by the American Institute of New York a Diploma on pot plants of Dahlia Camel- 

 liaeflora and a First Class Certificate on Cut Flowers of the Dahlia Camullise flora. 

 This variety is particularly good for Spring sales as pot plants and is an abundant bloomer, 

 valuable for cut flowers, and does not exceed two feet in pots or in field. The blooms are bold, 

 clean cut. pure white, with very full center. Good, strong plants out of 2?/2-in. pots, 91.50 per doz.; 

 910.00 per 100. Orders booked now and filled in rotation. Cash with order. 



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A, L. MILLER, Jamaica Ave., Brooklyn, N, 



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100,000 VERBENAS, 



FINE POT PLANTS. $2.50 per 100: $20.00 per 1 ,000. 



ROOTED CUTTINGS, 76c per 100: $6 per 1,000: $50 per 10,000 



We are the Largrest Growers of Verbenas in the Country. Our Plants cannot be surpassed. 



Send for Circular. J, L». DIL.L.OM, Bloomsbup^, Pa. 



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KABDT SHKUBS. THEES. VIITES, 



EVEBGBEEirS and FEBENNIAIiS. 



A large and tine stock of well rooted plants, grown 

 in a sandy loam. Good plants, best sizes for 

 planting, verv cheap. 



Trade list free on application. 



T. R. WATSON, Plymouth, Mass. 



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Live Sphagnum Moss 



For Orchids, etc., $1.2r» per bbl. 



Sphagnum Moss 



First quality. $1.00 per bale; 10 bales, $8.00. 



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