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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



MAY 4, 1809. 



A STORY WITH A MORAL. 



He tells this story on himself. He is 

 youug and ambitious and prides him- 

 self on his common sense, his prac- 

 tical businesslike way of doing things 

 and his sordid earthiness generally. 

 On his way home the other evening 

 he stopped to look in a florist's win- 

 dow and the florist asked him inside 

 to see some very fine wedding flowers 

 he was sending out. The florist is an 

 elderly man. with kind eyes blinking 

 behind spectacles. "Yau don't buy 

 flowers any more, do you?" he in- 

 quired as he tied up a bunch of white 

 lilacs and pinks, and laid it on a fan 

 of feathery green ferns. 



"No, I don't," said the businesslike 

 man. 



"You were a pretty good customer a 

 year or two ago. Violets every day, 

 and roses twice a week, w-asn't it?" 



"Er — I was engaged then," and the 

 practical one laughed and flushed. 



"Y'ou used to take her flowers every 

 time you went to see her, didn't you?" 

 and the old florist's tone was more 

 kindly than inquisitive. 



"Y'es." 



"They're not so very expensive in 

 the spring." 



"Oh, she would have liked them as 

 well bought on the streets, as long as 

 tiey were fresh and fragrant. She 

 didn't care for the swell box. She 

 wasn't that kind at all." 



"Too bad, too bad. Y'oung ladies are 

 fickle. I suppose she chose another in 

 your stead." 



"Oh, no; I married her a year ago." 



The old florist twisted a bit of 

 string around the stems of some pale 

 rosebuds and then he said gently, as 

 if treading on thin ice: "Y'ou don't 

 love her any more?" 



"Indeed, I do. We're very happy. 

 But you know the flower business 

 doesn't go any more." 



"Did she ever say so?" asked the 

 relentless old man. 



"Well — nm — er, no, I can't say she 

 did" 



"Did yoc ever ask her about it?" 



"No. I'm kept pretty busy, you 

 know, with more practical things. I 

 don't have time to bother about 

 trifies." 



The old florist didn't answer. He 

 dived into the ice-box and came out 

 with a handful of mignonette and 

 white tulips. He wrapped them in a 

 cornucopia of tissue paper and hand- 

 ed them to his late customer. "This 

 is for old time's sake." he said. "You 

 might take them to your wife, and it 

 she doesn't like them you can bring 

 them back to me." 



They never came back. But the 

 young man did. — New Y'ork Commer- 

 cial Advertiser. 



PAW PAW, ILL.— C. Weaver, lately 

 with the Morris Floral Co., Morris, 111., 

 and formerly of Bloomsburg. Pa., will 

 start in business as a florist here. 



WAUKEGAN, ILL. — Extensive 

 greenhouses are soon to be built at the 

 R. Douglas' Sons Nurseries 



Look Here for Rooted Cuttings 



Per KHI 



Abutilon, var. trailing $2.00 



Ageratum, blue and white.. l.iM) 

 Alternanthera, red and vel- 



low, per 1000, $5.00...'... .60 



Anthemis. double vellow.. . 2.00 



Begonia Rex. 50 to 30 var. .. 2.00 



IncarnataGigantea 2.00 



Vernon 1.00 



Chrysanthemums, named.. 1.50 



Cuphea (Cigar plant) I.IHJ 



Coleus, mixed, per lWH),.'<i.. .*iO 

 " separate colors " S6.. .75 



Fuchsia Trailing Queen 1.50 



named 1.50 



Forget-me-not, winter flow- 

 ering l.TiO 



Per 100 

 German Ivv $1.25 



Heliotrope, per 100<J, SIO.... 1.25 

 Geraniums, named; Double 

 Grant, La Favorite, S. 

 A. Nutt. Rev. J. B. At- 

 kinson. Gloria de France 



etc., per 100(_t. $12.50 1.50 



Mixed, per 1000, SIO.... 1.25 

 Md. Sal., " 10.... 1.25 



Bronze 1.50 



Silver Leaf 1.50 



Rose Scented 1.50 



Mrs. Pollock 2.00 



Freak of Nature 3.00 



Happv Thought 8.00 



Mars 3.00 



Per lOO 



Geranium Md. Bruant $2.00 



Mrs. Parker .... 4.0O 



Imp. Sultana 1,5(> 



Lemon Verbena 1.50 



Lobelia, blue 1.00 



Lantana, assorted 1.50 



Manettta bicolor 2.00 



Pyrethrum Little Gem 1.50 



Pelargoniums, named 4.00 



mi.\ed 3.00 



Double Alyssum. giant l.OO 



Salvia, scarlet 1.2,'> 



golden leaved 2.00 



Violet M. Louise 60 



Verbenas, per li 00. $6 75 



Daisy Snow Crest 2.00 



POTTED PLANTS. 2M-mch except where noted. 



Per 100 



Begonia Rex. mixed.20 to .SO var. . . .$I.IK) 



Louis Closson, S-4 and (i. (JO 



" named varieties ti.OO 



Fuchsia Trailing Queen 4.00 



Forget-me-not, winter flowering 3.00 



.\butilon, var. trailing 4.00 



Mrs. Parker Geranium 6.00 



Per 100 



Mrs. Pollock Ger $4.00 



Silver Leaf " 4.00 



Mars " 6.00 



Md. Bruant " 4.00 



Lemon Verbena 4.00 



Hydrangeas, P. and W., 



4-inch 10,00 



Per lOO 



Vincas Var,, 2-in $2,00 



3-in 4.0O 



S'A-ia 6.0O 



4-in lO.OO 



Dracaena S5.00 to 30.00 



Imp. Sultana 3.00 



Terms Cash or C. 0. D. 



GREENE &. UNDERHILL, Watertown, N. 



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CLEMATIS 



Rhododendrons 



Fine 3-year stock on hand in the following 

 varieties: Jackmanii, Mme. Baron Vcillard, 

 Henryii, Kermesina, Duchess of Edinburgh, 

 Fairy Queen and Jackmanii Alba. 



.$;iO per 100. 



in 3 sizes. 



Best Market Varieties. 



F. W. O. SCHMITZ, Jersey City, N. J, 



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REED & KELLER, 



122 W. 2Sth St. , NEW YORK CITY. 



Manufacturers of WIRE S* DESIGNS 



and Dealers in 



««mm«.ELORISTS' i^ SUPPLIES 



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Fine Stock... 



of Meteors, Perles, Woottons and Kaiserins in 2^ 

 inch pots, shifted from 2s and now ready for 4s. 

 Also all kinds in 2-in. pots ready. Send $1.00 for 

 samples of what you want to 



GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, in. 



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CRABB & HINTER, 



V lOlf^f" ^'"■^^rs received now for Spring de- 

 T l\^l^l/ li\'ery of Al stock such as produces a 

 ^r^or^i.alid'C: crop— Marie Louise, Far- 

 0|JC?dCllldL9« quharand Lady Campbell. 



PADMATinUC Rooted Cuttings of Flora Hill, 

 uAnllAIIUIIOi Evelina, Painted Lady, Firefly. 

 Fingree. Morello and other standard varieties. 

 GRAND BAFIDS, MICH. 



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$2'50 



per 100 



Smilax, 2-in. pots, at $l..i0 per 100. 



CARNATIGNS-Rooted Cuttings. 



Scott. Bridesmaid, Stuart. Meteor. Gold 



Finch, Uncle Jolin, per 100 $1.25 



White Cloud. Dazzle, " 3.50 



Daybreak, Flora Hill, .'\lbertini, per 100 2.0O 



Rex Besronias, 25^-in. pots, 8 varieties 



" ' perliO 3.C0 



Cash with Order. 



Mcdonald & STEELE, ^"^^Ta^^^^' 



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< MOLE 

 TRAP 



For destroying ground moles in lawns, parks, gar- 

 dens and cemeteries. The only PERFECT mole trap 

 in existence. Guaranteed to catch moles where all 

 other traps fail. Sold by Seedsmen, Agricultural 

 Implement and Hardware dealers, or sent by express on 

 receipt of $2.00, by 



M. W. HAINES. RIDG5WOOD. [N, J. 

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HITCHINGS & CO. 



233 MERCER ST., NEW YORK. 



GREENHOUSE BOILERS 



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