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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



MAY 11, 1S99. 



LABOR-SAVING DEVICES. 



Editor Florists' Rfview: I should 

 be sorry for Mr. W. R. Shelmire to 

 think that I intended to impugn his 

 veracity in the slightest degree and 

 considering that those who voted 

 placed the fumigator third on the list 

 I am quite willing to believe that the 

 idea was original with him as far as 

 his circle has reached. But all the 

 same what I said before was perfectly 

 true also. I also still adhere to my 

 assertion that "no trade is so far be- 

 hind in labor-saving devices as our 

 trade" (I did not say the trade was 

 "backward in adopting improved 

 methods"). 



One has not to look far for the cause 

 of this, viz.: Until the last 20 or 25 

 years want of incentive, a sentimen- 

 tal love of plants and flowers and a 

 lack of that hard-heartedness which 

 has no more consideration for them 

 than a merchant has for a bale of 

 goods. It seems to me, Mr. Editor, 

 that a florist to be successful in these 

 days must be a manufacturer of plants 

 and flowers pure and simple and the 

 man who can manufacture good stock 

 the cheapest of course gets the trade. 

 And it is in the plant factory where 

 the dearth of labor saving devices, 

 etc., compared with other factories is 

 so patent to close observers. I was 

 born in the profession, Mr. Editor, but 

 it has not taken me a year in business 

 for myself to learn this. 



As Mr. Shelmire says, however, the 

 records of the patent office will show 

 that the trade is trying hard to get 

 out of the slough, but the same record 

 would also show how few of the de- 

 vices patented have stood the test of 

 practical use with florists as a body. 

 There are automatic ventilators, etc., 

 but what small or medium sized flor- 

 ist is able to afford them; there are 

 boilers and boilers and boilers, but the 

 really good ones are away up in G, and 

 the first cost puts it out of reach. Cer- 

 tainly simple devices are what Is want- 

 ed, but we must sweep the cobwebs of 

 conventionality and prejudice from our 

 minds better than we do before much 

 progress will be made. 



A. H. EWING. 



RICHMOND, IND.— Last fall Beach 

 & Chessman, the florists, gave to all 

 children who called at their green- 

 houses young begonias, with the un- 

 derstanding that the child who on 

 May 1 returned the best plant after 

 the winter's cultivation would receive 

 a prize of $5. There was a spirited 

 competition for the prize, which was 

 recently awarded. 



MILWAUKEE, 'WIS.— The conserva- 

 tory in Mitchell Park is now about 

 completed. The propagating houses 

 now contain about 50,000 bedding 

 plants, which will soon ba set out in 

 the park. 



WINONA, MINN.— Fire did slight 

 damage to the Kirchner greenhous(« 

 April 16. 



Look Here for Rooted Cuttings 



Per 101) 



var. trailing J2.10 



1.00 



.^butilon 



Aeeratum, blue and white 



.^iternantiiera, red and \e]- 



low, per lOOO. $.5.00 60 



.\nthemis. douljle vellow., . L'.OO 



Begonia Rex, 50 toito var, .. 2.(Hl 



■' Incarnata Gigantea 2.01) 



Vernon 1.00 



Chrysanthemums, named., l.-'io 



Cuphea (Cigar plant) l.)HJ 



Coleus. mixed, per 1000, S'i.. .60 



" separate colors " J>6.. .75 



Fuchsia Trailing Queen. .. . 1.50 



" named 1.50 



Forget-me-not, winter flow- 

 ering 1 ."iD 



Per 100 



German I\ v $1.25 



Heliotrope, per KKMJ, SIO.... 1.25 

 Geraniums, named; Double 

 Grant. La Favorite. S. 

 .■\. Nutt. Rev. I. B. .At- 

 kinson. Gloria de France 



etc., per lOOO, S12.60 1.50 



Mixed, per 1(K)0, SIC... 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 



Happy Thought 3.00 



Mars 3.(K) 



Per lOO 



Geranium Md. Bruant $2.t)0 



.Mrs. Parker .... 4.0O 



Imp. Sultana 1.50 



Lemon Verbena 1.50 



Lobelia, blue 1.00 



Lantana. assorted 1.50 



Manettia bicolor 2.0O 



Pyrethrum Little Gem 1.50 



Pelargoniums, named 4.00 



mixed 3.00 



Double .A!yssum, giant 1.00 



Salvia, scarlet 1.2,5 



golden leaved 2.00 



Violet M. Louise 60 



Verbenas, per 1(00, S6 75 



Daisv Snow Crest 2.00 



POTTED PLANTS. 2'i-inch except where noted. 



Per 100 



Begonia Rex, mixed.20 to 30 var. . ..$t.(X) 



Louis Closson, SI and 6.00 



named varieties 6.00 



Fuchsia Trailing Queen 4.00 



Forget-me-not. winter tiowering 3.00 



.Abutilon, var. trailing 4.00 



Mrs. Parker Geranium 6.00 



Mrs. 



Per 100 

 Pollock Ger $4.00 



Silver Leaf 



Mars " 



Md. Bruant " 



Lemon Verbena ., 



Hydrangeas, P. and W. 

 4-inch 



4.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



10.00 



Per 100 



Vincas Var., 2-in $2.00 



3-in 4.00 



■i'A-in 6.00 



4-ln 10.00 



Dracaena S5.00 to 30.00 



Imp. Sultana 3.00 



Terms Cash or C. 0. D. 



CLEMATIS 



GREENE &. UNDERHILL, Watertown, N. Y. 



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Fine 3-year stock on hand in the follow^ing 

 varieties: Jackmanii, Mme. Baron Veillard, 

 Henry ii, Kermesina, Duchess of Edinburgh, 

 Fairy Queen and Jackmanii Alba. 



.$20 pt'i- 100. 



Rhododendrons Ses^t M^arket varieties. 



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



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REED & KELLER, 



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



Manufacturers of 

 and Dealers in 



WIRE 

 FLORISTS' i 



• DESIGNS 

 SUPPLIES 



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Roses= Roses 



It is time to get good stock ready now to plant 

 out soon. Send 50 cents or $1 00 and get samples 

 of our Perles, Woottons, Kaiserins, Meteors, 

 Brides, Maids and Beauties. 5.000 Am. Beauties, 

 2-in., ready to ship May 25th. Send orders now. 

 Still some good Geraniums (or bedding left. 

 Write or phone GEO. A. KUHL. Pekin. III. 

 Mention the RevIew^ when you write. 



CRABB & HUNTER, 



Vlflltf*!" *-*fders received now for Spring de- 

 T IVFIv^V liverv of .M stock such as produces a 

 QrkCki^a.aliC'f-c crop— Marie Louise. Far- 

 0|i"dClll9l.9* quhar and Lady Campbell. 



OADMATinUO Rooted Cuttings of Flora HiU, 

 UAnllA I lUnOi Evelina, Painted Lady, Firefly, 



Pingree. Morello and other standard varieties. 

 GRAND BAFIDS, MICH. 



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iNIKOTEEN 



IT COSTS 4 CENTS FOR EACH 600 FEET OF 

 -7 FLOOP SPACE r> 



DOES NOT INJURE THE MOST SENSITIVE 



, PUNTS- ENDORSED BY PROMINENT FLORISTS-' 



^F USED FOR FUMIGATION OR SPRAYING INDOOIS OR 



A OUT.. 200 LBS. or TOBACCO III ONE PINT Of aiKoim 



^% SOLD BY SEtBSMtN CIRCULAR TREE-/ 



SKABCURA DIPCO.CniCACO. , 



l QUICKLY DOES IT^ "W 



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Princess of Wales 



Violets. 



strong rooted crowns 

 or divided plants. 



$8.00 per 1000; Unrooted Cuttings. $3.00 per lOOO 

 True stock, no disease, best \'lolet 

 in the market for commercial use. 



CHAS. W. REIMERS. 329 4th Ave.. Louisville. Ky. 

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HITCHINGS & CO. 



233 MERCER ST., NEW YORK. 



GREEXHOISE BOILERS 



PIPES, FiniNGS AND VENTILATING APPARATUS 



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