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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



MAY 18, 1S99. 



BERLIN, ONT. 



As most of your readers have prob- 

 ably heard, the Canadian tariff will 

 remain unchanged for this year at 

 least. The Government in its wisdom 

 having thought it best to leave trade 

 undisturbed for the present, so that 

 florists will have to put up with the 

 evils of the present tariff and bam- 

 boozle the custom officers into be- 

 lieving that an araucaria is a palm, 

 and lily of the valley a bulb and ply 

 him with such-like innocent devices 

 until the head bottle-washer sees fit 

 to change the state of affairs. The 

 Canadian Horticultural Association 

 must keep hammering away too, and 

 not give up the fight the first round. 



The cut flower trade has been keep- 

 ing up wonderfully in this little town 

 until now. Roses are only 60 cents 

 and carnations 30 cents and there is 

 not a great deal of money in it, but 

 it shows that things are improving 

 and that people can be educated to 

 buy flowers and that they will have 

 them when they can buy good stock 

 in their own town. The plant trade 

 is beginning to move, but the change- 

 able weather makes prospective buy- 

 ers wary of too early planting and I 

 am of the opinion that it does a flor- 

 ist no good to push the trade too early 

 for the safety and well being of the 

 plant, much as he may want to clean 

 out his houses. I took a drive to Gait 

 (a Scotch town of about 8,000, 12 miles 

 from here), two Sundays ago, and had 

 a very pleasant time amongst the flor- 

 ists there (at least with two of 

 them, had not time to call on more). 

 Messrs. A. Common and .1. Wells are 

 the principal ones out of fourteen I 

 was told. They both have quite ex- 

 tensive establishments for the size 

 of the town, and do a general florist's 

 trade. How the other twelve live is 

 a mystery I had not time to fathom. 



Mr. Common is quite a pioneer; 

 when he went on his present place it 

 was covered with stones and boulders, 

 some of which had to be blasted, and 

 on looking under the benches of his 

 houses one sees that the dividing 

 walls are built of great blocks of 

 stone. His land is all perfectly clean 

 now with stone fences surrounding it. 

 It struck me forcibly at the time that 

 a man must have more courage than 

 the general run to start a florist's 

 place on a piece of land like that. 

 But there are many more heroe's than 

 we hear of in the newspapers. Mr. 

 Wells goes in for all the latest car- 

 nations, etc., and I also came across 

 several plants there that I had not 

 seen for years. A. H. EWING. 



PLEASE SEND US a correct list of 

 the names and addresses of the flor- 

 ists who receive their mail at your 

 postofflce and thereby oblige. 



YOU CAN BUT all your trade sup- 

 plies to the very best advantage from 

 advertisers In The Florists' R-^view, 

 and at the same time advance the In- 

 terests of your paper. 



REGULAR SHIPPING ORDERS RECEIVE 

 SPECIAL ATTENTION. 



IfeoR Bros. 



Wholesale Growers of 



CiT Flowers, 



51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



We have 6,000 Meteors in 2-inch 



pots, which wc offer at $18 per 1000. Fine plants. 



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By 

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 of 



Thou- 

 sands. 



My prize winners carried off the highest National 

 honors yet awarded the Dahlia — a diploma and gold 

 medal at the Omaha Exposition. Get my catalogue 

 before ordermg elsewhere. 

 Box 382. W. W. WILMORE. Denver, Col. 



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Decoration Day 

 ...Plants... 



Per 100 



Rudbeckia Golden Glow, 3^2 -in. pots $4,00 



Statice Armeria, Sea Pink, covered with buds, 



354-inch 3.00 



Ageratum, white, 354-inch, in bloom 3.00 



Double Daisies, in full flower 1.00 



Coleus, in variety, 2-inch, bright colors 1.50 



Cash Please. 



EDWARD B. JACKSON, 



STAMFORD, CONN. 



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Sandusky Carnation, »» j;; » 



GERANIIMS. 



In bud and 'bloom. 



Ready for market and bedding purposes. 

 Beaute Poitevine, Mrs E. G. Hill, 



Gloria de France, La Favorite, Heteranthe, 

 Mme. Bruant, and many others. 

 From 3 and 4-inch pots. $5.00 and $6.00 per 100. 

 Cash with order, please. 



W. E. HALL, CLYDE, Ohio. 



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ROSES. ROSES. 



Strictly first class stock. Endes, Meteors, Maids and 

 Perles. Strong 2k'-in , ;?3.00 per loo. Kaiserin $4.00 

 per loo. Beauty $5 per loo. 



Our Rose plants are acknowledged to be the finest 

 supplied to ilie trade. Place your order with us tor im- 

 mediate or future delivery if you want the choicest stock. 

 PETUNIAS, Dreer's latest set of double fringed, fine 

 bushy plants, labeled, ?2 per loo, out of 2f'j-in. pots 

 VERBENAS, our challenge collection, 2-in. SI..SO a lOO 

 CUT CARNATIONS, long stems, all colors, ?l a loo 

 QIVTTT A "V" Strong Bushy Seedlings, ready for 

 kjlTl±JJix jV. pots, SOc per loo, $4 per looo, de- 

 livered. This is the way to buy your Smilax and 

 save a large expense in freight on pot plants. Can 

 supply any quantity on short notice. 



P A M^TT^Q From cold frames. Big plants full 

 X iiXi OJ- J-iiO. of buds and blooms, the finest in 



the market. $2 per loo. I'erms strictly cash with 

 order. Send for list. 



SOUTH SIDE FLORAL CO., - Springfield, III. 



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Cnr IQQQ Best New Varieties. 

 rUI lOuu'Best Old Varieties. 



Send for our New Illustrated Trade List before ordering 

 elsewhere. 



Itg^Peacock's Dahlias always received highest awards 

 over all competitors. Forty-six first prizes out of 

 forty-nuie entries during past four years— an un- 

 equaled record. 



Best New and Standard Carnations— 



Beautifully illustrated and accurately described m 

 our Trade List. Send for copy. 



Surplus Stock of Mixed Dahlias— 



At right price. Also Dahlias under color. 

 Correspondence Solicited. 



W. p. PEACOCK, - Atco, N. J- 



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FIRST-CLASS STOCK 



From 2i'2-in pots, ready for 3 and 4-in. 

 Strong and bushy Rose Geraniums, 3 var.; Heli- 

 otrope, white and purple; Lemon Verbenas; Ivy 

 Geraniums; Dusty Miller, $2.50 per 100. 3-in. 

 Pelargoniums, bud and bloom, hne. $5.0 t per 100. 

 Mexican Primrose. $1.50 per 100 California Vio- 

 lets, strong rooted runners, 50c per 100. $t.00per 

 1000. Princess Pauline .'\geratum, rooted cuttings, 

 $1.1)0 per 100. Fuchsias, in var.. 2 and ^J^^-in., $2.50 

 per too. E. G. BUNVAR, 



Walnut Hill Greenhouses. Independence, Mo. 



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Always mention the Florists* Review whco 

 writing advertisers. 



