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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



May 25, 1S99. 



have had several white frosts of late, 

 and some of them are a little more 

 than white, for there was one morn- 

 ing last week that we picked up ice 

 half an inch thick. This spell of dark 

 cool weather shortened up the carna- 

 tion crop in great style. From the 

 "popular" price of ten cents they have 

 jumped to 40 and 50 cents. In most 

 carnation houses the fires are out and 

 the shade on, hence the extraordinary 

 shortening of crop. It suits roses, 

 with Are and light, all right and they 

 have again assumed their February 

 look. Two weeks ago they began to 

 look very Juney. Sweet peas have 

 sold well all this spring, in fact the 

 supply has not kept pace with the de- 

 mand. Growers should plant more of 

 the varieties that are in demand. 

 Blanche Ferry is too familiar; people 

 want distinct colors. The Daybreak 

 pink, pure white and light lavender 

 are the varieties that sell. 



Lilac will be all gone and tulips will 

 be on their last legs, or rather stems, 

 snowballs will be Just right, but alto- 

 gether there will be a scarcity of 

 flowers for Decoration Day unless we 

 get a few warm days to help our car- 

 nations open. 



Visitors. 



There have been a few travellers in 

 town of late. Mr. Barclay is getting to 

 be almost as constant a visitor as Mr. 

 Mott. I don't know what the attrac- 

 tion for Mr. B. is, petticoats or mount- 

 ain dew, perhaps both. Mr. Coakley, 

 of Scranton, was persuading us his 

 wire work was better than our home 

 make. Herr Martin Reukauf, of Bay- 

 ersdorfer & Co., came in on a carload 

 of wheat, and "Blawst my eyes Alf. 

 Dimmock, you know," who is growing 

 very cosmopolitan, hovering as he 

 does continually between the two 

 hemispheres. He starts off in London 

 English, dips into French, back again 

 to the Bowery, and winds up with that 

 most horrible of all white men's lingo, 

 Flemish. The pure Flemish, like the 

 bagpipes, is healthy to those who are 

 subjected to it. If you get over the 

 first shock. 



The Bagpipe. 



Queen Victoria's great age and 

 health is largely attributed to her al- 

 most constant exposure to the bag- 

 pipes. It is a cure for dyspepsia. The 

 Sepoys found it more deadly to their 

 ranks than leaden bullets. People who 

 subsist on a vegetable diet are often 

 screwed up with abdominal cramp at 

 the first bray of the pibroch. Strange 

 that Scotchmen should transport the 

 music of their native hills into a flat 

 country. The bagpipe is only adapted 

 to a mountainous country where the 

 audience can be on one side of the hill 

 and the instrument on the other. 

 Strange the difference in effect on dif- 

 ferent temperaments. Some men strut 

 like a banty rooster when under its 

 influence, while a New England widow 

 of our acquaintance is always moved 

 fo tears. She says it puts her in mind 

 of her husband, who was eaten by a 



crocodile off the west coast of Africa. 

 Where the connection comes in the 

 poor woman has kept, like her age, a 

 secret. W. S. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED, 



C. A. Kuehn, St. Louis, Mo., price 

 list of Walker's Excelsior Brand of 

 fertilizer; David G. Yates & Co., 

 Phila., deciduous and evergreen trees, 

 shrubs, vines, etc.; Royal Tottenham 

 Nurseries, Ltd., Dedemsvaart, near 

 Zwolle. Netherlands, hardy and rare 

 perennials, ferns, aquatics, etc.; Benj. 

 Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y., 

 slug shot and French bordeaux mix- 

 ture; H. P. Kelsey, 116 Tremont 

 Bldg., Boston, Mass, hardy American 

 plants and Carolina mountain flowers; 

 Geo. B. Moulder, Smith's Grove, Ky., 

 water lilies; Herb & Wulle, Naples, 

 Italy, seeds and bulbs; Ellis & Poll- 

 worth, wholesale price list of bulbs, 

 azaleas, hardy roses, etc.; H. W. Gib- 

 bons, 132 Liberty street. New York, 

 greenhouse building and heating. 



Suburban Equipment Co., 17 Will- 

 iam street. New York city, greenhouse 

 material; R. Vincent, Jr., & Son, 

 White Marsh, Md., vegetables and oth- 

 er plants; J. C. Meyer & Co., Boston, 

 Mass., silkaline; C. P. Lincoln, 54 

 Arch street, Hartford, Conn., silver 

 fern dishes and the Queen adjustable 

 plant stand; Lord & Burnham Co., 

 Irvington - on - Hudson, N. Y., green- 

 house building, heating, ventilation, 

 etc.; L. Boehmer & Co., Yokohama, 

 Japan, Japanese trees, shrubs, plants, 

 seeds, etc.; Regan Printing House, 87 

 Plymouth Place, Chicago, fine print- 

 ing. 



"HOW TO GROW Chrysanthe- 

 mums" is the title of a useful paper 

 covered book issued by the publishers 

 of American Gardening, 132 Liberty 

 St., New York City, price 25 cents. 

 There is a calendar of operations for 

 each month in the year, and chapters 

 upon growing bush plants, general 

 management, fertilizers and manures, 

 fungous diseases, seed saving and 

 plants for the garden. There are fif- 

 teen illustrations. 



WB WOULD LIKE very much to 

 have a complete and accurate list of 

 the names and addresses of the florists 

 of America and to this end will ask 

 each subscriber to kindly send us an 

 accurate list of those in the trade in 

 his or her city or town. By complying 

 with this request you will confer a 

 great favor on the publishers. 



IF YOU DO a wholesale business, 

 you should not fail to have an adv. in 

 the Florists' Manual, by Wm. Scott. 

 Write for circular giving rates, etc. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO.— The firm of A. 

 W. Livingston's Sons has been suc- 

 ceeded by the Livingston Seed Co. 



HOUSTON, TEXAS.— T. H. Thomp- 

 son & Co. have added a wholesale seed 

 department to their business. 



PACIFIC GROVE, CAL.— By mutual 

 agreement the firm of 0. Noda fc Co. 

 have dissolved partnership, O. Noda 

 retiring. The business will be carried 

 on, as heretofore, by N. Imajo. 



IF YOU HAVE anything to sell to 

 the trade, ofCer It In an adv. in The 

 Review. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Advertisements under this head 10 cents a line, 

 an average of seven words to the line. 



SITUATION WANTED-By a first class florist, 15. 

 years' experience in growing terns, palms, carna- 

 tions, roses and general stock ; also a first class decora- 

 tor, designer and salesman. Address B. C, care of 

 Florists' Review. 



WANTED— Two plain and one varieprated Century 

 Plants, 5 feet diameter. Write price delivered on. 

 board boat in New York City. H. T. & A. H. Funnell, 

 Huntington, N. Y. 



FOR SALE CHEAP— Hitchings Hot Water Boiler 

 No. 15, with 250 ft. 4-in. pipe and four valves, in As 

 condition. Address C. J. Benz, Conshohocken, Pa. 



FOR SALE— 75 boxes of glass; will sell in small lots. 

 Also one hot water boiler. Address I. N. Partridge,. 

 Sycamore, 111. 



SITUATION WANTED- By single man, 34. Swiss, 

 sober, steady; 18 years' experience, palms, roses, 

 carnations, 'mums and general greenhouse stock; also 

 well up in landscape gardenmg; commercial or private 

 place; good references. Address W. R,, gardener, 38a 

 Clarkson Street, Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Q ITU ATION WANTED— A first-class florist, grow- 

 O er, decorator and designer wishes to make a change; 

 IS years experience; age 30, single. Address R. S., care 

 Florists' Review. 



SITUATION WANTED' By trusty, first-class all 

 'round florist; 18 years experience, private and com- 

 mercial; Q years at last place; competent to take charge. 

 Address Gardener, care Florists' Review. 



FOR RENT— 16,000 feet of glass within 12 miles of 

 Chicago court house; fairly good condition: some 

 houses new; new boiler; long lease. Address C. N., 

 care Florists' Review. 



FOR RENT OR SALE— First class retail stand. 

 5,000 feet of glass. New. In city. Ought to net 

 good man at least S3.00 per day. Must buy stock, about 

 S500.00. Reason for selling, failing health. Address 

 'Illinois," care Florists' Review. 



F 



lOR SALE— Four greenhouses, nearly new. Good 

 retail stand. A. Claus, Springfield, 111. 



SITUATION WANTED- An up-to-date cut-flower 

 ►■J artist, designer and decorator, second to none and a 

 good salesman, now with one of the best firms in the 

 country, wants to make a change; best of reference. 

 For full particulars, address E. V. O , care of Florists' 

 Ke\'iew. 



r* 01 Residence and greenhouses; 



rOP ^rll^ about 9,(JtO ft, glass; hot wa- 

 ■ Vl ^^UIV./ j^.^ heat; all stocked: tine 

 show room; good house trade; 6 miles from Boston 

 on line of electric and steam roads; house heated 

 with hot water; electric lights and all improve- 

 ments; 25.000 ft. of land. Would exchange for prop- 

 erty in western New York. Address 



Mrs. A. M. BIGBEE, Box 107, Atlantic, Mass. 



WANTED,,,. 



several men as helpers in our 

 rose houses. Apply ready for 

 work to 

 BASSETT & WASHBURN, 

 Hinsdale, III. 



Bl I^IMFQ^ -^ ^^^^ opportunity is 



UolllLOO open to a hustling 



capital to 

 get into a well established and profitable busi- 

 ness. A chance of a life-time. 

 Those meaning; business may obtain particulars 

 by addressing 



ROX, care of Florists* Review, 



