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FLORISTS' PUBLISHINQ CO.. 820-535 Cazton BuildlnK, CHICAQO. 



Vol. VI. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, AUGUST 2, t900. 



No. 140. 



WHEN AT THE CONVENTION. 



DO NOT FAIL TO SEE THE 

 EXHIBIT OF OUR NEW FERN, 



Nephrolepis Wittboldii 



Then if it strikes your fancy do not fail 

 to procure some of the first stock, for 

 which we will book orders 



THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO. 



1657 Buckingham Place. 



.CHICAGO. 



We have at all times a full and complete stock of 



FLORISTS' SIPPLIES. 



IMPORTED PREPARED CYCAS LEAVES. 

 CAPE FLOWERS, White and Colored. 



IMMORTELLES, all colors. METAL DESIGNS, 

 BASKETS, PEDESTALS, Etc., Etc. 



WHEAT SHEAVES A SPECIALTY.... 



Send for special prices. 



Importers and Manufatturers, 

 918 Filbert St., 



PHIUDELPHIA, PA. 



M. RICE & CO,, 



KENNICOn BROS. CO. 



WM.F.KASTING 



WHOLESALE 

 Mi COMMISSION 

 FLORIST.... 



BOSES, CABNATIOITS 



And all kinds of Season- 

 able Flowers in stock. 



Also dealer in Florists' Supplies 

 and Wire Designs. 



481 Washington St., BIFFALO, N. Y. 



GIVE US A TRIAL. 



WE CAN PLEASE YOU. 



HUNDREDS OF FLORISTS ARE USING OUR 



PULVERIZERS. 



YOU CAN REGULATE IT. 



Send for list of testimonials. 

 Patent allowed February 27, 1900. 



No. 1, *5.00; 



No. 2, $10.00; 



No. 3, )J!30.00. 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY CO., 



NORTH 

 TONAWANDA. 



NEW YOBK. 



Nymphs who liauDt th'emhow'ring shades 



Poesy's enchanting maids. 

 Woo thee, Rose; thy charms inspire 



All the raptures of the lyre. 

 Cull me straight th" inviting Rose; 



Shielded by the thorn it grows. 

 Cull the Rose: what boots the smart? 



Boundless sweets regale the heart. 



Lovely kose! thy peaial power 



Sweetly soothes the sickly hour; 

 O'er the grave thy fragrance shed; 



We sink in quiet to the dead. 

 When the envious hand of time 



Nips the honors of thy prime, 

 Fresh in youth thy odors bear 



Richness to the ambient air. 



Pluck It not. the Howry gem 



Unwilling quits iis parent stem. 

 Round the feast of fragrance rove; 



But gently touch the Rose of love. 

 "Mid the sons ot Comus spread, 



Blooms the Roses living red; 

 Chaplet for the thirsty soul. 



Well it crowns the purple bowl.— Anacreon, Ode 53. 



