OCTOBER 25, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



621 



AZAl>EAS. 



SPECIAL PRICES FOR IMMEDIATE ORDERS 



If you have not yet placed your order for Azaleas it will be to 

 your interest to do so at once, thereby securing the choice of the stock 

 at lowest cost for transportation, as tlie plauts can now be for- 

 warded with perfect safety by tast freight, even to tlie 

 most distant points. 



All of our importations of Azaleas are sent here in bulk, and all 

 are repacked at our own nurseries, so that any plants that may have 

 not carried well are set aside. This insures our customers of 

 securing only first-class stock, which cannot be comjjared with 

 cheap assorted case lots, which are made up in Belgium and are dis- 

 tributed on this side just as received, frequently not only containing 

 damaged plants, but also, as a rule, many varieties not at all suited 

 to the American trade. 



The varieties we supply are only the most popular sorts suited to 

 the American market. Our own representatives malte per- 

 sonal inspection of the plants in Belgium previous to 

 shipment, thus enabling us to secure the best stocks 

 grown. 



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Include duty, packing and delivery in good condition to any Express, Freight 

 or Steamship Line in Philadelphia. Fine bushy crowns, well set with buds — 



10 to 12 inches in diameter per doz., $ 4,50; per 100, $ 35.00 



12tol4 " 6.00 " 45.00 



14tol6 " " " " 7.50 " .'i5.00 



IBtolS ' " 12.00 " 9,1.00 



18to20 " 25.00 '• 200.00 



20to24 " " " •■ 3B.0O ■' 300.00 



HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



Various Notes. 



We have at last had a frost and in 

 coirsequeuee trade is more steady, fu- 

 neral work and a continuous shipping 

 trade has kept the supply short. Carna- 

 tions are in really short supply while 

 roses are plentiful and violets are hloom- 

 ing too fast; their quality will be much 

 improved as soon as cool weather sets in. 

 Mums are very backward ; there are 

 plenty of Glory of Pacific, Bergman, 

 Kalb and Fitzwvgram, but th'e larger 

 varieties are hardl> tit to cut yet. Single 

 stems in ti-incli pots will hardly be out 

 in time to send to Chicago show, how- 

 ever, they are being hurried along as 

 fast as possible. 



W»uld it not be a good idea if the 

 Chicago show were postponed a week? 

 Grand Rapids expects to be well repre- 

 sented, about eight. Crabb & Hunter 

 will put up a vase of Irene carnations. 

 This variety keeps up its credit as to 

 quality; it doesn't know how to burst; 

 is very fragrant; a splendid keeper; good 

 color and fine stem. Anyone interested 

 in seedlings will do well to look for it at 

 the show. The same firm will exhibit 

 seyeral seedlings of merit. 



Henry Smith has just fini.shed another 

 carnation house, 174x20. He started it 

 about three weeks ago and it is not only 

 finished, except the piping, but it is all 

 planted except one bench. Henry is a 

 hustlfer. 



Prices. 



Carnations are 2.5 cents per dozen; 

 American Beauties, $1..50 for medium to 



BEGONIA 



GLOIRE DE LORRAINE 



Fine strong I'A-in. plants, for immediate delivery, $17.50 per JOO; $175.00 per JOOO. 



Strong 3-in. stock, $4.00 per doz.; $30.00 per JOO. 



We control the largest and healthiest stock in this country. 



THE COTTAGE GARDENS, QliEENS, L L, N.Y. 



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.$2.50 for long stems — of the latter there 

 are not many; other roses, 75 cents to 

 $1; violets, 20 Cents per dozen, with 

 quality fair; mums, 50 cents to $1.50 

 are the present prices, the largest va- 

 rieties when in will sell for 50 cents to 

 $1 per dozen more. Geo. F. Crabb. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. 



Various Items. 



and 



The weather continues warm 

 pleasant, with slight frosts. 



The Sessions of the Grand Commandery 

 of Masons and Sir Knights, held in this 

 city last week, made a very busy week 

 for the florists. Never at any conclave 

 were headquarters more beautifully dec- 

 orated than those fitted up by the Holy- 

 rood Commandery at the Neil. Over 

 $50,000 was represented in decorations 

 in the form of emblematic shields, Bag- 



dad draperies and oriental effects, sur- 

 rounded by palms, ferns and evergreens 

 which were furnished by E. L. Charles. 



Mums are making their appearance, 

 and some good stock is looked for. Mr. 

 S. F. Stevens was the first in this city 

 to cut mums. His roses also are in fine 

 condition, and his prospects for a good 

 crop are exc'ellent. 



Mr. Salter has decided to grow mostly 

 carnations this year, and has just erected 

 a new house for this purpose. 



Affleck Bros, have planted their houses 

 in roses for wholesale trade. 



E. L. Charles is adding a new steam 

 boiler to his plant. 



Mr. Breece of West Berlin, O., was a 

 visitor last week. 



Ed Evans, son of Maurice Evans, liai 

 been ill for the past two weeks. 



The Livingston S'eed Company bas 

 erected a new house at the garden on 

 Neil avenue. G. E. A. 



