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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



JULY 7, 189S. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Business Conditions. 



Business is practically over for the 

 season. The cut flower market is on 

 a summer footing. A few good Beau- 

 ties, Kaiserins and orchids are to be 

 seen. The intense heat has spoiled 

 most flowers. Water lilies, with the 

 necessary accompaniment of water, 

 are the coolest looking blooms on the 

 market. Plant business is chiefly with 

 growers who are short of stock for 

 their houses or want to try some nov- 

 elty. 



Great distress was evident on Mon- 

 <lay of last week in three of our most 

 fashionable stores and several others 

 were somewhat affected. Strangely 

 enough, the cause was a wedding. 

 That day the last of four popular so- 

 ciety belles w-as married. These young 

 ladies have for many years been 

 greatly admired. Several handsome 

 delivery wagons are said to have 

 come directly from the numerous! 

 floral offerings sent them. Several 

 growers owe the butter on their bread 

 to this popularity. They will be 

 greatly missed. May their lives be 

 happy. 



Notes. 



The firm of Billger & Blakebor- 

 ough. growers of cut flowers and bed- 

 ding plants, has retired from busi- 

 ness. This firm achieved its greatest 

 success under the management of 

 William A. Billger, their bouvardia 

 being of especially fine quality and 

 very profitable. Mr. Billger attrib- 

 utes his success with bouvardia to 

 his system of field irrigation during 

 the summer months. He dug a shal- 

 low trench all the way along each 

 row of plants, running the hose into 

 the upper end of the trench often 

 enough to keep the ground moist. 

 Their bouvardia was worth going a 

 long way to see. W. A. Billger went 

 into business somewhere in Indiana a 

 few years ago. The business has since 

 been carried on by his father and 

 hrother-in-law. 



Henry F. Michell has gone to Eu- 

 rope. 



Much has been written about the 

 Greek in our business, but little or 

 nothing about the Italian. Yet the 

 latter plays an important part at this 

 season. He it is who is called in by 

 many an up-to-date grower to help 

 empty and wheel in soil for the 

 houses, and so push through the work 

 while the regular hands are painting 

 and planting. He is patient and in- 

 dustrious and deserves a word of 

 praise for the part he plays in our 

 business life. 



Alas! the "jumping beans" have 

 stopped jumping. The little worms 

 inside of them died, and the beans 

 seem dead, indeed. 



George Anderson is said to be do- 

 ing some pretty good shooting these 

 days. J. w. Y. 



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The Harrisii Disease 



can be prevented by immersing the bulbs 

 for ten hours in a half solution of 



..Kraft's Plant Tonic. 99°o 



This has hci-n conclusively proviii hv c\periments at Lincoln Parle, Chicigo. The Tonic also 



kills Hard Shelled Scale, Mealy Bug-, and other insect pests without injury to the 



plant. .A trial of a -.jr.-tent Lottie will convince vou that a really remarkable 



insecticide lias been discovered. Send for circular. 



Kraft Plant Tonic Co., 



Rockford, III. 



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Perfect Glaziers' Points 



No rights or lefts. Prite per lio.x of 1,000, 60c: 

 by mail, ~5c; ia lots of 6,000 by Ex., 55c per 1,000. 

 HENRY A DREER 714 chestnut street 



nt,iini «. unttn, Philadelphia, pa. 



When writing mention Florists' Review. 



I Burpee's Seeds Grow | 



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Support 



Qleen-s, N.V., Feb. i6, 'g?. 

 Mr. Theron Parker. Brook- 

 lyn, Jsr.V. Dear Sir:— I have tested 

 your latest Model Carnation Sup- 

 port, and am free to say that I con- 

 sider it the best wire carnation sup- 

 port that I have ever seen. It is 

 quickly and easily applied, and I 

 think will prove very durable, and 

 you certainly deserve great credit 

 for the invention. 



Very truly yours, 



C. W. Ward. 



certainlyagem. 



nation Support, 

 Dai 



i an up-to-date Car- 



Yours truly, ■ 

 LLEDOUZE Bros. 



W. HoBOKEN. N. J., Feb. i8. '<)7. 

 Mr. Theron Parker, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. Dear Sir:— It grives me 

 much pleasure to congratulate you 

 upon your success in getting up 

 Carnation Supports. I think that 

 those I have had from you are about 



VT If ^5 perfect as anybody will be able 



y to make them. They certainly fill 

 my bill for an ideal carnation sup- 

 port, a thmg I have been looking for for a long time. 

 Wishing you every success in the sale of them, I am. 

 Yours truly. E. Asmus. 



Write for Prices, Circular and 

 Special Discounts for early orders. 



The Model Plant Stake Co. 



THERON PARKER, Mgr., Inventor and Patentee, 

 22 Morton Street. BBOOKI.YIT, N. Y. 



Marie Louise Runners 



25,000 at 84 per 1000; 60c. per 100. 



U/AMTCn •>'» Maids, 600 Brides, 200 Perles. 200 

 nMniCU Beauties, 200 Meteor, 2IX> Belle Sie- 

 brecht, 2i-3-inch pots 



HILLSDALE FLORAL PARK, 



Mi;ntion Florists' Review. HILLSDALE, MICM. 



Mums The Word. 



' We offer the following varieties good, 



strong, thriftv plants, in 2-inch pots, 

 at $3,00 per liXI, 

 Mayflower. Modesto, Mrs Henry Robinson, 



The Times. The Queen. Yellow Queen. 

 Major Bonnaffon, Invincible. Minerva, 

 Kentucky, and lots of other sorts. 

 _ ««- - ., See catalogue for list. 



2,000 SmilaX, 2 inch pots. $3.00 perm 



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 M.-ntion Florists' Review -R-hen you write. 



PANSIES 



Zirngiebel 



GIANT 



Of the market and fancv strains, are still the lead- 

 ing varieties with the Florists' trade. Uualitv 

 guaranteed. FRESH SEED NOW RE.^DV 

 in trade packages at one dollar each. 



OENYS ZIRNGIEBEL, - NEEDHAM, MASS. 



SMIl>AX 



STRONG PLANTS. 

 $1.50 per 100: $12.00 per 1000. 



C. HUMFELD. Clay Center. Kan. 



Mention Florists' R.- 



Q'P.P.TI^I-AWN GRASS 



^^J^AJJu^K^ $12.00 per 100 lbs. 



Finest Quolity Ever Offered (Retails m 30c. lb.) 



J. CHAS. McCULLOUGH, SEEDSMAN, 



BECLEANEB AND JOBBEE GRASS SEEDS. 



"'.wr' Second & Walnut Sts., Cincinnati, 0. 



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