The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Rooted... 



...Cuttings 



BY THE THOUSAND. 



BY MAIL. 



Per 100 

 Double Petunias, 3-in pots, bushy.. .$3.00 

 Double Hollyhocks, Charter's strain. 



4 colors, very strong blooming plants. .. .5.00 

 Geraniums, 2-in., fine: 20 varieties — 2.50 



rooted cuttings 1.50 



Stocks, double, 10 weeks, 4 colors, in- 

 cluding true snowHake. 2-in 2.00 



Lobelia speciosa and C. P. Compacta, 



2.00 



Phlox Drummondi graudiflora, i colors, 



2.00 



Cinerarias and Centaureas, 3 varie- 

 ties, 2-in 2.00 



Pyrethrum aurea, 2-in 2.00 



Begonia Rex, 6 varieties, 3-in 5.00 



Vernon, 2-in 2.00 



Metallica, 4-in., fine 4.00 



rooted cuttings 20 vars. ..$1.50-2.00 



Petunias, single, 3 varieties, 2-in 2.00 



Antirrhinum, 2 varieties, 2-in 2.00 



CASH WITH ORDIR. 



GEORGE J. HIGHES, 



BERLIN, N. J. 



SCOTT'S ROSES 



GRAFTED ROSES FOR WINTER FORCING.iai 



We have a limited quantity of gilt-edge Roses 



grafted on Manetti stock, in 3-in. pots, ready to go 



into 4s. of the following varieties: 

 American Beauty, President Carnot, 

 Bride, Mme. C. Testout, 



Bridesmaid, Augusta Victoria. 



Price. $1.'..00 per IDO: $12r>.»il per lUOO. 

 This stock will produce .50 per cent, more cut 



flowers for winter blooming than own root stock. 



and will pay for the plants on the first crop of 



flowers. First come, first served. 

 We also have own rool rit--e-. fur winter forcing 



in 2'^ and 3-incli p^t^ I rii <- mh application. 

 ORDER NOW. 



ROBERT SCOTT 4, SON, 



19th and Catherine Sts. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



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Chrysanthemums. 



Best of the standard varieties, $2..'iO per llio. 

 Newer kinds, $iM per 100. Special Price on 

 Larg'e Iiots. Stock in fine shape, now. Let us 



HYDRANGEA OTAKSA 1^°!?^,".^"' 



rield Plants In Fall. 



JOHN HACKETT i CO. 



62(1 St., near Elmwood Ave., PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



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CHRYSANTHEMIMS... 



Rooted cuttings of the following varieties: The 

 Oueen. Merry Monarch. Modesto, Marie \'alleria. 

 DaiUedouze. Marion Henderson, Mrs. H. Robin- 

 son. Mrs. Whilldin. L. Canning at $1.00 per 100. 

 Allamanda Wiiliamsii, 4-in.. showing buds, 

 $2.00 per doz. .\ddress 



JOHN G. EISELE, 20th& Ontario Sts.. Phila.. Pa. 



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GRAND RAPIDS. 



The weather continues hot anrl dry 

 and if rain does not come soon outside 

 crops will be seriously injured. Busi- 

 ness is depressed, little or nothing do- 

 ing except an occasional funeral or- 

 der. While roses are scarce they are 

 equal to the limted demand. 



Charley Bowditch, late with John 

 Wanamaker & Co., of New York, i.s 

 again with F. A. Chapman & Co. 



The feature of the week was the 

 swindle perpetrated on the Grand Rap- 

 ids Floral Co. Thursday a stranger 

 ordered a load of palms sent to Mrs. 

 Chas. Boltwood, 65 Morris avenue, with 

 the explanation that she was going 

 to give a two days' reception Friday 

 and Saturday. Mrs. Boltwood is well 

 known and the palms were sent. Mean- 

 time the stranger called on Mrs. Bolt- 

 wood, stating he had bought a load 

 of palms and ferns at auction -and was 

 desirous of disposing of them cheap 

 in that vicinity. Could he place them 

 on her lawn while he notified the 

 neighborhood of the existence of the 

 bargain counter? "He could." 



The palms arrived, he even assisting 

 in unloading them. The sign of the 

 Grand Rapids Floral Co. on the wagon 

 dispelled any suspicion of wrong. 

 Then the stranger made a house to 

 house canvass of that entire fashion- 

 able section, notifying them of the ex- 

 istence of the palm bargain counter at 

 Mrs. Boltwood's. A crowd attended 

 the sale, which was popular! The 

 prices were ridiculously low, a $3.00 

 palm selling for 50 cents, and every- 

 thing else proportionately cheap. Ev- 

 erything sold and the stranger disap- 

 peared. 



Monday when the Floral company 

 sent for their palms they discovered 

 what had taken place and notified the 

 police, taking all the steps possible to 

 locate the stranger, but no trace of 

 him can be found. He is probably in 

 some other city preparing to repeat 

 the swindle. So it behooves all florists 

 to be on the lookout and if any at- 

 tempt is made to put plants on the 

 lawn instead of inside the house it 

 ought to excite suspicion at once and 



lead to inquiries if all is right. The 

 Floral Co. had the thrilling experience 

 of going from house to house hunting 

 and recovering their palms, and it is 

 doubtful if they will recover all. Some 

 were even shipped out of town and, 

 of course, are lost. 



GEO. F. CKABB. 



WASHINGTON. 



The National Association of Educa- 

 tors in convention here has created 

 quite a demand for decorative plants, 

 but has not affected the cut flower 

 trade at all. Roses are very scarce. 

 Those seen are very poor. 



Mr. J. R. Freeman is building a new 

 rosehouse, 150x22, also a carnation 

 house, 100x16. The extended drought 

 has not retarded the growth of his car- 

 nation plants in the field; they are 

 very fine. 



The American Rose Co. has an acre 

 of carnations planted in shell boxes to 

 plant after "mums" are out, and bid 

 fair to be successful with them. 



Carnations, as a whole, are very 

 backward in this locality owing to the 

 high temperature and long drought. 

 The season started with continuous 

 rains and many rotted from the wet; 

 this was followed by drought, and very 

 little rain has fallen during the past 

 six weeks. W. H. K. 



PITTSBURG. 



Mrs. Bella F. Becker, of B. F. Beck 

 er & Co., the East End florists, com- 

 mitted suicide July 9 by taking an 

 ounce of carbolic acid. Mrs. Becksr ann 

 her husband separated last February, 

 the latter turning over his business to 

 his wife and son. a boy of about 16 

 years. Business became poor and re- 

 cently a judgment against her for $585 

 was secured. In addition to this the 

 son disappeared about July 1st. Mrs. 

 Becker was 36 years of age and was 

 generally respected. 



At the meeting of the Botanical So- 

 ciety of Western Pennsylvania last 

 Thursday evening a paper on "Rail- 

 road Plants" was read by C. P. Hen- 

 derson, of the Pennsylvania Railway. 



50,000 Plants, 2f^-in. pots, $5.00 per 

 100, express. ^^ 24 by mail for $1.50 



SPECIMENS 

 FOR 8-INCH POTS, 

 $6.00 per 12. 



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