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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



OCTOBER 27, 189S. 



NEW WAR OF THE ROSES. 



Theri' is a War of the Roses on the 

 East Side, and tlie royal houses of 

 Hartz and Schusterman are girding 

 for the fray. 



Abraham I. of Schusterman and 

 Prince Isaac of Hartz are the contend- 

 ing monarch?. Tlieir palaces — other- 

 wise florists" shops — lie side by side in 

 the beautiful lower valley of Avenile 

 B. The Hartz emblem is the red rose; 

 that of the Schustermans is white; 

 and each insists that the appropriate 

 color for the other is yellow. 



Yesterday blithely over the flags 

 sped the fair lady of Destler, and she 

 sought the Prince of Hartz. beseeching 

 him that he would pluck for her one 

 small nosegay, price a silvern quarter 

 piece of the realm. 



"But, prithee, is not your spouse a 

 henchman of mine enemy. King 

 Abey?" queried the Prince. 



"In sooth, he is." she sighed, "but 

 I'm with you, Ike." 



Bending his head, he was about to 

 place in her band the red rose of his 

 house, when he heard a harsh voice 

 saying: "Traitorous woman! Giving 

 comfort and cash to the enemy! Out 

 I say, and bring your trade next 

 door!" 



It was Adam of Destler, a lusty 

 knight of the house of Schusterman. 



"Come forth!" be commanded to his 

 lady. 



"Come seventh!" she retorted. 



"Fear not, I will protect thee." said 

 Isaac of Hartz. 



"Nay, wilt thou?" sneered Adam, 

 and, drawinsr bis trusty culverin from 

 his sock, he launched a volley of those 

 deadly missiles known as bad hen fruU 

 against the crystal front of the palace 

 of Hartz. 



The peace of two great houses might 

 hare been sliattered forever had not 

 one of the Bluebrass Mulberry Janiza- 

 ries appeared and haled the varlet 

 Destler to the dungeon called the 

 Cooler. 



But the learned lawgiver Kudlich 

 afterward said in the Essex Palace of 

 Justice: "Out upon ye both! Begone!" 

 And they bewent. — New York Press. 

 Oct. 21. 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. 



We have received a copy of the new 

 catalogue of florists' supplies issued by 

 M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, and it is 

 certainly a very handsomely illus- 

 trated and printed book. The great 

 variety of goods offered well illus- 

 trates the widening needs of the florist 

 as regards accessories to his flowers, 

 and certainly everything of the sort a 

 florist can need must be listed in this 

 catalogue. Even perishable goods, 

 such as wild smilax, galax leaves, palm 

 crowns, etc., are included, while bas- 

 kets and similar supplies are shown in 

 apparently endless variety. The free 

 Illustration of the various styles will, 

 we believe, make this catalogue very 

 useful for reference. 



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The Harrisii Disease 



can be prevented by immersing the bulbs 

 for 5 hours in a half solution of 



..Kraft's Plant Tonic. 99°o 



This has been conclusivdv pr.iv. n hv I'xperlments at Lincoln Park, Chicago. The Tonic also 



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



plant. A trial of .i L'r.-i > iit lutlle will convince you that a reallv remarkable 



in?f'_tuhic li.is huc-n discovered. Send for circular. 



Kraft Plant Tonic Co., 



"Rockford, III. 



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Mention The Review when you wTlte. 



Delaware Holly 



of the Best Grade 



from the Swamps, 



with Bright Green Foliage and well Berrieif 



Orders will now be received lor shipments which will go forwanl fre^lilv packed 

 at the proper time. For prices and terms, aildres? - 



ALEX. PULLEN, ^ ^ Milford, Delaware. 



MIUrORD NURSERIES. 



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JUST ARRIVED from 



FRANCE 



nths. Narcissus 



Freesias 



HOLLAND -- " 



•lected Lily of the Valley, 2,000 in a case $24. nO 



acinths. Tulips. Narcissus 

 Crocus, etc 



JAPAN 



CHINA - 



um Longiflorum, all sizes- 

 Crop short. 



' Secred Lilies^ 



On hand :~Ext.„ ^ 



From cold storage : — A tine lot of Araucarias 

 State quantity needed and prices will be cheerful 



r. W. O. SGHMIT^, 



JERSEY CITY, PS. J. 



^-hen you write. 



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Stock Plants... 



Mums 



of earliest of all 

 LADV FITZWVGRAM, 



Flowers 5 inches in diameter. Cut September 20. 



Last vear September 17 

 order, please. 



1.00 per doz. Cash with 



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"SPECIAL OFFER." 



Pandanus Itilis, V^^U^'l^.. 



stock. $.S.0O per 100. Only a limited number. 

 Fine for growing on. 



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New Bochelle, N. Y. 



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