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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



FEBRUARY 1, 1900. 



WATERTOWN, N. Y. 



Messrs. Greene & Underbill are un- 

 questionably tbe Begonia Rex special- 

 ists, than whom there is perhaps none 

 superior in the country. With a stock 

 running into the thousands and con- 

 sisting of thirty-four distinct varie- 

 ties, they seem to be splendidly 

 equipped this season to take care of 

 their wholesale trade, which has in- 

 creased to an extent surpassing their 

 most sanguine expectations. Although 

 no longer enjoying the popularity as 

 of yore, there is nevertheless still a 

 brisk demand for Begonia Rex, some 

 florists finding them just the thing for 

 ferneries, the bright-leaved varieties 

 especially showing up to good effect. 

 Next to begonias, geraniums of all 

 kinds, colors and shapes constitute an- 

 other of their leading specialties, while 

 their vincas, by the hundreds and 

 thousands, find a ready sale and are 

 being shipped to all sections of the 

 country. What iai pressed me most 

 during a recent visit to this establish- 

 ment was their system of specializing 

 things (if I may thus put it). The man 

 having in his care geraniums gives his 

 time and undivided attention to the 

 geranium houses; the genius presiding 

 over the begonias has begonias to care 

 for, think and dream of, while the 

 men in charge of the carnation and 

 rose houses must see to it that the 

 Scott, Albertini, Daybreak and the rest 

 of them "stand up and deliver," and 

 that the Brides and Maids are not 

 slow in coming. 



The result is an all around success. 

 I saw Albertini here, not in a vase but 

 on the benches in the process of grow- 

 ing, that could not possibly be sur- 

 passed by any seedling of either last 

 or this year's introduction. As to 

 Flora Hill, the solid bed seems to suit 

 it admirably and, barring its stem, 

 which is rather weak, there is not a 

 white carnation today that can equal It. 



With twenty-four houses, comprising 

 about 50,000 feet of glass, Messrs. 

 Greene & Underhill's facilities to han- 

 dle their wholesale trade have never 

 been better. It is quite likely that an- 

 other house or two will be added dur- 

 ing the coming spring. 



Mr. A. Stoeckle's new range of 

 houses on Holcum street, three in num- 

 ber, have been completed and are in 

 fine working order. Mr. Stoeckle's vio- 

 lets are as fine as any grown in or 

 about famous Poughkeepsie. 



Mr. Skeels has built a new carnation 

 house, 100x25, which is in charge of 

 his son, Mr. Skeels himself taking 

 charge of his downtown place. 



Messrs. Clark & Son have added a 

 house to their range on State street. 



Business has never been better, 

 while the prospects are decidedly en- 

 couraging. S. 



KINGSTON, ONT.— Joseph Nicoll, 

 the florist, died Jan. IC after a year's 

 illness, aged G3 years. He was a na- 

 tive of Montrose, Scotland, and had 

 been a resident of Canada for fifty 

 years. 



McKELLAR & WINTERSON'S 



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is the place to buy your CUT FLOWERS, SUPPLIES, SEEDS, 



BULBS, ETC., ETC. 



We are strictly headquarters in the Western States for 



MASSACHUSETTS FANCY FERNS, 

 Preseut prices: Per M, ,$1.25; per 5 31 lot.s, .$5.00. 



Other Specialties ORCHIDS, FANCY ROSES, FANCY 



CARNATIONS, SELECT VIOLETS. 



All stock at lowest possible prices. Write for new catalogue. 



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Red Pots 



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K, LIKE our help, have grown up 

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 Flowers. Orders filled with promptness. 

 Special care is taken of the shipping 

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Headquarters for DAHLIAS... 



250 varieties. Show. Fancy, Cactus and Pom- 

 pons. We received last Fall, in ISW, Berkeley 

 Lyceum, from American Institute Fair, five first, 

 four second prii-es on Dahlias. We have a fine 

 lot of Field-grown Clumps in surplus. Send for 

 prices. Cannas, good old standard varieties. 

 such as Mme. Crozy, Alphouse Bouvier, P. Mar- 

 quant. F. R. Pierson, Charles Henderson. Queen 

 Charlotte. Italia. Austria. $12.50 per lOoO. $2.00 per 

 100. Three new ones — L. Island, free blooming, 

 yellow, fine ; Dwarf Yellow Thomas Griffin ; 1. B. 

 Dutcher. better than Charles Henderson and Bou- 

 vier. $25.00 per 1000, $3.00 per XiK: Good strong 

 division of dormant roots. Two best foliage 

 Cannas, Grand Kouge and Kobusta, $10.00 per 

 1000, $1.50 per 100. 



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