APRIL 5. 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



583 



Flower Pots, slandard sizes. Full size and 

 red color. 



Per 1000 Per 1000 



2.1n »2.74 4Vi:-ln :jl0,2(i 



2^-ln S-76 u-tn; i:!.GS 



3.1n...r 4.77 fi-ln L0.:>2 



a^-In ti.OO "-In 31.20 



4.1n 7.r.0 S-ln :.o.oo 



No charge Icr luickascs. "rernis i^a.sh. Muncy 

 order or check. 



Brldgeton Pottery, W. .1. Sinitli. ,Sr.. P.np., 

 Itrldgeton, N. J. 



KELLER BROS.. 213-15-17-19-21-23 Pearl St., 

 Nonistown. Pa. Manut"aclurer3 of standard 

 flower pots, red In color, equal to the best 

 on the market; are 16 miles from Philadelphia, 

 best of railroad connections. We give spcelal 

 attention to mail orders and make special sizes 

 to order in quantities. A postal will bring 

 prices and discounts. 



Standard Flower Pots. If your grt«nhouses 

 are within 500 miles of the Capitol, write us; 

 we can save you money. W. H. Ernest. 28th 

 and M Sts.. N. E.. Washington. D. C^ 



Flower Pots of all kinds. Standard Pots 

 a specialty. List and samples free. Swahn 

 Pottery Mfg. Co.. Box 78. Minneapolis. Minn. 

 Factory. Marshall & 25th Ave.. N. K. 



Standard Flower Pots. If you need pots 

 write for our prices before you order. We 

 guarantee safe delivery. W'Unier Cope & Bro., 

 Lincoln University, Chester Co., Pa. 



Standard Flower Pots of superior quality. 

 In large or small quantities. Factory, Chaska, 

 Minn. Address Grelner & Corning, 301 Pio- 

 neer Press bldg.. St. Paul. Minn. 



Red Standard Pots, wide bottoms, well burn- 

 ed and porous. Reduced prices. 



Harrison Pottery, Harrison. Dhio. 



Flower Pots. Before buying write us for 

 prices. Geo. Keller & Son. 361-363 Herndon 

 St. (near Wrightwood Ave.), Chicago. 



Flower pots and vases, by barrel or carlots. 

 Sizes from 2 to 20 Inches. 



John Feustel. Falrport. Iowa. 



For the best Plant Tubs, address Mann 

 Bros.. 6 Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 



POT HANGERS. 



Krick's Flower Pot Hanger. Just the thing 

 to display your plants by hanging them on 

 the walls, etc.. especially wlien crowded fi.tr 

 room. No. I will fit 2 to 5-in. pots. 30c per 

 doz. : No. 2. .'> to 8-in.. 40c per duz. : No. 3. S to 

 12-in.. 30c per doz. Sample pair. 10c postr.aid. 



W. C. Kriek, 1287 Broadway. Brooklyn. X, Y. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



We are headquarters for Sphagnum. Just 

 received several carloads. 



Per bale, $1.00. 



Six bales, J5.00. 



Ten bales, $7.60. 



Write for prices on large quantities. 



McKellar & Wlnterson, 45, 47, 49 Wabash 

 Ave., Chicago. 



We gather our moss and it is the best to be 

 had. Bales, 414 feet long, 18 Inches wide and 

 20 Inches deep, weighing when well dried 40 

 lbs, 80 cents per bale; 10 bales, $7.00. Green 

 moss, $1.00 per bbl. 



Z. K. Jewett & Co., Sparta, Wis. 



Sphagnum moss, 75c per bbl. 



li. B. Brague, Hinsdale, Mass, 



WIRE WORK. 



C. A. Kuehn. 1122 Pine St.. St. Louis, Mo., 

 manufacturer of the Patent Wire Clamp Flo- 

 ral Designs. A full line of supplies always on 

 hand. Write for catalogue. 



We are Headquarters for Wire Work. 

 McKellar & Winterson. 45. 47. 49 Wabash 

 Ave., Chicago. 



Reed & Keller. 122 W. 25th St.. New York. 

 Manufacturers of W'ire Designs. 



GLASS BOWLS. 



In making up small table center- 

 pieces. Mr. P. J. Hanswirth, the Chi- 

 cago florist, uses low glass bowls in- 

 stead of flat baskets. They are even 

 cheaper than the baskets, and after 

 being filled with moss the moss can 

 be thoroughly soaked without any dan- 



ger of wetting the table linen, with 

 the result that the flowers last much 

 longer in llicui and give better satis- 

 faction, 



THE FLORISTS' MANUAL. 



Tile I'Torisls' Manual, by William 

 Scott. Florists' Publishing Co., Chi- 

 cago. A reference book for commei*- 

 cial florists. 



The author's first aim in preparing 

 this work was to fill a long felt want 

 among florists— a book describing the 

 best plants commercially, with cul- 

 tural advice founded on experience. 

 Viewed in this light, it is a valu- 

 able and instructive work, very 

 complete in its details. But it need 

 not be confined to circulation among 

 florists and others commercially con- 

 nected, although gardeners and ama- 

 teurs need not e.xpect in it a work ex- 

 actly fitting their requirements. 

 Rather judge it through the author's 

 own words, i, e.: "If those who favor 

 us with a perusal of its pages glean 

 only one hint which may help them 

 * * * they will have received value 

 for their money." A work resulting 

 from Mr. Scott's long and varied ex- 

 . perience, "from selling a bunch of vio- 

 lets over the counter to planting a tree 

 or seeding a lawn or building a green- 

 house," cannot but throw out many 

 hints of value to any one interested in 

 any line of horticulture or flower gar- 

 dening. The comparatively small index 

 confronting the reviewer at first is far 

 from encouraging, but as the purpose 

 of the author is more clearly brought 

 to light, it is better appreciated. It 

 shows the intention to treat of the 

 most desirable and profitable things 

 to handle — a condensation which many 

 will enjoy. Many interesting sub- 

 jects are brought to headings, such 

 as "Easter Plants," "Watering," 

 "Decorations," "Potting," "Bedding 

 Plants." etc. Not the least of value 

 to the possessor of this book are the 

 beautiful half-tone illusti'ations, num- 

 bering more than 100, and thoroughly 

 illustrating the subjects treated. 

 Critical persons may object to the in- 

 terspersing of advertisements with the 

 reading matter, though it is not made 

 very obtrusive; yet it must be remem- 

 bered that the work is designed for 

 commercial purposes, and not strictly 

 as a library book. — Meehan's Monthly. 



We have gotten much valuable in- 

 struction from the Florists' Manual 

 and prize it highly. 



Franklin. Tenn." TRUETT BROS. 



The Florists' Manual is a gem. No 

 florist can afford to be without it. 

 Madison, N. J. A. J. BAUR. 



A FLORAL PICK. 



If every one has enjoyed your book 

 as I have it's a successful publication. 

 It is different from our usual horticul- 

 tural works, being plain and concise — 

 just what one wants. 



H. D. DARLINGTON. 



Flushing, N. Y. 



Dennis ilouUlian, a public contractor 

 and ex-aldernian, died. He bad come 

 over from Ireland when a l)oy, and 

 from the bottom r\ing of the ladder had 

 climbed through a series of failures 

 and successes until at last he was 

 awarded with riches in reasonable 

 amount and political preference beyond 

 the dreams of his ancestors. The fun- 

 eral was made notable by the many 

 beautiful floral offerings sent by the 

 business and political friends of. the 

 deceased. 



When the widow came in for a fare- 

 well look at her honest spouse she had 

 enough of feminine curiosity left to 

 glance up, between the spasms of her 

 lamentations, at the flower designs 

 that surrounded the bier. 



■Arrah, Dinny, dear, ef yez cud on'y 

 see th' parties thot they hev brung 

 yez!" she moaned. "Oh me! Oh my! 

 Here be a pillow o' daisies. Dinny boy, 

 fer yez t' shlape on in paradise. An' 

 here be th' gates ajar that'll let yez 

 in ter glory. (Sniffle, sniffle, sniffle.) 

 An'. Oh me! Oh my! Here be th' 

 golden harrup made o' posies. Dinny 

 dear, but they didn't know as yez wuz 

 th' musician on th' accordion, at all, 

 at all. (More sniffle.) Yez 'ill hev 

 t' learn th' harrup, Dinny boy." 



The widow's curious eyes continued 

 to take in the adornments of the 

 mourning room with a tearful appre- 

 ciation of the honors done her "Dinny" 

 in the hour of death. Suddenly she es- 

 pied near the foot of the casket a 

 large anchor of lilies. Not having nau- 

 tical knowledge enough to understand 

 the poetic signiflcance of the emblem, 

 and being particularly sensitive as to 

 the subject of her husband's humble 

 origin, she lost her temper and forgot 

 her grief in this impassioned inquiry: 



"Who th' divil sint thot pick?"— De- 

 troit Free Press. 



AN ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE. 



An anniversary floral tribute pre- 

 sented to a Washington official con- 

 sisted of a huge bouquet of roses rising 

 from a base of suitable greens, there 

 being a rose for each year of his life, 

 and pendant from the roses were red, 

 white and blue ribbons on which were 

 lettered in gold the leading events in 

 his career. 



THE 190O catalogue of Messrs. Ell- 

 wanger & Barry. Rochester, N. Y., is 

 certainly a beauty. Half-tone engrav- 

 ings from photographs are used 

 throughout as illustrations and look- 

 ing them over one is more than ever 

 inclined to the belief that to "paint 

 the lily" is ridiculous. For what wood 

 cut or exaggerated drawing was ever 

 half so beautiful as these truthful pic- 

 tures of trees, shrubs, roses, fruits, 

 etc.. as nature made them! 



IF YOU HAVE any surplus stock to 

 sell offer it in our classified advs. The 

 cost is slight and your offer will come 

 under the eyes of all possible buyers 



