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The Weekly Florists' Revie\^. 



APRIL : 



1900. 



CLEVELAND, 



The stores are looking very attract- 

 ive just now with their azaleas, hya- 

 cinths, tulips, etc.. in pans and flats. 

 Gasser Is showing a window with a 

 foundation of wood moss, with orange 

 trees in fruit, also pineapples in vari- 

 ous stages of development. A beauti- 

 ful wreath of pansies shaded from 

 light blue to black and down through 

 all the shades of brown to yellow and 

 back to the blue, was a recent bit of 

 good work seen in their window. An- 

 other wreath of Adiantum gracillimum 

 with a cluster spray of Cattleya Mos- 

 siae was also noted. Another taking 

 arrangement was Kift's vases done in 

 pansies. The flowers being fine, it was 

 most attractive. 



Mr. Smith, of Smith & Patters, is do- 

 . ing the east and expects to return with 

 ' Easter novelties galore. E. J. Pad- 

 dock reports much trouble with lilies 

 this year. Says it doesn't pay to grow 

 Harrisii any more. Guy Bates, of Bates 

 Bros., says he hasn't seen a first-class 

 Harrisii lily this year. This firm is 

 handling some good roses this year. 



The market florists report pretty 

 good business. Funeral work has been 

 very brisk and has used up much that 

 otherwise would have been a surplus. 



One of our large dry goods and cloth- 

 ing stores had an opening this week, 

 at which "spring flowers" played quite 

 a prominent part, ten to twelve hya- 

 cinths in a pan, tulips ditto and staked 

 with concealed wires, all pots and pans 

 covered with fluffy masses of crepe tis- 

 sue and ribbons, in the right shades 

 and blendings, as well as azaleas, and 

 also some well done Azalea Mollis, 

 which was "stunning" for this use. 

 Plenty of cinerarias are in flower and 

 of a good strain. All the florists seem 

 to have grown a batch, with the result 

 that the market is a little overdone. 



Mrs. Schneider has removed her 

 stand in The Arcade to one of the 

 stores nearer Euclid avenue, where she 

 has more room. 



Miss Rock, a niece of Mrs. .T. M. 

 Gasser and sister of Will Rock, of 

 Kansas City, died of typhoid fever 

 lately, and her mother is now very ill 

 with the same disease. 



The Holland men have been with us 

 lately and the wholesalers compla'n 

 that they can't collect anything. The 

 Hollanders cleared up everything. 



Mrs. Ella G. Wilson recently ad- 

 dressed Sorosis, the largest woman's 

 club in the city, on "Plants in our 

 Homes, ' illustrating her talk with 

 plants from the greenhouse, showing 

 how root develoi)ment affected growth, 

 how overwatering and drought affect- 

 ed them, and nnich other useful 

 knowledge of this kind. This is the 

 missionary work that is needed and 

 the ladies requested Mrs. Wilson to 

 give another talk on the same subject, 

 she having already given two. This 

 is a new subject for woman's clubs, 

 and the (luestions asked the speaker 

 showed that great interest was taken 

 in it. E. G. W. 



'"Sl'l^V'Earliest of All " 



Burpee's 



Notwithstanding their dw.irf habit and neat, slender foliage, tiie plants are ol \ igorous growth 

 and come into bloom always ten days to two weeks in advance of the Extra Early Blanche 

 Ferry, which has been heretofore a week ahead ol all other varieties. Growing only two feet in height, 

 tlie plants do not require the support of brush or trellis. .As an illustration ol its e.vtremely early- 

 tlowering habit, we would state that now (Oct. ISth) we have plants in fine bloom from seed gathered 

 from our spring planting and sown during the latter part of .August. A constant succession of bloom 

 may be had from lune until November by making sowings about one month apart. Its extremly early 

 flowering habit makes it most satisfactory for the Southern States, as it may be easily had in full bloom 

 before the hot summer weather. 'The flowers are as large as those of the regular strains of Blanche 

 Ferry, and have long, stout stems, making them entirely satisfactory for cutting ; they are borne in 

 close clusters of three, all facing one way. The standards arc a bright, rich pink, while the wings are 

 nearly pure white. 



Burpee's "Earliest of All" is not only the earliest to bloom in open ground, but is also the 

 most desiralile tor forcing under glass for winter cut flowers. The dwarf habit of this variety renders 

 it much more easily gri>wn tin the benches, admits nf closer planting, and from seed sown during the 

 latter part ol .August blooms may be cut during the holidays, while with taller varieties no blooms 

 could be had before February or March. Per oz,, lOo ; '4 lb., 30c ; per lb., $1.00. 

 RIIDDrr'C n Rl IIF I IQT " Oar Wholesale Price List of Seeds In larger qaanlltles 

 DUIir l_l_ o DLUL I_lv5 I . Is mailed free on application to (iardeners and Florists. 



If Ymi Plant tnr PrnKt Vou should write at once for thi^ Wholesale list. BUT we 



II I UU riailL lUI rlUlll cannot send it to private planters, even it requested to do 



so. Cg'*The prices quoted in the F.\HM Annc.M- are as low as we can atford on retail orders. Market 



Gardeners, Canning Establishments and Florists requiring large quantities of seeds are entitled to 



lower prices wherever possible. 



A\l/»t»/ Fikattit'a In Burpee's " BLl'K LIST" that will be of special interest to growers 

 I^CYV I t;aiUlt; „ho Plant for Prollt. is the "plain talks" we give, at the he.id of 

 every department, as to Just the best varieties lor dirterent purposes. 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 



Producers of only THE BEST 

 SEEDS THAT GROW. 



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Burpee Building, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Dreer's Royal Exhibition Pansies 



A Hne lot of strong young seedlings of our noted Royal E.xhibition Strain, at 

 $1.50 per ICO or $10.00 per moo. 



HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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10,000 Common Double Pink Paeonies . . per M, $20.00 



5,000 Herbaceous Paeony Humeii . . " 40.00 



10,000 Hemerocallis Fulva . . . , " 20.00 



10,000 German Iris, Named Varieties . " 15.00 



ELLIOTT MJRSERIES, DlA^^o^D market, Pittsburg, Pa. 



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Choicest Fruit and Ornamental Trees. 



>hruh>. Plants. Bulbs, Seeds. 40 Acres M;irdy k- 

 ol Palms. L\ erbl»nnnin>j kuses, Ficus, Ferns, 

 solicited. Catuloj^uc Free. 



i-^e.s 44 (ireenhouses 

 Btc Correspondence 



theSTORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, O. 



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ARGAINS... 



Tlio 



pots 



TUBEROSES -Pearl, 



Size 4 to 6 iuche'^ circumference. 



Per 100(1. 86.00 Net. Cash with order. 



W. W. COLES, KOKOMD, IND. HulSebOSCll BfOS. Englewood, N. J. 



in Itatania Borbonica, 3 and 4 

 inch pots; Canuas, Dormant 

 Carnations, strong*. 2% inch 

 Coleus B. C. and Plants. 



Mfntinii Th'-- r.evi'---\v wh- 11 vuii write- 



Some EXTRA FINE NEW PLANTS. 



COLEUS. Large leaved, strong ifrowers. curgcus 

 colors; Corona, a sport from G. Hedder, bright scarlet 

 with broad gold edge, splendid, $! per 100. Petunia 

 Veteran, small leaved, sturdy, imniense (ringed 

 b'ooms. white striped rose, from pots, $2 per 100. P. 

 Mlrande, large fringed single, salmon scarlet, and P. 

 Adonis, small single, rose with white throat, from flats, 

 $1.25 per ico. Altemantheras, Begonias, Coleus, Heii- 

 i irope. Sage, etc. Please send for trade list, 



DANIEI. E. HEBR. I.ANCA.STEB. FA. 



M. i!l!..u Tl.- n<-\ i' u uli.-n y'u wnf. 



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Cane Stakes 



I can furnish tliem. Write for prices. 



GFRAMII IMS ^^°**^^ Cuttings of the 

 ^■-■»^' '■*-"'■*-'• newer sorts. $1.50 per 100. 

 postpaid. These are mixed and unnamed. 



C S. TAIT, -- Brunswick, Ga. 



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