December 10, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



131 



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L. J. KRESHOVER s 



ARTICI-ES 

 HnHSFENSABLE FOR' 



CHRISTMAS 



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MISTLETOE 



Domestic or 

 Eng'lish, per lb., 



25c: 25 lbs., 



85.50. 



HOLLY 



Choice quality, dark g-reen foliag-e 

 and plenty of red berries, per case, 

 4x2x2, S4.50; S cases, $20.00. 



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Galax Leaves 

 Southern Smilax 

 Green Cake Moss 

 Immortelles 



Brilliant Bronze or Green, $1.00 per 



1000; 75c per lOOO in 5000 lots. Small 



(Jreen Galax tor Violets. 75c per 1000. 



Absolutely the best stock in 



the market. Per60-lb. case, 



$6.00: per 35-lb. case, $4.50: 



per 25-lb. case. $.3..'iO. 



$1.25 per bag. 



i;e(l. I>iirDle. White, 

 per dozen bunches, 

 dozen bunches. 



Blue. Pink. $2 7.i 

 Yellow. j!2,2.T per 



^ - 1 J.J. — I ^^,,^^» For Decorations. Large size, 



r allTIGlIO LB3VGS *2.00 per lOO: medium size, 

 ■ ■«■■■■«#••«« ■■«»»■««»«« $1.50 per ion. 



Bronz.e and Green, 90e per 

 ICO; $7.50 per 1000. 



Suitable to wrap around 

 pots, per bbl. sack, $2.50. 



Leucothoe Sprays 

 Green Sheet Moss 



Hemlock Branches Sir Fancy Ferns £: | 



I Remember the address, 110-112 W. 27th St., New York City. MadLn square 

 I CHRISTMAS GREETINGS! 



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BERRIES AND BERRIES. 



The Botaiiii'jil .S<j<.-iety of Western Pennsyl- 

 vuuia hiid a lar^e and very spirited and happy 

 meeting Thnrsday evening, December 3, in one 

 of the loctiiro rooms of the Carnegie Institute, 

 Schenley Park, Pittsburg. The subject under 

 <liscu8sion was "Our Native Evergreens. Winter 

 Berries and Christmas Flowers." and to illus- 

 trate the object in view a central table run- 

 ning the whole length of the hall was complete- 

 ly covered with berries of many kinds, flowers 

 and plants. Jackson Dawson, iif the Ai'nohl 

 Arboretum, of Harvard University, sent thirty- 

 nine distinct kinds of berries of hardy trees 

 and shrubs; from Dr. Calloway and G. W. 

 Oliver, of the experimental grounds of the U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture. Washington, D. 

 C. came a large assortment of hardy berries 

 and some very interesting flowers; John Dun- 

 bar, of Highland Park. Rochester, N. Y., sent 

 forty -one kinds of hardy winter berries; Prof. 

 Medsger. of Alberton. Westmoreland county, 

 brought an assortment of all of the evergreen, 

 sprays of tree? and shrubs and ferns and other 

 denizens of the woods and mountains in his 

 region. 



A. Schutheis, College Point, N. Y., sent such 

 palms and flowers as are popular at Chiistmas; 

 the Pittsburg Cut Flower Company presented 

 i-ut flowers and immortelles; J. & G. Ludwia. 

 Allegheny market, a lot of Christmas greens; 

 John Barter, a magidflcent specimen of imported 

 Knglish holly in full berry, and the Phipps 

 Conservatory a few little plants. H. J. Heinz 

 <'o. sent an exhibit of the various jams, pre- 

 serves, etc.. made by them from berries, both 

 popular and technical. 



Select Councilman James J. Booth, an es- 

 president of the society, supplied a very liberal 

 assortment of "berries" that delighted the 

 young folks a good deal more than the barber- 

 ries, haws and rosehips so plentiful on the 

 table. They included different kinds of grapes, 

 raisins, currants and cranberries, all of which 

 we know very well are berries, but when he 

 spread before them baskets of oranges, lemons, 

 grape fruit, tomatoes, peppers, egg plant fruirs. 

 and the like and told them that these, too, 

 were true berries, a smile of incredulity crept 

 over the audience. But several botanists con- 

 flrmed the fact, and the eminent surgeon, Dr. 

 W. R. Hamilton, declared that water melons 

 and pumpkins also were berries. Prof. H. Hol- 

 brook, superintendent of the South Side High 

 School, facetiously took exception to any such 

 a science that would urge that his Thanksgivin<r 

 pumpkin pie was a Marblehead berry pie. and 

 that the refreshing "wata' million" of the Geor- 

 gian darky was simply a rattlesnake berry, but 

 he was glad that no one could confute the fact 

 that the mistletoe and the holly were true 

 berries, and he hovered so long and lovingly 

 over the memory of the white berried parasite 

 that a bevy of Normal girls handed. the learned 

 patriarch a sprig of it. But Prof. Medsger In 

 sisted that the holly "berry" Isn't a berry at 

 all; it is a drupe and among fruits belongs to 

 the same class as the plums and cherries. 



Henry H. Negley dwelt upon the beauty of 

 berried plants and was enthusiastic over tin- 

 profusion and vivid showing of the Yaupon and 

 Dahc»on holly of northern Florida and the Gulf 

 states; and the berry-like fruits of the pepper 

 tree in California. Great sprays of these were 

 on the table. 



Rev. Dr. D. C. Martin had a good word for 

 the jams and preserved fruits before him; he 

 had eaten of and could vouch for them all. 

 But it took a long stretch of imagination *" 

 ndmlt that the chetney and tabasco sauce i'l 

 the bottles on the table were berries, or, to 



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Mistletoe 



FOB THE HOLIDAYS. 



Give us your Inqniries. 



TheWalkerSeedCo. ^ 



m Oklalioiiia City, Okla. r 



please the botanists, that the tomato-soup or 

 canned tomatoes were put up berries. Verily, 

 verily, much learning doth make one mad. 



Ex-President Dr. T. D. Davis urged every- 

 body to eat berries, and lots of them, for they 

 are a delicious and healthful food, and not 

 tiother about the scientific -definition of a berry. 



Tlie president called attention to the fact 

 that the spread of winter berries on the table 

 was the fullest he had ever seen; it contained 

 117 distinct species, and still not one of them 

 was grown in Pittsburg. The utility of these 

 berries was twofold, first in an ornamental 

 sense, and, secondly, as food for the birds in 

 winter. 



The meeting was an exceedingly enthusiastic 

 out- and did not adjourn until 11 o'clock. Before 

 L'"dng the president appointed a committee 

 distribute the fruits and flowers among the 

 audience, so every one carried away a happy 

 reminder of one of the most delightful meetings 

 ever held by the society. Mistletoe was at a 

 premium, and on the cars going home, freely did 

 the high school girls swap their oranges and 

 grapes for sprigs of the inspiring parasite. 



Toronto, Ont. — R. Mearns says he 

 has; had a good year and is looking for- 

 ward to a large holiday trade. 



Springfield, Mo. — The business for- 

 merly conducted by the Springfield 

 Floral Co. is now going as the Springfield 

 Seed Co. The management is the same. 



The fine American Beauty roses used 

 in making the picture on our title page 

 were kindly contributed for the purpose 

 by Messrs. Sievers & Boland, San Fran- 

 cisco. 



Decatur, III. — The Decatur Horti- 

 cultural Company has been licensed to in- 

 corporate with $2,500 capital stock, to 

 ' ' cultivate tlowers, plants, vegetables 

 and sprouts.** The incorporators named 

 are Oscar B. Mueller, George W. Ney- 

 hard and Joseph Charoune. 



miSTLETOE! 



Of what value is Mistletoe with the 

 berries and foliage nearly all off, the 

 original bunch broken up into small 

 pieces which are unattractive rather tha» 

 attractive, and which cannot be made 

 into an attractive form, and sells only to 

 those customers who buy it " merely be- 

 cause it is Mistletoe ?" 



Mistletoe in its natural form, handsome 

 well-berried bunches, is beautiful and at- 

 tractive and sells on these merits. It is 

 true that some customers cannot afford a 

 large bunch, but for these a small sprig 

 may be broken off of the outer edge 

 without destroying the original bunch or 

 the effectiveness of it. The sprig broken 

 off is pretty and pleasing because it is in 

 perfect form, having been correctly cut, 

 packed, shipped and displayed. You 

 have pleased a customer. With them 

 quality counts. Why not with you ? 

 There is profit for you in such stock. 



I ship this one grade only. By express 

 C.O.D., with the privilege of examination 

 before you accept it. My risk, not yours. 



GEO. L. STILES 



''The Mistletoe Nan,'' 



?r;;a.ti':^ Oklahoma City, 0. T. 



M.Mitlnn nrview when you ^vrite. 



St. P.uii,, Minn. — The annual report 

 of tlie Oaldaiid Cemetery Association, 

 ]iresented November 30, shows the sales 

 from tlio greenhouses to have been 

 $5,790.70. 



