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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Deckmbki! 24, 1003 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, 



LI B lRTI LO, V ALLL Y . I6I2 Wi™ St,^HIU[IELPHIA. 



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Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd., piTTSBURc'pa. 



ROSES, VALLEY, BEAUTIES and CARNATIONS. 



WHOLESALE 

 FLORISTS. 



DENVER, COLO. 



Stock in Good Shape. 



Denver's cut flower market will be 

 better supjilieil this Christmas thau at 

 any previous stage in its history and 

 the same might be said of its plant de- 

 partment. Never in the writer 's mem- 

 ory has he seen such good material at 

 this time of the year, and all growers, 

 as well as dealers, are looking for a 

 good holiday trade. Beauties and violets 

 may be rather -short, although Mauff's 

 big addition to his plant, as well as the 

 Hall and Glauber crops, will supply a 

 large addition to what has been cut 

 heretofore. Maler & Denkworth and 

 the old reliable, A. Schenkel, are our 

 only successful violet growers here and 

 will be pretty well supplied with stock. 

 Many of our carnation growers were 

 late in getting their plants housed and 

 consequently Lheir main crop is now 

 good. Peterson, of Barnam, who de- 

 votes all his establishment to carnation 

 culture, has been exceptionally late this 

 year. Did angling for the speckled 

 beauties last August have something to 

 do with it. 



Ben Boldt's Poinsettias. 



Tlie olil Mml Lake greenhouses, at 

 Harris, which have had many ups and 

 downs since they were first started, 

 some twelve years ago by Haycox & 

 Huddard, aud now owned by the Dan- 

 iels & Fisher department store, have 

 been completely renovated and I might 

 saj', resurrected, under the able man- 

 agement of Ben Boldt. Ben's friends 

 here are numerous aud this, along with 

 his being a good entertainer and his 

 stock worth seeing, takes many of the 

 Denver fraternity out to Harris. Poin- 

 settias, roses and carnations are in the 

 highest state of perfection. In fact such 

 poinsettias were never before seen in 

 Denver, although Ben has before now 

 produced some good ones at another es- 

 tablishment. His mode of propagating 

 is quite new in Denver, and probably so 

 in other parts of the country, and may 

 be worth referring to here. The orig- 

 inal stock was received last spring in a 

 dormant condition from California. 

 This he placed on a gentle bottom heat. 

 Some of the canes produced from these 

 stumps were big enough to look through 

 and far too big for the boys to make 

 pop guns from. This first growth, as 

 most gi'owers know, is rather difficult 

 to propagate, but the second crop of 

 cuttings are the ones lliit hnvc pro- 

 duced such large si>eciiuens as are now 

 seen, bracts fully as large as those seen 

 around Los Angeles and far more dura- 

 ble. The wood propagated in August, 

 although not as tall, produced bracts 

 fully as big, some measuring twenty- 



n Invitation 



is extended to buyers of 



D ACS AC **"• CHRISTMAS 

 ■ClF9t?9 and all Winter 



to come here and sec the quality 

 and quantity we can supply. 



HELLER BROS., 



l?o"x\^?"o? NEW CASTLE, IND. 



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three inches across and eighteen inches 

 high in 5-inch pots, very rich in color 

 and foliage. The old stumps were uti- 

 lized for bush plants and are far more 

 decorative and natural in appearance 

 than the flat, made-up pans. Those in 

 10-iueh pans, carrying about twelve 

 bracts of varying size and height of 

 stem, make novel specimens. I would 

 like to learn how extensively the Cali- 

 fornia stock has been used and if the 

 results are good. The late propagation 

 from this stock makes better stuft' for 

 S-inch pans, as they produce much 

 larger bracts and healthy foliage. 

 The Best Carnations. 

 The carnations and roses are in the 

 highest state of cultivation. Chatenay 

 is very good here and seems to be an 

 easy rose to grow. Norway and White 

 Cloud are the white carnations grown 

 here, and Enchantress, as elsewhere 

 around Denver, has been very satisfac- 

 tory. I measured several which went 

 four inches. This carnation has proven 

 a good keeper under various treatments 

 and can be utilized in so many kinds of 

 floral work that it is considered the 

 best all around variety that has visited 

 the Eockies. Lawson, which is as pro- 

 ductive as ever, has deterioratea in size 

 out here, but Mauif is growing some 

 very good flowers. Davis Bros, confine 

 nearly all their establishment to this 

 variety and have all their crop looking 

 very good. Adonis is considered the 

 best red out here and Harlowarden *lie 

 best crimson. The latter is fine in stem 

 and form and Benson thinks it superior 

 to the other crimsons in color. Of the 

 older whites, Wolcott is holding its pop- 

 ularity and Crane is taking a back seat, 

 especially at the Park Floral Com- 

 pany 's, wh«re a new seedling of Mr. 

 Valentine's has superseded it, clearer 

 in color, larger and far more produc- 

 tive. Gre.vt Divide. 



We are great admirers of the Ee- 

 viEW. — H. 0. Hannah, Sherman, Tex. 



Peter Reinberg 



51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



WHOLESALE 



Cut Flowers. 



LARGEST GROWER 

 IN THE WORLD 



1,000,000 SQUARE PEET OF GLASS 



Current Price List. 



Per Doz. 



AM. BEADTIES. ex. long stem S-< 00 



30-36 in. stem i. 00 



24-iD. stem .5 00 



20-in. " 4.00 



IS-ls-in. stem :! 00 



12-in. stem 2.00 



Short stem 1.50 



Per 100 



CHATENAY, e.xtra select .$10.00 to $15.00 



medmm 6.00 to SM 



LIBERTY, extra select 10.00 to 15,00 



medium 6.00 to 8.00 



SUNRISE, extra select 10.00 to 15.00 



medium 6. CO to S 00 



BRIDE .S.OOto 12.00 



BRIDESMAID S.OOto 12.00 



GOLDEN GATE S.OOto 12.00 



PERLE 6.00 to 10 00 



CARNATIONS 4.00to 5.00 



ROSES. OUR SELECTION 5.00 



All floorers are perfectly fresh 



and properly packed. 



No charge for P. & D. on orders over S5 00. 



MeotloD Keylew wbep yog write. 



S-4.N Antonio, Tex. — F. Hensel, of the 

 Southern Xursery, says that owing to the 

 foolish yellow fever scare and quarantine, 

 business has been very dull, but is now 

 picking up. He has recently liuilt two 

 new carnation houses, 22x.30 feet. 



