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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Decembek 31, 1903. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



The Market. 



Business since Thanksgiving has been 

 fair or rather quiet for tlie season. There 

 has been a good supply of everything ex- 

 "cept red roses. The Christmas trade was 

 very good. Blooming plants sold best, 

 next berried plants, such as ardisias. 

 oranges, etc. There was a good demand 

 for holly and greens, also red bells. 

 The cut flower demand was up to the 

 usual standard. The weather was perfect 

 for delivering. Good Brides and IMaids 

 brought S8 to $15 at wholesale, $.3 a 

 dozen retail. Good colored carnations 

 brought $4 to $5 per 100 wholesale ant 

 .$1 ]?er dozen retail. Fancy carnations 

 were ■$! per dozen wholesale and $2 re- 

 tail. Violets were a glut at the last mo- 

 ment. Jlost of the stock arrived in good 

 shape, as the crop was off with a good 

 manv "-rowers. Some carnations showed 

 the cfl'eets of being salted. The violet 

 growers had been holding ofT since 

 Thanksaiving and came to the front at 

 the last" nuiinent with, "How many do 

 vou want, $1.50 per 100?" Some had the 

 ncv\r to ask more. 



Notes. 



Thomas Curley had a fine lot of poin- 

 settias to cut. . 



F. Macrea & Sons had a merry Christ- 

 mas with chrvsanthemums. 



J. Wood made a great showing of red 

 bells and immortelle designs. 



T. Keller's father is visiting him, after 

 a number of years' absence. He helped 

 Tom out in the rush. 



T. J. Johnston had a great showing of 

 fruited and blooming plants, with pol- 

 ished oak tubs with brass fittings to set 

 them off. 



O'Connor did a land office business, 

 working day and night. 



T. r.. Peterson reports good trade. 



John Macrea's Lorraine begonias were 

 little beauties. 



J. A. Budlong & Sons ' big cut of roses 

 and carnations all went to the Boston 

 market. ^ ^- I- 



Enclosed find the final payment on my 

 Florists ' Manual, by Wm. Scott, and per- 

 mit me to say I never invested $5 in a 

 better way.— E, V. Bushong, Edger- 

 ton, 0. 



..FERNS.. 



Boston and Piersoni 



Pot-Grown Plants. 

 Finest Quality. 



Bostons— 2'«-in.. $4 00; 3-in., SS.OO ; 4-in..$15 00; 

 5-ln.. $25.00i t;-in.. SIO.CO; T-in., $60.00: sin., 

 $75.00 per 100. ^ .. . 



Piersoni— StroDB rooted runners reducea to 

 $10.C0 per 100. 2!^-m.,$16 00 per 100 ; 4-in.. .5Cc 

 each : 5-in.. 75c each. A trial order will con- 

 vince you as to the superior quality of our 

 ferns. Any number at above prices, 



'■ASH WITH ORI'ER. 



DAVIS BROS., Geneva, III. 



MentloD Review when you wrlt#» 



Primroses, Chinese and Qbconica 



AsparaenB Plnmosna Nanus, from flats, ready 

 to? potune. S2.25 per 100 by mall: $20 00 per 1000. 

 4-lnch,*8 00per 100. 



SAHTKI. WHirrON, J5.II Gray Ave., UTICA, N. T. 



Mention the BeTlew when you write. 



No. 5 

 $4.00 



No. 6 

 $4.50 



"a Wee Wail from the woods iman)" 



"Quality Counts" 



("THAT'S ALL") 



This stock can be bad only direct from the 

 introducers or their agents. 



,1. B. DEAMUD, Chicago, 111. 



W. F. KASTING. Buffalo, N. Y. 



LEO NIESSEN, Philadelphia, Pa. 



J. M. McCllLLOUGH'S .SONS. Cincinnati, O. 



KEED & KELLEK. New York City. 



HOLTON & HCNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis. 



B.\KTEL,DES & CO., Denver, Colo. 



1^. M. KEI.L<><;G, Kansas City, Mo. 



H, <i. BKRNING, St. Lonls, Mo. 



A fall supply always on hand at these 



points and prices same as ours — 



plus cost of carriage 



Oaldweil Jiie Woo^^"^^" C^- 



EVERGREEN, ALABAMA. 



Geraniums and Miscellaneous Stock 



From 2;^ -in. pots. Good Stock. Not less than 5 of any one variety sold. 



Alternanthera. 7 varieties, S2.00 per 

 100: tl7.50 per loiO. Per doz. 



Abutilon in variety 4Ue 



AcalyphaMacafeeana. per 1000 $20 00, 40c 

 AEeratum. Stella Gurney and Dwarf 



Whin- 40c 



Ageratum, Stella Gurney and Dwarf 

 White, rooted cuttings, postpaid, 

 Baby Primrose, "'Primula Forbeaii". 40c 

 Coieus, ]:> varieties.... per 1000. $15 00. 40c 

 Chrysanthemums. Hardy Pompon, 

 list of over 100 varieties now 

 ready. Ask for it. Orders booked 

 now for spring delivery. 

 Forget- Me-Not», large flowering.. . 4.')c 

 QERANIlJiVlS, sucli varieties as Cen- 

 taur, Giilean M. Gill, Double 

 Grant. Le Cid, Gen.de Boisdeffre. 

 Gloire de France. John Doyle. 

 Mme Charrotte. JeanVlaud.Mme. 

 Landry. Granville. Mrs. E. G. 

 Hill. Mme. Bruant Queen of the 

 West. Single Gen. Grant, etc 40c 



Per 100 

 t2.00 

 2.60 



1.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



Per doz. 

 Qras«es, Eriantluis Ravenn,ae. Eula- 

 11a StrlatiB. Gracillima Univlttata 



and Japonica Zebrina 



Hardy English Ivy.... per 1000, Sla 00, 40c 

 Hardy English Ivy, rooted cuttings.. .. 



Heliotrope, in variety 40c 



Hibiscus, in assortment. 60c 



Holt's Mammoth Sage, per 1000. $15 00, 40c 



Lemon Verbena per 1000. $20 0«. 50o 



Lantanas, 10 varieties, per 1000. $17.50, 40c 



Moonvines, blue 50c 



Parlor Ivy 40c 



Salvia, Bonfire. Silverspot and 



Splendens. per 1000. $17.50 



Smilax per 1000. $15.00. 



Stroblianthes Dyerlaous 50c 



Swalnsona Alba 40c 



Rosea 40c 



Tritoma Pfitzerl, 2J5-Ineh pots 76c 



Uvaria, 214-Inch pots 60c 



$5 00 

 2.0O 

 .76 

 2.00 

 4.00 

 2.0U 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 :(.0O 

 2.00 



20O 

 2.0O 

 2.50 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 I.OO 

 2 50 



Notice our Vegetable Plant advertisement In this issue. Casli with order please. 

 Write for prices on large lots for future delivery. Send for Trade Price List. 



R, VINCENT. JR. & SON, 



Whife Marsh 

 Maryland. 



Mention Review when you write. 



asparagus Sprcngcri, 

 I 9.inch .'ill 20 ner 100 



2-ineh $1.20 per 100. 



Smilaz. '2-inch $ .75 per 100 



Dracaena Indivisa, 2-incfa 2.50 



Cryptomexia Japonica, 2-iDcfa.. 5.00 



E. I. RAWUNGS, Quakertown, Pa. 



Mention the Review when yoD write. 



ALYSSUIVI-3-iuch. $3.00 per 100. 

 Pelargoniums— Mixed varieties. 2,V,j-inch. $3.00 

 per 100. Petunias— Mixed varieties, 2inch, 

 $2.00 per 100. Ivy aeraniums— Mixed varie- 

 ties, 2-iDch, .$2.00 per lOO. Primnlas— ( ibcon- 

 ioa. rosea. line plauts. 3-inch. $5.00 per lOO. 

 Geraniums- R. C. Poitevine. E. G. Hill, A. 

 Riearil, <ien. Grant, La Favorite, all mixed, 

 $1..50 per 100 : $12.00 per 1000. Cash please. 



CONVERSE GREENHOUSES. Webster, Mass. 



Mention the Review when you write. 



Tlf( 



WiLUAM Scott 



Is a book of 224 large pages (same size as those 

 of the Florists' Review), and contains about 200 ar- 

 ticles on commercial plants and cultural operations, 

 each giving " the meat" only, from the personal ex- 

 perience of a thoroughly practical man who is in 

 daily touch with each department of the business 

 and who has that rare quality of being able to tell 

 others what they want to know. The articles 

 are arranged alphabetically, like those in an ency- 

 clopa-dia, and in an instant one can turn to the sub- 

 ject upon which light is desired at the moment. The 

 book IS illustrated by over 200 fine half-tone engrav- 

 ings. It is 



A Complete Reference Book for 

 Commercial Florists 



and is a whole library on practical commercial flori- 

 culture in one volume. It is very handsomely and 

 substantially bound in half leather, with specially 

 designed title in gold. 



Price, 85.00 Carriage Prepaid. 



Florists' Publishing Co., '""bTlding. Chicago. 



