January 13, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



43 



DETROIT 



John Breitmeyer's 



Cor. MIAMI and GRATIOT AVES. 

 DETROIT, MICH. 



Artistic Designs 

 Hie:h Grade Cut Blooms 



We cover all Michigan points and good 

 sections of Ohio, Indiana and Canada. 



Florists 



Out of 

 Town 



Taking orders for delivery In 

 New York City or Vicinity can 

 have them filled in best manner 

 and specially delivered by 



Thomas Young, Jr. 



41 W. 28th Street, New York 



In writing advertisers, mention Hortlcnltnre 



ALEX. McCONNELL 



546 Fifth Ave., New York City 



Telegraphic orders forwarded to any 

 part of the United States, Canada, and 

 all principal cities of Europe. Orders 

 transferred or entrusted by the trade to 

 our selection for delivery on steam- 

 ships or elsewhere receive special 

 attention. 



Telephone Calls, 340 and 341 38th St. 

 Cable Address, ALEXCONNELL 



Geo. H. Cooke 



FLORIST 



Connecticut Avenue and L Street 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



SAMUEL MURRAY 



Florist 



Coates House Conservatory 



10 17 BROADWAY, KANSAS CITY, MO. 

 Both 'Phones 2670 Main 



FRED C. WEBER 



FLORIST 



OLIVE STREET SI. LOUIS, iU(Jt 



Established 1873 

 Long Distance Phone Bell Lindell 676 



Tftajfunf&n., TO. C. 



BELATED HOLIDAY REPORTS. 



Kansas City reports a banner 

 Christmas for flowers as well as for 

 plants. The demand was unprece- 

 dented for flowering plants. In 

 flowers everything except orchids and 

 American Beauty roses sold rapidly 

 at excellent prices. On these two 

 items demand dragged at prices re- 

 tailers were compelled to ask. 



The activity of San Francisco's cut 

 flower and blooming plant market be- 

 tween Christmas and New Year's, was 

 something unprecedented. Several 



florists told me it is becoming the 

 custom with the great Jewish popula- 

 tion of the city to line up with the 

 prevailing American custom to give 

 floral presents at this time, as they 

 do so liberally on their own New 

 Year holiday. The past four days, 

 since the close of 1905, the florists have 

 enjoyed a comparative state of rest, 

 a feeling they had not experienced 

 since three or four days before Christ- 

 mas. All seasonable cut flowers and 

 blooming plants and greens are still 

 plentiful, American Beauty roses only 

 being the exception. 



•ARISTOCRAT." 



Considerable free advertising has been 

 given to this famous carnation by the daily 

 press all over the country. We florists at 

 one time used to figure such stories of $30,- 



000 and $40,000 for a new carnation as ab- 

 surd and hurtful and were ashamed of them 

 when questioned in regard to their relia- 

 bility by the public. But of late years we 

 have come to realize that these same sto- 

 ries have advertised and helped our busi- 

 ness to a considerable extent and have hurt 

 no one in the least. Let me state, how- 

 ever, that neither the originator. Mr. Wit- 

 terstaetter, nor the Chicago Carnation Com- 

 pany, are seeking notoriety by these meth- 

 ods. The price my company paid for 

 "Aristocrat" has not been divulged nor do 

 we intend it shall be. as that part of it 

 concerns no one but the parties to the con- 

 tract. It is hardly necessary for me to tell 

 the florists that no such sum was paid for 

 It; at the same time we both hope and be- 

 lieve that "Aristocrat" will be worth all 

 and more than $40,000 to the trade. I per- 

 sonally have watched "Aristocrat" for the 

 past three or four years and have seen it 

 grown under various conditions and at dif- 

 ferent times of the year. I was so im- 

 pressed with it last season, long before 

 the January Carnation Meeting, that I 

 tried to purchase it, but Mr. Witterstaet- 

 ter turned a deaf car to all my proposals, 

 saying he intended to convince himself by 

 a further and thorough trial that "Aristo- 

 crat" should not leave his place, either by 

 selling it outright, or by dissemination un- 

 til he was sure it was all we thought it to 

 be. As the variety is now five years old 

 and he has been able to grow it in quantity, 

 our highest hopes as to its value in every 

 respect have been realized. Hence the sale 

 [the greatest that ever was). 



"Aristocrat" in color is a trifle lighter 

 than Lawson and very much brighter and 

 is expected to displace that grand old va- 

 riety in the hearts and greenhouses of 

 every one. 



When I first saw the Lawson. and even 

 after my company failed to get possession 

 of it. I predicted that it would be grown 

 after all carnations of that day were out of 

 business. It was hard for me to make 

 many florists believe that, but my judg- 

 ment, as you now know, was not misplaced. 



1 now claim that "Aristocrat" is just as far 

 superior to present-day varieties as Law- 

 son was in its day, and will live longer than 

 any variety I know of, but to be thoroughly 

 appreciated it should be seen growing at 

 Witterstaetter's, Cincinnati, who will make 

 an attempt to show it in good shape at 

 Boston this month, notwithstanding the fact 

 that his train leaves at noon on Monday 

 and the flowers will not be judged until 

 Wednesday afternoon. It can also be 

 seen at William Nicholson's, Framingham, 

 Mass., in a small quantity. 



JAMES HARTSHORNE. 



C. C. Yost, the florist, of Lebanon, 

 Pa., opened a new store at 154 N. 8th 

 street, just before Christmas. 



BOSTON FLORIST LETTER CO. 



Manufacturers^ FLORISTS' LETTERS 



This \%oo« It- 11 box nicely stained and 

 varnished, 18x30x12, made in two sec- 

 tions, one for each size letter, given 

 away with first order of 500 letters. 



Block Letters, \% or 2 inch size per 100, $2. 



Script Letters, 3. Fastener with each letter or 

 word. Used by leading florists everywhere and 

 for sale by all wholesale florists and supply dealers 



N. f . MCCARTHY, Manager 



66 Pearl Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



REED (SL KELLER 



122 West 25th St., New York 



Florists' Supplies 



We manufacture all our 



Metal Designs, Baskets, Wire Work & Novelties 



and arc dealers in 

 Glassware Decorative Greens and Florists' Requisites. 



Always enterprising, we are now ready 

 with a fine line of Easter Baskets. 



Buy your Florist Supplies of 



J. STERN & CO. 



1928GERMANT0WN AVE., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Per postal 



WILLIAM J. BOAS & IT 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Folding Flower Boxes 



No. 1042 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia 

 Write for Price List and Samples 



In writing advertisers, mention Hortlcnltnre 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO 



50-56 North 4ih Street 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



BEST LIHE IH THE COUNTRY 



E. A. BEAVElvT 



Wholesale Dealer In 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



and Florists' Hardy Decorative Supplies. 

 New crop now ready in limited quantities. 



EVERGREEN, ALA. 



Decorating Evergreens, etc., at Wholesale 



Wild Smilax, Palmetto and Cycas 

 (fresh cut). Palm Leaves, Galax, Leu- 

 cothoe, Ferns and Mosses, Leaf Mold, 

 Orchid and Azalea Peats. 



Everything in Season. 

 THE KERVAN COMPANY 

 20 West 27th St., New York. 



We hope our readers will, as far as 

 possible, buy everything they need 

 from Horticulture's Advertisers. 



A. Gude &6ro. 



FLORISTS 



1214 F ST., WASHINGTON. 0. C. 



