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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Jant-akv G, 1898. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Buffalo, N. Y.- New bills will be 

 asked for the building of the new con- 

 servatory at South Park. 



Lake Geneva, Wis. — Longland &: 

 Holmes now have 10,000 feet of glass, 

 and do a wholesale and retail trade. 



St. John, N. B.— The St. John Flor- 

 ists' Club is prospeiing. Mr. \V. Mc- 

 intosh, ii."S Orange street, is secretarj-. 



Kansas City, Mo.— Mr. W. L. Rock, 

 formerly with J. M. Gasser, Cleveland, 

 O., is now in business for himself in this 

 city at 1024 Main street. 



Springfield, III. — The annual meet- 

 ing of the Illinois State Horticultural 

 Society was held here Dec. 28 to 30. 

 The pro.gram was unusually valuable and 

 interesting. 



Yankton, S. D.— The South Dakota 

 Horticultural Society was to have held its 

 annual meeting here Dec. 15, but has 

 postponed the meeting till January. E. 

 D. Coles of Vermillion is secretary. 



Muncie, Ind. — Christmas trade was 

 the best of the past four years. Cut 

 flowers sold out early. Palms .sold well. 

 More holly and green was sold. Mer- 

 chants did more decorating than hereto- 

 fore. 



Washington, Iowa.— Mr. E. C. Keck 

 is building a new greenhouse, to contain 

 3,000 feet of glass, and which is located 

 near the center of the town. He will 

 abandon his present location, a rented 

 one, half a mile from town, in the spring. 



Cleveland, O. — Mr. John Smith, at 

 corner of Wade avenue and Crawford 

 Road, has admitted his son to partner- 

 ship and the business will be continued 

 under the title. Smith iV Son. The young 

 man has been active in the business with 

 his father for the past five years. 



Mittineague, Mass.— Mr. H. Wilson 

 Smith has removed from Springfield, 

 Mass., to this place and has located at 7 

 Ashle}- street. He has built a new house 

 this year and now has a total of 4,000 

 feet of glass. Pansies are to be a speci- 

 alty with him, though he will also grow 

 carnations, and his place will be known 

 as Pansy Dell. 



Kansas City, Mo.— The Western As- 

 sociation of Wholesale Nursery-men held 

 their .semi-annual meeting here December 

 21 and elected officers for the ensuing 

 year as follows: President, A. L. Brooke, 

 Topeka, Kan.; vice-president, R. H. 

 Blair, Kansas City, Mo.; secretary and 

 treasurer, U. B. Pearsall, Fort Scott, 

 Kan.; executive committee, A. Willis, 

 Ottawa, Kan., chairman; Peter Youngers, 

 Jr., Geneva, Neb.; E. S. Welch, Shenan- 

 doah, la.; J. L. Bagbv, New Haven, Mo.; 

 W. F. Heikes, Huntsville, Ala. The 

 next meeting will be held June 21, 1898, 

 at the Omaha exposition. 



1 DREER'S SPECIAL OFFER 



—Of- 



PLANTS FOR FORCING 



lilliACS— AVe offer a tine lot of .strong pol- 

 ^Towu plants, well ripened up and well set 

 with buds: beauiiful shaped plants of 

 Charles X and Marie Lagraye, $6 00 per 

 t.lo7,. : ^.iii.Oii per hundred 



METROSIDEBOS FI.OBIBUNDA- 

 (lioitlr Bruslii. l-'iue shiipLHl plants with 

 lots oi biuis. 



STAND ABD SHAPED on stems 30 inches 



lii^'-h witii J-J inch (.'rowns. 4^1.50 each. 

 BUSH SHAPED— nice round crowns 12 in. 

 m diauit'ter, ^1.00 each. 



ACACIA AKMATA— A fine lot of plants 

 in 7 iiR-h put>. OJ inches high. $\.hO each. 



BOBOXriA ELATIOB — Good shaped 

 plants in 0-inch puts, about 20 inches high. 

 75 ut-nts each. 



For a full line of Seasonable Etock to- 

 gether with all the leading' Novelties of 

 tlie Season see our New (Juartt-rly Trade 

 List issued early in January. 



I HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 





25 N. Fourth Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Importers and Manufacturers of 



FLORISTS' SIPPLIESI 



FORCING! 



Spircea Astilboides Floribunda. . .$n.i}0 per 100 

 Spiraea Multiflora Compacta ... O.OU per lUO 



Orders unw-r-'d now for Sprint: delivery for 



H. F. Boses, Clematis, Mag'nolias, 

 Tree Boses, Hardy Azaleas, vie. 



Branch of the Horticultural Co.. 

 Boskuop. Holland. 



L C. BOBBIN K, Rutherford, N. J. 



GOOD STOCK. 



Pteris Treimda. R-in.. strong, $1.'. per 100. Assorted 

 Ferns, 5 and ti-iii., line,?] M j) r doz. I'andanus Utii is, 

 :i-iri., *f> per 100, Adiuntuin Cuneatuni. 3-in.. 86 

 per 100. Grevillea R..bu>ta. Hn.. $0 per 100. Gera- 

 niums. Mme Bruant.2!*;-in.,8i per 100. S. A, Nutt. 2}^- 

 in.. 82.50 per 100. LaFavorite, 2K-in- 8^50 per 100. S. A. 

 Nutt, rooted cuttings. $ls per l.UOO. Mnie.SaJleroi. 2-in.. 

 $2 per 100. Geraniums, ^landanl varieties, 2>^-inch 

 pots. 820 per 1.000. Kose Geraniums. 2M-in., 8.3 per 100. 



,,!._ L_ _ standard Vitrietiea. bench or pot 



Cai nations, rooted 



Chrj-santheniun..., 



stock plants, 91 pt-r dozen. 



tintrs; Lizzie MfGowan,$12 per 1.0,0; Day break. $13 per 

 1 000; Rose Queen. »10 per 1,000; Mapledale. S5 per 100. 

 Klora HiM,§.T per Km. Terms cash. Sto.k in No. 1 con- 

 tl i 1 1 Li n . 



CARL HAGENBIRGER, Mentor, Ohio. 



One sale makes two other sales. 

 A trial of our apparatus will make 

 you a customer for all the appara- 

 tus you may ever need. We want 

 you to give it that trial — the appa- 

 ratus will do the rest. Quaker City 

 Machine Co., Richmond, Ind. 



100.000 PALMS. 



BEGONIAS 



At' Half Price to Close Uut. All Extra Fine Plants. 



Thurstonii, SH-inch doz., 40c,: J3.00 per 100 



Thurstonil, 2i4-Incli doz., 30c.; $2..t0 per 100 



A. Guttata. 3',4-inch doz., 40c.; *3.00 per 100 



Feasti. and four other kinds, 40c. per dozen; 

 *3.(XI per 100. 



A. J. BALDWIN, - Newark, Ohio. 



