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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Janlarv 6, 1898. 



LONDON, ONT. 



Christinas trade was an nnprecedented 

 rush. It was ideal weather speaking from 

 a seasonable point of view, but it was 

 hard for the poor florists to deliver plants 

 with the mercurv 4° below zero on the 

 24th. 



Year by year we have been able to 

 report an increase of from twenty-five per 

 cent, to forty per cent, and this year is no 

 exception; again we report an increase of 

 twentv-iive per cent, over last year, and it 

 would easily have been 100 per cent, had 

 we been alile to supply the demand for cut 

 flowers. The supply of roses was larger 

 than last vear, but carnations were short, 

 other flowers about equal to last year. 



The denian<l for flowering plants is 

 graduallv increasing; a large number of 

 people would rather pay Ji or $2 for a 

 good little azalea, cyclamen or begonia, 

 than the same amount for a dozen roses — 

 for a present, and they are certainly a 

 more acceptable gift in most cases. 



W. G. 



WHEELING, W. WA. 



Christmas trade here has been the best 

 in many years, there being more flowers 

 handled than ever before on Christmas. 

 Prices ran high both in cut flowers and 

 pot plants. 



The demand for large palms waslimited 

 while for smaller palms, araucarias, dra- 

 ca;nas, etc., it was excellent. If there 

 had been twice the amount of primulas 

 and azaleas they could have been dis- 

 posed of at a high price. Fern dishes 

 sold well. 



The demand for holly was sixty per 

 cent, better than former years. Mistletoe 

 was not in demand as the stock was very 

 poor. Greens and wreathing could not 

 be had at any price the day before Xmas 

 as all stores were cleaned out. Several 

 of the florists have a number of orders 

 booked for New Year's. H. 



A FLORIST PHOTOGRAPHER WINS 

 A PRIZE. 



Last season the Pope Manufacturing 

 Co. offered five prizes tor photographs of 

 bicvcle subjects of a character suitable to 

 use in illustrating their catalogue. The 

 L. A. W. Bidliiin for last week contains 

 reproductions of the first and second 

 prize pictures. The first prize, a Colum- 

 bia Tandem, valued by them at f 150, was 

 awarded to \V. T. Bell, of Franklin, Pa., 

 one of our contributors. The paper says: 

 "Hundreds of pictxires were offered in 

 competition, and it was with the greatest 

 difficultj- that the judges were able to 

 select the prize winners." 



TO SECRETARIES. 



Secretaries of horticultural as? ociations, 

 clubs and societies in the vicinity of 

 Greater New York will confer a favor by 

 mailing to us dates of their meetings and 

 any useful information for the benefit 

 of the craft. Harry A. Bunyard, 56 

 Pierce Bldg., 105 Hudson street. New 

 York Ciiv. 



READY NOW. 



Japan LilyBulbs 



IN THIRTY VARIETIES 



SURPLUS. LILIUM LONCIFLORUM 



."1 to T iiu-h. Extra tine bulbs, per lOiW, *li.Oi). net. OKOEB NOW. 



CYCAS REVOLUTA STEMS 



for spriner delivery. Also Japan Maples, Iris K., Tree and Herbaceous Pieonies. California grown 



Flower, Shrub and Tree seeds. 



...PALM SEEDS... 



Cocos Weddeliana, Musa Ensete, Phoenix. Kentias. etc Asparagus Plumosus Nanus. 

 Send for Price Lists and Descriptive Catalogue. Address 



H. H. BERGER & CO. 



branch: 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



220 BROADWAY, 



(ESTABLISHED 1878.1 NEW YORK. 



100,000 VERBENAS 



THE CHOICEST 

 VARIETIES IN 

 CILTIVATION. 



NO RUST OR MILDEW. 



F«HCKED LIGHT 3IND 



SKTISFKCTION GUJSRHNTEED. 



Fi ne Pot PlanU. $2 .50 per 10 0; 820 pe r 1000. Rooted 

 Cuttings, 75c per 100: $6.00 per 1000; $50 per 10000. 



We are the Largest Groviers of Verbenas in the country. Our plants cannot be surpassed. 



5end for Circular. 



J. L. DILLON, BLOOMSBURG, PA. 



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A Source of 

 Danger 



Is a Plant Fond that contains ACIDS. Do you 

 furnish vdur custoiners with such an articlf? 

 Better 'not. A few of the gooJ iii>lnts in our 

 ExceMnr Fnotl— 



FRKE from Odor. 



FKKK fnun Coloring matter. 



FRKE from Acids. Perfect solubility. 

 "\Vc furnish a honklct "The "Window Garden." by 

 f:ben E. Rexford. Floral Kditnr of The "Ladies* 

 Home Journal." Have you purchased your Plant 

 Food for Fall and Winter trade? If not. write us 

 fnr prices and rerni--. 



The Walker Fertilizer Co. 



Clifton Springs, N. Y. 



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Acquainted 



with your fellow-craftsmen. 

 We will introduce you. Every 

 subscriber to the Florists" 

 Review is requested to send 

 to the editor a cabinet size 

 photograph with name and 

 address on back, fur use in 

 our 



REED & KELLER, 



122 VV 25th St., NEW YORK CITY 



Manufacturers of WIRE •' DESIGNS 



and Dealers in 



FLORISTS' •• SIPPLIES 



General , 



Introduction 



STANDARD 



FLOWER POTS- 



In any quantity, and of the best quality. 

 Get my price list before ordprintj elsewhere. 



W. H. ERNEST, 



station M, N. E. WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Please mention the P'lorists" Keview when 

 writing advertisers. 



Page groups of these por- 

 traits will be published from 

 time to time until all have 

 been presented. Photos may 

 be sent in any time, the only 

 condition being that you be- 

 come a subscriber to the 

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