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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



FEBRUARY 3, 1S9S. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Henry W. Gibbons. New York, tem- 

 pering apparatus: Aug. Rollver & Sons. 

 New York, trade list of select flower 

 seeds, bulbs, plants, insecticides, etc.; 

 Benj. Hammond. Fisbkill, N, Y,, slug 

 shot; W. W. Barnard & Co., Chicago, 

 seeds, florists' sundries; J. H. H. Boyd, 

 Cagle, Tenn., tree seeds; Geo. H. Mel- 

 len, Springfield. O., seeds, plants and 

 bulbs; Frank Banning, Kinsman, O., 

 Kinsman Queen muskmelon; E. C. 

 Newbury, Mitchell, S. D.. cut flowers, 

 decorative plants, etc.; L. T. Seaver, 

 N. Somerville. Mass., new double ruf- 

 fle pansy; Walker Fertilizer Co., Clif- 

 ton Springs, N. Y., Excelsior brand fer- 

 tilizer; Weeber & Don, New York, 

 seeds, bulbs, tools and requisites; R. & 

 .1. Farquhar Co., seeds, plants, bulbs, 

 etc.; Morrisville Nurseries. Morrisville, 

 Pa., ornamental trees, plants, shrubs 

 and vines, fruit trees, etc.; Royal Palm 

 Nurseries (Reasoner Bros.). Oneco, 

 Fla.. tropical and semi-tropical fruit 

 trees, also nursery stock; McCrea & 

 Cole, Battle Creek. Mich., wholesale 

 price list of perennial plants, roses, 

 bulbs, palms, ferns, etc.; Irvington 

 Nursery, Irvington, Ind.. nursery 

 stock; A. & G. Rosbach. Pemberton. 

 N. J., plants and rooted cuttings; Chas. 

 E. Prouty. St. Louis, Mo., farm seeds; 

 Langhans & Co., Allegheny. Pa., hand- 

 some floral calendar; Samuel Feast & 

 Sons, Baltimore, Md.. very pretty cal- 

 endar; Texas Seed and Floral Co.. Dal- 

 las, Tex., seeds and plants especially 

 adapted to the south; Banning & Ha- 

 genburger. nursery stock, hardy per- 

 ennial plants, hanging baskets, etc.; 

 Mrs. Maud M. Briggs. El Paso. Tex., 

 cacti. 



CARNATION SANDUSKY. 



We have received from Messrs. E. 

 Hall & Son. Clyde. O., a box of blooms 

 of this new carnation. It should cer- 

 tainly flnd a place among the fancy 

 sorts. It has a white ground heavily 

 striped with carmine, the flower of good 

 size, with perfect calyx and borne on 

 good stem. 



...BAKER'S... 



New CARNATIONS 



Grown and Tested Five Years. 



OIV|P||-»A P"r<? pink, no trace <i( purple, 

 ■'^'■^'^ rust prouf. perfectly healthy, 

 pood groyyer. continuous producer, hlooms of 



largt-st ^\/c. 



RF n I A r^ K FT bright red. of largest 

 t-L' JMOrVC. I si7e.healthy.no rust, 

 continuniis producer, long stiff stems, never Inirst- 

 ing caly.x. 



$10.00 Per Hundred. 



OrdL-rs buoktic! now tc be sliipped in r'>l.ilii.ii as fast as 

 rooted. 



CHAS. F. BAKER, Utica, N. Y. 



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I New Light 



Colored 



SIMMO^S' 



CARNATION 



Mrs. 8. A. Northway 



We introduce this variety with even more confidence th;m we did Portia. Silver Spray. 

 Tidal Wave. Daybreak, Rose Queen, or J. J. Harrison, knowing that it will heuonie £s i^rt-at 

 a cut flower variety as any of the above. Plant of strong, free growing habit, entirely free 

 from disease or rust: large round high built flower with perfect calyx iind exira strong and 

 long stem. Color a beautiful soft shell pink becoming niniost white when fully open. 



Orders booked now and filled in rotation. We shall commence to ship soon after Jan'y 

 1st. Price, .^10 00 per 100: $75,00 per 1000. 



Afkrfiniflimc ^"^ Bruant. Md. Jaulen. Fleure Poitevine. J. Ricaud. and J. Sallier. 

 VCI aillUlli9» iii^-jn. pot plants. ¥n.00 per 100. Rooted cuttings. $3.00 per 100; $25.00 

 per liioii Our superb stock of all the finest .sorts. 2,^i-in. pot plants, named. $25.00; unnamed, 

 n'o.OK per 1000. Rooted cuttings. $12..o0 per 1000. 



riir-hci^^ic A grand lot of summered-over stock in small pots that will make early 

 I UCI 19109* bloomers, $3.00 per 100. 



All Rooted Tuttinqs Cash with Order. 



Oitr Prke List describes manv other fine plants. Send for it. 



i W. p. SIMMONS & CO., - Geneva, Ohio. } 



Two Great Sports. 



Carnation Victor. 



Undoiibtcdlv th..' lu-t I'luk earuatmii ui miu- 

 merce and ctTtHiiil\ (lit- luo^t pr<ilitic lilixuucr. 

 pi-rfcctlv healthy and ol vignrous growth. 



Kocted cuttings now rcad\ . ?4.(K» pt^r 11H>: ■^:i.i.00 

 per unto. Come and st-c this Carnntmn t;ri-\viiig 



Ciirysantiiemum Pennsylvania. 



The huest xelliiw l^r i ut hlomu- nr eyliiliitloil 

 purposes eyer produced. I'hints ready Nfarch Ki. 

 1 <«l per d.-i.' : ^:',ri (Kl per lull: vi')ll.(ll> per \n»). 



HUGH GRAHAM 



104 South 13th Street, Philadelphia. 



FIREFLY ! 



A Rust-Proof Carnation for Business. 



Bright scarlet and Positively RUST PROOF and 

 as productive as Scott. Rooted cuttings, Feb. J5th, 

 $10per 100,$75per 1000. Send for descriptive list of 

 Firefly and fifteen other novelties of J898, as well as 

 ■iff^tfntniiftii/itititiiittttiiitttittiiiiiiiifttn fifteen varieties of '97; also older standard varieties. 



Geo. Hancock &, Son, Grand Haven, Mich. 



SMILAXi 



A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, Ohio. 



FINE STRINGS 



21-2CENTS 



Carnations 



The key to success is proper ven- 

 tilation and watering. The key to 

 proper ventilation is the Evans' 

 Challenge Ventilating Apparatus. 

 Works easily, does the work right, 

 built to last, always satisfactory. 

 No toy imitation but a machine to 

 do its work and do it well. Much 

 the cheapest in the end. Quaker 

 City Machine Co., Richmond, Ind. 



Root! d CLitt'n{-'s nf both standard 

 varieties and novulties at pupulur 

 prices 11 



....I CAN PLEASE YOU 



S. J. Reuter, Westerly, R. I. 



Extra select stock at Kennicott 

 Bros. Co., Chicago. All flowers in 

 season at lowest market rates. 



