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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



FEBRUARY 24, 189S. 



ST. PAUL, MINN. 



Trade for the past month has l)een 

 very encouraging, there being a good 

 demand for all flowers. Stock, how- 

 ever, has been scarce, and more flow- 

 ers have been shipped than ever before 

 for a like period. The immed-iate cause 

 for the shortage in the cut is not easy 

 to determine. It certainly cannot be 

 attributed to the weather, for that has 

 been perfect since Christmas. The days 

 have been cloudless, while the ther- 

 mometer has registered below zero but 

 once in G weeks. All the growers lifid 

 an unusually big cut for Christmas 

 and in the natural order of events 

 should have had another good crop 

 since. While there is a good growUi of 

 wood roses are not showing many 

 buds, and carnations seem to stand 

 still. Violets are plentiful and in gooil 

 demand, the call for California being 

 equal to Marie Louise. 



There has not been a big demand for 

 Perles this season. Meteor and Brides- 

 maid are the best sellers. In cani.itioiis 

 Daybreak is a favorite, with many, 

 though Scott and Tidal Wave are in 

 good demand and Jubilee is a favorite 

 with all, not only on account of its 

 color, but also for its immense blooms 

 and good stems. 



The outlook for spring trade is en- 

 couraging. The open winter has mate- 

 rially decreased the coal bills, while 

 retail trade during the winter would 

 indicate that times are greatly im- 

 proved. Growers have realized hett'T 

 prices this winter than for several 

 years, while the large quantities of 

 flowers being shipped in from Milwau- 

 kee and Chicago would indicate that 

 there are golden opportunities here for 

 good rose and carnation growers. 

 What we need are more specialists. 



Carlsen & Lauritsen, who purchased 

 the Warrendale greenhouses last sum- 

 mer, are growing fine roses and violets. 

 They put in a new boiler and a violet 

 house since purchasing the property, 

 besides other needed improvements. 



X. Y. Z. 



PAL-MS^ 



For prices see adv. in Ian. 'JTlIi issue. 

 Pa.-.' 4l:i. 



Joseph Heacock, 



Wyncote, Phila., Pa. 



Rooted Cuttings ^^'rJTv^rirf^'Jf.l; 



I>hiL* riowers of enormous sue. 1 lie greatest im- 

 provement of the age in this popular flower. iOc 

 per doz. bv mail, $1.^0 per 100 bv express. Vinca 

 Var. $1.00 ^er 100. Salvia Splendens, SI. 00 per 100. 

 Harrisii Lilies, surplus stock, just ri^ht forKaster, 

 in viH anr] 0-inch pots. Out of pots Jl.s.OO per 100. 



WM. rVI. KIDD. 2984 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn. N. Y. 



■^ ^k ^^ ^^ Manufacturers and Dealers 



DA IS VCOTTON SEAMLESS, 

 Dflllw BURLAPS, ETC. 



SECO/IID HAND BAGS BOUGHT AND SOLD. 



CINCINNATI BAG CO. 



Second and Walnut Sts., CINCINNATI. 0. 



ESTABLISHED 1859 _ 



THOS. W. 



WEATHERED'S 



SON 



HorticuUArcliitect and Builder 



Greenhouse 

 Wood-work 



Greenhouse 

 Iron-work 



Red Gulf 

 Cypress 



Free from 

 Sap 



Get my Prices on Everything Needful for Erecting or 

 Repairing of Greenhouses. 



TTIXCiS of every kind, Irdui the 

 smallest for ]jipe purlins to the 



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largest for a heavy four-inch green- 

 house pijie. Also \'alves, Expan- 

 sion Tanks, etc., always ready for 

 shipment. 



t'TTERS of cast iron or of clear 

 Cypre.ss, for outside "ridge anil fur- 

 row" liouses, or any and all kinds. 

 Glazing points of all kinds from 

 the patent to the zinc nails. 



EATtXG— After forty years' expe- 

 rience, devoting it all to the heat- 

 ing of greenhouses, from a small 

 conservatory to the largest, such as 

 the Sclienley Park greenhouses at 

 Pittsl^urgh, Pa.; Central Park, New 

 York City; Druid Hill, Baltimore, 

 Md.; Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N. 

 Y.; as well as supplying complete 

 heating plants in England and 

 Japan, think you can have sufti- 

 cient confidence to exjiend two 

 cents in a stamp and time writing 

 me your wants in that line. 



r will always give me f}leasure in 

 answering correspondence relating 

 to the heating, building and ventil- 

 ating of greenhouses, and none of 

 your wants will be too small or too 

 large to receive my immediate and 

 careful attention. 



i)INTS in all ventilating and hot- 

 lied sash are made with white lead 

 and iron dowel-|)ins at corners. 



NOTS, tliere are none in my lum- 

 ber, it being carefully selected. 



1 



i;MBEf< of the best Red Gulf Cy- 

 press, strictly free from sap. Use 

 no other. 



.\TERIALS of all and every kind 

 entering into the heating, building 

 and ventilating of greenhouses. 



Thos. W. Weathered's Son, 



141 Centre Street, New York. 



..100,000 PALMS.. 



Areca I<iitescens, 

 Cocos Weddeliana, 

 Latania Borbonica, 



I'er 100 

 ■1-in. puts, 1.S to '3--\n., $25 

 :^in. " 13 to ti-in.. 15 

 4-in. " 12 to 15-in., 



1 to 2 cli. leaves.. .. 15 

 4-in. pots. 15 to 18-in., 



2 to 3 ch. leaves,. .. 20 

 Phoenix Reclinata, 4-in. pots,12 to 15-in., 15 



Ti-iii, ■■ 15 to IS-in., 25 

 50,000 Anioor Privet, best Hardv Evergreen 



lH-'l^;f plant. 2 I" :\ Irri. Sl'O per 1LH.HK' 

 20,000 Citrus Trifoliata, hest Hardv Defen- 

 sive li.-ib^.- plant. 2 \L*ars, Inisliy. fiOperHXX). 

 Send fur Tradr List, .\ddrc-s 



P.J. BERCKMANS 



AUGUSTA, GA. 



PEACOCKS 

 "tifn^rns DAHLIAS. 



ALL THE NEWEST AND BEST VARIETIES. 



Wm. Aqnew, inicnsi.- n-d, 7'i in. atross. Clifford 

 W. Bruton, purest m'IIuw, O'j, in. across. 30 

 1st prizes. Three dozen. 3ti 1st prizes. 

 Largest and Finest Collection in America. 



300,000 Field Roots. 1000 Varieties. 



NOTE. I inr n.dili.is liavr l.rrn exhibited in com- 

 petition with all the leading growers and always 



carried off first honors. 



Our ISOS illustrated descriptive Trade List con- 

 taining; 24 pages, nian\ new dlust rat ions and 

 accurately describing all the newest and best 

 varieties, will be sent to all who received our 1897 

 list without application. 



Send fur it before purchasing elsewhere. 



W. p. PEACOCK, Atco. N. J. 



FOR SALE! 



SIX SHARES OF STOCK 

 ...IN THE... 



American Florist Co. 



This stock has sold freely at $l(Kl a share 

 in llie past. To close out my interest 1 



offer my remaining six shares at 



$60 a Share. 



Address G.L. GRANT, 



520-535 Caxton Bldg , Chicago. 



NEW GIANT ESCHSCHOLTZIAS, 



"The Golden West," 



50c pkt, $8 oz. 



New Giant Fancy Cosmos, six splendid varieties, 

 separate, $1 oz.; Giant Cosmos, splendid mixed, 

 65c oz.; Calliopsis "California Sunbeams,*' $1 oz. 

 Special rates given on Cosmos in quantity. Apple 

 Geranium, fresh. $1 per HXX) seeds; New Large 

 Flowering Zonale Geranium, $2.50 oz.; Ipoma-a, 

 "Heavenly Blue," $1 oz.. $12 lb.; Laurustinus 

 grandiriora, $1 oz.; Zinnias, "New Curled and 

 Crested,'' 50c oz.,$rilb.: Nasturtium Good Venture 

 Mixture, 00c lb., 15 lbs. $8; Seaforthia elegans 

 I Palm). 40c per 100 seeds. $:J per IfKKT seeds. Send 

 for trade list of Seeds, I'biut'^, liulbs and Cacti. 

 MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD. 



Ventura-by-the-Sea.. Cal. 



STANDARD 



FLOWER POTS- 



In any quantity, and of the best quality. 

 Get my price list before ordering elsewhere. 



W. H. ERNEST, 



station M, V E. WASHI NCTON, D. C. 



