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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



MARCH 31, 1898. 



MR. P. VOS. 



Last year it was erroneously report- 

 ed in an American trade paper that 

 Mr. P. Vos. the well known Holland 

 bulb grower and dealer, had failed in 

 business, and much regret was ex- 

 pressed by the many friends made by 

 Mr. Vos during his ten annual visits 

 to this country. The only basis for 

 this report was the fact that Mr. Vos 

 had merged his business in the new 

 Holland Bulb Co. last July, with head- 

 quarters in Oegstgeest, Holland, in 

 which was also combined the busines.? 

 of Mr. G. C. Vanderhoef, a large bull) 

 grower. 



Mr. Vos was at a loss to understand 

 how the erroneous report originated, 

 but he has now learned that after re- 

 turning home from his American trip 

 last year a competitor in business sent 

 letters to some of his customers here, 

 saying that he had failed and suggest- 

 ing that the orders placed with him 

 be transferred to them. Mr. Vos has 

 shown us one of these letters, of which 

 he has succeeded in getting possession, 

 also a statement from the proper au- 

 thorities in Holland certifying that he 

 has never passed through bankruptcy 

 there. 



Mr. Vos is now on his annual Amer- 

 ican trip, and proposes to make things 

 warm for the competitor mentioned 

 upon his return home. He reports 

 business as very satisfactory. 



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PALMS IN THE WEST. 



Mr. Geo. Wittbold. Chicago, has al- 

 ways been a great lover of palms. Not 

 so many years ago Mr. Wittbold was 

 the only florist in Chicago who could 

 supply a sufficient number of palms to 

 make a decoration. Now there are few 

 florists with greenhouse facilities that 

 do not carry a stock. But in the mean- 

 time Mr. Wittbold has continually in- 

 creased his stock, and he has still much 

 the largest stock in the west. Where 

 he formerly had a few houses of 

 "palms." he now has a "few houses" of 

 each of the important commercial 

 sorts. The increased demand for 

 palms during the last decade is cer- 

 tainly phenomenal. 



HAIL NOTES. 



The greenhouses of Henry Schwarz. 

 of Price Hill. Cincinnati, were struck 

 by a hail storm on the 16th inst. 



B. Heshon, of Lawrence. Kan., and 

 the Junction City Floral Co., of Junc- 

 tion City, Kan., also met with slight 

 loss recently by hail. All of the above 

 were insured. 



In order to compile correct statistics, 

 the secretary of the F. H. A. desires 

 information concerning hail storms, 

 their location and amount of damage 

 done. Every florist is invited to drop 

 a line when a storm occurs. Address 

 John G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J. 



Extra select stock at Kennicott 

 Bros. Co., Chicago. All flowers in 

 season at lowest market rates. 



WE HAVE PI.EASUBE IN OPFEBING TO THE TRADE 

 THIS SEASON FOB THE FIBST TIME ONE OF 



The Finest Novelties in Chrysanthemums 



EVEB SENT OUT 



...MRS. O. P. BASSETT... 



it«iiioniybenecessary^^ jhjs jg a Yellow Mfs. Henfy RobinsoH 



to ensure for it a laree sale. It is a sport from Mrs Henry Robinson, witli which variety it 

 IS identical in everv respect except color, being a delicate primrose yellow, deepening toward 

 the center of the Hower. It has oeen thorougniy tested, and is a novelty of sterling merit, 

 (^ne of the most eninient eastern growers who has tested it states that it is one of the best 

 things in ChrN^^anthi-nuims sent out in some time. Every Chrysanthemum grower will want 

 it. A Yellow Mrs. Henry Robinson will be a money-maker, and a tine exiiibition va- 

 rietv as well. Pl.nits now rt-.id\ l^r de!iverv. We have also fine stocks of the other finer in- 

 troductions of the year FRANK HARDY. MRS. H. WEEKS. AUSTRALIAN GOLD. 

 .Price, $3.00 per dozen; $20.00 per 100. 



Wm. H. Chadwick, $6 per doz. The lelIo^^ Fellow, $3 per doz. Pennsylvania, 



Autumn Glorv. Solar Queen. Black Ha%vk, Quito, Thornden, S5 per doz.; $35 per 100. 

 BoundlessSnow.Mrs.C.H.Peirce, Miss Gladys Vanderbtlt,S3.50 per doz.; $25 per 100. 



We offer also all the best of the Novelties for 1897, and the Best Standard Sorts. 



Send for our wholesale list and large descriptive catalogue, giving full list of varieties 

 and prices. We have a very large and fine lot of. Novelties in Cannas for 1.59.S. also best and 

 latest introductions in Carnations. Dahlias, Strong Field-grown Roses and other Hardy 

 Plants, a large and fine collection of i'alms and other Decorative Plants, etc.. etc. 



We will be pleased to send our wholesale list and descriptive catalogue to any one who 

 may not have received them. 



I F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



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Two Great Sports. 



Carnation Victor. ^ Ciirysantiiemum Pennsyivania. 



Undoubtedl\ tlie best I'mk C.irnatit.jn in com- 

 merce and certainly the most prolific bloomer, 

 perfectly healthy and of vigorous growth. 



Rooted cuttings now ready. 54. (X> per IfK); 535.00 

 per 1000. Come and see this Carnation growing. 



The finest >el!ow for cut blooms or exhibition 

 purposes ever produced. Plants ready March 15, 

 5'j.CWper do?,; S3.i.0il per 100; S250.00 perlOOO. 



HUGH GRAHAM, 



104 South 13th Street, Philadelphia. 



TREE PAEONIA 



in only Choice Varieties; strong, 

 4-year-old plants, 50c. each.... 



Tree Roses, Snowballs, Hydrangeas, Clematis, Paeonia, Rhododendrons, 

 Azaleas, Magnolias, H. P. and Moss Roses, 



L. C. BOBBINK, Rutherford, N. J. ^ 



BRANCH OF THE HORTICtlTlRAL CO., 

 BOSKOOP, HOLLAND. 



5,000 EEir Clematis 



Holland grown. No reasonable offer refused. 

 VVrite for prices or make a cash offer. 



In the best 



Leading 



Varieties::: 



Lily of the Valley and all Spring* 

 '■kk^ Bulbs on hand now. 



Write for Prices to. 



F. W. O. SCHMITZ, J eTsey City, N. 



PANSIES; 



The JENNINGS 



Finest Strain. 



THEY ABE GBAND. 



Fine stockv plants, in bud and bloom. $10 and 

 |1'2.50 per 1000; $1.50 per 100. bv expre.ss. Small 

 plants by mail, 7Sc per 100. Seed. $1 pkg. Casli 

 with order. Lock Bo.\ 254. 



E. B. JENmiTGS, 

 Grower of the Finest Pansies. Southport, Conn. I 



Sphagnum Moss 



A very select quality. 75c per bale, It 

 bales $6.00 Grown and packed by 



M. I. LYONS, - Babcock, Wis. 



Write for prices on car lots. 



