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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



MAY 26, 1S9S. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 



The proverb, "All things come to 

 him who waits," most aptly applies to 

 H. W. Field, who has just Ijeen re- 

 warded by a bargain in a three acre 

 lot of land in the city limits and past 

 which a new trolley line runs. Upon 

 the corner lot, fac.ng two streets, three 

 houses are being erected, two full 

 span. 110x19 and 100x25 feet, re- 

 spectively,' and one three-quarter 

 span, llOxlO and lUUxi'5 feet, re- 

 so arranged as to provide for other 

 houses in prospective. Sufficient top 

 soil for a three years' planting is quite 

 an item nowadays, when good soil is 

 difficult to obtain. Mr. Field had a 

 splendid Easter, converting his pretty 

 store into a show house wherein the 

 choice stock was arranged to tempting 

 advantage by Miss Field. 



I looked in on Mr. E. J. Canning, 

 who, although a graduate of Kew, 

 England, Philadelphia claims as one 

 of her own, as it was in that hospita- 

 ble city Mr. Canning first saw the 

 light of this great and glorious coun- 

 try, and to what an enviable position 

 has he attained since taking charge of 

 the Botanic Garden attached to the 

 Smiths Colleges here, which includes 

 a class of one hundred and twenty- 

 five sweet girl students of botany. Is 

 it to be wondered at that the plants 

 seem to bloom more perfectly under 

 their influence as they flit from flower 

 to flower like so many butterflies cast- 

 ing a delightful halo about them? Yet 

 even in this garden of Eden the pesky 

 insects will invade, but Mr. Canning 

 holds them in check by the use of 

 kerosene applied by spraying as flne 

 as a Scotch mist; if applied any 

 coarser, would injure the foliage. 

 Palms, ferns of strong growth, and 

 such foliage plants as crotons and the 

 like, apparently beneflt by the appli- 

 cation. 



Encouraged with the interest taken 

 by the students in the classes, the fac- 

 ulty proposes making considerable ad- 

 ditions to the glass section, and en- 

 large the class, which is filled to over- 

 flowing. Also to introduce zoology, so 

 that with some other of the sciences 

 Mr. Canning will be flooded with olo- 

 gies. 



The herbaceous section is most in- 

 teresting and instrtictive. Here we 

 have a striking illustration of Ameri- 

 can foresight, for most assuredly the 

 majority, if not all, of these clever 

 girls will at no very distant date be 

 interested in homes of their own or of 

 others, wliich must be surrottnded 

 with mementos of the lovely times 

 they are now experiencing, and here is 

 where the smart florist will get in his 

 work and keep up-to-date, as illus- 

 trated by the aforementioned Mr. 

 Field, who intends setting aside a big 

 piece of ground as an herbaceous bor- 

 der. He says there are so many things 

 really beautiful which can be handled 

 to advantage during the summer sea- 

 son at a small outlay. 



W. M. 



We have a 



Fine Stock 

 of the 

 Leading.. 



GArNMAS 



Extra Strong Pot-Grown Plants. 



In fine shape 

 for immediate 

 bedding". 



Best Standard Sorts at $8.00 per 100, as follows: .Mme. Crozy, Alphonse Bouvier. Chas. Hen- 



ilt-rson. I' liirfiici' \'aii;.;lian. I K I'ht^(hi. Effandale. J. D. Cabos, Queen Charlotte, Pres. Carnot, 



Paul Martiuaiil, I C- \'auglian. Aiiiiiiral Avellan. Austria, etc. 

 Extra Choice Varieties at $10. CO per lOO^ as follows: Pierson's Premier. Chicago, Eldorado. 



Papa. Suuv. (Il- Aiitoinc Cr(>/\, ISoiiv df Pres. Carnot, lieaute de Poitevine, Italia, Burbank, etc. 

 Recent Introductions and Novelties at $15.00 per 100, as follows: Philadelphia, Souv. de 



Mine. CT<r/\, Maiden's lilu^li. Mrs, |-airniaii Kn^'^rs. Knln-rt Christie, Mile. Berat, etc. 

 We have a tine stock ..[ TABRYTOWN and FRES. CI.EVEI.AND, two of the hnest varieties th t 



liave bet-n nitroduced m years. $6.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 

 We can also supply the following varietiL-s in limited quantities at $6.00 per doz., viz: Defender, 



Pres. McKinley, California. Duchess df Marlborough. Rosemawr, Sam Trflease. Duke of Marl- 



I'lTough. Furst von Holienluhe. Can supply Goliath at $9.00 per doz. 



ra strong plants. 6-in. pots, $t).00 per du/. 



MLSA ENSETE (Abyssinian Banana) Ext 



TAI Anil IM F<iri II FMTI IIU Strong dormant bulbs. 9-12 in. in circumference. $ii.00 per 100; 

 V/m_ni/IUITI I_*3V/UI-I_I1I I UITI strong plants. 6-in. pots, $12.00 per 100. 



Wi- aU,. ha\(- a liiH.' stn(_k of 

 MOMTHI Y Pn^F^ for bedding. Can oHer hne plants, 3H-in. pots, coming into bud and 

 ITIVI^ IIILI IWOLO bloom, at onlv $8.00 per lOO, as follows: Mosella (the Yellow Soupert), 



Cluthild'-- Suupert. Hermosa, Duchessi- de Bra[>ant. Mine. Jos. Schwartz, Etoile de Lyon, Me- 



tfiir, Aug, (.Tuinnist-au. utc- Also 



Extra Choice Hybrid Teas at $10.00 per 100, as follows: Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. 



Pres. Carnot. Mme. Caroline Tt-stout, Mainan Crochet, Souv. de Wootton, Sunset, etc. 



We can also offt-r some extra fine, large and heavy two-year-old Hybrid Tea Roses, ti-in. 



pots. coming into bud and bloom, fine stock where extra heavy plants are wanted, at $30. OO 



per 100, as follows: Pres. Carnot. Mme. Caroline Testout, Kaiserin Augusta X'ictnria, La 



France, Aug. Guinoiseau. Caroline Marniesse. Meteor, etc. 

 Wr ha\i' also a hue lot of extra lieavy 



CRIMSON RAMBLERS Z'rtCli^M-^rZf"'' "'^=>'-""- "■■"• p°'=' "'"' ""^^ ' 



\\r iKHr :i|v,, a till.- Shirk o( 



DRAC/ENA l\DIVISA ^'^""S plants, .'i-in. pots. $3.00 per doz.; extra strong plants, B-in. pots, 



HYIlRAMr^FA ATAU^A ?>"<■ tuhsin bud and bloom, eight to twelve buds and flowers each, 

 ■ I I UI\m^V»L/\ W I /M\On beginning to show color, lor |1.30 to $2.00 each. 



Wr hav,- also a tin.- lin.' nl 

 RFnniMr^ pi AMT^ Coleus Verschaffeltli and CoWen Bedder, .Mtcrnanthera Paronychloides 

 "•-"Iffl^yf ri_A%lllC» Major and Rosea Nana. Dbl Grant and Beaute de Poitevine Geraniums, 



'I "in 'lliLiiii 11 Al\ ^suni, .'Vbutilon Savit/ii. Nasturtiums. \'inca?, etc. 



IF IN WANT OP ANY STOCK, WRITE US FOB PBICES. 



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



^■.'..-«'.\.'. 



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Kentia Palm Seeds. I 



Fresh seeds of Kentia Belmoreana and Forsteriana by the case of 5,000. 

 Seeds received direct from Australia. Price, Si7-5o — net cash F. O. B. New- 

 York. Prices for large quantities on application. 



J- 

 I 

 -1: Room 52. 



AISTRALIAN PALM SEED CO., 



90 Nassau Street, New York. 



Clucas & 

 Boddington Co. 



SEEDS, BUX,BS 



AND FI.ANTS 



501-503 W. t3th Street 



New York City. 

 Tel. Call 403 18th St. 



Have Any Surplus Stock 



to sell to the trade, 

 advertise it in the 



Florists' Review. 



CASH. 



Per 100 

 $4.0n 

 2.00 

 •2.00 

 2.0O 

 2.00 

 3.00 



BARGAINS IN PLANTS ^°« 



Frknch CA^■^■AS. Crozy, Q. Ctiarlolte, 



HoreiK-p Vaiifjlian, tine plants, - - - - 

 (tKUaniums, Double Grant. 2%-lu. pots. 

 Salvias, t'lara liednrin, '2^-in. pots, - - - 

 t'oLKUS, 5 varieties, fine, 2S " - _ - 

 HttfiOMA Vkiinon, line, 2Lri ■' - _ - 



Mountain of Snow Gbranitj u, 'J>^-ln, pots 

 Order :it once and get good stoclt. 



NICHOLAS AMOS, CRESTLINE, O. 



Sphagnum Moss 



A very select quality, 7f)c per bale, !• 

 bales "S6.00 Grown and packed by 



M. I. LYONS, - Babcock, Wis. 



Write for prices on c.ir lots. 



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