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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



MAY 26, 1898. 



BALTIMORE. 



Trade Review. 



Trade the past week was a decided 

 improvement over tlie unsettled con- 

 dition of tlie week previous. Most all 

 of the retailers reported a change for 

 the better, and seemed more hopeful, 

 now that the good weather has return- 

 ed. In the wholesale market there is 

 little or no change, except in quality, 

 which has greatly improved. The sup- 

 ply and demand are about equal. 



Hail Storm. 



On the 16th inst. Baltimore and vi- 

 cinity were visited by a severe hail- 

 storm, which, although of short dura- 

 tion, did much damage to florists who 

 were so unfortunate as to be located 

 within its path. The storm was moot 

 severe in the southwestern section, and 

 it was only in that district that heavy 

 loss was sustained. 



Samuel Feast & Sons suffered se- 

 verely, having quite a large percent of 

 their glass broken. Mr. .Jno. Cook, Old 

 Frederick Road, lost about 500 square 

 feet. Mr. A. Stoll was also damaged 

 to the extent of $50, while many oth- 

 ers in that radius met with smaller 

 losses. 



Notes. 



A very emblematic reminder of the 

 times was seen this week in the win- 

 dows of Mr. W. J. Halliday. Framed 

 in a wreath of laurel, and draped in 

 the folds of Old Glory, was an excel- 

 lent portrait of Admiral Dewey. The 

 extreme simplicity of the design added 

 doubly to its patriotic effectiveness. 



Saturday the 21st was flower day 

 in Baltimore. The Massachusetts Sixth 

 Regiment passed through our city, en 

 route south, and was given a floral 

 ovation. The city officials presented 

 them with a handsome basket of flow- 

 ers, tied with large bows of the na- 

 tional colors, the streamers of which 

 bore in gold letters the following in- 

 scriptions: "Massachusetts and Mary- 

 land, May 21, '98." "Baltimore Wel- 

 comes the Sixth Regiment, Flowers 

 Instead of Bullets." "God Bless You 

 and Bring You Safely Home." 



All along the line of march many 

 thousand flowers were thrown at the 

 soldier visitors, which act presented a 

 striking contrast to the historic recep- 

 tion of bullets given this same regi- 

 ment in 1861. 



Mr. Samuel S. Pennock paid us a fly- 

 ing visit last week. C. F. F. 



THE American Journal of Health 

 prints in its issue of May 10 an edito- 

 rial very warmly commending the 

 "Excelsior Brand" of plant food man- 

 ufactured by the Walker Fertilizer 

 Co., Clifton Springs, N. Y. It prints 

 this report as the result of extensive 

 experiments with the plant food. 



IF YOU want to buy you will find 

 it to your advantage to buy of the 

 advertisers in The Review. If you 

 want to sell, you will find it to your 

 advantaee to advertise in The Review. 



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JADOO 



(KiFVl A. BLANC & CO., 



Offices, 314-316 N. Eleventh Street, 



Phii ADi.i.i'Hi.A, ]'.\.. M.irch 15, i8()8. 

 The American Jadoo Co. 



Gentlemen: — Mr. Craig's wonderful success in j.jrowins;Cro- 

 tons, Palms, Asparagus Sprengerii, and even Roses in Jadoo in- 

 duced us to order a ton of you some time ago. We have used it 

 with gratifying results on various plants and are so highly pleased 

 with it that we wish you to send us another ton at once, as we have 

 a lot of valuable new Cannas waiting for it now. 



We have not used Jadoo as indistriniinatcly as Dthers, and 

 therefcjrc, we think our success with it can be attributed to careful 

 judgment as to watering. 



.\s the ni.itcri.il retains 200 per cent, more water than ordinary 

 putting suil, the plants grown in it shuuld and must be watered less 

 frequentiv; the )iots slmuld also be of much smaller si/e. In these 

 two items alone the saving in labor and space is very great and fully 

 covers the extra cost of material 



Seedlings uf .Vsp.iragus .Sprcngeri do wonderfully well in it, 

 even when grown in small paper |iots (another saving of space), 

 when reiiotting we use only one-half Jadoo and one-half soil — for 

 Cannas we use one-third Jadoo — for fancy leaf Caladiums one-half 

 snil and Jadoo. The latter grow vigorously in it and the colors 

 are iniic li brighter. 



We would not recommend Jadoo if we did not think it of benefit 

 to the grower. ^■nurs very respectfully, 



(Signed) A.' HLANC & CO. 



m Send for oor new printed matter. 



The American Jadoo Co., 



j 817 rairmount Avenue, 



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SPECIAL OFFER. 



Altcriiautlicra, rt-d and \ t'lluw, li.'j-iiicli 2;jr 



.Mternantlit-ra. from Hats IJ^c 



Scarlet Sage, from tiats 2c 



\'erbenas. 3-incli 3c 



Goldt-n Pyrethrum. 2?4-inch 2c 



Centaurea Gymnocarpa. 3-inch ic 



Cineraria Maritima, from flats Ic 



Clirysantheniums — Niveus, Mrs. G. West. 

 Mrs. Twomlilev. Mrs. j. Jones. Mrs. 

 Whilldin. Apollo. Mnie. Bergman. M. 

 Henderson. Gloriosum. Dawn, Good Gra- 

 cious, Fres. Smith, 2^/3 -inch 3c 



.Ml the above art- slrtmtj healtliv stock. 



H. STEIXTMETZ, BAI.EIGH, N. C. 



BUY... 



From the advertisers in the Florists' 

 Review (always mentioning the pa- 

 per) and thus increase the earning 

 power of your Certificate. 



FUCHSIAS. 



We must unload to make room for our Roses 

 for Cuttings. For ten da>s we will sell — 



2-inch 100, $2.00; 500. $9.00 ; 1,000, $17.00 



4-jnch 100. ,s.00; 500. 35.00; 1,000, tj5.00 



Nearly all in bud. Earliest varieties are in bloom . 



FISHER & SON, 



GALION, O. 



FLORISTS' STOCK 



OF BEDDING 

 PLANTS. 



.A.lternantheras, Coleus. Geraniums, Pansies, 

 Daisies, Verbenas. Fuchsias. Salvias, etc. 

 Write for prices. Florists are invited to look over 



our stock when in Milwaukee. 



ARCHIE MIDDLEMASS, 

 1019 Forest Home Ave.. MILWAtKEE, Wis. 



IVlention Florists' Review wiien writing advertisers. 



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