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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



January 1, 1903. 



GLASS, ETC. 



We moke a Rpeclal greenhouse putty. Price 

 on applicHtlon. Lord & Burnham Co., Irvlngton- 



on-Huds on. N- Y. 



Importers and J<.bl)ers of greeuhouse glass. 

 WHEBLER-STENZEL CO.. 

 311 Sudhury St., Boston, Mass^ 



Florists' Specialties In Glass. Paliit and Putty. 



Instructive advertlslug free for the asking. 

 Write JOHN LDCAS & CO.. Pbll.idelphla. Pa. 



Greenhouse glass and putty a specialty. C. S. 

 Weber & Co.. 10 Desbrusses St., New York. 



Greenhouse glass n specialty, Sprague, Smith 

 Co., 207-2ii!l Randolph St.. Chicago. 



no middleman a 



We are maoufacturers — 



""•^ a c. POLLWORTH CO ^^MUwaukee^WU^ 

 Reed & Keller, 122 W. 2&th~StZ~New York, 

 ManXcturers of WlreJ>cslgns^ . 



H. Hunt. 76-78 Wabash Ate.. CbUago. 



DBEEK'S 



ST. PAUL. 



;iU fiivov- 



BUSINES9 BRINGERS— 



REVIEW Classifled Advs 



HOSE. 



Good Hose. J. G. & A. Esler. Saddle River. N. J. 

 Penn Rubber Co.. 6n,S Arch St.. Phlla.. Pa. 



INSECTICIDES. 



Use SULPHO-TOBACCO SOAP and have clean, 

 healthy plants. Sample cake free if you men- 

 tion The Florists' Review. 



LAR KIX SOAP CO.. Buffalo. N. Y. 



Send for a 5-!b. trial pkg. of our TOBACCO 

 POWDER. Our booklet tells of It. Write 

 Dept. n. for It. 



H. A. Stoothoff Co., 116 West St., New York. 



DUNNITE. a formula for preventing and rem- 

 edying BLACK SPOT on rose plants. Write us. 



Dunn e & Co.. 54 West 3nth St.. New York. 



Rose Leaf E.\tract of Tobacco will save you 

 money. For free booklet write KENTUCKY 

 TOBAC CO PRODUCT CO.. Louisville. Ky. 



Tobacco stems, fresh and strong, bale of 300 

 lbs.. 51.50, W. C- Beckert. Allegheny, Pa. 



To kill all greenhouse pests use NICOTICIDE. 

 TOBACCO WAREHOUSING and TRADING CO., 

 1002 Magnolia Ave.. lyouisvllle. Ky. 



cold, CUt- 

 every- 



MISTLETOE. 



Mistletoe. Daily shipmenta fresh from the 

 trees. Lb.. 20c; 10 lbs.. $1.90; 25 lbs.. $4.50. 



W. W. BARNARD & CO., 

 161-163 KInzie St., Chicago, 



Mistletoe, large bunches, well-berried, p' 

 bbl. of about 25 lbs., $2.00; 6 bbls for $10.00. 

 Cash. 



McAd ams & Cowell. Florists. Ft. Worth. Tpt 



Finest, well-berried MISTLETOE. 10 lbs,. 

 $1.50, F. O. B. Larger (juantlties at cheaper 

 prices. MRS GEO. J. STARR. Wilson. N. C. 



POTS. 



Standard Pots. We are now ready to Bupply 

 a superior quality ot pots In unlimited quanti- 

 ties. Catalogues and price lists furnished on 

 application. 



A. H. Hews & Co. . North Camhridge. Mass. 



Standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses 



are within 5(m miles of the Capital, write us: 



, we can save you money. W. H. Ernest, 28tb 



and M Sts.. N. E.. Washington. D. C. 



Flower Pots. Before buying write us for 

 prices. Geo. Keller & Son. 361-363 Hemdon St. 

 (near Wrlgbt wood Ave.). Chicago. 



Red pots. Write for prices and sample pot. 

 Colesburg Pottery Co., Colesburg. Iowa. 



Those RED pots. The right kind. 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee. Wis. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS, ~ 



Sphagnum moss of first quality. Can ship at a 

 moment's notice — 2 bales, $1.50; 10-baIe Iota. 

 JBOO. Z. K. Jewett & Co.. Sparta. Wis. 



Sphagnum moss, 50c per bag; $1.00 per bbl. 

 n. M. Robinson & Co., 32 Court Sq.. Boston. 

 Mass. 



Spha^ium Moss. Write for prlr-es on large 

 quantities. Crowl Fern Co., Mllllngton, Mass, 



SQUIRRELS. 



SQUIRRELS FOR SALE. Gray squirrels, 

 $3.00 pair. Flying and small red pine squirrels, 

 $2.00 pair. Send for large catalogue. 



Schmid's Florists' Supply House, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, 



TIN FOTl 



American brand FLORIST FOIL— The stand- 

 ard foil of America. 

 John J. Crooke Co.. 186 Grand St., New York. 



If tlie wealher had bfcn ^^t 

 able Christmas trade would have been 

 a record breaker. As it was it was 

 fullv equal to last year, while some 

 firms report a very substantial increase 

 over anv previous record. 



It started in fair ilonday, was colder 

 Tuesdav, \qiut« blizzardy Wednesday, 

 while Thursday morning a 

 tino- northwest wind congealed 

 thiS'', freezing planUs, flowers and driv- 

 ers alike. Deliveries were tedious and 

 slow and complaints of frozen plants, 

 numerous. 



Greens were plentiful and sold reatl- 

 ily thoush there was a noticeable fall- 

 in,^ otf "in large orders, Lycopodiura 

 was in good demand, with just enough 

 to TO round. Holly was of good qual- 

 ity "and abundant. Holly wreaths sold 

 pxceedinglv well and nearly every one 

 cleaned out on 'this class of goods. JUs- 

 tletoe was of excellent quality and m 

 bi- demand, so that everything sold out 

 clean. There was some call for wild 

 smiUix and gray and green moss but 

 needle pines were uncalled for and un- 

 sold. Altogether the green trade was 

 most satisfactory. 



In cut flowers roses were most con- 

 spicuous by their absence. While Me- 

 teors were of fair quality and in fair 

 supply, other roses were way otT and 

 very- scarce. Beauties sold l>etter than 

 at any time for several years and 

 enouo-h "ood stixk could not lie liad 

 Carnations were the redeeming featur. 

 of the trade. Ix-ing of good quality, 

 fairlv abundant and selling 

 bringing all the way from 

 $•2 50 per dozen. Violets 

 taken at $i.00 per 100. 



WIRE WORK. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work In the west. McKellar & WInterson, 



45, 47, 49 Wabash Ave,, Chicago. 



Wired toothpicks. 10.000 $1.50; 50,000, $6.25 

 Sample free. For sale by dealers. 



W. J. COWEB. Berlin, N. Y. 



Emll Stetfens, Manufacturer ot Florists' Wire 

 Designs, 336 East 2lBt St., New York. 



feature 

 itv, 

 ell, 

 ,$1,00 to 

 were eagerly 

 while valley, 

 Romans "and paper whites helpe<l to 

 make up the poor man's box of as- 

 sorted flowers. 



There was a better display than us- 

 ual of blooming plants. Azaleas, cin- 

 erarias, poinsettias. primulas and cycla- 

 men all sold well. A few baskets with 

 plants were seen but the majority of 

 buyers preferred choice flowers to 



plants. 



Shipping trade broke all records, but 

 the intense cold delayed trains, froze 

 flowers, disappointed customers and de- 

 moralized business in general. One 

 firm has claims against the express 

 companies aggregating .$200 for delayed 

 and frozen shipments. We will all 



await with interest the outcome of the 

 claims. Two shipments of violets from 

 Grand Rapids came in Friday morning, 

 having been three days on the way. 



One' leading firm lost nearly 100 

 poinsettias by freezing, another pai-ty 

 lost two dozen palms in a church by 

 freezing. 



Since the florists' minds have been 

 diverted from Christmas by cold 

 weather the coal question becomes the 

 uppermost theme. About the only thing 

 in the fuel line obtainable now is Illi- 

 nois coal and even this may run short. 



Arnold Ringier was in town Satur- 

 day and was mistaken for J. J. Hill, 

 the railroad king. 



L. L. Jlay & Co. have issued a series 

 of very neat and attractive calendars. 



X. Y. Z. 



RELIABLE 



FLOWER 



SEEDS. 



Dreer's Superb Double rringed Petunia, 



FLOWER SEEDS 



Which should be STARTED EARLY. 



Alyssnm, 



All new (l'.K)2) crop and of finest quality. For 

 complete ,ist see our New Wholesale Price 

 List iufct issued. Send for it if you do not 

 havea.opy. Trade Pkt. 0=!. 



Aseratum, Blue Perfection dark. 8 .15 8 .50 



■ Copes Pet. light 15 .35 



Little Gem, verydwarf. .lO 



Tom Thumb, erect .JO 



Sweet, trailine •• -lO 



Aster, Queen of the Market, in 



white, pink, crimson or purple . .^u 

 Aster.Queenof the Market, finest 



mixed «- 



Centanrea candidissima ^^ 



gymuocarpa ^° 



Cineraria marilima ^" 



Coboea seandens '■^ 



Cyclamen per. giganteum in separate colors. 



75C per 100 seeds ; 86 Oo per 1000 seeds. 

 Cyclamen per, giganteum. finest mixed. 60c per 



100 seeds ; 85 00 per 1000 seeds. 



Dahlia. 20th Century, the new o«'h''5-fl;'""f''' 

 single. 17c per pkt,: .^pkt8.,76c; 12pkt8., 



'^•'°' Trade Pkt 



.35 



as 



,30 

 15 



.60 



.50 



1 50 



.35 



20 



.30 



.8 .10 



Oz. 

 8 30 

 .40 

 2.00 



.59 

 1.35 



.50 

 ,40 



Oz. 



Dracaena indivif a " •^" 



Grevillea rol.usta ...... -.-••• " 



Heliotrope, Lemome s faiant ^v* 



Ipomoea grandiflora (Moon 



Flower) " 



Iiobelia, Crystal Palace compacta .30 

 speciosa. dark blue. 



trailing 1° 



gracilis, light blue. 



trailing 1" 



Petunia. Dreers Superb Double Fringed the 



best. 500 see.ls. 75c; 1000 seeds. 81 50. 

 Petunia, Dreer's Supeib Single Fringed, 5Cc 



per trade pkt. a-^adePkl, 



Pyrethrum aureum (Golden _ ,„ 



Featherj * ^" 



Salvia splendens 'Scarlet Sage) 



splendens. Bonfire 



Smilaz, per lb. 83 50... 



Solanam t'apsicastrvim (Jerusa 



lem Cherry) ■ •• 



Stock, large flowering, 10-week, 



separate colors ■• •*" 



Stock, large flowering. 10-week, 



Hnest mixed 



Verbena, Dreer's Mammoth, in 

 pink, white, purple, scarlet and 



striped 



'Ver'bena, finest mixed 



'Tinea rosea, alba, alba pura — 

 finest mixed 



- 714 Chestnut St., 



1, Philadelphia. 



