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TheWeekly Florists' Review^ 



February 5, 1903. 



BALTIMORE. 



Various Items. 



The weather history of the week end- 

 ing today (February 2) is clouds and 

 fogs and Vains, the mercury scarcely fall- 

 ing day or night to the freezing point, 

 but with infrequent glimpses of Old 

 Sol's shining face. From this it may be 

 naturally inferred that good stuff con- 

 tinues scarce, but there is a perceptible 

 increase in shipments. Violets appear 

 a thing of past history, though, as if 

 to give this a flat denial, there is one 

 shipper who sends to the Florists' Ex- 

 change as fine flowers as ever found their 

 way thither, showing the default is not 

 entirely due to the clouds and heavy 

 precipitation of the season. Roses lack 

 ■ color, size and stem ; but here, too, there 

 are exceptions enough to prove the rule. 

 Isaac H. JJoss is marketing now some 

 fine Ivory, but he seems about our only 

 grower who produces the variety. 



Carnations do not as yet come up to 

 the average either in quality or supply. 

 Whites are noticeably deficient. There 

 was a brisk demand on some sides for 

 the divine flower on McKinley day, but 

 other stores report sales below what they 

 had been led to expect. A fine vase of 

 Enchantress, a sort not much seen here 

 as yet, was lately on show in Mr. Halli- 

 day's window, but the color is not a 

 popular one in this immediate bailiwick 

 ■ — savoring too much of old Daybreak. 



One of our older florists recently point- 

 ed out a change of the current in trade 

 between this city and Washington. 

 Some fifteen years ago a numl)er of our 

 storekeepers, when local supplies proved 

 short, would get into the train and run 

 over to the Capitol city for flowers. 

 Now much more stuff' goes thither each 

 week from here tlian is received. 



The coal famine has its back broken. 

 Supplies are increasing, prices tumb- 

 ling. As the daj's lengthen and the sun 

 gains power, we all congratulate our- 

 selves that the season of distress and 

 uneasiness is about over — let us hope, 

 never to return! B. 



BUTTE, MONT. 



Never before in the history of the 

 northwest has there been such an 

 amount of funeral work turned out in 

 so short a space of time. From .January 

 1 up to date, January 28, the Butte 

 Floral Co. has turned out .$;?.. ")U0 worth 

 of funeral work alone. Law Brothers 

 have been busy and report business 

 good, with stock very scarce. 



The Florists' Club met on the 24th. 

 appointed a committee on by-laws, and 

 arranged for a good time at our next 

 meeting. ilr. Siffel. who has charge 

 of the Columbia Gardens, had some fine 

 Prosperity and Potter Palmer carna- 

 tions to show the boys. He invited the 

 club to hold its second meeting at the 

 Columbia Gardens, offering to furnish 

 transportation. Tlie invitation was ac- 

 cepted by the club and it is expected 

 that all who attend will have a good 

 time. The club is a decided success, as 

 nothing else could bring the boys to- 

 gether as the club has done. We will 

 meet again February 7. 



Rambler. 



KiNLOCir. Mo. — The Goodwood Floral 

 Co. has just completed another carna- 

 tion house. 20x.50 feet. 



THE ri.OBIBTS' MANUAI.. 

 A Reference Book for Commercial Florists 



Ghicasio Carnation Co., Joliet, III. 



PRICE I.IST OF NEW VARIETIES 



ROOTED CUTTINGS. 



Per 100 



HARIiOWARDEN— Crimson $12 00 



MARSHALL FIELD— Variegated 12.00 



HER MAJESTY— White 10.00 



ADONIS-Scarlet (Hill) 14.00 



FRES McKINLEY-Cerise (Orave) 12.00 



MURPHY'S WHITE (Murphy) 6.00 



LILLIAN POND-White (Renter) 10 00 



PENELOPE— White (Dorner) 5.00 



SIBYL-Cerise (Dorner) 12 00 



STANDARD VARIETIES Per 100 



MRS. HIGINBOTHAM-Tbe best and most profitable pink $5.00 



MRS. E. A. NELSON — Beautiful, large, clear pink, strong stem, gaining 



more admirers every day 6.00 



CRESSBROOK— Pink, a shade darker than Nelson 5 00 



COW. WOLCOTT— White, strong stem, fine form, good keeper 5.00 



QUEEN LOUISE— White, very free , 3.00 



LORN A— White, largest and one of the best 3.00 



NORWAY — White, large, best stem and best keeper 2.0O 



MRS. POTTER PALM ER-Scarlet, the best we ever grew 5.00 



ESTELLE— Scarlet, ideal color, free and grown more than any other 4.00 



PROSPERITY— The largest and most fancy variety of all 2.50 



CAI ETY— Variegated 5.00 



To give satisfaction is our aim. 

 Write for the best Illustrated Carnation Catalogue ever published. 



PerlOOO 

 8100 00 



10 o 00 



80 00 



120 00 



100.00 



50.0O 



75.00 



40.00 



100.00 



PerlOOO 



$15.00 



50.00 

 40.00 

 40.00 

 25.00 

 25.00 

 15.00 

 45.00 

 30.00 

 20.00 

 40.00 



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NEW CARNATIONS. 



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Gov. Lowndes, tine large commercial white ; Enchantress, 

 Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt, Harlowarden, Sibyl, Marshall Field, 

 President McKinley, White Bradt, Fragrance, $2.60 per 

 doz.; $12.00 per loo; $100.00 per looo. 



Iioz. 100 1000 I Doz. 100 1000 



Adonis $3 00 $14 00 $120.00 Lillian Pond... .82.00 $10 00 876 00 



Her Majesty.. 2 00 10 00 80 OO I Innocence 6 00 50.00 



othkb i.K.\niNr, nkw and STAxn.\RD vaeieties. 



We have a large stock of the leading new varieties. 

 Prompt delivery March 1 or earlier. Send for complete 

 list of new and standard varieties, now ready. 



Chrysanthemums 



jJj^WEBER &^SON^,^ O^^^ 



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CARNATION CITTINGS 



NOVELTIES. 



QUBEir— A coming commercial white $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100: 875.00 per 1000 



TIQBB— A fine fancy variety 150 10.00 " 76.00 



STANDARD VARIETIES. 



Flora Hill, white : Mrs F. Joost, pink : Gen. Maceo, crimson : O. H, Crane, scarlet : 



Mrs. Lippincott, 



LEO NIESSEN, 



Prosperity, fancy. 

 N. W. cor. 13th and Filbert Streets, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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A PURE WHITE of fine form and fraerrance. 



Borne on long, stiff stems. The largest White Carnation 

 on the market. Order at once. All orders taken now 

 for February delivery. 

 Prices- 12. 81.50; 25.83.00; 50.85.00; 100.810.00; 

 250, 823.00; 500, 837.50; 1000, 875.00. 



S. J. REUTER, Westerly, R. I. 



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Mrs. Fisher Carnation... 



For Summer blooming, 

 stock ill 2-inch. 



Some extra fine 



BOSTON FERNS. 2^. y, 4. 5, 6. 7, 8 and 10-inch. 

 PLUMOSUS and SFRENGERI. 

 GERANIUMS, In 21^-Ineli. all colors. 



write- GEO. A. KIHL, Pekin, III. 



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CARNATION "TIGER 



Six sample blooms wJU be sent Xree 



if you pay express charges. 



12 for 81.50: »10 per 100; «75 per 1000. 



Rooted Cutting^s Ready Now^. 



HENRY EICHHOLZ, Waynesboro, Pa. 



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