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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Maiciii 12. 1003. 



BAKERSTOWN, PA. 



The tendency among tlie large grow- 

 ers to transfer their ranges into the 

 country )ias been well exemplified by 

 Mr. Fred Burki, who within the past 

 eighteen montlis has built a modern 

 range of houses in Bakerstown. a station 

 on the P. & W, R. K... within eighteen 

 miles of Pittsburg. A more ideal place 

 for the purpose he could not pos.sibl.v 

 have cho.sen. His farm, consisting of 

 210 acres. 70 of which are timljered. pre- 

 sents all the advantages of high ground. 

 ii lich loamy soil, plenty of water, and 

 last but not least, plenty of sunshine, 

 pure air, and no .smoke from the Pitts 

 Inirg iron mills or coke furnaces. 



Like all progressive business men, who 

 hold that the best is invariably the 

 cheapest in the end, and prompted by 

 personal experience, Mr. Burki has l)uill 

 a range of six houses that may well rank 

 with the best and most modern struc- 

 tures of the kind to be seen an.vwhere in 

 the United States. They are divided into 

 two sections, the three carnation houses, 

 each ;i.50x25, being .separated from the 

 rose houses by a distance of 300 feet, 

 although the steam pipes lead to both 

 phu-es, supplying the heat from th<' two 

 great boilers, each 2.50 horse-power. 



Tlie rose houses are but three in num 

 her tlius far, but their (limensions may 

 give some idea of the quantity of roses 

 that, couhl 1k> crown here. Two of these 

 cover 400x28, and the third one 450x,")0. 

 Tiled iMMiches, iron frames, iron posts, 

 etc, will about describe the condition of 

 these structures. And this is but tlie 

 nucleus of what promises to l«>couie one 

 of the largest places in the (ountry. Kx 

 tensive additions will be made during 

 the coming s])ring and summer, and with 

 the Bellevue range of houses — over 100,- 

 000 feet of glass — which in the course 

 of another year, or a year and a half, 

 are to be transferred to Bakerstown. a 

 big slice of the farm bids fair to he 

 covered with glass. 



A stroll through the himses pioved of 

 more than passing interest. Here hot'' 

 carnations and roses thrive as nowhere 

 else in the vicinity of Pitlsl)urg. Among 

 ))inks. such varieties as ]yi)wson. Mar- 

 quis. Higinliotham, Floriana, Xelson. Do- 

 rothy and Cressbrook are grown I'l quan- 

 tity, and nowhere else in my travels 

 have I seen them better. In" scarlets. 

 Ksttdle takes the lead, with Hector as 

 a close second, though Mrs, Potter J'al- 

 nier ami Apollo do e(|ually well. Hector 

 is now but little known and but few 

 grow it. From the first, however, it 

 ailajited itself to Mr, Burki's soil and 

 proved a fine paying variety, (iaiety. 

 Bradt and .Stella constitute the only 

 three fancies, and serve the purpose ad- 

 mirably. In white, there is Queen Txni 

 ise for quantity, Lorna, Alba and White 

 Cloud for both quality and quantity. In 

 whites. Peru an<l Norway are equally in 

 trim here. It g(;es without saying that 

 the best varieties of this year's intro- 

 duction will be given a fair trial. 



In roses. Brides, ilaids, Perles, .Me- 

 teors, C'usins and Baldwin are grown to 

 perfection. It may seem too broad an as- 

 sertion, hut I doubt not that anyone, hav- 

 ing seen Mr. Burki's roses, can help but 

 substantiate it. Nor has he any less 

 success with American Beauties, which 

 at the time I saw them presented a sight 

 fit for the gods. X. 



CARNATIONS. 



FINK. 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Lawson $200 $15.(10 



Guardian Angel 1.25 10.00 



Joost 1.25 10.00 



Genevieve Lord 1.25 10.00 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Harlowarden S12.00 $100.00 



Adonis 14.00 120.00 



Estelle 3-00 25 00 



Crane 2 50 20.00 



Well Roofed 

 Cuttings 



NOW RESDY 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Nelson $5.00 $40.00 



Crefsbrook 4.00 30.00 



Triumph 1.25 10.00 



Higinbotham 5.00 40.00 



Morning Glory 2.00 15.00 



BED. 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Pahner $4.00 $30.00 



Mrs.L.Ine 1.25 10.00 



Chicago (Red Bradt) 2.M 20.00 



'WHITE. 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Flora Hill $150 $12.50 



Queen Louise 2.00 15.00 



Peru 1,25 10.00 



Bon Hninnie Richard 1.25 10.00 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Murphy's White $6.00 $50.00 



Hoosier Maid 1.25 10.00 



■White Cloud 1.25 10.00 



•VABIEGATED,— Bradt $2.50 per 100 $2ii.00 per 1000 



I.A'WSON BOOTED CUTTIUQS, from black soil, $2.00 per 100 : $15.00 per 1000. 



'WELL ROOTED CUTTINGS. 

 STRONG AND HEALTHY. 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Bride $1.50 $12 50 



Bridesmaid 1.50 12.50 



Sunrise 6.00 50.00 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Perle $1.50 $12..50 



Golden Gate 1.50 12.50 



Ivory 3.00 25.00 



BOSE PL ANTS from 2>^-iach pots 

 Per 100 Per 1000 



Pierre De Netting $8.00 $7.=> 00 



Sunrise 7.00 65.00 



American Beauty 6.00 55 00 



Kaiserin 4.00 S5.00 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Ivory $4.00 $35.00 



Bridesmaid 3.00 ^'i.oo 



Bride 3.00 25.00 



Golden Gate 3.00 25.00 



Perle 3.00 25.00 



American Beauties, 3-inch pots $7.00 per 100 : $65.00 per 1000. 



All stock sold under express condition that if not satisfactory 

 it is to be returned immediately when money will be refunded. 



PETER REINBERG, 



51 Wabash 

 Ave., 



CHICAGO. 



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VERBENAS. 



We are the largest growers of Verbenas in the country and 

 those who buy of us are sure to get plants and rooted cut- 

 tings perfectly healthy and free from rust. 60 varieties. 

 Rooted Cuttings, 60c per 100; SS, 00 per 1000 ; $4V0O per 10,000. Plants, $2..50 perlOO; $20.0C per 1000. 



■WTiite. Per 100 



Queen Louise $2.00 



Lorua 2 50 



Norway 2.00 



Good Enough 2.00 



Hoosier Maid 2.00 



White Cloud 1.50 



Flora Hill 1.50 



Bed. 



Mrs. Potter Palmer 4,00 



J. H. Manley 5.00 



Oriole 4.00 



G.H.Crane 200 



Jubilee 1 50 



Portia 1.25 



CARNATIONS. 



Fink. Per 100 



Floriana $2.00 



Mrs. Higinbotham 5.00 



Cressbrook 4.00 



Mrs, E. A, Nelson 4.00 



Mrs. Thos. Lawson 3.00 



Dorothy 2.00 



Irene 2.00 



Sunbeam 2.50 



Morning Glory 1.50 



Marquis 1.25 



Genevieve Lord 1.25 



Mrs. ,Toost 26 



Daybreak ^.25 



Wm. Scott 1.25 



Crocker 1.25 



Crimson. Per 100 



Harry Fenn $5.00 



Gov. Roosevelt 2.50 



Gen. Maceo 1.50 



Tellow. 



Buttercup 3.00 



GoldNugget 2.00 



Eldorado 1.25 



■Variegated, 



Dorothy Whitney 6.00 



Prosperity 2.60 



Mrs. G. M. Bradt 3.00 



Armazindy 1.25 



PD ACTCn DnCCC <^"r Grafted Rofes are fine, bushy plants and grown in 3 and 3Xmcb 

 UnHr I CU nUOuOi pots, orders taken now for delivery in May, June and July. 



Bridesmaid. Bride. Golden Gate, Kaiserin, $15.00 per 100. Ivory, Liberty, $18.00 per 100. 



Send for circular 



J. L DILLON, BLOOMSBURC, PA. 



Be .sure to have a strong adv, in our 

 Special Spring Number. 



Rooted 

 Cuttings. 



GOLDEN BEDDER, / 



""^^^fR^^B^^S^--^"-'- 



Ready for iunnediate shipment. 



FRANK A. PIERSON, 



CROMWELL, CONN. 



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The Florists' Hail Association 



has paid over $S4.000 for glass broken by 



bail during the past 15 years. For particulars 



Address JOHN G. ESlEft, Sec'y. SADDLE RIVER. N. J. 



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Carnations ""tL,. 



Ches.Hbrook-loCO per 100: $40 00 per 1000. 

 rli!illeiiKer-$5 00 p.-r 100; $1U 00 per 1000. 

 Fair Maid-»t>.t0 per lOti: t,iU.OU per lOOO. 

 500 at thousand rate 

 Other varieties priced on application. 



C. Warburton, Fail River, Mass. 



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MODEL EXTENSION 



Carnation Supports. 



ALSO 



Wire Rose Stakes and Tying Wire. 



Igoe Bros., ^Wi^^li^SHilL Brooklyn, N. Y. 



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