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The Florists^ Review 



April 8, 1920 



The Marinelli Carnations 



Perpetual Giant Flowering of French Origin 



The latest and most amazing introduction of Carnations and an entirely new departure 



OVER lOO DIFFERENT VARIETIES 



Awarded a Gold Medal and Certificate of Merit at the Seventh International 

 Flower Show, New York, March, 1920. 



ORDERS 



Are now being accepted for small plants in 2-inch and 2 >^ -inch pots, for Dec^m^ 

 ber or later delivery, of Merveille Francaise and Le Miracle. \ 



MERVEILLE FRANCAISE 



The largest Carnation in the world. 



Color, flesh with pink stripes and spots. ' 



The flower, fully developed, forms a perfect ball of 

 astounding size, measuring in most cases from 

 7 to 9 >^ -inches across (over top). 



Free from disease. 



Unlike other large flowering or Malmaison type of 

 Carnations, every shoot forms immediately a 

 flowering stem. 



The stems are 18 to 24 inches long. 



It has a spicy fragrance. 



The flowers can be kept from seven to fourteen 

 days after being cut. 



Excellent shipper. 



The cuttings root easily. 



Make ideal pot plants. 



In fact, a 100% Carnation with the greatest prop- 

 agating possibilities for obtaining any number 

 of different colors- of same type. 



LE MIRACLE 



The most remarkable color ever obtained, being purple 

 lavender in Winter and shady position, changing to a 

 variegation of colors in Spring and Summer. 



Possesses all the qualities of Merveille Francaise except 

 the flowers are not quite so large and of a somewhat 

 different form. 



Oyer 10,000 cot flowers have been sold at a standardized price of 50c each in New York City alone (vrliolesale) 



and $1.00 each retail. 



Prices for small plants in 2 or 2ia-inch pots for private trade have been accepted at: 



Twelve Plants $4.00 each 



Fifty Plants 3.00 each 



I now offer these plants in 2 or 2i<2-iDch pots to the Wholesale Trade in 100 lots at $1.00 each and special prices for 

 larger quantities, or outright for one or another variety, on application. 



One Plant $5.00 each 



Six Plants 4.50 each 



These prices may seem exaggerated, but will be found 

 exceedingly cheap in comparison to the following facts 

 and figures: 



Twenty-five years' experience in growing Large Flower- 

 ing Carnations. 



Six years "Americanizing" Plants to obtain the proper 

 results. 



Thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) invested. 



Three hundred varieties used as foundation to work upon. 



One hundred varieties still under consideration— and 



You can derive the benefit of all this work and expend- 

 iture by purchasing 



lOO PLANTS 



of the two greatest varieties ever produced in the world- 

 one for size and the other for color, and have immediately 

 a vyonderful foundation to work upon with endless possi- 

 bilities of obtaining other new and perhaps still more 

 amazing varieties through propagating, etc., outside of 

 the Cut Flower returns, at the 



Ridiculously Low Figure of $100.00 



H. B. MARINELU, Ji'J^Zn Montvale, N. J. 



P. S.— The following true and authentic words quoted by a man who stood dazzled for about five minutes in front of the 



Exhibit at the International Flower Show may give an idea of the impression created: 



"This appears to me like someone who dreamt about some fantastic, never-seen nor heard-of 

 Carnations in size and colors, and getting up in the morning, he finds them in reality." 



