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The Florists' Review 



January 11, 1917. 



NURSERY STOCK for Florists' Trade 



rRUIT TREES. ORNAMENTAL TREES. SHRUBS. SMALL FRUITS. ROSES. CLEMATIS. PHLOX. PEONIES. HERBACEOUS 

 PERENNIALS. AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII. CAUFORNIA PRIVET. BARBERRY THUNBEROII 



Writ* for our wboloaal* trmAm list 



70 YEARS w. & T. SMITH COMPANY «>«>o acres 



OKNXVA. NKW YORK 



The retail stores which cater to the 

 more exclusive trade seem to have beeu 

 the busiest, as there has been much do- 

 ing in a social way. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club held a meeting 

 January 2 to nominate officers for the 

 ensuing year. There was a good crowd 

 present. Among the exhibits was Merry 

 Christmas, the new red carnation of 

 Baur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis. It 

 has a splendid, large flower, good color 

 and good stem, C. F. Guenther, of 

 Hamburg, N. Y., sent Chrysanthemum 

 Hamburg Late White. It is a good 

 flower for this season of the year, but 

 many think chrysanthemums should end 

 with the season, about Thanksgiving. 

 There were exhibits of pot-grown petu- 

 nias and orchids from private growers. 



Henry Meuschke read a paper on the 

 faker problem at the last meeting, and 

 this was brought up for discussion. E. 

 McCallum read a paper in which he 

 called attention to the fact that there 

 were many grades of fakers in the flower 

 business, and that the man who sold 

 flowers more cheaply than another was 

 a faker in the eyes of the one who did 

 not sell flowers so cheaply. There was 

 a place for each and a class for each 

 to sell to, said Mr. McCallum, the same 

 as in every other line of business. He 

 believes that the low-price man does 

 not hurt the high-class florist, for when 

 a buyer wants a good thing he goes to 

 a good store to get it. 



One speaker thought that destroying 

 the cheaper flowers, or the surpluses, 

 would have a tendency to limit flower 

 buying to the wealthy, and keep the 

 people of the lower plane from enjoy- 

 ing a few flowers, such as they could 

 buy from the street boys for a few 

 pennies. 



Of course, the commission men took 

 the ground that their shippers expect- 

 ed them to realize every cent possible 

 on shipments. They had no right to 

 dispose of the flowers except to sell 

 them, and the street venders are the 

 only ones who could possibly dispose 

 of the immense cuts which come in 

 times of a glut. The street men can 

 do this because they take the flowers 

 to the people, while the storcmen must 

 wait until the people come to the stores. 



Various Notes. 



One of the principal topics among 

 wholesalers and retailers is: What are 

 we going to do about the express com- 

 panies? Each year they seem to get 

 worse and this Christmas was the limit, 

 as one could neither get shipments in 

 nor out, and never before were the com- 

 panies known to absolutely refuse ship- 

 ments. Perhaps the S. A. F. will take 

 this matter up at the next convention. 



J. Higgins, who has been on the sick 

 list since Christmas day, is back on the 

 job. He looks badly used up, but is 

 glad to have escaped a case of pneu- 

 monia. 



Fred Burki has gone to Florida to 



HILL'S CHOICE LANDSCAPE, DECORATIVE 

 and FORCING STOCK tor FLORISTS' TRADE 



BOXWOODS— PTramlds, Standards, Olobea, Bush. Dwarf— one of oar leading ape- 

 clalUes. Stocked In enormouB qaantltlea. 



BAY TREES— Standards, Half-standards, Pyramids. We can save you money and 

 KlTe better quality. Let ns prove It. 



HABDT TUBBED ETEROREENS— Clipped specimens In Taxus, Thnyas, Jnnl- 

 pems, Abies varieties. In Pyramids, Qlobes and natural shaped In large assortment. 



▲BAUCABIAS— Best sorts, best valnes. In both small and large sizes, for Immediate 

 effects and growing on. 



LANDSCAPE EVERGREENS AND CONIFERS— New, rare and standard 

 varieties. Small, medlnm and large sizes supplied In perfect specimens, with ball 

 and burlap. Largest and most extensive collection In America. 



FORCING STOCK— Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Aucubas, Sklmmia Japonlca, Hy- 

 drangeas, Lilacs, Spiraeas, Magnolias, Japanese Maples, Wistaria Ohinensls, Japanese 

 Flowering Cherry, Peonies, Koaes, In large assortment, choicest quality, best com- 

 mercial sorts. 



WINDOW-BOX PLANTS— Hardy Coniferous Evergreens for winter use. All hardy 

 and desirable sorts, best selection, lowest prices. Also Bush Box and Dwarf Edging. 

 This line offers wide-awake florists grand opportunity to Increase their sales and 

 profits. 



DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS— Our leaders-Norway Maple, American 

 White Elm and Japanese Barberry. 



TOUN6 STOCK FOR LINING OUT— Ornamental Evergreens and Deciduous 

 Trees and Shrub Seedlings, rooted cuttings, grafts, etc., in large assortment, at 

 very low prices. Annual output, 10,000/100 plants. 



Wholesale price list wiU be 

 maUed promptly on request. 



Write for Information 

 and prices today- 



THE D. HILL HURSERY COUPJINY, Inc. 



KTSR6REEN SPECIALISTS D^. AiX'i miKirkCC Iff 



LARGEST GROWERS IN AMERICA DOX 'iXtO, UUnUEiCi, ILiLi. 



WHOLESALE QROWERS AND IMPORTERS 



STOCK FOR FORCING 



ROSES, Holland grown. Readynow. Extra heavy budded stock. 



CRIMSON BABY RAMBLER ERNA TESCHENDORFF 



4 to 7 branches. the best of all pot roses. 4 to 7 



$2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100 branches. $2.60 per doz.; $18.00 per 100 



Standard Roses, 18-in. stem, 6 branches and up. 2 grafts set opposite 

 each other, making a symmetrical head. They sell well when in bloom at 

 Easter. You can make money with them at that price, $4.00 per doz.; $30.00 

 per 100, Varieties same as above. 



BOXWOOD, yes, Pearson's Money worth Quality, good shape and heavy 

 bushes. Ball and burlap, 18-in., 50c each, $4,50 per doz,; 24-in„ $1.00 each. 

 $9.00 per doz.; 30-in,. $1,25 each, $10,00 per doz. Packing free; cash with order. 



PETER PEARSON 



S««d>man and Floiiat 



5732-5752 Gunnison St., CHICAGO 



recuperate after the strenuous holidays, 

 William Loew, the green goods man, 

 is another who -went to the sick room 

 after Christmas. He had a serious case 

 of pneumonia several years ago and the 

 extra work at Christmas seems to knock 

 him out. Clarke. 



Wichita, Kan. — Anybody who visits 

 the range of Charles P. Mueller and 

 wants to see the man responsible for the 

 top-notch rose stock, should have the 

 boy page J. K. Postma, the man recently 

 appointed to direct the rose production. 



VIBURNUMS* 



Vigorously rooted and sturdily grown. 

 Send for complete prices. 



THE CONARD ft JONES CO. 



W«st Grove, Ps. 



Beno, Pa. — D. A. Manross plans t^ 

 build a 60-foot greenhouse with hotbe I 

 sashes for the roof, to be used for ger.". 

 niums. 



