The Florists' Review 



Januabt 25, 1917. 



Ttie HIFF HORTPLTDBIiL 60. 



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NEW YORK CITY 



THE LMOEST HORTICULTURAL AUCTION ROOMS IN THE WORLD 



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is limited and the sale uncertain in this 

 market." (Incidents were given to il- 

 lustrate this condition.) "Azalea mol- 

 lis, Kalmia latifolia, Prunus Schei- 

 deckii, rhododendron, Hydrangea Hor- 

 tensia and paniculata, Spiraea Van 

 Houttei, lilac, magnolia, are among the 

 kinds most likely to produce salable 

 plants. The imported shrubs usually 

 have too few buds to make showy 

 plants. ' ' 



The second question was, "What va- 

 rieties oi hardy perennials are best for 

 pot culture or forcing?" George Zim- 

 merman answered and named lily of the 

 valley, Dicentra spectabilis, myosotis, 

 helleborus, double arabis, violets, trol- 

 lius, Funkia variegata, calendula, coreop- 

 sis. The delphiniums and Canterbury 

 bells do not force well, said another 

 member. 



Third question: "Name twelve 

 hardy shrubs best for an amateur to 

 plant in a small home garden." Reply 

 by Guy M. Pilkington: "Jasmine, 

 weigeJa, spiraea, cotoneaster, Japanese 

 single snowball, syringa, buddleia, bar- 

 berry, elder, lilac, high cranberry, 

 abelia and, if the garden could accom- 

 modate but one plant, I would suggest 

 Spiraja Van Houttei." 



A vote of thanks was tendered, 

 through August Zitzewitz, to all who 

 took part in the entertainment on la- 

 dies' night. A banquet and cards in- 

 terested nearly everyone until the cur- 

 few rang. 



Various Notes. 



E. H. White, of the Willamette Dahlia 

 & Floral Co., says this has been an un- 

 favorable season for dahlias and that all 

 the growers have lost heavily on account 

 of the roots rotting. Early frosts fol- 

 lowed by heavy rains have caused the 

 trouble. 



The Eahn & Herbert Co. sold out so 

 closely during the holidays that it has 

 found it hard to fill orders for blooming 

 plants since. The empty benches are 

 being filled with bedding stock. Several 

 houses that are uncovered in summer 

 have been closed in with coldframe 

 sashes and planted to roses and other 

 stock for early spring blooming. 



William E. Wood, of the Scott-Wood 

 Co., says his concern has built a store for 

 a retail salesroom in front of the main 

 greenhouse. 



The Irvington Park Floral Co. has 

 closed its store on Union avenue, near 

 Broadway, and will devote its entire at- 

 tention to its store in the Cascade Mar- 

 ket building in the public market dis- 

 trict. 



The following incident, which recent- 

 ly happened here, shows that a florist is 

 expected to know nearly everything and 

 demonstrates how one of them made 

 good under difficult circumstances. The 

 wife of a prominent minister was per- 

 sonally directing the arrangement of 

 her home decorations, which the young 

 man from the flower store was putting 

 in place. Being called away, she gave 

 him instructions how to finish. Select- 



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ROOTED CARNATION COniNGS 



IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 



<LWe are now booking orders for our new seedling Superb, $12.00 per 100, 

 $100.00 per 1000. 



Superb is a seedling of Oloriosa and Enchantress. It has the good stem of Glori- 

 osa and the fine growing habit of Enchantress. The color is a flesh pink and it 

 keeps its color at all seasons. The flowers average about three inches, are very full 

 and generally receive full score on substance. The flowers are all perfect and do 

 not split. In the four years we have grown it, it has proved the best commercial 

 variety, barring none. 



AVIATOR 



Clf you want scarlet carnations for Christmas, grow Aviator, $6.00 per 

 100, $60.00 per 1000. 



Wlilt*- Per 100 1000 



Matchless $ 2.E0 $ 20.00 



White Enchantress 2.60 20.00 



White Wonder 8.00 26.00 



Fleah Pink- 

 Superb 12.00 100.00 



Enchantress 2.60 20.00 



Alice 8.0O 26.00 



STANDARD AND NKW VABOETIKS 



Per 100 



Madlum Pink— Per 100 



MissTheo $6 00 



Pink Sensation 3.60 



Dark Pink- 

 Peerless Pink 2.60 



C.W.Ward 2.50 



Red- 

 Aviator ; 6.00 



Champion 8.00 



1000 



$50.00 



80.00 



20.00 

 20.00 



60.00 

 25.00 



J. D. THOMPSON OARNATION CO., Jollet, 



Belle Washburn 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



The best red Carnation of the new introductions of last year. 

 Watch its flowers sell. No other Carnation is in the same class 

 for red flowers. 



Rooted cuttings ready to ship at once. Price in lots of 250 

 or more, at the rate of $45.00 per 1000. In lots of 100 or 200, 

 $5.00 per 100. All cuttings guaranteed first-class in every respect. 



BASSETT & WASHBURN 



Store and OflSce: 178 No. Wabash Avenue, Chicago 

 Greenhouses: Hinsdale, IIL 



ing the best palm, she told him to place 

 it on the left of Moses and she was gone 

 before the florist could ask where Moses 

 was. Several pieces of statuary stood 

 about the rooms and the florist at once 

 concluded that one of the figures must 

 be Moses. But which one? All he could 

 recall about Moses was that he had some- 

 thing to do with bulrushes. There were 

 no bulrushes about any of the figures, 



but the thought of them suggested 

 whiskers and he placed the palm on tie 

 left of the figure sporting the most patr- 

 archal beard. Later the hostess compli- 

 mented him on his work, so he knew 1 o 

 had found Moses, and now he says i-" 

 will know him wherever he may meet 

 him. 



Pussy willows have appeared in tlie 

 market. S. W. W. 



