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The Florists' Review 



FUBBUABT 27, 1010. 



The February session of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of Western Pennsylvania 

 in the auditorium of the East Liberty 

 Carnegie library was marked by a stag 

 supper and the annual election of offi- 

 cers, the latter having been postponed 

 from the January meeting, as originally 

 scheduled. The election resulted as fol- 

 lows: President, Ernest Guter; vice- 

 president, Frank Ludebacher; secretary 

 and treasurer, Anthony Aloysius Leach. 



William Thompson received a cul- 

 tural certificate for a splendid cyclamen 

 plant grown at "As You Like It," the 

 Sewickley Heights summer home of 

 Mrs. William Thaw, Jr. 



President Anthony W. Smith acted as 

 toastmaster at the first of the series of 

 luncheons inaugurated February 19 at 

 the Fort Pitt hotel by the Eotary Club 

 for over 200 wounded officers and sol- 

 diers who are patients in the United 

 States Military hospital, at Parkview, 

 Pa. 



Various Notes. 



Edward L. Weaver, of Eandolph & 

 McClements' sales staff, has been de- 

 tained at home a few days owing to a 

 slight attack of grip. 



John Jedlicka had a striking Wash- 

 ington's birthday window last week, 

 with iris as the dominating flower, 

 forming a background for a superb 

 painting of "The Hero of the Day," 

 which was enveloped in red, white and 

 blue, while the flags of the allied na- 

 tions played a conspicuous part, with 

 quantities of diminutive cherry trees. 



McGrath & Langhans had an elabor- 

 ate plant decoration for the banquet 

 of the Bank of Pittsburgh February 21 

 in the Blue Room of the William Penn 

 hotel. The same evening the ballroom 

 of the William Penn was handsomely 

 decorated by Randolph & McClements 

 for the annual entertainment of the 

 Bankers' Association, seventy-five 

 tables being adorned with centerpieces 

 of iris and spring flowers. 



Secretary Theodore P. Langhans, of 

 the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., is "do- 

 ing time ' ' this week and next as a jury- 

 man in the Common Pleas court. 



Among the recent commercial travel- 

 ers registered in town were the follow- 

 ing: M. C. De Weerde, representing M. 

 Van Waveren & Sons, of Hillegom, 

 Holland; Charles Schwake, New York 

 city, and S. H. Gross, of Charles Zinn & 

 Co., New York city. 



The death of Walter T. Elliott is re- 

 corded in the obituary column of this 

 issue. 



A letter just received from Sergeant 

 Edward Ernest Ludwig states that he 

 was about to leave on a furlough to 

 Paris, having chosen to go there in pref- 

 erence to England or Italy. E. E. S. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Tlie Market. 



The market has been steady through- 

 out the week. All varieties of stock ar- 

 riving met the demand, with the excep- 

 tion of short and medium-grade roses. 

 But there has been a shortage of these 

 since October. Stock that arrives is 

 divided impartially, so that all have a 

 few, at least. White roses have been 

 more plentiful than others. It has been 

 the same with carnations. It has been 

 remarked that we need not fear a short- 

 age of the latter for Mothers' day. 

 White will surely be more plentiful than 

 ever before. Good supplies of sweet peas 

 have been coming in, some of them of 



SPENCER SWEET PEAS 



Our Spencer Sweet Peas are carefully grown by experienced 

 men from selected Stock Seed, and better seed cannot be grown 

 in this country than the stocks supplied by St* Louis Seed Co. 

 Send us your order and try them yourself. 



% lb. 

 Afterglow — Bright violet $0.75 



AMERICA SPENCER. Bed flaked 

 on white ground 75 



Apple Bloasom Spencer — Standard 

 rose, winga ilght carmine 60 



Asta Obn Spencer — Soft pinkish 

 lavender 60 



Blanche Ferry Spencer — Stand- 

 ards rose, wings white 65 



Constance Hlnton — This is de- 

 cidedly the best black-seeded 

 white-flowered variety in cul- 

 tivation 75 



Countess Spencer — Bright sha.de 

 ol pink 60 



Dainty — White ground, with beau- 

 tiful picotee edge of rose-pink. .60 



Dobbie'8 Cream — Deep cream or 

 primrose colored 60 



Flora Norton Spencer — Bright 

 blue, slight purple tint 75 



Florence Nightingale — Clear rich 

 lavender *. 75 



Fiery Cross — Intense orange- 

 scarlet 1.25 



Helen liewis Spencer — Flpe 

 orange-salmion pink 60 



Hercnles Spencer — Bright pink . . .75 



Illuminator Spencer — Ground of 

 salmon-orange with rich bright 

 cerise pink 75 



King Edward Spencer — A pure 

 red Spencer 60 



lib. 

 $2.75 



2.75 



2.00 



2.00 



2.25 



2.75 



2.00 



2.00 



2.00 



2.60 



2.50 



4.50 



2.00 

 2.75 



2.75 

 2.00 



% lb. 

 King White Spencer — The finest 



pure white $0.76 



Margaret Madison Spencer — A 



self-colored clear azure-blue .90 



Marie Corelll — The wings are a 

 pure rich rose-crimson 



Margaret Atlee — Rich glowing 

 pink on cream ground 



Mrs. Cuthbertson Spencer — Stand- 

 ard clear rose-pink, wings 

 white 



Othello — Of immense size, rich 

 maroon 



Primrose Spencer — Clear primrose 

 color 



Ro8al>elle Spencer — Rose-crimson 

 with a distinct white blotch at 

 the base 



Royal Purple Spencer — A rich 

 purple and almost a true royal 

 purple 



The President — The flowers are 

 large size, glowing scarlet 



Tennant Spencer — Purplish mauve 



White Spencer — Splendid white.. 



Wedgwood Spencer — Wlnter- 

 Flowering, producing usually 

 four flowers to a stem, of 

 unique shade of Wedgwood 

 blue 



St. Li. S. Co. Spencer Mixture — 

 These include the best of the 

 "Spencer" varieties introduced 

 previously to this year and 

 also entirely new shades 



.60 



.75 



.76 

 .65 

 .60 



.75 



1.00 



1.50 

 .65 

 .60 



lib. 



$2.50 



8.25 



2.00 



2,75 



2.75 

 2.25 

 2.00 



2.75 



3.76 



2.26 

 2.00 



.90 3.26 



.60 2.00 



Write for our trade list. Flower Seeds for Florists. 



St. Louis Seed Co. 



411-413 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 



Mention The Bevlew when you write. 



Lily of the Valley 



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JUST RECEIVED 



PRICES ON 



APPLICATION 



J. M. THORBURN A CO. 



53 Barclay Street, N. Y. 



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John Baer Tomato 



Finest and Earliest Tomato on Earth 



Clean, bright seed from selected fruit, 

 i2 0Z.,30c; oz.,60c; ^4 lb. ,$1.75; lb., $6.50. 

 Write for list of Beans and fancy Sweet Corn. 



G. S. RAMSBURG, Somerswortli, N. H. 



GLADIOLI 



Please send for my auotations on large or 

 small Quantities of all the leading varieties. 



JELLE Rods 



Gladiolus Specialist Box A, MILTON, MASS. 



Gladioli 



Itsll-ifl. 1i-M. sv 



PerlOOO 



America $15.00 $18.00 



AuBiiata 15.00 18.00 



Baron Hulot 18.00 20.00 



Brenchleyensis 12.00 15.00 



Craclcer]ack 15.00 18.00 



Empress of India 18.00 20.00 



HaUey 15.00 18.00 



Mrs. Francis Kins 15.00 18.00 



Mrs. Frank Pendleton.... 30.00 35.00 



Niaeara 25.00 30.00 



Fanama 25.00 30.00 



Pink Perfection 35.00 40.00 



Princeps 18.00 20.00 



Sotawaben 35.00 40.00 



Wintzer's General Mix- 

 ture 8,00 10.00 



N. Leon Wintzer 



WEST GROVE, PA. 



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