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The Florists^ Review 



A. 



JuNB 7. 1917. 



New Early-flowering or Winter- 

 blooming Giant Pansies 



An entirely new and distinct strain of Pansies. The main ad- 

 vantage of these new Pansies over all hitherto existing Pansies is 

 the extreme earliness of flowering and the unusual hardiness, which 

 enables them to withstand quite severe winters, and to bloom right 

 on into the summer. Sown at the same time as other Pansies, they 

 begin flowering the early part of March, or as soon as the snow is 

 off the ground, many times having four or five large flowers to a 

 plant, when all other Pansies are only showing buds. The flowers 

 are large, well formed and fragrant. They are highly recommended 

 for autumn planting and for very early bedding, as well as for early 

 cut flowers. 



14. WINTER SUN. Golden yellow, with dark eye. 



15. ICE KING. Silvery wliite, witii dark blue eye. 



16. CELESTIAL QUEEN. Light or sky blue. 



17. CHARM OF MARCH. Dark velvety blue. 



18. MIXED. The above four colors with other shades 



and variations. 



500 Seeds, 25c; 1000 Seeds, 40c; 

 /a oz., $1.10; k oz., $2.00; 

 1 oz., $7.50. 



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in years and H. C. Berning, C. A. Kuehn 

 and the Windier Wholesale Floral Co. 

 all are pleased with the records made. 



J. J. B. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



The Memorial Day Business. 



Sales for Memorial day were most 

 encouraging, but it was evident that it" 

 the weather had been pleasant twice as 

 much stock could have been sold, provid- 

 ing it were available. As it was, nearly 

 everyone sold out, and where it was 

 possible pans of geraniums and other 

 made-up stock were moved. The long 

 spell of dark weather held back all but 

 a few of the peonies, those that did 

 make the day bringing high prices. A 

 comparatively large quantity of roses 

 and carnations was disposed of, with 

 the roses leading. Higher prices were 

 obtained for these than during the same 

 period of any previous year. Cape jas- 

 mines of supreme quality sold rapidly, 

 at good prices. There were fair quan- 

 tities of Spanish irises, baby gladioli, 

 Easter lilies and callas. 



The reports indicate that compara- 

 tively few bedding plants were sold, as 

 it was too wet to set them out; but 

 blooming pot plants met with a satis- 

 factory sale. As a whole, the day's 

 business surpassed that of last year. 



Various Notes. 



Out-of-town shipments for Memorial 

 day business at the Arthur Newell es- 

 tablishment greatly exceeded last year's 

 total for the holiday. Mr. Newell is 

 erecting a residence out in the Morn- 

 ingside drive addition, at a cost of 

 $9,500. 



Samuel Murray smilingly reports that 

 he has nary a kick to register in the 

 matter of Memorial day business. 



A splendid business was done by the 

 G. M. Kellogg Flower & Plant Co., the 

 salesmen disposing of everything on 

 hand. The company's supply of cut 

 flowers was large, with the exception of 

 peonies, of which there were only about 



Uncle Si sez: 



If we spent more time 

 appreciating than com- 

 plaining, we'd all be a 

 heap happier. 



Complaint No. 1: 



Shortage of Flowers 



Cause: 



Not Enough Grown 



LILY- SPECIAL 



Per case 



Giganteum, 8/9 bulbs, 100 to case, $ 6.U0 



" 8/9 •' 280 •' 15.60 



Rubrum, 8/9 " 190 " 13.60 



M. M. CARROLL 



Norwood, (Near Cindnnati) Ohio 



5,000 cut this year, as compared with 

 40,000 last year. Hydrangeas came in 

 for a good sale. 



W. J. Barnes cleared everything, and 

 he had a large quantity of cut stock. 



The W. L. Kock Flower Co. experi- 

 enced a big business, the largest it ever 

 had for the day. The company was well 

 prepared in the matter of carnations, 

 having a large crop of blooms that were 

 unusually fine for this time of the year. 



Adolph Mohr announces the arrival 

 of a 10-pound son at his new home. 



Among others reporting a better-than- 

 ever Memorial day business were E. 

 Humfeld, the Alpha Floral Co., Mrs. T. 

 A. Moseley, Miss Jennie Murray, August 

 Luther, Jr., and Miss L. E. Boggess. 



Despite the rain, the people flocked 

 to the cemeteries, and the store of A. F. 

 Barbe was jammed with buyers during 

 the greater part of the time. Mr. Barbe 

 did a record business, as he had plenty 

 of roses and carnations to take the 

 place of peonies. Wreaths of all kinds 

 sold well. W. J. B. 



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SEASONABLE STOCK OF 



WORTH-WHILE 

 m QUALITY « 



MAKE US PROVE IT. 



We pay freight both ways if you 

 don't agree with us. 



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LAWN GRASS SEED 



HARDY EVERGREEN 



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(The Good Kind) 



1- lb. cartons 20c; retails. $0.30 



6-lb. bags 90c: retails, 1.25 



Bulk, S17.60 per 100 lbs. 



DAHLIAS 



strong RooU 



White shades.. 

 Yellow shades . 

 Red shades — 

 Variegated 



Doz. 100 



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60 $10.00 



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Lily Bulbs coid'ISr... 



We ask you to try 100 or more of 

 our "specially graded" stock and 

 compare them with the other fellow's 



Lilium Giganteum 



Per 100 



7 to 9-inch $ 5.50 



Per case of 300, $15.00. 

 9 to 10-inch 9.00 



Allow us to ship you 100 or more 

 every two weeks. We believe you 

 will find them profitable. 



Lily of (he Valley Pips 



New Crop, Fancy 



Per case 

 Case of 260 $ 6.60 



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WINTERSON*S 

 SEED STORE 



166 N. Wabash Ave. jt CHICAGO 



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