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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBBU 24, 1921 



annual catMloKiie;. a finely illustrated, carefully 

 edited Ixjok of tweiity-elKht pages, tn a colored 

 cover of pleiisint; desiKn. Many of tlie lUiis- 

 tr.iliouB iilHo are colored. Roth fruit-bearhiB and 

 oriiumontal lines of stock are listed. Uoses are 

 well represented, occupying about five pages. 



V. Lemoine & Son, Nancy, France. — Another 

 of (he typical I.icnioine catalogues — unpreten- 

 tious, compact, accurate; thirty-six pages, be- 

 sides four full page illustrations. The stock is 

 divided into these four general classes: Green- 

 house plants, new or rare hard.v shrubs, hardy 

 perennials, bulbs iind roots. The prices are 

 <pioted in English currency. 



TORONTO, ONT. 



CluT) Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Toronto 

 Retail Florists' Club was held at the 

 flub rooms November 14, with President 

 MeFadden in the chair. 



The feature of the evening was the 

 presentation of the Max Schling medals 

 to tlie winners of the window dressing 

 contests. To J. S. Simmons & Son was 

 given a gold medal; to Mrs. Waters, a 

 silver modal, and to J. J. Higgins, Ltd., 

 a bronze medal. A hearty vote of 

 thanks -was tendered Mr. Schling for the 

 medals and for the helpful demonstration 

 at the F. T. D. meeting; this demonstra- 

 tion was given bv special request of the 

 Toronto Ketail Florists' Club. 



The club decided to do the usual 

 Christmas advertising and the financial 

 and publicity committees are busy mak- 

 ing preparations. The advertising will 

 be along the lines of "Say It with 

 Flowers" and "Step into Your Nearest 

 Florist's." 



December 5 will be growers' night. 

 The club will entertain them at the King 

 Edward hotel this year. 



Various Notes. 



The window displays of mums are fine. 

 The quality of mums is excellent and 

 there is much stock. Business has been 

 good during the last week. 



H. W. Parker is suffering with a 

 broken arm. ) 



Miss Dorothy Dillcmuth is ill with 

 pneumonia. 



Arthur J. Frost is seriously ill. 



The crop of Miller Bros, is in fine 

 shape. The roses never looked better. 

 There will he a fine crop for Christmas. 



The Arcade Florist has doul)led the 

 size of its store. 



Xew stores were ojjcned this montli 

 on Itoiicelles avenue, on St. Clair avenue 

 and at Sunnyside. At least a dozen have 

 been opened this year. J. J. H. 



Baxter Springs, Kan.— The Baxter 

 Floral Co. has gone out of business and 

 T. H. Bowman is now running the Bax- 

 ter Greenhouses. 



Washington, D. C. — Professor David 

 Lumsdcn, formerly assistant professor 

 of floriculture at Cornell University and 

 during the last two years director of ag- 

 ricultural reconstruction at Walter Keed 

 general hosjiital, has recently been ap- 

 pointed liorticulturist in the office of 

 foreign phint quarantines, PYderal Hor- 

 ticultural Board. 



XXX SEEDS 



Chlnau PrimroM, mixed. 400 idi., $1.00; H, iOe. 



Primula Obconica, Finest Giants, mixed, pkt, 600. 



Alyitum Snowball, true dnarf, pkt., 20c. 



Cineraria, lirie flow., dwf.. fine, pkt. 50c: H Pkt.. 2So. 



Cyclamen, glgantca, mixed, pkt., $1.00: H pkt.. 60e. 



Colaut, fancy bybrldB, mixed, fine, pkt, 25c. 



Dracaena Indlvlta, pkt., 20c: oz., 30c. 



Panty, finest giants, SOCO seeds, $1.00; H pkt, BOo. 



Petunia, large fiowerlng fringed, mixed, pkt, 25o. 



Shamrock, true Irish freen, [dct., 20c. 



Vartiena, finest giants, mixed, pkt, 25o. 



JOHN F. RUPP, Sbiremaiuto%vn, Pa. 



Ball's Winter Peas 



All the following kinds are grown 

 by us in large quantity and are 

 the finest commercial varieties. 



Better grown seed cannot be had 

 at any price. 



Oz. Lb. 



COLUMBIA, pink and white $1.00 $15.00 



ROSE QUEEN, large clear pink 90 12.00 



BLUE BIRD, finest clear blue 75 8.00 



PRINCESS, most prolific lavender 75 8.00 



SNOAA^STORM (Improved), best clear white. .. .90 12.00 



ALBATROSS, black-seeded white 85 10.00 



YARRAWA, creamy rose 50 6.00 



FIRE KING, fire-red cerise 1.00 12.00 



GLITTERS, best orange-scarlet 1.50 18.00 



EARLY KING, fine crimson 50 6.00 



GLORIOUS, rich clear purple 60 8.00 



FLAMINGO, light orange, very large 1.50 18.00 



GEO. J. BALL, Glen EUyn, IlL 



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