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Thi^orists' Rihrfcw 



July 17, 191 ;i. 



Hff THE BULL'S EYE JiNDfeOME TO HEADQUARTERS FOR 



Araucaria Exc^sa, Our Specialty, 



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to grow on. Quy it now whilevthe 

 weather is wftrm and plants are 

 cheap. 



ARAUCARIA ^XCELSA OUR $PB- 

 CIALTY, April, 1912, importation, 6-lnch 

 pots, 5, 6, 7 tiers. 25, 30 to 35 Inches high, 

 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 to $2.00. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA, April, 1913, 

 importation, now well established, planted 

 in 0, 5^, and 6-in. pots, 3, 4, 5 and 6 tiers, 

 12, 14, 16 and 18 in. high, at 40c, 50c, 60c 

 and 75c; Compacta Robusta or EXcelta 

 Glauca, $1.25 and $1.50. 



Tor torofit plant our ASTERS, the genuine Crego, the ^est 

 asters in existence. We have them In separate colors, White, 

 Dink- shell pink, salmon, lavender and red; 50,000 plants in 

 2iA-in "DOts large and strong, ready for immediate shipment, 

 $2 50 per 10ft; $20.00 per 1000. These will also do for pot culture 

 as well as Vehches. 



FOR »>ROFIT RAISE BEGONIA ZULU KING. There Is noth- 

 ine iietter for fall or winter blooming— always in bloom— deep 

 red flowers, short; 2%-in. pots. $3.00 per 100; 3-in., $5.00 per 

 100; 4-in., $7.00 per 100. 



SS'WEHAVE THE GREATEST STOCK OF LIVISTONA 

 ROTUNDIFOLIA, the beautiful, so much admired dwarf 

 Eatania, Chinese Fan Palm, 4-in. pots, 35c; 5%-in., 40c; 5%-in., 



LAST CHANCE FOR BEDDING PLANTS. 

 ZINNIA ELEGANS, assorted, 2^-inch, $3.00 per 100. 

 SCARLET SAGE, Bonfire and Zurich, 4-Jnch, $5.00 per loo. 

 AGERATUM, best blue. 4-lnch. Ic " .- 



SNAPDRAGON DEFIANCE, best colors, 2Vi-in., $3.00 per 



separate colors, 

 •een^ variegated, 



,.$10.00 per lOO 



.^.-7.00 per 100 

 in 



, . . 3.00 per IQo 



3.00 per lOO 



100. Now is the time to grow ^these on; jtteii^es. 



COSMOS, 3 plants in one jpot, .2HrlJic%:, 

 white, pink or redr-'$3.00 per 100 pots. 



HONEYSUCKLE HALLEANA, Chinese ftvcji 

 4-lnch, lOo. - 



COBAEA SCANDENS, 4-inch 



HELIOTROPES, best blue. 4-Inch. 

 HELIOTROPES, best blue, 2J6-ln., for pla 



benches to cut 



PETUNIA, inimitable, dwarf, 2)i-lnch... 

 C0LEU8, QQiden Bedder, Verschaffeltll. Victoria, 



2Mi-lnch 3.00 per 100 



AGERATUM, blue, 3-lnch,rt..,. , 5.00 per 100 



DISH FERNS, good assortment, 2%-Inch ." . 4.00 per 100 



LOBELIA, Cryital Palace, dark blue, compacta 3.00 per 100 



GERANIUMS, white, 4-in 6.00 per loo 



MOONVINES, 4-lp 10.00 per 100 



CANNAS, King Humbert, large 4-in., 8c; other assorted 

 good varieties, named, 4-In., $6.00 per 100. 



COCOS WEDDELLIANA, 3-In., 15c. 



KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 4-inch, 25c; 5%. 5%. 6 to 7-Inch 

 pots, 20, 26. 30, 85, ' 40 to 50 inches high, 60c, 60c, 76c, $1.00, 

 $1.25, $1.60,"$2l«0 to $2.50; 7-Inch pots, made up, 1 largein center, 

 3 small around, $2.50 to $3.00. ^' 



KENTIA fiELMOREANA, large- 4-inch, 25c, 30c to 35c; nia(]» 

 up of 3 planti, 6-lncb pots, 75c tO $1.00. 



50c; 410 7 leaves to a plant, 12 inches high 



All goods must travel at purchaser's risk only. Cash with orderp please. Please 

 otate Iff you want stock shipped In or out of pots. All plants 25 at 100 rate 



GODFREY ASCHMANN 



1012 West 

 ■ Ontario Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



WHOLESALE GROWER, IMPORTER AND SHIPPER OF POT PLANTS 



DETEOIT, MICH. 



Various Notes. 



For the' first time in tlie history of 

 their business, several of the retail flo- 

 rists in the heart of the city are closing 

 their stores at 6 p. m., sharp, Saturdays. 

 The starters of this movement are 

 Messrs. Fetters, Breitmeyer, Taepke, 

 Schroeter and Brown. No doubt others 



will follow suit. , XV • 



Huflford & Maebius have closed their 

 branch in the Broadway market for the 

 summer. x. ^t 



On Tuesday, July 22, the members ot 

 the Detroit Florists' Club will be the 

 euests of Thomas F. Browne, at Green- 

 field, Mich., for the afternoon and eve- 

 ning! A ball game will be played in 

 the afternoon; then lunch will be served 

 and. the meeting will be held early m 

 the^ evening. Autos \pill be available 

 for those wishing to visit Albert »tane- 

 lin's greenhouses. This kind inviWWon 

 from Mr, Browne is not limited to mem- 

 bers of the club; any florist who wants 

 to spend an enjoyable and profitable 

 half (^y with his fellow tradesmen is 

 entirely welcome. 



F. J. Knecht, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., was 

 a recent visitor. -,. ,. /-, 4. 



Albert Sylvester, of the Michigan Cut 

 Ploww- Exchange, moved into his beau- 

 tiful new bungalow July 14 



Robert Jean, proprietor of the Scrib- 

 ner Floral Co., was married July 8 ana 

 is now spending his honeymoon on an 

 extended automobile trip through the 

 western part of Michigan, Wisconsin 



and Illinois. . ^ m 1 j« 



Albert Stahelin took a trip to Toledo 

 on Sunday, July 13, principally to visit 

 some of the carnation and vegetable 

 growers. He now devotes part of his 

 immeiiae plant to tomato growing and 

 his crop is exceptionally fine. 



Miss Martha Ki»rzhol8, of Schroeter s, 

 T^yi spend the next three weeks at Sagi- 

 naw with relatives. ^- »• 



PPINSETTIAS 



yfjt have reduced the propafiration of this plant to a scieQce. We 

 r(^ them as sure as you do a coleus cutting, and in large quaatity. 

 •that makes it easy for us to give you plants that are rig^bt. We 

 are now shipping as fine young plants as you ever laid eyes on. 

 Sturdy, short stuff that will start right off and finish up with the 

 .ktgheet quality. 



Plant now for large bracts for cutting. Let us also book your 

 Ordfcr now for what ytfu will need later on to plant in pans. 



.Ft\6m 2}^ -inch pots, at $5.00 per 100, $45.00 per 1000 

 -.•■•. -r'-iWrite us about Field-grown Carnation Plants 



BAUR & STEINKAMP '=^b'!.H5'e''rs 



3800 Rockwood Avenue».^ ~ INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



Mention The RtTlew when jon irrite. 



Mention Th* Berltw wImb yon writ*. 



