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The Florists^ Review 



September 4, 1913. 



SCEANTON, PA. 



Various Notes. 



The ctool weather is propitious for the 

 freshly planted carnations. Already the 

 fall openings in our stores are begin- 

 ning to help the florists move their 

 stock; it looks as if there would be a 

 good trade as soon as the fall season 

 gets its swing. Florists are anxiously 

 waiting for the boom to begin. 



Theodore Wheeler has accepted a 

 position as gardener with Mrs. A. D. 

 Turnbull, the florist of Carbondale, Pa. 



Isadore Piedemont, who last winter 

 took a course at the state college and 

 has since been with Alonzo J. Bryan, 

 at Washington, N. J., has been spend- 

 ing a few weeks at the lakes near 

 Scranton and expects to return to New 

 Jersey in the first part of October. 



Miss Laura Kennedy, one of thS 

 obliging clerks for G. E. Clark, is 

 spending a two weeks' vacation at At- 

 lantic City. 



J. T. Cokely, of the Scranton Florist 

 Supply Co., has started on an extended 

 trip throughout the states. 



Milton Selinka, representing Schloss 

 Bros., of New York, is paying a visit to 

 the Scranton trade. 



Old Home week, now being observed 

 in the Providence section of Scranton, 

 formerly known as Razorville, is bring- 

 ing trade to the florists. At the inter- 

 section of Providence road and North 

 Main avenue is one of the prettiest 

 views in the Old Home week decora- 

 tions, a spacious flower bed encircled 

 with red, white and blue electric bulbs, 

 with bulbs peeping here and there from 

 among the mass of foliage; altogether 

 it is a beautiful scene, without any of 

 the stiffness and regularity so often 

 seen. 



There has been no building of green- 

 houses in or around Scranton, to our 

 knowledge, this year, the first time for 

 a number of years that we could not re- 

 port some building going on through 

 the summer dull season. G. R. C. 



EAELY USES OF CYPEESS. 



Cypress, the "wood eternal," and 

 generally considered the best wood for 

 greenhouse construction, has a record 

 for durability that is nothing short of 

 wonderful, when compared with the 

 life and service of other woods. The 

 trade will be interested in knowing 

 that in New Orleans, a century ago, 

 there were few houses that were not 

 constructed of cypress, wholly or in 

 part. In the parts of the south settled 

 by the Spaniards, houses generally were 

 built of that material. Cypress shin- 

 gles were regarded as so much superior 

 to any others that their use became 

 extensive at an early period. 



A roof of cypress was laid in Green- 

 wich, Conn., in 1640, and was said to be 

 serving well 250 years afterwards. An- 

 other at Brooklyn was said to have 

 lasted 228 years, and one at Clifton, 

 Staten Island, had 200 years to its 

 credit when last reported, and was still 

 in use. The cypress water mains in 

 New Orleans remained sound for near- 

 ly a century. A headboard of the same 

 material at a grave in South Carolina 

 was so well preserved after 140 years 

 that the letters on it were easily read. 

 A still longer period has been claimed 

 for cypress coffins in Charleston, S. C. 

 Many instances of use exceeding a cen- 

 tury have been cited to show its last- 

 ing qualities. 



Field Grown CARNATION PLANTS 



Extra Fine Stock. Clean, well grrown and healthy 



READY FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 



Per 100 Per 1000 



The Herald, scarlet $12.00 $100.00 



Pink Delight, flesh pink 8.00 75.00 



White Wonder 7.00 60.00 



White Enchantress 6.00 50.00 



Enchantress, tfesh pink 6.00 50.00 



Glerlosa 8.00 75.00 



Scarlet Glow (J.OO 50.00 



Chicago Carnation Co. 



30 E. Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Field-grown Plants 



Don't delay in ordering if you want some of our good stock. Have had an 



excellent growing season and our carnation plants in the field are clean 



and healthy, well branched, sturdy. Order today. 



White Perfection $5.50 per 100; $50.00 per 1000 



Rose-pink Enchantress 5.50 per 100; 50.00 per 1000 



White Enchantress 5.50perl00; SO.OOperlOOO 



PETER REINBERG 



30 East Randolph Street, .... CHICAGO 



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Field-grown Carnation Plants 



WHITE ENCHANTRESS 



The best type of this splendid variety, extra strong plants, 



fO.OO per 100; 155.00 per 1000. 



Cash or satisfactory references from unknown parties. 



Ready for Immediate Shipment 



DAiLLEDOUZE BROTHERS '^^^^.'.Tl 



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ORDER N0W=F1LL OP THAT EMPTY SPACE 



If you want any Peppers, Primroses, Boston Ferns, Poinsettias, Cyclamen, 

 Plumosus, Sprengeri, Begonias, Mixed Ferns for dishes, English Ivy, Umbrella 

 Plants, Double Petunias, Dracaenas, Hydrangeas, etc., look up oui- Classified 

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first-class and carefully packed. 



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ILLINOIS 



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Poinsettia Pulcherrima 



Nice strong plants from 2^2-in. pots, 

 tO.OO per 100; 155.00 per 1000 



ANTON SCHULTHEIS 



316 19th Street. COLLEGE POINT. L. I.. N Y. 



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CARNATION PLANTS 



Whife Wonder. Id 00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 

 While Fndiantress, $5.00 per 100; $45.00 per 



1000. 

 White Perfection, $5.00 per 100: $45.00 per 



1000. 



WHITE BROS., iMedina» N. Y. 



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