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The Florists' Review 



October 30, 1913. 



VALLEY 



ROSES 



ORCHIDS 



CHRYSANTHEMIMS 



VIOLETS 



CARNATIONS 



AND EVERYTHING IN CUT FLOWERS 



THE rmLADELrillA CUT FLOWER CO., 



1817 

 Sansom St., 



rHILADELriIIA,rA. 



grades, which often fail to find buyers. 

 Quite a little demand has sprung up 

 for orchids. Gardenias are a trifle 

 firmer, although still weak at times, 

 (rood valley is in fair demand. Violets 

 are improving. The Hightstown dou- 

 bles and the fancy singles find sup- 

 port. Easter lilies and callas are in 

 moderate supply and fair demand. 



It is probable that the chrysanthe- 

 mum business represents at least forty 

 per cent of the sales in this market. 

 The volume or business is lai;'ger than 

 last season, but the average prices are 

 lower, particularly on the queen of 

 autumn. The shipping demand is the 

 life of the market today. 



Ornamental Plant Changes. 



Ever since tlie Centennial Exhibition 

 held in Fairmount park in 1876, Hor- 

 ticultural hall has stood for all that 

 is best in ornamental outdoor planting. 

 I refer especially to the ground lying 

 near the hall, and to the sunken gar- 

 den and the east end in particular. 

 The men whose knowledge and skill are 

 shown in this work have developed the 

 planting both at the east end and in 

 the parterre, as it was called in the Cen- 

 tennial days, or the sunken garden, 

 to a high degree of i>erfection. There 

 you will find the plants best suited for 

 carpet bedding and for long distance 

 eflfects. some of these plants so rare that 

 you will seldom see them elsewhere, 

 all of them especially adapted to the 

 positions to which they are assigned. 



The east end glories in its cactus 

 beds, edged with echeverias, sedums 

 and alternantheras. The arrangement 

 is carried out with marvelous exacti- 

 tude. Every plant seems to be in posi- 

 tion, varying not an inch. When you 

 consider that many of the cacti are 

 of human size, while the border plants 

 are of extreme littleness, the difficul- 

 ties of the planting become apparent. 



Showy canna beds, each variety by 

 itself, are used in place of geraniums 

 as foils for the cactus beds at the east 

 end. The visitor is supposed to stand 

 on the great, broad steps in front of 

 Horticultural hall, facing the Schuyl- 

 kill river; the cactus beds are directly 

 in front of him, with only a broad 

 drive between; beyond are the canna 

 beds with their glowing color, while in 

 the far distance stretches a semicircle 

 of showy, old-fashioned flowers, with a 

 tall, dark green background. These 

 old-fashioned flowers are arranged with 

 much taste. When I saw them, just 

 before frost, they presented a tnass of 

 color — contrast and harmony succeed- 

 iim each other in bewildering fashion. 



[pfants Sell Better 



when the usrly clay pots 

 are hidden by the at- 

 tractive and artistic 



EVKR-RKADY 

 POT COVERS 



Strong cardboard 

 foundation. Beit qual- 

 ity waterproof crepe 

 paper, silk fiber ribbon 

 ties at top and bottom. 

 Firmly held with im- 

 proved metal fastenings. Furnished in four 

 colors and many sizes. Write for samples and 

 price list today. Send 10c for postage. 

 ETEB>BEADT FLOWEB PUT COTEB CO. 

 146 Hnghes Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. 



■-^/ff.* ^y. 



MentloD The Rerlew when yon write. 



CUT FLOWERS 



Mums f 1.50 to $4.00 per doz, 



Cattleyas 6,00 to 6.00 per doz. 



Roses $2.00, $4.00, G.OO per 100 



Carnations 2.00 per 100 



Easter Lilies 12.60 per 100 



Sweet Alyssum 25 per 100 



Sprengeri $1.00 to 2.00 per 100 



Cash or C. 0. D. 



W. J. &M. S.Vesey 



FORT WAYNE, IND. 

 Mention The B«new when you write. 



FLOIQAN D. WALLACE 



mm SERYis 



INSUItANCB EXCHANOX BUILOMO 



PtIONC WABASM MAO CHICAGO 



The beauty of this bed lies in the in- 

 telligent selection and spacing of the 

 l)lants; the bed looked full without 

 crowding, and the varieties chosen were 

 suitable for the place. 



The daring innovation in the sunken 

 garden is the introduction of the canna. 

 Nowhere else can you find canna beds 

 beneath you. The effect is bizarre and 

 rather taking. Fancy great beds of 

 Mrs. Alfred F. Conard covered with 

 superb trusses of La France pink 

 blooms, and King Humbert covered 

 likewise with great masses of scarlet, 

 both slightly above the level of your 

 shoe-tops. You learn to appreciate 

 beauties of Mrs. Conard and King Hum- 

 bert before tihnoticed. But the real 

 beauty of these canna beds lies in the 



. 



MCHELL'S 



FLOWER SEEDS 



and BULBS 



ASPARAGUS HATCHERI SEED 



N«w Crop Just R«c«lv*d 



100 Seeds $1.00 



500 Seeds .3.25 



1000 Seeds 6.00 



Special prices on larger quantities 



CYCLAMEN SEED 



MIC HELL'S GIANT STRAIN 

 Enslish-flrrown S««d 100 Sds. lOOOSds. 



Pur* Whit* $1.00 $8.50 



Soft Pink 1.00 CM 



Whit*, with R«d Bas« .... I.OO 8.50 



Brilliant Crimson 1.00 8.50 



Salmon Pink l .00 8.50 



Mixad Colors ' .90 8.00 



Gorman-crown Sood 



Album. White 75 G.OO 



Roaoum. Pinlf 75 6.00 



Rubrum. Red . 75 6.00 



Whit*, with R*d Bas* 75 C.OO 



MIxsd Colors 60 5.00 



STOCK SEED 



Early-floworlnv NIco Tr.Pltt. Oz. 



Boauty of NIco Delicate pink, $0.50 $2.00 



Victoria. White 60 2.00 



Quaen Aloxandra. Lavender .. .50 2.00 



Crimson KInr 50 2.00 



Abundanca. Carmine rose 50 3.00 



Mma. RIvolra. Pure white 50 3.00 



FORCING GLADIOLUS 



FIno Plump Bulbs, Roady Now 



Per 100 1000 



Brid*. Pure white $0.65 $.j.25 



Biushlnc Brido. Blush pink. 



blotched dark pink . 6."> .").'2.'i 



No Plus Ultra. Bright scarlet.. l.bO 8.50 



Paach Blossom. Pink 93 8.50 



Send for Wholesale Bnlb and Seed Cata- 

 logie, if yon kavcB't received a capy. 



Henry F. Nichell Co. 



S18 Market St, riiiladelplua, Pa. 



wonderful vista of color that spreads 

 westward from the hall through the 

 great length of the parterre. The rib- 



