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The plorists^ Review 



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View in the North Clark Street Store of the Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago. 



pH'blished by L. Upcott 'Gill, London, 

 England, and the price is about $10. 

 It is well gotten up, beautifully illus- 

 trated and an admirable book of refer- 

 ence so far as it goes, but is not com- 

 plete in regard to trade varieties of 

 lerns, from the fact that it was written 

 a number'of years ago. W, H. T. 



THE WITTBOLD STORE. 



One of the oldtime stores of Chicago 

 is the North Clark street establishment 

 of the George Wittbold Co. It has been 

 n landmark these many years for peo- 

 ple riding the main stem of the north 

 side-car lines; everybody in the city 

 kiiolfc where it is. Recently it was 

 thought desirable to modernize the store 

 by putting in new fixtures. Of course 

 the refrigerator, which was supplied by 

 Euchbinder Bros., is the main feature. 

 The accompanying illustration shows 

 the display box and a section of the 

 wall cases. The workroom is at the 

 rear of the store. It is interesting to 

 note that the improvement made in 

 the appearance and facilities of the 

 stose met with a quick response in the 

 way of increased business, as it nearly 

 always does. 



at the Friend-Duby wedding last week. 

 The Garden Association is arranging 

 for a flower show, to be held about 

 March 15, in some hall to be decided 

 upon later. It is the intention to have 

 an exhibition of home flowers which 

 have been growing for at least two 

 months in a room of a private house 

 or in an enclosed piazza, not a green- 

 house. Several prizes are to be offered. 



W. H. M. 



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INDIANAPOLIS. 



NEWPORT, R. I. 



Boweu Sweet, who has been over- 

 seer of the City cemetery for more 

 than thirty years, was reelected at 

 the recent municipal inauguration. 



Carl Jurgcns is to reconstruct one 

 house in his range this summer. 

 It was built by his father , about fif- 

 teen years ago, entirely of wood, and 

 has been maintained unpainted ever 

 since, to test the durability of such a 

 house. 



T. J. Gibson had the house decora- 

 tions of palms, holly and cut flowers 



The Market. 



Trade has been only fair. There 

 seem to ^e quite a few funerals, but 

 the demand for funeral flow«rs has 

 been light. Stock of all kinds is plen- 

 tiful and prices are down. Carnations 

 are bringing from $3 down to $1 per 

 hundred and quantities go begging at 

 that. The rose market is well supplied 

 and the prices are much lower than in 

 former years. First-class Richmond 

 and Killarney bring from $4 to $8 

 per hundred; shorts, $2 and $3. Sweet 

 peas are becoming more plentiful and 

 find ready sale. Paper Whites, stevia 

 and Romans are plentiful. Jonquils 

 are cleaned up daily. Quite a few poin- 

 settias were left from the holidays, 

 for which there is no market. The de- 

 mand for violets has been light. There 

 is a plentiful supply of greens. 



Blooming plante are plentiful and 

 find fair call. First-class azaleas, cy- 

 clamens, Lorraines and primulas are 

 offered. H. L. W. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Robert H. Black, Albert Lea, Minn.— "Seeds 

 and Bulbs that Satisfy," a 24-page. Illustrated 

 catalogue, in handy pocket form. 



Chamberlain & Co., Wollosley, Mnss.^An IS- 



page gladiolus catalogue; an alphabetical list, 

 with descriptions but with no illustrations, is 

 followed by offers of special mixtures. 



Sochest«r lEgg & Poultry Co., Rochester, Minn. 

 —An illustrated seed catalogue, with lists, also, 

 of poultry supplies, garden cultivators and other 

 specialties; thirty-sir pages and colcied cover. 



The Luther Burbank Co., San Francisco, Cal. — 

 "Burbanlc Seed and Nursery Book," containing 

 eighty Illustrated pages, with a neatly designed 

 coloi-ed cover that shows some of the Burbank 

 novelties. In each department, seed and nursery, 

 :'<everal pages of Burbank specialties are followed 

 by general lists of standard varieties. 



Wm. Henry Xaule, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.— 

 "The Maule Seed Book," a 176-page, illustrated 

 catalogue, comprising extensive lists in all lines 

 of seeds, besides plants, fruits and other nursery 

 Ktock, implements, etc. The flower list is dis- 

 tinguished from the rest of the book by being 

 printed on pink paper. 



Henry F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, Pa. — The 

 twenty-flfth anniversary edition of Micholl's gen- 

 eral seed catalogue, with a "brief history of the 

 House of Michell." and with views* made from 

 photographs of different departments of the busi- 

 ness. Besides complete and well arranged assort- 

 ments of seeds, large lines of plants, fruits, 

 nursery stock, implements and supplies are offered 

 in the lists. The illustrations include several 

 full-page colored plates. Though the book con- 

 tains 228 pages, it apparently does not exceed the 

 one-pound weight limit. 



Oriswold Seed Co., Lincoln, Neb. — "Griswold's 

 Twenty-flfth Seed Annual," an illustrated cata- 

 logue of seeds, bulbs, plants, nursery stock, poul- 

 try supplies, implements, insecticides and enn- 

 drles; the list of vegetable and field seeds otcu- 

 pies sixty-five of the total 128 pages. 



Williams Seed Co., Norfolk, \a. — Seventhi (an- 

 nual catalogue of vegetable, farm and flower 

 seeds, fruit trees, insecticides, farm and garden 

 implements, poultry supplies, incubatorp, etc.; 

 sixty-four pages, illustrated. 



The Ratekin Nursery Co., Shenandoah, la. — 

 A 32 page, illustrated catalogue of fruit and 

 ornamental trees, shrubs, roses, vines, etc.; the 

 fruit department is especially comprehensive. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. — 

 "Wholesale catalogue for seedsmen and dealers 

 only, who buy to sell again"; sixty-four clearly 

 printed pages, with pictures of some of the spe- 

 cialties; for descriptions of varieties the user is 

 referred to the retail catalogue. From the same 

 firm has also been received "The Silent Sales* 

 man's Assistant," intended to supplement the 

 work of "Burpee's Annual." The "Assistant" 

 contains sixteen pages and Is so bound and folded 

 as to be convenient for pocket use. The stock 

 listed consists principally of seventy-six specially 

 selected varieties of Burpee vegetables, but a 

 little space is given to sweet peas and a "Gem 

 rollectifin of Annuals." 



