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Septehbbs 16, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



37 



THE FLORISTS' 

 MANUAL 



A Business Book For Business fWen 



Second Edition 



Thoroughly Revised and Broag^ht 

 up to Date 



No dry-as-dust botanical classifications, but 

 tells you just how to produce marketable planta 

 and cut flowers in the best and cheapest way. 



Treats of over 200 subjects and is freely 

 illustrated with fine half-tone engravings. 



Price, $6.00, 

 Prepaid by Express or Mail. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 



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508 8. Dearborn Street, 



CHICAGO 



m WH9LESALE GP9WEP$y"CUT FL9WEPS' 



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176 ^.Micl\^8J> Ave. 



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Per 100 



Valley $4.00 @$ 5.00 



Milady 3.00 @ 8.00 



RusseU 4.00 @ 16.00 



Eillameys, piak and white, 2.00 @ 6.00 



Per 100 



Carnations $1.00 @% 2.00 



Gladioli 1.00 @ 2.00 



Easter Lilies 6.00 @ 10.00 



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MentloB The lUTltw when yoo wrlto. 



Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peartree are 

 the happy parents of a big baby boy. 



H. J. H. 



Beauties, doz $1.00 @ $2.50 



Ophelia, per 100 3.00 @ 8.00 



Asters, per 100 1.00 @ 3.00 



flowers and represented airships, auto- 

 mobiles, cradles, baby carriages, etc. 

 China dolls dressed in silks added to 

 the arrangement. 



H. E. Wilson made the six bouquets 

 for the Gore-Kyan wedding Septem- 

 ber 8. This store had an unusual quan- 

 tity of funeral work last week. Mrs. 

 Gooding, formerly of James Vick's 

 Sons, is now with H. E. Wilson, 



David Scott, of Corfu, N. Y., is ship- 

 ping some good Golden Glow chrysan- 

 themums. 



W. T. Logan, of the Briggs Bros. & 

 Co. seed store, has an excellent win- 

 dow display. In it is a winding stream, 

 the water of which passes through a 

 number of fish globe rockeries. Ferns 

 and palms are arranged in the back- 

 ground of latticework. 



PITTSBUBOH. 



The Market. 



Pittsburgh has exr.erienced the hot- 

 test spell of the summer, which had 

 its effect on both business and stock. 

 The wholesale houses are receiving 

 great quantites of stock in an exceed- 

 ingly poor state, especially asters. 

 Gladioli are of good quality and show 

 no signs of a reduction in quantity. 

 There was a scarcity of valley and 

 white roses the first part of last week, 

 but the flowers are now coming in suf- 

 flcient quantities to supply the demand. 



The short carnations received are too 

 poor to sell easily. Beauties and other 

 roses are fine. Excellent Oncidium 

 splendidum is to be had. 



The retail stores showed some busi- 

 ness activity last week, possibly a 

 slight increase in sales over the week 

 previous, but none of them were 

 rushed. 



The growers have their roses and car- 

 nations ready for fall and winter. It 

 has been noticed that the railroads and 

 mills are stocking up with coal in larger 

 quantities than usual. This is a hint 

 for greenhouse men to do likewise, as 

 a coal shortage is a possibility. 



The aster growers might take a hint 

 from a discussion I heard the other 

 day. Some of the retailers were saying 

 that their customers demand something 



