Aboi/ST 18, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



619 



THE RIBBON HOISE! 



533 BROADWAY 



SCHLOSS BROS. 



NEW YORK 



SPECIALTIES IN FLORISTS' RIBBONS, CHIFFONS AND NOVELTIES 



Our Mr. EMIL SCHLOSS is pleased to welcome our friends and customers at our 



EXHIBIT AT THE ST. LOUS CONVENTION 



HARDY CUTFERNS. 



FANCY 



DAGGER 



L. B.JBRAGUE, 



''nilakli^torUHwO.S. HINSDALE, MASS. 



Mfntlon The Rprlfw wh«'n .too write. 



BIRTH OF THE ROSE. 



There are two traditions as to the 

 origin of the rose. Ai-cording to Sir 

 John Mandeville, a Jewish maid of Beth- 

 lehem (whom Southey names Zillah) 

 was beloved by a brutish sot named Ham- 

 mel. The maiden rejected this suitor, 

 and , he, in revenge, aci-used Zillah of 

 oflfenses for which she was condemned 

 to be burned alive. When brought to the 

 stake the flames refused to hurt Zillah, 

 but burned Hammel to a cinder. There 

 .she stood in a garden of roses, for the 

 Vjrands which had been kintUed became 

 red roses, and those which had not 

 caught fire white ones. These, accord- 

 ing to the tradition, were the first roses 

 that bloomed on earth since the loss of 

 paradise. 



Then, according to a Mussulman tra- 

 dition, the rose is thus accounted for: 

 When Mohammed took his journey to 

 heaven the sweat which fell on the earth 

 from the prophet 's forehead produced 

 white roses, and that which fell from 

 the animal he rode upon, named Al Bo- 

 rak, produeetl yellow ones. At the pres- 

 ent day the sellers of roses in eastern 

 towns cr^ aloud in the streets, "The 

 rose was a thorn and the sweat of the 

 prophet Mohammed dropping upon it 

 formed it into a rose. ' '^Wisconsin State 

 Journal. 



"I SHOULD not care to be without the 

 RzviEw, as one article is often worth 

 more to me than the cost of many years ' 

 subscription." — Chas. H. Zundel, Hav- 

 erstraw, N. Y. 



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must be some reason why 

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 and at a less price. 



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 or green* 75c per 1000 ; $6.50 per case 

 10,000. Use our Mountain Laurel for 

 your decorations, 4c, 5c and 6c per yard, 

 made fresh daily from the woods. BRANCH LAUREL, 35c 

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