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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



813 



FRESH RIBBONS 



Would your trade be satisfied witii old flowers? 



Tlien why use the old hackneyed ribbon of your 

 grandmother's time. 



We are CREXTOHS of new ribbon ideas for florists. 



The prettiest millinery or dry goods ribbon oft appears incongruous as a garniture for flowers. 

 OURS ARE FLORISTS' RIBBONS. WHY USE THE OTHER KIND? 



LION & WERTHEIMER, 



TRADE Mark rcgistcrcd. 



MANUFACTURERS OF RIBBONS 



"THE CONQUEROR BRAND." 



463-467 aROSDWAY, 



NEW YORK CITY. 



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:CLEARING OUT: 



r^ i Seed Trade News. 



SALE OF NURSERY STOCK 



Land taken into the city cause for wanting to sell the entire 

 Nursery Stock in one lot or part. A good bargain to anyone 

 who will buy the entire lot. Stock is all merchantable size. 



6,20O Shade Trees— Rangfing: from 7 to {5 feet, average 

 12 feet, mainly comprisingf Sug;ar and Norway MapIes^Linden^ 

 Elmsr Horse Chestnut, etc 



4,900 Evergreens— Spruce, Arbor-vitac and Retinospora, 

 in variety, i to JO feet high. 



5,400 Shrubs— In variety, t to 4 feet iiigh. 



300 Yucca — Strong:, 6-year-oId Clumps. 



300 Privets— Standards, nice heads, 6-year-oIds. 



400 ** Round Bushes, shorn 6-y ear-olds. 



30,000 " Heavy, for Hedging, 3-year-olds. 



100,000 ♦' Strong, for Hedging, 2-year-oIds. 



SEND FOR LIST 



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C. RIBSAM & SON Jreoton,N.J. 



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Mention The Rerlew wben yon write. 



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Privet, Silver Maples, Carolina Poplars, 

 LOMBARDY POPLARS, CATALPA SPEGIOSA, VIRES, •" >" '-rpius. 



Also OTHBK BBBUBB AMD TBBBB IX ]tABOB ASSOBTIKSBT 



SHREWSBURY NURSERIES, EATONTOWN, N.J. 



■ZBD rOB WaO&BBAXiB PBXOB I^IBT. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon write. 



Always mention the Florists' Review when 

 writing advertisers. 



Always mention the Florists' Review when 

 writing advertisers. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOOATION. 



?rM., C. N. Pafe, Des Motaes, la ; First Vlce- 

 Pres., L. li. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and Treas., O. E. 

 ^6ndel, Clevelaml. The 23rd annual meeting 

 win be held on the St. liawrence, June, 1906. 



• The Japanese longiflorums are in on 

 time. 



The California CDop of beans is now 

 reported as very seriously injured. 



If nothing unfavorable occurs from 

 now on good deliveries of green podded 

 beans may be expected. 



S. B. Dicks, representing Cooper, 

 Taher & Co., London, Eng., returns to 

 Chicago from the northwest September 

 15. 



C. S. Clark, "Wakeman, O., says that 

 he cannot see anything which would inai- 

 cate a surplus of sweet corn for this 

 ^ason. . 



J, ^y. Bebus, formerly with Wm. El- 

 liott & Sons, New York, has gone into the 

 bulb and plant business at 120 Liberty 

 street, New York. 



The pea growers are beginning to re- 

 ceive the year's crop from the farmers 

 and definite news of how the crops have 

 turned out will soon be made known. 



It is stated that the melon land in the 

 vicinity of Rocky Ford, Colorado, is los- 

 ing its virtue as a peculiarly favorable 

 soil for insuring quality in the canta- 

 loupes that are raised there in such 

 quantity. 



At the time of going to press frost is 

 reported from Nebraska vine, seed and 

 sweet corn belt. It is not known yet 

 what effect this may have on the crops 

 but it is feared that considerable dam- 

 age has been done. 



LONG ISLAND SEED CROPS. 



J. M. Lupton writes: "Our seed 

 crops this season have pot given us aver- 

 age yields as a nil€. Spinach prpiduc^d 

 ^Ijout one-third of a crop and contract 

 deliveries were short. Siberian kale was 



