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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Septembub 22, 1904. 



CINaNNATI. 



The Market. 



Though it can not be said to be rush- 

 ing, trade is nevertheless very good, and 

 I do not believe that anyone is complain- 

 ing. Many of the best flower buyers are 

 now returning from their summer homes 

 and that alone is very beneficial to the 

 trade, but still it's true thai real busi- 

 ness does not start up till the advent of 

 the chrysanthemum, and that will bo 

 about a month. Mums about this city 

 are looking very well, and some fine 

 blooms are to be expected. B. P. 

 Critchell, who produces some of the best 

 mums grown here, says that his stock 

 18 in fine shape and that the quality 

 will be fine this year. 



Asters are quite scarce and much 

 sought after. The price is consequently 

 on the rise. There are more white ones 

 than other colors. Some extra fine tube- 

 roses are to be had and the price asked 

 for them is very low, but they move slow- 

 ly. Gladioli are still very good and some 

 extra fine dahlias sell well. Carnations 

 are very much as last reported and 

 roses likewise. The price of Beauties is 

 rising, though, and they are selling fine. 

 Some good valley is coming in. There 

 is a good demand for "green goods " 

 smilax especially. , ' 



Various Notes. 



T. W. Hardesty is again the father of 

 a httle girl, who arrived last Tuesday. 

 Tom 's family now consists of three girls 

 and one boy, and all of them enjoy the 

 best of health on his Kentucky planta- 

 tion. 



Chas. Jones reports business as rapid- 

 L P'^^*"S "P ^^ Walnut Hills. He and 

 Mr. Brooks can now be seen daily doing 

 the wholesale district with their smart 

 turnout, buying the best stock that can 

 be found, as that is the only kind of 

 goods that Mr. Jones sells. 

 ^Vm. Rodgers is cutting some of the 

 best carnations that are coming into this 

 market. Many of them are from plants 

 held over the summer and they are verv 

 good. •' 



The first shipment of carnations of 

 the season was received this week by E. 

 G. Gillett from the B. K. & B. Floral 

 Co., Richmond, Ind. The blooms were 

 fine and for so early in the season show 

 that this firm's stock is rapidly round- 

 ing into shape. 



J. T. Conger is busy putting up a 

 large wedding decoration in Wyoming, 

 O. Mr. Conger is located at Hartwell. 

 O., where he has a very nice greenhouse 

 plant of moderate size, in which he 

 grows considerable stock. But owing to 

 his increasing business he is a constant 

 buyer in the wholesale market. 



The writer's trip to the World's Fair 

 was one of great benefit to him and he 

 would advise every florist who can pos- 

 sibly do so to go, as he will never be- 

 grudge the money spent. And, by the 

 way, J. J. B. must have been doing the 

 Pike pretty well himself to have seen the 

 writer there so often. 



Max Rudolpt's partner. M. H. Meyer, 

 accompanied by his family, is at the St. 

 Louis Fflir • this week. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



Danvilu;, Iu..— George A. Linfoot, 

 formerly with E. M. Holt k Co., of But- 

 ler, Pa., has joined H. E. Mitting in 

 buginess here. 



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BEGONIA 



I 



^loire de Horraine | 



FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. 



If* have a fine, well established stock of this beaatiful Chriitmas 

 plant, both in the Light Pink Lorraine, and the type. 



These plants are ready for shifting into larger pots and we offer . 

 them at $t5 00 per 100; $140.00 per 1000, from 2 inch pots; 3-inch 

 pots, $20 OD per 100. 



THIS STOCK is WELL HARDENED and in FIRST-CLASS 

 CONDITION and will make fine large plants for Christmas sales. 

 BMBBB TOn CAN SAVB 5 per oent by ■ending' oaali with the order. 

 Oataloffne of Haraery Stook, Peontea, etc., mailed npon application. 



I The Cottage Gardens Company I 



I QUEENS, L. I., N. Y. f 



Mpntton The Rpvtew when .too writ*. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS ! 



Strong, ex-inch per 100, $2.00 per 1000, $18 00 



Strongr* 34neh per 100, 3.00 per 1000, iBS.OO 



Ezpreas Prepaid at AboTe Prices. CASH. 



MITTING & LINFOOT 



317 N. Vermilion, DANVILLE, ILL. 



MfDtloii !%<> BvtIhw wbflo yon write. 



ALBINO PANDANUS. 



I. have a pandanus in which the mid- 

 dle leaves as they come out are a whit- 

 ish yellow instead of striped with green. 

 When they get to their full leng^ they 

 begin to die back. The lower leaves 

 are mostly a pale green. Can you tell 

 mo what the trouble is? H. 8. P. 



From the description it is evident that 

 the pandanus in question (which is in- 

 ferred to be P. Veitchii) is an albino, 

 •A condition that is frequently met with 

 by large growers of this plant. In such 

 a case the leaves have not enough of the 

 green coloring matter to keep them in 

 good condition, and owing to this weak- 

 ness the tips of the leaves decay. There 

 is no real cure for such a plant, for 

 though the foliage will sometimes and 

 at some seasons turn entirely green, yet 

 the character of the plant has been fixed 

 and there will be a recurrence of the 

 pure white or yellow foliage as the plant 

 produces fresh growth. Such plants are 

 usually thrown away by careful growers, 

 as cuttings taken from them will usu- 

 ally perpetuate the trouble, and the only 

 method upon which one may rely is in 

 the careful selection of cuttings that 

 show distinct striping. 



It is a common failing among varie- 

 gated plants to produce shoots in which 

 the green coloring is absent, and the 

 only way to avoid such a trouble is by 

 selecting cuttings that show the typical 

 markings of the variety. 



The plant in question is not likely to 

 be changed or cured by any special treat- 

 ment, though a heavy soil seems less 



CARNATIONS 

 The United States Cut Flower Oo. has 

 " a surplus of fine, stocky, high-land 

 urown stock, iree from rust and stem-rot. con- 

 sifctiDK of the followiDK varieties: — 



I^AWBOH. BH0HAHTBB88, CBOOXBX, 

 JOOBT, APO&IO. HABLOWASDBV, 

 K. FCBX.D, BIiDOBADO 

 and PBOBPBBZTT. 



Small orders receive the same care and atten- 

 tion as large. Let us flKure on your wants. 

 Satisfaction guaranteed. 



United States Gut Flower Co, 



ELMIRA, N. Y. 



Mention The Bevlew when you write.' 



Caroation Plants. 



ETHBIi CBOOXSB - Large first size plants, 



per 100, 14.50 : per 1000, $10.00. 

 BX.DOB* DO -Large first size plants, per 100, 



$4.50: per 1000, $40.00. 

 MBS. JOOST- Second size plants, short and 



bushy, per 100, $3.00 ; per 1000. $25.00. 



SMILAX PLANTS, 



2-inch, strong and bushy, $8.00 per 1000. 



Lakevicw Rose Gardens 



JAMESTOWN, N. Y. 



Mention The Reylew when yon write. 



likely to encourage such a condition than 

 a light compost, so far ^s I have been 

 able to judge. w. H. Tapun 



