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December 1, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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SHIPPING TRUNKS. 



Crane Bros., Westfleld. Masa. 

 Manufacturer! Llnenold Seamlew 

 Trunks and Boxes for shipping 

 Cut flowers. Send for price list. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Spbagnum moss, large bale, 11.75 eadi; by 

 freigbt, t2.00. 

 L. J. KreshoTer. 110-112 W. 27th St.. N. Y. 



Sphagnum moss. Write for prices on large 

 qaantltles. Crowl Fern Co., Mlllington, Mass. 



Sphagnum moss. Write for prices. 

 H. M. Robinson & Co., 11 Province St., Boston. 



Sphagnum moss, baled spruce, etc. 



li. B. Brague, Hinsdale, Mass. 



TIN FOIL. 



Tin Foil — Plain, fancy, printed and mounted. 

 Copley Foil Co., C21 West 2gth St., N. Y. 



Tin Foil — Plain, yiolet and rose. 



John J. Crooke Co., 156 Are. D, N. Y. 



TOBACCO. 



Tobacco stems, fresh and strong, in bales of 

 200 to 500 lbs., 75c per 100 lbs. 

 D. Cutler Ryerson, 108 8d Atc., Newark, N. 1. 



lYcsh tobacco stems, bale of 800 lbs., Sl.SO. 

 _ _ _ r.Pn. 



W. O. Beckert, Allegheny, 



TOOTHPICKS. 



Wired toothpicks, 10,000, $1.60; 60,000, $6.26. 

 Sample free. For sale by dealers. 



W. J. COWBH, Berlin, N. Y. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



Bzcelsior carnation supports, made of gal- 

 ranlaed wire, 10 in. long, $7.00 1000, $60.00 

 10,000; 18 In. long, $7.60 1000, $70.00 10,000; 

 20 In. long, $8.00 1,000, $76.00 10,000. Also 

 stemming wire, rose stakes, etc. 

 H. F. Littlefleld. Worcester, Mass. 



Thaden's wire tendrils and twin stake* for 

 carnations, roses, etc. 



B. Tbaden & Co., 472 W. Banter St., At- 

 Unta. Qa. 



Model Extension carnation supports; also (Sl- 

 ranlaed rose stakes and tying wires. 

 Igoe Bros.. 228 North 9th St., Brooklyn, W. Y. 



Model Bxtenalon carnation supports. 

 Parker-Bmen Mfg. Co.. Barrison. N. J. 



Send In your order now for a copy of Scott's 

 Florists' Mannal. 



WIRE WORK. 



W« sre the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work In the west. B. F. Wlnterson Co.. 

 46. 47, 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



We are mannfacturers — no middleman's 

 proflti. 

 0. C. POLX.WORTH CO., Milw aukee. Wis. 



Bmil Bteerens, Manufacturer of Florists' Wire 

 Designs, 886 Bast 2lBt St.. New York. 



Reed ft Keller, 122 W. 25tb St., New York. 

 Manufacturers of Wire Designs. 



Wire work of all kinds. Write me. 

 Wm. Murphy, Wholesa le Florist, Cinclnnstl. O. 



B. H. Hunt. 76-78~WBhaiib Atp.. ChlcaKO. 



A BIT OF MUM HISTORY. 



I have just referred to a catalogue of 

 chrysanthemums issued in 1869, by John 

 Salter, then of the Versailles Nursery, 

 at Hammersmith. In that catalogue he 

 gives the names of a dozen or so of 

 Japanese chrysanthemums, representing 

 about the third generation of seedlings 

 from the original, sent home to Mr. 

 Robert Fortune from Japan in 1862. 

 The early forms of the Japanese were 

 tall, somewhat gaunt and inclined to be 

 late in flowering, in fact, in this par- 

 ticular catalogue, Mr. Salter remarks 

 that ' ' many of the Japanese remain lon- 

 ger in bloom and flower later than the 

 Chinese kinds, so that we may have our 

 gfccahou B ea ga y w i t h t h e m all th r ough 

 the dull winter months when flowers are 

 scarce ; ' ' and in arranging his plants in 

 his show-house, toward which many an 

 enthusiastic member wended his steps 

 in November, Mr. Salter always placed 

 his Japs behind his large flowering 

 kinds, because they were of taller 

 growth and later in blooming. What a 

 change has been made in the group by 



raisers! We have now an abundance of 

 Japs which bloom in October, and on- 

 ward until February. The term "in- 

 curved" was not used by Salter as a 

 heading to a section; in 1869 this type 

 came under the head of large-flowered 

 varieties, incurved and reflexed being 

 mingled together under this heading. 

 There were a few of the anemone type, 

 both large flowered and pompons, but 

 the Japanese anemone-flowered appe'aretl 

 to be unknown then. Of the true in- 

 curved varieties exhibited in 1869, only 

 a very few indeed find a place in cata- 

 logues in the present day. — Richard 

 Dean, in the H. T. J. 



FROM OUR ENGLISH EXCHANGES. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle. 

 Mes. Fught is a most valuable addi- 

 tion to the list of rambling roses, and 

 is likely to still further increase the 

 popularity these roses at present enjoy. 

 This variety has a vigorous habit, the 

 growth being somewhat stouter and more 

 erect than many of the rambling roses 

 now in cultivation; but it is not so 

 stout as to prevent the plants presenting 

 that elegant aspect for which the ram- 

 bling roses are remarkable. The flowers 

 are semi-double, about two inches in di- 

 ameter, and produced in huge trusses, 

 the number of blooms ranging from 

 twenty to thirty in each truss. The 

 color is a bright rose-pink, and the 

 finely developed trusses are very eflfec- 

 tive, both on the plants and when cut 

 and arranged in vases. 



There are now several varieties of 

 brilliant bougainvilleas in cultivation, 

 but among the many none has such large 

 bracts or such consistently large bunches 

 of flowers as the variety named Maud 



Chettleburgh. In addition to exceptional 

 size and profusion, the bracts are a 

 deeper shade of purplish rose than seen 

 in the well-known B. glabra, so that al- 

 together the newcomer may be regarded 

 as the finest member of the genus, see- 

 ing it can be readily flowered in a quite 

 small state, plants in 48-sized pots car- 

 rying fine bunches of showy bracts. The 

 stock has been acquired by Wm. Bull & 

 Sons, Chelsea. 



Probably the most popular double 

 zonal pelargonium (geranium) in Eng- 

 land at the present day is F. V. Ras- 

 pail, rich scarlet, which was sent out by 

 Lemoine in 1878, and after being grown 

 to a limited extent in England, was al- 

 most lost to cultivation till about ten 

 years afterwards it was unearthed from 

 obscurity, and at once bounded into pop- 

 ularity, which at the present time has 

 not one whit abated. 



In the near future Isatis glauca 

 will become a favorite alike with the 

 hardy flower lover and the park super- 

 intendent. At Kew it has this season 

 attracted so much attention that hardy 

 plant dealers are sure to have many in- 

 quiries for it. It grows about four feet 

 high, its light green stems being fur- 

 rowed and furnished with glaucous 

 green leaves that are elongated lance 

 shape, each having a conspicuous white 

 midrib. The growths are surmounted 

 by loose, spreading, freely branched 

 panicles of light but bright yellow flow- 

 ers, and, though the flowers are individ- 

 ually small, they collectively produce a 

 very pleasing effect. 



That little one-inch advertisement in 

 your valuable paper did the work all 

 right, as usual. — J. F. Ammann, Ed- 

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