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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



FUBKUABY 2, 1905. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market 



Notwithstanding the extreme cold 

 weather last week, trad a was very satis- 

 factory, the only trouble being to get 

 the stock. Those who were depending 

 01) the east for stock had hard times for 

 a couple of days, on account of the rail- 

 roads being tied up. Some stock came in 

 frozen. The home growers got the ben- 

 efit- of this, however, and the local 

 wholesalers report the best week of the 

 season outside of Christmas. 



Various Notes. 



The delegation from this section to 

 the carnation convention arrived home 

 on Saturday and were high in their 

 praises of the exhibit and also the 

 treatment they received from the Chi- 

 cago boys in the way of entertainment. 

 The trip to the places of the Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., the Chicago Carnation Co. 

 and the J. D. Thompson Carnation Co. 

 helped make the trip a pleasure, not 

 forgetting the lunch at the Elks Hall in 

 Joliet. Taking it all in all, they report 

 it as one of the most satisfactory con- 

 ventions they have attended. 



Fred Burki, J. L. Wyland and W. A. 

 Clarke went by way of Richmond, Ind., 

 to see E. G. Hill Co. 's new rose, Rich- 

 mond, growing in its native soil and were 

 well pleased. 



S. S. Pennock and E, A. Stroud, the 

 crack Philadelphia carnation grower, 

 stopped here Saturday on their way 

 home. 



The next meeting of the Florists' Club 

 will be carnation night and it is ex- 

 p?cted that all members of the club will 

 be on hand for election of officers and 

 to hear reports from the members who 

 attended the convention on the best 

 things they saw, and they will tell you 

 of a number of good things beside the 

 prize winners, and possibly some of the 

 stories they heard at the banquet. 



James J. Higgins, now with Mrs. E. 

 A. Williams, formerly of Philadelphia, 

 is receiving congratulations, owing to 

 having taken unto himself a bride. Miss 

 Dorothy D. Watson, of Columbus, O. 



J. B. Murdock & Co., 545 Liberty 

 avenue, are receiving bids on a number 

 of new houses to be erected at Van 

 Emmen, Pa. Hoo-Hoo. 



For Your Wants in 



Roses, Boston, Piersoni and 



Scottii Ferns. 

 Asparagus — Plumosus, Spreng^eri. 



Carnations, Chrysanthemums 

 and Miscellaneous Stock, 



^'^ GEO. A. KUHL, 



Pekin, Illinois. 



Grower for the Trade. 



Mention The R«t1«w whwi yon write. 



...PANSIES... 



London Prize Sbow Floweri, exquisite colors, 

 large tranrplanted plants from cool bouses, 50c 

 per iro by mail : ts.ro per lOCO by express. 



Oboonlo»-S-incb per 100, 98.00 



4-iDcb " 6«0 



5.00 

 6.00 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SAN FRANCaSCO. 



ABpantffns Spruiirari— 4-liirh. 

 Plnmoana— 4 incb. 



C. WHTTTON, 



UTICA, N. Y. 



The Market 



We have had considerable dark weather 

 and foggy mornings during the past 

 week and as a result flowers of all kinds 

 have not been as plentiful as heretofore. 

 Roses especially have been scarce and 

 the price has stiffened somewhat. Beau- 

 ties have sold wholesale as high as $4 

 per dozen and Brides and Maids have 

 cost the retaDers $1 per dozen, with a 



XXX SEEDS 



Verbena. Improved mammoths; the very finest 



grown; mixed, 1000 seeds, 25c. 

 Cineraria. Finest large flowering dwarf, 1000 



seeds, 60c. 



Phlox Pnmlla Compacta. Veiy dwarf and 

 compact; grand for pots; in finest colors, 

 mixed. Trade pkt., 25c. 



Alyssnm Compactam. The most dwarf and 

 compact variety grown; perfect little balls 

 when grown in pots. Trade pkt. 26c. 



Chinese Prlmrote. Finest large- flowering 

 fringed varif'tles. mixed; single and doubie, 

 600 seeds. 11.00; tialf pkt, 60c 



Pansy, Finest Glanta. The best large-flower- 

 ing varieties, critlcaliv selected; mixed, 6000 

 seeds, tl 00. half pkt , 60c. 



Petunia. New star, from the flnest marked 

 flowers, extra choice. Trade pkt., 26c. 



Cash. Liberal extra count of seeds in all packets. 



SHAMROCK 



• ••IKIOrl... 



Strong and fine plants. Better order early. 

 $4.00 per 100; or 60c. per doz.. by mail. 



JOHN r. RIPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



THE HOME OF PBIMROSES. 



Mention TTie Review when yog write. 



^ HEADQUARTERS FOR ^ 

 •'SUPERIOR QUALITY" 



Wild Smilax 



Always on Haad and in any Qaantity 

 HOVE BETTES. 



25!b.ca«e $3 00 



35 lb. case 4 00 



501b. case 5 00 



E. F. WINTJERSON CO., 



45-47-49 Wabash Avenne, 



CHXCACK). I 



Mention Th^ Review when yon write. 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



Xosas— Bride. Chatenay, Gate, Perle and lyory, 

 S2.0O per 100; Uncle John, 95 00 per 100. 



Camations— Mrs. M. A. Patten, SSOO per 100; 

 D. Whitney. Enchantress, 4c; White Cloud, 

 JooKt Morning Olory Oov. Wolcott, Q. Louise, 

 tl.60 per 100. Special price on larcr* lots. 



J. F. AMMANN, Edwardsviile, III. 



Mention yhe Rerlew when yon write. 



READY N0W=R00TEDGUniN6S 



That will OlTs Satls&otloii 



Per 1000 



Lawion 912.60 



Prosperity 12.60 



Flora HIU 10.00 



Queen Louise 10.00 



Per 1000 



White Cloud $10.00 



Joo8t 10 00 



Marquis 10.00 



Quality is our bobby. 



W. CHILL FLORAL CO., Striator, III. 



very limited supply even at those figures. 

 Carnations have also been only in mod- 

 erate quantity and the price has in- 

 creased all along the line. - 



Business, except funeral work, has not 

 been brisk, but there has been a steady 

 run on white flowers. Violets are about 

 the only flower of which we have suflS- 

 eient quantity and to spare and they are 

 being used largely in funeral sprays 

 and designs. Valley and L. Harrisii are 

 about equal to the demand, but freesias 

 are in short supply. Narcissi are be- 

 2oming scarcer and daffodils more plen- 

 tiful. Good smilax and maidenhair ferns 

 5how the results of too close cutting and 

 are getting short of stem. 



Varioos Notes. 



John Keimers, of Stockton, employed 

 as a landscape gardener by the Santa 

 Fe railroad, was in a collision at Blum 

 station on Tuesday of last week. 



Thos. Stevenson is devoting his entire 

 time to his stand in the Palace Hotel. 

 Business has been exceptionally good 

 with him since the holidays. 



Serveau Bros, have filled up their 

 plant yard with a large stock of orna- 

 mental trees and plants for the spring 

 trade. 



• There is a splendid showing of various 

 bulbs in flower at Golden Gate park. Su- 

 perintendent McLaren contemplates many 

 improvements in the arrangement of the 

 flower beds, which he will soon have 

 ready for the spring planting. 



Geo. Eosmarin, of Alameda, handled 

 over 100,000 narcissus blooms this sea- 

 son. He has one of the largest patches 

 of the flower in this neighborhood. 



M. Olaine, of Palo Alto, is in town. 

 , G. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS. 



To have vegetable plants ready for 

 planting about the first of April it is 

 now time the seeds should be sown. 

 There is a good demand every spring for 

 great quantities of garden truck and as 

 there is very little trouble in handling 

 them it is one of the best paying articles 

 for such dealers as grow this class of 

 goods. Tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, 

 kale and peppers are the only varieties 

 grown in commercial gardens. Tomatoes 

 and peppers should be planted about 

 the first of February under glass and 

 given a little bottom heat, either from 

 a hotbed or any other method. One 

 ounce will sow three flats and should 

 produce about 1,500 plants. Do not 

 leave the plants longer than three weeks 

 over the heat and at the end of the 

 fourth week transplant them into the 

 same sized flats, putting about 100 plants 

 in each. They should be kept shaded, if 

 the weather be warm, for about a week, 

 and after that given plenty of air and 

 removed outside about the end of the 

 eighth week, so as to harden somewhat. 

 Plant them in sandy soil and it is ji 

 good plan to have an inch of well-rotted 

 manure in the bottom of the flat. This 

 makes them vigorous and of a good, 

 healthy color. 



The best varieties to grow in this lo- 

 cality are Acme for very early fruiting 

 and Stone and Perfection for later plant- 

 ing. The plants usually retail here at 

 about $1.50 per hundred. 



Peppers should be handled the same 

 way as tomatoes, but will not be fit to 

 sell until about two weeks later. There 

 is, of course, not so much demand for 



