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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Fkbbuaby 23. 1905. 



We offer firat-class 



atoek of the 



finest TArieties. 



CARNATIONS 



VflriPflrttPfl I Atvc/^n Tbts Tsriety which we are introducioK 

 ▼ til ■V7i|a(,cu l-aiT9UII tjj,g geasoD we are sure will prove to 

 be the very best varieitated sort. Pure ivory white with delicate car- 

 mine pencilinjfs. Mr. W. N. Oraig. an authority on everything oertain- 

 Ing to horticulture, says that he icnows that this variety will out-bloom 

 the favorite. Mrs. M. A. Patten, three to one. It has the Lawson habit 

 and stem, and Is bound to give satisfaction. 912 per 100; 9100 per 1000. 



RoH L flWSnn ^ bright red sport of Lawson that is bound to be 

 ■-««▼▼ c»vii popular, and will be grown where Lawson is pop- 

 ular. $10 00 per 100: $75 per 1000. 



Crirriiflfll Bright cardinal, or crimson-scarlet. Won first prize for 

 v/ui uiiiui jjggj. jQp soarlet, first prize for best 60 carnations any 

 color, first prize for best 50 scarlet seedlings, Chicago. $12.00 per 100: 

 $100 per 1000. 



FianrPP "^^^ queen of pink carnations; in a class by itself. Mag- 

 "^ *"^^ nlficent flowers, strictly fancy in every respect. $12.00 

 per lOO: $100.00 per 1000. 



WhitP I AWCnn ^^ consider this variety, which we introduced 

 TTiiii,^ i.uvv^svii jggt geaaoff. the most profitable white carna- 

 tion ever sent out. We think it will outbloom any other white two to 

 one. It has given great satisfaction. When the flowers are left on the 

 plants until fully developed they are much larger than Mrs. Thds. W. 

 Lawson. We believe this will occupy among white carnations the 

 same place that Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson does among pink carnations. 

 Remember that we are headquarters for it. Splendid stock ready for 

 immediate delivery. $7.00 per 100; $60.00 per lOCO. 



StrongRootedCttttings 



Frfvl Aiirkl Recommended as an extra free-blooming white 

 I I cu uui i\i variety and a claimant for popular favor. $12.00 per 

 100; $100 00 per 1000. 



I i*ei\/ Rrkiinf if 111 A magnificent white of last season's Introdac- 

 L.auy DUUIIUIUl tion. $6.00 per lOO; ISO.OO per lOOO. 



n«lhf>iin ^*^^ crimson. Grand stiff stem. Oalyx never bursts. 

 i/ciii<7iiii Free and abundant bloomer, developing very quickly. 

 We consider this the best all-round crimson carnation. $6.00 per 100; 

 $60.00 per 1000. 



Mrc M A P^tton This grand variegated carnation has 

 Iflia. ITI. f\» ran-cii gj^gn gplendid satisfaction. $8.00 per 

 100; $50.00 per 1000. 



Fn#*hnntrocc Freest blooming, bringing highest market prices. 

 Llll^liailll C33 In great demand. $4.00 per 100; $30.00 per 1000. 



Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson $3.00 per loo; $20.00 per looo. 

 Prosperity JerTooa "*'"'* '"""'^ 



carnation. $3.00 per 100; $20.00 



We are now prepared to book orders for 1906 for the Oomlnff 

 Soarlet Virtnrv '^'^'^ ^^ ^ ^^^^ bread and butter variety. An 

 Carnation ' ■^•'*" J early, free and abundant bloomer, with good 

 stem; a magnificent keeper and shipper: flowers of the largest size, 

 commanding the very highest price. This is going to be a money- 

 maker. Orders will be fllled in rotation, as received. Delivery begin- 

 ning December next. $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per lOOO. 



F, R, PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y, 



Mention "Hie Review when yon write. ^ 



KANSAS QTY. 



The Market 



After six weeks of intense cold and 

 snow this city is beginning to emerge- 

 into something like decent weather, but 

 in spite of the inclemency of the weather, 

 business has surpassed every other week 

 .with the exception of Christmas. St. 

 Valentine's day at some of the stores 

 was in excess, even, of Christmas. The 

 supply of good stock is very short; in 

 fact, of any stock, with the exception 



. of bulbous stock, which has been increas- 

 ing in quantity and quality. Soses have 

 been very scarce, it being impossible at 



• times to get even culls. Carnations have 

 also boeii very short, the cold, cloudy 

 weather with the glass covered with 

 snow, over tliree weeks in some places, 

 retarding the growth, making it almost 

 impossible to fill local orders. Violets 

 have been plentiful except upon St. Val- 

 entine's day, when the large supply was 

 soon exhausted at an advance to three 

 times the regular price. 



Some large wedding decorations, with 

 quite a number of small receptions, are 

 keeping the stores pretty well cleaned 

 up. Some fine tulips, daffodils, jonquils 

 and Dutch hyacinths are to be seen, 

 while Romans and narcissi are almost 

 a glut, there being no call for them 

 except for funeral work. Prices are 

 steady for what good stock can be ob- 

 tained and the indications point to very 

 good business. the coming week. 



Various Notes. 



Two of the largest weddings since the 

 opening of the social season here were 

 held the past week. One, the wedding of 

 Miss Tjewis, included the decorating 

 of Grace church and the banquet hall 

 of the Coates House and was beautifully 

 arranged by Samuel Murray. ' 



W. L. Rock had charge of the Currier- 

 Dunlap wedding and it surpassed any 

 previous event of that kind seen here 

 for some time. 



A visit to the greenhouses of Sam- 

 uel Murray, which are in charge of that 

 prince of good fellows. Wm. Sharp, is 

 a pleasure long to be remembered. 

 There are about 15,000 feet of glass. 

 Tjongiflornnv and Harrisii are the finest I 



have seen this year. One house is de- 

 voted entirely to hydrangeas. There are 

 two houses full of Boston ferns, Pier- 

 soni and Adiantum Croweanum, while 

 the rest of the houses are filling up rap- 

 idly with some fine bedding stock. 



R, S. Brown & Son are sending in 

 some fine carnations. 



Chas. M. Wise is stocking up prepara- 

 tory to the spring trade and reports 

 business as improving at his place. 



Ed. Ellsworth reports excellent busi- 

 ness in the wholesale line and the entire 

 force is kept busy getting out orders. 



J. F. Noli, with Arthur Newell, visited 

 Joplin the past week, inspecting a new 

 arrival at his home there. It is a four- 

 teen-pound boy. Narcissus. 



MADISON, N. J. 



The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society held its regular meet- 

 ing on Febniary 8. The event of the 

 evening was the reading of an essay on 

 * ' The New Varieties of Chrysanthe- 

 mums for 1905" by C. H. Totty. The 

 paper was well received and a hearty 

 vot« of thanks accorded to Mr. Totty 

 for his effort. It was supplemented by 

 A. Herrington with a comparison of the 

 European varieties and Australian as 

 grown in America. Methods of seed 

 sowing in Australia and New Zealand 

 were explained and a fact stated new to 

 many of us, that the flower buds in these 

 places were taken in February instead of 

 our usual time on account of the dif- 

 ference in geographical location. 



Our next meeting promises to develop 

 much excitement. F. "W. Holt, of New 

 York, has donated to the society, a pair 

 of gum boots to be bowled for. After a 

 short business session we are to adjourn 

 to the alley and prove what we are made 

 of. A committee composed of Messrs. 

 Herrington, Totty and Duckham are to 

 arrange, the handicaps so that every 

 member will have a show to win, and 

 as most of us need the boots just now 

 the rivalry will be keen. E. R. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



LooMis, Cal.— On February 11 Mit- 

 ting & McGowan, the proprietors, sold 

 the California Carnation Co. to Johnson 

 & Taylor, of Sacramento, who will con- 

 tinue the business. 



The carnation fields of the Ocean, 

 Park Floral Co., Ocean Park, Cal., are 

 located on the site of an old Indian vil- 

 lage. During a recent visit Wm. A. 

 Peterson, the Chicago nurseryman, who 

 is a collector of Indian relics, picked 

 up in the carnation fields 265 pounds of 

 stone arrow heads, etc., which he sent 

 home. Mr. Vawter, the proprietor, 

 makes all visiting trade people welcome. 



BUDDED ROSES. 



Sales from the advertisement in the 

 Review have been very satisfactory. — 

 W. H. Newman, Akron, N. Y. 



Owing to the perfection with which 

 roses are now being grown on various 

 kinds of wild stock in California there 

 is less stock grown from hard wood on its 

 own roots each succeeding year. The 

 public is gradually being educated up 

 to the fact that it is possible to get big, 

 strong plants one year from bud that 

 are large enough to set out with imme- 

 diate effect and they will accept nothing 

 else. There was a time but a few years 

 ago when each rose grower had a patch 

 of roses grown on their own roots, and 

 a sorry looking sight they were when 

 compared with what is being offered to- 

 day in the same varieties. I handled 

 some stock this week, all of which was 

 less than one year from bud. Paul 

 Neyron, Niphetos, Perle des .Tardins, 

 Bride, Mme. Caroline Testont, Souvenir 

 du President Camot and Mrs. John 

 Laing, none less than three feet high 

 and heavy in proportion. This is the 

 outcome of what we have learned in the 

 scientific growing of budded stock. Cer- 

 tainly these plants were grown under 

 favorable conditions and represent first 

 quality. There were not less than fifty 

 others of the most popular kinds that 

 ranged in size from two feet and over 

 and all from less than one year's growth 

 of bud. The wild stock had been 

 j)lantPd the year before, so that the 



