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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 2, 1005. 



We offer first-class 



stock of the 



finest varieties. 



CARNATIONS 



\ttru>^attni I A«A/6nn I'hlsvarletywbich we are introducing; 

 TQllCVjaiCU l.a>V9UII thj, season we are sure will prove to 

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

 mine pencilinKS. Mr. W. N. Craig, an authority on everything pertain- 

 inK to horticulture, says that be knows that this variety will ou^bloom 

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

 and stem, and is bound to give satisfaction. 112 per 100; (100 per 1000. 



RPfl I A%V^nn ^ bright red sport of Lawson that is bound to be 

 ■«v«w i-uTTvTvii popular, and will be grown where Lawson is pop- 

 ular. $10 00 per 100: t75 per 1000. 



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

 \j%Mi uiii^i ijggf jQQ ggarlet, first prize for best 50 carnations any 

 color, first prize for best 60 scarlet seedlings, Chicago. $12.00 per 100: 

 $100 per 1000. 



FianraP ^''^ queen of pink carnations; in a class by Itself. Mag- 

 ■ luii^y^^*./ niflcent flowers, strictly fancy in every respect. $12.00 

 per lOO; $100.00 per 1000. 



Whitfik I A%A/&nn ^^ consider this variety, which we Introduced 

 TT ■iit.c; LUYTSVii j^gt season, 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. Thos. 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. 



Strong Rooted Cuttings 



100; 



an extra free-bloomlng white 

 variety and a claimant for popular favor. $12.00 per 

 $100 00 per ICOO. 



Frt^A RiirLS Recommended as 



I I CU Dili Kl varlPtT and a platm 



I aA^/ Rrk«nt!f iil ^ magnificent white of last season's introduc- 

 Lauy DUUilUIUl tion. $6.00 per 100; $60 00 per 1000. 



riilhfkim Di^rk crimson. Grand stiff stem. Oalyz never bursts. 



i/aiiciiii fijgg ^nd abundant bloomer, developing very quickly. 



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



$60.00 per 1000. 



M<*c M A Pjitton 'I'tiis grand variegated carnation has 



lYIIS. ITI. /». raitcii giyen splendid satisfaction. $6.00 per 



100; $60.00 per 1000. 



Fnrh^antrACC Freest blooming, bringing highest market prices. 



Llli/liailU C3» In great demand. $4.00 per 100; $30.00 per 1000. 



Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson $3.00 per loo; $20.00 per 1000. 



carnation. $3.00 per lOO; $20.00 



Prosperity ^e^oc?.'"""'' '"''' 



We are now prepared to book orders for 1906 for tlic Ooxainir 

 Boarlct Virtorv "^^^^ '^ ^ ''^*' bread and butter variety. An 

 Oamation ' ■^(<vi 7 early, free and abundant bloomer, with good 

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

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

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

 ning December next. $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. 



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



Mention The Rpylew when you write. 



ILLINOIS FLORISTS MEET. 



At a meeting of the trade in Chicago 

 on Saturday, February 25, the Illinois 

 State P'lorists' Association was organ- 

 ized. There were present representa- 

 tives of many departments of the 

 trade, including the builder, the 

 grower, the wholesaler, the retailer, 

 the cemetery, the park, the pro- 

 fessor and the press. W. N. Rudd was 

 made temporary chairman and H. Has- 

 selbring temporary secretary. It was 

 the sense of the meeting that the al- 

 ready great and rapidly growing inter- 

 ests of the trade demand an organiza- 

 tion which shall be representative of 

 Ihe whole state. The name was adopt- 

 ed, each one present enrolled his name, 

 and it was voted to place the matter 

 of organization and incorporation in the 

 hands of a committee of three, com- 

 posed . of James Hartshorne, Joliet, 

 111., president of the American Carna- 

 tion Society ; P. J. Hauswirth, Chicago, 

 vice-president of the S. A. F. for north- 

 em Illinois, and John Willius, Danville, 

 111., vice-president of the S. A. F. for 

 .southern Illinois. They will report at 

 an early date. The name of every man 

 in the trade if? wanted on tlio roll of 

 members. 



In case the state legislature appro- 

 priates a sum of money to be used for 

 floriculfural work at the State Experi- 

 ment Station, a committee from the 

 State Florists' Association will act in 

 an advisory capacity and direct the 

 work along proper channels. 



SUPPORT THE BILL. 



Every florist in Illinois should sit 

 down right now, not tomorrow or some 

 other day, and write to his representa- 

 tives in the state legislature urging them 

 to support the bill introduced February 

 22 by Representative Gibbons for an 

 appropriation for greenhouses and the 

 study of florists' problems at the State 

 Experiment Station. The bill provides 

 for $20,000 in 1905 and $10,000 in 1906 

 and will make possible the erection of 

 a range of greenhouses at the Experi- 

 ment Station and the study of many 

 plant diseases which are causing loss to 

 the trade. 



The bill has met with some little rid- 

 icule at the hands of the daily press, 

 which does not understand the nature 

 of the proposal. The state has for years 

 appropriated hundreds of thousands of 

 dollars for experimental work on behalf 

 of cattle interests, agriculture, pomology, 

 etc., but not one penny has been ex- 

 pended on behalf of florists, who have, 

 however, paid their due proportion of 

 the taxes from which the funds have 

 come. "When you write to your repre- 

 sentatives tell them that by the census 

 of 1900 the greenhouses of Illinois were 

 said to represent an investment of 

 $4,648,056, with an annual production 

 of $1,867,805. The increase since then 

 has been fully fifty and probably seven- 

 ty-five per cent. The industry is entitled, 

 on the face of its value for taxation, 

 to the consideration which it asks of 

 the legislature. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



The following information was sent 

 out from Los Angeles, Cal., February 

 2."), by the Associated Press: "A. C. 

 Still son of this city has produced the 

 long sought green carnation after six 

 yeai's of experiment. The petals are 

 tinged with vivid green, radiating from 

 center to edge in deep stripes. He re- 

 fuses to explain how he did it. except 

 that prepared soil is used." 



PLANTS FOR SHADY PLACES. 



norists are often asked to recom- 

 mend plants that will do well in a shady 

 situation and we have a few good ar- 

 ticles that thrive in such locations. 

 Fuchsias are very satisfactory, both when 

 planted against a wall and when 

 trimmed as standards. Phenomenal, 

 Storm King, Mrs. E. G. Hill, White 

 Phenomenal and Black Prince I have 

 found to be the best suited to this cli- 

 mate and they can be recommended with- 

 out any fear as to their adaptability. 



Roses are not satisfactory in the 

 shade, although the Banksias, both 

 white and yellow, and the double Chero- 



kee grow the best of any I have tried. 

 They do not produce many flowers, but 

 v.ill make considerable foliage. 



Clianthus Dampieri I consider the best 

 of the climbing vines that will grow 

 in a very shady place and when in blos- 

 .■30m it is a very desirable plant. It ia 

 an evergreen and will stand considerable 

 drought without any loss of foliage. 



Calla lilies can always be recom- 

 mended where hardly anything else will 

 thrive on account of a surplus of mois- 

 ture and hydrangeas are also valuable 

 for the same reason. Cinerarias are 

 perennials with us and in a shady, 

 moist place show to the best advantage. 

 They flower all the year and seed the 

 entire neighborhood when they are 

 planted for a season. 



Ferns, especially the native wood- 

 wardia, can be recommended highly for 

 planting in moist, shady places. Thev 

 grow to a height of seven feet and are 

 very ornamental. Adiantum pedatum. 

 Aspidium cristatum, A. marginale and 

 Asplenium thelypteroides, I have found 

 to thrive especially well here and they 

 will grow where many other varieties 

 of ferns I have tried do not succeed. 

 Polypodium vulgare and Asplenium 

 cbeneum are the best of the low-grow- 

 ing ferns. Asplenium Trichomanes is 

 also very effective when a border fern 

 is desired. 



There are some other plants and 

 ferns I might name but the above list 

 can all be relied on to give satisfaction 

 in almost any shady situation if there i8 

 not too much moisture in the soil, al- 

 though in California we are not troubled 

 that way to any extent. G. 



SEED WARRANTY CASE. 



Frank Koch, of Spokane. Wash., by 

 his attorney, A. H. Kenyon. has com- 

 menced an action in the superior court 

 against John Anderson, in which he asks 

 for damages amounting to $900. He al- 

 leges in the complaint, which was filed 

 in court February 20. that the plaintiff 

 is engaged in operating a greenhouse in 

 Spokane and the defendant has conduct- 

 ed a seed store. That in August. 1004, 

 th^ defendant sold to plaintiff one half 

 pound of lettuce seed, for which the 

 plaintiff was to pay 50 cents, the de- 



