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Mabch 23, 1006. 



ThcWcckly Florists' Review* 



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At Half Price 



Read The Reasons Given 



Natural Business La^s justify higher prices on Novelties 

 than stock in normal demand and supply can command. 



An event unusual ii that of a meritoriou8 novelty— sucb as 

 appeals sensibly to all ftrowera of Judnment— offered below baif its 

 normal price. Nevertbelets. as tbe full time and attentlcn of tbe 

 introducer are now fully demanded with otber lines of bis business, 

 in planning to directly close out the limited balance of tbe 

 oriKlnally grown stock of 



ADIANTUM CROWEANBM 



It i» now on sale at less than half price. As a standard novelty the 

 stf rling values of this fern develop more and more da.ly, bence 

 this offering is no reflection on its true merits. 



Til* following prices tall their own mtoxj : 

 Strong plants from 8-incb pots, 92.B0 per dozen : 91B.00 per 

 100: flKB.OO per 1000. 36 plants at 100 rate: 250 at 1000 rate 

 •100.00 per 1000 in 60C0 lots. 

 In order to Inanre ordera belnff filled, would-be 

 bayera need to apeak qniokly. 



LET NO ONE HESITATE NOW. 



Selling 

 Agents 



F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown, N. Y. 

 VAUOHAN'S SEED STORE, Chicago. 

 W. W. BARNARB & CO., Chicago, III. 

 H. A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



W. F. K4STING, 



Sole Distributor, Rii-ffnl#\ W V 

 383-87 Ellicott Street, QUI IClIU^ lll« I • 



S. S. SKIDELSKT, Traveling Representative, 884 North 84th St., Philadelphia. Pa. 



Mention The Kevli'W when you wMte. 



Candeur floating in water to represent 

 nymphseas, large sized galax leaves being 

 used as foliage. Yellow Spanish iris were 

 also used in the ' ' aquatic ' ' display. 



McMulkin had a handsome white win- 

 dow the past week, all seasonable flow- 

 ers and plants Of that color being used. 

 Gros Colmar grapes in handsome tlusters 

 were hung here and there. 



Peirce & Son, at their big Waverly es- 

 tablishment, have a house 300 feet long 

 of Enchantress carnation, which is a glo- 

 rious sight at present. Another house 

 containing 25,000 Lilium longiflorum in 

 6-inch pots at just the right Easter stage 

 is as near perfection as possible. As 

 many more are to be seen in the other 

 houses. 



J. A. Pettigrew read a paper on March 

 17 before the North Shore Horticultural 

 Society at Manchester, on "Village and 

 Wayside Improvement." 



Geo. E. Fisher is with Geo. Patten, of 

 Lowell, and not Patten & Co., as stated 

 in a recent issue. The latter firm em- 

 ploys no salesmen. 



James "Wlheeler was unable to preside 

 at the club meeting on March 21, owing 

 to his wife's illness. She underwent 

 a rather critical operation on the pre- 

 vious day, but we are pleased to learn 

 is progressing favorably. 



We have had one or two spring-like 

 days of late. Blue birds are with us, 

 robins have been singing and frogs 

 "peeping," snow and ice are disappear- 

 ing fast, so we may reasonably expect 

 to work Mother Earth ere the month 

 closes. W. N. Craig. 



Eldora, Ia.— J. S. Pollard is conva- 

 lescing from a very serious illness. / 



BUFFALO. 



Ctirrent G>inment. 



Winter not only lingers in the lap of 

 spring, but he has taken a fresh "holt 

 on her ' ' and is giving gentle spring a 

 most amorous squeeze. This retards 

 business somewhat at this time of the 

 year. But let us have the wintry blasts 

 how and balmy spring in April, es- 

 pecially that week beginning April 11, 

 for on that week occurs the Sweeny flow- 

 er show. Eemember that, Buffalo and 

 vicinity growers! The schedule of 

 premiums is made especially to suit the 

 commercial florist and the plants he 

 grows. There is a prize for everybody 

 and they are liberal and paid in cash 

 the last day of the exhibition. We must 

 look upon this also as a most excellent 

 free advertising opportunity. Fifty 

 thousand people will see your products 

 and if your Bambler exhibit is the prize- 

 taker the people will say, "Look. Mr. 

 Porous Potts has the best roses. We 

 will go to him for our Easter plants," 

 and so on in all the Easter favorites. 



Buffalo is not well off for private es- 

 tablishments, yet the few will contribute 

 largely to the best of the displays. Mr. 

 Fitzwilliams, gardener to Mrs. G. H. 

 Lewis; T. Winneman, gardener to Geo. 

 Urban, Jr., and Charles Sandeford, 

 gardener to J. J. Albright, all have made 

 special preparations. We called on Mr. 

 Sandeford a few days ago, and every 

 florist visiting Buffalo should give him a 

 call, for never anywhere have I seen four 

 small houses so gay with blossoms. 

 From the orchid down to the modest 

 baby primrose all is perfection. Garde- 

 nias are loaded with buds and flowers, 



cai^ations, roses, lilies and everything 

 else desirable at this season, not blocks 

 of plants, but every one a specimen. 



I hear that James Buxton, for many 

 years in business on Niagara street, is 

 selling out and expects to return to his 

 native land, England, to sp^nd the even- 

 ing of his life. 



A few days ago we were more than 

 pleased to receive a call from David 

 Campbell, the park superintendent of the 

 progressive city of Syracuse. Syracuse 

 is among the few cities of the country 

 which has a practical landscape gardener, 

 as well as an all-round gardener, in 

 charge of her parks. Mr. Campbell is 

 all of this. How fortunate for Syra- 

 cuse! Long may Mr. Campbell reign 

 over his charge undisturbed by the green 

 eyes and foul designs of the politicians. 



W. S. 



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Tyler, Tex.— Up to Christmas Mrs. 

 Frank Hewitt, who has a nice business, 

 cut roses in her garden, but as late as 

 February 13 every plant was weighted 

 down by a coating of ice. 



Peoria, III. — The green carnations 

 which Geo. A. Kuhl showed for St. Pat- 

 rick 's day received nearly a column of 

 space in a local paper, which went to the 

 trouble of interviewing nearly every flo- 

 rist in town to prove that green flowers 

 didn't grow so. 



Camden, N. J.— Wm. Vogt, Jr., 120 

 North Fourth street, made a funeral 

 piece March 15 for a stranger who gave 

 him a check for $18 which was value- 

 less. As he received no thange it does 

 not appear that the swinuler profited by 

 the florist's loss. 



