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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 30, 1905. 



We offer firat-elase 



■took of the 



fineat varieties. 



CARNATIONS 



VArio/iAfoH I AtA/cnn Tblsyariety which we are introduciDK 

 Taiic«jaLCU LaVTSUii t^g season we are sure will prove to 

 be the very best varleKated sort. Pure Ivory white with delicate car- 

 mine pencUiDKB. Mr. W. N. OraiK. an authority on everything pertain- 

 ing to horticulture, says that he knows that tliis 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. $12 per 100; tlOO per 1000. 



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

 ■»*'*■ ■-«■"''*'•' popular, and will be grown where Lawson is pop- 

 ular. $10.00 per 100: S75 per 1000. 



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

 v>ai uiiiai i,gg(; iQo scarlet, first prize for best 60 carnations any 

 color, first prise for best 60 scarlet seedlings, Chicago. (12.00 per 100: 

 SlOO per 1000. 



FlJinrPtfk The queen of pinlc carnations; in a class by itself. Mag- 

 i iaiivcc niQcent fiowers, strictly fancy in every respect. <12.00 

 per lOO; f lOO.OO per 1000. 



Whitok I Ata/snn ^^ consider this variety, which we introduced 

 TTiiit.c LavYSUii i,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. Tbos. W. 

 Lawson. We believe this will occupy among white carnations the 

 same place that Mrs. Tbos. 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 1010. 



StroogRootedCttttiogs 



FrAH Rlirki Recommended as an extra free-blooming white 

 s ■ c« uui IM variety and a claimant for popular favor. (12.00 per 

 100; (100.00 per 1000. 



I aH%/ RAiantifiil '<^ magnificent white of last season's introduc- 

 t-tMUy EfUUIIUIUI tion. (6.00 per 100; (50 00 per 1000. 



flahMm Dark crimson. Grand stifl stem. 



Oalyx never bursts, 

 ery quickly. 

 (6.00 per 100; 



We consider this tbe best all-round crimson carnation. 

 (60.00 per 1000. 



Mre M A P^f fon l^bis grand variegated carnation ban 

 ITII9* ITI. /». railCll giyen splendid satisfaction. (6.00 per 

 100; (60.00 per 1000. 



FnrhAntrocc Freest blooming, bringing highest market prices. 

 l-llt<liailll C»» jn great demand. (4.00 per 100; (80.00 per 1000. 



Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson woo per loo; (20.00 per 1000. 



Pl>QS||A|>|ty A magnificent fancy carnation. (3.00 per 100; (20.00 



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

 Boarlet Viftorv "^^^^ '" '^ ''^^^ bread and butter variety. An 

 Gamattoa » ivi,wi y early, free and abundant bloomer, with good 

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

 commanding tbe very highest price. 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 lOOO. 



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



Mffntlon Tbe Review when yon write. 



DETROIT. 



Brdtmeyer's Btiilding. 



Shortly after Easter John Breitmeyer 'a 

 Sons will remove their retail store from 

 the well-known stand at Gratiot and 

 Miami avenues. They will go a few 

 doora down the street for the summer, 

 and the old building will be torn down 

 and replaced by an eight-story steel 

 structure in which the Breitmeyers will 

 occupy the corner store and have the 

 most up-to-date establishment of its 

 kind in the country. 



The old store has a history. It is a 

 frame structure and was on the out- 

 skirts of town when erected. The lot, 

 50x100, cost the man who built the 

 house the sum of $400. This was in 

 1844. The frame of the house is oak, 

 and it has stood for several remodel- 

 ings." John Breitmeyer bought the prop- 

 erty in 1887 for $30,000. 



Frank Beard. 



Frank Beard, of the firm of Beard 

 Bros., who died March 20, following an 

 operation for appendicitis, was one of 

 the most popular members of the De- 

 troit Florists' Club, which was largely 

 represented at his funeral. Mr. Beard 

 was a resident of Woodmere since child- 

 hood and always took an active interest 

 in the affairs of the village, having 

 been a member of the first council. He 

 served on the school board for seventeen 

 years and enjoyed a large circle of 

 friends. He was forty-three years of 

 age and leaves a widow and three chil- 

 dren, besides several brothers and sis- 

 ters. 



Frank H. Beard, to whom death came 

 in his forty-third year of life, was be- 

 loved by all who knew him, for his na- 

 ture was a genial, loving and truthful 

 one. He was always a willing worker 

 in any work connected with the enter- 

 tainment of visiting florists to our city. 

 A wise counselor in any business in 

 which he was interested. Mr. Beard 

 •was elected director of the school dis- 

 trict in which he was educated for the 

 fourth term last fall. He will be great- 

 ly missed in the meetings of the De- 



troit Florists' Club, who attended the 

 funeral in a body and acted as escort. 

 He leaves a widow, two boys and one 

 girl. Kag. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



TRANSPLANTING HARDY PALMS. 



The transplanting of hardy palms 

 from the open ground into tubs or for 

 replanting in the soil in some other lo- 

 cality, is a proposition that appears to 

 be not well understood by many of our 

 growers and not at all by the "public. 

 One of our most valuable and beautiful 

 trees, the California fan palm, which we 

 are accustomed to transplant even when 

 from ten to fifteen feet high, is, unless 

 conditions are favorable, not an easy 

 subject to handle. 



This is the best season of the entire 

 year to transplant anything in the palm 

 line. I have found November, December 

 and January to be the most difficult 

 months to make a success in lifting 

 palms. To beein with, in the central 

 and northern ^rtions of this coast the 

 palm has a distinct resting season, which 

 is during the months I have named, and 

 they do not make any growth, practi- 

 cally, during those months. Consequent- 

 ly if they are taken from the ground 

 and "balled" and replanted they will 

 not make any effort to send out new 

 roots until the early spring. In the 

 meanwhile the foliage generally begins 

 to wither and, although the plant prob- 

 ably will not die, it always takes sev- 

 eral years before it again becomes sal- 

 able. 



There is very little trouble in trans- 

 planting in March or April, as the plants 

 are then engaged in making new roots 

 and it is surprising how quickly they 

 take hold after they have been shifted, i 

 It makes little difference whether a plant 

 is only three feet high or whether it is 

 ten feet; the same rule applies. Of 

 course I do not refer to plants that are 

 grown in pots or boxes, as they can be 

 handled safely at any time, but in our 

 larger nurseries the majority of hardy 

 palms are field-grown and I have seen 



many noble specimens destroyed because 

 they were dug up at the wrong time. 

 Frosty weather to a considerable extent 

 also retards their recovery and too much 

 moisture will act the same way. 



I have referred principally to the vari- 

 ous kinds of braheas, phoenix and ery- 

 theas, as they are the most beautiful of 

 our hardy palms. All the varieties of 

 chamaerops are extremely easy to trans- 

 plant and it can be done with perfect 

 safety at any time; in fact, I consider 

 them the only palms whose growth after 

 transplanting can be guaranteed. With 

 the other kinds . I have mentioned it is 

 well to tie up the leaves completely for 

 a period of a month if there is any dan- 

 ger of their not taking hold immediately 

 after planting, and if the leaves persist 

 in drying up it is well to cut them off 

 back to the stump, which will probably 

 make a new set of leaves in a few 

 months. There should, however, be no 

 danger in handling palm^ of any size 

 from the open ground during this montu, 

 as the time of year I have found to be 

 more important than any other item in 

 digging them. The whole proposition is 

 to transplant them just when they are 

 commencing to make their new growth 

 and roots in the early spring and before 

 the weather becomes too warm. G. 



PORTLAND, ORE. 



Business Good. 



We are passing through a most pros- 

 perous season. For two months busi- 

 ness has kept up at a steady gait and all 

 signs indicate that it will continue so. 

 February was an exceptionally good 

 month and showed a substantial in- 

 crease over the same month a year ago. 

 First of all we have been blessed with 

 perfect weather, plenty of sunshine, and 

 gentle spring emerged from its winter 

 quarters six weeks ahead of scheduled 

 time. The cut flower market is well 

 supplied with the best and it is only 

 the most inferior stock which falls by 

 the w.iyside. The fine, long-stemmed 

 roses now being offered by the local 

 growers, we venture to say, cannot be 

 beaten anywhere. Carnations are im- 

 proving in quality and there are none 

 too many of them. The warm spell 



