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The Weekly Florists* Review! 



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NOW is the time 



to place your orden for Ribbo ns. H ave a 

 supply on hand for th* SPRING WEDDINGS 

 and SCHOOL COMMENCEMENTS. We 



make a special line of colors for florists' work. 



'*■■'•**"■•■ wBXTs rom SAinnbBS. 



TAFFETA-SATIH TAFFETA— BAUZE 



SItfp f ttif S^m ^Uk iitllB CUcmtmt^ 



Office and Salesrooms: 

 806-808-810 Arch Street. 

 ^ 52 and 54 N. Eighth Street. 



Mention Th^ IUit1»w whMi yon write. 



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READY NOW 



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Gen. MacSrthur 



Til* most proUflo flowering' A«A Bos* in th* market today. 



Orowi finely in same temperature as Brides or Maids and will produce fully as many 

 first-class fiowers as either. 2^-incli pot plants, own roots. tlO.OO per 100; $80.00 per 1000. 

 Strong grafted stock from 3-incb pots, 112.00 per 100. 



THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., - PAINESVILLE, OHIO. 



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MAR6UERITES 



Fine 5-incb. 



J. B. Br^idwood, w^SSi^oi:^. 



OO^OBADO 8PBZVOS, OO&O. 



Send for Price List. 

 Mention Tb> Rerlew when yoo wr1»» 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 <;iet7 has issued the schedule of premiums 

 lor the annual fall exhibition, Novem- 

 ber 7 to 11. Copies may be had by 

 addressing David Rust, secretary, Phila- 

 delphia. 



TARRYTOWN, ^. Y. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society was held 

 April 25. The prize was for the best 

 two plants of calceolaria. There was 

 quite a keen contest but after consider- 

 able deliberation the judges awarded the 

 prize to Wm. Scott. Only a short busi- 

 ness ssssion was held, to allow the mem- 

 bers present to - attend the lecture given 

 by Professor Geo. T. Powell in the lecture 

 room of ths high school. This was held 

 under the auspices of the society and was 

 open to the public. 



Professor Powell gave a very instruc- 

 tive lecture, his subjects being the pro- 

 pagation of trees and the culture of roses. 

 A number of excellent drawings were used 

 for illustration. On the subject of trees 

 he dwelt chiefly on the fruiting kinds and 

 spoke mainly on the careful selection of 

 stock, illustrating very clearly the ad- 

 vantage of healthy parentage by showing 

 the free growing and free fruiting quali- 

 ties of plants taken from such in compari- 

 son with plants propagated from unheal- 

 thy trees or trees of undesirable habit. 

 In that part of his lecture devoted to 

 roses he gave a lengthy description of 

 soils. He advised against a very general 

 mistake in the planting of roses, that of 

 planting too shallow, considering it ad- 

 visable to plant grafted roses so that the 

 graft would be at least three inches be- 

 low the surface of the soil. In conclu- 



sion he gave some advice regarding the 

 destruction of San Jose scale and strong- 

 ly advised concerted action in fighting it. 



DENVER. 



Easter Trade. 



Reports on Easter business average 

 from ten to twenty per cent better than 

 last year. Saturday was the only really 

 pleasant day of the week, and was an 

 extra busy one in consequence. On Sun- 

 day nearly two inches of rain fell, finally 

 turning into snow. Church decorations 

 were better than usual. At St. Leo's a 

 notable feature was a cross nine feet 

 high, formed of lilies and electric lights, 

 done by Chapman. At the chapter house 

 of St. John's Cathedral and at the Cen- 

 tral Christian church lilies were used 

 in large numbers. There is promise of 

 the usual post-Lenten weddings, but no 

 likelihood of any exceptional decorations. 



All kinds of blooming plants sold well, 

 the popular prices being $1 and $1.50 per 

 plant for lilies and $1 to $3 on other 

 plants. There was a good supply of 

 more expensive plants for the few 

 wealthy patrons. Azaleas were in good 

 condition and sold fairly well, at prices 

 ranging from $2 to $7.50. White azaleas 

 were a drug but Van der Cruyssen sold 

 well.- Hydrangeas moved freely, the 

 lar^ ones retailing at from $5 to $15. 

 The double tulip was a good seller, es- 

 pecially Murillo, in pans of one and two 

 dozen, bringing from $1 to $3. 



Among the novelties we noticed at the 

 Park Floral Co.'s the Colorado coliun- 

 bine, also some Chinese wistaria in pur- 

 ple and white, which made a remarkably 

 attractive display. 



In the way of cut flowers, almost every 

 kind were in demand, carnations having 

 first call, followed by American Beauties 

 and violets. Carnations were of good 

 quality and sold at 75 cents to $1.50 

 per dozen. Prosperity and Enchantress 

 were perhaps the most sought after. 

 Beauties were not equal to the demand, 

 but were or*fine quality and sold at from 

 $3 to $10 per dozen. Violets were com- 

 paratively scarce and not up to the usual 

 standard, owing to the warm weather. 

 They retailed at $2 per hundred. 



The delivery question seemed to be a 

 hard nut for some of the retailers to 

 crack, and it is one of the most import- 

 ant at any holiday. The Park Floral 

 Co., we noticed, made the delivery of 

 their cut flowers Easter morning with an 

 automobile, thereby giving all those who 

 desired a chance to have their violets 

 and other flowers for church service. 



Various Notes. 



N. A. Benson is cutting some fine Pros- 

 perity and Enchantress at present. 



The Scott Floral Co. had an annex 

 store ^t 925 Sixteenth street for the 

 Easter trade. The Alpha Floral Co. 

 also had an extra store on Fifteenth 

 street. 



Two opposing teams from The Park 

 Floral Co. bowled a series of three games 

 for a dinner at the Brown Palace Hotel 

 on April 28, J. A. Valentine and B. E. 

 Gillis vs. G. H. Cooper and E. S. Ken- 

 nedy. Mr. Valentine's team, with a 

 handicap of ninety pins, finallv won out. 



E. S. K. 



