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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



J 339 



BEAUTIES=RICHMOND=LIBERTY 



WE ARE NOW JIST COMING INTO FILL CROP 



and are prepared to fill regular standing or special orders for roses 

 and carnations in any quantity. If you want good sfock that 

 you know is fresh, order of us and be assured of supplies such as 

 can only come from 1,200,000 feet of modem glass. 



Peter Reinberg 



51 WABASH AVE. CHICAGO, ILL. 



Current Price List. 



IBXOAJr BBAVTZB8- Per doz. 



Extra select $3.00 to $4.00 



30-lnch stems 2.50 



24-inch stems 2.00 



18-inch stems 1-50 



15-inch stems 1.26 



12-inch stems 1.00 



Short stems $4.00 to $6.00 per 100 



Per 100 



LIBERTY $3.00 to $8.00 



RICHMOND 4.00 to 8.00 



CHATENAY 3.00 to 6.00 



MAIDS and BRIDES 3.00 to 6.00 



UNCLE JOHN 3.00 to 6.00 



CARNATIONS 2.00 to 3.00 



No charges for P. & D. on orders over $5.00. 



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Mention The ReTiew when you write. 



pecially fine. If only these could be 

 brought within the reach of commercial 

 growers they ought to sell well. 



W. P. Kich and O. B. Hadwen repre- 

 sented the Massachusetts Horticultuiral 

 Society at the annual exhibition of the 

 New Hampshire Horticultural Society at 

 Rochester, N. H., on October 24, 25 and 

 26. They report a good exhibit and some 

 very interesting lectures and discussions. 



Robert Cameron sailed on October 28, 

 per S. S. Maraval, for Trinidad. He will 

 visit Grenada, Barbadoes, Jamaica and a 

 number of smaller islands. He expects 

 to collect many interesting and useful 

 plants. 



The North Shore Horticultural Society 

 is making active preparations for the 

 annual chrysanthemum show. It will be 

 held this year in the City Hall, Beverly, 

 or. November 8 and 9. -^ 



William Nicholson, Alexander Mont- 

 gomery and possibly one or two others 

 from this section, will take in the C. S. 

 A. show in Philadelphia, also probably 

 the New York show. 



The standing of the teams in the bowl- 

 ing league is as follows: 



Team. Won. Lo«t PinfalL 



Schlegel & Fottler Co 9 3 4,660 



R. & J. Farqubar & Co 7 S 4.6B7 



Jos. Breck & Son 7 5 4,880 



W. W. Rawson & Co 7 5 4,4M 



Park St. Market 5 7 4,896 



Music Hall Market 1 11 4,100 



W. N . Craig. 



TOLEDO. 



At a special meeting held at Chas. 

 Schramm's greenhouse, the Florists' 

 Club decided to accept the invitation of 

 the Detroit boys to visit them on No- 

 vember 2 and take a trip with them to 

 Mount Clemens. About fifteen promised 

 to go. 



Frost at last. Mums feel the effect 

 of it. Business is picking up all along 

 the line. 



Chas. Schramm has entirely recovered 

 from his recent illness. 



J. Gratopp celebrated his fiftieth 

 birthday in a fitting manner on Octo- 

 ber 28. 



John Barrow, who plants his carna- 

 tions in solid beds and then afterwards 

 builds the houses over them, complains 

 of grub and cut worms eating the roots 

 and killing the plants. E. A. K. 



would eclipse anything of the kind ever 

 seen in America. Peter Fisher respond- 

 ed for the American Carnation Society 

 and gave the reasons why an amalgama- 

 tion with the rose society could not be 

 arranged. He urged all carnation grow- 

 ers to send at least one vase of flowers 

 and help make a show which would re- 

 dound to Boston's credit. 



The election of officers of the corpora- 

 tion took place at the close of the speech 

 making. 



Vaiiotts Notes. 



Duncan Finiayson's uncle, George Mc- 

 Rae, of New Zealand, was an interested 

 visitor with the club at Waban Conserva- 

 tories on October 28. This is his first 

 visit after forty years' absence. He re- 

 turns to that far off land of beauty and 

 sunshine in a few days. Speaking of 

 violets, he states that every house has a 

 bed of them and that New Zealanders 

 are great flower lovers. 



Peirce Bros, have a large house of As- 

 paragus Sprengeri at their big Wellesley 

 plant, which is the finest in the section. 



Joshua C. Stone, who died at East 

 Watertown on October 22, aged 76 years, 

 was a familiar figure for many years at 

 the Boston shows. His death creates a 

 vacancy on the vegetable committee of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 on which he had served faithfully for 

 many years. 



Mrs. William Nicholson, of Framing- 

 ham, received painful injuries on October 

 20 from falling down two flights of 

 stairs. We are glad she is now somewhat 

 improved. 



McMulkin had a very pretty pink win- 

 dow the past week. Lorraine begonias, 

 carnations, chrysanthemums, cattleyas, 

 roses and bouvardia were included. 



H. M. Robinson & Co. are now handl- 

 ing some big consignments of southern 

 smilax and other green stock. 



Henry Wild, of Greenwich, Conn., was 

 in town this week, purchasing stock for 

 the large estate of which he has charge. 

 His numerous friends were pleased to see 

 him. 



Charles Sander, at Prof. C. S. Sar- 

 gent's estate in Brookline, has a grand 

 collection of hybrid nerines now in 

 bloom. Some of Elwes' varieties are es- 



CHARCOAL SCREENINGS. 



Since the Germans have introduced the 

 hard wood, kiln-burned charcoal in this 

 country, the grocery trade has made a 

 market for kindlings in paper bags and 

 the screenings, as a by-product, have 

 been used to advantage by florists, espe- 

 cially those who have old beds that it 

 is not convenient to refill each year, They 

 find that a very little of the charcoal 

 will keep away mold and, the soil being 

 sweet, produces well. Among the violet ''' 

 growers it is thought by some that it 

 adds color or deepens it. Very good 

 recommendations have also been given by 

 Hamburg grape raisers who use it in- 

 stead of wood ashes and as it is cheaper 

 they find it very effective. E. V. Sidell, 

 of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., reports that the 

 growers and gardeners in that neighbor- 

 hood are using large quantities of these 

 charcoal screenings. 



DAISIES. 



I have a lot of yellow daisies, Etoile 

 d 'Or and Giants, in from 5-inch to 

 10-inch pots. They are pot-bound but 

 do not give many flowers, although full 

 of buds. I have been feeding with liquid 

 cow manure. How can 1 get them in 

 bloom the quickest and continue until, 

 say, the middle of March? After that 

 of course it is easy enough. Will muriate 

 of potash help to develop the flowers, 

 and how much should I use! C. J. D. 



These daisies do well in a tempera- 

 ture of 50 to 54 degrees and produce 

 the greatest number of flowers when in 

 a pot-bound condition. They should re- 

 ceive liberal supplies of liquid feeding, 

 but should not be subjected to a high 

 night temperature with a view to forc- 

 ing them into bloom. Give them plenty 

 of ventilation and allow the temperature 

 to run up to 75 degrees or evin higher 

 during bright weather. Have patience, 

 it is hardly time to realize a crop from 

 them yet; the season is scarcely begun. 



R. 



Columbus, O. — The Livingston Seed 

 Co. is holding its fifth annual chrysan- 

 themum show this week, attracting 

 many visitors to the place. 



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