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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 24, 1906. 



Phoenix Roebelenii 



THE MOST BEAUTiriL PHOENIX IN THE WORLD 

 We Have Almost the Entire Stock of This Grand Palm in America 



Seedlings. $5.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000; $360.00 per 10,000. 4-inch 

 Pot Plants. 1 foot high, 15 leaves, $1.00 each; $80.00 per 100; $750.00 per 

 1000. 7-inch Pot Plants, 2^ feet high. $5.00 each; $40.00 for 10; $350.00 

 per 100. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS 



FLORXL PSRK, L. I., N. Y. 



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NEW CASTLE, IND. 



New Castle is essentially a rose-grow- 

 ing town. Effort is put forth, to a cer- 

 tain extent, in other lines of floriculture, 

 but the main object of the florists here is 

 rose-growing. Some interesting statistics 

 have been compiled in regard to the in- 

 dustry : 



In all there are five separate rose- 

 growing institutions in New Castle. The 

 greenhouses aggregate seventy-two, and 

 almost fourteen acres of ground are un- 

 der glass. If these seventy-two glass- 

 covered houses were set end to end they 

 would extend three and one-half miles 

 in length and thirty feet in width. The 

 total glass area is 605,000 square feet, 

 or almost fourteen acres. These figures 

 include the additions which are being 

 built at three of the plants, which wui 

 be completed and growing American 

 Beauties on or about July 1. 



These places give employment to a 

 large number of men the year around and 

 the money which comes to New Castle as 

 a result of the retail and wholesale busi- 

 ness each year is reckoned in six large 

 figures. The additional greenhouses be- 

 ing built are ten in number, making 

 sixty-two which are now complete. 



The following tabulated statement 



shows the number of houses and the 



square feet of glass covering the five 



different piants, as they will be by 



July 1: 



Houses. Sq. ft. glass 



Sontb Park Floral Co 35 265,000 



Wetland & Ollnger 16 150,000 



Bentbey-Coatsworth Co lo 100,000 



Wm. Dittmann 7 76,000 



L. A. Jennings 4 15,000 



Total 605,000 



PACIFIC COAST. 



SAN FRANdSCX). 



The Market. 



There has been but little change in 

 the past week. There are about half a 

 dozen stores in operation, and temporary 

 quarters are much sought after by va- 

 rious members of the trade who were 

 completely burned out. The price asked. 

 for stores on I'illmore street, which has 

 suddenly become the center of business 

 in this town, almost puts a bar on the 

 florists. Sites in the immediate neigh- 

 borhord on cross streets will, 1 think, be- 

 come within the next few weeks the 

 center of the retail trade in our line. 

 However, as yet there is nothing perma- 



TELEGRAPH GERANIUM 



The beautiful scarlet cerise, strong growing, free blooming geranium— 

 TELEGRAPH. Bed out tbe Telegraph, you will be pleased with its 

 showing. Strong, 3-inch stock in bud and bloom, $6.00 per 100. 



Cash With Oedee, Please 



THOMAS DeVOY'S SONS, Poughkeepsle, N. Y. 



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JENSEN & DEKEMA 



CARNATION SPECIALISTS 



674 W. Foster Ave., CHICAGO 



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ROSES! 



2>^-inch pots, ready now— Baby Ramblers, 

 Teas. H. P. Roses, 60 varieties, $80.00 per 1000. 



OrimBOD Ramblers, $25.00 per 1000. 



Baltimore Belle, Dorothy Perkins, Queen of 

 Prairie; WWte, Pink and Yellow Ramblers, 

 Seven Sisters, etc., $20.00 per 1000. 



GILBERT COSTICH, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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Clean, Thrifty Stock 



HydransMt Otalcsa, Vlnoa Var., Aspar- 

 aaruB SprenBwrl, 2H-in., $2.60 per 100: $20.00 

 per 1000. 



Roses, strong, well-rooted plants from 8-inch— 

 Bride, Bridesmaid, Qate, Perle and Ivory, $6.00 

 per 100; $45.00 per 1000. 



John C. Hatcher, Amaterdam, N, Y. 



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nent. There is absolutely no business ex- 

 cept a little funeral work, and as for 

 flowers, they are at present in the height 

 of bloom, and can be had at any price 

 the retailer chooses to offer. 



Decoration day orders for the interior 

 are coming in daily, and some of the 

 growers will in this way find the first 

 outlet they have had for any portion of 

 their stock since the fire. With them 

 conditions are as bad as it is possible 

 to imagine. Wagon loads of flowers 

 daily going to waste, with absolutely no 

 demand and no prospects of any for the 

 near future. I think i\. is safe to say, 

 from the observations I have made 

 within the past two weeks, that fully one- 

 half of the stock under glass is being 

 entirely neglected and will be allowed to 

 die. 



With the growers of outdoor stock, 

 such as peas, asters and mums, much the 

 same course will be taken. A great deal 

 of this class of goods is grown and mar- 



FOR SALE 



Very dw arf A LYSSUM, 300 oat of 3-in pots. 

 AGKRATUM, blue, dwarf, out of 8-in. pots, 



$3.00 per 100. 

 HKL.IOTROPE, out of 2-in. pots. $2.00 per 100. 

 SCARLET SAGE, out of 2-in. pots, $2 00 per 100. 

 PARLOR IVY, out of 2-3-in. pots, $2.50 per 100. 

 Pure double white PETUNIAS, Strang, out of 



2 and 3 in., in bloom, $4 00 per 100. 

 PERIWINKLE, out of 2-in. strons, $3.00 per 100. 

 out of 4-in. pots, nice strong 

 plants, $7.00 per 100. 

 GERANIUMS, very strong, bushy plants, 



mixed, out of 4-in. pots, $6.60 per 100. 

 DRACAENA, out of 4-in. pots, $8.00 per 100. 



SAMUEL V. SMITH 

 63 Goodman St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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ROSE PLANTS 100 



KAI8EBIN, 8>ln $6.0O 



Richmond, specially strong, 2}|^-in....|8.00 



Bride, Maid, Meteor. 2}^-in. 3.00 



Bride, Maid, Meteor, 3-ln 5.00 



Geraniums, Salvias, ferns, As; 



1000 



$76.00 

 26.00 

 16.00 

 vmxTMinmia, biuvju»s, « vrus, ^LsuatiaKUS 



Splendid branchy 4-ln. Heteranthe, M.OO per 100. 

 Best red Salvias. 12.60. Boston Ferns, 6-in., 40c; 

 7-in., 60c; specimens, tl.OO, tl.&O and 12.00. Aspar- 

 agus Sprengeri, line for baskets and vases, 

 2^-ln., 13.00; 3-in., $6.00. Plumosus. 3-in., $6.00. 

 W. H. GULLETT Sc SONS, LINCOLN, ILL. 

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Delefl Goddard 



The coming commercial pink carnation. 

 $10.00 per 100 ; $76.00 per 1000. 



S. J. GODDARD, FRAMINGHAM, MASS. 



3 ^ T f« D C Vick's Sons, transplanted 

 ** "^ ■ ^" ■• "^^ In purity. Daybreak, 

 Lavender Gem, fine large plants, $1.00 per 

 100, while they last. Cash pleabs. 



A. RBLTKA & SON, Ponsbkeepsie, N. T. 



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keted by Chinese and Japanese, and the 

 immense amount of labor necessary to 

 handle the two latter articles for the 

 next few months, until they are salable, 

 has discouraged many of these growers, 

 and they have quit for the season. It 

 is possible that there may be a fair de- 

 mand in tbe late summer months, and in 

 that case it will be better for those who 

 persevere, as good prices are bound to 

 prevail if the public will purchase. 



Over in Oakland, where the popula- 

 tion increased from 100,000 to 175,000 in 

 forty-eight hours, conditions are better, 



