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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 10, 1906. 



PETER REINBERG 



THE LARGEST GROWER 



AND WHOLESALER OF 



51 Wabash Ave. 



Cut Flowers 



CHICAGO 



L. D. Phone 

 Central 8846 



CURRENT PRICE LIST 



BEAUTIES— Per doz. 



Extra Select $4 00 



30-mch stem .• 3 00 



24-mch stem 2 00 



20-inch stem 1 50 



IS-inch stem 1 25 



12-mch stem 1 00 



Short stem 75 



Per 100 



Bride $4 00 to $7 00 



Maid 4 00 to 7 00 



All Other Stock at lowest Xarket Bates. 



Per 100 



Richmond $5 00 to $8 00 



Uncle John 4 00 to 8 00 



Chatenay 4 00 to 8 00 



Sunrise 4 00 to 8 00 



Liberty 5 00 to 8 00 



Ivory 6 00 to 10 00 



Perle 4 00 to 7 00 



ROSES, Our Selection 4 00 



CARNATIONS 1 50 to 2 50 



Prices Subject to Change Without Notice. 



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Converse, showed Avell flowerert plants of 

 Cattleya Mendelii and . Amaryllis John- 

 soni. 



W. C. Bust, gardener to Dr. C. G. 

 Weld, had two magnificent specimens 

 over four feet in diameter of Calceolaria 

 Golden Gem. This is a plant which flo- 

 rists might profitably grow for Decora- 

 tion day trade. The flowers stand well 

 when cut and work in finely for bou- 

 quets. It is of the easiest possible cul- 

 ture. 



For collection of narcissi, F. L. Ames 

 estate, W. N. Craig gardener, secured 

 first prize, showing over forty varieties. 

 The collection also received a silver 

 medal. W. J. Clemson, J. O. Kristenson 

 gardener, took second prize. For forty- 

 eight tulips W, Whitman, M. Sullivan 

 gardener, was first and third, and W. J. 

 Clemson second. 



For forty-eight pansies, the prizes went 

 to Mrs. A. W\ Blake, J. L. Smith gar- 

 dener, Mrs. E. M. Gill and J. B. Shurt- 

 lefl'. 



Kobert Cameron, from the Harvard 

 Botanic Garden, had a large display of 

 tulips, narcissi, Viola cornuta, phlox, 

 ])riuiroses, alyssum and other early spring 

 flowers. Displays also came from W. J. 

 Clemson, AV. Whitman and Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill. 



W^. W. Eawson & Co. showed three nar- 

 cissi described as hybrids between N. 

 poeticus ornatus and the polyanthus nar- 

 cissus under the name of N. poetaz. The 

 varieties were Alsace, Triumph and 

 Louise. The flowers were variable in 

 size, some being as large as N. poeticus 

 ornatus with more of the odor of poly- 

 anthus narcissi. The perianths were 

 pure white and cups yellow with no trace 

 of the scarlet as in N. ornatus. The 

 plants were said to be quite hardy. An 

 award of honorable mention was given 

 with the desire that they be shown again. 



W. N. Craig received a cultural cer- 

 tificate for a vase of Lilium candidum. 



There was a nice display of forced 

 vegetables. 



Various Notes. 



Geo. C. Thomson, who lately resigned 

 as manager for R. & J, Farquhar & Co., 

 has accepted a position with H. F. 

 Miehell Co., of Philadelphia, 



The next exhibition at Horticultural 



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hall occurs on .Tune 2, when rhododen- 

 drons will be the leading attraction. 



E. O. Orpet will speak on "The Mak- 

 ing of a Gardener" at the next meeting 

 of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club, on 

 JNIay 15. There will be other attractions 

 and no member can atford to miss it. 

 An invitation to hold a field day at the 

 estate of Larz Anderson in Brookline 

 during June has been received. 



Some of the earlier lilacs are already 

 coming into bloom. These and other 

 flowering shrubs promise an unusually 

 lavish display this season. 



Splendid rains following a dry spell 

 have given vegetation a much needed 

 fillip. Carnation men welcomed it, es- 

 pecially. Peirce Bros., Wm. Nicholson 

 and other large growers have finished 

 putting out their stock in the fields. 



William Stockwell was given a month 's 

 sentence at hard labor for stealing tulips 



from the Boston Public Gardens, and an 

 added month for being inebriated at the 

 same time, before the Boston municipal 

 criminal court on May 4. A few more 

 such salutary sentences Avould diminish, 

 garden robberies, which are usually 

 numerous just prior to Memorial day. 



Memorial day talk is now one of the 

 chief topics. That the demand will be- 

 phenomenal admits of no question, and 

 all are striving to secure sufficient stock 

 to meet the coming calls. 



W. N. Craig. 



Clkveland, O. — The J. M. Gasser Co. 

 is cutting some very fine Gen. Mac- 

 Arthur roses. The flowers are large, 

 stems long and foliage heavy. The fra- 

 grance is an especial feature with this 

 rose and Smith & Fetters say that it is 

 the most popular variety with their best 

 trade. 



