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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Sbptbubjdb 20, 1906. 



them put up, sixty pounds of perfectly 

 clean potatoes in a new sack, and be put 

 his name on them with the name of the 

 variety of potato, and shipped 100 bush- 

 els down to Boston, writing the dealer 

 that he had better get a dollar a bushel. 

 He only sent 100 bushels as an experi- 

 ment. Three days after he sent them 

 he received a telegram, saying, "All 

 sold. Send us another lot." Well, he 

 sold the whole lot at 40 or 50 cents 

 above the market because he had the 

 good sense to wash them and have the 

 potato advertise that there was some- 

 thing underneath the dirt. 



And that is true of a great many lines 

 of work. I have seen celery in your 

 market that was tied up with ordinary 

 string selling at 10 centa a bunch, or 

 20 to 25 cents, whatever the price may 

 be. I have seen the same celery tied 

 with a pink cotton tape, which doesn't 

 cost more than 5 cents a mile, and that 

 same celery was selling for forty per 

 cent more than the other. Now, the 

 people in Chicago or Pittsburg don't 

 chew cotton tapd, they don't eat cotton 

 tape, but they will pay forty per cent 

 more for celery that is tied with pink 

 cotton tape, because it is attractive to 

 the eye. That is advertising. 



The Seedleu Apple. 



Now, you newspaper men are earning 

 your money, and a good deal of your 

 income comes from nurserymen, florists 

 and seedsmen of this country for their 

 advertising, I know the majority of 

 them personally, and a more honorable, 

 upright, fair lot of men does not live 

 on the face of the earth than that class 

 of men. Now, I noticed recently one or 

 two pictures in one of our newspapers, 

 together with a great big article that 

 had all the earmarks of a paid writeup 

 on it, telling of a certain worthless, seed- 

 less apple that is going to be foisted on 

 the market pretty soon. By advertising 

 of this sort probably some gullible peo- 

 ple will buy that thing, and probably a 

 few million dollars will be spent on 

 them. Now, a few million dollars out of 

 the pockets of the farmers of the United 

 States won't hurt them, because they 

 have got it; but if you take it out of 

 the pockets of the nurserymen, it will 

 hurt them, and it is advertising of this 

 kind that does it. The majority of these 

 men are clean and free from it, and for 

 every dollar that the newspapers get out 

 of that kind of advertising they lose 

 $10 from the honest nursery trade of the 

 country. Gentlemen, every time you help 

 along a fraud of that kind you are hurt- 

 ing yourself. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



PROSPECTS AT FRISCO. 



A visit among several of the leading 

 growing establishments in the vicinity 

 of San Francisco shows that not a few 

 of the largest dealers have faith in the 

 ability of the city to recover her lost 

 ground and recoup her business pres- 

 tige. There are probably about twenty 

 first-class .stores in town, as against sev- 

 enty-five six months ago, and from pres- 

 ent appearances there is room for sev- 

 eral more. Regarding the volume of 

 business done, all the retailers agree 

 that they are doing as much trade as 

 they did one year ago, and the prospects 

 for a continuance are just as favorable. 



A New Remarkable Carolina Mountain Plant 



Stenanthiam Robnstum, or Mountain Feather Fleece 



This remarkable hardy perennial Is, without doubt, one of our best new 

 Introductions, and may be classed with the showiest of all herbaceous 

 plants. As the buds begin to unfold In early Aug-ust they are quite uprlg'ht, 

 and a light green tinge, gradually becoming whiter until at last they burst 

 forth Into a veritable snowbank of droplng, fleecy bloom of purest white, 

 the panicles often 2 to 3 feet long. In September the flowers, as they ripen, 

 turn to shades of pink and purple. It is a vigorous perennial, attaining a 

 height of from 5 to 8 feet when well established, and is absolutely hardy 

 throughout the United States and Canada. The Mountain Feather Fleece 

 is of easy cultivation, and if given plenty of food, makes a wonderful show 

 equalled by few plants of any description. The Illustration gives some 

 Idea of the wonderful effect of Stenanthlum when in full bloom, but inad- 

 equately conveys the beauty of the delicate, feathered, droplng flowers. 

 When known will be planted by thousands. 



Prices, postpaid— Size 1. Largest size each 60c; per 10, I5.0O 



Slze2. Heavier plants each 40c; per in, 8.00 



Sizes. Small strong plants each 26c; per 10, 300 



-, „ „.. rSizel. Largest Bize per 10. $3.00; per 100, 125.00 



By Kxpress,. gj2e2. Heavlerplants per 10, 2.25; per 100, 16.00 



not paid (^ Size 3. Strong plants per 10, 1.25; per 100, lO.CO 



Address Harlan P. Kelsey, Owner, Salem, Mass. 



Highlands Nursery, 100 acres, 3,800 feet elevation in the Carolina Mountains, 

 and Salem branch, Salem, Mass., "The Home of Hardy Native Rho- 

 dodendrons, Azaleas, Kalmlas and Bare Carolina Mountain . . 

 Flowers." Beautifully Illustrated catalog. 



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FlniriHIPlHti DflQFQ fr"" 2>^-l*- >•**• 

 uowiitraogrMli llVwEiW Mani lortt InMn. 



Prices per lOO. Will quote per 1000 on request. 



H. P's: Alps. Charta, Christy, Clio, Colomb. Dies- 

 bach, Dinsmore. Jacq.. Laing, Masson, Neyron, 

 Plantier, t3.50. Caprice, Jubilee, Lambelm, H.OO. 

 M. Dickson, Ul. Brunner, 15.00. Druschlti, tlO.OO. 

 H. B: Grass an Teplitz, 18.00. ^^ ^ ,^ 



H. T's: Bes. Brown, Cliatenay, Camot, H. Gould, 

 Kaiserin, Meteor, P. & W. La France, 13.00. Rich- 

 mond, K.UU. Killarney, $T.00. M. C: Q. Scarlet, 

 ^00 



T's: Cochet, G. Gate, Kniger, M. Guillot. NottiTig, 

 »3.00. Cl's: Chromatella, Lamarque, M. Niel, R. 

 Peary, 13.00. M. C. A B: Dor. Perkins, Cr., 

 P. & Y. Ramblers. $8.00. Baby Rambler, $5.00. 



H. Pol: Clo. Soupert, $J 00. 



Now shipping from 101 sorts, propagated extra early. 



^fiifl rrni rfL0RALC0MPAHY.1 

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PEONIES re.„ 



Queen Vlotorla (or Whitleyli), the best 



keeper t •.00 



reattva Blaxlma SO.oo 



Fracrans (late rose) 6.00 



Large stock of M. L. Rhubarb plants. 



For other varieties or 1000 rate, write 



6ILDERT H. WILD, SARCOXIE, MO. 



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Maids will be Rosea of the 

 past when 



QUEEN BEATRICE 



puts in her appearance. 



F. H. Kramer, r»l Washington, D.C. 



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Fancy Peonies 



100 varieties. Catalog free. 



C. & M. WILD, B«7,i.F.D Rf 1. Sarcoxie, Mo. 



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With the population of the town de- 

 creased at least fifty per cent it is cer- 

 tain that there will not be such an out- 

 let for the stock grown, but as the 

 growers have curtailed their growing 

 stock in the same ratio, there should be 

 no diflSculty in handling everything. 

 From the standpoint of the growers 

 there is considerable difference of opin- 

 ion along these lines. Many maintain 

 that it will be several years before 

 prices will recover their former place 

 and, on the other hand, many wholesal- 

 ers have handled their stock with the 

 usual amount of care and have busied 

 themselves with the disposal of their 

 goods in other places, with the result 

 that considerable good shipping trade 

 has been developed. As a goodly por- 



10,000 



Clematis Paoicalata 



Heavy plants. 8 to 5 stems, 4 to 

 6 feet biich, tS.OO per 100. Strong 

 field plants. 2 years, tops 1>^ to 

 8-feet, $5.00 per 100. Mot less 

 than 50 shipped at above rates. 



J. T. LOVETT 



Little Silver* New Jersey 



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Asparagus 

 Crawshawii 



A Beautiful Asparagus 



Offered this season. SeedlinKs. $3.00 per 100; 

 S2A.00 per 1000. Transplanted Beedlicgs, ready 

 for 3-iDCh pots, 95.00 per 100; $40.(0 per 1000. 



JAMES CRAWSHAW 



403 Ploinfield Ave. Providence, R. I. 



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Hydrangea Otaksa 



Strooff, field-KrowD plants, order now. 

 Prices on application. 



JOHN C. HATCHER, 



AMSTERDAM, N. Y. 



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TREES AND SHRUBS 



We make especially low prices on nursery stork to 

 Parks, Cemeteries, etc. 



Wholesale price Hat on application. 



We carry immense quantities of the finest named 

 varieties of peonies. 



Peterson Nursery, wwhtinwiw. chicigo 



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tion of the coast relies on San Fran- 

 cisco markets for its supplies, this busi- 

 ness will be lasting. 



I am inclined to think that these 

 wholesalers who have kept their houses 

 up to date will have the most success, 

 financially, as there is no reasoa to be- 

 lieve that Californians have lost their 

 taste for fine flowers. 



Along other lines, I find that there 



