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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decembeu 1^, ID 6 



Blooming Azaleas for Christmas 



We will have ready (or prompt ship- 

 ment after December 15 a large 

 stock of blooming: Azaleas in well 

 shaped plants of following: varieties: 



DEUTSCHE PERLE 



Double White 



SIMON M3RDNER 



Double Pink 



VERVAENEANA 



Double Variesrated 



APOLLO 



Red 



PRICE :-$15.00 per dozen, $115.00 

 per 100. CASH. 



JAMES W. VESTAL & SON 



LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 



Mention The RcTlew when yoa write. 



rose-pink is the best of all. There are 

 several rose-pink sports besides the one 

 distributed by S. S. Skidelsky, originat- 

 ing with B. Schroeter, of Detroit. E. 

 Blameuser, at Niles Center, has a Rose- 

 pink Enchantress of which he has worked 

 up a large stock and which has met with 

 much favor as a cut flower, the blooms 

 being handled by Holton & Hunkel at 

 Milwaukee. He is busy propagating and 

 will have considerable stock for spring. 



Gjatsworth on Cuttings. 



' ' All the rose cuttings we shall take 

 this year, ' ' said L. Coatsworth, ' ' will 

 be enough to replant the greenhouses of 

 the Benthey-Coatsworth Co., New Castle, 

 Ind., U. S. A. With a rose market such 

 as we have enjoyed this fall and have in 

 prospect as long as our stock holds its 

 present quality we shall leave the cutting 

 business to others. Of course we must 

 propagate beyonds our needs for a mar- 

 gin of safety, but last year we cut off 

 two crops of Killarney to get wood for 

 cuttings. We haven 't seen a day this 

 fall when the flowers were not worth 

 more than the cuttings. It is more or 

 less so with other varieties. ' ' 



There will be a big call for young 

 stock of Killarney next spring. The suc- 

 cess the Benthey-Coatsworth Co. and 

 others are having with it will greatly 

 stimulate the demand. 



Various Note*. 



O. J. Friedman has sued the New thea- 

 ter, recently organized to elevate the 

 stage, for $418 for the decorations with 

 which he helped them do it. 



John Weiland, at Evanston, had a 

 narrow escape from a disastrous fire at 



two 'clock in the morning one day last 

 week. The sheds were destroyed and 

 the palm house damaged so that there 

 was some loss on stock. He figures a 

 thousand-dollar bill would not more than 

 set him even. 



Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Bassett have 

 booked passage on the White Star steam- 

 er leaving New York February 5 for a 

 tour of Egypt and the Nile. They antici- 

 pate being in Europe four or five months. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. reports that one 

 of its growers will, have his entire crop 

 of Jeanne Nonin chrysanthemums in for 

 Christmas. 



It is stated that one of the reasons for 

 tlie increased supply of chrysanthemums 

 this year Avas that many lettuce growers, 

 finding the first crop of lettuce not espe- 

 cially profitable, this year planted their 

 houses to chrysanthemums and are only 

 now starting their lettuce. 



It is reported that W. L. Palinsky's 

 azaleas were not shipped according to 

 his forwarding instructions and met a 

 delay which resulted in the complete loss 

 of the stock. He refused to accept it 

 from the carrier. 



When Mrs. C. W. Reimers, of Louis- 

 ville, was in town last week, she made 

 arrangements with E. H. Hunt to handle 

 her poinsettias this season. 



Vaughan & Sperry have had a quantity 

 of California pepper berries. They have 

 sold well, although many of the retail- 

 ers do not seem to be familiar with this 

 very useful berried green. It will be 

 better known in a week. 



All the retailers are making prepara- 

 tions to handle the increased Christmas 

 business. Delivery is a great problem 

 with many, but with others lack of sell- 



ing space is troublesome. A. Lange has 

 secured a room on the second floor of 

 the Heyworth building for his plant dis- 

 play and salesroom. 



J. P. Risch has been having a serious 

 time with an ulcerated tooth, which nut 

 him out of the running for several days. 

 His father also was in bed all last week 

 with a severe cold. 



H. Woods Co., on South Water street, 

 is doing a large business on greens with 

 the florists. They will have a refrig- 

 erator car of California pepper berries 

 in this weelj. 



C. L. Washburn says that never in his 

 experience has the glut of chrysanthe- 

 mums had so little effect on the demand 

 for and prices of Beauties as during the 

 season just closed. 



F. R. Falkenstein, Naperville, 111., is 

 sending E. C. Amling some especially 

 good Golden Chadwick. The form and 

 color of the flower as he grows it are 

 especially good. 



There is a difference of opinion as to 

 what Christmas will bring forth in sup- 

 plies of poinsettias. Some houses say they 

 will be scarce, others that large supplies 

 will be available and prices likely to 

 rule lower than usual. \ 



There was a meeting of the executive 

 committee of the Horticultural Society 

 at P. J. Hauswirth's last Friday after- 

 noon to close up 1906 flower show affairs. 

 The financial outcome was much nq^re 

 satisfactory than was at first thought 

 likely in view of the falling off in at- 

 tendance — and everyone is happy. 



At the Northern Illinois State Normal 

 School the John C. Moninger Co. recently 

 erected a conservatory, with heating ap- 



