U36 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Febbuaby 28, 1907. 



GRAND RAPIDS. 



The Market. 



The sun still continues to play hide 

 and seek among the clouds, but we are 

 all thankful for what little sunshine we 

 do get, as it has noticeably increased our 

 cuts. The market is still active and as 

 yet has not felt the coming of Lent. All 

 the stores report a large increase of 

 business on St. Valentine 's day over that 

 of a year ago. Stock is still scarce, and 

 roses and white carnations are still at 

 the famine point. The coming of large 

 supplies of bulbous stock has helped out 

 a great deal, but does not seem to have 

 affected the steady demand for carna- 

 tions and roses. Harrisii are more plen- 

 tiful now, but are being used up fast 

 and callas are moving along nicely. The 

 outlook for Easter is good and all report 

 a prospect of fine lily crops. 



Qub Meeting:. 



The Florists' Club met February 18 

 and had a record-breaking attendance 

 of twenty-six. The evening was for the 

 most part given over to the vegetable 

 growers, who made the most of it, with 

 talks about the growing of cucumbers, 

 lettuce, etc. Mr. Strong gave an inter- 

 esting talk about sub-irrigation, as ex- 

 perimented with on his place, by the 

 State Agricultural College. The club de- 

 cided to give an exhibition the third 

 Monday in April, and a committee was 

 appointed to look after the details. It 

 will consist of bedding stock and cut 

 blooms, also exhibits of vegetables. S. S. 

 Skidelsky was present and gave an in- 

 teresting talk and several pointers, which 

 if followed will help the local club to 

 success. Dues were collected and came 

 in so fast that they nearly swamped our 

 honorable treasurer, Mr. Stover. 



G. F. Crabb is now able to sit up in 

 bed and hopes soon to be around again. 



H. F. C. 



Growers Form Corporation. 



The Grand Rapids Herald of Febru- 

 ary 21 says: "Believing that their busi- 

 ness can be better conducted under a 

 Bort of cooperative plan, several promi- 

 nent greenhouse men of this city met 

 last evening and formed a stock com- 

 pany to conduct their business, and also 

 make an extension in the shape of a large 

 central greenhouse. The meeting was 

 held in the office of William B. Brown 

 and the new company was, organized with 

 a capital of $160,000, of which $90,000 

 is paid in. It will be known as the 

 Grand Eapids Greenhouse Co. The idea 

 is not to discard the present plants 

 owned by the different members of the 

 company, but to operate them all under 

 the central management and in addition 

 to build a large central greenhouse on 

 some railroad where shipping facilities 

 will be of the best. This central plant 

 will be built as soon as a suitable loca- 

 tion can be found. Officers were elected 

 as follows: President, F. M. Strong; 

 secretary, Frank J. Cook; treasurer, Ed- 

 ward Taylor; manager, S. J. Perry. The 

 members expect the enterprise will pay 

 from ten to twelve per cent on the in- 

 vestment. Stock will be placed on the 

 market at once." 



WiLMETTE, III. — ^William Foith has 

 about 36,000 feet of glass planted to 

 carnations. He is planning to build a 

 small extension this coming season, as 

 he wants to grow chrysanthemums also. 



PREPARE FOR EASTER 



An Immense Stock of Choice 



EASTER PLANTS 



Blooming Easter Week 



or earlier if desired, are now ready 

 for immediate shipment. 



Come or mall your order direct to the head- 

 Quarters. Our reputation over the entire country 

 from the Atlantic to the Pacific In grrowingr Eas- 

 ter stock for the wholesale market for many 

 years past ougrht to be sufficient guarantee as to 

 the truth of what we say and advertise. We 

 have every house, nook and corner full of plants 

 and they were never so fine as this year, 1907. 



V^hlle laborers, merchants, jobbers, contract- 

 ors, builders, etc., have Increased their prices al- 

 most double as usual, we have not advanced our 

 prices; but look, we sell our plants at the same 

 old prices charged two or three years ago when 

 the cost of producingr plants was much cheaper. 



What was my dnty on my trip to Ghent, 

 Belfftam (the land of azaleas, araacarias 

 and palms), last fall, 1906? Answer: Of 

 course, the Interests of my customers, not 

 speaking of the 1100 souvenir cards which I 

 mailed to my customers in America. For the 

 benefit of my customers I also bought Azalea 

 Indlca for Easter trade, the cream of Belgium's 

 production that money could buy. 



AZALEAS 



Now I am able to ofifer to my customers, and the 

 trade In general, two houses full of Mme. Vander 

 Cruyssen azaleas, the well known and much 

 favored best double pink azalea that has given so 

 much satisfaction all over America. Plants as 

 round as an apple, just covered with buds, 6 to 

 7-in.pots, at 60c. 76c, 11.00, $1.25. $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00 

 each. Other fine varieties adapted for American 

 markets, such as Nlobe. Benard, Andre Alba, 

 Deutsche Perle (double white). Prof. Wolters, 

 Empress of India, Vervaeneana (double varie- 

 gated), and about eight more fine aorta, all cov- 

 ered with buds, 6 to 7-in. pots. 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.60, 

 $1.76 and $2.00 each; 5^ to 6-in. pots, 50c to GOc. 

 We have a fine limited Quantity of azaleas, 60c to 

 60c each, such as Apollo (double dark scarlet), 

 Deutsche Perle, Simon Mardner, and a few oth- 

 ers. 



Hydrangea Otaksa (pink), 6 to 7-in. pots, 

 40c, 60c, 76c to $1.00 each; also $1.36 and $1.60 each. 



Ulinm Mnltif lomm and Japanese Longl* 

 flomm were never so fine as thfs year, all sizes, 

 and can meet all wants, 6>in. pots, 5 to 8 buds to 

 a plant, 10c per bud 4 buds and under, 12c per 

 bud. Raised from Henry F. Michell Co.'s special 

 brand bulbs. 



Spiraea Gladstone, 8 to 7-in. pots, these 

 plants are very large and bushy and unusually 

 fine, full of buds, at &0c, 7&c and $1.00 each. 



Crimson Rambler Roses, 3 feet high and 

 over, $1.00, $1.26, $1.60, $1.76 to $3.00 each. 



In Philadelphia there's a florist noted, 

 Aschmann, his name, his plants beyond com- 

 pare; 



To a sweet girl his heart is all devoted. 

 Next rank his Araucarias, passing fair; 



When seen together they're a pair so charming- 

 Brimful of beauty— both he cannot keep; 



So to his heart he'll hold his winsome darling. 

 While you may have the Araucarias cheap. 



Araucarla Compacta Robnsta, five years 

 old, 7-in. pots, 25 to 80 inches high, 4 to 6 t ers, 

 width the same as height, very swell stuff, $1.75, 

 $2.00 to $2.60 each. 



Arancaria Exoelaa Glanca, 4 years old, 4 

 tiers. 20 Inches high, $1.00, $1.26 to $1.60 each. 

 .Specimen Olauca, 7-ln. pots, 5 years old, 6 tiers, 

 30 to 36 Inches high, $3.00 each. 



Arancaria Exoelsa, 4 years old, 6-in. pots, 20 

 to 25 inches high, 6, 6 to 7 tiers, $1.00, $1.25, $1.60 

 each. 



Kentia Forsteriana, 7-ln. prts, made-up,one 

 large plant in center, 3 small around, $1.60 to $1.76 

 each. Single plants, 36, 45 to 60 inches high, $1.00, 

 $1.26 to $1.60 each. 



Cineraria Hybrida, have a hou^e full all 

 shades, 6, &]4 to 6-ln. pots, $2.60, $3.00, $4.00 to $6.00 

 per doz. 



Begonia, new improved Erfordil, an immense 

 bloomer, blooming the entire summer and win- 

 ter, b}i-ln. pots, $3.00 per doz.; 4-in. pots, $1.80 per 

 doz. 



Prlmnla Obconica, 5^-in. pots, $2.50 per doz.; 

 4-ln. pots, $1.80 per doz. 



White Daisies (Queen Alexandra and Mar- 

 guerites) 6Ji to 6^-in. pots, $2.60 ijer doz. 



Areca Sapida (palms), 6-in. pots, 60c each. 



Dracaena Brnanti, 6-in. pots, 60c each. 



Ferns, Nephrolepls Barrowsil, 6-in.. pots, 

 50c to 76c each; 7-in. pots, $1.00. 



Scottii, 8-1n. pots, very large, $1.60 each; 5-in 

 pots, 35c each; l>}i to 6-ln. pots. 50c. 



Boston Ferns, 7-in. pots, 76c; 6-in. pots, 40c to 

 60c each; 5-in. pots, 26c to 80c each. 



Holly Ferns, 3-in. pots, $1.20 per doz. 



Hyacinths, raised from first-class bulbs of 

 my own Importation. These bulbs cannot be 

 compared with ordinary stuff flooding the mar- 

 ket. King of the Blues, Lavender (blue), Ger- 

 trude (best pink). La Grandesse (white), 4-in. 

 pots, $12.00 per 100. 



Tonrnesol Tulips, red and yellow variegated, 

 the best selling Tulips on the market. Will stay 

 in bloom 10 days. 3 bulbs planted in a 4-in. pot, 

 $12.00 per 100 or $1.50 per doz. 



Double Ton Sion Daffodils, the best double 

 yellow narcissus in the world, will sell on sight. 

 3 double-nosed bulbs planted In 5. S^i^-and 6-ln. 

 pots, $2.50 to $3.00 per doz. {)ot8. All bulbs are 

 strictly first-class, of my own Importation and 

 are now outside in coldframe and will bloom in 

 about two weeks after bringing in greenhouse. 



Have about 200 pots Ton Sion Daffodils, 

 bH-ln. pots, 8 plants in a pot, in greenhouse now, 

 in bud ready to open for immediate sale at $2.00 

 per doz. This is a special offer, only good for a 

 few weeks. 



Moonvines, Ipomaea Noctlflora (A. W. 



Smith, originator), best pure white, largest and 

 moat fragrant moonvlne in the world. I made 

 a specialty of them for the past 15 years and am 

 known as the Moonvlne Grower of America and 

 grow yearly about 20,000. In 2H-ln. pots, $6.00 per 

 lOO. Now ready. 



Directions to visit my pi ace: Take Germantown 

 or Willow Grove car at 13th and Market Sts. to 

 Ontario St., or 8th and Market St., and take Ger- 

 mantown, Chestnut Hill or Willow Grove car to 

 Ontario St. In going either route you walk two 

 squares east on Ontario St. 



Mention if pots are wanted with all plants. 

 Cash with order, please. 



All goods must travel on purchaser's risk. 



Latrobe, Pa., Feb. 18, 1907. 

 Mr. Godfrey Asch.mann. ' 



Dear Sir— I received your plants in good condi- 

 tion, satisfactory to me. I am pleased in every 

 way. Respectfully, 



BDW. LBIZMANN. 

 (Above order amounted to $86.25, for 55 azaleas. 

 19 kentlas and araucarias and ferns.) 



Philadelphia, Feb. 25. 

 I have seen Mr. Aschmann's Raster stock and I 

 can truthfully say that it never looked finer, and 

 he never before had such a large stock. Am 

 pleased to recommend our customers to Mr. 

 Aschmann. F. J. MIOHELL, 



of the firm of H. F. Michell Co. 



GODFREY ASCHMANN 



Importer and Wholesale Grower of Pot Plants 

 1012 ONTARIO STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



