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The Wee^y Florists' Review. 



Mat 23, 1907. 



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OR WAY AND JUNE WEDDINGS we offer extra select Lily of the Valley, 

 Bride and Bridesmaid Roses and of course a full line of all seasonable Cut Flowers 

 and Greens. Try us. We have the stock and can take care of all orders. H :? ^ 



HOLTON & HUNKELCO. 



462 Milwaukee Street, ^ MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



The Best Equipped Wholesale HouB* in the Weat 



We also carry a full line of Florists' Supplies* Would like to Bend you a catalog. Drop U8 a postal. 



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sometimes heard at the picture auctions 

 from the pretenders, are of no avail. 



Even the "bluff" that may go a lit- 

 tle way at the sale of Oriental ceramics 

 made in New Jersey is useless in Vesey 

 street. 



There is not much color there, except 

 of the brown of the earth which sur- 

 rounds the roots, and the dull greens 

 and grays of the cut-back plant stems 

 and sapUng trunks that must be bought 

 on faith. 



It takes an expert to tell just what 

 sort of a plant is bound up in the un- 

 promising looking bulb, and the novice 

 isn't helped any when the auctioneer 

 calls out "Caladium- esculentum — what 

 am I offered!" 



At the same time his assistant jug- 

 gles the bulbs, throwing them with one 

 hand^ catching them in the other, and 

 keeping two or three in the air all the 

 time, just to attract attention while the 

 bidding is in progress. 



"What is Caladium esculentum?" 

 asks the layman timidly of the man next 

 to him who has just bought a hundred. 



"Elephants' ears, of course," says 

 the purchaser, without turning his eyes 

 from the auctioneer, who is already be- 

 ginning to talk glibly about Ipomoea 

 pandurata, which he declares is perfectly 

 hardy and will thrive in any soil, pro- 

 ducing luxuriant and compact foliage 

 and quantities of beautiful white flowers 

 with purple throats. 



Thatr*8 fine, but the layman who 

 couldn't even read that all Gaul is di- 

 vided into three parts, in -the original, is 

 uneasy because he doesn't know what 

 Ipomoea pandurata means, and hates to 

 ask. There is nothing on the list of 

 stock, of course, to tell him that it is 

 simply the day-blooming moonflower. 

 • However, there are side remarks from 

 time to time by the auctioneer. 



"I like to sell the bulbs," he said to- 

 day, "because there is never any excite- 

 ment then. There is something soothing 

 about a bulb; it suggests a long rest, 

 so different from your excitement and 

 frenzied bidding when, for instance, I 

 put up the Stephanandra flexuosa. " 



Perhaps that was merely the auction- 

 er's way of chiding his listeners for not 

 being lively enough. And, a little later 

 in the sale, when he couldn't get even a 

 five-cent bid to start a solitary box tree, 

 he gave it away without any warning to 

 a man standing in the back of the room. 



Morton Grove, III.— Jacob Meyer is 

 cutting a heavy crop of carnations and 

 also has some first-class pot plants. 



New Orleans, La. — The business of 

 William Behm is now conducted by his 

 wife, Carrie, under her name. She has 

 , settled the claims. 



NEW CROP 



FLOWER SEEDS 



PANSY 



BUCHKLL'B GIAHT XZHIBITION 



strain is the finest procurable. Produces 

 grigantic blooms beautifully marked with 

 plenty of light colors. 



Trade pkt., 50c; 75cper>^oz.; oz,95 00 



Also all other varieties of Pansies. 



PRIMULA (CHINESE) 



MICHKIX'S CHOICXST MIXTUBK. 



containiDg an assortment of bright col- 

 ors, flowers very large. 



% trade pkt., 60c; per trade pkt , 91.00; 

 1-16 oz., 12.00. 



Also all other varieties of Primula. 



CINERARIA 



MXCHKLL'S PRIZE MIZTDBK. 



K trade pkt. Trade pkt. 



Dwarf 60c $1.00. 



Medium TaU 60c 1.00. 



Also all other vatieties of Oineraria. 



Scad fir Mr Whaksalc Price List. 



Henry t. Miclieii Co. 



1018 Market St., Pliladelphia 



Mention The Heview when yon write. 



COLORING HYDRANGEAS. 



What is the preparation used in color- 

 ing hydrangeas blue? W. E. L. 



In some soils the pink Hydrangea hor- 

 tensis has a tendency to turn blue. This 

 is usually thought to be due to the pres- 

 ence of iron in the soil. Alum is also 

 claimed by some to produce blue flow- 

 ers. Our own experiments in these lines 

 have not been productive of very satis- 

 factory results. Our blue plants remain 

 of that color, and so with the pink ones. 

 There seems to be no definite informa- 

 tion about this coloring process. About 

 all that has been written in regard to it 

 is largely theoretical, but in most cases 

 the use of iron filings in the soil is said 

 to have a tendency to create blue flowers, 

 while, on the other hand, it is averretl 

 that neglect to use iron in the soil makes 

 the blues revert to pink. "We would 

 recommend trying some iron filings, but 

 do not feel disappointed if results are 

 not as you expect. C. W. 



DA VISES STILL EXPANDING. 



The Davis brothers, of Morrison, 111., 

 are energetic young men and not satis- 

 fied to do a small business. Their start 

 was at Morrison, 111., but they for some 



WE ARE ciimm 



a fine lot 6f 



Tea Roses 



If you send us your orders you 

 can depend on their being filled 

 in a satisfactory manner. 



J. F. WILCOX 



Council Bluffs, Iowa 



EXTRA STRONG 



GERANIUMS 



In mixed varieties. 



4-inch $8.00 per 100 



3-inch 4.00pcrl00 



STAHL'S GREENHOUSES 



18th SHd DieklBSOB 8ti., PHILADKLPHIi, PA. 



HOME-GROWN 



Kentias 



Write for Price List. 



JOSEPH HEACOCK CO., - Wyncote, Pa. 



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time had a plant at Geneva, III., which 

 was disposed of last year upon comple- 

 tion of a model establishment for vege- 

 tables at Aurora. James W. Davis has 

 charge of the Morrison place, run as 

 Davis Bros., and "W. B. Davis has charge 

 of the Aurora branch, conducted under 

 the name of W. B. Davis & Co. Now 

 comes the following from Davenport, la. : 

 "James W. Davis, of Morrison, 111., 

 has purchased the greenhouses of the 

 Allison-Pope Co., out on Brady street 

 road, in Davenport, for $11,400, and will 

 operate them as an adjunct to the Mor- 

 rison and Aurora plants, which are capi- 

 talized at $30,000 and $25,000, respec- 

 tively. He will enlarge the greenhouses 

 and devote them exclusively to growing 

 cucumbers and tomatoes. The deal was 

 negotiated Wednesday, May 8." 



