JUNB 13, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



27 



We are cutting a splendid crop off*... 



y^H 



BEAUTIES 



From YOUNG PLANTS. Quality fine; all lengths up to 24 to 30-inch. Plenty 

 longer stock of excellent quality from old plants. 



If you want good Maids, Brides, Killarney, Chatenay or Carnations, 



you can not find better stock than ours. 



GEORGE REINBERG 



35 Randoipii Street, ^- » ^^on; central 1937. CHICAGO, ILL. 



NEVER SOLD OUT— ALWAYS A POT OR TWO IN THE ICE-BOX 



Mention The ReTlew when you write. 



PEONIES.. 



We can supply you with any quantity— and at reasonable 

 prices. 



CARNATIONS... 



in big supply and all in first-class shape. Lawsons and 

 Enchantress lead. If you are in need of large quantities 

 write or wire us. 



E. H.HUNT 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



76-78 Wabasli Avenue, 



It. D. Fbone, Omtnl 1761 



CURRENT PRICES 



BEAUTIBS Perdos. 



30 to J6-iDch 13 00 



24to301nch $2.50 to i.W 



16to20-inch 300 



8tol2-iDCh l.OOto 1.60 



Short perlOO, «6.00 



T,-.. . ., B08K8 (T«aa) Per 100 



Biide and Maid $4.00 toK 00 



Richmond 4 00 to 800 



Golden Gate and Uncle John 4 00 to K.OO 



Perle 4.00 to 7.00 



Ohatenay 4.00 to 8.00 



Roses our selection y oo 



CARNATIONS, select. i^ 



fancy 2.00to3.00 



MIS OK LI. ANEOUS 



Peonies 6.00 to 8.00 



HarrlBll Lilies per doz., 2 00 



Callas " i.'so 



Valley 3.00to 400 



palsies. l.OOto 1.60 



Sweet Peas. l.OOto 1.60 



OBKENS 



SmllaJC Strlngrs per doz., 1.50 to 2.00 



Asparagus Strings each, .80 to .60 



Asparagus Bunches " .36 to .50 



Spreagerl Bunches " .36 to GO 



Adlantum per 100, 1 .00 



FemB,Fancy per 1000, 4.00 



Galax...... '• l.OOto 160 



Lencothoe Sprays *' 750 



Boxwood per &0-Ib. case 7.60 



SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE 



Mentlou The ItgTlew when you write. 



but all of these graves are kept in beau- 

 tiful order and it invariably is the case 

 that dealers or florists receive orders to 

 decorate these graves elaborately on 

 Decoration day. Whatever our opinions 

 may be concerning the growing practice 

 of converting the whole surface of the 

 tops of graves into beds of plants, we 

 must admit that its adoption is calling 

 for large numbers of plants that other- 

 wise could not find places in cemeteries. 

 Dwarf begonias, red Vernon mostly, are 

 used in making crosses and in planting 

 in other forms of arrangement on 

 graves. Alternanthera in variety is 

 used for like purposes, although in re- 

 cent years, since the introduction of 

 Vernon begonias into common use, al- 

 ternanthera was somewhat neglected. 

 This year, however, there seems to be a 

 desire to turn to it again, and that, no 

 doubt, because of its dwarf habit and 

 the ease with which it can be kept in 

 condition appropriate to the surround- 

 ings, as well as its brilliant coloring. 

 White geraniums are not used in any- 



thing like the quantity they used to be. 

 A few years ago growers took partic- 

 ular pains to have large numbers of 

 white geraniums in condition for cem- 

 etery work on Decoration day; now it 

 is red more than pink and white com- 

 bined. Lobelia seems to have lost favor 

 also to a considerable extent. English 

 ivy is getting more popular year after 

 year for this kind of work. Even after 

 the experience of the last winter, when 

 eighty per cent of the ivy was winter- 

 killed, there was more of a demand for 

 it than ever before, and this is with- 

 out question gratifying because of the 

 fact that few things seem so appro- 

 priate and yet so richly decorative for 

 cemetery work as English ivy. 



No sooner was the rush of Decora- 

 tion day over than orders came in thick 

 and fast for bedding stock. Geraniums 

 were first in more ways than one; they 

 were first called for and first to be 

 sold out. The demand for only plants 

 in bloom for Decoration day had the 

 effect of causing somewhat of a scarcity 



of geraniums in bloom towards the end 

 of the week. Salvias are more in de- 

 mand than usual, with the supply not 

 fully equal to it. Salvia seed, especially 

 that of Bonfire, in a great many cases 

 failed to germinate satisfactorily this 

 spring. There is yet a great deal of 

 work to be done in the bedding line, 

 with prospects of an insufficiency of 

 material for the completion of the 

 work. In every place in any way like 

 Newport there are always persons who 

 for one reason or another are late in 

 finally deciding on the planting of their 

 grounds— so late, in fact, that many a 

 time nothing remains in the local 

 market for them to purchase. Bemem- 

 bering those conditions, then, it may be 

 to the advantage of those having an 

 overplus of stock to still continue tak- 

 ing reasonable care of it, keeping in 

 pots a while longer in anticipation of a 

 call from some such place as this. 



Out at Oakland Farm, Alfred G. Van- 

 derbilt 's country place, Alexander Adam, 

 the gardener, is actively engaged in 



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