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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Jancabt 16, 1908» 



Will You Have Some? 



Ot the MONEY that is coming to the advertisers who offer their stock in the 



....ANNUAL.... 



Carnation Number 



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TO BB FUBIilSHED 



JANUARY 30, 1908 



Containing: a full report of the Waabington Convention 

 and Exhibition of the American Carnation Society, and much 

 other seasonable matter. 



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....NOVEIiTiES.... 



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Decorative Plants Insecticides Ribbons 



Forcine Stock Rose Flants B<-nch Material 



Easter Specialties Bedding Flants iBoilers 



also Wholesale Cat Flowers and many other stocks in strong 

 demand at this date. 



" Our clearingr sale adv. In the Special Autumn Number broufrht us 

 three times as many orders as we could fill." Fraxken Biios. 



EARLY COPY IS A GREAT HELP 



toward'good display and position. If the nize of your stock does not 

 require a pare adv. send a classifled, but SEND IT EARLY. 



A handsome vase of Mrs. Jardine was 

 well liked, but would have caused more 

 enthusiasm if they could have been shown 

 as they looked two days later, as this 

 is one of the roses that improve with 

 age. 



Then came the home exhibit by the 

 Pittsburg Rose & Carnation Co. — largo 

 vases of Richmond and Killarney, as 

 fine as ever exhibited; Maids, Brides, 

 Perles, Cusin, Chatenay, Bon Silene and 

 Alice Roosevelt. All of the stock was 

 fine, but the Killarney was exceptionally 

 fine. One visitor remarked that his busi- 

 ness took him all over the country, but 

 it was the finest rose of this variety he 

 had ever seen. 



The Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. exhibit- 

 ed a vase of very handsome Beauties 

 from its regular stock on sale for the 

 day, and they were all right. 



Dr. Schaffer showed a number of va- 

 rieties of the rarer cypripedium plants 

 in bloom. 



Wm. Meischke, of Castle Shannon, ex- 

 hibited a vase of assorted roses. 



The committee appointed to look into 

 the good points of the new roses ex- 

 hibited, reported that they believed there 

 was a place for each of them and that 

 another year will find them greater 

 favorites than they are at present. 



Varioos Notes. 



Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ludwig and their 

 son, Edward, will leave in a few days 

 for the Pacific coast, to visit their son, 

 De Forest Ludwig, who is now located 

 at Los Angeles, Cal. 



Gustav Ludwig, of the firm of G. & 

 J. W. Ludwig, is a candidate for school 

 director in his ward. 



A good many belated poinsettias have 



been coming into the market since New 

 Year's, but there is no sale for them. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



WASHINGTON. 



Qub Meeting. 



The night of the last club meeting, 

 January 7, was without a doubt the 

 worst night we have had this winter, and 

 yet there was a fair attendance. All 

 arrangements were completed, as far as 

 possible, for the coming carnation con- 

 vention. The National Rifles armory has 

 been secured. The meetings will take 

 place upstairs and the e^ibit down- 

 stairs. 



The American Breeders' Association 

 will meet at the same time in the hall 

 adjoining. The members of the Carna- 

 tion Society will be their guests one 

 night and the breeders will be enter- 

 tained the next by the Carnation Society. 



The banquet will take place at the hall 

 of Chas. Rancher, the leading caterer 

 of the capital. 



The attention of the club was called 

 to the fact that the convention will be 

 in session January 29, McKinley day, 

 which is Washington's great carnation 

 day. A committee was appointed to 

 make arrangements to distribute carna- 

 tions to the public school children of the 

 city on that day. 



President Peter Bisset, who is much 

 improved in health, gave a very inter- 

 esting talk on his recent visit to Porto 

 Rico. 



E. M. Byrnes, superintendent of green- 

 houses and grounds for the Agricultural 

 Department, sent a vase of seedling car- 

 nations which were much admired, es- 



pecially three extra fine ones. These 

 were a dark red, similar to Roosevelt; 

 a red, on the order of red Lawson, and 

 a very fine pink. 



Ctirrent Comment, 



Everybody seems to have the midwin- 

 ter pace. Business seems to be good 

 with everybody, especially the stores. 

 Stock still continues scarce. Funeral 

 work has been especially heavy for the 

 last two weeks. Last week the funeral 

 of Allison Naylor, a thirty-third degree 

 Mason, called for a great many large 

 pieces. All the stores had some orders. 

 January 10 the funeral of Captain 

 Diggs, a naval oflBcer, took place. There 

 were all kinds of designs, including some 

 special ones. One of these was a 5-foot 

 panel with crossed cannons made of 

 white carnations, embossed over a large 

 anchor made of violets, with clusters of 

 orchids and valley in the corners, made 

 by Gude Bros. Another was a large 

 standing wreath of white heather, vio- 

 lets, Killarney roses and valley, by Z. D. 

 Blackistone. O. O. 



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