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February 13, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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THE FLORISTS^ SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



p A ^1^ Y RA^IVr T^ ^^^ ^^^ *^^^ money no^ that short stemmed flowers are inexpensivet 

 ■ /^I^V» I LPnoiml- I C7 (jy. arranging these in o«r Fancy Baskets. Yo« know how to make 



them look so attractive that they will sell at sight. We have an immense stock in all novel 



and staple styles; bark baskets a specialty, both round and oval. 



FOR THF nFf^flRATrm Pl^iit Stands, screens. Pot Covers, Crepe Papers (water- 

 I \/l% lilt. t/I.V^\/l% ni Vril pyQo£ ^^^ pleated), etc., etc No decorator can afford to be 



without out two-toned crepe paper. It can be had in combinations of all flower shades. 



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I 11 m|FWARF VA^F^ ^^ discovered Tone ware and believe it the best vase for the 

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 of our antique Pompeian Toneware Vases in many novel shapes. 



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ton delegation after the late Washington 

 convention, the carnations at Cottage 

 Gardens seemed to hold first place. The 

 big house of Beacon almost dazzled them. 



Fire in the establishment of George H. 

 Arnold, Braintree, on the evening of 

 February 4, destroyed three greenhouses 

 containing vegetables and flowers. Dam- 

 age estimated at $5,000. 



William Sim is well pleased with ad- 

 vance orders for his new violet, Boston. 

 His sweet peas are now of very fine qual- 

 ity. Of violets he anticipates a heavy 

 crop for Easter, having some 500 sashes 

 in coldframes, as well as his large ridge 

 and furrow house, which he hopes to be 

 able to retard until the middle of April, 



F. J. Dolansky is starting to send in 

 his usual crop of sweet peas, which are 

 again of excellent quality. 



Peirce Bros, are bringing in large 

 quantities of Lilium speciosum. Their 

 longiflorums for Easter are looking ex- 

 tremely well. 



Duncan Finlayson is among those who 

 are making themselves proficient at the 

 game of curling on Jamaica pond. 



Waban Conservatories will add 300 

 feet to their big Beauty house the coming 

 season, which will make its dimensions 

 40x1000. 



Welch Bros, are handling some Beauty 

 and Richmond roses of exceptional ex- 

 cellence at present. Trade with them is 



very good, considering weather and other 

 conditions. 



E. Sutermeister is bringing in some 

 nice pots and pans of the pretty Tritonia 

 crocata to the market. 



E. Holmes, of the Montrose Green- 

 houses, is bringing -in some extra fine 

 Bride, Bridesmaid and other roses to the 

 Park Street market. 



Thomas Pegler is handling excellent 

 lots of pansies for W. C. Ward, whose 

 success with those under glass is well 

 known. 



Windows which are always attractively 

 arranged with high grade flowers are 

 those of Penn, at 43 Bromtield street. 

 The violets here are noted for their splen- 

 did quality. 



We are pleased to report J. F. Free, 

 of the Park Street market, as recover- 

 ing nicely from his recent accident. 



A local concern is doing a consider- 

 able business in selling violet plants by 

 magazine advertising. A recent adver- 

 tisement reads as follows : " A fortune in 

 violets. Write for our free booklet and 

 learn how florists are making up to 

 $10,000 a year and over, growing violets 

 for market. You caj^ make big money 

 at home all winter by growing them in- 

 doors in pots and boxes and outside in a 

 coldbed. In big demand. Work for 

 everybody (both sexes). A few of our 

 plants in small beds pay big." A peru- 



sal of a booklet issued makes interesting 

 reading. We are informed that with 

 the exception of a limited number of 

 large florists, violets are not raised to 

 any extent, also that the supply has never 

 equaled the demand, nor is it likely to 

 for many years. "Each plant will pro- 

 duce 100 blooms per season, the average 

 price of which is $1 per hundred whole- 

 sale. Corsage bouquets and those thrown 

 at actresses frequently cost $15 to $25. 

 Florists figure on $1 as the season's in- 

 come from each plant. This, of course, 

 is but one season's profits. Next year 

 your plants will bear again and the new 

 crowns formed last season will begin to 

 bud and blossom, giving you approxi- 

 mately twenty to thirty times as many 

 blossoms as you had the year previous." 

 Much more similarly exhilarating cul- 

 tural information will be found in the 

 booklet, which is worth the careful peru- 

 sal of violet specialists. Violets han- 

 dled are of "the Special Coronet brand, 

 both single and double, and cost only 

 $13.75 per hundred by express." 



W. N. Craig. 



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I EKJOY the Review very much and 

 would not like to be without it. — W, D. 

 Heslam, Fitchburg, Mass. 



