Vr*X' ". 



58 



-, ~*rtTy.,,i- .T'Vr.JFV''' 'VT'i^T'^^. 



'■f-'^tW^^^WSfT"' 



The Weekly Horists' Review. 



.•vr^v^--' 



Februabx 13, 1908. 



BALTIMORE. 



State of Business. 



This has been a season of ups and 

 downs. Last summer trade in Baltimore 

 was better than it ever had been be- 

 fore at that time of year, and it con- 

 tinued so up to late autumn, when the 

 general upheaval in business conditions 

 shut down the flower buying, the same as 

 everything else. At Christmas a fine 

 business was done, as good as ever be- 

 fore with most retailers, and making 

 a new record for some. Early in Janu- 

 ary business was fair, but it has run 

 down in the last few weeks and things 

 are quiet now. There is an occasional 

 good decoration handled by the leading 

 stores, and now and then a spurt of 

 funeral work helps out. We have had 

 some unusually cold days, which did not 

 stimulate business. 



There has been an abundant supply 

 of stock in all lines except roses. When 

 the weather was favorable to the street 

 salesmen they found supplies more or 

 less at their own prices, either here or 

 in other nearby markets, but in spite of 

 this competition prices are fairly well 

 maintained. 



Various Notes* 



There has been a steady succession of 

 visitors, many of them making a special 

 trip to Baltimore to see John Cook's 

 new rose, My Maryland, the fame of 

 which has spread far and wide. Prac- 

 tically every visitor has endorsed Mr. 

 Cook's opinion that it is the best thing 

 he has ever sent out. The success which 

 Cardinal has made this season with the 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., at Chicago, has 

 brought Mr. Cook many inquiries for 

 stock of this variety, which he sent out 

 several years ago. Peter Henderson & 

 Co., of New York, will disseminate an- 

 other of Mr. Cook's new red roses this 

 year, a garden variety. 



J. J. Perry says the business of the 

 Baltimore Florists' Exchange is showing 

 a steady yearly increase and that he 

 hopes to develop for Baltimore a ship- 

 ping trade such as gives stability to the 

 markets in other cities. An increasing 

 number of out-of-^own buyers already 

 look to Baltimore for their supplies. 



Samuel Feast & Sons say that, up to 

 the middle of January, the business for 

 the last six months was just about the 

 same total as in the same period of the 

 year before and they hope to see things 

 again going at the normal rate before 

 long. 



M. Thau is no longer in charge of the 

 Fernery greenhouses. C. M. Ackerman, 

 who is the spokesman for the owners of 

 this concern, says that if it had not been 

 for the financial disturbance last fall 

 they would have opened at least two 

 stores in addition to the one on North 

 Charles street and says it is still planned 

 to do so. 



FUCHSIA 



LITTLE BEAUTY, 2X-in., $4.50 per 



100; $40.0« per 1000. 

 Speciosa, Black Prince, Mme. Von 



der Strauss, $3.50 per 100; $30.00 



per 1000. pgjjp^g 



BOSTON, 4-in., 12c; 5-in., 25c each. 



PIEBSONI, 3-in., 8c. 

 ILKOANTISSIMA, 2X-in., 6c; 3-in., 



^^ 10c; 4-in., 15c. ____BBi 

 <m ^^i Hydrangeas all sold. 1^9 .4 



BAUR FLORAL CO., ERIE, PA. 



60 Cboice Varieties of VERBENAS 



PerfecUy Healthy— NO RUST 



ROOTSD CUTTINGS, our selection, 75c per 100; $6.00 per 1000. 

 PLANTS, our selection, 2H-iDch pots, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 



ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS-Clean and healthy 



WHITB VARIKTISS 



PerlOOPerlOOO 



RED VARIETIES 



PerlOOPerlOOO 



Cardinal.. S3.00 $25.00 



Robert CraiK 8.00 25.00 



Flamingo 2.60 20.00 



Crisis 2.00 17.50 



Portia 1.60 12.00 



Governor Roosevelt 2.00 17.60 



Harlowarden 2.00 17.80 



TEIXOW VARIETIES 



Golden Beauty 2.00 17.50 



Buttercup 2.50 20.00 



Eldorado 2.00 17.50 



VARIEGATED VARIETIES 



Jessica 3.00 25.00 



Mrs. M. A. Patten 2.50 20.00 



Judge Hinsdale 2.60 20.00 



60,000 GRAFTED ROSES FOR FORCINO-Ths Finest Grown 



Orders booked for delivery In April, May and June 



Chatenay, Killarney, Richmond, Liberty, La Prance, rose pots, $15.00 per 100; 3^-lnch 

 pots, $18.00 per 100. 



Bride, Bridesmaid, Golden Gate, Kaiserin, rose pots, $10.00 per 100; 3^-inch pots, $15.00 

 per 100. 



OWN ROOT ROSES, 3-ihch pots, $9.00 and $7.00 per 100. 



SEND FOR PRICE LIST 



J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa. 



A New Florists' Flower 



ASTILBE DAVIDII 



A Grand Addition for Summer Flovrers 



Thia new hardy perennial blooms freely during 

 the whole of eummer and the spikes are very beau- 

 tiful and very lasting. The stems are three feet or 

 more in length and the spikes, which are exceedingly 

 feathery and graceful, are often two feet long. Color, 

 rosy pink or deep lavender. Plant of ironclad hardi- 

 ness and a vigorous grower, with abundant fernlike 

 foliage that is bronzy-green when young, turning to 

 bright, glosey green when mature ; always clean and 

 fresh, never sunburns like other Astilbes. 



Awarded a first-class certificate by the Royal 

 Horticultural Society of England. 



" Certainly the moat remarkable hardy plant lately intro- 

 duced."— Gardeners' Chronicle. 



" This is the most important hardy perennial introduced 

 during the past few years."— Journal of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society. 



The plants I offer are all home-grown, and I 

 have the only large stock of it in America. These 

 American plants are more than twice as good as 

 imported ones. 



Strongf Field-g^rown plants, $1.60 per doc; $10.00 per 100 



J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, N. J. 



The New Seedling Caooa, W. E. Cottrell 



In color a beautiful dark salmon-pink, flecked with red, rounding petals slightly recurved, 

 large trusses of bloom, dark green foliage, broad leaves, compact, vigorous growth. 

 Exhibited at Jamestown, where we were awarded a Diploma and Silver Medal. Price, 

 25c each, $2.50 per doz., $18.00 per 100. We grow all of the standards and a long list of 

 novelties. Also Kudzu Vines in quantity. Write for quotations. 



FRANK CUMMINCS BULB AMD PLAHT CO., MERIDIAN, HISS. 



Always Mention the.... 



Florists' Review 



When Writing Advertisers 



