Mabch 19, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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MRS JARDINE 



Every Florist who Plants a Rose for Winter Forcing wants at least Six Qualities 



A FREE STRONG GROWTH, WITH GOOD FOLIAGE. A VARIETT THAT CAN BE EASILY GROWN. LARGE 

 FLOWERS ON LONG STEMS. DELICIOUS FRAGRANCE. DISTINCT, PLEASING COLOR THAT WILL SELL 

 AT SIGHT. A ROSE THAT WILL HOLD ITS COLOR IN THE DULL DATS OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY. 



MRS. JARDINE has all these characteristics, and, in addition, is of so perfect a form that it can be used either 

 in the bud or half expanded flower. The color is a bright rosy pink, shading in the outer petals to salmon pink, and, 

 even in January, when Bridesmaids and Killarney lose their color, Mrt. Jardine is as bright as in October or March. 

 I We extend a cordial invitation to everyone interested in this New Rose to visit our Nurseries and see it growing. 

 MRS. JARDINE has been awarded Two Silver, Medals, numerous Certificates, and successfully stood the best 

 test which any novelty can possibly have in passing unanimously, in December, the Award Committee of the New 

 York Florists' Club after an exhaustive examination of the growing plants, with a score of 92 points. 



Strong Plants on own roots, from 8>^-inch pots, $6.00 per doz.; $30.00 per 100; $70.00 per 860; 

 $860.00 per 1000; 6000 for $1126.00; 10,000 for $2126.00. 



Grafted on Dickson's Manetti Stocks, $5.00 per 100 additional. 



Address order, to ROBERT SCOTT & SON, SbaroH Hill, Pa. 



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Or WN. P. CRAIG, 



Sole Sellm£ Agent, 

 United States and Canada, 



1305 Filbert St., Philadelpliia, Pa. 



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spring flower show at Horticultural hall 

 this week. The exhibition opens on 

 Friday, March 20, and clones on Monday, 

 March 23. The running " over to Mon- 

 day, instead of closing on Sunday, is 

 an experiment. 



March weather so far has been un- 

 usually genial. Plowing and sowing of 

 early seeds have been accomplished 

 earlier than usual. As a general thing, 

 a warm March is followed by a cold 

 April. Such was the case in 1903. 



Seed stores report great activity with 

 the advent of warmer weather and have 

 more mail orders and counter trade thdn 

 they can handle. W. N. Craig. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. 



The Market. 



Trade here has been a little slack to 

 what it has been for the last few weeks. 

 Carnations have been plentiful, but not 

 many to go to the barrel. Bulbous stock 

 is still a drag and there is not much 

 prospect of catching up to the output. 

 It looks as though every one has over- 

 done the bulb end this season, and it is 

 a question whether another season will 

 see so much of it grown. Eoses are 

 good at this time, with a shortage of 

 Richmond. Funeral work has not been 

 nearly so heavy as the last few weeks, 

 which has made it hard to use up certain 

 lines of stock. St. Patrick's day was a 



model day and large quantities of 

 green carnations were handled by all the 

 dealers, especially the store men. 



Varioui Notes. 



The Florists' Club held its meeting at 

 E. Metzmaier's Tuesday evening, March 

 10, and after the meeting was treated to 

 a fine supper, which was served in ele- 

 gant style, and every one present did 

 justice to the spread. 



The bowlers got together again Fri- 

 day night. The boys are improving 

 right along. The high score was made 

 by A. Hills with 209, and the others 

 averaged good counts. 



Frank Queke, a member of our club, 

 left Saturday night on a trip to his old 

 home in Germany and will be gone for 

 several weeks. 



Mr. Gibson, florist with the Livingston 

 Seed Co., has been contfned in the hos- 

 pital, undergoing an operation, but hopes 

 to be around soon again. 



C, A. Roth reports business good, with 

 lots of funeral work. 



The Rfth Avenue Floral Co. is still 

 cutting lots of carnations, but the heav- 

 iest crop is oflp. They are busy here get- 

 ting ready on spring plants for bedding, 

 as they have a big run on that line of 

 work. 



E. Metzmaier reports good business 

 and is busy on plants for market. 



S. S. Skidelsky was a visitor this week. 



J. M. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Rising Eastern Market. 



The unusually warm, spring-like 

 weather of the last week has brought in 

 an immense stock of flowers of all kinds, 

 the largest stock, in fact, that this city 

 has ever seen at this or perhaps at any 

 other season of the year. The natural 

 result is that the purchasing power of a 

 dollar has been enormously increased, 

 flowers of all kinds being extraordinarily 

 cheap. There are possibly a few excep- 

 tions to this general rule, but they are so 

 few that you can count them on the fin- 

 gers of one hand. 



It really seems that every Beauty 

 grower around the city is on crop today 

 and the price continues to fall. The qual- 

 ity is superb. The missing grade of ex- 

 tras has now been supplied, if not by 

 natural means, at least with the assist- 

 ance of the shears. 



Other roses have fallen in price. There 

 is a vast difference between lots of twen- 

 ty-five and lots of 100, though of course 

 the former are selected with especial 

 care. The poorer grades go begging; 

 even the fakers are a little chary of them 

 when they can get fine stock every now 

 and then when left over. 



Carnations continue plentiful; the 

 prices are extremely low, white being bet- 

 ter value than any other color, due partly 

 to funeral work, and partly to St. Pat- 



