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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mabch 26, 1908. 



BIG CROP OF 



AM. BEAUTIES 



NOW ON 



Brides and Maids from grafted sfocic 

 Riciimond and Kiilarney from grafted stocic 



ALL ESPECIALLY FINE AND CHEAP 



FANCY CARNATIONS IN LARGE SUPPLY 



$8.00 TO $3.00 PER HUNDRED 



PLENTY OJP GREENS AND LILIES 



WRITE FOR EASTER PRICES 



Bassett & Washburn 



ORXENHOUSKSs 



laSSVALEtlTLX,. 



Wholesale Growers and Dealers in Cut Flowers 



Store: 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Mention The BeTlew when yon write. 



som, bids fair to be a hit. All his 

 ramblers are well flowered. Herman 

 Dreyer, at Woodside, has his new plant 

 filled to bursting with all the popular 

 varieties, and Will Siebrecht, at Astoria, 

 is still the bulb and valley king of 

 Long Island. His flats of tulips, nar- 

 cissi and hyacinths are fully up to his 

 record of over twenty years. A week 

 could profitably be spent with the plant 

 growers, for their name is legion. 



John Scott has his usual display of 

 ferns and lilies. Alfred Zeller has a 

 splendid assortment of everything from 

 oranges to kentias, and Louis Schmutz 

 holds the fort at his old stand on Clark- 

 son street. At Bay Ridge the J. M. 

 Keller Co. has as large and fine an as- 

 sortment as ever. These are the large 

 growers of Long Island. But these are 

 only a selection fron^ the great army of 

 wholesale florists on the Brooklyn side 

 of the river and are only emphasized be- 

 cause of their preparations for Easter. 

 And so in Jersey, it would take pages 

 to list the sources of Easter's floral 

 celebration. A day could be well spent 

 with the Julius Roehrs Co., and another 

 day with Bobbink & Atkins. Then, 

 there "is H. C. Steinhoff, at West Hobo- 

 ken, and all the hundred and one grow- 

 ers of this booming suburb of New 

 York, made doubly valuable since the 

 opening of the tunnels that bring it 

 within ten minutes of the big city. 



Gardeners Meet. 



The national association of gardeners 

 gave its first annual exhibition March 

 19 and 20, at Allaires hall. Seventeenth 

 street and Third avenue, and it was a 

 splendid success. John Shore, of Har- 

 rison, is the president, and the judges 



of the exhibits were Messrs. Bunyard, 

 Delaney and Carlstrom. The exhibition 

 was extensive and beautiful. The awards 

 were: Silver cup, by the president, for 

 best seedling carnations, won by Oscar 

 Carlson, of Fairfield, Conn. Two gold 

 cups, from Peter Henderson & Co., won 

 by James Bell, gardener for Prof. Os- 

 borne, Garrison, N. Y., and Mr. Wynne, 

 gardener for W. W. Heroy, Stamford, 

 Conn., tied for best display of carna- 

 tions. Gold cup, by Pierson U-Bar Co., 

 for best display of plants in flower, 

 won by James Bell, of Garrison. Gold 

 cup, by the Gardeners* Chronicle, for 

 best display of hardy bulbs in flower, 

 won by William Brandenberg, North 

 Arlington, N. J. Gold cup, by Bobbink 

 & Atkins, for best collection of cut 

 roses, won by J. P. Sorenson, gardener 

 for Stewart Smith, Stamford, Conn. 

 Gold cup, by J. P. Sorenson, for best 

 display of double and single violets, won 

 by John Shore, Harrison, N. Y., John 

 Shore took first prize on White Lawson 

 and second on Red Lawson and En- 

 chantress. Mr. Wynne took first prize 

 for Prosperity, Lawson and Mrs. Patten. 

 James Bell won first on Victory, Rose- 

 pink Enchantress and White Perfection. 



Special prizes were awarded James 

 Bell for a dendrobium with seventy- 

 eight flowers; Carl Shafer, for two va- 

 rieties of stocks and Mr. Wynne for 

 one variety. 



Mr. Maynard made a tireless and ef- 

 ficient manager and secretary. At the 

 banquet forty gardeners and their guests 

 assembled. The speakers were George 

 T. Powell, on "Apple Culture in New 

 York State"; P. O'Mara, on "The Pro- 

 motion of Horticulture Through Private 

 Gardeners"; Carl Shafer, of Tuxedo 



Park, 74 years old and the father of 

 four gardeners, on "Practical Advice 

 to Young Gardeners"; L. W. C. Tuthill, 

 on "How to Please the Ladies," which 

 was the hit of the evening. Charles 

 Elliott, of Williams Bay, representing 

 fifty Wisconsin members of the society, 

 spoke for the western gardeners. Mr. 

 DeForest, of Lord & Burnham Co., told 

 stories that kept the company in good 

 humor. Harry Bunyard spoke of his 

 pleasant relations with all the gardeners 

 of America and the evening was most 

 delightful and harmonious. The gar- 

 deners' society has every reason to be 

 proud of its initial demonstration. 



Various Notes. 



St. Patrick's day materialized the 

 parade of 50,000 sons of Erin, but the 

 green carnation was a frost. Not an 

 Irishman wore one. But the dear little 

 shamrock sold to beat the band. Few of 

 them were left, and every retailer han- 

 dled them. 



Al Rickards has just returned from 

 Virginia, where he placed an immense 

 order for azaleas, roses and rhododen- 

 drons. 



Hanft Bros, are now located in their 

 new store, at Madison avenue and Sixty- 

 second street, one of the handsomest 

 in the city, with immense window dis- 

 play and every facility for artistic deco- 

 ration. 



Alfred M. Van Praag, 1207 Broadway, 

 has filed a petition in bankruptcy, with 

 liabilities of $3,986, with nominal assets 

 of $585, consisting of fixtures, $300; ac- 

 counts, $675, which have been assigned, 

 and cash in bank, $10. Judge Holt has 

 appointed W. D. Conrad receiver. 



The supply houses are already working 



