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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



March 20, 1008. 



RAFFIA. 



ICiiHia (colored), 20 beautiful shades. Sample-s 

 free. II. II. Comey Co., Camden, N. J., 



or 810-824 Wasbburne Ave., Chicago. 



SHELLS. 



Kright uew shells for letterlug. Write for 

 prices. E. W. Oaebring, Kensington, Phlla., Pa. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



We have the very test grades of mosses and 

 peats, and offer same at low prices. Consider 

 the quality before ordering elsewhere. Write 

 for prices on live and baled sphagnum, green 

 decorating moss, leaf mold, orchid and rotted 

 peat. We can please you on these goods. Sam- 

 ples for asking. 

 American Moss & Peat Co., Box 6, Waretown,N.J. 



1 bale, ?1.25; 2, $2.25; 3, $3.25; 5. $5.00. 

 Leedle Co., Expert Rose Growers, Springfield, O. 



TOBACCO. 



Fresh tobacco stems, 50c per 100 lbs.; $10.00 

 per ton. Scharff Bros., Van Wert, Ohio. 



WIRE WORK. 



Wm. H. Woeruer, Wire Worker of the West. 

 Manufacturer of florists' designs only. Second 

 to none. Illustrated catalogues. 

 620 N. 16th St., Omaha, Neb. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work in the west. B. P. Winterson Co., 



45. 47, 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



Wire work. Manufacturers of artistic florists' 

 designs. New price list, large discount. 

 Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., Ltd., Pittsburg, Pa. 



William E. Hielscher's Wire Works. 

 38 and 40 Broadway, Detroit, Mich. 



Full line of wire work. Write tor list. 

 Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Best — Cheapest — Try a sample order. 

 Scr anton Florist Supply Co., Scranton, Pa. 



E. H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



ROCK ISLAND. 



The Tri-City Florists' Association 

 turned out in numbers March 19, the oc- 

 casion being the second annual banquet 

 of the association, which was held at the 

 Rock Island Turner hall. All the florists 

 of the three cities were present, with one 

 exception, and that was on account of 

 sickness. The company was a merry one, 

 and there were short talks on flower cul- 

 ture by each member. H. Klehm, of Ar- 

 lington Heights, 111., was the out-of-town 

 guest, and he gave some of his experi- 

 ences in the flower business. The mem- 

 bers of the Rock Island Turners' singing 

 section entertained the florists with some 

 good musical numbers, and Theo. Ewoldt, 

 of Davenport, also contributed several 

 vocal solos. The toastmaster of the even- 

 ing was William Knees, president of the 

 Tri-City Florists' Association. 



ASTER SINENSIS. 



Aster Sinensis is one of the most, if 

 not the most, pleasing of the recently 

 introduced types of annual asters, says a 

 writer in an English gardening maga- 

 zine. "Its single flowers, which are 

 white, blue, and other colors, are much 

 more useful for decorative purposes in a 

 cut state than the other types, the efifect 

 produced in the garden being very pleas- 

 ing. Anyone who has not yet grown the 

 single forms of this aster should not fail 

 to do so. It is well to plant in rich soil, 

 and give plenty of room. In 1905 on one 

 plant I counted eighty-eight flowers and 

 buds, besides a large number of lateral 

 buds that were developing. The speci- 

 men was three feet wide, thirty-three 

 inches high, and continued in bloom a 

 very long time — in fact, until frost cut 

 it down." 



I LIKE the Review very much. It 

 seems to hit the nail on the head every 

 time. — S. D. Griffith, New Woodstock, 

 N. Y. 



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