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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Aphil 30, 1908. 



WIETOR BROS-^'A^^r" Chicago 



No charir* for packing. 

 AMKRICAN BBAUTT— 



Extra long itemB 



36-iiich Btenu 



Price* subject to chani^e without notice 



. Per dot. 



HOO 



3.00 



2.50 



2.00 



1.50 



1.25 



1.00 



.75 



.50 



Per 100 



$8/)0 



** good $4.00to 6.00 



Bridesmaid^ fancy 8.00 



good* 4.00to 6M 



30-4nch stem*. 

 24'4ndi stem*. 

 20-inch ctenu. 

 Ift-inch stems. 

 15-inch steins . 

 12-inch stenu. 

 &-inch stems. 



Brides, fancy , 



Kate Mottlton, h 



tancv. 

 good., 



Per 100 



$ 8.00 

 $4.00 to 6.00 



Richmondf fancy 



•* good 4.00to 



Killamey, fancy 8.00 to 



Mod 4X)0to 



Chatcnay, fancy 



♦* good. AJOOto 



Uncle John, fancy '. 



♦* good 4.00to 



Perle 4.00 to 



Roses, our selection 



CARNATIONS, fancy 



good 



8.00 

 6.00 

 10.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 8.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 3.00 

 2.00 

 1.50 



All otker stock at lowest msrkot rstos. Tho abOTO prleei sre for soloet stock. Iztra sols|et,«r laforlor stock bllVed secordlndy. 



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CLEVELAND. 



In the settlement of a seven-year 

 street car fight in Cleveland, April 28, 

 3-eeiit fare has been established all over 

 the city, with universal transfers.^ The 

 public were granted free car rides all 

 over the city for a period of twenty- 

 four hours to celebrate the event. . 



In recognition of the jollification the 

 J. M. Gasser Co. sent out a bos of roses 

 to all its city customers, with a card 

 bearing the legend: 



"Free Car Fare, 



Free Roses, 



with the Compliments of Your Florist." 



AMHERST, MASS. 



The exhibition of flowers and plants 

 at the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege, April 24 and 25, was the finest 

 held in this vicinity for several years. 

 The display of carnations was exception- 

 ally good and the college feels deeply 

 indebted to the many growers who co- 

 operated in making this show so suc- 

 cessful. The interest shown by the stu- 

 dents and townspeople was g^-atifying, 

 Wilder hall being crowded to its capac- 

 ity during the hours the exhibit was 

 open. At the close of the show Pro- 

 fessor White sent the flowers to the hos- 

 pitals in the vicinity of Amherst. The 

 following were among the exhibitors: 

 F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, X. Y.; 

 William Nicholson, Framingham. Mass.; 



W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J.; 

 Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.; S. J. God- 

 dard, Framingham, Mass.; Patten & Co., 

 Tewksbury, Mass.; H. H. Rogers, South 

 Sudbury, Mass.; H. W. Field, North- 

 ampton, Mass.; J. W. Adams & Co., 

 Springfield, Mass.; Pierce Bros., Wal- 

 tham, Mass.; A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, 

 Conn.; Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, 

 N. Y.; William Sim, Cliftondale, Mass.; 

 Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick, 

 Mass. The Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College devoted one room to named 

 specimens of decorative foliage plants. 

 Friday afternoon G. H. Sinclair, of 

 Northampton, addressed the students of 

 the horticultural seminar on the subject 

 of "The Carnation; Its Culture and 

 Development." 



A TRAVELER'S NOTES. 



J. T. Clark, gardener to J. E. Thayer, 

 at Lancaster, Mass., is justly proud of 

 the fine crop of the luscious strawberry, 

 Marshall, fruiting in 6-inch pots and 

 averaging a dozen full sized, well ripened 

 berries on each plant. Another splendid 

 thing is Stock Beauty of Nice, flowering 

 in 5-inch pots, perfect specimens. Schi- 

 zanthus Wisetonensis is a popular pot 

 plant. Mignonette Majesty is grand. 



R. Orpet, gardener to Mrs, E. V. M. 

 Thayer, is of the opinion that his favor- 

 ite flower, the orchid, is destined to take 

 front rank in the floral world. 



A. P. Meredith, gardener to Nathaniel 



Thayer, is another orchid enthusiast and 

 he predicts the time when this plant will 

 be as popular as the carnation, yet never 

 overdone. I saw an instance of this at 

 Gardner, Mass., where T. W. Murdock 

 was using sprays of Dendrobium nobile 

 in a galax wreath. Five years ago, when 

 he started in business, such a thing was 

 unknown there. Mr. Meredith does not 

 spare the plants when repotting, but cuts 

 off all old roots. He finds that the check 

 is only temporary and the plants seem 

 to benefit by this mode of treatment. I 

 noted an old-time favorite in Rhodanthe 

 Manglesii. This interesting "everlast- 

 ing" is extensively grown in London, 

 thousands being sold annually in Covent 

 Garden market. It is easy of culture and 

 a profuse bloomer. A house of the Em- 

 erald Gem melon, planted April 4, is ex- 

 pected to be in full crop by July 4. 

 Plants have already commenced to vine. 

 Wm. Anderson, gardener to Bayard 

 Thayer, is busy laying out the grounds 

 surrounding the new mansion. Some of 

 the noblest specimens of coniferae and 

 deciduous trees are being planted. 



Geo. W. Sutherland, Athol, Mass., had 

 a fine lot of lilies, all sold at Easter. He 

 says there is a whole lot in the growing 

 and he believes the plants do better on 

 Holid beds than when grown on the bench. 



E. A. Richards, at Greenfield, Mass.. 

 was rushing around trying to attend to 

 everyone at one time. It is a pity the 

 business is crowded into so brief a space. 



