Max 21, 1908. 



TheWeckly Rorists' Review. 



Wc Want Your Order 



FOR 



Peonies^ and Plenty of them. 



CflrnOllOnS^ ^ Great Quantity of Best 

 Varieties from A- No. 1 Growers. 



Beauties, Richmond, Maids, 



Brides and Kaiserin 



Memorial Day 



AND CAN FILL IT 



TRY 



W. E. McKISSICK 



HmUl Raistead St., PiaADELPBU 



Blue Cornflower, 

 Sweet Peas and All 

 Seasonable Cut Flowers 

 in Quantity. 



WRltE FOR PRICE LIST« 

 NOW READY 



Mention The Bevlew when you write. 



will be in best demand, but everything 

 will be cleaned up, unless all signs fail. 



Qttb Meeting. 



There was an attendance of over 100 

 at the May meeting of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists ' Club May 19, to hear F. E. 

 Palmer give a most pertinent and prac- 

 tical talk on "Some Points on the Art 

 of Selling. ' ' It was a new subject for 

 the club, but proved an interesting one, 

 as the lively discussion showed. Messrs. 

 Holmes, Cameron, Welch, Elliott, George 

 Anderson and Kennedy all had ideas on 

 the subject. It was voted to hold a 

 picnic this summer and several locations 

 ■were suggested, but no selection made. 

 Four new members were elected. 



M. A. Patten received a report of 

 merit for a white and two crimson seed- 

 ling carnations of excellent quality, and 

 also showed a good yellow. Other ex- 

 hibits included : Marguerites, from F. W. 

 Fletcher; a fine deep Enchantress sport, 

 from William Swan; Maid, Bride and 

 Liberty roses, from Eber Holmes; late 

 tulips, from W. W. Rawson & Co. 



It was reported that Wilfrid Wheeler 

 is seriously ill. 



Various Notes. 



Peirce Bros, have an immense stock of 

 Spiraa Japonica and stocks just right 

 for Memorial day. 



The display of ornamental crab-apples 

 at the Arnold arboretum has been su- 

 perb during the last few days. The lilac 

 display will be at its height during the 

 coming week, many being already in full 

 flower. 



T. F. Galvin has an interesting dis- 

 play of the yellow tulip orchid, Cattleya 

 citrina, in his Tremont street store at 



present, also Cattleya Mossiae and other 

 seasonable orchids. • 



Albert Roper, of Tewksbury, will in- 

 troduce his new variegated carnation. 

 Bay State, next season. All who have 

 seen this fine variety on the exhibition 

 table have been greatly impressed with it. 



Vegetation is this season about ten 



Enclosed is the dollar, for which 

 please send 



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for another year. I find it to be the 

 best paper for the trade, either in buy- 

 ing or selling. 



Altoona, Pa. 

 May 6, 1908. 



KARL KUNY. 



days earlier than in 1907. Lilacs a year 

 ago were not in flower for Memorial day, 

 nor was lily of the valley. There prom- 

 ises to be a good outdoor supply of flow- 

 ers this year. Many of the late tulips 

 will be just right. 



A fire broke out at the store of the 

 H. E. Fiske Seed Co. May 16, causing 

 damage to the extent of several hundred 

 dollars. The firm has had a busy season 

 and the fire came at an inopportune time, 

 but will not interfere with the prompt 

 filling of orders. 



Frank and Robert S. Edgar have ac- 

 quired the farm, with several new and 

 commodious greenhouses erected by W. 

 W. Edgar, their father, and will operate 

 it as an independent concern. Herman 

 S. Bartsch will take charge of the older 

 greenhouses and manage them for Mrs. 

 Edgar. 



Farquhar & Co. have a fine display of 

 the late flowering tulips in their nurs- 

 eries at present. These bulbs are worthy 

 the increased attention of florists, being 

 so much superior to the early flowering 

 section in length of stem and freedom 

 from disease. 



Thomas Roland, of Nahant, has a 

 superb house of candytuft right for 

 Memorial day. W. N. Craig. 



Thomas F. Galvin returned from Eu- 

 rope May 14. It is stated that while in 

 England he acquired an interest in a 

 new carnation with which he hopes to 

 repeat the success he achieved when he 

 distributed Lawson in the trade. He 

 told a reporter for the Boston Herald 

 that "Europe is far behind the United 

 States in floriculture. The European flo- 

 rists are not so enterprising as are their 

 rivals on this side. The Americans are 

 more daring in their .ventures, and while 

 they score some failures they also achieve 

 a much larger number of successes." 



The Reviev? will send the Book of 

 Grafted Roses for 25 cents. 



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