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52 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



August 6, 1908. 



ALBERT LEA, MINN. 



The Lake Shore Greenhouses, owned 

 by P. Clausen & Son, are an excellent 

 example of those enterprises which are 

 begun for pleasure rather than for profit, 

 but which afterward develop into suc- 

 cessful commercial institutions, because 

 conducted with that enthusiasm which is 

 born of loye of the work. 



Peter Clausen and family came to 

 Albert Lea from Grand Meadow, Minn., 

 in the fall of 1878, and Mr. Clausen en- 

 gaged in the furniture and undertaking 

 business, which he carried on with in- 

 creasing success until 1885, when he 

 sold the business, probably thinking that 

 he was thus severing his connection with 

 active business life. 



In the spring of 1885 he built a small 

 greenhouse upon the property where his 

 present greenhouses are located. He 

 had no intention then, however, of en- 

 tering the florists' trade, but he cannot 

 remember the time when he did not love 

 flowers, and when he retired from the 

 furniture business nothing was more nat- 

 ural than that he should engage in their 

 cultivation aa a pastime. 



Before long he discovered that he was 

 growing more flowers and vegetables 

 than his own family could use. There- 

 fore he began giving away a part of 

 the product of his greenhouse to his 

 friends and neighbors, who, after accept- 

 ing these gifts for a time, then insisted 

 on paying for what they received. Learn- 

 ing thus that his pastime was profit- 

 able as well as pleasurable, he enlarged 

 his greenhouse and for the next ten 

 years he did a flourishing business. 



In 1897, after returning from a year's 

 visit to his native place in Denmark, 

 he took his son, G. A. Clausen, into part- 

 nership with him. The old greenhouse 

 was torn down and a new and more 

 modern one was built in its place. So 

 rapidly has their business grown since 

 then that it has been found necessary 

 to build an additional greenhouse each 

 year, until at the present time they have 

 over 32,000 square feet of glass. Of 

 their ten greenhouses, one is used for 

 violets, two for roses, six for carnations 

 and one for chrysanthemums and other 

 plants. In 1902 the company discon- 

 tinued the truck gardening business, 

 which until then had been run in con- 

 nection with the greenhouses. 



The greenhouses are situated on the 

 shore of Fountain lake, just opposite the 

 city waterworks. Besides the green- 

 houses, the firm has about two acres of 

 land, which is used exclusively in the 

 culture of flowers. 



ORCHIDS 



Arrived in fine condition, Cattleya Mossise, C. 

 Percivaliana. C. Schroederae. C. Trianse, C. labi- 

 ata. Gigas Sanderiana. C. Harrisonise, C. citrina. 

 Laella anceps, D. formosum Kiganteum, D. Ward- 

 ianum. D. Flndleyianum, Vanda coerulea, On- 

 cidium varicosum R., O. tiRrinum. Cyp. bella- 

 tulum. To arrive shortly, C. Mendellil, C. Oaskelli- 

 ana, Phalsenopels amabilis, Phal. Schilleriana, D. 

 pbalsenopsiB. CARRILLO S aALOWIN, Seciacns. tt. J. 



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ORCHIDS 



Arrived in splendid condition; large Bhipment. 

 Cattleya Kchroederae, finest type known; also 

 Cattleya Trlanae and C. Dowiana. In two weeks 

 we will have C. gigas (Hardyana type), C Chrys- 

 otoxa, Peristerla elata, Odontoglossum Scept- 

 rum, O. Harryanum and Miltonii Vexillaria. 



LA6ER & HURRELL, Summit, N. J. 



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READY NOW 



Polnsatttas— strong 2Vincb pot plants, 



$4.00 per 100. 

 Adlantum Cro^eeanum— Beautiful 5-incb 



pot plants; fine for cutting, pot sales or 



dividing. $5 00 per dozen; $35.00 per 100. 

 Kentla Belmoreana— 2Hs-inch pot plants, 



for centers of ferneries, $7.00 per 100. 

 Primula Sinensis — Fine strain, 2Vinch 



pots, $3.00 per 100. 



Aimuoarlas— Never bad a better lot. 4-incb 

 pot plants, 6 inches high. 35c. 5-incn pot 

 plants, 10 to 12 inches high, 3 tiers. 60c. 6- 

 incb pot plants, 14 inches high, S and 4 tiers, 

 75c. 6-inch pot plants, 16 Inches high, 4 

 tiers, $1.00. 



Pandanus UtlUs— 2^-inch pots, $6.00 per 

 100; 4-incb pots, $12.60 per 100. 



Salntpaulla lonantlia (African Violet)— 

 Grand pot plant. Strong, 8-inch stock, 

 $10.00 per 100. 



Flous Elastloa— 4-incb pots, 10 to 12 inches 

 high, $25.00 per 100; 5-inch pots, 20 inches 

 high, $60.00 per 100 



The Storrs A Harrison Co., "'""I^.^o"'^- 



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BAY TREES! BAY TREES 1 1 



Standards and Pyrai^ids just arrived in fine condition 



standards, 28 Inches diameter In orown $14.00 per pair 



•• 82 •• •• " 18.00 •• 



" 86 •• ** " 20.00 •• 



Pyramids, 54 " lilarli 10.00 " 



00 *• •• 12.50 " 



" M •• *• 14.00 " 



•• 80 •• •• 16.00 •• 



Special prices on all Summer and Fail Bnlbs and Plants clieerfnlly giren by 



r. W. O. SCHMITZ, Prince Bay, N. Y. 



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Ferns in Flats 



ORDER NOW 



Full, well grown flats in following varieties : 

 Pterls Sleboldll 

 " Adlantoldes 

 " Cretloa Albo- 

 Lineata 

 Aspldliun Tsusssl- 



mense 

 Adlantum Cuneatum 



Pterls MayU 



** Hastata 



** Wlmsettt 



•• GUbertU 



** Serrulata 



** MasnUioa 



" Vlotorlae 



$2.00 per flat. Special price on 20 or more 

 flats. Each flat contains about 110 clumps, which 

 can be divided. Stock is ready for 2'2-luch pots. 



McHutchlson S Co. 



17 Murray St., NEW YORK 



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Special Bargains for Midsummer 



If interested, write us. Prompt answer by return 

 mail. 



Bostonlensls, 2^ to 10 in.: Wliltmanl, 2^ 

 to lu-in.; Amerpohlll, 3 to 8-in., finest window 

 display; Hydranceas, 4 to 9-in.; Plumosus, 

 2to6-in.; Sprenarerl, 2 to 6-in.: Arauoarlas, 

 6-in , 10 to 18 in. above pot; Primroses, Ob- 

 oonloaand Forbesl; Clnerarle8,2 and 3-in.; 

 Celestial Peppers, 2^ and 8-in.; Polnset- 

 tlas, 2^, 4 and 6-in. 



We have left after D aaaa , „ , 

 planting, following ■*vac» in 3-in. 



800 Beauties 900 Brides 



200 Perles SOO Chatenay 



850 Klllameys 25 Uncle Jolua 



25 La Prance 



8E0. A. KUHL, "^XS: Pekin, III. 



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CYCLAMEN 



Glffanteum— strong and stocky, ready for 

 3*2 inch pots, $3.00 per 100. 



Asparagus Plumosus and Spreng^eri 



2^-incb, extra strong, $2.00 per 100. 

 CASH. 



J. W, MILLER, Sliireinanstown,Pa. 



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 writing advertisers. 



25,000 



Boston Ferns 



5-in., 3 plants to pot $25.00 per 100 



6-in., 3 plants to pot 35.00 per 100 



Bench plants. . .$10.00 to $15.00 per 100 



SATISFACTION 



or money back 



THE CARL HA6EIIBUR6ER CO. 



WEST MENTOR, O. 



BEGONIA GLOIRE De LORRAINE 



214-in. pots, $2.00 per doz., $15.00 per 100. 



POINSETTIAS 



214-in. pots, $5.00 per 100, $45.00 per 1000. 



Asparagus Plumosus 



2mn. pots, $3.00; 4-in., $10.00 per 100. 



Asparagus Sprengeri 



5-in., strong, $20.00 per 100. 



SCRANTON FLORIST SUPPLY CO. 



SCRANTOH. PA. 



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BAY TREES, PALMS 



Buxus, Azalea Indlca, Rbododendrons 



Evergreens, Herbaceous Plants 



Boses, Trained Fruit Trees 



Greenliouse Grape Vines 



AslE for catalogue ^ 



BDBBINK& ATKINS, Rutherford, N. J. 



