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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



OCTOBBB 22, 1008. 



THE Florists' Supply House of America 



Tiie Latest Novelties 



You don't want to make up exactly the same as you did last year and the year before ? Of course not ! We are 

 prepared to help you put that touch of originality into your work that will please the people who want something 

 different. To meet this need, we offer the following novelties that you will nnd most useful in combination with 



standard wreaths and greens 

 Red Asparagus Sprengeri 



This is natural Sorengrerl, prepared to make 

 it lasttnir, and red tipped. It is most effective 

 in combination with beech and magnolia 

 sprayd. 



Assorted Sprays 



With foliage and berries. Selected from a 

 variety of desirable shrubs. 



Miniature Oak Leaves 



These come in sprays; tiny foliage with 

 acorns; very pretty. When fat'tened on 

 ruBCus wreaths or cycas leaves, they add a 

 touch of originality. 



Fern Fronds 



In green and silver. Several new varieties. 

 Durable and pleasing. 



Minerva Qrass 



All colors. Very effective In combination. 



Beecti sprays 



Green, brown, leather-red, and cherry-red. 

 The most popular toliage for use alone or in 

 combination. 



A New Idea I 



Rubber tissue— for preventing moisture 

 from soiling gloves or gown. Try it ! 



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BOSTON. 



The Market 



Business is not at all what it ought to 

 be. A spell of torrid weather for several 

 days caused extreme dullness and, while 

 cooler conditions again prevail, flowers 

 are not selling well. Eoses are coming 

 forward in veritable shoals, many of 

 them of fine quality, but the demand is 

 poor and prices are far from remunera- 

 tive. Carnations, owing to the heat, 

 have arrived in increasing numbers, but 

 while the quality is steadily improving, 

 prices do not rise, owing to the flood of 

 chrysanthemums. Of the latter the sup- 

 ply of early sorts seems heavier than 

 usual and prices are much lower than a 

 year ago. Pink varieties have been ar- 

 riving pale in color, owing to the hot 

 weather. 



Violets are becoming quite plentiful, 

 both singles and doubles being of good 

 quality. Sweet peas are seen in small 

 lots grown under glass, but are still 

 rather short-stemmed. Lilies have a 

 fairly steady call and lily of the valley is 

 in good demand. Dahlias are about over, 

 but some cosmos remains. In choice 

 flowers some nice gardenias, Bouvardia 

 Humboldtii and a good supply of Cat- 

 tleya labiata are forthcoming. Pot plant 

 trade remains rather sluggish ; probably 

 colder weather will stimulate it. 



Qub Meeting. 



There was a large gathering at the 

 regular monthly meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club October 20, 150 

 being present. The speaker of the even- 

 ing was William Downs, vice-president 

 of the club, who spoke interestingly on 

 "Fruit Culture Under Glass." Grapes, 

 peaches, nectarines, strawberries and 

 other fruits were referred to, the best 

 varieties of each being named and their 

 cultural needs spoken of. A good dis- 

 cussion followed the reading of the 

 paper. 



A ' communication was read from the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America, ask- 

 ing if the club would affiliate with it. 

 Messrs. Cameron, Kennedy and James 

 Wheeler were appointed a committee to 

 consider the proposition. 



There were a good number of exhib- 

 its. These included J. D. Cockcroft's 



Birch Canoes 



and other artloles for 



Air Plant Decoration 



6, 9 and 12 inches long, from $1.00 to <3.75 per 

 doz. E. H. Hunt, A. L. Randall Co., E. P. Win- 

 terson Co., Chicago distributors. 



THE ZENITH RUSTIC MF6. CO. 



HAMnFACTURKRS 



Malcers of a Full Line lof 

 BIRCH BARK WARK 



760 Girard Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



new carnation, Georgia, for which hon- 

 orable mention was awarded. Waban 

 Rose Conservatories received a report of 

 superior merit for White Killarney. Wm. 

 Downs was given honorable mention for 

 pot mums. George Page and Duncan 

 Finlayson had Lady Lenox cosmos. J. E. 

 Chase showed Nephrolepis Whitman!. 

 Backer & Son showed Yellow Touset mum 

 and S. J. Eeuter exhibited a good creamy 

 white seedling mum. F. W. Fletcher 

 had Violet Baronne Eothschild. W. N. 

 Craig showed a collection of the early- 

 flowering double English mums, includ- 

 ing White Quintus, Ralph Curtis, Mme. 

 Casimir Perier, Mme. Marie Massee, 

 Crimson Massee and others, also some 

 single varieties and spikes of Cattleya 

 Bowringeana. He received, a report 'of 

 merit for the mums. 



Peter Miller was appointed temporary 

 treasurer because of the serious illness 

 of Edward Hatch, to whom an expression 

 of sympathy and good will was sent. It 

 was stated that nominations of officers 

 from the floor would be made at the 

 meeting November 17. Several queries 

 from the question box were answered. 

 Refreshments were served as usual and 

 the membership again received an addi- 

 tion of three names. 



Various Notes. 



October has given us some striking 

 weather variations. October 13 tempera- 



GiUett & Ohmer 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



131 East 3d Street 



Cincinnati, Ohio 



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Cut Flowers 



Preeh every day. The very best Beauties 

 and Mums. 



We 



Manufacture 



WIRE WORK 



of all 



kinds 



Get the lowest prices by buying direct 

 from the manufacturers. Send for illustrated 

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Cincinnati Headquartara for 



GREENS 



Perns 16c per 100: 11.25 per 1000. 



Galax, grreen or bronze, 11.00 per 1000; case 



Ol 10,000, $7.50. 

 Leucothoe sprays, SOc per 100; S4.50 per 1000. 

 Wild Smilaz. always fresh. Largest case, $5. 

 Green Sheet Moss. Bale, 25c; per bundle 



(5bales).S1.00. 

 Sphagnum Moss per bale, $1.00. 



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tures from 15 to 20 degrees above zero 

 were recorded and everything tender was 

 killed. From October' 15 to 18 maxi- 

 mum temperatures were 80 to 85 degrees 

 in the shade. Our precipitation up to 

 date is ten inches below the average, 

 while we have an excess in temperature 

 of several hundred degrees. 



Montrose Greenhouses are handling 

 some fine roses at their stand in the Park 

 street market. Richmond, Bride and 

 Maid are all well done. .^ 



The annual dinner and bari^Kss ses- 

 sion of the Boston Cooperative Flower 

 Growers'" Association will tafe" place Oc- 

 tober 24. . t 



Jackson Dawson, at the Arnold Arbo- 

 retum, has boxes and pans containing 

 hundreds of varieties of shrubs and trees 

 from northern China, collected by E. H. 

 Wilson. As most of these came from 



