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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



JUNB 3, 1909. 



for getting their plants out. Where cut- 

 worms are troublesome on carnations, 

 asters and other plants, if arsenate of 

 lead at the rate of four pounds to fifty 

 gallons of water is sprayed on the foli- 

 age, it will be found better than any 

 other remedy yet recommended. One 

 good feature about this poison is that, 

 owing to the glucose used in its prepara- 

 tion, it adheres to the foliage closely, 

 while other poisons are washed off with 

 the first rain. 



At the Arnold Arboretum the display 

 of lilacs was at its height this season 

 May 30, a later date than usual. It as 

 usual proved an attraction for many 

 thousands of visitors. Pyrus coronaria 

 and that finest of all ornamental crab- 

 apples, Malus loensis fl. pi. Bechteli 

 (Bechtel's double flowering crab) were 

 also in fine bloom. 



George H. Strange, representing Lager 

 & Hurrell, was among our visitors last 

 week. 



There will be an excellent show of 

 hardy perennials at Horticultural hall, 

 June 5, in competition for the gold 

 medal offered for the finest display of 

 these plants at the several summer shows. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club will 

 hold its field day at E. J. Shaylor's, 

 Wellesley Hills, June 17. 



W. N. Craig. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market 



While we have not been troubled with 

 frosts, the weather continued so cool that 

 people were suspicious of it, and planting 

 was not fairly started until Monday, 

 May 24, but since that time plantsmen 

 have been reaping their harvest in 

 earnest, having more than they could do. 

 The general retail prices were: Gera- 

 niums, $1.25; cannas, $1.50; pansies, 50 

 cents, and coleus, 50 cents per dozen, but 

 on Friday and Saturday good plants of 

 anything in bloom brought about twice 

 the regular price, without enough to go 

 around. 



Among the cut flower people, trade 

 was not quite so good during the first few 

 days of this week, but beginning with 

 Thursday it was all that could be ex- 

 pected, and even more. Not that prices 

 were so high; the demand, as has been 

 the case all this year, was for reasonably 

 priced stock, for which the demand was 

 even greater than the supply. 



There were some home-grown red 

 peonies, but the other colors did not come 

 in. Quite a number of shipped peonies 

 were on the market, but they were poor, 

 as a rule. 



The markets were full of weigelas, 

 mock oranges, snowballs, irises and red 

 peonies, which were in their glory, but 

 these did not seem to affect the regular 

 trade, as the wholesale houses cleaned up 

 by Saturday night at fair prices. 



The retail stores had all they could 

 do, many of them working all night Fri- 

 day night and well into Sunday morning. 



Various Notes. 



President Taft's visit helped business 

 somewhat, as there were a number of 

 functions which demanded decorations. 

 Randolph & McClements had the Yale 

 banquet decoration at the Fort Pitt 

 hotel, and Mrs. E. A. Williams had sev- 

 eral handsome luncheon decorations as a 

 result of the visit of the presidential 

 party, including the luncheon at Sewick- 

 ley,''\^liere the President was entertained. 



Whatever You Want We Can Supply 



Choice Stock 



for the June Wedding: work and School Closings. 

 some of our leading specialties : 



The following are 



BEAUTIES 



Best on the market. 



We have a range of Beauties grown specially for a cut in June and 

 later. These have much better substance, color, stem and foliage than 

 from plants that were cut from all winter. Try them; they're good. 



ROSES 



Our Maids, Brides, Killarney, Kaiserin and Richmond are all 

 grafted stock. Much better size and substance than own-root 

 stock at this season. 



CARNATIONS 



None Better 



We grow the fancy sorts, like Aristocrat, Victory, Winsor, White 

 Perfection, Enchantress, etc., and will not take a back seat for 

 anybody on quality. They can't be beat. 



PEONIES 



We can supply these in white and pink — in any quantity, 

 beat sorts and plenty of them. Prices light. 



The 



SWEET PEAS 



Fancy stock in the fancy colors. Enchantress-pink, lavender, 

 pink, blue and red. You will say these Peas are all right. 



GREEN GOODS OF ALL KINDS 



You can order of Us 



with every certainty that you are calling on as good a 

 source of supply as there is in Chicago. 



J.ft.BUOL©NG 



37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO. 



Roses and 

 Carnations 

 A Specialty. 



CUT FLOWERS 



WHOLESALE 



6R0WER of 



Mention The Review when you wnte. 



A. W. Smith has had a unique window, 

 filled with ferns, with three live owls 

 sitting on old stumps. This window has 

 been crowded all the week, and some 

 funny remarks can be heard, such as bets 

 that the owls are not alive, but are oper- 

 ated by electricity. Mr. Smith says they 

 do not belong to the business, but they 

 stop the people at his door. 



Wm. Lauch, New Galilee, Pa., is build- 

 ing two large houses for carnations. Mr. 

 Lauch has been consigning some fine car- 

 nations to the Pittsburg Cut Flower Co. 



Frank Faulk, who had been on the 

 sick list for several weeks, is again push- 

 ing the plant and cut flower business in 

 the Allegheny Market. 



One plantsman sent out a load of bed- 

 ding plants last week which were to be 

 delivered C. O. D. Tile driver took a 



TIME IS MONEY 



Save "2 the time greeninK your designs by using 

 Floiiats' GRKKNINO FINS 



20c per lb., and you Ret from 1000 to 1100 to the 

 lb. Ten lbs. or over, 15c per lb. Write for prices 

 on larger quantities. 



WM. SCHLATTER & SON, Springfield, Mass. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



check in payment. He has the check and 

 wants to know how to collect the money, 

 as the bank returned it marked N. S. F. 

 The cut flower end is reported to have 

 been very satisfactory, although dragged 

 out over Saturday, Sunday and Monday. 



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