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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



NOVBilBEB 25, 1909. 



MICHELL'S 



special Offer 



FROM 



Nov. 28 to Dec. 4 



SWEET PEAS 



WINTER fLOWERING 



Christmas Pink, Pink and 

 White. 



Chriatmas White (Florence 

 Denzer) . 



Mrs. Alex. Wallace, Laven- 

 der. Hr f •' 



Price, 25c per oz.; X-lb., 75c; 

 $2.00 per lb. 



AIbo all other valuable varieties 

 ae listed in oar Wholesale Cata- 

 logue, a copy of which is Free for 

 the asking. 



BEGONIA SEED I],, oz 



Vernon $0.25 $2.50 



Semperflorens 



Mixed .30 1.50 



VERBENA SEED 



MichelFs Mammolh 

 Fancy Strain 



This is without doubt the finest 

 strain ever offered to the trade, 

 combining large size, purity of 

 color, and free flowering quaHties. 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Blue $0.30 $1.25 



Pink..... 30 1.25 



Scarlet 30 1.25 



White 30 1.26 



Mixed 30 1.00 



VINCA SEED 



A Money Maker For The Florist. 



Alba, White with Rose center. 



Alba Pura, Pure White. 



Rosea, Pink. 



Price, 20c per trade pkt.; 60c 

 per oz. 



Mixed, 15c per trade pkt.; 50c 

 per oz. 



WATSONIA ARDERNEI 



Florists, it will pay you to grow 

 some of these bulbs. The flower 

 is pure white, produced on stems 

 about five feet in length. For cut 

 flowers, they have proved especial- 

 ly valuable, lasting several days in 

 a cut state , and are very decorative . 

 The bloom and habit is similar to 

 that of the GladioluSt^coming into 

 full bloom about Easter, when its 

 pure white blooms are of great 

 value. Immediate ordering advis- 

 able at the special low price of 

 $6.00 per 100. 



Henry F. Michell Co. 



Market Street, 

 Above lOth Street, 



PHIUDELPHIA, PA. 



Narrow Widths in (laoze Ribbons 



No. 2, 25c per piece No. 5, 35c per piece 

 10-Yard Pieces 



COLORS ARE 



WUte NUe Cardinal 



Maize Violet Cerlae 



Pink Purple Moss Green 



SAMPLES FREE OF 



Taffeta and Satin Taffeta Ribbons 



in florists' shades and widths— also atti active Chiffons 



alt|? Pw? ^nt ^ik MxHb (^ot^m^ 



Pl;tlali?ltil;i 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Wilson's Corsage = Bouquet Holder 



Award of "Hlglily Commended" at the S. A. P., Trad* 

 Ezblbltlon at Cincinnati 



Holds Corsage-Bouquets securely and gracefully. 



Prevents damage to apparel. 



Adjustable to any diameter of bouquet stem. ■^Z^" 



Adaptable to anything from Violets to Roses. ' '' 



Does away with corsage pins. "^ 



A handsomely silver plated article and oroamentarin itsetf. 



Samples to the trade, 25c eacb, by mail postage paid. By 

 the dozen, $3.00, postage paid. Correspondence solicited. 



AddressB 



ROBERT 6. WILSON, 



Fulton St. and 

 Qreene Ave.. 



Brooklyn, N.y. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Those who saw it were favorably im- 

 pressed. 



Godfrey Aschmann's Plants. 



A beautiful bouse of Begonia Gloire de 

 Lorraine is just coming into bloom, with 

 the Lonsdale pale pink variety in the 

 foreground. All the plants are spaced 

 to insure shapeliness and freedom of 

 bloom. It was as pretty a sight as On- 

 tario street has ever seen at Thanksgiv- 

 ing. The plants were mainly specimens, 

 with a side bench of a smaller size for 

 baskets and ferneries. 



The azaleas, also just coming into 

 bloom, are of good quality. Mme. Pet- 

 rick has entirely displaced Simon Mard- 

 ner, while Vervseneana, soft pink, and 

 Deutsche Perle, white are the other varie- 

 ties grown for Christmas, these three be- 

 ing considered superior to any others for 

 early forcing. 



The demand in ferns this season has 

 been largely for the straight-leaved varie- 

 ties of nephrolepsis, Boston and Scottii. 

 Whitmani is most popular among the 

 crested sorts, Todeaoides second. 



Primroses are extensively grown, many 

 florists and dealers depending on this 

 place for their supply. The preference 

 is given to bright colors. White is not 

 especially wanted at Christmas. A fern- 

 leaved variety is an oddity. 



Edward Aschmann says that the de- 

 mand for araucarias has been heavy this 

 season, a marked contrast to that of a 

 year ago. His father particularly called 

 my attention to an order just going out, 

 saying that there was value in those 

 araucarias as in all that he shipped. The 

 place looked prosperous. 



Various Notea. 



The Monday before Thanksgiving by 

 weekdays, and November 25 by the day of 

 the month, was the twenty-fourth anni- 

 versary of M. Rice's start in the florists' 

 supply business. 



White Brothers, 231 North Eighth 

 street, are preparing to open a branch 

 at Sixty-fourth street and Woodland ave- 

 nue. West Philadelphia. Charles Stewart, 

 until three weeks ago with the Highland 

 Sose Co., has gone into the firm to assist 

 his uncle by managing the new place. 



J. George Sturgeon, Baltimore, Md.^ 

 spent two days in this city this week. 



Walter R. Livingston reports that the 

 demand for the Moore-Livingston plant 

 stands is ahead of the supply. 



Paul Berkowitz was recalled from his 

 business trip last week, to attend the 

 funeral of Mrs. Martin Bayersdorfer, 

 Mourt Holly, N. J. 



William Robertson's sport from Chel- 

 tonii is a lemon-yellow, not a white as 

 reported in the Review account of the 

 Philadelphia show. The flower is a good 

 keeper of excellent size with heavy stenv 

 and foliage. 



Ralph G. Shrigley commenced work 

 last Monday with Samuel F. Lilley. 



W. E. McKissick & Bros. ' fancy single 

 violets are of an exceedingly high grade. 



Another new store in West Philadel- 

 phia, it is understood, will be opened ii* 

 the neighborhood of Thirty-eighth and 

 Market streets. 



Walter P. Stokes says that the bean 

 seed situation is almost as serious as that 

 in pea seeds. 



A run through the greenhouses of the 



