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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



December 23, 1909. 



NEW BEDFORD. MASS. 



The Market. 



! Trade last week was good, with flowers 

 none too plentiful. Carnations are 

 rather scarce. Last week they were re- 

 tailing at 60 cents to 75 cents per dozen. 

 Some nice roses are coming in and are re- 

 tailing at $2 per dozen and upwards. 

 Mums are about all done. This has been 

 a successful season for them, with good 

 paying prices. Violets retail at $1.50 per 

 hundred blooms; sweet peas retail at $1 

 per hundred blooms whenever there are 

 any. Stevia, mignonette, alyssum and 

 other fine flowers help out. Paper Whites 

 retail at 60 cents per dozen. A few daf- 

 fodils are to be seen, the first of the sea- 

 son here. There is a good demand for 

 wreaths, etc. Christmas trees sell fairly 

 well. The weather last week was quite 

 cold, the nights being unusually cold, 

 with good, clear sunshine most of the 

 time through the day. Funeral work is 

 good here, calling for lots of short and 

 fancy stock. 



Peter Murray is sending in some nice 

 Lorraine begonias and azaleas from his 

 Fairhaven place. W. L. 



dNONNATL 



The Market. 



We are having real winter weather this 

 week, with the thermometer hovering 

 around zero. There has been a shortage 

 in some lines, especially in carnations and 

 violets, but prices have averaged well and 

 everything has moved freely in the com- 

 mission houses. Carnations, as usual, 

 have first call and wholesalers fear that 

 there will be a big shortage for Christ- 

 mas, Prices on choice stock will run up 

 to $10 per hundred and perhaps above, 

 while $6 to $8 will be the ruling prices 

 for standard varieties. American Beauties, 

 while not in heavy demand, have cleaned 

 up daily. My Maryland, Killarney and 

 Kichmond at present are in fine shape and 

 command top-notch prices. 



Harrisii and callas are selling at from 

 $10 to $15 per hundred and Paper White 

 narcissus brings $3 to $4, while poinsettia 

 gets $15 to $25 and valley $4 to $5. 

 Violets had a steady call at $1 per hun- 

 dred. Green goods of all kinds are plenti- 

 ful and good holly moves readily at $4 

 per crate. 



Various Notes. 



The retail stores about town arc now 

 nicely decorated in holiday attire and 

 some of them are unusually attractive. 



Poinsettia, azalea and Gloire de Lor- 

 raine are seen everywhere and make a 

 gorgeous display in the leading stores 

 along Fourth street. 



Lorraine and Pres. Taft begonias, 

 from the J. A. Peterson establishment, 

 were superb this season. Some specimen 

 plants from this place measure twenty- 

 four inches across, grown in 8-ineh pans. 



William Murphy, K. Witterstaetter and 

 Tom Windram, all carnation specialists, 

 went out one day last week to view Christ 

 Murphy's new red carnation. They all 

 speak highly of it as a producer and 

 claim it will be a money-maker. 



Charles Murphy has just completed a 

 new house 30x100 for spring stock. 



Miss Minnie Greensmith, age 24, died 

 December 18 at the home of her parents 

 at Covedale, after an illness of a week. 

 She was an active worker in church 

 circles and beloved by all who knew her. 

 We extend to the bereaved family our 

 sincere sympathy. H. Schwarz. 



Used it for Seven Years and Says: 



Have uaed The Famigating Kind To- 

 bacco Powder for the past eeven yeara 

 aad foand it all anybody could desire, 

 and I take great pleasure in recommemd- 

 ing it as first-claas in every respect. 



W. E. Doyle, Cambridge, Mass. 



Says Nothing Better. 



We have used The Fumigating Kind 

 Tobacco Powder for years and not found 

 anything better. 



T. E. Palmer & Son, 



Mendenhall, Pa. 



are easy to kill with 



The Fumigating Kind 

 Tobacco Powder 



All our bags have our guarantee tag on 

 the bag ^eading "Satisfacti cAi or Money 

 Back," an3 this trade mark) 



$3.00 per bag 1 00,- lbs. 



It costs 1 5 cts. to thoroughly fumigate » 

 house 100x25. 



We sell direct to the grower. 



The H. A. StoothofF Co 



Mount Vernon, N. Y. 



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DO YOUR PLANTS AND FLOWERS EAT ENOUGH? 

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Grain fed sheep manure is Nature's fertilizer, possess- 

 iag in excess those elements necessary for hardy plant 

 life in readily available form. The. large percentage of 

 humus also makes available dormant elements in the soil. 



By special process the raw material from covered pens 

 only is dried, ground, weed seeds destroyed and packed in 

 100 lb. basrs. 



Sheep's Head brand trade-mark guarantees it to be 

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 plant food for plants of all kinds. 



Send postal for our interesting booklet describing sup- 

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Looking over our adv. 'SA'^S^. 



We offered some great values. Borne tine 

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