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The Wccfely Flonsts^ Review* 



Januabx 6y IMf. 



ROOTED CUTTINGS 



100 1000 



Carnations 



O. p. Bassett $6.00 $50.00 



Victory 2.60 20.00 



Beacon 2 50 20.00 



Endutntress 2.00 15 00 



Wlnsor 2.00 15.00 



RoBe-pinl£ EnoliantresB 1.60 12.60 



LAw^son 1.60 12 60 



Wliite Perfection 2.00 15.00 



Wliite Lawson 1.60 12.60 



Peter Remberg, 



Fine, 



Clean, 



Strong; 



Well-rooted 



Stock 



Roses 



100 1000 



Richmond 12 00 $17.60 



Chatenay 2 00 17.60 



Bridesmaid 2.00 17.60 



Bride •. 2.00 17 60 



Uncle John 2.00 17.80 



Ivory 2.00 17.60 



KiUamey 2.50 20 00 



Perle 2 60 20.(/0 



Sunrise 2.60 20.00 



35 Randolph St., 



Chicago 



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ST. PAUL. 



Belated Christmas Report* 



Favored by Providence with ideal 

 weather, Christmas trade broke all rec- 

 ords. The goods were right, the buyers 

 right and the weather right, so let us 

 thank the all-wise Giver for the happy 

 combination and hope that it may be 

 repeated. 



Greens sold well and everything in 

 that line was practically cleaned out sev- 

 eral days in advance. Nearly all the 

 holly seen here was in good condition; 

 bright, clean foliage and well berried. 

 Bouquet green was scarce, but there 

 seemed to be about enough for all re- 

 quirements. The attitude of insurance 

 companies with regard to this decorative 

 material is shortening the demand as the 

 supply decreases. Christmas trees, which 

 in former years have been a drug, were 

 all sold. Wild smilax was used in so 

 many places that it may be considered a 

 necessary holiday stock in future. Hem- 

 lock wreaths found ready buyers, while 

 statice, ruscus and magnolia foliage were 

 all in good demand. Red berries and 

 mistletoe were all cleaned up, and box- 

 wood wreaths sold at sight. 



Plants were in greater demand than 

 ever, and everything available was 

 cleaned out. Poinsettias in pans were 

 the best sellers, followed by cyclamens, 

 azaleas, primroses, begonias and lilacs. 

 Well-done peppers and cherries were 

 easily disposed of. Ferns were in big 

 demand, while some palms, as usual, 

 went as gifts. Made-up, nifty baskets 

 of plants sold well. 



In cut flowers everything was in fine 

 demand. Beauties were high in price 

 and did not appeal to the best trade as 

 strongly as fancy Eichmonds and Kil- 

 lameys. The greatest call, however, was 

 for carnations and violets. Cut poin- 

 settias were in great favor, and orchids 

 found ready buyers. 



The greatest handicaps to the trade 

 here were the exasperating delays and 

 "bobbles" of the express companies. 

 Most of them were all at sea, and it was 

 as easy for the camel to pass through 

 the needle's eye as for the florist to find 

 his flowers. Trains were eight to ten 

 and twelve hours late, and many ship- 

 ments were not delivered in twelve to 

 eighteen hours after arrival, and opened 

 up frozen stiff. 



New Year's weather, trade and stock 

 were a duplicate of Christmas on a 

 smaller scale, and another high record 

 resulted. The social season will now be 



NEW 



CARNATIONS 



The two prise-winning^ introductions of the Crottagfe Gardens 



Mrs. C. W. Ward 



Hrs. C. W. Ward Ib a perfectly formed flower, with fall center; color, 

 deep pink, several shades lighter than Lawson, deeper than Winsor; having 

 strong, erect stems 24 to 36 inches in length. A vigorona, healthy grower 

 and has never shown disease of any kind. 



Awards 



Society of American Florists, silver medal. Boston. 1906; the Craig cup for best seedliDK, 

 Pbilade phla. 11906; tbe Lawson bronze medal. Washipgton, 1908; tbe Horticultural Society 

 of New York, silver medal, nweepstake priie for best 100 blooms, New York, 1909; The 

 Horticultural Society of New York diploma for best new variety, New York. 19 9. 



Prtoe.lRooted Cuttln8rs-S2.00 per 12: S12 00 per 100; $100.00 per lOCO; $93.00 per 1000 in 

 lots ol 2600; 26 at tbe 100 raie; 250 at the 1000 rate. 



Alma Ward 



This beaatiful Carnation is pure white except during dark weather, when 

 it shows delicate splashings of pink similar to the Cattleya Orchid, increasing 

 its popularity. 



Alma Ward is the largest and most fragrant Carnation ever grown, 

 producing perfect flowers 3>^ to i}i inches in diameter on strong, erect 

 stems, 36 to 42 inches in length. 



Awards 



The Lawson silver medal, Toronto, 1907 (no gold medal bavinKbeen awarded); the 

 LawBOD gold medal, Wafchington. 1908; The Society of American Florists, silver medal, 

 WashiDgton. 19i8. 



Price, Rooted CuttineB-$3.00 per 12; $5.00 per 26; $9.00 per 60; $15.00 per 100; $35.00 

 per 260; 166.00 per 600; $12o.UO per 1000. 



Delivery Feb. 1. January cuttings all sold. 



Tbese varieties bring: from $2.00 to $4. 00 per 100 more tlian any other Carnation 



sold in tbe New York market. 



Cottage Gardens Co., Inc. 



Queens, Long Island, N. Y. 



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in full swing until Lent begins, and the 

 growers will be on needles and pins 

 until Easter in the effort to get stock in 

 bloom, so that a busy three months is 

 anticipated. 



Variotu Notes. 



J. J. Karins, of H. A. Dreer, Philadel- 

 phia, was a recent caller. The Dutch 

 bulb men are very numerous. 



George Bates, formerly with Seekins, 

 of Duluth, is now with Holm & Olson. 



Carl Haugen did a thriving green and 

 tree business. X. Y. Z. 



PiSHKiLL, N. Y. — Benj. Hammond, 

 secretary of the American Eoser Society, 

 has been hunting in the Wabigoon Lake 

 district in Canada. 



t ;^t^ A'. — -"V.-V 



