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36 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



August 24, 1911. 



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SEASONABLE ELOWERS 



PITTSBURGH CUT FLOWER COMPANY 



Wholesale Growers 



121 Seventh St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



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D. C, has made extensive alterations 

 in his greenhouses. He has already 

 boxed up 50,000 Emperor narcissi for 

 the coming season. 



Lehr Bros., of Brooklyn, Md., have 

 erected another greenhouse, which they 

 have already planted to Killarney, 

 White Killarney, Maryland and Ivory 

 roses. Their carnations for the coming 

 year look particularly well. 



J. Rider, of Brooklyn, Md., is making 

 a good showing with his carnations. He 

 is devoting himself to Enchantress, 

 White Enchantress, White Perfection, 

 Kose-pink Enchantress and Dorothy 

 Gordon. 



J. H. Small has spent a good portion 

 of his time recentlj' at Bar Harbor, 

 personally superintending the arrange- 

 ments for iireparing an elaborate set- 

 ting to a big dinner, given there by 

 Mr. and Mrs. Edward McLain. He 

 drew on the staffs of his Washington 

 and New York establishments for men 

 and materials for the work. In fact, 

 he had to send all over the United 

 States for materials. The general plan 

 was aquatic, with numerous goldfish 

 and water plants. Vast quantities of 

 water lilies were used. The invitation 

 list included a large number of people 

 from Washington and vicinity. D. 



~ >. BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Trade has been quiet for a week or 

 more. This, however, is only what was 

 to be expected, as the last half of Au- 

 gust is always extremely dull. There 

 is a fair call for flowers from the shore 

 and mountain resorts, where the season 

 is now at its height, but local demaiid 

 is light. Outdoor flowers continue to 

 dominate the market, asters and 

 gladioli being the leaders. The qual- 

 ity of asters is much below that of 

 former years. There are big lots of 

 poor flowers, but only a limited number 

 of really good ones. W^hile the latter 

 make $1.50 to $2 per hundred, others 

 go as low as 25 cents to 50 cents. Some 

 nice flowers of the ostrich plume va- 

 rieties are seen, in addition to the more 

 every-day sorts. Gladioli are still much 

 overabundant and it seems a pity to 

 see grand spikes of America, Mrs. F. 

 King and others selling so low. Sweet 

 peas continue to come in, but the qual- 

 ity is inferior. 



Roses are mostly small, being the 

 early cuttings from the new crop, and 

 move with difficulty. Good flowers sell 

 without trouble. A small lot of new 

 crop carnations are arriving. These, 

 however, are short-stemmed and cut lit- 

 tle figure. Lilium longiflorum is in 

 oversupply; so, also, is lily of the val- 

 ley. Quite a few Lilium auratum and 

 speciosum are seen; the latter sells the 

 best. Cosmos is more abundant, but 

 sells slowly. There is a decided scarcity 

 of orchids, especially cattleyas, and 

 those having orders find difficulty in 

 securing what they want. Miscellane- 

 ous flowers include hardy sunflowers, 



BEHRE'S IMPROVED MODEL 



STEM-ER 



Patent applied for. 



The greatest time saver ever invented. The florist 

 will find it a great improvement over the toothpick, as 

 well as saving more than half of the time and larork. 



Nothing can equal it in holding flowers and leaves firmly 

 in floral pieces. Atrial will convince you. Prices: From 

 1000 to 5000 at 75c per 1000; 10.000 lots at 70c : 25.000 lots and 

 over at 65c. At your dealer's or direct from the factory. 



—Manufactured by— 



E. H. BEHRE, Madison, N. J. 



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Stick Your Labels 



Shipping Tags, Etc.^ 



on your packages with. . . • 



Cold Water Paste. It Is a powder, which, on the addition of cold water, beoomM ft 



THICK, STICKY PASTE. 



1 lb. Instanter + 9 lbs. cold water does the w^ork. 



Fromlto261bs., Scper lb.: 25-Ib. drum, 6i«c per lb. : 60-lb. drum. 5HcperIb.: 10Ub.tWf. 

 5c per lb. ; 300-lb. bbl., 4*90 per lb. Larger quantities, price on application. 



F. O. B. Easton. Pa. Samples free— try it. 

 Ask for Catalogue of " Shippers' and Business Specialties." 



BINNEY & SMim CO., 83 rulton St, NEW YORK, N. Y. 



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Wired Toothpicks 



Mannfaotnred by 

 W. J. COWEE, BERLIN, N. Y. 



10.000....$1.75; 50.000.... $7.50; Sample free 

 Vor Sale by Dealer*. 



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TIMF IS MONFY ^'^^ ^ <>>' ^>«« greening your 

 limL to mUllLI designs by using FlorUta' 

 Oreenlns: Pins. 20c per lb., and you get from 1000 

 to 1100 to the lb. Ten lbs. or over, 16c per lb. Write 

 for prices on larger quantities. 



Wm. Schlatter & Son, Springfield Mass. 



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^ Budlong's 



E Bine Ribbon VaUey 



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physostegia, candytuft, gypsophila, 

 tritomas, perennial phlox and mont- 

 bretias. In the window displays 

 gladioli, aquatics and herbaceous 

 flowers are now prominent. The call 

 for asparagus and ferns continues light. 

 [Continued on page 38.1 



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 ship your plants in LORD'S FATXNTKD 

 FROST'PROOr BOXK8, It insures their 

 safe a rrival, even if box is upside down." NOTE 

 CUT. Send for illustrated Price List. 



Lord's Frost-proof 

 Plant Box Co. 



433 Security Baik Bld{., MINNfAPOLIS. MINN. 



