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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



liAT 10, lOl*. 



RAFFIA 



ALL COLORS 



Nothing is so popular and gives 

 so wide a fieid of usefulness as 



Colored Raffia 



f""^ We have been selling schools, department stores, seed 

 yfltores, photo supply houses, florists, nurserymen, decorators, 

 upholsterers, theaters, etc., for years. 



WHERE TO OBTAIN RAFFIA 



We import only Ihe best selected stock. It costs more, but it is money well 

 spent. We can, therefore, offer a choice grade, selected on aocoant of its clear color, 

 for dyeing purposes. The strands are broad and of good length. 



We canry in stock an assortment of 20 different colors, including brown, 2 shades; 

 bine, 2 shades; green, 4 shades; red, 3 shades; old gold, orange, yellow, pink, porple, 

 black and white. Prices on application. Color samples free. | ^< 



R. H. COMEY CO. 



DYERS AND IMPORTERS 



CAMDEN, N. J.^ 



CHICAGO ILL. 



SHO'ii&i Waahborne Are. 



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Various Notes- 

 Leonard Cousins, of Concord Junction, 

 has had a remarkably successful season 

 with pansies, in which he is a leading 

 specialist. He has made recent ship- 

 ments to points as far distant as Utah, 

 Wisconsin, Kansas and Missouri. 



Bernard McGinty, the popular sales- 

 man at 2 Park street, is handling an ex- 

 tra fine lot of Killarney and White Kil- 

 lamey for W. R. Morris, of Wellesley 

 Hills. Mr. McGinty has no further use 

 for Bride and Maid ; he says they are the 

 hardest flowers to move which he handles. 

 The Boston Cut Flower Exchange has 

 a baseball team of young and doughty 

 enthusiasts who are anxious to receive 

 challenges. William J. Thurston, the 

 genial market manager, has charge of the 

 team, and some of those belonging to it 

 are Walter Elwood, James Murray, Al- 

 fred E. Walsh, M. Euane, Frank Edgar, 

 D. Briscoe, William McAlpine, Sam Beck 

 and Fred Solari. A challenge has been 

 sent to W. H. Elliott 's team at Madbury, 

 N. H., and a match is expected in a few 

 days. 



George E. Buxton, of Nashua, N. H., 

 is one of the growers who never seems 

 to send anything poor to the market, prob- 

 ably because he has forgotten how to grow 

 inferior stock. Certainly his carnations 

 are still equal to midwinter quality, as 

 handled at Thomas Pegler's stand. He 

 is also sending in a fine lot of double 

 feverfews, a flower always salable around 

 Memorial day. 



William Sim, in addition to sweet peas, 

 has at present a lot of beautiful pink 

 antirrhinum, which meets with a ready 

 sale. Mr. Sim will have a grand lot of 



Spencer sweet peas in his big, new 500- 

 foot house for Memorial day. His nu- 

 merous houses of tomatoes are also mak- 

 ing fine headway. 



Edward Winkler, of Wakefield, was 

 one of the first to bring in a variety of 

 the hooded or Spencer sweet peas to the 

 market, and will have a fine lot for 

 Memorial day. 



B. Caplin, the popular Massachusetts 

 avenue florist, was married May 9 in 

 Dorchester to Miss Rose Pearlstein. A 

 large bell of white lilac and Killarney 

 roses and a shower bouquet carried by 

 the bride, of valley and Cattleya Mossise, 

 showed the skilled work of A. Roberts. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Caplin received numerous 

 gifts and have the best wishes of a host 

 of friends for a long and happy mar- 

 ried life. 



Mann Bros, are handling a fine line 

 of late-flowering tulips. They are hav- 

 ing an exceptionally heavy trade in bed- 

 ding-out and other plants, preparatory 

 to Memorial day. 



At 226 Devonshire street all is life 

 and hustle, for Welch Bros, expect a big- 

 ger Memorial day business than ever be- 

 fore. Large supplies are predicted. 



Henry Hurrell, of Lager & Hurrell, 

 Summit, N. J., was a visitor last week. 

 His firm will make a big exhibit at the 

 coming orchid show. He reports the or- 

 chid business as better than eyer. 



N. P. Comley, of Lexington, is the 

 largest sweet pea specialist at 2 Park 

 street, growing several big houses of 

 them. He sends in thousands daily, in- 

 cluding all the leading varieties. 



A tour of the Boston park system at 

 present is delightful, there being a wealth 



Western Florist 



Supply House 



Say* freight and expreisaga by 

 buying near home. 



LARGB SUPPLY OF 



Wire Work, Hanging Baskets, 



Willow Baskets, 



Sheet Moss, Fadeless and Natural, 



Hardy Cut Ferns, Always 



on Hand. 



Writ* tor our new prlo* llat 



THE BARTELOES SEED GO. 



DENVER, COLO. 



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of beautiful trees and shrubs in flower. 

 Cornus florida and its pink form are par- 

 ticularly fine and alone worthy of a %a3it. 

 Spraying operations against the gypsy 

 and brown-tail moths and elm beetles 

 commenced this week. Over thirty tons 

 of arsenate of lead will be used in this 

 work. 



E. J. Rogean is handling large quanti- 

 ties of fine valley and lilac these days, 

 in addition to many other flowers. 



Hospital tag day in Lynn took some 

 25,000 carnations out of the market last 

 week. 



