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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 9, 1910. 



Dracaena Indivisa 



Splendid Bpeoimens, perfect from the pot up, pot-grown 



Engflish Ivy. The true large leaf kind, clean and 

 bright, staked up, 3 to 6 ft., 4-in. potB, $10.00 per 100. 



Vinca var. 4-in., $10.00 per 100. 



Geraniums. 8. A. Nntt, 4-in., fall propagated, 

 $7.00 per 100. 



Poinsettias. 2}4-in., ready June 15, $4.50 per 100. 



Stevia. Rooted cnttinge, $1.00per 100; $8.00 per 1000. 



Ageratum. Rooted cuttings, $1.00 per 100; $8.00 

 per 1000. 



all the time, 30 to 36 inches high, 5-inoh pots, 25 cents each. 



English Ivy, 2-in., $2.00 per 100. 

 Primula Obconica, 2-ln., $2.00 per 100. 

 Marguerites, R. C, $1.00 per 100. 

 German Ivy, R. C, 75c per 100. 

 German Ivy, 2-in. pot plants, $2.00 per 100. 

 Begonia Vernon, 2X-in., $3.00 per 100. 

 Begonia Vernon, from flats, ready for 2>^-in.', $1.00 

 per 100. 

 Fuchsias, best market sorts, 2-in., $2.00 per 100. 



JOHN IRVINE & SONS, Bay City, Michigan 



Mention The Review when ygu write. 



GRAND RAPIDS. 



The Market. 



Memorial day was not an ideal day 

 for planting, as it was raw and threat- 

 ened rain. The rain, however, did not 

 come and people turned out in large 

 numbers to decorate the graves. The 

 florists consequently experienced diffi- 

 culty in caring for the rush, which 

 lasted until dark. The preceding week 

 was the busiest in several years, both 

 in retail and wholesale, as the out-of- 

 town demand was strong and steady, 

 and Memorial day itself was all that 

 could be desired, the demand exceed- 

 ing the supply. 



Contrary to expectations, the peculiar 

 weather conditions — reasonably warm 

 days and very cold nights — resulted in 

 80 retarding the carnation crop at the 

 start and so hurrying it as the impor- 

 tant day approached, that the cut ex- 

 ceeded all previous forecasts. The sup- 

 ply was most plentiful and the demand 

 cleaned it up closely. At the last mo- 

 ment orders were only partly filled, and 

 some were refused for lack of flowers 

 to fill them. Roses were in good sup- 

 ply, but "were not in it" with carna- 

 tions. Outdoor shrubs and flowers were 

 over, being spoiled by several heavy 

 rains that occurred at night, followed 

 by a sunshiny day. The volume of 

 business was far in excess of last 

 year 's. 



As for plants, chiefly geraniums, the 

 demand was greater than on any pre- 

 vious occasion. Though more plants 

 were grown, every plant in flower was 

 cleaned out when the day itself ar- 

 rived. In the rush of planting out, fill- 

 ing urns, baskets and porch boxes, and 

 finishing cemetery planting, the florists 

 had to work night and day to get done 

 for Memorial day. The time allowed 

 by the weather conditions for the work 

 is so short that it is almost impossible 

 to get through on time. On account 

 of the cold nights, however, city bed- 

 ding was not as urgent as in former 

 years, and even now a considerable por- 

 tion of it still remains unplanted. If 

 the present cold weather continues 

 much longer, some may even omit their 

 work for this season. 



Prices were reasonable this time. Car- 

 nations sold for 75 cents per dozen, and 

 some at 50 cents. Roses brought $1 to 

 $1.25 per dozen; sweet peas, 25 cents 

 per dozen; daisies, 25 cents per dozen; 

 lilies, $2.50 per dozen. While the ped- 

 dler wagons sold geraniums at $1 per 



LOOK! BARGAINS 



in bedding plants at stinging prices. 

 Orders quicicly executed* 



Araucaria Excelsa, first Importation Just arrived from Belgium, plants grown by our regular Arav- 

 carla specialist In Hfilgium, 3. 4, 5 to 6 tiers. 12, 14. 18, 20 to 26 In. high, 36c, 60c. 60c, 76c to $1.00. Robustti 

 Conipacta and Glanca. $1.00 to $1.26. 



Petunia. California Olant, new improved strain, 

 3-in., $5.00 per 100. 



Ricinuft, or castor oil plants, 4-ln., 16c. 



NaHturtiums, 7 assorted colors, large. 3-ln.,$4.00 

 per 100; 4-ln., long runners, bushy. In bloom, sult- 

 abio for vasew and window boxes, $6.00 per WO. 

 Empress of India. 



Cobaea Scandens, 4-ln., lOc. 



Rubbers, 4-ln.. 26c. 



Bay trees, standards, 6 ft. lilgli, in tubs. flue. 

 prepiiid. $6.00. 



Candytuft, white. 2is-ln.. 3c. 



Snapdrasons, assorted colors, $3.00 per 100. 



In Small Plants 



We have the following In 2>a to 3-ln. pots, $3.00 per 

 100: 



Verbenas, assorted colors. 



Phlox Drumniondi, dwarf and grandlflora. 



Cosmos, assorted, white, red or pink (by name If 

 desired). 



Coleus, Golden Bedder, VerschaffeltU and Queen 

 Victoria, fancy varieties. $4.00 per 100. 



Petunias, Dwarf Inimitable and Rosy Morn. 



Sweet AlysBum, Carpet of Snow or Little G«iu- 



Tradescantia, two colors. 



Thunbersia or Black-eyed Susan. Maranut 

 Bachemlana. 



Salpielossis. 



X^obelia Crystal Palace (blue), dwarf and trail! di:' 



Centaurea Gymnocarpa (Dusty Miller). 



Acalypha, 2><2-ln.. $3.00 per 100. 



Ferns. Scholzell. strong 4-ln., 20c to 26c. Boston. 

 Whitnianl and Scott!!, small 4-ln.. 20c. 



£rlieveria Glauca, fine, strong plants, >' >' 

 border of carpet bed, $3.00,$4.00 to $6.00 per lOO. 



Zinnia Klegans, best dwarf, double mixi- i. 

 2>9-ln., $3.00 per 100. 



Tomato plants. Stone, the best variety, ->'<-' 

 per 100. 



Don't forget that we are the wholesale growers of 

 the celebrated, world-wide known 



Ipomopa Noctiflora (Moonvine) 



Pure white, rapid grower, very fragrant aid 

 earliest moonvine, with flowers as big as a saucer. 

 Orows 60 feet and over in one season, with thonsan^is 

 of flowers on them. We have grown them for the 

 past 26 years and have established a world-wlife 

 reputation, over 26.000 having been shipped all over 

 the United States, Canada and Mexico. Price: 2>9-fn- 

 pots. $5.00 per 100; 4-in., $12.00 per 100. 



Ca.ih with order, please. AH plants must travel at risk <>( 



Geraniums, La Favorite (best white), Beaute 

 Poitevlne, and mixed, 4-in., $7.00 per 100. 



Asters, Queen Victoria and other good varieties, 

 6 or 6 separate colors, 2^4 to 2'"j-in. pots, $3.00 por 100. 



Cannas, John D. Eiscle, Bismarck, Kate Gray, 

 Richard Wallace, one of the newest, best pink varie- 

 ties, rapid grower, 4-ln., $7.00 per 100. 



Kniclish Ivy. 3-ln.. 6c; 4-ln.. 10c. 



Clara Itedntan or Bonfire, (Scarlet Sage), 

 in bloom, 4-in., $7.00 per 100; extra long, $8.00 per 100. 



Asreratuni, dwarf blue, best variety, 3-in., 6c; 

 4-in.. $7.00 to $8.00 per 100. Ageratums. 2»2-ln., $3.«) 

 per 100. 



Fuchsias, assorted colors, 4-ln., $7.00 per 100. 



Heliotropes, blue, 4-in., $7.00 per 100. 



Petunias, double, assorted, 4-in., $7.00 per 100; 

 6to6'i2-in.. 15c. 



Lantanas, assorted, 4-ln., $7.00 per 100. 



Vinca Variesata, 4-ln., 10c; 2H-in., 3c. 



Primula Obconica (blue), in bloom, 6-ln., 

 $2.00 per doz. 



Dracaena Indivisa, 6 to e'a-ln., 26c. 



Crimson Rambler Roses, 7 to 8-in. pots, 76c, 

 $1.00, $1.25 to $1.60. Other ramblers, 6 to 7-ln. pota. 

 36c and 60c. 



Dorothy Perkins, pink rambler, one of the 

 best, large plants, pot grown, 36c, 40c to 80c. 



Kentia Belmoreana, 3-in., 10c. 



Kentia Belniort-ana. 26. 30, 36 to 40 In. high, 

 76c, $1.00. $1.25. $1.50 and up to $2.00; 3-in., 10c. 



Kentia Forsteriana, 6 to 7-in., 40 to 60-in. high 

 and over. $2.00. $2.60 to $3.00. 



Kentia Forsteriana, new stock from Belgium, 

 Just arrived in perfect shape, plants 30, 35, 40 to 6C 

 in.. $1.00, $1.25. $iaSO to $2.00 each. 



All plants 25 at 100 rate 

 purchaser only. 



Godfrey Aschmaao, w.oI'J^sl. Philadelphia, Pa. 



WHOLKSALE GROWER , IMPORTER AND SHIPPER OF POT PLANTS 



dozen to 10 cents straight, from 4-inch 

 pots, the greenhouses generally sold at 

 an even $1.50 per dozen and experi- 

 enced no difficulty in obtaining it. 

 Boxes were advanced to 60 cents per 

 foot; last year they were 50 cents. A 

 rumor is afloat that there are some 

 boxes being filled at 37% cents per 

 foot; it is to be hoped this is a mistake. 



The weather continues unfavorablPi 

 being rainy, cloudy and cold. We have 

 not had a half day's sunshine in ten 

 days, and there are no indications of 

 a change. G. F, C. 



East Palestine, O. — J. Faulkner '3 

 starting business here as a florist. 



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