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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



August 4, 19io. 



WICHITA, KAN. 



The Market. 



W. H. Gulp & Co. report that trade 

 conditions in this locality shared with 

 the rest of the country in the effects 

 of the peculiar spring and early sum- 

 mer season. However, a general sum- 

 ming up shows that a good business 

 was totaled for the season, with records 

 broken for Easter, Mother's day and 

 Memorial day. 



Business carried up well through 

 June, but the midsummer dullness is 

 surely here now. There is nothing be- 

 ing done except occasional funeral work, 

 and stock is none too plentiful or good 

 for that. 



The protracted dry spell, which re- 

 mains unbroken, has nearly ruined the 

 outdoor flower crops, such as asters, 

 etc., as it seems impossible, even with 

 continuous watering, to hold stock in 

 a growing and flowering condition with 

 temperatures running from 102 to 105 

 degrees every day for a week, with a 

 strong wind blowing as if from a fur- 

 nace and with the humidity as low as 

 22 at times. However, there is some 

 prospect of a rain before long. 



The general damage to crop conditions 

 has been great. Corn and fruit have 

 suffered to an almost incalculable de- 

 gree. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



The Market. 



For several weeks the weather has 

 been quite rainy, cutting down the sup- 

 ply of flowers, though these, however, 

 do not usually look extra bright here at 

 this time of the year. Single tuberoses 

 are now the most acceptable flowers 

 for general work. Eoses are badly 

 burned by frequent showers and hot 

 sunshine, and the aster crop has only a 

 brief existence in this locality. Chrys- 

 anthemum plants alone seem to like 

 the weather, and so far nothing has 

 been reported against this important 

 crop. 



Various Notes. 



At XJ. J. Virgin's it is noticed that 

 the Ficus nitida is coming again into 

 favor as a decorative plant. It was 

 formerly used extensively, before the 

 more graceful palms took the lead. In 

 fact, it is a remarkably bright ever- 

 green, standing any kind of abuse, and 

 is well adapted for a background deco- 

 ration, if nothing else. A lot of Areca 

 lutescens, planted on benches in the 

 greenhouse, look fine — far better, in- 

 deed, than the outdoor stock, as gener- 

 ally seen in this vicinity. 



K. E. Simon, the new vice-president 

 of the New Orleans Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, has long been a member of the 

 florists' trade and is now connected 

 with the Metairie Eidge Nursery. He 

 has had a wide experience and will 

 be a valuable assistant to the new 

 board. M. M. L. 



West Qrove, Pa. — D. F. Green has 

 sold out to Allen E. Brown and re- 

 moved to his old home at Boonsboro, 

 Md. 



Enosburg Falls, Vt.— While engaged 

 recently in painting the greenhouses of 

 J. H. Mears, Clarence Billado fell 

 through one of the roofs, receiving some 

 bad cuts in one of his arms. 



LEADER IN 



OUR SPECIALTY— 



The Araucaria 



Leader in 

 FERNS 



150,000 in all sizes 



and varieties 



now ready 



Leader in 

 AZALEA 



INDICA 



Leader in 

 BEGONIA 



Gloire de Lorraine 



PALMS, Etc. 



Leader in 

 PRICES 



Lead you 

 into WEALTH 



Godfrey Aschmann's Song 



Tin K— John 



In the early morningr's sunlight upon the sea 



I go 

 To search the lands of Europe for the finest 



plants that grow. 

 I only buy the very best, those only you must 



know 



Are good enough for me. 



In the towns of little Belgium there are Arauea- 



rias fair. 

 And Azaleas with their promise of enchanting 



beauty rare. 

 I mean to beat the world with my shipment over 



there. 



Just gootl enough for me. 



Bkown's Body 



I leave at home in my own house the loveliest 



Ferns on earth. 

 And mean to match them with tall Palms of quite 



transcendent worth. 

 My Cyclamen and Primroses I've tended from 



their birth — 



All good enough for me. 



When 1 come home I want you all to come ami 



see my show. 

 The sight of my Lorraines will set your heart 



and eyes aglow ; 

 Their health and beauty, bloom and leaf— tlien 



only will you know 



What's good enough for me. 



EMPTY HOUSES WON'T PAY. 



Now Is your time to flU your empty houses with 

 something that will grow into money for you while 

 you sleep. Araucarlas will do it. Please look at our 

 special low prices for superior stock. 



Araucaria Excelsa, raised from top cuttings 

 only (no seedlings). 2. 3. 4 to 6-year-old, 5, S"-*, 6 to 

 7-in. pots, 12. 16, 18, 2(), 26 to 30 inches high, 35c, 60c, 

 60c, 7ec, tl.OO, tl.2S to 11.50 each. Robusta Com- 

 pacta and Excelsa Glauca, 6-ln. pots, tl.OO to 

 (1.26. 



Kentia Forsteriana, in flne shape, 5^ to 6-ln. 

 pots, 4, 5 and G-rear-old. 30, 35. 40 and 45 Inches high, 

 76c, $1.00, 11.26, (1.50, $2,00 to $2JM); 4-in., 30c. 



Kentia Belmoreana, 6, 6 to 7-year-old, 6, 6\!, 

 6 to 7-ln. pots, &0c. 76c, $1.00, $1.26, $1.60 to $2.00 each; 

 2^ to 3-ln.. 10c; 4-ln., 26c. 



All plants 25 at 100 rate. Cash with order, 

 purchaser only. 



Bar Trees, standards. 1-foot tub, 7 ft. high from 

 bottom up, 2x2 ft. crown, $8.00 per pair. 



Saeo Palms, ready now, 6, 7 to 8-ln. pots, 5 to 

 20 leaves, 10c per leaf. 



Cocos Wedilelliana, 3-in. pots, 18c to 20c. 



Perns, 6000 now ready. Nephrolepls Whltiiianl, 

 Boston, Scottiland Sfholzell,4-in., 26c; 6, SHj to t> in., 

 30c, 36c, 40c to 60c. 



Ferns for dishes, big assortment, 2'a-ln. pota, 

 $3.00 per 100. 



BecTonia Gloire de L>orraine (deep pink) and 

 Lonsdale (pale pink), 4-ln.. 26c. Lonsdale , 3-ln. 

 pots. 20c. 



Solannm or Jerusalem Oherrles, our well-knows 

 prize strain, the multlflonim, 2*9-^. pots, $B.(W p«r 

 100. 



Primula obconica, our best strain, 4-ln., 10c; 

 5-iD., 16c, In bloom. 



please. All plants must travel at risk of 



Godfrey Aschmano, w oliteri.st. Philadelphia, Pa. 



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