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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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OCTOBEK 28, lOOU. 



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Michell's 



Special Offer 



FROM 



Oct. 30-Nov. 6 



ASPARAGUS SEED 



(PLUMOSUS NANUS) 

 Greenhonee grown. We are 

 headquarterB. 



lOOBeeds $ 0.50 



600 seeds 2.00 



lOtOseedfl 3.50 



5000 Beeda 16.00 



10,000 seeds 30.00 



VINCA SEED 



A Money Maker For The Florist. 



Alba, White with Rose center. 



Alba Para, Pare White. 



Rosea, Pink. 



Price, 20c per trade pkt.; 60c 

 per oz. 



Mixed, 15c per trade pkt.; 50c 

 per oz. 



STOCKS (Seed) 



Beauty of Nice, Soft Pink. 

 Queen Alexandra, Rosy Lilac. 

 Princess Alice, White. 

 50c per trade pkt.; $2.50 per oz. 



FANCY GIANT CYCUMEN SEED 



Grown for us by a specialist in Enr- 

 land Cannot be Rurpassed forsieeand 

 brilliancy of colors. 



Duke of ConnauKht, Crimson. 



EzoelBtor, White, red eye. 



Grandlflora Alba, Pure white. 



Princess of Wales, Deep pink. 



Salmon Queen, Saimon ro*e. 



Priie of any of the above sorts, $1.26 

 per 100 Keeds: SIO.OO per 1000 seeds. 



Mixed colors, 11,00 per 100 seeds; 

 19.00 per 1000 seeds. 



CYCLAMEN GIGANTEUM SEED 



(German Gro^^) 



Separate colors 7.'>c per lOO seeds; 16.00 

 per 10(0 serds. Mixed colors, 60c per 1(0 

 seeds; $5.00 per lOOO seeds. 



EASTER LILY BULBS 

 LILIUM FORMOSUM 



Just the Ltly for early forcing, only a 

 few cases left. 



Bulbs per case Per 100 Per 1000 



7/9 800 $ 7 26 167 30 



fi/10 200 10 26 97.60 



LILIUM MULTIFLORUM 



Bulbs per case Per 100 Per 1000 



8/8 4f $3 25 $30.00 



7/9 300 6.00 47.50 



■ Wholesale Catalogue of Seeds, Bulbs 

 and Florists' Supplies Free. 



Henry F. Michell Co. 



Market Street, 

 Above lOth Street, 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Chiffons and 

 Holiday Ribbons 



Samples Ready Now 



These are beaatiful qualities for the near season, 

 rich toned, high grade, lustrons ribbons at 



Rock Bottom Prices 



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cure enough fine stock to meet all ordi- 

 nary demands. 



A Holland grower, speaking of the 

 enormous increase in the American de- 

 mand for boxwood, said that he believed 

 this demand would continue until an old- 

 fashioned winter is experienced, when the 

 box will be so injured that the demand 

 will be checked for a time. This had 

 been experienced, Mr. Eisele said, with 

 rhododendrons. 



The improvement in the varieties of 

 hybrid tea roses warrants enthusiasm. 

 The stock in England and in Ireland 

 showed splendid growth, while many of 

 the new varieties, both those sent out 

 and those on trial under number, were 

 decided improvements on existing sorts. 

 Those varieties give promise of doing 

 well in our climate; many of them will 

 be given a trial at Eiverton next season. 

 Here Mr. Eisele suggested a walk 

 through the trial beds of hybri^ tea 

 roses, which showed a number of varieties 

 in full bloom, remarkable for the last 

 week in October. As an instance of the 

 possibilities of the hybrid tea, Mr. 

 Eisele spoke of a special order of sev- 

 eral hundred plants sent to a customer in 

 New .Tersey last spring; this order was 

 held up until late in May on account ot 

 the beds not being prepared sooner. 

 When Mr. Clark went to see these roses 

 in September they were a mass of bloom, 

 although 800 flowers had been cut the 

 day before. An order of many times 

 this size was placed with Mr. Clark be- 

 fore he left, for named varieties, all 

 hybrid teas. Commenting on the ama- 

 teur's preference in varieties, Mr. Eisele 

 thinks sunrise tints are favored. 



Beturning again to the Continent, Mr. 

 Eisele was attracted by the flora of 

 Switzerland, almost to the exclusion of 

 the far-famed Alps, because here, be- 

 neath his feet, was unfolded the story of 

 the conditions required by this and that 

 fair visitor to our shores, making it clear 

 to his intelligent mind just what they 

 required to thrive. 



When asked whether there was any 

 marked change in the conditions sur- 

 rounding decorative plants grown for 

 commerce, Mr. Eisele said that for sev- 

 eral years the kentia had been consid- 

 ered as practically the only palm. To- 

 (\ny the market is broadening again. 

 Livistona rotundi folia and Phcenix Koebe- 

 lenii are coming forward; stove plants, 

 especially draeapnas. are required; a gen- 



eral broadening of the market is evident. 

 Commenting on business conditions. 

 Mr. Eisele noted a decided improvement, 

 instancing the fact that the British grow- 

 ers were in no wise affected by the in- 

 crease in the American tariff on roses. 



Various Notes. 



The Henry A. Dreer Co. has gathered 

 a collection of forty or more choice varie- 

 ties of cactus, which will be first placed 

 on view at the Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society's annual fall show to be 

 opened at Horticultural hall November 9. 



E. G. Bowersox, Lewiston, Pa., was in 

 this city a few days ago. 



S. E. Graver, of Mount Airy, suffered 

 a severe loss from a fire that originated 

 in his boiler shed October 23. His green- 

 houses and contents were badly damaged. 



J. A. Smith, of Henry F. Michell Co.. 

 comments on the increasing size of the 

 bulb orders this season. Four of these 

 intended for outdoor planting averaged 

 over 100,000 bulbs each. Tulips of ap- 

 proved bedding varieties are most in 

 demand. 



The October exhibition of the Penn 

 sylvania Horticultural Society brought 

 seven or eight fine vases of chrysantho 

 mums, early varieties, six flowers each. 

 William Eobertson was first with Beatrice 

 May. Samuel Batchelor was second. 



.John N. May and Mrs. May, Summit. 

 N. J., were here this week. 



The steamer Marquette brought heavv 

 shipments of adiantum, ruscus, etc., for 

 H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



The Bobcrt Craig Co., now. an impor 

 tant factor in the chrysanthemum mar 

 ket, reports the demand for the autumn 

 queen better than for four years past. 



Charles Henry Fox believes it is up t< 

 the florist to feature Hallowe'en, in 

 stancing increased popular interest in 

 Washington 's birthday and St. Patrick 's 

 day among flower lovers. Mr. Fox's win 

 dows show that he practices. 



William E. Smith, of Washington. 

 D. C. has come here to train for the 

 Lonsdale dinner. 



M. Biee & Co. report the arrival of 

 Christmas novelties. 



Ind(-or-grown pompons .seen at the 

 store of W. E. McKissick & Bros, were 

 exceptionally fine. Phil. 



Hershey, Pa. — A large greenhouse is 

 being erected on the Hershey park, oppo 

 site the bowling alley. 



