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JANCABX 11, 1012. 



ThcWcckly Florists' Review. 



76 



flowers, people in moderate circum- 

 stances having acquired the flower 

 habit. Big orders are scarcer, perhaps, 

 but the small buyer is ever in evidence 

 and all dealers are glad to get 50-cent 

 and $1 orders. 



The present cold snap is viewed dif- 

 ferently by various florists. Near-zero 

 weather is not good for the greenhouse 

 men. It keeps up prices for the re- 

 tailers, but some of them say that bene- 

 fit is more than oflfset by the drop in 

 trade, owing to the difficulty people 

 have in getting around. Stock is gen- 

 erally scarce, but what there is avail- 

 able seems good, including carnations, 

 Killarneys and other roses, sweet peas, 

 violets, and lilies of several kinds. 



Various Notes. 



The charity ball given at the Willard 

 Monday night, January 8, afforded 

 Small & Sons an opportunity to decorate 

 the big ball room, toward which they 

 donated a quantity of smilax, palms, 

 red ribbons, 250 boutonnieres for the 

 dancers and a big bouquet for the lady 

 leader of the cotillion. The Smalls will 

 remain in their old quarters, at Four- 

 teenth and G streets, until they can 

 rent the store or sell the building, which 

 belongs to the estate of the elder Small. 

 The upper floors of the building are 

 already rented to one of the govern- 

 ment bureaus. Meanwhile the Smalls 

 are doing business also at their new 

 stand, at Fifteenth and H streets. 



The 'city block on which are now 

 located, in addition to the Small store, 

 the establishments of Z. D. Blackistone 

 and W. Marche, may be invaded in a 

 year or so by the Washinj^ton I'iorists 

 Co., which will be required to move 

 from its present location, at Thirteenth 

 and F streets, owing to the fact that 

 the building has been sold and will be 

 remodeled. Manager Bauer says it is 

 uncertain when the Washington Florists 

 Co. will move, or where. Eumor says it 

 will not be long before the firm is 

 located in the new business section just 

 mentioned. 



George C. Shaffer, Fourteenth and I 

 streets, recently purchased a second 

 automobile delivery wagon, a big gaso- 

 line machine, artistically painted in 

 green and gold. 



The Washington Florists' Society 

 held its regularly monthly meeting last 

 week, at which H. A. Huston, represent- 

 ative of the German Potash Syndicate, 

 delivered a lecture on potash as a plant 

 food and advocated its extended use, in 

 connection with phosphoric acid, in 

 greenhouses, for potted plants, in out- 

 door flower beds, vegetable gardens, and 

 on lawns. A committee of the society, 

 consisting of N, L. Hammer, Otto Bauer 

 and O. A. C. Oehmler, has arranged for 

 a series of lectures, to be delivered 

 monthly before the society until next 

 July. The next one, in February, will 

 be on the subject of "Injurious Insects 

 and How to Treat Them." 



Manager Albert Schnell, of the Wash- 

 ington Florists' Exchange, continues to 

 "recover from the attack of blood poison- 

 ing from -which he has been suffering. 



Trade visitors here recently included 

 E. Shoch, of M. Kice & Co., Philadel- 

 phia. 



The Pennock-Meehan Co. is showing 

 some fine Easter lilies, Lilium auratum 

 and Japanese pink tiger lilies, as well 

 as Golden Spur jonquils and some of 

 the first white and yellow tulips that 

 have appeared upon the market. 



H. C. H. 



AMERICAN PILLAR 



HAS HOSTS OF FRIENDS 



Tenants Harbor, Me., 2-3-11. — Gentlemen: Many thanks for your beautiful catalog. I 

 want to tell you that I have one American Pillar which I have had for four years. It grows 

 beautifully in this climate (way down on the coast of Maine) and is very much admired by 

 everyone who sees it. Very truly yours. — Mrs. J. H. D . 



New Castle, Del., 11-12-1910.— Gentlemen: The American Pillar Rose you sent me is the 

 finest of them all, and I have some ten different varieties. It was covered with thousands 

 of blossoms, and the original plant covers an arch over ten feet high, and ten or twelve 

 feet long. I have many Roses, but the American Pillar Is the most admired of them all 

 I never find any trouble with mildew or insects. Your Roses are bettor than you claim and 



I am a most enthusiastic believer in Conard & Jones Company. Very sincerely. Mrs 



Selden S. Deemer. 



Comment from the London Garden. — "A most notable feature in this glorious display 

 (Temple Flower Show in London) was the New 'American Pillar' Rose. The large and 

 attractive, rich rose pink blooms are produced In immense clusters, the white centers of the 

 blooms adding to their attractiveness. — Florists' Exchange." 



The best pink rambler Is American Pillar; it is an extraordinary grower. Its foliage is 

 darker In color than any other, and it is more evergreen than any known kind. It produces 

 Immense clusters of large flowers from 1% to 2% Inches in diameter. This variety created 

 quite a sensation when shown by us last year; It has been awarded the R. H. S Award of 

 Merit— Hobbles, Limited, London, England. Awara ot 



"The Rose is of too recent introduction to write otherwise than generally about it Its 

 strong points appear to be its fine growth, lateness and showy flowers, and its really mac- 

 nlflcent foliage, which clothes the stem down to the base, the pillars looking in Autumn as 

 though clothed with Ivy rather than a Rose foliage. Its special uses are as a tall pillar or 

 rambling over a pergola, arch or screen." — From 1911 Rose Annual of the National Rose 

 Society. 



PRICKS— Strong 3 year (4 to 5 ft. ), $35.00 per 100; 2 year (3 to 4 ft.), $86.00 

 per 100; plants from pots, hardened, 2>i-inch, $10.00 per 100; f. o. b. West Grove. 



THE CONARD & JONES CO. 



WEST GROVE, 



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PENNSYLVANIA 



ROSES FOR FORCING 



'* THE J. & P. PREFERRED STOCK " 



We consider the deliveries we are now making to be the best plants we have ever grown 

 We have a few left for late buyers. Crimson Rambler. Hiawatha, Veilchenblau (Blue 

 Rambler), White Dorothy, Philadelphia Rambler, at $15.00 per 100; Tausendscnon. S18 00 

 per mO; Dorothy Perkins, $12.00 per 100. 



BABY ROSES. Crimson. Baby Rambler. $15 00 per 100: Pink, Mrs. Cutbush. tl5 00 per 

 100; White. Katherine Zelmeth, $15.00 per 100; Scarlet. Jessie. $3.00 per doz. (the B&5T Babv 

 Rose for pot culture). r^ 



The following bush Roses at $15.00 per 100: American Beauty. La France Killamey 

 Hermosa, Leonie Lamesch. Ilugti Dickson. Mme. Caroline Testout. Kaiserin Duchess of 

 Albany. Etoile de France. Clothilde Soupert. White Cochet. Gruss an Teplitz, Anny Muller 

 Maman Cochet. Magna Charta. All fine forcing grade, the very best plants selected out of 

 immense blocks. 



HALF STANDARDS, Baby Ramblers. Imported, at $3.00 per dozen. 



JACKSON & PERKINS CO. 



Rose Growers for the Trade. Wholesale Only. 



NEWARK, NEW YORK 



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The United States Nursery Ca 



Roseacres, Coahoma Co., BIISSo 



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PEONIES 



We have one of the finest stocks anywhere in the 

 country and should, be very glad to figure with 

 you on your list of wants. 



PETERSON NURSERY, 



Btook KxoluuiBe Bulldlnc, CHXCAGO 

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Clematis Panicnlata 



Strong, 

 Fleld-s^own Stock. 



2-year, No. 1, 

 $7.«0perloO; $60.00 per 1000. 



Extra selected, 

 $8.00 per 100; $70.00 per 1000. 



VICK & HILL CO. 



P. 0. Bm S13 ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



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HARDY CHOICB 



ORNAMENTALS 



Aak for Prices 



Hiram T. Jones 



Uiioa Caaaty Narseries, Elizabeth. N. J, 



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