Febbuary 5, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



77 



Five New Single 



CHRYSANTHENUNS 



Money makers that every florist 

 should e^row: 



Place your order now; Spring delivery 

 from 214-inch pots. 



MENS A A. grand, pure white, large 



— flat flower, with yellow eye, 



several rows of heavy petals of great 

 substance. Fine habit. A splendid 

 shipper and keeper. $1.50 per dozen, 

 $10.00 per 100. 



M ISS MARY POPE A charming 



pink mid- 

 October; large, graceful flowers borne 

 erect on long stems; very beautiful in 

 sprays. Excellent habit and free. $1.50 

 per dozen, $10.00 per 100. 



CHARLES KINGSLEY Richbut- 



^———^^—^^^—^——^ tercup 



yellow; large, bold flowers of great sub- 

 stance. Splendid habit— very free; good 

 in every way; one of the best yellows 

 grown. $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. 



YELLOW MENSA 1913 Novelty 

 ^-^^-^^^^—^^ A. beautiful 

 light yellow sport from the popular 

 Mensa; same substance and habit as its 

 parent. Large flowers on stiff stems. 

 $2.50 per dozen, $15.00 per 100. 



CELIA Leading Novelty. Exquisite 



lemon yellow; large flowers 



with foliage well up to the blossoms. 

 Stiff habit— exceedingly fine for cutting 

 in sprays. $2.50 per dozen, $15.00 per 100. 



SINGLES 



For 60c per dozen, $4.00 per 100. 



Jessie Curtis (crimson); Hilda Wells 

 (Tuscan red, yellow at base of florets); 

 Mary Richardson (salmon and gold); 

 Mrs. Heneage (Anemone, brilliant 

 yellow). POMPONS 



50c per dozen: $3.00 per TOO. 



Lulu (white): Mrs. Frank Beu, syn. 

 Souvenir d'Or (orange and bronze); 

 Magnificent (light bronze); Savannah 

 (clear yellow); Rev.W. Hoffman (bronze 

 tipped yellow) . 



FRANK P. PUTNAM 



166 Central St., LOWELL, MASS 



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equal that of 1913. With improved con- 

 fidonce, future months should show a 

 steady increase. 



McAlpine Bros., of the New Englanil 

 Eose Conservatories, at Exeter, N. H., 

 will plant 7,500 Killarney Brilliant in 

 the new Lord & Burnham house they are 

 erecting. The dimensions are 80x600, 

 and 38,000 roses will be planted in it. 

 The rose, Crimson Queen, previously 

 called Black Beauty, will be heavily 

 grown. 



The Ketail Florists' Club, of which 

 Henry Penn is president, and which now 

 numbers forty members, met at the 

 Quincy House this week. Plans looking 

 for assistance in entertainment of the 

 S. A. F. in August were discussed. 



A. G. Pembroke, who handles the flow- 

 ers of his brother, A. A. Pembroke, is 

 also a canine expert. He brought back 

 with him two Pekinese last August 

 when returning from England. These 

 secured first and second prizes and a 

 special prize for the best dog in the 

 show at the great Lynn dog show last 

 ■week, defeating Thomas W. Lawson 's 

 noted dogs. 



William H. Ward, of Montvale, grows 

 his freesias successfully in shallow 



PINK SUPREME 



The Carnation for money production. 

 Early, free, persistent, non-bursting. 

 Makes ideal plant in field and lifts 

 easily. 



Color, light shell pink, does not fade 

 in hot weather. Tested thoroughly 

 by five competent growers and easily 

 outblooms all others of its color. 



Awarded Report of Merit by Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club of Boston, 

 February, 1913; First Prize at Show 

 of Boston C^-operative Flower Mar- 

 ket, April, 1913. 



Rooted Cuttings, ready now, 

 $ 10.00 per 100 

 100.00 per 1000 



Absolutely none but clean, healthy, 

 well rooted cuttings sent out. 



J. H. LEACH & SON, North Easton, Mass., or 

 J. M. COHEN, Boston Co-Op. Flower Market, Boston 



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FINE PLANTS FOR FLORISTS 



ASPLENIUM NIDUS AVIS (Bird's Nest Fern). $25.00 per 100 for immediate 

 delivery. For June delivery, in 2I4, 3, 4 and 5-inch pots, $25.00, $36.00, $50.00 

 and $75.00 per 100. No finer stock than this can be found in the country. 



CIBOTIUM 8CHIEDEI, 6-inch pots, $2.00 each. 



SMALL FERNS, 8 to 10 yarieties. $4.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000. 



AZALEAS, all yarieties and sizes. 50c to $7.50 each. ^) 



We are now booking orders for the beautiful, new winter-blooming 

 Begonia, FLORENCE DAVENPORT, for June and July delivery, at 

 $25.00 per 100. 



A. M. DAVENPORT, 



Watertown, Mass. 



No grower of greenhouse tomatoes can afford to be without that sterling novelty 



TERRACE HALL. 

 awarded silver medal for finest vegetable novelty in Boston in 1913. A big im- 

 provement over Comet and other forcing varieties. Trade packets, 50c each. 



That beautiful new golden yellow 



CHRYSANTHEMUM-TERRACE HALL 



is what every florist needs. It makes a bushy plant and no staking is needed. 



Awarded highest honors wherever shown. 50c each; $4.00 per doz.: $25 00 ner 



100. Delivery February 20. 



WHITE AND YELLOW BONNAFFON. rootedcuttingsof these money makers 

 $12.00 per 1000. Delivery after March 1. 



Read our advertisement in Review of January 1, page 73. 



NORRIS F. COMLEY, Lexington, Mass. 



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benches. Some he cut for Christmas; 

 later ones will last until April. He has 

 a fine crop of Lister's Prolific tomato, 

 and his carnations were never better. 



Visitors last week included Thomas 

 Knight, New York; F. G. Sealey, Euth- 

 erford, N. J.; Walter Mott, representing 

 Benjamin Hammond, Beacon, N. Y., and 

 C. Van Deventer, representing Bobbink 

 & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J. 



Thomas Roland 's house of sweet peas 

 at Revere, Mass., is now a wonderful 

 sight. The plants average nine feet 

 in height and are covered with blooms. 

 The stems average twelve to fourteen 

 inches long. The varieties are nearly 

 all winter Spencers, including the new- 



CLEAN AND HEALTHY ROOTED 



Carnation Cuttings 



Benora and Pink Delight 

 $6.00 per 100 $60.00 per 1000 



Olorioaa and White Wonder 

 $4.00 per 100 $36.00 per 1000 



Wliite Perfection and Wanoka 

 $8.00 per 100 $86.00 per 1000 



Wineor 

 $2.60 per 100 $80.00 per 1000 



See classified adv. for nursery stock. 



LITTLEFIELD & WYMAN 



NORTH ABINQTON. MASS. 



