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The Florists^ Review 



Fkbruabx 20, 1913. 



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Received AT joliet, ill., 1-4-13. 



84 CH S 18 PAID ... _ • 



EASTON, PENNA., JAN. 4-13 • ' ' ■ 



J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO., JOLIET, ILL. 

 WE RECEIVED UP TO DATE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND CUTTINGS, FIRST- 

 CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. CONTINUE SHIPPING LARGE SHIPMENTS. 



S. M. MERWARTH BROS. 



I 733PM 



CARNATION CUTTINGS iSS?^^^- 



100 



White Enchantress $3.00 



Enchantress 3.00 



Bose-pii^ Enchantress 2.50 



Btklpment. 



1000 100 



125.00 Beacon $3.00 



25,00 White Wonder 4.00 



20.00 Wodenethe 6.00 



1600 



$25.00 

 36.00 

 50.00 



Write for special prices on large quantities. No order too large for our facilities. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM CUTTINGS 



CRIMSON 



R. C. per 100 1000 



Pockett's Crimson $2.00 $15.00 



Shrimpton 2.00 15.00 



WHITE 



Smith's Advance $3.00 $27.60 



Chas. Razer 3.00 27.60 



White Chadwick 3.00 27.50 



LynnwoodHall 2.50 20.00 



White Eaton 2.50 20.00 



Now booking orders for March 1 delivery. 

 R. C. per 100 1000 



Alice Byron $2 00 $15.00 



Touset 2.00 16.00 



Virginia Poehlmann 2.00 16.00 



October Frost 2.00 15.00 



YELLOW 



Crocus $4.00 $36.00 



Golden Chadwick 3.00 27.50 



R. F. Felton 3.00 27.60 



YeUow Eaton 2.60 20.00 



R. C. per 100 UOO 



Golden Glow $2.00 $15.00 



Nagoya 2.00 15.00 



Halliday 2.00 15.00 



Maj . Bonnaff on 2.00 15.00 



PINK 



Amorita $2 50 $20.00 



Dr. Enguehard 2.50 20.00 



Pacific Supreme 2.00 15.00 



Balfour 2.00 16.00 



J. D. THOMPSON CARNATION CO., 



Joliet, III. 



Mention TUe Rerlew when you write. 



WICHITA, KAN. 



The Market. 



A young Christmas happened here 

 February 13 and 14. The weather was 

 exceptionally good, with no wind and 

 .with a temperature ranging around 40 

 to 50 degrees. Some special effort in 

 window displays, coupled with a small 

 newspaper ad or two, seemed to put peo- 

 ple in the valentine notion. At any 

 rate, the business surpassed that of any 

 previous Valentine's day. There was 

 also a noticeable increase in the de- 

 mand for blooming plants, both single 

 and in fancy baskets or pottery ar- 

 rangements. Fancy cut flower boxes, 

 hearts, etc., also sold better than usual. 

 Violets were sold out early, as usual, 

 but were followed closely by Beauties, 

 red roses, red carnations and other cut 

 flowers. The quality of the stock was 

 excellent, while the prices followed 

 their regular range. 



The whole season's business, so far, 

 has been quite satisfactory, the dull 

 days being few and far between. The 

 sales show a steady increase over cor- 

 responding periods last year, and there 

 is no reason to believe that this will 

 not continue through the spring season. 

 The winter has been unusually mild, 

 which has been a welcome change from 

 last year's severe treatment. The let- 

 tuce growers have not been so fortunate 

 with the demand for their product. For 

 some reason, lettuce has been hard to 

 dispose of this season, and in some 

 cases a grower has found himself with 

 a full crop more than ready to cut and 

 no one who cared to use it at any price. 

 In one or two instances he has been 



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S::.eRo.e IRISH FIRE FLAME 



A new departure in Roses for winter forcing. Irish Fire Flam* is a 



single rose with only five petals, and is the most striking and the best single 

 rose Messrs. Alex. Dickson & Sons have ever raised. It flowers profusely 

 during the winter months, producing both single flowers and sprays of from 

 three to five buds. The bud is an intense fiery crimson scarlet at the tip, 

 shading at the base of petals to orange salmon; the open flower is a beautiful 

 bright salmon. It is of strong, vigorous growth, with dark green foliage, 

 reverse of leaf deep bronze. 



We have tested this rose for two years and can confidently recommend 

 it as a sterling novelty in roses. It has been awarded a Qold Medal by 

 the National Rose Society of Great Britain and has taken several prizes for 

 table decoration. 



Grafted Stock, $35.00 per 100; $300.00 per lOOO 

 Own Root, 30.00 per lOO; 250.00 per lOOO 



Grafted Plants March delivery, Own Root in April. 



GRAFTED ROSES 



We graft our roses early on Dicksons' Irish Manetti stock from firm, 

 flowering wood, and the result is strong, vigorous plants in March and April. 



Budlong's Double .White Klllarney and Sunburst, $20.00 per 

 100; $150.00 per lOOO. 



Klllarney, Waban White Klllarney, My Maryland, Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward and Lady Hllllngdon, $15.00 per 100; $120.00 per 1000. 



ORDER NOW 



ROBT. SCOTT & SON, 



Sharon Hill, Del. Co., Pa. 



forced to pull and dump the crop in 

 order to make room for his next plant- 

 ing. 



Growers are beginning to spend a 

 little time in sizing up the lily crop 

 that is supposed to be coming in for 

 Easter. Unless something unexpected 



happens, the local growers are going 

 to make connections all right. Both 

 giganteums and Formosas are being 

 grown. The Formosas are in a little of 

 a hurry, while the giganteums will have 

 to be hustled somewhat to make a show- 

 ing. R. L. C. 



