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28 



The WccHy Florists^ Review. 



April 7, 1910. 



No. 268 Tipperary 



No. 250 Killarney. 



No. 252 Glengary. 



FLORISTS' BASK6TS 



Do yoa want to increase your busineM? 

 This is goi^ to be a banner year for the 

 iiastlers. Let^s push a lit*Ie harder. We 

 know ' our Baskets will increase your 

 sales and please your customers— A 

 sample lot will convince you. Any that 

 do not filease you may return. 



Ulustrated catalogue upon request. 



MADISON BASKETCRAFT CO. 



MADISON, OHIO 



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Flower Coloring 



TONE 



GSB 



CLASS 



Am. Beaaty, OranKe, I^ink, Bed. Yellow, Par- 

 pie, St. Patrick Green, Larender, Dark Green. 



All H 00 the quart ; Bine, fl.25 the quart, postpaid. 



SAMPLES IK PJiSFRED. 



Bwton-Alllson Co., 84A<anSt., Chleago, U. 8. A. 



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the month was 48,2 degrees, or 6.8 de- 

 grees higher than the average for thirty 

 years. While, of course, this does not 

 break the record, it was doing well. The 

 only embarrassing feature of the situa- 

 tion is the fact that quite a number of 

 the fruit trees have been deceived into be- 

 lieving this is June. Nearly all the 

 cherry, apple and peach trees are in full 

 flower, and there niay be some vain re- 

 grets. 



Kesolutions favoring a parcels post will 

 be sent to congress within a short tim^ 

 by a special committee of the Gardeners' 

 Club, which was appointed at the last 

 meeting, March 28. Q. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Easter business with most of the flo- 

 rists was a trifle better than last year. 

 The weather was extremely hot for three 

 or four days preceding Easter, it being 

 from 80 to 85 degrees in the shade. This 

 hot weather was hard on bulbous stock 

 and Easter lilies, which in many cases 

 were already well advanced, causing 

 them to become soft, and hard to handle. 

 It also affected violets, most of which 

 came from the Hudson river district. 

 Those that did come in good shape did 

 not last long. Lilies were more than 

 enough to go around. Stock of all kinds 

 was plentiful and I think no one should 

 have lost any business from want of a 

 supply. Some flne blooming plants were 

 to be seen and found a ready sale. 



The automobile show took place the 

 week following Easter and helped liven 

 things up for the florists, as most of the 

 dealers decorated their places and thou- 

 sands of carnations were given away 

 during the week. The floral parade 

 brought a number of autos decorated in 

 natural flowers, some of them being 

 quite elaborate. 



.Various Notes. 



E. T. Barnes, of Spencer, Ind., has 

 been sending in quantities of fine daffo- 

 dils. 



James Karins, with H. A. Dreer, was 

 in the city looking after the trade last 

 week. Mr. Karins made about three 



Roses 



Carnations 



Pikes Peak Floral Co. 



COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. 



We are now cutting an extra fine crop of Roses and Carnations, 

 also Bulbous Stock of all kinds. 



Headquarters for the West. 



Send Us Your Orders. 



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trips out to John Heidenreich 's, but was 

 ujiable to find him at home. No doubt 

 Mr. Heidenreich was out trying to get 

 acquainted with the mechanism of his 

 new automobile. 



A. Kempe sent in a nice lot of pot 

 violets for Easter, but he missed it on 

 his ramblers this year. Mr. Kempe ex- 

 pects to build a new house this year. 



A. "Wiegand & Sons received a letter, 

 with $10 enclosed, last week. The letter 

 was probably sent by a former employee 

 and stated that the writer had been at- 

 tending Billy Sunday's meetings and 

 wanted to lead a Christian life. The 

 letter was signed "A guilty conscience." 



Bertermann Bros, enjoyed a good busi- 

 ness Easter. This firm had as fine a lot 

 of blooming plants as one would want 

 to see and reports a heavy sale on them. 

 They used several automobiles, with good 

 success, in making their Easter deliv- 

 eries. 



A. F. J. Baur, secretary of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society, has the annual 

 report of that society on the press and 

 expects to mail it next week. 



Albert Pittet is hitting it right with 

 his peas. He has had a heavy cut for 

 the last month. 



A. Wiegand & Sons report a satisfac- 

 tory Easter business, they having cleaned 

 up their entire lot of blooming plants. 

 Their cut flower sales exceeded those of 

 last year. This firm used four autos in 

 making their Easter deliveries and expe- 

 rienced no trouble in getting their orders 

 out on time. They had the decorations 

 for the reception accorded former Vice- 

 president Fairbanks, on his return home 

 from his tour around the world. 



B. F. Hensley, of Knightstown, sent in 

 large quantities of carnations for the 

 automobile show last week. 



John Grande had his usual lot of fine 



West era Florist 



Supply House 



Save freight and expressage by 

 buying near home. 



LABGK 8UPPI.T OV 



Seasonable 

 Stock 



Now ready for prompt delivery. 

 Writ* tor OUT n«w prlc* list 



THE BARTELDES SEED CO. 



DENVER, COLO. 



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lilies for Easter. He also sent in some 

 good azaleas. H. L. W. 



Please discontinue my advertisement 

 of primulas, as orders that took all the 

 stock came in four days. — J. Sylvester, 

 Oconto, Wis. 



Please discontinue the advertisement 

 of rooted cuttings in the classified col- 

 umns; sold out. — William Mubpht, Cin- 

 cinnati, O. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal by sending 

 the BsviEW $2, $3, or sometimes $5, in- 

 stead, of the dollar-bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper. 



