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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mauch 4, 1909. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



The supply of all cut flowers is on 

 the increase, but prices have remained 

 stationary, as there were quantities of 

 funeral work in town last week. Ship- 

 ping trade was also good, which caused 

 a clean market on all good stock, espe- 

 cially white flowers, which were scarce 

 the latter part of the week. 



The rose crop is increasing steadily, 

 and one can now be assured of having 

 orders filled by the wholesalers. Lilies, 

 both Harrisii and callas, were picked up 

 clean during the entire week. Violets 

 were unsteady, the call being heavy one 

 day and down flat the next. 



Vatiottt Notes. 



Stewart McLean, of Youngstown, was 

 a visitor last week and reports some 

 good funeral orders lately. 



C. Merkel & Son, of Mentor, are send- 

 ing in some fine azalea plants. 



John Kirchner reports some good fu- 

 neral orders during the last week. 



The automobile show used large quan- 

 tities of flowers. Some dealers used 

 flowers as souvenirs. The White Steamer 

 Co. gave away white carnations each 

 day- B. 



FAIRMOUNT, IND. 



E. C. McKeever, Indiana manager of 

 the interests of the Snider Preserve Co., 

 has been in Fairmount looking after 

 the local situation. The company has 

 taken steps which it believes will ef- 

 fectually do away with the shortage 

 of tomato plants which has confronted 

 the growers, both in the Fairmount 

 and Marion fields, for the last two years. 

 Contracts have been made with both 

 the Joseph Shane and Cyrus Doherty 

 greenhouses for the raising of more than 

 one million plants, which will be used 

 for emergency purposes and distrib- 

 uted as needed, to the growers not 

 only in this part of the state but at 

 other points. It is said that the produc- 

 tion of tomatoes in this locality was 

 greatly retarded, owing to the farmers 

 being unable last year to get tomato 

 plants after the seed which they sowed 

 had failed to bring forth the desired re- 

 sults, as soon as needed. At the Fair- 

 mount factory more than 14,000 feet of 

 lumber is being worked up into hotbeds 

 which will be used exclusively by the 

 two firms in starting tomato plants, and 

 it is said that at least a portion of 

 the seed will be sown not later than 

 March 15. 





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PREPARE FOR EASTER 



FROM WHOM WILL WE PURCHASE OUR EASTER SUPPLY? 



This seems now to be the dailsr talk of every 

 florist. "I know what I am Romg to do," a wise 

 man remarked the other day. I have been so 

 often deceived I will be no more, but I shall send 

 in my order direct to our friend Godfrey Asch- 

 mann He shall be my man this Easter. He has 

 everything full and plenty and what he a Iver- 

 tises is no BLUFF. We can always depend on 

 him to get what we need, and cheap, too. As 

 much as we know, he goes himself to Europe 

 and selects in Belgium the cream of Azaleas, 

 Palms and Araacarias He does all that for 

 the sake of bis customers, to please them." 



An immense stock of choice Kastor plants, 

 blooming Easter week, or earlier, if desired, arc 

 now ready lor immediate shipment. Come your- 

 self or mail your order direct to headquarters. 



Our reputation in growing Easter plants for 

 the wholesale market, to which we ship all over 

 the entire country, Canada and Mexico, irom 

 the Atlantic to the Paclflc Oceans, for many 

 years past, is sufficient guarantee to prove our 

 ability. 



Go to Headquarters for Azaleas 



Azalea Indica is a specialty with us. grown 

 for us under contract by an Azalea specialist in 

 Belgium for the last twenty years. Have three 

 houses full of the ch .icest. Only best well-known 

 American varieties are imported, planted in the 

 fall as soon as they arrive from Belgium into 6-in., 

 7-in and 8 in pots, placed in greenhouses and kept 

 cool in thf winter, and are now in exoellent condi- 

 tion, covered with buds, just right for Easter. 

 Please bear in mind the fact (mostly unknown to 

 some azalea consumers ) t hat fully 30 per cent to 40 

 per cent of the newly imported azaleas in dor- 

 mant state will lose their buds and leaves during 

 sea voyage and during winter up to February 1, 

 and have to be kept over for another year. We 

 ship only good stock, full of buds and flowers, 

 and, therefore, you can't expect an azalea at 

 this time as big and as cheap as if you would 

 buy them in dormant state in the fall. 



What is the name of the best double pink aza- 

 lea? Mme. Van der Craysaen is the name, 

 originated by the well-known a/alea specialist 

 Mr. Van der Cruyssen of Belgium. Millions are 

 raised every year and shipped to every point of 

 the glooe from Belgium. We have a big stock 

 on hand of this so well-known and favorite vari- 

 ety in tip-top condition. Every plant is as round 

 as an apple, covered with buds, just right for 

 Easter trade. All sizes in the following prices— 

 75c, $1.00 $1.25, $1.50 to $2.00 each. 



Bernard Andrea alba (white). We have 

 mostly big plants, $1.50, $2 00, $3.00 to S3.50 eai h; 

 a few smaller sizes, 75c', $1.00 to $1.25. Niobe, 

 also white, 75c, $1.00. $1.25, $1.50 to $2.00 each. 

 Vervaeneana, De Schryverlana (double va- 

 riegated). 75c, $1 00, $1.25 to $1..50. 



Dr. Moore and Menioire de L.. Van Houtte 

 (double pink), $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50. Profesaeor 

 Wolters, $1.00, $l!25 to $1.50. Empress of In- 

 dia, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25 to $1..50. Apollo (red). 

 50c. 60c, 75c to $1 00. Other good varieties, such 

 as John Llewellyn, Emperear du Bresil, 

 Talisman, Helene Thelemann, JallettM, 

 etc., 75c, $1.00 to $1.25. When we are out of one 

 color, we send the next similar color: also, if we 

 are out of the size ordered, we send the next size 

 either above or below the price mentioned. 



Easter Ltlles, Liliuni MultiHoruni, the genuine 

 Japanese Easter Lily, directly imported by us. 

 We have a friend in Japan who looks after our 

 interests there. He picks out for us only the 

 gooil, healthy ones, and marks them while they 

 are growing, the 10-in. bulbs, and therefore he 

 ships to us the cream of the plants of Japan. 

 We have lilies this year to bum; can supply, if 

 nothing happens, every customer and others 

 who want lilies. If you see them growing in our 

 greenhouses you must all admit they are "crack- 

 erjacks." We sell them cheap, too. Where other 

 florists get 15c per bud, we only charge you 10c 

 per bud, for plants in Gin. Dots, having 6, 8, 10 

 and more buds to the plant. Plants under 5 buds, 

 12c per bud, 6 in. pots. 



Tonrnesol Tnllps, best double tulips, varie- 



fated, three bulbs in a pot, $1.80 per dozen pots; 

 14 00 per 100. 



Begonia, new, improved Erfordii, 5-in. pots, 

 $2.50 per dozen. Flambeau, 5-in., $2.00 per 

 dozen. 



Primnla obconica, 5-in., $2.00 to $2..50 dozen. 



Yellow and White Daisies, 5-in. pots, $2.00 

 dozen. 



Cineraria Hvbrida, best plants. 4-in. pots, 

 SIO.OO per 100; 5^ to 6-in. pots, for Easter, at 

 $3.00. $4.00 to S5 00 per dozen. 



Spiraea Gladstone. We have a house full in 

 very fine condition, in bud now, just right for 



Easter, large plants, full of buds. Remember 

 Gladstone is scarce this year, owing to the dry 

 weather in Holland last year, but we were for- 

 tunate to have received enough to supply all of 

 our customers; price, 6 to 7-in. pots 50c, 75c, $1.00. 

 Saperba, Japonica, Floribunda, 6-in. pots, 

 25c to 50c. 



Jerusalem Cherries for Washington's birth- 

 day, 6-in. pots, full of berries, 35c. 50c to 76c. 



Ipomoea Noctiflora, purest white moon- 

 flower, for which we have a world-wide reputa- 

 tion, now ready, 2^2in. pots, $5 00 per 100. 



Hyacinths, four best colors. King of the 

 Blues (dark blue). Grand Maitre (light blue), 

 Gertrude (best pink). La Grandesse (best white), 

 right for Easter, in cold frame, 4-in. pots, 10c to 

 12c. 



Daffodil Von Sion, best double, three bulbs, 

 $2.50 per doz. 



Araocaria Kobusta Compacta,, Glauca 

 and Bxcelsa. uur reputation of being one of 

 the largest importers and shippers of this beau- 

 tiful evergreen decorative plant is so well known, 

 dating far back into the l^th century, that our 

 name, as well as the Araucaria itself, hhall never 

 die out, and is still fresh in people's minds same 

 as when we first started. Why the Araucaria is 

 so popular is because it is an ancient plant, kept 

 by Greeks and Romans as a special favorite in 

 their household, as a good omen. 



Araqcaria Robusta Compacta, specimen 

 plants, 7 to 8-in. pots, 4 to 5 years old, 3, 4 and 5 

 tiers, 20, 25 and 30 inches high, same in width, 

 $1.50, $1.75, $2.00. $2.50 to $3.00 each. 



Araocaria Excelsa Glaaca. This is a beau- 

 tiful blue variety, very graceful and beautiful. 

 Specimen plants, 6-in., 7-in., 8-in. pots, 4 and 5 

 years old, 4, 5 and 6 tiers, 20, 25, 30 and 32 in. 

 high, same in width, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.50 to 

 $3.00 each. 



Araucaria Excelsa, 3, 4 and 5 years old, 4, 

 5, 6 and 7 tiers, 6-in. pots, 20, 25, 30 and 35 in. high, 

 76c, $1.00. $1.25 to $1.50 each. (Jan meet all appli- 

 cations. 



Areca liutescens, 4-in. pots, 3 plants in a pot, 

 25c. 



Ficus Elastica (rubbers), 5^ to 6-in. pots, 25c, 

 30c. 40c and 50c. 



Two houses of ferns. Whitman! ferns, 

 8-in. to 'Jin. pans, 75c, $1.00 to $1.50; 7-in. pots, 

 very large, $1.25 to $1.50. 



Boston Ferns, 5^-in. to 6-in., 7 in. and 8-in. 

 pots. 40c. 50c, 75c. $1.00. $1.25 to $1.50. 



Scottii Ferns, 5^2-in. to 6-in.. 7-in. and 8-in. 

 40c. 50c. 75c. $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50. 



Amerpohlii, Very fine, 6-ln., 50c to 75c. 



Wilsoni in pans, 3Sc. 



Asparagus Plumosus, large. 3-in. pots, $5.00 

 per 100. 



Kentia Belmoreana, 5 good leaves, 6>4 to 

 5^-in. pots. 25 to 30 inches high, SOc, 60c and 75c; 

 4-in. 85c. 



Kentia Forsteriana, 6 to 7-in. pots, 25. 80. 40 

 to 45 inches high. 75c. $1.00, $1.25. $1.50 to $2.00 

 each; 5U to 5iQ-in. pots. 20 to 25 in. high. SOc to 60c. 



Hydrangea Otaksa, for Easter, pot-grown, 

 6 to 7 in.. 36C. 50c, 75c to $1.00. 



All roods must travel at purohaser'a risk. Cash with order, please. 



Please state if you want stock shipped in or out of pots. 



All bulbs are new under cover in cold frame and will bloom 

 in two weeks from time of bring^isg them in the greenhouse 



(lodfrej Aschmaofl, 



1012 

 West Ontario Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



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