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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Mabch 11, 1009. 



MINNEAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



The promise of spring has been with 

 us during the last week. Our great quan- 

 tities of snow are melting fast, and the 

 air is noticeably warmer. Other signs 

 of spring are the preparations for Easter, 

 the great harvest of the florist. Easter 

 lilies, azaleas and hydrangeas are every- 

 where to be seen in bud, and the pros- 

 pect is for a good variety of fine plants. 

 About the usual variety of cut flowers 

 will be on the market. 



Various Notes. 



Souden & Desmond find business firat- 

 class at the new store, and consider their 

 new location a great advantage. They 

 are contemplating the erection of a large 

 greenhouse. 



E. Nagel & Co. are growing some good 

 valley. 



Miss Whitted had a good week in 

 funeral orders; also a fine wedding deco- 

 ration, with a bride's bouquet of val- 

 ley, lilacs and orchids. 



The Minneapolis Floral Co. has some 

 fine single violets. 



The department stores are still slash- 

 ing prices, with violets 10 cents per bunch 

 and bulb stock at 25 cents per dozen. 



M. E. M. 



ERIE, PA. 



The Market 



The Lenten season is having its usual 

 effect on trade, although funerals have 

 been numerous and flowers in demand. 

 Shamrocks are seen for St. Patrick's day. 



Various Notes. 



Corsages of violets, as prizes for card 

 parties, are in vogue here at present. 



Chas. G. Offerle has a nice lot of ge- 

 nistas in bloom. < 



P. F. Eandolph, representing Thomp- 

 son & Norris Co., of Brooklyn, was in the 

 city last week. 



The Misses Berger, of West Lake road, 

 have been busy taking orders for nursery 

 stock for spring planting. B. P. 



Fremont, Neb. — During the summer 

 C. H. Green will rebuild five greenhouses, 

 raising the gutters from a height of four 

 and a half to six and a half feet and 

 lengthening the houses from 118 to 139 

 feet. He will also add one new house, 

 18x139, and erect a 60-foot brick stack. 

 Business, he says, is good, and stock im- 

 mense, both in quantity and quality. 



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West Mentor, Ohio 



PREPARE FOR EASTER 



FROM WHOM WILL WE PURCHASE OUR EASTER SUPPLY? 



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This seems now to be the daily talk of every 

 florist. "1 know what I am golDE 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 

 everjrthing full and plenty and what he adver- 

 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, 

 Palma and Arancarias He does all that for 

 the sake of his customers, to please them." 



An immense stock of choice Easter plants, 

 blooming Easter week, or earlier, if desired, are 

 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 Paciflc Oceans, for many 

 years past, is suiTlcient 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 choicest. Only best, well-known 

 American varieties are imported, planted in the 

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

 7-in andS-in.'pots, placed in greenhouses and kept 

 cool in the winter, and are now in excellent condi- 

 tion, covered with buds, just right for Easter. 

 Please bear in mind the fact (mostly unknown to 

 some azalea consumers) that 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!, 

 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 Crnyasen is the name, 

 originated by the well-known azalea speciahst 

 Mr. Van der Gruyssen of Belgium. Millions are 

 raised every year and shipped to every point of 

 the globe 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— 

 60c, 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 $3.50 ea( h: 

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

 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 Memolre de L. Van Honlte 

 (double pink), $1.00, $1.25 to $l.W. Professenr 

 Wolters, $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50. Empress of In- 

 dia, 50c, 75c. $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50. Apollo (red), 

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

 as John Llewellyn, Kmperenr du Uresil, 

 Talisman, Helene Tbelemann, Jollettr, 

 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. 



Baster Lilies, Lilium Multiflorum, 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 

 good, healthy ones, and marks them while they 

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

 ships tons the cream of the plants of Japan. 

 We have lilies this year to burn; 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 oer bud, we only charge you lOc 

 per bud, for plants in 6-in. cots, having 5, 8, 10 

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

 12c per bud. 6 in. pots. 



Toarnesol Tulips, best double tulips, varie- 



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

 14 00 per 100. 



Begonia, new, improved Erf ordii, 5-in. pots, 

 $2.50 per dozen. Flambeau, 5-in., S2.00 per 

 dozen. 



Primala obconica, 5-in., $2.00 to $2.50 dozen. 



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

 dozen. 



Cineraria hybrida Krandiflora. Henry F. 

 Michell Co.'s new improved strain. Our plants 

 and flowers of this strain are twice the size of 

 those of other years, with perfect green foliage, 

 almost as big as a bushel basket, 6-in. pots, 25c, 

 35c, 50c, 75c to $1.(X) each. 



Spiraea Gladstone. This variety, owing to 

 the dry summer in Holland last year, Mill be 



very scarce this Easter, but we, fortunately, se- 

 cured enough to fill one house full, and they are 

 now in fine condition, full of buds, 6-ln. to 7in. 

 pots, 50c, 75c to $1.00 each. Spiraea Flori> 

 bunda, Compacta, Japonica and Saperba, 

 ■6-in. pots, 25c, 30c, 40c and 50c each. 



Hybrid ruaes, grafted, such as John Laing, 

 Brunner, and Magna Charta, 6-in. pots, 30c; 3 ft. 

 high. 50c, 75c to $1 00. Hermosa, 5-in., 30c to 35c. 

 Rambler Dorothy Perkins, 6-in., 50c to 75c. 



Jeroaalem Cherries for Washington's birth- 

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



Ipomoea Noctlflora, purest white moon- 

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

 tion, now ready, 213-ln. pots, $5 00 per 100. 



Hyacinths, four best colors. King of the 

 Blues (dark blue). Grand Maitrq (lignt 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. 



Araacaria Robusta Compacta, Glanca 

 and Excelsa. 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 I'jth century, that our 

 name, as well as the Araucaria itself, shall never 

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

 as when we flrst 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. 



Araacaria Robusta Compacta, specimen 

 plants, 7 to 8-in. pots, 4 to 6 years old, 3, 4 and 6 

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

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



Araacaria 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. 



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

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

 7dc, $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50 each. Can meet all appli- 

 cations. 



Areca I.ntescens,'4-in. pots, 3 plants in a pot, 

 25c. 



Flcns Elastica (rubbers), 5>9 to 6-in. pots, 25c. 

 30c, 40c and 60c. 



Two houses of ferns. WbltmanI ferns, 

 8-in. to 9-in. 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-ln. 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 flne, 6-in., 50c to 75c. 



Wilsonl in pans, 35c. 



Asparagus Flnmosns, large, 3-in. pots, $6.00 

 per 100. 



Kentia Belmoreana, 5 good leaves, 6^4 to 

 S'u-in. pots, 25 to 30 inches high, 50c, 60c and 76c; 

 4-in.. 35c. 



Kentia Forsteriana, 6 to 7-in. pots, 26, 30, 40 

 to 45 inches high, 75c, $1.00, $1.26, $1.50 to $2.00 

 each; b^ to b^^n. pots, 20 to 25 in. high, 60c to 60c. 



Hydransea Otaksa, for Easter, pot-grown, 

 6 to 7 in., 35c 50c, 75c to $1.00. 



All arooda must travel at puroliaser'a risk. Cash \7ltl1 order, please. 



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



All bulbs are now^ under cover in cold frame and will bloom 



in two weeks from time of bria^ ing^ them in the greenhouse 



fiodfrey Ascbmann, 



1012 



West Ontario Street, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



IMFOBTXB, 'WHOLXSALK GROWXB and BHIPPKR OF POT PLANTS 



