March 18, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



27 



You don't have to trim the JVliSSiOll 

 plant with this cover 



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 every state in the union, and also through (Canada. Duplicate 

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The largest selling article in the florist business. There's a 

 reason. 15c in stamps will bring you sample, price list and 

 booklet. 



On receipt of $1.00, we will send, i)repaid, one mission Pot Cover to fit an 

 8 or y in. standard pot, also price list of complete line. Words or photos can- 

 not do justice to the beauty of this new Cover, ft must be seen to be appre- 

 ciated. Will talie the place of any $,5.(K) jardiniere on the market. 



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W. H. GREVP:R, Manager. 



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The Moore-Livingston Co., Lansdowne, Pa. 



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Music Hall Market, March L'O. An- 

 nouncement was also made of the com- 

 inj^ spring exhibition of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society and of its 

 many interesting features. 



Eight new members were admitted am] 

 there was, as usual, an interest iui,' lot of 

 cxhiliifs. 



Will, .'^iiii w;is a\\;U(le(i a rejiort of 

 licril i',,r ci^ilitccn \aiieiies of sweet 

 pyas, I'iiik ]ieauty being es|,e(ially tiac, 

 Thniiias ('(des sliowed mushrooms and 

 eupatoriiims. Ki,,.,- Hulines had canu.as 

 JJuncan f'irilaysou brought three varie- 

 ties of s<-hiz;iiitlms. 



A resolution iTotestini; against the 

 proposed in.-rease in the tariff on glass 

 ^vas or.Iered sent to all M.as.saehnsetts 



CUlgrcSSIIH'll. "acilM 



n A Harnard, of the KugHsh f.rm of 

 1-ow .V (o., u:,s pivsent and gave an in 



te.--t.i,g ,;„k. ,„..isi„. Am,^i,.an fl,;;;: 



eulture, particularly <nir roses and car- 

 n.'itions, eyclamens and Priuuila obeonica. 

 Other visitors were G. E. Baldwin, of 

 Sn;iucus, X. J., and K*. Ilummirk, of 

 .Newport, K. I. 



Varioua Notes. 



Everything jioints to a line exhibition 

 •■It Mu^ic Hall m.-uket, Man-h I'o. The 

 attr,acli\e list of s|ierial prizes (dfered 

 by the iJosion Co operativo 1'"JoW(m- Mar- 

 ket is eertain to bring out a s|il.iidi.l lot 

 "f exhibits. P.'irticularly k.ni will be 

 the I'ompetilion in the e.-iruatiou (dasses. 

 'I'iiere is no eharge fiU' admission ;nii| a 

 i-ordial invilatiou is extended to 

 one to visit the show. 



Edgar Bros., of AVaverley, have two 

 large houses of sweet peas just eoming 

 into erof). The varieties are Eloreiiee 

 J'enzer, ( hristmas Pink and Mrs. Alex- 

 ander Wallace. Clirysanthemums and 

 sweet jieas .are this firm's specialties. 



every - 



They are also planning to grow mush- 

 rooms for summer. 



Among recent visitors were .Vlbert 

 Pochelon, of the L. Bemb Floral Co., 

 Detroit, and Arthur Zirkman, of M. 

 Riee ic Co., Philadelphia. The latter 

 did a heavy business in his firm's sj^e- 

 eialties. 



All the stores have made specialties 

 of shamrocks the last week and there 

 was a heavy sale of them. Green car- 

 nations were, as usual, much in evidence, 

 green roses and other flowers being also 

 on sale for St. Patrick's day. 



The six weeks have now elapsed since 

 the ground hog made his initial appear- 

 ance, so we may expect spring weather. 

 Practically all frost and ice have dis- 

 appeared from this vicinity, which is 

 much earlier than usual. 



J. W. Duncan is attemling a meeting 

 of the executive committee of the .\mer- 

 icau Park Superintendents in Buffalo 

 this week. 



Visitors include H. A. Barnard, the 

 veteran traveler for Hugh Low & Co., 

 Enfield, England. Mr. Barnard has been 

 witii Low & Co. for forty-eight years, 

 but tliis is his first American trii>. He 

 attended the meeting of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club, March IG. 



William Sim will have a heavy pick of 

 single violets for Easter, from frames. 

 The varieties Kaiser ^Vilhelm and 

 P.aronnc Pothschild are both good with 

 him. 



Welch Bros, report business as show- 

 ing a v.'ist improvement over a ye.ar ago. 

 They are antici{)ating a record breaking 

 Easter. Lilies in pots in cases will be 

 a sjii'cialty ;igaiii this season. Ot' these 

 they stdd a big (piantity a year ago. 



The Boston Globe oV March ][ con- 

 tained an interesting illustrate(| .-irticle 

 on the fine dajianose garden being con- 

 structed and pl.anted In- FarqiiiKir S: 

 Go, for the si)riiig flower show of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 v.liich opens .March H-f, 



W, X. Cl;.\lG. 



Toledo, O. — Krueger I'ros. are arrang- 

 ing to build three more cirnation houses 

 at their country jtlace, nut on Woodvillo 

 street. The houses will be 3flxL'.'G feet 

 each. 



