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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



March 25, 1909. 



Long Distance Phone 

 Central 6004 



Seedsmen Plantsmen 

 Nurserymen 



Winterson's Seed Store 



45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. 



FLORISTS' SUPPLIES 



FOR EASTER 



We have a complete stock of all requisites. Including fancy zinc lined baskets, 

 suitable for bulbous stock, and many other new shapes. Also fresh stock of 

 Waterproof Crepe, Velvet Two Toned Crepe, Waterproof Pleated 

 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Crepe, Adjustable Waterproof Paper Pot Covsra (all sizes). Common 

 ^^^^^SZH^SZ^ZZZZZ^^Z^^^SHZZZSI Tissue Crepe Pot Covers, assorted colors, $1.50 per 100. 



CHIFFONS and RIBBONS, all colors and sizes. 



JAPANESE AIR PLANT, nice fresh stock. Can supply in any quantity. 



Per 1000 Caladlums. Sound bulbs ivith live center 7000 Rnc|-nn Fornc f mm Rpnrh 

 Dwarf Pearl, mammoth bulbs $1200 shoots. Per 100 Per ICOO ^^\J\3 DUMUII I KIIIS IIUIII UCIiUI 



Dwarf Pearl, first-clasB 8.00 o-^*^'7t°^-° ' HS 'snon Ready for 4-in. pots. 



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double rose pink; Couronne d'Or, double 

 orange; Toreador, double scarlet; 

 Tournesol, double red and yellow; Coch- 

 enella, semi-double scarlet ; Joost Van 

 Vondel, single white, and Flamingo, sin- 

 gle, indescribable — possibly rose-pink will 

 answer. The narcissi comprised the lead- 

 ing well-known varieties, such as Von 

 Sion, Emperor, Empress, Golden Spur, 

 and the newer favorite, Glory of Leyden. 

 There were some interesting singles of 

 the small-flowered class, including Neth- 

 erlands and Lord Channing. The nar- 

 cissi were, as a rule, well grown. The 

 hyacinths included Grand Maitre, blue; 

 King of the Blues, deep blue or purple; 

 Queen of the Blues, pale blue; Inno- 

 cence, white; Kohinoor, rose-pink; La 

 Grandessc, Avhite, and King of the Yel- 

 lows, notable for variety rather than 

 beauty. 



The center of the hall was decorated 

 with made-up effects in foliage sur- 

 rounded by combinations of flowering 

 plants. There were no hydrangeas ex- 

 hibited. A well-grown specimen of Mme. 

 Lemoiue lilac was shown. The Henry A. 

 Dreer Co. had a table filled with inter- 

 esting exhibits. " In the center were a 

 variety of wallflowers in pots, in bloom, 

 among them Charanthus Kewensis and 

 many other plants rarely seen on the ex- 

 hibition table. The Henry A. Dreer Co. 

 also made a liandsome exhibit of Neph- 

 rolepis Scholzeli on a table by itself. 

 W. H. Ritter had an interesting exhibit 

 of tiny cacti in 1-inch pots or there- 

 abouts. 



The rose exhibit included My Mary- 

 land from Edward Towill, Mrs. Jardine 

 from Robt. Scott & Son and J. Stephen- 

 son, and My Maryland and Radiance 

 from John Cook, Baltimore. Radiance is 

 a pink rose of good size and substance, 

 round rather than pointed buds, color a 

 lively La France pink, good stem and 

 foliage, evidently a hybrid tea. 



The feature of the carnation exhibit 

 was Dorothy Gordon, from the Joseph 

 Heacock Co. T. J. McCormick, Balti- 

 more, sent a variegated seedling, with 

 pronounced stripes, pleasing in appear- 

 ance. S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. exhib- 

 ited J. D. Cockcroft's Georgia in fine 

 form, while M. Thaw & Co., of Govans- 

 town. Md., sent seedling No. 36, deep 

 ci'imson, fragrant. 



Michel I's Unexcelled Asters 



Our Aster Seed Is srown by experienced and reliable (rowers and 

 cannot be excelled tor purity of stock. 



NEW EARLY BRANCHING 



Oomes into bloom two weeks earlier than 

 the Semple's or Late Branching. 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Pink $0.40 $2.60 



White 40 2.50 



INVINCIBLE 



A superior strain of great value to florists 



for cutting. Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Blue $0 30 $1.60 



Crimson SO 1.60 



Lavender 30 1.60 



Roae-Pink 30 150 



White 30 1.60 



Mixed 30 1.50 



Improved Semple's Branchins: 



An improved strain which has been ob- 

 tained by years of careful attention. 



Tr. pkt. Oz. 



Iiavender $0.40 $1.50 



Rose-Pink 40 1.50 



SheU-Pink 40 1.50 



Purple 40 1.50 



Crimson 40 1.50 



White 40 1.50 



Mixed 40 1.60 



LAVENDER GEM 



An excellent variety of the Comet type; 

 a beautiful shade of lavender. Tr. pkt., 40c; 

 $2.50 per oz. 



^vm'&T^- Asparagus Plumosus Seed c^p 



OBEENHOU8E GROWN 



100 seeds.... $0.50 6,000 seeds.... $17 .60 

 1000 seeds.... 3.75 10,000 seeds.... 32.60 



I.ATH HOUSi: GROWN 



100 seeds .... $0.40 5,000 seeds .... $12.60 

 1000 seeds.... 2.75 10,000 seeds.... 23.00 



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Last, but by no means least, it being 

 in fact a feature of the show, was the 

 exhibit of William Sim, of Cliftondale, 

 Mass. He sent eighteen vases of superb 

 sweet peas, in all shades of color, and 

 with them four splendidly grown vases 

 of violets. Kaiser Wilhelm, Boston, 

 Princess of Wales and Baroness Roth- 

 schild. 



Medium Sizes Will Be Plentiful. 



It is always a pleasure to visit Charles 

 D. Ball's place at Holmesburg. A cor- 

 dial reception, excellent stock and pro- 

 gressive ideas are the magnets. Charles 

 D. Ball, Charles D. Ball, Jr., and Fred 

 Vith were all hard at work, though it 

 was late Saturday afternoon, on some 

 cypress purlins which had just replaced 

 short-lived steel supports. Mr. Ball and 

 his son made time to show as pretty a 

 lot of palms and decorative plants as one 

 could ^Wsh to see. Kentias in both the 



leading varieties, singly and made up, 

 were in fine form. Clean and vigorous, 

 the medium and smaller sizes, which have 

 been scarce during the past few years, 

 promise to be plentiful. Mr. Ball said 

 that he had now enough fours, fives and 

 sixes to meet all emergencies. There was 

 a fine house of Areca lutescens, more of 

 Latania Borbonica and a thrifty block of 

 Cocos Weddelliana, grown rather wet, 

 and green as grass, with an excellent 

 Avarming pan under their feet; Ardisia 

 crenulata, both green and variegated; 

 pandanus, and last but by no means least 

 of the interesting varieties noted was a 

 fine batch of Livistona rotundifolia. The 

 appearance of the houses fully justifies 

 the claim that the stock has never been 

 in better shape. 



Various Note*. 



Those who have returned from the na- 



