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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apbil 15, 1909. 



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INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market 



We have just passed through a success- 

 ful Easter. The retailers more than held 

 their own, notwithstanding the cheap 

 competition on all sides. This year the 

 leading department stores advertised 

 flower sales. The ladies of the Indian- 

 apolis Orphans' Society, assisted by 

 about fifty more of the leading ladies of 

 the city, had a big flower sale. These, 

 with the city market and flower stands on 

 every corner, made it exceedingly strenu- 

 ous for the retailer. 



It is surprising what a quantity of 

 flowers sprang up in two or three days. 

 Every vegetable grower and small florist 

 within a radius of ten miles of the city 

 did his part to supply the flowers for 

 Easter. As the weather had been cool 

 for a week, it was not difficult to time 

 the bulb stuff to the minute and most of 

 it was of good quality. Eoses, carna- 

 tions, Beauties, valley and violets were 

 more than enough to go around, with a 

 slight shortage in peas, lilies and orchids. 

 The sale of blooming plants is increasing 

 every year, and this year showed an in- 

 crease in plants selling at from $4 to $6. 



The city market was all flowers; by 

 actual count, there were 100 stands sell- 

 ing flowers. There was no end of bulbous 

 stuff. The cut flowers cleaned up well, 

 but there was a surplus in potted plants. 



Various Notes. 



E. W. Sellers, of A. Wiegand & Sons, 

 has joined the motor cyclists. 



E. A. Nelson has returned from a suc- 

 cessful week of hunting and flshing. 



The Bertermann Bros. Co. enjoyed a 

 fine Easter business and reports the sale 

 of blooming plants as larger than ever. 



Homer Wiegand is suffering from the 



grip. 



The ladies of the Indianapolis Or- 

 phans' Society, who had their annual 

 Easter flower sale in one of the down- 

 town store rooms, cleared about $600. 

 This sale took many a good customer 

 away from the retaUers. 



John Bieman, Fred Hukriede, Henry 

 Rieman and William Billingsly report 

 fine business. 



C. B. Greene is on the sick list. 



A. Wiegand & Sons, with their new 

 105-foot show house with its plate glass 

 front, had a flower show of their own. 

 Their display of blooming plants at- 

 tracted people from all over the north 

 side. This firm reports business good. 



H. L. W. 



Miscellaneous Stock 



AOSBATDMS, SALVIA, 2-ln., 2c. 

 GKBAKIDMS, fall-grown, single and doable 

 Grant, Natt, Braant, etc., 2-iD.. 2c. 

 Coleua, Alt«nuuitli«nM, SwainaoxuM, 



2-in., 2c. 



Daialest Paris, giant white, yellow, 2-ln., 2c. 



CapliMk, Flowerlnc Vlnoa, 2-in., 2c. 



Aaters, earliest. 3 colors, $4.00 per 1000. 



Prlnoess Alice Btook. 40c per 100. 



Gem Feverfew, 2-1d., 2c. 



Blnrle HoUytaooks, field. $2.00 per 100. 



WeUflowera, field, tl.oo per 100. 



Sweet Willlema, field, $4.00 per 1000. 



Vinoavar., 2-in., 2c. 



Dusty Miller seedlings, 60c per 100. 



Rooted Cattlncs, prepaid per 100: Oapbea, 

 75c. Paris daisy, yellow, white; Swainaona alba, 

 and Double Petunias, 10 kinds, $1.00. Vinca 

 variegata, 90c: $8.00 per 1000. Heliotropes, 

 $1.00. Altemantheras, 3 kinds, 50c. Ageratums, 

 4 kinds, and Coleus, 10 kinds, 60c; $5.00 per 1000. 

 Artillery plants, 75c. Hardy Pinks, 75c. Fuchsias, 

 8 kinds, $1.00. Salvia. Bonfire and Splendens, 

 90c. Parlor ivy, 76c. Stevia, 75c. Stevia varie- 

 gata, 75c. Flowering Begonias, 8 kinds, $1.26. 



Cash or C. O. D. 

 firSB BROS., - duunbersburc Pa. 



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SPECIAL OFFER 



Geraniums 



Strong stock, from 8-in. pots, 

 our selection of 10 Tarieties, 



$15 00 per 1000 2in sm 



Per 100 Per 100 



Achyranthes, Emersoni and Mosiaca $2.00 $3.00 



Ageratum, 5 kinds 2.00 3.00 



Alyssum, Dwarf and Giant 2.00 



Centaurea Gymnocarpa 2 00 3.00 



Cineraria Maritima 2.00 3.00 



Hardy English Ivy 2.00 



Parlor Ivy, Senecio Scandens 2.00 



Lobelia, Kathleen Mallard 2.00 3.00 



" Crystal Palace Gem 1.50 



Petunias, Dreer'e Single Superb 2.00 



Saxif raga Sarmentosa 3.00 



Salvia, Bonfire 2.00 3.00 



Zurich 3.00 4.00 



Smilax, extra strong 2.00 



Verbenas, red, white, pink and blue ^ 2.00 



Coleus, Verechaffeltii, Golden Bedder, Queen Victoria, Eldorado 2.00 3.00 



Traidescantia, dark variegated 2.00 



Hardy Pompon Chrysanthemums, 76 varieties 2.00 



Write for prices on large lots. We will make interesting 

 special prices for cash. 



R. VINCENT, JR., & SONS CO., "W'-'Xl'" 



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..GERANIUMS.. 



We are sending out fine, strong, young plants ol the lolloiring 



varieties : 



Marvel, finest dark red M. de Castellafie, cherry red 



A. Ricard, orange scarlet 



J. Yiaud, pink Beaute de Poitevine, finest salmon 



Ctsse. de Harcourt, best white. 



$8.60 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 

 These plants, if shifted soon, w^ill make fine 4>in. stock for spring 



sales. 



We also have Decorator, the improved Ricard 



at $4.00 per 100; $36.00 per 1000. 



BAUR S SMITH, 



88th tt. Md 

 Senats Ave., 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



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CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Now ready, from 



2X-inch pots. 



500 Mrs. A. T. Miller 

 2000 Beatrice May 

 1000 Mrs. H. Partrldffe 



SCO Polly Rose 

 500 Xnguebard 

 500 Mra. W. Duokbam 



2000 ISra. Roblnaon 

 2000 W. Duokbam 

 8000 Clay Frlok 

 10«0 Bonnaffon 



I have 100,000 plants ready for shipment in various Icinds and likely I have the 

 Idnd you want. Why not write me anyway, and see? 



CHARLES H. TOTTY, Madison, N. J. 



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