January 5, 1011. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



53 



XXX SEEDS 



CYCLAMEN GIGANTEUM, finest glantf 



mixed, 250 seeds, |1.00; % pkt., 60c. 

 PETUNIA STAR, improved, finest marked 



flowers, very fine, pkt., 20c. 

 PETUNIA GIANT, single fringed, large 



and fine, pkt., 20c. 

 PETUNIA GIANT, DOUBLE FRINGED, 



very fine and true, pkt., 50c. 

 SALVIA BONFIRE, finest grown, brilliant 



scarlet and compact, large pkt., 20c. 

 PHLOX DRUM. PUMILA, very dwarf, 



grand for pots, fine color, pkt., 20c. 

 CHINESE PRIMROSE, finest grown, sln- 



-gle and double, mixed, 600 seeds, Sl.OO: 



% pkt., 60c. 

 PRIMULA KEWENSIS, the grand new 



sweet-scented yellow Primrose, pkt., 20c. 

 CINERARIA, large-flowering, dwarf, 



mixed, 1000 seeds, 60c; i^ pkt., 26c. 

 GIANT PANSY, finest ^rown, critically 



selected, 6000 seeds, ?1.00; % pkt., 60c; 



oz., $2.50. Pkt. Mme. Perret with every 



$1.00 pkt. 

 COLEUS, New Hybrids, fine colors, pkt., 



20c. Grand. The best new giants. 

 LOBELIA EMPEROR WILLIAM, dwarf, 



very dark blue, white eye, finest of all 



the Lobelias, pkt., 20c. 

 TORENIA FOURNIERI, new giant, extra 



fine pot plant, pkt., 20c. Showy. 

 CANDYTUFT, new giant hyacinth-flow- 

 ered; a great cutter, pkt., 20c. 

 ANTIRRHINUM novelties. Defiance, fiery 



scarlet; Black Prince, nearly black; 



Queen Victoria, finest white; separate 



or mixed, pkt., 20c. All new giants. 

 SWEET WILLIAM, new colors of large 



white centered, fine, pkt., 20c. 

 COLUMBINE, new blue with yellow spurs, 



extra, pkt., 20c. A grand novelty. 

 SHAMROCK, Irish green, pkt, 20c. 

 VERBENA, Improved Mammoth, finest 



giants grown, mixed or separate of 



white, scarlet, pink, striped and auri- 

 cula-eyed. Large trade pkt., 26c. 



CASH. Liberal extra count. 



JOHN r. RUPP, florist Seedsman. 



Shiremansto'ven, Pa. 



Mention Tbe Review when you write. 



Sow Now 



Our Catalogue of new stocks of 

 Seasonable Seeds has been mailed. 

 Should it not have reached you, 

 a postal will bring another. 



Cold Storage Lilies a specialty. 



YUESS GARDENS COMPANY 



Seedsmen and Florists 

 NEWBUR6H, N. T. 



Mention The Keview when you write. 



SPECIAL OFFER 



F. O. B. TOUR DKPOT 



Prices bold arood as Iodk as stock on band. 1000 



Hracinths, mixed, colors separate $20.00 



miniature, true to name 18.00 



'2nd size, in the leadinK varieties. 36.00 



Ist size. In tbe leading varieties. . 60.00 



Tulips, slncrle. finest mixed, colors separate.. 7.00 



Artus 10.00 



Kelzerskroon 11.00 



lAKeine 8.00 



" Narcissus von Sion, double nose, 



extra fine 19.00 



Spiraea Gladstone, flne heavy clamps, extra, per 



100, $9.00 to $12.00. 

 Spiraea Queen Alexandra, fine clumps, per 

 100. $16.00. 



F. W. 0. SCHMITZ, Importer. Priice Bay. N. Y. 



#P.RIIVIUt£^ 



^:^-icK.:,,X. 



The best strains in existence. Chinensis. large 

 flowerinff fringed. Obconica Hybrids, unriraled 

 Bonsdorier and Lattman strains, large flowering, 

 large flowering fringed and Oigantea. 

 J. L. SOaiLIilB, M* Pnstr At«.. ToI*««. Okie 



better favor with the better trade than 

 last year. 



Carnations, which have been in short 

 crop and for which high prices were 

 asked, took quite a tumble before it 

 was all over, and there were more than 

 enough to go around. The better shops 

 do not push carnations hard, stating 

 that there is not enough profit in them, 

 as the street stands seem to keep the 

 prices down t6o low. It is also asserted 

 that they are unsatisfactory, on account 

 of the poor keeping qualities of some 

 of the varieties now grown. Lilies sold 

 unusually well for Christmas, and all 

 other novelties sold about as usual. 



The week between Christmas and 

 New Year's was slower than usual, but 

 on Saturday things awakened and there 

 was some hustling, with the probability 

 that a fine New Year's trade would be 

 the result. 



On the wtole, the larger city shops 

 undoubtedly did well aijd most of the 

 complaint comes from the smaller deal- 

 ers in and out of the city, who did 

 not do as well as in other years. About 

 one-half as many Christmas trees were 

 lost as were sold, and few tree men 

 made money. The commission men were 

 stuck with holly and wreaths. 



' Various Notes. 



G. P. Weaklen paid the penalty of 

 overwork, being confined to bed from 

 Monday until Saturday, when business 

 forced him back, although far from 

 well. 



Mrs. E. A. Williams has been having 

 a series of entertainments, including 

 two large balls, which have kept her 

 forces working night and day for the 

 last two weeks. Now Mrs. Williams 

 says it is not business she wants — it is 

 just a little rest. 



Randolph & McClements not only re- 

 port the best Christmas they ever had, 

 but say that there have been more 

 social doings than in the last two years 

 combined, and at this writing they are 

 arranging one of the largest affairs that 

 will probably tike place this winter. 



De Forest Ludwig, "^o is now a stu- 

 dent at Cornell, has b^n home for the 

 holidays. E. C. Ludwig dropped the 

 Christmas tree and green business and 

 gave his entire attention to his cut 

 flower business, with most satisfactory 

 results. Christmas was certainly, good 

 to him. 



The express companies had the usual 

 number of boxes of cut flowers which 

 were refused on account of late de- 

 liveries. 



The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. has 

 been receiving some fine Yellow Trum- 

 pet narcissi and yellow and pink tulips. 

 They are feeling good over their holi- 

 day trade. 



Mrs. J. Elicker, of Homestead, Pa., 

 wound up her New Year's business with 

 a big bunch of funeral work, which 

 would have made a big day's business 

 alone. 



To Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gerwig, for 

 Christmas, a daughter. 



Howard Carney was one of the suc- 

 cessful candidates in the Pittsburg Dis- 

 patch coupon contest, winning a player 

 piano. Hoo-Hoo. 



Schenectady, N. Y.— Clark Witbeck, 

 a dealer in hardware and agricultural 

 implements at 416-418 State street, has 

 let a contract to Hitchings & Co. for 

 the erection of a greenhouse, and in- 

 tends to grow stock for commercial 

 purposes. 



Shakespeare is said to have 

 possessed a brain vocabulary 

 of about 15,000 words; Web- 

 ster about 8000; while the 

 average man has perhaps 

 1000. Now, the English 

 language is simple as com- 

 pared with the Japanese. 

 The modern printer in Japan 

 must make a selection from 

 about 8000 characters to "set 

 up" even an ordinary story. 

 These characters stand for 

 words and sometimes whole 

 sentences. Just think it over 

 before you begin to study 

 that interesting language. 



The Japanese children now 

 study English in many 

 schools in Japan and in the 

 course of time it will not be 

 so difficult to get together. 

 Perhaps then we can go into 

 the bulb fields and talk 

 English to the growers. It 

 can't be done now, however, 

 and it takes a well educated 

 Japanese to be a successful 

 bulb merchant. Mr. Aral is 

 one of the ablest men in the 

 business; a man conversant 

 with all the ins and outs, the 

 people, their products, and 

 the value of a lily bulb from 

 A to Z. He is personally in 

 the fields much of the time 

 and among the growers all of 

 the time. Horseshoe Brand 

 Lily Bulbs are marketed 

 under his personal supervi- 

 sion and they are the choicest 

 from the Orient. 



The prices are reasonable 

 — write us. 



RALPH N. WARD 

 &C0. 



12 West Broadway 



NEW YORK 



All varieties and sizes of 

 Cold Storage Bulbs on hand 



Not How Cheap 

 Bat Hew Good 



