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March 23, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



85 



B^The old reliable firm, GODFREY ASCHNANN, is not connected with any other firm and is more active than ever 



'; Unexpected business prevents us from exhibiting our stock at the Boston Flower Show, March 25, but we 



kindly ask all of our many customers of the past, and now, if possible to come direct to our Establishment, the 

 Great Factory of Live Stock, a Plant Producmg Mill that Never Closes, and make a personal inspection of our 



; ' stock. The Germantown, Chestnut Hill, or Willow Grove trolley, at 13th and 8th and Market, will take you to 



West Ontario street and from there walk two squares east. 



Prepare for Easter 



Keep cool! Don't worry! Don't be downhearted ! Cheer up! Your old, reliable friend of Philadelphia, 

 Godfrey Aschmarin, thinks of you, takes care of you and provides for you in hard times, in war times, in all 

 times. His big stotik and his cheap prices of Easter stock will certainly pull you through Easter, 1911. 



If you would know the fairest sight your eyes 



can ever see, 

 Where the most perfect plants are grown, to 



Ascbmann's come with me. 

 Why! Ne'er since flowers began to bloom was 



such a glorious show 

 Of all the best that florists need found in one 



place to grow. 

 The lilies are the very best yet seen on Easter 



day. 

 Azaleas are whole sheets of flowers, perfect In 



every way. 

 The Araucarias matchless ure, so are the ferns 



all green, 

 With bulbs, and plumed Splraoa, the best you've 



ever seen. 

 And Aschmann gives a challenge, let every florist 



hear. 

 For flowers or prices, either, no rival does he fear. 

 If you wish to gather dollars like violets in 



tin- spring. 

 Then send your largest order, his plants the cash 



win bring. 



Our reputation in growing Easter plants for 

 the wholesale market, to which we ship all over 

 the entire country, Canada and Mexico, from 

 the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, for many 

 years past, is sufficient guarantee to prove our 

 ability. 



No joke— we have this year an immense 



stock of Lilies— lilies to burn, to 



beat the band. Order now 



Easter Lilies, LUinm multlflorum, 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 lO-in. bulbs, and therefore he 

 ships to us the cream of the plants of Japan. 

 We have lilies this year to burn; can supply, If 

 oothing 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 per bud, we only charge 

 you lOo per bud, for plants in O-in. pots, having 

 .">, 8, 10 and more buds to the plant. Plantn 

 under 5 buds, 12c per bud, 6-in. pots; in all 

 heights, green as grass, good foliage from bottom 

 v.p. 



Spiraea Gladstone for Easter 



What is a Home? What is a Store? What is 

 a Church? What is an Easter present without 

 baving a few plants of the so much admired and 

 so greatly in demand Spiraea Gladstone? Oh, 

 those charming sprays of beautiful pure white 

 flowers! And the foliage, too, with its waxy, 

 deep green color is a jewel in itself. Mixed with 

 beaatiful lilies and other blooming plants it will 

 complete the flower decorations for yonr happy. 

 Joyful Easter of 1911. Knowing the great de- 

 mand for this plant the past Easters, when not 

 half onr customers could be supplied, we are 

 well prepared this year for the rush and in 

 spite of the scarcity last fall In Holland when 

 other florists' supplies were cut short by Holland 

 growers, we were fortunate in obtaining enough 

 of the bulbs to flll two houses and we are able 

 to supply all incoming orders promptly; 5%, 6 

 to 7-in. pots, full of buds and flowers, and some 

 are as big as a wash tub, 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c and 

 $1.00 each; dozen or more the same. 



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 four 

 bouses full of the choicest. Only best well- 

 known American varieties are Imported, and are 



now in excellent condition, covered with buds. 

 Just right for Easter. We ship only good stock, 

 fall of buds and flowers. 



What is the naiiie of the best double pink 

 azalea? Ume. Van der Cruyssen is the name, 

 originated by the well-known azalea specialist 

 Mr. Van der Cruyssen of Belgium. Millions are 

 raised every year and shlppea 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. 6 to 7-in. pots, 75c. $1.00, |1.25, 

 $1.50 to $2.00 each. 



Deutsche Ferle. This is the best pure double 

 white, 6-ln. pots, 50c, 75c, $1.00 to $1.50. 



Bernard Andrea alba (white). We have 

 mostly big plants, $1.50, $2.00 to $3.00 each; 

 a few smaller sizes, 75c, $1.00 to $1.25; Niobe, 

 also white, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 to $2.00 

 each. Yervaeneana, De Schryveriana (double 

 variegated), 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 to 

 $2.50. Simon Mardner, 50c, 75c to $1.00. Em- 

 pereur du BresU, 75c to $1.00. 



$1.25 to $1.60. 

 $1.25 to $2.00. 



Professeur Wolterg, 75c, $1.00, 



Pres. Oswald de Kerchove, $1.00, ^ ._ , 



Empress of India, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50-to 

 $2.()0. Apollo (red), 50c, 60c, 75c to $1.00. Other 

 good varieties, such as Helens Thelemann, etc., 

 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 to -$2.00. 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. 



Hydrangea Otaksa never was as good As this 

 year, green as grass, full of buds, every branch 

 stocked up. 5^1, 6 to 7-ln. pots, 35c, 50c, 

 75c, $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50. 



Xurillo Tulips, double, pinkish pearl, valued 

 very highly as a pot tulip, 3 bulbs in a 4-ln. pot. 

 $1.80 per dozen pots; $14.00 per 100; right for 

 Easter. 



Toumesol Tulips, best double tulips, varie- 

 gated, three bulbs in a 4-in. pot. $1.80 per dozen 

 pots; $14.00 per lOQ; right for Easter. 



Primula Obconica. 

 dozen. 



5-in., $2.00 to $2.50 per 



Cinerarias for Caster 



Readers, Just a second! I wish to call your 

 attention to a house full of Cioeraria Hybrida 

 Orandiflora for Easter, which has no equal. If 

 you are not fortunate enough to see them growing 

 in our establishment, then Just imagine yourself 

 in Paradise, a flower garden in Eden, your eyes 

 feasting on a mass of flowers of many various 

 high colors. This is the condition of onr 

 Cineraria house at Easter time, with onr new 

 improved strain, with many thousands 6-in. pot 

 plants of medium tall sizes; some of the plants 

 having Immense heads of flowers, twice as big 

 as those of the ordinary varieties, the plants 

 being as big as a bushel basket; 6-ln. pots, 25c, 

 35c, 50c, 75c and $1.00 each. 



Ipomoea Nootiflora, purest white moonflower, 

 for which we have a world-wide reputation, now 

 ready, 2i^-in. pots, $5.00 per 100. 



Hyacinths, four best colors. King of the Blues 

 (dark blue), Grand Maitre (light blue), Gertrude 

 (best pink). La Grandesse (best white), right 

 for Easter, in cold frame, 4-in. pots, 10c to 12c. 



Crimson Bambler, nicely staked up. 30, 36. 40, 

 .TO Inches high, 75c, $1.00 to $1.50. 



DaiTodil Von Sion, double-nosed bulbs. This 

 is the best double yellow narcissus in existence. 

 5H to 6-in. pots. 3 bulbs in one pot. $2.60 to 

 $3.00 per dozen pots; right for Easter. 



Araucaria Bobusta Compaota, specimen plants, 

 spring 1010 importation, 6 to 7-ln. pots, 6 years 

 old, 3 good tiers. 20, 25 and 30 inches high, same 

 in width, very handsome, $1.50 to $2.00 each. 



Arauoarla Ezcelsa Olauoa. This is a beauti- 

 ful blue variety, very graceful and beautiful. 

 Specimen plants, 6-ln., 7-ln., 8-ln. pots, 4 and 5 

 years old, 4, 5 and 6 tiers, 20, 25, 30 and 32 in. 

 high, same In width, $1.25. $1.50, $1.78 to $2.00 

 each; spring 1910 Importation. 



Araucaria Excelga, 3, 4 and 5 years old, 4, 6. 

 6 and 7 tiers. 6-ln. pots. 25. 30, 35 and 40 in. 

 hisrh, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 to $2.00 each. Can 

 meet all applications; spring 1910 importation. 



Scholiell and Whitmani ferns, 6-ln., 7-ln. and 

 8-in. pots, 60c. 76c. $1.00. $1^5 to $1.60. 



Boston Ferns. 5% -In.. 6-ln. and 7-in. pots. 40c. 

 50c, 75c to $1.()0. 



Scottii Ferns, 5V6-ln. to 6-ln., 7-in, and 8-in. 

 pots, 40c, 50c, 75c, $1.00. $1.26 to $1.60. 



Nephrolepis Giatrasii. This is a very hand- 

 some fern, resembling the Scottii, but shorter 

 and bushier, with weeping habit, which gives it 

 a very fine appearance and makes It valuable. 

 5, 5V4 to 6-in. pots, 40c, 50c and 75c: small 

 4-in.. 25c. 



Ferns for dishes, 2^-in.. assorted. $4.00 per 



lUU. 



Asparagus Spren^eri, 4-in. pots, strong, 10c; 

 2'/. -in., strong, $4.00 per 100. 



Kentia Forsteriana, in flne shape, S\i to 6-ln. 

 pots, 4, 5 and 6-year-old, 30, 35, 40 and 46 inches 

 high, 75c, $1.00, $1.25. $1.50, $2.00 to $2.60. 



Kentia Belmoreana, 5, 6 to 7-year-old. 6 to 

 7-in. pots, $1.25, $1.50 to $2.00 each. 



Kentia Belmoreana, combination plants, S 

 plants in 6 and 7-in. pots, 26, 30 to 36 inches 

 high. $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50 each. This is • 

 special bargain, seldom offered. 



Latania Borbonica, 6 to 7-in. pots. 30 inches 

 high, 50c to 75c. 



Dracaena Bruanti, 6-ln. pots, 25 to 30 inches 

 high, 40c to 60c. 



Begonia Rex, 3 varieties. 5U-in. pots. 20c to 

 2oc. 



We have no catalogue; this is our lowest cash 

 price. 



All goods must travel at purchaser's risk. Cash with order, please. Please state if 



you want stock shipped in or out of pots. 



GODFREY ASCHMANN, . 



1012 



Ontario St., 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



Importer, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of Pot Plants. 



