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April 6, 1011. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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■^*The old reliable firm, GODFREY ASCHNANN, is not connected w^ith any other firm and is more active than ever 



Unexpected business prevented 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 Producing 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 Aschmann, thinks of you, takes care of you and provides for you in hard times, in war times, in all 

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



If you would know the fairest sight your eyes 



can eTer see, 

 Where the most perfect plants are grown, to 



Ascbmann'g come with me. 

 Why! Ne'er since flowers began to bloom was 



such a glorious show 

 ()f all the best that florists need found in one 



place to grow. 

 The lutes are the very best yet seen on Easter 



day. 

 Azaleas are whole sheets of flowers, perfect In 



every way. 

 The Araucarlas matchless are, so are the ferns 



all green. 

 With bulbs, and plumed Spiraea, 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 



the spring. 

 Then send your largest order, his plants the cash 



will 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 

 ■bility. 



No joke— we have this year an immense 



stock of Lilies— Lilies to burn, to 



beat the band. Order now 



Easter Lilies, Lllium 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 lOin. bulbs, and therefore he 

 ships to us the cream of the plants of Japan. 

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

 nothing 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 6-in. pots, having 

 n, R, 10 and more buds to the plant. Plants 

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

 heights, green as grass, good foliage from Iwttom 

 up. Owing to lilies getting dearer every year, 

 tully 30 per cent of them have to be dumped 

 (we only keep the healthy ones for our cus- 

 tomers and others), illy growing is not profitable 

 and, as we sell our lilies cheap, it would be 

 very much appreciated if some other plants would 

 be included in the order. 



liraea Gladstone for Easter 



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

 a Church? What is an Easter present without 

 having a few plants of the so much admired and 

 80 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 

 beautiful lilies and other blooming plants it will 

 complete the flower cTecoratlons for your happy. 

 Joyful Easter of 1911. Knowing the great de- 

 mand for this plant the past Easters, when not 

 half our 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 fill two houses and we are able 

 to supply ail incoming orders promptly; 514, 6 

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

 iire as big as a wash tub. 35c. 50c, 75c and 

 $1.00 each; dozen or more the same. 



Go to tieadquartcrs 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 

 houses full of the choicest. Only best well- 



Spi 



known American varieties are Imported, and are 

 now in excellent condition, covered with buds. 

 Just right for Easter. We ship only good stock, 

 full of buds and flowers. 



What is the name of the best double pink 

 azalea? Mme. Van der Cruysien is the name, 

 originated by the well-known azalea specialist 

 Mr. Van der Cruyssen of Belgium. Millions are 

 raised every year and shipped 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. Have only a limited number 

 of small sizes, so the larger ones, such as the 

 $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00 sizes, must be taken in 

 connection with the 75c and $1.00 sizes. 



SeutBche Ferle. This is the best pure double 

 white, 6-in. 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. Verraeneana, De Schryveriana (double 

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



$2.. no. Simon Mardner, 50c. 7,")c to $1.00. Em- 

 pereur du Bresil, 75c to $1.00. Anna Ounkel, 

 pure double white, 75c to $1.00. 



Pres. Oswald de Kerchove, $1.00, $1.25 to $2.00. 

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

 $2.00. Apollo (red), 50c, 60c, 75c to $1.00. Other 



food varieties, such as Helene Thelemann, etc., 

 5c, $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. 6 to 7-ln. 

 pots, 4, 5, 6 and 7 beads of flowers to the plant, 

 every branch nicely staked up, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, 

 $1.50 to $2.00 each; Just right for Easter trade, 

 never were more so than this year. 



Murillo Tulips, double, pinkish pearl, valued 

 very highly as a pot tulip, 3 bulbs In a 4-in. 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 100; right for Easter. 



Cinerarias for Faster 



Readers, Just a second! I wish to call yonr 

 attention to a house full of Cineraria Hytoida 

 Orahdiflora 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 oar 

 Cineraria house at Easter time, with our new 

 improved strain, with many thousands 0-ln. pot 



Elants of medium tali sizes; some of the plaota 

 aving 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, 2Sc, 

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



Ipomoea Noctiflora, purest white moonflower, 

 for which we have a world-wide reputation, now 

 re.tdy, 2V^-in. pots, $5.00 per 100. 



Hyacinths, four best colors. King of the Blues 

 (dark blue). Grand Maltre (light blue), Gertrude 

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

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



Crimson Rambler, 6-in. pots, nicely staked up 

 and branches bend down, full of flowers and buds, 

 36, 40 to 45 Inches high, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 

 to $2.00; big value for the money. 



Daffodil Von Sion, double-nosed bulbs. This 

 is the best double yellow narcissus in existence. 

 5^ to 6-in. pots, 3 bulbs in one pot, $2.50 to 

 $3.00 per dozen pots; right for Easter. 



Araucaria Bobusta Compaota, specimen plants, 

 spring 1910 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. 



Arauoaria Ezcelaa Olauca. This is a beauti- 

 ful blue variety, very graceful and beautiful. 

 Specimen plants, 6-in., 7-in., 8-in. 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, $1.75 to $2.00 

 each; spring 1910 importation. 



Araucaria Excelsa, 3, 4 and 5 years old, 4, 6, 

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

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

 meet all applications; spring 1910 importation. 



Scholzeli and Whitman! ferns, e-in., 7-in. and 

 8-ln. pots, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50. 



Boston Ferns, 5^-in., 6-in. and 7-in. pots, 40c, 

 50c, 75c to $1.(30. 



Scottii Ferns, SV^-in. to 6-in., 7-in. and 8-ln. 

 pots, 40c, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50. 



Nephrolepis Oiatrasii, 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, 5^ to 6-in. pots, 40c, 50c and 75c; small 

 4-in., 25c. 



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

 100. 



Asparagus Sprengeri, 4-in. pots, strong, 10c; 

 21^-in., strong, $4.00 per 100. 



Asparagus Flumosus Nanus, 214-in., 3c; 4-in., 

 10c. 



Kentia Forsteriana, In fine shape, 5Vi to 6-in. 

 pots, 4, 5 and 6-year-old, 30, 35, 40 and 45 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-ln. pots, $1.25, $1.50 to $2.00 each. 



Kentia Belmoreana, combination plants, • 

 plants in 6 and 7-ln. pots, 25, 30 to 35 inches 

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

 special bargain, seldom offered. 



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

 high, 50c to 75c. 



Dracaena Bnianti, 6-in. pots, 25 to 30 Inches 

 high, 40c to 60c. 



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

 25c. 



We have no catalogue; this is our lowest cash 



price. 



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



you w^ant stock shipped in or out of pots. 



GODFREY ASCHMANN, .r^^. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Importer, Wholesale Grower and Shipper of Pot Plants. 



