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Mabch 14, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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SPECIAL NOTICE 



The HacNiff Horticultural Co. 



62 VESEY ST., NEW YORK 



are now receiving their regular Holland ehipments of Roses, Rhodo- 

 dendrons, Conifers, Flowering: Shrubs, Fancy-shaped Boxwoods, 

 Buch as Chickens, Bee Hives, etc.; also Caladiums, Tuberoses and 

 Tuberous-rooted Begonia Bulbs. 



AUCTION SALE 



on TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS of each week until end of June. 



EVERGREENS will be offered at 1 1 o'clock, 



ROSES at 12:30 o'clock 



Send for our Auction and Seed Catalogues 

 R. W. IMacNIFF, Auctioneer LOUIS SCHMUTZ, JR., Sec'y 



Mention The Review when yon wnt«L 



LEEDLE ROSES 



Big Values— see ad page 83, March 7 



< ^LEEDLE«r!a.a 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Seasonable Stock You Will Want. 



Ampelopslfl Veltohil, 1-year-old. $4.00 per 100; 



2-year-old, $8.00 per 100. Fine field grown stock, 



long, live tops. 

 Clematis Panlculata, xx Held grown vines, 



2 and 3-year-old. at $7.00 and $8.00 per 100. 

 Lots of Privet, all sizes; shrubs and vines, 

 bulbs, etc., low. Get my list; It will pay you. 



BENJ. CONNELL, FUrist, Nerehantville, N. J. 



Mention The Kevlew when you write. 



for shipment in interstate or foreign 

 commerce, or which shall be sold or 

 offered for sale within the District of 

 Columbia or the territories of the 

 . United States, shall be as follows : 



"Apples of one variety, which are 

 well grown specimens, hand picked, of 

 good color for the variety, normal 

 shape, practically free from insect and 

 fungus injury, bruises and other de- 

 fects, except such as are necessarily 

 caused in the operation of packing, or 

 apples of one variety which are not 

 more than ten per centum below the 

 foregoing specifications, shall be ' United 

 States standard size A,' if the minimum 

 size of the apples is two and one-half 

 inches in transverse diameter; or 

 'United States standard size B,' if the 

 minimum size of the apples is two and 

 one-fourth inches in transverse diameter; 

 or 'United States standard size C,' if 

 the minimum size of the apples is two 

 inches in transverse diameter." 



PITTSBXJEaH. 



The Market. 



The wholesale florists say that Pitts- 

 burgh once had the name of being a 



WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING 



High Grade Surplus Stock 



Orders subject to stock being: unsold upon receipt of order. 



10,000 White Pine, 3-4 ft., trans- 

 planted, 25c. 

 4,t00 Douglas Fir, 21^-3 ft., 26c. 

 1,000 English Ivy, 5-in. pots, 20c. 

 3,000 Japanese Tree Lilacs, 4-6-ft., 



18c. 

 3,000 Japanese Tree Lilacs, 3-4-ft., 



15c. 

 5,000 Indian Currant, 3-ft., 6c. 

 3,000 Hop Tree, 4-ft., 8o. 

 6,000 Acer Ginnala, 4-ft., 12c. 

 3,000 Trumpet Vine, 3 yrs., 7c. 

 10,000 Hardy Chrysanthemums, in 6 

 best varieties, from 2^ -in. pots, 4c. 

 10,000 Double Garden Pinks, in 6 best 



varietiM/from 2^-in. pots, 4c. 

 10,000 J-afKspur, in variety, from 2^2- 

 in. pots, 6c. 



5,000 Iris Orientalis, Var. Snow 

 Queen, 6c. 



5,000 Iris Pumila, 6c. 



4,000 Eulalia Gracillima, 4c. 



5,000 Funkia Sieboldiana, 3c. 



5,000 Boltonia Latisquama, 3c. 



5,000 Boltonia Asteroides, 3c. 



5,000 Delphinium Chinensis, 4c. 

 10,000 Helianthemum, in variety, 

 4c. 



5,000 Iris Sibirica, 4c. 



4,000 Spiraea Astilboides, Var. Flori- 

 bunda, 4c. 



2,000 Spiraea Filipendula, Fl. PI.. 4c. 



5,000 Platycodon Grandiflorum,3i2C. 

 10,000 Phlox Subulata, in variety, 3^20. 



3,000 Physostegia Virginiana, 4c. 

 10,000 Hemerocallis, in variety, 3c. 



Send for our Wholesale! Price List. 



The New England Nurseries Co., Bedford, Mass. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



high priced cut flower city, but that 

 the last year has proved it to be one 

 of the cheapest cities in the country in 

 which to buy flowers, and all this not- 

 withstanding the immense amount of 

 coal consumed this winter and the 

 higher price of greenhouse labor than 

 in former years. But with the greater 

 amount of flowers grown here and the 

 quantities brought in by the commission 

 men, prices must be made low in order 

 to dispose of the stock. 



The last week was a record-breaker 

 for the season for the amount of stock 



disposed of; the prices were corre- 

 spondingly low and, of course, the 

 growers are the sufferers. The retailers 

 all seem to be doing something. Sev- 

 eral good funerals helped to use up a 

 good deal of fine stock, but they had 

 no trouble securing all they wanted. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists ' Club met Tuesday even- 

 ing, March 5, with a large attendance. 

 Two new menibers were elected and 

 twenty new names were proposed for 

 membership — a good record for Fresi- 



