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March 14, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



97 



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



PREPARE FOR EASTER! 



From whom will we purchase our Easter supply? 



From our old friend, GODFREY ASCHMANN, of Philadelphia, of course. He was our man of the past, and 

 he shall be our man this Easter, and, as long as he ships us good plants, he shall be our man in the future. He always 

 treated us right before, and we can rely upon him. What he t^vertises is true and is no bluff. 



What Florists Say About Our Lilies 



Dally visitors to our establishment say: "Yon 

 have the best UUes we ever have seen on our 

 Tlslts to many florists' establishments. We con- 

 gratulate you. You certainly can be proud." 



An immense stock of choice Easter plants, 

 blooming Kaster -week, or earlier, if desired, are 

 now ready for Immediate shipment. Come your- 

 self or mall your order direct to headquarters. 



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. 



Eaiter Lilies, Lilium multiflorum, 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 10-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 

 nothing happens, every customer and others who 

 want lilies. If you see them growing in our 

 greenhouses you must all admit they are "cracker- 

 Jacks." We sell them cheap, too. Where other 

 florists get 15c per bud, we only charge you 10c 

 per bud, for plants in 6-in. pots, having 5, 8, 10 

 and more buds to the plant. Plants under 5 buds, 

 12c per bud, 6-ln. pots. 



Go to Headquarters for Azaleas 



Azalea Indioa 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- 

 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. Vander Cruyssen is the name, 

 originated by the well-known azalea specialist 

 Mr. Vander 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 variety 

 in tiptop condition. Every plant is as round as 

 an apple, covered with buds. Just right for Easter 

 trade, 6, 7 and 8-ln. pots, 75c, $1.00. $1.26, 

 $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 each. NOTICE.— A 

 portion of large size Mme. Vander Cruyssen must 

 be ordered in connection with small sizes, because 

 we were able to get only a limited amount of this 

 variety in smaller sizes. 



Deutsche Ferle. This is the best pure double 

 white, 6-in. pots, 75c. 



Stop makinr those soo-soo eyes! 



How can I help It? 



Aschmann's Uues look bo charmlnar. 



And Aschmann himself is so entrancing — 



That I simply can't resist; I most send him an order today. 

 If you would know the fairest sight your eyes can ever see. 

 Where the most perfect plants are grown, to Aschmann'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 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. 



Niobe, double white, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 

 each, vervaeneana, double variegated, 60c, 75c, 

 $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50 each. De Schryveriana 

 (double variegated), eOc, 75c, $1.00, $1.25. 

 Simon Mardner, double pink, 60c, 75c, $1.00, 

 $1.25 to $1.50 each. 



Frofessenr Welters, $1.00, $1.25 to fl.BO. 

 Fres. Oswald de Keroiiove, $1.00, |1.25 to $2.00. 

 Empress of India, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25 to $1.60. 

 Apollo, best red, $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50 each. Best 

 mixed varieties, such as Helens Thelenuum, 

 Empress of India, Mme. Eiohhaute, etc., 76c, 

 $1.00, $1.25 to $1.50. 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 np. 5^, 6 to 7-in. pots, 26c, 36c, 60c, 

 75c, $1.00, $1.26 to $1.50. 



Frimula Chinensis, in bloom, 4-ln., 10c; 6%-in., 

 $2.00 per doz. 



Cineraria Hyhrida Oraadiflora. Henry F. 

 Michell Co.'s new improved strain. Our plants 

 and flowers of this strain are twice the size of 

 those of other years, with perfect green foliage, 

 almost as big as a bushel basket, 6-ln. pots, 26c, 

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



Dielytra Spectabilis (Bleeding Heart), 6-ln. 

 pots, 35c to 50c. 



Spiraea Gladstone. This variety, owing to the 

 dry summer in Holland last year, will be very 

 scarce this Easter, but we, fortunately, secured 

 enough to fill two houses full, and they are now 

 in fine condition, full of buds, 6 to 7-in. pots, 

 35c, 50c, 75c to $1.00 each ; dozen or 100 the same. 



Ipomoea Noctiflora, purest white moonflower, 

 for which we have a world-wide reputation, now 

 ready, 2%-in. pots, $5.00 per 100. 



HYACINTHS, DAPFODILS, TULIFS. 



Bulbs Imported by ourselves at high prices 

 from flrst-class growers in Holland; and cannot 

 be compared with cheap bulbs flooding the market 

 In the fall. 



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-ln. pots, 10c to 12c; 

 9-ln. pans, edged with Asparagus PJumosus, giv- 

 ing them an attractive appearance, 75c; 10-in. 

 pans, filled with first size Grand Maltre hya- 

 cinths, 2 to 3 flowers to each bulb, 13 to 15 in. 

 high, also edged with Asparagus Plumosus, $1.00 

 per pan. 



Daffodil 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. 



Murlllo 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. Toumesol 

 Tulips, best double tulips, variegated, three bulbs 

 In a pot, $2.00 per dozen pots; $15.00 per 100. 

 9-ln. pans, filled with Tournesol or Murlllo tulips, 

 edged with Asparagus Plumosus, 75c per pan. 

 Pans nicely packed with excelsior, preventing 

 breakage. 



Areca Lutescens, 4-ln., made up of 3 plants, 

 15c, 25c; 5^4-ln., 25c. 



Araucaria Bobusta Compaota, Olauca and Ex- 

 celsa. Our reputation of being one of the largest 



importers and shippers of this beautiful ever- 

 green decorative plant Is so well known, dating 

 far back Into the 19th century, that oar name, 

 as well as the Araucaria itself, shall never die 

 out, and is still fresh In people's minds same 

 as when we first started. Why the Araucaria is 

 so popular Is because it is an ancient plant, kept 

 by Greeks and Romans as a special favorite In 

 their household, as a good omen. 



Arauoaria Bobusta Oompacta, specimen plants, 

 spring 1911 importation, 6 to 7-in. pots, 5 years 

 old, 3 good tiers, 16, 18 to 20 inches high, 24 to 

 26 Inches across, very handsome, $1.50 to $2 00 

 each; small size 6-ln., $1.00. 



Araucaria Ezcelsa Olauca. This Is a beautiful 

 blue variety, very graceful and beantlful. Speci- 

 men plants, 6-in., 7-in., 8-in. pots, 4 and 6 years 

 old, 3, 5 and 6 tiers, 20, 25, 30 and 82 In. high, 

 same In width, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 to $2.00 each. 



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

 6 and 7 tiers, 6-ln. pots, 26, 30, 36 and 40 In 

 high 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.60 to $2.00 each; 

 5^-ln., 3 to 4 tiers, 15, 17 to 20 in. high, 50c to 

 60c; spring 1911 importation. Can meet all 

 applications. 



Kentia Fonterlana, in fine shape, 6% to ein. 

 pots, 4, 5 and 6-year-old, 30, 36, 40 Inches high. 

 75c, $1.00, $1.26, $1.50, $2.00! 



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

 'In. pots, 50c, 60c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.60, $1.76 

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Kentia Belmoreana, combination plants, 3 

 Pl*?**-i° ^^ *°^ '^••°- pots, 25, 30 to 36 Inches 

 high, 75c, $1.00, $1.25 to $1.60 each. This is a 

 special bargain, seldom oCTered. 



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

 high, 60c to 75c; made up, 60c. 



TWO HOXTSES DEVOTED TO FEBNS. 



All in fine condition. The 7 and 8-ln. sizes are 

 as large as a bushel basket — some as large as a 

 washtub; ALL POT-GKOWN. 



Soholzeli and Whitman! ferns, e-ln., 7-ln. and 

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



Boston Ferns, 6H-ln. to ein., 7-ln. and 8-In. 

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



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

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



Kephrolepls Oiatrasii. This is a very band- 

 some fern, resembling the ScottU, but shorter 

 and bushier, with weeping habit, which gives it 

 a very fine appearance and makes It valuable. 

 5, 5% to 6-ln. pots, 40c, 60c; 3 to 4-in., 20c to 26c. 



Ferns for dishes, 2%-ln., assorted, $5.00 per 

 100. 



Asparagus Sprengerl, large 4-in. pots, strong, 

 10c; 2%-in., strong, $4.00 per 100. 



Asparagus Flumosus Nanus, spring 1911 sow- 

 ing, large, busby 4-ln., 10c; large, 3-ln., 12 In. 

 high, $6.00 per 100; 2^-ln., 6, 8 to 10 In. high, 

 suitable for edging pans of hyacinths, tnllDB, 

 etc., $5.00 per 100. 



Bubber plants, 5%-ln. pots, 25c to 30c; 6 and 

 7-in. pots, 25 to 35 in. high, 35c, 40c, 50c, 75c to 

 $1.00. 



We have no catalogue. Order from ad. 



All aroods muat travel at parchaser'd risk. Cash with order, please. Please state if 

 you want stock shipped in or out of pots. All bulbs are now under cover in cold 

 frame and will bloom in two weeks from time of bring^ing them in the greenhouse. 



GODFREY ASCHMANN, 



1018 

 W. Ontario Street, 



XMPORTKR, WHOLBIJUJE GBOWBR AND KHIPPKR OF POT PLANTS 



Philadelphia, Pa, 



