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December 26, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



31 



. RAEDLEIN 

 ART BASKETS 



Are the kind upon which you 

 can build business and hold it 



OUR NEW CATALOGUE IS READY 

 WRITE FOR ONE 



RAEDLEIN BASKET CO. 



713-17 Nilwaukec Afe., CHICAGO 



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First Grade Valley 



AT ALL TIMES 



Prices right. Prompt shipments. 



PONCE De LEON FLORAL CO. 



ATLANTA, GA. 



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a fair supply. Freesias are more abun- 

 dant than is usual at this season; so, 

 also, are Paper Whites, Romans and 

 Trumpet Majors. In cattleyas the price 

 is $4 per dozen for C. Percivaliana and 

 $6 to $9 for Trianse and late labiata. 

 Gardenias bring splendid prices. Aspar- 

 agus, adiantum and smilax are all in 

 heavy demand. Greenery, such as lau- 

 rel, boxwood, holly, ground pine, etc., 

 is scarce and bringing much higher 

 prices than usual. Some of the holly is 

 well berried, but there is, as usual, 

 much poor material. 



Christmas is each year becoming more 

 of a plant holiday,* and the trade in 

 plants almost overshadows the business 

 done in cut flowers. The high prices 

 of the latter turn many buyers of mod- 

 erate means to plants, for which a 

 small outlay gives better returns. The 

 leading sellers in plants are azaleas, 

 Otaheite oranges, ardisias, Cincinnati 

 begonias, cyclamens. Primula obconica 

 and Sinensis, ericas, poinsettias and 

 ferns. Poinsettias are in great demand 

 and are unusually well grown. 



Various Notes. 



F. J. Dolansky has a window con- 

 taining thirty-six Cattleya TriansB in 

 flower at Galvin's Back Bay store; 

 they are finely bloomed and show that 



^^ Finished in Qold \. 



HART'S HANDY HANDLE 



FOR PLANT DECORATION 



PRICES 



Per doz. 



No. 1 $2.50 



No. 2 3.50 



No. 3 4.00 



No. 4 5.00 



No. 6 6.50 



Gives you the 

 opportunity to 

 place the decora- 

 tion where it is 

 most needed. 



For decorating plants. 

 Fastens securely on the 

 pot. Used in connection 

 with Porto Rican Mats or 

 Crepe paper will increase 

 the value of your plants 

 100% at a nominal cost. 



Used by all 

 the leading^riorists 

 throughout the 

 country. 



24 to 30 Stone St., GEO. B. HART, Rochester, N. Y. 



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their culture is well understood. Mr. 

 Dolansky has a splendid cut of gar- 

 denias, some with 18-inch to 24-inch 

 stems, for the holidays. 



Carbone, at his charmingly arranged 

 Boylston street store, is this season do- 

 ing an immense plant trade. His pink 

 poinsettias are having quite a run. Their 

 color is specially good under artificial 

 light. A great business is done here in 

 Italian and other ware, and all hands 

 are kept hustling. 



Joseph Margolis, of H. M. Bobinson 

 & Co., reports a marked scarcity in aU 

 lines of holiday greenery and wreath- 

 ing, and wreaths are selling much 

 higher. Marked activity is to be seen 

 in all their departments. 



Littlefield & Wyman, of North Ab- 

 ington, have a good Christmas crop of 

 their carnations, White Wonder, Pink 

 Delight, Beacon and White Enchantress. 

 Two rose-pink seedlings, both from the 

 same seed pod, are particularly good. 



B. P. Winch, of Framingham, through 



MAGNOLIA LEAVES 



Preoerred and dyed, suitable (or all 

 decora tlona. 



ABIKRICAN OAK SPRATS 



Natui-al-prepared. 

 Write for free samples. 



OVE GNATT, Hammond, Ind. 



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J. S. Mauter, is disposing of excellent 

 Benora, Pink Delight and Beacon car- 

 nations, and the finest flowers of J. 

 Nonin mums I have seen at this late 

 season, at the Boston Flower Exchange. 



J. A. Budlong & Son Co., of Auburn, 

 B. I., have Killarney Queen roses with 

 36-inch stems. Their Richmond, Double 

 White Killarney and Hillingdon are all 

 good. 



In the report of the meeting of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Clxxh in the 

 last issue of The Beview, mention was 

 inadvertently omitted of a fine speci- 



