Mat 22, 1013. 



The Florists^ Review 



91 



DlioiDii Plants lor Immeiliale Shipinenl 



A wonderful clock at Cur Saal, in 

 Interlachen, Switzerland, one of the 

 most famous and biggest tourist hotels 

 of the world. The biggest wonder of 

 nature the world has ever seen. 



See that clock? It is made of 

 flowers! 



It has hands and shows the time! 



See that little house in the rear, also 

 made of flowers! There is hidden a 

 mechanism that strikes the quarter, 

 half and the hour. What do you think 

 this clock is made oft It is made of 

 plants of brilliancy — mostly of dwarf 

 begonias, the Vernon type, short va- 

 riety, pink and red. The head gar- 

 dener, the creator of this clock, of this 

 famous, world-wide known hotel at In- 

 terlachen, Switzerland, has been offered 

 a fortune by American and other mil- 

 lionaires of the world, to make them a 

 clock similar to this, but he declined 

 the offers, saying that he was hired by 



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the hotel company for the next ten 

 years. I was fortunate enough, during 

 my visit there, to obtain from the head 

 gardener, the creator of this clock, a 

 supply of seed and stock plants of those 

 beautiful varieties of begonias to raise 

 a sufficient crop of about 50,000 young 

 plants in 2%, 3 and 4-inch pots for you 

 to use in a similar clock, carpet bed or 

 other outside work. A bed of these 

 begonias, pink, the Erfordii, or the 

 bright red improved Vernon, is a joy 

 forever. Constant bloomers, stay al- 

 ways short and bushy, the hot rays of 

 the sun have no bad effect on them. 

 They can be grown in a sunny or shady 

 place. We can sell you large 4-inch 

 pot plants, either of the improved Er- 

 fordii, the beautiful pink, or the dark 

 bright red improved Vernon, at 10c, 

 $10.00 per 100; 3-inch, $7.00 per 100; 

 21^-inch, $5.00 per 100. 25 at 100 rate. 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA OUR SPECIALTY, April, 1912, Im- 

 portation, 514, 5%, 6-lnch pots, 5, 6, 7 tiers, 25, 30 to 35 Inches 

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



JUST ARRIVED from Ghent, Belgium, per S. S. Marquette, 

 a new consignment of Araucaria Excelsa, suitable for 6, 5Vi, 

 and 6-ln. pots, to be reshipped in their original packing, 3, 4, 5 

 and 6 tiers, 12, 14, 16 and 18 in. high, at 40c, 50c, 60c and 75c; 

 Compacta Robusta or Excelsa Glauca, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. 



IPOMOEA NOCTI FLORA (Moonvlne) 

 "Isn't that a sight?" "A sight; yes, more than a sight. 

 The greatest show I ever witnessed," explained one to another 

 gazing from the other side, pointing at an old, fashionable 

 residence. There, exposed in the moonliglit, was a heap of 

 waxy, large, white, fragrant flowers. "What kind of a vine 

 is that?" they asked one of another. "It is that so well-reputed 

 white-flowered moonvlne," answered a gentleman, hearing the 

 conversation of the two. "Godfrey Aschmann, of Philadelphia, 

 is the man who raises them and ships thenti all over the entire 

 country. It Is a rapid grower and a constant bloomer; grows 

 50 feet high In one season. Nothing better for quick shade; 

 grows everywhere, on the garden walls, the roof gardens, the 

 barns and all around the houses and arbors, covering everything 

 in a remarkably short time. Thrives well in any soil. The 

 botanical name is IPOMOEA NOCTI FLORA." We raise them 

 by the 100,000, and It is one of our great specialties. Thirty-five 

 years on the market. It bears an abundance of sweet, pure 

 white, waxy flowers as big as a saucer. Nothing Is more 

 amusing than watching them when opening. 2% -Inch pots, 

 per 100. $5.00; 4-lnch, $12.00 per 100. Now is the time to plant. 

 Danger of frost is now over. 



ALEXANDRA DAISIES, 5%-lnch pots, bushy, 20c to 25c. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA, 4-lnch, strong. In bloom, 10c; 5^4- 

 Inch, 15c to 20c. 



CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSES, 6-lnch pots, suitable for out- 

 door planting, 3 to 4 feet high, 50c. 



GERANIUMS, 4-lnch pots, S. A. Nutt, best scarlet; Buchner, 

 white; E. G. HHI, salmon; Beaute Poltevlne, salmon. 



SCARLET SAGE, Bonfire and Zurich, 4-inch, $7.00 per 100; 

 2% -inch, $3.00 per 100; 3-inch, $5.00 per 100. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS AND SPRENGERI, large 4-inch, 

 10c; 3-lnch, 7c; 2%-inch, 4c. 



FUCHSIAS, assorted, 4-lnch, 7c. 



LEMON VERBENA, 4-lnch, 7c. 



ZINNIA ELEGANS, assorted. 2%-inch, $3.00 per 100. 



AGERATUM, best blue, 4-lnch, 7c. 



COSMOS, 3 plants in one pot, 2%-inch, In separate colors, 

 White, pink or red, $3.00 per 100 pots. 



CREGO ASTERS. Best asters to cyt or cultivate for green- 

 house or outdoors; 3 best separate colors — pink, shell-pink and 

 white, cardinal blue, lavender and salmon, 2% -inch, $3.00 

 Per 100. 



^SNAPDRAGON or Antirrhinum, Qiant White, Giant Yellow, 

 Giant Pink, Giant Scarlet, separate colors, 2%-inch, $3.00 per 



HONEYSUCKLE HALLEANA, Chinese evergreen, variegated, 

 <-inch, 10c. 



PHLOX DRUMMONDI, assorted colors, grandlflora. $3.00 per 100 



PHLOX DRUMMONDI, 2^-lnch, compacta, dwarf... 3.00 per 100 



VERBENAS, assorted, 2^-inch pots, best strain 3.00 per 100 



DOUBLE PETUNIAS, assorted, 4-lnch 7.00 per 100 



COBAEA SCANDENS, 4-lnch 10.00 per 100 



CORNFLOWERS, best old-fashioned blue, 2%-inch 



pot 5.00 per 100 



HELIOTROPES, best blue, 4-lnch 7.00 per 100 



PETUNIA, California Giant, 3-lnch 5.00 per 100 



PETUNIA, Inimitable, dwarf, 2%-inch 3.00 per 100 



TAGETES (SIgnata, yellow), dwarf, 2%-inch 3.00 per 100 



COLEUS, Golden Bedder, Verschaffeltll, Victoria, 



2%-lnch 3.00 per 100 



COLEUS, fancy leaved, 2%-inch 5.00 per 100 



COLEUS BRILLIANCY, 4-inch 8.00 per 100 



COLEUS BRILLIANCY, 2%-inch 5.00 per 100 



AGERATUM, blue, 3-inch 5.00 per 100 



ALTERNANTHERA BRI LLIANTISSIMA, 2-inch... 3.00 per 100 



NASTURTIUMS, 2%-in 3.00 per 100 



NASTURTIUMS, assorted, 4-inch 7.00 per 100 



NASTURTIUM PRINCE OF INDIA, dark, 4-lnch... 7.00 per 100 



PYRETHRUM AUREUM, Golden Feather, 2%-lnch.. 3.00 per 100 



TORENIA FOURNIERI, 2%-inch 3.00 per 100 



STOCKS, single and double, 4-lnch 6.00 per 100 



THUNBERGIA (Black Eyed Susan), 2%-lnch 5.00 per 100 



DISH FERNS, good assortment, 2i^-inch 4.00 per 100 



CENTAUREA GYMNOCARPA, Dusty Miller, 2%- 



Inch 3.00 per 100 



LOBELIA, Crystal Palace, dark blue, compacta 3.00 per 100 



CLEMATIS PANICULATA, 5%-inch to 6-inch pots, 



per doz $2.00 



LANTANAS, best red dwarf lantanas, always a mass of flowers, 

 $6.00 per 100; 4-inch, $7.00 per 100. 



CANNAS, King Humbert, large 4-ln., 10c and 12c: other as- 

 sorted good varieties, named, 4-ln., $8.00 per 100. 



DRACAENA INDIVISA, 5^-lnch, bushy, 25c. 



Inch 



KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 4-lnch, 25c; 514, 5%. 6 tc 

 pots, 20, 25, 30, 35. 40 to 50 inches high, 50c, 60c, 75u 

 $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 to $2.50; 7-inch pots, made up, 1 large in center'. 

 3 small around, $2.50 to $3.00. 



KENTIA BELMOREANA, large 4-inch, 25c, 30c to 35c; made 

 up of 3 plants, 6-inch pots, 75c to $1.00. 



FERNS. NEPHROLEPIS SCOTTII, large, 5%, 6, 7-inch pots, 

 25c, 35c, 40c, 50c, 60c to 75c; 4-lnch, 15c to 20c. QIATRASII. 4 

 to 5%-lnch. 25c to 35c. WHITMANI, 5, 5% to 6-lnch, 25c, S6c 

 to 40c. 



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

 state iff you want stock shipped In or out off pots. AM plants 25 at lOO rate 



GODFREY ASCHMANN, 



1012 West 

 Ontario Street, 



PHILADELPHIA. PA, 



WHOLESALE GROWER, ilMPORTER AND SHIPPER OF POT PLANTS 



