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Vol. XVI.

CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 2, 1901.

No. 661.

ITlKliE i^l!S!lil!ii/AI!Si IF(L@ISe§T

Copyright 1900, by American
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Florist Company,
ntered as Second-Class Mail Matter.

PUBLISHBD EVBBT SATDKDAT BY

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,

334 Dearborn St., Chicago.
Baitern Office: 67 Bromfleld St., Boston.

Subscription, 11.00 a year. To Europe, 12.00.

Subscriptions accepted only from the trade.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

O1TICBR8— Patrick O'Mara, New York, N. Y. ,
president; \Vm. F. Kastino, Buffalo, N. Y., vice-
president; Wm. J. Stewart, 67 Bromfleld St.,
Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Bbattt, Oil City,
Pa., treasurer. The seventeenth annual meeting
will be held at Buffalo, August, 1901.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual meeting at New York, March 19, 20 and
21, 1901. Lbonard Barron, 136 Liberty St., New
York, secretary.

THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Annual convention at Baltimore, February 21-22,
19D1. ALBERT M. Hkbr, Lancaster, Pa., secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual meeting at Buffalo, August, 1901. Edwin
Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill-, Pa., secretary.

THIS ISSUE 36 PAGES WITH COVER.

CONTEi^TS.

Iron vs. wood in greeulnnise construction 885

Notes on raising sei'd lines 885

>".vnipha?aco?rulea and N. scutifolia (illus.). ..S86

I'andanus Sanderi (illus.) 886

With the growers—Hassett & Wiishburn,

Hinsdale, III 887

Store of Clarke Bros.. Portland, ore. (illus.). ..888

Carnations— A word tor White Cloud 888

— Scott, fir .foost 888

The hygromet»*r 888

Chrysanthemums in IC upland 888

A seedling eypripediuiu, Charlesnorthii X

Spicerianum (illus.) 889

New York 889

Boston 890

I'h iladelphia 890

Chicago 891

Baltimore.. 891

Society of American Florists S92

Greenhouse buildin? 892

American Carnation Society 892

From tlues to hot water 892

Connecting main pipes 892

San Francisco 892

Ob i tu ary 893

t 'atalogues received 893

The seed trade ^ 898

The nursery trade 900

Minneapolis 900

Our pastimes 902

Pittsburg 902

Toronto. 904

New Orleans 906

Denver 908

St. Louis 910

Albany, N. Y 912

Washington 814

Iron vs. Wood in Greenhouse Construction.

\Read by W. N. Rudd before the Chicago
Fforists' Clttb, February i, i^oi. \

Havinjr never had any experience with
a complete iron frame greenhouse, the
writer wishes to add a subtitle to the
above, as follows: What I Think 1 Know
and What I Gness on the Subject (with
apologies to Mr. Carmody for infringe-
ment of copyright).

The first greenhouses ^e erected here
were on the old style, whffe cedar posts,
white pine roof plan, with two- inch pine
box gutters (we got good pine those
days), pine purlins and pine supports.
They were pretty good houses for Chi-
cago at that time, too. I have very
lively recollections of "what happened to
Jones" when we turned on the steam,
having forgotten to allow for expansion
in the feed pipe. Well, we cut a piece off
from the pipe and rebuilt the end of the
house. I am pretty sure that pipe would
have kicked a hole in the side of a brick
block anyway, so an iron frame would
not have helped much in that difficulty.
The supports soon rotted and, as they
gave too much shade, we replaced them
with pipe. The pipe is still there in good
condition and will be of use when the
houses are gone. Score one for iron!

Having been foolish enough to pipe our
first houses with 1-inch pipe, when we
came to build again there was a fine col-
lection of second hand pipe on hand, and
we used it for purlins and supports
throughout. The result was astiiferroof
and more light in the houses, an improve-
ment over the first, but there was still
too much wood at the eaves. Our last
house is built with angle iron purlins,
pipe supports and angle iron eaves. This
is the strongest, lightest and best house
we have. Unfortunately we were unable
to use iron posts and 1 can see trouble
ahead there.

Up to date our experience has been, the
more iron the better the house. Carried
to its logical conclusion, this would indi-
cate that modern, iron frame construc-
tion is the best. Leaving out the ques-
tion of first cost, there is no one, I fancy,
who will not concede this to be the case.
Counting in the difference in cost, how-
ever, the matter becomes more compli-
cated.

The last house built by us, at a time
when glass and iron were at the top
price, was 31xll'5 feet and cost about
39 cents per square foot of ground cov-
ered, the house complete with piping, but
no service shed and no boilers. Figures
given me by a friend indicate the cost of
a modern iron frame structure erected

last summer to have been about 78 cents
per square foot of ground covered. Tak-
ing the cost of our house at .'.O cents per
foot we would have annual charges as
follows: Depreciation, 5 per cent, 1,S5
cents; interest at 6 per cent, 2.34 cents;
maintenance 2,40 cents; total 6.59 cents.
On the iron house costing 78 cents, the
depreciation at 2 per cent would be 1.56
cents; interest at 6 per cent, 4.(58 cents;
maintenance 1.56 cents; total 7 SO cents
or a difierenceinfavorof our houseof 1 21
cents per square foot of ground covered.

In other words an iron house of the
same size would have to pay me $49 20
more for the year, to break even. This
,it would undoubtedly do and more, but
in order to warrant the expense it should
do considerably more. As to how much
more it would produce, or how much
more it should produce to justify its con-
struction, I refuse to state — because I
don't know.

My idea is that under present Chicago
conditions there is not, in dollars and
cents in the bank at the year's end. very
much advantage in the best iron frame
house over the best type of semi-iron.
The general tendencyof iron will be down
and wood in the fiiture will increase in
price, thus increasing from year to year
the advantage of the iron house over the
other.

Notes On Raising Seedlings.

Spring must surely be at hand, for
every mail brings a fresh supply of seeds-
mea's catalogues and every day some
one of our drummer friends appears, try-
ing to convince us that his firm is the one
that supplies seeds which really are
the best and that their special stains of
BO and so are far superior to any otherin
the market. However this may be, it is
sometimes a pretty hard matter to decide
where to get the best strains of many
species. Too often is it the case that cat-
alogues are thrown to one side without
being looked at, for, with the busy man
it is ditHcult to give them the perusal
they deserve. In some of these publica-
tions that we throw to one side may be
listed just the strains we have been in
search of for years, and not until, during
the coming season, we see the plants
grown by our neighbor will we take
notice of the catalogue which contains
information which would have been so
welcome.

The manager of a well known seed
house, bent on the furthering of their
already large trade in fine strains of
flower seeds, once said to me: "Do you

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Feb. 2,

think our catalogue is looked over as it
ought to be by those we send it to?"
"No," was my reply, "for personally I
have generally laid it one side without
even opening." Is not this the case with
many? True, we all have our regular
houses from which we have been getting
the bulk of our seeds for years, and which
have always given entire satisfaction;
still there are those that may have Just
what we have been unable to find else-
where. There are every season many so-
called novelties which are more or less
worthy ot a trial, according to the wants
or purpose of the grower, and now, hav-
ing so far eulogized our worthy friends,
the seedsmen, let us say a few words on
the raising of some of the most useful of
their gems.

The list of plants which may be raised
from seed from now on for summer flow-
ering is a large one and the grower must
be governed in his selection by the pur-
pose for which he wishes the plants, but
such popular flowers as pansies, stocks,
asters, Indian pinks, cockscombs, gail-
lardias, marigolds, Phlox Drummondi,
petunias, salvias, zinnias, etc., always
find a place in bedding and as cut flowers.

The best season to sow pansies for
spring bedding is during August. The
seed should be lightly covered and placed
in a shady spot until it germinates. As
soon as the seedlings are large enough
they may be transplanted, about two or
three inches apart, into cold frames
where they may be wintered over and
will be fine, stocky, well-rooted plants
for early spring use and will give a wealth
of large blooms. Those who did not
have the foresight to plant their pansies
last autumn need not hesitate to try
some now. Sow the seed at once and
keep in a gentle heat and as soon as the
seedlings are large enough to handle
prick into flats and grow on in a cool
house and nice, well-rooted plants may
be had, although they will not give the
same results as the fall sown seed.

China asters and ten- week stocks may
be sown from now until April, at inter-
vals to give a succession of bloom during

apart in the rows. By this means, and
growing on in a cool house, the first
planting, nice, stocky plants, may be had
to plant out early in April, when, by
having the soil in the flats well dampened,
they may be easily cut apart and will
transplant as readily as if they had been
grown on in pots.

Such plants as gaillardias, marigolds,
calendulas, scabiosas, calliopsis, celosias,
salpiglossis, zinnias, etc , may be grown
in like manner, but as they are more con-
tinuous growers and bloomers it is not
necessary to have more than one or two
plantings, but here again the grower has
to judge for himself as to the quantity he
will require or the space he has adaptable
to raising the young plants.

Salvias and ageratums should be sown
at once and will give best results if the
seed is sown rather thinly and trans-
planted into small pots and grown on in
these until planting out time. Petunias
may also be sown now and grown in
small pots. These and also the salvias
and ageratums, if likely to get too tailor
"leggy," should have the tops pinched
out. This will make them more bushy
and better shaped plants.

Begonia semperflorens and B. Vernon
are very useful bedders which may now
be raised from seed. They should be
started in a temperature of about 65°,
although if the seed is fresh they will
readily start in a lower temperature.
The seed flats should be well drained and
the soil a light compost. The seed is so
fine it needs no covering. Watch the
watering carefully or they will damp ofi
before they get large enough to handle.

Nasturtiums, Cob^ea scandens, thun-
bergias and other trailing plants which
are very useful in the filling of vases or
window boxes may b; best handled if
grown on in small pots. They may all
be planted at any time before the first of
April, as room and requirements will per-
mit. As they will not be required until
May they will have ample time to make
large enough plants to do well after
planting permanently.

John W. Duncan.

NYMPH/EA PULOHERRIMA, N. SOUTIFOLIA AND N. OCERULEA.

the season. Great care is necessary, as
the seedlings of these appear that proper
ventilation is given, for a close or too
damp atmosphere will cause them to
damp off before they get strong enough
to be handled; in fact, this rule applies to
all seedlings. Careful watering is also
absolutely essential. The may begrown
on in flats, pricked in rows about three
inches apart, the plants about two inches

Nymphaea Coerulea and N. Sculifolia.

A great deal has been written lately
concerning the resemblance which
Nymphffia curulea bears to N. scutifolia.
The accompanying illustration from a
photograph, will show that they are not
one and the same nymphjea. The flower
to the right, with narrow petals, is that
of N. carulea, the central one with

broad petals, N. scutifolia, while the
large one to the left is X. pulcherrima.
They are all of a very similar shade of
light blue, but as will be seen the two
varieties in question are quite distinct.
Gbo. B. Moulder.

Paodanus Sanderi.

Some ten years ago Sander, the great
plant collector of St. Albans, England,
received from one of his agents, then
among the South Pacific islands,
a plant of great promise, a species
of pandanus, which, after several years
of culture, so pleased Mr. Sander that it
now bears his name.

In appearance, or rather in form, the
plant resembles the well known P.
Veitchii. The distinctive feature, and
that which gives it such a striking
appearance, is the color of the heart or
center growth of new leaves, which
present an orange-bronze appearance
and which coloring is carried out in the
leaves, bright at the base of the leaf
stalks and gradually diminishing
towards the ends of the leaves. The
longitudinal striping of the leaves shows
much the same character as P. Veitchii,
some being half white and half green and
others alternate, having stripes of green
and white. The variegation is, however,
much more pronounced and conspicuous
in the new plant and while the variega-
tioT is here called green and white that
is not strictly correct, as the orange
bronze coloring, strongest in the center
of the plant is diSused through the
green and white of the leaves alike,
which coloring, where the plant is placed
in contrast with P. Vtitchii, is very pro-
nounced and invariably calls forth
exclamations of surprise. Another pecul-
iarity is that the variegations and
markings of the older and lower leaves
in the larger plants are just as pro-
nounced as in the young stock, while in
the old variety the old leaves often lose
their variegation and become green.
The plant suckers readily and appears
to be as easy of propagation as P.
Veitchii, as the stock now consists of
over 1,000 plants, all grown from the
one specimen in the past eight years.

The entire stock of this new plant has
been purchased by the H. A. Dreer Co.,
of Philadelphia, at probably the highest
price ever paid for such a commodity.
They will send it out in the near future,
although the time will depend on the
condition of the stock after its anival
in this country. J. D. Eisele returned
from Europe January 28, having made
a flying trip of three weeks on purpose
to secure this plant. The firm is to be
congratulated for having secured such a
great novelty. This plant has already
received honors, having been awarded a
first-class certificate by the Royal Horti-
cultural Societv of Great Britain in
London in 189S. This distinction is
seldom given as it requires the unanimo-js
consent of all the judges before such a
high award can be made.

The few specimens that Mr. Eisele
brought over with him are very vigor-
ous and healthy looking and show not
the slightest eftect of a long ocean
voyage. Taken altogether this promises
to be the sensation of the year in the
floral world and a most valuable addition
to the list of ornamental foliage plants.
A group of plants of Pandanus Sanderi
is shown in the accompanying illustra-
tion. K.

Lawrence, Mass.— Wm. F. Regau has
opened a florist's store at 504, Essex
street.

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887

WITH THE GROWERS.

BASSBTT & WASHBUSN, HINSDALE, II.L.

The average florist, the man who does
business in lOOfoot houses, has no con-
ception of the remarkable size of the new
houses in Bassett & Washburn's estab-
lishment. The recent additions to this
rang'- were houses twenty-five feet wide
and 600 feet long. In those planted to
Beauties the plants tower far above the
visitor's head, and looking irom one end
of the house toward the other end the
perspective is so narrowed that at the
farther end there is but a dim slit of day-
light visible. It is a matter of utter
impossibility for a man in one end of one
of these houses to communicate with a
man in the other end, though he shout
his prettiest.

As with every other grower, appa-
rently, in the country, the rose houses at
Bassett & Washburn's have been of! crop
for the past few weeks, and in the dark
and snowy weather which is prevailing
of late, the plants have made but little
progress towards a new crop, although
their health is of the most robust charac-
ter, and the stock seems full of vigor and
certain to produce most abundantly with
a few consecutive days of sunshine. When
the crop comes the quality will be of the
highest. The Beauties in the big new
houses are even now bearing something
of a crop and there is in sight a big sup-
ply of extra.long-stemmed ouds.

There are approximately 75,000 plants
of Bride, Bridesmaid and Meteor roses
and the whole place is benched after the
fashion prevaihng here, 3-inch drain tiles
being used in all the benches. In a few
of the Bride houses these tiles are laid
close together upon the solid ground and
the plants set in four or five inches of soil
on top of them. In other houses the tiles
are laid in the bottom of the customary
board benches and in these the stock is
rather better than in the other houses,
supposedly because of the freer circula-
tion of air through the benches. Liberty
is not behaving very well at Hinsdale of
late. The plants are all grafted and
made very fine growth early in the season
but recently they have been standing
still. It is thought that the cultural
method prescribed by Mr. Asmus was
not followed closely enough with these
plants, for Liberty is a pronounced win-
ter bloomer and it is thought that with
the experience gained this season much
better results may be had next year.

One of the most interesting corners of
the establishment is the small house
planted with the new rose, Marquis de
Litta, otherwise known as No. 19. This
did famously this fall but went oS crop
early in January in company with all the
other varieties. It has the same appear-
ance of health and vigor which charac-
terizes Bride and Bridesmaid and the
other sorts on the place, and its behavior
is no more unmanageable than is that of
the other sorts. These plants are all
grafted on Manetti but some own root
plants will be tried next year, for it is the
present intention to go very largely into
this rose next season.

The famous carnation house, 52x600,
which has been so much talked about, is
a thing of the past, not that the house
has ceased to exist but that it is in course
of replanting to roses for summer bloom-
ing. This mammoth structure has shel-
tered a large variety of stock this season,
including carnations, a bench of roses, a
couple of benches of smilax and several
thousands of lily bulbs. But all this is

PANDANUS SANDERI.

being removed to makeTOom for Kais-
erin. La France, President Carnot and
Marquis de Litta roses planted in solid
beds. The carnations are being thrown
out whih in good condition and in shape
to give profitable cuts for at least two
months to come, Dut at Bassett & Wash-
burn's they do not follow the old maxim
that "a bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush."

These roses for summer blooming are
being planted in solid beds; that is, upon
the ground the omnipresent drain tiles
are laid across the bedsin rows sixinches
apart.and covered withfouror fiveinches
of good soil retained by planks nailed to
posts driven into the ground. The rose
plants are being set between the rows of
tile. This house will contain between
15,000 and Id.OOO plants and it is the
intention to get them in for the spring
crop and to carry them along till Christ-
mas or thereabouts, then drying themofl
a bit and resting them up for a similar
campaign next year, possibly carrying
them through subsequent seasons in the
same way. This will not only get acrop
at the season when roses are generally
none too plentiful, but will afford the
opportunity for better treatment for the
stock for winter blooming.

It is in the carnation houses of Bassett
& Washburn that many visitors find
most of interest, for here are all thefancy
sorts grown to the highest state of per-
fection. All the carnations have done
well here this season with the single
exception of Triumph, although G. H.
Crane has, as with many others, suflered
something from stem rot. However,
few plants were lost. Although there
are many magnificent carnations in these
big houses, there is nothing which is
equal to Mrs. Bradt and its red sport.
The plants are full of vigor and have
been iDearing steadily. Andrew Benson,
the superintendent of the place, says that
he thinks he will get nearly if not quite,
as many blooms per plant from Mrs.
Bradt during the season as from some of
the varieties which have a reputation for
great prolificness. The stems are long,
and were the flowers anywhere near the

ordinary size, they would be strong
enough to support them as on a ramrod
but the blooms are much larger than
those of any other variety, and as heavy
as two flowers of the average sort, so
that it is no wonder that there is agrace-
ful bend to the stem. The red Bradt is
certainly the best variety of its color
thus far developed. It deserves to be
grown in every establishment where the
treatment is sufficiently generous to get
the results shown here. The one fault
the Bradt family has is the inclination to
burst the calyx, and this is less pro-
nounced at present than it has been in
similar dark and dreary seasons.

Mrs. Lawson is blooming away most
satisfactorily and the stems are attain-
ing more of the length for which the vari-
ety is famous. The Marquis, too, is
behaving in a fashion to endear it to this
establishment and it will be planted
extensively next year. The same may be
said of Morning Glory, which effectually
displaces Daybreak. Olympia and Ethel
Crocker are two sorts which are not
upholding their reputations, and Leslie
Paul is not earning a place for itself.
Crane is doing fairly well and America
also. There is in the bench of Lawson a
red sport much the color of Crane that is
being watched with interest. The fully
developed flower is a beauty. Of the
pinks Mrs. Joost is maintaining its
reputation and Mrs. James Dean is doing
so well that it will be planted largely
next season.

Of the whites Mary Wood, Flora Hill,
Peru and Bassett & Washburn's big
seedling are all struggling in vain to dis-
place White Cloud. To view the whites
as grown here, it would seem that there
is no need for any improvement in this
class unless it might be along the line of
blooming qualities, for there is nearly
always use for a cheap white flower for
funeral purposes. Propagation is in
rapid progress here, for a great deal of
stock is needed, not only forneit season's
use but to supply orders for rooted cut-
tings and field grown plants. The prin-
cipal sorts planted next year will be Mrs.
Lawson, Mrs. Bradt, the red Bradt,

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Feb. 2,

Crane, Mrs. J cost, Mrs. Dean, Morning
Glory, White Cloud, Mary Wood and their
white seedling. Gold Nugget and Maceo
have their place and are doing well but
the blooms ot this color are not market-
able in quantities. It is the practice to
set the plants more closely together than
is the case in most establishments.

At present there are upwards of 4-0,000
lily bulbs in course of training for the
Easter market. These were bought as
Harrisii and guaranteed as such, but they
have not fulfilled the promise of the
grower. They were too late for Christ-
mas, in common with the lilies of almost
every other grower, and they are proving
most irregular, although some of them
are attaining a good height and are
developing six or eight buds to the bulb.
There are, however, a great many varia-
tions in the lot, in fact a number of dis-
tinct varieties. The experience of the
past few years with unsatisfactory bulbs
has resulted in the determination to
reduce next year's planting to one-half
the number heretofore grown. The
asparagus house, the only one of its
kind in the west, contains stock in
prime condition, strings from eight to
fifteen feet in length and in sufficient
quantities so that it seems that this com-
modity might always be readily obtain-
able in Chicago.

One of the things which interests every
visitor to Hinsdale is the underfeed stoker
in operation under ten of the eleven boil-
ers which keep up the heat in Bassett &
Washburn's range. These stokers were
installed at an expense of several hun-
dred dollars apiece, but Superintendent
Benson is of the opinion that they will

CARNATIONS.

A WORD FOR WHITE CLOUD.

So much has been written lately about
last year's introductions that we are apt
to overlook the good things in the carna-
tion line which w^e already have in quan-
tity. It is reported that one of the new
whites in a house 20x210 produced 8,872
blooms in December and a total of 20,800
to January 1, which is a very excellent
showing. But a house of White Cloud
22x200 on our place produced in December
7,982 blooms and a total to January 1 of
19,900, all on long stems, two feet and
over, extra fine flowers, selling at from
$3 to $6 per hundred wholesale. One-
third of the plants were small and did
not begin blooming until well into
December. The house will continue to
produce not less than 10,000 per month
until June 15. If housed in July in good
condition and properly cared for, they
will come in crop in October and stay in
crop all winter. It is a tall grower and
its stems need support well up to the
bud. If grown straight it will always
hold the flower well up. The bloom is
almost perfection in form for a closely
bu'lt flower and with us keeps and ships
well. Nearly all the new Tarieties are
grown by us and we think there is more
money in White Cloud than any other
carnation, except, perhaps. Triumph.
W. J. Vesey.

SCOTT OR JOOST.

Once there existed a splendid pink
beauty, a favorite with all and known by
that most bewitching name, Grace Wilder,

STORE OF CLARKE BROS., PORTLAND, ORE.

save their cost the first year through
reduced coal consumption, not that they
do not burn just as many tons as by the
old method of stoking, but that it is pos-
sible to bum very low grade coal. Then
again the smoke is reduced to a mere
vapor, which is a decided advantage in
more ways than one.

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Charleston, III.— Allen M. Nott has
bought a half interest in the greenhouses
of Etta J. Nott.

a name that went as well as the flower
and breathed the atmosphere of popular-
ity, suggestive, as it seemed, of wild
woodlands and cool breezes. She long
held sway, seemingly meeting the
demands of the business until along
came William Scott, when the beautiful
Grace Wilder was no longer the favorite
pink carnation. Was it not a most
ungentlemanly and utichivalrous act to
kick the favorite Grace clean off the
pedestal of popular favor? Such, how-

ever, is the fact for the historian of carna-
tion culture to chronicle, be it a disgrace
or not. History, however, is always
making, and now has come another fair
star on the lists and Mrs. Frances Joost
has flung her glove into the arena as a
challenge to the growers against William
Scott. One can almost fancy her fair lip
curled with scorn in that defiant toss as
though the knowledge of Grace Wilder's
cruel fate rankled in ber breast and made
her vow that a woman's right to love
and beauty should not be trampled in the
dust.

The fair rival bids well to win. Favor-
able first impressions after a season's
trial are exclaiming "Great Scott!" Will
it be the exclamation of surprise and
greeting for Mrs. Frances Joost in 1902
or shall another season's trial exclaim it
in fitting acclamation of Scott?

BONNTBEL.

The Hygrometer.

I am always on the lookout to learn
something about horticulture and all
that belongs to that science, especially in
the management of greenhouses. It has
been stated that it is a great help to
have a hygrometer or a guage for giving
the amount of moisture in the atmosphere.
It would seem as though it would be
almost if not quite as useful in a green-
house as a thermometer is to tell the
temperature, but is it? If it can be
proven that such is the case we should
all secure one, at least one as an experi-
ment. It is easy enough to add to the
moisture already in the atmosphere of a
house, but can we reduce same if too
much is found therein? Does the increase
of heat artificially applied reduce the
moisture within a greenhouse without
raising the temperature higher than may
be deemed wise to maintain for the well-
being of a given class of plants growing
therein? Is the moisture changed into
some other element, or is it held in sus-
pension? Is it true that red spider cannot
live and thrive in a temperature charged
with moisture registering on the hygro-
meter 70° or 80°? Will a moisture laden
atmosphere registering 70° destroy the
germs producing mildew?

If a hygrometer will guide us in avert-
ing the plague of red spider, mildew and
other fungus diseases in glass structures,
no florist or gardener or amateur, how-
ever small his establishment may be, can
afford to be without a hygrometer.
Nothing can be truer than that. Many
aids to the successful management ot
greenhouses are due during this twentieth
century. Let us hope that the hygro-
meter is one of them. L.

Churysanthemums in England.

The new chrysanthemum catalogues
are now published and all include a great
number of novelties. I herewith send a
list of the varieties which have gained
awards of merit from the Royal Horti-
cultural Society of England or first-class
certificates from the National Chrysan-
themum Society. Some have gained
awards from both societies. It will be
seen that they are chiefly Japanese varie-
ties. They are not all quite new, some
having been in commerce for one or two
years, and the list includes one from
America, Jessica; this was certificated as
a decorative variety. Some single vari-
eties are also included. There are now
some very pretty varieties of this class.
Robert Morgan should prove valuable
for cut bloom, the color being very bright.

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The American Florist.

889

In addition to those securing awards
many other 6ne new varieties have been
exhibited and may prove eciual to those
which have been distinguished. Those
who can only grow a limited number of
varieties will tind it diflicult to make a
selection from the number of good things
offered. Of varieties likely to prove of
most value for florists' work Mrs. J. Will-
iams and Miss Jessie Cottee may be men-
tioned as being of great promise.

CHKY8ANTIIE>11 >TS CEUTIFKATED 19(10.

Calvat 18911,
Chas. LongU'y,
C. .1. Siilter,
Earl of Arraii,
Frank Hammond,
G**n. Huller,
Glorious.
Golden (ieni,
Golden-(iloainiiiL.',
.Jessica,
.1. R. Upton,
Khaki,
Lady Esther,
Lady Windsor.
Lily Mountford,
Lizzie .Vdeock,
Lord Ludlow,
Lovelint'ss,
Major I'luinbe,
Mrs. .T. Williams.
Mrs. R. Darby.
Rev. Doiijzlas,
Robert Mor<?an,
Scottish Chief,
Ernest lictsworth.

Master v.. Seymour,
.May lielle,
Nile. V.in Audre,
.Matthew Russell,

. Smith,

Miss Uoris.

Miss Evelyn Douglas,

Miss V. Southarn.

Miss .Jessie Cottee,

^liss .lessie IJilkington.

Miss M. Richardson,

Miss Roberts,

Jlr. S. Feyett,

Jlrs. Hagnall Wylde,

Mrs. Coombes,

Mrs. Emma Fox,

Jlrs. F. Gray Smith,

.Mrs. S. Mileham,

Jlrs. J. liryant.

The Princess,

Vicar of Leatherhead,

Wallace E. ^'onde^,

W, R. Church.

W, H. Webb.

A. H.

A Seedling Cypripedium— CharlesworthiiX
Spicerianum.

The hybrid cypripedium herewith illus-
trated is the result ol a cross between C.
Charlesworthii and C. Spicerianum, the
former being the seed parent. By the
casual observer it would be oronounced
a form of the pollen parent, having all
the characteristics of that well known
species in form of flower, etc, as a glance
at the illustration will verify; but the
orchid grower with only a moderate
experience will soon see a distinction
with a diflerenee, the flowers being larger
than those of the typical C. Spicerianum
and the petals and lip are more brown
and less yellow than in its pollen parent.
The staminode takes more after the seed
than the latter parent, and in leafage and
in general manner of growth it will be
pronounced C. Charlesworthii, Alto-
gether it is a very interesting production,
as for cut flowers it will rank with C,
Leeanum and other hybrids of that
character. Edwin Lonsdale.

New York.

WARM BRIGHT WEATHER DOES MUCH TO
RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON THE ROSE
MARKET. — FLORISTS TO DINE ON BEEF-
STEAK. — THE GIBBONS COMPANY IS
INCORPORATED. — CARNATIONS VIEWED
WITH INTEREST AT FLATBUSH. — SUCCESS
OF PROSPERITY.— LILIES FROM BERMUDA
ARE VERY IRREGULAR — PERSONAL DOINGS
AND OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST.

Bright skies and moderate weather
have been making their impress upon
the situation in the cut flower trade and,
although the period of short supply in
roses has not yet passed, the pressure
has been eased up very decidedly and
there has been a moderate fall in values,
which, judging from present indications,
is liable to prevail generally h-;reafter.
An inspection of the rose-growing estab-
lishments hereabouts shows tnat an
enormous crop of flowers is on the way
and will soon be here, and the quality
will be exceedingly fine, so that prospects
for a remarkable display at the rose
exhibition in March are excellent.
Among the prettiest things being sent in
no n are the Blanche Ferry sweet peas.

SEEDLING CYPRIPEDIUM CHARLESWORTHII X SPICERIANUM.

and they are made use of in the choicest
flower combinations. Mignonette is
seen on all sides and it is invariably
good, but that coming from Rudolph
Asmus is entitled to be classed among
the best ever seen here.

The Henry W. Gibbons Company, with
a capitalization of $4-0,000, has been
incorporated under the laws of Pennsyl-
vania, to carry on a general business of
horticultural builders, heating engineers
and manufacturers of greenhouse struc-
tural material generally. The new firm
is installing a quantity of specially
designed and constructed machinery to
facilitate its work. The factory is located
at Bloomsburg, Pa , and has access to
transportation over the D. L. & VV. R. R.,
P. R. R., L. V. R. R. and Reading system.
Henry W. Gibbons, the president of the
company, continues at 136 Liberty
street, New York city, operating his
former office as the sales ofiice of the
new concern. J. L. Dillon, the treasurer,
is at the general offices of the factory at
Bloomsburg.

The New Vork Florists' Club will give
an "old-fashioned beefsteak supper"
instead of the customary annual dinner
and announcements are now being sent
out by Secretary John Young. The date
selected is Saturday evening, February
4. Julius Lang who has had consider-

able experience in getting up these affairs
in other organizations, is the active spirit
in the committee in charge and promises
a rare treat for all those who will attend,
It will take place at the club rooms on
Twenty-seventh street, and the novelty
of the innovation is sure to bring out an
unprecedented attendance.

As the time for the carnation meeting
at Baltimore draws nigh and the season
of the best development of this flower is
on, the interest in new varieties and in
the behavior of recent lauded introduc-
tions as noted at leading local establish-
ments grows apace. One wonders how
or when Dailledouze Bros, find time to
attend to the demands of their business,
so continuous is the line of visitors at
this noted Flatbush place. Unquestion-
ably Prosperity is the central attrac-
tion here, and those who go to look at
it see a carnation that, in all its features,
is distinctly diflerent from anything in
the carnation line ever seen before. Mr.
Dailledouze tells me that the flowers are
bringing $2 a dozen at wholesale in New
York and that the orders for rooted
cuttings are far and away ahead of their
most sanguine expectations.

Another variety that is making a great
record is Dailledouzes' blush seedling
which won the silver cup at Buffalo last
year. It is certainly a charming flower,

890

The American Florist.

Feb. 2,

with every appearance of good keeping
qualities. A pink sport from J. Wbitcomb
Riley attracts much favorable comment.
In color it is not nnUke Ethel Crocker
and shows to much advantage when
compared with that variety. There is
also a very fine pure white sport from
Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt. Among the well
known varieties seen in quantity here
are G. H. Crane, Mrs. James Dean, Mrs.
Bradt, Ethel Crocker, Genevieve Lord,
Cerise Queen, Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson,
Gomez, Gov. Roosevelt and Eldorado,
the latter being the only yellow con-
sidered worthy of retention. Roosevelt
is superb and Hoosier Maid as a white
is classed in the first rank. There are
several benches of seedlings in all colors
over which the visitor is constrained to
linger in wondering interest; some of
these appear to be as sensational as
Prosperity proved to be and are sure to
be heard from later on. Instead of strew-
ing tobacco stems in untidy litter over
the walks, etc., Messrs. Dailledouze sus-
pend this indispensable insecticide under
the benches in neat pouches made of
chicken mesh wire.

Another Flatbush place, one of which
we do not often hear but which is, never-
theless, turning out regularly a good cut
of high-grade carnations, is that of Henry
Hession. Lawson is very much at home
here and so are Ethel Crocker, Genevieve
Lord, Mrs. Bradt, G. H. Crane and Mrs.
Jas. Dean. Mary Wood, a white with
a faint tint of pearly pink, is much liked
by Mr. Hession. Bulbous flowers are
forced here in quantity and dafiodils are
now blooming in good shape.

In common with most other growers
Louis Schmutz is experiencing great dis-
appointment and embarrassment with
the so-called Harrisii lilies from Bermuda
this season, the bulbs being tardy and
extremely irregular in blooming. The
endless variety of growth and habit sug-
gests that these lilies are mixed seedlings
raised haphazard. Mr. Schmutz has a
house of Chinese primroses of which he is
justly proud and his cinerarias are as
fine a lot of plants as one could wish to
see.

Golden Gate is steadily gaining popu-
larity among rose fanciers here. This is
not all owing to a change of sentiment,
but is attributable in part to the fact
that this rose is being grown in much
finer shape than during its first years on
the market, many of the flowers received
being eligible to a place among the high-
est grades of the most popular varieties.

Rudolph Asmus is preparing to bring
suit against a large factory adjoining his
greenhouses, for damages resulting from
the accumulation of an opaque deposit
on the glass, caused by the smoke and
gas from the soft coal consumed in the
factory. The injury to roses and other
flowers is very apparent to the observer.

John H. Taylor has been confined to
his home for several days, ill vvith the
prevailing grippe. Another victim is
Pat. Smith, John I. Raynor's efficient
head salesman, who has been missing
from his post since last Friday.

John H. Taylor is scheduled to read a
paper before the New York Florists'
Club at its meeting on Monday evening,
February 11. Mr. Taylor's subject will
be: "My Experience with Carnations
Disseminated in 1900."

Mrs. W. I. Brower died on Wednesday,
January 23. She had been an invalid for
some months.

C. Besold's blush carnation Goethe has
many admirers and looks very much like
a winner.

Among the recent visitors in town were:

Ed. A. Kanst, Chicago; John A. Ruppert,
representing H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia,
and Thos. Ulam, Pittsburg, Pa.

Boston.

TRADE F.A^IRLY ACTIVE. — NO SURPLUS OF
STOCK IN WHOLESALE MARKETS. — VIO-
LETS THE ONLY ITEM OF OVERS0PPLY. —
CARNATIONS OF EXCELLENT QUALITY.—
VARIOUS ITEMS.

The situation in the cut flower trade
remains about the same as described last
week. Demands are sufficient to keep
the clerks all busy in the stores, and in
the wholesale establishments to prevent
any accumulation in the refrigerators.
Violets, alone, are still coming in too
heavily for any legitimate demand and
are only kept moving by sales in quan-
tity, at low figures, to street peddlers and
others who have facilities for working
them ofl on cheap buyers. Bulbous
material is coming in freely but does
not show the stagnation of movement
that has characterized it in recent sea-
sons, the scarcity and high prices of
roses apparently contribuiing to the
prosperity of the bulbous flowers. Car-
nations occupy a leading place in all the
florists' vdndows. They are excellent
in quality, almost invariably, and the
custom of marking the name of the
variety on an attacbed card has become
very general, the public seeming to take
much interest in the name by which
varieties are known. The present short-
age of roses is not expected to last much
longer as local rosehouses are coming
rapidly forward with the spring crop of
buds. In "odds and ends" which have
always found favor with the Boston
buyers there are now antirrhinums,
coreopsis, sweet peas, wall flowers, cen-
taureas, and daisies both white and
yellow. Bulbous flowers, such as the
trumpet varieties of narcissi, show a
regular advance in quality and freesias
are also coming in of fine grade.

H. H. Hunnewell has made a donation
of $25,000 to Wellesley College for the
endowment of a department of botany.

J. T. Butterworth is sending in some
very fine lily of the valley in pots, with
good foliage. They sell well.

Benj. P. Ware read a paper at Horti-
cultural Hall on January 26, describing
a visit to Kew Gardens.

Visiting Boston: Harry O. May, Sum-
mit, N.J.

Philadelphia.

TRADE VERY BRISK AND STOCK IN SHORT
SDPPLY. — ROSES FREQUENTLY UNOB-
TAINABLE. — LITTLE DETAILS OF THE
PRICES. — EISBLB RETURNS FROM EUROPE.
— DOINGS AT DREER'S. — VARIOUS MAT-
TEES.

Waste, which figures so largely, gener-
ally, in the retail florist business, and in
all branches of the trade for that matter,
has ceased to be a factor these days, at
least in this city. All the stock that
comes in is used up closely every day,
while of most things there is not nearly
enough to go around. Beauties are doled
out like short rations to hungry men, the
orders given being of no account. With
Bridesmaids and Brides it is much the
same. In fact, scarcely any are left over
from the shipments to outside buyers, no
matter at what hour they come in.
Prices are about the same as last week.
Beauties range from $3 to $9 per dozen;
teas $S to $15 per hundred; Liberty $12
to $20 and are very scarce. Carnations
are in good demand and, as roses are so
scarce, help out wonderfully. Prices

range from $1.50 to $5. The stock is
fine, although the fancies are very scarce.
Mignonette is good and sells readily at
from $3 to $4. Violets are plentiful at
$1 to $1.50 for the doubles and 50 cents
to 75 cents for the singles. Maidenhair
is scarce and good stock sells on sight at
$1. Tulips are getting to have a fair
length of stem and sell well at from $.'!
to $4. Blooming plants now enliven the
windows. Rhododendrons, genistas,
azaleas, lilacs, hyacinths, tulips in pans,
and Primula obconica about comprizes
the list now in and brighten things up
considerably while the stock of cut flow-
ers is so low.

A look among the growers shows the
plants to be in good condition. Joseph
Heacock's Beauty houses look exception-
ally fine, the strong canes of the plants
being clothed with luxuriant foliage from
the tables to the roof. I remarked to
Mr. Heacock that they seemed perfect,
with no blemishes of afly kind. "Yes,"
he added, "and no brids." ' While this is
just now almost true, many buds could
be seen which will be ready in from ten
days to two weeks and it is to be hoped
that this great scarcity, so trying to
everybody, will soon be relieved. Mr.
Heacock's teas were in much the same
condition as his Beauties, looking fine
and vigorous but all of! crop. His palm
stock IS very thrifty, growing faster than
it is selling, with the exception of Cocus
Weddelliana, which is in good demand.

J. G. Eisele, of the H. A. Dreer Co.,
relumed from a flying trip to Europe
last Sunday evening, bringing with him
two plams of the new Pandanus Sanderi
as the result of his visit. The new plant
is a wonder and no doubt will be the
feature of all horticultural exhibitions
for the next year or two. Mr. Eisele said
that in conversation with the fern expert
at Kochford's large place near London,
that he described our celebrated Boston
fern to be but a Nephrolepis exaltata
raised or increased by division of true N.
exaltata that had been raised from seed,
as, if seed is saved from N. Bostoniensis it
invariably produces true N. exaltata.
Everything about the Dreer establish-
ment is m fine order, the usual large
assortment of stock looking very well.
A houseful in various sizes of Cybotium
Schiedeii, that very useful and beautiful
decorative fern, presents a grand sight.
Aspidium Thussimense is also seen in
large quantities, Mr. Eisele saying that
this is the best table fernery plant that
has ever been "invented." The demand
for aquatics has grown so the past year
or two, particularly from abroad, that
they have issued an edition of their cata-
logue for English buyers, with prices
annexed that include delivery to their
doors, all charges of whatever kind being
prepaid. This is probably the first list
of the kind sent out by a horticultural
firm in this country.

John A. Ruppert, one of the obliging
salesmen of the H. A. Dreer Co., who is
very well known to the Philadelphia
trade, had the misfortune to lose his
wife, aged 31 years, by pneumonia. She
leaves two small children. He has the
sympathy of the entire trade in his
bereavement.

Visitors in town: Ernst Asmus and son.
West Hoboken, N. J., Robert Greenlaw,
representing N. F. McCarthy & Co., of
Boston; Wm. Dykes, representing Ed.
Jansen, of New York. K.

Springfield, O.— P. H. Murphy has
started in business with a neat range of
5,000 feet of glass.

Igor.

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891

Chicago.

BUSINESS BRISK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
WEBK. — COMPARATIVE DULLNESS FOL-
LOWS.-ROSES STILL SCARCE AND MARKET
MADE FOR OTHER STOCK. — PETER REIN-
BEBG PRESENTS A NEW CARNATION. —
WILL PLANT IT LARGELY HIMSELF —
FLORISTS' CLUB MEETS. — BDDLONG TO
PLANT ONLY BEAUTIES AND METEORS. —
VARIOUS NOTES.

This week started in with a rash of
business that threatened to swamp the
market, with its inadequate supplies of
stock, although trade slacked off sub-
sequently. The rose crop is at its lowest
ebb and funeral work is at high tide. The
result of the scarcity ot roses was that
the price of Brides and Bridesmaids
advanced to top quotations, and that
anything in the line of a first class flower
was quickly taken. Moreover, it forced
the buyer to use quantities of light
colored carnations and made a scarcity
in this direction also, although crops are
very good considering the dark and
stormy weather, which retards the
development of all flowers. The shortage
in roses and the advance in prices of car-
nations had the effect of making a better
market for bulbous stock, which has
been sufiering considerably ol late, in
fact, doing rather worse than in previous
seasons. Violets have maintained their
position at the foot of the list, there
being no demand for an j thing expect the
A No. 1 grades ol the dark colored sorts.
Some of these sold for $1.00 per hundred
over the counter but the cheap grades
have commanded only from 40 cents to
75 cents per hundred and many a clean-
up sale was necessary at much less
than these prices. There are somewhat
increased supplies of callas and Harrisii
likes and orchids are now obtainable
without much difficulty.

Peter Reinberg has determined to try
his hand at the supposedly profitable
avocation of introducing a new carna-
tion. It is the red sport of Tidal Wave,
which originated in 1897 at the Bohe-
mian National Cemetery, and which has
been named, after the wife of the gar-
dener there, Mrs. Leopold Ine. The
flower is much the color of Crane and
Mr. Reinberg says that he was first
attracted to it by the fact that it was
producing three blooms to one of Crane
or America. He secured some of the
stock and this year benched about 8,000
plants. They were the last stock benched
and were rather slow in making a start
but now they are going ahead at such
a rate that Mr. Reinberg feels his pre-
vious good opinion of the variety more
than confirmed. His faith in it is shown
by the fact that he will plant eight and
possibly more houses of it next year, dis-
placing in a measure the best paying
carnations on the place. Mr Reinberg
always was generously inclined and he is
going to let his friends in on the good
thing. It will be the first carnation he
ever introduced to the trade.

J. A. Budlong has determined to plant
his entire establishment with Beauties
and Meteors for next season, depending
upon his consignors for his supply of
Bride and Bridesmaid roses. He is
impelled to take this step by the necessity
for increased supplies of all four vaireties.
Mr. Budlong has determined to build
two new houses 25x300 adjoining the
range put up last year and will rebuild
his oldest house. This will give eight big
houses of Beauties and sixteen houses
of Meteors.

A. Dietsch & Company report that
business in the greenhouse construction

line has started in fairly well, they hav-
ing been able to book a considerable
number of orders. They say, however,
that if the rise in the priceof glass should
prove permanent it would undoubtedly
effect business seriously. In that case
the proper thing for the grower to do is
to use his old glass in rebuilding and
modernizing his plant.

On Thursday evening forty people,
nearly all connected with the trade,
played ten games of euchre at Peter
Reinberg's home at Summerdale. The
ladies' first prize was won by Mrs.
Leonard Kill, with eight games, second
prize by Mrs. John Muno, with six
games. F. B. Evert won the first prize
for the gentlemen, with eight games, and
ivconard Kill was second with seven.
Adam Zender won the booby prize with-
out winning a game. There were the
usual refreshments and no end of good
cheer.

Peter Weiland, N. J. Wietor and Luke
Collins, foreman for Wietor Bros., were
over in Indiana last week, visiting the
South Park Floral Co., at New Castle;
the E. G. Hill Company and E. T. Grave,
at Richmond, and Dorner's, at Lafayette.
They saw many things worth the trip
at each place and, to judge by Mr.
Weiland's inimitable description of the
tour, they had fun enough to make the
expedition memorable.

At the Florists' Club ipeetinglast night
there was an interesting discussion of
methods of greenhouse construction,
introduced by a paper on iron versus
wood construction, by W. N. Rudd,
which appears in another column, and
one by Geo. M. Garland, on iron gutters.

William Johnson, a well-to-do Board
of Trade man, resident at Hinsdale, has
bought ten acres of land close to Bassett
& Washburn, and is planning to build a
considerable range of carnation houses.
He has the reputation of doing well
everything which he undertakes.

George M. Garland is building a new
finishing room at his foundry at
DeaPlains, thereby increasing the capa-
city of the plant about twenty-five per
cent. He has now been operating the
furnace for three weeks, turning out 300
feet of iron gutter a day.

Mrs. Chas. Eickhoft, of Galveston,
Texas, returned home the other day after
vi»iting the leading establishments here
and in Indiana. She is a large buyer here
and was greatly pleased with the things
she saw and the courtesies extended.

F. Stielow, out at Niles Center, says
that out of about 1000 plants of G. H.
Crane carnation which he benched last
fall hardly more than fifty survive, the
balance having succumbed to stem-rot.

Frank Fink, who operated the
greenhouses at the corner of Nelson and
West Ravenswood Park avenue, has
closed up and the place, which consists
of three houses, is idle.

E. E. Pieser says that in all his experi-
ence in the flower business he never saw
the receipts of roses so light in the
Chicago market as they have been for the
past ten days.

Mardi Gras atNewOrleansis scheduled
for Febrtiary IS and 19 and it will take
quite a bit of sunny weather to get the
roses in shape by then.

John Zeck's little daughter is con-
valescing after a month's illness of
scarlet fever in its most malignant form.

Peter Weiland and Peter Reinberg will
make a trip to Muncie, Ind., and other
points on Monday.

Wietor Brothers are planning another
important building operation for early
spring.

L. P. Kelley, of Kennicotts', is at home
ill with sciatic rheumatism.

Ed. A. Kanst, of the South Parks, is in
New York this week.

Visitors: J. M. Gasser, Cleveland,
en route to Texas; C. H. Perkins, of
Jackson & Perkins, Newark, N. Y.,
en route to California; J. A. Kramer,
Cedar Rapids, la.

Baltimore.

TRADE FAIR AND STOCK OF SUPERIOR
QUALITY.— PLANS FOR THE APPROACH-
ING CARNATION MEETING.— EXPRESS COM-
PANIES GUARANTEE PROMPT DELIVERY.

Business generally seems fairly good
for the season, and the roses and carna-
tions put on the market by near-by
growers were never better in quality.
At the last meeting of the club I. H.
Moss showed a vase of roses, containing
among others. Liberty and Golden Gate
of a size that excited the admiration of
all present. W. Price, gardener to Mrs.
T. H. Garrett, also had a jar of Brides
and Bridesmaids beyond criticism. Both
these gentlemen showed very fine carna-
tions. It is not one or two, however,
that show improvement in their output,
but the whole trade, and if Baltimore
does not supply herself with flowers
soon, and have a margin left for export,
it will be a wonder.

The coming carnation meeting engrosses
all minds and all that one can hear in the
way of conversation is related to prizes,
staging, judging, competitions, express-
age and all the matters connected with
what all hope will be a brilliant and suc-
cessful meeting. Speaking of eipressage,
the item in the last American Florist
headed "A Card for the Adams Express
Company" was showed to the general
agents of both the Adams and the
United States Express Companies, and
each promised to guarantee the delivery
at Lehman's Hall, where the show is to
be held, by 12m,, of all packages arriving
up to 9 a. m. The general agent of the
United States Express Company went so
far as to ofier, if furnished with a list of
prospective exhibitors, to have the agent
at their nearest office communicate with
them, and give all help and information
in his power to get theirexhibits through
safely and on time.

At the club meeting almost the whole
evening was devoted to convention
affairs. The committees having it in
charge are as follows:

Wavs and means: W. Paul Binder,
Wm. Eraser, P. R. Welsh, F. G. Burger,
G. O. Brosvn, R. Vincent, Jr., Henry
Fisher.

Reception and hall: N. F. FHtton, R. L.
Graham. C. L. Seybold, W. E. Holden,
Wm. Weber, Jno. J. Perry, C. M.
Wagner.

Banquet and entertainment: Thos.
Patterson, E. A. Seidewitz, M. J. Hanni-
gan, Jno. A. Cook, W. G. Lehr, I. H.
Moss, Harry Ekas, Wm. Christie.

The exhibition will be held in Lehman's
Hall. Howard street, north of Madison,
on Thursday from 2 to 10 p. m., Friday
from 10 a m. to 6 p. m. The address of
welcome by the mayer will be delivered
shortly after the opening of the exhibi-
tion on Thursday. The banquet will be
held Friday night. The mayor is
expected to be present at the banquet.
After several questions of minor impor-
tance had been asked and answered,
Richard Vincent, Jr., was asked to give
an account of his recent visit to New
York and praised the carnations he saw
there. He seemed to think it would be
bard work to keep prizes at home.

Mack.

892

The American Florist.

Feb. 2

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The Advertising Department of the Aherican
Flobxbt is for Florists, Seedsmen and Nurserymen
and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines o«/y
Orders lor less than one-hall inch space not accepted

Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to
secure insertion in the issue for the following
Saturdav. Address

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. CHICAaO.

Whstekn growers report that rooted
rose cuttings are in more than usual
demand this season.

Sir Joseph Hooker, the eminent Eng-
lish botanist, has been elected a member
of L'Institut de France.

Rkmember the carnation meeting and
exhibition at Baltimore, February 21-22,
and ship your exhibits early.

Clianthos Dampieei has been success-
fully grafted on Colutea arborescens,
according to ha Semaine Horticole.

The celerity with which many large
growers are able to sell out their cuttings
of Mrs. Georg" M. Bradt carnation
would indicate that the variety has lost
nothing in popularity.

Horticulture, it is said, will be well
represented at the international exhibi-
tion to be held at Glasgow, Scotland,
this year. The general manager of the
exhibition is H. A. Hedley, 36 St. Vincent
Place, Glasgow.

Physalis Fhanchetti is said to be
largely grown for cuttingin England, one
firm having a two acre held of it the past
season. In the fall branches bearing the
colored calyxes are much used in room
and church decoration.

Society of American Florists.

President O'Mara has appointed as
members of the executive committee to
serve for three years: Alex. Wallace, New
York; Richard Witterstaetter, Cincin-
nati, O.; Emil Buettner, Park Ridge, 111.
President O'Mara has appointed as
State Vice-Presidents and acceptances
have been received from the gentlemen
named below:

Baumcr, A- R., Lou'sville, Ky.

BlackistODP. Z. D., \V:i«liins;lon, D. C.

Heard, F. H.. D.-troit, .Mioh.

Bartcls, F. C. Clfvi'lund, O.

Cr:ilK, W. P., Phihidi'lphia.

T'.rwin, A. T.. .Viin-s, la.

riamniage. Wni.. Loudon, Out.. (';iu.

Uorau. S. 1)., Bridgeport. Conn.

llPss, .1. .1.. Omaha, Xeb.

Herringtf n, -V., Madisuii, X. .T.

ln'.irHii, Wtu, a.. iVlanchoster. X. U.

.Tohnston. T. .1.. Provideuce. R. 1.

Koitsch, (.:has. H.. Buff.il", X. Y.

LundberK. Ernst, Lnno\. Mass.

Lemke, E. F.. St. Paul. Minn.

Langjahr, A. H.. Brooklyn. X. V.

Ludwig, E, C. Allegheny. Pa.

Moore, W. H.. Manhattan, Kan.

Mitchell, H. R , W'.tcrvilli!, Me.

Mathisoii, F, R.. Walthani, Mass.

I'ollworth, C. C, Milwauktc, Wis.

Riemau, II. W., Indianapolis, liul.

Sanders. I''.dirar, (.'liit-ago. Til.

Sunderbrur-h, \., Cincinnati. (>.

Vincent. U.. .Tr., White Marsh, Mil.

Weber, F. C, St. Louis, Mo.

Wlielan, F. \., Mt. Vernon, Va.

yfts. ]. Stewart, Sec'y.

Greenhouse Building.

Clarksville, Tenn.— E. C. Pickett, three
houses 21x100.

Chicago, III.— J. A. Budlong, two houses
25x300.

Hinsdale, 111. — Wm. Johnson, range of
40,000 feet for carnations.

Beatty, O — Fairview Floral Co., four
100- foot houses and packing shed.

Whitman, Mass. — R. E. Moir, rose
house 300 feet long.

Middletown, Conn — F. B. Fountain,
one house.

San Francisco, Cal — Edw. Schwerin,
two rose houses 16x200. Ferrari Bros ,
six rose houses.

American Carnation Society.

George W. Binstead, of Summit, N. J.,
registersCarnation Maid of Honor, color
soft blush pink, a little deeper than Day-
break, exceedingly free flowering, with
good strong stems averaging twenty-
four inches; size of flowers two and
three-quarters to three inches; grown
under same conditions as Scott or
McGowan it has for two seasons pro-
duced more flowers than either.

Douglas H. Thomas, park commis-
sioner of Baltimore, Md., has offered a
cash prize of $25 for the best fifty blooms
of a new and unnamed seedling carna-
tion raised in Baltimore to be exhibited
at the coming show of the American
Carnation Society in that city.

Albert M. Hber, Sec'y.

From Flues to Hot Water.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I have three small
greenhouses, two of them 20x36 and
nine feet to ridge, with ten feet of space
between, the third, to the north of the
others, 10x50. There are three benches
in the twenty-foot houses. All the houses
are heated by flues. I wish now to install
a hot water coil boiler in the narrow
house, still heatingsame by flue but heat-
ing the other two by hot water, to get
45° to 50° in the farther one and 55° to
60° in the nearer. Will you kindly state
the size and disposition of the piping?

F. R. M.

When the outside temperature does not
drop to more than 10° below zero, the
warm house can be heated with fourteen
lines of 2-inch pipe and the cool house
with ten lines. Two lines of flow pipe
will answer for the cool house and three
for the other. In order to heat the three
houses, the heater should be sufficient for
1000 to 1200 square feet of radiation.
The flow pipes may be either above or
below the benches and the returns mav
be under the side benches, or a part of
them may be under the middle bench.
L. R. Taft.

Connecting Main Pipes.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I enclose rough
sketch of my greenhouses and wish to
know whether they are properly piped
for hot water heating? I cannot connect
the main pipe in the small house at the
highest point in the larger house on
account of its being in the way of a small
staircase. Would one main and one
return work satisfactorily, both being
2-inch pipes? G. W. A.

The sketch referred to shows two green-
houses with coils under the side benches,
there being five pipes in each coil in one
house and four in the other. The flow
pipe passes along the center of the larger
house, evidently overheard. At the far-
ther end branches are given ofi" to feed

the coils. The smaller houseis only about
one-half as long as the other, and near
the center of the longer house a branch is
taken ofl from the flow pipe and carried
through into the short house, where it
divides and feeds the coils. A pipe passes
along the other end of the coils and acts
as a return to take the water back to the
boiler. There is nothing to show the
elevation or slope of any of the pipes,
nor is the size of the houses, nor the
diameter of the pipes given, and it is not
possible to give a definite opinion regard-
ing the piping except to say that, so far
as the drawing shows, it is properly
arranged. No estimate can be made of
the temperature that could be main-
tained. Whether a 2-inch flow and
return will be sufficient cannot be told
without knowing the length and size of
the pipes, but it will not be advisable to
attempt to heat more than 200 square
feet of radiation with this size of pipe.
' L. R. Taft.

San Francisco.

UNFAVORABLE WEATHER MAKES TRADE
VERY POOR.— PRICES ARE LOW BUT
MUCH STOCK GOES TO WASTE.- STATE
FLORAL SOCIETY PLANS A HORTICULT-
URAL CONGRESS. — MANY INVITATIONS TO
BE ISSUED.— GREENHOUSE BUILDING IS
PLANNED. — VARIOUS ITEMS.

With very few exceptions storekeepers
are now obliged to take it easy and live
on the fat of the holidays. A good deal
of first class stock is going into the rub-
bish barrel or to the street peddlers.
Prices have taken a great tumble. The
blame of this poor business at this time
of the year can be laid at the door of the
weather we are having of late, a good
deal of rain and very little sun, which
again will be of immense benefit to the
farmers and fruitgrowers. Considerable
bulbous stock is appearing, especially
Paper White narcissi, which can be
bought very cheaply. There are also
daffodils, single and double, tulips in all
colors, freesias, and some lilies are to be
seen; these latter bring from $2 to $3 per
dozen stems. Violets are a drug in the
market and sell at whatever they will
bring, from 50 cents to $1 for twelve
large bunches. Roses are also taking the
downward course and carnations are
very cheap, except the Sievers' varieties
and some eastern novelties. Adiantum
cuneatum is very scarce at present, owing
to an immense crop of snails and wood-
lice, which destroy the young fronds.

The California State Floral Society
held a meeting on January 10 and decided
to hold a flower congress this coming
spring. This will be thesecond such con-
gress ever held in this country and the
third ever held in the world, the first
being held in Chicago at the World's
Fair and the second at the late Paris
Exposition. In conjunction with this
congress the society virill hold its regular
spring exhibition. Invitations will be
extended to all horticultural societies to
send delegates, and it is confidently
asserted that many prominent horticult-
urists will attend. The treasurer's
report showed a net gain of $i>3.70 at
the late flower show; $362.90 had been
expended during the last year and a bal-
ance of $196.21 was on hand. Mrs. H.
B. Tricon, the secretary, stated that
sixty new members had been received
during the year, one member lost by
death, eight resigned and five dropped for
non payment of dues.

Jovial Fred. Cleiss, the Valencia street
florist, has no complaint to make aboat

I go I.

The American Florist.

893

poor business and says he was kept very
busy for three days and nights with
funeral work for the late Coroner Cole
and others. His is certainly the largest
and best equipped store in the Mission.

Edward Schwerin is hard at work
rebuilding his damaged carnation house
and contemplates the erection of two
modern rose houses 16i200 feet to be
planted with Beauties, Bridesmaids and
Brides. He has some very fine carnation
seedlings which will be heard from later.

Messrs. Antonini, Figone & Canepa
are about to open a second store on
Powell street between Ellis and O'Farrell,
their first store being on Sutter street.

The "Bon Marche" flower store, at
1125 Sutter street, has closed its doors
and moved to Oakland, where they will
open at 1004 Washington street.

Ferrari Brothers have invested in some
property on which they will erect a range
of six rose houses. Golden Gatb.

OBITUARY.

MRS. LYDIA IIYBES.

The mother of the Myers Brothers,
florists at Altoona, Pa., died January IS,
at the age of 70 years. The husband and
father died during the Civil War.

ARCHIBALD VEITCH.

On January 25 Archibald Veitch, one of
the Veitch brothers, of New Haven,
Conn., who have been identified with the
trade for many years, passed away at
the ripe old age of 82 years.

FBEDERICK LUNDBBBG.

A long career came to a close January
26 with the death of Frederick Lundberg,
at Newtown, Conn. He was in the
flower business for many years at Fair
Haven and had reached the age of 82.

SCHUYLEB WOBDEN.

The originator of the Worden grape
and.Worden Seckel pear,Schuyler Worden,
of Oswego county. New York, died Janu-
ary 20. He was bom within a few miles
of the place of his death and was 90
years ol age.

MRS. JAMBS SLOAN.

Sarah, wife of James Sloan, a well
known and successful grower at Pough-
ktepsie, N. Y., died on Sunday, January
20, after a brief illness. The family has
the sympathy of all those in the trade
and many friends outside.

ROBERT ALEXANDER.

Robert Alexander, who, in partnership
with his brother, John W. Alexander,
was in the greenhouse business at I'tica,
N. Y., for some years, died January 20 in
the home for aged people. He was born
in England in 1816 and came to America
and Utica filty years ago.

WILLIAM HAMMOND.

William Hammond, a native ol Queens-
town, Ireland, aged 75 years, aied at
Newport, R. I., January 21. He came to
America in 1848 and enjoyed a long
career as a gardener. He leaves two
sons. John P. Hammond, who is follow-
ing in his father's footsteps, and James
A. Hammond, of Fitzgerald & Hammond,
wholesale florists at 113 West Thirtieth
street. New York.

Cbipple Cbeek, Col.— James Burns
has opened a flower store on Bennett
avenue, connected by telephone.

Catalogues and Cut Flower Price Lists
Received.
Geo. Jackson & Son, Woking, Surrey,
England, plants; Robert Holmes, Nor-
wich, England, seeds; John Peed & Son,
West Norwood, London, England, seeds;
Frederick C. Pomrencke, Altona, Ger-
many, seeds and plants; The Conrad &
Jones Company, West Grove, Pa.,
orchids; John Charlton & Sons, Roches-
ter, N. ¥., hydrangeas; Northrup, King
& Co., Minneapolis, Minn., seeds; W. W.
Rawson & Co., Boston, Mass., seeds;
W. W. Wilmore, Denver, Col., dahlias;
W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.,
seeds; Steele, Briggs Seed Co., Toronto,
Can., seeds; Barr & Sons, London,
England, seeds; R H. Shumway, Rock-
ford, 111., vegetable and flower seeds,
plants,etc. ; KennicottBros. Co., Chicago,
111., cut flowers; E. C. Amling, Chicago,
111 , cut flowers; E. H. Hunt, Chicago,
111., cut flowers, seeds, bulbs, florists'
supplies.

Winchester, Va. — Arden & Pearson
have sufiered a fire loss of $300 on their
greenhouses.

Spencer, Mass.— Frank J. Prouty has
bought the flower business formerly car-
ried on by A. W. Hoyle.

KissiMMBE, Fla. — RoHand Morrill and
his bride are here from Benton Harbor,
Mich., on their wedding tour.

Kingston, N. Y.— C. ^ Stowe's green-
houses were damaged by fir? on January
12. The loss approximates $2,000.

SITUATIONS, WANTS, TOR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this bead.

Every paid subscriber to the Amekican Florist
for the year 1900 is entitled to a five-line want
ADV. (situations only) tree, to be used at any time
during the year.

SITUATION WANTED— In the east by young man
to learn greenhoutie work. Addrees

Thos H. Phklan. WelleB'ey. Maaa.

SITUATION WANTEI>— By a strictly sober young
gardener, alnglp, aa assistant In commerclBl plnce.
OK. No. 7;-«^ Dean St.. Brooklyn. N. Y.

SITUATION WANTED— Ry competent, tingle, all
aroutd flortet and gardener. Permanent place
required. Addreaa W K. care am Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— Aa headgardener and flo-
rlet In private place: 15 years' exp-rlence. Good
recommendailoDB and strictly sober Addrees

E C L, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman; understands
toe business In all Its branches, roan grafting, etc.
Strictly temperate. Goodrecommendattona. Address
Blmwoou. care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED — By first-class grower of
roses, carnations, violets, 'mums and gereral bed-
ding stocli with 18 years" experience as working fore-
man; age S2. sln&Ie. Address Florist.

170 East Van Buren St . Chicago.

UHUATION WANTED— y a thoroughly practical
O gardener and tlortBt of 30 years' experience; c m-
petent to take charge of private or commercial piflce :
w uld prefer a private place In 8 utbera states; Etg-
llsb, single. Best references. Address

G. Mahood. Columbus. Miss

SITUATION WANTED-Bya thoroughly practical
gardener and florist, life experience In rosea, car-
nations, vlulets, palms, etc . ready for employment,
not afraid of work. Refereuces flrstclasa; married;
one cblid; age 41; American. Address
GARDENER, 82 South Avenue. Poughkeeps'e, N.Y.

ANTED— Catalogues, by J, J. Houghton, 717 17th
St, Detroit. Mich.

W

WANTED— Two young men with some knowledge
of roses, caroatlo.s and cut flowers Will pay
good wages with board. B 1. care Am Florist,

WANTKD— Young man with tome experience In
general greenhouse work, htate wages wanted
with board. Address Cf)LE Bros . Peoria, ill.

WANTEI>— Reliable, competent man. Fine roses,
'mums. etc. Also assistant. Address
J. T. WILLIAMSON. LaRoseQardens.Memphls.Tenn.

WANTKD— An f-\perlenced gardener who can grow
roses and tak.i ORre of H private pNce of three
acres Must have bept of refereLces. $1)5 pel month,
and If single, a room with heat and light free

T. S. BiQBLOW, PltUburg, Pa

WANTBn AT ONCB-A youDg man to work In
grenhouses; one having someexpeMence pre-
ferred: must be willing to mate himself generally
useful. State wages expected wlih board Address
P. O. Brix IB, Lakewood, Cleveland. O.

WANTBO-A thoroughly reliable and expert Am
• eauty and rose grower, to take charge of scc-
ilon. A ptrmanent place for right man. The other
kind plertse save stamps Address

Weila.ni> & RiscH. 59 Wabash Ave.. Chicago.

WANTKD-Good all-around florist who desires to
come south . Roses and carnations a specialty
Positively must be sober: good habits, and a good
woiker For terms, address

J. Van Lindlky Nursery Co„ Pomona, N. C.

WANTBD— An Industrious, reliable man as assis-
tant rose grower on a cut fluwer establishment
near Philadelphia. One who understands propagat-
ing and 8h:pDing preferred. First-class reference
required ,1 Henry Babtram, box 5.Lan8downe,Pa.

TX7ANTBD—A good steady Industrious and sober
w ",?? ''*" "P '° "" greenhouse and garden
work. Wages 825 per month with board and lodging
Increase of wages and steady emnloyment to right
party. Address w. H Wright.

Cor. 1st Bast and Monroe sts , Vicksburg, Miss.

FOR SALE— On account of my husband's death ami
mv poor health, will sell at a sacrlfloe. good florsl
and gardening estatb'lsbment. Those wlshlngto buy
will do well to Investigate. For particulars. Address
MBS. Jdlia PTEiNHAnsER. L. B. 45, Pittsburg, Kan.

FOR 8ALE-A well estab Ished florist business con
talnlng over 4000 feet of glass In flrst-dass run-
ning order, heated by steam and well supplied with
stock for Easter and spring sale. Will sell at a bar-
gain. Reason for selling, owner Is compelled to
return to Germany. For further portlculars refer to
A. 8CHOKPKN. Marietta, O.

FOR SALE— A chance of a life time, for a young
florist: one-half Interest, a greenhouse with
22, COO feet of glass In northwest»m Ohio, with a good
established trade. Price *2,600; one-balf cash,
balance In one. two or three years For further
Information Address W H W,

434 Fourth St , Braddock, Pa.

FOR SALE OR RENT. Excellent est:iblishiiient

of 4U00 sq. foot of glass in Chic;i2o, stockod with

c:irnations :iii(l nitscellanoou.s plants: ft room

dwelling; iioar niilro.id ami olootric o;ir. .\ddress

M T, care American Florist.

A man capable of taking chargt- of a first-
olass florist store in the fasliioiiahlo section
of a large city. None but those having had
full experience noed apply. All communi-
cations strictly confidential. Address

MANAGEMENT, care W. J. Stewart,

67 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paying business, both
local and shipping trade, well stocked and
a good stock coming on. Location the best
for living and growing stock. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, care Am Florist.

WANTED !

Rose and Carnation
Grower

t<» take chari^i* of 20,000 sq. ft of glass; must know
liow to '„'raft ruses and be up-to-dute grower, jn
answering state wages wanted with board, wash-
ing and room, also how long you have worked at
anvoDc phii-.e. >>nir age and telegraph address. If
reply is satisfactory will telegraph for you. My
teleg'aili address is Allison Park Station, oh
Pittsburg and Western R. R., and is ten miles out
of Pittsburg, Pa. Post Olliee address,

JNO. L. WVLAND, De Haven, Pa.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY oe

At Nyack, N. Y. A plot 220xt25
feet, on which arc four Rosehouses,
1 00x18x6, each house heated by a
No. J 6 Hitchings Boiler; and seven
houses, each about 64x11 ft., heated
by flues. Tliis property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

333 Mercer St. NEW YORK.

894

The American Florist.

Feb. 2y

Lincoln, Neb.
Up to Feb. 1 our beautiiul Nebrask^i
weather still holds, bright, sunny days
and frosty nights. There is an abund-
ance of first-class stock coming in, but
with trade brisk there is no surplus
except in violets. In these it seems as
though each plant vied with its neighbor
in seeing how many flowers it can pro-
duce. Especially is this true with the
California, every bench in town being a
solid mass of bloom and buds. C. H. F.

Wbol^ale [lower/\arK^

CixciNNATi, Jan. 31.

Boses, Beauty 20

Bride 6

" Bridesmaid 6

" Meteor 6

" Perle 4

Carnations 1 .

Violets

Lily of the valley

Hyacinths 2

Narcissus

Daffodils. Tulips 3

Harrisii lilies

Ciillas

Asparagus

Smilax

Adiantum

Galax leaves

Common ferns

St. Louie, Jan. 31.

Boses, Bride, Bridesmaid 5.

" Beauty, 12 to 20 inch stems,

per doz 1. 00® 2

" Beauty, long, perdoz.3.00@ 5

" Perle 4.

" Meteor 5.

Carnations, common 1.

" choice 2.

Lily of the valley 3.

Smilax 12

Adiantum 1.

Galax

Violets

Narcissus

Romans 2.

Sweet peas

Callas 10.

Milwaukee, Jan. 31.

Boses, Beauty, long, per doz. 3 00®
" " med. " 2 00®

" •• short " 1.00®

" Bride, Bridesmaid 6.

" Meteor 6

" Golden Gate 6

Perle 6

Carnations, ordinary 1

" fancy 2

Adiantum

Common ferns

Smilax

Asparagus

Galax leaves

Violets

PiTTBBUEe, Jan. 31.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 50

'* " extra 30.

" " No. 1 20

" " culls 8,

" Bride, Bridesmaid 3.

" Meteor 4.

" Perle 4

" Cusin 4.

" Liberty 4,

Carnations, ordinary 1 .

" fancy 2.

Violets

Paper White, Romans 3

Lily of the valley 2.

Mignonette 3.

Lilac, white 8

Sweet peas 1 ,

Tulips

Breesias, 3

Harrisii 15

Smilax 10

Adiantum

Asparagus 35

" Sprengerii

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 $1.

Dagger ferns per 1000. 2.00

Denver, Jan. 30.

Boses, Beauty, select 25

" " ordinary 6

Bride, Bridesmaid 4

Meteor 4

Perle, Wootton 3

Carnations, ordinary 1

" fancy 2

Lily of the valley

CaUas

Harrisii

Violets single

" double

Galax Leavas

Asparagus

Smilax

Perns, per 1000 2.50

.00® 40. 00

.00® 8.00

.00® 8.00

.O0@10.00

.00® 5.00

,50® 5.00

.76® 1.00

4.00

.00® 3.00

3.00

.00® 4.0O

12.50

10.00

50.00

12.50

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.20

,00® 8.00

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,00

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00® 8.00
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.60@15.00
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.50® .75

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,00® 8.00

,00® 8.00

,00® 1.50

00® 4.00

,75® 1.00

.25

15.00

65.00

.20

1.00

00@60.00
00®40,00
00®25.00
00@10.00
00@I5.00
00®10 00
,00® 6.00

oo®ia.oo

00@I5.00
00® 2.00
60® 4.00
5U@ 1.50
00® 4. CO
00® 4.00
00® 4.00
00®12.00
CO® 2.00
4.00
,00® 4.00
00@20.00

,oo®:5.oo

75® 1.00
00® 75. 00
20® .75
25

00®40.00

.00®16.00

.00® 6.00

.00® 6.00

.00® 5.00

.50® 2.00

.50® 3.O0

4.00

12.50

12.50

.50® 1.00

.70® 1.00

.20

60.00

15 00

.30

We are Beceivlng' a Very Select Iiot of

Roses, Carnations, Harrisii and GATTLEYAS,

AND OFFER THEM AS FOLLOWS:

Per doz.

American Beauties, short 11.50 to $2.00

medium .... 3.00 to 4.00

long S.OOto 6.00

Per 100

Brides. Maids $8.00 to $10 00

Meteors 8.00 to 10.00

Perles 4.00to 6.00

Carnations, standard sorts 1..50 to 2.00

fancy S.OOto 4.00

Harrisii 20.00

Callas 15.00to 20.00

Romans, Paper Whites 3.00

Valley 300to 4.00

Violets, double 75 to 1.00

*' single 50 to .75

Mignonette '■ 4.U0

Asparagus 50.00

Per 100

Smilax 12.50 to 15.00

Adiantum 100 to 1.25

Ferns $1.60perl000 .20

Leucothoe Sprays 75

Wild Smilax.

Case No. 1, 15 lbs $2.00

Case No. 2, 20 lbs 3.25

Case No. 3, 25 lbs 3.75

Case No, 4, 35 lbs 4.50

Case No. 5. 40 lbs 5.00

Case No. 6, 50 lbs 6.00

Nephrolepit Wiltboldii.

ifronds 36 to 42 inches ....per doz., $3.00
Fronds 30 to 36 inches .... '■ 2.00

Fronds 24 to 30 inches ... " 1.00

This is the finest thing yet produced
and makes a much nicer show than
C.vcas Leaves. Try them.

PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. P. AND D. AT COST.

J. B. DEAMUD,

51 WABASH AVENUE,

-CHICAQO.

Please -mention the American Florist wken zvritine

CUT FLOWERS.

. ^ . ^ Shipping orders teccivc prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG GUT FLOWER GO., Ltd.

504

Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
PA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

Xo. 1 contains 2b lbs 83.50

Xo. 2 contains 35 lbs 4.50

No. 3 contains 50 lbs 6.00

Brilliant Bronze or Green $1.25 per 1000

Small Green, for Violets 1 .00 per lOOO

Telephone
798 Madison Sq.

FANCY FERN, DAGGER FERN. ETC.. it Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARD, 38 W. 28lli St., New York.

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed for Ten Cents.

AMERICAN ROSE CO., Washington, D. G.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, '^-looo!""

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
Refcn'nct's: 200 dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITGHARD, Elk Park, N. C.

WANTED!

One or more throwers of
Roses and Carnations to

send me their second quality fiouers. BtJSt bank

and business references ^iven.

C. N. WILSON. 757 Central Ave.. Hot Springs, Ark.

...GEO. M. KELLOGG...

^""•iS'r'w'e'.i: Cut Flowers

Qive UB an order and we will please you.

Our Gresnhou.e* at PLEASANT HILL, MO.
Our Store. 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO.

I^T'LONe DieTANOX 'phone at EITHEB PI.AOB

Please mention the Americati Florist when writing,

JOHN B. FERGUSON,

Wholesale riorist,

NO. 6 DIAMOND MARKET SQUARE^
PITTSBURG. PA,

Consignments of Roses. Carnations and Violets
Solicited.

GALAX LEAVES!

J. L. BANNER & CO., IVlontezuma, N. C.

Your Advertisement

will transact business 365 days in the year, working 24 hours per day, with
all the best purchasers in the United;States and Canada, if placed in

The Best Drummer. THc AtTierican Flonst.

jgoi.

The American Florist.

895

Our Resources
are Unexcelled.

In times of scarcity like these it is not always easy to get
your order filled as yoo would like it. But we want you to
remember that we can fill any order for stock which this
market can supply. We want your order today, tomorrow
and every other day.

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street,

CHICAGO, ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BEAUTIES

Long stem per doz., $6.00@| 8.00

Stems 30 inches " 6.00

•■ 24 " " 4.00

" 20 " " 3.00

" 15 " " 2.00

'• 12 " " 1.50

Short stems *' l.OO

Brides, Maids per 100, 8.00—10.00

Meteors ■' 8. OO— 10.00

Perles " 5.00—6.00

Roses, 2ood seconds '* 4.00 — 6.00

Carnation», standard sorts.. " 1.50—2.00

Fancysorts " 3.00—4.00

Il;irrisii per doz. J2.E0; ■■ 20. m

Callas per dozen, 1.50—2.00

Romans, Paper White per 100, 3.00— 4.00

Valley " 3.00—5.00

Violets " .75-1.00

Mignonette per doz. .50 — .75

Asparagus per string. .50 — .75

Galax, 1000,11; 10,000 tor I7.50-, per 100, .15

Ferns, per 1000, $3J)0 per lOO .20

Leucothoe sprays '* .75

Adiantum " 1.00—1.25

Smilax ..perdozen, 1.25 — 1.50

Wild Smilax, parlor brand .per case, 3.25

" " medium " 4.2B

large " 5.50

J. A. BUDLONG

37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

—CUT FLOWERS

Boses and
Carnations CBIIWCn nf

A Specialty bliUfftK 01

CARNATION
BLOOMS

Shipped direct from Greenhouses to
all points. Standing orders solicited.

SEND TO HEADQUARTERS
AND GET THE BEST.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.,

JOLIET, ILL.

Benthey & Co.

F. F. BENTHEY, Manager,

Wholesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

I^^CoDSignments solicited

A. H. POEHLMANN,

"'""a.d Cut Flowers

All telegraph and telephone orders
given prompt attention.

55 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO.

WEILAHO AND RiSCH

CHICAQO'S RELIABLE

Wholesale Growers and Shippers of

CUT FLOWERS,
59 Wabash Ave., Chicago.

SEND FOR WEEKLT PRICE LIST.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Please mention the American Flarist when writing.

Choice Green and Bronze Galax.

Price 60c per 1O0O: 2000 lor $1, postage prepaid.
Orders filled at once. Address
H H. HIIiIi, Victoria, Macon Co., N. C.

Wbol^ale power/\arK^

Chicago, Feb. 1.

Roses, Beauty, extra loiigstems..6.00@9.00

30 " " 5.00

" " 24 ■' " 4.00

20 " " 3.00

" 15 " " 2.00

12 " " 1.60

" " short " 1.00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00@10.00

'•■ Meteor 6.00@10.00

Perle 4.00® 8.00

GoldenGate 8.00@12.00

Carnations 1.50@ 2.00

'• fancy 3.00® 4.00

Violets 75@ 1.11(1

Callas, Hurrisii 12.50(".2O.Ou

Lily of the valley 4.00

Paper White Romans 3.00

Datliidils, Freesias 4.00

Tulips 3.00® 5.00

Cattleyas 6. 00 doz.

Adiantum 1.00@ 1.25

Common ferns per 1,000 1.60 .25

Leucothoe sprays 1 .00

Gala.x leaves, per lOOO $1.00 .15

Smilax perdozen 1.25@2.00

Asparaj^us. . -per dozen 7.50@10.00

Asparagus Decumbens,

THE NEWEST AND BEST GREEM,

Used by Wienhoeber, Samuelson and Chicago's
other leading retailers.

Strings. IVz to 3 feet long. 25c; $2.60 a dozen.
Alto Seeds at $2.00 per 100.

L. KOROPP. K^v^l'n'^rord^'k^.?;;.. Chicago.

Wholesale Store, Kr'"

Sell our own-f^rown Roses, Beauties and Meteors

in quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy

reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both

Datotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.

Try us.

124 Sixth Street. N.

Minneapolis. Minn.

BRANT & NOE.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

mm Gut Flowers

All orders receive most carelul attention.

TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA.

~ Six prizes American Bose Society, New York City.

E. H. Hunt

THE "OLD RELIABLE" FOR

WHOLESALE-

CUT FLOWERS

Hunt's Flowers
Oo Everywhere

76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

rmnmm

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

600,000 FEET OF GLASS.
Headquarters for American Beauty.

51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

GEO. REINBERG,

.1 Cut Flowers

Wholesale
Grower

Choice American Beauties.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

B1 Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

Bassett&Wasliburn

76 & 78 Wabash Are., CHICAGO.

Vfeeleaale Dealers aad
Growers of

Gut Flowers

CItEEHHOUSKS; HIH8DALK. ILL.

A. L. RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Waak«
In^on St., Chicago.

write for ipeolal gnotatloni on Urge ordan.

.11 your..

Business Methods

are right you can make a profit
on an advertliement here.

896

The American Florist.

Eeb z.

Samuel %. Pennook.

Wholesale Florist.

1612-14-16-18 Ludlow Street,

.PHILADELPHIA. PA.

AM. BEAUTIES AND VALLEY OUR SPECIALTIES.

COMMENCING OCTOBEK Igt, 1900, WE WILI, BE OPEN FROM 7:00 A. M. TO 9:00 P. M.

A NEW mm%.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET

On and after February 9th, 1 90 J, all letters and
telegrams should be sent to our new address, 34
Hawley Street, Boston. The greatly increased
space secured in this new establishment will enable us to nc** m ciiTumi Ann
carry a very large and varied stock of supplies and uEOk Ai SUTHERLANDi
handle flowers to best advantage. Call and look it over. 67 Bromfieid St. (tni reb.s.i boston, mass.

9 Chapman Place, 15 Province Street,

9 BOSTON, MASS.

WELCH BROS., Proprietors.

Bole Agents for FREYSTEDTS' ImmorteMe Letters and Emblems.
Block Letters, S2 d( r 100. Script Letters, S4 per 100.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR

Also New Bngland Agents for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES..

Acknowledged by all llorlBtB the best In use. Special prices for doz. lots*

We Supply the New England Trade

With Highest Grade

ROSES, GflRNflTIONS.
LILY OF THE YflLLEY.

1M/\| CXC and all flowers the

V IvldC I tJ Boston market affords.

PRICES RIGHT and Packing Properly Done.

N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

Tel. 734 and 64. 84 Hawlcy St., BOSTON.

please mention the American Florist when writing.

Frank M. Ellis,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale Florist,

SUCCESSOR TO

ST. LOUIS CUT FLOWER CO....

J322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Please mention the American Florist when tmiting.

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

t1S2 PINE STREET,

fc ST. LOUIS, MO.

^^A complete line of Wire Designs.

The Cincinnati
Cut Flower Co.,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

416 Walnut St.,

CINCINNATI, 0.

Consignments Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Snipping Orders.

Wbol^ale [lower/larK^

Boston, Jan. 30.

Roses, Beauty, extra 60 00@75.00

medium 15.00@25.00

culls 6.0O@10.0O

" Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 4.00® R.OO

extra 15.00@a>.00

Carnations l.CO® :;.00

extra 3.00® 4.00

Paper White narcissus, Roman

hyacinths 1.60® 2.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 3.00

Mignonette 2.00® 4.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissus 2.00® 3.00

Violets 5(J® .75

Lilacs 5.00m> 8.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax 10.00@15.00

Asparagus 50.00

" Sprengerii, .20® .25 per bunch
Philadelphia, Jan. 30.

Roses, Tea 4. 00® 10. 00

■' extra :0.00@15.00

" Beauty, extra 40.C0ffl75.00

firsts 12.50@35.0O

Carnations 1.00® 2 00

" fancy 3.0Ct" 5.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Romans, Paper Whites 2.00® 3. CO

Violets, single 25® ..^0

double ."iO® 1.50

Asparagus 35.00(gi50.00

Smilax 15.00@20.00

Adiantum 75® 1 .00

BuppALO, Jan. 31.

Roses, Beauty 30 00@60.00

Bride, Bridesmaid,' Meteor 8.00@15.00

Carnations 3.00® 5.00

Lily of the valley 4 .00

Smilax 15.00@20.00

Adiantum 1 .00® 1 .25

Asparagus 50.00®75.C0

Violets 50® 1.00

HeadquarteI^

^5^^5TEli»* )1

GIVE

US

A

TRIAL.

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

Open day
and night.

Roses, Carnations and ell kinds
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

UfU C IfACTIUI! Wholesale Com-
If nil Ti IVnO I inUl mission Plorlst.

481 Washington St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Also Dealer In Florists* Supplies & Wire Designs.

Woodroffe & Bernheimer,
Wholesale Florists

1604 LUDLOW STREET.

Phone 1-42-69-A. PHILADELPHIA.

Conslgfrnnenta Solicited.

Please mention the American Florist when 7vriting.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS.

LONO DISTANCE PUN inPI PUIl PI

'FHONB 3-i5-»i D. rniLAULLrniA, rHi

Consignmentt ol Choice Valley and Roiei (olicitad.

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

32 South t7th Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long DlaUnce Phone l~(l-28 D.

Consignments ol Roses, Carnations, Violets soUolled.

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wholesale Florist,

17 5. nth St., Telephone 63-64, PHILADELPHIA.

Orden by mall, telegraph or telepbone will
receive prompt attention.

ConBlfmments of frood stock solicited.

Try the New flower Commission House

E. B. BRINLEY

& CO.,

48 W. 30th St.,

NEW YORK CITY.

♦

Correspondence with Growers Solicited.

Tcleiilioni' Sl'.iD Madison Sq.

A. H. LANGJAHR, ^^ "rRoTn^'ISTx

Controls the best Brooklyn Cut Flower Trade.
-CONSIGNORS GET THE BENEFIT^

Y.

igoi.

The American Florist.

897

TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

Xvll^r o* tlie 'Va^lley.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1098 MadlBon Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

42 West 28th Street,
NEW YORK.

SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, all leading varieties, also rare novelties.
Shippins a Specialty. .^-Price list on application.

TELEPHONE 206S MAOISON SQUARE.

Walter F. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ,

Telephone 902 Madison Sqtuire.

39 West 28th St., NEW YORK.

WILLIAM GHORMLEY,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

Telephone 2200
Madison Square.

67 W. 28lh. St., NEW YORK CITY.

....LIBERTY, BEAUTY AND OTHER CHOICE STOCK....

-BTEST IN THE COUNTRY.-

JOHN YOUNG

Has the best BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY in New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO. Jt

All Choice Flowers daily.
61 West 28tli St., NEW YORK.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thii. It
■will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

. : . . 30 West 29th Street.

Mew Telepbone No. &61 Madison Sqa&re.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,

408 E. 34th Straat,

Cut Flewtr Exchange, NEW YORK.

Telephone 299 MadlBon Sqiiare.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404>4I2 E. 34th St. Near Ferry.
Open for Cat Flower Sales at 6 o'clock
£very Momlnff

OESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON, Secretary.

MOORE, tIENTZ & NASH,

Wholesale Commission Florists,

119 and 121 W. 23d St.,

NEW YORK CITY.
Tblephonb 733— IBth.
Choicest Stock Shipped on a Commission.

Sose. Violet and Carnation Growers.
Consign to

44 W. 29th St., NEW YORK CITT.

At rooms of N. Y.
Cut Flower Co.

Choice Carnations.

Seiected Roses.

Traendly & Schenck

NEW YORK QTY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut riower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 A 799 Madison Sq.

Wbol^ale flower/arK^

New York, Jan^30.

Roses, Beauty, select .-^... .50.00@75.00

" " medium ..20. 00035. 00

culls 3.00® 5.00

" Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor 2.00@ 4.00

med'm 6 OOfoi 8.00

" " select.. 10 00®1.T.OO

Carnations l.OO® 3.00

fancy 4.U0@ 6.00

Lily of the valley 1.50® 3.00

Smilax 10.00@12.00

Asparagus 35.00@50.00

' ' Sprengerii, per doz. bun. 2 . 00@3 . 00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Violets 35® ,50

special 75® l.OD

Gardenias 25 00@75.00

Cypripediums 10.00(a!l2.00

Mignonette 3.00® 8.00

Paper White narcissi 1.50® 2.00

RonKin hyacinths, .Jonquils 50® 1.50

V.m sion narcissi 2.00® 4 00

Cattleyas 35.00®50 M

Dendrobium formosum 20 - C0('/ 25 , 00

Headquarters of the Hustler

CHAS. MILLANG,

Commission Florist

50 W»st 28th St., NEW YORK.

Telepbone No. 1304 Madison Square.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

QROWBRSand FLOWER BUYERS.
Write lor Terms and Quotations.

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 29th street, NEW YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

.... Wholesale ....
Commission Dealer In

The New York Gut Flower Go.

119 and 121 West 23d Street,
112 and 114 Weet 24th Street,

T«l*phon«733-l8th. NEW YORK.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

Special Attention Qivsn to Shipping Ordart.

GEORGE SALTFORD,

Violets

50 W. 39th St., NEW YORK.

I^atr Dealing and Prompt Returns Guaranteed.
Correspondence Solicited.

FORD BROS.

....wnoiesaie Florists

III West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BIG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. 'Phone. 157 Madison Sq.

Julius Lang

53 West 30th Street. NEW YORK.

REPKESENTS THE BeST GROWERS OF

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Square.

S. J. LIMPRCCHT,

WHolesale Gommission Florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street.^ MFW YORK

Telepnone UM Madison Square. lll-»» lunn.

Consignments Solicited.

Cnt Flowers, all varieties and all {Trades,
at New York market rates.

44 W. 29th St.. ■JSTEVr TOBK CITT.

You Can Make IMoney
By Dealing Wltli

J. K. ALLEN,

The Busiest Wholesaler
in New York.

Roses, Violets, Carnations, in all grades, to suit all kinds of buyers.

'X'elef>ln.on.e ±GT ad^d. Sq*

XO& "We»t astla. Stiretst.

Seasor,OpenEDW. C. HORAN.

Violets
'Mums
Gardenias

47 WEST 28th 38T.

Tel. 421

MadisoU'Square,

NEW YORK.

CUT F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Special in
Roses :

Liberty, Pres. Carnot,
Kalserin, Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

898

The American Florist.

Feb. 2,

The gEEt) TRatiE.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.
Albert McCullough, Pres. ; F. W. Boloiano,
Vioe-Pres. ; S. F. Willabd, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Seo'x and Tteas.

C. H. Bbeck, of Boston, is visiting
California.

Visited Boston: A. J. Brown, Grand
Rapids, Mich.

C. H. Perkins, Newark, N. Y., is en-
route to California.

W. R. MooHHODSB, long with James
Vick's Sons, Rochester, is seriously ill.

It is reported that English samples of
red clover seed are of very poor quality.

Miss Blanche Fehey, daughter of D.
M. Ferry, was married last week to a
Mr. Hooker, of Rochester, N. Y.

Reports from leading advertisers for
mail trade indicate inquiries coming in
less freely than at the same time last year.

Pea growers are inclined to believe
that the ravages of the pea louse are not
so much to be feared on early sown crops
for seed purposes as when planted later
for other uses.

New York.— ].C.Vaughan, of Chicago,
is in town this week. Recent visitors
were President Albert McCullough and
Secretary S. F. Willard, of the American
Seed Trade Association.

Jas. L. Drohbn has bought J. M. Hack-
ett's stock in the Soutli Shore Seed Com-
pany, Dunkirk, N. Y., and is now sole
owner. The name will be changed to the
James L. Drohen Seed Company.

The Farber Seed Company, of St.
Joseph, Mo., has been incorporated with
capital stock of $5,000, by Alice R.
Farber, William P. Graham, Horace
Stringfellow and James B. Farber.

There was a meeting of the directors
of the Wholesale Seedsmen's League at
the Astor House, New York, on January
31, those present being Messrs. Brugger-
hoff, Burpee, Landreth, Brown, Don,
Cox and Langbridge. The usual routine
business was transacted.

At a meeting of the executive com-
mittee held at the Hotel Walton, Phila-
delphia, January 28, it was voted to
hold the nineteenth annual convention
of the American Seed Trade Association
at Rochester, N. Y., the second Tuesday
in June, continuing three days. No choice
of hotel has been made as yet, that being
left with W. J. Mandeville. Members
who are planning to attend should at
once write Mr. 'Mandeville to secure
rooms, as they are being rapidly taken.

The Garden Boy.

A nobleman once insisted on his head
gardener taking as an apprentice a young
lad in whom he was interested. The lad
was very lazy, and the gardener was not
at all pleased at having such a youth
thrust upon him.

Some time after his lordship, walking
the garden, came upon his gardener and
said:

"Well, John, how is my young friend
getting on with yon?"

"Oh, he's doin' fine!" replied the gar-
dener, with a smile. "He's workin'
away there at the very job that suits
him, 'Ee's a-chasin' of the snails ofl'n the
walks 1 ' ' — A lis wers.

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus (new croii), KXi seeds, $1; KXiO .■seeds. $8. Asparagus Sprengerii, 100 seeds,
60c; 1000 seeds, $.=1. Aster Queen of the Market, mixed, the earliest, fine for llorists, trade pkt 15c-
l>er oz., 50(3. Aster, Queen of the Market, pink, purple, erimson, white, trade pkt., 20c- oz. 75o.
Ag'ratum. Blue Perfection (true), trade pkt., 20c; oz.,80o. Alyssum. Little Gem. the best for llorists
tr:ide pkt., loc; per oz., 25c. Canna. Lar^e Flowering French mixed, per oz,, lOo; per lb,, $1. Clematis
Paniculata, trade pkt., 1.5c; oz., 50o; per lb., $0. Mignonette, Machet, trade pkt., lOo; per oz., 40c,
Mignonette. Allen s l)c-flanee, trode pki,, 15c; per oz., 60c. Salvia Splendens, Nana Compaeta ur Bon-
fire, tnide i.kt..30c; oz., J2.60. Smilax (new crop), trade pkf., lOc; oz., -JSc; lb., $2.25. Verbena. Main-
iiioth I'hoK-e Mixed, tra.le pkt.. 25c; per oz., $1, Sweet Peas. .T. & S. New Giant Hvbrid Mised, «
ll>., 15e; lb.. 40c. post pa^il. Florists, Wholesale Catalogue mailed on application.

JOHNSON & STOKES.

217-219 Market Street. Phiiadelpliia. Pa.

ESTABLISHED 1802

SEEDS

Fresh Seeds Now on Hand.

Asparagus Sprengerii J3.00 per looo

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 8 00
Cocos Weddeliana 7.co "

Wholesale Price List of High Class
Flower Seeds elc, for Florists, free
upon application.

J.MTHORBURN&Ca

(Imit of IS John Street)

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW YORK

Lilacs for Forcing

I'otojrown, with very long stems. The
best cultivated on the continent.

MARIE LEGRAYE, CHARLES X.,

and MME. CASIMIR PERIER.

Case of 18 pieces, $6, f. o. b. Rotterdam.
J AC. SniTS, Naarden, (Netherlands.)

Tbrms— Cash or good references on the con-
tinent.

Wanted— Agents for the sale of Lilacs, Lily of
the Valley Pips, Spiraeas, Standard Shrub
Roses, etc.

Please mention the American Florist when -writing.
100,000 FKESH

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus Seeds

. .ust picked from o.r \l ^ZlZt^ IZ

own plants, much Per 2 000 Seeds, 15.00

surer to grow than •"»' 5,000 Seeds, 35.0(1

imiiorted seeds E*' '" O"" *««''»• 60.00

importeo^se^r^ Per 15,000 Seeis. 86,00

CASH WITH ORDER. L. ULLRICH, TlffiH, 0.

FLORISTS' ORCHIDS

The Finest and Largest Stock

in the world.

C AlinFD ST. ALBANS, CNGUND and
O/IIIULN BRUGES, BELGIUM.

Send for List of Commercial Varieties.

A. DIMMOCK, Agent. 60 Vesey St.. N. Y.

OSKAR KNOPFF & CO.,

...Seed Growers...

ERFURT - - GERMANY.

Post Free on application, the Trade Catalogue in
English language for 190U-1901.

It U good bnslnese policy ,*•»•»
to mention the t!fu^J^

....American Florist

TUBEROSE BULBS.

(Excelsior Pearl.)

Genuine Hallock dwarf strain, cured by fire:
heat, sound, dry, hand picked.

FIRST SIZE— F. O. B. Chicaso, 4 to 6-in., per lOOOi

$7.00; 3000 $20.50.

From N. Y. City, 50c per lOOO less.
Mammoth Bulbs— 6 to 8-in,, per 1000, HO.OO.
Medium Bulbs— 3 to 4-in.,per 1000,83.50; 10,000 lots,
f. o. b. Chicaso, $30; f. o. b. New York, $27.50.
WE MEET competition, quality considered.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAQO :

84-86 Randolph St.

NEW YORK :
14 Barclay St.

PALM SEEDS5>

=^ 01 Many Varieties : -'

when you write to an advertiser.

Fresh from the Trees

At Reasonable Prices.

VZ^" LIVISTONU ROTUNDIFOLIA

Now about ready, :it JIO.W per lOOO,
postage prepaid. Cash with order

It. J. RHODES. Honolulu, H. I.

llox !>6. _

GRASS SEEDS.

Kentucky Blue, Orchard, Timothy, Red Top,
Meadow Fescue, Perennial and Italian Rye Grass,
Tall Meadow Oat, Johnson, Bermuda, Creeping
Bent, Wood Meadow and other Domestic ana
Imported varieties. CLOVERS— Red, Sah-
ling. Alfalfa, Crimson, White, Alsike, Japan, et«.
WOOD, STUBBS & CO.S "EVERGREEN" and 'SHADY-
GREEN" Lawn Grasses are giving the best satis-
faction everywhere. Put up in packages and
bulk. Special low prices to the trade.

ONTOIS SETS Silver Skin.
Yr^,^''^ OXiXO Yellowand Potato

Wholesale prices for present or future deliveries.

WOOD, STUBBS & CO..

The Largest and Best Collectioa of Seeds in Ky..
LOUISVILLE. KY.

Please mention the American Florist when it'i itmg

Stop Walking the Floor, you wont be disap-
pointed it you place your orders for

SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX

With CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN CO., Evergreen..
Ala. or their agents, L. J. Kreshover, New York-
J. B Deamud, Chicago; M, Rice A Co., Philadel-
phia Vail Seed Co,, Indianapolis. Our advices
Wire your address and go "Sleep in peace."

N. B. We also sell tome Holly.
Please mention the American Florist when writing.

I go I.

The American Florist.

899

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KENNICOTT BROS. CO,

^ ^ CHICAGO ^ *

^^f^ have made a record for filling orders wlien others fail.
Roses were never scarcer than at present, with no
prospect for increased supply so long as the dark weather
holds, bat we are doing pretty well on all orders. If you
are in need we'll help you out. Let us have your order.

Bear in mind that whatever is to be had anywhere
can be had of

KENNICOTT BROS, CO-

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS.

42 and 44 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO. ^

We have sold the cut of the pink Varnution Irene mid tliiiik it imr
of the best commercial sorts we have ever handled. \V'- art- bouk-
iiit: orders for cuttings at $1.50 jier doz., $l(i per lui. $75 I't-r Iihk),

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST.

Best Brides and Maids $8.00to$10.00 per-IOO

Good " " " 6.00 to 8.00 "

Perles 5.00 to 6 00 "

Meteors 6.00 to 10.00 "

Roses, our selection 4.00 to 5.00 "

American Beauties —

Long 7.00 to 9.00 "

Medium 5 00 to 6 00 "

Short 1.25 to 2.00 "

Callas and Harrisii J2.50 to J5.00 "

Carnations, fancy $3.00 to %A.m per 100

fine 1.60 to 3.0)

" our selection 1.3-^

Smilax 1.50 to 2 03 per doz

FernSt Adiantum I. CO to 1.25 per 100

common 1.50 per 1 COO

Galax Leaves l.FO

Lily ot the Valley 4.00 to 5.00 per 100

Roman Hyacinths 3.00 to 3.50

Violets .75 to 1.2i

Paner White 2.t0 to 3.00

Asparagus eOc per string

Leucothoe 75c per 100

Prices Subject to Change Without Notice.

Carnation Cuttings...

^ Ready lor immediate shipment. All fine

-^.^and well rooted. p^^ ,jp p^^ ^^^

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson $7.00 »60.00

Sunbeam .'. 10 00 75.00

ProliBca 10 00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75.00

Nydia 10 00 75.00

Marquis 5.O0 40.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35.00

Ethel Crocker 4.00 35.00

Mrs. Geo. Bradt 3.00 25.00

G H. Crane 3.00 25.00

Gold Nugget 3.00 25.00

Gen. Maceo 2.00 15.00

Chicago 3.00 20 00

White Cloud 2.00 15.00

Mrs. F. Joost 1.50 12.00

Mrs. J.Dean 2.00 15.00

Jubilee 1.50 12.00

FloraHill 1.50 12.00

Daybreak 1.50 12.00

Evelina 1.00 8.00

Triumph 1.60 12.00

Satisfaction GrARANTKBn or Mojtbt Rkfindkh.

J05. LABO, Joliet, III.

"Hoosier Maid,"

The great midwinter blooming Carnation. large,
pure white flowers on strong stem. Ready Feb. 15.

$1.50 per doz.. $10 per 100. $80 per 100O.

A. RASMISSEIM. New Albany. Ind.

Is otft'rme Ethel Crocker rootixl cutting's,
Bradt, America and .lubili^e. Lat.Toia Ii<ir-
honica. 4-in. (see ad. Jan. 26). Kais-rins
2H-iD. pots, and Joan Viaud Geranium, 3-in.
l>ots. Writi' for prices, wliich are right.

W. W. COLES, Kokomo, Ind.

WOOTTON ROSES, W\B

are looking for sonn'thing of this kind to do you
good lor Summer Blooming, order a hundred of
these at once. Also a few White and Yt-llow
California Marguerites. Don't I'orgct to write us
about Boston Fi-nis, also V( oti*d cultin^s of
Cole us.

fiEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III

Catalogue Illustrations.

We sell Electros of the fine illnstra-
tions used in the American Flori8T
at 15 cts. per square inch. Send
list of your needs to

THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

Rootecl Carnation Cuttings

No better Carnation Blooms were ever offered in the Chicago
market than those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect iiealth and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first-class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

Th» Cnnrt P'nk Per lOO Per lOOO

■ lie opUI l» Armazindy...! 6.00 .$50.00

Il-.'ne 10.00 7.-1.00

Suiibrain 10.00 T5.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75.00

Prolific 10.00 7.=i,00

Nydiu 10.00 75.00

Mra. Lawson 6.00 50.00

The Marquis 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35.00

Ethel Crocker 4.00 35.00

Peru 4.00 35.00

13. H. Crane 3.00 25.00

America 2.50 20.00

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 2.00 17.50

Chicago (Red Btadt) 2.00 17.60

CeriseQueen 1.60 12.50

Evanston 1.60 12.50

Mrs. Leopold Ine

(^■■Tl. Iloillrz 2.00

Gen. Maceo 2.00

.John Yoiin^ I 50

Argyle 1.50

Triumph 1.50.

Frances Joost 1.60

Gov. Griggs 1.50

Melba 1.50

Edna Craig 1.50

Flora Hill 1.50

White Cloud 1.50

Daybreak l.FO

Evelina 1.00

McGowan 1.00

Per 100 Per 1000
.$7.00 .tfiO.OO
15.00
I.tOO
12.60
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.60
12.60
12.60
7.60
7.60

WIETOR BROS.,

51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Wholesale Growers
of Cut Flowers,

'SagiSSSSSSSFXiBiEBSf^jrj'il'X'^^iSgSSm^

^ Rooted Cuttings Carnations and Roses. I

Per 100 Per 1000

CRANE 13.00 $26.00

BRADT 2.50 20.00

EVANSTON 3.00 17.50

JOOST 1.25 10.00

WHITE CLOUD 1.25 10.00

FLORAHILL 1.35 10.00

DAYBREAK 1.50 12.50

TRIUMPH 1.50 12.50

MARY WOOD 2.00 17. nO

CA.^I«A..TI01VS.

Per 100 Per 1000

ARMAZINDY 1.25

TIDAL WAVE 150

WM. S'~OTT 1.25

ETHEL CROCKER 3.00

MARQUIS 4.0O

GENEVIEVE LORD 3 00

MRS. LAWSON 5.00

IRENE Per doz., $1.60; 10.00

GUARDIAN ANGEL 6.00

KAISERIN $1 .60 $12.50

LA FRANCE 1.50 12.50

METEOR 1.50 12.50

PERLE 1.50 13.60

aO^TOS.

BRIDE 1.50

BRIDESMAID 1.50

GOLDEN GATE 1.50

10.00
12.50
10.00
25.00
35.00
25.10
45.00
75.00
60.00

12.50
12.50
12.60

These cuttings are all well-rooted, guaranteed free from any disease, carefully paclccd. ^

GEORGE REINBERG, 51 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO. i

New Carnation ELENOR AMES.

The best deep piuk (Jaruation ever introduced.
Deeper color, larger flowers, stronger grower and
produces more blooms per plant than its parent,
Wm. Scott Does not burst. A continuous
bloomer. Has been grown for five years. Plants
free from all disease. Rooted cuttings ready
February 1, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100, $75 per 1000.

D. CARMICHAEL, Wellesley, Mass.

Strong Rooted Carnation Cuttings,

Stiici]> frei/ from disease. WliiteCloud, Sunrise,
Arnia/.tudy, Goliath. Bridt, America. Lizzie
McGowan" Firelly. Flora Hill, (^en. Maceo, Day-
break, Elsie Ferguson, Gencn'ieve Lord, Ethel
CrncktT. Miller, Sfott, .Tames Dean, Uncle Sam.
Prices on application. Write us your wants
and we will quote you coinmoTi sense prices.

GASKILL'S GREENHOUSES. 212 Tod Ave.. Warren, 0.

Please mention the Amencan Florist when writing.

soo

The American Florist.

Feb. 2.

The (NIursery T^KaiDE.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Theo. J. Smith, Pres.; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres.
Georob C. Sbaoer, Rochester. N. Y., Seo'y.

The demand for ornamental nursery
stock is increasing rather than abating.

Orlando Harbison, of Berlin, Md.,
has been elected president of the Penin-
sular Horticultural Society.

J. T. Grimes, of Minneapolis, raises his
voice in favor of the Transcendent apple,
which he says is wrongfully condemned.

The bill requiring the fumigation of all
nursery stock has been re-instated in the
New York legislature and is again arous-
ing the determined opposition of ail nur-
serymen. Wm. Pitkin, secretary of the
Eastern Nurserymen's Association, says
the bill will be fought to the limit.

N. H. Albaugh says that the 10,000
Kiefler pear trees planted nine years ago
by the Georgia Albaugh Orchard Com-
pany have failed to bear and every alter-
nate tree is now being replaced with the
Elberta peach. Part of the remaining
pear trees will be topgraitedto LeConte.
Lack of pollination is said to be the cause
of unfruitfulness

Minneapolis.

TRADE GOOD AND STOCK SHORT OF THE
DEM AND.— PRINCIPAL CALL FOR FDNERAL
MATERIAL.— VARIOUS NOTES.

There has been extra demand for stock
the past week, the call being mostly for
roses, which were frequently difficult to
obtain. Carnations were in good supply,
and buyers not being able to secure roses,
it caused carnations to come to the
front with a jump. Violets were equal
to the demand. A few Harrisii are
coming in and sell readily at 15 cents per
flower. There is a plenty of bulbous
stock in the market. Trade is confined
mostly to funeral work.

Alfred Gibbons, 2634 Twelfth avenue
south, has been experimenting with the
gladiolus. He has some fine varieties and
intends placing them on the market the
coming season.

E. Nagel & Co. are displaying some
fine azaleas and Primula obonica; the
latter are extra quality.

Mrs. H. B. Whitted has returned from
a short trip to Chicago. C. F. R.

Davenport, Ia.— Helen, the daughter
of H. G. Pauli, has the smallpox and the
greenhouses and residence are in quaran-
tine.

Syracuse, N. Y.— The Central New
York Horticultural Society will hold its
annual meeting in the Chamber of Com-
merce here February 15. S. T. Betts is
president.

IN BEST
....VARIETIfl

SPECIALTIES

ROSESi from S-lnoh poM.

CARNATIONS, for all dellTtrr.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
SMILAX.

PrlOMlow. Band tor lift. VIOLETS.

MfOOO BROTH ERO. flSMKILJ.. N.Y.

Please men f ion the American Florist when writing.

Qrape Vines

Descriptive and Price List free. *

f'MTann, Gooseberries and otber Small
KruJt Plants. Extra quality. Warranted true.
T. 8. HUBBARD CO., FRJSDOHIA, M. T.

NORWAY MAPLES

A Superb New Hydrangea,

HYDRANGEA HORTENSIS MARIESII.

This is a grand unique new variety^ sent out by James Veitch & Sods, London. England, last
wintt-T— lSif9-1900. It is named after their collector, Mr. Maries, who introduced ii, and described by
them as "having remarkably very large sterile Mowers, three inches in diameter; rolor a light pinlc.
shaded mauve, and the finest of Hydrangea Hortensia. This variety is most remarkable and distinct
in pots." It is sure to bt' a success. We ofTer strong plants, 4i4-in. pots, 75c earh, $7.50 per dozen.

(ASH WITH ORDER, PLEASE.

Also Deutzia corymbiflora. a very distinct variety; Deutzia gracilis rosea* Deutzia gracilis venusta,

the Azalea Deutzia. Send for circular for price oC these and other varieties.

JOHN CHARLTON & SONS. Rochester. N. Y.

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES. William Wauneii Harpek, IT.. p..

CHESTNUT HILL. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

MANETTI ROSE STOCKS FOR FLORISTS.

Koady Tor immediatf shipment. .lust the right size for Florists' work. Suitabh* for
2H-iiich put. S<'ud for sanijile and price.

THOMAS MEEHAN & SONS, : : Germantown, Philadelphia.

Choicest Fruit and Ornamental Trees.

Shrubs, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds, io Acres Hardy Roses. 44 Qreenhouses
of Palms, Everbloomtng Roses, Ficus, Ferns. Etc. Correspondence
solicited. Catalogue Free. 47 Years. 1000 Acres.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO.,

Painesville, Ohio.

OBSERVE THIS!

OUU STOCK

Everbloomlng Roses

All grown in 4-inch pots, is more extensive and
finer than we have ever before offered our custom-
ers. All leading popular varieties for sale.

From op|en ground, we call your attention to
our heavy blocks of Gen. Jacqueminot. - yrs.,
strong, own roots; also such valuable climbers as
Yellow Rambler, Setigera. Dawson, Climbing Her-
mosa, Greville, Wichuraiana, etc.. etc.

The new climber, Wm. C. Egan, can be supplied
in strong one or two-year-old |)Iants at reasonable
rates. It is the best of Mr. Dausonsfine hybrids,
and is in fact a climbing Malmaison, of thd same
form and color, and undeniablv hardv.

To clear leased land, we oher SHRUBBERY in
elegant assortment, at low rates by the thousand.

HOOPES BROS. & THOMAS,

Maple Ave. Nurseries.

WEST CHESTER. PA.

SUGAR MAPLES

For Parle Planting.

Nice liei-s. 3 lo.T ft., braDclii'd....lO0, Jf; 1000, »30

5 M6 ft. '• .... •■ $6
Linnaeus Rhubarb. 8"od crowns, $1.50 iwr lOT
Hem.rocallis, (\*'ll<iw fr:ii;paiit Dav Liiv) 3 vnrie-

tii-s, e!irlicst,meilium!iiid l-tHsr.'lOO. $3; 1000, J;;5.
Oxalis, 4 best boddini: v:irintii's, disiim't i^oliirs.

namid, 6(J.- lo$l per 1000.

E. Y. TEAS, Greens Eork, ind.

Maples

NORWAY
SIOAR.

From 1 to 3-inch caliper, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list.

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisville, Bucks Co., Pa.

"^"oTHEMOON

Company

For J Trees, Shrubs, Vines,
Your I and Sttiall Fruits.

Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free.
THE WM. H. MOON CO.,
Morrisville, Pa.

FAMCY DAGGER

HARDY GUT FERNS

Following Prices after February ist:

III l,Oi»i Icds $1.25 per 1«»

In 5,iKK) lots 1.20 "

In lU.(i(Ki lets 1 .10

In 25,(KKI Ids l.Ki

L. B. BR*GUE, Hinsdale. Mass.
-i,000,000

Hardy Cut Ferns

FANCY or DAGGER,

lie sure and re;id the raise
in price as follows: In llKm
!luts, .$2.00 per IO(KI; in Fi.iXK)
I HHinr"" '"'" *l-^5 per UHK); m lO.lUi

lots, »l. 50 per KKXI; in 20 000
lots. $1.25 pt-r i(XK>. This is
oash business, and will not
sell less than for the prices
mentioned. Ptrns will be
scarce and in order to have mv stock last I am
obliged to put this pnce on. First-class Laurel
Roping ia per yard. Si.agbnura Moss. 6O0 per bbl.
All orders bv mail or dispatch at above flgutes
prompllv attended to,
THOMAS roLLIHB. HinBdale. Maes.

CLIMBING ROSES.

TWO GRANDEST:

CLIMBING KAISERIN, white,

$10.00 to |l5.ooper hundred.
CLIMBING WOOTTON, red,

liO.OO per tiundred.

Fiekl-Kown, own roots, 2 to 3 feet.
Plenty ot other sorts, bush and climbers, hardv
Miid tender.

THE nOtVLAND NLRSERY CO., Los Angeles, Cal.

P/rase mention the American Florist ivhen -.vritiftg

1 :iud 2 years, $1.26 and $2 per doz.. 12 best kinds.
F. A. BALLER, Btoomlngton, ill.

jgor.

The American Florist.

,01

A FEW MORE BOOD FLOWER BUYERS

c

as

AN be accommodated from our special stock which we control by direct purchase
and which for uniformity of excellent quality cannot be duplicated in the Boston
market. Regular daily, weekly or semi-weekly shipments to responsible parties
are a specialty with us and such buyers can safely leave the purchase of their stock
with us. \A^e are particularly strong on Carnations, Roses and Lily of the Valley.

WRITE FOR PARTICULARS.

N. F. McCarthy & co.

Wholesale Buyers and Shippers of Cut Flowers,
84 Hawley Street, J- BOSTON, MASS.

McKellar ^.Winterson

Wholesale Dealers in Everything for Florists.

Should You Not Receive OUR 1901 CATALOQUE, Write Us tor Same.

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Please mention American P'lorist whpu writing.

Guardian Angel

(Pinl< Sport of Armazindy.)
Scored 90 points at Carnation Show, Chicago
Florists' Club, February, 1900. First prize at
Exhibition of Chicago Horticultural Sooietv,
November, 1900. Vi>ry prolific, produces four or Ave
blooms to oni' on Mrs. I.awson. Introductory
price, $6 per 100. $50 per 1000.

GUARDIAN ANGEL ORPHAN ASYLUM.

401 Devon Ave., Chicago.

Please mention the A met tea n Ftorisi ivhen writing.

CARNATIONS t^^L^^

\arieii"'s. Writf for prices.

Aiparagut Sprengetii, .^ inch $4.09 per 100

Atparagut Piumosut. 3 li.uo per 100

Small Ferns for dishes. 4 vars ,aH-in. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata. 2y2-inch 4.00 per 100

Boston Ferns. 8-inch pans $15 and $18 per doz.

3i4-inoh 4.00 per 100

3-inch 8.00 per 100

CARL HACENBEWCER. West Mentor. O.

ROOTED CUITINGS 8aU'K*'^°*'"'

Also strong healthy plantsof LADY CAMPHELL
Violets from sand or soil. Send for price list.
WM. SWAYNE. Kennett Square, Pa.

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

CARNATIONS.

THIS stock is strictly flrst-class in every respect, free from disease
and will be thoroughly rooted when sent out. We guarantee
them to be as represented. Money refunded upon return of piants if
not satisfactory.

Cnnrt P'°k Perioo

»»l"" •■» Armazindy $5.00

Triumph 1.60

Flora Hill 1.50

White Cloud 1.60

Evans ton 1.50

Per 1000
$40.00
13.50
12 50
13,50
12.60

Per 100

Armazindy 1.00

Portia 1.00

Wni. Scott 1.00

McQowan 1.00

Evelina 1.00

Kohinoor I.OO

Per 1000
7.50
7.50
7.60
7.50
7 50
7.50

ROSES.

$12.F0
13.50
13.50

GoIdenGate $1..tO ,$13.50 Brule...... $1.6(1

,, , , .,, ,„., liridesmaul l..'(i

Meteor I..-50 12.60 | per,„ , j^,

These 'Mittiiigs are u[t to the well known staiidanl nf tlmsf ><'nt out bv us in previi'us seasons.

J. A. BUDLONG, 37-39 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL.

ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS "tX^u"K^2!^vii^

NEW VARIETIES. (1901 INTRODUCTIONS.)

Sunbeam, (llesh pink) $10.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000

Bon Homme Richard, (white) lO.fO " 75.00 "

Nydia. (viiriegatird white and light salmon) 10.00 " 76.1j0 "

Prolifica, (ceri-epink) 10.00 " 75.00 "

Guardian Angel, a very fine pink; strong stems and good bloomer. It is a

moneymaker 4.00 " 35.00 "

STANDARD VARIETIES.

PINK. 100 1000

Mrs. T. W. Lawson. .$r.u0 JfiO.OO

Marquis 5.00 40.00

Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

Ethel. Crocker 4.00 35.00

Triumph 1.50 12 60

Argyle 1.50 12.50

Daybreak 1.50 12.00

Scott 1.00 7.50

WHITE.

ICO 1000

White Cloud $2.00 $1.5.00

Flora Hill 1.25 10.00

Evelina I.OO 7.50

McGowan I.OO 7.50

SCARLBT. ICO

G. H. Crane $3.(0

Chicago 3.00

America 3..50

Evanston 1.50

VARIEaATBD.

Olympia 5.00

Mrs. G. M. Bradt.... 3.00
Armazindy 1.25

All Cuttings sold under the condition that if not satisfactory they are to be returned at once,

money will be refunded.

ICOO
$35.00
35.00
20.00
12.50

40.00

17.50

10.00

when

HOLTON &. HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

902

The American Florist.

Feb. 2,

Our pasTiMES.

Announoementi of coming contests or other
•Tent! of interest to our bowling, shooting and
oyollng readers are solicited and will be given
place in this column.

Address all correspondence (or this department
toWm. J.Stewart,6/Bromfleld St., Boston, Mass.;
Robt. Kitt, 1726 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

At New York.

The following scores were made on the
Eighth street alleys by members of the
New York Florists' Club, on Monday
evening, January 28:

Player 1st 2d 3d

T.Lang 170 178 lK(i

Burns 17.1 175 188

Moody 112 132 150

Thielniann , 172 186 181

Stewart 142 148

J.Lang 110 134 IH!

Schenck- 191 1211 134

Traendly 175 130 LW

Marshall 14ti 146 i:!H

Woerner 119 139 164

Hafner 156 173

Donaldson 146 177 144

Schmutz 190 152 113

Sheridan 92

Troy 197

Birnie 99

Manda 131

Langjahr Ill

Phillips 12a

Mellis 124

Chicago Visits Milwaukee.

The Chicago bowlers headed by Referee
W. N. Rudd and escorted by several of
those whose names seldom appear on the
score board, journeyed to Milwaukee
last Saturday evening to enjoy one of the
best evenings on record. After supper
three games were rolled, with honors
easy, Milwaukee winning two games but
losing on total pins. Then the party
repaired to the Edelweiss, where a beau-
tiful repast was spread in one of the
private dining rooms, which had been
tastefully decorated with cut flowers tor
the occasion. With thecigars came song
and story and the hour was growing
late before a visit was paid to the
famous annual Brewery Ball, then at its
height. Each visitor was provided with
a huge false nose as a mask and the
florists proved good stayers amid the
rollicking throng. The following is the
score recorded on the alleys:

CHKAno 1st 2d 3d Tl

Asmus 146 166 138 450

F. Stollcry 152 166 ]4i 463

Ed. Hi^uthev 157 115 V*!i 422

KrietlinK 119 114 I.W 31iii

Hauswirth 1.54 129 l.=>7 440

Degnan 186 145 157 43H

Coulsoil 199 177 145 ISJl

Winterton 183 181 136 ."itK)

BallutI 186 138 135 4.59

Total 1432 1331 1320 4083

Milwaukee 1st, 2.1 3il Tl

Pollworth 157 192 196 539

Zimmerman 130 158 158 44B

Zweifel 124 139 129 392

Kennedy 112 142 134 :1H8

Sylvester 158 97 147 4(i2

Klockni-r 106 179 162 447

Edlefseil 168 143 142 1,53

II'>Iton 148 167 161 476

llunkel 136 179 173 488

Total 1 i:l3 1396 1402 4031

At Flatbush.

The following scores made on Thurs-
day, January 24, at the Flatbush alleys,
are published under a threat of a lerrible
penalty therefor. Visions of retaliation
on New Yorkfor past defeats vanish into
dim distance in the light of such scores, it
is true, but so long as Flatbush turns out
the finest carnations, the best primroses,
the prettiest orange trees and the highest
kicker in the world she can still carry her

head high. And better figures are prom-
ised for next week.

P.'ayer 1st 3d 3d

Sohmutz 118 124 108

Rllev 177 1.35 148

E llailledouze 112 131 160

Woerner 94 101 123

H. Dailledouze 128 124 122

Wooker Ill 100 126

A. Zelier 146 99 115

P. Dail edouze 141 142 148

('. Zelier 99 88 93

liutterfield 179 128 112

At Utica.

The following is the score of the Utica
Florists' Bowling Club, made on Janu-
ary 2S:

Player. Ist 2d 3d 4th Av

Baker 143 130 179 153 151

H. M.athews 106 100 146 152 126

Rowlands 142 123 125 112 125

Wilcox 137 132 112 116 124

D:iv 105 128 140 118 12:1

Hildebrand 148 117 89 120 118

Murphy 146 112 115 89 115

Spencer 99 114 110 122 HI

Quis.

At West Hoboken.
On Wednesday evening, January 23,
the usual party of hardworking enthusi-
asts was in attendance at the alleys and
scores were recorded as tollows:

Pl.ayer 1st 2d 3d

Brown 160 180 146

L.Hansen 107 144 133

Kogge 129 133 131

Uietz 140 193 139

Birn^e 123 i;« 115

(irundmau 106 101 138

Jk-nne 139 143 194

M. Hansen 165 126 139

Wache 142 118 115

Tsohupp 129 131 122

Baumann 99 111 109

Pittsburg.

TBADB FAIH BUT DEMAND IS VERY LARGELY
FOR FUNERAL WORK. — STOCK ISSCAECB.
— A VISITOR.

Trade in Pittsburg and vicinity for the
past week has been fair. Stock is very
scarce, with the exception, perhaps, of
carnations and of these the whites have
been very short. White flowers have
been very hard to get and work for the
past few days, to make matters worse,
has been nearly all for funerals. The
quality of stock has not been very good,
due, of course, to the dark weather. The
Pittsburg Cut Flower Company reports
business good in the small towns and fair
through the cities of Pittsburg and Alle-
gheny. All their growers are complain- ■
ing about the dark weather, which,
together with the smoke of the cities, has
hindered their plants fropi blooming to a
very great extent.. The indications for
business from now on until the beginning
of Lent are good.

John Walker, of Walker & McLean, of
Youngstown, Ohio, who recently pur-
chased the property and business of Mr.
Hippard, stopped here Monday last on
his way east. He reports business in
Youngstown as very good and a great
scarcity of stock. Woodward.

North Andovee, Mass.— E. Flynn, of
Lawrence, has taken the lease on the West
Andover greenhouses formerly conducted
by A. G. Moody, who will give his whole
attention to his place on Main street.

• •••

Rooted Rose Cuttings

'••••

MADE FROM OUR PRIZE-WINNING STOCK. ACKNOWLEDGED BY

ALL WHO HAVE SEEN IT AS THE STRONGEST AND BEST

GROWN IN AMERICA. TRY A CHANGE OF STOCK

AND SEE IF IT DON'T MPROVE YOUR QUALITY.

A limited quantity only for sale.
Order quick if you want them.
jt Cash or reference with order.

Brides

Bridesmaids .
Perles

.per 100, $1.75; per UHXi, $15.00
1.75 •■ 15.00

1..W ■■ 12.50

3 SOUTH PARK FLORAL CO., New Castle, Ind.

:SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS§SSei§SSSSSisi^SSSe.i

Carnations

THE SENSATIONAL NEW
VARIETIES FOR 1901. jt

PROSPERITY, GOV. ROOSEVELT,

And all the other new ones at advertised rates; also all the
really good varieties of last year and former introductions in
extra fine selected stock, all ready for early shipment.

Descriptive Trade List
will be mailed to those not
receiving it on receipt of
postal card. SUMMIT. N. J.

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation oroduces the finest flowers. Is perfectly healthy
and is the best white variety ever introduced.

John N. May,

IT BLOOMS EARLY

IT BLOOMS LATE

IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Our price list contains cuts from photographs taken every two weeks during the months of February,
March, April, May, June, October and November. No other Carnation can stand such a test.

Price

$10 per 100,
$75 per lOOO.

Rooted Cuttings ready February 16th.
Come and see it or send tor circular.

J. rv. Dir^ivOiv,

BlooKi3.s)bux>g;« T*et,

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803

Tuberous-rooted Begonias

AN

E GLOXINIAS.

Our strains of these important Summer-flowering Bulbs are the finest
to be secured in Europe.

BEGONIAS, Single Flowering.

White. Pink, Scarlet. Crimson, Orange antl
Yellow, 40c per dozen; 13.09 per 100; $25.00
per 1000.

Choicest Single Mixed, 35c per dozen; $2.50
per 100; $a-.' per 1000.

BEGONIAS, Double Flowering.

Scarlet. Pink, White and Yellow, 65c per
dozen; 15.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000.

Choicest Double Mixed, 50c per dozen; $4.00
per 100; S35.00 per 1000.

GLOXINIA Crassifolia Grandiflora

Red, White Jiml Tilue, in separate colors. 65c
per do/en; $5.00 per 100; $45,013 per lOOo.

Choicest Mixture. 50c per dozen; $4.00 ppr 100-
$30.00 per 1000,

FANCY LEAVED CALADIUMS.

.V Choice Collection of 25 distinct \ari"tie'^,
$1.2.") per dozen; $10.00 per 100; $00 00 per
1000.

Choice Mixed Varieties, $1.00 per dozen; $8.00
per 100; $75 per 1000.

HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut $t„ PHILA., PA.

TUBEROUS-BOOTED
BEG0NIA.3.

Ethel Crocker

WHEN store men telegraph that they must have
some Crocker for their customers, and com-
miasion nien beg for consignments, in spite of the
fact that there are plenty of other pinks on the
market, it is a pretty sure sign that Crocker has
some points of merit distinctive from the others
and that there is an unfilled demand for the flowers.
With the largest stock of this variety grown by
any one grower in the country I can fill your
orders with carefully selected cuttings, at
$4 per too or $30 per 1000.

8KKD FOR LIST OF OTHER VAUlETIEfl-

ALBERT M. HERR

LANCASTER, PA.

Please mention the Amrn'cati Ftnrist wheyi rftittntr

Florists all over the country are quickly
discerning the

Gommercial Value of
The Lawson Carnation.

The demand will be heavy this season
My stock is in excellent condition, clean
and healthy. Rooted cuttings ready now,
or for later delivery.

PRICE, Per 100 $7.00

Per 1000 $60.00

Tkrmb Strictly Cash from unknown parties.

Send ALL ORDERS DIRECT TO

No Agents. EMlis, ^I^SS.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

CARNATIONS.

Ethel Crocker 100, J4.00; 1000, $30.00

White Cloud " 200; " 15.00

Alaska (white) " 1 OO; " 7.50

ROSES.

Golden Gate 100, $1.50; lOOO, $12.50

Bride " 1.50; " 12 50

Bridesmaid " 1.50; " 12 50

GEO. HARRER, Morton Orove, III.

Please mentioji the American Florist luhen 7vrHin^.

Rooted Cuttings of Roses

Brides, Maids, Perles, Meteors, Pres. Carnot.
American Beauties. Woottous, G. Gate. etc. A
bargain in Perles in 2 in. pots ready for a shilt.

Best bedding vari<'ti<;3, rooted cuttings.
ilBOSTTOIV F^.BS^::Vfi», Write

GEO. A. KUHL. PEKIN3 ILL.

i:§r9.-9.-3tS^^^a^«*^.^^^.^^^-^3^i^S^^^§

MR. WM. MUNRO.

One of the judges

ApBelnted by tbe Philadelpbia Florists' Club to judge

OUR GRAND
NEW ROSE

QUEEN OE EDGELY

-PINK AMERICAN BEAUTY,

Writes December 31, 1900, as follows:

"Having had the pleasure of visiting your greenhouses and seeing for the
first time your new Rose QUEEN OF EDGELY growing on the plants,
I should like to say that my first impression as regards Its STERLING WORTH
has been GREATLY STRENGTHENED. At the time of my visit it was A SIGHT
WORTH GOING A LONG WAY TO SEE, having stems FROM 6 TO 8 FEET
LONG. With its LUXURIANT FOLIAGE, EXQUISITE COLOR AND FRAGRANCE,
LARGE SIZE OF BLOOM, together with its FREE BUDDING QUALITIES. I con-
sider it a GRAND INTRODUCTION and a MONEY MAKER for all growers of
American Beauty Roses." Truly yours,

Lansdowne, Pa. WM. MUNRO.

PLANTS READY FOR DISTRIBUTION APRIL, 1901. For Particulars Apply to

THE FLORAL EXCHANGE, Inc.,

K. CK*IG & SONS, East. Asts.,

49th and Market Hts., PliUa., Pa.

335 N. Sixth street.

Phila., Pa. |

E. G. HILL & CO., West. Agts., qH

Richmond, Ind. ®

The Largest Fancy Carnation. Ready March ist.

-PROSPERITY-

ALL ORDERS TILLED IN STRICT ROTATION.

I*ric©s for :Root©d Cvitt:irag:s.

1 Plant ; .50

12 Plants 5 00

25 Plants 8.25

50 Plants 10.00

luO Plants 16.00

250 Plants $ 37.50

500 Plants 70.00

750 Plants 101.25

1000 Plants 130,00

WRITE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS.,

Flatbush, N. Y.

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Feb. 2,

Toronto.

■FUNERAL WORK IS THE BULK OF BUSINESS.
— STOCK SCARCE. — MEMORIAL DECORA-
TIONS. — NOTES.

Business has been dnll as far as social
festivities are concerned, but as funerals
are numerous and roses off crop it keeps
one on the hunt forenough white flowers
to fill orders, and most work sent out
asually consists of hyacinths, narcissi,
tulips and other bulbous stock. Carna-
tions are of excellent quality. Mrs. Law-
son, Morning Glory, Olympia, Bradt, and
many of the newer varieties are plentiful,
but the demand for fancies is very light.
Beauties are very scarce but will be more
plentiful with a few days of sun, as many
buds are showing. Liberty is very dis-
appointing, and what flowers are seen
are short and weak. Meteors are in fine
shape, with long stems and good color
Harrisii and callas are very scarce and
only a few Von Sions are seen, Geo. Abbs
cutting the first. Violets are more plenti-
ful and prices have dropped to as low as
75 cents a hundred. Some good azaleas
are seen and help to brighten the stores.

The retail florists have all draped their
windows with black and purple. Tidy
-& Son show a well arranged window of
white flowers with a black background.
Dunlop has a bust of the Q ueen with a large
engraving draped in purple, surrounded
by violets, cyclamens and white azaleas,
which makes a very striking efiect. J.
Simmons has a window of purple and
white which is also very good.

Dunlop's wagon has been in collision
with an electric car, but the driver
escaped and the damage was not heavy.

Victor Abel has opened a flower stand
in the Temple building and is pleased
with business so far.

H. G. D.

?ggggggSgSgggggggggggg@ge;s5sis;eisJggggggggggg€

Clarksville, Tenn.— E. C. Pickett,
formerly of Cincinnati, has located here
and proposes to at once proceed with
the erection of a range of three green-
houses.

Grand Rapids, Mich.— Geo. F. Crabb
has been ill all winter of cataarh of the
stomach and now both his little sons are
ill, one with scarlet fever, the other with
tonsilitis.

Bellefontaine, O.— An overheated
furnace in the establishment of Poole &
Purllant, who have just started in busi-
ness, resulted in a heavy loss on January
28. The establishment is that recently
conducted by Mrs. M. E. Hovey.

Gut Prices

VERBENA KING.

Express prepaid on all
Rooted CuttlDgs.

Verbenas, 40 best mam-
moth vara. 60c per 100;
$5.00 per 1000.
Alternanthera, red and
yellow, 60c per lOO; |5
per 1000.
.Vgeratuin, Princess
Paulini and a new
rich blue, verv dwarf
growiT, 11 V. ininT; Cope's Pet, white; '60c per
100, J.'^.Ou 1*1 KIjO,
Heliotropes, 10 best varieties, all named, 70c per

100, t6.00 per lOOO.
Daisies, 2 best vars., II 00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000.
Geraniums, strong 2i<-ln., best named varieties,

ready for 3-in., $3.50 per 100, $30 per 1000.
Verbena plants, strong, full of cuttings, fine as

silk, $2 per 100, $18 per 10(0.
Heliotrope, 2M-in., strong, fine plants, $3 per 100,
$18 per 1000.

Send for our new list of other rooted cuttings
and plants; it will save you money. Write for
prices on larger lots. Special low express rates
to all parts. That Cash Please.

C. HUMFELD, Clay Cantar, Kas.

Norway

Egypt

Tliequeenofcommerci.il white Carnations. The modern idea
of :l I'omnLon'ial variety, combines large size with free, rapid
growth and produciivcness, a fine keeper and shipper. It givfs
us jileasure to offer the white we have all been looking for. A

<llstinct feature is that the tlnwers are remarkably uniform in size, 3 to S^i-iuches in diameter.

It is selling rapidly; place your order at oai-f.

A ri''h. warm s<-arlet crimson. A distinct departure from all other
crimsnns. It lias modern commercial stems, long and strong: escjuis-
ite sulcy odor, beautifu', rich, glowing color: tht-se are its most dis-
tinct features. The llower is large and well formed, 2H to 3^ inches
in diameter. Can be had in good Hower by Kovember Ist to I5th. Is a continuous, free bloomer.

Price of the above two varieties. $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100, $75 per 1000.

The only pink Carnation which
can claim tli*^ proud <iistinotion of
having supHFseded the hitherto
invincible \Vm. Scott. Genevieve

Genevieve Lord

Lord is not only equal to Scott in its jialmiest days, but is far superior to that variety in every
way. It commands a price that was never obtained for the best Scotts which ever grew. Such
a t'arnation is produced onlv once in a great ^\bile. Place \ our order early. $5 per 100,
$40 per 1000.

A\ e can also furnish Prosperity, Roosevelt, Lorna and all other 1901 novelties. Also
Lawson Marquis, Crocker, Estelle, Olympla aud other new and standard varieties.

CHRYSANTHEMUM TIHOTHY EATON. We have a large stock of it;
100. Also all of the best new and st.iud.-ird varieties. An excellent list of the
ties. Send for complete (.-utalogue.

.=)0c each, J30 per
very best v.-irie-

H. WEBER & SONS, - Oakland. Md.

WEI LAMD -AND RISCH

59 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO.

ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS.

Mrs. T. W. Lawson .
M

100 1000
S6.00 $50.00 Evanston
4.00 3V00 White Cloud.

tg

d?

arquis

Genevieve Lord S.OO 40,00

Dorothy. Irene 10.00 75 00

Prosperity 16.00 130.00

Roosevelt 12.00 100.00

Ethel Crocker 4 00 35.00

G.H.Crane 3.00 25 00

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 2.50 20.00

Queen Louise ,... 10.00 75.00

Mrs. Frances Joost ..".. . 1.50 12.50

ROOTED ROSE

100 1000

Meteor $1.50

Bride 1.50

Bridesmaid 1.50

100 1000

.$1.50 $12 60

Flora Hill 1.60

Gov. Griggs 1.50

Triumph 1.60

Melba, Daybreak 1.60

Mary Wood 2.00

Gold Nugget 3 00

America 2 50

McGowan 1.00

Evelina 1.00

CUTTINGS.

100

1.60 12.60

12 60
12.50
12.50
12. .TO
15.00
25.00

Golden Gate $2 50

Kaiserin 1.60

Perle 1.60

La France 1.60

American Beauty and Liberty, ready later. Write for prices.

$12.50
12.60
12.50

riorista orderinn of u9 can res
a^n stock, as we vouch for ever

20.00
8.00

3

8.00

»

1000

$2000

12.60

12.60

u

r^

12.60

^

rJ^

assured of obtaining first-
cuttins sent out.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

CARNATIONS

i«ooT*Br>

OUTTIIVG^®

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following prices:

G. H. CRANE 125.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT 2.5.00

MADAM CHAPMAN 25.00

DAYBREAK 12.50

WHITE CLOUD $12.50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10.00

MoGOWAN 1000

ELDORADO 10.00

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to bi seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in need of a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times.

AiJ-ifL* CHA5. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich. '^",'',«'"'

SEEP Pansies ^^^^^

The Jennings strain. Fine stock, choice varie-
ties. Medium size plants, 60c per ItO by mail, $4
per 1000 by express. Extra fine stocky plants in
bud and bloom $1 per 100; |10 per 1000. The above
growing in cool greenhouses. Seed, $1 per pkt.,
$5 per oz. Cash with order.

t. B. JENNINGS. Grower of the Finest Pansies.
Lock Box 254 etouMiportt Conn.

PANSIES SaTJn"o

Again I can furnish, for immediate delivery,
about 10,000 good pansy plants. Price $4.00 per
1000 f. o. b. express here.

CASH WITH ORDBR..

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU.

■ 90 Grant Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

NEXT SEASON'S BUSINESS

can be started now by advertisinfi in this journal. Don't delay in
commencing next spring's business. The best orders are placed early

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.05.

NEW CROP

FLOWER SEEDS.

Alyssum, Little Gem, true.

VAUGHANS

NEW

UPRIGHT

BRANCHING

ASTER.

Centaurea Candidissima, 1000 seeds 25c,
GymnocJirpa

PANSY.

Vaughan's "International" is today better and more
complete Ihau ever. It contains the cream of the
stock of ten Pansy specialists. There is no better
mixture in existence. Price, per oz., $10; y^ oz.,
$5; y% oz., $1.50; trade pkt., 50c.

Vaughan's "Giant Mixture." If you want laree
flowers this is the mixture to buy. Oz., $4;
% oz., 60c; trade packet, 25c.

Chicago Parks Bedding Mixture, oz., 81; % oz., 30c;
trade pkt., 10c.

Masterpiece. Pt'r >a oz. $1.50; trade pkt., 50c.

Pansy, separate sorts, see uur florists' catalog.

VERBENA.

Vaughan's Best Mixture. Includes the Mammoth
Flowered strains . of three celebrated Verbena
specialists. Defiance, the Snow White, Purples,
Strii"'d. We feel perfectlysafe in stating that this
mixture of Verbenas will eclipse every otln-r
strain. Oz.. %t: hi oz., 50o: trade pkt., 25c.
Mammoth Mixed, trade pkt., 15c; oz. $1.00.
" White, trade pkt., 15c; oz., $1.25.
" Pink and carmine shades, trade pkt.,

25c; M oz., 50o.
" Mayflower, best pink, trade pkt., 25c. ;
M oz., 50c; oz., $1.75.

Tr. pkt. Oz.

Verbena Defiance, scarlet, M, oz., 30c 10 $1.00

Coerulea, skv-blue 10 1.00

" Striped 10 1.00

" Lemon-scented, ig oz., 25c 10 1.23

Vaughan's New Upright Branching Asters.

The flowers are larj^e, very douhio, :ind c)f the trin' "Semi)Ie" type. The-
plaiits grow about 30 inches lii^h. and produce from 20 to 35 tlow<*r8. which arc
borne on stems from 20 to 24 inches long. Its uprig:ht habit admits of close
planting and it will attain full growth wlien si*t. I'lily 15 or Iti inch'-.-^ :ipart. The-
growing of many ]>lunts in a small space is a dp<'i<h'd adv;iut;ig<; wh'-ii room is
b'-arci*. A\'e wi'Van furnish this in white and pink.
Vaughan's Upright While Branching Aster. Trade pkt., 15c.; ^ oz., 25c.; oz.. 80c.;

14 lb,, $2.7d.
Vaughan's New Pink Branching Aster Trad.- pkt.. 25c.; % oz., 40c.; oz.. $1.60.

Branching, or Semple Aster.

White Branching, M "Z.. 25c.; oz.. 80j. : (im.1.- pkt., Kir.

Red Branching, "z.. $l.i-»i; M "/•■, 25c.; traili' pkt., 10c.

Purple Branching. H "'■■. 25c.; «z., 85c.: trade pkt., 10-.

Pink (I)M\brr;ik) Branching. M u'-. 25o.: oz., $1.00; trade pkt., lOc.

Lavender Branching '4 oz-, •15c.; oz., $1.50; trade pkt., 25c.

One trndt^ packet each of the above five colors for 50g.

Branching Aster, mived, oz.. S5c.; Hoz., 25c.; trade pkt., 10c.

Queen of the IVIarket.— Tliis the best early .\ster, pmducinK fine, larse, double^
(lowers 'if pood lorra on lone wiry^stenis: Ilowrrs should be cut before fully
.'Pi'iied. White, Pink, Light Blue! Scarlet, Dark Blue, and Mixed, each, per
oz., 5O0.: H oz.. 20c.; tnidf pkt., inc.

FOR OTHER ASTERS SEE OUR BOOK FOR FL0RIS1S

Tr. pkt. Oz.

$ .10 $ .25.

100 seeds. 1000-

Asparagus Pluraosus Nanus $1.00 $8.50'

Sprenfferii (Write forprices on larger lots.) 50 3.00

Decumbens, 25 seeds 60c $2.00 per 100-

Tr. pkt. Oz.
Bellis Perennif, (Double Daisy) Vaughan's Mam. .mixed, 1-160Z. 40c. .25

Mammoth Daisy, white, I-I60Z. 5Uo 25

pink 25

Lo^feilow, >J oz. 35c 15 $2.''0

SnSnball, H oz. 40c 15 2.50

Browallia, mixed -l" oO

Speeiosa, large, blue *

Tr. pkt. Oz. Petunia. Vaughan's Best Mixture 50

' — The best mixture of laree-flower-

ing single varieties in existence.
Giants of California, mixed 1-32

oz. 11.25 50

Double Fringed Perfection 75

Double White 50

Pyrethrum parth. aureuiii, Golden

l-'eather. Ji oz., 15c 10 .40.

Salvia Splendens "Drooping Spikes".. .15 2.00

Clara Bedman -.25 2.50.

St. Louis, new, best of all 25

Stock, SnowUake, forcing, the earliest

white Ten Week, y^ oz. $1.00, .25
" White Perfection "Cut and

Come Again", % oz. 45c. .25

" Large Flowering Ten Week,
White, Rose, Crimson, Blood-
Red, Yellow, Light Blue, Dark

Blue, each 25

One pkt. of each of the7 for $1.25.

" Extra choice mixed 25

Smilax, new crop, lb $3.00 10 .30'

Thunbergia. mixed 10 .35-

Vinca Rosea, pink, white with eye,

pure white, mixed, each 15 .60'

Cyclamen Persicum Giganteum.

Mont Blanc, white $ .75

Deep Crimson, very large 75

Rosa von Marienthal, pink 75

White, Carmine Eye 75

Best mixed, H oz,, $1.50 50

Lobelia, Bedding Queen, The best Tr.
Lobelia for carpet beds, pkt

borders and pots $ .25

Crystal Palace Compacta 15

'* Speeiosa, for hanging baskets .10

" ' Emperor William. H oz. 2,5c. .15

Maurandya, mixed, M oz. 40c 15

Mignonette. Macbet, true 10

" Defiance 25

Nasturtium. Tall. Vaughan's Special
.Mixture, lb.. $l.i«): H lb., 3(V.
Dwarf, VuuglLan's Special
Mixture, lb., 85i-.; M lb., 2cc.

1.00

.10 .40

Seeds
100 1000

$5.00
.5.00
5.00
5.00
4.50

Oz.

$1.50

.75

1.50

1.25

.50

1.75

.10
.10

SPECIAL DISCOUNT OF 10 PER CENT FOR CASH WITH ORDERS
AMOUNTING TO $2.00 AND OVER.

For other Flower Seeds not listed see our "BOOK for FLORISTS," a copy ol which will be mailed on request.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO :

84-86 Randolph. Street.

-^

NEW YORE :

14 Barclay Street.

F/faif mention the American Florist when writing.

hardy, large plants, Snowball, Longfellow, 40c

per 100; $2.50 per 1000.
FORGET-ME-NOT, fine clumps, 75c per 100; $5.00

oer 1000.
MIGNONETTE (Allen's Defiance), large plants out

ol 2!^-inch ^2.50 per 100.

J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

:xx:s: stock:.

Cyclamen Persicum Splendens Giganteum, fine
plants in bud and bloom, from 4-in. pots, $l.f>0
per doz., $12.00 per lOO; from 3-in. pots in bud,
,$7.00 per 100.

Begonia Rex, in 15 leading vars., plants from 2^-
in. pots, labeled, 85.00 per 100; mv selection,
$4.00 per 100; well-rooted cuttings, labeled, $2.00
per 100; mixed. $1.50 per lOO.
solicit your patronage and guarantee satisfaction.

PAUL MADER, E. STROU08BURG. PA.

ADMIRAL GERVERA

The easiest Yellow Variegated Carna-
tion to grow, free and healthy. .^ J*

^GOETHE—

A beautiful Light Pink Carnation,
very large, in perfect condition. ^ ^

Rooted Cuttings $10 per 100, $90 per 1000

DELIVKKEO NOW.

C. BESOLD, Mineola, L. I., N. Y.

Please mention the American Florist when wyiting.

GARNATIONS TX.

Tor imnediate shipment.

All well rooted.

IVr 100 Per 1000-

The Marquis pot -irown

Mrs. Lawson

Mrs. Geo. Bradt

G. II. Crane from flats.

Flora Hill

White Cloud

RoseQuc^en •'

.luliil.-..

D:ivbre:ik

Uncle Walter

Meteor "

Win. Scott

McGowau '•

Eldorado

.$,5.00

.. 7.00

.. 4.00

.. 3.0U

.. 1..50

.. 1.50

.. 1.50

.. 2.01

.. 2.00

.. 2.00

.. 2.C0

.. 1.00

.. I.OO

.. 1.00

$1

60.
12.50
12..5Q
15.00
15.00
15.03
15.00
8.00
8.00-
8.00

Stock Plants-Chrysanthemums $1.00 per lOO-

W. T. & F. P. BUTZ, New Castle, Pa.

906

The American Florist.

Feb. 2,

New Orleans.

SPRING ALREADY IN SIGHT AND MASKBT
TRADE HAS BEGDN TO IMPROVE.

To-day, as for many days previous,
the weather ia spring-like. Of course we
have not passed through February yet,
which is sometimes a treacherous month,
but no matter how cold that month may
be it will not last long and people are
looking around and commencing to
ornament their grounds. Consequently
market business has been improving.
Geraniums, heliotropes and many other
tender plants have made their appear-
ance and find a ready sale. Many roses
have been disposed of lately and we
notice with pleasure that people want
large roses and don't care so much about
ordering north for diminutive collections
of plants which are offered at very
low prices, without any knowledge of
sorts and varieties really adapted to our
soil and climate. The city of New Orleans
is slowly but surely improving and the
flower business is on a fair basis of
increase. M. M. L.

St. Joseph, Mich.— Thomas V. Evans,
who succeeded Thomas Archer, has
decided to open a salesroom in Benton
Harbor, and for that purpose has leased
the comer store in the Bell Opera House
building, which is admirably suited to
his purpose.

Springfield, III.— H. P. Buckley, who
reports himself in poor health this win-
ter, suffering from paralysis, has sold out
his interest in the South Side Floral
Company, to his son, William F. Buck-
ley, who will continue under the title of
the Buckley Plant Company.

NEPHROLBPIS WITTBOLOII.

Strong Plants, ready for 3-inch and 4-inch pots,
H.OO each; JIO.OO a dozen; 175.00 per 100.

The GEO. WITTBOLD CO.

Palms and ferns

1657 Buckingham St., CHICAQO, ILL.

Mease Tnention the American Florist when wriltnfz-

Palms § Ferns,

HOME-GROWN, FINE, CL,EAM
STOCK; GROWN COOL.

Write for Price List. J. B. HEISS.
Tha txotic Nurseries. DAYTON, OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous
ANo Alpine Plants. gI^^

T A Complete Assortment of Old and New Vars.

2 The Blue llill Nursery, So. Bralntree, Mass. !

f COUUKHPtlN'DKNCK SOLICITKD.

Rose Cuttings! Carnation Cuttings!

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

100 1000

Brides $1.W JIS.ISO

IJridesmaids l.W 12.50

Meteors 1.50 12^0

Perles 1.50 12.50

GoldenGate 1.50 12.50

100

Lady Dorothea .., $1.50

Kaiserin 1.50

Maman Cochet 1.50

Americ.'in Beauty 3.00

CARNATION

100

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson J7.00

The Marquis 6 00

Estelle 7.00

Genevieve Lord 5.00

Ethel Crocker 5.C0

Olympia 5.00

G. H. Crane 3.00

Mrs. George M. Bradt 3.O0

Gen. Gomez 3.00

America 3.00

Chicago 3.00

Mabel 3.00

Elsie Ferguson 3.00

Gold Nugget 3.00

Pingree 3.00

Mrs. James Dean 3.0O

Mrs. Frances Joost 2.00

Genesee 2.00

Mary Wood 2.00

John Young 2.03

John Hinkle 2.00

Dorothy Sweet 2.00

Jubilee 2.00

Geo. Maceo 2.00

White Cloud 2.00

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

1000 100

J6O.OO Leslie Paul 12.00

50.00 Gov. Griggs 2.00

60.00 Albertina 2.00

40.00 Dawn 2.00

40.00 Argyle 2.00

40.00 Eldorado 2.00

25.00 Melba 2.00

25.00 Victor 1.60

25.00 Triumph 160

25.00 Daybreak 1.60

25.00 Ivory 1.50

25.00 Evehna 1.50

25.00 Flora Hill J. 50

25.t0 CeriseQneen l.tO

2.5.00 Meteor .,1.50

15.00 Armazindy 1.60

15.00 Iris Miller •...'.... L«0

15.00 Glazier 1.60

15.00 Sandusky 1.25

15.00 William "Scott 1.25

15.00 Evanston 1.00

15.00 Tidal Wave 1.00

15.00 Portia 1.00

15.00 Lizzie McGowan 1.00

15.00 Psyche 1.00

1000

$12.50
12.50
12.60
25.00

1000
$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
17.00
12.50
12.50
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.60
I2.iJ0
12.50
12.50
12.60
10.00
10.00
8.00
800
8.00
8.00
7.50

We offer only choice Rooted Cuttings, first-class in every respect- true t"» naTne. 25 at 100
rates; 250 at 1000 rates. Write for catalogue and complete list of Carnations and Rjses, rooted
cuttings and in pots.

Do you receive our weekly price list? If not, write us; we will place your name oa
our mailing list.

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

New Carnations, Rooted Cuttings. m^cH

PROSPERITY (668). Each. 50c; 12 for $5.00; 25 for $8.25; 60 for $10.00; 100 for $16.00;
$37.50; 500 for $70.00; 750 tor $101.25; 1000 for $130.00.

Queen Louise doz., $1.50;

Dorothy " 1-50

Irene.. " 1-50

Roosevelt " 3.50

100, $10.00;
10.00
10.00
12.00

New Chrysanthemums. ?.5?''J:,5^i!."'^.s.Xer'*'S: '

best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton, Yanariva.

Strong plants transplanted into soil and flats. Every i
grow. Sorts marked * ready now in soil.

Carnations.

100 1000

*Marquis $5.00 $40.00

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 7.00 60.00

♦Estelle 7.00 60.00

« Ethel Crocker 6.00 40.00

*Genevieve Lord 5.00 4O00

♦Morning Glory 4.00 35.00

♦G.H.Crane 3.00 25.00

♦ America 3.00 25.00

♦White Cloud 2.00 17.60

Jean Viaud.

THE GBAini HEW

FINK QERANItTU

f^avivi'scf All the Novelty and Standard kinds in large quantities, dormant roots.
VCvUUcva. Write for prices.

14 BARCLAY STREET
NEW YORK.

VAUGHANS' SEED STORE, «*"«c"A^^5%"o^''"^

GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL.

* Flora Hill
*Wm. Scott

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt

Gold Nugget

Chicago

Gen. Maceo

Gen. Gomez

Daybreak

Crimson Rambler Roses.

These Roses have fibrous roots and are par ticolarly
well adapted for potting and forcing.

2 to 2>^ ft, $10 per 100; 3 to VA ft., $12 per 100; 3>i to 5 ft., $15 per 100.

^^ A lyi IVI /\ ^J Write for Price List of nine
^^^^1^ 1^ AA^9 new varieties.

The CONARD & JONES CO., West Grove, Pa.

;iSEBBiSS!SSi5!8^iSi!«S!^Si5Srai

igoi.

The American Florist.

907

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THE BIG rOUR.

OUR INTRODUCTIONS OF NEW CARNATIONS
J- J- FOR J90I. J- J-

Sunbeam:

Bon Homme Richard:

Extra bright flesh pink, early Per Per Per

free and continuous bloomer, doz. 100 1000

Flowers of good form and size, borne on

long stiff stems $1.50 $10 $75

White,

extra-
ordinary free bloomer; fine form, good size.
Stems 2;^ to 3 feet long $|.50 $10 $75

Variegated, salmon stripe on white
ground. Qu'^k seller, extremely free
bloomer, fine form and stiff stem $1.50 $10 $75

Nydia:

Prnlifirfl* Cerise pink. Very long, stiff
riuiiiicd. stems, large flowers, and as its

name indicates, an extra free bloomer $1.50 $10

First lot ready Feb. l,of the above four vars.

$75

OTHER VARIETIES.

Mr8. Thos. W. Lawson cerise pink.

Olympia variegated .

Marquis pink

Genevieve Lord "

Ethel Crocker.

Per 100
...$6.00
... 5.00
... 5.00
5.00
4.00

Morning Glory light pink 4.00

G. H.Crane scarlet 3.00

Chicago " 3.00

Gold Nugget yellow 3.00

Gen. Maceo crimson 2.00

Gen. Gomez " 2.OO

White Cloud white 2.00

Mrs. Frances Joost pink 2.0O

Mrs. Jas. Dean •' 2. 00

John Young white 1.50

Flora Hill ' 1.50

Argyle cerise pink 1.50

Daybreak light pink 1.50

William Scott pink 1 00

Armazindy variegated 1.00

Guardian Angel H.OO

Peru 4.00

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 3.00

Triumph i..=iO

CtTise Q.ueen 1,50

Edna Craig 1.50

Evanston I'so

Gov. Griggs 1.50

Mclb.T 1.60

l">V''IilKl 1.00

Li/zir .McGowan ].oo

.Mrs. L. Ine 7.C0

Per 1000
J50.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
35.00
35.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
800
8.00
.50.00
35.00
25.00
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.1^0
12.50
12.50
8.00
7.50
C.O.CK]

ALL ROOTED CUTTINGS NOW READY. WRITE FOR DESSRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. LET US FIGURE ON TOUR WANTS.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

Please mefition the American Florist when writing.

Joliet, Illinois. |

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS NOW READY. ALL FINE.

Per luO Per 1000

Lawson W.CO $.=>0.(>0

Olyrapia 5.00 4n.0D

Marquis S.CO 40.00

Crocker 4.00 35.00

Lord 4.00 3.=).00

Peru 3.00 2.5.00

Crane 3.00 25.00

America 3.00 25.00

Bradt 3 00 25.00

Plngree 3.U0 25.C0

Glacier 3.00 2.5.00

WhiteOloud 2.C0 1.5.00

Jubilee 2.C0 1.5.00

Maceo 3.00 1500

Wood 2.00 1.5.C0

Daybreak 1.50 12.00

Flora Hill 1.50 1203

Triumph 1.50 12.00

Joost 1.50 12.C0

Scott 1.00 8.00

Evelina 1.00 8.00

2.50!it lOCOnites. Cash or C. O. D.

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS-Bri.lfs, BrLlesmaids.
Meti'ors ;tnd Golden (_iate at $1.50 per huodred.

We refer you to trade papers' report of St. Louis
Chrysanthemum bhow as to quality of our stock.

M. J. & M. S. VESEY, Ft. Wayne, Ind.

100,000 R. C. Carnations

Per 100

Mrs. Thos. Lawson, pink $6.00

Genevieve Lord, light pink 4.00

Ethel Crocker 3.50

Morning Glory, shell 3.00

Mrs. F. Joost, pink l.fO

Argyle, dark pink 1.50

Daybreak, shell 1.50

William Scott 1.00

G. H. Crane, scarlet 2.50

Chicago 3.00

America, scarlet 2.50

Peru, white 3.00

Melba, light pink 1.50

Gen. Maceo, crimson 2.0U

Gen. Gomez 1.75

Olympia, variegated 5.00

Mrs. G. M. Bradt 3.00

Armazindy 1.00

White Cloiid 1.50

Flora Hill 1.50

Mary Wood, white 2.00

Gold" Nugget, yellow 3.00

Cash With Order.

H. E. MITTING, Mgr. Fort Dodge Greenhouse Co.

FORT DODCE. lA.

LAKiNG CARNATIONS

Eleven varieties uf I'.tUO, sixteen older standard
sorts. Send for complete list.
QEO. HANCOCK & SON, Grand Haven, Mich.

Ready
to Ship.

Per 1000
$58.00
38.00
30.00
25.00
12.50
12.50
12.00

8 00
20.00
25.00
20.00
25.00
12.50
15.00
13.00
40 00
25.00

8.00
12.50
12.00
1800
25.00

MONEY
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Rooted Cuttings and Rose Plants.

CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 1000

IMrs. ■ eopold Ine $7.00 $60.00

Guardian Angel 6.00 50.00

Sunbeani 10.00 7.5.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75.00

Nvdia 10.00 75.00

ProliUca 10.00 75.00

Irene lO.OO 75.00

Mrs. Lawson 6.00 60.00

Marquis 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35.00

Crocker 4.00 35.10

Peru 3.00 25.00

(i.ild Nuaget 3.00 2500

Crane 3.00 25.00

Chicago (Red Bradt) 3.00 26.00

America 2.50 20.00

Mrs. Bradt • 2.00 17.50

100

Maceo J2.00

Gomez ^ 2.00

Triumph 1.50

John Young 1.50

Argyle ....: 1.50

Evanston 1.50

Frances Joost 1.23

Cerise Queen 1,25

Edna Craig 1.25

Gov. Griggs 1.25

Melba 1.25

Daybreak 1.25

Armazindy 1.25

White Cloud 1.25

Hill i.co

McGowan I.OO

Evelina i.oo

Hi

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ROOTED ROSE CUTTINQS.

100 . 1000

Bridesmaid $1.50 $12.50

Bride 1.50 12.50

Golden Gate 2.00 17.50

100

Meteor $1 .50

Perle 1.50

2 i-2=INCH ROSE PLANTS.

100 ICOO

Liberty $10.00 $80.00

Bridesmaid 3.0D 25.00

Bride 3.00 25.00

loa

Meteor 3.00

Golden Oate 3.50

Kaiserin 3.00

1000
$15.00
15.01
• 12.50
12.60
12.60
12.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
9.00
7.50
7.50

1000
$12.50

1000

25.00

30.00

25.00

Perle, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.

All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfactory it
is to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded.

PETER REINBERG, ^i wabasn Ave.. Chicago, III.

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Remember Chrysanthemum

MRS. ELMER I). SMITH, scored 94 and averagnd
92.75 points. More than any competitor.

GOLDMINE did likewise Fall of '99, and is the
largest and best yellow for Thanksgiving:.

LAVENDER QUEEN is the best pink for "same
occasion.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. SUPERBA. and LIB-
ERTY are the latest white, pink and yellow.

We can tell you which are the BEST.

Catalogue free on application.

NATHAN SMITH & SON, rr-

Big Boston, Boston Market and other varie-
ties, 15c per 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50 per
10.000. If by mail add 10c per 100.

Wakefield and Succession. 25c per 100; $1.25
per 1000. If by mail add 20c per 100.

Snowball. 35c per 100; fc!.50 per 1000.
TOJVt-A.TO

Mayllower. Lorillard and Dwarf Champion,
50c per 100 postpaid. Nice size for potting.
Cash with ordbh. Other vegetable plants, also
llowerins plants. Send for list.

R. VINCENT, Jr., & SON, White Marsh, Md.

908

The American Florist.

Feb. -?,

Denver.

JANUARY A MONTH OF GOOD BUSINESS WITH
THE TRADE IN THE COLORADO METROPO-
LIS. — VARIOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST.

Trade during January has been very
good although there has been very little
in the way ot entertaining, owing to the
fact that the grippe has a hold on society.
Most of the florists have been busy,
however, with funeral work. Stock since
the holidays has been scarce, especially
tea roses. Bright sunshine has given us
a plentiful supply of carnations and
violets, both being very fine.

Mrs. Mauff, who is rebuilding her home
place, expects to be able to occupy it
m about a month. When completed this
establishment will be one of the finest
salesrooms, not only in the west, but in
the country, every feature being strictly
up to the twentieth century standard.

I note in last issue the reference to
the Adams Express Company. We seem
to have the same trouble out here;
flowers not infrequently reach us just
in time to be too late.

Phil. Scott is building up a reputation
here as the champion bowler. He is a
member of one of the state league teams,
and the top-notcher at that.

Lyle Waterbury has sold his place at
University Park to Breiskert & Young,
employes of the Colfax Company.

The Denver Florists' Club held its first
smoker on Friday, January 25, and it
was quite a success. C. J. T.

Beatty, O.— The Fairview Floral Com-
pany is enjoying the most prosperous
year in its history and plans are being
made for a considerable increase in facili-
ties before another season.

Bred in Old Kentucky.

Pots. 100 1000

Geraniums. Bruanti and mixed, 2!4-in. $3.00 $18.00

Aclivrintlius. 2 varieties " 2.00 18.U0

Rose Geranium " 2.00 18.00

Heliotrope, 3 varieties " 2.00 18.no

Coleus, 12 varieties " 1.50 12.50

Salvia (St. Louis) ■■ 1.50 12.50

Lantaua, 6 vars. in bloom " 1.25 10.00

Double White Petunias " 2.50 22..50

ROOTED CITTINGS. ,„„

AltTnanthera, red $ .50

Alys^uni, double 75

Geraniums, mixt^d 1.25

C. L BRUNSON & CO., Paducah, Ky.

No more of either of the Lorraine Begonias
to offer until next June.

BOSTON FERNS,

3 inch pot plants, $75.00 per 1000.

EDWIN LONSDALE,

WYNDMOOR, - (n.;ir Pliil.l.), PENNA.

PALMSisBOSTONS

Walter Retzer &, Co.,

'°''''-!g.'iigm''sr)*''°- CHICAGO. ILL.
Rooted Cuttings.

CARNATIONS and ROSES, Select stock. Low-
est wholesale prices. Write to
W. H. CULLETT Sl sons, Lincoln. III.

Rose Cuttings ^' a'!!d''Maids,

$1 per 100 $8 per 1000. I'asli wilh order,
WEST VIEW FLORAL CO., Knightstown, Ind.

H. P. ROSES.

2-yea.r-old stock now ready p.
in {5 best kinds.

■\

Strong, budded stock,
81&.00 per 100.

CRIMSON
RAMBLERS.

Budded Per 100, $11.00. Own Roots Per 100, J13.00.

MRS. SHARMAN CRAWFORD

KAISERIN AUGUSTA VICTORIA.
MADAM CAROLINE TESTOUT ....

AMERICAN BEAUTY

Own roots, well branched Per 100, $15.00

2 year, budded, 3-4 feet, well branched " 15.00

year, 3 year, budded, 4-5 feet, well branched " 18 00-

2-3 feet 3 year, O. R. 3-4 feet, well branched " 18 OO

White, Pinli and Yellow Ramblers, 2 year,

st'ong " 15.00'

HERMOSA ROSES, 3 year, Holland grown.... " 1300

Hardy Azalea Am03na, "flne for Easter Forcing, 12-inch heads Per dozen, $5.00

Azalea Mollis. 15-20 buds " 4.00

Deutzia Hybrida Lemoinei, dormant, pot-grown, for forcing Per 100, $20.00, " 3.00

Hydrangea P. G., 3-4 feet, well branched " 10.00.

FABBOZT'S BHODODEITDBOVS. Best named sorts for forcing,

bushy plants with 8 to 13 buds, in any color Each, 75 cts. " 8.00'

Clematis Jackmanni and others, 2 year " 3.0O

ILI^ACS, pot-grown, for forcing, strong plants, 7-inch pots, 18-24 inches
high, well branched and full of buds, in two sorts, Charles X, and
Marie LeGray Each, 75 cts. " 7.50

Beautifal, Shapely
Plants in fine condition.

Plants, bush form, 12-15 inches high, 6- 7 inches in diameter

26-28 " 12-14 " " , 50

" " 4 feet high 24-30 " " very fine 2.0i)

Pyramid shape, 4 " 18 20 inches at base 3.00

BOX TREES.

Each. Dozen.

t .25 $ 2.50-
6.0O
24.00-
24.0ft'

Vaughan's Seed Store,

Greenhouses, Western Springs, III.

84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO.

Heacock's Premium Palms |

Certificate of Merit (or Culture Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, March. 1900. Xi

Certificate of Merit lor Culture Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, November. 1900. X^

Only the Best, Grown in the Best Manner. Immense S tock, free from Insects and I"
Disease and in the Best Possible Condition. Send in your Order at Once. x;

Areca Lutoscans.
Cocos Weddeliana.
Kanlia Belmoraana.

Kantia Forsteriana.

3 plants, 6-in. pot, 24 to 28 inches $12 per doz.; |100 per 100.

3 " 8 " 36 '• FINE $3 each.

1 plant, 3-in. pot, 12-in. high $ 25 per 100-

3 plants, 5 " 18 " $1 each; $100

4-in. pot, 5 to61eaves, 15-iu. high $4.60 per doz., $35 per 103.

6 " 6 leaves, 24 " .... 15.00 •• $125

8 " 6 " 31) to 32-in. high $3 each.

4-in. pot, 4 to & leaves, 15-in. high $4.50 per doz., .$3i per 100.

fi •• 5 ■• 24 to 28- in. high $1 each, $12 per doz.

6 •■ 5to6 " 3n-in. high $1.25 •■ $15

8 ■' 6 •• 36 to40-in. high $3 •• ,$36

JOSEPH HE ACOCK,

Wyncote, Pa. 1
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500,000 Verbenas

THE CHOICEST V&BIETIES
IIT CUI.TIVATIOM'.

Fine pot plants $2.60 per 100; $20 per lOOD Rooteil Cuttings 60c per 100: $5 per 1000: $t5 per 10,000.

NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKED LIGHT, AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED SEND FOR CIRCULAR^

We are the Largest Growers of Verbenas In tlie country.

Oar plants cannot be surpassed.

J. t,. I>Ii:^ll,OPf, :Bloo«3rmst»vnrg;, I»^.

Robert Scott,

EVERYBODY'S ROSE. ^rrct'iT,..
Robert Scott &■ Son, Sharon Hill, Del. Co .Pa.

OOLCvJSj Cuttings.

VERSCHAFFELTII, en -„_ inn
GOLDEN BEDDER, OUO pBr lUU,

'^^fRWR'Sr'^' $5 per 1000.

C.OTTOSCHWABEJenkintown.Pa.

American Florist Advts.
Always Sell Stock.

Forcing Plants

AZALEA INDICA. See former issues. Per 100

Spiraea Japonica $ 3.50

Compacta 4.00

" Astilboides Floribiinda 4.00

" Plumosa Alba (new) 15.00

'* Palmata. scarlet 5.00

" " Elegans 5.00

Alba 5.00

Dielytra Spectabilis (Bleeding Heart) 5.00

Paeooltt Otilcinalis rubra pi 8.00

" alba plena 20.00

Tenuifoliafl.pl 18.00

MONTHLY ROSES, Hermosa, pink 10 00

'* " Agrippina, dark red.. . 10.00

" " Clothilde Soupert 12.00-

H. P. Roses, low budded, leading kinds 10.00

Crimson Rambler, extra strong 15.00

Hydrangea Otaksa, 4-6 shoots 12.00

BOBBINK & ATKINS, Rutherford, N. J.

Plea-ie tncniion thr Atncman Eioris^ ivhen ivriting

igor.

The a mer /can Fl o r i s t.

909

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1 172.000 ROOTED CUTTINGS ""°''^""---

XVe Ffoot: 10,000 «L wreelx:.

Per Doz.

A. Mittint;, light cream, 3^-inch blcoin 81.50

Mrs. A. Mittine, clear pink, 3!»4-'nch bloom l.ftO

D»' Roo Mittint^. whitH, 3-inch b'oora 150

Still beam, light pink, C. G. Co l.BO

lion Homme Richiird. white, C. C. Co 1.50

N ydi:L, variegated, C C. Co l.EiO

Pfolihca, cerise pink, C- C. Co l.BO

Lorna. pun- white. Dorner l.M)

Mermaid, salmon pink, Doroer 1.00

Irene, pink. Crabb A Hunter l.EO

Avonilalc. Sport from Armazindy, Hill I.di

California Gold. Hill 1.50

Queen Louise, white, J. L. Dillon 1.50

6 at 13 rate; 25 at 100 rate; 250 at 1000 rate. We gL

X

Per 100

10,000 "A. Louise violets. 2H-in $1.50

30.000 Coleus. 10 named varieties, 2>i-in. . 1.50
5,000 Caiifornian Moss, for baslvets,
2K-in 1.50

Per 100

Per lOOO

$10.00

$75.00

1000

75.00

10.00

75.00

10.00

75.00

10 on

75.00

10.00

75.0J

10.00

75.00

lO.fO

75.f0

6.0O

50.ro

10.00

75.00

4.00

30 00

10.00

75.00

10.00

75.00

rantee

• ■ ■

them to r

..PL

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawsou pink.

The Marquia "

Olympia variegated

Genevieve Lord pink

E. Crocker Pj°^

Jlornin? Glory, the uomiDg Daybreak.

Mrs. G, M. 6r.<idt variegated

G. H. Crane soarlet

Chicago **

America "

Golden Nugget yellow...'

Per 100
..JS.50
4.00
4.00
4.00
3.00
3.00
2.00
2.00
2.50
2.00
.■iO

Gen. Maceo red 1.50

Per 100

Gen. Gomez. .red 1.25

White Cloud .white 1.25

Mrs. Joost... pink 1.25

Flora Hill. ..white 1.2ij

Argyle pink 1.2o

Daybreak.... shell pink. 1.2o

Wm. Scott.. pink 85

Armazindy.. variegated .85

Melba light pink.

Mary Wood. .white

Peru "

Mrs. Bartlett, scarlet

1.25

I..5U

;.5o

i.0o

It not satisfactory return at once at our expense.

PLANTS.

Per 100

5,000 .Terusalem Cherries, 2^-in $1.50

Asparaiirus Piumosus Nanus. aVa-in 5.00

True Boston Fern, 3V4-in 5.00

True Boston Fern, extra strong, 2M-in-.. 3.00
25 Plants at 100 rate. Cash or C. O. D.

Per 100
20,000 Alternantheras, red, also pink.

strong, 2!/a-in ,$1.50

10,000 Sedum variegatum, 2!<-in 1.60

lO.tOO Cigar plants, 2!4-in 1.50

HYGROMETER or MOISTURE GUAfiE.

This Moisture Gauge
tell3 you the differ-
t-nce between dry-
ness and dampness

m your greenhouses. We have been testing two of thesf m»Msture j,^unges several months and find they
are more indispensable than the thermometer. If you keep this moisture guage at 70 degrees you will
liave neither mildew nor red spider in your rose houses. If you keep it at 80 degrees you will not have rust
nor red spider in your carnation houses. If you keep it at 85 degrees you will never have fungus in your
rooted cutting houses. If you keep it at 75 degrees you will not have decayed leaves in your geranium
houses; and if you have a moisture gauge in every house 100 feet long and keep it at above figures you
will make at least 8100 more per year from each house Who wants to buy mildewed roses or rusty carnations?
To operate this moisture gauge it is essential to wet the walks in order to get the proper dampness.
If your houses are toodamp in the winter, flre up a little and in summer time open your ventilators. This
has been obtained only by years of experience. Now you can tell your greenhouse "hands to keep it at 70
or 80 degrees as you want it, just as you tell your flreman to keep the temperature in such a house at 60
degrees. We never had any intenti<Mfc to sell moisture gauges but they are doing us so much good we
have obtained some we can pell at 82.TO each, but we think you will want more. These moisturtTguages
are made in Germany and France. The French machines come at JlO.COeach: they are quite an ornament
and no cheap tru.;k. We will give one of the 12.50 machines FRKW for a $:30.00 order for plants, or rooted
cuttings, or unrooted cuttings, from our 1901 cataloj'ue. or from our ads. in the trade papers; or we will
send you one for 82.50. and after 10 days' trial if you do not like it you may return it and get your money
back. Half car load in fourteen days.

MORRIS FLORAL CO.,

MORRIS, ILL. 1

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ROOTED COTTINGS.

Let us si?nd yiai a sample order to show you
what good stock is. then yon will want luore.

Thos. W. Lawson, Iti.OO per 100; $50.00 per 1000.

Maniniotli Verlieiias. tliev are the best tf be
hail. 60c per ICO: ,$5.0 I per 1000; .5,100 $22.00.

Abutilon Savitzii. dozen 30c; 100 «'.00.

Salvias, two new ones, Hobokl and Yellow Bird,
dozen 2l'c; 100 $1.00; 10(0 $0.00.

Ageralum P. Pauline, dozen 20c; 100 $1.00.

Impatien.s Sultani, dozen 25e: 1(0 $1.50.

Ach\ ranthus, dozen 15o; 100 $1.00.

.\lternanthera, red and \ellc\v, fine large pl.-nits
from flats, dozen 20c; ItO $1.0J; lOCO Jii.OO."

Sniilax, from flats, per 100, 50c: 1000 $4.00.

Lettuce Plants. Grand Rapids, best variet\ nu
earth, per 100, 2.ic; per lOOO, $2.00.

Heliotrope. (Iiree new .jnes that are fine purple
and white, per dozen, 20c; per 100, $1.00; per 1000,
$9.00.

W»? prepay express charges and guarantee to
please yon. Try us once.

Send for Price List. We can do you good.

S. T. DANLEY, Macomb, III.

please mt-ntwn the Amoican FU<> i:>C luhen rc» ititig.

3 - Great Glories - 3

liEGONIA. GLOIRE DE LOKRAI.NE, 2M-inch

pots. $15.00 per 100.
BEGONU GLOIRE DE LORRAINE Nana Com-

pacta, 21-4-inch pots, $15.00 per 100.
BEGONIA CALEDOXIA, "The White Lorraine,"

3H-inch pots, $5 00 each.
This stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease.

THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass.
Please menlion Ihe Amet tcan Florist ivheyt 'wiilitig,

~ROBT. GRAIG & SON, 1

Roses, Palms I

and Novelties in Decorative Plants, t

Market and 49th Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. f

STRONG 2 YEAR
*•• FIELD GROWN.

CRIMSON RAMBLER, extra strong $12.00 per 100

HYBRID PEEPETDAL, in fine assortment $10.00 per 100, $90.00 per 1000

.HYBRID PBRPETDAL, in fine assortment, 2d size 6.0O ■• 5000 •'

These are well rooted, good stock, but not quite heavy enough to go into first grade.

AZALEA MOLLIS

12 to 15 inches high.

(Hardy). Fine for I'asfer I-'orciufr.
$35 00 per lUO 15 to IS inches high.

RHODODENDRONS.

.$4000 per 100

Bushy plants well set wi'h bU(K.
l.H to 20 inches high $7.5. ixi per lim So to 24 inches high $100.00 per 100

SPIRAEAS

JAPONICA $3,110 per 100 ASTILBOIDES FLORIBUNDA ....$4.00 per 100

NANA COMPACTA $5.00 per 100

PALMS

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 214-inch pots ,$8.00 per 100. $75 00 per 1000

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 3-inoh pots, 4 and 5 leaves $15 00 per 100

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 4 inch pols, 14 to 16 inches high 30 00 "

KENTIA BELMOREANA. .Vinch pots, 18 inches high 60 00 "

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 6 and 6-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high 75 00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIAN A, 2!/,-inch pots lo 00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIAN A, 3-inoh pots, 12 inches high 15 00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 4-inch pots, 15 to 18 inches high 35.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5-inch pots. 18 to 22 inches high 50.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5 and 6 inch pots, 24 to 28 inches high 75 00 ••

ARECA LDTESCEXS, 2y2-inch pots $6.00 per 100, $.50.00 per 1000

ASPARAGUS

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 3-in. pots $ 6 00 per 100

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 4-in. pots 12.00 "

SPRENGERII. 2V'j-in. pots $3.00 per 100

SPRRNGERII, 3-in. pots 5.00 "

Sl'RENGERII, 4-in. pots 8.00 "

BOSTON FERNS

Strong 2-inch pots $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, 0.

The Famous Kudzu Vine— Hardy as a rock. Lasts
50 years. Can be cut back every year. Grows
.50 feet in one season. $7.00 per 100.

Asparagus Sprengeri— Strong 314-in., $6.00 per 100.

New Rose Snowfiake— The Daisy Rose, $10 per 100.

New Lace Fern— Fronds last a month, $6.00 per 100.

New Russeiia Multiflora— 2^-inch, $4.00 per 100.

50 New Plants not to be Had Eiiewhere.

Caliai- White. $3 per 100; Spotted, $3; Yellow, $20.

Cannat. Dahlias, and all summer blooming bulbs.

Electros and Cuts lor Florists and Seedsmen.

A. BLANC, PHILADCUPHIA, PA.

GOLD SMITH

..New, .
CUrysanthemuiu

Cream yellow tinted with bronze, sport from Pres.
W. R. Smith, fine large flowers, strong stem.
Your collection of Chrysanthemums can not be
complete without this new candidate. There is
without doubt a commercial future before this
sort. Exhibited at Cincinnati November 17 it
scort'd 83 points. Price $2 per doz. Orders taken
DOW and tilled in March.
H. L. RACAN, P.O. Bo.x im, Springfield, O.

910

The American Florist.

Feb. 2,

St. Louis.

TRADE DECLINES BUT THERE IS STILL A
SHORTAGE OF STOCK. — EVERYTHING
CLEANED UP PROMPTLY. — NOTES.

Retail business for the last few days
has been somewhat slack, but this is the
first -falling oil in trade since before the
holidays. The florists along Grand ave-
nue, as usual, claim that they are doing
the best of business. Stock is very scarce
and what little conies into the wholesale
houses is sold very quickly and at verv
good prices. Roses bring from $5 to $.s
per hundred and carnations $1.50 to $3
for fancy blooms, with a slight shortage
of white flowers in both. Roman hya-
cinths and narcissi are coming in very
handy for funeral work, of which there
is a great deal of late, and bring $,3 and
$4 per hundred. Few Beauties are to be
had and they bring from 60 cents to $4
per dozen. There are about enough
violets coming in now to fill the orders
and they bring from 40 cents to 50 cents
per hundred. Potted plants are now
seen in large quantities, as the primulas
are coming into bloom with the azaleas.
Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, cyclamens
and several others, also a few Dutch
hyacinths and tulips.

The Missouri Botanical Garden
Improvement Club will have its next
meeting on Monday, February 11, and
some very interesting papers are prom-
ised, one by M. A Uhlric on amarvUis,
and one by Robert Meyer on pelargoni-
ums; also one by Oliver P. Marker on
primulns.

A. L. Vaughan, of Chicago, wai a recent
visitor. R. J. M.

BUCKLEY'S

Lebanon, Ind. — Paul Tauer is planning
eitensive improvements on his green-
houses next spring. Two of the old
houses will be torn down and replaced
by thoroughly modem structures, and a
violet house will be erected south of the
present range.

Plants and
Rooted Cuttings

Portland, .laiiuar.x 24. Ulol.
Genti.emi-:x: — Tlio Potuniasand Vt-rbena IMants
and Cuttings arrived in flrst-class condition. You
have reasons to felicitate yourselves upon the
gratitude and thanks which your patrons owe
and no doubt generally exoress to yo>i for having
attained what niu><t be styled perfection in propa-
gating and shipping. Thanks for generous count.
Respectfully. Ignatius Scbmitt.

4!<il E. Oak St.. Porlland, Ore.

GERANIUMS— Hruanti, Heteranthe, Grant, S. A.
Nutt. lieaute Poilevine. Mrs. E. G. Hill. Athlete,
LaFavorite, White Swan. Mrs. J. M. Garr, Mme.
Jaulin, Frances Perkins and other varieties,
strong 2H-inch plants tS.SO per 100; I22..'j0 per
1000. ROOTED CUTTINGS of the above var.eties.
X.\ strong, ready for 2>4-iLeli pot.s. I2.0O per 100;
$18.00 per 1000.

Rnst GER'MIUVS ANDIVYGERANIUMi— Stn.ug

2>4-ilieli.$3.(«ll"-V IIKI.

COlEUS — Our chaiiipi"n (■olleetion. embracing
the newest sorts and only those of decided merit.
All bright colors clean and healthv. strong
plants, from 2M-inch pots $1.50 per 100. Strong
rooted top cuttings fine ones ready for 2i4-inch
pots. 75 cents per 100: $6.00 per 1000. "

VERBENAS— New Mammoth and 21th Century
Collection. 2.5 grand sorts. 2-inch and 2}i-inch,
strong, healthv plants green as grass, full of
cuttings, «2.00 "per 100: $I8.so per 1000. Hooted
cuttings, big ones, as clean as a whistle. 60 cents
per 100; J6.00 per 1000.

NEW AGEMATU MS— Stella Gurney. the grand
novelty of 1900, and Snow Drift, the peerless
white, strong 3-inch stock plants full of cuttings,
60c per dozen; »3.00 per 100. Strong rooted cut-
tings $1.00 per 100. Louise Bonnatt, latest novelty
in while, and Princess Pauline, latest blue,
strong 2Ji-inch. $1.50 per 100; strong R. C, 60c
per 100. (special).

NEW SALVIAS — St. Louis and Splendens, strong
2M[-inch, $1.50 per 100; strong R. C, 75c per ICO,
(special).

CASH WITH ORDER.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO..

Springfield, III.

Roses, Bride $1.00 per 100

f\ ^ ^ X -. J " ^aid 1.00 per 100

1/ A AT On " ^"'«= 1.00 per 100

Mlllllr.ll " Brucner, dormant, 4-in... 6.00 per 100

■•VVtV'UHB 3-in.... 3,00 per 100

Baby Primroses, 3-in 2 50 per 100

l^^^XX'^^^^^^ Coleus, Vcrschafi'eltii and Golden Bedder,
I III I III II V 50c per 100, $4.00 per 1000

lflllll||ll^ mixed vars., 50c per 100, 4.00 per 1000

^^•" *'*'■■■ Jf^^ Salvia Splendens.. ..60c per 100, 5.00 per 1000

Meilotrope 50c per 100, 4 00 per 1000

=^ Marguerites 60c per 100, 5 00 per 1000

POT PLANTS.

Dracaena Indlvlsa, 4 inch $15.00 per 100

Poinsettia, from bench, 1 year... 2.00 per 100 JOHN IRVINE
" " " 2 " ... 5.00 per 100 o crtMC

Ferns, assorted, 2-iEch 3 00 per 100 ^*' 0»-/INOj

Vinca Variegata, 2 sorts, 4-inch, 5.00 per 100 si? Washington <v> .
3 " 3 00 per 100 BAY CITY, MICH.

FOR PRESENT DELIVERY !

JflPflNESE
\\M BALLS.

True long-leaved variety.
You will find a ready sale for them.

Per doz $4; per 100 $30.

Write (or Prices on QuanlitiesI

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO:

84-88 Randolph St.

NEW YORK:

t4 Barclay St.

PUa^e mer.tion the American Florist when writing.

Roses, Bride and Bridesmaid, $2 per 100, $18 per ICOO
Petunias, double, finest large llowering. 2V^-inch
pots, $3 per lOO. Per lUO

Salvia Splendens and Bonfire 81 -S''"] Rooted

Heliotrope .from2i4-in. pots, 1,50 1 cuttings.

Lobelia C. P. Compacta, " '■ 1.50 f 7dc

Cuphea platycentra " " 1.50 J i)er 1^0

Primula Ob'onica, 2M-in. pots per luO, $2 00

•* Sinensis. 4-in, pots, tine •' fi.OO

Carnations, F. Hill. R. C. $1,25 per 100. $10 per 1000

McGowan $1 per 100, 8« per lOOO

Pansies, transplanted stock %'i per lOOO

Cash With Ordbu,

E. FRYER, Batavia, III.

Pl^asr ntfrttinn thp Atn^tiran Florist -.rhptt Timfjue

TOMATO PLANTS.

He.iun, from 3-inch p(.ts $!.00 per 100

Liirillard, Irnjn 2/j-iDch pots 2.00

trdiisplanled . . . , 50

100 Sutlon's Besl-ot-.\ll. 2H-in"h....2,!iO
Cabh.-i'ie plains., ferseyWakeflcdd, Re:i(l.\ March 1.

Writi.' for prices "n lar^;e.lots.

MRS. GRISWOLD, Worthington, O.

»B'<Yfe

7"

BOSTON FERN A Specialty.

20,000 verv fine plants at J25 and J20per 100, Small

plants, $5 per 100; $40 per 1000,

ASPARAGUS P NANUS and SPRENGERII for^l-in,,

at $8,uu per 100. SMALL PALMS and FICUSES.

L. n. FOSTER, 45 King St., Dorchester, Mass.

DON'T GET LEFT

ON GERANIUMS. They are
going very tast at |3 per 100, $25 per
1000 out of 2j4-in. pots, ready for
shifting into 3 or 4-in. Composed of the
following varieties: S. A. Nutt, Frances
Perkins, LaFavorite, E. G. Hill, Beaute
Poitevine, Wm. Pfitzer, Ruy Bias, Double
Grant and in fact all the leading vars.

Ageratum, 2j^-in, pots. Princess Pauline,
Cope's Pet, White Cap, %\ per 100. R.
C 50c per ICO.

Fuchsias in variety, R. C, $1 per too.

Coleus, 2;^-in. pot, $1.50 per 100. R. C.
50c per 100. p^,^ jjyj, Accompany Order.

J E. EELinouSEN, Schenectady, N. Y.

Please ntPtttinn the A mertran FlnriKi 7vhen ii'tiline:

Orchids! ^

We ha\''^ recened advices 'hat a l.-iri^e qiian-
titv of Cattleya Trianae:ire bein^; collected for
us for the spring. Cattleya Schroederae due in

LAGER & HURRELL, s^mmii. n. j.

Orchid Orowcra and Immtrter*.

oxTv e: Fe A. Ft J ^va^

ihvarf and ,seiin-dwarf. eiant Jlo^'Tt-d, tine stocky
' pl^ms. -IM in. pots, $:;.5() per KX); 3-in.. $4 per 100.
' All of Ihi'm ready for 4-inch. Will maiie fine

s Ilin^ ]>!;ints for Kaster.

PdnnSIC <L)<^J'ni"nt)- Strong tuberi, Mme. Crozy,

UdllllCIO (I Cliarlotte. Chiis. Henderson. Alph.

linuvier. 1*. Marquant. Burbank. LeClerc. fine

yellow, scarlet, striiied.etc.,$3per UXt; $18perl()(Kt.
— ^Cash Plkase

Sheltroad Greenhouse Co.. Grange P. 0., Balto.. Md.

tgoi.

The American Florist.

911

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RFADY N[\T WEFK!

FULLY

REVISED TO

DATE

The

American Florist

Company's

Directory ^^ 1901

oe

With
Thousands

of

New Names

and

Changes

of
Address

OF

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
and SEEDSMEN

OF THE UNITED STATES AND CAN-
ADA, Arranged both by States and Post
Offices and all names ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Alphabetically.

ALSO

Gardeners, Horticulturists, Landscape Architects, Parks,
Cemeteries, Botanical Gardens, Societies and Horti-
cultural Supply Concerns, J' J- ^ J^ J- J-

PRICE TWO DOLLARS.

American Florist Company,

324 DEARBORN STREET,

CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A. .^

912

The American Florist.

leb. 2,

Albany, N. Y.

TRADE VERY GOOD AND STOCK SHORT. —
SOME EXCELLENT DECORATIONS. — SOCIAL
ACTIVITY GREAT.

Business has been very good the past
week. Among the notable orders filled
by local florists was one by W. C. King
& Co. The firm made a five-pointed star
five f<>et in diameter for a dinner given by
Governor Odell at the Executive Mansion
on Tuesday evening, January 29. The
star was made up of Scott carnations,
mignonette and adiantum. Other deco-
rations were two flat mounds of Roman
hyacinths. Southern smilax, Asparagus
plumosus and large decorative plants
from the conservatories of the Executive
Mansion completed the scheme. The
star occupied a central position upon a
table 17x10 feet and was much admired.

H. G. Eyres had charge of the decora-
tions at the reception given by Judge
and Mrs. Andrew Hamilton on January
28. The decorations were Bridesmaids,
palms and crotons. Eyres also had
charge of the decorations at the luncheon
given by Mrs. Timothy L. Woodruff',
wife of the lieutenant governor, at the
Hotel Ten Eyck on the afternoon of
January 29. The tables were decorated
with Brides and Bridesmaids. R. D.

West Grove, Pa. — Antoine Wintzer, of
the Conard & Jones Co., reports that the
winter has thus far been mild, a fortunate
thing, as "the corporation pirates are
taxing us high for coal."

CoBLESKiLL, N. Y.— Chas. Limmer
has leased his greenhouses to Alfred Gold-
ring, of Albany. Mr. Goldring has been
in the employ of his brother, Frederick
Goldring, for several j'ears and has
worked at the business since he was a
small boy. Mr. Limmer will open a cut
flower store in Schenectady about the
middle of February.

%.VINGA VAR. VINES

3-inch pot Vinca Vines, |4.00 per 100.

TERMS CASH OR C. O. D.

WM. A. CLARK & SON,

No. 44 Boyd St., WATERTOWN, N. Y.

Please mention the A men'cun Fiorzst when ivrittng,

Nice Plants. p„,oo

Alteraanthera. yellow, $1.75; red $2.00

Geraniums, my selection 3.00

Oolcus mixed and A^eratum, 2-iuch pots 2.00

Asparagus Spren^eni. 2-inch pots 2.00

Vinca Vines, 2-inL-h pots 3.00

Cash ok C. O. 1>.

JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, Delaware, Ohio.

Get it Now! It's Ready!

GERANIUM AMERICA

$8 per JOO; 25 at 100 rate
HENRY EICHHOLZ, Waynesboro, Fa.

AGERATUM

''Stella Gurney."

As necessary to your bedding stock as coleus or
geraniums.

3-inch pot plants $.=;.00 per 100

~J^-inch pot plants 2.50

Rooted Cuttings 1.50 '*

ALBERT M. HEBK. LawcaBlar. Pa.

t^t^'VfX Ylllime i^'i^'"'!. 1,'ond collection.
^TCl. dlUl UUiS Double Fringed Petunias.
Pine Asparagus Sprengeril. All tbe above irom
2-inch pots at $2.00 per 100.

K. I. RAWl^INOe), Quakertown, Pa.

THADEN'S WIRE TENDRIL.

Adiinled to horizon'al wires
as well as stakes for Roses,
Carnations, C'liry sun them urns,
etc.

We claim that the Tendril
does not crowd the plant, but
holds it firmly and with free-
drm. Does not mutilate the
foliage, llartiors eo insects.
Makes the plant come to a
straight stem. Admits of free
circulation of air. Requires no
ski'led labor to place properly.
Can be moved up or down the
stakes. Easily put on and

easily taken off; and are durable. SarapUsiinl

prices on application.

Fioriets and Seedsmen,
23 South Broad Street, ATLANTA. CA.

W

KINNEY
PUMP.

For applying
Liquid
Manure it

has no equal!

Sent prepaid
for $2.50.

Without spray-
ing valve $2.00.

The HOSE CONNECTION CO/'Ng^r.

dress

DON'T STAY ON THE FENCE,

But jump down on the side of

JOHN C. MEYER & CO.

S'p^r'..''^^."" SILKALINES.

84 Kingston St., BOSTON. MASS.

Meter Silkaline is for sale by all the leading
seedsmen snd jobbers throughout the country.

PLEASE YOUR CUSTOMERS AND INCREASE YOUR
Trade by Us ng the

"BEVERLY" FERN DISHES.

AVe usf hundreds uf them for tin- most I'xciusive
Boston trade. Mail us $1 lor 3 sample dishes. The
prett'est, ch-apest, best and most effectivt' fern
dishes in the market. Made in several styles —
from 6 to 12 inches diameter. Send for Wholesale
Prir-e List. Address

NORTH SHORE FERNERIES, Beverly, Vass.

The FINLEY ROTARY LAWN RAKE

Picks up leaves and litter and holds them until
the burn heap is reached. It does the work much
better than a hand rake and three times as fast.
Easy to operate. Given certificate of merit at
N. Y. Convention of the S. A. F.

PRICE $12.00. Send lor Circular.

FINLEY LAWN RAKE CO.. ■ Joliet. III.

FOR ALL PURPOSES

RUSTIC WORK

MADE TO ORDER..

In stock, the most extensive variety in the
country, of Baskets Window Boxes, Stands,
Brackets and original designs. Prices low.

RUSTIC MFG. & CONSTRUCTION CO.,

19 Fulton Street.

NEW YOKK CITY.

leOOTBIS CUTTIIVGr®.

Verbenas. 35 vars., 60o per 100, $5 per 1000. Col-
eus. 30 vars., 603 per 100, $5 per 100 J. Heliotrnoe.
14 vars., $1 per 100. $8 per 1000. Petunias, dbl..
named. $1.35 per 100, $10 per 1000. Ageratums. 3
vars., eoo per 100, $5 per 1000. Lantanas. 4 vars.,
11.35 per 100. Alyssum, giant.s, $1 per 100. Salviai.
3 vars., II per 100. Geraniums. SK-in., all named,
«a.50 per 100. $20 00 per 1000. E.vpress prepaid on
all Rooted (Juttin[j:s. Cash with orders. Write
8. D BRANT, CLAY Center. Kas.

!

FOR INSURANCE AGAINST
DAMAGE BY HAIL, Address

JOHN O. ESLER, See'y F. H. A.,

SADDLE RIVER, N. J

Silver
Birch
Barli
Ware

Prices Pkb Doz. — Canoes, 9-in. t3.30; 12-in.
$5.50; 15-in. J7.90; 18-in. JIG 50; 21-in. »13.30; 24-in.
816.60. Logs, 6-in. J3.00; 9-in. J3.84; 12-in. J4.80;
15-in. 16.00; 18-in. $7.20; 21-in. IS8.40; 24-in $9.60.
Pot Covers, 4-in. $2.40; 5-in. J3.00; 6-in. $3.96; "-in.
$5.04; 8-in. $.5.88. Fern Covers, 4-in. $1.80; 5-in.
$2.40; 6-in. $3.00; 7-in. $3.60; 8-in. $4.20. Boxes, 14-
in. per doz. $11; U-in. $9; 9-in. $7. References:
Geo. Wittbold Co., E. Wienhoeber, C. A. Sam-
uelson, Chicago. , - ■ «^&..i

u. A. LYNN,

1443 Wrightvpood Ave., CHICAUO.

DO NOT FORGET

before building that addi-
tion to your greenhouses
to write us for expert plans
and figures. Perhaps we
can save you money,

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marion St., NEW YORK.

HELLER SCQMQNTCLAIRNJLIJLSA

Makes The lawn Beautiful.

Aic^)Xe\.

rhj\j

uiiuXAiuyu)4

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lili/CUO <>^Vrll II

ni 1 III 1 111

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Hllltlll

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MIMIMIl

1

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^^^

HARTMAN STEEL ROD LAWN FENCE

idds to the attractiveness and value of the home.
^IrofiB and durable; keeps out everythln? but the eun-

hine, Unequaled for School Laivns, Church Enclojtuies, Parks,
.'emeteiles. Private Ixita, etc. Catalogue free.

iARTMAN MPG CO., BOX 86 ELLWOOD CITY, PA.

Or Kooni 4fi, 809 Broadway, New York City,

^

CYCLONE SPRAY PUMP

Thk Gbiat Inssot Extkemi-
NATOB. Sprays as fine as mlBt. Just
the thing for RoBes, Palm», Pota-
toes, Tobacco, Small Fruits, Hen-
Roosts, etc. All tin, 60c. : all
polished copper, 11 00. Cash with Order. Weighs
boxed, about 5 pounds. Buyer pays express.
CXPVPV4 A- cn « A7 Chpmh-r* St.- N V-Cltv,

SASH

HOTBED.

GREENHOUSE.

VENTILATOR

GCL.F CYPRESS BARS,
OREBNHOUSB MATERIAI,,
Manufactured by S. JACOBS & SONS.
Flushing Ave., near Metropolitan Ave.. Brooklyn, N Y.
~ ~ ~ AT WHOLESALE.

Catalogue and esti-

_ mates furnished.

Piease mention the A merican Floriit when writing.

rgof.

The American Florist.

913

GALAX L[AV[$

Price extremely low for a short
time only. Object, the

introduction of ^>x,

our goods.

Evergreen Ropings and other Decorative Greens.

THE KERVAN CO.,

30 W. 29th St.,

TELEPHONE BB1 MADISON SQ.

Boston Florist Letter Go.

MANTJFACTUBERS OP

FLOR18T&' LETTERe.

This wooden box nicely stained and t»ts
nished, 18x30x13 made tn two sectlonst one
for each, size letter, given away w^ith first
order of 600 letters.

Block Letters. 1 M or 2-Inch size, per 100, $2.00.
Script Letters, 14. Fastener with each letter orword.
Used by leading florists everywhere and for uUa by
ail who'esale florists and supply dealers.

N, F. McCarthy, Trcas, and Manager,
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

Please mention the A merican Florist when writing.

use "UP-TO-DATE"
= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

OL, Rice & Co., wTnulactuJers.

918 FUbert St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Catalogue for the Asking

SiGMUND GeLLER

Importer and Mfr. of

Florists' Supplies

Complete Stock — New Goods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

108 W. 28th St., near 6th Av., NEW YORK.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.

Cjroas Wreaths, Moss Wreaths, Ferneriea
and Jardinieres, Wheat Sheaves
and Immortelles-
New Catalogue of »11 FU3RIST8' SDPPIilHB on
applloation. pr For the trade only.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.

60. 62. 64 and 66 N. 4th St.. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Please mention the A merican Florist ivheri writing.

A. HERRMANN.

Cape Flowers, all oolobb;
Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
^■«° All Florists' Supplies.

Send (or Prloei.
404-412 East a4th St.. NEW YORK.

The Gonley Foil Co.

Manofitctarerg ot
2 AND 4 DOMINICK 8TREET,

HEADQUARTERS '-'

COCOA FIBRE. SPHAGNUM and

SHEEP MANURE. GREEN MOSS,

BONE all grades, RUSTIC WORK, all kinds.

IMPORTED SOOT, CLAY'S FERTILIZER.

DUNNE & CO., 5;t.)rv' New York.

ESTABUSHED
1866

EMILSTEFFEItS>

sua.™ N.5TEFFEHS.
"oSTEFFEIlSBROSi

H

3

^w\

It Burns;

1

S.

The most convenient way |Wj
of applying an insectici<M I A^
ever yet devised. No parts |ftAl
required -No heating of k5*i"
Irons-No trouble-Cannot W^
Injure the most sensitive f/J\
blooms-Very efFective. ^y
Price 60<t per box of 12 Wm
lafolls. Ml dealers seU it! mS.

1

Skabcura Dip Co. ,^^

St. Louis — Chicago. ^

^

IIIIL a C.U., 30ih SL '^CW II
HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES.

.THE
^NEW OEPRRTURE,'
CVEMT»L (VTING /\PPLiaNCE.^

Yoo can not get a GOOD THIN6
for nothing;. But the price of this
apparatus is next to nothing;. Send
for price and description to

J. D. CARMODY. Evansvllla, Ind.

<?=

REBUILT MACHINERY

and tSlIPPIilES at Bargain Prices. Larg-
, est Machinery Depot ou eanb. We buy
buildings and plants, among
others we bought the World's
\ Fair, the Omaba Exposition, the
[ Chicago Post UfiBce. and other
} structures. We rebuild machin-
ery of all kinds, and sell with
, binding guarantees. Boilers

. from *25up; Engines from $35

^^ up; Steam Pumps from $15 up.

We carry complete stock ot General ? up-

hef, surh as BET.TTNO, MIAFTING,

.ia<^4;eks, pm.i-fys. ikon

PIPE. IKON KOOFINii, HAK l>-
WAKE, VALVES& FITTIXJ^.
PH!:*IBIMi MATERIAL, etc.

Will ■^.11,1 frh-t-.fnir-jr.M-pai:p"'atali.ii N". ■

Constantly buying entire stocks
rrv at SheriiTs' and Receivers' sales.
- Z Chicago House Wrecking Co..
:^ W. 35th & Iron Sts.. Chicago, 111.

^{

Always mention the

American Florist

when writing adveititeM.

LIQUID

PLANT
FOOD

Grows hardier stock; grows improved stock.
Stock ships better; also ready earlier.
Brings better customers and more profits.

EASrfRN CHEMICAL COMPANY.
620 Atlantic Ave.. Boston.

IF YOU WANT

HEALTHY PLANTS

FUMIGATE WITH

NICOTICIDE

THE BEST OF ALL

! INSECTICIDES

Write for full particulars to

1 he Tobacco Warehousing & Trading Co. ,

1000 Magnolia Ave., lOtlSVILlE, kY.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you \vaDt
in the \\;iy <j1

PREPARED PALMS

Whether the raw materials or the
finished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and service from tbc
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co.,

Jacksonville, Ha.

Branch Store, Indianapolis, Ind.

uiries Oheprlmlv Answered.

No. 1.— IJrass, nickel. 4 leet long 6 clasps to each
rod. Price complete (with t>reen or white tum-
blers) $:i.25. Price conii-le'e (with green or white
cornucopia vases) $2.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod
brassed and nx-keled, with three c'asps for 5 to 6-
in-h pots, eacli, $1.75.

Kift's patent rubber capced Flower Tube",
IH-inch diameter, per lO '. $3.50.

ROBT. KIFT. Florist. 1725 Chestnut St.. Phila.. Pa.

Adjustable Vase Holders

BEST

AND

GlisaptstI

INSECTICIDE I

•■ tbe91.rk«t.l

For Sale by
Seedsmen.
For Free

Pamphlet
Write to

I Tlie Kentucky

Tobacco
I Product Cs.,

It is Good Business Policy to Mention thb
American Florist when you Write to aN
Adtertiseb,

914

The American Florist.

Feb. 2.

Washington.

TEADB FAIRLY ACTn'E AND SUPPLIES OF
STOCK EQUAL TO ALL DEMANDS. — LARGE
DBCORATIONS REQUIRED.

Trade is fairly good and stock is equal
to all demands. Roses are not so plenti-
ful as carnations and violets. Bulbous
stock is coming in very fine. At the time
Senator Quay took his seat in the Senate
he was the recipient of a great many
flowers from his friends here and in Penn-
sylvania. Among the most striking
pieces was an arch over four feet high, of
white roses, the keystone of red carna-
tions. At the base were American Beauty
roses, lily of the valley and orchids. This
was made by J. H. Small & Sons. A
reporter in one of the daily papers made
quite a sensation among "the boys" by
stating that a number of Senator Quay's
friends in Pennsylvania had sent him an
express car load of flowers, their inten-
tion having been to order the flowers in
Washington, before they were told that
there were already more telegraphic
orders than could be filled. That sounded
funny, as flowers were very plentiful at
the time.

The annual dinner of the Gridiron Club
was, as usual, a grand aflair. Covers
were laid for 200 and the decorations by
J. H. Small & Sons were in keeping with
the reputation of thecluband the decora-
tors, who also had the order for Senator
Depew's dinner Monday night, when
Liberty roses were used.

Z. D. Blackistone had the decorations
for the reception given by Senator and
Mrs. Scott attheShoreham. The center-
piece was in the shape of a parasol dec-
orated with small ribbons, orchids, lily
of the valley and Adiantum gracillimum.
The dining room was finely decorated
with palms. P. G.

Baldwinsville, Mass. — Fire in Clark
Streeter's cucumber house did $1,100 in
damage on January 18, starting from an
over-heated flue.

New Castle, Ind. — Work has been
begun grading for the South Park Floral
Company's new range of houses adjoin-
ing the range erected last spring.

Troy, N. Y. — There has been a heavy
call lately for carnations and roses, but
the supply has been short. Violets are
plentiful and the prices have been cut in
half, but still they remain on the dealers'
hands. R. D.

Awarded the only flrst-
Icass Certificate of Merit

by the Society of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
4ug.21, 1890, for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

j^ILLDlN

PotteryG o

[ONG Island (rrr
Philadelphia

Economy in Heating

At the present and prospective
prices of coal those florists are
lucky indeed who are using the

Weathered Boilers.

Are you one of them? If not,
then write us and we will fur-
nish indisputable facts.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marion St , NEW YORK.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS I

Packed In imall oratei, eaiy to handle.

Prioe Der orate

Prioe per orate

IfiOO Mn. poU In orate, M.8S

120 7-ln.pOtlln

orate, 14.20

1500 av( "
UOQSS "

5.26

60 8 '

8.00

8.00

48 9 '

3.60

1000 3^"

500

4810 ■

4.80

800 3M "

6.80

24 1 •

3.60

6004 "

4.60

24 3 •

" 4.80

3306 '■

4.61

U 4 •

4.80

1M6 •■

3.16

« « '

4.60

Seed pans, same prioe as pots. Send for price Hat of
Cyllndera for Cnt Flowem, Hanging BaaiieM, Lawn
Tasea, eta. 10 per cent off for caan with order.

HILFINSER BROS. POTTERY,

OR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

Anscn BoiiKXB & sons, New York A«enti.

61 D«T ITBIBT. N»W TOBK • ITT

RED p ots

SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO.rrik'"*"^"

FLOWER POTS

.A.XJXJ xcirffiss.

STANDARD POTSsP..^.m

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

P. 0. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

Standard POX^
Flower... ■ V^ * ^

If your greenhouses are within 500 milet
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

ERNEST.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

W. H.

Invalid Appliance Co.,
COLUMBIA PLANT TUBS

■Tb* kJM tkat MTW tall •!

;:iS"MiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiii]i»iiii]iiii«iii«JIBI^"''l

\JCXt%

fATALociue:j

WRITE

Ac IfnUQ 1521-23 N. LEAVITT
■ ii Mlnni CHICAGO, ill.

ST.

FOU PKICES OF

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market.

KELLER BROS.,

213-15.17-19.21.23 Pearl St.,
NORRISTOWN. PA.

Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red in
color, equal to the best on the market; are 16
miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec-
tions. We give special attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantities. A
postal will brinK prices and discounts.
P/rase mention the American Florist ichen ivritiyis:-

GEO. KELLER & SON,

ILANUIAOTUKIRS Of

Flower Pots.

Before bnylng write for prtoei.
361-363 Herndon Street
neftT wnghtwood Are •

CHICAQO. IL.L.

Please mention the American Flo^tst zvhen zi'rtlin^.

THOSE RED POTS

" STANDARDS"

FCLL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y,

HARRV BALSLEV. DETROIT. MICH.,

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list.

I 6. HENNEGKE 60.. ^'''\^^^^-

igoi.

The American Florist.

916

Henry W. Gibbons Company,

Ii^oorpor^ted

Greenhouse Architects and Builders

AND MANUFACTURERS OF

GULF CYPRESS STRUCTURAL MATERIALS,

steam and Hot Water Heating.

^

IRON FRAMES FOR GREENHOUSES
and VENTILATING MATERIALS.

Sales Offices, 136 Liberty St., NEW YORKj N. Y. Manufactory General Office, Blosmsburg, Pa.

Write to NEW YOR < OFFICE for Estimates, Cataloguei. Plant, Expert Advice. Etc.
HENRY W. GIBBONS, Pres., New York, N. Y. J. L. DILLON, Treas., Bloomsburg, Pa.

What we Know

ABOUT GLASS.

SEND FOR THEM.

JOHN LUCAS & CO.,

PHILADELPHIA.

KROESCHELL BROS. CO.

zsa:f>E<.c:>xrEiX3

Greenhouse Boiler,

29 to 59 Erie St., CHICAGO.

Bollera made of the beet of material, shell, firebox
Bheetfl and beads of steel, water space all around
(front, sides and back). Write for Information.

US MUCH M

CfPRllS

IPRE DURABUSTHAN PINE.

SASH bars;

u> TO \% FEET **iS»Srm m Lfl^GER.^

IREENHOUS

m BUILOiNfi t|MnrERiAL.j<

ANO<

Se^<

c»«rlllu4tr»te<l BooK
UJMBERAMBi(rs uses." j

urSpecittl GreenhtHts^Cusculftr.

INDEPENDENT OF ALL TRUSTS.

f^ JICC for Greenhouses, Conservatories, Hot-
IILHww beds. etc. Also Hotbed Sashes and
Mats. Paints, Oils, etc. THE REED GLASS &
PAINT CO., 456 W. Broadway, NEW YORK.

See That
Ledge?

edge? I ^"^

JENNINGS
IRON GUTTER

IMPROVED,

E^liiii:ir<-> IvirnisliPil "u

Cypress Greenhouse Meterial

Willi nr without our

Patent Iron Gutters and Plates.

X.'throad^ to rut lor our

Patent Iron Bench Fittings

and Roof Supports.

Ventilating Apparatus.

Srn.l four c.Mits ill shiinps for cuir Ciroiiliirs

,10.1 <;';illll..uu..s.

JENNINGS BROS., out) Ptila.. Pa

HOTBED SASH "" "'"a'.id'-R^rr.da?.'"""^

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL,

Cal. Red Cedar and Louisiana Cypress.

BEST GRADES, PERFECT WORKMANSHIP.

A. DIETSGH & CO. s^tirive CHICAGO, ILL.

Standard A FLIMSY BOILER

Before you buy any
kind of machinery send
for catalogue to

E. HIPPARD,

.YOUNGSTOWN, 0.

PUasf mention the American Florist when writing.

is a poor investment.

THE WEATHERED

will last a lifetime and you
can depend upon i\, j^ j^ j^

Testimonials by the hundred on application to

Thos. W. Weatliered's Sons,

46 Marlon St., NEW YORK.

916

The American Florist.

Feb. 2,

Index to

AdvertUlng rates 892

AUen i K 8'J7

Amerloan £toieCo..804 II

AiDilng B C 89)

Andorra Nurseries — 900

B.ller F A 9d0

Banner J L A Co 894

BaasettA Washburn . .895

Baur 8 Alfred 1

Bayeradorfer H & Co. 913

Benthey ACo 895

Bemlng H G S9ii

Besold C 90.)

Blndeknnat Die II

Blano A & Co 9.9

Blue Hill Nursery — 9C1)

Bobblik & Atfelns 908

Boston Letter Co 9 3

Brague LB 900

Brant S D 912

Brant ANoe 89o

Brimley E B 89'i

BrunsonC L ft Co 908

Biictley WTPlantCo910

Buolona J A 895 901

Bunyard n A 894

Burpee W AlleeACo. 11

Bulz W T A F P 905

CaldweU the Woods-
man Co 8^

Carmlohael D 899

uarmody J D 9i3

Chadwlok Chaa 994

Charl.on John A Sons.SDO
Chicago Carnation <'"

Chioago House w room-
ing Co ._^......913

Clnoinnatl Cut Flo Co.89>i
Clark Wm A A Bon.. 912

Coles WW 899

ColUns Thos 910

Conard A Jonea CO....90I.

Conley Foil Co 913

Cottage Gardens 1

Crabb A Uunter I

OralgBobt A Son 909

Croom John F A Bro. II
Cunningham U O

Glass Co Iv

Cunningham Jos H. .912

DalUedouze Bros 903

DanUy S T 909

Deamud J B 894

DeBchryver o A J II

Detroit nor Pot Mfy.914
Dletech A ACo.... 915

DlUonJ L 903 908

Domer FredASons eo 1

DreerH A 903 916

Danlop John H 395

Dunne & Co 913

Bastem Chemical Co.. 913

Hlohholi Henry 912

Kills Frank M 89t>

BmeatWH 9 4

Felihouseo J E 91u

Ferguson John B 894

Unley Lawn Bake Co. 912

Fisher Peter 903

Floral B.vchaDge. ... 903
Florida Nat Prod Co. . .913

Ford Bros ^ •..f97

Fon Dodge U h Co. . 9J7

Foster Looms H 910

Fryer B 910

Uardemng Co The .11
Qardeners Chronicle.. U

Qarland Geo M HI

Gasklll's GreeDhousesW.i

Geaer Slgmund 913

Qhormley Wm 897

Gibbons H W 916

Olblln A Co IV

Grlswold Mrs 910

Guardian Angel Or-
phan Asylum 9 1

Gullett A Sons W tl. . .908

Gunther Wm H 897

Gnmey Heater Co 9if.

Guttman Alex J 897

UagenDurger ^.ari 9ol

Hall Ass'n 912

Hancock Geo A Son. . .9u7

Harrer Geo 903

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Vol. XVI.

CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 9, 1901.

No. 662.

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Copyright 1900, by American Florist Company.
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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Oppicbrs — Patuick O'Mara, New York, N. Y..
president; Wsi. P. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y., vice-
president; Wm. J. Stewart, 67 Bromfleld St.,
Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Bbattt, Oil City,
Pa., treasurer. The seventeenth annual meeting
will be held at Buffalo, August, 1901.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual meeting at New York, March 19, 20 and
21, 1901. Lbonard Barron, 136 Liberty St., New
York, secretary.

THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Annual convention at Baltimore, February 21-22,
1901. ALBERT M. Hkrr, Lancaster, Pa., secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual m*»etingat Buffalo, August, 1901. Edwin
Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa., secretary.

THIS ISSUE 36 PAGES WITH COVER.

CONTENTS.

Propae.ttiug hardy perennials 917

Carnations 918

—One of the new whites (illua.) 918

—Results with various varieties 918

A iireenhouse rockery (ilhis. ) 918

Advantat^es of the iron [rutter 919

Kew Jerseyites' unuual dinner 920

Pandanus Sanderi 921

Boston 921

New York , — 921

Philadelphia .' 9il

rihicaeo ...922

St. Louis 932

PittsbutK 923

Buffalo 9 3

Tarrytown, N. V 921

Slontreal 9-23

•■hesti.iff of life 924

Greenhouse building 924

Hotels at Baltimore 924

Society of American Florists 924

Indianapolis — -. 924

Obituary.. 935

Muncie Iiid 926

The seed trade 9.S0

The nursery trade 932

Our pastimes— At Chicago 934

—At Utica U34

—At St. Louis 934

—At New York ...., 934

Lincoln, Neb 936

Minneapolis 938

Columbus, 940

Washington 942

Lowell, Mass 944

Albany, N. Y. . .'. ■. 946

Propagating Hardy Perennials.

Any time during January, February or
March is considered the proper time for
preparing and planting root cuttings of
all hardy herbaceous plants which will
respond to that mode of propagation. It
is well known that the stock of the Jap-
anese anemone in all its varieties can
readily be increased in this manner, and
it has been practiced for ][| don't know
how long by nearly every grower of hardy
plants, yet aside from the anemones,
very few other hardy plants are usually
propagated in this simple way, though
there is quite a number of very desirable
things which will grow equally well from
little pieces of roots if treated in the same
manner. The roots are simply cut into
pieces one to two inches long, flats are
filled with a rather light, sandy soil, the
roots are scattered quite thickly over the
surface and then covered about one-half
inch with the same compost or with clean
sand.

After watering, the flats are placed in
a cool greenhouse, not necessarily up
near the light, but away from the drip
and where they can be kept watered
whenever this should be required. When
growth begins to show above the soil
the flats should be removed to a lighter
place, else the young plants may become
weak and drawn. Too much heat should
also be avoided for the same reason.
Plants which come under this heading
areEuphorbia corollata, Coronilla varia,
the polygonums. Plumbago larpent;E of
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, several of
the Oenotheras, Saponaria Caucasica
and S officinalis, and others of like habit.

With some others we should be a little
more particular about putting them in
the soil; these should be dibbled in, one
at a time, right end up, the upper end
just even or a trifle above the ground;
the dormant eyes around the upper cut
will swell and finally sprout into growth,
growing stronger when the new fibrous
roots spring from the old piece which
was inserted. The various species of
geraniums, inulas, statice, thermopsis,
Arnebia echioides, anchusas, Lychnis
vespertina, eryngiums, dodocatheons, the
acanthuses, Stokesiacyanea, quite a num-
ber of campanulas, gaillardias, if we want
to have special varieties, even phloxes of
the decussata type, and many other
things will readily respond to this treat-
ment.

Where no space is available in a green-
house, the boxes may be placed in a pro-
tected frame, covered with leaves or
straw until severe cold weather is past,

but in this case we could not expect the
plants to start into vigorous growth
before the spring months, while under
the protection of a greenhouse we may
have nice young stock potted off, almost
ready to be planted out at this time.
Many other hardy plants can be propa-
gated at the same time in the ordinary
way of cuttings taken from old plants in
the open field or garden. Every species of
the large family of dianthus is readily
increased in this manner, so are Lychnis
viscaria, all thearmerias, the small leaved
alyssums like A. serpyllifolium, A. rost-
ratum, etc., the arabises and aubrietias,
Heuchera sanguinea and varieties, all
the creeping phloxes, the iberises of the
sempervirens type, and the helianthe-
mums. If the weather is favorable at
any time from now on, we may carefully
scrape the soil away from the cro.wn of
our Lathyrus latifolius so as to lay it
bare; we find there a number of sprouts,
one or more inches long, which when cut
with a heel will root very soon in the
cutting-bench.

All young stock obtained by either of
these methods will be ready for planting
out in May. Thus they have ample time
to grow into vigorous plants before fall
sets in and, being the only way to per-
petuate any given variety, these
methods should be practiced wher-
ever possible, though seed sowing is
often quite practicable with some
things. Dictamnus fraxinella, primulas
of many kinds, aubrietias, the delphin-
iums, digitalis, the ordinary columbines
vaiious campanulas, etc., are usually
raised from seed without much trouble,
but such things as aconitums, some of
the eryngiums, saxifrages, androsaces,
adenophoras, omphalodes, ramondias,
ranunculas, ffithionema, arnica, troUius
and the like very often refuse to germinate
even if we take extra pains in the care of
them. Some of the seeds may not come
up at all, others come irregularly, and a
few may not sprout until the second
year. Yet, if the seed is fresh, there is no
reason why it should refuse to germinate
within a reasonable time, when we imi-
tate more closely the conditions which
nature provides for them in the field,
meadow or forest. All such seeds should
be sown in a cool soil, and kept quite
moist constantly and rather shady until
fairly sprouted.

We had always best success when
planting these seeds in the open ground
very early in spring, before the winter's
moisture had left the soil. A thin layer
of sphagnum, straw or hay spread over
the bed would materially assist in pre-

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Feb. g,

venting evaporation. When the plants
are fairly up we may dispense with this
covering. We may not get very strong
plants in this way lor the first season, but
we are at least more sure of a supply
with a minimum amount ol labor, though
perhaps we may obtain strong plants lor
planting out in May or June by provid-
ing similar conditions under glass for
these seeds earlier in the year, but it
involves amuch greater amount of labor,
pricking ofl in boxes, potting and hand-
ling with the necessary watchfalness in
watering, etc , at a time when every inch
of space and all our time is taken up in
caring for Easter and spring stock. There-
fore whether we should sacrifice valuable
space in the house for such things is a
question which depends on circumstances
and everyone may decide for himself
whether he should or should not eipend
the extra labor on them or grow them
entirely out of doors.

The seed of ordinary perennials may be
sown in the same frame with asters and
other annuals and at about the same
time, too. The plants will generally
prove satisfactory, though it may be a
little late before they are strong enough
to go out to their permanent quarters,
because nearly all ot this class of plants
require pricking off or transplanting into
another frame to form a stouter root
stock previous to planting out. Very
few things of this sort can be planted
safely direct from the seed bed into field
rows or beds, though sometimes under
exceptionally favorable weather condi-
tions we may venture and risk the plant-
ing of small seedlings with impunity.

J. B. K.

CARNATIONS.

ONE OF THE NEW WHITES.

We present herewith a reproduction
from a photograph taken January 10, in
the house in which Anders Kasmussen, of
New Albany, Ind,, grows his new white
carnation, Hoosier Maid. This is a var-
iety which has received the praise of all
those who have seen it growing. The

light top dressing and later further stim-
ulated with manure water every two
weeks. He gives his plants plenty of air
and keeps them well tied np. The house
is carried at about 48° at night with
from 10° to 15° higher temperature in
the daytime. It may be mentioned that
it is not a Hoosier maid which appears
in the lower right hand comer of theillus-
tration. This is a Hoosier young gen-
tleman, of Mr. Rasmusaen's family,
perched on the bench when the photo-
graph was taken.

RESULTS WITH VARIOUS VARIETIES.

In comparing the following results
with those obtained in your own estab-
lishment it will be well to remember that
my carnations are all grown on solid
beds and that some varieties will not
give as good results from the cut flower
point ot view in solid beds as they will
on benches.

White Cloud has made the finest
growth of all the whites and will, from
this date to the end of the season, if
promises count for anything, give a fine
crop of flowers. Up to this date it has
not produced enough to make it pay, but
the flowers have been ideal in every
respect.

Elm City produces a flower of the type
of Flora Hill and similar in color to
H-^inze's White, with a stsm that is
pretty near perfection. It was the first
one to produce flowers in the fall and has
never stopped since, so that in point of
productiveness it stands at the head of
the list.

Peru, like White Cloud, has not paid
very well up to date, and, while the good
flowers are very good, there is a fair
proportion of seconds. In growth it is
hardly up to the standard although some
of the best plants would indicate that it
could be bettered in this direction.

Olympia has not proved the success I
expected early in the season and will, I
presume, have to be grown on a bench
to make it profitable.

Bradt is another one that does not pay
on solid beds; at least I have never been

A BENCH OF CARNATION HOOSIER MAID.

flowers are large, well formed, and Mr.
Rasmussen avers that the calyx never
bursts. It will be seen that the stem car-
ries the flower very well. He says that
to get the best results from this variety
it should be lifted early, planted in good
soil, though not too rich, and after having
become well stftrted, it should be given a

able to get the results that come with
this variety on benches.

The difference in the cut bet ween Gomez
and Maceo is so slight that it leaves the
grower to choose the one that pleases
his customers best in point of color.

G. H. Crane is par excellence as a
scarlet and produces longer and stronger

stems in solid beds than on benches,
with a slight advantage in the quality
of the flowers produced from the solid
beds and very little disadvantage as to
the quantity. It will be a lew years
before this variety is a back number
with the majority of growers.

Leslie Paul requires special handling to
get it to come early in solid beds but it is
such a good thing when it comes that it
is well worth the trouble and ought to
be, though I suppose it never will be, a
standard sort.

Mrs. Bertram Lippincott, like Day-
break, in a solid bed needs special atten-
tion to make it continuous in flowering.
It can hardly be called a fancy but the
stem will make it sell, as there is always
room for a good stemmed variety, even
if it is fifteen instead of thirty inches long.
Genevieve Lord in a solid bed could be
classed as a modem Grace Wilder. It
has many points in jts favor, chief of
which are its earlipess, .abundant and
constant blooming qualities.

Ethel Crocker is the peer of all my
carnations in health and strength of
plant, earliness, productiveness and con-
stancy of bloom. Its quality is shown
by the fact that at no time this season
has the price for cut flowers fallen below
$6 per hundred and often over that
figure, this without any attempt at
special culture and less than five per cent
of seconds.

The failure of this variety with some of
the growers is one too many for me.
Last season, in order to be sure of the
recommendation I gave it, we had one
house on benches and they did equally as
well as those in solid beds, with possibly
a few more flowers. I have been asked a
number of times to give the best method .
of growing this variety, but must confess
I do not know what that method is, as
some of those who are growing it suc-
cessfully are treating it just the opposite
from what I do. The only point I aim
for is to havegoodplantsearly in August
and house them at that time into soil
only moderately rich and then give them
the proper attention as to air and water^
with no other feeding during the winter.
Albbst M. Hebr.

A Greenhouse Rockery.

The illustration, from a photograph by
J. K. M. L. Farquhar, shows a portion of
a rockery in a greenhouse at the Havard
Kotanic Garden, Cambridge, Mass. The ,
idea of growing cacti, agaves, aloes and
other succulent plants in this way was
undertaken to try and give the plants a
more natural appearance than they
generally afford when grown in pots and
crowded together on the benches. It not
only gives a fair representation of desert
conditions, but also serves as an object
lessoi in ecology.

Tne house measures thirty-five feet in
length and twenty feet in width. As will
be seen in the picture, the ground rises
gradually toward the back and here and
there are placed large pieces of rock so
as to make the ground as uneven as pos-
sibly. The rocks used were procured
from Ohio. The back wall of the house
is covered with large rocks and in the
pockets are planted a number of species
of mesembryanthemums. In the other
part of the rockery, as will be seen in the
picture, is a general collection of succu-
lent plants, such as euphorbias, agaves,
cerei, pilocersi, opuntias, hechteas, yuccas,
etc. The plants have done extremely
well since they were planted out in this
way. They have not only grown well
but show a healthy appearance, especi-

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GREENHOUSE ROCKERY AT THE BOTANIC GARDEN, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

ally the agaves, that is quite uncommon
with plants in pots. With a rockery like
this care must be taken that the plants
are not overwatered in winter. If the
plants are kept on the dry side in winter
they do well in a temperature of 35° to
40° Fahr. Robert Cameron.

Advantages of the Iron Gutter.

\Read before the Chicaf^o Ftori^ts' Clttb, Feb-
ruary I, tgol, by Gt'orge M. Garland \

The ordinary method of greenhouse
construction has been so thoroughly dis-
cussed by Mr. Carmody and others that
there remains but little to be said on
that subject, but owing to the inability
of a great many to understand the
advantages of the method advocated by
myself, it gives me pleasure to address
you this evening, confining myself to per-
manent construction by the use of iron
gutters and posts.

The post and gutter is the foundation
of the house, and is also the vital part
thereof, therefore care should be taken to
supply a foundation that will not rot out
in about one-third the time the house
would otherwise last. In my life experi-
ence in the business the necessity of con-
tinual rebuilding set me to thinking, and
as necessity is the mother of invention
the iron gutter resulted from my endeav-
ors to practice economy.

With all important business enterprises
the key to success is economy. The par-
amount question with a successful busi-
ness man is not how large is my store or
factory, but how much business have I

transacted and what are my profits there-
from. So, also with greenhouse estab-
lishments. It is not how much glass
have I, as is the usual custom of referring
to one's place, but howmuch bench space
have I, and what can I realize from the
same.

In many large establishments the
unnecessary waste of room which is
allowed for shade and drips Irom leaky
and bungly gutters amounts to more
than several medium sized establishments.
Nearly all the ordinary wood constructed
greenhouses visited by me have an allow-
ance of five feet from the south bench in
the north house to the north bench in
south house; two feet allowed for walk,
twelve inches for gutter and posts, two
feet for next walk, there being a walk on
both sides of gutter posts. It is not only
the expense incurred in the erection of
nonprodncing space which should be
taken into consideration, but the extra
draft on one's bank account for the fur-
nishing of coal to heat this space through
the many winters to come.

This fact being carefully weighed, I
began the work of providing a method of
permanent construction, obtainable
without increasing the cost of the same.
This was accomplished by using iron
gutters and posts, there being no leaks
from same, the drips being carried ofl by
drip conductor. I found the same room
could be obtained with about three feet
less construction, or fifteen per cent of a
20-foot house, making three feet less glass
to heat or a saving of fifteen per cent of
the fuel ordinarily required.

In the American Florist of August 18,
1900, appeared the following item: "In
the range which Peter Reinberg put up
this year, he was enabled by the use of
the iron gutter to secure four benches as
against three by his former method of
construction."

This is not all that was gained, but a
construction, which accordmg to a state-
ment from one of our oldest florists in
this section, from whom I am pleased to
quote, will last three times as long and
perhaps longer than the ordinary wood
constructions. F. Stielow, of Niles Cen-
ter, who was obliged to rebuild three
times and now has iron gutters, says,
according to a clipping from the Florists'
Review of May 10, 1900, that he expects
his grandchildren to get just as good
results from these houses as he does and
that they will be new for an indefinite
period.

To accomplish this saving of room,
build your house twenty or twenty-six'
feet eight inches wide and lay it out in
5-foot benches and 20-inch walks, start-
ing with the first walk along the north
side of house and allowing twenty inches
for same, then a 5-foot bench, 20-inch
walk, 5-foot bench, 20 inch walk, and a
5-foot bench, allowing the last bench to
extend to gutter posts, which are of 2-inch
pipe, and you will have fifteen feet of
bench in a 20-foot house, and an extra
bench, or twenty feet of bench in a26-foot
8-inch house, or three-quarters of your
house to producing space. The old
method of construction with wood gut-
ters and posts is 24 inch walk, 5-loot

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Feb. ^,

bench, 20-inch walk, 5-foot bench, 20-inch
walk, 5-foot bench, 24inch walk, and
10-inch wood post, or twenty-three feet
two inches from center to center of gut-
ters, or fifteen feet of bench room in a
23-foot house.

The old method of steep roofs and low
gutters should be avoided. Set your
gutters six feet from the ground, and
your houses sufficiently flat so that one
does not shade the other, giving the
north bars 28° pitch, and the south bars
35° pitch, and in the short days the
bench nearest the gutter will be exposed
to the action of the sun from the south
house, the shade from ridge and gutter
falling in the center of the bouse, in dark
or shady days, and traveling to within
six inches to one foot of post in June,
when shade is not as detrimental as in
midwinter.

For posts use 2-inch iron pipe above
ground and cast iron legging set in a hole
made with a 6-inch post auger and fill in
with good cement, bringing the same
well above the ground, and taper off to
meet casting. 1 find cement an excellent
preserver of iron, and all iron intended
for use in the ground should be coated
with it. Those who have used my
method of construction were able to
erect 250 feet of gutter in eight hours,
using five men, and I have known a run
of 250 feet to have been set up in five
hours. Those who wish to know how
this was done can find out by asking
Peter Reinberg.

In selecting an iron gutter, lightness
combined with strength and durability
are essential points. These are obtain-
able in the V-shaped or Garland gutter,
this shape forming a truss, giving it a
carrying capacity of over two tons. The
outer edge of gutter extending down-
ward affords a means of connecting the
sash bar to gutter on a nearly perpendic-
ular surface, thereby avoiding a ledge
that would prove a catch-all for slime
and dirt, which is the principal cause of
bars rotting off at lower ends. The per-
pendicular surface being always dry,
gives an increased life to the bar.

Another advantage which should not
be overlooked is the saving of glass from
breakage by frost and ice. Iron absorbs
sufficient heat from the house to keep it
continually thawed, consequently no ice
jcan form on gutter, therefore no break-
age of glass from that source. To better
demonstrate this point, on a cold, icy day,
when you are down town, note that the
iron work, such as sidewalk lights, steps,
etc., on all sidewalks under which artifi-
cial heat is supplied, are free from ice or
snow, while all similar wooden construc-
tion is coated with ice and snow.

Immediately after a fall of snow,
melting at the ridges sets in, and the
water running down to the wooden gut-
ters freezes fast, forming a ridge up over
the first pane or glass, and preventing
the snow from slidmg down. With iron
gutters the conditions are reversed, the
snow melting first in the gutter, keeping
the sides smooth, so that the- snow can
readily slide down to the glitter, and
pass off in the form of water in the cold-
est weather, thus relieving the house of
snow and exposing the glass to the
action of the sun in one-third the time,
which is an important factor when sun-
light is at a premium.

The following is taken from the Florists'
Exchange of March 10, 1900: "One of
the heaviest snow storms in this locality
in sixteen years fell in twenty-four hours
the past week. It was a good test for
the Garland iron gutter, which did its

work perfectly. As soon "as snow begins
to fall, thawing sets in until there is a
good stream of water flowing steadily.
Mr. Stromback, of Lincoln Park, has his
new plant house all fitted with iron gut-
ters of the old Garland pattern. We saw
the snow piled up the morning after the
storm but fast disappearing by a regular
stream of water below. Mr. Stromback
told the writer the second day after that
the snow had all gone off naturally, and
no trouble whatever was experienced."

The principle of contraction and expan-
sion of metals has probably caused
numerous florists to look with disfavor
on iron gutters, but practical experience
on 300-loot houses as erected by Wietor
Brothers failed to show anything to sub-
stantiate their fears. The joints of gut-
ter are firmly bolted together, using
Portland cement between the laps, mak-
ing one continuous casting, which is so
rigid that the gutter cannot "snake" or
go out of line, thereby holding the ridge
in its original position. The uniform
temperature maintained within the
houses prevents any appreciable fluctua-
tions in the temperature of the iron and
thereby removes the cause of expansion
and contraction such as iron fully exposed
to the action of the weather is subject to.
To further support the frame of the
house I have provided a means of con-
necting a No. 6 galvanized wire, with
suitable screw fastening at each end, hav-
ing a one-fourth inch hole in the flange of
gutter, through which said screw fasten-
ings are passed, and having a nut in the
under side of flange for tightening wire.
This wire is passed over both purlins and
into opposite gutter, with similar fasten-
ings, and not only effectually prevents
the purlin from waving in high winds,
but also creates a means of supporting
the ridge pole without the use of ridge
pole posts, thereby saving expense in con-
struction. I recommend that these wires
be placed fifteen feet apart.

I have advertised to provide waterway
for 4,000 feet of glass, which to some
seems incredible. Thorough examination
of the outer edge of gutter shows a rise
and depression, forming a stop for the
glass, which has ample room for putty,
making a watertight joint, allowing the
lower lights to serve as auxiliary gut-
ters, creating a gutter four feet wide in
case of emergency, which seldom occurs.
Mr. Carmody, in his address at the S.
A. F. convention at New York, like many
other florists who do not seem to under-
stand that greenhouses containing an
equal amount of bench can be constructed
for less money with iron gutters and
posts than with cheap wooden affairs,
refers to iron gutters, iron pipe, etc., as
being good in their way if one has the
money to buy them. But the poor man
will always commence business in wooden
structures, of course, including wooden
gutters. But after a careful study of my
method of construction you will find
that it is especially designed for the poor
man, who must get all the bench space
possible, without extra expense for con-
struction and heating.

Trusting that all may see the point as
I, and others do, and profit thereby,
I will terminate my paper, hoping at
some future day to more fially discuss the
advantages of permanent construction.

New Jerseyites' Annual Dinner.

The annual dinner of the New Jersey
Floricultural Society, at Orange, Wednes-
day evening, February 6, was like its
predecessors, an eminent success. Forty

gentlemen were at the table. After the
cigars had been passed President John
Hayes started the flow of oratory
with brief expression of hearty welcome.
George Smith, secretary and statistician,
followed with an interesting account of
the work of the society and its present
standing. He expressed satisfaction
legarding results of the meetings and
exhibitions, the latter having been given,
regardless of the financial question, as a
labor of love and to encourage fondness
for flowers. The school children's exhi-
bition last fall was especially gratifying.
President O'Mara responded for the
national society, thanking the local
organization for co-operation in last
summer's New York exhibition and
expressed confidence as to the coming
event at Buffalo, for which comprehen-
sive plans are being matured. He urged
all to join in the upward and onward
movement now under way, which is to
culminate in the strongest revival in the
history of American horticulture. He
said this is the best year in the world to
join the S. A. F. The beginning of the cen-
tury shows a broad field opening and
this is the only organization national in
scope and broad and democratic enough
to shelter all interests.

President Duckham, of the Morris
county society, spoke appreciatively of
Orange hospitality and, in telling of the
liberal support his own flourishing soci-
ety enjoys, asserted that organized suc-
cess depends largely on wise selection of
committees.

J. W. Withers, in an interesting address,
said the outlook for the gardening craft
is very auspicious, conditions being
unprecedently healthy. He said that the
secret of Orange success is that the mem-
bers are honest, good natured, ambitions
and agree, with the fraternal feeling
strong and politics eliminated.

J. N. May spoke a few words before
hurrying to his train. He approved the
plan of interesting children in floriculture
and predicted a great permanent benefit
to the community through its continu-.
snce. W. J. Stewart spoke for the horti-
cultural press and Mr. Butterfield made
a pretty and flowery address on behalf
of the sister societies, whose efforts to
disseminate knowledge of horticulture
are worthy highest commendation.
Referring to the S. A. F. he said it is enti-
tled to the hearty support of every sister
organization because of its comprehen-
sive work. He, too, praised the spirit
of hospitality so prevalent in these
societies.

}. B. Davis' response was exceedingly
witty and was characteristically grace-
ful, when called upon to speak for the
ladies. The subject, he said, had lost
none of its interest for him since last year,
although he could not say that his expe-
rience was any greater. He quoted
poetry, laudatory and sentimental or
otherwise, keeping an eye meanwhile on
Mr. O'Mara, who looked thoughtful. It
is impossible to transcribe Mr. Davis'
suavity on a printed page.

Mr. Bartholomae responded for the
New York Gardeners' Society, Dr. Ward
for the New Tersey Horticultural Society,
and Dr. Kitchen told of a year's experi-
ence in orchid culture for profit and
described several mechanical and chem-
ical devices which he has periected and
which he thinks will eventually revolu-
tionize the business.

Cornet music by Mr. Taylor and violin
solos by Warren Hayes, son of the presi-
dent, were interspersed and greatly
enjoyed.

tgoi.

The American Florist.

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Pandanus Sanderi.

This new decorative plant must be a
good thing or the H. A. Dreer Company
would not have secured the whole avail-
able stock, some thousand plants it is
said, but when a correspondent in
another periodical, in an efiort to give it
a good word, resorts to such strained
expressions as "Is this real or artificial?
Could nature produce such a wonder?"
he overshoots the mark.

Nature has been producing just such
wonders, aided by art in many cases, for
centuries past, and is still at the old
stand. Then why ask "Is this real or
artificial?" Oh! how lame! Were it no
better than the very best artificial plants
we are accustomed to see used for decora-
tive purposes in some places, I am afraid
P. Sanderi had better never have been
found or named, and the public would
have struggled along as best it could
with P. Veitchii, which has anything but
an artificial look when well grown.

In speaking or writing of improved
varieties in plants or flowers in this
enlightened age, no such empty praise as
that applied to the new Pandanus
Sanderi should find a place in horticul-
tural or any other class of literature.
L.

Boston.

CUT FLOWER TRADE IS ACTIVE. — BRISK
DEMAND IN ALL LINES. — yOALlTIES AEE
EXCELLENT. — FEBRUARY SHOW AT HOR-
TICULTURAL HALL. — SPLENDID ORCHIDS
SHOWN. — OTHER NOTEWORTHY EXHIB-
ITS. — ROSE AND STRAWBERRY SHOW TO
BE IN THE, NEW HALL.— DOINGS HERE
AND THERE.

The midwinter conditions are still
iavorable for the cut flower trade. Ups
and downs are few, everything keeping
along at an average even value, with the
exception of Bride and Bridesmaid roses
which, as noted last week, are now
beginning to increase in quantity and, as
the quality is uniionnly good, the out-
side rates for special selected stock have
experienced quite a drop. Indeed, the
proportion ot low grade goodsis so small
that it is more difficult to sujjply the
cheap buyer than to supply the high class
demand. White carnations have experi-
enced a stifl market during the past week
and are at present writing in sharp
demand, even the inferior grade finding
customers who, while inclined to growl,
yet take the goods. Shipping trade to
various suburban and more distant New
England points is excellent, all the whole-
salers finding a general call for promis-
cuous stock, especially white. Callasare
coming more freely but there are very
few lilies in evidence here. Those that do
come in find prompt takers. Von Sion
narcissi are improving in quality.

The regular February show at Horti-
cultural Hall, last Saturday, was remark-
able for the splendid display ot orchid
flowers from the conservatories of Oakes
Ames. Under the skillful management of
R. M. Grey this collection is makingrapid
strides and already holds first place in
this country in certain respects. This is
the first exhibition under the new class in
the schedule and the Ames exhibit was
well entitled to the silver gilt medal
awarded. A cypripedium from C. G.
Roebling also attracted much attention
on account of the rich dark wine color of
the massive bloom it bore. It was labeled
C. X tessellatum var. Harrisonii (barba-
tum var. nigrum X concolor) an Ameri-
can seedling. It was awarded a certifi-
cate of merit. R. & J. Farquhar & Co.
showed a dozen showy specimen plants

of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine nana com-
pacta for which they received a silver
medal. Twelve plants of Primula obcon-
ica in S-inch pots from Mrs. B. P. Cheney
were the finest examples of this lovely
primrose in its improvedform ever shown
here. Carnations in twelve of the most
recently disseminated varieties were
shown in large vases by M. A. Patten
and they were all in the usual excellent
quality for which this grower is known.
Hattie B. Winter also staged several
vases of carnations. James Comley
brought a very extensive display of
camellias. J. W. Howard also showed
camellias and there were freesias from H.
Dumaresq, W. J. Clemsenand Mrs. E. M.
Gill. Norris F. Comley made a very
creditable showing of violets, taking
both first and second prizes.

The shows scheduled to take place at
Horticultural Hall from May 4- until
June 15, inclusive, have been cancelled
and the first regular show to be held in
the new hall will be the rose and straw-
berry exhibition on June 20 and 21.
There will be, however, a special open-
ing decorative show, probably lasting
through the last week of May, under the
auspices of the building committee and
managed by Prof. Chas. S. Sargent.
Plans are on foot to make this a notable
event in American horticultural history.
George A. Sutherland has his new
establishment at 34 Hawley street nearly
completed and is moving bft fixtures and
stock this week. Beginning With next
week the business will be carried on at
the new place and all correspondence
should be addressed there, although he
will retain the old store in Horticultural
Hall as an annex for some weeks yet.
The new location is very convenient to
the large express offices and thus well
adapted for the shipping trade.

John A. Fish has retired from the man-
agement of the Gurney Heater Company
and has been succeeded as vice-president
and manager by W. T. Isaac. I G.James,
manager of the New York office, succeed-
ing Mr. Isaac as secretary, while A G.
Merser becomes treasurer. The firm
reports prospects bright for the approach-
ing season.

The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of
Boston will hold a special meeting at
Horticultural Hall, on Tuesday evening,
February 12, when plans for an active
prosecution of the work of the organiza-
tion will be discussed. It is understood
that a large number of new people are
applying for membership.

Robert Montgomery is sending roses
to this market that will compare favor-
ably with any ever shown. It is about
as natural for a member of the Mont-
gomery family to grow good roses as for
a duck to swim.

Patrick O'Mara is to lecture before the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society on
Saturday, February 23. His subject
will be "A Quarter Century's Evolution
in American Horticulture."

At the last meeting of the Massachu-
setts Horticultural Society it was voted
to tender the use of the hall to the
Co operative Growers' Association for
their annual carnation show.

David Dean, who is a son of James
Dean, of Babylon, L. I., has engaged for
a year's service in the plant houses of
W. W. Edgar at Waverly.

Ed. Welch, of Welch Bros., has been
confined to his home by sickness for the
past two weeks.

Geo. Milne, of Concord Junction, is
sending heavy shipments of fine carna-
tions to Geo. A. Sutherland.
The F. B. Hayes estate of thirty acres,

with the mansion thereon, at Lexington,
has been sold to H. Pfafl for $40,000.

New York.

GREAT BREAK IN CUT FLOWER VALUES
OCCASIONED BY SEVERE WBATHEJ.—
LARGE ROSE CROPS IN SIGHT.— ITEMS OF
VARYING INTEREST.

The present week sees a great break in
values all through the cut flower list,
orchids only being exempt. Roses in all
varieties show a drop of from thirty to
fifty per cent from prices ruling in Janu-
ary and indications are for further depre-
ciation, as heavier crops are in prospect.
The severe weather of the past few days
is largely responsible for the suddenness
of the collapse, street dealers having been
completely shut out of business.

Charles Millang and George Saltford
have entered into partnership under the
firm name of Millang & Saltford. The
violet specialty will still be conducted
under the personal supervision of Mr. Salt-
ford.

D. Y. Mellis was a member of the Scot-
tish Lancer Volunteers, twenty years
ago, when the regiment was reviewed by
the Prince of Wales, now Edward VII.,
King of England.

The New York Cut Flower Company
has leased a commodious floor in the
building at the comer of Twenty-sixth
street and Sixth avenue and will remove
there May 1.

Ehmann & Bock, at 2112 Broadway,
have dissolved partnership by mutual
consent, the business being continued by
A. Ehmann.

J. H. Small & Sons used 100 cases of
smilax and 2,000 cattleyas in the Clar-
ence Mackey ball decoration last Friday.

John Dowsett was married Saturday,
February 2, to MissMarienne Doncourt.

Vaughan's Seed Store and C. H.Joosten
are exporting tuberose bulbs this week.

Galletin, the Fifth avenue florist, has
closed up.

Visiting New York: W.R.Smith, Wash-
ington.

Philadelphia.

STOCK BECOMES RATHER MORE PLENTI-
FUL AND ALL ORDERS ARE FILLED WITH-
OUT DIFFICULTY. — ALL ABOUT THE
PRICES. — MEETING OF THE CLUB.— THE
BEST FERNS — PLANS TO AWAKEN FRESH
INTEREST.— NOTES HERB AND THERE.

Flowers are becoming a little more
plentiful and orders for all grades and
varieties of roses are now filled without
the struggle of the past three weeks.
Still there is no piling up of stock, the
demand being very good and each dav's
cut is used up before night, as a rule.
Prices are about as last week. For
Beauties from $3 to $9, the latter for
the specials. Brides and Bridesmaids are
just a trifle easier in price, the $15 kind
of a week ago now being sold at $12.
although a few specials still bring the $3
extra per hundred. Liberty with twelve-
inch stems brings $2 per dozen, with $3
and even $4- asked for specials. Carna-
tions are selling well at from $1,50 to $5
per hundred, the $2 size, the selected
Scotts, good Hills and Cartledge, being
the most popular. The quality of the
stock coming in is very good, particu-
larly the fancies and specials, such as
Crocker, Joost, White Cloud, Bradt and
Crane. All these sell readily at from $3
to $5, according to quahty. Mignonette
is now very fine and going at $3 to $4.
Freesias are plentiful at from $2 to $4.
Lily of the valley and other bulbous
stock is in good supply at from $3 to $4.

922

The American Florist.

Feb. g,

Snpoit still keeps the market supplied
with good white lilac at $1 to $1.50 per

dozen. . t^, . .

The February meeting of the Flonts
Club was rather slimly attended, which
lethargy must be looked into by the
proper authorities. A lot of money came
rolling in, however, and several associate
members were elected. This state of
affairs is encouraging but what is wanted
is to make the meeting so attractive that
a greater percentage of the older mem-
bers will be found in attendance and
taking part in the proceedings. There
should bemoreefiortmadeto get exhibits
of new and interesting flowers and plants
and in many other ways attractive
features can be worked up to make the
club take on new life and vigor. Charles
Cox was present with his paper on "The
Best Commercial Ferns," which was read
by Secretary Lonsdale. Mr. Cox was
given a vote of thanks for its careful
preparation. The subject for the next
meeting was announced to be a report
of the Baltimore convention by Wm. P.
Craig. Also, in order to get a full
attendance, it was resolved to have a
short session and fill in with a smoker.
Refreshments will be provided and as
there will be no tickets everyone who can
should be present and enjoy himself to
his satisfaction.

A few Queen of Edgely roses, after
being packed fourteen days, the same as
prepared for a long journey, were opened
and found to be in a marvelously fresh
condition. They were packed on January
23 and after being kept in the cooling room
of the Floral Exchange nurseries for two
weeks were opened. Each rose stem had
been placed in a rubber capped tube. The
water in two of them (the trial was
made with three) had all been exhausted
but in the other there was a few drops.
All the buds, however, looked equally
fresh and were in about a half blown
condition. They have attracted con-
siderable attention in Kift & Son's
window, where they bid fair to keep for
several days more. They are somewhat
lighter in color than fresh flowers, but
otherwise looked none the worse for
their long rest. K.

Chicago.

MARKBT DBMOEALIZBD BY THE BIG BLIZ-
ZAKD— TRAINS DELAYED AND SHIPMENTS
MISS CONNECTIONS. — ROSE SUPPLIES
INCREASING.— QUALITIES ARE HIGHER.—
VIOLET GROWERS HAVE CAUSE FOR COM-
rLATNT.— MEETING OF THE CLUB.— BIG
BUILDING SCHEMES IN AIR —NOTES OF
LOCAL INTEREST.

The forty hours blizzard which began
on Saturday and lasted through Sunday
disturbed the usual order of proceedings
in the wholesale markets and has caused
no little inconvenience. The storm made
Sunday's business next to nothing and
caused a large part of Sunday's receipts
to be carried over in nearly every house.
But this was no great misfortune, as the
depth of the snow made all trains late on
Monday and the morning consignments
were not in time to be packed to catch
the early trains for the south and west.
The result was that the stock of the day
before came in very handy in a great
many instances, although several cases
were reported in which orders for early
shipments on Monday went unfilled
because of the non-arrival of stock from
the growers. Local trade was much
slower than usual on Monday but there
was brisk shipping business and all avail-
able supplies were exhausted without

fully meeting the demand. There were a
number of big shipping orders going out
early in the week but the following days
saw diminishing demands for stock,
although there were quite a few small
orders in the market. Local trade has
hardly been up to the pace which it has
maintained since Christmas, so that sup-
plies have been more than adequate to
meet demands. Roses are becoming more
plentiful and are showing considerable
improvement in quality, although this
hardly applies to Beauties. There are
now large supplies of Beauties when only
numbers are considered but when quality
is requisite it is quite another story, for
fully three quarters of the cut is short
stemmed and bull-headed. Naturally
there is little sale for this class of mate-
rial and the demand for the small pro-
portion which is first- class is not brisk
enough to make prices very stiff. The
rose crops are now coming on nicely with
a great many growers and there is little
prospect of any scarcity for some weeks
to come. Carnations have been abund-
ant but not in over-supply. There is
more or less general complaint of lower
average returns than last year on carna-
tions. But, on the other hand, a great
many growers have thus far cut more
flowers per square foot of bench than
they did a year ago, and although the
qualities have not been as good as they
were then, the growers have received
more money per square foot. The only
ones who are really entitled to complain
at the present market conditions are the
violet growers and commission men who
handle this specialty largely. A year
ago at this time the buyers were putting
in their orders a day in advance for
violets at from $1 to $1.50 per hundred,
but this season they are declining to
invest much beyond the requiretnents of
orders already taken and for this stock
they wish to pay hardly more than 10
cents a bunch for very good material. It
is probable that the averages on violets
were never so low as they have been thus
far this year. The receipts are not quite
as heavy as they were last year but the
difference in prices makes a very big hole
in the growers' profits and also in the
daily receipts of the commission houses
handling from 5,000 to 20,000 a day. It
is estimated that the average daily
receipts of violets in this market are
somewhere from 50,000 to 65,000. Lily
of the valley from new pips is now
attainingsomething of the quality usually
required in this specialty, although the
leaves are not yet sufficiently in evidence
to make the stock first-class. There are
now sufficient supplies of everything in
the line of bulbous material and at mod-
erate prices.

The meeting of the Chicago Florists'
Club held Friday evening, February 1,
was largely attended. Among the sev-
eral visitors present, was W. W. Coles, of
Kokomo, Ind , who seemed much inter-
ested in the discussion of greenhouse con-
struction, upon which he also gave his
views. Geo. C. Hartung was elected to
membership. An invitation from the sec-
retary of the American Carnation Society,
inviting the members to attend the meet-
ing at Baltimore, was read, but from
present indications there are but few who
will attend. The committee on the co-
operative coal purchase for next season
was appointed by the president and con-
sists of the following: N. N. Rudd, J. P.
Ri«ch, N. J. Wietor, Peter Reinberg and
Louis Wittbold. The transportation
committee for the BuSalo convention of
the S. A. F. is Messrs. Ed. F. Winterson,
G. L. Grant and P. J. Hauswirth.

The market is full of rumors of contem-
plated geenhouse building and several
deals are on, two of which, at least, are
in a fair way to be carried through. One
grower is forming a stock company to
enlarge his business, plans are on foot
for a range of Beauty houses to supply a
leading commission dealer, and a party
outside the trade is asking glass jobbers
to bid on a 3,000 box order, which he
says is for greenhouse purposes. Peter
Reinberg now has 2;000 boxes of glass in
storage and will make further purchases
to-day.

Peter Reinberg's Liberty roses are look-
ing exceedingly well this season, but he
says they would have been much better
had the blooms not been cut last summer.
He has evidently discovered the secret of
this variety's successful culture.

Carnation cuttings at the establish-
ments of Wieter Bros, and the Reinberg
brothers are in fine shape this season and
there appear to be milliolis of them.

Mrs. Wm. A. Petersen afld children are
visiting relatives at Los Angeles, Cal.

St. Louis.

TRADE SHOWS CONSIDERABLE IMPROVE-
MENT. — PRICES IN WHOLESALE MARKETS.
— CLUB MEETING PLANNED. — VISITS TO
THE GROWERS.— VARIOUS NOTES.

Trade for the past week has been pick-
ing up again after the slight decrease of
the previous week. Funeral work, how-
ever, constitutes the principal item. The
market is very short on roses, but as for
carnations there seem to be about enough
to fill all orders. Some very fine sweet
peas are coming in and find ready buyers
at $1.50 per hundred. Beauties aresome-
what scarce and bring $4- to $5 per dozen
for the best, while medium stock brings
$2.50 to $3. Other roses are bringing
from $6 to $10 per hundred. Carnations
command $2 and $3 per hundred and
violets go for 40 cents and 50 cents.
Roman hyacinths, narcissi and freesias
bring $2 and $3 per hundred. The free-
sias that are coming in are very select.
Callas are bringing from 10 cents to 20
cents and Harrisii $2 per dozen.

F. J. Fillmore's carnations are looking
very good, especially Flora Hill, which
he thinks is the best white. White Cloud
splits very badly with him. Ethel
Crocker is not doing as well as is reported
in the east, while G. H. Crane, Genevieve
Lord, Marquis and Daybreak are all
thriving, especially the Crane. He has
quite a number of his carnation cuttings
potted and out in hot bed frames with
gentle heat and they are strong plants,
tree from disease. The Marquis does not
root very well vrith him but he has no
trouble whatever with the others. He
started his rose cuttings very early this
season and began the new year by pot-
ting them up. He is off crop on his roses
just at present but nevertheless is cutting
quite a number of first-class flowers,
Golden Gate, Bride, Bridesmaid and
Wootton, finding a ready market for all
that he can cut. Mr. Fillmore has quite a
number of sweet peas in frames and
expects to make quite a success of them
this year. He has a nice display of
Begonia Gloire de Lorraine but says the
people think 60 cents to 75 cents too
much for a plant in a 4-inch pot.

At the establishment of the Beyer
brothers everything is in the pink of con-
dition and since the holidays they have
been so rushed with funeral work that
they have hardly been equal to the heavy
demand upon their resources. They have
also had a good business in potted plants,

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especially in primulas and azaleas, both
retail and wholesale. Of the latter they
have all the old standard sorts and also
a new one, with pretty shell-pink blooms,
Favorite, also known as New York
Favorite. They have a nice lot of Pan-
danus utilis and P. Veitchii, for which
they had f|uite a call last summer, and
also some nice Ficus elastica. Harrisii
lilies are coming on in nice shape and
have much less disease than last year,
when they lost fully two-thirds of their
crop.

The next monthly meeting of the club
will be held on Thursday, February 14,
and at this meeting our annual rose show
will be held. Three cash prizes will be
awarded for the best vases. Outside
growers with new varieties are asked to
send samples for exhibition. Two very
interesting papers will be read, by H. G.
Berning and J. J. Beneke, besides the one
of F. C. Weber which was scheduled for
the January session.

J. S. Wilson, superintendent of the
Vaughan greenhouses at Western Springs,
111., was a recent visitor. R. J. M.

Pittsburg.

COEPOEATION TO DNDEETAKE THE WHOLE-
SALE PHODDCTION OF CUT FLOWERS
UNDER MODERN CONDITIONS. — BURKI
HEADS THE COMPANY.— BUSINESS GOOD
AND STOCK PLENTIFUL. — VARIOUS NOTES.

A great deal of interest has been taken
of late in minors relative to the forming
of a combination among the growers of
this section. A recent interview which
the correspondent had with Fred. Burki,
of Bellevue, explains matters. Mr. Burki,
as many know, has a very large property
and an extensive range of greenhouses at
Bellevue, and now with four other gentle-
men, whose names for certain reasons
are at present withheld, has purchased a
farm of 210 acres at Bakerstown, Pa.,
about eighteen miles from Pittsburg,, on
the Pittsburg & Western railway. The
intentions are to form a corporation, the
head of which will be Mr. Burki. A
charter has already been applied for and
operations will begin in the spring to
develop the land and build greenhouses.
About two large greenhouses will be put
up next spring and no doubt more will
follow soon after. About ninety acres of
this farm is still in timber, but the bal-
ance has been under cultivation. There
are about twenty-five never failing
springs on it, insuring a good supply of
water. The land and buildings were pur-
chased for $15,000. This is the first
move in the direction of growing, under
modern conditions, good flowers and
plenty of them, close enough to Pittsburg
for convenience and yet far enough away
to avoid a great deal of the smoke of the
two cities. It is the general opinion that
the enterprise will prove a decided success.

Business in Pittsburg and vicinity has
been very good during the past week.
Stock is improving rapidly and all flow-
ers are suflicient to the demand. Deco-
rations among the florists have not been
so numerous during the past week and
probably will not be until after Easter,
as Lent in this locality afiects social
aflairs to a very great degree.

Landscape work seems to be very plen-
tiful at the present time. J. B. Ferguson
reports enough work to keep him busy
for a year, and, although the weather is
not very suitable, he finds h'mself com-
pelled by the rush of orders to keep his
men employed continuously.

Chas. K. Hoflmeyer, of Carnegie, Pa.,
met with a very serious accident a few

days ago in having his hand caught and
crushed in the cogs of a feed cutter. It
will be necessary to have some of the
fingers amputated, if not the whole hand.
Pittsburg this week is flooded with
salesmen traveling from the east. Nearly
every florist received a call on Monday
from at least six of them.

Woodward.

Buffalo.

TRADE SHOWS NO UNUSUAL FEATURES.—
NO LARGE SUPPLIES OF CUT FLOWERS.—
SHORTAGES FREQUENTLY PRONOUNCED.
— VARIOUS ITEMS OF VARYING IMPORT.

Trade is going forward at about the
pace reported in previous weeks. A large
ball during the week called out a con-
siderable number of violets and roses,
but, as a general thing, there is not stock
enough to make much of a showing of
cut flowers. Therefore decorative plants
are largely in evidence in store windows
and are used for the major part of most
of the decorations for social events.
Funeral work is very much in demand
and consumes all the light colored stock
in the market.

W. F. Kasting is getting in some nice
shipments of carnations, including
Marquis, Bradt, Joost, Gomez and
White Cloud, which sell readily and
retail at from $1 to $1.50 per dozen.
Mrs. Kasting, who had been ill for two
weeks, is convalescing.

George Troup, superintendent of Forest
Lawn Cemetery, has purchased the green-
houses and business of T. A. Webb, of
Corfu, and has installed two of his sons
there, one of whom has learned the
business at Scott's.

The bowlers met last week and made
good scores. There is talk of having a
long winded match for continuous rollers
and we wish to back Captain Braik and
George Troup against the man who
invented the game.

Superintendent Keitsch is busy laying
plans for the exhibition at the approach-
ing S. A. F. convention and will have a
number of matters to lay before the club
at its next meeting.

M. O. Reinike, chairman of the Botanic
Committee of the Park Commissioners,
fell on a slippery walk last week and
broke his arm and will be laid up for
some time.

Director of Horticulture Scott is very
busy now, as the work upon the Pan-
American Exposition buildings is fast
nearing completion.

S. A. Anderson has had very pretty
windows of violets, which are now
becoming very plentiful. W. A.

Tarrytown, N. Y.

NEW OFFICERS TAKE HOLD OF HORTICULT-
URAL SOCIETY AFFAIRS. — SOME INTER-
ESTING EXHIBITS —METHOD OF CARNA-
TION CULTURE.— NOTES.

The Tarrytown Horticultural Society
held its regular monthly meeting at the
Vanderbilt Building, January 31, and
the newly elected officers were installed.
President Smith, in addressing the mem-
bers, said that he depends on everyone
to help him carry along the work of the
society; that if the past two years were
very successful, there is still room for
improvement. He said in particular that
none of our meetings should be without
an exhibit of some kind of plants, flowers
or vegetables and that those members
having new or particularly good speci-
mens ought to bring them to make the
meetings more interesting.

The F. R. Pierson Company had on

exhibition four plants of the new English
variety of crested cyclamen. Bush Hill
Pioneer, which was greatly admired and
for which the society awarded a certifi-
cate of merit. Wm. Turner, of Rock-
wood Hall, also received the same award
for a fine lot of Mrs. Jas. Dean, Mayor
Pingree, Marquis, G. H. Crane, Gen.
Gomez and White Cloud carnations. In
speaking of them Mr. Turner made some
very interesting remarks, particularly
that he grows his carnations'in a'temper-
ature of 50° at night with 10° or 12°
more in daytime and neversyringes them
and that with proper ventilation and an
even temperature they are never troubled
with red spider.

A letter was read from the Dutchess
County Horticultural Society inviting
two members to attend the annual dinner
to be held February 12, at the Nelson
House, Poughkeepsie. President Smith
and Secretary Cockbum will attend.

The committee was ordered to make an
early preparation of schedules for the
next fall show, November 5, 6 and 7.
Cooke & McCord offered a prize of $25
for the best collection of vegetables
grown from their seeds.

Tohn White, of Scarborough, was
elected a member of the executive com-
mittee to fill the position of Mr. J. M.
Connellon, who has left Tarrytown and
resigned. Two new members were
elected, Dayton C. Belknap and F. E.
Week, both of Tarrytown. L. A. M.

Montreal.

GARDENERS AND FLORISTS ELECT OFFICERS
AND PAY A LAST TRIBUTE TO QUEEN VIC-
TORIA.— TRADE IS CONFINED TO FUNERAL
WORK.

The Montreal Gardeners, and Florists'
Club held its annual meeting on January
28. The report of the secretary-treasurer
showed excellent results for the past year,
The election resulted as follows: Presi
dent, Geo. A. Robinson; first vice pres
ident, John Henderson; second vice pres
ident, R. W. Whiting; secretary-treasurer,
W. H. Horobin; assistant secretary
W. C. Hall; executive committee, J. Eddy
J. Pidduck, C. H. Smith, James McKenna
J. Walsh and A. Pinoteau. After a
vote of thanks to the retiring officers,
a resolution of condolence was sent in
the name of the club to our Honorary
President, Lord Strathcona, high com-
missioner of Canada, expressing sor-
row in the death of our beloved Queen
and loyalty to his Majesty, Edward VII.
The club, wishing to show its feeling in
the bereavement of the British Empire,
and responding to the city authorities
calling to the citizens to decorate her
Majesty's statute, decided to send on
February 2, a wreath which would be
contributed by private gardeners as well
as florists. On February 2, which was
proclaimed the mourning day, the mem-
bers of the club met again, and in a body
went to lay a beautiful wreath of orchids
and violets at the foot of the statue of
Queen Victoria.

Trade in Montreal is at a standstill
since the Queen's death. The only thing
keeping the trade up a bit is funeral
work, and naturally white flowers are
the only thing called for.

Miss Wilshire has had a quite severe
attact of grippe as has W. Horobin and
many others. G. V.

PoTSDAit, N. Y. — Charles S. Loucks has
leased the Garden street greenhouses and
expects to assume charge about February
15.

924

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Feb. g.

Subscription, 11.00 a year. To Europe, 12.00.
Subacriptions aooepted ouly from those
in the trade.
Advertisements on all except cover pagei,
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Discounts are allowed, only on consecutive inter-
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Cover space sold only on yearly contract at
11.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two
front pages, regular discounts ap-
plying only to the back pages.

The Advertising Department of the American
Flobist is for Florists, Seedsmen and Nurserymen
and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only
Orders for lest than one-hall inch space not accepted

Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to
secure insertion in the issue for the following
Saturday. Address

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. CHIOAQO.

In December 31,736 boxes of window
glass were imported and the last calendar
year the imports were 706,312 boxes.

The judiciary committee of the House
of Representatives has ordered a favor-
able report upon the Senate bill to incor-
porate the Society of American Florists.

The Golden Gate rose is advancing in
popularity, principally because it is being
produced in much better quality than
when first oflered to cut flower buyers.

The tarifi on 16x24. window glass
imported from Europe is ITs cents per
pound. If this duty was removed the
trusts' power would be materially less-
ened.

The report is general that Harrisii
lilies have flowered later than usual this
year. Possibly the warm fall weather had
an unfavorable influence on them. Prices
have been high on the flowers cut.

It will be well for growers to beware
of overdoing Mrs. Bradt, for the line
between demand and surplus is very
sharply defined. Wholesale markets are
very easily overstocked with striped car-
nations.

We are in receipt of the announcement
of the Missouri Botanical Garden, for
1901, concerning garden pupils. Full
particulars may be nad on application to
Director William Trelease, Missouri
Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo.

OuH issue for February 23 will contain
a complete and detailed report of the
annual meeting and exhibition of the
American Carnation Society at Balti-
more, and, with an even larger circula-
tion than usual, will possess exceptional
value as an advertising medium. Adver-
tisers will assist themselves to the best of
display by sending copy early.

The latest quotation on greenhouse
glass, double strength A grade, is $4.55
in car lots at the factory. Jobbers have no
large stocks of greenhouse siEes on hand
and the twin trusts will not accept
orders from them for quantities of these
special sizes except at an extra charge,
recently about five per cent. Smaller
buyers find prices close up to $5.60 per
box.

The Staff of Life.

Am. Florist Co.:— Enclosed I hand you
$1 to renew my subscription. Your
paper has proven itself the stafl of life as
tar as my floral business is concerned.

Jackson, Miss. W.J. Brown, Jr.

Greenhouse Building.

Lancaster, O. — Gravett & Son, carna-
tion house.

Jackson, Miss — W. J. Brown, Jr., two
houses 20x100.

Far Rockaway, N. Y.— L. A. Solomon,
range costing $6,000.

Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda, two
houses 24x200.

Pleasant Hill, Mo.— Geo. M. Kellogg,
two houses 31x300

Foxcroft, Me.— B. T. Genther, one
house.

Madison, Wis.- F. Rentschler, range of
houses.

Bridgewater, Mass. — Frank Brnnton,
range of houses.

Hotels of Baltimore.

The following are the hotels of Balti-
more recommended to those who attend
the meeting of the American Carnation
Society. Street cars pass the door of
each hotel, running direct to the conven-
tion hall. The first named is designated
as headquarters:

Rennert's, Liberty and Saratoga
streets, European, rates $1.50 to $2
per day.

Carrolton, Light and Baltimore
streets, American, rates $2.50 to $3
per day.

Eutaw, Baltimore and Eutaw streets,
American, rates $2.50 to $3 Ber day.

St. James, Charles and Center streets,
American, rates $2 to $3 per day.

Altamont, Eutaw Place, American,
rates $2.50 per day.

Ganzhorn's City Hotel, 226 East
Baltimore street, European, $1 to $2
per day.

Lexington, Lexington and Holliday
streets, European, rates $1 and $2 per
day.

Society of American Florists.
change of secretary's address.
On February 15 the secretary's office
will be removed from 67 Bromfield street
to 79 Milk street, Boston, and all com-
munications on and after that date
should be sent to the new address.

department of plant registration.
A. C. Zvolanek, Grand View, N. J.,
registers a new sweet pea. Miss Helen
Gould. Flowers very large, over two
inches in diameter, pure white, edged light
pink; stems very long, bearing usually
four flowers; plants six feet high; foliage
dark and narrow. A seedling from
Florence E. Denzer.

executive committee meeting.

The executive committee of the S. A. F.
will meet on Tuesday, March 5, at the
Genesee Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., to consider
and act upon such plans as may be pre-
sented for the society's welfare, to so sys-
tematize its work as to confer the great-
est possible benefits upon American hor-
ticultural industries and to perfect
arrangements for the coming convention
in the Pan-American city.

Suggestions on the above lines are
requested and will be welcomed and
given careful consideration by the commit-
tee. Communications may be addressed
to any member of the executive commit-
tee, to your state vice-president or to the
secretary's office, 67 Bromfield street,
Boston. The members of the executive
committee are as follows: Patrick
O'Mara, New York; Edmund M. Wood,
Natick, Mass.; W. F. Kasting, Buflalo,

N. Y.; H. B. Beatty, Oil City, Pa.; W. J.
Stewart, Boston, Mass.; C. W. Ward,
Queens, N. Y.; J. F. Cowell, BnflFalo, N.
\^; Lawrence Cotter, Dorchester, Mass.;
J. F. Sullivan, Detroit, Mich.; A. B. Cart-
ledge, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. D. Carmody,
Evans ville, Ind.; Alex. Wallace, New
York city; Emil Buettner, Park Ridge,
111., and R. Witterstaetter, Sedamsville, O.
All indications point to a continuance
of the great wave of prosperity which the
national society has enjoyed for the past
two years, and from the widespread
interest already manifested on all sides it
is evident that the Buffalo convention
will fully equal, if indeed it does not
exceed, the record for attendance and
membership accessions at the successful
Detroit and New York meetings.

Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y.

Indianapolis.

BIG autumn exhibition IS ASSURED. —
MATTER TURNED OVER TO A COMMITTBB
LED BY PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN.— SUC-
CESSFUL MEETING OF THE FLORISTS'
ASSOCIATION. — TAKIOUS MATTERS OF
NOTE.

We shall have a flower show next fall,
and it will be a good one if indications
may be depended on. At the February
meeting of the association the last snags
and rocks in the course of the men in
charge were removed, so it will be clear
sailing from now on. The show will not,
like those in former years, be held under
the auspices of the association, but an
organization consisting of: President, F.
S. Meyer, Indianapolis; vice-presidents, H.
P. Wasson, Indianapolis, and J. S. Stuart,
Anderson secretary, W. G. Bertermann,
Indianapolis; treasurer, W. F. Milhol-
land; directors, Fred.Ayers, E. K. Chap-
man, H. T. Hearsey, John Bertermann,
H. W. Rieman, all of Indianapolis; Fred.
Dorner, Sr., Lafayette, and E. G. Hill,
Richmond, will have the matter in hand.
Several of the gentlemen are prominent
business men of Indianapolis. The com-
mittee will have full charge, guarantee
premiums in full, will go into its pocket
if deficits are to be made up and will
reserve the surplus, if there should be one,
for future shows. A premium list of over
$1,000 was submitted to the association
for approval. Visiting florists and mem-
bers of the I. F. A. will be admitted free,
and the latter also receive five tickets
each for their families. The association
will consider it a privilege to entertain
the visiting florists.

The IndianaState Board of Agriculture
submitted the premium list for the next
state fair for changes and additions,
"within the limits," as the secretary
announced with a smile. A. Wiegand
was asked to tell us about his Cuban
trip, and his address was brief but to the
point. He said he had seen it all, and
the impression he brought home is that
Indiana is good enough for anybody.
The meeting had the largest attendance
of any held the last twelve months. Mr.
and Mrs. A. Nelson rose to the occasion,
entertaining their thirty-four guests in
great style. All members present received
a fine sample of his new carnation, for
which a future is predicted by our carna-
tion experts. John Hartje was in a
talkative mood and his witty remarks
were much enjoyed.

Business in this vicinity is good at
present and wholesale prices are fair,
excepting on violets, which are quoted
at $5 a thousand, dark, extra quality,
home grown Marie Louise bringing a
little more.

Our visit to the South Park Floral

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925

Company's place at New Castle is post-
poned for a few weeks, until rose crops
are on again. H. J.

OBITUARY.

JAMES BODINSON.

James Robinson, the well known hor-
ticulturist of Narraganaett Pier, R. I.,
died at Wakefield, R. I., on February 1,
aged 94 years.

C. SCHRADEH.

The veteran florist, C. Schrader, of
Oconomowoc, Wis., died January 28 at
the age of 67 years. He was a member
of the Grand Army and also of the
I. O. O. F.

CLARK OATMAN.

Clark Oatman, a young man employed
by Greene & Underbill, Watertown, N. Y.,
and of whom they speak highly, died
January 2-t, of heart failure complicated
by other diseases.

HARVEY J. HOGAN.

Harvey J. Hogan, florist and fruit
grower, died at Marion, Ohio, January
24, of consumption. He was 66 years of
age and was held in high esteem. Inter-
ment was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Colorado Springs, Col. — President
Harry C. Harris and the other officers
of the El Paso County Horticultural
Society were recently re-elected. The
treasurer's report showed receipts of
$964.65 and a balance of $139.98 on
hand.

SITUATIONS, WANTS, rOR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this head.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
for the year 1900 is entitled to a five-line want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year.

ITUATIOX WANTED— In the east by young
man to learo greenhouse work. Address

Tuos. H. Phelan, Wellesley, Mass.

s

SITUATION WANTED— By competent, single,
all-around llorist and silrdener. Perm:inent
place required. Address W K. care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED—As foreman bv a first-
class all-around man; married; :;5 years'
e-\perienee. Foreman, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By youog man with 4
years" experience in cut flowers and bedding
plants. Please stale wages when writing.

C K. care American Florist.

OtTUATION WANTED— By Christian young
1^ man who is willing to hustle. Have had nearly
five vears" experience as llorist. Addre.ss

W S, care American Florist.

QITUATION W.VNTED— As headgardener and
^ tlorist in private place; V^ years' experience.
Good recommendations and strictly sober. Address
E C L, care American Florist.

SITUATION ' WANTED— Foreman llorist, 25
years': experienced grower fine roses, carna-
tions, 'mums, violets. References. Address
W. Flokist, 1021 West Third St.. Canton, O.

SITUATION WANTED— No. 1 plantsman and
^5 grower of roses, carnations, violets, etc..
English. 8ge 35; married; onechild.aseT. Private
or commercial. A. G. Williams, Media, Pa.

SITUATION WANTED— By young florist, expe-
rienced in roses, carnations, rose grafting and
propagating. Well uj) in all greenhouse and gar-
den work. Chicago, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By a good all-around
^ grower of roses, carnations, etc., and good
propagator. Capable of taking full charge; 24
yeurs'experience; single. B. care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By married man as
^ headgardener and florist. Private place pre-
ferred; 28 years' thorough experience; sober and
ndustrious; references. M, care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED—As foreman: under-
^ ' stands the business in all its branches, rose
grafting, etc. Strictly temperate. Good recom-
niondatiuiis. Addresn

Elmwood. care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By all around llorist
^ and gardener, well ud in growing of flowers,
fruits and vegetables. Married; no family; best
of references. Pr vate place east preferred.

F F, 980 Thirty-eighth St., Chicago, 111.

SITUATION WANTED—As foreman by a. No. 1
^^ grower of roses, carnations, violets", 'mums,
palms, ferns, forcing of bulbs, etc. Capable of
taking entire charge of a large place. Refcr^'Uces
O. K. FoKKMAN, 1421 Blake St., Denver, Col.

UITU.VTION WANTED— By single man age 30;
'^ 16 years' experience. Good grower of palms,
ferns and all kinds of pot plants, also good propa-
gator. Able to iabe full charge of houses. State
wages and particulars. A A, care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By up-to-date all-
^ around grower of cut flowers, bedding plants
and vegetables, also good landscape gardener and
designt-r. Best refcfenefs. Illinois or Missouri
preferred. Gakdenkk, liox 22S, Elkins, W. Va,.

(JITUATION WANTED— By all-around, up-to-
'-^ dale florist, grower of carnations, 'mums,
violets, roses and general stock. Age 30; 15 years'
experience: honest, sober and industrious. Capa-
ble of taking charge. Best of references. Address
F P, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By all-around grower;
^^ 15 years' exoerience. Very successful in
growing all kinds of cut flowers and pUnts.
Reference to prove I am sober, honest, industrious
and capable. Missouri or Iowa preferred. Address
MissoUKi, care American Florist.

ULTUATION WANTED— By a young man 2fi;
^^ German; single, steady, strictly sober, indus-
trious; 12 years' experience in all branches of the
trade. PriViite p'ace preferred to commercial.
References. Address Florist,

404 S. State St., care Schuh, Chicago.

SITUATION WANTED— In Californiaoradjoin-
^^ ing states by a thoroughly exi)erieDced grower
of roses, carnations and "general greenhouse
plants, capable of taking charge. First-class
testimonials; age 31; married. Free after April 1.
State wages. A B, care American Florist.

W

ANTED— Catalogues of florists, nurserymen
and seedsmen, Adolph Strittmatter.
Belle Isle Park. Detroit, Mich.

^V

'ANTED — Assistant in rose houses. Salary
$20 and board jier montli. Address
Adolph II. Poehlmann, Morion Grove. HI.

XX/'ANTED— Young man with some experience
" ' in general greenhouse work. State wages
wanted with board. Cole Bros., Peoria, 111.

WANTED— Reliable, competent man. Fine
roses, 'mums. etc. Also assistant. Address
.T.T.Williamson. LaRose Gardens. Memph is. Tenn.

"\\^ANTEI>— Two young men with some kuowl-
' ^ edge of roses, carnations and cut flowers.
Will pay good wages with board. Aadress

B I, care American Florist.

"IVANTED AT ONCE— Experienced cut flower
' ' grower; single. Send references and state
wages expected to

Alfred Broman, Independence, Mo.

"YITANTED — On a small place where a general
'• assortment of bedding plants arc grown, a
single man; wages $20 and board; reference
required. Box 42, Ilalesite, L. 1.

WANTED AT ONCE— An experienced assist-
ant for roses. Must be a good potter and
cutter. Wages 89 to llO a week: give good refer-
ence. T. W. Lydecker, Englewood, N. J.

"VY^ANTED — An experienced gardener who can
' • grow roses and take care of a private place
of three acres. Must have best of references; $65
per month, and if single, a room with beat and
light free. T. S. Bigelow, Pittsburg. Pa.

AVANTED— A reliable Corist, one capable of
'' taking care of 1500 feet of glass to grow
general s'ock of cut flowers and plants for retail
stor^ trade. JIust be honest, sober, reliable, and
a good worker. Fred. J. Kino, Ottawa. Ill,

TV^ANTED — An assistant, sober and willing
'" with some experience in roses, carnations,
bedding stock, etc. Permanent place; state
experience and where last employed; also wages
with board per month. Address '

Geo. S, Belding, Middletown. N. Y.

WANTED— A good steady industrious and sober
man well up in all greenhouse and garden
work, ^\'ages J25 per month with board and lodg-
ing. Increase of wages and steady employment
to right party. Address W. II. Wright,
Cor. 1st East and Monroe Sts., Vicksburg, Miss.

W-'

AAi'AXTED— Working foreman who thoroughly
'' underalands the growing of p:dms, ferns,
bedding and gimeral stock. One who can force
successfully all kinds of bulbs and plants, such
as us<*(I on ■■ommercial retail p'ace. .Must be a
man of chiiractT and ability. Termanent posi-
tion for right i^arty. .Yddress with references
E II. care .Vnierican Ehirist.

'ANTED— lly the 1.5th of March. Thoroughly
capalih' man to superintend the construc-
tion and planting of si.tty acre country place.
Mu.st be i':i|)al)|p of working out plan anil hand-
ling large lorce of men and teams to advantage.
Situation will last until work is tluished but with
possibility or permanent position. Liberal salary
to the right man. Address giving qualifications,
references and salary desired.

J. Wilkinson Elliott, .Springdale, Pa.

"POR SALE OR EEXT-Florist establishment
^ in goo<l business City in Southern Minnesota.

Flokist.

For particulars Address

care American Florist.

UOR SALE OR RENT— Leading florist business
J- in Kansas City, yio. Two acres ground and
grer'nhouses of modern equipment. Address
H. I'uoBST, 1180 llroadway. New York, City.

l^'OR S.VLE— A chance of a life time, for a young
*- florist; one-half interest, a greenhouse with
22.00U feet of glass in northwestern Ohio, with a
good established irade. Price, $3.50i):one half cash,
balance in one two and three years. For further
information .'Vddress W H W.

•134 Fourth St.. liraddock, Pa.

■POR S.VLE— .V well established llorist business
-I containing over 4000 feet of glass in first-class
running ordi-r, heated by steam and well supplied
with stock for Easter and spring sale. Will sell
at a bargain. Reason for selling, owner is com-
pelled to return to Germany. For further particu-
lars refer to A. Schoepen, Marietta. O.

Tj^OR S.VLE— Retail business, including store
-I fixtures, safe, cash register, etc. One of the
oldest and most prominent establishments in
Milwaukee. Good shipping trade; best location,
reut low, good reason for disposing of this part'Of
my interest. .V snao to a live man for $600 cash.
Immediate possession can be taken. Address
.V. hLOKNEu, Milwaukee, Wis.

John Gossweiler, superintendent of the botani-
cal station, would like to receive some American
catalogues. His address is 54 Caiy a do Correio,
Loanda, Angola, West Africa.

Wanted !

Three Bright Young

Men as Counter

Hands,

with know ledge of the seed business. Address,
giving experience and reference,

ROBERT BUIST COMPANY, Philadelphia.

FOR SALE.

Seed store in New York with good retail busi-
ness Place is stocked now for sprintx trade and
nothing more need to be bought. Good oppor-
tunity for young, pushing man with capital.
Intiuiries under

NEW YuRK, care American Florist,

67 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paying business, both
local and stiipping trade, well stocked and
a good stock coining on. Location the best
for living and growing stock. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, care Am Florist.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY oe

At Nyack, N. Y, A plot 220x125
feet, on which arc four Rosehouses,
i00xt8x6, each house heated by a
No. 16 Hitchings Boiler ; and seven
houses, each about 64xn ft., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HITCHIN6S & CO.,

tZi Mercer St. NEW YORk.

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The American Florist.

Feb. 9,

Muncie, Ind.

George Miller has been seriously ill for
the past two months and Simon Hum-
feld, of the Muncie Floral Co., has been
laid up for two weeks with a bad case of
the grippe.

All the local florists report good busi-
ness during January, funeral work being
much heavier than usual.

The advance in rates for natural gas,
which went into effect last tall, have more
than doubled fuel bills. H.

Wbo!|5ale flower/arK^

Cincinnati, Feb. 7.

Roses, Beauty 20.00@40.00

Bride ,5.00@ 8.0O

Bridesmaid ,5.00® 8.00

Meteor fi.80@10.00

Perle 4.00® 5.00

Carnations 1.50® 4.00

Violets 50® l.CO

Lily of the valley 4.00

Rom,in Hyacinths 2.00® 3.00

Narcissus 3.00

Daffodils, Tulips 3.00® 4.00

Harrisli lilies 12.50

Callas 10.00

Asparagus 50.00

Smilax 12.50

Adiantum 1.00

Galax leaves .15

Common ferns .20

St. LoniB, Beb. ".

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 5.00@10.00

Beauty, long, per doz.3.00® 5.00

Perle 4.00® 6.00

Meteor 5.00® 8.00

Carnations, common 1.25® 1..^0

choice 2.00® 4.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Bmilai 12.50@15.00

Adiantum 1.00® 1.25

Galax .15

Violets 40® .75

Narcissus 3.00

Romans 2.00® 3.00

Sweet peas 1. 00® 2.00

Callas 10.CO@15 00

Freesias 2.50

Tulips 4.00

MlLWADKBK, Feb. 7.
Roses, Beauty, long.per doz. 3 O0@ 4.00
med. " 2 OO® 2.50
" " short " 1.00® 1.50

Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00@10,00

" Meteor 6.00® 8.00

" Golden Gate 6.00@10.00

Perle 6.00® 8.00

Carnations, ordinary 1.00® 1.50

fancy 2 00® 4.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Common ferns .25

Smilax 15.00

Asparagus 85.00

Qalax leaves .20

Violets 1 .00

Freesias 3.00

Romans 2.00® 3.00

Lily of the Valley 3.00® 4.00

llarrisii 15.00®18.00

Callas 10.00@12. 50

Tulip, single 8.00® 3.00

Pittsburg, Feb. 7.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 50.00@60.00

" " extra 33.00®40.00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00@15.00

" Meteor 4. 00® 10 00

" Perle 4.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 1.00® 2.00

" fancy 2.60® 4.00

Violets 5U® 1.50

Paper White, Romans 3.00® 4.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Sweet peas 1.00® 2.00

Tulips 4.00

Freesias, 3.00® 4.0O

Harrisii 15.00®20.00

SmUax 10.00@15.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Asparagus 35.00@75 . 00

" Sprengerii 20® .75

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 $1.25

Dagger ferns per lOOO, 2.00

Denver. Feb. 6.

Roses, Beauty, select 25.00®40.00

" " ordinary 6.00®12.60

Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00® 7.00

Meteor 4.00® 6.00

Perle, Wootton 3.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 1.50® 2.00

fancy 2.50® 3.O0

Lily of the valley 4.00

Caflas 12.50

Harrisii 12.50

Violets single 60® 1.00

" double 50® 1.00

Galax Leavfts .20

Asparagus 60.00

Smilax 16. 00

Ferns, per 1000 2.50 .30

We are Seceiving- a Very Select Iiot of

Roses, Carnations, Harrisii and GATTLEYAS,

AND OFFER THEM AS FOLLOWS:

Per doz.

American Beauties, short $1.00 to $1.50

medium .... 2.00 to 3.00

long 4.00 to 5.00

Per 100

Brides. Maids $6 00 to $ 8 00

Meteors S.OJto 8.00

Penes 4.00

Carnations, standard' sorts 1 00 to 2.00

fancy 2.00 to 3.00

Harrisii 15.00 to 30.10

Callas 15.0010 21.00

Romans, Paper Whites 3.1

Valley 300to 4.00

Violets, double 75 to 1.00

single 50

Mignonette 4.00

Asparagus .W.OO

Per lOn

Smilax 12.50 to 15.00

Adiantum 1 00 to 1.25

Ferns $1.50 per 1000 .20

Leucothoe Sprays .75

Wild Smilax.

Case No. 1, 15 lbs $2.00

Case No. 2, 20 lbs 3.25

Case No. 3, 25 lbs 3.75

Case No 4,35 lbs 4.50

Case No. 5, 40 lbs 5.00

Case No. 6, 50 lbs 6.00

Nephroleois Wiltboldii.

Fronds 36 to 42 inches ....per doz., $3.00
Fronds 3U to 36 inches .... " 2.00

Fronds 34 10 30 inches ... " 1.00

This is the finest thing yet produced
and makes a much nicer show than
t'vcas Leaves. Try them.

PRICES SUBIECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. P. AND D. AT COST.
Rooted Cuttings MRS. INE CARNATION, deep red, free bloomer, lf7.lX) per 100; $«).00 per 1000.

51 WABASH AVEMUE,

-CHICAQO.

J. B. DEAMUD,

Please meyttion the American Florist when writing

CUT FLOWERS.

^ . . . Shipping; orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG CUT FLOWER CO., Ltd.

504

Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

FITTSBUBG,
PA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

No. 1 contains 35 lbs $3.50

No. 2 contains 35 lbs 4.50

No. 3 contains 60 lbs 6.00

Brilliant Bronze or Green $1.25 per lOOO

Small Green, for Violets 1.00 per lOOO

Telephone
98 Madison Sq.

FANCY FERN. DAGGER FERN. ETC.. at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARD, 38 W. 28lh St., New York.

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed for Ten Cents.

AMERICAN ROSE CO., Washington, D. G.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, *^ioooI'"

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
Rnf. r.ncr.s: 200 dealers iu U. S.

J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park, N. C.

%*/ A KITTCrr^ I One or more growers of
•■'^'^ ' ^L^ ■ Roses and Caraatious to
send me their second quality flowers. Best bank
and business references eiveo.

C. N. WILSON. 757 Central Ave.. Hot Springs. Ark.

...GEO. M. KELLOGG...

Largeit Grower ol...
in the Weit.

Cut Flowers

Give UB an order and we will please you.

Our Greenhouses at PLEASANT HILL. MO
Our Store. 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY. MO

|9~IiONe DISTANCE 'PHONB AT EITH£B PLAOB

Please mention the A merican Florist when writing,

JOHN B. FERGUSON,

Wholesale riorlst,

NO. 6 DIAMOND MARKET SQUARF^
PITTSBURG, PA.

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and Violets
Solicited.

QALAX LEAVESI

J. L. BANNER & CO., Montezuma, N. C.

Your Advertisement

will transact business 365 days in the year, working 24 hours per day, with
all the best ()urchasers in the United;States and Canada, if placed in

The Best Drummer. THc American Florist.

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927

Lnokioi: TIackwiird to tlip hceiunintr of the season wo havf every reaaon to feel
satisflcd with the w;iy th<' huyrs have usf-d us. But \\v. ;ire

"Looking forward-

to doing the largest commission cut flower business in this
country, and while we have given buyers good service thus
far in the season, we propose to so improve it from day to day
that there will be no thought of placing Easter orders else-
where. We have assurances of very large supplies of stock
from this on.

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street,

CHICAGO, ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BEAUTIES

Long stem per doz., i 6.00

Stems 30 inches " 5 oo

" 2< ■• •• 4:00

20 " 3.00

15 " " 2.00

" 12 " •• 1.50

Snort stems " 1,00

Brides, Maids per 100, S.OO— lo!oo

Meteors •' fi.OO— 10.00

Perles " 4.00—6.00

Roses, good seconds " 4.00—5.00

Carnaiiont, standard sorts.. " 1.50—2.00

Fancy sorts " 3.00— 4. UO

Callas, Harrisii per dozen, 1.50—2.00

Romans, Paper White per lOO, 3.00— 4.00

Fri-esias " 3.0O— 4.03

Valley •' 3.00—4.00

Violets " .75—1.00

Mignonette per do?,. .50— .75

Asparagus per string. .50— .80

Galax, 1000,»I; lO.OOOfor 17.50; per 100, .15

Ferns, per 1000, $2i)0 per 100 .20

Leucothoe sprays ** .75

Adiantum " i.oo — 1^25

Smilax per dozen, 1.25— 1.50

Wild Smilax, parlor brand... per case, 3.2S

" " medium " 4.25

large " B.50

J. a BUDLONG

37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

WHOLESALE

Boses and

Carnations nnnmrn /

A Specialty GROWER Of

CUT FLOWERS

CARNATION
BLOOMS

Shipped direct from Greenhouses to
all points. Standing orders solicited.

SEND TO HEADQUARTERS
AND GET THE BEST.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.,

JOLIET, ILL.

Benthey iS: Co.

F. F. BENTHEY, Manager,

Wholesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

^fConsignments solicited

A. H. POEHLMANN,

Wholesale
Grower

of Cut Flowers

AH telegraph and teieohone orders
given prompt attention.

55 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO.

WEILAMD AND RISCM

CHICAGO'S RELIABLE

Wholesale Growers and Shippers ol

CUT FLOWERS,

59 Wabash Ave., Chicago.

8END FOB WEEKLY PRICE LIST.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Please mention the American Flueist when wtiting.

Seen by New Firms:

AMERICAN nORIST ADVTS.

Wbol^ale flower/\arl^

CmcAoo, Feb. 8.

Roses, Beauty, extra longstems.. 6.00

30 ■' " 5.00

24 " " 4.00

20 " " 3.00

" " 15 " " 2.00

12 ■• " 1.60

" " sliort " 1.00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00@10.00

" Meteor 6.00@10.00

Perle 4.00® 6.00

Golden Gate 8.00@12.00

Carnations 1 50@ 2.00

fancy 3.00@ 4.00

Violets 7n@ 1.25

Callas, Harrisii 12 . tO(«il5 00

Lily of the valley 3.00(gi 5.00

Paper White.';, Romans 3.00@ 4.00

Daffodils, FreesLas 3 OOSi 4 00

'ful'Iis 3.00® 5.00

Cattleyas 6.00doz.

Adiantum I.OO® 1.25

Common ferns per 1,000 2 CO .25

Gala.'s leaves, per 1000 $1 .50

Smilax per dozen 1.25® 2.00

Asparagus. ..per dozen 7.50®10.00

Wholesale Store, ^1™"?"'"

Sell our own-grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors
in quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy
reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both
Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.
Try us. m^bv «

124 Sixth Street. N. RDAIMT & \(W
Minneapolis. Minn. Ull/lll I VL Ill/La
Please mention the American Florist when writing

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

iSE GUI Flowers

All orders receive most carelul attention.
TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA,

Six pr>zeH American Rose Society. New York City.

Catalogue Illustrations.

We sell Electros of the fine illustra-
tions used in the American Florist
at 15 cts. per square inch. Send
list of your needs to

THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

E. H. Hunt

THE "OLD RELIABLE" FOR

WHOLESALE-

COT FLOWERS

Hunt's Flowers
Go Everywhere

76 Wabash Ave., CHIC4C0.

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers,

600.000 FEET OF GLASS.
Headquarters for American Beauty.

51 Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

GEO. REINBERG,

>Vholesale
Grower

of Cut Flowers

Choice American Beauties.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

B1 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Bassett&Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Vhsleaala Dealers aad A||A Cljftaaa^kBA,
Grower, of llUI rIOWOrS

GREENHOUSES: HINSDALE, ILL.

A. L RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Wash*
Ington St., Chicago.

Write for ipeolal qaotatloni on large onIar>

.If your..

Business Methods

are right you can make a profit
on an advertlaement here.

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The American Florist.

Feb.

Wm\ %. PennoGk.

Wholesale Florist,

1612-14-16-18 Ludlow Street,

.PHILADELPHIA, PA.

AM. BEAUTIES AND VALLEY OUR SPECIALTIES.

COMMENCING OCTOBER Igt, 1900, WE WILL, BE OPEN FROM 1:00 A. M. TO 9:00 P. M.

A mi ADDRESS.

On and after February 9th, 1 90 1, all letters and
telegrams should be sent to our new address, 34
Hawley Street, Boston. The greatly increased
space secured in this new establishment will enable us to ocn ■ oilTUCni Aiin
carry a very large and varied stock of supplies and uEOi Ai SUTnERLANDf
handle flowers to best advantage. Call and look it over. 87 Bromfieid St. (tm reb. s.) boston, mass.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, " "'""•" ■"«'• " ""•""" '*'*•'•

WELCH BROS. J Proprietors.

BOSTON, MASS.

Also New Bnglaod Amenta for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.
Acknowledged by all floiists the best Id use. Special prices for doz. lots.

Sole Agents for FREYSTEDTS' immortelle Letters and Emblems.
Block Letters. S2 p> r lOO. Script Letters, $4 per lOO.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR.

We Supply the New England Trade
With Highest Grade

ROSES. GflRNflTIONS.
LILY OF THE YflLLEY.

\/IAI PTC and all flowers the

V IvuL I U Boston market affords.

PKICilS RIGHT anb Packing Pboperlt Done.

N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

Tel. 734 and 64. 84 Hawicy St., BOSTON.

f^ease mention the American Florist when writing.

Frank M. Ellis,

WHOLESALE ELORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale florist,

SUCCESSOR TO

ST. LOUIS CUT FLOWER CO....

1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Please mention the A merican Florist when writing,

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

IIZ2 PINE STREET,

mi ST. LOUIS, MO.

^r~A complete line of Wire Desl^nB.

The Cincinnati
Cut Flower Co.,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

Wbol^ale flower/\arl^

Boston, Feb. 6.

Roses, Beauty, extra 50.00@75.00

medium 15.00@25.00

culls 6.00@10.00

" Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 4.00(al 8.00

extra 10.00<gil3,00

Carnations l.C0@ 3.00

extra 3.0O@ 4.00

Paper While narcissus, Roman

hyacinths 1.50® 2.00

Lily of the valley 2.00@ 3.00

Mignonette 2.00@ 4.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissus 2.00® 3.00

Violets 50® .75

Lilacs 5.00® 8.00

Adiantum 7.5® 1.00

Smilax 10.00@15.00

Asparagus 50.00

" Spreneerii, .20® .25 per bunch
Philadelphia, Feb. 6.

Roses, Tea 4.00@10.00

" extra 10. 00(0115. 00

" Beauty, extra 40.00@75.00

firsts 12.50@35.00

Carnations 1.50® 2 00

•' fancy 3.00® 6.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Romans, Paper Whites 3.00® 4.00

Violets, single 25® .50

double 50@ 1.00

Asparagus 35.00@50.00

Smilax 15.00@20.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

BoffFALO, Feb. 7.

Roses, Beauty 30.00@60.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 8.00@15.00

Carnations 2.00@ 5.00

Lily of the valley 4 .00

Smilax 15.00@20.00

Adiantum 1 .00® 1 .25

Asparagus 50.00@75.00

Violets 50® 1.00

416 Walnut St..
CINCINNATI, 0.

Consignments Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Snipping Orders.

Open day
and night

Roses* Carnations and all kinds of
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

llfU C IfACTIIIft Wholesale Com-
fff nil ri nAd I IIIU9 mission Florist.

481 Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y.

AlBO Dealer tn FloristB* Suppllea & Wire Deelgns.

Woodroffe & Bernheimer,
Wholesale Florists

1604 LUDLOW STREET.

Phone 1-42^-A. PHILADELPHIA

Conglg^nments Solicited.

Please mention the American Florist when 'writing.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS.

^°'??h"J5^1^''^94 d. PHILADELPHIA, • PA.

Consignmenti o( Choice Valley and Roset lolicitad.

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street, PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Long Distance Phone Ml-38 D.

Consignments ol Roses. Carnations, Violets soliolied.

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wholesale Florist,

17 8. 11th St.. Telepho ne 63-64. PniLADCLPHU.

Orders by mall, telesrapta or telephone will
receive prompt attention.

Consl^mentB of Kood stock soMolted.

Try the New Flower Commission House

E. B. BRINLEY

& CO.,

48 W. 30th St.,

NEW YORK CITY.

♦

Correspondence with Growers Solicited.

Teleplione 2U15 Madison Sq.

AUI I A M ^^ I A LJ D 19 Boerum Place,
. n. L.MIMV9iUMririj Brooklyn, n. y.

Controls the best Brooklyn Cut Flower Trade.
- CONSIGNORS GET THE BENEFIT^

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TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

I^lly o* tlxe. "Valley,

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1998 Madison Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS J|ew"yoAk^""''

SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, all leading varieties, also rare novelties.
Shipping a Specialty. *S*Price list on application.

TELEPHONE 206B MADISON SQUARE.

Walter F. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ,

Telephone 902 Madison Square.

39 West 28th St., NEW TOBK.

WILLIAM GHORMLEY....

Wholesale Florist,

57 West 98th Street,

N£W 'SrOKK CITT.

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley, and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
Madison Square.

SHIPPING ORDERS

Given Special Attention.

JOHN YOUNG

Has the best BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY iu New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO. ^

All Choice Flowers dally.
61 West 28tli St., NEW TORE.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thii. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

.... 3D West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 551 MadlBon Sqnare.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,

408 E. 34tli Straat,

Oyl Flower Exchange. NEW YORK.

Telephone 299 Madison Square.

N. Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-412 E. 34th St. Near Ferry.
Open for Cat Flower Sales at 6 o'clock
Kvery HomlDS

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON. Secretary.

MOORE, HENTZ & NASH,

Wholesale Commission Florists

At rooms of N. Y.
Cut Flower Co.

1
119 and 121 W. 23d St.,

NEW YORK CITY.
Tblephonb 733— 18th.
Oholcest Stock Shipped on a Commission.

Bose, Violet and Carnation Growers,
Consiern to

44 W. 29th St., NEW YOBK CITT.

Choice Carnations.

Seiected Roses.

Traendly & Schenck

NEW YORK CITY,

38 W. 28th Street,

New Telephone No.

Cut Flower Exchange.

98 & 799 Madison Sq.

Wbol^ale flower/\arK^

New Yobk, Feb. 6.

Roses, Beauty, select 3i.00@50.00

medium 15.00@2o.00

culls l.SO® 3.00

Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor 1.50@ 3.00
med'm 4 OO® fi.OO
select.. 8 OO@I2.0O

Carnations 75® 2.50

fancy 3.00® 4.50

Lily of the valley 1.50® 3.00

Smilas 10.00@I2.00

Asparagus 35.0fl®50.00

" Sprengerii, perdoz. bun. 3.00@3.00

Adiantum 76® 1.00

Violets 35® 60

special .75

Gardenias 25 00@75.00

Cypripediums 10.0O(giI2.0O

Mignonette 3.00® 8.00

Paper White narcissi 1.50® 2.00

Roman hyacinths. Jonquils 50® 1.50

Von Sion narcissi 2.00(". 4 00

Cattleyas 35.00®60 00

Dendrobinm formosuni 20 CO'" 2.S.00

Headquarters of the Hustler

CHAS. MILLANG,

Commission Florist

50 Wast 28th St., NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1304 Madison Square.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

GROWERS and FLOWER BUYERS.
Write for Terms and Quotations.

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 29th street, NEW YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

...Wholesale....
Commiseion Dealer In

The New York Gut Flower Go.

119 and 121 West 23d Street,

112 and 114 West 24th Street,

Til«phons733-18th. NEW YORK.

CON8IONMENT8 SOLICITED.

Special Attention Oiven to Shipping Order*

GEORGE SALTFORD,

Violets

50 W. 29th St.. NEW YORK.

Fair Dealing and Prompt Returns Guaranteed.

Correspondence ^Solicited,

FORD BROS.

....Wholesale Florists

III West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BIG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. Phone, 157 Madison Sq.

Julius Lang

33 West 30Ui Street, NEW YORK.

Represents the Best GBowERg of

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Square.

S. J. LIMPRECHT,

Wliolesale Gommisslon Florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street.^ MFU; YORK

Telepnone 14:« Madison Square. I'L" i vnn.
Consigrnmeuts Solicited.

Cut Flowers, all varieties and all g-rades,
at New York market rates.

44 W. 29th St.. KEW TOBK CITY.

You Can Make Money
By Dealing Witli

J. K. ALLEN,

Ttie Busiest Wholesaler
in New York.

Roses, Violets, Carnations, in all grades, to suit all kinds of buyers.

T©lei>Jnoia.e ±&T JVX^d. iSq.

lOe -West SStlx «Stretit.

Season Open

Violets
'Mums
Gardenias

EDW. C. HORAN,

47 WEST 28th 3ST..

NEW YORK.

CUT F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Tel. 421
Madison-Square,

Special in
Roses :

Liberty, Pres. Carnot,
Kalserin, Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

930

The American Florist.

Feb. g,

The gEED TRsqe.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

Albert MoCnLLODGH, Pres.; F. W. Bolgiano,
Vioe-Pres.; S. F. Willard, Wetherafleld, Conn.
Sec'y and Treas.

W. C. Beckeet, of Allegheny, Pa., is
taking a Mediterranean trip.

The English market is reported over-
loaded with tuberose bulbs.

A. F. CoNAED, of the Conard & Jones
Co., West Grove, Pa., is quite ill.

Everett B. Clark has returned from
a month's hunting trip in South Carolina.

Visited New York. — E. M. Parmalee,
Arthur Cowee, M. Cushman, 0. W. Clark,
A. J. Brown, W. J. Mandeville.

Visited Chicago: W. [. Fosgate,
Santa Clara, Cal.; E. Haven, of the
Haven Seed Co., South Haven, Mich.;
C. P. Braslan, en route to Pittsburg.

Jambs A. Everett, of Indianapolis, is
defendant in a suit for $1,500 lor alleged
breach of contract with one Arthur
Green, who claims to have been employed
to make machinery under special contract
and discharged without cause October 6,
1900.

Frank E. Pease has bought the seed
arm and business of F. S. White located
southeast of Des Moines, la., and will
continue the business under the name of
the Pease Greenhouse and Nursery Com-
pany. Temporary quarters have been
established at 310 Locust street. Mr.
Pease intends securing a large warehouse
for his wholesale seed business and will
issue catalogues immediately.

Wm. Henry Madle, of Philadelphia,
believes that a good way to arouse the
people to the injustice of the free seed dis-
tribution would be to give as wide pub-
licity as possible to the fact that free
seeds may be had of the government on
request; that the result of this would be
a much more general demand ior seeds
from the Department of Agriculture, such
a demand from the people t hat the absurd-
ity and unfairness of establishing a gov-
ernment seed establishment would be
more apparent and in the end given up.

Omaha, Neb — Florists all report busi-
ness good. Hess & Swoboda, the largest
growers, are building two houses 24x 200,
which will be used for general stock and,
when completed, will give them about
45,000 feet of glass. Their stock is all
first-class, especially the roses.

MAPLESHAOE COLLECTION.

A stu"-k < 1 yri'iii e.\c"_'lleuci_',
from best selected Gandn-
vensis, Lemoiuei, Saun-
dersii, Nance'Uiiu^. Chiidsi. Inyleside, Kurbanki,
Papilio najus, Groff's Hybrids, and oiher strains.
Bulbs of all sizts. Besi^ blooming »nd planting:
stoek. at low rates. Send for eireiiliir and jiriees.

WILBUR A. CHRISTY, Kinsman. 0.

GLADIOLI.

Aspar

-100,000 FRESH-

sragus Plumosus Nanus Seeds

, , , Per 100 Seeds. $ 1.00

,.»si, l.i.-ke.l fronio'ir p^, ,,,00 jteds, 8.00

own plants, much Per 2 OOJ Seeds, 15.00

Per 5,000 Seeds, 35. Oi

Per 10 000 Seeds, On.tO

Per iS.tOO See s. I16.OU

ULLRICH, Tiffin, 0.

surer to grow than
imported steds.

CASH WITH ORDER.

OSKAR KNOPFF & CO.,

...Seed Growers...

ERFURT - . GERMANY.

Post Tree on application, the Trade Catalogue in
English lausuaae for iyoj-19Ul.

Johnson & Stokes' Tested Flower Seeds

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus (new crop), 100 seeds, $1; 1000 seeds. $8. Asparagus Sprengerii, 100 seeds,
,500; 1000 seeds, $3. Aster Queen of the Market, mixed, the earliest, fine for llorists, trade pkt., 15o;
per' oz. 50e. Aster, Queen of the Market, pink, purple, crimson, white, trade pkt., 20c; oz., 75c.
Ageratum. Blue Perfection (true), trade pkt., 20c; oz., 80c. Alyssum. Little Gem. the best for florists,
trade pkt., 10c- per oz., 25c. Canna- Large Flowering French mixed, per oz.. lOo; per lb., $1. Clematis
Paniculata. trade pkt., 10c; oz., 40o; per lb., $5. MignonMte, Machet, trade pkt., 10c; per oz., 40c.
Mignonette. Allen's Defiance, trade pkt., 15c; per oz.. 60c. Salvia Splendens. Nana Compacta or Bon-
fire, triide pkt.. 30c; oz., $2.50. Smilax (new crop), trade pkt., 10c; oz., 2oc; lb., S2.25. Verbena. Mam-
moth Choice Mixed, trade pkt., 25c; per oz., SI. Sweet Peas. J. & S. New Giant Hybrid Mixed, H
lb., 15o; lb., 40o, post paid; 5 lbs. by express, $1,60. Sweet Peas, Eckford's Choice Mixed, oz.,5c; H lb.,
12c; lb., 35o, postpaid; 5 lbs. by express, $1.25.

FLORISTS' WHOLESALE CATALOGUE MAILED ON APPLICATION.

JOHNSON & STOKES,

217-219
Market Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

ESTABLISHED 1802

T

'S

SEEDS

"^ Fresh Seeds Now on Hand.

Asparagus Sprengerii $3.00 per 1000

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 8.00
Cocos Weddeliana 7.co "

Wholesale Price List of Hieh Class
Flower Seeds ere, for/Florists, free
upon application.

J.MTHORBURN&CO.

(Late of IS John Street)

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW YORK

iniitititmtitiiiiititii itiimtmtiiimaam e

I To the Buyers

^ • •• \J\ • • •

I Japan Lily Bulbs,
I Plants and

I General Japanese
I Products:

^ H. Yoshida, representing

I The Imperial Trading Co.,

^ OF TODAMACHI, YOKOHAMA,

^ is expected in tliis market as well as

a New York about tiie beginning of

3 April to receive orders and contracts

^ for the above articles.

3 Address Correspondence

^ care of this paper.

JAPAN PEAR SEEDS.

liest for t^^raftiiiK, BLIGHT PROOF.
1 pound, $?.50, postpaid. For larger
! quantities, address

H H.BEtihER&C0..47 Barclay St.New York.

Established 1878.

Send for our NEW spring and summer list of

bulbs, seeds, etc.

Please mention the Atnerican Fi<>*-ist inken waiting

STK.\AVIJKRRY, bARGRSTaud BEsT.

Tn I I nL IILfT HU I U ucro, t doz. plants
for $?.0a Other ^^ood Kinds as low as ifl.nO per
1000. Oatalog free. Slaymaker & Son. Dover. Del.

RY THE NEW AUTO fr ■''""" '""'''

TUBEROSE BULBS.

(Excelsior Pearl.)

Genuine Hallock dwarf strain, cured by fire
heat, sound, dry, hand picked.

FIRST SIZE— F. O. B. Chicaso, 4 to 6-in., per 1000,
$7 00; 3000 J20..W.

From N. Y. City, 50c pfr 1000 less.
Mammoth Bulbs— 6 to 8-in., per 1000, $10.00.
Medium Bulbs— 3 to 4-in,, per lOOO, $3.50; 10,000 lots,
t. o. b. Chicaao, .$30; f. o. b. New York. $37.50.
WE MEET competition, quality considered.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO :

84-86 Randolph St.

NEW YORK:
14 Barclay 5t.

IGRASS SEEDS.

Kentucky Blue, Orchard, Timothy, Red Top,
Meadow Fescue, Perennial and Italian Rye Grass,
Tall Meadow Oat, Johnson, Bermuda, Creeping
Bent, Wood Meadow and other Domestic and
Imported varieties. CLOVERS— Red, Sab-
ling. Alfalfa, Crimson, White, Alsike, Japan, etc.
WOOD, STUBBS & CO'.S "EVERGREEN" and "SHADY
GREEN" Lawn Grasses are giving the beat satis-
faction everywhere. Put up in packages and
bulk. Special low prices to the trade.

Silver Skin.

Yellowand Potato
Wholesale prices for present or future deliveries.

WOOD. STUBBS «&, CO..

The Largest and Best Collection of Seeds in Ky.,
LOUISVILLE, KY.

ONION SETS

FLORISTS' ORCHIDS

The Finest and Largest Stock

in the world.

CAIinFD ST- ALBANS, ENGLAND and
O/II1ULK BRUGES, BELGIUM.

Send for List of Commercial Varieties.

A. DIMMOCK. Agent. 60 Vesey St., N. Y.

LABGE^JOUD CABBAGES

Those lartjt.', solid, crisp Cabbages that sell ao
well and eat so \\ell can be easily grown from
Livingston's Ideal Cabbatre Sef*d. We uiako a great
specialty of (_'hoice Cabbage Seed and solect'itto
produce HEADS— not looie leaves. If you want
a packaiie. send your address. It costs nothing.
THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO.. Box 103. Columbus, 0.

A good adv In a ffood paper wrill bring
good returns.

igoi.

The a mer i ca n Fl o r i s t.

931

SHARPE'S STANDARD PEA.

Award of Merit, R. H. S., J 900.

Baised in our own Trial Grounds, we consider this New Pfii the ucine of perrection in the Alderman type, and immonsely superior to that
well-known variety. Height four and a lialf ffet; haulm stront;; pods chiellv in pairs, lonj^, straight, ann of handsome appearance; peas lary:e
and of fine color and superb flavor. We unhesitatingly aver "Standard" to be a great advance upon any IVa of this class at present in com-
merce, and to be unequalled and matf'hless for either exhibition or table. An horticultural expert who has testcid it this year in competition
with many other varieties, pronounces it the best Pea of the season.

SHARPE'S MONARCH PEA.

Award of Merit, R. H. S., J 900.

This is a grand new Pea of the Duke of Albany type. Tt has a strong haulm and short joints, much more proUfii than the Duke of Albany,
and less lia' le to sport: is a heavy cropper, and the filled pods are very heavy— four of tnem gathered without much selection weighing four
ounces. It will be a great acquisition for market Gardeners, and promises to become as deservedly popular as the well-known Sharpe's Queen.

SHARPENS "DENBIGH CASTLE" POTATO.

First-Class Certificate, R. H. S., J 900.

An extra early white fleshed Kidney, similar to the walnut leaved Kidney of olden days. Claimed by the raiser to be the earliest Ividney
variety in cultivatinu. It is a good cropper, of robust constitution, and a first-Ca^is cooker. We are confident that growers both for private
consumption and public markets will welcome a variety that has met with such striKing success as is indicated by it receiving ihe above award
in the competition for early varieties. Can ije strongly recommended for pot culture.

SHARPENS EARLY PETER POTATO.

Award of Merit, R. H. S., July 25, 1899, Confirmed J 900.

Toe R. n. S. s:iy of this new Potato— "Flatfish Kidney, white, with russety skin, eyes full, medium size, very heavy crop, free from disease,
moderate haulm; early or raid season." Stook limiied.

WHOLESALE FROM

6lia§. siiarpe & Co., Ltd., SiEiiii

CLEMATIS AND ROS[S.

Wholesale List Now Ready. Send for it.

Clematis Panioulata, 2 vears, X fine, $6 per 100,

$50 per KJOO.
Clematis Pauicuiata, X and XX sizes. See price

list.
Cal. Privet of all sizes in large quantities.
Shrubs in quantity, CHEAP.

Manetti Stocks 812.00 per lOOO

Multiflora Stocks 10.00

ROSES.

Mai^na Cbarta, 2 yi-ars, own roots, $8.00 per 100.
B'rancois Levet, 2 years, X strung, own r<iots. $7.00
per 100.

Vireiuia Creeper, 2 years per 100, $ 4.00

Hydrangea P. G., 3 to 4 feet " 10.00

Silver Maples 8 to 10 " " S.CO

" 10tol2 " " 9.00

CLinBINQ ROSES.

Per 100
Felicite Perpetue, Tennessee Belle, 2 years,

own roots $4.00

Baltimore Belle. Queen of Prairie, Climbing
Victor Verdier, Russell's Cottage, 2 yrs..
own roots 5.00

THE ELIZABETH NURSERY COMPANY, Elizabeth, N. J.

Please moilion the A rnerican Florist when -cvriting.

We Sell For

L. J. ENDTZ, Boskoop, Holland, all ornament;il
hardy I'lorisis" aud Nurserv Stock.

HAERHNS BROS., Somergem. li-lgiura, Azalea
Indica, Palms. Arauoanas, etc.. Decorative
Plants.
Orders booked now for Sprin? or Fall delivery.

'We also book now im port orders for Summer and

Fall delivery of Lilies, Lily of the Valley, etc.

Bulbs. Address

August Rolker & Sons, s zoeyst.. New York.

hardv, large plints, Snowball, Longfellow, 4Uc

per 100: $2.50 per 1000.
FORGET-Mb-NOI, fine clumps, 75c per 100; $5.00

per 1000.
MIGNONETTE (Allen's Defiance), large plants out

of 2V4-inch $2.60 per 100.

J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

ADMIRAL GERVERA

The easiest Yellow Variegated Carna-
tion to grow, free and liealtfiv. J* ^

=— GOETHE =

A beautiful Light Pink Carnation,
very large, in perfect condition. cS* ^

Rooted Cuttings $10 per 100, $90 per 1000

DELIVKKED NOW.

C. RESOLD, Mineola, L. I., N- Y.

Rose Cuttings

Al Brides
and Maids,

$1 per 100 $8 per IOQO~ (.ash with order.
WEST VIEW FLORAL CO., Knightslown, Ind.

Is olTerins Ethel Crocker rooted cuttings,
Bradt. America and .Jubilee. Latania Bor-
bonica. 4-in. (see ad. Jan. 26). Kais^rins
2J^-in. pots, jind.Iean Viaud Geranium, 3-in.
pots. Write fur prices, which are right.

W. "W. COLES, Kokomo, Ind.

WOOTTON ROSES,

in 214-in. pots
shifted from
2-in. If you
are looking for something t.>f this kind to do you
good for Summer Blooming, order a hundred of
these at once. Also a few White and Yellow
California Marguerites. Don't forgot to write us
about Boston Ferns, also n oted cuttings of
Coleus.

GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III
ROOTED CUTTINGS....

Roses, %\An per 100. Carnations, best vars., 80i-,
to $3 per 100. Geraniums. $2 per 100. Verbenas,
60o per 100. .\ II stronclv rooted. Full value,
good stock. W. H. Gullett & Sons, Lincoln, III.

932

The American Florist.

Feb.

9.

The I^ursery T^abE.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Theo. J. Smith, Pres. : N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres, ;
George C. Seaqer, Rochester. N. Y., Sec'y.

Robert Phieffbb, of Milton, Wis.,
has bought a tract of land at Waterloo,
Wis., for nursery purposes.

O. C. SiuoNDS is preparing the plans
for the proposed embellishment of the
grounds of the University of Chicago.

Mrs. G. McCrae, formerly at Lincoln,
Park, Chicago, is now following the pro-
fession of landscape architect and is job-
bing nursery stock.

It is reported that the Stark Nurseries,
of Louisiana, Mo., have leased land at
Portland, N. Y., for the extensive propa-
gation of grape vines.

That splendid ornamental tree, Lirio-
dendron tulipifera, should be planted
only in spring and pruned closely. It is
very desirable for street planting.

The Chase Xursery Company has pur-
chased an additional 135 acres of land at
Riverside, Cal., upon which they propose
to plant 15,000 naval orange trees.

State Entomologist Garman, of Ken-
tucky, has issued a public notice that
certain nursery stock offered for sale by
the Nashville Trust Co., trustee for the
Cumberland Nurseries, Nashville, Tenn.,
is confessedly infested with San Jose
scale and is forbidden admission to Ken-
tucky.

In the matter of large tree moving it
may be stated that P. S. Peterson & Son
recently removed an American elm of
fifteen inches caliper, standing fifty feet
high in their nursery at Rose Hill, north
of Chicago, and planted it on the campus
of the University of Chicago, fifteen miles
away, to represent the class of 1900.
The tree was not twenty- four hours out
of the ground and was moved by wagon
with a ball eight feet across and nearly
four feet thick.

TAMCY DAGGER

HARDY GUT FERNS

Following Pi ices After February Ut:

In 1,000 lots II. 2S ijLT 1000

In 5,000 lots i.ao ■'

In 10,000 lots.... ; 1.10 ••

ln25,0001ois 1.00 "

L. B. BRAGUE, Hinsdale, Mass.
-i, 000,000

Hardy Cut Ferns

FANCY or DAGGER.

IJe sure and read the raise
[in price as follows: In 1000
Slots, $2.00 per ICKM; in .=i,OUO
|».so.uEHiH||t% lots. ,$1.75 per laX); in 10,000
lots. Jl. 60 per KKX); in 20 000
lots. $1.35 per lOOO. This is
(■ash business, and will not
sell less than for the prices
mentioned. Ferns will be
scarce and in order to have m.v stock last, I am
obliced to put this price on. First-class Laurel
Roping 4e per yard, Spaghnum Moss, 50i! per bbl.
All orders by mail or dispatch at above figures
promptly attended to,
THOMAS COLLINS. Hinsdale, Mass.

A Superb New Hydrangea,

HYDRANGEA HORTENSIS MARIESil.

This is a grand unique new t'artety, sent out by James Veitch & Sons, London, England, last
winter— 1899-1900. It is named after their colleoior,"Mr. Maries, who introduced H. ;ind described by
them as ••havint; remarkably very large st'^riie tlowers. three inches in diameter; '-olor a light pink,
shaded mauve, and the finest of Hydrangea Hortensia. This variety is most remarkable and distinct
in pots." It is sure to be a success. We offer strong plants, 4^-in. pots. 75c eai.-h, $7.50 per dozen.
Cash n^TH order, pleasb.

Also Deutzta corymbinora. a very distinct variety: Deutzia gracilis rosea, Deutzia gracilis venusta,
the Azalea Ueutzia. Send for circular for price oT these and oiher vanetits.

JOHN CHARLTON & SONS. Rochester. N. Y.

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

Wc have a fine block of 2000 trees ttiat have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES. Wii.li»m Wakner IIakpek, IT.. p..

CHESTNUT HILL. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Choicest Fruit and Ornamental Trees.

Shrubs, Plants, Bulbs. Seeds. 40 Acres Hardy Roses. 44 Greenhouses
of Palms, Everblooming^ Roses, Ficus, Ferns, Etc. Correspondence
solicited. Catalogue Free. 47 Years. 1000 Acres.

NORWAY MAPLES

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO.,

Painesvillei Ohio.

36,000

GRAFTED ROSES

On Manetti Stocks.

Bridesmaid, Bride, Golden Gate,
Kaiserin, 2J4-inch pots, $12 00 per
100,^95.00 per 1000. Sunrise, $15
per 100. Liberty, $18 per 100.

Orders booked now. Stock war-
ranted first-class.

100,000 ROOTED CARNATION CUT-
TINGS, ready now, of standard varie-
ties and last year's new ones.

S. J. REUTER,

WESTERLY. R. I.

Manetti...

English grown $12.50 perlOOO

Crimson Rambler...

$5.00 to $15.00 per 100

Privet in all sizes.

Ask for Cataldgue.

HIRAM T. JONES,

Union County Nurseries. ELIZABETH, K. J.

Japan Bean Vine, ^::'''^s^^^X^,

Wistarias, etc. Choice Shrubs in great variety.
Deciduous Cypress, tine tr. 2, 'Z¥i ft. Haltsia, "Silver
liell," blooniin?. 3.4 ft. Russian Olive, :;, 3, 4. 5 ft.
English Oak, 2, 3. 4 ft. bold Oak. Pecans. Red
Bud, 3, 4. ti ft. Thurlow and Diamond Willows.
Ked Snowberry by the 1000. Pseonies, 100 varieties.
Yucca, fine heavy, bloomiDg phinis. Finest Orna-
mental Grasses, Tallest Reeds. Young slock for
lining out. Send for price list.
J. C. TEAS &. SON, Carthage, Mo.

25,000 Arbor Vitaes ilim^r.TMn't

Oi^^aniea ami (jiohien. any si/e. frora 6 in. to 6 ft.
CALADIUM ESCULENTUM. 5 to 7 and 7 to 9-inch.
A'arK%^at*;d, siiii;le Tuberose bulbs. Ardlsia crenu-
lata. Aucuba japonlca.

Vinca major and minor, ;\t $7.50 per ICW.

Bog plants and native s.utliern shrubs collected.

Can use a few roses and carnatidiis In extrhange.
SUNNYSIDE FLORAL NURSERY. Fayetteville. N. C.

CLIMBING ROSES.

TWO GRANDEST:
CLIMBING KAISERIN, while.

JtO.OO to JlS.OUper hundred.
CLIMBING WOOTTON, red,

$10.00 per hundred.

Fielil-gown. own roots, 2 to 3 feef.
Plonty of other sorts, bush and cliiiitjors, hardy
and tender.

THE nOWLAND NURSERY CO., Los Angeles, Cal.

Please mention the Amertcan Florist 7uhen luriting

SUGAR MAPLES

For Park Planting.

Nice trees, 3 to 5 ft., branched.... 100. $1; 1000, ISC'
5 to 6 ft,, ■■ ..,. " $6

Linnaeus Rhubarb, good crowns, $1.50 per 100.

Hemerocaltis. (vellow fratzrant Dav Lilv) 3 varie-
ties, earliest,'mediuin and l»test,'l0O. $3; 1000, $a,

Oxalis, 4 best bedding varieties, distinct colors,
named, 60e to $1 per 1000,

E. Y. TEAS, Greens fork, Ind.
NORWAY MAPLES

FOR EVERYBODY.

High Branched or Low Branched — Tall or Short —
Straight or not so Straight— Large or Small.

At 1'rices to Suit All.
('atalogt'e Free.

CHAS B HOrNOR & SON,

;_Il Mt. Holly. Burl. Co., N. J,

NORWAY
SUGAR.

Maples

From 1 to 3-inch caliper, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price liJt.

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisville, Bucks Co , Pa.

"iTnatoIHEMOON

Company

For J Trees, Shrubs, Vines,
Your I and Small Fruits.

Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free.
THE WM. H. MOON CO.,
— < Merrisville, Pa.

1 and C > ears. $1.35 and $i per do/.. 12 best kinds.
F. A. BALLER, Bloomington, III.

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The American Florist.

933

KENNICOTT BROS. CO.

^ ^ CHICAGO ^ ^

STOCK IS BECOMING MORE PLENTIFUL,
ESPECIALLY ROSES J. jt S-

and qualities are on the up grade, so that we anticipate
no difficulty in meeting all demands from now on. Let us
have your order.

Bear in mind that whatever is to be had anywhere
can be had of KENNICOTT BROS. CO.
WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS.

42 and 44 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO. ^

We have sold the cut of the pink rnrnation Irene and think it one
of the best commercial sorts we have ever handled. We are book-
in"; orders for cuttings at $1.50 per doz.. $10 p.T 100, $75 per 1000.

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST.

Best Brides and Maids $8.00to$ JO.OO per 100

Good " " " 6.00 to 8.00 "

Perles 4 00 to 5 00 "

Meteors 6.00 to JO.OO "

Roses, our selection 4.00 to 5.00 "

American Beauties —

Long 5 00 to 7.00 "

Medium 3.00 to 4.00 "

Short 1.25 to 2.00 '•

Callas and Harrisii 12.50 to 15.00 "

Carnations, fancy $3.00 to $4.00 per 100

fine 1.60 to 2.00

" our selection 1.25

Smilax 1.60 to 2 OO per doz

Ferns, Adiantum l.COto 1.25 per 100

common 1.50 per 1000

Galax Leaves 1.50 "

Lilvot the Vallev 4.00 to 5.00 per 100

nairodilsan<I Tulips 2,50 to 4.00

Roman Hyacinths 3.0O to 3.50 "

Violets 75 to 1.25

Pacer White 2.C0 to 3.00

Asparagus 60o per string

Leucothoe 75c per 100

Prices Subject to Change Without Notice.

McKellar & Winterson

Wholesale Dealers in Everything for Florists.

Should You Not Receive OUR ipoi CATALOQUE, Write Us tor Same.

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Please mention Americ^an Florist when writing.

Guardian Angel

(Pink Sport of Armazindy.)
Scored 90 points ;it Carnation Show, Chicago
Florists' Club. F^'bruary, 1900. First prize at
Exhibition of Chicago Horticultural Society,
November, 1900. Very prolific, produces four or five
blooms to on*" on Mrs L.iwsou. Introductory
price, $6 per lOO. (f50 per lOOli.

GUARDIAN ANGEL ORPHAN ASYLUM.
401 Devon Ave., Chicago.

Pic-ait' metilion the Amencan Florist wht'i wtiltftg

CARNATIONS t^t^J^

\ :iri>-u<_'s. \\ rilf for prices.

Aiparagus Sprengei ii, 3 inch $4.0D per 100

Asparagus Plumosus. 3 " H.UO per 100

Small Ferns for dishes. 4 vara ,2i4-in. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata, 2>4-inch 4.10 per 100

Boston Ferns, 8-inoh pans $15 and $18 per doz.

2^-inch 4.00 per 100

3-inch 8.00 per 100

CARL HACENBERCER, West Mentor. O.

ROOTED CU1TIN6S g^RS^'s*^"*""

Also strong' healthy plautsot LAUV (J.V.MPBELL
Violets from sand or soil. Send lor price list,
WM. SWAYNE, Kennett bquare. Pa.

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

CARNATIONS.

THIS stock is strictly flrst-class in every respect, free from disease
and will be thoroughly rooted when sent out. We guarantee
them to be as represented. Money refunded upon return of piants if
not satisfactory.

Cnnrt P'°'' Perioo

•'PW l» Armazindy $5.00

Triumph 1.50

Flora Hill 1.50

White Cloud 1.50

Evanstou 1.50

Per 1000
$40.00
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50

Per 100

Armazindy 1.00

Portia 1.00

Wm. Scott 1.00

McCjowan 1.00

Evelina I.OO

Kohinoor 1.00

Per 1000
7.50
7.60
7.50
7.60
7.50
7.50

ROSES.

$12.60
12,60
12.50

GoldenGate $1.50 $13.60 I ""'J'^---- ;• *'-50

,, , , ,„ ,ncn Bridesmaid 1.60

Meteor 1.50 12.50 | perl, 1.60

These t-uttini^s are up to the well known standard of thr>so sent out bv us in previi:)us seasons.

J. A. BUDLONG, 37-39 Randolph Sf., CHICAGO, ILL.

ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS ""MiXL"k^2 1ii^

NEW VARIETIES. (1901 INTRODUCTIONS J

Sunbeam, (tlesh pink) $10.00 per 100; $7?.fl0 per 1000

Bon Homme Richard, (white) lO.CO •' 75.00 "

Nydia, (vanecated white and light salmon) 10.00 " 75." "

Prolifica, (cerise pink) lO.OJ " 75.TO

Guardian Angel, a very fine pink; strong stems and good bloomer. It is a

moneymaker 4.00 " 35.C0

STANDARD VARIETIES.

PINK. 100 1000

Mrs. T.W. Lawson.. $7.00 $60.00

Marquis 6.00 40.0)

Genevieve Lord ,5.00 4ii.O )

Ethel. Crocker 4.00 35.00

Triumph 1.50 1250

Argyle 1.50 12.50

Duvbreak 1.60 12.00

Scott 1.00 7.50

WHITE.

ICO 1000

White Cloud $2.00 $15.00

Flora Hill 1.25 10.00

Evelina 1.00 7.50

MoGovvan l.CO ".M

SCARLET. lOO KOO

G.H.Crane $3.C0 $25.00-

Chicago 3.00 25.00

America 2.50 20.00

Evaoston 1.50 12.50

VARIEQATbD.

Olvmpia 5.00 40.00

Mrs. G. M. Bradt.... 2.0J 17.50'

Armazindy.: 1.25 10.00

All Cuttings sold under the condition that if not satisfactory they are to be returned at once, when'

ihoney will be refunded,

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.. Milwaukee, Wis.

934

The American Florist.

Feb.

Our fasTiMEs.

Announoementi of coming contests or other
eventi of interest to our bowling, shooting and
oyoling readers are solicited and will be given
place In this column.

Address all correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. Stewart, 67 Bromfleld St., Boston, Mass.;
Robt. Kift, 1726 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St.,
Ohicago, 111.

The employes of Hitchings & Company
announce that their grand annual ball
will be held at Columbia Hall, Ocean and
Cator avenues, Greenville, Jersey City,
on February IS Judging by the success
that attended the preceding balls given
by the employes of this company, this
should be a very enjoyable occasion, and
they wish to extend a hearty invitation
to all their friends to participate in same.
Music will be furnished by Prof. Begg's
full orchestra. J. N. McArthur is chair-
man of the arrangement committee.

At Chicago.

The florists fell in defeat Thursday
evening, losing threegames to the Laurels,
of Anson's League, by a total of 246
pins. Following is the score:

Florists 1st ad 3d T'l

Illiabes 144 179 150 473

Hauswirth I.'ig 118 M'S 411

Dettniin 168 131 IfiO 459

Krietlini; 302 133 )3fi 471

Bailufif 167 172 160 489

Total 829 733 74123(12

Laurels 887 872 789 2548

At Utica.

Following is the score of the Utica
Florists' Bowling Club on the evening
of February 4:

I'layer 1st 2d 3d 4th W

Pfletfi'r 144 144 182 141 153

Bay 186 126 138 143 148

H. Mathews 166 139 1S4 118 144

Baker 126 138 133 161 140

Wilcox 121 124 149 134 132

Rowlands 115 126 139 141 130

Spencer 132 119 139 123 126

Hildebrand I46 107 131 111 124

Crowe 117 118 125 120

Qtns.

At St. Louis,

The bowlers have been getting back
into their usual form and from this on
will roll regularly in preparation for the
big contest at Buffalo. The following is
the score made in practice February 4:
Player 1st 3d 3d Av

C A. Kuehn 165 1.54 187 169

J.J.Heneke 106 133 183 160

J.S.Wilson 140 134 193 1.56

C.C.Sanders 135 169 152 149

F. 0. Wflber 112 151 166 143

Wm. Adol8 118 137 J79 141

J. W. Kunz 146 149 114 13.5

John Younj; 112 99 ]18 113

Theo. Miller 106 87 96 90

Frank M. Ellis 75 113 93

R. J. M.

At New York.

There was the usual merry party at
the bowling alleys on last Monday even-
ing. It has been arranged that the unfin-
ished New York-Flatbush series be settled
on the Flatbush alleys on the evening of
February 14. The following scores were
made:

Player 1st 3il 3il

Traendly 1,-3 169 1,0

HafBcr 170 18; 1.55

■Shaw 143 141 149

Lans 169 174 174

Burns 151 164 153

Siebrecht 156 15( K56

Lenti 181 :;09 207

Thielniaiin 165 200 180

Elliott 16b 180 181

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Carnationists, Attention! I

SHIP your choice
flowers to tlie
Baltimore Conven-
tion in Kift's Rubber
capped Flower Tubes
and insure their arri-
val in the very best
condition.

PRICE

$3.50 per hundred

SEND FOR
ILLUSTRATED
LIST OF

FAIRY VASE

STANDS,

ETC.

JOSEPH KIFT & SON, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

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I CHICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St, NEW YORK: 14 Barclay St. |

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OBSERVE THIS!

OUR STOCK

Everblooming Roses

All ^Town in 4-iDGh pots, is more extensive and
finer than we have ever before oflfered our custom-
ers. All leading popular varieties for sale.

From open ground, we call your attention to
our hnavy blocks of Gen. Jacqueminot, 3 yrs.,
strong, own roots; also such valuable climbers as
Yellow Rambler, Setigera, Dawson. Climbing Her-
mosa, Greville, WichuraJana. etc., etc.

The new climber, Wm. C. Egan. can be sujiplied
in strong one or iwo-year-old plants at rensonable
rates. It is the best of Mr. Dawson's flue hybrids,
and is in fact a climbing Malmaison, of the same
form and color, and undeniably hard v.

To clear leased land, we otfer SHRUBBERY in
elegant assortment, at low rates by the tliousand.

HOOPES BROS, & THOMAS,

Maple Ave. Nurseries.

WEST CHESTER, PA,

msi^i'^'g carnations

Eleven varieties of lyoo. sixteen older standard
sorts, faetid for compl-'te list.
QhO. HaINCOwK & SON. Grand Haveo. Mich.

Orchids ! #

CftTTLEYA SCHROEDtRAE just arrived in fine
condition, from a new region. Our new price
list for 1901 now read v.

LAGER & HURRELL, summit, n. j.

Orchid Qrowara and Importer*.

IN BEST
....VARIETIEI

SPECIALTIES

<908E8, from 3-1nob pou.

CARNATIONS, for aU deliTerr.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
SMILAX.
pnoMlow. Seodforlln. VIOLETS.

M/ooo BnoTHefia. ^lamriLj.. mi. v.

Please ntntlinn thr Arncricaft Florist when writing.

ITirklol-e M*RIE lOlllSE. Cloan healthy
V Xl^Xdld. stMck, strong siiud rooted cul-
tiugs. $B.Ol) per ICoa; 'W- per 100. Established
plants, $10.00 per 1000: $1.30 per lOJ. Samples Free.
R. KILBOURN. Clinton. N. Y.

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The American Florist.

935

Tuberous-rooted Begonias

AND

GLOXINIAS.

Our strains of these important Summer-ftowering Bulbs are the finest
to be secured in Europe.

BEGONIAS, Single Flowering,

White. Pink, Scarlet, Crimson, Oranse and
Yellow, 40c p«r dozen; J3.00 per lOO; $25.00
pot 1000.

Choicest .Single Jlised, 35c per dozen; $2.5)0
per 100; %-r. per 1000.

BEGONIAS, Double Flowering.

Scarlet. Pink, While and Yellow, fi5" —
dozen; 15.00 per lOO; $40.00 per 1000.

Choicest Double M
npr iftO- nah on n

GLOXINIA Crassifolia Grandiflora.

r 10"

Red, White and Blue, in serarate colors, 65c
per dozen; J15.0U per 100; $45.00 per ItiOi'.

Choicest Mixture, 50c per dozen; $4.00 per "
$30.00 per 1000.

FANCY LEAVED CALADIUMS.

.V choice Collection of '35 distinct vari-^tic.

.fl.25 per dozen; $10.00 per 100; $90 00 per

lOOO.
Choice Mispd Varieties, $1.00 per dozen; $8.00

per 100; $75 per 1000.

oicest Double Mixed. 50c per dozen; $4.00
per 100; 135.00 per 1000.

HENRY A. DREER, 714 CHestnut St., PHILA,, PA.

TUBEROUS-BOOTED

Ethel Crocker

WHEN store men telearaph that '.hey must have
some Crocker for their customers, and com-
Aiission men beg for consignments, in spite of the
fact that there are pleniy ot other pinks on the
market, it is a* pretty sure sign that Crocker has
some points of merit distinctive from the others
and that there is an unfilled demand for the llowers.
With the largest stock of this variety grown by
any one grower in the country I can fill your
orders with carefully selected cuttings, at
$4 per loo or $30 per 1000.

SEND FOR LIST OF OTHER VARIETIE*'.

ALBERT M. HERR

LANCASTER, PA.

Please mentinyt the Ametican Florist raheii -in-itiytp-

Florists all over the country are quickly
discerning the

Commercial Value of
The Lawson Carnation.

The demand will be heavv this season.
My stock is in excellent condition, clean
and healthy. Rooted cuttings ready now,
or tor later delivery.

PRICE, Per 100 $7.00

Per 1000 $60.00

Terms Strictly Cash from unknown parties.

.Send ALL ORDERS DIRECT TO

No Agents. Sllisi, JVI^sts.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

CARNATIONS.

Ethel Crocker 100, $4.00; 1000, J30.C0

White Cloud " 200; •• 15 00

Alaska (white) " 1 OO; " 7.50

Roses.

Golden Gate 100, $i.50j lOOO, >12.50

Bride " 1.50; " 12 50

Bridesmaid " 1.50; " 12.50

GEO. HARRER, Morton Grove, III.

f lease menlion the Atnericati Florist when imitm^

Rooted Cuttings of Roses

Brides, Maids. Perles, Meteors, Pres. Car not,
American Beauties. Woottous, G. Gate. etc. A
>bargain in Perles in 2 in. pots ready for a shiit.

Best bedding varieties, rooted cuttings.

GEO. A. KUHL. PEKIN. ILL.

The Largest Fancy Carnation. Ready March 1st.

-PROSPERITY-

ALL ORDERS FILLED IN STRICT ROTATION.

I'rices for I^ooteci Cxittings.

1 Plant $ .50

12 Plants 5 00

25 Plants 8.25

50 Plants 10.00

loO Plants 16.00

250 Plants $ 37.50

500 Plants 70.00

750 Plants 101.25

1000 Plants 130.00

WRITE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS.,

Flatbush, N. Y.

Rooted Cuttings Carnations and Roses.

CRANE 13.00

BRADT 2.00

E VANSTON 1 .25

JOOST 1.25

WHITE CLODD 1.25

tLORA HILL 1.25

DAYBREAK l.tO

TRIDMl'H 1.2.i

IRENE Per doz., $1.50; 10.00

CA.Iil'ffA.'riOIVS.

Per 100 Per 1000

$25.00
17.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
7.50
10.00
75.00

Per 100 Per lOOO

ARMAZINDV $1.00

TIDAL WAVE 100

WM. S'~OTT 1.00

ETHEL CROCKER 3.00

GENEVIEVE LORD 3 00

MARQUIS 4 00

MRS. LAWSON 5.00

GUARDIAN ANGEL 6.0J

Per 100 Per 1000
$ 7.50
7.50
7.50
2S.0O
25.(0
35.00

45.00
50.00

KAISERIN $1.5U 1H2.5U

LA FRANCE 1.50 12 60

METEOR 1 50 12.50

PERLE 1.60 12.50

Per 100 Per lOOO

KAISERIV $3.00

LA FRANCE 3 00

JIETEOa 3 10

PERLE 3 00

These cuttinprs are all well-rooted

Per 100 Per 1000

BRIDE $1.50 $13.50

BRIDESMAID 1.50 12.50

GOLDEN GATE 1.50 12.50

Per ICO Per 1000

BRIDE.. $3.00 $25.00

BRIllESMAID... 3 00 25 00

GOLDEN GATE 3.00 25.00

$2i OO
25 O'l
25.00
25.00
guaranteed free from disease, carefully packed.

GEORGE REINBERG, 51 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO.

NEXT SEASON'S BUSINESS

can be started now by advertisinj? in this journal. Don't delay in
commencing next spring's business. The best orders are placed early

TftY THiI PLA^N ^""'"' '° ^HE AMERICAN FLORIST

936

The American Florist.

Feb.

Lincoln, Neb.

Trade continues good, using up all cut
6owers. There has been a large amount
of funeral work this week, cleaning up all
bulbous stock and all odds and ends
usually found about the greenhouses.

Local growers have received stock of
several of the new carnations, among
them Prosperity. They all look promis-
ing but will say more about them a year
hence.

C. W. Scott, of Chicago, paid us a visit
the past week. He was not feeling well,
but after enjoying a good cigar he was
able to tell us how scarce Harrisii would
be next fall; he was prevailed upon to
accept several good sized orders.

C. H. F.

Springfield, Mass.— The Northamp-
ton, Holyoke and Springfield horticult-
ural societies held a union meeting here
on the evening of February 1 and were
treated to a discourse on the dahlia by
F. H. Burt, the well known specialist
veith that plant.

Bridgbwater, Mass.— Frank Brunton,
of Newport, R. I., has purchased the
Bridgewater farm, belonging to the John
Howard Industrial Home, comprising
about 100 acres of land with various
buildings, for the purpose of establishing
a nursery business. He will build exten-
sive greenhouses.

K

Flowering Plants

Per 1()0

Chinese Primroses, 3)^-inch,
in bloom $5.00

Ageratutn Princess Pauline, 2-in. 2.00

Fuchsias, 5 vars , 2-in z.oo

Abutilon, trailing, 2 in 3.00

Flowering Begonias, 2-in 2.00

Geraniums, assorted, 2-in 2.00

100,000

flardy Herbaceous Plants

SE>'1) FOR LIST.
C.\.SII I'LE.VSE.

EDWARD B. JACKSON,

Stamford, Conn. |

Gut Prices

VERBENA KING.

Express prepaid on all
Kouted Cuttings.

Verbenas, 40 best mam-
moth vars. 60c per 100;
S5.U0 per lOUO.
\iternantbera, red and
yellow, 60c per 100; $5
per 1000.
.Vgeratiini, Princess
i^PauiiiiH .inu a new
rich blue, very dwarf

grou ,, ' ipe's Pet, white; '60c per

100, (."•ilu ]i.'r liijil.
Heliotropes, 10 best varieties, all named, 70c per
! 100, $6.00 per 1000.

Daisies, 2 bett vars., $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000.
Geraniums, strong 2ii-in., best named varieties,

reaay lor .S-in., 12.50 per lOu, i!20 per lOUO.
Verbena plants, strong, full of cuttings, flne as

silk, $2 per 100, $18 per lulO.
Heliotrope, 2!.i-in., strong, fine plants, $2 i)er 100,
$18 per 1000.

Send for our new list of other rooted cuttings
and plants; it will save you money. Write for
prices on larger lots. Special low express rales
to all parts. That C.\8U Please.

C. HUMFELO, Clay Canter, Kas.

!

Norway

Egypt

The queen of commercial white Carnations. The modern ide
or a commercial variety, combines large size with free, rapid
growth and productiveness, a fine keeper and shipper. It gives
us pleasure to offer the white we have all been looking for. A

distiDct feature is that the flowers are remarkably uniform in size, 3 to Slr^-iuches in diameter.

It is selling rapidly; place your order at once.

A rich, warm scarlet crimson. A distinct departure from all other
crimsons. It has modern commercial stems, long and strong; exquis-
ite spicy odor, beautiful, rich, glowing color: these are its most dis-
tinct features. The llower is large and well formed, 2V4 to 3Vi inches
in diameter. Can be had in good llower by November 1st to loth. Is a continuous, free bloomer.

Price of the above two varieties, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100, $75 per 1000.

The only pink Carnation which
can claim the proud distinction of
having superseded the hitherto
invincible \Vm. Scott. Genevieve

Genevieve Lord

Lord is not only ei^ual lo Scott in its palmiest days, but is far superior to tbat variety in every
way. It commands a price that was never obtained for the best Scotts which ever grew. Such
a (.'aroation is produced only once in a great while. Place vour order early. $5 per 100,
$40 per 1000.

We can alsn furnish Prosperity, Roosevelt, Lorna and all other 1901 novelties. Also
Lawson Marquis, Crocker, Estelle, Oiympia and other new and standard varieties.

CHRYSANTHEMUM TIHOTHY EATON. We have a large stock of U; 50c each, 130 per
lOO. Also all 'if the best new and standard v.arieties. An excellent list of the very best varie-
ties. Send for complete catalogue

H. WEBER & SONS, - Oakland, Md.

WEILAND-AND-RISCH

WABASH

ICAGO.

tg

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Marquis '3. 00

Genevieve Lord .^.00

Dorothy, Irene 10.00

Prosperity 16.00

Roosevelt 12.00

Ethel Crocker 4 00

G. H. Crane 3.00

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 2.50

Q.ueen Louise 10.00

Mrs. Frances Joost 1.50

40.00
75.00
130.00
lOO.OO
35.00
25 00
20.00
75.00
12.50

ROOTED ROBE

100 1000

Meteor $1.60 JI2.50

Bride 1.60 12.60

Bridesmaid 1.50 12.50

Evanston $1.50 $12 50

White Cloud 1.60 12.60

Flora Hill l.EO 12.60

Gov. Griggs 1.50 12.50

Triumph 1.50 12.50

Melba, Daybreak 1.50 12.60

Mary Wood 2,00 15.00

Gold Xugget 3,00 25.00

America 2 50 20.00

McGowan 1.00 8.00

Evelina 1.00 8.00

CUTTINGS.

100 1000

Golden Gate $2.50 120.00

Kaiserin 1.60 12.50

Perle 1.60 12.50

La France 1.60 13.50

American Beauty and Liberty, ready later. Write for prices.

Flotiets ordering of us can rest assured of obtaining first-
class stock, as we voucn for every cutting sent out.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

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CARNATIONS

i«ooT*Kr>

OUTTIIVO®

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following piices:

G. H. CRANE 125.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT 2.5.00

MADAM CHAPMAN 25.00

DAYBREAK 12.50

WHITE CLOUD 112.50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10.00 "

McGOWAN 1000

ELDORADO 10.00

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to bi seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in need of a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times.

5!!;!!5!?CHA5. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich. l<'-={',bo«

SEEP Pansies '•'^^^s

The Jennings strain. Fine stock, choice varie-
ties. Medium size plants, 60c per IiO by mail, $4
per 1000 by express. Extra flne stocky plants in
bud and bloom, $1 per 100; $10 per 1000. The above
{jrowin'; in cool fjrfenhouses. Seed, $1 per pkt.,
$5 per oz. Cash with order.

L. B. JENNINGS. Grower of the Finest Pansies.
Ijurk Box !254. iSoutlii>ort, Cuna.

WORTH
RAISING

PANSIES

Again I can furnish, for immediate delivery,
about 10,000 tiood pansy plants. Price 14.00 per
1000 f. o. b. express here.

CASH WITH URD£K

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU,

199 Grant Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

Successful Growers

Know that they can dispose of all their Surplus Stock by
advertising in the American Florist. TRY IT NOW..^^

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igoi.

The American Florist.

937

Dreer's nii Flower Seeds.

THE FOLLOWING IS A SHORT LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS WHICH SHOULD BE SOWN EARLY:

Trade
pkt.

,20

MAM5I0TH Verbena.

Ageratum Blue Perfection. . . .

Cope's Pet

Aster Queen of the Market, white..

" " '• pink...

" " " *' purple..

•' " " " mixed..

Canna, laree flowering dwarf mxd.,

per lb.. $1.25

Carnation Marguerite, mixed

Centaurea caodidissima, M.sds.,2.^c
" trymnocarpa, M. sds , 15c

Cob.-Ea Sfrandens, purple % 10

Cyclamen Persicum, mixed 30

" giganteum, mixed,
per 100 seeds, 60o:
petlOOO seeds, $5.00.

Dracaena indivisa 10

Grevillea robusta 15

Heliotrope, mixed 20

Lantana h.vbrida, mixed 10

Lobelia, Crystal Palace compacta .30
" Speciosa, dark blue trailing .20
" grecilis, light " '■ .15

Mignonette, Allen's Defiance 15

" Machet, select stock. - .15

Musaensete, fine seed $1.00 per 100

seeds: $9.00 per 1000.
Petunia, Dreer's .Superb Printed,
d'ble, 7dc per 500 seeds;
$1.50 per IIWO seeds.

Oz.

$1.00
.35
.75

.75
.75
.50

.10
.75

L.'jO
.40
.30

1.25

.30
.40
.75
.20
1.50
.60
.40
.50
.50

Trade

pkt.

Oz.

Petunia, Dreer's Superb Fringed,

single %

..5(1 «

Phlox, Drum, grandiflora, mixed..

.15

.50

" " nana compacta, •'

.30

1.50

Pvrethrum aureum ....

.10
,20

30

selaginoides

.75

Salvia splendens

30

I 50

compacta "Bonfire"

.50

2.50

Smilax, per pound, $3.50

.15

.35

Stocks, Large flowering 10 week.

separate colors

.40

2.25

" Large flowering 10 week.

finest mixed

.40

2.00

Thunber?ia, finest mixed

.10
.30

.30

30

Torenia Fournieri

Verbena, Dreer's Mammoth White.

1.50

Scarlet

.i)0

1.50

Pink..

.30

1..50

" " Purple

.30

1.50

Striped

.30

1..M)

" finest m'xd

.25

1.00

Vinca rosea, rose, dark eye

.20

.fiO

alba, white, rose eve.

.80

.00

■' " " pura, pure white

.20

.60

mixed

.15

.50

Zinnia, Mammoth double mixed...

.15

.40

■■ Dwarf,

.10

.25

Tall,

.10

.20

Our Wholesale Price List for igoi has been sent to all Florists. If you have not received It please notify us.

HENRY A. DREER,

714

Chestnut

Street,

Please mention American Florist when wrlllnK

Philadelphia, Pa.

Carnation Cuttings...

^ Ready for immediate shipment All fine

■^^and well rooted. p^_. j^^ p^^ ^^^

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson $7.00 $60.00

Sunbeam 10 00 75.00

Proliflca 10 00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75.00

Nydia 10 00 75.00

Marquis 5.O0 40,00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35,00

Ethel Crocker 4.00 35.'00

Mrs. Geo. Bradt 3.00 25.00

G H.Crane 3.00 25.00

GoldNugget 3.0O 25.00

Gen. Maceo 2. CO 15.00

Chicago 3.00 20.00

White Cloud 2.00 15.00

Mrs. P. Joost 1.50 12. CO

Mrs. J. Dean 2.00 15.00

Jubilee 1.50 12.10

FloraHill 1.60 12.00

Daybreak 1.60 12.00

Evelina 1.00 8.00

Triumph 1.50 12.00

Satisfaction Guaranteed or Muntit Refunded.

JOS. LABO, Joliet, 111.

FLORIANA

The Best All Round Pink
Carnation Ever Introduced

Large size, fully as hirpe as flarquis or Crocker;

color, a, beautiful shade of light i)ink. A stronj^
grower, very fragrant, an early continuous
bloomer, very productive, does finely both in
winter and summer, good stem, perfect calyx
that never splits, not subject to disease, pood
keeper, lirings fancy prices in New York market.
Come and see them.

PRICES:

$1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per Hundred;
$60.00 per 1 housand.

READY NOW.

FILLOW & BANKS, Westport, Conn,
Strong ROOTED, Transplanted

CARNATION CUTTINGS.

Strictly free from disease. White CMoud. Sunriso,
Armazindy, Goliath. Bfidt, America, Lizzit^
McGowan" Firelly. Flora Hill, Gen. Maceo, Day-
break, Elsie Ferguson. Genevieve Lord, Ethel
Crocker, Miller, Scott, James Dean, Uncle Sam.
Prices on application. Write us your wants
and we will quote you common sense jirices.
GASKILL'S GREENHOUSES. 212 Tod Ava., Warren. 0.

Rooted Carnation Cuttings

No better Carnation Blooms were ever offered in the Chicago
market than those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first-class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

The Cnnrt Pi^k Per lOO Per lOOO

■ lit: opUl I, Armazindy... $ 6.00 $50.00

Irene 10.00 75.00

Sunbeam 10.00 V5.00

Bon Homme Eioliard 10.00 75.00

Prolific; lOOO 75.00

Nvdia 10.00 75.00

Mrs. Lawson 6.00 50.00

The Marquis 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 36.00

Ethel Crocljer 4.00 35.00

Peru 4.00 35.00

G. H. Crane 3.00 25.00

America 2.50 20.00

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 2.00 17.50

Chicago (Red Bradt) 2.00 17.50

CeriseQueen 1.60 12.50

Evanston 1.50 12.50

Per 100 1
...$7.0O

Mrs. Leopold Ine

Gen. Gomez 2.00

Gen. Maceo 2.00

John Youns I 50

Argyle 1.50

Triumph 1.50

Frances Joost 1.50

Gov. Griggs 1.50

Melba 1.50

Edna Craig 1.50

Flora Hill 1.50

White Cloud 1.50

DaybrealJ 1.50

Evelina 1.00

McGowan 1.00

WIETOR BROS.,

Wholesale Growers
of Cut flowers,

B1 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation oroduces the finest flowers, is perfectly healthy
and is the best white variety ever introduced.

IT BLOOMS EARLY

IT BLOOMS LATE

IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Our price list contains cuts from photographs taken every two weeks during the months of February,
March, April, May, June, October and November. No other Carnation can stand such a test.

Price

$10 per 100.
$75 per lOOO.

Rooted Cuttings ready February tSth.
Come and see it or aend tor circular.

J. rv. iDirviwOiv,

Bloozia.Jst>t:ax*g:, Pa..

Dbl. Grant, S. Grant, Alp. Richard. John Doyle,
IJruanti, J. J. Harrison, Heaute Poitevine. Gloire
de France, Cts. de Castries, Frances Perkins,
Mme. Jaulin, Griffith, S. A. Nutt, Leonard Kel-
wav. La Favorite; stroni.r, well-grown stock from
3-inch pots, $5 per 100, $45 per 1000.

I. solicit your piitrona^e and guarantee satis-
faction. pAUi; UADEB, E. Stroudsburg. Pa.

New Carnation ELENOR AMES.

The best deep pink Carnation ever introduced.
Deeper color, larger flowers, stronger grower and
produces more blooms per plant than its parent,
Wm. Scott Does not burst. A continuous
bloomer. Has been grown for five years. Plants
free from all disease. Rooted cuttings ready
February 1, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100, $75 per 1000.

D. CARMtCHAEL, Wellesley, Mass.

938

The American Florist.

Feb, p.

Minneapolis.

THADB ACTIVE AND STOCK IN SHORT SUP-
PLY.— MORE CARNATIONS THAN ROSES —
BANQUET DECORATIONS IN DEMAND.—
NOTES.

Flowers were in great demand last
week, the call being mostly lor roses, for
although carnations were in the swim,
too, they were more plentiful, so it was
not noticed so much. Beauties were in
very limited supply. There are now a
good many violets in market. Freesias
are in full swing and the stock is very
fine. Swanson has a pretty display of
them, also some azaleas which are very
attractive to the passers-by. He has an
elegant window to display his stock in
and it is kept in a showy state at all
times.

A very swell banquet occurred last
Wednesday at the new hall of the Commer-
cial Club. The decoration was put up by
the Wm. Donaldson Company and con-
sisted of a very pretty arrangement of
palms and ferns with roses and carna-
tions. One large Nephrolepis Bostonien-
sis on a stand at the end of the large
hallway made an elegant show by itself
and was the best shaped specimen
observed here. It was a mammoth fern,
measuring about six foot across and in
perfect condition.

Wessling had a couple of decorations at
the West Hotel, last week, one being for
the B. P. O. B. banquet.

The grippe has a grip here, all right,
out florists seem to escape. C. F. R.

Xenia, O— Harry Seifert, who has
been associated with George Engle, has
purchased a fine farm on the Wilmington
pike and is now occupying the property.

NEPHROLEPIS WITTBOI-DII.

Strong Plants, ready tor 3-inch and 4-inch pots,
$1.00 each; JIO.OO a dozen; 175.00 per lOO.

The GEO. WITTBOLD GO.

Palms and ferns

1657 Buckingham St., CHICAQO, ILL.

Palms $ Ferns.

HOME-GROWN, FINE, CLEAN
STOCK! GROWN COOL.

Write for Price List. J ,
The Exotic Nurseries,

B. HEISS.
DAYTON. OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous
Alpine Plants. ~

AND

Field-
Grown

A Complete Assortment ol Old and New Vars.

The Blue Hill Nursery, So. Bralntree, Mass.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

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Rose Cuttings! Carnatioa Cuttings!

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

100

Brides $1.50

Bridesmaids l-5i)

Meteors 1 .50

Verles 1.50

Golden Gate 1.50

CARNATION

100

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson J7.00

The Marquis 600

Esielle 7.00

Genevieve Lord 5.00

Ethel Crocker 5.0O

Oljmpia 5.00

G. H. Crane 3.00

Mrs. George M. Bradt 3.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00

America 3.00

Chicago 3.00

Mabel 3.00

Elsie Ferguson 3.00

Gold Nugget 3.00

Pingree 3.00

Mrs. James Dean 2 CO

Mrs. h'rances Joost 2 00

Genesee 3.00

Mar.y Wood 2.00

John Young 2.0J

John Hinkle 2.00

Dorothy Sweet 2.00

Jubilee 2.00

Gen. Maceo 2.00

White Cloud 2.00

1000
$12.50
12.50
I2i0
12.50
1250

100

Lady Dorothea $1 .50

Kaiserin 1.50

Maman Cochet 1.50

American Beauty 3.00

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

1000 100

$60.00 Leslie Paul »2.00

60.00 Gov. Griggs 2.0il

60.00 Albertina 2.00

40.00 Dawu 2.00

40.00 Argyle 2.00

40.00 Eldorado 2.00

25.00 Melba 2.00

25.00 Victor I. SO

25.00 Triumph ISO

25.00 Daybreak I. SO

25,00 Ivory 1.50

25.00 Evelina 1.60

25.00 Flora Hill 1.60

25.00 CenseQueen r... 1.50

2.=>.00 Meteor l.nO

15.00 Armazindy 1.50

15.00 Iris Miller 1.60

15.00 Glazier 1.50

15.0(1 Sandusky 1.25

15.00 William Scott 1.25

I5.C0 Evanston 1.00

1,5.00 Tidal Wave I.OO

15.00 Portia I.OO

15.00 Lizzie McGowan 1.00

15.00 Psyche 1.00

1000

J12.50
12.511
12.60
25.00

1000
$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
17.00
12.50
12.60
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.60
10.00
10.00
8.00
800
8.00
8.00
7.50

We offer only clioice Rooted Cuttings, flrst-class in every respect, true to naire. 25 at 100
rates; 250 at lOOO rates. Write for catalogue and complete list of Carnations and Roses, rooted
cuttings and in pots.

Do you receive our weekly price list? If not, write us; we will place your name on
our mailing list.

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

Please mention thr Amrncan Florisi 7vhf>i ~c) itJnp-.

\^iiitMWMiiWiHiitUiiiiitiM*t**WimtmMmumNmtmt^^

New Carnations, Rooted Cuttings.

PROSPERITY (666). Each. 50c; 12 for $.5.00; 25 for $«.25; 60 tor $10.00; 100 for $16.00
$37.60; .500 for $70.00; 750 (or .tIOI.25; 1000 for $130.00.

Queen Louise doz

Dorothy

Irene

Roosevelt

$1.60; 100, $10.00; ICOO,

160 " 10.00 ■•

1.60 '• 10.00 "

2.50 " 12.00 "

250 for

$75 00
75.00
75. UO

100. CO

New Chrysanthemums. %'VX 'X.^^iLf'H.'z^.^ytZ

best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton. Yanariva.

Strong plants transplanted into soil and flats. Every one sure to
grow. Sorts marked * ready now in soil.

Carnations.

100 1000

♦Marquis $5.00 $40.00

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 7.00 60.00

*Estelle 7.00 60.00

♦ Ethel Crocker 501 40.00

*Genevieve Lord 5.00 40,00

'Morning Glory 4.00 35.00

»G. H. Crane 300 25.00

♦ America 3.00 25.00

» White Cloud 2. CO 17.50

•Flora Hill $1.75

*Wm. Scott 1.60

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 4.00

Gold Nugget 400

Chicago 4.00

Gen. Maceo 3.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00

Daybreak 2.00

THE GRAND NEW T^a Tl TTlSllirl Doz., $125; per 100, $10.00.

FINK QEBANITJU O CrtilX V ACVUUa 2-inoh pots.

« _._ _ All the Novelty and Standard kinds in large quantities, dormant roots.

V/aUIiaS. Write for prices.

■*5'y'r;o^^''K"^ VAUGHANS' SEED STORE,

GREENHOUSES. WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL.

AWWMWWWMWWWMMWWWI

84 & 86 RANDOLPH STREET.
CHICAGO.

2Qfii8^^i^/^/wr..V-i'/.V^ii!^#'.'ifi?i?#f^ifi

looted Rose Cuttings....

••••J

MADE FROM OUS PRIZE-WINNING STOCK. ACKNOWLEDGED BY

ALL WHO HAVE SEEN IT AS THE STRONGEST AND BEST

GROWN IN AMERICA. TRY A CHANGE OF STOCK

AND SEE IF IT DON'T IMPROVE YOUR QUALITY.

A limited quantity only for sale.
Order quick if you want them.
Jt Cash or reference with order.

Brides

Bridesmaids .
Perles

.per 100. $1.76; per 1000. $15.00

1.75 " 15.00

. " 1.50 " 12.60

SOUTH PARK FLORAL CO.

New Castle, Ind.

igoi.

The American Florist.

939

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THE BIG rOUR.

OUR INTRODUCTIONS OF NEW CARNATIONS
J- J- FOR I90J. J- J-

^linhffinT E"'""* bright flesh pink, early Per Per Per

<J}U1IUCCIIII. frgg j,„j continuous bloomer, doz. 100 lOOO

Flowers of good form and size, borne on

long stiff stems $1.50 $10 $75

Bon Homme Richard: .^^V/a

ordinary free bloomer; fine form, good size.

Stems 2;^ to 3 feei long $1.50 $10 $75

Nydia:

Variegated, salmon stripe on white

ground. Quick seller, extremely free
bloomer, fine form and stiff stem $1.50 $10 $75

Prolifirfl* Cerlse pink. Very long, stiff
r lUllllca. stems, large flowers, and as its

name indicates, an extra free bloomer $1,50 $10 $75

First lot ready Feb. l,of the above four vars.

OTHER VARIETIES.

Per lOO Per 1000

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson cerise pink $6.00

Olvmpia variegHted 5.00

Marquis pink 5.00

Genevieve Lord " 5.00

Ethel Crocker " 4.00

MorninK Glory light pink 4.(i0

G. H. Crane scarlet 3.00

Chicago " 3.00

Gold ^ugget yellow 3.00

Gen. Maceo crimson 2,00

Gen. Gomez •• 2.OO

White Cloud white 2.00

Mrs. Frances Joost pink 2.00

Mrs. Jas. Dean •• 2.OO

John Young white 1.50

Flora Hill ' ].50

Argyle cerise pink 1.50

Da.vbreak light pink 1.60

William Scott pink 1 00

Armazindy variegated l.On

Peru

Mrs. Geo. M. Bmdt

Edna Craig

1 50

Evanston

15)

Melba

Mrs. L. Ine

7.10

$.50.00
40.00
40.00
40.00

a^.oo

35.00
25.00
25.00
2.5.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
800
8.00
50.00

35. nn

25.00
12.5.1
12.50
12.50
12., 50
12.60
12.50
8. no
7.50
60.00

ALL ROOTED CUTTINGS NOW READY. WRITE FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR WANTS.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

Joliet, Illinois.

Please mention ike American Florist when zvriting. t

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS NOW READY. ALL FINE

Per luO Per 1000

Lawson $6.00 $.50.00

Olympia 5.00 40.00

Marquis 5.00 40.00

Crocker 4.00 35.00

Lord 4.00 35.00

Peru 3.00 2n.0O

Crane 3.00 25.00

America 3.00 25.00

Bradt 3 00 25.00

Pingree 3.U0 2.=) OO

Glacier 3.0O 25.00

WhiteCloud 2.0O 15.00

Jubilee 2.G0 1.5.00

Maceo 2.00 15,00

Wood 2.00 1,5.C0

D.ivbreak 1.50 12.00

Flora Hill 1.50 I20J

Triumph 1 5G 12.00

,To03t 1.50 12.(0

Scott 1.00 8.00

Evelin.'v 1. 00 8.00

2.50 :it 1000 nites. Cash or C. O. D.

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS— Brides. Bridesmaids,
Meteuri and Golden L5ate at $1.50 jier huodred.

We refer you to trade papers' report of St. Louis
Chrysanthemum bhow as to quality of our stock.

M. J. & M. S. VESEY, rt. Wayne, Ind.

BOSTON FERNS

3-incli $4,00 per 100

4-inch 8,00 per 100

8-inch 4.00 per doz.

Cannas. Chas. Henderson, Austria, Crampbel
and E. G. Hill. $2,50 per 100. Car»ationt. rooted
cuttings, Flora Hill, Daybreak, Scott and Argvle,
$1.00 per 100. Ageratum. Princess Paul.ne. R.'C,
60c per 100.

DAVIS BROS., Morrison, III.

Big Boston. Boston Market and other varie-
ties, 15c per 100; $1,00 per 1000; $8.50 per
10,000. If bv mail add 10c per 100.

Wakefield and Succession, 25c per 100; $1,25
per 1000, If by mail add 20c per 100,

Snowball 36c per 100; $2,50 per 1000.
TOIVIA-TO

Maytlower, Lorillard and Dwarf Champion,
50c per 100 postpaid, Nice size for potting.
Ca8h with ordsr. Other vegetable plants, also
flowerins plants. Send for list,

R. VINCENT, Jr., & SON, White Marsh, Md.

Rooted Cuttings and Rose Plants.

CARNATION ROOTED CLTTINQS.

roo 1000
Mrs. < eopold Ine $7,uO $60,00

Guardian Angel 6,00 50.00

Sunbeam 10.00 75.00

Hon Homme Richard. 10.00 75.00

Nvdia 10.00 75.00

ProliHca 10.00 75.00

Irene 10.00 75.00

Mrs. Lawson 6.00 ."^O.uO

Marquis 4,00 35,00

Genevieve Lord 4,00 35.03

Crocker 4.00 35.10

100 1000

Peru $3.00 $25.00

Gold Nugget 3,00 25 00

Crane 3,00 25.00

Chicago (Red Bradt), 3,00 2.5,00

America 2,50 20,00

Mrs, Bradt 2,00 17,50

Maceo 2,00 15,00

Gomez 2.00 15,01

Triumoh 1,50 12.50

John Young 1.50 12.50

12.60

100
Evanston .,,$1,60

F. Joost 1,25

Cerise Queen 1,25
Edna Craig,. 1.25
Gov. Griggs, 1,25

Melba 1.25

Daybr.;ak ... 1,25
Armazindy,. 1,25
White Cloud 1,25

Hill I.CO

McGowan ,.. l.OO
50,

1000
$12,50
10,00
10.00
10.00
10,00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
9.00
7,50

100 1000
.$1.50 $12,60

Argyle 1,50

Evelina 100, $1,00; 1000, $7,

ROOTBD ROSE CUTTINGS.

too 1000 I 100 1000 I

Bridesmaid $1,50 $12,50 Golden Gate $2.00 $1750 p-,-i„

Bride 1.50 12,50 | Meteor 1,50 12.60 |

2 '.-INCH ROSE PLANTS.

100 1000 I lOil 1000 I

Liberty $12,00 $100,00 Bride $3.00 $25,00 Golden Gate

Bridesmaid 3.0J 25.0J | Meteor 3 O'l 25.00 I Kaiserin

Perie, $3.00 per 100; $25,00 per 1000.
All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfactory it
IS to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded

PETER REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III.

100
$3,50
3,00

1000

$30.00

25,00

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"HOOSIER MAID"

Tlie best com-
mercial white.
Now ready. It
does not stop
blooming in mid-
winter, get weak necked, sleepy, nor split, as is the case with
other white varieties now in commerce. Send for illustrated
price list; it is free. Anrfopc Dncmiiccon "ew Albany,

Anders Rasmussen,

Crimson Rambler Roses

These roses have fibrous roots and are par-
ticularly well adapted for potting and forc-
ing. 2 to 2% ft. $10 per 100; 3 to ZYz ft. $12
per 100; 3^ to 5 ft. $15 per 100.

Write for Price List of
nine new varieties.

CANNAS

The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa

Asparagus Sprengerii.

2-inch pots per 100, $ 1.50

2>^-inch pots " 2.00

SMILAX. from flats 25

M, J. COVENTRY - Ft, Scott, Kas,

TELL THEM WHERE YOU SAW THE AD.

940

The American Florist.

Feb.

9'

Columbus, O.

The new store opened on State street
by Miss Getz, who for many years had
store room on High street, is proving
quite a success. While on a side street
the store room is in the Grand Opera
building and has a beautiful window.

Will Gravett, of Lancaster, Mr. Killen, of
New York, and Arnold Ringier, of Chi-
cago, were in the city this week. Mr.
Gravett contemplates building a large
carnation house this summer.

The Franklin Park Floral Company
has just completed a new brick stack to
replace an iron one which was damaged
in a storm about two weeks ago.

Flowers are still scarce and many are
shipped in from Chicago. The stock thus
imported is good but the prices are high
for this city.

A few good azaleas have been on exhi-
bition in the store windows of C. A. Roth
and A. W. Livingston.

Carl.

Lbnox, Mass. — The great midwinter
ball of the Lenox Horticultural Society,
which took place at the Sedgwick assem-
bly rooms on Wednesday evening, Janu-
ary 30, was a great success. The floral
decorations were profuse and elegant.
Many visitors from distant points were
present.

FOR

JAPANESE
FtRN BALLS.

True long-leaved variety.
You will find a ready sale for them.

Per doz. $4; per 100 $30.

Write lor Prices on Quantities.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO:

84-86 Randolph St.

NEW YORK:

14 Barclay St.

BIG RED

TOMATOES

Those large, red, perfectly smooth and solid
Livineston's Stone Tomatoes can be ^rown from
Livinu'st-m's own seed as easily ns not. ITncjues-
tionably Livingston— the Tomato Man— sells the fin-
est Tomato Seed in the world. \Ve will send you a
packet for trial Free of Charge if youll ask for it,.
LIVINGSTON TH E TOMATO MAN, Box 103. Columbus.O.

CHEAP.

ONE HUNDRED CALIFORNIA
VIOLET PLANTS, 7.ind8-inrli

pots, flue for benchilif^, lot tor $lu cash. C;iQ l)i'

shipped lisht.
W. W. THOMPSON & SONS, Sta. D. Milwaukee, Wis.

►♦♦»»♦♦♦♦♦<

REPORTtV.'e JUDGES

Appointed by THE PHILA. FLORISTS' CLUB
to judge our grand new ROSE

Queen of Edgely, Zmy^ mm.

W^r "We are convinced that this variety is a valuable addition
to the list of forcing roses, being in every respect, except color,
the exact counterpart of the American Beauty. The color is a
beautiful, bright pink, which is good, even in the full flowers. The
fragrance is also as fine as that of Beauty, and the exhibited
blooms showed remarkable vigor. (Signed),

ROBERT KIFT, WM. MUNRO, JOS. HEACOCK."

The last two named were winners of first prizes for American Beauties at the Rose
Show, Eden Musee, March 27, 190O.

FOR TERMS AND BOOKLET: ADDRESS

R. CRAIG & SON, East. Agts.,

49th and Market Sts., Phila.

E. G. HILL & CO., West. Agts.,

Richmond, Ind.

THE FLORAL EXCHANGE, Inc.

335 N. Sixth St.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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MANETTI STOCKS.

I have a few thousand more than I
need for my own use. They are
extra good, selected stock in A I
condition for potting up. ^ «^ ^

NET PRICE, $12.00 PER 1000.

JOHN N. MAY, Summit, New Jersey.

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ROSES

Elegant plants of Brides
and Maids, 2^-in. pots,
$2.25 per 100, $18 00 per
1000. Orders booked now, ready for
delivery April 1st. Casii witii orde

WEST VIEW FLORAL CO.. Knightstown, I

der. j
nd. I

Verbenas. 35 vars., 60o per 100, $5 per 1000. Col-
eus. 30 vars., 60i5 per 100, $5 per lOOJ. Heliotrnpe,
14 vars., $1 per 100, $8 per 1000. Petunias, Jbl.,
named, J1.25 per 100, 110 per 1000. Ageratums. 3
vars., 60c per 100, $5 per 1000. Lantanas, 4 vars.,
$1.35 per 100. Alyssum, giants, fl per 100. Salvias.
3 vars., $1 per 100. Geraniums. 3H->n., all named,
12.50 per 100, $20.00 per 1000. Express prepaid on
all Rooted Cuttings. Cash with orders. Write
8. D. BRANT, CLAY CENTER, KAS.

Caladium Esculentum.

Ist size. 6 to 9 inches circumference.
2d size, 3 to 6 "

('.\eH With Oiideu

R. VINCENT, JR., & SON, White Marsh, Md.

oiive:i«.^^i^!V»

dwarf and semi-dwarf, giant flowered, fine stocky
plants, 2!i-in. pots, $2,.50per 100; 3-in.,$4 per 100.
All of them ready tor 4-inoh. Will make fine
siiUing plants for Easter.

PonnOO (Dormant). Strong tubers, Mme. Crozy.
UdlllldO (J. Cliarlottc, Chas. Henderson, Alph.
Ilouvier, P. Marquant, Burbauk, LeClerc, line
yellow, scarlet, striped, etc., $3 per 100; $18 per 1000.

Cash Please

Shsllroad Greenhouse Co., Grange P. 0., Balto., Md.

Bred in Old Kentucky.

Pots. 100 1000

Geraniums, Bruanti and mixed, 3H-in. $2.00 $18.00

Achvnnthus, 2 varieties " 2.00 18.00

Rose Geranium " 2.00 18.00

Heliotrope, 3 varieties " 2.00 18.00

Coleus, 12 varieties " 1.50 12.50

Salvia (St. Louis) " 1.50 12.50

Lantana, 6 vars. in bloom *' 1,25 10.00

Double White Petunias " 2.50 22.50

ROOTED ClTTI^OS. ,^

Alternanthera, red $ .50

Alysium, double 75

Geraniums, mixed 1.25

C. L BRUNSON & CO., Paducah, Ky.

Ko more of either of the Lorraine Begonias
to offer until nest June.

BOSTON FERNS,

3' inch pot plants, $75.00 per lOOO.

EDWIN LONSDALE.

WYNDMOOR, • (near Phila.), PENNA.

PALMSisBpSTONS

Walter Retzer & Co.,

'''""'-?i^ilfi?e"d''^t")*''«- CHICAGO, ILL.

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Fancy Carnations ^ ^

We offer choice Rooted Cuttings, first-class in every way. The quality of our plants lias
gained a reputation among the highest in this country.

PINK. Per 100 Per 10(XI

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson $7.(X) $60. dO

Kthel Crocker 4.00 35 00

Mrs. If. Joost 2. GO 16.00

Triumph 1. 50 12.00

YELLOW.

Gold Nugget 3.00 25. (W

WHITE.

Per 100 Per 1000

White Cloud J2.00 $15.00

Mary Wood 3.00 15.00

Peru 2.00 15.00

Flora Uill 1.50 12.00

MAROON.

Q*. Maceo 2.00 15.00

RED. Per 100 Per 1000
. H. Crane $3.0) $25 00

America 3.00

VARIEGATED.

Olympia 5.00

Mrs. G. M. Itradt 3.00

25.00

40. CO
25.00

Rooted Rose Cuttings.

Brides, Bridesmaids and Heteors,
$1.50 per 100.

ALL CUTTINGS SHIPPED FROM GREENHOUSES.

Don't fail to send us your name to
place on our mailing list for our Flor-
ists' Price List, issued weekly. :: ;:

..BASSm & WASHBURN

STORE: 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago.

GREENHOUSES: Hinsdale, III.

RossEj® H. P. ROSES.

Plants from 2 1-2-inch Pots in the Followinq " » w — w » ^ -^-^ »*i^ ^-— ' ^*^ w

Strong Plants from 2 1-2-inch Pots in the Following
Varieties.

2-yeaf-oIcl stock now rcady^
in 15 best kinds.

Archduke Charles

Agrippina

Bride

IJridfsmaid

Ualdwin

Bon Silone

Chira Wutson

C Soupert

('hristine de Noue

Catherine Meruiet

Climbing Wootton
Meteor
Kaiserin
Perle
" Malmaison

Dr. Grill

Devoniensis

DiK'hess dr. Brabant

Uui-liess 'if Albany

Ernest Metz

I'Uoile de Lyon

Enchantrt'ss

Folkestone

Golaen Gate

Gruss an Teplitz

Geo. liiincroft

Henry M. Stanley

Kaiserin

La France

La Princess Vera

La Pactole

Mine, ('aniille

:M:irie Guillot
Mrae. Watteville
Mme. Welche
Mnie. Jos. Schwartz
Mamau Cochet
Mrs. Degraw
Meteor
Media

JNlane Van Houtte
Mme. Margotlin
Malmaison
Mosella
Maret-hal Niel
Maid of Honor
Mme. ,\bel Chatenay
Mrs. Robert Garrett
Mrae. Cecil Berthod
Papa Goiitier ,

Pink aoupert
Perle

President Carnot
Princess Venosa
Queen's Scarlet
Sufrano
Snowflake

Souvenir de Wootton
Striped La France
Sylph

Tn. de Pernet Pore
White Manian Cochet
Mareclial Niel
" La France

Price. $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1000; 500 at 1000 rate.

Notlfss than live of a kind. All stock guaranteed
true to name. Packing free and always don-^ in
light and thnnni-^h manner.

R.H, MURPHEY&SOW, Urbana .O.

ROOTED CUTTINBS.

Let us send you a sample order to show ,\oii
what good stock is, then you will want more.

Thos. W. Lawson, Jfi.OO per 100; »o0.00 per lOCO.

Mammoth Verbenas, they are the best to bt;
had, 60c per ICO; $5.0J per lOOO; S.lOO $23.00.

Abutilon Savitzii, dozen 30c; 100 ftr.OO.

Salvias, two new ones, Hobold and Yellow Bird,
doz'-ti sue; 100 $1.00; lOLU $9.00.

Ageratum P. Pauline, dozen 20c; lOO $1.00.

linpatiens Sultani. dozen 2oc; U0$1.50,

Aehyranthus, dozen 15c; lOJ $1.00.

AUernanthera, red and vellcw, fine large plants
from Hats, dozen ;iOc; 110 $1.0J; lOtO $9.00.

Smilax, from Mats, per 100, 50c; 1000 $4.00.

Lettuce Plants. Grand Rapids, best variety on
earth, per 100. 25lj: per lOOO, $2.00.

Heliotrope, three new ones that are fine purple
and white, per dozen, 20c; per 100, $1.00; per 1000,
$9.00.

We prepay express charges and guarantee to
please you. Try us once.

Send for Price List. We can do you good.

S. T. DANLEY, Macomb, III.

Please mention ike American Florist when %v>iting.

Own Roots Per 100, $13.00.

;}

strong, budded "itock,
$15.00 per 100.

Budded Per 100, 111.00.

MRS. SHAEMAN CRAWFORD

KAISERIN AUGDSTA VICTORIA
MADAM CAROLINE TESTOUT...

AMERICAN BEAUTY

Own roots, well branched Per 100, $15.00

2 year, budded, 3-4 feet, well branched " 15.00

year, 3 year, budded, 4-5 feet, well branched " 1800

2-3 feet 3 year, O. R. 3-4 feet, well branched " 18 00

White, Pink and Yellow Ramblers, 2 year,

st'ong ;• 15.00

HERMOSA ROSES, 3 year, Holland grown.... " 1300
Hardy Azalea Amoena, fine for Easter Forcing, 12-inch heads Per dozen, $5.00

CRIMSON
RAMBLERS.

Azalea Mollis, 15-20 buds.

Deutzia Hybrida Lemoinei, dormant, pot-grown, for forcing Per 100, $30.00,

Hydrangea P. G.. 3-4 feet, well branched " 10.00.

PABSOIT'S SHODODENDBOSS. Best named sorts for forcing,

bushy plants with 8 to 12 buds, in any color Each, 75ots.

Clematis Jackmanni and others, 2 year

KI^ACS. pot-grown, for forcing, strong plants, 7-inch pots, 18-24 inches
high, well branched and full of buds, in two sorts, Charles X, and
Marie LeGray Each, 75 cts.

4.00
3.00

8.00
3.00

7.50

Each. Dozen.
I .25 $ 2.50

T>/\^^ 1*X^X'X*CS Beantifnl, Shapely

MXMJ^ X ^ClXlO . Plants in fine condition.

Plants, bush form, 12-15 inches high, 6- 7 inches in diameter

26-28 " 12-14 " " 50 6.00

4 feet high 24-30 " " very fine SOU 24.00

Pyramid shape, 4 " 18-20 inches at base 3.00 24.00

Vaughan's Seed Store,

Greenhouses, Western bprings, III.

84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO.

500,000 Verbenas

THE CHOICEST VABIETIES
IIT CULTIVATION.

Fine pot plants $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1000 Rooted Cuttings 60c per 100: $5 per 1000: $46 per 10,000.

NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKED LIGHT, AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

We are the Largest Growers of Verbenas In the country.

oar plants cannot be eurpasi^ed.

Robert Scott,

EVERYBODY'S ROSE, prrd'i"..
Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, oei.co.Pa.

COLEUS3

VERSCHAFFELTII, /-«„ _„„ .y^^

GOLDEN BEDDER, OUC PBF lUU,

•^yfifEVR-A^Sr^' $5 per 1000.

a.OTTOSCHWABEJenkintown.Pa.

Rooted
Cuttings.

Areca Lutescens
Kentia Belmoreana
Kentia Forsteriana
Latania Borbonica

Grown
.by..

JOSEPH HEACOCK, i^i^Esiifi

Send fou Wholesale Price List.

12,000

GANNAS BURBANK

Dormant roots, $10 per 1000 eyes.

250 at 1000 rate.

W. W. DEDERICK, Columbia Ciiy, Ind.

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Feb. J7,

Washington.

TS&DB ACTIVE BUT STOCK K ATHEB SCARCE.
— SOME YERY TASTEFUL DECORATIONS. —
NOTES.

Trade has been very good, but on
account of the cloudy weather first
quality roses are somewhat scarce. J.
Louis Loose is bringing in some very fine
carnations. Violets are arriving in good
shape.

Henry Pfister has ordered from the
American Rose Company 500 Ivory
roses, the white Golden Gate, of which
they are cutting a fine lot at present, for
the state dinner to be given February 14.

J. H. Small & Sons have recently put
up some very tasteful decorations for
social functions given by Mrs. Hearst
and Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Walsh.

F. H. Kramer has had his stand in
Center Market fitted up with electric
lights, about fifty in number, to show
up his roses, which are very fine.

[. Louis Loose decorated St. John's
church for the memorial exercises for
Queen Victoria. P. G.

Newport, R. I.— H. J. Hess has opened
a new floral store on Thames street.

Beardstown, III. — Frank Bros, have
purchased the greenhouses and business
of Frank Burtenshaw.

WHOLE GARDEN

For 14g.

We wish to gain this year 200.000 new

customers, and hence offer

il PkK- Salzer'sBlue Blood Tomato.. 1^

The Northern Lemon ific

Mama's Favorite Onion...... 10c

Emerald (ireen Cucumber.. .. 10c

City Garden Beet 10c

13DayHadish 10c

Lacrosse Market Lettuce — 15e

Elegant Flower Seeds 15c

Worth $1.0 for 14 o epte. iXoo

We will mall you this entire Jl.OO's
worth of splendid seed novelties free,
together with our large illustrated
Plant and Seed Catalogue on receipt
of this n otice and l4c in postage
Choice O nion Seed 60o lb ond up.
Potatoes at 91.20 per barrel and up*
Catalogue alone. 6 cents, T
JOHN A. SALZERSEEDCQ..UCros>e.Wls.

CARNATIONS

Per 100

Rooted cuttings of Scarlet Wave, sport of

Tidal Wave ifS.OO

White Daybreak 2.01)

Flora Hill, Scott, Daybreak 1.00

CASH,

CHAS. WIFFiN,

PI.BA8E.

Des Plaines, III.

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS NOW READY.
Mrs. Lawson, $7.00 jut ICO; J6n.0D per 1000.
Olympia, ISOOper 100; $5l).00 per lOnO; Genevieve
Lord. Kstelle, Elm CUv. Marquis. $5 OJ per 100;
840.00 per 1000. Kthcl ('foeker,$4.00 per lOJ; J30.00
per 10(jo, and all standard varieties.

DANA R. HERRON, Olean, N. Y.

GOLD SMITH

...New. .

Chrysantheiuaiu

Cream yellow tinted with bronze, sport from Pres.
W. R. Smith, fine large flowers, strong stem.
Your collection of Chrysanthemums can not be
complete without this new candidate. There is
without doubt a commercial future before this
sort. Exhibited at Cincinnati November 17 it
scored 83 points. Price $2 per doz. Orders taken
now and filled in March.
H. L. RACAN, P.O. Box \m. Springfield, O.

~ROBT. CRAIG & SON, |

Roses, Palms I

and Novelties in Decorative Plants, ^

Market and 49th Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. |

B. & A. Specialties

Easter Forcing Plants and Spring Bulbs.

1000 Rhododendrons, finest kind.s 30e,-10c, 50r, 75e, $1. $1.50 to $10 each.

H. P. Roses, low budded, leading kinds $10 per ICO, $90 per ICOO

10,000 Crimson Rambler, extra strong $15 per 100

10,000 •• " standard $.'> per doz., $40 per 100

Azalea IVIollis Hybrida, 1.5 3 J buds $4 per doz., $30 per 100

Spiraea .laponiea per 100, $3.50

I'ompacta '■ 4.00

Astilboides Floribun<la " 4.0O

Plumosa Alba (NEW) •■ 15.00

Palmata, searlet " 5.110

Elegans " 5.00

Alba •• 5.00

Dielytra Spectabilis per 100, $5.C0

Pa;onia Oflicinalis rubra pi " K.OO

alba pi " 20.00

Tenuifoliafl.pl " 18.00

Monthly Roses, Hermosa, pink " lO.ro

Agrippina, dk. red.. " 10.00

ClothildeSoupert '■ 12.00

Japan Bulbs. 50,000 on hand.

For pots or
out-door planting.

1, ill urn Auratum, 8-9

9-11

Roseum and Kubrum. 8-9. ,
8-11.

. . . per too, $4 .50
... " 7.00
... " 4.50
ii.76
SPKriAL I'lin f:^

1 Album, 8-9 per 100, $5.50

■ 9-11 •■ 7.50

Melpomene, 8-9 " 5.50

9-11 " 6.75

n\ Laiigr Lots.

100,000 Tuberous Rooted Begonias.

Our strain is unsurpassed both in Single and Double. Don't fail to try them. ALL LARGE
SELECTED liULBS. .SINGLE— white, yellow, scarlet, pink, mixed, $2.75 per 100, $35 per lOCO DOU-
BLE -white, vellow, searlet, pink, mixed, $4 per lOJ, $35 per 1000.

50,000 Gloxinias, separate colors $4 per 100. $35 per lOOO.

100.000 Tuberoses. 4-e Dwarf Dbl. Pearl $1 per 100 $8 per 1000.

100,000 Gladiolus (for lorcin^). extra white and liyht, $2 per 100, $15 per 1000; extra Hne pink, $2 per 100,

$15 per KKH(.
25,000 Dahlias, in 7,i() varieties, all the finest in existance, field grown clumps, both single and
double. JH per 100.

10.000 Caladium Esculentum size 5-7, $3.50 per 100; size 7-9, $5 per 100; 9-11. 18 per 100.

10.000 Hyacinthus Candicans $1.50 per lOO, $12 per 10(X).

Boxwood Trees.

Pyramids, perfect shape...
siandanls, " "

We have JOOO Specimens on hand.
V:\\\ and see them.

$1. $1.50, $'2. $3 and f4 each.

$1.50, %l n(), $a.fU to $5 each.

100,000 Cannas.

AVrite for list of
varieties and prices.

3.O0O Japan Ball Ferns. $4 per doz.', $30 per 100.
Boston Ferns, -^ and tl-in. pots, 30 and 40c each.

Write for our Special Spring Trade List, Now Ready.

BOBBINK & ATKINS, Rutherford, N.J.

please mendon (he Amencan Florist when 7t'>iling^.

STRONG 2 YEAR
► •• FIELD GROWN.

CRIMSON RAMBLER, extra strong $12.00 per 100.

HYBRID PERl'ETOAL, in fine assortment $10.00 per 100, $90.00 per 1000.

HYBRID PKRPETUAL, in fine assortment, 2d size 6.00 " 50.00

These are well rooted, good stock, but not quite heavy enough to go into first grade.

AZALEA MOLLIS

(Hardy). Fine for Easter Forcing.
12 to 15 inches high $35 00 per 100 15 to 18 inches high $40.00 per 100

RHODODENDRONS.

Bushv plants well set with buds.
18 to 20 inches high $75.00 per 100 20 to 24 inches high $100. 00 per 100

SPIRAEAS

JAPONICA $3.00 per 100 ASTILBOIDES FLORIBUNDA .... $4.00 per 100

NANA COMPACTA $5.00 per 100

PALMS

KENTIA BELMOREAN A, 2y2-inch pots $8.00 per lOO, $75.00 per 1000

KKNTIA BELMOREANA, 3-inch pots, 4 and 5 leaves $15.00 per 100

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 4- inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high 30.00 "

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5-ineh pots, 18 inches high 60.00 "

KENTIA BELMOREANA. 5 and 6-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high 75.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 2!4-inch pots 10.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 3-inch pots, 12 inches high 15.U0 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 4-inch pots, 15 to 18 inches high 35.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high 60.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5 and 6- inch pots, 24 to 28 inches high 75.00 "

ARECA LUTESCENS, 2!4-inch pots $6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000

ASPARAGUS

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 3-in. pots $ 6.00 per 100 ^I'SESSISU' l^''°- P"'* ^-^^^l}""

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 4-in. pots 12.00 " § SES^gg;;' fi"' P°" f-JS

•^ SPRENGERII, 4-in. pots 8.00 "

BOSTON FERNS

strong 2-inch pots $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000

THE STORRS & HARRI SON CO., Painesville, 0.

The Famous Kudzu Vine — Hardy as a rock. Lasts

50 years. Can be cut back every year. Grows

50 feet in one season. $7.00 per 100.
Asparagus Sprengeri— Strong 31/s-in., $6.00 per 100.
New Rose Snowflake — The Daisy Rose, $10 per 100.
New Lace Fern — Fronds last a month, $6.00 per lOO.
New Russelia Multidora— 2^-inch, $4.00 per 100.
50 New Plants not to be Had Elsewhere.
Callas— White, $3 per 100; Spotted, $3; Yellow, $20.
Cannas, Dahlias, and all summer blooming bull)s.
Electros and Cuts lor Florists and Seedsmen.

A. BLANC. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

3 - Great Glories - 3

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE, 2}i-inch

pots, $15.00 per 100.
BEUONlA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE Nana Com-

pacta, 2M-inch pots, $1.5.00 per 100.
BEGONIA CALEDONIA, 'The White Lorraine,"

3^-inch pots, $5.00 each.
This stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease.

THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass.

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OAIAX ICAVES

Price extremely low for a short
time only. Object, the

introduction of ^^

our gfoods. ^1

THE KERVAN CO.,

30 W. 29th St.

Evergreen Ropings and other Decorative Greens,

TELEPHONE SSI MADISON SQ ^mh^

Boston Florist Letter Do.

MANUFACTrRKRS OF

FLORI8T&' LETTERS.

This wooden box nicely stained and vais
alshedt 18x30x13 made In two sectlonst one
for each size letter, given away with first
order of 500 letters.

Block Letters. 1 H or2-lnch size, per 100, $200.
Borlpt Lettere, H- Fastener with each letter orword.
Csed by leadlnK florists everrwhere and lor sale b;
ftil wholesale flonsta and supply dealers.

N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manaeef,
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

PUase mention the American Florist when writing.

Use

"UP-TO-DATE"
~ FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

M. Rice & Co., 's:.i;^c.rrs.

918 Filbert St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

CATALOOrK FOU THE ASKING

SiGMUND GeLLER

Importer and Mir. of

Florists' Supplies

Complete Stock — New Goods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

108 W. 28th St., near 6th Av., NEW YORK.

H. BAYERSDORFER & GO.

Cjroaa Wreaths, Moss Wreaths, Ferneries

and Jardinieres, Wheat Sheaves

and Immortelles.

New OUlogne of all FLOBI8T8 BUPPLLH8 On
ftPPUoatlon. BrFor the trade only.

H. BAYERSDORFER & GO.

so. 52. S4 and 66 N. 4th St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, all coloes;
Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
AND All Florists' Supplies.

Send for Prioei.
404.412 East S4th St.. NEW YORK.

The Conley Foil Co.

Manufocttirers ot

2 AND 4 DOMINICK STREET.

HEADQUARTERS

COCOA FIBRE.
SHEEP MANURE.
BONE all grades,
IMPORTED SOOT,

SPHAGNUM and
GREEN MOSS,
RUSTIC WORK, all kinds,
CLAY'S FERTILIZER.

DUNNE & CO., iJjrVt! New York.

"horticultural supplies.

We
Root

10,000 Carnations a Week

172,000 R. C.s Ready to Ship at Once.

A. Mitting, •■lear light cream. 1901

Mrs. A. Mittine, clear pink. I9ul

De Rod Mitting, white, fine, .901 1.50

Sunbeam (C. •'•. Co.) 1801 1,50

Bon Homme Richard. (C. C. Co.) 1901 I 50

Nidi.a, (C. C. (V..) 1901 , 1 511

Proliflca, (C. C. Co.) 1901 i.50

Callforma Gold. (Hill) 1901 1 60

Pink Sport from Victor an 1 Aimazin v (Hill).

1901 1.50

Queen Louisp, (Dillon), 1901 1.50

Irene, (Crabb A Hunter), 1901 1.50

Lorna. (Dorner). liK)l i.,^o

Mermaid, (Dorner) 1901 i.oD

Doz. 100 lOCO

$1.60 JIO.OO $re.00

1.50 10.00 75.00

10.00

75.00
10.00 75.00
10.00 75.00
10.00 75.00
10.00 75.00
10.00 76.00

10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
6.00

7,5.00
75.00
75.00
T5.S0
to. 00
100
$5.50

MOISTURE QUAQE.

Price .$2 50 each.
Used io greenhouses, ice boxes, etc.
Send for description of its usefulness.

100

Mrs. Bartlett. scarlet 3. 00

Flora Hill, white 1.20

Argyle, pink 1.20

Daybreak, shell pink 1.20

Wm. Scott, pink 85

Mrs, Thos, W. Lawson, cerise pink „,„..™

Olympia, variegated !'.!.'.' .""^.00

Genevieve Lord, light pink !!!!!!!! 4^00

Ethel Crocker, pink '.'.'.'.'.'. 3.00

Morning Glory, the coming Daybreak ..,'. 3,0a

Mrs. G. M. Bradt, variegated 2.OO

G. H. Crane, scarlet .W 2!50

Chicago, scarlet *"' 2!50

America, scarlet ] ^.h I

Golden Xugget. yellow "" 2!gO

Gen. Maceo, d.-irk red '..\\ \\^

Gen. Gomez, d:irk red '.'.'.'.'.'. l!25

Whit" Cloud, white liss

Mrs. F. Joost, pink ].25

Armazindy, variegated 85

Melba. pink 1.25

Mary Wood, white 1.50

Peru, wliite 2.50

6 at 12 rate; 25 at 100 rate; 250 at 1000 rate. We guarantee rooted cutting."; to reach you in Al
condition. If not satisfactory on arriv:i,l, return at once at our expense.

Per 100

Tru.- Koston Fern, 3!4-in $5.00

True Boston Fern, extra strong, 25<-in 3.00

20,000 Alternantheras, red, also pink, strong,

2!4-in 1,50

10,000 Sedum Variegatum, 2X-in 1,50

25 plants at 100 rat.'

Per 100

lO.COO Cigar Plants, 2W-in $1.50

30 000 Coleus, 10 named varieties, iH-'U-.'...- 1.50

5,000 California Moss, for Baskets, 2X-in 1.50

5,000 Jerusalem Cherries, 2H-in 1.50

Cash or C. O. D.

THE MORRIS FLORAL CO., - Morris, 111.

"Everlasting
Label.'"

The newest
and best
^la ss label
holder on the market
to Iftbrd Trees, Rose

Buslies. Shrubs, Plants and Flowers; for use in garden and conservatory. Endorsed by Pefor Hen-
derson vS; Co., John Lewis Childs. Eben Rexford and other leading llorists. Jn use in public parks of
•atjo, St. Paul. "White House" Conservatory (\V:ishini:toii ) and elsewhere. AVrite for sample to

Chi.

pateutei' and manufacturer.

W. W. DODGE. Bnrling'ton. Iowa.

Do You Know?

nCDAMIIlUC ^regaining

...btKANIUMd s/e^,

AMEEIOA. LITTLE PIXK, MARS, EBEX E.
REXFORD and DR. E. A. BERING belong to
the new dwarf type, or TOM THUMB SECTION,
,anil are exceedingly free llnwering.

We offer many other NEW and STAND.iRD
kinds.

Catalogue Free

MATHAN SMITH & SOU, KcT"'

REED & KELLER,

122 & 119 W. 25th St., NEW YORK, N. Y.

MANUFACTURERS OF

FLORISTS' WIRE DESIGNS.

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Galax Leaves and all Decorative Greens.

Tell them where yon law the.ad.

Will Exchangee ''

l^ooted

Cut.ings

Armazindy $1.00 per 100

Pink Armazindy 5 00 "

Hill, Scott 1.00

Daybreak 1.25 "

America, Joost 3.00 "

Crane 3,00

Bradt g.so

CANNAS—Austria and Egandale. strong, divided
$8.00 per 1000. Phcenix Canariensi.-; 3-inch
strong, $10 per 100. Washingtonia Robusta,
3-inch, strong, »6 per 100. Palms are begin-
ning to show character.

Young Geraniums, Heliotropes, Begonias,
< hrvsantheraunis, Pausies and Rdses.
FURROW BROS., CUTHRIE, OKLA.

9nn nnn asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fresh
^UUiUUU picked from our own jilants, sure

to grow. '.iQ<: per ItO; .$7.50 per 1000.
Alternantheras~Red, yellow, pink, 6Cc per 100'

$,i.(,0 per lUOO, prepaid.
'Mums— Fine rooted cuttings, W. R. Smith, Daille-

douze, M,aj. Bonnaffon, II, Robinson, F. Hardy

. I. Jones, etc., $1.50 per 100,
Boston Ferns, 2^4-incb, 6O0 per dnz.; $3,00 per 100

;t-inch, $1.00 per doz.; 110.00 per 100.
Geraniums— 1'. Bruant. Gettysburg, Crystal Alme

IJruant, etc. 2 inch, .$3.00 per 100.

A. J. BALDWIN. Newark. Ohio.

944

The American Florist.

Feb.

Lowell, Mass.

TRADE ACTIVE BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND
FOR FDNERAL FLOWERS. — VARIOUS
NOTES.

During the past two weeks business
has been on the jump. There has been
plenty of funeral work. One of the
county commissioners passed away verj-
suddenly and it kept most of the florists
here busy for some time. A special train
left Boston with the body and there were
plenty of designs on the train then, and
when the train stopped at Lowell on its
way to Westford and took on the rest of
the flowers it made a beautiful floral dis-
play. Among the designs worthy of
special mention was a beautiful floral
clock standing about six feet high, with
the hands pointing to the sad hour in
which death occurred, a massive wreath
of Liberty roses and a large plaque about
five feet high made of bronze galax
embellished with callas and violets.

There is now a plenty of bulbous stock
but colored carnations seem to be scarce;
in fact, all the varieties seem to be oft"
crop. Violets are both good and plenti-
ful.

Gene Crane, who presides at Griffith's,
is on the sick list with the grippe.

Walsh has moved from Merrimack
street to Bridge street. k. M.

rANMIQ 50.000

URIvlvHwi Dormant :md started.
Allemaunia. Austria. Burbaak, E. Anirae-
Italia, Kronns.Persens, Tarthenoiie PaDdora.
Suevia, Trianacria, W. be''k, Black Beauty,
Black Prince, Egnndalo. Mt. Etna, Shenan-
doah, Alsaoe, C- HeDdnrson, Eldorado, De-
fftndpir, F, Vau^han. (Vloriosa, L. E. Bailey.
M. Crozy, Luray. M. Herat. M. Washington,
R. Otiristi<\ Sec'y Chabanne, S. D. A.Crozy,etc.

DAHLIAS-10,0)0. Best snrts.

GERANIUMS and PETUNIAS-10,000. Fine assort-
ment,, 2-iu.«2oper lOW. 5000 R. (_'., 815 per lo:o.

GLADIOLI— lO.(MX) Groff's Hybrids; 10 000 Van
Fleet's Hybrids: 250 000 extra white and
lieht, yt'llows, red, extra rboice raixetl, etc.

OXALIS-lW.Oro. at 75c per 1000.

MADEIRA VINES-$5.00 an x $10.00 per 1000.
;^~Sfnd us a list of wants for i>rices.

BETSCHER BROS., Canal Dover, 0.

%nVINGA VAR. VINES

3 inch pot Vinca Vines, $4.00 per 100.

TERUS CASH OB C. O. D.

WM. A. CLARK & SON,

No. 44 Boyd St., WATERTOWN, N. V.

Please mention the American Ftorzst 7l'hen writing.

Special Sale. ,,,,^

Alternanthera. yellow, $1.50; red $1.75

Geraniums. -1% pi its. my selection 2 50

Coleus mixed and Blue Agreratum, 2-in. pots. 1.50

Obconica Primula, 2^-in<-h pnts. ■ ■ 1.50

Verbena, mixed and Vincft Harris'ini 2.00

Cash ob C. O. D.

lOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, Delaware, Ohio.

Get it Now! It's Ready!

GERANIUM AMERICA

$8 per 100; 25 at (00 rate
HENRY ElCnnOlZ, Waynesboro, Pa.

AGERATUM

''Stella Gurney."

As necessary to your bedding stock as coleus or
geraniums.

3-inch pot plants $5.00 per 100

2K-incD pot plants 2.50

Rooted Cuttings 1.50 "

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa.

Roses, Bride $1.00 per 100

■\ g i " Maid 1.00 per 100

11/1/11 Ail Perle 1.00 per 100

Mlll||rril Brunner, dormant, 4-in.... 6.00 per 100

■ »WI.V1Ib1 3-in.... 3.00 per 100

Baby Primroses, 3-in 2 50 per 100

£^ -^iJ-5-«*»r> Coleus, Verschaffeltii and Golden Bedder,
I ||TTI|1|1V 50c per 100, $4.00 per 1000

Iflll IIIIII^Y mixed vars., 50c per 100, 4.00 per 1000

^-'•* •» •'■■■H^' Salvia Splendens.... 60c per 100, 5.00 per 1000

Heliotrope 50c per 100, 4 00 per 1000

=^ Marguerites 60c per 100, 5 00 per 1000

POT PLANTS.

Dracaena Indivisa, 4 inch $15.00 per 100

Poinsettia, from bench, 1 year... 2.00 per 100 JOHN IRVINE

■' 2 " ... 5.00 per 100 o 00|V|0

Ferns, assorted, 2irch 3 00 per 100 **' OV-»INOj

Vinca Variega'a, 2 sorts, 4inch, 5.00 per 100 817 Washington «n .
3 " 3 00 per 100 BAY CITY, MICH.

Dahlias

THOUSANDS.

If you I'Spect to

curry olf soroi* of
those i>rizps at the
Pan-American or at
any ■(th('rsbow,vou
must <iet in line,
and get your order
in early.
My Dahlias are

[irize winners. Don't send for a "cheaii mixtut*-"

fur I -^on't c:irry that kind.
Prires reasonable. Calaloguf free.

W. W. WILMORE, The Dahlia Specialist,

Box 38i. DENVER. COLO.

ROOTED CUTTINGS. Per lOO Per lOOO

FLORA HILL $1.20 SIO.CO

SCOTT 1.00 .H.OO

McQOWAN 1.00 7.00

SILVER SPRAY 1 00

PANSIES, IniDsvlanteil .stock, 60i- per 100 by mail;
$3 UO per lOuo bv express.

Heliotrope, Salvia Splendens and Bonfire, Cuphea
plat.. Lobelia, roc.teil cuitiiiL's. 7.")r per 100. P"t
plniils .>r s:ime, $1.50 p'-r 100.

Fuctisias, " ixed vars.. rooted cuttini^s, $1.00 per
110. l''roT 2i^-in.-li pots, Jl.SO piT ion.

Dbl. Petunias, $1 per 100. 2i4-incli pots.»2 per 100.

Chinese Primroses in buil, 4-ini-h pots. $fi per 100.

Obconica, larse-llo'^ erins, 4-in., in bud :ind bloom,
$i; per ICO. {S^Cash with orders.

E. FRYER. BATAVIA. ILL.

Please mention the American Florist when 7C'*tttng.

^\ ^ -* ^ J ^fc ^ (iiant mixei of Hugnot, Oas-
UQIlOIQO ^"*''' '^(''^r and Trimurdeau
r#1IIXI||^ strains. We are positive of
I UIIWIUW having the finest Pansies in
the Uniteil Stat, .s this \ear. Price, ex'ra fint'
stocky plants, eiic p.-r lOn: $2.75 p.T 1000. Extra
larse plants in bud and bloom. $1 rer 100; $8 per
1(00 WHITE POTATO ONION SETS, a grand
novelty. $1 per peck, JS.-^O per bushel, i 'ash with

"^''- HY. ERNST & SON, Washington, Mo.

EXTR4 STRONG
ROOTED ClITINGS.

BUCKLEY'S

CARNATIONS

Per 100

Lawson Jrj.fSti

Crane 2.75

Bradt S.iiO

.Tuhili-e l.liO

Hill

Scott

Kldoriido .
Morello . .,
C\MI \\ ITH Okdeii.

Per 100

....$l.()0
.... 1. 01

.... i.no
.... i.oo

HY. ERNST & SON, Washington, Mo.

Boston Ferns.

Fine Stock Now Ready,

at $25 and $20 per 100. Small Plants at $5 per
100, $40 per 1000. True Stock.

ASPARAGUS AND PALMS.
L. n. FOSTER, 45 King St., Dorchester, Mass.

fLa-V'k Til 11 me Mixed, •joodco'lection.
^X*Si. dilll Ullia Double Fringed Petunias.

Fine Asparagus Sprengerii. .\11 the above Irom
2-irich pots at $2,011 per 100.

K. I. KAWLIM08, Quakertown, Fa.

Plants and
Rooted Cuttings

PoBTL-iND, .Isnnarv 24. 1901.
Gentlemen:— The Petunias and Verbena Plants
and Cuttings arrived in flrst-class condition. You
have reasons to felicitate yourselves upon the
gratitude and thanks which your patrons owe
and no doubt generally exnressto you for having
at'ained what must be styleii perfection in propa-
gating and shipping. Thanks for generous count.
Respectfully, Ignatius Sobmitt,

489 E. Oak St., Portland, Ore.

6ERANIUVIS— Bruanti, Heter.anthe, Grant, S. A.
Nutt, Beaute Poitevine, Mrs. E. G. Hill, Athlete,
LaFavorite, White Swan, Mrs. J. M. Garr, Mme.
JauUn, Frances Perkins and other varieties,
strong 2H-inch plants $2..50 per 100; (22.50 per
1000. ROOTED CUTTINGS of the above varieties,
X.\ strong, ready lor 2i4-inch pots, $2.00 per 100;
$18.00 per 1000.

ROSE GERANIUMS AND IVY GERANIUMS— Strong
2!/,-ineli, $3.iHl \«-r RHI.

COLEUS — Our champion collection, embracing
the newest sorts and only those of decided merit.
All bright i;olors. clean and healthy. Strong
plants, from 2^-inch jiots $1.50 per 100. Strong
rooted top cuttings, fine ones, ready for 2H-inch
pots, 75 cents per 100: $6,110 per 1000. "

VERBENAS— New Mammoth and 20th Century
Collection, 25 grand sorts, 2-inch and 2^-inch,
strong, healthy pl.ants green as grass, full of
cuttings. $2.00 "per 100- $18.50 per 1000. Rooted
cuttings, big ones, as clean as a whistle, 60 cents
per 100; J5.00 per 1000.

NEW ABExATUIMS- Stella Gurney. the grand
novelty of 1900, and Snow Drift, the peerless
white, strong 3-inch stock plants full of cuttings,
50c per dozen; $3.00 per 100. Strong rooted cut-
tings $1.00 per 100. Louise Honnatt, latest novelty
in wnite, and Princess Pauline, latest blue,
strong 2H-inch. $1.50 per 100; strong R. C, 60c
per 1(10. (special).

NEW SALVIAS — St. Louis and Splendens, strong
2Vi-inch, $1.50 per 100; strong R. C, 75c per 100,
(special),

CASH WITH ORDER.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Springfiald, III.

DON'T GET LEFT

ON GERANIUMS. Thev are
going very fast at |3 per 100, S25 per
1000 out of 2^-in. pots, ready tor
shifting into 3 or 4-in, Composed of the
following varieties: S. A. Nutt, Frances
Perkins, LaFavorite, E. G. Hill, Bea'ite
Poitevine, Wm. Pfitzer, Ruy Bias, Double
Grant and in fact all the leading vars.

Ageratum, 2^-in. pots. Princess Pauline,
Cope's Pet, White Cap, |l per 100. R.
C. 50c per 100.

Fuchsias in variety, R. C, $1 per 100.

Coleus, 2;^-in. pot, $1.50 per 100. R. C.
50c per 100. gj,^ 1^^,, Accompany Order.

J E. FELTHOUSEN, Schenectady, N. Y.

Please mention the American Florist when writing,

CCDIIC N. l'.\allat:i. 2, 2W and 3-in., at $2.25,
rCnlia »2.75and$3perl00. A few M. Cordats.
4-in.. clie:i,]i. Fuchsia l>til. White. It. Prince, Little
Ueauty :ind Mareiiga (iiiv selection), 2-in., $3 per
1110. R. c. $1.25 per 100. Coleus, Alternanthera and
Antirrhinum. R. i'. 00c per 100.

N. O. CASWELL, Delavan, III.

igoi.

The American Plorist.

§48

^

^

NOW READY!

t.

FULLY

REVISED TO

DATE

The

American Florist

Company's

Directory '- 1901

«jt

With
Tliousands

of

New Names

and

Ciianges

of
Address

OF

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
and SEEDSMEN

OF THE UNITED STATES AND CAN-
ADA, Arranged both by States and Post
Offices and all names ,^ ^ ^ J- J- ^

Alphabetically.

ALSO

Gardeners, Horticulturists, Landscape Architects, Parks,
Cemeteries, Botanical Gardens, Societies and Horti-
cultural Supply Concerns. J- J- ^ J" J" J"

PRICE TWO DOLLARS.

American Florist Company,

324 DEARBORN STREET,

CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A .^

%5

946

The American Florist.

Peh. p.

Albany, N. Y.

TKADB BRISK BUT THE PRINCIPAL DEM4ND
IS FOR MORTUARY FLOWERS. — SOME
NOTABLE IJESIGNS.

During the week just passed there
occurred no incidents much out of the
ordinary in the trade. Business is still
very good, but confined mostly to
funeral work and small decorations. A
notable order for funeral work was that
filled by Eyres on February 4. The
designs ' were for the funeral of Mrs.
Nathaniel Wales, wife of the division
superintendent of the Boston & Albany
railroad. Among the pieces was a four-
foot standing wreath of Bridesmaids and
orchids, contributed by the employes of
the motive department, and a five-loot
pillow of violets and lilies of the valley,
contributed by the employes of the road
department. The employes of the super-
intendent's office, car and freight depart-
ments contributed a very handsome six-
foot standing cross, one side of which
was made up of violets and lilies of the
valley, and the other side of roses. The
passenger conductors of the division con-
tributed a mound of lilies and roses. The
agents and station masters sent a hand-
some casket basket of American Beauty
roses and galai. The pieces were so
large that there was no room for them
at the home of Gen. Wales, so for a short
time they were exhibited in Eyres'
window prior to their being taken to
St. .Peter's church, where the services
were held. The exhibit attracted a great
deal of attention. The firm of Whittle
Bros, also received numerous orders for
work in connection with the Wales
funeral, among their pieces being a fine
wreath of palm leaves and violets.

A second funeral which took place on
the same day was that of John Henry
Farrell, newspaper proprietor and
financier. The business men, bankers
and politicians sent numerous floral
oflfering9, making brisk business for the
local florists. R. D.

Far Rockaway, N. Y.— L A. Solomon
has made arrangements for the erection
of $6,000 worth of glass on his premises
here.

Manchester, N. H.— On the afternoon
of February 1 fire originating in the
boiler room did heavy damage to the
establishment of Andrew G. Hood.
There was $750 insurance on the build-
ings, but the principal loss was on stock.

Awardod the only first-
Rlass Certificate of Merit

by the Socii'ty "f Amer-
ican Florists at IJoaton.
Aug. 21,1890 forStiind-
ard Flower Pots.

t'««iillllilllllllllillllllllllllll|lll'i' \^J^

Wmhum

PotteryGo

[ONG Island (JTY

HILADELPHIA

Economy in Heating

At the present and prospective
prices of coal those florists are
lucky indeed who are using the

Weathered Boilers.

Are you one of them? If not,
then write us and we will fur-
nish indisputable facts.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marion St , NEW YORK.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS!

Pkoked in imall oratei, eaiy to handle
Price per orate Prt«« n«i

UdO 3-ln. pou In orate, 14.88

1600 2J<" " 6-^

IMOaS" " 6.00

1000 3 " " 6.00

800 3H" •' 6.80

600 4 " " 4.60

3306 " •' 4.61

144 6 " •' 3.16

Price per orate
120 7-ln.poM In crate, 14.20
80 8 " " 3.00

48 9 " ■' 3.60

4810 " " 4.80

24 11 •' " 3.60

24 13 " " 4.80

1314 " " 4.80

616 " " 4i60

[44 " " d.lD DID «;ww

Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of
Cylinders for Cat Flowers, Hanging Baskets, Lswd
Vases, etc. 10 per cent off for casn with order.

HILFINaER BROS. POTTERY,

OR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

Auflun BOLKIB & SONS, New York Agects,

61 DIT iTBllT. mw TOBK < ITT

RED POTS

SAMPLE POT ANO PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO.; ^l^"!*"^"

FLOWER POTS

.A.XjXj xcxiviss.

STANDARD POTSs^^a^tv

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SW ANN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

P. 0. Box 78, M NNEAPOLIS, MINN.

Standard POX^
Flower... ■ V^ * ^

If your greenhouses are within 500 milet
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

W. H. ERNEST.

28th and M Slreets. WASHINGTON. D. C.

Invalid Appliance Co.,
COLUMBIA PLANT TUBS

llliE^ga^siiMiiiiii iiiiii iii|i||ii||||ii||i|iii«iiii|i' niiii'. '^^iiMIIH

^ttiiiiliiiliiuiillUiiiiillilllliilliliililllfllliiillliHw

BBIBI

WRITE

Ac l^nUD 1521-23 N. LEAVITTS
I li Minili CHICAGO, ILL.,

ST.,

Fnit rniCES OF

standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the Ijest on the market.

KELLER BROS.,

..__^_213-15.17.19-21-23 Pearl St..
NORRISTOWN. PA.

Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red in
color, equal to the best on the market; are 16
miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec-
tions. We give special attentioji to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantities. A
postal will bring prices and dlsoouDts.
Ple-ast' mention the American Florist when writing.

GEO. KELLER & SON,

MANITJAOTURIBS OF

Flower Pols.

Before bnylng write for prioM.

361-363 Herndon Street
near Wrlghtwood Are ,

CHICAGO. lUL.

Please mention the American Florist when witlmg

THOSE RED POTS

"STANDARDS"

FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y,

HARRV BALSLEY. DETROIT. MICH.,

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Red StaDdard Potsi

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list.

6. HENNEGKE 60.. ""^^I*"'^^^

igoT.

The American Florist.

947

Silver
Birch
Barl(
Ware

Prices Per
Doe.— Canoes.
9-in. 18.30: 12-
In. I5..W; 15-in.
$7 80; 18 -in.
110 60; 21 - in.
113.20; 24 -in.
tl6.60. Logs,
6-in. $3.00;9-iD.
$3.84; 12 -in.
J4.80; 15-in.
I6.U0; 18-in. J7.20; 21-in. $8.40; 24-in. $9.60.
Pot Covers, 4-in. $3.40; 5-in. $3.00; 6-in. $3.96; 7-in.
$5.04; 8-in. $5.88. Fern Covers, 4-in. $1.80; 5. in.
12.40; 6-in. $3.00; 7-in. $3.60; 8-in. $4.20. Boxes, 14-
in. per doz. $11: Il-in. $9; 9-in. $7. Easter Eggs,
6-in , JSi; 7-in., iiil0;8-iii., $11 per doz. References:
Geo. Wittbold Co., E. Wienhoeber, C. A. Sam-
uelaon, Chicago. j_ f^ LYNN,

1448 Wriehtwood Ave.. CHICAG'».

THADEN'S WIRE TENDRIL.

Adapted to horizontal wires
:i8 Weil as stakes for Ko8es,
Oarnalions, Chrysanthemums,

We claim that the Tendril
does not crowd the plant. Imt
holds it firmly and wiih free-
drni. Does not mutilate the
foliage, llarr-ors do insects.
Makes the plant come to a
straight stem. Admits of free
circulation of air. Requires no
ski led labor to place properly,
(.'an he moved up or down the
stakes. Easily put on and

easily taken off: and are durable. Sanipltsani

prices on application.

M. TM-A.r>E:i« 4S^ CO.,
Florists and Seedsmen,

23 South Broad Street, ATLANTA, CA.

Our Atomizers, Spray Pumps. Whitewash Pumps.

' Write for prices and descriptions. This \\\\\ in-
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Feb. g,

Index to

Adrertlalng rstee 934

Allan J K 929

Amerloan Bom Co. .926 II

Amlliw B C 927

Andorra Nurseries — 932

Baldwin A J 913

Bailer F A 932

Banner J L & Co 926

Bauett&Waahborp ..

927 941

Banr 8 Alfred I

Barendorfer H & Co. .943

Benthey *no 927

Berner H H Co 930

Bernlng H G 928

Besold C 931

Betcher Bros 914

Blndeknnst Die II

Blano A A Co 912

Bine Hill Nursery.... 938

Botobtnk A Atkins 942

Boston Letter Co .9«3

BraKue L B 932

Brant S D 910

Brant&Noe 927

Brill Francis H

Brinley E B & Co 928

Branson C L A Co 940

Buckley WT Plant Co 944

Badlons J A 927 93^

Bnnyara B A 926

Burpee W Ailee * Co. II
Caldwell the Woods-
man Co '.*47

Carmlohaol D 937

ilarmody J D Ill

Caswell N 944

Chadwlok Ctias ...936

CharliOn John * Sons, 932
Vhloago Carnation J^^-^^

Chioajgp' Houie Wreck-
ing Co Ill

Christy Wilbur A 93i)

ulnolnnati cot Flo Co.'.ras

Clark Bros II

Clark Wm A A aon..9M
Clljiper Lawn Mower

ColeBWW.'.'!!."!.'.'."i'931

Collins Thos 932

Conard i. Jonea Co — 939

Conley Foil Co 943

r'ottage Gardens 1

Coventry M J 939

crsbb A Hunter 1

Craig Robt t Son 942

Cunningham D O

Glass Co IV

Cunningham Jos H...944

DalUedouze Bros 936

DanUy S T 941

Davis Bros 9it7

Deamud J B 926

Dederlck W W 911

DeBohryver o & J II

Detroit Flo'r Pol Mfy.946

DleteohAACo Ill

lUlon J L 937 941

Dodge W W 943

iwrner PreaABons Co. 1

DreerB A 935 937 III

Dunlop John H 927

Dunne A Co 943

Bastem Chemical Co.. 947

KlChhoU Henry 914

Ellis Frank M 928

Bllzsbeth Nursery Co 9M
Ernst Henry i Son.. .944

Ernest W H 916

Felihonsen J B 914

Ferguson John B '.'26

FUlow A Banks 937

Flnley Lawn Rake Co. 917

Fisher Peter 936

Floral Bichango 940

Florida Nat Prod Co. . .917

Ford Bros 929

Foster Lucius B 944

Furrow Bros 943

Fryer E 914

Uarland Oeo M Ill

Qasklll's Greenhouses 937

Uelier glgmnnd 943

Qhormley Wm 929

Gibbons H W Co HI

Glblln A Co IV

Guardian Angel Or-
phan Asylum 953

GuUett A Sons W B.. .931

Gunther Wm H 929

Gumey Heater Oo 948

Guttman Alex J 929

Hagen burger carl 9:j:i

Ball A«sn 917

Banoock Geo A Son. ..934

Barrer Geo 936

Hart M A 929

Beaoock Joseph 941

Heiss J B 938

HeUer A Co 947

Benneoke C Co 916

Berendeen Mfg Co ..IV
Berr Albert M ...936 941

Herron Dana R 942

Herrmann A 913

BewB AHA Co 916

BllBrgar Bros 946

BlUThe B G Co 1

Elppard E Ill

BlfchlngsACo IV

Bolton A dnnkel Co. .933

Hooker H M Co 1M8

Hoopes Bru A Thomas 931

Boran Bdw C 929

Bomor I'hax B A Son 932
Hose Connecilun Co.. 947
Bowland Nursery Co 932

Humfeld C 936

Bunt B B 9«

Imperial Trading Co. .910
Invalid Appliance Co.'.UC
Irvine .lohn .V Sons. ..914

JackBOn Kdw B '.«;

Jackson A Perkins Co. II

Jacob A Allison II

Jacobs H A Sons 947

Jennings B B 9J6

Advertiien.

Jennings Bros II[

'ohnson A Stakes 930

Jones Hiram T 932

Kastlng W II 928

KeUerBros 946

Keller Geo A Son 946

Kellogg Geo M 92t;

Kennioott Pros 'vi. ,. <j^s
Kentucky Tob ProCo y47

Kervan Co The Wi

KUbourn R ;i34

Klft .Inseph A Son 931 947
Knopff Oscar A Co... .9:10

Kohr A F 946

KroesoheU Bros Go III

KnehnC A '.r2i

Kuhl Geo A 931 '.136

Labo -Tos 937

Lager A Hnrroll '.13

Lakev'w Rose Garden. 938

Lang Julius 929

Langjahr A H 928

LImprechtSJ .929

LI V Ingston Seed Co 9:10 94(1

Lockland Lum Co 916

Long D B II

Lonsdale Edwin 910

LordABumham Co. ..IV

Lucas J A Co Ill

Lynn J A 917

McCarthy A Co N F . . . iffi
McKellar & Wlnterson 933

Mader Paul 9;>:

May Jno N '.«Q

Meyt r John C A Co . . .917

MlUang Chas 929

MlUang Frank 929

Monlnger J C Co 948

Moon Samuel C 932

Moon Wm HCo 932

Moore, Hentz A Nash. 929

Morris Floral Co 943

Moss Geo H 928

Murphey B H 4 Son. 941

Myers A Co 948

Nlessen Leo 928

NTCnt Flower Ek ....929
N y Cut Flower Co.. . 929

Pennock Sam'l 8 928

Pittsburg Cut Flo Co. 926
Poehlmann Adolph H.927
PoUworth C C Co. 926 946

Prttchard J N 926

Quaker City Mch Wks 918

Ragan H L 942

Randall A L 927

Rasmussen A 939

BawUngs B 1 944

Raynor J 1 929

Reed Glass APaInt Co 111

Beed A Keller 913

Began PrtntlngHov se II

Belnberg Geo 927 936

Belnberg Peter. 927 939
Betzer Walter A Co. . . 940

Renter 8 J 932

BlceM ACo 943

Rodgers Alex II

Roemer Fred II

Roland Thomas 912

Rolker A A Sons 931

Rustic Mfg A Con Co 917
Saltford Geo.... . 9i9
Salzer John A Seed Co 942

Sander A Co 930

BchlUo Adam IV

SchmldtJ C 931

Bchwabe C Olto 941

Scott Robt A Son 941

Shame Chas A < 0. . . 931
Shjllroad GreeDho's.,910

Sheridan W r' 929

Slebreoht A Son 1

Situations* Wants... 926

Skabcura Dlo Co M7

Slaymaker A Son 930

Smith Naita A Mtm... 'J43

Smith W A T Co I

Soltnn C 936

South Park Floral Co 9.«

Sprague Smith Co 9i8

Biahl Unas a 92s

Steams Lumber Co ill

Slorrs A Harrison ^'>,

932 912

Sunnyslde Floral Nur 932

Sutherland Geo A 928

Swahn Pottery MfgCo.9i6

Swayne Wm 9H

Teas E Y '.«2

Teas J C & Son. 932

Thaden U A Co 917

Thompson WW A Sous 910
Thorbum J M A Co 9i0
Tobacco Warehousing

and Trading Co — 917
Traendly A Schenck.. 9^9

Ullrich L SW

Vaughan's Seed Store

... ■.130 934 9,38 910 Ull I
Vesey W J A M 8, . , ,939

VIok s Sons Jas II

Vincent R Jr A Bor ,,

937 940

Vredenonrg A Co 11

WatsonGC II

Weathered's Mnns

Thos W. 94i; 917 III IV

Weber U A ooi.« 9)6

Weeber A Don II

Welland A Blsch ..927 9.36

Welch Bros 928

West View Floral Co

J31 940

WhlUdln Pot CO 948

WlBtor Bros 937

Wiran Chas 942

Wllks 8 Mfg Co IV

Wllmore W W '.Ill

Wilson C N 92ii

wittbold The Geo Co. .938

Wood Br"s 931

Wood I K A Co wr

Woodroffe A Kem-

helmer 92s

Wood, StubbeA Co....!i30

Young Jno 929

Toong A Nugent 929

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Vol. XVI.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, FEBRUARY i6, 1901.

No. 663-

Copyright 1901. by American Florist Company.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Jlatter.

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

Oppicbbs — Patrick O'Mara, New York, N. Y..
president; Wm. P. Kastinq, Buffalo. N. Y.- vice-
president; Wm. J. Stbwart, 73 Milk street,
Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Beatty, Ou City,
Pa., treasurer. The seventeenth annual meeting
will be held at Buffalo, August, 1901.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual meeting at New York, March 19, 20 and
21, 1901. Leonard Baeron, 136 Liberty St., New
York, secretary.

THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Annual convention at Baltimore, February 21-22,
19)1. ALBERT M. Herb, Lancaster, Pa., secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual meeting at Buffalo, August, 1901. Edwin
Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa., secretary.

THIS ISSUE 40 PAGES WITH COVER.

CONTENTS.

My oipericnce witli carnations disseminated

in 1900 949

Orrhids In birch bark receptacles (ilius.) 9.iO

Work of the plant grower 950

Carnation Norway (ilius.).., 9S1

Notes on aijuafics 9.'>1

The Bermuda Illy disease (ilius.) 9.5!

The Dutch I'ss county dinner 952

Sweet pea noles 95:

Trials of insecticides 953

.Vppr ived methods of semi-iroa construction

(ilius.) 953

HeHconia Sanderi 954

'I'welve best lierbaceous plants 9^4

Nephrolepis Washington eu sis (illus.) 954

Begonias in England' 955

With the growers 955

New York 955

Boston 9.56

Chicaeo 9 6

Cincinnati 957

Detroit ■. 957

Chrysantheinura Society of America 95R

Heating a small house 958

Hot treatment for lilies 95H

American Carnation Society 958

Wtiite grub deformed buds 959

The seed trade 96 1

— .l*panesc protest 964

The nursery trade 966

Our pastimes 96K

Philadelphia 968

Baltimore 97(i

Watertown, N. Y 972

Galveston 976

Washington 978

Kansas City 980

Toronto 982

My Experience With Carnations Dissemin-
ated in 1900.
\Read by John H. Tayior, before New i'ork
Florists'' Ciub, February 11, igol. \

The century closes with a distinct
advancetnent in the quality of the carna-
tion; in fact, the new century is heralded
in by what may prove to be an entirely
new class of the divine flower approach-
ing more and more to the Malmaison
type, for how can we compare anything
previously grown in this country to that
splendid flower. Prosperity ? Here we find
size, shape, vigor, constitution, and with
it all freedom of bloom. Seedlings from
this carnation already show in a marked
degree their parentage, and 1 have no
doubt something very fine will be forth-
coming from this carnation.

Boston has finally consented that the
spokes and the rim of the universe shall,
after paying due toll, enjoy with the Hub
that grand flower, Mrs. Thomas W.
Lawson. This is another carnation that
stands in a class by itself. This fall,
however, owing to its short stems, it has
proved rather disappointing. This may
have been due to the season or treatment
as I have seen it very fine in the fall in
Boston. For a large flower it is very
prolific, a good keeper, and very popular
with the flower loving public. It requires
very little tying aa the stems are very
stiS and strong, and are now of good
average length. These two carnations
mark a period of great advancement in
carnation culture and come up very
nearly to John Thorpe's prophesy of the
"four-inch flower."

We now come to fourcarnations which,
although they cannot be classed with
the two just mentioned, have great indi-
vidual merits and may prove good paying
carnations. The only one so far to show
itself a winner is Genevieve Lord. Like
one of its parents, William Scott, it is a
strong grower, a flower of most beauti-
ful pink, a free bloomer, with strong
stems, requiring but little support, in
color a most delicate pink shading to
almost white. As a market bloom it
finds instant favor, showing the public
appreciates its good qualities, Its prin-
cipal fault is the size of the bloom. With
me it is no larger than Scott. As a com-
mercial variety I consider it one of the
best.

Ethel Crocker. Here most of us have
been badly disappointed. Whether it is
due to soil, hot summer or dull winter
we cannot tell. So far it has proved
itself a dismal failure. The flowers, when
perfect, are beautiful, but the larger pro-
portion come split, are one sided and

poorly colored. With me it is also very
late and very shy ; in fact, altogether too
modest to give us the benefit of her
charms. The Marquis, a noble name and
a very large and perfect flower, lacking,
however, so far the necessary qualities
to make it valuable as a commercial
bloom. In constitution I have found it
delicate. It is of a very retiring dis-
position and believes in short hours and
half years of work. Olympia, a beauti-
ful flower, is delicate in constitution this
season, and so far has shown itself to be
very loath to impart its favors.

These varieties, I believe, comprise the
cream of this season's introductions.
They are of an advanced type and may
next year prove to be all that is claimed
for them by their introducers. To give
an illustration of how little can be judged
by one year's trial of a novelty, which as
a rule is weakened by over propagation,
we will take Mr. Ward's General Gomez.
Most carnation growers discard it in
favor of General Maceo, and even Mr.
Ward has only a small bed of it now.
Yet if Mr. Ward should never give us
another carnation he would deserve the
thanks of all lovers of carnations, espe-
cially the grower. Here we have what
is badly needed, a crimson carnation with
good constitution, size, a prolific bloomer,
and one of the best sellers. It is there-
fore wise, gentlemen, not to be in too
much of a hurry to decide on the merits
of new favorites. Study their habits and
find out, if possible, the conditions best
suited to their taste in order to bring out
their best qualities.

In concluding, I think, from what little
I have observed since going back to car-
nation growing, that the varieties we
now grow are like the thoroughbred
horse, dog or any other animal brought
to great perfection. They need good
shelter and the most intelligent care. If
weakened by improper culture they are
easily attacked by all forms of disease;
in other words, they cannot stand rough
usage, neglect, or too much forcing.
Give them good care in the propagating
bed and in their treatment before plant-
ing, and do not lift or plant them as if
they were so many weeds. The carna-
tion of to day will pay you well if prop-
erly handled. I have no doubt in a few
years the plan of growing carnations
will follow that of the chrysanthemum
and the violet. ♦

The new directory of florists, seedsmen
and nurserymen is just what you need ii
you do a mail trade.

950

The American Florist.

Feb. 1 6

Orchids in Birch Bark Receptacle.

The accompanyiDg illustration shows
an arrangement ot orchids in a birch
bark log, the foliage being supplied by a
plant ot cypripedium and various grasses.
The tall spike to the right is a plant of
Echeveria metalica just blooming. The
feathery gray green is Asparagus decum-
bens, in front a plant of lotus. This piece
was arranged with apparent carelessness
but it gave an exquisite effect and was
greatly admired at a fashionable recep-
tion, vrhere it attracted more attention
than anythingelse in the floral display.

C. B. W.

Work of The Plant Grower.

The propagating house is one of the
most important departments at this
season, in witness of which it is only
necessary to point to the ever-increasing
columns of advertisements of rooted
cuttings of all descriptions that are now
seen in the trade papers, and which go
to show the great development of the
rooted cutting business within the past
ten years. But of these by far the greater
proportion are included among a few
staples, so to speak, for the rooted cut-
tings of carnations, roses, geraniums,
violets and verbenas cover possibly
seventy-five per cent of the total output
of this class of merchandise, or perhaps
even a larger percentage than this, it

being a difficult matter to get positive
figures in this connection.

But in addition to these, the bread and
butter plants of a majority of those in
the trade, the proper selection, grow-
ing, rooting and shipping of which forms
a business by itself, there are several
other items that needattention just now,
for we cannot all be rosarians pure and
simple, neither camationists nor violet
experts, intricate and absorbingias those
various branches of our profession have
become of late years. Consequently there
are still some side lines that are of
interest to many growers, and this is the
season of preparation for them.

It is a good thing to have a few sashes
that may be built into a temporary
propagating frame in a warm house at
this season, in order that the cuttings of
tender plants may be under complete
control in regard to shading, moisture
and ventilation without interfering with
the welfare of the plants that occupy the
remainder of the house. In such a frame,
where the side boards are high enough
to allow fifteen to eighteen inches of
headroom for the cuttings, some four or
five inches of cocoa fiber, moss, ashes or
sand should be placed as a moisture
holder, and in this the various pots and
pans of cuttings may be plunged, thus
securing them a more regular condition
of heat and moisture than can be other-
wise had.

The most convenient shading to use on

ORCHIDS IN BIROH BARK REOEPTACLE.

the propagating frame is a piece of com-
mon mushn sheeting of the width of the
frame, which may be rolled up on a
wooden roller when not in use, for until
they are callused all cuttings are kept in
better condition by having some protec-
tion from direct light. Little or no ven-
tilation is needed on the propagating
frame during the daytime, for the strong
light and ventilation together will
evaporate more moisture from the foliage
of the cuttings than they are able to take
up from the bottom, and in consequence
they will wilt, but at night the frame
should be ventilated freely.

All necessary watering in the propa-
gating house should be done early in the
day so that the foliage may dry off before
night, one good watering being better
than several light sprinklings, the inain
idea being to keep the wood and foliage
of the cuttings plump and fresh without
overdoing the watering. These little
details of caretaking will doubtless seem
very elementary to those long familiar
with the work, but nevertheless we usu-
ally find that success hinges on the observ-
ance of detail in our business, and it will
also be remembered that these notes are
not written with a view to instructing the
eiperts, but rather in the hope that some
beginner may gather a point or two.

Cuttings of Ficus elastica are among
those that may be rooted readily at this
season. in a warm house, and top cut-
tings are decidedly the best to use, for
while "single eye" cuttings may be
rooted just as readily and are naturally
to be had in much greater numbers, yet
it is a question if they pay to grow, for
no discriminating customer will be likely
to buy a ficus grown from a single eye
cutting if a plant grown from a top is to
be had, owing to the marked difference
between them, the top cutting giving a
well furnished plant from the ground up,
while the eye cutting produces a much
more spindly plant that is weak at the
bottom and not very well clothed with
foliage.

Rather thin shoots on which are left
three to four leaves form the most satis-
factory cuttings and should be put
singly into 2V2-inch or 3-inch pots, being
planted firmly in a mixture of sphagnum
moss and sand, or in cocoa fiber, or in
sand alone, the material itself not being
of so much importance as the aftercare
in regard to watering, shading and pro-
tecting from the air, at the same
time providing a bottom heat of
about 75°. Under favorable conditions
such cuttings root in about three weeks,
and as soon as they are well rooted they
should be potted off and placed in a
warm house to become established.

The topping or mossing of ficuses may
be performed at any season of the year,
provided that one has command of suf-
ficient heat, a temperature of 75° accom-
panied by plenty of moisture inducing
them to root quite rapidly. The thinner
shoots usually root first in this opera-
tion, though almost any growth tvill
root if given time.

Crotons are becoming more popular in
some of our cities, even though they are
somewhat susceptible to cold and also
to gas, and the cuttings of these plants
may readily be rooted under the same
conditions as the ficus, but in order to
grow on young crotons rapidly and well
it is necessary to give them plenty of
heat and moisture and not to starve
them in the matter of soil either.

Cuttings of Pandanus Veitchii may be
rooted now and grown on into nice,
salable stock for next winter, but these
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as those mentioned above, though never
allowed to shrivel for lack ot water.
Those two useful variegated plants, Dra-
c^na Sanderiana and D. Godseffiana, may
also be easily rooted at this season, or at
any season, for that matter, these plants
forming roots just about as readily as a
tradescantia and almost as quickly. In
fact, there is more difficulty in getting
cuttings enough from a limited lot of
stock plants than there is in rooting
them, for the old plants do not break
fast enough during the winter months.

Regarding some of the other draca^aas,
for example D. fragrans, D. Ltndenii and
D. terminalis, it may be said that where
only a small stock is required for retail-
ing it is probably better to purchase
young plants from some wholesale
grower than to raise them from canes
and cuttings, the latter being sometimes
unsatisfactory and also occupying space
that may be needed for some other
purpose.

A few peperomias are useful plants to
have about the place, especially if one
has window boxes to fill, for the silvery
leaves of P. maculosa give alittle variety
among the other foliage plants that may
be used for this purpose, and the pepero-
mias are by no means difficult to grow
or to propagate. These plants may be
increased by means of leaf cuttings in
much the same manner as the Rex bego-
nias, and also grown on under the same
conditions of warmth and partial shade,
and are quite enduring as house plants.

An assortment of plants is also needed
for the filling of vases and veranda
boxes, and it is not too late to put in
cuttings of some of these, for such plants
as variegated abutilons, acalyphas,
strobilanthes and sanchesias do not
take long to grow on into useful sizes,
and but little of this work of filling vases,
etc , will be done before the last two
weeks of May. W. H. Taplin.

Carnation Norway.
The picture herewith shows the new
whitecarnation, Norway, which H.Weber
& Sons, of Oakland, Md., are ofleringthis
season. It is said to be a very productive
variety and the large flowers are borne
on strong stems. Many of the experts
have commented favorably on it. At the
carnation meeting of the Chicago Flo-
rists' Club it scored 92 points, and at
that of the New York Florists' Club the
score was S7 points.

Notes' On Aquatics,

This is the quietest season of the year
with aquatics, for hardy varieties are in
most cases frozen over and the tender
sorts in a dormant and dry condi-
tion. It behooves one, however, to
be constantly alert to possible danger
and now and again to satisfy himself
that everything is safe, to see that there
is always a sufficient depth of water in
the ponds, especially artificial ones that
are kept filled during the winter, so that
the rhizomes of the nymphieas are out of
danger from freezing, and the tubers of
all tender varieties are secure against the
inroads of mice, and not kept too dry, so
as to shrivel, and at the same time not
so wet as to start into growth. A safe
temperature is 60° and the sand moist.

This is an excellent time to perfect
plans for another season's plantings.
Every new catalogue contains additional
varieties, novelties and occasional
charges in prices. As new varieties are
propagated, and prices can be reduced,
an opportunity is afforded all lovers of
aquatics to make valuable additions to

CARNATION NORWAY.

their collections. Several of Marliac's
hybrids are very beautiful and, as usual,
very high priced to start with, so that
they are likely to remain among the
"novelties" for some time. One of the
very best of nymphaeas.N. Robinsoni,can
now be purchased at a very moderate
cost and should now be found in many
moderate collections or where only a few
varieties can be grown.

N. Laydekeri rosea is an universal
favorite and can be grown to perfection
in a tub. This variety still commands a
good price, being difficult to propagate.
In fact, propagation of this variety is
eflected only by the originator, B. Latour
Marliac, and its parentage so far has not
been divulged. There is, however, a rival
to this superb nymphsa, viz., N. Layde-
keri rosea prolifera, which is identical in
color and shape and has the distinction
of being propagated quite freely by divi-
sion. In fact, it will be necessary to
divide the roots or crowns occasionally
and select the strongest, otherwise they
become crowded and the flowers dimin-
ish in size. This variety obtained a high
price in France last season, but can be
purchased at a moderate figur? in the
United States this spring.

N. Laydekeri lilacea, alao N. Laydekeri
purpurata, are now within reach of all
buyers. N. James Brydon is also offered
for sale. This superb nymphaea ranks
the highest among American seedlings,
having been awarded the highest honor,
a silver medal, by the Massachusetts Hor-
ticultural Society. This and Nymphaea
Wm. Falconer are the two richest and
deepest colored nympba:as in cultivation
and, grown side by side with most of the
French varieties, they are superior in
many ways. In color they are distinct
and without the magenta tinge which is
characteristic of several French varieties.
The flowers are large and the petals are of
good substance. N. James Brydon
resembles N. Wm. Doogue in shape, size
and substance. Such qualities as repre-
sented in this variety will be diligently
sought after. They are also vigorous
and very free flowerirg. The tender
nymph.cas Mrs. C. W. Ward and Frank
Trelease are also offered among this sea-
son's novelties. These are srand addi-
tions to their respective classes.

All hardy nympbEcas may remain undis-
turbed until planting lime. Propagation
must be deferred until spring, when
growth is apparent. To mutilate the

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roots in a dormant state will induce
decay; conditions must be favorable for
growing when this is done. Seed of the
hardy varieties may be sown, if this is
not already done, but the same should
not be subjected to a high temperature;
60° to 65° is sufficient until the days
lengthen and the temperature is natur-
ally higher. Seed of hardy nymphaas
takes longer to germinate. Seed of ten-
der nymphffias may be sown toward the
end of February and during March. The
temperature should be about 75° but at
this h!gh temperature the house should
be well ventilated and exposed to the
clear sunlight.

Tubers of tender nymphsas may be
started during March and April and
even in May. Thetime of starting tubers
should be rfgulated by the period for
planting out and the convenience for
growing the plants indoors prior to
planting out. Plants in 4-inch and 5-inch
pots that have been grown on without a
check are best for planting out, and such
plants can be produced from tubers in
from six to ten weeks, the night flower-
ing varieties requiring thelongest period.
It is greatly in favor of the purchaser to
buy tubers instead of plants, as by so
doing the plants can be produced on the
place and a saving of expressage as well
as more or less bruising of the leaves is
avoided, but where there are no facililiies
for handling tubers and growing the
plants on, it is best to procure the plants
at the right season for planting in perma-
nent quarters.

In February and early in March, Vic-
toria seed should be sown, the earliest
date for plants for early planting where
artificial heat is employed. All seedlings
and young plants should be grown on
• steadily from the commencement, never
allowing them to suffer for want of root-
room; neither should the leaves become
crowded, for plants that become stunted
in their growth are next to worthless for
the ensuing season. Seed of Victoria
Regia requires a temperature of 85° to
90°, but seed of V. Trickeri should be
kept at from 70° to 75° and the young
plants in the same temperature.

Wm. Thickkh.

The Bermuda Lily Disease.

We received through Vaughan's Seed
Store a consignment of Harrisii lily bulbs,
with a letter from J. C. Vaughan, saying
in regard to them: "These bulbs were
planted September last and have persist-
ently refused to sprout. The root base
seems slightly deformed on some of them,
but there must be a further reason for
their failure to grow and some kind of
disease in the root base." The bulbs

were carefully examined on receipt, and
the heart bud, (B in illustration) that is,
the one which makes the stem, was
found to be dead in each. Besides, they
were all badly infested with mites, as is
usual in such cases. There has been an
unusually large number of complaints
this year about the failure of the Harrisii
lily bulbs to sprout, and in the large
number of such bulbs that we have exam-
ined the diseased central bud and root
base have been found. It is possible that
some treatment to which the bulbs were
subjected by the grower prevented devel-
opment, but in view of the trouble being
so widespread this is hardly probable.
These are likely only extreme cases of the
ordinary Bermuda lily disease due to
weak bulbs. We have found that bulbs
are injured by soaking them for two
hours in pure water. It is not advisable
to leave them in a disijifecting solution
longer than fifteen minutes. Wetting the
bulbs too much after they are potted and
before root action sets in will also pre-
vent development by causing decay of
the heart bud. Albert F, Woods,

Chief, Division of Vegetable Physiology

and Pathology, U. S. Department of

Agriculture.

The Dutchess County Dinner.

The sixth annualdinnerof the Dutchess
County Horticultural Society was held
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., on the evening of
Tuesday, February 12. There was a
large and representative gathering of
members, and among the guests were
J. H. Troy and Leonard Barron, of New
York, President Smith and Secretary
Cockbnrn, of the Tarrytown Horticul-
tural Society, and F. R. Pierson, also
from Tarrytown. An excellent repast
was provided, after which F. B. Lown
was introduced as toastmaster. Among
the speakers were John I. Piatt, editor
of the Povgbkcepsie Eagle, and J. Has-
brouck, a lawyer, who was introduced
as the only amateur in the city who has
ever raised a palm from seed. Others
called upon were Derrick Brown and
Secretary W. G. Gomersall, who
announced that J. H. Troy had offered
a silver tea set, to be competed for at
the next exhibition, for the best plant
of any species grown from the beginning
of its life by the exhibitor. Hon. G. H.
Hine, Mayor of Poughkeepsie, was then
introduced, and in the course of his
remarks, gave the society $25 as a prize
for the best 200 violets shown at the
next exhibition. He was followed by
that silver-tongued orator, Richard
Connell, and Messrs. Smith, Cockburn,
Pierson and Troy, each of whom made
well chosen remarks. W. G.

Sweet Pea Notes.

It has been a matterof dispute whether
Ceylon was the native habitat of one or
more of the original varieties of the sweet
pea. I have for some time been trying
to get direct word from some competenc
source there, to find the facts of the case,
and I have just received through Rev S.
W. Howland and Rev. R. C. Hastings,
Ceylon missionaries, the following letter
written by John C.Willis, Dine tor of the
Royal Botanical Gardens:

I'ERADEXiTA, November 23, 19;c.
Rev. R. <'. llASTiNus:

Dear Sir, — The sweet pea, Lathyrus odoratus,
L.. is not ii native of Oeylon, but -of Italy. It is
rather intfrestin-.^ to find it siipijosed native here,
;is th"' sn|i])ositioii rests, so lar .-is I can find, on a
stiifenieiit ill Itiirniann's --TliHsanous Zeylauicus,"
puhlishiMi in 1737. and not rei)eated in any subse-
quent Mora of Ceylon, nor even mentioned" What
Itunnann s plant was I cannot say. The sweet
]jea iseiTtainly not wild here, or even in Xorth
India. ' (Si5!:ned)

.loHN C. Willis.

Kev. ^Ir. Hast nijs also adds: "I can find noth-
iu 'Flora of Ceylon" or "Indian Hotany.' "

We have known for some time that
Italy and Sardinia shared with Sicily the
native habitat of this flower. The very
creditable paper which S. B. Dicks, pre-
pared on the history of the sweet pea,
and which was published in July, 1897,
also read at the Crystal Palace Bi-cen-
tenary in July, 1900, seemed to warrant
the opinion of Mr. Dicks that there was
indeed a Lathyrus Zeylanicus answering,
though somewhat variable, to the
description of the sweet pea. Linnsus
plainly gave Lathyrus Zeylanicus, odor-
ato, albo et rubro vario. But Linnaeus
gave it on the authority of Burmann
(1737). Burmann listed two varieties,
one on the authority of Nobis, the other
of Kniphof. In the works of the latter are
"illustrations of pressed flowers of the
Painted Lady Sweet Pea," from "Cey-
lon."

Gilbert Beale, of James Carter & Co.,
prepared for them at the time of the
Crystal Palace celebration a chronology
of the main events since this flower came
into historical notice. Under date of
1794 he says Miss Dickson, of Edin-
burgh, offered Lathyrus Zeylanicus. He
adds: "This latter descriptive name has
led many to believe that one variety of
the sweet pea has come from Ceylon;
but there is evidently some mistake here.
It seems that a continental writer of the
early part of the eigliteenth century in
preparing an index of the plants of Cey-
lon for the Horticultural Academy at
Leyden in Holland, referred in some man-
ner to the sweet pea, but with no inten-
tion of describing it as coming from
Ceylon." If Mr. DicTt's drawings Nos.
145 and 146 in his article are correct, as
doubtless they are, while they might
indicate that there was indeed a Lathyrus

SECTION THROUGH BULB6 THAT HAVE FAILED TO GROW. -STEM 'B" IS DEAD AND INFESTED WITH BULB MITE.

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THE A. H. POEHLMANN GREENHOUSES, SHOWING PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION.

Zeylanicus, they could hardly be identi-
fied with the now popular sweet pea.

Mr. Eckford's catalogue for 1901 is at
hand. The new set oflered is as follows:
Coccinea, a brilliant cerise self, of a cast
suggesting light scarlet; The Hon. Mrs.
]E. Kenyon, a magnificent product in the
primrose line; Miss Wilmott, rich, deep,
orange pink , remarkable more for its great
size; George Gordon, bright, reddish
crimson or lake standards, rosy purple
wings, nothing like it before; Lady M.
Ormsby Gore, pale buff, tipped deep buff'.
I saw these both at the Crystal Palace
and at Wem, and they show grand
work. We shall hardly expect our Ameri-
can patrons of this flower to burden
themselves with the full feminine titles
that mean so much in England.

Robert Sydenham, ot Birmingham,
England, deserves to be known as a
great enthusiast in flowers. He has just
issued a very neat little brochure on
sweet peas with valuable data from the
Crystal Palace show, and classifications
on the basis of merit. I made a brief but
delightful visit to Mr. Sydenham's ideal
English garden and greenhouses, where
he also makes a specialty of carnation
culture for competitive exhibition.

The full report of all the proceedings of
the Crystal Palace Bicentenary in book
form, 100 pages, is now oflered in Eng-
land, as I see by Mr. Eckford's catalogue.

W. T. HUTCHINS.

Trials of Insecticides.

W. N. Craig, of North Easton, Mass.,
writes as follows of his experience with
nicoticide, the recently introduced fumi-
gating extract: "We first tried it at the
advertised strength on a house of garde-
nias; all the mealy bugs and aphis were

killed. We placed some tender plants in
the house to note its effect, and found the
young fronds on Adiantum cuneatum
and A. Farleyense sustained injury: no
other plants suffered at all. We next
tried it on two dormant lean-to graperies
which had figs on the back walls. The
latter harbored some mealy bug, but
have not found a living bug since the
fumigation. Our only other trial was
on a house of violets which contained
a little red spider and green aphis. Both
of these were killed outright, while plants
were uninjured. So far as our experi-
ments have gone, mealy bug, black and
green aphis and red spider have been
killed and the only injury done was to the
adiantum fronds named. Nikoteen aphis
punk, while safe to use on almost all
classes of plants, will injure adiantums
somewhat. We btlieve nicoticide will
prove a valuable addition to our fumi-
gating compounds. Of course, further
experience is needed, but it is cheaper and
much safer to use than hydrocyanic gas,
which has recently found much favor as
an insect destroyer."— American Garden-
ing.

Approved Methods of Semi-Iron Construction.

The new ideas embodied in George M.
Garland's discourse before the Chicago
Florists' Club, have awakened much
interest among the trade, and much dis-
cussion on his mnovations has been the
result. Mr. Garland's ideas, while set
forth lucidly in his essay, are clearly
shown pictorially in the accompanying
illustration, which is from a photograph
taken during the period of construction
of the Adolph H. Poehlmann range at
Morton Grove, 111., last summer. Thi?
is a range ot six connected houses, each

twenty-six feet eight inches in width and
200 feet long. Tne plans were prepared
by Mr. Garland and embody the ideas for
which he stands. The cost was appro.\-
imately $18,000 for the houses, complete
with piping, but without service build-
iogs or boilers, the boiler house and heat-
ing apparatus having been installed
with the view to handling more than
double the amount of glass in the present
range. It will be observed that the iron
gutters are set six feet above the ground,
on 2inch wrought iron posts which are,
in turn, set in 6-inch post holes two and
one-half feet deep and filled with cement.

The houses run east and west, and the
south sash bars are fourteen feet long
and those on the north sixteen feet,
which results in very little shade. Each
house contains four 5-foot benches and
four 20-inch walks, and Mr. Poehlmann
figures that the saving in room by the
use of this method ot construction is
approximately 4,500 square feet of bench
service, or, in other words, it would have
been necessary to put up l.,500 feet more
glass to obtain the same bench surface
had the old style wooden construction
been emoloyed. It will be observed that
in these houses the benches appear to be
very deep, and, as a matter of fact, the
side boards are of s inch material. How-
ever, they extend but five inches above
the bottom planking.

One season's experience with these
houses has confirmed Mr. Poehlmann's
belief in their right method of construc-
tion, and he is already contemplating
the extension of the range after the same
plan. ♦

Kbnnbtt SgUARB, Pa.— Monroe Palmer
is planning a modern dwelling for him-
self near his greenhouses, in the south-
eastern section ot the city.

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Heliconia Sanderi.

This plant, which is one of F. Sander &
Co.'s introductions, has no doubt a
promising future as a decorative stove
plant. The foliage is handsomely varie-
gated with shades of sulphur yellow and
dark green. Some of the leaves have a
tendency to develop more of the green
color while others have more of the yel-
low, but a leaf in which the two colors
are evenly blended forms a handsome
combination.

Heliconias are not improved by strong
sun and H. Sanderi is no exception to
the rule— as the foliage is very tender and
easily burned. A humid atmosphere at
70° suits them best, with frequent syring-
ing on bright days. Syringing should be
discontinued in dull or cloudy weather
as the moisture on the young leaves
would then result in damping ofl. These
plants require a fibrous loam and abund-
ance of water in their growing season,
but excesses should be avoided. They
are propagated by division of the root-
stock in spring and early summer by
placing the cuttings in a propagating
case, where they should remain until
root action has commenced. Red spider
is their worst enemy and soon disfigures
the foliage if it gains a foothold.

Robert S. Edgah.

Twelve Best Herbaceous Plants.

{A paper hy James Boyd, of Haverjord^ Pa., read
before the Ptitladelphia County Farmers' Institute,
January is, i9ot.'\

To name the twelve best herbaceous
plants for the amateur is indeed a diffi-
cult task. It would be much easier to
name fifty, and in turning over in my
mind the merits of my many favorites, I
have tried to select only those that are
perfectly hardy and easy to cultivate. I
have also chosen a fair proportion of low
and tall growing plants and have tried
to make the list cover the season from
early in the spring until late in the fall.
They are as follows:

Arabis albida— This pretty rockcress
is of the easiest culture, grows only
about five or six inches high and puts
forth its fragrant white flowers in April,
so profusely as to completely hide the
foliage. It is a neat little plant, likes the
sun and is easily increased by division.
It does well in rockery or at edge of
border.

Iberis sempervirens —This pretty can-
dytuft has clean evergreen foliage which
is completely hidden with large white
flowers early in May. It is perfectly
hardy in this section, requiring no pro-
tection, and if soil is not too heavy will
seed itself. The Gibraltarica variety is
considered by many to be prettier but it
is not as hardy as the sempervirens.

Iris Germanica.— The German iris is a
very satisfactory plant in every way.
While perhaps not quite as beautiful as
the Japanese iris, it requires no special
soil or protection and is therefore much
easier for the amateur to grow. There
are many named varieties and, if I could
choose but one, I should select the Iris
pallida speciosa, which, I believe, is the
same as Mile. Almira, and has light blue
flowers of immense size. It will grow
almost anywhere, but prefers the sun and
should be divided and transplanted every
three or four years.

Papaver orientale. — These beautiful
showy poppies have handsome foliage
and do well in common garden soil.
They are very hardy, produce their gor-
geous flowers in May and will sow them-
selves. All of them are fine, but, if I had
to make a choice, I should take the Park-
manii variety, which is of deep scarlet
with a black blotch at the base of each
petal. They give excellent effects among
shrubbery.

Veronica rupestris.— This pretty creep-
ing speedwell grows only three or four
inches high, flowers late in May and
makes a beautiful sheet of blue. It is
exceedingly pretty among rocks and a
few evergreen boughs thrown over it in
the fall will keep the foliage fresh and
green, ready for an early start in the
spring.

Peeonia officinalis rubra plena.-^AU of
the herbaceous pjeonies are beautiful and
satisfactory plants for the amateur to
grow. They improve with age, are per-
fectly hardy and their bright glossy foli-
age makes them attractive even when
the bloom has passed. If I could only
select one, I thould take the plant named.
It has double, brilliant crimson flowers
which are borne in great profusion in
May. Pasonies make a fine show when
grown in a mass.

Coreopsis lanceola la. — This well known
plant is a mass of golden yellow flowers
in June. It succeeds in almost any posi-

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tion, but I find it better to raise new
plants from seed every second or third
year, as 1 get more bloom from two or
three-year-old plants than from older
ones. It will seed itself where soil is not
too heavy. A mass of these makes a
beautiful show.

Delphiniums. — These hardy larkspurs
produce their long spikes of flowers in
June and if the flower stems are removed,
a second crop may be expected late in
the summer. They are all beautiful and
most of them are easily grown. When
cut down at winter's approach, if the
crowns are covered with coal ashes, they
are protected from the weather and from
snails, which sometimes prove very
troublesome. If I had to select one, I
should probably choose D.- formosum,
with its long spikes of beautiful, deep
blue flowers with white eyes. This, how-
ever, is not quite as hardy as some of the
other varieties but well repays a little
extra care and attention, such as a fork
full of long litter late in the fall. It is
well to divide and transplant them every
three or four years.

Phlox. -^The dwarf perennial phloxes
are certainly very beautiful and desirable.
By removing the flower stems as soon as
the first bloom has passed, a second crop
is generally secured, and a slight covering
after the ground is frozen in the fall will
insure their reappearance the following
spring There are manv colors, from
which it would be very difficult to select
a single one, but I consider that none are
finer than William Robinson, which has
large flowers of a salmon rose color with
dark centers.

Hollyhocks. — These old but fine plants
have always been garden favorites. For
many years, however, they have been
troubled with a disease which has made
them unsightly, and tor this reason they
have lately been much less grown. Dif-
ferent preparations have been recom-
mended to cure this trouble, but the ordi-
nary amateur has neither time nor inclin-
ation to bother with such, and if he is
unfortunate enough to have his plants
infected, he had better destroy them at
once by burning and start a fresh crop
in another part of the garden Holly-
hocks are easily raised from seed and
youdg plants are not as subject to dis-
ease as older ones. The_ Allegheny holly-
hock is a beautiful, fringed, semi-double
flower and does not seem to be affected
by disease. It is certainly one of the
finest herbaceous plants we have and
ought to be in every collection. They
are strong growers and the flowers show
many beautiful shades. It is well to
plant them near a building or a fence to
protect their tall flower-laden stalks from
the wind.

Rudbeckia Golden Glow. — This plant is
of vigorous growth and produces great
quantities of golden yellow, double flow-
ers late in the summer. It grows from
five to seven feet high, according to the
soil, and increases rapidly. I find it does
better ii divided every second or third
year. Several small clumps planted in
well enriched soil around a stout stake
or post four or five feet high make a
beautiful sight late in the summer. The
stems can be tied around the post so as
to entirely conceal it, and the flowers
extending above the top of the post
droop in every direction like a fountain
of gold.

Anemone Japonica Qaeen Charlotte. —
This beautilul plant is one of the last to
bloom in the garden. It commences to
flower early in September and continues
to put forth its large temi-dnuble white
flowers tinged with pink until cut down

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by hard frost, and it takes quite a hard
frost to knock it out.

The twelve plants named cover the
season from April to November inclusive.
Three are low growing, six of medium
height and three tall. Two of them are
white and the others embrace shades of
red, yellow, pink and blue. Seven of
them are good for cutting. None are so
rare as to entail much expense or trouble
in procuring them— and all are perfectly
hardy.

I am well aware that I have not men-
tioned many beautiful herbaceous plants
that are equally as fine as those I have
named and some of my professional
friends may think I have much to learn
in regard to perennials, but I venture to
assert that any amateur who starts his
garden with the plants I have named,
will, if he has any love for flowers, be so
well pleased that he will quickly wish to
double or treble his list.

Begonias In England.

While writing this headline it occurred
to me to briefly allude to the contrast
between the present day advantages and
those we possessed twenty- five years or
so back in the same but then very infer-
ior line of plants. A marked contrast
obtains in the case of Begonia Gloire de
Lorraine over and above what we then
had in Begonia insignis, B. Knowlesley-
ana and other sub-shrubby kinds.

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine and its
varieties have come rapidly to the front
during the past three or four years and
may now be found in excellent condition
in many parts of the country. The cul-
tural method I follow is quite similar in
the case of both B. Gloire de Lorraine and
its sport, Mrs. Leopold de Rothschild,
and the difference between them has not
been in the slightest degree occasioned by
diverse methods of either propagation or
cultivation. The assumption made in
some quarters that such is the case is
bordering on the ridiculous.

The old plants here are kept slightly
dooler and drier than usual during Janu-
ary, and then in February a sufficient
quantity for stock purposes are trans-
ferred to more warmth, previously hav-
ing had all the flower stems removed.
Cuttings from the base will soon push
forth. These are taken off when about
two inches long, being inserted either sin-
gly, if extra good, or in fours if not so
large, and respectively in thumbs and
sixty- sixed pots. These root freely in a
close atmosphere.

The system of leaf-propagation is also
followed, and is equally as successful as
cuttings. These are generally struck in
cocoa nut fiber refuse, where this medium
is used for plunging purposes. Thus each
leaf will quickly root, with scarcely any
attention. This method of leaf- propaga-
tion is not the same as that adopted in
the case of Begonia rex section, wherein,
by severing the mid-ribs, many plants
from the same leaf may be had. With the
leaves of B. Gloire de Lorraine and its
varieties it is different; one leaf makes
one plant only. The leaf should be
inserted in the fiber with the full length
of the petiole, or leaf stalk. Roots are
emitted from the base, and a cluster of
shoots soon follow from the same part,
and not directly from the leaf itself. These
leaf cuttings grow rapidly, and make, for
a time, larger foliage, being also, of the
two, more stocky, in that more shoots
come from the base than from the cut-
tings made from shoots. The cool stove
treatment is followed through the flow-
ering stage.

The soil we use is a light loam with
leaf-mould and a little peat, the potting
always being done firmly. In hot
weather slight shade is given during the
heat of the day. Only one stick to the
plant is allowed, the rest of the support
being arranged by slinging the shoots.
The only insect pest that has given any
trouble is a minute form of thrip, which,
if not soon stopped, will rapidly disfigure
the foliage by imparting to it a rusty
hue. I find xl all vaporizer to be a safe
and efficient remedy. As a basket plant
B. Gloire de Lorraine is an excellent sub-
ject, better than the variety B. Mrs. Leo-
pold de Rothschild; the former is of more
slender growth and not so short-jointed
as the latter. During this past chrysan-
themum season it has been my good for-
tune to see splendid specimens of Gloire
de Lorraine, i.e., plants some two feet or
so in diameter, and in from 6-inch to
8 inch pots. Before any decisive state-
ment can be made respecting the white
form of this begonia another season will
have to be given it in my case. It is
equally as profuse, but whether the color
will be as popular is another question,
and one that must stand over for the
present. — Gardeners' Magazine.

WITH THE GROWERS.

JOHN N. MAY, SUMMIT, N.J.

In the carnation houses of J. N. May,
at Summit, N. J., three varieties thereare
that stand out impressively as particu-
larly profitable sorts for the grower
because they are and have been uniformly
in fuU flower ever since early fall and the
cut from these houses varies but slightly
from week to week and month to month.
The varieties referred to are Olympia,
Lily Dean and an unnamed cerise seed-
ling. This characteristic, together with
perfection of form, in petal and flower, is
what Mr. May is striving for in his seed-
ling raising. Unquestionably the broad,
flat overlapping guard petal which is so
pronounced in Olympia is the nearest
approach yet to what is to be one of the
strongest features of the ideal American
carnation of the future and its develop-
ment is seen in a marked degree through-
out the approved varieties which Mr.
May has selected from among the many
thousands of seedlings raised within the
past three years, the narrow, irregular
petals and contorted, fringed edges so
commonlj- met with having been care-
fully avoided in crossing or discarded
when they appeared. One white seedling
now in its third year is greatly admired
by all who see it. The flower is enor-
mous, with high center and broad, flat,
smooth-edged petals — in fact everything
that goes to make up the ideal exhibition
flower, except that, so far, it has proved
too short in the stem and no means of
stretching it up to White Cloud height
has been found. All the recently intro-
duced and popular novelties are seen
here to good advantage but Estelle holds
the record for best behavior up to date.

I think Mr. May's roses have, alto-
gether, never looked finer at this season
of the year than at presant. This state-
ment is not intended to apply to Liberty,
which has shown its worst traits here
and is now only beginning to work out
of the bare-stemmed, black-spot stage.
One back bench, high up close to ventila-
tion is in much better shape than the rest
and seems to indicate that a free circula-
tion of pure air is particularly to be
sought in growing this rose. American
Beauty houses are in apparently excel-
lent health and productiveness and it is

exasperating to be shown here a new and
unsolved trouble which occasions almost
total loss of the crop of flowers. The
trouble appears first in the form of a
thickened ridge or collar in the stem,
about two inches below the half devel-
oped bud, the strongest and most juicy
growths being those most generally
attacked. Before the flower reaches
maturity it disjoints at the infected
point and drops off. An examination
shows that undoubtedly the stem has
been pierced by some minute borer and
an egg deposited there. Mr. May would
like to hear from any fellow florists who
may have experienced similar trouble and
proposes to submit it for scientific inves-
tigation in hopes that a preventative may
be found.

New York.

WONDERFUL REPAST OF THE CRAFT. —
SATURDAY NIGHT MADE MEMORABLE BY
A FEAST OF STEAK AND A FLOW OF SOUL
AND OTHER THINGS. — THE PLAN OF THE
"feed" and "disturbance." — DISPLAY
OF NEW CARNATIONS AT CLUB MEETING.
— THE POINTS SCORED — BUSINESS SHOWS
DECREASE.

But a small proportion of the seventy-
five participants in the New York Flo-
rists' Club's "beefsteak party" laat
Saturday evening had previous experi-
ence in this most enjoyable New York
institution. From the frequent expres-
sions of satisfaction as the delicious
morsels were passed round by the white-
capped waiters It is easy to foresee that
beefsteak dinners will have no lack of
enthusiastic friends in the New York
Florists' Club hereafter. The affair took
place in the club room and was
thoroughly Bohemian from start to
finish but at the same time decorous
throughout, in a degree highly creditable
to the diners and their entertainers. The
programme was a gem in its way. The
name of the witty author was not dis-
closed but a perusal of the following will
furnish convincing proof of his versatility:

SATURDAY EVENING, FEBUl'AHY 9, 1901.

Quotation from Euripides; "I had fourteen
boarders and a dog in tlie family, and so help me
God, on a Saturday niglit tlie do{^ was the decent
est one in the lot."'

Moral: Get on to the dog. Don't let him get on
to you.

Music by the Musicians, none of whom is
insured, so spare them.

Kicks may be registered with the followiuK
committi'e:

'I'he Right Honorable .Julius Lang, Head Steerer.
do Left do .Ino. Young, ]

do Middle do C.B. Weathered, f Assistant
do Front do W.W.Iturnhaui, f Steerera.

do Back do Lawr'e Hafner, j

SCORE OP THE I'EEI).

8HERRY.

'I'he committee was staked by Shanley to begin
with bis name, but they threw him down. Don't
ask them what they got.

STEAK.

The old-fashioned kind and lots of it, from
registered stock. Don't ask the committee the age
or sex of the beast; they don't know; but it is sus-
pected a patriarch is missing from his happy
home.

AI.E.

The "brown October" kind, and a "scrap" in
every mug; mugs and scrappers had better let it
alone, if any sneaked in.

BEER.

Old ' bock" left over. The committee was pre-
sented with this by some of the quality with an
eye to business. He careful of it. It is guaranteed
free from knock out drops.

CHOI'S.

Any one missing an old ram needn't advertise
for him. Ask .Julius where he is; he is not in the
cellar, eitliar. ■ .

SOFT STUFF. '

Nothin' doin'.

HARD STUFF.

Saved from Mrs. Nation's brigade at great
expense and loss of life Cherish it and call for
more.

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Feb. 1 6,

CELEBT.

Mr. Paine's brand, guaranteed to do anything
you can with it.

CIGABS.

Guests must have their poolcets sewed up in
anticipation. The Fire Department and Health
Department have been notified of the goings on.

THK DISTORBANCE.
From the Actors" National Protective Union,
8 Union Square .Tames L. Barry, Manager.

OVERTIME BY HARKV HEALD.

A peaceable man. but a holy terror when he's
vexed. Give him lots of applause to avoid trouble.

ROUND 1 — HARRY THOMPSON.

The Mayor of the Bowery, for 1901 only.
Elected by a large msijority on the Prohibition
and Woman's Suffrage ticket.

ROUND 2 — W5I. PAYNE.

Musical specialty, all his own. Any gentleman
wanting his instrument played please notify com-
mittee,

BOUND 3 — CHAS. H. DAWLET.

In up-to-date songs. He cannot sing the old
songs; no one will let him to-night.

ROUND 4 — 8IG. ZARNES.

The wonder from La Scala, Hoboken. Any one
not satisfied can get his money back next year.

ROUND 5 — PETE LA MARK.

Dnequaled impersonator. Try Louis. No con-
nection with the trade press. No advertising
agent.

ROUND 6— TOM TLTNN.

Irish comedian. It is to laugh or get fired. None
like Pat can be, ha-ha. The divil a hair we care;
we won't go home till morning.

BOUND 7 — JAMES M'KEBNAN.

Illustrated song act. Sketches made by the
Club's special artist for this occasion only, with
permission of Anthony Corastock.

ROUND 8 — BY THE COMPANY.

"Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot?"
Ambulances may nmv be called.

To Julios Lang — the usually retiring
and undemonstrative Julius — is due a
large share of the credit for the success of
the affair. Every member of a club has
some special talent in which be excels.
Mr. Lang astonished even his friends in
the perfection of detail iecured. He
worked hard and so did every member of
his committee and they are to be con-
gratulated on the outcome. John Young
in a cook's apron and cap, was a sight
worth going many miles to see. The
talent secured for the entertainment was
of the highest class. In addition to those
named in the programme the always
popular Harry Earie came in at a late
hour and generously contributed a couple
of delightful songs.

The meeting ot the New York Florists'
Club on Monday evening, February 11,
was a very large and interesting one.
The proposed fall show at Madison
Square Garden was • discussed and the
spirit of interest manifested was very
encouraging to the officers and others
especially interested. J. H. Taylor read
a well-prepared paper on his experience
with recently introduced carnations.
The exhibition of new carnations was
very interesting. H. Weber & Sons
showed Norway and Egypt, Dailledouze
Bros, staged a fine vase of Prosperity, E.
R. Sherwood, W. F. Jagger and Henry
Kindsgrab sent seedlings, and J. H. Tay-
lor and I. N. May showed fine collec-
tions. The points scored by the various
exhibits were as follows: To E. R. Sher-
wood's Laura C. Sherwood, 76 points;
to John N. May's No. 2972, 85 points.
No. 4112, 75 points, No. 2209, 89 points.
Maid of Honor, 78 points; to W. F.
Jagger's No. 1, 86 points. No. 4, 80
points; to A. Rasmussen's Hoosier Maid,
84 points; to H. Weber & Sons' Norway,
87 points, Egypt, 74 points. The vases
of seedlings shown by Henry Kindsgrab
and E. Weimar did not contain enough
flowers to judge.

Business in the wholesale districts con-
tinues on the down grade. Last week
trade was most unsatisfactory and
totally unexpected at this time of year, i

Roses are quoted at lower prices than for
some weeks, and even carnations, which
are supposed to be at the zenith of their
prosperity in midwinter, are declining in
value. Growers with one eye on the
returns and the other on the price of
glass will think twice before adding to
their area this season, it is asserted. But
the temptation to build is almost irre-
sistible, nevertheless. Lilies are showing
great irregularity in growth, foliage and
blooming period and much complaint is
made of the promiscuous character of the
bulbs delivered last fall.

Boston.

OHGANIZATION OF GARDENERS AND FLO-
RISTS TAKES ON NEW LIFE. — TRADE NOT
WHAT IT SHOULD BE AT THE SEASON. —
GOOD ROSES VERY PLENTIFUL. — WHITE
CARNATIONS IN EXTRA iJSMAND. — DAFFO-
DILS ARE EVERYWHERE. — PERSONAL
ITEMS AND OTHER DOINGS.

The Special meeting of the Gardeners'
and Florists' Club on Tuesday evening
was well attended and was otherwise
notable for the fact that fifteen new
members were added to the roll, of whom
a large majority were young men from the
Waban Rose Conservatories at Natick.
Nothing is more desirable in an organiza-
tion of this character than the accession
of young blood, the only difficulty being
the problem of keeping them interested.
It is to be hoped that the powers that be
will see to it that the young men are rec-
ognized by being given responsibilities
and duties in line with their interest and
ambitions; in this way their valuable
support and co-operation can be secured
and retained. The discussions in the
meeting were of an informal nature and
confined mainly to the recommendations
of the executive committee relative to the
changes in by-laws regarding annual
dues, meetings, etc. The next meeting
will take place on the second Tuesday in
March.

Business is not up to what it should be
in the first halt of February. Add to this
the rapidly increasing cut of roses and
the downward tendency of values is
accounted for. Roses have never been
better — perhaps never so good as they
are now. Places having no special repu-
tation in the past for high quality flow-
ers are turning out roses of a grade
hitherto found only in one or two tamed
establishments. Theeflect is to minimize
the extra value ot select stock over the
average grade and, in fact, the demand
at present seems to favor the average
grades, the strictly fancy material mov-
ing very slowly. Carnations are having
a real good time, it white. The propor-
tion of white carnations coming in is
entirely unequal to the call, which is gen-
eral and from all directions. Violets are
still abundant, excellent and low priced.
Daffodils have reached perfection, beauti-
ful specimens of the fancy trumpet varie-
ties being seen in all the florists' windows.
Lily of the valley now comes with a fair
supply of foliage and finds a better mar-
ket tor that reason.

John Galvin, the Nestor of the Boston
florists, is seriously ill at his home in
Dorchester. His advanced age makes
his recovery doubtful, and sadness pre-
vails among those who have enjoyed his
genial companionship for so many years.
James Minton, an old time Boston
florist, died at the Carney hospital on
Sunday, February 10. In the good old
days thirty years ago, when the expert
"bouquet maker" was lord of the florist
business, James Minton was without a ,

peer in his art. Of late years he has been
engaged in gardening.

Asparagus Sprengerii in hanging moss
baskets is finding sale here this season.
Its adaptability for home cultivation in
this torm should make it increasingly
popular as its good qualities become bet-
ter known. Its only requirement is an
occasional thorough soaking in water.

N. F. McCarthy & Co. will move the
office and cashier's desk from their cut
flower department to the plant auction
room, more space being demanded by
increasing cut flower trade. The change
will give much better facilities for hand-
ling flowers.

John Smith, formerly of Bayside and
Woodhaven, N. Y., has taken charge of
the houses of J. Newman & Son at Win-
chester.

J. Mutch, gardener to J. E. Rothwell,
contemplates going into commercial flor-
iculture at an early date.

Jas. Sutherland, Jr., is the latest victim
of the grip, up to date, and is confined to
his home.

E. N. Pierce is away on a mid-winter
cruise to the West Indies.

Visitor in town: H. J. Goemans, Hille-
gom, Holland.

Chicago.

DEMAND VARIABLE AND RECEIPTS LARGE.
— LOCAL TRADE INACTIVE AND SHIPPING
THE RELIANCE —LOWER VALUES GENER-
ALLY PREVAILING — BULBOUS STOCK
SUFFERING SEVERELY— GROWEESSECURE
LARGER SELLING QUARTERS —LILIES ARE
LATE. — A GROWER INCORPORATES. —
VARIOUS NOTES OF LOCAL INTEREST.

The Wall street reporter would call
this week's market "spotty." Therehave
been very fair supplies of stock but
demand has been fitful, so brisk momenta-
rily as to exhaust certain lines and again
so dull as to cause considerable accumu-
lations here and there. Local retailers
are, many of them, complaining of noth-
ing doing and are buying very lightly.
Shipping trade has been pretty active
but the orders have mostly been small.
Toward the end ot the week the Mardi
Gras orders are coming in, requiring
quite a bit of stock, but this New
Orleans festivity does not seem to be
making the usual stir in the market. It
is noted that all the buyers want super-
fine stock, and just at present they are
equally as critical of the price as of the
quality. When strictly fancy stock is
refused because of price it may be easily
imagined that the low grades, which
still preponderate, command no very
considerable values; particularly is this
true during the days which are too cold
for street salesmen. The cut ot Beauties
is still increasing but qualities are not
what they should be and good stock of
the medium lengths is scarce. Roses are
more plentiful, particularly Brides, and,
although qualities are now very goo'd,
values are tending rapidly downward.
Of carnations there are now large sup-
plies but none too many of good
quality, although prices are not high on
any item. The cheap grades are hanging
somewhat, whites not moving as
formerly because of a let-up in the demand
for funeral work. The violet situation
remains unchanged. Of Romans there is
a value-breaking surplus, narcissi are too
plentiful and ot daffodils the accumula-
tion is serious; they will not move at any
price.

Weiland & Risch have taken a. lease on
the basement room under their present
quarters at 59 Wabash avenue and will
remove there May 1. This change is

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957

made necessary by the too cramped con-
dition of their present store and the
move will put them in much better shape
to handle their trade. They will have
three times the present floor space and
the room will be so located that one may,
by passing through it, visit five whole-
salers without climbing the stairs to the
street level. There are four more whole-
salers upon the second floor of the same
building, all accessible from either of
two entrances.

On Thursday evening of this week
thirty florists played cards at the home
of Leonard Kill, of Peter Reinberg's city
establishment. Four prizes were pro-
vided, Mrs. Peter Reinberg winning the
first trophy for ladies and Mrs. M.
Everett, the booby. N. J. Wietor won
the gentlemen's prize and John Zeck the
booby. The ladies' prizes were a piano
and a hatchet. It was not a Steinway
Grand piano, but, nevertheless, it was a
piano.

The George Wittbold Company is hav-
ing the common experience with their lilies
although theirs are Japanese longiflorums
instead of Bermuda Harrisii. In their
lot of several thousand there is consider-
able irregularity and many variations,
although not much disease. The stock is
late and piping is being arranged to
force them along with high heat.

The secretary of state has licensed the
incorporation of the Swan Peterson
Floral Company, at Gibson City. The
capital stock is $30,000 and the incor-
porators are Swan Peterson, W. H.
Simms and W. A. Hoover. It is proposed
to take over Mr. Peterson's business and
largely extend his range of glass.

Jacob Becker is sending Budlong some
fine blooms of the Armazindy sport
variously known as Guardian Angel,
The Sport and Avondale. These sports
with the several growers are not identi-
cal in tint of pink but they all have the
Armazindy stem and habit and are good
sellers.

John Blanck is now acting as the
manager of the Drexel Floral Company,
which embarked in business opposite his
old place directly he froze up. The bank-
ruptcy matter and the disposition of the
greenhouses is still hanging fire.

Present indications are that the
Chicago party to the carnation conven-
tion at Baltimore will consist of J, D.
Thompson, N. J. Wietor, J.S. Wilson and
James Hartshorne, with the possible
addition of Peter Reinberg.

L. P. Kelly, of Kennicotts', has been
made business manager of Veriious
Voice, a prosperous semi-monthly paper
published in the interest of Vernon Coun-
cil, Royal League.

A new grower for this market is Nick
Rohs, of Edison Park, Niles, 111., who
formerly kept a grocery but who is now
going to grow roses and carnations.

Klehms' Novelty tulips made their
appearance early in the week and are
of very good quality for the first of the
season.

If dame rumor is to be believed New
Castle, Ind., is to enjoy a boom in the
greenhouse building line this spring.

"Deacon" E. R. Baldwin, of Ham-
mond's slug shot fame, is in town.

Carl Stromback is ill with an attack of
pneumonia.

Visitors in town: S. Alfred Baur, Erie,
Pa ; O. R. Demmler, Eau Claire, Wis,

NiLKS, III.— Nick Rohs, of Edison Park,
who has been in the grocery business,
has sold out and will build greenhouses
to grow roses and carnations for the
Chicago market.

Cincinnati.

ANNUAL ROSE SHOW OF THE LOCAL
SOCIBTY BRINGS OUT A VBRY LARGE DIS-
PLAY. — QUALITIES THB VERY HIGHEST.
—SOME SUPERIOR CARNATIONS.— THE
PRIZE WINNERS. — AT WITTERSTABTTER'S.
— VARIOUS NOTES.

Dark, gloomy weather, such as we
have experienced for the past month, is
not an aid in producing good roses and
carnations and those concerned thought
that the exhibition of roses at our meet-
ing on February 9 would not be up to
the standard, but we were very agreeably
surprised to see even a better display
than we had last year. It seemed as
though all the rose growers hereabouts
saved the best they had to show at this
meeting. The most interest centered in
the Proctor prize of $10 for best fifty
Bridesmaids. There were five entries
and after a good deal of deliberation the
judges awarded the prize to Albert Snn-
derbruch. 1 dare say this was the finest
vase of pink roses ever exhibited at the
club rooms. The prize for the best vase
of twenty-five Bride roses was taken by
Max Rudolph, but the judges had their
troubles here, too. Jos. Goldman, of Mid-
dletown, had a splendid vase entered for
the same prize. The South Park Floral
Company and Mr. Jennings, of New
Castle, Ind., had fine vases of Bride and
Bridesmaid roses, but they lacked in
numbers and consequently could not
compete.

The E. G. Hill Company had the new
roses, Queen of Edgely, Sunshine and
White Lady, and carnations Gaiety and
Avondale for exhibition only.

George & Allan showed Meteor, Brides-
maid, Perle and Bride, receiving first on
Bridesmaid, Meteor, and Perle.

W. K. Partridge, Lockland,0., received
first on Crane, Bradt, Marquis, and
White Cloud; also the E. G. Hill prize for
best fifty Ethel Crocker carnations. It
seems as though Mr. Partridge is the
only man around this city who can grow
Ethel Crocker to get the right results.
He is very much pleased with this variety,
saying it does well in dull weather, and
contemplates growing a whole house of
it another year.

At the meeting in the evening E. G.
Gillette, Geo. Bartlett and Albert Sun-
derbruch were appointed a committee to
draft resolutions upon the death of our
member, Edwin Hoftmeister, who
although not directly connected with the
florist business, was an earnest worker
in the society. Mr. Hoflmeister was the
attorney for the society and was always
willing to give good advice.

E. G. Gillett and Albert Sunderbruch
were appointed to secure rates to Balti-
more for the meeting of the A. C. S.
From present indications there will be
quite a delegation from this city, and
we would like to have all parties who
contemplate going from this section join
us. The Cincinnati delegation will travel
by the B. & O. and will leave here on the
morning of February 20.

Our friend Richard Witterstaetter did
not exhibit at the meeting last Saturday
and your scribe went out to see him and
find out the cause. It did not take long,
for in his cellar "Dick" had about a
dozen vases of the finest carnations we
ever set our eyes on. There was Enquirer,
Lawson, Adonis, Elinora, Opal, No.
723 A., Bradt and Olympia. "Dick" is
going after a certain prize and I'll wager
a nice, big red apple he'll bring that prize
to Cincinnati.

Ed. Murphy suflered a severe loss last
Sunday evening, when a wind demol-

ished his houses. It is quite discouraging
to him for he is a new beginner, and his
carnations were coming along nicely. He
was cutting the best carnations coming
in from Murphyville and all the boys
feel sorry for him.

W. A. Mann, of the Cincinnati Cut
Flower Co., is on the sick list.

Visitor: E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind.;
Herbert Heller, New Castle, Ind.; Mr.
Underwood, Columbus, O.; E. T. Graves,
Richmond, Ind. D.

Detroit.

TRADE QUIET, BUT ROSES AND CARNATIONS
SHORT OF DEMAND FOR WEEKS AT A
TIME.— SHIPPED IN CARNATIONS GO TO
SLEEP.- ABOUT LILIES.— THE CLUB

MEETING.

Trade the past few weeks has been
rather uneventful, marked only by a
scarcity of carnations and roses. While
the weather has not been severely cold it
has been most constantly cloudy. Out-
side markets have given some reliefin the
rose jine, but the local retailers have
experienced so much disappointment in
the condition of carnations on arrival
from distant points that they have
learned to rely mainly upon the home
product. Violets have been uniformly
good and quite plentiful the whole sea-
son and have sold well at good prices.
Bulbous stock is now coming in pretty
freely and is much needed to furnish a
variety in the cut flower stock.

Valentine's day brought a fresh impetus
to trade all along the line. Violets and
lily of the valley were in special demand,
and pans of dafiodils, tulips and hya-
cinths sold well. There have been very
few Harrisii lilies in this market this win-
ter, as few of them were planted, and of
such as were the disease has destroyed a
large proportion. Longiflorum was more
largely planted and is expected to be the
lily for Easter, but many of those calcu-
lated for that event, though at present
seeming strong and healthy, will come in
beautifully about ten days too late, and
it is now plainly evident that the stock
of this most essential of all Easter plants
will be inadequate for the demand that
will surely come.

At the last meeting of the club two
candidates were admitted to member-
ship. The subject of the proposed fall
flower show was interestingly discussed.
The premium list committee reported a
preliminary list, which was received and
approved, and the committee was
instructed to complete the list and report
at the next meeting. The exhibition will
be made by members of the Detroit Flo-
rists' Club only, except in the case of
novelties in carnations, roses and chrys-
anthemums, which classes are open to all,
and liberal premiums and medals will be
offered covering such exhibits.

There will be no exhibits from this
vicinity at the Baltimore carnation show,
and it is yet uncertain how many will
attend the meeting. But President Geo.
A. Rackham will be there and will invite
the society to hold its next meeting in
Detroit.

Recent visitors: J. A. Evans, Rich-
mond, Ind.; Harry Byers, of Dayton, O.;
C. B. Knickman, Rutherford, N. J.; E.
Fetters, Cleveland, and C. W. Ward,
Queens, L. I. J. F. S.

The Newtown Pippin is one of the
American apples most highly valued in
European markets, but unfortunately it
is grown successfully only in certain
restricted districts, notably along the
Hndaon river and on Long Island.

958

The American Florist.

Feb. 1 6

Subsotiption, 11.00 a year. To Europe, 12.00.
SuDSoriptions aooeptcd only from those
• in the trade.

Advertisements on all except cover pages,
10 Cents a Line, Agate; 11.00 per inch.
Cash with Order.
No Special Position Guaranteed.
OlsoouQts are allowed, only on consecutive Inser-
tions, as follows—* times, 5 per cent ; 13 times,
10 per oenti 26 times, 20 per cent;
^ times, 30 per cent.
Cover space sold only on yearly contract at
11.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two
front pages, regular discounts ap-
- plying only to the back pages.

The Advertising Department of the Ambbicak
Flobist is for Florists, Seedsmen and Nurserymen
and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only
Orders lor less than one-half inch space not accepted

Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to
secure insertion in the issue for the following
Saturday. Address

AMERICAN FLORIST GO.. OHIOAQO.

The death is announced of Mrs. Tur-
ner, widow of the late Charles Turner, at
Sloagfa, England, January 22.

Carnation convention next week; it
you cannot attend look for a full report
in the next issue of this journal.

The price of cypress, such as is best lor
greenhouse material, has been advanced
$2.50 per thousand teet since last season.

Grbenhodse builders report that
nearly all estimates asked for this season
are for wide houses, twenty- six to thirty-
two feet and even wider.

Much inconvenience and unpleasant-
ness will De avoided at the forthcoming
carnation and rose exhibitions by ship-
ping exhibits so that they will arrive in
good season.

There is considerable inquiry for
pseonies of varieties suitable for cut
flowers and buyers are in search of
stocks of the true "drop white," Psonia
festiva maxima.

It was a highly appropriate mark of
appreciation and respect that the British
horticultural journals should appear in
more or less mourning array on the date
of publication succeeding the late Queen's
death.

The American Florist Company's
Trade Directory for 1901 is now in the
bands of its subscribers. This year's
edition contains ,397 pages and thou-
sands oi new names and changes of
address. It is by all odds the best edition
of this indispensable volume, in every
way superior to its predecessors. While
there are something like 1500 new names
in the lists of florists, nurserymen and
seedsmen, the other features show
marked improvement, the list of private
gardeners having doubled. There are
the usual lists of landscape architects,
parks, cemeteries, experiment station
horticulturists, societies, horticultural
supply concerns and firms which issue
catalogues, all fully revised and brought
up to date. The book will save many
times its price on every catalogue or
circular mailed to the trade. It puts the
matter direct to the live names.

The Seeds that Never Grow.

Our good and zoalous Congressman,

Remindful of our vote.
Upon his memorandum's page

Puts down a little note;
And when the proper time arrives

For us to wield the hoe,
He seudeth us those little seeds,

The ones that never grow!

— Boston Transcript.

Greenhouse Building.

Essex, Mass.— L G. Burnham, conserv-
atory.

Westfield, N. Y.— J. H. Bristol, one
house.

Dayton, O.— Alva Kauflman, one house.

Bellefontaine, O.— Poole & Purllant,
rebuilding burned range.

Gibson City, 111.— Peterson Floral Co.,
range of houses.

Baltimore, Md.— Robert Graham, two
houses.

Savannah, Ga — John Wolf, rose house.

Middletown, Conn.— Fred. B. Fount-
ain, store and greenhouse.

Chrysanthemum Society of America.

President Herrington announces that
a meeting of the Chrysanthemum Society
oi America will be held at Baltimore
sometime during the American Carna-
tion Society's convention. Chrysanthe-
mum growers at Baltimore would there-
fore do well to bear the matter in mind
next week.

Heating a Small House.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I have a greenhouse
10x40 and eight feet to the ridge. The
house is well built, with 4 fopt side walls,
and runs east and west. It is heated by
hot water from a heater with the capac-
ity of 300 feet of direct radiation. I force
the water up to a twenty gallon open
expansion tank seven feet above the
heater. Gravity forces the water through
a continuous coil of ten rows of lU-inch
pipe, five rows under each bench, and
back to the boiler. I am open to sugges-
tions as to how I can better the system.
I grow a miscellaneous stock.

Young Florist.

Owing to the friction in small pipes, a
run of 100 feet is rather too long for lU-
inch pipe, although if the heater is in a
furnace pit it will give fair results. If to
be arranged as one run, it would have
been better to have used eight 11/2 inch or
six 2-inch pipes, or, if the small pipe was
on hand, to have used two 2-inch flow
pipes, with IVi-inch returns.

L. R. Taft.

Sweet Pea Cuhure by Catalogue.

Compilers of seed catalogues have done
remarkably well this year. Sweet pea
blooms will be bigger and brighter than
ever. Those of us who know that this is
so, because we read it in the catalogues,
are willing to take it for granted. Svyeet
pea culture by catalogue is far easier
than by manual labor. — Boston Journal.

Hot Treatment for Lilies.

Ed. Am. Florist: — I wish some good
lily grower would tell me how I am going
to come out with my loogiflorums. We
have 5,000 Japanese Lilium longiflorum,
7 to y, which were potted up when they
were received, the first week in December.
On January 2 we placed them in a good
light house with a night temperature of
from 60° to 65°, this temperature being
gradually increased until now it ranges
Irom 70° to 75°. The plants are at
present from six to ten inches above the
top of the pots and look very healthy.
How are my prospects for getting them
in by Easter? I can still raise the tem-
perature. F. W. M.

It is the almost unanimous report that
both Harrisii and longiflorum are late
this year, but in reply to a somewhat
similar query Robert Craig once said: "If
Japanlongiflorum lilies are six inches high
and in good health and vigor at the end
of January they should be in for Easter if
kept in a night temperature of 55° to 60°;
much depends upon the number of bright
days; if there is much cloudy weather
the temperature may have to be slightly
increased. We think it is time enough to
apply manure water after the buds can
be seen. The liquid should be made of
sheep or cow manure and applied once
or twice a week until the plants are
nearly in iuU bloom."

American Carnation Society.

The following new carnations have
been registered at the secretary's office:

By L. E. Marquisee, Syracuse, N. Y.,
Empire State, color pure white, size three
to four inches, calyx perfect, stem strong,
two to three feet, substance exceptionally
good, form full double, well built up,
very fragrant; habit ideal, making only
flowering wood, growth vigorous and
quick; free as a carnation can be, early
and continuous.

By W. S. Nichol, Barrington Center,
R. I., Wild Rose, color pink of a clear
wild rose color; very early, free and con-
tinuousAloomer; habit of plant compact
and upright, with strong, stiff' stems and
perfect calyx; flowerstwo and three-quar-
ters to three inches and one of the
greatest producers among commercial
varieties.

By John Kuhns,. Philadelphia, Pa.,
John Habermehl, color dark pink or red;
a good sized flower on a good, stiff stem
and with a calyx that does not burst;
habit of plant all that could be desired
and an early, free and continuous
bloomer.

By Frederick Specht, Rochester, N, Y.,
Mrs. Margaretha Behn, color a beautiful
light pink, flower of good size, with a
good calyx and a stiff, strong and long
stem. Miss Meta Behn, color light pink,
large flower on a long, stiff stem and
with a perfect calyx. Miss FloraSpecht,
color bright red or scarlet, a good big
flower on a very strong stem with a non-
bursting calyx.

Albert M. Hbrr, Sec'y.

Piping Greenhouses.

Ed. Am. Florist:— We have two green-
houses running north and south, pro-
tected on the north byfurnace and store
shed. The house on the east is 14x32
feet, that on the west 13x22; distance to
ridge on each 10 feet. In the east house
we wish to have a temperature of 55° to
60°, in the west house 45° to 50°. We
would like to know how the houses
should be piped with 1-inch pipe to
maintain about temperatures. Z.

Iowa.

The following estimate will answer if
the houses have wooden walls not to
exceed five feet high. If the houses have a
wall in common between them one less
pipe will be required in each house, while
if there is glass in the side walls an addi-
tional pipe will be needed for each eigh-
teen inches in width of glass. The east
house will require one 2y2-inch overhead
flow and sixteen 1-inch returns; the other
house will need one flow and twelve
returns. If the houses are built with side
benches, the returns can be in horizontal
coils underneath. Unless there are doors
in the south ends of the houses the coils
can start at the middle of the ends and
run each way to the corners and then
under the benches to the north end, while
if there are doors the coils can start as
close as possible. The 2' ;;inch flows can
be divided and connected with the coils
with 2-inch pipes. L. R. Taft.

igoi.

The American Florist.

959

White Grub-Deformed Buds.

Ed. Am. Floeist: — Please give name of
the white grub which works at the roots
of roses, causing the foliage to turn yel-
low and drop, also remedy. What is the
cause of so many deformed rose buds at
this season of the year, both in American
Beauty and teas? Is it lack of sunlight?

H. B.

The white grubs affecting the rose
plants are the larvae of the June bug. There
is only one way to treat them when they
get in the greenhouse, and that is to
catch them and kill them. In reference to
the deformed rose buds, it may be a lack
of sunlight causing it, or it may be that
a sudden change in the temperature has
a good deal to do with it. For instance,
if the house has been run steadily at 56°
to 58° at night, and some cool night is
allowed to run down to 50° for several
hours, it causes some of the buds to come
deformed and off color. But the trouble
is more often caused by some insect
affecting the bud in its small state.

John N. May.

Minneapolis.

TRADE BRISK AND STOCK MORE PLENTIFUL.
—GOOD BEAUTIES THE PRINCIPAL SCARC-
ITY.

Our last six days' trade was exceed-
ingly good, and stock is arriving in larger
quantities, so there will be a plenty to
supply all demands. Brant & Noe
reported a good wholesale trade last
week, everything going out cleanly.
Beauties are in great demand and it is
hardly possible to get first-class stock.
Meteors, Bridesmaids and Brides are
obtainable in any number. Carnations
are obtainable in goodly quantities, also
violets.

By the papers we see Chicago is suffer-
ing from severe storms, the snow being
the deepest for years, while here there is
very little snow and the weather is very
mild. But perhaps our time is to come,
so we had best keep quiet. C. F. R.

Catalogues and Cut Flower Price Lists
Received.
Archias' Seed Store, Sedalia, Mo.,
seeds, bulbs, insecticides, etc.; F. Dorner
& Sons Co., LaFayette, Ind., carnation
cuttings; Clipper Lawn Mower Co.,
Norristown, Pa., lawn mowers; W. Atlee
Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., seeds;
Darch & Hunter, London, Ont., seeds;
Lewis Roesch, Fredonia, N. Y., vines and
nursery stock; Geo. Jackman & Son,
Woking Nurseries, Surrey, England,
plants; V.Lemoine& Sons, Nancy, France,
plants; F. C. Heinemann, Erfurt, Ger-
many, seeds; Kohler & Rudel, Altenburg
and Windischleuba, Germany, shrubs,
etc.; S. A. Haseltine, Springfield, Mo.,
traps; Orcutt Seed and Plant Co., San
Diego, Cal., cacti seeds; Harlan P. Kelsey,
Boston, Mass., galax leaves, etc.; Chas.
H. Snow, Cummings Bridge, Ont., small
fruits; H. J. Jones, Lewisham, S. E., Eng-
land, portfolio chrysanthemums; Sander
& Co., St. Albans, England, and Bruges,
Belgium, orchids; J. Lambert & Sohne,
Trier, Germany, vegetable and flower
seeds; John N. May, Summit, N. J.,
roses, etc; L. E. Archias Seed Co.,
Carthage, Mo., seeds; Nathan Smith &
Son, Adrian, Mich., late novelties in
plants; Nanz & Neuner, Louisville, Ky.,
plants, trees, etc.; Livingston Seed Co.,
Columbus, Ohio, vegetable and flower
seeds; Richard Vincent, Jr., & Son, White
Marsh, Md., plants; Henry Nungesser
& Co., New York, N. Y., seeds; T. S. Hub-
bard Co., Fredonia, N. Y. , price list

small fruits, etc.; North Shore Ferneries,
Beverly, Mass., fern pans, etc.; E. Gill,
West Berkeley, Cal., roses, trees, etc.;
Schlegel & Fottler, Boston, Mass., seeds,
bulbs, etc.; E. H. Hunt, Chicago, 111.,
cut flowers, seeds, bulbs, etc; E. C.
Amling, Chicago, cut flowers, etc.; Mc-
Kellar& Winterson, Chicago, 111., whole-
sale price listcut flowers; Kennicott Bros.
Company, Chicago, 111., wholesale price
list cut flowers and carnation cuttings.

SITUATIONS, WANTS, rOR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this head.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
for the year 1900 is entitled to a flve-line want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year.

SITUATION WANTED -By a strictly sober
'' young gardener, single, as assistant in com-
mercial place. O K, 238 Dean St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

JJITDATIOX WANTED— As foreman by a first-
^" class all-around man; married; 25 vears'
experience. Foreman, care American Florist.

QITUATION WANTED-In store or greenhouses
^^ as salesman or assistant; 14 years' experience.
Not alraid of work. H D C, care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As gardener, well up
^-^ in growing flowers, fruits, vegetables; also
landscape work. Best of references. Address
F F. 980 38th St., Chicago.

SITUATION WANTED— By experienced single
*J tlorist aud gardener, capableof takingcharge.
Private or commercial. Give full particulars.
Wm. K., care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— Foreman, florist: 25
'■^ years; experienced grower fine roses, carna-
tions, 'mums, violets. References. Address

W. Florist, 1021 W. 3rd St., Canton, O.

SITUATION WANTE1)-As foreman, 21 years'
^^ experience. German, age 36. married; at liberty
March 1st or later. Address
Cha". Nitz. Rennisou G'houses, Sioux City, la.

UITDATION WANTED — By up-to-date, all-
^-^ around llori.st. German. 13 years' experience,
capable <>[ taking charge. Best of references.
Please state wages when writing.

SBC, care American Florist.

^^^ITDATION WANTED— A.^ head gardener on
^-^ private place; German, age 32. Specialist in
landscape gardening, nursery aud greenhouse.
Good reference. Address

K. Bbaun. 415 Gregory St., Rochester, N. Y.

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman by a No. 1
*^ grower of roses, carnations, violets, 'mums,
palms, ferns, forcing of bulbs, etc. Capable of
taking entire charge of a large place. References
O. K. Foreman, 1421 Blake St.. Denver, Col.

SITUATION WANTED— As floristaud gardener;
^^ English; four years in America. Al grower
of cut llowers and plants; experieed in landscape
gardening, funeral designs, mail and retail trade.
Abstainer. First-class references. Address

A J. "Florist," Fresno, Cal.

JJITUATION WANTED— Suitable married man,
^^ English, total abstainer, disengaged March
1st. At preeent head gardener at large state
institution. Versed in all duties pertaining to Al
place. Private plac*- preferred. Glass, etc.
A K. rare J)on. 114 (Chambers St., N. Y. City.

SITUATION WANTED — By man thoroughly
^^ familiar with seed business— wholesale, com-
mission and retail. 15 years' experience. This
is and exceptional opportunity to get thoroughly
competent man and a hustler. Excellent refer-
ences. Address G, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By graduate florist of
^-^ the Horticultural School of Ghent, Belgium,
with 25 years' experience and 3 years in this
country: understands all branches of the trade,
wants position as headgardener of gentleman's
place or as florist in an horticultural establish-
ment. First-class reference. Address

E S, care American Florist.

TY/'ANTED— Young man with some experience
' ' in general greenhouse work. State wages
wanted with board. Cole Bros., Peoria, III.

\\rANTED— Reliable, competent man. Fine

''^ roses, 'mums, etc. Also assistant. Address

J.T.Williamson. LaRose Gardens. Memphis. Tenn.

TV/^AXTED— Two young men with some knowl-
'* edge of roses, carnations and cut flowers.
Will pay good wages with board. Address

B I, care American Florist.

W^

WANTED— Good, reliable, young florist, Ger-
man preferred; must be honest and a good
worker. Address H. N. Bruns,

690_W. Van Buren St., Chicagn.

A VT.INTED— A young man with some experience
" in greenhouse work; wages $20 a month,
board and room for a start. Address

P. L. Larson, p'ort Dodge, Iowa.

WANTED AT OXCE— Experienced cut flower
" grower; single. Send references and state
wages expected to

Alfred Brokan, Independence, Mo.

"\\rANTED— .\n assistant, sober and willing
'' with some experience in roses, carnations',
bedding stoolc, etc. Permanent place; state
experience and where last employed; also wages.
with board per monih. Address '

Geo. S. Belding, Middletown, N. Y,

Ty.VNTED— Working foreman who thoroughly
' ' understands the growing of palms ferns
bedding and general stock. One who can force
successfully all kinds of bulbs and plants, such
as used on commercial retail place. Must be a
man of character and ability. Permanent posi-
tion for right party. Address with references
E B, care American Florist.

'piOR SALE OR RENT-Florist establishment
-L in good business city in Southern Minnesota.
For particulars Address Florist,

care American Florist.

UOR SALE OR RENT— Leading florist business
-*- in Kansas City, Mo. Two acres ground and
greenhouses of modern equipment, .\ddress
II. Probst, 1180 Broadway, New York, City.

TfOR SALE— On account of my husband's death
J- and my own poor he.alth, will sell at a sacri-
fice, good floral and gardening establishment.
Those wishing to buy, will do well to investigate.
For particulars, address Mrs. .Iulia STEraHAusER,
L. B. 45, Pittsburg, Kan.

rfOR SALE— On account of ill health will sell,
^ lease or trade two new greenhouses, 88 feet
long, stocked with palms, bedding plants, etc.
Good location, modern conveniences.

WicuiTA GREENHonsEs, 901 Waco Ave.,
Wichita, Kans.

tfOR SALE OR RENT— A fine chance for a good
J- florist in the best town of 15,01.0 on the Pacific
Coast; 3600 square feet of glass, new, well stocked.
Will sell whole or half interest or rent to good
party. Everything sold retail. Address

A Snap, care .Vmerican Florist.

Tj^OR S.VLE— Retail business, including store
J- fixtures, safe, cash register, etc. One of the
oldest and most prominent establishments in
Milwaukee. Good shipping trade; best location,
rent low, good reason for disposing of this part'Of
ray interest. .V snap to a live man for $600 cash.
Immediate possession can be taken. Address
A. Klokner, Milwaukee, Wis.

FOR SALE.

Seed store in New York with good retail busi-
ness. Place is stocked now for spring trade and
nothing more need to be bought. Good oppor-
tunity for young, pushing man with capital.
Inquiries under

NEW YORK, care American Florist,

67 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paving business, both
local and siiipping trade, well stocked and
a good stock coming on. Location the best
for living and growing stock. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, care Am, Florist.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY oe

At Nyack, N. Y. A plot 220xJ25
feet, on which are four Rosehouses,
t00x}8x6, each house heated by a
No. J 6 Hitchings Boiler; and seven
houses, each about 64x1 J ^t., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HITCHIN6S & CO.,

^ZZ Mercer St. NEW YORK..

960

The American Florist.

Feb. 1 6,

Bangor, Me.

The exceptionally cold weather through
January, sometimes as low as 20° and
28° below zero, has made flowers very
scarce and largely increased the death
rate, which naturally booms trade. Carl
Beers has lurnished, in the past three
weeks, some eighty funeral designs.
Spring outlook is brightening. Stock is
very good and free from disease.

Wbo!|5aIe ffower/arK^

CrNcnrNATi, Feb. 14.

Roses, Beauty 20.00@40.00

" Bride 5.00® 8.00

Bridesmaid 5.00® 8.00

Meteor 6.eo@10.00

Perle 4.00® 5.00

Carnations 1.50® 6.00

Violets 50® .75

Lily of the valley 4.00

Roman Hyacinths 2.00® 3.00

Narcissus. 3.00

Daffodils, Tulips 4.00

Harrisli lilies 12.50

Callas 10.00

Asparagus 50.00

Smilax 12.50

Adiantum 100

Galax leaves .15

Common ferns .20

St. Louis, Feb, 14,

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 5,00@10,00

Beauty, long, per doz.S.OO® 5.00
short " .75® 2.50

" Perle 4.00® 6.00

Meteor 5.00® 8.00

Carnations, common 1 25® 1.50

choice 2.00® 4.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Smilax 12.50®15.00

Adiantum 1.00® 1.25

Galax .15

Violetp 35® .69

Narcissus 3.00

Romans 2.00

Sweet peas 1.00® 2.00

Callas 10.C0@15 00

Freesias 2.00

Tulips 3.00® 4.00

Mllwahkeb, Feb. 14.
Rosea, Beauty, long, per doz. 3.00® 4.00
med. " 2 00® 2 50
short " 1.00® 1.50

" Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00® 8.00

" Meteor 6.00® 8.00

" Golden Gate 6.00®10.00

" Perle 6.00® 8.00

Carnations, ordinary 1. 00® 1.50

fancy 2 00® 4.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Common ferns .25

Smilax 15. OCft 18.00

Asparagus 65.00

Galax leaves .20

Violets 60® 1.00

Freesias 3.00

Romans, Paper White 2.00® 3.00

Lily ot the Valley 3.00® 4.U0

Harrisli )5.M@I8.00

Cal'as 10.00@12.50

Tulip, single 2,00® 3.00

PiTTBBUBe, Feb. 14.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 30.00@50.00

" " extra 20. 00® 25 00

Bride, Bridesmaid 3. 00® 15. 00

" Meteor 4. 00® 10 00

Perle 4.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 1 .00® 2.00

fancy 2.60® 4.00

Violets 3u@ 1. 00

Paper White. Romans 3.00® 4. GO

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Miu'nonette 2.00t' 4.00

White Lilac. .per dozen 1.00@1.50

Sweet peas 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, Freesias 2.00® 4.00

Harrisli 15.00@20.00

Smilax 10 .00@15 . 00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Asparagus 35.00@75.00

" Sprengerii 20® .75

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 11.25

Dagger terns per 1000, 2.00

Dknveb, Feb. 13.

Roses, Beauty, select 25 00@40.00

" " ordinary 5.00@I2.50

Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00® 7.00

Meteor 4.00® 6.00

Perle, Wootton 3.00® 5.00

Carnations, ordinary 1.50® 2.00

fancy 2.50® 3.00

Lily of the valley 4.00

CaUas 12.50

Harrisli ^ 12.60

Violets single 50® 1.00

double 50® 1.00

Galax Leavas .20

Asparagus 60.00

Smilax 15 00

Ferns, per 1000 2.50 .30

We are Seceiving' a Very Select IiOt of >^

Roses, Carnations, Harrisii and GATTLEYAS

AND OrFER THEM AS FOLLOWS
Per doz.

American Beauties, short $1.00 to $1.50

medium .... 2.00 to 3.00

long 4.00 to 6.00

Per 100

Brides. Maids $6.00 to $ 8 00

Meteors 5.00to 8.00

Perles 4.C0

Carnations, standard sorts 100 to 3.00

fancy 2.00 to 3.00

Harrisii 15.00 to 20.f0

Callas 15.00to 20.00

Romans, Paper Whites 3.i0

Valley 300to 4.00

Violets, double 75 to 1.00

•* single .50

Mignonette 4. no

Asparagus 50.00

Per 100

Smilax 12.50 to 15.00

Adiantum 1 00 to 1.25

Ferns $1.50 per 1000 .20

Leucothoe Sprays .75

Vvild Smilax.

Case No. 1, 15 lbs $3.00

Case No. 2, 20 lbs 3.25

Case No. 3, 25 lbs 3.75

Case No 4, 35 lbs 4.60

Case No. 5, 40 lbs 5.00

Case No. 6, 50 lbs 6.00

Nephrolepis WIttboldii.

Frouds 36 to 42 inches per doz., $3.00

Fronds 30 to 36 inches .... '• 2.00

Fronds 24 lo 30 inches ... " 1.00

This is the finest thing yet produced
and makes a much nicer show than
Cycas Leaves. Try them.

PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. P. AND 0. AT COST.
Rooted Cuttings MRS. IN€ CARNATION, deep red, free bloomer, $7,00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

51 WABASH AVENUE,

-CHICAQO.

J. B. DEAMUD,

Please mention the A mert'can Florist when writing

CUT FLOWERS.

^ . . ^ Shipping orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG CUT FLOWER CO., Ltd.

504

Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
REASON.

PITTSBURG,
PA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

No. 1 contains 25 lbs 13.60

No. 2 contains 35 lbs 4.50

No. 3 contains 60 lbs 6.00

Brilliant Bronze or Green $1.25 per 1000

Small Green, for Violets 1.00 per lOOO

Telephone
798 Madison Sq.

FANCY FERN. DAGGER FERN, ETC.. at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARD. 38 W. 28lli St., Niw York.

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed for Ten Cents.

AMERICAN ROSE CO., Washington, D. C.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays,

$2.90 PER
1000.

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
References: 200 dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park, N. C.

WANTED!

One or more growers of
Roses and Carnations to

send me their second quality flowers. Beat bank

and business references p;iveD.

C. N. WILSON. 757 Central Ave.. Hot Springs. Ark.

...GEO. M. ICELLOGG...

"■"'■-' i"n'?:e"w°e'.i: Cut Flowefs

Give U8 an order and we will please you.

Our Gresnhouist at PLEASANT HILL, MO.
Our Store. 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO.

IVlons dibtanos 'phokb at bitheb flaci

Please mention the Atnerican Florist when writing.

JOHN B. FERGUSON,

Wholesale riorist,

NO. 6 DIAMOND MARKET SQUARfE.
PITTSBURG. PA.

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and Violets
Solicited.

GALAX LEAVESI

J. L. BANNER & CO.. Montezuma, N. C.

Your Advertisement

will transact business 365 days in the year, working 24 hours per day, with
all the best purchasers in the United States and Canada, if placed in

The Best Drun.n.er. THc AtTierican Florlst.

jgoi.

The American Florist.

961

OUR WnOL[ [N[RGY

Is devoted to the handling of cot flowers only and to sup-
plying the varied wants in this line of our many customers.
It stands to reason that we can handle stock better and give
better satisfaction to cut flower buyers than can houses where
cut flowers are only a side line to stocks of other florists' supplies.

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLV LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street,

CHICAGO. ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BEAUTIP3

Long stem per doz., | 6.00

Stems 30 inches " 5.00

" 24 " " 4.0O

" aO " " 3.00

15 " " 2.00

" 12 " " 1.50

Short stems " 1. 00

Brides, Maids per 100, 6.00— 8.00

Meteors " 6. CO— 8.00

Perles " 4.00— .t.OO

Roses, good seconds *' 3.0U — 4.00

Carnations, standard sorts.. " 1.50—2.00

Fancysorts " 3.00—4 00

Callas, Harrisii per dozen, 1.50—2.00

Romans, Paper White per lOO, 2.00— 3.00

P'reesias " 3.00—4.01

Valley " 2.00—4.00

Violets " .75—1.00

Mignonette per doz. .50— .75

Asparagus per string. .60— .80

Galax , 1000, %\ ; 10,000 (or J7.50; per 100, .15

Ferns, per 1000, $2J30 per 100 .20

Leucothoe sprays " .75

Adiantum " 1.00 — 1.25

Smilax per dozen, 1.25— 1.60

Wild Smilax, parlor brand . .per case, 3.25

" " medium " 4.26

large " B.50

J.H.BnDL©NG

37-39 Randolph Street, CHJCAGO.

WHOLESALE

Boses and

"^ATSity GROWER of

CUT FLOWERS

CARNATION
BLOOMS

Shipped direct from Greenhouses to
all points. Standing orders solicited.

SEND TO HEADQUARTERS
AND GET THE BEST.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.,

JOLIET, ILL.

Benthey & Co.

F. F. BENTHEV, Manager,

Wholesale GommlsslDn Florist

41 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

I^P'Consignments solloited

A. H. POEHLMANN,

Wholesale
Grower

0. Cut Flowers

All telegraph and telephone orders
given prompt attention.

55 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO.

Wholesale Store, ::«?-"

Sell our own-grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors
in quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy
reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both
Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.

Minneapolii^Mi'nn! DK/Hl I Ok llULi

Pleas'^ mention the American Florist when -u-titing

JONQUIL AND DAFFODIL BLOOMS

Jl.OO piT liunJnil; *8.r0 per thcus.md.

Ordf.TS fllle<i promptly.

F. &, 8. LEE, MARION. ALA.

Wbol^ale flower/arK^

Chicago, Feb. 15.

Roses, Beauty, extra longstems.. 6.00

30 " '• 5.00

" " 24 " " 4.00

" 20 " " 3.00

15 " " 3.00

12 " " 1.60

" " short " 1.00

Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00® 8.00

" Meteor 6.00® 8.00

" Perle 4.00® .t.OO

GoldenGate 8 00@12.00

Carnations 1.50® 2.00

fancy 3.00® 4.00

Violets 75® l.oO

Callas. Harrisii 12.CO(rt.l5.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 5.00

Paper Whites, Romans 3.00® 4.00

Daffodils, Freesias 3.00® 4.00

Tulips 3.00® 4 00

Mignonette 3.00® 5.00

Cattlevas 6.00 doz.

Adiantum 1.00® 1.25

Common ferns per 1,000 2 CO .25

Galax leaves, per lOOO $1.50

Smilax per dozen 1.25® 2.00

Asparagus. . .per dozen 7.50@10.00

WEILAND & RI5CH

can save you

money on

Cut
Flowers

We are extensive growers and
have onsurpassed ship-
ping facilities.

WRITE OR TELEORAPH.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO.

E. H. Hunt

THE "OLD RELIABLE" FOR

WHOLESALE-

COT FLOWERS

Hunt's Flowers
Oo Everywhere

76 Wabash Ave.. CHICAGO.

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

eOO.OOO FEET OF GLASS.
Headquarters for American Beauty.

51 Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

GEO. REINBERG,

""rs.! Cut Flowers

Choice American Beauties.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

61 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Bassett&Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CmCAGO.

Vh*le««la Dtalen aid
Grower* of

Cut Flowers

O RECMHOUSESi HIN8DALK, ILL.

A. L. RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Wuh'
Ington St., Chicago.

Write (or ipeolal aaotstloni on Utrgo orilen.

.11 your..

Business Methods

are right you can make a profit
on an advertliement here.

962

The American Florist.

Feb, i6.

Ribbons

SAMUEL S. rCNNOCK

OUR NEW HEADQUART ERS

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND,

( Formerly 67 BromHeld street.) S^. Ha-wley St., :^OSTOI«.

are spacious, convenient and central.
If you want the best Boston Flowers
or first class supplies of any kind wc
are prepared to supply you promptly
and satisfactorily. Call and sec
for yourself. ^ ^ j* ^ j* «j*

TELEPHONE 1270 MAIN.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, ' "^'Tos^Sn! mIsI* """•

WELCH BROS., Proprietors.

Also New Hcgland Agents for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.
Acknowledged by all florlBts the best in uae. Special prices for doz. lota.

Sole Agents tor FREY8TEDTS' Immortollo Letters and Emblems
Block Letters. S2 per lOO. Script Letters, S4 per lOO.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST 6RADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR.

We Supply the New England Trade
With Highest Grade

ROSES, GflRNflTlONS.
yiy OF THE VflLLEY.

\/IAI CTC and all flowers the
VlvldCId Boston market affords.

PRICES RIGHT iND Packing Pboperly Done.

N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

Tel. 734 and 64. 84 Hawlcy St., BOSTON.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

Frank M. Ellis,

WHOLESALE ELORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale florist

1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Please mention the American Florist ivhen wtiiiyig.

C. A. KUEHN3
Wholesale Florist,

1122 PINE STREET,

Wm ST. LOUIS, MO.

^^A complete line of Wire Deslgrna.

The Cincinnati
Cut Flower Co.,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

416 Walnut St.,
CINCINNATI, 0.

Consignments Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Snipping Orders.

Wbol^ale [lower/\arH^

Boston, Feb. 13.

Roses, Beauty, extra 40.00@50.00

medium 15.0O@25.0O

" culls 6.0O@lO.0O

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 4.00® 8.00

extra 10.00@12 00

Carnations 1.(0® 2.00

extra 3.00® 4.00

Paper White narcissus, Roman

hyacinths, Fret'sias 1.60® 2.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 3.00

Mignonette 2.00® 4.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissus 2.00® 3.00

Violets 50® .75

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax 10. 00® 15 .00

Asparagus 50.00

Sprengerii, .20® .25 per bunch
Philadelphia, Feb, 13.

Roses, Tea 4.00@10.00

" extra 12.00@15.00

Beauty, extra 4O.0O@60.0O

firsts 12.00®25.00

Carnations 1,50® 2 00

fancy 3.0C(i9 6.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Romans. Paper Whites 2.00® 4.00

Violets, single 20® .40

double 25® 1.00

Asparagus 35.00@50.00

Smilax 12.50®20.00

Adiantum 76® 1.00

BUTFALO, Feb. 14.

Roses, Beauty 30.00@60.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 8.00@15.0O

Carnations 2.00® 5.00

Lily of the valley 4.00

Smilax 15.00®20.00

Adiantum 1 .00® 1 .25

Asparagus 50.00@75.00

Violets 50® 1.00

^^j:?i^^ YORK

GIVE

US

A

TRIAL.

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

Open day
and night.

Roses, Carnations and all kinde
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

Ufll r tflCTIIII! Wholesale Com-

If nil Ti Hftd I inU) mission Florist.

481 Washington St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Also Dealer In FloristB' Supplies & Wire Designs.

Wooilroffe & Bernheimer,
Wholesale Florists

1604 LUDLOW STREETj

Pbone 1-43^-A. PHILADELPHIA.

ConBlgninents Solicited.

Please ntention the A merican Florist when writing.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS,

^'??B'2rE^^^ D. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Consignment! of Choice Valley and Rosei lolicitsd,

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long Distance Phone 1-41-28 D.

Consignments ol Roses. Carnations, Violets solioltetf.

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wholesile- Florist,

a S. nth St.. T elephone 63-84. PIIILADELPIIU.

Orders by mall, telegraph or telephone will
receive prompt attention.

Consignments of good stock solicited.

Try the New Flower Commission House

E, B. BRINLEY

& CO.,

48 W. 30th St.,

NEW YORK CITY.

♦

Correspondence with Grower* Solicited.

Telephone 2195 Madison Sq.

A LI I A M ^^ I A LJ D 19 Boerum Place,
■ n. L.rMN\9lUMnri9 BROOKLYN, N. Y.

Controls the best Brooklyn Cut Flower Trade.
-CONSIGNORS GET THE BENEFIT^

igoi.

The American Florist.

963

TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

Ivlly o* ttie 'Valley-.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1998 Madison Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS *n"ew"york^""''
SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, all leading varieties, also rare novelties.
SHiPPrae A Specialty. 49-Prioe list on application.

TEUEPHONE ZOBB MADISON SQUAfTE.

Walter r. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ,

Telephone 902 Madison Sciaare.

39 West 28t]i St., ITEW YOBK.

WILLIAM GHORMLEY....

Wholesale riorist,

57 West S8th Street,

NEW TOBK CITY,

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
Madison Square.

SHIPPING ORDERS

Given Special Attention,

JOHN TOUNG

Has the best BEAUTIES, CARN.VTIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY iu New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO, J*

All Choice Flowers dally.

SI West 28tli St., NEW YORE.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

TKE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thii. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER^

. ; . . 30 West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 651 Madison Square.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,

408 E. 34tli Straat,

Cul Flower Exchange, NEW YORK.

Telephone 299 Madison Square.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-412 E. S4th St. Near Ferry.
Open for Cnt Flower Sales at 6 o'clook
Every Momlnf

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON, Secretary.

Catalogue Illustrations.

We sell Electros of the fine illnstra-
tions used in the American Florist
at 15 cts. per square inch. Send
list of yotir needs to

THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

Bose, Violet and Carnation Growers,
Gonsigrn to

44 W. 29tli St., NEW YOBE CITY.

Choice Carnations.

Seiected Roses.

Traendly & Schenck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28tli Street, Cut Flower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq.

Wbol^ale [fower/\arl^

New 'Vork, Feb. I'.i

Roses, Beauty, select 3i.00@40.00

medium 15.00@2d.OO

culls 1.50@ 3.00

Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor 1.50® 3.00
med'm 4 00(a» 6.00
select.. 8.0O@13.0O

Carnations 75® 2. CO

fancv 3.00® 5.03

Lily of the valley 1.50® 3.00

Smilax 10.00@12.00

Asparagus 25.00@50.00

Sprengerii, per doz. bun. 2 . 00@3 . 00

Adiantum 76® 1.00

Violets 35® .50

special .75

Cypripcdiums 10. 00® 12. 00

Mignonette 3.00® 6.00

Paper White narcissi 1.50® 2.00

R. hyacinths. Jonquils. Freesias, .50® 1.50

Tulips 2.00® 3.00

Von Sion narcissi 2.O0® 3.00

Cattleyas 35.0O@60.0O

M\lim & SALTrORD,

Wholesale Commission Dealers in

CUT FLOWERS

50 West 29th St.,

NEW YORK.

Ti'h'ijlione 1304 Madisnn S'luare.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

GROWERS and FLOWER BUYERS.
Write for Terms and Quotations.

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 29tn street, NEW YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

The New York Gut Flower Go.

119 and 121 West 23d Street,

112 and 114 West 24th Street,

T«l*phona733-t8th, NEW YORK.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

Special Attention Qiven to Shipping Ordtn.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

ffiM Got Flowers

All orders receive most careful attention.

TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA.

Six prizes American Rose Society, New York City.

FORD BROS.

„..WlioiG§al6 Florists

III West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BIG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. Phone, 157 MadisonSq.

Julius Lang

33 West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

Represents the Best Growbrs op

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Square.

S. J. LIMPRCCHT,

WHoIesale Gommission florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street.^ MFW YORK

Telepnone U.« Madison Square. I'L" i vnn.
Conslgrumenta Sollcltefl.

Cnt Flowers, all varieties and all grades,
at New York market rates,

IM. A.. MA^I^O^,

44 W. 29tli St.. ITEW YOBK CITY.

You Can Make Money
By Dealing With

J. K. ALLEN,

The Busiest Wholesaler
In New York.

Roses, Violets, Carnations, in all grades, to suit all kinds of boyers.

Now we have

Danodils,
Tulips,
Sweet Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

lOO 'SJVest SStlx Stretst.

EDW. C. HORAN.

47 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. 421
Madison.Square,

CUT

NEW YORK.

F LOWERS AT W HOLESALE.

Special in
Roses:,

liberty, Pres. Carnot,
Kalserin, Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

96A

The American Florist.

Feb. i6,

The ^EEt) T^aiDB.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

Albert McCullough, Pres.: F. W. Boloiano,
Vice-Pres.; S. F. Willard, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Seo'y and Treas.

NinPtwDth annual convention, Rochester. N.
Y., June 11-13. 1901.

Visited New Yobk: Charles P. Bras-
Ian, of San Jose, California.

Visited Chicago: F. H. Henry and
Wm. Hagemann, of New York.

P. J. Lynch, of the Dingee & Conard
Co., passed through Chicago Monday
on his way to New Orleans.

The Iowa Seed Company, DesMoines,
has received an importation of 33,000
pounds of Dwarf Essex Rape seed from
Europe.

Mail trade was slow last week, per-
haps suflfering sympathetically from the
heavy snow storms which were quite
general in the north.

Seedsmen should not overlook the
information with regard to diseased Har-
risii lily bulbs in the illustrated article on
page 952 of this issue.

The Genesee Valley Seed Company
has started in business at Dansville,
N. Y. The proprietors are J. C. Van
Scoter & Co. They will do mail business
exclusively.

At Niles Center, a market gardening
district near Chicago where seed trade
drummers are very numerous just now,
the truckers have placed smallpox signs
on their houses.

The Graves-May Co., seedsmen, of
Minneapolis, Minn., has been incor-
porated with a capital stock of $20,000.
The incorporators are J. S. Graves, of
Howard Lake; C. A. May, Litchfield;
and W. J. Gibbs, Minneapolis.

Japanese Protest.

In a communication which appears in
the Kobe Daily News (Japanese) , of Janu-
ary 23, 1901, one exporter comments on
the U. S. customs practices and appraise-
ments as follows:

"Everyone in Japan knows those bright
crimson flowers that are as common in
many parts as buttercups in England or
the eschscholtzia (poppy) in California
They are generally called higan-bana or
equinoctial flower in Kobe.

"I recently shipped some of the bulbs or
roots to New York, having engaged four
women at 20 sen a dav to dig them up.
They dug up from 5,000 to 6,000. I
shipped them in the Doric in May,
together with some hanging fernballs,
which I had engaged some men to collect
on one of my journeys to Enshia, where
they grow wild. The U. S. Consulate
desiring details of cost, etc. I carefully
reckoned it up on the invoice, which,
amounted to only yen 70, excluding my
commission and yen 4 fee for a 'Pest Cer-
tificate.' The I'. S. duty on the total
should properly not have exceeded $9
gold. Fancy my astonishment to learn
from a letter dated New York, August
17, that the custom-house appraiser
had raised the valuation, assessed a fine
andcalledforover$119gold to be paid as
duty! The bulbs or roots are stated by
them to be worth yen 6 per 1,000 'on the
market' here, at which rate, if I could
only obtain it, I would soon make a for
tune and retire from such an unsatisfac
tory business. The 'hanging fern-balls,

I may mention, could have been bought
at any time since my shipment at less
than my invoice price.

"If the Japanese customs were to assess
American wild flowers and English but-
tercups and daisies or wild ivies at any
such ridiculous prices there would be a
pretty outburst of indignation. What,
it would be asked, is the market price for
buttercups and daisies? It is possible
that these goods have been overvalued in
the past in order to obtain larger
advances from the bankers or else the
Japanese nurserymen have been making
enormous profits. But what is the good
of the country beirg 'opened to foreign-
ers' if they are not able to buy goods
cheaper than before and consequently
invoice them at lower prices?

"I may add that included in the above
amount were the duties and charges on
one package which has been detained by
the U. S. customs till dead and useless.
What would be thought of a business
firm which treated their clients in a simi-
lar way?"

Modern Grafting.

At a recent meeting of the Academy of
Sciences in Paris, Mons. G. Bonnier pre-
sented a note concerning some very
interesting experiments in grafting
plants, the results of which contradicted
the generally accepted opinion that only
plants belonging to the same botanical
family can be successfully grafted upon
one another. Mons. Bonnier showed
that recently plants of entirely diflerent
families had been grafted with success —
for example, the maple upon the lilac, the
kidney bean upon thecaster oil bean, and
the cabbage upon the tomato. — Journal
of Horticulture.

Middletown, Conn.— Fred. B. Fount-
ain has let contracts to Robinson & Abel
for a store and greenhouse on Court
street.

CoLDMBUs, O — On February 9 fire did
$300 damage at the Livingston propa-
gating houses at the corner of Tenth and
Neil avenues.

SPECIAL OFFER to FLORISTS and SEEDSMEN.

SMIL«X— (new crop), trade pkt. lOc; oz. 25o; per lb., $2.25.

ASTER— Florists' Special Mixture, trade i)kt. 25c; oz. $1.25.

ASTER— Vick's and Seinple's Branching, sejiarnte colors; trade pkt. 30c; oz. 75c.

ASTER— Seiup'e's liranching Mixed, trade pkt. 20c; oz. 60c.

ASTER— Imp. Pi'onv Flowered and Victoria Mixed, trade pkt. 20c each; oz. $J.CO.

MIGNONETTE— Aliens Defiance (true), trade pkt. 15o; per oz.. 60c.

NASTURTIUM— Tom Tliumb Mixed, per oz. 10c; a lb. 15c; lb. 4l_ic: 5 lbs. .J1.75; 100 lbs , $30 OO.

NASTURTIUM— Tall Mixed, oz. 10c: H lb. 15c; per lb. 36c: 5 lbs. $1.60; UXIlbs. $26.00.

SWEET PEAS— .1. A S. New Giant Hybrid .Mixed, H lb. 15c; per lb. 40c (postpaid); 5 lbs. by express $1.50.

SWEET PEAS— Ecktord's fhoice Mixed, per oz. 5e; H lb. 12ci lb. 35c postpaid; 5 lbs. by express .$1.35

CLEMATIS PANICULATA-Trade pk'. Ids; per oz. 40s; per lb. $i.O0

CANDYTUFT— Empress, best white for florists, trade pkt. lOo: oz. 20c.

FLORISTS' WHOLESALE CATALOGUE MAILED ON APPLICATION.

JOHNSON & STOKES.

217-219
Market Street,

Philadelphia, Pa.

ESTABLISHED 1802

T

S

SEEDS

rresh Seeds Now on Hand.

Asparagus Sprengerii f 3.oo per loco

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 8 00 '■
Cocos Weddeliana 7.io "

Wholesale Price List of TTiRh Class
Flower Seeds, etc., for,- Florists, free
upon application.

J.M.THORBURN&CO.

(Late of IS John Street)

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW YORK

GRASS SEEDS.

Kentucky Blue, Orchard, Timothy, Red Top,
Meadow Fescue, Perennial and Italian Rye Grass,
Tall Meadow Oat, Johnson, Bermuda, Creeping
Bent, Wood Meadow and other Domestic ana
Imported varieties. CLOVERS— Red, Sah-
ling. Alfalfa. Crimson, White, Alsike. Japan, etc.
WOOD, STUBBS&CO'.S "EVERGREEN" and "SHADY
GREEN" Lawn Grasses are giving the best satis-
faction everywhere. Put up in packages and
bulk. Special low prices to the trade.

OXiXOIf SETS YeMow and Potato

Wholesale prices for present or future deliveries.

WOOD. STUBBS & CO..

The Largest and Best Collection of Seeds in Ky.,
LOUISVILLE. KY.

TUBEROSE BULBS.

(Excelsior Pearl.)

Gentiine Hallock dwarf strain, cured by fire
heat, sound, dry, hand picked.

FIRST SIZE-F. O. B. Chicago, 4 to 6-in., per 1000,
$7 00; ?0OO«2O.50.

From N. Y. City, Sfc per KOO less.
Mammoth Bulbs— 6 lo 8-in., per 1000, JIO.OO. • •
Medium Bulbs— 3 to4-in.,per 10fO.$3.=>0; 10,000 lots,
f. o. b. Chicago, $30; f. o. b. ^ew Yorl>-. $27.50.
^VE MEET competition, quality considered.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAQO : NEW YORK :

84-86 Randolph St. 14 Barclay St.

Please mention the American Florist when wyiting

Southern Grown Seeds

Largest DeitlfTs in Ihe Sou h in
Melons, Okra, Teosinte,

Cottons, Turnips, Rice.

Sorghums, Peanuts, Johnson Grass,

Pearl Millet, Bermuda Grass, Mexican June Corn
Collards, Velvet Beans, Etc.

N. L. WILLET DRUG CO., Augusta, Ga.

igoi.

The American Florist.

965

KENNICOTT BROS. CO.

Wholesale Comission Florists.

42 and 44 E. Randolph St.

.CHICAGO.

We have sold the cut of the pink Carnation Irene
and think it one of the best commercial sorts we have
ever handled. We are booking orders for cuttings at
$1.50 per dozen, $10.00 per 100, $75.00 per J 000.

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST.

Best Brides and Maids $6.00 to $8 00 per 100
Good " " " '5.00 to 6.00 "

Perles 4 00 to 5 00 "

Meteors 6.00 to 8.00 "

RosiS, our selection 4.00 "

American Beauties —

Long 500 to 600perdoz.

Medium 3.00 to 4.00 *

Short 1.25 to 2.00 "

Callas and Harrisii J.50 to 2.00 "

Carnations, fancy $?.0O to J4.()0 per 100

fine l.bOto 2.0)

our selection 1.2.1 "

Smilax 1.50 to 3 00 per doz

Ferns, Adiantum I.OOto 1.25 per lOO

common 1.50 to 2.00per ICOO

Galas Leaves l.fO

Lily of the Valley 2.00 to 5.00 per 100

Roman Hyacinths 3.00 to 3.50

Violets 40to 1.00

Paper White 2.10 to 3.00

Asparagus 60c per string

Leucothoe 75c per 100

Tulips ,1i3.00to$.i.00 per 1(0

Daffodils 3.00 to 4.00

Freesia S.iiOto 4.00

Prices Subject to Change Without Notice.

Let us quote you prices on your
order for Cnrnation <'ntting4.

I To the Buyers |

i Japan Lily Bulbs, I

i Plants and |

I General Japanese |

I Products : I

^ H. Yoshida, representing ^

I The Imperial Trading Co., |

^ OF TODAMACHI, YOKOHAMA, E

3 is expected in this market as well as ^

a New York about the beginning of t

3 April to receive orders and contracts E

3 for the above articles. ^

a Address Correspondence c

a care of tbis paper. t

CLIMBING ROSES.

TWO QRANDEST:

CLIMBING KAISERIN, white,

$10.00 to |l5.00per hundred.

CLIMBING WOOTTON, red,

JiO.OO per hundred.

Fiekl-^own, own roots, 2 to 3 feet.
Plenty of other sorts, bush nnd climbers, hardy
.itul tender.

THE nOWLAND NURSERY CO.,los Angeles, Cal.

JAPAN PEAR SEEDS.

Best for grafting, BLIGHT PROOF.
[ 1 pound. $?.50, postpaid. For largfr
I quantitifS, address

H H. BERCER &C0. <7 Barclay St, Ni w York.

ESTABLISBED ]8i8.

Send for our NEW spring and summer list of
bulbs, seeds, etc.

BULBS!!

EXCELSIOR

BULBS!!

PEARL TIBEROSE

and CALADIUM ESCULENTUM.
All sizes, fine crop. Ready now. Write fur prices to

John F. Crooni & Bro . Growers, Magnolia. N . C.

We've thousands of readers and htin-
dredaoi advertisers. Each helps the other.

TAMCY DAGGER

HARDY GUT FERNS

Following Prices after February 1st:

In 1,000 lots $1.25 per 1000

In 5,000 lots 1.20

In lO.lXXllots 1.10

In 35,000 lots 1.00

L. B. BRAGUE, Hinsdale, Mass.

We Sell For

L. J. ENDTZ, Boskoop, IXolhiiid. all ornamental
hiiriiy Florists' and Nursery Stock.

HAERENS BROS., Somergem, Belgium, Azalea
Indica, Palms, .Vraucarias, etc., Decorative
Plants.
Orders booked now for Spring or Fall delivery.

We also book now import orders for Summer and

Fall delivery of Lilies, Lily of the Valley, etc.

IJulbs. .\(ldrnss

August Rolker & Sons, 52 oeyst. New York.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

From Best European Grower.

HAMBURG CROWNS, first selected quality, $9 per
1000; case of 2500, 121.

JACKSON & PERKINS CO., ai^^J^r...

FLORISTS' ORCHIDS

The Finest and Largest Stock

in the world.

C AlinFI) ST. ALBANS, ENGLAND and
O/IIlULK BRUGES, BELGIUM.

Send for List of Commercial Varieties.

A. DIMMOCK, Aflent, 60 Vesey St.. H. Y.

Orchids 1 ^

CATTLEYA SCHROEDERAE just arrived in fine
rondition. from a new region. Our new price
list for ISOl nciw readv.

LAGER & HURRELL, si^^""- ^- -■■

Urcbid Qroweri and Importers.

Gut Prices

VERBENA KING.

Express prepaid on all
Rooted Cuttings.

Verbenas, 40 best mam-
moth vars. 60c per 100;
$5.00 per 1000.
Alternanthera, red and
yellow. 60c per 100; $5
per 1000.
Ageratuin, Princess
Pauline and a new
rich blue, very dwarf
grower, a winner; (,'ope's Pet, white; Ct'c per
100, J5.00 per lOJO.
Heliotropes, 10 best varieties, all named, 70c per

100. $6.00 per ICOO.
Daisies. 2 best vars.. $1 00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000.
Geraniums, stroni: -M-in., best named varieties,

ready for 3-in., ^'Z nO per 100. fZQ p^r lOOO.
Verbena plants. stri.)ns, full of cuttings, fine as

silk. $2 per 100. $18 per lOCO.
Heliotrope, 2J4-in., strong, fine plants, $3 per 100,
$18 per 1000.

Send for our new list of other rooted cuttings
and plants; it will save you money. Write for
prices on larger lots. Special low express rates
to all parts. That Cash Please.

C. HUMFELD, Clay Center, Kas.

ASPARAGUS

Plumosus Nanus

SEEDS.

l■'^e^h from our own \infs.

100 seeds, 85c; 500 seeds, $4.00; 1000

to 5000 at $7.00 per 1000.

10,000 seeds, $60 15,000 seeds, $86.

CASH ^\ rm oiii'Eit.

L. ULLRICH, TiHin, Ohio.

Perle ♦ Roses.

We have a larpie stock of flee Perles in 2V4 and
3-inch pots. We need room and will make
special prices to move ihera. .\11 orders filled in
rotation. Write for prices on small or large lots.
Have over lO.OJO.

OEO. A.. ICCJirr,, Pekin. III.

^ie^PansiesjML

The Jennings strain. Fine stock, choice varie-
ties. Medium size plants, 60c per 110 by mail, 14
per 1000 by express. Extra fine stocky plants in
bud and bloom. $1 per 100; 110 per 1000. The above
growing in cool greenhouses. Seed, $1 per pkt.,
$5 per oz. Cash with order.

t. B. JENNINGS. Grower of the Finest Pansies,
l.ork Box 254 soulhuort, Conn.

f EXTRA 'choice 'f'lOW§R 's'e'e'dV. I
List free on applk-atlon. f

FRED. ROEMER. Seed Crowert f

.. Ouedlinbur^t Germany, f

966

The American Florist.

Feb. 16,

The ^ursbry TRse>e.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Theo. J. SMijrH, Pres.; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres. ;
George C. Seager. Rochester. N. Y.. Sec'y.

Twentv-sixth .annual convention, Ts'iagara Falls
N. Y., June 12- 14, 1901.'

C. H. Perkins, of Jackson & Perkins,
Newark, N. Y., is making a Caliiornia
trip.

HooPEs' Brother & Thomas, West
Chester, Pa., will open an office in the
Girard building, Philadelphia. Charles
L. Cattell will be in charge.

The' city of Pittsburg has awarded
contracts aggregating $2,500 for trees
and shrubs for spring planting in the
parks and boulevards. Meehan & Sons,
Germantown, Pa., secured more than
half of the order.

The Southwestern Nurserymen's Asso-
ciation, recently in session at Oklahoma
City, Okla., elected as president J. A.
Taylor, of Wynnewood, and as secretary
C. A. McNabb, of Oklahoma City. The
business transacted was not made
public. The next meeting will be at the
same place January 8, 1902.

The Canadian San Jose scale act has
been so amended that each year between
the dates of March 15 and May 15 and
October 7 and December 7 nursery stock
from the United States will be admitted
at the ports of St. John.N. B ; St. John's,
Que.; Niagara Falls and Windsor, Ont.,
and Winnipeg, Man., at which points all
shipments will be fumigated with hydro-
cyanic acid gas by government officials.

W. C. Barry has been again re-elected
president of the Western New York Hor-
ticultural Society. At the recent meeting
at Rochester the disruption of the society
was threatened by an attempt to secure
endorsement for the bill now in the legis-
lature requiring the fumigation of all
nursery stock. Disaster was only averted
by President Barry's stand with regard
to eliminating from the society all ques-
tions inimical to the interests of either
nurserymen or fruit growers.

Moving Large Trees.

In answer to Mr. Taplin's inquiry for
additional details as to the process of
moving a large tree, which I described on
page 702 of the issue for December 22, I
will say that two gardeners did the first
digging, as far as ic was necessary to cut
any roots and cover them. After this
much was complete I employed an expert
mover who has the timbers, screws, roll-
ers, etc., on hand. He used four men.
When the tree was placed in its new posi-
tion the two gardeners did the filling and
careful packing of loose rootlets, mulch-
ing, etc. I do not know just how many
feet of lumber were used. The largest
timbers were one foot square; about
3,000 feet, I should say, besides some
ordinary blocking. Such timber is worth
here $18 per 1,000 feet, but very little
of this was destroyed; these movers use
this lumber many times over.

I cannot give the exact time required
to move this tree because of delays by
rain storms and other work being done
at same place. In all there were sixty
days, I think, but some of this was put
on other trees, time not being kept sepa-
rate. It is worth from $125 to $150 to
move a tree like this. One is apt to
encounter so many unlocked for condi-
tions of soil, etc , that a definite price

cannot be safely agreed upon in advance.
The tree will not suffer by wind as it had
a north exposure, with a maple tree at
the south; now it has a barn at south,
not so close but it will hold the wind as
well.

To F. J. Ulbricht I will say that his
plan is quite common for ordinary trees
but he could not have moved the tree in
question with oxen. If the ball had been
cut down closely enough to enable, say,
five yoke of oxen to move it with a tackle,
most of the fiber roots would have been
sacrificed, and the cutting back of the
beautiful branches would have been
necessary. This would defeat the object
of moving a large tree; heavy trunks are
not ornamental.

There is, however, a cheaper way of
moving a large tree without losing the
top, where Mr. Ulbricht's oxen may be
useful. Where you are given a year's
time, cut two-thirds of the roots in
spring. Cut in tolerably close and fill in
the ditch immediately after cutting the
roots smoothly to prevent any decay.

Use the best quality of loam and cover
with a light mulch of hay. Watch them
over summer and if it is a very dry sea-
son make a hole and pour water enough
in to permeate the filled-in ground. By
October you will have a beautiful lot of
rootlets, short and easy to protect. Pull
away the loose soil, cover the rootlets
with moss first and then with canvas,
and cut the few old roots which were left
undisturbed in spring. This tree can be
tipped over on a stone wagon. But
trees weighing from four to eight tons do
not drag well in a stone boat.

I have two elms moved this way. They
reach above a two-story house, compar-
ing well with trees grown in the same
neighborhood for twenty years. Had I
cut them back to stumps I should not
have considered it a good job. Ordinary
trees from six to eight inches caliper are
easily moved as Mr. Ulbricht describes
but they are better moved before freezing,
then covered with straw to prevent
freezing for a few weeks until all wounds
are healed. C. B. W.

A Superb New Hydrangea,

HYDRANGEA HORTENSIS MARIESII.

This is a gi'aud utaque new variety^ sent out by James Veitoh A Sods, London. England, last
wiuttT— 1890-1900. It is named after their collector," Mr. Maries, who introduced it, and described by
them as "having remarkably very large sterile tlowers. three inches in diameter; color a light pink,
shaded mauve, and the finest of Hydrangea Hortensia. This variety is most retnarkable and distinct
in pots." It is sure to be a success. We offer strong plants, 4!4-iD- pots, 75c each, $7.50 per dozen.
Cash with order, please.

Also Deutzia corymbifiora. a very distinct variety; Deutzia gracilis rosea, Deutzia gracilis venusta.
the Azalea Ueutzia. Send for circular for price of these and other varieties.

JOHN CHARITON & SONS. Rochester. N. Y.

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet apart,
pirfect specimens with good , heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, William Wakner Harper, Prop.,

CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Choicest Fruit and Ornamental Trees.

NORWAY MAPLES

Shrubs, Plants, Bulbs. Seeds. 40 Acres Hardy Roses,
of Palms, Everblooming Roses, Ficus, Ferns, Etc.
solicited. Catalogue Free. 47 Years. 1000 Acres.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO.,

44 Greenhouses
Correspondence

Painesyille, Ohio*

OBSERVE THIS!

Everblooming Roses

All grown in 4-inch pots, is more extensive and
finer than we have ever before offered our custom-
ers. All leading popular varieties for sale.

From open ground, we call your attention to
our heavy blocks of Gen. Jacqueminot. 2 yrs.,
strong, own roots; also such valuable climbers as
Yellow Rambler, Setigera. Dawson, Climbing Her-
mosa, Greville, Wichuraiana. etc., etc.

The new climber, Wm. C. Egan, ciin be supplied
in strong one or twf>-year-old plants at reasonable
rates. It is the best of Mr. Dawson's fine hybrids,
and is in fact a climbing Malmaison, of the same
form and color, and undeniably hardv.

To clear leased land, we offer SHRUBBERY in
elegant assortment, at low rates by the thousand.

HOOPES' BRO. & THOMAS,

Maple Ave. Nurseries.

WEST CHESTER. PA.

Manetti...

English grown $12.50 per 1000

Crimson Rambler...

$5.00 to $15.00 per 100

Privet in all sizes.

Ask for Catalogue.

HIRAM T. JONES,

Union County Nurseries. EI.IZABETH, IT. J.

SUGAR MAPLES

For Park Planting.

Nice trees, 3 to 5 ft., branched.... 100, $1; lOOO, (30
5 to 6 ft., •■ .... " S6

Linnaeus Rhubarb, eood crowns-, $1.50 piT 103.

Hemerocallis, (\ollow fr:i'..'rant l)a\' Lil\) 3 varie-
ties, earlii'st, medium ;ind latost.'lOO. $3; 1000, $i5.

Oxalis, 4 best bedding varieties, distiuct colors,
named, 6flc. to $1 per 1000.

E. Y. TEAS, Greens Fork, Ind.

Please mention the Atnertcan Florist tuhen nmting.

NORWAY MAPLES

FOR EVERYBODY.

Higli Branched or Low Branched — Tall or Short—.
Straight or not so Straight— Large or Small.

At Prices to SriT All.

<'ATA1.0GrE I'^REE.

CHAS. B. HORNOR & SON,

— Mt. Holly, Burl. Co., N. J.

Maples

NORWAY
SIGAR.

From 1 to 3-inch caliper, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list.

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisvllle, Bucks Co., Pa.

I go I.

The American Florist.

967

CLEMATIS AND ROSES.

Wholesale List Now Ready. Send for it.

Clematis Paniculata, 2 years. X fine, $6 per 100,

$50 per 1000.
Clematis r.^niculata, X and XX sizes. See price

list.
Cal. Privet of all sizes in large quantities.
Shrubs in quantity, CHEAP.

Manetti Stocks 812.00 per lOCO

Multiflora stocks 10.00

ROSES.

Mai^na Cbarta, 2 years, own roots, $8.00 per 100.
Francois Lovet, 3 years, X strong, own roots, $7.00
per 100.

Virginia Creeper, 2 years per 100, $ 4.00

Hydrangea P. G., 3 to 4 feet " 10.00

Silver Maples 8 to 10 '• " 8.fO

" lOtolS •■ '• l.S.OO

CLinBINQ ROSES.

Per 100
Pelicite Perpetue, Tennessee Belle, 2 years,

own roots $4.00

Baltimore Belle. Queen of Prairie, Climbing
Victor Verdier, Russell's Cottage, 2 yrs..
own roots 5.00

THE ELIZABETH NURSERY COMFANT, Elizabeth, N. J.

McKellar b Winterson

Wholesale Dealers in Everything for Florists.

Should You Not Receive OUR 1901 CATALOGUE, Write Us for Same.

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Please mention American Florist when writing.

Guardian Angel

(Pink Sport of Armazindy.)
Scored 90 points at Carnation Show, Chicago
Florists' Club, February, 190O. First prize at
Eshibition of Chicago Horticultural Society,
November, 1900. Very prolific, produces four or five
blooms to one on Mrs. Lawson. Introductory
price, $6 per 100, $60 per 1000.

GUARDIAN ANGEL ORPHAN ASYLUM.
401 Devon Ave., Cliicago.

ADMIRAL CERVERA

The easiest Yellow Variegated Carna-
tion to grow, free and healthy. .^ ^

GOETHE

A beautiful Light Pink Carnation,
very large, in perfect condition. ^ ^

Rooted Cuttings $10 per 100, $90 per 1000

DELIVKRED NOW.

C. RESOLD, Mineola, L. I„ N- Y.
ROOTED CUTTINGS....

Roses, $1.50 per 100. Carnations, best v.-irs., 80c
to $3 per 100. Geraniums, S3 per 100. Verbenas,
«0c per 100. All stronelv rooted. Full value,
good stock. W. H. Gulle"tt & Sons, Lincoln, III.

ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS ""rw^ure^'^ii?"

NEW VARIETIES. (1901 INTRODUCTIONS.)

Sunbeam, (llesh pink) $10.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000

Bon Homme Richard, (white) 10.00 " 75.00 "

Nydia, (varieijated white and li^ht salmon) 10.00 " 75.00 "

Prolifica. ('-eiisepink) 10.00 " 75.00

Guardian Angel, a very fine pink; strong stems and good bloomer. It is a

moneymaker '. J. 00 " 35.00 "

STANDARD VARIETIES.

PINK. lOO 1000

Mrs. T. VV. Lawson. .$7.00 JfiO.OO

Marquis 5.0O 40.03

Genevieve Lord 5.00 4X0)

Ethel.Crocker 4.00 35.00

Triumph 1.50 12 50

Argyle 1.50 12.50

Daybreak 1.50 12.00

Scott 1.00 7.50

WHITE.

lOO 1000

White Cloud J2.00 $15.00

Flora Hill 1.25 10.00

Evelina 1.00 7.50

MoGowan 1.00 7.50

SCARLBT. 100 ICOO

G.H.Crane $3.00 $25.00

Chicago 3.00 25.00

America 2.50 20.00

Evanston 1.50 12.50

VARIEQATBD.

Olympia 5.00 40.00

Mrs. G. M. Bradt.... 2.00 17.50

Armazindy 1.2.") 10.00

fVll Cuttings sold under the condition that if not satisfactory they are to be returned at once, when

money will be refunded.

HOLTON <&, HUNKEL CO.. Milwaukee, Wis.

Florists all over the country are quickly
discerning the

Commercial Value of
The Lawson Carnation.

The demand will be heavy this season.
My stock is in excellent condition, clean
and healthy. Rooted cuttings ready now,
or for later delivery.

PRICE, Per 100 S7.00

Per 1000 $60.00

Terms Strictly Cash from unknown parties.

Send ALL ORDERS DIRECT TO

No Al^ents. E^llis, JVE^SS.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

CARNATIONS.

Ethel Crocker 100, |4.00; 1000, $30.00

White Cloud " 200; " IS.OO

Alaska (white) " 100; " 7.50

ROSES.

Golden Gate 100, $i.50; looo, J12.SO

Bride " l.SO; " 12.50

Bridesmaid " 1.50; " 12.50

GEO. HARRER, Morton Grove, III.

36,000

GRAFTED ROSES

On Manetti Stocks.

Bridesmaid, Bride, Golden Gate,
Kaiserin, 2>^-inch pots, $12.00 per
100,^95.00 per 1000. Sunrise, $15
per 100. Liberty, $18 per 100.

Orders booked now. Stock war-
ranted first-class.

100,000 ROOTED CARNATION CIT-
TINGS, ready now, of standard varie-
ties and last year's new ones.

S. J. BEUTER,

.WESTERLY, R.

Qrape Vines

DeHcriptive and Price List free. *'

Cnrrants, OoosebcrrlcB and other Small
Fruit Plants. Extraquality. Warranted true.
T. 8. HUBBARD CO.. FIIBDONIA, N. Y*

968

The American Florist.

Feb. 16.

Our pasTiMEs.

Announcements of coming contents or other

events of interest to our bowling, shooting and

cycling readers are solicited and will be 'given

place in this column-
Address all correspondence for this department

to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St.. Boston, Jlass. ;

Robt. Kin, 1725 Chestnut St.. I'hiladelphia. Pa.;

or to the American Florist Co , 324 Dearborn St.,

Chicago, 111.

At Utica.

The following is the record of the prac-
tice games at Utica, N. Y., February 11:

Player 1st 2d 3d 4th Av

Baker 165 131 194 123 151

Rowlands 122 151 158 131 141

C. Mathews 1S8 132 148 109 137

H. Mathews 127 124 167 136

Murphv 134 141 131 139 136

Spencer 109 153 155 123 135

Wilcox 138 102 127 166 13!

Day 127 125 1(.7 1G9 117

Williams 86 91 80 86

Qdis.

At New York.

The bowling club met as usual on
Monday evening, the attendance being
rather slim, probably because of the pros-
pective game at Flatbush on Thursday
evening. Arrangements have been made
to bowl in the Arlington House tourna-
ment as follows: February 18 with the
American Bowling Co., on February 21
with the Agreeables and on February 25
with the Ashcrofts, all games to begin at
7:15. Scores made were as follows:

Player 1st 2d 3d

Traendly 179 177 198

Hafner 199 194 200

Butterfield 148 182 119

Hums 158 157 161

Shaw 199 146 IW)

Donlan 156

Utica Visits Syracuse.

The Utica florists recently visited their
brother craftsmen at Syracuse with the
intention of administering a good drub-
bing on the alleys, but, alas, "the bestlaid
schemes o' mice and men aft" lail of con-
summation; Syracuse won in spite of the
fact that she makes no pretentions to
prowess at ten pins. It is an open secret
that both captains were called down for
ragged work, although their men mag-
nanimously agreed to give them a chance
to redeem themselves before chasing them
ofl their pedestals. Following is the
score in detail:

UTICA.

Player 1st 2d 3d Tl

Baker (captain) 108 89 113 310

Spencer , 138 114 78 330

Day 1C8 129 171 408

Wilco.\- 101 124 128 ZJ^i

Pflefer 96 103 162 361

C.Mathews 105 101 110 316

H.Mathews 95 124 166 375

Murphy 118 84 120 322

Rowlands 103 109 114 326

Total 972 977 1163 3101

BTBACUBE

Player 1st 2d 3d T'l

liard (captain) 102 113 89 3(4

Campbell 98 1C6 131 335

Hullar 171 98 97 366

Ham 130 117 106 353

Davis 117 169 94 380

Dunn 112 I5i 113 367

Miner 133 106 110 338

Quinlau 93 96 103 292

Dow 125 137 163 435

Total 1070 1094 996 3160

B.

Philadephia Visits Trenton.

Nine bowlers from the club's list of
players have had a game with a like
number ot the Trenton club, at Trenton,
N. J., and came off victors by a total of
331 pins. It was a very enjoyable
occasion, as the Trenton boys out did
themselves in their efforts to make it

pleasant for their guests. After the game
a bountiful spread was partaken of and
the boys were finally packed off home on
the 2:20 a. m. train. Tournament
bowling for places on the Buffalo team
has commenced, so look out, all you
fellows. Following is the Trenton score:

Philadelphia 1st 2d 3d T'l

Jloss Ill 164 115 390

Kuestner 192 196 174 562

Moore..... 147 140 211 498

Ktft 122 132 115.369

(iiuson 176 170 109 455

Starr 144 143 147 431

Dunham 138 137 165 544

Watson 137 162 liO 419

.lohnson 177 155 170 503

Total 1344 1399 1335 4076

Trenton 1247 1291 1207 3745

Philadelphia.

TRADE CONTINUES BRISK AND PROSPECTS
ARE BRIGHT.— STOCK IN NO OVBRSUPPLY.
— ALL ABOUT THE PRICES. — BLOOMING
PLANTS IN PROFUSION. — VARIOUS NOTES.

Business continues brisk and there will
no doubt be considerable demand, enough
to use up all desirable stock, until the
fateful Wednesday when the sackcloth
and ashes will be taken out of storage
and given an airing. The severe cold
snap has shortened up the crops some-
what, but there seems to be enough to
supply the daily needs without going
outside of the local growers. Prices are
about as last week, perhaps a trifle lower,
as the best Bridesmaids and Brides now
bring 12 cents and special Beauties are
in fair supply at $7.50 per dozen. Car-
nations still hold well, $2 being asked
for anything worth having, and $3 to $5
for the specials. Bulbous stock is now
quite plentiful, tulips and daffodils, single
and double, moving easily at $3 to $4,
with $6 asked for special Golden Spar.
Violets are a trifle heavy at 25 cents to
50 cents for the singles and 50 cents to
$1 ior the doubles. Sweet peas are now
to be added to the regularstock; $2 to $3
is the price. All kinds of greenery is
scarce. Adiantum sells on sight at $1.
Asparagus sprays are also snappy at 2
cents to 5 cents per spray. Supoit's lilac
is getting better, with the price at $1 per
dozen double sprays. Easter lilies are
well in demand at 12 cents to 15 cents
each. The crop this season promises to
be a good one, as with most growers the
plants are looking well and in most cases
they appear to be getting a fair height.
The dwarf, stumpy plants of the past
lew years promise not to be the feature,
which is one of the things the growers
should be thankful for. It is to be hoped
that the market will not go to the other
extreme and get overstocked, which is
almost as disappointing.

The windows are full now of choice
blooming stock, azaleas, rhododendrons,
spiraeas, genistas, hyacinths, tulips and
Primula obconica. Mr. Harris is having
a nice lot of bougainvillea?, which make
beautiful decorative plants. The flowers
when treated his special way will, when
cut, last for a long time and make most
admirable table decorations.

President Sheridan, of the New York
Florists' Club, paid a flying visit to this
city last week. He has a habit of doing
us this honor every twenty-five years,
his last visit being during the Centennial
exhibition of 1876. W. J. Stewart was
along to pilot him about. They bowled
a game on the alleys. The scores are on
record but not for publication.

William Crawford, of Washington, but
formerly of this city, has taken a position
with the Habermehls, Twenty-second and
Diamond streets. K.

oorvE>s

la offering Ethel Crocker rooti'd cuttings,
Bradt. America and Jubilee. Latania Bor-
bonica. 4-in. (see ad. Jan. 28). Kaiserins
214-in. pots, and Jean Viaud Geranium, 3-in.
pots. Write for prices, which are right.

W. V. COLES, Kokomo, Ind.

WOOTTON ROSES, mB

are looking for something of this kmd to do you
good lor Summer Blooaiine, order a hundred of
these at once. AUo a few White and Yellow
California Marguerites. Don't forset to write us
about Boston Ferns, also noted cuttings of
Coleus.

GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III

LAR6E, SOLID ntRRARF^

Those lar^'^e, solid, crisp C'abbages that sell so
well and eat so well can be easfiy grown from
Livingston's Ideal t_'abbage Seed. We make a great
specialty of t.'hoice Cabbage Seed and select it to
produ'e HEADS— not loose leaves. If you want
a packase, send your address. It costs nothing.
THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., Box 103, Columbus, 0.

PANSIES S'aTJn"..

Again I can furnish, for immediate delivery,
about 10,000 good pansy plants. Price 14.00 per
1000 f. o. b. express here.

CASH WITH ORDER

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU,

199 Grant Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

r* A "R 10* A 'PTrt'M'fiS All the new

\/ A.Xb.lM JX. X XVXH a and standard

\;iri.'injs. Writi,' for prices.

Asparagus Sprengei ii, 3 inch $J.OD per 100

Asparagus Plumosus. 3 " li.OO per 100

Small Ferns for dishes. 4 var8.,2i4-in' 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata, 2!/2-inch 4.iiO per 100

Boston Ferns, 8-inch pans $15 and $18 per doz .

2!4-inch 4.00 per 100

■' " 3-inch 8.00 per 100

CARL HACENBERCER, West Mentor, O.

IN BEST
....VARIETIES

hardy, large plants, Snowball, Longfellow, 40c

per 100; $2.50 per 1000.
FORGET-ME-NOT, fine clumps, 75c per 100; 15.00

per 1000.
MIGNONETTE (Allen's Defiance), large plants out

of 2H-inch $2.60 per 100.

J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa.

SPECIALTIES

ROSES, from 3-lnota pots.

CARNATIONS, for all dellrerr.
CHRYSAtiTHEMUMS.
SMI LAX.
PDoaslow. Band for list. VIOLETS.

WOOD BI90THef»S. r^lSHKIt-l.. M. V.

Stop Walking the Floor, you won't be disap-
pointed if you place your orders for

SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX

With CALDWELL THE MOODSMAN CO.. Everqreen,
Ala. or their agents, L. J. Kreshover, New York;
J. B Deatnud. Chicago; M. Rice ^ Co., Philadel-
phia Vail Seed Co., Indiaqapolis. Our advice:
Wire your address and go "Slfep in peace."
N. H. We also sell some Holly.

"i^MtoIHEMOON

Company

For J Trees, Shrubs, Vines,
Your I and Small Fruits.

Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free.
THE WM. H. MOON CO.,
Morrisville, Pa.

lis Regan Printing House

MIRSERY

SEFD

nORISTS

CATALOGUES

87-9J Plymouth Place,
jtj»j»CHJCAGOj»j»j»

igoi.

The American Florist.

969

AZALEAS FOR EASTER.

standard vitieties in ptime condition for EASTER FLOWERINQ. Place your
orders now while the plants can be shipped without danger of a check to flowering.

Fine Bushy Crowns, 5-in. pots, 10 to 12-in. diameter $ 5.00 ptr doz., $ 40.ro per 100

" •• " 5and6 " 12 to 14 " 6.00 •• .SO 00

SifB^^liMSlljr ' "^SS. " " " 6 and 7 " 13 to 15 " 9.00 " 70.00 "

""' ^^ .. c. .. 7 .. 16tol8 " 15.00 " IIO.OO "

,, ,,.,,. ^ wj ^^ ^ » s^ Also a srand lot of specimen plants of Mmo. Van.der Cruysen of exceptionally good value at

„ Ut-' 'llS«---f>fc'^ivfSoKV $1.50. $2.00. 82.50, $3.00 and $5.00 each.

i.' y^^t^^ WL/^^^ MISCELLANEOIS PUNTS TOR TORCING.

■ ■ ■ ■■ ' AZALEA MOLLIS. (Hardv Azaleas). Finely shaped, bushy plants, 12 to 15 inches high, full

^•■*>« v,y M, »s T ^ -^^ijmm* of buds, $1.50 per dozen, $35.00 per 100.

if^M^'^S'^iL'' \. ^,«._-^L i^^'^Bl DEUTZI A GRACILIS. .\. fine lot of three-year-old p'ants.'Suitable for 7 and 8-inch pots, very

VWr W :ia3H fc f!Hl»w''^^"'^»^> ^Bl bushy, $1.00 per dozen, .$8.00 per ICO.

'%,^^^^^S^'W§\. <-•;,;%■ J Jk^Bfl DBUTZIA GRACILIS ROSEA. Identical with D. Gracilis except that the flowers are fully

*" *.•*...... .. twice as large and are suffused with a delicate ro*>y tint, just sufficient to relieve the dead

/ii-nM. -'-Ksn^Es. - ^11 white which IS objectionable in the type. A limited lot of strong one-year-old plants, $2.00

WliT---«S^^^"'' ml perdozeu, $15.00 per 100.

IL^ ^^^s!«*f^^K I'ii! '" Vly^^j^^_jJKr DEUTZIA LEMOINEI. This is now a standard variety, with pure white flowers fully three

^^ ^P"^/L^ times as lar^'o as Grac lis. Strong one-year-old plants, suitable lor 6-ineh pots, 75c per

^/^m dozen, $6.0U per 100.

W/U\ RHODODENDRONS FOR FORCING. Fine, bushyplants, well set with buds, in fine condition

^''4kBI for Easter tlowering.

WCA 12 ti.' 15 inches high t 7 50 per dozen, $ 60.00 per 100

Jl-^ 15 to 18 ■' '• 9.00 '■ 70.00

il \ 18to20 " •• 13.00 " 100.00

lO 20to24 " '■ 15.00 " 125.00

24to30 " " 24.00

- >^»^^ HENRY A. DREER, ^'^ <=%i1d1lp„ia.

Please meyilion the A met ican Florist zvlte>i writing.

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS NOW READY. ALL FINE.

Per luO Per 1000

Lawson $6.00 $.50.00

Olympia 5.00 40.00

Marquis 5.C0 40.00

Crocker 4.00 35.00

Lord 4.00 35.00

Peru 3.0O 25.00

Crane 3.00 25.00

America 3.00 25.00

Bradt 300 25.00

Pingtee 3.00 25.00

Glacier 3.0O 25.00

White Cloud 2.0O 15.00

Jubilee 2.0O 15.00

Maceo 2.00 15.00

Wood 3.00 15.00

Davbreak 1.50 12.00

Flo"ra Hill 1.50 12.00

Triumph 150 12.00

Joost 1.50 12.C0

Scott 1.00 8.00

Evelina 1.00 8.00

250 at 1000 rates. Cash or C. O. D.

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS-Brides, Bridesmaids,
Rleteori and Golden Gate at $1.50 per hundred.

We refer you to trade papers' report of St. Louis
Chrysanthemum i how as to quality of our stock.

M. J. & M. S. VESEY. ft. Wayne, Ind.

Ethel Crocker

WH EN store men telegraph that they must have
some Crocker for their customers, and com-
mission men bep for consignments, in spite of the
fact that there are plenty" of other pinks on the
market, it is a pretty sure sign that Crocker has
some points of merit distinctive from the others
and that there is an unfilled demand for the flowers.
With the largest stock of this variety grown by
any one grower in the country I can fill your
orders with carefully selected cuttings, at
$4 per loo or $30 per 1000.

8BND FOR LIST OF OTHER VARIET1E9.

ALBERT M. HERR

LANCASTER. PA.

Please metttion the A merican Florist 7vhett xvtittnf^.

Say, Read This !

doing at mere nothing, 25,000 A No. 1
rooted cuttings of Ethel Crocker, at
$2.50 per IOC; |23 per lOOO, until sold.

All orders amounting to .$10 or over, express
paid to any part of the United States. Have all
the 1900 novelties and standard v;iri'-ties.

D. R. HERRON. OLEAN. N. Y.

The Largest Fancy Carnation. Ready March 1st.

-PROSPERITY-

ALL ORDERS TILLED IN STRICT ROTATION.

F'rices for IWootecJ Cvittings,

1 Plant ; .50

12 Plants 5 00

25 Plants 8.25

50 Plants 10.00

100 Plants 16.00

250 Plants $ 37.50

500 Plants 70.C0

750 Plants 101.25

1000 Plants 130.00

WRITE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS.,

Flatbush, N. Y.

CARNATIONS

JCOOTRI^

cuTTixwoea

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following prices:

G. H. CRANE $25.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT 2.5.00 "

MADAM CHAPMAN 25.00 "

DAYBREAK 12.60

WHITE CLOUD $12.50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10.00

MoGOWAN 1000

ELDORADO 10.00

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to bi seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in need of a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times.

Addre«CHA5. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich. '^•'=J',«<"'

Rooted Cuttings of Roses

Brides, Maids, I'erles, Meteors. Pres. Carnot.
Am<Tican Beauties. Woottons. G. Gate, etc. A
bargain in Perles in 2- in. pots ready for a shilt.

Bestbeddinir vari<ities, rooted cuttings.

:^o®aroiv i=»*.KFeiv». writ*-
GEO. A. KUHL. PEKIN. ILL.

"HOOSIER MAID"

New white Carnation now ready. Send
for illustrated descriptive Price List. It
will interest you.

ANDERS RASMUSSEN, New Albany, Ind.

970

The American Florist.

Feb. 1 6,

Baltimore.

LABGB ATTENDANCE AT CLUB MEETING —
ALL PLANS PERFECTED FOE CABNATION
CONVENTION — THE BEST CARNATIONS
AND OTHER DISCUSSIONS.

The attendance was heavy at the club's
last meeting before the carnation con-
vention. Every one seemed to expect
lots of work to do, but, owing to the
smooth working of the committees and
the fact that there was no serious divis-
ion of opinion about any important
matter in the body of the club, there was
nothing to do but hear the various com-
mittees report progress, and indulge in a
little social chat. A new committee has
been formed to be known as the ladies'
auxiliary committee, consisting of Mrs.
F. G. Burger, Mrs. I. H. Moss, Mrs. Chas.
H. Seybold and MissStocksdale. It is to
have charge of matters connected with
the reception of lady visitors from other
cities. The committee on ways and
means reported in detail the long list of
subscribers to the general fund.

After the election of two new candi-
dates, Enoch W. Merritt and W. T. Bland,
a number of questions, mostly relating to
carnations, were asked and answered. In
reply to a query as to the finest carnation
I. H. Moss said that Wm. Scott is the
best paying variety he has grown. P.
Campbell Erdman also said Scott pays
best. Jno. Rider, however, said "G9G" is
the best yet for profit. Richard Vincent,
Jr., explained that "696" is a seedling of
Mr. Ward's and gives two blooms to any
Scott he ever saw. It was asked if an
exhibit can be entered at the exhibition
by a club member not a member of the
national carnation society. N. F. Flitton
said that it can be by paying $2 entrance
fee.

Henry Fisher is building a new house
36x100 feet, on Sinclair avenue near the
toUgate. Mack.

FOR

JflPflNESE
FERN BALLS.

True long-leaved variety.
You w^ill find a ready sale for them.

Per doz. $4; per 100 $30.

Write for Prices ori'Quantities.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO:

84-86 Randolph SI.

NEM VORK:

14 Barclay St.

!SS^SZ!iSSSliSSiS^SSS2SS^SISSBSSZ2SSS

Rooted Carnation Cuttings

No better Carnation Blooms were ever otTered in the Chicago
market than those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first-class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

Tho Cnnrt Pink Per too Per lOOO

■ lit; OjlUI I, Armazindy...$ 6.00 JSO.OO

Inne 10.00 75,00

Sunbeam - 10.00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75.00

Prolific 10.00 75.00

Nvdia 10.00 76.00

Mrs. Lawson 6.00 60.00

The Marquis 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35.00

Ethel Crocker 4.00 35.00

Peru 4.00 35.00

G. H. Crane 3.03. 25.00

America 2.50 20.00

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 2.00 17.50

• 'hicago (Red Biadt) .«. 2.00 17,50

Cerise Queen 1.50 12.50

Evanston l.EO 12.50

Per 100
GO

Mrs. Leopold Inc %.

Gen. Gomez 2.00

Gen. Maceo 2.00

John Youn^ 1 50

Argyle 1.50

Triumph 1.50

Frances Joost 1.50

Gov. Griggs 1.50

Melba 1.50

Edna Craig 1.50

Flora Hill 1.50

White Cloud ■ 1.60

Daybreak 1.80

Evelina 1.00

McGowan 1.00

Per 1000

IffiO.OO

15.00

15.00

ie.50

_ 12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.60
7.50
7.50

WIETOR BROS.,

B1 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Wholesale Growers
of Cut Flowers,

Norway

Egypt

The queen of commercial white Carnations. The modern idea
oC a commercial variety, combines large size with free, rapid
growth and productiveness, a fine keeper and shipper. It gives
us pleasure to offer the white we have all been lookins for. A

distinct feature is that the flowers are remarkably uniform in SiVe, 3 to 3H-iiiches in diameter.

It is selling rapidly; place your order at once.

A rich, warm scarlet crimson. A distinct departure from all other
crimsons. It has modern commercial stems, long and strong; exquis-
ite spicy odor, bi'autiful, rich, glowing color; these are its most dis-
tinct features. The flower is large and well formed, 2H to 3i4 inches
in diameter. Can be had m good Uower by NovembeT 1st to 15th. Is a continuous, free bloomer.

Price of the above two varieties, $1.50 per doz.. $10 per 100, $75 per 1000.

The only pink Carnation which
can claim the proud distinction of
having superseded the hitherto
invincible Wm. Scott. Genevieve

Genevieve Lord

Lord is not only equal lo Scott in its palmiest days, but is far superior- to that variety in every
wav. It commands a price that was never obtained for the best Scotts which ever grew. Such
a (larnation is produced only once in a great while. Place vour order early. $5 per 100,
$40 per 1000.

We can also furnish Prosperity, Roosevelt, Lorna and all other 1901 novelties. Also (J^
Lawson Marquis, Croclcer, Estelie, Olympia and other new and standard varieties.

CHRYSANTHBMUIVI TinOTMY EATON. We have a large stock of '.t; 50c each, J30 per
lOO. Also all of the best new and standard varieties. An excellent list of the very best varie-
ties. Send for complete catalogue

H. WEBER & SONS, - Oakland, Md.

FLORIANA

The Best All Round Pink
Carnation Ever Introduced

Large size, fully as large nsflarqulsor Crocker;

color, a beautiful sh:i,de of light pink. A strong
grower, very fraprant. an early continuous
bloomer, very productive, does finely boih in
winter and summer, good stem, perfect calyx
that never splits, not subject to disease, good
keeper, lirings fancy prices in New York market.
Come and see them.

PRICES :

$1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per Hundred;
$60.00 per ) housand.

READY NOW.

FILLOW & BANKS, Westport, Conn.
Sy^ CARNATION CUTTINGS Jo^d

Marquis lUO,

G. H, Crane "

White Cloud "

Daybreak "

Flora Hill "

Genesee "

250 at 1000 rate. » 'ash with order from unknown
parties „, Q STROH, Attica, N. Y.

Choice Green and Bronze Galax.

I'ru'i; 60c per 1000; 20D0 for $1, postage prepaid.

LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, r.-.i A gri-'en, «2.bu per 100(1.

H. U. Uliili, Vicnoxla, ttlacon Co., K. C.

U.lXl; UXKJ, $36.tK)

3.00 " 25.00

2.00 " 1600

1.60 " 12.60

1.60 " 12.60

1.50 " 12.50

' Flowering Plants

** . Per 100

Chinese Primroses, 3>^-inch,

in bloom $5.00

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 2-in. 2.00

Fuclisias, 5 vars., 2-in 2.00

Abutilon, trailing, 2-in 3.00

^ Flowering Begonias, 2-in 2.00 B

Geraniums, assorted, 2-in 2.00

100,000

flardu Herbaceous Plants

SEND FOR LIST.
C.V.SH I'LE.VSE.

EDWARD B. JACKSON,

Stamford, Conn.

1 ;inil ~ vears, $1.25 and $'J per du/., 12 best kinds.
F. A> BALLER, Bloominfiton,

igoi.

The American Florist.

971

HOUSE OK TAKNATION OIIEEN LOUISE AT CHRISTMAS.

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation produces the finest flowers, is perfectly healthy and is the best wfiite variety ever introduced.
IT BLOOMS EARLY. IT BLOOMS LATE. IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Our price list contains cuts from photographs taken every two weeks during the months of February, March, April, May, June,
October and November. No other Carnation can stand such a test.

PRICE, $10 per 100; $75 per 1000.

Rooted cuttings now ready. Come and see it or send for circular.

Carnation Cuttings...

^ Ready (or immediate sliipment. All fine

"^^..^and well rooted. _ ,__ „ ,„„_

Per 100 Per 1000

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 17.00 $60.00

Sunbeam 10 OO 75.00

Froliflca 10 00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75.00

Nydia 10 00 75.00

Marquis 5.00 40.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35.00

Ethel Crocker 4.00 35.00

Mrs. Geo. Bradt 3.00 25.00

G H. Crane 3.00 25.00

Gold Nugget 3.0O 25.00

Gen. Maceo 2.0O 15.00

Chicago 3.00 20.00

White Cloud 2.00 15.00

Mrs. F. Joost 1.50 12.00

Mrs. J. Dean 2.00 15.00

Jubilee 1.50 12. CO

FloraHill 1.50 12.00

Daybreak 1.50 12.00

Evelina 1.00 8.00

Triumph 1.60 12.00

Satisfaction Guaranteed ob Monbt Refunded.

JOS. LABO, Joliet. 111.

CARNATIONS

Per 100
Rooted cuttings of Scarlet Wave, sport of

Tidal Wave $2.00

White Daybreak 2.00

Flora Hill, Scott, Daybreak 1.00

CASH, PLEASE.

CHAS. WIFFIN, Des Plaines, III.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

Rooted Cuttings Carnations and Roses.

CRANE 13.00

BRADT 2.00

EVANSTON 1.25

JOOST 1.25

WBITE CLOUD 1.25

FLORA HILL 1.25

DAYBREAK l.CO

TRIUMPH 1.25

Per 100 Per 1000

$35.00
17.60
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
7.50
10.00

Per 100 Per lOOO

Per lOO Per 1000

IRENE Per doz., $1.50; $10.00 $75.00

AEMAZINDY 1.00 7.50

TIDAL WAVE 1 00 7. BO

WM. SCOTT I.OO 7.50

ETHEL CROCKER 3.00 25.00

GENEVIEVE LORD 3 60 25. CO

MARQUIS 4.00 35.00

GUARDIAN ANGEL 6.0D 50.00

KAISERIN $1.50 $12.50

LA PRANCE 1.50 12 60

METEOR 1.60 12.50

PERLE 1.50 12.50

Per 100 Per lOOO

BRIDE $1.60 $12.50

BRIDESMAID 1.50 12.60

GOLDEN GATE 1.50 12.50

KAISERIN $3.00

LA FRANCE 3.00

METEO A, 3.00

PERLE 3.00

Per 100 Per lOOO

$25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
These cuttings are all well-rooted, guaranteed free from disease, carefully packed

Per 100 Per 1000

BRIDE $3.00 $25.00

BRIDESMAID 3 00 25.00

GOLDEN GATE 3.00 25.00

GEORGE REINBERG. 51 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO. ♦

If You Have Stock To Sell...

the beat way to make that fact known to the trade 1* by regular

GwejtlK'-''^ "" ...The American Florist.

972

The American Florist.

Feb. 16,

Watertown, N. Y.

TBADB ACTIVE AND STOCK SCABCE IN ALL
LINES. — GOOD CARNATIONS. — BEDDING
PLANTS IN DEMAND. — VARIODS ITEMS.

There is a scarcity of flowers and the
man who can supply roses and carna-
tions on demand will be hailed as the
florists' benefactor. The scarcity is by
no means local for on all sides we hear
complaints about flowers being at a pre-
mium. Greene & Underhill are cutting
some fine Marquis, Triumph and Flora
Hill carnations, but the demand during
the past lew weeks has by far exceeded
the supply. Their wholesale trade has
likewise taxed their capacity. The
demand for geranium cuttings and bed-
ding stock in general is surpassing their
expectations.

A. Stoeckle has had all the business he
could attend to. With increased facili-
ities his trade has increased in proportion
and, although his output is considerable,
he has had to look to the commission
men of late to supply the shortage. His
violets, as usual, are doing well and sell
at sight.

Wm. Clark & Son are now installed in
their new quarters on Boyd street, hav-
ing moved from State street a few months
ago. Their new range of houses is put
up in a modern way and their general
stock looks promising.

W. R. Skeels lost his entire range by the
recent heavy snowstorm. Nothing
daunted he continues at the old stand
and, although handicapped, he is by no
means discouraged. Nomis.

Dayton, O. — Alva Kaufi'man is enjoy-
ing a very prosperous trade on Washing-
ton street and is increasing his facilities
by enlarging his range of glass.

Galesbueg, III. — H. F. Drury has
taken a partnership with E. R. Gesler
and Gesler & Drury will build a consid-
erable addition to the present plant for
the purpose of growing fancy roses and
carnations. The new range will have
iron gutters and posts and will embody
all the latest improvements in greenhouse
construction.

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Rose Cuttings

NOT "HOW cheap;

• HOW GOOD.'

BUT

The wood is taken from tlie same plants
that produf.'ed the 1st prize llowers at the
Chicago and other shows, and acknou-
ledf^ed by all who have seen them growing
as the best possible to produce. All cut-
lings are rooted io a cool house and have
an abundance of good, sttong roots.

Those rooted in a house hot as an in'-u-
bator (as many "bargain" cuttings are)
are not cheap at any price.

BRIDESMAIDS, 100, $1.75; lOOO. $lb.CO

BRIDES ' 1.75 " 15.C0

PERLES " 1.50 " 12-50

South Park Floral Co.

NEW CASTLE ^ IND,

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REPORTtV.'e JUDGES

Appointed by THE PHILA. FLORISTS' CLUB
to judge our grand new ROSE

Queen of Edgely, ^'rIcan beauty.

Sa^f "Mfe are convinced that this varialy is a valuable addition
to the list of forcing roses, being in every respect, except color,
the exact counterpart of the American Beauty. The color is a
beautiful, bright pink, which is good, even in the full flowers. The
fragrance is also as fine as that of Beauty, and the exhibited
blooms showed remarkable vigor. (Signed), ♦

ROBERT KIFT, WM. MUNRO, JOS. HEACOCK."

The last two named were wlnnera of first prizes for American Beauties at the Sose
Show, Eden Mnsee, Uarch 27, 190O.

FOR TERMS AND BOOKLET; ADDRESS

R. CRAIG & SON, Cast. Agts.,

49th and Market Sts., Phila.

E. G. niLL & CO., West. Agts.,

Richmond, Ind.

THE FLORAL EXCHANGE, Inc. |

335 N. Sixth St.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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SPECIAL BARGAINS

All plants quoted
from 2i4-inch pots,
except where
noted.

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE FOLLOWING:

Asp;ir:ij;u8 Plumosus Nanus, 83.50 per ICO, $30 por

1U(0.
Aspai-asus Sprenaerii, $2.50 per 100, $30 ptT 1000.
Acftlvpha Sanderil and Triumphans, $3 per 100,

$25 per lOLO.
Azaleas, 12-inch heads, best vars., 84 per dozen.
Boston Ferns, $3 prr 100, $25 per 1000.
Crotons. finest assort meur. $3 per 100, $25 per ICOO.
Calla Lilies, blooming bulbs, 75c per dozen. $5 per

ICO.
Cannas, all the leading varieties, well establis ed

in pots, $b per lOJ.
< 'amcllia JapoQica, 20 inches in height, assorted

colors. 50'* each, $5 per dozen.
Coleus in all the leading varieties, $2.50 per lOO,

$20 per 1000.
Geraniums, double and s'ngle varieties, the very

bc.-.t, $3 per 100, $25 per 1000.

Hibiscus. 10 sorts, $2.E0 per 100.

Heliotropes, $2.50 per lOJ, $20 per 10 0.

Ponderosa Lemon, bears fruit 2 pounds and up;
an ideal pot plant. It blooms and fruits when
quite small. $1 per doz., |7 per 100, 160 per 1000.

Otaheite OranKe, $3perl05, $25 per lOOO.

Moon \'ines, ti per 100.

Russelias, the two new sorts, $2.50 per 100.

Smilax. $2 per Hi). $17.50 per 1000.

Salvia SoleiKlcns, $2..W per 100.

Lemon A'crbcna. 82 per 100.

Tuberoses, first-class bulbs, 75c per ICO, 86 per 1000.

Roses, all the leading \aricties. Teas. Hybrid
Teas, Climbers, from 2%-inch pots, $2.50 per ICO.
Hybrid Perpetuals, $3.50 per luO. .Strong Roses
from 4-inch pots. Teas, 8c.; Hybrid Teas, 10c,
Climbers and Hy brid Perpetuals, 12c.

Send us your list of Roses for special quotation. Our Wholesale Price List just out.
Write for it today.

The Good & Reese Co.

SPRINGFIELD,- OHIO. Jt

The largest rose growers in the world.

Please mention the American Florist luhen writing.

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AMERICAN BEAUTIES

SPECl.VL OFFER for .V No. 1 American
lieauty Rose Cuttings at $3.00 per ICK) or $25.00 per
lOOJ. Readv tor shipment m about 10 days. Write
us about ttieiu. Orders filled in rotation.

GEO. A. KUHL. PEKIN. ILL.

Crimson Rambler Roses

These roses have fibrous roots and are par-
ticularly well adapted for potting and forc-
ing. 2 to 2'/- ft. $10 per 100; 3 to ZVi ft. 812
per 100; 3^4 io 5 ft. $15 per 100.

f\ A IVriKr A Gi Write for Price List of
^JXXV JX,£Xm. nine new varieties.

The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa,

PALMS*iiOSTONS

Walter Retzer & Co.,

ao^-sg Clarendon Ave.. CHICAGO, ILL.

Ubl. Grant. S Grant, Alp. Richard, John Doyle,
Bruanti, .J. J. Harrison, Iteaute Poitevine, Gloire
de France, Cts. de Castries, Frances Perkins,
Mme. Jaulin, Griffith, S. A. Nutt, Leonard Kel-
way, La Favorite; stront;, weli-fjrown stock from
3-inch pots, $5 per 100, $45 per 1000.

I solicit your patrouaf^e and ffuarantoe satis-
faction. PAUL MABEB, E. Stroudsburg. Pa.

New Carnation ELENOR AMES.'

The best deep pink Carnation ever introduced.f
Deeper color, larger flowers, stronger grower and
produces more blooms per plant tnan its parent,
Wm. Scott Does not burst. A continuous
bloomer. Has been grown for five years. Plants
free from all disease. Rooted cuttings ready
February 1, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100, $75 per 1000.

D. CARMICHAEL, Wellesley, Mass.

Asparagus Sprengerii.

2-inch pots per 100, $ 1.50

2>^-inch pots " 2.00

SMILAX, from flats ' .25

M. J. COVENTRY - Ft, Scott, Kas.

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3 Bon Homme Richard:

THE BIG rOlR.

OUR INTRODUCTIONS OF NEW CARNATIONS
^ J- FOR J90I. J- J-

^ 1 1 fl hf»J1 m • Extra bright flesh pink, early Per Per Per

OUllUCaill. ffgg jnj continuous bloomer, doz. 100 1000

Flowers of good form and size, borne on . ^

long stiflt stems $1.50 $10 $75

White,

extra-
ordinary free bloomer; fine form, good size.
Stems 2>^ to 3 feet long $1.50 $10 $75

Nydia:

Variegated, salmon stripe on white
ground. Quick seller, extremely free
bloomer, fine form and stiff stem $li50 $10 $75

Prnlifirfl* Cerlse pink. Very long, stiflF
r i\Jiii.i\,fX, stems^ ijrge flowers, and as its

name indicates, an extra free bloomer $li50 $10 $75

First lot ready Feb. l,of the above four vars.

OTHER VARIETIES.

Per 100 Per 1000

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson cerise pink $600 $50.00

Olympia variegated 5.00 40.00

Marquis pink 5.00 40.00

Genevieve Lord " 5.00 40.00

Ethel Crocker " 4.OO 35.00

Morning Glory light pink 4.00 35.00

G. H. Crane scarlet 3.00 25.00

Chicago " 3.00 2.5.00

Gold Nugget yellow 3.00 25.00

Gen. Maceo crimson 2.00 15.00

Gen. Gomez " 2.OO 15.00

White Cloud white 3.00 15.00

Mrs. Frances Joost pink 2.00 15.00

Mrs. Jas. Dean "' 2.00 15.00

John Young white 1.50 12 00

Flora Hill ' 1.50 12.00

Argyle cerisepink 1.60 12.00

Daybreak light pink 1.50 12.00

William Scott pink 100 8 00

Armazindy variegated 1.00 8.00

Guardian Angel 6.00 50.00

Peru 4.00 35.00

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 3.00 25.00

Triumph 1.50 12.50

Cerise Queen 1.50 12.50

Edna Craig 1.50 12,50

Evanston 1.50 12.50

Gov. Griggs 1.5O 12.50

Melba 1.50 12.50

Evelina 1.00 8.00

Ijizzie McGowan I.OO 7.50

Mrs. L. Ine 7.CO 60.00

ALL ROOTED CUniNGS NOW READY. WRITE FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR WANTS.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

Joliet, Illinois.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

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WEILAND & RISCH

can save you

money on

rooted

6UTTIN6S

Wc have all the newer varie-
ties of Roses and Carnations.
Make out list of what
stock you may
need and let us
figure on it.

WRITE FOR CATALOaUE.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO.

Are you interested

in any of the following Carnations,
in 2in. pots: Mhs. Bbadt, Ethel
Crocker, McGowan, Scott, write

GEO. A. KUHL, PEKIN. ILL.

To Exchange

Rooted Cuttings of Ethel Crocker,
Frances Joost, G. H. Crane,
For Rooted Cuttings ot Brides, Maids or
Meteors

Carnations finp, healthy stock; w:int the same
in roses.

MORTON GROVE GREENHOUSES, Morton Grove, 111.
Please mention the A merican FloriU when writing,

ITi/tla'l-e marie LOUISE. cl-an, h.-althv

w XW±«l;»« stoi.-k. strong sand routed cui-
tinas, $5.1)0 por liXKl; 6O0 per UXi. Established
plants, $10. mi per kKK); $1.20 per 100. Sample free'.
R. KILBOURN. Clinton, N. Y.

Rooted Cuttings and Rose Plants.

CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINQS.

100

Mrs. Leopold Ine $7.00

Guardian Angel 6.00

Sunbeam 10.00

Bon Homme Kiehard. 10.00

Xvdia 10.00

PfoUaca lO.OO

Irene lO.OO

Mrs. Lawson 6,00

Marquis 4.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00

Crocker 4.00

1000

$60.00

50.00

75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
.56.00
35.00
35.00
35.10

100 inoo

Bridesmaid $1.50 $12.50

Bride 1.60 12.50

100 1000

Peru $3.00 $25.00

Crane 3.00 25.00

Chicago (Red Bradt). 3.00 25.00

America 2.50 20.00

Mrs. Bradt 2.50 20 00

Triumph 1.60 12.60

John Young 1.60 12.60

Arg.vie 1.50 12.60

Evelina 1.00 7.50

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

100 1000 I

Golden Gate $1..50 $12.50 p„,„

Meteor 1.50 12.60

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Evanston . , .$1.60

F. Joost 1.2.5

Cerise Queen 1.85
Edna Craig.. 1.25
Gov. Griggs. 1.26

Melba 1.25

Daybreak ... 1.25
Armazindy. .
White Cloud

Hill

McGowan . . .

25

1.00
1.00

1000

$12.50

10.00

10.00

laoo

10.00
10.00
10.00
1000
10.00
9.00
7.50

100 1000

.$1.50 $12.60

Bridesmaid.

aH-INCH ROSE PLANTS.

100 lOOO I 100 1000 I 100 lOOO

Liberty $12.00 $100.00 Bride $3.00 $25.00 Golden Gate $3.50 $30 00

•- 3.00 25.00 I Meteor 3.00 25.00 1 Kaiserin 3.00 25'oo

Perle, $3.00 per 100; $28.00 per 1000.
All stock sold under the condition that if not satibfactoky it
is to be returned immediately, when money will be refunded

PETER REINBERG, 51 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III.

Please mention the American Florist when wriline.

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CARNATIONS!

The Sensational New Varieties for 1901.

PROSPERITY, GOV. ROOSEVELT

And all the other new ones at advertised rates; also all the
really good varieties of last year, and former introductions in
extra tine selected stock, all ready for very early shipment.
Descriptive Trade List will be mailed to those not
receiving it on receipt of Postal Card.

JOHN N. MAY, Summit, New Jersey.

Please mention the A merican Florist when writing. '

MgKP,G CARNATIONS

Eleven varieties uf lHOO, sixteen older staiijunl
sorts. Send for i.-oiiiplete list.
GEO. HANCOCK & SON, Qrand Haven, Mlcb.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

OF NEW STANDARD
, _ CARNATIONS.
Also stroni: healthy plantsof L.\I)Y C.\.MPliELL
Violets from sand or soil. Send for price list
WM. SWAYNE. Kennett Square. Pa.

974

The American Florist.

Feb. 16,

Lowell, Mass.

TRADE BRISK AND COT FLOWERS SCARCE.
— CROPS , OFF AND PRICES HIGH. —
VARIOUS NOTES OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Business is booming, everybody on the
jnmp and flowers scarce, especially roses
and pinks, which seem to be off crop
with everyone here. There is a great
deal of funeral work and everybody
seems to be getting his share of the
business. Daffodils and tulips have made
their appearance, but the latter are
short in stem. Paper White narcissi and
Roman hyacinths seem to be shortening
up and are not so much of a drug on the
market as they have been. Prices for
good stock seem to be holding up better
than last year.

A big snow storm struck this town the
other day and almost buried everything.
It delayed traffic for a couple of days
and some of the greenhouses on the out-
skirts were out of sight.

Thomas Waterworth has severed his
connection wish C. L. Marshall to go
with J. P. Donohoe on his estate as
private gardener. "Tom" has the good
wishes of the trade.

Lilium Harrisii with the local growers
seems to have been a failure this year, for
a great many of the bulbs are diseased.

Eugene Crane who has been ill with
the grippe, is able to be out again and
has resumed his duties at Griffith's.

Wm. Hodge, foreman for H. B. Green,
was made master workman of the A. O.
U. W. the other night. A. M.

Westfield, N. Y.— J. H. Bristol, who
recently embarked in the greenhouse busi-
ness here is already planning considerable
additions to his establishment.

NEPHROLEPI8 WITTBOLDII.

Strong Plants, ready for 3-inch and 4-inch pots,
tl.OOeach; 810.00 a dozen; (75.00 per 100.

The GEO. WITTBOLD GO.

Palms and Ferns

1657 Buckingham St., CHICAGO, ILL.

Palms § Ferns.

HOME-GROWN, FINE, CLEAN
STOCK; OBOWN COOL.

Write lor Price Li.l. j. Q. HEISS.
The Exotic Nurseries. DAYTON, OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous
Alpine Plants.

Field- f
Grown

A Complete Aisortment ol Old and New Vars.

The Blue Itlll Nursery, So. Bralntree, Mass. i

CnUKEf^roNDENCE BdLICITED. '

Rose Cuttings! Carnation Cuttings!

ROOTED ROSE

100 1000

Brides $1.50 $12.,50

Bridesmaids 1.50 laSO

Meteors 1.50 12.50

Pedes 1.50 12.50

GoldenGate 1.50 12.60

CARNATION

100 1000

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson J7.00 $60.00

The Marquis 6 00 50.00

Estelle 7.00 60.00

Genevieve Lord 6.00 40.00

Ethel Crocker 5.00 40.00

Olympia 5.00 40.00

G. H. Crane ' 3.00 25.00

Mrs. George M. Bradt 3.00 25.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00 25.00

America 3.00 25.00

Chicago 3.00 25.00

Mabel 3.00 25.00

Elsie Ferguson ^ 3.00 25.00

Gold Nugget 3.00 25.C0

Pingree 3.00 25.00

Mrs. James Dean 2.00 15.00

Mrs. Frances Joost : 2 00 15.00

Genesee 2.00 15.00

Mary Wood 2.00 15.00

John Young 2.00 15.00

John Hinliile 2.00 15.00

Dorothy Sweet 2.00 15.00

Jubilee 2.00 15.00

Gen. Maceo 2.00 15.00

White Cloud 2.00 15.00

CUTTINGS.

100

Lady Dorothea $1.50

Kaiserin . ..- 1.50

Maman Cochet 1.50

American Beauty 3.00

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100

Leslie Paul $2.00

Gov. Griggs 2.00

Albertina 2.00

Dawn 2.00

Argyle 2.00

Eldforado 2.00

Melba 2.00

Victor 1.60

Triumph ;.... 1.50

Daybreak 1.60

Ivory , 1.50

Evelina 1.50

Flora Hill 1.50

Cense Queen 1.50

Meteor 1.50

Armazindy 1.50

Iris Miller l.BO

Glazier ' 1.50

Sandusky 1.25

William Scott 1.25

Evanston 1.00

Tidal Wave I.OO

Portia 1.00

Lizzie McGowan 1.00

Psyche 1.00

1000

$12.50
12.50
12.60
25.00

1000
$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
17.00
12.50
12.50
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
10.00
10.00
8.00
800
8.00
8.00
7.50

We offer only choice Rooted Cuttings, first-class in every respect, true to name. 25 at 100
rates; 250 at 1000 rates. Write for catalogue and complete list of Carnations and Roses, rooted
cuttings and in pots.

Do you receive our weekly price list? If not, write us; we will place your name on
our mailing list.

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

It 10,000 Carnations a Week

172,000 R. C.s Ready to Ship at Once.

A. Mitting, clear light cream. 1901 . . .

Doz. 100 1000
.11.60 $10.00 $75.00

Mrs. A. Mittine, clear pink. 1901 1.50 10.00 75.00

De Roo Mitting, white, fine, .901 150 10.00 75.00

Sunbeam (C. <:. Co.) 1901 1.50 10.00 75.00

Bon Homme Richtird. (C. C. Co.) 1901 1.50 10 00 75.00

Nldia, (C. C. Co.) 1901 1.60 10.00 76.00

Proliflca, (C. C. Co.) 1901 1.60 10.00 75.00

California Gold, (Hill) 1901 .'... 150 10.00 75.00

Pink Sport from Victor anl Armaziniy (Hill).

1901 1.50 10.01 75.00

Queen Louise, (Dillon), 1901 1 1.50 10.00 75.00

Irene, (Crabb A Hunter), 1901 T.. 1.50 10.00 75.00

Lorna. (Dorner). 1901 ..- I.SO lO.ro 75.eo

Mermaid, (Dorner) 1901 1.03 6.00 60.03

100

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson, cerise pink $4.75

Olympia. variegated 4.00

Genevieve Lord, light pink 4.00

Ethel Crocker, pink 3.00

Mrs. G. M. Bradt, variegated '. ,.' 2.00

America, scarlet 2.50

Gen. Maceo, dark red '. 1.50

Gen. Gomez, dark red 1,25

Flora Hill, white 1.20

Argyle, pink 1.20

White Cloud, white 1.25

Melba, pink 1.25

Peru, white 2.50

6 at 12 rate; 25 at ICO rate; 260 at 1000 rate. We guarantee rooted cuttings to reach you in Al

condition. If not satisfactory on arrival, return at once at our expense. - ' ■

MOISTURE QUAQE.

Price $2 50 each.

Used in greenhouses, ice boxes, etc.
Send for description of its usefulness.

Per 100

Per icfo

True Boston Fern, 3!4-in $5.00

True Boston Pern, extra strong, 2!<-in 3.00

20,000 Altr-rnantheras, red, also pink, strong,

21/2-in 1.50

10,000 Sedum Variegatum, 2!^-in 1.60

25 plants ut 100 rate

10.000 Cigar Plants, 2!-i-in $1.50

30 000 Coleus. 10 named varieties. 2M-'n 1.50

5,Ono California Moss, for Biiskets, 2!<-in 1.50

5,000 Jerusalem Cherries, 2H-in 1.50

Cash or C. O. D.

THE MOBBIS FIiOBAL CO., - Morris. III.

Successful Growers

<¥

Know that they can dispose of all their Surplus Stock by
advertising in the American Florist. TRY IT NOW. jtjt

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SOME GOOD THINGS CHEAP.

We have about 100,000 of 4he following Roses, all
strong, healthy, well-rooted young plants that have been
turned out of 2-inch pots and wintered in cold houses
through the winter and are now just starting into growth.
Just right tor 2^-in. pots; will make splendid plants quick.

Kmprpss of China
C'ariniDe Pillar
.Mary Washington
Eslella Pradle
Climbing Malniaison
W. A. Richardson
White MatPohal Niel

Meteor Mme. F. Kruger

Maman Cochet Golden Gate

Wliite Maman Cochet Climbing Meteor
Mme. Welche Crimson Rambler

Mosella La Marque

Duchess dt' lirabant Solfaterre
Maid of Honor Climbing Wootton

The above varieties $2 per 100. $18 pep 1000.
The following newer sorts $4 per 100; Mrs. Robt. Peary or
Climbing Kaiserin, ( 'limbing .Marii- tiuillot, ('lim!)ini^ Bridesmaid.
Psyche, The Baldwin.

Double Geraniums, 2V4-inch pots, onlv good varieties, $2.50 per 100,

»2il per Irt)i.
Apple Scented Geraniums 2M-inch pots. $3 per 1(10.
Begonias Rubra and Thurstooi, 24-iiich pots $3 per KG. M. dc

Lcsscps and Alba Pcrfecta Grandillora (White Rubra) $2.50

PIT lOJ.
Heliotropes, 2^/^-incli pots, six best sorts, $2 per 100.
Coleus. ten best sorts, $3 per 100.
Fuchsias ten t^ooti sons. 2! 2 inch pots. $2.50 per 100.
Carnations ii/s-inch pots, bve good sorts, red, white, pink, striped

anil M'llow, $2.50 per 100 $20 per ItXlO.
Hardy Pinks, live b st sorts, 2-inch pots, .$3 per 100, $18.03 per 10:0.
Asparagus Sprengerii, 2^-inch pots. $2.60 per 100.
Asparagus Tenuissimus. 2!4-inoh pots, strong, $3 per ICO.
Jasmine Maid of Orlcins and GraciUiinum, 2^2-inch pots, $2 per ICO.

ISaI in tllA eilflltl ^"'^ ^"y %omt of our ster-
U6I III 1116 alffllll ling novelty and red-hot
seller, THE AMERICAN WONDER LEMON, called by some
"Ponderosa." Every catalogue man should get this. It
has come to stay and will be a good thing for years. It
commences to bear enormous fruit when two years old,
which average from \% to 3 lbs each. The flavor of the
ripe lemons is delicious, being very lull of rich acid juice.
It propagates very easily, grows rapidly, bears freely when
quite young and will grow anywhere. It is excellent for all
culinary purposes. Extra-fine plants from 2y2-inch pots,
%\ per doz , J7 per 100, |50 per 1000.

SCHMIDT & BOTLEY,

.SPRINGFIELD, O.

BIG BED

TOMATOES

Those large, red. perfectly smooth aud sulid
Livingston's Stone Tomatoes can be prown from
LivinEston's own seed as easily as not. Unques-
tionably Livingston— the Tomato Man— sells the fin-
est Tomato Seed in the world. We will send you a
packet for trial Free of Charge if you'll ask for it.
LIVINGSTON THE TOMATO MAN. Box 103. Columbus. 0.

Caladium Esculentum.

Ist size, 6 to 9 inches circumference.
2d size, 3 to 6 " "

Cash With Okder

R. VINCENT, JR., & SON. White IMarsli. Md.

OIIVE;feA.I«I^V«S

dwarf and semi-dwarr. giant llowcrcd, fine stocky
plants, 2Ji-in. pots, .12.50 per 100; 3-in..84 per 100.
All of them ready for 4-inch. Will maKe fine
selling plants for Easter.

pnnnoB (Dormant). Strong tuber*. Mme. Crozy,
UdllllOa CJ. Charlotte. Chas. Henderson, Alph.
Bouvier, P. Marquant, Burbanlc, LeClerc, line
ysllow, scarlet, striped, etc., 12 per 100; 118 per 1000.

Cash Please

Shellroad Greenhaute Co.. Grange P. 0., Balto.. Md.

No more of either of the Lorraine Begonias
to offer until next June.

BOSTON FERNS,

3- inch pot plants, »75.00 per 1000.

EDWIN LONSDALE.

(near Phila.),

WYNDMOOR

PENNA.

Let the advertiser know that you take
the Florist. Then he'll know how he
came to get your order.

ymWMVWMWyWVWWVWVW/^VMVVWMWVWMVMVWVMMVWWWWk'

New Carnations, Booted Cuttings. EirrcLst.

■^

PROSPERITY (668). Each. 50c; 12 for I5.C0; 25 for M.25; BO for $10.00; 100 for
J37..W; 500 for $70.00; T50 for $101.25; 1000 for $130.00.

8ueen Louise doz., $1 60; 100,
orothj " 160 "_

Irene " 1-60 '

Roosevelt " 2.50 "

16.00; 250 for

ilO.OO; ICOO, $75 00

10.00 '• 75,00

lO.OO " 75.00

12.00 " lOO.CO

New Chrysanthemums. !'^^''Ji;^J!i."^;rs.''Ero,erS:t,^iih*'t'?e

best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton, Yanariva.

Strong plants transplanted into soil and flats. Every one sure to
grow. Sorts marked * ready now in soil.

100 1000

•Flora Hill $1.75 $15.C0

*Wm. Scott 1.50 1200

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 4.00 30.00

Gold Nugget 4 00 30.00

Chicago 4.00 30.fO

Gen. Maceo 3.00 25 00

Gen. Gomez 3.00 25.00

Daybreak 2.0O 15.00

Carnations.

100 1000

♦Marquis $5.00 $40.00

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 7.00 60.00

•Estelle 7.00 60.00

*Ethel Crocker 5.00 40.00

•Genevieve Lord 5.00 4000

•Morning Glory 4.00 35.00

♦G.H.Crane 3.00 2.5.00

♦America 3.00 25.00

♦White Cloud 2 00 17.50

THE GRAin) ITEW

FINK OEBAHIUM

Jean Viaud.

Doz., $1.25; per 100, $10.00.
2-inch pots.

^•svi'M'9 All the Novelty and Standard kinds in large quantities, dormant roots.
\,/(t(ll,IlCt(a. Write for prices.

VAUGHANS' SEED STORE,

14 BARCLAY STREET
NEW YORK.

GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS,

84 & 86 RANDOLPH STREET.
CHICAGO.

PUa^e mention the American Floriit when writing.

Robert Scott,

EVERYBODY'S ROSE. p,^,'^,.
Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, oeLCo ,Pa.

3 - Great Glories - 3

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE, 2M-inch

pots, $15.00 per 100.
BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRABNE Nana Com-

pacta, 2'<i-inch pots, 115.00 per lOO.
BEGONIA CALEDONIA, "The White Lorraine,"

3!4-inoh pots, $5.00 each.
This stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease,

THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass.

976

The American Florist.

Feb. i6.

Galveston.

SALT IMPEBONATED SOIL PROVES CNSUIT-
ABLE FOE MANY PLANTS— MOLD IB
OBTAINED, FROM MAINLAND. — TRADE
GOOD.

In making the rounds to the florists
here I find that all oJ them are pushing
along the best way they can, with many
losses o< plants owing to the salty
ground. The seedlings are doing well,
such as pansies, daisies, poppies, calen-
dulas and mignonette, also lettuce, cab-
bage, cauliflower, etc. Violets are doing
unusually well and some roses grow
well, but others are dying. Finding some
plants thriving we all thought the soil to
be good for other stock, but in this we
were all sadly mistaken. Many plants
have died in pots, especially ferns,
begonias, fuchsias, crotons and many
others. In consequence some have sent
for soil to the mainland, to get leaf
mold. All of the craft will have to do
the same thing at once. All bulbous
stock, such as hyacinths, narcissi, daf-
fodils and callas are doing well in the
salty ground.

Trade is quite brisk in large rose bushes,
hardy shrubs and quick growing trees.
Hundreds of houses are going up in the
storm stricken district and all of our
people are courageously going on in fix-
ing up and repairing their losses. We
have not yet had frost. J. D. P.

Lincoln, Neb.— Since last report we
have had clouds and cold weather, with
lots of snow and wind. There has been
quite a quantity of stock coming in, but
not nearly enough for the demand. Some
days there was not half enough. But as
the weather is clearing at this writing we
look for stock to be more plentiful the
coming week. There is quite a brisk
demand for blooming plants, hyacinths,
cyclamens, primulas and azaleas bfing
generally called for. C. H. F.

BOSTON FERNS

3-inoh 14. 00 per 100

4-inch R.OOperlOO

8-inch 4.00 per doz.

Cannas Chas. Henderson, Austria, Crampbel
and E. G. Hill, »3.50 per lOU. Ramationi. rooted
ciittinKS, Flora Hill, Daybreak, Scott and Arayle,
Jl.OO per too. Ageratum, Princess Paul.ne, R. C,
6i1c per 100.

DAVIS BROS., Morrison, III.

TAWWAK 5O,0U0 besi sorts. BEGONIA llaa^-
VftllllrtOf eana. om- ot tiie best lor Xnias, fine,
strong 2-iuch plants, *8 per 101). DAHLIAS. 10,000
best sorts. GERANIUMS and PETUNIAS. 2-inch,
125 per 1000. Rooted cuttings. $15 per 1000, our
selection. GLADIOLI, Grotf's Hybrids. Van Fleet's
Hybrids, extra while and Imlit yellows, extra
choice mixeil.etcetc. OXALIS. 100,000 at 7Jo per
1000. MADEIRA VINES. $o and JIO per lOOU
Terms caslj. Send list nt wants for prices.

BETSCHER BROS.. Canal Dover. 0.

Areca Lutescens
Kentia Belmoreana
Kentia Forsteriana
Latania Borbonica
''.r JOSEPH HEACOCK, '^>"-'"-'''-

Send Foit Wholesale Pkice List.

OOLELJOj Cuttings.

VERSCHAFFELTII, r-r. .«/»

GOLDEN BEDDER, OUC VK\ lUU,

"""ifii^illT^' $5 per 1000.

G.OTTOSCHWABE,Jenkintown,Pa.

STRONG 2 YEAR
►•• FIELD GROWN.

CRIMSON RAMBLER, extra strong 112.00 per 100.

HYBRID PERPETDAL, in fine assortment $10.00 perlOO, $90.00 per 1000.

HYBRID PERPETUAL, in fine assortment, 2d size 6.00 " 50.00

These are well rooted, good stock, but not quite heavy enough to go into first grade.

12 to 15 inches high.

AZALEA MOLLIS

(Hardy). Fine for Easter Forcing.
$35,001 s .

per 100 15 to 18 inches high $40.00 per 100

RHODODENDRONS.

Bushv plants well set with buds.
18 to 20 inches high $75.00 pet 100 20 to 24 inches high i SIOO.OO per 100

SPIRAEAS

JAPONICA ; $3.00 per 100 ASTILBOIDES FLORIBUNDA ....$4.00 per 100

NANA COMPACTA $5.00 per 100

PALMS

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 2!4-inoh pots $8.00 pet 100, $75.00 per 1000

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 3-inch pots, 4 and 5 leaves $15.00 per 100

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 4-inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high 30.00 "

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5-inch pots, 18 inches high 60.00 •'

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5 and 6-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high ;. 75.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 2H-inch pots 10.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 3-inch pots, 12 inches high 15.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 4-inch pots, 15 to 18 inches high 35.00 •'

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5-iifbh pots, 18 to 22 inches high 50.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERI AN A, 5 and 6 inch pots, 24 to 28 inches high 75.00 '•

ARECA LUTESCENS, 2yj-inoh pots $6.00 pet 100, $50.00 pet 1000

ASPARAGUS

SPRENGERII, 2V4-in. pots $3.00 per 100

SPRENGERII, 3-in. pots 5.00 "

SPRENGERII, 4-in. pots 8.00 "

BOSTON FERNS

Sttong 2-inch pots $3.00 pet 100, $25.00 per 1000

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, 0.

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 3-in. pots $ 6,00 pet 100

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 4-in. pots 12.00 '■

H. P. ROSES.

2-year-oId stock now ready,
in 15 best kinds.

Own Roots Per 100, $13.00.

;}

strong, budded stock,
$15,00 pet 100.

Budded Pet 100, $11.00.

MRS. SHAEMAN CRAWFORD

KAISERIN AUGUSTA VICTORIA.
MADAM CAROLINE TESTOUT ....

AMERICAN BEAUTY

Own roots, well btanched Pet 100, $15.00

2 yeat, budded, 3-4 feet, well btanched " 15.00

year, 3 year, budded, 4-6 feet, well branched " 18 00

2-3 feet 3 yeat, O. R. 3-4 feet, well branched " 18 00

White, Pink and Yellow Ramblers, 2 year,

st'ong ; " 1500

HERMOSA ROSES, 3 yeat, Holland gtown.... " 13 00

CRIMSON
RAMBLERS.

Hatdy Azalea Amtena, fine fot Eastet Forcing, 12-inch heads Pet dozen, $5,00

Azalea Mollis, 15-20 buds.

Deutzia Hybtida Lemoinei, dotmant, pot-gtown, fot (otcing Pet 100, $20.00,

Hydrangea P. G., 3-4 feet, well branched " 10.00.

FABSOIT'S BHODOSEITDBGNS. Best named sorts fot fotcing,

bushy plants with 8 to 12 buds, in any colot Each, 75 cts.

Clematis Jackmanni and othets, 2 yeat

LILACS, pot-gtown, fot fotcing, sttong plants, 7-inch pots, 18-24 inches
high, well btanched and full of buds, in two sotts, Chatles X, and
Maiie LeGray Each, 75 cts.

4.00
3.00

8.00
3.00

7.60

BOX TREES.

Plants, bush form, 12-15 inches high,
26-28
" " 4 feet high

Pyramid shape, 4 "

Beantifal, Shapely

Plants in fine condition. ^ Each. Dozen.

6- 7 inches in diaraetet $ .25 $ 2.50

12-14 " " •. 60 6.00

24-30 " " vety fine 2.0U 24.00

18 20 inches at base 3.00 24.00

Vaughan's Seed Store,

Greenhouses, Western Springs, III. 84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO.

When writiDK mention American Florist.

500,000 Verbenas ''"^rr.T^xLIto'r"^

Fine pot plants $2.S0 per 100; $20 per 1000, Rooted Cuttings, 60c per 100: $5 per 1000: $45 per lO.OCO.

NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKED LIGHT, AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED SENO FOR CIRCULAR.
We are the Liargest Growers of Verbenas In the country.

J. r*.

Unr plants cannot be aurpasi^ed.

I*a.

Have You Seen the Lorralnes?

These new Begonias ate sure to be in great
demand. Let us book your order NOW for June
delivery.

Gloire de Lorraine, tiS.oo per too.
Light Pinli Lorraine (Lonsdale's variety)
$25.uO per 100.

Are also booking orders fot new Chrysanthe-
mums, CarnatloDs, Cannas and Qeranlums.

Catalogue Free.

NATHAN SMITH & SON, Adrian, Mich.

Big Boston, Boston RIatket and other varie-
ties, 15o per 100; $1.00 pet 1000; $8.50 pet
10,000. If by mail add lOo per 100.

CA.:iB:^A.CtlB>

WakeOeld and Succession, 25c per 100; $1.26
per 1000. If by mail add 20c per 100.

CA.lJI.,IFMvO'WKI* •

Snowball. 36c per 100; $2,50 per 1000.

TOIMA.TO

Mayflower, Lorillard and Dwarf Champion,
50c per 100 postpaid. Nice size fot potting.

Cash with oudbr. Othet vegetable plants, also
llowetins plants. Send for list.

R. VINCENT, Jr., & SON, White Marsh, IMd.

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The American Florist.

977

^

NOW READY!

^

FULLY

REVISED TO

DATE

The

American Florist

Company's

Directory ^^ 1901

oe

With
Tliousands

of

New Names

and

Clianges

of
Address

OF

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
and SEEDSMEN

OF THE UNITED STATES AND CAN-
ADA, Arranged both by States and Post
Offices and all names ^ ^ ,^ ^ ,^ ,^

Alptiabetically.

ALSO

Gardeners, Horticulturists, Landscape Architects, Parks,
Cemeteries, Botanical Gardens, Societies and Horti-
cultural Supply Concerns. J- J- J> ^ J- J-

PRICE TWO DOLLARS.

American Florist Company,

324 DEARBORN STREET,

CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A. J^

vS

978

The American Florist.

Feb. i6.

Washington.

FLOBICULTUHE AT THE SOLDIERS' HOUE. —
OLD GEEENHOnSES GIVE PLACE TO ANEW
LORD & BbRNHAM RANGE.

At the Soldiers'Home there is an estate
of about 500 acres, a large part of which
show much careful work on the part of
the horticulturist. There is a very fine
range of houses just completed by the
Lord & Burnham Company. There is a
show house 40x72 and thirty-five feet
high; the rose house is 20x100; the car-
nation house is 18x75; the house for mis-
cellaneous stock 24x75; the propagating
house 8x75 and the violet pit of the same
dimensions.

The range, except the show house, is
heated by a National hot water heater,
which Alexander McPherson, the super-
intendent of grounds and greenhouses,
says works like a charm. Steam is con-
veyed from the power plant, 400 feet
distant, through an underground, terra
cotta conduit.

The authorities at the Soldiers' Home
are all interested in horticulture and
floriculture. The governor is General
George D. Ruggles and the secretary and
treasurer is Captain Charles W. Taylor.

P. G.

Otsego, Mich.— A. ]. Tozer is enjoying
a fine trade. He has excellent carnations
and has an outlet at Kalamazoo for all
his surplus.

Bellefontaine, —Poole & Purllant,
who were burned out a week after start-
ing in business, are making haste to
rebuild and get into shape (or spring
trade.

Kingston, N. Y.— Chas. Stow, whose
establishment was recently destroyed by
fire, has completed the work of recon-
struction and is now again well equipped
for business.

BucKSPORT, Me —Near midnight on
February 4 fire did considerable damage
to the establishment of F. H. Moses.
Prompt and efficient work ot the fire
department prevented serious loss.

Boston Ferns.

Do you want to make some money for ICaster?
Then write GEO. A, KUHL, PEKIN.

ILL., about those 4, 6, 6 uud 7-inch Bostons
he has; tliey are ready for a shift and will
make you money as well as a fine display
at Kaster time.

Asparagus Sprengerii

l.^inXpo-ts,''''''"'^' $2.50 per 100.

GOLDEN GATE ROSES.

from 5-in. pots, stroni; for Easter forcing or
planting' lor summer Mowers, $2.00 per dozen.

Cash PLEAaE. H. L. PHELPS. Springfield, III.

Get it Now! It's Ready!

GERANIUM AMERICA

$8 per 100; 25 at tOO rate.
HENRY EICHHOIZ, Waynesboro, Pa.

AGERATUM

''Stella Gurney."

Ab necessary to your bedding stock as coleus or
geraniums.

3-inch pot plants $5.00 per 100

2J4-inch pot plants ~.50

Rootfd Cuttin;is 1.50

ALBERT M. HERRr Laacast«r» Pa.

Rooted..
Cuttings

Roses, Bride $1.00 per 100

" Maid 1.00 per 100

" Perle 1.00 per 100

" Brunner, dormant, 4-in.... 6.00 per 100
" " " 3-in.... 3.00 per 100

Baby Primroses, 3-in 2 50 per 100

Coleus, Verschaflfeltii and Golden Bedder,

50c per 100, $4.00 per 1000

" mixed vars., 50c per 100, 4.00 per 1000

Salvia Splendens....60c per 100, 5.00 per 1000

Heliotrope 50c per 100, 4.00 per 1000

Marguerites 60c per 100, 5.00 per 1000

POT PLANTS.

Dracaena Indivisa, 4 inch $15.00 per 100

Poinsettia, from bench, 1 year... 2.00 per 100

" " " 2 " ... 5.00 per 100

Ferns, assorted, 2-inch 3.00 per 100

Vinca Varlegata, 2 sorts, 4-inch, 5.00 per 100

3 " 3.00 per 100

JOHN IRVINE
<&, SONS.

817 Washington <vi ,
BAY CITY, MICH.

Dahlias

BY THE

THOISANDS.

If .you expect to
carry otf some of
those prizes at the
Pan-American orat
any othersbow.vou
must get in line,
and eet your order
J in early."

My Dahlias are
prize winners. Don't send for a "cheap mixture"
for I oon't carry that kind.
Prices reasonable. Catalogue free.

W. W. WILMORE, The Dahlia Specialist,

Box 382. DENVER. COLO.

ROOTED CUTTINGS. Per iro per lOOO

FLOR.V HILL $1 2U JIO.OO

SCOTT 1.00 8.00

McGOWAN 1.00 ■ 7.00

SILVER SPRAY 1 ro

PANSIES. transplanted stock, 50c per 100 by mail;
$3 00 per lOliO by express.

Heliotrope, Salvia Splendens and Bonfire, Cuphea
plat., Lobelia, rooted cultintrs, 75c per 100. Pot
plants of same, $1.50 per 100.

Fuchsias, O'ixed vars., rooted cuttings, $1.00 per
100. From SVa-iDch pots, 11.50 per lOn.

Dbl. Petunias, $1 per 100. 2Vi-inch pots, »2 per 100.

Chinese Primroses, in bud, 4-inch pots. $6 per 100.

Obconica, larKe-Ilowerine:.4-in,, in bud and bloom,
$6 per 1001 t^g^Cash with orders,

E. FRYER. BATAVIA. ILL.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

(^ i Giant mixed of Bugnot, Cas-

UqIiOIQO ^'^''' Odier and Trimardeau
r #111^11,^ strains. We are positive of
I UIIUIWW having the finest Panaies in
the United States this year. Price, extra line
stocky plants, 60c per loD; $2,75 per 1000. Extra
large plants in bud and bloom, $1 rer 100; $8 per
ICOO. WHITE POTATO ONION SETS, a grand
novelty, $1 per peck, $3.50 per bushel. Cash with

order. ^^ ^^^^^ ^ SON, Washington, Mo,

EXTR/V STRONG
ROOTED CUTTINGS.

Per 100

Hill $1.00

Scott 1.00

Eldorado l.OO

Morello 1.00

Cash With Order.

HY. ERNST & SON, Washington, Mo.

Boston Ferns.

Fine Stock Now Ready,

at $25 and $20 per 100. Small Plants at $5 per
too, $40 per 1000. True Stock.

ASPARAGUS AND PALMS.
L. n. FOSTER, 45 King St., Dorchester, Mass.

/TLavio vi'iiitvie Mixed, good collection.
^7Cl.cliIllU.IU9 Double Fringed Petunias,
Fine Asparagus Sprengerii. All the above from
2-lnch pots at $2,00 per 100.

Hi. I. KAWl.IMGa, Qoakertown, F».

CARNATIONS

Per 100

Lawson $5.50

Crane 2.75

Bradt 2.50

.Jubilee 1,.50

BUCKLEY'S

Plants and
Rooted Cuttings
GERANIUMS.

25,000 Rooted Cuttings— All strong, selected top
cuttings, well rooted, ready for 2H-inch pots, is
the kind of stock we send out, of the following
superb varieties, at $2,00 per 100; $18 00 per 1000:
Uruanti, Heteranthe, Grant, S, A. Nutt, Athlete,
Frances Perkins, E, G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine,
Mme. Jaulin, Mme, Bruant. La Favorite, Mrs. J.
M, Garr, Same varieties X X strong, 2M-inoh,
$2.60 per 10(1; !(;22.50 per 10C0.

ROSE GERANIUMS AND IVY GERANIUMS-Strong
2V.-inrli, $3.00 per 100.

VERBENAS, Special. 20th Century Collection.
New mammoth. coDsisting of 20 grand varieties,
10,000 strong 2-inch and 2>i-inch pot plants, full
of cuttings, to move quick, $1,50 per 100; $12,50
per lOOCi,

COLEUS — Gold. n Bedder and Verschaffeltii.
strong s'^Iected top cuttings, well rooted, $1,00 per
UK); $8.i«:i per UXX),

NEW AGERATUMS— Stella Gurney, the grand
novelty of 1900, and Snow Drift, the peerless
white, strong ^inch stock plants full of cuttings,
50c per dozen; $3,00 per 100, Strong rooted cut-
tings $1,00 per 100. Louise Bonnatt, latest novelty
in wtiite, and Priiicess Pauline, latest blue,
strong 2H-inch, $1.50 per 100; strong R, C, 60c
per 100, (special).

CASH WITH ORDER,

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Springfiold, III.

DON'T GET LEFT

ON GERANIUMS. They are
going very fast at $i per 100, {25 per
1000 out of 2yi-\n. pots, ready for
shifting into 3 or 4-in. Composed of the
following varieties: S. A. Nutt, Frances
Perkins, LaFavorite, E. G. Hill, Beaute
Poitevine, Wm. Pfitzer, Ruy Bias, Double
Grant and in fact all the leading vars.

Ageratum, 2^'in. pots. Princess Pauline,
Cope's Pet, White Cap, |l per 100. R.
C. 50c per 100.

Fuchsias in variety, R. C, |l per 100.

Coleus, 2>^-in. pot, $1.50 per lOO. R. C.
50c per 100. gj,^ n,^,, 4(,jomp,n, order.

J. E. FELTHOUSEN, Schenectady, N. Y.

%.VINGA VAR. VINES

3-inch pot Vinca Vines, $4.00 per lOO.

TKBMB CASH OB 0. O. D.

WM. A. CLARK * SON,

No. 44 Boyd St., WATERTOWN. N. Y.

Special Sale, p,,,

Alternanthera. yellow. $1.50; red $1.75

Geraniums, 2^ pots. my selection 2 50

Coleus mixed and Itjue Af^eratum, 2-in. pota. 1.50

Obconica Primula, 2W-ineh pots 1.50

Verbena, raised and Vinca Harrisoni: 2.00

Cash or C. O. D.

JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, Delaware, Ohio.

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The American Florist.

979

OAUX LEAVES

Price extremely low for a short

time only. Object, the

introduction of

our gfoods.

THE KERVAN CO.,

30 W. 29th St.

.....Evergreen Ropings and other Decorative Greens,

TELEPHONE BB1 MADISON SO M

Boston Florist Letter Go.

MANUrACTTtlRERS OF

FLORISTS' LETTERS.

This wooden box nicely stained and van
nifthedf 18x30x13 made in two secttonsi one
for each size letter* ^iven away with first
order of 500 letters.

Block Letters, 11^ or 2-lnch size, per lOO, 12,00.
Bcrlpt Letters, %i. Fastener with each letter or word.
€sed Dy leading ilorlsta evcTwhere and lor Mle bj
all who'esale flurlats and supply dealers.

N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and MaiULj:er,
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

use "UP-TO-DATE"
= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

JXL. Rice & Co., Eulactu^ers.

918 FUbert St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Catalogue fok the Asking

SiGMUND GeLLER

Importer and Mfr. of

Florists' Supplies

Complete Stock— New Goods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

108 W. 28th St., near 6th Av., NEW YORK.

Please mention the American Florist when zvriting.

P^^r^t Adjustable Vase Holders

No. 1.— IJrass, nicki-l, 4 Ti'i-t luny;, clasps to each
rod. Price complete (\vith green or white tum-
blers) 82.25. Price complete (with green or white
cornucopia vases) S2.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod
brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-
in-^h pots, each, $1.75.

Kift's pati'nt rubber capped Flo^t;r Tubes,
m-inch diameter, per lOi. $3.50.
JOSEPH KIFT & SON, 1725 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa.

A, HERRMANN.

Cape Flowers, au. ooloeb;
Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
i^H^ All Florists' Sapplles.

Send (or Prioei.
404-412 Cast a4th St.. NEW YORK.

The Conley Foil Co.

manufacturers ot
2 AND A- DOMINICK STREET.

HEADQUARTERS

COCOA FIBRE.
SHEEP MANURE.
BONE all grades,
IMPORTED SOOT,

SPHAGNUM and
GREEN MOSS,
RUSTIC WORK, all kinds,
CLAY'S FERTILIZER.

HAVE YOU I

SEEN THIS i

BEFORE? I

This is to represent

CREPE PAPER,

water proof. You can sprin-
kle your plant when you
have this around it, without
injury to the paper.

Question: Who has it?

The indefatigable explor-
ers of new things in the
Florist Line, the old. well-
known and always wide
awake Manufacturers and
Importers of Florists' Sup-
plies,

H. BAYERSDORFER
& CO.,

50.32-54-S6 N. rourth St.
PniL«DELPItlA.

fresh
I'hiDts, sure
to grow, !iOc per UO; $7.50 per 1000.
Alternantheras— Red. vellow, pink, CCc per 100;

»S.i)U per lUOO, prepaid.
'Mums— I'Mne rooted cuttiaKS, W. R. Smith, Daille-
doiizc, Miij. Bonnatfon, H, Robinson, F. Hardy,
.T. .Iciiies. etc., $1.50 per 100.
Boston Ferns, 2J4-inch, 60c per doz.; $3.00 piT 100.

8-inr.h, $1.00 per do/..; $10.00 per 100.
Geraniums— I', liruuut, Gettysburg, Crystal, Mme.
liruant, etc. 2 inch, $2.00 per 100.

A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, Ohio.

IF YOU WANT

HEALTHY PLANTS

FUMIGATE WITH

NICOTICIDE

THE BEST OF ALL

INSECTICIDES

Write for full particulars to

The Tobacco Warehousing &Tra(lingCo.,

1000 Magnolia Ave., LOUISVILLE, KY.

Ghrysantbeniuin GlOl— D oIN/llTH

Cream yellow tinted with bronze, sport from Pres.
W. R. Smith, fine large flowers, strong stem.
Your collection of Chrysuntheraums can not be
complete without this new candidate. There is
without doubt !i commercial future before this
sort. Exhibited at Cincinnati November 17 it
scored 83 points. Price $2 per doz. Orders taken
now and filled in March.
H. L. RACAN, P.O. Box li;ii. Springfield, O.

fROBT. GRAIG & SON, |

I Roses, Palms I

5 and Novelties in Decorative Plants, £

I Market and 49th Sts., Philailelphia, Pa. %

!

DUNNE & CO., I^JTm! New York.

"horticultural supplies.

FOR INSURANCE AGAINST
DAMAGE BY HAIL, Address

JOHN Q. ESLER, Sec'y F. H. A.,

SADDLE KIVER. N. J

Please metttion the Ameytcan Florist wheyi writing

CHEAP.

ONE HUNDRED CALIFORNIA
VIOLET PLANTS, 7:Liid S-inr|,
hing, Int lor $lUc:i,sli, (':in l«-

pots, fine for lie

shipped light.

: W. W. THOMPSON & SONS, Sta. D, Milwaukee, Wis

Onn nnn Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fi
L\i\i\\j\j\i picl,x*d from our own jihiQts,

The Famout Kudzu Vine — Hardy as a rock. Lasts
50 years. Can be cut back every year. Grows
50 feet ill one season. $7.00 per 100.

Asparagus Sprengeri— Strong 3i.i-in., $6.00 per 100.

New Rose Snowflake — The Daisy Rose, $10 per 100.

New Lace Fern— Fronds last a month, $6.00 per 100.

New Russelia Multiflora— 2H-inch, $4.00 per 100.

50 New Plants not to be Had Eliewhere.

Callai— White, $3 per 100; Spotted, $3; Yellow, $20.

Cannas, Dahlias, and all summer blooming bulbs.

Electrot and Cult for Florittt and Seedsmen.

A. BLANC. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

ENGLISH IVY.

GEO. A. KIHU Peklo, III.,

has a fine lot in 2V^, 3 and J-inch pots. Write
him for prices.

.\lEo ROOTED CUTTINGS COLEUS, those fine
bedders— Verschalfeltii, Golden Beddcr, Yellow
Queen and mi.ved.

Something New.

TRUE SHAMROCK

(Osalis ,\5cetosella). Fro-n cemetery of Down
Patrick in Ireland. Plants from 2M-in. pots,
ready now, $4 per 100: $,'55 per 1000; 250 at 1000 rate.
Cash with order. Order early, as stock is limited.

J. D. Harcourt's Son, Wappingers Falls. N.Y.

FeOO'rBI> CUTTIIVCi®.

Verbenas, 35 vars,, 60o per 100, $5 per 1000. Col-
eus, 30 vars., 60i3 per IfO, $5 per 1005. Heliotrnpe
14 vars., $1 per 100, $8 per 1000. Petunias, dbl.,
named, $1.25 per 100, $10 per 1000. Ageratums, 3
vars., eOc per 100, $5 per 1000. Lantanas, 4 vars.,
$1.25 per 100. Alyssum, giants, $1 per 100. Salviat,
3 vars.. $1 per 100. Begonias, assorted, from 2U-
ineh. %'i 00 per 100. Express prepaid on all Rooted
Cuttings. Cash with orders. Write

8. P. BRANT. Clay Cb<tbr. Kas.

TI^V. Solo! FERNS (Pteris Hast.'ttu), for
* ''■A- w<«l.». fernery, in 2-inch jiots, $30

per KHIO. h>:ttisract;ou guaranteed. Cash

with order.
MATTHEW RICHMOND, Erdman Av., Baltimore, Mil

980

The American Florist.

Feb. J 6,

Kansas City.

KELLOGG ESTABLISHMENT HAS MADE
RAPID GROWTH AND A PRONOUNCED SUC-
CESS. — OPERA HOUSE AT PLEASANT HILL.

While there is little said of Geo. M.
Kellogg, he is the largest grower around
Kansas City and, in fact, one of the
largest in the west. The gteenhousesare
located at Pleasant Hill, Mo., fifteen
miles from Kansas City, on the Missouri
Paci6c R. R. Mr. Kellogg started in the
cut flower business eleven years ago with
two small houses, and to-day his plant
consists of 17."), 000 feet of glass, mostly
all new houses, and he expects the com-
ing season to put up two more 31x300
each, His store in Kansas City is con-
ducted by two of his daughters, Mrs.
Lamb and Miss Ella Kellogg, and is used
for both wholesale and retail business,
but only part of the stock goes to the
store, the balance being shipped direct
from the greenhouses. Mr. Ktrllogg has
built a large opera house at a cost of
$14,000. It is an elegant brick structure
and would be a credit to any city. The
seating capacity is 600. The first floor
is divided off into a reading room, library,
gymnasium and banquet hall. The hall
is also used for dances. Mr. Kellogg
believes in doing things right and he has
certainly followed that course in the
present instance. C. W. S.

Camden, N. Y.— Harvey B Snow is
fitting up a salesroom and office in the
building next to his dwelling on Rail-
road street.

HoLMESiu'SG, Pa — W. H. TapUn has
recovered from a two week-.' illness, with
a pronounced attack ot the grippe, which
incapacitated him for business.

Sash.

Tenons white-leaded. Comers se-
cured with iron dowel pins. Every
detail of construction perfect.
Made of Clear Cypress Lumber.

Quick Shipments.

We have in stock and can ship
immediately:

3 ft.x6ft.,3 rows 10 in. glass.

3 ft. 3 in. X 6 ft., 4 " Sin. "

4 ft.x6ft.,5 " Sin. "

Not glazed, 1% in. thick.
Delivered Prices

Quoted on application. State size
and quantity wanted. No order
too small to receive careful atten-
tion, and none too large for our
farilities.

LOCKLAND LUMBER CO..
Lockland, Ohio.

C^^M^

THE FLORIST WHO IS PREPARED FOR

ANVTHINQ THAT COMES ALONG
IS BOUND TO LEAD.

If you are not in the front rank we can help to put you there.

We havi Baskets, all styles and values, for any possible use. Cellu-
loid Pot Covers in endless variety for the plant buyers. Moss Goods
for memorial uses. Cords and Tassels, ihe latest fashionable requisite,
in colors to match every variety of flower you sell. Cork Bark for
window and conservatory decoration, rustic and appropriate. Sheaves
—such s/ieai-es— they're our strong card. Quality and make unexcelled
anywhere. The New Cape Flowers have cume in and they're very fine.
Can quote you tempting prices.

Our business is to supply progressive florists with every requisite for
a first-class trade at prices that cannot be beat.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.,

50-56 North fourth St.,

miLADELPIIIA, PA.

ESTABUSHED
1666

EMIL^STEFFEMS>

sua.™ N.STEFFENS.
*"OSTEFFEN5BROS

%

KBurns

:3dA

The most convenient way
of applying an insecticide
ever yet devised. No pans
requrred-No heating of
|rons-No trouble-Cannot
injure the most sensitive
blooms -Very er recti ve.
Price 60<t per box of 12
foils. All dealers sell it!

V%#^^k^k^^

Skabcura Dip Co. P^'

St. Louis — Chicago.

"Viola"

LARGEST HORTICULTURAL ADVERTIS-
ING PAPER FOR THE SCANDI-
NAVIAN COUNTRIES.

rOREIGN SUBSCIIIPTION,
50c PER YEAR.

Write fur Sample copies to

SWEDISH GARDENINQ OFFICES,

6, Regeringsgatan, STOCKHOLM.

Silver
Birch
Barl(
Ware

Prices Per
Doz. — Canoes,
9-in. $3.30; 12-
in. 15.50: 16-in.
17 90; 18 -in.
J10 50; 21 - in.
113.20; 24 -in.
116.60. Logs,
6-in. $3.00; 9-in.
J3.84; 12 -in.
»4.80; 15 -in.
J6.00; 18-in. $7.20; 21-in, $8.40: 24-in. $9.60.
Pot Covers. 4-in. $2.40; 5-in. $3.00; 6-in. $3.96; 7- in.
$5.04; 8-in. $.5.88. Fern Covers, 4-in. $1.80; 6-in.
$2.40; 6-in. $3.00; 7-in. $3.60: 8-in. $4.20. Boxes, 14-
in. per doz. $11: 11-in. $9; 9-in. $7. Easter Eggs,
6-in., 19; 7-in., $10, 8-in., $11 per do?.. References:
Geo. Wittbold Co., E. Wienhoeber, C. A. Sam-
nelson, Chicago. j_ ^ LYNN,

1442 Wrightwood Ave., CHICAGO.

DON'T STAY ON THE FENCE,

But jump down on the side of ,

JOHN C. MEYER &. CO.

Tp'^nl'..''^^."" SILK ALINES.

84 Kingston St., BOSTON. MASS.

Meter Silkalinb is for sale by all the leading
seedsmen snd iobbers throughout the country.

SASH

HOTBED,

GREENHOUSE.

VENTILATOR

GULF CYPRESS BARS,
ORKENHOUSE MATERIAt,,
Manufactured by S, JACOBS & SONS.

Flushing Ave., near Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, N Y.

AT WHOLESALE.

Catalogue and esti-
mates furnished.

igol

The American Florist.

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AND PURPLE
IN STOCK
AT ^
ALL TIMES.

Other Colors on
Special
Order.

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rrom the heretofore source of supp'Vt the

Exclusive Distributing Agency &

FOR THE

FELT GUMMED-BAGK SCRIPT RIBBON LETTERS
....AND INSCRIPTIONS....

^ Price ^

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$3.00 per 100

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DISCOUNT
TO

JOBBERS
ONLY.

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N. F. McCarthy & CO., 84 Hawley Street, Boston, Mass. ]

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Plfase mention the American Florist ivhen writing.

1880

HAMMOND^S SLUG SHOT.

1901

Destroys pests which prey upon Vegetation in the GREENHOUSE, CONSERVATORY or GARDEN.

SLUQ SHOT is a compositi" powder not dependent solely upon any one of its parts for effec-
tiveness. For 21 years SLUG SHOT lias been used, doins eflfective work agiinst Leaf Eaters, Juice
Suckers, Sow Bugs, Snails or Grubs in the soil. SLUG SHOT is spreaa by duster or blower.
Water will carry it through a sprayer or pumD. It destroys in this way elm tree beetles, caterpillars on
trees Where Snails or Sow Bugs are troublesome, dust SLUG SHOT on the soil with a duster.
SLUG SHOT rids fowls, calves and dogs of lice and fleas. SLUG SHOT is put up in tin perfo-
rated screw-top canisters and cartons holding one lb. The 5 lb. package (see cut) retails at 25 or 30c
each, larger packages at less rate. SLUG SHOT is

Sold by the Seedsmen in all parts of the United States and Canada.

GRAPE DUST

For pamphlet address 'B

for mildows
anil blitilits.

asainst fungus
it all sorts.

SOLUTION Of COPPER

HA»<ia.IOIVD. FISHKILL-ON-HUDSON, N. Y.

DO NOT FORGET

before building that addi-
tion to your greenhouses
to write us for expert plans
and figures. Perhaps we
can save you money.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marion St., NEW YORK.

LIQUID

PLANT
FOOD

Grows hardier stock; grows improved stock.
Stock ships better; also ready earlier.
Brings better customers and more profits.

EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY.
620 Atlantic Ave., Boston.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want

m tlie \\;iy i.f

PREPARED PALMS

Whether the raw materials or the
finished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and service from the
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co.,

Jacksonville, Fla.

Branch Store, Indianapolis. Ind.

"Inquiries Cheerfully Answer»^d.
Please mention the American FloriU when writing.

Thll Mnuror '^'■-'^ ^^'>" l<ill all the weeds in your
lilts ITIUnCi lawns. If jou keep the w.-ihIs (.-ut
Ml l!ii\ do not iio lo seed and cut your grass witli-
'lut liieakiDg the small feeders of roots, the grass
^^iIl Ijecorae thick and weeds will disappear. The
Clipper will do it. Send for catalogue and prires.
CLIPPER UWN MOWER CO.. Norristown. Pd.

Tli:il un^i^'hllv t^iirn will ii..t h.- iinijfil if yn Iiave the

HARTMAN STEEL ROD LA WN FENCE.

Keipsntt every 1 Dins but suiit-hitieaii i rain. Jk'Bt lor Lais ijh, Scdo-.tia,
(.'hiirrht-8. tVcneUries, etc. Sifi'l I'nHLS ind Tiatea. CataloEue free.
lIAIiTMAN MFC.ro.. Rox ^b .Kllwood City, J»a,
, Or l£oum 48 , 80i> Itrouilwuy. >ewYork City.

^ig

CYCLONE SPRAY PUMP

THU Gb«AT IHBIOT BXTSEMI-

HATOR Sprftyeftaflne aemlst. JuBt
the thing for Kosea, Palms, Pota-
toes, Tobacco, Small Fru'.tg, Hen-
RooBte, etc. All tin, 50c. : all
nollBDea copper, »c 00. CnHh with Ori'.r. Weigh!
^oxed ahout 5 poandB. Buyer pays expreM.
SlEVENi & to., 107 Chambers St., N.Y. City

HELLER SCaMONTCLAiaNJLUSA.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

The FINLEY ROTARY LAWN RAKE

Picks up leaves and litter and holds them until
the burn heap is reached. It does the work much
better than a hand rake and three times as fast.
Easy to operate. Given certificate of merit at
N. ^. Convention of the S. A. F.

PRICE $12.00. Send for Circular.

FINLEY LAWN RAKE C O.. • Joliet. III.

FOR ALL PURPOSES

RUSTIC WORK

MADE TO ORDER.. .

In stock, tbe most extensive variety in the
country, of Baskets Window Boxes, Stands,
Brackets and original designs. Prices low.

RUSTIC MFG. & CONSTRUCTION CO ,

19 Fulton Street, NEW YORK CITY.

Mease mef.tion the American Florist 'uihen writing.

982

The American Florist.

Feb. j6.

Toronto.

TRADE GOOD AND ALL STOCK WELL
CLEANED UP.— SCARCITY IN CERTAIN
ITEMS.— (JOOD ORCHIDS. — VARIOUS NOTES
OF INTEREST.

Business has been good the past week.
The scarcity of stock ot most varieties is
very noticeable and good roses sell at
$2.50 a dozen retail. Some Morgans
and Cusins are seen with good stems and
deep color but Beauties are oft color, with
short, weak stems and are hard to sell
at any price. Carnations are in good
demand, selling at 75 cents and $1 00 a
dozen and, excepting white, there are
enough to go around. Lily of the valley
is becoming more plentiful and violets can
be had in large quantities. Some orchids
are to be seen in the best stores, and
come from Manton Brothers, they being
the only parties in this locality which
have any quantity • They are cutting some
good blooms of Coelogyne cristata, Dend-
robium Wardianum, Calanthe Veitchii,
Cypripedium villosum and C. Haynald-
ianum, and some exceptional blooms
of Cattleya Trianae Percivaliana. These
are from the plants purchased from the
late Harry Dale and under the watchful-
ness of Thomas Manton are doing very
well.

Grobba & Wandrey have a house of
freesias in full bloom, which have been
planted in solid benches. There are
20,000 of them and this seems the most
profitable way of growing them and
getting large flowers.

The Canadian Horticultural Society
meet at St. George's Hall on February 6,
Mr. Goodall read a paper on flowering
shrubs, naming all varieties found suit-
able to this locality. The paper was
highly appreciated by the fair sized audi-
ance.

Miller & Son's carnation, Lady Van
Home, looks fine and is the best of their
seedlings.

Wm. Breitmeyer, of Detroit, Mich., has
been in the city looking for stock.

H. G. D.

please mention the American Fionst when wriltng.

r»uieE> iM

^^^^^B^^^^^ In natural stui<', $1.00 pc:r loii,
^^^^^^^^^^^ f. o. b. cars. Pried vinpuivcr-
ized, $5 00 per ton. Write for pric^es on dried
and pulverized sheep manure.

Sheep Manure.

MONTANA FERTILIZER CO., Elgin,

Awarded the only flrst-
class Certificate of Merit

by the Society of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
Aug. 21,1890. for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

|¥hilldin

Jersey Gty

^^:5S^

PotteryGoi

u

|ONG Island (rrr

Philadelphia

Economy in Heating

At the present and prospective
prices of coal those florists are
lucky indeed who are using the

Weathered Boilers.

Are you one of them? If not,
then write us and we will fur-
nish indisputable tacts.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marion St , NEW YORK.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS!

Pkoked in imall otatei, eaiy to handle.
Price per orate
1500 2-In. poU In orate, M.SS
1600 2H" " 6.26

1600 2S " " <i.00

1000 3 '• " 6 00

800 3X " " 6.80

600 4 " " 4.60

3206 " " 4.61

144 8 " " 3.16 - -.

Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price Mat of
Cylinders for Cut Flowers, HanKlng Baskets, Lawn
Vases, etc. 10 per oent off for cash with order.

HILFINBER BROS. POTTERY,

OR.... FOKT EDWARD, N. Y.

Aueun BOLKIB ft Sons, New York A«ects,

61 DIIT ITBllT. IJ»W YORK i ITT

RED P OTS

SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO.,''it'is"!'"'"

FLOWER POTS

Price per orate

120 7-ln. pots In orate, 14.20

60 8 '

3.00

48 9 ■

3.60

4810 '

4.80

2411 •

3.60

24 12 '

" 4.80

1314 •

4.80

6 IB '

■4.60

.A.XjX> XC.XXVZ3S.

STANDARD POTSspe^.lt,

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

P. 0. Box 78. (MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

Standard POX^
Flower... V \J \ ^

If your greenhouses are within 500 miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you

money

w.

28lh and M Streets,

H. ERNEST.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Invalid Appliance Co.,
COLUMBIA PLANT TUBS

aiiBfSiifwiiiiiiPssss^ss

1.

HEV/S^'

WRITE

Ac l^nUQ 1521-23 N. LEAVITT!
I \i MJnni CHICAGO, ill..

ST.

F<n;. riticES OP

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market.

KELLER BROS.,

213-15-17-19.21-23 Pearl St..
NORRISTOWN, PA.

Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red in
color, equal to the best on the market; are 16
miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec-
tions. We give special attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantities. A
postal will bring prices and discounts.
Please mention the American Florist when writing.

GEO. KELLER & SON,

iLamrrAcruHias or

Flower Pots.

Before baying write for prloei.

361-363 Herndon SIresI
near Wrtghtwood Are .

CHICAGO. ILL.

Please mention the A merican FloHst when wy ilin^.

THOSE RED POTS

'■STANDARDS"

FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y,

HARRY BALSLEY, DETROIT. MICH.,

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list.

C.flEIHNEGKE 60.. ""-^I^"."^""'

tgoi.

The American Florist.

983

KROESCHELL BROS. GO.

Greenhouse Boiler,

20 to 69 Erie St., CHICAGO,

Boilers made of the best of material, Bhell, firebox'
Bheeta and beads of steel, water space all around
(front, Bides and back). Write for information.

CfPMllS

18 MUCH M»REOURA»i£' THAN PINE.

^SASH BARSl

u» Toi^C FEET "•JLCNCTH m LOI^SER. «

iREENHOUS

AND oVt^ R BUH.DtN<i.> Ua^RIAL»^j

"CYPAE « UJ»«BER AWBlfrs (JS ES."

Send fefaur Special 6i-eef\hj u»jE^3 cul6r.

7, Ke>onserH JIsstsn.^ImSss.*

Please mention the Ajnerican Florist when %itriti7ig.

THE
^NEW OEPftRTOHf*-
'VENT»LVIMG f\PPL)8NCE.^

You can not get a dOOO THING
for nothing:. But the price of this
apparatus is next to nothing^. Send
for price and description to

J. D. CARMODY, Evansvlll*, liid.

Please mention (he Ame? ican Florist when writing.

REBUILT MACHINERY

and SUPPLIES ac Bargain Prices. Larg
est MachlDery Depot ou earth. We buy
buildint^s and plants ; amonK
others we bought the World's
Fair, the Omaha Exposition, the
ChicaKO Post Office, and other
structures. We rebuild machin-
ery of all kinds, and sell with
l>indinc guarantees. Boilers
from $26 UP! Enpines from $35

up; Steam Pumps from $15 up,

etc. We carry complete stock of Genei^lviyi-
plles, such as BELTING, feHAFTING,
ll_Aj<<iK!5_S. -l'.l'.I.':i.K.\.S'..\^<}J^.

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Amllng B C 91)1

Andorra Nurseries »»"

MaWwln A J ill!'

B.lier *' A a!.!'

Banner J L * Co. ... SOU
uaasett&Wasnbnro ..Wi
Baur S Alfred . ... 1
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Bintney * Co. .'.'.V. . .'. .iwi

Berger H H Co ajs

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Besold *'.

Batcher Bros s™

isiuaeiLanei i>io 11

Blanc A & Co S.ll

Bine Hill Nursery.... Si 4

Boston letter Co »" 'J

BragueL B »6S

Brants D MIS'

Brant & Noe ™i

Brill Krancls H

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Bucfeley W T l"lant Co »7»

Buulunii J A- ytil

Bonyard II A Sbj

Burpee W AUee & Co. 11
CaldweU the Woods-
man Co »;'!

Carmlchael D vii

i.,armoay J D WJ

Chadwlck Cnas Db'.t

CharUon John & Sons.Dlili
i^nioago Caruauon <jj"-

Cbioagb House n rouH-

Ing Co 983

Cincinnati Cut Flo Co.%2

Clark Bros il

ciarK Wm A & lion.. 9,8
Clipper Lawn Mower

CO 931

Coles WW 9M

Conard&Jones »jo — 9/;i

Conley foil Co 970

Cottage Wardens 1

Coventry M J 9'-s

orabb & Uuuter I

uralg Bobi 4 Son 979

Croom John F & Bro two
Cunulngham 1) O

Glass Co ■••■■•'X

Cunningham Jos H. .978

Oallledouze Bros 969

UaTlB Bros 97t>

Deamud J B. *U

DeBchryver O & J li

Uetroit f lo r fot Mfy.9»;!

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Dillon J U 971 9.b

Domer Fred&Sons <-o. i

Oreer H A 9By 983

Dunlop John H 91)3

Dunne di CO 9|i)

Bastirn Chemical Co. .9si

Blchholl Henry 9<8

Kills Frani M 9o2

Kll/abetli Nursery Co 9b7
Krnst Uenry & 8on...9i8

Birnesl W U 981!

Felihousen J K 970

Ferguson John a 9o()

Flllow & Banks 9(0

Finley ijawu Rakeco-.Wl

Fisher Peter. ..., 9o7

Floral B.xchange. 972

niorlda Nat iTod Co. ..98i

Ford Bros 9d3

Foster L/uoluB H 978

Fryer K ''78

Uardening CO The li

Gardeners Chronicle., il

Garland Oeo M Ill

Ueller Slgmund 978

Uhormley Wm 9B3

UlDbons tl W Co 913

Qlblln & Co.... IV

Good & Resee Co ...972
Guardian Angel Or-
phan Asylum 91)7

QuUett & Sons vV il...'.«i7

UuntherWmH 963

Gnmey Heater Co 984

Guttman Alex J 963

UagenuiiTgdi van 988

Hall Assn 979

Hammond Benj 981

xiauuook Geo a don. . .873
Uarcourt's J D Son ..979

Harrer Geo 967

Hart M A V6)

Hanmjn MfgCo 981

Keacuok Joseph 976

Heiss J B »>4

Heller 4 Co 931

Hennecke C Co 982

ilerendeen Mfg Co . 913
Herr Albert M .. 969 978

Herron Dana R 969

Herrmann a 9,9

Hews AHA Co 982

HilflDgar Bros V82

Hill The B G Co 1

Ulll H H 970

HIppard U) 983

Hltonlngs&Co IV

Uolton n, tiunkel Co. .967

Hooker HM Co 984

Hoopes Bro & Thomas 966
lloranKdw C .963

nornor Chas B & Son 966
Hose Connectiuu Co.. 983

HortAdT II

Howland Nursery Co .965

Hubbard T S Co 967

Hnmfeld C 965

Hunt B H 961

Imperial Trading Co. .965
Invalid Appliance Co. 982
Irvine John it Sons. ..978

Jackson Bdw B 971)

Jackson & Perkins Co. 965

Jacob & Allison 11

Jacobs 8 & Sons 980

Jennings BB 965

Jennings Bros IV

'ohnson & Stokes 9W

Jones niram T 966

lasting W II 962

KeUerBros 982

Keller Geo & Son 982

Kellogg Geo M 96U

Kennloott Kros '^.o 965

Kentucky Tot) PtoCo 981

Kervan Co The 979

Klft Joseph & Son.... 979

Kllboorn R 973

Kohr A P 982

Kroescheii Bros Co. . 98;j

KnehnC A 962

Knhl Gen A

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Labo Jos 971

Iiager <& Hurreu 965

Lakev'w Rose Garden. 974

Lang Julius 96:1

Langjahr A H 962

Lee F& S 9bl

LImprechtSJ 961

Livingston Seed Co 963 97o
Lockland Lum co. 980 982

Long DB 11

Lonsdale Bdwln 975

Lord&Bumham Co... IV

Lncas J A Co 983

Lynn J A 98i)

Mo( :arthr a Co N F 962 981
McKellari Wlnterson 967

Mader Paul 9.2

May Jno N 973

Meyir John C & Co ...98U
MIUang& Salford ....963

MUlang i-rank 963

Monlnger J CCo.... 984
Montana Fertilizer Co. 982

Moon Samuel O 966

Moon Wm HCo 968

Morris Floral Co 974

Morton Grove G'hs — 973

Muss Geo M 962

Myers & Co 9a4

Nlessen Leo 962

N YCitFlowerEx ....963
N f Cut Flower CO... 963

Palen Co The II

PennookSam'l 8 982

Phelphs H L 978

PltUourgOni. Flo Co.. 960
Poehlmann Adolph H.961
Pollworth c <; Co. 960 982

Pritohard J N 9bO

Quaker City Mch Wka 93»

Ragan H L 979

Randall A L 961

Rasmussen A 969

Bawllngs B 1 978

Raynor J 1 963

Reed Glass SPaInt CO 883
Regan PrlutlngHonse 968

Bemberg Geo 961 971

Relnberg Peter 961 973
Betzer Walter & Co. . . 972
Rsuter S J 967

Rice M & Co 979

Richmond Matthew ..979

Kodgers Alex II

Roemer Fred 965

Roland Thomas 975

Rolker A & sons 965

Rustic Mfg & Con Co 981

Sapder & Co 965

Sshlllo Adam IV

BOhmldt J C 968

Schmidt & Botley. .. 975

Schwabe C Oito 9;6

Scott Kubt & Son 975

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Snendan W r 963

Slebreoht & Son I

Situations * Wants,. 959

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smith Nath * Hon... 976

Smith W & T Co 1

Soltau C 968

Sjuth Park Floral Co 972

Sprague Smith Co 981

siam cnas o 962

Steams Lumber Co — 983

Steflens Kmll 980

Stevens & Co 981

Storrs & Harrison '^o

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Stroh W C 970

Butherland Geo A 962

Swann Pottery MtkCo.98i

Swayne Wm 973

Teas K T 96'i

ThompsonWW & '»ons979
ThoroomJ MA Co 961
Tobacco Warehousing

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Traendly A Schenck . 961

Ullrich L 965

Vaughan s Pned Store

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VIok 8 Sons Jas U

Vincent R Jr t Son . .

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Viola 980

vredenburg & Co 11

Wabash BR II

WatsonGC II

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Thos W 981 932 683 IV
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Weeber A Don II

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Welch Bros 962

Whllldln Pot Co 982

WIetorBros 970

Wlflln Chas 971

Wliks 8 Mtg Co IV

Wlllet N L Drug Co 964

Wllmore W W 978

Wilson C N 960

Wlttbold The Geo Co. .974

Wood Bros 968

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No. 664.

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

OmcBBs — Patrick O'Maea, New York, N. Y. ,
president; Wm. P. Kastinq, Buffalo, N. Y.. vice-
president; Wm. J. Stbwabt, 79 Milk Street,
Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Bbattt, Oil City,
Pa., treasurer. The seventeenth annual meeting
will be held at Buffalo, August, 1901.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual meeting at New York, March 19, 20 and
21, 1901. Lkonabd Babbok, 136 Liberty St., New
York, secretary.

THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Annual convention at Indianapolis, February.
1902. Albebt M. Hbbb, Lancaster, Pa., secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual meeting at Buffalo, August, 1901. Edwin
Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa., secretary.

THIS ISSUE 48 PAGES WITH COVER.

CONTENTS.

American Carnation Societjj 985

— The tenth annual convention (lUus.) 985

—The essayists (portraits) 987

—President's address 987

— Secretary's report 988

—Treasurer's report 988

—The awards 988

— Random notes 989

— Those present 989

-— President -pk'ct W. G. Bertermann (portrait) 990

—The Lawsnn modal (ill us.) 990

—Albert F. Woods (portrait^ 990

—The carnation in health and disease (illua.) 990

New York 093

Boston 993

Philadelphia 994

Chicaeo 994

St. Louis 995

San Francisco 995

Pittsburg 995

Best twelve herbacpous plants 996

Greenhouse building 996

American Rose Society 996

Obituary ." 996

Janiesluwn, N. Y 997

The seed trade 1002

The mail trade I0O2

The nursery trade 1004

UenvHF 1004

Our pastimes 1006

Lowell, Mass 1008

Cincinnati 1008

Washington 1012

Toronto 1014

Louisville 1016

Montreal 1018

Chestnut Hill, Pa 1022

Minneapolis 1024

AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

TENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION, BALTIMORE, MD., FEB. 2J and 22, J90I.

Baltimore welcomed the American
Carnation Society with ideal weather,
crisp bracing air and sunny skies, radi-
cally in contrast with the blizzard which
interfered with the arrangements at
Philadelphia two years ago and the soft
fall of "the beautiful" which marked the
opening day at Buffalo. The entries
made in advance with Secretary Herr

PRES{DENT-ELECT W. G. BERTERMANN.

presaged the success of the exhibition
and early in the day it became apparent
that the attendance would exceed all
previous records. As the day progressed
and exhibits began to arrive it proved
that Lehmann's Hall with its floor space,
53x71 feet, was no more than adequate
for the proper display of the vases shown
in competition and the numerous entries
staged for exhibition only.

The walls of the exhibition hall were
handsomely draped with garlands of
southern smilax and the room is admir-
ably adapted for the purpose to which it
was put. The light is good and in the

evening electricity was used, the gas
being turned ofl at the street level. The
rules allowed until 1 o'clock for staging,
but most of the exhibitors arranged their
displays during the morning hours,
which were made merry by many greet-
ings as the members assembled. One new
feature, and one which worked so admir-
ably that it will doubtless be continued,
was the identification badge and card
with which each member was supplied
upon arrival. On the recognition card
was the name of each member and
opposite it a number, the same as
appeared upon the badge with which
that member was supplied. It is a plan
which has been used successfully by the
American Association of Nurserymen and
other organizations, and which aids not
a little in securing members and in the
collection of dues.

The opening session was called to
order in the audience room at 11:30,
President Robert Halliday, of Baltimore,
occupying the chair. There was rather
less than usual of the preliminary oratory
and the society soon settled down to
business, the first matter demanding
attention being the selection of judges of
the exhibition. Choice fell upon Patrick
O'Mara, of New York; Wm. Scott, of
Buflalo, and William Nicholson, of Fram-
ingham, Mass., as judges of seedlings
and upon S J. Renter, of Westerlv, R. I.;
C. L. Allen, of Floral Park, N Y., and
M. A. Patten, of Tewksbury, Mass., as
judges of the general classes. Then
adjournment was taken until 2:30 in the
afternoon.

A great throng surged through the
exhibition hall Thursday afternoon. So
great, in fact, was the crowd that several
times the management was compelled to
close the doors and refuse admittance to
fresh arrivals. No exhibit of this society
ever made a fairer appearance than the
present one, and words of commendation
and appreciation were heard on all sides.
No finer carnations were ever grown than
those exhibited here this season. The
average high quality of the vases was
remarkable.

The formal opening of the convention
was at four o'clock, when Mayor Hayes
addressed an assemblage which com-
pletely filled the audience room. He
spoke words of welcome on behalf of the

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Feb. 23,

city of Baltimore and expressed the char-
acteristic hospitality of his people. He
said, amoDg other things, that Baltimore
is alwaysidesirous of an opportunity to
entertain strangers, lovers of home and
lovers of flowers. He claimed for Balti-
more the prettiest women of the world
and said that they appreciate the honor
of the society's visit. The mayor referred
to the attractions of the public parks
and presented the freedom of the city to
the visitors, whom he instructed to call
upon him for whatever they might wish.

Mayor Hayes was followed by Wm.
Frazer, of Baltimore, who applauded the
work of the American Carnation Society
and complimented the intelligence and
integrity of its committees, the value of
whose endorsement of a new variety, he
said, cannot be over-estimated. He
expressed the thanks of the Baltimore
organization to the lady patronesses who
assisted so materially in makirg a social
success of the exhibition, and closed with
a flowery allusion to the "woman divine. ' '

Robert Craig, of Philadelphia, responded
on behalf of the society. He paid a trib-
ute of appreciation for the hospitable
welcome extended to the organization
and referred enthusiastically to the won-
derful progress in carnation development
which has been made under the society's
auspices. He referred to the special
culture now given to the carna-
tion, and said that the carna-
tion grower who would keep in line
with the advanced rank of his profession
must attend these annual conventions
and exhibitions, marking, as they do, the
yearly advance so noticable in the his-
tory of this flower.

Adjournment was then taken until
7:30 in the evening, when President Hal-
iiday called the society to order to listen
to the address of Prof. Albert F. Woods,
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
whose paper, illustrated with lantern
slides, was entitled "The Carnation in
Health and Disease." This valuable
addition to horticultural literature will
be found in the following pages of this
issue
Following Prof. Wood's address was a

the plants more liable to all sorts of dis-
eases.

John N. May said that since he began
to plow in a heavy coating of lime on
his carnation field he has had no trouble
with stem-rot. He stated that he has
lound sterilizing the soil a preventive
of all diseases of carnations and, at the
same time, an aid to the growth of the
plants. Prof Woods remarked that turn-
ing over heavy sod and manuring freely
is conducive to the development of the
fungus diseases.

J. L. Dillon of Bloomsburg, Pa., said
that ne found relief from stem- rot by set-
ting his plants high on ridges, and made
the assertion that he attributed most of
the stem-rot in the field to excessive
dampness. C. W. Ward claimed that the
conditions following the housing of the
plants in the autumn are responsible for
stem-rot. He narrated his experience
with different varieties &nd said that if
the grower keeps the constitution of the
plants well balanced, with the proper
food at the proper time, he will keep his
stock free from all diseases. He related
having obtained contradictory results
in experiments with lime in the soil.

L. E. Marquisee attributed much of the
trouble to which the carnation is heir, to
the tendency of the growers to set their
plants too deeply in the soil, and to care-
lessness in regard to stagnant atmos-
phere. Prof. Woods said, regarding the
spot lesultant from aphis punctures,
that frequently several days or even
weeks may elapse before the results are
appaient." He said that cuttings taken
from infected plants will develop the
weakness of the parents through several
generations, caused by the unbalanced
condition of the cells and the variation
from the normal.

Another point which he brought out
was that the insects withdraw the reserve
nitrogen from the p. ants, which is pro-
ductive of weakness and disease. He
stated that if one takes plants in a per-
fect condition of health, they will not
easily become diseased. He said that
even stem-rot is not to be feared by the
careful grower, asserting that this is a

THE LAW80N GOLD MEDAL.

(See iiaRi- 990).

long and exhaustive discussion partici-
pated in by many members of the society,
notably Robert Craig, C. W. Ward, John
N. May, George F. Crabb and L. E. Mar-
quisee. Replying to an interrogation,
Prof. Woods advised that growers do
not plant carnations in soil where fungus
has ever appeared. He said that the
nitrogen in the soil may be made easily
available as plant food but that soil too
moist is injurious and weakening to the
root system of the plants, thus rendenng

local disease and one not likely to become
epidemic. He advised the application of
lime to reduce the acidity of the soil and
said that sterilizing the soil with a steam
pressure of from 130 to 150 pounds,
applied for two hours, will kill anything
in the soil.

It was at 9:4.5 on Friday morning that
the second day's proceedings were inaug-
urated with the address of President
Halliday, which was received with enthu-
siastic approval.

A letter was read from Leonard Bar-
ron, secretary of the American Rose
Society, in which it was stated that
owing to the date of the second annual
exhibition of his organization havicg
already been fixed, his society is power-
less to act this year on the suggested
amalgamation of the rose and carnation
shows. Secretary Barron stated, how-
ever, that he was pleased to be able to
offer space for carnation exhibits at the
coming rose show at New York. A
motion was carried that the committee
of the carnation society which was
appointed to handle this subject be con-
tinued for another year.

The secretary's report was then read
and accepted, and the judges of the exhi-
bition presented their report of premiums
awarded. The rightof the society, under
the rules, to award certificates to new
roses having been questioned, it was
voted that the roses selected by the
judges for that honor for this meeting, be
brought oSicially to the attention ol the
American Rose Society as an evidence of
our good will. It was also voted that
hereafter the judges insist on legible labe'-
ing for all carnations admitted to com-
petition in the txhibitions.

An invitation was presented to meet in
Indianapolis in 1902, and was unani-
mously accepted. Fred Dorner, Jr., being
called upon (or a speech, expressed his
pleasure at the acceptance of the invita-
tion and assured the members of the
society of a good time, good show,
good facilities, and good workers
lor the success of the meeting. A letter
was read from A. H. Langjahr, present-
ing Brooklyn's claim for the meeting of
1903, but no action was taken.

After some discussion it was voted that
hereafter medals be olfered for the first,
second and third best exhibits of one
designated variety of carnation instead
of for three distinct varieties as in the
past. The treasurer's report was then
presented and accepted. The figures are
given elsewhere.

C. W. Ward expressed his intention of
substantially endowing the society when
it can be legally done, and moved that
action be takeii toward incorporating,
so that the society may have legal exist-
ence. The motion was carried with great
applause and the matter referred to the
executive committee for action.

Nomination of .officers was then in
order and resulted as follows: President,
William G. Bertermann, of Indianapolis;
vice-pres"'dent, Fred Lemon, of Richmond,
Ind.; secretary, Albert M. Herr, of Lac-
caster, Pa ; treasurer, Fred Domer, jr.,
of Lafayette, Ind.

Peter Fisher was introduced during the
morning session, to read his essay on
hybridization, the discussion of which
was participated in by Messrs. Ward,
Marquisee and Witterstaetter. Mr.
Fisher explained that his reason for pre-
ferring October for hybridizing is that
the plants are then at their best, under
the system of early planting now in
vogue, and that seeds ripen early andean
be planted at once, thus insuring flowers
the following season. Mr. Ward stated
that he has experimented with both fall
and spring crossings with equally good
results except that an unfavorable season
mav have a bad effect upon fall work.

Mr. Witterstaetter stated that he
makes all his crossings in the spring,
carrying the seed over and sowing it the
following January. He said that in
crossings for color he uses varieties of
the desired colorwhen theircoostitutions
are satistactory, and Mr. Ward follows
the same plan, keeping colors in blocks

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and adhering to same except when he
desires a change in habit.

After the morning adjournment a meet-
ing of the Chrysanthemum Society of
America was held, with a good attend-
ance- On the motion of Secretary Lons-
dale it was voted that the society's cup
be offered for competition at the Madison
Square Garden exhibition in New York
next October, on the same conditions as
at .Chicago last year, for the ten best
blooms of any one variety. President
Herrington and Messrs. May andO'Mara
were appointed a committee to arrange
all matters of co-operation with the New
York Florists' Club.

The altemoon session on Friday opened
with the unanimous election of the offi-
cers, as per the morning's nominations,
and was followed by a discussion on sub-
watering. J. L. Dillon related his experi-
ences last season in building 10,000
tquarefeetot benches equipped for sub-
watering, at a cost very little more than
that of ordinary benches. The beds were
eight irches deep and the bottom and
sides concrete, one-sixth cement and five-
sixths coal ashes. He ran tile drains
across and through the beds, filling three
inches with coarse ashes and one inch
with fine ashes, leaving four inches for
soil. He bfgan the use of the sub-water-
ingdevice after the plantshad been estab-
lished one month and found considerable
saving in labor and the results were gen-
erally satisfactory.

C. W. Ward said that he has not yet
had sufficient experience with sub-water-
ing to have formed a decided opinion as
to its commercial value. He has obtained
conflicting results by various tests but
admits that less labor is required through
its use. At the same time he finds that
much closer watching is necessary and a
higher degree of skill is required by the
grower. Over-watering is the special
danger. He does not like the idea of fill-
iBg the bottom of the bench with ashes
but prefers brick because of the ventilat-
ing feature and also finds the cost of
fitting benches for sub-watering much
greater than the cost of ordinary green-
house benches. All must understand
that a perfectly level botton is absolutely
essential. A good feature is the evenness
of heat which tile benches aflord and in
Mr. Ward's opinion this utility will prob-
ably prove the chief value of the system.

T'he question of a life membership fund
was taken up and Secretary Wm. J.
Stewart, of the S. A. F., was called for to
give his views. He gave the plan his
hearty approval and advised a perma-
nent fund together with real estate that
would appreciate in value as the best
asset a society can have. The committee
to attend to this and other amendments
to the by-laws was appointed, consist-
ing of Wm. Scott, E. G. Hill and C. W.
Ward.

A motion was carried appropriating
$100 for the purchase of vases of uniform
pattern and size to belong to the society
and be used in its future exhibitions.
Then followed the agitation to formulate
a plan for a special leserve premium fund
of $1,500, and amid much enthusiasm
subscriptions were made in varying
amounts, from $5 to $100, and at
adjournment the total had reached the
sum of $1,300, with prospects of filling
in the full amount before the close of the
evenirg's entertainment.

All day Friday the exhibition hall was
again packed with visitors, many of
them ladies of Baltimore. For the even-
ing the hosts had planned the usual ban-
quet and the close was a fitting climax
to a successful meeting.

.Vlbert F. Wuods. Peter Fishi'r.

CARNATION 8O0IETY ESSAYISTS.

Presideni's Address.

The wonderful progress made in late
years, the rapid strides to popular favor
made by the carnation, at whose shrine
we are worshiping to-day, is not a craze,
for as long as flowers exist this beautiful
creation ot the old fashioned pink will
have its place in the heart of every
flower lover, and deservedly so.

That state of perfection at which it
has already arrived should make every
grower, every introducer of a new
variety, feel a pardonable personal pride,
for not only has his work been well done,
but it is sttll growing and there is yet a
wide field in which to work.

When we stop to think of the possibili-
ties wrapped up in this symphony of
lovliness, it is with a keen delight and all
absorbing interest that we walk into the
seedling house in the morning and note
the development of the opening flower,
whose label is only marked with the
hieroglyphics of the hybridizer. With all
its trials and disappointments, it is still
fascinating beyond compare to the true
carnatiomst.

Can you tell me of a flower that
responds so kindly to generous treatment
— from a grower's standpoint it is a bread-
winner, when properly handled — can you
mention a flower that will give as much
pleasure to your customer, tliat will keep
the same length of time in water when
cut, that has the diversity of color, or
can fill a room with such a pleasing spicy
odor — that insidious perfume known to
the carnation alone — can yon name a
flower its equal at the same price?

It has been our privilege this season to
arrange several decorations made up of
nothing but carnations, with no other
foliage than that of their own graceful
feathery green, and I cannot remember a
more pleasing eSect, from the beautiful
rose shade ot the Genevieve Lord to the
dark crimson maroon of the General
Gomez, each with its accompanying
green foliage, we have produced some
exceedingly attractive table effects.
Ethel Crocker in all her majesty has
adorned the dinner table of many of old
Maryland's most prominent homes, and
so in our own small way, we can note
and with much pleasure, the growing
demand of this most popular flower.

Some years ago we stopped growing

roses and started in to push the cama"
tion, thinking it was to our best interests
to buy our roses, and if possible, grow
all the carnations sold over our counters.
Our friends thought at the time that we
were making a very foolish move, but
time has proved its wisdom. House after
house we planted until our whole plant is
now devoted to carnations alone for cut
flowers only; consequently we are now
in a position to guarantee our customers
good fresh cut flowers, and flowers that
will not grow tired and sleepy in three
or four hours.

What a pleasure it is to have the
society leader come back to yon and say
that "her ten dozen Gomez lasted six or
seven days and she even then hated to
throw them away." So let me ask you
growers, is it not much to your advan-
tage to have the retail customers receive
good strong fresh stuff and flowers that
will keep several days? Give your store
man a chance, send him your flowers
direct, don't let the blooms hang so long
for the sake of size that they are almost
past when you put them in the shipping
box; remember that good flowers will
sell themselves.

Like my distinguished friend, Mr.
William P. Craig, and I quote him when
I say that "our judges and our growers
do not pay enough attention to the last-
ing and keeping qualities of the carna-
tion, for it is most essential to your
customer and your store man." Then
throw out your poor keepers for thev
will not increase your business, nor will
they boom the carnation.

I hear the cry from all over the country
— we are badly in need of a good white —
and I sincerely hope that this exhibition
will bring out one of sterling merit. Give
us a Flora Hill flower on a White Cloud
stem, and the flowering qualities of a
William Scott; we need it badly.

I have not had the pleasure of seeing
Norway, but I must say one word about
our Maryland growers, of whom I am
very proud and justly so, especially of
our representatives from Oakland, men
who have helped push the divine flower
up the ladder of fame with an untiring
energy and perseverance worthy of the
great state that they represent, we
believe that they have introduced seed-
lings worthy to carry their banner the

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world over and find a place in every col-
lection.

We here in Maryland owe to our
worthy vice-president the fact of our
being the banner state in regard to
membership. His magnetic influence and
honest opinions have won many over to
the shrine of the carnation.

Secretary's Report.

Your secretary reports hairing issued
the proceedings of the meeting held in
BuSalo, N. Y., in due time and having
mailed the same to all members of the
society not in arrears for dues. Through
our stenographer not being acquainted
with floral terms the report had to
itindergo numerous changes and the
Ithanks of the secretary and the society

are due to Alexander Wallace and Richard
Witterstaetter for assistance in making
these changes.

Through an oversight no mention was
made in last year's report of the very
kind donation made toward our perma-
ment fund by each of the trade papers, as
follows:

The American Florist, $30.

The Florist's Exchange, $25.

The Florist's Review, $15.

The American Florist has made an
additional donation of $10 for the cur-
rent year. ... .J ,

Quite a number of the individual mem-
bers of the society have contributed
toward this fund, all of which has been
properly credited to their account. The
thanks of the society are, however, due
them for their generosity and also to

FIQ8. I AND 2.-0ARNATlONa IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.

(See explanation of Illustrations, pnge 993.)

those gentlemen who aid the society by
their advertisements in the premium list.

The rule adopted at the last meeting
compelling all entries to be in the hands
of the secretary four days before the
meeting has been of immeasurable advan-
tage and will, I hope, be made a standing
rule.

All circular matter sent out by the soci-
ety is mailed to every member and if iiot
promptly received a postal card inquiry
will bring a second copy.

Both membership and registration
have steadily increased and from your
secretary's point of view we start the
new century very auspiciously.

Albert M. Here, Sec'y.

Treasurer's Report.

RKCBIPTS.

To balance, 1900 $1010.61

To dues, etc 852.50

To interest 30 00

Total $1893 11

EXPENDITURES.

Premiums, p't'g, etc $ 878 08

Cash on hand 115 03

Certificate of deposit 900 00

Total $1893 11

F. Doenbr, Jr., Treas.

The Awards.
The judges awarded the premiums as
follows:

One hundred blooms white, first, H.
Weber & Sons, Oakland, Md., for Nor-
way; second, RoDert Craig & Son, Phila-
delphia, for White Cloud.

One hundred blooms light pink, first,
L E. Marquisee, Syracuse, N. Y., for The
Marquis; second, Dailledouze Bros., Flat-
bush, N. Y. , for a blush seedling.

One hundred blooms dark pink, first,
Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., for Mrs.
Lawson; second, Chicago Carnation
Company, Joliet, 111., also for Mrs.
Lawson.

One hundred blooms scarlet, first, C.
W. Ward, the Cottage Gardens, Queens,
L. I., for G. H. Crane; second, Mr. Ward,
for J. H. Manley.

One hundred blooms crimson, first, C.
W. Ward, for Roosevelt; second, Mr.
Ward, for Harry Fenn.

One hundred blooms yellow varie-
gated, first, C. W. Ward, for Golden
Beauty; second, C. Besold, Mineola, N.
Y., for Admiral Cervera.

One hundred blooms white variegated,
first, C. W. Ward, for Mrs. Bradt; second,
Halliday Bros., Baltimore, also for Mrs.
Bradt.

Fifty blooms white, first, M. A. Patten,
Tewksbury, Mass., for White Cloud;
second, Lehr Bros., Baltimore.

Fifty blooms light pink, first, John
Cook, Baltimore, for Mrs. Joost; second,
I. H. Moss, Baltimore, for Melba.

Fifty blooms scarlet, first, Lehr Bros.,
for G. H. Crane; second, J. M. Rider,
Baltimore, also for Crane.

Fifty blooms crimson, first, Halliday
Bros., for Gen. Gomez.

Fifty blooms yellow variegated, first,
Halliday Bros., for Gold Nugget.

Fifty blooms white variegated, first,
Halliday Bros., for Mrs. Bradt; second,
J. H. Rider, also for Bradt.

Twenty-five blooms light pink, first,
L. E. Marquisee, forThe Marquis; second,
Robert Craig & Son, also for The Marquis.
Twenty-five blooms dark pink, first,
Weber & Sons, for Mrs. T. W. Lawson;
second, Peter Fisher, also for Mrs.
Lawson.

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Twenty-five blooms white variegated,
first, John N. May, Summit, N. J., for
Olympia; second, Robert Craig & Son,
also for Olympia.

Weber & Sons' premium for 100 blooms
Genevieve Lord awarded to Halliday
Bros.; for twenty-five blooms to I. H.
Moss.

FIG. 3— CARNATIONS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.

. (See explanation of illustrations, page 993. )

Craig-Hill-Herr premium forlOO blooms
Ethel Crocker awarded to Halliday Bros.

The Peter Fisher silver cup for the best
vase of fifty blooms of Mrs. T. W. Law-
son was awarded to H. Weber & Sons.

The Lippincott silver cup for best vase
of fifty blooms Mrs. Bertram Lippincott
was awarded to John Kuhn, of Philadel-
phia.

The society's silver cup for the best
arrangement of carnation blooms was
awarded to Peter Fisher.

The Cottage Garden's silver cup for
the best undisseminated white varie-
gated seedling was awarded to C. W.
Ward.

The E. H. Michell silver cup for the
individual or firm making the largest
and finest display at this show was
awarded to C. W. Ward.

A gold Lawson medal was awarded to
Peter Fisher for Mrs. T. W. Lawson.

A silver Lawson medal was awarded
to R. Witterstaetter, Cincinnati, for a
vase of twenty-five blooms of Adonis.

A bronze Lawson medal was awarded
to H. Weber & Sons for a vase of twelve
blooms of Norway.

The Thomas prize for the best seedling
raised in Baltimore was awarded to C.
Akehnrst for a purple seedling, No. 17.

The following seedlings were scored
and certificated:

Cressbrook, exhibited by C. Warbur-
ton. Fall River, Mass., scored 94- points.

Dorothy Whitney, exhibited by C. W.
Ward, scored 87 points.

Harry Fenn, exhibited by C. W. Ward,
scored 89 points.

Golden Beauty, exhibited by C. W.
Ward, scored 87 points.

Norway, exhibited by H. Weber &
Sons, scored 91 points.

The judges recommended certificates,
if allowable under the rules, to the
American Rose Company for Ivory roses;
to John N. May for Mrs. Oliver Ames
rose; and John Cook for Baltimore rose.
Mention was made of the American
Beauties exhibited by Joseph Heacock
and Myers & Samtman; of tea roses
exhibited by Messrs. Paterson, Johnson
and Kramer; of Peterson's Adiantum
Farleyense; of Mrs. T. Harrison
Garrett's roses and palms; of the
violets exhibited by Eli Cross; of Kift's
vases and flower tubes; of Pennock's
ribbons; of Culle & Ibottson's wire sup-
ports; of E. Hippard's galvanized gut-
ters, and of the design in bedding plants
representing the seal of Maryland,
executed by Chas. L. Seybold, of Pater-
son Park.

Random Notes.

Of the general exhibits not mentioned
by the judges and not in competition
were carnations, shown by Henry Eich-
holz; violets and carnations from W. H.
Wagner; primulas from C. Gregorius;
violets from F. G. Bauer; American Beau-
ties from A. Anderson, and Queen of
Edgely roses from the Floral Exchange,
all the stock being up to the highest
exhibition grades.

The white Golden Gate rose, exhibited
by Mrs. T. H. Garrett, was one of the
sensations of the exhibition. W. C. Price
is Mrs. Garrett's gardener.

S. Alfred Baur's shipment of Elma
arrived on Wednesday, a day before the
opening of the exhibition, and therefore
was not seen to the best advantage.

John W. Garrett has given the society
a special $50 prize to be ofiered as a pre-
mium at next year's exhibition for what-
ever class the society may elect.

Many flowers went to sleep by Friday
morning, attributable to the enormous
crowds of visitors and the leakage of gas
from the heating apparatus.

Secretary Perry, of the Baltimore

Gardeners' Club, is very ill and was
greatly missed during the convention.

The Baltimore papers of Thursday
described Peter Eisher as a man with a
slight English accent, cerise mustache
and tan shoes. '

Wm. Scott, of BuSalo, distributed little
frying pans on behalf of the Pan-American
Exposition.

The Baltimore Gardeners'Club provided
substantial lunches at the exhibition hall
each day.

The low benches for displaying the
exhibits met with general approval.

Mrs. Lawson still stands witbotit a
peer as a showy exhibition flower.

Those Present.

Among those present were the follow-
ing: G. C. Watson, C. W. Cox, C.Eisele,
1. D. Eisele, Walter Mott, S. S. Ski-
delski, Paul Betko wit z, Victor Groshens,
John Kuhn, Robt. Kift, Wm. Graham,

FIG. 4.— CARNATIONS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.,

(St*e explanation of illustrations, page 993.)

Horace Dnmont, Wm. Craig, Robt.
Craig and wife, Edwin Lonsdale, Frank
Myers, H. C. Geiger, Henry F. Michell,
J. A. Trumbull, Ernest Ashley, J. Hig-
gins, Geo. Dentry and A. H. Lancer,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Benj. Durfee, F. H.
Kramer, A. Gnde, W. F. Gude, W. R.

FIQ8. 5, 6 AND 7.— CARNATIONS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.

(See explanation of illustrations, page 993.)

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Smith and Z. D. Blackistone, Washing-
ton, D. C; Eugene Dailledonze, Alex,
Wallace, Patrick O'Mara, C. H. Allen
Walter Molatsch, C. Besold, C. W
Ward, and J. W. Withers, New York
J. S. Wilson, G. L. Grant, N.J. Wietor
J. D. Thompson and Jas. Hartshome
Chicago; W. F. Kasting and wife, Wm
Scott, and W. J. Palmer, Jr., Boflalo, N
Y.; B. Elliott, Fred. Burki, and Conrad
Blind, Pittsburg, Pa.; R. Witterstaetter,
J.A.Peterson, E. G. Gillett, W. K. Par-
tridge and Wm. Jackson, Cincinnati, O.'
Peter Byrnes and S. T Renter, Westerly
R. I.; E. N. Pierce and A. Pierce. Waver-
ley, Mass.; C. T. Gnenther, Hamburg
N. Y.; L. E. Marqnisee, Syracuse, N. Y.
F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y.; Albert
M. Herr and wife, Lancaster, Pa.; Jos
Heacock, Wyncote, Pa.; John Murchie
Sharon, Pa.; J. L. Dillon, Bloonisbnrg
Pa.; E. P. Hostetter, Manheim, Pa.
John G. Esler, Saddle Siver, N. J.; John
Cnllen, Pencoyd, Pa.; Chas. Black
Hightstown, N. J ; Wm. Swayne. J. M
Palmer, and C. S. Swayne, Kennett
Square, Pa.; Wm. Sharpless, Toughken-
amon, Pa.; S. Alfred Baur, Hrie, Pa.;
E. A. Nelson, Indianapolis, Ind.; C. A.
Royce, Palmer, Mass.; Geo. S. Geiger,
Nazareth, Pa.; T. E. Edwards, Bridge-
ton, N. J ; Geo. F. Crabb, Grand Rapids,
Mich.; Geo. Bayer, Toledo, O.; E. Hip-
pard, Youngstown, Ohio; J. A. Evan»,
Richmond, Ind.; Fred. Dorner, Jr.,
Lafayette, Ind.; John N. May, Summit,
N. J.; F. L. Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.;
M. A. Patten, Tewksbury, Mass.; Peter
Fisher, Ellis, Mass.; Wm. Spillsbury,
Wobum, Masi.; C. Warburton, Fall
River, Mass.; A. H. Lange, Worcester,
Mass.; Wm. Nicholson, Framingham,
Mass ; Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.;
E.J.Johnston, Providence, R. I.; N. D.
Pierce, Norwood, R. I.; A. N. Pierson,
Cromwell, Conn; Jno. H. Dunlop,
Toronto, Oat.; Theo. Hegnotenberg,
Queens, N. Y.; Mr. Wynnings, Staflord
Springs, Conn.; C. H. Atkins, Madison,
N. J.; L. Dupuy, Whitestone, N. Y., and
many otherb.

Wm. G. Bertermann.

The new president of the American
Carnation Society, William G. Berter-
mann, of Indianapolis, is a native of
Wilheltnshohe, near Cassel, Germany,
where his father was overseer of the
estate of the German Emperor, where the
third Napoleon was held a prisoner in

1871. William Bertermann was born
March 2, 1857, and came to America in

1872, locating at Columbus, O. In 1876
his brother John came to this country
and the two located in the florist busi-
ness at Indianapolis. It was in 1879
that the two brothers embarked in busi-
ness for themselves, buying the store of
their employer, Gustav Lange, and at the
same time building three small houses,
the first greenhouses in Indianapolis to
be heated by steam. They have passed
through many viscissitudes in forcing
their way to the front, but now have a
model place of 25,000 feet of glass and a
prosperous business. William (i. Berter-
mann is a bachelor aid a great traveler.
There is no floral establishment of renown
in America, Holland, Belgium or Germany
which he has not visited, and his home
contains many curious ornaments col-
lected on his various journeys.

The Lawson Medal.

It will be remembered that at the Phil-
adelphia meeting, in 1899, Thomas W.
Lawson, of Boston, was elected an hon-
orary member of the American Carnation
Society and that he contributed the sum
of $500 to the society for use for pre-
miums. The outcome of this was the
Lawson medal, a reproduction of which
is presented on page 986.

The first competition for this medal,
which is in gold, silver and bronze, was
at the Buffalo meeting last year, when
the gold medal was awarded to Daille-
donze Brothers, Flatbush, N. Y., for
♦ heir seedling No. 660, since christened
Prosperity. At the same time a silver
medal was awarded to Richard Witter-
staetter, of Cincinnati, for Adonis, the

FIQ. 8.— CARNATIONS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.

(See c.xplunation of illuslrations, pajje y9;i.)

Stock of which has recently been trans-
ferred to Robert Craig & Son and the E.
G. Hill Company at a very high price.

At the Baltimore meeting of this week
a gold Lawson medal was oflfered for the
best 100 blooms of any variety, and was
awarded to Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., for
Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson. A silver
Lawson medal was oftered for the best
twenty-five blooms of an undisseminated
seedling, and was vvon by Richard Wit-
terstaetter, of Cincinnati, with Adonis,
which won him the same medal a vear
before. A bronze Lawson medal ottered
for the best twelve blooms of an undis-
seminated seedling was awarded to H.
Weber & Sons, Oakland, Md., for their
new white, Norway.

Albert F. Woods.
In the reorganization of the scientific
work of the United States Department of
Agriculture Secretary Wilson has estab-
lished an Office of Plant Industry, with
Prof B. T. Galloway, formerly Chief of
the Division of Vegetable Physiology and
Pathology, as director. Albert F.Woods,
formerly the Assistant Chief of the
Division of \egetable Physiology and
Pathology, has now been made Chief of
that Division. Mr. Woods was born
near Belvidere, Illinois, in December,
1866. His boyhood was spent at Dow-
ners Grove, near Chicago, where he
received-his early education. His father,
Col. F. M. Woods, the well known live
stock auctioneer and stock expert, had
charge of a large stock farm at that
place, including 500 acres of virgin forest.
These surroundings would certainly
develop a taste for agriculture and nat-
ural history in anvone susceptible to such
influences. In 18S5 Col. Woods took his
family to Lincoln, Nebraska. The fol-
lowing year the subject of our sketch
spent in charge of his father's cattle in
the country north of Lincoln. After this
experience he entered the State Univers-
ity, graduating in 1S90, with the degree
of Bachelor of Science. Shortly after his
graduation he was appointed assistant
in the botanical department of the uni-
versity, and took the degree of Master of
Arts in l,s'.t2. He made the study of
plant physiology and pathology a spec-
ialty, and his work in this line led to his
appointment in the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture in 1894-, Mr. Woods
has given special attention to the study
of the diseases of greenhouse crops, and
has taken an active part in the develop-
ment of this work in the Department.
The Division of Vegetable Physiology
and Pathology, of which he is now chief,
enjoys the distinction of being one of the
larjiest and best organized institutions
in the world for the study of plant dis-
eases, and the application of plant phys-
iology to agriculture in its broadest
sense. It is believed that the closer asso-
ciation of this Division with the other
scientific Divisions working on various
phases of crop production in the Ofiice of
Plant Industry will increase the efficiency
of each.

The Carnation in Health and Disease.

liV .M.liKKT F. WOOns. WASHIMiTON, D. ( .

When your secretary requested me to
prepare a paper on carnations for this
meeting I was tempted to ask to be
excused. The fact is I know compara-
tively little about carnations, and that
little is bound up with the question of
diseases, especially the one, formerly
known as "bacteriosis" but now as
stigmonose or "puncture disease." The
various diseases of the carnation, so far

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as they are known, have been very ably
discussed on a number of diSerent occa-
sions at your meetings. You have as a
society been very fortunate in having the
untiring efforts of such eminent botanists
as Dr. Arthur, Prof. Halsted and Prof.
Atlsinson, as well as so many expert
■growers and skilled observers among
your members. The reports of your
meetings are always of great interest
and value and I can add Utile that
is new on the important diseases of car-
nations to what has already been pre-
sented at your meetings and printed in
your reports.

I shall therefore confine myself in this
paper in large part to the disease which
you will probably recognize better by its
old name, "bacteriosis," than by its new
name, stigmonose. I have had a good
deal to say about this disease in the past
any I regret that my motive in saying it
has by some been misunderstood. It was
not my desire to discredit the work of
any investigator. If anything I have
said or written leaves this impression I
hope to correct it here, and to present
more fully than I have done before some
facts regarding the varying resistance of
carnations to this and other diseases.

The distinctive characteristic of stig-
monose is the development in the leaf of
translucent spots varying in size Irom
being just barely visible when examined
by transmitted light to spots one-
sixteenth of an inch or more in diameter.
The diseased plants finally become of a
yellowish, sickly color, are more or less
stunted in growth, and the lower leaves
die. When a plant becomes very badly
diseased it seldom entirely recovers,
though it rarely dies outright. Two
types ol the disease are recognized; the
one with circular spots is produced by
aphis punctures and the other, with
elongated spots, by thrips. This differ-
ence is well brought out in the illustra-
tions. (Figs. 1 and 2.)

This trouble was first described before
this society by Dr. Arthur. The honor
of its scientific discovery and description
as a disease therefore belongs to him.
The exact nature and cause of the rnalady
has, however, been more or less in dis-
pute. At the time when Dr. Arthur and
Prof. Bolley investigated the disease it
was not known that the punctures of
aphides, thrips and red spiders produced
any far teaching pathological changes in
the plant except to retard growth. The
clear or yellowish translucent dots which
characterize the disease were suggestive
of slow growing bacteria or fungi.

It was a very natural thing, therefore,
to search for such organisms in the
diseased tissues. A microscopic examin-
ation revealed the presence of small
bodies in the diseased cells, markedly
resembling bacteria, and which any one
might easily mistake for such. Bacteria
as a rule grow readily on various sub-
stances, as cooked potato and gelatine,
and in dilute broths of various kinds.
It is possible in this way to obtain pure
cultures or colonies of any specific form.
After much wQrk Dr. Arthur and Prof
Bolley obtained pure cultures of a
yellow bacterium associated with the
disease which grew well on artificial
media, under conditions similar to those
in the leaf.

They now took several plants which
they believed to be perfectly healthy and
put some of these germs on the young
leaves and after several days the parts
of the leaves where the germs were
applied became diseased. One might
naturally conclude, therefore, as Dr.
Arthur and Prof. Bolley did, that the

FIQ. 9.— CARNATIONS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.

(See e.iiplanation of illustrations, page 993.)

bacteria were the cause of the disease.
Bacteria require a good deal of moisture
to develop well. It was therefore a very
proper recommendation to keep the
foliage as dry as possible and give the
plants plenty of light and air. This
practice was said to be followed, as a
rule, by very beneficial results to the
health and vigor of the plants, especially
when aphides were kept down, as they
were also supposed to introduce the
germs of disease into the tissues by their
punctures. It had been noticed that
where these insects were numerous the
disease was bad.

Now it happened that a large house of
carnations at the United States Propa-
gating Gardens came down with a
malady which answered the description
of bacteriosis in every particular. The
plants had been fumigated with
tobacco in the usual way to keep down
aphides and the foliage had been kept
comparatively dry to guard against
disease in general. Attempts were made
to check the trouble by spraying the
young foliage of some of the plants
several times a week with germicidal
solutions such as corrosive sublimate
and formalin, but none of these appeared
to do any good. It was therefore decided
to force the plants as rapidly as possible
and get what flowers we could from
them. The temperature was raised a
little above the normal and the plants
were frequently syringed. To our sur-
prise, in the moister air with frequent
syringings the plants grtatly improved
and showed less of the disease. This
experience led us to examine very care-
lully the bacterial theory of the trouble.
A great many sections were cut through
diseased spots of all sizes and ages and
many tests for bacteria were made. The
peculiar bodies which were formerly
thought to be bacteria were finally

shown to be the products of the dis-
organizing cells. But why should the
cells disorganize in such a peculiar pro-
gressive manner? Although bacteria
could not be demonstrated with the
microscope they might still be present
under some peculiar condition. It was
necessary to examine the diseased and
healthy tissues by the so-called culture
method; that is, as I have previously
explained, to put some of the tissues in
question, without contaminating it in
any way from outside, into dilute meat
or vegetable broths or on boiled potato
or gelatine. If bacteria are present they
soon become apparent by their very
rapid development under these condi-
tions.

Diseased plants were obtained for this
purpose from most of the large carna-
tion centers of the country, through
growers familiar with the disease. The
yellow germ supposed to be the cause of
the disease was found in several cases
but never in the inner tissues of the plant.
In fact, in nearly all cases no bacteria or
lungi of any kind were found in the dis-
eased spots of the leaves. Occasionally
in the last stages of the disease, when
the surface of the spot had begun to
break down, bacteria and fungi of vari-
ous kinds were found in the tissues. It
was evident therefore that these could
not be the cause of the disease.

However, to make sure, a large amount
of healthy young growth (Fig. 3) of
many plants free from insect or other
injury of any kind was inoculated with
the germ said to cause the disease, but
no cases of infection were obtained.
Other bacteria found on the swrface of
the leaves were tested in the same way,
but no bacteria were found that pro-
duced any kind of disease, either when
thoroughly washed over the young
leaves or injected hypodermically into

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the tissues. This settled the matter of
the cause of the disease as far as bacteria
were concerned.

The next problem was to investigate
the relation of insects to the trouble, and
of course the first to be examined was
the aph>s or green fly. These little pests
are present everywhere indoors and out-
doors and I do not need to tell you how
rapidly they breed and how difficult it is
to exterminate them, though they may
be kept pretty well under control by con-
stant attention. By colonizing these
insects on healthy plants it was soon
found that diseased spots were developed
wherever the insects punctured the young
leaves, but not in fully matured leaves.

The greatest care was taken to exclude
all bacteria. The surface of the leaves
was carefully sterilized with corrosive
sublimate and the aphides were kept
absolutely free from bacteria. Still under
these conditions the disease was invari-
ably produced wherever the aphides
punctured the young leaves. The spot
did not become apparent in the leaf until
several days after the puncture was
made, some plants reacting much more
quickly than others. Voung growths
reacted more quickly than older growth,
and in mature leaves, as I have stated,
there was no apparent reaction at all.
Aphides might go on puncturing a plant

for a week or so and then be killed by
fumigation or otherwise and for a time
the plants would appear to be healthy,
though later, perhaps a week or ten
days, they would begin to show disease.
It is probable that the apparent infec-
tions with bacteria that Dr. Arthur and
Prof. BoUey obtained were on plants
which had been previously punctured in
this way but which at the time the
inoculations were made appeared to be
perfectly healthy.

The question now arose, why should
the punctures of the insect produce spots
which kept on increasing in size, finally
severely injuring the plant? In order to
get some light on this question aphides
were suddenly killed while they were
feeding on the leaf and sections very
carefully cut showing how. they obtain
their nourishment and from what part
of the leaf structure it, comes. The next
illustration (Fig. 4) shows one of these
sections. The sucking apparatus of the
insect is thrust between the cells to the
very center of the leaf, there drawing
from the stores of fbod which the carna-
tion plant has made for its own use.

The insects suck this food material
from the tissues and excrete the sugar as
honey-d?w, forming bright sticky spots
on the leaves. The result, of course, is
first of all partial starvation for the

FIG.

ID.— CARNATIONS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.

■(See uxpl:ination of illustrations, pa^i' 1*93.)

whole plant, which becomes more or less
apparent by the stunting and sometimes
the distorture of the plant, according
to the quantity of food removed, (Fig.
8). The trouble does not stop here,
however. When the insect sticks its bill
into the tissues it injects a gelatmous
substance which is left between the cells
after the bill is withdrawn. The pres-
ence of th's material is easily detected by
the aid of a good microscope. The next
illustration (Fig. 5) shows some of it
stained between the cells in a very young
diseased spot (s) extending as dark lines
down into the leaf.

Gradually the cells surrounding this
material become paler and paler in color
and swell up to several times their normal
size. The protoplasm breaks down into
minute granules resembling bacteria and
these finally, on the death of the cell, run
together into globular masses, resem-
bling some kind of fungus, though they
are really nothing but dead protoplasm.
The next illustration (Fig. 6) shows the
enlargement of the cells in the punctured
area and the progressive development of
the malady. The final stage of the dis-
ease, when the cells have broken down, is
shown in Fig, 7. Compare this with
Fig. 3, which shows a section of a healthy
leaf. It may be that something injected
with the gelatinous material slowly
diffuses through the cells in the region
of the puncture, causing them to slowly
die.

One of the first things that may be
observed by a chemical study of the
diseased cells is a decrease of the nitro-
genous reserve food materials in the dis-
eased cells. This is accompanied by a
greatly increased oxidation due to a
certain enzyme or chemical ferment. The
increase in size of the diseased cells is
probably an accompaniment of this pro-
cess In the ordinary healthy condition
of the plant starch is made in the green
cells during the day It is later con-
verted into sugar by a chemical ferment
known as diastase and is then used (or
food by the plant as a whole, being
transported to all parts. This change
from starch to sugar is greatly retarded
when the chemical ferment that causes
oxidation incre&ses beyond the normal
amount. The food materials of the dis-
eased plants become very sluggish in
their movement and are probaoly very
easy for the insects to get. The plant
itself suffers from a sort of ind'gestion,
soon loses in vigor, becoming much more
susceptible to all unfavorable conditions
as well as to insect and fungous parasites.

Careful examination has shown that
when these abnormal changes have been
once started in a plant the ill effects con-
tinue long after the initial cause has dis-
appeared II the insects are killed or
kept off of such a plant the new growth
will be free from spots and tlierefore
apparently healthy. It is, however, poor
in reserve albumen and has an excelsive
amount of oxidizing enzymes, as ex plained
above, and is therefore in fact diseased.
This mal-nutrition becomes gradually
cumulative from generation to genera-
tion of cuttings and so (ar as our investi
gations have gone cannot be cured.
Stimulating manures intensify the trouble
instead of correcting it

It was noted in these experiments and,
indeed, it is a well known fact that cer-
tain individual plants of any given
variety are much more susceptible than
others to injury from these causes. In
fact, some plants hardly react at all to
aphis punctures, while others become
badly diseased. The aphides do not
thrive on theresistaijtpliantsbnt increase

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rapidly on the plants that are not
resistant. This was found to be due to
the fact that the resistant plants were
rich in reserve nitrogen and did not have
an excessive amount of the oxidizing
ferment and were also rich in tannin, a
substance which aphides greatly dislike.
On the other hand the plants which the
aphides thrived on were poor in reserve
nitrogen, poor in tannin, and rich in the
oxidizing ferment while at the same time
they were of slower growth, lighter
colored, and the tissues less slimy when
crushed or broken than the resistant
plants. To get resistant strains, there-
fore, it would be necessary to propagate
only from these resistant plants.

There is evidence, also, which indicates
strongly that this diseased condition of
nutrition may be induced by unfavorable
conditions of growth. For example,
severe cutting back of the plants during
active growth makes the new growth
that develops very sensitive to insect
punctures. Severe injury to the roots
in transplanting during active growth
also makes the plants very sensitive to
disease. The tissues in these cases show
the same chemical reactions that I have
before pointed out for diseased plants.
Rapid growth induced by high moisture
content of soil and air produce tissues
showing this same sensitiveness to injury
by insects and richer in oxidizing ferment
than plants grown under more favorable
conditions. It is evident, therefore, that
unless careful selection is practiced varie-
ties which respond readily to these
unfavorable conditions would gradually
become so subject to disease as to make
them unprofitable.

1 1 is a peculiar fact that plants which
are most subject to insect injury are also
most subject to injury by parasitic fungi,
and probably for the same reason. Too
much attention, therefore, cannot be
given to keeping stock up to a high
standard of natural vigor by careful
selection of cuttings from vigorous plants
and by careful attention to the general
needs of the plant. If this were done the
prevalence of disease of all kinds would
be reduced to a minimum.

This of course is not a new proposition
to florists or to others who make a busi-
ness of growing and studying plants.
Yon know, perhaps better than anybody
else, that unless rigid selection is practiced
stock will run out. In these investiga-
tions some of the causes of deterioration
and the nature of the changes have been
determined.

In concluding this paper I will mention
briefly three diseases which have been
unusually prevalent this year. The first
of these is stem rot, which is being investi-
gated by Messrs. Stewart and Duggar.
As a special time has been set apart at
this meeting for discussing this disease I
will not enter into it here.

Probably the next most serious carna-
iton disease this year has been the leaf-
spot caused by the fungus Septoria
dianthi Desm. A diseased plant from
one of our own greenhouses is shown in
the illustration. (Fig 9). The spots are
usually more or less irregular in outline
and bordered by a dark purple margin.
The spores form on the lighter central
area of the spot within little black bodies
barely visible to the naked eye.

The fairy ring spot caused by the fungus
Heterosporium echinnlatum Berk., has
been the cause of serious injury in some
cases this season. The spots produced
by this fungus are usually more regular
in outline, (Fig. 10) the central area of
the spot being covered by a gray mold-
like growth made up of the spores of the

fungus, leaving a narrow border of light
brown dead tissue irom which the name
fairy ring may have arisen.

This disease attacks not only the leaves
and stems but also the flower buds. Both
of these diseases develop most rapidly
and do most damage to plants that have
been injured in transplanting from the
fields to the houses. In many sections
the dry hot weather that prevailed last
fall during the timethe plants were being
moved in was very unfavorable. The
root systems were injured in lifting the
plants from a dry soil and they
adapted themselves to the house con-
ditions much less readily. The main loss,
especially in case of the two spot dis-
eases named, was during the period that
the plants were establishing themselves
in the house.

To avoid epidemics of these diseases it
is necessary to move the plants with as
little check as possible, give them abund-
ance of air and not too much water,
remove badly diseased plants, dead and
diseased leaves, etc. After they are
thoroughly established in the houses not
much damage will be done by these dis-
eases. The danger of a check in trans-
planting could be avoided by "indoor
culture." The advocates of this method
claim that there is less loss from stem rot
and other diseases where it is practiced.

EXPL4NATI0N OF ILLUSTBATIONS.

Fig. I. — Leaves inuicturcil by aphides.

Fig. 2. — Leaves pvmctured by thrips.

Fig. 3.— Illustration from |>h"otograpli of a cross
section of a healthy carnation leaf. The vascular
bundles are darker and heavier-walled than the
rest of the tissue. Five of tlicse bundles are shown
in the section (v) and these are surrounded by a
layer uf thin-wallei round or globular cells (w)
for storing water. The elongated cells lined with
small black dots (chloroph\ll bodies) makeup
the balance of the tissue except the eiiidermal
cells (e), with thick outer wall. The breathing
pores (p), or stoniata, are shown in section.

Fig. 4.— The sucking tube (b) of an aphis (a)
liassing down between the cells of the leaf to the
vascular bundle, from which sugar and food are
withdrawn.

Fig. 5.— The gelatinous sheath left when the
aphis withdraws its bill (dark lines extending
down into the leaf from "s"). In each case the
puncture occurs just to one side of a breathing
pore. The insect was evidently huntiog for a
vascular bundle.

Fig. 0— The enlarged cells 'n the punctured
area. The chlorojihyll bodies have disajipeared
and the light is thus permitted lo pass through
the leaf readily, making a transparent, vellowish
spot in the tissues.

Fig. 7.— The last stage of the disease. The cells
are dead and have collapsed.

Fig. 8. — Distortion produced by excessive
removal of reserve food by aphides during growth.

Fig. y.— Carnation leaf spot, produced by
Septoria dianthi.

Fig. 10.— Fairy-ring spot, or ring mold of car-
nation, produced by Heterosporium echinulattmi.

New York.

COT FLOWER MARKET DEMORALIZED —
SUPPLIES INCREASED AND THE BOOGIE
MAN APPEARS AS ASH WEDNESDAY.—
VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The cut flower market presents a very
weak front this week. The moderate
weather has accelerated crops and the
spook of Ash Wednesday has frightened
the operators sufficiently to thoroughly
demoralize the entire wholesale district.
Wholesale commission men find comfort,
as the first Lenten day comes in, inswap-
ping condolences, and growers who have
sufficient courage to show up listen defer-
entially and say nothing. It is all largely
unnecessary, however, as Lent nowadays
makes but little diflerence in the matter
of flower buying, and after a few days it
will all wear off. Lower prices are bound
to come, especially on average grades of
roses, which are coming in each day in
larger quantities, but Lent is not
responsible for this. Carnation men are
giving more thought to the Baltimore

affair than to local prices this week, and
a goodly number of them have gone to
the Monumental City.

The annual ball of the Hitchings & Co.
employes took place at Jersey City on
Monday evening, February IS. It was
a grand and successful affair in every
feature, reflecting credit on all who had
anything to do with the arrangements.
The beneficial result of these social reun-
ions cannot be over-estimated.

The Central Park greenhouses are bril-
liant with azaleas, orchids and spring
flowering bulbs. On Washington's birth-
day the display was formally opened to
the public, who are admitted daily from
10 a. m. to 4 p. m.

Boston.

TRADE PURSUES THE EVEN TENOR OF ITS
WAY. — WEATHER MODERATES AND PROS-
PECTS ARE FOR PLENTIFUL SUPPLIES OF
STOCK — SPLENDID DISPLAYS OF ORCHIDS
AT HORTICULTURAL HALL.— PLANS FOB
growers' CARNATION SHOW.— A NEW
WHOLESALE HOUSE. — OTHER NOTES.

There is practically no change to report
in the cut flower market situation since
last week, conditions as to demand and
price remaining about stationary. A
very agreeable change in the weather is
being experienced, however, and should
the moderate and sunny spell now favor-
ing us be continued it is reasonable to
look for heavier crops and consequent
falling values. The cold period which
came to an end last Saturday was
remarkable more for its uniformity and
length than for its severity, there having
been seventeen successive days during
which the mercury never went above the
freezing point. Lent is now in, but there
does not appear to be much solicitude as
to its affect on the flower trade, and this
once fruitful theme of the February days
has given way to the more interesting
subjects of the new Horticultural Hall,
P. O'Mara's lecture before the Horticult-
ural Society, the rehabilitation of the
Gardeners' and Florists' Club, the com-
ing carnation show at the Market and
the carnation meeting this week at Balti-
more, whither Messrs. Peter Fisher, Wm.
Nicholson, M. A. Patten, W. J. Stewart
and others have gone. The delegation
from Boston to Baltimore is not as large
as had been hoped.

At Horticultural Hall, on Saturday,
February 16, there was a superb exhibi-
tion of orchids and primulas. A collec-
tion of dendrobiums from Mrs. F. L.
Ames, W. N. Craig gardener, created a
sensation, containing, as it did, some
twenty-fiveforms of D. nobile and related
hybrids, and received the award of a sil-
ver gilt medal. A grand specimen of D.
Cybille bearing 200 blooms won a silver
medal, as did also D. nobile Backhousi-
anum. Certificates of merit were given
for D. Schroederianum giganteum, D.
Amesianum grandiflornm and D. chryso-
discus. Primula obconica grandiflora
fimbriata was well shown in a dozen
showy plants from Robert Cameron,
gardener at the Harvard Botanic Gar-
den. Mr. Cameron received a certificate
of merit for a group of Primula stellata,
large specimens with the flowers stand-
ing at a height of from eighteen inches to
two feet above the pots, and honorable
mention for Bongainvillea spectabilis
splendens. A certificate of merit went
also to Walter Angus, gardener \o Hon.
M. T. Stevens, for superior cultivation as
shown in three very large and profusely
bloomed plants of Begonia Gloire de Lor-
raine. James Comley's display of camel-
lias was extensive, over 200 blooms.

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The sixth annual carnation exhibition
of the growers' association will be held
at the P^rk street market, as heretofore,
on March 9, the offer by the Massachu-
setts Horticultural Society of the use of
Horticultural Hall having been declined
with thanks. Efiforts are being made to
create a more general interest in the
event and ensure a larger display than
has yet been given.

On and after March 1, Boston is to have
another wholesale cut flower house. The
new-comer is to be known as the New
England Cut Flower Company, the pro-
prietors being Lawrence Cotter, well
known as one of our most successful
growers, and Lawrence J, Flynn, who
has had a long and honorable experience
behind the counters of Welch Brothers
and Sutherland.

The "Old Guard" is in clover these
days. On Thursday they were given a
reception at the Quincy House by F. R.
Mathison in commemoration of his
arrival in America, thirty-one years ago,
and they are booked for Ed. Hatch's
hospitable cottage at Wenham on Wash-
ington's birthday.

The Herendeen Manufacturing Com-
pany has moved its Boston ofEce from
120 High street to 556 Atlantic avenue,
where they will carry stock lor all ordi-
nary greenhouse demands.

Edmund M. Wood has received an invi-
tation to address a combined meeting of
the Hampden County and Holyoke Hor-
ticultural Societies at Springfield, on
March 6.

W. C. Stickel had the misfortune to
injure himself quite badly while working
on pipe repairs in his greenhouses and
will be confined to his home for some
time.

Information from John Galvin is to the
eflfect that his condition has not improved
and chances of recovery are very slim.

George A. Sutherland is now well set-
tled in his new place at 34 Ha wley street.

Visitors this week: P. O'Mara, A. T.
Boddington and H. L. DeForest, of New
York city.'

Philadelphia.

LAST MEETING OF THE HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY A PATTERN FORTHOSETO COME.
—MANY GOOD EXHIBITS AND MUCH INTER-
EST MANIFEST.— ESSAYS BY PRIZE WIN-
NERS.— STATE OF THE MARKET,— SOME
VERY FINE BEAUTIES.— VARIOUS NOTES

The February meeting of the Pennsyl-
vania Horticultural Society, held last
Tuesday evening, was right up-to-date.
The exhibits were most full and complete,
there being as many as ten entries for one
prize, that for four cinerarias, offered by
H. Waterer. These forty plants made a
small show of themselves and were for
the most part exceptionally well done.
Wm. Fowler took first and Geo. Robin-
son second. There were eight entries for
the H. F. Michell prize for single violets,
Charles Uffler taking the first. The
Bodine ptize for Primula Sinensis was
won by Francis Canning, with J. Mc-
Cleary second. The H. A. Dreer prize for
Primula fimbriata was won by John
Hobson from five competitors. J. Mc-
Cleary received special mention for a fine
display of hothouse vegetables. He
showed alargetableof the choicest stock,
that made one think it was June instead
of February. Wm. Robinson also received
a certificate of merit for culture for cauli-
flower, which was the finest ever seen
here. Jos. Hurley received special men-
tion for California violets and begonias,
and J. Thatcher for a nicely flowered
plant of Chorozema varium.

A rule regarding essays and papers
that has recently been adopted, and
which seems most admirable, is that it is
expected the winner of the first prize
for plants or cut flowers at one meeting,
will prepare a paper and give his method
of culture at the next meeting. Follow-
ing out this rule, Francis Canning read
a paper on flowering begonias, and
George Robinson one on cyclamens, they
having taken prizes at the last meeting.
Both papers were very well prepared and
listened to with much attention. John
Gardiner, who was the principal essayist
of the evening, read a splendid paper on
herbaceous plants for lawns and gar-
dens. He divided his subject into four
heads; first, plants in connection with
ornamental grasses, plants for use
with shrubbery, plants for shady places,
and last, those for the regular border.
In conclusion, he guar^iteed success pro-
vided that the "lawn mower gardener"
was not allowed to do the planting.
David Rust was elected a delegate to the
American Pomologipal Society's meeting
at Buffalo next summer, when the society
will endeavor to have a fine exhibit of
fruit, of which he will have charge. Such
meetings as this will do much to further
the aims of the society and make its
work felt in the community.

Business the past week has been good,
but now there will, no doubt, be a halt
for a while. Prices are sagging away;
$10 is now the best price for the teas,
with $8 in sight. Beauties are also
weakening. The specials are all rigLt in
quality, those cut the past two weeks in
this market being the best ever seen here.
Joseph Heacock cut as many as twenty
dozen specials in one day, which were
sold on sight. The extras, firsts and sec-
onds in this market are poor stock, how-
ever, and it is hard to sell them at any
kind of fair price.

John Shellum has an improved freesia,
a result of crossingfrom the finest strains.
The flowers are about half as large again
as those of Freesia refracta.

Quite a contingent of the craft went,
on Thursday, to the Baltimore carnation
convention.

Visitors: F. H. Rogers, Chamaunt, N.
v.; L. E. Benedict, Baltimore, Md. K.

Chicago.

BRISK TRADE PRECEDES ASH WEDNESDAY.
—SHIPPING BUSINESS BRISK AND LOCAL
RETAILERS SHOW SIGNS OF LIFE. — LIB
ERAL SUPPLIES PROVE INADEQUATE IN
MANY CASES. — SHORTAGES IN GOOD QUAL-
ITIES, — MUNO TO OPEN DOWNTOWN. —
—THE CLUB MEETING AND VARIOUS
ITEMS.

The last week before Lent was a busy
period for the wholesale florists, for busi-
ness was all that could be cared for in
this market. There were some very
heavy shipments to New Orleans for
Mardi Gras, and local trade was more
extensive than for some little time, with
shipping business to near-by towns
rather heavier than it has averaged this
winter. Not many of the shipping orders
were large, but every customer was
heard from to some extent during the
week. The result was that good stock
was scarce in nearly every line, although
there was a sufficiency of lower grades.
Beauty moved rather better than in the
preceding week, and commanded corre-
spondingly higher prices. Tea roses are
in larger supply in general but Meteors
are reported to be going off crop with
some of the best growers. High grade
carnations continue to be in excellent

demand and are realizing very good
prices. On several days the shippers
found it impossible to fill orders for
white. There are endless quantities of
low grade carnations but they all move
when there comes a mild day on which
the cheap trade can operate. The week
brought rather better returns for violets,
although the best stock handled brought
but $1 per hundred, and the average was
far below that figure. Bulbous stock
continues in heavy supply with only the
best grades selling well. The poor stock
is decidedly unprofitable. There is some
excellent asparagus now in market but
smilax is not so plentiful as it has been
nearly all the season. It is intimated
that supplies of common ferns are short-
ening up and that an advance is not
unlikely. Since Ash Wednesday trade
has slackened ofi quite a little and the
fear is expressed in some quarters that
during the period before Easter there will
hardly be an adequate market for the
supplies of stock which are in sight.

At the meeting of the Chicago Florists'
Club Friday evening, February 15, Edwin
A. Kafist was elected to membership. A
paper on bedding geraniums by Mr.
Kanst was very interesting, as was the
talk on growing mignonette by Emil
Buettner. Mr. Buettner also opened a
discussion on the artistic arrangement of
the plants and cut flowers offered for
sale by the retailers. The subject was,
however, deferred until next meeting,
when it is hoped that all retailers will be
present to give their views on this impor-
tant matter. The programme for next
meeting also includes a paper by August
Dressel, on "The florists' business of
to-day as compared with twenty years
ago."

John Muno has concluded a lease upon
space in the basement of the Atlas block,
to which Weiland & Risch are also to
remove in May. Benthey & Co , who
are now in the Atlas block at 41 Ran-
dolph street, will, on May 1, move two
doors east to number 35. There is yet
one space in this basement open for a
florist. Mr. Muno has, for some time,
had it in mind to sell his own cut, and
has been looking around for a suitable
Ircation. He has 75,000 feet of glass at
Rogers Park, and is producing good
stock His son, Henry Muno, now with
E. H. Hunt, will have charge of the
establishment.

E. Johansson, who has been employed
at the Garfield Park greenhouses as
orchid grower, has left for the east,
where he will take charge of the con
servatory and orchid houses of J. E.
Rothwell, at Brookline, Mass. Mr.
Johansson has held the position at Gar-
field Park for the past six years, and pre-
viously had been with Sander & Co., at
St. Albans, England.

Michael Winandy is tearing down part
of his old range of vegetable houses at
Rogers Park and is preparing to erect a
modern structure, 100x120 feet, for
growing Beauties. *

Wietor Brothers inaugurated the Len-
ten season by shipping in one order, on
Thursday, forty-eight dozen long
stemmed American Beauties at $5 per
dozen.

Weiland & Risch have pliiced orders for
the material for three houses, 33' ;ix200
feet. Garland's iron gutters will be used,
and Moninger has the order for the mill
work.

Bassett & Washburn will plant Pros-
perity, Norway, Lorna and- Roosevelt
next season, in addition to the present
long list of fancy varieties.

Tfie new wine- colored carnation (No.

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1 7) of C. Akehurst & Son, White Marsh,
Md., has been on exhibition at Vaughan's
Seed Store this week.

A. Dietsch & Co. report this the busiest
season they have known in the line of
greenhouse building, despite the high
price of glass.

Peter Reinberg has been in Indiana the
greater part of the week.

Recent visitors: [. A. Evans, Rich-
mond, Ind ; Geo. Souster, Elgin, 111.; C.
R. Hills, of the Grand Kapids Violet Co ,
Grand Rapids, Mich.; B. Eschner, Phila-
delphia; Thomas Windram, Fort Thomas,
Ky.; Wm. Murphy, Cincinnati, O.; E. R.
Gesler, Galesburg. 111.

St. Louis.

ROSE EXHIBITION AT CLUB MEETING NOT
FAVORED BY MANY BXHIIUTS — ESSAYS
AND DISCUSSIONS. — PROFITABLE CRt>PS
FOR FLORISTS.— TRADE FAIR AND SOME
LINES OF STOCK SCARCE. — JOTTINGS
HERE AND THERE.

The rose exhibition at the last meeting
of the Florists' Club was not quite as
successful as the carnation show of the
previous month, although the attend-
ance was very good. Most of the rose
growers are at present oft crop, which
accounted largely for the small number
of exhibits. Ellison & Tesson showed a
beautiful vase of Golden Gate and J. F.
Ammann took the first prize for vase of
mixed roses. It was decided to have an
exhibition of miscellaneous cut flowers
at the next meeting, March 1-t, when
three cash prizes will be awarded. In the
discussion which came up in regard to
the Liberty rose, Mr. Ammann said that
the plants which he had set in a solid bed
last fall, began early to give very fine
blooms, but heedful of the advice of the
originator, he stopped cutting buds to
let the plants make wood, which they
did in fine shape, then insisting on going
into a rest irom which he has not yet
been able to start them. Other growers
related some similar experiences with
this variety. Mr. Herzog showed several
small rose plants which he had grafted
on Manetti. They had splendid roots
and the members were much interested in
his description of his process of grafting
and culture. Fred. C. Weber had pre-
pared a brief paper in which he recom-
mended various flowers, aside from roses
and carnations, as those best suited lor
florists' use. He named the various spec-
ialties which are profitable at the difier-
ent seasons and which are quite commonly
grown, mentioning among those not so
frequently met with, Bouvardia Hum-
boldtii, a handsome flower which he says
is well adapted for bridal bouquets and
various cut flower work. He called
attention to the fact that there is a field
for a grower of Asparagus Sprengerii
and Adiantum cuneatum for the St Louis
market, these being items with which it
is now impossible for any first-class
retail store to do without and yet the
supply is very limited. J. J. Beneke read
a paper in which he related his ideas as
to the steps necessary to the elevation of
our profession, but the other papers
scheduled for the meeting were postponed
for various reasons. There is quite an
array of them for the March meeting.

J. J. Beneke is doing a large business in
Japanese fern balls and monkeys. He has
a young man out hustling and in the last
few days has placed several hundred at
good prices and will, without doubt, sell
many more. Ever since he returned irom
the last S. A. F. meeting, bringing several
of these curios with him, be has don^well

with them. He also reports considerable
funeral work on hand.

The trade has been somewhat slack
down town but all stock seems to go
just the same, especially carnations,
which are in rather short supply. Of
other items there seems to be more than
enough, but not all first-class by far.
Roses are bringing from t cents to 8 cents.

Carl Beyer reports that he had quite a
decoration to make at the Country Club
Thursday, February 14, and one of the
things that he used in his work was
a five-foot heart which was pierced
by an arrow.

Luther Armstrong says that he will go
into some specialty next season. He did
intend to start in this year but things
turned up which caused him to postpone
it. At present he grows a little of every-
thing, roses, carnations and mixed plants.

Hugo Gross and Albert Berdan intend
to put in some of the new varieties of
carnations next spring and will make a
specialty of them.

R.J. M.

San Francisco.

TRADE IMPROVES IN THE CALIFORNIA
METROPOLIS. — STOCK IS PLENTIFUL
EXCEPT ROSES. — A DELUGE OF VIOLETS.
— CARNATIONS SENT EAST FOR TRIAL. —
VARIOUS NOTES.

A week of bright weather has improved
business. Immense (juantities of violets
are to be seen everywhere, the corner ol
Market and Keamy streets, the seat of
the Greeks, looking almost like one blue
carpet. Very few doubles are to be seen
this year. The people do not seem to
like these as well as the long stemmed
and fragrant singles. Good roses are at
present very much in demand and the
crops seem to be somewhat ofi'. Carna-
tions are coming in more plentifully than
ever, but with ready sales no kicks are
recorded. An immense lot of funeral
work is required, clearing the shelves of
left over stock. Jacquimet & Co. take
the lead in this kind of work. They dis-
pose of all the stock coming from their
two nurseries, the Magnolia and Ingle-
side, in their own store on Fourth street,
and besides are obliged to buy consider-
able stock from other growers.

At a meeting of the California State
Floral Society February y, the following
officers were elected: President, Emory
E. Smith; first vice-president, Mrs. L. O.
Hodgkins; second vice-president, Mrs.
Wm. Alvord; recording secretary, Mrs.
H. P. Tricon; corresponding secretary,
Wm. H. Wiester; treasurer; John Hender-
son; directors, Mrs. Morris Newton,
John Hinkle, Mrs. John Knell and Mrs.
Kate Chandler.

A solemn service in honor of Queen
Victoria has been held in Mechanic's
Pavilion, the decorations being made by
the Misses Worn. Mr. Stevenson, The
Hannahan Floral Company and Alex.
Mann also sent some large pieces ordered
by different societies.

A. Hilbert, on Geary street, is making
a very fine display of carnations. At
present two large vases of Mrs. Thomas
Lawson are especially worthy of men-
tion. That this variety is well liked is
seen by the crowds of people constantly
at his window admiring it.

Fick & Faber have sent six of their
carnation seedlings to Albert M. Herr, at
Lancaster, Pa., tor trial. Among them
is Purity, a very fine white, and Miss
Louise Faber, the longest stemmed pink
ever seen here.

Serveau Brothers have bought the
entire stock of lilacs from Mr. De Roches,

a retired, old time nurseryman, several
thousand of which they are moving to
their new ranch at Woodside.

Domoto Brothers are sending in some
very fine pinks from the four new carna-
tion houses erected last fall. They have
an immense stock of longiflorum lilies for
Easter.

Sidney Clack, ofMenloPark, is send-
ing in his usual fine lily of the valley. It
is the best to be seen at present and
readily brings 75 cents per dozen.

Jean Pouyal is getting ready to move
to 1149 Polk street, a block below his
old place, on account of rebuilding same.

Fred. Abie, in Berkeley, is adding
another large house for carnations,
25x150 feet.

Matraia & Co. have staii:ed a store on
Powell street, near Ellis.

Golden Gate.

Pittsburg.

TRADE HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS —VALEN-
TINE'S DAY THE BUSIEST ON RECORD. —
MEETING OF THE CLUB.— OFFICERS ARE
ELECTED. — VARIOUS NOTESOF INTEREST.

There have recently been several dull
days in trade, but Valentine's day
redeemed the week to a certain extent,
for Valentine's day here was better than
in any year previous, as far as the selling
of flowers is concerned. Many of the
florists, such as Thos. Ulam, A W. Smith,
A. M. Murdoch and Breitenstein &
Flemm, were prepared in the way of
window displays. Small baskets tied
with ribbons, small boxes of flowers,
violets and spring flowers were in great
demand. Bulbous stock is very plenti-
ful. Roses and carnations are both good
and plentiful. Azaleas are coming into
the market in very nice shape now,
although not in any great quantity. A.
W. Smith is growing some very fine
plants of these in the salable colors. The
florists doing decorative work in plants
have been very busy and the season in
this respect seems to be good.

The regular meeting of the Pittsburg
and Allegheny Florists' and Gardeners'
Club was held last Thursday at the
rooms of the Pittsburg Cut Flower
Company and officers elected for the
coming year as follows: President,
William Falconer; vice-president, E. C.
Reineman, secretary, J. W. Ludwig;
treasurer, Fred Burki; executive com-
mittee, P. S, Randolph, Fred Burki and
Jno. Bader. The new rose. Queen of
Edgely, was exhibited by the Floral
Exchange, of Philadelphia. There were
also some other roses shown, some by a
local grower, which were considered as
fine as any grown anywhere in the
country.

William A. Clarke, of the Pittsburg
Cut Flower Company, of whom it was
mentioned sometime ago as running for
school director in his town of Sheraden,
Pa., won ont at the election Tuesday
against heavy odds. Those who know
of the election contests in his little town
can appreciate what good work Clarke
must have done to have been elected.

William B. Hall, with A. W. Smith,
has moved from his old home in Allegheny
and is now living on Mt. Washington,
Pittsburg. Mr. Hall does not teU his
friends why he made this admirable
move and there are, as a resal^, many
humorous rumors.

H. W. Hoflmeister, now in business at
Seattle, Wash., was in this city a few
days ago. He was with the late firm of
J. R. & A. Murdoch many years ago.
Woodward

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Subscriptions accepted only from those
in the trade.
Advertisements on all except cover pages,
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Cash with Order.
No Special Position Guaranteed.
Discounts are allowed, only on consecutive inser-
tions, as follows — 6 times, 5 percent: 13times,
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Cover space sold only on yearly contract at
11.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two
front pages, regular discounts ap-
plying only to the back pages.

The Advertising Department of the Ambbican
Flobist is for Florists, Seedsmen and Nurserymen
and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only

Orders for lets than one- ha II inch space not accepted ■

Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to
secure insertion in the Issue for the following
Saturday. Address

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.> OHICAQO.

M. Rice & Co., of Philadelphia, mailed
the business card of the firm in the form
of a rather attractive valentine last week.

The only certificate awarded by the
Caledonian Horticultural Society last
year was lor Begonia Caledonia, the
white form of B. Gloire de Lorraine.

We have to inform "P" that we failed
to find any insects in his communication.
In requesting information correspond-
ents must sign full name, not necessarily
for publication.

E. H. GiESv, so well and favorably
known among greenhouse men in con-
nection with the Lockland Lumber Co.,
ot'Lockland, O., has joined histwobroth-
ers in the wholesale lumber business.

Retailers will find it possible to build
up a steady and profitable trade in
decorative and flowering plants without
curtailing the demand for cut flowers.
All that is needed is good stock and a
little eflort.

Within the week the window glass
jobbers' association is to make another
big contract with the trusts, for hundreds
of thousands of boxes, and it is oredicted
that another advance of from fifteen to
twenty per cent will be made in prices.

With the price of glass still tending
upward, although now higher than at
any recent period, and wholesale prices
low except for the very best grades of
stock, it would seem to be the wiser
policy for the average grower to refrain
from enlarging his establishment this
year and devote his energies and surplus
money to thoroughly modernizing the
houses which he already owns.

The Best Twelve Herbaceous Plants.

In the main, I agree with Mr. Boyd's
selection, namely: Arabis albida, Iberis
sempervirens, Iris Germanica, Papaver
orientale, Veronica rnpestris, Paeonia
officinalis rubra plena. Coreopsis lanceo-
lata. Delphinium formosum. Phlox Wm.
Robinson, Allegheny hollyhock, Rud-
beckia Golden Glow, Anemone Japonica
Queen Charlotte.

When I first read the list I thought:
My gracious, he's left out a lot of the
best, but on trying to improve it and
keep within the twelve and at the same
time give diversity in color, height, sea-
son, hardiness, ease of culture, etc., the
task was not so simple as it looked at
first, so I take my hat ofl to Mr. Boyd
and salaam, for I see now he's done the
trick and I cordially endorse his list of
"the best twelve herbaceous plants for
the amateur." Can anyone improve on
it? G. C. Watson.

Greenhouse Thermostats.

Ed. Am. Florist: — I wish to know
from practical greenhouse men, through
your columns, whether the thermostats
sometimes used in connection with
greenhouse ventilators give any degree
of satisfaction? Pacific Coast.

[Wm. K. Harris says he has one which
is entirely satisfactory. — Ed.]

Montreal's Carnation Show.

Montreal will hold a carnation show
on February 26. American as well as
Canadian growers are invited to send in
their exhibits to the following address:
Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' Club,
care of J. Bennett, florist. Peel street,
Montreal. For convenience the ship-
ments should reach here on Monday
morning. We hope to deceive samples of
all the new varieties. Certificates of
merit will be awarded to all worthy
exhibits. G. V.

V«rbena Culture.

Ed. Am. Florist: — Please give us the
best method of raising verbena plants.
We have not been very successful in
bringing them into bloom at the right
time, although the plants were strong
and of good size. Subscriber.

I would advise "Subscriber" to buy
rooted cuttings of verbenas from some
good grower, which should come in
bloom for Decoration day in good shape.
He could then take cuttings about
September for next year. T. G. W.

Violets Showing Green Centers.

Ed. Am. Florist:— Our violet plants
are now growing nicely and are free from
disease but many of the flowers ■ show
green centers. I wish you would find out
Irom one of your contributors what
causes this. In doing so jou will greatly
oblige. X.

The green center in violets is caused by
a congested condition of the stems of
the flowers, caused by non-assimilation,
excess of gross food, and not enough
heat. Try a little more heat and the
trouble will disappear.

George Saltford.

Greenhouse Building.

Jamestown, N. Y. — Lakeview Rose
Gardens, range of twenty-five houses.

Dubuque, la.— A. L. Glasser, range of
houses.

Mitchell, S; D.— E. C. Newbury, rose
house 24x114.

Lockland, O.— W. K. Partridge, 25,000
feet of glass for roses.

Baltimore, Md.— Henry Fisher, house
30x100.

Hopkinsville, Ky.— J. K. Postma, one
house.

Woodside, N. Y.— R. Dreyer & Co.,
range of houses.

Tacoma, Wash.— Point Defiance Park,
conservatory.

Evanston, 111.— Weiland & Risch, three
houses 331 :,x200.

Rogers Park, 111.— M. Winandy, range
of houses.

Queens, N. Y.— Cottage Gardens, house
28x245.

Saratoga Springs, N. Y.— H. Schrade
carnation house 200 feet long.

Galesburg, III.— Gesler & Drury, range
of houses.

Berkeley, Cal. — Fred. Abie, carnation
house 25x150.

Milwaukee, Wis.— N. Zweifle, range of
houses.

American Rose Society.

The second annual general meeting of
the society will be held at the Waldorf-
Astoria Hotel, New York city, on Wednes-
day, March 20, at 2 p. m , on the second
day of the annual exhibition.

The following amendments to the con-
stitution and by-laws will be moved:

(1) To amend Article 4, Section 5, of
by-laws to read: "The associate mem-
bership shall be limited to amateurs, and
no one, either owner of commercial green-
houses or an assistant employed therein
shall be eligible — neither shall it be eligi-
gle for private gardeners or their assist-
ants to become associate members, nor
for anyone engaged in any business apper-
tainitig to the horticultural trade, but all
are eligible as active members by paying
$3.00 per annum."

(2) To amend Article 4, by-laws, and
Article III, constitution, by striking out
all words and sections relating to "asso-
ciate members."

(3) To amend Article 5, Section 3,
by-laws to read: "A separate fund to be
vested nn a board of trustees and only
the interest accruing therefrom," etc.

To add as Section 4, Article 5, by-laws,
"The annual meeting shall elect the
board of trustees of not less than five
persons" Leonard Barron, Sec'y.

OBITUARY.

W. L. BEVEKLY.

W. L. Beverly, the well known nur-
seryman and landscape gardener of
Westerly, R. I., died on the morning of
February 12, aged 69 years.

HENRY HAEFFNER.

Henry Haeflner, the well known florist
at Hamilton, Ohio, died on the morning
of February 13, at the age ot 65 years.
He was bom in Frankfort, Germany, and
came to this country when a boy, takirg
up his residence in Cincinnati. He
removed to Hamilton twenty years ago.
He had built up a prosperous business
and is now survived by his wife and
three grown children.

E. C. LEWIS.

Information has Jjeen received of the
death of E. C. Lewis, gardener to Col.
F. Mason, of Taunton, Mass. Mr.
Lewis died on February 9 at his native
place, in England, where he had gone for
the benefit of his health. He was one of
the largest and most successful exhibi-
tors of fine vegetables at the exhibitions
of the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society, and Colonel Mason's magnifi-
cent farm, which has been under his
control for a number of years, has been
noted as a model in its way. Mr. Lewis
was a genial, companionable gentleman
and widely popular among his gardener
associates. '

WILLIAM LONGWOETH.

The death of William Longworth, at
Bloomington, 111., is chronicled as taking
place on February 15. Mr. Longworth
was born in Muskingum, Ohio, in 1815.
In early manhood he removed to Illinois,
going thence to Dubuque, la., to establish
himself in the nursery business. He was
the pioneer of the industry in that region,
and prior to Civil War times was very
well to do financially. He was the
originator of the Longworth pear and
was identified with the dissemination of
many other varieties of fruits now in
general cultivation. He removed to
Bloomington shortly after the close of
the Rebellion.

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ISAAC S. CRALL.

Isaac Shelby Crall, aged 75 years, died
at MonoDgahela, Pa., February 15 Mr.
Crall was born November 19, 1826, and
came to Monongahela, at the age of six
years. He resided here until the Califor-
nia gold excitement in 1849, returning
in 1867. He then bnilt for private use
the first greenhouse in the Monongahela
valley. Realizing that he could combine
business with pleasure he bought a farm
of seventy acres and entered into the
florist business together with market
gardening. From the one house the
p'ant has grown to eighteen, at the pres-
ent time, consisting ot over 50,000 feet
of glass, besides a large amount in frames.
The business will be conducted under the
same title, by the sons, Charles S. and
James S., who have been active in the
business for the jiast few years.

Jamestown, N. Y.

The Lakeview Rose Gardens, already
one of the largest places in the east, is
preparing for building operations which
will make it easily the leading establish-
ment of New York and very nearly as
large as the best of the monster ranges
lor which Chicago is famous. The place
already has 300,000 feet of glass in oper-
ation and preparations are on foot for
erecting in early spring twenty- five addi-
tional houses, which will mean an increase
of 125,000 feet of glass. This establish-
ment is not only doing a large and suc-
cessful business, but is turning out a
grade of stock which insures a pros-
perous future.

SITUATIONS, WANTS, POR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this head.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
for the year 1900 is entitled to a five-line want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year.

QITUATIOX WANTED— By young m:in to learn
1^ general greenhouse work. References.

Thumas H. Phelan, A\ t'll'-slt-y, Mass.

SITUATION WANTED— In store or greenhouses
^ as salesman or assistant; 14 years' experience.
Not alraid of work. H D C, care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As gardener, well up
^^ in growing llowers, fruits, vegetables; also
landscape worK. IJcst of references. Address
F F, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— With a florist by a
^^ well recommended practical gardener, sober
and willing. K, care John F. Hallanan.

2254 7th Ave.. New York City.

SITUATION WANTED— IJy experienced single
florist and gardener, capable of taking charge.
Private or commercial. Give full particulars.
Wm. K., care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As head gardener on
private plaee: English, married, small family.
Best of references furnished.

Fred. .1. Dodd, Ridgefield. Conn.

SITUATION WANTED— Thorough knowledge
1^^ in rosea, carnations, palms, ferns, violets,
expert in propngating: corapetentlo manage first-
class place. Wads, 2n58 Lincoln Av.,Ctiicago.

SITUATION WANTED— liy a good all-around
^ grower of roses, carnations, etc., and good
propagator. Capable of taking fuil charge; 24
years' experience; single. B. care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— Party wishing to grow
•■^ first-class standard and fancy rot>es, can pm-
cure a highly recommended rose grower, by ad-
dressing Bassett it Washburn,

76-78 Wabash Ave.. Chicago.

SITUATION WANTED— Change, by an experi-
*^ eneed tlorist as working foreman, long years'
experience in growing cut fiowers and general
stock. Can produce references; married. Address
S D, care American Florist.

SITUATION W^VNTED— By up-to-date, all-
•■^ around florist. German, 13 years' experience,
capable of taking charge. Best of references.
Please -state wages when writing.

S H C. cure American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— Bv thoroughly experi-
enced gardener and florist; private or com-
mercial; 35 years' experience; sober anl indus-
trious. Good references. Address

E CiiitAGO, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED — By youug married
•^ man. with 11 years' experience in growing
palms, ferns, Farleyense, all kinds of pot plants
and cut fiuwers in general. Good references.
East preferred, .1 .1. care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By fiorist. age35.single:
1^ thoroughly experienced in llowers, vegetables,
greenhouse and landscape work. Private place or
institution. Best references. Address

Permanent, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By firs^-class growerof
^^ roses, carnati<»ns and violets; 10 years' experi-
enc; married man. no children. Two and one-
hulf years at last place. When writing state
wages. Address W W W, care American Florist.

SITUATION W^VNTED— By middle aged Ger-
- man llorist with lifetime experience in grow-
ing cut flowers and general greenhouse stock.
Strictly sober and reliable; capable of taking
charge; first-class references. Address

Grower, American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman or section
^^ man on cunimerjial place, fur roses or carna-
tions; a g'owing establishment preferred, where
there is a chanee for a man of ability to use his
knowledge to the best advantage. Address

S C, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By a young man,
l-^ Swede, age 24. to take charge of a private
place with glas«: 9 years" experience in private
andcommer-Mal p\ioes. Will be atliberty JIarch 9.
State all part culars. Addr^-ss C. R. J.

53 Fairview Ave., Madison, N. J.

SITUATION W.\NTED— With many years'
■■^ experience in every department, my services
are hereby tendered toanyone in need of a com-
petent head gardener or superintendent of private
estate. Best of refer-'nces; married. Address
J. S, 18-2 Hale bt., Beverly, Mass.

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman by young
l'^ man, honest and s'rictly sober. Specialty,
rose^ aad carnations; 16 years' experience in
England and Stai*s; references. Give full par-
ticulars with wages. Harry Donnellv.

593 Pawtucket Ave., Pawtucket, R. I.

SITUATION WANTED— By a thoroughly prac-
l'^ tical fiorist and landscaper of middle age.
industrious, sober and most competent workman,
wishes a position in park, cemetery, institution
cr large private place. Good hand for designing
and working from drawings; can handle working-
men. S F, 2508 Geraldine Av..St. Louis, Mo.

S

SITUATION WANTED"The undersigned will
^ be open March 1st for a position as growerof
. iolets. carnations, 'mums and roses, or as plants-
man; am an expert at the propagating bench and
first-class as a designer and all-around man; first-
class manager of men; will only accept a place
that is first-class and modern; references
exehanged, IItstler, care American Florist.

ANTED- Two rose growers and one general
greenhouse man; steady positions. Address
J, F. Win'ox, Council Bluffs. la.

W

AVANTKD— Wholesale catalogues of s'edmen,
' ' Ilorists and nurserymen and rorists" supplies.
Address Am-hn Krut, .1b., Butler, Pa.

WANTED— Would like to rent, lease or buy a
small florist business. Please give full par-
ticulars. 4u57 Louisiana Av., St. Louis Rio.

WANTED— Young man with some experience
in i^eneral greenhouse work. State wages
wanted with board. Cole Bros., Peoria, 111.

w

/"ANTED- Reliable, competent man. Fine
' roses, 'mums. etc. Also assistant. Address
.J.T.Williamson, LaRose Gardens, Memphis. Tenn.

WANTED— Two young men with some knowl-
edge of roses, carnations and cut fiowers.
Will pay good wages with board. A. dress

B I, care American Florist.

WANTED— Good, reliable, young fiorist, Ger-
man preferred; must be honest and a good
worker. .Vddress H. N. Bruns,

690 W. Van Buren St., Chicago.

WANTED— Young man witli some experience
in greenhouse. Wages $20 a month, board
and room to start with. Address

C. L. Van Meter; Monticello, Iowa.

WANTED— A sober and willing florist for green-
house, park and landscape work. Pay 15c.
per hour. Jacob H. Roth,

Supt. City Parks, Sandusky, O.

\\7ANTED— VouDg man with some experience
*' in greenhouse and nursery. Must write
plain hand. Good at figures and spelling. Address
River View Nurseries,
J. H. O'Hagan. Little Silver, N. J.

WANTED— An all-around llorist, sober and
industrious; capable of taking charge and
growing good rose«, carnations and general green-
house htock. State wages wanted and give
references. M M, care American Florist.

"l^Y^ANTED- .\ hustler to grow roses, carnations.
' * 'mums and geiiejil bedding stock, and suc-
oessful at the cutting bench. Full charge to the
right man. State wages with board and room,
with references. Address Woodman.

care American Florist, Chicago.

1?0R SALE OR RENT— Leading florist business
in Kansas t.'ity, Mo. Two acres ground and
greenhouses (tf modern equipment. Address
H. Probst, 1180 Broadway. New York, City.

IpOR SALE— On account of ill health will sell,
lease or trade two new greenhouses, 88 feet
long, stocked with palms, bedding plants, etc.
Good location, modern eonveniences.

Wichita Grf.enuouses, 901 Waco Ave..

W'ichita, Kans.

Establishment of 18.000 feet of glass in Batavia,
111., 36 miles from Chicag •. Six houses, in good
condition, none of them more than five years old.
Steam heat, city water, electric cars pass the
door. Now doing profitable business. Very easy
terms. Good chance for live man. Owner going
to Europe If interested address

PETER LAKSON. 1.36 Astor St., Chicago,
or S. E. Smith .t Son, Batavia. 111.

For Sale or Lease.

Greenhouse proi>erty, located near R. R. station
in town 15 miles from Boston. Eleven trains a
day to and from the city; tiJ.OOO feet of land,
dwelling house, barn and three greenhouses, each
11x100 heated by Lord A Burnham boiler, all new,
built last year. " Reason for selling, owner going
into another business. Apply to

PATRICK WELCH, 15 Province St., Boston.

FOR SALE!

A WELL ESTABliSIIED BUSINESS,

Twelve liouses. W 000 feet glass, two-thirds new,
well stocked for Kaster and Spring trade; city
ol" (it) tttXI iuliabitants. A eiiarice of a lifetime.
Address TITUS BERST.

Floral Store II W. 8th St., Erie, Pa.

FOR SALE.

Seed store in New York with good retail busi-
ness. Place is stocked now for spring trade and
nothing more need to be bought. Good oppor-
tunity for young, pushing man with capital.
Inquiries under

NEW YORK, care American Florist,

67 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paying business, both
local and shipping trade, well stocked and
a good stock coming on. Location the best
for living and growing stock. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, care Am Florist.

For Sale,

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY ^

At Nyack, N. Y. A plot 220x125
feet, on which are four Rosehouses,
I00xt8x6, each house heated by a
No. 16 Hitchings Boiler; and seven
houses, each about 64xt( ft., heated
by flues. This property* will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

333 Mercer St. NEW YORK.

99^

The American Florist.

Feb. 2J,

j Milwaukee.

*^ic. Zweifle has about closed a deal by
which he becomes owner of ten acres of
land a trifle further out of the city than
his present establishment on which he
intends to erect a large sized plant. He
grows good stock and the news of his
enlarged facilities will be welcomed by
Milwaukee dealers. C. B. W.

Wbo!|5ale flower/arK^fe

CnjciNMATi, Feb. 21.

Roses, Beauty ^S^^m

Bride .'^.00© 8.00

Bridesmaid 5.00® 8.00

" Meteor B.eo@10.00

Perle 4. 00® 5.00

Carnations 1.60® 6.00

Violets 50® ..n

Lily of the valley 4.0O

Roman Hyacinths 2. CO® 3.00

Narcissus o-JjO

Daffodils, Tulips J-OO

Harrisii lilies l^-SO

Q,,ll.^g lU.UU

Asparagus SO. 00

Smilax lf-50

Adiantum 'J^

Galax leaves -1°

Common ferns •■^

St. Loots, Feb. 21.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 5.00@10.00

Beauty, long, per doz.3. 00® 5.00
short " .-rm 2.50

Perle 4.00® 6.00

" Meteor 5.00® 8.00

Carnations, common 1 25® 1.50

choice 2.00® 4.00

Lily of the valley ,iSt,tm

Smilax '?-^f'?S?

Adiantum l-<»@ 1-2|

v?i?^»::;;::::::::;:::::;:::;:::::: .30® .«

Narcissus g""

^^^^ii •.■.;::::::;.•;::.■:;:: i.oo@t:m

CaUasff. .:■.".■.:•. 10.CO@15 00

Freesias „n^ ", S

Tulips, Von Sious 3.00® 4.00

MILWAUKBE, Feb. 21.
Roses, Beauty, long.per doz. 3.00® 4.00
• I " med. '* 2 OD® J 00

.. " short " 1.00® 1.50

" Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00® 8 00

.' Meteor 6.00® 8.00

" Golden Gate 6.00@10.00

Perle 6.00® 8 00

Carnations, ordinary 1.00® 1 BO

4anoy 2 00® 4.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Common ferns -^^

SmuS 15.0C(« 18.00

Asparagus 65-00

Galax leaves -^

Violets 50® TOO

Freesias "-^^

Romans, Paper White 2.00® 3.00

Lily of the Valley 3 00® 4.(J0

Harrisii - )5.00@I8.00

Cabas 10. 00® 12. 60

Tulip, single 2.00® 3.00

PiTTSBURQ, Feb. 21.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 50.00@0n.00

" " extra 3).O0@4O 00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00®I5 00

" Meteor 4.00(8)10 OO

I' Perle 4.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 1. 00® 2.00

fancy 2.50® 6.00

Violets It-® 1.26

Paper White. Romans 2.00® 3.00

Lily of the valley 1.00® 4.00

• MiKDOnette 2.00@ 4. CO

White Lilac. .per dozen .75®1.60

Sweet peas 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, Freesias 2.00® 4.00

Harrisii 10.00@20 00

Smllax 10.00®15.00

Adiantum 76® 1.00

Asparagus 35.00®75.00

" Sprengerii 20® .75

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 $1.25

Daggei ferns per 1000, 2.00

Dbnver, Feb. 20.

Roses, Beauty, select 25 00@40.00

" '■ ordinary 5.00@12.50

Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00® 7.00

Meteor 4.00® 6.00

Perle, Wootton 4.00® 5.00

Carnations, ordinary 1.50® 2.00

fancy 2.50® 3. OO

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Caflas 12.60

Harrisii 12.50

Violets single 60® .75

" double 60® .75

Galas Leava** .20

Asparagus 60.00

Smllax 15 00

Ferns, per 1000 2.60 .30

We are BeceiTing- a Very Select IiOt of >^

Roses, Carnations, Harrisii and GATTLEYAS,

AND OFFER THEM AS FOLLOWS:
Per doz.

American Beauties, short Jl.COtoJl.SO

medium .... 2.00 to 3.00

long 4.00 to li.OO

Per 100

Brides, Maids $6 CO to * 8 00

Meteors .5.0J to 800

Perles 4.00

Carnations, standard sorts l.OOto 2.00

fancy S.OOto 3.00

Harrisii liS.OOto 20.CO

Callas 15.00to 20.00

Romans, Pajier Whites , 3.00

Valley SOOto 4.00

Violets, double ; 75to I.OO

*' single .60

Mignonette 4.00

Asparagus .50.1)0

PerlOO

Smllax 12.60 to 15.00

Adiantum lOOto 1.25

Ferns $1.50perl000 .20

Leucothoe Sprays 75

Wild Smllax.

CiiSf No. 1.15 lbs..- $2.00

Case No. 2, 20 lbs....' 3.25

Case No. 3,25 lbs 3.75

Case No 4,36 lbs 4.60

Ciise No. 5, 40 lbs 6.00

Case No. 6, 50 lbs 600

Nephroleois WItlboldii.

Fronds 3R to 42 inches per iloz., $3.00

Fronds 30 to 36 inches .... " 2.00

Fronds 24 to 30 inches ... " 1.00

This is the finest thing yet produced
and niiikes a much nicer ' show than
Cyoas Leaves. Try them.

PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. P. AND D. AT COST.
Rooted Cuttings MRS. INt CARNATION, deep red, tree blo.mer, $7.(.)ii per 100; ,!«0.00 per 1000.

51 WABASH AVENUE,

-CHICAQO.

J. B. DEAMUD,

Please mention ihe American Florist 7vhev 7vrtlinz

CUT FLOWERS.

^ . ^ . Shipping orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG GUT FLOWER GO., Ltd.

504
Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
PA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

No. I contains 25 lbs J3.60

No. 2 contains 35 lbs 4.50

No. 3 contains 60 lbs 6.00

lirilliant Bronze or Green $1.25 per 1000

Small Green, for Violets 1.00 per 1000

Telephone
798 M.adison Sq.

FANCY FERN. DAGGER FERN. ETC.. at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARO, 38 W. 28'li St., N9W York.

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed for Ten Cents.

AMERICAN ROSE CO., Washington, D. C.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, "foool""

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
Refrrrucfs: 200 dealers iu U. S.

J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park, N. C.
Choice Green and Bronze Galax.

Prioi' 60c per 1000; 2010 for $1, postage prepaid.

LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, n.l .V Kni-n, IC-'-bu 1"t 1000.

H. H. Hllilf, Victoria. Macon Co., H. C.

...GEO. M. ICELLOGG...

'"""'iS'r'w";.!: Cut Flowers

Qlve UB an order and we will please you.

Our Greenhouist at PLEASANT HILL, MO.
Our Store. 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY. MO.

|9~I.0NS DIBTANCB 'PHOHB AT EITHSB FLAOS

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

JOHN B. FERGUSON,

Wholesale riorlst,

NO^ 6 DIAMOND MARKET SQUARE,
PITTSBURG. PA.

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and Violets
Solicited.

GALAX LEAVES!

J. L. BANNER & CO., Montezuma, N. C.

Your Advertisement

will transact business 365 days in the year, working 24 hours per day, with
all the best purchasers in the United States and Canada, if placed in

The Best Drummer. THc AtTierican Florist.

jgoi.

The American Florist.

999

— — — — "!

1 When we talk about our superior facilities and prompt service it isn't "hot air."

We Concentrate Our Efforts

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BEAUTIES

Lone stem oer doz fi 6 00

Stems 30 inches " 5.00

" 24 " " 4.00

" 20 " " 3 00

" 15 " " 2.00

Upon handling cot flowers as they should be handled; upon
giving: our customers the best service to be had anywhere. It
stands to reason that we can give better satisfaction to cut
flower buyers than can houses where cut flowers are only a
side line to stocks of other florists' supplies.

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

Short stems '* 1 00

Brides, Maids per 100, 6.00—8.00

Perles " 4.00—5.00

Roses, good seconds " 3 Oo— 4.00

Carnaiionj. standard sorts.. " 1.50— 2. CO
Fancy sorts '* 3 00 4 00

Callas, Harrisii per dozen, 1.50—2.00

Romans. Paper White per 100, 2.00— 3.00

Freesias. Tulips " 3.00— 4. OT

Valley ■• 2.00—4.00

Violets " .60—1.00

Mignonette per doz. .50— .75

Galax, lOOO.II; 10,000 for J7.50; per 100, .15

Perns, per 1000, $2iX) per 100 .25

Leucothoe sprays " .75

Adiantum " 1.00 — 1.25

Smilax per dozen, 1.60— 2.00

Wild Smilax, parlor brand., .per case, 3.26

" •■ medium " 4.26

" large " 6.60

J. K BUDLONG

Roses and
Carnations
A Specialty

37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

WHOLESALE

GROWER of

cut FLOWERS

CARNATION ^
BLOOMS

Shipped direct from Greenhouses to
all points. Standing orders solicited.

SEND TO HEADQUARTERS
AND GET THE BEST.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.,

JOLIET, ILL.

Benthey & Co.

F. F. BENTHEY, Manager,

Wholesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

I^^CoDsignments solicited

A. H. POEHLMANN,

«Cut Flowers

Wholesale
Grower

All teleeraph and telephone orders
given prompt attention.

55 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO.

Wholesale Store, Sir"""

Sell our own-grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors
in quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy
reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both
Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.

ISoKn: BRANT & NOL

It it good btulness poller •£ < ^
to mention the •^ •?••?•

....American Florist

when TOO write to an advertliet*

Wbol^jale flower/arK^

CHicAQO, Feb. 3'3.

Roses, Beauty, extra long stems.. 6.00

30 ■• •• 5.00

24 " " 4.00

20 " " 3 00

" " 15 " " 2.00

" " 12 " " 1.50

" " short " 1.00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00® 8.00

Meteor 6.00® 8.00

Perle 4 00® 5.00

GoldenGate 8.00@I2.00

Carnations 1.50® 2.00

fancy 3.00® 4.00

Violets 4(1® l.OO

Callas. Harrisii 12.C0ot15.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Paper Whites, Romans 2.00® 4.00

Daffodils, Freesias 3.00

Tulips 2.60® 4,00

Mit'iionettc 3.00® 5.00

Cattleyas 6.00 doz.

Adiantum 1.00

Common ferns per 1,000 2 00 .25

Gala.x leaves, per 1000 SI. 00 .15

Smilax per dozen l.£0@ 2.00

Asparagus. ..per dozen 7.50@10.00

WEILAND & RI5CH

can save you

money on

Cut
Flowers

We are extensive growers and
have unsurpassed ship-
pings facilities.

WRITE OR TELBQRAPH.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAQO.

H-HHtmmtiiiit

E. H. Hunt

THE "OLD RELIABLE" FOR

WHOLESALE-

COT FLOWERS

Hunt's Flowers
Oo Everywhere

76 Walusli Ave.. CHICAGO.

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

eOO.OOO FEET OF GLASS.

Headquarters for American Beauty.

51 Wabash Ave., • CHICAGO, ILL.

Mease mention the A merica n Florist when writinz

GEO. REINBERG,

.1 Cut Flowers

Wholesale
Grower

Choice American Beautlea.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

B1 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Bas$ett& Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Vheleaala Dealer* aid O ■■ A CI jkaaa jk mm.
Grower, of llUT rIOWBrS

OREENHOUSES: HINSDALE, ILL.

Please mention the American Florist when zvrUtng.

A. L. RANDALL 4

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Waak-
Ington St., Chicago,

Writa for ipeolal quotation! on larga onlan.

American Florist Advts.
Always Sell Stock.

1000

The American Florist.

Feb. 23,

Ribbons

SAMUEL S. PENNOCK

OUR NEW HEADQUARTERS

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND,

Formerly 67 Bromfield Street.) 3^ H^-wrXey-St

:bostoiv.

are spacious, convenient and central.
If you want the best Boston Flowers
or first class supplies of any kind we
arc prepared to supply you promptly
and satisfactorily. Call and see
for yourself. ,^* jt »jt .5* jt ,j*

TELEPHONE 1270 MAIN.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, » """"TosTo'ii! mS' '"""•

WELCH BROS. J Proprietors.

AJso New Eogland Agents for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.

Acknowledged by all florists the beet In use. Special prioes for doz. lots.

Sole Agents for FREYSTEDTS' Immortelle Letters and Emblems
Blook Letters. $2 d« r 100. Script Letters, S4 per (00.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR.

We Supply the New England Trade

With Highest Grade

ROSES, GflRNflTIONS.
yty OF THE YflLLEY.

\flAI ETC and all flowers the
VlvlsCld Boston market affords.

PRICES RIGHT iND Packing Pboperlt Donb.

N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

T.i.734.nd64. 84 Hawiey St., BOSTON.

Please mention the American Florist wlun writing.

Frank M. Ellis.

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale florist

n22 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

please mention the American Florist when writing.

C. A. KUEHN3

Wholesale Florist,

IISS PINE STREET.

~~ LOUIS, MO.

^r~A complete line of Wi re De glgnn.

The Cincinnati
Cut Flower Co.,

WHOLFSALE FLORINS.

Wbol^ale power/\arK^

Boston, Feb. 20.

Roses, Beauty, extra 40 00@60.00

medium 15 00®i5.0O

culls e.ouoio.oo

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 4 00® 8 00

extra 10.00@ia 00

Carnations l.CO® 2.00

extra 3.00® 4.00

Paper White narcissus, Roman

hyacinths, Freesias 1.50@ 2.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 3.00

Mignonette 2 00(a 4.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissus 2.00® 3.00

Violets 5()@ .75

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax 10. 00® 15. 00

Asparagus 50.00

'* Spreneerii, .20® .25 per bunch
Philadelphia, Feb. 20.

Roses, Tea 4.0O@10.00

" extra 12.00@15.00

Beauty, extra 4O.(iO@60.0O

flrsta 13.O0@25.00

Carnations 1 5vi@ 2 00

fancy S.OKs) 6.00

Lily of the valley 3.01'® 4.00

Romans. Paper Whites 2.00® 4.00

Violets, sinKle IS® .40

double 25® l.dO

Asparagus 35.00®50 00

Smilax 12.60@20.00

Adiantum 1 .00

BuTrALO, Feb. 21.

Roses, Beauty 30 00@60.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 8.00®I5.00

Carnations 2,00® 6.00

Lily of the valley 4.00

Smilas 15.00@30.00

Adiantum l.Oli® 1.25

Asparagus 5O.liO®75.0O

Violets 50® 1 00

Harnsii, Callas 15.00®2D.tO

416 Walnut St.,
CINCINNATI, 0.

Consignments Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Snipping Orders.

Open day
and night

Roses. Carnations and all kinds of
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

UfU r VICTIIIf! Wholesale Com-
II nil ra IVndllllUi mission Florist.

481 Washington St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Also Dealer In Florists' Supplies & Wire Designs.

Woodroffe & Bernheimer,
Wholesale Florists

1604 LUDLOW STREET.

Phone 1-42^-A. PHILADELPHIA.

Conflignments Solicited.

Please mention the A merican Florist when writing,

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. I3TH AND FILBERT STREETS,

^'f?H"J^l^^94D. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Consignmentf of Choice Valieir and Rotes lolicltMl.

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Streot. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long Distance Phone 1-41-28 D.

Consignments of Roses, Carnations, Violets toliolli I.

CHAS. B. STAHL

WbolesalB Tlorist,

n 8. 11th St., Telephone 63-64. PniLAOELPeU.

Orders b; mall, teleffrapb or telepbone will
reoelve prompt attantlon.

Conilenmentfl of eood Btook soUolted.

Try the New riower Comnilsslon House

E. B. BRINLEY

& CO.,

48 W. 30th St..

NEW YORK CITY.

♦

Correspondence with Growers Solicited.

Telephone 2195 Madison Sq. .

ALJ I A Kl ^^ I A LJ D 19 Boerum Place,
. n. LMIMVsiUMrltta Brooklyn, n. y.

Controls the best Brooklyn Cut Flower Trade.
==CONSISN0RS GET THE BENEFIT^

igoi.

The a mer i ca n Fl orist.

1001

TOP GRAPE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

\^\\-yr o« tlm^e "Valley.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

T«*lephone No. 1998 Madison Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS ^j^ew'^york^""''

SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, all leading varieties, also rare novelties.
Shippinq a Specialty. .^^Price list on application.

TEl-EPHONe 206B MADISON SQUARE.

Walter r. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ^

Telephone 902 Uadlson Sqaare.

39 West 28th St., ITEW YOBK,

WILLIAM GHORMLEY....

Wholesale riorist,

57 West asth Street,

NEW YOBK CITY,

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
Madison Square.

SHIPPINQ ORDERS

aiven Special Attention

JOHN TOUNG

Has the b»st BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY in New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO. J»

All Choice Flowers daily.

61 West 28tli St., NEW TORE.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWtRS and BUYERS make a note of thit. It

will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

30 West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 651 Madleon Sqaare.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,

408 E. 34th Str«*t,

Cut Ftewer Exchange, NEW YORK.

Telephone 399 MadUon Sqaare.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-412 E. S4th8t. Near Ferry.
Open for Cnt Flower galea at 6 o'clock
Every Homliic

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON. Secretarr

Catalogue lllusirations.

We sell Electros of the fine illustra-
tions used in the American Flomst
at 15 cts. per square inch. Send
list of your needs to

THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

Boae. Violet and Carnation Growers.
Consign to

44 W. 29th St., NEW YOBK CITY.

Choice Carnations.

Selected Roses.

Traendly & Schenck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 & 789 Madison Sq.

Wbol?5ale flower/\arl^

New York, Feb. 20.

Roses, Beauty, select 2i.00@33.00

medium IO.C0@15.0O

culls 1.60@ 3.00

Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor 1.50® 3.00
nied'm 4 00(3> 6.00
select., 8-00@10.00

Carnations 75® 2. CO

fanov 3.00® 5.00

Lily of the valley 1.50® 3.00

Smilax 10.00@12.00

Asparagus 25.0ii@50.00

Spreng6rl),perdoz.bun.2.00@3 00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Violets 3.5® .50

special .75

Harrisii lilies 6.00® 8.00

Mignonette 1.00® 5.00

Paper White narcissi l.OO® 1.50

R. hyacinths. Jonquils. Freesias, .50® 1.50

Tulips 1.00® 2.00

Von Sion narcissi 1.00® 2 00

Cattleyas 36.00®50.00

MILLANG & SALTfORD,

Wholesale Commission Dealers in

CUT FLOWERS

50 West 29th St., NEW YORK.

Telephone 1304 Madison Square.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

GROWERS and FLOWhR BUYERS.
Write for Terms and Quotations.

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 29th street, NEW YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

The New York Gut Flower Go.

119 and 121 West 23d Street,

112 and 114 West 24th Street,

T*l«phona733— I8lh. NEW YORK.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

Special Attention fiiven to Sliipping Order.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

fflLE Gut Flowers

Ail orders receive most care!ul attention.

TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA.

Blx prfzea American Rrse Society. New York City

FORD BROS.

....Wiioiesaie Fiorisis

III West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BIG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. ' Phone, 157 Madison Sq.

Julius Lang

93 West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

Represents the Best Groweks of

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Square.

S. J. LiMPRECHT,

Wholesale Gommission Florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street. MFW VnDV

Telepnone h:« Madison Square. I'LfT I UHII.
Consignments Solicited.

Cnt Flowers, all varieties and all grrades,
at New York market rates

44 W. 29th St., ITEW YOBK CITY.

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE TRADE.

On March Jst, I90I, we shall open a first-class establishment for the sale of cut flowers at wholesale
on commission at 3 Ordway Place, Boston, Mass. Correspondence with growers and buyers solicited.

LAWRENCE COT'ER. Telephone

LAWRENCE J. FLYNN. Connection. <» —

NE^ ENGLAND GUT FLOWER GOMPANY.

Now we have

Dtiffodils,
Tulips,
Sweet Peas,
Freeaias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN.

GUT

4.7 WEST 28th ST..

NEW YORK.

F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Special in
Roses : '

Tel. 421
Madison>Square

Liberty. Pres. Caroot,
Kals<>rin. Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

1002

The American Florist.

Feb. 2j,

The ^eed TRa^B.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

Albert McCpllobgh, Pres.; P. W. Bolqiano,
Vice-Pres.; S. F. Willakd, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Sec'y and Treas.

Nineteenth annual conventiun, Rochester, N.
Y., June 11-13, 1901.

J. E. KiLLEN is now with J. M. McCnl-
lough's Sons, of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Visited Chicago: Albert McCnllough,
of J. M. McCuUough'g Sons, Cincinnati,
Ohio.

Carl Cropp, of Vaughan's Seed Store,
Chicago, 111., is visiting the western seed
growers.

Joseph G. Peppaed, of the Peppard
Seed Company, Kansas City, Mo., is
having plans prepared for the largest
seed warehouse in the world. It will be
three stories high and long enough to
afilord switching privileges for fifteen
railroad cars.

The Oma/ia Bee of February 17 gives
a one-hall column article on the seed
growing industry of Douglas county,
Nebraska, with comments on the fact
that much western seed is used east and
sold to western buyer* who think they
are getting eastern grown seed.

The Agricultural Appropriation bill
passed the United States senate on Feb-
ruary 15. Senator Tillman, of South
Carolina, proposed to increase the appro-
priation for seed and seed distribution
from $170,000 to $270,000, and after
some discussion it was agreed to, 23 to
22. The bill is now in conference.

St. Paul, Minn.— Trade has been very
active in whoh sale lines and orders are
coming in very freely. The volume of
business shows a decided increase over
last year, while the margins are con-
siderably larger. It is a little early to
speak wiKh authority regarding the
catalogue business, but so tar it shows
a very handsome gain over last year.
Orders are larger and run more to
specialties, which, as every one knows,
are the money makers in the retail trade.
Farm seeds are also selling freely, but it
is too early lor very much in the line of
plants. Felix.

The Mail Trade.

The mail trade thus far this season is
reported as follows by prominent mer-
chants in this line:

John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y.
— Business backward, but about up to
that of same date last year. Greater
demand for catalogues.

Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, 111.—
Our mail trade opens later than that of
most houses. So far it has been consid-
erably better than last season.

S. Y. Haines & Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
— So far orders average much larger
than ever before in amounts, but fewer
in number. We look for improvement in
March.

John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis.— Our mail trade has been superior
to that of 1900, with a remarkable
demand for peas, beans, tomato, onion
and all kinds of vegetable seeds.

R. H. Shumway, Rockford, 111.— My
record shows that I received a few more
orders in January this year than last.
The first ten days in February were
about the same as last year. Since then
there is a decrease from ten to twelve per

cent from last year, owing to the cold
and snow all over the country. I am,
however, receiving over 1,000 orders per
day on an average.

Iowa Seed Co., Des Moines, la.— Trade
is beginning very nicely with us. Our
mail IS larger than it was at this time
last year, ranging Irom 1,900 to 3,000
letters and postals per day. We think
that there are fully as many orders as
last year, but they do not average as
large in size for field seeds, though they
are larger, we think, for garden seeds
and plants. Inquiries are for larger
quantities than usual, and we believe
that as soon as the present stormy
weather is over we will be snowed under
with orders.

W. Atlee Burpee & Company, Philadel-
phia, Pa. — Mail trade so far this season
has been unsatisfactory. The fact is that
up to date we, in comjnon with other
mail order houses from whom we have
heard, are considerably behind in the
number of orders received. The only

encouraging feature is, however, that the
orders average better than a year ago;
consequently if the same number of orders
are received the business will show a
decided gain for the season. Being behind
for January we understand is not a con-
dition peculiar to the mail order houses,
as even wholesale orders for January are
less in number than a year ago. One of
the leading houses, south of here, is quite
confident in their opinion that the season
is at least two weeks backward. Should
this prove to be the case it will of course
yet be a good season. One feature that
is inexphcable, however, is the fact that,
not only with seed advertisers but with
others also, the answers from newspaper
advertising this year are considerably
less in number than a year ago. We
should like very much to have an explan-
ation of this fact, as of course we our-
selves are hardly in a position to judge,
spending, as we are, considerably less
money than usual, owing to increased
size of catalogue.

SPECIAL OFFER to FLORISTS and SEEDSMEN.

SMILiX— (new crop), trade ijkt. lOe; oz. 258; per lb., $3.2.5.

ASTER— Florists' Sijeeial Mi.\ture, trade jjkt. 25o; oz. $1.26.

ASTER~Vick"8 and Seraple's Branehin^, separate colors; trade pkt. 20c; oz. 75c.

ASTER— Sempe's Branching Mixed, trade pkt. 20c; oz. 60c.

ASTER— Imp. Preonv Flowered and Victoria Mixed, trade pkt. 20c each; oz. $1.00.

MIGNONETTE— .Mien's Defiance (true), trade pkt. 15o; per oz., BOc.

NASTURTIUM-Tom Thumb Mi.xed, per oz. lOj; Ji lb. 15c; lb. 40c: 5 lbs. $1.75; 100 lbs., $30.00.

NASTURTIUM— Tail Mixed, oz. lOo; H lb. 15e; per lb 3Sc; 5 lbs. $1.50; 100 lbs. $35.00.

SWEET PEAS — T. .t S. New Giant Hybrid Mixed, H. lb. 15c; per'lb. 40i! (postpaid) ; 5 lbs. by express $1.50.

SWEET PEAS— Kckford's Choice Mixed, per oz. .5c; H lb. 12o; lb. 35c postpaid; 5 lbs. by express $1.S

CLEMATIS PANICULATA— Trade pk'. 10!; per oz. 40j; per lb. $i.O0

CANDYTUFT—Empress, best white for florists, trade pkt. 10c; oz. 20c.

FLORISTS' WHOLESALE CATALOGUE MAILED ON APPLICATION.

JOHNSON & STOKES,

217-219
Market Street,

"If use meniion the A merica n FloriU when v/riiine-

Philadelphja, Pa.

ESTABLISHED 1802

'S

SEEDS

Fresh Seeds Now on Hand.

Asparagus Sprengeril $3.00 per 1000

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 8 oo "
Cocos Weddeliana 7.co •'

Wholesale Price List of Hish Class
Flower Seeds, etc., for Florists, free
upon application.

J.MTHORBURN&CO.

(Lst< of IS John Strteti

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW VORI

GRASS SEEDS.

Kentucky Blue, Orchard, Timothy, Red Top,
Meadow Fescue, Perennial and Italian Rye Grass,
Tall Meadow Oat, Johnson, Bermuda, Creeping
Bent, Wood Meadow and other Domestic and
Imported varieties. CLOVERS— R«^d, Sah-
linp, Alfalfa, Crimson, White, Alsike, Japan, etc.
WOOD, STUB8S & CO'.S ^EVERGREEN" and * SHADY
GREEN" Lawn Grasses are pivine the best satis-
faction everywhere. Put up in packages and
bulk. Special low prices to the trade.

OjNIOj!I sets YeMow and Potato

Wholesale prices for present or future deliveries.

WOOD. STUBBS & CO..

The Largest and Best Collection ol Seeds in Ky.i
LOUISVILLE, KY.

TUBEROSE BULBS.

(Excelsior Pearl.)

Genuine Hallock dwarf strain, cured by fire
heat, sound, dry, hand picked.

FIRST SIZE-F. O. B. Chicago, 4 to 6-in., per 1000,
$7 00; 3000 $20.50.

From N. Y. City, 50o per lOOO less.
Mammoth Bulbs— 6 to 8-in., per 1000, $10.00. ,
Medium Bulbs— 3 to 4-in., per lOCO, $3.50: 10,000 lots,
I. o. b. Chicago, $30; f. o. b. New York, K?7.60.
WE. MEET competition, quality consideredf.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO : NEW YORK :

84-86 Randolph St. 1 4 Barclay St.

Mease mentioti the American Florist when writing

Gladiolus Wanted.

5000 May, 5000 Ceres, 5000 Mme.
Monoret, 5000 John Bull, 5000
Isaac Buchanan. Must be good
stock and price tight. Address

QLADIOLUS, car* American Florist.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1003

SHARPE'S STANDARD PEA.

Award of Merit, R. H. S., 1900.

Raised in our own Trial Grounds, we consider this New Pea the acrae of per.'ection in the Alderman type, and immensely superior to that
well-known variety. Height four and a half feet; haulm stroDg; pods chiellv in pairs, lony, straight, an^i of handsome appearance; peas large
and of fine color and superb llavor. We unhesitatingly aver "Siandard" to be a great advance upon any Pea of this class ak present in com-
mt-rce, and to be uni-'qualled and matf^hlcss for eithT exhibition or table. An horticultural expert who has tested it this year in competition
with many other varieties, pronounces it the best Pea of the season.

SHARPE'S MONARCH PEA.

Award of Merit, R. H. S., 1900.

This is a grand new Pea of the Duke of Albany type. Tt has a strong haulm and short joints, much more prolifi 5 than the Duke of Albany,
and less lia' le to sport: is a heavy cropper, and the filled pods are very htavy— four of tbem gathered without much selection weighing four
ounces. It will be a gceat acquisition for market Gardeners, and promises to become as deservedly popular as the well-known Sharpe's Queen.

SHARPENS "DENBIGH CASTLE" POTATO.

First-CIass Certificate, R. H. S, J 900.

An extra early white flesbod Kidney, similar to the walnut leaved Kidney of olden days. Claimed by the raiser to be the earliest Kidney
variety in cultivation. It is a good eropper, of robust constitution, and a" first-r'ass cooker. We are confident that growers both for private
consumption and public markets will welcome a variety that has met with such striding success as is indicated by it receiving ihe above award
in the competition for early varieties. Can Le stiongly recommtnded for pot culture.

SHARPENS EARLY PETER POTATO.

Award of Merit, R. H. S., July 25, 1899, Confirmed 1900.

The E. II. S. say of this new Potato— "Flattisli Kiilney. white, with riissely skin, eyes full, medium size, very heavy crop, free from disease,
moderate haulm; early or raid season." Stoct limiied.

WHOLESALE FROM

6lia§. SliarD6 & Co., Ltd., Sieatord. EnQiand

«mum ttiiittittiiiiiiittittitituiiiitimmie

I To the Buyers |

I ...of... I

I Japan Lily Bulbs, I

i Plants and I

I General Japanese |

I Products : I

^ H. Yoshida, representing ^

I The Imperial Trading Co., |

3 or T0DAM4CHI, YOKOH\Mt, C

^ is expected in this market as well as g

a New York about tiie beginning of t

3 April to receive orders and contracis F

^ for the above articles. ^

3 Address Correspondence c

^ care of this paper. P

afirtTTTTTiTTTTrfTTifTrnTmTnnTinnTTTiTnTmit

CARLSOin IMPROVED ASTER SEED.

Pure White, Pink and Dark Lavender.

Per ounce, each $4.0J

Large trade pkt,, each 75

Small pkt., fUch 20

Colors will be mixed, if desired, at same price.
It is believed this variety produces the largest
flower heads of any known sort, reaching from
Tour to five inches in diameter, according to fer-
tility of soil and method of pruniDg.
Price to the trade t;iven on application.
All orders accompanied by Express Money
Order. Postoffico Oriier nr RoLristered Letter,
promptly tilled b>

D^ HFFFDAIM Washington Heights station.
» O. IILI ■ HVll, CHICAGO. ILL.

Do the American Florist a small favor
Mention the paper when writing adver-
tisers.

2000 Du. Ear y on o Poiaioes.

WESTERN NEW YORK GROWN.

S66d corn, on on Seed.

ALL VARIETIES.

If you want 'rue St"ck of the above a* the lowest prices, write

^^JAMES VIGK'S SONS, Rochester,' N. Y.

1. 41., It O.II..I. <l Jl..<k II *l..lk.ll jl..U ll.ll..lt •l..l>.ll ll..!! Il.<l.

H.Zijp&Co.i

UITGEEST (HOLLAND.) ;

'i We beg to announce the ar ri- \

\ val of our representative, Mr. \

\ John H. Bockmann. Please ?

J address all letters to him care of I

j Messrs. Knauth, Nachod & \

i Kuhne, New York. J- .^ .^ I

*;.(,-,l'.|.',i ,!'<,, •„-,,. .|r I, irir<l''M-*l"l»-M'M"l>'ll'«l''irii'*|.r

It is good business policy
to mentioD the

...AMERICAN nORIST

whpQ you write to &d advertiser.

SALZER'S RAPE

gives Rich,
green food
at 25c
a ton

FARM

SEEDS

SPELTZ-

What Is It?

Catalog

telti.

fSaizer's Seed s are Wa rranted to Prodace\

jXMahlon Luther M. Trov,r3..a-^to[ii8hi?ii the world by*
Jfprowini:-3.'>nbu.Big:4' 'ats; J.Ilreiiler..MlBhicott,W(fl..
Jl73bu.barUy ;and H. Lovejoy,Red \Vlnp,Minn..320bo '
■ Saliercnrn per acre If you doubt, write them. We wiehl
I to gain 200,000 oew tuslomerB, htnce will Bcod on trliJ \

SiOWORTHFORIOc

1 10 pkt;3 of rare farm seeds. Salt Huflh, Combina. Com—
\Speltz, iiroiiucicE 80 bti. food and 4 Unsliay ftr acre-
^aboveoalBandbarley, nromuB Inerniis — preatetit ;;raBfl i
on earth ; !Iog I'ea, Rape, Itllllon * Grans ilii/
\ toes hay per acre ) Sprinp W heat, Ac. including -
^ our tuammoth ^eed CntaUn: all mailed lorlOc.
poeltlvely worth *I0 to get a start.

Pleaie

send this^
adv. with
10c. to Salzer.

Seed Potato^ H $1. 20 a bbl and up.

36 pk^B earliest \
ble seedo, 81 00

I'

FRED. ROEMER. Seed Grower, <i
OiM-dniil>iirK, <ieriuany. i

EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS,

LLst free on application.

1004

The American Florist.

Feb. 23,

The i^uRSERY T^aciE.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Theo. J. Smith, Pres.; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres. ;
George C. Seagee. Rochester. N. Y.. Sec'y.

Twentv-sixtli anniiiLlconveutioD, Niagara Falls,
K. Y., June 12-1-4. 1901.

Joseph Miller has embarked in the
nursery business at KnifEn, la. He
expects to plant six acres with stock
this spring.

Frank Gbavatt has purchased the
Skirm nursery at Trenton, N. J. Mr.
Gravatt is a former employe of J. F. Mes-
sing, the Trenton, florist.

W. H. Wyman, of North Abington,
Mass., has bought the Corliss farm, at
Rockland, for the purpose of enlarging
his nursery business.

The Gieenmount Nursery Company
has been incorporated at Camden, N. J.,
by Frank R. Hansel), Jno. Walmsley aud
Max Phillips. The capital stock is placed
at $50,000.

The Monmouth County Horticultural
Society, with headquarters at Oceanic,
N. J., has made arrangements for a per-
manent exhibit at ihe Pan-American
Exposition, from June 1 onward.

A PLAN is on foot at Delavan, Wis., to
incorporate the Pheenix Nursery and
Floral Company, with capital stock of
$20,000, to take over the nursery busi-
ness of Franklin K. Phoenix and the
Williams Bay Fioral Company.

At the recent meeting of the Nova
Scotia Fruit Growers' .Association it
was shown that those growers who
sprayed their trees received best returns
for their fruit and that the expense of
spraying with Bordeau mixture and
Paris green was but 3!i cents per barrel
of marketable apples.

Denver.

VALENTINE THE VICTIM OP A SHOOTING
AFFAIR. -^TEADE CONTINUES FAIR. —
NEARLY ALL LINES OF STOCK CLEANED
OUT.-VISITOBS.

J. A. Valentine is in St. Luke's Hospital
suflfering with three bullet wounds, all
because Sterling Thorpe could not find
his wife, whom he believed to be working
for some florist. Thorpe made a dis-
turbance in the Park Fioral Company's
store a few days ago, seeming convinced
that Mr. Valentine and Phil Scott knew
of his wife's whereabouts, although
neither had ever even heard of her. On
Sunday morning Thorpe reappeared and
Mr. Valentine sent Scott for a policeman
to enforce his command that the man let
them alone. In Scatt's absence a scuffle
ensued in which Thorpe drew a revolver
and fired three shots while Mr. Valentine
had him by the collar. Each shot nar-
rowly m'ssed a fatal spot but by good
fortune the wounds were no more than
painful. Thorpe is in jail charged with
assault with attempt to kill and admits
that be had no provocation for his act.

Trade conditions remain about the
same, with a little spurt in orders for
social affairs and a continuation of
funeral work. Last week saw the mar-
ket cleaned every day with out of town
orders. The down-town stores are
beginning to put on an Easter appear-
ance, some very fine bulbous stock being
shown. Daffodils and tulips are plenti-
ful and there is quite a showing of Har-
rieii.

Visitors in town this week were Arnold
Ringier, of Chicago, and Jos. E. Rolker,
.of New York. C. J. T.

A Superb New Hydrangea,

HYDRANGEA HORTENSIS MARIESII.

This is a prand unique new satiety, sent out by James Veitch & Sods, London. England, last
winter— 1899-1900. It is named after their collector, Mr. Maries, who introduced 11, and described by
them as "having remarkably very large sterile flowers, three inches in diameter; color a light pink,
sbaded mauve, and the finestof Hydrangea Hortensia. This variety is most remarkable and distinct
in pots." It is sure to be a success. We offer strong plants, 4'/^-in. pots, 75c each, $7.50 per dozen.
Cash with order, please.

Also Deutzia corymbiflora. a very distlDct variety; Deutzia gracilis rosea, Deutzia gracilis venusta.
the Azalea Deutzia. Send for circular for price of these and other varieties^

JOHN CHARLTON & SONS. Rochester. N. Y.

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet ^part,
pjrfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, Willi. 51 Wahneii IlAiiPEit, ITu]..,

, CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Choicest Fruit and Ornamental Trees.

Shrubs, Plants. Bulbs. Seeds. 40 Acres Hardy Roses. 44 Qreenhouses
of Palms, Everblooming^ Roses, Ficus, Ferns, Etc. Correspondence
solicited. Catalogue Free. 47 Years. 1000 Acres.

NORWAY MAPLES

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO.,

Painesville, Ohio.

OBSERVE THIS!

OUK STOCK
OF

Everblooming Roses

All grown in 4-inch pots, is more extensive and
liner than we have ever before offered our custom-
ers. All leading popular varieties for sale.

From open ground, we call your attention to
our heavy blocks of Gen. Jacqueminot. 2 yrs..
strong, own roots: also such valuable climbers as
Yellow Rambler, Setlgera, Dawson, Climbing Her-
mosa. Greville. Wichuraiana, etc., etc.

The new climber. Wm. C. Egan, can be supplied
in strone cue or two-year-old plants at reasonable
rates. It is the best of Mr. Dawson's line hybrids,
and is in fact a climbing Malmaison, of thd same
form and color, and undeniablv hardv.

To clear leased land, we offer SHRUBBERY in
elegant assortment, at low rates by the thousand.

HOOPES, BRO. & THOMIS,

Maple Ave. Nurseries. WEST CHESTER. PA.

Manetti...

English grown $12.50 per 1000

Crimson Rambler...

$5.00 to $15.00 per 100

Privet in all sizes.

,\SK FOB TATALdOt^E.

HIRAM T. JONES,

Union County Nurseries. EIilZABETH, N. J.

SUGAR MAPLES

FOR PARK PLANTING.

Ni.-o tr.es, 4 I.. 5 ft. braochi-,l....lfO U: 1000, J30

Tito 6 ft., ■• 100. $t>

Linnaeus Rhubarb, good i-rowns, $1.50 pir 100.
Hemerocallis, (^■ello\v flagrant l)n\ Lil\ > 3 vnrle-

tieb.eiirliest, medium and la'est, 100, J3: 1000,125.
Oxalis. 4 l)est betldins varieties, distinct colors,

named, $6jc to ifl per lOJO.

E. Y. TEAS, Greens Forks, Ind.
NORWAY MAPLES

FOR EVERYBODY.

High Branched or Low Branched-Tall or Short-
Straight or not so Straight— Large or Small.

At Pricks to Snr Ai-i.. r.vTAi.onrK l'Rf:E.

CHAS B. HORNOR & SON,

Mt. Holly, Burl. Co., N. J.

1 and 2 years, $1.25 and $^ per do/., 12 best kinds.
F. A 8ALLER, Bloominston,

For Bargains....

in Clematis Paniculata, Manetii Stocks,
Roses and Shrubs, Sfe our adv. in
issue of February I6lh Send for our
wholfsale list.

The Elizabeth Nursery Co.. Flizaheth. N. J.
iRiasH jijjvi:f»b:r«s.

12 to 15 inches t'.no per ICO; .$10 00 per 1000

15lol8inehes 6.00 per lO"; 50.00 per 1000

18 to 24 inches 10.(0 per lOO: 7.5.00 i>er 1000

24 to 30 inches 12.00 per 100; 100.00 per 1000

Rubber plants grown from top futtinss. strong
plants from 6-incli i>ots. 18 inches. t5.00 i»er dozen;
6-incIi pots. 24 inches, ^,00 per dozen.

Israene Calathina. strong blooming bulbs,
$I2.00pcr 100. JOSEPH HEINL. Jacksonville, III.

THE MOON

Send to

Company

-' For f Trees, Shrubs, Vines,
Your I and Small Fruits.

Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free.

THE WM. H. MOON CO.,
Morrisville, Pa.

Maples

NORWAY
SUGAR.

From 1 to 3-incti calirer, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list.

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisville, Bucl(8 Co., Pa.

PANSIES ^aTJn^o

Again I can furnish, for immediate delivery,
about 10,000 good pansy plants. Price $4.00 per
1000 f. o. b. express here.

CASH WITH ORDER

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU.

190 Crant Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

CARW ATIOli S and standard
varieties. Write for prices.

Asparagus Sprengeiii, 3 inch $4.00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosus. 3 " ; ti.uo per 100

Small Ferns lor dishes, 4 var8.,2!4-in. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata, 2!.4-inch 4.00 per 100

Boston Ferns, 8~inch pans — ^5 and $18 per doz.

2!4-lnch 4.00 per 100

3-inch 8.00 per 100

CAUL HACENBERCER. West Mentor. O.

Always mention the

American Florist

when wrttinir advartlieri.

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The American Florist.

1005

K[NNICOTT BROS. CO

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

And Dealers in
All Kinds of

Florists' Supplies.

42 and 44 East Randolph Street.

CHICAGO. ILL.

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST CUT FLOWERS.

Best Brides and Maids $6.00 to $8 00 per 100

Good " •' " 5.00 to 6.00

Pedes 4 00 to 5.00

Meteors 6.00 to 8 00

Roses, our selection 4 00 "

American Beauties, long 5 00 to 6.00 per doz.

medium 3 00 to 4 00 "

short 1.25 to 2.00

Callas and Harrisii 1.50 to 2.00

Carnations, (ancy 3.00 to 4.00 per 100

" fine 1.50 to 2.00 "

" our selection 1.25 "

Smilax 1.50 to 2.00 per doz.

Ferns,

$1.00 per 100
2.00 " 1000
1.50 " "
4 00 per 100
3 50 "
1.00 "
3.00

PRICES SUBJECT TO CH

Adiantum

" Common

Galax Leaves

Lily ol the Valley $2.00 to

Roman Hyacinths 3.00 to

Violets 40 to

Paper White 2 00 to

Asparagus 60c per string

Leucothoe Sprays $1.00 per 100

Tulips $2 50 to 4.00 "

Daffodils 2.00 to 3.00 "

Freesia 3.00 to 4.00 "

ANCE WITHOUT NOTICE.

CARNATION CUTTINGS FOR. SPRING OF 1901.

Irene.

Ilaviii'j: hiindled "I-eoc" as cut Uoweri for the past four years, we can say that it is one of tbe best Pink Carnat'ons we cet. It is the
iLOSt liaL'rant ni" all Carniitiotia and we th'Tcfore ref^oiiini'iid it l • all \\ ho want stock that will s'irely sell, l^'ragrance alone will
jtf// it. Price $1.50 per dozen, $10.00 per hundred, $75.00 per thousand. Hook orders now for CUTTINGS. Don't miss this, for
suTfl.v ii 1^ \\\<c best OarDation on the niarki't.

THE ipoi NOVELTIES.

100 ICOO

Lornft (Doroer). white $10.00 *75 03

Mermaid (Dorner). salmon pink. .V

good sunim-r blooiuint; caniHiion. . 6.01 SO-'O
Gov. Roosevelt. (Wardl.urimson .... 12.U0 100.00
Golden Beauty (Ward), clear lemon

yellow, ^ligbtly ed^ea pink 12.(0

Npvelty (Ward),"leiuoa jellow edged

deep pitik 120tt

Prosperity (Dailledouze), white over-
laid pink )6.(>0 130.ro

Dorothy (Gravp), brilliant piuk 1000 75.00

Irene (Crabb it Huuter), pink lo.m) 75.00

Norway (Weber A; Sons), white lO.Oi) 75.00

Egypt (Weber A Sons), crimson lu.OO 75.00

Sunbeam (Chicago Carnation Co.),

pinic lO.OD 75.05

100 1000

Bon Homme Richard (Chicago Car-
nation Co.), white 10.00 75.00

Nvdia (Chicieo Carnation Co ), white

striped salmon 10 00 75.00

Prolinca (Chicago Carnation Co.).

cerise pink 1000 75 00

THE 1903 NOVELTIES.

1 1 K > I (MX)

Morninj; Glory, bright light pink .... 84.m $30.00

Mrs. T. W. Lawson, pink 7.00 60.00

Ki hel Cro:;ker, pink 4.00 30.00

The Marquis, clear pink 5.00 40.00

Olvmpia, white striped scarlet 5.00 40.00

G."Lord, pink 6.00 50.00

Peru, white 4.00 30.00

Mrs. B. Lippincott, clear pink 5.00 40.00

QBNBRAL LIST.

G. H. Crane, (carl'-t

White Cloud, white

Mrs. G. M. Bradt. white striped scar:ut

Ked Mrs. Bradt, scarlet

Macen, crimson

.Vmerica, light scarlet

Giild Nu^'get. yellow

Mrs. Joost. pink

Glacier, white

Gomez, crimson

Mary Wood, whit^

Cerise Queen, pink

Jubilee, scarlet

Flora Hill, white

Wm, Scott, pink

Mrs. G. S. Bartlet, scarlet

Daybreak, pink

Triumph, pink

Albertini, pink

101

1000

3 00

25.00

2.f0

2000

HIKI

S5.tXI

3.00

300

25.tX)

2. SO

20 00

,s.no

25.00

2.00

15.00

200

15 00

y.oo

15.00

2.00

15.00

2.(X)

15.00

2.00

IR.(K)

2.00

15.00

21X1

15.IX)

3.00

25.(X)

8.00

15.00

2.00

15.00

2.00

15.00

ADMIRAL GERVERA

The easiest Yellow Variegated Carna-
tion to grow, free and healthy. <^ •^

^ GOETHE^

A beatitiful Light Pink Carnation,
very large, in perfect condition. J* .M

Rooted Cuttings $10 per 100, $90 per 1000

DBLIVERED NOW.

C. BESOLD, Mineola, L. I., N- Y.

I™ Regan Printing House

NIRSCRY

SEED

fLORISTS

CATALOGUES

87-9 1 Plymoyth Place,

Oo not hide ;uar Ught under a btuhel.
Tell the people what vi>o have tor sale.

BOOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS "°rwL"k^e"'vii?''

NEW VARIETIES. (190t INTRODUCTIONS.)

Sunbeam, (llesh pink) JIO.OO per 100;

Bon Homme Richard, (white) lO.HO

Nydia, (vi.nei^atrd white and light salmon) in.Oi* "

Prolifica. (L-eri-epink) 10.00 "

Guardian Angel, a very fine pink; strong stems and good bloomer. It is a

money miiker \ 4.0O "

STANDARD VARIETIES.

}7.^.00 per 1000
75.00 "
75.10 •'
75.00 "

35. CO

PINK. ion 1000

Mrs. T. W. Lawson. .$7.10 $60.00

Marquis 5.0O 40.0a

Genevieve Lord 5.00 4 i.O i

Ethel.t rocker 4.00 35.00

Triumph 1 50 12 60

Argvle \.'a\ 12.50

Diiv'oreak I..=i0 12.00

Scott 1.00 7.50

WHITE.

ICO

1000

White Cloud

..«2.00

$15.C0

Flora Hill

.. 1.25

10.00

Evelina

.. 1.00

7.50

McGowan

.. l.CO

7.50

SCARLET. 100

G. H. Crane .$3.C0

Chicago 3.00

America 2.50

Evanston 1.60

VARIEQATBD.

Olvmpia .5.00

Mrs. G. M. Bradt.... 2.00
Armazindy 1.25

1000
J25.00
25.00
20.00
12.50

40.00
17.60
lO.OO

All Cuttings sold under the condition that if not satisfactory they are to be returned at once, when

money will be refunded.

HOLTON 6l HUNKEL CO.. Milwaukee, Wis.

uRBE^juD CABBAGES

Those lari;f. solid, crisp Cabbages that sell ao
well aiid eat so well can be easily grown from
Livingston's Ideal Cabbat^e Seed. We make a sreat
spe<-iulty of Ctioice Caljbage Seed and select it to
prodm.e HEADS— not loose leaves. IT you want
a package, aend your addreas. It costs nothing.
THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO.. Box 103. Columbus, 0.

Stop Walking the rioor. you won't be disap-
pointed if you place your orders fur

SOUTHERH WILD SMILAX

With CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN CO., Evergreen.
Ala. or their agents. L. J. Kreshover, New York;
J. B Deamud, Chicago; M. Rice * Co., Philadel-
phia Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis. Our advice:
Wire your address and go "Sleep In peace."

mr OUR DIRECTORY FOR 1901 WILL BB MAILED TO YOU '
Mr PROMPTLY UPON APPLICATION. P»ICR. TWO nni.LARK.-

1006

The American Florist.

Feb. 2j,

Our pasTiMES.

AnnounceDient'3 of coraiug contents or other
eveuts of interest to our bowlinii. shootiog and
cycling readers are .solicited and will be given
place in this column.

Address all correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Koiton, Mass.;
Eobt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co , 3ii4 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

The second annual ballof theemployes
of A. Friedman, Woodlawn, New York,
was held Monday evening, February 18,
and was an unqualified success. The
officers of the employe's association are:
President, F Wellenbrescher; vice-presi-
dent, Ed. A. Dolan: secretary, E. Bianchi;
treasurer, Edwin Friedman; sergeant-at-
arms, D. Maher.

ers who had assembled in force. After
the match everybody took a hand and
the resultant scores were as follows:

Plaver 1st

Hafner 149

Elliott 144

Tavlor 14i

Fa'rr las

Thielmann 155

Burns 139

Donlan 124

3d
171
l'2.o
109
169
184
150
131

Player 1st

Shaw 148

Traendly 152

Lcntz 167

Siebrecht 138

Manda 130

Withers 159

2d
104
126
157
142
153

At Utica.
The foUowirg is the record of the bowl-
ing at Utica, Monday, February 18, 1901:
Player 1st 2d 3d 4th Av

Baker 166 146 1K,> 160 161

Pteiter 153 200 161 119 158

Hildebrand 103 120 89 151 140

Wilcox 107 117 154 139 129

C. Mathews 136 108 126 124 127

McLean 93 86 88 74 85

At St. Louis.
The local bowlers are hardly keeping
up to their previous records. ThefoUow-
ing is the score for this week's practice:

Player 1st 2d 3d 4th Av

J.J.Beneke ...133 149 193 169 158

E.W.Guy 134 142 136 157 142

Wm. Adels 135 132 133 IM 135

.John Young 130 165 115 119 132

C. Kunz 135 139 120 131

F.C.Weber 110 132 123 153 129

F.M.Ellis 143 109 97 120 117

R. ]. M.

At New York.
The New York florists met the Ameri-
can Bowling Company team on Monday
evening and vanquished them in two
games. Messrs. Traendly, Burns, Lentz,
Hafner and Thielmann played for the
Florists. The scores were:

Florists ....... f 741 764

Opponents 700 752

In the last game there was a tie when
Mr. Thielmann and his rival stood up for
the finishing frame. Mr. Thielmann
scored twenty against his opponent's
eight and won the game amid great
enthusiasm and applause from the root-

At Chicago.

On Thursday evening the Florists had
the satisfaction of beating the Blue
Island team of Anson's League, two out
nf three and by a total of 144 points.
The score follows:

Florists 1st 2rt 3d T'l

Asmus 185 188 155 .528

G. Stollery 133 176 16i 471

F. Stollerv 133 J62 138 433

Hauswirth ;..197 144 171 515

BailufT 161 172 168 601

Totnl 809 842 797 2418

Blue Islands 718 851 7412304

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦

Exhibition \

^ of ^ I

Carnations f

Lowell, Mass.

BUSY TIMES WITH FUNERAL WOBK.—
WHITR FLOWERS SCARCE. — SUCCESSFUL
CfcABITY BALL — NOTES.

The past week has been a busy one,
especially with funeral work. There
seems to be no end to it. White flowers
are scarce and white carnations hard to
get at any price.

Lowell has had one of the greatest
social functions ever seen here. It was a
charity ball and bazaar to benefit one of
the local hospitals, and a case of give
everything. AH the florists responded
very generously, and it was a great
financial success for the promoters.

Patten has just had a new awning put
up, and it adds a great deal to the
attractiveness of the front of his store.

Burtt has had his name put on, his
window in gilt, and it makes his window
look much better.

M. A. Patten and wife, of Tewksbury
Center, have gone to the carnation show
at Baltimore.

The weather is quite warm for the
time of year. A. M.

Sandusky, O.— Robert Gutzeit had a
narrow escape from drowning on Feb-
ruary 11, breaking through an airhole
in the ice on the bay.

THE SIXTH ANNUAL CARNATION EXHI-
^ BITION OF THE

Boston Cooperative
Flower Growers' Association

■WILL BE HELD AT THE

FLOWER MARKET

Park St., Boston, Mass.,

ON SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1901.

Exhibition Opens at 10 A. M.

For circulars giving full particulars, ^
address — ♦

GEORGE CARTWRIGHT, I

♦ AT THE MARKET. ♦

: :

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

18 PAID FOR
CIRCULATED g
AND READ. g

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YOUR ROOTED
CUTTINGS
OF CARNATIONS

F* leoivi

HEALTHY STOCK.

Our plants are free from disease, have been
grown cool and not forced in the propagating
bench. We offer the following varieties and
especially recommend Gen. Gomez.

This carnation has proved this year the best crimson
yet introduced. It is the Jack of carnations. In the New
York market it commands the highest wholesale price.

Per iro Per 1000

GEN. GOMEZ ?5 00 jf40.00

MRS. THOS. W. LAWiO^ 7 dO 60.00

GENEVIEVE LORD 5.C0 40.C0

ETHEL CROCKER 5(0 40 00

G. H. CRANE 5.00 40.00

THE MARQUIS 4.C0 35.CO

OLYMPIA 4 00 35.00

MRS. BRADT 4 00 35.00

WHITE CLOUD 4 00 35.00

FLORA HILL 3.0O 25.00

GEN. MACEO 3.0U 25.00

WILLIAM SCOrr (old fash-
ioned, healihy stock) 2.00 is.bo

THE OAKLAND ROSE NURSERIES

JOHN H. TAYLOR, Proprietor.

.BAY SIDE. NEW YORK

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The American Florist.

1007

AZALEAS FOR EASTER.

Standard viiieties in piime condition for EASTER FLOWERINQ. Place your
orders now wnile the plants can be shipped witnout danger of a check to flowering.

Fine Bushy Crowns, 5-in. pots, 10 to 12-in. diameter $ 5.00 per doz., % -tO.CO per 100

5 and 6 " 12 to 14 " 6.00 " .SOOO "

6and7 " 13 to 15 " 9.00 " 70.00 "

7 " 16tol8 '■ 15.00 " liaOO "

Also a grand lot of specimen plants of Mme. Van.der Cruysen of exceptionally good value at
$1.60, $2.00, S2.50, $3.C0 and $5.00 each.

MISCELL4NE01S PUNTS TOR fORCING.

AZALEA MOLLIS. (Hardy Azaleas). Finely shaped, busby plants, 12 to 15 inches higli, full
of buds, St.oO per dozen, $35.00 per 100.

DEUTZI A ORACILIS, A line lot of three-year-old plants, suitable for 7 and 8-inoh pots, very

bushy, $1.00 per dozen, $8.00 per ICO.

DEUTZIA GRACILIS ROSEA. Identical with D. Gracilis except that the flowers are fully
twice as large and are suffused with a delicate rosy lint. Just sufficient to relieve the dead
white which is objectionable in the type. A limited lot of strong one-year-old plants, J2.0O
per dozen, $15.00 HT 100.

DEUTZIA LEMOINEI. This is now a standard variety, with pure white flowers fully three
times as lar^'e as Grac.lis. Strong one-year-old plants, suitable lor 6-inch pots, 75c per
dozen, $6,0U per 100.

RHODODBNDBONS FOR FORCINQ. Pine, bushyplants, well set with buds, in fine condition
for Easter flowering.

12 to 15 inches high I 7 50 per dozen, $ 60.00 per 100

15 to 18 " " 9.00 " 70.00

18to20 " " 12.00 '• lOO.OO

20 to 24 " ■• 15.00 •• 125.00

24 to 30 " " 24.1,0

.Mollis

HENRY A. DREER,

Please menlion the A ma tcan Florist when zvriting.

714 Chestnut St.,

PHILADELPHIA.

McKellar b Winterson

Wholesale Dealers in Everything for Florists.

Should You Not Receive OUR 1901 CATALOGUE, Write Us for Same.

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Please mention American Florist when writine.

CARNATIONS

ROOTED CUTTINGS NOW

READY. ALL FINE.

Per 1(jO Per 1000
$8 CO ».'in (,n

5.00

40.00

5.ro

40.00

Crocker

400

35.00

Lord

4.00

3.T 00

Peru

3.0O

25.00

300

25.00

3.00

25.00

Bradt

3 00

25.00

3 00

25 CO

3.00

25. (JO

"White Cloud . .

2.(0

15 00

2.10

15.00

2.00

15 00

3.0(1

1. =1.1.0

Daybreak

Flora Hill

1.5(1

\.bO

12.00
12 01

Triumph

1 50

12.00

1.50

12.10

Scott

I CO

8 00

inn

K.no

250 at lOCO rates. Cash or C. 0. D.
ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS-Brides. Bridesmaids.
Meleorj and Goldeu Gale at $1.5u per Buudred.

We refer you to trade papers' report of St. Louis
Chrysanthemum t how as to quality of our stock.

M. J. & M. S. VEStY, ft. Wayne, Ind.

Say, Read This !

doing ai mere nothiiiK, 25,000 A No. 1
rooted cuttings of Ethel Crocker, at
$2.50 Df r 101 ; $23 per lOOO, until sold.

All orders amounting to $10 or over, express
paid to any p;irL of the Unileil States. Have al!
'the 1900 novelties and standard varieties.

D. R. HERRON. OLEAN, N. Y.

Tiie Largest Fancy Carnation. Ready March 1st.

-PROSPERITY-

ALL ORDERS TILLED IN STRICT ROTATION.

I'r'ices for iRooted Cu-ttings.

1 Plant ; .50

12 Plants 5 00

25 Plants 8.25

50 Plants 10.00

100 Plants 16.00

250 Plants $ 37.50

500 Plants 70.00

750 Plants 101.25

lOOO Plants 130.00

WRITE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS.,

Flatbush, N. Y.

Rooted Cuttings »< Roses

Brides. Maids. Perles. Meteors. Pres. Carnot,
American Beauties WoottoDS, G. Gate. etc. A
bargain in Perles in '2 in. pots ready for a shilt.

Best bedding van*-ties, rooted cuttings.
ilBOSTOrV I^1£I«TV«. Write

GEO. A. KUHL. PEKIN. ILL.

"HOOSIER MAIO"

New white Carnation now ready. Send
for illustratid descriptive Price List. It
will interest >ou.

ANDERS RASMUSSEN, Kew Albany, Inl

1008

The American Florist.

Feb. 2j,

Cincinnati.

TRADE ACTIVE AND STOCK IN SHORT SUP-
PLY. — CUT FLOWERS IN BRISK DEMAND
FOR ALL PURPOSES. — A VISIT TO A GOOD
GROWER. — ANOTHER EXHIBITION PLAN-
NED. — VARIOUS NOTES OF INTEREST.

Business remains -good, with not
enough roses andcarnations to go around.
All the commission houses report a fine
shipping trade and could do consider-
ably more if the flowers were forthcom-
ing. The store men are kept busy with
funeral work and there is also quite a
demand lor flowers for weddings and
engagements. Strange to say there are
not many calls for plant decorations. It
seems as though the customers prefer
southern smilax and cut flowers to palms.

Of all the model carnation houses it
has been my good fortune to see, those
of W. K. Partridge at Lockland, Ohio,
take the lead. Tnere are three houses
200 feet long by twenty-six feet wide,
planted with all the leading new and
standard vaiieties. The plants all
appear to be in the best of health, and
are certainly a grand sight. Mr. Part-
ridge has 500 boxes of glass which he
intends using the coming summer on a
new range ot houses for growing roses.

On Saturday, March 9, the Cincinnati
Florists' Society will give an exhibition
of carnations and rosesin the club rooms
above thejabez Elliott Flower Market
and we would like to have all the growers
of seedlings and new varieties send us
something to look at. Send exhibits to
Geo. Walker, care of the Jabez Elliott
Flower Market, and he will see to it that
the flowers are properly staged.

Richard Witterstaetter, J. A. Peterson,
W. K. Partridge, Geo. Jackson and E. G.
Gillett comprised the party from this city
to the meeting of the American Carna-
tion Society. Wm. Sunderbruch, who
intended going, was prevented from doing
so at the last minute by the death of his
father-in-law, which occurred Tuesday,
February 19.

J. A. Peterson has leased the store at
410 Walnnt'street, one of the best loca-
tions in the city. He intends to run this
as a branch to his Race street store, but
in another year I think Mr. Peterson
will be running his Race street store as
a branch to the new place.

George & Allan are sending in a fine
lot of Harrisii lilies. Ben. George has
been on the sick list for quite a while,
but is able to be about again and hustling
as usual. D.

Wanted

VIOLET

PLANTS

500 good CaHfornia Violet plants, or
250 each Princess of Wales and
California.

FRANK H. KIMBERLY, New Haven, Conn.

Tuberous Begonias.

100,000 to spare. The laruest and bfst flowering

'^ Viirii'ties irrown in Bel-iiura.

SJnjjle Mowers, separate colors, red, wliitc. pink,

yellow, at $-3.0j per lOO.

Double flowers, sepnraie coli>rs. at $3.ro per 100.

Only for c;ish with <irder. Ai>ply to

JULES DE COCK. NURSERYMAN.
MEIRELBEKE, BELGIUM.

Boston Ferns.

Fine Stock Now Ready,

at $25 and $20 per 100. Small Plants at $5 per
10U, $4u per 1000. True Stock.

ASPARAGUS AND PALMS,
i. N. FOSTER, 45 King St., Dorchester, Mass.

Roses, Bride $1.00 per 100

fV g _| " Maid 1.00 per 100

lf/\i\TAfl Perle 1 00 per 100

M I II I I 1^1 1 Brunner. dormant, 4-in.... 6.00 per 100

■ mWl^VllBl 3-in.... 3,00 per 100

Baby Primroses, 3-in 2 50 per 100

£^ ,-,-AA! ^.m. »^r^ Coleus.VerschaflFeltii and Golden Bedder,
IIITTIIlllv 50c per 100, $4.00 per 1000

illllllllll^ " mixed vars., 50c per 100. 4.00 per 1000

^-'*" •' «'■ ■■ M*^ Salvia Splendens....60c per 100, 5.00 per 1000

Heliotrope 50c per 100, 4 00 per 1000

=^ Marguerites 60c per 100, 5 00 per 1000

POT PLANTS.

Dracaena Indivisa, 4 inch $15.00 per 100

Poinsettia, from bench, 1 year... 2.00 per 100 JOHN IRVINE

" " 2 " ... 5.00 per 100 o QONQ

Ferns, assorted, 2-inch 3.00 per 100 °^ OV^INOj

Vinca Varlegata, 2 sorts, 4-inch, 5.00 per 100 817 Washington «¥j ,

3 " 3 00 per 100 BAY CITY, MICH.

Florists all over the country are quickly
discerning the

Commercial Value of
The Lawson Carnation.

The demand will be heavv this season.
My stock is in excellent condition, clean
and healthy. Rooted cuttings ready nuw,
or for later delivery.

PRICE, Per 100 $7.00

Per 1000 $60.00

Terms Strictly Cash from unknown parties.

Send ALL ORDERS DIRECT TO

No Agents. dlis« JVX^ss«

FLORIANA

The Best All Round Pink .
Carnation Ever Introduced

Large size, fully as large us /larquls or Crocker;

color, a beautiful shade of Ueht pink. A strong
grower, very fra^irant, an early continuous
bloomer, very prodvictive, does Iinely both in
winter and sunjmer, good stem, perfect calyx
that never splits, not subject to disease, good
keeper. Itrings fancy prices in Now York market.
Come and see them. "

PRICES:

$1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per Hundred;
$60.00 per > housand.

READY NOW.

FILLOW & BANKS, Westport, Conn.

Please meKtiun the Amet ican Florist when 7vtiling,

AGEBATUM

''Stella Gurney."

As necessary to your bedding stock as coleus or
geraniums.

3-inch pot plants $5.00 per 100

:2^-incn pot plants 2.50

Rooted Cuttings 1.50 "

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa.

^hS,* carnation cuttings. Ked

Marquis 100, $1.00; 1000, $f5.a)

G.H.Crane " 3.01 '■ 25.00

White Cloud " 2.00 " 16 00

Daybreak " l.PO " 12.50

Flo'ra Hill ■• l.fO •• 12.60

Oeufsee ' 1.50 " 12.5')

2H) ut 1000 rate. Cash with order Irom unknown

paiti. s ^ Q STROH, Attica, N. Y.

OOIvE>S

Is offeniiff Ethel Crock^^ ruoti-d cuttings,
Bradt. America and Jubilee. Latani:i IJor-
bonica. 4-in. (see ad. Jan. 20). Kais rins
2i4-in. pots, and Jean Viaud Geranium, 3-in.
puis. Writ'' fur prices, which are right.

W. W. COLES, Kokomo, Ind.

36,000

GRAFTED ROSES

On Manetti Stocks.

Bridesmaid, Bride, Golden Gate,
Kaiserin, I'/z-'mzh pots, $12 00 per
100, $95.00 per 1000. Sunrise, $15
per 100. Liberty, $18 per 100.

Orders boolced now. Stock war-
ranted first-class.

100,000 ROOTED CARNATION CUT-
TINGS, ready now, of standard varie-
ties and last year's new ones.

S. J. BEUTER,

.WESTERLY, R.

Dahlias

THOUSANDS.

If -yo" expect to

carry off some of

those prizps at the

Pan-American orat

any otherstjow.vou

must get in line,

und eec your order

in early.'

My Dahlias are

prize winners. Don't send for a "cheap mixture'*

for I on't carry that kind.

Pricfs reasonable. Catalogue free.

W. W. WILMORE, The Dahlia Specialist,

Box 382, DENVER, COLO.

FOR ALL PURPOSES

RUSTIC WORK

MADE TO ORDER.. .

In stock, tbe most extensive variety in the
country, of Baskets Window Boxes, Stands,
Brackets and original designs. Prices low<

RUSTIC MFG. & CONSTRUCTION CO.,

10 Fulton Street.

NEW YOWK CITY.

The Gonley Foil Go.

ManufactDrers ot

2 AND 4 DOMINIOK STREET.

We like ti. have yon tellonr advertisert
th«t TotJ reed our paper.

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HOUSE OF CARNATIOX OUEEN LOUISE AT CHRISTMAS.

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation produces the finest flowers, is perfectly hea'thy and is the best white variety ever introduced.
IT BLOOMS EARLY. IT BLOOMS LATE. IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Our price list contains cuts from photographs taken every two weeks during the months of February, March. April. May. June,
October and November. No other Carnation can stand such a test.

PRICE, $10 per 100; $75 per 1000. Rooted cuttings now ready. Come and see it or send for circular.

J. r^. i^ir^rvOiv,

:Bloom.st3iJ.rg:» F*a..

Guardian Angel

(Pink Sport of Armazindy.)
Scored 90 points at Catnation bhow, Chicago
Florists' Club, February, I90O First prize at
Eshibition oT Chicago Horticnltural Society,
November, 1900. Very prolific, produces four or five
■blooms to one on Mrs Ljiwson. Introductory
price, $6 per 100, *60 per lOUH.

GUARDIAN ANGEL ORPHAN ASYLUM.
401 Devon Ave., Chicago.

ROOTED CUTTINGS....

Roses, $1.50 per 100. Carnations, best v.irs., HOc
to $3 per 100. Geraniums, JC per 100. Verbenas.
t> »*•- per 100. .\11 strouyiy rooted. Full value,
•aowi. stock. W. H. Gullett & Sons. Lincoln, III.
Pleaie mention the American Florist when ivtititig;.

Rooted Cuttings Carnations and Roses.

1

CRANK

BR.VDT 2.00

EVANSTON 1.25

JOOST 1.2o

WHITE CLODD 1.25

FLORA HILL 1.25

DAYBREAK 1.10

TRIUMPH 1.25

Per 100 Per 1000 i
t3.no $25.00

KAISERIN SI. 50

LA FRANCE l.sn

METEOR i...; 1 50

).-.. 1.50

17.50
10.00
10.00
10 00
10. no
7.50
10.00

Per 100 Per 10;0

Per 100 Per ICOO

IRENE Per doz., $1,50; $10.00 $75.00

ARMAZINUY 1.00 7.50

TIDAL, WAVE 1 00 7.60

WM. SCOTT 1. 00 7.50

ETHEL CROCKER 3.00 2V0O

GENEVIEVE LORD 3 00 25. lO

MARQOIS 4 00 35.00

GUARDIAN ANGEL 6.0J 50.00

PERLE.

$12.50
12 50
12.50
12.50

Per 100 Per lOOO

BRIDE $1.50 $12.50

BRIDESMAID 1.50 12.50

GOLDEN GATE 1.50 12.50

a 1'

Per lOD Per 100

KAISRRIV $3.00 $25 00

LA FRANCE 3 00 25 01

MKTEO 3.(0 25.00

I'RRLE 3.00 25.00

These cuttings are all well-rooted, guaranteed free from disease, carefully packed

Per ICO Per 1000

BRIDE $3.00 $J5.00

BRIDESMAID 3 00 25 00

GOLDEN GATE 3.00 25.00

GEORGE REINBERG. 51 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO.

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If You Have Stock To Sell...

the beit way to make that tact known to the trade It bj regular

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Albany, N. Y.

TKADB ACTIVE BBCADSE OF THE CALL FOR
DECOEATIOfiS FOE SOCIETY. — A NOVELTY
IN BRIDAL BOUQUETS. — BUILDINGS AND
NOTES.

Namerous receptions, dinners, teas and
luncheons comprise the social history of
the week and also famish an index as to
the state of trade. Eyres, Danker and
Whittle Brothers received many orders
for social functions, which are now
numerous before Lent puts a stop to
them. W. C. King & Co. had charge of
the decorations for the Freidman-Bendell
wedding, February 11. The firm built a
long canopy of greens under which the
couple marched to the place where the
ceremony was performed The mantels
in the parlors were banked with Boston
and maidenhair ferns, Easter lilies and
Bridesmaid roses. A novelty in floral
work in this city was a xavA of white
orchids carried by the bride in lieu of the
usual bouquet The muiJ was con-
structed of wire, lined with white satin
and covered on the exterior with orchids
after the manner of any floral design.
An additional adornment was a shower
of white satin ribbons attached to the
ends of the muff. The idea, although
new here, has been s<en in New York a
number of times this winter.

Henry Schrade, of Saratoga Springs,
who grows carnations for F. A. Danker,
contemplates building a carnation house
200 feet long this spring. Mr. Schrade
has met with great success in growing all
the best varieties of carnations and his
Mrs. Lawson are regarded as being fully
up to the standard set by the best Boston
and New York growers.

Sigmund Geller, New York, called dur-
ing the week. R. D.

Cleveland, O— John Barclay, repre-
senting Vaughan's Seed Store, was a vis-
itor this week.

GiRARD, III — A. K. Young has com-
pleted his new greenhouse, including
an efficient system of hot water heating.
For the present he will use the establish-
ment for growing vegetables.

m

== Rooted ==
Rose Cuttings

NOT "HOW CHEAP." BUT
' HOW GOOD."

The wood is taken from the same plants
that produced the 1st prize (lowers at the
Chicago and other shows, and acknow-
ledged by all who have seen them growing
as the best possible to produce. All rut-
tings are rooted in a rool house and have
an abundance of good, sttong roots.

Those rooted in a house hot as an incu-
bator (as many "bargain" cuttings are)
are not cheap at any price.

BRIDFSMAIDS. 100, $1.75; ICOO. $lb.CO

IIRIDES '■ 1.75 ■ 15.00

PERLES " 1.50 " r-;.5o

South Park Floral Co.

NEW CASTLE ^ IND.

REPORTt?,"eJUDGES|

Appointed by THE PHILA. FLORISTS' CLUB
to judge our grand new ROSE

Queen of Edgely, 'HLm beauty.

W^F^ "We are convinced that this variety is a valuable addition
to the list of forcing roses, being in every respect, except color,
the exact counterpart of the American Beauty. The color is a
beautiful, bright pink, which is good, even in the full flowers. The
fragrance is also as fine as that of Beauty, and the exhibited
blooms showed remarkable vigor. (Signed),

ROBEfIT KIFT, WM. MUNRO, JOS. HEACOCK."

The last two named were winners of first prizes for American Beauties at the Rose
Show, Eden Mnsee, March 27, 190O.

FOR TERMS AND BOOKLET: ADDRESS

R. CRAIG & SON. East. Agts.,

49lh and Market Sts., Phila.

E. G. niLL & CO., West. Agts..

Richmond, Ind.

THE FLORAL EXCHINGE, Inc. I

I

335 N. Sixth St.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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When wrltiDK mention tbe Amenoan Florlai

50,000 ROOTED

Carnation Cuttings

NOW READY.

Standurii varieties and Novelties. Write for
Ciitalogue.

CRABB & HUNTER, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Grafted Roses.

29.000 liridi/sm»id3, Bridfs, C, .l.len Gati-,
Kraftod on Mane ti stock, wafranted 10 be
fhst-clasi, flU.Oi i«T 100; $90.0u pi'r lOOU.

ORUEKB BOOKED NOW.

3000 Meteors, from 2-iDi-h pots, ri-ad\ now,
*4 00 per 100: *:0 00 per UCO.

CHRIS. HANSEN, St. Paul, Minn.

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria.

Both Climbing and Bush Kaiserin Cheap.

4 inch pots, 2 to 3 ft flO.CO per 100

2-inch pots 3 00 per 100

THE ELIZABETH NURSERY CO.,

.Elizabeth, n. j.

-10,000-

AMERICAN BEAUTIES

SPI'XIAL OFF.ER lV>r A No. 1 Ainericau
IJpautv Rose Cuttinss ut $3.00 per 100 or $25.00 per
lOOJ. Ready for shipment lu about I0ci:i>s. Write
US about them. Orders tilled la rotation.

GEO. A. KUHL. PEKIN. ILL.

Crimson Rambler Roses

These roses have fibrous roots and are par-
ticularly well adapted lor potting and forc-
inK. 2 10 2". tt. SIO per 100; 3 to 3^ ft. *12
per 100; 3y, to 5 ft. $15 per 100.

ft A ia"Kr A C! Write for Price List of
XJ^^JM JjI Jm » J . nine new varieties.

The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa.

PALMS -^OSTONS

Walter Retzer & Co.,

2045-59 C,ar_endon Ave.. QHIQUgQ, |LL.

i Flowering Plants

^ Per 100

a Chinese Primroses, 3>^-inch,

3 in bloom $5.00

3 Ageralum Princess Pauline, 2-in. 2.00

3 Fuchsias, 5 vars, 2-in 2.C0

3 Abutilon, trailing, 2 in 3.00

g Flowering Begonias, 2-in 2.00

Geraniums, assorted, 2-in 2.00

100,000

tiardy Herbaceous Plants

SEND FOR LI.ST.
C.-iSH PLEASE.

EDWARD B. JACKSON,

Stamford, Conn.

IN BEST
..VARIETIES

SPECIALTIES

II08C8, from ^Inoh poti.

CARNATIONS, foi all dellrerr
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
SMILAX.

Prion low. Hand for lilt. VIOLETS.

New Carnation ELENOR AMES^

The best deep pink (Jaruatioa ever introduced.
Deeper color, lart^er (lowers, stronser grower and
produces more blooms per plant than its parent,
Wm. Ibcott Does not burst. A continuous
bloomer. Has been {?rown for tive years. Plants
free frou all Uitease. Rooted cuttings ready
February 1, $\.hO per do/.., $10 per 100, $75 per 1000.

D. CaRMICHAEL Wellesley, Mass.

Asparagus Sprengerii.

2 inch pots per IlO, $ 1.50

2^-inch pots " . 2.00

SIVIILAX. I'om tlats 25

M. J. COVEtTRY - :Ft Scott, Kas.

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NEW CARNATIONS

NOVELTIES FOR 1901.

f^ r\ Ix (Ward.) The finest crimson to date. The flower is

vJOV» ivOOSCVClL full, having a large number of petals which are so
perfectly and regularly arranged that the periphery of the flower produces a
perfect semi-circle. The size averages fully 3 inches in diameter through the
season. It is a vigorous, healthy grower, the foliage being of that rich glau-
cus green color that characterizes our most vigorous and most productive
Carnations. Awarded National Society's Certificate 93 points- Price, $2.00
per dozen; $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000.

>-♦ I . r> 4 (Ward.) Clear lemon yellow, slightly tinged with

UOlQCn t>C3.Ul3^ pink at the edge of the petals. Habit very similar to
Gold Nugget but a stronger, more vigorous grower; well worthy of a thorough
trial, stock limited. Price, $2.00 per dozen; $12.00 per 100.

Lorna

(Dorner.) Flower pure white, fragrant, being 31-2 inches in diame-
ter. Comparing it to White Cloud, its parent, it shows a decided
improvement, having a more compact and stronger growth. It is a pure
white and also an earlier and more free and continuous bloomer. Price,
$2.00 per dozen; $10.00 per 100; $75,00 per 1000.

NOVELTY (Ward.) A fancy yellow

MERMAID (Dorner.) A delicate pink

PROSPERITY (Dailledoozc.) An immense fancy -

DOROTHY (Grave.) A free pink

BON HOMME RICHARD (Chicago Carnation Co.) White blush

PROLIFICA (Chicago Carnation Co.) Cerise pink

CALIFORNIA GOLD (Sievers.) Free blooming yellow

NORWAY (Weber. ) A fine white - - - -

QUEEN LOUISE (DiUon.) A proUfic white

SUNBEAM (Chicago Carnation Co.) Light pink

NYDlA (Chicago Carnation Co.) Variegated white

BEAU IDEAL (Pierce.) Light pink

Per 100

- $12.00

6.00

- 16.00
10.00

- 10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
12.00

Per 1000

$ 50.00
130.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
100.00

We also have a fine stock of the following varieties: Lawson, Morning Glory, Olympia,
Marquis, Genevieve Lord, Ethel Crocker, Crane, Maceo, Gomez, Mrs. G. M. Bradt, White
Cloud, William Scott, Mrs. James Dean, McGowan, Bon Ton, etc.

THE COTTAGE GARDENS,

QUEENS, NEW YORK.

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The American Florist.

Feb. 2j,

Washington.

THB STORY OF THE DSUAL ROUND OF SOCIAL
AFFAIRS.— M,ORE GOOD DBCOEATIONS.—
TRADE BRISK.

A. Gude & Brother decorated the
Epiphany church for the wedding of
Lieutenant R S. Hooker and Miss Mary
Condit-Smith. Large bunches of white
roses, a number of aza'eas and palms
were used. They also are doing a large
shipping trade in cut flowers. A wetk
ago they shipped 10,000 violets on a
wedding order to Augusta, Ga.

Tuesday evening. February IS, Presi-
dent and Mrs. McKinley gave the final
state dinner and reception of the season.
Henry Pfister arranged a beautiful table
decoration for the event, using among
other items, 400 red roses and 600 red
carnations supplied by A. Gude & Brother.
George H. Brown decorated the East
Room in his best stvle.

The decorations at the White House,
February 14, for the diplomatic dinner,
were, as usual, very elaborate and taste-
ful. The center pieces were cattleyas and
adiantum and on the other tables were
vases of Ivory rose.

The Assembly ball at the Arlington
hotel was one of the most brilliant affairs
of the season. The decorations, which
were at once novel and beautiful, were
by J. H. Small & Sons.

Trade is quite active, with weddings,
receptions, cotillions and teas. Every-
body is on the move. Roses and car-
nations are fine and violets are also good
and in demand.

Litzinger& Wade did the decoration
for the Knights of Columbus fair at the
Light Infantry Armory. The whole rep-
resented the streets of Barcelona, Spain.
P. G.

Dubuque, I a —A. L. Glasser, for a num-
ber of years proprietor and manager of
the Capitol City Floral Co., of Des-
Moines, and more recently superinten-
dent of Linwood Cemetery in this city,
has purchased the Nicholas Mettel
property on Windsor avenue, and will
engage in the greenhouse business,
enlarging the place as soon as spring
opens

Gut Prices

VERBENA KING.

Express prepaid on all
Rooted Cuttings.

Verbenas, 40 best mam-
moth vars. 60c per 100;
$5.00 per 1000.
Alternanthera, red and
yellow, 60c per 100; *5
per 1000.
'Ageratum, Princess
Paulin* .ind a new
rich blue, very dwarf

II r; Cope's Pet, white; 60c per

.„„,.. , . Ill (1.

Heliotropes, 10 bnst varieties, .ill named, 70c per

100, 86 00 per 1100.
Daisies, 2 bef t vars . 11 00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000.
Geraniums, stronK 34-in., best named varieties,

ready tor 3-in., $2 50 per 100, $20 per lOOO.
Verbena plants, strong, full of cuttings, fine as
8ilk,$-3p<;rlO0,$l8perl0(0. , ^ ., ,^

Heliotrope. 3!<-in., strong, fine plants, %i per 100,
$18 per 1000.

Send for our new list of other rooted cuttings
and plants; it will save you money. Write for
prices on larger lots. Special low express rales
to all parts. That Cash Please.
C. HUMFELn. Clay Center. Ka«.

Plumosus Nanus

SEEDS.

Fresh from our own vines.

100 seeds 85c; 500 seeds, $4.00; 1000

to 5000 at $7.00 per luOO.

10,000 seeds, $60 15,000 seeds, $86.

CASH WITH ORDER.

L. ULLRICH, Tiffin, Ohio.

grower, 11
100. J5. Oil I

ASPARAGUS

r

Norway

^

THE QUEEN OF WHITE CARNATIONS

Scored 92 points at the Carnation Meeting: of
the Chicago Florists' Club, after traveling 700
miles and being packed up for over 40 hours

It is a free, rapid, vigorous grower and an early bloomer. The big money-
making commercial white everybody is looking for. Stock for February
delivery all sold. Order quick for March.

E^ypt

tAi

l\ Sc3rlct Crimson of great promise. Eclipses all other dark

carnations in length and strength of

stem, vigorous growth, rich, spicy odor and keeping qualities.

OAKLAND. MD.

lAj

500,000 Verbenas

THE CHOICEST VARIETIES
IN CULTIVATION.

Fine pot plants $2.SD per 100; $20 per 1003 Rooted Cuttings SOc per 100: $5 par 1003; %K per 10,0^0.
NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKEO LIGHT, AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

We are the Lnreest Grower* i>f Verbeii»H In the couutry.

Our plants cannot bM surpae^ed.

J. Iv. i:>XL,l.,OPr, :Bloon3St>ia.rg:, 'B'Ek-.

NEPHROLEPIS WITTBOLDM.

strong Plants, ready for 3-incli and 4-inch pots.
11.00 each; 110.00 a dozen; 175.00 per 100.

The GEO. WITTBOLD GO.

Palms and ferns

1657 Buckingham St., CHICAQO, ILL.

Palms # Ferns.

HOME-GROWN, FINE, CLEAN
STOCK: GROWN COOL.

Write for Price Lilt. J. B. HEISS.
The txotic Murseries. DAYTON. OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous

Alpine Plants.

Field-
Grown

A Complete Aisortment of Old and New Vars.

s Blue mil Nursery, So- Bralntre<;, Mass.

rORRFapoNPENrE «oi.[riTET>.

Start Now tor ta>ter Sales.

JAPANESE FERN BALLS.

Trui_' ItiiiK-k-avcd vari'-fw You \\ill find a
ready sal** for them. Per doz., $4; per 100, $30.
Write for prices on qusintui's,

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO:

84-86 Randolpli St.

NE^ YORK:

14 Barclay St.

I^EJTTUOK ...

Big Boston, Boston Marlcet and othri- varie-
ties. 16c per 10'; $i.(Xi i.er 1000; $8.50 per
10.000. If bv mail add 10c per 100.

Wakefield and Succession, 25c per 1O0; $1.25
per 1000. If bv mail add 2iic per 100.
C A-UIv I Fi»JUO"W t£ I*

Snowball 35c per 100. |3 50 p^r 1000.
TOIWIA-TO

Mayflower, Lorillard and Dwarf Champion,
50c per 100 postpaid. Nice size for potting.

CAeH WITH ORD1R. Other vegetable plants, also
Ilowerins plants. Send for list.

R. VINCENT, Jr., &. SON, White Marsh, Md

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THE BIG rOlR.

OUR INTRODUCTIONS OF NEW CARNATIONS
J- J- FOR J90I, J^ J-

Per
doz.

Per
100

Per
1000

Slinheam* ^^'''^ bright flesh pink, early
•j)UllL>vaiii. (|.jg jpj continuous bloomer.

Flowers of eood form and size, borne on

long stilT slems $1 50 $10 $75

Bon Homme Richard:

White,
extra-

ordinary free bloo^ner; fine form, good size.

Stems 2>4 to 3 feei long $150 $10 $75

Nydia:

Variegated, salmon stripe on white
ground. Quick seller, extremely free

bloomer, tine form and stiff stem $li50 $10 $75

Prolifica

Cerise rink. Very long, stiff

stems, la'ge flowers, and as its

name indicaies, an extra tree bloomer $li50 $10 $75

First lot ready Feb. l,of the above four vars.

OTHER VARIETIES.

Per 100 Per 1000

Wrs. Thos. W. Lawson cerise pink $6 00 $n0.00

Olvmpia variegated 5.00 40.00

Marquis pink 5.00 40 00

Genevieve Lord " 5.00 40.00

Ethel Crocker " 4.00 35.00

Morning Glory light pink 4 lill 35.00

G.H.Crane scarlet 3,00 25.00

Chicago " 3.00 25.00

Gold Nugget yellow 3.00 2.1.00

Gen. Maceo crimson 2 00 15.00

Gen. Gomez ■■ 2.00 15.00

White Cioud white 2 00 I5.0O

Mrs. Frances Joost pink 2.C0 15.00

Mrs. Jas. Dean •' .2 00 15.00

John Young white l.,5') 12.00

Flora Hill ' 1,50 12.00

Argvie cerisepink 1.50 12.00

Davbreak light pink 1.50 12.00

William Scott pink 100 8 00

Armazindv variegated 1.00 8.00

Guardian Angel 6.00 .^n.oo

Peru 4.00 3.5.00

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 3.ii0 25.00

'I riumph ; 1.51 ]2.5t

Cerise Queen 1.50 12.50

Edna Craig 150 12.50

Evanston 1.5) 12.50

Gov. Griggs 1.50 12.,W

Mclba 1.60 12.50

Kvelin.a l.ro 8.00

Lizzie McGowan l.fO 7.50

Mrs. L. Ine 7.i 60.00

ALL ROOTED CUTTINSS NOW READY. WRITE FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. LET US FIGURE ON OUR WANTS.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

Joliet, Illinois.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

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WEILAND & RISCH

can save you

money on

rooted

6UTTIN6S

We have all the newer varie-
ties of Roses and Carnations.
Make out list of what
stock you may
need and let us
figure on it.

WRITE FOR CATALOaUE.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO.

Carnations "/arAr'st^""'""

Viclor, Daybreiik, Flora Hill, I ^. .„ „„,. ,„„

Triumuh \ *' •" P'^' '™

While Cloud $2 00 per 100

G. H. CRANE $2.50 per 100

Cyperus Alternifolius, strong, stocky plants, ironi
2V^-incL po's, lor immediate shipment, at
$3.00 per 1(X),

L. L. MAY & CO , St. Paul, Minn.

To Exchange

Rooted Cutting'? of Ethel Crocker,
Frances Joost, G. H Crane.

For Rooted Cuttings of Brides, Maids or

Meteors

Carnations fine, healthy stock; want tlie same

in roses,

MORTON GROVE GREENHOUSES. Morton Grove, III.

Pieaie mention the A nierican Florist when writing.

Also strong healthy plantsof LADY C.VMPHELI.
Violets from sand or soil. Send for price list,
WM. 8WAVNE. Kennett Square, Pa.

CARNATIONS!

The Sensational New Varieties for 1901

PROSPERITY, GOV. ROOSEVELT

And all the other new ones at advertised rates; also all the
really good varieties o! last year, and former introductions in
extra tine selected stock, all ready lor very early shipment.
Descriptive Trade List will be mailed to those not
receiving it on receipt of Postal Card.

JOHN N. MAY, Summit, New Jersey.

Carnations.

ROOTPP
tlTTINtiS

SPECIAL PRICES FOR M4RCH DLIIVLRY.

PINK— KTHEL CROCKKR.
GE.NEVIEVB LOKU,
MES, HFRTRAM LIPPINCOTT,
WHITE-ELM CIIY,

PERU, WHITE CLODD,
SCARLET-U. H. CRANE,
STRIPED— MRS, G, M. BRSpT,

OLYMPIA. '

CRIMSON— MACKO, GOMEZ,
DARK PINK-LESLIE PALL,

Write me toda,v how many you will want of
tlie ahove varieties and I will make you a speoi»i
quotation and send sample of the cuttings if
desired,

AlBERT M. HERR, Lancaster Pa.
IROBT. CRAIG & SON, I

I Roses, Palms I

P and Novelties in Decorative Plants e

1 Market and 49th Sts., Phllauelphia, Pa. f

.If your..

Business Methods

are right yon can make a profit
on an advertliement here.

WELL ROOrtD CUTTINGS

FROM THE S«NO.

Orders Taken Now to be Delivered from Now on.

100 1000

T, VV. Lawson 16,00 $50,00

Mariuii 4,fO 35,00

Genevi-ve Lord 1,00 35,00

Crane.

G. II.

.25.00

G. M. Hmdt ; 20.00

Red Bradt 25.00

•las. Dean 12.50

Whi e Cloud 12.50

Argyl« 12.00

■rnuraph 12.00

.loost 12.00

Uavhreak 10 00

MrGowiin 8.00

Ehr,. Hill 12.00

Ravenswood Station,
CHICAGO. ILL.

INTON THEN,

CARNATIONS

We have 25,000 in 2-inch pots, in good healthy
condition, iiicludi-ip such «or'8 as, Marquis,
Olvmoia, Mrs. Lippinr'ot-, K. Cro(.'.ker, Lily Dean,
Mt-Iha, Atnerica, Onei a, Paint'-d L:idy, Red
Jacket. Gov. G ii gs. While Cloud. .Ino. Young,
Uncle Wait-rr, Gen. Gomez. Mayor Pingree, Conch
Sheii. l*f!i,c,hblo\v, T dal Wave, Win. Scott, Florn
Hill, Evelina, Albertini, New York, Seneca Chief,
p9v<'he. McGowan ^am-- sorts in sand.

Write us for prices before plai-ing yonr orders.

WALKER & McLean, Younastown, 0.

/ZLav*'! Til 11 TVIO ^''''■'i. coodco'l^ction.
^XCLctilllUIIlS Double Fringed Petunias,
Fine Asparagus Sprengerii. All the above from
2-inch pots at $2.00 per lUO.

K. I. RAWLIN08, Qoakertown, Pa.

1014

The American Florist.

Fib. 2J,

Toronto.

COLD WEATHER MAKES EXPENSE FOR THE
GROWERS.*— TRADE GOOD. — IMPORTED
VIOLETS — NOTES.

The past week proved a very hard one
for the grower and his coal bin. Wednes-
day night the thermometer registered at
zero, with a heavy wind blowing, and it
■was difficult to keep up the temperature.
Several of the smaller growers had a few
things nipped, but the damage was not
great.

There has been a decided increase in
trade. Society is again active and funerals
utilize all available white material. Stock
of all kinds is good. Bridesmaids and
Brides are in splendid shape and present
indications point to some very good
blooms for the American Rose Society's
meeting.

Many oflers are received, and often
consignments of stock, from violet grow-
ers in the States wishing to dispose of
their goods, but violets are so plentiful
in this market and prices so low that
after they deduct twenty per cent duty
and entry fees it leaves very little for the
shipper.

Jno. H. Dunlop has gone to Baltimore
to the carnation meeting. H. G. D.

Lincoln, Neb.

The past week has been bright and
warm, bringing in a good lot of stock,
but not near enough to meet demands.
Owing to warm, spring-like weather
there has been a big call for plants, espe-
cially cyclamens, azaleas and Dutch hya-
cinths. Everyone is busy getting up a
big stock of bedding plants for spring
sales, which promise to be heavy.

Frey & Frey can now be found at 1224
O street, just across from their old stand,
which is being torn down to make place
for a large building for a clothing firm.

C. H. F.

We Sell For

L. J. ENDTZ, Boskoop, Holland, all ornamental
hardy Florists' and Nursery Stock.

HABRBNS BROS., Somergem, B-lgium, Azalea
Indicu, Palms, Araucanas, etc.. Decorative
Plants.
Orders booked now for Sprinz or Fall delivery.

We also book now import orders for Summer and

Fall delivery of Lilies, Lily of the Valley, etc.

Bulbs. Address

August Rolker & Sons, s aoeyst .. New York.

LILY OF THE VALLEY.

From Best European Grower.

HAMBURG CROWNS, first selected quality, $9 per
1000; case of 2500, 121.

JACKSON & PERKINS CO.. ^%'X^i'^w.

FLORISTS^ ORCHIDS

..The Finest and Largest Stook
In the world.

CAimFD ST. ALBANS, ENGLAND aod
O/lllULK BRUGES, BELGIUM.

Send for List of Commercial Varieties.

A. DIMMOCK, Agent, 60 Vegey St.. N. Y.

Orchids 1 »~

CATTLEYA SCHROEDkRAE just arrived in fine
condition, from a new region. Our new price
list for 1901 now ready.

LAGER & HURRELL, ^immit. n. j.

Orchid Qroweri and Importer!.

r.

eisiKefeisiSgei/eeSeSsIeSs;?

? ^^Ssi^gggggggggggga

Rose Cuttings! Carnation Cuttings!

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

lOD

Lady Dorothea $1.50

Kaiserin 1 .50

Maman Cochet 1.50

American Beauty 3.00

1000

$12.50
12.50
12.50
25.00

ROOTED

1000

CUTTINGS.

100

100 1000

Brides $1.50 $12.50

Bridesmaids l.S'J 1250

Meteors 1.50 12i0

Verles 1.50 12..=i0

GoldenGate 1,50 12.50

CARNATION

100

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawsbn tr.OO $60.00

The Marquis 6 00 60.00

Estelle 7.00 50.00

Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

Ethel Crocker 5.C0 40.00

Olympia 5.00 40.00

G. H. Crane : 3.00 25.00

Mrs. George M. Bradt 3.03 25.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00 25.00

America 3.00 25 01

Cdioago 3.00 26.00

Mabel ^.... 3.00 25.0U

Elsie Ferguson 3 00 25.0"

Gold Nugget . ...: 3.00 25.(0

Pingree 3.00 25.00

Mrs. James Dean 2 10 15.00

Mrs. Frances Joost .■ 20) 15.00

Genesee 2.00 15.00

Marv Wool .' 2.00 15.0o

John Young 2.0) 15.00

John Hinkle 2.00 15.C0

Dorothy Sweet 2.00 15.00

Jubilee 2.00 15.00

We olTer only choice Rooted Cuttings, first-class in every respect, true to narre. 25 at 100
rates; 250 at 1000 rates. Write for catalogue and complete list of Carnations and R jses, rooted
cuttings and in pots.

Do you receive our weekly price list? If not, write us; we will place your name on
our n^ailing list.

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

White Cloud $2.00

Leslie Paul 2.00

Gov. Griggs 2 0)

Albenini 2.00

Dawn 2.00

Eldorado 200

Melba 2.00

Victor 1 1.60

Triumph 1 50

Daybreak 1.60

Ivo'rv 1.50

Kvehna 1.50

Flora Hill 1.60

Cerise Queen I.EO

M eteor 1 .60

Armaziudy 1 50

Iris Miller 1.60

Sandusky 1.25

William Scott 1.25

Tidal Wave I.OO

Portia ■*. 1.00

Lizzie McGjwan 1.00

Psyche 1.00

1000
$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
17.00
1250
12.50
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
10.00
10.00
800
8.00
8.00
7.50

We
Root

10,000 Carnations a Week

172,000 R. C.S Ready to Ship at Once.

Doz. 100 1000

A. Mitting, clear light cream, 1901 $1.60 JIO.OO 175.00

Mrs. A. Mitting, clear pink. 1901 1.60 10 00 76.00

De Roo Mitting, white, fine, i901 150 10,00 75.00

Sunbeam (C. <;. Co.) 1901 1.50 10.00 75.00

Boa Homme Richard. (C. C. Co.) 1901 1.50 10 00 75.00

Nidia, (C. C. Co.) 1901 1.60 10.00 75.00

Vroliflca, (C. C. Co.) 1901 1.60 10 00 75.00

California Gold. (Hill) 1901 160 10.00 76.00

Pink Si-ortfrom Victor and Armazinly (Hill),

1901 1.50 10.00 75.00

Queen Louise, (Dillon), 1901 1.50 10.00 75.00

Irene, (Crabb A Hunter), 1901 •.... 1.60 10.00 75.00

Lorna. (Dorner). 1901 ....1.60 lO.dO 75.80

Mermaid, (Dorner) 1901 1.00 6.00 60.00

100

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson, cerise pink '. $4.75

Olympia, variegated ^ \ 4.00

Genevieve Lord, light pink 4,00

Ethel Crocker, pink 3.00

Mrs. G. M. Bradt. variegated 2.00

America, scarlet 2.50

Gen. Maceo, dark red 1.50

Gen. Gomez, dark red 1.25

Flora Hul, white ' 1.20

Argyle, pink 1.20

White Cloud, white 1.26

Melba, pink 1.25

Peru, white 2.50

6 at 12 rate; 25 at 100 rate; 250 at 1000 rate. We guarantee rooted cuttings to reach you in Al
condition. If not satisfactory on arrival, return at once at our expense.

MOISTURE QUAQE.

Price $2 50 each,

Dsed in greenhouses, ice boxes, etc.
Send for description of its usefulness.

Per 100

True Boston Fern, 3H-in $5.00 1

True Boston Pern, extra strong, 2Ji-in 3.00 ;

20,000 Alternantheras, red, also pink, strong, i

2H-in , 1.50

10,000 Sedum Variegatum, 2X-in 1.50 |

25 plants at 100 rate.

Per 100

lO.COOCig.ar Plants, 2K-in $1.50

SOOUOColeus, 10 named varieties, 2M-'n 1,60

5,0110 California Moss, for Baskets, 2!<-in--.. 1,60
6,CO0 Jerusalem Cherries, 2!<-in 1-50

Cash or C. O. D.

THE MORRIS FLORAL CO., - Morris, 111.

Onn nnn Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fresh
ZUUiUUU piekea from our own plants, sure

Lasts
Grows

The Famoui Kudzu Vine— Hardy as a rook.

.50 years. Can be cut back every year.

50 feet in one season. $7.00 per 100.
Asparagus Sprengeri— Strong 3!4-in., $8.00 per 100.
New Rose Snowflake— The Daisy Rose, $10 per 100.
New Lace Fern- -Kronds last a month, $6.00 per lOO.
New Russelia Multinora-'2>4-inch, $4.00 per 100.
50 New Plants not to be Had Elsewhere.
Callas— White, $3 per 100; Spotted, $3; Yellow, $20.
Cannas. Dahlias, and all summer blooming bulbs.
Electros and Cuts for Florists and Seedsmen.

A. BLANC. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

to grow, 90c per lOO; $7.50 per lOOO.
Alternantheras— Red, yellow, pink, 60c per 100;

tb.'iU per lUUO. prepaid.
'Mums—Fine rooted cuttings, W. R. Smith, DaiUe-

douze, Maj. Bonnaffon, II. Robinson, F. Hardy,

J. Jones, etc., $1.1)0 per 100.
Boston Ferns, 2V4-inch, 60c per do/. ; $3.00 per 100.

3-ini-h. $I.U0per doz.; 110.00 per 100. '
Geraniums— P. liruant, Gettysburg, Crystal, Mme.

Bruant, etc. 2 inch, .$2.0 per 100.

A. J. BALDWIN. Newark. Ohio.

tgot.

The American Florist.

1016

EUa CARNATION fflM

No better Carnation Blooms were ever offered in the Chicago
market than those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

THE SPORT,

Pink Per 100 Per 1000

Armazindy $ C 00 $50.00

IRENE 10.00 75 00

SINBEAM 10.00 |75 00

BON HOMME RICHARD 10 00 75.00

PROLIFICA 10 00 75 00

NYDIA 10.00 75 00

MRS LAWSON 6.00 50 00

THE MARQUIS 4.00 35.00

GENEVIEVE LORD 4.00 35 00

ETHEL CROCKER 4.00 3.'. 00

PERI! 4.00 35.00

G.H.CRANE 3 00 25 00

MRS. GEO. M. BRADT 3.00 25 00

CHICAGO (Red Bradt) 3 00 25 00

AMERICA 2 50 20.00

CERISE QUEEN 150 12 50

MRS. LEOPOLD INE

Per 100

$7.00

GEN. GOMEZ 2.00

GEN MACEO 2.00

EVANSTON 1.50

JOHN YOUNG 1 50

ARGYLE 1 50

TRIUMPH 1.50

FRANCES JOOST 1 50

GOV. GRIGGS 1.50

MELBA 1 50

EDNA CRAIG 150

FLORV HILL 1.50

WHITE CLOUD 1.50

DAYBREAK 1.50

EVELINA 1.00

McGOWAN 1 00

Per 1000
$60 00
15 00
15.00
12 50
12 50
12 50
12 50
12 50
12 50
12 50
12. .50
12 50
12.50
12.50
7 50
7.50

WIETOR BROS.,

Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers,

51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL.

Fancy Carnations ^ ^

We offer choice Rooted Cuttings, first-class in every way. The quality of our plants has
gained a reputation among the highest in this country.

PINK. Per 100 Per 1000

Ethel Crocker $2.50 $20

Mrs. Thus. \V. Lawson $7.00 $60. CO

Mrs. F. .loost 2.O0 15.00

Triumph 1.50 12.00

RED.

G. H. Crane 13.0)

America 3.00

MAROON.
Gen. Maceo 2.00

YELLOW.
Gold Nugget 3.00

Per 100 Per 1000

$25 00
25.00

25.00

WHITE.

Whiite Cloud $2.00

Mary Wood 2.00

Flora Hill 1.50

VARIEQATBD.

Olympia 5.00

Mrs. G. M. liradt 3.00

Per 100 Per 1000 t

$15.00
15.00

12.00

40. CO
25.00

Rooted Rose Cuttings.

Brides, Bridesmaids and fleteors,
$1.50 per 100.

ALL CUTTINGS SHIPPED FROM GREENHOUSES.

Don't fail to send us your name to
place on our mailing list for our Flor-
ists' Price List, issued weekly.

..BASSETT & WASHBURN

STORE: 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago. GREENHOUSES: Hinsdale, III.

i»ITTTTTTTn!T»T!»ITTTIf!»fT»TH»?l»»T!ftfW!in«"n»»""l»»»"»»""»M?f?ir»ff»lf»?»TI?»»l»T?!TnTTITITnnnfTTTT!fTfTT»TTnTTTTnTTniTTmTinTmnrnm

Have You Seen the Lorraines?

These new Begonias are sure to be in great
demand. Let us bonk your order NOW for June
delivery.

eioire de Lorraine, (iS.oo per lOO.
Light Pink Lorraine (Lonsdale's variety)
|25 i-O per 100.

Are also booking orders for new Cliryfianttie-
mums. Carnations, Cannas and Qeraniums.

Catalogue Free.

NATHAN SIVIITH & SON, Adrian, Mich.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

CARNATIONS.

Ethel Crocker 100, $4.00; 1000, $30.00

White Cloud " 2 00; " 15.00

Alaska (white) " 100; " 7.50

ROSES.

Golden Gate 100, $1.50; lOCO, $12.50

Bride " 1.50; " 12 50

Bridesmaid " 1.50; " 12 50

QEO. HARRER, Morton Qrove, III.

CARNATIONS

Well Rooted Cuttings from Sand or Soil.

100 KMO

Ethel Crocker jiS.OO $25.00

White Cloud 1.75 16.00

Flora Hill 1.75 15.00

Triumph «1.75 15.00

Mrs. James Dean 1.00 9.00

Mayor Pini;ree 1.00 8.00

Wm. Scott 1.00 8.00

A few thousand of the above from 2^-inch
pots. Write for i>rice.

Chas. Akehurst & Son, White Marsh, Md.

1016

The American Florist.

Feb. 23^

Louisville.

GOOD ROSES GHOWN IN SOLID BEDS. — A
SAVING ijLI. ABOUND. — BUSINESS GOOD
AND SUPPLIES SHORT.— VARIOUS NOTES
OF INTEREST. .

The Anchorage Rose Company is send-
ing in magaificent Brides and Brides-
maids. They grow all their stock in
solid beds and think that is the only way
to handle roses. Anyone who visits the
place will say that not one grower in a
hundred can equal their stock. Mr.
Raynor, the manager, claims a saving
in plants by the use ot solid beds as the
same plants are used a number of years
and grow finer and stronger all the time.
Only a rest of a few weeks is given in
summer while with replanting benches
several months elapse before a paying
crop comes on. There is a saving of the
cost of the bench material and, last but
not least, the quality is superior and the
stock more abundant.

Business is pretty good and the supply
of roses and carnations not equal to the
demand, although retail prices are rather
higher than is usual at the season.
Violets have been fairly abundant and
have found ready sale at $1 a hundred
retail, few going to waste.

George Thompson & Sons, whose
establishment was gutted by fire, have
put several greenhouses in shape and will
continue in business.

C. H. Kunzman has been very success-
ful with his carnations this winter, the
leading varieties being Triumph for pink
and Flora Hill f jr white. H. G. W.

UncA, N. Y.— J. C. Spencer and Dr.
Rowlands are at Buffalo, seeking the
concession of space for a special exhibit
at the Pan-American Exposition.

STRONG ROOTED CUTTINGS READY APRIL 1st.
EARLY SORTS:

Berginannt white; Rose Owan, piuk; Yellow

Monarc.b, $1 50 per 10 J.
MID-SEASON VARIETIES:

Mrs, It. Roliinson. white; Mrs. Murdook. pink,

J1.50 per lOJ. Mr,<. \V. II. Weeks, white;

Austr:ili4ii Gold, yellow, $1.U0 per 100.
FOR THANKSGIVING TRADE:

Golden Weddin;;. Philadelphia, Mrs. .Teronie

.Tones, Maud Dean, $1.50 per 100. Autumn

Glory, $l.tO per HO.
FOR CHRISTMAS BLOOMING:

II. W. Rienian, yellow; The Harriott, pink;

Yauoma, white, $2.00 per 100.

L. L. MiiY «i CO., St. Paul, WHnn.

PAMMA^ .50,000 best sorts. BEGONIA Ilaag-
V*%llllrt3j eana, one of the best lor Xnias, line,
stronB -J-inch plants, $8 per 101. DAHLIAS. 10,000
best sorts. GERANIUMS and PETUNIAS. 2-inch,
$25 per 1000. Rooted cuttings, $15 per JOOO, our
selection. GLADIOLI. Grolfs Hybrids, Van Fleet's
Hybrids, extra while and liaht yellows, extra
cliolco mixed, etc., etc, OXALIS. 100,000 at Toe per
1000. MADEIRA VINES. $5 and $10 per 1010
Terms cash. Senii list nf wants lor pri/^es.

BETSCMEB BROS.. Canal Dover. 0.

Areca Lutescens
Kentia Belmoreana
Kentia Forsteriana
Latania Borbonica

JOSEPH HEAGOCK, '^-'-'-

Grown
..by..

.Send Ftjit Wuoi.ks.m.i: I'kick List.

COLEUS,

Rooted
Cuttings.

VERSCHAFFELTII, er^ ./^A

GOLDEN BEDDER, OUC PCF lUU,

'^^fR'^B^RSS!"^' $5 per 1000.

G.OTTOSCHWABE,Jenkintown,Pa.

I "The Grandest GERANIUM under the sun."

Extra strong plants out of 2^-in. pots, ready for shilt, |8.00 per 100;

$60 00 per 1000. 250 at 1000 rate.

Terms: Sixty days. 5% for cash with order. P.ice list free.

I Henry Eichholz, Waynesboro, Pa.

|^__ ^^__ __^_^^^,^^

■\ '*\^*^ /^ /"^ ^^'^ ^

STRONG 2 YEAR
• • FIELD GROWN.

CRIMSON RAMBLER, extra strong ' J12.00 per 100.

HYBRID PERPETDAL, in fine assortment $10.00 per 100, $90.00 per 1000.

HYBRID PERPETUAL, in fine assortment, 2d size 6.00 ■' 50.00

These are well rooted, good stock, but not quite heavy enough to go into first grade.

AZALEA MOLLIS

(Hardy). Fine for Easter Forcing.
12 to 15 inches high $35 00 per 100 15 to 18 inches high $40.00 per 100

RHODODENDRONS.

Bushv plants well set with buds.
18 to 20 inches high $75.00 per 100 20 to 21 inches high 1100.00 per 100

SPIRAEAS

JAPONICA $3.00 per 100 ASTILBOIDES FLOEIBIJNDA ....J4. 00 per 100

NANA COM PACTA $5.00 per 100

PALMS

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 2!/j-inch pots $8.00 per 100, »7o 00 per 1000

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 3-inch pots, 4 and 5 leaves $15.00 per 100

KENTI.\ BELMOREANA, 4 inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high 30.00 t'

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5-inch pots, 18 inches high 60.00 "

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5 and 6-inch pots, 18 to 2D inches high 75.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 2!4-inoh pots 10.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 3-inch pots, 12 inches high 15.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 4-inch pots, 15 to 18 inches high 35.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high 60.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5 and 6 inch pots, 24 to 28 inches high 75.00 "

ARECA LUTESCENS. 2!4-iuch pots $6.00 per 100, $50,00 per 1000

ASPARAGUS

SPRENQERII, 2!4-in. pots $3.00 per 100

SPRENGERII, 3-in. pots 5.00 "

SPRENGERII, 4-in. pots 8.00 "

BOSTON FERNS

strong 2-inch pots $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000

TflE STORRS & HARRISON CO., PainesviUe, 0.

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 3-in. pots $ 6.00 per 100

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 4-in. pots 12.00 "

I go I.

The American Florist.

1017

I CARNATION CUTTINGS.

5 All the new and standard varieties, free from rust and all other diseases.

Our stock is in fine shape and all cuttings are well rooted when sent out.

Mrs. Leopold Ine J^^„--^ .^o looo

and best paying red Carnation. Rooted

cnttirgg $ 7.00 $60 00

Sunbeam 10 00 75 00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75 00

Njdia 10 00 75.00

Prolifica 10 00 75.00

Irene 10.00 75 00

Mrs. Lawson 6 00 55 00

Marquis 4 00 35.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35 00

Ethel Crocker 3.00 25 00

Crane 3 00 25 00

Pern 2 50 20 00

America 2 50 20.00

Mrs. Bradt 2.50 20 00

Triumph 1.00 9.00

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

100 1000

Bridesmaid $1 50 $12 50

Bride 1 50 12 50

Golden Gate 1 50 12.50

Meteor 1 50 12.50

Perle 1 50 12.50

Guardian Angel

The most

prolific 100 1000

and best paying pink Carnation.

Rooted cuttings $6 00

fnhn Young 1.50

White Cloud 1.25

Daybreak 1 25

Ari^yle 1.00

Evanston 1.00

F. Joost 1 00

Cerise Queen 1.00

Edna Uraig 1.00

Gov. Griggs 1.00

Melba 1.00

Armazindy 1 00

Hill 1 00

Evelina 1 00

McGowan 100

2 1-2 INCH ROSE PLANTS.

100

Liberty $12 00

Bridesmaid 3.00

Bride 3.00

Meteor 3.00

Golden Gate 3 00

Kaiserin 3.00

Perle 3.00

$50 00

12 50

10.00

10 00

9 00

9.00

9.00

9 00

9 00

9 00

9.00

9.00

9.00

7.50

7 50

1000

$100 00

25 00

25 00

25.00

25 00

25 00

25.00

All stock sold under the condlt'on that If not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately,

when money wi I be refunded.

PETER REINBERG,

51 WABASH AVENUE.

CHICAGO. ILL.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

!iefCTs«^^B»asig«:^as^ai;re«sa»asie!» 2SiQ!^ /s^

CARNATIONS.

This stouk is strictly lirst-ulass in every resi)ect, fret' from disease and
will be thoroughly rooted wlien sent out. We guarantee them to Iteas repre-
sented. Money refunded upon return of plants if not satis'actory.

ROSES

ooted
Cuttings.

J.A.BUDLONG,

Oruni Arma7,iiidy ...

'I'riumph, Flora Hill

White Cloud. EvansloQ.
.Vrni:izindv, Pnrtia

ICO IfOO

J5 00 $40 CO

1.60 12. .W

l.S'l 12 50

1,00 7 50

100 1000

Wm. Scott Jl.OO 87,5a

McGowan l.CO 7..%

Evelina 1.00 7.50

Knhinoor 1.00 7.E0

100 1000
Golden Gate, Meteor ....$1..50 $12.50

' Bride, Bridesmaid 1.50 12.50

Perle 1.50 12.50

These cuttinjzs are up to the well-known standard of those
sent out by us in previous seasons.

37-39 Randolph St.
CHICAGO, ILL.

Please mention the American Florist ivhen writing.

ChangeYourRoseStock

Healthy Plants Grown from Grafted
Stock Cuttings.

strong, well cstablishi'd plants frum 2H-i"eh pols,
ready for shipment May Ist.

U'E (

It $3.00 100.

BRIDE
BRIDESMAI
GOLDEN GAT

Place your orders at once and choice stock will
be reserved for you.

L. L. MAY & CO ,

ST. PAUL, MINN.

Xlnv» CqIaV ferns (Pteris Haslala). for
X Oi SdilC; lernery, in 2-inoh pots, $30

per 1000. Satisfaot.on guaranteed. Cash

with order.
MATTHEW RICHMOND, Erdman Av., Baltimore, Md.

leooTSiJ

CARNATIONS

Per 100 Pi-r 1000

The Marquis, rich pink $5.00 $40.00

Morning Glory. liRht pink 3.50 30.CO

Mrs. LawsoD, famous pink 6.00 50.ro

Ethel Crocker, clear pink 3.50 30.00

(ienevievc Lord, light pink 4.01 35.00

Mrs. Lippincott, pink 5.00 40.00

Daybreak, flesh 2.00 15.00

MeJba, fine pink 8.00 15.0J

Mrs. Joost, money maker 2.00 15.00

Wm. Scott, pink 1.00 10.00

White Cloud, flne white 1.50 12.50

Per 1(0

l''lora Hill. largo white $1.50

Peru, white 4.00

Elm City, new white 4.00

Estelle, best scarlet 6.(10

Chicago, largest red 4.0 )

G. H. Crane, scarha 3 00

America, light red 2.50

Maceo, dark crimson 2.00

Gomez, light crimson 2.f

Mrs. Hradt. variegated 3.00

Per 1000
.$12.50
30.00
30.C0
50.00
30.011
25.00
20.00
1.5.C0
15.00
25.10

ALSO ALL NOVELTIES OF THIS YEAR AT INTRODUCERS' PRICES.

GEO. HANCOCK & SON. Grand Haven, Mich.
PLACE YOUR NAME '

and your ipeoialtiei before the purohaiing floriati of the entire country

byJvertUngin ^^^ AMERICAN FLORIST.

•mmo AOVT. aew.

1018

The American Florist.

Feb. 2J,

Montreal.

CLCB HOLDS AN INTERESTING SESSION. —
CARNATION SHOW IS SCHEDULED — TKADE
RATHER QUIET. — ALLSTOCK PLENTIFUL.
— YAEIODS MATTERS.

The members of the Montreal Garden-
ers' and Florists' Club met on February
11 and enjoyed a very interesting session.
After the routine was over many ques-
tions stirred up life and discussion. A
question as to how an originator can
protect the name of his novelty showed
that there is a want of a society in
Canada which could protect" the r<ght of
such a man, and, indeed, John Perrin, of
this city, who originated Begonia
Perrini, claims that Begonia President
Carnot is the same as his own. It was
voted to hold a carnation show on
February 26, and it is promised that
prominent growers both from the United
States and Canada will send exhibits.
On that occasion we may expect visitors,
not only from the west but also from
across the border. The show will be free
to friends. Before we adjourned T.
Martel, who presided over our recent
euchre party, presented the prizes to the
two winners, Geo. Robinson and James
McKenna.

Trade here is quiet, although for the
last few days it has seemed to pick up a
little. The bright weather we enjoyed
for the last two weeks helped stock in
general to become plentiful. Bulbous
flowers of all kinds are seen on the market
now, but the demand is light. White
flowers are only in fair demand. Paper
Whites, Romans, freesias and white car-
nations find their outlet in funeral work.
Roses, carnations and violets are improv-
ing rapidly. The trade complains a great
deal about the unreasonable prices of the
wholesalers. Montreal is taxed double
the Toronto prices.

A local man, whose name at present I
cannot mention, intends to start a large
cut flower business in this vicinity. Such
a firm will fill a want here in Montreal.

G. V.

Caladium Esculeotum.

1st size, 6 to 9 inches circumference, $2.00 per 100
2d size, 3 to 6 " " $1.00 per 100

Cash With Ordeu

R. VINCENT, JR., & SON, White Marsh. Md.

SEED Pansies j^^^iL

The Jennings strain. Fine stock, choice varie-
ties. Medium size plants, 60c per U'O by mail, $4
per 1000 by express. Extra fine stocky plants in
bud and bloora. $1 per 100; JIG per 1000. The above
growing in cool greenhouses. Seed, $1 per pkt,,
$5 per oz. Cash with order.

t. B. JENNINGS. Grower of the Finest Pansies.
Lock Box /i54;, 8outhport» Conn.

Please mention the A tnerica n Florist when umting.

Vinca Major Variegata.

Well Rooted Cuttings $J.25 per 100.

Ca>m W iTH Okdkb.

SMITH & YOUNG CO.,

456 E. Washington St.. INDIANAPOLIS. IND.

Schmidt's Pansies

HAVE NO EQUAL.

Fill.' stookv plants, 50 irts. p(>r 100; $3.50 per ICOO.
FORGET-ME-NOT, larj,'(; plaiiU, fiOi-,ts. p.-r IOC; I4.0O

per lOOU.
DASIES (liellis). Snowball and Longfellow, 40ct8.

per 100; if.i.00 i)er 1000.

J. O. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

please mention the American Florist when 7vrittng.

CARNATIONS

:Roo'r:ei>

ouTmivo^sa

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following prices:

G. H. CRANE 125.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT a'i.OO "

MADAM CHAPMAN 25.00 "

DAYBREAK 12.50

WHITE CLOUD 112.50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10.00

McGOWAN 1000

ELDORADO 10.00

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to bi seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in need of a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of tbe above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times.

A-d«MCHAS. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich. ^^-'I-.^'"

ALTERNANTHERA. rooU-d cuttings, P.aronychioides

Major and Auii-a Nana, 60o per 100; $5.00 piT

1000, prepaid.
CANNAS. dormant roots, Clias. Henderson, Q.ueen

Charlotte, Paul liruant, Egandale, Florence

A'au^^lian, Italia. ]\lnie. Crozy, .Vlphonse

IJunvier. Sophie Huchni.T, Austria. Hurbank,

Oriole. Anieriraii l''lap. .^^'^..^O per lOd
CALADIUM ESCULENTUM, bulbs 1 to 1!4 incb.JSOO

to *.'.6o per 100.
COLEUS, line assortment, 314-inch, $2.00 per 100.

Rooted cuttini^s, 75; per 100 prepaid.
FERNS, liostoniensis, 2'/»-inch, $4.a) per I(X). Cor-

ilaia Compacta. S'/o-inoh, $4.00 per 101). Cyr-

toiiiium Falcatum, 2'/^-inch, 3c.
PETUNIA, Dreer's str.-iin, double fringed, 2i4-inch,

$2.50 per 100. IVY Geranium. 2H-inch, 2>^c.
DAISY, white and yellow, 2i<.-inoh, 2>4c.
GERANIUMS. 2!4-in., 2c, Paul Bruant, La Favorite,

Sir Trevor Lawrence, Gen. Grant, Goliath, etc.

S. .\. Nutt, 3c. Cash with order.

G. W. WEATHERBY, Chillicothe, IVIo.

TAMCY

DAGGER

HARDY GUT FERNS

Following Prices after February 1st:

In 1,000 lots $1.25 per 1000

Tn 5,000 lots 1.20 "

InlO.OOOlots l.IO

ln25,0001ols 1.00

L. B. BRAGUE, Hinsdale, Mass.

MY SPECIALTY.

Cyclamen Persicum Splendens Giganteum, finest
strain in thi; world in Tour true colors (Septem-
Ikt sowing) pl.'ints transplanted from llats.
$3.00 per UO; $i5.00 per liiOO. My si rain of
Cvflamen has a rrputation second to none.
I solicit your patronage and guarantee

East Stroudsburg, Pa.

satisfaction

PAUL MADER

%. VINCA VAR. VINES

3inch pot Vinca Vines, $4.00 per 100.

TERMB CASH OR O. O. D.

MM. A. CLARK & SON,

No. 44 Boyd St., WATERTOWN, N. Y.

Special Sale. ,,,

Altemanthera. yellow. $1.50; red $1.75

Geraniums, 214 pots. my selection 2 50

t;olBU8 mixed and Blue Ageratum, 2-in. pots. 1.50

Obconica Primula, 2^- inch pots 1.50

Verbena, mixed and Vinca Harrisoni 2.00

Cash ob C. O. D.

lOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, Delaware. Ohio.

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

Per 100

Ccleui, 12 varieties $ .60

Alyssum. Giant 1.00

Mme. Sal leroi Geranium 1.25

Geraniums, mixed 1.50

Geraniums, Nutt, Bruant. etc 2.00

Ageratum Princess Pauline I.OO

Carnations* 24 varieties. Send for list.

PLANTS FROM 2-INCH POTS.

Vincas, 2 varieties 2.50

Baby Primroses 3.00

Geraniums, named n 03

Kalamazoo Nursery & Floral Co.,

KALAMAZOO, MICH.

DON'T GET LEFT

ON GERANIUMS. They are
going very fast at $i per 100, $25 per
1000 out of 2>^-in. pots, ready for
shifting into 3 or 4-in. Composed of the
following varieties: S. A. Nutt, Frances
Perkins, LaFavorite, E. G. Hill, Beaute
Poitevine, Wm, Pfitzer, Ruy Bias, Double
Grant and in fact all the leading vars.

Ageratum, 2;^-in. pots, Princess Pauline,
Cope's Pet, White Cap, |1 per 100. R.
C. 50c per 100.

Fuchsias in variety, R. C, $1 per 100.

Coleus, 2>^-in. pot, |1.50 per 100. R. C.
50c per 100. p^,^ ,,yj, Accompany Order.

J. E. TELTHOUSEN, Schenectady, N. Y.

Chrysanthemum GOLD SMITH

Cream yellow tinted with bronze, sport from Pres.
"W. R. Smith, fine large flowers, strong stem.
Your collection of Chrysanthemums can not be
complete without this new candidate. There is
without doubt a commercial future before this
sort. Exhibited at Cincinnati November 17 it
scored 83 points. Price $2 per doz. Orders taken
now and filled in March.
H. L. RACAN, P.O. Box U;6. Springfield, O.

CANNAS.

Chas. Henderson, Austria, Crampbcl and E.G.
Hill, $i..50 per 100.

CARNATIONS, rooted cuttin^-s Flora Hill, Day-
break, Scott and Argvie, $1.00 per 100.

AGERATUM, Princess Pauline, E. C, 60o per 100.

DAVIS BROS.. Morrison. IIL
BOOTED CUTTINGS

Verbenas. 35 vars., 60j per 100. $5 ])er 1000. Col-
eus, 30 vars., 605 per 100, $5 per 100 J. Heliotrope,
14 vars., }1 per 100, $8 per lOflO. Ageratums. 3 vars..
60c per 100, $5 per 1000. lantanas. 4 vars.. JI.25
per 100. Giant Alyssum. tl per 100. Silvias. 3
vars., tl per 100. Begonias, assorted, from 2;i-
inch. $3 00 per 100. Express prepaid on all Rooted
Cuttings. Cash with orders. Write
8. D BRANT. CLAY ObNTBH. Kas.

NEXT SEASON'S BUSINESS

can be started now by advertisinf( in this journal. Don't delay in,
commencing next spring's business. The best orders are placed early

TRY th.I'Sa^n.'"''''"' '° THE AMERICAN FLORIST

rgoT.

The American Florist.

1019

SOME GOOD THINGS CHEAP.

We have about lOO.COO of the following Roses, i\\
strong, healthy, well-rooted young plants that have been
turned cut of 2-inch pots and wintered in cold houses
through the winter and are now just starting into growth
Just light lor 2yi-\n. pots; will make splendid plants quick

Empress of China
Carmine Pillar
Mar\ Washington
Estell;i Pradle
Climbing Malinaison
\V. A. Richardson
White Maiechat Niel

Meteor Mme. F. Kruger

Mamau Cochet Golden Gate

Wliite Maman Cochet Climbing Meteor

Mme. Welche Crimson Rambler

M'lSella La Marque

Duchess d<* Krabant Solfaterrc

Maid of Honor ( 'limbing Woctton

The above varieties $2 per 100. $18 per lOOO.
The following newer soits $4 per 100: Mrs. Robt. Peary or
Climbing Kaiserin, Climbing Marie Giiillot, Climbing Bridesmaid,
Psyche, The Baldwin.

Double Geraniums, '.Ji4-inch pots, only good variettes. $2.50 per 100,

S20 per UW ).
Apple Scented Geraniums. 2H-inch pots. $3 per 100.
Begonias Rubra and Tliurstoni. 2i4-ineh pots. $3 per IfO. M. de

Lesseps and Alba Perfecta Grandiflora (White Rubra) $2.50

per 10 J.
Heliotropes, Syj-ineh pots, six best sorts, $'2per 100.
Coleus. ten best sorts, $2 per ICO.
Fuchsias, ten good sons. 2'., inch pots, $2.50 per 100.
Carnations 2'4-inch pots, five good sorts, red, white, pink, striped

and \ellow, $2.50 per 100 .$20 rer 1000.
Hardy Pinks, five b st sorts, 2-inch pots, *2 per 100, $18.03 per 10:0.
Asparagus Sprengerii. 2H-inch pots, $3.60 (.er lOn.
Asparagus Tenuissimus 2Vi-inch pots, strong. .$3 per ICO.
Jasmine Maid of Orleans and Graciiliinum, 2i2-inch pots, $2 per ICO.

laftt in tllA ftUfim ^"^ ^"y ^o'^s of our ster-
ViCI III 1116 aWffllll ling novelty and red-hot
seller, THE AMERICAN WONDER LEMON, called by some
"Ponderosa." Every catalogue man should get this. It
has come to stay and will be a good thing for years. It
commences to bear enormous fruit when two years old,
which average from l}4 to 3 lbs each. The flavor of the
ripe lemons is delicious, being veiy lull of rich acid juice.
It propagates very easily, grows rapidly, bears freely when
quite young and will grow anywhere. It is excellent for all
culinary purposes. Extra-fine plants from 21/2-inch pots,
$1 per doz., $7 per ICO, |50 per 1000.

SCHMIDT & BOTLEY,

^ '^PPiNjfiFiPi n o.

BIG BED

TOMATOES

Those large, red. perfectly emoolh and solid
Livingston's" Stone Tomatoes* can be growu from
Livingston's own seed as easily hs not. Unques-
tiouably Livingston— the Tomato Man— sells the fin-
est Tomato Seed in the world. We vpill send you a
packet for trial Free of Charge if youll ask for it.
LIVINGSTON THE TOMATO MAN. Box 103. Columbus.O.

Something New.

TRUE SHAMROCK

(Oxulis Ascetosella). Fro n cemetery of Down
Patrick in Ireland. Plants from 2j-i-in. pots,
ready now, $4 per 100; f35 per 1000; 250 at lOOO rate.
<'asli with order. Order early, as stock is limited.

J. D. Harcourt's Son, Wappingers Falls N .Y.

CIlVE:i«A.ieiA.S

dwarf and secui-dwarf, giant llo^ve^ed, fine stocky
plants, 2M-in. pots, $2..Wper 100; 3-in.,$4 per 100.
All of them ready for 4-iDcU. Will malie line
selling plants for Easter.

Pannac (Dormant). Strong tubers, Mme. Crozv.
Udllllda Q. Charlotte, Chas. Henderson, Alph.
Uouvier, P. Marquant, Burbank, LeClerc, fine
yellow, scarlet, striped, etc.. $2 per 100; 818 per 1000.

Cash Please

Shellroad Greenhouie Co.. Grange P. 0., Balto.. Md

No more of either of the Lorraine Begonias
to offer until next June.

BOSTON FERNS,

3- inch pot plants, $75.00 per 1000.

EDWIN LONSDALE.

WYNDMOOR, ■ (near Phila.), PENNA.

Let the advertiser know that you take
the Florist. Then he'll know how he
came to get your order.

New Carnations, Rooted Cuttings. Eit^cJiist.

PROSPERITY (666). Each 50c; 12 tor $5.CU; 25 for «8.25; 60 for JIO CO; 100 for $16.00; 250 for
137.50: .500 for J70.00; T50 for $101 25; 1000 for J130.00.

Queen Louise doz., $1 50; 100, $10.r.O;

Dorothy " 160 " 10.00

Irene " 1.50 " 10.00

Roosevelt " 2.50 " 12.00

New Chrysanthemums. ^Ao''<^'.''L^eL^o:

best nt'w yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton, Yanariva.

Strong plants transplanted into soil and flats,
grow. Sorts "marked * ready now in soil.

Carnations.

Every one sure to

lOO 1000

*Marquis $5.00 $40.00

Mrs Thos. W. Lawson 7.00 60.00

♦Estelle 7.00 60.00

*Ethel Crocker 5.01 40.00

•Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

•Morning Glory 4.00 35.00

•G.H.Crane 3.00 25.00

•America 3.00 25.00

•White Cloud 2C0 17.50

•Flora Hill $1.75

•Wui. .Scott 1.50

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 4.00

Gold Nugget 4 00

Chicago 4.00

Gen. Maceo 3 00

Gen. Gomez 3.00

Daybreak 2.0U

THE OBAHD HEW

FIITE OEBANIUM

Jean Viaud.

Cannas.

All the Novelty and Standard kinds in large quantities, dormant roots.
Write for prices.

14 BARCLAY STREET
NEW YORK.

GREENHOUSES

VAUGHANS' SEED STORE,

WESTERN SPRINGS, I

Doz , $1 25; per 100, $10.00.
2- inch pots.

84 & 86 RANDOLPH STREET.
CHICAGO.

Robert Scott,

EVERYBODY'S ROSE. %^^:iU.
Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, oei. co . Pa.

3 - Great Glories - 3

UEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAlf<E, 2><-iuch

pots, $15.00 per 100.
BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE Nana Com-

pacta, 2!4-inch pots, 115.00 per lOO.
BEGONIA CALEDONIA, 'The White Lorraine,"

3Vi-iuch pots, $5.00 each.
This stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease.

THOMA8D ROLAND, Nahant, Maaa.

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The American Florist.

\

Feb. 23,

kk

9?

Indispensable

t^* i^* t5^ «^^

This is the only word which describes the Ameri-
can Florist Company's Directory, just out. This
book, 397 pages of facts tersely told, is issued
annually and is an aid to business and money
making which no wholesaler or traveling salesman
can aflford to be without. It contains the name of
every Florist, Nurseryman and Seedsman, arranged
both by states and towns and alphabetically; and
new lists of Gardeners or Superintendents of
private estates, Experiment Station Horticultur-
ists, Landscape Architects and Horticultural Sup-
ply Concerns. It will save many times its cost by
enabling you to cover America with your catalogue
and at the same time waste no printed matter or
postage on dead names.

EDITION OF 1901,
POSTPAID, $2.00 at

AM[RICAN

fLORIST

CO.,

324 Dearborn St.,
CHICAGO, ILL.

BUCKLEY'S

Plants and
Rooted Cuttings
GERANIUMS.

26.000 Rooted Cuttings— All strong, selected top
(.■uttiDgs, WL'U rooted, ready for 2Vi-inch pots, is
th<- kind of stuck we send out, of the followinj^
.superb varieties, at 12.00 per 100; $18 tO per 1000:
ISruanti, Heleraotlie, Grant, S. A. Nutt, Athleie,
l''rances Perkins, E. G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine,
Mrae, Jaulin, Mine. Bruaut, La Favorite, Mrs. .J.
M. Garr. Same varieties X X strong, 2i4-inch,
$■'.50 per 100; $23.50 per lOCO.

ROSE GERANIUMS AND IVY GERANIUM3— Strong'
2^4-11^-11, $3.w)pi-r 100.

VERBENAS. Special. 20tti Century Oolleotion.
New maniccoth, consisting of 20 grand varieties,
10.000 strong 2-incli and 2^-inoh pot plants, full
of cuttings, to move quick, $1,60 per lOO; $13.60
PT 1000.

COLEUS — Golden Bedder and Verschaffeltii,
strong s-'lec'ted top cuttings, well rooted, Jl.OO per
liK>; $8.00 per 1000.

NEW ASERATU MS— Stella Gurney, the grand
novelty of 1900, and Snow Drift, the peerless
white, "strong 3-inch stock plants full of cuttings,
50c per dozen; $3.00 per 100. Strong rooted cut-
tings $1.00 per 100. Louise Bonnatt, latest novelty
in while, and Princess Pauline, latest blue,
stroug 2M-inch. $1,50 per 100; strong R. C, 60c
per 100, (special).

CASH WITH ORDER.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Springfield, III.

ROOTED CUTTIRGSand POT PLANTS Cheap lorCash.
Pansies, flu,.- transplanted stock, diant Triuiar-

deau, $3 per UHKi: .'iOc per 100, by mail.
Petunias, Double P'ringed, in finest mi.xture, 2i4-

inrh, $2 per 100.
Begonias, mi.xed, 3-iuch. .Wc per do-^.; $1 per Ii«i,
Fuchsias, mixed, $2 per 100. R. ('. $1 p- r Km.
Lobelia c. p. compacta. German Ivy, Cuphea plat..

Salvia Splendens and Bandfire, Heliotrope, ea -n

from 2V;., in. pots, $1.50 per IiKi. H. ('. 75c prr loii.
Carnations Kl^ra llill, $1 per UK), by mail; $9 per

UKKi, by «-x press. Mctinwau, $1 per 100, by mail:

$6.50 per ll»)0, by expri-'s.
Chinese Primrose, in bud, 4-inch pots, splendid

colors, -$Bpi-r KK). Primula Obconica, strong, large-

Iloweriug, from 4-inch pots, $6 per 100,
e;. fM^^VSie, :Bat:»-v-laL, 111.

i

THE FLORIST WHO IS PREPARED FOR

ANYTHING THAT COMES ALONG
IS BOUND TO LEAD.—

If you are not In the front rank we can help to put you there.

We have Baskets, all stales and values, for any possible use. Cellu-
loid Pot Covers in endless variety for the plant buyers. Moss Goods
ior memorial uses. Cords and Tassels, the latest fashionable requisite,
in colors to match every variety of flower you sell. Cork Bark for
window and conservatory decoration, rustic and appropriate Sheaves
—such sheaves— they're our strong card. Quality and make unexcelled
anywhere. The New Cape p-lowers have come in and they're very fine.
Can quote you tempting prices.

Oar business is to supply progressive florists with every requisite for
a first-class trade at prices that cannot be beat.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.,

50-56 North Tourth St.,

PniLADELPIliA, PA.

Giant mixeJ of Bupnot, Gas-
sier. Odier and Triniurdtau
strains. AVe are positive of
Iiaving the finest Pansies in
tlie United States this year. Price, extra fine
stocky plants, 60c per lOD; $2.75 per 1000. Extra
large plants in bud and bloom, 81 per 100; $8 per
1(00. WHITE POTATO ONION SETS, a grand
novelty. $1 jer peck, $3.50 per bushel. Cash with

"'""^ HY. ERNST & SON, Washtngtoo, Mo.

CARNATIONS

I'er 100

Ijawson J5.50

Crane 2.75

Bnidt 2.50

.lubilee 1.,'iO

EXTRA STRONG

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

Per 100
llill $1,00

Scott ^, ,.. i.oa

Eldorado 1.00

Morello 1.00

I

Cash Wna Ordeu.

HY. ERNST & SON, Washington, Mo.

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Henry W. Gibbons Company,

Greenhouse Architects and Builders

AND MANUFACTURERS OF

GULF CYPRESS STRUCTURAL MATERIALS,

Steam and Hot Water Heating,

«c^

IRON FRAMES FOR GREENHOUSES
and VENTILATING MATERIALS.

Sales Offices, 136 Liberty St., NEW YORK, N. Y. Manufactory General Office, Blosmsburg, Pa.

Write lo NEW YOR< OFFICE lor Estimates, Catalogues, Plans, Expert Advice, Etc.
HENRY W. GIBBONS, Pres., New York, N. Y. J L. DILLON, Treas., Bloomsburg, Pa.

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IN STOCK
AT ^
ALL TIVIES.

Other Colors on
Special
Order.

WE HAVE NOW SECURED

From the heretofore source of supply, the

Exclusive Distributing Agency 5.

FOR THE

FELT GUMMED-BACK SCRIPT RIBBON LETTERS
....AND INSCRIPTIONS....

^ Price ^

$3.00 per 100

Letters.

TRADE

DISCOUNT

TO

JOBBERS

ONLY.

N. F. McCarthy & CO., 84 Hawley Street, Boston, Mass.

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i

GAUX LEAVES

Price extremely low for a short

time only. Object, the

introduction of

our g;oods.

THE KERVAN CO.,

30 W. 29th St.

Evergreen Ropings and other Decorative Greens.

TELEPHONE SSf MADISON SQ T

Boston Florist Letter Go.

MANUPACTXTRKRS OP

FLORI8T8' LETTERS.

This wooden box nicely stained and vais
oished, 18x30x12 made in two sectionsf one
for each size letter, grlven away with flrtt
order of 500 letters.

Block Letters. 1 H or 2-lnch size, per 100, tiXO.
Script l^iettera. 84. Fastenerwltheaohletterorword.
Dsed by leadlnK floriBta everywhere and for Mia bj
fcil wholesale florlBtfl and supply dealers.

N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager.
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

Use "UP-TO-DATE"

= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

M. Rice & Co., 'T;ui;'c.!;?e'r..

918 Filbert St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Cataloqtje for the Asking

IF YOU WANT

HEALTHY PLANTS

FUMIGATE WITH

NICOTICIDE

THE BEST OF ALL

INSECTICIDES

Write for full particulars to

The Tobacco Warehousing & Trading Co.,

1000 Magnolia Ave., lOUISVILLl, kY.

Please mention the A m^rt^an hionst -wtien

HEADQUARTERS

COCOA FIBRE.
SHEEP MANURE.
BONE all grades.
IMPORTED SOOT.

SPHAGNUM and
GREEN MOSS,
RUSTIC WORK, all kinds.
CLAYS FERTILIZER.

DUNNE & CO., iJ^sl' New York.

HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES.

SiGMUND GeLLER

Importer and MIr. of

Florists' Supplies

Complete stock — New Goods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

108 W. 28th St , near 6th Av., NEW YORK.

Please mention the American Florist ivhen ivriling.

Adjustable Vase Holders

No. I.— Urass. nick<-|, 4 frrt lon^'. ti clasps to each
rod. Price uouiplete (with green or wnite tura-
blera) 82.25. Price complete (with green or white
coFLUcopia v:i8cs) $2.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod
brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-
in h pots, each, $1.75.

Kift's patent rubber capped Flower Tubep,
IH-inch diaraeier. per 103, $3.50.

JOSEPH KIFT & SON. 1725 Chestnut St., Phila.. Pa.

A. HERRMANN.

Cape Flowers, all colobb;
Cycas leaves, Metal Designs,
AND All Florists' Sopplies.

Send for Prloei.
404.4ia Cast a4th St., NEW YORK.

PLEASE MENTION US TO OUR ADVERTISERS.

1022

The American Florist.

Feb. 2J,

Chestnut Hill, Pa.

The monthly meeting ol the Chestnut
Hill Hortiaultural Society was held on
the evening of February 12, Vice-Presi-
dent Fred. J. Michell presiding. A num-
ber of new members were admitted
and several proposed. The committee
reported good progress being made with
the new schedule and that the same
will be issued before the next meeting
There were the usual fine exhibits and
first premiums were awarded to a num-
ber of members, as follows:

George Robertson, gardener to C. B
Newbold, was first tor three Chinese
primulas.

Wm. Kleinheintz, gardener to P. A. B.
Widener, was first on carnations, includ-
ing a vase of twelve sorts and vases of
White Cloud, G. H. Crane and Mrs.
Lawson.

Wm. Boyce, gardener to Randal Mor-
gan, was first on single violets, but
special mention was made of a splendid
bunch exhibited by John Little, gardener
to J. Lowber Welsh.

The three best palms were the kentias
exhibited by Michael Punch, gardener to
Robert LeBoutillier.

Richard Moore was first fdr freesias
and special mention was made of Wm.
Robertson's Bride roses and cauliflower,
Wm. Boyce's asparagus and Frank
Gould's Primula Forbesii.

The prizes for vegetables fell to Wm.
Boyce lor tomatoes and to Wm. Robert-
son for lettuce. J- H. H.

Warsaw, Ind.— Jesse A. Rice, of Ligo-
nier, Ind., has come here to assume the
position of florist and landscape gardener
at Winona Park.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want
in the \v:iy ot

PREPARED PALMS

Whether the raw materials or the
linished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and service from the
right people on the right spot.

JFIorida Natural Products Co ,

Jacksonville, Ma.

Branch Store. Indianapolis. Ind.

[uiries Cheerlully Answered.

REED & KELLER,

122 & 119 W. 25th St.,3i NEW YORK, N. Y.

MANUFACTURERS OF

FLORISTS' WIRE DESIGNS.

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES-

Galax Leaves nnd all Decorative Greens.

DON'T STAY ON THE FENCE,

But jurap down on the aide of

JOHN C. MEYER & CO.
Therll fix you SILKALINES.

84 Kingiton St., BOSTON. MASS.

Meter Silkaline is for sale by all the leading
seedsmen snd jobbers throughout the country.

Sheep Manure.

In natural stair, $1.00 per ton.

f. o. b. cars. Dried unpulver-
izod, $5 00 per ton. Write for pri'-es on drir.l
and pulverized shmp manure.

MONTANA FERTILIZER CO., Elgin, III.

HOTBED.

GREENHOUSE,

VENTILATOR

QDLF CYPRESS BARS,
GREKNHOUSK MLATBRIAL,
Manufactured by 8. JACOBS & SONS,
Flushing Ave., near Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn. N Y.
AT WHOLESALE.
J Catalogue and esti-
mates furnished.

SASH

Flushing Ave., near meiropoiiiai

GLASS

DO NOT MAKE ANY MORE STRAW MATS.

EM^s PALMER WOOL- FILLED MAT

Big saving in Coal
Bill by covering
your Green-
house at night.

FROST PROOF.

Made expressly for
Winter covering of
greenliotises, liot-
beds, cold frames,
plants and seeds of
all kinds.

THE R. T. PALMER CO.,

Address ;i!l i-orrespondt-U'

Indestructible
CheapoxdWarm

■ Will not harbor mice
or vermin. Easily
handled. Dry out
quickly after rain.
Have now been n
practical use six
years.

Cost less than old-
fashioned straw
mats, and entirely
take their place.

Hew York Office, 113 Worth Street.

to Tlie It. T. I'Ai.MER .V Co , New Lcndon. Conn. Agents Wanted.

HELLER SCaMONTCLAIRNJ. USA.

Please mention the American Florist when ivriiing.

DO NOT FORGET

before building that addi-
tion to your greenbouses
to write us for expert plans
and figures. Perhaps we
can save you money.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marion St., NEW YORK.

LIQUID

PLANT
FOOD

Grows hardier stock; grows improved stock.
Stock ships better; also ready earlier.
Brings better customers and more profits.

EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY,
620 Atlantic Ave.. Boston.

The FINLEY ROTARY LAWN RAKE

Picks up leaves and litter and holds them until
the burn heap is reached. It does the work much
better than a hand rake and three times as fast.
Easy to operate. Given certificate of merit at
N. Y. Convention of the S. A. P.

PRICE $12.00. Send lor Circular.

I FINLEY LAWN RAKE CO.,' - Joliet, III,

^^^^^^^^^%^

The Mower ;^;:^r ""'""'" "'^"^^•"

in your

, If you keep the weeds cut

tlH'V do not fCcTto seed and cut your grass with-
out l.ieakinK the small feeders ot roots, the grass
will hecome thick an'l weeds will disappear. The
Clipper will do it. Send for catalogue and prices.
CUPPER UWN MOWER CO , Norristown, Pa,

ininvi i.fcni

IT COSTS 4 CENTS FOR EACH COO FEET OF |

-9 FLOOR SPACE ?.

DOES NOT INJURE THE MOST SENSITIVE

I Jt LikM JliT'l'tU'l ■yl 'J : W L L 4 J i 1 1' AltifS

I

«.r USED FOR FUMIOATION OR SPRAYIHO INDOOMOR ' '
LI OUT- 200 IBS. OF TOBACCO IK ONE PINT OMIIIlOlftHj^
PA 50lDBYJEtBSMtN----CIRCUlAR rREE-JsJ

5KABCUBA DIPCC.CtllCAGO.

American norist Advts.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1023

THE SNOW QUESTION.

The recent heavy snow storm in Chicago and vicinity
gave us an opportunity to get some photographs showing
just how the GARLAND IRON GUTTER affects snow
on greenhouse roofs.

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M¥^-3.

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How the Snow Laid on the Wooien Gutter Houses.

How the Snow Didn't Lay on the Garland Iron Gutter Houses.
(These potographs were taken the same day and the same hour).

Above are two reproductions of two photographs taken at the same time at the establish-
ment of Messrs. Wietor Bros., High Ridge, Chicago. The first shows the old style houses with
wooden gutters and the second shows houses with the Garland Iron Gutter.

At first it seems incredible that an iron gutter could make such a difference, but not when
you stop to think. Iron is a good conductor of heat and wood is not. The iron gutters absorb
enough heat from the inside of the house to start melting at once the snow falls, no matter how
severe the weather. Wood doesn't absorb enough to have any appreciable effect.

If you are interested in this matter write for further information to '

GEO. M. GARLAND, Des PlainesJII.

1024

The American Florist.

Feb.

23,

Minneapolis.

SOME GOOD ORDERS FOR DECORATIVE
WORK — TRADE ACTIVE AND STOCK NOT
OVER- ABUNDANT.

Donaldson has put up a couple of very
fine decorations during the past few
days, one in charge of C. E. Theirne
being for the finest ball of the year, at
the Armory at the University of Minne-
sota, on February 15. Another, arranged
by Will Desmond, was for a banquet of
the Loyal Legion at the West Hotel.
Beauties, Meteors and carnations were
used on the tables, also some excellent
azaleas and cyclamens.

Wholesale trade is good, evidence that
the same condition prevails with the
retailers. Valentine's day made a call
for many violets. Beauties are still
scarce and roses and carnations are in no
over-supply. Qualities are generally
good. C. F. R.

Los Angeles, Cat,.— The Ocean Park
Floral Co. has been incorporated with a
capital stock of $25,000, of which $6,000
has been subscribed. The directors are
E. J. Vawter, F. M. Leavitt, J. C. Vaw-
ter, I. L. Vawter, of Santa Monica, and
E. J. Vawter, Jr., of Los Angeles.

SILVER BIRCH BARK WARE

Prices Pbr

Doz. — Canoes,

12 -in. $5.50;

15 - in. J7.90;

18- in. 110 50;

21 - in. 113.20;

24 -in. $16.60.

Logs, 6-in. $3;

9 - in. $3.84;

12 -in. $4.80;

15 -in. $6.00;

18 -in. $7.20;

il-in. $8.40;

24 -in. $8.60.
Pot Covers,

4-in. $2.40; 5-in. $3.00; 6-in. $3.96; 7-in. $5.04;
8-in. $5.88. Bulb Pans. 4-in. $1.80; 5-in. $2.40;
6-in. $3.00; 7-in. $3.60; 8-in. $4.20. Boxes, 14-in.
per doz. $11; 11-in. $9; 9-in. $7. Easter Eggs,
6-iu., $9;7-iu., $10; 8-in., $11 per doz. References:
Geo. Wittbold Co., E. Wientioeber, C. A. Sam-
uelson, Chicago. j_ ^ LYNN,

1448 Wrightwood Ave., CHICAGf^.

THE
KINNEY
PUMP.

For applying
Liquid
Manure it

has no equal!

Sent prepaid
for $2.60.
Without spray-
ing valve $2.00.

The HOSE CONNECTION CO/'Ti.""'

Ad-
dress

GEORGE RIPPERGER,

Sheep Manure

I have now on hand a largo «|uantiU of A1 Sheep

Manure. Send for nrici* list :ind Barai'le.

Best Fertilizer for Top Dressing.

(ASH WITH IIHDKK OK 1:EFP:KEM KB.

Office, 207 Academv St,
Factory, Seventh St.,

LONG ISLAND CITY.

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Holds Class
Firmly

See the Point 19"

Tk« Tarn Bencr Per-
fMt eiaalxc P«1>U ar*
th» best. No rirhii or
Ufta. Boi of looi poiota
7b cents, poltpaid.
, BENBT A. DREXR,
< in Ckntnt Bl., rulk., P..

Awarded the only flrst-
class Certificate of Merit

by the Society of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
Aug. 21, 1890. for Stand-
ard Flower Pota

PlILLDIN

PotteryGoi

^Jersey Qty m^^HB'lONG Island (Fty
Philadelphia

Economy in Heating

At the present and prospective
prices of coal those florists are
lucky indeed who are using the

Weathered Boilers.

Are you one of them? If not,
then write us and we will fur-
nish indisputable tacts.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marion St , NEW YORK.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS I

Packed In imall oiatei, eaiy to handle.

Prloe per orate

pnoe per orate

UOO 3-ln. poti In orate, $4.88

120 7-ln.poU In orate, 14.20

U00 2M "

uoosS "

6.25

80 8 '

B.UU

' 6.00

48 9 '

3.60

1000 3 "

' 6 00

4810 •

4.80

800 3M "

6.80

24 11 ■

" 8.60

6004 "

4.60

24 13 ■

" . 4.80

3306 "

4.61

1314 •

4.80

144 6 "

3.16

616 '

" 4.60

Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of
Cylinders for Cut Flowers. HanplnK Baskets, Ijiwd
Tasee, etc. 10 per cent off for cash with order.

HILFINaER BROS. POTTERY,

OR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

ADSUIT BOLEIB & SONS, NOW Tork Agenta,

61 DBT (TBIVT. NBW TORK i ITT

RED p ots

SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., ^1^"!^"'<"

FLOWER POTS

STANDARD POTSsPE<JAav

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'O CO.,

P. 0. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.

Standard POX^
Flower... ■ v^ A ^

If your greenhouses are within BOO miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

W. H. ERNEST.

28lh and M Streets, WASHINGTON. D. C.

Invalid Appliance Co..
COLUMBIA PLANT TUBS

Tb> Uod th«l Htar raU apvt.-'
r tndiman diMra't bandk t

onlei of Qi dliTcL
AOTOnV AND OFFIOI
/■DDIN %y., Oi

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WRITE

AF IfnUD 1521-23 N. LEAVITT i
I ii Mlnni CHICAGO, ill..

ST.,

FOR PRICES OF

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market.

KELLER BROS.,

_^__213-15-17-19-21-23 Petri SI.,
NORRISTOWN, PA.

Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red in
color, equal to the best on the market; are 10
miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec-
tions. We give special attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantities. A
postal will brinK prices and discounts.
Please mention the American Florist when writing.

GEO. KELLER & SON,

UANUTAOTUBIBS Of

Flower Pols.

Before baying write for prloM.

361-363 Herndon Street
near Wrlghtwood Are.,

CHicAQO. rnuk.

Please mention the American Florist when wntifl^

THOSE RED POTS

"STANDARDS"

FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y,

HARRY BALSLEY. DETROIT. MICH.,

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list.

6. flENNECKE 60.. ""-^I,"''^^'

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The American Florist.

1026

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CHAS. KROCSCHCLL, PRCS'T.

ALBERT KnOCSCHCLL, VtCC-PRCS-T

KRQ

Tubular, Locomotive

and Upright Boilers,

Water Tanks and

Sheet Iron Work.

ALLCONTRACTSARE CONTINGENT UPON
STRIKES, FIRES, ACCIDENTS, DELAYS OF
CARRIERS AND OTHER DELAYS UN-
AVOIDABLE OR BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

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Otto krocschcll. stc-v and trcas

Heating of Buildings,

Connecting of Boilers,

Engines, Pumps, Etc.

T • Pipe Fittings and Brass Goods.

AGO,

Station X, Chicago, Jan. 17, 1901.
Kkoeschkll Bros Co.,

55 Erie St.
Gentlbmbn:— Replying to yours of the
16th inst. regarding your No. 3 boiler we
bought of you in 1900, will say:

There are 6,400 sq. ft. of glass in the
houses we are heating with your No. 3
boiler, with 2,800 It. of 4.inch pipe in
them. Your boiler does the work very
satisfactorily and probably could take
care of another 300 ft. of 4inch pipe.
Another great point in favor of your
boiler is that in comparing the coal pile
with the one last year at this time, we
expect to save about 25 per cent of
coal this winter. Yours truly,

Theo. Coetkn,
Florist of Graceland Cemetery.

Chicago. March 18, 1896.
Messrs. Keoeschkll Bros Co , City.

Dbar Sirs: — In reply to your inquiry,
we must say that we are satisfied with
your boiler. It works well and saves US
considerable coal. Our saving on coal
this winter, we guess, will amount to
about one-fourth of what the boiler
cost us. Yours truly,

Damm Bros.

January 19th, 1901.
There is one thing I would like to say
— that is, compared, with the upright
boiler that I have been using, it requires
about one-third less coal.

A, LONDBNBBRG, Hobart, Ind.

Philadelphia, March 16, 1896.
Messrs. Kroeschell Bros.

Dbar Sirs: — The boiler received from
you this year is entirely satisfactory,
also the one last year. In regard to the
coal, we have not kept any account, but
think the difierence in quantity consumed
would be in your favor.

Yours truly, Hugh Graham.

January, 1901.
We have always been very much
pleased with your boiler and we have
never made any repairs since we
received it. Geo. Wittbold Co.,

1657-9 Buckingham PL, Chicago.

January 19th, 1901.
My night foreman says this boiler
does not give him anything to do. To
give yoo an idea, when I bought your
boiler I had only half the glass to heat
as I have this winter and I do not see
much difference in the coal bills. I am
well pleased with the No. 12 boiler. I
saw many kinds of boilers, but none
will come up to yours.

F. Sbstier,
Belleview PI., Des Moines, la.

Wheaton, III., Jan. 18, 1901.
Kroeschell Bros. Co.,

55 Erie St., Chicago, 111.

Gentlemen:— In reply to your inquir-
ies about the heating capacity of the No.
1 boiler I had from you in '07.

I have three greenhouses 100 ft. long,
with shed attached, 16 by 50 ft , with
5,S00 ft. of glass and 3,6oo ft. of 4=in.
pipe. It works this good, but if it
would take care of any more I could not
positively say.

Hoping this information will prove
satisfactory, Yours truly,

Daniel F. Hawkes, Wheaton, 111.

Will book your order now and deliver Boiler

when you want it Write for

price and catalogue.

Kroeschell Bros. Co,,

29=55 Erie Street, Chicago, III.

1026

The American Florist.

Feb. 23,

Nashville.

SUPPLY SHORTENING AND TBADB BRISK. —
STOCK, OF EXCELLENT QDALITY.— A NEW
GROWER. — OTHERS RETIRE.

The flower sttpply, which has been very
abundant, has now shortened up but the
quality of stock continues good and
Brides, Bridesmaids and Beauties are
large in size and good in color. Carna-
tions, too, have been in great favor and
are coming in fair quantity and good
quality. Violets have been equal to the
demand and the mixed stock, such as
Romans, narcissi, alyssum, etc., keeps
up to the standard. All florists report a
fair trade and satisfactory prices. Val-
entine's day made quite a spurt in busi-
ness, surprising some of the oldest and
most experienced dealers.

The latest to enter the flower field is
Louis Haury, for many years a grower
of vegetables. He has put up some very
nice houses, of no insignificant dimen-
sions, and will grow cut flowers.

Edward Gilliam, Jr., for years a promi-
nent grower, has retired entirely irom
the business and so has Louis Eckhardt,
who once had an uptown flower store.
M. C. DOKRIS.

Bridgeton, Pa.— The greenhouse of
Henry Atkinson was destroyed by fire
at three o'clock on the morning of
February 13, entailing a loss of several
hundred dollars, with no insurance.

A FLIMSY BOILER

is a poor investment.

THE WEATHERED

will last a lifetime and you
can depend upon it. J" J- J-

Testimonials by the hundred on application to

Thos. W. Weatiiered's Sons,

48 Marlon St., NEW YORK.

WINDOW AND PLATE

GLASS

JOHN LUCAS & CO. PHI LA.

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Our business has increased every year.

We want an increase for this year.

Our daily capacity is four ioo=ft. Greenhouses

Does this signify anything?

We have plenty of time to figure.

Estimates and plans cheerfully furnished.

Write us vour wants.

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See That
Ledge?

Pat. Sept. 18. 1900.

THE

IMPROVCO

JENNINGS
IRONGUTTER.

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EstiiiKitt's furnished on

Cypress Greenhouse Meterial

With .or without our

Patent Iron Gutters and Plates.

No thrt-ads to cut for our

Patent Iron Bench Fittings

and Roof Supports.

Ventilating Apparatus.

S'Mid fourot'nts in stamps for our Circulars
and Catalo^'iu's.

JENNINGS BROS., Oliit(.PIiili..Pi

HOTBED SASH

In Pine, Louisiana Cypress
and Red Cedar.

I

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL,

Cal. Red Cedar and Louisiana Cypress.

BEST GRADES, PERFECT WORKMANSHIP.

1. DIETSCH & CO. ^^^ii'i... CHICIGO, ILL.

Standard

Before you buy any
kind of machinery send
for catalogue to

E. HIPPARD,

.YOUNGSTOWN, 0.

!

FOR INSURANCE AGAINST
DAMAGE BY HAIL, Addr i

JOHN G. ESLER, Sac'y F. H. A.,

SADDLE RIVER, N. J

PJkPJUkMV

cfM^s

IS MUCH M^RE OURMtK THAN PINE.

:

•RES'

SASH' BARSi

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REENHOUSl

'CYPjRE 5)8 UUMBtlWMi^ US ES.*
Send fer-Su r Sfeatl 6r>enh iciu« ^;^y ul>r.

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Please metUion the American Florist when -uirtCing.

igot.

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1027

Hitchings 8 Go.

ESTABLISHED 1844.

HORTICULTURAL ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS

And Largest Manufacturers of

Greenhouse Heating and Ventilating Apparatus.

ROSE HOUSES, PALM HOUSES AND CONSERVATORIES ERECTED COMPLETE WITH
OUR PATENT IRON FRAME CONSTRUCTION.

The above cut shows the most modem and finest range of Greenhouses in the World. They were erected by us in the

Botanical Gardens, Bronx Park, New York City.

BUILDERS OF IRON FRAME GREENHOUSES.
....STRUGTURAL MlTERItL FURNISHED REIDY FOR ERECTION....

HOT WATER

BOILERS

FOR

GREENHOUSE

HEATING.

6 Patterns, 30 Sizes.

Our Weil-Known Corrugated Fire Box Boiler.
Our New Sectional Tubular Boiler.

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Beaold C It06

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Blano A & Co 1014

Blue Hill Nursery. ..1012
Boston Growers Aaan.lOOti

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Brill Francis 11

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Buckley W T Plant Col020

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Clark Bros il

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Ue Cock Jules 1C08

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Elizabeth Nursery Co

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Ernest WU 1024

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Ferguson John B 99S

Flllow & Banks 1008

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Fisher Peter )0.8

Floral Exchange lOiu

Florida Nat Prod Co li22

Ford Bros lOul

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Hall Ass'n 102ij

Hancock Geo A Son 1017

Hansen Chris 1010

Harcourfa J D Son.. 1019

Harrer Geo 1016

Hart M A ItOl

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HelnlJoa 10 4

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Herr Albert M.. I«8 ICIS

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Hews AHA Co 1021

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Jones Hiram T 1014

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Keller Geo A Son 1024

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Poehlmann Adolpb H 999
'•ollworth C C Cc.998 1024

Prltchard J N 99.H

Quaker City Mch Wksli 28

Kagan H L 1010

Uandall A L 999

Hasmussen A 10O7

Bawllngs E 1 1013

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Rustic Mfg A ConCo lUH
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Smith Nath A Hon... 1015

Smith W A T Co 1

SmUb A Young Co ...1018

Soltau C . 1004

S'juth Park Floral ColOlO
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CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, MARCH 2, ipoi.

No. 665.

'iTLiiiiE ^9m3mim IFilpisi!^

Copyrieht 1901, by American Florist Company.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter.

Published evert .Saturday by

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

OFFICBR8 — Patrick O'Mara, New York, K. Y.,
president; Wm. P. Kasting, Buffalo. N. Y.. vice-
president; Wm. J. Stbwabt, 79 Milk Street,
Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Bbattt, Oil City,
Pa., treasurer. The seventeenth annual meeting
will be held at Buffalo, August, 1901.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual meeting at New York, March 19, 30 and
31, 1901. LsoNABD Babbon, 136 Liberty St., New
York, secretary.

THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Annual convention at Indianapolis, February,
1902. ALBXBT M. Hebb, Lancaster, Pa., secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual meeting at Buffalo, August, 1901. Edwin
Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa., secretary.

THIS ISSUE 44 PAGES WITH COVER.

CONTENTS.

The carnation meeting (illus.) 1029

—The banquet 1029

—Hybridizing the carnation 1030

— Vice-president Lemon (portrait) 1032

Some new carnations (iilus.) 1032

Jottinijs at liayside KSi

"Watering carnations 1032

American Rose Society 1032

Violet culture 1031

Nymphsea Fro'beli IMl

Nymphaea Cai ensis and N. co-rulea 1031

A Danish horticultural chronology 1031

Two desirable p ants for llorists (iHus.) 1035

Bedding geraniums 1035

Caiidytult for Easter 1036

Chioaeo 103"

New York 11 37

Boston 1038

Philadelphia 1038

St. Louis 1038

Montreal 1038

Buffalo -. 1039

Mad'son, Wis 1039

Obituary— Robert Veitoh (portrait) 1040

—John Galvin (portrait) 1040

The seed trade 1048

— "Doing us — good" 10)6

—Free seeds 1016

The nursery trade 1048

Our pastimes 1050

St. Paul 1060

Scran ton. Pa 1052

B »Uimore : 1054

Albany, N. Y lO.iC

Toronto 1068

Syracuse, N. Y 1060

Washington 1064

Minneapolis 1036

THE CARNATION MEETING.

A full account of the meeting, including
reports ol officers, discussions, exhibition,
awards, etc , and Prof. Albert F. Woods'
illustrated paper on the "Carnation in
Health and Disease," will be found in our
issue ol February 23. The banquet fol-
lowed on the night of February 22, and
an account of same is now given with
Peter Fisher's paper on "Hybridizing the
Carnation."

The Banquet.
The hospitality of the Baltimore flo-
rists reached its climax on the evening
of the closing day of the carnation meet-

FRED. H. LEMON.

Vice-President American Carnation Society.

ing in the grand banquet tendered to the
visitors. Nearly 250 sat at the tables in
the transformed exhibition hall and
spent the evening endeavoring to stow
away an infinity of rich viands sufficient
to have fed a thousand. All were in the
best of moods for enjoying themselves;
Canada hobnobbed with Indiana, Bos-
ton clasped hands with Baltimore
across the table, Chicago beamed gra-
ciously on New York and Philadelphia
greeted little Rhode Island with the

warmest expressions of brotherly love,
while Pan-American Buffalo beamed on
all in her usual irresistible way. As each
course appeared President Seidewitz
read telegrams of comment and con-
gratulation from Oom Paul, Sara Bern-
hardt, Mrs. Nation, Mark Hanna and
other celebrities which were received with
applause and laughter. Each guest was
supplied with a badge consisting of an
oyster shell draped with the orange and
black colors of Baltimore.

After two hours of feasting. President
Seidewitz rapped for order, spoke a few
words of welcome to the visitors and,
referring to Baltimore's love for horti-
culture, her patriotism and her progres-
sive spirit, introduced Mayor Hayes,
who received a demonstrative welcome.
The mayor expressed his pleasure at
meeting the carnationists, his interest in
their aims and his delight at the treat
they had given the people of his city.
Maryland, he said, not only admires
flowers but appreciates the men who
grow them. So refining and elevating
are these exhibitions that he earnestly
hopes for the time to come when oppor-
tunities such as this may be given to the
people all the time. In closing he thanked
the men of the carnation society for the
invaluable assistance they had given him
in improving his city by the elevating
influences of this display of their beauti-
ful art.

Robert Craig responded. He said that
the bewilderments of Baltimore hospi-
tality had scattered his thoughts. He
was pleased beyond expression to see the
interest in the society's work evinced by
the mayor and told of the ambitions of
the great mother society, which regards
the carnation society as her most useful
child, and the efJorts now being made to
secure a charter from Congress. He
gloried in the progress apparent among
Baltimore carnation growers and pre-
dicted permanent vigor for the society
because the power of beauty is eternal
and so long as the world lasts the carna-
tion will hold sway over the hearts of
men. Speaking of the pre-eminence of
the Lawson carnation in this exhibition
he said it vindicated the position of those
who had made that flower famous and
glorified Mr. Fisher and also Mr. Law-
son, whom he regarded as the greatest
I friend of the carnation in America.

Thos. R. Clendinen, president, of the
park board of Baltimore, made a spirited
and eloquent address in response to the
toast of "The Public." He said that the
carnation had been before the public for
2000 years, giving pleasure to peasant

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Mar. 2,

and king. It had never lost itB place in
public favor and never will. His experi-
ence in public affairs is that the inclina-
tion of the public is to be right and to
do right and when information has been
disseminated through its greatest edu-
cational institution, the public press,
then the greatest power in the world is
public opinion, which no man can
become so powerful as to disregard.

To William Christie fell the task of
responding for the ladies. His allusions
were humorous and excited much
hilarity among his listeners. In con-
clusion he referred beatifically to Balti-
more's beautiful ladies and implored the
visitors to refrain from carrying any of
them of} as every one of them is needed
in Baltimore.

Wm. Scott was called unon to speak
for the sentiment "Telling Others How."
He told of his pride in being a gardener,
pleaded sincerity in all he had written
for publication and told a couple of good
stories, closing with a word for the Pan-
American Exposition, where, he said, no
stone will be left unturned to make the
S. A. F. visitors happy next August.

C. W Wardspokefor"The Gardeners."
He recalled the former prejudice against
tillers of the soil and the position of
equality with the most honored profes-
sions now enjoyed, attributing the rapid
advancement of the gardener to the
inQuences and work of their societies.
He predicted that the time is not far dis-
tant when the emoluments of gardening
will make millionaires possible and as
abundant in our profession as in any
other.

J. N. May's text was "The Rivals,"
this meaning the carnation and the rose,
^fter a gallant tribute to the Baltimore
florists and the Baltimore girls, Mr. May
went on to say that the carnation as
seen to-day is a revelation but as
improvement goes on the ideal will
steadily advance. Still its rival, the
queen of flowers, will never be beaten; it
has not^and never will have an equal.

L. E. Marquisee in responding to the
novel toast of "Troubles" enumerated
banquets, shows, speech making, rust,
grub, fungus, rot, spider, fly, rnealy bug,
sow bug and humbug as coming under
this head, but said that they have their
uses as, if there were no troubles, we
would soon have too many carnations,
and urged all to be up and doing to con-
quer all obstacles. Mr. Marquisee had
no trouble in securing listeners for a
number of dialect stories that he recited
and which brought down the house.

"Our Guests" was the last toast of the
series and Robert Graham made a witty
and entertaining resoonse thereto. He
said the guests on this occasion were not
only the most numerous but the best
that the Baltimore club had ever had. It
had been a pleasure to prepare for them
and he thanked them all for coming.

An elaborate series of sooga and
character sketches by talented vaudeville
entertainers was interspersed between
the speeches and so it was 2 a. m. on
Saturday when the end of the programme
was reached with the singing of "Mary-
land, My Maryland," "Auld Lang Syne"
and an outburst of rousing cheers for the
big hearted Baltimore brethren.

Hybridizing the Carnation.

BT PETER FISUKU, KLI,18, MASS.

It is not my purpose in this paper to
go into details as to the origin and evo-
lution of the carnation from its primitive
stages to the magnificent varieties of the
present day, that having very recently

been done by others, well qualified through
years of earnest and faithful application.
Some of those early workers to whom
we owe so much are still with us; others
who bid fair to become mighty factors in
the improvement of the carnation, and
who had almost reached the goal in view,
have been called away in their prime, and
so their work has been laid aside, to be
taken up by others and carried forward
towards the consummation of the ever
receding "ideal" in the divine flower.

The beginner in hybridizing or cross-
ing the carnation of to-day, with a view
to its improvement, does so on a very
diflerent plane from that of the worker of
ten, or even five years ago; and right
here I think it would be well to remember
the debt of gratitude we owe to those
men who have gone before, breaking up
foi us the fallow ground, so to speak,
and passing it along to us, so pregnant

CARNATION EGYPT.

with fruitful possibilities. And I am
glad to say that our most expert and
earnest workers in this cause, those who
have been successful in giving to the
trade some of the best standard varieties,
are not the hermits in our business,
isolating themselves and shrouding their
methods in mystery, but are ever willing
to explain to anyone interested enough
to inquire, and even submit their records,
showing the results of years of patient
effort, with a view to helping others.
Such men have the improvement of the
divine flower at heart, without a doubt.

To get the best results in hybridizing
or cross fertilizing the carnation means
much more to my mind than the mere
transmission of pollen from one variety
or species to another. It must begin
with the careful selection of desirable
varieties, to be used later for this pur-
pose. Select the cuttings with the great-
est care from flowering stems of healthy
plants only. You cannot be too particu-
lar on this point, because a cutting of
this sort always insures earlier and more
continuous blooming qualities in the
parent plant, from which the pollen is
taken, or seed is to be raised, as the case
may be.

A high state of cultivation is, to my
mind, indispensable all through, from the
taking of the cutting to the gathering of

the seed and ever after if you would get
out of your seedlings the best traits they
contain. Understanding the needs of
your varieties, a high state of cultivation
is more than half of the battle, for just in
proportion to the health and vigor of
the parents will the seedlings develop in
health, size and substance. If the stock
is well established, strong and healthy,
so will the offspring be; if weak, diseased
and sickly, they will develop seedlings
equally faulty.

Early planting is another very impor-
tant point to be considered. Plants
housed late in July or early in August,
from which all flower shoots have been
pinched back, so that they make their
flowering stems indoors, will be well
established and in condition to use for
crossing purposes in October or early in
November and later, when only the most
vigorous and healthy plants and perfect
flowers should again be selected, either
for seed or pollen parents.

There are several advantages to early
application, among them abundance of
sunshine, and consequently ample venti-
lation, which insures a dry condition of
the pollen, which is also plentiful during
the early fall months. November is a
good month in which to work, as insects
are less liable to be troublesome at this
time, fertilizing where you would prefer
to do it yourself.- From crossings made
during this month seed can be ripened
and sown during the latter part of Jan-
uary. Crosses made earlier or late in
spring will ripen seed in a shorter period,
but, in the latter case, often too late to
be of service the same season. If sown in
January the seedlings have three months'
growth before planting them out-doors,
and most of them will bloom in the field,
and thus give a chance for selecting only
meritorious varieties for further tests
indoors, and so much valuable space is
saved.

I have sown seed as late as April 2
and had some of the plants bloom in the
field by August 15, four and one-half
months from sowing seed. But late
sowing is not to be recommended, as
many of the plants have not bloomed
before frosts are due, and to house all those
that have not flowered means a waste of
much valuable space. In fact, with very
few exceptions, where plants became
over crowded or from some other cause,
I have seldom found a variety that
bloomed late the first season to prove of
commercial value. Early and continuous
bloomers are what we need.

Only a few years ago it was thought
by many to be an impossibility to get
blooms of a high grade and in paying
quantities from the same plant. Eight
years ago I had varieties producing
blooms three and one half to four inches
and over, on stems like canes, that only
gave an average of eight blooms to the
plant during the entire season. Those
varieties were of a strong, fleshy growth,
with broad foliage. Plants of wiry habit
with small foliage are invariably free
bloomers, but the flowers run smaller and
often lack in substance. By a combination
of those habits we have to-day varieties
that produce freely, high grade blooms
three to four inches in diameter, on long
stems, from plants of excellent habit and
medium sized leaf and wiry growth,
which is preferable to rank, soft growth,
as the plants can be set much closer
together, thus getting a much larger cut
from the same space. The smaller foliage
also admits the sunlight to the base of
the plant and, during the dull winter
months is not usually subject to attacks
from insect pests, or damaged through

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syriDging, like that of soft, fleshy sorts.
The best time to apply the pollen is on
a brigUt, sunny morning or forenoon,
and the time should be regulated by the
condition ol the atmosphere in the house.
The pollen should be dry, and applied
while the ventilators are open, as the
moisture settles on the plants within a
few minutes after closing up the house,
and this is not conducive to best results
in fertilizing the flowers. If impregna-
tion has taken place, the bloom operated
upon will usually show it by wilting or
"going to sleep" within twenty-lour
hours.

The method of applying the pollen has
been so often explained, and is so simple,
that I need not describe it here. It should
be done systematically, always having
an aim in view. When the flowers are in
proper condition depends upon the varie-
ties, some being ready almost as soon as
the bloom expands; others take as long
as two weeks to develop their organs.
This knowledge must be obtained through
close observation.

In hybridizing always strive toward
retaining an ideal habit of plant, healthy
and vigorous, of stifT, wiry growth, pro-
ducing freely, fragrant flowers if possible,
oflaigest size and substance, on strong
stems, and in shades of color that will
appeal to the public taste, for it must be
a ready seller. Self colors are usually
most useful from a commercial stand-
point, and yet there is ever a demand for
something new, both in style and color.
Indiscriminate crossing is not to be rec-
ommended, as it lacks in interest and is
not instructive.

I do not mean to say one cannot go at
it haphazard, using the superiorvarieties
of to-day and get grand results. That
can be done, without a doubt, and I also
believe the time is fast approachiog, when,
through the rapid improvement of the
carnation, seedlings will be freely raised
in this manner, unfolding a wealth of
colors, and of a general high quality,
requiring the discarding of a very small
percentage. A house of such a strain
would be a boon to the average florist
with a good retail home trade. I also
believe the quality of those flowers will
be as marked in the carnation as in the
pansy, or gloxinia of today raised from
seed, where they also twenty-five years
ago were propagated from cuttings and
leaves, to perpetuate the best varieties.

This high strain in carnation seedlings
can only be attained bv the most careful
attention of the hybridizer. He must
have a standard to work up to, and he
must raise that standard on high, having
in mind the very best he knows to be in
existence, and his aim must ever be to
surpass it, no matter if he may already
be the possessor of the best yet raised.

Keep records of each cross you make,
and note carefully the results, especially of
those you find to be decided acquisitions.
It may take years before you attain the
object for which you have been striving;
there will be many disappointments, but
it is this everlasting keeping at it that
brings success.

I believe it is possible, by carefully and
persistently working, taking separate
shades of color, crossing white with
white, pink with pink, crimson with
crimson, etc., year after year, using the
product until mixed colors will gradually
disappear, and a very large percentage
will come true to color.

It will take years to accomplish it, but
once you get this clear blood infused into
your strains, you can foretell pretty
closely what to expect from each batch
of seedlings.

CARNATION MRS. LEOPOLD INE.

This is one of the great advantages of
keeping records, and a systematic method
of working With indiscriminate cross-
ing you commence in the dark and con-
tinue there. One's lack of knowledge as
to the parentage of many of the new
introductions from year to year is often
a great disadvantage to one who keeps a
strict record. With a knowledge of their
parentage back two or three or more
years one could act more intelligently
and much of the mystery as to the divers-
ity of colors in their ofispring would be
explained.

And yet this lack of knowledge often
has a saving element in it, as it often
infuses new vigor where too close breed-
ing might have a tendency to a running
out and weakening of the stock. We are
all working along separate lines towards
the same goal, and who can tell what a
combination of the best results of each
individual effort may yet accomplish for
the improvement of the carnation of the
future?

Long ago the word was passed that
the limit had been reached, and yet each
successive year sees a new record estab-
lished, and so it will be foryears tocome.
Whether we have retrograded or pro-
gressed can only be ascertained by look-
ing backward in any calling of life, and
so with the culture and improvement of
the divine flower.

As we bring this test to bear upon the
carnation of to-day as compared with
those of ten or even five years ago, no
one will dispute the fact that they loom
up as a new creation. Yet, great as has
been the advance in the last decade, it
will in my opinion, be far eclipsed in the
next five years. I believe that the
improvement of the carnation is only in
its infancy. We are like children playing
on the beach, here and there picking up a
pebble, and yet, beyond is the vast ocean
of nature's boundless store, from which
we are trying to coax some of her hidden
treasures, and our success will be just in
proportion to the intelligent and untiring
effort put forth, taking advantage of the
natural means put within our reach.

The last stage but by no means the
least important part of the hybridizer's
work, is the final selection of the varieties
to be disseminated to the trade. Always
remember that you are apt to be a preju-
diced party, and naturally so, in favor of
your own production. They ought to
be tested three or more years before dis-
tributirg. During this period you, if
expert in your business, cannot fail to
see and note the faults of each variety.
Compare them conscientiously with the
very best you know of in their class.
That must be your standard to go by;
you must have something tangible, any-
thing imaginary is but the ever receding
ideal; its size, substance and wealth of
colors can only be guessed at. If you are
fortunate enough to have our best grow-
ers visit your establishment, note care-
fully their opinion. It is often worth
much, if expressed, but as a rule the
amount of interest taken in the inspection
of a variety is a pretty sure indication of
its excellence.

There is always a demand for some
new shade of color and in trying to intro-
duce it do not forget that we are cater-
ing to the public taste. Note carefully
the opinion of lady visitors of culture, as
they pass through your greenhouses;
they are usually excellent judges. If
your pet variety is passed unnoticed, do
not take up time nursing it any longer.
If it is something that at once attracts
their attention, it is pretty safe to say it
will prove a success. Last of all, take it
to the annual meeting of the American
Carnation Society, and let it be compared
with the best products of other growers.
It is pretty sure to get scored just about
where it belongs, except on general habit
and productiveness of the plant, which
the originator alone can know. But, if
he would retain the respect of his fellow
florists, let him hew to the line, and if it
has any bad defects in its general ofaarac-
ter, state it frankly and do not send it
out, or do so stating it plainly.

Do not get the idea into your head that
you must launch a collection of new
sorts onto the market ever year. Do not

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even think that the trade expects one
new variety every season. Better go
slow, if you have the good of this society
at heart. It were better to count the
introductions of ten years of your best
efforts on the fingers of one hand, yes, or
even on the index finger, than send out a
host of worthless varieties to cause end-
less confusion, disappointment and loss
to your fellows.

Corrections.

If you should make a report of our
statement in regard to sub watering
beds which we made at the convention
we wish you would please change our
statement of cost of sub- watering benches
to seven cents per square foot instead of
thirty. Our beds average about 41/2 'eet
and cost us about thirty cents per run-
ning foot instead of square foot as we
stated at the convention; this is what
threw us oS the track. We also wishyou
would change the cost of common raised
beds, which should have been half the
price of the sub- watering beds; this is for
beds filled with soil ready to plant.

J. L. Dillon.

The new rose Ivory, a sport of Golden
Gate, was exhibited at Baltimore by the
American Rose Co., of Washington, D.
C, not by Mrs. T. H. Garrett, as stated
in our issue of February 23. C L Allen,
of Floral Park, N. Y., was mentioned as
one of the judges in the general classes
when C. H. Allen was intended.

Fred. H. Lemon.

Fred. H. Lemon is a representative of
tjie younger generation of business men
who are coming to the front in the horti-
cultural profession and, of necessity, has
a thorough knowledge of his subject.
His first year under glass was in the
establishment of John N. May, at Sum-
mit, N J., but most of his experience has
been gained at the E. G. Hill place
at Richmond, Ind., when he became
foreman in 1897. When the E G Hill
Company was incorporated, in 1900, he
became a member, having some time
previously become Mr. Hill's son-in-law.
While the story of Mr. Lemon's career,
as he says, does not take long in the tell-
ing, he has formed a very wide acquaint-
ance and is one of the most popular
young men in the trade.

Some New Carnations.

The new carnation, Mrs. Leopold Ine, is
the one to which Peter Reinberg pins his
faith as the most profitable variety for
the general grower. The accompanying
illustration will show the style of flower
and the character of its stem. It is one
of the sports from Tidal Wave and is
very close in color to G. H. Crane. Mr.
Reinberg has been growing it two years
and is convinced that it is the most
prolific bloomer in the whole lot. The
flowers are of fair size and have been sell-
ing in the Chicago market right op with
a great many ot the fancies. Mr Rein-
berg will plant the variety very largely
next year and a number of his neighbors
will go into it quite heavily.

Egypt is one of H. Weber & Sons'
offerings. It is a rich scarlet crimson in
color but is entirely distinct from all the
other crimsons The flower is large and
well formed, from two and one-half to
three and one-half inches in diameter and
borne on long, strong stems. Aside from
the beautiful, glowing color, the flower
has an exquisite spicy fragrance. It is

claimed that the variety is a free and
continuous bloomer and can be had in
good flower by November 1.

Lorna, a house and a single bloom ot
which are shown in the accompanyii g
illustration, is one of the numerous white
varieties which are bidding for favor this
season. It originated in the Dorner
establishment at Lafayette, where it
is claimed to be a decided improvement
on White Cloud. It is a large flower,
pure white in color, on a long, strong
stem. Mr. Dorner says that it is an
early and continuous bloomer. A great
many growers who have visited
Lafayette this winter agree that in Lorna
White Cloud has a strong rival, one to
which it is not unlikely to succumb.

Mrs. B. A. Nelson is an Indianapolis
product, a eeedling from Armazindy and
Wm. Scott. It bloomed four years ago
and has since been propagated with
every care in the selection of cuttings. It
is like Scott in color and form of flower.

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CARNATION MRS. E. A. NELSON.

has the fragrance of Albertini and the
long, stiff stems of Armazindy The
calyx does not burst. Mr. Nelson is
exhibiting the variety this season.

The illustration of the single bloom of
H Weber & Sons' Egypt, in this issue,
and that ot Norway, published February
16, are from photographs taken by J. H.
McFarland,at Harrisburg, Pa., of blooms
shipped from Oakland, Md , on Tuesday
and not arriving at their destination
until the following Friday. They ^peak
well for the traveling qualities of the
varieties.

Jottings at Bayside.

John H. Taylor has returned to his old
love and carnations are once more a lead-
ing crop at the big establishment at Bay-
side. Twenty-seven thousand plants are
being flowered this season and they are
producing blooms fully up to the former
reputation of this place for healthy car-
nations. One of the most satisfactory
houses in the range is one 300 feet long
built last season for American Beauty
roses. It has north and south and side
ventilation, a first-class modern house —
just the quality that every carnation
grower must have if he expects to siaud
any show in competition with up-to-date
products.

Mr. Taylor looks upon Genevieve Lord
as the "money carnation." He is also
well satisfied with Scott, which shows,
with him, none of the decadence which
some have attributed to this sterling
variety. Flowers full three inches across
are quite common in the Scott house and
it has been blooming steadily ever since
last summer. John Young, Hill Sport
and Gomez are also prime favorites, the
latter being in Mr. Taylor's estimation
the best among the many good things
Mr. Ward has put out.

Discussing the rose situation Mr. Tay-
lor says that he finds more blind wood
on Brides and Bridesmaids this year than
usual and thinks the vagaries of the
weather early in the season is principally
responsible. Of Liberty he is getting a
good cut and the only black spot visible
is on the lower foliage of the ripened
wood He believes in Golden Gate, which
he will plant more extensively next sea-
son, together with an increased number
of Cusin and Mrs. Morgan, for which an
increasing call is noted.

Watering Carnations.

In order to describe the method of
watering employed at the E T Grave
place at Richmond, Ind., I shall have to
begin from the titpe we bench the stock.
After having benched a number of field-
grown plants, and before wilting begins,
we go back and water very carelully
around each one, giving just enough to
reach the bottom of the roots and not
watering again until they are rather dry.
We do this for about two weeks and then
wait until the top of the soil gets dry
enough to pulverizenicely. We then take
our hands and make a trench between
each row, three inches wide and three
inches deep. On benches wider than six
feet we put a partition in the middle,
using soil. We water from both sides on
the wide benches and between waterings
wait until the soil gets dry enough so it
will be the same as it was when making
the trenches. We then fill them full of
water, always waiting as described
before watering again. For plants out
of pots we follow the same method,
except when first planted only watering
in the trenches, never watering around
the plants.

In this way we keep the soil around the
plants loose and it serves as a mulch
during the hot weather. Again, water-
ing in this manner keeps the roots away
from the top of the soil and always in
the coolest part of the soil. We follow
this method until the last week in Octo-
ber. By that time we have a fine lot of
roots formed in the lower part of the
soil. Then we loosen the soil and make
it level by filling up the trenches. Then
we increase in watering from that time
until we throw out the plants. We
always wait until our soil is on the dry
side before watering again. By this
method we have our plants strong and
healthy, never growing soft and spind-
ling. Chas. Knopf.

American Rose Society.

As the time approaches for the annual
meeting of the American Rose Society it
would seem that some thought should be
given to the selection of a place where
the next spring fhowmaybe held, for, if I
am not mistaken, originally it was the
intention to make this a moveable show,
somewhat alter the plan of the carnation
society.

After something over a year of service

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HOUSE OF CARNATION LORNA, DECEMBER 12, 1900.

in the cause, at no small expense, in time
and money, it has been more and more
impressed upon me that New York is
about the only city that has evidenced
any inclination to exert itself for the wel-
fare of this society.

It goes without saying that to hold a
show of this kind, and one that does the
rose justice, requires not only that those
interested should be willing to spend
money, as well as time, in getting up a
creditable exhibition, but in addition
there must be roses to show; there-
fore the show must be held at some point
where all the adjuncts are at command.
This of necessity implies the large city
and its environments.

Where, then, can the proper facilities
be found? New York, Boston and Phila-
delphia are so near to each other that,
for the sake of argument, they might be
called one. Buffalo with Rochester and
Syracuse another, Chicago, Detroit and
Milwaukee a third group, while the Can-
adian cities, naturally belong with the
second named group.

Outside of these groups there would
seem to be no other aggregation of cities
that could give a show with any hope of
being able to meet the necessary expenses,
and I take it that it will be, to say the
least, a very up-hill job to find any set of
men whose love for the rose is such that
they will be willing to go into an under-
taking in which money is sure to be lost.

Now this being the case, would it be
fair or just to the rest of the rose lovers
of America to shut them out of having
any rose show when they may be mem-
bers of this society? Obviously not.

What, then, can be done to give those
members something that will in some
degree recompense them for their outlay
to the general society?

It is well known that the National
Rose Society of England has its home in
London, the metropolis of the country,
but it reaches out to all the kingdom a
helping hand and holds auxiliary shows
of lesser magnitude under the auspices of
the local societies, and by oflering some
prizes, in the name of the national society,
encourages the local exhibitors and thus
induces a much wider interest than other-
wise would be induced by larger shows
less frequently held and at a greater dis-
tance.

Why cannot something on this plan be
done in our case? Our products are frail
and perishable; therefore the same exhib-
itors cannot show at more than one or
at most two shows by reason of the dis-
tances, but if a prize o( the national soci-
etv, be it medal, cash or plate, were
offered at a local show it does seem to
me that it would prove a source of great
encouragement and lead to an interest
that would grow largely in time, and do
more to make the rose popular.

I offer this as a suggestion, and hope it
may lead to, not only argument, but to
steps to make New York the perma-
nent home of the society, and to the
establishment of some system by orunder
which local societies may become branches
of the national organization.

The best way to ventilate the subject
is to come to the meeting and express
your ideas, pro and con, and I hope all
who c^n will lav aside their other mat-

ters and be present for the good of the
society. Bbn[amin Dorbancb.

As the date of the rose show to be held
at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York,
approaches, lively interest is manifested
on all sides. The growers are getting
into line and the public enthusiasm is at
a high pitch.

Many additions have been made to the
prize schedule and a revised edition has
been issued. Wedding decorations, for
which handsome cash prizes are offered,
will be made a feature on the last day.
On the second day there will be competi-
tion in table decorations, while mantel
and mirror work will be shown on the
first day.

The plans of the floor space available
for the exhibition March 19, 20 and 21
have been distributed to intending exhib-
itors. Otto Buseck has been engaged as
the manager of the show and has opened
offices at 42 West Twenty-eighth street.
It is hoped that for the best results for
all concerned, intending exhibitors will
make early notifications of their inten-
tions. This is particularly necessary in
the present case, as the most effective
disposal of the material exhibited is the
object of the society. If exhibitors give
timely notice they will have no reason to
complain of inadequate accommodation.
The ball-room of the Waldorf-Astoria
will be effectively laid out in the form of
a garden with all equipments complete.
The boxes, which have been offered at $30
each, are practically all sold.

The exhibition will be open to the pub-
lic at 3 p. m., but staging must be fin-
ished by 1 o'clock. This arrangement of

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Mar. 2

the hours will give every possible oppor-
tunity for exhibitors to complete their
staging. iThe rule will be rigidly enforced
and exhibits not complete by the hour
specified will have to remain unfinished.
Exhibitors will assist matters very con-
siderably by sending early notice of en try
to the secretary, 136 Liberty street, New
York city. Leonard Babeon.

Violet Culture.

It is a difficult thing to be regularly
successlul with Marie Louise violets, as
most growers know to their sorrow that
this is a most uncertain variety, very
prone to become diseased at moat unex-
pected times. Get your young plants
out in the field as soon as possible in the
spring and, alter they have started to
grow, keep the weeds well hoed out.
Not only this, but rake up the leaves and
carry them away from your violet patch,
as cleanliness is next to godliness in grow-
ing violets as in other things.

Have space enough between every four
or five rows to plant a row of corn, as
the corn keeps the hot rays of the sun ofl
of the plants during the middle of the
day. Go over your violets every week
and pull ofi all bad and diseased leaves;
also keep the ground well cultivated.

Now as to treatment in the house.
Mix a good, rich compost, about the
same as for roses, and place your plants
at least nine inches apart each way and
after planting give them a good watering
and then wait till they get fairly dry and
give them another thorough soaking, of
course spraying between times on bright
days to keep the spider out of the way.
From now on we use no more clear
water but give them liquid fertilizer
whenever they are fairly dry, with spray-
ings between, and be sure to spray early
in the morning, so the beds will lose the
dampness on top before night. Scratch
over the soil once a week to the depth of
about on^-half inch to keep it sweet, and
pick ofl all bad and diseased leaves at
least once every week and oftener if it is
necessary to keep them clean. Always
keep the paths well cleaned; allow no
dirt of any kind around your violet
houses. I have been following this
method for some years and have never
had a failure with Marie Louise violets.
Fbank p. Brig ham.

Nymphaea Froebeli.

On page 8G2 of the issue lor January
26 mention is made ot the new Nymphaea
FrHC'beli, referring to the colored plate
and description as given in The Garden.
Those who have seen this colored plate,
with the description given, will naturally
conclude that this is a very fine water
lily and, as stated in The Cardcn. a rival
to Marliac's N. sanguinea and N. Wm.
Falconer, from America, in depth and
richness of color. One does not like to be
severe in criticising the illustrations of
The Garden, especially the colored plates,
but after seeing this nymphjea growing
at Zurich, and having grown it two sea-
sons in America, we cannot consider this
a truthful representation, at least not in
color. It is, as stated, a smaller edition
of N. Wm. Falconer. The latter is even
darker, more brilliant and truly Amer-
ican. A close observer can readily detect
the American type in this nymphjea,
which has been entirely overlooked in
conjecture as to its parentage.

N. Caspary does not lend itself readily
to the American climate and is diflicult
to establish. It flowers early in the sea-

son but as soon as warm weather sets in
it simply goes to rest and remains dor-
mant. The hot weather has the same
effect on it that cold weather has on the
other hardy nymphieas, but with this
difference, that it virtually has no season
for growth; consequently the plant dwin-
dles away and dies. N. Fiu.beli, as far
as my experience has been, is a larger and
better flower than N. Caspary, the illus-
tration before referred to being life-like
except in color. The plant is more vigor-
ous and better in every way but it has
the same tendency to stop floweiing
early in the season and also loses its foli-
age soon after mid-season; consequently
it is a weakling, and very little better
than N. Caspar}'. In color it is darker
than N. Laydekeri rosea, rather a dull
color compared to that variety. It has

THE LATE ROBERT VEITCH.— SEE PAGE 1 040

not the brilliancy or tone and is not wor-
thy to be compared to it. Moreover, N
Laydekeri rosea or its counterpart, N. Lay-
dekeri rosea prolifica, can be purchased
for half the price of N. Froebeli and is sure
to give complete satisfaction, and it is a
continuous bloomer from April to Octo-
ber and suitable to plant in ponds or to
be grown in tubs. I am persuaded that
N. Froebeli will never become a popular
variety in America. Wm. Trickkr.

Nymphaea Capensis and N. Coerulea.

The illustration of the three nymphaeas
on page 886 of the issue lor February 2
is a good representation of the varieties.
Some time ago attention was called to
the fact that the varieties, or species, in
question were wrongly named, a writer
stating that if the names were trans-
posed the one for the other, they
would be right. In consideration of the
fact that both N. coerulea and N.
scutifolia each have one or two syno-
nyms it is not to be wondered at that
such mistakes occur, but to be correct in
this matter the firm of Henry A. Dreer
has this year listed these nymphaeas
under their recognized names, N. Capensis
and N. coerulea, with their synonyms.
N. scutifolia is a back number; that name
was used by De CandoUe in his Systema.
PlantEEum in 1821. The name N. Capensis
was first applied to this species by Thun-
berginhis Prodromua, Caspary gives the

date of this as 1797. He, Caspary,
accepted Thunberg's name on account of
priority and stuck to N. Capensis thi ough-
out, making N. scutifolia a synonym.
Index Kewensis also accepts N. Capensis
and rejects N. scutifolia as a synonym.
So it is safe to say that N. scutifolia was
buried by the botanists ovtr thirty years
ago. The correct names are:

Nymphsa Capensis, Thunb. (Sfo. N.
scutifolia, D. C; N. coerulea, B. M. 552,
and American gardens).

Nvmpb^a coerulea, Savigny. (syn. N.
stellata, Willd., N. scutifolia of gardens).
Wm. Thicker.

A Danish Horticultural Chronology.

For the interest of the many Danish
florists and gardeners in the United
States I beg leave to submit a few notes
of horticultural events of importance
during the past year. First I regret to
have to record the death of L. Dabnfddt,
who died a couple of months after cele-
brating the fiftieth anniversary of the
firm he founded and which still bears his
name. The deceased was noted for his
sterling character and upright dealings.
He was an honorary member of the Dan-
ish Horticultural Society. He is survived
by his wife, a daughter and two sons,
the elder of whom lor some years has
been conducting the business, now the
largest seed house in Denmark.

A horticultural exposition was held at
Odense in connection with the eighteenth
general assembly of Danish farmers, and
although the time, the beginning of July,
to suit the grangers, was not the best
for the florists and nurserymen, yet there
was a ready response from all parts of
the country and the department of horti-
culture was a credit to everybody con-
nected with it.

At the florists' convention held at
Copenhagen in the latter part of Septem-
ber, the president, D. T. Ponlsen, and the
members of the executive committee were
re-electfd, with the exception of C.
Maribo, of Fredericia, who did not wish
to serve any longer on account of chang-
ing into other business. In his place C.
Petersen, also of Fredericia, was elected.

The Danish Chrysanthemum Society
held its third annual exhibition at Copen-
hagen in the middle of November. The
society, although not very old, has done
a great deal of good work in the right
direction, and its expositions are always
well attended by the upper ten. At pres-
ent the large refleied Japanese varieties
are the favorites, but the good new
incurved ones are beginning to show up
with a persistency which means that
thev do not intend to be left behind.

The genial 1". Rafn, known to the _
many Danish gardeners and florists who
have been working in London daring the
last twenty jears, has returned home to
Denmark to stay and has bought the
place of Mr. Rathsack, near Copcnhageo.
He intends to grow roses and grapes.
Few members of the craft have made
more (riends than he among his country-
men and the Englishmen alike. At his
departure from England he received some
valuable souvenirs from his friends there,
and on his return home his former friends
from London, now in business' at home,
gave a batquet in his honor.

As a matter of more than passing inter-
est I may name the general Scandinavian
horticultural exposition, the first of its
kind, held at Malmoe, Sweden, in the lat-
ter part of September. It proved to be
an unqualified success. The number of
entries in the fruit department was sim-
ply immense; I haTe seen many horticult-

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ural expositions, from that at the World's
Fair at Chicago and down, but I never
saw as much or as well selected fruit aa
here, southern and middle Sweden being
especially well represented. The nursery
department also was a large affair, Den-
mark being the leader here, while all
three countries were about even on plants
and vegetables. In the department for
cut flowers and decorations the Swedes
were the only exhibitors. The following
are some of the leading prizetakers from
Denmark: E. Heise, Bregentoed, for fruit,
the grapes being especially fine; D T.
Poulsen, Copenhagen, for a large collec-
tion of nuts with many rare varieties; L.
Daehnfeldt, Odense, first on vegetables,
some splendid heads of Eriurt cauli-
flower and Ball Head cabbage from his
own strain of seed being especially prom-
inent in his large collection. D. T. Poul-
sen, Treiner-Lassen, Elsinore and Mathi-
asen, Korsoer, shared the honors for
nursery stock about evenly and R. Jor-
gensen, Copenhagen, took first for a fine
group of decorative plants. At the meet
iDgs in connection with the exposition it
was decided to hold the next show at
Christiania, Norway, in 1905. The propo-
sition of starting a general horticult-
ural society for the three countries was
given up for the present, after a lengthy
discussion, but will be taken up again
when the matter has been more consid-
ered. H. H.
Denmark.

Two Desirable Plants For Florists,

There is a pressing need for variety in
the way of decorative stock and the two
plants illustrated are extremely easy of
culture, stand handling well if done care-
fully and are naturally suited in some
respects for work for which hardly any
other plant is adapted. The philodendron,
with its oval leaves, curiously notched,
is very attractive. Itisof a pleasing green
color and easily cleaned. They thrive in
rich soil, if well watered, in a warm house.
For floral decorations they should be set
at the base of a cedar post on which
some moss is tied to retain some moist-
ui-e from syringing. They grow op this
pillar, sending numerous roots into the
moss and attain length faster than if
entirely dependent for food upon the pot
or tub below. A plant eight to twelve
feet high makes the most beautiful eflect
if placed against the wall in a parlor, at
one side of a bow window or in a chim-
ney corner which is to have part of the
mantel decorated with ferns, etc. The
plants can also be trained on a flat board
on which tanbark is tacked. In moving
them to use in a decoration it is not nec-
essary to move the board or post with
the plant. They can be pulled oflF and
coiled up in a box for transportation and
wired up again on a rustic branch. This
plant when in bloom is quite a curiosity.
The stock is not expensive; it is easily
grown.

The Egyptian papyrus, when well
grown, is eight feet high; five and six-
foot specimens are common. For arrang-
ing in tall vases with lilies, gladioli or
in table center pieces with pond lilies,
three or four of these slender stems to
run up high and droop are beautiful and
do not obstruct. There are many waj'S
in which the cut stems may be used and
they are durable and easily handled.
The potted plants are also useful. They
simply want a rich, heavy loam and
abundance of water. Like the bamboo,
it likes to have a saucer of water under-
neath all the time. C. B. W.

TWO DESIRABLE PLANTS FOR FLORISTS.

Bedding Geraniums.

[Read before the Chicago Florists' Club, Feb-
ruary /5. igor, bv Ed-win A. A'artsf, assistant
superintendent oj JioricuHureJur South Parks \

In selecting the varieties to be named
in this paper I have chosen only such as
I am familiar with and know to be excel-
lent bedders. Many geraniums that
appear well under glass make a very
poor showing when planted out. I am
of the opinion that the strong growers
are usually the ones best adapted for this
purpose, or the ones that show the most
vigor in growth rather than those which
show great abundance of bloom under
glass. In looking over our stock before
planting out in the spring I have often
noticed that some of the best bedders
show the least bloom, so that it will be
seen that at least one season's trial out-
side is necessary before determining
whether or not a geranium is a suitable
bedder. I also believe that where the
best results are to be obtained the plants
should be grown with the idea in mind
that they are to be used for bedding pur-
poses, not relying too much on the strong
natural resources of the plants to bring
them into proper condition outside.

The geranium is perhaps the most sat-
isfactory plant known to florists, because
it is so easily propagated and requires so
little attention. For this reason we
regard it as one of the commonest of
plants, though many of our parks and
private gardens would find it a hard
matter to procure a substitute for this
old time stand-by. The extensive use of
herbaceous and perennial plants in con-
nection with the natural style of land-
scape gardening now so popular in this
country has done much in reducing the
number of geraniums used. The plant-
ing of geraniums in connection with a
landscape is considered bad form, it being
claimed that their bright colors do not
harmonize with quiet and restful views;
therefore the landscape gardener has con-
fined them to isolated places apart from
the landscape view.

However this may be, I believe that
the geraniums and many others of our
most beautiful cultivated plants tvill con-
tinue to be favorites with many persons
when the fadofsubstitutinghardy plants
is a thing of the past. The period of
bloom with most herbaceous plants is
usually not longer than a month or so,

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while geraniums, sgeratums, heliotropes,
etc., are in bloom from May 21 to Octo-
ber 21, oi* until cut down by the frost. I
do not wish to give the idea that I am
not in favor of herbaceous plants, for I
am, but I do maintain that in order to
have satisfactory results in this climate
one must give them, during the summer,
nearly as much attention for a much less
amount of bloom.

It has been my experience that cuttings
taken from geraniums and rooted in the
fall will make much stronger plants and
more desirable ones for bedding purposes
than those grown from cuttings made
during the winter months. Fall rooted
cuttings, after being kept in a dry condi-
tion, can be started along in February
and by bedding out time are strong,
thrifty plants, while those propagated in
the winter are inclined to be weaker and
smaller, owing to insufficient time to
develop. Too much water in summer I
believe is often the cause of plants rotting
off or producing a small amount of
bloom. Geraniums can stand a great
amount of drought without injury and
produce the most flowers when in a
somewhat dry condition. Over-watering
causes some to grow rank, while others
rot oflf altogether.

I would not advocate setting plants
too far apart, as this causes them to
grow uneven on account of having too
much light. For ordinary spring-grown
plants I think fourteen inches is about
the right distance. This is not so wide
apart but that the plants can grow
together in a short time, when they will
continue to make a uniform bed all sum-
mer. Frequent stirring of the soil is
always beneficial, but to avoid over-
watering seems to me to be the principal
point to be borne in mind in the aare of
plants bedded out of doors.

I have selected the folio wing varieties as
being among the best and most reliable
bedding geraniums, at least in this cli-
mate, at tihe present time. There are, per-
haps, many varieties known to others
which are equally as good, but not having
had experience with these I am therefore
unable to give any accurate information
regarding them.

To begm with the double varieties, of
all gefaniums, both double and single, I
think S. A. Nutt is the finest. We are
asked the name of this variety many
times during the summer. There must
be something about its color and habit
that attracts one, and, besides, it has
such a strong constitution. Mme. A.
Chevrelierre is a double white that can
be relied on as a continual bloomer,
excellent in every respect. Waddington
may be an old variety but it has its place
asadwarfpink, is agreat bloomer and
always attractive. Other good sorts
are Pres. Leon Simon, clear red; N. Cas-
teline, pinkish red; Alfred Tennyson,
light scarlet; Beaute Poitevine, brilliant
salmon; Raspail Improved, large scarlet;
Alphonse Riccard, orange red.

Among single varieties I have selected
Meteor, red; General Grant, a very old
scarlet variety but one that is extremely
useful; Mrs. E. G. Hill, salmon color, very
strong grower; Benj amin Schroeder, finest
single pink; Athlete, large scarlet flower;
Margaret de Layer, reddish salmon; Mrs.
J. M. Garr, pure white; J. R. Lowell,
orange red.

The best silver leaved varieties are
Mountain of Snow and Mme. Salleroi.

Many new varieties have recently been
introduced, even more, I think, than
there has been any demand for. Of
course one is always anxious to try new
varieties but a wise person will hesitate

before discarding the old, tried sorts for
those that he has not given a thorough
trial. And again, those which do well in
one locality are sometimes of little use in
others. Among the new geraniums there
are several that I have seen which I
believe have special merit and which I
am going to try next summer. They are
as follows: Le Soleil, double red, lighter
than S. A. Nutt; Mme. Rozaine, pure
double white; Mme. Laudry, semi-double
salmon; John P. Cleary, single red; Due
de Montmart, double, nearly purple;
Frances Perkins, double pink; Countess
de Castris, pink; Jean Viaud, semi-double
pink; Clyde, single scarlet; Ian McLaren,
light salmon pink; Mme. J. Cibiel, single
pink salmon.

THE LATE JOHN GALVIN. — SEE PAGE 1040.

Candytuft For Easter,

Ed. Am. Flokist:— We have Giant
Empress candytuft seedlings about an
inch high and wish to know whether they
can be had in bloom for Easter with a
night temperature of 50°, also how many
of the seedlings should be placed in a
4-inch pot. C.

The seedlings in question are rather
small and young, perhaps, to produce
good, strong flowering plants for Easter
sales. The strain is all right, but the
seed should have been sown in September
in the open ground; then, when strong
enough to handle, the plants should have
been pricked out singly in a cold frame,
about four inches apart. Ordinary cold
does not hurt them if left unprotected,
still for the purpose we must cover with
sash when the timetomes for very hard
freezing weather and in addition to this
we should then also cover with mats and
shutters to prevent the hard freezing of
the ground, for we have to lift the little
plants in February, when we are likely
to have the severest cold.

The little plants which are thus planted
in the frames in October will become
stout, sturdy, short jointed and branch
out freely in the cool November weather,
and remain at a standstill the remainder
of the winter, but when taken up and
potted at any time after hard frost are
easily forced into flower in a temperature
not above 50° or 55° at first, thoug*-
after flower heads are well formed more
heat may be given. One of these plants
will amply fill a 4-inch or even a 5-inch

pot, because they are stocky and branchy,
very unlike the soft seedlings grown
under glass from the start. The latter
seldom branch out very freely unless
grown very cool and allowing ample
time. The exact time to bring them into
bloom depends in a great measure on the
size and state of development of the
plants before hard winter sets in. Some
seasons are more favorable than others
for their growth, but six or eight weeks
will also bring them out.

The seedlings in question may yet have
a chance to flower by Easter if potted up
at once, three in a 4-inch pot and set in a
very light position. A rather poor soil
will induce them to bud sooner, yet the
time is rather short and well furnished
plants can hardly be expected. If'C."
has a market for such things as candy-
tuft, why does he not grow the improved
varieties of the hardy evergreen species?
With less labor he would be surer of
plants, superior in every respect to the
soft varieties. J. B. K.

Culture of Eucharis Amazonica.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I have had a pot of
Eucharis Amazonica several years but so
far it has failed to bloom. How should
it be treated to produce flowers? H. R.

The eucharis has one pecularity which
should be borne in mind; the assimula-
tion of nutrition takes place only at the
ends of the roots. There are no numer-
ous fibrous roots all along that will go
on with the work in case the ends are
broken off or come upon an obstruction.
So the ends must ever be pushing around
in and out, over and under in order to
get what there is in the soil. For this
reason the soil should never get hard.
Rich loam and leaf mold or decayed sod
with well decomposed cow manure is
good, with careful drainage. Water
should not accumulate so as to exclude
air or cause sourness but should be given
frequently to avoid drying. The pot is
best placed on a bench with bottom heat
but spread sphagnum moss around to
prevent the heat drying either the leaves
or roots, as it may do in severe weather
when the pipes are hot. Ajtemperature of
G5° to 70° is necessary. A good crop of
leaves will be the first indication of
success, after which bloom will come if
the proper conditions are maintained.

C. B. W.

Our Women Florists.

"Maria Minge has some splendid car-
nations, probably the best ever grown
in this section. She has a new house
20x100 which is thoroughly modern
in every respect, and attracts a great
many visitors. She has been without a
gardener for some weeks, and finds the
work of firing boilers, watering the stock
in four houses, making up work and
attending to decorations and store trade
a heavy tax on one woman's energies." —
American Florist.

"We wonder if the U. S can boast
many workers like the above; if so, it is a
pity the tide of emigration cannot be
reversed for a while. If they cpuld send
us a few women of this class we could
spare them three of our young men for
each in rt^wm.''— Horticultural Adver-
tiser.

We wish to inform the editor of our
esteemed contemporary that "the woods
are full" of just such women over .here.
The woman florist is in evidence all over
the country, and in taste, ability, energy
and all the qualities necessary to success

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they will compare most favorably with
their male competitors. By all means
send the drones over here and let them
serve under our women florists — they
will be taught to work.

Chicago.

STATE or THE MARKET.— LOCAL TRADE
VIRTUALLY CONFrNED TO FUNERAL FLOW-
ERS. — MUCH SHIPPING TRADE HELPS
MOVE GOOD STOCK. — BULBOUS FLOWERS
DOING POORLY.— PROTRACTED COLD BAD
ALL AROUND.— REINBERG .S: WEILAND TO
BUILD AT NEW CASTLE. — RANGE FOR
BEAUTIES ALSO CONTEMPLATED THERE.
— CARNATIONIST'S view of BALTIMORE.
— VARIOUS NOTES.

With the beginning of this week those
wholesale houses which are not blessed
with shipping trade found both time and
stock hanging heavy on their hands.
City trade seemed to fall away to noth-
ing without any particular warning, and
out-of-town demand was almost the sole
reliance. It happened that shipping
orders have kept up as far as numbers
goes, and served to make a place for con-
siderable quantities of stock of the higher
values. The week has, however, seen too
much stock in nearly all lines and aver-
ages have been correspondingly reduced.
Exceptions to the rule of over-supply
have been first-class grades of medium
lengths of American Beauties and strictly
fancy carnations. Of these latter there
seem to be never enough, but of the
cheaper qualities there have recently been
any quantities which have been called for.
Brides and Bridesmaids are now of better
quality than has been the case at any
time since the hot weather last fall, and
prices are holding up very well under the
circumstances. Violets and bulbous
stock are faring rather worse than usual
because of the severe cold which has kept
the street fakirs out of business for the
past three weeks. The weaiher has been
a great detriment to trade all along the
line, a number of insufficiently protected
shipments having been frozen in transit
from the growers. One fakir thought he
could do business on Monday but he had
15,000 violets frozen, for which he paid
the munificent sum of 10 cents per liun-
dred.

Peter Reinberg and Peter Weiland
returned last Saturday from a stay of
several days at New Castle, Ind., and
report that they have bought a tract of
about twenty acres of land there, well
suited for greenhouse purposes. The
price ranges between $150 and $180 an
acre,two adjoining properties having been
acquired. As soon as the abstracts have
been passed upon they will begin the
construction of a range often houses for
which almost all the material has already
been bought. One house will be 32x300
and nine houses will be 27x300. Pour
houses will be devoted to roses and the
balance to fancy carnations, of which
Mr. Weiland, who will be the resident
manager, is a particularly successful
grower. Mr. Weiland goes down Mon-
day to begin the work of construction,
which will be pushed with all possible
speed. The order for four hot water
boilers has been placed with the Superior
Boiler Works, the glass is in storage
awaiting shipment and the iron gutters
are nearly ready.

H. Van Teylingen, representing Van
Zanten & Co., bulb growers, of Hillegom,
Holland, has been in town this week.
He estimates that this season American
growers are forcing fifteen per cent more
Holland bulbs than they did in 1900, but

from present indications he figures that
the fifteen per cent increase will be lost
on the orders for next fall delivery. He
says that the complaintsof local growers
as regards the greenish and deformed,
unsalable flowers of La Reine tulips are
general all overthe country. He lays the
blame upon unfavorable weather condi-
tions during the period of growth in
Holland.

The severe cold of the past three weeks
and the accompanying high winds have
made a big drain upon the growers'
bank accounts through the increased
coal consumption. There are at least
three growers for this market who have
been tor the past three weeks or more,
consuming from three to five carloads of
coal a day. In their cases this means
more than the mere outlay of money, for
in each instance the fuel has to be hauled
by wagon for considerable distance, a
mile or more.

As has been intimated in these columns,
F. F. Benthey & Company are planning
the erection of a range of 50,000 feet of
glass for American Beauties. Mr. Ben-
they has been at New Castle this week
looking for p suitable site, but came
home ill. The intention is to put up a
range after the plan advocated by George
M. Garland, and Moninger will supply
the mill work. If the range goes up, as
now seems likely. Otto Benthey, now
foreman for J. A. Budlong, will be placed
in charge.

Sinner Brothers, who have been grow-
ing vegetables under a range of 75,000
feet of glass at Rogers Park, have decided
to go into cut flowers, and will plant
most of their range to the newer vari-
eties of carnations, using a few houses
for roses. Their establishment is new
and in first-class shape, the proprietors
are careful, successful growers and have
a habit of doing well whatever they
undertake.

N. J. Wietorsays thatitwas well worth
the trip to Baltimore to be convinced
that the Chicago market handles just as
good carnations as are grown anywhere
in the east. Among the new things which
he saw in the exhibition there, and for
which he placed an order, were Norway
and Prosperity, and he was so well
pleased with Morning G'ory that he
bought cuttings of this variety also.

Last year good daffodils in this market
were a bonanza for growers, and two or
three of those who profited by this spe-
cialty doubled up on their bulb orders for
this season, but it cannot be increased
supplies that make daffodils pretty nearly
unsalable just now. They may be bet-
ter property when the street fakirs get
to work again.

E. C. Amling is building a cool room in
his wholesale house for the storage of
ferns and other supplies of like character.
At the same time J. A. Budlong is
re-arranging the appurtenances of his
establishment and adding to his ice box
facilities to accommodate the largely
increased supplies which he is handling.

W. P. Harvey, for whom J. T. Anthony
is growing camatians out at Geneva,
says he has not had a particle of stem-rot
in his house of G. H. Crane this season,
and he proposes to hang on to it, partic-
ularly as some other growers are dis-
carding it because of the loss from this dis-
ease.

John Muno, at Rogers Park, has set
the pace for replanting rose houses, hav-
ing one house of Meteor replanted and
in fine shape. He has been busy propa-
gating American Beauty and has a Ijig
lot of plants now on hand.

The bank of Des Plaines, the depository
of a number of growers of that town,
suspended payment on February 25,
owing about $32,000. Some of the
growers had, however, quietly with-
drawn their accounts before the failure, a
premonition of which had crept out.

The Indiana Florists' Association will
visit the South Park Floral Company, at
New Castle, on March ,s, and E. C.
Amling and one or two others are going
down for the day.

Arnold R. Tommell, representing Joseph
Kift & Son, of Philadelphia, was a vis-
itor this week. He reports good trade
in Kift's adjustable vase holders and
other specialties.

Weber Brothers, who have their entire
establishinent planted with Brides and
Bridesmaids this season, are cutting
some of the best stock to be found in the
market.

The American Rose Co., of Washing-
ton, D. C, expects to exhibit the new
white rose, Ivory, a spirt of Golden
Gate, in this city early in the present
month.

Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Bassett areeipected
home from Florida early next week.

Theinimitable"Seottie,"of Kennicott's
is ill, threatened with typhoid fever.

The health of Charles J. Strombach is
said to be much improved.

Ed. A. Kanst left March 1 for a short
stay in New Orleans.

Visitors: Warren B. Craw, of the Lord
& Burnham Co., New York; H. E. Phil-
pott, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Geo. A. Kuhl,
Pekin, 111.

New York.

MARKET DULL AND STOCK ACCUMULATING.
— BULBOUS STOCK ON HAND IN UNWIELDY
OUANTITIES.— COLD WEATHER SHUTS
OUT THE STREET DEALERS.— SIEBRECHTS
TO OPEN IN WINDSOR ARCADE.— PLANT
AUCTIONS ON AGAIN. — VARIOUS NOTES.

The cut flower market is in a state
of extreme dejection this week and
the wholesale places arc loaded down
with material for which no outlet can be
descried. The accumulation of bulbous
flowers is beyond anything experienced
at any time last season and much of it
must of necessity be lost. Freezing
weather prevails and consequently the
street dealers are not available as a dis-
tributing medium. The stores on the
fashionable thoroughfares have all the
appearance of Easter, the windows being
filled with gorgeous rhododendrons,
azaleas, genistas, heaths and lilies and
hyacinths, daffodils and lily of the valley
in pans. They make a very attractive
sight and it cannot be gainsaid that this
display at the present time must result
in diverting the mind of the public from
cut flowers much to the disadvantage of
the cut flower industry. Already, five
weeks before Easter, the cut flower dealer
is "up against it."

Siebrecht & Son are fitting up an elegant
new store in the Windsor Arcade, the site
formerly occupied by the Windsor Hotel.
In addition they willhave aconservatory
in the rotunda of the arcade, 22x4"l and
twenty-five feet in height, which archi-
tecturally is to be the most ornate struct-
ure of its kind in New York. It is
expected to be ready by Easter.

William Plumb arrived from England
on Wednesday. He found sad news
awaiting him, a telegram having; arrived
the day before informing him of the death
of his father, whom he had bade good
bye only a few daj'S previous.

On Tuesday, March 5, the plant auction

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rooms down town will both open with
large consignments of Holland stock,
bulbs and tubers, and the vicinity of Day
and Vesey streets will resume its busy
horticultural aspect once more. Every
Tuesday and Friday hereafter the red
flags will wave.

Otto Grundmann, of Seacaucus, is cele-
brating the arrival of a young daughter.
The stork has not left the neighborhood
and is evidently contemplating a visit to
the home of another one of the North
Hudson fratemitJ^

The New York Botanical Garden is dis-
puting a tax on a legacy left to it by the
late Judge Daly, claiming exemption as
a charitable institution.

Geo. Brown intends to go out of the
greenhouse business at West Hoboken
and engage in something that is much
more lucrative.

K plant of Dendrobium Wardianum in
a G-inch pot hanging in Siebrecht & Son's
window has US flowers on it.

It is rumored that still another cut
flower commission store is soon to be
opened in Thirtieth street.

Visitors: J. D. Thompson and Mrs.
Tliompson, Joliet, III.

Boston.

KKCEIPTS STEADILY INCREASING AND VAL-
UES FALLING.— MR. O'mARA LECTURES
ON THE EVOLUTION OK FLORICULTURE.

Receipts of flowers at the local whole-
sale markets are heavy and constantly
increasing. As to quality in every line
nothing better could be asked and prices
are now strongly in the buyers' favor,
especially if he is in a position to use
large lots and is not too particular about
sefcction. This applies with equal force
to roses, carnations, violets and all bulb-
ous material. The latter is in eicess of
the needs of the market, lilies only
excepted, and wholesalers find tulips,
freesias, daffodils and lily of the valley
accumulating heavily in their storerooms,
even at dne-half normal prices. Violets
are seen on every street corner where the
fakirs can find standing room. In quality
they are better than this market has been
accustomed to see and in price they are
within the limits of the humblest buyer.

Patrick O'Mara lectured most accept-
ably before the Massachusetts Horticult-
ural Society last Saturday, February 23,
his subject being "A quarter century's
evolution in horticulture." Afterwards
he was taken in charge by a distinguished
committee of his Old Guard admirers
and the 333rd degree was conferred in
full in accordance with local custom.

Ed. Hatch's hospitable bungalow at
Wenham opened its doors wide on Wash-
ington's Birthday as usual. Its munifi-
cent owner was in his very best mood,
having, a few days before, made the big-
gest sale at auction ever recorded here,
that of the Squire property.

Pilgrims returning from Baltimore are
beaming, in memory of their profitable
and altogether delightful visit.

Philadelphia.

LENT HAS THUS FAR LITTLE EFFECT UPON
BUSINESS. — RECEIPTS INCREASING AND
PRICES WEAKENING. — ALL ABOUT THE
QUOTATIONS.— JOTTINGS OF THE BALTI-
MORE GATHERING. — INTERESTING CLUB
MEETING PLANNED.— VARIOUS MATTERS
OF LOCAL DOINGS.

The season of sackcloth and ashes is
upon us and the customers are getting
away to Florida's sunny clime or the
Atlantic sea shore resorts to take a
much needed rest after the busy social

season. There is not much difference in
business felt as yet, there having been
considerable doing all along the line, and
there is no accumulation ot flowers to
speak of. Prices are weakening, how-
ever, and even lower figures will be
ruling very shortly. The special teas
now bring $10, with $8 commanding a
very good grade. Beauties have taken
a tumble and $6 per dozen is the best the
specials will bring. There is some very
fine stock about and it should sell readily
at this figure. Other grades go for $2,
$3 and $4 per dozen. Carnations are
selling fairly well and $2 is still asked
for the best ordinary grades, with $3 to
$5 for special Joosts, Crockers, Bradts,
White Clouds and other fine sorts.
Violets are in full supply, with 75 cents
the price for the specials, the ordinary
stocii selling at from 40 cents to 50 cents
per hundred. Bulbou^ stock is very
plentiful, $3 beingthe moving price, with
some growers asking $4, and saying
they get it, a sort of twenty-five per "cent
persistency, which, if it can be made con-
tinuous, shows the successful grower, as
good handUng after as well as before
stock reaches the market is essential to
success. Greens are very scarce, especially
adiantum.

The March meeting of the club should
not be missed by any one of the craft
hereabouts. Wm. P. Craig will tell all
about the new carnations of the Balti-
more meeting, which will be a treat in
itself, and in addition will be the smoker
under the management of John West-
cott, who, while he does not use the
weed himself, will see that others are
provided and will also have a special
brew of his famous punch for those who
desire it.

One of the conspicuous side-lights of
the Baltimore exhibition was a vase of
the new white sport of Golden Gate
rose, called Ivory. It seemed to me a
very good thing. The flowers were a
fine ivory white in color, of good form
and borne on long, erect stems. When
one considers that this rose, like its
parent, has no special season but blooms
continuously, winter and summer, it
should prove a very profitable variety.

Speaking of the Baltimore meeting, it
was a dandy. Those Maryland chaps
are each a host in himself and seem to
take special care in seeing how much they
can do for each visiting member. Those
noonday lunches were a great innova-
tion and much appreciated. The show
was as much better than the last one as
that one wasbetterthan its predecessors,
and so we suppose it will go on.

The stores are beginning to present an
Easter appearance, there being numer-
ous pans of tulips and hyacinths as
well as pots of longiflorums or, I
should say, Bermuda lilies. The various
stocks of these popular plants are in
different stages of advancement, being
just about right to each grower's satis-
faction, but variously commented on by
his neighbors.

Fred. Ehret, the uptown commission
man, has been right in it the past season
in having several growers who had
houses of fine Bridesmaids. Many a
retailer was helped out of his trouble
from Fred's fine stock of this popular
rose, which was so scarce the past two
months.

Messrs. Palmer and Scott, of Buffalo;
John H. Dunlop, of Toronto, and J. A.
Evans, of Richmond, Ind., spent Sunday
in this city. „,^

Mr. Nims, representing A. II. Hews &:
Co., Cambridge, Mass., was a caller this
week. li.

St. Louis.

TRADE NOT ASHEAVY AS IN RECENT WEEKS.
— MOST CROPS ARE OFF. — NO SURPLUS. —
SCARCITY OF BEAUTIES.-JOTTmGS AMONG
THE GROWERS. — VARIOUS MATTERS OF
NOTE.

Business has taken quite a drop since
Lent came and outside of funeral work
there is little doing. But most of the
houses are off crop and the market is not
overloaded. The best tea roses bring $8
per hundred and from that down to $4..
Beauties bring $5 per dozen tor the best,
but these are scarce; in fact there are few
Beauties of any grade. Carnations sell
all the way from $1 to $4, the latter
price being for Mrs. Lawson and a few
fancies. Violets are sold in lots of 1,000
or more for $2 or $3, but otherwise they
bring 40 cents per hundred. Lily of the
valley holds up and brings $4 and $5 per
hundred. Bulbous stock is cheap.

The Michel Plant and Bulb Company
reports good business. They have quite
an array of Dutch hyacinths, cyclamens
and other blooming plants. Their ferns
are looking well, especially the Boston
fern. They have a nice lot of these
planted on a bench for stock. Adiantum
cuneatum is also in fine shape. Their
propagating house, which holds some-
thing like 40,000 cuttings, is pretty well
filled up with all kinds of things. Easter
lilies are in fine condition and very little
disease is to be seen. Callas are more
than paying for the space they take up.

The growers in this section consider
Frances Joost one of the best paying car-
nations which we have. It gives them
good flowers on strong stems and very
few of the blooms split, although the
variety is not quite as prolific as Wm.
Scott. Genevieve Lord has also earned a
place for itself and will be planted exten-
sively next season. It is esteemed a par-
ticularly good summer blooming pink.
Ethel Crocker is not doing very well in
this section.

Easter lilies are reported as coming on
in fine shape. Most of the growers
report less disease than usual, averaging
perhaps ten per cent, although with some
as high as forty per cent o( the bulbs are
infected. Some lots are behind time and
these growers have been advised to give
the stock considerable bottom heat.

The St. Louis Cactus Association met
at the Missouri Botanical Garden
February 24 and inspected the new cactus
and yucca houses. A very enjoyable
afternoon was spent as the guests of
Prof. Trelease.

H. G. Berning has been on vacation for
a week in Iowa and is looking much
better for his little rest after an attack
of the grip. R.J. M.

Montreal.

CARNATION SHOW PROVES A SUCCESS WITH
FEW EXHIBITS FROM A DISTANCE. — CER-
TIFICATES AWARDED. — NOTES OF THE
VARIOUS EXHIBITS.

The Natural History Hall was the
scene of the carnation show of the
Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' Asso-
ciation on February 27. The hall was
fairly well filled, but had there been more
palms or other foliage plants the general
effect would have been more pleasing.
Three certificates of merit were awarded,
to the Chicago Carnation Company for
a red variety neither named nor num-
bered; to C. W.Ward for Gov. Roosevelt,
and to J. H. Dunlop, of Toronto, for the
finest general exhibit. Honorable' men-
tion was awarded to George Robinson,
of this city, forhis fine show of cyclamens.

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The Chicago Carnation Company had
the most conspicuous exhibit in the show.
Their Mrs. Higinbotham is a fine pink,
of good stem and form. No. 101 arrived
in a rather poor condition, but if the
flowers aree(|ual tothestem it will prove
a splendid white. I'rolifica, dark pink,
of medium size, has a first-class stem.
Bon Homme Richard is a very good
white, but the best of their show was the
vase of red flowers which received the
certificate of merit.

J. H. Dunlop had the best table of the
show. He exhibited fine Gen. Maceo,
(llacier, Gen. Gomez, Marquis, G. H.
Crane, Mrs. Bradt, Ethel Crocker, all
good, and remarkably fine vases of Melba
and Morning Glory.

r. McKenna & Son had a good vase of
Lady Van Horn and a mixed vase of
Glacier, Marf|uis, etc., all good. A very
fine vase of old Tidal Wave proved that
this variety is not dead yet.

B. F. Graves was the largest local
exhibitor. His best vases were Jubilee,
G. H. Crane, Mrs.Joost and America, but
there was a vase of Daybreak above
reproach,

Gammage & Sons had a very good
table, including Eldorado, Ethel Crocker,
Marquis, Mrs. Lawson, Olympia, Mary
Wood and Rosy Mom, a nice shade of
cerise.

J. Bennett had a very fine exhibit of
Jubilee, A. Wilshire had a group of bulb-
ous plants and cut flowers, and Geo,
Robinson showed potted plants. G. V.

Buffalo.

TRADE FALLING OFF. — STOCK PLENTIFUL
AND GOOD. — ABUNDANCE OF SNOW. —
TASTEFUL WINDOW DISPLAYS.— A WED-
DING. — VISITORS.

Lent is with us and trade has dimin-
ished considerably in consequence. Just
previous to Lent there were several
weddings and receptions which gave all
the flonsts something to do. Flowers
are now more plentiful. Brideand Brides-
maid roses are fine, Meteor fair and
Liberty scarce. American Beauty is
making its appearance again after being
ofi crop. The carnations that are received
by Kastirg from some of his shippers are
as good as one could wish, but
as usual the stock all comes when trade
is quiet and nothing to do except funeral
work. Bulbous stock is in strong supply,
even lilies being plentiful. The daflodils
are good. Red tulips are not selling
well.

The club meeting will be held this week,
when everything will be in shape for the
approaching visit of the executive com-
mittee of the S. A. P. No pains will be
spared to make the committee feel glad
that Buffalo was selected for the August
convention.

The man that predicted an open winter
was snowed in last week and almost
buried. There has been snow nearly
every day for a week and sleighing is
fine, the country roads having too much
of it.

The window displays of Palmer, Ander-
son and others show much good taste.
Rebstock's store, with its numerous
mirrors, is a show at all times.

The Baltimore delegation has returned
and reports a very pleasant trip, with a
display that was never equalled at any
carnation society meeting.

Chas. Kneitsch, night man for Kasting,
and a charming east side girl were
married aweek or so ago.

W. H. Kemmeler, who has been with
J. H. Rebstock, has resigned.

Visitors: Messrs. Rowland and Spencer,
of Utica, N. Y.; Henry Wise, of East
Aurora, N. Y.; E. Kloplitz, of Chicago,
111.

Madison, Wis.

PLANS FOE A NEW AND MODERN RANGE OF
HOUSES. — THE VETERAN FLORIST. — A
NEW RETAILER MAKES A SUCCESS.—
BUSINESS GOOD AND PROSPECTS BRIGHT.

Fred Rentschler has closed arrange-
ments for the purchase of a piece of land
132 leet square at the corner of William-
son and Baldwin streets, the price being
$4,500. He will tear down his present
establishment at Spaight street and will
re-erect it with additional glass upon the
new property. The result will be a range
of about 10,000 square feet, admirably
located and equipped with all the modern
conveniences for the handling of a large
trade. Mr. Rentschler came to Madison
in October, 1897, from Janesville, where
he and his brother were engaged in the
flower business, having an establishment
of 6,000 or 7,000 square feet in which
they are now doing a very prosperous
business.

Trade has been pretty good this winter
and very little complaint is heard on any
score. Most of the first-class roses
retailed here are obtained from Chicago,
but crops in nearly all lines have been of
good quality here all winter. As a rule,
the lilies in course ot training for Easter
are well forward and promise better
results than are reported from many
other cities. Just at present a great deal
of propagating is going on because a big
trade in bedding stock is anticipated for
the spring. The geranium is still the
popular bedding plant here.

Victor Wayman is the veteran florist
of this city, having been located here
since 1866, but in his present business
only since 1883. Like many of the most
successful florists in the country he
learned his trade in Germany, coming
from Erfurt when only 19 years old.
Mr. Wayman has his stock all in good
shape this season and has his Harrisii
lilies in fine form for Easter.

Mrs. A. Guillaume, of La Crosse,
recently opened an establishment for the
sale of flowers in the new pharmacy in
the Wisconsin block. Mrs. Guillaume
gives her personal attention to the busi-
ness in La Crosse, the Madison branch
being in charge of her daughter. Miss
Emma Guillaume, who receives her sup-
plies of stock daily from La Crosse,
Chicago and Milwaukee.

Catalogues and Cut Flower Price Lists
Received.
John Forbes, Hawick, Scotland, flowers,
plants, etc.; Wilhelm Pfitzer, Stuttgart,
Germany, seeds, plants, etc.; Mangels-
dorf Bros. Co., Atchison, Kans., seeds
and plants; James Vick's Sons, Rochester,
N. Y., seeds; Jno. D. Imlay, Zanesville,
Ohio, seeds and plants; Frederick W.
Kelsey, New York, N. Y., trees, shrubs
and plants; D. M. Andrews, Boulder,
Colo., Colorado plants, etc.; George C.
Watson, Philadelphia, Pa., grass and
garden seeds; H. G. Faust & Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa., seeds; R. & J. Farquhar &
Co., Boston, Mass., seeds, bulbs and
plants; Mt. DesertNurseries, BarHarbor.
Me., trees, shrubs, etc.; Frederick H.
Horsf jrd, Charlotte, Vt , hardv plants,
ferns, etc.; T. R. Watson, Old Colony
Nurseries, Plymouth, Mass., tiees;
Hoopes, Brother & Thomas, West
Chester, I'a., ornamental trees, flower-
ing shrubs, etc.; Geo. E. Dickinson, New
York, N. Y., trade list gladiolus; H. F.

Burt, Tauton, Mass., descriptive list
dahlias; Norman Cole, Glens Falls, N. Y.,
list gladiolus; Theo. Bock, Hamilton,
Ohio, list chrysantheinums; Clark Bros.,
Portland,Ore.,plants; Charter Gas Engine
Co., Sterling, 111., engines; Vilmorin-
Andrieux & Co., Paris, France, plants;
Andre Charmet,Monplaisir-Lyon,France,
plants; John H. Dunlop, Toronto, Can.,
plants; James C. Murray, Peoria, 111.,
trees, plants, etc,; Ellwanger & Barry,
Rochester, N. Y., trees, plants, etc.;
Phcenix Nursery Company, Blooming-
ton, 111., trees, bulbs, plants, etc.; The
Sherman Commercial Nurseries, Sherman,
Texas, trees, shrubs, etc.; J. H. H. Boyd,
Gage, Tenn., tree seedlings; Isaac Hicks
& Son, Westbury Station, N. Y., trees:
Slaymaker & Son, Dover, Del., small
fruits; II. Weber & Sons, Oakland, Md.,
list carnations, etc.; J. K. Alexander,
East Bridgewater, Mass., list dahlias;
Geo. B. Moulder, Smith's Grove, Ky.,
list water lilies; Cooke & McCord,
Tarrytown, N. Y., seeds; Frank S. Piatt,
New Haven, Conn., seeds; Graham Bros.,
Ottawa; Can., seeds, bulbs, etc.; E. C.
Amiing, Chicago, 111. , price list cut flowers;
Holton & Hunkel Co., Milwaukee, Wis.,
cut flower price list, florists' supplies; C.
C. Poll worth Co., Milwaukee, Wis., cut
flowers; E. H. Hunt, Chicago, cut flowers,
bulbs, etc.

Ironton, Ohio.— The greenhouses of
Stephen Winkler, just below Hanging
Rock, were destroyed by fire February
14. The loss was $2,500, with no insur-
ance.

WooDSiDE, N. Y.— R. Dreyer & Co. are
erecting a range of new houses and have
let the contract for installing a battery
of new boilers to John W. Petry, of Long
Island City.

HopKiNSViLLE, Ky.— J. K. Postma has
arranged to again go into business for
himself in the early spring. He will build
a large greenhouse, in the meantime
doing an order business.

Hartford, Conn.— John F. Withers,
who has had charge of the nurseries at
Keney Park, has resigned to enter the
employ of the Bay State Nursery Com-
pany at North Abington, Mass.

Kennett Square, Pa.— T. Elwood
Palmer, who recently purchased the J.
M. Farrar place, proposes to build green-
houses to go into the raising of carna-
tions for the Philadelphia market,

Hillsdale, Mich.- Carl Hirsch met
with a serious accident a few days ago
when a bench under which he was mak-
ing some repairs fell on him, breaking his
collar bone and smashing one hand. He
felt that he escaped luckily at that.

Newport, R. I.— The annual ball of the
Newport Horticultural Society was held
on the evening of February 12, at Masonic
Hall, and, as usual, was thoroughly
enjoyed by a large party. The hall was
beautifully decorated with plants and
flowers. The committee in charge was
complimented for the brilliant success of
the entire afiair.

Fairhavbn, Mass.— Peter Murray has
the Walter Winsor conservatories in even
better shape than usual this season and
for the past week they have been open to
the public and have had hundreds of vis-
itors. The range of glass is quite exten-
sive and under it one finds all tHe novel-
ties of the plant and flower line. The
Lawson carnation is doing well and so
is the Liberty rose. Gloire de Lorraine
begonia is fine and in the orchid houses
I there is a rare display of bloom.

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AMERICAN FLORIST 00.> OHIOAQO.

All indications point to a particularly
prosperous Easter.

There will be no over-supply of well
grown geraniums of the best bedding
sorts this spring.

And now it is reported that the price
of pipe is apt to soar to hitherto
unknown heights.

The premium list for the Indiana
Floral Festival to be held at Indian-
apolis November 5 to 9, has been dis-
tributed by Secretary Wm. G. Berter-
mann.

The dreams of years seem in a fairway
to realization the house of representa-
tives has passed the senate bill for the
incorporation of the Society of American
Florists, with an amendment striking
out that clause of the act which tequires
the society to report its proceedings to
the secretary of agriculture.

Proof sheets showing the additions to
the scheflnle for the approaching New
York exhibition of the rose society list
a remarkable array of newly announced
plate and money prizes. The judges
named for the exhibition are H. H.
Battles, J. Blair, P. Breitmeyer, E.
Buettner, Lawrence Cotter, Chester
Davis, W. Doyle, H. Hentz, Jr., and J. H.
Small.

Society of American Florists.

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT REGISTRATION.

D. T. Connor, of Philadelphia, Pa., reg-
isters new rose Four Hundred, a sport
from American Beauty, of the same gen-
eral characteristics, but deeper and more
constant in color. Most of the growth
is almost thornless; foliage alightergreen
than that of American Beauty.

Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y.

The Best Twelve Herbaceous Plants.

In the American Florist of February
23 G. C. Watson, after having previously
mildly criticised Mr. Boyd's selection of
the best twelve herbaceous plants,
endorses the list, and asks if anyone can
improve on it. Undoubtedly this can be
done, and therefore I suggest that Arabis
albida, Iberis sempervirens and Veronica
rupestris are not herbaceous plants. For
the best twelve hardy border plants or
best twelve garden perennials, the selec-
tion is probably as good as any that can
be made, although I think that for Phlox
Wm. Robinson most of us, if we had the
choice, would take Miss Lingard.

J. H.

Greenhouse Building.

Northfield, Mass.— C. W. Mattoon,one
house.

Albion, Mich —A. H. Drewr, rose house.

Kennett Square, Pa — T. E. Palmer,
range of carnation houses.

Rock City, N. Y.— J. Cotting, violet
house.

Fremont, Neb.— C. H. Green, rosehonse
20x150.

Milton, N. Y.— Philip Lyons, one house.

Haverhill, Mass.— C. II. Kaulback, t wo
houses.

Berlin, Conn — W. H. Shumway, one
house.

Flatbush, N. Y — Dailledouze Bros ,
three carnation houses.

New Rochelle, N. Y — Siebrecht & Son,
plant house 30x2SS, one -tOxllS.

Temperature For Liberty Roses.

Ed. Am. Florist:— At what tempera-
ture is the new rose Liberty best grovrn?
A Subscriber.

Our best success with this rose has
been in an average temperature at night
of 50° to 5s° with all the air we could
reasonably give the plants in daytime; in
fact the bench immediately under the
ventilators, where the wind was blowing
on them all the time the ventilators were
open, has been by far the best, and the
plants have kept up a steady crop of
bloom all the time, while in other parts
of the same house where the air could not
reach so steadily they have not done so
well. John N. M.\'y.

Relative Values of Coals,

Ed. Am. Florist: — I have a house
20x80 heated by hot water. Can vou
tell me which is cheaper to burn iti Wis-
consin, hard coal or soft? How much
soft coal will it take to equal the heating
capacity of one ton of hard coal?

W. L. S.

As the gentleman fails to give the
location of his house and does not state
the price of hard and soft coal there it is
impossible to answer his query defiaitely.
I am inclined to think, however, that
there are few places in Wisconsin in which
soft coal will not be the cheaper fuel.
With us hard coal, ton for ton, has
shown but little greater heating value
than first-class soft coal. If the two can
be obtained at or near the same price it
may be advisable for him to use the
hard coal. W. N. R.

Chrysanthemum Col. D. Appleton.

Ed. Am. Florist: — Can you explain the
cause of some trouble I have had with
my Col. D. Appleton chrysanthemums?
They were grown in a cool house, night
temperature about 40°, and held back
with others for Christmas. Thev pro-
duced beautiful, large flowers, but in the
stems most of them were so weak just
under the blooms that the latter hung
down. I gave them the same soil and
treatment as other late varieties and this
was the only kind that produced weak
stems. H. B.

I cannot imagine Col. D. Appleton
chrysanthemum with a weak stem. My
experience with this variety gives it one
of the most rigid stems to be found among
chrysanthemums. It is possible the
trouble lies in trying to make a late vari-
ety out of Col. Appleton, for if giv-^
proper culture it should be at its best
about November 1. There are several
causes for weak stems, notably too late

propagation, insufficient head room,
light or ventilation, and, more particu-
larly, a light, spongy soil, which will
cause a soft, spindly growth. I would
advise "H. B." to plant Col. D. Appleton
in a live, stiff soil the latter part of June;
give the plants an airy place; take the
second crown bud and be content with
the best of all yellow chrysanthemums
about the first week in November.

Chas. W. Johnson.

OBITUARY.

JOSEPB P. STOCKDALE.

Joseph P. Stockdale, for many years a
retail florist in Minneapolis, died Febru-
ary 24, at the age of 50 years. He had
lived in South Minneapolis for two dec-
ades but for a number of years had not
enjoyed robust health, although actively
engaged in business.

RICHARD SMITH CARINGTON.

The death is announced of Richard
Smith- Carington, senior member of the
firm of Richard Smith & Co , of Worces-
ter, Eng. Mr. Smith-Carington was well
known to many American nurserymen,
his firm being extensive exporters of clem-
atis, roses, Manetti stocks, etc. The
deceased was 76 years of age.

ROBERT VEITCH.

Robert Veitch, one of the oldest and
most respected business men of New
Haven, Conn., died February 17. He
had been ill about a month, at first with
the grip, which developed into pneumo-
nia. The deceased was a brother of
Archibald Veitch, who died January 25.
Mr. Veitch was at the head of the Robert
Veitch Company, florists, and up to the
time of his last illness he was actively
engaged in the management of the busi-
ness, going to the store early every
morning and remaining until evening.
Although 84 years of age he was very
active mentally and his physical condi-
tion was equally vigorous. He was a
Scotchman and proud of it, though he
had lived in New Haven since 1853. In
ls7;i he admitted his son to partnership
in the business and in Is'.i'.i the firm was
reorganized as the Robert Veitch Com-
pany. Mr. Veitch was twice married
and is survived by his widow, three sons
and two daughters. We have never
known any among the old race of gar-
deners more worthy of esteem and honor
than Mr. Veitch. He was everything
that goes to make a man beloved among
his associates. In the early years of their
lives he and the late Peter Henderson
worked together as apprentices and they
remained close friends till the day of Mr.
Henderson's death. The business will
continue under the direction of Robert
Veitch, Jr.

lOIIN GALVIN.

On Saturday evening, February 24,
passed away a most distinguished char-
acter in Boston floriculture. Mr. (ialvin
had been sick for several weeks and the
discouraging news received at intervals
had prepared the way for the informa-
tion of his death, which was thus antici-
pated, but no less a shock to his old
associates. He died at the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. George P. Ryan,
widow of the late commander of the
U. S. S. Huron. Mr. Galvin was one of
five generations of horticulturists. He
was born in Kent, England, 7S years ago.
When but two years old he was talien to
Mt. Talbot, Ireland, where he was
brought up in the family of his uncle.

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and upon completing his education took
part in the nursery business established
by his grandfather. At the age of 19 he
came to America and after serving as
gardener in two places went into busi-
ness as a florist and established the first
retail flower store in Boston soon after.
Afterwards he became city forester and
superintendent of public grounds, a posi-
tion which he held for eighteen years,
his sons meanwhile having come into
active management of the florist busi-
ness. His enterprising work in the lay-
ing out of the Public Garden is to this
day held in grateful remembrance by the
Boston people. Socially Mr. Galvin had
qualities that made him peerless. As a
member of the Ancient and Honorable
ArtilleryCompanyhe made hosts of friends
in public life who bowed to the irresistible
influence of his jolly, companionable
spirit. Among the florists — especially
that jovial, cheery element known as the
Old Guard— he was extremely popular and
his presence was practically indispens-
able at all their social gatherings, where
his favorite song, "Malony Don't Know
that McCarthy is Dead, McCarthy Don't
Know that Malony is Dead," was peren-
nially enjoyed, and even up to the begin-
ning of his last illness he was always
ready to take 'the floor in a jig or reel
and hold it stubbornly against all com-
petitors. He will be sadly missed. He
leaves two daughters and four sons, one
of whom was city clerk for ten years;
another is surgeon-in-chief of the Emer-
gency Hospital, and another, Thos. F.
Galvin, is the proprietor of the flower
business originally established by his
father, being also well known to the
trade generally through his active con-
nection with the big deal which gave to
the Lawson carnation its wide adver-
tising. The funeral on Tuesday morning,
February 26, was attended by an
immense concourse of people, among
whom were many florists, and the floral
ofierings were many and beautiful. Mr.
Galvin was a staunch member of the
Society of American Florists.

SITUATIONS, WANTS, TOR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this bead.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
for the year 1900 is entitled to a five-line want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year.

SITUATION WANTED— By young man experi-
enced in roses, carnations and general green-
house work. L N, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By gardener, well up
•^ in growing flowers, fruit and vegetables; mar-
ried; good references. F F, care Am. Florist.

SITUATION "WANTED— By thoroughly experi-
enced cut flower grower; 14 years in this
country; single; references. W, care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As head gardener on
private place; English, married, small family.
Best of references furnished.

Fred. J. Dodd, Ridgefield, Conn.

SITUATION WANTED— By a strictly temperate
young gardener; single; 8 years' experience
in growing cut flowers and plants. Address

Box 102, Winfleld, L. I., New York.

SITUATION WANTED— By experienced single
florist and gardener, capable of taking charge.
Private or commercial. Give full particulars.
Competent, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— Foreman florist 25
years; experienced grower of fine roses, car-
nations, 'mums, violets; references. Address

W. Florist, 1021 W. 3rd St., Canton, O.

SITUATION WANTED— By a practical grower
thoroughly competent in every branch of the
trade; aged 27; steady and sober. B'st references.
Geo, a. LiNFOOT, Sta. K., Cincinnati, O.

SITUATION WANTED— By all-round florist

^^ thoroughly competent, first-class testimonials

from present employer. Private place preferred.

Warren, Box 244, Waverly, Morgan Co., III.

SITUATION W^VNTED- As foreman private or
^ commercial; hge 38; married; no family; best
of references; four years in last place. Address
Wm. Brazier. 82 Jamaica St., Jamaica Plain, Mass,

SITUATION WANTED— By German gardener

^^ and florist on private place; 15 years' experi-
ence. Can give best of references; married, one
child. Address F C. Box 231, Lake Fortst, 111.

SITUATION WANTED— By a first-class grower
of roses, carnations, violets, and 'mums;
married; references. State full particulars.
R F, care John Martin, Neffsville, Lane. Co., Pa.

SITUATION WANTED— By a young man with
"^ good experience in florist business and well
up in propagating florist stock and shrubs, also
being a swift budder. Steady place wanted.

S B R, Milford, Ind.

^JITUATION WANTED— As working foreman.
^^ first-class grower of roses, carnations, 'mums
and general bedding stock; also palms; have had
18 years' experience in all branches. Address
Beauty, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By a practical florist;
^^ experienced in all branches. Private or com-
ni-rcial place; private preferred; married.
Address H D. care J. F. Sullivan,

214 Woodword Av., Detroit, Mich.

SITUATION WANTED— On a private place; age
^ 29; single; German; 14 years' experience in
carpet bedding and all branches of greenhouse
work, landscape and vegetables. Good references.
Please state wages. A S, care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By a German; flrst-
^ class all-around florist with 25 years' experi-
enced. Good hand in landscape and carpet gar-
dening. Private place preferred; married; good
references. State wages. C D, care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By first-class growerof
roses, carnations and violets; 10 years' experi-
encp; married man, no children. Two and one-
half years at last place. When writing state
wages. Address W W W, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman by a prac-
^ tical grower in every capacity pertaining to
the florist business; capable of laking entire
charge of a large plant; 26 years' experience.
Good" wages wanted. References first-class.

P N, care American Florist.

SITUATION AVANTED— With many years'
^ experience in every department, my services
are hereby tendered to anyone in need of a com-
petent head gardener or superintendent of private
estate. Best of references: married. Address
J. S, 182 Hale St., Beverly, Mass.

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman by young
^ man, honest and strictly sober. Specialty,
roses aad carnations; 16 years' experience in
England and States; references. Give full par-
ticulars with wages. Harry Donnelly.

595 Pawtucket Ave., Pawtucket, R. I.

SITUATION W^ ANTED— By graduate florist of
the horticultural school-of Ghent, Belgium,
with 25 years' experience and 3 years' in this
country. Understands all branches of the trade.
Head gardener of gentleman's place or as florist
in horticultural establishment. First-class refer-
ences. Address E S. care American Florist.

WANTED — Several men as helpers in growing
roses, carnations and Beauties. Address
Bassett Jk Washburn, Hinsdale, 111.

WANTED — Young men to handle our lawn and
plant food, in their vicinity. Good commis-
sion. Address P. O. Box 1976, Elgin, 111.

WANTED— Young man with some experience
in general greenhouse work. State wages
wanted with board. Cole Bros., Peoria, 111.

WANTED— Reliable, competent man. Fine
roses, 'mums, etc. Also assistant. Address
J.T.Williamson, LaRose Gardens, Memphis, Tenn.

WANTED— Florist, single, for general green-
house work. State experience and wages
with board. Address Chicago, care Am. Florist.

WANTED— Two young men with some knowl-
edge of roses, carnations and cut flowers.
Will pay good wages with board. Address

B I, care American Florist.

WANTED— Good rose and carnation grower.
First-class, married man preferred. $40 per
month and house rent to start with. Address

P D, care American Florist.

WANTED— First-class assistant on a place of
about 35,000 feet of glass. Steady place for
the right man. Send references and state wages
expected. Chris. Hansen, St. Paul, Minn.

w-

L^ANTED — Youu^ man as assistant in aommer-

• ' ciul place: Scandinavian or German pre-
ferred. Long experience not necessary, but one
who is trustworthy and willing to wora. Address

Anders Ras^fussen, New Albany, Ind.

ASTANTED—Carnalion grower to begin Ist of
' ' .June. Must be strictly flrst-class and one
who has made a specialty and success of carna-
tion growing. Apply stating terms and references
to The H. Dale Estate, Brampton, Canada.

WANTED TO RENT— 26,000 feet of glass or

• ' more with two or more acres of land and
dwelling house. Houses must be in Al condition,
suitable for rose growing, within V* miles of
Chicago. .Vddress giving full particulars, loca-
tion, etc. Meteor, care .Vmerican Florist.

Tj^OR SALE — Greenhouse establishment. 35,000
A feet of glass, well stocljed. Prije a little more
than than one years' sales, .\ddress

Ohio, care American Florist.

TjiOR SALE— 2500 feet glass, 1010 feet 2-inch pipe,
J- hot water boiler. Boiler burus slack coal.
First-class shape. Will sell cheap, .\ddress

G. VV. CoNNELL, North IJaltimore, O.

E^OR SALE— On account of sicliness. one of the
J- best equipped and established llorist businesses
in or around San Francisco. Over 10,000 feet of
glass and in the best of condition, and heated bv
steam. Address E. D. Conollet

715 Ocean Ave.. San Franoisoo, Cal.

"C'OR SALE— An interest in an established tlo-
-L rist business in best town in the south, six
greenhouses, each 100 feet ion?, to an experienced
grower of fine stock for strictly flrst-class trade,
both retail and wholesale. Guarantee given of
money invested, and dividend, and that present
owner will sell everything grown in twice as
many houses. Everything new and flr.t- class,
.\ddress Hustler, care American Florist.

Wanted...

Good man to grow general jj:rfenIiouse stock.
MusL thoroughly uuder:?tand roses, carna-
tions, chrysanthemutns and gen^-ral bedding
stock. A steady place and good wages for
the right party. Address

A. H. SCHNEIDER. OaH Park. III.

Establishment of 18,000 feet of glass in Batavia,
111., 36 miles from Chicag •- Six houses, in good
condition, none of them more than five years old.
Steam heat, <Mty water, electric cars pass the
door. Now doing profitable business. Very easy
terms. Good cliance for live man. Owner going
to Europe. If interested address

PETER LAKSON, 136 Astor St.. Chicago,
or S. E. Smith cV Son. Batavia, 111.

FOR SALE!

A WELL ESTABLISHED BUSINESS.

Twelve houses. 18 000 feet glass, two-thirds new,
well stocked for Kaster and Spring trade; city
of 60,000 inhabitants. A chance of a lifetime.
Address TITUS BERST.

rioral Store 11 W. 8th St., Erie, Pa.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paying business, both
local and shipping trade, well stocked and
a good stock coming on. Location the best
for living and growing stock. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, care Am. Florist.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY oe

At Nyack, N. Y. A plot 220x125
feet, on which are four Rosehouses,
100x18x6, each house heated by a
No. 1 6 Hitchings Boiler ; and seven
houses, each about 64x11 ft.,»heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

^ZZ Mercer St. NEW YORK.

1042

The American Florist.

Mar. 2.

Denver.

The health of J. A. Valentine is improv-
ing slowly. The change for the worse in
his condition Febmary 23 was caused by
the formation of pus in the wound under
his scalp.

It is stated that the capital stock of
the Park Floral Co. has been increased
$30,000.

Wbo!?>5ale flower/arK^

CiNcnraATi, Feb. 28.

Roses, Beauty 20

" Bride 5

'* Bridesmaid 5

" Meteor f>

" Perle 4

Carnations ' 1 .

Violets

Lily of the valley

Roman Hyacinths 2

Narcissus

Daffodils, Tulips

Harrisii lilies

Callas

Asparagus

Smilax

Adiantum

Galax leaves

Common ferns

St. Louib, Feb. 28.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 5.

•' Beauty, long, per doz.3.00@ 5.
short ■' .75® 2,

" Perle 4.

" Meteor 5,

Carnations, common 1

" choice 2.

Lily of the valley 3.

Smilax 12

Adiantum 1

Galax

Violets

Narcissus

Romans

Sweet peas 1

Callas 10

Freesias

Tuiips, Von Sions 3

MiLWAUKKB, Feb. 28.

Roses, Beauty, long.per doz. 3 00®
" " med. •' 2 00®

" " short " 1.00®

" Bride, Bridesmaid 6

*' Meteor 6

" Golden Gate 6

" Perle 6

Carnations, ordinary 1

" fancy 2

Adiantum

Common ferns

Smilax

Asparagus

Galax leaves

Violets

Freesias

Romans, Paper White 2

Lily of the Valley 3

Harrisii 15

Galas 10,

Tulip, single 8

PiTTSBURa, Feb. 28.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 50

" " extra 30

" Bride, Bridesmaid 3.

" Meteor 4 .

" Perle 4

Carnations, ordinary 1

" fancy 2.

Violets

Paper White. Romans 2

Lily of the valley 1 .

Mignonette 2

White Lilac. .per dozen .75@1.B0

Sweet peas 1 .

Tulips, Freesias 2 .

Harrisii 10

Smilax 10,

Adiantum

Asparagus 35.

" Sprengerii

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 $1.

Dagger ferns per 1000, 2.00

Dbntbr, Feb. 27.

Roses, Beauty, select 25.

" " ordinary B

" Bride, Bridesmaid 4

'* Meteor 4

" Perle, Wootton 3.

Carnations, ordinary 1

" fancy 2

Lily of the valley 3

Callas 10.

Harrisii

Violets single

" double

Galax Leavas

Asparagus

Smilax 12

Ferns, per 1000 2.60

.00@40.00
.00® 8.00
.00® 8.00

,eo@io.oo

.00® 5.00

60® 6.00

.60® .75

4.0O

.00® 3.00

3.00

4.0O

12.50

10.00

60.00

12.50

1.00

.15

.20

.00@10.00
.00
,50

00® 6.00

00® 8.00

25® l.,=iO

00® 4.00

00® 4.00

.60®15.00

00® 1.25

.15

,30® .60

3.00

2.00

00@ (.60

00®15 00

1.60

.00® 4.00

4.oa

2 50
1.50

00® 8.00

00® 8.00

.00®10.00

.00® 8.0O

.00® 1.50

00® 4.00

,75® 1.00

.25

18.00

65.00

.20

.60

2.00

00® 3.00

00® 4.00

00®18.00

00@12.50

00© 3.00

00@60.00
,00@40 00
00@I5.00

oo®io 00

00® 6.00
00® 2.00
60® 5.00
20® .75

do® 3. CO

00® 4.00

00® 4.00

00® 2.00
00® 4.00
00@15.00
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75® 1.00
00@75.00
"' .76
25

00®40.00
00@12.50
00® 7.00
00® 6.00
00@ 5.00
60® 2.00
50® 3.00
00® 4.00
00@12.50
12.50
50® .75
60® .76

.20

60.00

60@16.00

.30

We are Beceiving- a Very Select I^ot of

RoseSi Carnations, Harrisii and GATTLEYAS,

AND OFFER THEM AS FOLLOWS :
Per doz.

American Beauties, short $1.00 to $1.50

medium .... 2.00 to 3.00

long 4.00 to 5.00

Per 100

Brides. Maids $6 00 to $ 8 00

Meteors o.OOto 8.00

Perles ,. 4.0O

Carnations, standard sorts l.OOto 2.00

fancy 2.00 to 3.00

Harrisii lo.OOto 20.ro

Callas 15.00 to 2C00

Romant, Pa per Whites 3.1

Valley 300to 4.00

Violets, double 75 to 1.00

*' single : .50

Mignonette 4.0O

Aiparagus 50.00

PerlOO

Smilax 12.50 to 15.00

Adiantum lOOto 1.25

Ferns $1.50 per 1000 .20

Leucothoe Sprays 75

Mild Smilax.

Case No. 1, 15 lbs $2.00

CaseNo. 2, 20 lbs 3.25

Case No. 3, 25 lbs 3.75

Case No 4, 36 lbs 4.60

i'ase No. 6, 40 lbs 5.00

Case No. 6, 50 lbs 6.00

Neplirolepis Wiltboldii.

Fronds 36 to 42 inches per doz., $3.00

Fronds 30 to 36 inches ... . '• 2.00

Fronds 24 to 30 inches ... " 1.00

This is the finest thing yet produced
and makes a much nicer show than
Cycas Leaves. Try them.

PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. P. AND D. AT COST.
Rooted Cuttings MRS. INE CARNATION, deep red, free bloomer, $7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

51 WABASH AVENUE,

.CHICAQO.

J. B. DEAMUD,

Please, mention the American Florist when wrilif^e

CUT FLOWERS.

^ . J . Shipping orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG GUT FLOWER GO., Ltd.

504
Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
PA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

No. 1 contains 25 lbs $3.50

No. 2 contains 35 lbs 4.60

No. 3 contains 60 lbs 6.00

Brilliant Bronze or Green $1.25 per lOOO

Small Green, for Violets 1.00 per 1000

Telephone
798 Madison Sq.

FANCY FERN. DAGGER FERN. ETC.. at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARD. 38 W. 28 h St., New York.

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed for Ten Cents.

AMERICAN ROSE CO., Washington, D. C.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucotlioe Sprays, "iooo!'"

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
RefiToncfs: 200 dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park, N. C.
Choice Green and Bronze Galax.

Price 60c per 1000: 2O0O for $1. postage prepaid.

LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, red A; green, »-.5U per 1000.

H. H. HIIiIi, Victoria, Macon Co., If. C.

...GEO. M. KELLOGG...

^""'iX^w'e'.i: Cut Flowers

Give us an order and we will please you.

Our Greenhouiei at PLEASANT HILL. MO.
Our Store, 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO.

I^T'LONe DISTANCE 'PHOITB AT XITHZB FIJiOI

Please mention the American Florist when writing,

JOHN B. FERGUSON,

Wholesale riorist,

NO. 6 DIAMOND MARKET SQUARE,
PITTSBURG. PA.

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and Violets

Solicited.
Please mention the American Florist when writing.

Always

mention the American Flor-
ist when you ofdef stock. Jt

Your Advertisement

will transact business 365 days in the year, working 24 hours per day, with
all the best purchasers in the United States and Canada, if placed in

The Best Drammer. THc Americafi Flofist.

jgoi.

The American Florist.

1043

With large supplies of good stock and the

Best of Fdcilities

for handling the same (we confine ourselves to cut flowers),
there is no question as to our ability to give satisfactory service
in return for every order, no matter how large. We have
everything the market affords and can supply any grade
required. Try us now and we'll show that we deserve your
Easter order.

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street,

CHICAGO, ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BEAUTIES

Long stem per doz.,

Stems 30 inches "

" 24 " •■

" 20 " "

" 15 " "

" 12 " •

Short stems "

Brides, Maids per 100,

Meteors "

Perles *'

Roses, ^ood seconds "

Carnations, standard sorts. .

Fancy sorts "

Cttllas, Harrisii per dozen,

Romans, Paper White per 100,

Freesias, Tulips "

Valley "

Violets "

M ignonette per doz.

Asparagus per string.

Galax, 1000, Jl; 10.000 for 17.50; per lOO;

Ferns, per 1000, $3JX) per 100

Leucothoe sprays "

Adiantum "

Smilax per dozen.

Wild Smilax, parlor brand., .per case,

" ■' medium "

large

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4
3

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CO- 8
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50— 2
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25— 2
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50— 2.00
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5.50 t

J.H.BUDLONG

37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

CUT FLOWERS

Roses and

A Specialty GROWER Of

CARNATION
BLOOMS

Shipped direct from Greenhouses to
all points. Standing orders solicited.

SEND TO HEADQUARTERS
AND GET THE BEST.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.,

JOLIET, ILL,

Benthey & Co.

F. F. BENTHEY, Manaser,

Wholesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

I^T'CoDsignments solicited

A. H. POEHLMANN,

.1 Cut Flowers

Wholesale
Grower

All telegraph and telephone orders
given prompt attention.

55 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO.

Wholesale Store, mI:?"'"

Sell our own-grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors
i\L quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easv
reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both
Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.

iSc^rg^in:!: BRANT & NOE.

It ii good bnsinesa policy •£ •£ ^
to menUon the <^'^<^

....American Florist

when Ton write to an adTcrtlier.

Whol^ale pbwer/arl^

Chicago, March I.

Roses, Beauty, extra iongstems.. 5.00

30 " " 4.00

" 24 " " 3.00

20 " " 2.00

15 " " 1.60

" " 12 " " 1.00

" " short " .75

" Bride, Bridesmaid 5.00® 8.00

Meteor 5.00® 8.00

" Perle 4 00® 5.00

" GoldenGate 8 00® 12. 00

Carnations 1.00® 2.00

fancy 3.00® 4.00

Violets 50® 1.00

Callaa, Harrisii 10.CO(ail2 50

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Paper Whites, Romans 3.00® 3.50

Daffodils, Freesias 2.00(i' 3 00

Tulips 2.60® 4 00

Mignonette 3.00

Cattleyas 6. 00 doz.

Adiantum 1 .00(» 1 .25

Common ferns per 1,000 2 00 .25

Gala.i leaves, per lOOO $1.00 .15

Smilax per dozen 1.60® 2.00

Asparagus. .. per dozen 7.50®10.00

WEI LAND & RI5CH

can save you

money on

Cut
Flowers

We are extensive growers and
have unsurpassed ship-
ping facilities.

WRITE OR TELEQRAPH.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO.

HWMM

E. H. Hunt

THE "OLD RELIABLE" FOR

WHOLESALE-

CUT FLOWERS

Hunt's Flowers
Go Everywhere

76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

PETER REINBERO,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

600.000 FEET OF GLASS.
Headquarters for American Beauty.

51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Please mention the A merican Florist ivhen 'writine

GEO. REINBERG,

"Sss.. Cut Flowers

Choice American Beauties.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

ai Wabash Awe., CHICAGO, ILL.

Bassett&Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Vheleaaie Dealer* aid Ollt CIaiMAV*
Growers of llUT rlOWQli

GREENHOUSES: HINSDALE, ILL.

Please mention the American Florist when wrUmg.

A. L RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Wuk-
Ington St., Chicago.'

write for •peolal qnotaUoni on Urge ordart.

American Florist Advts.
Always Sell Stock.

1044

The American Florist.

Mar. 2,

For Easter... SAMlEl S. FENNOCK

Very choice stock of plants.
^A^^ite for particulars.

OUR NEW HEADQUARTERS

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND,

rormerly 67 Bromfield Street.)

3-3: H^-wley St.

:^o«'ro]v.

are spacious, convenient and central.
If you want the best Boston Flowers
or first-class supplies of any kind we
are prepared to supply you promptly
and satisfactorily. Call and see
for yourself. J- J> J- ^ ^ ^

TELEPHONE 1270 MAIN.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, """"ToSi'S'^i! T^. "'•••'

WELCH BROS., Proprietors.

Also New BnglaDd Agente for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.

Acknowledged by all florists the best in use. Special prices for doz. lots.

Sole Agents for FREYSTEDT8' Immortelle Letters and Emblems.
Block Letters, S2 per lOO. Script Letters, S4 per lOO.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR

We Supply the New England Trade

With Highest Grade

ROSES. GftRNflllONS.
blLY OF THE YflLLEY.

\/IAI ETC and all flowers the
VIV/loLld Boston market affords.

PRICES EIGHT AND Packing Propehlt Done.

N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

Tel. 734 and 64. 84 Hawicy St., BOSTON.

f^ease mention the A merican Florist luken writing.

Frank M. Ellis,

WHOLESALE ELORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale riorist

1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Please mention tke American Florist when writing.

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

11SS RINE STREET.

— LOUIS, MO.

WA complete line of Wire Deslgms.

The Cincinnati
Gut Flower Co.,

t^lAfX WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

Consignments Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders.

Wbol^^ale flower/\arK^

Boston, Feb. 27.

Eoses, Beauty, extra 20.00@30.00

medium 10.00@I5.C10

culls 4.00® 8.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 4.00® 8.00

extra ( 10.00@13.00

Carnations l.CO® 2.00

extra 2.00® 3.00

Eoman hyacinths, Freesias 78® 1.50

Lily of the valley 1.00® 3.00

Mignonette 2.00® 4.00-

Tulips, Yellow narcissus 1.00® 3.00

Violets 35® .60

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax 10.00®15.00

Asparagus 50.00

" Sprengerii, .20® .25 per bunch
Philadelphia, Feb. 27.

Eoses, Tea 4.0O@lO.0O

" extra 10.00®15.00

Beauty, extra 40.00®50.00

firsts 10.00®25.00

Carnations 1.00® 2.00

" fancy ....3.00® 6.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Eomans, Paper Whites 2.00® 4.00

Violets, single 15® .40

double ,25® 1.00

Asparagus 35.00@50.00

Smilax 12.60®20.00

Adiantum 1 .00

BirPFALO, Feb. 28.

Eoses, Beauty 3O.Q0@60.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 8.00@12.00

Carnations 2.00® 4.00

Lily of the valley 4 .00

Smilax 15.00®20.00

Adiantum 1.00® 1.25

Asparagus 50.00@75.00

Violets 40® 1 .00

llarnsii, Callas 15.00(a25.00

GIVE

US

A

TRIAL.

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

Open day
and night.

O'^STER**

:-*^'*ic-y^ YORK

Roses. Carnations and all kinds of
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

Wholesale Com-
mission Florist.
481 Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y.
Also Dealer In Florists' Supplies & Wire Designs.

WM. F. KASTING,

Woodroffe & Bernheimer,
Wholesale Florists

1604. LUDLOW STREET.

Phone l-42-6g-A. PHILADELPHIA.

ConBignments Solicited.

Please mention the A merican Florist when writing.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS.

^•"J^H^oT/A^siD. PHiLADELPHIA, PA.

ConsignmenU of Choice Valley and Roiei lolicitait.

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street, PHtUDELPHIA, PA.

Long Distance 'Phone 1-41-26 D.

Consignments of Roses, Carnations, Violets solielli j.

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wholesale Florist,

(7 S. nth St.. Telepho ne 63-64. PHILADCLPIIIA.

Orders by mall, telegraph or telephone will
receive prompt attention.

Consignments of good stock BoUolted.

SHIPPING LABELS s

•Cut Flowers

Printed in two colors on gummed
paper; your card, etc., In black and
leaf adopted by the S. A. P. in red.
Very attractive. Price per 500,12.85;
per 1000, tibO. Send for samples

CUCTRO or THIS LEAF, POSTPAID, SI.2S.

American Florist Co.,

.CHIPAOO.

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE TRADE

The undersigned have opened a first-class establishment for the sale of cot flowers at wholesale
on commission at 3 Ordway Place, Boston, Mass. Correspondence with growers and buyers solicited.

LAWRENCE COTTER, Telephone

LAWRENCE J. FLYNN. Connection. m

NEW ENGLAND GUT FLOWER COMPANY.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1045

TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

Xvily o* tlxe "Valley.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1998 Madison Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS ^"ew^york^""''
SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, all leading varieties, also rare novelties.
Shipping a Specialty. -^"Price list on application.

TELEPHONE 206S MADISON SQUARE.

Walter F. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist

Telephone 902 Madison Square.

39 West 28th St., ITEW TOBK.

WILLIAM GHORMLEY....

Wholesale riorist,

57 West 28th Street,

NEW TORE CITY.

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
Madison Square.

SHIPPING ORDERS

Given Special Attention.

JOHN 70UNG

Has the best BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY in New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO. J*
All Choice Flowers dally.

61 West 28th St., VfEW YORE.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thii. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

. ; . . 30 West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. &51 Madison Sqn&re.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,

408 E. 34tli Str««t,

Cyl Flewer Exchange. NEW YORK.

Telephone !i09 Madlaon Square.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-412 E. 34th St. Near Ferry.
Open for Cut Flower galea at 6 o'clock
Every MomlnE

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON, Secretary.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

ffin Gut Flowers

All orders receive most carelul attention.

TORONTO. ONT.» CANADA.

8li prizes American Rose Society. New York City.

It is good business poiloy
to mention the

..AMERICAN nORIST

when you writfl to an advprtiier.

Choice Carnations.

Seiected Roses.

Traendly&Schenck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut riower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq.

Wbol^ale flower/arK^

New York, Feb. 27.

Roses, Beauty, select 25.00@33.00

medium 10 00@15.00

culls 1.60® 3.00

Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor 1.50® 3.00
ined'm 4 00(ai 6.00
select.. 8 00@10.00

Brunners 5. 00® 25 00

Carnations 75® 2.00

fancy 3.00® 5.00

Lily of the valley 1.50® 3.00

Smilax 12.00@15,00

Asparagus 25.00@50.00

Sprengerii, perdoz.bun. 2.00@3.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Violets I0@ .60

California 20® .50

Harrisii lilies 6.00® 8.00

Mignonette 1.00® 5.00

Paper White narcissi 1.00® 1.50

R. hyacinths, Jonquils, Freesias, .50® 1.50

Tulips, Von Sion narcissi 1.00® 2.00

Cattlpyas 35.00®50.()0

^ILLANG & SALTrORD,

Wholesale Commission Dealers in

CUT FLOWERS

50 West 39th St., NEW YORK.

Telephone 1304 Madisnn Si|u:irp.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

GROWERS and FLOWER BUYERS.
Write for Terms and Quotations-

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 29th street, NEM YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

The New York Gut Flower Go.

118 and 121 West 23d Street,

112 and 114 West 24th Street,

Telephone 733-IBth. NEW YORK.

CONSIQNMENTS SOLICITED.

Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders.

FORD BROS.

....wnoiesaie Florists,

III West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BIG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. 'Phone, 157 Madison Sq.

Julius Lang

53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

RBPBK8ENT9 THE BeST GROWERS OF

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 380 Madison Square.

S. J. LIMPRECHT,

WHolesale Commission Florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.
Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street. NFW VODK

Telephone 1438 Madison Square. I'L" I unn.
Congi^uluentB Solicited.

19 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Controls the best Brooklyn

Cut Flower Trade.
Consignors get the Benefit.

Always mention the

American Florist

wh(«n writing advertisers.

Try the new
Flower Commission House

[. B. BRINLEY & CO., ,S\Z

48 W. 30th St.,

CITY.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH GROWERS SOLICITED.

TeleiDti.o«n.e SSl&S S^SetCUsort. Sci^xiO-re.

Now we have

Dsffodila,
Tulips,
Sweet Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN.

4.7 WEST 28THa8T.

Tel. 421
Madison<Square,

NEW YORK.

CUT F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Special in
Roses : t

Liberty, Pres. Carnot,
Kalserin, Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

1046

The American Florist.

Mar. 2,

The gEBE) TRSI^'E.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

Albert McCullott«h, Pres. ; P. W. Bolgiano,
Vice-Pres. ; S. F. Willard, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Sec'y and Treas.

Nineteenth sinnual convention, Rochester, N.
Y., June n-13. 1901.

Alaska peas have been selling at
wholesale recently under $3 per bushel.

Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, has
been equipped with a complete set ol
Heller's steel seed drawers,

Wm. Griesinger, representing Louis
Van Houtte pere, of Ghent, Belgium, is
at the Union Square Hotel, New York.

Visited Philadelphia: R. C. Clucas,
of Clucas & Boddington, New York;
Edwaid Dibble, Jr., Honeoye Falls, N. Y.

Thbee is said to be room for several
bright young men as counter hands,
stockmen, etc , in the seed trade in Bos-
ton and Philadelphia.

The Zach Davis Company, seed grow-
ers, near Delaware, O., have opened a
wholesale and retail store at 13 West
William street, that city.

On February 20 fire destroyed the
offices and warehouse of Baterkin &
Sons, at Shenandoah, la., including
15,000 bushels of seed corn.

Visited Chicago: Charles P. Braslan,
San Jose, Cal ; W. J. Fosgate, Santa
Clara, Cal.; E. M. Parmalee, Picton.Ont.;
B. L. Grant, Hudson, Wis.

Miss V. E. Beaslan, daughter of
Charles P. Braslan, is visiting at Minne-
apolis with J. E. Northrup and family.
Miss Braslan will go to California with
her father within the next two weeks.

In the interest of the General Bulb
Company, Vogelenzang, Holland, J. C.
Hillebrand, who has just arrived in this
country, Vill visit the trade here this
year. His address will be care of Aug.
Rhotert, 26 Barclay street, New York,
N. Y.

The Mail Trade.

The Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove,
Pa, — The mail trade has exceeded last
year's mail business up to this date and
the prospects are that we will have a
very good season.

James Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y. —
Our trade is largely in the eastern states
and the weather has been so very severe
that trade is rather light up to the
present time. Orders received are of
fairly good size and indications are that
we are likely to do a better business this
year than last.

"Doing Us-Good."

The best efforts of the seedsmen's visit-
ing committees to Congress on the free
■eed distribution have seemingly come to
naught, and they jumped the appropria-
tion a cool $100,000. When a senator
from South Carolina suggests in an off-
hand manner that the appropriation be
increased $100,000 and senators of both
parties make it almost unanimous, it
looks as though our friends did not live
in the Senate. With this kind of compe-
tition and reputable papers like the
Farm and Fireside now making full page
oflers of seeds and plants as premiums,
reputable mag azines accepting fake adver-
tisements of the most bare-faced charac-
ter in the seed line, like seed for fern balls,
—note the seed is for fern balls, not ol

fern balls, a trap to fall in and a hole to
get out — no wonder the seedsmen report
trade up to February 16 twenty-five per
cent behind last year. Last week we
heard of large mail houses reporting
business fifty per cent off. Still we know
seedsmen sometimes are like the horse-
man when he said the horse was ten
years old, and the buyer told his friend
one could not always tell by what they
said, he might not be but five.

As the funny man said: "Theyseemto
be doing us — good." The weather has
been cold and bad, but as Brother Maule
says, we most always have winter
weatherin the winter time. Seedsman.

Free Seeds.

The railway mail clerks are now busy,
says the Indianapolis l^ews, with free
seeds in transit to Texas and other
southern points. The Pennsylvania flyer
on one of its recent trips carried nearly

200 bushels of garden seeds, all of which
went into one Texas congressional dis-
trict. The seeds are packed by the Agri-
cultural Department at Washington and
sent out free of postage to persons whom
the congressmen name. Packages for
colder sections of the country will be
mailed later. The Indiana people, the
clerks say, are on the watch for these
parcels every year at spring planting
time, and are eager to get the free remem-
brances from congressmen, regarding
■what comes from the government as the
"latest styles" in garden seed.

WiLKESBARRE, Pa. — At five o'clock on
the morning of February 14 fire destroyed
two of the nine greenhouses in the range
of W. M. Eldridge & Co. The boiler
shed was consumed and it was impossi-
ble to prevent most of the stock from
freezing in the uninjured houses, making
the loss between $5,000 and $6,000 with
little insurance.

SPECIAL OFFER to FLORISTS and SEEDSMEN.

SMIL*X— (new cror), trade pkt. lOc; oz. 25o; per lb., $3.25.

ASTER— Florists' Special Mixture, trade pkt. 25c; oz. $1.25.

ASTER— Vicl<^s and Semple's Branching, separate colors; trade pkt. 20c; oz. 75c.

ASTER— Seinple's Branching Mixed, trade pkt. 20c; oz. 60c.

ASTER— Imp. Pa?onv Flowered and Victoria Mixed, trade pkt. 20c each; oz. $1.00.

MIGNONETTE— -Vllen's Defiance (true), trade pkt. 15o; per oz., 50o.

NASTURTIUM-Tora Thumb Mixed, per oz. lOo; M lb. 15c; lb. 40o; 5 lbs. $1.75; 100 lbs., $30.00.

NASTURTIUM— Tall Mixed, oz. 10c: « lb. 1.5c; per lb. 36c; 5 lbs. $1.50; 100 lbs. $35.00.

SWEET PEAS— .T. A S. New Giant Hybrid Mixed, H lb. 15c; per lb. 40c (postpaid); 5 lbs. by express $1.50.

SWEET PEAS— ICckfords Choice Mixed, per oz. 5o; M I'l- 12c; lb. 35c postpaid; 5 lbs. by express $1.25

CLEMATIS PANICULATA— Trade pkt. lOo; per oz. 40o; per lb. $5.00

CANDYTUFT- Empress, best white for florists, trade pkt. 10c; oz. 20c.

FLORISTS' WHOLESALE CATALOGUE MAILED ON APPLICATION.

JOHNSON & STOKES,

217-219
Market Street,

Please mention the A merican Florist when writing.

Philadelphia, Pa.

ESTABLISHED 1802

T

S

SEEDS

Fresh Seeds Now on Hand.

Asparagus Sprengeril $3.00 per looo

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, S.oo "
Cocos Weddeiiana 7.oo "

" Wholesale Price List of High Class
Flower Seeds, etc., for Florists, free
upon application.

J.M.THORBURN&CO.

(Latt of IS John Street)

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW YORK

GRASS SEEDS.

Kentucky Blue, Orchard, Timothy, Red Top,
Meadow Fescue, Perennial and Italian Rye Grass,
Tall Meadow Oat, Johnson, IJermuda, Creeping
Bent, Wood Meadow and other Domestic and
Imported varieties. CLOVERS — Red, Sah-
ling, Alfalfa, Crimson, White, Alsike, Japan, etc.
WOOD. STUBBS&CO'.S "EVERGREEN" and 'SHADY
GREEN" Lawn Grasses are giving; the best satis-
faction everywhere. Put up in packages and
bulk. Special low prices to the trade.

OIMIOXI SxiTS YenVw and Potato

Wholesale prices for present or future deliveries.

WOOD, STUBBS & CO..

The Largest and Best Collection of Seeds in Ky.,
LOUISVILLE. KY.

TUBEROSE BULBS.

(Excelsior Pearl.)

Genuine Hallock dwarf strain, cured by fire
heat, sound, dry, hand picked.

FIRST SIZE— F. O. B. Chicaeo, 4 to 6-in., per 1000,
■ $7.00; 3000 $20.50.
From N. Y. City, 50o per 1000 less.
Mammoth Bulbs— 6 to 8-in., per 1090, $10.00.
Medium Bulbs— 3 to 4-in., per 1000. $3.,50j 10.000 lots,
f. o. b. Chicago, $30; f. o. b. New Yorlc, $37.50.
WE MEET competition, quality considered.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO : NEW YORK :

84-86 Randolph St. ■ 4 Barclay 5t.

Please mention the American Florist wh'en -j.'} iting

Gladiolus Wanted.

5000 May, 5000 Ceres, 5000 Mme.
Monoret, 5000 John Bull, 5000
Isaac Buchanan. Must be goo^
stock and price right. Address

QLADIOLUS, car* American Floriit.

jgoi.

The American Florist.

1047

Tuberous = rooted BEGONIAS, GLOXINIAS,

AND OTHER SUMMER FLOWERING BULB8.

Our strains of Begonias, Gloxinias, etc., etc., are the finest procurable.
Every florist should secure his stock now.

Begonias, Single Flowering.

White, Pink. Scarlet. Crimson, Orange and
Yellow, 40c per dozen; J3.00 per 100; $25.00
per 1000.

Choicest Single Mixed, 35c per dozen; 82.50
per 100; tti per 1000.

Begonias, Double Flowering.

Scarlet. Pinli, White and Yellow, ti5o per
dozen; 15.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000.

Choicest Double Mixed. 50c per dozen; $4.00
per 100; $35.00 per 1000.

Cloxinias, Crassifolia Grandiflora.

Red, White and Blue, 65c per dozen; $5.00 per

100; $45.00 per 1000.
Choicest Mixed colors, 50c per dozen; $4.00

per 100; $30.00 per 1000.

Tuberoses.

Selected double dwarf Pearl, 4 to 6-inch, floe
bulbs, 75c per 100, $6.50 per 1000.

Fancy Leaved Caladiums

A Choice CoUectiou of 23 distinct varietie".

$1.25 per dozen; $10.00 per 100; $SIO,00 per

1000.
Choice Mixed Varieties, $1.00 per do/en; $8.00

per 100; $75 per 1000.

Caladium Esculentum.

(elephant's ears). Doz. 100

Extra size, 12 to 13-inoh $1.25 $10.00

First ■' 10toI2 " 90 7.ro

Second" 8 to 10 " 65 6.00

Third " 6 to 8 " 40 3.00

Liliums.

Auratum, 8 to 9-inch.

9tolI •■

Longiflorum," to 9 "

Speciosum album, 8 to 9-iuch

9toll "

" rubrum, 8 to 9-iuch....

9toU ■' .....

.75
1.25

.75

.80
1.25

.75
1.00

5.00
8.00
5. 50
6 00
8.00
5.00
7.50

For other Summer Flowering Bulbs see our Wholesale Price List, free to all Florists.

HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., PHILA,, PA.

TUBEROUS-ROOTED
BEGONIAS.

Please mention ibe ,4 mr*ican FlnHat it'hfu writing.

I To the Buyers |

i Japan Lily Bulbs, I
I Plants and |
I General Japanese |
I Products : |

^ H. Yoshida, representing E

I The Imperial Trading Co., |

^ OF TODAMACHI, YOKOHAMA, t

3 is expected in this market as well as ^

a New York about the beginning of fc

3 April to receive orders and contracts P

^ for the above articles. ^

3 Address Correspondence c

3 care of this paper. t

armmnmmTTnnTmmmTTmTTmmmTTK

CARLSON'S IMPROVED ASTER SEED.

Pure White, Pink niid Dark LaveiidiT.

Per ounce, each $4.0J

Large trade pkt., each 75 i

Small pkt., t.-ach 20 j

Colors will be mixed, if desired, at same price. |
It is believed this variety produces th? largest |
flower heaUs of any known sort, reaching from \
four to five inches in diameter, according to fer-
tility of soil and method of pruning.
Price to the trade given on application.
AU orders accompanied by Espr-'ss Money
Order. Postoffice Order or Registered Letter,
promptly tilled bv

p. s. HEff BON,''""gaa;'ii;^'""'-

"1", SOLID CARRAGES

Those large, solid, crisp Cabbages that sell so j

well and eat so Avell can be easily grown from i

Livingston's Ideal Cabbatxe Seed. We make a great I

specialty of Cdoice Cabbage Seed and select it to ]
produce HEADS— not loose leaves. If you want

a package, send your address. It costs nothing. I

THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO.. Box 103, Columbus. 0. I

Asparaps Sprengerii.

2-inch pots per 100, $ 1.50

2;^-inch pots " 2.00

SMILAX, from flats 25

M. J. COVENTRY - Ft, Scott, Kas.

2000 Du. Ear u on o Fotaioes.

WESTERN NEW YORK GROWN.

S66d corn, on on seed,

ALL VARIETIES.

If you want true Stock of the above at the lowest prices, write

^t^JAMES VICK'S SONS, Rochester, N. Y.

BROOM CORN SEED CHEAP.

Experienced growers in the great Illinois "central" broom corn belt are prejudiced against the
broom corn seed usually sold by seedsmen. Why? Because such stuff is liable to produce almost
anything, provided it germinates, w hich exnerienced growers consider doubtful. The writer, living as
he'does, in the great broom corn belt, is in position to supply very vital seed, which has been bred to
the point where it produces bright green fine-fibre brush and produces heads with a minimum amount of
center stems, etc., and which furnish the "standard" high priced brush. I have such seed to offer in
Tennessee Evergreen and California Golden varieties. One thousand pound lots, at 69 cts. per bushel.
Average sample sent upon request. Special circular on broom, field and popcorn seed, etc., mailed
upon application. Address

SUFFERN, The Corn Breeder, VOORHIES, ILL.

roM '
HELL^"SCa MONTCLAIR NJL USA,

We Sell For

L. J. ENDTZ, Boskoop. Holland, all ornamental
hardy I'lorists" and Nursery Stock.

HAERENS BROS.. Somergem, Belgium, Azalea
Indioa, Palms, Araucarias, etc., Decorative
Plants.
Orders booked now for Spring or Fall delivery.

We also book now import orders for Summer and

Fall delivery of Lilies, Lily of the Valley, etc.

Bulbs. Address

August Rolker & Sons, saoeyst. . New York.

Caladium Esculentum.

1st size, 6 to 9 inches circumference, $2.00 per 100
2d size, 3 to 6 " " $100 per 100

Cash With Order

R. VINCENT, JR., & SON, Whi te Marsh, Mil.

WORTH
RAISING

Again I can furnish, for immediate delivery,
about 10,000 good pansy plants. Price $4.00 per
1000 f. o. b. express here.
CASH WITH ORDER

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU.

190 Crait Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

PANSIES

BULBS!!

EXCELSIOR

BULBS!!

PEARL TIBEROSE

and CALADIUM ESCULENTUM.

All sizes, fine crop. Ready now. Writefor prices to

JohnF,Croom&Bro ,Growers,Magnolia,N,C.

EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. !

LLst free on application. f

FRED. ROEMER. Seed Grower, f

(juecilinburg, Germany, f

1048

The American Florist.

Mar. 2,

The Nursery Tif^aDE.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.
Thio. J. Smith, Pres.; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres.;
Qboboe C. Seager, 'Rochester, N. Y., Seo'y.

Twenty-sixth annual convention, Niagara Falls,
N. Y., June 13- 14. 1901.

Lasge use will be made of field grown
roses in spring plantings.

Planters are beginning to appreciate
the value ofthe mulberry as an all-around
tree of quick growth, well adapted to the
conditions usually prevailing in cities.

M. F. Foley has purchased the Charles
Burk farm adjoining the Great Northern
Nursery at Baraboo, Wis., for the pur-
pose of increasing the facilities of that
concern.

The Alabama Nursery Company,
Huntsville, Ala., has opened a branch
establishment at St. Louis, Herbert and
Henry Chase spending the last week of
February in that city for the purpose.

Frank Brunton, of Newport, R. I.,
who has been reported as having pur-
chased a farm at Bridge water, Mass.,
for the purpose of starting a nursery,
states that he bought the property purely
as an investment and with no thought
of resigning the superintendency of the
estate of T. M. Davis, at Newport.

There promises to be a sanguinary
contest over the fumigation law which
certain fruit growers are determined to
push through the New York legislature.
A committeeot the Eastern Nurserymen's
Association, headed by Wm. Pitkin and
Irving Rouse, has been to Albanv to
argile against the bill, which is considered
not only unnecessary but decidedly detri-
mental to the interests of all nurserymen
of the state, but have little progress to
report and it is thought unlikely that the
bill can be killed in committee.

In Chicago Parks.

Plans are being laid for a great deal of
work in the Chicago parks next spring.
Out at Jackson Park they are bendirg
every energy toward the restoration
of additional acres of World's Fair
grounds which will eventually be planted
w^ith trees and shrubs, and at Washing-
ton Park much work has been done upon
the rose garden which is to vie with the
celebrated garden upon the Wooded
Island. Moreover, the South Park com-
missioners have just placed an order for
something over $1500 worth of trees
and shrubs for spring planting in addition
to the thousands which they will be
enabled to take from their own nurseries.

The West Park commissioners, in
addition to the important planting on
Douglas Boulevard and Palmer Square,
have secured bids for trees and snrubs
tor use in Douglas Park and Garfield
Park, the two orders aggregating some-
thing in excess of $10,000.

The Lificoln Park commissioners are
planning the continuance of the planting
begun a year ago from the plans and
under the direction of Mrs. McCrea,
whose official career was terminated
before her work was fairly under way.
This will require something like 1700
trees and several hundred shrubs.

Moving Large Trees.

On reading the article on page 966 of
the issue for February 16, the impression
was left in my mind that "C. B. W."
must have money to burn, as the cost of

moving one tree, $125, to $150 is ridicu-
lous. I have moved pines twenty to
twenty-five feet high, elms and other trees
with oxen at a price of about $10 to $20
each. In Paris, France, where large trees,
are very often moved to fill vacancies on
the boulevards or avenues, no timbers are
used. The French people have a two-
wheeled cart with a bent axle to fit
around the trunk of a tree. The tree is
balled and lifted by means of chains and
a power of some sort and off goes the
tree without timbers. In the south of
France where many large magnolias are
taken up and moved, often large enough
to require two small European railroad
cars to receive them, a basket is made to
fit the ball and the trees, as high as eight
metres, are moved any distance without
the aid of timbers. If trees of large size
have to be moved in a country where
cold weather is to be relied upon the ball
of earth can be made large enough to
preserve all the roots and still move the
tree without the additional weight of a
lot of lumber. This would, at least, be
my method. One day would be enough
to prepare trees, one night or two of
frost and another day and all would be
over. This would be the cheapest way.
F. J. Ulbricht.

Lincoln, Neb.

Trade continues good, there being an
unusually large amount of funeral work
the past week, mostly out of town orders.
Present indications are that lilies are
going to be scarce tor Easter, Harrisii
being badly diseased and coming on very
unevenly and longiflorum forcing very
slowly, some few showing buds but not
tall enough to be satisfactory for church
use. C. H. F.

Rochester, N. Y.— John H. Reeve,
formerly employed as floriculturist at the
State Industrial School here, has filed
charges with Gov. Odell against the
management of that institution. The
matter was referred to the State Board
of Charities.

New Haven, Conn —At the regular
meeting of the New Haven Horticultural
Society, on February 19, appropriate
resolutions were passed on th»; death of
Robert Veitch and Mrs. L. C. Sanford.
The latter was a daughter of the presi-
dent of the society. Mr. Coe, of Coe &
Lines, read a paper on "Grafting and
Budding." At the next meeting Prof,
fenkins, of Yale, will present a paper op
"Fertilizing and Grass Seeds."

NORWAY MAPLES

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, Wn.Li»M Warner Harper, Pryp..

CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA.

PA.

Choicest Fruit and Ornamental Trees.

Shrubs, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds. 40 Acres Hardy Roses. 44 Qreenhouses
of Palms, Everblonming Roses, Ficus, Ferns, Etc. Correspondence
solicited. Catalogue Free. 47 Years. 1000 Acres.

THE STORRS& HARRISON CO.,

PainesvIHe, Ohio.

Fruit Trees, Small Fruits, including
gr;i[)ps. Ornamental Trees, Evergreens

and Shrubs f'T" puljlic and private ground.s.
Shade Trees for strepts. Hardy Roses,
Hardy Plants, Climbers, ptc.

Our Ijeautifully illnstratedcatalogne. replete
with practical Innte for planters, FREK,

ELLWANGER & BARRY,

Mt. Hope Nurseries. ROCHESTER. N.Y.

L^stnbliMlied over 4>0 yriii'N.

Manetti...

English grown $12.50 per 1000

Crimson Rambler...

$5.00 to $15.00 per 100

Privet in all sizes.

Ask for Catalogue.

HIRAM T. JONES,

Union. County Nurseries. EI>IZABETH, IT. J.

NORWAY MAPLES

FOR EVERYBODY.

High Branched or Low Branched— Tall or Short-
Straight or not so Straight— Large or Small,

At Prices to StfiT All. ('atalogi'e Free.

CHAS. B. HORNOR & SON,

— Mt. Holly, Burl. Co., N. J.

For Bargains....

In Clematis Paniculata, Manetii Stocks,
Roses and Shrubs, see our adv. in
issue of February l6th. Send for our
wholesale list.

The Elizabeth Kursery Co., Elizabeth. N. J.

12 to 15 inclies $5.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000

15 to 18 inches 6.00 per 100; 50.00 per 1000

18 to 24 inches lO.CO per 100; 75.00 per 1000

24 to 30 inches 12.00 per 100; 100.00 per 1030

Rubber plants grown from top cnttinss. strong
plants from 6-inch pots, 18 inches, $5.00 per dozen;
6-inch pots. 24 inches. $8.00 per dozen.

Isinene Calathina, strong blooming bulbs,
$12.00 per 100. JOSEPH HEINL, Jacksonville, III.

"i^^oTHEMOON

Company

For J Trees, Shrubs, Vines,
Your I and Small Fruits.

Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free.
THE WM. H. MOON CO.,
Morrisville, Pa.

NORWAY
SIGAR.

Maples

From 1 to 3-inch caliper, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list.

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisville. Bucks Co., Pa

1 and 2 years, $1.25 and $2 per do?.., 12 best kinds.
F. A. BALLER, Bloomington,

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The American Florist.

1049

Kennicott

Bros. Co.,

Wholesale Commission Florists
sjsfs- Florists' Supplies.

42 and 44 E, Randolph St CHICAGO.

IRENE.

Having handled "Irene" as cut flowers for the past four years, we can
say that it is one of tbe best Pink Carnations we eet. It is the most
fragrant of all Carnations and we therefore recommend it to all who
want stock that will surelv sell. Fragrance alone will sell it. Price $1.50 per dozen,
$10 per UO, $75 per 1000. Book orders now for CUTTINGS. Don't miss this,
for surely it is the best Carnation on the market.

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST.

Best Brides and Maids $5.00 to J7. 00 per 100

Good '• '■ " 4.00 to 5.00

Perles 4.00 to 5.C0 ■

Meteors 5.00 to 7.00

Roses, our selection 3.00 "

American Beauties, Ions 5.00 to 6.00 per doz.

medium. 3.00 to 4.00
short.... 1.25 to 2.00

Carnations, fancy 3.00 to 4.00 per 100

fine 1.50 to 2.00

" our selection .... 1.25 "

Callas and Harrisii 1.60 to 2.00perdoz.

Lily ot the Valley 2.00 to 4.00 per 100

Roman Hyacinths 3.00 to 3.50 *'

Violets 40 to 1.00

PaoerWhite 2.C0 to 3.00

Tulips 2.50to 4.00

Daffodils 2.00 to 3.00

Freesia 3.00 to 4.00

Smilax 1.50 to 2.00perdoz.

Asparagus 60c per string

Leucothoe Jl.OO per 100

Ferns, Adiantum l.OO *'

common 2.00 per ICOO

Galas Leaves 1.50 "

Prices Subject to Change Without Notice.

McKellar h Winterson

Wholesale Dealers in Everything for Florists.

Should You Not Receive OUR 1901 CATALOGUE, Write \}s for Same.

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Please mention American Florist when writing.

FLORIANA

The Best All Round Pink
Carnation Ever Introduced

Large size, fully as large asHarquisor Crocker;

color, a beautiful shade of light pink. A strong
grower, very fragrant, an early continuous
bloomer, very productive, does ■finely both in
winter and summer, good stem, perfect calyx
that never splits, not subject to disease, good
keeper. Brings fancy prices in New York market.
Come and see them.

PRICES:

$1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per Hundred;
$60.00 per I housand.

READY NOW.

FIILOW & BANKS, Weslpart, Conn.

CARNATIONS

Well Rooted Cuttings from Sand or Soil. -

100 1000

Ethel Crocker $3.00 $25.00

White Cloud 1.75 IS.OO

Flora Hill 1.75 15.00

Triumph 1.75 15.00

Mrs. James Dean 1.00 9.00

Mayor Pinsree....- 1.00 8.00

"Wm. Scott 1.00 8.00

A few thousand of the above from 2K-inch
pots. Write for price.

Chas. Akehurst & Son, White Marsh, Md.

la offering Ethel Crocker rooted cuttings,
Bradt, America and .Jubilee. Latania Bor-
bonica, 4-in. (see ad. Jan. 26). Kaiserins
2j^-in. pots, and Jean Viand Geranium, 3-in.
pots. Write for prices, which are right.

W. "W. COLES, Kokomo, Ind.

Rooted Carnation Cuttings^

No better Carnation Blooms were ever offered in tlie Chicago
market tiian those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first-class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

Tho Cnnrt Pink Per 100 Per 1000

I lie opUl I, 4rmazindy...$ 6.00 $50.00

Irrne 10.00 75.00

Sunbeam 10.00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75.00

Prolific 10.00 75.00

Nvdiu 10.00 75.00

Mrs. Lawson 6.00 50.00

The Marquis 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35.00

EthelCrocker 4.00 35.00

Peru 4.00 35.00

G. H. Crane 3.00 25.00

America 2.50 20.00

Cerise Queen l.BO 12.50

Evanaton 1.50 12.50

Mrs. Leopold Ine

John Youns; 1 50

Argyle 1.50

Triumph 150

Frances Joost 1.50

Gov. Griggs 1.50

Melba 150

Edna Craig 1.50

Flora Hill :.... 150

White Cloud 150

Daybreak 1.60

Evelina 1.00

McGowan 1.00

Per 100 Per 1000
$7.00 $60.00
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.60
7.50
7.50

Wholesale Growers
of Cut Flowers,

WIETOR BROS.,

ZP. B1 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Pure
White.

"Hoosier Maid,"

Does not get weak necked, sleepy, nor
split in mid-winter, ready now, 18.00
per 100; |2.C0 for 25. Cash with
order. Express prepaid.

ANDERS RASMUSSEN, New Albany, Ind.

New Carnation ELENOR AMES.

The best deep pink Carnation ever introduced.
Deeper color, larger flowers, stronger |^ower and
produces more blooms per plant tnan Its parent,
Wm. Scott Does not burst. A continuous
bloomer. Has been grown for Ave years. Plants
free from all disease. Rooted cuttings ready
February 1, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100, $75 per 1000.

D. CARMICHAEL, Wellesley, Mass.

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Mar. <?,

Our pasTiMEs.

Announcements of coming contents or other
events of interest to our bowling, shooting and
cycling readers are • solicited anU will be given
place in this column.

Address all correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.;
Eobt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co , 324 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

Thb fourth annual ball of the Mon-
mouth County Horticultural Society
was held at Oceanic, N. J., February 15.
It was a success eclipsing previous rec-
ords. Supper was served to 200.

At St. Louis.

The foUow^ing is the score made at
practice Monday evening, February 25:

Player 1st 2d 3d Av

C. A. Kuehn 210 153 195 186

J.J.Beneke 168 169 134 154

C. Kunz 150 131 167 1.50

C.C.Sanders 175 105 lfi9 150

Fred.C. Weber 153 148 127 143

Wm. Adels 132 157 139 143

.John Young 130 144 137

Frank M. Ellis 122 115 118

Theo. Miller 80 114 137 110

R. ]. M.

At Utica,

The following is the record made on the

alleys on the evening of February 25:

Player 1st 2d 3d 4th Av

Baker IBO 144 166 185 159

Wilcox 131 145 118 119 128

Rowlands 95 111 168 130 125

Murphy Ill 149 91 141 123

H.Mathews 97 138 119 118

Hildebrand 130 114 113 108 116

Day 113 120 100 132 116

Spencer 101 110 123 125 115

J. WiUiams 95 91 95 93

M. Williams 63 103 101 89

Seitzer 67 68 68

Quis.

At New York.

On Saturday evening, February 23, the
Florists} Club team bowled against the
Gotham, Jrs., with the following result:

Florist-s 1st 2d Gotham, Jr. 1st 2d

Traendly 133 123 H. Ruth 209 121

Burns 162 171 G. Niglutsch...l43 148

Lentz 158 216 C'.Hackm'nsfr 178 161

Hafuer 169 163 F. Niglutscb...l37 1.54

Lang 141 143 C. Doehrman..l25 108

Total 753 816 Total 78J 692

On Monday evening, February 25, the
club bowled with the Ashcrofts, with
results as follows:

Florists 1st 2d Ashcrofts 1st 2d

Traendly 145 136 Schleff IM 146

Lentz 192 146 Cramer 170 173

Lang 126 18) Whitney 131 161

Hafner 136 172 Pacher.". 179 130

Thielmann 137 200 Neumann 136 139

Total 736 834 Total 780.749

Games played later in the evening
resulted as follows:

Player 1st

Thielmann 174

Lentz 152

Traendly 149

Seibrecht 131

Lang 133

Burns 131

O'Mara 175

Sheridan \t1

Hafner 197

Elliott 119

Taylor 141

Melba 90

2d

145
178
120
16J
183
16J
153

86
159
117
152

91

3d
168
125
139
140
182
128
163
141
178
111
113
104

At Philadelphia.

The Florists' Club bowlers have added
another victory to their string, and a
very notable one, by defeating the
Century Wheelmen, an aggregation of
the next best bowlers in the city. The
match was held February 22. There
were to be twenty men to a side but the
twentieth member selected by the Century

Club did not arrive in time, so only nine-
teen men to a side figured in the contest.
The game was played on the alleys of the
Penncoyd Club, which has two pairs of
as finely planed surfaces as can be found
anywhere. The men on each side were
divided into four squads, three of five and
one of four men. Two squads rolled in
the afternoon and two at night, three
games being played by each team. In
the afternoon the florists' teams were
defeated by ninety-eight pins. Then the
Century boy« began to show their money,
which was wdl ta'ien by the florists, who
had faith in the hnal result, which was a
victory for the florists by 1S2 pins. It
took about two hours and a half for the
afternoon and the same for the evening
games. The individual score of the florists
and the team score of the diflerent squads
follows:

1st Florists • 1st 2d 3d T'l

Allen 164 166 154 474

Eimerman 166 148 115 429

Dunham 148 163 140 451

Farrel 13U 130 129 389

Graham 134 164 124 422

Totals 732 771 662 2165

Centurions 734 758 774 2266

2d Florists 1st 2d 3d T'l

Hamilton 129 169 180 478

H;irris 154 141 133 428

Wi-stcott....; 129 151 140 420

Adelberger 112 174 168 454

Mooney 177 168 157 512

Totals 721 793 778 2292

Centurions 805 764 729 2288

3d Florists ' 1st 2d 3d T'l

.Johnson 185 164 174 523

Kift 206 171 129 506

Archer 186 140 160 486

Craig 125 142 193 460

Moss 157 168 179 504

Totals 839 785 835 2479

Cfiiturious 725 786 759 2270

4th Florists 1st 2d 3d T'l

Kuestner 146 137 133 416

Connor IfO 163 137 440

Robertson 144 165 148 467

Moore 109 125 IS'l 385

Totals 5(9 58) 579 1708

Centurions 562 567 519 1638

Florists' grand total :...■..... 8644

Centurions' grand total 8462

St. Paul.

TRADB HAS BBEN EVEN IN ITS ACTIVITY.—
A PROSPEROUS SEASON ALL AROUND. —
STORY OF THE FAVORITES. — MODERN
HOUSES FOR MODERN TARIBTIES.

Pursuing the even tenor of its way
without booms, flurries or depressions,
trade this winter has been the best on
record, both from the growers' and

retailers' point of view. Owing to unu-
sual weather conditions the cut has been
lighter than usual, but the quality has
been equal to or above the average and
wholesale prices have ranged higher than
for several years past. While the volume
of sales has been larger the profits to
retailers have not been as large as they
should have been. In roses there has
been a shortage of good Beauties, the
demand seeming to increase under any
and all conditions of trade. Golden Gate
is daily becoming more popular, while
Liberty, if well grown, is preferred to
Meteor every time. Perles are about as
scarce as anything in the whole list.
Lady Dorothea is a popular flower but
has not enough yellow in its make up to
enable it to take the place of Perle. In
carnations there are so many aspirants
for public favor that it is really puzzling
to know which are the best. White
Cloud and Flora Hill are the leading
white. Crane and Jubilee the best red,
Triumph, Victor, Marquis, Daybreak
and Lawson the favorite pinks, and
Bradt, Olympia and Armazindy the
favorite variegated sorts. Some good
Scotts are still grown in this vicinity,
but it has been superseded by Triumph
and Marquis. Violets have been very
slow to bloom and are just now becom-
ing plentiful.

L. L. May & Company's houses, under
the management of Robert Brown, are
well filled with a choice lot of Easter
stock, while their roses would be hard to
beat anywhere. This firm reports an
unusually heavy trade in funeral flowers
and a very brisk shipping business.

In Minneapolis John Monson is build-
ing some very modern iron frame houses
and putting in some very modern varie-
ties of stock, including a big batch of
Prosperity carnations, Queen of Edgely
rose and other up-to-date specialties.

C. W. Scott, representing Vaughan's
Seed Store, was a recent caller on the
trade and carried away a grip full of
bulb orders. He reports an unusually
good trade.

Swanson has a house of Beauties which
would be hard to beat, stems six feet
long and buds very large.

The two sons of E. F. Lemke have quit
the florist business and engaged in other
lines. Fblix.

Rock City, N. Y.— J. Cotting has pur-
chased a lot upon which he expects to
embark in violet growing.

.AN.

Indispensable Adjunct

TO a socccssf ol wholesale business is an up-to-date,
accurate, complete Trade Directory. Such a
book, 397 pages, containing^ the name and
address of every florist, nurseryman and seedsman
in America, new list of private gardeners and horti-
cultural supply concerns and much other informa-
tion will be mailed from this office on receipt of $2.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

324 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL.

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READY
NOW!

NEW CARNATIONS

ALL THE LEADING SORTS, IN FINE SHAPE,
INCLUDING =M ^ =^

lOO lOOO

Prosperity $16.00 $130.00

Roosevelt 12.00 100.00

Lawson 7.00 60.00

G. H. CRANE 3.00 25.00

GENEVIEVE LORD... 5.00 40.00

LORNA 10.00 75-00

NORWAY 10.00 75.00

CALIFORNIA GOLD, 10.00 75.00

100 1000

Avondale $4.00 $30.00

Crocker 3.00 20.00

Gen Maceo 3.00 25.00

WHITE CLOUD 2.50 18.00

Peru 3.00 25.00

MRS. GEO. M. BRADT 3.oo 25.00

Olympia 5.00 40.00

MRS.FRANCESJOOST 3.oo 20.00

The great TIMOTHY EATON Chrysanthemum 50c each; $5.00 per doz.;
$30.00 per 100.

We will be pleased to mail you our Catalogue of Chrysanthemums, Carnations,
Crotons, Grafted Roses, Palms, etc.

ROBERT CRAIG & SON,

MARKET AND
48th STREETS,

Philadelphia, Pa.

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Rooted Carnation

CUTTINGS.

Per JOO Per 1000

Lawson S5.00 $-15 00

Crocker 3 00 25.00

Lord 3.00 2.i00

Peru 2.B0 20.00

America 2.fi0 20.00

Bradt 2 50 20.00

Pingree 2 51) 20.00

White Cloud 1.50 12.00

Glacier 1.59 12.00

Maceo 1.50 12 00

Mary Wood 1.50 13.00

Daybreak 1.25 10.00

Flora Hill 1.25 lOOO

Joost 1.25 10.10

Triumph 1.25 10.00

Soott l.OO 8.00

Albertini 1.00 8.00

10 per cent off for cuttings of above varieties
except Lawson put in sand after order received .
Add H to above prices for 2-inch pots plants.
250 at 1000 rates. Cash or C. O. D.

M. J. & M. S. VESEY, rt. Wayne, Ind.

Florists all over the country are quickly
discerning the

Gommercial Value of
The Lawson Carnation.

The demand will be heavy this season.
My stock is in excellent condition, clean
and healthy. Rooted cuttings ready now,
or for later delivery.

PRICE, Per 100 $7.00

Per 1000 $60.00

Terms Strictly Cash from unknown parties.

Send ALL ORDERS DIRECT TO

No Agents. Skills, IWIa-ss.

The Largest Fancy Carnation. NOW READY.

-PROSPERITY-

ALL ORDERS FILLED IN STRICT ROTATION.

frices for liooted Ctxttirags,

1 Plant $ .50

12 Plants 5 00

25 Plants 8.25

50 Plants 10.00

100 Plants 16.00

250 Plants $ 37.50

500 Plants 70.00

750 Plants 101.25

1000 Plants 130.00

WRITE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS.,

Flatbash, N. Y.

CARNATIONS

ICOOI'KID

OUTTIIVG^®

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following prices:

G. H. CRANE 128.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT 2.5.00 "

MADAM CHAPMAN 25.00

DAYBREAK 12.60 "

WHITE CLODD »12.50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10.00 "

MoQOWAN 1000

ELDORADO 10.00

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to hi seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in needtof a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times.

Add!5!?CHA5. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich

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Mar. 2,

Scranton, Pa.

LENT IS HERB BDT HAS NO GREAT EFFECT
ON BUSINESS. — PREPARATIONS FOR
EASTER TRADE. — VARIOUS NOTES.

A trip through the greenhouses in this
vicinity this week makes one think that
Easter is near at hand. In every place
they are moving plants back and forth;
active plants are moved into cooler quar-
ters and the \a.zy ones are pushed into
more heat. This is watchful and inter-
esting business. We notice among the
Japanese longiflorums a number of differ-
ent varieties and among these there are
no diseased ones.

Although Lent is upon us it certainly
cannot affect social functions in this local-
ity, for there has been practically nothing
in society lines this winter here. There
have been only two or three weddings
among the fashionable people and for one
of these it was deemed necessary to cancel
the order for decorations, owing to the
severe sickness of a member of the family.

The firm of Marvin & Muir is obliged
to move from their beautiful store to a
room on Spruce street in the Pauli build-
ing. The store they are leaving has been
rented for a term of years by a new bank
commencing business the first of April.

There has been considerable funeral
work all winter and many times it has
been difficult to secure the stock necessary
for the proper execution of the numerous
orders.

Tulips and some fine azaleas are gracing
the florists' windows, giving the atmos-
phere of spring time.

Geo. Carr, of Kingston, was a caller in
this city this week. Scrantonian.

A'lbion, Mich.— a. H. Drew has had a
prosperous season and is planning an
early addition to his glass for roses.

Gut Prices

i VERBENA KING.

Express prepaid on all
Rooted Cuttings.

Verbenas, 40 best mam-
moth vars. 60c per 100;
$5.00 per 1000.
AUernanthera, red and
yellow, 60o per 100; $5
per 1000.
' Ageratum, Princess
Pauline and a new
rich blue, very dwarf
grower, a winner; Cope's Pet, white; "60c per
100, J5.00 per lOOO.
Heliotropes, 10 best varieties, all named, 70o per

100, 16.00 per 1000.
Daisies, 2 beet vars.. $1.00 per 100; $8,00 per 1000.
Geraniums, strong 2^-in., best named varieties,

ready for 3-in., $3.50 per 100, $20 per 1000.
Verbena plants, strong, full of cuttings, fine as

silk, $2 per 100, $18 per lOCO.
Heliotrope, 2H-in., strong, fine plants, J2 pet 100,
$18 per 1000.

Send for our new list of other rooted cuttings
and plants; it will save you money. Write for
prices on larger lots. Special low express rates
to all parts. That Cash Please.

C. HUMFELO. Clay Center. Ka».

Tuberous Begonias.

100,000 to spare. The largest and best flowering

varieties crown in Kelffium.
Single flowers, separate colors, red, white, pink,

yellow, at $2.00 per 100.

Double flowers, separate colors, at $3.00 per 100.

Only for cash with order. Apply to

UULE8 DE COCK. NURSERYMAN.
MEIRELBEKE, BELGIUM.

Boston Ferns.

Pine Stock Now Ready,

at $25 and $20 per 100. Small Plants at $5 per
100, $40 per 1000. True Stock.

ASPARAGUS AND PALMS.
L. n. FOSTER, 45 King St., Dorchester, Mass.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Roses, Bride $1.00 per 100

" Maid 1.00

Swainsonia G. Alba 1.00

Chrysanthemums, Mme. Berg-

mann, Glory of the Pacific,

Golden Wedding. Major Bon-

naffon, Mrs. Jerome Jones,

Thornden, J. G. Whiildin. . . 1.00 . "

Tradescantia Zebrin.i $ .50 per 100

Coleiis, Verschaffeltii and Golden

Bedder 50c perlOO, $4.00 per 1000

Coleus, mixed vars. . .50c " 4. CO ''

Salvia Splendens 60o " 5.00 "

Heliotrope 50c " 4.00

Marguerites 60c " 5.0O

POT PLANTS

Dracsena Indivisa, 4-in $15.00 per 100

Vinca Variegata. 2 sorts, 4-in 5.00

3 ".... 3.00 *'

Stocks, Cut and Come Again, pink

and white, 2-in " $1.50 per 100

Myosotis, blue, 2-in '2.00

Cineraria, 4-in 8.00

JOHN IRVINE & SONS,

817 WASHINGTON AVE.

BAY CITY. MICH.

ROS[$

We believe in shifting
young Roses often. All
stock offered in 2;4-in.
pots has been shifted
from 2-in., and is equal
to nost stock advertised as 3-in., and when we
send it out it is well established.

Let us know your wants.

2 and 2 l-2-in. Stock is Fine.

VARIETIES GROWN ■■

Meteors LaFranc« President C:iroot

Brides A. V. Kaiserint Golden Gate

Maids Woottons Americ;in Beauties

Perics Belle Siebrecht Liberty

CARNATIONS.

R.C. and 2-in. Bradt, Crocker, Joost and McGoY^an.

R. C. COLEUS.

Mixed, Verschaffeltii, Golden Bedder, Yellow
Queen, etc. ENGLISH IVY.

214, 3 and 4-inch pots.
GERftNIUMS. Red, white and pink in 3-in.

A few thousand Sf>I«E^9f 0-E:RII9

ready for 2-incL pots.

Special in WOOTTON ROSES, 2|4-in., ready to
plant in beds. Write

GEO. A. KUHl, Pekin, III.

200,000 Grafted Roses: t^o^utcar^n'oV,

Bridi'S, M.iids, Guntier. >iphPtos, Sunset, Sun-
rise (new). Meteor, etc., etc., $5.0D per 100; $10.00
per ICOO. Per 100 Per 1000

150,000 Carnations, all leading, best

flowering varieties $4.00 $35.00

200,(00 Asparagus Spreneerii 2.50 20.00

20,000 Double Petunias, in 25 sorts. . 3.00 25.10

2,000,OCO Begonias (tuberous), singles 2.00 18.00

doubles 3.00 25.00

lOOOOO Dracaina Indivisa, Australis. 2.00 18.10

150,000 Aralia Sieboldii 2.00 18.00

300,000 Palms, young stuff for grow-
ing on 2.50 20.00

200,000 Smilas 1.50 12.00

Aspidistras, splendid stuff, $3000 per 1000 loaves.

Palms of all sizes at lowest prices.
Terms: Packed free on boat for cash.

80 Lupus street, PIMLICO, LONDON. ENGLAND.

FLORISTS' ORCHIDS

The Finest and Largest Stook

in the world.

CAIinFD ST. ALBANS, ENGLAND and
O/llllILK BRUGES, BELGIUM.

Send for List of Commercial Varieties

A. DIMMOCK, Agent, 60 Vesey St., N. Y.

0rchid5! ^

We are headquarters .for Orchids in the
"Dnited States — imported or established.
Also supplies, such as Peat, Moss and Bas-
kets. Our price list for 1901 now ready.

LAGER & HURRELL, shmm»: n- J-

Orcfald Growers and Importers.

Flowering Plants

Per 100

Chinese Primroses, 3>^-inch,
in bloom $5.00

Ageralum Princess Pauline, 2-in. 2.00

Fuchsias, 5 vars , 2-in 2.00

Abutilon, trailing, 2-in 3.00

Flowering Begonias, 2-in 2.00

Geraniums, assorted, 2-in 2.00

100,000

Hardy HerDaceous Plants

SEND FOR LIST.
CASH PLEASE.

EDWARD D. JAGKSDN,

Stamford, Conn.

Dahlias

Er THE

THOUSANDS.

If 'you expect to
carry olT some of
those prizes at the
Pan-America nor at
any other sbow.you
must get in line,
and get your order
in early."
My bahlias are
prize winners. Don't send for a "cheap mixture"
for I Qou't ciirry that kind.
Prices reasonable. Catalogue free.

W. W. WILMORE, The Dahlia Specialist,

Box 382, DENVER, COLO.

AGEBATUM

''Stella Gurney."

As necessary to your bedding stock as coleus or
geraniums.

3-inch pot plants $5.00 per 100

214-inch pot plants 2.50

Rooted Cuttings 1.50

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa.

IN BEST
..VARIETIES

SPECIALTIES

R08E8f from 3-lnoli poti.

CAKNATION8, for all dellTerr
CHRVSANTHCMUMS.
8MIUAX.
PnoMlow. Send for lilt. VIOLETS.

M/ooo mifOTHmna, /^ishkilj.. n. y.

PLEASE MENTION US TO OUR ADVERTISERS.

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1053

NORWAY

The Queen
of Commercial White Carnations.

Scored 9i at Baltimore, was awarded 1st prize
for lOO white, bronze medal for 12 best seed-
lings and first class Certificate of Merit. Stock
all sold until April 1st. Its vigorous, free
growth and tendency to bloom early insures a
safe investment for cuttings delivered in April.

EGYPT

A most distinct, dark variety, rich and
dazzling in color. Surpasses all other crim-
sons in length and strength of stem, exquisite
spicy odor and keeping qualities. Can be had
in good flower by November.

Above two varieties. $1.50 per doz., $10
per 100, $75 per 1000.

Genevieve
Lord

The greatest Money Making Pink. A friend
of the common people and a descendant of the
great Wm. Scott, whose illustrious mantle it is
wearing with becoming grace. Stock large
and in the pink of condition.

$5 per 100, $40 per 1000.

All of the new ones of this year, the best of
last year and the best standard varieties.

CARNATION NORWAY.

CHRYSANTHEMIM a urge stock of

TIMOTHY EATON l'ilch^'came''o''v'lr
the border from Canada and "whipped" every
variety which went up against it. The most
sensational white chrysanthemum ever offered.
50c each, $5 per doz., $30 per 100.

COMPLETE LIST OF OTHER NOVELTIES AND

STANDARD VARIETIES. CATALOGUE

READY. WRITE FOR IT.

H. WEBER & SONS, ''T'

ttnB LrOCkBr. I "«ot«<l CuHmgs carnations and Roses.

klllWl WIUWIIVII 2 CAI«I«A.TIOI«S. Per 100 Per 10

•1

from 2j4^-in. pots or sand, j
$3 per loo; $20 per 1000.
Stock A I. Send for
sample.

rUTBlSH,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Per 100 Per 1000

HESSION,

ROOTED CUTTINGS

CARNATIONS.

Ethel Crocker 100, |4.00; 1000, $30.00

White Cloud " 2.00; " iS.OO

Alaska (white) " 1 00; " 7.50

ROSES.

Golden Gate too, |l.SO; lOOO, J12.50

Bride " i.SO; " 12.50

Bridesmaid " i.SO; " 12.50

OEO. HARRER, Morton Qrove, III.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

CRANE $3.00

BRADT 200

EVANSTON 1.00

JOOST 1.00

WHITE CLOUD 1.00

FLORA HILL 1.00

DAYBREAK 1 .00

TRIUMPH 1.00

$25.00
17.50
9.00
9 .00
9.00
9.00
7.60
9.00

Per 100 Per 1000

KAISERIN $1.50 112.50

LA FRANCE 1.50 12.50

METEOR 1.50 12.50

PERLE 1.60 12.50

IRENE Per doz., $1.50; $10.00

ARMAZINDY 1.00

TIDAL WAVE 1.00

WM. SCOTT 1.00

ARGYLE 1.00

ETHEL CROCKER 3.00

GENEVIEVE LORD 3.00

MARQUIS 4.00

GUARDIAN ANGEL 6.00

Per 100

BRIDE $1.50

BRIDESMAID 1.50

GOLDEN GATE 1.50

Per 1000
$75.00

7.50

7.60

7.50

9.00
25.00
25.00
35.00
60.00

Per 1000
$12.50 ♦
12.50
12.50

a x-a

Per 100 Per lOOO

r»JL,A.PJTS.

Per 100 Per 1000

KAISERIN $3.00 $25.00

LA PRANCE 3.00 25.00

JIETEOK 3.00 25.00

PERLE 3.00 25.00

These cuttings are all well-rooted

BRIDE $3.00 $25.00

BRIDESMAID 3.00 25.00

GOLDEN GATE 3.00 25.00

guaranteed free from disease, carefully paclced. ♦

♦ GEORGE REINBERG, 51 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO. ♦

»♦♦♦♦♦»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

DOROTHY SWEET,

day,

the best scarlet Carna-
tion in the market to-
Rooted Cuttings ready now, $12. CO per 1000.

ORDER AT ONCE.

T. A. WEBB, CORFU. N. Y.

HJONEY

.«K,NG CARNATIONS

Eleven varieties of 1900, si.iteen older standard
sorts. Send for complete list.
GEO. HANCOCK & SON, Qrand Havea, Mich.

1054

The American Florist.

Mar. 2,

Baltimore.

MORE WORK FOE PARK SUPBRINTBNDENTS,
WITH INCREASED SALARIES.— PARK BOARD
IN GOOD FINANCIAL CONDITION.

The park board on February 19
increased the salary of every park
superintendent in its employ. The
increase in salary was allowed because
of the additional work which was added
to the superintendents. A financial state-
ment submitted by Charles R. Parkhnrst,
secretary and treasurer, shows a balance
ot $21,000 on hand to keep the parks
going until April 1. The present splendid
financial condition of the board is due to
a system of competitive bids_ lor small
articles needed from time to time. The
proposed squares at Locust Point and
Gwynne Falls were discussed. The board
decided to yisit Locust Point and go over
the ground very thoroughly. It was also
decided to buy stone for the improvement
of the lower roads in Druid Hill Park.

The increases in salary were: N. F.
Flitton, Clifton Park, from $19.23 to $30
a week. Mr. Flitton was given charge
of Bolton, Mount Royal and Mount
Vernon squares, in addition to Clifton
Park. Charles L. Seybold, Patterson
Park, from $25 to $30 a week. Mr. Sey-
bold also has charge of Broadway,
Jackson, Madison, Ashland and City
Springs squares. H. S. Sinclair, Carroll
Park, from $20 to $25 a week. Mr.
Sinclair also has charge ofWilkin avenue,
Franklin, Union, Lafayette and Perkins
squares. Captain William H. Cassell,
Druid Hill Park, from $28.84 to $33 a
week. The captain also has charge of
Harlem Park, Fulton, Eutaw place,
Bolin and Brewer's squares, Park place
and Liberty triangle.

ChangeYourRoseStock

Healthy Plants Grown from Grafted
Stock Cuttings.

strong, well established plants from 2i4-inoh pots,
ready lor shipment May 1st.

BRIDE I

BRIDESMAID S-at $3.00 100.

GOLDEN GATE )

Place your orders at once and choice stock will
be reserved for you.

L. L. MAY & CO ,

ST. PAUL, MINN.

Crimson Rambler Roses

These roses have fibrous roots and are par-
ticularly well adapted for potting and forc-
ing. 2 to 21/2 It. 110 per 100; 3 to 3^2 ft. JI2
per 100; 3!/, to 5 ft. $15 per 100.

f\ A 'KTIQ' A CS Write for Price List of
w JXJX jS^ JX0. nine new varieties.

The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa.
When you read this our

AMERICAN BEAUTY CUTTINGS

will be ready to send out. Order: 100 at $3.00;
1000 at $25.00.

GEO. A. KUHL, PEKIN, ILL.
O O L.CI vJ W J Cuttings.

VERSCHAFFELTII, rr.^ „„_ iftft

GOLDEN BEDDER, DUC PCP lUU,

^^^fR^EVR^fSr^' $5 per 1000.

C.OTTQSCHWABEJenkintown.Pa.

Please mention the American Florist when wtilittg.

REPORTtVi'e JUDGES

Appointed by THE PHILA. FLORISTS' CLUB
to judge our grand new ROSE

Queen of Edgely, Zmm beauty.

Wl^f "We are convinced that this variety is a valuable addition
to the list of forcing roses, being in every respect, except color,
the exact counterpart of the American Beauty. The color is a
beautiful, bright pinic, which is good, even in the full flowers. The
fragrance is also as fine as that of Beauty, and the exhibited
blooms showed remarkable vigor. ( Signed ),

ROBERT KIFT, WM. MUNRO, JOS. HEAGOCK."

The last two named were wlnnera of first prizes for American Beauties at the Bose
Show, Eden Musee, Ulaxclx 27, 190O.

FOR TERMS AND BOOKLET: ADDRESS

R. CRAIG & SON, East. Agts.,

49th and Market Sts., Phila.

E. G. HILL & CO., West. Agts.,

Richmond, Ind.

THE FLORAL EXCHANGE, Inc. |

335 N. Sixth St., ♦

PHiLADELPHiA, PA. t

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦

When writing mention the American Florist.

NEW RQ5E5 FOR 1901"

ALL THE NEW VARIEDES, INCLUDING

ROBERT SCOTT, QUEEN OF EDGELY

and others worth growing in fine stock. Also all the
STANDARD VARIETIES both for forcing and planting in the
open ground in At condition, fit for immediate shipment.

JOHN N. MAY, Summit, New Jersey.

A No. 1 Stock.

100

1000

$50.00
35 00
25.00
25.00

AMERICAN BEAUTY.

21/,-ini'h pots .$5.00

BRIDES. 2i/.-inch 8.00

BRIDESMAIDS, 2V4-inch 3.0J

METEOR, 2^-inph 3.'>0

LIBERTY, 2V4-inch 12.03

CA^H WITH ORDER-
JOHN MUNO, Rogers Park, Chicago.

Robert Scott,

EVERYBODY'S ROSE. Vri^'^{,u
Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, Dei.co ,Pa.

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria.

Both Climbing and Bush Kaiserin Cheap.

4-inch pots, 2 to 3 ft $10.00 per tOO

2-inch pots 3.00 per 100

THE ELIZABETH NURSERY CO.,

.ELIZABETH, N. J.

2&.000 Bridosmaids. Brides, Golden Gato.
grafted on Manetti stock, warranted to be
flrst-olass, 110.00 per 100; $90.00 per 1000.

OBDEBB BOOKED NOW.

3000 Meteors, from 2-inch pots, ready now,

$4 00 per ICO; *30,0O per 1000.
CUT FLOWERS, Roses, Carnations and violel^,

lai-^i'st and best t)uality in themarlvet. Orders

al\\a\s flll'-d on time.

CHRIS. HANSEN, St. Paul, Minn.

36,000

GRAFTED ROSES

On Manetti Stocks.

Bridesmaid, Bride, Golden Gate,
Kaiserin, 2'A-mch pots, $1200 per
100,295.00 per 1000. Sunrise, $15
per -too. Liberty, $18 per 100.

Orders booked now. Stock war-
ranted first-class.

100,000 ROOTED CARNATION CUT-
TINGS, ready now, of standard varie-
ties and last year's new ones.

S. J. BEUTER,

WESTERLY. R. I.

Please mention the American Florist 7vhen ivriting.

Rooted Rose Cuttings ^l!irfr?m"iisri

wood, fleld-grown plants; being of a robust
nature, they are superior to all others: Crim-
son Rambler, at $1 50 per 100.

ROSE PLANTS, from 2V4-in. pots, ready for 3-in. :

Crimson Rambler $2.00 per 100

Duchess de Brabant 2.00 per 100

Maman Cochet 2.50 per 100

Climbing Marie Quillot 2.50 per lOO

JUNIATA GREENHOUSES, Decatur, Ca.

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THE BIG rOUR.

OUR INTRODUCTIONS OF NEW CARNATIONS
•at ^ FOR J90t. S- J-

Per

doz.

Per
100

Per
1000

Slinheam* ^'^*''* bright flesh pink, early
a^uiiL'waiii. ffjg jpjj continuous bloomer.

Flowers of good form and size, borne on _ . , .,_

long stiff stems $1,50 $10 $75

Bon Homme Richard: ^.V/a

ordinary free bloomer; fine form, good size. . _- ^ . j,__
Stems 2>^ to 3 feel long $1.50 $10 $75

Nydia:

Variegated, salmon stripe on white
ground. Quick seller, extremely free

bloomer, fine form and stiff stem $1.50 $10 $75

Prnlifirfl* Cerise pink. Very long, stiff
i^iuiiiica. stems, large flowers, and as its ^

name indicates, an extra free bloomer $1.50 $10

First lot ready Feb. l,of the above four vars.

$75

OTHER VARIETIES.

Per 100 Per 1000

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson.... cerise pink $6.00 JiiO.OO

Olympift variegated 5.00 40.00

Marquis pink 5.00 40.00

Genevieve Lord " 5.00 40.00

Ethel Crocker " 4.00 35.00

Morning Glory light pink 4.00 35.00

G.H.Crane scarlet 3.00 25.00

Chicago " 3.00 25.00

Gold Nugget yellow 3.00 2.5.00

Gen. Maoeo crimson 2 00 15.00

Gen. Gomez •' 2.00 15.00

White Cloud white 2.00 15.00

Mrs. Frances Joost pink 2.00 15.00

Mrs. Jas. Dean ■' 2.00 15.00

John Young white 1.50 12.00

PIoraHill '• 1.60 12.00

Argyle cerise pink 1.50 12.00

Davbreak light pink 1.60 12.00

William Scott pink 1,00 8 00

Armazindy variegated 1.00 8.00

Guardian Angel 6.00 50.00

Peru 4.00 S.'i.flO

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 3.00 35.00

Triumph 1.50 12.50

Cerise Queen 1.60 12.50

Edna Craig 1.50 12.50

Evanston 1.50 12.50

Gov. Griggs 1.50 12.50

Melba 1.60 12.60

Evelina 1.00 8.00

Lizzie McGowan 1.00 7.50

Mrs. L. Ine 7.C0 60.00

-ALL ROOTED CUTTINGS NOW READY. WRITE FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR WANTS.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

Joliet, Illinois.

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WEILAND & RI5CH

can save you

money on

rooted

CUTTINGS

We have all the newer varie-
ties of Roses and Carnations.
Make out list of what
stock you may
need and let us
figure on it.

WRITE FOR CATALOQUB.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO.

OoVnAtlANft strong Rooted Cuttings
Uai llallUIIS Ready April 1st.

Victor, Daybreak, Flora Hill, I », ,„ ,f.„

Triumph j- »1 5U per lUU

White Cloud $2 00 per 100

G. H. CRANE $2.50 per 100

Cyperus AlternKolius, strong, stocky plants, from
SV^-inch pots, for immediate shipment, at
$3.00 per 100.

L. L. MAY & CO , St. Paul, Minn.

To Exchange

Rooted Cuttings of Ethel Crocker,
Frances Joost, G. H. Crane,
For Rooted Cuttings of Brides, Maids or
Meteors

Carnations fine, healthy stock; want the same
in roses.

MORTON GROVE GREENHOUSES. Morton Grove, III.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

ROOTED CUTTINGS 8Sr:I;I'oSI*~''*'"'

Alsostronj; healthy plants of LADY CAMPHELL
Violets from sand or soil. Send for price list,
WM. 8WAVNE, Kennett Square. Pa.

WE ARE DELIVERING

Rooted

Cuttings of

and all the other new ones as below :

PROSPERITY

Carnations.

PROSPERITY (666). Each. 50c; 12 for J5.00; 25 for »8.2,^; 60 for $10.00; 100 for $16.00; 250 for
$37.50; 500 for $70.00; T50 for $101.25; 1000 for $130.00.

Oueen Louise doz., $1.60; 100, $10.00; 1000, $75.00

Dorothy " 1.60 " 10.00 " 75.00

Irene.. " 1-50 " 10.00 " 75.00

Roosevelt " 2.50 " 12.00 " lOO.OO

Strong plants transplanted into soil and flats. Every one sure to
grow. Sorts marked * ready now in soil.

100 1000

♦Flora Hill $1.75 $15.00

*Wm. Scott 1.50 12 00

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 4.00 30.00

Gold Nugget 4.00 30.00

Chicago 4.00 30.CO

Gen. Maceo 3.00 25.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00 25.00

Daybreak 2.00 15.00

New Chrysanthemums. \^%^^\ '\r,^'^t.Tl'^l^^T^.

best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton. Yanariva.

100 1000

♦Marquis $5.00 $40.00

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 7.00 60.00

♦Estelle 7.00 60.00

♦Ethel Crocker 5.00 40.00

♦Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

♦Morning Glory 4.00 35.00

♦G.H.Crane 3.00 25.00

♦America 3.00 25.00

♦ White Cloud 2.00 17.60

THE QRAND ITCW

PINE QERANIVM

Jean Viaud.

Doz., $1.25; per 100, $10.00.
2-inch pots.

CannaS. Buy now! Don't eet left again.

VAUGHANS' SEED STORE,

14 BARCLAY STREET
NEW YORK.

GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL,

84 & 86 RANDOLPH STREET.
CHICAGO.

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ROOTFD
CITTINOS

Carnations.

SPECUL PRICES rOR MARCH DELIVLRY.

PINK— ETHEL CROCKER,
GENEVIEVE LORD,
MRS. BERTRAM LIPPIXCOTT.
WHITE— ELM CITY,

PERO, WHITE CLOOD.
8CARLET-G. H. CRANE.
STRIPED— MRS. G. M. BRADT,

OLYMPIA.
CRIMSON— MACEO. GOMEZ.
DARK PINK-LESLIE PAUL.

Write me today how many you will want of
the above varieties and I will make you a special
quotation and send sample of the cuttings if
desired.

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa.

WELL ROOTED CUTTINGS

FROM THE SAND.

Orders Taken Now to be Delivered from Now on.

100 1000

T. W. Lawson $6.00 $50.00

Marquis 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35.00

G. H. Crane 25.00

G. M. Bradt 20.00

Red Bradt 25.00

.Tas. Dean 12.60

While Cloud 12.50

Argyle , . . . . 12.00

Triumph T.... 12.00

Joost 12.00

Davbreak 10.00

McGowan 8.00

Flora ilill 12.00

Ravenswood Station,
CHICAGO. ILL.

ANTON THEN,

1056

The American Florist.

Mar. 2.

Albany.

TRADE SLACKS UP AT THE ADVENT OF
LENT.— MANY DECORATIONS CALLED FOR
BEFORE ASH WEDNESDAY. — VARIOUS
NOTES.

A number of bulb agents from growers
in Holland have called upon the trade
here during the past week but have
secured few or no orders. The complaint
made against these men is that they try
to sell to the retail trade and at the same
time solicit orders from the large whole-
sale houses with which the florists do
business. The local men say that they
can buy the same goods just as cheap
fiom their wholesale friends in New York,
Chicago and other large cities.

Eyres had charge of the decorations at
the dinner given by the republican organ-
ization of Albany county, February 15.
The banquet hall, in which 465 guests
were seated, was handsomely festooned
with laurel and southern smilax; the
tables were decorated with azaleas, prim-
roses and palms. Beside the plate of
each guest was a William Scott carna-
tion for the buttonhole.

Whittle Brothers had charge of the dec-
orations at a dinner given by Col. Part-
ridge on February 1-t. The decorations
were principally American Beauty roses
and maidenhair ferns. The same firm
made an eight foot, six-pointed star as a
centerpiece for the table at a dinner Feb-
ruary 19.

Danker had the decorations at the
reception given by Bishop Burke to the
members of the Catholic Union and also
the floral decorations at the alumni ban-
quet of the Christian Brothers Academy
February 18.

Sidce the beginning of Lent trade has
been very quiet, the orders being confined
largely to luneral work and cut flowers.

August Rolker, of New York, was a
recent visitor, as was Walter Mott, ot
Philadelphia. R. D.

i

Durham, N. H.— C. W. Waid. assistant
horticulturist at the New Hampshire
College, has resigned his position to take
a similar post at the Ohio State Experi-
ment Station.

The Horticultural TRADE BULLETIN

is a monthly publication issued by us which con-
tains a complele list of the stock offered by us
and much else of interest to the trade.

IT WILL BE MAILED FREE to any mem-
ber of the trade uiion application.
We still have unsold a splendid assortment of
ROSES CLEMATIS VINES CONIFERS
HERBACEOUS PLANTS
FLOWERING SHRUBS
ORNAMENTAL TREES (Includhig C. L. Birch)
CURRANTS CRAPES CHERRIES

GOOSEBERRIES PEACHES

Special bargains to ofTer in herbaceous plants

and conifprs. ^^If you are a wholesale buyer ol

trees or plants and do not receive the "Bulletin" be

sure to write lor it.

JACKSON & PERKINS CO., l%T{\w.

SMALL FERNS.

Younfl Stock for Fern Pans.

Four best varieties in 2^ inch pots,

$3.50 per 100 - $30.00 per 1000

J. F. KIDWELL & BRO..

3806-24 Wenlworth Ave^ CHICtCO.

Cyclamen ffiS

Transplanted, ready for 3-inoh pots, extra
stocky plants, |i..W per 100; liiO.OO per 1000.

Only the cream ot varieties, 3(4-inoh, J2..W
per 100; 3-inch, $1 ijer 100; 4-incli, $7 per 100.

C. WINTERICH, Defiance, Ohio.

CARNATION CUTTINGS.

All the new and standard varieties, free from ruHt and all other diseases. f

Our stock is in fine shape and all cattiug:s are well rooted when sent oat*

Mrs. Leopold Inc V^^^t m mo

and best paying red Carnation. payint; pink Carnation. Rooted

Rooted Cuttings: $ 7.00 860.00

Sunbeam 10.00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 7R.00

Nvdia 10.00 75.00

Prolifloa 10.00 75.00

Irene 10.00 75.00

Mrs. Lawson 6.00 55.00

Marquis ' 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35.00

Ethel Crocker 3.00 25.t0

Crane 3.00 25.00

Peru 2.50 20.00

America 2.50 20.00

Mrs. Bradt 2.50 20.00

Triumph 1.00 9.C0

payint; pink Carnation.

Cutlines

John Youn;x

White Cloud

Daybreak i

ArKyle

Evanston

F. Joost

Cerise Queen

Edna Craig

Gov. Griggs

Melba

Armazindy

Hill

Evelina .•

McGowan

$6.00
1.50
l.S
1.25
1.00
1.00

. l.OO
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
l.OO

. 1.00
1.00

$50.00
12.50
10.00
10.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
7.60
7.50

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

100 lOOO

Bridesmaid r $1.50 $12.50

Bride 1.50 12.50

Golden Gate 1.50 12.50

Meteor 1.50 12.50

Perle ., 1.50 12.50

2 1-2 INCH ROSE PLANTS.

100 1000

Liberty $12.00 $100.00

Bridesmaid 3.00 25.00

Bride 3.00 25.00

Meteor 3.00 25.00

GoldenGate 3.00 25.00

Kaiserin 3.0) 25.00

Perle 3.00 25.00

All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately,
when money will be refunded.

PETER REINBERG, ^i wabasn Ave., Chicago, 111.
ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS "tZL"^e1ii?"

NEW VARIETIES. (1901 INTRODUCTIONS.)

Sunbeam, (flesh pink) $10.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000

Bon Homme Richard, (whiter lO.OO " 75.00 "

Nydia. (variesated white and light salmon) 10.00 " 75.00 "

Prolifica, (cerise pink) 10.00 " 75.00 "

Guardian Angel, a very fine pink; strong stems and good bloomer. It is a

moneymaker 4.00 " 35.00 "

STANDARD VARIETIES.

PINK. 100

Mrs. T. W. Lawson. .$7.t0

Marquis 5.00

Genevieve Lord 5.00

Ethel.Crocfter 4.00

Triumph 1.50

Argyle 1.50

Daybreak 1.50

Scott 1.00

All Cuttings sold unde,
money will be refunded.

1000

$60.00
40.00
40.00
35.00
12 50
12.50
12.00
7.50

WHITE.

100 1000

White Cloud $2.00 $15.00

Flora Hill 1.25 10.00

Evelina l.()0 7.50

McGowa.n l.OO 7.50

SCARLET. 100

G. H. Crane $3.00

Chicago 3.00

America 2.50

Evanston 1.50

VARIBaATBD.

Olvmpia .5.00

Mrs. G. M. Bradt.... 3.00
Armazindy 1.25

1000
$25.00
25.00
20.00
12.50

40.00
17.50
10.00

the condition that if not satisfactory they are to be returned at once, when

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO.. Milwaukee, Wis.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

TOMATO — Ijorillard, Mayflower, Dwarf Cham-
jiioii, Aeuie, Stone and other varieties readv for
transplanting, 15o per 100; $1.00 i)er 1000; $8.50
per 10,000. If by mail add 10c per KO.

EGG PLANT — N.Y. Improved, good size tor trans-
lilaiilinir or potting, 2Sc per 100; $3.00 per 1000;
JI.S.IjO per 10,000. If bv mail add 10c per luO.

PEPPER- -Bull Nose, Ruby King, Sweet Mountain
and other varieties, ready for transplanting,
25c per 100; $2.00 per K'OO; $15.00 per 10,000. If
by mail, add ICc per 100.

BEET—Earlv Egyptian, 20c per 100; $1.50 per 1000;
$13.50 per 10,000. If by mail, add lOo per ICO.

BRUSSELS Sl»KOUTS— 25e per 100.

CABBAGE— In var.. 25c per 100; $1.25 per 1000.

CAULIFLOWER— 35c per 100. Cash with order.
R. VINCENT. Jr., & SOM. White Marsh. Md.

PALMS^OSTONS

Walter Retzer & Co.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

2045-59 Clarendon Ave.

(N. Halsted St.) ^

Areca Lutescens
Kentia Belmoreana
Kentia Forsteriana
Latania Borbonica

Grown JQJ^pH HEACOCK, Wynco.e.P..

.by..

Send for Wholesale Price List.

Crefaininms m'^.^^-j-'?"'' couection.

Double Fringed Petunias,
Fine Asparagus Sprengerii. All the above from
2-inch pots at $3.00 per 100.

K. I. RAW^LINOS, Qoakertown, Fa.

I™ Regan Printing House

NURSERY

SEED

ELORISTS

CATALOGUES

87-9J Plymooth Place,
>jt.?tCHICAGOjt>J*

FOR ALL PURPOSES
MADE TO ORDER....

RUSTIC WORK

Do the American Florist a small favor.
Mention the paper when writing adver-
tisers.

In stock, the most extensive variety in the
country, of Baskets Window Boxes, Stands,
Brackets and original designs. Prices low.

RUSTIC MFG. & CONSTRUCTION CO.,

19 Fulton Street, NEW YORK CITY.

Please nteKtion the American Florist when writing.

The Conley Foil Co.

Manofactarers ot

2 AND 4 DOMINICK STREET.
^^^^M "IV 1 — 1-|- 'Vox'lc.

Pt£ase mention the American Florist when writing.

Stop Walking the Floor, you won't be diiap-

pointed if you place your orders for

SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX

With CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN CO., Evergreen,
Ala. or their agents, L. J. Kreshover, New York;
J. B Deamud. Chicago; M. Rice A Co., PhUadel-
phia Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis. Our advice:
Wire your address and go *'Sleep in peace."
Please mention the American Florist when writing.

igoT.

The American Florist.

1057

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<

I [xhibition |
j Carnations j

^ THE SIXTH ANNUAL CARNATION EXHI- ^

^ lilTloN OF TUK ♦

Boston Cooperative J

Flower Growers' Association J

WIT.L r.K HKLD AT TUE ▼

FLOWER MARKET |

Park St., Boston, Mass , «

ON SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1901. |

Exhibition Opens at 10 A. M. #

^ For circulars giving full particulars, ^

— address — ♦

GEORGE CARTWRIGHT, I

♦ AT THE MARKET. ♦

»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦

Carnation Cuttings.

Well rooted stock now ready
for delivery.

Per 10(1 Pit Kkki

WHITE DAYBREAK 12 («i JI5.0(1

WHITE CLOUD 1.50 1 ! 50

GENEVIEXIO LORD 5.10 40. Co

ETHEL CROCKER 3 60 27 EO

G. H. CRANE 3.00 25.00

GKN. MACEO 2.03 15 00

MRS. liRADT 2.E0 20.00

EVAXSTON....: 1.50 12.50

DAYBREAK 1.60 12 05

W. p. HARVEY, Geneva, III.

ADMilRAL GERVERA

The easiest Yellow Variegated Carna-
tion to grow, free and healthy. ^ Jf

GOETHE

A beautiful Light Pink Carnation,
very large, in perfect condition. ^ ^

Rooted Cuttings $10 per 100, $90 per 1000

BELIVKRED NOW.

C. BESOLD> Mineola, L. I., N- Y.
ROOTED CUTTINGS.. .

Roses, $I.S0 per lOO. Carnations, best viirs.,t<0''
to t3 per 100. Geraniums, f~ per 100. Verbenas,
fiOo per 100. All stronslv riioted. FullvHlue,
i;ood stock. W. H. Gullett & Sons, Lincoln. III.
_ Piease mention the A merican Ftomt ivheu ut itntji-

From Photograph of Queen Louise taken Jan. S8, 1901.

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation oroduces the finest flowers, is perfectly healthy
and is the best white variety ever introduced.

IT BLOOMS EARLY

IT BLOOMS LATE

IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Our price list contaios cuts from photographs taken every two weeks during the months of February,.
March, April, May, June, October and November. No other Carnation can stand such a test.

Drlnn *'" P" 'O"-
rriCe $75 per 1000.

Rooted Cuttings ready now.

Come and see it or tend lor circular.

Blooxxisbufg, Pa.

sseggggggggggsgg;

Rose Cuttings! Carnation Cuttings!

ROOTED

100

Brides $1.50

Bridesmaids 1..SIJ

Meteors 1.50

Perles 1.50

Golden Gate 1 .50

ROSE CUTTINGS.

icoo 100

*jri:'^ Ladv Dorothea $1.50

,^ Kuiserin 1.50

l'""so Maman Cochet 1.50

liiso American Beauty 3.00

I

CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 lOOO '00

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson $7.00 J60.00

The Marquis 6 00 60.00

Estelle 7.00 60.00

Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

Ethel Crocker 5.C0 40.00

Olympia 5.00 40.00

G. H. Crane 3.O0 25.00

Mrs. George M. Bradt 3.0D 25.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00 25.00

America 3.00 25.00

Chicago 3.00 25.00

Mabel 3.00 25.00

Elsie Ferguson 3.00 25.00

Gold Nugget 3.00 25.(0

Pingree 3.00 2.5.00

Mrs. James Dean 2 CO 15.00

Mrs. Krances Joost 2 01 15.00

Genesee 2.00 15.00

Marv Wooi 2.00 15.0U

John Young 2.03 15.C0

John Hinkle 2.00 15.C0

Dorothy Sweet 2.00 15.00

Jubilee 2.00 1,5.00

White Cloud $2.00

Leslie Paul 2.00

Gov. Griggs 2 0J

Albertiui 2.00

Dawn 2.00

Eldorado 2.00

Melba 2.00

Victor 1.60

Triumph 1 50

Daybreak l.FO

Ivo'ry 1.50

Evelina ] 50

Flora Hill 1.60

Cense Queen l.f

Meteor i ..tO

Armazindy 1 50

Iris Miller l.fo

Sandusky 1.25

William Scott 1.25

Tidal Wave 1.00

Portia 1 .00

Lizzie McGawan 1. 00

Psyche 1.00

lOCO

$12.50
12.50
12.60

as.oo

1000
$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
17.00
12.50
12.60
12.f0
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.60
12.60
12.50
10.00
10.00
800
8.00
8.00
7.50

We offer only choice Rooted Cuttings, flrst-class in every respect, true to nan-e. 25 at 100
rates; 250 at 1000 rates. Write for catalogue and complete list of Carnations and R jses, rooted
cuttings and in pots.

Do you receive our weekly price list? If not, write us; we will place your name on
our mailinjj list.

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

Say, Read This !

Going at mere nothing, 25,000 A No. t
rooted cuttings of Ethel Crocker, at
J2.50 per IOC;|23 per lOOo, until sold.

All orders amounting to $;0 or over, e.vpn'ss
paid to any p:irt of tlie United States. Have all
the 1900 novelties and stiindiird varieties.

D. R. HERRON. OLEAN. N. Y.

CARNATIONS

Ail the new
and standard
v;irielies. Write for prices.

Asparagus Sprengeiii, 3-inch $4.0] per 100

Aspaiagui Plumosus. 3 " II.OO per 100

Small Ferns lor dishes. 4 vara ,2!4-in. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata. 2^-inch 4.i'0 per 100

Boston Ferns, 8~inch pans $15 and $18 per doz.

2!^-inch 4.00 per 100

3-inch 8.00perl00

CARL HACENBERCER, West Mentor, O.

1058

The American Florist.

Mar. 2,

Toronto.

MONTHLY MEETING OF THE GABDBNERS
AND FLORISTS.— THADE SLACKS UP A
BIT.— PRICES WEAKENING.

The regular tnonthly meeting of the
Gardener8' and Florists' Association was
held in St. George's Hall on February 19.
It was arranged to have a carnation
show in the pavilion oi the gardens on
March 7. Most of the novelties for 1901
are promised and the display is expected
to excel that of last year. It was
decided to have a supper after the show
and entertain the visitors. After the
business oi the meeting Fred Brown read
a paper on the relationship of the whole-
sale and retail florists. Mr. Brown
spoke of the harmony existing between
the florists of the city and the paper
proved so good that it was motioned to
nave it re-read at the next meeting, when
there will be more time for a proper dis-
cussion.

The Lenten season has caused a drop
in trade, stock is becoming more plenti-
ful and prices on good roses have fallen a
few cents. The new list quotes teas at
$10 per hundred. Beauties are very
scarce and Liberty not seen. Carnations
are becoming more plentiful and in excel-
lent shape. Violets are of fine quality
and some very good Princess of Wales
are seen with long stems.

Wm. Gay, who has been laid up with
the grip, is again able to attend to busi-
ness.

• H. J. Goemans, the bulb man, is in
town. H. G. D.

Highland, N. Y.— J. K. Phesey, who
was foreman for several years for M. J.
Lyhch, is now occupying a similar posi-
tion with J. W. Feeter.

Write lor Price List. J. B. HEISS>
The Exotic Nurseries. DAYTON, OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous
AND Alpine Plants. Gr^own

A Complete Assortment of Old and New Vars.

The Blue mil Nursery, So. Bralntree, Mass.

CORREBPONUENCK SOLICITED.

NBPHROLBPI8 WITTBOLDI

Strong Plants, ready tor 3-inoh and 4-inch pots,
tl.OO each; $10.00 a dozen; 175.00 per lOO.

The GEO. WITTBOLD GO.

Palms and Terns

1657 Buckingham St., CHICAQO, ILL.

Palms 9 Ferns.

HOME-GROWN, FINE, CLEAN
STOCK; GROWN COOL,.

STRONG 2 YEAR
►•• FIELD GROWN.

CRIMSON RAMBLER, extra strong 112.00 per 100.

HYBRID PERPETUAL, in fine assortment $10.00 per 100, $90.00 per 1000.

HYBRID PERPETUAL, in fine assortment, 2d size 6.00 " 50.00

These are well rooted, good stock, but not quite heavy enouj^h to go into first grade.

\1 to 15 inches high.

AZALEA MOLLIS

(Iliirdy). Fine for Easter Forcing.
$.15.00 per 100 15 to 18 inches liigh.

. $40.00 per 100

RHODODENDRONS.

Busliv plants well set with buds.
18 to 20 inches high $75.00 per 100 20 to 24 inches high $100.00 per 100

SPIRAEAS

JAPONICA $3.00 per 100 ASTILBOIDES FLORIBCNDA .... $4.00 per 100

NANA COMPACTA $5.00 per 100

PALMS

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 2!4-inch pots $8.00 per 100, $75.00 per 1000

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 3-inch pots, 4 and 5 leaves $15.00 per 100

KENTI.V BELMOREANA, 4 inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high 30.00

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5-inch pots, 18 inches high 60.00 "

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5 and 6-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high 75.00 "

KENTIA PORSTERIANA, 2^-inch pots 10.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA.^inch pots, 12 inches high 15.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERTANA, 4-inch pots, 15 to 18 inches high 35.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERI AX A, 5-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high 50.00 '•

KENTIA FORSTERIAN A, 5 and 6 inch pots, 24 to 28 inches high 75.00 "

ARECA LUTESCENS, 2!/i-inch pots $6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000

ASPARAGUS

PLDMOSDS NANUS, 3 in. pots $ 6.00 per 100 |S§|5^1?"' I^'"'°- ?°'' '^'S^P".."'*'

PLUMOSUS NANUS 4-in. pots 12.00 " iSSH^^gJi' f!"- P"'' |-"S

■^ SPRENGERII, 4-in. pots 8.00 "

BOSTON FERNS

strong 2-inch pots $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesvflle, 0.

500,000 Verbenas

THE CHOICEST VAHIETIES
IS CUIiTIVATION.

Fine pot plants $2.50 per 100: $20 per 1003. Rooled Cuttings 60c per 100: $5 per 1000: $46 per 10,000.

NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKED LIGHT, AND SATISPACTtON GUARANTEED SEND FOR CIRCULAR.
We are the I^argest Gru^rere of Verbenas In the country.

Oar plants cannot be surpassed.

P/t'ase mention the American FfnriU ivhen rifritinz

r»a.

Have You Seen the Lorraines?

These new Begonias are sure to be in great
demand. Let us bool; your order NOW for June
delivery.

Gloire de Lorraine, jtiS.oo per lOO.
Light Pink Lorraine (Lonsdale's variety)
$25. uo per ito.

Are also book ng orders for new Chryganthe-
mums, Carnations, Cannas and Qeranlums.

Catalogue Free.

NATHAN SMITH & SON. Adrian. Mich.

St ong ROOTED CUTTINGS of

Princess of Wales Violets

$6 00 per 1000.

Also all tlie If.idinK varieties of CARNATIONS.
Send for price list.

FirV i, FAtlPR I40> Woolsey Street.
VWlK dt rADCn, SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.

Onn nnn Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fresh
^UUiUUU picked from our own plants, sure

to grow, UOc per IOO;-$7.50 per 1000.
Alternantheras— Red, yellow, pink, 60c per 109:

$.5.00 per lOOO. prepaid.
'Mums— Fine rooted cuttings, W. R. Smith. Daille-

douze, Maj. BonnatTon, II. Robinson. F. Hardy,

.7. .Tones, etc., $1.50 per 100.
Boston Ferns, 2^-inch, 50c per doz ; $3.00 per 100.

:i-inch, $1.00 per doz.: $10.00 per 100.
Geraniums— I'. Kruant, Gettysburg, Crystal, Mme.

liruant, etc. 3 inch, $2.00 per 100.

A. J. BALDWIN, Newark. Ohio.

The Famous Kudzu Vine — Hardy as a rock. Lasts
.SO years. Can be cut back every year. Grows
fjQ feel in one season. $7.00 per 100.

Asparagus Sprengeri— Strong 3^-iu., $6.00 per 100.

New Rose Snowflake— The Daisy Rose. $10 per lOO.

New Lace Fern— Fronds last a month, $6.00 per 100.

New Russelia Multiflora~2>^-incli, $4.00 per 100.

SO New Plants not to be Had Elsewhere.

Callat— White, $3 per 100; Spotted, $3; Yellow, »w.

Cannat, Dahlias, and all summer tplooming bulbs.

Electros and Cuts for Florists and Seedsmen,

A. BLANC. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

BUCKLEY'S

Plants and
Rooted Cuttings
GERANIUMS.

25.000 Rooted Cuttings— -ill strong, selected top
cuttiET^s, well rooted, ready for 2Vi-incli pots, is
the kind of stock we send out, of the following
superb varieties, at $2.00 per 100; $18 00 per 1000:
Bnianti, Heteranthe, Grant, S. A. Nutt, Athlete,
Frances Perkins, E. G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine,
Mrae. Jaulin, Mme. Bruant. La Favorite, Mrs. J.
M. Garr. Same varieties X X strong, 2!4-inob,
$2.60 per 100; $22.50 per lOCO.

ROSE GERANIUMS AND IVY GERANIUMS— Strong
2y,-inch, $3.00 per 100.

VERBENAS. Special. 20th Century Collection.
Ni'w mammoth, consisting of 20 grand varieties,
10,000 strong 2-inch and 2>^-inch pot plants, full
of cuttings, to move quick, $1.60 per 100; $12.50
per 1000.

COLEUS — Golden Bedder and VerschafTeltii,
strong selected top cuttings, well rooted, 75c per
lOtl; $ii.00 per 1000.

NEW AGERATUMS— Stellii Gurney, the grand
novelty of 1900, and Snow Drift, the peerless
white, strong 3-inch stock plants full of cuttings,
60c per dozen; $3.00 per 100. Strong rooted cut-
tings $1.00 per 100. Louise Bonnatt, latest novelty
in white, and Princess Pauline, latest blue,
strong 2!4-inch. $1.50 per 100; strong R. C, 60c
per 100, (special).

CASH WITH ORDKR.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Springflald, III.

Mease mention the Ameficun FiOfist when uirittng.

ROOTED CUTTIRGSand POT PLANTS Cheap for Cash.

Pansies, Hue transplanted stock. Giant Trimar-
deau, $3 per 1000; 50o per 100, by mail.

Petunias. Double Fringed, in finest mixture, 2^-
iuch, $2 per 100.

Begonias, mixed, 3-inch, 50c per doz.; %i per 100.

Fuchsias, mixed, $2 per 100. R. C. $1 per 100.

Lobelia c. p. compacta, German Ivy, Cuphea plat..
Salvia Splendens and Bandfire, Heliotrope, e.ich
from 2is-in. puts, $1.60 per 100. R. ('. 75c per 100.

Carnations — Flora Hill. $1 per 100, by mail; $y per
ItKHl, by f.\].n-ss. McGowan, $1 per UK), by mail;
iio.^() P'-r KHHi. by express.

Chinese Primrose, in bud, 4-inch pots, S{>lendid
colors. $6 per 100. Primula Obconica, strong, large-
lowering, from 4-inch pots, $6 per 100.

B. IMZ'VBIC, ^atA-vla. 111.

I go I.

The American Florist.

1059

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5 FTIiOIWI

YOUR ROOTED
CUTTINGS
OF CARNATIONS

HEALTHY STOCK.

Our plants are free from disease, have been
grown cool and not forced in the propagating
bench. We offer the following varieties and
especially recommend Gen. Gomez.

This carnation has proved this year the best crimson
yet introduced. It is the Jacic of carnations. In the New
York market it commands the highest wholesale price.

THE OAKLAND ROSE NURSERIES

Per 100 Per ICOO

GEN. GOMEZ f 5 00 $40.00

MRS. THOS. W. LAWSON 7.00 60.00

GENEVIEVE LORD 5.C0 40.C0

ETHEL CROCKER 5.C0 40 00

G. H. CRANE 5.00 40.00

THE MARQUIS 4.00 35.C0

OLYMPIA 4 00 35.00

MRS. BRADT 4 00 35.00

WHITE CLOUD 4 00 35.00

FLORA HILL 3.00 25 00

GEN. MACEO 3.00 25.00

WILLIAM SCOTT (old fash-
ioned, healthy stock) 2.00 15 00

JOHN H. TAYLOR, Proprietor.

BAY SIDE, NEW YORK.

1 Hear Ye! The Bell will Ring |

I On Tuesday, March 5tli, at II 4. M. %

I And ELLIOTT'S AUCTION ROOM will then open for the spring I

I season with a tempting line of dwarf and standard Roses, Rhododendrons, |

I Mollis Azaleas, Hydrangeas, dwarf and standard Conifers, Lily Bulbs, I

I including Auratum, Rubrum and Album, Tuberoses and Gladioli. ^ ^ |

I COME ONE! COME ALL! |

I WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, 54 oey w New York. |

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STRONG ROOTED CUTTINGS READY APRIL Isl.
EARLY SORTS:

Bergmann. white; Rose Owen, pink; Yellow
Monarch, $1 50 per 100.
MID-SEASON VARIETIES:

Mr-;. II. Robiiiion. \vhiti'; Mrs. Murdock. pink,

$1.50 i>er lOJ. Mr». W. II. Weeks, white;

.Vustniliaii Gold, yellow, ll.LO per 100.
FOR THANKSGIVING TRADE:

Golden Wcddinij;, l*hiladelplii:i. Mrs. .Jcrniue

.Tones, Maud Dean, $1.50 per 100. Autumn

Glory, $1.C0 per 110.
FOR CHRISTMAS BLOOMING:

H. W. Riemau, yellow; The Harriott, pink;

Yanonia, white, $;i.00 per 100.

L. L. MAY & CO., St. Paul, Minn.

^^ ■* ^ ■ ^fc ^ Giant mixcj of IJugnot, Cas-
VQIlOIQO ^'^''' (^'l'^'' ^°d Trimardtaw
rfflll^lll^ strains. We are positive of
I UIIVIWV having the finest Pansies in
the United States this year. Price, exira fine
stocky plants, 60o p<;r lOU; $2.75 per 1000. Extra
large plants in bud and bloom, $1 per 100; $8 per
lOOO. VINELESS SWEET POTATO (new), grows
same as Irish potato. \'ery produc.ive, $1.00 per
peck; $2.5U per bushel.

For rooted cuttings of Carnations, see issue
of February 23 this paper.

Cash With Order.

HY. ERNST & SON, Washington, Mo.
American Florist Advts.

Mean More Business.

SPECIAL BARGAINS

All plants quoted
from 2ys-inch pots,
except where
noted.

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE FOLLOWING:

.Vsparagus Plumosus Nanus, $3.50 per ICO, $30 per

lOCO.
.Vsparagus Sprengerii, .$2.50 per 100, $20 per 1000.
Acalvpha Sanderii and Triuraphans, $3 per 100,

$25"per lOlO.
Azaleas, 12-inch heads, best vars., $4 per dozen,
lioston Ferns, $3 per 100, %S, per 1000.
Crotons, finest assortment. $3 per 100, $25 per 1000.
Calla Lilies, blooming bulbs, "5c per dozen, $5 per

ICO.
Cannas, all the leading varieties, wellTStablis^ed

in 1)01 s, $5 per 101).
Camellia JapoQJca, 20 inches in height, assorted

colors. 50c each, $5 per dozen.
Coleus in all the leading varieties, $2.50 per 100,

$20 per 1000.
Geraniums, double and single varieties, the very

best, $3 per lOO. $25 per 1000.

Hibiscus. 10 sorts, $2.E0 per 100.

Heliotropes, $2.50 per lOU, $20 per 100.

Ponderosa Lemon, bears fruit 2 pounils and up;
an ideal pot plant. It blooms and fruits when
quite small. $1 per doz.. |7 per 100, $60 per ICOO.

Olaheite Orange, $3 per 10', $25 per 1000.

Moon Vines, $3 per 100.

Russelias, the two new sorts, $2.50 per lOO.

Sniilax. $2 per ICO, $17.50 per lOOO.

Salvia SplenUens, $2.50 per 100.

Lemon Verbena, $2 per 100.

Tuberoses, first-class bulbs, TBc per 100, $8 per 1000.

Roses, all the leading varieties. Teas, Hybrid
Teas, Climbers, from 2!4-inch pots, $2.50 per ICO.
Ilvbrid Perpetuals, $3.60 per lilO. Strong Roses
from 4-inoh pois. Teas. 8c.; Hybrid Teas, lOc.
Climbers and Hybrid Perpetuals, 12c.

Send us your list of Roses for speciaf quotation. Our Wholesale Price List just out.
Write for it today.

The Good & Reese Co.

SP RINGFI ELD, OHIO. j»

The largest rose growers in the world.

SEEP Pansies '•^"^s

The Jennings strain. Fiik- stock, choice varie-
ties. Medium size plants, 60c, per UO by mail, $4
fter 1000 by express. Estrji fine stocky plants in
)ud anil bloom $1 per lOO; |I0 per 1000. The above
prowinj; in co'>l gref^nhouses. Seed, $1 per pkt.,
$5 per oz. Cash with order.
L. B. JENNINGS. Grower of the Finest Pansies,
L.ock Box ^54, 8outhport, Conu.

Schmidt's Pansies

HAVE NO EQUAL.

Fine stockv plants. 50 .-ts. per 100; 1i.'!.50 Tier ICOO.
FORGET-ME-NOT. lar^e pl.uits. HOcts. per 100; $4.00

per 1000.
DASIES (Uellis). .Snowball and Longfellow, 40ct8.

per 100; $3.00 per 1000.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

1060

The American Florist.

Mar. 2,

Syracuse, N. Y.

HOBTICULTUHAL SOCIETY ELECTS OFFI-
CERS. — DELEGATES TO ROSE SOCIETV
MEETING. — FALL SHOW PLANNED.

The twelfth ainpual meeting of the Cen-
tral New York Horticultural Society was
held February 22. The meeting was
fairly well attended and considerable
important business was transacted. The
report of the treasurer showed that there
was considerable money in the treasury
and that there were no debts. The fol-
io wing officers were elected: President, S.
T. Betts; treasurer, David Campbell; sec-
retary, 'N. H. Chapman; vice-presidents,
the Rev. W. A. Beauchamp, L. E. Mar-
quisee, A. D. Perry, E. A. Powell, J.
William Smith and A. C. Chase. Peter
Kay and George Ham were re-elected
members of the executive committee for a
term of three years.

S. T. Betts and David Campbell were
elected delegates to the annual meeting
of the American Rose Society, to be held
at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New
York on March I'.i, 20 and 21. Col. A.
C. Chase and J. William Smith were
chosen alternates.

Plans were completed for a series of
lectures on horticulture and floriculture.
The lectures will be delivered during the
months of March, April and May. It
was decided to hold a rose and straw-
berry show in this city June G and 7.
This will be the first time that anything
of the kind has ever been held in Syracuse.

It was decided also to hold a chrysan-
themum show in the Alhambra on
November 12, 13 and 14. Extensive
preparations will be made for the show
and it will be a very elaborate exhibition.

At the conclusion of the business ses-
sion of the society a programme of music
and recitations was given. The head-
quarters were decorated for the occasion
with potted plants and cut flowers.
Much enthusiasm was exhibited by all
thfe members present. They believe that
the coming year will be the most success-
ful since the organization of the society.

3 - Great Glories - 3

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE, 2X-inoh

pots, 116.00 per 100.
BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE Nana Com-

pacta, 2^4-inch pots, 115.00 per 100.
BEGONIA CALEDONIA, 'The White Lorraine,"

3^-inch pots, $5.00 each.
This stocli guaranteed absolutely free from disease.

THOMAS ROLAND. Nahant. Mass.

2-IN. GERANIUMS.

niTILHIt>l^; $5.00 per li'O roolcil cuttings.
MARS, $4.00 per 103. STANDARDS, $3.50 per 100.

.TEAN VIAUD, CLYDE, I

DRYDEN and Novelties, f
Little Pink, Dr. E. A. Herring. E. E
$2.50 per UXX Send for price list.

HENRY EICHHOLZ, Waynesboro, Pa.

Vinca Major Variegata.

Well Rootca Cuttings $J.25 per JOO.

C'Ai^H With Oudkr.

SMITH & YOUNG CO.,

456 E. Washington St., INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Verbenas. 35 vara., 60j per 100. $5 per 1000. Col-
eus, 30 vars., eoo per lOO, $5 per lOOJ. Heliotrope,
14 yars., $1 per 100, $8 per lOOO. Ageratums, 3 vars.,
60c per 100, $5 per 1000. Lantanas. 4 vars., $1.S5
per 100. Giant Alyssum. $1 per 100. Silviat. 3
vars., $1 per 100. Begonias, as.sortc^d, from 2";-
inch, $3.00 per 100. Express prepaid on all Rooted
Cuttings. Cash with orders. Write

8. D. BRANT. Clay Cbntbr. Kas.

;- $K.0O per 100.

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On Tuesday, March 5th,

The RED rL4G will FLOAT

At the Vesey Street Clearing House.

And regularly every Tuesday and Friday thereafter
Plant Auction Sales will continue through the Spring.

Come and see us at the opening sale. Good bargains
in Holland Stock, Roses, etc.; Cannas, Dahlias, Tuber-
ous, Begonias, etc.

CLEARY & CO.,

60 VESEY STREET,

NEW YORK CITY.

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ALTERNANTHERA. rooted cuttinjis, I'.nronyidiioides

Major and Auroa NaiKl, 60o per 100; $5.00 per

1000, jirepaid.
CANNAS, dormant roots, Chas. Henderson, Q.ueen

Charlotte, Paul Bruant, Epandale, Florence

Vauglian, Italia, Mme. (.;rozy, Alphonse

llouvier, Sophie Kuchner, Austria. Kurbank,

Oriole. Anierictn Flag, $2 .50 per 100
CALADIUM ESCULENTUM, bulbs 1 torn inch, K 00

Io1^-'.60 per 100.
COLEUS, line assortment, 1V^ inch, $3.00 per 100.

Rooted cultinizs, "."St per UX) prepaid.
FERNS, liostoniensis. 2'2-inch. *4.aipor]00. Cor-

.lala Compai-ta. S!™ inch, $4 00 per 100. Cyr-

toniiuni Falcatum, -'^-incli, 3e.
PETUNIA. Dreer's strain, double fringed, £fV4-inc.h,

V-.'M per 100. GERMAN IVY, i/j-inch, 2/2C.
DAISY, white and yellow, 2!>-inch, 2;ic.
GERANIUMS, 2W-in., 2o, Paul liruant, Lal'avorite,

sir Trevor Lawience, Gen. Gr.aot, Goliath, etc.

S. A. Nutt, 3c. Cash with order.

G. W. WEATHERBY, Chillicothe, IMo.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

Geraniums

Per ICO

16 best vars., 2'/4-in. pots, ready for 4s J2.5U

ALTERN»NTHERAS, 2-inch rot!, jellow 1.75

red 2.00

COLEUS. raised, 15 vars., 2-inrli pots 2,03

PELARGOMIUVS, mixed, 3-incli pots 3. CO

OXALIS FLORIBUNDA, 2-inoh pots 3.00

AGERATUM I'. Pauline and Tapis Hlue 2.00

DOUBLE PETUNIAS, miseJ, 2!/j-inch 3. CO

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII. 2-inch pols 2.00

VERBENAS, 16\ars., 2-incti pots ■ 3.00

2000 PANSY PLANTS, cold frames 1.50

Cash Plkasb.

JOS. n. CINMNGHAM, Delaware, 0.

Please mention the American Florist zthen uniting.

MY SPECIALTY.

Cyclamen Persicum Splendens Giganteum, flocst
siram lu thi.' world iu four truo '-olnrs (SepteTii-
luT sowinj;) pl;int.s tr;iuspl;inted from tiats,
$3.00 per KO; $^.00 per lUOO. My strain of
(Jyt'lamen L:is a ri'i>ut:ition second to nun*:'.
I snii.-it y<.nir itatronage and guarantee
salisf:u',tion.

PAilL MADER, East Stroudsburg. Pa.

r;. VINCA VAR. VINES

3 inch pot Vinca Vines, |4.00 per 100.

TEUMe CASH OR C. O. D.

WM. A. CLARK & SON,

No. 44 Boyd St., WATERTOWN, N. Y.

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

Per 100

Coleu'*, 12 varieties $ .60

Alyssum, Giun^ 1. 00

Mme. Salieroi Geranium 1.25

Geraniums, mixed 1.50

Geraniums. Nutt. Hruant. etc 2. CO

Agpratum Princess Pauline 1.00

Carnations, 24 varieties. Send for list.

PLANTS FROJI 2-INCH POTS.

Viucas, 2 varieties 2.50

liaby Primroses 3 00

Geraniums, named 3.00

Kalamazoo Nursery & Floral Co,,

KALAMAZOO, MICH.

DON'T GET LEFT

ON GERANIUMS. They are
going very fast at $3 per 100, J25 per
1000 out of 2;^-in. pots, ready for
shifting into 3 or 4-in. Composed of the
following varieties: S. A. Nutt, Frances
Perkins, LaFavorite, E. G. Hill, Beaute
Poitevine, Wm. Pfitrer, Ruy Bias, Double
Grant and in fact all the leading vars.

Ageratum, 2;^-in. pots, Princess Pauline,
Cope's Pet, White Cap, |1 per 100. R.
C. 50c per 100.

Fuchsias in variety, R. C, |l per 100.

Coleus, 2;^-in. pot, $1.50 per lOO. R. C.
50c per 100. pj,^ „yj, jc5„„,p,„, Order.

J. E. FELTHOUSEN, Schenectady, N. Y.

Chrysauthemura GlOLD SMITH

Cream yellow tinted with bronze, sport from Pres.
W. R. Smith, line large flowers, strong stem.
Your collection of Chrysanthemums can not be
complete without this new candidate. There is
without doubt ;l commercial future before this
sort. Exhibited at Cincinnati November 17 it
scored 83 points. Price $2 per doz. Orders taken
now and tilled in March.
H. L. RACAN. P.O. Box !«]. Springfield. O.

CANNAS.

chas. Henderson, Austria, Crampbel and E. O.
Hill. $J..=SO per 100.

CARNATIONS, rooted cultinj;s Flora Hill, D.iy-
l.reiili, Scutt and Arsvie. $1.00 per 100.

AGERATUM, I'rin.-ess i'.iuliiie. 1(. ('., 60t> per KKl.

DAVIS BROS., Morrison, III.

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The American Florist.

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SOME GOOD THINGS CHEAP.

We have about 100,000 of the following Roses, all
strong, healthy, well-rooted young plants that have been
turned out of 2-inch pots and wintered in cold houses
through the winter and are now just starting into growth.
Just right lor 2^-in. pots; will make splendid plants quick.

Meteor Mme. F. Kruger

Mamjin Cochet Golden Gate

White Maman Cochet Climbing Meteor

Empress of China
('aniline Pillar
Wary Washington
Kstella Pradle
Climbing Malmaison
W. A. Richardson
White Marechal Niel

Mme. Welche Crimson Rambler

M«)Sella La Marque

Duchess de Brabant Solfaterre

Maid of Honor Climbing Wootton

The above varieties $2 per 100, $18 per 100O.

The following newer sorts $4 per 100: Mrs. Kobt. Peary or
Climbing Kaiserin, i 'limbing Marie Uuillot, Climbing Bridesmaid,
Psyche, The Baldwin.

Double Geraniums, 2H-inoh pots, only good varieties, $2.50 per 100.

»20 per lOOU.
Apple Scented Geraniums. 2S-lDch pots, $3 per 100.
Begonias Rubra and Thurstoni, 2H-inch pots. $3 per ICO. M. de

Lesseps and Alba Pertecta Grandiflora (White Rubra) $2.50

pfT lOJ.
Heliotropes. 2>4-inch pots, six best sorts, $2 per 100.
Coleus ten best sorts, $2 per ICO.
Fuchsias, ten good sons. 2'-2 inch pots, $2.50 per 100.
Carnations. 2H-inch pots, ave good sorts, red, white, pink, striped

ami yellow, $2.50 per 100. $20 per 1000.
Hardy Pinks, five b st sorts, 2-inch pots. $2 per 100, $18.03 per lOOO.
Asparagus Sprengerii. 2vi-inch pots, $2.60 ^e^ lOfl.
Asparagus Tenuissimus. 2Vi-inch pots, strong, $3 per ICO.
Jasmine Maid of Orleans and GraciUimum, 2»4-inch pots, $2 per ICO.

ISftt in tho ftllfiin ^nd buy some of our ster-
H«l III lllw amill ling novelty and red-hot
seller, THE AMERICAN WONDER LEMON, called by some
"Ponderosa." Every catalogue man should get this. It
has come to stay and will be a good thing for years. It
commences to bear enormous fruit when two years old,
which average from i^ to 3 lbs each. The flavor of the
ripe lemons is delicious, being very lull of rich acid juice.
It propagates very easily, grows rapidly, bears freely when
quite young and will grow anywhere. It is excellent for all
culinary purposes. Extra-fine plants from 214-inch pots,
$1 per doz., |7 per 100, |S0 per 1000.

SCHMIDT & BOTLEY,

SPRINQFIELD, O.

BIG RED

TOMATOES

Those large, red. perfectly smooth and solid
Livingston's Stone Tomatoes can be grown from
Livingston's own seed as easily as not. Tnques-
tioimbly Livingston— the Tomato Man— sells the fin-
est Tomato Seed in the world. We will send you a
packet for trial Free of Charge if you'll ask for it.
LIVINGSTON THE TOMATO MAN. Box 103. Columbus, 0.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want

in tlie u .ly of

PREPARED PALMS

\Vhether the r:i w materials or the
finished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and" service from the
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co ,

Jacksonville, Fla.

Branch Store, Indianapolis, Ind.
^^Inquiries Cheerfully Answered.

CANNAS.

Chas, Henderson, Crimson Bidder, liurbank,
Le Clerc, Gold Slur and Crozy, new seed!ini:s
mixf'd (dormant or started), strong tubers, $2 p^c
100; $18 per 1000. Cineraria, giant llowerea,iiVi-in
$2 ptr 100. Geranium, <lour>!e or single, mi\fd
i;»/2-in. $2 per Ku. Stocks, Wallflowers, lav*-ndHr,
blue, red, whiti-, 2H-ili %'Z pf-r luu. i "ash plousi.
Shellroad Greenhouse Co.. Grange P. 0., Balto.. Md.

No more of either of the Lorraine Begonias
to offer until next June.

BOSTON FERNS,

3- inch pot plants, $75.00 per 1000.

EDWIN LONSDALE.

WYNDMOOR. • (near Phila.), PENNA.

We've thonsands of readers and haa-
dredi o< advertiserB. Each helps the other.

We Root 10,000 Carnation Cuttings a Weelt.

SEE OUR LOW PRICES ON SHALL LOTS.

Per 100

A. Mitting, clear light cream 1901 .... JIO.OO

Mrs. A. Mitting, clear pink " .... 10.00

Ue Roo Mitting, a fine white " .... lOOO

Sunbeam, flesh pink, C. C. Co " .... lOOO

Bon Homme Richard, white, C.C. Co. " .... 10.00

Nydia, variegated, C. C. Co " .... 10.00

Prollfl.a, cerise pink. C. C. Co " ....10.00

California Gold, yellow. Hill " ....10.00

Avondale, pink, Hill " 4.00

Queen Louise, white, Dillon " .... 10.00

Irene, pink, Crabb >t Hunter " .... 10.00

Lorna, white, Dorner " 10.00

Mermaid, salmon, Dorner '* — 6.0O

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 1900.... 4.75

Olympia, variegated *' 4.C0

Genevieve Lord, light pink *' .... 4.0O

Ethel Crocker, pink " .... 3.00

Per 100

Peru, white 19C0.... $2.80

Mrs. G. M. ISradt, variegated 2.00

Gen. Gomez, red 1,50

White Cloud, white 1.25

Flora Hill, white 100

Ar^yle, pink l.OO

Joost, floe pink 1.00

G. H. Crane, scarlet 2.50

Morning Glory, bhell pink 4.0U

Edna Craig 1.00

Gov. GciggB 1.00

Daybreak 1.25

Armazindy 1.00

McGowan 1.00

Evanston 1.00

Evelina 1.00

Triumph 1.00

Asparagus Pluratisus Nanus, 3-iu 85.00

Sprengerii, fine, 3^^-in 5.00

Boston Fern, true, 3>i-in 5.00

Maidenhair Fern, 2V4-in 5 00

New Gi*ranium De Roo Mitting, has yellow

foliage and double scarlet tjloom 20.00

New ticranium Double Snow Drop; we know

not a better white 15.00

Geranium Jean Viaud, 3-in 10.00

Alternanthera, red, also pink, 2^-in 1.50

Sedum Variegatum, Border Plant, 2!4-in 1.50

Cigar Plant, 2Si-in 1.50

California Moss, Hanging Basket Plant,

2;4-in 1.60

California Moss. Irom sand 50

.Jerusalem Cherry. 2^-in 1.50

Mixed Begonias flowering. 2!^-in 1.50

Smilas, from flats 26

Coleus, 15 choice named varieties, 2Ji-in 1.50

Vinca, green trailing, 2;4-in 1.60

fi-in 1500

" variegated, 6-in 20.00

Five Cuttings at 100 rate.
Per 100

Per 100

Salvia Clara Bedman, 2Vi-in $1.50

Iresines. mixed, 2H-in 1.50

Marguerite, or Paris Daisy, white, 2V^-in 1.50

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 2H-in 1.75

Nasturtiums, tall, also dwarf, mixed. 2Vi-in. 1.50

Heliotropes, mixed, 2H-in 1.50

Hardy Pinks, pink colors from sand l.OO

*' ' " large clumps 5.00

New Ice Plant, from California, the finest

basket plant we ever saw; 2M-in 10.00

Candytuft, White Rocket, flats 25

Verbenas. 10 '.choice colors, named, 2H-in.., 1.50
Seedling Cannas, President Carnot, Mme.
Crozy, Sarah Hill, Queen Charlotte and

A. Bouvier 1.00

Cannas, started plants from strong buibs,
Triumph. Progression. Burbank, A. Bou-
vier antl McKin'ey. 4-in 2.50

Petunia, choice double mixed, 4-in 5.00

PerlOOO

Pansy Plants, from cold frame, small.... .♦..$ 5.00

" " " 20 leaves, from <"old frame l.'S.OO

S Plants at 100 rate; 260 at 1000 rate.

Cash, or R. C. and plants

will be sent C. 0. D.

THE MORRIS TLORAL CO.,

MORRIS,
ILL.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

1062

The American Florist.

Mar. 2,

Springfield, Mass,

COLD WEATHER ENDED.— STOCK PLENTI-
FUL AND TRADE BRISK — MANY FDNERAL
FLOWERS NEEDED.

The continued cold weather has broken
at last, after seventeen days. No stock
was injured, but the few days of mild
weather are quite a relief. Stock is plenti-
ful and of good quality, but none going
to waste, quite a number of funerals call-
ing for many designs. The funeral of
Ex-Governor Haile kept Mark Aitken
busy and a number of palms were used
in the church decoration. There was
quite a number of designs that came
from Boston, which were very pretty and
well made up. Some nice azaleas are to
be seen now and sell well. Stock for
Easter looks promising. Longiflorum
lilies are strong, clean and not so much
diseased as in former years. All the
boys are busy getting stock ready for
spring. A. B.

Fremont, Neb.

Business has been good all through the
season. C. H. Green says that trade is
so heavy that he has been trying to do
with 10,000 feet of glass what one would
expect to do with 25,000 feet. He will
build a new rose house 20x150 this
spring. Indications point to a very
heavy Easter and spring business. Mr.
Green is cutting some very high grade
carnations, Genevieve Lord, Gen. Gomez
and G. H. Crane. Ethel Crocker is act-
ing badly with him but he thinks he has
not given it the proper temperature and
expects to do it better next year carried
at 56° at night.

>/2VS«D

SonrHiNGTON, Conn. — The Bristol
street greenhouses have been leased by
Chas. Blatchley.

Boston Florist Letter Go.

MANTTFACTUKBRS OF

FLORI8T8' LETTERS.

This wooden box nicely stained and var^
nlshedt 18x30x12 made In two sections* one
for each size letter, elven aw^ay irlth, flLrtt
order of 600 letters.

Block Letters. 1 ^ or 2-lDch size, per 100, 13.00.
Boript Letters, $4. Fastener with each letter orword.
Deed by leading florists everrwhere and for fsle bT
all wholesale fionsta and supply dealers.

N. F* McCarthy, Trcas, and Manager.
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

SILVER BIRCH BARK WARE

Pbiceb Per
Doz. — Canoes.
12 - in. J5.501
15

S7 90;
■ in. 110 .W;
in. $13 20;
in. JI8.60.

Logs.

6-in »3;

9-

in.

13.84;

12

- m

»4.«0;

1ft

- in

«6.I10;

1H

- in

»7.20;

;l

- in

$8.40;

24

- in

»9.60.

Pot

Covers.

4-in. $2.40; B-ita. 13 00; 6-in. J3.96; 7- in. J5.04;
8-in. $5.88. Bulb Puns. 4 in. $1.80; 5 in. I2.4U;
6-in. $3.00; 7-in. $3.60; 8 in. $4.20. Boxes, 14 in.
per doz. $11; Il-in. 19; 9-in. $7. Easter Eggs,
6-in., $9;7-in , $IO,8-iTi., $11 perdoz. References:
Geo. Wlttbold Co., E. Wienhoeber, C. A. Sam-
,.el8on, Chicago. j_ ^_ LYNN.

1443 Wrlghtwood Ave. CBIC&Ut.

Get Mrs. Nation

to come and help you do
some clearing up. Her
axe would be a blessing
to some establishments
we know of. SMASH the old relics of bygone styles, baskets, wire designs,
soiled doves, faded immortelles, etc. Then SEND FOR US and let us stock
yon up with the kind of goods the public of today are looking for. Your cus-
tomers will see the difference at once, and you'll see it, too.

If you are not in the front rank we can help to put you there.

We have Baskets, all styles and values, for any possible use. Cellu-
loid Pot Covers in endless variety for the plant buyers. Moss Goods
for memorial uses. Cords and Tassels, the latest fashionable requisite,
in colors to match every variety of flower yon sell. Cork Bark for
window and conservatory decoration, rustic and appropriate. Sheaves
—such sheaves— they're our strong card. Quality and make unexcelled
anywhere. ThcNew Cape Flowers have come in and they're very fine.
Can quote you tempting prices.

Oar business is to supply progressive florists with every requisite for
a first-class trade at prices that cannot be beat.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.,

50-56 North fourth St.,

rniLADElPIIIA, PA.

DO NOT MAKE ANY MORE STRAW MATS.

rsE THE PALMER WOOL-FILLED MAT

Big saving in Coal
Bill by covering
your Green-
house at night.

FROST PROOF.

Made expressly for
Winter covering of
greenhouses, hot-
beds, cold frame;,
plants and seeds of
all kinds.

Indestructible
Cheap-ndWarm

' ^ill not harbor mice
or vermin. Easily
band ed. Dry out
quickly after rain.
Have now been n
practical use six
years.

Ccst less than old-
fashioned straw
mats, and entirely
take their place.

THE R. T. PALMER CO.,

Address all correspondcn'-e to The U,

JV15W

Hew York Office, 113 Worth Street.

T. Palmer ."t Co., New Lcndon, (Jonii. Agents Wanted.

Adjustable Vase Holders

No. I. — Brass, nickel, 4 feet long. 6 clasps to each
rod. Price complete (with green or white tum-
blers) 82.25. Price complete (with green or white
cornucopia vases) 82.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod
brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-
inch pots, each, $1.75.

Kift's patent rubber capped Flower Tubes,
IH'inch di.'imeier, per 10). $3.60.

JOSEPH KIFT & SON. 1725 Chestnut St.. Phila., Pa.

SiGMUND GELLER

Importer and Mir. ol

Florists' Supplies

Complete stock — New Goods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

loa W. 28th St., near 6th Av.. NEW YORK.

A. HERRMANN.

Cape Flowers, *"• colobb!
Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
^^ All Florists' Sapplles.

Send tor Piloei.
404-411 laat S4tll St.. NIW YORK.

use "UP-TO-DATE"
= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

M. Rice & Co., 'IZ^^^l'cSTrL

918 Filbert St., PHILADELFUIA* FA.

Catalogue rou the Asking

Please mention the American Flortst xvhen writing.

DON'T STAY ON THE FENCE,

But jump down on the side of

JOHN O. MEYER & CO.

''X'^'°:'. SILK ALINES.

84 Kingston St.. BOSTON. MASS.

Meter Silkaline is for sale by nil the leading
seedsmen snd jobbers throughout the country.

HEADQUARTERS

COCOA FIBRE.
SHEEP MANURE.
BONE ail grades,
IMPORTED SOOT.

SPHAGNUM and
GREEN MOSS.
RUSTIC WORK, all kinds,
CLAY'S FERTILIZER.

DUNNE & CO., ijr/t! New York.

HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES.

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5ife BAG
ORBIJCS AND BLIGHlv

1880

HAMMOND^S SLUG SHOT.

1901

Destroys pests which prey upon Vegetation in the GREENHOUSE, CONSERVATORY or GARDEN.

SLUB SHOT is a composite powder not dependent solely upon any one of its parts for effec-
tiveness. For 21 years SLUI) SHOT has been used, doing effective work agilnst Leaf Eaters, Juice
Suclcers, Sow Bugs, Snails or Grubs in the soil. SLUG SHOT is spread by duster or blower.
Water will carry it through a sprayer or pump. It destroys in this way elm tree beetles, caterpillars on
trees Where Snails or Sow Bugs are troublesome, dust SLUQ SHOT on the soil with a duster.
SLUG SHOT rids fowls, calves and dogs of lice and fleas. SLUG SHOT is put up in tin perfo-
rated screw-top canisters and cartons holding one lb. The 5 lb. package (see cut) retails at 25 or 30c
each, larger packages at less rate. SLUG SHOT is

Sold by the Seedsmen in all parts of the United States and Canada.

GRAPE DIST

For pamphlet address ^B*

for mildews
:in<l blii^hts.

Eit^ainst fungus
iif :i.ll sorts.

SOLUTION Of COPPER

HARdlVIOIVD, FISHKILL-ON-HUDSON. N.

TELEPHONE 65) MADISON SQUARE,

30 W. 29th St.,

THE KERVAN GO.

SOUTHERN DECORATIVE EVERGREENS 9^'^^"

Laurel and other Ropings. ' I OSS

LEUGOTHOE SPRAYS. GALAX LEAVES ^^

and other things green, t>3rrClS«

Tho MnU/Or ^''''^ ^^ i'' )<■" a" the weeds in your
I IIG IflUVIwl tawns. If >ou keep the weeds cut
so they do not so to seed and cut yonr grass with-
out breaking the small feeders of roots, the grass
will herornc thick and weeds will disappour. Ihe
Clipper will do It. Send for catalogue and prices.

CUPPER UWN MOWER CO.. Norristown, Pn.
Please mention ihe American Florist when writing.

GLASS...

We have a lot of 14-inch and
16 inch wide greenhouse glass,
which we are selling BELOW
PRESENT PRICES.

A. DIETSCH & CO.,

Manufaclurers of California Red Cedar
and Louisiana Cypress Greenhouse Material,
6IS-62I Sheffield Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

f^ease mention thfl A mericayi Florist when lorttine

GEORGE RIPPERGER,

Sheep Manure

I havi* n<iu iin ]i;ind a lar^o quintity df Al Sheep

Manure. Send for price list .ind sample.

Best Fertilizer for Top Dressing.

I Asri ^\ ITU onuKU ou kefkrkm es.

SorUVnthTt.^*- LONG ISLAND CITY,

Sheep Manure.

In natural sta'e, $1.00 per ton,
f. o. b. cars. Dried unpulver-

ized. $5.00 per ton. Write for prices on dried

and pulverized sheep manure.

MONTANA FERTILIZER CO., Elgin, III.

Please mention Ihe American fiomt when writing.

^VWMWnWWMnMMMMMMMHVinWMVMMMN^^

Henry W. Gibbons Co.

INC0I)P0R4TED

/^^

and Manufacturers

GREENHOUSE ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS

Gulf Cypress Structural Materials,

STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,

Iron Frames for Qreenhouses
and VentllatlDg Materials.

Sales Offices. 136 Liberty St.. NEW YORK, N. Y. Manufactory General Office. Bloomsburg, Pa.

Write to NEW YORK OFFICE for Estimates, Catalogues. Plans, Expert Advice, Etc.
HENRY W. GIBBONS, Pres.. New York. N. Y. J. L. DILLON. Treas.. Bloomsburg, Pa.

BEST

AND

Chsapistl

INSECTICIDE I

•atkelu'ktt.l

I For Sale by
Seedsmen,
For Free
Pamphlet I
Write to

■ The Kantuclr

Tobacco
iProauct Co., I

|i<pIitIII»,Kt.|

IF YOU WANT

HEALTHY PLANTS

FUMIGATE WITH

NICOTICIDE

THE BEST OF ALL

INSECTICIDES

Write for full particulars to

The Tobacco Warehousing & Trading Co.,

1000 Mignolla Ave., lOUISVILlE, kY.

Please menttnn the A meri^an ptnrtst ~,i hen ;i'i 'fine

LIQUID

PLANT
FOOD

Grows hardier stock; fjrows improved stock.
Stock ships better; also ready earlier.
Brings better customers and more profits.

EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY.
620 Atlantic Ave.* Boston.

PLACE YOUB NAME.

and your ipeoialtiei before the purohaiing florliti of the entire country

by advertijlng In
MMO M>VT. aOW.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST.

1064

The American Florist.

Mar. 2,

Washington.

TKAOB KBBPS UP FAIRLY WELL DBSFITB
THE INFLUENCE OF LENT. — VARIOUS
DOINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Last week one of the boilers in the
greenhouses of the Agricultural Depart-
ment gave way, but having another in
reserve, they replaced the broken one the
same day, thus avoiding any damage to
the plants.

Trade has kept up very well, notwith-
standing that Lent has stopped the large
receptions and dinners. Violets are
retailing readily at $1 per hundred.
Everyone is making preparations for the
approaching inauguration.

Quite a number of "the. boys" attended
the carnation society's meeting at Balti-
more and were favorably impressed with
the display of new and standard varie-
ties.

Wm. Crawford has sold out his store
at Ninth street and Grant Place to the
Standard Floral Co. Wm. E. Lacey is
manager and is doing a fair business.

O. A. C. Oehmler has returned to Wash-
ington and opened a store at S21 Four-
teenth street N. W. P. G.

Rhinbbbck, N. Y.— George Saltford,
Jr., of Poughkeepsie, will have charge of
the Violet Hill greenhouses the coming
season.

=^ift*l-. MOTH

GflTGHER

NEW

QREAT INVENTION

Protects Orchards, Gardens, etc.. from Worms.
Cheaper and Better than Spraying. Try It.

AGENTS WANTED. Write quick or others
imay get your territory. Send for testimonials,
agents' terms, etc.

Small size, 85 cts.; large size, $1.00.

Address :

S. A. HASELTINE, Springfield, Mo.

Economy in Heating

At the present and prospective
prices of coal those florists are
lucky indeed who are using the

Weathered Boilers.

Are yon one of them? If not,
then write us and we will fur-
nish indisputable facts.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marion St , NEW YORK.

SASH

HOTBBD.

GREENHOUSB.

VENTILATOR

GULF CYPRK88 BARS,
GREENHOUSE HATERIAI,,
Manufactured by S. JACOBS & SONS,
Flushing Ave., near Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, N Y.
AT WHOLESALE.
^ Catalogue and esti-
matea furnished.

Holds Class
Firmly

••• the Point 4V
Tk* Yu Baner Per-
fMt eiuUit F*Ut« ar«
th« b«it. Ko riffhti or
Ufta. Box «(100( point*
71 oeotB, postpaid.
HENBT A. DREKK,
< 114 Ckartait St., ruia., ra.

Awarded the only first- ,
class Certificate of Merit

by the Society of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
Aug.2I, 1890, for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

^ILLDIN

PotteryGo

Jersey Qty V^SJI^n^ Island (ity
Philadelphia

ARE YOU USING OUR

Red Pots

If not, do so. They are time
tried. Full Standard Size.
Packed in small crates, and
easy to handle. Price list
free. Send for one.

SYRACUSE POTTERY CO..

SYRACUSE. N. Y.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS!

Packed in imall cratei, easy to handle.

Price per orate
UOO Mn. pots In orate, 14.38
1600 aw " " 6.26

1600 JS " " 6.00

10OO3 " " 6.00

MOW " 6.80

600 4 " " 4.60

830 6 " " 4.61

144 6 " " 3.16

130

48 9
4810
2411
24 U
U14
616

pnoe per orate
7-ln. pou In orate, 14.20

4.80
4.80
4.60

Seed pans, same price aa pota. Send for price Hat of
Cyllndera for Cnt Flowers, Hanging Baskets, I.awii
Vases, etc. 10 per cent off for cash with order.

HILFINflER BROS. POTTERY,

DR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

Auaun BOIiKIB A SON8, Mev York Agents.

61 D«T ITSIIT. NWW TORK < ITT

RED p ots

SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO.,' Kj^"!'^"^"

FLOWER POTS

.AlXjXi XE.I1VZ3S.

A
SPECIALTY

STANDARD POTS

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

P. 0. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.

Standard PriX^
Flower... ■ V-^ ' O

If your greenhouses are within 500 mile«
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

W. H. ERNEST.

28th and M Streets, WASHINGTON, D. C.

w

Invalid Appliance Co.,
COLUMBIA PLANT TUBS

■Tki, UaA IkM M>ar (aO tt»n."

order of u dirert.
PAOTOnV AND OFFIOli

i»o-«eo wiooiP* •T., . OMicutao.

• •LSPHOtsa MOOTH •■9.

tab:
HEWS^

WRITE

AF If nun 1521-23 N. LEAVITT ST.,
■ It Mjnn, CHICAGO. ILL..

FOR PRICES OP

Standard Pots

which f"r strenizth and porosity combined
are the best on the market

KELLER BROS.,

^ 213-15-17-19-21.23 Pearl St.,

NORRISTOWN. PA.

Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red In
oolor, equal to the best on the market; are 16
miles from Philadelphia, beat of railroad connec-
tions. We give special attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantities. A
postal will brine prices and disoounts.
^/fasfi mention the A mertcan Florist when ;/'» ilinz-

GEO. KELLER & SON,

uASTrrAOTUBXBS or

Flower Pots.

Before baring write for prloei.

361-363 Harndon Streai
near wnghtwood Atb.,

CHICAOO. lUL.

Please mention Che American Florist when wttling

THOSE RED POTS

"STANDARDS"

PDLL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M F'Y,

HARRY BALSLEY. DETROIT. MICH..

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list.

6. HENNEGKE 60..

MILWAUKBB.
WIS.

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The American Florist.

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CHAS. KOOtSCHtLL. PBCST.

ALBtBT KHOtteMtLl. Viei-PrirsT.aEP Otto KRoescMtLL, Sect and tbcas

KRQ

Tubular, Locomotive

and Upright Bo

Water Tanks and

Shoot Iron Work. %

AtLCONTHACTSARE CONTINGENTUPON _
STRIKES. FIRES. ACCIDENTS. DELAYS OF ^
CARRIE^IS AND OTHER DELAYS UN-
AVOIDACLE OR BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

. CO.

Heatlns of Buildings,

Connecting of Boilers,

Engines, Pumps, Etc.

Pipe Fittings and Brass Goods.

Station X, Chicago, Jan. 17, 1901.
Keoeschell Bros Co.,

55 Erie St.
Gbntlembn:— Replying to yonrs of the
16th inst. regarding your No. 3 boiler we
bought of you in 1900, will say :

There are 6,-100 sq. ft. of glass in the
houses we are heating with your No. 3
boiler, with 2,800 ft. of 4 inch pipe in
them. Your boiler does the work very
satisfactorily and probably could take
care ot another 300 ft. of 4 inch pipe.
Another great point in favor ot your
boiler is that in comparing the coal pile
with the one last year at this time, we
expect to save about 25 per cent of
coal this winter. Yours truly,

Theo. Coetbn,
Florist of Graceland Cemetery.

Chicago. March 18, 1896.
Messrs. Kboeschbll Bros Co , City.

Dear Sirs: — In reply to your inquiry,
we must say that we are satisfied with
your boiler. It works well and saves us
considerable coal. Our saving on coal
this winter, we guess, will amount to
about one-fourth of what the boiler
cost us. Yours truly,

Damm Bros.

January 19th, 1901.
There is one thing I would like to say
— that is, compared, with the upright
boiler that I have been using, it requires
about one-third less coal.

A. LoNDENBERG, Hobart, Ind.

Philadelphia, March 16, 1896.
Messrs Kroeschell Bros.

Dear Sirs:— The boiler received from
you this year is entirely satisfactory,
also the one last year. In regard to the
coal, we have not kept any account, but
think the difierence in quantity consumed
would be in your favor.

Youra truly, Hugh Graham.

January, 1901.
We have always been very much
pleased with your boiler and we have
never made any repairs since we
received it. Geo. Wittbold Co.,

1657-9 Buckingham PI., Chicago.

January 19th, 1901.
My night foreman says this boiler
does not give him anything to do. To
give yon an idea, when I bought your
boiler I had only half the gla^s to heat
as I have this winter and I do not see
much difference in the coal bills. I am
well pleased with the No. 12 boiler. I
saw many kinds of boilers, but none
will come up to yours.

F. Sbstibr,
Belleview PI., Des Moines, la.

Wheaton, III., Jan. 18, 1901.
Kroeschell Bros. Co.,

55 Erie St , Chicago, III.

Gentlemen:— In reply to your inquir-
ies about the heating capacity of the No.
1 boiler I had from you in '97.

I have three greenhouses 100 ft. long,
with shed attached, 16 by 50 ft , with
5.800 ft. of glass and 2,600 ft. of 4=in.
pipe. It works this good, but if it
would take care of any more I could not
positively say.

Hoping this information will prove
satisfactory. Yours truly,

Daniel F. Hawkes, Wheaton, 111.

Will book your order now and deliver Boiler

when you want it Write for

price and catalog^ue.

Kroeschell Bros. Co.,

29=55 Erie Street, Chicago, III.

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1066

The American Florist.

Mar. 2.

Minneapolis.

TRADE FAIRLY ACTIVE AND STOCK IN GHN-
ESALLY ADEQUATE SDPPLY, — NOTES.

Flowers have been in quantities to just
about fill orders. A scarcity of Brides
was noted throughout the week. But
Bridesmaids are in goodly numbers,
although well cleared out, going when
Brides could not be had. Meteors are
limited and show the effects ot the dark
weather. Carnations are plentilul and
the demand is good. The stores show a
great display ot bulbous stock.

Brant & Noe are sending a heavy cut
of Bridesmaids, but their Meteors, Beau-
ties and Brides are not in such numbers,
although the stock is excellent.

C. W. Scott, representing Vaugban's
Seed Store, of Chicago, was here recently.

A. Swanson has some very fine lilac
plants in his window. C. F. R.

Peoria, 111.

TRADE IS GOOD AND EVERYONE HAS SOME-
THING TO DO.— JOTTINGS HERB AND
THERE.

John A. Nelson, formerly with Geo. A.
Kuhl, in Pekin, has bought a half inter-
est of G. Klopfer, of this city. The new
firm will go under name of Cation Green-
house Company.

C. Loveridge is cutting some remark-
ably fine roses, and he, too, has been
rushed with funeral orders.

Juerjens & Company are cutting some
good carnations and find ready market
for them.

J. C. Murray is going into the seed busi-
ness on a larger scale this year.

Nelson Cole, of Cole Bros., who was
seriously ill, is reported better.

Trade is very good at present and
flowers of all kinds are scarce.

Cole Brothers are busy with funeral
work. Peoeibnsis.

bAY City, Mich.— John Irvine & Sons
have their stock now in the very finest
of condition and are doing a big business.
They advertise to tell their customers
how to keep cut flowers fresh "lor a long
time."

!

FOR INSURANCE AGAINST
DAMAGE BY HAIL, Address

JOHN Q. ESLER, Sac'y F. H. A.,

SADDLE RIVER. N. J

All Cypress is good, but some is better than others.

The best is open-air dried, and it MUST be open-air dried in
the South.

It takes TWO YEARS' open-air seas-oning; to make Cypress
good enough to go into our Greenhouse Material.

Such Cypress can't be picked up every day. We have 2,000,-
000 feet of it ready for use.

Shall we use some of it in material for you?

Our prices are reasonable and stock the very best.
Write us about it.

CYPRESS '0^cmo-

t/Of/N C. WroieSBL/ICKHAWKST.

MONINGER Co. ""■il.^l'UTo'/'''-

See That
Ledge?

THE

IMPROVED,

Pat. Sept. 18. 1900

*«^S^L^

JENNINGS
IRON GUTTER.

Estimates furnished on

Cypress Gresnhousa Material

With or without our

Patent Iron Gutters and Plates

No threads to cut for our

Patent Iron Bench Fittings

and Roof Supports.

Ventilating Apparatus.

Send four cents in stamps for our CirouLirs
and Catalogues.

JENNINGS BROS., Ointi.Pliiia., Pa.

HOTBED SASH

In Pine, Louisiana Cypress
and Red Cedar.

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL,

Cal. Red Cedar and Louisiana Cypress.

BEST GRADES, PERFECT WORKMANSHIP.

A. DIETSCH & GO. satif'lv. CHICAGO, ILL.

DO NOT FORGET

before building that addi-
tion to your greenhouses
to write us for expert plans
and figures. Perhaps we
can save you money.

THOS. W. WEATHEBED'S SONS,

46 Marion St., NEW YORK.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

It is not much trouble to mention the
AuBKiCAN Florist when corresponding
with an adyertiier.

cfpiils

IS MUCH M

»RB OURASUTHAN PINE

PRES

[SASH BARS

«» TO it MET >»« UMflTH

jREENHOUS

AND OTMBR »Utl.DiN«i MAtkHlAL.^

Sen<f\f<>f«vrlt}04trAti „

"CYP|RES)8 UUMBER/W^^TJUSES

S«n<j |fo)-^ r Special fireehhouwraS^ culftr.

SCR.

please jnetition the American Florist when wriling.

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Indispensable

9^^ 9^^ t^^ <^^

This is the only word which describes the Ameri-
can Florist Company's Directory, just out. This
book, 397 pages of facts tersely told, is issued
annually and is an aid to business and money
making which no wholesaler or traveling salesman
can afford to be without. It contains the name of
every Florist, Nurseryman and Seedsman, arranged
both by states and towns and alphabetically; and
new lists of Gardeners or Superintendents of
private estates. Experiment Station Horticultur-
ists, Landscape Architects and Horticultural Sup-
ply Concerns. It will save many times its cost by
enabling you to cover America with your catalogue
and at the same time waste no printed matter or
postage on dead names.

*

EDITION OF 1 90 1,
POSTPAID, $2.00 ae

AMERICAN

flORIST

CO.,

324 Dearborn St.,
CHICAGO, ILL.

SHEET GLASS

ALL KINDS...

GET OUR PRICES.

JOHN LUCAS & CO., Philadelphia.

^^^^^^m^^^^^mm «

A FLIMSY BOILER

is a poor investment.

THE WEATHERED

will last a lifetime and you
can depend upon it. j* ^ j*

Testimonials by the hundred on application to

Thos. W. Weathered's Sons,

46 Marion St., NEW YORK.

LAWNS, PARKS, CEMETERIES

ao.lall,,,, l,.,ur,» ;ir,. I,.,ih ,r 1 il, i niil Uli.tltlrl \ -, u^lnfthls

. HARTMAN STEEL ROD LAWN FENCE.

bClf>ii(^, BPrviijaM'' anil la-la In detiMt-ly. (. .ilalc>L'iie luailnd fiec.

HARTMAN MF'Q CO., BOX 86, ELLWOOD CITY, PA.
Ur liuom 40, SOU Broucluuf, >etr York I'ltj

THE KINNET PUMP.

For applTlDg llqnld manure It bai no equal. Bent pne
paid ror niO Wlttiont ■orarlui ralra. njD.

The Hose Connection Co., Kingston, R. I.

THE DUPLEX

GUTTERS

llie simplest, strongest and most perfect
Greenhouse Gutters In the market.

Only 8 inches of shade. No drip from glass

or gutter. No ice or snow. Wiought

iron galvanized, any weight desired.

Standard

Before you buy any
kind of machinery ex-
amine the merits of the
easy running and the
rapid running

STANDARDS.

No complicated parts.

Send for Catalogue of Gutters and Ventilating Machinery.

E. HIPPARD, Youngstown, O.

ESTABUSHED
1666

EMILSTEFFEItS>

SUCC.™ NSTEFFENS
"DSTEITEtlSBROS

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

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Index to Advertlien.

AdvertlnlDg rates .1040 I Jones Hiram T IMS

Akehurst Chas c& 8onl049 i Juniata Greenhoases 1054

Allen S L 4 Co...... 11 | Kalamaiuo Nursery &

AmenoM hum IA-.1042 II

AmUni B r .... 1043
Andirra Nurseries ..104b

Baldwin A J ...USS

B,ller IT A 1048

Bassett & Washbom 104J
Baur B Alfred . 1

Bayersdorter H & Co ir62
Benthey t Co. ...:.. ..10«

Bemlng H G 044

Besold C ... 1(67

Blndekunst Die ,11

Blano A 4 Co 105S

Blue Hill Nursery.. 1068
Bosun Growers Assn. 1057
Boston Letter Co. . . II M

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Vol. XVI.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, MARCH 9, 1901.

No. 666.

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Copyrieht 1901, by American Florist Company.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Hatter.

Published^ EVERT Saturday by

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,

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Eastern Office: 79 Milk St.. Boston.

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Subscriptons accepted only from the trade.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

OiTicKRS— Patrick O'Mara, New York, N. Y. ,
president; Wm. P. Kastinq, Buffalo, N. Y.. yice-
presidenf, Wm. J. Stbwakt, 79 Mill; Street,
Boston, Mass., secretary, H. B. Bbattt, Oil City,
Pa., treasurer. The seventeenth annual meeting
will be held at Buffalo, August, 1901.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual meeting at New York, March 19, 20 and
21, 1901. Leonard Barron, 136 Liberty St., New
York, secretary.

THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Annual convention at Indianapolis, February,
192. ALBBRT M. Hkkb, Lancaster, Pa., secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual meeting at Buffalo, August, 1901. Edwin
Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill. Pa., secretary.

THIS ISSUE 44 PAGES WITH COVER.

CONTENTS.

Gleaning.iof the Baltimore show 1069

,7ohn li. Nugent (portrait) 1070

Rose.s 1070

The fernery at Lin.-oln Park, Chicago (illus.) 1071

The best <'ommeivi:il ferns 1071

The New Castle boom (illus.) 1C72

The Pan- American ICvposition 1073

Relationship of wholesale and reta'l florists .. 1073

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine 1074

Wedding decoration arranged by Edward

Powell (illus) 107.T

New York 1075

Chicago 1076

Boston 1077

Philadelphia 1077

Buffalo 1077

St. Louis 1078

Columbus, O 1078

Washington 1078

Richmond, 1 nd 1078

Tarrvtown, NY , 1078

Syracuse, N. V 1079

American Rose Society 1C80

Greenhouse building 1080

A national charter achieved at last 1080

The nricc of glass 1080

Soil troubles 1080

Obituary 1081

The seed trade 1086

—The l>utch and their bulbs 1086

The nursery trade 1088

Our pastimes 1090

Louisville- 1090

Albany, N. Y 1093

Cincinnati 1094

Newark. 1096

Pittsburg 1088

Scranton, Pa 1 100

' Minneapolis 1104

Gleanings of the Baltimore Show.

[A paper read by IVith'am P. Crai^ before the
Florists' Club of Philadelphia at its j>U'Ltng March

The trade papers have already given
yon information more complete in its
details than I could possibly give and be
at all considerate of your time and
patience, so I will be very brief in giving
you some personal impressions received
and opinions formed during the exhibi-
tion at Baltimore.

The first notable impression made on
me was by the large attendance of mem-
bers, many of them coming from a very
long distance to see what progress had
been made along the different lines since
the exhibition and convention of one year
ago at Buffalo. I noticed that many of
these gentlemen were the most experienced
and successful carnation growers, and I
thought to myself, if these, our "crack"
men, find it necessary to come to these
meetings to learn, how can the men who
aie not quite "up-to-date," and the
novice in the business, possibly afford to
stay away.

You may read the advertisements of
the new carnations as carefully as you
can and all that yon can make out of it
is that each darling mentioned is the
"best ever," but if you go to the conven-
tion and size up, for instance, the three
greatly advertised white ones, you can
decide, as I did, that certainly some are
better than others. It would, I suppose,
be improper for me to condemn any
variety shown, but even if I did go that
far I would do no more than every
grower did on his own account at that
meeting.

In regard to some varieties exhibited I
am sure that every grower present did
decide that he had better keep his coin in
his "jeans" and, on the other hand, he
must have concluded where other varie-
ties were concerned that he could not
afiford to do without them. Moral: Do
not miss the opportunity of judging for
yourself.

Now, while I feel that I cannot, with
good grace, condemn any variety, pardon
me if I mention several which on their
appearance and on the testimony of
experienced and reliable men at the meet-
ing, who have had opportunity to see
them growing, are likely to be profitable
varieties and ones in advance of existing
similar sorts. And right here I want to
say that the chief charm in the annual
meetings is the certainty that each year
there will be exhibited one or more new
ones that mark an advance. This cannot
be said, thus far, about any other species of

flower, with the exception of the chrys-
anthemum. In roses, for the last decade,
there has been absolutely no advance.
We are doing all our business, or most
all, with the Bride, Bridesmaid and the
.\merican Beauty; we have not been able
to raise a single rose seedling worthy to
enter and maintain itself in the commer-
cial arena. The Bride and Bridesmaid
are sports, descending from Catherine
Mermet, a European variety, and the
Beauty is also of foreign origin. On
the other hand, the American carnation
leads the world.

It may not be known to all of you that
a number of growers in England and In
Germany are already extensive buyers of
the best new American carnations, which
have already proven profitable to growers
on the other side of the pond. The type
of carnation grown in Europe does not
flower freely m winter, as those of us
who have tried the foreign varieties on
this side can testify. In the line of palms,
too, it really seems impossible to get any
varieties equal in general good qualities
to the kentia, the areca, the phoenix and
the latania. Collectors have for a quarter
of a century been sent at much expendi-
ture of money and labor to the utter-
most parts of the earth and have returned
without being able to find any fit com-
panions for those I have named. If the
palm men should start a society they
could not have an interesting annual
meeting because there would be little
new to show the commercial men. There
have been some new palms discovered in
the past twenty years but none of them
combine the good qualities necessary to
secure for them any popular demand.

On the other hand, a journey among
the hybridizers of carnations will reveal
the fact that there are many new, valu-
able varieties ready to introduce as soon
as sufficient stock can be propagated.
How the standard has advanced! I can
just recollect Grace Wilder, for many
years the leading pink variety. It was
famous in its day but would have been
passed by unnoticed if exhibited at the
Baltimore show.

One gratifying feature of the meeting
was the donation cf Jno. W. Garrett, of
Baltimore, to be used as premiums at
the next meeting. We do not think Mr.
Garrett will regret this contribution
towards the uplifting of the can^tion.
The premiums will probably be offered
for new varieties and will doubtless do
good work in helping to stimulate the
hybridizers.

My opinion of sub-irrigation, formed
after careful consideration, is that, as i%

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has been heretofore practiced, it Is of
doubtful utility. But I must not forget
that I promised to mention some of the
particularly good things at the Balti-
more show.

Perhaps the Lawson was the most
striking thing there; it was shown in
goodly numbers and certainly gave a
worthy account of itself. Mr. Fisher's
vase of 100 blooms, which won the
Lawson gold medal against all comers'
was, I think, finer than we have ever
seen this variety before. Let us con-
gratulate Mr. Lawson on his ability to
pick a winner and hope he may be as suc-
cessful with his American yacht next
summer.

On our own place Ethel Crocker has
done well, fully as well as last year, and
we shall continue to grow it, but I regret
to say that many growers, particularly
on Long Island and in the eastern states,
report that it is not satisfactory. Some
growers, like our exclub member at
Kokomo, still consider it the "real thing."
Visitors to our place are invited to par-
ticularly examine this variety and judge
for themselves. We think they will agree
that we cannot afford to discard it.

Dorothy, the pink variety which is
spoken of so highly, we also had an
opportunity of seeing. It is said to be
very free in bloom and was, as we saw it
at Baltimore, of good form and stem, but
was not of a pleasing color.

Another pink variety. The Marquis,
was exhibited in its usual good form.
This variety was, we were led to believe
in the earlv fal1,goiDgto be a disappoint-
ment. I am glad to say such is not the
case. While it is true it came into bloom
a little late, it had by Christmas proven
that it was a good thing, and will, I feel
sure, be largely grown next year.

Mr. Graham exhibited his seedling,
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, which is of very tine
form and large size. It attracted con-
siderable attention.

Although Adonis reached the show
somewhat chilled, which blackened the
edges of the petals, it secured the Lawson
silver medal and was generally voted a
good thing. _

Estelle is a brilliant, nch, bright crim-
son, suggesting in color the J acq rose.
This has proven to be a variety which
our modest Dick Witterstaetter might
have praised much more freely than he
did when he sent it out last year. By
common consent of everyone present it
was voted a decided acquisition.

Glacier is a beautiful white, which was
sent out, I think, two years ago with
but slight recommendation. It is of very
fine form and many there praised its free
blooming and other good qualities. It
has however, only a short stem, about
one foot long, but strong enough to hold
the bloom eiect.

Among the crimsons we found two new
varieties in fine form to claim our atten-
tion. Egypt is a large, fine flower of
good form and most excellent stem.
Roosevelt was very much admired as a
crimson and was considered generally a
valuable acquisition.

Prosperity, which has been so often
described and commented on, was exhib-
ited, but not in as grand form as I have
heretofore seen it: nevertheless, as afancy
carnation it ranks high. Dailledouze
Bros, also exhibited a blush seedling of
good size and fine form.

Among the varieties which aspired to
certificate honors were Cresabrook, a
fine pink; Dorothy Whitney and Henry
Fenn, both promising yellow sorts.

I cannot at this time refrain from say-
ing a word of praise on behalf ot Mrs.

Frances Joost, a variety I consider really
indispensable. It is of most pleasing and
popular color and is more prolific than
any other carnation I have ever grown.

Genevieve Lord, a valuable introduc-
tion of last year, is indeed a fine variety.
It has but one fault that I have been able
to observe, and that is that it fades on
the outer edge of the petals. This fault,
however, is not general, as in many
places it shows no tendency to fade.

Now, in regard to what was accom-
plished by the meeting and exhibition in
Baltimore. The growers were very much
interested and edified and all were grati-
fied by the sustained and increasing
interest manifested in the work of the
society, and the public seemed to be even
more interested thanthegrowers. Never
before did I see such a jam at a flower

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show. The crowd was so great that the
doors had to be closed many times during
the afternoons and evening because the
hall simply could not hold the people.

And, by the way, the benches were just
a little too low. The crowd bruised the
flowers badly. I should say the benches
should have been at least ten inches
higher; the efiect would have been quite
as good with greater safety for the flow-
ers. It would have been a good idea if
the exhibitors had renewed their blooms,
especially the novelties, after the first day
for the benefit of late comers and the gen-
eral dignitj of the show.

I think an admission fee of 25 cents
should have been charged and I hope this
will be done at Indianapolis next year.
I think if the society would agree to give,
say, half ot the net proceeds to some wor-
thy charity a number of the leading ladies
of the town would gladly act as pat-
ronesses, with a resulting large attend-
ance. The coming rose show at the
Waldorf-Astoria promises in this way to
be a great event. And the admission to
that show is to be, on the first day, "$5
per."

I have no doubt the managers of the
show next year will take all these and
other needful matters into consideration
and that even the visitors from a distance
will feel amply repaid for their journey.

John B. Nugent.

Among the committees of the New
York Florists' Club which did such
effective work and contributed so much
to make a notable success of the S. A. F.
convention last August, none merited
greater credit than the committee on hall
decoration whose elaborate adornment of
the meeting room was so much admired
by the visitors. We present herewith the
portrait of John B. Nugent, Jr., the chair-
man of that committee. _Mr. Nugent's
associations have been horticultural from
infancy, his father's business being that
of florist and nurseryman. At the age of
thirteen he went to work for his father.
His first experience in the wholesale
flower business was in 1883 when he sold
for Parson's, of West Chester, and after-
wards established himself in the base-
ment of Hodgson's flower store and later
on Sixth avenue. He is now a member
ofthefirmof Voung & Nugent, located
at 42 West Twenty-eighth street.

NoRTHRiDGE, N. Y.— J, J. Roggins WliT
remove to Modeltown and Kemp Hardi-
son will conduct his greenhouse business.

ROSES.

SHORTSTEMMBD AMERICAN BEADTV.

Ed. Am. Florist: — A house of American
Beauty was destroyed for the time being
by an overdose of sulphur fumes Novem-
ber 25 The plants are now fairly started
again, but they make stems only two or
three inches in length. How cat this
defect be remedied? C. T. M.

The severe check given to the American
Beauty plants as above described caused
a premature rest to the plants and a cor-
responding loss of root action; the pres-
ent short- stemmed crop is the result
th-;reof. As soon as the plants regain
their root action they will produce long
stems in proportion. To help them
regain this as quickly as possible every
healthy leaf possible should be retained
im the plants and all the flower buds
picked or cut off as soon as formed, as
they are of no value with such short
stems. This will be a very great help
towards getting the plants back into
vigorous growth again and if attended
to at once, will, in six or seven weeks
produce another good crop with much
longer stems. John N. May.

BRIDE AND BRIDESMAID IN SOLID BEDS.

Ed. Am. Florist:— Does it pay to grow
Bride and Bridesmaid in solid beds? How
far apart should they be planted to stand
two years? A. S

To insure success the beds should be
raised above the natural level of the
ground floor, according to the head room
above for the plants; to carry them over
they should have from five to six feet
from the soil to the glass. The sides of
the proposed bed should be raised either
with planks or any other material pre-
ferred, such as a brick wall or concrete.
Then fill the bed to within seven or eight
inches of the top with any loose stones,
gravel, cinders, broken brick, or
any material which will insure good
drainage, covering the top with the
finest part of the material to prevent the
soil washing down into the rubble; then
fill up the balance with a good, rich com-
post of loam and manure. Plant the
roses about fifteen inches apart each
way, press the bed solid after planting
and water as required. At the end of
the first season, say in July, gradually
withhold water till the plants get some
good, solid wood without causing the
young shoots to wither; this will take
four to six weeks. At the end of that

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1071

VIEW IN THE FERNERY AT LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO.

time if the plants are in a semi-rested
condition they should be pruned back,
the strong shoots shortened to where
the eyes are plump and the wood firm;
the small spray shoots should be cut
away altogether. Care should be taken
to have some foliage left on the plants.
After pruning and clearing all the dead
leaves and rubbish away, the house
should be well syringed, walks, beds, etc.,
as well as the plants, two or three times
daily if the weather is very hot, but do
not overwater the plants at their roots
till they are breaking into new growth
and even then care should be taken not
to get the soil saturated, otherwise they
will not break strong and vigorously.
After they have started into good growth
again a mulching of rich compost of half
manure and half soil will greatly help
them to produce extra good quality
flowers. John N. May.

The Fernery at Lincoln Park, Chicago.

The fernhouse at Lincoln Park, Chi-
cago, has gained a reputation as being
one of the finest in this country, and the
illustration herewith reproduced from a
photograph, will give a fair idea of the
general appearance of the collection there.
The remarkable attractiveness is due to
the peculiar arrangement and to the
unusual perfection which the specimens
have attained under the care of Charles
]. Strombach. The collection is not
large in the number of species represented.

Utica, N. Y.— The Asa Gray Botanical
Club visited the greenhouses of William
Mathews recently, to inspect the valu-
able collection of orchids which Mr.
Mathews possesses.

The Best Commercial Ferns.

[Read before the Florists' Club of Philadelphia,
at a recent meeting, by Charles IV. Cox-.\

From my own point of view I think the
essay committee has made a grave mis-
take in selecting a grower to tell you
which ferns keep best in the stores, which
last longest in the ferneries under adverse
circumstances, and on which varieties
retailers realize from 200 to 300 per cent
profit. Therefore, if I fail to come up to
your expectations, the vote of censure is
on the committee.

The fern is the queen of all vegetation.
If the palm can claim the title of the prin-
cess of the vegetable kingdom, I am sure
the ferns can go one better, from their
extreme beauty and diversity, as well as
their general adajjtability in arrange-
ment with flowering and ornamental
foliage plants.

Ferns, when well grown, are indispens-
able and possess peculiar attractions.
As their management gets better under-
stood their popularity increases, and the
now almost universal use of plants, and
especially of cut fronds, intermixed in
floral decorations, has led to the produc-
tion of a few of the most suitable species
in immense quantities. As regards ferns
it may reasonably be assumed that hun-
dreds of thousands are now grown where
hundreds only were to be found a few
years ago.

Many good and most beautiful sorts
are becoming scarcer every successive
season, and the reason assigned for this
state of things is that kinds adapted to
the purpose of decorating are compara-
tively few in number, and the demand for
such being yearly on the increase, it is
only natural that florists should devote
more space to these kinds to the exclu-
sion of many others, which, however

beautiful in themselves, are unsuitable
for indoor decorations. A few of the
ferns may be called more curious than
beautiful, such as the platycerium, or
elk's horn fern, of which I will speak
later.

I have selected a few of the varieties
that I consider most suitable for grow-
ing as specimen decorative plants:

Adiantum Farleyense, queen of maiden-
hairs, makes a fine specimen plant when
well grown. A. rhodophyllum is another
plant worthy of notice, of compact habit
and beautiful colored frond, and will be
used largely in the future as a substitute
for A. Farleyense, and it is of a more
hardy nature.

A. decorum is another free growing,
useful variety of strong habit that will
stand hard usage. A gracilis, a most
elegant fern, with light, graceful fronds,
makes a novel specimen plant, and its
fronds might be more frequently used
with fine cut flowers. A. elegans is a
beautiful maidenhair, with light spread-
ing fronds, and is much grown in prefer-
ence to A, cuneatum for cutting.

A. Lathomii is a beautiful variety, with
spreading, recurved fronds and makes a
fine pot plant. A. Ghiesbreghtii, or A.
scutum, is a very handsome fern which is
much used in Europe; it makes a fine
specimen and ought to be more generally
grown. A. Rochfordianum, of a darker
green color than A. cuneatum, is valuable
to grow as a pot plant.

A. cuneatum. the old variety, is per-
haps better known and more cultivated
than any other maidenhair fern, prob-
ably because it is one of the most graceful
and useful of all known species; indeed,
nothing can surpass the elegance of its
foliage for general use among cut flowers.

Asplenium bulbiferum is rarely seen in

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Mar. g.

this country but is grown in large quan-
tities for the London market and is con-
sidered one of the most important ferns
for house decoration. A. laxum pumilum,
a beautiful species with finely cut fronds,
pale glaucous green, is a fine table plant.

Cibotium Schiedii, though it appears
soft, has been found to stand well in dec-
orations and the large fronds are remark-
ably handsome. It is a very quick grower
and profitable plant.

Crytomium falcatum, commonly called
the holly fern, is remarkable iorthe thick,
leathery substance of the fronds. It
makes a useful plant for decorating when
grown in 6-inch or 7-inch pots.

Davallia Fijiensis plumosa has large
spreading fronds, very finely divided, and
makes a splendid plant when grown in
pots or pans. D. Mooreana, is undoubt-
edly one of the handsomest decorative
ferns known, with large spreading pale
green fronds, and is a iree grower.

D. hirta cristata, commonly called
microlepia, is a beautiful fern with rather
large, green, finely divided fronds, which
spread over and terminate with a beau-
ful tasselled crest. It is destined to
become a profitable plant when well
grown tor specimens.

Lomaria gibba ought to be more gen-
erally grown than it is. I consider it a
very useful plant for decorating, as it
makes a splendid specimen from four to
five feet across. Being so regular in
growth it is perfectly distinct from all
other ferns.

The nephrolepis is a most beautiful
genus. Many of the species have large,
drooping fronds and are particularly
adapted for growing in elevated posi-
tions. N. Bostoniensis is too well known
to need any comment.

N. davallioides furcans is an elegant
variety withlong, archingpinnatelronds,
the apices of the pinnte being forked
and crested, and the fronds terminating
in a branching crest; it makes a noble
specimen plant. N. Wittboldii is a new
variety and from the few plants I have
seen it promises to become a very useful
fern.

Platycerium alcicorne, the stag's horn
fern, is a very curious and interesting
species which seems to be growing in
favor for decorating conservatories, etc.
It will make a first-class novelty mounted
on blocks and will find ready sale. P.
grande is considered an improvement on
the old variety, it being a stronger
grower.

Polypodium aureum is a coarse leaved
fern but one that makes a very fine speci-
men in 6-inch and 7-inch pots. It is well
adapted for room decoration and a 2-inch
pot plant can be grown into a fine speci-
men in the space of a year. Polystichuni
coreaceum is a most desirable fern lor all
purposes; on account of its strong, leath-
ery texture it will stand rough usage.

The pteria genus includes a greater
number of species and varieties than any
other family of ferns and is also remark-
able for the beautiful variegated and
crested forms, the latter being very
numerous. P. Mayii is beautifully crested
and I consider it one of the best to grow
for decorations, in 5-inch and 6-inch
pots. P. Wimsetti also makes a fine
plant for the same purpose. P. Drink-
waterii is also a promising sort for grow-
ing into a good sized specimen.

P. argyrea makes a pretty efiect when
grown with two and three plants together
in an 8-inch pan. P. tremula Smithiana, a
very fine crested variety, has the free, vig-
orous habit of the type, each frond being
divided into several distinct frondlets, and
makes a nice specimen. P. cretica nobilis

has as its great feature a bold, not to say
stately habit, the crested, light-colored
fronds standing up so well as to render a
comparatively small specimen exceedingly
ornamental.

There are several other varieties of fern
that are useful as specimen plants, but I
consider the above the most serviceable
and profitable. There seems to be a
growing demand for small ferns, for
planting in small ferneries and jardinieres
and I consider, well grown plants in
3-inch pots the most useful for that pur-
pose.

I have selected a few species that I deem
the best, namely: Aspidium Tsussimense,
Cyrtomium falcatum, C. Fortunei, C.
caryotydium, Lastrea aristata variegata,
L. chrysoloba, L. opaca, Nephrolepis
cordata compacta, Polypodium aureum,
Polystichum coreacenm, P. setosum,
Pteria hastata, P. Victoria, P. nobilis, P.
nobilis variegata, P. Wimsetti, P. densa

PETER. WEILAND.

nana compacta, P. serrulata major and
P. Mayii.

The above list of small ferns is worthy
of special attention and when well grown
ought to command at least $8 per hun-
dred to pay the grower. It has been men-
tioned to me on more than one occasion
by some of our leading florists, to make
a specialty of such plants. Now, it is a
question whether they are willing to pay
that price for such stock, when they can
purchase commoner kinds at from $2 to
$6 per hundred. Some of our leading
growers sell 5,000 tor $100 in 2-inch to
2\ ijinch pots. Gentlemen, my advice to
you in this matter is to grow sweet
alyssum at $2.50 per hundred, there is
money in it for you, instead of growing
ferns at that price. It would be like a
Gufley oil well in comparison.

It is evident that the number of plant
growers has greatly increased and the
collection of the plants they cultivate is
a proof that their conception of the beau-
tilul is not confined t9 brilliantly colored
flowers; that they are able to appreciate
the elegance of our noble ferns, independ-
ent of bloom, which has been for so many
years the sole aim of the florist, who
looked forward to the developmeu. of
these, in many instances, ahort-lived
flowers, as the sole reward of a whole
season's' labor. How it was that we

were so long in learning to love these
highly ornamental ferns it is difficult to
say, but we are becoming thoroughly
alive now to the noble beauty and grace-
fulness displayed by some of our valuable
ferns.

Let us state distinctly, however, that
great as our love for ornamental ferns
may be, we do not wish to exalt them to
the obliteration of the flowering plants,
for dlthough the well-grown ferns are
highly ornamental when grouped
together, we are fully persuaded that
a judicious selection from both classes,
according to the space at our disposal, is
the surest way of producing a gay and
cheerful effect throughout the entire year.

The cultivation of ferns is much easier
than that of plants grown entirely for
the beauty of their flowers. To produce
plants profusely adorned with flowers,
close attention must be given to resting
and starting into growth, etc., at the
proper season. But the plants now ■
under consideration have to be treated fl
upon quite a different principle, for as ^
their beauty is to be sought in the foliage
the object should be to make them grow
as vigorously as possible from the earliest
stages, so that their characters may be
seen at any early period of their existence.

It is time, taking into consideration
the growing demand for ferns, that the
growers and retailers should get together
and establish a system of regulating
prices of well-grown, good varieties so
that the grower can make a living out of
it, which we must all admit he is not
doing at the present time, at the prevail-
ing prices.

The New Castle Boom.

Myer and Herbert Heller, the pioneers
of floriculture in New Castle, are predict-
ing that within a very few years the
Indiana town vrill be one of the famous
floricultural centers of the United States.
They are privileged to base this assertion
somewhat upon their own success, but
they rest their predictions upon the fact
that Peter Reinberg and Peter Weiland
are coming there and that Benthey &
Co. are putting lip 50,000 feet of glass
for Beauties, to be in charge of Otto Ben-
they, who has a reputation as a success-
ful grower of that specialty.

Peter Weiland is already in New Castle
to begin the construction of a big range
which he and Mr. Reinberg expect to
have in full crop next fall. Mr. Weiland
is receiving no little attention from the
fact that he is one of the youngest grow-
ers in the United States who has made a
reputation for the high quality of the
product he has turned out. Carnations
are his specialty, but he has had excellent
success with roses as well. We present
in this issue a reproduction of Mr. Weil-
and's latest portrait and also a view of a
house of Evanston carnation which he
grew at the establishment of his father,
M. Weiland at Evanston, 111. Mr.
Weiland is but 23 years of age.

Mr. Reinberg has the reputation of
doing well whatever he undertakes and
the supposition is that with his backing,
Mr. Weiland will be able to turn out as
good a crop of fancy carnations as it is
possible to produce. Those who predict
a roseate future for New Castle floricult-
ure have good grounds for their asser-
tion. It is undoubted that with the
example of these threefirst-class growers,
there will soon be still other very large
establishments in the Indiana pity. In
fact, one of theplantsmen is known to be
at present considering the feasibility of
erecting a range there.

igoT.

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1073

The Pan-American Exposition.

In a little less than eight weeks the
gates of the Pan-American Exposition
will be thrown open to the public. The
question is asked repeatedly, "Will it be
ready?" The writer has never seen other
expositions till the season was well
advanced and all was neatness and order,
but from what visitors and those con-
nected with other eipositions say, weare
much in advance and, with the exception
of the finishing touch of grass immedi-
ately surrounding the large buildings, all
will be complete

The buildings are practically all finished.
Nearly all of them have their last coat of
paint and the shades and tints that adorn
the Machinery building, the Liberal Arts.
Electricity, Horticulture, and other noble
buildings cannot be described, unless by
an artist second only to the master who
laid the color on. The coloring oi the
buildings is one of the charms ot the
exposition and when lighted up by thou-
sands of electric lights, as was the Agri-
culture building a few nights ago, the
effect is entrancing beyond my feeble
powers of description.

The great bridge between the approach
and the grand esplanade, beneath which
is the marvelous grotto, covering about
two acres and •connecting the east and
west mirror lakes, is near completion.
From each corner there arises a tower
100 feet high, elaborately adorned with
statuary and from which at night a thou-
sand electric lights will shine.

The statuary on the exterior of the
buildings is another feature which was
never before attempted on such an elab-
orate scale, and not only on the buildings
but in the many courts and fountain
basins, the groups of statuary give the
grounds a magnificent appearance. Some
500 vases, most of them three feet in
diameter, are being made on the grounds
from the material known as "staff."
These will be used near many of the
buildings and the Court of Fountains.
They will be filled by the landscape
department, some with specimen palms
and others with flowering plants and
drooping vines.

The two large aquatic basins, each 125
feet in diameter, one just south of the
Machinery building and the other in a
corresponding position in front of the
Liberal Arts building, are not only
grandly situated as an adornment to the
general plan, but are in a warm and
sheltered spot. The Victoria Regia and
tender nymphsas are being raised in one
of the conservatories, so that strong
plants can be ready for the basins by the
middle of May.

The Department of Works is at this
moment receiving carloads of trees, which
are being put in place, and everything
that can possibly be done now is being
done. We have seen seasons, notably
that of two years ago, when winter was
gone by March 10. If we should be so
blessed this spring, then the Pan-Ameri-
can will be most assuredly complete in
every detail on the opening day. If
spring is a month later, as it often is
here, then you inust give us ten days
extra time to cover every necessary spot
with the pleasing grass, which soothes
the eye and covers such a multitude of
sins.

The winter here has been the most
favorable for trees and shrubs and hardy
plants and bulbs that we can remember.
Scarcely a night below zero, but moder-
ately steady cold, and with an overcoat
of snow of about eighteen inches that has
kept everything well protected.

William Scott.

CARNATION EVANSTON GROWN BY PETER WEILAND.

Relationship of 'Wholesale and Retail Florists.

[ Read by Frederick Brown at the February meet-
ing of the Toronto Gardeners' and Ftoriits' Asso-
ciation. ]

In our bright and glorious city I believe
there exists a harmony between grower
and retailer not to be excelled in any city
on this continent. True, we may have
our little squabbles, but what would
there be in life if it were not for the few
deviations from the humdrum of smooth
existence which most fortunately seems
to prevail between grower and seller?
Any little troubles are quickly smoothed
over and I am proud to think that resent-
ment seems foreign to the mind of at
least the growers' section of our florists.

It seems to me that there should be a
closer relationship, that the greenhouse
men and the storemen should get in
closer touch with each other; that there
should be a means of holding informal
meetings, where what is best for the
trade of the different stores could be more
fully discussed; where the views of all
branches of trade could be brought for-
ward and where suggestions could be
made and, if worthy, could be acted
upon; where the great and small could
fearlessly air their views, and where there
would be a sufficient deference, one for
the other, that if a suggestion was
brought forward that seemed a little
erratic, ridicule could not appear.

Perhaps this society is organized for
such meetings; it seems to me that such
should be its aim. Yet there is something
lacking; it seems hardly what is needed;
there is formality, though some of us
seem perfectly at home, yet were we to
meet more as committees on this partic-
ular subject I believe it would be of
greater avail.

We might mention to the growers that
there is a lack of variety, and also in this
time of advancement, when everything is
expected to be at the top notch, a lack of
quality, though I am proud to believe
that the gardeners and florists of Toronto
can take their place and uphold their end
with any section of the trade the world
over. If attention could be paid to per-
fecting the varieties of plants and cut
flowers now on the market, and the
bringing out of only the cream of the
new ones, particularly not launching a

new creation until certain of a fair share
of success, there would be a greater sat-
isfaction, both mentally and financially,
to grower and seller. There are a num-
ber of growers who are doing their
utmost in this direction. I would say
success to them; but it should be the
universal aim of all.

There might be a still better under-
standing existing between us. We should
know each other better; we should be
sufficiently true to each other that we
could feel, were we to propose any of our
pet ideas from retailer to wholesaler, or
vice versa, that they would be confiden-
tially received, and that our opposition in
trade would not get the benefit or other-
wise of the views of our creative minds.
If such a state or feeling could be brought
to bear there would be much gained by
both branches.

I think that retailers, when doing any-
thing of a decorative character, should
take the grower and point out to him
where advantages are to be gained by
the growing of any special articles or the
discarding of any poor ones. If more of
this were done there would be knowledge
gained by the grower which could not be
obtained any other way.

Unfortunately there are some growers
who seem to think that it is not neces-
sary for the retailer to show such things
as he knows. If he does, then the place
for h'm is in the store and not at the
bench. The decorator is an artist and
has, or is supposed to have, a special
talent for his branch.

When the time comes that the grower
is a superior artist to the storeman, then
is the time to change places. Do not
misunderstand me; I am not endeavoring
to decry the artistic ability of any of our
growers, but I claim there is, or should
be, a positive distinction, and that the
grower should be willing and pleased to
recti ve and adopt suggestions from a
decorator. If the present growers feel
that this would be beneficial, then the
reform of changing places is greatly
needed, so as to bring about favorable
conditions for the making of proper sug-
gestions by the right person.

Now comes, I believe, the most impor-
tant part of this paper. The retailer

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knows, or should know, that prices are
purely a matter oi circumstance in the
flower trade; a fact to be impressed on
the grower. There are all classes of
trade, the good, the medium and the
cheap. The price to be obtained of the
good trade is almost unlimited, for put a
hrst-class article in a first-class estab-
lishment and you can command almost
any price, providing it be within reason.
Put the selfsame article in a smaller
store, where the trade is confined to the
medium classes, and you canpot get
within a good round margin of the prices
procured a step higher. Again, come
lower and the customer of a still lesser
light, when asked a price with a fair
margin of profit, smiles knowingly and
looks as though he thought extortion
were being practiced.

Some growers have partially solved the
difiiculty and, as is naturally suggested,
grade their products, but there are some
others who do not as yet seem to fully
realize the importance of grading and
make a conglomeration of all grades.
Thereby they lail to get a good price for
any ol their stock but get a general aver-
age price, giving unquestionable advan-
tage to the man who exercises greater
care. This hurts the business of both
high and lower class stores, for the trade
of neither will go to the other. There are
great difficulties connected with the fore-
going; to carry it out to the letter might
cause serious complications; it will have,
as is being done, to be gradually brought
about.

Among the difficulties there are the
retailers to be reckoned with. How are
we to class them? Who is high, medium
or low? Who would care to draw the
distinction and, providing that question
be satisfactorily solved, we retailers are
terribly human; we all want the best,
and in some cases where we, as individu-
als, are favored by some of the growers
who do not grade, were a reform to be
sprung quickly on us there would be seri-
ous complications I fear. But the change
must and is gradually coming.

It seems to me that here is another
drawback to mention to Toronto florists.

We want a better system of marketing
and in this seems to loom up the solution
of the difficulties of the previous para-
graph. The time is coming when we
shall awake and discover that there is no
longer a necessity for the busy grower to
waste half a day three or four times a
week in peddling, but that instead there
will be one central market or commission
house where the grower could send his
cut and, providing good, responsible par-
ties are backing it, feel that bis goods are
disposed of to the best advantage. He
would be benefited both by the saving of
time and money, and I think that a suffi-
ciently higher price would be obtained so
that the commission or profit necessary
to the jobber would be paid without any
financial loss to the growers.

Such commission houses I believe exist
in most ol the American cities, but as to
the success attained by them I am not
prepared to say. I am firmly of the belief
that the time is coming when such will
be the conditions with us, and still it
may not seem as though we should place
too great a power in the hands of a few;
yet when the time does come we will look
back with wonderment at the old meth-
ods.

The reformation will have to be a
gradual one and the man or men with
sufficient courage to initiate the reform
here would have to have a most deter-
mined nature, for there would at first
constantly arise difficulties which would
be hard to tide over, but in the future
there would eventually be the reward, for
I believe that the pioneer of this move-
ment in Toronto would be looked back
upon as one of the greatest benefactors
of the wholesale and retail florists of
Toronto.

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine.

If there ever was a hybrid or a mule
among plants it may be stated without
much hesitation or reservation that the
flowering plant heading this note should
be classified as such; yet it would hardly
be safe to boldly make the assertion that
it never has nor never will produce either

potent pollen or fertile seed. For a long
time after the writer had Lorraine under
cultivation, only stamibate (so called
male) flowers were produced, but laterin
the season a very few pistillates were
found. An effort was made to cause
them to produce seed by applying pollen
to the stigmas from other varieties with-
out results. Since that time no efforts
along these lines have been made. In
speaking of my own experience in the
matter to Robert Craig, he said that a
prominent gardener a year or so ago had
informed him that he had a plant of Lor-
raine standing all by itself around and
about which young begonia plants were
growing by the hundreds. Many times
since the news was first made known has
the matter crossed my mind, until about
a month ago when the gardener referred
to was met in Philadelphia, and after
greetings had been exchanged, he was
slapped upon the back and asked how
his seedling Lorraines were progressing;
whereupon he said with a quiet smile:
"It was all a mistake. The little plants
proved not to be Lorraines at all, but
some other variety."

Begonia seed is very dust-like in appear-
ance, and it is difficult indeed to tell that
which will grow and that which will not
grow with the naked eye; in fact, it is
impossible to do so. The largest and
most promising looking begonia seed
that I have ever raised has failed to grow
at all, namely, that produced from B.
socotrana (one of Lorraine's parents).
I have been advised that seed from B.
socotrana should be sown in the hot
summer months in order to deserve suc-
cess. As there are isolated cases on
record where mules in the animal king-
dom have proved maternal, then we
must not be surprised if the floral king-
dom can be induced to do so also. Prob-
ably there are cases on record now where
such has happened.

Edwin Lonsdale.

CONSERVATORY ARRANGED FOR 8HARPES-0LEMSON WEDDING, BY ED. POWELL,
GARDENER TO W. J. 0LEM80N, TAUNTON, MASS.

Solanum W^endlandii — Stephanotis Flori-
bunda.

Ed. Am. Florist:— What is the best
way to grow Solanum Wendlandii and
Stephanotis floribunda? Does the sola-
num need rest in winter? Subscribbr.

Solanum Wendlandii is almost decidu-
ous and the process of forming new leaf
and root buds seems to be in progress all
the time of the shortening days until our
lengthened hours of sun in February and
March wake the newly formed buds into
activity and the older ones drop ofl'.
Unlike plants we ordinarily call decidu-
ous, the old leaves and rootlets are not
shed until the new buds are formed and
ready to develop, so they are scarcely
dormant, but there is a change of living
tissue takes place the same as in decidu-
ous trees, and one should not give them
too much water, heat or food until the
new growth starts; then follow up with
an abundance. An aerated, rich loam is
desirable.

Stephanotis floribunda is one of the
most useful vines for florists and requires
treatment so easily given that almost
every grower could accommodate a few
plants. Nevertheless it is peculiar and
very apt to be killed by good intentions
if not understood. It must be grown in
open ground because it will not endure
disturbing or breaking of roots. It is
peculiar in its habit of c'imbing, requir-
ing a support on which it can bend
around in a spiral form; this would be
troublesome in a pot. Then It is best
over winter in a semi-dormant condition
at a temperature of 50°; this requires an

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even moisture, difficult to maintain in a
pot. Open ground in a carnation house
or even with such roses as the Perle, La
France or Papa Gontier suits it well.
The soil should have under drainage. A
top dressing of old cow manure each
spring as new growth starts is advisable.
Slender bamboo poles are best for train-
ing, as the vine when in bloom can be
cut with pole and often used in decora-
tions on the same pole. . C. B. W.

Pot Root Dahlias.

Bi). Am. Florist:— Please tell me the
method employed in growing dahlias to
obtain the so-called "pot-root."

SUBSCBIBHR.

The method employed in growing
dahlias to obtain pot roots is to put the
cuttings, as soon as rooted, in 2-inch
pots; when they become thoroughly
established, shift into 3 inch pots and
grow on the entire summer, ripening
them oil during the fall. After being
shifted into 3-inch pots, they can be
either set in frames, where water can be
easily applied, or plunge the pots to
below the rim in the ground. This latter
method is preferable on account of
requiring less water, and hence is cheaper.
We find we can get better results by
keeping them in the open frames without
plunging, as the roots are not so apt to
grow through the hole in the bottom of
the pot, and we do not lose anything
like from twenty-five to fifty per cent of

the pots, as is usually the case where
they are plunged in the soil.

W. P. Pbacock.

New York.

UTTLB CHANGE IN CUT FLOWER SITUA-
TION. — ROSE MARKET PROFITS BY INAU-
GURATION AT WASHINGTON.— SPLIT CAB-
NATIONS IN EVIDENCE.— VIOLETS DOING
BETTER THAN HERETOFORE. — HILL TO
TALK OF NEW ROSES. — VARIOUS NOTES
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

No noteworthy change has taken place
in the cut flower market during the past
week. Occasional spurts of activity have
developed in some lines only to be fol-
lowed by reaction and dullness. A brief
but gratifying relief was afforded by the
draft made upon the stock in hand by J.
H. Small & Sons for the inaugural deco-
rations at Washington, roses benefiting
particularly. Bride and Bridesmaid roses
are somewhat lighter in supply. Ameri-
can Beauties are fairly plentiful; the qual-
ity of these in the special grades is good
but most of the blooms with shorter
stems are imperfect. Ulrich Brunner is
being received in increased quantities and
improving quality. In carnations it is
noticed that a large number of those
coming to this market are split, White
Cloud and Wm. Scott suffering especially
in this respect. The supply in general is
adequate to the demand. Daffodils,
tulips and hyacinths are still an encum-
brance. Ivily of the valley is selling better
but does not clear up. All green material

such as smilax, adiantum and asparagus
is in quite moderate supply and may be
said to sell better than anything else.
Violets seem to be popular at the
reduced figures at which the street boys
get them. The principal thoroughfares
are blue with them. The supply is larger
this year than ever before and the general
average of prices very little, if any, lower.
Mignonette — well, the remark of one
wholesale artist covers the situation:
"We don't count it now, we sell it by the
barrel."

At the meeting of the Florists' Club on
Monday evening, March 11, it is
announced that E. G. Hill, of Richmond,
Ind., will deliver a lecture on "Newer
Roses." An exhibition of roses will be
made, including the old as well as the
new sorts. This will be a good oppor-
tunity for the experts to show what they
can do and it is expected that a good dis-
play will be forthcoming. Intending
exhibitors should send their blooms in
care of the secretary, John Young, 51
West Twenty-eighth street, who will
attend to their staging.

It is lamed that A. Herrington leaves
England on S. S.Campania on Saturday,
March i). A. Dimmock is expected on
the same boat. C. S. Plumb left England
on the St. Paul last Saturday. He iakes
a place with PresidentWeir, of the Adams
Express Co., at Locust Valley, N. Y.

A number of importers of Japanese
bulbs lost their stock in the sinking of
the steamer Rio de Janeiro in San Fran-
cisco harbor last week.

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Messrs. Ward, Wallace and President
O'Mara are in Buflfalo, attending the S.
A. F. executive committee meeting.

C. B. Weathered has gone west for an
extended business trip. Before leaving
he disposed of his mustache.

C. W. Ward has just finished a hand-
some new carnation house, dimensions
30x245.

Chicago.

STATB OF TRADB.— MARKET GENHBALLY
OVER-LOADED— TRADE DULL IN ZBRO
DAYS.— PRICES ON THE DECLI.SE.— MEET-
ING OF THE CLUB. — RETAILERS HEAR
FROM AN EXPERIENCED GROWER.— AT
THE PARKS— REINBERG HAS A BIRTH-
DAY. — OTHER ITEMS OF PERSONAL
DOINGS —JOTTINGS HERE AND THERE
AMONG THE TRADE.

March came in like a lamb, and in the
first two dajs the street dealers were
able to do business and moved a consid-
erable accumulation of low grade stock,
even though it was at unremunerative
prices. But the March lion soon drove
out the lambkin and has held sway for
most of the week, trade being at the
usual zero level. City demands were
more brisk with a few days of warmth,
but fell away again under the influence
of the cold, and shipping trade showed
to a slight degree the influence of the
Lenten season. The result was that in
the middle of this week trade was at its
lowest ebb and values fell proportion-
ately. With the moderation in the tem-
perature things are picking up again, but
atl this week there has been too much
stock in the market, save a few special-
tiA. Prices on extra lengths of Beauties
have fallen one-third within the fort-
night, although there are, as ever, insuffi-
cient supplies of good quality stock of
the medium lengths. There are heavy
cuts of Bride and Bridesmaid, and most
of the stock is first-class, but prices on
the average are pretty low. Of lowgrade
carnations there is a surplus, but fancy
stock is still in heavy demand. There is
nothing new to report in the situation as
to violets and bulbous stock. Calla
lilies have been coming in remarkable
quantities in the past few days, but are
not doing much. Smilax is less plentiful
than it has been recently. There seems
to be a general scarcity of common ferns
and the price has gone up to $2 per
thousand, with some well informed
wholesalers predicting that the rates on
this essential item will reach unprece-
dented heights before the new crop is in.
It is said that those who have ferns in
cold storage are meeting with poor suc-
cess in the keeping this year.

In the absence of President McAdanis,
Vice-President Geo. Woodward took the
chair at the meeting of the Florists' Club
on March 1. The membership was very
well represented, especially the retailers,
who came to hear Mr. Buettner's views,
to the effect that retailers do not display
their stock to proper advantage and that
a much greater amount of stock could be
disposed of if the retailers would pay
more attention to artistic effect and dis-
play. Among others who participated
in this discussion were Messrs. Wien-
hoeber, Samuelson, Robertson and Kreit-
ling. The discussion was followed by
Mr. Sanders' paper on "The florists'
business of to-day as compared with that
of twenty years ago." H. E. Philpott,
of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was a visitor
and gave his experiences and methods of
business as practiced in a country where
the thermometer ranges from 10° to 30°
below zero the whole winter through.

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MIRROR DECORATION FOR SH ARPE8-CLEM80N WEDDING. BY ED. POWELL,
GARDENER TO W. J. 0LEM80N, TAUNTON, MASS.

Mr. Philpott said that it is impossible to
grow roses in his country — as in Novem-
ber the frost covers the inner side of the
glass to the thickness of one-half inch
and remains until spring, thus depriving
the plants of light and sun. G. E. Ander-
son, 207 Devon avenue, was elected to
membership. Benj. Duiiee, of the Amer-
ican Rose Co., Washington, D. C, has
promised to be in the city with Ivory,
his new white Golden Gate rose, and
expects to exhibit same at the next meet-
ing of the club. A shipment of Roosevelt
carnations, which was sent by The Cot-
tage Gardens, of Queens, L. I., was to
have been on exhibition at the meeting,
but did not arrive until Saturday
morning. The programme for the
next meeting includes papers by H. N.
Bruns and August Jurgens, on lily of the
valley culture.

Several florists and some thousands of
other people have been attracted to the
conservatories at Washington Park by
the display of spring flowering plants
which has been on there in the past two
weeks. There have been some remarka-
bly well-flowered azaleas in the various
varieties usually met with, and some
very fine white lilacs which would make
splendid pot plants for Easter sales,
although the cut sprays of white lilacs
have not been meeting with the usual
favor this year. - Kennicott Bros. Co.
has had them very regularly for some
time and has not found them meeting
with the usual ready sale.

The Geo. Wittbold Company has its
stock plants of Nephrolepis Wittboldii
planted in the benches raised in the peak
of the roof above the center walks in
some of the new houses. They are flour-
ishing remarkably, the plants making
splendid growth and producing runners
at an astonishing rate, dozens of them to
a plant. Mr. Wittbold has been keeping
tab on it and the Boston fern and has
found that the Wittboldii is reproducing
more rapidly than the Boston. He sav«
that in order to get the full benefit of its
reproductive powers it is best to have
the plants in a rather light soil.

On Monday George Reinberg was one
year older than he was on Saturday
night, and in the interim something like
forty of his florist friends surprised him
at his home, and were in turn surprised
to find that their visit had been antici-
pated by Mrs. Reinberg, who provided
an elaborate spread for their guests.
Mr. Reinberg is entertaining his cousin,
John Beck, of Remsen, la.

E. E. Pieser, of the Kennicott Bros.
Co., has been ill all winter, although
attending to business daily. He says
that Lent is making rather less difi'erence
with their business than usual, although
the low values of violets and bulbous
stock are making them hustle to keep
their sales up to the high level mark of
last year.

O. P. Bassett and Mrs. Bassett reached
home Monday from a holidayin Florida,
and on Wednesday Mr. and Mrs Wash-
burn went to North Carolina, just below
Asheville. Mr. Washburn will be home
before Easter, but Mrs. Washburn will
remain some weeks later. Her health is
now considerably improved.

Benthey & Co. have purchased nine
acres of land at New Castle, Ind., and
have let all the contracts for the erection
of a range of five houses 26x300. Amer-
ican Beauties will be the principal crop,
but one of the items which they will
grow will be 1,000 plants of Marquis de
Litta rose.

Peter Reinberg is more than pleased
with his business in rooted cuttings this
year. The total of his sales to March 1
has been more than three times the figure
for the same period last year. He has
booked some big orders for cuttings of
Mrs. Lawson.

McKellar & Winterson have their
establishment rearranged and in good
shape for the Easter rush. They report
that the demand for seasonable supplies
for that occasion is already beginning,
and anticipate the biggest Easter in his-
tory.

Weiland & Risch have booked some big
orders for carnation and rose cuttings,
which, with the considerable numbers

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required for planting their own new
range, have practically cleaned them out
of stock.

J. A. Budlong reports Beauties rather
out of crop for the moment, but says that
he has a big crop of buds in sight for
Easter and the early spring months,
when there is always a shortage in the
supply.

Wietor Brothers have been doing an
enormous business in rooted cuttings,
having booked two orders, those of
Michael Winandy and the Sinner Broth-
ers, ranging between 15,000 and 20,000
each.

B, C. Amling is congratulating himself
because of the lact that the several hun-
dred thousands of ferns which he has in
storage are keeping better than is the
general experience.

J. B. Deamud is receiving cut blooms
ot the new carnations, Guardian Angel
and Mrs. Leopold Ine. He speaks highly
of them as both keepers and sellers.

Peter Reinberg has bought 5,000 plants
of the new rose. Marquis de Litta, which
Reinberg & Weiland will grow in their
new range at New Castle.

At E. H. Hunt's they say that if trade
will maintain the pace of the first ten
days of Lent they will have not a word
of complaint to utter.

A. L. Randall is handling very large
receipts these days and is getting in some
superfine violets from the Oconomowoc
growers.

Emil Buettner has been at Bufi'alo this
week attending the S. A. F. executive
committee meeting.

Poehlmann Brothers are among the
growers who expect to get in a big crop
of lilies for Easter.

Bassett & Washburn burned 1.500
tons of coal in the twenty-eight days of
February.

Mrs. H. Bickford has been very low
with pneumonia, but is now conval-
escing.

Visitors: H. Van Zonneveld, of Von
Zonneveld Bros. & Co,, Sassenheim,
Holland; C. B. Whitnall, Milwaukee.

Boston.

MARKET BURDENED BY A SURPLUS — VIO-
LBTS MOVE SLOWEST OF ALL.— CERTIFI-
CATE OF MERIT FOE A NEW COLEUS —
VARIOUS ITEMS OF VARYING LOCAL
INTEREST.

There is a surplus of flowers of all kinds
in this market and it requires consider-
able hustling to keep the material moving
which is loaded in here daily, violets
being the toughest problem of all, but
altogether there seems no valid cause for
complaint as the demand is of good pro-
portions and quite steady, and the vari-
ous sections of the business— growers,
wholesalers and retailers — all seem gen-
erally satisfied with the season's business
and are counting confidently on a good
Easter and spring business.

At Horticultural Hall last Saturday
there were a few small exhibits, among
them being a new flowering coleus, C.
thyosoides, for which a certificate of
merit was awarded to Oakes Ames. The
same exhibitor staged a nice plant of
Cattleya Trianas Amesiana. Violets
from F. W. Fletcher and acacia from
J. L. Bird were excellent.

The Horticultural Club had for its
guests at its monthly meeting. February
28, Dr. H. Yenetchi, Dr. J. MacConnell
and H. S. Hussey. J. H. Morton, of Mt.
Hope, presided.

Tne next meeting of the Gardeners'
and Florists' Club of Boston will take

place at Horticultural Hall on Tuesday
evening, March 12.

Edmund M. Wood and Wm. J. Stewart
have gone to attend the Buflalo meeting
of the executive committee of the S. A. F.

Geo. A. Sutherland has secured the
sole agency for the new '"Koral" florists'
letter andis about to put it on the market.

Philadelphia.

TRADE FALLING OFF.— PRICES WEAKEN-
ING SOMEWHAT.— ALL ABOUT THE RATES
A RETAILER PAYS.— MARCH MEETING OF
THE CLUB.— A LARGE EXHIBITION.—
MANY GOOD CARNATIONS SHOWN —ROSES
ATTRACT FAVORABLE COMMENT.— BUILD-
ING IN PROSPECT.

Things are not so lively these last few
days; the sackcloth and ashes are begin-
ning to work and stock is accumulating.
Prices have receded a trifle, but are still
fair for the season. Beauties, specials,
are now $5 per dozen, and from that sell
$1 lower per dozen for each grade. The
best teas bring $S to $10, with emphasis
on the lower figure. Liberty moves well
at from $8 to $16. All of the growers
like the cut blooms of this rose, but few,
as yet, have much to say about the
profits. Rose growers are like rose
dealers, they admire a beautiful flower,
but they can't forget that it is but a
means to an end; if it does not lead to
success it must make way for a more
profitable variety. Carnations are in
good shape and the price keeps up fairly
well; $1.50 to $2 is asked for the good
ordinary grades, and $3 to $4- for the
specials. Mignonette is also fine and
sells for from $2 to $4. Bulbous stock is
plentiful. Tulips sell for $3, and the
same is asked for daftodils, although
many are said to go for less. Violets are
in full supply, the quality of the Princess
of Wales and the doubles being fine; 35
cents to 75 cents is the price. S weet peas
are good and sell for the most pprt at $2
per hundred.

The March meeting and smoker of the
Florists' Club was a great success, there
being a large number present. President
Harris put the routine business through
with a snap and vigor that proves him
to be a veteran handler of the gavel.
There were several new members added
to the roll, after which William P. Craig
read his paper on what was done at the
Baltimore convention. Thereis a refresh-
ing frankness about Mr. Craig's papers
that we like, and this one was full of
good things, tersely told His idea that
a man might as well say what he hon-
estly thinks about this or that variety to
a roomful of people as well as to two or
three is a good one, but not many, like
Mr. Craig, have the courage to carry it
out.

There was a very nice display of cut
carnations. Our ordinary exhibition
space, the billiard table, was found to be
too small, and additional staging had to
be erected. R. Craig & Son had twenty
vases of fine blooms, among them agood
white and a huge red, as large as any
we have yet seen, and a good color.
Hugh Graham had four vases of their
new seedlings, all fine. Dorner & Sons
sent a vase of their fine new white,
Lorna, and Dailledouze Brothers exhib-
ited Prosperity. The American Rose
Company had two large vases of their
new Ivory, or white Golden Gate rose.
They were grand large flowers. To show
its keeping qialities one vase was full of
flowers that had been cut two weeks,
and there seemed but little diS'erence
between those freshly cut and the others.
That ought to appeal to the grower;

just think of the possibilities at Christ-
mas! There was also a dozen fine flowers
of the Queen of Edgely, the new pink
Beauty. With the flowers was also dis-
played the Queen's letter, the three beau-
tiful medals awarded this variety, and
some healthy young plants, showing the
vigor of the stock.

There is to be considerable building
going on about here in the near future.
John Burton is about to erect nine
houses 25x150 fett on property across
the street and a short distance from his
present location. This will add about
fifty per cent to his plant and enable him
to better supply his growing trade.
Jacob Becker is also about to commence
operations on a range of glass on his
property at Forty-ninth and Chestnut
streets, to which site he will gradually
move his entire plant.

Visitors: Benj Durfee, of Washington;
Mr. Smith, of Smith & Fetters, of Cleve-
land; Wm. Brown, of Mann & Brown,
Richmond, Va.; Wm. Greisinger, repre-
senting Van Houtte, Ghent, Belgium.

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Buffalo.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION IS IN SESSION— MEETING
OF THE CLUB.— STATE OF TRADE.

The executive committee of the S. A. F.
has been in session here this week and
has made plans which promise to make
the August convention one of the most
successful on record. The routine work
was handled with dispatch, those present
being President Patrick O'Mara, Secre-
tary Wm. J. Stewart, Treasurer H. B.
Beatty and Committeemen J. D. Car-
mody, Alex. Wallace, C. W. Ward, J. F.
Sullivan, A. B. Cartledge, Emil Buettner
and Richard Witterstaetter, with repre-
sentatives of the Buflalo Florists' Club,
and a number of other gentlemen inter-
ested in the afi'airs of the S. A. F., among
them, Edmund M. Wood, of Natick, and
J. Liddon Pennock, of Philadelphia. The
weather was severely cold but that did
not interfere with the entertainment pro-
vided by the Buflalo Florists' Club. The
visitors were escorted to the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition and afi'orded a view of
the grounds in a temperature of 4° below
zero, and after lunch were given an
opportunity to display their prowess on
the bowling alleys, with a visit to the
theatre afterwards. After final adjourn-
ment a numerous party visited Niagara
Falls to see the ice bridge, which is par-
ticularly fine at present.

The Bufi'alo Florists' Club had an
important meeting on Monday, when a
great deal of convention business was
transacted and nominations made for
officers for the ensuing year. The elec-
tion will take place in two weeks, pend-
ing which some active electioneering will
be done.

Trade shows an improvement, funeral
work being very plentiful and the flower
supply limited, excepting bulbous stock,
which is in profusion and rather cheap.

Visitors: E. A. Frey, Rochester; Jerry
Brookins, Orchard Park; Paul Berko-
witz, Philadelphia; H. J. Goemans, Hille-
gom. W. A.

Gbrmantown, Pa.— Tuesday evening,
March 12, will be carnation night at the
Chestnut Hill Horticultural Society. At
that time we expect a good exhibittand
a paper will be read by Wm Kleinheintz,
gardener to P. A. B. Widener. Mr.
Kleinheintz is the most successful carna-
tion grower in this section.

J. H. H.

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St. Louis.

TRADE CONTINUES FAIR ALTHOUGH ALL
STOCK IS PLENTIFUL. — VIOLETS VERY
CHEAP. — SANDERS HAS GOOD STOCK. —
NEXT CLUB MEBriNG.

The decided change in the weather the
last week has had no perceptible eflect on
the trade and stock is coming in quite
plentifully. Such carnations as Marquis,
Crane and White Cloud are in active
demand. A few Beauties are coming in,
the best bringing $4 per dozen. Violets are
to be had in large quantities and bring
25 cents and 30 cents per hundred.
Bulbous stock is very plentilul and
generally low in price. Some very good
sweet peas are to be seen. Smilax is
very scarce. Retail trade is reported as
medium in cut flowers, while a large
number of potted plants are sold.

C. C. Sanders' city houses are not of
the latest style, but they contain the
latest styles of flowers and plants. Mr.
Sanders has some nice houses with all
the latest improvements, and also a
nursery, out in the country, where he
laises his carnations, roses, geraniums
and other stock, while the city houses
are used more for potted plants. Among
these he has abutilons in variety, some
very fine double nasturtiums and splendid
geraniums. Also some Crimson Rambler
roses that are just showing color and
which Mr. Sanders expects to get in for
Easter. His lilies he has in all stages
from plants that are in bloom down to
some that are just beginning to show
buds.

The next monthly meeting of the
Florists' Club will be held on March
14, and a show of miscellaneous flowers
*ill be held, three cash prizes being
offered for the best vases. R. J. M.

Columbus, O.

BUSINESS ALL THAT COULD BE EXPECTED
AT THE SEASON. — STOCK PLENTIFUL. —
LILIES PROMISE WELL FOR EASTER. —
NEW SEEDLING CARNATIONS.— NOTES
HERE AND THERE.

All things considered, business is abont
as brisk as one may expect at this season
of the year. With the advent of sun-
shine — and to the florists this is most
welcome — carnations are coming along
in a manner most encouraging, even the
belated varieties pushing onward as if
to make up for lost time. Nor is there a
scarcity of roses. Harrisii and longi-
florums are behaving "lovely," and from
all appearances will be on deck in time.
There is after all a deal in the treatment;
those handled with all due consideration
invariably vield the best results.

At the Franklin Park Floral Com-
pany's establishment the visitor finds
much to interest him. Never were their
carnations in finer condition than they
are now. Barring the Columbus, a seed-
ling of their own, which they intend dis-
tributing next year, Ethel Crocker is
ahead ot everything. As to the Colum-
bus, suffice it to say that it is of ideal
color, size, stem and calyx, and is a steady
and prolific bloomer. Mr. Knoff", the
manager of the establishment, as well as
other local growers who have watched
its progress, feel that Columbus will be a
winner.

Underwood Brothers' mammoth car-
nation house presents a sight worthy of
a day's journey to behold. Besides grow-
ing the best varieties they have a number
of seedlings of their own, one of which
especially, attracted my attention. It is
mammoth in size of blooms and length
of stem, with color ot the Gomez

shade. A glance at their general stock
suffices to prove that the Underwood
Brothers are wide awake and know how
to keep pace with the times.

S. F. Stephens is not only "in it" but
has, so to speak, over-reached his own
expectations as to roses. He has never
had them In as fine a condition; nor were
they ever in greater demand. Mr.
Stephens, being located at the entrance of
one of the largest cemeteries in the city,
enjoys practically the monopoly of the
cemetery trade. His bedding stock is not
only in fine condition, but abundant as
well.

The veteran florist, Gus Drobish,
has been ill for two weeks, and is still
confined to his bed. Mr. Drobish is not
only well posted in everything pertaining
to the trade, but can talk most enter-
tainingly; to hear him is a treat.

At the Livingston Seed Company's
place things are as lively as in the pro-
verbial bee hive. The seed trade has been
all and more than had been expected,
while at the flower department business
is equally encouraging.

John R. Hellenthal reports a good busi-
ness all along the line. His Brides and
Bridesmaids are fine and vigorous, while
the Golden Gates and Perles cannot
possibly be surpassed. Nomis.

Washington.

A SPLENDID DECORATION FOR THE INAUG-
URAL BALL. — EFFECT THE FINEST EVER
SEEN IN THE COUNTRY.— LARGE QUANTI-
TIES OF STOCK CONSUMED.

J. H. Small & Sons had the contract for
the decoration of the Pension building
for the inaugural ball, and they trans-
formed the great court into a veritable
fairyland. It was not only one of the
largest and most elaborate decorations
which has ever been seen in this country,
but eclipsed all previous attempts in this
line for inaugural celebrations. J. H.
Small, Jr., deserves much credit for the
aole manner in which he executed the
task to the smallest detail. Large quan-
tities of cut flowers, particularly roses,
were used, much stock having been pro-
cured in the New York and Philadelphia
markets. Thousands of decorative and
flowering plants were employed and great
quantities of southern smilax and other
decorative greens. The bunting and
electric lights were a very necessary part
in the scheme. It would be impossible,
within the limits of this column, to dis-
cribe in detail the various arrangements
of the court, the balconies, the President's
room, the rooms of the various officials,
and the numerous rooms provided for the
general comfort and convenience of the
thousands upon thousands of guests.
P. G.

Richmond, Ind.

SEASON OPENS AUSPICIOUSLY WITH THE
PLANTSMEN — DEMAND FOR GERANIUMS.
— FUCHSIA RETURNING TO FAVOR. — SEED-
LING CARNATIONS. — NEW ROSES. — A CRYS-
TAL PALACE FOR ADONIS.

That there is hustle and bustle at the
E G. Hill establishment at this season of
the year goes without saying. Busy as
they usually are, this season's trade has
surpassed all previous records. There
was and still is a great demand for gera-
niums. What seemed like an over-pro-
duction but a few weeks ago will, in all
probability, barely suffice to fill the
orders already on hand. The sale of
new geraniums has likewise provici a
surprise. From all quarters the demand
for something new seems to be on the

increase. What is equally noteworthy
is the increased demand for fuchsias.
There seems to be a tendency to popular-
ize once again the fuchsia of old, a stepin
the right direction, for the plant is wor-
thy of it.

Among the carnations of last year's
introduction The Marquis is decidedly in
the lead, Mrs. Lawson being a close sec-
ond. But Mr. Hill's own seedlings are
what hold the interest. One of these,
Gaiety, is of the Bradt type, with the
additional merit claimed for it of yielding
several blooms to the former's one. It is
Mr. Hill's intention to put it on the mar-
ket next season. A brilliant scarlet and
a large white also attract attention.
Whether ornot they will be put on the
market will depend upon the results of
another season's trial. And right here
I will remark in passing that Mr. Hill,
himself, is perhaps the severest critic of
his own seedlings. What appears to the
growers who visit him as perfect he often
discards as worthless. Thus Indiana, a
brilliant scarlet, and Mary Hill, a fine
pink, never saw the light of day outside
of his own place. In his opinion, they
were simply "not good enough."

Not the least interesting are his seed-
ling roses. One of the largest houses on
the place is given to their cultivation.
While some are still going through their
experimental stage, others have fully
demonstrated and proven their commer-
cial value. There are two in sight, namely,
Earlham, a gorgeous blush white, and
Richmond Gem, a most beautiful pink,
which setm destined to achieve a meas-
ure of popularity. Not only do they pos-
sess the qualities to attract "milady,"
who, after all, is the best judge of roses,
but the growers will find them to be "the
least capricious, as well as the easiest of
their kind to get along with." Good new
roses are. wanted, there is no doubt about
that.

The house, 30x400, for the reception
and installation of Adonis will soon be
in course of erection. Great is Adonis—
and so will be the house to be built forit!

NoMis.

Tarrytown, N. Y.

MONTHLY MEETING OF THE SOCIETY —A
GOOD ATTENDANCE AND MUCH INTEREST.
—MANY EXCELLENT EXHIBITS -ESSAYS
ON LETTUCE AND MIGNONETTE. — THE
BEST VARIETIES OF LETTTCB.

The Tarrytown Horticultural Society
held its monthly meeting February 28
with thirty members present. Reports
were made from the members who
attended the annual suppers ot the West-
chester County Gardeners' Association
and the Dutchess County Horticultural
Society, who all enjoyed a most pleasant
time. The committee reported progress
on the schedule for next fall's exhibition.
President Smith was well pleased with
the exhibits on the table and hopes that
it will be the same at everv meeting.

Wm. Turner had a well finished lot of
The Marquis carnation for which the
society awarded a certificate of merit.
J. Bradley, gardener to H. Sadenburg,
Hastings, N. V., received honorable men-
tion for Marie Louise and California
violets. F. Gibson, gardener to Mrs.
Hale, Tarrytown, received honorable
mention for sprays of Begonia Souvenir
de Francois Gaulain and violets. L A.
Martin, gardener to Mrs. C. C. Worth-
ington, IrvingtOH, received a certificate
of merit for a bunch of mignonette in
three varieties and honorable mention
for Lady Hume Campbell violets.

Two essays were read, one by Wm.

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Scott, gardener to J. Eastman, Tarry-
town, on lettuce, and one by L. A. Mar-
tin, on mignonette. Mr. Scott gave some
particularly interesting points. He said
in particular that he preferred the
variety Deacon for forcing under glass,
and that it is less liable to disease than
any other. He said he is very careful to
use only very old, rotted manure in his
compost, that solid beds are better
than raised benches and that he keeps the
temperature at night at 40°. In the dis-
cussion that followed Mr. Turner said
that he agrees with Mr, Scott's methods
but has found that 45° at night is better
than 40° and that Thorburn's Glass-
house variety matures earlier with him
than any other.

Two nevr members vrere elected:
Andrew Grierson, gardener to Hicks
Arnold, Rye. N. Y., and Wm. Smith,
gardener to Robert Mallory, Portchester,
N Y. There is quite a change going on
about here, and we shall lose some of
our members shortly. They have the
best wishes of the society. L. A. M.

Syracuse.

FRUIT GEOVi'EES ORGANIZE A STATE SOCI-
ETY. — SAN JOSE SCALE THE PRINCIPAL
POINT OF INTEtiEST. — FIFTY CASES OP
INFECTCON IN THE STATE. — EXTENSIVE
WORK WITH SUGAR BEETS.— JOTTINGS
OF FLORISTS.

The New York State Fruit Growers'
Association was organized here this week
with eighty-six members. Twenty-four
are life members and the rest annual
members. The association is the out-
growth of a split which occurred at the
January meeting of the Western New
York Horticultural Society. The follow-
ing officers were elected: President, L.
T. Yoemans, of Walworth; vice-president,
John T. Roberts, of Onondaga; second
vice-president, John Potter, of Niagara;
secretary, F. E. Dawley, of Fayetteville;
treasurer, Charles Darrell, of Onondaga.
The members of the executive committee
are: T. B. Wilson, of Halls Comers; F.
A. Tabor, of Poughkeepsie; Dr. C. R.
Ring, of Appleton; Wright McCnllom, of
Lockport; William McKee, of Geneva.
One of the important topics discussed
was the amount of San Jose scale preva-
lent in the state. Smith & Powell, Syra-
cuse nurserymen, had telegraphed to the
commissioner of agriculture at Albany
asking him if it were true that out of the
300 nurseries of the state over fifty vrere
infected with the scale. A reply was
received to the effect that the scale was
found in fifty six nurseries in 1900, and
the infection blight in fifty. This state-
ment caused a long discussion, several
disputing thecorrectnessof the assertion.
Prot. V. H. Lowe, of the Geneva Experi-
mental Station, addressed the meeting on
the San Jose scale. The association
decided to prepare an exhibit for the
state fair in September. The next meet-
ing will be held in Syracuse.

T. J. Rogers, of Binghamton, a member
of a beet sugar firm in that place, has
been in Mt. Morris, making growing con-
tracts with the farmers, and should the
crop of this year prove successful the
farmers will go in for raising beets on a
larger scale next year. Little trouble
was found to induce the farmers to go
into the industry. The 'argest contract
was with John F. White, who is to raise
200 acres. Milk dealers are going into
the industry extensively, as they think
the pulp can be fed lo their cattle to
great advantage.

P. R Quinlan, of Quinlan & Co., is in
South America looking after his interests

in the asphalt contests. He is in com-
pany with Charles M. Warner, the Syra-
cuse capitalist. Their rights to certain
property in Venezuela are in dispute, and
until they are settled Mr. Quinlan will
not have much time to devote to the
flower business.

L E Marquisee is recognized as one of
the best carnation growers of this sec-
tion of the state. His Marquis carnation
is having a large sale and is deservedly
popular with Syracuse people. He is now
giving his attention to a new white car-
nation which promises to be a winner.

This winter has been an exceptionally
good one in the florists' line. There have
been a large number of social functions,
which have made a rich harvest for the
dealers. The Lenten season has caused
a let up, but business will pick up before
Easter.

Henry Morris has a pretty store on
East Genesee street and reports that
business has been exceptionally good.
He carries a large line of plants and
flowers. A. J. B.

The Apple the Prince of Fruits.

This is the heyday of the apple. It is
gaining in popularity by leaps and
bounds and the result is felt in increased
demands upon all nurseries. Not only
do the people choose this fruit above all
others, but the medical fraternity, the
dietetic authorities and the trainers in
athletics unite in its praise. In Chicago
there is an institution for the treatment
of various ailments of the human body,
exercise through the use of marvelously
contrived machines being the principal
remedial agent employed. The walls of
the gymnasium of this establishment are
placarded, among the signs being:
"Breathe deeply," " rValk, walk, walk."
"Eat apples" No less an authority than
Eustace H. Miles, formerly lecturer and
honours coach at Cambridge University,
England, says: "Medical science has been
wont to exaggerate the importance of
internal remedies, but these are not to be
neglected. Of these the greatest is water.
One of the best forms of wateris in fruit —
for instance, apples; for here the water is
soft and pure. Other fruits, vegetables,
etc., have their various uses. Among
these onions and lemons may be men-
tioned. But the apple is the prince of
fruits, partly because it has valuable
salts, and also fibre, which our systems
need." All of which is valuable to the
nurseryman and fruit grower.

Meetings of Florists' Clubs.

The accompanying list gives the cities
in which there are active florists' clubs.
Following the name of the club is the
place of meeting, the day of meeting, the
hour and the name and address of the
secretary:

Baltimore, Md. — Gardeners* Club of Balti-
more, Royal Arcanum building, 18 W. Saratoga
street. Second and fourth Mondays of each
month, at 8 p. m. John J. Perry, Sec'y, Gay and
Eager streets.

Boston, Mass.— Gardeners' and Florists' Club
of Boston, Horticultural Hall. Meets lour times
a year on call of executive board. W. E- Fischer,
Sec'y, Horticultural Hall.

BROCKTON, Mass.— Brockton Gardeners' and
Florists' Club, store of W. W. Hathaway, Times
Building. First and third Tuesday of each
month, at 8 p. m. W. W. Hathaway, Sec'y,
Brockton, Mass.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Buffalo Florists' Club, 481
Washington street. Second Wednesday of each
month, at 8 p. m. Wm. Legg, Sec y, 1440 Dela-
ware avenue, Buffalo.

Chicago, III.— Chicago Florists' Club, Handel
Hall, 40 Randolph street. First and third Friday
of each month, at 8 p m. Charles Hunt, Sec'y,
84 Randolph street, Chicago.

Cincinnati, O.— Cincinnati Florists' Society,
I Jabez Elliott Flower Market. Second Saturday

of each month, at 8 p. m. Geo. S. Bartlett, Sec'y,
313 East Second street.

Cleveland, O.— Cleveland Florists' Qub,
Progress Hall, 244 Detroit street. Second and
fourth Mondays of each month, at 8 p. m. A. H.
Graham, Sec'y. 2'>49 Euc id avenue, Cleveland.

Des Moines, Ia.— Des Moines Florists' Club, at
various florists' establishments. Last Monday in
each month at 8 p. m. J. T. D. Fulmer, Sec'y
702 Walnut street, Des Moines.

Indianapolis, Ind.— State Florists' Association
of Indiana. Horticultural rooms. State House,
Indianapolis. First Tuesday of each month, at
8 p. m. R. A. McKeand, Sec'y, Garfield Park,
Indianapolis.

Milwaukee, Wis —Milwaukee Florists' Bowl-
ing Club, Plankinton House. Thursday evenings,
at 8 p. m. C. C. PoUworth, Sec'y, 137 Oneida
street.

New York, N. Y.— New York Florists' Club,
Elk's Hall, 19 West Twenty-ninth street. Second
Monday of each month, at 7:30p. m. John Young,
Sec'y, 51 West Twenty eighth street. New York.

Omaha, Neb —Nebraska and Iowa Florists'
Society, Fuller's Hall, Fourteenth and Douglas
streets. Second Thursday in each month at 8
p. m. Louis Henderson, Sec'y, 1519 Farnam
street, Omaha.

Philadelphia, Pa.— Florists' Club of Philadel-
phia, Horticultural Hall, Broad street above
Spruce. First Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m.
Edwin Lonsdale, Sec'y, Wyndmoor, Philadelphia,
Pa.

Pittsburg, Pa.— Pittsburg and Allegheny Flo-
rists' and Gardeners' Club, at rooms of Pittsburg
day Flower Co. , 504 Liberty street. Second Tues-
Cut of each month, at 8 p. m. T. P. Langhans,
Sec'y, 504 Liberty street. Pittsburg.

Providence, R. I.— Florists' and Gardener's
Club of Rhode Island 96 Westminster street,
Providence. Second Thursday in each month,
at 8 p. m. Alexander Rennie, Sec'y, 41 Washing-
ton street. Providence.

ST. Louis, Mo.— St. Louis Florists' Club, Odd
Fellows Hall No. 2, Ninth and Olive streets.
Second Thursday of each month, at 3 p. m. Emil
Schray, Sec'y, 4101 Pennsylvania avenue, St.
Louis.

Toronto, Ont.— Toronto Gardeners' and Flo-
rists' Association, St. George's Hall, Elm street.
Third Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m. W. C.
Jay, Sec'y. 43S Spadina avenue.

West Hoboken, N. J. —North Hudson Florists'
Club, store of H. C. SteinhnfJ, Hudson boulevard,
West Hoboken. First Tuesday of each month,
at 8 p m. Geo. F. Kogge Sec'y 616 Washington
street, Hoboken.

Catalogues and Cut Flower Price Lists
Received.

Charles C. Nash, Three Rivers, Mich.,
small fruits; J. T. Lovett, Little Silver,
N. J., small fruits, plants; T. S. Hubbard
Company, Fredonia, N. Y., small fruits;
Pape & Bergmann, Quedlinburg, Ger-
many, vegetable and flower seeds and
plants; Phcenix Nursery Company,
Bloomington, 111., trees, plants, etc.;
Herbert A. Jackson, Portland, Maine,
trees, plants, shrubs, etc. ; Pinehnrst Nur-
series, Pinehurst, N. C, wood}' and her-
baceous plants; C. C. Pollworth Co.,
Milwaukee, Wis,, price list of bulbs, etc.

Paducah, Ky.— C. L. Brunson & Com-
pany have booked an order for 12,500
geranium plants at Trenton, N. J. They
are doing a constantly increasing busi-
ness.

Lapeer, Mich.— W. H. Watson has
40,000 feet of glass devoted to carna-
tions and is cutting some very good
stock. He is in the midst of a prosperous
season.

Trot, N. Y. — Thelocal trade is confined
mostly to funeral orders and minor
decorations. Local florists have recently
been visited by B. Rosen, of Buff^alo,
dealer in florists' supplies. R. D.

HoPKiNSViLLE, Ky.— F. L. Metcalf,
proprietor of the Enterprise Greenhouses,
has recently placed that establishment
under the management of fas. P. Murphy,
formerly of Chicago, Ohio.

Springfield, O. — A. R. Aldrich was
severely injured, March 2, by being
thrown from his wagon by the sudden
fright of his horse. He fell upon his head,
striking upon a street car rail.

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Saturday. Address

AIMERICAN FLORIST 00.< CHIOAQO.

The executive committee of the Society
of American Florists was in session at
Bnflalo, March 5.

We notice that orders are again being
solicited tor Bermuda grown blooms of
lilies for Easter delivery.

The wholesalers of rooted cuttings of
carnations report that it is rarely that an
order of any size fails to include Mrs.
Lawson, Mrs. Bradt and Frances [oost.

Greenhouse plants, herbaceous peren-
nials, bedding plants, bulbs, tubers and
conifers, being exempt from the require-
ments of the Canadian San Jose scale
law, should be marked "Not for Fumiga-
tion" when shipped into the Dominion.

ffHE Twentieth Century Special Spring
Number of the American Florist, to be
issued March 23, is planned upon a scale
to set a new mark in publishinj* for this
trade, despite the great excellence of
previous special issues. It will be a par-
ticularly valuable issue for advertisers.

American Rose Society.

A report seems to prevail that the
above society will hold a convention in
connection with the Pan-American Expo-
sition, and in consequence Leonard Bar-
ron, the secretary, has received an unnec-
essary lot of correspondence. The Pan-
American management intend to hold an
exhibition of tender roses in May and of
hardy roses in June, but not in any way
connected with the American Rose Soci-
ety, and we have heard of no convention
of the society being held here. We trust
that your readers and those interested in
the rose society will notice this and cease
bothering Mr. Barron.

William Scott.

Greenhouse Building.

Pittsfield, Me.— C. C. Woodruff, con-
servatory.

Marlboro, Mass.— L. Gleason, house
12x50.

Philadelphia, Pa.— John Burton, nine
houses 25x150. Jacob Becker, range of
houses.

San Mateo, Cal — Pick & Faber, two
carnation houses 20x200.

New Castle, Ind.— Reinberg& Weiland,
90,000 feet of glass. Benthey & Co., five
houses 26x300 feet.

Chicago, 111.— Leopold Koropp, aspar-
agus house.

Blue Island, 111. — HeimBros., three rose
houses 26x225.

San Francisco, Cal.— Ed ward Schwerin,
three rose houses 15x200.

Elizabeth, N. J —Elizabeth Nursery Co.,
six bouses 20x150.

A National Charter Achieved at Last.

The bill incorporating the Society of
American Florists and Ornamental Hor-
ticulturists was passed very late in the
morning of March 4, in the last hours of
the Fifty-sixth Congress, and was signed
by President McKinley hardly ten min-
utes prior to adjournment. Thus the
active spirits of the society achieve the
end for which they have striven for
many years, and the society now has a
legal standing, with all the powers
vested in a corporation. The passage of
this bill marks the dawn of a new era in
the aflairs of the national organization
and to those whose indefatigability is
due the consummation of this fond hope,
no undue meed of credit can be given.

Renaming Chr^anthemums.

I should have thought the large num-
ber of new introductions in chrysanthe-
mums which is annually placed upon the
market as seedlings and sports was suffi-
ciently appalling, necessitating the con-
tinual process of discarding older varie-
ties. I think we should therefore protest
against the re-introduction of these
under new names. This is confusing and
most annoying. I do not suggest that
this re-christening is anything but acci-
dental and due to carelessness, but the
public, who buy, suffer. Can any of
your subscribers explain the difference,
for example, between "White Clinton
Chalfant" and "J. H. White" (from which
Clinton Chalfant sported), "Crimson
Pride" and "Sovr. de Mad. Menier,"
"Mrs. Grogan" and "M. MelaineFabre,"
"Winter White" and "G. Buettner,"
"Framfield Pink" and "Mdme. Felix
Perrin?" — R. Holmes in Horticultural
Advertiser.

The Price of Glass.

The twin glass trusts have notified the
Window Glass Jobbers' Association of an
allotment of glass for the months of
March and April and of an advance which
is reported to be twenty-five per cent
upon the price paid for the last allotment,
which, in itself was at an advance of
twenty- five per cent over January prices.
The manufactures have told the jobbers
that at the new rate they could have no
more glass than was necessary for their
requirements during the two spring
months named, and intimate that the
allotment for May and summer demands
will be at still another advance.

These recent advances put the price of
window glass at an unprecedented alti-
tude, but not satisfied with this, the
manufacturers reserve the right to allot
the jobbers sizes in accordance with the
convenience of the factories. In other
words, a jobber is given a certain pro-
portion of what is known as "small
double," which includes greenhouses sizes,
and he cannot have all or any consider-
able proportion of that of any one size.
If he wishes increased quantities of green-
house sizes he is charged an extra five per
cent by the manufacturers, and in some
cases jobber* have found it impossible to
secure sufficient quantities to fill orders
already booked.

It is probable that nearly all the green-
housemen who have large buildidg opera-
tions in hand this season have placed
their orders for glass, so that the extens-
ive additions in this trade will not be
aflfected to any great degree, but the
advance will fall upon those who he-"
planned small additions to their ranges
and upon those who require but a few
boxes for repairs. It is admitted that the

manufacturers have matters practically in
their own hands, but there is a question
as to their wisdom in putting prices so
high. It is possible that they sold glass
at a loss after the big cut of two years
ago, when the American company was
"bucking" the independents, but it seems
unreasonable that the trust should seek
to recoup the losses of two years out
of the business of a single season.

Soil Troubles.

Ed. Am. Florist: — Please tell me what
is wrong with my soil. It is all pasture
sod and was considered quite rich. I
have used it for lettuce and potting pur-
poses. The lettuce seems to do well at
first and then all at once it ceases to
grow. The application of liquid manure
does not appear to make any difference.
I have mixed with the soil about one-
fifth of sifted coal ashes; do you think
that could be the cause of the difficulty?

M.S.

The soil is probably sour. In such
cases a disagreeable odor quite different
from the smell of fresh, sweet soil is to be
detected. Hard coal ashes should not
cause the trouble, but the ashes from
some soft coals contain acid. Would
advise "M. S " to apply liberal dressings
of air-slaked lime at present and be care-
ful of over-watering, which greatly aids
the souring of soil. Next year substitute
good sand for the ashes and add air-
slaked lime to the soil heap. Be sure that
the soil heap is placed where it can get
the full sun at all times (never under the
shade of trees) , then have it turned fre-
quently before using. The black soil from
many low-lying western prairies is fre-
quently very sour, and if such soil has
been used its use should by all means be
abandoned, and soil should be obtained
from higher and drier locations.

W. N. R.

Smilax, Carnations, Azaleas and Bulbous
Plants.

Ed. Am. Florist:— At what tempera-
ture should a smilax house be kept? Can
smilax and carnations be grown together?
How long before tulips, hyacinths and
Von Sion narcissi are required to bloom
should they be placed in heat? How
should azaleas be treated at this season
of the year to bloom later?

Subscriber.

For smilax a temperature of from 50°
in the dark to 60° in strong light is suit-
able. It will grow equally well and even
faster in a higher temperature but will
be softer and not so useful when cut on
account of its wilting more easily. Smilax
can be grown in a carnation house suc-
cessfully. Where the proper treatment is
given the carnations, the smilax is so
nearly suited as never to show signs of
dissatisfaction. Smilax will endure much
that carnations will not, so cater to the
requirements of the carnations and your
smilax will take care of itself.

Hyacinths, tulips and narcissi bloom
nicely in six weeks from January 1. If
brought in February 1 they will bloom
in five weeks, or if brought in March 1
in less than four weeks. This will vary
somewhat according to temperature,
situation in house, quality of bulbs, the
development in cold pit before bringing
in, etc. The greater variation is in the
January lot and all irregularities become
more equalized as we approach May.

Azaleas make no growth to speak of
while kep't in a moderately dry atmos-
phere at a temperature of from 35° to 40°.

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1081

By dry I mean naturally dry, without arti-
ficial means. The condensation caused by
the warm air entering through an open
door leading into a warm house is injuri-
ous. Any leaf buds starting beside the
flower buds should be broken ofi until
after the flowers are faded; then let them
grow. C. B. W.

OBITUARY.

WM. PIERCE.

William Pierce, one of the oldest and
best known florists of New Bedford,
Mass., died on Saturday, March 2. The
business, which was a prosperous one,
will be carried on by his son.

JOHN p. BBLL.

John Palmer Bell, one of the oldest and
best known florists in Syracuse, N. Y.,
died February 27. He was bom in
Aspatria, Cumberland, England. While
young he learned the florist business and
served his apprenticeship at Braton Hall,
on the estate of Sir Wilfred Lawson. He
came to America thirty-one years ago
and made his home in Syracuse. For a
number of years he was the manager of
the greenhouse of M. J. Hayden and for
the last eleven years he had been in the
employ of Henry Burt. He was a mem-
ber of the Central Baptist church and
was generally liked and respected. He
leaves a widow and one child, and a
brother and sister.

GEORGE F. MILLER.

The demise of George F. Miller is
reported from Muncie, Ind. Mr. Miller
was 43 years of age and his death was
caused by consumption. He leaves a
widow and five children. He was bom
in New Albany, Ind., and when a young
man worked at the florists' trade in
Louisville, Ky., and later for A. Wiegand,
at Indianapolis. In 1S76 he removed to
Muncie to take charge of the greenhouse
business than owned bv the late Mayor
Waterhouse. In 1883 he bought the
business from his former employer's
widow and continued it up to the time of
his death, which occurred in the beautiful
new home which he had just completed
at 290 Kilgore avenue. The business
will be continued by Mrs. Miller, who
has engaged C. C. Clark as grower.

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at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this head.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
for the year 1900 is entitled to a five-line want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year.

SITUATION WANTED— By all-around florist
^ and gardener; married, no family; best of
references. F F, 980 38th St., Chicago.

SITUATION WANTED— By thoroughly experi-
enced cut flower grower; 14 years in this
country: single; references, W, care Am. Florist.

OITUATiON WANTED— By strickly temperate
^-^ young man, exjiejienced in all principal
branches of florist business. Address

W H, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As head gardener on
private place; English, married, small family.
Best of references furnished.

Fred. J. Dodd, Ridgefield, Conn.

SITUATION WANTED— By experienced single
florist and gardener, capableof takingcharge.
Private or commercial. Give full particulars.
Competent, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By a young man of
good character, as gardener. Several years'
experience in Sweden. Address

W. Peterson, 514 N. Robey St., Chicago.

SITUATION WANTED— By a practical grower
thoroughly competent in every branch of the
trade; aged 27; sieady and sober. B st references.
Geo. a. LiNFooT Sta. K., Cincinnati. O.

SITUATION WANTED— By all-round florist
thoroughly competent, flrst-classtest monials
from present emp'oyer. Private place preferred.
Wakren, Box 244, Waverly, Morgan Co., Ill,

SITUATION W.VNTED- By a first-class grower
of roses, carnations, violets, and 'mums;
married; references. iState full particulars.
R F, care John Martio, NefTsville, Lane. Co., Pa.

SITUATION WANTED— By German gardener
and florist on private place; 15 years' experi-
ence. Can give best of references; married, one
child, .(\ddress F C, Box 231, Lake Forest, 111.

SITUATION WANTED— By industrious, able,
reliable and practical gardener to take charge
of private place. Could take position by April"!.
For further particulars and references Address
C F, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By a German; first-
^ class all-around florist with 25 years' experi-
enced. Gcod hand in landscape and carpet gar-
dening. Private place preferred; married; good
references. State wages. C D, care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By experienced palm,
^^ fern and orchid grower: also experienced in
forcing bulbous stock. Five years in- present
place; married; 30 years old. Private or commer-
cial. * S. C. Winterweup,

S. Alfred St., Alexandria. Va.

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman by a prac-
tical grower in every capacity pertaining to
the florist business; capable of taking entire
charge of a large plant; 26 years' experience.
Good wages wanted. References first-class.

P N, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— With many years'
experience in every department, my services
are hereby tendered to anyone in need of a com-
petent head gardener or superintendent of private
estate. Best of references; married. Address
J. S, 183 Hale St., Beverly. Mass.

QITUATION W\\NTED— By gardener and flo-
^ rist, single; aee 3i; long pxp^rieoce m all
branches of horticulture under glass and open air.
Private or commercial place. Middle or western
states preferred. Best of European and American
references. H R, American Florist.

ANTED— A No. 1 grower of Beauty, to take
charge of seftion. Address

John Mtno, Rogers Park, Chicago.

\\/'ANTED— Our foreman is going into business
' ' for himself. We desire another man.

Stuart & Haugh, Anderson. Ind.

"VATANTED — Young men to handle our lawn and
' ' plant food, in their vicinity. Good commis-
sion. Address P. O. Box 1976, Elgin, 111.

TITAN TED— Reliable, competent man. Fine

'* roses, 'mums, etc. Also assistant. Address

J.T.Williamson, LaRose Gardens, Memphis, Tenn.

WANTED— A reliable single florist, experienced
in general greenhouse and outdoor work.
H. M. Krause. Glen Island, New Rochelle, N. Y.

WANTED— Man for general greenhouse work,
good grower, steady and industrious; capa-
ble of taking charge; $25 per month with board.
B. B. Blair, Charlevoix, Mich.

WANTED— Man for general greenhouse work;
young, hubtler gets $25 per mouth and board.
Address L. Koropp,

WiUington and W. Ravenswood Park Av , Chicago.

WANTED— Young man who understands green-
house and veyetable growing. Must be sober
and industrious. Steady situation for right partv.
Address John Nichols, Scottdale, Pa."

T\^ANTED— A good reliable man with some
^^ experience, strickly temperate and wiUiag
to work. Must have good reference; wages S20per
month and board. John Lester, Ottawa, Kans.

WANTED — A man whothoroughly understands
planting trees of all kinds. *also oruning
shade trees, fruit trees, etc. Regular employment
will be given a good workman. Address

Tree Pruner, care American Florist.

WANTED— To buy a small place, about 6C00
square feet of glass in some growing city,
not less than 20,0J0. Prefer Illinois, Iowa or
Missouri. Give particulars. Address

F. W. Meyer, 2010 Main St., Richmond. Ind.

WANTED— A steady, reliable man with experi-
ence in general greenhouse work. Stale
wages wanted and give reference. Steady posi-
tion to the right person. Address
Mrs. Thomas Lawrence, Ogdensburg, N. Y.

W

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\)^''ANTED— Young man single or married with

'• good hnbits. Scandinavian or American

preferrpd, Jong experience not necessary, but one

iliat is trustwortliy and willing to work. Address

Charles Biiown, 304 Bfown Ave., Canton, O.

XVANTED— An all-around llorist, sober and
'' industrious, capable of taking charge and
growing good roses, carnations and general green-
house stock. State wages wanted and give
references. M M. care American Florist.

[fANTED AT ONCE— Good all-around grower

' of pot and bedding plants; single, sober and

good charactiT. Good home assured and wages

according to ability. German preferred, .\ddress

W.M. BoETBKE Floral Co.,

1717 Gratiot St.. Sagninaw W. S., Mich.

WANTED TO RENT-25,000 feet of glass or
' ' more with two or more acres of land and
dwelling house. Houses must be in Al condition,
suitable for rose growing, within 25 miles of
Chicago. Address giving full particulars, loca-
tion, etc. Meteor, care .American Florist.

tfOR SALE— Greenhouse establishment. 35,000
-L feet of glass, well stocked. Price a little more
than than one years' sales, .\ddress

Ohio, care American Florist.

TfOR SALE— 2500 feet glass. lOOO feet 2-inch pipe,
J- hot water boiler. Boiler burns slack coal.
First-class shape. Will sell cheap. Address
G. W. ComiELL. North Baltimore. O.

TfOR SALE— Good lloristaud gardening business
J- intownof 30(.O; nocompetiiioni townsituated'
on the Mississippi river in Missouri. Good college
and manufactures of different kinds. Good reason
for selling. W D, care American Florist.

Tj^OR SALE— On account of sickness, one of the
-•- bestequipped and established llorist businesses
in or around San Fraocisco. Over 10,000 feet of
glass and in the best of condition, and heated by
steam. Address E. D. Conollet
715 Ocean Ave.. San Fr ancisco. Cal.

"p'OR SALE— An interest in an established tlo-
J- rist business in best town in the south, six
greenhouses, each 100 feet lone, to an experienced
grower o( flne stock for strictly flrst-class trade,
both retail and wholesale. Guarantee given of
money invested, and dividend, and that present
owner will sell everything grown in twice as
many houses. Everything new and fir^t- class.
.Vddress Hustler, care American Florist.

PuiLADELrniA, February 25, 1901.

The co-partnership heretofore esis'ting between
Milton W. Woodroffe and Eugene Bernheimer,
trading as Woodroffe & Bernheimer, Wholesale
Florists, is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
The business heretofore carried on by the said
firm will be continued by Eugene Bernheimer, at
1604 Ludlow street, where all debts due to the
former partnership are to be paid, and those due
from the same disi.-harged. A continuance of your
patronatie is respt-otully retiuested.

Very truly yours, " Eigexe Bernheoier.

Establishment of 18.000 feet of glass in Batavia.
111., 36 miles from Chicag:-. Six houses, in good
condition, none of them more than five years old.
Steam heat, city water, electric cars pass the
door. Now doing profitable business. Very easy
terms. Good chance for live man. Owner going
to Europe. If interested address

PKTER L.AKSU(V. 136 Aster St.. Chlcagro,
or S. E. Smith & Son. Batavia, III.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paying business, both
local and shipping trade, well stoclced and
a good stock coming on. Location the best
for living and growing stoclc. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, care Am. Florist.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY oe

At Nyack, N. Y. A plot 220x125
feet, on which are four Rosehouses,
100x18x6, each house heated by a
No. 16 Hhchings Boiler; and seven
houses, each about 64xn ft., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

a33 Mercer St. NEW YORK..

1082

The American Florist.

Mar.

Wbo!^5aIe [lower/\arK?fe

Cincinnati, March 7.

Roses, Beauty 2O.0O@35.0O

Bride 4.00® 6.00

Bridesmaid 4.00® B. 00

Meteor «.80@ 8.00

Perle 3.00® 4.00

Carnations 1.60® 4.00

Violets 33® .50

Lily of the valley S.OOfi' 4.00

Roman Hyacinths 2.00® 3.00

I4arcissus 3.00

Daffodils, Tulips 3.C0® 5 00

Harrisii lilies Is!. 60

Callas ; 8.00®10.00

Asparagus 50.00

SmUax 12.50

Adiantum 1.00

Galax leaves .15

Common Terns .20

St. Louis, March 7.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 5.00® 8.00

Beauty, long, per doz.3. 00® 6.00
short " .75® 2.50

" Perle 4.00® 6.00

" Meteor 5.00® 8.00

Carnations, common 1.25® 1.50

choice 2.00® 3.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Smilax 12.60®15.00

Adiantum 1.00® 1.25

Galax .15

Violets 25® .40

Narcissus 3.00

Romans 2.00

Sweet peas .75

Callas 10.00® 15.00

Freesias 1.50

Tulips, Von Sions 3.00

MiLWAirKBB, March 7.
Roses.^Beauty, long,per doz. 3.00® 4.00
med. " 2.00® 2.50
" " short " 1.00® 1.50

" Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00® 7.00

Meteor 5.00® 7.00

Golden Gate 5.00® 7.00

Perle 6.00® 7.00

Carnations, ordinary 1.00® 1.50

fancy 2 00® 4.00

Adiantum 76® 1.00

Common ferns .25

Smilax 18.00

Asparagus 65.00

Galax leaves .20

Violets , .60

Freesias 2.00

Romans, Paper White 2.00® 3.00

Lily of the Valley 3.00® 4. CO

Harrisii 15.00® 18.00

Callas 10.00@12,50

TuUp, single 2.00® 3.00

PiTTSBUBB, March 7.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 30.00@40.00

extra 20.00®25 00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00®16.00

" Meteor 4.00@10 00

" Perle 4.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 1.00® 1.60

fancy 2.00® 4.00

Violets 2u@ .75

Paper White. Romans 2.00® 3.U0

Von Sion 1.00® 3.0D

Lily of the valley 1.00® 4.00

Mignonette 2.00® 4.C0

White Lilac. per dozen .75®!. 60

Sweet peas 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, Freesias 2.00® 4.00

Harrisii 10.00@15.00

Smilax 10.00@15.00

Adiantum 75® l.DO

Asparagus 35 .00@7S . 00

" Sprengerii 20® .75

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 $1.25
Dagger ferns per 1000, 2.00

Choice Green and Bronze Galax.

Price 60c per 1000: 2000 for $1, postage prepaid.

LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, n-il ,V, ijrceu, fJ.SU p.-r lomi.

H. H. HIIiIi, Victoria, Macon Co., TS. C.

Always

mtption the American Flor-
ist when you order stock.J(

We are Beceivlngr a Very Select Ziot of

Roses, Carnations, Harrisii and GATTLEYAS,

AND OFFER THEM AS FOLLOWS :

Per doz.

Per

American Beauties,

Smilax 15.00 to

Adiantum 75 to

Mignonette

Asparagus

Ferns $2.00 per 1000

Leucothoe Sprays

Wild Smilax.

Case No. 1, 15 lbs

Case No. 2, 20 lbs

Case No. 3, 25 lbs

Case No. 4, 36 lbs

Case No. 6, 40 lbs

Case No. 6, 50 lbs

CATTLEYAS $5.00 per doz.

PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. P. AND D. AT COST.
Rooted Cuttings MRS. INE CARNATION, deep red, free bloomer, $7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

short $l.noto$l.50

medium .... 2.00 to 3.00

long 4.00 to ,^.00

Per 100

Brides, Maids $4 00 to $ 6.00

Meteors li.OOto 8.00

Perles 2.08 to 4.fi0

Carnations, standard sorts l.OOto 1.50

fancy 2.00 to 3.00

Harrisii H.OO to lO.CO

Callas 8.0010 12.00

Romans, Paper Whites 2.00 to 3.(i0

Valley 300to 4.00

VioletSf double . .-. 50 to .75

" single .50

100
20.00
1.00
4.00
50.00
.25
.75

.$2.00
. 3.25
. 3.75
. 4.60
. 5.00
. 6.00

J. B. DEAMUD,

51 WABASH AVENUE,

» CHICABO.

ZioiiEr Distance Fbone, Central 3155.

Please mention the American Florist when writing

L

CUT FLOWERS.

A A jk J, Shipping orders teccive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG GUT FLOWER CO., Ltd,

504
Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

rN

SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
PA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

No. I contains 25 lbs $3.50

No. 2 contains 35 lbs 4.60

No. 3 contains 50 lbs 6.00

Brilliant Bronze or Green $1.25 per 1000

Small Green, for Violets 1. 00 per 1000

Telephone
798 Madison Sq.

FANCY FERN. DAGGER FERN. ETC., at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARD, 38 W. 28th St., Naw York.

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed for Ten Cents.

AMERICAN ROSE CO., Washington, D. G.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucotlioe Sprays, '^fooo!""

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
References: 200 dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park, N. C.

...GEO. M. KELLOGG...

^"~'iS'?h"e"w°e'ii: Cut Flowers

Give us an order and we will pleage you.

Our Greenhou.e. at PLEASANT HILL, MO.
Our Store, 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO.

IVLOHS DI6TAN0S 'PHONS AT XITHBB PI.AOI

Please mention the A merican Florist when writing,

JOHN B. FERGUSON.

Wholesale Florist,

NO. 6 DIAMOND MARKET SQUARE^
PITTSBURG. PA.

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and Violets

Solicited.
Please Tnention tke American Florist when ivrtting.

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LEAVES, NOTHING BUT LEAVES.

Southern Smilax, Florida Palm Leaves and Needle Pines, Roping of Hemlock
and Laurel, Leucotboe Sprays, Galax Leaves, Magnolia Leaves, and other
Leaves. Green l^Iosses in barrels and sacks. Easter approaches. Your orders,
large and small, send them to

THE KERVAN CO., 30 West ^°*h Street, NEW YORK.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1083

ONLY FOUR MORE
WEEKS TO EASTER

It is time you were thinking of your Cut Flower Supply
for that week, the busiest of all the year. It is undisputed that
we have the best facilities in Chicago for meeting all wants in
Cut Flowers. But you needn't take our word for it; try us
now; there's time before you place your Easter Order.

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street,

CHICAGO. ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

CURRENT PRICE LIST

BEAUTIES

Long stem per doz.,

Stems 30 inches *'

" 84 " "

■' 20 " "

" 15 " "

" 12 " "

Short stems "

Brides, Maids per 100,

Meteors "

Perles "

Roses, good seconds "

Carnations, standard sorts.. "

Fancy sorts "

Callas, Harrisii per dozen,

Romans per 100,

Paper White "

Freesias. Tulips

Daffodils

Valley "

Violets "

Mignonette per doz.

Asparagus per string.

Galax, 10OO,»l; lO.OOOfor $7.50; per 100,

Ferns, per 1000, JiiJX) per 100

Leucothoe sprays "

Adiantum "

Smilax per dozen.

$ 4

5.00— 8

5. CO— 6

4.00— 5

3.00— 4

1.50— 2

3.00— 4

1.25— I

3

2.00— 3

3.0O- 4

2.00— 3

2.00— 4

.50- 1

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Prices Subject to Change without Notice.

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J.H.BUDLONG

Roses and
Carnations
A Specialty.

37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

e=CUT FLOWERS

^r^sr.ii'^v^^.^r^^s'Z^^/'::^::^^^^ I

Wbol^ale [lower/\arK^

CmcAeo, March 8.
Roses, Beauty, extra longstems.. 4.00
30 " " 3.50
" " 24 " " 3.00
20 " " 2.00
15 " " 1.50
12 " " 1.00
short " .75

Bride, Bridesmaid 5.00® 7.00

" Meteor 5 00® 7 00

CARNATION |
BLOOMS 1

Shipped direct from Greenhouses to SS
all points. Standing orders solicited. KJ

SEND TO HEADQUARTERS M
AND GET THE BEST. §^

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., |

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Perle 4.00® 5.00

" Golden Gate 8 00@12 00

1

Carnations 1.00® 2.00

fancy 3.00® 4.00

Violets 50® 1.00

Callas, Harrisii 10.00(?'a2. 50

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Benthey & Co.

Daffodils, Freesias 2.C0(y 3.00

Tulips 2.50® 4.00

Mignonette 3.00

Cattleyas 5 . 00 doz.

F. F. BENTHEY, Manager,

Wholesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street CHICAGO.

Common ferns per 1,000 2.00 .25

Galax leaves, per 1000 $1.00 .15

Smilax per dozen 1.50® 2.00

Asparagus. ..per dozen 7.50@10.00

I^F'ConslgnmeDts solicited

WEILAND & RISCH

can save you

money on

Cut
Flowers

We are extensive growers and
have unsurpassed ship-
ping facilities.

WRITE OR TELEQRAPH.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO.

A. H. POEHLMANN,

"""is;...t Cut Flowers

All telegraph and telephone orders
given prompt attention.

55 "Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO.

V

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Vholesale Store, Kirr'"

ill our own-grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors

quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy

ach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraslia, both

akotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.

inneapolit^Ml'nn! DK/lll 1 Ok llUL.

1» good bnainess policy «t ,fc ^
to mention the f^t^t^

....American Florist

when yon write to an adTcrtiier.

E. H. Hunt

THE "OLD RELIABLE" FOR

WHOLESALE-

CUT FLOWERS

Hunt's Flowers
Go Everywhere

76 Wabash Ave.. CHICAGO.

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

eOO.OOO FEET OF GLASS.
Headquarters for American Beauty-
Si Wabash Ave., - CHICAGO, ILL.

Please mention the A merican Florist ivken writtnz.

GEO. REINBERG,

•"S-zSi Cut Flowers

Choice American Beauties.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

61 Wabash Ava., CHICAQO, ILL.

Bassett&Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Vheleials Dealers aid fl||A CImmiAV*
Grower. of ll III riOWBlS

GREENHOUSES: HINSDALE, ILL.

Please mention the A merica n Florist when ■writing.

A. L. RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Wnk>
Ington St., Chicago.

write tor ipeolal gnotsUoni on large orilfn.

American Florist Advts.
Always Sell Stock.

1084

The American Florist.

Mar. p,

For Easter... SAMIEL S. PENNOCK

Very choice stock of plants.
Write for particulars.

OUR NEW HEADQUART ERS

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND,

Formerly 67 Bromfield Street.) 3^ Ma-«v-ley St., IBOSTOIV.

arc spacious, convenient and central.
If you want the best Boston Flowers
or first class supplies of any kind we
are prepared to supply you promptly
and satisfactorily. Call and see
for yourself. J- J- J" J- J- J-

TELEPHONE 1270 MAIN.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, ' "-ToS^S'ii! S" '•"•''

WELCH BROS., Proprietors.

AlBO New BDgland Agenta (or 8. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.

Acknowledged by all aorlBtB the bent In use. Special prices for doz. lots.

Sole Agents tor FREY8TEDTS' Immortelle Letters and Emblems.
Rinnk Letters. S2 per 100. Script Letters. S4 per lOO.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR

We Supply the New England Trade
With Highest Grade

ROSES, GflRNflTIONS,
blLY OF TttE VflLLEY,

VIOLETS

and all flowers the
Boston market affords.

PRICES EIGHT iND Packino Peopeklt Done.

. N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

Tel. 734 and 64. 84 Hawley St., BOSTON.

Pleaie mention the American F lorist when wtHing.

Frank M. Ellis,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale florist

1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

piease mention the A merican Florist when -writing.

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

11SS PINE STREET.

m LOUIS, MO.

■VA complete li ne of Wire Deglgng.

The Cincinnati
Cut Flower Co.,

-w..„.st.. WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

Consignments Solicited,
Special Attention Given to Snipping Orders.

Wbol^ale flower/arK^

Boston, March 6.

Roses, Beauty, extra 20.

" " medium 10

" " culls 4

" Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 4
" extra...* 10

Carnations I ■

extra

Roman hyacinths. Freesias....

Lily of the valley 1 .

Mignonette 2

Tulips, Yellow narcissus 1

Violets

Adiantum

Smilax 10

Asparagus

" Sprengerii, .20® .25 per b
Philadelphia, March 6.

Roses, Tea ; 4

" *' extra 10

" Beauty, extra 30

firsts 10.

Carnations 1 ■

" fancy ....- — 2.

Lily of the valley 2.

Romans, Paper Whites 2.

Violets, single

" double ^.. .

Asparagus 36,

Smilax 12.

Adiantum

BnyFALd, March 7.

Roses, Beauty 30

" Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 8.

Carnations 2

Lily of the valley

Smilax 15

Adiantum I

Asparagus 50

Violets

Ilarnsii, Callas 15

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35® .60
75® 1.00
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50.00
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50® 6.00
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25® 1.00
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60®20.00
1. 00

00® 60. 00
00®12.00
00® 4.00
4.00
,00® 20. 00
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^•^5"^ .iL.^xW YORK

GIVE

US

A

TRIAL.

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

Open day
and night.

Roses, Carnations and all kinds of
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

Iff II r VICTINft Wholesale Com-
nnii ■■ IVA9lli1U| mission Florist.
. 481 Washington St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Also Dealer In Florists' Supplies & Wire Designs.

1604

Ludlow Street,
Philadelphia....

Phone 1-42-69-A.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. <3TH AND FILBERT STREETS,

^'??H°JSS"=S'^94D. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Consignments of Choice Valley and Roses solicited.

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long Distance Phone l-Al-IR D.

Consignments ol Roses. Carnations, Violets sollelli I.

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wbolesala Florist,

V S. nth St., Telephone 63-64. PIUUDELPHIA.

Orders by mall, telegnpb or telephone wUl
receive prompt attention.

Conslimments of good stock eollolted.

SHIPPING UBELS !°-'

• Cut Flowers

Printed in two colors on gummed

f)aper; your card, etc.. In black and
eaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Very attractive. Price per 500, J2.85;
per 1000, $4.50. Send for samples

EUCTRO Of THIS LEAF, POSTPAID, $1.26.

American Florist Co.,

.CHICAQO.

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE TRADE.

The undersigned have opened a first-class establishment for the sale of cut flowers at wholesale
on commission at 3 Ordway Place, Boston, Mass. Correspondence v^rith growers and buyers solicited.

LAWRENCE COTTER, Telephone

LAWRENCE J. FLYNN. Connection.

_NEW ENGLAND GUT FLOWER GOMPANY.

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The American Florist.

1085

TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

r^ily o« tlxe ■Valley,

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1998 MadUon Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS 1Jew"york^""''
SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, all leading varieties, also rare novelties.
Shtppinq A Specialty. <S*Price list on application.

TELEPHONE ZOBB MADISON SQUARE,

Walter F. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ,

Telephone 902 Madison Square.

39 West 28th St., NEW TOBK.

WILLIAM GHORMLEY....

Wholesale Florist,

57 West 28th Street,

NEW YOBK CITY,

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
IVIadlson Square.

SHIPPING ORDERS

Given Special Attention.

JOHN YOUNG

Has the best BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY in New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO. ^

All Choice Flowers dally.
61 West 28th St., NEW YORE.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thli. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

. : . . 30 West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 551 MadlBon Bqn&re.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,

408 E. 34th Street,

OmI Flowtr Exehinge. NEW YORK.

Telephone 299 Madison Sqoare.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-412 E. 34th St. Near Ferrjr.
Open for Cnt Flower Sales at 6 o'clock
£Tery Afomlnff.

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON. Secretary.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

6S 601 FlOW6r§

All orders receive most careful attention.

TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA.

Six prizes American Bose society. New York City.

It is good business policy
to mention the

.^AMERICAN nORIST

whftn you writ** to nn advnrtiaer.

Choice Carnations.

Selected Roses.

Traendly&Sclienck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq.

Wbol^ale power/arK^

New 'Xobk, March 6.

Roses, Beauty, select 2t.0O@33.0O

medium 10.00@15.00

culls l.S0@3.0O

Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor 1.60® 3.00
med'm 4 00® 6.00
select,. 8 00@10.00

Bruunfrs 5.00@26 00

Carnations 7Sfa> 8.(0

fancv 3.00® 5.00

Lily of the valley 1.50® 3.00

Smilai 13.00@I5.00

Asparagus 25. 00® 50 . 00

" Sprengerii, per doz. bun. 2.00@3.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Violets 10® .60

California 20® .50

Harrisii lilies 6.00® 8. OO

Mignonette 1.00® 5.00

Paper White narcissi 1.00® 1.50

R. hyacinths. Jonquils, Freesias, .50® 1.50

Tulips, Von Sion narcissi l.OO® 2.00

Cattleyas 3.').00®50.00

MILLANG & SALTrORD,

Wholesale Commission Dealers in

CUT FLOWERS

50 West 29th St., NEW YORK.

Telephone 1304 Madison Square.

A BUSIMESS PROPOSITION.

QROWERSand FLOWER BUYERS.
Write lor Terms and Quotations.

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 29tn street, NEW YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

The New York Gut Flower Go.

119 and 121 West 23d Street,
112 and 114 West 24th Street,

T«l.plion«733-18th. NEW YORK.

CONSIONMENTS SOLICITED.

Special Attention Siven to Shipping Order*.

FORD BROS.

....wnoiesale Florists,

III West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BiG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. 'Phone, 157 Madison Sq.

Julius Lang

53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

Represents the Best Growers op

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Square.

S. J. LIMPRECHT,

Wliolesale Gommission florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also ail kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street, NFtlV YflDK

Telephone US3 MadiBon Square. I'Lfi lUnn.
ConsigTiments Solicited.

fl. H. LflNGJflHR.

19 Boervm Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Controls the best Brooklyn

Cut Flower Trade.
Consignors get the Benefit.

Always mention the

American Florist

whnn vrritinir Advnrtlipri.

Try the new
Flower Gommission House

E. B. BRINLEY & CO

CORRESPONDENCE WITH GROWERS

SOLICITED.

48 W. SOth St.,

NEW YORK CITY.

ITeleiplr&oxie ^lOS lVi;a<3,lson «9qtA^x-e.

Now we have

Dsnodils,
Tulips,
Sweet Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN.

47, WEST 28THD8T..

"^ NEW YORK.

QCyj F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Tel. 421 ~~ VT*

Madison<Square,

Special in
Roses : *

Liberty, Pres. Carnot,
Kalserin, Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

1086

The American Florist.

Mar.

The gEE!) T^aiDB.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

Albert McCm,LonaH, Pres.; P. W. Kolglino,
Vioe-Pres. ; S. F. Willard, Wethersfield, Conn.
Sec'y and Treas.

Nineteenth annual convention, Eochester,
Y., June H-13, 1901.

N.

Visited Chicago: John R. Watts, of
Louisville, Ky.

Visited Boston: F. H. Henry, of Henry
& Lee, New York.

Visited Philadelphia: Albert Brad-
street, of the Cleveland Seed Co., Cape
Vincent, N. Y.

Another tvro weeks will give better
indications of probable surpluses and
shortages than seedsmen have as yet
been able to predict.

Sharp changes of weather and low
temperature have not made the past
week an ideal one for the mail trade, yet
trade generally has been good.

The Leonard Seed Company, Chicago,
has been licensed to incorporate with
capital stock of $150,000, incorporators
Simeon F. Leonard, John C.Leonard and
and John M. Clark.

A telegram from Minneapolis reports
that the milling interests are much con-
cerned lest the Dutch government put a
duty upon American flour in the effort to
secure a removal ot the American tariS
on Holland bulbs.

Syracuse, N. Y. — The dealers in
seeds are complaining of the pros-
pects of a late season. There has
b*n an unusual snowfall this winter,
and the cold weather continues. F. H.
Ebeling says that there will be a better
trade in grass seeds this season than
usual. Timothy, alfalfa and soft grasses
will be in great demand. The tendency
now is to hold off ordering on account of
the late season. This will cause a marked
advance in prices when the season gets
once under way. The extraordinarily
large prices which onion growers realized
for their products last year will mate-
rially increase the acreage this year.
Syracuse and vicinity is a great country
for the raising of onions, and it is prob-
able that the present season will see more
grown than ever before. The same is
true of cabbage, for which good prices
were received.

The Dutch and Their Bulbs.

The Dutch want their bulbs eased up
on, and threaten American flour with
heavier duties. The millers of the north-
west, through Representative Babcock,
propose to introduce a bill to reduce the
duties on Dutch bulbs. In the face of
that it is asserted that more Dutch bulbs
are coming now than before the duty
was raised. Perhaps a duty on Dutch
bulb drummers would suit some much
better than any change in the bulb tariff.
There were three shiploads of them came
in last week, and the seedsmen sit idly
by and see the bread taken out of their
mouths! Why don't they send a delega-
tion to Washington to have the bulb duty
reduced. \'ery likely the senate, under
Mr. Tillman's lead, would double it in
reply, and that would be better for the
seedsmen than the present twenty-five
per cent. The free seed appropriation
was doubled just to show those seeds-
men how little they amounted to, pre-
sumably, and by the rule of contraries
the next move is to ask for the opposite
of what is wanted. G. C. W.

To Make Room for Spring Plant Importations.

SPECIAL SALE AT SPECIAL PRICE

Casb With Order, Please.

Excelsior Dwarf Pearl Tuberoses.

First Oaalltv, First Siz». 4-6-ln.. per 100. SI. 00; ppr 500, S3. 75; per 1000.

S4.T5: per 3000, S9.00; per 4000, S17.00.
Second size, 3-4-Id. blooming bulbs, per barrel of 1500, S4.00.

Send for Wholesale Price List cf Haidy Eoses and Spring Flowering Bulbs.

C. H. JOOSTEN, Importer, 85 Dey St., NEW YORK.

JOHNSON & STOKES' SPECIAL BULB OFFER

Begonias, Giant Single Tuberous (separate colors), 40c per doz.; $3 per 100; |25 per 1000
Giant Single "Tuberous Choice Mixed, 35c per doz.; $2.50 per 100; $22 per 1000
Giant Single Tuberous Choice Dbl. Mxd., 50c. perdoz., $4 per 100; $35 per 1000

Gloxinia Crassifolia Grandiflora, Choice Mixed 5oc per doz.; $4 per lOO; $30 per looo

Caladium Esculentum, 6- 8-in. circumference 40c per doz.; $3.00 per 100

" " 8-10 " " 60c " 4.50

■ ' " 10-12 " " 90c " 6.00 "

Gladiolus, Choice Mixed, No. 1 (fine bulbs) $1.25 per 100; $10 00 per 1000

No. 2 " 1.00 " 7.50

Tuberoses, Double Excelsior Pearl No. 1 (fine bulbs) 75 " 5 00 "

Dahlias, Show Varieties Mixed $1.00 per doz., $7.00 per 100

Cactus, Show Varieties Mixed 1.00 " 8.00

Pompon, " " '■ 1.00 " 8.00

Oxalis, Summer Flowering 35c per 100, %2 50 per 1000

JOHNSON & STOKES, Seedsmen, 217-219 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Please mention, the A merican Florist when ivritinz-

ESTABLISHED IS02

SEEDS

Fresh Seeds Now on Hand.

Asparagus Sprengeril $3.00 per lOOO

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 8 00 "
Cocos Weddeliana '.CO "

Wholesale Price List oT Hia:h Class
Flower Seeds, etc., for Florists, tree

upon application.

J.MTHORBURN&CO.

(late of IS John Street)

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW VOiS

1849

190t

A WOKK OF ART.
MAILED FREE.

Vick's Seeds and Plants
are Reliable.

JAMES VICK'5 SONS,

SEEDSMEN

Please mention the American Floriit when tvriting.

TUBEROSE BULBS.

(Excelsior Pearl.)

Genuine Hallock dwarf strain, cured by fire
heat, sound, dry, hand picked.

FIRST SIZE-F. O. B. Chicago, 4 to6-in., per 1000,
$6.50; 3000 J18.00.

From N. Y. City, 50o per lOOO less.
Mammoth Bulbs— 6 to 8-in., per 1000, $9.00.
Medium Bulbs— 3 to 4-in.,per 100O.$3.5O: 10,000 lots,
f. o. b. Chioaeo, $28.50; t. o. b. New York, ^.60.
WE MEET competition, quality considered.

YAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAQO :

84-86 Randolph St.

NEW YORK:
■ 4 Barclay 3t.

GRASS SEEDS.

Kentucky Blue, Orchard, Timothy, Red Top,
Meadow Fescue, Perennial and Italian Rye Grass,
Tall Meadow Oat, Johnson, Bermuda, Creeping
Bent, Wood Meadow and other Domestic and
Imported varieties. CLOVERS— Red, Sah-
ling, Alfalfa, Crimson, White, Alsike, Japan, etc.
WOOD, STUBBS&CO'.S "EVERGREEN" and "SHADY
GREEN" Lawn Grasses are giving the best satis-
faction everywhere. Put up in packages and
bulk. Special low prices to the trade.

OlilOXi SETS YeUow and Potato

Wholesale prices for present or future deliveries.

WOOD. STUBBS & CO..

The Largest and Best Collectioa of Seeds in Ky..
LOUISVILLE, KY.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1087

Tify-w is tlie Tirxa.e to So-w- g

MICHELL'S I

CELEBRATED I

Flow er S eeds.

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus. *1 per 100 seeds: 88 per 1000 seeds; 2000 seeds for J15.
Asparagus Sprengerii, 4ui; per 100 seeds; $3 ii'-r lOOO.

All colors finest mixed, 20c per Ji

Gentaurea Imperialis.

The new long stem Sweet Sultan

For cut Ilowers thes-e new species h;ive
no superior as a money maker.

Tr. pkt.
In 5 separate co'ors, each. .% .2.1

Mixed, all colors 25

Cosmos Hybridus Grandiflora.
Dwarf tarly, mixed colors, .25
In 3 separate colors, each- . .15
Giant Mixed (new). Very

large llowering: 15

Nasturtiums.

DWARF OR TOM THUMB VARIETIES

In all separate colors, 15c per oz., 35c
per M lb. Per oz.

LiiiDut (New Dwarf), choice mxd.
for p"H. dOc per hi lb $ .20

Oz.

S1.50
1.25

1.00
.5J

.40

lb.; 7ijc per lb

CLIMBING OB TRAILING SORTS.

In separata colors, 25c per M lb.;
.\11 colors, mixed. 2Cc per X lb ;

60c per lb

Mrae. Gunther"s t.'hoicest Mixed

Strain. 45c per U lb

Smilax Seed, New Crop.
15c per tr. pkt.; 30c. pm- oz.; $3 per lb.
Sweet Peas (Choicest). Oz. Lb
Blanche Ferrv, Pink and

White ." $ .06

Blanche Burpee (White) 0>

Countess (New) (Lavender) .05

Mars (Scarlet) 05

Also all Other varieties 05

Eckford's Large Flowering.

Mixed 05

.10
.10

.10
.20

.35
.40
.40
.40
.40

.35

I's Aster Seed

Can always
be relied upon.

p. S.-^We DO NOT handle Aster Seeds grown by Florists who sell the best as
Cut Flowers, and let the leavings of single and semi-double sorts go to seed.
Our seed is grown especially tor seed and carefully selected.

Semple's Branching.

\Vt* have the true sirain of this very desir-
able Aster, and ijuarantee it to germinate fully
95 per cent. Set-d st^lected from the finest
perfectly double Mowers only. Tr. pkt. Oz.

In 5 separate colors, each..' % .30 $1.2.'>

Mixed, all colors 30 1.25

Comet.

Semi-dwarf, lar^ze tlnwerinii.

In 5 separate colors, "'uch 30 2.00

Mixed 30 2.00

Queen of the Market.
The earnest of all Asters. Tr. pkt.

In 4 separate colors, each '-li

Choicest mixed of all colors 25

Victoria Prize Asters.

Ksppciallv desTiible ;is |">t j^lauts.

In 5 separate colors, each 30

Mixed 30

Vick's Branching, white 25

Daybreak, u<'\\ piuk 50

Oz.

175
1.50
1.25

600

Truflaufs Prize. Tr. pkt,
{, PtEony Perfection^

In 5 separate colors, each 30

Mixed 30

Mignon, Pure White.

Dwarf, very double, does not show
any yellow center, and is one of
tbi- most desirable sorts for fun-
eral work 30

Oz.

1.50
1.35

5END FOR OUR COMPLETE CATALOGUES.
It will pay you to do sa.

HENRY F. MICHELL, 1018 Market St., Philadelphia. |

aniiiiiitaititiiintiiuiiiiiiUiiituiiuiiimie

To the Buyers

• •• l_ll • • •

Japan Lily Bulbs, |

Plants and

General Japanese

Products:

H. Yoshida, representing

The Imperial Trading Co.,

or TOOAMACHI, YOKOHAMA,

is expected in this market as well as
New York about the beginning of

3 April to receive orders and contracts

3 for the above articles.

Address Correspondence
care of this paper.

Caladium Esculentum.

1st size, 6 to 9 inches circumlerence, $2.00 per 100
2d size, 3 to 6 " " $1.00 per 100

Cash With Order

R. VINCENT, JR., & SON, White Marsh, Md.

PANSIES SaTJn"g

Again I can furnish, for immediate delivery,
about 10,000 good pansy plants. Price M.OO per
1000 f. o. b. express here.
CASH WITH ORDER

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU.

I«B Orait Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

COLD STORAGE

Lily : Valley

FOR

EASTER ELOWERING

We have in cold storage,
thoroughly frozen, a limited
quantity of good quality pips.
Just right tor Easter flower-
ing; takes three weeks to
bring it into bloom.

PRICE

$10 per Case of 1000 Pips.

Also on hand a laige stock of

AZALEAS

Just right for Easter _

Diaiii. Doz.
5-in. pots.. 10 to 12-in. $5.00
5,fc6 ■• ..12toH-io. fl.OO
6&7 •' ..13 to 15-in. 9.00
7-in. pots. 16 10 18-in. 15.00

100

$40.00

50.00

70.00

110.00

HENRY A. DREER

714 Chestnut St.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Please mention the A merican Florist ivhen writing

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS SEEDS, r.ady for delivery

March 15th, 16.011 ijcr 10«.
FREESIA BULBS, U-iucli and up, 13.00 per 1000.

y-iiicli to y»-inch, $1.25 per 1000.
COTTAGE NURSERY, San Diego, Calif.
PUase mention the American Florist when writing

EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS.

Lint free on application.
FRED. ROEMER. Seed Grower,

,, OiM' 111 ill hurt;, iienuany.

1088

The American Florist.

Mar.

The (Nursery Tf^aDE.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Tbeo. J. Smith, Pres. ; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres.;
OBOiteE C. Seaqeb. Rochester, IS. Y., Sec'y.

Twenty-sixth finnual convention, Niagara Falls,
N.Y., June 12-14, 1901. ■

The department of public works of
Kansas City is advertising some large
tree planting contracts for this spring.

A BILL has been introduced in the
New York state legislature to convert the
Warren property in Troy into a public
park. Considerable opposition has devel-
oped.

ScHiEFFBE & Skaggs, of Santa Rosa,
Cal., have leased a tract of land lor
nursery purposes, and will make a
specialty of the new Burbank walnut,
otherwise known as the Santa Rosa
soltshell walnut.

The mechanical mixture of kerosene
and water, ten to fifteen per cent kero-
sene, answers best for the summer treat-
ment of San Jose scale. Crude petroleum
has proven very successful as an insecti-
cide for use against this pest in winter.

Dr. Rothbock has been reappointed
forestry commissioner for Pennsylvania.
There were rumors that he was to be
retired to make room for a "machine"
man. The forestry enthusiasts are much
gratified that better counsels prevailed
and that the ablest man in the state in
his line retained his post.

The executive committee of the New
England Association of Park Superin-
tAidents met in Hartford, Conn., on Feb-
ruary 28. The superintendents of parks
of Boston, Providence, Worcester, and
Bridgeport, together with the represent-
atives of the various public reservations
of Hartford were present. It was decided
to hold the next annual meeting in Hart-
ford on July 9 and 10. This association
is the only one in New England which
brings the park interests ot the diflerent
cities in touch with each other. Their
previous meetings have been held in Bos-
ton, Providence and Worcester.

Effect of Electric Light on Trees.

At Geneva, Switzerland, it has been
noted, according to the Rerxie Horticole,
that plane trees receiving the full force ot
the light from the arc lamps in the streets
have retained their leaves in a green con-
dition much longer than those trees not
exposed to the hght. Even as late as the
first of January, after strong frosts, these
green leaves could still be seen on the
trees near the lights, while not a green
leaf was left on other trees in the same
streets.

Fruit Trees, Small Fruits, including
grapes. Ornamental Trees, Evergreens
and Shrubs for public and private groundB.
Shade Trees tor streets. Hardy Roses,
Hardy Plants, Cllmbors, etc.

Our beautifully illustrated catalogue, replete
with practical hints for planters, FREE,

ELLWANGER & BARRY,

Mt. Hope Nurseries. ROCHESTER. N. Y.

FatnbliHluMl ovi-r (iO yi-nrH,

SPECIMENS

Japanese Maples, Japanese Snowballs, White, Weeping and Red-Flowering Dog-
woods, Magnolias Glauca and Soulanglana, California Privet, Hydrangea Paniculata
and Hyd. Pan. Grandlflora, Ornamental grasses, etc.; JAPANESE ana other RARE
EVERGREEN TREE!<.

New Shellbark Hiclcory Nut "HORMOR'S SPECIAL."

straight, Handsome Shade Trees, such as Oaks, Oriental Plane, Norway, Sugar,
Silver, Sycamore, Wier's Cut-leaved and other Maples, etc., (large, medium and small).

EXTRA LOW PRICES; CATALOGUE FREE.
Personal inspection of our Nurseries is earnestly solicited.

CHAS. B. nORNOR & SON,

Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., New Jersey.

i

I CAN SUPPLY ALL WANTS IN

Tree j Shrub Seeds, Tree Seedlings, etc.

I J. H. H. BOYD, Gage, Sequatchie Co., Tenn. |

IUA\/C OC nnn CUAnC TDCCC of sugar, Norway, SiUer-leaved. Ash-leaveiJ
nnVC ZO,UUU OnHUC inCCO unci Scarlet Maples. IK2 to 3 inches diameter.
Elms and Lindens, 12 to 16 feet. lOOO White Birch, 8 to 10 feet. 2000 Purple-leaved
Beech, 4 to 9 feet. 20C0 Hydrangea Pan. Gran., XX strong. 10,000 Evergreens, all sizes
and kinds. ^ SCOO Arbor Vitae trees, 4 to 7 feet. 2000 Retinospora .Vurea and Colorado Blue
.Spruce, 3 to & feet. 3O0O Clematis Pan. Gran, and other large- flowering sorts, XX strong.
2U,0(0 California Privet, 2 to 5 feet. 10,000 Hardy Roses. 3000 Crimson and Yellow Ram-
blers, all X strong, on own roots. Fruit Trees, all kinds, many in bearing sizes. Rhododendrons and
Hardy Azaleas, XX large. 200 Golden Oaks, 8 to 10 feet. Florists, Landscape Architects, Superin-
tendents of Parks and others wanting stock should call on me or write.

STEPHEN CRANE, Prop. Norwich Nurseries, NORWICH. CONN.

I FRUIT GROWERS WHEN IN DOUBT

Of where to procure the best Japan Plum try the Western New York grown. Thev
have a reputation and are considered the hardiest and healthiest produced. Write at
once for special prices. We have also a fair supply of other stock.

GIIROY BROTIIERS. Dansville, N. Y. ^^^--___^_

NORWAY MAPLES

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees ttiat have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, William Wauner Harpeii, Proii.,

CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Choicest Fruit and Ornamental Trees.

Shrubs, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds. 4o Acres Hardy Roses. 44 Qreenhouses
of Palms, Everblooming Roses, Ficus, Ferns, Etc. Correspondence
solicited. Catalogue Free. 47 Years. 1000 Acres.
AVAnfiA II iiimiifkAU An n — * ■■■

THE STORRS& HARRISON CO.,

Painesville, Ohio*

Manetti...

English grown $12.50 per 1000

Crimson Rambler...

$5.00 to $15.00 per 100

Privet in all sizes.

Ask for Catalogue.

IHIRAM T. JONES,

Union County Nurseries, ELIZABETH, IT. J.

Maples

NORWAY,
SUGAR.

From 1 to 3-inch caliper, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list.

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisville, Bucks Co., Pa.

12 to 15 inches $S,on por ICO; $40.00 per 1000

15 to 18 inches 6.00 per 100; 50.00 per 1000

18 to 34 inches 10.(0 per 100: 75.00 per 1000

34 to 30 inches 12.00 per 100; 100.00 per lOOO

Rubber plants erown from top cuttings, strong
pl.tnts from 6-inch pots. 18 inches. ^iS.OO per dozen;
6-inch pots. 24 inclies, ifS.OO peril"/rn.

Isniene Ciiiathina. strfnu' hiooming bulbs,
$12.00perlOO. JOSEPH HEINL. Jacltsonviile. III.

"i^^toTHEMOON

Company

'For f Trees, Shrubs, Vines,
Your I and 5maH Fruits.

Descriptive Illnstmted Catalogue Free.
THE WM. H. MOON CO.,
Morrisville, Pa.

CLEMATIS— 2 years, $2.00 per doz., 12 best kinds.
H. P. ROSES— 2 year, fine dormant plants, own

roots, choice assortment, Jl.bO per dozen; $10.00

per 100.

F. A. BALLER, Bloomington, III.

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The American Florist.

1089

Kennicott

Bros. Co.,

Wholesale Commission Florists

AND DEALERS IN
ALL KINDS OF

Florists' Supplies.

42 and 44 E. Randolph St CHICAGO.

IRENE.

Havins handled "Irene" as cut flowers for the past four years, we can
say that it is one of the best Pink Caniatioas we pet. It is the most
fraprant of all Carnations and we therefore recommend it to all who

want stock that will surely sell. Fragrance alone will sell it. Price $1.60 per dozen.

$10 per 1(0, $75 per 1000. Book orders now for CUTTINGCs. Don't miss this,

for surely it is the best Carnation on the market.

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST.

Best Brides and Maids $5.00 to $7.00 per 100

Good " •■ •• 4.(i0tn 5.00

Perles 4 OD to 5.(0

Meteors 5.O0 to 7.00 "

Roses, our selection 3.'0 "

American Beauties, Ions ?.09 to 6.00 per doz.

medium. 3.00 to 4.iiO
short.... 1.25 to 2.01

Carnations, fancy 3 00 to 4.00 per 100

fine 1.50 to 2.00

" our selection 1.23 "

Callas and Harrisii 1.50 to 2.00 per doz.

Lily of the Valley 2.00 to 4.00 per 100

Roman Hyacinths 3.00 to 3.50

Violets 40 to l.flO

PaoerWhite 2.C0 to 3.00

Tulips 2.50to 4.00

Daffodils 2.00 to 3.00

Freesia 3.00 lo 4.00

Smilax 1.50 to 2.00perdoz.

Asparagus 60c per string

Leucothoe $1.00 per 100

Ferns, Adiantum I. CO "

" common 2 00 per ICOO

Galax Leaves l.EO

J*

Prices Subject to Change Without Notice.

Aa

McKellar h Winterson

Wholesale Dealers in Everything for Florists.

Should You Not Receive OUR 1901 CATALOGUE, Write \^s for Same.

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Please mention American Florist when writing.

Flowering Plants

^ Per 100

Chinese Primroses, 3>^-inch,

in bloom 85.00

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 2-in. 2.00 i

Fuchsias, 5 vars , 2-in 2.C0 |

Abutilon, trailing, 2-in 3.00 I

Flowering Begonias. 2-in 2.00 |

Geraniums, assorted, 2-in 2.00

100,000

flardu Herbaceous Plants

SEND FOR LIST.
CASH PLEASE.

EDWARD B. JACKSON,

Stamford, Conn.

We Sell For

L. J. ENDTZ, Bo5koop, Holland, all ornamental
hardy Florisis' and Nursery Stock.

HABRBN5 BROS.. Somergem, Belgium, Azalea
Indica, Palms, Araucarias, etc., Decorative
Plants.

Orders booked now for Sprine; or Fall delivery.
Wealsobooic now import orders for Summer and
Fall delivery of Lilies, Lily of the Valley, etc
Bulbs. Address

August Rdlker & Sons, saoeyst.. New York.

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII

strong 3-vr.-old plants, pots, 100, |5; 1000, $40.

AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA

strong 3-yr., fleld grown, ICO, $5; lODO, $40.

CLEMATIS PANICULATA

strong 2-year, fleld-grown, 100, $5; 1000, $40.
StroiiL' 3 vear, fleld-grown, lOO. $8; 1000, $70.

HONEYSUCKLE, Hall's Japan

strong 2 xear, fleld-grown, ICO, $5; 1000, »40.

THADDEUS N. YATES & CO.,

Mount Airy Nurseries,
7356 Germantown Ave.. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Evergreen Bargains

All sizes and for all purposes.
Will only quote prices on such
as I have in surplus. p^j. jqq

Norway Spruce, 4 to 6 ft. $10.00

White Spruce. 4 to 6 ft. . . 15.00

o.u>Lralian I'ine, 4 to 5 feet 10.00

Dwarf Mountain pine, bushy, 2 to 3 feet 15.00

.\merioan Arbor Vita'. 3 to 4 feet 8.00

'■ \Vt to 2 feet 4.00

Bals.im Fir, 15 to 18-inch 5.00

Norway Spruce, 1 to 1V4 feet 3.00

Hemlock Spruce, 2 to 3 teet 20.00

imoSfeet 10.00

Also a full supply of other sizes and varieties-
millions of seedling evergreens. Also European
Larch, Linden, Norway Maple, Box Elder, etc.
Catalogue free. Correspondence solicited. Men-
tion this paper. j^, HCII^rv,

Evergreen Specialist. DUNDEE, ILL.

BARGAINS.

100

ICOO
$50.00

Clematis Paniculata. 2 years $6.00

(See wholesale list for other sizes.)

Hydrangea P. G., I !^ to 2 ft 6.00 60.00

2 to 3 ft 7.00 65.00

3to4ft lU.OO 95.00

100.000 CALIFORNIA PRIVET. See wholesale hst.
Manetti and Multiflora Stocks a bargain.
£0.100 H. P. Roses, two years old. Per 100

Climbing Roses, - \ears old, strong, own roots. $6.00

Tennessee Belle, Felicile Perpetue, strong 4.00

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, bush and climbing.

4-inch ]K)ts, strong plants 10.00

SEND FOR WHOLBSALB LIST.

THE ELIZABETH NIRSERY CO.,

ELIZABETH, N. J.

►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

I EVERGREENS

Large Stock ot

Blue Spruce,
Douglas Spruce
and Abies Concolor

Send us your list of wants.

R. DftlGLAS' SONS,

WAUKEGAN, ILL — T ^

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

OUR DIRECTORY FOR 1901 WILL BE MAILED TO YOU •
■ PROMPTLY UPON APPLICATION. PRICE, TWO DOLLARS.

1090

The American Florist.

Mar.

Our paisTiMEs.

Announcements of coming contents or other
events of interest to our bowling, shooting and
cycling readers f re solicited and will be given
place m this column.

Address all correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.;
Robt. Klft, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co , 324 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111,

At Chicago.

On March 7 the florists met defeat at
the hands of the Anson's. Here is the
score:

Florists 1st 2d 3d T'l

Balluff 194 121 145 460

Hauswirth 147 179 183 509

Kreitling IBO 88 129 367

Hughes 125 124 153 402

Winlerson 151 170 108 429

Total 767 682 718 2167

Ansons 701 830 843 2374

At Buffalo.

On March 2 a match game was rolled
between a quartette of florists and the
Delevan team. Following is the score:

Florists 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th T'l

W.B.Scott 170 193 173 176 155 867

C. Risch 147 173 155 147 143 765

G. McClura 173 185 181 150 155 844

W.Weber 131 148 152 166 111 698

Total 621 699 661 629 664 3174

Delevans 665 6W 578 683 610 3190

At New York.

The following scores were made by the
florists in their match games of the past
week:

March 1 1st 2d March A 1st 2d

Lailg 189 176 Burns 159 157

O'Mara 141 139 r.,entz 156 171

Lentz 170 187 Hafner 1,56 150

Hatner 164 171) KUiott i.l35 130

Thielmann 169 189 Thielmann 157 176

Total 833 861 Total 763 784

■ Empire City... 782 844 Gotham, Jr 707 698

The regular practice games played
Monday night resulted as follows:

Player 1st

Thielmann 197

Burns 1:,'8

Taylor 143

Lentz 164 135 jgj

Hafner I37

Elliott 139

Melba 139

2d 3d

176 232

152 169

157 135

153 213
157 183
138 151

At St. Louis.

Monday evening, March 4, was ladies'
night on the alleys and there was a good
attendance and much enjoyment. To
begin with, the gentlemen rolled two
games to show the ladies how the trick
is done and then sides were chosen for a
game. Following are the scores:

Player 1st 2d Player 1st ,2d

Beneke 195 194 Ellison 128 135

Adels 162 149 Young 131 125

Kuehn 16R 122 Guv 128 125

Weber 161 119 ElHs 130 102

Kunz 136 138 Berning 103

Player Score Player Score

C. A. Kuehn 65 ,Tohn Young 88

Mrs. Young 36 \V. Adels..." 48

C. Kunz 41 Mrs. Kunz 38

Mrs. Beneke- 37 Miss Weber 34

Mrs. Ellis 27 Mrs. Weber 52

E. W. Guy 60 F. C. Weber 74

Mrs. Guy 49 F. M. Ellis 60

H. G. Berning 55 Mrs. Herning 32

Miss Guslty 37 J. J. Beneke. 68

Total 410 Total 464

R.J. M.

At Utica.

Next Monday evening, March 11, the
Florists' Bowling Club of Syracuse will
come to Utica to play with the Florists'
Bowling Club of this city, and the local

players are making great preparations
for the entertainment of their guests.
The entire alley floor has been engaged
for the evening, and there will be a ban-
quet before the game. Guests from
Buffalo are expected at the same time.
The following is the score made March 4:

Player 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th Av

Baker 157 168 152 143 131 150

Spencer 133 139 146 IIS 136 133

H.Mathews 120 138 118 132 139 129

Rowlands 134 87 140 139 ■ 113 123

Day 132 105 129 122

Hildebrand 136 120 91 132 117

Wilcox -....124 105 93 122 93 107

Qois.

Louisville.

KENTUCKY GETS ITS COLDEST NiaHT IN
MARCH.— GROWER SDFFEHS HEAVV LOSS.
—VARIOUS NOTES OF INTEREST.

The night of March 6 was the coldest
of the season, the thertnometer register-
ing 9° above zero, and the wind blowing
a gale, made it very hard to keep green-
houses warm. Mr. Raynor, of the
Anchorage Rose Company, said part of

his houses were at 53° while 35 pounds
of steam was on. One of Chas. Reimers'
boilers gave out during the night and his
carnation house was frozen. The loss is
estimated at $2,000.

C. H. Kunzman has some very fine
seedling carnations. Several have blooms
larger than the Bradt and of fine shades
of color. One red variety is especially
fine and no doubt will be heard from.

Business has been quiet in cut flowers
and violets are in oversupply, whole-
saling at from 15 cents per hundred to
50 cents for the Califomias.

The prospect for spring plant trade
here is very encouraging as many orders
are already placed. H. G. W.

Sidney, Ohio. — Albert Kellerer, a
florist formerly employed by Spring-
field growers, has taken a position at
the Wagner Park conservatories.

Norwich, Conn.— Jacob Reid, who has
been at Jewett City tor some years with
A. A. Young, Jr., is coming to Norwich
as gardener for Mrs. John Mitchell.

The Largest Fancy Carnation. NOW READY.

-PROSPERITY-

ALL ORDERS FILLED IN STRICT ROTATION.

I»r«ic©s for JRooted Cvi't-tirxgs.

1 Plant % .50

12 Plants 5 00

25 Plants 8.25

50 Plants 10.00

100 Plants ■. 16.00

250 Plants $ 37.SO

500 Plants 70.00

750 Plants 101.25

1000 Plants 130.00

WRITE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS.,

Flatbush, N. Y.

CARNATIONS

I^OOTKr*

OUTTIIVOJS

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following prices:

WHITE CLOUD J12.50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10.00 •■

McGOWAN 1000 "

ELDORADO 10.00

G. H. CRANE 125.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT 2.5.00

MADAM CHAPMAN 25.00 "

DAYBREAK 12.50 "

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to b* seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in need of a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times.

Addre.. CHAS. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich, '^•^j',^'"'

i«oot:bi>

Per 100 Per 1000

The Marquis, rich pink $.5.00 $4ii.00

MorniDg Glory, light pink 3.50 30.10

Mrs. Lawson. famouB pink 6.00 50.C0

Ethel Crocker, clear pink 3.50 30.00

Genevieve Lord, light pink 4.00 33.00

Mrs. Lippincott, pink 5.00 40.00

Davbreak, flesh 2.(K) 15.00

Meiba, tine pink - sr.OO 15.O0

Mrs. Joost, money maker 2.00 16.00

Wm. Scott, pink 1,00 10.00

White Cloud, fine white 1.50 12.50

CARNATIONS

Per ICO

Flora Hill, large white $1.50

Peru, white 4.00

Elm City, new white 4.00

Estelle, best scarlet 6:00

Chicago, largest red 4.00

G. H. Crane, scarlet 3 110

America, light red '.,. . 2.IS0

Maceo, dark crimson 2.00

Gomez, light crimson.
Mrs. Bradt, variegated.

;.io

3.00

Per 1000
$12.60
30.00
30.00
.W.OO
30.00
25.00
20.00
1,5.00
15.00
25.00

ALSO ALL NOVELTIES OF THIS YEAR AT INTRODUCERS' PRICES.
We would call special attention to ii.-,juis, which has proved itself very valuable.

GEO. HANCOCK & SON, Grand Haven, Mich.

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The American Florist.

1091

T^h^ !N^o^w^ Corxtt^r»y

ANNUAL

SPRING NUMBER

OF

m AMERICAN FLORIST --b^jmubo

MARCH 23, 1901

[Two weeks before Easter, the most prosperous season in the Florists' calendar.]

I

T will be a matter of mucli difl&culty to publish an issue wbicli shall eclipse
the previous Special Numbers for which the American Florist has
become famous, but plans have been laid out upon a scale which calls for
new achievements in the line of publishing for the Florists' trade. This
Twentieth Century Number will^be printed in the highest style of typo-
graphic art, will be profusely illustrated and will contain a number of
special articles of permanent horticultural value as well as all the news
of the week in America, including a full report of the second annual meeting
and exhibition of the American Rose Society, in New York City, March 19-21.

This Spring Number will excel its predecessors in their great business
bringing power and will be mailed throughout the United States and Canada to
every person in the trade whose business is worthy of consideration, also to
leading foreign houses.

Advertisements in body pages will be taken at our ordinary rates,
namely $1.00 per inch, $30.00 per page of thirty inches, with the usual dis-
counts on time contracts. Advertisements on second, third and fourth Special
Cover Pages (printed on heavy toned paper) $30.00 per page, net.

IN ORDER THAT YOUIMW BE GIVEN THE BEST POSSIBLE
POSITION AND DISPLAY

PLEASE MAIL YOUR ADVERTISEMENT NOW.

American Florist Company ,

324 Dearborn Street, « CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A.

THIS IS THE TIME TO DO BUSINESS.

1092

The American Florist.

Mar. g,

Albany, N. Y. wim

TRADE CONTINUES FAIR. ^PROSPECTS FOR
A BUSY EASTER.— LILIES LIKELY TO BE
SCARCE. — NOTES OF VARIOUS DOINGS.

A visit to the members of the trade
early this week showed all well content
with the condition of trade. Eyres and
Danker said that considering the fact
that it is now the Lenten season business
has been very good. The local craft is
looking forward to a busy Easter. The
prospects are that there will be a good
supply of bulbous material, such as hya-
cinths and tulips, but that Easter lilies
will be scarce.

Eyres had a very pretty decoration for
the reception given by Mr. and Mrs. A.
Mendleson, March 6, using red and pink
tulips, palms and azaleas. The mantel
pieces were banked with ferns and vases
of Bridesmaid roses.

Charles Sanders, who for more than
fifteen years has been gardener at Wash-
ington Park, resigned his position on
March 1 and entered the employ of H. G.
Eyres, taking charge of his greenhouses.

Robert Greenlaw was a recent visitor.

R. D.

Cedaebuhg, Wis. — William Nero &
Company have embarked in business here
and have a good stock of miscellaneous
plants.

Mitchell, S. D.— E. C. Newbury is
making a number of improvements in his
establishment and already has work
under way upon a new house, 24ill'4,
for roses.

Tacoma, Wash. — The first wing of the
large new conservatory of Point Defiance
Pafk is fast approaching completion. It
was designed by Farrell & Proctor and
will be 25x125 feet in size, costing $2,000.

Gut Prices

VERBENA KING.

Express prepaid on all
Rooted Cuttings.

Verbenas, 40 best mam-
moth vars. 60c per 100;
$5.00 per 1000.
Alternanthera, red and
yellow, 60c per 100; J5
per 1000.
.\geratum. Princess
Pauline and a new
rich blue, very dwarf
prower, a winner; Cope's Pet, white; "60c per
100, J5.00 per lOOO.
Heliotropes, 10 best varieties, all named, 70c per

100, $6.00 per ICOO.
Daisies, 2 beet vars., $1 00 per 100; J8.00 per 1000.
Geraniums, strong 2i4-in., best named varieties,

ready for 3-in., $2.50 per 100, $20 per 1000.
Verbena plants, strong, full of cuttings, fine as

silk, $2 per 100, $18 per lUOO.
Heliotrope, 2M-in., strong, fine plants, $2 per 100,
$18 per 1000.

Send for our new list of other rooted cuttings
and plants; it will save you money. Write lor
prices on larger lots. Special low express la es
to all parts. That Cash Pleabe.

C. HUMFELD. Clay Center. Ka».

Tuberous Begonias.

100,000 to spare. The largest and best floweriug

varieties grown iu Uel^ium.
Single flowers, separate colors, red, white, pink,

yellow, at $2.00 per 100.

Double flowers, separate colors, at $3.00 per 100.

Only for cash with order. Apply to

JULES DE COCK. NURSERYMAN,
MEIRELBEKE, BELGIUM.

Boston Ferns.

Pine Stock Now Ready,

at $25 and $20 per 100. Small Plants at $5 per
100, $40 per 1000. True Stock.

ASPARAGUS AND PALMS.
L. n. FOSTER, 45 King St, Dorchester, Mass.

QROFPS GLADIOLUS HYBRIDS

which secured this aw^ard are offered in two sections:

AWATOED

^r

l^>w!l^

i^

AMERICAN FLORISTS

The first section is composed of introductions of 1897, 1898 and 1899. The sec-
ond is composed of MORE RECENT AND RARE CREATIONS of this celebrated hybridist.
I offer none from seed previously disseminated.

I have arranged with Mr. H. H. Grolf for the sale of his products in the United
States and invite orders from the most critical.

Catalogue and further particulars sent on application.

ARTHUR COWEE, meadowvale farm. Berlin, N. Y.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Roses, Bride $1.01 per 100

" Maid 1.00 "

Swainsoni,T. G. .\lba ^ 1.00 "

Chrysanthemums, Mrae. Bers-

mann. Glory of the Pacific,

Golden Wcidins. Major Bon-

naffon. Mrs. .Jerome Jones,

Thornden, J. G. Whilldin... 1.00

Tradescantia Zebrina $ .50 per 105

Colet's, Verschaffeltii and Golden

Bedder 50c per 100, $4.00 per 1000

Coleus, mixed vars. . .50c *' 4.00

Salvia Splendens 60o •' 6.00

Heliotrope 50c •' 4.00

Marguerites 60c " 6.0O

POT PLANTS

Draoa:na Indivisa, 4-in $15.00 per 100

Vinca Variegata, 2 sorts, 4-in — 5.00 "
3 ".... 3.00 "

Stocks, Cut and Come Again, pink

and white. 2-in...." $1.50 per lOO

Myosotis, blue, 2-in 2.00 "

Cineraria, 4-in 8.00 "

JOHN IRVINE & SONS,

817 WASHINGTON AVE.

BAY CITY. MICH.

AGERATUM

"Stella Gurney."

As necessary to your bedding stock as coleus or

geraniums

3-inch pot plants $,=i.00 per 100

^-inch pot plants 2.50

Rooted Cuttings

ALBERT M. HERR,

l.,=J0

Lancaster, Pa.

IN BEST
...VARIETIES

SPECIALTIES

ROSES, from 3-lnoli poti.

CARNATIONS, for all dellTerr.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
SMILAX.
Pnmilow. Sand for lilt. VIOLETS.

M/ooo mftoTHSRa. ^iBHKiuu. m. V.

Please TTicntion the Americayi Fhirist when 7V} iling.

Dahlias

BY THE

THOUSANDS.

If '}'ou expect to
carry off some of
those prizes ;it the
Pan-American orat
any other show, you
must get in line,
and eep your order
in early.
My Dahlias are
prize winners. Don't send for a "cheap mixture"
for I aon't carry that kind.
Prices reasonable. Catalogue free.

W. W. WILMORE, The Dahlia Specialist,

Box 382, DENVER, COLO.

Please mention the American Florist when rOriting'

PLEASE MENTION US TO OUR ADVERTISERS.

igoi.

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1093

SHARPES STANDARD PEA.

Award of Merit, R. H. S., 1900.

Raised in our own Trial Grounds, we consider this New Pea the acme of perfection in the Alderman type, and immensely superior to that
well-known variety. Height four and a half feet; haulm stroDf^;; pods chielly in pairs, long, straight, am of handsome appearance; peas large
and of fine color and superb ilavor. We unhesitatingly aver "Standard" to be a great advance upon any Pea of this class at present in com-
merce, and to be unequalled and matchless for eith<»r exhibition or table. An horticultural expert who has tested it this year in competition
with many other varieties, pronounces it the best Pea of the season.

SHARPENS MONARCH PEA.

Award of Merit, R. H. S., J 900.

This is a grand new Pea of the Duke of Albany type. Tt has a strong haulm and short joints, much more prolifio than the Duke of Albany.
and less liable to sport: is a heavy cropper, and the filled pods are very heavy — four of them gathered without much selection weighing four
ounces. It will be a great acquisition for market Gardeners, and promises' to become as deservedly popular as the well-known Sharpens Queen.

SHARPENS "DENBIGH CASTLE" POTATO.

First-Class Certificate, R. H. S., 1900.

An extra early white fleshed Kidney, similar to the walnut leaved Kidney of olden days. Claimed by the raiser to be the earliest Kidney
variety in cultivation. It is a good cropper, of robust constitution, and a' first-dass cooker. We are confident that growers both for private
consumption and public markets will welcome a variety that has met with such striking success as is indicated by it receiving \he above award
in the competition for early varieties. Can be strongly recommended for pot culture.

SHARPENS EARLY PETER POTATO.

Award of Merit, R. H. S., July 25, 1899, Confirmed 1900.

The R. H. S. say of this new Potato — "Flattish Kidney, white, with russety skin, eyes full, medium size, very heavy crop, free from disease,
moderate haulm; early or mid season." Stock limited.

WHOLESALE FROM

6iia§. siiarpe & Co., Ltd., Siaiii

%^\

H^ £^ ^\ ip- ^\ We believe in shifting

1 1 f ^ ^k ■— ^k young Roses often. All

1# I I ^ I ^ stock offered in 2y,-in.

B% ^ y 1 J B 1 J pots has been shifted

from 2-in., and is equal

to most stock advertised as 3-in.. and when we

send it out it is well established.

Let us know your wants.

2 and 2 l-2-in. Stock is Fine.

VARIETIES GROWN m

Meteors La France I'resident Carnot

Brides A. V. Kaiserin Golden Gate

Maids Wooltons American Beauties

Penes Belle Siebrecht Liberty

CARNATIONS.

R.C. and 2-in. Bradt,< rocker, Joost and McGowan.

R. C. COL.EUS.

Mixed, Verschaffeltii, Golden Bedder, Yellow
Queen, etc. ENGLISH IVY.

2^, 3 and 4-inch pots.
GERANIUMS- Red, white and pink in 3-in.

A few thousand Sf*I^£>Bf O-E^IRII*

ready for 2-inch pots.
Special m WOOTTON ROSES, 21^-in., ready to
plant in beds. ^Vrlte

GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III.
FLORISTS' ORCHIDS

The Finest and Largest Stock

in the world.

CAIinFD ST. ALBANS, ENGUND and
O/lllULK BRUGES, BELGIUM.

Send for List of Commercial Varieties.

A. DIMMOCK, Agent. 60 Veaey St., N. Y.

Orchids! ^

We are headquarters for Orchids in the
United States — imported or established.
Also supplies, such as Peat, Moss and Bas-
kets. Our price, list for 1901 now readv.

LAGER & HURRELL, s^mm't: n. j.

Orchid arow.rs and Importan.

WiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiWiitiitiitt'iiiiiiitiiiiiiHii^^

WE ARE DELIVERING

?Ss.. PROSPERITY

and all the other new ones as below :

PROSPERITY (666). Each. 50c; 12 for $5.00; 25 for J8.25; 60 tor JIO.OO; 100 for $16.00
$37.50; ,500 for $70.00; 750 for $101.25; 1000 for $130.00.

Queen Louise doz., $1.50; 100, $10.00;

Dorotiiy " 1.50

Irene " 1.50

Roosevelt " 3.50

Norway " 1.50

Egypt •' 1.50

Bon Homme Richard " 1.50

Guardian Angel

250 for

10.00
lO.OO
12.00

10.00

10 00

10.00

5.00

Carnations.

100 1000

♦Marquis $5.00 $40.00

Mrs. Thos, W. Lawson 7.00 60.00

•Estelle 7.00 60.00

•Ethel Crocker 5.00 40.00

♦Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

•Morninc Glory 4.00 35.00

•G.H.Crane 3.00 25.00

•America 3.00 25.00

•White Cloud 2.00 17.50

Strong plants transplanted into soil and flats. Every one i
grow.'

•Flora Hill $1.75

•Wm. Scott 1.50

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 4.00

Gold Nugget 4.00

Chicago 4.00

Gen. Maceo 3.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00

Daybreak aOO

New Chrysanthemums, f^^";^*?^' "i5irs.'=Elner'*'S:'smith!'t'?^

best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton, Yanariva.

THE GSANS ZTEW

PIITK QERARIUM

Jean Viaud.

CannaS. Buy nowl Oont get left again.

14 BARCLAY STREET IfAIJGHANS' SEED STORE 84 & SSRANDOLPH STREET.

NEW YORK.

Doz.. $1.25; per 100, $10.00.
2-inch pots.

3 GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL.

'Pmmmmnmmmmtmmmfmmmmmmmnmnfwmmm.

Please Mention American Florist.

Successful Growers

Know that they can dispose of all their Surplus Stock by

#

advertising in the American Florist. TRY IT NOW.,^^

1094

The American Florist.

Mar.

9>

Cincinnati.

TRADB CONTINUES FAIR, WITH MOST SOP-
PLIES WELL CLEANED OP. — VARIOUS
NOTES OF LOCAL DOINGS.

A. Sunderbrtich & Sons had the decora-
tions at the Cincinnati Club, March 4,
for the Mayer-Straus wedding. This
was one of the largest jobs in the city
this winter, using palms and wild smilax,
pink roses and carnations, of which it
took nearly 4,000 blooms.

A party of florists from this city left
Friday morning for New Castle, Ind.,
upon invitation of Herbert Heller, to
view the roses of the South Park Floral
Company, and reported having a good
time. The stock they saw is fine.

There has been talk that the building
in which J. A. Peterson and the Cincin-
nati Cut Flower Company are located is
to be razed to make room for a big oiEce
building, but Frank Ball has received
assurance to the contrary.

Business, considering the Lenten sea-
son, is very good. There is a great deal
more stock received at the wholesale
houses, which cleans up pretty well with
the exception of violets.

Richard Witterstaetterwent to Bufialo
on Monday to attend the meeting of the
executive committee of the S. A. F. D.

Henderson, Md.— The greenhouse of
Edward J. Steele was destroyed by fire
on the night of Wednesday, February 20.
Loss $3,000, no insurance.

Ashley, Ind.— The Wabash railroad is
building a greenhouse here for the pur-
pose of handling the bedding material
necessary for the embellishment of the
stations'on the Detroit division.

Change YourRose Stock

Healthy Plants Grown from Grafted
Stock Cuttings.

strong, well established plants from 2V4-iQoh pots,
ready lor shipment May Ist.

"RRTDI^ 1

BRIDESMAib'.V.V.'.'.'.V.V..'. Vat $3.00 100.

GOLDEN GATE )

Place your orders at once and choice stock will
be reserved for you.

L. I.. MAY & CO ,

ST. PAUL. MINN.

FINEST MAIDS and BRIDES

in the market. Long distance shipments
of cut blooms with exceptional success.

Rooted Cuttings of the above, $15 per JOOO.
Princessof WalesViolets,R.C.,$J5per JOOO.

ANCHORAGE ROSE CO., Anchorage, Ky.

American Beauty Roses

Two-eyed cuttings, growing in
2V2-inch pots, ready to shift,
$6.00 per 100; $50 00 per 1000.

Address COLE BROS , Peoria, III.

Crimson Rambler Roses

These roses have fibrous roots and are par-
ticularly well adapted tor potting and forc-
ing. 2 to i<A ft. JIO per 100; 3 to 3^ ft. «12
per 100; 3^4 to 5 ft. $15 per 100.

/»! A "KTlKr A CS Write for Price List of
\j £^X!t JSHSlO t nine new varieties.

The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa.

▼ ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ WW W ▼▼▼▼▼▼

REPORTt?i'e JUDGES

Appointed by THE PHiLA. FLORISTS' CLUB
to judge our grand new ROSE

Queen of Edgely, Zmik beauty.

10^^' "We are convinced that this variety is a valuable addition
to the list of forcing roses, being in every respect, except color,
the exact counterpart of the American Beauty. The color is a
beautiful, bright pink, which is good, even in the full flowers. The
fragrance is also as fine as that of Beauty, and the exhibited
blooms showed remarkable vigor. (Signed),

ROBERT KIFT, WM. MUNRO. JOS. HEACOCK."

The last two named were winners of first prizes for American Beauties at the Bose
Show, Eden ISnsee, Marcli 27, 190O.

FOR TERMS AND BOOKLET: ADDRESS

R. CRAIG & SON, East. Agts.,

49th and Market Sts., Phila.

E. G. HILL & CO., West. Agts.,

Richmond, Ind.

THE FLORAL EXCHANGE, Inc. |

335 N. Sixth St., ♦

PHILADELPHIA, PA. X

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

When writing mention the American FlorlBt.

NEW RQ5E5 FOR iqok

AIL THf NEW VARIETIES, INCLUDING

ROBERT SCOTT, OUEEN OF EDGELY

and others worth growing in fine stock. Also all the
STANDARD VARIETIES both for forcing and planting in the
open ground in AJ condition, fit for immediate shipment.

JOHN N. MAY, Summit, New Jersey.

AMERICAN BEAUTY. *,•:' 71

2'/2-inch pots $5.00 $30.00

BRIDES, ay.-inch 3.00 2.i 00

BRIDESMAIDS, 2V4-inch 3.00 25.00

METEOR, Si^-inoh 3.no 35.00

LIBERTY, 2H-inch liOO

CA'-H WITH ORDER.

JOHN MONO, Rogers Park, Chicago.

Robert Scott,

EVERYBODY'S ROSE. ??rct'i"it.

Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, pei.co .Pa.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES,

$6.00 per 100
Kaiserin $4.00 per lOO

Iteavities and Kaiserin took First l*rc-
mium at Philadelphia Exhibition.

Bridesmaid 83.00 per lOO

All first-class, from 2-in. standard pots.

T. E. BARTBAWI, Lansdowne. Pa.

2S,000 Bridesmaids, Brides, Golden Gate,
grafted on Manetti stock, warranted to be
first-class, $10.00 per 100; $90.00 per 1000.

ORDERS BOOKED NOW.

3000 Meteors, from 2-inch pots, ready now,

$4.00 per 100; $30.00 per 1000.
CUT FLOWERS, Roses, Carnations and violets,

largest and best (quality in the market. Orders

always filled on time.

CHRIS. HANSEN, St. Paul, Minn.

36,000

GRAFTED ROSES

On Manetti Stocks.

Bridesmaid, Bride, Golden Gate,
Kaiserin, 2'A-'mch pots, ;?12.00 per
100,^95.00 per 1000. Sunrise, ^15
per 100. Liberty, ^18 per 100.

Orders booked now. Stock war-
ranted first-class.

100,000 ROOTED CARNATION CUT-
TINGS, ready now, of standard varie-
ties and last year's new ones.

S. J. BEUTER,

.WESTERLY. R.

Please mention the A merican Florist when writing.

Rooted
Cuttings.

COLEUS,

VERSCHAFFELTII, /;«„ „„„ i^ft

GOLDEN BEDDER, OUC pBr lUU,

"""ifi^^^ilT^' $5 per 1000.

C.OTTOSGHWABEJenkintown.Pa.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1095

■it uuimiiiiiiuuuuuuaiiuuuuiiu mmmiiiuuimiiiiu uimmmiiumiuuaimmiimuumiim i miiitm tiniiii mmiiiimm iitiiiiii'

Tll[ BIG rOUR.

OUR INTRODUCTIONS OF NEW CARNATIONS
J- J- FOR J90J. ^ ^

Sifnfi<^am« Extra bright flesh pink, early
UllUCdlll. free jnj cor

Per

doz.

Per
100

Per

1000

continuous bloomer.
Flowers of good form and size, borne on ^ ^

long stiff stems $1.50 $10 $75

Bon Homme Richard:

White,

extra-
ordinary free bloomer; fine form, good size.
Stems 2;^ to 3 feet long $1.50 $10 $75

Nydia:

Variegated, salmon stripe on white

ground. Quick seller, extremely free «> *

bloomer, fine form and stifT stem $li50 $10 $75

Prolificfl* C*""'^* pink. Very long, stiff
r iwiiiica. stems, large flowers, and as its

name indicates, an extra free bloomer $1.50 $10 $75

First lot ready Feb. l,of the above four vars.

OTHER VARIETIES.

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson cerise pink.

Olympia variegated .

Marquis pinlc

Genevieve Lord "

Ethe) Croolfer.

Morning Glory light pink 4.00

G. H. Crane scarlet 3.0O

Chicago " 3.00

Gold N ugget yellow 3.00

Gen. Maceo crimson 2.00

Gen. Gomez " 2.00

White Cloud white 2.00

Mrs. Frances Joost pink 2.00

Mrs. Jas. Dean " 2.00

John Young white 1.50

Flora Hill •■ 1.50

Argyle cerise pink 1.50

Daybreak light pink 1.50

William Scott pink 1.00

A rmazindy variegated 1.00

Guardian Angel 6.00

Peru 4.00

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 3.110

Triumph 1.5")

Cerise Queen 1.50

Edna Craig 1.50

Evanston 1.50

Gov. Griggs 1.50

" Iba.

Per 100 Per 1000
...88,00
... 5.00
... 5.00
... 5.00
4.00

M

1.60

Kvelina 1.00

Lizzie McGowan 1.00

Mrs. L. Ine 7.10

S80.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
35.00
35.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
12.00
800
8.00
50.00

35. nn

25.00
12.51)
12.50
12..W
12.50
12.50
12.50
8.00
7.50
60.00

A4.L ROOTED CUTTINGS NOW READY. WRITE FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR WANTS.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY - Joliet, Illinois.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

March Prices

Ethel Cracker has been with me all that
I claimed tor it, but not with some of the
growers. If you can get the results 1 do
it will be your best pink, and in order to
have it tried a second season I offer it
free by mail for $2.50 per 100.

Elm City is a white that has given me
excellent results, and as it is compara-
tively unknown I make the same offer
with it: free by mail at $2.50 per 100.

Genevieve Lord, Mrs. Lippincott. White Cloud, BradI,
Olympia, Leslie Paul. Gomez and Maceo at
reduoi.'d i>rict's for March. Soiid lor them.

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Penn.

CARNATIONS

Well Rooted Cuttings from Sand or Soil.

100 1000

Ethel Crocker $3.00 $25.00

White Cloud 1.75 15.00

Flora Hill 1.75 15.00

Triumph 1.75 15.00

Mrs. James Dean 1.00 9.00

Mayor Pingree 1.00 8.00

Wm. Scott I.OO 8.00

A few thousand of the above from 2K-inch
pots. Write for price.

Ghas. Akehurst & Son, White Marsh, Md.

Please mention the American Florist when ■umting.

Victor, Du.vbrciik, Flora Hill, ( -, .„ „„„ ,nn

Triumph f »l-50 per 100

White Cloud $2.00 per 100

G. H. CRANE $2.50 per 100

Cyperus Alternilolius, strong, stocky plants, from
2i4-inch pots, for immediate shipment, at
$3.00 per 100.

L. L. MAY & CO., St. Paul, Minn.

To Exchange

Rooted Cuttings of Ethel Crocker,
Frances foost, G. H. Crane.
For Rooted Cuttings of Brides, Maids or
Meteors

Carnations fine, healthy stock; want the same
in roses.

MORTON GROVE GREENHOUSES, Morton Grove, III.
Please mention the American Florist when vjrilmg.

^SSi^SSSe:Ssi^SSjgJSs;^e:e:;^j&E.e:SgS^

Rose Cuttings! Carnation Cuttings!

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

100 1000

Brides $1.50 $I2..'iO

Bridesmaids 1.50 12.50

Meteors 1.50 12i0

Verles 1.50 12.50

GoldenGate 1.50 12.50

,100

Lady Dorothea $1.50

Kaiserin 1.60

Mamau Cochet 1.50

American Beauty 3.00

CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 1000

Mrs Thos. W. Lawson $7.00 $60.00

The Marquis 6,00 50.00

Estelle .' 7.00 50.00

Genevieve Lord 6.00 40.00

Ethel Crocker 5.00 40.00

Olympia 5.00 40.00

G. H. Crane 3.00 25.00

Mrs. George M. Bradt 3.00 25.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00 25.00

America 3.00 25.00

Chicago 3.00 25.00

Mabel 3.00 25.00

Elsie Ferguson 3.00 25.00

Gold Nugget 3.00 25.00

Pingree 3.00 25.00

Mrs. James Dean 2.00 15.00

Mrs. Frances Joost 2.00 15.00

Genesee 2.00 15.00

Mary Wood 2.00 15.00

John Young 2.00 15.00

John Hinkle 2.00 15.00

Dorothy Sweet 2.00 15.00

Jubilee 2.00 15.00

100

White Cloud $2.00

Leslie Paul 2.00

Gov. Griggs 2.00

Albertini 2.00

Dawn 2.00

Eldorado 2.00

Melba 2.00

Victor 1.60

Triumph 1.50

Daybreak 1.50

Ivory 1.50

Evelina 1.50

Flora Hill 1.50

Cerise Queen 1.60

Meteor 1.50

Armazindy 1.50

Iris Miller l.BO

Sandusky 1.25

William Scott 1.25

Tidal Wave 1.00

Portia 1.00

Lizzie McGowan 1.00

Psyche i.oo

lOCO

$12.50
12.50
12.50
25.00

1000
$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
17.00
12.50
12.60
12.60
12.50
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.60
12.50
12.50
10.00
10.00
8-00
8.00
8.00
7.50

We offer only choice Rooted Cuttings, first-class in every respect, true to name. 25 at 100
rates; 250 at 1000 rates. Write for catalogue and complete list of Carnations and Roses, rooted
cuttings and in pots.

Do you receive our weekly price list? If not, write us; we will place your name on
our mailing list.

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

Areca Lutescens
Kentia Belmoreana
Kentia Forsteriana
Latania Borbonica
^T JOSEPH HEACOGK, ^i=££iLfi

Send for Wholesai.k Price List.

Rooted Cuttings OF THE

NEW AND STANDARD CARNATIONS.

Send fur price list.
WM. SWAYNE. Box 226, Kennelt Square. Pa.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

CARNATIONS.

Ethel Crocker 100, J4.00; 1000, $30.00

White Cloud " 2.00; " is.oo

Alaska (white) " I.OO; " »7 50

ROSES.

Golden Gate 100, Jl.SO; lOOO, {12.50

Bride " 1.50; " 12.50

Bridesmaid " 1.50; " 12.50

QEO. HARRER, Morton Qrove, III.

1096

The American Florist.

Mar.

Newark, Ohio.

MILLER FINDS SPRING BUSINESS BEGINNING
WELL. — BALDWIN THINKS WITTBOLDII
THE FERN OF THE FUTURE.

George L. Miller is just now in the
midst of the sprinjt trade rush; the
thousands of catalogues mailed to vari-
ous parts of the country are already
yielding splendid returns, and the season
is just in the beginning. His local trade
is likewise brisk and, taken all in all,
George has his hands full. There may be
a few extensive improvements and addi-
tions made about his establishment
during the coming spring. With a gen-
eral stock that is second to none and
business being on the increase it is no
wonder that George feels as happy as
the proverbial lark.

A. J. Baldwin reports the best trade he
has had in years, both local and whole-
sale. His Boston ferns— and he invari-
ably grows them fine — simply went with
a rush. Mr. Baldwin thinks that the
new Nephrolepis Wittboldii is the coming
fern and, knowing a good thing when he
sees it, he will grow a large stock of it
during the coming season. His general
stock is in the best of condition.

NOMIS.

HoLYOKE, Mass. — The florists of this
city have come together and agree to
close their establishments every Monday
and Wednesday evening. Other evenings
their stores will be open until 9 p. m.

Otsego, Mich.— T. J. Tozer is of an
inventive turn of mind and has perfected
many devices of value about his green-
houses. The latest is a tool for applying
liquid fertilizer to the soil without touch-
ing the foliage.

The Horticultural TRADE BULLETIN

is a monthly publication issued by ub which con-
tains a complete list of the stock offered by us
and much else of interest to the trade.

IT WILL BE MAILED FREE to any mem-
ber of the trade upon application.
>Ve still have unsold a splendid assortment of
ROSES CLEMATIS VINES CONIFERS
HERBACEOUS PLANTS
FLOWERING SHRUBS
ORNAMENTAL TREES (Including C. L. Birch)
CURRANTS CRAPES CHERRIES

GOOSEBERRIES PEACHES

Special bargains to offer in herHftcenus plants
and coniff rs. |^"lf you are a wholesale buyer of
trees or plants and do not receive the "Bulletin" be
sure to write tor it.

JACKSON & PERKINS CO., Klw^^Srk.

SMALL FERNS.

Young Stock fnr Fern Pans.

Four best varieties in 2\i inch pois,

$3.50 per 100 - $30.00 per 1000

J. F. KIDWELL & BRO..

3806-24 Wentworth Ave. CHICUO.

Cyclamen S!K

Transplanted, rt-adv for 3-inch pots, extra
stocky plants, J2.T0"per lOl; $20.00 per 1000.

Only the cream of varieties, 2V^-inch, $2.50
perlOO; 3-inch, $1 per 100; 4-inch, $7 per 100.

C. WINTERICH, Defiance, Ohio,

Stop Walking the Floor, you wont be disap-
pointed if you place your orders for

SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX

With CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN CO.. Everqreen.
Ala. or their agents, L. J. Kreshover, New York;
J. B Deamud, Chicago; M. Rice & Co., Philadel-
phia Vail Seed Co., IndiaDapolis. Our advice:
Wire your address and go "Sleep in peace."

Guardian Angel L'c 3' Tes-t ,00 .000

paying pink Carnation. Rooted
Cuttings

John Young

White Cloud

Argyle

Evanston

F. Joost

Cerise Queen

Edna Craig

Gov. Griggs

Melba

Armazindy ,

Hill

Evelina

McGowan

$6.00
1.50
1.25
1.00
1.00
l.CO
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

1.00
1.00

1.00

$50.00
12.50
10.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
7.50
7.50

CARNATION CUTTINGS.

All the Dew and standard Tarieties, free from ruHt and all other diseases.
Our stock U in fine shape and all cattiugs are well rooted when sent out.

Mrs. Leopold Ine p^onnc 100 1000

and best pavini^ red Carnation.

Rooted Cuttings^ I 7.00 J6O.00

Sunbeam 10.00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75.00

Nvdia 10.00 75.00

Proliflca 10.00 75.00

Irene lO.OO 75.00

Mrs. Lawson 6.00 55.00

Marquis 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord . .■ 4.00 35.00

Ethel Crocker 3.00 2d.C0

Crane 2.50 20.00

Peru 2.50 30.00

America 2.50 20.00

Mrs. Bradt 2.50 20.00

Triumph 1.00 9.00

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

100 looo

Bridesmaid J1.50 $12.50

Bride T. 1.50 12.50

Golden Gate 1.50 12.50

Meteor 1.50 12.50

Perle 1.50 12.50

All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately,
when money will be refunded.

PETER REINBERG, si wabash Ave., Chicago, 111.
ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS "°&tu"^e Siil°

NEW VARIETIES. (1901 INTRODUCTIONS.)

Sunbeam, (Hesh pink) 810.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000

Bon Homme Richard, (white) lO.OO " 75.00 "

Nydia, (variegated whit^and light salmon) 10.00 " 75.00 '*

Prolifica, (cerise pink) 10.00 " 75.00 "

Guardian Angel, a very fine pink; strong stems and good bloomer. It is a

moneymaker 4.00 " 35.00 "

STANPARD VARIETIES

2 1-2 INCH ROSE PLANTS.

100 lOOO

Liberty $12.00 $100.00

Bridesmaid 3.00 25.00

Bride 3.00 25.00

Meteor 3.00 25.00

GoldenGate 3.00 25.00

Perle 3.00 25.00

PINK. 100 1000

Mrs. T. W. Lawson. .$7.C0 $fi0.00

Marquis 5.00 40.00

Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

Ethel.Crocker 4.00 35.00

Triumph 1.50 12 50

Argyle 1.50 12.fi0

Daybreak 1.50 12.00

Scott 1.00 7.50

WHITE.

100 1000

Wh ite Cloud $2.00 $15.00

Flora Hill 1.25 10.00

Evelina 1.00 7.50

McGowan 1.00 7.50

SCARLBT. 100 lOOO

G.H.Crane $3.00 $25.00

Chicago 3.00 25.00

America 2.50 20.00

Evanston 1.50 12.50

VARIBQATBD.

Olvmpia 5.00 40.00

Mrs. G. M. Bradt.... 2.00 17.50

Armazindy 1.25 lO.OO

All Cuttings sold under the condition that if not satisfactory they are to be returned at once, when

money will be refunded.

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation Droduces the finest flowers, is perfectly healthy
and is the best white variety ever introduced.

IT BLOOIMS EARLY

IT BLOOMS LATE

IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Our price list contains cuts from photographs taken every two weeks during the months of February,
March, April, May, June, October and November. No other Carnation ean stand such a teat.

Price

$10 per 100,
$75 per 1000.

Rooted Cuttings ready now.

Come and see it or send lor circular.

J. iv. oir^iwOiv,

Bloomstmrg:, I*a..

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

TOMATO —Lorillard, Mayflower, Dwarf Cham-
pion, Acme, Stone and other varieties ready for
transplanting, 15c per 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50
per 10,000. It by inail add 10c per iro.

EGG PLANf — N.Y. Improved, good size for trans-
jilaiiting -or potting, 26c per 100; }2.00 per lOOO;
%\:^^ per 10,000. If by mail add 10c per luO.

PEPPER— Bull Kose, Ruby King. Sweet Mountain
and other varieties, ready for transplanting.
25c per 100; $2.00 per Ic 00;"$15.00 perlO.OOO. If
by mail, add 10c per 100.

BEET— E.'irlv Ei-'yptian, 20c per 100; $1.50 per 1000;
$12.50 per 10,000. If by mail, add 10c per ItO.

BRUSSELS Si'KOUTS— 25(> per 100.

CABBAGE~In var., 25c per 100; $1.25 per lOOO.

CAULIFLOWtR— 35c per 100. Cash witu ordek.
R. VINCENT. Jr.. & SOM. White Marsh, Md.

Say, Read This !

. Going at mere nothing, 25,000 A No. 1
rooted cuttings of Ethel Crocicer, at
$2.50 per 100; $23 per lOOu, until sold.

All orders amounting tA $10 or over, express
paid to any part of the Dnited States. Have all
the 1900 novelties and standard varieties.

D. R. HERRON. OLEAN. N. Y-

Do not hide yoar light under a bannci.
Tell the people what yon have for sale.

ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS. 11. .illhy
stock, well-rooted. Per 100 Per 1000

Mrs. Lawson $6 00 $55.00

Olympia 5.00 40 00

Marquis 4.50 36.00

Genevieve Lord 4.60 36.00

Ethel Crocker 4.00 35.00

Crane 3.00 25.00

Mrs. Geo. M Bradt 3.00 25.00

Gen. Maceo 3 00 25.00

Prances Joost 2.00 15.00

White Cloud 2.00 15.00

Daybreak : 1.50 12,00

Victor 1.50 12.00

New York 1.60 12.00

Scott 1.00 8.00

McGowan 1.00 8.00

Salvia Silverspot, $1.00 per doz.; 2i4-inch pots,
$4 00 per 100. Vincas, variegated, from soil, ready
for 2!/2-inch pots. $3.00 per 100. Fancy-leaved
Caladiums, best 30 varieties to name, $10.00 per
100. Cash with order, please.

W. NELSON. P. 0. Box 1450. Paterson, N. J.

PALMS^OSTONS

Walter Retzer & Co.,

"'''-!^.*ilfj;.tSi''s°t")*''^- CHICAGO, ILL.

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1097

READY
NOW!

N[W CARNATIONS

ALL THE LEADING SORTS, IN FINE SHAPE,
INCLUDING ^ ^ ^

lOO lOOO

Prosperity $1600 $130.00

Roosevelt 12.00 loooo

Lawson 7.00 60.00

G. H CRANE 3.00 25.00

GENEVIEVE LORD... 5.00 4000

LORNA 10.00 75-00

NORWAY 10.00 75.00

CALIFORNIA GOLD, 10.00 75.00

100

Avondale $4.00

Crocker 3.00

Gen Maceo 3.00

WHITE CLOUD 2.50

Peru 3.00

MRS. GEO. M. BRADT 3.00

Olympia 5.00

MRS.FRANCESJOOST 3.00

1000
$30.00
20.00
25.00
18.00
25.00
2500
40.00
20.00

I The great TIMOTHY EATON Chrysanthemum 50c each; $5.00 per doz.;

I $30.00 per 100.

t We will be pleased to mail you our Catalogue of Chrysanthemums, Carnations,

« Crotons, Grafted Roses, Palms, etc.

♦
♦

i ROBERT CRAIG & SON,

MARKET AND
49lh STREETS,

Philadelphia, Pa.

»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

Carnation Cuttings.

Well rooted stock now ready
for delivery.

Per 100 Per 1000

WHITE DAYBREAK

WHITE CLOUD

GENEVIEVE LORD

ETHEL CROCKER

»2.t)0 115.00

1.50 12.50

6. CO 40.00

3 50 27 EO

G. H. CRANE

3.00 25.00

GEN. MACEO

2.00 15.00

MRS liR\DT

2 50 20 00

EVANSTON

1.50 12 50

DAYBREAK..

1.50 12 00

W. P.

HARVEY,

Geneva, III.

ADMIRAL GERVERA

The easiest Yellow Variegated Carna-
tion to grow, free and healthy. ^ J*

—GOETHE^

A beautiful Light Pink Carnation,
very large, in perfect condition. ^ J»

Rooted Cuttings $10 per 100, $90 per 1000

DELIVKRED NOW.

C. BESOLD, Mineola, L. I., N- Y.

CARNATIONS t^^JZ

v:irielies. Writ'- for prices.

Aiparagus Sprengeiii, 3-inch S4.00 per 100

Atparagu* Plumosus. 3 " 6.0O per 100

Small Fern» for dishes, 4 vars. , 2!4-in. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata, 2i4-inch 4.no per 100

Boston Ferns, ^-inrh pans $15 and $18 per doz.

2i4-inch 4.00 per 100

3-inch 8.00 per 100

CARL HACENBERCER, West Mentor, O.

Rooted Cuttings Carnations and Roses. -

GUARDIAN ANGEL $6.0)

CRANE 3.00

EVANSTON l.OO

JOOST i.ro

WHITE CLO0D 1.00

FLORA HILL 1.00

DAYBREAK 1.00

TRIUMPH 1.00

Per 100 Per 1000

Per 100 I

JiO.OO I TRENE Per doz., $1.50; $10.00

25.00 : ARMAZINDY 1.00

9.00 TIDAL WAVE 100

9.00 WM. SCOTT 1.00

9 00 : ARGYLE 1.00

9.00 ' ethel crocker 3.00

9. co genevieve lord 3 00

9.0o marquis 4 00

rose;s.

er 1000

$75.00

7 50

ii.OO

11.00

9.00

2i.00

25. to

35.00

Per 100 Per 1030

KAISERIN $1.50 $12.50

LA FRANCE 1.50 12 50

METEOR 1 50 12.50

PERLE 1.50 12.50

Per 100 Per lOOO

BRIDE $1.50 $12.50

BRIDESMAID 1.50 12.50

GOLDEN GATE 1.50 12.50

I*I-,A.»JT®.

Per 100 Per 10€0

KAISERIN 13.00 $25 OO

LA FRANCE 3 00 25 OU

AIETEO< 3.00 25.00

PERLE 3.00 25.00

These cuttings are all well-rooted, guaranteed free from disease, carefully packed

Per 100 Per 1000

BRIDE $3.00 $25.00

BRIDESMAID 3 00 25 00

GOLDEN GATE 3.00 25.00

L.

GEORGE REINBERG, 51 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO. ♦
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ •♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ *♦!

The Queen of Commercial White Carnations. Scored 91 at Baltimore, was
awardi-d 1st prize for 100 white, bronze lued.'il for 12 best seedling and
first-class CertiQcate of Merit. Stock all sold until April 1st Its vigor-
ous, free growth and tendency to bloom early insures a safe investment for cuttings delivered in April.

F^/^A/PJ'Tp A most distinct, dark variety, rich and dazzling in color. Surpasses all other
f^ll Y r' I crimsons in length and strength of stem, exquisite, spicy odor and keeping
^■^^ ^"^ qualities. Can be had in good flower by November.

Above two varieties. $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100, $75 per UOO.

The Greatest Money Making Pink, A friend of the com-
mon people and a desceudanl of the great Wm. Scott,
whose ilfust ious mantle it i.s wearing with Ijecoming
grace. Stock large and in the pink of condition. $5 per 100. $40 per 1000.

All of the new ones of this year, the best of last year and ihe best standard varieties.

Chrysanthemum Timothy Eaton ^'^»fK«t°<;k of this giant whit, which

NORWAY

Genevieve Lord

■■wliipped" every variety which went up against it.
ever offered. 50c each, $5 per doz., $30 per 100.

came over Ihe bor<ler"froin Canada and
riie most sensational white chrysantheninni

COMPLETE LIST OF OTHER NOVELTIES
AND STANDARD VARIETIES. CATALOGUE
READY WRITE FOR IT.

H. WEBER & SONS, '"«T''

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The American Florist.

Mar.

9,

Pittsburg.

SEASON OF SACKCLOTH CUTS INTO TRADE.
—MOST STOCK ABUNDANT.— WITH THE
GROWERS.— AN ACCIDENT. -A NEW RETAIL
STORE.— OTPER NOTES.

Trade since the beginning of Lent has
been rather slow, and the presumption is
that it will continue so until near Easter.
Flowers are and have been very plenti-
ful, especially bulbous stock. American
Beauties are not abundant but other
roses are, and good in quality. Azaleas
are still coming in very nicely and also
other flowering plants. The florists will
no doubt have a very good stock of
these for Easter.

Messrs. Hartman brothers, formerly in
business in Allegheny, who sold out and
have been lor sometime past engaged in
farming in Ohio, have returned to Alle-
gheny and are now with John Bader, of
Troy Hill. It is thought by some that
John Bader and the Hartman brothers
are members of the corporation formed
sometime ago by Fred Burki, of Bellevue.
The names of the members of this cor-
poration have not been given out
officially.

A curious accident happened on one of
the Allegheny roads a few days ago.
The wagon of E. C. Ludwig, an Alle-
gheny market florist, with horse and
driver, went over an embankment and
slid down the hillside about a hundred
feet Neither the driver nor the horse
was hurt. The accident was caused by
ice on the road.

Mrs. E Williams, a florist of the South
Side, Pittsburg, has decided to open a
store on Pennsylvania avenue. The
store room is small but the location is
good. The store will be open for busi-
ness on April 15. Woodward.

NEPHROLEPIS WITTBOLDII.

Strong Plants, ready for 3-inch and 4-inch pots,
11.00 each; JIO.OO a dozen; $75.00 per lOO.

The GEO. WITTBOLD GO.

Palms and Ferns

1657 Buckingham St., CHICAQO, ILL.

Palms # Ferns.

HOME-GROWN, FINE, CLEAN
STOCK; GROWN COOL.

Write lor Price List. J ,
The Exotic Nurseries,

B. HEISS.
DAYTON, OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous
Alpine Plants.

Field- ;
Grown |

The Blue mil Nursery, So. Bralntree, Mass. !

CORBESroNDENCK BOLICITED. '

AND

A Complete Assortment of Old and New Vars.

STRONG 2 YEAR
* • • FIELD GROWN.

CRIMSON R4.MBLER, extra strong 112.00 per 100.

HYBRID PERPETUAL, in fine assortment $10.00 per 100, $90.00 per 1000.

HYBRID PERPETUAL, in fine assortment, 2d size 6.00 '• 50.00

These are well rooted, good stock, but not quite heavy enough to go into first grade.

AZALEA MOLLIS

(Hardy). Fine for Easter Forcing.
12 to 15 inches high $35 00 per 100 15 to 18 inches high $40.00 per 100

RHODODENDRONS.

Bushv plants well set wi'h buds.
18 to 20 inches high $75.00 per 100 20 to 24 inches high 1100.00 per 100

SPIRAEAS

JAPONICA $3.00 per 100 ASTILBOIDES FLORIBUNDA .... $4.00 per 100

NANA COMPACTA $5.00 per 100

PALMS

KENTIA BELMOREANA,2!4-inch pots $8.00 per 100, $75.00 per 1000

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 3-inoh pots, 4 and 5 leaves $15.00 per 100

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 4 inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high .' 30.00 "

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5-inch pots, 18 inches high 60.00 "

KENTIA BELMOREANA, Sand 6-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high 75.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 2!/i-inch pots 10.00 "

KENTIA PORSTERIANA, 3-inch pots, 12 inches high 15.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIAN'A, 4-inch pots, 15 to 18 inches high 35.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5-inoh pots, 18 to 22 inches high 60.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, Sand 6 inch pots, 24 to 28 inches high 75.00 "

ARECA LUTESCENS, 2!/s-inch pots $6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000

ASPARAGUS

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 3-in. pots $ 6.00 per 100

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 4-in. pots 12.00 "

SPRENGERII, 2i4-in. pots $3.00 per 100

SPRENGERII, 3-in. pots 5.00 "

SPRENGERII, 4-in. pots 8.00 "

BOSTON FERNS

strong 2-inch pots $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000

THE STORRS S HARRISON CO., PainesviOe, 0.

BROOM CORN SEED CHEAP.

Experienced growers in the great Illinois "rentral" jjroom corn belt are prejudiced against the
broora corn seed usua'Iy sold by seedsmen. AVhyV Bee use such stuff is liable to produce almost
anything, provided it germinates, which ^xnerienced growers consider doubtful. The writer, living as
he does in the great broom corn belt, is in position to supply very vital seed, which lias been bred to
the point wh-TP it produces bright green fine-fibre brush and produces heads with a minimum amountof
center stems, etc., and whi-L furnish the "standard" high prii-ed brush. I have such seed to offer in
Tennessee Evergreen and California Golden varieties. One thousand pound lots, at 69 cts. per bushel.
Average sample sent upon request. Special circular on broom, field and popcorn seed, etc., mailed
upon application. Address

SUFFERN, The Corn Breeder, VOORHIESp ILL.

Rooted Carnation

CUTTINGS.

■ Per 100 Per ICOO

Lawson $5.00 $45 DO

Crocker 3 00 25.00

Lord 3.00 25 00

Peru 2.50 20.00

America 3.50 20.00

Bradt 2 50 20.00

Pingree 2 50 20.00

WhiteCloud 1.50 12.00

Glacier 1.50 12.00

Maceo... 1.50 12.00

Mary Wood 1.50 13.C0

Daybreak 1.25 10.00

Flora Hill 1.25 10 00

Joost 1.25 10.(0

Triumph 1.25 10.00

Scott 1.00 8.00

Albertini 1.00 8.00

10 per cent off for cuttings of above varieties
except Lawson put in sand after order received.
Add Ji to above prices for 3-inch pots plants.
250 at 1000 rates. Cash or C. O. D.

IVI. J. & M. S. VESEY. ft. Wayne, Ind.

LARGE, SOUP HARRAnK

Those large, solid, crisp Cabbages that sell so
well and eat so well can be easily grown from
Livingston's Ideal Cabbage Scpd. We make a great
specialty or Choice Cabbage Seed and select it to
produce HEADS— not loose leaves. If you want
a packaee, send your address. It costs nothing.
THE LIVINGSTON SEED CO., Box 103. Columbus. 0.

New Carnation ELENOR AMES.

The best deep pink Carnation ever introduced.
Deeper color, larger flowers, stronger grower and
produces more blooms per plant than its parent,
Wm. Scott Does not. burst. A continuous
bloomer. Has been grown for five years. Plants
free from all disease. Rooted cuttingr ""^dy
February 1. $\.hO per doz., $10 per 100. $75 per 1000.

D. CARIMICHAEL, Wellesley, Mass.

As

usual.

ON TOP!

At Baltimore meeting of the American
Carnation Society. Our exhibit of

The IiaWSOU was awarded
the Gold Medal JQ heavy com-
petition against allcomers. The Society's
Silver Cup tor best arrangement of blooms,
and First Prize for 100 dark pink.

MY STOCK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

EOOTED CUTTINGS per 100, J7.00

per 1000, $60.00

PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass.

FLORIANA

The Best AH Round Pink
Carnation Ever Introduced

Large size, fully as ];irge .-is flarquis or Crocker;

color, a beautiful shade of light pink. A strong
grower, very fragrant, an earlv continuous
bloomer, very productive, does finely both in
winter and summer, good stem, perfect calyx
that never splits, not subject to disease, good
keeper. IJrings fancy prices in New York market.
Come and see them.

PRICES:

$1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per Hundred;
$60.00 per I housand.

READY NOW.

FILLOW & BAWKS, Weslpoil, Conn.

"Hoosier Maid," ^Su.

Does not get weak necked, sleepy, nor
split in mid-winter, ready now, J8.00
per JOO; |2.eo for 25. Cash with
order. Express prepaid.

ANDERS RASMUSSEN, New Albany, Ind.

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1099

muiillliUUUUAiUllUitlililiuuiiUitiiiiliiiltltliltliiilliiuiiitiiiiiiiiiwiitniiiiiiiiiiitaiittiiiiititiiiiiiiniimmimtiiummummttttn^

Fancy Carnations ^ ^

We offer choice Rooted Cuttings, first-class in every way. The quality of our plants has
gained a reputation among the highest in this country.

PINK. Per 100 Per 1000

I Ethel Crocker $2.50 $20

Mrs. Thos. \V. Lawson jr.OO $60. CO

Mrs. F. .loost 2.O0 15.00

^ Triumph 1.50 12.00

RED. Per 100 Per 1000

G. H. Crane $3.0) $25.00

America 3.00 25.00

MAROON.

Gen. Maceo 2.0O 15.00

YELLOW.

Gold Nugget 3.00 25.00

WHITE. Per

White Cloud $2.

Mary Wood 2.

Flora Hill 1.

VARIEGATED.

Olympia 5.

Mrs. G. M. Bradt 3.

100 Per 1000
00 $15.00
00 15.00
50 12.00

40. CO
25.00

Rooted Rose Cuttings.

Brides, Bridesmaids and Heteors,
$1.50 per 100.

ALL CUTTINGS SHIPPED FROM GREENHOUSES.

Don't fail to send us your name to
^ place on our mailing list for our Flor-
ists' Price List, issued weekly. :: ;:

...BASSETT & WASHBIRN

STORE: 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago. GREENHOUSES: Hinsdale, III. |

Rooted Carnation I

CUTTINGS. i

THIS slock is strictly lirst-class in B5

every espect, free from disease und @

will be thoroughly rotited ^\hen sent mit. B

We ttuar:intee th-in to be as reijresentod. ^
Monvy refunded if not satisfactory.

Cnnrt r"'""^' Tor 100 V

''I"" ^» Armazindv $)C0

Triumph " 1.5U

Flora Hill 1 80

Wliite Cloud 1.60

Evaii.'iton 1.60

Armazindv 1.00

Portia l.OJ

Will. Scott 1 0)

MuiJowau 1(0

Evelina 1. 00

Kohinoor 1.00

J. A. BUDLONG,

37-39 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL.

Rare Hardy Water Lilies
AtsoTHE Sacred Lotus

(iiuiwN AND Fur Sale by

W. J. RICHARDS. Wayland, Portage Co., Ohio.

Write for Catalogue.

Please mention the Amencati Florist when wrilinp^.

ROOTED RUNNERS Or

Marie Louise Violets

from soil, 60c per 100; f 5.O0 per 1000.
Cash with order.

Address J. DUERR, Geneva, III.

AND ITS
VARIETIES

if^jrxrjgr^nisxKXi^xisi^^iG^^^xi^Tf^^

Rooted Carnation Cuttings

No better Carnation Blooms were ever offered in the Chicago
market than those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first-class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

Th<» Cnnrt P'nk Per lOO Per lOOO

IIIC opUl I, Armazmdy...$ 6.00 $50.00

Irene 10.00 V-VOO

Sunbeam 10.00 76.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75.00

Prolific lOOO 75.00

Nydia 10.00 76.00

Mrs. Lawson 7.00 60.00

The Marquis 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35.00

Ethel Crocker 4.00 36.00

Peru 4 OP 35.00

G. H. Crane 3.03 28.00

America 2.50 20.00

Cerise Queen 1.60 12.50

Evanston 1.50 12.50

Mrs. Leopold Inc .^r.'™ '"'U^SS

John Young 150 12.60

Argyle 1.50 12.60

Triumph 1.50 12.60

Frances Joost 1.60 12.50

Gov. Griggs 1.50 12.50

Melba 1.50 12.60

Edna Craig 1.50 12.60

Flora Hill 1.50 12.50

White Cloud 1.50 12.50

Evelina 1.00 7.60

McGowan 1.00 7.60

Wholesale Growers
of Cut Flowers,

WIETOR BROS.,

B1 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

BY MAIL, Vigorous, Bushy, Cleafl Plants.

COLEUS-IO ilistinct, ni.isily silid colors, bright

:iud ctb'Clive 75 cts. per lOU.
GIANT LEAVED— Select, grand colors, very orna-

nn-nial :is .^pi'i-inieus or groups, JI.IO per 100.
MAMMOTH VERBENA— My own choice strain, in

mi.\tiire lar^eO' reds, pinks Hud whiles. ^'>

finer 10 be bad. Transplanted. 75 cts. per 100.
Write ti' me now, or make a note of this adv.

DANIEL K. HERR, Lancaster, Pa.

fiS&:esg-:&S&&S

IT IS NOT...

what you pay for the adver- '^

tisement but what the adver- *

tisement pays you. It pays w

to advertise in the American j^

Florist. w

FAEONIES

NOW is Time to Order

SOON time to Plant Them.

Red per hundred $15.00

Pink ■• 20.00

Wliite " 25.0J

CHICAGO P/EONY FARMS, Jollet, 111.

AMFDirA !><■ 00 per 100 out of pots.
niflLHIL)'^; $6.00 per 1 rooted cuttings.
MAES, $4.00 per 10). STANDARDS, $3.50 per 100.

8.00 per 100.

JEAN VIAUD, CLYDE, I
DRYDEN and Novelties, f
Little Pink, Dr. E. A. Herring, E. E Rexford,
$2.50 per doz. Send for price list.

HENRY EICHHOLZ, Waynesboro, Pa.

BOOTED CUTTINGS

Verbenas. 35 vars., 60j per 100. $5 per 1000. Col-
eus. 30 vars., 60- per ICO, $5 per 100). Heliotrope,
14 vars., $1 per 100, $8 per lOOO. Ageratums, 3 vars.,
eOc per 100, $5 per 1000. lanlanaj. 4 vara., $1.25
per 100. Giant Alyssum, $1 per 100. SaUiai, 3
vara., $1 per 100. Express prepaid on all R. G.

Verbenas and Heliotropes. 2>4 inch,$2 per 100;
$1» per 1000; slrmi:; |. hints. Cash with orders.

8. D BRANT. CLftY Oent»r. KA8.

IfCDDCMACi 25 I-EADINQ ElBDB,

iCnDCnndi 2-inch p.ils. S2.00 per 100.
R"ulrJ Cutliug.^,, eOcts per 100.

TJ OfitT" flC ■ IJridei, Muids, Meteora, Perles,
^WaXa^m stronslv rooted cuttings, $1.50

per It'O. Fine stuck.
Roofed Cuttiii'is of CARNATIONS. 80 cts. to J2.50
per 100. liesi l.adiuKViirieti.-sof CHRYSANTHE-
MUMS. Write f.jr prices.

W. H. GULLETT & SONS, Lincoln, III.

I™ Regan Printing House

CATALOGUES

NURSERY
SFED

riomsTS

87-91 Plymo«th Place,
j» j» j» CHICAGO>j» j»

1100

The American Florist.

Mar. p,

Scranton, Pa.

HOETICCLTUHAL SOCtETY PLANNED. —
SHOUl/D HAVE HEARTY SUPPORT OF ALL
IN THE TRADE.— GOOD FOR EVERY ENTER-
PRISING YODNG MAN — EASTER LILIES
KEPT HOT. — VARIOUS ITEMS.

Some of our good people are talking ot
organizing a horticultural society in this
city and it should have the hearty sup-
port of everyone in the trade in this val-
ley, as it vyill help to stimulate au inter-
est in things along the line of all those
who have anything to do with the veg-
etable kingdom. So, when you see it in
our county papers calling for a public
meeting, let everyone turn out and give
the movement a good send-off. Market
gardeners, gardeners on private places,
the young men working in the green-
houses, all will be welcome Come, add-
ing your intelligence and learning more
than you bring. A good live horticult-
ural society will be like a school to many
a young man who proposes to make
something of himself in the trade, or as
an employe. It will sharpen up the ideas
to come in contact with men or women
who are wideawake, and who take a
deep interest inhorticnlturein any partic-
ular branch or in general. A young nmn
can make himself more valuable to any
employer by affiliating himself with such
a society.

The Easter lily is keeping the boys a
guessing this year, all right, and espe-
cially the longiflorumtype. If the March
sun will favor us we will march into port
on Easter week with many a white head
to sweeten and cheer many a home and
church, and bring money to the grower.
Some of the houses are like Hades. If
the lilies are showing bud, give it to
them. And the hydrangeas; they will
stand it with plenty of moisture.

Bert Cokely, of the Scranto,n Florists'
Supply Co., left town this week for one
of his trips through the states. We hear
that this concern is to add a florists' box
manufacturing department to their line.

Now that George Richardson has gone
with Dr. Caldwell to take charge of his
new place we shall expect to see some
fine stock on the market from that estab-
lishment.

The genial George E. Fancourt, of
Wilkesbarre, made a flying trip here this
week. George is like his good flowers,
always welcome. Scrantonian.

3 - Great Glories - 3

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE, 2H-iiich

pots, $15.00 per 100.
BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE Naaa Com-

pacta, 3H-inch pots, 115.00 per 100.
BEGONIA CALEDONIA, 'The White Lorraine,"

3V4-inoh pots, $5 00 each.
This stock guaranteed absolutely free froin disease.

THOMAS ROLAND. Nahant. Mass.

Well-Rooted
Cuttings.-

Alternantheras

p. Major and Aurea Nuna, BOc per ICO
or $1 CO per lauo.

SEED SWEET POTATOES. Yellow Jersey and Nanse-

mou'l, per bbl , %l. Special price bo large lots.

DAVIS BROS.,

Morrison, 111.

SEEP Pansies j^^^

The Jennings strain. Fine stock, choice varie-
ties. Medium size plants, 60c per UO by mail, 84
per 1000 by express. The above growing in cool
greenhouses. Seed, $1 per pkt., $5 per oz. Cash
with order.

t. B. JENNINGS. Grower of the Finest Pansies,
Lock Box 254 Soutliitort, Conn.

We like to have you tell our advertiseri
that you read our paper.

BARGAIN GLADIOLI.

To clear out a stock of Fine mixed

Bulbs about i^-inch, rough but
sure to bloom. We ofifer them at

. $5.00 per 1000, cash with order.

Sample if desired. Send at once,
as this will not appear again.

CUSHMAN GLADIOLUS CO.,

SYLVANIA. OHIO.

Forniflv of Euclid, O.

Geraniums

, Per 100

16 best vars., 2! '.-in. pots, ready for 4s $2.50

ALTERNANTHERAS, 2-inch pots, jellow 1.75

red 2.00

COLEUS, mised, 15 vars., 2-inoli pots 2.0D

PELARGONIUWS. mised, 3-incli pots 3.00

OXALIS FLORIBUNDA, 2-inoh pots 2.00

AGERATUM r. Pauline and Tapi.s Blue 2.00

DOUBLE PETUNIAS, mixed, 2!4-inch 3. CO

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII, 2-inch pots 2.00

VERBENAS, 16 ^ars., 2-iiich pots 2.00

2000 PANSY PLANTS, cold frames 1.60

Cash Pleasb.

JOS. n. CUNNINGHAM, Delaware, 0.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

Wk -k »* j^ S j^ ^^ Giant mixed of Bugnot, Cas-
UQilnlQO sier, Odier and Tnmurdeau
lilll^lll^ strains. We are positive of
I UIIVIW having the finest Pansies in
the United States this year. Price, exira fine
stocky plants, 60c per lOJ; $2.75 per 1000. Extra
large "plants in bud and bloora. fl per 100; $8 per
10 0. VINELESS SWEET POTATO (new), grows
same as rish potato. Very productive, $1.00 per
peck; $2.50 per bushel.

For rooted cuUings of Carnations, see issue
of February 23 this paper.

Cash With Order.

I1Y. ERNST & SON, Washington, Mo.

npAn THICI Extra strong, fineandbostvars.
HL/^U IIIU. Plants from 21/2-inch pots.

Dreer's finest Double Heiuniai, $3 100; 50i- doz.
Furlisias, finest 10vars.,$3 100; B0<-. doz. Begonias,
Erfordii, .Saundetsoni, S3 100 50c doz. Snap
dragons, German, extra colors and plants, $3 ICO;
50c doz. Ivv Geraniums, 6vars .and German Ivy.
»3 100; rOc doz. Vaiea VarieRata, $.'.60 100. Salvia
Clara Bedman, $2 lOJ. Ageratum. 3 best. $; 103.
Trailing Abutilon, variegated, fine. $3.50 100.
Moonvines SOc doz. Cup eas. $1 50 100. Ca^h
with order. GEO. M. BRINKERHOFF, Springfield, III.

Vinca Major Variegata.

WeU Rooted Cuttings $J.25 per JOO,
Cash With Order.

SMITH & YOUNG CO.,

456 E. Washington St., INDIANAPOLIS. IND.

Schmidt's Pansies

HAVE NO EQUAL.

Fine stocky plants, 50 ots. per 100; $.3.60 per ICOO.
FORGET-ME-NOT, large plants, 60cts. per 100; 14.00

per lUOii.
DASIES (Bellis). Snowball and Longfellow, 4Qcta.

per 100; $3.00 per 1000.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

GOLD SMITH

...New...

Ohrjsantheiuuin

Cream yellow tinted with bronze, sport from Pres.
W. R. Smith, fine large flowers, strong stem.
Your collection of Chrysanthemums can not be
complete without this new candidate. There is
without doubt a commercial future before this
sort. Exhibited at Cincinnati November XL it
scored 83 points. Price $2 per doz. Order.* -lEen
now and filled in March.
* H. L. RAGAN, P.O. Box 166, Sprlnsfield, O.

Ghm^aiiitieinuiiis

STRONG ROOTED CUTTINGS READY APRIL 1st.
EARLY SORTS:

Bergmann. white; Rose Owen, pink; Yellow

Monarch. $1 50 per lOi).
MID-SEASON VARIETIES:

Mrs. 11. Ruljinson. white; Mrs. Murdock, pink,

$1.50 per lOJ. Ur*. W. II. Weeks, white;

Australian Gold, yellow. $1.1,0 per 100.
FOR THANKSCIVINC TRADE:

Golden Wedding. Philadelphia. Mrs. .lerome

Ji nes. Maud Dean, $1.51) per 100. Autumn

Glory $1. to per liO.
FOR CHRISTMAS BLOOMING:

II. W. Rieman, yellow; The Harriott, pink;

Yanonia, white, $2.00 per 100.

L. L. MAY & CO., St. Paul, Minn.

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

Pe

Coleu', 12 varieties

Alyssum, Giant

Mme. Salleroi Geranium

Geraniums, mixed

Geraniums, Nutt, Bruant. etc

Ageratum Princess Pauline

Carnations, 24 varieties. Send for list.
PLANTS FROM 2-INCH POTS.

Vincas, 2 varieties

Baby Primroses

Geraniums, named

rlOO
; .60
1.00
1.25
1.60
2.00
1.00

2.60
3.00
3.00

Kalamazoo Nursery & Floral Co.,

KALAMAZOO, MICH.

DON'T GET LEFT

ON GERANIUMS. They are
going very fast at fi %,er 100, $25 per
1000 out of 2>^-in. pots, ready tor
shifting into 3 or 4-in. Composed of the
following varieties: S. A. Nutt, Frances
Perkins, LaFavorite, E. G. Hill, Beaute
Poitevine, Wm. Pfitzer, Ruy Bias, Double
Grant and in fact all the leading vars.

Ageratum, 2>^-in. pots. Princess Pauline,
Cope's Pet, White Cap, |t per 100. R.
C. 50c per 100.

Fuchsias in variety, R. C, $1 per 100.

Coleus, 2;^-in. pot, $1.50 per lOO. R. C.
50c per 100. pj,^ hijjj, Accompany Order.

J. E. FELTHOUSEN, Schenectady, N. Y.

MY SPECIALTY.

Cyclamen Persicum Splendens Giganteum. finest
strain m the world in lour true rulors (Septem-
ber sowing) phmts truuaphinted from Mats,
$3.00 per UO; $i5.00 per KOO. My strain of
Cyclamen tas a reputation second to none.
I solicit your patronage and guarantee
satisfaction.

PAUL MAOER, East Stroudsburg, Pa.

%;n VINCA VAR. VINES

3 inch pot Vinca Vines, |4.00 per 100.

TBRH8 CASH OB 0. O. D.

WM. A. CLARK * SON,

Na. 44 Boyd St., WATERTOWN. N. V.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1101

A WHOLE GARDEN

. For 14c.

We wish to Kuiii this year 200.000 new

ciisfniUL-rs, and lienco offer

|1 PkK- ^ii'ii'.tjr's Ulue lilood Tomato.. 15c

The Northern Lemon iFtc

Miima's havurite Dnion. .... 10c
Emerald Green Cucumber,... lOc

CityGarden Beet loc

13 Day Itadish 10c

LaCrosse Market Lettuce — 15c
Elet;ant Flower Seeds 1"

Worth 81.00 for 14 cents.

11.00

We \nn mail vou this entire ?1.00's
worth of splendid seed novelties free,
tnpether with our larpre illustrated
Plant and Seed Catalogue on receipt
of this n otice and 14c in postage
Choice O nion Seed fiOo lb and up.
Potatoes at *i. 20 per barrel and up'
Catalo^rue alone. 5 cents. T

JOHN fl. SflLZER SEED CO..UCrosse.Wis.

CHINESE PRIMROSES. 4-iii. nots.finc K:ist rstock.
OBCONICA GRANDIFLORA. l;irse llowering, 4-inch,

in buiL
HELIOTROPE. l.-irt;r panicled, purple, 3Vi-in. pots,

ill binl.
PA'^SlfcS Gian^ Trimardeau. imiiicnso llouors,

yooj v:ir. ol cokrs. Iidh Imnsplaiitt'd stock. nC'-

per 100 bv mail: %^ )K'r lO'iO bv uvpress.
HELIOTROPES. Saliasp'endensnnfl Bonfire. ' obeba

C D. compacta. nice p.>it.-<l plants, at $l.riO per

100: 11. r. 7.=K* prr lOn.
CARNATiO S- Flora Hill. ^\ pT 100: £;i per ICOO.

Mcf \o\s an, $1 per 100; !f;6 50 p-t 1000.
PARIS paisr and German Ivy W C. eaob.SOc p«t 100.
ROSES Brid.'s nn.l Hrid-vsmaid. ^i^-incb. $2.00

per 100.

E. FRYER, Batavia, ILL.

BIG RED

TOMATOES

Those hirgo. red. porfpctly smootli nnd solid
ivivingston's Stone roraatoes' cjiq be thrown from
LiviDt;ston's own seed as easily fls not. T'nques-
lionably Livingston— the Tomato Man— sells the fin-
est Tomato Seed in the world. We will send you a
packet for trial Free of Charge it you'll ask tor it.
LIVINGSTON THE TOMATO MAN, Box 103, Columbus.O.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want

in Ilie w;iy of

PREPARED PALMS

Whether the raw raaterials or the
finished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and service from the
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co ,

Jacksonville, fla.

Branch Store, Indianapolis, Ind.
<'he«rfully Answered.

t^^Jnquirie

CANNAS.

Cbas HendtTfon. Crini^oii lii'dder. lUirbnnk,
Le Clerc. Gold Siar and Crnzy, new seedlings
raised (dormant or started). s*rone tubers, $2 p-sf
100: $18 per 10''0. Cineraria, giant llowerei.:il^-in.
%% per 100. Geranium, dou'l'* or single, mixed.
-I's-io. $3 per luu. Stocks. Wallflowers. lavender,
blue, rod, whib-. 2^-in %:1 piT luu i "ash please
Shellroad Greenhouse Co.. Grange P. 0., Balto., Md.

Xo more of either of the Lorraine Begonias
to offer until next June.

BOSTON FERNS,

3 inch pot plants, $75.00 per 1000.

EDWIN LONSDALE,

WYNDMOOR, - (near Phihi.), PENNA.

GEORGE RIPPERGER,

Sheep Manure

I have now I. n hand a birgi- (nn,ntit\ ..f Al Sheep

Manure. Send for i-i'iro list and sample.

Best Fertilizer for Top Dressing.

fASH WITH OUDKi: OR KEFEREM ES.

Sr"L^e'mhT«.t'' LOHG ISLAND CITY.

JE»UJ«15

Sheep Manure.

In naturid sl;ile. $1.00 per ton.

f. o. b. cars. Dried iinpulver-
ized. $.T.0O per ton. Write for prices on drie'l
and puiveri/.ed sheep manure.

MONTANA FERTILIZER CO., Elgin, III.

SOME GOOD THINGS CHEAP

We have about 100,'" 00 of the following Roses, all strong, healthy, well-rooted young
plants that have been turned out of 2-inch pots and wintered in cold houses through the
winter and are now just starting into growth. Just right for 2;^-inch pots; will make
Sflendid plants quick.

Meteor

Manian Coehet

White Mamau Coehet

Mine. Welche

Mosella

Dutchess de Hrab:int

Maid of Honor

Mme. F.Kruyer

Golden G.ate

Climbing Meteor

Crimson Rambler

La Marque

Solfaterre

( "limbiniz Wuottoii

Empress of China
Carmine Pillar
Mary Washington
Estella Pradlc
('limbing Malmaisoi.
W. A, Riedardson
White Miireuhal Niel

The above varieties $a.ao per loo; $iS,oo per looo.

The fi>llowing newer sorts $4.00 per 100: Mrs. Robt.
Marie Guillnt, Climbing liridesmnid, Psyehe, The Baldwin.

Double aersniums.'JVi-im'li pois.only good varie-
ties. %iAO piT 110; $-.'0 j.or 1000.

Apple Scented Qeranlums, ;.'!4 in. pots, 13 per 100.

Begonias Rubra :iii<l Thurstoni, 2!4-inch pots $:1
pi-r Km. M. de Lesseps and Alba Perfeeta
Grandillcira (White Rubra) $2.60 per 100,

Heliotropes, 2^-iiicli pots, si.v best sorts, $2
per ICO.

Coleus. tc^n best sorts $2 per ICO.

Fuchsias, ten good sorts.S^i-in. pots, $3..50 per 100.

Peary or Climbing Kaiseriii. Climbing

Carnations. 2V4-Jnch pots, Ave good sorts, red,

wliite, pink, striped and vellow. $3.50 per 100;

$20 |« r 1000.
Hardy Hinks. live bfst sorts, 2 inch pots, $2 per

100; $ls,co per 1000.
Asparagus Sprengerl. 2U-incli pots, $2.50 per ICil.
Asparagus Tenulsslmus, 2Vn-incti pots, strong,

$3 per 100.
Jasmine Maid of Orleans and Graei II i ni uni, 2^-iM.

pots, $2 per 100.

GET IN THE SWIM

And buy some of our sterling novelty and red-hot seller, THE AMERICAN WONDER
LEMON, called by some "Ponderjsa." Every cataogue man should get this. It has
come to stay and will be a good thing for years. It commences to bear enormous fruit
when two years old, which average from IV2 to 3 lbs each. The flavor of the ripe lemons
is delicious, being very full of rich acid juice. It propagates very easily, grows rapidly,
bears freely when quite young and will grow anywhere. It is excellent for all culinary
purposes. Extra fine plants from 2;^-inch pots, %\ per doz , %1 per 100, J50 per lOCO

SCHMIDT & BOTLEY.

gpDiMr.ciPi r^ o.

We Root 10,000 Carnation Cuttings a Week.

SEK OUK LOW PRICKS ON SMALL LOTS.

Per 100

A. Mittiug, clear light cream 1901.... $10.00

Mrs. A. Mitting, clear pink " .... 10.00

DeRoo Mitting, a Bne white " .... 10 00

Sunbeam, flesh pink, C. C. Co " .... 1000

Bon Homme Richard, white, CC.Co. " .... 10.00

Nydia, variegated, C. C. Co " .... lO.fO

Proliflca, cerise pink. C. C. Co " .... 10.00

California Gold, yellow. Hill " .... 10.00

Avondale, pink. Hill " 4.00

Queen Louise, white, Dillon " 10.00

Irene, pink, Crabb .t Hunter •' 10.00

Lorna, white, Dorner " lO.CO

Mermaid, salmon, Dorner '* 6.0O

Mrs, Thos. W. Lawson 1900.... 4.75

Olympia, variegated •' — 4.C0

Genevieve Lord, light pink " .... 4.00

Ethel Crocker, pink " .... 3.00

Per 100

Peru, wliite I'.KIO.... $2.60

Mrs. G. M. Bradt, variegated 2.0O

Gen. Gomez, red 1.50

White Cloud, white 1.25

Flora H ill , wh i te 1 00

Argyle,pink 1.00

Joost, fine pink 1.00

G. H. Crane, scarlet 2.50

Morning Glory, shell pink 4.00

Edna Craig 1.00

Gov. Griggs 1.00

Daybreak 1.2S

Armazindy 1. 00

McGow an 1.00

Evanston 1. 00

Evelina 1.00

Triumph 1.00

Asparagus Plumosiis Nanus, 3-in $5.00

" Sprengerii, fine, 3!2-in 5.C0

Boston Fern, true, 3V4-iii 5-00

Maidenhair Fern. 2^-in 5.00

New Geranium De Roo Mitting, has yellow

foliage and double searli-t bloom 20.00

New C;.-raniuin Double Snow Drop; we know

not a belter white 15.00

Geranium Jean A'iaud, 3-in 10.00

Alternanthera. r d, also pink, 2H-in l.,50

Sedum Variegatum, Border Plant, 2!4-in 1.50

Ci"ar Plant. 2M-in 1.50

California Moss, Hanging Basket Plant,

2«-in 1.50

California Moss, from sand 50

.Terusalem Cherry. 2M-iii 1.50

Mixed Begonias Ilowering. 3!,i-in 1.50

Smilax, from Hats 35

Coleus, lochoice named varieties, 2J<-in 1.50

Vinca, green trailing, 234-in l.EO

6-in 15 00

" variegated. 6-in 20.00

Five Cuttings at 100 rate.
Per 100

Per 100

Salvia Clara Bedmaii, 2'/J-in $1.60

Iresines, mi.xed, 2^ -in 1.50

JIarguerite, or Paris Daisy, white, 2H-in.... 1.50

Ageratum Princess Pauline. 2^-in 1.75

Nasturtiums, tall, also d^arf, mixed, 2H-in. 1.50

Heliotropes, mixed, 2M-in 1.50

Hardy Pinks, pink colors from sand 1.00

'■ ' " large clumps 5.OO

New Ire Plant, from California, the finest

basket plant we ever saw; 3Ji-in 10,00

Candytuft, White Rocket, Hats 25

Verbenas. lO'-hoM-e colors, named, 3H-in... 1.50
Seedling Cannas, President Carnot. Mme.
Crozy, Sarah Hill, t^ueen Charlotte and

A. Ikiuvier

Cannas, started plants fr.mi strong bii.bs.
Triumph. Progression. Hiirbank. A. Bou-

vierand McKin'ey. 4-in 2.50

Petunia, choice double mixed, 4-iu 5.00

Per 1000

Pausv Plants, from cold frame, small % 5.00

" ' " 30 leavci, from cold frame.... 1.5.00

00

. Plants at 100 rate; 350 at lOOO rat".

THE MORRIS nORAL CO.,

Cash, or R. C. and plants

will be sent C. 0. D.

Please metftion the American Florist when iL'titintr

MORRIS,

ILL.

t

American riorlst Advts.

JL

Geraniums

Mixed, good collection.
Double Fringed Petunias.
Fine Asparagus Sprengerii. Ail the above from
3-inch pots at $2.00 per 100.

£. I. KAWLINOS, Quakertown, Fa.

1102

The American Florist.

Mar.

9.

Elizabeth, N. J.

E. Runyon, president of the Elisabeth
Nursery Company, reports that his con-
cern has a number of plans on toot for
the development and extension of their
business. They have recently acquired
an eight-acre piece of property upon
which they propose to locate their range
of greenhouses, removing the twenty-two
houses at present in operation, and
increasing the range by the erection of
six new houses, each 20x150 feet. Work
upon this new range is already under
way. The work ot construction is also
in hand on the service house, 50x87 leet,
which when completed will house twelve
boilers. The company has also leased
an adjoining piece of land of about 110
acres, to aflord room for the enlargement
of their nursery. They are doing a large
business in clematis, hydrangeas, H. P.
roses and their other specialties, trade
being rather better with them than ever
before.

Kakmuoot Mich.

The Kalamazoo Nursery and Floral
Company has just completed its first
year of business, and held its annual
meeting one day in the last week of
February. The first year has been a
most prosperous one, and the outlook is
very bright. The company is not only
enjoying a satisfactory trade in trees and
shrubs, but is doing a larire wholesale
trade in rooted cuttmgs and pot plants
of the usual bedding stock and green-
house plants. At the annual meeting the
officers were re-elected as follows: Presi-
dent, C. A. Maxson; vice-president,
James M. Davis; secretary and treas-
urer, C. A. Krill; manager, W. C. Cook.
These gentlemen, with E. J. Phelps, con-
stitute the board of directory.

New Ohlbans, La.— Ignatius Kling is
not only running a prosperous business
of his own but is city florist and has
charge of much of the public planting.
This is his busy season, one of the best on
record.

BiNGHAMTON, N. Y.— Jamcs R. TuUy,
who has been in business since 1877, now
has about 10,000 feet of glass in opera-
tion and a fine stock. He handles orna-
mental nursery stock and finds it a profit-
able adjunct to his business.

BUCKLEY'S

Plants and
Rooted Cuttings
GERANIUMS.

26,000 Rooted Culling*— All strong, selected top
cuttings, well rooted, ready for 2H-inch pots, is
the kind of stock we send out, of thp followint:
superb varieties, at 12.00 per 100; $1810 per 1000:
Bnianti, Heteranthe, Grant, S. A. Nutt, Athlete,
Frances Perkins, E. G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine,
Mme. Jaulin, Mme. Bruaiit, La Favorite, Mrs. J.
M. Garr. Same varieties X X strong, a!4-inch,
$3.50 per 100; $32.S0 per lOOO.

ROSE GERANIUMS AND IVY GERANIUMS— Stroc;^'
2!4-incli, $3.00 per 100.

VERBENAS, Special. 20th Century Collection.
New mammoth, coosistint; of 20 grand varieties.
10,000 strong 2-inch and2H-inch pot plants, full
of cuttings, to move quick, $1.60 per 100; $12.50
per lOOO.

COLEUS — Golden Bedder and Verschaffeltii,
strong selected top cuttings, well rooted, 75c per
100; $«.00 per 1000.

NEW A8ERATUMS— Stella Gurney, the grand
novelty of 1900, and Snow Drift, the peerless
white, strong 3-incb stock plants full of cuttings,
.■iOc per dozen; $3.00 per 100. Strong rooted cut-
tings $1.00 per lOO. Louise Bonnatt, latest novelty
in white, and Princess Pauline, latest blue,
strong 2Si-inch, $1.60 per 100; strong R. C, 60o
per 100, (special).

CASH WITH ORDER.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Sprlngflsid, III.

Please mention the AmeriLon Furmt when writing.

HAVE YOU

SEEN THIS

BEFORE?

Thi^ is In reprtsfiit

CREPE PAPER,

waterproof. You can sprin-
kle your plant when jou
have this around it. without
injury to the paper.

Question: Whohiisit?

The indefatigable explor-
ers "f new things in the
Florist Line, the old well-
known nnd always wide
awake Manufacturers and
Importers "f Florists' Sup-
plies.

H. BAYERSDORFER

& CO., 1^

50-52-54-36 N. Fourlh St., ^
PHIUDIIPHU. g

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• •• w/A.! ^ • •••

Indispensable Adjunct

To a successful wholesale business is an up-to-date,
accurate, complete Trade Directory. Such a
tx>ok, 397 pag;es, containing: the name and
address of every florist, nurseryman and seedsman
in America, new list of private gardeners and horti-
cultural supply concerns and much other informa-
tion will be mailed from this office on receipt of $2.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

324 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL.

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500,000 Verbenas

THE CHOICEST VABIETIES
Iir CUIiTIVATIOIT.

Fine pot plants $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1000 Rooted Cuttings. 60c per 100: $5 per 1000; $46 per 10,000.

NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKED LIGHT, AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. SENO FOR CIRCULAR.
"We are the Largest Growerd of Verbenas In the country.

Our plants cannot be surpassed.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

I»a.

Have You Seen the Lorraines?

These new Begonias are sure to be in great
demand. Let us book your order NOW for June
delivery.

Gloire de Lorraine, tiS.oo per too.
Light Pink Lorraine (Lonsdale's variety)
|25 uO per 100.

Arc also book ng orders for new Chrysanthe-
mums. Carnations. Cannas and Qeraniums.

Catalogue Fkke.

NATHAN SMITH & SON, Adrian, Mich.

Stiong ROOTED CUTTINGS of

Princess of Wales Violets

$6 00 per 1000.

,\lso all the Ip.i.ling varieties of CARNATIONS.
Sf'n'l for prict* list.

I40I Woolsey Street.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.

PICK & FABER,

Onn nop Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fresli
<lUUiUUU pick(.>a from our own j>lants, sure

to grow, HOr, per ICO; $7..50 per 1000.
Alternantheras— lied, yellow, pink, 60c por iOS;

$S.uo piT 1000. prepaid.
'Mums— Fine rooted cuttinp:s, W. R. Smith, Daille-

douze, Maj. lionnaffon, H. Robinson, F. Hardy,

.). .Tones, etc., $1.50 per 100.
Boston Ferns, 2H-inch, 50c per doz.; $3.00 per 100.

3-lnch, $1.00 per doz.; $10.00 per 100.
Geraniums — P. Itruant, Gettysburg, Crystal, Ume.

liruant, etc. 2 inch, $2.00 per 100.

A. J. BALDWIN, Newark. Ohio.

The Famous Kudzu Vine — Hardy as a rock. Lasts
50 years. Can be cut back every year. Grows
50 feet in one season. $7.00 per 100.

Asparagus Sprengeri— Strong 3^-in., $6.00 per 100. ,

New Rose Snowflake— The Daisy Rose, $10 per 100.

New Lace Fern -Fronds last a month, $6.00 per 100.

New Russelia Multiflora— 2M-inch, $4.00 per 100.

60 New Plants not to be Had Elsewhere.

Callas— White, $3 per 100; Spotted, $3; Yellow, <20.

Cannas, Dahlias, and all summer blooming bulbs.

Electros and Cuts lor Florists and Seedsmen.

A. BLANC. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

We've thousands of readers and hun-
dreds of advertisers. Bach helps the other.

rgoi.

The American Florist.

1103

Boston Florist Letter Go.

MAIiTTFACTUREBS OP

FLORI8T8' LETTERS.

This wooden box nicely stained and vais
nisbedf 18x30x12 made in two sections* one
for each size letter, g-lven away witli first
order of 500 letters.

Block Letters. 1 \i or 2-Inch size, per 100, $3.00.
Script Letters. $4. Fastener with each letter or wort.
Usea by leading tlorlets evervwhere ajid lor sale by
lUl wbo)e8ale tlurlats and supply dealers.

N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager,
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

SILVER BIRCH BARK WARE

Prices Per

Doz.— Canoes,

12 - in. $5.50;

15 - in. $7.90;

18- in. $10.50;

21 - in. 113.20;

24- in. $16.60.

Logs, 6-in. $3;

9 -in. $3.84;

12 -in. $4.80;

15- in. $6.00;

18 -in. $7.20;

•il-in. $8.40;

24 -in. $9.60.
Pot Covers,

4-ln. $2.40; 5-in. $3.00; 6-in. $3.96; 7-in. $5.04;
8-in. $5.88. Bulb Puns, 4-in. $1.80; 6-in. $2.40;
6-in. $3.00; 7-in. $3.60; 8-in. $4.20. Boxes, 14-in.
per doz. $11; H-in. $9; 9-in. $7. Easter Eggs,
6-in., $9; 7-iu., $10; 8-in., $11 per doz. References:
Geo. Wittbold Co., E. Wienhoeber, C. A. Sam-
iielson, Chicago. , . ■ vr ki i^i

J. A. LYNN,

1442 Wrlgrhtwood Ave. CHIC&QO.

Use

"UP-TO-DATE"
= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

!M. Rice & Co., 'Xn"ui;'c,rr,.

918 Filbert St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Cataloqttb for thk Asking

Piease TTtention the American Florist when writing.

DON'T STAY ON THE FENCE,

I But jump down on the aide of

JOHN C. MEYER & CO.

Tp'r..^^^."" SILKALINES.

84 Kingston St., BOSTON. MASS.

Meter Silkaline is for sale by all the leading
seedsmen and jobbers throughout the ■■ountry.

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers. *"■ colobb;
I Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
i ^"^ All Florists' Sopplles.

Send (or Prloei.
404-411 Kaat «4th St.. new YORK.

SiGMUND GeLLER

Importer and Mir. ol

Florists' Supplies

Complete stock — New Goods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

08 W. 28th 8 t , near 6th Av.. NEW YORK.

\ REED & KELLER,

22 & 119 W. 25th St., NEW YORK. N.Y.

MANUFACTURERS OF

FLORISTS' WIRE DESIGNS.

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Galas Leaves and all Decorative Greens.

Get Mrs. Nation

to come and help you do
some clearing up. Her
axe would be a blessing
to some establishments
we know of. SMASH the old relics of bygone styles, baskets, wire designs,
soiled doves, faded immortelles, etc. Then SEND FOR US and let us stock
you up with the kind of goods the public of today are looking for. Your cus-
tomers will see the difference at once, and you'll see it, too.

If you are not in the front ranii we can lieip to put you tliere.

We have Baskets, all styles and values, for any possible use. Cellu-
loid Pot Covers in endless variety for the plant buyers. Moss Goods
for memorial uses. Cords and Tassels, the latest fashionable requisite,
in colors to match every variety of flower you sell. Cork Bark for
window and conservatory decoration, rustic and appropriate. Sheaves
— such sheaves — they're our strong card. Quality and make unexcelled
anywhere. The New Cape Flowers have come in and they're very fine.
Can quote you tempting prices.

Our business is to supply progressive florists with every requisite for
a first-class trade at prices that cannot be beat.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.,

50-56 North Fourth St.,

PniLADELPIIIA, PA.

DO NOT MAKE ANY MORE STRAW MATS.

m^M PALMER WOOL-FILLED MAT

Big saving in Coal
Bill by covering
your Green-
house at night.

FROST PROOF.

Made expressly for
Winter covering of
greenhotises, hot-
beds, cold frames,
plants and seeds of
all kinds.

Indestructible
Cheap'ndWarm

THE R. T. PALMER CO.,

Address ;ill i-orrespoudeui-e to 'I'lie K. T

^ Will not harbor mice
or vermin. Easily
handled. Dry out
quickly after rain.
Have now been in
practical use six
years.

Cost less than old-
fashioned straw
mats, and entirely
take their place.

.Tvisxv j:^«_»p«r>oiv, oopviv.

Hew York Office, 113 Worth Street.

Palmer .V C'o , New London, i.'onii. Agents Wanted.

p.

A GEM.

The Best Ever Offered.

i
Iff

THAT IS THE VERDICT OF FLORISTS
WHO HAVE SEEN THE NEW

KORAL" Letter.

It is the nearest approach to the natural Immortelle
letter yet made, and the lowest priced.

I GEO. A. SUTHERLAND,

SOLE AGENT FOR THE U. S.. g

34 Hawley St.. BOSTON, MASS. |

Adjustable Vase Holders

No. 1.— Hrass, nick*-l, 4 fe^t l-mg, fJ clasps to eiich
rod. Price complete (with green or white tum-
blers) 82.35. Price complete (with green or white
cornucopia vases) $2.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod
brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-
inch pots, each, $1.75.

Kift's patent rubber capped Flower Tubes,
IH-incb diameier, per 100, $3.50.

JOSEPH KIFT & SON, 1725 Chestnut St.. Phila.. Pa.

HEADQUARTERS

COCOA FIBRE.
SHEEP MANURE.
BONE all grades,
IMPORTED SOOT.

SPHAGNUM and
GREEN MOSS.
RUSTIC WORK, all kinds.
CLAY'S FERTILIZER.

DUNNE & CO., i?jrv.! New Yorl(.

HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES.

1104

The American Florist.

Mar.

Minneapolis.

TRADE DECREASES DURING LENT. — ALL
STOCK PLENTIFUL AND SOME LISES IN
OVEE-SUPrLY. — VABIOCS NOTES OF VARY-
ING IMPORT.

The Lenten days have come, demand
for flowers has dropped ofl considerably
and stock in general has commenced to
accumulate. Bridesmaid roses are in
very large supply and the stock is fin- ,
prices ranging at from $5 to $7 per hun-
dred. Short stemmed Beauties are to be
had in large quantities, but gnod long
stemmed ones are a scarcity. Bridesand
Meteors are equal to all demands, selling
at from $4- to $8 per hundred. Other
atock is rather over-plentiful and prices
not high.

A. Swanson had an elegant vase o(
Beauties last week that were the finest
seen here in a long time. The stems were
six to ten feet long, with perfect flowers
and good foliage. He is cutting quite a
number of these now.

James Souden, of Donaldson & Co ,
reports 2,000 choice Harrisii under
headway for Easter, the plants in nice
condition.

R. Wills has his new greenhouses under
way. They will have all the latest
improvements, including iron gutters.

The store windows are all prettily dec-
orated with cyclamens, azaleas, Harrisii,
rhododendrons, hyacinths, etc.

H. Barsch reported heavy funeral trade
last week. C. F. R.

Grebn Bay, Wis — H. M. Rcinecke has
leased his establishment on South
Jefferson street to Gaflron & Le Clercq.
The former was formerly employed in
the establishment for a number of years
and the junior partner has been gardener
and florist for Wm. Larsen for some
time. The new order of aSairs was
inaugurated on March 4

Economy in Heating

At the present and prospective
prices of coal those florists are
lucky indeed who are using the

Weathered Boilers.

Are you one of them? If not,
then write us and we will fur-
nish indisputable facts.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marlon St , NEW YORK.

GLASS...

We have a lot of 14-incli and
16 inch wide greenhouse glass,
which we are selling BELOW
PRESENT PRICES.

A. DIETSCH & CO.,

Manufacturers of Calilornia Red Cedar
and Louisiana Cypress Greenhouse Material.
6IS-62I Sheffield Ave.. CHICAGO, ILL.

SASH

HOTBED.

GREENHOUSH.

VENTILATOR

GU1.F CYPRESS BARS,
GRBENHOCSE UATERIAL.,
Manufactured by 8. JACOBS & SONS,
Fluihing Ave., near Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, N Y.
AT WHOLESALE.
^ Catalogue and esti-
matei furnjahed.

GLASS

Awarded theouly first-
class Certificate of Merit

by the Socitay of Amer-
ican Florists at Hosioa,
Aug. 21, 1890 for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

iWhilldin

ill"

^^m)m

Jersey Qty

PotteryG(i

/

[on G Island (jry

Philadelphia

ARE YOU USING OUR

Red Pots

If not, do so. They are time
tried. Full Standard Size.
Packed in small crates, and
easy to handle. Price list
free. Send for one.

SYRACUSE; POTTERY CO..

SYRACUSE, N. Y.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS!

Pkoked in •mall oratei, eaiy to handle.

Price perorate Price per orate

UOO 3-ln. pou In crate, M. 88

1600 3M" " 6.26

1600 aS" " B.OO

10003 " " 600

800 3H" " 6.80

6(104 " " 4.60

320 6 " " 4.61

144 6 " " 3.16

120 7-ln.pota In orate, 14.20

60 8 " " 3.00

48 9 •' ■• 3.60

48 10 " " 4.80

24 11 •' " 3.60

24 13 " " 4.80

1314 " " 4.80

616 4.60

Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for prtee list of
Cylinders for Gut Flowers, HanelnK Basketfl, Lawn
Vases, etc. 10 per cent off for cash with order.

HILFINBER BROS. POTTERY,

DR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

Ansun BOLKiB It Sons, New York Agents.

61 D«T ITHIIT. NBW TOBK 1 ITT

RED P OTS

SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Uis"!*''"

FLOWER POTS

STANDARD POTSspEc!.av

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

P. 0. Box 78, M'NNEAPOLIS. MINN.

Standard r>OX^
Flower... ■ v^ i ^

If your greenhouses are within 500 mile«
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

W. H. ERNEST.

281h and M Streets. WASHINGTON. D. C.

Invalid Appliance Co.,
COLUMBIA PLANT TUBS

urdri uf na dirccL

^AOTOnr AND o^rlOk•

-■•a «BODCn ST., OMIOA«e.

iTAB.l7j

'' ^"i ^'WimillUmillllilnlilnlidlillilJliillllJl^^^

al.C

WRITE

A[ l^nUD 1521-23 N. LEAVITT ST..
■ ii MJnn, CHICAGO, ill..

FOR PUICES OF

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market.

KELLER BROS.,

,, 213-16-17-19-21-23 Pearl St.,

NORRISTOWN, PA.

Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red in
oolor, equal to the best on the market; are 16 .|
miles from Philadelphia, beat of railroad ooDDeo-
tions. We give special attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantities. A
postal will brine prices and discounts.
Please mention the A merica n Florist when uniting.

GEO. KELLER & SON,:

iLANTTAOTUBIRS Of

Flower Pols.!

Before Iwylng write for prioes.

361-363 Herndon Street
noar Wrlgbtwood Are ,

CHICAQO. lU.

Please mention the American Floriit when wtiting

THOSE RED POTSI

"STANDARDS"

FDLL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BDLB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'FX)

HARRV BALSLEY. DETROIT. MICH., \
Rep. 490 Howa rd 81. J

Red Standard Pots.'

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list.

G. HENNEGKE CO..

MILWAUKBB.
WIS.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1105

RED SPIDER, MEALY BUG, APHIS, Etc.,

NIGOTIGIDE

Fumigating Compound.

From "American Gardening," January 12, I90I.
To THE Etiitor op American Gardening:

Some enquirii's having been lately iiddressed askiiiy; if I could rec-
conimend the use of the rerontly introduced rujuigiithi*; «'xtraot "Nicuti-
cido." the following partirulafs are offered: We first tried it at the
advertised strength on a house of Gardenias; all the mealy bugs and
aphis were killed.

We plueed some tender plants in the house to note its effect, and
found that young fronds <»q Adiantums Cuneatuni and Farleyense sus-
tained injury ; no other plants sulTered at all. We next tried it on two
dormant lean-to graperies which liad figs on the back walls; the latter
harbored some mealy bug, but we have not found a living bug since the
fumigatioQ. Our only other trial was on a house of violets which con-
tained a little red spider and green aphis; both of these were killed out-
right, while plants were uninjured.

So far as our experiments have gone, mealy bug. black and green
abhis; and red spider hav«* been killed and the only injury done was to
the adiantum fronds named. Nikoteen '•Ai>his I'uTik" while safe to use
on almost all classes of plants, will injure atliitutums somewhat. We
believe "Nicoticide" will prove a valuable addition to our fumigating
compounds. Of course further experience is needed but it is cheaper
and much safer to use than hydrocyanic gas, which has recently found
much favor as an insect destroyer. W. N. CRAIG«

North Easton, Mass.

Ithaca, New York, January 29, 1901.
The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co.,

Gentlemen:— I received from your warehouse some lime ago a
sample of 'Nicoticide" (Fumigating" Compound) for trial, and to report
the result. I have tried it on Coleus, with mealy bug: killed all the

young ones, a few of the old ones not quite dend. It killed green fly on
Easter lilies, killed white fly on Pelarsjouiums, and red spider <m roses.

The following plants were in the house in flower when vaporized—
Cyclamens, Primulas, Fuchsias, Begonias, also a jdant of Adiantutn
Cuneatum — without the ]ea<it damagii to flowers or foliage. I think if
the house had been air-tight, likely all of the mealy bug would have
been killed.

I think it will prove a valuable insecticide, especially for those hav-
ing greenhouses attached to the dwellings.

Yours very truly, ROBT. SHORE.

Park Ridge, III., F'-hruary 35, 1901.
Tbe Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., Louisville, Kt.

Gentlemen: — In reply to yours of the21&t inst,can say that we have
given your "Nicoticide* a coruplete trial and are happy to say that we
think it is the most effective and easy applied insecticide we know of.
We have found it does not injure the plants in the least even if used
very strong.

Enclosed please find chectc for one dozen cans which kindly send as
soon as possible. Yours truly. EMIL BUETTNER,

Oyster Bat, L. I.. February 23, 1901.
The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., Louisville, Kt.

Gentlemen:— I take pleasure in cordially commending "Nicoticide"
as the best insecticide I have ever used. We have given it a full, fair
and impartial trial, and find it efficacious with green Jly, mealy bug,
anis, etc.; can't pay what it will do with scale and thrip's, not having
tried it thereon. ^ViIl send you another order in the near future, and
will use it freely to keep down insect life. Yours respectfully,

&EAWANHAKA GRfafiNHOUSES.

Per ^\ m. L. Swan, Proprietor.

THBJ TOBA.COO

Write for Particulars to
1003 MACNOLIA AVE., LOUISVILLE, KV.

THtiVrniVO CO.,

Thp Mnu/Dr "^^-'^ ^^'" ^'" 3" ^^^ weeds in your
I lie ITIUnGi lawns. If you keep the weeds cut
so they do not go to seed and cut your grass with-
out breaking the small feeders of roots, the grass
will become thick and weeds will disappear. The
Clipper will do It. Send for catalogue and prices.
CUPPER LAWN MOWER CO., Norristown. Pa.

Represextativks Wanted.
both sexes, to sell our Vermin and
Moth Powders, for Lice on Poultry.
Plants, Horses, Cattle. Swine; Fleas
on Dogs; Ticks on Sheep, Moth
Preventative. Enclose self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope for
information and order sample box. Large can
delivered anywhere in U. S. or Canada, tor 40
Cts, Do not send stamps for Powder. Charges
prepaid. Goods guaranteed oi money refunded.
All hens should be dusted before setting and
three days before hatching. It saves the lives of
thousands oflittle chicks and turkeys from head
hce, makes your hens lay and keeps them
healthy. Sample box, lO cents.

Florists. — Send us trial order for our Su-
perior Quality of Tobacco Dust- Price, 1 1-2
cts per pound. 200 pounds in Barrt-l.
Bears Vermin Powder Co., 410 Paul! BIdg.,

Dalton, Lack, Co., Pa. Scranton, Pa.,

LIQUID

PLANT
FOOD

Grows hardier stock; grows improved stock.
Stock ships better; also ready earlier.
Brings better customers and more profits.

EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY,
620 Atlantic Ave., Boston.

The Gonley Foil Co.

Slaniifoctnrers ot

2 AND 4 DOMINICK 8TREET«
^^^^ I TN"i — [T- ^V^02*l£;«

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

^ss^m^Msm3i\

INIKOTEEN

IT COSTS 4 CENTS FOR EACH 600 FEET OF
-9 FLOOR SPACE ?.

DOES NOT INJURE THE MOST SENSITIVE
PUNTS- ENDORSED BY PROMINENT FL0.4ISTS-
Mr USED FOR FUMIGATION OR SPRAYING INDOORS OR

SKABCURA DIPCC.CniCAGO.

PUICKLYDOCS IT.'W

*; :;»".:3::a: rsia ri.irj: cs; :>e:;<;

Please mention the American Florist when 7vriting,

\

IRON

RESERVOIR

VASES

IRON LAWN
SETTEES.

For Lawns and
Cemeteriea. '

Mcdonald bros., nivv-i^Bu^o'-Hio.

Send for Our 1901 Cataloqdk

Successful Growers are Wanted '

To know that they can dispose of all their surplus stock by adver-
~— ^^tising in the Aowrican FlorisU TRY IT NOW.

1106

The American Florist.

Mc

ar.

Toronto.

WEATHER COLD AND BUSINESS LIGHT. —
STOCK GOOD AND PHICESFIEM. — VARIOUS
NOTES.

Zero weatjier is having its efiict on busi-
ness and aside from funeral vyork there is
little activity, leaving "the boys" plenty
of time to devote to the carnation show,
which promises to be a credit to the city.
The quality of stock is good and prices
remain stationary, with the exception of
violets, which are a drug on the market.
Callas are plentiful but only a few Har-
risii are seen.

Wm. Jay, Sr., to be fashionable, fol-
lowed his son's example and had the
grip, but is now able to attend to busi-
ness.

Wm. Mackay, of Toronto Islands, and
Andrew Frost have recently joined the
benedicts.

B. C. Meyers, foreman for Palmer &
Son, of Buffalo, is in the city. H. G. D.

Milwaukee.

Articles of incorporation have been
filed by the C. C. Pollworth Company,
with capital stock of $25,000, and Clar-
ence C. Pollworth, Joseph E. Pollworth
and William A. Kennedy as incorpora-
tors. Mr. Pollworth states that the
company is to take over the greenhouse
business formerly owned by Mr. Ken-
nedy and conduct it in connection with
the wholesale cut flower, supply and bulb
business. C. B. W.

La Grange, Ore. — C. L. Kaylor, of
Willow Glen, has built a greenhouse
25x75 feet, the first in this section, and
•will do a general plant trade.

If you have a Lawn

You will want a FINLEY ROTARY LAWN RAKE this spring and you ought
to have it early. It will not only save lots of work but it will do it better
than it can possibly be done by hand. It will enable you to clean your

lawn easily and effec-
tively in the spring
and to keep it clean
all summer. It will
enable you to kill out
crab grass and other
pests. It takes up
grass, either long or
short, twigs and loose
litter of any kind,
stones included, that
a hand rake would
not touch. It will
save its cost in sixty
days on any good
lawn.

PRICE $12 DD '* *"® 9'^^" ■ Certificate of Merit by the Society of

iiiut Vi^iuui American Florists at the New York Convention, the judges

reporting that they "believe it to be far superior to anything else in the matket."

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR.

FINLEY LAWN RAKE CO., Joliet,

See That
Ledge?

THE

IMPROVEOJ

JENNINGS
IRON GUTTER.

Estimates furnished on

Cypress Graonhouse Material

Witli or without our

Patent Iron Gutters and Plates.

No threads to cut for our

Patent Iron Bench Fittings

end Roof Supports.

Ventilating Apparatus.

Send four cruts iu st:imps for our Circulars
and Catalogues.

JENNINGS BROS., OIney.Phila., Pa.

r;y^y<

^iiMMtMMtHiiiHiiiiHMmimiiiHitMii«tMiM^

W. Gibbons Co.

INCORPORATED

/i^

A FLIMSY BOILER

is a poor investment.

THE WEATHERED

will last a lifetime and you
can depend upon it. J* J* J*

Testimonials by the hundred on application to

Thos. W. Weatherad's Sons,

46 Marlon St., NEW YORK.

GREENHOUSE ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS

Gulf Cypress Structural tVlateriais,

STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,

Iron Frames for Qreenhouses
and VentUatlDg Materials.

Sales Offices, 136 Liberty St., NEW YORK, N. Y. Manufactory General Office, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Write to NEW YORK 01''1''ICE for Estimates, Catalogues. Plans, Expert Advice, Etc.
HENRY W. GIBBONS, Pres., New York, N. Y. J. L. DILLON, Treas., Bloomsburg. Pa.

LVANS* IMPROVED

V£MriiArm6\

APPAMAIUf \

WPfTt fO« ILLUSiTRAnO (.AlAUOCUC

QUAKfJi arrMACMmfwom.

RUSTIC WORK

FOR ALL PURPOSES
MADE TO ORDER.. .

In stock, the most extensive vaiiety in the
country, of Baskets Window Boxes, Stands,
Brackets and original designs. ' Prices low.

RUSTIC IHFG. & CONSTRUCTION CO ,

19 Fulton Street, NEW YORK CITY.

Please metttioit the American Florist when 7vriting.

PLACE YOUB NAME

and your ipeolaltiei before " purchasing florliti of the entire country

.«» J.;: '.o:::' ° the American florist.

igor.

The American Florist.

1107

CfPlElS

'is much M»REOUIUUIl.K than pine.

iUbd

'5 AS H • o A K S|
REENHOUS

ANDOtMER BUaDiNa'MyV^RIAL.^

.©.,

REBUILT MACHINERY

and SSlIPPLIESac Efirgain Prices Larc-
. MachiDeiy Depot oa earib. We buy
buildiu^B aud plants, amoiie:
others we bouybt the World's
I Fa r, the <.>m;i.lia Exposition, the
[Cliii.u;:o Pu^t i,'fli<.e. and other
I structures. v\'e rebuild machin-
ery of all kinds, and sell with
, bintl.iig puai'antees. Boilers
irom It^'iup; Enpines from ¥30
up; ?tcam rumps from fl^ up,
; etc. We carry complete stock of Genej^lt-.iU)-
Dhes, such as PFIiTINC^ ,^J1A,^^^^^'
IIA^UFRS, IMI1.XF.YS, IRON
PIPF, IRON KOOFIXm HAKD-
\VARF.,VALVKS*S: FITTINGS
: PLUMBING MATEKIAli- f~-"

[ Will^n.i treo.n-ir':.^li-[-iaireratfilnt: No. 4T.

1 Constantly buyine entire stocks
, at Sheriffs' and Receivers' sales.
' Chinngo House Wrecking Co .
: W. 35th & Iron Sts , Chicago, lil

etc.

■^1

DO NOT FORGET

before building that addi-
tion to your greenhouses
to write us for expert plans
and figures. Perhaps we
can save you money.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marlon St., NEW YORK.

Phase men/ion the American Florist when 'writing.

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pal

The Hose Connection Co., Kingston, R. I.

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CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, MARCH i6, 1901.

No. 667.

Copyrisht 1901, by American Florist Company.
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THIS ISSUE 40 PAGES WITH COVER.

COJfTE/fTS.

New roses of merit 1109

Society of American Florists 1110

^Executive committee meeting 1110

— Lharles H. Keitsch {portrait) 1111

An Indiana outing (illus.) 1111

With the growers 1112

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Washington 1117

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Springfield, Mass 1142

New Roses of Merit.

{An a<idtess by E. G. Hill, ef Richmond, Ind.,
read before the New York Florists' Club March 11,
igol.'\

Pursuant to yoor very kind invitation
to address you on the subject of new
roses, I may preface my remarks by stat-
ing that the paper will necessarily be
somewhat brief on account of the limita-
tions incident to a close adherence to the
subject assigned to me. The keen inter-
est in new roses is sufficient excuse for
presenting any facts that may be known
bearing on the subject, and if I shall be
able to add only a small amount of new
information on this line, it will be my
excuse for trespassing on your time.

I presume that the members of the
club are more interested in new varieties
of roses which have promise of proving
amenable to our indoor forcing methods
as practiced in the United States and
Canada, rather than in roses of recent
origin which show suitability for the
garden or other outdoor culture. How-
ever, we shall treat of both classes and
can do so without unduly taxing your
time.

Liberty ranks first in the thought and
minds of the rose growers of America,
not that it has yet been proved an
abounding success, with the great num-
ber who bought and planted the rose,
but the question with the majority of
our best growers is, how can I manage
this superb variety as your fellow mem-
ber, Ernst Asmus, and a few others have
done? That is a problem for solution
with a very large number of earnest,
skillful cultivators. Liberty, at its very
best, with its startling color, its fine form
in the bud state, its ample foliage and
straight stem when well grown, and,
withal, its fine odor, challenges our admi-
ration as very few roses have ever done.

This rose sold in quantity and was
planted in every section of our country,
but the qualified success attending the
growing of the variety has been some-
what disappointing to a great number of
our best cultivators. If careful study of
its character and needs shall enable the
growers to force this rose in a successful
manner, then it will prove to be one of
the greatest values among recent
introauctions for winter bloom. The
interest in this rose is even greater than
a year ago, and many high resolves are
made that the variety shall have still
further trial under every promising con-
dition that can be arranged for it; in fact,
nearly all the large rose firms are deter-
mined to make a success of growing
Liberty if success be possible.

My own individual opinion is that
being a hybrid tea, it will require special
treatment and careful management and
that it never can be grown as a Brides-
maid or a Bride. If Bridesmaid could be
made to produce buds and bloom the
color of Liberty, then indeed would we
have the ideal red forcing rose, and it is
not too great a stretch of the imagina-
tion to hope for such a variety. It will
surely come in time and I doubt not ere
very many years. The haphazard grower
and the careless cultivator will never
succeed with Liberty, as he has never yet
succeeded with American Beauty.

The fine variety Marquise de Litta is
another red rose of an entirely diflerent
character from Liberty and one which
has great possibilities for florists' use.
The build and shape of this rose are ideal,
and it has a most delightful odor; in fact,
it has the old damask-rose scent as well
as the color, in large degree. Two of
the leading growers who have tried this
variety, are inclined to the opinion that
it will not be free enough in mid-season;
with us it has shown an inclination to
bloom throughout the winter, but even
if it did not produce a single flower from
November to March it would prove its
value commercially the remainder of the
year.

One strong point in favor of Marquise
de Litta is that it is the most valuable
hot weather rose ever introduced. It will
come in fine form and in its usual size
during the hottest of our summer months,
and an extensive trial last year attested
its great keeping value when the ther-
mometer was in the 90's. Your essayist
is of the opinion that it will prove a
fairly good winter forcing variety, judg-
ing by the experience ot the past two
seasons, quite as much so as any variety
in the hybrid tea class. We have never
tried growing this sort on its own roots,
but grafted on Manetti, it produces
freely and gives a fair proportion of its
buds on stems twelve to fifteen inches in
length. I predict that th's rose will be
extensively grown when all its require-
ments become better known.

Sunrise is either a seedling of Perle des
Jardins or else a well defined and high
colored sport of this old and well known
rose. It is, however, quite distinct from
either Sunset or Lady Dorothea, and
unlike those two sports from Perle, Sun-
rise is constant and true to its color,
never varying in the least. It also has a
much deeper colored leafage and stem
than Perle or its sports. In size it does
not materially difler from Perle, bfit its
beauty consists in its rich warm copper,

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Mar. i6,

scarlet and old gold tints. It possesses
a good vigorous constitution and is well
worth at least a limited trial by those
desiring a novel-tinted rose.

White Lady is considered by the gene-
rality of English growers as one of the
very finest roses extant. With us it has
done finely the past two years, and
we think it has great possibilities as
a forcing rose. It may be remarked
that perhaps it is the largest in size
among roses, and of grand shape. The
name is misleading, tor it is not white,
but a delicate blush on the order of an
apple blossom. Most growers who have
visited our place the past season have
been greatly pleased with this magoifi-
cent variety. It forces finely, produces
buds on every shoot, and is a larger rose
than American Beauty; its fault, and all
varieties have their faults, is that many
of the stems are short. Its other grand
qualities give it a claim as a forcing vari-
ety. It is smooth wooded, with but few
thorns, and has pleasing foliage.

I have not had the pleasure of viewing
the white sport from Golden Gate but we
hear it well spoken of, and we see no rea-
son why it should not prove an interest-
ing and useful variety, combining the
good qualities of its parent with the new
color.

Lady Dorothea is admired by a consid-
erable number of growers and it has cer-
tain claims to popularity, but like Perle
and Sunset, this rose, together with Sun-
rise, has its limitations, owing to the
disfavor which, for the present, rests over
the Perle des Jardins Jamily, partly on
account of its size, and partly because
bright pink is the leading color of the
« present day.

From blooms exhibited at the fall show
of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Soci-
ety last autumn, where it wks awarded
a silver medal, I was quite favorably
impressed with the new rose Robert
Scott. Many of the blooms in the vase
were models of symmetry and fine form,
showing pointed, well-shaped buds, but
other blooms in the same vase were
inclined to be short in the petal, and
rather after the style of an H. P. before
opening. It is practically, as Mr. Scott
declares, an ever- blooming H. P. and it cer-
tainly produces itsblooms with the great-
est freedom under glass. We suppose that
flowers of this variety will be exhibited
at the forthcoming meeting of the Amer-
ican Rose Society, when it may be critic-
ally examined by members of this club, so
that it may be best to await that event,
before trying definitely to decide as to its
status among forcing roses.

Another rose seeking favor is the pink
sport of American Beauty, the Queen of
Edgely. Much has been said and writ-
ten regarding this rose, and as it has been
extensively exhibited in New York city
and in other parts of the country, mem-
bers of the club have had quite as good,
or even better, opportunity to form a
correct judgment than has your essayist.
Any sport of Beauty carrying the char-
acteristics of the parent, must always be
of vplue.

There are roses in sight, but only a
limited few, which have promise of filling
our pressing need as forcing roses, but
these are at present being tested, and it
would be unwise to predict their value at
the present time. Your essayist exam-
ined with minuteness, many new roses
and unnamed seedlings when in Europe,
and out of the great number inspected
only three had any promise for our win-
ter forcing work in America. Your
essayist was quite disappointed as a

result of his search, and has arrived at
the conclusion that rose diamonds are to
be found only by working over a large
territory and then at long intervals.
Many of our European friends are work-
ing along lines that yield quick returns,
that is with varieties that produce seed
easily, but these are not of the type for
producing forcing roses for America.

In new bedding roses for the garden,
the variety Balduin has promise; it flow-
ers freely in the open air, and the majority
of its flowers thus produced are of high
color and g6od substance. This rose
when forced produces a large number of
its flowers of an unpleasing shade of
lilac pink. It is worth a trial as an out-

tions and are possessed of sterling qual-
ities for the general grower and the ama-
teur. Among them are Mrs. Mawley,
Bessie Brown, Johannes Wesselhoft, Gar-
denia, Psyche and Mme. Husson, but
those described above are the sorts of
most striking distinctiveness in their
respective classes so far as yet deter-
mined by a comparatively short trial.

CHARLES H, KEITSCH.

door bedder for summer cutting; it is
large, full, fragrant, and a fine grower.

The new rose, Soliel d'Or, of Pernet's,
is a charming addition to the list of novel
colored ones; a few plants exhibited in
pots at the Paris exhibition last May
showed its possibilities as a fine pot sub-
ject, and further inspection of this high
colored rose at Lyons would indicate
that it has rare qualities as a hardy gar-
den rose.

Gruss an Teplitz is a beautiful, free-
growing variety of velvety scarlet color,
verv fragrant, extremely free, a fine rapid
grower, one that we feel sure will sup-
plant Agrippina and Queen's Scarlet.

Red Hermosa belongs in the same gen-
eral bedding class, being a cross between
Reine Marie Henriette and Hermosa. It
shows no inclination to climb, as seen by
us this year. It is compact, but free in
growth, producing flowers in the form of
Hermosa, but a fine red in color. Its
hardiness remains to be proved.

Rose Terrel des Chenes is a beautiful
French tea variety of the type of Mme.
Watteville, a delicate mingling of tints,
free in growth, very large and fine in
bloom.

In newer H. P. roses, two varieties that
will prove a delight to every rose lover
who makes their acquaintance are the
Red Capt. Christy and Princlpessa di
Napoli. Words can hardly describe ihcir
perfect beauty of color, form and foliage.

There are quite a number of other
really excellent roses that have been
added the past two years, whicn will
prove very pleasing additions to coUec-

Society of American Florists.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.

The regular winter session of the execu-
tive committee was held at the Genesee
Hotel, Bufi'alo, N. Y., on March 5 and 6.
The following members were present:
President Patrick O'Mara, Ex-president
E. M. Wood, Vice-president W. F. Kast-
ing. Secretary W. J. Stewart, Treasurer
H. B. Beattv and Messrs. C. W. Ward,
J. F. Sullivan, A. B. Cartledge, J. D.
Carmody, Alex. Wallace, Emil Buettner
and R. Witterstaetter. The reports of
secretary, treasurer, department of regis-
tration and the legislative and fertilizer
committees were presented. The treas-
urer's report indicated receipts for 1900
of $3,000.45, the largest on record; dis-
bursements, $2,094.98: leaving a bal-
ance in the general fund of $1,756.02.
Additions to the life membership fund
during the year, with accrued intereit,
amounted to $369.45, making a total
in this fund, January 1, of $954.45.

The legislative committee was in-
structed to watch any proposed legis-
lation regarding fumigation of nursery
stock and to advocate the passage of
proposed laws establishing parcel's post.
The legislative committee, as appointed
for this year, is composed of Messrs. J. N.
May, Robert Craig and Benjamin Dnrfee.

A telegram from Ex-president William
R. Smith, of Washington, announcing the
passing and signing of the national
charter was received with much joy and
a congratulatory response was sent.

The relations of the so-called auxiliary
societies to the incorporated mother
society were then considered. It was the
opinion that the best etBciency of the
various organizations might be secured
with the greatest economy of expense
and effort by some manner of federation
under the charter of the central body,
and in furtherance of this idea a com-
mittee consisting of Messrs. Wood, Ward,
Beatty, Stewart and Buettner, with
President O'Mara, was appointed to
consider and advise ways and means
whereby closer relaticns may be estab-
lished and maintained between the S. A.
F. and the various trade organizations
now existent, particularly to establish
uniform registration of plants.

It was also decided that in the call for
the first meeting of incorporators, the
carnation, chrysanthemum, rose and
dahlia societies be invited to send repre-
sentatives to participate in the prelimi-
nary work of organizing the S. A. F.
under the new ctiarter. Further con-
sideration of the relations of the S. A. F.
with other horticultural bodies through-
out the country resulted in the adoption
of an order offering one silver and one
bronze medal, each to be awarded through
ten designated organizations that mam--
tain at least one regular publicexliibition
annually, the medals to be awarded for
new and meritorious plants or flowers of
American origin.

Matters connected with the coming
convention and routine business of the
current year were then taken up. It was
decided that the meetings and exhibition
should be held at City Convention Hall,

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QUESTS OF THE SOUTH PARK FLOR*L CO., NEW CASTLE, IND., MAPCH 8,

BnflFalo, N. Y., opening on Tuesday,
August 6, 1901, and continuing for five
days. The following general arrange-
ment of the programme was adopted,
subject to such changes as may appear
necessary later on:

Tuesday fo^^no^^, iisiiil openiu^ exercises;
reports ofoflicers. t'lc. Aftori'oon, jiids'ng trade
exhibits and entertainment uf visitiniz ladies.
Kr.^T'in<r, president's reception and stereopticon
ecture.

Wednesday forenoon, nomination of officers,
selectioo of next meeting place and discussinn on
the adurtii n of <'onstitution and by-'aws under
Ihe charter. vVfternoon, shootirg tournament
and mepting of auxiliary societies. Evening,
stereoptii'on lecture.

Thursday forenoon, election of officers and
papers upon the following subjects: "Flower-
ing Plan's and Their Trea'raent for Christmas
Faies," ".Aniericini Heaut'es for Januavv Cut."
"Results of Second Year System With Tea Roses
Under Glass.*' Evening, a paper on "Steam
Heating for Greenhouses." covering the amount
of each kind of coal ri'i|uired to evaporate a
pound of water and each kind of coal to produce
a horse power per hour, in establishments of
varied specified extent. The naper to be by a
scieiitilic expTt and followed by a discussion by
experienced growers.

Fri<iay, a visit to the l*an-Arrerican Exposition
as guests of the liulfalo Florists' Club.

Saturday, bowling tournament.

A reciprocal arrangement regarding
the general management of the trade
exhibition was made with the BuflFalo
Florists' Club, similar to that made last
year with the New York Florists' Club.
The rule admitting plants and flowers
free to the tradcexhibition, when entered
for exhibition purposes only, was abro-
gated. Otherwise the rules as to space,
jadging, awards, etc , all remain as
before.

The following appointments were
made: Botanist, Dr. N. L. Britton;
entomologist, Prof. L. O Howard;
vegetable pathologist, Prof. A. F.

Woods; superintendent trade exhibition,
Chas. H. Keitsch; committee on sports,
Jas. Braik, Wm. Scott and W. B. Scott.
W. R. Smith was added to the committee
on permanent home.

The committee on final resolutions pre-
sented the following, which was adopted:

"The members of the executive com-
mittee of the S. A. F., in meeting assem-
bled, desire to express their thanks to
the Buflalo Florists' Club for the mag-
nificent hospitality and many courtesies
shown during their stay in this city, also
to such of the daily press as have kindly
made merition of our sessions in their
columns." Wm. J. Stbwart, Sec'y.

Charles H. Keitsch.

The energetic gentleman whose por-
traitappears on pagelllO, whohasbeen
chosen by the Buffalo Florists' Club to
superintend the trade exhibition at the
S. A. F convention of I'JOl. is a BuBa-
lonian by birth. Born in 1S60 Charles
H. Keitsch was taken into his father's
business when he attained his majority
and may be said to have been bred in
the trade. The establishment of H.
Keitsch & Son, 57 Earl place, is devoted
exclusively to the preparation of stock
for their own retail trade, very little
wholesaling being done except in the
spring of the year, when the plant trade
is at its height. Mr. Keitsch is a mem-
ber of half a dozen eecrect and fraternal
societies and was one of the organizers
of the Buflalo Florists' Club. He has
held nearly every office provided for in
the constitution of the organization, from
that of president down, and it is largely

due to his energy as treasurer that the
society is in such excellent financial con-
dition. He will bring good executive
ability into play as superintendent of
the S. A. F. exhibition and careful, con-
siderate treatment is assured every
applicant for space. Superintendent
Keitsch has established a temporary
office at 270 Southampton street, from
which he is disseminating information
as to the plans for the exhibition.

W. A.

An Indiana Outing.

On Friday, March 8, a large party vis-
ited the establishment of the South Park
Floral Co., at New Castle, Ind., and was
heartily welcomed by the enterprising
proprietors, Myer and Herbert Heller.
On arrival a pleasant hour was spent
over luncheon, after which the visitors
made the rounds of the extensive block
of rose houses and discussed many prob-
lems of culture and greenhouse construc-
tion. More interesting than any other
at this time, perhaps, was the debate of
two well known growers with regard to
modern building plans, one strorgly in
favor of close construction with iron
gutters and intcrcirculation of air and
heat, on account of economy of space,
heat, labor and building materials, and
the other as warm in urging the supe-
riority of detached houses in which the
expense of iron gutters may be avoided.

Roses constitute the exclusive spec^lty
of the South Park Floral Co., and the
only varieties grown for general purposes
are Bride. Bridesmaid and American
Beauty. The condition of the stock jnat

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now, after a prolonged period of dull
weather, speaks volnmes for the skill of
Wm. Dittman, the firm's foreman. One
house is devoted to the charming new
rose, Marquise Litta, which has been the
subject of so much comment of late.
These plants were given a brief rest some
time ago and started again with a view
to securing material lor propagation.

Lincoln, 111.; J. A. Newby, of Logansport,
Ind.; John Lodder, of Hamilton, Ohio;
John Heinl, of Terre Haute, Ind.; George
A. Heinl, of Toledo, Ohio, and C. A.
Rieman, of Connersville, Ind.

Some of the visitors inspected the
Reinberg and Benthey building sites and
many called at the establishment of L. A.
Jennings, whose foreman, B. F. Hensley,

PLANT DEPARTMENT OF J. F. WILCOX, OOUNOIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

The plants of one bench have been allowed
to retain their buds and these amply
demonstrate the free-flowering character
of this variety.

During the afternoon the party was
photographed on the site of the ten new
houses now in course of erection. The
visitors at the establishment during the
day included E. G. Hill, Fred. H. Lemon
and John A. Evans, of Richmond, Ind;
E. C. Amling, Edgar Sanders and Geo.
M. Garland, of Chicago; Geo. S Bartlett,
Wm. Murphy and E. G. Gillett, of Cin-
cinnati; R. A. McKeand, Anthony Wie-
gand. John Han je, H. W, Rieman, E. A.
and Martin Nelson, W. G. and Ed. Ber-
termann, Chas. Vollrath, Alvin Schric-
bers, Wm. Billingsby, John Grande and
Catl Sonnenschmidt, of Indianapolis;
Gunnar Teilmann and J. W. Bernard, of
Marion, Ind.; W. W. Coles, of .Kokomo,
Ind.; N. Carnes, of Muncie, Ind.; J. S.
Stuart, of Anderson, Ind.; C. E. Gullett,

has some very good roses' in rickety
houses which are to be rebuilt this year.
Late in the afternoon some proceeded to
Richmond, Ind , extending the journey
on the following day to Cincinnati,
where an exhibition was being held, and
a few visited the place of Stuart &Haugh,
at Anderson, Ind., where there is much
general stock of excellent quality, the
roses and carnations being especially
fine.

WITH THE GROWERS.

I. F. WILCOX, COUNCIL BLUFFS, lA.

Out at Council Blufls, Iowa, on the
bank of the Missouri, there is one of the
largest, ranges of glass in the I'nited
States and by far the largest range west
of Chicago. This great industry is
owned and conducted by J F.Wilcox, a
Wisconsin boy who has not yet reached

his fortieth year. His parents were farm-
ers and not blessed with a great share ot
this world's goods, so that early in lite
he was compelled to go to work for him-
self. At sixteen he made his way as far
westward as Council Blufls and found
employment with F. A. Casper, who was
then a vfgetable grower, but who shortly
engaged in the florists' business. After
two years with Mr. Casper, Mr. Wilcox
was given charge of the entire place as
foreman, a position he held until he was
twenty-two, when he was admitted to.
partnership in the vegetable department
of the business. Later he bought that
branch of the industry and, three years
after, put chased the florist end also. The
business has grown apace ever since his
connection with it, and there is now more
than 400,000 square feet of glass in use,
counting both the vegetable and flower
ranges. His place is almost the whole
source of supply of Omaha and Council
Bluff's in the line of forced vegetables, and
each season he markets large quantities
of fruit.

The city store of Mr. Wilcox is located
at 521 Broadway, where there is an
excellent trade, but hardly enough to
consume the enormous production of the
big growing establishment, a great deal
of the cut being sold at wholesale in Den-
ver, Salt Lake City, St. Louis, Chicago
and the intermediate points. Mr. Wilcox
is indefatigable in his eflorts to produce
the best qualities of cut flowers and,
although he grows a general stock, big
cut is always of the highest grade. He
produces large quantities of rooted cut-
tings and such plants as are adapted to
a general local and mailing trade. His
pay roll carries the names of about 125
people.

Mr. Wilcox, while an enthusiastic
florist, says that the vegetable depart-
ment of his business has thus far paid
him iully as well as any other, although
he has a number of auxiliary depart-
ments. He has thirty acres of ground
devoted exclusively to raising horserad-
ish, with a plant for grating it by steam
and bottling for the laney grocery trade.

Mr. Wilcox is a deeply interested mem-
ber of the S. A. F. and is a regular attend-
ant at its conventions. His acquaint-
ance extends throughout the trade and
his personal popularity is no less
unbounded.

Columbus, O.— The glass of the Mel-
rose Garden greenhouses owned by the
Allleck Brothers was almost entirely
destroyed by hail on the evening of
March 10. The firm had four houses,
25x125, and the lossinglassand damage
to stock is estimated at $1,000. Some
other growers in the vicinity suff^ered
slight loss.

CUT FLOWER DEPARTMENT OF d. F. WILCOX, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

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ROSES.

KBL WORMS IN ROSE BENCHES.

Ed. Am. Florist:— What is the most
approved method of getting rid of eel
worms in rose benches? I have had them
this jear for the first time. What is the
best way to steriliz: the soil?

Reader.

John N. May says there does not appear
to be any safeguard against eel worms
other than to thoroughly sterilize the
soil. Outside of this the next best thing
appears to be liberal applications of clear
lime water. Mr. May has described his
method of sterilizing the soil as follows:

"In the first place the size of the boiler
must be governed by the size of the com-
post heap, but it will beeconomy to have
a boiler of ample size, as it is absolutely
necessary to maintain 45 to 50 pounds
pressure for IVi to 2 hoars at a time.
Presuming that there are 150 to 200
loads of compost to steam, I should
advise that the boiler be of at least 25
horse power, with a liberal sized smoke-
stack to cause a good draft. Set this
low enough in the ground (covered in)
to ensure all the condensed water return-
ing freely to the boiler. This being done
then proceed to build the bins to hold the
soil; these should he about 12 inches deep
and 3 to SVj feet wide and 12 to' IG feet
long. The sides can be of heavy planks
full width without a joint. Set posts
solidly in the ground at about 3' j to 4
feet apart in a straight line lacing toward
the inside; to these posts securely nail
the heavy planks, keeping the tops level.
The center row of posts should be faced
evenly on both sides. This allows the
planks to be nailed on both sides of them.

"Two bins are necessary. When the
bins are all completed (these should be
under a shed with plenty of head room
above for free working space); level the
bottom soil oS quite even, but with a
slight dip from one side to the other of
not more than one inch. This done you
are ready for the pipes, which are best
made of one inch with holes on their
sides in about every third pipe at fifteen
to eighteen inches apart. The pipes at
the bottom of each bin are virtually a
coil, but should be made with manifolds
at each end and each pipe must be of just
even length so that when completed and
in position it practically fills the bottom
of the bin excepting about two inches at
either end to allow for expansion.

"The steam must enter from the boiler
at the highest side and the last pipe on
the lower side should form a return for
condensed water to the boiler. This pipe
will of course be connected with theman-
ilold at the farther end of the bin only.
Each bin should be fitted up alike and the
object of every third pipe being drilled
with very small holes, not over 1-lG of
an inch, is to admit of steam direct
escaping into the compost.

"When these details are complete, run
yonr main flow steam pipe high enough
above the boiler to prevent waterdriving
through it over to the center. Opposite
the division of the two bins put a tee
with nipples and two stop-cocks, one for
each bin. From this connect with the
head of each of the two manifolds, and
where the returns leave the bin they
should have stops also, running the two
into one and return direct to boiler, leav-
ing a drop directly under the boiler to
form a trap. 01 course air cocks will be
needed also on each manifold at the high-
est point. This completes the arrange-
ment so far as boiler and piping, but pro-
vision must be made to cover the bin as

STORE OF J. F. WILCOX, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

nearly air tight as possible when filled
with soil, which cooks best if fairly moist.
When the first bin is filled nearly level full
turn on the steam with a pressure of not
less than fifty pounds and maintain it for
at least one and one-half hours. Mean-
time fill the other bin and get it all ready,
and by the time the first is thoroughly
cooked the second will be ready to have
the steam turned into it. Then uncover
the first; empty it. I would not advise
you to attempt to stand on the soil or
you may have to dance a lively jig. Thus
you can fill, cook and empty five or six
bins per day, but it would be useless to
attempt it unless you maintain a full
head of steam, at least f irty-five to fifty
pounds pressure, as these extremely
minute animals are very tenacious of life.
By the best authorities it is proven that
nothing short of 225° will kill them when
protected in the soil, and to make sure
work 235° of heat is neceesary; rather
warm treatment, but absolutely neces-
sary."

A Conservatory While You Wait.

The illustration on page 1114 shows
one comer of a conservatory just com-
pleted for Benjamin Atha, at Newark, N.
t , and filled with plants by Messrs. Sie-
brecht & Sons, of New Rochelle, N. Y.,
whose extensive stock of the material
needed for such a purpose makes it pos-
sible for them to transform an empty
structure into a tropical garden at a few
days notice.

Crawfordsvillb, Ind.— John Cook,
formerly of Mt. Greenwood, 111 , and later
with Stuart & Haugh, Anderson, has
taken charge of the greenhouses of
McDonnell & Steele.

New Haven, Conn. — It has been agreed
by the florists of this city to close tljeir
stores every evening except Saturday at
C o'clock. Heretofore it has been cus-
tomary to keep the stores open until
9 p. m.

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Carnation Cressfaroofc.

Our illustration shows a vase of Cress-
brcJok, the new seedling carnation raised
by C. Warburton, of Fall River, Mass
The pink blooms, three and three-fourths
inches in diameter, are borne on stout
stems and the calyxes are good. This
variety was exhibited at the recent Bal-
timore exhibition of the American Car-
nation Society, scoring ninety-four points.
At the carnation exhibition held at the
Co-operative Growers' Market, Boston,
March 9, ninety-four points was likewise
the score.. '__

New York.

ROSE MEETING OF THE FLORISTS' CLUB —
RBSOLOTIONS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—
DISCUSSION ON THE TOPIC OF NEW HOSES.
—LIBERTY PROVES PROFITABLE.- CUT
FLOWER MARKET OVER STOCKED WITH
BULBOUS MATERIAL —OTHER STOCK IN
PROFUSION —VARIOUS NOTES OF VARY-
ING INTEREST.

The rose meeting of the Florists' Club,
on Monday evening, March 11, was well
attended, the announcement that a paper
was expected from E. G. Hill being in
itseli a snfEciet.t inducement to bring
many. Before the reading of the paper a
number of important matters were
attended to. Mr. O'Mara presented a
brief report from the legislative com-
mittee, conveying the gratifying intelli-
gence that in the bill now being agitated
lor a rigid fumigation of nursery stock,
florists' stock had been exempted and
that, therefore, the club is not concerned
in the resultant skirmish between the
fruit growers and the nurserymen, the
florists having happily succeeded in show-

ing at least two legislatures and the
national government ihat florists have
some interests independent of the nur-
serymen. The following resolution, pre-
sented by Mr. O'Mara, was received with
great applause and unanimously adopted:

Whereas, we have leurDed th.at the S. A. F. is
now a chiirtt-ivd socieiy under a law eniicted h\
the cnneress of the Unit'd Stdtea, signed by tlje
Presden' aod,

Whekeas. William R. Smith. Superintendent
of the Uotanieal Garden. Washington. D. C, '.las
labored long and earnestly lo secure to the Ilorists
lit the Unit"d Sta'es this unique privilege, full of
'p-'retit possibilities and pregn-int wiith benefits to
ttie hor icullur* of the country therefore be it "

Resolved, That we of the New York Florists'
Club hereby gratefully acknowledge our Er-*flt
< bligatioiis to Mr. Smith and voice our opinion
that he has thus been the inS'tumentof the great-
est gool to tloricuiture in his day aud generation.

A letter was read from George T.
Schuneman announcing a aonation of a
prize of $50 in gold to be oflered for the
best 500 Marie Louise violets at theexhi-
bition in Madison" Square Garden next
October. This was accepted with a
special vote of thanks. On the exhibition
table was a vase of superb blooms of the
new rose Robert Scott which Alex. Scott,
of Philadelphia, who was present, had
contributed. The judges made a report
of 85 points in its favor and, on motion,
a silver medal was ordered to be awarded
to Mr. Scott for this valuable American
production. Seven new members were
added to the ro'l.

O n request of the president, Mr. O' Mara
read the paper of E. G. Hill, which
appears in another column of this issue.
In the discussion which followed Mr.
Scott, being called upon, said that Lib-
erty, if it gets a check, requires four
months to recover from it, whether black
spot or anything else. He had found

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A CONSERVATORY WHILE YOU WAIT.

that it preferred a lighter soil than either
Bride or Bridesmaid. With all its draw-
backs, yet it had paid him better than
any other rose the past season, with the
exception of one house of American
Beauty. Speaking of bedding roses, Mr.
Scott especially recommended Maman
Cochet and White Maman Cochet, and
Mr. Stewart the Burbank for outdoor
planting. Mr. O'Mara related his expe-
rience with many Eur>ypean roses and
their inadaptability for our climate. He
has learned that the varieties from the ■
south of France are better adapted to
America than those produced in England,
Scotland or Ireland. He alluded appre-
ciatively to the great work that has
been done by John Cook, of Baltimore,
in the production of American varieties.
Mr. Taylor called attention to the ten-
dency of forcing roses to run out after a
period of years, and Mr. O'Mara, reply-
ing, said that he believed the best method
to counteract this was to import pot-
grown plants grafted. Mr. Atkins
advised the planting out of forcing roses
and grafting dormant wood as a means
of securing renewed vigor. A vote of
thanks was extended to Mr. Hill.

In the cut flower market the most
noticeable feature is the continued and
increasing over-supply of all bulbous
material. Every wholesale establish-
ment is loaded down with daiTodils and
tulips, for which a market is practically
impossible, and the situation is made all
the more uncomfortable for the local
forcers of this stock by the heavy receipts
of outdoor grown jonquils, etc, sent
north from Georgia for a market. Violets
are as plentiful as ever, the usual price
for them in quantity, when good, bting
at the rate of 300 for a dollar. There
are plenty of roses, all varieties, and
prospects are for much heavier cuts for
Easter. Smilax has come to its custo-
mary scarcity at this season, with price
doubled up. The prevailing depression
extends, however, to everything except
smilax and orchids, and one or two
wholesalers are trying their hand at the
pussywillow trade. Others are iiiakiog
active preparations to handle pot plants
in quantity for Easter.

A number of additions have been
announced to the prize schedule for the
American Rose Society's exhibition at
the Waldorf-Astoria next week, including
a $50 cup from Mr. Muschenheim for a
dinner decoration of roses, $50 from
Miss Burke- Roche for the best displaj' of
carnations, 100 in each vase, limited to
varieties alrea'Jy disseminated, and a $25
cup from Mr. S. Burns for the best 200
I^awson carnations in a vase.

Reed & Keller have been making sub-
stantial improvements to their wire
works establishment, addirg another
entire floor. This gives them one floor
for manufacturing, two for store rooms
and one for stock show room and office.

Mrs. P. B. Meissner has disposed of
her plant growing establishment at Flat-
bush to Alfred Zeller, who will fake
possession July 1. Carl Woerner will
continue in charge of the houses under
Mr. Zeller.

Fred. Lehnig has surprised his friends
by importing an attractive and very
amiable bride from Germany, there beinK
nothing on this side of the water that
he could find to quite suit him.

J. V. Phillips hasbought out the flower
store of R. )ahn, on Flatbush avenue,
Brooklyn.

Visitors: E. J. Norman, Lenox, Mass.;
A. B. Scott, Philadelphia; H. G. Eyres,
Albany; F. A. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.;
H. B. Chase. Huntsville, Ala.

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Chicago.

TRADE CONTINUES UNINTERRUPTEDLY —
AGGREGATE OP SALES IS LARGE
ALTHOUGH PRICES ARE NOT HIGH.—
PROSPECTS FOR BASTES. — A COMMISSION
MAN COMES TO FINANCIAL GRIEF.—
CHOICE VALLEY FROM HOME-GROWN
I'IPS. — DOINGS OF TUB RBINBERGS. —
VARIOUS NOTES OF PERSONAL AND TRADE
INTEREST.

This has been a fairly satisfactory
week in the Chicago market. The sup-
plies of stock have been considerable and
prices low but demands have been fairly
neavy and the aggregate of sales has
been large, while stocks have been pretty
well cleaned up. The Beauty crops are
rather low and qualities poor, so that
calls for the better grades have not
always been easily met, but there is a
prospect for excellent supplies for Easter
Brides and Bridesmaids are both plenti-
ful and good and the buyers, especially
those who have not been very particular
as to quality have manifested a disposi-
tion to make the price. This has held
good, also, with carnations although
the lancy stock has moved well at firm
prioes. Violets are still plentiful and
cheap but bulbous stock is doing a little
better than when the weather was very
CO d, although the principal outlet is
through the street fakirs and funeral
work. Greens are rather short, aspara-
gus, smilax, ferns and wild smilax, the
latter having made a considerable
advance in price. As to Easter the pros-
pect is for fair supplies of roses, a good
cut of carnations but no great quantities
of lilies. The cry of shortage is raised
annually at this time but it seems to
have more foundation than usual this
year and, although some orders have
been booked at $10 per hundred, most of
the growers and wholesalers expect
higher prices to prevail and are declining
advance orders except at market rates
day of shipment.

George Piepgras, who has been doing
a commission business at 3-1 Randolph
street, has filed a petition in bankruptcy,
scheduling liabilities of a little over
$1200. Several growers are involved for
small sums. Mr, Piepgras has a number
of good friends in the trade and it is
expected that he can arrange matters to
continue.

Klehms' nursery is sending in some
splendid daffodils, easily the best seen in
this market this season. They are also
sending in lily of the valley from home-
grown pips which is up to the usual
Klehm standard.

Chicago is supplying most of the
material for the big ranges of glass
which are going up at Minneapolis this
spring. Wm. Donaldson & Company will
use Moninger's cypress and Garland's
gutter.

Peter Reinberg has again declined the
honor of the democratic nomination for
alderman from the Twenty-sixth ward.
Every spring his neighbors urge him to
let them put him in the council.

There is a likelihood that the Poehlmann
brothers, John, August and Adolph, will
consolidate their businesses as a stock
company, although the details of the
plan are not yet perfected.

George Reinberg is preparing for the
immediate erection of four new houses
25x300 and expects next fall to put up
price of glass

SIX more houses if the
is reasonable at that time."

Benthey & Company expect to put
through the work of building their big
range of Beauty houses so that it will be
ready for planting early in May.

CARNATION CRE88BROOK.

Bassett & Washburn have a big lot of
Harrisii which have proved slow and
irregular but most of which will be just
right for Easter.

J, A. Bndlong is making preparations
for the biggest Easter on record. After
that building operations will begin at the
greenhouses.

A. ly. Randall says that his growers
promise him lilies up to the usual record
for both quantity and quality.

Weiland & Risch report a heavy call
for rooted cuttings of Mrs. Lawson car-
nation and Liberty rose.

E. C. Amling has just increased his
facilities by adding a new cool room of
1526 cubic feet.

John Degnan has returned from a
month's prosperous trip through Ohio
and Michigan.

Wm. Giiesinger, representing Louis Van
Houtte, of Ghent, Belgium, is at the
Leland hotel

McKellar & Winterson have put in a
line of exceptionally handsome jardi-
nieres.

Etnil Bnettner will be in New York next
week, judging at the rose show.

E. H. Hunt reports a brisk opening in
the season for Easter supplies.

C. M. Dickinson has been east on busi-
ness this week.

Visitors: T. L. Metcalf, Hopkinsville,
Ky.; A. B. Cartledge, J. L. Pennock and
Martin Reukaut, Philadelphia; S. E.
Buchtel and wife, Elkhart, Ind ; Edgar
Calvert, Lake Forest, 111.; Mrs. M. E.
Finkler, Streator, III.; A. H. Burt, Kan-
kakee, 111.; Mrs. C. W. Pike, Racine, Wis.;
E. W. Ortman, of Daniels & Fisher, Den-
ver, Col.

Boston,

EXHIBITION AT THE CO OPERATIVE GROW-
ERS' MARKET.- NEWCARNATIONSSTAGBD
IN GREAT PROFUSION. — EXHIBITS OF GEN-
ERAL HIGH QUALITY.— THE AWARDS AND
NOTES OF OTHER EXHIBITS. — GARDEN-
ERS' CLUB HAS A BUSY SESSION.— TRADE
AND OTHER NOTES.

The annual carnation exhibition at the
Co-operative Growers' Market on Satur-
day, March 9, was very successful and
brought out a big array of the standard
varieties of carnations as well as new
aspirants for fame. Again the Lawson
loomed up above all competitors land
again, as in Baltimore, Warburton's
Cressbrook led the procession of new-
comers. The judges, who were Wm.

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Spillsbury, Thos. Roland and D. Zirngie-
bel, made the following awards: Light
pink, first to G. W. Ayer tor Marquis; sec-
ond to M. A. Patten lor Marquis. Dark
pink, first to Peter Fisher, for Lawson;
second to M. A. Patten for Lawson.
Scarlet, Ingram & Lynes entitled to first
award but disqualified because vase con-
tained one flower more than schedule
specified. White, first to M. A. Patten,
for Eastern Star; second, to Peter Fisher,
for Eastern Star. Yellow, first to Wm.
Nicholson, for Eldorado. Variegated,
first to Geo. E. Buxton, for Mrs. Bradt;
second, to M. A. Patten, for Mrs. Bradt.
Single violets, Wm. Sim; double violets,
Chapin & Co. Certificates were awarded
as follows: A. Roper, No. 35, Daybreak
color, 89 points; C. Littlefield, Good-
enough, white, 89 points; N. D. Pierce,
Beau Ideal, light pink, 86 points; A.
Roper, No. 1, 87 points; C. Warburton,
Cressbrook, pink, 94 points; M. A. Pat-
ten, pink seedling, 87 points; E. A. Nel-
son, Mrs. E. A. Nelson, light pink, 94
points; Peter Fisher, Eastern Star, white,
86 points. For the best novelty a cer-
tificate was awarded to S. J. Goddard
for a red antirrhinum. Other exhibits
not mentioned above were D. Car-
michael's Eleanor Ames, pink, and May
Whitely, white; W. W. Edgar's Lady
Smith; P. Fisher's Gov. Wolcott, white;
Chas. Cooper's Copley, scarlet; J. Tailby
& Son's Harvard, crimson; C. S. Coop-
er's Crawford, mottled; J.D Twombly's
Marquis and White Cloud; M. L. Tyrell's
Liberty, dark pink, and Emeline, white;
Paul Richwagen's Marquis; C. Cum-
ming's Mrs. Bradt; Wm. Nicholson's
general collection; S. T. Goddard's Saxon,
scarlet; Peter Fisher's several seedlings;
N. F. Comley. J. S. Smiley, C.Cummings,
(J. Horrigan, L. E. Small, J. H Newman,
E. S. Knight and W. B. Jeffrey & Co.,
violets; Chas. Evans and M. A. Patten,
mignonette; B. N. Pierce & Sons, lilies;
A. Leuthy, decorative plants. Among
the visitors were S. J. Renter, wife and
daughter, and Peter Byrnes, Westerly,
R. L; N. D. Pierce, Norwood, R. I ; C.
Warburton and wife. Fall River; Geo. E.
Buxton, Nashua, N. H.; W. R. Pierson,
Cromwell, Conn.; E.G. Orpet, Lancaster,
and A. T. Boddington, New York.

The meeting of the Gardeners' and Flo-
rists' Club on Tuesday evening, March
12, was a full and enthusiastic one. The
session was devoted mainly to amending
by-laws and formulating plans for future
activities. The cost of initiation and
dues was reduced and it was decided to
hold meetings on the second Tuesday of
each month, October to March inclusive.
A committee of fifteen was appointed to
consider the project for a grand horti-
cultural ball next November.
: On Saturday, March 9, E O. Orpet
exhibited at Horticultural Hall the orig-
inal Dendrobium nobile nobilius formerly
in the famous collection of the late David
Allan. Also a number of seedling orchids,
including Laelia nigrescens and Lselio-Cat-
tleya X Santiago varieties. A handsome
basket of camellias from James Comley
and some forced shrubs from the Bussey
Institution were also shown. The big
spring exhibition opens Tuesday, March
19, to continue for four days.

Business continues to be fairly good.
All kinds of stock are plentiful. Several
large blocks of Easter lilies are reported
as placed at fair figures.

Philadelphia.

THADB CONTINUES FAIRLY SATISFACTORY.
—NO ACCDMDLATIONS OF CONSEQUBNCE
IN WHOLESALE MARKETS. — ALL ABOUT
PREVAILING PRICES —SAMPLES OF THE
EASTER STOCK.— ALL SORTS OF PLANTS
IN EVIDENCE.

Business is fairly good for the season;
there have been plenty of dinners and
other small social aflairs, which, together
with flowers for the last rites, which are
always in more or less demand, have
kept the surplus from accumulating to
any great extent. Prices are a shade
lower. Special Beauties can now be had
for $4 per dozen, with all sorts of prices
for the lower grades. Brides and Brides-
maids of first choice are $8 to $10 per
hundred. Liberty $1 to $2 per dozen
and Meteors $6 to $S per hundred. Car-
nations are fine and sell at from $1.50 to
$2, the latter price for anything worth
having. Special stock brings $3 to $6.
Weber & Sons, of Maryland, are sending
in some extra choice flowers of several
sorts, their Lawsons being particularly
fine. White carnations have sold very
well all winter, nearly always being
cleaned up first and bringing, as a rule, a
shade better price than tor the same
quality in other colors. Bulbous stock
is plentiful. Daflodils sell for $2 to $3.
with $4 to $5 for a few fancies. Lily of
the valley is in free supply at $3 to $4.

"Samples" of Easter stock are now being
brought to the attention of those of the
storemen who cannot or do not spare the
time to get out to the growers. Lilies
promise to be fine and plentiful; that is,
if all the crops can be made to hit it in
point of time. Whether too early or too
late is the pazzle with many growers.
No two seem fully agreed as to condi-
tions and probably never will, but there
is likely to be enough for all demands and
a few left for the weddings the week fol-
lowing. Prices are 310 to$12jthe latter
figure for the preferred stock. Most of
the bulbs forced are longiflorum and they
are coming along equally as well as the
Harrisii. There will be the usual assort-
ment of blooming plants, and many of
them very fine, but we have not heard as
yet of any novelties.

Mark Mills, W. K. Harris' hustling
foreman, has a wrinkle in the way of a
shamrock pot; it is of red clay but made
in the shape of a shamrock or clover leaf.
He has had it copyrighted. This is filled
with growing shamrock, the real thing,
and will no doubt have a good sale.

K.

HoLYOKE, Mass.— Edward H. How-
land, of this city, and Miss Nellie M.
Wilder, of Conway, were married March
12.

Toronto.

SECOND ANNUAL CARNATION SHOW PROVES
A DECIDED SUCCESS.— MANY EXCELLENT
EXHIBITS FROM OUTSIDE GROWERS-
MOST OF THE NOVELTIES ARE SHOWN —
CANADIAN GROWERS HOLDUP THEIR END.
-NOTES OF THE EXHIBITS —BANQUET
AND VISITORS.

The second annual carnation show of
the Toronto Gardeners' and Florists'
Association was held in the pavilion of
the Horticultural Gardens on March 7
and, as this is practically the carnation
society of Canada, the show proved a
great success. For two or three days
before the meeting the thermometer rtg-
istered zero and considerable of the stock
which was shipped from a distance was
frosted. The cold weather also kept our
local florists from sending out their large
palms for decorative purposes and the
hall, which is large and spacious, looked
rather bare until the crowds arrived.
Outside growers responded Kl,»^lly

and sent some very good blooms, Palmer
& Son, of Buffalo, taking the lead. They
showed the best White Cloud ever seen
at Toronto, some good Lawson, Mrs.
Bradt and a vase of The Marquis, which
was awarded the Hallam cup as the best
vase in the show. Among other exhibit-
ors from the States was the American
Rose Co., of Washington, showins a vase
of the new white rose. Ivory, which were
very fine, large flowfrs, on long stems
well able to support the flowers and,
considering the long distance, arrived in
good shape. Richard Witterstaetter, of '
Cincinnati, O., sent Estelle, Elinota and
Opal, all ingoodcondition. TheCottage
Gardens, Queens, N. Y , sent Governor
Roosevelt, but the blooms were badly
frosted; Golden Beauty, which was well
liked, and Novelty. Dailledouze Brothers,
of Flatbush, sent a vase of Prosperity.
Peter Fisher, of Ellis, Mass., sent a vase
of Lawson which were very well grown.
Anders Rasmussen, of New Albany, Ind.,
exhibited Hoosier Maid. The Guardian
Angel Orphan Asylum, of Chicago, sent
a box of their pink sport of Armazindy,
Guardian Angel, but the flowers were so
badly frozen that they were not put on
exhibition. Herbert Spavins' Mrs. James
Dean were very fine. M L Tyrell, of
Randolph, Mass., sent Liberty, a pink
seedling, and another unnamed pink.
Crabb & Hunter, of Grand Rapids, Mich ,
sent a good lot of Irene. Chris. Besold,
of Minneola, N, Y., exhibited Goethe and
Admiral Cervera, and the new rose Rob-
ert Scott arrived while the guests were
at supper. The buds were in fine condi-
tion and were well liked, as they are a
beautiful shade of pink.

Local exhibitors were John H. Dunlop,
who was awarded a certificate for the
most deserving exhibit. He had two
tables filled with the newer varieties of
splendid quality. W. J. Lawrence, of
Mimico, had an exhibit of Bridesmaids
and Brides which were exceptional, and a
well arranged table of Harrisii, carna-
tions, good m'gaonette and violets. R.
Jennings, of Brampton, had a table of
roses, carnations, violets and some Jap-
anese fern balls, the best ever seen in this
vicinity. Gammage & Son, and Fred.
Dicks, of London, showed together, with
some good varieties and their new seed-
lings. Rosy Morn, a deep pink, and
Expectant, a large white, were both well
liked. Walter Musson showed several
varieties of carnations, some good Brides-
maids and Brides and his new yellow
sport of Perle, which was very well
grown. Miller & Sons, of Bracondale,
showed their seedlings. Lady Van Home,
Lady Roberts and Lord Strathcona. all
deep pink and good flowers. W. Jay &
Son showed a large vase of mixed varie-
ties and a table of Araucaria eicelsa
plants of good shape and well grown.
Wm. Fendley showed some very fine
Imperial, Princess of Wales, Farqnhar
and California violets. Manton Brothers
put up a mixed table of orchids, ferns
and palms.

The bunch of the new white carnation,
Loma, sent by F. Dorner & Sons Co., of
Lafayette, Ind., did not arrive until
two days after the show. They came in
fair condition and were well thought of
by those who had the good fortune to see
them.

After the show the guests were enter-
tained at supper in the adjoining room.
The tables were finely decorated by
Ernest Collins, of the Horticultural Gar-
dens. The center piece was of orchids in
several choice varieties, supplied by Exhi-
bition Park and the Horticultural Gar-
dens. Speeches were made by the Mayor

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of Toronto, Alderman Kirkland, Wm.
Gammage, B. S. Meyers, Park Commis-
sioner Chambers, Thos. Manton, F.
Dicks, J. H. Dunlop, F. W. Miller and
Wm. Fendley. The president ot the asso-
ciation had the musical programme in
charge and Walter Mott, Percy Brownell
and himself were all in good voice.

The visitors vrere: Walter Mott, Phila-
delphia; B. S. Meyers, Lancaster. N. Y.;
Fred. Dicks and Wm. Gammage, London,
Ont.; Wm. Fendley, Edw. Dale, R. Jen-
nings and Wm. Miller, Brampton, Ont.;
F. W. Miller, T. H. Millerand R. Phillips,
Bracondale, Ont.; A. H. Ewing, Berlin,
and A. Gilchrist, Guelph. H. G D.

Cincinnati.

CARNATION EXHIBITION PRO VES AN UNQUAL-
IFIED SUCCESS — MANY VASES OF FINE
BLOOMS ARE SHOWN.— NOTES OF THE
EXHIBITS AND AWARDS. — VISITORS ARE
NUMERODS AND EVERYONE MADE WEL-
COME.

The carnation exhibition, Saturday,
March 9, at the rooms of the Cincinnati
Florists' Society, was the most success-
ful exhibition of the season. Fully 3,000
people viewed the flowers during the
afternoon and the stock on exhibition
was certainly very fine; it would be hard
to tell which vase was the best. The
variety which seemed to attract more
attention than anything else was the
Mrs. E. A. Nelson, grown by Mr. Nelson,
ot Indianapolis. The writer does not
hesitate to state that in his estimation
it is the best thing ever placed on exhi-
bition in the club rooms, which is saying
a great deal. It scored Ol'-i points.

W. K. Partridge, of Lockland, O., won
the Murphy prize, with a vase of 100
blooms containing nineteen varieties.
Mr. Partridge also received first for
White Cloud, Morning Glory, Red Bradt
and Mrs. Bradt. He was awarded the
honor of having the best general display
of carnations, Having twenty-five vases
containing in all 600 blooms. He cer-
tainly deserves a great deal of credit for
his eflort.

Witterstaetter's Enquirer won the $10
prize for fifty blooms of the best seedling
carnation. Another vase of Enquirer
captured the ventilating apparatus
offered by J. A. Evans. Mr. Witterstaet-
ter also took the prize for the best vase
of dark pink with Mrs. Lawson.

Weber & Sons, Oakland, Md., took
Witterstaetter's prize with fifty Mrs.
Lawson. This firm also had Norway
and Egypt entered for certificates, which
were duly awarded. Witterstaetter's
No. 723 A was also certificated.

The South Park Floral Company, of
New Castle, exhibited Bride, Bridesmaid
and Marquise de Litta roses and the
American Rose Company, of Washington,
received honorable mention for Ivory, the
white Golden Gate.

Anders Rasmussen, New Albany, Ind.,
showed a vase of the new white carna-
tion Hoosier Maid, which looks to be a
good thing. Crabb & Hunter showed
their fragrant Irene.

Thomas Jackson had a fine vase of
calla lilies and violet plants on exhibition.

There were a large number of visitors,
among them W. G. Bertermann. Edw.
Bertermann, John Grande, H. Rieman,
John Hartje, A. Wiegand, E. A. Nelson,
F. Billingsly and Robert McKeand, of
Indianapolis; C. W. Rieman, of Conners-
ville; Jacob Schultz and C. H. Funzman,
of Louisville; George Heinl, of Toledo;
Herbert Heller, of New Castle; J. A.
Evans, of Richmond, John Degnan, of
Chicago; J. H. McHutchinson, of New

York; S. S. Skidelsky, of Philadelphia, and
others. In the evening the Cincinnati
Florists' Society gave the visitors a sup-
per at the Gibson House. This certainly
was a source of pleasure for the Cincin-
nati boys, as we have been waiting for
some time to return some ot the courte-
sies that have been extended to us, espe-
cially by the Indianapolis boys. D.

Louisville.

TRADE VERY FAIR WITH ALL THE BLUB
GRASS FLORISTS. — PROSPECTS FOR A
VERY BIG EASTER AND SPRING BUSINESS.
— [OTTINGS HERE AND THERE OF DOINGS
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

As usual, Louisville florists have no
complaints to make. Business has proved
ahead of expectations all through the
season, with a scarcity of stock that has
put many a florist at his wits' end. But
carnations at last got a move on them-
selves and are doing nobly at this writing.
A surprise in store for the writer was a
house of Triumphs, which for the grower,
C. H. Kunzman, is a triumph indeed. I
have never seen them so fine, every bloom
being perfect and the plants all one could
wish for. Mr. Kunzman does equally
well with White Cloud, which he con-
siders the best white to date. His G. H.
Crane are also very good and his general
stock is in fine condition.

Wm. Walker has removed his store to
259 West Jefferson street, and a right
fine and up to-date establishment it is.
With a conservatory in the back part
of the store, he is now well equipped to
handle plants of all sorts. A stroll
through his greenhouses, located on
Highland avenue, proved very interest-
ing. Mr. Walker is a good all around
grower, a typical Scotsman.

At the Jacob Schultz place things look
spick and span. Roses are doing
splendidly, carnations equally so. There
are several good seedlings on his place.
A Kentucky seedling, like Kentucky
bourbon, or a Kentucky racer, must
come to the front some day. Who can
tell but the crimson one of Mr. Schultz
may prove the very thing?

His majesty, the callalily king, William
Mann, has things in a blooming condi-
tion. Azaleas, rhododendrons and ciner-
arias are coming ahead in a manner
that makes them salable at sight. His
callas, as usual, look fine and his Harrisii
and longiflorums are in nowise disap-
pointing

C. W. Reimers seems to have conquered
the capricious Marquis. Patience and
perseverance have enabled him to bring
out its many good attributes. From all
appearances Mr. Reimers will have his
lilies in good shape as well as in time for
Easter.

E. G. Reimers never does things by
halves. Having rebuilt his houses in a
way to suit the most exacting grower,
his stock is of general high grade. It is
Mr. Reimers' opinion that the spring
trade will open with a boom.

Joseph Coenen & Company have a
good stock and, while the wholesale
trade, just now, is somewhat slow, the
prospects for the coming spring, in Mr.
Coenen's opinion, are decidedly encour-
aging.

F. C. Haupt keeps busy. For occasions
both sad and gay Fred gets in his little
work. "Little," however, may convey
the wrong impression; it isn't little; its
us big as there is going, and that's pretty
big.

H. Kleinstarink has had good success
with his bulbous stock, of which he
grows a large quantity. What is equally

encouraging is the fact that his stock never
goes abegging.

F. Walker & Company, the Fourth
avenue florists, report an increase in
their mail order trade, with a corres-
ponding increase in their retail depart-
ment.

Mrs. S. Thompson reports a brisk trade
all along the line. , Nomis.

St. Louis.

TRADE CONTINUES GOOD AND PRICES ARE
VERY FAIR.— BULBOUS STOCK BRINGING
good money.— violets THE ONE GLUT.

The very changeable weather of late
does not seem to affect business to any
great extent and all the stock that comes
in is sold at very good figures. Good
American Beauties are sold for $,1.50 to
$4 per dozen wholesale, while the other
roses vary in price from $2 to $G per
hundred. Carnations bring $1.50 to $4
according to quality, with a slight
scarcity of whites and reds. Violets are
continuing to come in large quantities
and bring from $1 to $2.50 per thousand.
Several of the growers are not picking
any more than just what they need for
their own home trade. There is some
fine lily of the valley and it brings good
prices; so, in fact, does much of the bulb-
ous stock, although there does not seem
to be a very heavy demand.

The young people of the St. Louis Flo-
rists' Club will give a progressive euchre
party and dance March 28, at the Con-
cordia Club hall, 1441 Chouteau avenue.
All are invited to attend.

F. J. Foster has again moved, this time
to Tenth and Olive streets. His old
building at Seventh street is being torn
down and a new office building will be
erected in its place. R. J. M.

Minneapolis.

MUCH FUNERAL WORK KEEPS RETAILERS
BUSY.— ROSES PLENTIFUL BUT CARNA-
TIONS SCARCE.— VARIOUS NOTES.

Trade last week, the fore part, was
rather quiet, but it got down to business
the latter three days. Everyone had a
share in the funeral work, which was the
principal demand. Wessling had an
extra large amount of design work and
Miss H. B. Whitted reports last week's
business good; one cluster was made up
which contained 2,000 violets.

Roses in all varieties are obtainable iu
any numbers, while carnations are in
good demand and a scarcity. Harrisii
commence to be seen in numbers now,
while the market is flooded with other
bulbous stock.

Donaldson & Co. are displaying some
fine potted hyacinths and all are prepar-
ing for a big Easter trade. C. F. R.

Washington.

TRADE BOOMS BECAUSE OF INAUGURAL
FESTIVITIES.— QUIET AGAIN PREVAILS.

Trade has been booming for the last
two weeks, on account of the inaugura-
tion. There were quite a number of small
receptions and teas that made a break in
the Lenten quietness. Everybody was
busy, stock was plentiful and in good
shape. Now, as most of the visitors
have left for their homes, the retail flo-
rists feel a lull in their business.

John Shine has given up his stand at
Center Market and is now with O. A. C.
Oehmler, who is doing well for a be^n-
ner. p. q.

Otsego, Mich.— A. J. Tozer will in
future devote his plant to carnations.

1118

The American Florist.

Mar. 1 6.

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Special Spring Number next week.
Send advertising •'copy" now.

The early spring will see large plant-
ings oi the varieties of pjeonia most suit-
able for cut flowers.

The glass trusts have given the jobbers
775 000 boxes of glass for March and
April demands where the jobbers esti-
mated a million boxes are needed.

At the establishment oi E. G. Hill &
Co Richmond, Ind., there is now in
bloom an attractive new species of
bougalnvillea, called B. Mexicana. The
bracts are red.

An observant grower states that the
inferior color sometimes developed in the
fclooms of such carnations as Ethel
Crocker and Genevieve Lord is due to an
excess of nitrogen.

W C Bhown, General Manager of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad,
the firit western road which undertook
the floricultural embellishment of its sta-
tion grounds and the decoration of its
dining car tables with cut flowers, says
that a brief experience proves the rail-
road greenhouse has come to stay.

Heating Problems.

Ed Am. Florist:— How many flows
and returns (give size in each case) will
it take to heat with hot water to 60 m
ero weather a house 21x100 eet, one
end glass to within three feet of ground
and no glass in sides? Can this house be
heated by an open system wh,ch is used
to heat other houses m which 4.inch pipes
are used, provided the boiler has suftr
cient capacity ? Can this house be piped
so that the system may be changed from
hot water to steam without much diffi-
cultv' The expansion tank now in use
has sufficient elevation to allow a good
height lor the flows. ^■

There will be no difficulty iti heating
the house as proposed. By using three
2y!-inch flows and ten 2^inch returns
good results can be obtained. This wou d
Inswer lor steam.bnt if a changeis likely
to bTmadeit would be advisable to substi-
tute 1' .inch pipe for the returns and in-
creasetiae number to thirteen. If theflows
run down hill, as will be best especially if
rteamTs to be used, there should be. an
Sr-cock at the highest point of each pipe,
or better yet. a small pipe should con-
nect with the expansion tank. For use
wTth steam, valves should be provided at
both ends of one-half of the pipes, or they
can be removed from the coils.

Information Wanted About Glazing.

Ed. Am. Florist:— Any of your readers
who have had experience in glazing with
16x24 double thick glass, placing the
panes lengthwise between the bars, will
oblige by stating whether the plan has
given satisfaction. I would also like to
know whether it has any advantage over
the usual method of glazing and the size
ot bar used. I contemplate building a
house 24x250 feet, and would be pleased
with any suggestions from practical men.

K.

Greenhouse Building.

Philadelphia, Pa. — Henry Trochsler,
house 43x74. C.H. Knoker, house 17x60.
Albert Smilling, one house.

Pittsfield, Me.— C. C. Woodrufi", one
house.

Fruitvale, Cal.— Clarke Bros., three
rose houses. *

South Dighton, Mass.— Dexter Pierce,
house 20x40.

Ridgedale, N. J.— A. S. Force, range of
houses.

Rhinebeck, N. Y.— Harry Stewart, two
violet houses.

Wilmington, Del.— B. F. Shaw, con-
servatory.

"He Was a Brick."

When a certain young man, a member
of several east sid^ social and fraternal
organizations, died, each society deter-
mined to outdo the other in the matter
of flowers, and great was the display at
the tuneral. One committee selected a
pillow of Belle Siebrecht roses on a bed
of immortelles, and wanted some highly
origiral and striking lettering thereon.
The florist showed his book, but nothing
that it contained was suitable. The
committee retired, and after a long con-
sultation ordered the words, "He Was a
Brick!" Protest was in vain. The pillow
must have those words or a rival florist
would be patronized! So the young man
went to his last resting place with the
inscription "He Was a Brick" standing
out from the pillow in purple letters.—
New York Press.

Piping Greenhouses.

Ed. Am. Florist:— How many rows of
2 inch pipe are required to heat a house
20x70 feet, even span, eleven feet to ridge?
Thermometer falls to 20° below zero;
55° required. How should the pipes be
distributed? G. V.

If the temperature named is to be main-
tained in the coldest weather it will be
necessary to use fifteen 2-inch pipes. The
arrangement will have to depend a good
deal upon the location of the beds and
benches and whether or not the flows
are overhead. For most purposes it will
be found very satisfactory to use three
elevated flow pipes, one of which can be
on the center posts and the others on the
purlin posts. At the further end of the
house the pipes could drop vertically and
each feed a four- pipe coil. The side coils
would then start some five or six feet
from the corners of the house and follow
along the walls to the boiler end of the
house, where they could be united in a
header and connect with the heater by
means of a 2inch pipe. The other flow
pipe should supply a coil under the
middle bench, if there be one. If it is pre.
ferred to have the flow pipes under the
benches there should be either four or
five according to the number of coil'- '•>Bt
can be best arranged. L. R. T.

Water Pressure.

Ed. Am. Florist: — I intend to build a
tank and would like to know the best
size of pipe to use in conveying water to
greenhouse so as to get the most pressure.
Does the pressure depend entirely on the
height of the tank? M. N.

The pressure that will be secured at
the end of the hose will be in proportion
to the vertical distance from that point
to the level of the water in the tank.
The size and depth of the tank have
nothing to do with the pressure. The
pressure that will be secured will be
reduced by the friction in the pipes, being
greatest in small and long pipes. While
a •■'iinch pipe might be used lor a small
house, if the distance to the tank is short,
it will generally be better to use pipe at
least one inch in diameter. For a range
of houses where a number of lines of hose
may be used at one time, the size of the
main water pipe should be increased
until its area is equal to that of the
smaller pipes. L. R. T.

Seedling Carnations— Fumigation.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I have been success-
ful in seeding three carnations this season
and would like some information as to
treating the seedlings after the seeds have
been planted. I have never had any
experience in a greenhouse; what I know
I have picked up in the past year.

Do you consider it necessary to fumi-
gate a greenhouse when there are no
insect pests in it? Young Florist.

After carnation seed is germinated and
the young plants have got to an age of
about two months, those that are
sufficiently vigorous to preserve should
be transplanted into pots or flats and
thereafter treated in the same manner
as rooted cuttings. If pots are used,
much care must be exercised that the
plants may not become pot bound.

Without the regular use of some insecti-
cide, no greenhouse will remain long
vrithout having plenty of insects.
"Young Florist" is advised to take out
membership in the American Carnation
Society. This is considered essential
nowadays if a carnation grower expects
to make any success in his business. The
secretary is A. M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa.

Elevating the Flow Pipe.

Ed. Am. Florist:— We have a green-
house 24x100 and ten feet high, in a
rather exposed position and heated by
hot water. There is one 4inch flow and
three 2inch returns on either side, but no
overhead pipe. How would it do to
raise the flow pipe overhead and put in
two more return pipes on each side, with
valves on the extra runs? Florist.

Elevating the flow pipe will give a bet-
ter circulation, but it is not desirable, as
a rule, to use pipes as large as 4inch for
overhead flows. If the top of the boiler
is well below the level of the returns,
good results should be secured by increas-
ing the number of the returns without
changing the flow pipe. Nothing is said
regarding the temperature desired, but
for 50°, with zero outside, it will be well
to have ten 2-inch returns in addition to
a 4-inch flow pipe. For 6')° at leastlour-
teen should be used. L. R. T.

Catalogues and Cut Flower Price Lists
Received.

M. H. Walsh, Woods Holl, Mass.,
hardy plants; Cotta Nursery & Orchard

jgoi.

The American Florist.

1119

Co., Frceport, III , trees, plants, etc.;
Thomas Meeban & Sons, Germantown,
Pa., trees, shrubs, plants, etc ; Parrjs'
Pomona Nurseries, Riverton. P, O , N. f.,
trees, small fruits, etc ; James J. H.
Gregory & Son, Marblehead, Mass,
vegetable and flower seeds; W. J.
Richards, Wayland, O., aquatics; V.
Casazza & Bro.New York,N. Y., insecti-
cide; Chas. R. Hornor & Son, Mt. Holly,
N. J., trees; Quaker City Machine Works,
Richmond, Ind., ventilating apparatus;
Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, 111.,
wholesale price lists, florists' supplies,
etc.; E. H. Hunt, Chicago, III., wholesale
price lists, seeds, florists' supplies.

Meetings of Florists' Clubs.

The accompanying list gives the cities
in which there are active florists' clubs.
Following the name of the club is the
place of meeting, the day of meeting, the
hour and the name and address of the
secretary:

Baltimore, Md.— Gardeners* Club of Balti-
more. Royal Arcanum building, 18 W. Saratoga
street. Second and fourth Mondays of each
month, at 8 p. m. John J. Perry, Sec'y, Gay and
Sager streets.

Boston, Mass.— Gardeners' an-l Florists' Club
of Boston, Horticultural Hall. Meets four times
a year on call oi executive board. W. E. Fischer,
Sec'y, Horticultural Hall.

Brockton. Mass.— Brockton Gardeners' and
Florists' Club, store of W. W. Hathaway, Times
Building. First and third Tuesday of each
month, at 8 p. m. W. W. Hathaway, Sec'y,
Brockton, Mass.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Buffalo Florists' Club, 481
Washington street. Second Wednesday of each
month, at 8 p. m. Wm. Legg, Sec y, 1440 Dela-
ware avenue, Buffalo.

Chicago, III. — Chicago Florists' Club, Handel
Hall, 40 Randolph street. First and third Friday
of each month, at 8 p. m. Charles Hunt, Sec'y,
84 Randolph street, Chicago.

Cincinnati, O.— Cincinnati Florists' Society,
Jabez Elliott Flower Market. Second Saturday
of each month, at 8 p. m. Geo. S. Bartlett, Sec'y,
813 Eai-t Second street.

Cleveland, O.— Cleveland Florists' Club.
Progress Hall, 244 Detroit street. Second and
fourth Mondays of each month, at 8 p. m. A. H.
Graham, Sec'y, 2849 Eucid avenue, Cleveland.

Des Moines, 1a.— Des Moines Floiists' Club, at
various florists' establishments. Last Monday in
each month, at 8 p. m. J. T. D. Fulmer, Sec'y
702 Walnut street. Des Moines.

Indianapolis. Ind.— State Florists' Association
of Indiana. Horticultural rooms. State House.
Indianapolis. First Tuesday of each month, at
8 p. m. R. A. McKeand, Sec'y, Garfield Park,
Indianapolis.

Milwaukee, Wis —Milwaukee Flotists' Bowl-
ing Club, Plankinton House. Thursday evenings,
at 8 p. m. C C. Pollworth, Sec'y, 137 Oneida
street.

New York. N. Y — New York Florists' Club,
Elk's Hall. 19 West Twenty-ninth street. Second
Monday of each month, at 7:30p. m. John Young,
Sec'y, 51 West Twenty-eighth street. New York.

Omaha. Neb —Nebraska and Iowa Florists'
Society, Fuller's Hall, Fourteenth and Douglas
streets. Second Thursday in each month at 8
p. m. Louis Henderson, Sec'y, 1519 Famam
street, Omaha.

Philadelphia, Pa.— Florists' Club of Philadel-
phia, Horticultural Hall, Broad street above
Spruce. First Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m.
Edwin Lonsdale, Sec'y, Wyndmoor, Philadelphia,
Pa.

Pittsburg, Pa.— Pittsburg and Allegheny Flo-
rists* and Gardeners' Club, at rooms of Pittsburg
Cut Flower Co. , 504 Liberty street. Second Thurs-
day of each month, at 8 p. m. T. P. Langhans,
Sec'y, 504 Liberty street, Pittsburg,

Providence, R. I.— Florists* and Gardener's
Club of Rhode Island. 96 Westminster street,
Providence. Second Thursday in each month,
at 8 p. m. Alexander Rennie, Sec'y, 41 Washing-
ton street. Providence.

St. Louis, Mo.— St. Louis Florists' Club, Odd
Fellows Hall No. 2, Ninth and Olive streets.
Second Thursday of each month, at 3 p. m. Emil
Schray, Sec'y, 4101 Pennsylvania avenue, St.
Louis.

Toronto, Ont. — Toronto Gardeners' and Flo-
rists' Association, St. George's Hall, Elm street.
Third Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m. W. C.
Jay. Sec'y, 438 Spadina avenue.

West Hoboken, N. J— North Hudson Florists'
Club, store of H. C. SteinhoB, Hudson boulevard.
West Hoboken. First Tuesday of each month,
at 8 p. m. Geo. F. Kogge Sec'y 616 Washington
street, Hoboken

Always mention the American Flo-
rist when writing to advertisers.

SITLATIONS, WANTS, fOR SALE.

Advertisements uuder this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this beaa.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
for the year 1900 is entitled to a five-line want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year,

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman. Can fur-
nish best of references and have had seventeen
years' experience as foreman. MHrri»»d; American.
L B 516, St. Marys, Ohio.

QITCATION WANTED— By first-class grower
^ of roses, rarnations and general stock; 18
years' experience; German; married. Address
K, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— Hy a young d an expe-
^ nencod in msps cKrn»t ons and general green-
house work. Good refeivnces. Address

E R, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By a young man of
^ good character, as gardener. Several years'
experience in Sweden. Address

W. Peterson, 514 N. Robey St.. Chicago.

SITUATION WANTED— By thoroushly expe-
^ rit'Dced cut tlower gvowc"; 10 years' charge of
one place; references; state wages". Address

Wm. KiRKHAii 148 Dearborn St., Chicago.

OITDATION WANTED— By all-round (lonst

^ thoroughly competent, first-class test monials

from present emp'oyer. Private i lace preferred.

Warren, Box 244, Waverly, Morgan Co., 111.

SITUATION WANTED— By married man. age
25 years, as general greenhouse helper. Refer-
ences furnished from last and present emoloyers.
Address M J C, care American Florist.

OITUATION WANTED— By German gardener
^ and florist on private place: 15 years' experi-
ence. Can give best of references; married, one
child. Adaress F C, Box 231, Lake Kor. st, 111.

SITUATION WANTED— By good all-around
'-5 tlorist; age 30 single. Good grower of palms,
ferns and pot plants in general; good propagator.
Able to take full charge of houses. Stale particu-
lars. Address A A, American Florist.

^ITUATION WANTED— As florist and gardener
^ by Christian young man on a private p ace.
Has had 12 years' experience on good places.
Strictly temperate. Can furnish gcod references.
Stale wages. Ad.ress R P, care Am. Florist.

^ITUATION WANTED— By experienced palm,
^-^ fern and orchid grower; also experienced in
forcing bulbous stock. Five years in present
place; married; 30 years old. Private or commer-
cial. S. C. Winterwerp.

S. Alfred St., Alexandria, Va.

SITUATION WANTED— With many years'
experience in every department, my services
are hereby tendered to anyone in need of a com-
petent head gardener or superintendent of private
estate. Best of references; married. Address
J. S, 182 Hale St., Beverly, Mass.

^ITUATION WANTED— By expert rose grower;
^ up-to-date, competent to take full charge of
an establishment where first class standard and
fancy roses are in demand. To suitable parties
the greatest satisfaction assured. References
exchanged. Any parties wishing such a man please
address with terms. Practical Rii?k Grower,
130 S. Halsted St., t^hicago.

T\/^ANTED— Two American Iteautv growers.
~* WiETOR Bros.. 51 Wabash Av.' Chicago.

"XVANTED— A No. 1 grower of Beauty, to take
' ' charge of section. Address

.John Muno. Rogers Park. Chicago.

TyANTED— To rent greenhouse establishment.
' ^ Must be in good condition, tear Boston.
A<ldress H. Stevens. Soraerville. Mass. c

\Y7'ANTED— Voung men to handle our lawn and
' ' plant food, in their vicinity. Good commis-
sion. Address P. O. Box 1976. Elgin. 111.

TYTANTED- Reliable, competent man. Fine
^^ roses, 'mums, etc. Also assistant. Address
J.T.Williamson, LuRoseGardens.Memphis.Tenn.

WANTED TO RENT-Greenhouses of from
lO.tOO to 15,000 feet, within thirty miles from
Chicago, suitable for roses and carnations. Must
be in good repair. S H. care Am. Florist.

AVANTED— An all-around florist, sober and
'' industrious, capable of taking charge and
growing good roses, carnations and general green-
house stock. State wages wanted and give
references. M M. care American Florist.

TX/'ANTED- An active young man accustomed
^^ to growing vegetables, etc.for market, with
some knowledge of greenhouse worK. Address,
giving references and wages wanted.

Tarleton Farm Dairy, Plattsburgh, N. Y.

"lyANTED TO LKASE— 25.0(0 feet of glass or
'" more with t^o or more acres of land and
dwelling house. Houses n ust be in Al cond'tion,
suitable for rose growing, in or near Chicago.
Address giving full particulars, location, etc.

Meteor, care American Florist.

TV/^ANTED— A good all-around man as commer-
* ' cial florist. Must be sober, honest and will-
ing to work, also good grower of roses, carnations
and general b dding stock. Reference required.
State experience; wages $3.3 per month, board and
room. None other need apply except those who
understand the business. Address

Grower, care American Florist.

"POR SALE— Greenhouse estahlishment. 35,000
-*- feet of glass, well stocked. Pri;e a little more
than than one } ears' sales. Address

Ohio, care American Florist.

■pOR SALE— Six grf enhouses, 5C03 feet of glass,
-*- a 9-room dwelling house, lot 100x181, seven
miles from Chicago. Other business. Address
L M C. care American Florist.

l^OR SALE—'^ood fior stand gardening business
-■- in town of 3310; nocompetiti jn; town situated
on the Mississippi river in Missouri. Good college
and manufactures of difTereut kinds. Good reason
for selling. W D, care American Florist.

Xj^OR SALE— On account of sickneso, one of the
^ best equipped and established florist businesses
in or around Pan Fra-ciico. Over 10, OK) feet of
glass and in the best of condition, and heited by
steam. Address E. D. Conollet
715 0ce^n Ave.. San Fr ancisco. Cal.

X^OR SALE— An interest in an established flo-
-*- nst business in hest town m the south, six
greenhouses, each lOO feet lone, to an experienced
grower of fine stock for Ntrictly first-class trade,
both retail and wholesale. Guarantee given of
money invested, and d vidend. and that present
owner will sell ev»'rything grown in twice as
many houses. Ktfer\thing new and fir t clasa.
Address Hustler, care American FI^^ist.

WANTED IMMEDIATELY. A competent head-gar-
dener. One of wide experience in the growing of
roses and plants and the cultivation of vegetables
under glass, also growing of grapes under glass.
Must have had experience in the management of
conservatories and greenhouses and the handling
of men and capable of running an extensive place,
including outdoor vegetable garden and the care
of lawns and roads. None but experienced head-
gardeners need apply. Must be sob^r, indus ri-
ous. and bear the bestof testimonials as toability,
honesty and experience. In applying state full
particulars as to past employment and exp*^rience
and how and where now employed, also terms.

Address Post Office Box 639, New^ York Citt.

Establishment of 18,000 feet of glass in Batavia,
111., 36 miles from Chicag . Six houses, in good
condition, none of them more than five years old.
Steam heat, city wat»*r, electric cars pass the
door. Now doing profitable business. Very easy
terms. Good chance for live man. Owner going
to Europe. If interested address

FKTKB LAKS<*[>'. 136 Astor St.. Chicago,
or S. E. Smith A. Son, Batavia, 111.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paving business, both
local and shipping trade, well stocked and
a good stock coming on. Location the best
tor living and growing stock. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, care Am Florist.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY ae

At Nyack, N. Y. A plot 220x125
feet, on which are four Rose houses,
> 00x18x6, each house heated by a
No. J 6 Hitchings Boiler ; and seven
houses, each about 64xl( ft., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash tmyer. *

HITCHIN6S & CO.,

:t3Z Mercer St. NEW YORK.

1120

The American Florist.

Mar. i6.

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in tlie
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed tor Ten Cents.

AMERICAN ROSE CO., Washington, D. C.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, *^?oV"

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
ReftTpncs: 2(X) dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITCHARP, m Park, N. C.

Wbo!?>5aIe power/\arK^

CiNcnraATi, March 14.

Roses, Beauty 20 .00@35.00

Bride 4.00® 6.00

Bridesmaid 4.00® 6 00

Meteor 6.80® 8.00

Perle 3.00® 4.00

Carnations l.SO® 4.00

Violets 35® .50

Lilyof the valley 3.00® 4. CO

Roman Hyacinths 2.00® 3.00

Narcissus 3.00

Daffodils, Tulips 3. CO® 5.00

Harrisii lilies 13.50®15.00

Callas 8.0C® 10 00

Asparagus SO. 00

Smilax 12. 50® 15. 00

Adiantum 1 .00

Galas leaves .15

Common ferns .20

St. Lotns, March 14.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00® 8.00

•' Beauty, long, per doz.3.00@ 5.00
short " .75® 2 50

Perle 3.00® 5.00

Meteor 4.00® 8.00

'Carnations, comraon 1 25® 1.50

choice 3.00® 3.00

Lilv of the valley 3.00

Smilax 1^.50®15.00

Adiantum 1.00® 1.25

Qalai .15

Violets 15® .30

Narcissus 3.00

Romans 2.00

Swi-et peas .75

Callas 8.C0®13 60

Freesias 1 - CO

Tulips, Von SioDS 3.00

Single .Touquils 75® 1.00

Milwaukee, March 14.
Roses, Beauty, long, per doz. 3.00® 4.00
" '• med. " 2 00® 2.50

•' " short " 1.00® 1.50

Bride, Bridesmaid 5.00® 6.00

Meteor 5 00® 6.00

Golden Gate 5.00® el. 00

Perle 6.00® li 00

Carnations, ordinary 1.00® 1.60

fancy 2 00® 4.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Common ferns 25

Smilax 18 00

Asparagus 66.00

Galas leaves -20

Violets .50

Freesias 2.00

Romans, Paper While 2.00® 3.00

Lily or the Valley 3 00® 4.00

Harrisii 10.00@13.!i0

Calas 8.00@10.00

Tulip, single 3.00® 3.00

PiTTBBURO, March 14.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 30.0C@40.00

•• estra 20.00@25 00

Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00®12 00

Meteor 2.00® 8 OO

Perle 3.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 1.00® 1.50

fancy 2.00® 4.00

Violets 2n@ -W

Paper White. Romans 3 00® 3. CO

Von Sion 2.00® 3.00

Lily or the valley 1.00® 4.00

Mignonette 2.00® 4. CO

White Lilac. .per dozen .75®1.60

Sweet peas 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, Freesias 2.00® 4.00

Harrisii 10.00@15.00

Smilax 10.00@15.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Asparagus 35 .0C®75 .00

Sprengerii 20® .75

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 tl.25
Dagger ternr oer 1000, 2.00

A OEM.

The Best Ever Offered.

s s

THAT IS THE VERDICT OF FLORISTS
WHO HAVE SEEN THE NEW

KORAL" Letter.

It is the nearest approach to the natural Immortelle
letter yet made, and the lowest priced.

GEO. A. SUTHERLAND,

SOLE AGENT FOR THE U. S.,

34 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

' SHEErMOSSrWILrSMILAXrBRONZElND^REEN i
LEUCOTtiOE, AND OTHER GUT EVERGREENS.

Telephone 551

Madison Sqnare.

THE KERVAN CO., ^*> '^'"" ''^J^^* TJkK

CUT FLOWERS.

*P* v^ J* J^

Shipping orders receive prompt

and careful attention.

C. C. POLL WORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG GUT FLOWER CO., Ltd.

504

Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
PA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

No. 1 contains 25 lbs $3.60

No. 2 contains 3.t lbs 4.50

No. 3 contains 50 Iba 6.00

Brilliant Bronze or Green $1.25 per 1000

Small Green, for Violets 1 00 per lOOO

Telephone
798 Madison Sq.

FANCY FERN. DAGGER FERN, ETC., at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARD, 38 W. 28 h St., Niw York.

American florist Advts.

jL

-tine* T'rt=k»%&.

Choice Green and Bronze Galax.

Prif-H eic per 1000; 2050 lor $1, postage prepaid,
LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, n-d .t green, «L'.5u per 1000.

H. H. BII.Ii. Victoria, Macon Co., IT. C.

He

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AN

Indispensable Adjunct

To a successful wholesale business is an up-to-date,
accurate, complete Trade Directory. Such a
book, 397 pages, containing the name and
address of every florist, nurseryman and seedsman
in America, new list of private gardeners and horti-
cultural supply concerns and much other informa-
tion will be mailed from this office on receipt of $2.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO. |

324 Dearborn St., CHICAQO, ILL. |

igoi.

The American Florist.

1121

■jiSi^SSk

CARNATION
BLOOMS

Siupped direct from Greenhouses to
all points. Standing orders solicited.

SEND TO HEADQUARTERS
AND GET THE BEST.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.,

JOLIET, ILL.

Bassett& Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., cmCAGO.

Vfealesal* Dealers aid
Growers of

Cut Flowert

OKEENHOUSES: HINSDALE, ILL.

A. L. RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Wtih'
Ing^on St., Chicago.

Write tor •peol&I gnoutloni on Urge ordsn.
Please mention the Ameyican Florist when lutiting.

Benthey & Co.

F. F. BENTHEY, Manager,

Wholesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

"Conaignments solicited..

A. H. POEHLMANN,

*"s:f.,.i Cut Flowers

All telegraph and tPieohone orders
givea prompt attention.

55 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO.

Wholesale Store, :rr"

Sell our own-erown Roses, Beauties and Meteors
in quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy
reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both
Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.
Try U3.

124 Sixth Street. N.
Minneapolii. Minn.

BRANT & NOE.

The Cincinnati
Cut Flower Co.,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

416 Walnut St.,

CINCINNATI, 0.

Consignments Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Snipping Orders.

...6E0. M. KELL066...

; '"•-i^'r'w'eii: Cut riowera

Give m an order and we will please you.

Our Greenhoutet st PLEASANT HILL, MO
Our Store, 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO

i^^LOne DISTANOS 'PHOtnS AT BITHEB PLACB

Always

meption the American Flor-
ist when you order stock..?*

We are Beceivlng' a Very Select Iiot of

Roses, Carnations, Harrisii and GATTLEYAS,

American Beauties,

Per doz.

short »l.noto$1.50

medium .... 2.00 to 3.00

long 4.00 to 5.00

Per 100

Brides. Maids $4 00 to $ 6.00

Meteors S.OOto 8.00

Perles 2.06 to 4.00

Carnations, standard sorts l.COto 1.50

fancy 2.00 to 3.00

Harrisii 8.00 to lO.no

Callas S.OOto 12.00

Romans, Paper Whites 2.00 to S.'O

Valley 300to 4.00

Violets, double 50 to .75

" single .50

AND OFFER THEM AS FOLLOWS:

Per 100

Smilax 15.00 to 20.00

Adiantum 75 to 1.00

Mignonette 4.00

Asparagus 50.00

Ferns $2.00 per lOOU .25

Leucothoe Sprays .75

Mild Smilax.

Case No. 1, 15 lbs $2.00

Case No. 2, 20 lbs 3.25

Case No. 3, 25 lbs 3.75

Case No 4, 35 lbs 4.60

Case No. 5, 40 lbs 5.00

Case No. 6, 50 lbs 6.00

CATTLEYAS $5.00 per doz.

PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. P. AND D. AT COST.

Rooted Cuttings MRS. INE CARNATION, deep red, free bloomer. $7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000.

J. B. DEAMUD,

51 WABASH AVENUE,

.CHICAGO.

Iiong' Distance Phone, Central 3155.

J, K BUDLONG

37-39 Randolph Street, CmCAGO.

WHOLESALE

Roses and

A Specialty GROWER Of

CUT FLOWERS

Wbol^ale power/\arK^

Chicago, March 15.

Roses, Beauty, extra long stems.. $5.00

30 " " 4.0)

24 " " 3.00

" 20 " " 2 00

15 " " 1.50

" " 12 " " 1.00

" " short " .75

Bride, Bridesmaid 5.00® 6.00

Meteor 5.00® 6.00

Perle 3 00® 5.00

GoldenGate 8 00@12.00

Carnations 1 50® 2.00

fancy 3.00® 4.00

Violets 50® 1. 00

Callas, Harrisii 10.CO@12.50

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Paper Whites, Romans 2.00® 3.00

DafTodils, Freesias 2. CO® 3.00

Tulips 2.00® 4.00

Mignonette 3.00

Cattleyas 5. 00 doz.

Adiantum 1.00

Common ferns per 1,000 2 60 .28

Galas leaves, per lOOO $1.00 .15

Smilax per dozen l.GO® 2.00

Asparagus. ..per dozen 7.50@10.00

SSU»Vt^Jifitfihi)lnuM'iNVM\

WEILAND & RISCH

can save you

money on

Cut
Flowers

We are extensive growers and
have unsurpassed ship-
ping facilities.

WRITE OR TELEQRAPH.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO.

E. H. Hunt

THE "OLD RELIABLE" FOR

WHOLESALE-

Hunt's Flowers
Qo Everywhere

76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

600,000 FEET OF GLASS.
Headquartera for American Beauty.

51 Wabash Ave., - CHICAGO, ILL.

Please mention the American Florist when wriline

GEO. REINBERG,

™?,r£.. Cut Flowers

Choice American Beautlej.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

B1 Wabash Ava., CHICAQO, ILL.

JOHN B. FERGUSON,

Wholesale Elorlst,

NO. 6 DIAMOND MARKET SQUARE,
PITT8BURG. PA.

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and Violets

Solicited.
Please mention the A merican Florist when wr^in^ .

American Florist Advts.
Always Sell Stock.

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Mar. lb,

EASTER

We are now booking orders and offering a very
choice stock of
plants for Eas-
ter delivery. ^

Samuel S. Penoock.

OUR NEW HEADQUART ERS

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND,

( Formerly 67 Bromfield Street.)

3-i Ma-v»rley St., :bOSTOI«.

are spacious, convenient and ccntr aL
If you want the best Boston Flowers
or first class supplies of any kind we
arc prepared to supply you promptly
and satisfactorily. Call and see
for yourself. J- J- J- J- j^ J-

TELEPHONE 1270 MAIN.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, » """'Toston! mIs" '*""

WELCH BROS., Proprietors.

Also New Bngland Agents for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.
Acknowledged by all florists tne beet In use. Special prices for doz. Iota.

Sole Agents for FREYSTEDTS' Immortelle Letters and Emblems.
Block Letters. $2 or r 100. Script Letters, S4 per 100.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR

We Supply the New England Trade

With Highest Grade

ROSES, GflRNflTIONS.
bliy OF THE YflLLEY.

\/ir\l CTC and all flowers the

V lUlsL I tJ Boston market affords.

PRICES RIGHT and Packing Propeklt Done.

N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

ri,i. 734 and 64. 84 Hawlcy St., BOSTON.

Hease mention the American Florist when writing.

Frank M. Ellis,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

1316 Pine btreet,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CC>NSf<iNMENT8 SOLICITED.

H.G-BERNING

Wholesale riorist

1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

mS PINE STREET.

~- LOUIS, MO. !

IVA complete line of Wire Designs. i

Desirable Advertising Space '

Wbol^ale power/\arl^

Boston, March
Roses,. Beauty, extra

13.

.20 00@30.00
.10.00@ln.00

culls

" Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteoi

extra

Carnations

. 4.00® 8.00
. 4.00® 8.00
.10.00®12 00
. 1.(0® 2.0O

2 00® 3 (10

Roman hyacinths, Fifeesias.

. .75® 1.50

Lily of the valley

Mignonette

Tulips, Yellow narcissus

. 1.00® 3.00
. 2.00® 4.00
. 1.00@ 3.00
. .35® .60

Adiantum

Smilax

. .75® 1.00
in 00(5115 on

Asparagus

Sprengerii, .20® .
Philadelphia, Ma

Roses, Tea

" " extra

Beauty, extra

firsts

Carnations

" fancy

Lily of the valley

Romans, Paper Whites

50.00

25 per bunch
rch 13.

4.00® 8.00

10.00@12.00

.... 25.iO@40.OO

8.0J@15.00

l.UO® 1 50

2.5C@ 5.00

2.0C@ 4.00

2.00® 4. CO

Violets, single

double

. .Ill® .25
. .25® .75
. 35 00®50 00

Smilax

.12 .^orasn nn

Adiantum '. . . . 1 .00

Buffalo, March 14.

Roses, Beauty 5.00@50.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4.00®10.00
Carnations 1.00® 4.00

Smilax

15 00

Adiantum

. 1.00® 1 25

Asparagus

Violets

.50.00@75.00
. .50® 1.00

llarrisii

13 nois.ifi rn

1604

Ludlow Street,
Philadelphia....

Phone 1-42.69-A.

on the walls
of the

...Jo Rent

BOSTON FLOWER MARKET

Effective. Profitable. Address

GEO. CARTWRIGHT. Secretary, 1 Park St.. BOSTON.

llEADQUARrE^

|p^5>^5TEB»*.
'"■"^^*tlt>N YORK

GIVE

US

A

TRIAU

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

Open day
and night. ^SSi,,_„, _^^__

Roses. CarnatiCiis and all kinds of
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

llfU C VICTlUn Wholesale Com-
nnii ri IIA9III1U| mission Florist.

481 Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y.
Also Dealer in Florists' Supplies & Wire Designs.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS,

liONO DISTANCE DUII ADCI DUIl Dl

'Phone 3-(5-94 D. rlllLAUCLrniA, rAi

Consignmentt ol Choice Valley and Rotes lolicitad.

Geo. M. |V|oss, ,

WHOLESILE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long Distance Phone 1-41-28 D.

Consignments ol Roses, Carnations, Violets solioili I,

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wholesale Florist,

17 5. nth St., Tele phone 63-64. PHILADELPHU

Orders by mall, telesraph or telephone will
receive prompt attention.

Confllenments of Kood stock aollclted.

SHIPPING UBELS 's!

••Cut Flowers

Printed in two colors on gummed
paper; your card, etc. In black and
feat adopted by the S. A. P. in red.
Very attractive. Price per 500.S2.85;
per 1000, »4.50. Send for samples

CUCTRO or THIS UAT, POSTPAID, «.2a.

American Florist Co.,

fl^^.^ CHICAOO.

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE TRADE.

The undersigned have opened a first-class establishment for the sale of cot flowers at wholesale
on commission at 3 Ordway Place, Boston, Mass. Correspondence with growers and buyers solicited.

LAWRENCE COTTER, Telephone

LAWRENCE J. FLYNN. Connection.

.NEW tilGLAND GUT FLOWER COMPANY.

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The American Florist.

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TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

Xvily o« tlxe 'V^iiejr.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1998 MadlBon Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS *n-ew"york®""''

SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, all leading varieties, also rare novelties.
Shipping a Specialty. 4S"Price list on application.

TELEPHONE 206B MADISON SQUARE.

Walter r. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ,

Telephone 902 Madison Square.

39 West 28th St., NEW YORK.

William Qhormley,

Wholesale Plorist, =^ "^^i^^w^IuToIty.

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley, and all other
flowers ia season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
Mttd'son Square.

SHIPPING ORDERS

Given Special Attention.

JOHN YOUNG

Has the best BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY in New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO. ^

All Choice Flowers daily.
61 West 28tli St., NEW YORE.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thii. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER^

. ; . . 3D West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 651 Madison Square.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,

408 E. 34th Straat,

Out Flewtr Exchange. NEW YORK.

Telephone S99 Madison Sqnare.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-412 E. S4th St. Near Ferry.
Open for Cut Flower Sales at 6 o'clock
Kvery fifomlne

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON. Secretary.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

ffii GUI Flowers

All orders receive most careful attention.
TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA.

Six prizes American Rose Poclety. New York City.

It is guuU buHiness policy
to mention the

..AMERICAN nORIST

whpn von writB to »n advortiier.

Choice Carnations.

Selected Roses.

Traendly&Schenck

NEW YORK CITY,

38 W. 28tli Street,

New Telephone No.

Cut Flower Exchange.

98 A 799 Madison Sq.

Wbol^ale flower/\arK^

New York, March 13.

Roses, Beauty, select 2i.00@33.00

medium 10.00@I5.00

culls 1.50® 3.00

Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor 1.60® 3.00

med'm 4 00@ 6.00

" select.. 8 00® 10 00

Bruunprs b.Ofa.S, 00

Carnations 75(ai 2.10

fancv 3.(10® 5.00

Lily of the valley 1.50® 3.00

Smllax 12.00@15.00

Asparagus 25.0ii@50.00

Sprengerii, perdoz.bun.2.00®3 00

Adiantum 76® 1.00

Violets 10® .60

California 20® .50

Harrisii lilies 6.00® 8.00

Mignonette 1.00® 5.00

Paper White narcissi 1.00® 1.50

R. hyacinths. Jonquils, Freesias, .5U® 1.50

Tulips, Von Sion narcissi l.OO® 2 00

Cattleyas 35.00®50 00

MILLANO & SALTfORD,

Wholesale Commission Dealers in

CUT FLOWERS

50 West 29th St., NEW YORK.

Tpli'phone 1304 Madison Square.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

QROWERSandFLOWFR BUYERS.
Write for Terms and Quotations.

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 29th street, NEW YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

The New York Gut Flower Go.

119 and 121 West 23d Street,

112 and 114 West 24th Street,

T«i*phon«733-l8th. NEW YORK.

CONSIQNMCNTS SOLICITED.

Special Attention Siven to Shipping Orders.

FORD BROS.

....WHoiesale Florists,

III West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BIG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. 'Phone, 157 Madison Sq.

Julius Lang

53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

Represents the Best Growers of

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Square.

S. J. LIMPRCCHT,

Wholesale Gommission Florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street, NFU/ YODK

Telephone 14:« MadiBon Square. I»l-M I Ultn.

CoDSlgnmeiits Solicited.

fl. H. immm,

19 Boerum Place. Brooldyn, N. Y.,
Controls the best Brooklyn

Cut Flower Trade.
Consignors get the Benefit.

Always mention the

American Florist

«»>>)an writing ftHv*»TtiteTt.

Try the new
Flower Commission House

r. B. BRINLEY & CO

48 W. 30th St.,

M NEW YORK GITY.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH GROWERS SOLICITED.

TelejDti.cun.e t£l&S IVI^tllso*:*. S<gitj.^re.

Now we have

Daffodils,
Tulips,
Sweet Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN.

cyj

47aWE8T c 28th o ST..

NEW YORK.

F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Tel. 421
MadisoD'Square

Special in
Roses :

Liberty, Pres. Carnot,
Kalserin. Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

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The American Florist.

Mar. 16.

The ^eeE) T^side.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

Albert McCollodgb, Pres. ; F. W. Boloiano,
Vioe-Pres.; S. P. Willakd, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Sec'y and Treas.

Nineteenth annual convention, Rochester, N.
Y.. June 11-13. 1901.

Bartbldes & Co., Lawrence, Kans.,
report trade opening better than ever
before.

Hollanders estimate the Dutch bulb
orders at Springfield, O., to aggregate
$35,000.

Onion set prices are changing, whites
being worth $2 to $2 25, reds perhaps
$1.60 and yellows $1.25 or under.

The country is again full of Holland
bulb men and they seem to have acquired
the American habit of being interviewed
by the newspapers. Some of the narra-
tives prove the gentlemen eligible to our
Ananias society.

The garden seed trade is brisk in the
south, east and as far north as the Ohio
river, but the snow, continued cold and
storms evidently delay orders consider-
ably in the central, northern and western
states, although most houses report
business reasonably good.

Visited Chicago: Chas. P. Braslan,
of San Jose, Cal ; A.J. Brown, of Grand
Rapids, Mich.; L. G. Colyn, representing
Van Zanten Bros., of HiUegom, Holland;
Herman Vlasveld, representing G. Vlas-
veld & Sons, B.D Kapteyn, representing
Van Waveren & Kruyff, and Herman C.
Baartman, of Sassenheim, Holland.

«L. L. May & Co., St. Paul, Minn:—
Would say that our catalogue mail
trade in February this year was thirty
per cent larger than last yeai". March
so far has shown an increase of ten per
cent over last year. We have done no
advertising this year and have not issued
as many catalogues as in former years.
Orders average larger and there appears
to be an unusually good demand for
farm seeds, onion seed and fruits.

The government seed contract for the
distribution of 1902 is reported to have
been awarded asfollows: About $90,000
worth each to the Henry Phillips Seed
and Implement Co., of Toledo, Ohio, and
the New York Market Gardeners' Associ-
ation. This is the largest order for the
government use ever given. It is under-
stood that the remaining portion of the
distribution of $270,000 will be pur-
chased later through disbursing officer
Capt. R. J. Whittleton, by special pur-
chase.

Seeding Stocks For Double Flowers.

Some of the Lancashire folk are enthu-
siastic growers of stocks, and in order to
secure the largest proportion of seeds
that will produce plants throwing double
flowers, they recommend that the single-
flowering plants be not allowed to seed
the first si-ason; but have all the flowers
pinched off. be potted up for the winter,
and planted out to seed the second year.
In some parts of Lancashire there can be
found in cultivation a very fine variety
bearing the name of John Bright, and
bearing large spikes of deep crimson blos-
soms. They assert that by way of secur-
ing a large percentage of double varie-
ties, the single flowered plants should be
treated as above direeterl; and this sea-
son we are experimenting in this direc-
tion. — Horticultural Advertiser.

To Make Room for Spring Plant Importations.

SPECIAL SALE AT SPECIAL PRICE

Cash With Order, Plcase.jn

Excelsior Dwarf Pearl Tuberoses.

First Quality, First Sizo. 4-6-I11., per 100. Sil.OO; per 500, S2.75; per 1000,

W4.75; per 3000, S9.00; per 4000, iSlT.OO.
Second size, 3-4-tD. blooming: bulbs, per barrel of 1500, S4.00.

Send for Wholesale Price List cf Hardy Roses and Spring Flowering Bulbs.

G. H. JOOSTEN, Importer, 85 Dey St., NEW YORK.

IPl^^s^ Orcai^r .A.t Oincse.

JOHNSON & STOKES' SPECIAL BULB OFFER

Begonias, Giant Single Tuberous (separate colors), 40c per doz ; S3 per lOO; |25 per lOOO
Giant Single Tuberous Choice Mixed, 35c per doz.; $2 50 per 100; $22 per 1000
Giant Sirglff Tuberous Choice Dbl. Mxd., 5nc perdoz., $4 per 100; $35 per 1000

Gloxinia Crasslfolia Grandiflora, Choice Mixed SOcper doz.; >4 per icO; 830 per lOOO

Caladium Esculentum, 6- 8-in. circumference 40c per doz ; $3.00 per 100

8-10 " " 60c " 4.50

10-12 " " 90c " 6.00 "

Gladiolus, Choice Mixed, No. i (fine bulb<) $125 per 100; $10 00 per ICOO

No. 2 " 1.00 " 7.50

Tuberoses, Double Excelsior Pearl No. 1 (fme bulbs) 75 " 5 00 "

Dahlias, Show Varieties Mixed $1.00 per doz., $7.00 per 100

Cactus, Show Varieties Mixed 1.00 " 8.00 "

P.-mpon, •' " " IflO " 8.00

Oxalis, Summer Flowering 35c per 100. |2 50 fer 1030

JOHNSON & STOKES, Seedsmen, 217-219 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.

PUasf tnpniion the American Florist when irrit'*"^

G. VLASVELD & SONS, sassenheim, Holland

Address all c<'innuinicatiou3 to Messrs. KN^UTH, NACHOD & KtHNE, 13 William St., S. Y. Cily

Growers of Superior

HYACINTHS. TULIPS & DAFFODILS

ESTABLISHED 1802

SEEDS

rresh Seeds Now on Hand.

Asparagus Sprengeril $3.00 per lOOO

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, S.oo "
Cocos weddeliana 7.co "

Wholesale Price List of High Class
Flower Seeds etc., for Florists, tree
upon application.

J.IVI.THORBURN&CO.

(Late of IS John Street)

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW YORK

GRASS SEEDS.

Kentucky Blue, Orchard, Timothy, Red Top,
Meadow Fescue, Perennial and Italian Rye Grass,
Tall Meadow Oat, Johnson, Bermuda, Creeping
Bent, Wood Meadow and other Domestic and
Imported varieties. CLOVERS— Red, Sah-
ling. Alfalfa, Crimson, White, Alsike, Japan, etc.
WOOD, STUBBS & CO'.S 'EVERGREEN" and * SHADY
GREEN" Lawn Grasses are giving the best satis-
faction everywhere. Put up in packages and
bulk. Special low prices to the trade.

OXVlOZi SEXS YeMow and Potato

Wholesale prices for present or future deliveries.

WOOD. STUBBS & CO..

fhe Largest and Best Collection of S**e4]s in t*,..
LOUISVILLE, KY.

TUBEROSE BULBS.

(Excelsior Pearl.)

Genuine Hallock dwarf strain, cured by fire
heat, sound, dry, hand picked.

FIRST SIZE— F. O. B. Chicaso, 4 to 6-in., per 1000,
$6.iiO; 3000 $18.00.

From N. Y. City, 50o per ICOO less.
Mammoth Bulbs— 6 to 8-in., per 1000, J9.00.
Medium Bulbs— 3 to 4-in,, per 10C0,$3..')O; 10,000 lots,
f. o. b. Chicago, $28.50; f.o. b. New York, 827.50.
WE MEET competition, quality considered.

Iaughan's seed store,

CHICAGO :

84-86 Randolph St.

NEW YORK:
14 Barclay St.

BULBS!! BULBS!!

EXCELSIOR PEARL TUBEROSE

and CALADIUM ESCULENTUM.

All sizes, fine crop. Ready now. Writefor prices to

JohnF.Croom&Bro .crQwers.Magnolia.N.C.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS SEEDS, ready for delivery

March Iftth. |6.0(p ]ier 100.
FREESIA BULBS, ',-iiicli nnd up, «3.00 pir lOOO.

H-iiich to 'o-iiioh, $1.25 per luOO.
COTTAGE NURSERY, San Dieso. Calif.

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tie Who Seeks Tine Stock

NEED LOOK NO FARTHER THAN OUR STORE

For the best to be found in Chicago at Easter or any other time.

For the Current Week.

BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra long stem $5 00

Stems 30 inches 4.00

24 " 3.00

" 20 " 2.00

" 15 " 1.50

12 " 1.00

Short stem .75

ROSES Per 100

Brides and Maids $5.00— $6 00

Meteors 5.00— 6.00

Perles 4.00— 5 00

RosiB, good seconds 3.00 — 4.00

CARNATIONS Per 100

Standard sorts $1 50— $2.00

Fancys 3.00— 4.00

MISCELLANEOUS

Harrisii, Callas. per doz., $1.25— $1 50

Alvssum per 100, .25

Valley " 2.00— 4.00

Paper Whiles " 2.00—3 00

Daffodils " 2.00— 3.00

Tulips " 3.00— 4 00

Romans " 3.00

Freesias " 3 00—4.00

Margaerites " .50— 1.00

Violets " .50— 1.00

Migaoneite per doz., .50— .60

DECORATIVE

Asparagus per string, $ .50 — $ .60

Galax, 10,000, $7.50; 1000,

$100 per 100, .15

Ferns, 1000, $2 50, " .25

Leucothoe Sprays, " 1.00

Adiantum "' 100

Smilax per doz , 150— 2 00

Store open from 7 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. dally.
Sundays and holidays closed at noon.

IT isn't egotism which inspires our frequent alla-
sions to the high quality of the stock we

handle. We've a big trade, but we want it to
be larger; we're on the lookout for all the orders we
can get; our facilities are equal to every emergency,
and we are confident that when the buyers under-
stand that we've always the best stock in the
market we shall have their preference. We give
every buyer just the grade of stock he wants (most
of you want the very best) and bill every shipment
at Chicago market rates.

A house that gives satisfaction at as busy a
holiday as last Christmas will be able to do the same
thing every day in the year. We have a number
of unsolicited letters like the following. Don't this
one make you want to buy of us ?

St. Paul, Minn., December 24, 1900.
Me. E, C. Amling, 32-36 Randolph St., Chicago.

Dear Sir: — We wish to compliment you on the very
fine stock which you hare shipped to us. It is a pleasure
to do business with a house which at Holiday times, sends
out choice, fresh cut stock, as you have done. We have
wired you another order today, which we hope you can
fill promptly, and will remember where to obtain the best
stock and favor you accordingly in the future.

With best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year, we remain, Yours truly,

L. L. May & Co.

Let Us Book
Your Easter Order Now

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph St.

LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE
CENTRAL 1977.

CHICAaO, ILL. ,

Please mention tfie A ftterican t\uriu when writing.

1126

The American Florist.

Mar. 16

The Nursery TRfJt)E.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Tbko. J. Smith, Pres. ; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres.;
Qeobge C. Seagee, Rochester. N. Y., Seo'y.

Twenty-sixlh annual convention, Niagara Falls
JJ. Y., June 12-14, 1901.

C. W. Sampson, the Eureka, Minn.,
nurseryman, has filed a petition in bank-
ruptcy.

P. S. Bebckmans, Sr., of Augusta, Ga.,
has taken up his residence at Upper Mont-
clair, N.J.

Nearly every nurseryman reports unu-
sually bright prospects for the approach-
ing spring's delivery.

J. H. Hale says to plant your peaches
on high ground, for it is coolest in sum-
mer and warmest in winter.

T. S, HuBBABD, formerly of Fredonia
but now of Geneva, N. Y., has sailed for
an oriental tour to occupy four months.

It is none too early for fruit growers
to make up their minds to market in
1901 the highest grade crop on record.
Poor fruit is unprofitable at best.

W. F. Heikes, manager of the Hunts-
ville (Ala.) Wholesale Nurseries, is in St.
Louis to remain two months to distrib-
ute stock shipped to cold storage there.
This is the twenty-first year Mr. Heikes
has shipped stock to St. Louis for distri-
bution.

NORWAY MAPLES

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

Hillsdale, Mich.

It may interest some of the florist
brethren to know that there is a prospect
bf some good openings in southern Mich-
igan for good, healthy, strong florists.
There are three workers out qf commis-
sion here in Hillsdale. Brother Hughes
broke his arm. Brother Ellis is down with
the grip in its worst form, and Carl
Hirscti broke his collar bone.

At Hudson Brother Thomas' boiler
broke down on one of the coldest nights,
and Brother.s Pierce &Johnson, of Adrian,
had a bad "freeze up;" night man went
to sleep. C. H.

Peoria, 111.

The seed establishment of James C.
Murray may be congratulated on secur-
ing the contract for grass seed to be used
by the park system of this city. This
should be a source of great encourage-
ment to his assistant, John H. Cox, who
is looking after the seed and nursery
business the first year that a general
line of all kinds of seeds, fruit trees, etc.,
has been carried.

Murray is cutting some excellent blooms
of Crane, Marquis, Daybreak and Joost
carnations, also some good Von Sion
narcissus and tulips. The roses are now
coming in great profusion, the Brides,
Bridesmaids, Perles and Woottons being
exceedingly fine.

The cut flower trade is keeping up to
the regular standard, chiefly in funeral
work, old Father Time still continuing
hi* onward march and occasionally
nicking the thread of life. Alpha.

50 to 100 CATALPA BUN6EI, 7 to 8 ft.

jttms. straight. 4 vrs. heads.
6000 CALIFORNIA PRIVET, iyi to 4 ft.,
twice cut back.

yrOTR PRICE.S AT ONCE.

STOYE & STEELE, Little Silver, N. J.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, William Warner IIakpeii, Prop.,

CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA,

PA.

FRUIT GROWERS WHEN IN DOUBT

Of where to procure the best Japan Plum try the Western Ntw York grown. Thev
have a reputation and are considered the hardiest and healthiest proauced. Write at
one? tor special prices. We have also a fair supply of other stock.

Gil ROY BROinrRS. Dansville. N. Y. ,ii.i».MB_Esn_».

Choicest Fruit and Ornamental Trees.

Shrubs, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds. 40 Acres Hardy Roses. 44 Qreenhouses
of Palms, Everblooming Roses, Ficus, Ferns, Etc. Correspondence
solicited. Catalogue Free. 47 Years. 1000 Acres.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO.,

PainesviHei Ohio.

BARGAINS.

100 1000

Clematis Paniculate. 2 years .JS.OO $.=10.00

(Sei? wliolesiiln list for other sizes.)

Hydrangea P. G., ly. to 2 ft 6,00 50.C0

2 to 3 ft 700 65.0J

.1lo4ft ; lu.OO 9500

100.000 CALIFORNIA PRIVET. See wholesale l.st.
Manetti and Multiflora Stocks a barsaio.
50,1 00 H. P. Roses, two years old. Per 100

Climbing Roses. 2 years old. strong, own roots, ,$6.00

Tennessee Belle. Felicitp Perpetue. strong 4.00

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. bu»h and climbing.
4-inch pots, strong phints 10.00

SEND FOR WHOLESALE LIST.

THE ELIZABETH NURSERY CO.,

.ELIZABETH, N. J.

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII

strong 3-yr.-old plants, pots, 100, 15; lOOO, $40.

AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA

Strong 3-yr., Held grown; 1(0, $5; lOOO, $40.

CLEMATIS PANICULATA

strong 2-ye:ir, field-grown,. 100. tf>; 1000, $40.
Strong 3 year, fleld-gruwn. aO, ,$8; 1000. $7U.

HONEYSUCKLE, Hall's Japan

strong 2-year, fleld-gvown. 1(0, $5; 1000. 840.

THADDEIIS N. YATES & CO.,

Mount Airy Nurseries.
7356 Germanlown Ave.. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Manetti...

English grown $12.50 per 1000

Crimson Rambler...

$5.00 to $15.00 per 100

Privet in all sizes.

Ask Fon Catalogue.

HIRAM T. JONES,

Union County Nurseries, EI.IZABETH, N. J.

NORWAY,
SUGAR.

Maples

From 1 to 3-inch caliper, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list.

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisvine, Bucks Co., Pa.

CLEMATIS— 2 years, $2.00 per doz., 12 best kinds.
H. P. ROSES— 2 year, fine dormant plants, owp

roots, choice assortment, Jl.bO per dozen; ••*'1O0

per 100.

F. A. BALLER, Bloomington, III.

70£6

Fruit Trees, Small Fruits, inrlnding
grapes. Ornamental Trees, Evergreens
and Shrubs for public and private grounds.
Shade Trees ior streets. Hardy Roses,
Hardy Plants, Climbers, etc.

Our beautifully illustrated catalogue, replete
with practical hints for planters, FREE.

ELLWANGER & BARRY,

Mt. Hope Nurseries, ROCHESTER. N. Y.
Established over 60 years.

The Horticultural TRADE BULLETIN

is a monthly puI)lication issued by us which con-
tains a comple'e list of the stoci: offered by us
and much else of interest to the trade.

IT WILL BE MAILED FREE to any mem-
ber of the trade upon application.
V>'e still have unsold a splendid assortment of
ROSES CLEMATIS VINES CONIFERS
HERBACEOUS PLANTS
FLOWERING SHRUBS
ORNAMENTAL TREES (Includmg C. L,. Birch)
CURRANTS CRAPES CHERRIES

GOOSEBERRIES PEACHES

Special l>arj:ains to offer in her'twccnus plants
and conifprs. {:^~lf .you are a wholesale buyer of
trees or plants and do not receive the "Bulletin" be
sure to write lor it.

JACKSON & PERKINS CO., ag:;;^^Srk.

1-2 to 15 inches $i.00 per ICO; $10 00 per 1000

1,5 lo 18 inches 6.00 per lOn; SO.OO perlOOO

18 to 24 inches 10.(0 per 100; 7.=..00 per 1000

34 to 30 inches 12.(10 per 100; 100.00 per lOJO

Rubber plants ^rown from top cuttinas strong
plants from 6-inch pots. 18 inches, $5.00 per dozen;
6-inch pots 24 inches, $8.00 per dozen.

Israene Caiuthina, stroot: blooming bulbs,
$1200perl00. jqsePH HEINL. Jacksonville, III.

■S^oTHEMOON

Company

For r Trees, Shrubs, Vines,
Your I and Small Fruits.

Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free.
THE WM. H. MOON CO.,
Morrisville, Pa.

For Sale Cheap.

200 Carolina Poplars. 10 to 12 foot hish.

15uO Sugar Maple Trees, set-dlings, average J

ftrt hiiih.
100 Doz. Cannas. Bismarck, Florence Vaughan,

Paul Marquant, Chas. Henderson, good

stmni; jiljints ready May 1st.

E. ROACH, Sta. 3, Nashville, Tenn.

jgoT.

The American Florist.

1127

Kennicott

Bros. Co.,

Wholesale Cofflmission Florists
rrofoV^ Florists' Supplies.

42 and 44 E. Randolph St.

CHICAGO.

IRENE.

HaviiiK handled "Irene" as cut flowers for the past four years, we can
say that it is one of tbe best Pink Carnations we Ret. It is the most
fragrant of all Carnations and we therefore recommend it to all who
winit stoL'k that will surely sell. Fragrance alone will sell it. Price $1.50 per dozen,
$10 per 1 0. $75 per 1000. Book orders now for CUTTINGS. Don't miss this,
for surely it is the best Carnation on the market.

WHOLESALE PRICE LIST.

Best Brides and Maids $3.00

Good ' 4.00

Perles 3.01

Meteors 5.O0

Roses, our selection

American Btauties, long 3.03

m-d um. '2.<t0

" short 1 01

CaruatioDS, fancy 3 UO

flnc 1.50

" our selection

Callas and Harrisii 1.25

Lily of the Valley 2.00

Roman Hyacinths

Violfts 40

Pa oer White 2.'

Tulips 3.0J

Daffodils i'.OO

Freesia

Smilax 1.50

Asparagus

Leucothoe

Ferns, Adiantura

common

Galax Leaves

to $6.00 per 100
to 5.00 "
to 5.(0
to 6.00

3.10 "
to 4.00 per doz.
to 3.511
to 1.50

to 4.00 per lOD
to 2.00

1.2S
to 1.50perdoz.
to 4.0O per 100

3.00
to 1.00
to 3.00
to 3.00
to 3 00

3.00
to 2 03 per doz.
..60o per string
...Itl.OOper 100
... l.CO "
... 2.00 per lOOO
... l.CO "

Prices Subject to Change Without Notice.

McKellar b Winterson

Wholesale Dealers in Everything for Florists.

Should You Not Receive OUR 1901 CATALOGUE, Write Us for Same.

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Pl<^ase mention American Florist when writing.

iisws^^ssMmiWMMMmsimssi^^

Flowering Plants

** Per 100

Chinese Primroses, 3>^-inch,
in bloom $5.00

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 2-in. 2.00

Fuchsias, 5 vars , 2-in 2.C0

Abutilon, trailing, 2-in 3.00

Flowering Begonias, 2-in 2.00

Geraniums, assorted, 2-in 2.0O

100.000

Hardy Herbaceous Plants

SEND FOR LIST.
CASH PLEASE.

EDWARD B. JACKSON,

Stamford, Conn,

f^euie mentton tm- A wfyican Florist when writing.

We Sell For

L. J. ENDTZ. Boskoop, Holland, all ornamental
hardy I'lonsts' and Nursery Stock.

HABRBNS BROS., Somergem, Belgium, Azalea
Indica, Palms, Araucarias, etc.. Decorative
Plants.

Orders booked now for Spring or Fall delivery.
We also book now import orders for Summer and
Fall delivery of Lilies, Lily of the Valley, etc.
Bulbs. Address

August Rdlker & Sons, sapeyst.. New York.

The Largest Fancy Carnation.

-PROSPERITY-

4 few thousand ready for immediate delivery.
Speak quick if you want them.

I»rio©® for Kfooted Cvitting^J*

1 Plant % .50

12 Plants 5 00

25 Plants 8.25

50 Plmts 10.00

100 Plants 16.00

250 Plants % 37.50

500 Plants 70.00

750 Plants 101.25

1000 Plants 130.00

WRITE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS.,

Flatbush, N. ¥.

j«^- Pansies '"'"

The Jenning:s strain. Fine stock, choice varie-
ties. Medium size plants, 60c per llO by mail, 84
per 1000 by express. The above growing in cool
greenhouses. Seed, $1 per pkt., to per oz. Cash
with order.

t. B.JENNINGS. Grower of the Finest Pansies,
Lock Box 254. Southport, Conn.

Rooted Cuttings OF THE

NEW AND STANDARD CARNATIONS.

Send for price list.
WM. SWAYNE. Box 226, Kenneft Square, Pa.

I have several thousand
ETHEL CROCKER CARNATIONS

left which 1 will close out at $15 per
1000. Order quick. Well-rooted and
healthy.

Also several thousand Bride, Mala and
Golden Gate Roses at $lo per 1000.

CASH WITH ORDER.

QEO. HARRER, Morton Grove, III.

1128

The American Florist.

Mar. J 6

Our Pastimes.

Announcements of coming contents or other
events of interest to our bowlinf?, shooting and
cycling readers are solicited and will be given
place in this column.

Address all correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.;
Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa,;
or to the Americao Florist Co , 324 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

At St. Louis.

Not many were in attendance at the
alleys on Monday, March 11, and those
that were present did not hold up to
their regular mark. The scores were as
folio vTs:

Player Ist 2d 3d 4th Av

Kuehn 167 203 153 160 171

Beneke 177 137 IfH 179 164

Kunz 1B4 14S 146 14S

Young I.=.8 125 138 137

Adels 79 179 143 128 132

Weber 121 127 134 12-2 126

R. J. M.

At Philadelphia.

Things are very warm on the allejs
these days, .\lmost any afternoon or
evening some ambitious players are to be
seen in the club room, hunting glory and
getting themselves into trouble almost
at the same time, for it don't take long
to play a game and see who has to put
up the tickets. W. Graham made 221
and 201 in athree-game match last week,
when an eight-man team defeated a team
from Trenton, N. J., by over 600 pins.
A warm game will be the ten-man match
with a like number of the Century Club.
whose twenty-man team was defeated
by the Florists on February 22. It is to
be played Friday night, March 15, and
Vill attract the entire bowling talent of
the city. W. Graham has offered a silver
cup ior the best twenty-five games each
month. The players are all handicapped,
to have an equal chance, and the cup
has to be won three times to settle the
ownership. K.

At New York.

The Florists' Bowling Club continues
on its victorious career, vanquishing all
comers and looking ahead with confi-
dence to the carnage it will make among
its boastful rivals at Buffalo next
August. In the games last week the
following scores were made:

March 9 1st 2d March 5 Ist 2d

Lang 168 188 Burns 146 151

Traendly Z>\ 129 Traendly 175 2r3

Lentz 141 16J Lentz 144 191

Ilafner 128 202 Hafner 147 175

Thielmann 200 203 Thielmann,... 140 186

Total 858 884 Total 7S2 9n6

Am. Bowl, Chib.764 807 Fidelin ..900 907

The regular practicegames on Monday
afternoon resulted thus:

Player 1st 2d 3d

Traendly 160 152 100

Lentz 180 138 134

Hafcer 117 130 145

Burns ■ 150 185 128

Melba 122 117 100

Ebel 128 122 103

Lang 119 163 155

Siebrecht 159 117 129

liutterfleld 131 121 135

Shaw 137 135 149

Syracuse Vbits Utica. i>"!Z!

Florists from Syracuse visited Utica
March 11 with the intention of putting
upon the local florists the stigma of
defeat, repeating the dose given to the
Uticans when they visited the Salt City
some time ago. Bowling is the forte of
these florists and there are no better
bowlers in the business than the local
flower growers. They proved it Monday

night, when they defeated the Syracusans
by 148 pins. While the scores were not
the best that have ever been made in the
city, yet they were good enough for the
florists, and no one else has any "kick
coming."

The Syracusans arrived at two o'clock
in the afternoon and were met at the
depot by a committee of local florists.
The visitors were conducted around the
town, visiting en route the greenhouses
of William Pfeiffer, William Mathews,
Baker & Son, J. C. Spencer, C. F. Seitzer,
Peter Crowe and Donald McLean. At
each place refreshments were served. At
six o'clock all adjourned to Karl's res-
taurant, where a dinner was served that
had all the concomitants of a banquet.
After the visitors had feasted they were
taken to the Maennerchor alleys and
there it was "rubbed into them." The
scores speak for themselves and were as
follows: *

Svrnruse 1st 2.1 3d T'l

D. if. Camphoi: 134 121 114 369

W.Dow 1.S7 128 120 40i

Thos. Bishop 99 ll9 147 3i5

Cbas. Fox 150 1C7 117 374

GeorsR Hum 113 101 96 310

W. .T. Quiiikin 81 114 140 335

A.H.Dftvis 112 130 124 366

R. H.C. Bard KG 140 143 389

.1. F. Duun 123 138 117 378

D. V. Miner 104 142 97 343

Joseph HuUai- -..89 102 119 310

Total 1268 1332 1334 3934

Dtica 1st 2d 3d T'l

Baker 152 141 120 413

Rowlands i 128 132 105 36.i

Spencer 149 125 133 4'i7

Wilcox 151 156 176 483

C.Mathews 109 118 124 3S1

P.Crowe i:ffi 118 82 328

W.Mathews 99 93 ■ 90 S8!

Jluvphy 82 13« 116 326

Dav 135 151 116 402

Hiidfb'and 104 124 148 3;6

H.Mathews 138 1(1 110 349

Toliil 1385 1387 1310 4082

Pittsburg.

FUNERAL WORK GIVES EVERYONE A BDSY
PERIOD.— LITTLE SOCIAL ACTIVITY.—
CLUB SHOWS RENEWED LIFE — VARIOUS
NOTKS.

The florists of this vicinity have been
very busy with funeral work during the
last week, owing to the death of Senator
C. L. Magee. Being a great purchaser
and lover of flowers he was very well
known among the florists, and the floral
display at the funeral surpassea any-
thing of the kind ever witnessed in Pitts-
burg. The leading florists represented
were A. M. Murdoch, Thos. Ulam, A. W.
Smith and Breitenstein & Flemm. The
latter firm had charge of the work at the
house. The amount of money repre-
sented in the flowers sent to the funeral
would perhaps reach $4,000. The flo-
rists of Harrisburgand Philadelphia were
also represented.

The Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists'
and Gardeners' Club will meet on this
comirg Thursday at the rooms of the
Pittsburg Cut Flower Company, as
usual. Several good roses will be exhib-
ited and quite a number of new names
will be presented. The president, Wm.
Falconer, seems to be working hard to
arouse new interest in the club, and his
eflorts of late have been very effectual.

Lent is having its effect on social func-
tions and is depriving the florists of a
great deal of work. It is expected, how-
ever, that the rush for Easter flowers
will surpass anything ever experienced in
this vicinity. Stock is good and very
plentiful, and so far there has been no
glut to amount to anything.

Quite a number of Philadelphia ftonsts
visited Pittsburg this week, among them

A. B. Cartledge and J. L. Pennock, Wil-
liam E. McKissick, Jr., of the firm of Leo
Niessen, and a representative of H. H.
Battles.

Mrs. E. A. Williams' new store is on
Penn avenue, between Sixth and Seventh
streets. Woodwahd.

MuNciB, Ind — During the unprece-
dented cold weather of the first week in
March many greenhousemen had much
difficulty in keeping up heat in their
establishments and several losses are
reported. The gas pressure was low at
the time and the high winds added to the
difiicnlty.

ammntiiitnit mimiiiltttltiiititii iiuiiuie

To the Buyers

• •• \jK • • •

Japan Lily Bulbs, |

Plants and
General Japanese |
Products :

H. Yoshida, representing

The Imperial Trading Co.,

or TODAMACHI. YOkOHAMA,

3 is expected in tiiis market as well as

3 New York about the beginning of

3 April to receive orders and contracts

^ for the abovf articles.

Address Correspondence
care of this paper.

a»nfT»fnf»nm?»TfTmmnnnniTnnTifTnnis

1849

1901

A WOKK OF ART.
MAILED FREE.

Vick's Seeds and Plants
are Reliab'e.

JAMES VICK'S SONS,

8EEDSI«EN —

Florists Take Notice

NIURRAYS CHOICE FLORIST FLOWER SEEDS
ARE THE BEST MONEY CAN BUY.

Tr. packet
Choicft Primula Sinensis flmbriata, mixed or

in separate colors EOc

Choice Tuherous Rooted Begonia, single

and double, extra flue strain SOc

Choice tiloxiuia crassifolia; a ver.v perfect

strain 50c

And all other kinds of Florists' Flower Seeds
of superb quality at

JAMES C. MIRRAVS, Seedsman,

403 Main Street, PEORIA, ILL.

Stop Walking the Floor, you won't be disap-
pointed If you place your orders for

jqyjHERN WILD SMILAX

Wit if CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN CO., Evergreen.
Ala . or their agents, L. J. Kreshover, New York;
J. B. Deamud. Chicago; M. Rice & Co., Philadel-
phia; Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis. Our advice:
Wire your address and go "Sleep in peace."

igoi.

The American Florist.

1129

WATER LILIES

We are Headquarters for
Water Lilies and Aquatic Plants of All Kinds.

Intending planters will gain a long start and early blooms by procuring dormant
tubers of the teuder Nympbicas now, and starting same indoors, thus securing; strong
plants for planting at proper season, and also save the expense of heavy express
charges. Weshallbe pleased to furnish estimates and offer practical suggestions to
those intending planting either large or small ponds.

QAW MAW seeds of Victorias. Nelumblums
^\J VV VS\J W and Nymphaeas.

HENRY A.DREER, '■^'i?AfL"A.5ltpH.A.

36,000

GRAFTED ROSES

On Manetti Stocks.

Bridesmaid, Bride, Golden Gate,
Kaiserin, 2 J^- inch pots, $12 00 per
100, $95.00 per 1000. Sunrise, $15
per 100. Liberty, $18 per 100.

Orders booked now. Stock war-
ranted first-class.

100,000 ROOTED CARNATION CUT-
TINGS, ready now, of standard varie-
ties and last year's new ones.

S. J. BEUTER,

WE8TERILY, R. I.

Please 'mention the American Florist when writing.

FINEST MAIDS and BRIDES

I in the market. Long distance shipments

of cut blooms with exceptional success.

Rooted Cuttings of the above, $15 per J 000.
Princessof Wales Violets,R.C.,$J5 per 1000.

ANCHORAGE ROSE CO., Anchorage, Ky.

i American Beauty Roses

Two-eyed cuttings, growing in
! ZVi-inch pots, ready to shift,

I $600 per 100; $50 00 per 1000.

Ii Address COLE BROS , Peoria, III.

Mease mention the American Florist when zvritinsr-

Crimson Rambler Roses

Thesft roses have fibrous roots and are par-
ticularly well adapted for potting and forc-
ing, 2 to 314 tt. $10 per lOO; 3 to iy, ft. $12
I per 100; 314 to 5 ft. $16 per 100.

! CA.ISTM'ACS Write for Price List of

' ^'**"'" ■■' ^*^« nine new varieties.

I The Cona rd & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa.

|PALMSi^OSTONS

Walter Retzer & Co.,

CHCAGO, ILL.

WE ARE DELIVERING

S,s.f PROSPERITY

and all the other new ones as below :

PROSPERITY (666). Each. 50c; 12 for $5.00; 25 for $8.25; 50 for $10.00; 100 for $16.00; 250 for
$37.50: .500 for $70.00; 750 for $101.25; 1000 for $130.00.

Queen Louise doz., $1.50; 100, $10.00; 1000, $75 00

Dorothy " 1.50 " 10.00 " 75.00

Irene " 1.50 " lO.OO " 75.00

Roosevelt " 2.50 " 12.00 " 100.00

Norway " 1.60 " 10.00 " 76.00

Egypt •' 1.50 " 1000 " 75 00

Bon Homme Richard " 1.50 '■ 10.00 " 76 00

Guardian Angel " 5.00 " 4000

Carnations.

100 1000

♦Marquis $5.00 $40.00

Mrs Thos. W. Lawson 7.00 60.00

•Estelle 7.00 60.00

*Ethel Crocker 6.00 40.00

♦Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

♦Morning Glory 4.00 35.00

♦G.H.Crane 3.00 2.5.00

♦America 3.00 25.00

♦White Cloud 2.0O 17.50

2049-59 Clarendon Ave.,

(N. HaKied St.)

Strong plants transplanted into soil and flats. Every one sure to
grow.'

100 1000

♦ Flora Hill $1.75 $I5.C0

♦Wm. Scott 1.50 1200

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 4.00 30.00

Gold Nugget 400 30.00

Chicago 4.00 30.00

Gen. Maceo 3.00 25.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00 2.5.00

Daybreak aOO 15.00

New Chrysanthemums. r^^l^S^i!' "iirs.'^Elmer^D: •smiih^'?4

r best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton. Yanariva.

Doz., $1.25; per 100, $10.00.
2-inch pots.

THE GRAND NEW

FINK QEBANIUM

Jean Viaud.

H r CannaS. Buy nowl Dont get left again.

VAUGHANS' SEED STORE,

14 BARCLAY STREET
NEW YORK.

84 & 86 RANDOLPH STREET.
CHICAGO.
3 ^M_,_ a^ GREENHOUSES. WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL.

Please Mention American Florist.

i«ooTiar>

Per 100

The Marquis, rif-h pink $5.00

Morning Glory, light pink 3.50

Mrs. La\v8on." famous pink 6.00

Ethel Crocker, clear pink 3.50

Genevieve Lord, light pink 4.00

Mr-*. Lippincott, pink 5.00

Daybreak, flesh 2.00

Me'lba, fine pink S.OO

Mrs. Joost, money maker 2.00

VVm. Scott, pink 1.00

White Cloud, fine white 1.50

CARNATIONS

Per 1000
$4'i.O0
30. to
5l>.f0
30.00
35.00
40.C0
15.00
I5.0Q
15.00
10.00
12.50

Per ICO

Flora Hill, large white $1.50

Peru, white 4.00

Elm City, new white 4.00

Estelle. best scarlet 6.00

Chicago, largest red 4.00

G. H. Crane scarlet 3 GO

America, light red 2.50

Maceo. dark crimson 2.00

Gomez, light crimson 2.i0

Mrs. Bradt, variegated 3.00

Per lOOO
$12.60
30.00
30.00
50.00
30.00
25.00
20.00
15.C0
15.00
25. CO

ALSO ALL NOVELTIES OF THIS YEAR AT INTRODUCERS' PRICES.-(r

'We would call special attention to Marquis, which has proved itsell very valuable.

GEO. HANCOCK & SON, Grand Haven, Mich.

FLORISTS' ORCHIDS

The Finest and Largest Stock

in the world.

CAIinFD ST. ALBANS, ENGUND and
O/lillILK BRUGES, BELGIUM.

Send for List of Commercial Varieties.

A. DIMMOCK, Agent, 60 Vesey St., N. Y.

Orchids I <^

We are headquarters for Orchids in the
United States — imported or establisfced.
Also supplies, such as Peat, Moss and Bas-
kets. Our price list for 1901 now ready.

LAGER & HURRELL, '"^^""- "• '■

Orcbid Qrowari and Importar*.

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The American Florist,

Mar. i6.

San Francisco.

TRADE VERY SATISFACTORY BUT LOWER
PRICES ARE IN PROSPECT. — STOCK FAIRLY
PLENTIFUL EXCEPT BEAUTIES.— BUILD-
ING OPERATIONS PLANNED.— JOTTINGS OF
PERSONAL AND TRADE DOINGS.

Business has been all that could be
wished for, a brisk demand for all kinds
and grades of flowers. But as the
weather has turned considerably warmer
a drop in prices may be looked for in the
near future. The best Brides and Brides-
maids Ftill sell for $1 per dozen, with
stock about equal to demand. Beauties
are still very scarce and, in fact, have
never been very plentiful. Growersshould
plant more of this fine rose. Prices aver-
age $3 per dozen for long stemmed
blooms. Carnations are ingood demand
but the supply is adequate Violets are
about over; at most another week will
finish them. Bulbous stock is still plen-
tiful Lilies sell at $5 per dozen in pots
and at $3 per dozen cut.

Ed ward Sch werin is adding still another
rose house 15x200, making three in all
He has engaged Mr. Gardener, a well
known rose grower in this section, to
take care of same.

Pick & Faber have bought some prop-
erty in San Mateo upon which two mod-
ern greenhouses, 20x200, will be erected
this month for their seedling carnations.

Alex Mann is chasingtheice man these
last few days to contract for several tons
of ice. He anticipates a hot spell and does
not intend to get left.

The Shannaban Floral Company is
making a vtry fine display of orchids in
its store, especially of cattleyas and den-
drnbiums.

T. H. Stevenson, who has been laid up
, with the grip, is around again, consider-
ably improved in health.

E. W. McLellan & Co. have done an
immense business in shipping cut flowers
this winter.

Reports of plantsmen show an increase
in the sale of rooted cuttings so far.
Golden Gate.

Melrose, Mass.— I. Geist has moved
into a new store at 521 Main street.

AMERICAN BEAUTY. 'Z''TZ

2V5-inoh pots $5.0i) $50.00

BRIDES. 214-inch 3.00 350)

BRIDKSMAIDS, SVi-inoh 3.0J S.'i.OO

METEOR, ai^-incb 3.1IO 2d.U0

LIBERTY, 2/j-inch la.03

CA-H WITH ORDER.

JOHN MUNO, Rogers Park, Chicago.

Robert Scott,

EVERYBODY'S ROSE. ^r-ctuU.

Robert Scott & Son. Sharon Hill, pei.co .Pa.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES,

$6.00 per UO
Kaiserin $4.00 rer 100

Beauties and Kaiserin took First Pre-
mium at Philadelphia Exhibition.

Bridesmaid S3 00 per 100

All first-class, from 2-in. standard pots.

T. E. BARTRAM, Lansdowne. Pa.

2 0,000 liridfsraaids, Brides, Golden Gate,
grafted on Maneiti stoclc, warranted io be
flrst-class, JIO.OJ per 100; $90.00 per 1000.

ORDERS BOOKED NOW.

3000 Meteors, from 2-inch pots, ready now,

$4 00 per 100; $30.00 per luOO.
CUT FLOWERS, Roses, Carnations and violets,

largest and best quality in the marlvet. Orders

always filled on time.

CHRIS. HANSEM, St Paul, Minn.

Ill" M ,

m ■■
m

m

The Grand New Rose

Marquise Litta

9?

{No. 19).

A very limited amount of stock for sale.
Orders Rooked now for delivery in April and May.

SOUTH PARK FLORAL CO.

NEW CASTLE, IND.

"^^i

REPORTtV.'e JUDGES

♦ Appointed by THE PHILA. FLORISTS' CLUB
Z to judge our grand new ROSE

I Queen of Edgely, AMERicAii beauty.

♦ WKr "Wa ara convinced that this variety is a valuable addition

T IMP ■ .»

T to the list of forcing roses, being in every respect, except color,

♦ the exact counterpart of the American Beauty. The color is a

: beautiful, bright pink, which is good, even in tne full flowers. The
^ fragrance is also as fine as that of Beauty, and the exhibited

♦ blooms showed remarkable vigor. (Signed),

t ROBERT KIFT, WM. MUNRO, JOS. HEACOCK."

♦ The last two named were -winners of first prizes for American Beauties at the Rose
^ Shov, Eden Uusee, March 27, 190O.

FOR TERMS AND BOOKLET; ADDRESS

X R. CRAIG & SON, East. Agts.,

{ 49th and Market Sts., Phila.

^ E. G. HILL & CO., West. Agts.,

Richmond, Ind.

I

THE FLORAL EXCHANGE, Inc.

335 N. Sixth St.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

» ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<

Wben writing mention tbe Amenc&n Fiorlsi

♦♦»»»»»♦»»♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

: American
: Beauties

STRONG PLANTS

*1

from 2 and 3-inch pots, ready «
for a shift, !

S6 PER 100, $50 PER 1000.

The best lot of
plants I have ever
offered. J- J-

JOSEPH HEACOCK.

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»»♦•>♦♦»♦♦♦»»♦♦»♦♦♦♦•♦♦»»•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

igoi.

The American Florist.

1131

READY
NOW!

m CARNATIONS

ALL THE LEADING SORTS, IN FINE SHAPE,
-^INCLUDING ^ ^ ^

TOO lOOO

Prosperity $1600 $13000

Roosevelt 1200 loooo

Lawson 7.00 6000

G. H CRANE 3.00 25.00

GENEVIEVE LORD.... 5.00 4000

LORNA 10.00 75-00

NORWAY 1000 75.00

CALIFORNIA GOLD, 10.00 7500

100

Avondale $400

Crocker 300

Gen Maceo 3.00

WHITE CLOUD 250

Peru 3.00

MRS. GEO. M. BRADT 3.00

Olympia 5.00

MRS.FRANCESJOOST 3.00

1000
$30.00
20.00
2500
1800
25.00
25.00
40.00
20.00

The great TIMOTHY EATON Chrysanthemum 50c each; $5.00 per doz.; ♦
$30.00 per 100. |

We will be pleased to mail you our Catalogue of Chrysanthemums, Carnations, I

X Crotons, Grafted Roses, Palms, etc.

I ROBERT CRAIG & SON,

MARKET AND
48th STREETS,

Philadelphia, Pa.

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦

Carnation Cuttings.

Well rooted stock now ready
for delivery.

Per 100 Per 1000

WHITE DAYBREAK 12 00 $15.00

WHITE CLOUD 1.50 12.50

GENEVIEVE LORD 5. CO 40.00

ETHEL CROCKER 3,50 27. EO

G. H. CRANE 3.00 35.00

GEN. MACEO 2.00 15.00

MRS. liRADT 3.E0 20.00

EVANSTON 1.50 12.50

DAYBREAK 1 .50 12 00

W. p. HARVEY, Geneva, III.

ADMIRAL GERVERA

The easiest Yellow Variegated Carna-
tion to grow, free and healthy. ^ -^

^GOETHE—

A beautiful Light Pink Carnation,
very large, in perfect condition. «S* <^

Rooted Cuttings $10 per 100, $90 per 1000

DELIVGRKD NOW.

C. BESOLD, Mineola, L. I., N- Y.

CARNATIONS ^^J^

Viirit-ties. Write for prices.

Atparagus Sprengetii, 3 inch $4.00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosut. 3 " 6.00 per 100

Small Ferns tor dishes, 4 var8.,2^4-ln. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata, 2V4-inch 4.00 per 100

Boston Ferns. 8-incb pans $15 and $18 per doz .

2V4-inch 4.00 per 100

3-inch 8.00 per 100

CARL HACENBERCER, West Mentor, O.

r

Rooted Cuttings Carnations and Roses.

*1

GUARDIAN ANGEL....

Per 100 ]
$B.01

Per 1000
•150.00
25.00
9.00
9.00
9 00
9.00
9.00

xsos

'er lOOO

$12.60

12.50

12.50

12.50

CRANE

3 no

EVANSTON

JOOST

I. CO

i.ro

WHITE CLOUD

FLORA HILL

1.00

1.00

TRIUMPH

KAISERIN

1.00

Per 100 I
$1 5u

LA FRANCE

METEOR

1.50

1 50

PERLE

1.50

Per 100 Per lOOO

IRENE Per doz., $1.50; $10.00 $75.00

ARMAZINDY 1.00 7.50

TIDAL WAVE 100 9.00

WM. SCOTT 1.00 9.00

ARGYLE 1.00 9.00

ETHEL CROCKER 3.00 2S.00

GENEVIEVE LORD 3 00 25. CO

MARQUIS 4 OO 35.00

Per 100 Per lOOO

BRIDE $1.50 $12.50

BRIDESMAID 1.50 12.60

GOLDEN GATE 1.50 12.50

a 1.

Per 100 Per lOfO

LA FRANCE $3 00 $35,0)

METEOv 3. CO 25.00

PERLE 3.00 25.00

These cuttinfjs are all well-rooted

Per 100 Per 1000

BRIDE.. $3.00 $25.00

BRIDESMAID 3 00 25 00

GOLDEN GATE 3 00 25.00

guaranteed free from dise.ise. carefully packed.

L.

GEORGE REINBERG, 51 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO. I

The Queen of Commepcia! White Carnations. Scored 91 at Baltimore, was
awarded 1st prize for 100 white, bronze medal for 12 best seedling and
first-class Certificate of Merit, .^tock all sold until April 1st. Its vigor-
ous, free growth and tendency to bloom early insures a safe investment for cuttings delivered in April.

A most distinct, dark variety, rich and dazzling in color. Surpasses all other
crimsons in length and strength of stem, exquisite, spicy odor and keeping
qualities. Can be had in good flowf-r by November.
Above two varieties. $1.50 per doz.. $10 per ICO, $75 per UOO.

The Greatest Money Making Pink. A friend of the com-
mon people and a descendant of the great Wra. Scott,
whose illust'ious mantle it is wearing with becoming
grace. Stock lar^e and in the pink of condition. $5 per 100. $40 per 1000.

All of the new ones of this year, the best of last year and the best standard varieties.

Chrysanthemum Timothy Eaton t^^o^tX^ftS^k'^^^

"whipped" every variety which went up atrainst it. The most sensational white chrysantheitiiim
ever offered. 50c each, $5 per doz., $30 per 100.

COMPLETE LIST OF OTHER NOVELTIES

rAD^^^TA^EV^oTir- ""^"•^'^^ n. ntDtn ob ouno, md.

NORWAY

ous. free growth ai

EGYPT
Genevieve Lord

H. WEBER & SONS, "*^^*"'

1132

The American Florist.

Mar. 16,

Elmira, N. Y.

HOHTICULTDEAL SOCIETY LISTENS TO DIS-
CUSSIONS AND ESSAYS AND VIEWS FINE
DISPLAY OF NEWER CARNATIONS.— NOTES
OF THE EXHIBITS.

At the March meeting of the Elmira
Horticultural Society short papers were
read on the following topics: "Raising
Hardy Perennials," by Miss Swift, an
enthusiastic amateur florist; "Sweet
Peas," by Eugene Lewis, and "The
Vegetable Garden," by J. E. Anthony,
foreman for Fred. L, La France. The
question box contained several queries
which were answered and discussed by
the members present. There was also a
fine display of carnations contributed by
several of the local growers and by the
introducers of new varieties.

D. R. Herron, of Olean, N. Y., sent a
splendid bunch of Estelle, which in color,
form, stem and size, is certainly the
scarlet of the day. Part of them were
said to have been cut nearly four weeks
and were still as fresh as the traditional
daisy. Mr. Herron also sent Elm City,
which is said to be a remarkably prolific
white. S. Alfred Baur, of Erie, Pa., sent
his new Daybreak, called Elma, which is
certainly a fine thing if it grows and
blooms satisfactorily.

The Chicago Carnation Company sent
Sunbeam, which is a promising variety
of Daybreak color, with good stem; Bon-
Homme Richard, white, with magnificent
stems two and a half feet long, holding
the flowers gracefully erect, and Nydia,
a fancy of the style of Olympia, of better
substance and stem but less distinct in
color than that variety.

The most notable things from the local
growers were the fine samples of Marquis,
from Fred. La France, Mary Wood and
jubilee from Mr. Fassett's gardener, John
Rudy, some splendid Lawsons from
Hoflmans and some New York, Gomez,
etc., from Geo. Backer. These, with
White Cloud, Mrs. Jas. Dean and several
others made a fine display. H.

Columbus, Ohio. — Gus. Drobish, of the
Cottage Rose Gardens, is reported ill.

As
usual.

ON TOP!

At Baltimore meeting of the American
Carnation Society. Our exhibit of

The IiaiWSOn was awarded
the Gold Uledail in heavy com-
petition against all comers. The Society's
Silver Cup for best arrangement of blooms,
and First Prize for 100 dark pink.

MY STOCK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

ROOTED CUTTINGS per 100, S7 00

perlOOO, $60.00

PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass.

FLORIANA

The Best All Round Pink
Carnation Ever Introduced

Large size, fully as large as Harquis or Crocker;
color, a beautiful shade of light pink. A strong
grower, very fragrant, an earlv continuous
bloomer, very productive, does finely both in
winter and summer, good stem, perfect calyx
that never splits, not subject to disease, good
keeper. Brings fancy prices in New York market.
Come and see them.

PRICES:

$1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per Hundred;
$60.00 per I housand.

READY NOW.

FIILOW & BANKS, Westport, Conn,

CARNATION CUTTINGS.

All tbe new and standard varieties, free from rust and all other diseases.
Oar stock Is ia fine shape and all cuttitigs atre well rooted when sent out.

Mrs. Leopold Inc '^^l^^H

and best paying red Carnation.

Rooted Cuttings. \

Sunbeam

Bon Homme Richard

Nydia

Proliflca

Irene

Mrs. Lawson

Marquis

Genevieve Lord

Ethel Crocker

Crane '.

Peru

America

Mrs. Bradt

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

100 lOCO

Bridesmaid ,...$1.60 $12.50

Bride 1.60 12.60

Golden Gate 1.50 12.50

Meteor *. 1.50 12.50

Perle 1.60 12.50

100

1000

7.00 $60.00 1

10.00

75.00

lO.Ofl

75.00

10.00

75.00

10.(0

76.00

10.00

75.00

6.00

66.U0

4.00

35.00

4.00

35.00

2..51)

20.(,O

2 60

20.00

2.50

20.00

2.60

20.00

2.50

20.00

100 1000

Guardian Angel ;^fl\^ ^"n™;

paving pink Carnation. Rooted

Cuttines $4.00 $35.00

John Young 1.50 12.60

White Cloud 1.25 10.00

Triumph 1.00 9.0O

Argyle 1.00 9.C0

Kvanston 1.00 9.C0

F. Joost l.ro 9.00

Cerise Queen 1.00 9.00

Gov. Griggs 1.00 9.00

Melba 1.00 9.00

Armazindy 1.00 9 00

Flora Hill l.CO 9.00

Ev^Una 1.00 7.60

McGowan ■ 1.00 7.50

2 1-2 INCH ROSE PLANTS.

100 1000
.$12.00 $100.00
2S.O0
26.00
25.00
25.00
26.00
25.00

Liberty

Bridesmaid 3 00

Bride 3.00

Mei eor 3.00

Golden Gate 3.00

Perle 3.01

K:iisrrin 3.00

All stock sold under the condition that it not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately,
when money wilt be refunded.

PETER REIN BERG, si wabasn Ave. Chicago, 111.
ROOTED CARNATION CUTTINGS ""rw^ul^e^.'Sii?"

NEW VARIETIES. (1901 INTRODUCTIONS.)

Sunbeam, (flesh pink) ..$10.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000

Bon Homme Richard, (white) lO.CO " 75.00

Nydia, (VMriegatfd white and light salmon) 10.00 " 75.1.0 *'

Prolifica, (cerise pink) -...10.00 " 75.00

Guardian Angel, a very fine pink; strong stems and good bloomer. It is a

moneymaker < 4.00 " 35.00 '•

STANDARD VARIETIES.

PINK. 100 1000

Mrs. T.W. Lawson.. $7.C0 $60.00

Marquis 5.00 40.00

Genevieve Lord 5.00 4 i.O I

Ethel. Crocker 4.00 35.00

Triumph 1.50 12 50

Argyle 1.50 12.50

Daybreak 1.60 12.00

Scott 1.00 7.50

WHITE.

White Cloud

Flora Hill.

lOO

..$2.00
.. 1.25

1000

$15.00
10.00

.. 1.00

7.50

McGowan

.. 1.00

7.50

SCARLET. 100

G. H. Crane $3.00

Chicago 3.00

America 2.50

Evanston 1.50

VARIEQATED.

Olvmpia 5.00

Mrs. G. M. Bradt... 2.O0

Armazindy 1.25

lire to be returned at once,

1000
$25.00
25.00
20.00
12.50

40.00

17.60

10.00

when

Milwaukee, Wis.

All Cuttings sold under the condition that if not satisfactory they
money will be refunded. HOLTON & HUNKEL CO

Please mention the American Florist when wntinz

CARNATIONS!

The Sensational New Tarietleg for 1901.

PROSPERITY, GOV. ROOSEVELT

And all the other new ones at advertised rates ; also all the
really jfood varieties of last year, and former introductions in
extra fine selected stock, all leady for very early shipment.
Descriptive Trade list will be mailed to those not
receiving it on receipt of Postal Card

JOHN N. MAY, Summit, New Jersey.

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation oroduces the finest flowers, is perfectly healthy
and is the best white variety ever introduced.

IT BLOOMS EARLY

IT BLOOMS LATE

IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Our price list contains cuts from photographs taken every two weeks during the months of February,
March, April, May, June, October and November. No other Carnation can stand such a test.

Price

$10 per 100.
$75 per 1000.

Rooted Cuttings ready now.

Come and tee it or send for circular.

J. r^. DiXvivOiv,

!Blooxxisit>vix'g:, F»a.

WE NEED

LawSOM, MABQUIS.

and havf a surplus of

Joost. America. Crocker & Peru.

WHO WILL TRADE?

MORTON QROVB QREENHOUSES.

27 Market Street, Chicago.

Address
quickly,

New Carnation ELENOR AMES.

The best deep pink Carnation ever introduced.
Deeper color, larger flowers, stronger grower and
produces more blooms per plant than its parent,
Wm. Scott Does not burst. A continuous
bloomer. Has been grown for five years. Plants
free from all disease. Rooted cuttings ready
February 1. $!.50 per doz., SIO per 100, $75 per 1000.

D. CARMICHAEL, Wollesley, Mass.

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The American Florist.

1133

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...CARNATIONS...

^linhtf»atTI I^^tra brit,'ht Ilesh pink; early, free and con- Doz,
.^UllUCctlll tinuous bloomer. Flowers of good form and

size, borne on long, siifT stems.

$1.50

Bon Homme Richard "^^Z^X^'f^^'Xl ,,^^

size, stems IV'. lo 3 feet long $1 50

|Vl^,^jj, Varicpited, salmon stripe rn wbite ground. Quicli
l^^CIIo. seller. e.\tremel\ Iree bloomer, fine lorui and stiff litem vl.oO

Vi^cA\i\C!\ Cerise pint;. Very long, stiff stems, large Bow-
I rUIIIlWtl ers^ and as its name indicates, an extra free

100

tOOD

$10

$75

$10

$75

$10

$75

$150 $10 $75

Per 100 Per 1000

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson, cerise pink ....$6 00 $50.00

Guardian Angel 6.00 50.00

Olympia, variegated 5.00 40.00

Marquis, pink ,. 5.00 40.00

Genevieve Lord, pink '. 5.00 40.00

Ethel Crocker, pink 4.0O 35.00

Gold Nugget, yellow 3.00 25.00

Gen. Maceo, crimson 2.00 15.00

Gen. Gomez •' 2.00 15.00

White Cloud, white 2.00 15.00

Mrs. Frances Joosr. pink 2.00 15.00

Mrs. Jas. Dean, pink 2.00 15.00

Flora Hill, white 1.50 12.00

William Scott pink 100 8 00

j^rmazindy. variegated 1.00 8.00

Evnlin.T 1.00 8.00

All Rooted Cuttings now ready. Write for Descriptive Catalogue. Let us figure on your wants.

CHICAOO CA.KIVA.TriOr«^ CO.,

Joliet, 111.

Please mention the A met ican Florist when 2ct iltng-

arlTnn»T!f»MMf»l1M»??1?fT»M»»Mflf»?»fHfM!»fnTTTTITTfTTTTfTfT!TfmnTHfn»T»HTff»fTT»T?TnT!fT»?ITn»Tn»f»fnnn!H?nTT!TTTITT!TT!TTTTmTTTTnnniS

_^ £^ g^ ^- /-y We believe in shifting

llfll^ ^V young Roses often. All

l# I I ^ I ^ stock oflered in 2%-in.

B%lPl j| 1 J pots has been shifted

from 2-in., and is equal

to nost stock advertised as 3-in., and when we

send it out It is well established.

Let us know your wants.

2 and 2 1-2-in. Stock is Fine.

VARIETIES GROWN ■■

Meteors LaFrance President Carnot

Brides A. V. Kaiserin Golden Gate
Maids Woottons American Beauties

Per.cs Belle Siebrecht Liberty

CARMATIONS.

R.C. and '3-in. Bradt, Crocker, Joost and McGowan.

R. C. COLEUS.

Mixed, VerschalTeltii, Golden Bedder, Yellow
Queen, etc. ENGLISH IVY.
2H, 3 and 4-inch pots.
GERANIUMS. Bed, white and pink in 3-in.

A few thousand «SPXCE;:9(Gt-E;i«II,

ready for 2-inch pots.

Special in WOOTTON ROSES, 21/2-ln., ready to
plant in beds. Write

GEO, a. KUHL, Pekin, III.

March Prices

Ethel Cracker has been with me all that
I claimed tor it, but not v, ith some of the
growers. If you can get the results I do
it will be your best pink, and in order to
have It tried a second season 1 offer it
free bv mail for $2.50 per 100
Elm City is a white that has given me
excellent results, and as it is compara-
j, tively unknown I make the same offer
f with it: free by mail at $2.50 per 100.
1 Genevieve Lord, Mrs. Lippincott. White Cloud, Bradt,
Olympia, Leslie Paul, Gomez and Maceo at
reduced prices for March. Send lor them.

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster. Penn.

CARNATIONS

I Well Rooted Cuttings from Sand or Soil.

I 100 1000

Ethel Crocker $3.00 $25.00

White Cloud 1.75 15.00

Flora Hill 1.75 15.00

Triumph 1.75 15.00

Mrs. James Dean 1.00 9.00

Mayor Pingree 1.00 8.00

Wm. Scott 1.00 8.00

A few thousand of the above from 2H"ihch
pots. Write for price.

Ghas. Akehurst & Son, White Marsh, Md.

Please mention the American Florist when writing-

Pure
White.

"Boosier Maid,"

Does not get weak necked, sleepy, nor
split in mid-winter, $8.00 per 100;
f2.C0 for 25. Cash with order.
Express prepaid.

UNDERS RASMUSSEN, New Albany, Ind.

iRose Cutti

S) Brides

ngs!

OOTED

100

$1.50

1.5U

1.50

1.50

?SSSSi
ROS

1000
$12.50
12.50
12i0
12.50
12.50

ROO

lOOO
$60.00

50.00

50.00

40.00

40.00

40.00

25.00

25.00

25.00

25.00

25.00

25.00

25.00

25.(0

25.00

15.00

15.00

15.00

15.00

15.00

15.00

15.00

15.00
ngs, first
ogue anc

ist? If

lARDI

Carnation Ci

E CUTTINGS.

Lady Dorothea

?SSSSe

ittinj

100
.$1 50

* 1

1000 ft

$!■'> 50 &

ft Hridesmaids

... 1.50

12 50 J

(g Meteors

.... 1.50

12.60 JJ

Americiin Beauty

.... 3.00

25.00 ^

1 ^^^

INATION

100

$7.00

600

TED CUTTINGS.

White Cloud

100

....$2.00

1

1000 8)
$15.00 Jl

2.00

15 00 'U

Gt Estelle

ij Genevieve Lord

^ Ethel Crocker

^ Olympia

L> G H Crane

7.00

5.00

5.C0

5,00

3 00

Gov. Griggs

Albertini

Dawu

Eldorado

Melba

.... 2.00
.... 2.00
.... 2.00
.... 2.00
.... 2.C0
1.60

15.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
17.00
12.50
12.50
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50

3.O0

3.0O

Triumph

Daybreak

Ivory

Evelina

.... 150

.... 1.60

.... 1.50

1 50

D

(J America

^ Cnicago

w Mabel

3.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

300

J,

^ Elsie Ferg'uson

Flora Hill

1.50

\

1 50

3.00

Meteor

Armazindy

Iris Miller

.... 1.50
.... 1.50

1 RO

^

2 CO

2 00

12 50 N

2.00

Sandusky 1.25

William Scott 1.25

Tidal Wave 1.00

Portia 1.00

Lizzie McGowan 1.00

Psyche 1.00

-class in every respect, true to natre. 2c
complete list of Carnations and Rjses,

not, write us; we will place your na

:NS, Jamestown, N. Y

2.00

10 00 J

2.O0

8 00 ^

£^ John Hinkle

^ Dorothy Sweet

2.00

2.00

8.00 W
8.00 tS<
750 W

^ We offer only choice Rooted Cutt
(K) rates; 250 at lOUO rates. Write for cata
}k cuttings and in pots.
^ Do you receive our weekly price 1
xj our mailing list.

1 LAKEVIEW ROSE C

at 100
rooted

me on

1

^s^fss^^a^/^f^sfaf^f^^xsf^^f^^xfs /^^sfix/s^^sKa!^isf2^ixi^f&si&::fSf!^^sn

Rooted Carnation Cuttings

No better Carnation Blooms were ever offered in the Chicago
market than those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first-class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

The Sport,

Pink Per 100 Per 1000

Armazindy. ..$ 6.00 $50.00

Irene 10.00 75.00

Sunbeam 10.00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75.00

Prolific 1000 75.00

Nydia 10.00 75.00

Mrs. Lawson 7.00 60.00

The Marquis 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35.00

Ethel Crocker 4.00 35.00

Peru 400 35.00

G. H. Crane 3.00 25.00

America 2.50 20.00

Cerise Queen 1.60 12.50

Evanston 1.50 12.50

Mrs. Leopold Ine

John Young 1 50

Argyle 1.50

Triumph 1.50

Frances Joost 1.60

Gov. Griggs 1.50

Melba 1.50

Edna Craig 1.60

Flora Hill 1.50

White Cloud 1.50

Evelina 1.00

McGowan 1.00

Per 100 Per 1000
...$7.0O $60.00
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50
7.50
7.60

WIETOR BROS..

61 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Wholesale Growers
of Cut Flowers,

1134

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Mar. 16.

Baltimore.

CLCB ELECTS OFFICERS AND RETDBNS
ROBERT HALLIDAY TO THE PRESIDENCY.
—PLANS FOR INSTALLATION —A FIRE
INFLICTS SERIOUS LOSS.— A SNEAK THIEF
AND OTHER NOTES.

The Gardeners' Club has elected the
following very competent corps ot officers :
President, Robert Halliday; vice-presi-
dent, Philip B. Welsh; recording secre-
tary J- J- Perry; financial secretary,
Henry Ekas; treasurer, Fred. G. Burger;
librarian, John L. Wagner. It vyas
decided to have a smoker at the next
meeting when the newly elected officers
will be installed. Thomas Paterson, M.
T Hannigan and G. O. Brown were
appointed a committee for the entertain-
ment. The treasurer reported the club as
being in excellent financial condition,
notwithstanding the heavy expenses
incurred in entertaining the American
Carnation Society and giving the free
carnation show.

John Rider met with a very serious loss
the night oi March 7, when the shed
across the ends ol his houses and about
thirty feet of the houses were destroyed
by fire. The loss was from $2,500 to
$3,000, with no insurance. He is one of
our most successful carnation growers,
and had the four houses filled with plants
in the best possible condition. He expects
to save enough cuttings to start again,
but considers the stock a total loss.

Miss StoU kept her money in a purse
sewed inside a muff which lay under a
design on her stall at Lexington Market
until last Thursday, when muff, purse
and $40 all disappeared. Some sneak
thief had evidently been watching.

There was a little show of Bride and
"Bridesmaid roses grown by Kennedy
Bros., at a Saratoga street store, last
Tuesday, that beat anything ever seen in
town in size, stem, loliage and finish.

Lehr Brothers have moved to a more
commodious store across the street.
Their address is 733 instead of 732 Bal-
timore street. Mack.

Attica, Ind.— Anthony Holmes will
erect a small greenhouse on his property
this season and grow plants and cut
flowers to supply the local demand.

Tipton, Ind.— George H. Shaw has
been at Francisville, Pulaski county,
undergoing treatment at the hands of a
specialist in stomach trouble. He is
much improved.

NOW is Time to Order

SOON time to Plant Them.

Red per hundred tl5.00

Pink ■• 20.00

White ■• 25.00

CHICAGt) P/EONY FARMS, loliet, III.
:B0®X01V F'EMtflViSi.

20,OCO very fine pLants, ;it %tti and $3,i per 100.

Small plants, $5 per 100; $)0 per 1000. Cut

from bench. Established plants in pots,

prices on application.
ROOTED CUTTINGS DOUBLE PETUNIAS, mixed, best

kinds, $1 per ICO; $8 per lOOO. Alternantheras.

4 kinds. Coleus, mixed, %h per 1000— Ver-

schatTelti; and Golden BedderJlCO ler lOOO.
ASPARAGUS and PALMS. Cash with order.

L. H. FOSTER. 45 King St.. Dorchester, Mass.

Chrysantheiiium GOL-D OlvllTH

Cream yellow tinted with bronze, sport from Pres.
W. R. Smith, fine larjje flowers, strong stem.
Your collection of Chrysanthemums can not be
complete without this new candidate. There is
without doubt a commercial future before this
sort. Exhibited at Cincinnati November 17 it
scored 83 points. Price $2 per doz. Orders taken
now and filled in March.
H. L. RACAN, P. O. BoxICfi. Springfield, O.

STRONG 2 YEAR
►•• FIELD GROWN.

CRIMSON RAMBLER, extra strong.. 113.00 per 100.

HYBRID PERPETOAL, in fine assortment $1(1.00 per 100, $90.00 per 1000.

HYBRID PERPETUAL, in fine assortment, 2d size 6.00 " 50.00

These are well rooted, good stock, but not quite heavy enough to go into first grade.

AZALEA MOLLIS

(Hardy). Fine for Easter Forcing.
12 to 15 inches high $35.00 per 1(J0 15 to 18 inches high $40 00 per 100

RHODODENDRONS.

Buphv plants well set wi'h buds.
18 to 20 inches high $75.00 per 100 20 to 24 inches high. $100.00 per 100

SPIRAEAS

JAPONICA...... $3.00 per 100 ASTILBOIDES FLORIBDNDA .... 14.00 per 100

NANA COMPACTA $5.00 per 100

PALMS

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 2yj-inch pots $8.00 per 100, $75 00 per 1000

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 3-inch pots, 4 and 5 leaves $15.00 per 100

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 4 inch pots, 14 to 16 inches high 30.00 "

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5-inch pots, 18 inches high : 60.00 "

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5 and 6-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high 75.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 21/5-inch pots 10.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 3-inch pots, 12 inches high 15 00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 4-inch pots, 15 to 18 inches high 35.00

KENTIA FORSTERIAKA, 5-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high 60,00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5 and 6 inch pots, 24 to 28 inches high 75.00

ARECA LUTESCENS, 2i4-inch pots $6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000

ASPARAGUS

pots $6.00perl00 |Pg|S??5U' l^"'"' T'' «3.OCIperl00

nota 1200 " SPRENGERII, 3-in, pots 5.00

P°" ' SPRENGERII, 4-in, pots 8.00 "

BOSTON FERNS

strong 2-inoh pots $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000

TBE STORRS & HARRISON CO., PainesviUe, 0.

PLDMOSUS NANUS, 3
PLUMOSUS NANUS, 4

BOSTON FERNS

I'erilny. I'.-r 101
In 2!4-incli pots, in fine shaje, $ .50 ■ $:i.i
•• 3 1.00 7.50

[DWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor, Pa.

Begonia Semperflorens Plena

Nancy, donl*!*^ delionit' pink.

Boule de Neige. duub e whi e.

Gloire du Montet. double pink.

Triomphe de Lorraine, double cerise or cherry

color, or very dark pink.
Tbeb"* are likely to prove vabiabU'.

2V^-in". pots, in bloom, $1.00 per doz.

EDWIN LONSDALE. Wyndmoor, Pa.

Begonia Suaveoiens (

Syn.
B. Odorata

)

Pure white llowers, similar to B. Nitida
and is frequently found in collections under
that name.

This is an exci'llent Beponia for lofal tnuh-.
3-in. pots, in full bloom, doz. $1; 100 $7.50.

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor, Pa.

uRBEyouD CABBAGES

Those lar^e. solid, crisp Cabbnups that sell so
well and eat so well can be easily grown from
Livingston's Ideal Cabbajxe Seed. We make a sreat
speciiilty of Choice Cabbage Seed and select it to
produce HEADS— not loose leaves. If you want
a package, send your address. It costs nothing.
THE LIVINGSTON. SEED CO.. Box 103. Columbus, 0.

CANNAS.

Cbas. HendiTsou, Crimson l!''dder. llurbaiik.
Le Clerc, Gold Slur, etc.. (doriiiant or started),
strong tubers, $2 per 100; $18 per lOCO. Cineraria,
giant nowc'red,2^-in , $3 per 100. Geranium, dou-
ble or single, mixed. 2Vi-in. $2 per 100. Grevillea
robusta, 3-in., $4 per 100. Cash please.
Sliellroad Greenhouse Co.. Grange P. 0.. Balto.. IVId.

Strong ROOTED CUTTINGS of

Princess of Wales Violets

$6 00 per 1000.

Also all the leading varieties of CARNATIONS.
Send for price list.

riPV S, EinCD IIOI Woolsey Street,
rillK Ol rADCn, SAN FRANCISuO, CAL.

NEPHROLEPI8 WITTBOLDII.

Strong Plants, ready for 3-inch and 4-inch pots,
$1.00 each; $10.00 a dozen; $75.00 per 100.

The GEO. WITTBOLO GO.

Palms and Terns

1657 Buckingham St., CHICAQO.ILL.

Palms # Ferns.

HOME-GROWN, FINE, CI.EAN
STOCK; GROWN COOL.

Write for Price LItt. J ,
ThB Exotic Nurseries,

B. HEISS.
DAYTON, OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous
Alpine Plants.

AND
i The Blue mil Nursery, So. Bralntree, Mass,

' COKHEMPiiNnKNCE SOLICITED.

Field-
Grown f

A Complete Aisortment ol Old and New Vars

AMFDin $8.00 per 100 out of pots.

niTILni w, $5.00 per iro rooted cuttings.
MARS, $4.00 per 100, STANDARDS, $3.50 per 100.

JEAN VIAUD. CLYDE, / «, nn npr 100

DRYDEN and Novelties, )' **•"" P<"^ '""•

Little Pink, Dr. E, A. Herring, E. E. Rexford.

$2.50 per doz. Send for price list.

HENRY EICHHOLZ, Waynesboro, Pa.

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1135

^

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tw\

W%.i^ ^^^sisr Ce-io^tvii^^r

ANNUAL

5^* S^

SPRING NUMBER

^^j AMERICAN FLORIST w^lbb^ssubo

MARCH 23, 1901

fTwo wpeks befori' Krister, thr; most prosperous scmsou iit the Florists' CHlontlnr. j

I

T will be a matter of mucli difficulty to publish an issue wbicb shall eclipse
the previous Special Numbers for which the American Florist has
become famous, but plans have been laid out upon a scale which calls for
new achievements in the line of publishing for the Florists' trade. This
Twentieth Century Number will be printed in the highest style of typo-
graphic art, will be profusely illustrated and will contain a number of
special articles of permanent horticultural value as well as all the news
of the week in America, including a full report of the second annual meeting
and exhibition of the American Rose Society, in New York City, March 19-21.

This Spring Number will excel its predecessors in their great business
bringing power and will be mailed throughout the United States and Canada to
every person in the trade whose business is worthy of consideration, also to
leading foreign houses.

Advertisements in body pages will be taken at our ordinary rates
namely $1.00 per inch, $30.00 per page of thirty inches, with the usual dis-
counts on time contracts. Advertisements on second, third and fourth Special
Cover Pages (printed on heavy toned paper) $30.00 per page, net.

IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY BE GIVEN THE BEST POSSIBLE
POSITION AND DISPLAY

PLEASE MAIL YOUR ADVERTISEMENT NOW.

i
i

American Florist Company,

324 Dearborn Street,

-CHICAGO, ILL , U. S. A.

THIS IS THE TIME TO DO BUSINESS.

J

1136

The American Florist.

Mar. .6

Orange, N. J.

FLORICDLTURAL SOCIETY DISCUSSES PKUN-
ING — VARIOCS METHODS ABE OFFBEED
— CRITICISM OF SOME PUBLIC WORK. —
SCHOOL children's EXHIBITION WAS
PLANNED.

At the meeting of the New Jersey Flori-
cultural Society, Wednesday evening,
March 6, an address on pruning was
made by J. C. Williams, of Montclair.
The paper was exceedingly interesting,
coveting much practical experience with
the pranirg of grapevines under g'ass,
according to the various approved sys-
tems, and of out-ofdoor ornamental
shrubbery. The discussion that followed
was participated in generally by the
many gardeners present. Many instances
ot unwise pruning of ornamental shrub-
bery were mentioned, especially where
spiriEas and other shrubs that bloom in
spring on the old wood had been cut
back in fall or early spring. The remark
attributed to the late William MacMil-
lan, in reference to an ignorant pruner
whose rule was a "location just a con-
venient height for a man's waist with
the shears," was quoted and its truthful-
ness shown bv instances where the
"broom model" had been followed in
local public and private grounds, with-
out regard to prospective blooms on the
plants. Photographs and diagrams of
some of the latter were shown.

In the business preceding the reading of
the paper the provision was made for
repeating the feature of school children's
work, as was done the last year, supply-
ing plants in May to the children and
staging them in the competitive exhibi-
tion in the following November.

« Lenox, Mass. — Ernst Lundberg, gar-
dener at Shadow Brook, has a plant of
Asparagus Sprengerii which is distinct
from the original and makrt a better
plant, being more robust and compact in
growth.

Newark, N. J. — The horticultural soci-
ety will hold an annual exhibition of
flower.', fruits and garden produce on
September 8, 'J and 10. It has also been
decided to publish a monthly horticult-
ural paper, beginning in May, which will
be made permanent if the interest shown
warrants such a course. Social gather-
ings will be held on the third Monday of
every month at the headquarters of the
society, 340 Hunterdon street, the first
meeting being set for Alarch 18.

Caladium Esculeotum.

1st size, 6 to 9 inches circumlerence, $2.00 per 100
2d size. 31to 6 " " $1.00 per 100

('APH With Order

R. VINCENT, JR., & SON. White Marsh. Md,

Say, Read This !

Going at mere nothing, 25,000 A No. 1
rooted cuttings of Ethel Crocker, at
$2.50 per 100; $23 per lOOo, until sold.

All orders amounting to $10 or over, express
paid to any purt of the United States. Have all
the 1900 novelties and standard varieties.

D. R. HERRON. OLEAN. N. Y.

Cyclamen a'K

Transplanted, readv for 3-inrti pots, extra
stocky plants, J2 50per 101 ; iiOM per 1000.

Only the cream of varieties. 2'^-iDch, 82.50
|i.-r 100; 3 inch. .Jl per 100; 4-iiich, $T per 100.

C WINTERICH, Defiance, Ohio.

AZALEAS
for EASTER

standard varieties in prime condition for
EASTER FLOWERING. Place your orders
now Mhile the plants can be shipped with-
out danger of a checl< to flowering.

Doz. 100

Fine bushy crowns. 5-in. pots, 10

to li-in. diameter $ 5.00 $ 40.00

Fine busby crowns, .t and 6-in.

liots, 12 to I4-in. diameter 6.C0 50.09

Fin2 bushy crowns. 6 and 7-in.

pots, 13 to 15-in. diameter 0.00 70.00

Fine bushy crowns. 7-in. pots, 16

to IS in. diameter 15.00 110.00

.Vlso a grand lot of specimen jdants of Mme.
Van der Cruvsen of exceptionally j^ood
value at I1.50,'J2, $3.50, $3 and 15 each.

AZALEA MOLLIS. (Hardy Azaleas). Finely
shaped, bustiv plants, 12 to 15 inches high,
full of buds, $1.50 per dozen, $35 per 100.

HENRY A: DREER,

714 Chestnut St . PHILADELPniA.

Azalea

MOI.LI

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Roses, Bride : $1.01 per 100

" Maid 1.00

SwainsoDJa G. Alba 1. 00 "

Chrysanthemums, Mme Ber^-

mann, Glory of the Pacific,

Golden Weidiig. Major Bon-

naffoD. Mrs. Jerome Jones.

Thornden, J. G. Whiildin... 1.00

Tradescantia Zebrina $ .50 per 10 J

Cole s, Verschaffeltii and Golden

Bedder 50c ptr 100, $4.00 per 1000

Coleus, mixed vurs. . .50c " 4. CO

Salvia Splendens 6O3 • 5,00

Heliotrope 50c " 4.00

Marguerites .00c " 5.C0

POT PLANTS

Dracaena Indivisa, .

\'inca X'arieguta. 2 sorts 4-in 5.0O

4-in $15.00 per 100

4-in.... 5.0O ■'

3 ".... 300 ■•

Sto».'ks. Cut and Come .V^ain, pink

and white. 2-in .fl.fO per ICO

Myosotis, blue, 2-iu 2.00

Cineraria, 4-in 8.00

JOHN IRVINE & SONS.

817 WASHINGTON AVE.

BAY CITY. MICH.

Fiease rnention the Arnertcan Florist when writing.

500,000 Verbenas

THE CHOICEST VASIETIES
IIT CULTIVATION.

Fine pol plants $2.50 per 130: $2} per 1003 Roote I Cuttings. 60c per 100: $5 per tOOQ: $45 per 10,000.

NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKEO LIGHT, AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED SEND FOR CIRCULAR,

We are the Largest Growerd of \'erbeDas In the country.

Oar plants cannot be aarpagsed.

J. Iv. liXLI^ON^, :BlooEi:ist3Vi.rs:9 I*ot.

Pu'a^e mrT.iion thr Am^riran Florist '.uhen writtnz

WORTH
RAISING

PANSIES

Again I can furnish, for immediate delivery,
about 10,000 cfood pansy plants. Price ^4.00 per
1000 f. o. b. express here.
CA!»H WITH ORDER

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU,

199 Grant Avenue. JERSEY CITY, N. J.

AGEBATUM

''Stella Gurney."

As necessary to your bedding stock as coleus or
geraniums.

3-inch pot plants $5.00 per 100

2!^-inch pot plants "J. 50

Rooted Cuttings 1.50 ■'

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancastor. Pa.

Rooted
Cuttings.

COLEUS,

VERSCHAFFELTII, rry^ _„„ lAn

GOLDEN BEDDER, OUC PCP iUU,

"^ypR^EVR'^Sr^' $5 per 1000.

C.OTTOSCHWABE,Jenkintown,Pa.

Dahlias

THOUSANDS.

If you expect to
carry" off some of
those prizes at the
Pan-American oral
any other sbow, you
must get in line,
and get your order
in early.'
My Dahlias are
prize winoers. Don't send for a "cheap mixture"
for I don't curry that kind.
Prices reasonable. Catalogue free.

W. W. WILMORE, The Dahlia Specialist,

Box 382, DENVER, COLO.

MY SPECIALTY.

Cyclamen Persicum Splendens Giganteum, finest
strain in the world in four true colors (Septem-
ber sowing) plants transplanted from riat,s.
$3.00 per KO; $*5.00 per HOO. My strain of
Cyclamen has a reputiition second to duui:'.
I solicit your patronage and guarantee
satisfaction.

PAUL MADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa.

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Indispensable

(^■' t^^ v^ t^^

This is the only word which describes the Ameri-
can Florist Company's Directory, just out. This
book, 397 pages of facts tersely told, is issued
annually and is an aid to business and money
making which no wholesaler or traveling salesman
can aflford to be without. It contains the name of
every Florist, Nurseryman and Seedsman, arranged
both by states and towns and alphabetically; and
new lists of Gardeners or Superintendents of
private estates, Experiment Station Horticultur-
ists, Landscape Architects and Horticultural Sup-
ply Concerns. It will save many times its cost by
enabling you to cover America with your catalogue
and at the same time waste no printed matter or
postage on dead names.

EDITION OF t90I,
POSTPAID, $2.00 .^

AMERICAN

flORIST

CO.,

324 Dearborn St.,
CHICAGO, ILL.

Cut Prices

VERBENA KING.

Express prepaid on all
Rooted Cuttings.

\>rbenas. 40 best mam-
moth vars. 60c per 100;
$5.00 per 1000.
Aiternanthera, red and
vellow. 60c per lOO; 85
per 1000.
' Ageratum, Princess
Paulin-1 and a new
rich blue, very dwarf
grower, a winner; Cope's Pet, white; "6(Jc per
■ 100, J5.00 per 10.0.
Heliotropes, 10 best varieties, all named, 70c per

100, te.CO per ICOO.
Daisies, 2 best vars.. $1 00 per ICO; $8.00 per 1000.
Geraniums, strong 2M-1n., best named varieties,

ready for 3-in., $2 50 per 100. ^20 ptr lOf 0.
Verbena plants, strong, full of cuttings, line as

silk, 82 per 100, $18 per lOCfl.
Heliotrope, 2M-in., strong, fine plants, 82 per 100,
$18 per 1000.

Send for our new list of other rooted cuttings
and plants; it will save you money. Write for
prices on larger lots. Special low express rates
to all parts. That Cash Please.

C. HUMFELD. Clay Center. K««.

Tuberous Begonias.

100,000 to spare. The l:iraest and best flowering

varieties grown in Belgium.
' Mgle flowers, separate colors, red, white, pin!;,

yellow, at $2.0J per 100.

Ooubli' flowers, spparaie colors, at .$3.C0 per 100

Only for cash with order. .Vpply tu

JULES DE COCK, NURSERYMAN.
MElRELBEKE, BELGIUM.

IN BEST
....VARIETIES

SPECIALTIES

KO8E81 from 3-lnah poM.

CARNATIONS, for aU deUrerr.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
8MILAX.
PrtoMlow. Bana for lilt. VIOLETS.

WOOD BROTHERS. FISMKIU.. N. Y.

SPECIAL BARGAINS

All plants quoted
from 2V^-inch pots,
except where
noted.

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE FOLLOWING:

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 83.60 per ICO, ?30 per

1000.
-Vsparagus Sprengerii, $2.50 per 100, $20 per 1000.
Acalvpha Sanderii and Triumphans. $i per 100,

$25 per 10.0.
.Vzaleas, 12-inch heads, best vars.. 84 per dozen.
Hoston Ferns, $3 p-r 100, $25 per 1000.
Crotons. flnest assortment. $3 per KO, 823 per ICOO.
Calla Lilies, blooming bulbs, 75c per dozen, .$3 per

1(0.
Cannas, all the leading varieties, well establis' ed

in pots. $5 per lOJ.
Camellia Japonica. 20 inches in height, assorted

colors. 50<; each. $5 per dozen.
Coleus in ,ill the leading varieties, $2.50 per ICO,

120 per 1000.
Geranium?, double and single varieties, the verv

best. $3 per 100, $25 per 1000.

Hibiscus. 10 sons. $-'.[0 pi;r KKi.

Heliotropes, $2.50 per lOJ, $20 per 10 0.

Ponderosa Lemon, bears fruit 2 pounds and up;
an ideal pot plant. It blooms and fruits when
quite small. $1 per doz., 17 per 100, 860 per lOOO.

Otaheite Orange, 83 per 10?, $23 per 1000.

Moon Vines, 83 per 100.

Russelias, the two new sorts, $2.50 per lOO.

Smi'ax. $2 per 110. $17.50 per luOO.

Salvia Solendens $2,50 per 100.

Lemon Verbena. 82 per 100.

Tuberoses, flr^t-class bulbs. 75c per ICO. 86 per lOoX

Roses, all the leading varieties. Tea". Hybrid
Teas. Climber!', from 2!4-inc-h pels. 82.50 per 1(0.
Hybrid Perpetuals, $3..tO per l^'O. Strong Roses
from 4-inch pois. Teas, 8c.; Hvbrid Teas, lOo.
Climbers and Hybrid Perpetuals, 12c.

Send us your list ol Roses for special quotation. Our Wholesale Price List just out.
Write for it today.

The Good & Reese Co.

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. >

The larges: rose growers in the world.

CARNATIONS

I«OOTECr>

CUTTIIVGJ^JS

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following piices:

G. H. CRANE 825.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT 25.00

MADAM CHAPMAN 25.00

DAYBREAK 12.50 "

WHITE CLOUD 812 50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10.00 ■■

McGOVVAN 1000

ELDORADO 10.00

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to hi seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season If you are in need ol a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We a so have the»

t

blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times. .

5^£:fL'CHAS. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich. ^-okBox j

1138

The American Florist.

Mar. i6.

Omaha.

LENTBN SEASON HAS LITTLB EFFECT ON
TRADE. — NO SURPLUS STOCK. — LILIES
WILL BE PLENTIFUL.— VARIOUS NOTES
OF PERSONAL DOINGS.

The usual quiet of Lent has every little
eflecton the sale of cut flowers this season
and there is very little surplus stick, with
the exception of daffodils. Unlimited
quantities of violets appear on the
market, but none are thrown away and
they retail readily at $1 per hundred.
H. Peterson, of Florence, Neb., who
makes a specialty of growing violets,
reports that never before has he had such
a heavy business as this winter. Ameri-
can Beauties are coming in and make up
in quality what they lack in (|uantity,
Prices are very fair all along the line.
The indications are that lilies will be
plentiful at Easter, although some of the
growers report considerable disease
among them.

Miss Gluck, formerly with Mr. Hender-
son, has opened a store at Sixteenth and
Farnam streets and she has the best
wishes of Omaha florists.

The Florists' Club will move next week
to the park commission's office in the
City Hall, where the meetings will hence-
forth be held.

Two of our pioneer florists have been
quite ill during the last month, J G.
Craig and B. Haas. They had the grip.

A. Delaney, ot South Omaha, has dis-
posed of his greenhouses and now devotes
his time entirely to his store.

Mr. Roman, with J. F. Wilcox, will
take charge of the Joslyn place after
April 1.

Recent visitors were A. Rolker, New
York; Martin Reukauf, ot Philadelphia,
and A. L. Vaughan, of Chicago.
• Grippe.

Bridgeport, Conn. '

The florists of this city have had a
meeting and formed an agreement
whereby they will close their stores on
Tuesdaj', Wednesday, Thursday and Fri-
day evenings at 6;30 p. m , excepting
two weeks before Christmas and one
week before Easter, and each evening
previous to a holiday. On holidays, 1
p. m. will be the closing time, excepting
July 4, when they will be closed all day.
On Sundays they will be open only to
deliver orders previously taken.

Rare Hardy Water Lilies
Atso THE Sacred Lotus ^.e^^es

<iKowN AND Fob Sale by

W. J. RICHARDS, Wayland, Portage Co., Olilo.

Write for Catalogue.

please mention the A merican Florist when ivtiting.

2 - Great Glories - 2

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE, 2M-iiioh

pots, 815.00 per 100.
BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE Nana Com-

pacta, 2M-iQch pots, 115.00 per 100.
This stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease.

THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant. Mass.
ROOTED RINNERS OF

Marie Louise Violets

from soil, 60c per 100; J5.O0 per 1000.
Cash with order.

Address

J. DUERR, Geneva, III.

UNROOTED MORNING GLORY CUTTINGS.

$1.75 per 100; $15.00 per 1000.

WE ROOT 10,000 CARNATION CUTTINGS A WEEK.
SEE OUR LOW PRICES ON SUALL LOTS.

Per lOD
.JIO.OO

A. MittiuE. clear lisht cream 1901..

Mrs. .V. Mitting, clear pink " lO.OO

He Roo Mittiiig. ii fine white " 10 00

Sunbeam, tlesh pink, C. C. Co " .... 10 00

Bon Homme Richard, while, C.C.Co. " .... 10.00

Nvdia, variegated, C. C. Co " 10.(0

Prolillca, cerise pink, C. C. Co " .... 10.00

Culifoniia Gold, yellow, Hill " .... 10.00

Avoadale. pink. Hill " .... 4.00

Queen Louise, white, Dillon ,. " .... 10.09

Irene, pink, Cra,bb A Hunter " .... 10.00

Lorna, white, Dorner " lO.fO

Mermaid, salmon. Dorner " 6.C0

Olympia, variegated 1900.... 4.(0

(ii'nevicve Lord, light pink " .... 4.00

lUhel (Jrocker, pink " 3.00

Per 100

Peru, white ISICO.... $3.60

White Cloud, white I.ai

Flora Hill, white 1 00

Argyle, pink l.OU

Joost, floe pink 1. 00

G. H. Crane, scarlet ■... 2.50

Morning Glory, shell pink 4.01

Edna CVaig ■ 1.00

Gov. Griggs 1.00

Daybreak 1.-35

Armazindy 1.00

McGowan 1 .00

Evanston l.OO

Evelina l.fio

Triumph ; I.UO

.\spjiragus Plumosns Nanus, 3-iu $^.00

.Sprengerii, fine, 3'/2-in 5.10

Boston Fern, true, 3J4-in 5.00

Maidenhair Fern. 2^-114 5 00

New Geranium De Roo Mittiog, has yellow

foliage and double scarlet bloom 20.00

New Granium Double .Snow Drop; we know

not a better white 15.00

Geranium Jean \'iaud. 3-in 10.(X)

.Vlteriianthera. frd, slsi) pink. 2H-in X.r^

Sedum Variegatum. Border Plant, 2^-in 1.50

<'ig:ir Plant. 2!<(-in 1.60

California Moss, Hanging Basket Plant.

2!4-in l.fO

Calirornia Moss. Irom sand 50

.lerus.-ijem Cherry. 2H-in 1.50

.Mixed Begonias flowering, 2J4-in 1.50

.Smilax, from flat.'; 25

('ulcus, 15 choice named varieties, 2M-iu 1.50

\'inca, green trailing, 21^-iD I.fO

6-in 15(0

" variegated. 6-in 20.00

Iresines, mixed, 2\i-\ii 1.50

5 Plants .Tt 100 rati

Five Cuttings at 100 rate.
Per 100

Cash, or R. C. and plants

will be sent C. 0. D.

Per 100

Salvia Clara Bedman, 2!4-in $1..50

Marguerite, or Paris D.-iisy. white, 2'4-in I.5)i

Ageratum Princess Pauline. 2H-in I.7.S

Nasturtiums, tall, also dwarf, mixed. 2>4.in. 1.50

Heliotropes, mixed, 2^^-in 1.50

Hardy Pinks, pink colors from sand l.OO

'■ ' " large clumps 5.L0

New Ice Plant, from California, the finest

basket plant we ever saw; 2ii-in lO.Oft

Candytuft, White Rocket, flats %•<

^'erben:ls. lOchoce colors, named. 2Hiii ■ . 1.50
Seedling Caniias, President C.-irnot. Mme.
Crozy, Sarah Hili, Queen Charlotte and

A. Bouvier 1.00

Cannas, started plants from strong bulbs,
Triumph. Progression. Burbank. A. Bou-
vier, 4-in

Lobeli.-i Crystal Palace Gem 2'4-in

Asparagus Pluiuosus Nanus, from llals 2, CO

Petunia, choice double mixed, 4-in 5.00

Per 1000

Pansy Plants, from cold frame, small % 5 00

" " 20 leaves, from cold frame In. 00

250 at 1030 rnt?.

MORRIS,
ILL.

2.50
I. SO

THE MORRIS nORAL CO.,

Have You Seen the Lorraines?

Th'sc DOW Begonias are sure to be in great
demand. Let us book your order NOW for June
delivery.

Gloire de Lorraine, |t5.oo per lOO.
Light Pink Lorraine (Lonsdale's variety)
|25 00 per luO.

Aro also iiook n? orders for new Chrysanthe-
mums, Carnations, Cannas and Geraniums.

Catalogue Free.

NATHAN SMITH & SON, Adrian, Mich.

Pansies

Giant mixed of Bugni.>t, Cas-
sier, Odier and Triniardeau
strains. We are positive of
having the finest Pansies in
the United States this vear. Price, extra fine
stocky plants. 60c per lOU; $2.75 per 1000. Kxtra
large plants In bud and bloom. %\ per 100; $8 per
10.0. VINELESS SWEET POTATO (new), grows
same as Irish potato. Very productive, $1.00 per
peck; $*i.50 per bushel.

For rooted cuttings of Carnations, see issue
of February 33 this paper.

Cash With Ordeu.

HY. ERNST & SON, Washington, Mo.

npAn THICI Extra strong, fine and best vars.
nl-tW I III J. Plants from 2;2-inoh pots.

Dreer's finest Double Petunias, $3 100; 60r doz.
Fuchsias, finest 10vars.,*3 100; 60c doz. Begoni.-i.s,
Erfordii, Saundersoni, $3 100; 50c doz. Snap
dragons, German, extra colors and plants, $3 lOil;
50c doz. \\-\ Geraniums, fivars., and German lv\,
13 100: EOi- doz. Viiica Variegata, $i.50 IlXI. Salvi.i
riara Bedman, $2 103. .\geratuni. 3 best, $! 100.
Trailing .\butiloii, variegated, line, $3.60 100.
Mooiivincs, SOc doz. Cuiiheas. .1:1.50 lOO. Cash
with order. GEO. M. BRINKERHOFF. Springfield, III.

Vinca Major Variegata.

Well Rooted Cuttings $1.25 per 100.

Cash Witb Okder.

SMITH & YOUNG CO.,

456 E. Washington St., INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

Geraniums

.r iro

i2.su
1.75
2.0O
2 01
3. CO

. 2.00
2.0O

3.ro

2.00

2.00
1.60

16 best vars.. 2'..-ia, jiots, ready for 4s...
ALTERNAN1HERAS, 2-inoh pot?, je low..

red

COLEUS. mi'ied, 15 vats., 2-incli pots

PELARGOigiUVS, mixed, 3-incli pots

OXXLIS FLORIBU.VOA. -'-inch pots

AGERATUM r. Pauline .ind Tapis B'ue..
DOUBLE PETUNIAS. mixeJ, 2!/2-inch ....
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERll. 2-inch pos...

VERBENAS, 16 \nrs.. 2-inch pot.s

2000 PANSY PLANTS, cold frames

(.'ASH Please.

JOS. n. CINNINGHAM, Delaware, 0.

Please mrntion the A •nenean F/i'ttsf ri' fieri rrnling;.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Verbenas. 35 vars.. 60 j per 100, .$5 per 1000. Col-
eus, 30 vars, 60-. per 100, $5 per lOOj. Heliotrooe,
14 vars., $1 per 100, $8 per 1000. Ageratums, 3 vars..
eOc per 100, $S per 1000. lantanas. 4 vars.. J1.2.=i
per 100. Giant Alyssum. H per 100. SiKiat, 3
vars., $1 per 100. Express prepaid on all R. C.

Verbenas and Heliotropes. 2'4 inch.$2 per 100;
jilN per ICOO; stroii'-' plains. Cash with orders.

8. D BRANT, CLAY CENTER. KAS.

25 I.EADING KinOS,

2-iiicli pots. ,$2.00 iier 100.
Rooted Cutt.iigs, eOcts per 100.
U nCT* B • Brides, Maids, Meteors, Perles,
XW\/»Xl9> strongly rooted cuttings. »l.50

[irr ICO. Fine stock. '
Rooied Cuttings of CARNATIONS, 80cl>. I- l!.'.SO
per 100. Best leading varieties of CHRYSANTHE-
MUMS. Write for prices.

W. H. GULLETT & SONS. Lincoln, III.

VERBENAS:

IS Regan Printing House

MLRSERY

SfED

(lORISTS

CATALOGUES

87-91 Plymo-ith PJace,
> jt > CHICAGOj» j» J»

i^ot.

The American PlorisT.

11S9

ROOTED CUTTINGS.

1'^

Colcm, 12 varieties

Alyssum, Giant

Mme. Salleroi Geranium

Geraniums, luixful

Geraniums. Nutt, Hruant. etc

Aseratum Princess Pauline

Carnations, 24 varieties. Send for list.

PLANTS FROM 2-[NCH POTS.

Vincas. 2 varieties

Haby Primroses

Gt-raniunis, named

r 100
{ .60
1.00
1.25
1.50
2.00
1.00

2.50
3.00
3.00

Kalamazoo Nursery & Floral Co.,

KALAMAZOO, MICH.

DON'T GET LEFT

ON GERANIUMS. They are
going very fast at |3 per 100, $25 per
1000 out of 23^ -in. pots, ready for
sliiftinginto3or4-in. Composed of tfie
following varieties: S. A. Nutt, Frances
Perkins, LaFavorite, E. G. Hill, Beaute
Poitevine, Wm. Pfitzer, Ruy Bias, Double
Grant and in fact all the leading vars.

Ageratum, 2>^-in. pots. Princess Pauline,
Cope's Pet, White Cap, %\ per 100. R.
j C. 50c per 100.

Fuchsias in variety, R. C, $1 per 100.

Coleus, 2>^-in. pot, 41.50 per 100. R. C.
50c per 100. gj,^ m^j, flccompan, o,jg,

J. E. FELTnOUSEN, Schenectady, N. Y.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

TOMATO —Lorillard, MayHower, Dwarf Cliara-
i pion. Acme, Stone and other varieties readv for
f transplanting. 15c per 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50
) per lO.COO. If by mail add 10c per 1 0.
EGG PLAN( — N. S'. Improved, good size for trans-
planting or potting. 25c per 100; J2.0J per lOcO;
$15.00 per 10,000. If bv mail add 10c per PiO.
, PEPPER— Bull Nose. Ruby King, Sweet Mountain
f and other varieties, readv for transplanting,
25c per lOJ; $2.00 per 1 00;"$15.00 per 10,000. If
bv mail, add P c per 100.
BEfcT— Earlv Egyptian, 20c per ICO; $1.50 per 1003;
$12.60 per 10.000. If bv mail, add 10c per 1 0.
\ BRUSSELS S'-kOUTS— 2oc per 100.
C48BAGE— In var., 25c per 100: $1.25 per 1010.
fAULIFLOWtR— 3.5c per 101. Cash with order.

I R. VINCENT, Jr., & S0<. White IMarsh. Md.

CHINESE PRIMROSES, J-in. pots, fine Eastfr slock.
OBCONICA GRANDIFLORA. large llowering, 4-inch,
, in bud.
HELIOTROPE, large panicled, purple. 3y4-in. pots,

in bud.
PAftiSltS — Giant Trimardeau. immense flowers,
good var. 01 colors, fine Lr.ansplanted stock. 50c
per 100 bv mail: ^J jier 1000 b\ express.
; HELIOTROPES. Saliasplendensand Bonfire, lobelia
c D. compacta. nice potted plants, at $1..50 per
100; R. C. 75c per 100.
, CANNAfiO'S— Flora Hill. $1 per 100: J9 per ICOO.

McGowan. $1 per 100: $6 50 pit 1000.
I PARIS Daisy and German Ivy K C. each.. 50o per 100.
• ROSES— Brides and Bridesmaid. 2!4-inch, $2.00
per 100.

E. FRYER. Batavia, III.

BIG RED

TOMATOES

Those large, red. perfectly smooth and solid
Livingston's Stone Tomatoes can be grown from
Livingston's o\\n seed as easily as not. Unques-
tionably Livingston— the Tomato' Man— sells the fin-
est Tomato Seed in the world. We will send you a
packet for trial Free of Charge if you'll ask for it.
LIVINGSTON THE TOMATO MAN. Box 103. Columbus.O.

Well-Rooted
Cuttings.

, Alternantheras

P. Major and .\urea Nana. 50c per 100
orH.COper 10)0.

\ SEED SWEET POTATOES. Yellow .Jersev and Nanse-
J mood, per libl, $i. Speci.il price bu large lots.

DAVIS BROS.. - Morrison, III.

' II U good business policy •* ^ «fc
to mention the »3"«^«3»

....American Florist

when 70a write to an adTCttlier,

Get Mrs. Nation

to come and help you do
some clearing up. Her
axe would be a blessing
to some establishments
'we know of. SMASH the old relics of bygone styles, baskets, wire designs,
soiled doves, faded immortelles, etc. Then SEND FOR US and let us stock
you up with the kind of goods the public of today are looking for. Your cus-
tomers will see the difference at once, and you'll see it, too.

If you are not in the front rank we can help to put you there.

We have Baskets, all styles and values, for any possible use. Cellu-
loid Pot Covers in endless variety for the plant buyers. Moss Goods
for memorial uses. Cords and Tassels, ihe latest fashionable requisite,
in colors to match every variety of flower you sell. Cork Bark for
window and conservatory decoration, rustic and appropriate. Sheaves
— such sfieares— they're our strong card. Quality and make unexcelled
anywhere. The New Cape Flowers have come in and they're very fine.
Can quote you tempting prices.

Our business is to supply progressive florists with every requisite for
a first-class trade at prices that cannot be beat.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.,

50-56 North fourth St.,

rniLADELPHIA, PA.

BUCKLEY'S

Plants and
Rooted Cuttings
GERANIUMS.

25,000 Rooted Cuttings— .\11 strong, selecfd top
cuttings, well rooted, r.ady for 2V4-incb pots, is
the kind of stock we send out, of the following
superb varieties, at $2.00 per 100; $181,0 per 1000:
Bruinti, Heteranthe, Grant, S. A. Nutt, Athlete,
Frances Perkins, E. G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine,
Mme. .laulin. Mme. liruant. La Favorite, Mrs. J.
]\1. Garr. Same varieties X X strong, a^-inch,
$2.S0 per 100; $22.50 per lOrO.

ROSE GERANIUMS AND IVY GERANIUMS— Strong
2!/.-incli,.$3.00 per 100.

VcRBENAS. Special. 20th Century Collection.
New mamnjoth, co sistiug of 20 grand varieties,
10,000 strong 2-inch and 2ii-inch pot plants, full
of cuttings, to move quick, $1.60 per 100; $12.50
p°r luon.

COLEUS — Gold n Bedder and Verschaffeltii,
strong s-lected top cuttings, well rooted, 75c per
100; Jfi.OO per 1000.

NEW AGERArUMS— Stella Gurney, the grand
novelty of 1900, and Snow Drift, the peerless
white, strong 3-inch stock plants full of cuttings,
60c per dozen; $3.00 per 100. Strong rooted cut-
tings $1.00 per 100. Louise Bonnatt, latest novelty
in white, and Princess Pauline, latest blue,
strong SK-incb. $1.50 per 100; strong R. C, 60c
per 100, (special).

CASH WITH ORDER.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

SpringHslil, III.

Pleaze mention the American Fiorzst ii'ken writing,

on ft nnn Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fresh
^UUiUUU pickea from our own ]>lants, sure

to grow, ilOc per ICO; .$7.50 per 1000.
Alternantheras— Red, yellow, pinic, 60c per 100;

l.'i.iyO per luuO, prepaid.
'Mums— Fine rooted cuttings, W. R. Smith, Daille-

douze, Maj. Bonnaffon, H. Robinson. F. Hardy,

.7. .lones, etc., $1.50 per 100.
Boston Ferns, 2i4-inch, 50o per doz ; $3.0D per 100.

3-inch. $l.uO per doz.; 110.00 per 100.
Geraniums — P. Bruant, Gettysburg, Crystal, Mme.

Bruani, etc. 2 inch, $2.00 per lOO.

A. J. BALDWIN. Newark. Ohio.

The Famoui Kudzu Vine— Hardy as a rock. Lasts
50 years. Can be cut back every year. Grows
50 feet in one season. $7.00 per 100.

Asparagus Sprengeri— Strong 3!4-in.. $6.00 per 100.

New Rose Snowflake — The Daisy Rose, $10 per 100.

New Lace Fern— Fronds last a month, $6.00 per 100.

New Russelia Multiflora— 2yi-inch, $4.00 per 100.

50 New Plants not to be Had Elsewhere.

Callas— White, $3 per 100; Spotted, $3; Yellow, $20.

Cannas, Dahlias, and all summer blooming bulbs.

Electros and Cuts for Florists and Seedsmen,

a. RLAMC. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

^1^T*0 H {11 tVi Cf Mixed, good collection.
U^CI. Ctilll U1U9 Double Fringed Petunias,

Fine Asparagus Sprengerii. All the above from
2-inch pots at $2.00 per 100.

K. I. RAWUN08, Quakertown, Pa.

use "UP-TO-DATE"
=^ FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

M. Rice & Co , 'Xn^ul^'c^s.

018 Filbert St., PHILADELPMIA, PA,

Cataloqttk for thb Asking

Please mention the A mencan Florist ithen -u-i iting.

A. HERRMANN,

Cape Flowers, au, oolobb;
Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
^^ All Florists' Supplies.

Send for Prices.
404.4I2 Cast S4th St., NEW YORK.

SiGMUND GeLLER

Importer and Mir. of

Florists' Supplies

Complete stock — New Goods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

I08 W. 28th St., neareth Av.. NEW YORK.

P^^A^ Adjustable Vase Holders

No. 1.— Brass, nickel, 4 feet long, 6 clasps to each
rod. Price complete (with green or white tum-
blers) $2.25. Price complete (with green or white
cornucopia vases) $2.50. No. 2. — Heavy 4 ft. rod
brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-
in -h pots, each, $1.75.

Kitt's patent rubber capoed Flower Tubes,
IH-inch diameier, per 10'), $3.50.

JOSEPH KIFT & SON, 1726 Chestnut St., Phila.. Pa.

DON'T STAY ON THE FENCE,

. But jump down on the side of

JOHN C. MEYER & CO.

T,V\^^..'°:'. SILKALINES.

84 Kingston St., BOSTON. MASS.

Meter Silkiline is for sale by all the leading
seedsmen snd jobbers throughout the country.

LETTUCE PLANTS

Grand Rapids, fine plants from cold frame,
$1.00 per 1000; 5000 for $4.00. *

DAISIES

(Bellis), fine plants, 100, 40c; ICOO, |3 00.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

1140

The American Florist.

Mar. i6,

Albany, N. Y.

RETAILER VISITS NEW YORK FOR EASTER
SUPPLIES. -PROSPECTS FOR AN INCREASED
PLANT TRADE.

H. G. Eyres was in New York at the
beginning ofthe week to place orders for
Eister plants and supplies. He was well
pleased with what he saw in the metrop-
olis, but reports that the eff;cts of Lent
are more visible there than in Albany.
Mr. Eyres says the outlook points to a
very large sale of plants at Easter. He
is making preparations for an increased
demand, at least fifty per cent. W. C.
King made substantially the same state-
ment, but added that he thinks many
dealers will not receive sufficient stock in
time to supply the demand.

Whittle Brothers had the decorations
at the twentieth annual banquet of the
alumni of the Albany College of Phar-
macy at the Hotel Ten Eyck, March 12.
Covers were laid for lli guests. The
tables were tastefully decorated with red
and white tulips, azaleas and small potted
palms.

The past week has been quiet in many
respects, but nearly all the dealers report
that business has been much better than
they expected at this date in the Lenten
season. R. D.

Lowell, Mass.

BUSINESS IS DULL.— STOCK NOT OVER-
PLBNTIFUL.— MANY FASTER PLANTS IN
SIGHT. — LILIES WILL BE SCARCE —FUNE-
RAL WREATH SENT TO ENGLAND.

Business is dull because there is not
much doing socially, and not so many
funerals as there were a few weeks ago.
Stock seems to be shortening up a little
just at present, and the growers arelook-
ing forward to Easter. It seems that
there will be a plenty of potted plants
except lilies.

Patten & Co., of Tewksbu'ry, sent a
handsome wreath made of cypripediums
and asparagus to Liverpool, England,
last Saturday, for the funeral ot Mr.
Ward, son of Captain Ward, of S. S.
Ivernia, which plies between Boston and
Liverpool.

All the store windows are gay with
flowering plants. A. M.

Denvf.r, CoL — J. A. Valentine is very
much better and is well enough now to
leave his house for short drives. We
expect to see him around again well and
sound in a few days.

asssg^<&«-ifiigzz.s>asiegg;sgjg^gs?SK^isagasszss!!g^g^Eg8^sga

A MAN'S LAWN

\\\\\ Bnver look smooth and "'velvety," the rank crab-grass
will never be straitjhtened np so it can be out oflf. and the
■.Tass \y\\\ never grow so thickly until he invests in that mod-
trn lawn beavitifler known as a

riniey Rotary Lawn Rake

'* Papa! We Can Rake Your Lavvn.*^

It came out only last
.«;eason, and from Gar-
di-ners, Parkinrn a n d
others, an avalanclie of
testiniouial^ has come
to us. all of thi-m saying
in substance, "this is the
greatest invention of mod-
ern times in its line. We
couldn't do without it "

A CHILD CAN PUSH IT.

YOU NEED ONE
ir YOU HAVE A LAWN.

It runs easy, is sinipli*, strong, and the only thing of its kind. We liave
a descriptive circular telling all about this Lawn Rake and containing
testimonials from users in all pans of the country.

We want you to have one, and will mail it free for the asking.

I4inch, $10.00-

-7. B. JDLIET-

-20-inch, $12 00.

FINLEY LAWN RAKE CO., - Joliet, III., U. S. A.

DO NOT MAKE ANY MORE STRAW MATS.

srnjn PALMER WOOL-FILLED MAT

Big saving in Coal
Bill by covering
your Green-
house at night.

FROST PROOF.

Made expressly for
Winter covering of
greenhouses, hot-
beds, cold frames,
plants and seeds of
all kinds.

Indestructible
Cheap-ndWarm

' Will not harbor mice
or vermin. Easily
handled. Dry out
quickly after rain.
Have now been in
practical use six
years.

Cost less than old-
fashioned straw
mats, and entirely
take their place.

inC III ■• r«LlllCn UUi, New Tork Ofice, us worth street.

AiiJress ;ill correspomlt'nfe to Tlie K. T. Palmer .t Co , New London, Conn. Agents Wanted.

The Conley Foil Go.

Manafactarera ot

SILVER BIRCH BARK WARE

Pricks Pkb
Doz. — Canoes,

2 AND 4 DOMINICK STREET,

Pl£ai.e mention the~A nterican Ft'^rist when writing.

HEADQUARTERS

COCOA FIBRE.
SHEEP MANURE,
BONE all grades,
IMPORTED SOOT,

SPHAGNUM aQd
GREEN MOSS.
RUSTIC WORK, all kinds,
CLAYS FERTILIZER.

DU^NE & CO., iSjrV,! New York.

HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES.

Jti.!iO:

113.20;
{16.60.

Logs, 6-in. J."l;
9 - in. $3.84;

12-

15- in.

18- in.

(4.80^
H.OO;
»7.80|
$8.40;
34 -in. $9.60.
Pot Covers,

4-in. Iiii40; Ij-iu. $3.00; 6-in. $3.96; 7-in. $5.04;
8-iu. $.5.88. liulb Piins. 4-in. $1.80; 6-in. 12.40;
6-in. $3.00; 7-in. $3.60; 8-in. $4.20. Boxes, 14-in.
per doz. $11; 11-in. $9; 9-in. $7. Easter Engs,
6-in., 19; 7-in., $10,8-in., $11 perdoz. Ketercnoes:
Geo. Wittbold Co., E. Wienhoeber, C. A. Sam-
nelson, Chicago. J.A.LYNN,

1443 Wright wood Ave. CHICAGO.

Successful Growers are Wanted

To know that they can dispose of all their surplus stock by adver-
tising in the American Florist. TRY IT NOW.

•••♦•♦••••

igoi.

The American Florist.

1141

Liquid
Plant
Food

Grows hardicT slock; grows improved stock.
Stck ships better; ulso teadv earlier. Brings
belter customeri and more profits.

30 g il., including bbl $12 . 10

20 " •• •• 8.10

10 4.85

-For spraying
fertilizer and
Bordeaux,
kerosene, etc..

EASTfRN CMEMICAl COMPANY,

630 Atlantic Ave.. Boston.

Use the "IMP. Nozzle and Sprayer."

It autninaticallv dilutes the fenilizer, 50 to 1. BY

IHB HOSE, with no labor. Needs no

adjusliiienfs. All br.iss. $3.00.

1880

HAMMOND'S SLUG SHOT.

1901

Destroys pests which prey upon Vegetation In the GREENHOUSE, CONSERVATORY or GARDEN.

SLUG SHOT is a composite powder not dependent solely upon any one of its parts for effec-
tiveness. For 21 years SLUIS SHOT has been used, doing effective work agiinst Leaf Eaters, Juice
Suckers, Sow Bugs, Snails or Grubs in tbe soil. SLUQ SHOT is spreaa by duster or blower.
Water will carry it through a sprayer or pump. It destroys in this way elm tree beetles, caterpillars on
trees Where Snails or Sow Bugs are troublesome, dust SLUG SHOT on the soil with a duster.
SLUG SHOT rids fowls, calves and dogs of lice and fleas. SLUG SHOT is put up in tin perfo-
rated screw-top canisters and cartons holding one lb. The 5 lb. package (see cut) retails at 25 or 30c
each, larger packages at less rate. SLUG SHOT is

Sold by the Seedsmen in all parts of the United Stat's and Canada.

GRAPE DIST

For pamphlet address "Ft ,

U^x inildews
ami bli-'lits.

SOLUTION Of COPPER ;;f^;itru°-"'

HAa<£JVi01Srr>, FISHKILL-ON -HUDSON. N. Y.

o

i Tho MnUfOr Tl^^'t win kiti all the weeds in your
jl I lie ITIUIrCI lawns. If you keep the weeds cut
! so they do not 1:0 to seed and cut your grass witb-
\ out hreakin-j; the smiill feeders ofroots, the grass
, will becnnjt- tliiek and weeds will disappear. The
\ Clipper will do it. S-Mid fur eataloguc and prices.
f, CUPPER LAWN MOWER CO., Norristown. Pa.
Please mention the A me> ican Florist -when hunting.

Boston Florist Letter Go.

MJJvUFACTURKRS OP

FLORISTS' LETTERS.

'This wooden boi nicely stained and T»is
, Dished, 18x30x13 made In two sectlonst one
for each size letter, given away with flnt
order of 500 letters.

Block Letters, 1 H or 2-Inch aiie, per 100, tJ.OO.
Bcrlpt Letters, S4. Fastener with each letter orwonl.
usea by leadlnn florists everywoere and tor smla bi
»u who esale florisu and supply dealers.

^ N. F. McCarthy, Treas, and Manager,
84 Hawlev St., BOSTON, iWASS.

Heaie mention the Amei lean Floriii when uniltng.

ESTABUSHED
1666

EMILSTEFFENS>

5UCC.™ N,STEFFENS
"•DSTEFFENSBROi

IF YOU WANT

HEALTHY PLANTS

FUMIGATE WITH

NICOTICIDE

THE BEST OF ALL

INSECTICIDES

Write for full particulars to

1 he Tobacco Warehousing & Trading Co. ,

1000 Magnolia 4ve., lOUISVILU, KY.

Mease met'tion the American I-iorisi when writing

Economy in Heating

At the present and prospective
prices of coal those florists are
lucky indeed who are using the

Weathered Boilers.

Are yon one of them? If not,
then write us and we will fur-
nish indisputable tacts.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marlon St , NEW YORK.

T

ItBurns

,.'"'0 (

The most convenient way
of applying an insecticide
ever yet devised. No pans
required-No heating oP
irons-No trouble-Cannot
injure the most sf nsitive
blooms-Very ertective.
Price 60 <t per box of 12
foils. Ml dealers sellit!

5kabcuraDip Co.

St. Louis — Chicago.

BEST

AND

CJieapistl

ALL-ROUNsf

INStCTIGlDEl

«a theHftrkAt I

IHii

£rcTg

For Sale by
Seedsmen.
For Free

Pamphlet
Write to

I The KentucKji

Tobacco
I Proouct Co.
II., h

OUR DIRECTORY FOR 1901 WILL BE MAILED TO YOU -
PROMPTLY UPON APPLICATION. PRICE. TWO DOLLARS."

1142

The American Florist.

Mar. 1 6,

Camden, N. J.

THADB FAIRLY BRISK AND VALUES ARE
ENHANCED HY COLD —GROWER LOSES
BY FIRE.— OTHER NOTES.

The cold February weather enhanced
the value of cut flowers in Camden.
There are many social events, occasional
weddings and numerous funerals, which
use up the supply of stock. C. W. Turnley
imported alargequantity of bulbs, which
afiord a constant supoly for his cut
flower trade. These are forced in suc-
cession at his Haddonfield nurseries.
Most of the local florists have simply
their office and store in town and depend
upon the out of town and Philadelphia
commission dealers for their supply.

W. S. Johnson, of North Cramer Hill,
had a fire last week and lost the contents
of two greenhouses. He thanks Provi-
dence it was no worse. Here is a lesson
to all building greenhouses, to keep all
woodwork at a safe distance from the
boiler or hot air flues

Business is good at most stores. Indi-
cations of a lively Easter trade are
already in evidence. Pot plants sell
readily. Camden.

Springfield, Mass.

THADK HOLDS UP THROUGH LENT.— CAR-
NATIONS ARE SCARCE.— VARIOUS NOTES.

Although Lent is with us, business
remains good, very little decrease being
noticed. Stock of all kinds is plentiful,
excepting carnations, which are needed
ba'ily. The weather is anything but
good, since March came in cloudy and
rainy, and unless sunshine appears I am
afraid lilies will be behind.

J. W. Brundrett, gardener to R. W.
i Day, has his stock in good shape. His
Brunners are grand, also his carnations,
especially Mrs. Thos. W. I.awson.

Most of the craft are having troubles
of their own just now, nursing the grip,
of which we seem to be getting more
than our share. A. B.

Utica, N. Y— E. T. McQaivey has
established a branch store at 206 Genesee
street.

Portland, Ore— Clarke Brothers, who
have a city store at 289 Morrison street,
nurseries at Richmond, and another
establishment at Fruitland, Cal., are
about to add three rose houses at the
latter place.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want
in the way of

PREPARED PALMS

Whether the raw materials or the
finished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and service from the
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co.,

Jacksonville, Fla.

Branch Store, Indianapolis. Ind.

{^"Inquiries Cheerfully Answered.

GEORGE RIPPERGER,

Sheep Manure

I h.ivi' now i>n luuid a larac r|ui,ntily of Al Sheep

Manure, t^eod for ivici- list and sample.

Best Fertilizer lor Top Dressing.

CANll WITU OKDKR OK ICEFKUKMES.

Office, 207 Academy 5t.
Factory, Seventh St.,

L0H6 ISLAND CITY.

Sheep Manure.

In natural stale, $1.00 per ton,
f. o. b. oars. Drie<l unpulvcr-

ized, $5 00 per ton. Write for prices on dried

and pulverized sheep manure.

MONTANA FERTILIZER CO., Elgin, III.

Awarded theonly first-
class Certificate of Merit

by the Society of Amer-
ican FloriBtsat Hoston,
Aug. 21. 1890 forStaod-
ard Flower Pots.

I^ILLDIN

PotteryGo

Jersey QTYy^'|B[f[pNG Island (Try
Philadelphia

ARE YOU USING OUR

■ML

Red Pots

If not, do so. They are time
tried. Full Standard Size.
Packed in small crates, and
easy to handle. Price list
free. Send for one.

SYRACUSE POTTERY CO..

SYRACUSE. N. Y.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS!

Packed in small cratei, eaiy to h&adle.

Price oer orate

Prloe per orate

IMO I-ln. poti In ar>te, I4.S8

120 7-ln.poti In orate, 14.30

luoaS"

5.26

60 8 '

8.00

" 6.00

48 9 '

8.60

1000 3 "

500

48 10 •

4.80

800 3M "

6.80

24U •

3.60

500 < "

4.50

34 12 '

4.80

330 6 "

4.61

1314 •

4.80

144 6 •'

8.16

616 '

" 4.60

Seed pans, same prloe as pots. Send for price list of
Cylinders for Cat Flowera. Hanfrtnff Baskets, Lawn
Vases, eto. 10 per oent off for casta with order.

HILFINBER BROS. POTTERY,

OR.... FOKt EDWARD, N. V.

AUaUIT BOLEIB A B0N8. New Tork Agects,

61 DWT ITBIaT. Haw TOBK < ITT

RED p ots

SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., r,^"!*"'^"

FLOWER POTS

.a.XjXj xcxrs'xsis.

STANDARD POTSsP.c^m

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

p. 0. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.

Standard priX^
Flower... ■ v^ i ^

If your greenhouses are within 500 milet
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

H. ERNEST.

W.

28lh and M Streets.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Invalid Appliance Co.,
COLUMBIA PUNT TUBS

■ni* hlad Ikat ai

o.<

iiiiiliiibiijiiiNraiuii""""^

Bm

.I.C

WRITE

AF IfnUD 1521-23 N. LEAVITTS
■ fi MJnni CHICAGO, ill..

ST..

POR PRICES or

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market

KELLER BROS.,

213-15-17-19-21-23 Pearl St.,

NORRISTOWN, PA.

Manufacturers of Standard Flower PotB, red id
color, equal to the best on the market; are 16
milea from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec-
tions. We give special attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quautitiei. A
postal will briuK prices and discounts.
P/t'ij\r tn^nt ion the American Florist when ivritjnz-

GEO. KELLER & SON,

MANUTAOTHRIBS OV

Flower Pols.

Before baying write tor prloM.

361-363 Herndon Street
neu WrlKbtwood Are ,

CMICAQO. lU..

Please mention th^ American Florist when ifttting-

THOSE RED POTS

"STANDARDS"

FDLL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y,

HARRV BALSLEY. DETROn . MICH.,

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list.

6. tlEMEGKE 60.. "'"V^r^

1

tgoi.

The American Florist.

1143

PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.

Nothing since the World's Fair, at
Chicago, in 189J, has elicited the wide-
spread interest that is manifest, all over the
world, in the Pan-American Exposition,
which is to be held in Buffalo, from May 1
to November 1, I'Oi.

The purpose of the Exposition is to
illustrate the orogress of the countries of
the Western Himisphere during a century
of wonderful achievements, and to bring
together into closer relationship the people
composing the many States, Territories
and Countries of the three Americas.
Acting under proper authority, the Presi-
dent of the United States has invited all the
Republics and Colonies of the American
Hemisphere to join in commemorating the
close of the Nmeteenth and beginning of
the Twentieth Century, by holding this
International Exposition, on the Niagara
Frontier.

For this important event, the Nickel Plate
Road has issued an attractive descriptive
folder pamphlet, elaborately illustrating
the Pan-American Exposition, the buildings
and grounds.

The Nickel Plate Road is the short line
between Chicago and Buffalo, and affords
competent train service from Chicago to
Buffalo, New York City, Boston and all
points east, with trains of modern equip-
ment, on which no extra fares are charged;
also dining-car service of the highest orde'.
It affords meals in its dining-cars on the
individual club plan, ranging in price from
35c to $1.00.

Call on any ticket agent for Pan-Ameri-
can folder of the Nickel Plate Road, or
address John Y. Calahan, General Agent,
■ 111 Adams St., Ch'cago.

Parties desiring hotel or rooming accom-
modations at Buffalo or Niagara Falls,
during any period of the Pan American
Exposition, are invited to apply by letter
or otherwise to F. J. Moore, General Agent,
(i91 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.

lA FLIMSY BOILER

1' IS a poor investment.

JTHE WEATHERED

I will last a lifetime and you

can depend upon it. J* J* J*

[> TeBtimonials by the hundred on application to

Thos. W. Weathered's Sons,

46 Marion St., NEW YORK.

"Viola"

LARGEST HORTICULTURAL ADVERTIS-
ING PAPER FOR THE SCANDI-
NAVIAN COUNTRIES.

rOREIGN SLBSCRIPTION,
50c PER YEAR.

\ Write for Sample copies to

* SWEDISH GARDENING OFFICES,

6. Reseringsgatan. STOCKHOLM.

THE KINNEY PUMP.

For applying liquid manure it has do eiiual. Sent

Iircpaid for $2X0.
THE HOSE CONNECTION CO., Kingston, R. I.

Please menlionihe American Roriil when writing.

See That
Ledge?

Pal. Sept. 18, 1900

THE

IMPROVED;

JENNINGS
IRON GUTTER.

Estimati'S furnished on

Cypress Greenhouse Meterial

Witti or without our

Patent Iron Gutters and Plates.

Ni.tlir.-ads t" rut fcr "ur

Patent Iron Bench Fittings
and Roof Supports-
Ventilating Apparatus.

Send four cents iu stamps for our Circulars
and Catalogues.

JENNINGS BROS., OIney.Phila., Pa.

INCORPOR/VTCD

Henry W. Gibbons Co.

GREENHOUSE ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS

and Manuactue. Qu|| CypfeSS StfUCtUral ^316^31$,

STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,

7\^

Iron Frames for Qreenhouses
and Ventilating Materials,

Sales Offlces. 136 Liberty St., NEW YORK, N. Y. Manufactory General Office, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Wrilf to NEW YORK OFFICE for Estimates, Caialosues. Pl.-ins, E.xpert Advice, Etc.

HENRY W. GIBBONS, Pres.. New York, N. Y.

J. L. DILLON, Treas., Bloomsburg. Pa.

THE DUPLEX

GUTTERS

Ihe simplest, strongest and most perfect
Greenhouse Gutters in the marltet.

Only 8 inches of shade. No drip from glass

or gutter. No ice or snow. Wrought

iron galvanized, any weight desired.

Standard

Before you buy any
kind of machinery ex-
amine the merits of the
easy running and the
rapid running

STANDARDS.

No complicated parts.

Send for Catalogue of Gutters and Ventilating Machinery.

E. HIPPARD, Youngstown, 0.
HOTBED SASH

In Pine, Louisiana Cypress
and Red Cedar.

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL,

Cal. Red Cedar and Louisiana Cypress.

BEST GRADES, PERFECT WORKMANSHIP.

A. DIETSCH & GO. ^^^.iTU. CHICAGO, ILL.

GARLAND'S IRON GUTTER

This Gntter
will save money in
cost of constrnctlon.

GEO. M.
GARLAND.

OES PLAINES.

BETTER THAN WOOD.

HARTMAN STEEL ROD LAWn' FENCE

will neither ntt nor bum.

HARTMAN MFC CO., Box HA, Ellwood Oltr.Pa.

Or Kuom in, 808 Urosdway, ?iew York Cltj.

SASH

HOTBED.

GREENHOUSE,

VENTILATOR

OULF CYPRESS BARS,
GRBBNBOC8E AIATKRIAL,
Manufactured by S. JACOBS & 80NS»

Flushing Ave., near Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, N Y.

AT WHOLESALE.

Catalogue and esti-
matei f urniihed.
Please mention the American Florist when "writing.

1144

The American Florist.

Mar. J 6.

Index to Advertiser*.

Advertlslni? rates — 1118
Akehurst Cbaa&SonllSS

Allen S L & Co II

Aoaerioau bose oo 1120 TI

AmllnK K C 1125

Anchorage Rose Co.. 1129
Andorra Nurseries ..112t>

Baldwin A J -....USit

B.ller V A 112B

Bartraiu T B. 1130

uassett Si Washburn 1121

Baur 8 Alfred 1

Bayersdorfer H & Co.llSU
BentheyACo :....1121
Bemhelmer Eugene. .1122

Bemlng a u 1122

Besold C 1181

Blndekunst Die II

Blano A & Co Il:i9

Blue HIM NurseT-.-llSl
Boston Co-operative
Growers' Kxchajge 1122

Bostou Lietter uo 1141

Brant S D 1138

Brant&Noe 1121

Brill Francis 11

Brlnkerhofl Geo M...1138
Brlnley B B & Co.... 112a
Buckley W T Plant Coll39

Baalong J A 1121

Bonyard H A i;2d

Burpee W Allee & Co. II
Caldwell the Woods-
man Co 1128

Cannlohael D 1132

Carmody J D 1144

Chadwlck Chas 1137

Chicago Carnatior Co.

1121 1133

Chloago House Vv reck-
ing Co Ill

Chicago Pasony Farm 1134
oinoliinati oQl 1!'iu oull21

Clark Bros li

Clipper Lawn Mower

Co 1141

Cole Bros 1121)

Conard & Jones Co. . .112ti

Conley Foil Co 1140

Cottage Gardens I

Cottnge Nursery 1124

craob & Hunter 1

Craig Kobt* Bon ... 1131
Croom John F & Bro 1141
Cunningham D O

Glass Co Ill

Cunningham Jos H. .11:^8

Dallledouze Bros 1127

Davis Bros 1139

Deamud J B 1121

De Cock Jules 1137

DeSchryver O & J .... II
Detroit FloT Pot Mfyll42

DletschA&Co 1143

DlUon J L 1132 1136

n(Sner Fred&fionn i o I
DreerB A. ..1129 1136 1144

Uuerr J 1W8

Uuolop John H 1123

Dunne & Co 1140

Bastem Chemical Co. 114 1

Blohholl Henry 1134

Kills Frank M 1122

Elizabeth Nursery I'o \vii\
Ullwanger i Barry. .ll/U
Krnst Henry & Son, 1133

KmestWH 1142

Felthousen J E 1139

Ferguson John B 1121

Flck & Faber 1134

Flllow & Banks 1132

Flnley L.awn Rake ColllO

Fisher Peter 1132

Floral Exchange 113U

Florida Nat Prod Co. .1142

Ford Bros \va

Foster LnclUB H 1134

Fryer B 1139

OardenlngCo The II

Gardeners Chronicle. HI

viarland Geo M 1143

GeUer Slgmund U39

Ghormley Wm 1123

Gibbons H W Co.... 1143

Glblln & Co IV

GUroy Bros 1126

Good & Reese Co . . 1137
Gullett & Sons W H..lias

fJunther WmH 1121

Gomey Heater Co. . . 1144

Guttman Alex J 1123

Uagenburger carl... 1131

Hall Ass'n . 1144

Hammond Benj — 1141
Uanoock Oen & don. ni'i

Hansen Chrla 1130

Harrer Geo 1127

Hartman MfgCo U43

Uarvey WP 1131

Heacook Joseph 1130

Helnl Jos 1126

HeiBB J B 1131

Hennecke C Co 1142

Herendeen Mfg Co.. iv
Herr Albert M.. 113:) 1136

Herron Dana R li:«

Herrmann A 1U9

Hews A H & Co 111.:

HUfl'-B«r Broe 1142

HIU The B G Co I

Hill U H 1120

HIppard B 1143

Hltflhlngs&Co IV

Holton & Hunkel Co. 11.32

Hooker H M Co 1U4

Horan Bdw C 1123

HortAdv II

Hose Connection Co 1143

Humfeld C 1137

Hunt B H 1121

Imperial Trading Co 1128
Invalid Appliance Col 14 i
Irvine John ..t Sons. .1136

Jackson Kdw B 1127

Jackson & Perkins Co 1126

Jacob &. Allison II

Jacobs S &SunB 1143

Jennings B B 1127

Jennings Bros 1143

Tobnso" & Stakes... 1124

Jones Hiram T 1126

Joosten C H 1124

Kalamazoo Nursery &

Floral Co 1139

KasUng W F 1122

KeUerBroB 1142

Keller Geo & Son 1142

Kellogg Geo M 1121

Kennlootc «roB''o. ..]r^7
Kentucky Tnb ProCo 1141

Kervan Co The 1120

KItt Joseph & Son... 1139

Kohr A F 1112

Kroescheil BroB v;u. ..Ill

KuehnC A 1122

Knhl GeoA 1133

Lager iHurreu 1129

Lakev'w Hose Gardenl'33

Lang Julius 1123

Langjahr A H 1123

LImpreoht S J . . . . 1123
Llvlng8tonSeedColl34 1139
Lockland Lum co.1140 IV

LongD B II

Lonsdale Edwin n:i4

Lord & Bumham Co IV

Lucas J & Co 1144

Lynn J A 1140

MeCarthTACoN F. . . . 1122
MoKellar4WlnterBonll2;

Mader Paul 1136

May Jno N 1132

Meytr John C ACo ..1139
Mlllang A Saltford. . . 1123

Mlllang Frank 1123

Moller'B Gartner Zel

tung H II

Monlneer J CCo .. Ill
Montana Fertilizer Coll42

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CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, MARCH 23, 1901.

No. 668.

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

OmcER8— Patrick O'Mara, New York, N. Y.,
president; Wm. F. Kastinq, Buffalo, N. Y.. vice-
president; Wm. J. Stbwabt, 79 Milk Street,
Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Bbattt, Oil City,
Pa., treasurer. The seventeenth annual meeting
will be held at Buffalo, August 6-10, 1001.

I The Sower,

[Written by Edwin Markkam after seeing
. Miliet's great painting with this title.— Copyright,

1900, bv W. R. Hearst.]

i Soon will the lonesome cricket by the stone
, Begin to hush the night; and liy:htly blown
: Field fragrances will fill the fading blue^
!■ Old furrow-scents that ancient Eden knew.
ji Soon in the upper twilight will be heard

The winging whisper of a homing bird.

Who is it coming on the slant brown s'ope,
I Touched by the twilight and her mournful hopft—

Coming with Hero step, with rhythmic swing.
' Where all the bodily motions weave iind sing?
' The grief of the ground is in him, yet the power
j' Of the Earth to hide the furrow with the flower.

I' He is the stone rejected, yet the stone
I Whereon is built metropolis and throne.
Out of his toil come all their pompous shows,
Tbeir purple luxury and plush repose!
I The grime of this bruised hand keeps tender white
' The hands that never labor, day nor night, i
His feet that know only the field's rough floors
' Send lordly steps down echoing corridors.

Yea, this vicarious toiler at the plow
I' Gives that fine pallor to ray lady's brow.
: And idle armies with their boom and blare,
" Flinging their foolish glory on the air—
I He hides their nakedness, he gives them bed,
' And by his alms their hungry , mouths are fed.

, Not his the lurching of an aimless clod,
For with the august gesture of a god —

! A gesture that is question and command-
He hurls the bread of nations from his hand ;
And in the passion of the gesture flings
His fierce resentment in the face of kings.

This is the Earth-god of the latter day.
Treading with solemn joy the upward way;

.. Strong to make kind the grudging ground, and

i strong

[, Topluck the heard of some world-honored wrong—
A lusty god that in some crowning hour
Will hurl Grey Privilege from the place of power.

These are the inevitable steps that make
, Unreason tremble and Tradition shake—
; This is the World-Will climbing to its goal,
■ The climb of the uncurbable sure Soul—
' Democracy whose sure insurgent stride

Jars kingdoms to their ultimate stone of pride.

— Ch icago A merica n .

THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

SECOND ANNUAL MEETING, NEW YORK, MARCH J9-22, 19DJ.

The second annual meeting of the Amer-
ican Rose Society was called to order at
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, at
3 p. m. on Wednesday, March 20. Pres-
ident Benjamin Dorrance briefly con-
gratulated the society on the successful
year and the creditable exhibition of the
the current week, alter which the busi-
ness of the society was taken up and
dispatched with alacrity. The proposed
amendments to theconstitution, abolish-
ing the provision for associate member-
ship, investing life membership payments
in a special permanent fund, and provid-
ing for the election of a board of five
trustees annually, were all carried. The
treasurer's report showed the society to
be in a satisfactory financial condition,
and the secretary's report chronicled a
net gain of thirty-six members in the
year.

The election of officers being arrived at,
the choice of the society was as follows:
President, F. R. Newbold, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y.; vice-president, Carl Stoeckel, Nor-
folk, Conn.; secretary, Leonard Barron,
New York; treasurer, John N. May.
Messrs. Robert Craig and E. M. Wood
were re- elected as members of the execu-
tive committee. The trustees elected for
the current year were Benjamin Dor-
rance, John N. May, Henrv Clews, John
H. Taylor and Carl Stoeckel.

Newport, R. L, was selected as the
place for holding the June rose show,
probably in conjunction with the New-
port Horticultural Society's exhibition.
It was voted to hold the annual March
exhibition in New York again next year,
although E. M. Wood extended a cordial
invitation to Boston, promising the best
exhibition hall in America without
expense to the society, and hearty pro-
fessional and public support. Mr. Wood
was in his best vein and his eloquent
presentation ot Boston's claims to the
consideration of the society roused much
enthusiasm.

It was voted, after much discussion,
that the registration of new roses be
hereafter conducted through the Society
of American Florists. A vote of thanks
was adopted, thanking the society ladies
of New York for their co-operation in the
present successful exhibition, which it
was voted to continue until Friday night.

A brief paper was presented by Ben-
jamin Durfee, in which he advocated the

adoption of a scale of points for the
judging of novelties in which there may
be given the greatest amount of reliable
information as to the practical commer-
cial value of new varieties presented
before the society. No action was taken,
however, in this matter, and then came
adjournment.

The Second Annual Exhibition.

The second annual show of the Ameri-
can Rose Society, at the Waldorf-Astoria,
New York, was a good one and it was
held in a good place. The magnificent
halls of the world-renowned hotel formed
an appropriate setting for the queen of
flowers, and said queen appeared very
much at home in association with the
rich raiment of the fair representatives of
New York's exclusive "400" who graced
the occasion with their presence. Equally
in keeping with the surroundings were
the groups of stove plants and regal
orchids that were massed along the sides
of the hall known as the Astor Gallery,
and also to the carnation, which has but
recently dared to dispute with the rose
the privilege of keeping the most select
company, must be given credit for hold-
ing her own in this bewildering assem-
blage of beaoty. The carnations had a
long, cool and well lighted corridor to
themselves, admirably adapted to their
well-keeping, and were shown in such
profuse masses of color as to be wonder-
fully eflective. Indeed, there were many
visitors, even rose growers, who expressed
the opinion that this carnation section
was the finest feature of the show.

The grand ball room was arranged in
representation of an Italian garden, the
formal hedges and screens being of cedar
trees closely arranged and clipped. In
the geometrical beds forming the ground

Elan were grouped the rhododendrons,
ybrid roses, lilies, azaleas, tulips, hya-
cinths, lily of the valley, lilacs, daisies,
and such plants, in competition for the
various premiums, forming strong masses
of color very effectively placed. At
intervals pyramidal box trees were sta-
tioned. The columns and balustrades were
heavily bung with southern smilax and
masses of Bougainvillea spectabilis. The
bougainvillea came from the conservato-
ries of the Misses Eldridge, at Norfolk,

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N. Y., Thos. P. Higgins, gardener, and an
adequate description of its beauty and
eflectiveness is impossible. The arrange-
ment of this hall was under the super-
vision of Messrs. N. F. Barrett and J.
Russell Pope, landscape architects.

The roses in vases occupied a low plat-
form the entire length of the center ol the
Astor Gallery. American Beauty was
represented by a large number of entries
and the quality wasunprecedentedly fine
All the other commercial rosi s were well
shown, but Beauty went far ahead of
any other class The room was rather
warm and many of the flowers opened
rapidly. The rulerequiring that t xhibits
should be judged two days in succession
before prizes could be awarded was the
cause of a number of disappointments,
as the vases that looked best on Tuesday
did not all retain their prestige on
Wednesday.

On Wednesday evening premiums
awarded were announced as follows:
The Stoeckelcup. $100, for hardy roses
in pots, to H. A. Siebrecht & Son. The
Thorley challenge cup, $150, for collec-
tion of named roses, E. G. Asmns. The
Asmus prize, $30. for fifty blooms of
Liberty, to Benj. Dorrance. The Hitch-
ings' cup, $100, for best display of roses,
to Peter Crowe. The Michell cup. $100,
for best display cut roses, to Berj. Dor-
rance. The Stow cup, $50, for twenty-
five American Beauty, to C. Bertanzel,
gardener to the donor. The Dutchess
County Society's prize, $40, fordisplav of
bulbous plants, to N. Butterbach. The
Clews prize, $50, for fifty white roses, to
American Rose Company, for Ivory. The
Irwin prize for vase of moss ro«es,toJ. N.
« May. Young & Nugent cup, $50, to H.
Dale estate. The Blair cup for 100 red
roses, to Benj. Dorrance. The Callender
prizes, $15 and $10, to J. M. May and
Herbert Spavins. The Battles cup, $100,
for collection of orchids, to Julius Rothrs.
The Loomis prize for H. P. roses in pots,
to Siebrecht & Son.

The Callender prizes for dark red car-
nations went to C. W. Ward and J. N.
May. The Gambrill prize, $25, for best
new plant, to H. A. Dreer, tor Pandanus
Sanderii. The Berwind prizes, $G0 and
$40, for groups of ornamental plants, to
Siebrecht & Son and J. Dowlen. The
steamship prize for combination flower
hamper, to A. Warendorf, whose exhibit
was a zinc-lined hamper within which
was concealed corsage bunches for each
day during a transatlantic voyage, sur-
mounted by a vessel of lily of the valley
riding on a sea of violets. The Burke-
Roche prize, $50, for decorative plants,
to J. Dowlen. The Burke-Roche prizes
tor lily of the valley, to E. G. Asmus and
Siebrecht & Son. The Storrs- Wells prize
for gardenias, to Siebrecht & Son. The
Burke-Roche prizes for carnations, to C.
W. Ward and J. H. Taylor. The Mackay
prize, $50, for mirror decoration, to
Siebrecht & Son for a beautiful arrange-
ment of orchids. The Burns prize, $25,
for 200 Lawson carnations, to Peter
Fisher. The AUxander prize, $25, for
fifty Lawson carnations, to Peter Fisher.
The Douglas prizes for violets, to O.
Van Roden and the Dale estate.

The special American Beauty competi-
tion, entries of fifty blooms, was warmly
contested and the result was the follow-
ing: First, to Henry Hentz, Jr, 92i!,
pointe; second, to L. A. Nne,89i:i points;
third, to Jos. Heacock, Ssi^ points. The
first premium carried with it the Lord &
Bumham challenge cup, valued at $250.

In the regular prize competition for
roses in vases of twenty-five blooms
Myers & Samtman took first for .'Vmeri-

can Beauty, J. H. Dunlop first for Bride,
Meteor and Lady Dorothea, and second
for Bridesmaid. The Dale estate took
first for Bridesmaid, Mrs. Morgan, Mme.
Cusin, Perle and Sunset, second for
Meteor and third lor Beauty. The
American Rose Companv was first for
Golden Gate and Mme. Chatenay, J N.
May first for Bon Silene and Papa
Gontier, and second for Mrs. Morgan.
J. H. Taylor was first for Liberty and
second for Golden Gate. H. Hentz, Jr.,
was second for Bride and third for
Bridesmaid. Jos. Heacock was second
for Beauty.

In the classes calling for vases cf twelve
blooms Richter & Barton took first on

THOMAS MEEHAN.

Beauty, Bride and Bridesmaid, and P.
R. Quinlan first for Gontier. In the
classes for private gardeners Geo. Hale
took first for Bride and Mrs. Morgan
and second for Bridesmaid. H Kettel
took first for Bridesmaid, and J. Dowlen
first for Carnot and second for Beauty,
Kaiserin, Mrs. Morgan, Perle and La
France. N. Butterbach was second for
Bride. C. Bertanzel was first for Perle.
H. C. Steinhoff took first prize for speci-
men H. P. plant, specimen climbing rose
and specimen standard rose. Siebrecht
& Son were first for Crimson Rambler.
A preliminary certificate was given to
the American Rose Company for Ivorv
and a full certificate to Robt. Scott &
Son for Robert S:ott. Incompetitionfor
best six blooms of variety introduced
since 1898, J. N. May was first with
Mrs. Oliver Ames.

Other notable exhibits not mentioned
among the awards included interesting
groups of succulents and rare plants from
the New York Botanical Garden, and a
rock garden shown by Siebrecht & Son.
W.A. Manda exhibited Cherokee roses and
seedling dracsnas. Lager & Hurrell had
a'finegroupot rare orchids. Thos. Roland
exhibited B gonia Gloire de Lorraine in
fine form. A new rose. Florence Pember-
ton, was shown by Robert Seott & Son,
and there was a display of Kift's vases.
All of the above mentioned exhibits were
in the Astor Gallery, where the greatrose
display was made. In the ball room was
a superb showing of carnations, irom
John H. Taylor, and in C. W. ..ard's
group there were such new and attract-

ive varieties as John H. Manley, soft
scarlet; Viola Allen, white penciled pink;
Violaria, white striped scarlet, and Nov-
elty, light yellow penciled pink.

The following named visitors from out-
side localities were present at the show:
Carl Jurgens and son, of Newport, R. I.;
M. J. Lynch and son, W. G. Gomersall
and J. Blair, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.;
Robt. Craig and Mrs. Craig, Jos. Hea-
cock, J S. Hay, E. Weiss, Edwin Lons-
dale, W. P. Craig, Mrs. Starr, J. D. Eisele,
H. C. Geiger, Mr. Myers, Robt. Kift,
Alex. Scott, Mr. Towle. of Philadelphia;
F. R. Mathison, W. H. Elliott, W. J.
Stewart, E. M. Wood, Peter Fisher,
Thos. Roland, of Boston; Peter Crowe,
Utica, N. Y.; W. J. Palmer, BuflFalo; Philip
Breitraeyer, Detroit; P. Burgevine, Kings-
ton, N. Y.;Geo.Thomp9on, Lenox, Mass.;
J. T. Butterworth, So. Framingham,
Mass., Benj. Dorrance and Geo. E. Fan-
court, Wilkesbarre, Pa.; J. H. Dunlop,
Toronto; Mr. Duggan, Brampton, Ont.,
Ella Grant Wilson, Cleveland, O ; Alex.
Montgomery. Natick, Mass.; Benjamin
Hammond, Fishkill, N. Y.; E. G. Hill,
Richmond, Ind.; Wm. Scott, Tarrytown,
N. Y.; Benj aminDurfee, Washington, D. C.

Thomas Meehan.

A portrait in oil of Thomas Meehan,
senior of the well-known firm which
bears his name, has just been completed
by James L. Wood, and will very shortly
adorn the wall of the Academy of Natu-
ral Sciences in Philadelphia. Through-
out his long career Mr. Meehan has
steadfastly avoided publicity of every
kind, and it was with diiliculty that he
was prevailed upon to sit for this por-
trait, and consent to join the gallery of
eminent men already possessed by the
academy.

Mr. Meehan, now recognized as the
most widely known living authority on
the subject of vegetable biology, comes
of mixed Irish and English parentage,
and was born in London, March 21,
182G. His father was one of the best
known private gardeners in England,
and until within a few years of his death
served in that capacity at St. Claire,
Colonel Harcourt's magnificent residence,
near Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Thomas was the eldest of a large
family, and his school education was
limited and brief. He was a thorough
student, however, and the greater part
of his knowledge is due to his own
unaided eflorts. During intervals, while
learning the gardener's business, he taught
himself the rudiments of Latin, Greek and
French, and at the age of fourteen pub-
lished his first scientific discovery in a
paper on the sensitive character of the
stamens of the portulacca. About the
same time he produced a hybrid between
two distinct species of fuchsia (fulgens
and longiflora), which was named St.
Clair. This precocity attracted the
attention of Thomas Bell Salter and some
other prominent English botanists, and
they greatly assisted him in the pursuit
of that study. Through Mr. Salter's
influence he entered the famous Kew Gar-
dens as a student while Sir William
Hooker was in charge there.

Emigrating to this country, Mr.
Meehan lancled in New York on his •
twenty- second birthday, came at once
to Philadelphia, says the Record, and
entered the employ of Robert Buist, at
his nurseries in West Philadelphia. Sub-
sequently he became superintendent of
Bertram's gardens, then owned by the
Eastwick family, and early in the fifties,
head gardener for Caleb Cope, at hi8

igot.

The American Feorist.

114^

DECORATIONS BY J. H. SMALL & SONS AT THE INAUGURAL BALL, WASHINQTQN, D. C. -PRESIDENT'S BOX.

Holmesbnrg property, now the Forrest
Home. While at the latter place, he
succeeded in flowering the Victoria
Regia, for the first time as believed in
America

In 1.S53 Mr. Meehan entered business
for himself as a t.urseryman in Upper
Dublin, shortly afterfounding the "Gran-
gers," and establishing nurseries at
Germantown, where to-day are grown
the largest and finest deciduous trees ia
the country. Just prior to this he had
been invited to edit the Gardener's
Monthly, founded by Rodney King, and
continued its editor for thirty years,
until the death of the owner, Charles H.
Marot. and the sale of the paper to a
New York concern. In addition to this
and the control of his business interests,
Mr. Meehan at one time edited depart-
ments in six other journals. He was one
of the earliest members of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science, and was one of the first fellows
chosen, besides holding membership in
many other botanical and scientific
organizations here and in Europe. He
was elected a member of the Royal
Wernerian Society before reaching the
age of twenty-one, this being the first
time such honor had been conferred on a
minor.

The intimate of Darwin, Agassiz, and
other giants, Mr. Meehan was elected
vice-president of the Academy of Natural
Sciences as a compromise candidate,
thirty years ago, and has held the office

uninterruptedly ever since. Nearly forty
years ago, in conjunction with one or
two collaborators, he commenced the
arrangement of an herbarium at the
academy, which work will be completed
in a month or two from this time. He
is now head of the botanical section, and
ex-oflicio, a member of the Academy
Council.

It is said that during hi9 life Mr.
Meehan has written 1000 original
papers, a large proportion of which
recorded original observations or dis-
coveries. One of the latter determined
the fact that conditions of vita'ity
determine sex in certain flowers. This
theory has been extended in other direc-
tions by medical scientists. In the fifties
he pubiished "The Handbook of Orna-
mental Trees," and began his life work,
"Flowers and Ferns of the I'nited
States," published for some time by
Prang & Co., and continued in Meehan's
Monthly.

Elected twenty years ago a member of
the School Board for the Twenty-Second
section, Mr. Meehan served continuously
until January of this year. For the same
number of years he has representated the
Twenty-second ward in the Common
Council, and now divides with one other
member the honor of being Father of
that body. He was the originator of
the movement in favor of public parks,
creator of the Municipal Government
andFairmount Park committee, and was
one of the founders of the Commercial

Musjum, of which he is now a trustee
The portrait, now the property of the
academy, is very happily executed, and
is reproduced herewith. The pose
secured is characteristic, and the coloring
true to life.

The Spring Exhibition at Boston.

The weather for the opening day of the
last exhibition to be held in old Horti-
cultural Hall, Boston, was somewhat
dull and chilly, but grew brighter as the
time for opening to the public drew near.
Many of the old, familiar faces were
missed, but the enthusiasm of the rising
generation atoned in a measure for their
absence. The general tone of the exhibi-
tion, taken as a whole, was of a very
even character, there being very little
diflTerence in the excellence of the various
exhibits, a fact that was noted by many
of the visitors. The arrangement was
practically the same as in former years,
a method that is certainly open to crit-
icism, but which no doubt will be rectified
when the society is at home in its more
spacious building.

As last year, the display of azaleas was
not what we were accustomed to five or
six years ago, the largest being Azalea
alba monstrosa from Wm. Durant, of
Wellesley, E. Butler, -gardener. Poly-
anthuses and auriculas, too, were very
meagerly represented, although their
place was partly filled by a very neat
display of Primula Sieboldii in si.\teen
varieties, exhibited by F. J. Rea, very dis-

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tinct in color and which attracted con-
siderable attention.

Beyond a doubt the gems of the exhi-
bition were two plants of Cattleya Tri-
anse and one of C. Schroedera:, Irom
Bayard Thayer, South Lancaster, J.
Brydon, giirdener. Closeto them in the
hall were six plants of Begonia Gloire de
Lorraine, from Hon. M. T. Stevens,
North Andover, Walter Angus, gardener,
which were grand.

Rose Gold of Ophir, exhibited by Anton
Phelps Stokes, Lenox, Ernst Lundberg,
gardener, was greatly admired by the
general public, and critically examined
by some of the "profesh," ipresumably
with an eye to its proving a running
mate for the Ramblers for Easter. If it
is suitable for such work it will undoubt-
edly be a great acquisition. A vase of
Magna Charta roses, from Col. Chas.
Pfaff, George Melvin, gardener, was uni-
versally admired, as were the Brides,
Bridesmaids and Liberty from E. M.
Wood, Waban, and the Beauties from
The Exeter Rose Conservatories. E. M.
Wood also showed Beauties and Brun-
ners. Roses of excellent quality came
from W. H. Elliott, Brighton, consisting
of Pres. Carnot, Bridesmaid, Liberty,
Meteor and Bride. J. Pritchard, New-
tonville, Mass., sent Bride and Brides-
maid. Collections of roses, single blooms,
were finely shown by Col. Chas. Pfaff and
Mrs. A. W. Spencer, of South Framing-
ham.

Excellent collections of orchids, taste-
fully arranged with Asparagus Sprengerii
and adiantum, were shown by Mrs. F.

a holiday plant. Boston Giant migno-
nette from Chas. Evans, Watertown,
was very fine.

Dr. C. G. Weld, Kenneth Findlayson,
gardener, had nice collections of hardy
flowering plants and heaths, epacris and
other hardwooded subjects. J. Comley,
Lexington, also exhibited in this class.
Some well grown spikes of colored
antirrhinum were shown by C. H.
Souther, J. S. Kinsella, gardener.

Violets were well represented by exhibits
from N. F. Comley, Lexington; W. Sim,
Cliftondale, and J. H. Fletcher, Belmont.

The carnations exhibited were of a
high standard. The prizes for 100
blooms, not less than six varieties, were
taken by M. A. Patten, Tewksbury; F.
A. Blake, Roclidale, and Col. Pfaff, in the
order named. The Briarcliff Greenhouses,
Scarboro, N. Y., had good vases of Law-
son, Chicago, White Cloud, Gold Nugget,
Maceo, G. H. Crgjie, Mrs. G. M. Bradt
and Marquis. This exhibit, by the way,
was staged by P. Welch, who demon-
strated his ability to handle flowers on
the exhibition table equally as well as on
commission. S. J. Goddard, Framing-
ham, had Eldorado and Gen. Maceo. F.
A. Blake, Rochdale, showed Chicago,
Bradt, White Cloud, Genevieve Lord and
Gen. Gomez, the two latter especially
good, and Peter Fisher was there with
splendid Lawsons.

In the lower hall were good exhibits of

vegetables, apples and pears, also a good

plate of strawberries, from Francis Blake,

Frank Leith, gardener.

It would seem as though a report of

FERN QROTTO AT CHESTNUT HILL, PA., JUST AFTER PLANTING.

L. Ames, Wm. N. Craig, gardener, and J.
E. Rothwell, E. Johannson, gardener.
Two plants of the bright yellow Lfelia
flava from Silas Lothrop, of North
Easton, were conspicuous. A pan of
Phaius grandiflorus, from Mrs. J, L.
Gardner, W. Thatcher, gardener, was
noticeable among otherorchids shown.

A good plant of Asparagus Sprengerii
compacta, shown by Anson Phelps
Stokes, Lenox, Mass., proves the variety
to be a decided acquisition.

A vase of large yellow marguerites
from D. S. Harrigan, Framingham,
looked as if it might be a good thing for

any of the shows for the last three or
four years would describe the plants in
the upper hall. There really did not seem
to be anything new. The cyclamens were
as fine as in previous years and in the
same place. The cinerarias looked prac-
tically the same, too, and the splendid
annual exhibits were there from Dr. C.
G. Weld, Mrs. B. P. Cheney, Mrs. J. L.
Gardner and the Bussey Institution,
which had three tables of showy bulbous
and other plants. Warren Ewell made
an excellent show of miscellaneous bulb-
ous stuff. J. Comley, Robert Car—* ^n,
H. H. Rogers, W. J. Clemson, Jason S.

Bayley and Harry S, Rand all had mer-
itorious exhibits. A collection of seedling
cacti from J. J. Noyes, Somerville, Mass.,
was in contrast to the brighter hues of
the flowering plants.

E. N. Pierce, of Waverlej', had somefine
pots of Lilium longiflorum and L.
Harrisii.

Fern Grotto At Chestnut Hill, Pa.

The beautiful fern grotto so admirably
depicted in the accompanying illustra- _.
tions is on the fine estate of Mr. John T.
Morris, at Chestnut Hill, Pa. One of the
views, taken just after planting, in June,
1899, gives a good idea of the rock
arrangement; the other shows the house
as it appeared about one year later. A
stroll through its moss covered, winding
ways, under the spreading alsophila
fronds, is a charming experience— espe-
cially so if guided by Mr. Gould, the
painstaking gardener who so tastefully
arranged and has so skillfully cared for
the 523 varieties of ferns and forty-
seven varieties of selaginellas which
find a home there. Particularly to the
student or fern enthusiast is it a fascina-
tion, for every variety is clearly labeled
and botanical order has been carefully
followed in the grouping of the genera
and species. The cave shown in the rear
wall is ten feet wide, extending six feet
back of the wall and is about six feet
deeper than the level of the lowest path.
There is a pond at the bottom and here
amid the congenial surroundings of drip-
ping cascades the moisture loving, filmy
ferns thrive luxuriantly. The house,
which is one of a range erected by Hitch-
ings & Co., is a long octagon, dimensions
about 31x44 feet. The walls are three
feet above and five feet below the level of
the ground. The interior rock work was
done by Japanese gardeners, over 100
tons of rock beingused. No freshly quar-
ried rocks were employed, those selected
having been washed by running water or
exposed to the weather for ages. The
entrance is through a glass passage lead-
ing from the doorway, which is of stone,
the two sides projecting above the center
part and giving a battlement effect. This
construction was decided upon for the
purpose of doing away with the ugly
chimneys prominent in most greenhouses.
One side pillar acts as the chimney; the
other ventilates the furnace room under
the stone steps one descends after passing
the outer door. At the foot of the stairs
a second pair of doors open upon an
elevated stone platform, from which the
view shown in the illustration is obtained.
To the left of the platform is a mound ot
rocks, through which the pathway nms
in a tunnel, having a height of seven feet.
Access to the top of the mound is had by
natural stone steps. On the straight
side of the mound several streams of
water fall to a pond at the foot of the
miniature precipice, thence into a second
pond, a foot lower, thence a stream runs
to and falls over rocks under the bridge,
six feet into the pool at bottom of cave.
Mr. Morris' estate comprises sixty-
three acres. The collection of plants and
ornamental shrubs and trees is very
extensive and so fully are many genera
represented that it practically serves the
purpose of a botanical garden and arbore-
tum. Mr. Gould has planted out some
two hundred varieties of hardy British
ferns as an experiment to ascertain how
many of them may be classed as reliably
hardy in the latitude of Philadelphia.
His efforts are thoroughly appreciated

and his pl;^ns fully supported by his pub-
lic spirited employer, who is, himself, an
enthusiastic horticulturist.

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FERN GROTTO AT CHESTNUT HILL, PA., ONE YEAR AFTER PLANTING.

Musings of a Fool.

\_7 he editor does not endorse this contribution.
His first itnputse was to consign to the '^Balaam,"

.but rememoering the old adag^ about babes and
fools he reluctantly decided to Itt his readers judge
it Jor themseh'es. Otherwise this sort of thing
could not appear in the columns of a serious

[journal, — Ed. ]

! There was a time when I thought I
might pass ia the chorus as a wise man
—a modest conceit that has long since

'been relegated to the limbo of discarded
delusions and is now comfortably cob-
webbed in the dust of I dare not think
how many years. Dear friends did their
utmost to separate me from my Imp and,
although the operation was painful and
humiliating, the subsequent relief amply
rewarded me for my sufferings. One
peculiar thing about it was that the
dearer the friend the more the delight in
seeing me squirm. If there be any echoes
of horse-sense still left .about me I am
now confident they will disappear in time
if my intimates retain their health — and
at present they are distractingly healthy
and vigorous, praises be. Having no
reputation for wisdom has many advan-
tages which will readily occur to you.
lOneofthera I have found especially use-
ul. It is the happiness of being able to
mingle among your compatriots and
touch lightly on "the events of the day
with the assurance that you will only be
■amusing and never offensive. When one
?ets riled they all say, "what's the mat-
er;it's only the Fool," and it is astonish-
ng how quickly the clouds roll by after

t

that. So now you know all about me
and will no doubt do your best to grin
and look pleasant if I happen to bruise
an Easter lily. Be thankful that I do not
break down the whole bench.

"Ga-licks, Ga-lacks. Ga-locks.
Smi-licks, Smi-lacks, Snii-locks,

^\'e sell it by the box

If you sendoii the rocks.
Ga-licks, Ga-lacks, Ga-locks."

Isn't that lovely? _ Just read it over
once or twice and see if it isn't the dar-
lingest jingle, ever. "Punch, brothers,
punch with care, punch in the presence of
the passenjaire" isn't in it. Nor do I re-
member anything more transcendent even
among the gems of the sage of Darby
Road. Me do it! Alas, no, I have not
yet reached that stage of beatitude!
The being that produced that deserves to
be canonized. Even the late lamented
smilax king in the palmiest days of his
foolishness never equalled that jingle.
"Ga-licks, Ga-lacks"-Oh dear, it will never
leave me. Quoth the Raven, never-more.

"Quotation from Euripides: 'I had
fourteen boarders and a dog in the fam-
ily, and so help me God, on a Saturday
night the dog was the decentest one in
the lot.' Moral: Get on to the dog;
don't let him get on to you." At least
thej' said that was the moral at the beef-
steak dinner of happy memory. I thought
I knew my Euripides and made a grab
for it first chance, but could find neither
quotation nor moral. It will be an
expurgated edition I have, to be sure.
Like my Rabelais. It was the only Craig

who first showed me what a fool I was
for fooling with an edited edition.

There were other things at that beef-
steak dinner that appealed to me as
almost foolish enough to mention. There
was John Young, for instance, made left
steerer. Who ever heard of John Young
being left? And C. Weathered, middle
steerer. Middle, indeed! It's the north-
west corner he ought to have been in.
Anyhow, there were no bunco steerers
there so far as known, unless the man
who stole the patriarch steer from his
happy home for that occasion may be
classed in that category. Who got up
the programme, I wonder? Bet you it's
somebody posing as a wise man still,
although he is almost fit to don the cap
and bells and charm the ears of kings
with

"Quips and cranks and wanton wiles,
Nods and becks and wreathed smiles;
Smiles that han^' on Hebe's cheek" —
and — I forget the rest, but you'll find it
in John Milton. They don't expurgate
him.

Hasn't this been a vsrinter of essays
among the florists' clubs! By hatchets.
Mr. Editor, but you have my sympathj-!
Essays to right of you, essays to left of
you, stormed at from near and far, inno-
cent you sit and still, bagfulls fit to kill,
dozens and hundreds — and if we exceot
Willis N. Rudd's and one or two otliers
there isn't a decently foolish one among
the lot. How grave and serious we all
sit as the essayist wades through reams
and reams, his every sense on the alert

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for fear he will give something away he
will be sorry for. And if anyone has the
temerity to ask him how he grows so and
so to such perfection he will tell you it
was by finding out how. He gives you
an answer, that doesn't answer. And
then we all go home about as wise as
when we came to the meeting. It's what
you might call a silent lie. There arebut
few that have the courage to be an iron-
souled truth teller, unless he's a fool. It's
a queer world and I sometimes wonder
what we pay our dues for.

But I hear of a new kind of essay that
I am hopeful of: "Why business men
don't conduct their business in a busi-
ness-like way"— is the suggested title,
and an ex-president of the "and 0. H."
society not a hundred miles from Phila-
delphia is to be the demonstrator. It the
fur don't fly some of us will be very much
disappointed. After that "Bill" Kastmg
will tell us what he knows cf the subjec:
in one spasm after his team wins the cup
at the ne.tt convention, while Brother
Christie will try to show us that it's all
on account of Eliza. It is expected that
Warren Ewell will also have something
to say — something with an absinthe-
frappe tinge, cool, soothing, and at the
same time exhiliarating. If the fool is
permitted to put his oar in, now;, he
would say that the reason business men
don't conduct their business in a busi-
ness-like way is because the one-half of
them are so busy writing essays calcu-
lated to lead the other half astray. And
that's no joke!

I hear the seedsmen are complaining
about the weather this spring. An old
story. The weather is older than the
oldest inhabitant and has a right to be
* peculiar. Besides that, isn't it a fact
that when anything goes wrong— if the
orders don't come in quick enough, or
come too fast, or the seeds ddn't grow or
come up rogues— the seedsmen always
blame the weather? Never the seedsman
or his seeds. Oh, no! They are always
perfect. It appears to me the average
seedsman thinks he's a much wiser man
than he is, or else why should he brag so
much about the quality of his wares and
then throw them at you for nothing. If
they are so confoundedly good why can't
he get a decent price for them?

Seriously, there's an awful lot of
buncom in this thing. Just look at the
catalogues— anywhere from a hundred
pages to a pound— one-half filled up
bragging how good the other half is, and
most of them shouting like Cheap Johns
at a fair. Is it any wonder the buyer
walks into his nearest town and hunts
up a seed store that devotes itself to the
seed business and does not spend most
of its time and money on printers and
publishers? My belief is the mail trade
has seen its best days, and in twenty
years from now the business will be local
to a much larger extent than now, and
will be conducted on a more sane, con-
servative and profitable basis than at
present.

Those seed ads. in the weeklies and
monthlies are even worse than the cata-
logues. "Twenty packets seeds and fifteen
bulbs for a quarter." ' Sixteen packets
seeds for fitteen cents." "A dollar's
worth of seeds for ten cents"— and so on
ad nauseam. Lots oi those who try that
racket die off, but the new crop comes
persistently. They die hard. And the
decent people in the business are fatuous
enough to stand around and blame the
weather. Nonsense! It's the Cheap
Johns and congress that are playing the
mischief. Cease trying to put your big

toe into your mouth, Mr. Seedsman; you
are not a baby any more.

There's one seedsman fools -'em pretty
good, I think. I mean the one who
advertises "Quaker Oats." Everybody
knows quaker oats, of course, but this is
the first seedsman I know of to offer the
seed. Happy man, to stumble on this
bonanza and dazzle a waiting world with
what it has waited for so long. Now let
some farmer in Podunk come on with
"Scotch oats" and "H. O." In these
he'll find another fallow field to reap
without sowing, and pile up enough to
enable him to set up business in the same
street as Rockefeller and Carnegie!
Beriah Seller's eye lotion was a mere
chimera in comparison. "There'smillions
in it."

What's this? Do I hear the news from
Buffalo correctly, or am I walking in my

FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED.

sleep? Closer relations of the S. A. F.
and its auxiliaries! My, my, the world
do move! It's rhany a year since I tried
to warn the powers that be in the S. A.
F. of the disintegrating force of auxiliary
societies on the parent body unless some
strong ligament held them together. I
think it was at that convention in Buffalo
when the chrysanthemum society was
organized that I first called attention to
the danger ahead. I was posing as a
wise man then and actually felt hurt
because no one listened. Now that I
know my true insignificance and foolish-
ness I also know that people only take
those lessons 10 heart which they acquire
in the stern school of experience. The
government of the United States and all
other civilized governments conduct
affairs largely through committees. The
S. A. F. could have done the same — com-
mittees can be voted for the same as
oflicers of a separate society; they can
easily have their funds so arranged that
they will be used only for specific pur-
poses. But how to get back on the right
track? The carnation man is quite sat-
isfied with things as they are. So with
other special interests. They cannot or
will not see that they have anything to
gain and they are dubious about their
independence. It is a hard nut and will
take a Philadelphia lawyer or a New
York Euripides to solve it. And toJ^iink
that it was all so simple if only the

start had been made in the right way ten
years ago.

If nothing else comes of this awakening
it will at least show all clubs the danger
ot allowing clubs within clubs. By and
by the fountain of authority dries up
and no one can tell who's running things.
I made a journey to a far cit3' once and
found the local florists' club in a very
moribund condition, so much so that its
own members were bewailing the fact in
open meeting. In talking with a member
as to the reason he informed me it was ■
all on account of the bowling club, an
organization formed without warrant of
the parent body, which he said was run-
ning things to suit itself, giving theatre
benefits, collecting dues and acting with
independept sovereignty in a house in
which it had no legal standing. The club
had a committee for the same purpose,
but it also, like its parent, was paralyzed
and stood idly bj' and allowed its pre-
rogatives to be usurped. I told them
how much better we managed things in
Foolsland, and they were evidently much
impressed. The moral is that the fool as
well as the prophet has to go away from
home to be appreciated.

Is cheapness a good thing? For every-
body, yes. For me, no. What do I care
how high glass is? The less competition
for me and the better prices I'll get for
my flowers. God bless the trusts.

There's my seedsman friend, too. Ten
years ago he used to sell me onion seed
at $3 a pound which cost him $2. Now
he will sell me the same thing for $1 and
it costs him 90 cents. He has to sell ten
pounds to make $1, where he only had
to sell one pound before. In other words,
the seedsman has to work just ten times
as hard now as then to make the same
amount of money. Do you call that
progress? It's like Pat's raise of wages
— "two and six-pence less and two hours
extra duty thrown in, be jabers." Isn't
it time the seed trade had a trust, or do
they want the department stores to be
the future seedsmen? I met a seed drum-
mer in the Ouincy House once; that's one
of the reasons I know so much about the
business. It wasn't the redoubtable J.
Kiley, either. He isn't foolish enough-
yet.

Do these gladiolus experts, Groff and
Van Fleet, really feel as vexed with each
other as they seem, or is it only a shrewd
way of getting some free advertising?
A live journal has to print 'he news, you
know, even if it gives away a million in
advertising. Take that Adonis deal, for
instance. Gurney and "Bob" may not
be copper kings, but they know a thing
or two. The whole country knows about
that Adonis now, and without a cent
being spent in advertising. Nothing
slouchy about that job. Is it grudged
to them? Not at all. Delighted! We
all take more pleasure in looking on
something that is proper, handsome and
perfect than on a mis-shapen enormity
or error of nature, fools the same as the
rest of you.

How long do you think it ought to
take to produce a good landscape gar-
dener? I have heard that it takes no
time at all to make a florist, and about
the same amount of capital. I was once
gravely informed by a prominent rose
grower that an exchange trolley ticket
and check was all that was necessary to
start the florist business. Hem — very
humorous! But here's a easel can vouch
for in another line, a case where a hotel
waitress has just launched herself out as
a landscape gardener for no other reason
that I know of except that the hotel was
closed. Could I call myself a painter if I

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OLMSTED PARK, FORMERLY LEVERETT AND JAMAICA-RENAMED IN OOMPLIMENT TO FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED.

had once seen one or two good pictures
at the Academy? Would I be an arch-
angel if I once sold a few barrels of arch-
angel tar? What's thati You don't
believe the tale? As you please. Quite
true nevertheless — every word of it.
Some people actuallj' imagine that the
ability to do the work of a landscape
gardener is born with one, like that
quaint conceit of the Gilbertian sentry-
man;

"That cverv boy and every girl
That's born into this world alive
Is nither a little liberal
Of else a little conservative."

I had a notion that Loudon was right
when he divided the art of gardening
into four grand divisions: (1 ) Horti-
culture. (2) Floriculture. (3) Arbori-
culture. (4) Landscape gardening; and
stated that a comprehensive knowledge
of the first three was necessary as a
foundation for commencing a study of
the iourth; but recent experience would
seein to show that there is still some
nonsense to be knocked into j'ours trulv.
Landscape gardeners must be like poets,
born, not made. Loudon and the other
ancient masters we've been taught to
believe in were a lot of slow old fogies.
And glad am I that I'm only a cabbage
planter, and have nothing to bother me
keeping up appearances. I've heard
people say they would rather be a fraud
than a fool. .\s for me, I have no choice.
1 am what the Lord made me and humbly
beg to remain, Yours truly.

The Fool,

Olmsted Park.

I In honor of Frederick Law Olmsted the
park commissioners of Boston and Brook-
line, acting in concert, have recently given
the name of Olmsted Park to all that
part of the Boston and Brookline parks

, which extends from Washington street

, at the end of the riverway in Brookline
to the arborway at the junction of Pond
and Prince streets in Jamaica Plain,
embracing what was formerly called
Leverett Park and Jamaica Park and
one of the most interesting and beauti-

■ ful portions of the entire Boston park
system. By this action the commissioners

have shown their appreciation of a great
artist who has impressed himself as no
other artist has ever been able to impress
himself upon this country, and a man
who has worked always for the benefit
of humanity.

A native of Connecticut, Frederick
Law Olmsted first became known to
the public through a series of books in
which he gave his impressions obtained
during several long horseback journeys
through the Atlantic slave states and
from Texas to Carolina. These books
gave to the people of the north their first
authentic information concerning much
of the southern country, and to most of
them their first idea of the true workings
of the slave system, and exerted a power-
ful influence in rousing the public opinion
which finally produced the war of seces
sion and the freedom of the slaves.

Later Mr. Olmsted became a farmer on
Staten Island, and in 1S52, when a suc-
cessful movement was made in New York
to secure a great public park for that
city, Mr. Olmsted, in association with
Calvin Vaui, a young English architect
who had been brought to this country
by Downing to plan country houses,
presented in competion the plan for
Central Park which was adopted and
afterward executed. This plan was a
work of genius remarkable in the fact
that the author had had no special prepa-
ration for it except in his inherent love of
nature which he had cultivated in his
long horseback journeys through the
south and in a journey which he had
made through rural England on foot.
The plan was remarkable, too, in the
forethought which the author displayed
for the then hardly suspected park
requirements of the people of a great city,
and in the arrangements made to enable
its traffic to go on uninterruptedly across
the park without interfering with its
rural character. All things considered,
Mr. Olmsted has never surpassed his first
efforts at park making, and Central Park
must stand as the best expression of his
creative genius. Mr. Olmsted subse-
quently designed Prospect Park in
Brooklyn, which is usually considered
more beautiful, but this beauty is due
largely to natural advantages of topo-

graphy and to the existence of fine
natural woods.

During the war Mr. Olmsted did the
country good service as secretary of the
United States Sanitary Commission, and
in the years immediately following the
war he was able further to gratiiy his
love for nature in California, where he
resided near the Yosemite Valley as agent
for the owners of the lands embraced in
the Fremont grant. Returning to the
east, he continued his profession as land-
scape gardener, and made plans more or
less elaborate for parks in many of the
principal cities of the United States. In
1875, having been invited to prepare a
scheme for a system of parks for the City
of Boston, he moved to Cambridge and
then to Brookline, where he has con-
tinued to reside and where some of his
most important work has been planned.
In this latter period Mr. Olmsted devel-
oped the unrivaled Boston park system,
the Biltmore estate, the property of Mr.
George W. Vanderbilt, with its four
thousand acres of home grounds, and the
Columbian Exposition at Chicago. The
beauty and success of this last enterprise
was chiefly due to Mr. Olmsted, who
placed the buildings and laid out and
developed the grounds and waterways
which surrounded them.

The park commissioners of Boston and
Brookline have wisely commemorated
this great artist in a manner which is
eminently fitting, and the city of Boston
is to be congratulated in securing for
one of its principal parks the name of a
man preeminent in his art and through
his art one of the great benefactors of
the American people.

The New Rose Marquise Litta.

The rose Marquise Litta was intro-
duced to commerce in the autumn of
1893 and was raised from seed byPernet-
Ducher in their establishment at Lyons.
This firm has given the parentage of
their roses in nearly every case, but there
is no printed record that we can find fell-
ing anything about the seed or pollen
parents of Marquise Litta. A celebrated
English grower sent his foreman to the
different rose exhibitions held near Lon-

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don in 1889 and after his return he
reported as follows: "Marquise Litta is
the finest and most promising of all the
roses exhibited." Attention was called
to the rose by blooms exhibited in the
year 1897. Its immediate advent seems
to have been overlooked by both Ameri-
can and English rose growers as no men-
tion of this beautiful rose is recorded
until 1900. Mention has been made of
the fact that Baron Rothschild, of Eng-
land, had a bed of 500 plants of this
unique rose and the great expectations
raised in consequence were more than
justified when this bed was at its best
last season. The flowers are of a bright
cherry-red color.

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine.

The accompanying illustration conveys
but a faint idea of the beautiful effect
that is to be obtained from a group of
well-grown plants of Begonia Gloire de
Lorraine. Two years ago Peter Murray,
gardener to Mr. W. P. Winsor, of Fair-
haven, Mass., struck by the possibilities
of this begonia, devoted a considerable
amount of attention to its cultivation
and raised a number of exceedingly fine
plants. His success this year, as shown
by the picture, fully establishes the claim
that B. Gloire de Lorraine is entitled to a
place of high standing as a greenhouse or
conservatory plant. The house in which
the plants are shown is forty feet by
eighteen feet, and contains one hundred
and twenty plants which, vrith three or
four exceptions, are in 6 inch or smaller
pots. In order to procure good, stocky
cuttings three or four of the sturdiest

their flowering pots. The plants were
systematically pinched until the middle
of September, where, so far as any
attempt at training goes, they were left
to "gang their ain gait." They were fed
with sheep manure liquid as soon as pot-
bound.

From October to March this begonia
will maintain an appearance worthy of
its name. Individual plants will be quite
presentable until the end of April, but
perhaps scarcely worthy a place of honor
in a well kept house. The plants from
which the cuttings were taken and which
form the three or four exceptions in the
group were kept in an intermediate house
until August, when they were moved into
8 inch pots and treated the same as the
younger stock. Although the petals are
not so large as those of the one-year-old
specimens, the plants themselves take no
second place, having a diameter of two
feet as they hang in their natural form.
•• Victor.

Twelve Best Herbaceous Plants.

In the issue of this journal for March
2 I note the remarks of "J. H." in refer-
ence to my list of twelve best herbaceous
plants, in reply to Mr. Watson's question
as to whether the list could be improved
upon: "T- H." suggests that Arabis
albida, Iberis sempervirens and Veronica
rupestris are not herbaceous plants.
While I do not consider this mere criti-
cism an improvement on the list, yet I
must admit that he is perfectly correct in
regard to the true meaning of the word
"herbaceous." Strictly speaking, herba-
ceous plants include annuals, b.iennials

BEQONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE AS GROWN BY PETER MURRAY, GARDENER TO
MR. W. P. WINSOR, FAIRHAVEN, MASS.

plants were cut down in February and
hung in a slightly shaded intermediate
house. The cuttings were taken between
the middle of April and the middle of
May. As soon as struck they were
potted off into 2-inch pots; in about two
months, a little more or less according
to condition, they were moved into the
3-iiich size, and in August were given

and perennials; in fact, all of those plants
which perish annually down to and
sometimes including the root. "J. H."
should remember, however, that the sub-
ject was "The Twelve Best Herbaceous
Plants for the Amateur," and it was
written by an amateur. Ordinarily, he
will find the plants named listed in cata-
logues under the headings of hetL Jbous,

perennials and hardy, and the average
amateur, particularly he who limits his
selection to twelve, does not consider the
nice distinction. When requested by the
secretary of the Pennsylvania Horticult-
ural Society to prepare the paper criti-
cised, the writer considei'ed what he
believed to be the meaning or intention
of the request and did not limit himself
to the precise definition. The only
improvement in the list which "J. H."
suggests is the substitution of Miss Lin-
gard for Wm. Robinson as the most
beautiful or desirable phlox. This, of
course, is purely a matter of taste as to
color, etc. In this section Wm. Robinson
seems to be the favorite and is more gen-
erally listed than Miss Lingard. Both
are beautiful and the average amateur
would probably be highly pleased with
either. James Boyd.

"J. H." says: "Undoubtedly Mr.
Boyd's list could be improved upon," but
he should have gone further than merely
suggesting the changing of one variety of
phlox for another. An exchange of ideas
is what is wanted and I would like to
know what he would put in for Arabis
albida, Iberis sempervirens and Veronica
rupestris. If "J. H." has some happy
thought I am sure that Mr. Boyd will be
only too glad to get the benefit of it. In
this connection I think it will be interest-
ing to compare Mr. Boyd's list with W.
C. Egan's, as given in Bailey's Cyclope-
dia:

SIR BOTD S.

Arabis albida.
Iberis sempervirens.
Iris Germanif-a.
Pa paver olieut:ile.
Wronica rupesiris.
I'aeonyofF. rub. pi.
Coreopsis hmceolata.
Delphinium lorniosura.
rlilox Wm. Robinson.
Hollyhock AlleKheny.

JIR. EGAN'S

Plilox subulata.

Lily of the valley.

Dicentra.

Iris.

Pseony.

Larkspur.

Plaivcodon.

Phlox.

Rudbeckia.

Gttillardiii.

Kudbeckia Golden Glow. IJ jltonia latisquama.
Anem. Jap. (^'iicen Uh;ir. Sunllower.

Both Mr. Egan and Mr. Boyd are
amateurs with an intense love for herba-
ceous plants and their differences of choice
are worth study. Personally, I think
Mr. Boyd's the better list. I think dicen-
tra should go in for veronica, but that is
only a matter of taste.

The "best twelve for successional flow-
ering" is a different thing from "the most
popular twelve." I quote from Williclni
Miller in the Cyclopedia of American
Horticulture, who states that the list is
a synopsis of the replies of American nur-
serymen to his enquiries:

The six most popular, upon which all
agree are anemone, hollyhock, larkspur,
iris, phlox and pcEony. Those upon
which most agree are the columbine,
poppy, rudbeckia and sunflower. The
remaining two of the most popular twelve
are probably the dicentra and coreopsis.

Climate has somethingtodo withthese
selections, of course, as can be seen from
Berckmans', list in the same series, the
best twelve for the south: Canna, carna-
tion, chrysanthemum, dahlia, violet, ver-
bena, German iris, Japan iris, funkia,
helianthus, phlox, hollyhock.

Mr. Berckmans probably meant the
"most popular" instead of "the best."
The matters of succession, diversity in
height, and, other matters so carefully
studied in Mr. Boyd's list seem not to
have entered into this list by Mr. Berck- _
mans. G. C. Watson.

Mr. Boyd's paper on the best twelve
herbaceous plants and Mr. Watson's
remarks on the same were very interest-
ing and although the selection is a wor-
thy one I cannot, like Mr. Watson,

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DENDROBIUM NOBILE WITH OVER 900 FLOWERS, GROWN BY ED. BUTLER, GARDENER
AT WELLE8LEY COLLEGE, WELLESLEY, MASS.

endorse the list as the best twelve herba-
ceous plants for the amateur. My rea-
sons are these:

To the amateurcommencing a herbace-
ous flower garden plants that require no
especial treatment are without doubt
the most important. Can hollyhocks be
grown successfully by a person just start-
ing the herbaceous border? I do not
thmk they can. They certainly cannot
in this section, and 1 have no doubt but
other sections may be like this, affected
with the hollyhock disease. Is it not
enough to discourage an amateur?

Anemone Japonica certainly is of indu-
bitable worth, but, again, this requires
special treatment and 1 have never suc-
ceeded, nor have I seen it grown to per-
fection in this part of the country.
Papaver orientale, while one of the most
showy of our border plants, would, I am
afraid, disappoint the amateur just start-
ing in, for, as soon as it is through flow-
ering, it will die down entirely and leave
a bare space the rest and most of the
season, which the planter did not consider
when he laid out his border and which I
have no doubt will give him some little
disappointment.

I heartily agree with Mr. Boyd that it
is a hard matter to pick out the twelve
best herbaceous plants and I do not
think that anyone should start in with
so few species. They should at least
have double the number, and as a selec-
tion for all general purposes I would sug-
gest the lollowing:

Alyssum saxatile. Lychnis flos-cuculi
semperflorens, Lychnis viscaria splendens,
Achillea ptamiica plena "The Pearl,"
Iris Germanica, Pseonia officinalis, Phlox
dccussata,Gaillardiagrandiflorahybrida,
Funkia subeordata, Delphinium formo-
sum, Boltonia latisquama, Rudbeckia
laciniata flora plena, Anchusa Italica,
Anthemis Kelwayi, Asclepias tuberosa.

Centaurea macrocephala, Liatris pyc-
nostachya, Papaver orientale. Spiraea
lobata, Scabiosa Caucasica, Veronica
longifolia subsessilis. Coreopsis lanceo-
lata, Rudbeckia purpurea, Platycodon
grandiflorum and Pyrethrum uliginosum.
I find I have included twenty-five spe-
cies and I think that the amateur who is
just starting in will not regret trying my
selection and if he is only to plant twelve
species let the twelve first named in my
list be taken. John W. Duncan.

General Remarks Anent Roses.

yRead by Benjamin Dur/ee, IVasUington, D C.
before the Chicago Florists' Club, March /j, /90/.I

At our establishment, that of the Amer-
ican Rose Company, at Washington, we
believe, speaking strictly from a commer-
cial standpoint, that the carnation, no
matter how earnestly promoted, can
never supersede the rose. Omitting the
poetic and esthetic side of the question,
we believe that more dollars can be coined
out of roses than out of carnations. But
this return cannot be secured by sticking
to "chestnuts." Novelties in roses must
be carefully and systematically brought
to light. The very difficulty of securing
them should stimulate us. It is like
hunting for gold and diamonds rather
than copper and quartz.

New carnations are obtained with
greatest ease, in fact with such ease that
all too soon the field of profit will be bar-
ren. New seedlings spring up around
you like the blades of wheat in Minne-
sota. Premiums and medals and certifi-
cates numberless are showered down, for
their size, almost exclusively. They
appear at the opening of the show swol-
len to their largest proportions, and
scarcely have the judges, by great alac-
rity, made the awards, when they sleep
the "sleep that knows no waking."

Is it not patent to both grower and
retailer how valueless are such tests.
What grower desires to grow a carna-
tion that his retailer cries "sleepy"
on? What retailer desires to sell his cus-
tomer such goods, to be returned with
the saw teeth of temper? But I came
among you to talk about the rose.

It is fair, I think, to estimate that the
average retail florist requires in his stock
fully seventy-five per cent of white flow-
ers. This applies with full force to roses.
To-day we have in general commerce but
two white roses, the Bride and Kaiserin.
The Bride is a sport from Catherine Mer-
met, the Kaiserin a seedling by P. Lam-
bert, of Germany. We were fortunate in
being one of the pioneers in the introduc-
tion of Kaiserin. Let us analyze the
good and bad points of these two roses:
In the Bride we have during winter a
large, fine white bud, with fairly good
foliage and free blooming, when well
grown, but apt to come knotty and
deformed in bad weather, and liable to
have weak stems in the hands of any but
the most skillful growers. This rose,
however, becomes very small when the
warm weather strikes it. It is a good
shipper and a fairly good keeper, but flat
and unshapely when wide open. It is
somewhat of a cropper, but may be well
classified among the best of the ever-
blooming teas. It must, therefore, be
supplemented by a good white summer
bloomer, and this you have in Kaiserin,
one of the most beautiful of all roses.
But Kaiserin is not a good shipper, nor
is it a good winter bloomer except in far
southern climates. It has a tendency to
black spot, and it is not quite rapid
enough in its growth, nor quite free
enough of bloom.

I might possibly add to these the White
Maman Cochet, the use of which for out-
door cut is developing in the east. With
the two roses, however, the florist can
cover the entire year fairly well. Conse-
fiuently what the grower is in need of is
a good all-the-year-round white rose,
and this we are convinced from a five
years' test will be found in the White
Golden Gate. But let me give you our
estimate of the qualities which a rose
should possess in order to be a commer-
cial florists' rose.

It is very difficult to name in order of
importance the many necessary elements,
but if it had every other qualification
and was a shy bloomer it would be
utterly worthless to the commercial
grower. I do not believe we ought to go
outside of the strictly pure tea rose unless
we are compelled to do so. Almost
every hybrid tea retains too much of the
spirit of rest which flows in the blood of
the hybrid perpetual. But the tea rose
is like you western florists, you hustlers
of the universe, you active, progressive
elements of our profession, to whom I
have come 800 miles to make my bow.

Your Reinbergs, and Bassett & Wash-
burns, your Wietors and Weilands and
the hundreds of others who within a
decade have piled more florists' glass
over the earth than can be found east of
the AUeghenies. Like you western florists,
the tea rose never rests, and should be
your handmaiden.

But to return to our estimate of the
necessary qualifications of a white rose.
They are freedom of bloom, good ship-
ping and keeping qualities, thick leathery
petals, erect long stems, large ffowers
the year through, rapid but not soft
growth, freedom from black spot, strong
root action, fragrance, good color and
no hybrid blood in its veins.

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These are the general and most impor-
tant requirements, and they are rarely
to be met with assembled in any one
variety. Some of the most necessary of
these qualifications can only be discov-
ered by an investigation of the growing
plant, by personahnspection and custody
of flower and plant for a long period of
time. Consequently in a competitive
exhibit the scale of points fails to cover
such vital commercial elements as the
keeping and shipping quality, freedom of
bloom, habit of growth and freedom
from disease.

From the commercial standpoint free-
dom of bloom would seem to be entitled
to the most points, with keeping and
shipping qualities a close second. And
this brings me to the point of emphasiz-
ing the necessity of close observation of
the growing plants when forming judg-
ment of a novelty rose. Take for illus-
tration the scale of points formulated by
the American Rose Society for novelties:
Size, 10; color, 20; stem, 15; form, 15;
substance, 10; foliage, 15; fragrance, 5;
distinctiveness, 10; total, 100.

As a commercial grower of roses under
glass for cut flowers we will suppose the
tact is proven to you that a certain nov-
elty produces twice as many flowers dur-
ing the period from December 15 to Feb-
ruary 15 as American Beauty, but that
it is neither more fragrant nor better
colored, but is simply equal to American
Beauty in all respects.

I ask why those two elements should
be allotted fifteen points? Why, in a
white rose should color be assigned
twenty points? This might be a correct
proportion of points for color in regard
to pink or red or yellow, but the line of
•demarcation in white is not a pronounced
characteristic.

When the Mermet sported into Bride
what governed your judgment? Would
anybody have grown Bride if it had been
a shy bloomer, and yet that quality did
not figure in the scale of points. It,
therefore, seems as though the judges
should not be barred from using their
judgment, nor be compelled to pro rate
the percentages according to a fixed
standard.

The consideration of the Bride leads
inevitably to the great distinction that
should be made between a seedling and a
sport, especially if the sport is from a
standard commercial variety of many
years' standing whose every good and
bad characteristic is known to the pro-
fession.

In the case of a seedling many of the
defects may be concealed by the intro-
ducer. He may succeed in winning
the whole gamut of gold and silver
medals and certificates, and yet palm
upon the purchaser a very unprofitable
rose. The size, color, fragrance, stem,
form, substance, foliage, distinctiveness
may be of perfect standards, and thus
yield 100 on the scale of points, but
where will the grower be if the product
of flowers is of the smallest, or the
sleepy jade cannot be aroused by any
stimulating influences in winter; or if
black spot skins ofl the 100 per cent of
grand foliage, leaving nothing but the
100 per cent flower at the end of the 100
per cent stem?

Not so, however, with a sport from a
standard variety, such as I have alluded
to. You start out with a thorough
knowledge of all its traits, both good and
bad. Thus we know that the Bride like
its parent produces a very small flower
during the months of May to November;
that it has a tendency to produce weak
stems and much blind wood, etc. So

with the White Golden Gate, it has the
characteristics of the Golden Gate from
which it sported five years ago; and those
of you who grow Golden Gate know its
qualities, both good and bad.

Perhaps a few historical words about
Golden Gate, its characteristics, etc., may
interest you. Golden Gate was intro-
duced to the trade, I think, about 1890 or
1891 by Dingee& Conard, of Westchester,
Pa. It is said to have come out of
Safrano crossed with Cornelia Cook,
although there are some suggestions in
the foliage of Niphetos blood.

The characteristics of Cornelia Cook
predominate in nearly every element of
growth and bloom, although it repro-

JOHN H. TAYLOR.

duces much more rapidly than its parent.
It has a strong tendency to break from
the base and these canes, if allowed to
bloom unchecked, produce enormous
flowers. For many years, however, we
have treated thesegrowths as you would
a chrysanthemum. When the shoot has
reached a height of about thirty inches
we disbud by breaking ofi about four or
five inches of the top. From two to six
side shoots will then quickly break as the
flaw of sap is very active, and the flowers
exhibited here of the White Golden Gate
are all from side shoots, as you say in
chrysanthemum lore.

Of course when I describe Golden Gate
1 describe White Golden Gate, for they are
identical in every way except color. For
our commercial purposes these buds are
of ample size. The result of disbudding,
you will readily perceive, is a very large
crop of good standard-sized flowers. The
plants are grown on benches in from two
and one-half to three inches of soil, top-
dressed with a mulch half manure, half
soil, twice during the season, and fed
after January with ordinary manure
water.

They are grown on their own roots,
although Mr. Renter, of Westerly, R. I.,
and Mr. Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn.,
used grafts in preference; but I see no
need for grafted stock when the own
roots are so very vigorous.

The Golden Gate has had a hard strug-
gle, but to-day it stands the peer of any
tea rose in commercial use. With this
fact established, however, there must
always be a limited demand in this coun-

try of high colors for the dainty porcelain
coloring of Golden Gate; but the demand
for White Golden Gate must necessarily
be enormous, as it will very quickly dis-
place all other commercial whites.

John H. Taylor.

The genial gentleman whose portrait
graces this page needs no introduction to
the readers of the Amebic AN Florist.
Mr. Taj'Ior is a representative of the •
"scholar in horticulture." He is a florist
not "for revenue only," but because he
loves the profession. His father was a
well-known hotel keeper in New York
city, who established at Bayside, Long
Island, in 1864, in partnership with the
late John Henderson, a range of com-
mercial greenhouses. The partnership
dissolved in 1867 and the establishment
was disposed of to a Mr. Sawyer, who
after ten years was sold out under fore-
closure and the place came again into
possession of Mr. Taylor, senior. In
1882 it passed into the hands of its pres-
ent proprietor, who had just finished a
course in horticulture at the Bussey
Institution of Harvard College. The
range of glass now aggregates about
55,000 feet, of modern construction. For
a long time it was devoted exclusively to
roses, but recently Mr. Taylor has gone
heavily into carnations, which, some
twenty years ago, were a leading crop
at this place. In quality, the product of
Mr. Taylor's establishment has always
compared favorably with the best of
that grown by his competitors. Person-
ally, no man in the trade is more popular.
Unostentatious and companionable, his
hospitality and his society are open alike
to the humblest member of the craft and
the most elevated. He is now 42 years
of age.

The New Rose Liberty.

For some reason very few plants of
this famous rose were grown for the
Philadelphia flower market during the
past year. What few there were pro-
duced, however, found a ready sale at
remunerative prices, and it is conceded on
all sides that the very best which found
their way into the Quaker City came
from the comparatively new rose grow-
ing establishment of Stephen Mortensen,
which is located at Southampton, Bucks
county. Pa.

In your letter, Mr. Editor, you make
the statement that a member of the firm
of Pennock Brothers had informed you
about the superior flowers of Liberty
which were grown at the place above
indicated, and that they were grown on
their own roots. It has been stated, I
beleve, that Liberty should be grafted on
the Manetti stock in order to secure the
best results, but as Mr. Mortensen's
prior experience with grafted Brides and
Bridesmaids did not warrant him in buy-
ing the higher priced plants, he secured
those on their own roots. Although
from Mr. Mortensen's experience grafted
stock heretofore has not appeared to
have any advantages over own- root
stock, he has decided to give all the vari-
eties he has under cultivation a more
thorough trial during the coming season.

To return to the Liberty, Mr. Morten-
sen has two center tables, in a 150.foot
house, planted therewith, and he con-
siders same has paid him well. Mr. Mor-
tensen is an observant man and a careful
operator, and he states that with him,
growing in his soil, the Liberty requires
lots of water and will take feeding in
plenty. In a night temperature of 58° it

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DECORATIONS BY J. H. SMALL & SONS AT THE INAUGURAL BALL, WA8HINQTON, D. C. -BALL-ROOM FROM FOUNTAIN IN CENTER'

(sroduces larger buds and of better
:olor and finish than when grown in a
ligher temperature. This conclusion has
)een arrived at after he had been advised
)y a grower of Liberty that a much
ligher temperature for it is to be recom-
nended. Most rose growers, however,
:now that under certain soil conditions
ind other difierent environments higher
•ir lower temperatures may be brought
nto use in rose growing quite success-
ully, but Mr. Mortensen believes that
'8° at night, as above stated, pro-
luces the best results for him. He thinks
hat a higher night temperature might
esult probably in a greater number of
luds, but it would be at the expense of
(uality.
Before closing these few notes I must
efer to the very superior Brides and
ind Bridesmaids grown at Southampton.
'he plants are full of vigor, with leaves
lown to the soil, and consequently the
owers cut therefrom grade very high,
he Bridesmaids being remarkably bright
rid clear in color and of large size,
"hese are grown on raised tables, but if
_ understood aright, he expects to change
o solid beds during the coming summer,
lis Brides are growing in solid beds and
ertainly appear to be enjoying the con-
itions furnished and the treatment
dministered. Altogether, Mr. Morten-
en's place at Southampton is interest-
iigto visit. He modestly claims some
fhis success is due to the soil, but no
latter how suitable the soil may be for

a given plant, if all or most of the details
essential to successful plant growing are
not carefully attended to, success cannot
be so pronounced as is seen at the little
village of Southampton, Bucks Co., Pa.
Edwin Lonsdale.

Plant Breeding.

One of the most interesting pursuits
connected with horticulture is raising
seedlings from cross fertilized seed. Many
florists' flowers have now been brought
to such a state of perfection that it would
seem difficult to make further advance,
yet there are many advantages in raising
seedlings from carefully fertilized seed,
not the least being that healthy, vigor-
ous stock may be maintained. Taking
carnations, it is generally recognized that
many varieties gradually weaken and
deteriorate, more especially the yellow
varieties. With a view to maintaining
vigor, a variety with a strong habit
should be selected as the seed parent, and
a variety of superior color used for the
pollen parent. It will generally be found
that the seedlings will favor the seed
parent in habit of plant and form of
flowers, and the pollen parent will have
more influence in color. Indiscriminate
crossing should be avoided, and also too
many subjects. A few well selected vari-
eties and a limited number of flowers
operated on will give an opportunity of
doing them well, and growing on every
seedling raised. When a large number

are raised some are neglected and there
is always a chance of discarding what
may prove the greatest gem in a batch.
The greatest rogues often prove the most
vigorous, and consequently overgrow
the weaker though choicer ones.

Tuberous begonias have received their
full share of attention and have reached
a high state of perfection. It is very diffi-
cult to get pollen from the finest double
varieties, and it may be necessary to
take the pollen from semi-double flowers.
Color is the most important point, and
a deeper shade of the same color will give
better results than crossing difierent or
distinct colors. But there are exceptions.
A good pink may generally be obtained
by crossing a red on a white, and a
bronzy yellow or amber by crossing a
scarlet on a yellow. In the single vari-
eties the broad, rounded petaled varieties
with erect flower stems should be selected.
The pollen should be taken from those
with the short-tufted anthers in prefer-
ence to those with a long, conical tuft of
anthers.

In primulas, again, habit and form of
flower are most important, and color
may be transmitted from those of inferior
form. In primulas there are what are
termed frum-eyed and pin-eyed flowers,
the former having the anthers above tlys
pistil, while in the latter they are lower
down in the tube and the pistil shows
above. The frumeyed flowers generally
give the most pollen and also seed freely.
By taking pollen from a red variety to

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fertilize a white, the result will generally
be a soft flesh pink. The semi-double
varieties do not give much pollen, but if
fertilized from the singles of the same
color the progeny will generally main-
tain the semi-double form, and occasion-
ally full double flowers may come.

Cinerarias may be much improved by
careful selection. Formerly it was the
practice to grow named varieties for
seed, adding a few of the best seedlings
each year, but the named vaiieties have
now quite gone out of culture. It is
owing to. the fact that those who grow
largely for market only select a limited
few of the best for seed that it is difficult
to purchase seed of equal quality to that
used by the large growers, but of late
years the superior strains have become
more fixed, and there is less difficulty in
procuring seed that will give satisfactory
results.

Gloxinias are still grown under names,
but this must soon become a thing of the
past, for good results can be obtained
from seed. In saving seed it is necessary
to fertilize artificially, and in doing this
the colors should be kept separate, the
pollen taken from the brightest shades,
but crossing distinct colors should be
avoided. Tne great advantage of grow-
ing seedlings is that they are more vigor-
ous and healthy and the first season they
will flower late and make good corms
for early flowering the following season,
for which purpose the best and most dis-
tinct can be selected.

Cyclamens do not seed freely unless arti-
ficially fertilized. Each color should be
kept separate and a clean brush used.
There may be a little difierence in shades,
and the pollen should be taken from the
' brightest colored flowers as far as possi-
ble. The plants may be kept in a bright,
sunny position until fertUized, after
which the seed will mature better in a

Experiences With Red Spider.

It is probably safe to say that the red
spider is the most troublesome and
destructive of all greenhouse pests. The
presence of this pernicious insect in green-
houses adds very materially to the cost
of production of first-class plants and
flowers. Roses and carnations as well
as the majority of plants would be seri-
ously damaged, if not completely
destroyed, if active measures were not
constantly employed to keep the pest in
check. In order to avoid disappoint-
ment, I will state here that I know of no
sovereign remedy for the destruction of
red spider on growing plants. This
exceedingly active and prolific little terror
seems invulnerable. I have known him
to be steamed for twenty-four hours and
grow fat on it. I have immersed him for
twelve hours in a tank of water and he
came up smiling *and happy. I have
squirted him with all manner of dopes,
each and every one of which was war-
ranted to kill outright every unlucky
spider touched by it. But it didn't do
any such thing.

I met a greenhouse man last summer
who had solved the problem — to his own
satisfaction. This gentleman is an exten-
sive grower of cucumbers and other veg-
etables under glass and claimed to be
able to keep bis cucumber plants entirely
free from spider by giving proper atten-
tion to watering, the plants; if the proper
condition of the soil were maintained
and the plants abundantly supplied with
water at all times, there would be no
necessity for spraying the foliage. In
fact it was claimed that he never found
need to spray, even when 60° to 65°
at night with a higher day temperature
was maintained.

It probably amounts to this: If a
proper physical coi'dition of the soil is

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ARAUCARIA8 AT HAERENS BROS. , NEAR aHENT, BELGIUM.

cool, shady position. After the seed is
collected care should be taken that it
does not get over-dried. It will be found
to germinate better if sown soon after it
is collected, and if it is necessary to keep it
anytime it should be enclosed in a tin box
and kept in a cool place. These remarks
apply to most of the primulacete.

A. Hbmslby.

maintained and the plants are properly
watered, they will grow vigorously and
so outstrip the spider, but as soon as the
most rapid growing season is past and
the plants approach maturity, the spider
will outstrip the plants. This was
observed to be the case with the <"ncum-
ber plants. Old plants were badly
infested, although well watered, while

young, bearing plants were free from
insects.

The amount of moisture in the air of
the greenhouse has little or no influence
on the red spider. I am of the opinion
that the spider will flourish in a moist
atmosphere equally as well as in a drier
one, if the air is warm enough. Further,
I have the best of reasons for believing
that an excessive amount of moisture in
the atmosphere has no effect on the
spider; that is to say, keeping the walks, -
walls, etc., wet is of little or no value in
keeping the spider in check. At three
difierent times one or more of our green-
houses here has been kept filled with live
steam from the boiler for twenty-four
hours at a time. The temperature rose
to over 100° and the air was practically
saturated all the time, but red spider
were not in the least injured and contin-
ued their ravages unchecked. The "old
reliable" method of syringing the plants
is really the only method available to
keep this pest in check and in doing this
the maximum of force and the minimum
of water should be employed.

Aside from the (|uestion of checking
spider, it is doubtful if a moist air is con-
ducive to health in the majority of green-
house plants. The food of plants is
taken in by their roots and conveyed to
the leaves and there prepared for use.
This process is materially aided by trans-
piration or evaporation of water from
the surface of the leaves. Transpiration
proceeds at a more rapid rate in a dry
than in a moist atmosphere and it fol-
lows that the drier the atmosphere the
more food will be supplied to the plant,
other conditions being equal. If a moist
atmosphere with a high temperature is
maintained in a rose house, the foliage
and young wood soon become soft. Is
it not because the plants are poorly
nourished? It seems at least a reason-
able explanation.

Frederic Cranefibld.

An Enterprising Belgian Firm.

It is always interesting and generally
instructive to know what progress is •
being made in countries other than our
own. That America is not the onh' place
where immense establishments have
sprung up within a few years is evident
from the illustrations of Haerens Bros',
place, near Ghent, Belgium, which we
present herewith. This firm was estab-
lished in 18S8, three brothers being at
first interested, of whom two now con- ■
tinue the business, the elder brother hav-
ing gone into another firm. Haerens
Bros, have now on their own property
thirty-two greenhouses and under lease
fourteen others, some of which are 400
feet in length. The greenhouses .are
devoted to the culture of azaleas, palms,
ficuses, araucarias, acacias, ericas and
boronias. In the outdoor nurseries are
raised rhododendrons, hardy azaleas.
spira:as and tuberous-rooted begonias.
During their first year of business one of
the brothers made a trip to America and
found conditions so promising for Ameri-
can trade that a visit has been made
annually ever since and a market has
been found in this country for the entire
product of this rapidly growing estab- ,
lishraent. Among the early supporters
and friends of the young firm were
Gabriel Marc, of Woodside, and I.
Forsterman, of Newtown, N. Y.

The illustrations show partial views of
the original range of twenty-four houses,
a field of azaleas and a field of araucarias,
the latter plants being protected with
lath shading.

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GREENHOUSES AT HAERENS BROS.', NEAR GHENT, BELGIUM.

Spring Work of the Plant Grower.

The greatest plant festival of the year
is at hand and, although the rush of that
period is almost enough to briag a well
developed case of nervous prostration to
many a busy florist, there are compara-
tively few, among the growers, at least,
who feel that they can lay aside the cares
of business in order to take a rest for a
week or two after this campaign is over.
There are too many things to be thought
of, and also too many thing' to be done
during the next few weeks to allow of
any but the most limited of vacations.

After all, there is something attractive
and interesting about our work, and
there are few who would be willing to
give it up altogether without very great
inducements, even though we often do
"run against a snag" while endeavoring
to steer a straight course among the
dangers of plant diseases, insects, over-
blown novelties and long credits.

Supposing the Easter rush to be over,
one of the first things to be done is the
arrangement of a definite plan of work
by means of which the labor of each day
may be made to count in the final result.
In one ver\- large establishment there has
been a custom for manj- 3'ears of having
the regular spring clean-up, including the
repotting of stock and the making of all
minor repairs, finished by July 4-, and.
considering the extent and variety of the
business done by the firm in question,
this is a remarkable showing. Such a
result is attained by having a regular
system and then adapting the system to
the exigencies of the busiaess.

Where bedding plants form an impor-
tant part of the trade it is necessary to
givestockof this character the first atten-
tion after Easter, forevenit this festival is
moderately early there is but little time
to spare before the bedding plants must
be ready. Though prices for these plants
are not as high as they ought to be, yet it
does not pay to crowd them up or to
starve them too much, for thin and
spindly stock does not encourage the
buyer to invest.

Then there is the stock that may be
used for porch boxes and vases, this form-
ing quite an important item in the spring
trade of many florists, and usually pays
to grow well, for severe though^the test

may be from the fact that these vases and
porch-boxes are frequently placed inmost
exposed locations, yet the customer often
expects that every plant should flourish
when the florist has been allowed to do
all the work himself. With this in view
it is well to fill all the vases and boxes
one can before they are needed for their
permanent positions, the newly filled
vases being placed in an airy greenhouse
fcr a week or ten days before delivery in
order to establish the plants to some
extent.

Some of the plants that have been used
for decorating during the winter are gen-
erally battered up, and require a kind of
hospital treatment to make them pre-
sentable for another season. These
should be attended to just as soon as the
decorating season is over, for the months
will pass quickly and many of these crip-
ples will recjuire all the time they can get
before the next roll-call. If a oalm has
no good leaves left it is a doubtful expe-
riment to expend much labor on its

repotting and doctoring, but sometimes
it may have but few leaves and still be
made useful by potting some smaller
plants around it in such a way as to hide
the bare stem.

The most convenient and least injui-i-
ous method to use in preparing such
plants for repotting is to wash out all
the old soil from the roots, thus permit-
ting the plant to be repotted either in
the same size of pot that it formerly occu-
pied or else in one but slightly larger. A
hose with a nozzle mav be carried to a
convenient doorway from which the
waste water can be carried oft", and with
a water pressure of thirty to fifty pounds
per square inch it is but a short job to
clean out all the soil from an areca, a
kentia or a phcenix without breaking a
root. There is, however, one precaution
to be taken, and that is to repot the
plants promptly, for when the roots are
allowed to dry out after their washing
the plant is likely to suffer.

This plan of making up decorative
plants admits of some originality on the
part of the operator, for, while in many
cases it is preferable to use plants of the
same species for filling in around the
larger specimen, yet it is not absolutely
essential, and some lanky latanias rsi3.y
be used with good effect around a kentia,
or even some varieties of nephrolepismay
be used in this manner.

Extra encouragement should be given
to the decorative plants that have been
going through this operation, it being
well to continue a little fire-heat during
the early summer unless the weather
proves very hot, and also to give frequent
syringings, and to protect from the sun
by means of shading, but bearing in mind
that this treatment must be moderated
early enough in the fall to harden the
growth that will have been made before
the plants are taken out.

This reminds me that the f|uestion of
shading for the foliage plants is, and has
been before us for some time, for with
houses that run nearly north and south
it is usually necessary to shade at least
the west side in the first part of Febru-
ary and the sun gets high enough by
March 15, to require shading on the east
side also. If one had only perfect glass
in the greenhouse roof it would be possi-
ble to defer shading a little later in the

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season, but, even so, the plants will
bleach to some extent, and, though the
foliage may be harder, yet the plant is
less attractive to the average buyer, for
the deep, rich coloring of a well-grown
kentia, for example, is an important fac-
tor in attracting a customer.

Another of the most useful plants for
decorating and also for retailing is the
aspidistra, and this is a good time to
increase the stock by division, all pieces
of the root that include one or more
leaves being potted up into small pots,
while the sections of the underground
stems that have no leaves may be cut
up into pieces one inch long and then
planted in flats of sand or light soil,
placed in a warm house and kept moist
and seldopi fail to furnish young plants
during the summer.

Palm seeds are now beginning to appear
in the market; in fact, some of them have
been about for some weeks, notably those
of Latania Borbonica and Cocos Wed-
deliana. To those experimenting in this
line it may be said that only fresh seeds
should be sown and that they should be
sown just as soon as they are received,
regardless of the season, for most of these
seeds have had a long voyage and one
that is quite trying to their vitality.
Then the pots or pans, in which the seeds
are sown at a depth of from half an inch
to one inch below the surface of the soil,
should be placed in a warm house and
never be permitted to get very dry.
Under these conditions there is reason-
able hope of germination, though the
percentage of seedlings varies greatly, as
does also the period of germination,
latanias sometimes germinating in a
month or six weeks, while kentia seeds
may take from three to eighteen months
4 for their germination.

The present is a good time to get the
young stock of palms potted on, the sea-
son of most active growth for many spe-
cies now coming on, and it is poorpolicy
to starve a young palm anyway, for
stunted stock takes quite a while to
recover.

It may be said in a general way that
foliage plants are high livers, and pro-

duce leaves in proportion to the amount
ot food given, provided that all other
conditions are favorable. Nevertheless,
it is possible to give plants of this class
too much rich food and to develop
a kind of indigestion, and it is therefore
suggested that one should be cautious in
the use of high fertilizers until the capa-
bilities of the soil are known.

W. H. Taplin.

A DahUa Wreath.

The beauty of this wreath is only par-
tially reveakd by the illustration because
the colors cannot be reproduced. Yellow
and red predominate, one side yellow,
shading gradually into red, with a few
white tonches. The material used was
the foliage of the yellow elderberry,
branches of snowberry, Spirsea Van
Houttei with foliage quite red, the two
colors of dahlias, some asparagus very
light green, some 'partly yellow, two
varieties of pteris ferns, some foliage of
Euonymus variegata, crotons and achyr-
anthes, one rose and two chrysanthe-
mums. C. B. W.

Greenhouse Moisture.

So much has been written lately con-
cerning moisture and its control in green-
houses that I am prompted to add a few
lines, well knowing that somebody will
jump on me with both feet and criticise
me most unmercifully. For a long time
I have given th'is subject considerable
study and thought in the hope that I
might obtain the best results. To keep
the moisture in the house at a given point
regardless of the temperature is absurd.
There is an item which seems to have
been overlooked by some writers, and
that 19 the dew point. This is the degree
of temperature at which the moisture in
the air is precipitated and forms dew. It
varies with the temperature and the
moisture it contains. I will illustrate
this point. Suppose your house has just
been syringed. The temperature is 75°
and ventilators slightly open. The dew
point in this case would prot)ably be at

A DAHLIA WREATH.

60°,more or less, according to how heavily
you syringe. Now open the ventilators
and drop the temperature to 50°— I don't
advise this in practice, just theory. The
degree of moisture remains practically
the same, but what has happened? The
temperature has been reduced below the
dew point and the house would never
dry up under those conditions. These
are just the conditions that form dew on
our roses in the fall unless fire heat is
given to keep the air above the dew
point.

It is the same in the other extreme. If
the house went up to 80° or 90° we aJe
safe in syringing heavily because of the
greater range between the two points.
On cold, rainy nights I think the temper-
ature should be allowed to go above the
regular degree and in very cold weather
a few degrees less would do no harm for
the reason that in the first instance the
dripping houses would bring the dew
point too near if the temperature is low
and in the other that the moisture hav-
ing been frozen to the glass the air would
be too dry if the temperature is high. I
well remember during an accident to our
boiler, when the rose houses went down
to 32° or 34° and we were compelled to
keep up the heat by lamps, stoves and
fires within, that aside from the smoke
they were not injured nor stunted at all,
for the reason that the fires dried up all
the moisture and reduced the dew point
very low. This will illustrate the point
above. I use no guage other than the
one nature has provided. If on going
into a house and gently breathing 1 can
"see my breath" I consider that there is
too much moisture in the air or that the
temperature is too low. In other words
the temperature is too near the dew
point and of course the remedy suggests
itself. I have time and again seen this
condition after heavily syringing when
the temperature registered 65° or 70° but
was not noticable when 75° or 80^^ was
reached. This is what I call good grow-
ing weather. On the other hand a little
practice soon enables one to tell when the
air is too dry by the way it feels.

A very simple hygrometer can be made
from two thermomettrs — one bulb being
coniinually wet and the other dry. A '
lamp wick is tied over the bulb of one
and submerged in a vial of water. The
other must be perfectly dry. If the air is
very dry evaporation takes place very
rapidly, causing the bulb to cool some-
what and thereby showing a variation
from the dry bulb. If the air is very
moist, evaporation is slower, and hence
the greater variation of the two the drier
the air will be. J.

Lily of the Valley for Forcing.

[Read by H. N. Burns before the Chicago
Flotists' Club, March /j, tgoi.'\

It gives me great pleasure to speak on
the subject of lily ot the valley as I am
more or less interested in it, and, as most
of you know, grow some of it all the
year around. I can say that I have had
good success for several seasons, though
lately it has not been so satisfactory and
I have grown smaller quantities. In our
trade papers appear repeatedly very
good articles from prominent men telling
how to force lily of the valley. I will
therefore confine myself to discussing the
stock that should be used for forcing.
This is undoubtedly the most important
point in growing lily of the valley snc-
cessfuUy, and not enough care can be
given in procuring the right stock.

Pips to be used for early forcing should
have been grown in light, warm soil. It
is ^immaterial if it is sandy soil- or good,

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ITALIAN GARDEN AT AUBURNDALE, MASS.

cultivated garden soil. Pips grown on a
damp, cold place or in heavy loam are only
.to be used for late forcing. Good pips
for early forcing should be strong, solid
and run even. They must have plenty of
fine white roots, which start right from
the pips. These signs will also assure
you that the pips have been well taken
care of and cultivated. Stock like that
you can always depend on to give good
satisfaction provided they get the proper
treatment.

For late forcing I use stock grown on
heavy soil. The roots are shorter and
coarser, but the pips should be strong
and evenly assorted. Here I find the
trouble sometimes is, particularly when
the season was rather moist, that the
lower bells are too far advanced in the
pips and in growing fade before the spike
is fully developed. Most of the time I
find this with the strongest pips grown
on heavy and damp soil. It is therefore
advisable to look with more or less doubt
at that kind of stock, as well as at
unevenly assorted pips. My shipper
always keeps me informed as to where
the diflerent lots of pips were grown and
how the season has been, as it is very
important that the forcer should know
this.

Sunken Garden <it Aubumdale, Mass.
The illustration shows a sunken ever-
green garden at the Francis Blake estate,
Auburndale, Mass. Its site was once a
hillock which, obstructing the view from
the villa, was removed, the grade being
lowered twenty-five feet. The garden
was laid out nine years ago and is octag-
onal in form. There is a sun dial in the
center around which are four beds of
General Grant geraniums, the balance of

the planting being evergreens, of which
there are one hundred tubs. With the
exception of Taxuscuspidata, Abies Hud-
sonicaandSciadopitys verticillata, which
are hardy, all of these evergreens are
stored in a cellar every winter. Many of
them are fully ten feet high above the
tub, although this is hardly apparent in
the photograph, the view being taken
from the top of the adjoining house,
which also has the e fTect of destroying
much of the impressiveness of the garden
which a view taken from the ground
would afford. Frank Leith is the gar-
dener in charge of this estate.

The species and varieties included in the
collection are the following: Buxus sem-
pervirens and variety, Cephalotaxus For-
tune!, Cerasus Lusitanica, Chama^cyparls
filifera, C. Lawsoniana, C. pisifera, C.
squarrosa, Euonymus Japonicus, Ilex
aquilolium, I. crenata, Juniperus aurea,
Osmanthus aquifolium, Sciadopitys ver-
ticillata, Taius baccata, T. baccata fast-
igtata. T. cuspidata, T. elegantissima,
Abies Hudsonica, Laurus nobilis.

CARNATIONS.

PBKPARATIONS FOR FIELD Pr.ANTING.

The preparation of the field is, at this
season of the vear, the next important
step in carnation culture. It should be
begun at the first opportunity and in
some sections the season is already
sufficiently advanced. It is not the good
fortune of many of us to be able to select
our carnation field from a large plot of
ground, but where this may be done
there is an advantage in choosing a field
that has a loose, friable soil, that has
been planted to some strong growing
crop the previous season and that has

slope enough to carry off surplus water
without washing the soil around the
plants in the lower portion of it.

We carnation growers have been advo-
cating the use of a field that has been to
grass for several years, this being neatest
the virgin soil, in dur present day system
of intense cultivation. Prof Woods, at
our Baltimore meeling, gave us a rather
rude shaking up on this point by stating
emphatically that the fungus producing
stem rot is more prevalent in sod fields
than in those under annual cultivation.
Taking this as a fact, and there was no
grower in the meeting who could prove
it otherwise, it will be advisable to avoid
sod fields iDSt-ad of hunting after them.
Th.re is ano;her old theory that has not
as j^et been demonstrated to be at fault
and that is the rotation of crops This
can be put into use by taking a field that
has been planted the previous season to
some strong growing product distinct
from the carnation family, corn, potatoes,
or some similar crop

Having selected the field, the next
question is the fertilizing of it. Where
stable manure can be procured at a
reasonable cost it is most decidedly the
fertilizer to be used for outdoor work
with carnations. Any good stable manure
will answer the purpose, but where you
have a choice it will be well to remember
that cow and hog manure add to the
texture of the soil and that horse manure
will help to loosen it. These resu'ts are
not achieved the first season but a con-
stant use of them will in the course ol
.a short period change the texture of an
undesirable soil into a desirable ort^.

The quantitj' of fertilizer required of
course varies with the natural fertility of
the land, but it should not be less than

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100 tons of stable manure to the acre,
and from that up to 200 tons. On this
point there are two things to be remem-
bered, that you do not want to be stingy
either with fertilizer or cultivation when
growing carnations outdoors.

Where the proper supply of stable
manure is not to be obtained the best
substitute is good bone meal (not bone
flour for outdoor culture), a bone meal
that contains pltnty of bone and not too
many foreign substances. Great care
must be used in the application of bone
or any other fertilizer of this kind unless
y ou ha ve learned ho w to use it by previous
experience. Two tons of good bone is
none too much when applied broadcast.
When applied in the rows the quantity
must be reduced accordingh% and it is in
this form of application that special care
must be used, as it is a very easy matter
to ruin the whole field of plants with an
overdose and to starve them with too
small an application.

Lime is always a useful adjunct to car-
nation culture and can be applied safely
to most soils, although occasionally one
will be found that has plenty of lime in
its composition and the addition of more
would be a detriment rather than a help.
Wood ashes is another ingredient that
can be safely applied to most soils, as it
contains a goodly portion of lime and
potash, both useful adjuncts toward
making good carnation plants They
also have the additional virtue of acting
on the manures in the soil in such manner
as to make them more available for
plant food, thus making them doubly
valuable.

Plowing should be done as early in the
spring as possible, the only point to
watch being that it must not be done
^A?hile the soil is wet enough to cake in
the plowing, as no amouot of alter culti-

Subsoiling is not generally practiced
but in many soils it would be a good
investment for the carnation grower. A
well loosened subsoil will retain the
spring rains better than the ordinary
hard subsoil that serves as a sort of pan
underneath the surface. This reserve
supply of water will come in handy
during a dry spell, a little later in the
season, when it will be drawn up by
capillary attraction anil act on the same
prmciple as a sub-watered bench in the
houses. In poorly drained soils subsoil-
ing is not practicable, but for the matter
of that, it isn't the place to grow carna-
tion plants.

Harrowing or pulverizing should be
exceptionally well done for carnations,
so that the soil may be loose and friable,
allowing the fine roots free action, and
bj' getting rid of all of the hard lumps
there is less trouble when you come to
take up the plant^. Harrowing for
ordinary farm purposes is largely a
matter of leveling the surface and getting
it fine to the depth of a few inches. Car-
nation soil should be thoroughly pulver-
ized to adepthof not less than five inches,
more if practicable. For this purpose a
specially constructed harrow will be a
good investtnent and it should be made
on the same principle as the old style
tooth harrow but with the teeth twice
as long. This harrow, weighted down
so that it sinks to its full depth, wdl do
the work in such manner that it will be
a pleasure to plant. If the harrow is
the regular size four horses will be
required to do the work, but half of the
regular size will do for most growers
and it can then be worked with two
horses. There may be better methods of
getting at this work than with such a
harrow, but I have not as yet found any
of them. Where carnations are planted

A HOUSE OF THE ARMAZINDY SPORT AT CHICAGO.

vation will entirely overcome this. No
set rules can be laid down as to the
proper depth to plow, as that will vary
with the natural depth of the soil. In
my soil it is six inches, in some it can be
one foot or even more. A shallow soil
can be gradually deepened by the turning
of a half inch each season to the surface
and getting it mixed in with the top and
cultivated, but more than a half inch
each season would not be good practice.

on the level all that need be done after
the harrowing is to follow after with
some good marking instrument, and the
field is ready to plant.

Ridge planting is considered by many
as the best method, and among the many
is the writer. In this method a good,
wide ridge is thrown up immediately
after harrowing and then, when you are
ready to plant, all that is necessary >« to
level it down and plant. It should be

wide enough and high enough so that
when you come to plant the surface can
be raked or leveled off to the depth of a
few inches and yet leave the ridge three
inches higher than the level of the field
and at least six inches wide on the top

The advantage of the ridge method is
that the field and ridges can be prepared at
any favorable opportiinity from this date
on and allowed to remain for a month if
necessary and yet, when you come to
plant, give a nice surface of fresh moist
soil in which to plant. Another point is
that the plants being on a ridge prevents
all possibility of water standmg around
th;ni and also prevents throwing dirt
among the lower leaves and branches in
cultivating.

The past three years have seen more
drought than rain in most sections and
where thorough watering is practicable
the cultivation of large tracts for carna-
tions is not advisable as better work can
he done when planted ten by twelve.
Where watering is not practicable it is
dangerous to plant this closely, as I have
found by sad experience, and I, for one,
shall never try this close planting again.
In a favorable season it may be all right,
but unfavorable seasons seem to hi in
the majority, and when the odds are
against the plants they need all the air,
light and cultivation they can get. Here,
again, the qutstion of soils might come
up and with some soils the close method
might be advisable. My soil is a rather
sandy loam that gets a thin, hard crust
on it after every rain, so that we have to
cultivate after eachone, no matter if there
are three of them in one week. We plant
from ten to twelve inches in the rows
and the rows thirty inches apart so that
we can run through them with a horse
and harrow and keep the field in good
growing condition regardless of the
weather. It takes very little more labor
to cultivate 100,000 carnations planted
at this distance than it does when planted (
ten by twelve and when it is done it u
done thoroughly instead of being plaved
at.

There are a few objections to the larger
area used, the first being the cost of the
land, and thesecond the cost of the extra ,
amount of fertilizer used. These coupUd
with the fact that the plants should not
be grown on the same p^ot two years in
succe'sion makes this method of outdoor
culture quite an item in our expens."
account.

When you stop to think the matter
over and fully realize how important
these fcvv months of field culture are to
carnations you will follow the principle
you are all following in your houses and
consider nothing too good for your car-
nations. Even from the dollars and
cents point of view, as well as every
other, it is better to spend an extra $1 ,000
in growing 100,000 plants well in the
field than to put that "thousand" into a
new house, for well grown plants will
produce as many flowers, or more, for
you next winter without the addition of
the new house as poorly grown ones
will with it. Put this in your pipe and
smoke it for it for the next few weeks; it
may pay. Albert M. Hbbe.

A House of The Sport.

Michael Becker is one of the numerjus
Chicago growers who are achieviog par-
ticularly good results with carnations
this season. Mr. Becker is not growing
the recent novelties nor is he devo;iog h'S
time to the superannuated sort?, but is
producing the good varieties which have
earned places as standards because of

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their generally satisfactory qaalities. Of
thete iorts he Is catting some splendid
flowers, large and perfect, on long, strong
stems. One of Mr. Becker's most satis-
factory varieties is his pink Armazindy,
which he calls The Sport, but which has
been christened Guardian Angel and
Avondale in other establishments. With
Mr. Becker The Sport shows all the good
qualities of the parent variety, coupled
with a very fine color. The accompany-
ing illustration shows the health and
vigor of growth in his house of The
Sport.

Pendulous Blue Spruce.

In the accompanying illustration there
is shown a new form of the Colorado
blue spruce, which is now being offered
by Koster & Co., of Boskoop, Holland.
This new variety has been awarded first-
class certificates by the Royal Horticult-
ural Society of England and the Pomo-
logical Society of Boskoop. The tree is
known botanically as Picea pungens
glauca pendula or Abies Parryanaglauca
pendula.

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Pan-American Sweet Pea Show.

There will be a special exhibition of
sweet peas at the Pan-American Exposi-
tion, July 23 to August 2. Intending
exhibitors are already asking for the
schedule, which, subject to slight changes,
is herewith presented:

Class 1 25 Sprays iiure white.

yellow or primrose,
"blush or light pink.
' ross or deep pink,
orange or salmon,
mauve or lavender,
red or scarlet,
maroon.
' blue.

' contrasting shades,
light stripes or blends,
dark stripes or blends.
Collection of 30 vases named varieties,
25 strays each, not to include the
introductions of 1901.
Collection of 12 vases, same condition as

Class 13.
Collection of novelties, introduction of
current year, 10 sprays each variety.
Group of six dislimt varieties, 25 sprays
eacli. in three colors, pure white,
light pink and lavender.
Group of six distinct varieties, 25 sprays
each, in three colors, red or scarlet,
deep pink and orange.
Group of sis distinct varieties, 25 sprays
each, in three colors, yellow or prim-
rose, blue or maroon and striped or
variegated.
Bouquet not to esced SOO sprays.
Quality of flowers, harmony of colors
and taste in arrangement to govern.
General display, 25 sprays of each
variety.
Entries must be received by the superintend-
ent not later than Saturday. July 20.

Exhibits must be in p'ace not later than noon
of the opening day.

,Vny exhibit in one class will not be considered
as competing for award in other classes

The lowest award will be a diploma, the next a
bronze medal, the next a silver medal and the
highest a gold medal.

Within a few days we will have in
pamphlet form a schedule of all the
flower exhibits to be held during the
summer, which will be sent widely to
the several specialists of the country and
will be gladly supplied on application.
William Scott.

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Pot Culture of Mignonette.

Two sowings of seeds should be made,
the first about the middle of June and the
second about the middle of July. Take
as many 6-inch pots as there are speci-
mens required, and after draining them
well fill to within an inch of the top with
a mixture of loam and well decayed
manure well broken up. Press it down
rather firmly, sow the seed thinly, and

A PENDULOUS BLUE SPRUOE.

cover with finely sifted soil. Place them
in a frame or under handlights. After
the seedlings are up give more air night
and day. The plants will soon become
strong enough for the first thinning to
take place, which should consist of the
weakest plants. In a short time a second
thinning will be required, leaving from
five to seven of the strongest plants at
regular distances over the surface of the
pot.

They may be allowed to grow until
they have rooted well, but at the same
time must' not be allowed to get pot-
bound, as it so the stems become hard,
and they will attempt to bloom, and
their future growth will be checked in
consequence. At this stage they will be fit
to put into the pots in which they are
intended to flower. This large shift is
necessary, because mignonette does not
thrive well when frequently shifted;
SVjinch or 10-inch pots will be found a
good size for specimen plants. The pots
should be perfectly drained and quite
clean. As to soil, nothing is better than
turfy loam, well decayed; this will with-
out any addition, grow the plants well.
Pot them firmly, and water at once.
Keep the sun from them and stand the
pots out of doors, or in a cold frame on

a cool bottom of ashes, and protect from
strong winds. Stake each plant firmly,
and when they have grown an inch or
two pinch out the top of every shoot;
this will cause them to break two inches
or three inches down in stem. These
shoots in due time will need stoppingand
tying as the plants advance, until they
have formed the outline of good speci-
mens, when they may be allowed to
flower. At the latter part of the summer,
when the plants are taken under cover,
they should have a light, airy place, in
greenhouse temperature. When the
plants are well set with bloom give occa-
sional waterings of weak liquid manure.
— Walter Hogarth in Gardening World.

The Blue Coleus.

This is a very interesting and remark-
able flowering plant. One generally
looks for variation of color in the foliage
of this genus, but in this instance we
have a vigorous, erect spike of charming
bright blue flowers, similar in color to
those of Salvia patens, with pleasing
fragrance — produced well above a wealth
of clear green foliage. Many of the stems
have some twelve inches of flowers, and
they retain their decorative character

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Mar. 23,

nearly a month. On December 24 last I
saw in our St. Albans nursery some 200
specimens of this plant, each carrying a
dozen or more spikes. The mass of bine
flowers was a brilliant andeflective sight
contrasted with the surroundings ot a
dull winter's day. Coming into bloom
at such a gloomy season and being an
easy grower, requiring little heat, (in its
native country it grows at a high eleva-
tion) it should make a very popular plant
for Christmas decoration. Coleus thyr-
soideus is the name given to the plant by
botanists. A. Dimmock.

Chicago.

WEEK STABTS IN WITH BRISK DEMAND —
STOCK GOOD AND WBLL CLEANED UP. —
WHITE CARNATIONS IN PRONOUNCED
SHORT SUPPLY —WEATHER HAS A DE-
PRESSING EFFECT IN MIDDLE OF WBEK.
— PROSPECTS FOE AN UNPRECEDHNTBD
EASTER BUSINESS. — PRICES ADVANCE ON
CERTAIN POPULAR ITEMS.— MEETING OF
THE CLUB. — DOINGS OF GROWERS AND
WHOLESALERS — VARIOUS NOTES.

Last Saturday was a very busy day in
this market, and, although prices realized
were rather low, everything was moved
out before night, so that this week was
begun with decks cleared for action.
Sunday's receipts were light and local
buyers made comp'aint ot the difficulty
with which they secured first-class stock.
Monday's local trade was not heavy, but
shipping orders came in as though it were
the day before Christmas, and all good
stock in the market was moved at fair
rates. The particular shortage was in
the carnation department, and of these
the greatest scarcity was in whites. It
IS estimated that more white carnations
were planted last season than ever before,
but the demand for funeral flowers takes
up the white stock as fast as received,
and a great many late orders for white
carnations went unfilled early this week.
American Beauties show marked improve-
ment in quality, but the quantity is not
excessive and prices are again on the up
grade. The predictions are that there
will not be large supplies of Beauties for
Easter, and the demand promises to be
heavy. Bulbous stock did rather better
than heretofore early this week, but the
change to cold and stormy weather has
again had a depressing effect. Smilax
has become one of the pronounced short-
ages, and common ferns have advanced
to $2 50 per thousand, with the prospect
of $3 for Easter. The wholesalers are
busy quoting to the big buyers for Easter
and are very generally adhering to last
year's list with higher prices for lilies, the
general impression being that the;re will
be a scarcity, it being now certain that
some of the largest growers will fail to
get in with considerable proportions of
their product. First grade carnations
will also be short for Easter, and $4 to
$6 is the advance quotation. Beauties
will also be up a notch or two. It is
wise to get Easter orders in early.

At the last meeting of the Florists'
Club Benjamin Durfce, oJ Washington,
D. C, was on hand with two fine vases
ot Ivory, the white sport of Golden Gate
rose, and an essay on roses in general,
and white roses in particular. The club
awarded a certificate of merit for the
former and a round of applause for the
latter. H. N. Bruns and August Jurgens
discussed lily of the valley. The essayists
for April 5 will be D. F. Hawkes, of
Wheaton, and G Swenson, of Elmhurst;
the topic is herbaceous plants for cut
flowers.

The executive committee of the Horti-
cultural Society of Chicago met on Sat-
urday and adopted a schedule of pre-
miums tor the 1901 fall exhibition.
Many additions have been made in the
plant classes and the International com-
petition in chrysanthemum cut blooms
has been restored with premiums of $5
and sweepstakes of $25. We understand
this competion was dropped last year
because the competing exhibits were so
small in number and with a tew excep-
tions so poor in quality that the display
excited severe comment, which was with
difficulty prevented from being generally
published.

The leading retailers complain that
Chicago is behind the east in the matter
of well-grown and desirable flowering
plants lor holiday and Easter demands.
They say there is sure to be a big sale for
such material at Easter, but that there is
very little out of« the commonplace
obtainable in this line. They say that
it does not pay to import plants from
the east.

The Poeh'mann Brothers Company is
now an established fact, the incorpora-
tion papers having been sent to Spring-
field Tuesday night. The new concern is
capitalized at $90,000, but has not yet
had its meeting ot stfickholderp, for the
election of officers. The Adolph Poehl-
mann store at 55 Wabash avenue is
closed and the lease and fixtures tor sale.

On March 15 a bjirglar entered the tour
wholesale establishments, those ot
Wietor, the Reinbergs and Poehlmann,
on the second floor ot 51 Wabash avenue,
and broke open the cash drawer in each
place. The amount securtd was nothing
but small change and some postage
stamps, aggregating about $20.

The affairs of John Blanck, on Forty-
third street, are now pretty well settled
up and the establishment is tor. rent on
much more reasonable terms than those
of the lease under which Mr. Blanck oper-
ated. There is considerable competition
in the neighborhood, but it is an excel-
lent stand.

O. P. Bassett savs that his firm has
invested between $7,000 and $8,000 in
the underfeed stokers, and that were he
oftdred twice the sum to take out the
appliances he would not give it a
moment's consideration. Isn't that
handsome?

E. C. Amling has been feeling the pulse
of growers and buyers and finds that the
former will cut splendid stock in fair
quantity, while the retailers expect to do
more business than ever before at Easter.

C. A. Samuelson says that this has
been a very good winter, but that he has
found Lent to be the dullest in several
years, and says that his experience has
been that of other leading retailers.

Some one in this vicinity must be grow-
ing bulbs for the tunot turning out pretty
fair stock, as one of the department stores
has been advertising "hyacinthsin bloom
in 4-inch pots at 5 cents each."

The retailers find Irene a very salable
carnation, an evidence of that fact being
the increasing orders by name received
by the Kennicott Bros. Co., who handle
Crabb & Hunter's cut.

Weiland & Risch have just completed
their first year in business. While they
have no reason to complain, they are
making plans to double their trade in the
second year.

It is reported that the remaining vacant
storeroom in the basement of the Atlas
block has been rented to a florist, but the
agents decline to divulge the name o*'*'le
lessee.

J. A. Budlong will put the Garland iron
gutter between the two new Beauty
houses which he will build this spring.
Things are booming with him.

George Reinberg reports that although
last year's business in cuttings was tar
the greatest he had ever done, sales this
season are even heavier.

Bassett & Washburn will bf gin at once
on the work of construction of three new
rose houses, two of them 35x235 and the
other 28x580.

C. H. Fisk has been journeying among
the growers this week, looking over the
stock with which Randall will do his
Easter business.

Otto Benthey is now at New Castle
and the material for Benthey & Com-
pany's Beauty range has nearly all been
shipped.

The Central Floral Company has been
making a verj nice window display this
week with the aid of the Kilt appliances.

Wietor Brothers are cutting some very
fine carnations. They are getting remark-
able stems on most ot the varieties.

It is reported that J. F. Kidwell &
Brother are thinking of starting another
store on the South Side.

C. M. Dickinson returned Wednesday
afternoon from a ten days' trip to Boston
and other eastern cities.

McKellar & Winterson sav that the
call tor florists' supplies tor Easter was
never so heavy before.

Arnold Ringier is at home, after a trip
to the Pacific coast and a subsequent
flying expedition east.

H F. Halle is suffering from a sprained
wrist and is compelled to carry his arm
in a sling.

C. L. Washburn is expected home
today from North Carolina.

Peter Reinberg will add Norway to his
list ot white carnations.

Get your Easter cut flower order in
early.

Visitors: Wm. Griesinger, manager of
the greenhouse department of Louis Van
Houtte, Ghent, Belgium; Benjamin Dur-
tee, of American Rose Company, Wash-
ington. D. C; E. G. Reimers, of Louis-
ville, Ky.; A. Anderson, of Williams cS:
Sons Co , Batavia, 111.

Boston.

TRADE HOLDS UP WELL AND HEAVY RB-
CBIPTS ARE MOVED WITHOUT SERIOUS
DIFFICULTY. — CARNATIONS IN SHORT
SUPPLY —BIG CROP OF LILIES FOR
EASTER.-COTTEE'S SUCCESS WITH ROSES.
—GOOD NEW SORTS FOR FORCING —
SPRING SHOW ON THIS WEEK. — LAST
EXHIBITION IN OLD BUILDING.— VARIOUS
NOTES AND VISITORS.

Business seems tairly brisk in all lines.
Receipts of roses are heavy and these
move with perhaps more difficulty than
does other cut flower stock, but returns
cannot be considered bad for this season
ot the year. Violets are also in very
heavy supply. The spring-like weather,
however, furnishes a sentiment in their
favor and the moderate temperature
affords an opportunity for the corner
pfddlers to handle them in quantity.
The amount of violets that find their way
to the public through this medium is
enormous at such times. Violets are, in
tact, the main stock in trade of the street
men at present. Carnations are actually
short ot the demand and are bringing
mid winter prices. Already dealers are
beginning to speculate on the possibil-
ities of a carnation famine at .Easter.
The growers of lilies are beginning to

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resume their normal demeanor. For a
month or two past they have been terri-
ble examples of unrest and nervousness,
but now that the buds are whitening and
the weather is salubiious they find the
rest of the way to Easter an easy road
to travel on. Indications are that there
will be enough lilies for this market and
that prices will stand about as they did
last year. . , , ,

Lawrence Cotter is on deck, as u«ual,
with some 40,000 lily flowers for Easter,
after a season of unusual worry, caused
by the diversity in form and variation in
forcing qualities characteristic o( most ot
the lots of lilies imported last fall. There
is one entire house of lilies seUcted out
which look as though they would do well
to "et into bioom by Decoration Day
This lack of uniformity in the Japanese
bulbs is exceedingly di^couregirg lor the
grower, and a great improvement in
conditions is essential to the well-being
of the lily industry. Mr. Cotter has
again demonstrated his cultural ability
by bringing in a superb lot of Crimson
Ramblers, one lot in Sinch pots haying
been grown from hard wood cutting-s
since last May. Among the new things
under trial are the roses Ard's Rover and
Soliel d'Or. The former has made mag-
nificent plants, well furnished with b g
crimson flowers. . Soliel d'Or leaves little
to be desired in the <ffectiveness of its
wonderful deep orange flowers, but its
lack of vigor and its stunted growth are
a disappointment. Wm. Allen Richard-
son has also had a trial as an Eister
forcer, but it seems too shy a bloomer.
A newcomer that gives promise of pot si
hie future usefulness is Dickson's rose,
Daisy. The buds are slender and grace-
ful, with the fragrance of Wootton and
the glowing pink color of the Lawson
carnation.

The spring exhibition of the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society is on this
week, and is the last of the b^g shows in
the old halls. The fact of the rose exhi-
bition in New York occurringon the same
dales tends to make the attendance of
outside visitors le^s than customary, and
a goodly number of our own pro'^es-
sionals have gone to New York to observe
the effect of the new departure in exhibi-
tion management which the rose society
has put in operation.

W. W. Edgar has been sick for a week,
hut under the stimulus of approaching
Easter business and a consequent fat
order book is rapidly recovering, and the
acacias, rhododendrons and lilies will be
packed under his personal supervision.

N. F. McCarthy has set the date for
the opening of his spring auction sales at
April 12. Large shipments of desirable
goods are promised by Holland con-
signors. Meanwhile Mr. McCarthy has
gone south for a week of recreation.

Visitors in town: C. M. Dickinson,
representing E. H. Hunt, Chicago; M.
Reukanf, representing H. Bayersdorfer &
Co., Philadelphia; Chas. Loechner, rep-
resenting Suzuki & lida. New York; T-
Austin Shaw, representing Jackson &
Perkins Co , Newark, N. Y., and Robt.
Paterson, of Portsmouth, N. H.

Lansdalb, Pa.— The sherifi has sold
the property, greenhouses and real estate
of Carl Kuehn to satisfy a debt of $1,085

Hartford, Conn — Officers were elected
at the annual meeting of the Florists'
Club: President, T. J. McRonald; vice-
president, W. W. Hunt; secretary, J. F.
Coombs; treasurer, Theodore Wirth;
trustees, the above officers and George
Osborn, John Coombs and J. F. Huss.

New York.

A LONG ISLAND GROWER'S SUCCESS WITH
VARIOUS BASTER FLOWBRING PLANTS.—
MARKET QUIET.

A recent call at A. Schultheis' place at
College Point found the industrious pro-
prietor of that big establishment busy at
the potting bench, but prohibited by the
doctor's order from entering the green-
houses, compliance with which must call
for the exercise of much self-denial, espe-
cially at this season of the year, when
the delicious aroma of hyacinths and
genista fills the air, and when so much
depends upon the condition of the con-
tents of the houses. The Crimson Ram-
blers seem better, if possible, than they
were last year, the flowers being abun-
dant and well distributed over the well-
trained plants. Here is the grandest
display of Bougainvillea Sanderiana the
writer has ever been privileged to look
upon, but every one already sold. Of
azaleas there are a number of houses
filled to overflowing with Vervaeneana,
Simon Mardner, Van der Cruysen,
Deutsche Perle, Empress of India, Prin-
cesse Victoria and Schrijverianum, the
latter a double salmon white, bordered
and occasionally splashed with red,
which, when better known, is sure to
become a standard Easter variety. A
bench of Erica Mediterranea is a pretty
sight. Most of the ericas, for which this
place is noted, are outside in heated
frames, where they have been all winter
and where they enjoy the cool atmos-
phere, which will insure their keeping
well after they reach their final destina-
tion on Easter morning. One house filled
with hydrangeas is a fine sight, and
there is a bench of moss roses in bud, cal-
culated to tempt even a saint to break a
couple of the commandments.

There has been no variation in the mar-
ket conditions since the last report.
There are slight increases in the receipts
of roses, but carnations are in lighter
supply with more certain sale. The prin-
cipal interest centered in the Waldorf-
Astoria exhibition which everyone hopes
will have a beneficial effect on the rose
trade.

Philadelphia.

QUIET BEFORE THE STORM OF EASTER

^ ORDERS — PREPARATIONS FOETHAT BUSY

PERIOD — SHA.MROCKS IN VOGUE LAST

WEEK. — THE HORTICULTURAL society's

SHOW.— VARIOUS NOTES.

It is now mid- Lent and quiet reigns in
the stores, there being a dearth of orders
and not much transient trade. The
buyers are busy, however, looking up
Easter stock, and general preparations
are being made for this imp jrtant event.
.\s a rule the stocks among the growers
are seen to be in good forward condition
and most of them promise to be ready for
the hour when required. The stores all
made more or less display of shamrock
the latter part of last week. Pennock
Brothers had a large shamrock. shaped
leaf made of ferns suspended in their
window, a'so a lot of little plants in
small pots and some of Mr. Harris'
shamrock-shaped pots filled with plants.
Wanamaker's department store had a
large lot of shamrocks (3 000 plants)
which they gave away. In the group
was the government certificate showing
the plants and even the soil to be from
real Irish sod. We understand that most
of these were grown for them by W. K.
Harris. There is much discussion as to
which of the numerous family of clovers
the true shamrock belongs. We believe

G. "Clover" Watson might throw some
light on this subject if he could forget the
land of the thistle long enough to do so.

The heavy, corrugated pasteboard
folding box for shipping purposes is
coming into general use with the whole-
salers. It is astonishing how much
knocking around these light boxes will
stand. They sometimes make several
round trips by express without damage.
A new box, with lid attached, all in one
piece is very convenient and packs away
in small space before being made up.

The spring meeting of the Pennsyl-
vania Horticultural Society promises to
be a very good show for the season, as
the exhibits coming in. at this writing,
are very interesting. On account of tne
strong attraction m New York, at the
Waldorf Astoria, the rose competition of
last year, which brought out so many
fine exhibits, was omitted. K.

St. Louis.

MARCH MEETING OF THE FLORISTS' CLUB.
— VARIOUS MATTERS OF BUSINESS —GOOD
EXHIBITS.— TESSON DISCOURSES ON TEN
years' CHANGES IN ROSES AND ROSE
GROWING. — STATE OF THE MARKET.

The usual meeticg of the Florists' Club
was held March 14, with twenty mem-
bers present. Two new applications for
membership were presented, those of
Rudolph Windt and Robert A. G. Scott.
It was decidtd that we hold a flower
show this year and a committee of five
was appointed to make all the arrange-
ments and take charge of it. Those on
the committee are J. J. Beneke, F. H.
Meinhardt, C. C. Sanders, Rudolph J.
Mohr and Geo. Winder. This being the
meeting for the exhibition of miscellane-
ous flowers the judges, F. H. Meinhardt,
F. M. Ellis and F. C. Weber, were asked
to award the prizes, which they did as
follows: Ellison & Tesson, first for a vase
of Ethel Crocker carnations; F. Fillmore,
second for a vase of carnations and roses,
and Dr Halsted third for a beautiful vase
of mixed roses. A vase of the new white
rose. Ivory, which was sent for exhibi-
tion by the American Rose Company,
Washington, was thought worthy of a
certificate of merit.

The first payment on the World's Fair
shares was called for and, the treasury
being somewhat low, volunteer subscrip-
tions from the members were asked and
the money soon raised. A committee of
three was appointed to see the World's
Fair commissioners and ask for the recog-
nition of the St. Louis Florists' Club.
It was decided that we discontinue ofler-
ing cash prizes foreihibits at our regular
meetings, but this does not stop us from
showing our g )od stock.

Robert Tesson read a very interesting
paper on the cultivation of the rose as
compared with ten years ago, which was
enjoyed by all. He takes it that rose
growing has come almost to be a manu-
fjcturing industry. He called attention
to the remarkable increase in the sale of
rooted cuttings, illustrating his remarks
by comparing the advertisements in the
American Florist with those of ten
years ago. Mr. Tesson said the white
sport of Golden Gate seems to be the most
promising new sort in sight. He impressed
upon all rose growers that they should
become members of the American Rose
Society and help its work as much as pos-
sible, f

The wholesale market is reporting good
sales and prices are up. American Beau-
ties bring from $3.50 to $4 per dozen for
the best and tea roses bring all the way

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Mar. 23,

from $2 to $6. Carnations find ready
buvers and 4 cents is asked for such sorts
as White Cloud, Frances Joost, Marquis,
Ethel Crocker and Mrs. Lawson. Violets
are still cheap, although there is quite a
demand for them. Bulbous stocK con-
tinues in the even tenor of its way but
there has recently been a considerable
increase in the call for lily of the valley.

R.J.M.

Detroit.

CLUB MEETING FULL OF INTEREST.— DIS-
CUSSION OF wholesalers' MBTHOnS.—
MUCH BUILDING CONTEMPLATED. —
TRADE GOOD. — PROSPECTS FOR EASTBR.

The club meeting Wednesday evening
was well attended, there being over forty
members present. The discussion was
opened by a paper read by E A. Seribner
on the "Conduct of the wholesaler as
seen by the retailer," and was well venti-
lated by several of the members, to whom
the subject was previously assigned.
The whole matter was well covered and
led to a full consideration of the intricate
question of supply and demand. The
most intense interest was manifested by
all, and Chas. B. Weathered, of New
York, who was present, said it was evi-
dent the club was doing very good work
because the best of feeling preva-led upon
all sides and a cheerful disposition is
shown by all to stand together on
matters aiiecting mutual interests. J.
F. Sullivan gave an outline of the
work laid out for the convention next
August and told of the evident determin-
ation of the Buffalo florists to make the
next meeting a large and successful one,
the comfort and entertainment of all the
Visitors being well assured.

Despite the present high price of glass
there is considerable building contem-
plated in this vicinity the coming season.
A. B. Lewis, of Pontiac, will reouild his
entire place; E. Ferrand & Son, of Ames,
Mich., will build olc house 27x100; M.
DeBeul is going to move about May l,to
the comer Van Dyke and Warren avenue,
where he will build three new houses
each 20x100, with service shed attached;
Robt. Klegge, of Mt. Clemens, will add
three housts each 30x150, and the Breit-
meyers' large establishment at the same
place will be increased by the addition of
three separated houses each 30x300.
Geo. A. Rackham's success with carna-
tions has tempted him to again increase
his capacity for growing and will soon
add two more houses.

The Lenten season is having little eflect
upon the retail trade, which is very satis-
factory. Stock for Easter is at present
absorbing the attention of the growers.
There will be a good supply of fine azaleas
and some fine plants of hybrid roses and
Crimson Ramblers. Easter lilies are
neither plentiful nor good and many of
the finest plants will not be in bloom till
after Easter if much brighter weather
does not come to their assistance. Tulips,
hyacinths and dafiodils in pots will be
good but not too plentiful. In cut flow-
ers, indications at present point to a
good supply of roses and carnations, and
an abundance of fine violets.

Philip Breitmeyer is attending the rose
show in New York and is one of the
judges of exhibits.

Chas. H. Fisk and wife, of Chicago, are
at the Colonial Hotel in Mt. Clemens.

Recent visitors: A. L. Vaughan, Chi-
cago; A. B. Cartledge and J. L. Pennock,
of Philadelphia; Chas. B. Weathered,
New York. J. F. S.

Indianapolis.

MUCH FUNERAL WORK MAKES BUSINESS
GOOD FOR A FEW DAYS. — WEALTH OF
FLORAL TRIBUTES AT THE HARRISON
OBSEQUIES. — SOME OF THE BEST PIECES.
— VARIOUS ITEMS.

Last week brought an extraordinary
amount of funeral work for the Indian-
apolis florists, owing to the death of
General Harrison and several other
prominent people. All growers weie
cleaned completely out of stock except
the violet men, who, in spite of the rusn.
had a few left. The decorations for the
Harrison funeral were among the finest
done here for many years. The room at
the Harrison home, capitol and church
showed the innumerable beautiful tokens
of regret. William Bertermann, who was
assisted by Clarence Thomas, had full
charge of the decorations, and deserves
praise for the able .way in which every-
thing was managed. All the designs had
to be moved to three different places.
Among the many beautiful designs was
the President's wreath, sent from Wash-
ington. This was made of Golden Gate
roses, white carnations and a large bunch
of calla lilies tied with lavender ribbon.
Cycas leaves and asparagus formed the
background. Mr. Pfister, superintendent
of the While House conservatories, sent
a laural wreath with orchids. Another
beautiful wreath, made of lilies of the
valley and orchids, came from John Wan-
amaker. The G. Ai. R. design sent from
out of the city would have been greatly
improved had moss been substituted for
the white paper in the back of the large
design. There were dozens of desigas
and a great many loose bunches of
flowers, but it was noticeable that no
two were alike. It should be noted that
both for beauty and lasting quality there
is nothing prettier than the EngUsh
heather. Some of the loveliest pieces
were made of heather and orchids, and
were perfectly fresh three days after they
had been made.

A large attendance is desired for the
April meeting of the florists' society, as
matters of importance in connection with
the fall show and next year's meeting of
the carnation society will be acted upon.

George Wiegand attended the New
York rose show this week, and will also
visit Washington, Buffalo and many
other cities.

L. Weishaar's place, on Dorman street,
is now in excellent condition and well
stocked for spring trade.

William Pfister, while here attending
the Harrison funeral, was the guest of
A. Wiegaqd.

E. G. Hill was in Indianapolis during
last week. H. J.

Worcester, Mass.

LENT CAUSES NO PRONOUNCED DEPRESSION
IN THE FLOWER TRADE. — VIOLETS USED
FOR BARGAIN SALES.— LIBERTY A POPU-
LAR ROSE. — NOTES.

Trade has kept up fairly well during
Lent and, althounh everything is plenti-
ful, there is no alarming surplus of stock.
Prices, as a general thing, have been firm,
with the exception of violets, which have
been made an advertising feature by sev-
eral of the department store imitators,
seUing them as low as 10 cents a bunch.
The quality of plants and flowers has
been exceptionally good this season,
roses especially being fine. Liberty has
had a great run and has proved itself a
very popular rose. H. F. A. Lange -"ill
put up a new house for this rose, as he

finds one house of it not enough to sup-
ply his trade. He has just finished plant-
ing his new house with roses intended for
summer blooming. Kaiserin, Carnot
and Marquise de Litta are the varieties
used.

The Easter outlook is bright, and,
though there is always more or less
unceitainty whether this or that batch
of lilies will be on time, the prospects are
that with any kind of decent weather we
will have larger supplies than ever, and
of extra good quality. Crimson Ramblers,
azaleas, rhododendrons and the usnaj
line of Easter stock are to be seen in the
usual numbers and excellence.

Of the carnations introduced last year,
which have been grown in this vicinity,
Marquis and Lawson have been the win-
ners. H. A. Cook, of Shrewsbury, has
had great success with Crocker and will
grow it: largely next year. Peru has
many good features and will be grown
on a larger scale next season.

The stores have been very bright the
past month with the many hues of
azaleas and bulbous stock, and some
very fine window displays have been
noted.

Fisher & Son have lately moved to a
new location, a short distance from their
old stand, and now have a more commo-
dious store.

The first spring show of the Worcester
County Horticultural Society was held
March 14 and some fine exhibits were
staged. A. H. L.

Springfield, 111.

WOMAN FLORIST REAPING THE REWARD
OF PSRSBVERANCE.— MISS MILLER'S SUC-
CBSS.— OTHER LOCAL TRADES PEOPLE
DOING WELL.

Miss Belle Miller is enlarging her estab-
lishment. Four additional rose houses
of even span, each 29x125 will, in the
course of a week, be in the hands of the
builders. The additions will give Miss
Miller thirteen houses, about 40,000 feet
of glass. A potting shed, 112 feet long
and built in the best possible manner,
will replace the old one. The entire plant
will be heated by steam. It is Miss
Miller's intention to grow roses and car-
nations on a large scale, both her retail
and wholesale trade having increased
bi»yond her expectations. Miss Miller's
venture in the flower business dates back
to 1892. It is the same old story of an
amateur starting on a small scale, experi-
menting, now meeting with some degree
of success, and more often with disap-
pointment, but persevering nevertheless
until success triumphs in the end. Besides
being a splendid manager, Miss Miller
is likewise a fine all around grower, her
general stock invariably being of a high
grade.

Brown & Canfield are cutting fine
American Beauties, Brides and Brides-
maids, while their carnations are in no
wise behind as to quality. Their Mar-
quis, especially, attracts attention. In
their estimation it is the best carnation
to date. Gold Nugget is away ahead of
Eldorado and every other yellow they
have ever grown. The scarcity of white
carnations all through the winter has
induced them to place orders for all the
new white ones of this season's intro-
duction. In the lot they expect to strike
one at least that will adapt itself to the
Springfield soil and yield good returns.
They report a good all-around trade,
with good prospects for spring.

A. T Hey reports an increased trade.
No sooner are carnations cut than they
are sold; in fact the demand has exceeded

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the supply all along and it is therefore
his intention to grow more carnations
next season. Among other things that
attracted my attention I noticed a fine
batch of geraniums in bloom — splendid
varieties grown for Easter sales.

Business has been brisk with H. L.
Phelps and his general stock is in fine
condition. Mr. Phelps is succeeding
admirably with ficuses and is working
up a large stock.

L. Unverzagt has a good stock worked
up and expects a big season in the plant
line. NoMis.

Albany, N. Y.

BYBBS MAKES A HANDSOME TABLE DBCO-
RATION FOR THE GOVERNOR. — THE WEIR
CASE IN COURT OF APPEALS.

One of the notable events the past week
was a "stag" dinner given by Governor
Odell, Thursday, March 14. The decora-
tions were by Eyres. The dining table
was seventeen feet long and ten feet wide.
In the center was an oval centerpiece
seven feet in length, made up of I-iberty
roses. At each end ot the table was a five
pointed star three feet in diameter. The
floral pieces were included within a bor-
der of smilai which extended around the
table, leaving room at the margin suffi-
cient tor the plates of theguests. Between
the oval centerpiece, the stars and the
outer border of smilax the table was cov-
ered with Asparagus Sprengerii on the
surface of which here and there Liberty
roses were dropped. About 800 Liberty
roses were used in the decoration. Eyres
also had charge of the decorations at the
banquet of the alumni of the Albany
College of Pharmacy, held at the Ten
Eyck, Tuesday evening, March 12.
Palms, pink tulips and Bridesmaid roses
in vases were the prevailing decorations.
The Court of Appeals on March 18
heard arguments in the case of Rosa

' Zipp as executrix of the estate of George
Zipp against Frances E. Barker as exec-
utrix ot the estate of Charles Barker, and
Frederick Weir and John R. Weir. The
action was brought originally in the
SupremeCourtof Kings county to restrain

I the defendants, the Messrs. Weir, from
erecting a greenhouse on their property
at the corner of Elm place and Fulton
street, Brooklyn. The plaintiff claimed
that by the deed which transferred the
property the land on which the defendants
erected a greenhouse in 1896 was to be
reserved for a courtyard. The Supreme
Court granted the injunction prayed for
by the plaintiff, and the same was upheld
by the Appellate division of the same
court, from which the case is brought to
the Court of Appeals. The decision will
not be announced for some time.

F. A. Danker was busily engaged on
Monday of this week preparing tlie dec-
orations for the first annual banquet of

j the Albany Sons of St. Patrick, held in

! ihe Ten Byck the same evening. R. D.

London, Ont.

PHOSPBCTS OF BIG DEMAND AND FAIR SUP-
PLIES OF STOCK FOR EASTBR.— FUNERAL
WORK KEBPSUr — EXPERIENCES OFCAR-
N.iTION GROWERS.

Judging from observations, Harrsii,
what are left of them, will be in for
Easter, but longiflorums, a doubtful
commodity at best, will give only a fiir
average and, with one or two exceptions
may, with judicious handling, be brought
in at the eleventh hour. The general
outlook for Easter is promising and the
probabilities are that prices for good
stock will be a shade better than last

season. Trade has been good for the
past six weeks, the Lenten season
making no noticeable difference in the
demand. The ravages of the grip has
made an unprecedented demand for
funeral work, light colored flowers of all
descriptions being used to good advan-
tage. With the various growers stock is
looking even better than seasons when
more favorable weather has been had.

With Gammage & Sons, the Marquis
and Mrs. Lawson have proven the most
satisfactory of any of the new varieties
sent out last season. While Ethel
Crocker has been a bad actor, Genevieve
Lord is considered not sufficiently pro-
ductive to be in the race and its tendency
to bleach out would condemn it. Gam-
mage & Sons report orders for young
plants to be coming in freely and, in order
to meet their increasing trade, arecalling
for tenders for theerectionof anew range
of houses They will remove their retail
stand to morecommodious quarters with
a large conservatory in the rear.

The London Horticultural Society will
shortly make a seed distribution, com-
prising ten varieties of sweet peas and
ten packets of annuals to each member.
They are also arranging fjr their summer
exhibitions, the principal one of which will
be the sweet pea exhibition, during the
week in which the Canadian Horticultural
Association is holding its convention in
Lindon.

F. Dicks, London's carnationist, is
sending in some fine Eldorado and Ethel
Crocker. Mr. Dicks cannot say too much
in favor of Ethel Crocker, while other
growers appear thoroughly disgusted
with it. W. G.

Washington.

TRADE FAIR AND STOCK PLENTIFUL AND
OF GOOD ODALITY.— VARIOUS NOTES.

Trade is fairly good, especially funeral
work, which has been quite heavy of late.
Stock is plentiful and in fine condition.
Theodore Diederich has been sending in
fine lots of sweet peas. A. Gude &
Brother are cutting American Beauty,
Golden Gate, Bridesmaid, Kaiserin and
Liberty in excellent shape. Their carna-
tions are promisinga finecrop forEaster.
Longiflorum lilies and hydrangeas are
showing up well. They had good success
with Princess of Wales violets this season.

George W. Oliver, at the botanic gar-
den for fifteen years, has been transferred
to the Bureau of Plant Industry, Depart-
ment of Agriculture.

Mrs. Saunders, wife of the late William
Saunders, died March 15. P. G.

Lowell, Mass.

McManmon's window was filled with
shamrocks in thumb pots on St. Pat-
rick's day and they made quite a hit.

Frank Faulkner has severed his connec-
tion with A. C. Tingley and is now with
P. R. Burtt as his carnation grower.

Business seems to be on the increase
with quite a little funeral work.

A. Roper has gone to New York to
show his new carnation. A. M.

Branlford, Ont.

It may be of interest to some to know
that Brantford is a thriving manufactur-
ing city containing a population of about
18,000 people whose floral needs are well
supplied by ten firms, none of which have
large areas of glass. I think the largest
would not exceed 7,500 feet. Two
houses were built last fall, in a very sub-
stantial manner and well equipped for

the purpose of growing vegetables. The
firm name is The Winter Gardening Com-
pany. The object this company had in
view was the growing of English hot-
house tomatoes, cucumbers and mush-
rooms as specialties. They have attained
good results, in quantity and quality of
their products, half of which are shipped
regularly to New York city. The florists
trade has been good' here this winter,
shortened somewhat just now by the
Lenten season. T. A. Ivey.

Geneva, III.— J. T.Anthony has leased
the W. P. Harvey place.

New Britain, Conn.— C. L Melchert is
about to open a flower store here.

Coyote, Cal.— Frank Stevens has
erected a greenhouse, the first in this
section.

Chestertown, Md —Fire in the green-
houses of Charles B. Smart^inflicted $350
loss March 15.

KoKOMO, Ind — W. W. Coles will erect
a large new house this year, using the
Garland iron gutter.

Hartford, Conn.— E. Welsh is adding
a greenhouse, 10i4'l, to his range near
the Albany avenue tunnel.

Champaign, III— W. C. Hensley is
arranging to add a stock of seeds, plants
and cut flowers to his store.

Muskegon, Mich.— George F. Morri-
sett has embarked in a general green-
h jnse business at 762 Lake street.

Berlin, Conn.— Willis P. Shumway is
building a new greenhouse 20x200 and
has the structure well under way.

Chicopeb, Mass.— An employe of \Vm.
Paul whose name is Weaver fell on the
ice recently and suffered a compound
fracture of his ankle bone.

Berlin, N. J. — The greenhouses of Geo.
J. Hughes were totally destroyed by fire
on Friday, March 8, entailing a loss of
several thousand dollars. The fire is
believed to have been of incendiary
origin.

Springfield, III —A bill has been oflered
in the state legislature appropriating
$300 for the purchase of plants, seeds
and bulbs for planting on the capitol
grounds and $250 for the same purpose
at the Lincoln monument and homestead.

Rochester, N. Y.— The greenhouses of
A. W. Birch took fire on the night of
Saturday, March 2. One of the main
buildings was destroyed and the others
were sufficiently damaged to expose most
of the plants therein to ruin by freezing.
No insurance.

Anderson, Ind,— J. S. Stuart informs
us that the leading hotels of Anderson
have issued a notice to commercial trav-
elers warning them to stay away from
that city April 3-5, inclusive, as all
hotels will be over- crowded during that
period by those attending the state insti-
tute of teachers.

PouGHKEEPSiB, N. Y.— At the regular
monthly meeting of the Dutchess County
Horticultural Society, on Wednesday,
March G, fifty-seven new members were
added to the roll. It is proposed to offer,
at the next fall exhibition, four prizes to
be competed for by the school children,
to be awarded for plants raised
from seed or cuttings within a year.
C. J. Reynolds announced his pur-
pose of offering a $10 prize for the best
window box, open to all school children.

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THIS ISSUE 94 PAGES WITH COVERS

CONTENTS.

The American Rose Society 1145

— The second annual exhibition 1145

Thomas Meehan (portrait) 1146

Inaugural ball deoorata'on (illus.) 1147

Sprint; exhib tion at Boston... 1147

Fern Ki'otto at Chestnut Hill, Pa. (lUus.).. ..1148

Musings of a fool 1149

Frederick Law Olmsted (portrait) 1150

Olmsted Park. DostDn, (illus.) 1161

The new rose Jlarquise Litta (illus.) 1151

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine (illus.) 115J

Twelve best herbai-eous plants : 1152

Uendrobium nobile (illus) 1153

General remarks anent the rose (illus.) 1163

.John H. Taylor (portrait) 1154

The new rose Liberty 1154

Decoration by J. H. Small ASons (illus.) 1155

PI int breeding : 1 155

Experiences with red spider Ilf6

•An eoterprisine Belgian Arm (illus.) 1156

Spring work of the plant grower 1157

A dahlia wreath (illus.) 1168

Lily of the valley for forcing 1158

Sunken gardens at Auburndale, MasS., (illus.) 1159

Carnations— Preparing for field planting 1159

—A house of The Sport (illus.) 1160

Pendulous blue spruce (illus.) 1161

Pan-American sweet pea show 1161

Pot culture ot mignonette 1161

The blue coleus 1161

Chicago 1163

Boston 1162

New York lira

Philadelphia 1163

St. Louis 1163

Detroit 1161

Indianapolis 1164

Worcester, Mass 1164

Springfield, 111 1164

Albany, N. "V 116i

London, Ont 116)

Washington 1165

Lowell, Mass 1165

Brantford, Ont 1165

Greenhouse building 1166

Are you going? 1166

Forcing Lilium Harrisii and L. longiHorum. ..1166

Forcing Bermuda longilloruni lilies 1166

Railroad greenhouse has come to stay 1166

American Carnation Society 1167

The seed trade 1172

—The French bulb trade • 1172

The nursery trade 1174

Pittsburg 1174

Our pastimes— At Utica 1176

—At Chioaeo 1176

—A t New York 1 176

—At I'hiladclphia 1176

Kansas City 1181

Trov, N. Y 1192

Cleveland 1194

Buffalo ••1196

Lincoln. Neb 1196

Madison, N. J 1198

Minneapolis 1200

Baltimore 1202

Scranton, Pa 1204

Barrio, Ont 1208

Toronto 1210

Terre Haute, Ind 1212

Gibson City, 111 1214

Cincinnati 1216

Nashville 1218

Jlilwaukee 1220

(^uinoy, 111 1224

CoBBECTiON— lor frum-eyed read thrum-
eyed in last paragraph of page 1155.

Several growers report that they will
not grow the carnation Mrs. G. H. Crane
a^ain.

Violets seem to have been in over-
supply in nearly every good sized city
this season.

The extraordinary demand for gera-
niums this year runs very largely to
semi-double kinds.

Good authorities predict that window
glass will be hard to get at any price in
July, August and September.

Tbe largest growers of rooted cuttings
of roses and carnations generally report
sales in excess of those up to this date
last season.

C. A. Samublson, one ot the leading
Chicago retailers, says that keeping
quality is the most essential attribute of
a well-grown carnation,

Grafted rose plants will not be planted
as generally this spring as was predicted
by some growers, whose first experiences
with gralted stock indicated stronger
growth.

Anthony Wihgand, the veteran Indi-
anian, who has recently investigated the
horticultural resources of Cuba, says
that a well equipped establishment there
would be likely to take our trade away
from the Belgian plantsmen.
i

E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., is
authority for the statement that the
trouble with Begonia Gloire de Lorraine
heretofore is due to a mite peculiar to the
plant, and recommends that it be grown
immediately over a bed of tobacco
stems.

Seeds of Asparagus plumosns nanus
may be sown at any time tf the year,
but April is the natural time. Bottom
heat is of great advantage. If the seeds
are soaked four days and given good
bottom heat, say 70^, they will sproutin
about twenty. five days and the seedlings
can be transplanted twenty-five days
later.

Greenhouse Building.

Springfield, 111 —Belle Miller, four
houses 29x125.

Chicago, III — George Reinberg, four
houses 25x300.

Independence, Mo.— R. S. Brown &
Son, range of rose houses.

Gibson City. 111.— Peterson Floral Co.,
seven houses 30x160.

Niw Castle, Ind. — L. A. Jennings,
rebuild range.

Hamilton, O —John Lodder & Sons,
five houses 20x116

Kokomo, Ind. — W. W. Coles, house
24x250.

Fall River, Mass. — C. Warburton, three
carnation houses.

Cooperstown, N. Y. — W. F. Wagner,
one house.

Wiseman, Ohio.— John Boogber, one
house.

Worcester, Mass— H. F. A. Lange,
rose house.

Hopkinsville, Ky. — T. L. Metcalf, house
30x85.

Hartford, Conn.— E. Welch, house
10x44.

Berlin, Conn — W.illis P. Shumway,
house 20x200.

Norristown, Pa.— Robert Hull, two
houses.

Wilmerdiog, Pa— WestinghouBe— Air
Brake Co., one house.

Are You Going?

For fifteen years, beginning with the
first year of the S. A. F. era, the Ameri-
can Florist has taken an active part in
promoting the excursions of the trade
pilgrims, especially from Chicago and the
west, to the annual gatherings of that
society. It hardly needs to be said that
with the great Pan-American celebration
which dominates the dawn of the century,
the Florist will do even more. The
Buffalonians have reason to expect much
of their Chicago friends and they shall
not be disappointed. We ask every
western subscriber who even thinks of
attending the Pan-American meeting of
the S. A. F. to send us his name that we
may reach him from this date until
August 6 with seasonable news of the
trip.

Forcing Lilium Harrisii and L. Longiflorum,

It is the opinion of experts who have
given the matter much attention that
stable manure should not be used either
in potting or as a mulch at any time in
the cultivation of LiHum Harrisii or L.
longiflorum, whether stored or in the
greenhouse, but that only artificial ferti-
lizer, perhaps nitrate of soda,in moderate
quantity, should be used as a stimulant.
It is also recommended that the plants
be watered very sparinglv and kept, as
growers say, on the dry side. The roots
should show white whtn examined. If
they are brownish or otherwise discol-
ored, it is an indication of over- watering.
It is farther advised that the plants be
sprayed at night, if sprayed at all. How
does your treatment of lilies compare
with these recommendations?

Forcing Bermuda Longiflorum Lilies.

Ed. Am. Florist:- Before placing my
order for lilies for next season I am
anxious to know through your columns 1
whether Bermuda lorgiflorams can be
forced for Easter, which falls on March
31 next year? The Bermuda bulbs of
this lily will not give early flowers, as I
have found to my cost in trying to force
them this winter for January bloom.

J.

In reply to the above I wish to state
that bulbs of Lilium longiflorum from
Bermuda can be forced into flower by
March 30, also the bulbs of L. longiflo-
rum from Japan, which, by the way, are
more satisfactory than the Bermuda
grown bulbs. Emil Bubttner.

Railroad Greenhouse Has Come to Stay.

"As the train pulls into Aurora," writes
Forrest Crisscy in describing an official
tour of inspection over the Chicago,
Burlington & Qiiincy Railroad, "and ihe
many-windowed, stone buildings of the
'shops' go slipping past, the glass roofs
of the company's greenhouses come into
view, and the General Manager turns to
the General Passenger Agent and the
Division Superintendent with the obser-
vation:

" 'That scheme is all right. There's no
mistake about the fact that the railroad
greenhouse has come to stay, and that
the traveling public appreciates the senti-
ment of the thing, too. When I came in
on 'Forty-eight' the other day and saw
the way in which the tables of the dining
car were dressed with roses I couldn't
help thinking that we had made no mis-
take.'

" 'The only trouble now,' quickly urges
the Division Superintendent, as he draws
bis chair a bit closer to the General

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Manager, 'is that it isn't big enough to
give us all we need in the way of cut
tiowers and at the same time provide the
plants for the station grounds. We
should have at least four more sections.'
" 'Well,' is the answer, 'I see nothing
out of the way in that. Go ahead with
it.' "

American Carnation Society,
^tthe Baltimore meeting an especial
tfl'ort was made to secure additions to
the permanent fund of the society, which
it is hoped to increase to $5,000, to be
invested and the interest only expended.
Subscriptions of any amount are ear-
nestly requested and may be forwarded
to the secretary, Albert M. Herr, Lancas-
ter, Pa., at any time. The following are
the subscriptions made at the Baltimore
meeting:

.Toll n Cullen, Pencoyd , Pa $ 5 00

Wra. Frazer, Rustou, Md 5 00

Henrv Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich 5 00

Geo. F. Crabb, Grand Rapids, Mich 5 00

Wra. F. Kastius, Buffalo, N. Y 5 00

M. .4. Patten, Tewksburv, Mass ID 00

Geo. R. Geiger, Navareth. Pa 10 00

C. Akehurst & Son, White Marsh, Md 10 CO

J. A. Evans, Richmond, Ind 10 00

C. W. Cox, Philadelphia, Pa 10 00

E. G. Gi lett, Cincinnati, Ohio 10 00

Hiilliday Bros., Bait more, Md 25 00

Halliday Bros., Baltimore, Md., (premium

money won) 43 00

R. A. Nelson, Indianapolis, Ind 25 00

H. Weber & Sons, Oivkland, Md 25 00

Fred. Dorner iS Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind.. . . 25 00

Fred Dorner, .Jr., Lafayette, Ind 25 00

Alhert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa 25 00

.1 L. Dillon, Bloomsburg, Pa 25 00

W. J. Palmer, Buflalo, N. Y 50 00

.'olin N. llav. Summit, N. J 50 00

R. Witt rstaetter, Cincinnati, 100 00

Da lledouze Bros., Flatbu-h, N. Y 100 UO

C. W. Ward, Queens. N. Y 1(J0 00

C. W. Ward, Queens, N. X.^ (premium

money won) 60 00

Peter F'isher, Ellis, Mass 100 00

Wm. Nicholson, Framinghani, Mass 100 00

Wietor Bros., Chicago, III 100 00

Chicago Carnation Co., .Toilet, 111 lOu 00

SITUATIONS, WANTS, fOR SALE.

I Advertisements under this head will be inserted

at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this head.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
for the year 1901 is entitled to a five-line want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year.

SITUATION WANTED— By a young man with
13 years' experience; steady and sober. Best
of references; aged 27. Chicaqo, care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By thoroughly expe-
rienced cut flower grower; 10 years' charge of
one place; references; state wages. Address
Wm. Kirkham, 148 Dearborn St., Chicago.

SITUATION WANTED— By all-round florist
thoroughly competent, first-class test monials
I from present employer. Private place preferred.
Warren, Box 244, Waverly, Morgan Co., lU.

SITUATION WANTED— By a flrst-class grower
^ of cut flowers; competent in all branches;
capable of taking full charge of a large place.
Address F II B, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By married man. age
25 years, as general greenhouse helper. Refer-
ences furnished from last and present employers.
Address M J C, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As gardener, on a pri-
vate place; married; 14 years' experience in
roses, carnations, 'mums and general bedding
stock. William W^eiqel,

Box 324, West Orange, N. J.

SITUATION WANTED— By all-around florist,
growing roses, carnations, general stock, also
palms and ferns; l\ years' experience; single;
capable of taking full charge. Address

R, care American Florist.

* SITUATION WANTED— By experienced florist

' O and gardener; 14 years' experience; would like

to take charge of private piace. Married; age 27,

no children; best references. East preferred.

Address N N, care American Florist.

; SITUATION WANTED— B/ a firat-class all-

I ^ r und florist, with 35 years' experience in all

\ branches ; best references; private place preierred;

married; state wages. Address B A,

care Mr. Birn, 606 Church St.. Nashville, Tenn.

SITUATION WANTED-As foreman or assist-
ant by all-around florist. Married; no family;
seven years' espcrienc*'; vicinity of New York
prefcrri'd; best refenaices; eduf^ated, industrious,
good biibits. A P, care American Florist,

SITUATION WANTED— By an experienced
man, one who can take full charge of any
pl.ice where roses, carnations, violets and other
flowers are grown. Must be an up-to-date, place
and good wages. W M S, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By first-class florist;
^^ competent in all branches of the business; 30
years' experience; Scotchman, single; flrst-class
references from former and present employers;
private place preferred. Address

Alba, care Aiuerican Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— With many years-
experience in every department, my services
are her»'by tendered to anyone in need of a com-
petent head gardener or superintendent of private
estate. Best of refere noes; married. Address
J. S, 182 Hale St., Beverly, Mass.

(SITUATION WANTED— As superintendent or
^-^ head gardener on large private grounds sub-
Jpct to improvements or development, by abso
lutely competent horticulturist of 25 years' expe-
rience. References. Address
Head Gardener, Box 303, Santa Barbara, Cal.

SITUATION WANTED— By expert grower of
^ roses, carnations, mums, palms, ferns, forcing
of bulbs, etc.; capable of taking entire charge of
a large plant. Only those able to pay good wages
need apply. 26 years' experience; first-class ref-
erences; state terras. Address Florist,

Hotel Revere, Blake street. Denver, Col.

ANTED- Two American Beauty growers.
Geo, Reinberg. 301 Balmoral Av., Chicago.

W

W

ANTED— A Cho. 1 grower of Beauty, to take
charge of section. Address

John Muno, Rogera Park, Chicago.

WANTED — Voung men to handle our lawn and
plant food, in their vicinity. Good commis-
sion. Address P. O. Bos 1978, Elgin, 111.

WANTED— Carnation and cut flower grower for
central Illinois. GooJ man and references
required. Central, care American Florist.

WANTED — Carnation grower; single man.
Must be well recommended. Send particu-
lars to The F. R. Williams Co., Cleveland, O.

WANTED— Reliable, competent man. Fine
roses, 'mums, etc. Also assistant. Address
J.T.Williamson, LaRose Gardens, Memphis, Tenn.

WANTED — Salesman selling lo the florist trade
to carry a flower food as a sideline. Good
commission. Address Food,

Box 46. Montclair, N. J.

T^ANTED— A reliable, competent man; good

'* rose, carnation and 'mum grower. Must

be sober and iudustrious. Steady situation for

right party. Chas. P. Mueller, Wichita, Kas

WANTED TO RENT— Greenhouses of from
10,(jOO to 15,000 feet, within thirty miles from
Chicago, suitable for roses and carnations. Must
be in good repair. S H, care Am. Florist.

TyANTED— Florist for all-around greenhouse

'* work. Mustbe sober honest and willing to

work. German, married man preferred; $9 a week

to start with. Otto Klinobiel Davenport, la.

■\\/'ANTED— A 3'oung man of experience for nur-
'' sery, growing roses, carnations and 'mums.
Wages from J25 up. Steady poiition to right
party; Eastern man preferred. Address

Geo, Karmann, Elmhurst, Cal.

TYANTED AT ONCE— Single young man. sober;
'~ hustler, experienced in growing cut flowers
and general greenhouse work," Permincnt if satis-
factory; wages $20 and board; references required.
Address Ella Holt. Kane, Pa.

T\/'ANTED TO LEASE— 35,010 feet of glass or
^^ more with two or more acres of land and
dwelling house. Houses must be in Al condition,
suitable for rose growing, in or near Chicago.
Address giving full particulars, location, etc.

Meteor, care American Florist.

T\/"ANTED — Good competent young man in flo-
*' rist's store; must be a good designer and
first-class salesman. Permanent position and
good wages. Address stating where employed and
give references. All answers treated confiden-
tially Clerk, care American Florist.

UOR SALE— Greenhouse establishment, 35,000
-*- feet of glass, well stoched. Pri;e a little more
than than one jears' sales. Address

Ohio, care American Florist.

FOR SALE— Six greenhouses, 5003 feet of gla-s,
a 9-room dwelling house, lot lOOxlSl, seven
miles from Chicago. Other business. Address
L M C. care American Florist.

FOR SALE — Good florist and gardening business
in townof 30CO; nocompetiti tn; town situated
on the Mississipjii river in Missouri. Good college
and manufactures of different kinds. Good reason
fur selling. W D, care American Florist.

FOR SALE— On account Of sickness, one of the
best equipped and established florist businesses
in or around San Frai cisco. Over 10,030 feet of
glass and in the best of condition, and heated by
steam. Address E. D. Conollet

715 Ocein Ave., San Francisco. Cal.

FOR SALE OR RENT. Excellent establishment

of 4100 sq. feetof giasi in Chicago, stucked with

carnations and miscellaneous plants; 6 room

dwelling; near railroad and electric car. Address

M T. care American Florist.

To Be Sold!

Curtis Botanical Magazine
from 1787 to 1850, bound in
:^.5 to;.';., containing about
4,000 hand-colored plates, natural size, in orig-
inal leather binding. A unique copy of this
most interesting work, seldom to be met with.
Price ^625, f. o. b. Liverpool.

STANSFIELD BROS.,

Southport, - England.

FOR SALE

Twenty-five boxes 16x16 double strength
A and B glass. If wanted, wire best offer
f. o. b. cars here. Address

LINDSAY, the Florist,

BIRMINGHAM.

ALA.

FOR SALE OR RENT.

Establishment of 8,000 feet of glass in Batavia,
III., 36 miles from Chicago. Six houses, in good
condition, none of them more than five years old.
Steam heat, city wat^r, electric cars pass the
door. Now doing profitable business. Very easy
terms. Good chance for live man. Owner going
to Europe. If interested address

S. E SMITH & SON, Batavia, III.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paying business, both
local and shipping trade, well stocked and
a good stock coming on. Location the best
for living and growing stock. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, care Am Florist.

Partner Wanted.

Want a partner who is a competi>nt fl'Tist and
has help of his own suflicient to do all the work
and carry on the business. Will divide net profits
equally at the end of each month. Plant to be kept
in as good repair as same now is, and slock kept
up to standard agreed upon. Plant consists of a
good seven room dwelling and work room attached
and two 20x100 feet greenhouses heated by boiler
under dwelling. All in good repair and now
carrying a good stock. Grounds are spacious,
city water, electric light and good neighborhood.
In town of eight thousand inhabitants, little or
no competition within a hundred miles. Has
been doing a splendid, steady business for years.
Grand chance for right pariy. References as 'o
skill, integrity, and business ability required.
Address, proprietor,

J B. HARSH,
President Creston National Bank, Creston, Iowa.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY oe

At Nyack, N. Y. A plot 220x125
feet, on which arc four Rose houses,
I00xt8x6, each house heated by a
No. J 6 Hitchings Boiler; and seven
houses, each about 64xlt ft., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.'

HITCHINGS & CO.,

333 Mercer St.

NEW YORK.

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Mar. 23,

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed (or Ten Cents.

AMERICtN ROSE CO., Washlngtjn, D. C.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, *^iSooI'"

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
References; 200 dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITCHABD, Elk Park, N. C.

Wbol^ale flower/arK^

CiNciNMATi, March 21.

Roses, Beauty 20.00@35.00

Bride 6.00® 8.00

" Bridesmaid 6.00@ 8 00

" Meteor 6.80® 8.00

Perle 4. 00® 5.00

Carnations 1.50® 6.00

Violets -53

Lilyof the valley 3.0O

Roman Hyacinths 2,00

Narcissus 2.00® 3.00

Daffodils, Tulips 3.00® 5.00

Harrisii lilies 12.60

Callas 8.00@10,00

Asparagus 50.00

Smilax 12.50

Adiantum 100

Galax leaves .15

Common ferns .20

St. Loms, March 21.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 5.00® 8.00

Beauty, long, per doz.3. 00® 5.00
short " .75® 2 50

Perle 3.00® 5.00

" Meteor 4.00® 8.00

Carnations, common 1 50® 2.00

choice 2.50® 4.00

Lily of the valley 3 .00® 4 .00

Smilax 12 50®15.00

Adiantum 1.00® 1.25

Galax 15

Violets 25® .40

Narcissus 3-00

Romans 2.00

SwKct peas -75

Callas 8.00@12.50

Tulips, Von Sions 3.00

Single Jonquils 75® 1.00

Daisies 25® .60

MiLWAUKKB, March 21.
Roses, Beauty, long,per doz. 3 00® 4.00
" " med. " 2 00® 2.50

short " 1.00® 1.50

Bride, Bridesmaid 5.00® 6.00

Meteor 5 00® 6.00

" Golden Gate B. 00® 6.00

Perle 5.00® 6 00

Carnations, ordinary 1.00® 1.50

fancy 2 00® 4.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Common ferns .25

Smilax 18 00

Asparagus 65.00

Galax leaves .20

Violets .50

Freesias 2.00

Romans, Paper White 2.00® 3.00

Lilyoltke Valley 3 00® 4. CO

Harrisii 10.00@12.BO

Cal as 8.00(3110.00

Tulip, single 2.00® 3.00

PiTTBBtfBG, March 21.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 80.00@40.00

" '■ extra 20. 00® 25 00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00@i2 00

" Meteor 2.00® 8 00

" Perle 3.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 1.00® 1.50

fancy 2.00® 4.00

Violets 2(1® .75

Paper White. Romans 2 00® 3.00

Von Sion 2 00® 3.O0

Lily ot the valley 1.00® 4.00

Mignonette 2.00® 4.00

White Lilac per dozen .75@1.50

Sweet peas 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, Freesias 2.00® 4 00

Harrisii 10.00®15 00

Smilax 15.0O@20.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Asparagus 35.00@75 . 00

" Sprengerii 20® .75

Galax, green ap'l bronze per 1000 11.25
Dagger ferrr oer 1000, 2.00

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J. B. DEflMUD,

51 and 53 Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO.

Roses, Violets, Carnations,
Lilies, Tulips, Etc.

Book your orders eai'ly
for

WILD SMILAX.

SEND FOR OUR PRICE LIST FOR EASTER.

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Easter Carnation Blooms.

NO SPLITS.

PRICES RIGHT.

We expect a surplus of 20,000 choice blooms. Get
your order in now, and we will take care of you.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY,

JOLIET. ILL.

CUT FLOWERS.

Jt Jt Ji Ji Shipping orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG GUT FLOWER GO., Ltd.

504

Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
PA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

No. 1 contains 25 lbs f3.F0

No. 2 contains 35 lbs 4.50

No. 3 contains 50 lbs 6.00

Brilliant Bronze or Green $1.25 per 1000

Small Green, for Violets 1.00 per 1000

Telephone
798 Madison Sq.

FANCY FERN. DAGGER FERN. ETC., at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARD, 38 W. 28'h St., New York.

,.,6E0, M, KELLOGG...

""•■'S'ZKli: Cut Flowers

Qive us an order and we will please you.

Our Greenhoute* at PLEASANT HILL, MO
Our Store, 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO

|^"L0N6 DISTANCE 'PHONIS AT EITHBB PLACB

The Cincinnati
Cut Flower Co.,

?.tr7.'s"Arn WHOLESALE fmm.

Consignments Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Snipping Orders

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^ American Florist

)» Jg^ 18 PAID FOR
S Cp CIRCULATED
£ JK> AND READ.

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LILIUM LONfilFLORUM

20.000 tine health.v stnok rp;id,v for Ensli-r.
Cut llowers, 10 cts. earh, nowers and buds.
Plants, 12!4 cts. eacli yrt IIhwit :uid bud.

Cash, please.
BROOKSIDE QREENHOUSES

5th and Franklin St3., Reading, Pa.

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CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BEAUTIES

Long stem per doz., $ 5 00

Stems 30 inches " ■ 4.U0

" 24 " " 3.00

" 20 " " 2.00

" 15 " " 1.50

" 12 " " 1.00

Short stems " .75

Brides, Maids per 100, 5.00— 6.00

Meteors " 5.00—6 00

Perles " 4.00— 5.00

Roses, good seconds " 3.00 — 4.00

Carna\ian>. standard sorts.. " 1.50 — 2.00

Fancy sorts " 3.00— 4 UO

Callas, Harrisii per dozen, 1.25 — 1.50

Romans per 100, 3 00

Paper White " 2.00—3 00

Frcesias. Tulips " 3.0O— 4.0)

Daffodils •• 2.00—3.00

Valley " 2.00—4.00

Violets " .50—1.00

Mignonette per doz. .50 — .60

Asparagus per string. .50 — .80

Galax, 1000, »1; 10,000 tor $7.50; per 100, .15

Ferns, per 1000. $2.50 per 100 .25

Leucothoe sprays " 1.00

Adiantum " 1.00—1.25

Smilax perdozen, 2.00

Prices Subject to Change without Notice.

You Will Want Tlowers
This Week

As well as at Easter. These are the prices which will pre-
vail before the Easter rates go into effect. Let us have your order.

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32 34-36 Fandolph Street

CHICAGO. ILL.

Long Distance "Phone 1977 Central.

Selected Brilliant Bronze |

Galax Leaves \

FOR COLD STORAGE.

Orders Solicited at Once.

J. L. BANNER & CO.,

Montezuma, N. C.

Bassett&Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

"•"^"^j;7r."oi Cut Floweri

OWKEWHOUSEB; HIN8DALK. ILL.

A. L. RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Wash
Ington St., Chicago.

write for ipeoial gnotatloni on large orden.

Benthey & Co,

F. F. BENTHEY, Manager,

Wtiolesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street, CHICAGO,

I^F'CoQaignments solicited

Wholesale Store, ::r"

Sell our own-grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors
in quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy
reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both
Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.

MinneapoIii'^Mmn; DK/lll I K llUL.

Choice Green and Bronze Galax.

Pri''e BOc per 1000; 2010 lor $1, postage prepaid.

LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS, red & green, J;;.5U per 1000.

B. H. HIIiIi, Victoria, Macon Co., N. C.

J. K BUDL0NG

Boses and
Carnations
A Specialty.

37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

WHOLESALE

GROWER of

CUT FLOWERS

Wbol^ale f[ower/\arK^

Chicago, March 22.

Eoses, Beauty, extra long stems. Jo. 00

30 " " 4.0)

24 " " 3.00

,. „ 20 " " 2 00

15 " " 1.60

12 " " 1. 00

" " short " .75

Bride, Bridesmaid 5.00® fi. 00

Meteor 5.00® 6.00

Perle 3 00® 5.00

Golden Gate 8 00@12.00

Carnations 1 60® 2.00

fancy 3 00® 4.00

Violets 5(1® .75

Callas, Harrisii 10.00@12 50

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4 00

Paper Whites Romans 2.00® 3.00

Daffodils, Freesias 2.(0® 3.00

Tulips 2. CO® 4 00

Mignonette 3 00

Cattleyas $6.00 doz.

Adiantum .75

Common ferns per 1,000 2 60 .25

Galax leaves, per lOOO $1.00 .15

Smilax perdozen l.£0@2.00

Asparagus. . .per dozen 7.50@10.00

E. H. Hunt

THE "OLD RELIABLE" FOR

WHOLESALE-

WEILAND & RI5CH

can save you

money on

Cut
Flowers

We are extensive growers and
have unsurpassed ship-
ping facilities.

WRITE OR TELEQRAPH.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO.

CUT FLOWERS

Hunt's Flowers
Qo Everywhere

76 Wabash Ave., CliiaGO.

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

eOO.OOO FEET OF GLASS.
Headquarters for American Beauty.

51 Wabash Ave., - CHICAGO, ILL.

Please mention the A merican Florist 7vken wrilinz

Stop Walking the floor, you wont be disap.

pointed if you place your orders for

SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX

With CALDWELL THE WOOD:- MAN CO., Evergreen.
Ala., or their agents, L. J. Kreshover, New York;
J. B. Dearaud. Chicago; M. Rice A Co., Philadel-
phia; Vail Seed Co.. Indianapolis. Our advice:
Wire your address and go "Sleep in peace."

JOHN B. FERGUSON,

Wholesale florist,

NO. 6 DIAMOND MARKET SQUARE.
PITTSBURG, PA.

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and Violets

Solicited.
Please mention the A merican Florist when writing .

American Florist Advts.
Always Sell Stock.

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YOU WILL BE PROTECTED FROM LOSS

BY JOINING

THE NATIONAL FLORISTS' BOARD OF TRADE

F»«'^OtlO£»l

271 Broadway, New York City, N. Y.
:Beia.e*iol^l

E^ooxioinrkio^l

OUR NEW HEADQUARTERS

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND,

( rormerly 67 Bromfield Street.)

3-5: M^-W^le^r St.

:bosto:pc.

are spacious, convenient and central.
If yoo want the best Boston Flowers
or first class supplies of any kind we
are prepared to supply you promptly
and satisfactorily. Call and see
for yourself, jt ^ .^ a* j* .^

TELEPHONE 1270 MAIN.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, ' "^'ToSi'S'ii! Si'ls^' ""•'

WELCH BROS., Proprietors.

I Ainu £*it)w niUK'^fcuu d.tjeuvB lur o.

Sole Agents tor FREY8TEDT8' Immortelle Letters and Emt>lema. j Acknowledged l>y aU florists the best in
Block Letters. S2 D< r 100. Script Letters. $4 per too. '

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR.

Also New Bngland Agenta for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES
use. Special prices for doz. lota.

We Supply the New England Trade

With Highest Grade

ROSES. GflRNflTIONS,
LILY OF THE YflLLEY.

\/IAI FTQ and all flowers the
VlV/idCId Boston market affords.

PRICES RIGHT and Packins Pbopbblt Donb.

N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

rei 734and64. 84 Hawiey St., BOSTON.

^fase mention the American Florist wheri wrfting.

Frank M. Ellis,

WHOLESALE ELORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale riorist

1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

fHease mention the American Florist when writing.

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

tt22 PINE STREET.

fc ST. LOUIS, MO.

^^A complete line of Wire Deslgrna.

Desirable Advertising Space
...Jo Rent "" ^oix"'^

BOSTON FLOWER IVIARKET

Effective. Profitable. Address
GEO. CARTWRIGHT. Secretary, 1 Park St., BOSTON.

Wbol^ale flower/\arl^

Boston, March 20.

Roses, Beauty, extra 20.00@30.00

" medium 10.00@15.00

culls 4.00® 8.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 4.00® 8.00

extra 10.00@12,00

Carnations l.CO® 2.00

extra 2.00® 3.00

Roman hyacinths, ^eesias 75® 1.50

Lily of the valley 1.00® 3.00

Mignonette 2.00® 4.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissus 1.00® 3.00

Violets 35® .60

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax 10.00@15.00

Asparagus 50.00

" Sprengerii, .20® .25 per bunch
Philadelphia, March 20.

Roses, Tea 4.00® 8.00

" extra 10.00®13.00

Beauty, extra 25.00®40.00

firsts... 8.O0@15.00

Carnations 1.00® 1 50

fancy 2.50® 5.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Romans, Paper Whites 2.00® 4.00

Violets, single 10® .25

double 26® .75

Asparagus 35.00@50.00

Smilax 12.50@20.00

Adiantum 1.00

BtrppALO, March 21.

Roses, Beauty B,00@50.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4.00@lO.0O

Carnations 1.00® 4.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Smilax 15.00

Adiantum 1.00® 1.25

Asparagus 50.00®75.00

Violets 50® 1.00

Harnsii 12.00@16.C0

^^V£5TER**
:^aKtNN YORK

GIVE

US

A

TRIAL.

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

Open day
and night.

Roses, Carnaticiis and all kinds
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

UfU C VRCTIUR Wholesale Com-

nnii ■■ UndllllUf mission Florist.

481 Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y.

Also Dealer In Florists' Supplies & Wire Designs.

5 °

1604

CD

Ludlow Street,
Philadelphia....

3 Plione 1-42-69-A.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS,

""??i?;S5^i?^D. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Consignmentf of Choice Valley and Rotei (olicitMl.

Geo. M. ivioss,

WHOLESILE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Long Distance 'Phone l-<l-38 D.

Consignments ol Roses. Carnations, Violets sollell i.

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wholesale Florist,

17 S. nth St., Telephone 63-64. PHILADEIPHU

Orders by mall, teletrrapta or telepbone will
reoelve prompt attention.

GonslRiimenta of good atook solicited.

SHIPPING UBELS :°!

"Cut Flowers

Printed in two colors on gummed
paper; your card, etc.. In black and
leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Very attractive. Price per BOO, 12.85;
per 1000, 14.60. Send for samples

CUCTRO OF THIS UAF. POSTPAID. $l.2jt.

American

Florist Co.,

fc. CHICAGO.

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE TRADE.

The undersigned have opened a first-class establishment for the sale of cut flowers at wholesale
on commission at 3 Ordway Place, Boston, Mass. Correspondence with growers and buyers solicited.

asssitt rFVynV ^""artior . new England cut flower company.

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1171

TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

Ivlly o« tlxe "Valley-.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1998 MadUon Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

42 West 28th Street,
NEW YORK.

SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, all leading varieties, also rare novelties.
Shipping a Specialty. JSi^Price list on application.

TELEPHONE 20eB MADISON SQUAffE.

Walter F. Sheridan,

Wholesale F/oHst f

Telephone 902 Madlaon Square.

39 West 28th St., NEW YORK

William Qhormley,

Wholesale Florist,

57 West 28th Street.

NEW TOBE CITY,

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley, and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
Madison Square.

SHIPPINa ORDERS

Given Special Attention.

JOHN YOUNG

Bas the best BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY in New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO. Jf

All Choice Flowers dally.

SI West ZSth St., NEW YOKE.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS and BUYERS make a note of tbit. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

. : . . 30 West 29th Street.

New Telepbone No. 661 Madison Bqnare.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,

408 E. 34tli Straat,

JhI FltwM Exchinge, NEW YORK.

Telephone !399 Aladlaon Sqoare.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-412 C. S4th St. Near Ferry.
Open for Cnt Flower Sales at 6 o'clock
Every Ofomlne

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON. Secretary.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

iOM GUI) Flowers

All Orders receive most carelul attention.
TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA.

Bli prizes Amertoan Rose Society. New York City.

It is good business policy
to mention tbe

.-AMERICAN nORIST

when yea write to an advertiier.

Choice Carnations.

Seiected Roses.

Traendly & Sclienck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange.

New Telepbone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq.

Wbol^ale [fower/\arl^

New York, Marob 20.

Koses, Beauty, select 25.00@33.00

medium 10.00@15.00

culls 1.60® 3.00

" Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor 1.50® 3.00
medm 4 00® 6.00
select.. 8 00®10 00

Brunners 5.0[@25 00

Carnations 76® 2.10

fancy 3.00® 5.00

Lily of the valley 1.50® 3.00

Smilax 12. 00@15.00

Asparagus 25.0n@50.00

" Sprengerii, perdoz.bun. 2.00@3.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Violets 10® 60

California 20® .50

Harrisii lilies 6.0O@ 8.00

Mignonette 1.00® 5.00

Paper White narcissi 1.00® 1.50

R. hyacinths. Jonquils, Freesias, .50® 1.50

Tulips, Von Sion narcissi 1.00® 2 00

Cattleyas 35.00@60.00

MILLANG & SALTFORD,

Wholesale Commission Dealers in

CUT FL0WER5

50 West 29th St., NEW YORK.

Telephone 1304 Madison Square.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

QROWERS and FLOWFR BUYERS.
Write lor Terms and Quotations.

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 29th street, NEW YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

The New York Gut Flower Go.

119 and 121 West 23d Street,
112 and 114 West 24th Street,

r«!3phona 733-t8th. NEW YORK

CON8IONMENT8 SOLICITED.

Spacial Attention Oiven to Shipping Order:

FORD BROS.

....WHoiesaie Florists,

III West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BIG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. 'Phone, 167 Madison Sq.

Julius Lang

S3 West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

Represents the Best Growers op

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Square.

S. J. LIMPRCCnT,

Wholesale Commission Florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens (or Decorations.

119 West 30th Street. lUFU/ \(\Qll

Telephone n:« MadiBon Square. I'L" lUKR.
Conslgrnnaents Solicited.

fl. H. LflNGJflHR,

19 Boervm Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Controls the best Brooklyn

Cut Flower Trade.
Consignors get the Benefit.

Always mention the.

American Florist

wh«n writinc advortitpfi

Try tiie new
Flower Commission House

E. B. BRINUY & CO., .e;'..:

30tli St.,
GITY.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH GROWERS SOLICITED.

feleplrkone Sl&S IVIacUsoirx ®c3i»»^r«.

Now we have

Daffodils,
Tulips,
Sweet Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN.

47 WEST 28th ST..

NEW YORK.

CUT F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Special in
Roses :

Tel. 421
Madison^Square,

Liberty, Pres. Carnot,
Kalserin, Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

1172

The American Florist.

Mar. 2j,

The gEED T^a^E.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

Albert McCullough, Pres.; P. W. Bolqiano,
Vioe-Pres.; S. F. Willakd, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Seo'y and Tre»s. ,. ,, u • t.^

Nineteenth annual convention, Rochester, JS.
Y.. June 11-13. 1901.

The prices of onion sets are firmer
again.

The delayed spring is sure to over-
crowd all the trade during April.

Business in the southwest has been
good, but was checked again by the bliz-
zard of the 19 th inst.

The St. Louis Seed and Produce Com-
pany has been incorporated by ^Wm. L.
Pipkin, J. E. Zelch and Samuel H. Pipkin.
The capital stock is $10,000.

The building at 14 Barclay street,
New York, famous since the New York
riots in the war times in early 60's, is
being remodeled for Vaughan's Seed
Store, an entire new and projecting
glass front being built.

The U. S. General Appraisers at New
York have decided that the seed of
Zizania aquatica, which is dealt in to a
very limited extent, is entitled to be
imported free ot duty as "a 'grass seea'
not specially provided for."

The Albert Dickinson Seed Company,
Chicago, has bought sixty-two acres of
land on the Calumet river north of One
Hundred and Twelfth street, the pur-
chase price being $160,000. No definite
announcement has been made as to the
plans ol the Dickinson Company for the
development of the tract, but a portion
'o< it will be used for their own business
and a portion sold to the American Lin-
seed Company.

The French Bulb Trade.
The French bulb market remains
unsettled. The new combination ot
growers near Toulon (not as a corpora-
u -.n but attempting united action) have
fiKed on asking prices some forty-five per
cent above the rates of last year. As
vet while the French dealers and job-
bers have agreed to act with this associa-
tion of growers, it is not believed that
large buyers either in Germany, Holland.
England or America, have placed any
orders on the new basis. Another side
of the situation is the fact that the crop
is not yet made or known. An abund-
ant harvest of clean, healthy bulbs would
no doubt weaken the schedule of prices,
while a moderate crop or disease would
tend to maintain them. The American
buyers naturally hesitate at a jump of
forty -five per cent in face of the fact that
Romans were hawked through the trade
papers at the end of last season at very
low prices. The average jobbing con-
tract cost of white Roman hyacinths in
Fiance during eight years past was as
follows, in francs for the twelve to fifteen
cendmeter grade: 1893 80 francs; 1894
45 francp; 1895, 73 francs; 1896, 82
francs; 1897, 53 francs; 1898, 47 francs;
1899, 40 francs; 1900, 43 francs.

Chardon, O.— Max Saloman, a land-
scape gardener and florist from Paines-
ville, O., has located here and proposes
to establish a greenhouse.

Lenox, Mass.— Harry Allen, foreman
at the John Sloane greenhouses, has
resigned to take a position in Kentucky,
and Thomas Reynolds will succeed him
here.

\ I ^ ^' Printed talk or * ^

^^^^1^^^^^ spoken talk would never have built up the «

-- immense Iron Age business. It's the work that's behind

the machines and the excellent work they do in the field end gcirdon that
sells them in increasing numbers every year. Our success is built ou work

not talk. See an Iron Age machine at work and it will talk for itself^

It does the best work in the least time. The latest

Iron Age Implements.

are described In the handsome Iron A«e Book foj
free. The Iron A«e Combined Wheel Hoe and.
will plow, level, furrow, sow, cover, rake, cul-
tivate, hill and hoe anddo all well. A boy can
convert it from drill to hoe. Wheels are of steel,
16 inches hiRh. an oriKinal feature. The height
mal£es Ihewheels runeasierandtbey will not yield
to depressions in the soil like low wheels. The high
wheel isiin Iron Ave Ideawhich has come to stay.
BATEMAN MFG. CO.. Box 184. Grenloch, N. J.

1901 which we send
Seed Drill

G. VLASVELD & SONS Sassenheim, Holland. 'HVTc7NVH's'7uTrp^s& daffodils

Address all cmmunicalions to Messrs. KN\trH, N\CHOD & KIHNE, 13 William St., N. r. City.

TUBEROSE BULBS.

(Excelsior Pearl.)

Genuine Hallock dwarf strain, cured by fire
heat, sound, dry, hand picked.

FIRST SIZE— P. O. B. Chicazo, 4 to6-in., per 1000.
$6.50; 3000 J18.00.

From N. Y. Oity, 50c per 1000 less.
Mammoth Bulbs— « to 8-in., per 1000. S9.00.
Medium Bulbs— 3 to 4-in,,per 10CO,$3.50: 10,000 lots,
I. o. b. Chicago, $28.50; f. o. b. New York, 827.60.
WE MEET competition, quality considered.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

ESTABLISHED 1802

s

SEEDS

rresh Seeds Now on Hand.

Asparagus Sprengeril $3.oo pet lOCO

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 8 oo "
Cocos weddeliana 7.io

Wholesale Price List ot High Class
Flower Seeds etc., for Florists, free
upon application.

J.M.THORBURN&CO.

(L*l« ol IS John Street)

36 CORTLANOT STREET. HEW YOW

CHICAQO :

84-86 Randolph St.

NEW YORK :
14 Barclay 5t.

FLORISTS' ^ F F n ^
FLOWER L L L' O •

The best quality.
Our Wholesale Catalogue on application.

WEEBER & DON, frd'ol'^^r^

114 Chambers St., NEW YORK.

Teleph ne "2766 Cortlandt."

liERICAN ROSE COIPANY,

SPECIALISTS IN

PEDI6REE CARNATION SEEDS

Contraoti ioliclted for future delivery
See our other advertliemeuti.

WASHINGTON. D. O

Do the American Florist a small favor.
Mention the paper when writing p-^-er-
tisers.

"TheManwiththeHoe"

will do well to try the

PLANET JUNIOR LINE

of Hand Garden Tools; the
same amount of labor will
accomplish seven times as
much. Complete book free.

Si Li ALLEN OIl UOi) PHILAD^LPH a. pa.

ALEX. RODQER5
;?s''t*1no. Seed Merchant,

OA n" l" " *" '>"'<:«■"<' »•'•*••••».
saO. 120 >• **U t*k».« It

OHIOAQO. - ILL.

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1173

We
want

your Easter Order

WE HAVE SUPPLIES FOR RECORD-BREAKING BUSIl^ESS.

PRICE LIST

FOR EASTER.

BEAUTIES Perdoz.

Extra long stem $6.00

Stems 30 inches 5 00

24 " 4.00

20 " 3.00

15 " 2 00

" 12 " 1.50

Short stem 1 00

ROSES Per 100

Brides and Maids $6 00— $S 00

Meteors 6.00— 8.00

Perles 6 00

Ros-s, ourseltction 5.00— 6 00

CARNATIONS Per 100

Standard sorts $4 00

Fancys $5 00— 6.00

MISCELLANEOUS

Harrisii per d ?.. $1 50— $2.00

Harrisii per 100, 12 00—15 00

Callas perd.z., 1.50— 2.00

Alyssum per 10(i, .25

Valley " 3 00— 4.00

Paper Whites " 3.00— 4 00

Daffodils " 3.00

Tulips " 3 00—5 00

Romans " 3.00— 4.00

Freesias.... " 3 00— 4.00

Margaerites " .75— 1.00

Violets " 100

Mignonette perdoz., .50 — .75

DECORATIVE

Asparagus per string, $ 50 — $ .60

Galax, 10,000, $7.50; 1000,

$100 per 100, .15

FERNS, finest in

town, 1000, $3, " .30

Leucothoe Sprays, " 1 00

Adiantum •' 1 00

Smilai per doz , 2 00

store open from 7 a m to 6:30 p m. dally.
Sundays and holidays closed at oood.

THERE isn't any question but that this will be
the biggest Easter on record. Prosperity
prevails and good stock is plentiful. But it
is safer to place your orders in advance. Let us
know your needs at once. Telegraph at the last
moment for additional supplies if necessary.

We have large supplies of all kinds of stock,
everything you will be likely to want, and with our
undoubted superior facilities (we've just increased
our cold storage facilities 1526 cubic feet) are in a
position to give the best of service ; the same kind of
service we gave at Christmas and New Year's.
Here's what one well-known buyer writes :

Kansas City, Mc, December 26, 1900.
E. C. Amling, Esq., 32-36 Randolph St., Chicago, 111.

Dear Sib:— I wish to thank you for the way you han-
dled our Christinas order; packing and stock first-class. I
am only sorry we did not get more from you.

Very respectfully, Samuel Mdebav.

Kansas City, Mo , January 1, 1901.
E C. Amling, Esq , 32-36 Randolph St , Chicago, 111.

Dear Sir: — I write to wish you a happy and prosperous
New Year and good health to enjoy it. Your last ship-
ment to me was the finest lot of stock I ever had the pleas-
ure to look upon, for which I thank you.

Sincerely yours, Samuel Murray.

Is this the service you want?

NOTE

that we are offering the best stock in the market always at
current Chicago rates. Send your wire work order with
your cut flower order. We'll fill it at lowest rates.

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTI?ALLY LOCATED
CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph St.

LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE
CENTRAL 1977.

CHICAGO, ILL.

Please mention the American FioriU when writing.

1174

The American Florist.

Mar. 2j,

The I^ursery T^f^aiDB.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Thbo. J. Smith, Pres. ; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres, ;
Gbobbe C. Seager. Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y,

Twenty-sixth annual convention, Kiagara Falls,
N. Y,, June 12-14, 1901.

These is no abatement in the demand
for decorative nursery stock.

One of the signs of the times is the
demand for material for immediate e fleet.

It is estimated that two million fruit
trees have been planted in Georgia this
season.

Less talk and more spraying would be
desirable in the New York fruit growers'
war upon San Jose scale.

The Carolina poplar, although notthe
most desirable of trees, is produced and
planted in largest quantities.

The Chase Nursery Company, of Riv-
erside, Cal„ has already booked orders
lor 90.000 orange trees tor delivery thi5
season.

It is claimed by nurserymen that there
are only 6,000 trees in New York state
which show traces oJ San Jose scale and
that nearly all of these stand on Long
Island.

It is estimated that there are now only
450,000 peach trees in Kent county,
Maryland, where a dozen years ago
there were 2,000,000. The orchards
proved unprofitable.

The market for Americaa apples is now
world wide and prices are steariily
advancing. This condition is strong y
pianifest on the nurserymen's order sheec^ ;
orchardists are planting apple trees.

In southern California immense quan-
tities of choice navel oranges 4re rotting
on the ground and in the packing houses
the fruit is spoiling in the boxes owing
to a shortage ot transportation cars.

At New Haven, Conn., C. P. Lines and
Ernest F. Coe have incorporated their
business as the Elm City Nursery Com
pany, capital $15,000, admitting H E.
Turner as secretary and manager. Mr.
Lines established the nursery some forty
years ago.

The Taylor Brothers Company, of
Rochester, N, Y., is suing John Long to
recover $75 for nursery stock delivered
to him. The case is unique in that the
defense set up by Mr Long's attorney is
that the company's agent secured the
defendant's signature to the older after
getting him intoxicated.

Pittsburg.

MEETING OF THE LOCAL TRADE ORGAN-
IZATION.— A DOZBN APPLICATIONS FOR
MEMBERSHIP.— GOOD EXHIBITS —TRADE
VERY GOOD —NOTES OF THE GROWERS.

The Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists'
and Gardeners' Club met March 14 The
session was well attended and was a
very interesting one. Twelve new mem-
bers were proposed, William Forsyth, of
West End Park; John Jones, oi the Phipps
Conservatorv; Neil McCallum, gardener
to Westinghouse, at Wilmirding, Pa ;
David Eraser, gardener to H. C. Frick;
George Wyness, florist to H, C. Frick;
Mr. Price, gardener to Mr. Laughlin;
Howard Childs, of McKee Place; Alex.
J. Negley, Ed. McConnell, of Sharon, Pa ;
O. R. Ferguson, H. P, Joslyn, Ben Avon,
Pa., and John Poland, of Allegheny. The
new White Golden Gate rose was c xhi-

bited by the American Rose Company,
of Washinifton, and was very much liked.
John N. May, of Summit, exhibited some
fine Olympia carnations and also a cerise
seedling carnation. No. 2209. Fred.
Burki, of Bellevue, hadan elegant display
of carnations and Ed Fisher had a very
good display of Bridesmaids, Brides and
some very fine specimen Lawson carna-
tions.

Trade has been very good during the
last week. All flowers sold well and
funeral work was plentifnl, but plant
decorations were very slow. The Pitts-
burg Cut Flower Company reports busi-
ness very good throughout the small
towns and all stock moving well except
bulbous material. Double daflodils and
lily of the valley have been too plentiful,
but lilies have been selling well, with
hardly enough to supply the demand.
Roses and carnations have been scarce
and the good flowejs are bringing good
prices. The crop for Easter will be good.

it is expected, although it is rather early
to tell very much about it. Violets are
plentiful but so far there has been no
glut.

Fred. Burki, C. Koenig and C. Blind
are growing most of the lilies and lily of
the valley coming into the Pittsburg
market. M. C. Dnnlevy, of Carnegie,
and C. Koenig are growing most of the
bulbous stock and especially a great
many double daflodils. A. W. Smith is
growing considerable lilies and bulbous
stock but hardly enough to supply his
own demand. His stock of flowering
plants is very extensive and the prospects
are thai it will be in very good shape for
Easter.

The florists were favored with a visit
from George B. Wiegand, of A. Wiegand
& Son, of Indianapolis. He reports busi-
ness very good in his city, having had a
large share of the funeral work for the
late Ex-president Harrison.

Woodward.

HACKBERRY

In any quantity in sizes from IV2
to 5 inches caliper. Always sym-
metrical and thrives even when
neglected. Best tree to withstand
drought. Just the tree to sell to
customers for avenue and lawn
planting. We can supply you.

HOME MADE TREES

Yon can find inour480-acre nurs-
ery just the tree or shrub you
have been looking for.

PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
FREE

P. 5. PETERSON & SON,

Established 1836. 164 LaSalle St., CHICAGO, ILL.

x.«,.. SPECIMENS

Jaoanese Maples Japanese Snowballs, White Weeping and Red-Flowering Dogwoods,
Msgnoiias Glauci and Soulanglana California Privet, Hydrangea Paniculata and Hyd.
Pan Grandiflora, Ornamental grasses, etc.; JAPANESE and otfier RARE EVERGREEN
TREES, New Sheilbark Hickory Nut "HORNOR'S SPECIAL."

Straight. Handsome Shade Trees, such as Oaks, Oriental Plane, Norway, Sugar,
Silver, Sycamore, Wler's Cut-leaved and other Maples, etc , (large, medium and small).

EXTRA LOW PRICES; CATALOGUE FREE.
Personal inspection of our Nurseries is earnestly solicited.

CHAS. B. no^tNOR & so n. - Mt Holly, Burlington Co., New Jersey.

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORF.A NURSERIES. William Wakneb Harper, Prop.,

CHESTNUT HilL, PHI' aOPLP-^l*. P».

Choicest Fruit and Ornamental Trees.

NORWAY MAPLES

Shrubs, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds. 40 Acres Hardy Roses. 44 Qreenhouses
of Palms, Everbloomlng Roses, FIcus, Ferns, Etc. Correspondence
solicited. Catalogue Free, 47 Years, looo Acres.

THE STORRS & HARRISuri CO.,

PalnesvlIISf Ohio*

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K[1IC0TT BROS. CO.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS
'"^T^. z Florists' Supplies.

42 and 44 East Randolph Street. CHICAGO, ILL.

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Price per Hundred.

Am. Beauties, short flO.OO to $12.50

Am. Beauties, medium iS.OOto 18.00

Am. Beauties, fancy, fair length 25.00 to 35.00

Am. Beauties, long 50.00 to 75.00

Meteors 8.00 to 10.00

Brides, Maids, extra select 6.00 to 8.00

Meteors, Brides, Maids, good average S.OO to 7.00

Peries, extra select 4.00 to 6.00

Roses, our selection 4.00

Carnations, special fancy varieties 6.00

Carnations, choice 4. CO to 5.00

Carnations, good average 2.50 to 3.5o

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Price per
Carnations, our selection

Violets and Pansies $ .60

Valley, our specialty— the best 3.00

Smilax doz. t2.00 to $2.50

Harrisii lO.OO

Callas 10.00

Tulips, single and double 3.00

Daffodils, single and double 2.00

Daisy, Forget-me-not 75

Adiantum

Asparagus per string, 60c to 75

Galax .per M, $1.00 to $1.25

Common Ferns per M, 2.50

Hundred.

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Mar.

23,

Our pasTiMBS.

Announcements of coming contents or other
events of interest to our bowling, shooting and
cycling readers are solicited and will be given
place in this column.

Address all correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. StAwart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.;
Robt. Kirt, 172o Chestnut St.. Philadelphia, Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co , 324 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

At Utica.

The following is the score made by the
Utica bowlers at their session March IS:

Player 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th Av

Baker • 139 140 199 139 12.S 148

■Wilcox 178 121 167 118 128 143

Day 100 123 138 185 125 133

Rowlands Ill 106 157 159 124 131

Spencer 138 127 125 137 114 128

Murphy IIR 89 108 108 118 1'8

McLean 60 85 101 83 74 80

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At Chicago.

The six teams in the Anson League
have completed their schedule and the
Florists find themselves in fifth position.
Their record for thirty-six games is
twelve won and twenty-four lost, giving
them an average of .333. Their high
game was 94S, the total for the series
28,719, an average of 798. Hanswirth
has the credit of the highest individual
game in the league, 255. The individual
records follow:

Player Games High Tot.al Av

Geo. Asmus 16 229 2788 174

Geo. Stollery 21 203 3584 170

Chas. Hal uff 36 2r8 5918 Id)

P. J. Hauswirth 33 255 5259 159

JohnDegn.au 17 194 2632 154

Fred. Stollery 18 213 2798 155

E. F. Winterson 24 218 3707 154

Chas. Hughes 9 179 1265 140

W. Kreitling 6 202 838 139

At New York.

A very jolly and vociferous time was
passed at the bowling alleys last Mon-
day evening. Messrs. Traendley and
Hafner supplied all necessary noise.
"Willie" Siebrecht furnished philosophy
and the balance of the aggregation fur-
nished object lessons for this entertaining
trio. The failure of the pins to fall at the
proper time was attributed by Mr. Sie-
brecht to the atmosphere, which he says
has a great deal to do with how the pins
drop. Five games were rolled, the three
most creditable being the following:

Player 1st 2d 3d

Lang" 178 135 173

Burns 164 174 168

Elliott 119 148 144

Traendly 130 142

Lentz 183 171 207

O'Mara 157 182 146

Stewart 134 112 123

Thielmann 181 177 186

Hatner 162 140 164

Siebrecht 132 124 131

A match game with the Fidelios was
scheduled for early in the evening. The
latter failed to show up but the florists
went through the performance as follows:

Plaver 1st 2<1

Lang 140 198

Traendly 119 112

Lenti 154 160

Hafner 121 168

Thielmann 157 201

At Philadelphia.

Could we but take our associate mem-
bers to the convention we certainly would
make some, yea, even the Buflfalo cham-
pions, hustle. We are now undisputed
champions of this city at the gay and
festive game of ten pins, or "bowls," as
that grand old man of Washington, W.
R. Smith, is pleased to call it. The ten-
man team match came off with the Cen-

tury wheelmen last Friday night, on
the new Imperial alleys, the games being
rolled on two pair at once. There was a
large crowd of rooters from both clubs
and until the result was no longer in
doubt both factions kept the air filled
with their choicest yells. After the sec-
ond game the Florists had it all their
own way and won handily. They won
glory, honor, and something substantial
as well. The average of the Florists was
1671 3 to a man, which is well up for ten
men. Both the first and second teams
won each of its three games, which was
more than was hoped for. The score
follows:
Florists 1st 2d 3d T'i

Peterson 178 199 193 570

Dunham 143 165 168 476

Kuestner 197 181 138 516

Kift 110 149 141 400

Dlack 140 174 173 487

Totals .768 868 813 2443

Century 761 855 773 2399

Florists *■ 1st 2d 3d T'l

•Tiihnson 140 169 160 459

Allen 161 189 173 623

N.Moore 182 181 181 550

Mooney •. 2ai 171 148 519

Moss , 180 184 163 527

Totals 863 894 815 2572

Grand totals:--

Florists 2449 2572 6021

Century 2399 2358 4757

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ROEMER'S
Superb Prize Pansies

The finest strain of Pansies
in the World

INTRODUCER AND GROWER OF ALL THE
LEADING NOVELTIES.

Highest Award Inter. Exhibition at Ham-
burg, 1897. Catalogue tree on application.

Fred. Roemer,

Seed Grower, QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY.

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Dixon, III. — A greenhouse owned by
Christian Wuhl was burned down on a
recent evening.

Greenhouse

Construction.

Full Directions for the Building and
Heating of Greenhouses.
BY L. R. TAFT.

Greenhouse

Management.

How to grow Roses, Carnations, Vio-
lets and other Greenhouse Plants, with
Directions for Forcing Vegetables;
also the Preparation of Soil, Fertiliz-
ers, Watering, and the Treatment of
Insects and Diseases.
BY L, R. TAFT.
392 Pages, Cloth, Either of the above sent on
receipt of $1.50, by

L. R. TAFT, Agricultural College P. O.. Mich.

March Prices

Ethel Crocker has been with me all that
1 claimed for it, but not with some of the
growers. If you can get the results I do
it will be your best pink, and in order to
have it tried a second season I offer it
free by mail for $2.50 per 100.

Elm City is a white that has given me
excellent results, and as it is compara-
tively unknown I make the same offer
with it; ftee by mail at $2.50 per 100.

Genevieve Lord. Mrs. Lippincott. White Cloud, Bradt,
Olympia. Leslie Paul, Gomez and Macao at
reduced prices for March. Send for them.

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Penn.

BEST QUALITY

LOWEST PRICES

0. & J. DcSchryer, Horticulture dei Flandre.
Loocbristi, Cheat, Belgium.

Azaleas, Araucarias,
Palms, Bay Trees.

BOOK YOUR ORDERS NOW. Atk for Quotations.

WILDPRET BROS.

Large Growers and Exporters of

Phoenix tenuis, Latania borbonica and other

Palm Seeds at reduced prices.

Puerto-Orotava, Teneriffe. Canary lilands.

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JULIU5 LANQ^

SELLS on Consignment the cut flower product of a
number of the best known growers for the New
York market.
American Beauty roses, Carnations, Lilies, Tulips;
Daffodils, Hyacinths, prize-winning Violets, Mignonette,
are among the specialties received daily and which can
be Supplied in perfect condition for Easter demands.
Careful attention given to shipping orders.

JULIUS LANG

THE WHOLESALER
^ Tel. 280 Madison Square

53 West 30th Street,

^ .^ ^ NEW YORK :

Please mcittian the American Fiorisl when wriling.

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R ASSETT & W ASHBURN

Wholesale Growers and
Dealers in Cut Flowers

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\Y/E SHALL HAVE LARGE SUPPLIES OF CHOICE STOCK
W FOR EASTER, BUT DEMAND PROMISES TO BE
HEAVIER THAN EVER BEFORE; AND WE RECOMMEND
EARLY ORDERS. WE SHALL THEN BE ABLE TO MAKE
SHIPMENT DIRECT FROM THE GREENHOUSES, WITH-
OUT REHANDLING, INSURING THE ARRIVAL OF LILIES
IN THE BEST OF SHAPE J^ J^ J- J- J- J- S-

CHICAGO

American Beauties.

splendid stock of

Tea Roses.

Harrisii Lilies.

We have never had such good success with Beauties as we are having
tins year. Vt'e have 50,000 plants, all in fine crop, and can ship
splendid stock of any length of stem.

Bride, Bridesmaid, Liberty, Meteor, Perle and Golden Gate; 75,000 plants just
coming into full crop. The plants are vigorous and the blooms right up to
our usual high standard.

p /^ J* It is well understood that we have the finest stock of Fancy Carnations in

ranCy varnailUnS. the country; 54,000 plants, an the newest and best sorts. Crop is on
but there never is enough of such stock to go around.

Lilies are late this ^-ear and it is generally thought there will be a shortage,
but we planted 40,000 bulbs, all selected Bermuda Harrisii, the best bulbs we
could buy, and we think we can meet all demands. Send us your order.

/!„- -^ We have the largest Asparagus house in the west, and two houses of Adiantum. Common
111 vvllo. ferns are not keeping well and are scarce.

In addition to the above we grow an immense stock of VALLEY, TULIPS, VON SIONS and
DUTCH HYACINTHS.

BUY YOUR FLOWERS DIRECT FROM THE GROWER AND THEREBY GET BETTER AND FRESHER
STOCK AND SAVE THE REHANDLING CHARGES OF THE MIDDLEMEN

Taney Garnatlons

We offer choice Rooted Cuttings, first-class in every way. The quality of our plants has
gained a reputation among the highest in this country

PINK. Pit 100 Per 1000

Ethel Crocker $2.50 $20

.Mrs. Thus. W. Lawsoii $7.0ti $fi(i.00

Mrs. F. .loost 2.00 15.00

Trinmpb ....' 1..tO 12.00

G. H. Crane..

RED.

maroon;
yellow;

'er 100
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..3.00
..2.00
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$25.00

25.00

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2.x 00

WHITE. Per 100 Per 1000
White Cloud *2.(10 $15.00

Gen. Maceo..

Flora Hill L.'iO

VARIEOATED.

Olympia 5 00

12.00
40 00

Gold Nugget.

.Mrs. G. M. Bradt 3.00

25.00

100.

\ic\f\^(^l\ \il\CL(^ Cti^^\r\crc Brides, Bridesmaids and Meteors. $ 1 .50 per 10
I^UUICU I^USC V^ULLIII^b ROSE PLANTS, Strone 2i inch, Brides, Bridesmaids and Meteors;

$3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000.

Don't fail to send us your name to
place on our mailing list for our
Florists' Price List, issued weekly

BASSETT & WASHBURN

ALL CUTTINGS SHIPPED
FROM GREENHOUSE^

STORE: 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago. GREENHOUSES: Hinsdale, III.

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GEORGE REINBERG

WHOLESALE GROWER OF CUT FLOWERS

When other houses fail to fill your orders try us. We will not fail. Give us your orders and see if we don't give
you better satisfaction. Buy from the producer and get fresh stock, the best and cheapest.

51 Wabash Avenue.

Telephone Central 1937.

CHICAGO, ILL.

EASTER WHOLESALE PRICE LIST OF GUT FLOWERS.

Best Brides and Maids $6.00 to

Good " " '• 4.00 to

.-•erles 4 00 to

Meteors 6.00 to

Roses, our selection

American Beauties, long, select...

medium 2 00 to

" " short 50 to

Callasand Harrisii 2.00 to

Carnations, fancy 4 00 to

" good ordinary 2.00 to

Smilai • 1 50 to

$8.00 per lOO
6 00
6.00
8.00
5 00
5 00 per
4 00
3.00
1.50
300
5.00 per
3.00
2.00 per doz

doz.

100

Ferns, Adiantom $1.00 per 100

" common. ..< 2.50 per 1000

Galax Leaves 1.50 "

Lily of the Valley $2.00 to $4.00 per 100

Roman Hyacinths '3.00 to 4.00

Violets 40 to 1.00

Paper White 4.00 "

.Vsparagus 60c, 75c and $1.00 per string.

Leucothoe Sprays $1 00 per 100

Tulips $2 00 to 4 00 "

Daffodils 3 00 to 4.00

Freesia 3 00 to 4.00

Place your order early for Easter and make sure of your supply

be filled when received last day.

Orders cannot always

Largest

Grower

of

Rooted

Cuttings

Roses

and

Carnations

CA.ieivA.'riosis.

Per 100 Per 1000

GUARDIAN ANGEL $6.00 $50.00

CRANE 3.00 25.00

EVANSTON 1.00 9.00

JOOST l.CO 9.00

WHITE CLOUD 1.00 9 00

FLORA HILL 1.00 9.00

TRIUMPH 1.00 9.00

Per 100 Per lOOO

KAISERIN, LA FRANCE $1.50 $12.50

METEOR 150 12.50

PERLE 1.50 12.50

Per 100 Per 1000

IRENE Pet doz., $1.50; $10.00 $76.00

ARMAZINDY 1.00 9.00

TIDAL WAVE 100 9.00

WM. SCOTT 1.00 9.00

ARGYLE 1.00 9.00

ETHEL CROCKER 3.00 25.00

GENEVIEVE LORD 3.00 25.00

MARQUIS 4.00 35.00

, Per 100 Per lOOO

LA FRANCE $3.00 $25.00

METE08 3.00 25.00

PEELE 3.00 25.00

Per 100 Per lOOO

BRIDE $1 .50 $12.50

BRIDESMAID 1.50 12.60

GOLDEN GATE 1.50 12.50

Per 100 Per 1000

BRIDE i $3.00 $25.00

BRIDESMAID 3 00 25.00

GOLDEN GATE 3.00 25.00

These cuttings are all well-rooted, guaranteed free from disease, carefully packed.

Write

for

Special

Prices

on

Large

Orders

before

Easter.

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BENTHEY fe CO.

Wholesale and Commission Florists,

41 Randolph St., CHICAGO.

CUT FLOWERS
^125 EASTER.

Try and give us your order for Easter as soon
as "possible to avoid being disappointed.

Harrisii and Longiflorum Lilies.

Callas

Am. Beauties, long

" medium

Maids, Brides

Meteors

Perles

Carnations ,

fancy

Violets

Valley

Romans

Dutch

Daffodils

Tulips

Mignonette

Marguerite

Forget-me-not

Smilax

Adlantum

Ferns Per 1000, $2.50,

Per 100

$12.00(<S$15.00
10.00® 12.00
35 00® 50.00
15.00(<9 30.00

6.00® 8.00

6.00®

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3.00®
4.00®
1.00®

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2.00®
3.00®
2.00®
3.00®
1.00®

8.00
7.00
4.00
6.00
1.25
4.00
3.00
500
3.00
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3.00
1.00
1.00
18.00® 18.00
1.00
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Rooted Cuttings OF TnB

NEW AND STANDARD CARNATIONS.

Send for price list.
WM. SWAYNE. Box 226, Kennett Square, Pa.

PLACE YOUB NAME.

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AMERICAN FLORIST .

and vour ipeolaltiei before the purohaiing floriiti of the entire country
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PRICE- LIST

rOR EASTER

American Beauty, Perdoz.

36-in. stem $6.00

30 " 500

24 " 4.00

20 " 3.00

15 " 2.00

12 " 1.50

Short $ .75 to 1.00

Pit 100

Meteor $6.00 to J8.00

Maids 6.00 to 8 00

Brides 6.00 to 8.03

Kaiserin 6 00 to 8.00

Golden Gate 6 00 to lO.CO

Perle 5.00 to 8.00

Carnations S.COto 4.00

fancy 5.00

Per doz.

Harrisii Lilies $1.50 to $2.00

Calla Lilies 1.50 to 2,00

Per 100

Valley $4.00 to Jo 00

Violets and Pansies... .75 to 1.25

Roman Hyacinths 2.00 to 3 00

Daffodils 2.00 to 3 00

Tulips SOOto 4.00

Smllax, choice 12.00 to 15.00

Asparagus, per string, .75 to l.CO

Gala.K lOO. 1.60

Ferns lOOO, 2.50

QUOTATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE.

let us fill your Easter
Order and rest assured of
prompt and careful atten-
tion.

A. L. Randall,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

4 Washington St.,

CHICAGO.

Kaster is close at hand and I never had a better line of stock.
Longlflorum Lilies are perfect. Valiey is extra fine. Roses and
Carnations were never better. Finest line of Bulbous Stock in the city,
but must have orders early to give you the best selection. Can supply
fine Violets in any quantity at reasonable rates.

Come fast with your orders
and leave the rest to me.

A. L. RANDALL,

4 Washington St., Chicago, 111.

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is a business you cannot fool with. Knowing that more good
flowers are spoiled through inexperienced packing than from
any other cause we take especial pains in this feature of our bus-
iness, which explains why our Easter shipping trade was doubled
last year. This will be another /?i£- Easter and at the prices
we are quoting you can use a big lot of flowers and make a big
profit on them.

We have the kind your customers want. The best Longi-
florums in the country. Every flower salable. A tremendous
line of bulb stock and violets and no advance in prices. We have
a rose bargain for the early applicant: We are ready and

ITS UP TO YOU

TRAENDLY & SCHENCK

38 W. 28th Street, NEW YORK.

Telephones

798 and 791 Hadison Sq.

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shall have thousands of them. If
you want good Lilies, choice
^^^^— ii^^^^— — ■— ^^^— — Roses and the best grades of Car-
nations, or Bulbous Stock, or Greens, let us show what we can do. Our
trade is increasing every day just because our methods are such that we
satisfy our customers. We make a specialty ■ i niirHAJkli^
of shipping trade and bill all orders at lowest J^ /^, DUULUliU
market rates. Let us hear from you. :: :: 37-39 Randolph St., CHICAGO.

Die BindekHnst

Einzig:e Special Zehsclirift-der

Welt fur BLUMENBINDEREi.

Pfobenummern umsonst.
Abonnement 10 M. Jahrlich.

J. OLBERTZ, Blndekunst Verlag,

ERFURT, DEUTSCHLAND.

I ^V lyi AN s ^ New Printed Albums of

L ^J l\i ^1 ^^ ■ floral Arrangements.

For Use in Taking Orders for Designs, Etc.

FLORAL DESIGNS AND ARRANGEMENTS. Tliirly-niiie |.opiihii I'limral Subjects Price $2.50

FLORAL EMBLEMS. Ivvoiiij vory elabomtc FiiiiLn-al Subjecte " 3.00^

DESIGNS IN FLOWERS. The above fifty-nine subjects in one bimliu'i .' " ii.OO

ART IN FLOWERS. Thirly-cne FestiVfe Arrangements, both ordiuary of style and elaborate, 3.60

ALBUM OF FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS. The ninety above mentioned, in one binding •■ V.60

Invalu.ble to Florists. Well-printed Pictures. Heavy paper. Cloth Bound.
DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR FREE.

°" '"Ife^^b^elupply Dealers. UmNIEL B. LONG, PUbliShef, BUff3lO, N. Y.

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WARNING

DO NOT RUN ANY CHANCES OF BEING DISAPPOINTED

ON YOUR SUPPLY OF

. . Easter Cut Flowers and Novelties . .

So Place Vour Order WITH US Now

OUR STOCK WILL CONSIST OF A LARGE SUPPLY OF

CUT FLOWERS

FANCY ROSES,'
AMERICAN BEAUTIES,
SELECT CARNATIONS,
ORCHIDS,
VIOLETS,

VALLEY, TULIPS,
HARRISII LILIES,
CALLA LILIES,
LILAC, DAFFODILS,
ROMAN HYACINTHS,
DUTCH HYACINTHS,
SWEET PEAS, JONQUILS,
FREESIA, MIGNONETTE,
MARGUERITES.

DECORATIVE GOODS

WILD SMILAX,
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII,
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS,
FANCY FERNS, SMILAX,
PALM LEAVES, IVY LEAVES,
GALAX LEAVES, LAUREL,
LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS,
GREEN WREATHING,
ARTIFICIAL PALMS,
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS,
PAMPAS PLUMES,
IMMORTELLES, CAPES,
CREPE PAPERS, POT COVERS,
FANCY BASKETS.

NOVELTIES AND SUPPLIES

SILVER BIRCH BARK WARE,
PLANT STANDS, FERN DISHES,
JARDINIERES, PEDESTALS,
SILK CORDS AND TASSELS,
VIOLET HAMPERS,
VIOLET TIN FOIL, RIBBONS,
DOVES, WHEAT SHEAVES,
CUT FLOWER VASES,
TOOTH-PICKS, SPHAGNUM,
MANILLA AND EXPRESS PAPERS,
MANILLA TISSUE PAPERS,
COLORED TISSUE PAPERS, CORDS,
TWINES, THREADS, BOUQUET PINS,
LACE HANDKERCHIEFS.

PANSIES, FORGET-ME-NOTS AND EVERYTHING USED BY FLORISTS.

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E ALSO have to offer a fine lot of Blooming Plants, and Decorative Plants, and can
supply at reasonable prices. Stock consists of Easter Lilies, Calla Lilies, Azaleas,
Hydrangeas, Tulips, Hyacinths, Daffodils, Violets, Valley, Hybrid Eoses, Spirse, Cyclamen,
\ Boston Ferns, Palms, Asparagus Plants, Nep. Wittboldii, and a great variety of miscellaneous
Plants. Send fob Complete Price List on all Eastee Goods.

1?P /Vl P /V\ RPD "^^ matters not what you want, if it is to be secured in or about
*^ Eri* iL*i"il_>i_iIv Chicago, we can supply you and at the right prices.

. . . OVR PRICES AS LOW AS ANY DEALER OR GROWER . . .

Send Us Your Order Now on All Your Requirements

McKELLAR & WINTERSON

45-47-49 WABASH AVENUE

CHICAGO, ILL

1182

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Mar. 2j,

Buy Boston Flowers.

Prime Easter Stock.

GROWN COOL.
HIGH GRADE.

CUT BLOOMS.
POT PLANTS.

EXTRA-LONGIFLORUMS

CUT AND PACKED AT GREENHOUSES. BEST GRADE. NO REHANDLING.

SPECIAL:

Violets, Daffodils, Lily of the Valley,
Hyacinths, Carnations, Callas.
Best Stock in New England.

A Full Line of Easter Baskets and all Florists' Supplies.

BOOKING ADVANCE ORDERS NOW.
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. ^ ^ J^

GEO. A. SUTHERLAND,

, Telephone 1270 Main.

34 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

makeup

and prepare
for a big....

easier ^
Business

77 IE CAN supply
Wr flowers in choic-
est quality, carefully
packed and promptly
delivered. : : : :

Your custmners know the difference^
We think yoti know it too;

It "sells itself" so quickly.
This stock we offer you.

FORD'S

LILIES, TULIPS, HYfleiNTHS, eHLLflS,
VIOLETS, DAFFODILS, ROSES, ©HR-
NATIONS, LILY OF THE VALLEY AND
^ ASPARAGUS

Have a good reputation where known. Our growers
promise us a big special stock of all these for the Easter
Festivities and we are booking orders now at reasonable
prices. We have every facility for satisfactory service.

Tord Brothers

tcl. 157 niadison Square

« «

(Ubolesale florists

111 (Ue$t 30tD Street, Dew Vork

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Wietor Bros.

51 Wabash Ave.,

Largest Growers in the
World of

Cut Flowers
Easter.

CHICAGO. ILL

FOR

ROSES
CARNATIONS
LILIES. ETC.

Easter Price List.

Am. Beauty, ex. long.perdoz ,{S.0O to $6.00

" 24-in.stein, " 3. SO to 4.00

" 20 " " 2.50 to 3.00

IS " " 1.50 to 2 00

" 12 " " 1.00 to 1.50

8 " •■ 1.00

Meteor per 100, {4.00 to 8.00

Bridesmaid " 6.00 to 8.00

Bride " 6.00 to 8.00

Perle " 3.00 to 5.00

Carnations " 3.oo to 4.00

" fancy " s.oo

Harrisii Lilies " 12.00 to 18.00

All other stock at lowest market prices.
No charge for packing.

SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

^ ^ xM ^

MB CARNATION fflM

No better Carnation Blooms were ever offered in the Chicago
market than those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

THE SPORT,

Pink Per 100 Per 1000

Armazindy $ 00 $50.00

IRENE 10.00 75 00

SUNBEAM 10.00 ;75.00

BON HOMME RICHARD 10.00 75.00

PROLIFICA 10 00 75 00

NYDIA 10.00 75.00

MRS. LAWSON 7.00 60.00

THE MARQUIS 4.00 35.00

GENEVIEVE LORD 4.00 35.00

ETHEL CROCKER 4.00 35 00

PERU 4.00 35.00

G. H. CRANE 3.00 25 00

AMERICA 2 50 20.00

iyiRS. LEOPOLD INE

Per 100

$7.00

CERISE QUEEN 1 50

EVANSTON 1.50

JOHN YOUNG 1.50

ARGYLE 150

TRIUMPH 1.50

FRANCES JOOST 1 50

GOV. GRIGGS 1.50

MELBA 1 50

FLORA HILL 1.50

WHITE CLOUD 1.50

EVELINA 1 00

McGOWAN 1 00

Per 1000

$60 00

12.50

12.50

12.50

12.50

12.50

12 50

12.50

12.50

12.50

12.50

7 50

7.50

WIETOR BROS..

Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers.

51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL. \

1184

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Mar. 2j,

Kansas City.

TBADB HOLDS CP WELL THROUGH THE
LBNTEN SEASON.— ODALITIBS NOW GOOD
AND PRICES FAIR.— NOTES.

Trade conditions are very satisfactory,
nearly everyone reporting better sales
during the Lenten season than were ever
before experienced. In fact there has
been no surplus of anything, with the
possible exception of dafiodilsand violets,
the former selling as low as $1.50 per
hundred. Violets have been made to
move through the medium of special sales.
The bulk of these have now been disposed
of and we look for better prices from now
on. Excellent qualities of Bridesmaid
and Golden Gate are now being sent in
from the Kellogg establishment and
easily bring $8 and $10. Beauties have
been poor but are now of better quality.
Good sweet peas are in evidence.

Nathan Brown, junior member of the
firm of R. S. Brown & Son, will build a
range of glass this spring at May wood,
a suburb of Kansas City. He contem-
plates putting up 15,000 feet and will
grow nothing but roses and carnations.
There are one or two other ranges con-
templated, but so far they are only in the
air.

Lilies will not be over plentiful at
Easter as growers report about twenty
five per cent diseased, both in Harrisii
and lonKiflorums.

J. M. Gasser, of Cleveland, is visiting
the craft hereabouts. He is on his return
journey from Texas. W. L. R.

Camden, N. J.— An overtaxed heating
apparatus set fire to the greenhouses ot
Wm. Johnson, on River avenue, February
28, but the fire was extinguished without
much dixmage having been done.

The Greatest Clearing House in

America for Plants and

other Horticultural

stock is

CICARY'S

Growers and Dealers who
attend the Auction Sales
which are held every

Tuesday and Fridayatll A. M.

are well repaid for the
trouble.

Big consignments of
spring planting stock now
due. If you cannot attend
send a list of your wants
and have your name put
on the regular mailing list
for Catalogues.

♦ ♦

CLEARY & CO.

60 Vesey Street,
NEW YORK.

^ VWMWWMWMMMWWMMMMWMWWWW f#

The Most Important Thing

To consider in buying Cut Easter Iiilies is

quality, not the price. Poor Easter Lilies are dear
at any price. As in former years we will again
have A No i Easter Lilies. It is still too early to
set a price on them, but you may be sure that we
will bill them at the right price, as we do with
everything.

Of course you understand that we have every-
thing in the flower line, such as Roses, American
Beauties, Carnations, Valley, Violets (our violets
are the finest grown) Daffodils, Tulips, Romans,
Paper Whites, Asparagus, etc., etc.

FHOR us WITH YOUR EaSTER ORDER.

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

fH^ase **%'•>! 1 1 iin thfi A *n^f>ran Plnnsl ii hr

ilinsr

THE SAME HIGH QUALITY

Easter riowcrs

*

In all varieties available in the New York Mar-
ket, at reasonable prices, can be obtained as here-
tofore from

W. r. Sheridan

WHOLESALE ELORIST

39 West 28th Street J- NEW YORK

Telephone 902 Madison Sq.

^

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I

Pleasp trif'titinti thF A ntprican Flunst ifh/'n ^vrihng-

BALL'S PALMS, Etc.

Areca Lutescens

i],i in. pols. at t6.00 per 100. Made up plants: 6 in pots at .iOf and
75c; 8 in. pots at $l.nO each.

Kentia Belmoreana ='^,i"- Z'^' ^V T^''- f' *' ';'*/" '-°? '■ « ,'"• ' '" ' TT.

at Inc. 20c and 3oc (very strong) : 4 in., o to 6 leave.s at 3.-H', JOc
and .=)0c (very strong) ; .i in, at T.ie; fi in., 6 to 8 leaves, at Jl.OO and 11.2.5 each; 8 in„at $2.00 each.

I 3'f'arijg Rorhnnicfl "'* '"■ p"'**^' *''■*"' p^'' ""'■ ^ '■'• "' ^^'^ ^'"^ '^'^'^ •* '"• at$i..'>o

" strong and stocky.

I ivistOn3 I^ntlinrlifolifl •^in-^t^.ic; Pandanus Veitchi,l)in.at$r0O; Pandanus

Utilis, fi in. at .lOc.

CHAS. D. BALL.

PRICE LISTS.

Holmesburg, Phila., Pa.

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WE HAVE LILIES

Not " the kind you've always bought," but the kind you've
always wanted. Cut blooms, big cool-grown fellows,
carefully packed at the greenhouse. ^ J- .Ji j-

$10.Q0 to $i:2.5Q per lOO,

Crimson Ramblers, Sand JO inch pots, full
of flower, just coming into bloom, pyramids. $5 and
$IO each. ^ ^ .^ ^ .ji ^ ^

Rosemere Conservatories,

Growers of High Class Roses,

Centre Street,

Lawrence Cotter, Hgr.

^=— DORCHESTER, HASS.

iThe New England Cut Flower Co.

Is prepared to ship for Easter, or in regular daily lots. Beauty, Bride, Bridesmaid
aud Liberty Roses, Carnations in common and fancy gr.ides and varieties. Lily of
the Valley, Violets, single and double, Tulips, Daffodils, Hyacinths, Asparagus,
and Smilax — all of the best quality received in the Boston market. Also our specialty
for Easter Longiflorum Lilies, cool grown, packed at our greenhouses. Order now.
Open for regular or surplus consignments from growers of choice florists' stock, for
which we have a good market. : : : ; : ; : ; : : : : : : :

'^si NEW ENGLAND CUT FLOWER CO.

uawrence Cotter 3 OrdWHy PlaCe,

i-awrence J. Flynn

BOSTON, MASS.

1186

The American Florist.

Mar, 2j,

Tlants

and

Flowers
that ivill

k^^ll • • • •

Ol" HIS IS the sort of material we shall endeavor to supply to
* I the trade for Easter. By special arrangement made early
with the most noted plant growers, I am enabled to offer
a full line of cool-grown and well-flowered Easter plants, includ-
ing Lilies, Azaleas, Crimson Rambler Roses, Hydrangeas,
Spirseas, Heaths, Marguerites and Violets, such as are handled
by the high-class floral stores of New York City.

In Cut Flowers the usual variety of desirable Easter sorts
are listed. American Beauty, Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor, lyib-
erty, Carnations in choice assortment, Violets, all bulbous mate-
rial such as lyilies. Tulips, Narcissi, Callas, Lily of the Valley,
etc. , from reliable growers. Ready to quote prices on all of the
above material and booking orders for delivery to any distance
on any specified date. Careful attention to buyer's wishes.

WM. GHORMLEY,

Tel. 2200 Madison Sq.

57 West 28th St., New York City,

We have the record of the best Lilies
that were sent out from Boston last year*
We have the stock from the same grower
this year.

30,000 - LONGIFLORUMS - 30,000

We meet all competition on prices and
you will have to pay no more for this
extra stock than will be charged by
growers distributing poor and badly
packed material.

Also a heavy supply of all Bulbous stock, Roses, Carnations,
Violets, Asparagus, Lily Plants, loiv groivn, cAzaleas, and
Spiraeas* Send for prices.

N. F. McCarthy & Co., 84 Hawiey St., Boston, Mass.

N. B.— Auction Sales for 1 901 will begin :i April 1 2th.

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1187

The Leading Wholesaler of New York City can
supply anything and everything that is produced
for the Easter demand ; everything that anybody
else can offer and some other things besides.

System, promptness and strict attention to the
requirements of customers, whether near or remote,
have brought Raynor the largest shipping demand
in New York for many years. Orders placed here
will be filled with utmost care from the largest
stock in New York.

The Order Books are now open. If your order
is not already on, send it along now. Include in
it everything you will require in cut flowers for
Easter. We can fill any reasonable requirement.
Especial attention given to packing and prompt
delivery to express company and we charge you
nothing extra for this. Prices quoted in response
to letter, telegraph or telephone.

This establishment is the outlet for the product
of a large number of specialty growers whose rep-
utations are world-wide.

O

WlhdDDesaiDe FD®rnstt^

Telephone 1998 Madison Sq.

49 West 28th Street, NEW YORK CITY

1188

The American Florist.

Mar. 2j,

SUPERB

VIOLETS^ALLE^ORCHIDS

ROSES CARNATIONS

GARDENIAS LILIES

Voung & INu§;ent

Wholesale Plorists

42 West 28tln Street = = = INEW VORK

THE MOST EXTENSIVE SOURCE OF SUPPLY IN NEW YORK.

THOROUGH BUSINESS METHODS IN SHIPPING DEPARTMENT.

THE CHOICEST FLOWERS THAT THE BEST GROWERS CAN PRODUCE,

NO EXTRA CHARGE
FOR PACKING. . .

PRICE LISTS ON

THESE UNSURPASSED FACILITIES ENABLE US TO GIVE OUT OF- ^i APPLICATION....

TOWN CUSTOMERS PROMPT AND SATISFACTORY SERVICE. ^ Telephone 206S Madison Square.

imm

llMvMiMiMm

\m.vMMimWiMm!(MmlMlMm

iimimiMimm

51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

The Largest Grower of

Cut Flowers

J^ AMERICA.

800,000 FEET OF GLASS.

Send Us Your Easter Orders.,

EASTER

PRICE LIST

To take effect Tuesday, April 2nd.
Per Doz

Am. Beauties, long $5 toJ(6

Am. Beauties, medium 2.50 to 3

Am. Beauties, short i.Soto 2

Per 100

Meteor f6 to Jio

Bridesmaid 6 to 10

Bride 6 to lO

Petle 5 to 6

6olden Gate lOto i5

Carnations 3 to 4

Carnations, fancy 5

Valley 4 to 5

Quotations subject to change with-
out notice.

All other stock at lowest market
prices.

No charge for packing.

I^{j !:!!!«,( !|(:J; j f J }{|{ (|(i);|i|!M:(t(')it:| |:WW| W*|*

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1189

m.

'm

Samuel S. Pennock

WHOLESALE
^FLORI§T»*«

Foi- p]aster we are offenng a choice stock of plants, the product of Philadelphia's
" celebrated growers. All plants are grown cool and are thoroughly
hardened, in order that entire satisfaction will
be given after delivery.

PRICES ON APPLICATION.

VON SIONS, cut, $3.50 per hundred, ^jf^^^^^^^

10,000 LONGIFLORUMS, plants or cut, $10.00 and $12.00 per hundred.
EASTER NOVELTIES IN RIBBONS, ETC. ^ ^ ^ .a* ^ a»

g CUT FLOWERS IN ABUNDANCE QUALITY THE BEST. ^ ^ g

We supplied J. H. Small k Sons, of Washington, D. C, with a portion of
their flowers for the Inaugural Ball, and quote from their letter received a feu-
days after March 4th, the following:

s -p.

^ "The Liberties shipped to us on the 3d. we desire to .say that they were a |^

I revelation to us. , The fifty you sent us a few days previous surpassed any- %

I thing we had ever seen, l)ut these were even finer and elicited great praise %

% from all who saw them. We beg to say that all the tiowers received from %

il you gave perfect .satisfaction." J- J* ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ \

SAHUEL S. PENNOCK,

i6i2=i8 Ludlow St. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

1190

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Mar. 2j,

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arms iV]ivivoij^N^CE>]M:E>p^a^

J

IS A GENTLE REMINDER TO THE FLORISTS OF EITHER CITY
OR COUNTRY WHO WANT TO PLEASE THEIR CUSTOMERS AND
BUILD UP A PROFITABLE FLOWER BUSINESS FOR EASTER OR
ANY OTHER TIME, THAT

K. Allen's Label

On a Box

OF EASTER BRIDESMAIDS, JACQS., TULIPS, VIOLETS, MIGNON-
ETTE, VALLEY, LILIES, OR ANYTHING ELSE, STANDS FOR
QUALITY, FRESHNESS AND CAREFUL PACKING, AND THE
=^EILL INSIDE ^^

sarivivi>s f oi- :f^a.ii^ pi^icejs

. . You get all this when you order from . .

1 w my- All t^XT *^^ ^^^^ Street

I J. IV. ALrLrtiiM, NEW YORK CITY

-| Price Lists are Ready. Telephone, 167 Madison 5q.

Burpee's New

Double Ruffle Pansy. (OnsiDatcd in 1894). Genu
ine SL'cd ol' this r:jnsy is put up by the originator
iind only producer, L. T. Seaver, Specialist, in 50
cent packages under the seal of '*Pan8y King."
Auction Sale of many thousand plants in blouni
will bo offered daily through May, at Tuft's Col-
lege Pansy Park, where a free st;i<;e entertninracnt
will be given. See amusement cflunin, Boston
dallies in May. L. T. SEAVER,

Established 1871. Tufrs College. Mass.

GRASS SEEDS.

Kentucky Blue, Orchard, Timothy, Red Top
Meadow Fescue, Perennial and Italian Rye Grass
Tall Meadow Oat, Johnson, Bermuda, Creeping
Bent, Wood Meadow and other Domestic and
Imported varieties. CLOVERS—Red, Sah-
Hng, Alfalfa, Crimson, White, Alsike, Japan, etc.
WOOD, STUBBS&CO'.S "EVERGREEN" and 'SHADY
GREEN" Lawn Grasses are giving the best satis-
faction everywhere. Put up in packages and
bulk. Special low prices to the trade.

OlVlOIi SETS YeUowindPot-to

Wholesale prices for present or future deliveries

WOOD. STUBBS & CO..

(be Largest and Best Collectioa ol Seeds in Ky..
LOUISVILLE. KV.

Farm Annual

"QL4RTER-CENTIRY EDITION"

A Grand New Book of two hundred and
twenty pages. Entirely rewritten at our famous
I'i HU)HO(Hv FARMS— the largest Trial Grounds
ill America. New directions for culture, New
Leaflets, New Novelties of unusual merit in both
Vegetables and Flowers, Elegant New Colored
I'lates. The Quarter-Century's Record of Pro-
gress, New Cash Prizes, :ind other New Features.
The most complete

BEST SEED CATALOQUE

ever published. Mailed for ten cents, which
is less than cost per copy. Name this paper, send
ten cents (silver or stamps) and with this great
catalogue we shall send a 15-ceot packet of either
llurbank's Unique Floral Novelty or Burpee's
wonderful, new, dwarf, meaty, bright-red, earliest
Tomato. — ** Quarter-Century.'^

*' Burpee's Blue List/* for florists and market
gardeners— a catalogue of 140 pages,— mailed
free on application.

W. ATLEE BURPEE & GO.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

FRESH CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS.

\\ e rutsed a breeze with our fine Ilowers la^t
year, 2000 pkts of seed for sale. The largest
packets you ever bought for the money, of the fol-
lowing kinds; Asters tall, Asters dwarf, Fox-
Blove, Canterbury Bells, Wall Flowers, Verbenas.
Candytuft, Scabiosa, Japanese Pinks. All in
raii-od colors. The following in separate colors.
Double Hollyhock, wliitc, pink and yellow. Snap-
dragon, white and red, 6c a packet post paid.

MRS. R. WALZ, Wadsworth. Medina Co., Ohio,

It is not much trouble to mention the
4UBIUCAN Floeist when correBpo»"'tnp
with an adTertlier,

We Sell For

L. J. ENDTZ, Boakoop, Holland, all ornamenbvl
hardy l-'lorisls' and Nursery Stock.

HABRBNS BROS., Somereem, Belgium, Azalea
IndicH, Palms, Araucarias, etc., Decorative
Plants.
Orders booked now for Spring or Fall delivery.

We also book now import orders for Summer and

Fall delivery of Lilies, Lily of the Valley, etc.

Bulbs. .Vddress

August Rdlker & Sons, saoeyst.. New York.

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FLORISTS' FLOWER SEEDS.

oz.

, 25c; oz.,
80c; trade
oz.,8dc; trade
, SI. 50;
colors

ASTERS BRANCHING OR SEMPLE.

The bfsf latf ' iit-floffi'r sort.
Red Branching, oz., ifl.uO; Hoz.,2oc: trade

fiiicket, 10c.
nk (Daybreak) Branching, y oz.

Jl.OO; trade packet, 10c.
White Branching, U oz.. 25c;

packet. 10c.
Purple Branching, H oz.. 25c;

packet. IOC.
Lavender Branching, >i oz,, 45c; o;

trade packet. 25c,
One trade packet each of the above

for 50c.
Branching Aster, mixed, oz,, B.'tc; '4 oz,, 2.'x' :

trade packet. lOc.
VAUGHAN'S NEW UPRIGHT BRANCHING ASTERS.

In habit of growth this new Aster resembles
the Truffaut PaHjny-fiowered type, but the
plants grow from lo" to 12 inches taller. The
flowers are large, very double, and of the true
"Semple" type. The plants grow about ;10
Inches high.'and produce from 20 to 2Dflowf rs,
which are borne on stems from 20 to 24 inches
long. Its upright habit admits of close plant-
ing and it will attain full growth when set only
16 or 16 inches apart. The growing of many-
plants in a small space is a decided advantage
when room is scarce. We can furnish this in
white and pink.

Vaughan's Upright White Branching Aster.
Trade pkt.. 15c; '4 oz., 2.=ic; oz..80c; '4lb.,S2.75.

Vaughan's New Pink Branching Aster.
Trade packet. 2,ic; H oz., 40c; oz., $1.50.
Asparagus PInmosas Nanus, 100 .seeds. fl.OO;
1,000 seeds, *8.0U; 2,000, J15.00; 6,000 at J6.75 per

1,000.
Asparagus .Sprengeril, per 100 seeds, 6O0;

1,000 seeds, S;100.

#^^^« "■■■ -.iif-'^'^

,- ■ ^,'t>^

MM0M''

<W^i:

NEW GIANT IMPERIL CENTAUREA.

This new Centaurea. a cross between C.
Moschata and Margaret, represents the best
that has been produced in these beautiful
summer-blooming plants. The bushes are
about 4 feet high, of enormous dimensions, and
are covered with large, beautiful flowers of
the same form and fragrance of Centaurea
Margaret. It is of easiest culture, and is one
of the best plants a Florist can have for
summer use.

Pure White. One of the best white flowers
for cutting, extremely large, sweet and beau-
tiful.

Armida. Very delicate color, pink with
white tinge.

Favorita. Brilliant rose.

Ora/.U>,sa. Intense dark lilac.

Splenilens. Brilliant dark purple.

Variabilis. White, marked purple.

Price of any above 6 kinds, per oz., 60c; ^
oz., 2"c; trade packet, inc. Any 3 packets, 20c;
6 packets, 1 of each kind, for 3nc.

New Giant Imperial Centaurea. All colors
mixed. Per oz.. 50c: i4oz.,20c; trade pkt., lOo.

M lb. llj
lOc
lOc

10c
10c
10c
15c

10c
lOo

S5c

25c

25a

30t.
30c
35c

30c
25c

VAUGHAN'S ASTERS.

Asparagus Decumbens— New, 35 seeds, 60c; 100 seeds, fS.OO.

Balxam Alba Perfecta— This is the largest and best double white Balsam, unequaled in double-
ness and large size of its camellia-shaped flower, good for design work in summer, H oz., 30c;
trade packet, 15c; oz.. SI. 00.
Oobaea Seandens, trade packet, 10c: oz., 30c.
Candytuft New Giant, hyacinth-flowered, trade packet, 10c ; oz., 40c.

This improved new strain is far superior to that well-known kind, Empress, heretofore the
best of its class. The flower heads are of immense size, 6 inches long and about 3 inches across,
Tesembling a Dutch Hyacinth. They are pure white and furnish excellent material for cutting.
Mignonette Machet (true), trade packet, 10c; oz., iiOc.

For other kinds of Flower Seeds see our "Book for Florists" sent free on application.
Ten per cvttt discount on Orrlfrs for Flower Seeds of ,$'*.00 and over for Cash with Order.

SWEET PE.AS,

Blanclie Burpee. Large white.. 5c

Blanche Ferry. 101bs.,*3.50 5c

Blanche Ferry, E.xtra Early.

5 lbs., $1.00 5c

Bride. Extra fine white 5o

Countess. The new, best lavender 5c
Earliest of All. Pink and white 5c
Emily Henderson. White —

51bs., $1.25 5o

Her Majesty. Rose, large flower 5c
Maid of Honor. Improved But-
terfly 5c

Navy Blue. Almost true blue Inc

Prince of Wales, new bright rose 10c

Prima Donna. Soft pink 5c

.Sadie Burpee. New, white 10c

Salopian. The best red 5o

Vaughan's Prize Mixture —

10 lbs., $4.25 2O0

Eoliford MUture. 10 lbs., $3.50.... 10c
Nasturtium Tall. Vaughan's

Special Mixture 10c 20o 80c

Nasturtium Dwarf. Vaughan's
Special Mixture 10c 260 85o

10c 25o
30c $1.00
15c 5>c
Mc 3,TC
20c
10c

6Uc
25c

65o
30c

NEW YORK:

14 BARCLAY ST.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE

CHICAGO:

84-86 RANDOLPH ST.

FINE COLD STORAGE

Lily u Valley

Extra atrong pips, carefully packed and

well frozen. Only a limited quantity

left for sale. Write for prices.

Plenty of select CUT VALLEY for EASTER
at Chicago marliet price.

Can supply all the year around.

H. N. BRUNS,

690 W. Van Buren St.,

CHICAGO.

SILZER'S RAPE
gives Rich,
gnen food^ .
•I 25c J^.

• ton

FARM

SEEDS

SPELTZ-

What Is It?

Catalog

tells.

S«lzer*s Seed s are Wa rranted to Prodoce^

FMahloQ Luther K. rrov,I'a.,astoQiflhtd the ■world by 1
■trowing 250 bu. Big 4' >ats; J.Breider,Mlshicott,Wls..
fl73bu.barley;an.i II. Lovejoy.Red Wln[r,MiDn.,:J20 bn
■Sfttsercorn per acre. If you 'doubt, write them. Wewiahi
I to gain 200,000 new customers, heuire will seed on trlaJ 1

$10 WORTH FOR I Oc

ilO pkga of rare fann seeds. 9^t Bush, Comblna. Corn—
ISpcltz, proiJacing M bu. foo<l and 4 tt>n6 hay yt-r acre—
^ftboTAoatBaud barley. Bronius Inemile — prealett t-raBs J
\oQ earth; Hog IVa. Rape, nilllon # CrafiH (12J[
"k tons hay per acre) Spring Wheat, Ac, includlDg i
*kOnr mammoth Seed Catalog all mailed lor lOc
poeitiTely worth ^lOtogetftstart.

PlMM^

itnil thli
adt. tith
10c. to U\in.

^ SeedPotatoeall.SOftbblwdDp.

36 [ikg^ earliest vegeta-
ble seeda, 81 00 "

Catilog
alone, 5c,
Send at once.

Trade

Mark

ON HAND NOW,

CiCAS REVOLUTA STEMS. 2-5 lb., 310

lbs. a case.
CYCAS REVOLUTA STEMS, 5-8 lb , 330

lbs. a case.
LIVISTONIA SINENSIS, trueJao. type.
MORNING GLORY SEEDS, Japanese.
Prices on app ication,

SUZUKI & IIOI, II Barclay St., N Y.

Piease mention the American Florist 7vhen writing.

Florists Take Notice

MURRAY'S CHOICE FLORIST FLOWER SEEDS
ARE THE BEST MONEY CAN BUY.

Tr. packet
Choice PriTulaSinersis flmbriata, mixed or

in separate colors EOc

Choice Tuberous Rooted Begonia, single

and double, extra fine strain BOc

Choice Gloxinia crassifoUa; a very perfect

strain 50c

And all other kinds of Florists' Flower Seeds
of superb quality at

JAMES C. MIRRAY'S, Seedsman,

403 Main Street, PEORIA, ILL.

I To tlie Buyers

^ • •• \j\ • • •

i Japan Lily Bulbs,
I Plants and
I General Japanese
Products:

H. Yoshida, representing

The Imperial Trading Co., |

or lODAMACHI, YOKOHAMA,

4 is expected in this market as well as

a New York about the beginning of E

3 April to receive orders and contracts t

3 for the above articles.

a Address Correspondence k

3 care of tbls paper. C

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Gladioli...

Extra Choice Mixture, fine large
bulbs, |6 0O per lOOO

Cash With Order. Supply Limited.

GEORGE BILLOM, Akron, Ohio.

FRUIT AND FLOWER PLATES

Seed Packets and Supplies of all kinds tor
NURSERYMEN, FLORISTS "O SEEDSMEN

Btook Cutfl, lOo. per Bqnire Inob. BngraTlng br all

Srooestes. PrIntlnR and Llttaograptalng. Ulastrated
atalognes a speolalty.

VREDENBURG & CO., Rvoheiter, N. Y.

1192

The American Florist.

Mar. 2j

Troy, N. Y.

COWEE PRBPABING TO EXHIBIT GLADIOLI
AT BUFFALO. — PABK PURCHASE AUTHOR-
IZBD.— NOTES.

Arthur Cowee, of Berlin, is preparing
an extensive exhibit of gladioli for the
Pan-American Exposition this summer.
Among the collection will be a large
number of GroflPs hybrids and many of
Mr. Cowee's seedlings. The reputation
of Mr. Cowee as a grower is well known
among the members of the craft. His
exhibit at the convention of the S. A. F.
in New York last August was notable.

The council of the city of Troy gave a
public hearing on March 14, subsequently
passing the ordinance authorizing the
purchase of the estate of N. B. Warren
for a public park. The sum of $160,000
is appropriated by the measure for the
purchase of the property and the prelim-
inary improvements.

Sambrook & Son report that they are
receiving an unusually good quality of
the Lawson carnation, for which they
are having considerable demand.

A. T. Boddington, of Clucas & Bod-
dington, New York, was in town recently
and visited Mr. Cowee's establishment
at Berlin.

Felix Menand has added to the attract-
iveness of his store by the addition of
fancy tiling in his show windows.

R. D.

DuLUTH, Minn.— John K. Richter is
now associated with W. W. Seekins, at
115 W Superior street.

Wateryliet, N. Y. — The firm name of
Mocre & Guinan of this place and West
Troy, N. Y., has been changed to Moore
8i Sanders.

36,000

GRAFTED ROSES

On Manetti Stocks.

Bridesmaid, Bride, Golden Gate,
Kaiserin, 2>^-inch pots, $12 00 per
100, $95.00 per 1000. Sunrise, $15
per 100. Liberty, $18 per 100.

Orders booiced now. Stock war-
ranted first-class.

100,000 ROOTED CARNATION CUT-
TINGS, ready now, of standard varie-
ties and last year's new ones.

S. J. BEUTEB,

WESTERLY. R. I.

FINEST MAIDS and BRIDES

in the market. Long distance shipments
of cut blooms with exceptional success.

Rooted Cultings of the above, $15 per JOOO.
Princessof Wales Violets.R.C, $15 per JOOO.

GANCHORAGE ROSE CO., Anchorage, Ky.

American Beauty Roses

Two-eyed cuttings, growing in
2y2-inch pots, ready to shift,
$6,00 per 100; $50 00 per 1000.
Addres$ COLE BROS , Peoria, III.

*?

m

m

The Grand New Rose

Marquise Litta

97

ro

w

(No. 19).

A very limited amount of stock for sale.
Orders booked now for delivery in April and May.

SOUTH PARK FLORAL CO.

NEW CASTLE, IND.

I

^▼▼▼WVVWWVVWVWWWWV ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ WV ▼WWWWVVVWVVl

I REPORTt?.'e JUDGES

► Appointed by THE PHILA. FLORISTS' CLUB
I to judge our grand new ROSE

I Queen of Edgely, amerIcaji beauty.

y WItP "We are convinced that this variety is a valuable addition
y to the list of forcing roses, being in every respect, except color,

> the exact counterpart of the American Beauty. The color is a
beautiful, bright pink, which is good, even in the full flowers. The
fragrance is also as fine as that of Beauty, and the exhibited
blooms showed remarkable vigor. (Signed),

ROBERT KIFT, WM. MONRO, JOS. HEACOCK."

The last two named were winners of first prizes lor American Beauties at the Rose
Show, Eden Unsee, March 27, 190O.

<0

FOR TERMS AND BOOKLET; ADDRESS

R. CRAIG & SON. East. Agts.,

49th and Market Sts., Phila.

E. G. HILL & CO., West. Agts.,

Richmond, Ind.

THE FLORAL EXCHANGE, Inc.

335 N. Sixth St.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

Wben writing mention the Anaerloan Florin.

American
Beauties

STRONG PLANTS

from 2 X 3-inch pots, ready ^
for a shift.

S6 PER 10O, S50 PER 1000.

I

The best lot of
plants I have ever

offered. .* ^ wyi«coi^e, i-a. . J

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

Joseph Heacock.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1193

New Rose ROBERT SCOTT.

PRICES

of Robert Scott Rose.

Own Root from 2 1-2-Inch Pots

] plant 75c.

\i plants 50o each.

61 plants 35c each.

100 plants SOoeaeh.

1000 plants, $250; 500 at same rate.
Grafted Plants from 2 1-2-ln. Pots.

1 jilnnt $1.00

12 pKints 7.^ each.

50 plants 50 each.

100 plants 40 each.

ICOO pi., 35c each; 500 at same rate.

We have decided
to propagate only
a limited number
of plants. Intend-
ing planters should
place their orders at
once. We offer
both grafted and
own root plants for
Varch and April
delivery.

Produces a Sure Crop of

Pink Hybrid Roses

for Christmas.

A seedling from Merveille de Lyon crossed
with Belle Siebrecht, retaining the' size, form,
color, and growth of the Hybrid Perpetual, with
the everblooming qualities of the Tea Rose. This
new rose is practically an Everblooming Hybrid,
and the first of a type that will not only flower
profusely during the spring and summer, but will
flower during the winter. It has no tendency to
go dormant during the winter, and every shoot
has a flower bud. The habit of growth is strong
and vigorous, with bright green foliage. The
buds are of large size, and are produced on stiS
stems with the heavy hybrid foliage almost up to
the bud, like its parent— Merveille de Lyon. The
open flower is of immense size, very double, and is
almost as beautiful as the half expanded bud.
The color is new in Everblooming roses, and is
only seen in the Hybrid Perpetual class. Clear
rosy pink, shading to flesh color on the outer
petals. Robert Scott will not only be a very wel-
come addition to our small list of forcing roses,
but is everybody 's rose. Awarded honors wherever
shown. Certificate of Merit and Silver Medal by
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Preliminary
Certificate of Merit by American Rose Society.
Certificate of Merit in Ireland. Awarded Silver
Medal by New York Florists' Club
March 11, 1901.

All Retail Florists Admire Robert
Scott Rose, and want it, for there is
no other rose of a delicate Laing-
Luizet color that will flower in
November, December and January.
All our cut of this rose has been
purchased by Mr. H. H. Battles, of
Philadelphia.

The Leading Rose Growers endorse
It. We gave a few of the letters
received from prominent growers
who have seen it growing it
Sharon Hill, in issue of American
Florist, January 5.
Grailed Plants READY NOW. Own root plants April 1.5.

SUNRISE.

The best Rose of its class yet introduced. The habit of
growth is very much like Perle des Jardins, and is a free and
continuous bloomer. In close bud form it shows the high
brilliant colors seen only in the "Austrian Copper," scarlet
and yellow. As it opens the color deepens, the scarlet turning
darker red, the yellow to orange and copper, the inside of
petals golden yellow. The rose is large and perfectly double.
A splendid novelty for winter forcing.

We have a good stock of both grafted and own root

plants, and ofler them at a
moderate price.

Gralted plants of Sunrise from
2 1-2-inch pots $15.00 per 100.

Own root plants of Sunrise from
2 1-2-incfi pots $10.00 per UO.

1000 Grafted Kalserin Auqusta Victoria, 2>^-inch pots,
8 inches high, $l0.no per lOO; 59j ho per lOOO.

500 Grafted Souv. du President Carnot, 2%-\nc\\ pots,
|12 00 per too.

ORDER NOW.

-^ddreiss -

ROBERT SCOTT & SON,

Sharon Hill, Dei- Co.. Penn.

1194

The American Florist.

Mar. 2j,

Cleveland.

BUSINESS HAS BBBN SATISFACTOBY AND
STOCK CLEANS UP WBLL.— PROSPECTS
FOR EASTER SUPPLIES AND OTHER NOTES.

Basiness has been of normal propor-
tions for some time, good stock meeting
with fair call in most lines. The outlook
for Easter is very satisfactory and,
weather permitting, it would seem that
the coming Easter business should exceed
anythmg heretofore experienced in Cleve-
land. There is, of course, the usual
amount of doubt as to available supplies
and the present indications are for a
shortage in lilies owing to the earliness
ot the date and the trouble many growers
have had in getting their stock to move.
Hybrid roses also have been the cause of
much complaint. With many growers
the stock failed to start at all, and with
others, although there was no trouble on
that score, they now find a large propor-
tion of the plants show nothing save
blind shoots, without a single sign of
flower, either now or later, a condition
that naturally leads to much financial
loss and consequent dissatisfaction. As
to azaleas, cinerarias, genistas, hydran-
geas and bulbous stock there will prob-
ably be the usual sufficient stock. Car-
nations, roses and cut flowers in general
seem to indicate a normal supply.
Whether or not there will be a demand
for enough more to create any very seri-
ous shortage is another question.

The usual spring crop of Dutch bulb
men has been with us, with varying
reports as to business. American grow-
ers are getting more and more shy of
patting money into that class of stock
at the narrow margin there is now in the
forcing of them. A.

New Roses

THE BALTIMORE (certificated) color a
light pink and of the largest size; flowers
through the entire season; $5 per dozen.

ADMIRAL SCHLEY, the best crimson bed-
der ever iniroJuced, $3 per dozen.

NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM JOS. W. COOK,

scored 89 Commercial points in Phila-
delphia. Color a light blush pink, st'ff
stems, blooms very early; $2 50 per
dozen.

Cash with the Order. Send lor Descriptive Slip.

JOHN COOK, 318 N. Charles St. Baltimo'e, Md.

■p/^QJipQ* A No. 1 stock.

r\.V./OX->0. 100 1000

BRIDES, 2'/2-mch $3.00 $35 0)

BRIDESMA'DS, 2V4-iQcli 3.00 25.C0

METEOK, 2i<-inoh 3.00 25.00

LIBERTY, 2!4-inch 12.0!)

CA H WITH OttDER.

JOHN MUNO, Rogers Park, Chicago.

2^,000 Bridesranids, Brides, Golden Gate,
grafted od Maneili strck, warranted to be
Hrst-class, IIU.OJ per 100; J90.00 per 1000.

OBDERe BOOKED NOW.

3000 Meteord, from 2-inch pots, ready now,

$4 00 per ICO; $3J 00 per liOO.
CUT FLOWERS, Roses, (Jarnations and violets,

largest and best quality in the market. Orders

always filled on time.

CHRIS. HANSEN, St. Paul, Minn.

Crimson Rambler Roses

These roses have fibrous roots and are par-
ticularly well adapted for potting and forc-
ing. 2 10 2!/j It. $10 per 100; 3 to SVi ft. »12
per 100, 3i4 10 5 ft. $15 per 100.

#« Ain"Kr AjS Write for Price List of
V/**JM XV rl Fw m nine new varietii's.

The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa.

o
o

I

:\x

If you want a white that will prpduce a quantity of good Flowers thit can be sold at
aieasonable price with a good profit, try the HOOSIER M\1D, JS.oo per 100,12.00 fjr
25. Cash with order. Express prepaid.

MAID,

LIBERTY,
BBIDE,

KAISEBIN.

QTRONG plants with healthy own
^) roots. If you want the finest stock
~ obtainable, place your order at once
for immediate or later delivery.

STEPHEN

(near phila.)

MORTENSEN.

Soulhampton, Pa.

Grafted Roses

LIBERTY, $18.00 per 100

M4IDS,

BRIDES,

GOLDEN G4TE,

$12 per 100
$110 per 1000

Choice Plants, 3 incH pols, ready
for immediate Planting.

J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES,

JS5.00 per ICO
Kaiserin $3.oo rer lOO

Iteauties and Kaiserin took First Pre-
mium at Phiiudelphia Exhibition.

Bridesmaid «3,oo per too

All first-class, from 2-in. standard pots.

T. E. BARTRAM, Lansdowna, Pa.

American Elorist Advts.

5.

ChangeYourRoseStock

Healthy Plants Grown from Grafted
Stock Cuttings.

strong, well established plants from 2H-inch pots,
ready for shipment May 1st.

BRIDE )

BRIDESMAID Vat $3.00 100.

GOLDEN GATE )

Place your orders at once and choice stock will
be reserved for you.

L. L. MAY & CO ,

ST. PAUL, MINN.

Rose Bushes.

OWN ROOTS.

' sorts we can still

FIELD-CROWN.

In assortnirnt. A few of tin
olTer are:

BEAUTY OF GLAZENWOOD $9.00 per 100

CLIMBING WOOTTON JS.OO oer 100

(Best red. hardy, ever-blonmins; ro^e out-doors.)

Cri a: son Rambler $10.00 per 100

Gen. .Jaciiueminot 10.01 *'

Laraaniui', Papa Gentler 1000

MamanCiichet 15.00

Mrs. J. Laing, Ulrich Brunner 10.00 •'

Henriette 9.00

Yellow Riunbler 8.0J

Cash up. All strictly flrst-class, strous stock,
and will iileasi' any class of trade an\ where. Spe-
ei;il light packing' forespress. Order quickly and
gi-l 'im.

THE HOWLAND NURSERY CO., Los Angeles. Cal.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1195

^tf^^^^»«(

!

We make the growing of Roses a specialty and carry an immense stock of them, having TWO
MILLIONS now on hand. You are invited to inspect this stock. Our aim is to give value for value.
We wish to merit the full confidence of every customer we have. It is this method of dealing that has
built our trade up in the few years we have been in business, until we lead the world in Roses.

Ttie following varieties at 40c per doz., $2 50 per 100, $20 per 1000. 25 at 100 rate, 250 at 1000 rate:

AlistPF Stella Gray

Antoiue Verdicr

Agrii'pin;i

Augustine Halera

Aline Sisley

Adam

Arch Duke Charles

Bridesmaid

Beauty of Stapk'ford

BougeVe

Bon Silent'

Bertha CUvel

Baltimore Belle

Caroline- Goodrich

Conitessa. de Fr gneuse

CtttheriDf- Mermet

Christine de Noue

Crown Princess Victoria

Climbing' Meteor

Coquette de Lyon

Th9 above

Cloth of Gold
Clotbilde Sonpert
Cornelia Cook
Champion of the World
Climbing Bridesmaid
Duc^esi de Brabant
Dr. Grill

Duchess of Albany
Devoniensis
EDchantres4
Empress Eutrpnie
Empress of China
Etoile de Lyon
Gen'l R. E. Lee
Gen'l Tartas
Henry M. Stanley
Helen Cambier
Isatella Sprunt
James Sprunt

Juies Finger
Kaiserin A. Victoria
La Princess Vera
La France
Lamarque
Mde. de Walteville
Mde. Eli l ambert
Mde. Lambard
Mde. Scipion Cochet
Mde. F. Kruger
Media

Manda's Triumph
Marie Guillot
Mde. A. Currier
Mde. C. Kuster
Maid of Honor
Mam-*u Co< het
Mrs. Robert Garrc't
Mde. de Vatry

Mde. Jos. Schwartz

Mde. Schwaller

Mde. Welche

Mde. C. Berthod

Mrs. Lovelt

Meteor

Mane Van Houtte

Marechal Niel

Mde. Margottin

Muriel Graham

Mosella

Pink Soupert

Polyanthas. 10 varieties

Pink Rambler

Papa Gontier

Princess Sagan

Pink Daily

Queens Scarlet

Rfine Marie Henriette

Royal Cluster

Souv. Pres. Carnot

Sombrieul

Polfaterre

Safrano

Souv. de la Malmaison

The Queen

Triumph de Peruet Pore

Triumph de Luxembourg

The Bride

A'iscountess P^olkstone

Wichuraiana

White KambVr

White Bougerc

Wbiie Daily

White Manian Cochet

White La France

Yellow Rambler

Zel-a Pradel

Boses from 4- inch pots, strong" plants. $8 per lOO, except Marechal Neil, which is 15c each.

The following varieties at 50c per doz., $3 per lOO, $25 per 1000. 25 at 100 rate, 250 at 1000 rate:

Climbing Paul Neyron
Climbing; VVootton
Crimson Rambler
Evert,'recn Gem
Gardenia (Evergreen var.)
Helene

Mrs. Robt. Peary
Murion Dingee
J. B. Varrone
Perledes Jardins
Russell's ('ottagri
Souv. de Cath. Guillot

Souv. (?!■ WoDtton
Wrtltham Queen
Climbint; Maljiaison
Clara Wats<m
Duchess of Ediuburg

Franr»,is Dubreuil
Golden Gate
Jersey Beauty
Princess Vi'nosa
Hermosa

Pres. Cleveland

Queen of the Prairies

Souv. de Mrae. E. A'erdier

Sunset

White Perle des Jardins

Per Doz.

Antoine Rivorie % .60

Ada Carmody 1.00

Aurora 1.0)

Albert Stopford 1.00

Admiral Dnwey 100

Balduin 75

Duchess de Arouberg 1.00

The above varieties from 4-lnch pots, strong plants, $io per loo.

NEWER ROSES

Per 100 I'er Doz.

$ Ferdinand Jamin % .75

Gruss An Teplitz 60

Gardenia 1.01

Johanna Wessenbotf 2.00

6.fO Lady Dcrothea 1.00

5.00 Metd 1.3.^

Per 100

$4 00

400

6.00

Mde. Boullet

Mde. Kusson

Mrs. Mawley

Pierre Mignon

Psyche

Queen O'ga of Greece.

Per

Doz.

$1.00
1.00
l.CO

1.00
.75
1.00

Per 100

G.OO

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES

In the following varieties at 50c per doz., $3 per 100:

Anna Diesbach
Bull of Snow
Capt. Christy
Clio
Dinsmcre

Francois Levi't
Gen'l Jacqueminot
Gloire de Margottin
Gloire de Ex. Bruxelles

Giant of Uattl' s

Gloire de L3onnaise

Jubil»^e

Louis Van Houtte

La Reine

Mde. A. de Rougemont
Mde. Chas. Wood
Mde. Piantier

Mde. Masson
Paul Neyron
Prince Camille Kohan
Vick'B Caprice

The above Hybrid Roses from 4-Inch pots, strong plants, $12 per 100.

We also offer choice stock of the following plants. All plants are from 2K-inch pots unless otherwise noted.

I'.T Doz.

Asparagus Sprengerii $ .40

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 50

Aeiilypha Sanderii 50

Aralypha Triumphans 50

Aealyphu Margii'a'a 50

Aloysia (Lemon \erbena) 30

Abutilcns. 6 best varieties 40

Alyssum, sweet, double 40

Ageratum Si el la Gurney 50

Ageratum Princess Pauline 40

Begonias, 8 best flowering kinds SO

Bougainville;i Sanderiana 75

Ct leus, best bedding varieties 35

Caladium Eseuientuni, good bulbs 50

Caladium l-^seulentu .., extra strong 1.00

Can a iors, h-ading varieties 40

Chinese Primrose 50

Cyperus Altt-rnifolius 40

» 'annus, started in pots, best sorts 60

I rotons, a grand colleeiion 50

Chrysanthemums, i hoicst varieties 40

Cyclamen Pcrsicnm Giganteum 50

Calla Lilies, good blooming bulbs 75

Calla Lilies, small blooming bulbs 60

Calia, spotted-leaved, large bulbs RQ

Clerodendron Balfour i 40

Dahlias, choice collection 60

Marguerite Daisies 50

Driica-na Indivisa. s'rong 40

Fuchsias, choice assortment 40

Boston Ferns.. Per 1000, $2'*.C0 .50

Fern Com pacta CorJata 40

Geraniums, best double .-it d single 50

Per lOO

Grevillea Robusta

I'er Doz.
* $ 40

•t-r 100

$2.50

2.50

3 50
3 00

Hibiscus. 10 leading sorts

Hibiscus Peach Blow new

40

75

2.50

] 00

2.50
2.00

Heliotropes, 6 best varieties

40

40

2.60
2f0

2.50

.lasmwies, 8 varietiea

50

3 50

2.60

35

3.0)
2.5(j

Ponderosa, the wondfrful new Lemo

3. fruit of

3 00
6.00
250

Moon Flowr-r, white or blue

Oleu Fragnns. sweet Olivr

50

1.75

50

3.00
3P0

3.50

60

6.50

Hardv Perennial Phlox

. . 60

3 5')

2.50

,50

3 60

3.00
2.50
4.C0

Hardy Scorch or May Pinks

Palms, st-edlings from 2^-inch pot..

40

60

61

2.60
4.00

2.00

2.50

40

3.00

Pansies

60

6.00

Russelias, two new kinds

40

3O0

3.60

40

2 50

3.50

Sans'-viera Zeylanica

40

3 00

2.f,0

Smihix

30

2 (0

5.ro

40

2.60

3.00

Stephanot s Floribuuda

60

3 FO

3.00

ISlue Spirsea

40

3(0

2.60
3.00

Dwarf t'carl Tuberoses

. Per 1000,

(6.50

as

.75
2.50

2.50

s.cn

dy, and w

\iolet",6 li-adins km Is, double or siogle 40

Vincn Major Varii-s.-it:i 35

ill be mailed to all applicants. Write for it,

2.50
2 .50

as our prices will be sure to interest you.

THE GOOD & REESE CO., Springfield, O.

THE LARGEST ROSE GROWERS IN THE WORLD.

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The American Florist.

Mar. 2j,

Buffalo.

TBADB NOT BRISK BUT STOCK DOES NOT
ACCUMULATE.— VARIOUS NOTES OF LOCAL
INTEREST.

With very changeable weather trade
has been only fair. Stock is about as
usual, no surplus except of bulbous mate-
rial. Lilies are not any too plentiful and
every indication is that the Easter sup-
ply will be limited and prices no doubt
higher than ordinary. There is little
decorating now, although a few plants
are used at store openings.

Visitors have been scarce for a week,
the only one seen being Mr. Wood, of
Providence, R. I., who is prospecting in
Buffalo with a view to locating here.

Superintendent Keitsch, of the S. A. F.
convention exhibition, is already at work
with his lists for exhibitors.

Prof. Cowell, of South Park, has been
away on business. W. A.

Lincoln, Neb.

Mrs. C. B. Keller, wife of C. B. Keller,
the R. street florist, died Wednesday
morning, March 13, of pneumonia, after
an illness of only two days. Mr. Keller
has the sympathy of every one in the
trade.

Business is good but not rushing, just
enough to use up all good stock. There
is a heavy cut of roses coming in and
most of them of first grade.

With us the finest thing in carnations
of last season's introduction is Mrs.
Lawson, followed by Estelle. C. H. F.

Port Clinton, O.— D. W. Payne has
sold one-half interest in his greenhouse
business to W. S. Woner, and the firm
'will now be known as Payne & Woner.

Rooted Carnation

CUTTINGS.

THIS stock is strictly flrst-class in
every lespect, free from disease mid
wilj be thoroughly rooted when sent out.
We guar:mteo the'm to be as represented.
Money refunded if not satisfactory.

Cnnpt I'iuk Per 100 PerlOOO

spun, Arma/.indv $1 CO $(0.00

Triumph 1-5U 1360

Flora Hill ISO 12.60

White Cloud 1.60 IJBO

Evanston IfO 13.F0

Arma/indv 100 7,50

Portia 1.03 7.50

Will. Scott 1 OJ 7.50

MoUowan HO 7.50

Evelina 1.10 7.50

Kohinoor 1-00 7.60

J. A. BUDLONQ,

37-39 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL

ADMIRAL GERVERA

The easiest Yellow Variegated Carna-
tion to grow, free and healthy. ^ ■^

GOETHE

A beautiful Light Pink Carnation,
very large, in perfect condition. .^ <^

Rooted Cuttings $10 per 100, $90 per 1000

DELIVKKED NOW.

C. BESOLD, Mineola, L. I., N- Y.

CARNATION CUTTINGS.

All the new and standard varieties, free from rust and all other dfaeages.
Our stock Is la fine shape and all cattiugs are ^rell rooted whf n sent oat*

Mrs. Leopold Ine ^^ouftc loo

and best paying red Carnation.

Rooted Cuttings. % 7.O0

Sunbeam 10.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00

Xvdia 10.00

Pfoliflca lO.fO

Irene 10.00

Mrs. Lawson .' 6.00

Marquis 4.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00

ICthel Crocker. .' 2.50

Crane 2 50

Peru 2.B0

America 2.50

Mrs. Bradt 2.50

lOCO

$60.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
55.00
35.00
35.00
20. CO
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

100 lOCO

Bridesmaid 11.50 $12.50

Bride 1.60 12.60

Golden Gate » 1.50 12.50

Meteor '. 1.50 12.50

Perle 1.60 12.50

100 io:o

Guardian Angel ,Ta^? ^nlTes;

paying; pink Carnation. Rooted

Cuttings ' $4.00 JSi.OO

John Young 1.50 12.60

WhiteCloud 1.25 10.00

Triumph I.OO 9.0O

Argyle 100 9.(0

Evanston 1.00 9.C0

F.Joost I.OO 9.00

Cerise Queen 1.00 9.00

Gov. Griggs 1.00 9.00

Melba 1.00 9.00

Armazindy 1.00 9.00

Flora Hill l.CO 9.00

Evelina .■ I.OO 7.60

McGowan 1.00 7.50

2 1-2 INCH ROSE PLANTS.

100 1000

;.oo $100.00

25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00

Liberty

Bridesmaid 3.00

Bride 3.00

Meteor 3.00

Golden Gate 3.00

Perle 3.00

Kaiseriu 3.00

All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately,
when money will be refunded.

PETER REIN BERG, si wabasti Ave., Chicag^o, 111.

The Largfest Fancy Carnation.

-PROSPERITY-

A feH* thousand ready for immediate delivery.
Speal( quick if you want them.

JPricesj for* ^Rooted CtAttings.

1 Plant % .50

12 Plants ; 5 00

25 Plants 8.25

50 Plants 10.00

luo Plants , 16.00

250 Plants % 37.50

500 Plants 70C0

750 Plants 101.25

1000 Plants 130.00

WRITE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS.,

Flalbush, N. V.

leOOTJBJD

CUTTINGS

Per 100 Per 1000

The Mar.,uis, ri h pink $5.00 $4i).O0

Morning Glory, light pink 3.50 .SO.lO

ftlrs. Lawson, famous pink 6.00 50.f0

Ethel Crocker, clear pink 3.50 30.00

Genevieve Lord, light pink 4.00 3,i.00

Mrs. Lippincott, piuk 5.00 40.00

Davbreak, llesh 2.00 15.00

Meiba, due pink v.OO I5.0J

Mrs. Joost, money maker 2.00 15.00

Wm. Scott, pink 1.00 10.00

White Cloud, fine white 1.50 12.50

CARNATIONS

Per ICO Per 1000

Flora Hill, large white $1.50 $12.50

Peru, whiti' 4.00 30.00

Elm City, new white 4.00 30.00

Estelle, best scarlet.... 6.00 60.00

Chicago, largest red 4.00 30.00

G. H. Crane, scarlet 300 2.i.00

America, light red 2.50 20.00

Maceo, dark crimson 2.00 15.(0

Gomez, light crimson 2.t0 15.00

Mrs. Bradt variegated 3.00 25.00

ALSO ALL NOVELTIES OF THIS YEAR AT INTRODUCERS' PRICES.-
We would call special attention to Marquis, which has proved itself very valuable.

OEO. HANCOCK & SON, Grand Haven, Mich.

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation oroduces the finest flowers, is perfectly healthy
and is the best white variety ever introduced.

IT BLOOMS EARLY

IT BLOOMS LATE

IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Our price hst contains cuts from photographs taken every two weeks during the months of February,
March, April, May, June, October and November. No other Carnation can stand such a test.

rrlCe $75 per 1000.

Rooted Cuttings ready now.

Come and tee it or tend lor circular.

Blooznst>vax<s;« F*a«

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The American Florist.

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READY
NOW!

New Carnations.

ALL THE LEADING SORTS, IN FINE SHAPE,
INCLUDING ^ .^ .^

lOO lOOO

Prosperity $16.00 $130.00

Roosevelt 12.00 100.00

Lawson 7.00 60.00

G. H. CRANE 3.00 25.00

GENEVIEVE LORD... 5.00 40.00

LORNA 10.00 75-00

NORWAY 10.00 75.00

CALIFORNIA GOLD, 10.00 75.00

100 1000

Avondale $4.00 $30.00

Crocker 3.00 20.00

Gen Maceo 3.00 25.00

WHITE CLOUD 2.50 18.00

Peru 3.00 25.00

MRS. GEO. M. BRADT 3.oo 25. 00

Olympia 5.00 40.00

MRS.FRANCESJOOST 3.00 20.00

The great TIMOTHY EATON Chrysanthemum 50c each; $5.00 per doz.; %
$30.00 per 100.

We will be pleased to mail you our Catalogue of Chrysanthemums, Carnations,
Crotons, Grafted Roses, Palms, etc.

ROBERT CRAIG & SON,

MARKET AND
48ih STREETS,

Philadelphia, Pa.

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Rooted Carnation Cuttings.

Per Uoz. Per 100 Per 1000

Sunbeam, light pink »l.50 »10.00 $75.00

Bon Homme Richard, wliite 150 10.00 75.f0

Nydia, Viiriegalfd 1.60 1O03 75.00

Prolitioa, cerise pinli 1.60 lO.CO 75.00

Mrs. Thoa. \V. Lawson, cerise pink 6.00 50.00

Marquis, pinli 4 00 35 00

Genevieve Lord, pinlc 3.50 30.00

Ethel Croclier, pinlc 3.60 30.00

Gold Nugget, yellow 2.50 20.00

Gen. Maceo, crimson 2,00 15.00

Gen.Gomez - 3.00 15.00

White Cloud, white 2.0O 15.00

Mrs. Frances Joost, pink 2.00 15.00

Mrs. Jas. Deao, pink ISO 12.00

Flora Hill, white 1.50 12.00

William Scott pink 100 8 00

Armazindy, variegated 1.00 8.00

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., Joliet, III.

Carnation Cuttings.

Well rooted stock now ready
for delivery.

Per 100 Per 1000

WHITE DAYBREAK 13.00 $15.00

WHITE CLOUD 1.50 12.50

GENEVIEVE LORD 5.00 40.00

ETHEL CROCKER 3.60 27.60

G. H. CRANE 3.00 25.00

GEN. MACEO 2.00 15 00

MRS. BRADT 2.60 20.00

EVANSTON 1.50 12.50

DAYBREAK 1.60 12 00

W. p. HARVEY, Geneva, III.

Ethel Crocker

has paid me 50 per c<'nt more than any other vari-
ety this winter. Fur till- next 20 (lavs only I will
uake the fcHnwini; ri'dnet ii.n :

Strong Roooted Cuttings rroin s:iiid. }:2.C0 per lOO,
»I8.0u per liOO. sir..ii'.;2-nie!i Pot Plants, *3 per 100.

W. W. COLES, - Kokomo, Ind.

NORWAY

The Queen of Commercial White Carnations. Scored 01 at Baltimore, was
awarded 1st prize for 100 white, bronze medal for 12 best seedling and first-class
Certificate of Merit. Stock all sold until May 1st. Its vigorous, free growth and
tendency to bloom early insures a safe investment for cuttings delivered in May.

EGYPT

A most distinct, dark variety, rich and dazzling in color. Surpasses all other
crimsons in length and strength of stem, exquisite, spicy odor and keeping qualities.
Can be had in good flower by November.

Above two varieties, $1 50 per doz,; $10 per 100; $75 per 1000.

GENEVIEVE LORD

The Greatest Money Making Pink. A friend of the common people and a descend-
ant of the great Wm. Scott, whose illustrious mantle it is wearing with becoming
grace. Stock large and in the pink of condition. $5,00 per 100; $40 per 1000.

All of the new ones of this year, the best of last year and the best standard
varieties.

Chrysanthemum Timothy Eaton

A large stock ol this giant white which came over the border from Canada and
"whipped" every variety which went up against it. The most sensational white
chrysanthemum ever offered. 50c each, $5 per dOZ., $30 per 100.

COMPLETE LIST OF OTHER NOVELTIES
AND STANDARD VARIETIES. CATALOGUE
READY. WRITE FOR IT.

H. WEBER & SONS, °*Sr''

New Carnation ELENOR IMES.

The best deep pink Carnation ever introduced.
Deeper color, larger flowers, stronger grower and
produces more blooms per plant than its parent,
Wm. Scott Does not burst. A continuous
bloomer. Has been grown for Ave years. Plants
free frora all disease. Rooted cuttings ready
February l,$1.50 per doz., $10 per 100, $75 per 1000.

D. CARMICHAEL, Wellesley, Mass.

WE NEED

LAWSON, MARQUIS.

;ind hav'.' a surplus of

Joost, AmTrica. Crocker & Peru.

WHO WILL TRADE?

Address
quickly,

MORTON OROVE QREENHOUSES.

27 Market Street, Chicago.

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The American Florist.

Mar. 23,

Madison, N. J.

MOKBIS COUNTY GARDENEBS LISTEN TO MB.
MAY ON CARNATIONS— SOME VERY FINE
VASES OF THE NEW SORTS SHOWN.

The Morris County Gardeners' and
Florists' Society held its regular monthly
meeting in Masonic Hall, March 13.
The features of the evening were the
exhibition of carnations and the very
interesting talk by John N. May, of
Summit, on thecultivation of carnations
and the meeting of the American Carna-
tion Society at Baltimore. Mr. May's
discourse developed an excellent dis-
cussion on the merits and demerits of
the new varieties and on the various
methods of cnltivation of the carnation
in general. The society accorded Mr.
May a hearty vote of thanks for his
valuable lecture.

C. W. Ward, of Queens, N. Y., made a
beautiful display with such varieties as
Harry Fenn, Joseph Manley, Golden
Beauty, Governor Roosevelt, Viola Allen,
Mrs. Lawson, The Marquis, a fine varie-
gated seedling. No. 28, and Novelty. A
certificate of merit was awarded for the
collection. Novelty was greatly admired
and a certificate of merit awarded it.

A. Herrington showed a superb collec-
tion of the up-to-date kinds. A collec-
tion also came from Wm. Duckham,
including a fine vase of Glacier, the best
flowers ever seen in this locality.

J. L. Dillon, of Bloomsburg, Pa., put
up a fine exhibit of Queen Louise and
John N. May showed Olyrapia in fine
form, also two seedlings, pink and white,
which looked quite promising.

There will be an exhibition of roses at
the next meeting, April 10, also a dis-
course on the rose by a well known
Madison grower.

' Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., sent three
dozen magnificent blooms of the Lawson,
arriving in splendid condition.^

D. Shannon and William ' Charlton
exhibited excellent Bride and Bridesmaid
roses. C. H. A.

Watbsloo, N. Y.— Edney Smith has
sold a half interest in his florist business
to his grandson, Sidney Kuney.

CARNATIONS

McGow.aii, Psyche, Seneca Chief, .tl.OO i)er ICO.

New York, Albertini, Eve ina. Flora Hill. Wm.
Scott. I'eaohblow. Com-h Shell, $1.50 per ICO.

Uncle Wa'ter, .lohn Yuung, While Cloud, Gov.
Griggs, Oneida, Red .luoket, I'ainled Lad\, $3.00
per 100.

G. H. Griiii'. America, Lily Dean, Melba,
E. Crocker, $3.00 per 10 1.

Marquise, Mrs. II. Lippincott, 85.C0 per-10.^.

WALKER & McLEAN,

115 W. Federal St..

Younaslown, 0.

As
usual.

ON TOP!

At Baltimore meetingof the American
Carnation Society. Our exhibit of

The liclWSOIl was awarded

the Gold Medal in heavy com-
petition agdinst allcomers. The Society's
Silver Cup tor best arrangement of blooms,
and first Prize for 100 dark pink.

MY STOCK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

ROOTED CUTTINGS per 10^, 17 00

per 1000, $6J. 00

PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass.

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Rose Cuttings! Carnation Cuttings!

ROOTED

100

Brides $1.50

Bridesmaid * 1.5 J

Meteors 1.50

Perles 1.50

Golden Gate 1 .SO

ROSE CUTTINGS.

1000 100

*I;iS Lady Dorothea «1.50

loSi Kaiserin 1.50

{o"?n Maman Cochet 1.50

la'so American Keauty 3.00

CARNATION ROOTED CUTTINGS.

100 1000

Mrs Thos. W. Lawson $7.00 $60.00

The Marquis 6 00 50.00

Estelle : 7.00 50.00

Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

Ethel Crocker 5,C0 40.00

Olympia 5.00 40.00

G. H. Crane 3.00 25.00

Mrs. George M. Bradt 3.0J 25.00

Gen. Gomez...: 3.00 25.00

America 8.00 25.00

Chicago 3.00 25.00

Mabel •. 3.00 25,00

Elsie Ferguson 3.00 25.00

Gold Nugget , 3.00 25.10

Pingree 3.00 25.00

Mrs, James Dean , . 2 CO 15,00

Mrs. Frances Joost 2 OO 15.00

Genesee 2.00 15,00

Mary Wood 2,00 15.00

John Young 2.03 15,00

John Hinkle 2,00 15,00

Dorothy Sweet 2,00 16,00

Jubilee 2.00 15,00

100

White Cloud $2.00

Leslie Paul 2,00

Gov. Griggs 2,00

Albertini 2.00

Dawn 2.00

Eldorado 2,00

Melba 2.C0

Victor 1,50

Triumph ■ 1 50

Daybreak 1,50

Ivory 1.50

Evelina 1.50

Flora Hill 1,60

Cerise Queen 1,50

Meteor 1.50

Armazindy 1.60

Iris Miller 1.60

Sandusky 1,25

William Scott 1,25

Tidal Wave 1.00

Portia 1.00

Lizzie McGowan 1.00

Psyche 1.00

1000

$12.50
12,50
12,60
25,00

1000
$15,00
15.00
15,00
15,00
15,00
17,00
17,00
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.60
10.00
10.00
800
8.00
8.00
7.50

We offer only choice Rooted Cuttings, first-class in every respect, true to naire. 25 at 100
rates; 250 at 1000 rates. Write for catalogue and complete list of Carnations and R:)ses, rooted
cuttings and in pots.

Do you receive our weekly price list? If not, write us; we will place your name on
our mailing list.

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

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Please -mention the American Flutist 7vhen writing.

Rooted Carnation

CUTTINGS.

Per 100 Per 1000

Lawson J5.00 $4.=>.00

Crocker 3 00 28.(0

Lord 3.00 25.00

Peru 2,50 20.00

.Vmerica ....-....: 2.50 20.00

Bradt 2.5U 20.00

I'iiiaree 2.S0 20.(0

WhiteCloud 1.50 1200

(Jlaciei- 1,60 12.00

Maceo 150 12.01

Marv Wood 1 EO 12.C0

Daybrea 1,85 lO.'O

Flora 11,11 : 1.25 10.00

.loost 1,25 10'

Triumph 1.25 lO.Co

Scott 1.00 S<0

Albertini 1 OO R.CO

Evelina l.OJ 8.1.0

10 per cent off for cuttings of above varieties

ex -ept Lawson put in sand aftiT order received.
Add hi to above prices for 2-inch pot plants,
250 at loOO ates. Cash or C, O. D.

W. J. & M. S. VESEY, rt. Wayne, Ind.

I have several thousand

ETHEL CROCKER CARNATIONS

left vyhich 1 -will close out at $15 per
1000. Order quick. Well-rooted and
healthy.

Also several thousand Bride, Maid and
Golden Gate Roses at $10 per 1000.

CASH WITH ORDER.

GEO. HARRER, Morton Grove. Ill

Carnations

strong Rootrd Cuttings
Ready April 1st.

Victor, Daybreak, Flora Hill, I », -t „„,, .f^

Triumph f *' ^' P"'""

White Cloud $2 00 per 100

G. H. CRANE $2.50 per 100

Cyperus Aiterniloiius, strong, stocky plants, irom
2V^-inch pois, for immediate shipment, at
$3 00 per 100.

L. L. MAY & GO , St. Paul, Minn.

Guardian Angel

(Pink Sport of Armazindy.)
Scored 90 points at Carration Show, Chicago
Florists' clul), Februarx, 19iO. First prize at
Exhibition of Chicago Horticultural Society,
November, 1900. \'er.\ urolific, produces foiiror five
blooms to one on Mr-*. Lawson. Introductory
price, $fi per 100; .$i)ii per lOHO.

GUARDIAN ANGEL ORPHAN ASYLUM.
401 Devon Ave., Chicago.

PLANTS AND CUTTINGS CHEAP FOR CASH,
Pansies, fine, stocky. Iransp'anted stock, blooms
immense for size, colors iu great variety, 5Uc per
lOJ by mail; J3 |)er 1000 by express. Salvia Splen-
dens and lioDfirn, Lobelia C P iC'omp., ,Uermiin
Ivy, Heliotrope Oiboona Crassifolia, each $i.^'0
per lOO, from 2 b} 3-inch pots; rooted cuttims
75c per liO. Carnations, rooted cuttings, Flora
Hill, $1 p-'r 100; «8 per liOO: McGowan. $1 per 100;
!)i6 50 per UX10. Heliotrope. 3^-iuoh pots; Primula
obconica grandiflora, 3>i-iii $t per 100; Primula
Sinensis, in bud, 4-in. $6 per 100 "She last three
articles in eood condition for Easter sales. Roses,
Bride and Bridesmaid, clean healthy stock, 2 bv
3-in. pots $2 per 10. ChrysanthemuiLS $1.60
per 10' E FRYER. BATAV'A, ILL.

nnoro Excellent stock of Brides and
nUOtO Maids, out of 2>^inch pots at
J2 00 per 100; |i5,00 per 1000,

CARNATIONS ^ST3te"'fo^;'",«

per 1000. Daybreak, 2>i-in. pots, |1.50
per 100.
WEST VIEW FLORAL CO., Knightstown, Ind.

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The American Florist.

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VAUQHAN'S
Forcing Bulbs

FOR SEASON 1901

A Few
of our
Specialties

We can POSITIVELY Save You Money on

HIGH GRADE STOCK

Send us Your List for Estimate.

^^Star'^ Brand Narcissus Grandiflora
XXX Narcissus Double Von Sion
Spiraea Gladstone, California Callas

Single Tulips, La Reine, Fancy Stock
Single Tulips, Vaughan's New Pink
''London Market'' Valley Pips, etc., etc.

Selected Azaleas

Having just closed contracts for our next
season's supply of Azaleas we are in posi-
tion to MEET ALL COMPETITION.

PRICES UPON APPLICATION.

In quality there is none better, and we supply
only best selling varieties. ^ ^ ^ ^

AZALEA INOICA.

VAUQHAN'S SEED STORE

CHICAGO

84-86 RANDOLPH STREET

NEW YORK

14 BARCLAY STREET

1200

The American Florist.

Mar. 2j,

Minneapolis.

TBADB SHOWS CONSIDEBADLE IMPHOVB-
MENT. — PROSPECTS FOR EASTER. — A
NEW RETAILER.

Another new flower store has been
added to the list, Miss P. N. Eichorn
having opened at 520 Nicollet avenue.
She was formerly employed at Miss H.
B. Whitted's and in the Wm. Donaldson
Company's floral department, where she
gained many friends who will wish her
success in her new undertaking.

Trade last week showed much improve-
ment over the preceding one. Roses and
carnations were in good demand and
violets and bulbous stock did nicely also.
The fine clear weather most all the week
did its share to make stock plentiful.
The Easter trade promises to be large
and there is a finelotof azaleas, Harrisii,
cinerarias and cyclamens to help out the
cut flower supply. C. F. R.

Kennktt Sqoahe, Pa.— Mushroom
growers here are having excellent success
this season and are shipping hundreds oi
pounds daily to Philadelphia and New
York.

FINE

* Bays

Pyramids and Standards.

Specimen Rhododendrons for Forcing,

Adiantum Farleyense, '^Wh-,

' \zaleas, Ficuses, Acacias,

Araucarias. Boston Ferns,

Small Ferns,

Fine cut Fronds of Adiantum tenerum,

Lorraines.

TAKAGHI&GO.

Headquarters for

Lily Bulbs, Cycas
Revoluta, Plants, Seeds, Etc., Etc.

Large Assortments always in stock.
D e address— Takaghi. Tokyo.

Catalogue on applicat'on.

TAKAGHI & CO.

160 Komagome Denchu, - - Tokyo, Japan.

FOR SALE

PRINCESS OF WALES VIOLETS.

Voun-^' plants, $! per 100; $15 per 1000.
Thee violets are strong and healthy and abso-
lutely free Trom disease. Highest awards wher-
ever exhibed.

WILLIAM SIM, - - Cliftondale. Mass.

Inclies Per ICO

Cryptomeria Japonica 2 |3 uo

3 6 00

Double Fringed Petunias 2 2 CO

Geraniums, mixtd 2 2 CO

Asparagus Sprengerii Seedlings 1 CO

Cut Smilas in any quantity. 1.5 and 20 cts.

E. I. R4WLINGS, Quakertown, Pa.

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looses, (tarnations
"" f^hry santhem ums

All the NEW ROSES, including

ROBERT SCOTT

QIEEN or EDGELV

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and others worth growing in fine stock. Also
all the, standard varieties, both for forcing and
planting in the open ground, fully described in
my Wholesale Trade List, which will be mailed
to any one not having received it, on application.

CARNATIONS

The sensational new varieties for 1901,

TO

PROSPERITY

GOV. ROOSEVELT

and all the other new ones at advertised rates;
also all the really good varieties of last year's and
former introductions in extra fine selected stock
all ready for immediate shipment.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS fjj^z t^LJ^l.^^

varieties. Brutus, a grand early red; Chestnut Hill, late yellow; Mrs.
W. B. Chamberlain, the very best large clear pink yet introduced; Yan=
ariva, blush. Morel form; Zampa, chrome red. I have also secured a large
block of Timothy Eaton and all the other new and standard varieties
in Al stock.

JOHN N. MAY, Summit, N. J.

Eaater Plants from >9 ^^ JtI. 13^ J^^ X jbJLx:VX»9

I'lacc your order al o^co. Aln^ady some lines are cntiri'ly sold out.

I still have the rollowing specialties. The quality of my plants is well known to the trade.

l..*i..MM (Four houses) from the ^est varieties

Azaieas ouiy. soc, 75c, $1, $1.50, $2, $3. *4. $5

each, up to $10. In any quantity. This and

I">i'*ascan be safely shipped \\ilhout ]:ots and

be repotted on arriv:i 1.
r..:.. r, .•■.«.. Kine, r.mnd shape, full of
tnCa rragranS bloom, «12perdoz..|75pprlC0.

Small plan's. $2 per doz. Ideal Easter pUnt.
nk.j.j..J.... S3to$16each. Fine speuimens.

Rhododendrons in tubs

Kentias, all sizes. Latanias, 50j to %l I'ach. Pan-
danus Utilis, ".'i^ to $1 each, flrecas, 3 in a pot,
$J . er c.o,c. Rubbers, 3 tevl hisih, J6 piT do/,.
Araucaria Excelsa. $1. $1.^6 and $1.50 >aoli. Arau-
caria Robusta. $3 up to $5earli, Araucaria Glauca,
$2 up tj,tl laoh,

^CUT FLOWERS FROM

Cut TuliDS. $3 per 100. Si'l'^cteil varieii'S, $J per 100.
Valley. Selected, *3 per 100; first size, $2 per 100,

Vfr\ fini: llowers. Can supply all the year

around.
Roman Hyacinths, $2 per 100; best.

25 GrsAnhauses Well Stocked

Crimson Rambler. Baskets, Pyramids, and other
de-signs, from $.^ each up. Our stock is in prime
condition — better than ever before.

Boxwood (Pyramids) from $1,50 a pair up to $-=i a
pair; the large sizes in tubs with handles. Also
erowns of Boxwood, stem about 3 feet hi^h,$3,
$iand $5 a pair.

Hydrangeas. The best shaped and flowered plants
we ever had; from $1, $1 60, $2, $2.50, $3, $4. $5
each.

Moss Roses in boses our specialty. Per box, $6.

Grange*. Bushy plants, $1 to $1.50 each, 3 to 6
fruits each.

NOW UNTIL EABTER.

Cut Lilies, $10 ner ino Mowers and buds,
Oaftodils, select stock, $3 perpiO; arsts, 12.50 pir 100,
Cut Lilac :it all I imes. $1 per bunch.
Cut Moss Roses. $3 I-'T doz. sprays; from now on.
Sclented bunchrs, $1 each.

Cash With Ordar, Please.

ANTON SCHULTHEIS, ver':s,?ro^,°B?ifpo, College Point, L. I.

About 12,000 Violet Piants.

Sand Struck Cuttini^s rfady after Easter.
$10 per 1000 for Marie Louise; $15 for Farquh.ar.
Clean, no disease or black fly. Cash wiih order.
Another lot to come'on later; 5 per crnt o If your
bill If you come and see them before you h ^ *

JOSEPH MARKLE, Rhinebeck, N. Y.

I'er 100 Per 1000

I.awson ■ $7 00 J60 UU

Olympia, Estelle BOO 50 00

Marquis, Lord, Elm City 5 00 4010

Crocker. Crane, .Vmerica, Nugget,

L. Paul 2 50 23 00

Cloud. .Jubilee. Hill 2 00 15 00

Scott. Armazindv, bldorado. Evans-
ton, Dina, Meteor, Victor ICO' 10 00

D. B. HBRRON, Olean, N. Y.

tgoi.

The American Florist.

1201

The Finest Novelty in Azaleas
Haerensiana or Eastor Lady

The Largest and Most Double Pink Azalea, with
Distinct White Border.

It flowers just right for Easter and remains longer
in bloom than any other Azalea. It is a strong, com-
pact grower, with beautiful dark green leaves, which
do not drop in transit. The flowers of this new varies

ty do not sport or break to red like Yervaeneana and
other pink Azaleas.

Louise guveliers, the seed parent of Haerensiana,
has all the merits of the latter, differing only in color,
this being a 61ear White with a few Rosy Stripes.
Both varieties are offered to the trad^ in nice bushy
heads, 10 to 15 inches in diameter, 25 cents to 40
cents each.

HAERENS BROTHERS,

Special Growers of Azaleas, Palms, Araucarias, Rhododendrons, Etc., Etc.,

J. J. ^ J. SOMERGEM, Near Ghent, Belgium.

Messrs. August Rolker & Sons,

52 Dey Street, NEW YORK CITY.

Sole Agents for the United States and Canada. '*

|J^f§^J§J§J§i§fg^J§i§i§J§J§i^§©§&g^g=gTg§g^gi§^g^g^gg^^

1202

The American Florist.

Mar.

23

Baltimore.

FUNERAL WORK MAKES HBAVY DEMANDS
UPON SUPPLY. — CRAPE CHASERS NOT
YET COME TO GRIEF.— SOME GOOD WORK.
—VARIOUS NOTES.

The demand for flowers by the design
men keeps the market from stagnation.
In spite of prophecies to the contray,
crape chasing, or soliciting orders for
tnneral flowers, seems to have increased
the demand for them, as well as the taste
and skill with wuich they are put up,
and lowered prices until a neat wreath
or cross is within reach. of the poorest
citizen's family.

F. G. Burger had such an avalanche of
work last week that he had to send to
Philadelphia for flowers. One of his
pieces, a pall of asparagus with center of
Brides and narrow band of Scott carna-
tions, about four inches inside the edge,
was very tastefully gotten up.

Considerable sickness is reported among
the florists, mostly cases of grip. Noth-
ing very serious has developed so far
except in the family of A. Anderson,
whose son is dangerously ill with pneu-
monia.

The department stores are handling
dormant roses in great quantities at 10
cents each. One of these stores tried to
buy out the entire Easter stock of all
kinds held by a Lexington market man.

G. V. Smith has his two new houses
on the York Road front filled with lilies
in fair shape for Easter. Mack.

ROSES

Albany, N. Y.— Thomas Shore, assist-
ant in the gardens of Wm. H. Macey, of
Harrison, N. Y., the past four years, has
been appointed head gardener to Dean
^Sage of this city.

We believe in shifting
young Roses often. All
stock offered in 2V'j-in.
pots has been shifted
from 2-in.. and is equal
to nost stock advertised as 3-in., and when we
tend it out it is well established.

Let us know your wants.

2 and 2 l-2-in. Stock is Fine.

VARIETIES GROWN ■■

Meteors La France I^esident Carnot

Brides A. V. Kaiserin Golden Gate

Maids Wooltons American Beauties

Per.es Belle Siebrecht Liberty

CARNATIONS.

R.C. and 2-in. Bradt, Crocker, Joost and McGowan .

R. C. COLE US.

Mixed, VerscbatTeltil, Golden Bodder, Yellow
Queen, etc. EMGLISH IVY.
2V%, 3 and i-inch pots.
GERANIUMS* Red, white and pink in S-in.

A few thousand SE>ISE^Pf C;^E^1SII9

ready for 2-inch pots.
Special in WOOTTON ROSES. 2i4-in.,- ready to
plant in beds. Writti

GEO. A. KUHL, Pe kin. III.

Is our A s t e I'
"Queen of Cen-
tury.'' It is oiu' tjf those rare penis that has coa.t'
to stay. No llorist is cotuplete without it. and for
pot planis it is simply unsurpassed. The very
double t)owi;rs are imbricau-d and of dark crimson
color. Blooms very early, is a continuous free
bloomer, a compact grower and a magnilicent
varif'ty for beddinfj. Oz., $2; H-oz-, 50c: trade
pkt.. 25c. ."ample pkt. free for 2c postage. Semple
Asters, wbiti-. lavender, shell t'ink, each. oz.. $1;
trade pkt., 10c. Sheflroad Greenhouse & Seed Co..
Grange, P. 0., Baltimore, Md.

HARDY CUT FERNS.

At market price. Fine GREVILLEA
ROBUST A in 4-inch pots, $8 per 100.

K. E. GORDON, Bedford, 0.

A SURE MONEYMAKER 't

I Crimson Rambler Roses.

S I^XLICRA. OHOIOE: S'TOOI^. Per lOO

5 2 year, extra strong, budded, 4 foot canes tl5.0<'

5 1 " '■ " own roots. 4 foot canes J5U0

^ I'ink, White and Yellow Ramblers. 2 year, own roots 15.00

5 American Beauiy. 2-year, budded ..." 15 <K>

5 Kaiserin Augusta Victoria 2-year, budded..; 15.10

5 Mad. Caroline Testout, budded... 15.00

Herraosa, 3-yeflr extra strong, own root.s 15.^0

H. P. Roses in 15 best sorts, budded stoclc ^ 11 00

*' " own roots 13.10

Clematis Jackmauni and other large flowering types, 2-year 25 00

'• " ■ " 3-ypar old, extra strong 30.00

Ampelopsis Veitchii, extra strong and well branched, UolUnd grown., 3 to 4 feet 15.00

2feet 10.00

Iris Ka^mpferi, imported from Japan, strong clumps, in 25 assorted colors 12.00

Diel>tra Spectabilis (or Bleeding Hearty extra strong clumps .- 7.C0

Lily of the Valley clumps, extra strong 20 fit

Hydrangea P. G..' strong 3-ye:tr fl<ld grown U'.OO

BOX TREES.

Beantlfal, Shapely
Plants In fine condition.

Plants, bush form, 12-15 inches high,
2 fi'L-t higli

3.

.... 4

Pyramid shaped, 3 "

4

6- 7 inches in diameter

12-14 " " 75

18-20 '• ■■ 1.50

30 " •' very fine 3.00

verv flni> 2.00

3.0D

Each. Dozen.
I .25 $ 2 50

.00
10.00

PALMS FOB EASTEB.

Kentia Be'.raoreana,

Kentia Forstetiuna,
Ficus Elastica,

Ph(pnix Rpclinata, very fine stock, 7-inch pots, 30 inches high each $ l.fo

Laiania liorbouica, 4-inch pots, llincheshigh JJoz. 2.50

5 " 15-18 ■• " 5110

6 " 18-20 " " 9.00

4 ■' 15 ■' bushy ■ 5.((i

5 •■ 18 •■ " '■ 8.C0

6 " 21-3) •• " each 2.C0

5 •• 24 •■ " •' .75

6 " 36 " •• " 1.2.i

7 ■• 3V4-4 feet high extra fine " .75

7 " 2!4-3 " with 4-5 branches " 2.00

Asparagus Sprengeri,2'/4 " per 103 2.5ii

4 " very Bne •' 10.00

IJoston F»^rns, specimen plants in 9 and lO-inch pans each 2.00

Kej^onia Vernon, fine stocl<, 2M-inch pots per 100 3.ti3

('hr>santhemuras, large stocic of standard ivinds " 3.1)0

Roses, Golden Gate, 2H-inch pots ...» *' 3.0 )

■• Coronet, avi-inch pots " 3.C0

•■ Sweet Little (Jueen, 2!<- inch pots " SCO

■' Clolhilde Soupert. 2>i-inoh pots " 2.60

" Liberty. 2!i-inoh pots " lo.CO

(ieraniums in bi-st standard kinds, strong plants ready to shift into 3 and 4-in pots, per 103, $4. OC:
p.T lOlH) i3i Oil.

m^^m^ *^ ^^^ DELIVERING

i^^ S,s., PROSPERITY

and all the other new ones as below :

PROSPERITY (666). Each. 50o; 12 for »5.C0; 25 for 18.25; 50 for $10.00; 100 for $16.00; 250 for
$37.50: 500 for $70.00; 750 tor $101.25; 1000 for $130.00.

Sueen Louise doz., $1.60; 100, $10.00; 1000, $75 00
orotiiy " 1.50 ■• 10.00 " 75,00

Irene " l.BO " 10.00 " 75.U0

Roosevelt " 2.50 " 12.00 " lOO.CO

Norway " 1.60 " 10.00 " 75.00

Egypt " 1.50 '■ 1000 " 75 00

Bon Homme Richard " 1.60 " 10.00 " 7B00

40 00

Guardian Angel

Carnations.

strong plants transplanted into soil and flats,
grow.

5.00
Every one sure to

100 1000

»Marquis $5.00 $40.00

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 7.00 60.00

•Estelle 7.00 60.00

♦Ethel Crocker 5.00 40.00

♦Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

♦G.H.Crane 3.00 25.00

♦America 3.00 25.00

♦White Cloud 2 00 17.50

100 lOOO

♦Flora Hill $1.76 $15.C0

♦Wm. Scott 1.60 1200

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 4.00 30.00

GoldNugget 400 30.00

Chicago 4.00 30.C0

Gen. Maceo 3.00 26.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00 26.00

Daybreak 2.00 15.00

New Chrysanthemums. !',5,^n3S?Ji."'iir,.'=&r'"D: smiih^'Si

best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill. Timothy Eaton, Yanariva.

THE OSAND ZTEW

PINK OERAmUU

Jean Viaud.

CannaS. Buy nowl Don't get left again.

VAUGHANS' SEED STORE,

Doz., $1.25; per 100, $10.00
2-inch pots.

14 BARCLAY STREET
NEW YORK.

GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS,

84 « 86 RANDOLPH STREET.

CHICAGO.
LL.

FLORISTS' ORCHIDS

..The Finest and Largest Stock
in the world.

CAIinFD ST. ALBANS, ENGUND aod
O/llllILK BRUGES, BELCiUM.

Bend for List of Commercial Varie»*^

A. DIMMOCK, Agent, 60 Veaey St., N. Y.

Orchids ! ♦

We are headquarters for Orchids in the
United States — imported or established.
Also supplies, such as Peat, Moss and Bas-
kets. Our price list lot 1901 now ready.

LAGER & HUPJIELL, "^mmit, n. j.

OrcbM Qrowar* and Importara.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1203

NeDhrolepis WIttboldIi

WILL SOON BE GROWN AND OFFERED FOR SALE BY

ALL THE LEADING FLORISTS.;

NEPHROLEPIS WITIBOIDII.-Strong plants ready for 3 and 4-inch pots,
$1.00 each; $10.00 a dozen; $75.00 per 100.

WELL-GROWN DECORATIVE PLANTS FOR EASTER.

"UHE have already supplied a majority
^^ of the large growers with stock.
Owing to its rapid growth and wonderful
reproductive qualities our fern will be as
profitable to tlorists as the Boston fern
has been. Many growers who received
stock of Nephrolepis Wittboldii when it
was first sent out in September, are re-
ordering in larger quantities, a sure evi-
dence that it has found favor with them.
Here are some sample letters:

Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 190i.
The Geo. Wittbold Co., Chieuao. Ill,

Gentlemen :— We are much pleased with
NEPHKOLEPia Wittboldii: the specimen
plant which you recently s^nt shows the
churarteror the plantvt'ry nicely; its bold,
b»'avy fnlispe, which is made to appear
very light and graceful by thi' wavy edge,
should make this a most valuable decora-
tive Fern, for which there is room a'ong-
side of the Boaton Fern. We see no rea-
son why the pliiiit should not bectune just
as popular as this valuable variety.
Yours very truly,

HENRY A. DREER, Inc.

J. D. E.

Newark, Ohio, Dec. 27. 1900,
The Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago, 111.

Gentlemen:— Please ship to me as soon
as possible 300 more of your Nephrolepis
Wittboldii.

The plants I received from you a short
time ago are doing so nicely ihat the more
1 see of them the more I am convinced
that Nepbrolfpis Wittboldii is the great
fern of the future, aud I feel that I cannot
get too heavy a stock. I know that every
enterprising florist will purchase a stock
of it as scon as he sees what a grand dec-
orative plant it will make.

Wishing you a prosperous New Year, I
remain Yours very truly,

■ ' BA

A. J. BALDWIN.

Kentias==Latanias

Varieties

Size Height

Pot Inches

Kentla Belmoreana 2^ 8 to 9

Kentia Belmoreana 3 10 to 12

Kentia Belmoreana 3^ 12 to 14

Kentia Belmoreana 4 14 to 16

Kentia Belmoreana 5 16 to 20

Kentia " strong 5 18 to 24

Kentia Belmoreana 6 20 to 22

Kentia " strong 6 26 to 28

Kentia Belmoreana 7 36 to 40

Kentia Forsteriana 2V4 8 to 9

Kentia Forsteriana 3 10 to 12

Kentia Forsteriana 3Vi 12 to 14

Kentia Forsteriana 5 20 to 24

Kentia " strong 5 22 to 26

Kentia Forsteriana 6 28 to 30

Kentia " strong 6 30 to 34

Kentia Forsteriana 8 44 to 50
Latania Borbonica 2S<

Latania Borbonica 3 12

Latania Borbonica 3!4 12 to 15

Latania Borbonica 4 15 to 18

Latania Borbonica 5 18 to 22

Latania Borbonica 6 20 to 24

Lalaiiiii ItorboiiK-a 6 2-1 to 30

Areca Lutescens 2H 5 to 6

Areoa Lutescens 3H 12 to 15

Areca Lutescens 4 IB to 20

No. Per

Leaves Each Doz.

3 to 4

4 to 5

5 to 6

6 to 7
5 to 6

5 to 7

6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7

3 to 4

4 to 5

5 to 6
5 to 6
5 to 6

5 to 6

6 to 7

% 1.50

2.0O
3.00
4.00
7.20

3

5 to 6
5 to 6

5 to 7

6 to 7
6 to 8

1.00 12.00

1.25 15.00
1.50 18.00

2.26 27 00

1.50

2.00

.25 3.00

.75 7.20

1.00 12.00

1.25 15.00

1.60 18.00

3 26 39 00

.60

1.00

1.50

3.00

5.00

6.00

9.C0

.15

.25

.50

.60

.75

3 plants in potl.OO
3 " ■' 2.00

3 " .25 3.00

Per

100

$12.00

15.00

20.00

30.00

60.00

90.00

125.00

150.00

200.00

12.00

15.00

20.00

60.00

90.00

125.00

150.00

300.00

5.00

8.00

12.00

20.00

35.00

50.00

8.00
15.00
25.00

Per
1000
$100.00
150.00
180 00
300.00
600.00
900.00

100.00
150.00
180.00
600.00

40.00

75.00

100.00

175.00

300.00

> f

Varieties ^'^^

Pteris Serrulata 2-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 2-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 3-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 4-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 5-inch

Nephrolepis Bostoniensis 2-iDch

Per

Doz.

.50

.50

1.00

1.50

2.00

.60

Per
100
4.00
4.00
8.00
12.00
16.00
4.10

..Asparagus..

Size Pot Doz.

Asparagus Sprengerii 2-inch $ .50

Asparagus Spreoi^erii 3- inch 1.00

Asparagus Sprengerii 4-inch 1.50

Asparagus Sprengerii 5-inch 2.00

Per 100
$ 3.00

s.co

12.00
15.00

Miscellaneous.

12 to 14
14 to 16
10 to 12
12 to 15

Each
t .75

1.50
2.35
3.00

J V

Fern Balls, well startfd

Araucaria Excelsa, 4-inch, nice plants

Araucaria Excelsa, 4V4-inch, nice plants

Araucaria Excelsa, 5-inch, nice plants

Pot Height Leaves

Ficus Elastica 6 22to23

Ficus Elastica 7 24 to 28

Pandanus Utilis 2V4 6 to 8

Pandanus Dtilis 3 8 to 10

Pandanus Veitchii 6 strong

Pandanus Veitchii 7 strong

Pandanus Veitchii 8 extra

Draciena Terniinalis 3

Dracxna Terminalis St^

Dracjena Terminalis 4

Cocos Weddeliana 3

Phoenix Reclinata 3

Ph(Bnix Canariensis 3

Phoenix Canariensis 10

Aspidistra Lurlda 5

Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 3-inch, strong plants.
Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 4-inch, strong plants
Sanseviera Javanica Variegata. 5-inch, strong plants

Peperomia Argyreia (Saundersii), 4-inch

Peperomia Peltata, 4-inch

40 to 45
15 to 20

4 to
4 to

1 to

8 to 13

.25

.50

Each.

.( .60

. .50

. .75

. 1.00

Doz.

« 7.20

10.00

1.00

2.00

18.00

27.00

36.00

J.tO

2.00

3.00

2.00

1.50

1.50

3.50

6.00

. ..doz"'

Dozen .
$5.U0

6.00

9.00
12.C0

100

$60.00

75.00

800
15.00

15.00
10.00
10.00

l.£0
2.0U
3.00
2.00
2.00

The Geo. Wittbold Co.,

\&ST ^u.ol£:lzi.e]3.^xa:^ Pl^oe,

i»a.i:^:m:» .ajn^i> irE>:Riv®,

OXIIO.A.OO, J.1^1^,

1204

The American Florist.

Mar.

23.

Scranton, Pa.

PROSPECTS OF GOOD STOCK FOE EASTER.
— LONGIFLOEUMS ARE DNSATISFACTORY.
— VABIOnS NOTES OF LOCAL INTEREST.

There is promise of a fine lot of flower-
ing plants. for Easter. The growers in
and around Seranton say they want no
more Lilium longiflornm to force for
Eastei; they are too slo.w and uncertain.
The Uarrisii will all make it in fine
shape but many of the longiflorums will
not be in for Easter and afterthat there is
very little value in a lily except for funeral
work.

G. R. Clark & Co. are to remain in
their old stand, although it did look for
a while as if they would have to move,
owing to proposed changes on that cor-
ner. They will make some important
changes in their store front and have
taken the adjoining store, the partition
coming out to give them needed room.

Will Clark, gardener to Col. H. M.
Boies, andiFred. Hatch, gardener to T.H.
Walkins, have had fine displays of cat-
tleyas this winter.

Marvin & Mair have moved to their
new quarters in the Pauli building, on
Spruce street, a very good locality.

W. C. Bryfogle has sold his greenhouses
and business at Bloomsburg to his
brother, S. C. Bryfogle.

John Watson goes as gardener to Thos.
E. Jones, April 1. Scrantonian.

Stratford, Ont.— Alfred Neal has
opened a branch store down town in
charge of his daughter, who is an expert
designer.

ALPINE AND HERBACEOUS

ONE or THE FINESr COLICCTIONS M EUROPr.
All PUNIS f. 0. B. I ivrRPnni

Choice Plants Suitable for Cut Flowers.

\\-r\m

Eryngium Alpinum, 3 years 203

" Oliverianuiii, 3 years 2(is

Delphinium Belladonna..'. 50s

" Sulphureum, a beautiful and new

Delp. canary yellow.

*' Nudicaule, scarlets lOs

Gypsophila panicvilata, (Nun's Vieling) a most

useful plant tor florists 16s

Alpine Pbloses, dwarf, 6 sorts 2os

Aubretias in sorts 208

Alpine plants, selection 20s

We hold ihe largest stock of oval leaf Privet
in this country which are offered at the following
prices: 12 to 15 inches. 12s 6d per 1000: 15 to 18
inches, 15s pf r lOOJ; 2 to 3 feet 40s per 1000; 4 to 5
(eet. 20s per 100; 7 to 10 feet, ICOs per 100 F. O. li.
Cash with Order.

TRADE LIST UPON APPLICATION.

Telegraphic (Alpine).

STANSFIELD BROS.,

SOUTHPORT. ENCLAN D.

Ofin flfin Asparagus Pluitiosus Nanus, fresh
L\l\i\\l\iM picked from our own plants, sure

to grow, 90c per ICO; $7.50 per 1000.
Alternantheras— Red, yellow, pink, strung, 2-inch

puts, at $2.00 per lOM.
'Mums— Fine rooted cuttings, W. R. Smith, Daille-

douze, Ma], Bonnaffon, H, Robinson, F. Hardy,

J. Jones, etc., $1.50 per 100.
Boston Ferns, 2H-inoh, 60c per doz.; $3.00 per 100.

S-inoh, $1.00 per doz.; 110.00 per 100.
Geraniums— P. Bruant, Gettysburg, Crystal, Mme,

Bruant, elc 2 inch, $2.00 per 100.
Vinca Major Var.t-inch, strung, $10 per 100.
Russelia Multiflora, 2-inch, fine plants, 50c pcrdnz.;

$4.00 1..T 100.

A. J. BALDWIN. Newark. Ohio.

Grla^dloli S^f.!

Sold out all my No. 1 bulbs, Suberb Mixt-
ure and Assorted colors. Have still a few
thousand No. 2 and No. Sbwlbs, good stock
andche:ip. State wants for price, Maple-
shade Collection.

WILBUR A. CifRISTY, Kinsman, 0.

B. & fl. SPECIALTIES

i£ ROSES

2 years old, low budded, 50 leading varieties.

HYBRID TEA and evirblooming kinds.

Hermos:i, Cl'^tihle Soupert. Pink Sou]>prt,
Kai.serin. Malraaison, C Testout. Carnot,
Manian Cochet, White Maman Cochet, Ameri-
can Beautv, and 50 other popular varieties.

.$10.00 per 100; $90.00 per 1000.

CRIMSOV RAMBLERS-

.\.\X. $15.00 per 100; XX, $12 00 per 100; X,

$10.00 per 110.

Standards, $4.50 per 12; $35.00 per 100.

H. P. and H. TEA-

Standards, *3.50 peil2; $25.00 per 100.

CLIMBING ROSES—

Empress of China, Mme. Plautler. Baltimore
Belle, Seven Sisters, Climbing La n'rance, and
25 other good kinds, 5 for 65 cts.; $11.00 per 100.
CLEMATIS JACKMANNI VARS.-

$2.50 per 12; $2(>.C0 per lOO.

CLEMATIS PANICULATA-

$8.00 and $10.00 per 100.

Be f^ ^\ ^1 I A Tuberous Rooted,
CVSIV^INIM Single and Double

GLOXINIAS,

CALAD.UMS, TUBEROSES,

JAPANESE FERN BALLS,

GANNAS, 6LADI0LUS,

DAHLIAS. PAEONIES,

HARDY AZALEAS,
RHODODENDRONS,

JAPAN BULBS,

BLEEDING HEARTS.

BOXWOOD •^sSni^rr

Grafted Tea Roses

Brides and

. . . Bridesmaids.

Write for our 2d Spring list of Vines, Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens and Tea Roses, all varieties.
Special Prices on above stock.

BOBBINK & ATKINS,

Rutherford, N. J.

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

Remember Us ^^'^IS£^%^^

Chrysanthemums \

I OUR STOCK. IS LARGE AND COMPLETE.

* Also best assortment in Carnations, Cannas and Geraniums.

I NATHAN SMITH & SON, - Adrian, Mich. .

»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

SPECIALS

Red, White, Pink and Salmon
GERANIUMS

Rooted Cuttings and 2Vi and 3-incliplants.

PELARGONIUMS

In 3 and 4-in. pots. As flne a lot as you ever saw.

CARNATIONS

In 2 inch, ready to plant out. Mrs. Bradt, Mrs.
Joost, Ethel Crocker, \Vm. Scott, and McGowans
at prices that will please you. AVrite

GEO. A. KUHL, - - Pikin, III.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Per iro I'er 1000

Colous, 12 varieties $ 50 J4 00

Alyssum. giant 100 8 00

Mnic. Salleroi Geranium 100 8 00

Ageratum Princess Pauline 50 4 00

Tradescantia Zebrina f.O 4 00

\'incas. variegated and green 1 00 8 10

Lady Hume Campbell Violcts.sand

rooted 75 6 00

Chrysanthemums, 20 varieties 1 00 8 1)0

Carnations, " '* I OJ .Send fur

" • " to.. 4 CO list.

Kalamazoo Nursery & Floral Co.
w. c. COOK, Mgr. Kalamazoo, Mich,

Gut Prices

VERBENA KING.

Express prepaid on all
Rooted Cuttings.

Verbenas, 40 best mam-
moth vars. 60c per 100;
$5.00 per 1000.
Alternanthera, red and
[ yellow, 60c per lOO; $6

per 1000.

Ageratum, Princess

Paulin*) and a new

rich blue, very dwarf

grower, a winner; Cope's Pet, white; 60c per

100, $5.00 per lOOO.

Heliotropes, 10 best varieties, all named, 70c per

100, $6.00 per 1000.
Daisies, 2 best vara., $1 00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000.
Coleus. rooted cuttings, the Itading named varie-
ties, 70o per 100; $6 00 pfr 10 0.
ISalvias. 3 best named varieties, $1.00 per 100; J8.C0

per 1000.
Feverfew, very strong rooted cuttings, J1.25
per UKI; $10.00 per 1000. S/j-in. very strong,
$2.50 per 100.
Smilax strong seedlings, eoc per 100; $5.0Jper Io;o,

delivered free.
Carnations, Flora Hill. $1.50 per lOO; $l2.a) per
UKK1. Hm. Scott and L. McGowan, $1.00 per
U0;$8.CO per ICOO.
Double Giant Sweet Alyssum, $1.20 per 100; $8.00

per UHK).
Verbena plants, strong, full of cuttings, flne as

silk, $2 per 100, $IS per 1000.
Heliotrope, 2M-in., strong, flne plants, $2 per 100,
$18 per 1000.

Send for our new list of other rooted cuttiags
and plants; it will save you money. Write for
prices on larger lots. Special low express rales
to all parts. That Cash Plkase.

C. HUMFELD, Rooted Cutting Specialist,

CLAY CENTER, KAS.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1205

For Immediate Shipment.

HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS.

Unless otherwise stated stock is from 3^ in pots.

DOZ.

Achillea Filipeiulula, ^% in. pots $ .40

The Pearl 40

Agrostemma Coronaria 40

Anemone Japonica Rubra, 3 in. pots 30

Alyssiim Saxatile Compacta, tielct-grown .50

Artemisia, Wormwood 50

Astilbe Japonica, 5 in. pots 40

Arabis Alpinus, 2 in. pots 30

Aster Alpinus 40

" Nova' Anglian 40

" Pyramidalis Hybrids 40

" Ptarniicoides 40

Authemis Kelwayii 40

Arundo Donax var 60

Aquilegia Vulgaris, mixed 50

" Double White; held grown .50

" Chrysantha; held grown 59

Hardy Chrysanthemums, assorted; field

gi'own 50

Hardy Chrysanthemums, assorted, from

3 in. pots 30

Caryopteris Ma-tacanthus, blue 40

Coreopsis Lanceolata 40

Clematis Davidiana 40

Campanula Pyramidalis, mixed; field

grown 50

Chrysanthemum Uliginosum; field grown .50

Delphinium Formosum, 2 in. pots 30

" Azureaua, 3 in. pots 30

" Azureana: field grown .'iO

" Sinensis Album; tield grown .50

" Elatum Hybridum; field

grown 50

Delphinium Nndicaule, 2 in pots 40

Dicentra Spectabilis; field grown 60

Dianthus Barbatus; tield grown 50

Digitalis Monstrosa; field grown 50

Eulalia Japonica, Zebrina, Japonica

Var., and Gracillima 50

Funkia Coerulea 40

" Sieboldii Var; field grown 60

Lavendnla Vera; field grown 50

Lychnis Chaleedonica; tield grown 50

Lobelia Cardinalis 40

Linum Pereune 40

l.iathyrus. mixed; from 2 in. pots 30

Gypsbphila Paniculata; tield grown 50

Gaillardia Grandifiora 40

Geum Atrosanguineum; field grown 50

Hemerocallis Flava; Held grown 50

■' Sieboldii; field grown .50

Hardy Pinks, 5 splendid varieties 40

Hibiscus Crimson Eye 40

Helianthus Multifiorus Plenus, 3 in. pots .30

" Solid d'Or, 3 in. pots 30

Heliopsis Pitcherianus; field grown 50

Iberis Gibraltarica; field grown 50

Primula Veris Elalior 40

Japonica 50

Myosotis Palustris 40

Plilox Decussata, 12 fine .sorts, 2 in. pots. . .40

Platyoodon Grandifiorura, blue 40

" Granditlorum, white 40

Pyrethrum Roseum; field grown 60

100
300
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
4.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00
3,00
5.00
4.00
4.00
4.00

4.00

3.00
3.00
3.00
3.00

4.00
4.00
2.00
3 00
4.00
4.00

4.00
3.00
5.00
4.00
4.00

4.00
3.00
5.00
4.00
5.00
3.00
3.00

2 00
4.00
3.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
3.00
3.(10
3.00
2.00
4.00
4.00

3 00
4.00
3.00
3.00
3 00
3.00
4.00

DOZ.

100

Physostegia Virginiana, divisions

.50

4.00

Pentstomon, assorted: field grown

.50

4.00

.40

.40

1.50

3.00

Oenothera Frazerii, and Rosea

3.00

PiBonies, Herbaceous, assorted

10.00

Rudbeckia Golden Glow

.40

3.00

" Newnianii

.40

3.00

Scabiosa Caucasica; field grown

.50

4.00

Salvia Pratensis; field grown

.50

4.00

.40

3.00

" Latifolia; field grown

.50

400

Valeriana, mixed

.50

4.00

.40
.50

3 00

4 00

Iris Sibirica' field grown

.50
.40

4 00

Spirwa Anthony Waterer; 3 in. pots . . .

3.00

Adonis Vernalis, 2 in. pots

.30

2.00

PLANTS FOR EASTER FLOWERING.

Stock guaranteed just right for Ea?

ter .sa

es, and

prompt delivery in every case.

DOZ.

100

Daffodils, Von Sion, 4 in. pots, 2 bulbs. .

$1.50

$13.00

Spinea Japonica, 6 in. pots

2.00

18.00

Chinese Primroses. 4 in. pots

1.00

8.00

Azaleas, assorted, 12-14 in.; each 75...

7.00

Pausies, large flowered: 4 in. pots

1.00

8.00

GREENHOUSE PLANTS.

DOZ.

100

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 2 in. pots.

$ .30

$ 3.00

Stella Gurney, 2 in. pots. . .

.30

2.00

Heliotrone uurole 2 in. pots

.30

2 00

Fuchsias, 5 varieties; 3 in. pots

.30

2.00

Lemon Verbena, 3 in. pots

.40

3.00

Hibiscus, assorted; 3 in. pots

.50

4.00

Abutilons, trailing; 2 in. pots

.40

3.00

Abutilon Savitzii, 2 in. pots

.40

3.00

Vinca Var, 3J in. pots

. 1.00

S.OO

2 in. pots

. .30

4.00

Tradescantia, several sorts; 2 in. pots.

. .30

2.00

40

3.00

Co'eus, Golden Bedderand Verschaffeltii

2 in

. .30
. .30

3.00

Verbenas, very fine stock; 2 in. pots. . .

3.00

Salvia Splendens, 2 in. pots

. .30

2.00

Alyssum, Double Giant; 3 in. pots

. .30

2.00

MISCELLANEOUS BULBS.

DOZ.

100

Gloxinias, very fine strain

.$1.00

•f 00

Begonia Tuberous Rooted, single white

pink, scarlet and yellow

. .80

5.00

Begonia Tuberous Rooted, double white

pink, scarlet and yellow

. 1.50
. 1..50

9.00

Caladiums, 4-5 in. pots, 7-9 bulbs

il.OO

. 1.50
. 1.50
. 1.(0

7.25

" Roseum

7.25

" Superbum

6.00

. 4.00
. .40

25.00

Apois Tuberosa

3 00

Cinnamon Vine, very strong

. .50

3.00

. .50

2.50

. .20
.30

..50

Gladiolus, extra tine mixed

2.00

Tuberose. Excelsior Pearl, large

.$1.,50

per 100;

$10.00 per 1,000.

EDWARD B. JACKSON, Stamford, Conn.

120

The American Florist.

Mar. 23,

PHOENIX
NURSERY
COMPANY,

1215 N, Park St , Bloominglon, III,

Offer the folfowing well-grown stock.

rer 100

AGERATUM, PRINCESS PAULINE,.2/,-iii. pots * 2.00

STELLA GURNEY. 2!/2-in. pots. 3. CO

ALTERNANTHERA. sor:s. 2Vi-iii. pots 2.00

COLEUS, sorts 2.60

CLEMATIS. DUCHESS EDINBURGH. JAC<-
MANNII. MADAME EDU'R > ANDRAE,
strong' 2 ;niil 3 )is., well estab.isheU,

fr.in 6-incli pols 25.00

CLEMATIS. PANICULATA. extra well rooted,

2H and 3-inch pO's 5. CO

LOBELIA, blue, from cuttingf , 2V4-in. pots,

read y to bloom 3 00

ROSE, EMPRESS OF CHINA. 2!4 in. pots.. 2 0)

SWAINSONIA AlBA, 4-in. pots 6 00

3-in. j-ots 4 CO

STEVIA, VAMEGATA. 2V4-in. pots, flue 3.00

SALVIA. ST LOUIS. 2/,-in. jots 3. CO

VIOLET. MARIE LOUISE, 2-in. pots, well

established 3.00

ROSES, from 4-in. pots. Will make Bne
plants for April sales, of very best bed-
ding sorts, mostly 2 yrs., well branched
and well established plants, A. GUINOI-
SEAU. BON SI ENE. &RIDE, BRIDES-
MAID. CLOTHILDE SnUPERT. DR GRILL,
ETOILE DE L ON, HERMOSA HENRY M.
STANLEY. MCSELLA, MAMtN CCCHlT,

marie guillot. malmai30n. nl-
phetos perle des jardin<. papa

GONTIER. princess SAGAN. RAIVBOW.
SUNSET S«FRA<IO N 01

Prult Trees, Small FrultSt Including
grapes. Ornamental Trees, Evergreens
and Shrubs for public and private grounds.
Shade Trees for streets. Hardy Roses,
Hardy Plants, Climbers, etc.

Our beautifully illustrated catalogue, replete
with practical hints for planters, FREE,

ELLWANGER & BARRY,

Mt. Hope Nurseries. ROCHESTER. N. Y.

EstRblishetl over 60 yenrs.

The Ho ticuiturai TKAUE BULLETIN

is a inoiithlv publication issued hy us "liioh eon-
tiiins tt roiiiple e list oT tlm sl0f*k ofTt-red by us
and much elsM of intere&t to tlie trade,

IT WILL BE MAILED FREE to nny mem-
ber of the iraie upon applieation.

We still have uosdld a St-lendid a-sorfrreat of

R0SE3 CLEMATIS VINES CONIFERS

HERBACEOUS PLANTS

FLOWERING 6HRURS

ORNAMENTAL TRCtS lic'ud ng C. L. Blrc>i)

CURRANTS CRAPES CHFRRIES

COOSERERRIES PEACHES

Special bari;;iins tn offer in f pr^«»f("ius phints

and cooi Ts. J^"ll you are a wholesale buyer of

trees or plants and do not receive the "Bulletin" be

sure to write tor it.

JACKSON & PERKINS CO.. Sg;:°:!^;^.

f IT IS NOT... 1

what you pay for the adver-
tisement but what the adver-
tisement pays you. It pays
to advertise in the American
Florist.
1 3.3.3«.99 3*3?3:«3i99i9!S9ii3r3 339!

W

STRONG 2 YEAR
'• FIELD GROWN.

CRIMSON R4MBLER, extra strong 112.00 per 100.

HYBRID PERPETDAL, In fine assortment. $10.00 per 100, $90.00 per 1000.

HYBRID PERPETUAL, in fine assortment, 2d size 6.00 " 50.00

These are well rooted, good stock, but not quite heavy enough to go into first grade,

AZALEA MOLLIS

(Hardy). Fine for Easter Forcing.
12 to 15 inches high $35 00 per 100 15 to 18 inches high WO.OO per 100

RHODODENDRONS.

Bufhv plants well Fet wi*h buds.
18 to 20 inches high $75.00 per 100 £0 to 24 inches high 1100.00 per 100 •

SPIRAEAS

JAPONICA...; $3.00 per 100 ASTILBOIDES FLORIBUNDA . . . . M.OO per 100

NANA COMPACTA $5.00 per 100

PALMS

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 2V4-inch pots $8.00 per 100, $75.00 per 1000

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 3-inch pots, 4 and 5 leaves $15.00 per 100

KENTIA BELMOREANA. 4 inch pols, 14 to 16 inches high .• 30.00

KENTIA BELMOREANA. 5-inch pots, 18 inches high 60.00 "

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5 and 6-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high 75.00 "

KENTIA FORSTRRIANA, 2i4-inch pots 10.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 3-inoh pots, 13 inchfs high 15.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 4-inch pots, 15 to 18 inches high 3.S.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIAl^A, 5-inch pots. 18 to 22 inches high 60.00 "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5 and 6 inch pots, 24 to 28 inches high 7500 "

ARECA LDTESCENS, 2!/,-inch pots $6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000

ASPARAGUS

SPRENGERII, 2!4-in. pots $3.00 per 100

SPRENGERII, 3-in. pots 5.0O " j

SPRENGERII, 4-in. pots 8.00 " J

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 3 in. pots $ 6.00 per 100

PLUMOSOS NANUS, 4-in. pots 12.00 "

BOSTON FERNS _

strong 2-inch pots $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, 0.

I HAVE 25,000 SHADE TREES

Elms Binl Lindens, 12 to 18 feet. IMO Wh

--'Sugar Nor\va\, Silver-leaved, Ash-leaved
and Scarlet Ma^^les, li4 to 3 inces diameter,
'bite Birch, 8 to 10 feet. 2TO5 Purple-leaved
Beech, 4 tu 9 feet. 2c oti Hvdrangea Pan. Gran., XX strong. 10.000 Evergreens, all sizes
and kinds 3000 Arbo- Vila' trees. 4 to 7 feet 2000 Eetinospora Aurea and Colorado Blue
Spruce, 3 to 5 feet. JOTO Clematis Pan. Gran, and other larse lloweriUE sorts, X.X strong,
20,fOO Culifornia Pr.vet, 2 tcrS feet. 10,000 Hardy Roses. 3OO0 Crimson and Yellow Ram-
blers, all X strong, on own rrots. Fruit Trees, all kinds, many in be irin^ s zes. Rhododendrons and
Hurdy Azaleas, XX large. 200 Golden Oaks. 8 to 10 feet. Florists, Landscape Architects, Superin-
tendents of Parks and others wanting stock should call on me or write,

STEPHEN CRANE. Prop. Norwich Nurseries, NORWICH. CONN.

Sacrifice Sole

On account of moving our Nurs-
eries to a more adapted location,
we will offer at greatly reduced
prices the following surplus stock;

)"i

m.^OO Eul»l'a Jap. Var

111,000 Ho Ivhocks, best fingle niixel —
10,000 Ir s Germaniv'a, 10 named var ...

5.000 Iris Tectorum

lOOOOHemerocallis Fulva

lO.fOO Pa'ony Kospi Plena

10.000 Paeonv Humci

5,t0J Paonies, Rolandcrana. Ccimpti-

Paris, Fragrance Rosci

roOOn Yucca Fi amentosa. i.stri strong.
Iv .000 Coreopsis Lanceula a

dn

T KfO
J 30. 00
30.10
15.01
?(I00
20.10
4010
60 0)

fo.on

fO'O
20 OJ

W'c have also son"e verv fine specimens of decid-
uous trees,' such as Silv r Maples, 3 to ^-inch
caliper: Horse Cbesinuts, 2 to 4-inch caliper;
several hundred Lindens 10 to 12 inch, stalky: .i
large s;ock of £n2lish Beech, 6 to 9-inch, extra
g.>od.

Our stock of five :inl 3i.\-> ear-old shrubs is
\ery complete, as is also our Evergreens. I'ur-
clia'sers wi I do well to nr.te us their wants, iis
we W^\ asf-vired we i an qucte price.s that \s\\\
inte estthena. Do not judge our stock by pricts
qvioled. as we do not intend carrying this slock t.,
i>ir new place, and \\'\\\ give luirchasers the tene-
hl of a genuin,* sacrifice s:ile.

ELLIOTT NIRSCRIES,

R. ELLIOTT,
Treasurer.

W. J. ELLIOTT,
Landscape Architect.

Diamond Marltet. PITTSBUHG, PA.

Maples

NORWAY,
SUGAR.

From 1 to 3-inch cali, er, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list.

CLEMATIS !ii

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrlsville, Bucics Co ,

Fa

.,arg:e-flnwering, in twelve
[Vl) distinci kinds: potted
now and put in cold bouse
will make Jlower'ne planu for spring sales—
INDISPENSABLE FOR FLORISTS.

Jackmanni. pur. 1p, Belle of Woking, double

blush; Duchess of Edinburg. double white; Marvel.

snow while: Henryii. while: Superba. mauve

purple; Gen. Grant, '--rimson: Princess, lilue and

white: Ramona, Uivendtr: Duke ol Norfolk, blue;

Mad. Ed. Andre, red; Countess of Lovelace, double

Ittveuder.

Strong, one year, grown in 4- nch pots, 01.35 per
dozen; $tO.(JO per 100.

Fine, two year plants, plenty of flhrous roots,
$2.C0 per dozen; $16.00 per ICO. 25 at 100 rates.

H. P. Roses. Strong 2-year, dormant, grown In
4-iu. pots, choice popular kinds. Crimson and Yel-
low Rambles. Psonies, Josselyn Gooseberries, etc.

F. A. BAILER, Bloomington, III.

please mention the Amerisan Florist wnen wnttng.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1207

TREES.

Per 101)

Ash, white. 8 to 10 ft $15 (W

•• 10 ■• 12 ■• 20 00

Catalpa liiiugei. jirices on iipplleatlon.

DoKWOod, White Klowering, 4 to 5 ft 15 00

5 •■ 6 •• :!0 00

Red " 4 '■ B " 50 00

Elms, sizes and prices on application.
Horse Chestnuts. Ail sizes.

Linden, European, 10 to 12 ft $4 00 to 5 DO

"■ ■' 2V3 to 3 inches in diameter 150 CO

" silver leaved, same size and price as above.

Maple, silver, 5to 6 ft 4 00

" " 8"10" 8 00

10 " 12" IJi to 1% in 15 00

12"14" 20 00

" " 2 to Sand 3 to 4 in. diameter, prices on application.

sugar, nice shape, S to 10 ft 18 00

10tol2ft 25 00

svcamore, 8 to 10 ft In 00

■• ■ " 10-12" 25 00

9 " 10" 25 00

10 '• 12 " 27 50

■' 3" 4 inches diameter 200 00

4" 5 " " .500 00

■' Japan, prices on application.
.Magnolias, all varieties, prices on application.

Oaks, pin, transp., 3 to 4 ft 12 00

4"5" 20 00

6"8" 60 00

3"4" 7 50

4 " 5 " 15 00

4"5" 12 00

8 to 10 ft 9 00

10 " 12 " 18 00

12 " 14 " 25 00

" " 8 " 10 " X fine 15 00

10 " 12 " " " 20 00

Large sizes of all the shade trees priced on application.

Weeping Cherry, Japan, 3 to 4 ft 45 00

" 5 ■■ 6 " 90 00

" Mulberry, prices on application.

EVERGREENS.

Per 100

Arbor Vita', .-imerican, transp., 2 to 3 ft $ 4 00

3 " 3'i ft 6 00

" '■ " larger sizes on application.

Cedar, red. 2 to 3 ft 20 00

Hemlocl;. bushy. 3 ft 45 00

Junipers, 2 to 3 ft 15 00

Pine, Au.strian, 2 to 3 ft 25 00

" Scotch, 2 to 3 ft 20 00

Norway,

" red, "
II t. <>

" Eup. "
Poplar, Carolina,

SPECIAL EVERGREENS.

Colorado Blue Spruce,
Swiss Stone Pine,
Pinus Cembra,
Yews,
Junipers.

Abies Nordmanniana,
Abies Pinsapo,
Eetinospora Filifera Aurea,
Tree liox,

Prices given on application.

DECIDUOUS SHRUBS.

I'.T 100

Azalea, Amoena, good plants *:!5 00

" " 3 inch pots, 6 to 8 inches .". 10 00

2 " " 5 00

Berberris Purpurea, transp.. 18 to 24 inches 4 00

Clethra, transp., 2 to 3 ft 4 00

X,3to4ft 6 00

CornusSiberica, heavy. 2 to 3 ft 4 00

Beutzia and Forsythia in variety, prices on application.

HYDRANGEAS.

Per 100

3 to 4 ft., 4 to 'shoots $10 00

3 .. 4 .. J, .. 12 •• XXtine 13 00

00
00
00

18 to 24.inches

Hypericum Denslfolium, 2 ft., X fine

Sambucus Aureum, 2 ft « 00

3" 8 00

" " 3 to4ft., heavy 10 OO

Spirse Aurea, 2 to 3 ft., heavy 5 OO

3"4" " 6 OO

" Bumaldi, 2 ft., heavy 7 00

" Douglassi, Salicifolia, Semperflorens, 2 to 3 ft 3 00

3 " 4 " 4 00

■■ Reevesii, 2 to 3 ft .• 4 00

3"4' 5 00

4"5" 6 00

" Van Houtteii, 2 to 3 ft BOO

3ft. up 8 00

Viburnum Plicatum, 3 to 4 ft., very heavy 20 00

15 •

8 ■

18 inches.

10 " dormant

3ft

3 " 4 "

.Vmpelopsis Veitchii, No. 2, good. Held grown.
No, 3, lield grown

common.

• 00
5 00

7 00

8 00
5 00
3 50

Clematis Paniculata.

180.000 FOR SALE

10 100 1000

No. 1. 2yrs. good $0 70 $6 00 $50 00

Xsize 125 9 00 80 00

No. 1. 3 yrs., very fine 100 7 25 70 00

10 100 1000

XX size $1 50 $12 00 $110 00

1 year pot plauts, finely rooted 40 3 00 25 00

Honeysucltles. in variety, X tine $4 00 to .$6 00 per 100

[Matrimony Vine, strong BOO •'

(Virginia Creeper, 2 years Xttne 400 "

I " " Sjears 5 00

'' " " good plants, well rooted 2 00

Wistaria, White, 4 years old $12 00 per 100

'• 3 " " 9 00 "

" 2 " " 6 00

Purple 3 " "strong 8 00

" 2 6 00 . "

OAUIFORINIA PRIVET.

I 100 1000 I 100 lOOO

12tol8inches $2 00 $18 00 2 to 3 feet 13 75 $35 00

181024 " 2 50 2250|3to4 " 5 50 50 00

Specimen Cal. Privet priced upon application.

500 Anna de Diesbach $10 00

•300 Clio 10 00

100 Crimson Globe 8 00

1000 Francois Level 6 00

1000 Gen. Jacqueminot 8 00

300 Mrs. John Laing 12 00

WOO Magna Charta..'. 7 00

500 Margaret Diclvson 10 00

300 Prince C. de Rohan 12 00

.000 Paul Nevron 9 00

800 Persian Yellow 7 00

H. P. ROSES.

Per 100

Per 100

500 Baltimore Belle $5 00

.300 Climb. Victor Verdier.... 5 00

300 Empress of China 5 00

100 Jules Margotlin 5 00

500 Prairie Qiieen 5 00

i 300 Eosa Laevigata 4 00

Per 100

300 Baron de Konstettin 12 00

300 Coquette des Blanches... 8 00

200 Earl of Dufferin 12 00

100 John Hopper 10 00

100 M. P. Wilder ... 10 00

400 Mad. Masson 12 («i

400 Mad. Gabriel Luizet ... 10 00

300 Multltlora Jap. .\lba 6 00

500 Princess Adelaide 7 00

.500 Perie des Blanches 7 00

100 Vick's Caprice 12 00

CLIMBING ROSES.

2 years old, strong, on own roots.

Per 100
500 Climb.Kaiserin Aug. Vic *8 00

300 " White Pet 5 00

4011 Felicite I'erpetue 4 00

.500 Pink Rambler. 6 00

500 Russell's Cottage 5 00

50(j Tenucssee Belle 4 00

CRIMSON RAMBLER.

Per 1110 I , Per 100

?rom4 1nch pots $ 8 00 3 to 3 feet $12 00

;: to 3 feet 10 00 | 4 to 5 feet 15 00

■,iweet Briars, X strong. 7 00

ROSES.

In 3 and 4 inch pots.
Varifties. List of varieties and prices sent upon application.

0,000 Roses in 2 inch pots, 100 varieties $2.5.00 to $40.00 per 1000

rtanetti and Multiflora Stocks $9.00 per ItHX)

SPECIAL.

Per 100

1000 Climb. Kaiserin Aug. Victoria, X strong $8 00

400 Bush 8 00

400 Marechal Niei strong 10 00

100 Climb. .Meteor 8 00

100,000 Hardy Herbaceous Plants, our selection $25.00 per 1000

\'arieties and prices given on application.

FIELD-GROWN PHLOX.

Per 100

SUBULATA CMoss Pinkl' $i 00 per 100; $25 00 per 1000

Alceste, bright pink, deep red center $ 6 00

Boquet Fleuri, white, carmine eye , 6 00

Caraiid'Achp, rosy carmine 6 00

Carolina, bright pink, dwarf 6 00

Epopee, violet, (bright tiery center 6 00

Hector, fine pink 6 00

J. H. Slocum. rose pink, with crimson eye 6 00

Jules Jouy. lilac rose, with white center B 00

Mrae. P. Langier, bright red, vermilion center 6 oO

Premier Minister, rosy white, deep rose center 6 00

TerreNeuve, grayish lilac, violet center 6 00

Richard Wallace, cherry white, violet center 5 00

Queen, pure white 5 00

Special price given on 10,000 lots.

50 named varieties of Paeonias $10 00

Paeon ias, very large pink flower H 00

Rudbeckia Golden Glow 2 50

GRASSES. _

Per 100

Eulalia Gracillima $3 00

Variegataand Zebrina 4 #0

Young stock for transplanting. Send for wholesale list.

Varieties and prices of young evergreens for transplanting sent on application.

THE ELIZABETH NURSERY COMPANY,

ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

1208

The American Florist.

Mar.

23,

Barrie, Ont.

SEASON BACKWARD BUT TRADE IS BRISK.
—FUNERAL WORK THE PRINCIPAL FAC-
TOR.— JOTTINGS HERE AND THERE.

The season is somewhat backward,
there being still two feet of snow. We
have had several cloudy and stormy days
which have not improved stock. Carna-
tions are in fair demand and the quality
good, with not near enough white ones
to fill the orders. There has been a lot
of funeral work of late, which has kept
white flowers of all kinds cut close. We
are now looking forward to Easter, and
from all appearances there is going to be
a scarcity of lilies.

Frank Brown has returned from Dallas,
Texas, where he has spent most of his
time since he was burned out here last
December. He is looking as though he
enjoyed his trip. J. C. Morgan is rebuild-
ing the houses, which will be completed
in a few days.

A trip through L. I. Vair's houses
shows everything in ship-shape. He has
an immense stock of young plants and
expects a large trade this season. He
added four new houses to his plant the
past year and may add two more this
season.

Wm. Taylor has started his spring
houses, which are now filled with young
stock.

James Vair is showing some very fine
tulips and some well grown azaleas.

E. E. M.

Madison, N. J.— Four of Charles E.
Cook's greenhouses were destroyed by
fire early this month.

Greenwich, Conn.— John W. Duncan,
head gardener to W. H. S. Wood, has
been appointed assistant superintendent
of the Boston park department.

100,000 KENTUCKY
GROWN
ROSES

in 2V»-in. pots, in over
75 of leading varieties.
Submit your lists
for prices

strong thrifty plants ready
for shift. Ful»idus Versi-

— — —7 color Grandiflora, Aurea

Variegata, double pinlc, double red, 2Vi-inch
pots, $4.U0 per 100.

Marginata, 2^-inch pots. 83.00
per 100; 3-inoh pots, $4.00 per
100; 4-inuh pots, $6.00 per 100.

Maid of Orleans, Grand
Duke, Sambac, Revolutum,

Granditlora. strong, 3-inch pots, plants ready

to shift, 86.00 per 100.

ASPARAaUS SPRBNQBRII, strong plants,
21/2-inL-h pots, $3.00 per 100; 3-inch pots, $6.00,

flOLETS, Swanley White, 2-inch pots, $2.00
per 100.

New Rose WINNIE Davis,

For description see our 1901 catalout^e.

2V4-in. pot phmts, $5.00 perdoz.; $25.00 per 100.
CARNATIONS, best general collection, fine stock.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS In quantities, composed

of best and up- to date varieties.

ARBOR VITAES, Pyramidalis, larpe One plants,

3 to 4 feet high, well shaped, 35 cents each;

$4.00 per dozen.
IRISH JUNIPERS, flue stoclv-, 3 to 4 feet high,

35 cents each; $4.00 per dozen; 4 to (5 feet high,

50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen.

1901 catalogue free upon application. Address

NANZ & NEUNER3

LOUISVILLE. KY.

HIBISCIS,

Variegata, do
pots, $4.00 per

ACALYPHA,

100; 4-inuh po

JASMINES,

STUDER OFFERS

For Easier and Spring Trade,

Lilies. 2 to 5 on a stem, 2 to 3 feet high, cut 10 cents; with pots. 13 cents each, bloom and bud.
Dutch Hyacinths, mixed colors, $5 per 100, cut or with roots from flats. Tulips, in same way, $2.50
per 100. Von Sion, $4 per 100. Spirtea Compacta and Cinerarias, from 6-inch pots, $3 per dozen. ;n
bloom. Dracien-a,^: TerminaUs, tin'^ly colored specimens, from 6-inch pots. $5 per dozen, average 18
leaves; 4-inch-pot size, 10 leaves, $2.50 per dozen. Fragrans, from 6-inch pots, 15 leaves, $3.liO per
dozen; 4-inch, $2 per dozen. mdlvUa, 3, 5 and 6-incll pots, $1. $2 and $3 per dozen. Palms: Kentia
Belmoreana, from 7-inch pots. 5 feet high. $3.50 each; 6-inch pots, $2.50 each. Seaforthla Elegatis, 7-
inch pots, two In a pot, 5 feet high, $1.50 each. Marantaii, Diejfenbachias, Bex Begonias. Anthericuim,
f'issus discolor, 3 and 4-incb pots, suitable for fancy baskets, etc, 75 cents to $1.-50 per dozen. Ferns':
Davallioides Furcans and Bostoniensis , from 7-inch pots, $6 to $8 per dozen; 4 and 5-inch pots of the
latter variety. $1.50 to $2 per dozen. Fine 2}^-inch pot plants of Neph. Bostoniensis, Exaltata and
Phillipense, $3 per 100.

The New Giant Neph. Washingfoniensis.

strong plants, in 6 and 7-inch pots, $10 per dozen; 4-inch pot size, '$3 per dozen; 2'4-inch pots, $2 per
dozen, $10 per 100. Smaller runners from bench. 12 for $1. free by mail. Now is the time to start
them and by proper treatment they will make fine 4 and 5-Ioot size specimens by Fall. Mr. E. G.
Hill, the expert florist of Richmond, Ind., says of it: "A very large, stifl-fronded fern, which will
be found very fine for pot specimens, being almost as imposing In appearance as a palm. Will also
be very useful for backg«ounds in fine flat work. A little difficult to grow at first, but will pay to
study its requirements, as it is the grandest thing of its line yet found."

Small Palms to grow on of Latania Borbonica, Phoenix. Caryota ITrens and Chamterops excelsa.
$4 and $5 per 100. Bedding Plants of all the popular varieties, from 2. 3 and 4-inch pots, at $2. $4 and
$6 per 100. Perennials. Shrubbery, Evergreens. Cannas. Dahlias, Roses. $6 to $8 ner 100,

10 per cent discount on all cash orders over $5. Extras always added. Offer good as long as
stock lasts.

Anacosiia, D. C.

N, STUDER.

Boston
Ferns

A SPECIALTY.

You will make no mistake in
buying now and potting up for
Spring Sales. My Ferns at %1^
per 100, 10 to 20 fronds, two
feet long, in fine condition.

Also thousands of Small Plants at $5 per 100, ^0 per 1000.

L. n. fOSTER, 45 King St., Dorchester, Mass.

ROSES FOR SOUTHERN FLORISTS.

Large plants for immediate effect, Ciimbers 2 to 3 feet. Teas well
branched, worth $3.00 per dozen. Now at SIO.OO per hundred. Can
easily go by freight. Cash with Order.

CLIMBERS.

^

HYBRIDS.

"Wootton.

Gen. *Ta<|neniiiiot

Solfateer.

hj

John H^tpper,

Maliuaison,

S

3Ieteor,

i

Jas. Sprilnt,

Marif Heiiriette,

o

Kofjer Lauibertin,

Ijaiiiarquf,

Madame Plantier,

Zelia Pradol.

$I0,00 per (OO.

1

CANNAS.

S
S

TEAS.

Isab. Spruiit,
Duchess tie Brabant,

S

s

Strong Roots of the Best
Varieties.

Allemania, Aiistrla,
A'aug^han, Italia.

Mad. Jos. ScUwartz,

Baroikiie Berge,

«0

Meteor,

Per lOO, $2.00.

Heiirv M. Stanley,

Lig^ustruni Amurense,

Souv de F, Gaulain

Evergreen Iletiy^e.

and many more.

2 to 4 feet, IOO$4.00-

EICHLING SEED & NURSERY CO., LTD.

NEW ORLEANS
LOUISIANA

■

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The American Florist.

120U

ft---.

■<^.t-.%^:

^"TCO IS90

900 AM. ARBOR VITAE CO IJO

t2yLl2 to 18 Inches Hi^^h O^J JU

High,

...FREIGHT PAID ANYWHERE...

We have an immense stock of this splen-
did " Prince of Evergreens " and are there-
fore enabled to make this extraordinary
offer. For $2.50 we will send 200 of these
plants 12 to 18 inches high, freight paid, to
any Express or Freight office in the U. S.

DURING SPRING OF 1901 ONLY.

SPECIAL PRICE TO PARKS
AND CEMETERIES :::

on single order for 10 or more lots to be
shipped in one consignment. Write for it.

Each customer will be sent free a little illustrated pamphlet of planting instructions, giving in detail the proper methods
for the successful planting and care of small evergreens as practiced in our own nursery for the past 30 years. Failure is
out of the question if instructions are carefully followed.

THE AMERICAN ARBOR VITAE is unquestionably the best all-around Evergreen in the worUl for Hedges and
Windbreaks. It may be trimmed or sheared to suit, tall or low-growing. It is also one of the finest Evergreens for Single
Lawn or Park Specimens, and is iinequaled for grouping, because its branches and foliage are never injured by contact or
from crowding with other trees.

ORDER NOW and ask for our free catalogue and price list of Hardiest Evergreens and Deciduous Trees in America.

Address

EVERGREEN NURSERY CO.,

STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN.

BARGAINS.

100 lOOO

Clematis Paniculata. 2 .years $6.00 $50.00

(See w! blesale list for other sizes.)

Hydrangea P. G.,1H to 2 ft 6.00 50.00

•■ " 2to3ft 7.00 65.0U

3to4ft 10.00 95,00

100.000 CALIFORNIA PRIVET. See wholesale hst.
Manetti and IVlultiflora Stocks, a bargain.
50,000 H. P. Roses, two joars old. Per 100

Climbing Roses, 2 years old, strong, own roots, $fi.00

Tennessee Belle, F^elicite Perpetue, strong 4.00

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, bush and climbing.

4-inch puts, strong plants 10.00

SEND FOR WHOLESALB LIST.

THE ELIZABETH NLRSERY CO.,

.ELIZABETH, N. ^J.

, AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII

strong 3-yr.-old plants, pots, 100. J5; lOOO, $40.

AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA

Stron- 3-yr., field gro\vn, UO, $o; 1030, $40.

CLEMATIS PANICULATA

strong 2-year, field-grown, 100, »5; 1000, $40.
Strong 3-year, fleld-grown, luO, $8; lOOU, $70.

HONEYSUCKLE, Hall's Japan

strong 2-year, field-grown, ICO, $5; lOOO, $40.

THADDEIS N. YATES & CO.,

Mount Airy Nurseries,
7356 Germantown Ave.. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Bargains! Bargains!

-5 Hydrangea P. Grandiflora, fine, large spec-
[ imens. Standards. Who wants them? Will
sell at a bargain, or exchange for R. C. Carna-
tions, Geraniums, Coleus, &c.. or Small Palms.

J. P. SHELLY,

Florist, Tuckahoe, N. Y.

SUGAR MAPLES

Per 100 Per lOOO

Nice trees, 6 to 8 ft,, branched |8.00

5 to 6 ft., " 6.00 $50.00

4 to S ft., " 4.00 30.00

2 to 3 ft., " 3.00 18.00

GREEN'S FORK, IND.

Please mention the American Florist when writing

New Raspberry

....CUMBERLAND

strong Tip Plants, $2.00 per 100.

MAPLE HILL ROSE FARM,

W. W. COLES, - Kokomo, Ind.

FAEONIES

NOW is Time to Order

SOON time to Plant Them.

Red per hundred 115.00

Pink ■■ 20.00

White ■■ 25.00

CHICAGO P/£ONY FARMS, loliet. III.

Surplus Stock.

100 Aspidistra Lurida Variegata, nice plants
in 3-iacli pots, ready to snift into 4-iDch,
;Uo61eave8,-15ceach." BOSTON FERNS, true,
3-inch pots, $7.00 per hundred.

ROSE LAWN GREENHOUSES,

FT. SCOTT. KANS.

AJways

meotion the American Flor-
itt when you order stock.J»

Evergreen Bargains

All sizes and for all purposes.
Will only quote prices on such
as I have in surplus. „ ,„„
Per lOO

Norway Spruce, 4 to 6 ft $10.00

White ripnice, 4 to 6 ft 15.00

.Scotch .t Australian Pine, 4 to 5 feet 10 CO

Dwarf Mountain pine, bushy, 2 to 3 feet 15.00

American Arbor Vita}, 3 to 4 feet 8.00

" l^to3feet 4.00

Balsam Fir, 15 to 18-inoh 5.0u

Norway Spruce. 1 to 1 ^ feet 3.00

Hemlock Spruce, 2 to3feet 20.00

1!4 to2 10.00

Also a full supply of other sizes and varieties —
millions of seedling evergreens. Also European
Larch, Linden, Norway Maple, Box Elder, etc.
Catalogue free. Correspondence solicited. Men-
tion this paper. r>. MII^Iv,

Evergreen Specialist, DUNDEE. ILL.

12 to 15 inches $5.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000

15 to 18 inches 6.00 per 100; 50.00 per 1000

18 to 24 inches lO.CO per 100; "5.00 per 1000

24 to 30 inches 12.00 per 100; 100.00 per 1000

Rubber plants grown from top cuttings, strong
plants from 6-inch pots. 18 inches. $5.00 per dozen;
6-inch pots. 24 inches, $8.00 per dozen.

Ismene Calathina, strong blooming bulbs,
$12.00 per lOO. jqsePH HEINL, Jacksonville, ML

■5««oTHEM00N

Company

For r Trees, Shrubs, Vines,
Your I and Small Fruits.

Descriptive niuBtrated Catalogue Free.
THE WM. H. MOON CO.,
Morrisvllle. Pa.

For Sale Cheap.

200 Carolina Poplars. 10 to 12 feet high. '
15C0 Suqar Maple Trees, seedlings, average 3

fe-'t hieh.
100 Doz. Cannas. Rismarck. Florence Vaughan,

I'aul Marquant, Chas- Henderson, good

strong' phints roady May 1st.

E. ROACH, Sta. 3, Nashville, Tenn. ,

1210

The American Florist.

Mar.

^3,

Toronto.

WEATHER CUTS INTO BOTH DEMAND AND
PRODUCTION. — MUCH GOOD STOCK IN
SIGHT. — LILIBS ABE SCARCE. — NOTES.

The very cbangeable weather we are
experiencing is having its effect on trade,
but as this sort of weather will not pro-
duce roses in quantity they are still in
good demand and bring $2.25 a dozen
retail. Bridesmaids are oi good color,
Brides are blushing, and the ones which
were sent to the American Rose Society's
show from here were splendid flowers
with stems nearly four ieet long. Beauties
are coming in much better and stems can
be had in any length. J. H. Dunlop has
a house which will be just about right
for Easter. The plants are almost touch-
ing the glass, with a bud on every stem
and foliage down to the ground. This
house is attracting much attention.
Princess of Wales violets are in splendid
shape and the good ones retail at $3 per
hundred. Harrisii lilies are scarce, the
disease again having its efiect. Other
bulbous stock is plentiful and can be
bought at one's own price.

Jno. H. Dunlop and T. W. Daggan are
showing in New York at the exhibition
of the American Rose Society.

Thomas Manton is laid up with mus-
cular rheumatism and Joseph Fogarty is
also on the sick list. H. G. D.

Bangor, Mb— Carl Beers has been cut-
ting sweet peas since February 5, and is
at present getting 600 a day from one
small house.

PiTTSFiELD, Mass. — Announcement is
made of the engagement of F. I. Drake
to Miss Grace O. Beebe. The wedding
will take place soon after Easter.

Special for
largfc lots.

Vaughan's Seed Store,

CHICAGO.

NewYork.

1849

1901

A WOKK OF ART.
MAILED FREE.

Vick's Seeds and Plants
are Reliable.

JAMES VICK'S SONS,

SEEDSMEN

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Roses, Bride 81. OD per 100

Maid I.OO

Swainsotiia G. Alba 1.00 "

Chrysanthemums, Mrae. Berg-

mann, Glory of the Pacific,

GoId''n Werlding. Major Bon-

naffon, Mrs. Jerome Jooea,

Thornden, J. G. Whiildin... 1.00

Tradescantia Zebrina $ .50 per 103

Cole s, Verschaffeltii and Golden

Bedder 50c per 100, $4.00 per 1000

Coleus, mixed vars. . .50c " 4.0O "

Salvia Splendens 60o " 5.00

Heliotrope 50c " 4.00

Marguerites 60c " 5.00 "

POT PLANTS

Draoa-na Indivisa, 4-in $15.00 per 100

Vinoa Variegata, 2 sorts, 4-in 5.00 "

3 ".... 3.00 "

Stocks, Cut and Come Again, pink

and white, 2-iu , $1.60 per 100

Myosotis. blue, 2-iQ iOfl "

Cineraria, 4-in 8.00 "

JOHN IRVINE & SONS.

817 WASHINGTON AVE.

BAY CITY, MICH.

PALMS, FERNS, AMARYLLIS, ETC

Cocos Weddeliana, e.xtra strong 2'^ inches

Sago Palms, strong establNhed stuff, 7 to 9 leaves, 75c. each

Seaforthia elegans, good 2-inch

Boston Ferns ( Nephrolepis exaltata Bostoniensis), good 2V^ inches

Pteris Victoriae, variegated Fern, extra strong, 2^4 inches

Dracaena Braziliensis, elegant broad green foliage, 4 to 5 inches

Amaryllis aulica platypeiaia, bulbs 'i inches and up in diameter

Amaryllis rcgina (eque'stre), extra tine bulbs, 2 to 3 inches in diameter

Crinum capenst' alba, and rosea, extra fine blooming bulbs

Crinum Kirkii (Ornatum) fine blooming bulbs, 3 to 4 inches

Arundo donax variegata, strong field clumps..

Camphor Tree of commerce, strong 3V2-inch

Carex Japonica, erect form of beautiful variegated grass, extra strong, 2!/s inches

Cestrum latifolium early blooming Jessamine, strong, 2H inches

Citrus trifoliata. Hardy Orange, 10 to 15 inches, $2: 2 to 3 feet

Faiiey-Ieaved Caladiunis, in variety, named sorts, bulbs 1 to 2 inches in diameter

Datura Cornucopia, and Golden Queen, fine, 2^2 iochee

Oj-aiiffes, finest edible sorts, budded on Hardy Orange .^

Panicum variegatum. elegant variegated grass for baskets, good 25^ inches

Pliryiiiiim variegatum, elegant foliage plant, richly variegated green and white fine tubers

Yellow Cattley Guava. most prolific fruiter, good, 2 inches

A very fine stock of Phoenix r*alms In 7 and 8-inch pots, fully developed

100.

* 8 00

60 00

3 00

2 75

3 00
10 00
40 08

5 00
5 00
5 00
5 00

4 00
3 60
3 OO
3 00

5 00
3 50

25 00

3 00

4 00
300

40 00

25 PLANTS AT HUNDRED RATE. SEND FC R LIST.

THE JESSAMINE GARDENS, Jessamine, Fa.

X X STOCK X X

Special Offer. All Extra Strong, Ready for 3 i=2-Inch Pots.

AGERATUM, PRINCESS P<ULINE. Very fine light blue Per 100 $1.60

2.00
2.00
2.00
2.50
2.00
3.0O
3.00

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦I

^ ELECTROS... 4

for Catalogue Purposes.

AGERATUM STELLA bURNEY, New, very dark blue.

HELIOTROPES, l.arsc flowering white and blue, fine

LOBELIA, EMPEROR WILLIAM. Best dwarf dark blue

FUCHSIA. MAD. CARNOT, Ciant double white

LANT4NAS, Ki-st white, pink and yellow

IVY GERAMUMS. ^'e^v finest assortment of varieties

GAZANIA SPLENDENS, Larger yellow flowering, strong, out of 3-inch pots.

Strictly Cash Prices. Extras Added Liberally,
JOHN F RUPP, The Home of Primroses. SHIREM ANSTOWN. PA.

Chryganthemum GOLD SMITH

Cream yellow tinted with bronze, sport from Pres.
W. R. Smith, fine large flowers, strong stem.
Your collection of Chrysanthemums can not be
complete without this new candidate. There is
without doubt a commercial future before this
sort. Exhibited at Cincinnati November 17 it
scored 83 points. Price $2 per doz. Orders taken
now and filled in March.
H. L. RACAM. P O Box 1B6 Springfield. O.

"ROBT. CRAJG & SON, |

Roses, Palms I

and Novelties in Decorative Plants, E

• Market and 49ih Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. f

I™ Regan Printing House

NLRSERY

SEED

nORISTS

W^

''E have a large assortment of
strictly high-class halftones of
which we can supply electros suitable
for catalogue illustration. If you need
anything in this way, state your re-
quirements and we will submit froofs
of the illustrations in stock
Price for cash only IS cents per square incli.
♦ THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO., ♦
324 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. ♦

Cfir Coin 3-inch Tomato Plants— Beauty,
PHI An IK Lorillard and Sutton's, Best of all-
■ wi vuiv strong plants. Per 100 $2.00.

Lorillard, transplanted, per 100 50c.

lleauty, Duarf Champion, Mayllower and Sut-
ton.'s from flats, 15o per 100; itl.25 per 1000.

Cabbage, .Jersey WakeBeld, $1.00 per 1000.

Smilax from flats, 80c per 100; $2.50 per lOSO;
2-inch. $1.00 per 100.

Kenllworth Ivy, 2-inch, 60c piT 100.
Mrs. ORIS WOLD, - ■ - Worthlngton, Ohio.
Please mention the American Florist when writing.

CATALOGUES

87-9J Plymooth Place,
j» jt j» CHICAGOj* j» >

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The American Florist.

1211

WATER LILIES

We are Headquarters for
Water Lilies and Aquatic Plants of All Kinds.

Intending planters will gain a long start and early blooms by procuring dormant
tubers of the tender Nymphscas now, and starting same indoors, l bus securing strong
plants for planting at proper season, and also save the expense of heavy express
charges. We shall be pleased to furnish estimates and offer practical suggestions to
those intending planting either large or small ponds.

<OW MOW s"ds of Victorias, Nelumblums
OVf VY l^Vf YT and Nvmnhaeas.

and Nymphaeas.

HENRY A. DREER,

.,^ mention American Florist when writing.

714 Chestnut St.,

PHILADELPHIA.

For Sale I!

To close the Estate of L. Menand,
Stove and 6reenhouse Plants,

Including many rare and fine speci-
mens, Orchids, Palms, Ferns, Cacti,
etc. The collection will be sold cheap
to quick cash buyer. Descriptive list
on application. '

By order of the Executors.

ESTATE OF I. MENAND. Albany, N. Y.

The Mikado
Fern
Ball.

;3 SIZES.

Per 100
Mediun. 5-iii. $25.00
Regular, 8-iii. 30.00
Extra, iibout 10-iu.
fich, 50cts.

CARNATIONS

R;ooTBr>

OUTTIIVC^®

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following prices:

G. H. CRANE $25.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT 2.5.00

^I4DAM CHAPMAN 25.00 "

DAYBREAK 12.50 "

WHITE CLOUD $12.50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10.00 "

MoGOWAN 1000

ELDORADO 10.00

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to \>t seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in need of a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times.

Add««CHA5. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich. '^•=|',b<"'

THE CHOICEST VARIETIES
IN CUI^TIVATIOIT.

with holt's III ri-ntiT.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

NEW YORK.

CHICAGO.

WELL GROWN STOCK.

Per 103

Asparagus SproD^erii, 3- inch, fine % 4.00

Geranium, Mine. Salleroi, 2^-iuch, strong, 2.50

Coleus, from so'l, 5 var 1.00

Ferns for Dishes, 2|4-ineh— Pteris cristata

' ' albo-lineata, As-iidium Tsussimense 3.00

Carex variegata, strong, 2V4-in'^h 3.50

Per 1000
Princess of Wales Violets, fine unrooted

\ runners $5.00

Carnations, rented cuttings —

Ethel Crocker, Genevieve Lord 35.00

Marquis 45.00

Lawson 60 00

Hill 10 00

Mary Wood 20.00

Boston Ferns. 8-inch pans, $1.50 per dozen.
All strong, fino stock from soil.

CARL HAOENBIRGER. W. Mentor. 0.

Caladium Esculentum.

1st size, 6 to 9 inches circumlerence, $2.00 per 100
2d size. 3:to 6 " " $1.00 per 100

Cash With Order

R. VINCENT, JR., & SON, White Marsh, MO.

500,000 Verbenas

Fine pot plants $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1000 Rooted Cuttings. 60c per 100; $5 per 1000; $46 per 10,000.

NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKED LIGHT, AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. SENO FOR CIRCULAR,

W© are the Largest Growers of Verbenas In the country.

Oar plunts cannot be Burpassed.

J. I*. I^II^rvON^, :BlooMrkstot;ire> I*a.

P/easi^ ■mmiinn the American Fhirist when irriltnz

WORTH
RAISING

PANSIES

A^aln I can furnish, for immediate delivery,
about 10,000 good pansy plants. Price $4.00 per
lODO f. o. b. express here.
CASH WITH ORDER

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU.

199 Grant Avenue. JERSEY CITY. N. J.

AGERATUM

''Stella Gurney."

As necessary to your bedding stock as coleus or
geraniums.

3-inch pot plants $.^.00 per 100

2!4-inch pot plants 2.50

Rooted Cuttings 1.50 "

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster. Pa.

Rooted
Cuttings.

COLEUS,

VERSCHAFFELTII, r-n^ -„- lAft

GOLDEN BEDDER, OUC pCP lUU,

'"'ifi^^illT''- $5 per 1000.

C.OTTOSCHWABE.Jenkin town. Pa.

Cyclamen

Transphinted, r>-ad\' for 3-inch pots, extra
stocky plants, li .tO per 10(J; $20.00 per 1000.

Only the cream of v.<irieties, 2!4-inch, $2.50
per 100; 3 inch, $4 per 100; 4-uioh, $7 per 100.

C. WINTERICH, Defiance, Ohio.

GIGANTEUM
SPLENDENS.

Dahlias

BY THE

THOUSANDS.

If you expect to
curry off some of
those prizes ut the
t'an-American or at
any other show,you
must get in line,
ind get your order
in early.
My Dahlias are
prize winners. Don't send for a "cheap mixture'
for I don't carry that kind.
Prices reasonable. Catalogue free.

W. W. WILMORE, The Dahlia Specialist,

Box 382, DENVER, COLO.

MV SPECIALTY.

Cyclamen Perslcum Splendens Giganteum, finest
strain in the world in four true colors (Septem-
ber sowing) plants transphinted from Hats,
$3.00 per lUO: $a.00 per 1000. My strain of
Cyclamen has a reputation second to none.
I solicit your patronage and guarantee
satisfaction.'

PAUL MADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa.

IN BEST
...VARIETIES

SPECIALTIES

KOSESf from 3-lnoti poti.

CARNATIONS, for &U dellTery.
CHKYSANTHEMUMS.
8MILAX.
pnoM low. Sand (or lilt. VIOLETS.

WOOD BROTHERa. FISMKIU.. N. Y.

1212

The American Florist.

Mar.

^J,

Terre Haute, Ind.

BUSINESS GOOD IN THE INDIANA TOWN. —
JOTTINGS HERB AND THEBE AMONG THE
GHOWERS AND STOREMEN.

John G. Heinl has returned from a trip
through the Indiana carnation belt,
having visited also Cincinnati and
Toledo. At Cincinnati he viewed the
recent carnation show, and in his opinion
the Cincinnati.boys did remarkably well,
having not only prepared ior the visiting
florists in the way of a fine exhibition but
entertaining them royally as well.

Business is fair and the prospects bright.
This is what one hears expressed on all
sides. With the advent of spring there
will likely be numerous changes, altera-
tions and improvements about the floral
establishments. J. G. Heinl contemplates
building a modern, up-to-date store and
conservatory.

F. Wunker & Sons have succeeded C. A.
Hunt, having bought out his store on
Seventh street. Mr. Hunt will give his
entire attention to the wholesale market.
Things about the Wunker establishment
are in fine condition, with good prospect
of a tine all around crop tor the Easter
trade.

Lawrence Heinl will be well equipped
this spring to meet all demands for
bedding stock. He has an abundance of
plants which are in excellent condition.
Nor are his roses and carnations to be
found fault with.

Flowers of all kinds, and bulbous stock
particularly, are very much in evidence.
The demand, however, has thus far kept
pace with the supply and the waste
barrels are by no means strewn with
roses.

Cowan Bros. & Company report a
brisk trade all through the season. Their
general stock was never in finer condi-
tion.

Otto Heinl & Company have things
about their establishment in fine trim
and report business on the increase.

Neatness and order usually character-
ize Henry Graham's place, ng matter
at what season of the year you visit it.

NOMIS.

Geraniums

Per 100

lObest vars., 2!4-in. pots, ready for 4s $3.00

ALTERNANTHERAS, 2-mch pots, yellow 1.75

red 2.00

COLEUS, mised, 15 vars., 2-inch pots 2.00

OXALIS FLORIBUNDA, 2-inoh pots 3.00

AGERATUM P. Pauline and Tapis Blue 2.00

DOUBLE PETUNIAS, mixed, 2yj-iuoh 3.00

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII,2-inohpots 2.00

VERBENAS, 16 v.irs., 2-inch pots 3.00

2000 PANSY PLANTS, cold frames 1.50

Cash Please.

JOS. n. CLNNINGHAIVI, Delaware, 0.

Please mention the American Florist when luriting .

Palms § Ferns.

HOME-GROWN, FINE, CLEAN
STOCK; GROWN COOL.

Write lor Price List. J ,
The txotic Nurseries,

B. HEISS.
DAYTON, OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous
Alpine Plants.

AND

Field-

Grown \ ',

A Complete Assortment of Old and New Vars.

The Blue mil Nursery, So. Bralntree, Mass.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

■■■■■»■■■■»»«

UNROOTED MORNING GLORY CUTTINGS.

$1.75 per 100; $15.00 per 1000.

WE ROOT 10,000 CARNATION CUTTINGS A WEEK.
SEE OUR LOW PRICES ON SMALL LOTS

Per 100

.1901.

...$10.00

... 10.00

... 10.00

... 10.00

... 10.00

... lO.CO

... 10.00

... 10.00

... 4.00

... lO.OO

... 10.00

... lO.CO

... 6.00

... 4.C0

... 4.00

. . . 3.00

A. Mitting, clear light cream.

Mrs. A. Mitting, clear pink " ,

De Roo Mitting, a fine white " .

Sunbeam, flesh pink, C. C. Co ",

Bon Homme Richard, white, C.C.Co. " ,

Nydia, variegated, C. C. Co " ,

Proliflca, cerise pink. C. C. Co "

California Gold, yellow, Hill '•

Avondale, pink, iliil '*

Queen Louise, white, Dillon **

Irene, pink, Crabb A Hunter "

Lorna, white, Dorner *'

Mermaid, salmon. Dorner " .

Olympia, variegated 1900

Genevieve Lord, light pink '*

Ethel Crocker, pink "

Five Cuttings at 100 rate.
Per 100
Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 3-in $5.00

" Sprengerii, fine, 3^-in 5.00

Boston Fern. true. S^-iu 500

Maidenhair Fern, 2V4-in 5.00

New Geranium De Roo Mitting, has yellow

foliage and double scarlet bloom 20.00

New Geranium Double Snow Drop; we know

not a better white 15.00

Geranium Jean Viand. 3-iDs 10.00

Alternanthera. red, also pink, 2i4-in 1.50

Sedum Variegatum, Border Plant, 2i4-in 1.50

Cigar Plant, 2H-in 1-50

California Moss, Hanging Basket Plant,

2M-in

Calirornia Moss, from sand

.lerusalem Cherry, 3M-in 1.50

Mixed Begonias, flowering, 2^-in 1.50

Smilax, from flats 35

(.'oleus, 15 choice named varieties, 2M-in L50

Vinca, green trailing, 2!4-ia 1.50

6-in 15 00

" variegated, 6-in 20.00

Iresines, mixed, 2ii-in 1.50

Per 100

Peru, white 1900.... $2.60

White Cloud, white 1.26

Flora Hill, white 1.00

Argyle, pink 1.00

Joost, fine pink 1.00

G. H. Crane, scarlet 2.50

Morning Glory, shell pink 4.00

Edna Craig 1.00

Gov. Griggs 1.00

Daybreak 1.25

Armazindy 1.00

McGowan 1.00

Evanston 1.00

Evelina 1.00

Triumph 1.00

1.50
.50

Per 100

Salvia Clara Bedman, 2Vi-in $1.50

Marguerite, or Paris Daisy, white, 2^-in 1.50

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 2i4-in 1.75

Nasturtiums, tall, also dwarf, mixed, 3H-in. 1.60

Heliotropes, mixed, 2 H-m 1-50

Hardy Pinks, pink colors from sand 1.00

*' " large clumps 6.t0

New Ice Plant, from California, the finest

basket plant we ever saw; 2hi-iu 10.00

Candytuft, White Rocket, fiats 25

Verbenas, 10 clioice colors, named. 2i<-in.., 1.50
Seedling Cannas, President Carnot. Mme.
Crozy, Sarah Hill, Queen Charlotte and

A. Bouvier 1.00

Cannas, started plants from strong bulbs,
Triumph, Progression, Burbank, A. Bou-
vier, 4-in 2.50

Lobelia Crystal Palace Gem, 2!-i-in 1.60

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, from flats 2.t0

Petunia, choice double mixed, 4-in 5.00

Per 1000

Pansy Plants, from cold frame .small $ 5.00

" " 20 leaves, from cold frame 15.00

5 Plants at 100 rate; 250 at lOOO rate.

Cash, or R. C. and plants^

will be sent C. 0. D.

THE MORRIS TLORAL CO.,

MORRIS,
ILL.

Rooted Cuttings.

Let us send you a sample order to show you
what good stock is, then you will want more.

MAMMOTH VERBENAS— Thev are the best to be

had, 60c per 100; $5 00 per 1000.
ABUTILON Savitzii— Dozen, 3iic; 100, $2.00. ■

Souv. de Bonn— Dozen, 20c; 100, $1.35.
SALVIA— Hobold (new), green leaves, scarlet flowers.
Yellow Bird, bright yellow leaves, scarlet

flowers, dozen, 30o; 100, $1.00.
IMPATIENS SULTANI— Doz. 26o; lOO, $1..50; 1000, $13.
ACHYRANTHUS— Doz. 15c; 100, $l.tO; 1000, J9.00.
ALTERNANTHERA— Red and yellow, doz. 2Uc; 100,

$1.00; lOOu, $9.00.
SMILAX— From flats, per 100, 50c; 1000, $4.00.
AGERATUM P. Pauline-Doz. 20c; 100, $1.00; 1000, $9.
HELIOTROPES— Three best varieties ou earth, pur-
ple and white, doz. 20c; 100, $1.00; 1000, $9.00.
NEW PARIS DAISY Mme. Gailbert— Dozen, 25c; per

100, $1.35.
PANSIES— Roemer's superb prize, best to be had,

flne plants at $4 per lOOO; $3.00 for 500; 100. 75o.
COLEUS— Sixteen varieties, all true to name.

Send for list. Per dozen, 20c; 100, 75c; 1000, $6.
We prepay express charges and guarantee to
please you. Try us once. We want you to have
our price list, send for it. We can do vou good.

S. T. DANLEY, Macomb, III.

Rare Hardy Water Lilies
ALSO THE Sacred Lotus s^r^i^^s

Grown and For Sale by

W. J. RICHARDS, Wayland, Portage Co., Ohio.

Write for Catalogue*

Please mention the A merican Florist when w* itlnf^.

2 - Great Glories - 2

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE, 2J<-inoh

pots, $15.00 per 100.
BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE Nana Com-

pacta, 3^-inch pots, 115.00 per 100.
This stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease.

THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass.

BOSTON FERNS

Per doz. Per 100
In 2H-mch pots, In fine shape, $ .50 $3.00
" 3 " " ' 1.00 7.50

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyfldmoor, Pa.

Begonia Semperflorens Plena

Nancy, double delicate pink.

Boule de Neige, double white.

Gloire du Montet. double pink.

Tnomphe de Lorraine, double cerise or cherry

color, or very dark pink.
These are likely to prove valuable.

-2y2-in. pots, in bloom, $1.00 per doz.

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor, Pa.

Begonia Suaveolens (B.od'."ata.)

Pure white flowers, similar to B. Nitida
and is frequently found in collections under
that name.

This is an excellent Begonia for local trade.
3-in. pots, in full bloom, doz. $1; 100 $7.50.

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor, Pa.

CANNAS.

Chas. Henderson, Crimson Bedder, Burbank,
Le Clerc, Gold Star, etc.. (dormant or started),
strong tubers. $2 per 100; $18 per lOCO. Cineraria,
giantflowered,2^-in., $2 per 100. Geranium, dou-
ble or single, mixed, 2V!-in. $2 per mo. Grevlllea
robusta, 3-in., $4 per 100. Cash please.
Shellroad Greenhouse Co., Grange P. 0.. Balto., Md.

Strong ROOTED CUTTINGS of

Princess of Wales Violets

$6.00 per 1000.

Also all the leading varieties of CARNATIONS.
Send for price list.

FinK Xi FARFR '401 Woolsey street,
Tlllh tt TADCn, SAN FRANCISUO. CAL.

F/ease mention the A merican j^'lurist when wrtling. '

-#H»

igoi.

The American Florist.

1213

CUT FLOW H PS Nowan d Hereafter

AN EXTRA FINE SUPPLY FOR EASTER.

ROOTED CUTTINGS OF ROSES AND 'MUMS in large quantities Also

2K-INCH STOCK OF ROSES AND 'MUMS for BENCHING, from April 1st on.

Our young- stock is exceptionally fine this year. Place orders as early as possible
to insure delivery. Average market prices. All inquiries cheerfully answered.

Address Orders for

( Cut Flowers

to POEHLMANN BROS., 51 Wabash Avenue.

Plants and Cuttings to POEHLMANN BROS., Morton Grove, Cook Co., 111.

AZALEAS

5,000 FOR EASTER

Full of buds, showing color, in A-1
condition to ship.

FINE PLANTS

50c, 75c, $1, $1.50, $2, $3, $4, $5.

Try a few. I am sure you will be
satisfied. To be sure of prompt ship-
ment kindly send P. O. Money Order.

REFERENCE— All the Flower Trade
of Greater New York.

HESSION,

FLATBUSH,

BROOKLYN, N. Y.

, Two Year
Old

Hardy Field
Grown

Roses,

$8.00 per 100 ,

60

ir.o

2U0
150

Baltimore Belle 3 to 1 ft.

Kmpress of China...a to 4 ft.

Pride of Washington 3 to 4 ft.

Tennessee Belle 3 to 6 ft.

White Rambler 2 to 3 ft.

Yt-llow Rambler 2 to 3 ft.

Ai^'iippina 2 to 4 ft.

Baron Bonstetten 2 to 4 ft.

Charles Margottin,..* to 6 ft.

Anne de Diesbach...2 to 3 ft.

La Reine l^to 2!-Jft.

Mad. Plantier 2 to 4 ft.

Gardenia 3 to 4 ft.

Manda's Triumph 4 to 6 ft.

Mrs. Lovett 3 to 6 ft.

Pink Reamer 4 to 6 ft.

Wichuraiana 3 to 1 ft.

South Orange Perfec-
tion 3 to 6 ft.

State how you wish them cut back for shipping.

THE ALABAMA-ROSE GARDENS,

Cssh with Orders. NEWBERN, ALA.

lieference— Lawson's Bank, Greensburo, Ala.

JEX BEGONIA CUTTINGS

A Great Bargain

OUR COLLECTION IS VERY FINE

INCLCDING Many Elegant Vabietxes.

These are fine, well rooted cuttings, witli
from one to three leaves. Will make fine
plants in a few weeks. They are going at a
bargain to make room.

$1.75 per Hundred. $15.00 per Thousand.
500 at the thousand rate.

Q. R. CAUSE & CO.,

Garlhatn View Qreenbouses,
Cash, Please. RICHMOND, INO.

When writing to any of the aclver-
tisers on this page please mention the
American Florist

20,000 Blooming

Plants.. .for Easter

1,000 Crimson Rambler — unique

designs $1.50 to $25.00

1,000 Hydrangeas— the finest in the

market- well hardened up. $1.00 to $5.00

A large assortment of choice Hya-
cinths, in pans $12.00 per doz.

Large assortment of Hybrid Roses—

$5.00 per doz. and up.

5,000 Lilium Longiflorum—

12 cts. per flower.

Genistas — $4.00 to $12.00 per doz.

Spiraea — $4.00 per doz. and up

Azaleas — from $1.00 to $6.00 each!

Rhododendrons Sioo to $5.00 each

Davallian Fern Balls and Designs—

75 cts to $2.00

Also a large assortment of Palms and Orna-
mental Plants. Vash with Ordei\

H. C. STEINHOFF,

578 Hudson Boulevard. W. HOBOKEN, N. J.

Novelties...

e^

CANNAS, DAHLIAS,
CHRYSANTHEMUMS,
FUCHSIAS, PHLOX,
PELARGONIUMS,
In Different Species, etc.

CATAlOOtJES ON DEMAND

ROZAIN - BOUCHARLAT

Cuire-les-Lyon, France.

SPECIAL EASTER SALE !

For $5.00 we will
send you

2.500 Fancy or Aseorted Ferns; 2.000 Galax
XeaveB. Bronze, Green or Assorted. Send youi-
orders at once, and be ^^iiie of ynv ^t("k.

FINE LAUREL FESTOONING

4 cents. 5 cents and 6 cents per yard.

CROWL FERN CO.. Millington, Mass.

Telegraph Office... .Ne"w Salem. Mass.

Let the advertiser know that you take
the Florist. Then he'll know how he
came to get your order.

CANNAS. PER 100

Souv. de A. Crozy $4.00

Alsace 4.00

Maiden's Blush 4.00

Beaute Poitevine 4.00

Austria 2.00

Burbank 2.00

Robusta 2.00

GERANIUMS, 2-Inch.

Jean Viaud lO.OO

A. Riccard 4.00

J. J. Harrison 4.00

Marq. de Montmort 4.00

Beaute Poitevine 4.00

Surprise 4.00

S. A. Nutt 3.00

La Favorite 3.00

Mad. C. Debouche 3.00

Mixed Geraniums 2.50

Baby Primrose 2.00

Obconica Grandiflora 2.00

Ageratum Princess Pauline 2.00

Cigar Plant 2.00

'Mum— White M.Dean, laidii in April 7.00

Blanche, best early white. . 7.00

Perfection, best early rose. . 6.00

ALFRED H. WALKER,
QUEENS, N. Y.

Carlson's Improved
Paeony flowered Aster

Carlson's Improved Aster is the largest of
the form known, reaching 4 to 5 inches in
diameter, determined by richness of soil and
method of pruning. To close out my small
stock of seed left. I will sell
One ounce each of White, Pink and Dark^

Lavender, for oniy !?2.50

Large trade packet of either color.for oniy .50

Common packet, for only lO

Order at once, if you wish to obtain a share, for at
these low prices the small stock will soon be gone. If
seeds are all ordered will promptly return money.
This iid u ill nut appear again.

Washington Heights Station.
CHICAGO. ILL.

D.S.HEFFRON,

GLADIOLI

SEEDLING No. 1900

Is a fine one for Florists. In dozen lots to
test. For sample of bloom see Catalogue of
Jas. Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y., page 119.
Also line mixed. Write for prices.

JOHN FAY KENNELL. Box 405, Rochester. N.Y.

No. 1900 No. 1900 No. 1900

BULBS!! BULBS!!

EXCELSIOR PEARL TIBEROSE

and CALADIUM ESCULENTUIVI.

All sizes, trom sets to 12-inch bulbs. Inquire
for prices to

JohnF.Crooin&Bro.,Growers.Magnolia,N.C.

1214

The American Florist.

Mar.

23,

Gibson City, 111.

PETERSON CORPORATION MAKES PLANS
FOE A BIG INCEBASB IN BUSINESS. — ALL
THE DETAILS PERFECTED.— STOCK IN
DEMAND.

The stock company recently formed by
Swan Peterson has been incorporated
and the stock paid up. The company,
which will be known as the Swan Peter-
son Floral Company, starts out with
$30,000 capital, the extensive green-
houses of Mr. Peterson having been
bought up by the company. There are
twelve stockholders and the officers are
as follows: President, W. H. Simms;
vice-president, F. 0. Cutler; treasurer, E.
Mattinson, and Swan Peterson secretary
and general manager.

The new company is planning some
extensive additions to the plant. They
propose to build seven new greenhouses
this summer, each 30x160 feet. These
greenhouses will run east and west and
will be built without walls between.
The new houses will take about 40,000
square feet of glass. Then there will be
new boiler rooms of brick and two 80
horse-power boilers will be installed.
The plant will be heated mainly by
steam. Cutting and packing rooms will
be constructed with cement floors and
walls. An office will be opened down-
town for the present, but as soon a«
work begins in the spring the office will
be removed to the front room of the
greenhouse. The proposed improvements
will exhaust most of the paid up capital.

The principal lines of flowers the com-
pany will grow will be carnations and
violets, though the general greenhouse
business will be in no wise neglected, and
the local trade will be looked after as
thoroughly as ever. Mr. Peterson has
the reputation of shipping into Chicago
as fine carnations as are sold in that city.
Since the organization of the company a
representative of a large commission firm
df St. Louis has ofiered to contract one-
half the entire output of the company the
coming winter.

S. A Nutt, Francis Perkins, Beaute Poitevine, La
Favorite, Double Grant, Centaurea, Montague,
Gloire de France, Mrs. Pfltzer, Rev. Atkinson, Jas.
Gaar, Marguerite deLayers, in2and2!4-inch pots.
$3.C0 [ler 100; $-25.00 per 1003.

Pni CIIQ Crimson Verschaffeltii and Golden
uULCUO Queen, rooted cuUings, 60o per 100;
$5perlC00. Coleus in variety, 50o per 100; $4pcrM.
Feverfew, rooted outtiuKs. $1.50 per ICO; *12 per 1000.
Heliotrope, rooted cuttings, $1.00 per KO.
Fuchsias, rooted cuttings. $1.00 per 100.
Ageratum, Princess Pauline and others. 2-in. pots,

$1.10 per 100; rooted cuttings, 50c per 100.
Salvia, Splendens and Bedman, rooted cuttings,

$1.51) per 100.
Giant Alyssum, 2 in. pots, $1.00 per 100. Rooted

cuttings, 75c per I'lO.
Vinca Minor, rooted cuttings. $1.00 per 100.
CASH WITH ORDER.

J. E. FELTHOUSEN, Schenectady, N. Y.

AMFDir/i $8.00 per 100 out of pots.

niTILHIU>«; $5.00 per 100 rooted cuttings.
MARS, U-00 per lOD. STANDARDS. $3.50 per 100.

JEAN VIAUD. CLYDE, I ^ „„ ,„„

DEYDEN and Novelties, i *^-°" P"^"^ '""•

Little Pink. Dr. E. A. Herring, E. E Rexford,

$2.60 per doz. Send tor price list.

HENRY EICHHOLZ, Waynesboro, Pa.

THE lENNINGS STRAIN. 30.ono medium size,
traiis|il:]ntid, 60 cts. per 100, by mail; 14 00 per

lOCK). hv ■■xliri'SS.

COLD FRAME PLANTS, in bud and bloom, ready
April 1, 11.50 per 100. The above all tio. I
stock. Cash with order.

E. B. JENNINGS. Grower of the Finest Pansies,
Lock Box 254, Southport, Conn.

BUCKLEY'S

Plants and
Rooted Cuttings
GERANIUMS.

25,000 Rooted Cuttings— All strong, selected top
cuttings, well rooted, ready for 2V4-inch pots, is
the kind of stock we send out, of the following
superb varieties, at $2.00 per 100; $18 00 per 1000:
Bruanti, Heteranthe, Grant, S. A. Nutt, Athlete,
Frances Perkins, E. G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine,
Mme. Jaulin, Mme. Bruant, La Favorite, Mrs. J.
Al. Garr. Same varieties X X strong. 2!4-inch,
,$2.50 per 100; $22.50 per lOOO.

ROSE GERANIUMS AND IVY GERANIUMS-Strong
2yt-inch, $3.00 per 100.

VERBENAS, Special. 20th Century Collection.
New mammoth, consisting of 20 grand varieties,
10.000 strong 2-incli and 2H-inch pot plants, full
of cuttings, to move quick, $1.50 per 100; $12.50
per 1000.

COLEUS — Golden Bedder and Verschaffeltii.
strong selected top cuttings, well rooted, 75c per
100; $6.00 per 1000.

NEW AGERATUMS— Stella Gurney, the grand
novelty of 1900, 'and Snow Drift, the peerless
white, strong 3-inch stock plants full of cuttings,
50c per dozen; $3.00 per 100. Strong rooted cut-
tings $1.00 per 100, Louise Bonnatt, latest novelty
in white, and Princess Pauline, latest blue,
strong 2«-inch, $1.50 per 100; strong R. C, 60c
per 100, (special).

CASH WITH ORDER.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Springfield, III.

Please mentjon the ATne*tLun Ftonst zvhen ivrihng.

Pansies

Giant mixed of Bugnot, Cas-
sier. Odier and Trimardeau
strains. We are positive of
having the finest Pansies in
the United Statrs this year. Price, extra fine
stocky plants. «'''j per 100; $2.75 per 1000. Extra
large plants i.i oud and bloom. $1 per 100; $8 per
lOuO. VINELESS SWEET POTATO (new), grows
same as Irish potato. Very productive, $1.00 per
peck; $2.50 per bushel.

For rooted cuttings of Carnations, see issue
of February 23 this paper.

Cash With Order.

HY. ERNST & SON. Washington, IMo.

npA|\ THICI Extra strong, fine and best vars.
HLrtU llllji Plants from 2;4-inch pots.

Dreers finest Double Pecuniai, $3 100; SDc doz.
Fuchsias, finest 10vars.,$3 100; 60c doz. Begonias,
Erfordii, Saundersoni, $3 100. 50c doz. Snap-
dragons, German, extra colors and plants, $3 100;
50c doz. Ivv Geraniums, 6vars., and German Iv\',
$3 100; fOc doz. Vinca Variegata, $!.60 100. Salvia
Clara Bedman, $2 lOO. Ageratum, 3 best. $2 100.
Trailing Abutilon, variegated, fine, $3.50 100.
Moonvlnes, 50c doz. Cuj-heas. $1.50 IpO. Cash
with order. GEO. M. BRINKCRHOFF. Springfield. III.

Vinca Major Variegata.

Well Rooted Cuttings $1.25 per 100.

Cash With Okdek.

SMITH & YOUNG CO.,

456 E. Washington St.. INDIANAPOLIS. IND.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Verbenas. 35 vars., 60o per 100, $5 per 1000. Col-
eus, 30 vars., 60-. per lOO, $5 per lOOJ. Heliotrope,
14 vars., $1 per 100, $8 per lOOO. Ageratums, 3 vars.,
eOc per 100, $5 per 1000. Lantanas. 4 vars., $1.25
per 100. Giant Alyssum, $1 per 100. Silvias, 3
vars., $1 per 100. Express prepaid on all R. C.

Verbenas and Heliotropes, ay-inch, $2 per 100;
$18 per lOOO; strong plants. Cash with orders.

8. D. BRANT. CLAY Oentbr. KAS.

IfCDDCIIICi 25 I^EADING KINDS,

iCIfDCIlAdi 2-inch pots, $2.00 per 100,

Rooted Cuttings, 60 cts per 100,
TJ nGiVB • Brides, Maids, Meteors, Perles,
XllX/OXlO. strongly rooted cuttings, $1.50

per lOO. Fine stock.
Rooted Cuttings of CARNATIONS, 80 cts. to $2.50
per 100. Best leading varieties of CHRYSANTHE-
MUMS. Write for price.s.

W. H. GULLETT & SONS. Lincoln, III.

Rooted Cuttings.

Coleus, 20 varieties, .50c per 100. Salvias, Bonfire,
60c per 100. Ageratum, Princess Pauline. 50c per
lOD. Alternantheras, yellow and green, red and
green, 50c per 100. Coleus, 2-inch pots, $1.25 per
100. Salvias, 2-inch pots, $1.60 per lOU.
Cash With Order. —

CRESCENT GREENHOUSES, Delavan, III.

WABASn

PAN-AMERICAN
EXPOSITION.

Buffalo, N. Y., May I -Nov. I, 1901.

The Wabash, the "Niagara Falls
Short Line," has made special ar-
rangements to accommodate a
large travel between Chicago and
Buffalo during the Exposition.
New equipment and additional
train service will be provided. The
Wabash is the only line operating
Free Reclining Chair Cars between
Chicago and Buffalo. Tickets will
be good for stop-over at Niagara
Falls.

Write for a copy of \Vabash Pan-American
Folder containing a large five color map of
the E.xposition grounds and handsome zinc
etchings of the principal buildings.

Ticket Office, 97 Adams Street,

F. A. Palmer, A. Q. P. A.,

Chicago.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

TOMATO —Lorillard, MayOower, Dwarf Cham-
pion, ,\cme, Stone and other varieties readv for
transplanting, 15c per 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50
per 10,000. If by mail add 10c per 1' 0.

EGG PLANT — K.V. Improved, good size for trans-
planting or potting, 25c per 100; $2.00 per 1000;
$15.(;0 per 10,000. If by mail add 10c per 100.

PEPPER— Bull Nose. Ruby King, Sweet Mountain
and other varieties, ready for transplanting,
25o per lOD; $2.00 per 1IOO;"$15.00 per 10.000. If
bv mail, add H'c per 100.

BEIX— Early Egyptian, 20c per 100; $1.50 per lOOO:
$12.50 per 10,000. If by mail, add lOo per ICO.

BRUSSELS S'KOUrS— 25c per 100.

CABBAGE^In var., 25c per 100; $1.25 per 1000.

CAULlFLOWfcR— 35c per lOO. Cash with order.
R. VINCENT. Jr., & SON. White Marsh, Md.

LETTUCE PLANTS

Grand Rapids, fine olants from cold frame,
Jl.OO per 1000; 5000 for $4.00.

DAISIES

(Bellis), fine plants, 100, 40c; iroO, |3 00.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

Well-Rooted
Cuttings.

Alternantheras

p. Major and Aurea Nana, 50c per 100
or $4.00 per 1030.

SEED SWEET POTATOES, Yellow Jersey and Nanse-
mond, per bbl., $2. Special price on large lots.

DAVIS BROS.,

Morrison, 111.

The Famout Kudzu Vine— Hardy as a rock. Lasts
50 years. Can be cut back every year. Grows
50 feet in one season. $7.00 per 100.

Asparagus Sprengeri— Strong 3!/i-in., $6.00 per 100.

New Rose Snowflake— The Daisy Rose, $10 per 100.

New Lace Fern— Fronds last a month, $6.00 per 100.

New Russelia Multiflora— 2!4-inch, $4.00 per 100.

60 New Plants not to be Had Elsewhere.

Callas— White. $3 per 100; Spotted. $3; Yellow, $20.

Cannas, Dahlias, and all summer blooming bulbs.

Electros and Cuts lor Florists and Seedsmen.

A. RLANC. fHILA DCLPHIA. PA.

ROOTED RUNNERS OF

Marie Louise Violets

from soil, 60c per 100; J5.00 per 1000.
Cash with order.

Address J. DUERR, Genova, III.

IpOT.

The American Florist.

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Indispensable

j^* tlr^ <5^ t5^

This is the only word which describes the Ameri-
can Florist Company's Directory, just out. This
book, 397 pages of facts tersely told, is issued
annually and is an aid to business and money
making which no wholesaler or traveling salesman
can afford to be without. It contains the name of
every Florist, Nurseryman and Seedsman, arranged
both by states and towns and alphabetically; and
new lists of Gardeners or Superintendents of
private estates, Experiment Station Horticultur-
ists, Landscape Architects and Horticultural Sup-
ply Concerns. It will save many times its cu^-t by
enabling you to cover America with your catalogue
and at the same time waste no printed matter or
postage on dead names.

EDITION OF J 90 1,
POSTPAID, $2.00 ^

AMERICAN
flORIST

CO.,

324 Dearborn St.,
CHICAGO, ILL.

wsi^a^s^isss&e£i^%

siOiSBistitta^i

LEAVES, NOTHING BUT LEAVES.

Southern Smilax, Florida Palm Leaves and Needle Pines, Roping of Hemlock
and Laurel, Leucothoe Sprays, Galax Leaves, Magnolia Leaves aad other
Leaves Green Mosses in barrels and sacks. Easter approaches. Your orders,
large and small, send them to

THE KERVAN CO., 30 W, 29th Street, NEW YORK.

!B5S!R^^S<»^^iSSSSSS!SSae«!SS!i!nSSISBSS9SeBraSS^iSSS;SS8SS!8

GRAPE VINES

T. S. HUBBARD CO.

GRAPE VINE SPECIALISTS

FREDONIA, N. Y.

Send /or our elegant new

Descriptiz'e Catalogue.

1 send out some of the choicest Dahlia
bulbs that are raised in this country. Sena
for catalogue.

J. K. ALEXANDER, Dahlia Specialist.

EAST BRIDGEWATER. MASS.. U. S. A. i

flZftLEfl JNDIGfl

Selected by myself in Ghent last fall.

Fine healthy plants in bloom and bud. 6.inch pots, 50c, 75c, $1 each. Specimen
plants (Van der Cruysen), 20 to 24 inches across, from $3 to $4 each.

Spiisa Japonica and Floribunda, 6-inch pots, $3 to ,$4 per dozen.

Hyacinths (all colors), my own importation, $10 and $12 per 100.

Cinerarias, 6 in pots, $3 to $♦ per dozen.

Easter Lilies from 4 to 7 buds to a plant at the rate of 10c per bud.

When ordering please state whether pots are wanted. All goods shipped at pur-
chaser's rislc. Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann,

IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE
GROWER OF POT PLANTS ^

1012 ONTARIO ST., RISING SUN,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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Mar. 2j,

Cincinnati.

TRADE BRISK, STOCK PLENTIFUL, QUALI-
TIES GOOD AND EVEHYBODY HAPPY. —
VABIODS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Business the past week was all that
could be desired. There were a nice lot
of flowers coming in, which sold readily
at fair prices. A large spring opening
last Saturday caused the demand for an
enormous amount of flowers. In fact,
Saturday night you could not have
bought a dozen roses or carnations in
any of the wholesale houses.

The flower market last Saturday was
a beautiful sight, well grown roses, lilies,
azaleas and cinerarias predominating
among the plants seen on the stands.
Everyone was doing a good business.
What is the matter with pelargomimus?
It seems as though nobody grows them
any more. These plants would certainly
sell if they were grown the way that
Wm. Bolia used to grow them.

The Marquis carnation is looming up
in great shape at present. Sunderbruch
had a vase at his store the past week
which were the most uniform lot of car-
nations one could wish for, every flower
measuring three and a half inches, with
two-foot stems.

J. A. Peterson had a very pretty window
decoration at his Race street store last
week, using yellow tulips, daffodils and
Adiantum Farleyense with good efiect.

Frank Ball was with a party of Shriners
that visited Dayton, Ohio, last Friday.
From appearances the sands at Dayton
must have been very warm.

J. N. Rodgers reports plenty of funeral
work and has all that he can do man-
aging his greenhouses and looking after
his store.

Henry Reuke is sending in some par-
ticularly fine Marie Louise violets which
find ready sale.

Ernst Mack has a fine lot of Beauties
in 7-inch pots and says they sell like hot
cakes. D.

Champaign, III.— J. E. Yeats is spoken
of as democratic candidate for the office
of town collector.

The Peerless Powder Blower

Every Grower Should Have One.

Lightens your

Toil.

Saves Time and

Money.

PATENTED.'J

Distributes equally "well Sulphur, Linie,*Slug
iShot, Tobacco Dust, Paris Qreen, Etc. i i

A Few Extracts Frofn Testimonials :

"A great improvement over the bellows."—
Emil Buettner, Park Ridge, 111.

"We are much pleased with your Powder
Blower." — John K. May, Summit, N. J.

"Can sulphur a house 20x100 feet in less than
three minutes." — Chas. Schweigert, Niles
Center, 111.

"Its work is rapid and perfect; predict its
universal use." — Brant & Noe, Forest Glenn, 111.

"Best thing we ever had to apply sulphur in
greenhouses."— Geo. Wittbold. Chicago.

Price, $4.00 F. 0. B. Chicago.
EDW. E. McMORRAN & CO.

MANUFACTURERS.

15-21 N. Clinton St., Chicago, III.

^KKKXKfSKKfS^»X«KfSKKX^>f^Sf^^KX;^i^t^i&S^fSl&S^SfS^K^^SfS(\

A MAN'S LAWN

will never look smooth and "velvety," the rank crab-gr
will never be straightened up so it can be cut off, and the
grass will never grow so thickly until he invests in that mod-
ern lawn beautifler known as a

Finley Rotary Lawn Rake

V^^4.

' Papa! We Can Rake Your Lawn.

It came out only last
season, and from Gar-
deners, Parkmen and
others, an avalanche of
testimonials has come
to us, all of them saying
in substance, "this is the
greatest invention of mod-
ern times in its line. We
couldn't do without it."

A CHILD CAN PUSH IT.

YOt NEED ONE
IF YOU NAVE A LAWN.

It runs easy, is simple, strong, and the only thing of its kind. We have
a descriptive^^ircular telling all about this Lawn Rake and containing
testimonials from users in all parts of the country.

"We want you to have one, and will mail it free for the asking.

14-inch, $10.00-

-F. 0. B. JOLIET-

-20-inch, $12.00.

FINLEY LAWN RAKE CO.,

Joliet, III., U. S. A.

;!8!S!3!S%Re»

DO NOT MAKE ANY MORE STRAW MATS.

mjn PALMER WOOL- FILLED MAT

Big saving in Coal
Bill by covering
your Green-
house at night.

FROST PROOF.

Made expressly for
Winter covering of
greenhouses, hot-
beds, cold frames,
plants and seeds of
all kinds.

Indestructible
Cheap'ndWarm

Will not harbor mice
or vermin. Easily
handled. Dry out
quickly after rain.
Have now been in
practical use six
years.

Cost less than old-
fashioned straw
mats, and entirely
take their place.

THE R. T. PALMER CO.,

Address all correspondence to The R. T. Palmbb /i Co., New Lcudon. Comi. Agents Wanted.

New York Office, 113 Worth Street.

j^^p^te^^^^^^

The Mower

That will kill all the weeds in your
lawns. If you keep the wteds cut
so thciy do not go to seed and cut your grass with-
out l>reaking the small feeders of roots, the grass
will become thick and weeds will disappear. The
Clipper wril doit. Send for catalogue and prices.
CUPPER UWN MOWER CO.. Norrlstown, Pa.

THE
KINNEY
PUMP.

For applying

Liquid

Manure It
iiasnoequai!

Sent prepaid
for $2.00.

dress

Tlie HOSE CONNECTION CO.

R. I.

Sheep Manure.

In natural stati', $1.00 per ton,
in car load lots," f. o. b. cars.
Kirkla-nd, II!. Write for prices on dried pulver-
iz4'd sheep manure. Cash with all orders.

MONTANA FERTILIZER CO., Elgin, III.

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We have many new things for Easter....

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^ /^UR zinc-lined baskets and hampers, jardinieres and pot coversare fashioned upon the advanced
^^ taste of the famous florists of the great American and European cities. In style and
colors especially adapted to set off the Azaleas, Lilies, Daffodils, Violets and other Easter favorites.
These goods you must have if you expect to please your customers and extend your Easter business.
To give a full list of the seasonable goods we are ready to supply would completely fill this
paper. We have everything that can be used to advantage in a modern florist business. Our lead-
ing specialties are

Bnskets, Pot CoTers, Violet Handkercliiefs, Cords and Tassels, all colors; Pearl Head Pins for corsage lianches,
Jardinieres and Vases, Waterproof Crepe Paper, Unrlralled Wheat SheaTes, Ribbon Letten and Inscriptions, Cycas
Leaves, Moss Wreathes, White DOTes, Immortelles, Cape Flowers, Metal and Porcelalne Designs and Flowers.

On the above and any other florists' requisites, all of best workmanship, we quote prices for

immediate delivery. Write now; there's a big Easter coming.

H. BAYER5D0RFER & CO.,

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X BRETT LIT HOQRAPHINQ CO. %

X 411 Pearl St., New York, U. S. A. ^

♦ ♦

X ART LITHOGRAPHERS. |

♦ ESTABLISHED 1844. X

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♦ THE HIGHEST GRADE OF ARTISTIC REPRODUCTION BY UTHO- ♦

♦ GRAPHY OF COLOR PAINTINGS AND STUDIES OURj SPECIALTY. ♦

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Estimates Promptly^ Furnished [on Commercial Work Also.

We have made a special feature [for years of designing and lithographing CATA=
LOQUE COVERS and INSERTS for^SEEDSM EN and FLORISTS. W° -l=^"carry_in
stock, and issue a CATALOQUE IN COLORS of over 800 VARIETIES of flower and
^ vegetable designs for SEED PACKETS.

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Mat.

^3,

Nashville.

BUSINESS IN LENT IS BRISK IN TENNESSEE.
— STOCK EXCELLENT AND ABUNDANT. —
WITH GROWERS AND RETAILERS.

Trade keeps up fairly well in spite of
the fact that it is Lent. That season is
not SO generally observed here as in some
other cities. The flower supply has been
good and quality excellent. Brides and
Bridesmaids are large in size and the
pinks good ' in color. Golden Gate has
been grown to some extent, with great
success. The rose is much admired here
but will hardly take the place of the
standards. The florists' windows have
a decidedly spring like appearance, with
bulbous stock in abundance. The Von
Sion narcissi have to meet competition
with the Trumpet Majorj grown in the
open and now coming in abundantly, the
first of the outdoor spring blossoms.
Violets continue to come in well and are
of good quality.

Louis Haury, who has recently become
a grower of cut flowers has built a range
of eight houses, three 20x100 for strictly
greenhouse purposes, and one 15x100
tor a propagating house, while the other
four, 12x100, will, for the present, be
used for the raising of winter and early
vegetables. Mr. Haury experimented
with mushrooms with indifferent success
and now proposes to put his sons into
the flower business.

One of the latest additions to the city
establishments is that of D. Melntyre,
who bas opened in a corner drug store.
Mr. Melntyre has been for years agrower
of all kinds of cut flowers, as well as bed-
ding plants.

All the craft are looking forward to a
fine Easter trade and plants as well as
cut flowers will be abundant.

M. C. DORRIS.

Edwardsvillb, III —J. F. Ammann,
,the well known grower for the St. Louis
market, is a candidate for election to the
mayoralty. He has served very accept-
ably as alderman of the Second ward.

The Conley Foil Go.

ManoCactarers ot
2 AND 4. DOMINICK STREET^

REED & KELLER,

122 & 119 W. 25th St., NEW YORK, N. Y.

MANUFACTURERS OF

FLORISTS' WIRE DESIGNS.

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Galax Leaves and all Decorative Greens.

SiGMUND GeLLER

Importer and MIr. of

Florists' Supplies

Complete stock — New Goods — New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

108 W. 2Sth St . neareth Av.. NEW YORK.

Adjustable Vase Holders

Ko. 1.— Brass, nickel, 4 ff't loug, 6 clasps to each
rod. Price coiuplett; (with green or white tum-
blers) $2.25. Price complete (with green or white
cornucopia vases) $2.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod
brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-
inch pots, each, $1.75.

Kift's patent rubber capped Flower Tubes,
IVi-inch diameter, per 100, $3.50.

JOSEPH KIFT & SON. 1725 Chestnut St., Phila.. Pa.

Mailing and
Gut Flower Boxes

a specialty with us. The Mailing
Packages are used by the largest
shippers of plants and bulbs, take
less postage and are water-proof.
Our Cut Flower Boxes are mois-
ture-proof and are used by all
retail florists. These bo.xes are
shipped knocked down flat. Write
for prices.

THE DAYTON PAPER NOVELTY CO.
DAYTON, O.

Pltuac uieotion American FL-^Bif'T when ordering

BIY of the MANUrACrURCR

Floral Metal Designs, Cycas Palm Leaves,
Wheat Sheaves,

ALL UNSURPASSED IN QUALITY AND UNAPPROACHABLE IN PRICE.

Everything; in the Florists' Sopply
line at most reasonable prices. ^

A. HERRMANN,

404-406-408-410-412 East 34th St., NEW YORK CITY.

Boston Florist Letter Go.

MANTTTACTtTKERft OF

FLORISTS" LETTSmet

This irooden box nt'^ely stalnec) and Tsr«
aisbed* ]8x30xl2 made In two eiecttons* one
for each size letter, iflveo away with filmt
«:>rder of 500 letters^

Siock bettern. I H or iMncn size, per lOO, n.OC.
Script beitera. S4 Kastenerntthea^h letter or wordi.
Osea by leading florists eve-rrwbere and for Mle b?
9^i wbo-esale florlsta and eupply dealers.

N. F. McCarthy, Trcas. and Manager^
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

Pleas/' tnenttnii the A tnerican Florist when -un ^'tinp

■Jt-W-i^M ^

Li:x.;a3._:i3;_:a33:..c3:;-s:

NIKOTEEN

EACH 6O0 FEET OF

_ DOES NOT INJURE THE MOST SENSITIVE

; W PLANTS- ENDORSED BY PROMINENT Fll>.(ISTS-^

jlf USED FOR FUMIGATION OR SPRAYING INDOORS OR '

• » OUT • 200 LBS. or TOBACCO IK ONE PINT Of IIIKOIftll >

1 SOLD BY SEEDSMEN CIRCULAR fTlEE- '

L SKABCURA DIPCC.CtllCACO. ;

Wh^\JJJ

use "UP-TO-DATE"
S FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

JME. Slice & Co., 'Xrf!i1actu?ers.
918 FUbert St.* PHILADELPHIA, PA.

CATALOQTJB POIl THE ASKING

Please -mention the American Florist when ivtiting.

Sliver
Birch

Ware

PRICES PER

Doz. — Canoes,

I2-iii. $5.5U; 15-

iu. »7.90; Ifr in.

.JlO.fid; 21 - in.

$13.2U; 24- in,

$16.60. Logs,

6-in.t3.00:9-in.

$3,84; 12-inch.

*4.8u; 15-inch.

lii.U'; 18-iuoh,

S7.20; 21-in. 88 40; 24-in. $9.60. Pot Covers,

4-in. $2.40; 5-in. $3.00; 6-in. $3.98; 7-in. $5.04;

8-in. $5.88. Bulb Pans, 4-in. $1.80; 5-in. $2.40;

6-in. $3.00; 7-in. $3.60; 8-in. $4.20. Boxes, 14-in.

per do7.. $11; 11-in. $9; 9-in. $7. Easter Eggs,

6-in., J9;7-iu., $10;8-in., $11 perdoz. References:

Geo. Wittbold Co., E. Wienhoeber, C. A. Sam-

uelson, Chicago. j_ ^^ LYNN,

1442 Wriehtwoort Ave. ''HIC*0'».

I Brass Atomizer $1.00

Brass Spray Pump and / «, nn
' Pail Attachment f».i.uu

Material to make 5 gallons Vermin Killer, 50 cts.

GET OUR CIRCULARS OF

Bur Killers, Atomizers, Pumps of all kinds,
Tanks, Grinders. Cistern Cleaners. Bone Cutters,
and implements for the farmer and gardener.
-I. R. WOOD & CO., 152 Lake St., Chicago.

We like to have you tell our advertiscni
that you read our paper.

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1219

Pure Sheep Manure

¥E ARE HEADQUARTERS in the Eastern United States
for this indispenable fertilizer and can supply it in any
quantity immediately on receipt of order. :: We can
guarantee as to absolute purity, which is a very impor-
tant point with users. :: The most effectual, reliable
and economical manure for growers of choice plants and
cut flowers. :: We are in a position to quote lowest
figures per pound, per ton, or per car load.
Also a full line of Trees, Plants, Seeds, Fertilizers and horticultural sundries.
Send for Catalogue.

DUNNE <& CO.

54 W. 30Ty ST.

NEW YORK.

ColtjtrxxlbiaL Txxlb^s

FOR PLANTS AND TREES

:«i| ''::;if '!tii|i|iia iiiijii!Ds=-) ^_

rr

Made in 5 sizes of the best of Cypress.

THE TUB THAT LASTS FOREVER"

Manufactured

Handled by leading: Seedsmen and Florists Everywhere.
Get your order in now for Easter trade.

i> THE INVALID APPLIANCE CO.,

1S0=100 Vedder St.,

CHTOA^OO.

BaaiMaRiM;«W?ga»SSWi?5?HSff?!SlHCT J^^

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Mar.

23,

Milwaukee.

TRADB BRISK AND HOSES IN SHORT SDPPLY.
— PROSPECTS FOR RASTER. — GROCERS
AND OTHERS TCRN FLORISTS.

For a few days after Lent came in there
was an accumulation of stock in Mil-
waukee, but the last two weeks have
found the supply scarcely equal to the
demand, particularly in roses, carnations,
and smilax. Adiantums are again in
evidence and will be equal to the demand
after this week. There is considerable
anxiety about Easter supply of pot lilies, a
shortage being predicted. Blooming
plant trade is not waiting for Easter,
quite a movement in that line being
already noticeable.

A "For Rent" sign is up in A. Klokner's
window. He will move his ofBce
upstairs, continuing his landscape busi-
ness, but the flower store will be discon-
tinued after May 1.

Home Brothers, grocers on Mason
street, have opened a flower department,
imitating J. M. Fox, who now handles
the most first-class flowers of any estab-
lishment in the city.

"Chacona," who manages a fancy
candy stand and soda fountain, has
opened a fiower department again on
Wisconsin street. C. B. W.

New Castle, Pa— Edward Fischer, of
W. D. Fischer & Sons, will erect a hand-
some dwelling for himself this season.

Economy in Heating

At the present and prospective
prices of coEkl those florists are
Incky indeed who are using the

Weathered Boilers.

* Are you one of them? If not,
then write us and we will fur-
nish indisputable tacts.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marion St , NEW YORK.

The'mostwldely droolated'Geraian gardening
JourniLl, treating of all departmenti of taortloultar*
and florloultnre. Numeroui eminent oorreipond-
•nti in all parti of the world. An adyertlilnK
medium of the higheit olaii. ~| ^'

MoUer'i Deutiohe Gartner Zeitung U publilhed
weekly and riohly Illustrated. Subtoription 13. Ot
per annum, InoludinK poitafre. Sample ooplei'fre*.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want
in the way of

PREPARED PALMS

^\'hether the raw materials or the
finished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and service from the
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co.,

^ '^ Jacksonville, Fla.

Branch Store, Indianapolis, Ind.

^^Inquiries Cheerfully Auswernd.

You HhoiiUl know what
noted grow^ers say

Imperial Liquid
Plant Food

^^tSULM^r ^1'^^^- Inodorous, not p\'pen-

d^H^H^f slve. Pull Infornittlon. booRlets

^T^^^H and prices on request. L^adlnK

* Eastern Dealers nandle It,

EASTERN CHEMICAL CO., Mfra.,

620 ATLANTIC AVE., BOBtOn, MaSS.

Awarded the only drst-
ciass Certificate of Merit

by the Society of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
Aug.21, 1890. for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

LDIN

Jersey Gty W^^apioNG Island (rrr
Philadelphia

ARE YOU USING OUR ^n

Red Pots

If not, do so. They are time
tried. Full Standard Size.
Packed in small crates, and
easy to handle. Price list
free. Send for one.

SYRACUSE POTTERY CO..

SYRACUSE, N. Y.

STAHDARD FLOWER POTS!

Packed in imall oratei, eaiy to handle.

Price peroral*

Prloe per orate

SOD l-ln. pou In orate, M.88

120 7-ln.potilnorate,l4.20

^i5i

6.26

60 8 " " 8.00

6.00

48 9 " ■ 3.80

1000 3

6 00

4810 " " 4.80

800 3M

6.80

24 U ■• •• . 3.60

6004

4.60

24 12 " " 4.80

3306

4.61

1214 " " 4.80

IM6

3.16

816 " " 4.60

Seed pans, same price as pots. Send for price list of
Cylinders for Cut Flowers. HanRlng Baskets, Lawn
Vases, eto. 10 per cent off for cash with order.

HILFINBER BROS. POTTERY,

OR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

AUSUIT BOLKXB & B0N3, New Tork Agenta,

6J DBT STHVIT. N»W TOHK C ITT

RED p ots

SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO.,':^i^"!*"'<^^

FLOWER POTS

.a.Xjz:i ii^iprxsE

SPECIALTY

STANDARD POTS

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MP'O CO.,

P. 0. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.

Standard I7m^Sl
Flower... ■ W I O

If your greenhouses are within 500 miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

W. H. ERNEST.

28th and M Streets. WASHINGTON. D. C.

GEORGE RIPPERGBR,

Sheep Manure

I)i:ivp now on hand ;i largo quantity of A1 Sheep

Manure. Send fur price list and sample.

Best Fertilizer for Top Dressing.

CASH WITH ORDER OR KEFEUENCES .

Office, 307 Academy St., i Aup i^i ■yn niyv
Factory, Seventh St.. LUNu loLANU bill.

TAB. 17/

ill

WRITE

AF IfnUR 1521-23 N. LEAVITT ST..
• Ti MJtln, CHICAGO. ILL..

FOB PRICES OF

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market.

KELLER BROS.,

^ 213.15.17-19-21.23 Pearl St.,

NORRISTOWN. PA.

Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red in
color, equal to the best on the market; are IS
miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec-
tions. We give special attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantities. A
postal will brinK prices and discounts.
Please mention the American Florist when 7vviting,

GEO. KELLER & SON,

UANITTAOTUaiRS OF

Flower Pots.

Before buying write for prloe..
361-363 Herndon Street
near wrlghtwood Are ,

CHICAQO. ILL.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

THOSE RED POTS

"STANDARDS"

FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M F'Y,

HARRY BALSLEY. DETROIT. MICH.,

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list.

6. flENNEGKE 60.. ""^^1^!'^^

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1221

RED SPIDER, MEALY BUG, APHIS, Etc.,

NIGOTIGIDE

Fumigating Compound,

Frora "American Gardening,'* January 12, 1901.
To THE Editor of American Gardening:

Some enquiries having been lately addressed asking if I could rec-
coramend the use of the recently introduced fumigating extract "Nicoti-
cide," the following particulars are offered: We first tried it at the
advertised strength on a house of Gardenias; all the mealy bugs and
aphis were killed.

We placed some tender plants in the house to note its effect, and
found that young fronds on Adianturas Cuneatum and Farleyeuse sus-
tained injury; no "ither plants suffered at all. We next tried it on two
dornumt lean-to graperies, which had figs on the back walls; the latter
harbtirod some mealy bug, but we have not found a living bug since the
funiigatioa. Our only other trial was on a house of violets which con-
taiiii'd a little red spider and green aphis; both of these were killed out-
right, while plants were uninjured.

So far as our experiments have gone, mealy bug, black and green
aphis and red spider have been killed and the only injury done was to
the adiantuin fronds named. Nikoteen "Aphis Punk" while safe to use
on almost all classes of plants, will injure adiantums somewhat. We
believe "Nicoticide" will prove a valuable addition to our fumigating
compounds. Of course further experience is needed but it is cheaper
and much safer to use than hydrocyanic gas, which has recently found
much favor as an insect destroyer. W« N. CRAIG,

North Easton, Mass.

Ithaca, New York, January 29, 1901.
The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co.,

Gentlemen:^! received from your warehouce some time ago a
sample of "Nicoticide" (Fumigating Compound) for trial, and to report
the result. I have tried it on Coleus. with mealy bug; killed all the

young ones, a few of the old ones not quite dead. It killed green flv on
"Easter lilies, killed white fly on Pelargoniums, and red spider on roses.

The following plants were in the house in flower when vaporized —
Cyclamens, Primulas, Fuchsias. Begonias, also a plant of Adiantum
Cuneatum— without the least damage to flowers or foliage. I think if
the house had been air-tight, likely all of the mealy bug would have
been killed.

I think it will prove a valuable insecticide, especially for those hav-
ing greenhouses attached to the dwellings.

Yours very truly, ROBT. SHORE.
Park Ridge, III., Februarv 25, 1901.
Tbe Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., Louisville, Kt.

Gentlemen :~ln reply to yours of theSIst inst.can say that we have
given your "Nicoticide" a complete trial and are happy to say that we
think it is the most effective and easy applied insectic'ide we know of.
We have found it does not injure the plants in the least even if used
very strong.

Enclosed please find checK for one dozen cans which kindlv send as
soon as possible. Yours truly, EMIL BUETTNER.

Oyster Bat, L. I., February 23, 1901.
The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., Louisville, Kt.

Gentlemen:— I take pleasure in cordially commending "Nicoticide"
as the best insecticide I have ever used. We have given it a full, fair
and impartial trial, and find it eflicacious with green fly, mealy bug,
ants, etc.; can't say what it will do with scale and thrips, not having
tried it thereon. Will send you another order in the near future, and
will use it freely to keep down insect life. Yours respectfully,

6EAMANHAKA GReENHOUSEfi,

Per Wm. L. Swan, Proprietor.

Write for Particulars to
lOOD MAGNOLIA AVE., LOUISVILLE, KY.

•^^^^^M

>^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^»^^^^^^^^^

A. :iVE>wr i:N:sB^oaMOii>E>,

First Introduction to America of

Black Solu ble Insec ticide Soap.

Awarded Grand Prize at Paris Exposition and winner of Gold Medals at International Expo-
sitions of Rome, Ville de Dijon and Turin, also Diploma of Honor at Marseilles. Recommended as
efficacious by largest European nurserymen and growers, including Messrs. Vilmorin, Andricux and
others. All pests of outdoor or indoor plant life, including San Jose scale, succumb to the effects of this
remedy. Fruit growers, superintendents of parks and large estates and horticulturists generally will
oblige us by writing for pamphlets, prices and other information.

V. CASSAZA & BRO.,

190=192 Prince Street,

NEW YORK CITY.

WE STILL SELL THAT

GOOD HOSE.

Write for prices to

J. G. & A. ESLER, Saddle River. N. J.
SEE 'EM RUN !

They can't stay a minute when they taste it.

Thompson's Ant Exterminator

Will rid your place of ants in 24 hours. Price 25c

by mail, for a bottle big enough to drive

away a million ants.

F. A. THOMPSON, Box 259 Marcellus, N. Y.

IRON

RESERVOIR

VASES

Mcdonald bros.,

IRON LAWN
SETTEES.

For Lawns and
Cemeteries.

108-114 Liberty S!.,
COLUMBUS. OHIO.

Send tob Dub 1901 Catalogue

I Tin Foil for Florists

j We make special shades.
t We make special designs.

I PAINTED J- printed:

\ CORRUGATED PLAIN

I We can give you exclusive work

♦ in quantities.

J Write us for prices and samples.

j The Palen Company, Inc., Kingston, N. Y.

1222

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Mar. 2j,

NURSERY AND SEED
CATALOGUES

87=89=91

PLYflOUTH PLACE
CHICAGO

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Printers....

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BINDERY ^ ^ ^ oe

TO BE FOUND IN THE
UNITED STATES.

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1223

D. W. PAYNE'S NEW COIL BOILER

Iv«^t©eit I^eitteirxx,

Of recent years there has
been a great deal said
through the columns of the
florist papers in regard to
Coil IJoilers. My experi-
ence for the past 5 years
has been crowned with suc-
cess. Up to the present
time this bo'lerhiis proven
itself a wonderful circula-
tor as well as groat saving
in coal, it has been tested
22° below zero with moder-
ate fire. This boiler speaks
for itself under operation
either closed t r open sys-
tem. Its durability is not
questioned because my
experience for S years has
taught me on examination
I find it nearly good as new.
You can make this boiler
yourself by sending $1 03
for circular explain n:
how to construct tne s:inii'.

D. W. PAYNE
&G0.

Box 153, Port Clinton, 0.

j ^JiMMMMigMsffiMmamH^^

We are SuDDlying

MATERIAL for extensions for some of the best-known growers
in the country, men who would not have ' 'cheap" lumber, whose
first requirement is quality.

Let us give an estimate on your contemplated houses; the figures
will be so low they'll surprise you. Then we'll tell you where you can
see samples of our work; it will be so good it will please you.

A, DIETSCH & CO.,

6 1 5-62 J Sheffield Ave., CHICAGO.

gU^^Califoruia Red Cedar and Louisiana Cypress.

tfwgiwwg!'}^!^g»!y;'rg'tB^

Henry W. Gibbons Company,

Ix3.ooxrpor^t:e<aL

Greenhouse Architects and Builders

AND MANUFACTURERS OF

GULF CYPRESS STRUCTURAL MATERIALS,

Steam and Hot Water Heating.

oe

IRON FRAMES FOR GREENHOUSES
and VENTILATING MATERIALS

Sales Offices. 136 Liberty St., NEW YORKj N. Y. Manufactory General Office, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Write to NEW YOR« OFFICE for Estimates, Catalogues, Plans, Expert Advice. Etc.
HENRY W. GIBBONS, Pres., New York, N. Y. J. L. DILLON, Treas., Bloomsburg, Pa.

1224

The American Florist,

Mar. 2^.

Qttincy, nL

TKADB GOOD ALL WINTBH.— LBNT HAS NO
EFFECT.— LOCAL DOINGS OF INTBEEST.

Trade has been very brisk, the usual
dnllneas during the Lenton season being
very conspicuous by its absence. Easter
lilies are plentiful and better than last
year, with a good prospect for a big
Easter trade.

Heckenkamp has a very promising car-
nation, a seedling from Scott X Eldorado,
being salmon and pink in color, of very
healthy growth, strong stem and a fine
bloomer. He will have a great many
seedlings for next year.

Spring stock looks well with all the
florists here and with the present good
times should be cleaned up nicely at fair
prices.

Jos. Kroner intends to build a new rose
house the coming summer and Hecken-
kamp will build a carnation bouse.

Mr. Fisher has returned and taken the
place formerly occupied by him and
recently run by Mrs. Vorndem. F. H.

YoHK, Pa. — Augustus Doll, for many
years in the florists' business, will retire
about July 1, having sold the green-
houses, boilers, etc., everything except
the plants, to Charles E. Smith, who will
remove the same to his establishment on
Jackson avenue.

Sprague Smitli Go.

PUTE AND WINDOW GLASS

Greenhouse Glass a Specialty

207-209 Randolph Street CHICAGO.

Youp Water Supply

can l>e utilized to raise iNilt liv Ttie

E HYDRAULIC
ENGINE.

Beat for farms, countrj' resl-
.deocea and IrriKat'on. I*unij)9 30
'ft. hiph for every foo i of f all.

Sold on 80 davB trla).

RIFE ENGINE COMPANY,

126 Llberly St., N»-« York-

!

FOR INSURANCE AGAINST
DAMAGE BY HAIL, Address

JOHN a. ESLER, Ssc'y F. H. A.,

SADDLE RIVEK, N. J

I FLORISTS, DO YOU RECOGNIZE MERIT ?

We ask your kind attentio n 1o the following Award and will then leave J

the matter entirely to your good 'udgment. ]

I^hw^

irr

?>.

^YTHE

AMERICAN FLORISTS

fc..-:^t

I We shall be greatly pleased to offer you further convincing proof that

FURMAN BOILERS ''Sir GREENHOUSE HEATING.

^ Send us a postal card asking for our Special Florists' Catalogue on Modern, and Economical

J Heating. It will interest you— and its free.

I Address THE HBRENDEEN MFQ. CO., 33 Vine St., Qeneva, N. Y.

■ BRANCHES— 39 Cortlandt St., New York; 556 Atlantic Avenue, Boston;

5 Builders' Eichange, Philadelphia; 611 E. Taylor St., BLOOMrNOTON, III.

A FLIMSY BOILER

is a poor investment.

THE WEATHERED

will last a lifetime and yoti
can depend upon 'A, ^ J- J-

Testimonials by the hundred on application to

Thos. W. Weathered's Sons,

48 Marlon St., NEW YORK.

Mease mention the American Florist when writing.

D. 0. Conningham

.Glass Co.,

PITTSBURa, PA.

TANK WINDOW GUSS.
HOT-HOISE GLASS A SPECIALTY.

Always mention the American Flo-
rist when writing to advertisers.

REBUILT MACHINERY

and SUPPLIES at Bargain Prices. Larg-
I eat Machinery Depot on earth. We buy
buildings and plants; amone
others we bought the World's
\ t'a r, the <_)maha Exposition, the
I CbtcaKO Post ufflce. and other
I structures. We rebuild machin-
ery of all kinds, and sell with
btndinjg guarantees. Boilers
Irom »26up; Engines from 136

I up; Steam Pumps from »15 up.

etc. We carry complete stock of General fw-
plies, suph as BEIJING, JsHAF^^^*^'

haS(;ers, I'i'O.EYS, iron

PIPE. IRON ROOFINCi, HARD-
WARE, VALVE!* & FI'T'TINGS,
: PLUMBING MATERIAL, etc

I Will F,-nd fre.!,our2f;ii.paperata)rig No. i

I Constantly buylnR entire stocks

at Sheriffs' and Receivers' sales.

Chicago House Wrecking Co.,

W. 3Bth & Iron Sts.. Chicago. III.

J^ase mention the American Fiorjst when wrxitng

I

Holds Class
Firmly

S*a the Point 4V
Tk* Tu BaTMT Peiw
fMt ttlailMc Fateta an
tk* bertTNo rlgbta «
una. Boi af loof polata
7( cents, poitpaid.
HEITBT A. DREEK,
114 Cka<taal St., FUlv, r*.

SASH

Please mention the American Florist when wfiting.

HOTBED,

GREENHOU8H.

VENTILATOR

GULF CYPRESS BARS,
GREENHOUSE UATERIAL,
Manufactured by 8, JACOBS & SONS,
Flushing Ave., near Metropolitan Ave., Brookliin, N Y.
AT WHOLESALE.
Catalogue and esti-
mates furniibed.
Please mention the American Florist when writihg.

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122S

THIS IZ Ml PICTER.

THE EVERLASTIN HINGE.

WOEPftRTURE,"
^VENT)L(\TIM& /\PPl.iaNCE,^
Best and Cheapest on arth.

Spring hez kum agin, bi gum.
An i'me as glad ez i l<in B,

Fur everi thing iz ful uv spring,
Frum rattle snake to wiked fie.

YIS i luve the Spring time, when the Robbios is robbin and the SwoIIers iz a swollerin, the Beez iz
beezwaxin, the Butterflize iz a makin butter, an the Flourist iz makin flour. This iz the time when
the arth puts on its green klozc an hez a Rainbo '^Mt a neckti, frogs laff, an al nater luks glad.
Yes, i luv the spring, fur that iz the time when the Florist begins to fix up his houses an put in
VENTILATIN kontrapshins, an put on nu hinges what got broke, an then he wishes he had got the
EVERLASTIN HINQ wat i make. A little later he begins tew think about a nu BILER. Now u
jist rite tew me an ile sind u a Kat-a-log what telk u awl about my greenhous fixins, whitch iz the
best on arth and cheepest tew.

Mi name iz J- D. CARMODY, i live in EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, fclose to Posey Kounty.

is not generally included in the cost of the heating
apparatus, yet every florist knows how valuable it is
to him to have an apparatus that he can arrange

IN THE EVENING

and know it will carry with a certainty the proper
temperature until morning. This is

ONE OF TflE FEATURES

of our boilers, as Is fully

EXPLAINED BY THE

following letter:

W. I). Snell. Newville, Herkimer Co , N. Y.. Jan. 2d., 1931. says:

"1 wish to express my thorough satisfaction with the No. 70 Standard
Sectional steam boiler which I placed in my greenhouses early in Decem-
ber last year. I have three houses, 20(65, located side bV side, with
plass in roofs and gables- The houses are built of glass and wood, and
contain in all about 5.000 square feet of glass surface. I have in use
about 2,000 feet one-inch pipe, or about 700 square feet of radiation. I
carry a temperature of about 50 degrees at night, but have had no diffi-
culty in getting any higher temperature desired. I find that the boiler
will run ten hours without attention. I attend to it aboui nine o'clock
at night anl it will run with no furth3r attention until seven o'c<ock in
the morning. The draft I have is not a good one, yet notwithstanding
this objection, I have no difficulty in getting the fire up and getting as
much steam as I desire.

"I can thoroughly recommend the boiler and will be glad to have you
refer to me anyons that wants further iuformalion."

Send for our
Greenhouse Catalog.

We can name price delivered at any
railroad station in the United States,
and special price is given where our
boiltrs are not used.

GIBLIN <& CO.,

Mention this paper
when writing.

UTICA, N. Y

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Mar.

23,

IMPROVED GREENHOUSE

GLAZING POINTS.

Positively the best
made, zinc, never
rusts, lasts forever.
A sure preventive of glass slipping. EHective
on large or small glass. Easy to drive, easy to
extract. Two sizes, 5-8 and 6-8. 40c a pound,
by mail 16c extra; 7 pounds for $2. 50, by express.
For sale by

Vaughan's Seed Store Chicago and New York.

Henry F. Michell Philadelphia.

Schlegel & Fouler Boston. Mass.

W. C. Beckert Allegheny. Pa.

Inqlis Bros Brooklyn, N. Y.

Carneal & Davis Richmond, Va.

Vonnegut Hardware Co Indianapolis, Ind.

Pittsburg Cut Flower Co Pittsburg, Pa.

Chas. T.Siebert, MFgr. . . Station B, Pittsburg, Pa.

KIND WORDS NEVER DIE.

Glbnfield, Pa.
Chas. T. Siebert:— I take pleasure in ex-
pressing satisfaction in using your Zinc Glazing
Points. Tbey have outlasted all others used,
therefore are better and cheaper. Their merit
should result in extended sales.
Sincerely yours,

THEO. P. Beckert. Florist.

BERWICK, PA.

Chas. T. Siebert:— Enclosed And M. O. for
more Zinc Points, the same as others sent.
They are decidedly the best we ever used.
Respt.,

John A. Smithers & Son, Florists.
Bellevue, Pa.
Chas. T. Siebert:— Please book my order
for 100 lbs of Zinc Never Rust Glazing Points.
I have used 5 different kinds of points in the
last 12 years, and none of them gave me satis-
faction like yours. They will stay in, are easy
to drive, no rights or lefts, will hold the glass in
place, and do not rust away like all others I have
used. Your Zinc Points are easy to take out
when making repairs. I have used about 100
lbs. of your Zinc Points in the last two years,
and I am perfectly satisfied with them.

Yours truly, F. BuRKI.
Cleveland. O.
Chas. T. Siebert:— In our 25 years' experi-
ence in glazing points of all kinds, lean say your
Zinc Points are the best to date.

Chas. H. Wilson,
Mgr. for Grant-Wilson Floral Co.
YOUNGSTOWN, O.
Chas. T. Siebebt ;— Please Hnd inclosed
check for $3.50 for which send me 10 lbs. more
of your Zinc Points. To my way of thinking, too
much cannot be said in their favor.

Yours truly, E. HiPPARD.

Richmond, Va.

Chas. T. Siebert:— We have used the 20 lbs.

of Zinc Glazing Points, and think they are the

best things ire harf * r- r Uf<' d for glass. If we

need any more will order from you.

Yours very truly, W A. Hammond. Florist.

TMEJ

Gardeners' Chronicle.

A Weekly Illustrated Journal.

Established 1841,

The GARDENERS' CHRONICLE has been for
Sixty Years the Leading Journal of its class.
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Mar.

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Index to Advertisers.

Advertising rat^s. . .1166
Alabama Rose Card 1213

Alexander J R 1215

Allen J K 1190

Allen S L & Go. ....1172
American Blower Co IV
American Rose Co. .1168

1172

Amling EC. 1169 1173
Anchorage Rose Co. 1192
Andorra Nurseries, 1174
A schman Go jfrey .1215

lialdwin A J..' 1204

BallCbasD 1181

Bailer F A 1205

Banner J L&Co... 1169

Bartram T E 1194

Bassett & Wash-
burn 1169 1177

Bateman Mfg Co... 1172

Baur S Alfred I

Bayersdorfer H.tCo 1217
Benthey&Co Ui'g 1178
Bernheimer Eugene 1170

Berning H G 117U

BesoldC 1196

Billow Geo 1191

Bindekunst Die.... 1180

Blanc A &Co 1214

Blue H. 11 Nursery. .1212
BoDbin A Atl;ins.l20l
BostonCo-operative

Growers Ex 1170

Boston Letter Co... 1218

Brant SD 1214

Brant A Noe 1169

BreitLiihoer'h'gUo 1217
Brinkerhofl Geo M.1214
Briulev EB ACo..ll7I
Brookside Gnhouse 116H

Uruns HN 1191

Buckley \V T Plant

Co...' 1214

BudlongJA1169 1180 1196

Bunyard HA 1168

Burpee W A & Co..ll9U
Caldwell the Wood-
man Co 1169

Carmiohael D 1197

Carmody J D 1225

CassazaV&Bro... 1-221
Chadwiok Chas....l211
Chicago Carnation

Co 1168 1197

Chicago HouseWkg

Co 1224

Chi'go Paeony Frm 12U9
Christy Wilbur A.. r204
Cinoin Cut Flow C0.II68

Cleary tt Co 1181

Clipper Lawn Mow-

« erCo 1216

Cole Bros 1192

Coles W W....1197 12ii9
Conard A Jones Co. 1194

Conley Foil Co 1218

Cook John 1194

Cottage Gardens. .. . I

Crabb A Hunter I

Craig Robt A- Son.. 1197

Crane Stephen 1206

Crescent G'rhouses. 1214
('room J F A Bro. ..1213

Growl Fern Co 1213

Cunningham D O

Glass Co 1224

Cunningham Jos H.1212
Dailledouze Bros. ..1196

Danley ST 1212

Davis Bros 1214

Dayton Paper Nov-
elty Co 1218

Deamud J B 1168

DeSchryver O .t J. .1176
Detroit" Flower Pot

Mfg 1220

Dietsch A A Co.... 1223
Uillon JL 1194 11961211
Dorner F A SousCo I

DreerH A 1211 1224

DuerrJ 1214

Dunlop John H 1171

Dunne A Co 1219

Easfn Chemical Ool 220

Edgar W W 120J

Eiohholz Henry.... 1214
Eiohling Seed A

Nurserv Co 1208

Elliott W J 12 J6

Ellis Frank M 1170

E.lzabeth Nurs Co.

1207 1209

EUwaneer A Barry. 1206
Ernst Henr\' Aaon.1214

Ernest W H 1220

Esler J G A A 1221

Evergreen Nurs Co 1209
Felthousen J E ....1214
Ferguson John B...1169

Fick A Faber 1212

Finley Lawn Rake

Co 1216

Fisher Peter 1198

Floral Exchange. ..1192
FloridaNaturalPro-

duct Co 1220

Ford Bros U71 1182

Foster Lucius H . . . . 1208

Fr\er E 1198

Gardening Co 1226

Gardeners Chronclel226

Garland Geo M

Third cover

Cause G R A Co.... 1213
Geller Sigmund ....1218
Ghnrmlev Wm. 1171 1186
GibbouaH W Co... 1223

Giblin A Co 1225

Good A Rese Co... 1195

Gordon K E 1202

Griswold Mrs 1210

Guardian Angel Or-
phan Asvlum ...1198
Gu lett W II A Sonsl2l4
Gunther Wm H....117I
Gurney Heater Co.. 1228
Gutlm n Alex J.... 1171

Haerens Bros 1201

Hagenburger Carl. .1211

HailAss'n 1224

Hancock G A Son.. 1196

Hansen Chris 1194

Harrer Geo 1198

Harvey W P 1197

Heacock Joseph — 1192

He£fronDS 1213

Heinl Jos 1209

Heiss J B 1212

Hennecke C Co 1220

Herendeen Mfg Co 12M
Herr Albert !M.1176 1211

Herron Dana R 1200

Herrmann A 1218

Hession 1213

HewsHA H A Co.... 1120

HilflngerBros 1220

Hill D 1209

Hill The EG Co.... I

Hill II H 1169

Hippard E 1227

Hitchin s A Co —

Fourth cover IV

HoltonAHunkel Co 1184

Hooker HM Co 1228

Horan Edw C 1171

llornor C B A Son.. 1171

Hon tdv 1226

Hose Connect'n Co. 1216
H .wland Nurs Co. .1194
HubbardTSA Co.. 1215

Humfeld C 1204

Hunt E H 1169

Imperial Trade Co.. 1191
Invalid ApprceCo.1219
Irvine John A Sons. 1210

Jackson Edw B 1205

Jackson A Perkins. 1206
Jacobs S A Sons .... 1224

Jennings E B 1214

Jennings Bros 1223

Jessamine Gardens. 1210
Johnson A Stojies.. II
Kalamazbo Nursery

A Floral Co 12C4

Easting W F 1170

Keller Bros 1220

Keller Geo A Son. . . 1220

Kellogg Geo M 1168

Kennell John Fay. .1213
Kennicott Bros Co. .1175

Ky Tob Pro Co 1218

Kervan Co The 1215

Kitt Joseph A Son.. 1218

Kohr A F 1220

Kroeschell Bros Co. 1226

Kuehn C A 1170

KuhlC.eo A. ..1202 1204
Lager A Hurrell.... 1202
Lakeview Rose Gar. 1198
LangJulius,.,.1171 1176

Langjahr AH 1171

Limpre^ht S J 1171

Lockland Lum Co.. 1224

Long D B 1180

Lonsdale Edwin 1212

Lord A BurnhamCo

Second cover IX

Lucas J A Co IV

Lynn J A 1218

McCarthy N F A Co

■...117J 1186

McDonald Bros ...1221
McKellarAWintrsnll81
McMnrran EEAC0I2I6

Mader Paul 1211

Markle Jos 12tO

May John N 1200

May L L A Co 1194 1198

Menand L 1211

MiUang A Saltford.1171

Millang Frank 1171

Moller's Zeitung....I220
MoningerJCCo — IV
Montana Fertil Co.. 1216
Moon Samuel C... 1206
Moon Wm H Co.... 1209
Morris Floral Co. ...1212
Mortensen Stephen. 1194
Morton Grove Gr'n-

houses 1197

Moss Geo M 1170

Muno John 1194

Murray Jas C 1191

Myers "A Co 1228

Nanz A Neuner .... 1208
National Florists'
r Board of Trade. ..1170
N Eng Cut Flower

Co 1170 1185

N Y Cut Flower Co. 1171
N Y Cut Flower Ex.1171

N lessen Leo 1170

Palen Co The 1221

Palmer RT Co 1216

Payne D W 1223

I'ennook Sam'l S...1189
Peterson PS ASon.1174
Phoenix Nurs Co. .1206
Pittsburg Cut Flo

Co 1168

Poehlmann Bros 1213

PoUworih C C Co

1168 1220

Pritchard J N 1168

Quaker CityMchCo 1227

Ragan H L. 1210

Randall A L...1169 ir9

Rftsmussen A 1194

Rawlings E 1 1200

Raynor JI 1171 1187

Reed A Kell-r 1218

Regan Print House. 1222

Reinberg Geo 1178

Reinberg Peter

1169 1188 1196

Renters J ..1192

Rii-e MA Co 1218

Richards W J 1212

Rider-Erieson Eng.1226
Rife Engine Co. ..:. 12-24

Ripperger Geo 1221^

Roa h E 1209

Rodgers Alex 1172

Roemer Fred 1176

Roland Thomas.... 1212
Rolker .V A Sons.. ..1190
Rose Lawn Grhouse 1209
Rosemere Con8erv..I185
Rouzain-Boucharlt.1213

Rupp John F 1210

Rustic Mfg Co 1-223

Salzer J A Seed Co.. 1191

Sander ACo 1202

Sohillo Adam IV

Schmidt J C 1214

Schultheis A 1-200

Schwab COtto 1211

Scott Robt ASon...ll93

Seaver L T 1190

Shelley J P 1-209

Shellwood Green-
houses 1202 1212

Sheridan W F.1171 1184

SiebertChas T 1-226

Siebrecht A Son I

Sim Wm... 1200

Situations A Wants 1167
Skabcura Dip Co. . . 1218
Smith Nath A Son.. 1204
Smith W A T Co.... i
Smith A Young Co. 1214

Soltau C 1211

South Pk Floral Co. 1192
Sprague Smith Co.. 1224

Stahl Chas B 1170

Stansfleld Bros 1-204

Storrs & Harrison

Co 1174 1206

Stearns Lumber Co.l"226

Steinhoff H C 1213

Studer N 1208

Suiherland GA 1170 1182

Suzuki & lida 1191

Swahn Pot Mfg Co.12-20

S\vavneWm 1178

Syracuse Potery Co 12-20

Tart L R 1178

Takaghi A Co 1200

Teas E Y 1209

Thompson F A 1221

Thorburn J M ACo.lI72
Tobacco Warehouse

A Trading Co.... 1221
Traendly ASchenck

." 1171 1180

Underfeed SlokerCo III
\'auELan's Seed

Store 11721191 1199

1202 1210 1211 I

Vesey W J A M S..1198

Vicks Sons Jas 1210

Vincent R .Ir A Son

1211 1214

Vlasveld G A Sons.-.1172
Vredenburg A Co. .1191

Wabash R R 1214

Walker A McLean. .1198

Walker Alfred G....1213

Waltz MrsR 1190

Weathered's Sons

Thos 12-20 1-224 1-226 IV
Weber H A Sons. ...1197

Weeber A Don mi

Weiland A Risoh..

1169 1179

Welch Bros 1170

West View Flor Co.lI98
Whilidin Pot Co. ...1220

Wietor Bros 1183

Wildpret Bros 1176

Wilks S Mfg Co.... 1226

Wilmore W W 1211

Winterioh C 1211

Wittbold Geo Co. . ..1203

Wood J R A Co 1218

Wood Bros 1211

Wood Stubbs A Co.1190
Yates T N A Co....l2C.9

Y'oung Jno 1171

Young A Nugent...

1171 1183

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CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, MARCH 30, 1901.

No. 669.

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THIS ISSUE 44 PAGES WITH COVERS

I CONTENTS.

The water garden and its surroundings 1229

„ The psychrometer (ill us.) 1230

Eose show at New York (ilus.) 1231

Flower studies by Paul De Longpre (illus ). . . 1231

The Philadelphia spring show (illus. I ..1231

Carnation display at New York (illus.) 1232

New York 1232

Tulips at Philadelphia (illus.) 1233

' Boston 1233

Thalictrum aquilegifoUum (illus.) 1234

Chicago 1234

■ Philadelphia 123.5

Chestnut Hill, Pa 1235

{ Pittsburg 1235

i Sweet pea notes— A correction 1236

, (Jreenhouse building 1236

, What about the S. A. F. charter? 1236

Pan American exhibits 1236

' To Danish wire worms 1236

Twelve best herbaceous plants 1236

I Fire proof cement 1237

I Trouble with snails 1237

Obituary 1237

The seed trade 1242

—The French seed crops 1242

' The nursery trade 1244

' Our pastimes—At New York 1246

, Buffalo 1216

Syracuse, N. Y 1248

Hartford Conn 1250

"Wichita. Kans 1252

i Kansas City 1254

■' Cincinnati 1256

I St. Louis 1258

Baltimore 1260

.' Minneapolis 1262

i Springfield, Mass 1264

Albany, N. Y 1266

The Water Garden and Its Surroundings.

With the acJvent of spring there ia a
general cleaning up. After the efiects of
a prolonged winter season, dead leaves
and other vegetable matter is more or
less in evidence. When the ice and snow
disappear all such rubbish should be
gathered up and composted, excepting
dead branches and stalks of hard grasses
that do not readily rot. Burning rub-
bish is one way of getting rid ot such
things, but it is not economical. In
spring and fall the air is foul and ofien-
sive with smoke of burning and smoul-
dering leaves and rubbish, while such
material, if composted, would be valua-
ble, rich in humus, for top-dressing and
enriching the soil, and can be used for
potting and other purposes.

In all instances where protection was
given artificial ponds and tubs this
should now be cleared away, and where
shrubs need pruning they should receive
early attention, not the regular shearing
that is too often adopted. The barba-
rous and unnatural efiects of such are
painful and ludicrous, yet such work is
repeatedly done by so-called gardeners,
with a plea of lack of time. All flower-
ing shrubs should be judiciously pruned,
not "trimmed" up. To prune such
shrubs as forsythias, spiraeas, deutzias,
staphyleas and most of the flowering
shrubs now means a loss of the spring
and early smmmer flowers. Such bushes
as Hydrangea paniculata may be pruned
hard in, as they flower late in the season,
but for the bulk of flowering shrubs
pruning should be done immediately
after the flowering season. All that
remains to be done after the leaves fall
is to thin out the branches where they
are unduly crowded or out of place.

Where plants are overgrown and
crowded this is a favorable time for
transplanting and thinning out and
should be attended to as earlyas possible.
The canes of arundo and other grasses
may now be cut off, but in the case of
bamboos let these remain until all signs
of life fail. The past winter has been very
trying on this class of plants. Severe
freezing and hard winds, with no pro-
tection from snow, have in many instan-
ces left the canes nearly bare, and the
leaves sere. But I notice that in most
cases the canes are alive, and doubtless
before new ones are developed the old
ones will be furnished with new leaves.
These giant grasses are becoming more
popular every year and should be found
on all margins of ponds. They are also
valuable as specimens on the lawn or

may be grown in tubs, also as pot plants.
The margins of ponds and streams will
need attention. Where there is no
shrubbery the grass will need beating or
rolling, as the action of frost will leave
these in a spongy condition. Field mice
will sometimes do much havoc, and also
musk rats. Where they have had a lodge-
ment, any damage to banks should now
be repaired and continued vigilance exer-
cised, as there is little, if any, fresh or
new vegetation and roots and tubers
will be sought after. Therefore do not fail
to have the steel traps in evidence, and
in the most likely run or spot the rats
might visit.

All such cleaning up and possible repairs
should be done before planting time
arrives, but with other unfinished busi-
ness planting time will soon be the order
of the day and where the best results are
expected, the work must not be delayed.
It may not be necessary to do much
fresh planting or renewing, yet it is well,
where a luxuriant growth has been the
result of past seasons, to look over such
plantations or clumps of plants. It may
be verv beneficial to do some thinning
out. Size is a potent factor in nymph.-ea
flowers, as well as in carnations and
roses, and must not be overlooked by
the grower. Where plants are crowded
it is possible to get quantity of flowers but
not size. Of course there are varieties of
nymphcxa that produce but moderate-
sized flowers and some even small flowers.
Where hardy varieties are grown in tubs
or boxes it is well to replant every
season, discarding the weak growths and
renewing the soil. This is not absolutely
necessary in all cases, but if the finest,
largest and best flowers are desired, then
it is necessary.

Advance in this line is becoming rapid,
and every season witnesses new and
improved varieties. Additions of recent
years are more distinct and desirable.
In most cases these are not rampant
growers and do not make large rhizomes,
and purchasers feel disappointed on
receiving such small roots in a dor-
mant condition. The imported roots
are pygmies in 3-inch pots. The best
way to handle these roots is to pot them
up, using 4-inch or 5-inch pots, according
to the size of the roots. These can be
given protection for a few weeks indoors.
A number of plants can be placed in a
tub until nicely established, and these
can be safely transplanted into their
permanent quarters, with a good ball of
roots and soil without danger of being
shifted, whereas a small root would of
necessity have to be "buried" to keepf it

1230

The American Florist.

Mar.

30,

where wanted or there is danger of the
same rising to the surface, and many
unexplainable things might happen.
The safest and best method is to start
them in pots and protect them in the
early stages, either in a greenhouse or in
a frame, avoiding a high temperature.

The latter part of May and beginning
of June, according to locality, is time for
planting out the tender nymphisas.
These should be started in April, allow-
ing from six to eight weeks' growth in a
temperature of from 70° to 75°, always
giving the plants the full benefit of the
sunlight and ample ventilation. It will
be found of great advantage to procure
tubers of sucb nymphjeas now and grow
them on the place in preference to
buying plants at the time for planting.
Small tubers will produce flowering
plants in a few weeks, and can be safely
sent by mail, whereas plants would have
to be shipped by express, and there
would be more or less of a check to the
plants, besides the expressage.

Every season there are some complaints
of nelumbiums not growing. In all cases
there must be a cause, audit is very hard
to determine what it is in each individual
instance. Although the lotus is hardy it
must not be treated the same as hardy
perennial plants. The plants or tubers
will sufier if subjected to extremes of
temperature, and if the tubers are
received during cool weather and the con-
ditions remain so for any length of time,
the tubers will rot. The weather should be
settled warm and the conditions favora-
ble for growth at once. If tubers are
kept indoors in a tub or pan, where they
grew the preceding season, and in a tem-
perature of 60° to 65° no signs of growth
will be perceotible; therefore don't plant
until warm weather.

There are other dangers besides planting
too early. The tubers are sometimes
(difficult to keep in place, especially if the
water ia deep. No better method can be
adopted than to start the tubers in pots
or seed pans, thus securing a ball of soil
and roots, giving then similar treatment
as advised for nvmpbajas, and a tempera-
ture of about 70°. Tubers started thus
will make good plants in a few weeks and
when the season is late for planting, so
much additional time may be gained,
besides far better and more satisfactory
results. Another cause of failure is
planting the tubers in tubs, using a
quantity of fresh manure with the soil.
Before the tubers can make a fair start
fermentation takes place. Under such
conditions the new growth is almost
sure to decay, and the result is failure.
Wm. Thicker.

The Psychrometer.

In a recent issue a correspondent
inquires as to the value and uses of the
psychrometer or moisture gauge in
greenhouses, being led thereto, no doubt,
by advertisements of these instruments
in the trade papers.

In order to form a correct judgment in
this matter, it will be necessary to first
consider the subject of atmospheric
humidity or moisture. The atmosphere
may be compared to a sponge. A sponge
will take up a certain amount of water;
if when saturated, it is squeezed in the
least, some of this water will be lost.
The atmosphere also absorbs a certain
amount of water, the amount varying
from absolute dryness to saturation.
Unlike the sponge, however, the amount
of water that the atmosphere may take
up and retain depends almost wholly
upon its temperature, the warmer the

air, the more moisture it is capable of
holding. This is because the molecules
of air are more widely separated in a
warm than in a cold air, thus allowing
more room for the water-particles
between them. There is no chemical
change as suggested by the correspon-
dent, the moisture evaporated from
moist surfaces in the greenhouse and
water given off by the plants being sim-
ply held in suspension by the atmosphere.
To return to the illustration of the
sponge. If we squeeze the satuated
sponge even slightly, some of the water
will be given off', but if it were only one-
half saturated, it might be squeezed con-
siderably before any water would be
squeezed out. , The air may be squeezed,
as it were, by reducing the temperature.
Supposing the air to be satuated at 60°,
it the temperature were reduced even

HOME MADE PSYCHROMETER.

slightly, precipitation would occur as
fog or rain; but if it were only one-half
saturated, the temperature might be
reduced very considerably without caus-
ing any precipitation of its moisture.
Incidentally it may be remarked that the
point to which it would be necessary to
so reduce the temperature, or the tem-
perature at which the moisture is
squeezed out of the air, is called the dew-
point.

Scientists, when reckoning atmospheric
moisture, use the terms "absolute" and
"relative" humidity. The absolute
humidity is merely the weight of the
water-vapor in" the air and is usually
expressed in grains or grammes per cubic
foot; for instance, the water-holding
capacity of air at 50°, under normal
pressure is about four grains per cubic
foot. The relative humidity is expressed
by Waldo in "Elementary Meteorology,"
page 122, as follows: "The relative
humidity is the relation of the amount
of moisture present to the amount
necessary for saturation under the exist-
ing conditions and it is expressed in per-
centage of the latter. When it is said

that the relative humidity is fifty per
cent, this means that half as much moist-
ure is present as would be necessary for
saturation under the existing conditions
of temperature and barometric pressure."

Different methods are employed to
determine the amount of moisture in the
atmosphere. The one most commonly
employed by meteorologists is the deter-
mination of the temperature of evapora-
tion. This is effected by means of the
sling or mercurial psychrometer. This
instrument consists of two thermometers
that have been tested to read exactly
alike under similar conditions, placed side
by side. The bulb of one is then covered
with a thin muslin sack that is kept con-
stantly moist. This can be best accom-
plished by connecting the muslin with a
vessel containing distilled water, by
means of wicking. The evaporation from
the cloth cools the bulb; the drier the air
the more rapidly the evaporation pro-
ceeds and the greater will be the differ-
ence in the reading of the two thermom-
eters. When the air is moist the difference
in the readings is less, until the air
becomes wholly saturated, when the
thermometers read alike.

Such an instrument, with two accu-
rately graduated and delicate thermom-
eters, costs about $5. The accompany-
ing illustration shows a home-made
psychrometer constructed by the writer
at a cost of about $1, including labor,
that compares favorably in results with
the higher priced instruments. The ther-
mometers cost 4-0 cents each and were
selected from a lot of six The whole lot
were taken to a closed room and the
bulbs placed in a dish of water set over a
tiny flame. The readings of all were
carefully observed and two were found
that read alike. The details of arrange-
ment are apparent.

Another method is based on the fact
that certain animal or vegetable sub-
stances expand in length in the presence
of moisture and contract when dry.
Hair is the substance commonly used,
and is often arranged in spiral form and
connected with a dial showing in a rela-
tive way the percentage of humidity in
the atmosphere. For instance, the hand
on the dial may read from 10 to 100, the
latter indicating complete saturation; if
the hand points to 50 or "moist" we
know, if the controlling substance has
responded normally, that "half as much
moisture is present as would be neceisary
for saturation under the existing condi-
tions of temperature, etc."

Comparing the two methods we find
that: The hair hygrometer shows at a
glance the relative humidity of the atmos-
phere, but owing to the principle of its
construction its accuracy may often be
questioned: however, for practical pur-
poses it suffices. The mercurial osvchro-
meter, when supplied with clean cloth and
pure water, will show accurately the
relative humidity, supposing the ther-
mometers to he graduated alike. The
further advantage is obtained of being
able to observe the temperature.

In closing, it is well to remark that
there is a third method of determining
the moisture in the air, and one that is
wholly familiar to every one. viz., the
sensibilities. What practical florist will
fail to note the difference between a moist
and a dry air in a greenhouse? The
average florist, however, has not yet
learned how to apply his acquired knowl-
edge in this direction in order to obtain
desired results, and in this respect he is
as well off' as his friends, the scientific
gentlemen.

Does anyone pretend to say that a rel-

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MARCH 19-22, 1901.

ative humidity of 40° is better for roses
with a temperature of 58° than a relative
humidity of 60°? Until we learn to
better interpret the relations of atmos-
pheric moisture to plant growth, the
moisture gauge in any form must be
largely an object of interest.

In the illustration the bulb A is
uncovered. The bulb B is surrounded by
a cloth sack kept moist by a wick extend-
ing to the bottle C. The thermometer
Irames should be blocked out from the
board by pieces of cork or wood placed
between the back ol frames and the
board. Frederic Cra.nefibld.

Flower Studies by Paul De Longpre.

Forty-six of Mr. De Longpre's latest
studies in the art of flower painting in
water colors have been on exhibition at
Earle's Galleries, Philadelphia, the past
week and I availed myself of the privilege
of spending a half hour among them — all
too short a time for a due appreciation
of this rare artist's creations, but the
exigencies of the seed business the third
week in March curtails the lunch hour to
Wall street dimensions. I used the camera
on a tew of them, however, and two of
the photographs are reproduced in this
issue, see supplement.

The reproductions give some idea of
the keen eye for harmonious and artistic
arrangement which is so strongly marked
in this artist's work; but the colors of
course must be imagined — and you cannot
imagine how beautiful they are. The
strongest feature in these studies is their
fidelity to nature, something that cannot
be acquired by an artist without long

years of thehardest kind of work, while at
the sametimethemostengaging qualities
of each flower are emphasized with true
poetic feeling, showing that the artist
not only knows his subject but loves it.
About four years ago I first saw some
specimens of Mr. De Longpre's work on
exhibition. Those created almost asensa-
tion here, and the present series show the
same painstaking touch— the touch of true
genius, impossible to describe but palp-
able to anyone at first glance. Mr. De
Longpre has settled permanently in
California, the home of flowers, aud will
no doubt continue to delight us in the
future with many more of his charming
studies. Geobgb C. Watson.

The Philadelphia Spring Show.

There were a number of exhibits of
interest at this show, which opened on
Tuesday and closed on Friday of last
week. I send you a few random notes
of some things which struck me as being
worthy of special mention. There was
the best display of Primula obconica I
have ever seen, the prize being captured
by John Thatcher, gardener to Edward
Le Bouttillier, with six magnificent
plants, labeled "grandiflora." These
plants were very florilerous and the
truly grand flowers of a much improved
form and laiger than those of the type.
Iris Susiani, the mourning iris, was
exhibited by Francis Canning, gardener
to S. C. Bodine. Although not new, this
is an exquisite thing and in the hands of
an artist could be used most eflfectively in
funeral work. Mr. Canning also put up
a fine group o^ flowering and foliage
plants in the center of the hall, and well

deserved the premium awarded him, not
only for excellence of culture, but for the
great variety of subjects used and the
good taste displayed in arranging same.
It was a very well balanced group.

Primula cortusoides Sieboldii, three
varieties, white, salmon and ruby, was
exhibited by Dreer, and received the
society's certificate. This is a fine thing
and should be more largely grown. In
some respects it is better even than
P. obconica. It has brighter colors,
larger flowers, and if as easily grown as
that excellent subject, should receive the
attention of the commercial florists.
Thalictrum aquilegifolium, a white
flowering perennial with columbine-like
foliage, was also Suown by Dreer. If
easily forced and not too soft this should
be a good Easter subject. A miniature
form of the Boston fern was shown by
the same firm, but the committee did not
feel justified in coming to a decision with
regard to it on account of the limited
quantity exhibited, and recommended a
further showing later. The new golden
pandanus (Sanderi) was also on exhibi-
tion from the Dreer place and received a
good deal offavorable comment, although
the specimens shown had suffered some-
what from a long sea voyage and were
not in as perfect form as they will be a
little later. Some of us were rather dis-
appointed in it. We had thought from
the published descriptions and the super-
latives used by different reporters that
this wonderful plant had all the colors
of the rainbow most harmoniously con-
trasted. As Mr. Harris puts it, "We
dreamed that we saw the colors a
sanctified pineapple, only far superior,
and in the shape of pandanus." Not-

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withstanding this slight disappointment
with the reality, it is a fine thing and
deserved the society's silver medal, which
it received. Cineraria stellata was
shown by Thomas Holland, gardener
to Lincoln Godfrey, four beautiful speci-
mens of large size and grand form.

The geraniums exhibited by Joseph Hur-
ley and William Robertson were very fine
and were a revelation of what can be
done with the new and improved vari-
eties of this good old plant. Those that
appeared to me to be particularly good
varieties in these collections were the
following: Marquis de Castellane, Gen-
eral Lee, Crabbe, Star, Acton and Athlete.
There was a fine show of hyacinths,
tulips and daffodils, many of the exhibits
shovring remarkable skill in culture.
The G. C. Watson special prize for the
best exhibit of hyacinths in the show
was captured by Joseph McGregor, and
curiously enough, this same exhibit,
although entered in another class, did
not receive a prize, but was passed over
for two that the judges thought were
better. The mystery is explained, how-
ever, when it is stated that there were
two sets of judges. Mr. McGregor's
exhibit, although the specimens were not
the largest, not having suckers like some
of the other prize winners, was in the
opinion of many undoubtedly the most
perfect for form, finish and general excel-
lence in the whole show. I believe it is
the rule in European exhibitions to dis-
qualify hyacinths exhibited with suckers;
over here it seems to be considered by
some judges a reason why an exhibit
should receive a prize. The tulips were
very good this year, and among them
were the usual old favorite varieties,
including the Couronne d'Or, which has
been such a favorite in the Philadelphia
market this spring.

The daffodils consisted of the large
flowering varieties mostly, such as
Empress, Sir Watkin, Henry Irving and

tion, as last season I furnished a customer
with a thousand of this variety as an
experiment and he was very poorly
pleased with the venture. If the variety
does no better under glass than those I
saw at the flower show here I do not
wonder at his being dissatisfied. The
Barri conspicuus grown outside, as I
know it, is certainly a far brighter and
lovelier plant in everyway, and if it could
only be grown in perfection indoors would
be a grand seller.

A dwarf form of Asparagus tenuissimus
was exhibited by Wm. Thatcher, gardener
to Mrs John L. Gardner, Boston. It is
a seedling of tenuissimus, but whether
crossed with some other varieties which
were growing in the house at the same
time is not certain. The judges thought
well of this novelty and gave it the soci-
ety's certificate. Cyrtomium falcatumin
Mr. Westcott's collection was an excel-
lent specimen of this fine house fern. Mr.
Cox specially recommended this in his
essay before the Florists' Club recently.
It is a handsome plant and very tough,
one of the best house Jems that we have.
The cyclamens exhibited of John Dodds,
gardener to H. S. Hopper, were one of
the features of the show. They were
splendid specimens, well grown and an
excellent strain. If "the other fellow"
saw these he will understand what I
mean by good cyclamens. I consider
this spring show one of the most credita-
ble which the society has ever given. The
exhibition of hyacinths, especially, was
the largest and finest that I can remem-
ber in this city. Although the spring
show does not seem to appeal to the
public it is quite as dnteresting as the fall
exhibition to most of us in the business
on account of the large variety of new
and interesting subjects which are sea-
sonable at this time. It should never be
omitted, even if there is not a profitable
showing at the box office.

G. C. Watson.

CARNATION DISPLAY AT THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION, WALDORF-
ASTORIA HOTEL, NEW YORK, MARCH 19-22, 1901.

Emperor, although in one collection, that
of Francis Canning, I observed Barri con-
spicus, at least it was labeled that,
although the red rim of the cup which is
so marked a characteristic of this variety
was almostlackinginthe specimen shown.
Mr. Canning either had a spurious vari-
ety or else it does not develop its best
color if forced in the greenhouse. I think
robftblv the latter is the true explana-

NoEwooD, Mass.— Rea Bros, have dis-
solved partnership. Frederic J. Rea
will continue the business.

Corfu, N. Y.— H. G. Fishell has leased
the Edwards place and will take posses-
sion of the greenhouses on June 1.

Rhinebeck, N. Y.— Chas. Ferris, Wm.
Rhynders, Elmer Coon and Harry Stew-
art are each to erect violet houses.

New York.

VISITORS TO ROSB SHOW SPEND A DAY ON
LONG ISLAND. — CARNATION GROWERS
HAVE MANY THINGS OF MERIT. — DAILLB-
DOCZE, WAKD AND TAYLOR PLAY HOSTS
TO A DOZEN ENTHDSIASTS IN HOHTICUL-
TURB— ROSE SHOW DID NOT STIMULATE
ROSE MARKET AS HOPED — PRICES ARE
WEAKENING EXCEPT ON CARNATIONS.—
PREPARATIONS FOR HEAVY BUSINESS
NEXT WEEK.

A party of about a dozen visitors from
remote points took advantage of the
opportunity of their visit to the rose
show and devoted a day to inspecting a
few of the famous Long Island establish-
ments. Dailledouze Bros, were first
called upon and the grand display of car-
nations there blooming was thoroughly
enjoyed. Prosperity was, of course, the
great attraction. The blush seedling
and a number of other interesting novel-
ties were also seen to advantage. At C.
W. Ward's the visitors crowded about
the brilliant beds of seedlings and listened
attentively as their enthusiastic owner
pointed out their respective characteris-
tics and explained his aims and methods
in hybridizing. A house of Mrs. Lawson
carnations was found in especially fine
shape. The geraniums were a revela-
tion to some of the visitors, who saw
now for the first time the superb new
varieties that are destined to supplant
the hitherto standard sorts. Asparagus
retrofractns was another novelty that
received much favorable comment. It is
distinct from any asparagus ever before
introduced and if it can be grown profit-
ably will unquestionably find a perma-
nent place among desirable florists' dec-
orative material. Mr. Ward showed a
new house in course of erection, 30x240,
which is to furnish a practical test of the
value of sub-irrigation as applied to car-
nations. There are four wide benches,
two of which are to be fitted with sub-
irrigation facilities and two to be of the
ordinary pattern. The visitors were
next taken in tow by Tohn H. Taylor,
who, with characteristic hospitality,
quickly landed the van-load of well-
sharpened appetites at the golf club
house on his estate, where a bountiful
lunch was enjoyed and an hour spent in
informal talking on practical subjects,
finishing with an enthusiastic vote of
thanks to the host of the occasion. A
visit to Mr. Taylor's greenhouses was
then in order. 'The vigorous health of
Mrs. Lawson, Mrs. Jas. Dean, Gomez
and other popular carnations that thrive
so well in the air and soil of Bayside
were especially commented upon. One
house of young carnations is already
planted, a venture which some of the
party looked upon as rather precocious.
But Mr. Taylor says he knows what he
is about. The day wound up with atrip
to the bowling alleys at Flatbush, where
the local lights were busily engaged in
spare-making. The augmented crowd
made a very lively aggregation, hilarity
soon taking the place of proficiency, and
so the wonderful scores that graced the
blackboard are withheld from publica-
tion out of consideration for the feelings
of the participants.

Whatever may be the eflect eventually
of the rose society's exhibition of last
week on the fortunes of the rose as a cut
flower in this market, it is safe to say
that no direct benefit is visible as yet
from the standpoint of the grower and
the wholesaler. In fact, there is a very
evident disadvantage noted in the
attitude of the ret<Ml dealers, who prob-
ably reflect in some degree the sentiment!

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of their customers, who seem, since the
rose exhibition, to be more exacting
than ever in their retjuirements as to the
stock they buy.' This is, no doubt,
attributable in part to the abundance of
roses in this market, the cut showing a
daily increase in all varieties. Continu-
ous rainy weather has also been a factor
in bringing the market as a whole into
the rather unsatisfactory condition which
it presents this week.

The output of American Beauty has
been gradually increasing until now the
supply has reached a point where many
of the flowers 6nd their way to the street
at street prices. The quality is, as a rule,
excellent. All grades of Bride and Brides-
maid have suffered in price, and, particu-
larly with the latter, the increased supply
has been accompanied by a depreciation
in quality. There is still a big surplus of
all bulbous flowers, and, without excep-
tion, they are slow sellers. Lilies, both
Harrisii and longiflorum, are coming
along in good quantity, but with little
demand for them yet. As to the Easter
lily prospects opinions vary, but it is
probable that every really good flower
will find a purchaser. Mignonette is at
the bottom of the list of market flowers
and scarcely worth the trouble of sending
in. As to violets, the clouds are lifting.
Their quality bids fair to be the best ever
seen for Easter, and, although there will
be an enormous quantity of them mar-
keted next week, it is believed that the
high grade of the stock generally will do
much to insure its' unloading at reasona-
ble figures.

Carnations alone of all the regular
market flowers hold up in value and show
no signs of weakness. What with the
dark days and the desire of the growers
to have a good Easter crop the supply
and demand daily balance nicely, and
sacrifice sales are not necessary. Of the
ordinary varieties Scott seems the shyest
and the indications are that good flowers
of this variety will be none too plenty
for the coming holiday. Smilax, aspar-
agus and ferns are also showing the
usual shortness always existing at this
season of the year.

Boston.

TRADE SHOWS A DECLINE D0RING THE
WEEK. —NO BELIEF IN SIGHT BEFORE
EASTER. — OLD GUARD VISITS EDGAR. —
BOCK HAS HIS EASTER PLANTS ALL SOLD
IN ADVANCE.— LONSDALE VISITS ROLAND.
— LOEBAINE EXPERTS HOLD PLEASANT
INTERVIEW.— SPECIAL AWARDS AT EXHI-
BITION.— VARIOUS NOTES.

Business is a little ofl this week. The
carnation is the only item on the list that
maintains a bold front; consequently the
carnation grower has nothing to com-
plain of. Not so the rose man, who finds
himself badly squeezed by the bears with
no relief in sight this side of Easter. In
bulbous stock the same unsatisfactory
conditions prevail excepting only in the
case of Paper White narcissi, whi?h seem
to move fairly well. Violets are very
"druggy" and it is a smart man with
exceptional stock who can get over 25
cents a hundred for them at present.
Prospects for Easter are excellent.
Experts are figuring on the best Easter
on record.

A delegation of theiOld Guard went, on
invitation, Tuesday, March 26, to visit
W.W.Edgar at Waverley and inspect the
beautiful array of Easter plants now in
perfection of bloom at his greenhouses.
The immense cool storage house was a
bewildering mass of color, azaleas,

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TULIPS AT THE PHILADELPHIA SPRING SHOW.

acacias, genistas, rhododendrons and
metrosideros all ready for the big ship-
ping days next week. Lilies, astilbes,
and many foliage plants were seen in
large quantities and excellent shape.
Asparagus Sprengerii in wire baskets,
Boston ferns— big specimens in tubs— and
luxuriant Adiantum Farleyense are also
among the specialties in "green goods"
which will be wanted not only for Easter
but every day. After a trip through the
houses the guests were entertained in the
most hospitable manner throughout the
afternoon and evening by Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar and their daughter, Miss Grace.

Edwin Lonsdale was a most welcome
visitor last week. He indulged in a visit,
in company with Boston friends, to the
"Lorraine farm" of Thos, Roland, at
Nahant, and these two experts in Lor-
raine culture had a very pleasant inter-
view. Mr. Roland is also an expert on
crop rotation. One house recently doing
good work with single violets is now the
home of a promising crop of white stocks
and will, later on, have to take care of a
crop of early chrysanthemums. Another
violet house is planted with candytuft
that is expected to pay good returns at

Memorial day. The visitors were hospi-
tably entertained by Mr. Roland and
given a view of some of Nahant's famous
summer estates and picturesque, craggy
coast.

W. A. Bock is in his usual good shape
for the Easter rush. Lilies, azaleas,
genistas, daisies and hydrangeas are
practically all sold in advance and buyers
are clamoring for more. The departure
of the Easter plants will aflord needed
room for the Boston ferns which are
growing luxuriantly and fill several long
benches. Mr. Bock says that a severe
attack of red spider on the hydrangeas
was promptly and effectually vanquished
by the use of lemon oil insecticide, used
according to directions as sent out by
H. F. Micheli, of Philadelphia.

At the spring exhibition last week a
number of special awards was made on
the closing day, including a silver gilt
medal to Mrs. F. L. Ames for a superb
collection of orchids, a silver medal to J.
E. Rothwell, also for orchids, a silver
medal to A. P. Stokes, E. Lundberg, gar-
dener, for rose Gold of Ophir, and a cer-
tificate of merit to the last named for
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certificate of merit to M. H. Walsh for
rose Sweetheart, a cross between Wichu-
raiana and Bridesmaid.

As the warm days come on and the
ground thaws out the damage done by
the past winter becomes apparent in the
lifeless leaves and blighted flower buds of
rhododendrons and other susceptible
subjects. It is much worse than had
been anticipated, for at no time has the
weather been excessively severe. Jackson
Dawson attributes much of the trouble
to the indirect tilects of the two dry
summers preceding.

W. R Smith, of Washington, isintown,
the magnet having betn a concert on
Thursday evening by the Burns Memo-
rial Association at which an address was
made by his friend Senator Hoar. The
Horticultural Club met the same evening
and Mr. Smith was their guest for a
short time.

Visitor: E. J. Harmon, Portland, Me.

Chicago.

LOCAL TRADE SUFFERS BECAUSE OF UN-
PBOPITIOUS WEATHER — SHIPPING IIUSI
NESS CONTINUES ACTIVE —DEMAND IS
LARGELY FOR WHITE HOSES AND CARNA-
TIONS — SCARCITY OF LILIES LIKELY FOR
EASTER. — MANY LARGE ORDERS INSIGHT.
—FEW EASTER PLANTS AVAILABLE —
LILY OF THE VALLEY AND VARIOUS ITEMS
OF INTEREST.

Trade conditions have not been thor-
oughly satisfactory this week. The
weather has been bad and it has had its
eiJect on local activities and also on the
production of stock, which has been con-
siderably curtailed bj' the sunless skies.
Shipping orders have been very numerous,
although not large, and have served to
fairly well exhaust the desirable grades
in nearly all lines of stock. The principal
demand has been for Bride roses and
white carnations, and in both these items
'there has been a shortage, particularly
pronounced in the line of first grade car-
nations. Easter lilies have been coming
in more plentifully and have sold well,
and callas have moved to better advan-
tage than heretofore. Bulbous stock, in
general, has been doing fairly well, but
violets have not improved in status. As
to them, nothing more need be said than
that during the week the street fakirs
have been able to sell very decent bunches
at a nickel apiece. The wholesalers are
all experiencing a rush of correspondence
with regard to Easter orders, which are
coming in heavier than was ever before
known thus early. All the big buyers are
expecting to use more stock than usual,
and it seems certain that the Easter trade
will be unprecedented. There is, as yet,
a great deal of uncertainty with regard
to the supply of lilies, it having developed
that some of the growers who counted
on large cuts will get in but a small pro-
portion of their blooms, but, neverthe-
less, the large local buyers have expe-
rienced no dilEculty in placing orders.
There is a likelihood of a very fair supply
of American Beauties and tea roses, but
the chances are that carnations, as was
the case last Easter, will be very hard to
get in satisfactory grades.

A journey among the growers discloses
very little in the line of flowering plants
for Easter. Well-flowered pot lilies are
going to be a scarcity, and there seems
to be a general lack of quality in the
azaleas which are offered. They do not
seem to be as well flowered as in previous
seasons. There are very few Begonia
Gloire de Lorraine, and Crimson Ram-
blers are almost an unknown quantity,
although largely in evidence in eastern

THALIOTRUM AQUILEGIFOLIUM AT THE PHILADELPHIA SPRING SHOW.

cities. There are, of course, large quan-
tities of bulbous stock in pots and pans,
and considerable quantities of primroses,
cinerarias, cyclamens and a few hydran-
geas, but whatever may be the case in
other cities, cut flowers will have very
little competition in Chicago at Easter.

Andrew Miller, who recently retired
from a partnership in the Central Floral
Company, is now with John Mangel, at
the corner of Washington and State
streets, where Mr. Mangel has just
renewed his lease for a five years' period.
There are very Jew florists in the United
States who pay as much rent as Mr.
Mangel, his new lease being for $9,000 a
year.

Supplementing what H. N. Bruns had
to say on lily of the valley pips for forc-
ing, at a recent club meeting, August
Jurgens remarked that much depends
upon the handling of the pips, which
should be placed in soil as soon as
received to prevent the drying out of the
roots. He says that good lily of the
valley can only be expected by giving it

plenty of time to develop and providing
a cool temperature. His early lily of the
valley is given from 85" to 90°, but the
later stock is given from 75° to 80°. Mr.
Jurgens claims that this market wants
too long a stem, which necessitates hard
forcing, and for this reason the color very
frequently is poor. Mr. Buettner argued
that a far larger amount of lily of the
valley could be sold would the retailers
only push it properly. He also stated
that lilv of the valley should bring from
$2 to $4 to be grown at a profit.

George M. Garland has returned from
Jamestown. N. Y., where he went to book
the order for iron gutters for the big
range of new houses to be erected by the
Lakeview Rose Gardens. Mr. Garland
shipped 3,000 feet of gutter from his
foundry last week, and is turning out
400 feet per day. He is planning to fur-
ther increase his facilities in order to keep
pace with the demand.

Prank Garland has taken the lease and
bought the fixtures at the A. H. Poehl-
mann place at 55 Wabash avenue and

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will open in a few days to sell his own
cut. Mr. Garland is one of the largest
growers of bulboue stock in the country.
He has 50,000 feet of glass at Dea Plaines.

W. N. Kudd, secretary of the Horticul-
taral Society of Chicago, has been notified
that the Society of American Florists will
give one silver and one bronze medal to be
awarded to new or meritorious plants
or flowers of American origin at the
annual exhibition next fall.

The South Park commissioners will ask
the voters in their district to authorize
the sale of four per cent bonds to the
amount of $500,000 to pay for improve-
ments, particularly in [ackson Park,
where 233 acres of World's Fair land yet
remain to be reclaimed.

A. L. Vaughan is at home to remain
until after Easter. He says that his
trade has been good this season and that
florists are prosperous everywhere.

Among the week's visitors were Simon
Humfeld, of the Muncie Floral Company,
of Muncie, Ind., and John Schneider, of
Kansas City.

Peter Reinberg is cutting some remark-
able Golden Gate roses. The buds are as
large as Beauty and the stems long an^
very strong.

Fred. Strail, of Mangel's, has the
sympathy of many friends in the death
of his father, which occurred at Lakeview
March 24.

Jonquils from the south are coming in
heavily but are slow sale in the cold
weather that has -prevailed.

J. B. Deamud is handiiog some extra
fine tulips this season.

Philadelphia.

TRADE CONDITIONS BBTRAY LITTLE FRIC-
TION.— ALL ABOUT THE PRICES PREVAIL-
ING — ANXIETY AS TO EASTER RESULTS —
LARGE TRADE ASSURED. — PLANTSMEN
REPORT BEING WELL SOLD OUT.— GOOD
THINGS SEEN AT THE VARIOUS ESTAB-
LISHMENTS.— NOTES OF INTEREST HERE
AND THERE.

Things are running along smoothly.
The supply of flowers is ample for the
demand and yet there is no great accu-
mulation of stock. Prices are about as
last week. Beauties bring $3 per dozen
for specials and the best teas are $8 to
$10 per hundred. Liberties go as high as
$3 per dozen. There are a few Brunners,
the best bringing from $3 to $4 per
dozen. Carnations move well at $2 for
anything worth having, while the specials
sell for $3 to $5, some of Weber's going
as high as $7 to $8. Bulbous stock is
most plentiful and moves slowly at $3,
while some of the daffodils sell down to
$1 per hundred. Violets are 50 cents per
hundred. The Robert Scott rose is now
on the market, handled by Ed. Reid and
S. S. Pennock. The flowers are good
and if such stock can be had all the sea-
son rounditshonld"fillalong felt want."
The outcome of next week's business is
regarded with more or less anxiety by
all parties. So far as the growers are
concerned, they say orders are coming in
better than ever. Robert Craig, who has
an immense stock of Easter lilies, all in
the finest condition, has cautioned his
men not to sell any more lilies until
stock for the orders received has been set
aside, as he feels he is practically sold out
of this great Easter flower. He has a
magnificent stock of azaleas that is also
going fast. Other growers have much
the same story to tell, anvthing choice
being all selected.

_W. K. Harris has his usual fine collec-
tion of stock looking its very best. His
is certainly a great place to visit these

days. He is king bee with several plants,
particularly with genista, which is to be
seen here as nowhere else. J. W. Colfax
is in it with lilies and hydrangeas, daisies
and other stock, while his neighbor,
George Anderson, has the best lilies he
has had yet, and more of them. George
has the lily business down fine and has
not made a miss for a number of years,
i! at all. S. J. Bunting, a little farther
out, is strong on hydrangeas, lilies, lilacs
and hyacinths. Robert Scott & Son have
a fine stock of Ramblers, lilies, lilacs and
pot roses. Jacob Becker is also in the
rose business and these, together with
his lilies and azaleas, all up to his stand-
ard, are worth going to see. Griffin, of
Frankford, has a lot of choice azaleas,
lilies and other Easter stock, as have
Koehler & Son near by. The H. A. Dreer
Company have quantities ol azaleas and
some lilacs, but nearly if not quite all
sold.

Hugh Graham has a great stock of
Easter plants, his large new houses filled
with azaleas being a great sight. His
hyacinths are all named sorts and are
very fine, as are his lilies. We note that
some growers say they are dissatisfied
with Crane carnations. As grown here
it is as free, almost, as Portia and the
house seems a blaze of flowers. Mrs.
\an Rennesalaer, the new light pink, is a
dandy and now has a very large crop in
sight.

S, S. Pennock sent out cards of invita-
tion to inspect his stock of Easter plants
this week. There was a very pretty dis-
play arranged on the tables of the larger
part of his show rooms. Hugh Graham
had a table, also Robert Craig, W. K.
Harris, Robert Scott & Son and Hugh
Walsh. The plants were fine and quite
a number of orders were booked from
the stock shown. The whole place was
tastefully decorated with wild smilax,
palms and ribbon. A very well arranged
display of the latter was very taking.

The West End Floral Company has
opened a store on Eighteenth street
below Chestnut street.

It is rumored that a new commission
house is to be opened on Sixteenth street
below Market.

Alfred Jones, late with Smith & Whitely,
is now with M. Rice & Co. K.

Chestnut Hill, Pa.

LARGE ATTENDANCE AT THE MARCH MEET-
ING. —MANY EXCELLENT EXHIBITS.—
GOOD CARNATIONS FROM A DISTANCE-
EXPERT GROWER RELATES HIS METH-
ODS.

Ninety-three members, sixty-four of
whom are private gardeners, were pres-
ent at the March meeting of the Chestnut
Hill Horticultural Society and an interest
prevailed which speaks well for the suc-
cess of the organization during the com-
ing year. The schedule for the fall show,
which will soon be distributed, will list,
in addition to the society's premiums,
special prizes to the amount of $200 and
also a silver cup. At this meeting there
were many excellent exhibits and the fol-
lowing premiums were awarded:

George Robertson, gardener to C. B.
Newbold, was first on cinerarias, cycla-
mens and Deutzia gracilis. Michael
Punch, gardener to Robert Le Bontillier,
was first for an azalea. Robert Forrest,
gardener to B. Borie, was first for twelve
double daffodils and for collection of
vegetables grown under glass. Wm.
Robertson, gardener to J. W. Pepper,
was first for Bride and Bridesmaid roses
and for cauliflower. Wm. Boyce, gar-
dener to Randall Morgan, was first for

twelve single daffodils, John Little was
first for collection of vegetables stored for
winter use, and Harry Harris was first
for lettuce.

Special premiums were awarded to
Hans Renter, gardener to C. W. Henry,
for a fine collection of flowering plants,
and to James Bell for t:wo vases of excep-
tionally fine violets. There were numer-
ous other exhibitors and winners of sec-
ond prizes.

A number of carnation growers at a
distance sent exhibits, principally of their
newer varieties. Among these was a
splendid vase of Mrs. Thomas W. Law-
son, from Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., and
fifty Queen Louise, from J. L. Dillon,
Bloomsburg, Pa. C. W. Ward sent a
large collection, including J. H. Manley,
Roosevelt. Viola Allen, Mrs. Lawson,
Novelty, Harry Fenn, Marquis, Golden
Beauty and Morning Glory. A box of
Irene, from Crabb & Hunter, Grand Rap-
ids, Mich., did not arrive until the day
after the show, but the flowers were in
fine shape.

During the evening William Kleinheintz,
gardener to P. A. B, Widener, read a
paper on carnation culture. He is one
of the most expert of growers and
described his methods, from propagating
to cutting the blooms, and also named
the varieties he has found most satisfac-
tory. J. H. H.

Pittsburg.

BUSINESS IS FAIRLY GOOD AND THE PROS-
PECTS ABE FOE A BIG BASTER TRADE.
—MANY ADVANCE ORDERS BOOKED.—
VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES,

Trade in Pittsburg and Allegheny has
been fairly good during the past week.
There have been very few social afiairs
and very little funeral work, but the box
trade has been good. There is quite a
demand now for seeds among the florists
and people are beginning to inquire after
catalogues and price-lists of plants for
spring planting. Landscape gardeners
are more busy than ever getting lawns
into shape and the residence districts are
beginning to show evidence of their work
The wholesalers report business good
throughout the small towns with a slight
indifierence on the part of the city trade.
They expect an exceptionallygood Easter
business, and report more advance orders
to date than at any similar time. Cut
flowers are plentiful, especially the bulb-
ous stock. Lilies are not very plentiful,
and the outlook at present is that they
are going to be scarce for Easter. They
are beginning to go up in price. The
roses and carnations are first class, and
violets are plentiful.

The Pittsburg Cut Flower Company
have a rubber-tired vehicle which they
call a monocycle for transporting stock.
It is claimed by Messrs. Clark and Lang-
hans, the originators, that it is an admir-
able arrangement for carrying flowers;
the concussion is relieved to a very great
extent.

Ernest Fischer met with an accident
a few days ago in having his team run
away. He was thrown out of the vehicle
and injured considerably. It is expected,
however, that he will be around again
in a few days.

Ernest Zieger, with Chas. T. Zieger,
Liberty Market, is very ill with typhoid
pneumonia. Woodward.

PiTTSFiELD, Me.— C. C. Woodruff is
adding a windmill and a new greenhouse
to his equipment.

I MLERTO WN , P A — Emanucl Heming has
erected a greenhouse and has a fine stock
of plants ready for spring trade. »

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AMERICAN FLORIST 00.< OHIOAao.

Thb carnation Marquis is gaining
many friends this season.

The western growers are pretty well
sold out on cuttings of Mrs. Bradt carna-
tion.

You may call this a "plant Easter,"
but there are never too many first quality
cut flowers.

We recently measured a superb bloom
of the carnation Prosperity and found it
to be fully four inches in diameter.

Replying to "R" we beg to state that
our last communication from Peter Barr
was dated Melbourne, New South Wales,
February 7, 1901. We do not know his
present address.

There is a movement in England
toward forming a national sweet pea
society. Interested parties should com-
municate with C. E. Wilkins, 19 Lynd-
hurst road, London, S. E., Eng.

Wb thank the many friends who have
expressed their appreciation of our
annual spring number, published last
week. There has been p.n unusual demand
for extra copies of it and we can supply
those in the trade with a few more at
25 cents each.

The National Rose Society of England,
according to the Gardeners' Chronicle,
has, or is about to, insure with Lloyds,
for the purpose of protection against loss
in the event of the weather proving wet
during the day on which the forthcoming
show is to be held. A rain gauge is to
be set up, and if the rainfall is proved to
exceed a certain amount the society will
be guaranteed against loss.

Sweet Pea Notes — A Correction.

Ed. Am. Florist:— The Rev. W. T.
Hutchins, in sweet peanotesonpage952,
unfortunately repeats a lapsus calami
which appeared in an article on sweet
peas prepared by me and which I have
since corrected. Kindly allow me once
again to correct this error. Burmann in
his "Thesaurus Zeylanicus" did not list
two varieties of Lathyrus Zeylanicus
odoratus but simply gave the name of
the sweet pea of Ceylon as known by
him (nobis) and also as set forth in the
herbarium of Hartog.

As regards the other matters mentioned
by Mr. Hutchins, am I to understand
that he considers the advertising pamph-
let prepared at the suggestion of, not by,
Gilbert Beale, as a more reliable author-
ity than Burmann or Linnaeus?

The letter of Mr. Willis is interesting
but by no means conclusive.

S. B. Dicks.

Greenhouse Building.

Pleasant Hill, Mo. — George M. Kellogg,
range of 40,000 feet.

Hinsdale, 111.— Bassett & Washburn,
three rose houses.

Ames, Mich. — E. Ferrand & Son, house
27x100.

Independence, Mo. — Alfred Broman,
range of houses.

Pontiac, Mich — A. B. Lewis, rebuild
range.

Traverse City, Mich. — F. M. Paine, one
house.

Kansas City, Mo. — A. F. Barbe,
rebuild range.

Detroit, Mich — M. De Beul, three
houses 20x100 G. A. Rackham, two
carnation houses.

London, Ont.— Wm.Gammage & Sons,
range of houses.

Mt. Clemens, Mich.— Robert Klegge,
three houses 30x150. Breitmeyer'sSons,
three houses 30x300.

Waukegan, 111. — Theodore Meyer, three
houses.

Lead, S. D. — Alex.<iRose, one house.

Vincennes, Ind. — W. A. Reiman, range
of houses.

Alexandria, La. — H. J. Daigre, one
house.

E. Norwalk, Conn. — R. E. Morrison,
one house.

Milton, N. Y.— Philip Lyons, one house.

Pittsfield, Mass.— De Witt S. Smith,
conservatory.

Fitchburg, Mass. — C. E. Mansfield,
house 20x150.

Brampton, Ont. — Dale Estate, four
houses 840 feet long.

Rutland, Vt.— S.' A. Baker, house 40x
100.

Pomfret, Conn.— Miss E. J. Clark, three
conservatories.

Topsfield, Mass.— Dr. H. K. Sears,
range of conservatories.

Middletown, R. L— J. A. Peckham, one
house.

Glen Cove. N. Y.— The Pratt Estate,
grapery 20x100, violet house 15x100
and carnation house 15x100.

What About the S. A. F. Charter?

Some of us (eel that we have reaped the
reward of the worthy servants who have
toiled long in a good cause. Others feel
that lightning has struck when it was
least expected, and that a trade organ-
ization originated and carried forward
with a sole aim to the advancement of
trade interests has stolen a march on the
interests of vastly more import to the
general good of the commonwealth. But
we all feel that something has accrued to
us for which we are entitled to ofiFer up
devout thanks; first, to an all ruling
Providence, and, second, to one Wm. R.
Smith, the grand old man of floriculture
and ornamental horticulture.

Now it remains to us, having expressed
our reverent thankfulness to the powers
that got it for us, to say what we will
do with it. We have the S. A. F., vener-
able, holy, and possessing all the honors
and a large share of the trumps. We
have the carnation society in all the exu-
berance of life and vigor, saying: "We
don't care a continental for anyone else,
because we have demonstrated out right
to exist." We have the rose society, try-
ing to concentrate national interests in
little old New York. The chrysanthe-
mum society, doing much good in a weak
and apologetic way, the dahlia society,
and the possibilities of a half dozen
others.

The question is what we are going to
do? Are we going to split up into

infinitely small subdivisions, so that
everyone that buys 2inch pots can have
an office, or what? Ale we going to let
petty jealousies and personal interests
(mistakenly so-called) sway us, or are
we going to rise to the occasion, grasp
the greatest offering ever given by a care-
less republic to a lot of warring, grasp-
ing, splitup-the-back tradesmen?

Here we have the chance for an organ-
ization the most far-reaching, the most
potent for general good, and possessing
the greatest chances conceivable for the
good of each interest. Shall we all join
in with hearty good will, sink our per-
sonal differences and labor for the lasting
good of all, or shall we stand aloof,
recognizing the sure gain to ourselves,
but restrained by the remote possibility
of greater good to our competitors?

The task of reconciling all, of consol-
idating under one banner the champions
of the rose, the carnation, the chrysan-
themum, the dahlia and all the others, is
admitted to be a herculean one; but is
not the successful result one worthy of
the untiring effort of all men in the trade?
Do we not, also, owe something to the
men whose untiring efforts have brought
to us this high honor? Have they not,
by implication, at least, pledged them-
selves that this charter, so freely given,
shall be used for the advancement of all
branches of ornamental horticulture?
Are we not each and every one of us in
duty bound to pay out these unwritten,
and possibly unspoken pledges? In fine,
what are we going to do about it, gen-
tlemen?

Pan-American Exhibits.

The shipping clerks of all railroads
have received instructions to collect on
Pan-American exhibits, in addition to
their freight charges, the sum of eight
cents per hundred pounds for terminal.
This pays for cartage from all stations
to any part of the grounds or buildings
in which exhibits are located.

To Banish Wire Worms.

Ed. Am. Florist:— Please give instruc-
tions for destroying wire worms. My
greenhouses are full of them. W.

One of our correspondents prescribes as
follows: "I take a common mouse trap
with four holes and set it the same as for
mice, with a little fat meat. This is placed
in the houses, and in the morning, when
the trap is taken up, the wire worms will
be found thickly packed on the meat,
when they may be readily destroyed."—
Ed.

Twelve Best Herbaceous Plants.

Ed. Am. Florist:- A hasty perusal of
Mr. Watson's interesting comments on
the best twelve herbaceous plants in your
issue of March 23, might lead to the
belief that the list given under my name
represented my ideas on that point. Such
is not the case. My list was made up in
response to an inquiry as to what plants
would afford a succession of bloom. I
was guided more by the question of being
easily grown than of individual worth.
The adjective "best" is of doubtful merit.
My best girl might not and perhaps
ought not be the best girl of some other
fellow. Mr. Duncan always hits the nail
squarely on the head in his articles and
his suggessions are good. I cannot
grow successfully Anemone Japonica nor
Coreopsis lanceolata, and can only handle
perennial gaillardias in selected situe-
tions and with ample winter protec-

igot.

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tion. The old-fashioned garden pinks
that were the delight of my childhood
days, where they grew like weeds, utterly
fail with me here under all the conditions
and care I have given them. The discus-
sion has been an interesting one and
your readers owe a vote of thanks to the
one who started it and to those who par-
ticipated in it. W. C. Egan.

Fire-Proof Cement.

Ed. Am. Florist:— Can you give a
formula for a mortar or cemtnt in which
to lay the bricks on the sides of the boiler
door? Mine were laid in fire clay, but
that soon loses its strength. I burn four-
foot wood and the sticks strike the
bricks more or less, so that it needs a
hard fire-proof material to hold them in
place. C.

It will not be possible to make a mor-
tar that will stand under all conditions.
If one part of salt is used to twelve of the
mortar its strength will be increased, but
it should be allowed to harden before it
is disturbed, but the hotter it can be
heated the harder it will become.

L. R. Taft.

Trouble With Snails.

Ed. Am. Florist: — I should like to
know a method for the extermination of
snails. 1 am growing pansies and have
alarge percentage of the flowers destroyed
by the pests. I fiad that they eat the
pansies at night. I have searched under
the plants and in the daytime find only
one or two snails but at night I find
quite a number. W. J. S.

One of our readers states that he keeps
toads in his greenhouses to keep down
snails and other night raiding pests;
another scatters lettuce leaves.sliced pota-
toes or sliced apples about thebenches and
catches the snails while feeding after dark,
or under the bait the next morning,
another uses bran as bait, placing it
about on pieces of board, and another
finds that camphor balls, such as are used
for keeping moths out of garments, scat-
tered about among the plants will either
kill the snails or drive them away.

OBITUARY.

JOHN FEENEY.

John Feeney, well known as a land-
^ape srardener at Newport, R. I., for the
past forty years, and foreman for Thos.
Galvin, died on March 16.

DAVID R. WOODWARD.

David R. Woodward, of D. R. Wood-
ward & Son, is dead at South Framing-
ham, Mass. He was 58 years of age and
had been ill but a few days, with pneu-
monia. He was born at Concord, N. H.

CHARLES H. PORTER.

Charles H. Porter, an employe of S. A.
Anderson, at Buffalo, died March 24,
after a week's illness of scarlet fever. Mr.
Porter was well liked in the trade and at
one time was in business for himself at
Buffalo. He was 27 years of age.

JOHN H. HARRIS.

A veteran and venerable worker was
lost to horticulture in the death of John
H. Harris, at La Crescent, Minn., March
24. He was 75 years of age, a survivor
of the Mexican war, an organizer of the
Minnesota Horticultural Society, a skilled
hybridist and engaged in a general horti-
cultural and floricultural business. He
leaves a widow and four grown children.

C.J. POWER.

C. J. Power, for many years one of the
best-known and most highly respected of
the New England florists, died at his home
at South Framingham, Mass., on March
24, aged 70 years. Failing health caused
Mr. Power to abandon active business
a few years ago, his place being taken by
J. T. Butterworth, who runs it for the
production of high- class flowers for the
Boston market, on the same lines as his
predecessor.

JULIUS WOLF, SR.

Julius Wolf, Sr., of Philadelphia, died
March 24. Mr. Wolf was one of the
veterans of the craft but retired from
active business about three years ago.
His nursery opposite East Fairmount
Park was one of the landmarks of that
section, but the growth of the city
crowded him out. A store opened on
Columbia avenue is still conducted by
Mrs. Wolf. A son, Julius Wolf, Jr., is
also in business on Nineteenth street
below Columbia avenue.

SITIATIONS, WANTS, fOR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this bead.

SITUATION WANTED— By first-class rose and
carnation grower, as working foreman. Best
references; age 31. State wages. Address

M G, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By thoroughly espe-
*^ rienced cut flower grower; 10 years' charge of
one place; references; state wages. Address

Wm. Kirkham, 148 Dearborn St., Chicago.

SITUATION WANTED~By married man, age
25 years, as general greenhouse helper. Refer-
ences furnished from last and present employers.
Address M J C, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As gardener, on a pri-
'^ vate place; married; 14 years' experience in
roses, carnations, 'mums and general bedding
stock. William Weiqel,

Box 224, West Orange, N. J.

SITUATION WANTED— By a man with more
*^ than 30 years experience in all branches of
the trade; competent to take charge commercial
or private. Please state wages without board.
A Florist, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By experienced grower
1^ of cut flowers. Also capable of taking charge.
Am married man; can give best of references.
Address Lotns E. Fltndt,

3369 So. Washington Ave., Saginaw, Mich.

SITUATION WANTED— Bv a first-class all-
•^ rjund llorist, with 25 years' experience in all
branches; best references; private place prelerred;
married; state wages. Address B A,

care Mr. Birn. 606 Church St.. Nashville. Tenn.

SITUATION WANTED— As manager and
grower for a good reliable Arm. Thoroughly
up-to-date in every department of commercial
work; capable of handling men and carrying on
the work in a practical manner. Best of refer-
ences furnished as to character, ability, etc. Good
permanent position desired. Open for engage-
ment April 15. Address

Commercial, care American Florist.

WANTED AT ONCE—Young man. Must be
up-to-date grower of roses, carnations and
'mums. J. E. Carey, Mt. Clemens, Mich.

WANTED- Young man to work in small place.
None but sobenhdustriousones need apply.
Address J. W. Marshall, Jr., Meridian, Miss.

WANTED— Reliable, competent man. Fine
roses, 'mums, etc. Also assistant. Address
J.T.Williamson, LaRose Gardens, Memphis, Tenn.

WANTED— Salesman selling to the florist trade
to carry a flower food as a sideline. Good
commission. Address Food,

Box 46, Montclair. N. J.

WANTED— A first-class nurseryman, who
understands evergreens, trees, shrubs and
herbaceous plants. Address

SiEBRECHT & Son, New Rocbelle N. Y.

"WTANTED— An all around florist, sober, honest,
•' single and industrious; one that can grow
good cut flowers and bedding plants. $50 per
month and room to riehtman. Address

W, care American Florist.

"Vl/'.VNTED— Man for general greenhouse work;
'' good grower, steady and industrious; capa-
ble of taking charge of growing in small place.
$35 per month and board. Steady position.

B. B. Blair, Charlevoix, Mich.

TVANTED— A man, sober, experienced for grow-
' • ing cut flowers and general greenhouse
work. Must be capable of takingcharge. Refer-
ences required. Address

C. S. FooTE, Downers Grove, 111.

WANTED, BOOK-KEEPER— A a permanent
* * position for an assistant book-keeper for
a general nursery ofllce. One who is familiar
with details in this line. Address

SiEBRECHT it Son, New Rochelle, N. Y.

WANTED — At once, a thoroughly reliable, hon-
est, upright man: one who is quick and well
experienced in carnations and general greenhouse
work. State age and wages wanted. References
required. Z N, care American Florist.

FOR SALE— Greenhouse establishment, 35,000
feet of glass, well stocked. Prise a little more
than than one years' sales. Address

Ohio, care American Florist.

FOR SALE--On account of sickness, one of the
bestequipped and established llorist businesses
in or around San Francisco. Over 10,000 feet of
glass and in the best of condition, and heated by
steam. Address E. D. Conollet

715 Ocean Ave.. San Francisco, Cal.

FOR SALE— (At half its value) fifteen hundred
($1500) dollars buys six greenhouses, 8000 feet
glass, hot water heat, plenty of good stock. Also
house of seven rooms, barn, sheds and sash.
Located near Chicago; long lease given on land.
If you have the price address for particulars

A Bargain, care American Florist.

FOR SALE OR RENT. Excellent establishment

of 4CO0 sq. foet of glass in Chicago, stocked with

carnations and miscellaneous plants; 6 room

dwelling; near railroad and electric car. Address

M T. care American Florist.

FOR SALE OR REHT.

Establishment of 8,000 feet of glass in Batavia,
111., 36 miles from Chicago. Sis houses, in good
condition, none of them more than five years old.
Steara heat, city water, electric cars pass the
door. Now doing profitable business. Very easy
terms. Good chance for live man. Owner going
to Europe. If interested address

S. E. SMITH & SON, Batavia, III.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paying business, both
local and shipping trade, well stocked and
a good stock coming on. Location the best
for living and growing stock. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, care Am Florist.

DISSOLUTION OF GO-PARTNERSHIP.

The co-partnership heretofore existing between
the undersigne<i in Norwood, Mass , as nursery-
men, under the firm name of "Rea Brothers," is
herebv dissolvfd by mutual consent. On and
after ibis dat..-, March IHth, 1901, Frederic J. Rea
will be sole owner and orcprietor of "The Nor-
wi od Nurseries," so-called.

FREDERIC J. REA.
CHARLES H. REA.

Norwoud, Mass., March 18, 1901.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY ^

At Nyack, N. Y. A plot 220x125
feet, on which are four Rose houses,
i00xt8x6, each house heated by a
No. J 6 Hitchings Boiler; and seven
houses, each about 64x1 i ft., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

a33 Mercer St. NEW VQRk.

1238

The American Florist.

Mar. JO,

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed for Ten Cents.

AMERICtN ROSE CO., Washington, P. C.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, '^jSoo!""

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.

Ref-rfnc>s; 200 dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park, N. C.

Vhol^ale [lower/arK^

CrscnfflATi, March 28.

Rosea, Beauty

Bride

" Bridesmaid.

" Meteor

" Perle

Carnations

Violets

Lily of the valley..
Roman Hyacinths..

Narcissus

Daffodils, Tulips...

Harrisii lilies

Callas

Asparagus

Smilax

A.diantum

Galax leaves

Common terns

20.00@3,S.OO

6.00® .S.OO

6,00® 8.00

6 90® 8.00

4.00® 5.00

1.60® 6.00

.50

3.00

2.00

2.00® 3.00

3.00® 5.00

12.50

8.00®I0 00

50.00

12.50

1.00

.15

.20

St. Loots, March 28.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 5.00® 8.00

Beauty, lone, per doz.3.00@ 5.00
short •■ .75® 2 50

Perle 3.00® 5.00

Meteor 4.00® 8.00

Carnations, common 1.50® 2. OO

choice 2.50® 4.00

LUy of the valley 3.00® 4. CO

Smilax 12 50®15.00

Adiantam 1.00® 1.35

Galax .15

Violets 20© .30

Narcissus »• 3.00

Romans 2.00

Sw^-et peas .75

Callas 10.00® 15 00

Tulips, Von Sions 3.0i'" 4.00

Single Jonquils 75® 1. 00

Daisies 25® .50

MILWAVKBS, March 28.
Roses, Beauty, long,per doz. 3.00® 4.00
" •• med. •' 2 00® 2.50

short " 1.00® 1.50

Bride, Bridesmaid 5.00® 6.00

" Meteor 5.00® 6.00

" Golden Gate 5.00® 6.00

Perle 5.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 1. 00® 1.50

fancy 2 00® 4.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Common ferns .25

Smilax I? 00

Asparagus 65.00

Galax leaves .20

Violets .50

Freesias 2.00

Romans, Paper White 2.00® 3.00

Lily o( the Valley 3 00® 4.0O

Harrisii 10.00@12.50

Cal'as 8.00@10.00

Tulip, single 2.00® 3.00

PrrrsBUBG, March 28.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 40.00®o0.00

■• ■■ extra 30. 00® 35 00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00@13 00

Meteor 2.00® 8 OO

" Perle 3.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 75® 2.00

fancy 3. CO® 5.00

Violets 2c® ,75

Paper White. Romans 2 00® 3. CO

Von Sion 2.00® 3.03

Lily of the valley 1.00® 3.00

Mignonette 2.00® 4. CO

White Lilac. per dozen .75@1.50

Sweet peas 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, Freesias 2.00® 4 00

Harrisii 13 00®16 00

SmUax 15.00® 20.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Asparagus 35,00®75.00

Sprengerii 20® "^

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 $1.25
Dagger fernp per 1000, 2.00

.75

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J. B. DEflMUD.

51 and 53 Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO.!

:book: 'vouie

I EASTER ORDERS NOW.

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I • Pic-ase me-ntion the' American Florist ixhen writing.

tX:;^iaKiSiS!KiS!«i5?!55i3!KiSii«t?;^^

■i^::^'^i;^;^^i^^iS&

Easter Carnation Blooms.

NO SPLITS.

PRICES RIGHT.

We expect a surplus of 20,000 choice blooms. Qet
your order in now, and we will take care of you.

CHICAGQ CARNATION COMPANY,

CUT FLOWERS.

Jk Jk Ji Jk Shipping: orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG GUT FLOWER GO., Ltd.

504
Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

FITTSBUB.G,
PA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

No. I contains 25 lbs 13.50

No. 2conUins 35 lbs 4.50

No. 3 contains 50 lbs 6.00

Brilliant Bronze or Green J1.25 per 1000

Small Green, for Violets 1,00 per 1000

Telephone
798 Madison Sq,

FANCY FERN, DAGGER FERN, ETC., at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARO, 38 W. 28th St., New York.

...GEO. M. KELLOGG...

"•""'inTwt: Cut Flowen

Give u. an order and we will please you.

Our Greerihoutet at PLEASANT HILL, MO
Our Store. 906 6rand Ave.. KANSAS CITY. MO

I^FLONS DISTAJiCS 'PHOITE AT EITHEB FLAOI

The

American Florist

18 PAID FOR
CIRCULATED
AND READ.

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The Cincinnati
Cut Flower Co.,

t^l&fX WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

ConsigDments Solicited.
Special AtteotioD Given to Snipping Orders.

LIUUM LONGIFLORDM

20.C0O fine healthy stock ready for Easter,
Cut flowers, 10 cts. each. floWers and bud:;.
Plants, 12H cts. each per flower and bud.
Cash, please.

BROOKSIDE QREENHOUSES

Sth and Franklin Sts., Reading, Pa.

igor.

The American Florist.

1239

Send Us Your Easter Order
Today

If ycu find at the last minute that you are short on any-
thing, telegraph us. We are sore to be able to supply any-
thing to be had in this market.

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street,

CHICAGO. ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

EASTER PRICE LIST

BEAUTIES

Long stem per doz.

Stems 24 inches -

'• 80 " "

" 15 " "

" 12 " "

Short stems "

Brides. Maids, Meteor per 100,

Perles "

Roses, our selection "

Carnaiiont, standard sorts.. "

Fancytorts "

Callan, Harrisii per dozen,

Harrisii per 100

Romans

Paper White "

Freesias, Tulips "

Daffodils

Valley ••

Violets *'

Mignonette per doz.

Mar^Mierites per 100

Asparagus per string.

Galax , 1000, tl ; 10,000 for f7.50; per 100,

Ferns, per 1000, 13.00 per 100

Leucothoe sprays "

Adiantum '*

Smilax per dozen

% 6.00— J8
5

1

.75— I

R.OO-10

fi.OO— 8

5.00— 6

4. CO

5.00— 7

1.50— 2

12.00-15

3 00— 4

3 00— 4

3.00— 5

3 00— 4

3.00— 4

.75— 1

.50-

.75— 1

.50—

I
.00— 2

Prices Subject to Change without Notice.

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SEMINOLE
PECIALTIES

FRESH GREEN PALM LEAVES.
.CROWNS AND BUDS, NEEDLE PiNES,
I MOSS.

Full line of Prepared Palm Leaves, Fiber and
Accessories. Lowest prices. Most liberal terms.

SEMINOLE PALM CO..

Please menlion the Aineywaii /■lorist when wyiling.

GEO. REINBERG,

, Wholesale
Grower of

Cut Flowers

; Choice American Beauties.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

B1 Wabash Avo., CHICAGO, ILL.

Bassett&Washburr

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Gut Flowers

iWkaleaalo Dealer* aad
Crowers ol

CWEEMHOU8E8! HINSDALt. ILL.

,A. L RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Wctk
Ington St., Chicago.

Writ* for ipeolal qnoutloni on Urge ordin.

Benthey&Co.

F. F. BENTHEV, Manager,

Wholesale Gcmmission Florist

41 Randolph Street CHICAGO.

'GoDSiKnments solicited..

Wholesale Store, Klsr""*

Sell our own-grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors
,iD quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy
reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both
Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.
Try us.

Minneapoli»!*Mmn! DK/lll I OL llULi

PUase mention the Amencan Florist when writing

J. K BUOLONG

Boses and
Carnations
A Specialty

37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

snCUT FLOWERS

Wbol^ale [lower/\arK^

Chicaso, March 29.

Roses, Beauty, extra long stems.. 6.00

30 •' •• 5 03

" " 24 " " 4.00

" 20 " " 3 00

15 " " 2.00

12 " " 1.00

" " short " .75

" Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00® 8.00

Meteor 6.00® 8.00

Perle 4 00® 6.00

" Golden Gate 8 00@15.00

Carnations 2.00® 3.00

fancy 4.00

Violets 50® 1.00

Callas, Harrisii 12.CO®15.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Paper Whites, Romans 2.00® 3.00

Daffodils, Freesias 2.00® 4.00

Tulips 3.00® 4.00

Mignonette 3.00

Cattieyas 7. 00 doz.

Adiantum l.fO

Common ferns per 1,000 2 50 .25

Galas leaves, per 1000 $1 .00 .15

Smilax per dozen 2. CO® 2.60

Asparagus. ..per dozen 7.50@10.00

WEILAND & RISCH

can save you

money on

Cut
Flowers

We are extensive growers and
have unsurpassed ship-
ping facilities.

WRITE OR TELeORAPH.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO.

E. H. Hunt

THE "OLD RELIABLE" FOR

WHOLESALE.

CUT FLOWERS

Hunt's Flowers
Go Everywhere

76 Wabash Ave.. CHICAGO.

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

eOO.OOO FEET OF GLASS.
Headquarters for American Beauty.

51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Please mention the American Florist when writing

Stop Walking the rioor. You won't be disap-
pointed if you place your orders for

SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX

With CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN CO., Everareen,
Ala., or their agents, L. J. Kreshover, New York;
J. B. Deamud. Chicago; M. Rice & Co., Philadel-
phia: Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis. Our advice:
Wire your address and go "Sleep in peace."

JOHN B. FERGUSON,

Wholesale Florist,

NO> 6 DIAMOND MARKET SQUARE^
PITTSBURG. PA.

Consignments of Roses, Carnations and Violets

Solicited.
Please mention the A merican Florist when writing.

American Florist Advts.
Always Sell Stock. '

1240

The American Florist.

Mar. JO,

EASTER

We are now booking orders and offering a very
choice stock of
plants for Eas-
ter delivery, om

OUR NEW HEADOUART ERS

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND,

(formerl)' 67 Bromfield Street.)

3-3: Ht«L-%?»^le>y- St., iBOSTOKC.

are spacious, convenient and centraL
If you want the best Boston Flowers
or first class supplies of any kind we
are prepared to supply you promptly
and satisfactorily. Call and see
for yourself. .^ .^ .^ ^ j^ Jk

TELEPHONE 1270 MAIN.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, " "'^'Tos^S'^! mIs^' '*'•"•

WELCH BROS., Proprietors.

Also New England Agents for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.

Acknowledged by all florists the best in use. Special prices for doz. Iota.

Sole Agents for FREYSTEDTS' Immortelle Letters and Emblems.
Block Letters. S2 x>tr fOO. Script Letters, S4 per 100.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR.

Wb Supply the New England Trade

With Highest Brade

ROSES. GflRNflTiONS.
LILY OF THE YflLLEY,

VIOLETS

and all flowers the
Boston market affords.

PRICES EIGHT AND PACKiNe Properly Donb.

N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

Tel. 734 and 64. 84 Hawi By St. .BOSTON .

Please mention the A^ney ican Florist when waiting.

Frank M. Ellis.

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale riorist

J322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

UZZ PINE STREET.

~~ LOUIS, MO.

I^A complete line of Wire Deglgmg.

Desirable Advertising Space

Tn Dont <>n the walls
■ III lU nlllll otthe

BOSTON FLOWER MARKET

Effective. Profitable. Address
GEO. CARTWRIGHT, Secretary. 1 Park St., BOSTON.

Wbol^ale flower/\arK^

Boston, March 27.

Roses, Beauty, extra 20.00@30.00

medium 10.00@15.00

culls 4.00® 8.00

" Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 8. 00(810. 00

extra I0.00@12.00

Carnations ■ l.CO® 3.00

extra 2.00® 3.00

Roman hyacinths. Freesias 75® 1.50

Lily of the valley 1.00® 3.00

Mignonette 2.00® 4.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissus 1.00® 3.00

Violets .' 15® .35

Von Sion 1 00®1.60

Adiantum 75® l.OO

Smilax 10.00@15.00

Asparagus 50.00

" Sprengerii, .20© .25 per bunch
Philadelphia, March 27.

Roses, Tea 4.0O® 8.00

" extra 10.00®I2.00

" Beauty, extra 25.C0@40.00

firsts 8.00®15.00

Carnations 1 .00® 2.C0

" fancy 2.50® 6.00

Lily of the valley.... '. 2.00® 4.00

Romans, Paper Whites 2.00® 4.00

Violets, single 15® .25

" double 25® .75

Asparagus 35.00®50.00

Smilax 12 .60@20 . 00

Adiantum 1 .00

Buffalo, March 28.

Roses, Beauty 5.00@50.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4.00@10.00

Carnations 1.00® 4.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Smilax 15.00

Adiantum 1.00@ 1.25

Asparagus 50.00®75.00

Violets 50® 1.00

Harrisii 12. 00® 16. CO

GIVE

US

A

TRIAL.

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

Open day
and night. ^^

Roses, Carnations and ell kinds of
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

Ilfll C VICTIIIfS Wholesale Cotn-
nnli li IVAdlinUi mission Florist.

481 Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y.
Also Dealer In Florteta' Supplies & Wire Designs.

1604

Ludlow Street,
Philadelphia....

5 Phone 1-42-69-A.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS,

^°'??H°oT/^1%D. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Consignmenti of Choice Valley and Rose* iolieitatf.

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESILE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long Distance 'Phone 1-41-28 D.

Consignments of Roses. Carnations, Violets sollolt I,

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wholesale Florist,

n S. nth St., Tel ephone 63-64, PHILADELPHIA

Orders by mall, telegraph or telephone will
receive prompt attention.

ConslKnmentB of frood stock solicited.

SNIPPING LIBELS '^

• Cut Flowers

Printed in two colors on gummed

{jftper; your card, etc., in black and
eaf adopted by the S. A. F. In red.
Very attractive. Price per 500, 12.85;
per 1000, »4.50. Send for samples

EUCTRO OF THIS UAF, POSTPAID, SI.25.

American Florist Co.,

^^^^ CHICAOO.

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE TRADE.I

The undcrsig^ned have opened a first-class establishment for the sale of cut flowers at wholesale
on commission at 3 Ordway Place, Boston, Mass. Correspondence with growers and buyers solicited.

LAWRENCE COTTER, Telephone

LAWRENCE J. FLYNN. Connection.

.NEW ENGLAND GUT FLGWER GOMPANr,

i

I go I.

The American Florist.

1241

TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

lylly o:e tlxe 'Valley.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephoue No. 1998 I!tlu,dl0on Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS JJew^york®""*'

SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, nil leading varipties, also rare novelties.
Shipping a Specialty. *S"l'rice list on application.

TELEPHONE 206S MADISON SQUARE.

Walter F. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ,

Telephone 902 Madison Bqniire.

39 West 28th St., NEW YOB.K.

William Qhormley,

Wholesale florist, " "kew^^oIk citt.

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley, and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
Madison Square.

SHIPPING ORDBRS

Qlven Special Attention.

JOHN YOUNG

Has the best BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY in New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO. ^

All Choice Flowers dally.

61 West 28tli St., NEW YOBE.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS aed BIYERS make a note of thii. It

wtll be to your advantage.

WM. H. -GUNTHER.

. : . . 30 West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 651 Madison Square.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,

408 E. 34th Straat,

CmI Flewtr Eichange. NEW YORK.

Telephone 299 Madison Square.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404.4I2 C. S4th St. Near Ferry.
Open for Cat Flower Sales at 6 o'clock
Every Mominff

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON. Secretary-

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

ffls Gut FlOW6r§

All orders receive most careful attention.

TORONTO, ONT,. CANADA.

Six prizes Amerloan Rose Society, New York City.

It is good business policy
to mention the

...AMERICAN FLORIST

when yon write to an advertiser.

Choice Carnations.

Selected Roses.

Traendly & Schenck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut flower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 A 799 Madison Sq.

Wbol^ale ffower/larK^

New York, March 27.

Roses, Beauty, select 2O.0O@30.OO

•' " medium 10.00@15.00

culls 1.50® 3 00

Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor 1.50® 3.00

med'm 4 00® 6.00

" " " select.. 6.00® 8.00

Brunners 5.0B®25 00

Carnations 75® 2.(0

fancy 3.00® 5.00

Lily of the valley 1.50® 3.00

Smilax 12.00@15.00

Asparagus 25.00®50.00

" Sprengerii, perdoz. bun. 2.00@3.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Violets 15® 40

Harrisil lilies 6.00® 8. OO

Mignonette 1.00® 5.00

Paper White narcissi 1.00® 1.50

R. hyacinths. Jonquils, Freesias, .50® 1.50

Tulips, Von Sion narcissi l.OO® 2.00

Ca ttli-yas 35 . 00®50 . 00

milkm & SALTfORD,

Wholesale Commission Dealers in

CUT FLOWERS

50 West 29th St., NEW YORK.

Telephone 1304 Madison Square.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

GROWERS and FLOWER BUYERS.
Write for Term5 and Quotations.

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 29th street, NEW YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

The New York Gut Flower Go.

119 and 121 West 23d Street,
112 tnd 114 West 24th Street,

T»l«phon«733-18lh. NEW YORK.

CONSIQNMENTS SOLICITED.

Speciil Attention Given to Sliipping Ordera.

FORD BROS.

....Wholesale Florists,

III West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BIG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. 'Phone, 157 Madison Sq.

Julius Lang

53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

Represents the Best Growers or

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Square.

S. J. UMPRECHT,

wnolesale Gommission Florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 Weet 30th Street, MFW YHDk

Telepnone Uiis Madison Square. IlLfT I UHn.

Consignments Solicited.

fl. H. LflNGJflHR.

19 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Controls the best Brooklyn

Cut Flower Trade.
Consignors get the Benefit.

Always mention the.

American Florist

when writjn? advertiteri.

Try the new
Flower Commission House

E. B. BRINLEY & CO.. .e".

CORRESPONDENCE WITH GROWERS SOLICITED.

48 W. 30th St.,

YORK CITY.

Tel€? jalrkon^

sitSS ^ISLcUsoxi Squi^re.

Now we have

Daffodils,
Tulips,
Sweat Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN.

:47 WEST 28th ST.."

NEW YORK.

CUT F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Special in
Roses :

Tel. 421
MadisoD'Square,

Liberty, Pres. Caroot,
Kalserin, Meteor.

Bon Sllene.

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The American Florist.

Mar. JO,

The ^EEti Ti^aDB.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.
Albert McCcllough, Pres. i F. W. Bolqiano,
Vice-Pres. ; S. P. Willaed, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Seo'y and Treaa.

Nineteenth annual conTention, Rochester, N.
Y.. June 11-13. 1901.

The seed trade has been good the past
week, both wholesale and retail.

C. MBRTzhas been appointed to succeed
Hagemann & Meyer as agent for Ls.
Bremond Fils, OUioules, France, grower
and dealer in French forcing bulbs.

Fhom a recent notice we learn that J.
Blaauw, representing J. Blaauw & Co.,
of Boskoop, Holland, intended sailing
from Rotterdam for New YorkMarch21.

Wood, Stcbbs & Co., Louisville, Ky.,
have begun suit for $10,000 damage
against John Sehaefer's Sons, alleging
that the defendants sold them onion
seeds as homegrown when such vras not
the case.

In England an eflfort is being made
to establish a government seed-testing
station. Most practical men there
appear to be opposed to the scheme,
urging that such an institution could
accomplish little beyond testing the
vitality of seeds, which every grower can
do for himself at small expense, and that
no seed test can determine the merit or
strain of varieties.

The French Seed Crops.

It would be interesting to know what
has been the effect of the winter and of
the hard February frosts on the plants
from which seed is to be saved next fall.
But it is too early to predict how the
roots have kept in the silos in the north-
i western part of France, and we shall
have to wait until April or May before
we can secure definite information. As
regards the plants grown in the south,
some of the growers have, as usual, been
taken unawares by the cold, and not
havins afforded their plants the required
protection, lost them. The extent of the
damage cannot yet be ascertained, but
as at the end of the season no stocks of
beets, cabbages, carrots, celeries, onions
and radishes will be left, we are safe in
saying that whatever the result of the
next crop, prices will continue to rule
pretty high. The growers having had
two poor crops, are advancing their
prices considerably. The seedsmen, dur-
ing the last two seasons, have had the
greatest difficulty in placing their con-
tracts without paying the advance and
consequently did not order so heavily as
they might have done under normal con-
ditions. There is no fear of any surplus
from over-production next season.

The most serious advance made by the
growers is on radishes. The increase
asked is often not less than from twenty-
five to fifty per cent, which in many cases
means a higher price than the contract
price the American seedsmen are willing
to pay. But with another short crop
the situation may grow worse next
season. Parisian.

Paris, March 15, 1901.

Green Bay, Wis.— Gaffron &LeClercq,
successors to H. M. Rienecke, are plan-
ning to make some considerableimprove-
ments in their establishment. They will
remodel some of the houses and add to
them, and also expect to pnt in steam
heat and electric light.

Special Offer of Gannas, Tuberoses and Gladiolus.

GANNAS, Dwarf, French, Flowering, all varieties, $} per 100, $28 per 1000.
GANNA ROBUSTA PERFECTA. These are the finest bulbs we ever offered. $2.5o
per 100, ;?20 per 1000.

TUBEROSES, Double Excelsior Pearl. Fine Clean Bulbs, 4 to 6-inch, 60c per

100, S 5 per 1000.
GLADIOLUS, Choice Hybrids. No. 1, Fine Bulbs, $1.25 per 100, $10 per 1000.

No. 2, Fine Mixed, $1 per 100, $7.50 per 1000.

SEE OUR LARGE SEED ADVERTISMENT |N LAST WEEK'S ISSUE.

JOHNSON & STOKES. 217-219 Warket St., Philadelphia,

voti. HIGH gh«a.i3e; f!»oi«ci3vo :ibul,:^s,

G. VLASVELD & SONS. Sassenheim, Holland, ^"'^^'^^'^^^''"^

HYACINTHS. TULIPS & DAFFODILS
Address all mimmunicatjons t.. Messrs. KNtUtH, N^CHOD & KUHNE, 13 William St, \. Y. City"

TUBEROSE BULBS.

(Excelsior Pearl.)

Genuine Hallock dwarf strain, cured by fire
heat, sound, dry, hand picked.

FIRST SIZE— F. O. B. Chicaeo, 4 to 6-in., per 1000,
$6. .50; SOOO « 1 8.00

From NY. City, 50o per 1000 less.
Mammoth Bulbs-6 to 8-in., per 1000, $9.00.
Medium Bulbs—S to 4-in., per iaC0,$3.B0; 10,000 lots,
f. o. b. CbicaBO, $28.50; t. o. b. New York, 127.50.
WE MEET competition, quality considered.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO :

84-86 Randolpb St.

NEW YORK :
■ 4 Barclay 5t.

GRASS SEEDS.

Kentucky Blue, Orchard, Timothy, Red Top,
Meadow Fescue, Perennial and Italian Rye Grass,
Tall Meadow Oat, Johnson, Bermuda, Creeping
Bent, Wood Meadow and other Domestic and
Imported varieties. CLOVERS— Red, Sah-
ling. Alfalfa. Crimson, White, Alsike, Japan, etc.
WOOD. STUBBS & CO'.S ^'EVERGREEN" and ' SHADY
GREEN" Lawn Grasses are giving the best satis-
faction everywhere. Put up in packages and
bulk. Special low prices to the trade.

OlilOM SEXS YeHow and Potato

Wholesale prices for present or future deliveries.

WOOD. STUBBS & CO..

Ihe Largest and Best Collection of Seeds in Ky.,
LOUISVILLE. KY.

TAKAGHI &, GO.

Headquarters. for

Lily Bulbs, Cycas
Revoluta, Plants, Seeds, Etc., Etc.

Large Assortments always in stock.

D f adilress— Takaghi. Tokyo.

Catuiogue on applicatiou.

TAKAGHI & CO.

160 Komagome Denchu, - - Tokyo, Japan.

ESTABLISHED 1802

SEEDS

ICO 1000
Tuberoses Double Pearl, largest

size .$ .80 J 5.00

Lilium Auratum, 7lo 9-inch siEe 4.50 40.00

9 to 11 " ■• 6.50 60.00
Speciosum Album Kraetzeri.

'.I lo ll-iiich 6,50 60.00

Speciosum Melpomene. 9

tu U-iuch 7.00 65.00

J.M.THORBURN&CO.

(Utc of IS John Strtct)

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW VORi

Trade

Mark

ON HAND NOW,

CVCAS REVOLUTA STEMS, 2-9 lb., 390

lbs. a case.
CVCAS REVOLUTA STEMS, 5-8 lb., 350

lbs. a case.
LIVISTONIA SINENSIS. trueOao. type.
MORNINC CLORY SEEDS, Japanese.
Prices on app'icatlon.

SUZUKI «i IIDil, II Barclay St., H. Y.

I send out some of the choicest Dahlia
bulbs that are raised in this country. Send
for catalogue.

J. K. ALEXANDER, Dahlia Specialist.

EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS.. U. S A.

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KENNICOTT BROS. CO.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

And Dealers in
All Kinds of

Florists' Supplies.

42 and 44 East Randolph Street.

EASTER PRICE LIST.

CHICAGO, ILL.

Am.

Price per Hundred.
Beauties, slioit $10.00 to J12.50

Am. Beauties, medium 15.C0 to 18.00

Am. Beauties, fancy, fair length 25.00 to 35.00

Am. Beauties, long 50.00 to 75.00

Meteors 8 00 to 10.00

Brides, Maids, extra select 6.00 to 8.C0

Meteors, Brides, Maids, good average 5.00 to 7.00

Perles, extra select 4.00 to 6.00

Roses, our selection 4.00

Carnations, special fancy varieties 6.00

Carnations, choice 4. CO to 5.00

Carnations, good average 2.50 to 3.50

Carnations, our selection 2.00 to 2.50

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Subject to change without notice.

Price per Hundred.

Violets and Pansies | .60 to |1.00

Valley, our specialty — the best 3.00 to 4.00

Smilax doz. J2.50 to $3.00

Harrisii 12.50 to 15.00

Callas 12.50 to 15.00

Tulips, single and double 3.00 to 4.00

Daffodils, single and double 2 00 to 4.00

Daisy, Forget-me-not 75 to 1.00

Adiantum i.co

Asparagus per string, 60c to 75

Galax ^per M, $1.00 to $1.25

Common Ferns per M, 2.50

CUT FLOWERS now and Hereafter

AN EXTRA FINE SUPPLY FOR EASTER.

ROOTED CUTTINGS OF ROSES AND 'MUMS in large quantities Also

2'^ -INCH STOCK OF ROSES AND 'MUMS for BENCHING, from April 1st on.

Our young stock is exceptionally fine this year. Place orders as early as possible
to insure delivery. Average market prices. All inquiries cheerfully answered.

Address ( Cut Flowers - - to POEHLMANN BROS. COMPANY, 51 Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
Orders for , pj^^^^ ^^^ Cuttings to POEHLMANN BROS. COMPANY, Morton Grove. Cook Co., III.

SPECIAL LOW PRICE

Tuberose Bulbs

ON

DWARF PEARL.

Firsi-rfllc- Biooraiug Bulbs, 4 to 6 inches, $3.50
per barrel <>r 1000 bulbs. Less quantity than b;ir-
rel. 50c per 100.

CALADIUM E8CULENTUM.

8lolO-iii..h roots $2.50 per 100

lOtolJ •• •• 3.50

13-.uohes :ind over 6.00

All packed and t. o. b. cars at Richmond.

T. W.V\ ODD & SONS,

Seedsmen RICHMOND, VA.

BARGAINS! BARGAINS!

25 Hydraagea P. Gmudiflora. fin*-, large speoi-
mecs. Stand.inls. Snowballs. Deutzias, Maples
and Altheas. duuble and single. Who wants
theniV Will sell at a bargain, of exchange for R.
C. Carnations, (_;eraniunis, Coleus, vVc, or small
Palms.

J. P. SHELLY, florist, TtCriAHOE, N. Y.

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS SEEDS, ready for delivery

at ftB-tf i»er lou.
FREESIA BULBS, ',=-inch and up, S3.00 per lOCO.

M-inch to >/o-inch, $1.25 per 1000.

COTTAGE NURSERY, San Diego, Calif.

GEMS FOR EASTER!

POPILAR EVERYWHERE AND INEQLIALED SELLERS.

Splendid clumps covered with
flowers. Received frcsh every

Our Violet Plants.

day and can be shipped daily in quantities as wanted

FITZGERALD & HAMMOND,

113 W. 30th St.,

NEW YORK CITY.

New Raspberry

....GUMBEI^l^flND

strong Tin Plants, $2 00 per 100.

MAPLE HILL ROSE FARM.

W, W. COLES,

For Sale Cheap.

200 Carolina Poplars, 10 to VZ feet high.

15lO Sugar Maple Trees, seedlings, average 3

fe.t hiL'h.
100 Doz. Cannas, Bismarck, Florence Vaughan,

Paul Mttiquant, Chas Henderson, good

strong plants ready May 1st.

Kokomo, Ind. E. ROACH. Sta. 3, Nashville, Tenn.

PLACE YOUB. NAME.

and vour ipeoialtiei before the purobailng floiitti of the entire oouotry
by aaTertiiing in ^_^^^_ _ __^...^_^_ _ .». .^^ _

■■•o MOVT. aow.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST.

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Alar. ; o

The i^uRSERY T^idb.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Thbo. J. Smith, Pres. ; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres. ;
George C. Seaqer, Rochester. N. Y., Sec'y.

Twenty-sixth annual convention, Niagara Falls,
N. Y., June 12-14. 1901,

Thb Brooklyn Tree Planting Society
gives first choice to the ailanthus as an
avenue tree.

Nursery stocks in general promise to
be well cleat ed out this spring. The list
of scarcities is growing every day.

What name is there more musical than
Liriodendron tulipifera? It is a tree of
rapid growth, often attaining a height of
from fifty to sixty feet when used for
street or lawn planting. It has a smooth
bark and handsome foliage. It flowers
the first week in June. The liriodendron
should be transplanted only in spring
and pruned closely.

The state experiment station at
Geneva, N. Y., is planning a complete
exhibit of fruits at the Pan-American
Exposition. In the fruit department
there will be 281 varieties of apples,
thirty-nine of currants, 105 of plums and
fifty-six of cherries. The exhibit will be in
charge of S. D. Willard, assisted by F. E.
Dawley, of Syracuse.

Conifers As Rain Gauges.

Mention has already been made of the
influence of certain more or less severe
droughts in the French Mediterranean
upon Pinus Laricio of Corsica and the
Cephalonianfir. The lengthening of the
branches of these two species is always
proportionate to the quantity of rain
falling during those months of the year
when it is most profitable to them.
, Co-efficients have been established indi-
cating what the degree is for each month
of the year. These co-efficients enable
the relationship that exists between the
amount of rain fallen and the greater or
less intensity of the vegetation which it
has encouraged to be determined. It is
shown that under these conditions, it is
possible to judge approximately the
quantity of rain which has fallen by
measuring exactly the length of the
leader, or of the branch produced yearh
on these species of pine, and if the esti-
mate is not absolutely proportionate to
the quantity of rain registered by the
rain-gauge, it closely approaches to it;
and a still closer estimation may be made
by taking into account the relative value
of the results produced by rain in the
several months of the year. It is, there-
fore, possible, to a certain extent, to use
plants specially selected for this purpose
as actual registering rain-guages.— /or/r-
nal of Horticulture.

r^£6

Fruit Trees, Small FrultSi including
graiws. Ornamental Trees, Evergreens

and Shrubs fur public and private grounds.
Shade Trees for streets. Hardy Roses,
Hardy Plants, Cllmtsors, etc.

Our beautifully illustrated catalogue, replete
with practical hints for planters, FREE.

ELLWANGER & BARRY,

Mt, Hope Nurseries, ROCHESTER. N. Y.

Established over t>0 yenrN.

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Hedging

2,000 Beech, European and Purple

Leaved.
3,000 Elms, American and European.

500 Japan Gingko.
2,000 Lindens, American and European.
1,000 Magnolias, in variety.
50,000 Map es, Norwav, Sugar, etc.
10,000 OAKS, Pin, Red, Scarlet and

Erglish.
10,000 Oriental Plane, 6 to 12 feet.
75,000 California Privet, 1 and2vears.

1,000,000 Shrubs all varieties and sizes.

10,000 CUma'is. Paniculata

10,000 Rosa Wichuraiana and hybrids.

5,000 Rosa Muitiflora laponlca.
10,000 Honeysuckle, Halle, etc.

5,000 Dahlias, whole roots.
100,000 Asparagus, very strong, five

varieties.
25,000 Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and
Kalmias.

500,000 EVERGREENS. Of all sizes, including Hemlocks, Norway, Colorado
Blue, Oriental and Weeping Spruces Arbor- Vittes, Retinosporas, Pines in variety,
root pruned and sheared specimens.

Trade List also Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue free on Application.

THE WM. H. MOON CO.,

Morrisville, Pa.

NORWAY MAPLES

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, William Warxek Harper, Prop.,

CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Choicest Fruit and Ornamental Trees.

Shrubs, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds. 40 Acres Hardy Roses. 44 Qreenhouses
of Palms, Everblooming Roses, Ficus, Ferns, Etc. Correspondence
solicited. Catalogue Free. 47 Years. 1000 Aeries.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO.,

Painesvillei Ohio.

Great
Bargains

See last issue of this paper.
Send for our wholesale list,

The ELIZABETH NURSERY CO.,

ELIZABETH, N. J.

Two Year

Old

Hardy Field

Grown

Roses,

$8.00 per 100

■:u{)
1.^.0

Haitiniore Belle 3 to

Kiiiiuess of China. ..2 to

rriilcofWashingtonS to

Tennessee Belle ,1 to

White Rambler 2 to

Yellow Rambler 2 to

At^rippina... 2 to

Biiruii Bonstetten 2 to

Charles Mari?ottin. ..4 to

Anne de Dieshach...2 to

La Reiue l!^to

Mad. Plantier 2 to

Gardenia 3 to

Manda's Triumph.. ..4 to

Mrs. Lovett 3 to

I'iiik Roamer i to

Wit^'hiiraiana 3 to

South Orange Perfec-
tion 3 to

4 It.

4 it.

C ft.

3 ft.

2Kft.

"ft.

4 ft.
6 ft.
6 ft.
ft.
4 ft.

C ft.

State huw jou wish them cut back for shippin^r.

THE ALABAMA ROSE GARDENS,

Cash with Oideis. NEWBERN, ALA.

Reference — Lawson's Bank. Greensboro. Ala.

NORWAY,
SUGAR.

Maples

From 1 to 3-inch caliper, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list.

C SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisville, Bucks Co., Pa.

CLEMATIS

Large-flowering, in twelve
(12) distinct kinds, dor-
mant; alsi'same list^rown
in 4-inch pots, plenty of fibrous roots (suro to
srow), fine 2-year old ilant.s, $2.00 riT dozeo;
815.00 i>er 100. INDISPENSABLE FOR FLORISTS.
Jackmanni, pun-le, Belle oi Woking, dnuble
blush; Duchess of Edinburg, di'uble white; Marvel,
snow while: HenryJi, white: Superba. mauve
purple; Gen. Grant, crimson: Princess. i>lueand
white: Ramona, lavender; Duke of Norfolk, blue;
Mad. Ed. Andre, red; Countess of Lovelace, double
lavender.

Fine, two year plants, plenty of fibrous roots,
$2.C0 per dozen; $15.00 per ICO. 25 at 100 rates.

H. P. Roses. Strong 2-year, dormant; also
sann' thrown in 4-in. pots, choice popular kicds.
Crinisun and Yellow Rambles. Paeonies, Josselyn
Gooseberries, etc.

F. A. BALLER,

TELL THEM WHERE YOU SAW THE AD.

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Easter Price L^iBt

Tlie <_iu£ility of our stool-:: is guiarariteecl as good as any dealer's
or grower's stocl-c in. the Chicago n^iarket.

McKellar ^ Winterson

45-47-49 WABASH AVB

(^|--| K^jC^QO TBbBPMOrSB, MAIN 1129

F»I«XCMSS!* TA^ItlS ISFJh'JSCT WI50:?«fI5SOA.^^, A.F»I«XI^ Jird, lOOl.

GUT PUOWEKS.

Koses, American Beauties, long Per dozen $6 m to $S 00

medium " 3 00 to 5 00

" shorts " 1 Sn to 2 00

Maids and Brides Per 100 6 00 to S 00

Meteors " 6 00 to S 00

rerles " 4 00 to 6 00

Ovir Selection, assorted " 4 00 to 6 00

Good Seconds, assorted " 5 OO

Carnations, Fancy Varieties " 5 00 to 6 00

Select Standards " 3 00 to 4 00

" Good Average Stock , " 3 00

Lilies, llarrisii orLongiflorum " 12 00 to 15 00

" Callas ■' 12 00 to 15 00

Valley, Extra Choice " 3 00 to 4 00

Violets, Double " 75 to 1 00

Single " 50 to 75

Tulips, Single and Double " 3 00 to 4 00

DafTodils, " 2 00 to 4 00

Marguerites, White " 75 to 100

Mignonette " 3 00 to 4 00

Freesias " 3 00 to 4 00

Romans, Paper Whites " 3 00 to 4 00

Forget-me-nots " 75 to 100

ABOVK PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

DBGORi=\TIVB GOODS.

Smilax Per doz. $ 2 00 to « 2 50

Per lOO 15 00 to l.S 00

Asparagus, Select Per string 75 to

1 00
65

Ordinary '* 50 to

Ferns. Best Selected Per lOO 25

Per 1000 2 50

Galax Leaves, Green or Bronze Per 100 15

Per 1000 1 25

Per 5000 5 00

Leucothoe Sprays, Select Per 100 1 00

Per 1000 8 00

Adiantura Ferns " Per 100 100

Sabal Palm Leaves " : Per 100 5 00

Wild Sniilax, No. 3, 25-lb. case Each 3 00

No. 4, 30-lb. " " 4 00

No. .5. 40-lb. " " 5 OO

No. 6, 50-lb. " " 6 00

ABOVE PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

Should the market fluctuations be such that lower prices prevail, our
customers will be given the benefit of such reduced prices that market will
allow, regardless of prices quoted. If you did not happen to receive our
complete list on Plants and all Easter goods, drop us a postal at once.

Orders never before came in so freely to us as for the present Easter trade. We are prepared for them,
and want to see yours on our files. We are prepared to take best of care also on rush orders that you may
re(|uire late in the week. Wire us your wants, and if we cannot fill order and wire to that effect, you may rest
assured that it is not necessary to try further parties for it.

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J. F. WILCOX,

WHOLESALE

CHOICE

CUT

FLOWERS

OF

ALL

SORTS

New and standard vari-
eties of Roses, Cannas,
Carnations, Geraniums,
Chrysanthemums and gen-
eral Florist stock. ^ oe We have a fine lot of Easter Lilies,

long Beauties and Tea Roses. Send
us your orders. Satisfaction guaranteed on all orders.

Long Distance Telephone 99.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, I A.

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Mar.

JO,

Our pasTiMES.

Announcements ot coming contents or other
events of interest to our bowling, shooting and
cycling readers are solicited and will be given
place in this column.

Address all correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.;
Robt. Kitt, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co , 324 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, III.

At New York.

On Monday evening. March 25, the
usual bowlers w^ere in attendance at the
alleys, and the result oi their evening's
practice was as follows:

Hafner 177 17.5 160

Lang 180 162 161

Burns 138 181 130

Taylor .' 128 119 126

Lentz 202 198 194

Thielmann 181 171 179

Siebrecht 148 137 149

Melba lOJ 136 188

Earlier in the evening the regular team
rolled two games with the Twentieth
Centurys, with the following result:

LanK 175 1.53

Burns 181 148

Lentz 145 1.5S

Hafner 181 140

Thielmann 193 168

Total 875 765

Twentieth Cuntuty 693 8J6

In the Arlington tournament the Flo-
rists lead, witn thirteen games won and
five lost.

Buffalo.

STATE OF TRADE.— PROSPECTS FOE EASTER
STOCK.— CEETAINITY OF BIG BUSINESS
—CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS AND PLANS
SUMMER CAMPAIGN -VARIOUS NOTES OF
LOCAL INTEREST.

Trade is fair and stock equal to all
demands. Azaleas, hyacinths and ciner-
aria plants are coming in finely, but the
supply of lilies for Easter will be limited.
Still, I think there will be enough to go
around. Good carnations are in market
daily and find ready sale. The Marquis
that won the cup for W. J. Palmer & Son
are by no means all they had, for the cup
was filled with fine ones to-day. Numer-
ous store openings have given several
florists a chance to show themselves in
palms and asparagus, but while the num-
ber of plants used is large the price is by
far too small.

The Buflalo Florists' Club held its
annual election on last Thursday evening
and the following officers will represent
our club during the convention: Presi-
dent, W. F. Kasting; vice-president, j as.
Braik; secretary, Wm. Legg; financial
secretary, E. C. Bruecker; treasurer,
Chas. H. Keitsch; directors, Wm. Scott,
J. F. Cowell and W.A. Adams. Business
of importance was transacted with
regard to the summer's programme. We
will have a club meeting monthly and
sub-committee meetings weekly until
August, when we hope to make every
member of the S. A. F. glad that Buflfalo
was the city selected for the 1901 con-
vention. In due time the comm.ttee on
accommodations will be announced, when
applications to them will receive prompt
attention.

("i^EdwinJ. Fancourt, of Smith & Fetters,
Cleveland, Ohio, was with us tor a day
on his way to Philadelphia on pleasure
and business. C. S. Ford, Jr., of Phila-
delphia, was a recent visitor, as was
Mr. Ludwig, of Allegheny, Pa
, Kasting is getting some fine Brunners,
which are finding buyers and are hardly
enough to supply the demand. He says
his Easter stock in general will be much
larger than last year.

S. J. Rebstock took charge of J. H.
Rebstock's business during his absence
in California. Steve is now located in
Williamsville, N. Y., where he has built
two greenhouses.

J. H. Rebstock returned on Thursday
from California, where he had gone after
Mrs. Rebstock, who had been there all
winter. He reports a hurried yet pleasant
trip.

Miss Minger, formerly with Mrs. E.
Nussbaum, is now with S A. Anderson.

W. C. Buechi is sending in some fine
hyacinths from bulbs of his own saving,
which are finding ready sale.

J. Bernhardt Wiese, of the Chippewa
market, is handling a quantity of azaleas
and bulbous stock.

H. B. Buddenborg, of Elk street, has
disposed of his business to J. G. Johnson.

W. B. Miller has some fine azaleas.
W. A.

Traverse City, Mich — F. M. Paine
will add one house to his facilities.

g

Rooted Carnation Cuttings

No better Carnation Blooms were ever offered in the Chicago
market than those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first-class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

Tho Cnnrt P'lk Per 100 Per 1000

I lie o|JUI I, Armazindy...$ 6.00 $50.00

Irene 10.00 75.00

Sunbeam T; 10.00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75.00

Proliflc 10.00 7500

Nvdia 10.00 75.00

Mrs. LaVson 7.00 60.00

The Marquis 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord.: 4.00 35.00

Ethel Crocker 4.00 35.00

Peru 4 00 35.00

G. n. Crane 3.09 25.00

America 2.50 20.00

Cerise Queen 1.50 12.50

EvSnston 1.60 12.50

Mrs. Leopold Ine

John Young 1 50

Argyle 1.50

Triumph 1.50

Prances Joost 1.50

Gov. Griggs 1.50

Melba .' 1.50

Edna Craig 1.50

Flora Hill 1.50

White Cloud 1.50

Evelina 1.00

McGowan 1.00

Per 100 Per 1000
. ..J7.0O $60.00

WIETOR BROS..

Wholesale Growers
of Cut Flowers,

51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Rooted Cuttings Carnations and Roses.

c;A.i«i«A.'r'ioi«®.

Per JOO Per 1000

GUARDIAN ANGEL 86.00

CRANE 2.50

EVANSTON 1.00

JOOST l.OO

WHITE CLOUD 1.00

FLORA HILL 1. 00

TRIUMPH 1.00

$50.00
20.00
9.00
9.00
9 00
9.00
9.00

Per 100

IRENE Per doz.. $1.50; $10.00

ARMAZINDY 1.00

TIDAL. WAVE 100

WM. SCOTT 1.00

ARGYLE 1.00

ETHEL CROCKER 2.00

GENEVIEVE LORD 3 00

MARQUIS 3.00

Per 100 Per lOOO I ^'^ ""'

METEOR $150 $12.50 BRIDESMAlb .■.".'.■:'.■.'.■.■.'.■.' .'.■.■.■.'. 1.50

PERLE " 1.50 12.50 j GOLDEN GATE 1.50

AMERICAN liEADTY. 15.00 per ICO.
Per 100 Per 1000 |

Per 1000
$75.00
ii 00
9.00
9.00
9.00
I7.r.O
25. (jO
35.00

Per lOOO

$12.50

12.50

12.60

LA FRANCE $3 00

MRTEO.t 3.(10

PERLE 3.00

Per 100 Per 1000

$35.01) 11 BRIDK $3.00 $J5.00

25.00 BRIDESMAID 3 00 25.00

25.00 II GOLDEN GATE 3 00 25.00

These cuttings are all well-rooted, guaranteed free from disease, carefully packed.

GEORGE REINBERG, 51 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO.

CARNATIONS!

The Sensational New Varieties for 1901.

PROSPERITY. GOV. ROOSEVELT

And all the other new ones at advertised rates; also all the
really good varieties of last year, and fortner introductions in
extra hne selected stock, all ready for very early shipment.
Descriptive Trade list will be milled to those not
receiving it on receipt of Postal Card.

JOHN N. HAY, Summit, New Jersey.

jgoj.

The American Florist.

1247

Buy Boston Flowers.

Prime Easter Stock.

GROWN COOL.
HIGH GRADE.

CUT BLOOMS.
POT PLANTS.

EATRA-LONGIFLORUMS

CUT AND PACKED AT GREENHOUSES. BEST GRADE. NO REHANDLING.

SPECIAL:

Violets, Daffodils, Lily of the Valley,
Hyacinths, Carnations, Callas.
Best Stock in New England.

A Full Line of Easter Baskets and all Florists' Supplies.

KORAL

BOOKING ADVANCE ORPERS NOW.
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. ^ S ^

Sole A.ise«»t: 4or U. S.

LETTERS

GEO. A. SUTHERLAND,

Telephone 1270 Main.

34 Hawley St, BOSTON, MASS.

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII

StroDg S-vr.-old planls, pots, 100, S5; 1000. $40.

AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA

Stron- 3-vr., field grown, ICO, $5; 1030, $40.

CLEMATIS PANIGULATA

Y

StrcDg 2-year, tteld-t.'luwn, 100, $5; lOOO, $40.
Strong 3 year, fleld-Krowii, 100. $S; 1000. $70.

HONEYSUCKLE. Hall's Japan

strong 2-vear. fi.-ld-grown. 1(0, $5; lOOO, J40.

THADDEUS N. YATES & CO.,

Mount Airy Nurseries.
7356 Germantown Ave.. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Florists Take Notice

MURRAY'S CHOICE FLORIST FLOWER SEEDS
ARE THE BEST MONEY CAN BUY.

Tr. packet
Choice Prii.ula Sinersis firabriata, mixed or

in separaiL- colore 50c

Choice I'uneroiH Rooted Begonia, single

and double, extra Hne strain 50c

Choice bloxinia cr:issifoiia; a very perfect

strain ". 50c

And all other kinds of Florists' Flower Seeds
o! superb quality at

JAMES C. MIRRAY'S, Seedsman,

403 Main Street, PEORIA, ILL.

Please mentioti the Amencan Florist when ivriiing

ALL Nurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists wishing
'^ to do business with Europe should send for the

"Horticultural Advertiser."

This is the British Trade Paper, being read weekly
by all ttie Hort'cultural traders; It is also taken by
over 1000 or the best (.'ontinental houses. Annual
subscription to cover cost of postage ?5c. Money
orders payable at Lowdham. Notts.

Address EDITORS OF THE "H. A."
Chilwell Nurseries. LuWDHAVI. Notts, England.

OUR BEST OPENING....
FOR EASTER FLOWERS

Fresh Steele at Florists' Market
Rates prevailing on day of sale.

We take as good care of you as

^'iSy if you came personally and

selected the goods. All varie-
ties, v^ ^ ^M ^M ^ \St ^M

FRANK MILLANQ, ^^^^':'^

AT THE
FLOWER MARKET,

412 E. 34th St., NEW YORK CITY.

fHease mfn/ton the A mertcan Flortst when 7/'» iling.

American Beauties

STRONG PLANTS from 2x3 inch p-'ts. ready for
a shift, $6 per 100; $50 per 1000.

JOSEPH HEACOCK, Wyncote, Pa.

•^f^^y^^ '^y^^\

1248

The American Florist.

Mar.

Syracuse, N. Y.

TARIOCS NOTiS OF VARYING INTEREST IN
THE VICINITY — DOINGS HERE AND THBKE.
—A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

Bannister Brothers have dissolved
partnership, F. W. Bannister retiring.
Harry and Frank Bannister will con-
tinue the business as formerly. F. W.
Bannister has secured a ten years' lease
of the property known as the Split Rock
brewery and will use the land, an acre
and a half, for nursery purposes.

Local flnrists feartherewillbe a limited
supply of Easterlilies. For the past two
years" they have been more or less dis-
eased. The local retailers secure most of
their supply of lilies from New York but
Henry Burt has quite a stock.

The hothouses of A. W. ijirch, Canan-
daigua, burned about a week ago, catch-
ing fire from an overheated stove pipe.
The adjoining buildings were saved,
although damaged. There was no insur-
ance

P. R. Quinlan & Company had in their
exhibit of roses which won first prize at
the flower show at New York last week,
blooms of Papa Gontier with stems five
feet long.

Syracuse florists are preparing for a
large Easter trade. There is a good
supply of potted plants and cut flowers,
especially roses, but carnations are some-
what scarce.

But little will be done in Syracuse this
year in the way of improving the parks,
on account of the lack of funds. A. J. B.

HooPBSTON, III. — Andrew Peterson,
who has a nice stock of flowering and
decorative plants, is visiting neighboring
towns, where there are not good stocks,
and is doing a nice trade in this way.

We believe in shifting
young Roses often. All
stock offered in 2^-in.
pots has been shifted
from 2-in., and is equal

ROS[S

to most stock advertised as 3-in., and when we
send it out it is well established. >

Let us know your wants.

2 and 2 l-?-in. Stock is Fine.

VARIETIES GROWN ■■

Meteors LaFranc« Presid»'nt Caroot

Brides A. V. Kaiserin Golden Gate

Maids Woottons American Beauties

Penes Belle Siebrecht Liberty

CARNATIONS.

R.C. and 2-in. Bradt.t'rocker, .Toost and McGowan.

R. C. COLEUS.

Mixed, Verschaffeltii, Golden Bedder, Yellow
Queen, etc ENGLISH IVY.

'2.V%, 3 and 1-inch pots.
GERANIUMS* Red, white and pink in S-in.

A few thousand ^F*I«E^BffOE:ieiI«

ready for 2-inch pots.
Special m WOOTTON ROSES. 2i4-in.. ready to
plant in beds. ^V^i^e

GEO, a. KUHL, Pekin, III.

Greenhouse

Construction.

Full Directions for the Building and
Heating of Greenhouses.
BV L. R. TAFT.

Greenhouse

Management.

Hov.' to grow Roses, Carnations, Vio-
lets and other Greenhouse Plants, with
Directions for Forcing Vegetables;
also the Preparation of Soil, Fertiliz-
ers, Watering, and the Treatment of
Insects and Diseases.
BY L. R. TAFT.

392 Pages, Cloth. Either of the above sent on
receipt of $l.FiO, by

L. R. TAPT. Agricultural College P. O., Mich.

GOOD FLOWERS

WELL PACKED FOR ANY DISTANCE

From the

Best Long Island and

New Jersey Growers

\

All Easter Specialties at Normal Prices

BOOKING ORDERS NOW
WRITE. TELEGRAPH OR TELEPHONE

PROMPT RETURN WILL BE SENT

I A. H. LAN6JAHR,

19 BOERUM PLACE,

BROOKLYN. N.Y.

The Most Important Thing

To consider in buying Cut Easter IiilieS is

quality, not the price. Poor Easter Lilies are dear
at any price. As in former years we will again
have A No i Easter Lilies. It is still too early to
set a price on them, but you may be sure that we
will bill them at the right price, as we do with
everything.

Of course you understand that we have every-
thing in the flower line, such as Brides, Brides-
maids, Carnations, Valley, Violets (our violets
are the finest grown) Daffodils, Tulips, Romans,
Paper Whites, Asparagus, etc., etc.

FAVOR us WITH YOUR EASTEB ORDEB.

HOLTON & HUNKEL CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES,

$6.00 per ICO
Kaiserin J4.00 per lOO

Beauties and Kaiserin took First Pre-
mium at Philadelphia Exhibition.

Bridesmaid 7. «3 oo per lOO

All first-class, from 2-in. standard pots.

T. E. BARTRAM, Lansdowne, Pa.

Maid, Liberty. Bride,
Kaiserin.

StronL' plants with he;iltli_\ own roots. If >ou
w.ant the finest stook ,)btainabl>'. place your order
at once for immediate or lat r delivery.

STEPHEN MORTENSEN.

( Near Phila.l SOUTHAMPTON, PA.

Robert Scott,

EVERYBODY'S ROSE. ^^du;..
Robert Scott &, Son. Sharon Hill, pei co ,Pa.

Ua.RC« AUrXOXiS and standard

\;iri,';ies. \\'rite for prices.

Atparagus Sprengeiii, 3-inoh .fi.OO per 100

Aaparagui Plumosuf. 3 " e.OOperlOO

Small Fern« for dishes. 4 vars , 2!4-in. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata, 2!4-inch ; . . . 4.00 per 100

Boston Ferns, 8-inch pans $15 and $18 per doz.

2!4-inch 4.00 per 100

3-inoh S.OOperlOO

CARL HACENBEKCER, West Mentor, 0.>

-*»

igol

The American Florist.

1249

\^TT.

lOOl.

your Easter Orders tor Gui Flowers

Will be given prompt, careful and satisfactory attention if
you send them to us. We have exclusive sale of flowers of the

^^*B^i"u^ty^TsJ"" QUEEN OF EDGELY.

Full Supply of American Beauties, Brides, Maids,
Carnot, Kaiserin, Meteor. Carnations, standards and
novelties; Violets, single and double; Valley, Mignonette,
Smilax, Asparagus, Galax and other decorative goods.

10,000 LILIES

Longiflorum and Harrisii, can be shipped in crates con-
taining \ 8 plants. Prices on application.

?)

TO GROWERS.

Vl^E sell flowers to the larg-
est retail dealers in
New England. Our commis-
sion is 20 per cent. We get
good prices We report sales
weekly and pay monthly, or
honor a draft through bank
at any time.

33^^3!^^3!K!KSS-r;,v?:?>?;s;s;^^-3issi^^

Props. CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET.
The largest In New England.

15 Province Street and
9 Chapman Place,

BOSTON, MASS.

36,000

BRAFTED ROSES

On Manetti Stocks.

Bridesmaid, Bride, Golden Gate,
Kaiserin, 2!^-inch pots, $12 00 per
100,595.00 per 1000. Sunrise, $15
^ per 100. Liberty, $18 per 100.

Orders booked now. Stock war-
I ranted first-class.

I 100,000 ROOTED CARNATION CUT-

1 TINGS, ready now, of standard varie-
ties and last year's new ones.

S. J. BEUTEB,

, WESTERLY. R. I.

FINEST MAIDS and BRIDES

in the market. Long distance shipments
of cut blooms with exceptional success.

Rooted Cuttings of the above, $15 per J 000.
Princessof Wales Violets,R.C.,$J5 per JOOO.

ANCHORAGE ROSE CO,, Anchorage, Ky.

American Beauty Roses

Two-eyed cuttings, growing in
I 2V2-inch pots, ready to shift,
I $6 00 per 100; $50 00 per 1000.
Address COLE BROS , Peoria, III.

Grafted Roses

LIBERTY, $18.00 per 100

M4IDS,

BRIDES,

GOLDEN GATE,

$12 per 100
$110 per 1000

Choice Plants. 3 inch pott, ready
for immediate Planting.

J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa.
New Carnation ELENOR AMES.

The best deep pink Carnation ever introduced.
Deeper color, larger flowers, stronger grower and
produces more blooms per plant than its parent,
Wm. Scott Does not burst. A continuous
bloomer. Has been grown for five years. Plants
Tree from all disease. Rooted cuttings ready
February 1, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. $75 per 1000.

D. CARMICHAEL. Wellesley, Mass.

QARDENINQ

This la the paper to recommend to your
oustomerB^ the leading horticultural

Journal in America for amateurs

«2.00 Per Year. Sample Copies Free.

Liberal terms to florlBts who take 8abMrlptk)nj.

THE BARDENINP CO. M^Kummd,. CHICA60.
Rooted Cuttings F THE

NEW AND STANDARD CARNATIONS.

Scud for price list.
WM. SWAYNE. Ho.\ 226, Kennett Square. Pa.

New Roses

THE BALTIMORE (certillcated) color a
light pink and of the largest size; flowers
through the entire season; $5 per dozen.

ADMIRAL SCHLEY, the best crimson bed-
der ever introduced, $3 per dozen.

NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM JOS. W. COOK,

scored 89 Commercial points in Phila-
delphii. Color a light blush pink, st)fi'
stems, blooms very early; $2 50 per
dozen.

Cash with the Order. Send for Descriptive Slip.

JOHN COOK. 318 N. Charles St. Baltlmo-e. Md.

ROSES

A No. 1 Stock.
100 lOOO

BRIDES. 2!4-inch $'.00 $25 03

BRIDESMA'DS, 2i4-inch 3.0) 25.00

METEOR, 2ii-inch 3.00 25.00

LIBERTY. 2H-ini;lj 1 i 05

CA U WITH OaDEB.

JOHN MUNO, Rogers Park, Chicago.

2&,00O Bridesmaids, Brides, Golden Gate,
grafted on Manetti stoci;, warranted to be
first-class, IIO.OJ per lOO; 190.00 per 1000.

ORDERS BOOKED NOW.

3000 Meteors, from 2-inch pots, ready now,

$4 00 per 100; t30 CO per IIjOO.
CUT FLOWERS, Roses, Carnations and violets,

lar^iHst and best quality in the market. Orders

ah\a\ s fillfd on time.

CHRIS. HANSEN, St Paul, Minn.

Crimson Rambler Roses

These roses have fibrous roots and are par-
ticularly well adapted tor potting and forc-
ing. 2 10 2'/2 It. $10 per lUO; 3 to ZVi ft. $12
per 100, 3!^ to 5 ft. $15 i)er 100.

Write for Price List of

nine new varieties.

The Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa.

CANNAS.

1250

The Am eric ax Florist.

Mar.

30,

KEWIT OSGiXIZErCLIB ELECTS OFFICRKS.
— SPEASBRS ON TRADE TOPICS SHOW
WELL GROWS PLANTS TO H-LCSTRATB
KBILABSS.

The Hartford Florists" Clnb was
organized at a meeting held on March 2 1 .
The ioUowing oS:^ers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, T.J. McRonald:
•rice- president, W. "W. Hnnt; secretary,
J. F. Coombs: treasurer, Theo. Wirth;
trustees, the four named officers, with
John Coombs, G. S. Osbom and J. F.
Hnss. After the business had been dis-
posed of the president turned the meeting
over to the chairman of the entertain-
ment committee, who had arranged for a
talk on carcations and other tiowers.
■G. S. Osbom showed some very fine car-
nations, incladiog Mrs Lawson. Bradt,
Marquis and Red Bradt. The blooms
were all finely grown and reflected much
credit on the grower. Mr. Osbom gave
a most interesting talk in regard to the
best bloomers, the strongest growers the
most profitable to grow, etc. J. F. Huss
showed orchids and other flowers, giving
some interesting tacts about them. In
the course of his remarks he brought in
two or three well told stories which
took well, -iltogether it was a very
interesting and instructiTe meeting and
at the close a TOte of thanks was
■extended to Mr. ijsbom and Mr. Huss.

J. F. C.

Mn.WArKEE, Wis.— Wm. Branch has
opened a new flower store on Yliet
street, in the same block with the Reitz
Floral Company.

PAW-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.

Nothing since the Worlds Fair, at
Chicago, in 1593, his elicited toe wide-
spread interest that is manifest, all over the
-aorli. in ibe Pan-.American Exposition,
Fbich is to be held in Buffalo, from May 1
to November 1. 1931.

The purpose of the Exposition i; to
iliusiraie the progress of the countries of
the Western Hemisphere during a century
of wonderful achievements, and to bring
together into closer relitionship the people
composing the many States, Territories
and Countries of the three Americas.
Aci'n? under proper authority, the PreS'-
dent of the United States has invited all the
Republ-cs and Colonies of the American
Hemisphere to ;oin in commemorating the
close oi the Nineteenth and beginning of
the Twentieth Ceitnry, by holding this
International Exposition, on the Niagara
Frontier.

For this important even', the Nickel Plate
Road has issued an attractive descriptive
foldei pamphlet, elabDrately illustrating
thetLn-Ameri.an Exposition, the buildings
and grounds.

Tne Nickel Plate Road is the short line
between Chicago and Buffalo, ard affords
competent train service from Chicago to
Bunalo, New York City, Boston and all
points east, wiih trains of modern equip-
ment, on which no extra fares are charged;
also dioing-car service of the bighest order.
It affords meals in its dining-cars on the
indiviaujl club plan, raaginj in price from
35c to $1.00.

Call on any ticket agent for Pan-Ameri-
can folder of the Nickel Plate Road, or
address John Y. Calanan, General Agent,
111 Adams St., Ch cago.

Parties desiring hotel or rooming accom-
modatioos at Buffalo or Niagara Falls,
•during any period of the Pan American
Exposition, are invited to apply by letter
-or otherwise to F. J Moore, General Agent,
i9l .Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.

CARNATION CUTTINGS.

AJl the Dew a»id standard varieties, free from ruiit and all othe^ diseases.
Utlt Ktocfe is ia fine shape and all catttugs wre well rooted when sent oat.

Mrs. Leopold ine "^^^ loo iom

r;:;:ei CTjmiiffs...

5"-^>r5—

E;n EDnine Richard..

>"vqU

Proliflca

Irene

Mr5. Lawson

Camaiion.

.1 T.OD t60.no

. 10.00 T5.00

. 10.00 7S.00

. 10.00 73.00

. lO.CO T5.00

. 10.00 75.00

. 0.00 ToXH

. 4.00 35.00

GeneTleTe Lord 4.00 ffi-OO

EthelCrocker 2.50 20.10

Crane 300 25.00

Peru 2.50 30.00

America l.S 10 00

Mrs. Bradt 2.dJ 20.00

ROOTED ROSE CUTTIN6S.

100 1000

Bridesmaid II jO tl2.50

Bride 1.50 li50

GoldenGate 1.50 liSO

Meteor. 1.50 12.50

Perle 1.50 12.50

Ooardian Angel 5^e'?°?g^; ,00

paving j::ii; Carnation- Rooted
Cattinss

John Youn£

White Clond

Triumph

ArsTle

Evaiiston

F. Joost

C«rise Queen

Got. Grtggs

Melba

Armazindy

Tlora HUl

Evelina

McGowan

J4.0a
1.50
1.3
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

1000

»35.00
12.S0

laoo

9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
7.50
7.50

2 1-2 INCH ROSE PLANTS.

100 1000

Liberty >12.00 tlOaOO

Bridesmaid 3.00 25.00

Bride 3.00 25.00

Meteor 3.00 ffi.00

GoldenGate., aoo 25.00

Perle 3.09 25.00

Kaiserin 3.00 25.00

All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfactor) it Is to be returned immediatel;,
vhen mone> will be rehinded.

FETEBi BEINBESG, si wabash A>e.. Chicago, 111.

The Largest Fancy Carnation.

-PROSPERITY-

\ feu thousand read> for immediate delivery.
Speak quick if you nant them.

I'r'ices for I^ooted Ccilrtiia^gs,

1 Plant $ .50

12 Plants 5 00

23 Plants 8.25

SO Plants lO.OO

100 Plants 16 00

250 Plants $ 37.50

500 Plants 70.00

750 Plants 101,25

1000 Plants 130.00

WRITE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS.,

Flatbush, N. Y.

leoox^iD

P-rrlOO Per 1000

The Marjois. ri-h pink 45.00 WLOO

Momine Glory, ligbt pink 3.50 30lU)

>Irs. Lawson, famooB pink 6.00 50.00

Ethel Crocker, clear pmk 3.50 3a00

GeneTieve Lord, Ueht pink 4.00 35.00

Mrs. Lippincott. piuk 5.00 40.00

Da.vbreak, flesh 2.00 15.00

Meilia, fine pink 2.00 15.OT

>lrs. Joost, monej maker 2.00 15.00

Wm. Scott, pink 1.00 10.00

mute Cloud, fine white 1.50 12.50

CARNATIONS

Per ICO Per 1000

Fiora Hiii. Urge white »1.50 $1250

Pern, whit* 4.00 30.00

Elm Citv. new white 4.00 30.00

Estelle. best scarlet 6.00 hJ.OO

Chieaso, largest red 4.00 30.0)

G. H. Crane, scarlet 3 00 2i.00

America, light red 2.50 30.00

>Iaceo. dark crimson 2.00 15.00

Gomez, light crimson 2.'0 15.00

Mrs. Bradt variegated 3.00 25.00

ALSO ALL NOVELTIES OF THIS YEAR AT INTRODUCERS' PRICES.?
We would call special attention to Marquis, which has proved itself verj valuable.

GEO. HANCOCK & SON, Grand Haven, Mich.

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation oroduces the finest flowers, is perfectly healthy
and is the best white variety ever introduced.

IT BLOOMS EARLY

IT BLOOMS LATE

IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Oor price list contains cuts from photographs taken every two weeks during the months of February,
March, April, May, Jane, October ana November. >'o other Carnation can stand such a test

Price

$10 per 100,
$75 per 1000.

Rooted Cuttings read; now.

Come and see it or send lor circular.

J. r^. r>iJ^ivO:pu,

Bloom.(sl3ux*s;, I*a«

I go I.

The American Florist.

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New Carnations.

ALL THE LEADING SORTS, IN FINE SHAPE,
"INCLUDING .J. j^ J.

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\ READY
NOW!

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Prosperity $1600 $130.00

Roosevelt 12.00 loooo

Lawson 7.00 6000

G. H. CRANE 3-O0 25.00

GENEVIEVE LORD 5.00 4000

LORNA 10.00 75.00

NORWAY 10.00 75.00

CALIFORNIA GOLD, 10.00 7500

100 1000

Avondile $400 $30.00

Crocker 300 20.00

Gen Maceo 3.00 2500

WHITE CLOUD 250 1800

Peru 3.00 25.00

MRS. GEO. M. BRADT 3.oo 25 00

Olympia 5.00 40.00

MRS.FRANCESJOOST 3.oo 20.00

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The great TIMOTHY EATON Chrysanthemum 50c each; $5.00 per doz.;
$30.00 per 100.

We will be pleased to mail you our Catalogue of Chrysanthemums, Carnations,
Crotons, Grafted Roses, Palms, etc.

ROBERT CRAIG & SON,

MARKET AND
49th STREETS,

Philadelphia, Pa.

«sM Carnation Cuttings

Per 100 Per 1000

Lawson t5.00 145.00

Marquis 5.00 40.03

Olvmpia 4.01 35.00

Crocker 3U0 25.10

Lord 3.00 25.C0

Crane 300 33.00

Mornin- Glory 3 00 2500

Peru...; i.50 20.U0

-America 2.-tO 25.00

Bradt 2.5U 20.C0

Pinaree 2.50 20.(0

Glacier 2.50 20.00

WhiteCloud '.aO 1200

Jubilee 1.50 12.00

Maceo 1.50 12.0)

Marv Wood 150 12.00

Davijre;!* 1.85 lU.'O

Flo'ra Hill 1.25 in.OO

Joost 1.25 10.0

Triumph l.S lO.CO

Scott l.'W SCO

Evelina l.OJ S.OO

41bertiDi 100 8.C0

10 per cent off for cuttings of above varieties

except LawsoQ put in sand after order received.
Add ^ to above prices for 2-inch pot plants.
250 at 1000 rates. Cash or C. O. D.

W. J. & M. S. VESEY, rt. Wayne. Ind.

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REPORTt?.'e JUDGES I

Appointed by THE PHILA. FLORISTS' CLUB ♦

to judge our grand new ROSE

Queen of Edgely, American beauty.

9^^^ "We ara convinced that this varisty is a valuable addition
to the I'St of forcing roses, being in every respect, except color,
the exact counteraart of the American Beauty. The color is a
beautiful, bright pink, which is good, even in tne full flowers. The
fragrance is also as fine as that of Beauty, and the exhibited
blooms showed remarkable vigor. (Signed),

ROBERT KIFT, WIS. MUNRO, JOS. HEACOCK."

The last two aamei were winners of first prizes for American Beauties at the Rose
Show. Eden Mnsee March 27, 190O.

March Prices I

FOR TERMS AND BOOKLET; ADDRESS

Ethel Crocker has been with me all that
I cliiined tor ir, but not <• ith Some of the
groaers. If you can get the results I do
it will be your besi pink, and in order to
have it tri<d a second season 1 offer it
free bv mail for $2.50 per 100

Elm City is a white that has given me
e.xceilent results, and as it is compara-
tively unknown I make the same offer
with It; ttee by miil at $2 50 per 100

Genevieve Lord, Mrs. Lippincott. White Cloud, Bradt.
Olympia. Leslie Paul, Gomez and Maceo at
redueed prices for March. Send I'f Iheiu.

ALBERT M. HERR. Lancaster. Penn.

R, CR^IO & SON. East, Agts.,

49th and Market Sis , Phila.

E. 0, mil & CO., West. *9ts..

Richmond, Ind.

THE FLORAL EXCHANGE, Inc.

335 N. Sixth St.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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WQen wriuiuj mentioD Uie Amencan Kiortii-

''Hoosier Maid/'

Pure
White.

DodS not get weak necked, sleepy, nor
split in mid-winter, (S.OO per tOO;
f2.ro for 25. Cash with order.
Express prepaid.
AVDERS R4SMUSSEV. New Albany Ind.

nnpro Excellent stock of Brides and
nUOLO .Maids, out of 2'^-inch pots at
$■2 00 per 100; (15.00 per 1000.

CARNATIONS ^L^,l!rperfc«'S

per 1000. Daybreak, 2>i-in. pots, (1.50
per 100.
WEST VIEW FLORAL 03.. Knightstown, Ind.

1252

The American Florist.

Mar. JO,

Wichita, Kaos.

A HALF DOZEN FIRMS ALL DOING A PROS-
BROUS TRADE — GENERAL STOCK IN MOST
OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS.

The florists of our city all report a
decided increase in sales over those of
last jear. There are six firms doing busi-
ness in this city. C. P. Rose, the veteran
florist, having been in business the longest,
has a store on Main street and a green-
house on Water street, where he raises
mostly vegetable plants. C. P. Mueller
comes next in line, vyith a good office and
greenhouses connected, where he grows
carnations and genera' bedding stock.
Next comes the firm of W. H. Gulp & Co.,
with a very neat office and salesroom in
connection with their greenhouses. They
grow carnations and a general line of
palms and bedding plants.

F. Keuchenmeister, on the west side,
close to Riverside Park, has an extensive
place, growing some roses and car-
nations and a goodly lot of bedding
stock suitable for park and other use.
The Wichita Greenhouses are also doing
a general business, and lastly the small
place on the east side in the direction of
College Hill and the cemeteries, in which
your scribe is a partner. We grow prin-
cipally carnations, mostly to wholesale.
We had the pleasure of arranging a deco-
ration for the opening of a new clothing
store, that of Greenfield Bros., in which
we used wild smilax, palms, etc. Over
1,700 flowers were given away as
souvenirs, mostly carnations. We have
just completed a small house 10x76.
How glass does cost!

The stock among the craft here gener-
ally looks well, but some Easter lilies are
a little behind time. All kinds of bedding
stock looks well and is plentiful. Beside
our own city trade we all do more or less
trade with adjarent towns not so well
blessed vrith florists as we are. C. H. G.

Geneva, III.— While the big growers
are looking for locations near Chicago,
yet outside its limits, they should not
lose sight of the fact that here is to be
found what some well known men are
pleased to call the best soil in Illinois.

Rooted Carnation Cuttings.

Per Doz. Per ino Per lOOn

Sunbeam, light pink JI.SO tlO.OO $75.00

lion Homme Richard, white 150 10.00 75.(0

Nydia, variegated 1.50 lOOi 75.00

Proliflca, cerise pinl< 1.50 lO.tO 75.00

Mrs. Thos. VV. Lawson, cerise pink 6 OU 50.00

Marquis, pink 4 00 35 00

Genevieve Lord, pink 3.50 3).00

Ethel Crocker, pink 3.50 30.00

Gold Nugget, yellow 2.50 20.00

Gen. Maceo, crimson 2.00 15.00

Gen. Gomez - 2.00 15.00

White Cloud, white 2.00 15.00

Mrs. Frances Joost, pink 2,00 15.00

Mrs. Jas. Dean, pink 1.50 12.00

Flora Hill, white 1.50 12.00

William Scott, pink 100 8 00

Armazindy, variegated 1.00 8.00

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., Joliet, III.

ON TOP!.i.,

At Baltimore meeting of the American
Carnation Society. Our exhibit of

The IiaWSOXl was awarded

the Gold Medal in heavy com-
petition against allcomers. The Society's
Silver Cup tor best arrangement of blooms,
and First Prize for 100 dark pink.

MY STOCK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

ROOTED CUTTINGS per 100, $7.00

per 1000, $60.00

PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass.

Rose Cuttings! Carnation Cuttings!

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

100 1000

Brides $1.50 $I2..tO

Bridesmaids 1.50 13.50

Meteors 1.50 ia.5D

Perles J.50 12.50

GoldenGate 1.50 12.50

CARNATION

ion

Mrs Thos. W. Lawson J7.00 J60.00

The Marquis 6 00 60.00

Estelle 7.00 50.00

Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

Ethel Crocker 5;00 40.00

Olympia 5.00 40.00

G. H. Crane 3.00 25.00

Mrs. George M. Bradt 3.00 25.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00 25.00

America 3.00 25.00

Chicago 3.00 25.00

Mabel 3.00 25.00

Elsie Ferguson 3.00 25.0"

Gold Nugget...' 3.00 25.f0

Pingree 3.00 25.00

Mrs. James Dean 2 CO 15.00

Mrs. Prances Joost .• 3 00 15.00

Genesee 2.00 15.00

Marv Woo3 ._. 2.00 15.0(i

John Young : 2.01 15.00

John Hinkle 2.00 15.00

Dorothy Sweet 2.00 15.00

Jubilee 2.00 15.00

100

Lady Dorothea $1.50

Kaiserin 1.50

Mamau Cochet 1.50

American Beauty 3.00

ROOTED

1000

CUTTINGS.

100

White Cloud $2.00

Leslie Paul 2.00

Gov. Griggs 2,00

Albertini 2.00

Dawn 3.00

Eldorado 2.00

Melba 3.00

Victor 1.60

Triumph 1 60

Daybreak 1.50

Ivory -. . 1.50

Evelina ; 1.50

Flora Hill 1.50

Cense Queen 1.50

Meteor 1.50

Armazindy 1.50

Iris Miller 1.50

Sandusky 1.25

William Scott 1.25

Tidal Wave 1.00

Portia 1.00

Lizzie McGowan 1.00

Psyche 1.00

1000

$12.50
12.50
12.50

25.00

1000
$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
17.00
12.50
12.50
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50
13.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
10.00
10.00
800
8.00
8.00
7.50

We offer only choice Rooted Cuttings, first-class in every respect, true to name. 25 at 100
rates; 250 at lOOO rates. Write for catalogue and complete list of Carnations and Rjses, rooted
cuttings and in pots.

Do you receive our weekly price list? If not, write us; we will place your name on
our mailing list.

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

please Mentioft the Amrrtcan Florist when ivriting.

CARNATIONS

:ROOi*Rr>

OUTTIIVG^®

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following prices:

G. H. CRANE $25.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT 2.5.00

MADAM CHAPMAN 25.00

DAYBREAK 13.50 "

WHITE CLOUD 112.50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10.00

McGOWAN 1000

ELDORADO 10.00

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to \>t seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in need of a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times.

Add:£L'CHAS. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich. '^^''.B'"'

NORWAY

The Queen of Commercial White Carnations. Scored 91 at Baltimore, was
awarded 1st prize for 100 white, bronze medal for 12 best seedling and
first-class <'ertiticate of Merit. Stock all sold until May 1st. Its Timor-
ous, free growth and tendency to bloom early insures a safe investnoent for cut tings delivered in May.

f^ /"^ "^ J f^nP A most distinct, dark variety, rich and dazzling ia color. Surpasses all other
1^1 ¥ Y \'^ I crimsons in length and strength of stem, exquisite, spicy odor and keeping
^-^^-^ * ■ * qualities. Can be had in good flower by Novembtr.

Above two varieties, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100, $75 per 1G00.

g^ • ¥ -J T^® Greatest Money Making Pink. A friend of the com-

I IgllgY^lgX/'g L-Ol fl '"°° people and a descendant of the gre;it Wm. Scott,

^^ ' B^** T %^ A.^v^ ■ %* whose illust'ious mantle it is wearing with becoming

grace. Sto^k lar^e and in the pink of condition. $5 per 100, $40 per 1000.

All of the new ones of this year, the best of hist year and ihe best standard varieties.

Chrysanthemum Timothy Eaton tlTo.tt:i:^ti^Z''^^^i:^^^

"whipped" every variety whicli went np aeninst it. Tlie most sensational whit-- chr3'SAntheniain
ever offered. 50c each, $5 per doz.. $30 per 100.

COMPLETE LIST OF OTHER NOVELTIES
AND STANDARD VARIETIES. CATALOGUE
READY. WRITE FOR IT.

H. WEBER & SONS, °*'mT''

LIBERTY ROSE ^P'^ip^^

A few hundred extra nice plants in 2
and 2V2, ready for a shift. Write

GEO, a. KUHL, Pekin, III.

(t u good business policy ^ «e .£
to mention the '^'^'^

....American Florist

when yon write to an advertliei.

I have several thousand

ETHEL CROCKER CARNATIONS

left vrhich 1 vsill close out at .$15 per
1000. Order quick. Well-rooied and
healthy.

Also several thousand Bride, Maid and
Golden Gate Roses at $10 per lOOO.

CASH WITH ORDER.

GEO. HARRER, INorton Grove, III.,

igoi.

The a me r i ca n Fl grist.

1253

NeDhrolepis Wittboldii

WILL SOON BE GROWN AND OFFERED FOR SALE BY

ALL THE LEADING FLORISTS..

NEPHROLEPIS WITTBOIDM.-Strong plants ready for[ 3 jand. 4-inch pots,
$1.00 each; $10.00 a dozen; $75.00 perllOO.

WELL-GROWN DECORATIVE PLANTS FOR EASTER.

\)nE have already supplied a majority
^^ of the large growers with stock.
Owing to its rapid growth and wonderful
reproductive qualities our fern will be as
profitable to florists as the Boston fern
has been. Many growers who received
stock of Nephrolepis Wittboldii when it
was first sent out in September, are re-
ordering in larger quantities, a sure evi-
dence that it has found favor with them.
Here are some sample letters:

Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1901.
The Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago, 111.

Gentlejien:— We ape much pleased with
Nepbkolepis WiiTBOLDii; the specimen
plant which you recently sent shows the
character o( the plant very nicely; its bold,
heavy foliage, which is iniide'to appear
very light and graceiul by tin- wavy edge,
should make this a most valuable decora-
tive Peru, for which tlnTe is room along-
side of the Boston Fern. We see no rea-
son why the plant should not become just
as popular as this valuahic variety.
Yours verv truly,

HENRY a". DREER, Inc.

J. D. E.

Newark. Ohio, Dec. 27. 1900.
The Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago, 111.

Gentlesien: — Please ship to me as soon
as possible 300 more of your Nephrolepi8

WlTTBOLDIL

The plants I received from you a short
time ago are doing so nicely that the more
I see of them the more 1 am convinced
that Nephbolbpis Wittboldii is the great
fern of the futuie. and I feel that I cannot
get too heavy a stock. I know that every
enterprising florist will purchase a stock
of it as scon as he sees what a grand dec-
oiative plant it will make.

Wishing you a prosperous New Year, I
remain Yours verv truly,

a". ,). BALDWIN.

Kentias==Latanias

Varieties

Size Height

Pot Inches

Kentia Belmoreana ZVt 8 to 9

Eentia Belmoreana 3 10 to 12

Kentia Belmoreana 314 12 to 14

Kentia Belmoreana 4 1^ to 16

Kentia Belmoreana 5 16 to 20

Kentia " strong 5 18 to 24

Kentia Belmoreana 6 20 to 22

Kentia " strong 6 26 to 28

Kentia Belmoreana 7 36 to 40

Kentia Forsteriana 2H 8 to 9

Kentia Forsteriana 3 10 to 13

Kentia Forsteriana 3;^ 12 to 14

Kentia Forsteriana 5 20 to 24

Kentia " strong 5 22 to 26

Kentia Forsteriana 6 2» to 30

Kentia " strong 6 30 to 34

Kentia Forsteriana 8 44 to 50
Latania Borbonica 2^

Latania Borbonica 3 12

Latania Borbonica 3H 12 to 15

Latania Borbonica 4 15 to 18

Latania Borbonica 5 18 to 22

Latania Borbonica 6 20 to 24

Latania Borbonica 6 24 to 30

Areca Lutescens 214 5 to 6

Areca Lutescens 3Vi 12 to 15

Areca Lutescens 4 18 to 20

No. Per

Leaves Each Doz.

3 to 4

4 to 5

5 to 6

6 to 7
5 to 6

5 to 7

6 to 7
6 to 7
6 to 7

3 to 4

4 to 5

5 to 6
5 to 6
5 to 6

5 to 6

6 to 7
6

3

5 to 6

5 to 6

5 to 7

6 to 7
6 to 8

.25
.40
.75
1. 00
1.25
1.50
2.25

.25
.75
1.00
1.25
1.50
3 25

.15

.25

.60

.60

.75

3 plants in potl.OO
3 ■' " 2.00

3 " .25 3.00

.50

LOG

3.00

400

7.20

12.00

15.00

18.00

27 00

1.50

2.00

3.00

7.20

12.00

15.00

18.00

39 00

.60

1.00

1.50

3.00

5.00

6.00

9.C0

Per

100

JI2.00

15.00

20.00

30.00

60.00

90.00

125.00

160.00

200.00

12.00

15.00

20.00

60.00

90.00

125.00

150.00

300.00

5.00

8.00

12.00

20.00

35.00

50.00

8.00
15.00
25.00

Per
1000
SIOO.OO
150 00
180 00
300 00
60000
900.00

100.00
160.00
180.00
600.00

40.00

75.00

100.00

175.00

300.00

Varieties

..Asparagus..

Size Pot

Asparagus Sprengerii 2-inch

Asparagus Sprentxerii 3-ini;li

Asparagus Sprengerii 4-inch

Asparagus Sprengerii 5- inch

Doz.

$ .60
1.00
1.50
2.00

Per 100

$ 3.00

8.C0

12.00

15.00

..r'Grns.. Size

Pot

Pteris Serrulata 2-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 2-inch

Cyrtoraium Falcatum 3-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 4-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 5-inch

Nephrolepis Bostoniensis 2-inch

Per

Doz.

.50

.60

1.00

1.60

a 00

.50

Per
100
4.00
4.00
8.00
12.00
15.00
4.00

Miscellaneous.

14 to 16
10 to 12
12 to 16

Each
( .75

1.50
2.25
3.00

J K

Fi-rn Balls, well started

Araucaria Excelsa, 4-inch, nice plants

Araucaria Excelsa, 4Vi-inch, nice plants

Araucaria Excelsa, 5-inch, nice plants

Pot Height Leaves

Ficus Elastioa 6 32 to 23 13 to 14

Ficus Elastioa 7 24 to 28

Pandanus Utilis 2»4 6 to 8

Pandanus Otilis 3 8 to 10

Pandanus Veitchii 6 strong

Pandanus Veitchii 7 strong

Pandanus Veitchii 8 extra

DracTna 'renninalis 3

Dracaena Terminalis 3V4

Dracaena Terminalis 4

Cocos Weddeliana 3

Phoenix Reclinata 3

Phoenix Canariensia 3

Phconix Canariensis 10

Aspidistra Lurida 5

Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 3-inch, strong plants
Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 4-inch, strong plants,
Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 5-inch, stiong plants.

Peperomia Argyreia (Saundersii) , 4-inch "

Peperomia Peltata, 4-inch

40 to 45
15 to 20

4 to
4 to
6 to

8 to 12

.25

.50

Each.

.) .60

. .60

. .75

. 1.00

Doz.

$ 7.20

10.00

1.00

3.00

18.00

27.00

36.00

l.EO

2.00

3.00

2.00

1.50

1.50

3.60

6.00

. . .doze

Dozen.
}6.00

6.00

9.00
13.00

100

$60.00

75.00

8.00
15.00

15.00
10.00
10.00

1.20
2.00
3.00
2.00
2.00

The Geo. Wittbold Co.,

^667 B-caolzilzig^li^inn. f*l^oe

i*A.iv:iM[» A.ivi> :f^e>is»jv®.

OHie.A.00, XE^^.

1254

The American Florist.

Mat. JO,

Kansas City.

MUCH BUILDING IX SIGHT. — BIG RANGES TO
GO UP — TBADB GOOD IN MABCH.— PROS-
PECTS FOE EASTER.— VAEIOUS NOTES.

Geo. M. KellogK will build 4-0,000 feet
of new glass at Pleasant Hill this spring.
He is not going to stop building until his
county is all a glass house. Alfred Bro-
man, at Independence, Mo., will build
considerable new glass and Alfred Barbe
will rebuild 5,000 feet in the very best
possible manner. We also understand
there is a new concern with plenty of
capital and experience which will erect
some 50,000feet of glass on South Troost
avenue, for the production of fine flowers
and store plants. Kansas City is truly
getting to be a great flower center.

Business this month has been very
good, with quite lully fifty per cent bet-
ter than last year. The outlook for
Easter around Kansas City is not very
bright, especiallv as to lilies. Those at
Samuel Murray's, while showing consid-
erable disease, are about the only large
lot which will be on hand at Easter. His
azaleas, spiraeas, hyacinths and bulbous
stock are in grand order.

The only new idea is that of John
Schneider, who is going to get an auto-
mobile, such as he uses when going the
rounds in Chicago, buying flowers for
his store on Walnut street. John says in
Chicago they take him for a rich cattle
man. Be that as it may, John sells lots
of stock. E. O.

Pbcatonica,Ill — RufusJ. Winchester,
of the firm of J. Winchester & Son, and
Miss Lulu J. Campbell were married
March 20.

Norfolk, Va.— S. M. Brandt and J. C.
Wilbern have been appointed by the
court to wind up the afJairs of the Lau-
terbach Floral Co, the suit for an
accounting having been instituted by R.
'Lauterbach, whom Mr. Brandt repre-
sents.

FLORISTS' ORCHIDS

The Finest and Largest Stock

in the world.

CAIinFD ST. ALBANS, ENGUND and
O/lllULK BRUGES, BELGIUM.

Send (or List o( Commeroial Varietiei.

A. DIMMOCK, Agent, 60 Vesey St., N. Y.

Orchids! 4^

We are headquarters for Orchids in the
United States — imported or established.
Also supplies, such as Peat, Moss and Bas-
kets. Our price list for 1901 now ready.

LAGER & HURRELL, s""^"' '*■ -■•

Orchid Qrowar* and Importari.

AIUFDIPA JS.OO per 100 out of pots.
niTILHIljn, JS.OOper HO rooted cutting

i.OO per 100.

MARS, ^.00 per 100. STANDARDS, J3.50 per 100.

JEAN VIADD. CLYDE, I

DEYDEN and Novelties, (
Little Pinlv-, Dr. E. A. Herring, E. E Rexford,
$2.50 per doz. Send for price list.

HENRY EICHHOLZ, Waynesboro, Pa.

THE JENNINGS STRAIN. .W.OfO medium size,
• r»iis|.l;nii.-d, 6U .jts. jer 100, by mail; J4 00 per
lOOtl, hv cxiiress.
COLD FRAME PLANTS, in Inid and hloom. readv
-\pril 1. SI 5U p-r lOI. The above all ^o. 1

stock. t.'ASH WITH ORDER.

I. B. JENNINGS, Grower of the Eiiiest Pansies,
Lock Box 851, Soutliport, Conn.

AZALEAS
for EASTER

Standard varieties in prime condition for
EASTER FLOWERING. Place your orders
now while the plants can be shipped with-
out danger of a check to flowering.

Doz. 100

Fine busliv crowns, 5-in. i-ots, 10

to 12-ih. diameter $ 5.00 $ 40.00

Fine bushy crowns. 5 and 6-ii].

pets. 12 to 14-in. diameter 6.(0 50.00

Fim bushv crowus. 6 and 7-in.

pots, 13 to 15-in. diameter 9.00 70-00

Fine bushy crowns. 7-in. pots, 16

to 18 in. diametcT 15.C0 110.00

Also a grand lot of specimen plants of Mme.
Van der Cruvsen of esceptioiiallv good "
valuf at 81.50, $2, $2.50, $3 and $5 each.

AZALEA MOLLIS. (Hardy Azaleas). Fii ety
shaped, busby plants, 12 to 15 inchen high,
full of buds, $1.50 per dozen, $35 per 100.

HENRY A. DREER,

714 Chestnut St., PHILADELPIIIA.

.VZALEA
MOLLl

flZflLEfl INDIGfl

Selected by myself in Ghent last fall.

Fine healthy plants in bloom and bud. 6-inch pots, 50c, 75c, $1 each. Specimen
plants (Van der Cruysen), 20 to 24 inches across, from $3 to $4 each.

Spiisa Japonica and Floribunda, 6-inch pots, $3 to ,$4 pi-r dozen.

Hyacinths (all colors), my own importation, $10 and $12 per 100.

Cinerarias, 6 in pots, $3 to $4 per dozen.

Easter Lilies from 4 to 7 buds to a plant at the rate of lOc per bud.

When ordering please state whether pots are wanted. All goods shipped at pur-
chasei's risk. Cash with order, please.

Godfrey Aschmann,

IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE
GROWER OF POT PLANTS ^

1012 ONTARIO ST., RISING SUN,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Phoenix Nursery Company,

1215 N. Park St., BLOOMINGTON, ILL.

Offer llie following well-grown slock

Per 100

AGERATUM, PRINCESS PAULINE, 2!/j-in. pots * 2.00

STELLA GURNEY. 2H-in. pots. 3. CO

ALTERNANTHERA, sorts, SKi-in. pots 2.00

COLEUS, >"rts 2.50

CLEMATIS. DUCHESS EDIMBURGH. JAC -
MANNII. MADAME EDUAR > ANDRAE,
stroDt^ 2 and 3 >rs., well established,

from 6-inch pols 25.00

CLEMATIS; PANICULATA, extra well rooted,

2H and 3-lnch pots 5. CO

LOBELIA, blue, from cuttings, 2!4-in. pots,

ready to bloom 3.00

ROSE, EMPRESS OF CHINA, 2'/„.in. pots.. 2 00

SWAINSONIA AlBA, 4-in. pots 6 00

3-in. ^ots 4 00

STEVIA, VA»ilEGATA. 2^-iii. pots, fine 3 00

Pit 100
SALVIA. ST LfiUIS, 2V4-in. rots »3.l()

VIOLET. MARIE LOUISE, 2.in. pots, well

estublished 3.00

ROStS, from 4-in. pots. Will make fine
plants for .Vpril sales, of very best bed-
ding sorts, mostly 2 yrs., well branched
and well t-tabhshed plants, A. GUINOI-
SEAU, BON SILENE. BRIDE. BRIDES-
MAID. CLOTHILDE SnUPERT. DR GRILL,
ETOILE DE LYOM. HERMOSA. HENRY M.
STANLEY, MOSELLA, MAMAN COCHET,
MARIE GUILLOT. MALMAISON. Nl-
PHETOS PERLE DES JARDINS, PAPA
GONTIER, PRINCESS SAGAN. RAINBOW,
SUNSET. SAFBANO S.Olt

2}4
Inch.

GtRflNIUMS

Per 100
S. A. NUTT, nURKLAND, Double Deep Pink

and Double Gram $2.60

Rooted cutt'nes of above 1.25

aOLDBIS BEDDbR COLEUS, 2-inch, per

lOCO, »I4.00 1.60

Rooted cuttings 60

Mixed CO LBUS, fine assortment 55

-CAHH WITH ORDER.-

R.I. HART, BOX 244 Hackettstowii. N.J.

YES!

I HAVE

BOSTON mm

Bench Grown, Fat, and in Fullest Vigor.

Best broad-leaved drooping variety, $4.00 fo
$20.00 per JOO. Sample doz, 75c to $2.50.

W. A. BOCK,

NOKTH CAMBKIDGE, MASS.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1255

The

ROSE HILL NORSLRIES

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.

Everyone interested in
Floriculture should see
Rose Hill Nurseries.
There is no other
place like it in the
country. ^ J- J- J-

if

30 Minutes from
Grand Central
Depot, 42d St., by
N. Y., N. H. & H.

Xx« Xv» c^ *^ ^* e^

What the Rose Hill Nurseries
^^^^ Grow ^=^^

PALMS — Every Commercial Variety, in Quantities.

ORCHIDS— All Leading Varieties for Cut Flowers.

FERNS — From smallest Jardiniere Ferns to largest
Tree Ferns.

STOVE PLANTS— All the Valuable Sorts for deco-
rative Purposes.

NEW PLANTS of merit.

DRACffiNAS— All the Best Decorative Varieties.

CROTONS— The Best Collection in the Trade.

GREENHOUSE PLANTS— All the Useful Kinds.

ROSES— For Outdoor Planting.

GREENHOUSE AND HARDY OUT-DOOR VINES
— All Leading Sorts.

NEPENTHES— Pitcher Plants.

HARDY HERBACEOUS AND PERENNIAL
PLANTS.

SHRUBS — All Varieties — Ornamental and Flowering.

CONIFERS, EVERGREENS, etc., in Great Variety.

AQUATIC PLANTS— Hardy and Tropical.

BAY TREES— All Forms and Sizes.

BOX TREES— Standard and Pyramid Forms.

Siebrecht & Son,

PROPRIETORS.

l'2ot?

The Americax Florist.

Mar.

A POPtXAS FLORIST BECOMES A BEXBDICT.
—A GOOD WKDDIXG DECORA TIOS. — TRADB
COXTIXTES BRISK IS ALL UXES — NOTES
OF INTEREST.

Lester F. Benson, the leading florist of
Newport, Kt., was married Wednesday
evening to Miss Clara Bdganji, of Belle-
■riew. The wedding was celebrated at
the home of the bride, the house beipg
decorated with white roses. Harrisii lilies,
palms and smilai thronghont. with the
eiceorion oi the dining room, where
Meteor roses, lilies of the valley and
asparagus were tjsed with good effect.
The couple has the best wishes of many
friends.

Spring openings, weddings and funeral
work kept the florists pretty busy the
past week, with prices holding the same
as last week, and everybody seems satis-
fied. There is a scarcity of roses, white
carnations and smilas: otherwise there
is enough stock to go around.

Al' the boTTS are prejjaring for a big
Easier trade, and unless all signs fail we
certainly will have the best Easter busi-
ness we have ever had.

Park Superintendent B. P. Critchell
has been seriously ill with pneumonia
and we are happy to report he is now
convalescing.

"Bob" Kelly has purchased the store
of B. P. CritcheU's Sons and reports
business as first class. D.

Nashua, X H — George E. Buxton is
haying even better than his usual success
with carnations this year and is cutting
some splendid stock.

The Horticultural TRADE BULLETIN

is i ^CL,:b;T rublicition :=5ced by as which con-
tiuis & c:'iDp">'^ lUt 0? The 5:ock o^er^d by -5
and raGch eiie of iaieresito tie trade.

IT WILL BE MAILED FREE to any mem-

j r-er 0- :ie tride urcr. applic-arlcn

ROSES CLEMATIS VIMES CON|c-ERS

HERBACEOUS PLikNTS

FLOWERING SHRUBS

ORNAMENTAL TREES t : _ 1 - r •? i, BSrcb;

CURRANTS CRAPES CHERRIES

GOOSEBERRIES PEACHES

and ?ocl f*=T5- ^WW y.. - ; esa e b.-r' of

tree* e* p'a"t5 2"^ do *■:' -.- •-, r % B- -e:;* ' l>e

JACKSOS & PERKINS CO.. llZ^'Vi.w.

PLiS'S A>D CLTTISGS CHEAP FOR CASH.

■ . T'.p~5-. Salvia Sfie--

per 100. fr:m - tv :=U::Lch :<'.-; rc-itird c'^ti:e?5
75: ■>iT ;iC'. Camatiois. rx:*-] iz-.-zsi F.cra
HU;. »1 p*r I'VJ; -^ per l'.* Mcj-D^iC «1 w-r rXr
S650perl'xO- He!ioti>&t. S-ri-ch i-c:=: Phmula
jhccnica grandiffora. 3-.-:. ?.' ier_lX: Primula
Sinensts. :r. t-;.4---- M j-e: '.00' >i3e '.^sx-.tr^-
artic>5 :i z ■i ^-.zi'.-.io^ 1z! E 5:*r ii;^=. Roses.
Bride &ij- Kr i^-::^. i. ?.e^L L^-.-iiiT r-.o:-. 'J ^"
3-m. pots, Sl' per:'-. Mir:-::a!:.:Le:n-m:. I", r

P^ ''^'^ E. FRYER. Batavia. III.

PAEONIES ^?<?..9-/«.

NOV is Timi to Order

SOON time, to Plant Them.

B«d per bandied 113.00

Piak atOO

Kiiv^ 2S.W

CHICAGO P/CONY FARMS. Joliet. III.

200 Extra strong 200

VISCA VABIEOATA PUMS. :rom tench,
ready for 5-iDCh pots, $i5 CO periOO. Cish

»ith crier. The '.o: for |2;.0C'.

BEO. E. BUXTON, Na»hua, N. H.

UNROOTED .MORNING GLORY CUTTINGS.

A. Mimiie. clear Ushi cream

Mrs. A, Mining, dear pink

De Eoo Mirting. a flue white

SuDty^am. flesli pink. C. C Co

Bon Homme Kichard. while, C.C.Co.

>ydia. rariesaied. C. C. Co

Prir-lifica, cerise pick. C. C, Co

C^l 5cmia Go'.d. yellow. Hill

AT ijdsle. pink. Hill

^:;e^n Louise. whit»». DUlon

Irene, pink. Crabb A Hunter

Loma. white, Doroer

Mermaid, salmon. Dcrcer

S1.75 per 100; $15.00 per 1000.

ROOT 10.000 C.iRXATION CI TTINliS A WEEK
SEE OUS LOW PRICES OX S>IALI. LOTS.

Per ICO Fv

1901.... 110.00 Ethel Crc-cker. pink 1900

•• laOO Flora HiU. white i CD

" laOO ArgTle.pink i.oo

'• 1000 Joost. flue pink IJO

•■ 10.00 G. H. Crane, scarlet iso

•• 10.ro Edna Crais 1.00

" 10.00 Got. Grisss ijtg

" .... 10.C0 Daj-break. 1.5

■ 4.00 Armazindv 1.00

•' 10.00 McGowan i.oo

•' 10.00 Eranston i.oo

" laCO Evelina ia>

■ '• 6.00 ; Triumph IJXI

Five Cuttings at 100 rate.

Per 100

1

A5;..riirus P-un: ^cs Nanus. 3-in ISlOO

>■ rri-iTtrLl. fine. 3S-in 5.C0

Bos-.oc F^rn. ;ru.-. SH-in 5.00

New Geranium Be Boo Miitins. has yellow

foiiaae and double scarier bloom £0.00

>'ew Geranium Double Snow Drop; we know

not a b»-tter white . . 15.00

G«ianinm Jean Viaud. 3-in 10.00

Alt^nanthers. r d. also pink, £<<- in 1.30

Sednm Variesainm. Border Plant, ^-in IJO

Ci2ar Plant, 2!4-in 1,50

California Moss. Hanging Basket Plant.

2»t-n. :

California Moss. Irom saztd

Jrnjsa'em Cht^rrr. 2*4-in

e.; :"- :l Tamed varieties- 2!<-in,

• i^ri. ZT^z. -.r.-i-inj^. 2?^-in

6-in

'' varieeated. &-in

Iresines. raised. 2!4-in 1.50

Salvia Clara Bedman. J}«-iD 1.30

IJO
,50
1.S0
,25
1,50
l,cO
15 00
30.00

Per 100

Marguerite, or Paris Daisy, white. 2H-in ?1.50

Ageratum Princess Pauline. 2H-in 1.T5

yasturtiams. tall, also dwarf, mixed. 2H-in. 1.50

Heliotropes, mixed, 2H-in.,,," 1.50

Hardy Pinks, pink colors from sand IXO

" ' ** large clumps 5.10

2»ew Ice Plant, from California, the finest

basket plaui we ever saw; 214-in

Candytuft, White Rocket, flats

Verbenas. lOchoce colors, named. 2!4-in...

Seedling Cannas, President Carnot. Mme.

Crozy. Sarah Hill. Queen Charlotte and

A. Bouvier

Cannas. started plants from strong bulbs.
Triumph. Prc^ression. Burbank. A. Bou-

vipr, 4-in 2.50

Lobelia Crystal Palace Gem. 2^i-in 1.50

Afcparsgus Plumosus Nanus, from flats 'Z.W

Petunia, choice double mixed, 4-in hJXt

Per 1000

Pansy Plants, from cold frame, small t 5iXl

20 leavea. from cold frame 15X0

lOJO
1.50

lin

5 Plants St 100 rate: 250 at 1000 rate

Cash, or R. 0. and plants

■ill be sent C. 0. D.

THE MORRIS nORAL CO.,

MORRIS,
ILL.

ALTERNANTHERAS ^Sr

:. 1 .- : e"::^. .v.- z^r :j\ r Ji.OO rerlOOa

r : . m ^-in?;. pots. $1.S i-rr iOtO.

AGERATUM Princess Pauline, R, C. d'c per 100.

Ft:- S-inct i-cts. *1 bii per UO.
STELLA GURNET. K. C. tl.GO per 100. From2-inch
p-:ts. t^vUTKT 103,

DAVlis BROS., ■erriion. III.

pansFHj^

Small Plants All Sold.

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU,

AGERATUM

''Stella Gurney."

A-S necessary to yonr bedding stock as coleus or
geraniums.

3-mch pot plants #5.00 per 100

S^-lnch pot plants 2.50

Booted Cnttines 1.50

ALBERT M. HERR, LaMcastsr, Pa.

ROOTED RLNNERS Of

Marie Louise Violets

from soil, 60c per iCO; |.'.03 per 1000.
Cash tvith order.

I9B Grant Avenue.

JERSEY CITY, N. J.

Address

VTOI>£TS, Sooted Banners.

L. 5rin:e Per 100 riOO

.-•r:2ce of Wales. •' 1.40

Lnzonne " 1.50

CASHAS, I>onaaat Tnbeis.
Florence Vau-han. Alt-honse Bouvier. Madame

:r::^ V-
GEO. E. FELCH,

J DUERR, Geneva, III.

Ayer. I

-^--- ■■- ^.r •>-

^.Esteii.- 6 00

-r. Lord. Ekn City 5 00

_.-,.icr. Crane, .\merica. Suggei,

L, Paul 2 50

aoud. Jubilee. Hill 2 00

Scott, Armazindy. El-lorado. Evans-
ton, Dana, ll<:te< r. '.'ictor 1 C'

lass.

2 - Great Glories - 2

BEGOXIA GLOIBE DE LOBBAl>'E, in-ii»k

pots. 115.00 per 100.
BEGONIA GLOIBE DE LOBBAIKE >'ana Oi»-

pacta, 214 -inch pots, 115.00 per 100.
This stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease.

THOMAS ROLAND. Nahant, Mass.

Per ICW

toouo

so 00

40 CO

23 00
15 00

10 00

COLEUS,

2-INCH
POTS.

VERSCKAFFELTII.
GOLDEN BEDDER.
QUEEN VICTORIA.
FIREBRAND,

S2 per 100.

D. B. HERBON. Glean, N. Y.

Cycl

CllllCIl SPLESDENS.

'.:^i. readv for 3-inch pots, extra
= ■..... , •= liMper IX; 830.00 per lOOO.

gbi«a.>»:iuaj:s.

J- •- ' T.r'irles. 2H-inch. 12.50

Z'ZVtr. ■: :. ;i ;i z-.: 1.0: 4-;nch. T pe: ICO.

C WINTERICH. Defiance, Ohio.

C.OTTOSCHWABE.Jenklntown.Pa.

LETTUCE PLANTS

Grand Rapids, fine plants from cold frame,
|t.00 per 1000; 5003 for $4.00.

DAISIES

(Bellis), fine plants, ICO. 40c; ICOO, $3.00.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa,

Successful Growers are Wanted

To know thaf ihey can dispoee of all their surplus stock fay tdytt-
tiang in the American Florist. TRY IT NOV.

igol

The a ^f eric an Florist.

1257

BOSTON FERNS

Perdoz. Per 100
In 2H-mch pots, in fine shape. { .50 »3.fO
■• 3 !.'» T.M

EDWIN LONSDALE. Wyodmoor, Pa.

Begonia Semperflorens Plena

Nanqr, doable delicate pink.

Boute de Neige, doab'e white.

Gh)ire du Montet double piok.

Triomphe de Lorraine, doabte cerise or cherry

c-'ior. or very durk pink.
These are likely' to prove valaable.

24-in' pots. In bloom. St. 00 per doz.

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyidnoor, Pa.

Begonia Suaveolens

( S)n. \
I B. Odorata. /

P'.i:>r ■^ai:e rioters, =lii:L;ar :o B. Jiitida
and is frequently found in collections under
that name.

This is an excellent Begonia for local trad-.
3-;n. pots, in fu'.: b.ct.iE. doz. $1; 100 S7.50.

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor. Pa.

READ THIS!

Extra strong, fine and best vars.

Plants from 2S-inch pots,
Dreer • icest Double Petunias. {3 100; 50c doz.
Fuchsias, finest IOvaTs.,t3 100; 50c doz. Begonias.
Erfordii, Saundersoni, |3 100. 50c doz. "Snap-
dra^ons, German, extra colors and plants. t3 ICO:
50c doz. Itt Geraniums, 6vars-. and German IVT.

13 100: rOc doz. Vmca Variegata, $i50 100. Salvia
Clara Bedman. ?2 100. Ageratum. 3 best. i2 lOO.
Trailing Abniilon. variegated, fine. 53,50 ICO.
Moonvines. 50c doz. Cupbeas. *1.50 100. Ca«h
with order. GEO, M. BRINKERHOFF. Sonngfield. III.

Vinca Major Variegata.

VeU Rooted Ctrttings Sl.25 per 100,
Cash With Ordeb.

SMITH & YOUNG CO..

456 E. Washington St. INDIANAPOLIS. IND.
Ptgasi mention th^ A fmrzcan Florzst uh^n n-rxting.

BOOTED CUTTINGS

Verbena*. So v^rs. . oC-3 v^z Ivv. io t-r U..0 Col-
eas.30vars-. 6i.v^ per 100. tS per ICOJ. Hehotrene,

14 Tars., II per 100. 18 per 1000. Ageratums. 3 vars..
eOc per 100. 15 per 1000. Lantanas. 4 vars.. 11.25
per 100. Slant Alrssum. tl per 100. SaUiat, 3
Tars., tl per ICO. Express prepaid on all B. C,

Verbenas and Heliotropes, 2H-inch. ^ per ICO:
jlf r-;r 10.0: strcn; rliLts. Cash with orders,

8. □ BRANT, Clay Center. Kas.

IICDPCIIICi 35 I.EAI)UrG KIHSS.

ICnDCnAdl 2-inch pots SCO p-:.- ICO,

?. :: ; C-::.L--5. 60clsper lOa

TJ OQT* f5 ■ •>rtdes. Maids, Meteors, Perles,
^••Wwiiw. scronelv rooted cuttings, 11.50

per ICO. Fine sto.-k.
Rooted Cuttings of CARNATIONS. SO cts. to &50
per lOa Best leadins varieties of CHRYSANTHE-
MUHS. Write for prices.

W. H. eULLETT & SONS. Lincoln. III.

Chrysuthemam GOLD SMITH

Cream yellow tinted with bronze, sport from Pres,
W. B. Smith, fine large flowers, strong stem.
Your collection of Chrysanthemums can not be
complete without this new candidate. There is
without doubt a commercial future before this
sort Exhibited at Cincinnati JCovember IT it
scored S3 points. Price $2 per doz. Orders taken
now and filled in March.
H. L. RACAN, P.O. Box 166. Springfield. O.

IN BEST
..VARIETIES

SPECIALTIES

tt08E8. tr^ir >:-c^ p-^ta,

CARNATIONS, for aU dallTarr.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
SMILJkX.
Pno« ;ow 8»EdtorIIn- VIOLKTS.

WOOD afrOTHBRS. PISHiriLJ^ M.Y.

I^OTieiOC Ks'"-. '.ar^ stocivv plants.
A (lillSlCa. : Mixed, in "buS and

blc-rn;: >! ;.?: IX'; I- ; -: ;;C0. Will save you 50 per
cent on R. C tJarnatious. Write for prices. Cash
with order. hy. ERNST & SON. Washington. Mo.

18 to 20 inches high , .

STRONG 2 YEAR
* • • FIELD GROWN,

CRIMSOS RAMBLEP.. eitTi = ?:::; I12.0O :*r li»

HYBRID PERPETCaL, it: i-e is=:rtment $10.00 per 100, $90.00 per lOOa

HYBRID PERPETUAL, ii; ic issirtment, ad size 8,00 - SUM

Tbese ar« well rooted, good stock, but not quite heavy enough to go into flzst grade,

AZALEA MOLLIS

(Hardv), Fine for Easter Forcing.
12 to 15 inches high $35.00 per ICO 15 to Is inches high ,. $4a00 per 100

RHODODENDRONS.

Ba^ihy plaiitj well se^ wi*h beds.

. fr5.C0 per IGO 20 to 24 inches high 1100.00 per 100

SPIRAEAS

,,,$3,00 pe? 100 ASTII-BOrDES FLOEIBITSDA ,,,,»4.aO per 100
A COiCPACTA $5,00perI00

PALMS

2!4-inehpots $8,00 per 100, $7^00 per 1000

3-lnch pots, 4 and 5 leaves $15,00 per 100

4- inch pots. 14 to 16 inches high 30.00

5-inch pots, 18 inches high 00,00 "

5 and G-inch pots, IS to 2S inches high 7^00 **

2V4-iDch pots, laoo

3-inch pots, 12 inches high laOO "

4-inch pots, 15 to IS inches high 3&.00

5-inch pots, IS to 22 inches high 50,X '*

Sand 6 inch pots, 24to2S inches high 75iOO

inch pots $6,00 pec 100. BaCO per 1000

ASPARAGUS

JAPOSICA,

>AX

KEXTIA BELMOREAXA,
KEXTIA BELMOEEaSa.
KEKTLi BELMOBEaXA,
KEXTIA BELMOEEANA,
KE>"T1A BELMOEEANA.
KE>TIA FORSTEBIANA.
KENTIA FORSTEEIANA,
KEXTIA FORSTEKIANA,
KE>'TIA FOBSTEEIAXA.
KENTL4. FORSTEEIA>'A,
ABECA LCTESCEXS. i-i-l

PLUMOSUS SAXrS, S-ln.
PLUMOSCS NAiTS, 4-in.

pots $ 6.00 per 100

pots 12.00

SPBEyGEEn, 2H-in. pots $3.00 per 100

SFRENGEBIL 3-in. pots 5.00 ••

SPRENGEEIL 4-ui.pots 8,00 •■

Strong 2- Inch pots .

BOSTON FERNS

,$3:00 per 100. $25.00 per 1000

THE STORRS S HARRISON CO., PainesviUe, 0.

Easte/ Plaris"froai {^ ^^ IjLX_> I-^T-^H E^ I S^

Pl^ce your order a: o"c*:-. Already some lines are eDtirely soM oi:L

I siill have the followins specialties. The quality of my 'plants is wen known to she trade.

1,-1--- (Foot hoases) from the best varieties
AZdIcdS only. 50c. 75c. Jl. «1.50. ?:!. S^ M- ?5

^--.it. up to ilO. In any qaant;:y. This and

Er:'A5 can be safely shipped withoar ^ots anJ

be repot-ed on arrivaL
TriA* rrAjrr*«A Fine, rotuid shane. full of
tnCa ndliaDS bloom. tl2 per doz.'. 175 per ICO.

S":ay. tIug's. {2 perdoz. Ideal Ca.ster plant.

Rhododendrons f.'^uVr"''- ^--i«^--

Kenbas. all sizes. Latanias. 303 to *2 each. Pan-
danus Utilis, '^'■^ to tl e»ch. Arecas, 3 in a not.
?4 irr coz- Rubbers, 3 feet hi2b. $6 tr^r io.;.
Araucaria Excelsa. 5l.$l.?5 and *l-cOfacli. Arau-
caria Robusta. (^ av to Keaoh. Araucaria Glauca.
$2 up : J *4 each.

CUT FLOWERS FROM

Cut Tulips. j3 per 100. Sel?cte.i varie:"5. H p«!r lOu.
Valley. Selected, $3 per 100: first size. $2 per 100,

%'e'ry rine lowers. Can snppl.v n-i th*^ year
ap-'und.
Roman Hiacinths. f2 pe: ICO; k-s:

Crimson Rambler. Baskets, P^mids. and other

i^^'^ns. from ii each up. Our stocK is in prise

ccndiiion — b.?crer rhan ■^v.^r >iefore.

Boxwood

pairiili
crT'wns :
M&nd^.

pAir.

3»ir up to ^ a

. handles. Also

: 3 feet high, $3,

Hydrangeas. The best shaped and 9.>vrered plants
we erer bad; from $1, tl 30, ^ {3.50. S, $4, $B

each.

Moss Roses in boies onr specialty. Per boi. $&

Orange', Busby p'Ants, $1 to #1.30 each, 3 t.> 6

Iruits each.

NOW UNTI. EA6TER.

Cut Lilies, ?'0 r - ■

Daffodils, select ;

Cut Lilac :.t a..

Cut Moss Roses. *!-.--.;

S.r.^^r-i bunch'-s. #4 each.

■ uds,

--:s, t2,50^er lOOi

s: from now on.

25 Greenhousas Well Slocked

ANTO.N SCHLLTHEIS,

p. O. BOX 78.

Cath With Ordar, Please.

College Point. L. 1.

BUCKLEY'S

Plants and
Rooted Cuttings

GERANIUMS.

25,000 Rooted Cuttings— A.l strong, selected top

catting, well rooted, rtady for 254-inch pots, is
the kind of s:'>:k we send oat. of the following
superb varieties, at tiCO per 100: $1S tO per KW):
Bruanti, Heteranthe, Grant. S. A. Nutt, Athlete.
Frances Perkins, E. G. Hill, Beau-e Poitevin-.
Mme. Jiulin. >Ime. Bruant. La Favorite, Mrs. J.
M. Girr.

ROSE GERANIUMS— StTong3^-inch. $3.00 per lOa
COLEUS — Our champion - stinj

:'f twenty varieties, embr j ^ > -rts

and 'Illy those of decided :: ^ -, - rcted

top cuttings. well-ro.^ted and fr-e !: ni n;--Li-v bug.
6Cc per ICO; «5.fO per ICCO. Golden Bedd»r and
Verschaffeltii in quautity, T5c per 100; $6 per lOCO.

PETUNIAS — Dcuble FringtJ. eiaht varieties,
selected from Henderson's and Dreer"s latest sorts,
also including the novelties. "U'hite Fawn, Pink
Beauty and Mrs, F. Sander. Strong rooted cat-
tings, $1.S per ICO by mail; *10CO per 1000 bv
eipress.

CASH WITH ORDEB.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Springfiald, III.

- ;i2 rat

- ;how,vou

— --; get in line,

a-i £et voop order

■1 1^ eariv."

Vy bahlias are
prize winners. Don't send for a "cheap mixture'
for I don't carry that kind.
Prices reas'nib^e. Catalog'.:? free.

W. «. WILMORE, The Dahlia Specialist.

Box 382. DENVER. COLO.

MV SPECIALTY.

C^r 3--

c- ^-:;er.5 Gigar>teuTi. Inest

li^-

PAUL MAOER. East Stro

udsburg.

Pa.

1258

The American Florist.

Mai

30,

St. Louis.

CHANGEABLE WEATHER HAS LITTLE
EFFECT ON TRADE. — PRICES HOLD UP
WELL.— NO OVERSOPPLY EXCEPT OF VIO-
LETS — VARIODS NOTES OF INTEREST.

The very changeable weather of late
does not seem to efiect business in the
slightest, as all are reporting good trade,
taking into consideration that it is Lent.
Retail stores are all keeping up to good
prices, while at wholesale American
Beauties bring from $3 to $4 per dozen,
and roses $3 to $6. There is a slight
shortage of first-class stock just at
present, but that is due to the dark
weather of the last week or more. It is
to be hoped that the skies will clear for
the next week, so as not to hold back
Easter stock. Carnations are about the
same as last week, $2 to $4, White Cloud,
Lawson, Marquis and Ethel Crocker
coming in for the highest price. Violets
are very plentiful and bring only$l to $2
per thousand. Sweet peas are coming
in, but there is no call for them what-
ever. Bulbous stock is still plentiiul.

There is only one thing that the market
is short on, and that Is greens. The com-
mon ferns that are used so much are so
scarce that one cannot get many for love
or money, while smilax, asparagus and
adiantum are very short.

J. J. Beneke has moved into his new
store and will be all fixed up for a big
rush in business this week.

Arnold Ringir, of Barnard & Co.,
Chicago, has been in town this wetk.

R. J. M.

YiNCENNES, Ind.— W. A. Reiman has
had such a heavy business this season
that he finds his facilities inadequate and
will this spring increase them by the
addition of considerable new glass.

THE ROYAL

Tottenham Nurseries

LIMITED

Lale of A. M. C. Jongkindt Conlnck,
Manngiiii: uir,-ctor A. M. C. Van Der Elst.

Dedemsvaart, "^^'^ Z"""^' Netherlands.

Special growers of Hardy and
Choicest Perennials,

Among which: Peonies, Hepaticas,
Gunnera, Iris, Hardy Ferns, rare and
common Aquatics. We hold an im-
mense stoclc of these.

We grow also largely Daffodils,
Lilies, Hydrangea paniculata grandi-
flora, Conifers, Rhododendrons and
Azaleas.

Offers wanted for choice varieties
in this line.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Per ICO rer 1000

Coleus, 12 varieties $ 50 $4 00

Alyssum, gi:int 100 8 00

Mnie. Salleroi Geranium 1 00 8 00

Ageratum Princess Pauline 50 4 00

Tradeseantia Zebrina 50 4 00

Vincas. varieKBted and green 1 00 8 00

Ladv Hume Campbell Violets, sand

rooted 75 6 00

Chrvsanthemunis, 20 varieties.... 100 SCO

Carnations, " " .... 1 00 Send for

to.. 4 00 list.

Kalamazoo Nursery & Floral Co.
w. c. COOK, Mgr. Kalamazoo, Micli,

Crimson Rambler Roses,

JV1VI3 OTHKFt choice: STTOCli:. Per lOO

2 year, extra strong, budded, 4 foot canes $15.00

1 " '• " own roots. 4 foot canes 15 00

Pink. White and Yellow Ramblers, 2 year, own roots '. 15.00

American lieauty. 2-year, budded "... is'oo

Kaiserin Au*.'usta Victoria 2-year, budded 15.10

Mad. Caroline Testout, budded 15.00

Herraosa. S-yenr extra strong, own roots .'*" 15, no

H. P. Roses HI 15 best sorts, budded stocK n OO

' " " " own mots 13.i

Clematis Jackmanni and other large flowering types, 2-year 25*00

" " " " S-yt-ar old, extra strong 30.00

Ampelopsis Veitchii, extra strong and well branched, Holland grown., 3 to 4 feet 15.00

2feet 10.00

Iris Ka?inpferi, imported from Japan, strong clumps, in 35 assorted colors 12.00

Dielytru Spectabilis (or Bleeding Heart> extra strong clumps ; 7.00

Lily of the Valley clumps, extra strong 20 fO

Hydrangea P. G.," strong 3-year field grown ' lu.OO

PALMS FOB EASTER.

Pho?nis Reclinata. very line stock,
Laiania IJorbonica, 4-iuch pots.

Kentia Belraoreana,

Kentia Forsteriiina,
Ficua Elastica,

Asparagus Sprengeri,2'/2
4

-inch pots. 30 inches high each (

11 inches high Doz.

15-18 ■'

18-20 " "

15 " bushy : '■

18 •■ " ••

24-30 " " each

24 •' " •■

36 " " "

3'x4-4 feet high extra fine "

2!4-3 " with 4-5 branches "

■ ■ per 100

very flne ■•

Hoston Ferns, specimen plants in 9 and 10- inch pans each

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, for June delivery per 100, $15.00; per lOOO. $1

Begonia V^ernou fine stock, 2^-inch pots jier lOJ

Chrysanthemums, large stock of standard kinds

Roses, Golden Gate, 2M-inch pots "

" Coronet, 2^-inch pots ,

" Sweet Little Q,ucen, 2ii inch pots "

"■ Cloihilde .Soupert 2Vi.-inch pots "

" Liberty. 2!4-inch pots - "

Geraniums in best standard kinds, strong plants ready to shift into 3 and 4-in pots, per 103 3
l.er 1000 »35 00.

WE ARE DELIVERING

; 1.60

2.50

5.00
9.00
5.C0
8.0O
2.0O

.75
1.25

.75
2.00
2.60
10.00
2.00

40.00

$3.00

3.00

3.01

3.00

3 00

2.50

10.10

4.00;

R6oted

Cuttings of

and all the other new ones as below :

PROSPERITY

PROSPERITY (666). Each. 50c; 12 for $5.00; 25 for $8.25; 50 for $10.00; 100 for $16.00;
$37.50: 500 for $70.00; 750 tor $101.25; 1000 tor $130.00.

Queen Louise doz., $1 60; 100, $10.00; 1000,

Dorothy " 1.50

Irene " 1.50

Roosevelt " 2.50

Norway " 1.50

Egypt " 1.50

Bon Homme Richard " 1.50

Guardian Angel

Strong plants transplanted into soil and flats.
grow,

100 1000 100

$40.00

60.00

60.00

40.00

40.00

2.5.00

25.00

17.50

Carnations.

10.00
10.00
12.00
10.00
10 00
10.00
5.00

Every one sure to

250 for

$75 00
75.00
75.00

100.00
75.00
75 00
75 00
40 00

»FIora Hill $1.75

*Wm. Scott 1.50

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 4.00

Gold Nugget 400

Chicago 4.00

Gen. Maceo 3.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00

Daybreak 2.00

New Chrysanthemums. f(5?''|,5?;j."'Ls.^Eim'er'*'S: smi

best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton. Yanariva.

*Marquis $5.00

Mrs Thos. W. Lawson 7.00

»E8telle 7.00

*Ethel Crocker 5.00

♦Genevieve Lord 5.00

*G. H. Crane 3.00

♦America •. . . 3.0O

♦White Cloud 2.00

1000

$15 00

12.00

30.00

30.00

30.00

25.00

2.5.00

15.00

$5.00;

th, the

THE QBAND TSTEW

VITSIK GEBAITIUM

Jean Viaud.

CannaS. Buy nowl Don't get left again.

Doz.. $1.25; per 100, $10.00.
3-inch pots.

I "a^EWo^^l."^ VAUGHANS' SEED STORE, '"^""'^i^^^i'^i?'''-

% GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL. _

I ^\ lyi f^ 3 ^ ^ew Printed Albums of

L ^J l\l ^i ^^ . floral Arrangements.

FOR USE IN TAKING ORDERS FOR DESIGNS, ETC.

FLORAL DESIGNS AND ARRANGEMENTS. Thirty-nine popular Funeral Subjects..... Price $2.50

FLORAL EMBLEMS. Tweniy very elaborate Funeral Subject? '• 3.00

DESIGNS IN FLOWERS. The- above fifty-nine subjects in one binding " 5.00

ART IN FLOWERS. Tliirt\ -one Festive Arrangements, both ordiuary of style and elaborate, •' 3.50
ALBUM OF FLORAL ARRANGEMENT?. The ninety above mentioned, in one binding " 7.60

Invaluable to Florists. Well-printed Pictures. Heavy paper. Cloth Bdund.
Deacriptive Circular Free.

°" '^Ifeitil^eluppiy Dealers. DANIEL B. LONG, Publisiief, Buffalo, N. Y.

-«^

igoi.

The American Florist.

1259

sasMZSSziszisgasssgiSssgssssgg^sggiSBasgajs^^

LEAVES^ NOTHING BUT LEAVES.

Southern Smilax, Florida Palm Leaves and Needle Pines, Roping of Hemlock
and Laurel, Leucotboe Sprays, Galas Leaves, Magnolia Leaves aad other
Leaves Green Mosses in barrels and sacks. Easter approaches. Your orders,
large and small, send them to

THE KERVAN CO., 30 W. 29th Street, NEW YORK

!3SSS3SS!^^SSBiSSS^S^3SSSSS^gi^^aSiaSB3S^ISS^S^^SSSSlS^.

CLOSING OUT TO MAKE ROOM.

10,000 Kentia Belmoreana, healthy stock in prime condition,
home-grown, 15 to 20 inches high, averaging four leaves. $15 per
100; $125 per 1000. Orders filled while stock lasts.

«ien.io„ .hi, paper. SIEBRECHT Sc SON, Ncw Rochelle, N. Y.

Cycas
Stems

READY.

3 to 10 pounds,

assorted to

suit.

Per 100, $9.00

Special for
large lots.

Vau&han's Seed Store, Z%r.:
Boston Ferns.

Tlie largest stock in United States Now Ready.
Cut Irnm bench, 10 to 15 fronds, 2 feet loog, at
(25/0 per 100. Small plants $ 5 per inr; $W |,er luCO.

Alternantheras, 4 kinds. Dracaena Indivisa, 6 and
7-incli.

L.

45 King St..

H.

FOSTER.

Dorchester, Mass.

CANNAS.

I] Chas Hend(*rson, Crimson Bedder, Burbaiik,
ii Le Clerc, Gold Star, etc.. Jdormant or startnd).
strong tubers. $'3 per 100; $18 per 10' 0. Cineraria.
giant flowered, DiH-in , $i per 100. Geranium, dou-
ble or single, mixed 2V2-in- $- per KO. Grevillea
robusta, 3-in., |4 per 100. Cash please.
Shellroad Greenhouse Co.. Grange P. 0.. Balto., Md.

Strong ROOTED CUTTINGS of

Princess of Wales Violets

ll $6 00 per 1000.

I Also all the leading varieties of CARNATIONS.
Send for price list.

Fir.K Xi FARFR ■"<>■ Woolsey street,
nitK Op rADCn, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

Please Tneiitwn the Afnericati i-lorist when writing.

' f%OV*'l 11 1 11 m e Mixed, eood collection.
WCI,<tiUlUIll» Double Fringed Petunias,

Fine Asparagus Sprengerii. All the above irom
» 2-inch pots at $2.00 per 100.
I E. I. KAWLJN08, Quakertown, Pa.

HEM^E> lOr IS!

The Chance You've been Waiting For.

EASTER PLANTS

At Your Own Price

A Full Line of Lilies, Rhododendrons, Azal-
eas, Spiraeas, Genistas, Primulas and other Stand-
ard Easter Favorites. All in Bloom and in Perfect
Order for Easter Sales. On Tuesday and Friday,
April 2d and 5th, U A. M.

WM. ELLIOTT & SONS,

PLANT ALCTIONEERS.

54 Dcy St., NEW YORK CITY.

Bids by Mail cared for O. K.

Onn finn Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fresh

ZUUfUUU picked from our own plants, sure
to grow, aOc per ItO; $7.50 per 1000.

Alternantheras — Red. yellow, pink, strong, 2-inch
pots, at $2.U0 per 100.

'Mums— Fine rooted cuttings, W. R. Smith, Daille-
doiize, Maj. Konnaffon, H. Robinson, F. Hardy,
.J. Jones, etc., $1.50 per 100.

Boston Ferns, 2i4-inch, 50c per doz.; $3.00 per 100.
3-inch, $1.00 per doz. ; $10,00 per 100.

Geraniums— P. Bruant, Gettysburg, Crystal, Mme.
Bruant, etc. 2 inch, .$2.00 per 100.

Vinca IVIajor Var. 4-inch, strong, $10 for 100.

Russelia Multiflora, 2-inch, fine plants, 50c per doz.;
$4.0U p.T lUO.

Cannas, started ready for pottine. Chas Hender-
son, A. Bouvier. L. E. Bally, F. Vaughan, Bur-
bank, Fgandale. Mme. Crozy. Queen charlotte,
$2.50 per 100 in variety.

A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, Ohio.

.s. A Niilt, Francis Perkins, Beaute Poiteviue, La
Favorite, Double Grant, Centaurea, Montague,
Gloire de France, Mrs. Ptttzer, Rev. Atkinson,, las.
t:aar, Marguerite de Layers, in 2and 2*4-inch pots.
$3,C0 |)er ICO; $23.00 per 100).

Pfll tlK Crimson Versohaffeltii and Golden
uULCUO Queen, rooted cuitiugs, 60c per 100;
$,T per ICOO. Coleus in variety, 50c per 100; flperM.
Feverfew, moted cuttings. $1.50 per KO; $12 per 1000.
Heliotrope, rooied cuttings, $1.00 per KO.
Fuchsias, rooted cuttings $1.00 per lOO.
Ageratum, Princess Pauline and others, 2-in. pots,

$1.1 per 100; rooied cuttings, 50c per 100.
Salvia, Spleodens and Bednian, rooted cuttings,

$1.51) per 100.
Giant Alyssum, 2-in. pots, $1.00 per 103. Rooted

cuMiugs, 75c per 1' 0.
Vinca Minor, rooted cuttings, $1.00 per 100.
CASH WITH ORDER.

J. E. FELTHOUSEN, <^chenectady, N. Y.

SUCCESSFUL SELLERS

are the successful growers who advertise iajtj*jtjiJ^JfJ*Jt

-THE AMERICAN FLORIST

1260

The American Florist.

Mar. JO,

Baltimore.

CLUB GIVES A MOST SUCCESSFDI, SMOKER.
— BXCBLLBNT ENTERTAINMENT PRO-
VIDED.— SOME GOOD EXHIBITS.— VARIOUS
NOTES.

The smoker at the club last Monday
night was a great success. The attend-
ance was large, the refreshments abund-
ant and of excellent quality, the addresses
of snrprisirig wit and sprightliness, and
as a whole it was one of the best enter-
tainments yet given by the club. For
solid matter there was an address by
Mr. Schmitz, of New York, explanatory
of the fact that department stores can
sell dormant roses here at lower prices
than we can boy them for in New York.
But some of the members are yet far from
being satisfied about it. Among the
witty addresses those ol Messrs. Binder,
Brown, Burger, Christie and Moss shone
conspicuously. Everybody wants to
know who made that chicken salad. On
the recommendation of President Halli-
day a committee consisting of I. H.
Moss, G. O. Brown and N. F. Flitton was
appointed to report on a plan of renew-
ing the auxiliary or honorary member-
ship, the general public to be admitted
for $3 per annum, to be entitled to free
admission to all shows, not less than
three shows to be given each year.

Halliday Brothers exhibited a vase of
choice carnations, and Mr. Holden, gar-
dener to Mrs. Robert Garrett, showed a
vase of grand swainsonia and carnations,
and Mr. Stevenson had a vase of very fine
violets.

Trade generally is rather dull and prices
unsettled. Mack.

Waukegan, III —Theodore Meyer will
add three houses to his range this spricg,
one 50x120, one 26x80 and one lOxSO.
This will give him about 10,000 feet of
glass.

LAST CALL.

Dormant Cannas. Strong Two-Eyed Pieces.

Per Doz. Per 100

Burbank $ .50 $3.00

Pierson's Premier 85 6.00

Egandale 75 5.00

Allemania 85 6.00

Clias. Henderson 50 3 60

Queen Charlotte 60 4.O0

Mile. Berat 60 4.00

Esplorateur Crampbell 50 3.50

Florence Vaughan 60 4.00

Souv. de Mme. Crozy 60 4 00

Alphonse Bouvier..* 50 3.50

Beaute Poileyine 60 4.00

6 at Dozen and 25 at 100 Rates.

NATHAN SMJH&, SON, Adrian, Mich.

VERBENA KING

.i See what I have
y to otTer in Special
Number, or write
^.X for list.

,,' .^■C. HUMFELD,

'" *"'^^Bf Clay Center, Kan.

Bff^ TBE KOOTED t XTTING
^ SPECIALIST.

Plea: I- my;:^."! ilw A merican Florist when wyilinn.

Cnr On I A 3-inch Tomato Plants— Beautv,
rfll .Sn H I^orillardandSutton's.Bestof .Vll-
I wi wuiw Strong plants. Per 100 $2.00.

Lorillard, transplanted, per 100 50c.

Beauty, Dwarl Ohampion, Mayllower and Sut-
ton's from flats, 15c oer 100; $1.15 pe lOOO.

Cabbage. .Jersey Wakefield. $1.00 per ICOO.

Smilas from flats, 30o per lOt; $2.50 per lOOO;
2-inch. $1.00 per lOO.

Kenihvorth Ivy, 2-inch, 60c per 103.
Mrs. QRISWOLD, • . • Wortblneton, Ohio.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Roses, Bride 81.00 per 100

Maid 1.00

Swain so Dia G. Alba 1.00 "

Chrysanthemums. Mme. Ber?-

mann, Glory of the Pacific,

Golden Weiding. Major Bon-

naffon. Mrs. Jerome Jones,

Thornden, J. G. Whiildin... 1.00

Tradescantia Zebrina % .50 per 100

Cole- s, VerschafFeltii and Golden

Bedder 50c per 100, $4.00 per 1000

Coleus, mixed vars. ..50c " 4.0O *'

Salvia Splendens 60c " 5.00 "

Heliotrope 50c " 4.0O '•

Marguerites 60c " 5.00 "

POT PLANTS

Dracaena Indivisa, 4-in tl5.00 per 100

Vinca Variegata. 2 sorts, 4-in 5.00 "

3 "....■ 3.00 ■•

Stocks, Cut and Come Again, pink

and white. 2-in $1.50 per 100

Myosotis, blue, 2-ia 2.00

Cineraria, 4-in 8.00

JOHN IRVINE & SONS,

817 WASHINGTON AVE.

BAY CITY. MICH.

BALL'S PALMS, Etc.

A*if»/-'o I it'fcxcr'onG 2M-inch pots, at t6.00per 100. Made up plants, 6-inch pots at 60o
/MCCct I^ULC»V,CII» and 75^-, 8-inch pots at $1.50eaoh.

\Cp-V\\\i^ Rf»lmrkff»JinJl 2M-incb pots. 3 to 4 leaves, at $12.00 per 100; 3-inch 4 to 6 leaves
iVbiiLia \J\i\\v\\l\ E^aiia ,it 1 5c. 20c and 25c (very strong); 4-inch, 5 to 6 leaves at 35c, 40c
and EOc (very strcnj ) 5 inch at 7Sc; 6-inch. 6 to 8 leaves, at ll.'OO and 11.25 each; 8-inch at $2.00 each.

Latania Borbonica ll^JasUg L^d fto^r ""'■ '""""' »' ^ "-J ^sc: s-inch at

Livistona Rotundifolia, 4-inch at 35c.

Pandanus Utilis, e-inchatsoc.

PRICE LISTS.

Pandanus Veitchii, e-inch at ji.oo.

13. :BA.i:,rv.

HOLME8BURG.

Phila.. Pa.

Hardy Rhododendrons,

Hardy Azaleas,

Clematis,

Ampelopsis Veitchii,

California Privet,

Evergreens,

Buxus in Standard and Pyramid Shape,

Bay Trees

H. P. Roses,

Climbing Roses,

Standard Roses.

Grafted Brides Bridesmaids,

English Ivy, in 4 ard 5-inch pots,

Tuberous Rooted Begonias, Single and

Double,
Cycas items.
Herbaceous Paeonias,
Tree PsBonias,
Cannas,
Hardy Pinks,
Hardy Phlox,
General Collection of Herbaceous plants.

BOBBINK feVTyrNsj^'^RuTherford. N. J.

SELECT STRAINS OF FLORIST'S
FLOWERS FROM SCOTLAND.

VIOLA SEED from 150 named sorts, Ta 6d

oer >unce.
EAST LOTHIAN STOCK, white (extra), 12s

6ri per ounce.
ANTIRRtllNLM, finest striped. Is 6d and

2* 6d per large packet.
BORDER AIRICILA, very choice Is 6d and

2^ 6d per lar^p packet.
BORDER POLYANTHUS, very choice, Is 6d

and 2a 6d per large.
TRENCH MARIOOLD, (extra) 129 6d per oz.
Cash with order.

JAMES GRIEVE & SONS,

Redbraes Nurseries. EDINBURGH. SCOTLAND.

Flowering Plants

** Per 100

Chinese Primroses, 3>^-incb,
in bloom $5.00

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 2-in. 2.00

Fuchsias, 5 vars , 2-in 2.00

Abutilon, trailing, 2-in 3.00

Flowering Begonias, 2-ia 2.00

Geraniums, assorted, 2-in 2.00

100,000

Mardy Herbaceous Plants

SEND FOR LIST.
CASH PLEASE.

EDWARD B. JACKSON,

Stamford, Conn.

TTTTT . T i , 7 i, . ,'T ' T ' T J iT ' T l i< ' l ' >i| ' T',

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

TOMATO —Lorillard, -Mayflower, Dwarf Cham-
pion. Acme, Stone and other varieties ready for
transplanting, 15c per 100; $1.00 per 1000; t8.50
per lO.COO. If by mail add 10c per 1(0.

EGG PLAmr — N. v. Improved, good size tor trans-
planting or potting. 25c per 100; fS.OO per 1000;
$15.00 per 10,000. If bv mail add 10c per luO.

PEPPER— Bull Nose. Ruby King. Sweet Mountain
and other varieties, readv for transplanting,
25c per 100; $2.00 per UD0;"$15.00 per 10,000. If
by mail, add 10c per 100.

BEET— Earlv Egyptian, 20c per 100; 11.50 per 1000;
$12.50 per 10,000. If bv mail, add 10c per UO.

BRUSSELS Si'KOUTS— 2ac per 100.

CABBAGE- In var., 25c per 100; $1.25 per 1000.

CAUllFLOWtR— 35c per lOO. Cash with obdeb.

CELERY— White Plume and Golden Self Blanching
small plants, ready for transplanting, 15c per
11 0; 75c per lOCO; $5.00 per 10,000. Ir by mail add
lOc per 100.

R. VINCENT, Jr., & SON, White Marsh, Md.

)@°OUa DIECTOKT FOR 1901 WILL BE MAILED TO TOU°%il
|@°^ PROMPTLY UPON APPLICATION. PRICE TWO SOLLARB."^^

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The American Florist.

12(^1

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Indispensable

This is the only word which describes the Ameri-
can Florist Company's Directory, just out. This
book, 397 pages of facts tersely told, is issued
annually and is an aid to business and money
making which no wholesaler or traveling salesman
can afford to be without. It contains the name of
every Florist, Nurseryman and Seedsman, arranged
both by states and towns and alphabetically; and
new lists of Gardeners or Superintendents of
private estates, Experiment Station Horticultur-
ists, Landscape Architects and Horticultural Sup-
ply Concerns. It will save many times its cost by
enabling you to cover America with your catalogue
and at the same time waste no printed matter or
postage on dead names.

EDITION OF 1 90 J,
POSTPAID, $2.00 ^

AMERICAN
fLORIST

CO.,

324 Dearborn St.,
CHICAGO, ILL.

%

SPECIAL TRADE LIST T^.

FOR THE MONTH

Size Per
pots. 100

3.C0

3.'0
3.00

Asparagus Cormorensis. This is a

novelty of gre;it merit. It Ionics

similar to Asparagus Plumo-

sus, but grows inui-Q more vig-

' orous. and will make very long

strings in a shorter time 2-in. MOO

Asparagus Ptumosus 2 3.00

Alyssum Double Giant 2',i 3.00

Ageratum Princess Victoria Lou-
ise, new 2^

Ageratum PriDi.-ess Pauline 3

" dwarf, dark blue 3

"Clematis, large-llowering varie-
ti'-s. 2 years old

Clematis Paniculata. 2 years old. 4
1 year old. .. 3

Carnation Ethel Crocker, strong
pianis 2'.!

Carnations Lizzie UcQcwan and
U'ni. Scott

Geraniums, best bedding varie-
ties, strong plants 3

Geranium America, the best sin-
-'!e light pink

Geraniums Mars and LePilot —

Lobelia Pumila Splendens, new,
dark blue, white eye

Lobelia Emperor Will am

Forget-me-not. Alpestris. blue,
^vnite and pink clumps

Periwinkle, variegated 4

Per

doz.

2'/2

3

3

2V4

2'/2

10.03
5.00

3.00
2.00

4.00

8.00
5.00

4.00
3.00

3.C0

$4.00

Passiflora Ccerulea. Pfordii

Petunia, double white (snowball)
Salvias Splendens and Clara I!ed-

3.00
5 00

3.O0

1.00

254
rooted

3.00

uttings

We I'an supply an> quantity
Chrysanthemums. Carnations. Verbenas. Coleus. Alter
nantheras, Geraniums. Prices on application.

C. EISELE, 11th & Jefferson Sts.. Philadelphia.

The Famous Kudzu Vine — Hardy as a rock. Lasts
50 years. Can be cut back every year. Grows
50 teet in one season. $7.00 per 100.

Aiparagus Sprengeri— Strong S^-in., 16.00 per 100.

New Rote Snowflake— The Daisy Rose, 110 per 100.

New Lace Fern— Fronds last a month. 18.00 per 100.

New Russelia Muitlflora— 2>4-inch, {4.00 per 100.

60 New Plants not to be Had Elsewhere.

Callai— White, J3 per 100; Spotted, $3; Yellow, 120.

Cannat, Dahlias, and all summer blooming bulbs.

Electros and Cuts for Florists and Seedsmen.

A. BLANC. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

X X STOCK X X

Special Offer. All Extra Strong, Ready for 3 i=2-Inch Pots.

AGERATUM. PRINCESS PlULINE. Very tine light blue Per lOD tl.50

AGERATUM. STELLA SURNEY. New, very dark blue " 2.00

HELIOTROPES. Large flowering white and blue, fine " 2.C0

LOBELIA. EMPEROR WILLIAM. Best dwarf dark blue •■ 2.00

FUCHSIA. MAD. CARNOT, Uiant double white " 2.5U

LANTANAS. Best white, pink and yellow •• 2.01

IVY GERANIUMS. Verv finest assortment of varieties " 3.00

GAZANIA SPLENDENS. Large yellow flowering, strong, out of 3-inch pots.. " 3.00

Strictly Cash Prices. Extras Added Liberally.
JOHN F. RUPP, The Home of Primroses. SHIREM ANSTOWN. PA.

500,000 Verbenas

THE CHOICEST VABIETIEB
Ur CUIiTIVATION.

Fine pot plants $2.50 per 100: $20 per 1000 Rooted Cuttings 60c per 100: $5 per 1000: $45 per 10.000.

NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKEO LIGHT, AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. SENO FOR CIRCULAR.
We are the Largest Growers of Verbenas In the coantry.

Oar plants cannot be surpassed.

Please meniion the American Florist when writing

B»a.

Palms # Ferns.

HOME-GROWN, FINE, CLEAN
STOCK; GBOWN COOL.

Write tor Price List. J. B. HEISS.
The Exotic Nurseries. DAYTON, OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous

AND

Alpine Plants.

Field-
Grown I

A Complete Assortment ol Old and New Vars.

i The Blue mil Nursery, So. Bralntree, Mass. i

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

Geraniums

Per ICO
10 best var.^-, 2';- in. pots, ready for 4s $3.03

ALTERNANTHERAS. 2-inch pot?, yellow 1.75

red 2.00

COLEUS. mised, 15 vars.. 2-ineh pots 2.0D

OXALIS FLORIBUNDA, 2-inohpots a.oo

AGERATliM 1'. raulineand Tapis lilue 2.00

DOUBLE PETUNIAS, mixed, 2!4-inch 3. Co

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII.e-incbpots 2.00

VERBENAS. 16\ars., 3-inch pots 2.00

2000 PANSY PLANTS, cold frames 1 .50

Cash I'lkask.

JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, Delaware, 0.

Please mention the American Florist when writiSg.

1262

The American Florist.

Mar.

30,

Minneapolis.

FUNERAL WORK IN HEAVY DEMAND. —
BRISK CALL FOR RED ROSES —CARNA-
TIONS SCARCE — PROSPECTS FOR EASTER.

Funeral work continues in demand,
requiring the use of large quantities of
flowers. Donaldson & Company had an
extra big day last week. They made up
some very elaborate designs, among
them being' a twenty-four inch wreath of
Bridesmaid roses.abeautifal one of Brides,
violets and adiantum, a blanket contain-
ing 6,000 violets, besides numerous other
emblems. Take the week through, it was
a very busy one, although the weather
was very unsettled. Meteors and Beau-
ties were much called for, and were in
in limited quantities. Carnations are
very scarce and prices are advancing.
Bulbous stock is not so plentiful, as all
are holding it back for Easter. Every-
body reports Harrisii and longiflorum
lilies in prime condition. There will also
be some fine hydrangeas in prime shape
for Easter. C. F. R.

Portland, Me. — Alexander Wallace,
who has had charge of the estate of the
late Mrs. J. B. Brown for the past eighteen
years, has purchased the stock and leased
the greenhouses and wUl conduct it as a
commercial establishment hereafter.

Waco, Tex.— The Texas State Floral
Society has issued the premium list for
its sixth annual exhibition, November 12
to 16. Last year's show was very suc-
cessful and the new list provides strong
attractions for the exhibitors. Henry
Nanz, of Louisville, Ky., will be the
judge. J. W. Barnett, Waco, Texas, is
secretary.

Lincoln, Nbb. — Since my last notes we
have had one of the worst snowstorms
of the season, but it has cleared and
turned warm and bright. Trade is good,
using up all good stock, but there prom-
ises to be a full supply of cut flowers and
plants for Easter. Lilies hare come on
wonderfully fast of late, and many that
seemed to be backward for Easter will be
in full flower. C. H. F.

: Holds Glass
! Firmly

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: 71 eentB, poitpftid.

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SASH

HOTBED.

GREENHOUSE.

VENTILATOR

GUIF CYPRESS BARS,
QBEENHOD8E MATERIAL,,
Manufactured by S. JACOBS & SONS.
Flushing Ave., near Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, N Y.
AT WHOLESALE.
^ Catalogue and esti-
matea furnished.

^simstiEEs^EEStisEtmtgiiasi^s^sasasiamirA

The moat widely drcnlatedGerman gardenliiK
Journal, treating of all departmenti of hortloulturi
and Horloulture. Numerom eminent oorreioond-
•Bti in all parti of the world. An advertiiing
medium of the higbeit olaii.

MoUer'i Deut»che Gartner Zeltung \» pnbllihed
weeljly and riohlv lllmtrated. Subforiptlon IS.M
per annum, Inoludini; poitage. Sample oopiei f IM.

gAyyi(}1^6lIer-B^.

A MAN'S LAWN

"ill never look smooth

will never b^ ^, , __

f;rras9 will never grow so thickly until he invests in that mod
fcfn lawn beautifier known as a

iiud "velvety," the rank <'rab-gruss
straightened up so it can be cut off. and the

rinley Rotary Lawn Rake

'^ Papa! We Can Rake Your Uawn.'

It came out only last
season, and from Gar-
deners, Parkmen and
others, an avalanche of
testimonials has come
to us, all of th'^m saying
in substance, "this is the
greatest invention of mod-
ern times In its line. We
couldn't do without it "

A CniLD CAN PUSH IT.

YOl NEED ONE
IF YOU HAVE A LAWN.

It runs«asy, is simple, strong, and the only thm^i of its kind. We have
a descriptive circular telling all about this Lawn Rake and containing
testimonials from users in all parts of the country.

We want you to have one, and will mail it free for the asking.

I4inch, $10.00-

B. JOLIET-

-20-inch, $12.00.

FINLEY LAWN RAKE CO., - Joliet, HI., U. S. A.

Tho MnUfOr '^^^^ ^^i'^ l^i'l ^H ^^^ weeds in your
I lie ITIUnwl lawns. If you keep the weeds cut
so tliey do not go to seed and cut your grass with-
out breaking the small feeders of roots, the grass
will become thick and weeds will disappear. Ihe
Clipper will do it. Send for catalogue and prices.
CUPPER UWN MDWER CO., Norristown. Pa.

Economy in Heating

At the present and prospective
prices of coal those florists are
lacky indeed who are using the

Weathered Boilers.

Are yon one of them? If not,
then write us and we will fur-
nish indisputable tacts.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marion St , NEW YORK.

Invalid Appliance Co.,
COLUMBIA PUNT TUBS

1 u ..,.^8

I * 1 1 nfm 1 ■■■If

The most convenient way
of applying an insecticide
ever yet devised. No pans
required-No heating of
irons-No trouble-Cannot
injure the most sensitive
blooms-Very elfcctive.
Price 60.t per box of 12
i^olls. All deaJers sell it!

1

Skabcura Dip Co. "^

St. Louis — Chicago. ^^

^m

REBUILT MACHINERY

and SUPPLIES at Bargain Prices. Lanf
est MachlDery Depot on earth. We buf
buildings and plants, amonB
others we bouKht the World e
i Fa r, the(-)mabaKiposition,tDe
Iciiicaco Post Dflice. and olhtl
I structures. We rebuild matliln-
ery of all kinds, and sell witD
binding guarantees. ^Bellrrt;
Irom »'.Sup; Eiipmes from I.ii
■ iin- steam Pumps from »15 up,
etc- We carry complete stock fj Gj^^^IMr
plies, such as BElLTINn. f^HAFTINl"

PIPE. IRON KOOFIjHj-jHAKH

WARE, VALVES &FITTIN<;!*.
; PLUMBING MATERIAL.

; Will -Hn>i frei..pur':.'.ii.paeeralalne N^. t

I ConstantlT buying entire stocks
. at Sherlfts' and Receivers' sales.
; Chicago House Wrecking Co .
: W. 35lh & Iron Sts.. Chicago, I i

American Florist Advertisements
Pay Advertisers.

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The American Florist.

126J

Boston Florist Letter Go.

MANTTACnjayKe of

FLORI8T8' LETTBRS.

This wooden box nicely stained and Tmis
olshed, 18x30xl!3 made In two sections* one
for each size letter, g:lTen away with first
order of 500 letters.

Block Letters. 1 ^^ or 2-lnch size, per 100, tS-OO.
Bcript Letters. $4. Fastener with each letter or wort.
Dsed by leadloK florists everrwhere and tor tAle by
ftll wholesale florists and supply dealera.

N. F, McCarthy, Treas, and Manager,
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

IF YOU WANT

HEALTHY PLANTS

FUMIGATE WITH

NICOTICIDE

THE BEST OF ALL

INSECTICIDES

Write for full particulars to

The Tobacco Warehousing & Trading Co.,

1000 Magnolia Ave., LOUISVILLE, KY.

Use

"UP-TO-DATE"
= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

M. Rice & Co., 'Xn^ul^'cCe^,.

918 PUbert St., PHXI.AI>BI.PH1A, PA.

Cataloqtik for the Abking

The Conley Foil Go.

Alana&ctiirerfl ot

I 2 AND 4 DOMINICK STREET,

I fl^^ T7"1 — [-1- 'Vox'k:.

SiGMUND GeLLER

Importer and Mir. of

I Florists' Supplies

I Complete stock — New Qoods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

108 W. 28th St., near 6th Av., NEW YORK.

Adjustable Vase Holders

No. 1.— Brass, nickel, 4 fet't loug, 6 clasps to each
rod. Price complete (with green or white tum-
blers) (2.25. Price complete (with green or white
ccniucopia vases) 12.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod
brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-
inch pots, each, $1.75.

Kift's patent rubber capped Flower Tubes,
IH-inoh diameter, per 100, $3.50.

JOSEPH KIFT & SON, 1725 Chestnut St.. Phila., Pa.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want
in the way of

PREPARED PALMS

Whether the raw materials or the
finished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and service from the
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co.,

Jacksonville, Fla.

Branch Store, Indianapolis, Ind,

Infjuiries Cheerfully Answered.

[very New Tliought and
Every Advanced Idea

IN floral fashions is represented in our stock. Buyers who are desirous of
being in the lead will find us strictly up todate. Prices lower than else-
where for corresponding quality.
After Easter you will want Engagement and Wedding Baskets, Jardinieres
and Vases for Spring Plants, Cords and Tassels, Ribbon Inscriptions and
Letters, Doves and Sheaves. Prepare now for the Decoration Day trade. The
best Immortelles and Cape Flowers are now in stock; Cycas Wreaths and
Leaves, Moss Wreaths and all styles of Metal Designs.

COMPLETE CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.,

50-56 North rourth St., wholesalers Only. rniLADELPHIA, PA.

BIY of the MANlfACTlRER

Floral Metal Designs, Cycas Palm Leaves,
Wheat Sheaves,

ALL UNSURPASSED IN QUALITY AND UNAPPROACHABLE IN PRICE.

Everything in the Florists' Supply
line at most reasonable prices. .^

A. HERRMANN,

404-406-408-410-412 East 34th St., NEW YORK CITY.

Mailing and
Cut Flower Boxes

a specialty with us. The Mailing
Packages are used by the largest
shippers of plants and bulbs, take
less postage and are water-proof.
Our Cut Flower Boxes are mois-
ture-proof and are used by all
retail florists. These boxes are
shipped knocked down flat. Write
for prices.

The Dayton Paper Novelty Go.

DAYTON, O.

Please mention Ameiucan FLORlfcT wlien ordeiin

ESTABUSHED
1866

EMILSTEFFEMS>

sua.™ N.STEFFENS.
"OSTEFFENSBROS

GEORGE RIPPERGER,

Sheep Manure

I have now on hand a large quantit\ of A1 Sheep

Manure. Send for price list and 8ami>le.

Best Fertilizer for Top Dressing.

CABH WITH riliDKR OR REFERENCES.

Office, ao7 Academy St., i nur> |CI llin PITV
Factory, Seventh St., LUNU loLANU l/l I 1.

Sheep Manure.

In natural statt.', $1.00 per ton,
in car load lots, f. o. b. cars,
Kirkiand, 111. Write for prices on dried pulver-
ized shet'p manure. < 'ash with all orders.

MONTANA FERTILIZER CO., Elgin, gi.

1264

The American Florist.

Mar.

30,

Spriogfield, Mass.

TRADE CONriNCES BRISK —MANY FLOWER-
ING PLANTS.— CARNATIONS OFF CROP. —
POOR RESULTS WITH LILIES. — VARIOUS
NOTES.

Business is still good, considering tfaat
Easter is so near at hand and that there
is usually a lull before the storm. All the
stores are showing a good assortment of
cyclamens, heaths, genistas and azaleas.
Fern balls are in, and in good shape;
they ought to sell at sight. Roses, daf-
fodils and tulips are plentiful. Carna-
tions, with every grower, seem to be eft
crop. Lilies, so far as this city is con-
cerned, will be short. With disease in
the Harrisii and longiBorum not moving
as in former years, all seem to be behind.
In a batch of 1500 all grown in one tem-
perature, they range in height from six
to twenty inches, and no less than six
varieties of bulbs as well. The people
must be getting badly mixed over in the
far east. I understand there is to be a
large shipment of lilies due here this week
from A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.

Mark Aitkens intends to rebuild his
entire range of greenhouses, starting
about April 15. A. B.

Racine, Wis.

The early indications are that the
Easter trade will be very much larger
than ever before. There will be a great
increase in sales, although the supply of
flowering plants is short. There are few
good plants of lilies to be had. Only one
grower here had any considerable stock,
and he recently sold a considerable por-
tion of it to a Milwaukee wholesaler.
The demand for funeral work and cut
flowers has been heavy all the season,
and as soon as Baster is out of the way
the call for springbeddingstock promises
to keep up the pace. The Holland bulb
men have been here this week taking
orders. A. J. F.

Alexandria, La.— H. Jewell Daigre,
who has been in the florist l^usine^s with-
out glass, is preparing to put up a green-
house.

Tiie Peerless Powder Blower

Every Grower Should Have One.

Lightens your

Toil.

Saves Time and

Money.

PATENTED.

Distributes equally well Sulphur, Lime, Slug
Shot, Tobacco Dust, Paris Qreen, Etc.

A Few Extracts Froni Testimonials :

"A great improvement over the bellows."—
Emil Buettner, Park Ridge, 111.

"We are much pleased with your Powder
Blower."— John N. May, Summit, N. J.

"Can sulphur a house 20x100 feet in less than
three minutes." — Chas. Schweigert, Niles
Center, 111.

"Its work is rapid and perfect: predict its
universal use."— Brant & Noe. Forest Glenn, 111.

"Best thing we ever had to apply sulphur in
greenhouses."— Geo. Witthold, Chicago.

Price, $4.00 F. 0. B. Chicago.
EDW. E. McMORRAN & CO.

MANUFACTURERS.

1B-21 N. Clinton St., Chicago, III.

Awarded the only flrst-
class Certificate of Merit

by theSociety of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
Aug. 21, 1890, for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

|¥hilldin

PotteryGo

Jersey Qty M'^'SpioNG Island (JTV
Philadelphia

RED POTS.

«

Sample Pot and Price List
on application

C. C. POUWORTB CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS I

Paoked in imall oiatei, eaiy to handle.

Prtoepe

I'orate

Prloe per orate

IMO Mn. poU In orste, M.SS

120 7-ln.poti In orate, 14.90

1600 SS

6.%

60 8 ■

3.00

1 II

6.00

48 9 ■

3.60

1000 3

k ti

600

4810 '

4.80

800 3M

1 .1

6.80

24 11 •

• " 3.60

aoo4

1 II

4.60

24 13 •

" 4.80

3306

. 11

4.61

1314 •

4.80

144 6

1 II

3.16

616 •

4.60

Seed pans, same prloe as pots. Send for piioe list of
Cylinders for Cat Flowers, Hanfflnfr BaskeU, Lawn
Vases, etc. 10 per cent off for cash with order.

HILFINaER BROS. POTTERY,

OR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

ADSun BOLKIB A SON8, New fork Agtmta,

61 D«T STBIIT. NWW TOKK < ITY

THOSE RED POTS

** STANDARDS**

POLL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS. , ,
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS. ' !

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y,

HARRY BALSLEY. DETROIT. MICH.,

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list.

6. HENNECKE 60..

MILWAUKBB,
WIS

FLOWER POTS

STANDARD PDTS

A
SPECIALTY

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

P. 0. Box 78, MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.

Standard |7nX^
Flower... ■ W i O

If your greenhouses are within 500 miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

W. H. ERNEST.

28th and M Streets. WASHINGTON, D. C.

L^AxaLoci^?!

WRITE

AF IfnUD 1521-23 N. LBAVITT ST.,
I ii MJnni CHICAGO, ill..

FOR PRICES OP

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market.

KELLER BROS.,

gl.^.1B-l7-1fl.g1.g.^ Pearl St.,
NORRISTOWN, PA.

Manufaoturera of Standard Flower Pots, red in
oolor, equal to the best ou the market; are 16
miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad oonnec-
tionB. We give speoial attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantities. A
postal mil brinK press and discounts.
Rfasf mention the American Florist when ivriting.

GEO. KELLER & SON,

iiAinTTAOTtrBSBa or

Flower Pots.

Before Imjlng write for prloei, •
361-363 Herndon Street |

neu Wrtghtwood Ato.,

CHICAGO.

lU.

Please mention the American Florist when writing

rgoi.

The American Florist.

1265

first Introduction to America of

Black Solu ble Insec ticide Soap.

Awarded Grand Prize at Paris Exposition and winner of Gold Medals at International Expo-
sitions of Rome, Villc de Dijon and Turin, also Diploma of Honor at Marseilles. Recommended as
efficacious by largest European nurserymen and growers, including Messrs. Vilmorin, Andrieux and
others. All pests of outdoor or indoor plant life, including San Jose scale, succumb to the effects of this
remedy. Fruit growers, superintendents of parks and large estates and horticulturists generally will
oblige us by writing for pamphlets, prices and other information.

V. CASAZZA & BRO.,

190=192 Prince Street, ^^^ __NEW YORK CITY.

Liquid
Plant
Food

Grows hardier stock; grows improved stock.
Stock ships better; also ready earlier. Brings
better customers and more profits.

30 gill., including bbl $12 . 10

20 " •• •• 8.10

10 " " " 4.85

— For spraying
fertilizer and
Bordeaux,
kerosene, etc.,

EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY,

620 Atlantic Ave., Boston.

Use the "IMP. Nozzle and Sprayer."

It automatically dilutes the fenilizer, 50'to 1, BY

THE HOSE, with no labor. Needs no

adjustments. All brass. $3.00.

1880

HAMMOND'S SLUG SHOT.

1901

Destroys pests which prey upon Vegetation In the GREENI10USE, CONSERVATORY or GARDEN.

SLUG SHOT is a composite powder not dependent solely upon any one of its parts for effec-
tiveness. For 21 years SLUG SHOT has been used, doing effective work against Leaf Eaters, Juice
Suckers, Sow Bugs, Snails or Grubs in tlie soil. SLUG SHOT is spreaa by duster or blower.
Water will carry it through a sprayer or pump. It destroys in this way elm tree beetles, caterpillars on
trees. Where Snails or Sow Bugs are troublesome, dust SLUG SHOT on the soil with a duster.
SLUG SHOT rids fowls, calves and dogs of lice and fleas. SLUG SHOT is put up in tin perfo-
rated screw-top canisters and cartons holding one lb. The S lb. package (see cut) retails at 25 or 30c
each, larger packages at less rate. SLUG SHOT is

Sold by the Seedsmen in all parts of the United States andCanada.

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ODTLOOK FOE AYEHY LAKGB BASTBR BUSI-
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FLOWERS AND DECORATIONS.

The outlook for Easter trade is most
promisiog. Dealers report that violeta
will be in great demand, and that present
indications point to a scarcity of lilies.
Some dealers are laying in a fine stock of
azaleas and pot grown lilacs.

W. C. King & Company had charge of
the decorations at a dinner given by
Governor Odell one evening last week.
About 500 Bridesmaid roses, smilax and
Asparagus plumosus were used.

The luneral of Gen. John F. Rathbone
on March 23 was notable for the many
beautiful floral pieces and the elaborate
decoration of the church. Nearly all the
local florists received generous orders for
work.

F. A. Danker spent several days in New
York last week, placing orders for Easter
plants and supplies. R. D.

New Castle, Ind.— L. A. Jennings will
rebuild several houses.

Spokane, Wash.— Wm. Smith will
erect a two-story cottage at the Morti-
more greenhouses.

Lead, S. D — Alex. Rose finds his busi-
ness increasing rapidly and will put up
a new house this spring.

Lynn, Mass. — Wm. Miller & Sons have
found that the rapid increase in their
business demands enlarged facilities, and
they have purchased twelve acres of
ground in North Saugus, upon which
they expect to build a range of glass and
plant out some nursery stock.

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Mar.

30,

Index to Advertisers.

Advertising ratPS...1236
Alabama Eose Gard 1244

Alexander J K 1342

Allen S L A Co II

American Rose Co..

. 1338 II

Amling EC 1239

Anchorage Rose Co. 1249
Andorra Nurseries. 1244
Aschman Goafrey. .1254

Baldwin A J 1269

BallCbasD 1260

Bailer FA..'. 1244

Bartram TE 1248

Bassett & Wash-
burn 1239

BaurS.Mfred I

Bayersdorfer H.VCo 126S
Benthey ACo .... 1839
Bernheimer Eugene 1240

Berning H G 1240

Bindekunst Die. . II

Blanc A *Co 12«I

Blue Hill Nursery. .1261
Bobbini< A: Atkins. 1260

Bock W A 1254

BostonCo-operative

Growers Ex 1240

Boston Letter Co ... 1263

Brant SU 12^T

Brant & Noe 1239

Brinkerhoff Geo M.1257
Briulev EB&C0..1241

BrooksideGhs 1238

Buckley W T Plant

Co 1257

Budlong.JA 1239

Bunyard HA 1*38

Burpee \V A A Co.. II

Buxton Geo E 1256

Caldwell the Wood-
man Co 1239

Carmichael D 1249

Carmody J D 1266

Casazza V &Bro...l2e5
Chadborn MfgCo..l266
Chad wick Cna8....1262
Chicago Carnation

Co 1238 1252

Chicago HouseWkg

Co :i262

Chi'go Paeony Frm 1256
Cincin Cut Flow Co.l238
Clipper Lawn Mow-

etCo 1262

Cole Bros 1249

Coles WW 1243

Conard A Jones Co. 1249

Conley Foil Co 1263

Cook John 1249

Cottage Gardens — I
(Cottage Nursery... 1243

Crabb & Hunter I

Craig Robt & Son.. 1251
Cunningham D O

Glass Co Ill

Cunningham Jos 11.1251
Dailledou/.e Bros... 1250

Davis Bros 1266

Dayton Paper Nov-
elty Co 1263

Deamud J B 1238

Detroit Flower Pot

Mfg 1264

Dietsch A & Co.... 1266
Uillon J L 1249 1250 1261
Dorner F A Sons Co I

Dreer HA 1254 1262

DuerrJ 1266

Dunlop JohnH 1241

Dunne A Co 1265

Easfn Chemical Col268
Eiohholz Henry... 1254

ElseleC 1261

E izabeth Nurs Co. 1244
Elliott Wm A Sons 1259

?;ilis Frank M 1240

Elhvanaer A Harry. 1244
Ernst Ilenrv ASon.1257

Ernest W H 1264

Felfh Geo E 1256

Felthousen J E ....1259

Ferguson John B. ..1239
Fick & Faber......l2D9

Finley Lawn Kake

Co 1262

Fisher Peter 1232

Fitzgerald* Ham-
mond 1243

Floral E.xchange. . .1251
FloridaNaturalPro-

duet Co 1263

Ford Bros 1241

Foster Lucius H — 1259

Fryer E 1256

Gardening Co 1249

Gardeners Chroncle II

Garland Geo M 1267

GellerSigmund ....1263

Ghormley Wm 1211

Gibbons H W Co... Ill

Giblin A Co Ill

Grieve Jas A Sons. 1260

Griswold Mrs 1260

Gu lett W H A Sonsl257
Gunther Wm H ...1241
Gurney Heater Co . . 1268

Guttm«n Alex J.. ..1241
Hagenburger Carl . . 1248

HailAss'n Ill

Hammond Benj — 1265
Hancock G A Son.. 1250

Hansen Chris 1249

Harrer Geo 1252

Hart R I 1254

Hartman Mfg Co.. 1267

IIeaco-,K Joieph 1247

Heiss J B 1261

Hennecke ('(^o 1264

Herendeen Mfg Co 1266
llerr Albert M.1251 1256

Herron Dana R 1256

Herrmann A 1263

Hews A II A Co.... 1264

Hilflnger Bros 1264

Hill The E G Co.... I

Ilippard E Ill

Iliichins A Co.... IV
HoltonAHunkel Co 1248

Hooker HM Co 1268

Horan Edw C 1241

llort Adv 1247

Hose Connect'n Co. IV

Humteld C 1260

Hunt E H 1239

Imperial Trade Co.. II
Invalid ApproeCo.1262
Irvine John A Sons.1260
Jackson Edw B....1260
Jackson A Perkins. 1256

Jacobs S A Sons 1262

Jennings E B 1254

Jennings Bros 1265

Johnson A StoKes..l342
Kalamazoo Nursery

& Floral Co 1258

Easting W F 1240

Keller Bros 1264

Keller Geo A Sod... 1264

Kello»gQeo M 1238

Kennicott Bros Co.. 1243

Ky Tob Pro Co 1265

Kervan Co The 1259

Kift Joseph A Son. .1263

Kohr A F 1264

Kroeschell Bros Co. IV

Kuehn (^ A 1240

KuhlGeo A. ...1248 1252
Laeer A Hurrell — 1254
Lakeview Rose Gar. 1252

Lang Julius, 1241

Langjahr A 11.1241 1248

Limprecht S J 1241

Lockland Lum Co. . 1266

Long D B 1258

Lonsdale Edwin 1257

Lord A BurahamCo IV

Lucas J A Co 1267

McCarthy N FACo 1240
McKellarAWintrsn 1245
McMorran E EA Co 1264

MaderPaul 1257

May JohnN 1246

MiUang Prank 1241 1247
Millang A Saltlord.1241
MoUer's Zeitung....l262
Moninger JC Co... 1267
Montana Fcrtil Co.. 1263
Moon Samuel <' — 1244
Moon Win H Co.... 1344
Morris Floral Co — 1256
Mortensen Stephen. 1248

Moss Geo M 1240

Muno John 1249

Murray Jas C 1247

Myers A Co 1268

N Eng Cut Flower

Co 1240

N Y Cut Flower Co.l241
N Y Cut Flower Ex.1241
Ni.-.kel Plate R R...1260

Niessen Leo 1240

PalenCoThe II

Pennock Sara'l S.. .1240
Phoenix Nurs Co. ..1252
Pittsburg Cut Flo

Co 1238

Poehlmann BrosCo 1243
Pollworih C C Co

1238 1264

Pritchard J N 1238

Quaker CityMchCo 1267

Ragan H L 1257

Randall A L 1239

Rasmussen A 1251

Rawlings E 1 1259

Raynor J 1 1241

Regan Print House. II
Reinberg Geo. .1239 1216
Reinberg Peter

1239 1262

Renters J 1249

Rice MA Co 1263

Rider-Ericsson Eng.

Co IV

Ripperger Geo 1263

Roa-h E 12)3

Roche A II

Rodgers Alex II

Roland Thomas — 12ft6
Rolker A ASons.... II
Royal Tottenham

Nurseries 1258

Rupp John^F ..1261

Rustic Mfg Co 1267

Sander A Co 1264

Schillo Adam, IV

Schmidt J C 1266

Schulthcis A 1257

Schwahe C Otto. ...1256
Scott Robt A Son. . 1248
Soininole Palen Co 1239

SUely J P 1243

Sheliwood Green-
houses 1259

Sheridan \V F 1241

Siebrecht A Son

1255 1259 I

Situations A Wants 1237
Skabcura Dip Co. . . 1262
Smith Nath A Son.. 1260
Smith W A TCo.... j
Smith A Young Co.l257

Soltau C 1256

Sprague Smith Co.. 1268

Stahl Chas B 1240

SK-ffcns Emil 1263

Storrs & Harrison

Co ;1244 12.17

Stearns Lumber Co. 1267
Suiherland GA 1240 1247

Suzuki A lida 1242

Swahn Pot Mfg Co.l264

SwayneWm 1249

Tait L R 1248

Takaghi A Co...... 1242

Thorburn J M ACo.I242
Tobacco Warehouse

A Trading Co.... 1263
Traendly ASchenckl241
^^aughan's Seed

Store 1242 1258 1269 I
Vesey W J A M S..1251

Vicks Sons Jas II

Vincent R Jr A Sonl2H0
Vlasveld G A Sons. .1242
Vredenburg A Co. . II
Weathered's Sons

Thos 1'262 1268 III IV
Weber II A Soa8....i;52

Weeber A Don II

Weiland A Risch. ..1239
Welch Bros.... 1240 1249
West View Flor Co.1251
Whilidin Pot Co. ...1264

Wietor Bros 1246

Wilcox J F 1245

Wildpret Bros II

Wilks S Mfg Co.... IV

WilmoroW W 1257

Winterich C 1256

Wittbold Geo Co.... 1253
Wood T W A Sons,1243

Wood Bros 1257

Wood Stubbs A Co.1242
Yates T N A Co.... 1247

Young Jno — 1241

Young A Nugent. ..1241

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Vol. XVI.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, APRIL 6, 1901.

No. 670.

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Ckipyrieht 1901. by American Florist Company.
Entered as Second-Class JIail Matter.

I'UBLISHED E\T:RT SATURDAY BT

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,

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Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Kurope, $2.00.

Subscriptons accepted only from the trade.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL. HORTICULTURISTS.

OrricBKS— Patrick O'Mara, New York, N. Y..
president; Wm. F. KASTrsa, Buffalo, N. Y.. vice-
president; Wm. J. Stbwart, 79 Milk Street.
Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Bbattt, Oil City,
Pa., treasurer. The seventeenth annual meeting
will be held at Buffalo, August 6-10, 1901.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual meeting at New York, March, 19€2.
Leonard Barbon, 136 Liberty St., New York,
secretary.

THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Annual convention at Indianapolis, February,
1902. ALBERT M. Hebr, Lancaster, Pa., secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual meeting at Buffalo, August, 1901. Edwin
Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa., secretary.

THIS ISSUE 40 PAGES WITH COVER.

CONTENTS.

Gavden history of the canna 1269

Two new spiraeas (iilus.) 1270

This weeks supplement (illus.) 1270

The jud^iue of new roses 1270

Sweel pea Cupid 1271

I'aris 1271

'I'he ralmrT cup (illus.) 1272

New York 1272

' lioston 1272

InauKural ball decoration (illus.) 12J3

I'ni ladclphia 1273

Chicago 1274

Montrea 1 1274

St. Louis 1274

San Francises 127.'i

Washington 1275

Lowell, Msss 1275

Vancouver. U C 1275

, Bay City. Mich 1275

l'"rencli chr\ saniherauni judging scale 1276

The Queeu 01 Edgi'ly rose 1276

I Obituary '. . .* 1277

The seed trade 1282

The nursiTy trade 1281

Cinders lor park wslks 1284

i'ranklin, la liSi

Our pastimes 1286

Indianaprlia 12S6

Lincoln. Xeb • 1386

New Orleans » ....liS6

ll:irtlord. I'onu 1288

liutfalo 1290

i Mionea polls 1292

.\urora, 111 I294

! Kalama/.oo. Mich 129'i

' Toronlo 1298

I Syracuse, N Y ....UKi

Columbus, O 1302

Garden History of the Canna.

Probably no ornamental plant has
been so profoundly modified within the
experience of the younger generation of
horticulturists as the canna. A few spe-
cies, mostly natives of widely separated
tropical countries, were known to gar-
deners early in the last century. About
1835, owing to the increasing develop-
ment of greenhouse structures, the canna
began to attract attention as a useful
plant for sub-tropical gardening in favor-
able locations on account of its massive
and luxuriant foliage, the flowers being
an inconspicuous feature at the time. In
1848 a race of hybrids was produced by
crossing Canna Nepalensis with other
i species, probably C. glauca. Among the
number an improved strain known as C.
Annei resulted, which gained high favor
and was much planted in parks and gar-
dens as late as 1870, and is occasionally
still seen about old-fashioned places.
The descendants of C. Annei, variously
intercrossed with other varieties and
species, formed the staple of the seedling
varieties we grew with such solicitous
care in our boyish days. We can well
recall the interest centered on each mam-
moth leaf as it slowly unfolded, until late
in the season the narrow, dull red flowers
came out.

In 1863, however, the first really large
flowering hybrids were produced by cross-
ing a dwarf species from Costa Rica, C.
Warscewiczii with C. iridiflora, a tall
Peruvian species, bearing drooping spikes
of comparatively large, rose-colored flow-
ers. The varieties resulting from this
union were introduced under the names
of C. Ehemanui, Noutoni, Alba Rosea
Grandiflora, etc. They have very hand-
some blooms, ranging from deep crimson
to rosy white. C. Ehemanni, bearing rose-
colored, oleander-like blossoms on droop-
ing spikes, soon became a prime favorite
in this country and was most extensively
planted. While very stately and hand-
some it was neither free enough nor suffi-
ciently early in coming into bloom to
maintain interest, and was falling into
disuse about 1883, when it was rumored
that a wonderful strain of dwarf "gladio-
lus-flowered" cannas had been produced
by a cultivator in the south of France.
Soon new varieties, filling in a tolerable
manner, the anticipations of these reports,
began to come over. They were mostly
mottled yellow or flaming scarlet in color
with wide but irregularly-formed blooms.
They were indeed great improvements in
the dwarf-growing section, and met with
increasing popularity. One of these early

ones. Enfant de Cahors, mottled red and
yellow, has not been exceeded in brilliancy
by any subsequent introduction, but the
blooms were too small, and it is now for-
gotten. With the introduction of the
ever-popular Mme. Crozy, about 1890,
the canna at once challenged attention
as a really important plant for bedding
and summer decoration. The Messrs.
Crozy have been very chary of informa-
tion concerning the origin of the cannas
they send out so profusely, but it is gen-
erally supposed that they were developed
from C. Indica, a brilliant red and yellow
flowered species, variously crossed with
iridiflora hybrids.

Closely following Mme. Crozy, the
American seedling. Star of '91, was put
on the market, and bade fair to obtain
great popularity owing to its extremely
compact habit, although the flower was
inferior to Mme. Crozy in finish. A defect
in constitution rendered its rhizomes
very diflicult to keep over winter, and it
went promptly out of cultivation. The
year 1893 witnessed the introduction of
such meritorious varieties as Alphonte
Bouvier, Florence Vaughan, J. D. Cabos
and others which still hold a firm place
in public esteem. Then followed a per-
fect flood of new sorts, many being
developed in this country as well as com-
ing from abroad. Very few have sur-
vived the criticism of the public, which
has become very exacting. Queen Char-
lotte, a seedling of Mme. Crozy, raised in
a German nursery, introduced a new
feature in coloration, extending the nar-
row golden band on the flowers of the
Crozy type into a broad mottled margin.
The type is very popular still, but Queen
Charlotte is being superseded by higher
colored varieties, though it is still listed.
In 189G some remarkable hybrids of
Canna flaccida, a native species with
large but flimsy yellow blooms, were
sent out by Italian cultivators. They
produced the largest flowers that have
yet been achieved. It was at first
expected that these new "orchid-flower-
ing" varieties would drive all others out
of cultivation, but on trial the large and
showy blooms were found to be too frag-
ile for our climate, and were not pro-
duced in sufficient freedom until late in
the season. A few varieties, such as the
gigantic AUemania, and the deep yellow
Burbank, produced by the noted Califor-
nia originator of that name, are still
much prized for their massive elTect. The
latest development of this interesting
group has been the production of two
remarkable hybrids, both combining the
profuse floriferousness of the French

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strain with the imposing grandeur of the
flaccida tvpe. Mrs. Kate Gray was
raised by" a California florist, Edward
Gray, and is said to represent a cross
between Mme. Crozy and Italia. It
is very promising, having musalike
foliage, and large orange flowers marked
with yellow, produced as freely as the
dwarf sorts. Pennsylvania will, I think,
prove even more useful, as its immense
and durable blooms are clear bright scar-
let, without any lighter markings what-
ever. It was raised in Tennessee by
John A. Kemp from seeds of Duke of
Marlborough, a dark crimson dwarf
bedding sort, containing blood of C. iridi-
flora and Parthenope, one of the finest
flaccida hybrids.

In size, vigor, earliness and profuseness
of bloom, these new crosses leave little
to be desired, but it is probable that still
greater substance of flower will yet be
bred into dilute flaccida hybrids of this
type, though the varieties mentioned are
greatly superior to the Italian sorts
hitherto planted. The modern ideal of a
bedding canna is very exacting, and
practical excellence depends on a number
of points. The plant, whatever its
height, must grow compactly and have
tough, heavy foliage. The flower trusses
must be thrown well above and be car-
ried at an even height. The blooms must
be early and continuous, and the florets
be shed as fast as they wither. More-
over it must produce a healthy tuber, or
rhizome, that can be carried over with-

out loss. That these various character-
istics can be combined, together with an
extended range of color, from almost
white, through every shade of yellow,
pink, scarlet, crimson, to darkest maroon
and even shades of purple, with an infinite
range of markings, we have ample evi-
dence in some of the new varieties pro-
duced by A. Wintzer, of West Grove, Pa.
It has been an accepted idea that the
best cannas for American planting are
and will continue to be produced in this
country, and it is possible that a further
combination of the various useful types
now in cultivation will result in varieties
of undreamed-'of value.

W. Van Fleet.

Two New Spiraeas.

Our illustrations show two of the new
spiraeas, Washington and Gladstone,
which were recently introduced by
Gt. Van Waveren & Kruijff, of Sassen-
heim, Holland. The»plants are described
as being more vigorous than any of the
varieties of S. Japonica or .S astilboides
previously distributed and they are said
to bloom more freely than any other
kinds, producing pure white flowers.

This Week's Supplement.

The supplement published with this
week's issue shows the new rose Robert
Scott, from a photograph, and a repro-
duction of one ot Paul De Longpre's

floral studies, to which reference was
made in our issue of March 30, page
1231. The rose Robert Scott, one of the
season's leading novelties, has been the
subject of reference in these pages during
the past few months and is now being
distributed by Robert Scott & Son, of
Sharon Hill, Pa.

NEW SPIR^A GLADSTONE.

The Judging of New Roses.

[Read by Benjamin Duy/ee, oj Washington, D.
C, be/ore the American Kose Society at the Wal-
dorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, March 20, jgoi,]

What does this exhibition emphasize
this year more than ever before? That
yon must encourage by every means in
your power the Canadian, western and
southern contingents in their eiTorts to
preserve sovereignty for the rose. Bold
and aggressive warfare must be made
against this numberless army of carna-
tion seedlings that is besetting our cita-
del and sapping and mining us with all
the hustling vigor of youth. In our con-
scious superiority we had sunk into a
peaceful, rather benignant and patroniz-
ing attitude. Centuries of undisputed
sway have made the present generation
of rosarians believe their coats of mail
impenetrable. We need armor plate now.
But we must "up and at them, boys."
We must change front and from a war of
roses it must be a war by roses. We are
willing the carnation should occupy a
modes': standing, but let it beware of
assaulting our Btronghold and attempt-
ing to usurp the queenly robes. Roose-
velt and Prosperity are high sounding
titles, and they are needed if you would
gild the modest pink, but the rose, the
gorgeous rose, even "byany othername,"
must dominate.

You may broaden the petals of your
carnation, and lengthen and stiflen the
stem, you may rival the kaleidoscope in
colors and still the carnation is a '"light
and airy nothing." You talk about your
four and five-inch flowers; they are but
soap bubbles and collapse as quickly. I
venture the assertion that good old La
Purite or Peerless in point of substance
would outweigh most any of to-day's
favorites.

Put one American Beauty in the scales
and see it weigh down a dozen, aye two
dozen of your boasted leaders with pedi-
grees prolonged. Put one Beauty in a
room and it bathes your tenses with its
fragrance. It seeks you. It is not ruled
—it rules. But what of the carnation?
We must hunt for the perfume.

Size in a carnation, beyond a good,
standard two and one-half to three-inch
flower, is not what the commercial
grower wants in a carnation, but free-
dom of bloom and beauty of color. He
does not want, nor does the public, a
carnation so large that its weary and
sleepy air must contribute pain rather
than delight. One would imagine that
many of the modern carnations had made
their home with poppies.

But I arose to speak a few words con-
cerning the scale of points for judges, as
applied to novelties which we, as a soci-
ety, have adopted. What are they?
Size, color, stem, form, substance, foliage,
fragrance and distinctiveness. In other
words, they are the elements that are
open to observation such as this exhibi-
tion permits. A tew hours of rather
hasty and perhaps confused eSort of the
judges may enable them to fairly apply
this scale to the exhibits. But when you
have awarded the medals and certificates
how much weight will they carry to the
cautious and observant grower and
retailer? Scarcely none, and why?

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Because the tnost vital and necessary
conditions are unknown, viz.: Freedom
of bloom, keeping and shipping qualities,
health and vigor.

Without a certificate as to these qual-
ities I predict that the first sale of future
novelties, in carnations and roses, will be
reduced to the smallest possible figures,
not at all commensurate with the success
which a worthy novelty should and would
command if properly endorsed.

It is imperative that this society should
adopt some method by which certainty
on these points shall form a part of the
decision of the judges, or otherwise the
profit for the grower of novelties, which
is the great stimulant to advancement,
wi'J be of the past. You may ask me
why, and I reply that under our scale of
points the award might be made of 100
per cent, and yet the novelty be commer-
cially valueless. It is our province to
protect the growers and retailers against
such results. We must so affix our seal
to such novelties in this line that it shall
be a signed manual of commercial excel-
lence under fair and careful conditions.

The hollow gold statue ot Maud Adams
is being exhibited throughout the coun-
try as "all gold." Don't let our certifi-
cates and medals become but hollow
mockeries.

Cannot this accurate certificate be
secured in some way? Is it not possible
to accomplish this through an active and
continuing committee by personal obser-
vation, sub-divided for localities so as to
secure a minimum of expense? Would
not any introducer of a novelty be more
than willing to pay the cost of such per-
sonal investigation at different periods of
the growing of the novelty, through such
a committee of this society?

This is oflered as a suggestion for the
men of ripe and mature judgment in the
society, and with the most sincere desire
to enlarge the field of profit to the intro-
ducer, by restoring the feeling of confi-
dence in the grower which has been
slowly but surely undermined through
"being bit," and to make the verdict of
our society unimpeachable.

It might perhaps be more practicable
to have an independent scale of points to
cover the elements of freedom of bloom,
freedom from disease, keeping and ship-
ping qualities, of which the introducer
might avail himself at his option and at
his own expense to strengthen the exhi-
bition certificate.

Sweet Pea Cupid.
This miniature variety is best grown in
pots in a greenhouse or frame. If in the
latter the pots should be plunged to the
rim in fine coal ashes or cocoanut fiber.
Sow twelve seeds in four and a-half inch
pots, employing a compost of three parts
loamy soil and one part well decomposed
cow or horse manure, leaf mould and
coarse sand well mixed. Cover with an
inch of soil, water gently, and stand the
pots in a light position in the greenhouse
or in the frame and keep the soil rather
dry till the plants are up. When two
inches high thin them out, leaving nine
in each pot, and give plenty of air to
induce a stocky growth. When well
rooted shift them mto six or eight-inch
pots and give liquid manure the color of
pale ale at each watering. Support the
plants with neat twiggy sticks. Sweet
peas grown in frames generally do better
than those grown in greenhouses, owing
to the greater amount of air which they
enjoy. When the flowers commence to
open the plants may be removed to the
greenhouse or conservatory.— Gart/eners'
Magazine.

NEW SPIR/EA WASHINGTON.

Paris.

FRENCH MBTROPOLIS HAS BEEN SHORT OF
FLOWERS THIS WINTER. -co LDWKATHEH
EXTENDED IfARTHER SOUTH THAN EVER
BBFOBE.— SNOWS COT OFF SUPPLIES.—
PRICES HIGH IN CONSEQUENCEOF SCARC-
ITY.— PLANT MARKETS NOW VERY ACT-
IVE.— SPRING BXHIBITION AND OTHER
NOTES.

France has had a winter of discontent,
the weather being decidedly unfavorable
for all horticultural industries. Strange
to say, the cold reached as far south as
Algeria and Tunis, in northern Africa,
and snow fell in parts where it had never
been seen before. At Monte Carlo, on
the Riviera, where the gardens contain
splendid collections of palms, and where
beds of primulas and such tender plants
can be seen in the open, unsheltered, in
December, the thermometer marked,
early in January, 24°, which was too
much for these plants and for the helio-
tropiums, cinerarias, ficuses, ageratums,
lantanas, thunbergias, etc. Our florists
In the south, who seldom witness such
frosts, were not prepared for them, and
the result was that the flowers they
usually send in winter time to Paris and
all over Europe, such as roses, carna-
tions, mignonette, anthemis, ranunculus
and anemones, were very scarce and not
of first quality. Because of the short
supplies southern grown Safrano roaes

fetched from 30 cents to 40 cents per
dozen in American money. Van Hontte
sold for from 40 cents to 50 cents; Paul
Nabonnand, from 50 cents to 60 cents;
Souvenir de la Malmaison, from 70 cents
to 80 cents, and La France, Capt. Christy,
Paul Neyron, Marechal Niel and others
from $1.25 to $2.50 per dozen, which is
about double the price at which they
were sold on our market at the same
time last season. If the growers had less
to sell the prices were so remunerative
that after all they had little reason for
complaining.

The dearth brought on our market all
the wild flowers which are growing in
the sunny south. In no season was the
mimosa brought here in such large quan-
tities and at the same time so much
favored as this year. The price of carna-
tions ranged between 40 cents and $2 per
dozen, according to the sorts and the size
of the flowers. Violets brought between
$2 and $5 per 100 bunches, according to
the size of the latter. The northern
forcers had a good chance to sell their
roses and lilac this season. The forced
roses, Brnnner, Caroline Testout, La
Reine, Gabriel Luizet, etc., brought good
prices. Parisian violets were very scarce
and expensive.

From the above notes it can be guessed
that our flower markets during winter
were dull and little attended, but by the
middle of March the markets were lively

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April 6,

again, with their pots of azaleas, rhodo-
dendrons, lilacs, camellias, cytisnses, cin-
erarias, primulas, cyclamens, imanto-
phylloms, hyacinths and tulips, and the
shops of our florists, too, are dazzling.
In one of the windows I have just seen a
nice basket of dark red cyclamens, the
flowers of which were intermixed with
lilies of the valley showing well above
the cyclamens. Lilies of the valley are
also seen planted around the stems of
palms, their charming white flowers con-
cealing the soil. A basket of the improved
very large flowered Primula obconica,
with its long-stemmed, pink flowers, is
showy enough by itself. A bouquet of
the large flowers of Amaryllis vittata
hybrida, exhibited by themselves or in
company with sprays of Deulzia pruni-
folia, is attractive. First-class roses are
also more plentiful in the windows.

The annual Agri-Horticultural Exposi-
tion, held for the first time in the new
grand palace of the Champs Elyses, has
just closed its doors. Coming so soon
after the big fair, it was perhaps not so
well attended as in former years. Vil-
morin had the finest and most extensive
collections and occupied more space than
all other flower exhibits together. The
other great exhibitors were: Lellieui,
with a capital lot of various plants;
Croui and Paillet, with excellent groups
of flowering shrubs; Ferard, with an
exceedingly fine bed of amaryllises,
hybrids of A. vittata; Millet, with his
large collection of violets; Boucher, with
his forced lilacs, and Lachaume, with
his conspicuous bouquets. Parisian.

Peehy, N. Y. — The greenhouses of
George Clark have been leased to Mr.
Edstice, the florist at Silver Springs.

New York.

PLANTSMEN DOMINATE THE EARLY MAR-
KET. — COT FLOWER CONGESTION ONLY
PREVENTED BY COUNTRY DEMAND. —
PROSPECT OF LARGEST week's BUSINESS
IN HISTORY OF THE GOTHAM MARKET. —
ROSE SOCIETY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEETS. — AZALEA HAERENSIANA. — VARI-
OUS MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The customary scenes of the week pre-
ceding Easter Sunday are transpiring.
Van loads of blossoming plants all care-
fully wrapped up and hooded are seen at
every turn in the floral districts. At the
greenhouses of the plant growers all is
hurry and bustle; scores of extra helpers
are at work, women and children picking
stamens from expanding lilies and deftly
clipping the ends of the brown-tipped
foUage with scissors, men bundling up,
carrying and packing lilies, azaleas,
genistas, rhododendrons, hydrangeas,
Crimson Ramblers, ericJis and lilacs, and
the boss running about with hands full
of orders and hair almost on end, super-
intending the operations and trying to
keep his temper and patience with vis-
itors who are always sure to come at the
wrong time. In the city stores the dis-
play of brilliant flowered plants is unpre-
cedented. Wherever there is a vacant
store it has been seized upon by some
florist as an "Easter branch," and all are
prepared for the greatest Easter trade in
the history of New York. In general, the
quality of the plants is very fine. Azaleas
are superb. Lilies arfc, however, varying
greatly in quality, many small, starved-
looking flowers being in evidence. Crim-
son Ramblers are also very poorly flow-
ered in some instances. But hydrangeas
are superb and metroaideros is shown to
better advantage than ever before. There

OUP AWARDED W. J. PALMER & SON, BUFFALO. N. Y., AT TORONTO CARNATION
EXHIBITION, MARCH 7, FOR 25 BLOOMS OF MARQUIS.

is the usual amount of bulbous material
and violets are everywhere.

In this plant excitement the cut flower
interests languish and the only thing
that serves to cheer up the cut flower
wholesalers is the shipping trade, which,
unfortunately, is not what it used to be.
Carnations are still in short supply, with
quick sales at good prices. All colors go
well, but the fancy varieties that have
been talked about, such as Lawson and
Marquis, have the best of the situation.
The value of the last named variety can
be enhanced by a little style. To hear
John Raynor say "Markee" with the
real foreign accent is well worth the
extra dollar a hundred it brings over and
above its value as "Marquis." In Amer-
ican Beauty roses there is a congestion
and prices are away down, but sanguine
growers are talking of a sharp advance
in values for Saturday, which will not be
recognized until Saturday comes, and
not then, even, if the retailers have their
way. Other roses are abundant and
there are violets by the million. A few
sweet peas of finest quality are being
received.

The executive committee of the Ameri-
can Rose Society met on Tuesday and
acted on the several protests entered
against awards at the recent exhibition.
The judges were sustained in every case.
It was decided to allow the award of the
special premium for mantel decoration to
Mr. Warendorf, same having been with-
held. Announcement is made that the
schedule of regular prizes for the rose
show of 1902 will be the same as this
year's list, the only change being that
only one-half the number of blooms will
be called for in each cut flower class.

The beautiful new Azalea Haerensiana
is blooming at the greenhouses of R.
Dryer, at Woodside. The soft, pleasing
pink color identifies it instantly wherever
it appears, and its enormous wavy-pet-
aled double flowers stamp it as the most
valuable introduction in azaleas since the
advent of the popular Vervsneana sev-
eral years ago. It is to be exhibited at a
number of the horticultural shows this
spring.

The missing boy, Willie McCormick, for
whose recovery a reward of $1,000 has
been oflered, is the son of McCormick, the
florist, of One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street. New York, who went through
bankruptcy last summer. The reward is
offered by a friend of the family.

Woodside florists sympathize deeply
with their neighbor, Von Asche, who is
suffering from a fractured ankle, the
result of an accident a few days ago,
which incapacitates him for attending to
his Easter plant business.

Visitors in town: W. R. Smith, Wash-
ington, D. C. ; D. D. L. Parson, Philadel-
phia, and J. N. Champion, New Haven,
Conn.

Boston.

CERTAINTY OF THE HEAVIEST EASTER
TRADE ON RECORD. — UNPRECEDENTED
DEMAND FOR LILIES.— JACKSON DAWSON'S
SUCCESS WITH ROSES.— AUCTION SEASON
SOON TO OPEN.

Business this week is a waiting game.
Carnations are still enjoying the same
steady market noted for the past two
weeks, but outside of this single item
things move slowly. Roses accumulate
in dealer's hands, but Easter is now so
near that this causes no uneasiness, it
being the general expectation that, unless
the weather should prove fractious, all
are in for the heaviest Easter trade ever
known. As to lilies, confidence that they

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DECORATIONS BY J. H. SMALL & SONS AT THE INAUGURAL BALL, WASHINGTON, D. O.-PRESIDENT S ROOM.

will bring full prices has been increased
within the past few days. The demand
for them is certainly unprecedented, and
if it should continue all the lilies in sight
are bound to go. The quality and vari-
ety of plants seen in the stores exceeds
that of past years, but lilies still stand as
ten to one of all other plants combined.
As a rule the lilies average better than
was anticipated, considering the large
proportion of diseased and mixed speci-
mens noted in the various growing estab-
lishments.

Jackson Dawson has again a pretty lot
of Crimson Ramblers in -t-inch and 5-inch
pots, nicely bloomed for Easter. These
were grafted on multiflora roots January
9 and potted January 16. Each makes a
shapely little plant with two to three
fine trusses of bloom, such as any florist
might sell at Easter in large quantities
at a low price and make money on. A
number of seedling roses are now bloom-
ing for the first time and there are some
valuable novelties among them. One, a
cross between Wichuraiana and Crimson
Rambler, bears abundant trusses of
bloom, each truss having thirty or more
large single pink flowers, the habit of the
plant being that of Wichuraiana. Min-
nie Dawson, which is practically a double
flowered multiflora, is also blooming
beautifully.

McCarthy & Co. will open the plant
auction season on April 12 with a sale
of trees and shrubs and fancy specimen

evergreens, similar to the very successful
sale of these goods last year. The goods
are now on the way from Holland and
the invoices, which have come to hand,
show a remarkable number of varieties
of fancy decorative material.

The guests at the March meeting of the
Horticultural Club were W. R. Smith,
W. E. Doyle, H. Pennypacker, W. A.
Daggett, S. D. Sanderson and J. R.
Fotheringham.

Visitors in town: A. Dimmock, St.
Albans, England; L. B. Craw, represent-
ing Lord & Bnrnham Co.; H. S De For-
est, representing Hitchings & Co.; J. R.
Fotheringham, representing F. R. Pierson
Co.; W. R. Smith, Washington, D. C.

Philadelphia.

BVERYBODT HUSHED WITH BASTHR BCSI-
NESS.— DEPARTMENT STORES ADVERTISE
LILIES AT A VERY LOW PRICE. — CITY
COUNCILMEN RECEIVE MANY FLORAL
TOKENS. — VARIOUS NOTES OF INTEREST.

At this writing all is hurry and con-
fusion. The growers are working under
the highest pressure and every available
wagon that can be engaged is quickly
loaded and away. In the stores thinccs
are being packed away so as to take up
the smallest space and yet show to
advantage. Out of town shipping has
been immense this season. For all that
the stock is so fragile and perishable it
seems to travel long distances with

safety, as this demand is increas-
ing rapidly. There are a great number
of extra stores used as annexes by the
city florists, and also quite a few by the
growers, who take this method of dis-
posing of their stock rather than sell at
wholesale. Albert Woltemate, of Ger-
mantown, has a large store on Chestnut
street, above Sixteenth, stocked with a
fine lot of plants.

The large department stores have
nearly all laid in stocks of Easter plants,
Wanamaker having a very large assort-
ment. Their advertised price for lily
flowers is 15 cents, while many growers
cannot fill their orders for $12 per hun-
dred. Some stock was sold at $10, but
the larger growers all stood for $12 and
got it, although some did notcount quite
so closely when the better price was
obtained. It seems now that the lily
crop will be short, as but very few grow-
ers have 'any left that are not engaged.
Most of the stock coming in is fine,
although some of the azaleas are a little
too ripe.

The miserable Schuylkill water with
which our city is supplied has been so
stirred up recently by the spring rains
that it looked more like ink than water,
and growers who felt compelled ^ to
syringe with it have a very dirty lot of
plants in consequence. Some who took
the pains to carry spring or well water
and use a hand syringe feel well repaid for
their trouble.

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April 6,

A great boost was given the business
when the new city council convened last
Monday morning. There was an immense
display of all kinds of designs, horse-
shoes, keystoiies, ships, canoes, baskets
and clusters of long stemmed Beauties
galore. Every desk was decorated and
some completely hidden by the great pro-
fusion of flowers. Ten thousand dollars
worth was the newspaper estimate, but
$3,000 wonld be nearer the mark. K.

Chicago.

INDICATIONS THAT BASTKE BECOBD HAS
BBKN BBOKBN BY BUSINESS OF THE
WEEK. — EYEBY WHOLBSALEE OBLIGED
TO TDBN DOWN ORDERS FOR SOME ITEM
OR ANOTHER — CERTAIN LINES DEVELOP
MABKBD SHOBTAGES.— PBICES GO ABOVE
EABLY QUOTATIONS. — LETTUCE GROW-
ERS HAVE UNPROFITABLE SEASON. —
SOME GOOD STOCK AMONG RETAILERS. —
VARIOUS NOTES.

Writing at the time that the Easter
rush is at its height, it is impossible to
form an accurate conclusion as to the
results of the week's business. But it is
assured that never has there been a busier
period in the history of this market. It
IS unfortunate that the weather last
week and for the first few days of this
week should have been dark and stormy,
for it has resulted in a serious curtail-
ment of supplies, the disappointment of
many buyers, and has brought loss to
both growers and dealers. There was
no over-supply of any item during the
early days of the week, and by Wednes-
day prices were generally above printed
quotations, but the growers were all
holding back their cut for the grand
finale, and on Thursday the receipts
increased wonderfully, while on Friday
morning still larger quantities of stock
arrived, some of it showing the efiects of
storage. Friday was the big shipping
day and on that morning, although there
were large quantities of stock in the mar-
ket, it was impossible to tell whether
there would be enough to go around.
There is a greater shortage of lilies than
was anticipated and fancy carnations
and Beauties are both scarce. Bulbous
stock is doing well but violets are not
yet in great demand. It seems that the
growers have, this time, followed the
advice of thecommission men more closely
than 'n previous seasons, and have given
them the bulk of the stock on the days
when it was most wanted. All during
the week wholesalers were booking
orders conditionally, fearing that they
would be unable to meet the large
demands from all sources, and it is sate
to say that if the week's business does
not exceed that of any previous Easter,
it might easily have done so had there
been confidence in an adequate supply of
stock, for orders were to be had for the
asking.

The lettuce growers north of Chicago
have had poor results this winter and a
number of them who have modern ranges
of glass are planning to put them into
carnations for next season. One such
firm of growers is Welter & Thill, at
Evanston, who are already growing cut
flowers, but who had seven new houses
in lettuce this year and propose to put
them into carnations next season. They
are producing very fine stock.

W. W. Saunders, of Oakland, Cal., has
been in town this week and brought
with him several hundred calla lily
blooms which he grew in the open -with
slight protection. The stock is radically
different from the indoor-grown callas
commonly seen and can be cut close,

opening when placed in water. Mr.
Saunders will try a few shipments to
local commission houses to see if there is
anything to be made out of the stock.

Mangle has had a beautiful window
this week, showing some azaleas which
are remarkably large and profusely flow-
ered. He has also had vases of some
extra quality carnations, including Amer-
ica, Mrs. Bradt and the Red Bradt. In
the center of the window has been a vase
of Liberty roses which have been enough
to arouse the envy of every grower who
saw them.

The Geo. Wittbold Company reported
that early in the week they had enough
Easter business in sight to make a new
record for their retail trade, while whole-
sale shipments have been very heavy for
the past several weeks. Among the
plant novelties shown, they have some
very fine heather. The Wittbolds have
just potted up ten tons of cycas stems.

At Washington Park they have another
very fine display. Besides the usual
stiowing of Easter lilies there are some
remarkably well flowered Azalea Mme.
Van Houtte and some fine plants of
Rhododendron Mme. Wagner.

At Tuesday's election the voters of the
south towns authorized the South Park
commissioners to issue four per cent
bonds to the amount of $500,000 for the
immediate improvement of Jackson Park
and some other park propertv.

Weiland & Riscb will bench 15,000
plants of Mrs. Lawson carnation in their
new range of houses for next season, and
will also go in heavily on Liberty, rose,
their experience with it being very satis-
factory.

W. N. Rudd has been wearing, this
week, an excellent four-inch bloom of the
carnation Prosperity cut eight days
previous and worn one evening at a
party.

Luke Collins, for seven years foreman
for Weitor Bros., will leave on April 15
for Toledo, O., where he will become fore-
man for George A. Heinl.

Frank Garland opened his wholesale
establishment at 55 Wabash avenue, on
Tuesday, April 2, with C. S. Stewart in
charge.

There have been many trade visitors
this week, most of them in search of
stock.

Robert Schenck is now buyer for John
C. Schubert & Co.

Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Bassett are at
West Baden.

Montreal.

TBADE LIGHT DUBING LENT. — WEATHER

DARK AND STOCK HELD BACK.

NO

<;BEAT supplies for EASTER.— JOTTINGS
OF CONDITIONS WITH THE GROWBBS.—
— MANY FLOWEBING PLANTS IN EVI-
DENCE.

Trade was light during March and
manyretailerscomplained. The weather,
also, was the worst experienced for years,
cold and cloudy. Therefore Easter comes
with a scarcity of lilies, spiraias and
hydrangeas, and carnations in cut flow-
ers. Roses are abundant and of good
quality.

loseph Bennett was ready for the
Easter rush, with lilies, azaleas, hydran-
geas, Rambler roses and cyclamens in
prime condition. The Ramblers, which
are one-year-old plants, outdoor grown,
have as many as ten and twelve
trusses of bloom. The hydrangeas also
outshine everything I have ever seen. A
batch of Aquilegia chrysantha seedlings
of Fred. Bennett's, is in full bloom. They
fill 6-inch pans nicely. All the rose houses
are very good, but what attracts the

most attention are the American Beau-
ties with stems four and five feet long.
Mr. Bennett was not successful with
Liberty and will graft them for next
year. In the carnation houses the sorts
giving best results are Olympia, Crane,
Jubilee, Lawson, Morning Glory and
Maceo.

P. McKenna & Son were rather behind
hand with Easter plants, although lilies,
spiraeas and Ramblers were in the best of
health. They are very successful with
irises and will grow them on a large scale
next year. They were very successful
with a bench of mignonette and had a
good crop for Easter. Sweet peas are
grown on single stem, that is, all the side
shoots are pinched ofl, and are blooming
with four and five flowers on a stem.loijg
and wiry. The best paying carnations
here are Lady Van Home, Davbreak,
Crane, Marquis, Tidal Wave and Glacier.

S. S. Bain had a very good array of
Easter plants. His rose houses are in
perfection and Bride, Bridesmaid and
Golden Gate are very good.

Logan Gird wood is the Montreal violet
specialist. It does one good to see his
benches, which are a mass of blue. He
has two houses of violets and, consider-
ing their size, it is a splendid success to
cut 905,000 blooms, as he did in Feb-
ruary. He has all the leading varieties
and when asked which is favored in this
market, he said Marie Louise as double
and Princess of Wales as single.

B. T. Graves has things well advanced
in his new location. He has a neat and
up-to-date place. Easter lilies and
spirjeas came in all right. His calceola-
rias were doubtful at the time of my
visit, but if they prove a success will be
easily disposed of. Mr. Graves has forced
Lilium candidum successfully.

A good average of Colin Campbell's
lilies and epira:as are ready in good time
and with his rhododendrons and azaleas
he has a good display for his window.
The rose houses are in fairly good crop.
Unfortunately a house of Meteor was
injured by frost. G. V.

tit. Louis.

TBADE BEGAN TO INCBEASE WITH THB
ADVENT OF EASTEH WEEK — PBICES MOVE
UP.— LILIES AND FANCY CABNATIONS
SCABCE. — NOTES OF THE GROWEBS.

Trade began to show an increase at
the beginning of the week, with Easter
in sight, and prices were soon on the up
grade, for supplies were not large, much
stock being held back to meet the demand
at the last minute. American Beauties
are in better shape than at any time this
season, but good white roses are very
scarce, not nearly plentiful enough to
meet the demand. Fancy carnations are
also short. The Marquis being most
sought for, with Mrs. Lawson second.
There it good stock of White Cloud and
Mrs. Joost. Violets promise to do fairly
well on Easter day and are already up
in price. Lily of the valley is plentiful,
and so is nearly all bulbous stock, but
Harrisii were not sold below 15 cents
early in the week, with not nearly enough
to go around. Ferns are bringing $3
per thousand, and other greens are also
scarce.

Wm. Schray & Sons havt a fine lot of
bulbous stock in for Easter, especially
Dntch hyacinths and tulips They have
some good plants of Asparagus Spreng-
erii. Geraniums are looking fine, and
some which are in bloom now they expect
to sell for Easter. Stock in general is not
very well hardened off for the holidaTS,
as we have had twelve dark days, which

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have held back everything. One house is
devoted to potted roses, and the stock is
good.

Prank Fillmore's place is as clean as a
pin. The Marquis is in its glory there
and the blooms are simply immense, of
good color and on stiong stems. Flora
Hill and Daybreak were also in the best
of condition. Mr. Fillmore intends to
grow about three times asmany Marquis
next year. His new wagon is a beauty.
On one side a large bunch of Marquis
carnations has been painted with his
name and on the other a bunch of Brides-
maid roses. R. J. M.

Saa Francisco.

WARM WEATHER AND SLACK TRADE CAUSE
A DECLINE IN PRICES.— RATES PREVAIL-
ING.— VARIOUS NOTES OF INTEREST.

As predicted in my last report, prices
had, by March 25, dropped twenty-five
per cent all along the line, partly on
account of the hot weather we are hav-
ing ot late and partly because of poor
busiaess. The best Brides and Brides-
maids are bringing 75 cents per dozen;
Beauties $2 to $3 per dozen; Hlies $2 cut
and $3 in pots; carnations from 15 cents
to 50 cents per dozen; lily of the valley
and other bulbous stock at correspond-
ing rates. Violets are entirely gone now.
Quite a few Rambler roses in pots are to
be seen, which sell at from 50 cents to $1
each, according to size. Thesecamefrom
Pottet's nursery, some stock that came
into bloom a little early for Easter.

J. A. Miller, 215 Hayes street, will be
manager of the annual flower show of
the California State Floral Society, to be
held in the grand nave of the Ferry build-
ing. May 16, 17 and 18, opening upon
the final day ot the Pacific States Floral
Congress.

Henry Goertzhain cuts an immense lot
of Wm. Scott carnation. He thinks there
is no better paying pink in the market.
His house of lilies for Easter is just in
time.

Bunneau is sending in the best lily of
the valley, very fine, dark green foliage
and stems twelve inches long. It sells at
50 cents per dozen spikes.

"Jack" Young is cutting some very fine
Kaiserin roses vrith stems two feet long.
Golden Gate.

'W^ashington.

TRADE BRISK AND EVERYTHING IN GOOD
SHAPE FOR EASTER. — JOTTINGS HERE
AND THERE.

Trade has been fairly good through
Lent and at the stores every one is now
busy making preparations for Easter.
Stock is plentiful and in good condition.
Clark Brothers have a lot of rhododen-
drons and azaleas, Astilbe Japonica,
Dentiza gracilis and Lilium Harrisii;
also a house of Souvenir du President
Camot roses that are coming in fine for
Easter.

George A. Leissler has opened a flower
store at 2923 M street N. W. and is
making a fine show with foliage, flower-
ing plants and cut flowers. Being the
only flower store in his section of the
city he is doing a very good business.
At the greenhouses he has a fine lot of
I cinerarias, Lilium candidinm, Deutzia
i gracilis, Astilbe Japonica, hyacinths and
other Dutch bulbs, which will be in fine
shape for Easter.

It was not Mrs. Wm. Saunders who
died, as I stated in my last letter. She is
enjoying excellent health. The deceased
is her son David's wife's mother.

The American Rose Company will have
a large quantity of lilies for Easter.

They are also cutting a quantity of fine
Golden Gate and Ivory roses.

Thos. J. Wade has withdrawn from the
firm of Litzinger & Wade and is at
present with A. Gude & Bro.

J. H. Small & Sons have a splendid lot
of lilies in for Easter.

Spring flowers are out in full force.

P. G.

Tarrytown, N. Y.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HOLDS MONTHLY
MEETING —FALL SHOW IS TO BE HELD
EARLY IN NOVEMBER.

The Tarrytown Horticultural Society
held its regular monthly meeting March
28, President Smith in the chair and
thirty members present. The executive
committee reported the list of essays
complete for the year, and that the
annual flower show of the society will be
held November 5, 6 and 7. L. A. Martin
resigned as corresponding secretary
because of his removal to Greenwich,
Conn. A vote of thanks for his services
was tendered him and H. J. Rayner
elected to his place. Henry Bradley was
elected to membership, and Alex. McClel-
land, Alfred E Cooke and Mr. Grossman
were proposed.

A vase of 100 Marie Louise violets,
exhibited by Joseph Bradley, was
awarded a certificate of merit by the
judges, Claude Wilson and Able Weeks.

Mr. Bradley read an interesting essay
on violet growing and a discussion fol-
lowed. H. J. R.

Low^ell, Mass.

EVERYONE BUSY BECAUSE OF THE EASTER
RUSH. — PLENTY OF LILIES NOW.— NOTES
OF LOCAL DOINGS.

Everybody is on the jump getting
ready for the grand rush of Easter busi-
ness, which promises to break all records.
A few weeks ago it was reported that
lilies would be scarce, but that has all
vanished. A few thousand pots made
their appearance the other daj-, enough
to supply the demands. All the local
greenhouses are full of flowering plants.

Burtt had a pretty church wedding
decoration the other day. The altar was
banked with palms and lilies, making a
pretty eflect.

Green has been kept hustling the past
week, letting out palms to stores for
openings.

Frank Slavin has resumed his duties at
Marshall's after being laid up with the
grip. A. M.

Albany, N. Y.

ALL STORES EQUIPPED FOR BIG EASTER
BUSINESS.— LARGE DEMAND APPARENT
EARLY.— PLANTS ARE POPULAR.

The local florists, at the beginning of
the present week, had laid in large stocks
of plants for the Easter trade. The
Whittle, Eyres, Danker and King stores
were veritable bowers of floral magnifi-
cence. The principal plants were red and
white azaleas, Easter lilies. Crimson
Rambler roses and tulips. The stores
are all enjoying a very heavy trade. The
firm of Whittle Brothers alone has orders
for the decorations for twelve churches
on Easter Sunday.

W. C. King returned on Monday from
New York where he went to place orders
for Easter stock.

W. A. Manda, was a recent visitor.

R. D.

Vancouver, B. C.

BUSINESS BRISKS WITH THE ARRIVAL OF AN
EARLY SPRING. —LILIES PLENTIFUL.—
BUILDERS. — NOTES. '

Business in Vancouver during January
and February was rather dull, but March
has been good, even better than lastyear.
Lilies are plentiful for Easter. Longiflo-
rum is grown exclusively, as Harrisii
have been so diseased the last two or
three years that we are all tired of grow-
ing them.

Joseph Brown has erected about 8,000
feet of glass two miles out from the busi-
ness portion of the town.

Walker & Robinson have built two new
houses 105 feet long, about three and
one-half miles from town.

Spring is quite a bit earlier than last
year and stock in generalis looking welL

M. J. Henry has added one house
15x60 feet. J. P.

Bay City, Mich.

GROWERS AND RETAILERS FIND BOTH
BRANCHES PROSPERING -ANOTHER GOOD
DAYBREAK SEEDLING.

Between a lot of funeral work and
making the necessary preparations for
the Easter trade the Boehringer Brothers'
place has been a scene of great activity.
As usual everything about the place is in
fine condition. Harrisii, however, have
sufiered, although the few plants left
could not possibly be improved upon.
What attracted my special attention in
their new house, almost exclusively given
to seedling carnations, was a fine seed-
ling of Daybreak color, a magnificent
specimen, borne on a long, stiff stem. It
is in its second year and if it holds its
own during the coming season as it has
thus far it will be put upon the market.
The Boehringer Brothers report a good
trade all along the line and all through
the season. Nomis.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

The litigation of Thomas Devoy & Son,
the well known florists of Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., vs. the New York Cut Flower Co.,
which has been in the courts for four
years, and thrice decided in favor of
plaintiffs, has finally been decided in
favor of plaintiffs, the defendants giving
up the fight and settling the suit with
costs. Frank B. Lown, of Poughkeepsie,
council for plaintiffs, William E. Kelly
and Alfred A. Gardner, of New York, for
defendants. D.

Catalogues and Cut Flower Price Lists
Received.
Samuel C. Moon, Morrisville, Pa.,
trees, plants, etc.; The Jessamine Gardens,
Jessamine, Fla., plants, etc.; Mrs. Theo-
dosia B. Shepherd, Ventura-by-the-Sea,
Cal., plants, seeds, etc.; H. T. Harmon &
Co., Portland, Me., seeds, agricultural
implements, etc.; F. R. Pierson Co., Tar-
rytown-on-Hudson, N. Y., seeds, plants,
bulbs; M. B. Faxon, Boston, Mass.,
seeds; Benj. Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hud-
son, N. Y., paints, oils, slug shot, etc.; F.
O. Pierce Co., New York, N. Y., mastica;
E Hippard, Youngstown, O., ventilating
machinery, etc.; E. H. Hunt, Chicago,
111., wholesale cut flowers, bulbs, florists'
supplies, etc.; Kennicott Bros. Co., Chi-
cago, 111., wholesale cut flowers; E. C.
Amling, Chicago, wholesale cut flovters.

Traverse City, Mich. — F. M. Paine
is preparing to gain necessary facilities
by putting up another greenhouse.

FoN DD Lac, Wis.— E. Haentze now has
as an assistant Frank Fugleberg, of Osb-
kosh.

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April 6.

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AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. CHICAQO.

The price of glass vrent up another ten
per cent on All Fools' day.

It has been stated by an expert that it
pays to grow grafted plants of the rose
Niphetos for size and quantity of blooms.

One well known grower says the Chad-
born ventilating system is as far superior
to former methods as the electric light is
to the tallow candle.

Wb are in receipt of several trade cards
and booklets designed for Easter. Among
the best are those from Jos. Kift & Son,
Philadelphia, Pa., and W. J. Brown, Jr.,
of Jackson, Miss.

Feed. Lemon, ofthe E.G. Hill Company,
says many of the failures with rose grafts
are due to keeping them close in the frame
too long after the operation, four to five
dAys bemg quite long enough.

Having proved it a valuable method of
saving heat to cover all the main pipes
in their establishment with Asbestos,
Stuart & Haugh, of Anderson, Ind.,
intend to treat their marine boilers in the
same way.

Mabguebite carnations bloom so pro-
fusely and over such a long season, says
the Journal of Horticulture, that they
should be planted pretty freely. They
do not require too much manure or
water. Plant them in an open position,
giving each quite fifteen inches of space.
They should be planted firmly, e-specially
if the soil is on the light side. A sowing
should be made in April.

Twin Boilers.

Ed. Am. Florist: — I have two boilers
of the same size placed opposite and fac-
ing each other on exactly the same level.
When cold the water raises to the same
level in each, but when steam is up the
boiler with the hottest fire diives the
water into the other. In both boilers
the outlets and inlets are of the same size.
What should be done to make the boilers
run in unison? Readeb.

Without knowing more regarding the
arrangement ofthe piping it is not possi-
ble to determine the cause of the trouble.
It is evident that the rise of the water is
ctiused by the excess of pressure in one
boiler over that in the other, and that
they are only connected through the
returns or at least below the water line.
If everything else is properly arranged
the difEculty can be corrected by con-
necting the supply pipes. If the main
supply or return pipes are too small for
the boiler, the former might cause a dif-
ference in the pressure, while the latter
would lower the level of the water in the
boiler, as it would hold back the return
water. L. R. Taft.

Are You Going?

For fifteen years, beginning with the
fir.-it year of the S. A. F. era, the Ameei-
CAN Florist has taken an active part in
promoting the excursions of the trade
pi'grims, especially from Chicago and the
west, to the annual gatheiings of that
society. It hardly needs to be said that
with the great Pan-American celebration
which dominates the dawn of the century,
the Florist will do even more. The
Bnfifalonians have reason to expect much
of their CbicagQ friends and they shall
not be disappointed. We ask every
western subscriber who even thinks of
attending the Pan-American meeting of
the S. A. F. to send us his name that we
may reach him from this date until
August 6 with seasonable news of the
trip.

French ChrysanthemtAi Judging Scale.

The French Chrysanthemum Society,
after a full discussion at their congress
held on November 3 last, and reported in
Le Chrjsantheme, Adopted the following
scale of points:—

Maximum.

Color 35

Form ■ 15

UoubUng 10

Size ■ 20

Habit and foliage 20

Total 100

— Gardeners' Chronicle.

The "New York Twang."

Answering a ring at her doorbell the
other day, a New York woman was con»
fronted by a small boy who hurled at
her the mysterious word, "FoyndishI"
"What do you want?" she asked. "Foyn-
dish, foyndisb," repeated the boy. "Well.
I'm sure I don't know what you're asking
for, but I haven't it," she said in despera-
tion. The boy mumbled something about
the "flogst" having sent him for the
"foyndisb," whereupon a light dawned
on the woman, and with pride in her dis-
cernment she asked, "Did the florist send
you tor my fern dish which is to be filled?"
"Yep," said the boy, "the foyndish,"

Dracaena Diseased.

Ed. Am. Flobist:— I enclose leaf of
a diseased dracjcna and wish to know
the common and scientific name of the
malady, also cause and remedy? E.

The dracsena leaf from 'E ' is aflTtcted
with leaf blight caused by a parasitic
fungus, but owing to the immaturity of
the specimen the species cannot be defi
nitely determined. The remedy for the
disease is to trim off the diseased leaves
and burn them to prevent the disease
from spreading and in addition to put
the plant in the best possible condition
for growth. Albert F. Woods.

Injured Foliage of Palms.

Ed. Am. Florist: — I have a nice collec-
tion of palms, such as Areca lutescens,
Kentia Belmoreana and Latania Bor-
bonica, the leaves of which have turned
brown both at the center and at the tips.
I would like to inquire what to use to
bring them to their natural color, grown
in a temperature about 60°. W. L.

There are several possible causes for
the tips of thepalmleavesturningbrown,
but assuming that an even temperature
has been maintained, thus doing away
with the possibility of the plants having
been touched with frost, it seems most

likely that the palms had been allowed to
get too dry. There are undoubtedly
many more palms injured by the lack of
water than by overwatering, it being
almost impossible to get a healthy, well-
rooted palm too wet, provided that the
drainage is in good working condition.
An overdose of strong fertilizer, or too
strong an insecticide might bring about
the condition of the leaves, but if from
either cause the aflected leaves are really
brown and dead in patches the leaves
in question cannot be restored. Still
another possible cause is the scorching of
the leaves bv the sunshine through the
medium of defective glass in the roof, and
in that case the remedy lies in applying
some shading material to the glass.

W. H. Taplin.

The Queen of Edgely Rose.

Ed. Am Florist:— The Special Number
received to-day and we are rather sur-
prised to find that not a single mention
is made of our exhibit of the Queen of
Edgely at the rose show, Waldorf-Astoria.
Aside from making one of the most
notable displays, the Queen won a final
certificate of the American Rose Society
and also the Taylor cup over Robt.
Scott, Ivory, Mrs. Oliver Ames and
Sarah Nesbitt for the best rose not yet
disseminated. In fairness to the rose we
think these points should have been
mentioned, especially as some of the
other roses were referred to as having
won certificates.

The Floral Exchange.

Philadelphia, March 27, 1901.

[In reference to the above, our New
York representative writes; "In reply
would say that owing to lack of proper
clerical help, the secretary's records were
all in conlu'ion at the time I had to get
my notes I sent you everything which
was settled at the time I telegraphed. A
list of unsettled and disputed premiums,
of which I think the Taylor cup was one,
was promised by the secretary and I
supposed he had sent you same direct, in
time for issue of the following week. As
I remember it, there was a dispute over
the question as to whether the Queen of
Edgelv was a disseminated rose or not."
-Ed]

Greenhouse Building.

New Orleans, La. — F. B. Faessel,
rebuild range.

Springfield, Mass.— M. Aitken, rebuild
houses.

Lincoln, Neb — Wm. Stackhons, range
of houses.

Highland, N. Y — Mrs. M. J. Moore,
two houses.

Utica, N. Y.— Peter Crowe, range of
seven houses.

Glenville, O. — August Schmitt, two
houses 21x125.

Georgetown, Ky. — C. H. Browne & Co.,
range of houses.

Kalamazoo, Mich. — Van Bochove &
Bro., carnation house 26x150.

Knoxville, Tenn. — George Spencer, four
houses 28x75.

Indianapolis, Ind.— E. A. Nelson, four
houses 26x132.

Rose Buds Coming Green.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I would like to
know what causes the flowers of Perle
and Sunset roses to become greenish and
then burst? The plants look fine and are
making a vigorous growth. I have
American Beauty, Bride and Bridesmaid
in the same house, which is kept at a

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night temperature of 58°, with a little
ventilation. W. J.

The trouble is pretty nearly universal
at this season of the yearvyith these vari-
eties, and the peculiarity of it is that the
stronger and more vigorous Perle and
Sunset grow the larger the proportion
of maltormed flowers produced. The
main reason for this is that the strong
shoots produce too many petals in the
buds, which causes them to swell beyond
the capacity of the calyx to hold them in
proper form; hence they burst and become
deformed and useless. A partial remedy
may be found in pinching out the center
growth of the very strong shoots, caus-
mg them to produce lateral shoots which
generally mature the flowerin good form.
During the dull weather in winter they
should not be over-fed or stimulated in
any way and kept a little on the dry side
at the roots. As soon as the sun gets
stronger as the days lengthen the trouble
will generally disappear.

John N. May.

That Novel Suit.

Ed. Am. Florist:— If you remember
last fall a vear ago — see issues of Septem-
ber 23, 189'J, and February 17,1900,—
the people across the way brought suit
against mefor the reason that the glass of
my greenhouses reflected the sun against
their dwelling houses, making them, as
they claimed, uninhabitable. The suit
has never been settled, but I have now
promised to build a house in front of the
structures to which objection was raised,
giving the side of roof facing dwelling
houses an angle of 72°, and their lawyer
assures me this will remedy the trouble.
I am unable to state whether they will
accept the proposition, but they cer-
tainly succeed in annoying me very much.
Daniel E. Gorman.

Williamsport, Pa.

Unhealthy Geraniums.

Ed. Am. Florist:- Under a separate
cover 1 am sending you a few geranium
leaves in various stages of decay. I am
at a loss to know what causes them to
die ofi' in this way. State whether the
trouble is due to disease or some other
cause. If you can give any information
with regard to the matter you will
greatly favor the writer. J. B.

The geranium leaves show no fungous
disease, but indicate that the plant is far
from healthy. The cause of the trouble
may be a lack of proper root action, pos
sibly due to excess of water. I have seen
plants with their leaves turned red, that
is, with loss of the green color when the
light has been insufficient and the water-
ing has been fitful. Plants that are over-
supplied with water ntarly at the freez-
ing temperature will sometimes lose their
leaves. It may be that careful repotting
will help the roots to make new growth
and restore the plants.

Byson D. Halsted

OBITUARY.

SIR EDWIN SAUNDERS.

Sir Edwin Saunders, president of the
National Chrysanthemum Society of
England, died at his residence, in a Lon-
don suburb, March 15.

MRS. A. L. CONVBRSB.

Amanda L. Converse, of Webster,
Mass., died March 23, at the age of 69
years. Mrs. Converse was one of those
numerous American woman florists who

are achieving success by diligence and
painstaking. She had built up a fine
business which will be continued by F. C.
Riebe, who has been connected with it
since the start.

SITIATIONS, WANTS, fOR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this head.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
for the year 1901 is entitled to a five-line want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year.

SITUATION WANTED— By Germiin, age 35,
^ single; grower of cut nowers;compet*»nt in all
branches; capable of taking charge. Address
G F C, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By thoroughly expe-
^^ rifnccd rose grower to take charge; age 31.
Gocd references; state wages. Box 237.

Waban Rose Conservatories, Natick, Mass.

SITUATION WANTED— Single man. age 34;
grower of roses, carnations, 'mums, violets,
bulbs, pairas, ferns and bedding plants. Address
Fred. Hill, 207 W. Seneca St.. Oswego. N. V.

SITUATION WANTED— A flrst-class rose and
*^ carnation grower would like to correspond
with some one that n-^eds a good man as working
foreman; a hustler. None but men who can pay
good wages need apply. Address

T .t, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As manager or fore-
^J man up to date in ev^ry department or com-
mercial work, capable of hand ing men and hav-
ing the work done in a i>ractical way. Best of
referencts as to ability, etc. Address

Cap.\ble, care American Florist.

"ITTANTED- At once, good growers of roses and
'^ chrysanthemums. References required.
C. S. Foote, Downers Grove, 111.

W
W

W

ANTED— AT ONCE -Good carnation grower
on commercial place. Address

SiNOLER Bros., Morgan Park, 111.

vVNTED— Rose grower under foreman to take
-barge of three houses 27x250. Address
Poehlmann Bros., Morton Grove, 111.

ANTED— Strong boy, one who has worked in
rose houses. Poehlmann Bros..

care A. H. Poehlmann, Morton Grove, 111.

WANTED- Single man for general greenhouse
worw. References required; wages J-^O pr
month with board. T F B, care Am. Florist.

WANTED— Reliable, competent man. Fine
roses, 'mums, etc. Also assistant. Address
J.T.Williamson, LaRose Gardens, Memphis, Tenn.

T\^-\N'TED — All-around grower, married man
' ' preferred. Good opening for right man.
Wages $40 per month and house furoi-hed.

Commerce, care American Florist.

IVANTED- All-around florist. Must be sober,
'' hone.st and willing to work; German, mar-
ried man preferred. Steady place for right man.
Otto Klingbiel. Davenport, Iowa.

TVaNTED— A medium sized greenhouse plant
** in western Penna., near Pittsburg prefer-
able. Address Chas. W. Clelland,

care Mesia Mach:ne Co., Homestead, Pa.

WANTED — Beauty and tea rosa grower and
grower of general stock as section foreman
on large commercial piece. Must be well recom-
mended. Western man preferred. Address

X, care American Florist,

WANTED-Beauty grower, married man, new
housi'S all conveniences. Wages $50 and
bouse furnished. Good opening to right man.
Chicago man or vicinity preferred. Address

W, care American Flurist,

WANTED— Man for general greenhouse work;
good grower, steady and industrious; capa-
ble of taking charge of growing in small place.
8.5 per month and board. Steady position.

B. B. Blair. Char'evoix, Mich.

WANTED— A good steady young man who has
had ii or 3 years* experience in general
greenhouse stock for the retail trade. State
wages expected. Address

P. O. Box 116, Lake Forest, III.

TTT ANTED— Good rose and carnation grower;
*' German or Scandinavian: single. State
wages with board; references. None but compe-
tent man need answer. Wanted at once,

Wheeler Floral Co., Mason City, Iowa.

'Y\7'ANTED— First-class grower of roses, 'mums,
*' carnations, bulb stock, palms and ferns. A
gi'neral all-around man that can take full charge.
Fair wages and steady place to right party.
Address with terms and references

Superintendent, ctt'^e .Vmerican Florist.

W.VNTED AT ONCE— A good reliable andcom-
'' petent florist to take charge of range of
houses growing Beauties, Brides, Bridesmaids,
'•aruHtions and violets References. Will give
-Steady employment and pay 112 per week to right
roan." Schluraff Floral Co.. Erie. Pa.

TTTANTED- A Scotchmen. American or English
' ' man as foreman in small olace. Must be an
all-around florist, and also familiar with propaga-
tion and plant growing. A man familiar with
fireenhouse construction and pipe fitting prd-
ferrei. No one addicted to the drink habit need
apply. Send references and state wages expected.
Sherman Nursery Co., Charles City, Iowa.

ipOR SALE— 10,000 pots forsale, 2-inch to 5-inch,
good as new, lots never been used. Address
H. S. Roop, Westminster. Md.

FOR SALE— Greenhouse establishment, 3.i,U00
feet of glass, well stochcd. Prijea little more
than than one years' sales. Address

Ohio, care American Flor'st.

FOR SALE OR RENT— Leading florist bu.siness
in Kansas City. Mo. Two acres ground. and
greenhouses of modern '-quipment. Address
H. Probst, 1180 Broaaway, New York. City.

IpOR SALE— At vour own price, first-class,
good paying florist store in Washington,
D. C, Will give, to an enthusiastic enquirer,
good reasons for telling. Address

Washington, care American Florist.

FOR SALE OR RENT.

Establishment of 8.000 feet of glass in Batavia,
111., 36 miles from Chicago. Six houses, in good
condition, none of them more than five years old.
Steam heat, city water, electric cars pass the
door. Now doing profitable business. Very easy
terms. Good chance for live man. Owner going
to Europe. If interested address

S. E. SMITH & SON, Batavia, III.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paying business, both
local and shipping trade, well stocked and
a good stock coming on. Location the best
for living and growing stock. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, care Am Florist.

WILLIAM PLUMB

Practical Landscape Architect
and Gardener.

Personal attention given to all necessary
details in correctly forming the grounds of
an estate, whether on a large or small scale.

Planting, Grading, Draining, Road-mak-
ing, etc., guaranteed to be done in a thor-
oughly competent manner.

Plans and estimates furnished. Address

51 West 28th Street. NEW YORK.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY ^

At Nyack, N. Y. A plot 220xt25
feet, on which are four Rose houses,
1 00x18x6, each house heated by a
No. 16 Hitchingfs Boiler; and seven
houses, each about 64x11 ft., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer. '

HITCHINGS & CO.,

333 Mercer St. NEW YORK.

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The American Florist.

April 6,

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed for Ten Cents.

AMERICAN ROSE CO., Washington, P. C.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Gaiax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, "joool""

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
References: 200 dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park, N. C.

Wbol^ale power/\arK^

, CmcrNBATi, April 4.

Roses, Beauty 20.00@35.00

Bride 8,00@10.00

" Bridesmaid 8.00@10.00

" Meteor 8.80@10.00

" Perle 5.00® 7.00

Carnations 3.n0@ 7.00

Violets 50® .75

Lily of the valley 4.00

Roman, Dutch Hyacinths 3.00® 6.00

Narcissus 3 .00

Daffodils, Tulips 3.00® 6.00

Harrisii lilies 15.00

Callas 10.00@15.00

Asparagus 60.00

Smilax 12.S0(<;:15.CO

Adiantum 1 .00

Galax leaves .15

Common terns .20

St. Louis, April 4.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00@10.00

" Beauty, long, per doz.5. 00® 8.00

short " ■ .75® 4.50

Perle 5.00® 8.00

Meteor 5.00@10.00

Carnations, common 2 50@ 3.00

" choice '4.00® 6.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 6.00

Smilax . 15.00@20.00

Adiantum 1.25

Qalax .15

Violets 40® .50

Narcissus 3.0Cf<? 4.00

Romans 2.0C@ 3 00

Dutch Uyaoinths 4.00® 6.00

Sweet peas 7flg) l.OO

Callas 12.50@15 00

Harrisii 15.00

Tulips 3.00® 6.00

Mllwaitkes, April 4.
Roses, Beauty, long,per doz. 4 00® 6.00
" " med. " 2 50® 3 00

" " short " 1.50© 2 00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 8.00@10.00

" Meteor 8 00@10.00

" Golden Gate 8.00@I0.00

Perle 6.00® 8.00

Carnations, ordinary 2.50® 3.50

fancy 4 00® 5.00

Adiantum 75® 1 .00

Smilax 20.00

Asparagus 65.00

Galax leaves .20

Violets .50

Romans, Paper White 2.00® 3.00

Lily of the Valley 3.00® 4.00

Harrisii 15.00@I8.00

Cal as 12.50@15.00

Tulip, single 3.00

Mignonette 3 00

Dutch Hyacinths 6. CO® 8.00

Pittsburg, April 4.

Roses, Beauty, fancy : 50.00@60.00

'• " extra 35. 00® 45 00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00@I5 00

" Meteor 4.00®!.=) 00

• " Perle 4.00@13.00

Carnations, ordinary 3.00® 5.00

" fancy 6.00® 8.00

Violets 5u@ 1 50

Paper White, Romans 3 00® 4 00

Von Sion 3.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Mignonette 2.00® 4.00

White Lilac. per dozen .75@1.03

Sweet peas 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, Freesias 2.00® 4 00

Harrisii 10.00@18 00

Smilax 15.0O®20.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Asparagus 35.00®75.00

" Sprengerli 20® .75

Qalax, green and bronze per 1000 11.25
Dagger ternf per 1000, 2.00

a muumiiiummiimmamiiiiiumiiimiituiiiiiiuiiuimmtiiitu iiuiimiHamiiiutiii.

J. B. DEflMUD.

51 and 53 Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO.

ISGOJS. '5rou:R

I EASTER ORDERS NOW,

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Please menlioti the America?! Florist wken wtihng.

CUT FLOWERS.

Jk J- J> Ji Shipping: orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. PQLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG CUT FLOWER CO., Ltd.

504
Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
FA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

No. 1 contains 26 lbs 13.50

No. 2 contains 35 lbs 4.50 ^

No. 3 contains 50 lbs 6.00 I

Brilliant Bronze or Green 11.25 per 1000 '

Small Green, for Violets l.OO per 1000

Telephone
798 Madison Sq.

FANCY FERN. DAGGER FERN, ETC., at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARD, 38 W. 28'h St., New York.

g^^gsgggggi

HoltOn AND

Hunkel Co.

Wholesale

Florists....

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

...GEO. M. KELLOGG...

*•'"""' iX"w°e'.t: Cut riowert

Give us an order and we wiLl please you.

Our Greenhouses at PLEASANT HILL. MO
Our Store, 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY. MO

yyi^OWQ DI6TAM0B 'PHONE AT EITHER FLAGS

Please menlion the American Florist when writing.

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WILD SMILAX,

per case, $6 00.

GALAX LEAVES,

10,000 $7.50; 5000, $4 00.

LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS.

$4.00 to $7.50 per 1000.

THE KERVAN CO.,

30 W. 29th St. NEW YORK

Tel. 651 Madison Sq.

The Cincinnati
Cut Flower Co.,

««-"-: 6. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. *|

Consignments Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Snipping Orders.

Successful Growers are Wanted

To know that they can dispose of all their surplus stock by advet-
...^.....tising inithe American Florist. TRY IT NOW.

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1279

We would like to say here just the word
which will make

YOl WANT TO BUY Of US.

We have told you of our large resources our superior

facilities and our anxiety to increase our

business. Many of you have replied

with orders. B ut we want more.

Why not try us today?

E. C. AMLING.

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CFNTRALLV LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street,

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

CHrCAGO. ILL.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BBAUTie5

Long stem per doz., SS.OO

Stems 30 Inches '* 4.00

" 24 " ■• 3.00

" 20 " " 2.0U

" 15 " " 150

" 12 " " 1.00

Short stems '* .7.=>

Brides, Maids, Meteor per 100, 5.00— 8.00

Perles " 4.00—6.00

Roses, good seconds " 3.00 — 4. CO

Carnaiiont. standard sorts.. " 2.00

Fancysorts " 3.00— 5. UO

CallaB, Harrisii per dozen, 1.50—2.00

Romans 3,00

Paper White " 3.00

Freesias. Tulips " 3.00 — 4.01

Daffodils " 2.0O— 3.00

Valley " 3.00—4.00

Violets " .50—1.00

Mignonette per doz. .50— .60

Asparagus per string .50— .60

Galax, 1000,*!; 10,000 for 17.50; per 100 .15

Ferns, per 1000, 13.00 per 100 .30

Leucothoe sprays " l.no

Adiantum " l.oo

Smilax per dozen, 2.00— 2.60

Prices Subject to Change without Notice.

CARNATION
BLOOMS

Shipped direct from Greenhotises to
all points. Standing orders solicited.

SEND TO HEADQUARTERS
AND GET THE BEST.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.,

JOLIET, ILL.

SEMINOLE
PECIALTIES

FRESH GREEN PALM LEAVES.

CROWNS AND BUDS, NEEDLE PINES,

MOSS.

Full line of Prepared Palm Leaves, Fiber and
Accessories. Lowest prices. Most liberal terms.

SEMINOLE PALM CO.*

Ftease mention the Amertcan Florist when writing,

GEO. REiNBERG,

"S=S.i Cut Flowers

Choice American Beauties.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

SI Wabash Ave., CHICAQOp ILL.

Bassett&Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Vk*<Mala Dealers aai
lirower* of

Cut Flowers

OHEEWHOUStS; HINSDALE. ILL.

A. L. RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Waih-
Ington St., Ctilcaco.

Wnie tor ipeolal qooutlont on Imrga onur*

fUase mention the A merican Florist when writing.

J.HBUDLONG

37>39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

"CUT FLOWERS

Roses and

"^ITp^rity GROWER of

Wbol^ale flower/\arK^

Chicago, April 5.
Roses, Beauty, extra long stems.

e.oows.oo

5.03
4.00
3.50
2.50
1.50
,76@1.00

" " 24 " "

20 "
15 "
12 "
" " short "

" Bride, Bridesmaid 8.00@I0.00

" Meteor 8.00@10.00

" Perle 6 00® 8.00

" GoldenGate 8.00@15.00

Carnations 4.00

" fancy 5.00@ 7.00

Violets 75® 1.00

Callas, Harrisii 12.00(915.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Paper Whites, Romans 3.00@ 4.00

Daffodils, Freesias 3.00@ 4.00

Tulips 3.00® 5.00

Mignonette 50® .75 doz.

Cattleyas 7. 00 doz.

Adiantum 1 .00

Common ferns per 1,000 3 00 .30

Galax leaves, per 1000 $1.00 .15

Smilax per dozen 2.00® 2.60

Asparagus. ..per dozen 6.00@ 9.00

WEI LAND & RISCH

can save you

money on

Cut
Flowers

Wc arc extensive growers and
have unsurpassed ship-
pings facilities.

WRITE OR TELEGRAPH.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO.

E. H. Hunt

THE "OLD RELIABLE" FOR

WHOLESALE-

CUT FLOWERS

Hunt's Flowers
Qo Everywhere

76 Wabash Ave.. CHIUOO.

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

eOO.OOO FEET OF GLASS.

Headquarters for American Beautjr.

SI Wabash Ave., - CHICAGO, ILL.

Please mention the A merican Florist when writing

Benthey & Co.

F. F. BENTHEV, Manager,

Wholesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street. CHICAGO.

I^^Consignments solicited

Wholesale Store, K!:r"'

Sell our own-grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors
in quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy
reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, botb
Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.

BRANT & NOL

Try us.

124 Sixth street. N.

Minneapolii, Minn.

American Florist Advts.
Always Sell Stock.

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The American Florist.

April 6,

EASTER

We are now booking orders and offering a very
choice stock of
plants for Eas-
ter delivery. ^

Samuel S. Pennock

OUR NEW HEADQUARTERS

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND,

( Formerly 67 Bromfield Street.)

3-* M^-w-ley St.

:^OSTOI«.

are spacious, convenient and central
If you want the best Boston Flowers
or first-class supplies of any kind we
arc prepared to supply you promptly
and satisfactorily. Call and see
for yourself. J- J- ^ J- j^ jf>

TELEPHONE 1270 MAIN.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, ' """ToSi'S'ii! 5KI^' *•"•'"

WELCH BROS., Proprietors.

Also New Bngland Agenta for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES>
Acknowledged b7 all florlsU tbe best In use. Speoiat prices for doz. Iota.

Bole Agents for FREYSTEDTS' Immortelle Letters and Emblems.
Block Letters. S2 per 100. Script Letters. S4 per 100.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR

We Supply the New England Trade
With Highest Grade

ROSES. GflRNftTIONS,
ULY OF THE YflLLEY.

1/|/\| CXC """^ *" flowers the

V I vl9L 1 d Boston market affords.

PRICES RIGHT AND Paokiho Pboperlt Donb.

N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

Tel. 734.nd 64. 84 Hawle]f St., BOSTON.

fHease mention the American Florist when writing.

Frank M. Ellis.

WHOLESALE ELORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale florist

t322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Please mention the American Florist when writing,

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

IIZS PINE STREET.

— LOUIS, MO.

^^A complete line of Wire Deel^na.

Desirable Advertising Space

on the walls
of the

...Jo Rent

BOSTON FLOWER MARKET

Effective. Profitabie. Address
GEO. CARTWRIGHT. Secretary. I Park St.. BOSTON.

Whol^ale Power/\arl^

Boston, April 3.

Roses, Beauty, extra 20.00@30.00

medium 10.00@15.00

culls 4.00® 8.00

" Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 8.00@10.00

" extra 10.00@12.00

Carnations l.CO® 2.00

extra 2.00® 3.00

Roman hyacinths. Freesias 75® 1.50

Lily of the valley 1.00® 3.00

Mignonette 2.00® 4.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissus 1.00® 3.00

Violets 15® .35

Voa Sion *. 1.00@1.6O

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax I0.00®15.00

Asparagus 50.00

" Sprengerii, .20® .25perbuncli
Philadelphu, April 3.

Roses, Tea 4.00@IO.00

" extra 10.00®13.00

" Beauty, extra 25.00@40.00

firsts I2.50@25.00

Carnations 2.00® 3.00

fancy 3.00® 5.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Romans, Paper Whiten 3.00® 4.00

CViolets 50® 1.00

Asparagus 35.00@50.00

Smilax 15.00@20.00

Adiantum 1 .00

BuirAi-o, April 4.

Roses, Beauty 20.00@50.00

" Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 8.00®15.00

Carnations 2.50® 6.00

Lily of the valley ; 3.00@ 4.00

Smilax I6.00®20 00

Adiantum 1.00® 1.60

Asparagus 60.00@75.00

Violets 60® 1.25

Harrisii 12.00@16.CO

GIVE

US

A

TRIAL.

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

Open day
and night.

Headquarter-

of

Rosea, Carnations and all kinds
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

Ufll r VICTIIIIS Whoie.ale Com-

Ifnla Fi UnOIIIIU) mission Florist.

481 Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y.

Also Dealer In Florists' Supplies & Wire Designs.

2 " it
S .as .£

I 1604

Ludlow Street,
I Philadelphia....

S Phone 1-42-69-A.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. I3TH AND FILBERT STREETS,

"^"^^^^^V^^u. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Consignment, ol Choice Valley and Rotes lollcltad.

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

32 South t7th Street, PHILADELPHIA, Hb

Long Dtstanoe 'Phone 1-41-96 D.

Consignments ol Roses. Carnations, Violels solieili L

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wbolesile Florist,

27 S. nth St.. T elephone 63-P4. PlliUDeLPIU

Orders br mail, telesrspb or telephone will
receive prompt attention.

Gonslgnmente of Kood stock solicited.

SHIPPING LIBELS 'J:

• Cut Flowers

Printed in two colors on gummed
paper; your card, etc., in black and
leaf adopted by the S. A. F. In red.
Very attractive. Price per 500.12.85;
per 1000, $4.50. Send for samples

CUCTRO OF THIS LEAF, POSTPAID. SI.25.

American Florist Co.,

^^fc_. CHICAOO.

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE TRADE.

The undersig;ned have opened a first-class establishment for the sale of ctit flowers at wholesale
on commission at 3 Ordway Place, Boston, Mass. Correspondence with growers and buyers solicited.

LAWRENCE COTTER. Telephone

LAWRENCE J. FLYNN. Connection.

.NEW ENGLAND GUT FLOWER GOMPANr.

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TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

lyily o:g tlie ^V»lley.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1998 Madlaon Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

42 West 28th Street,
NEW YORK.

SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, fill leadiDg varieties, also rare noveltiea.
Shiffinq a Specialty. -•^"Price list on application.

TELEPHONE 20eB MADISON SQUARE.

Walter r. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist

Telephone 902 Madison Square.

39 West 28th St., NEW YORK.

William Qhormley,

Wholesale Florist,

57 West asth Street.

NEW YORK CITT,

Receives daUy the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley, and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market

Telephone 2200
Madison Square.

SHIPPINQ 0RDBR5

aiven Special Attention.

JOHN YOUNG

Has the best BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY in New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO. jt

All Choice Flowers daily.

61 West 28th St., TSTEW TORE.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUAKTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS aad BUYERS make a note of thii. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

. : . . 30 West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 561 MBdlson Bqn&re.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,

408 E. 34th Straat,

{Ml Flawar Exehinga. NEW YORK.

Telephone 899 MsdUon Square.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-412 E. S4th St. Naar Ferry.
Open for Oat Flower Balei at 6 o'olook
Erery MomlnK

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON, Secretory.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

^m Gut. Flowers

All orders receive most carelul attention.
TORONTO, ONT.. CANADA,

8!x prizes American Rose Society, New York City.

It is good business policy
to mention the

...AMERICAN nORIST

when yea write to i.n advertiier.

Choice Carnations.

Seiected Roses.

Traendly & Sclienck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut riower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq.

Wbol^ale [lower/arK^

New York, April 3.

Roses, Beauty, select 15.00@2.5.00

" " medium 10.00@15.00

culls 1.50® 3.00

" Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor 1.60® 3.00

med'm 4 00® 6.00

" select.. 6 00® 8.0O

" Brunners 5 .01 @25 00

Carnations 75® 2.(0

fancy 3.00® 5.00

Lily of the valley ISO® 3.00

Smilax 12.00@15.00

Asparagus 25.0n@50.00

" Spreugerii.perdoz. bun. 2.00@3.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Violets 15® 40

Harrisii lilies 6.00® 8.00

Mignonette 1.00® 5.00

Paper White narcissi 1.00® 1.50

R. hyacinths. Jonquils, Freesias, .50® 1.50

Tulips, Von Sion narcissi 1.00® 2 00

Cattieyas 35.OO@60.0O

MMim & SALTFORD,

Wholesale Commission Dealers in

CUT FLOWERS

50 West 29th St., NEW YORK.

Telephone 1304 Madison Square.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

GROWERS and FLOWER BUYERS.
Write for Terms and Quotations.

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 20th street, NEW YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

The New York Gut Flower Go.

119 and 121 West 23d Street,
112 iDd 114 West 24th Street,

Ttlaphoni 733-l8lh. NEW YORK.

CONSIQNMENTS SOLICITED.

Spaeiil Attention Qlven to Shipping Orden.

FORD BROS.

....Wlioiesaie Fiorlsis,

III West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BIG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. 'Phone, 157 Madison Sq.

Julius Lang

33 West 30tli Street. NEW YORK.

Represents the Best Growers or

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Square.

S. J. LiMPRECHT,

Wholesale Gommission Florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street. JUFIAf VHDV

Telephone U.% Madison Square. liLTT I UKK,
Consignments Solicited.

fl. H. LflNGJflHR.

19 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Controls the best Brooklyn

Cut Flower Trade.
Consignors get the Benefit.

Always mention the.

American Florist

whnn writintr ftdTertiieri.

Try the new
flower Commission House

E. B. BRINLEY i CO., .SVf^R

CORRESPONDENCE WITH GROWERS SOLICITED.

T^leplrioxm.^ SIOS AiI^dlsiOKi iSqui^ir^.

Now we have

Daffodils,
Tulips,
Sweat Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. c. horan;

4.7 WEST 28th ST.,

.NEW YORK.
Cyj F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Special in
Roses :

Tel. 421
MadiBon*Square,

Liberty, Preg. Caroot,
Kalserin, Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

1282

The American Florist.

April 6,

The ^eed TR^i^b.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.
Albkbt McCuLLOueH, Pres. ; F. W. Bolbiano,
Vioe-Pres.; S. F. Willabd, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Seo'y and Treas.

Nineteenth annual convention, Rochester, N.
Y.. June 11-13, 1901.

Visited Chicago: John W. Kiley,
representiDg Braslan Seed Growers' Co.,
San Jose, Cal.

Thb Harry Hammond Seed Company,
Bay City, Mich., will plant about 900
acres of seed potatoes this spring.

The mail trade has not been extra
good the past week. Is the biggest day
of the season to come or has it passed?

S. F. Leonard, of Chicago, says that
a good season for the farmer shows a
tendency to make the year following a
poor one for the seed trade.

Lester L. Morse will read a paper
before the California Society of Horti-
culturists, at San Francisco, May 19,
his subject being: "The Culture of
Flower Seeds in California."

The rapidly increasing share of the
world's sugar consumption which is sup-
plied from sugar beets is pointed out by
a publication in the Monthly Summary
of Commerce and Finance, just issued by
the United States Treasury, Bureau of
Statistics. Under the head of "The
World's Sugar Crop of 1900" it shows
that the total beet sugar production of
that year was 5,950,000 tons and the
cane sugar crop 2,850,000 tons, more
than two-thirds of the world's sugar
supply being thus produced from beets.

Santa Clara, Cal., Seed Outlook.

1 March 27. — On account of cold in
January and February and the long con-
tinued wet weather, the crops generally
are more backward than usual at this
time of the year.

Beet is poor, many sorts having rotted.
Carrot and celery look well, except the
Rose Ribbed Self Blanching variety of
the latter. Endive, parsnips, mustard,
salsify and lettuce all promise well, some
of the latter being just planted.

Onion stocks are all right and show
plenty of vitality although they are later
than usual. Some fields show blight,
ijut that is so far confined to the outside
leaves of the plants and they may out-
grow it.

There are noindicationsof any disaster
to sweet peas. The stand is good and as
yet the cut-worms have not troubled
them to any great extent.

Morton Decries Seed Distribution.

J. Sterling Morton, Ex-secretary of
Agriculture, in a magazine article upon
the future of the farmer and the govern-
mental aid he is receiving, discusses ten-
dencies toward paternalism as follows:

"But it is not its (our government's)
function to do things for the people which
they ought to do for themselves. It has
no rightful, legitimate business to dis-
tribute garden seeds among a few of the
people at the expense of all the people.
It ought not to be in the manufacture,
for free distribution, of antitoxin and
other medical preparations used among
domestic animals. The farmers of this
country are not paupers. They neither
deserve nor desire to be treated as wards
of the government. No justgovernment
can take from the many to bestow upon

the few. Gilts of seeds, slips, antitoxin
and publications paid tor out of money
raised by taxation of all the citizens,
cannot reasonably and equitably be made
to a few citizens by a popular govern-
ment which is honest and just."

Delay in Radish Seed Shipments.

Paris, France: — Alter a most abnor-
mal, dry summer and early fall, which
dried up our streams, rivulets and brooks,
rain began to fall in the beginning of
November and continued so until the mid-
dle of February with the exception of a
few days of hard frost in January. The
wet weather in the early part of the win-
ter interfered very much with the curing of
seeds and such articles as peppers and
radishes, which usually come in early in
December or even in November, when
seasons are favorable, were ready for ship-
ment only in February, to the great dis-

content ot American buyers, who ought
to know thatradishescannotbe threshed
during wet weather. On the other
hand the mild weather was favorable to
many weak and backward plants, which
continued their growth and somewhat
recovered from the effects of the generally
unfavorable season. Parisian.

GuiLDBBLAND, N. Y.— William Siver is
building a greenhouse 15x24 feet.

Georgetown, Ky.— C. H. Brown &
Company are building a range of houses
at the comer of South Hamilton street
and Clavton avenue. Two of the houses
are 16x100 and two 12x100.

Knoxville, Tenn.— George Spencer,
formerly with Brant & Noe, at Chicago,
and later with Breitmeyer & Sons, at
Mount Clemens, has started in business
here for himself, building four houses.

Special Offer of Cannes, Tuberoses and Gladiolus.

CANNAS, Dwarf, French, Flowering, all varieties, $?> per 100, ^28 per 1000.
GANNA ROBUSTA PERFECTA. These are the finest bulbs we ever offered. ^2.5o

per too, $20 per 1000.
TUBEROSES, Double Excelsior Pearl. Fine Clean Bulbs, 4 to 6-inch, 60c per

100, g5 per 1000.

GLADIOLUS, Choice Hybrids. No. 1, Fine Bulbs, $1.25 per 100, $iO per 1000.
No. 2, Fine Mixed, ^1 per 100, $7.50 per 1000.

SEE OUR LARGE SEED ADVERTISMENT IN LAST WEEK'S ISSUE.

JOHNSON & STOKES. 217-219 Market St., Philadelphia.

ESTABLISHED 1802

T

'S

SEEDS

lOO 1000
Tuberoses Double Pearl, largest

Lilium Auratum, T t.* 9-iiich size -l.fSO

iom

9 to 11 ■■ •■ 6.50

60.03

Speciosum Album Kraetzeri,

9 to 11-iiich 6.50

60.00

Speciosum Melpomene, 9

to ll-inch 7.0D

65.00

J.M.THORBURN&CO.

(Late of IS John Stnet)

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW VORI

SPECIAL LOW PRICE

Tuberose Bulbs

ON

DWARF PEARL.

First-rate Bloorainff Bulbs, 4 to 6 inches, $3.50
per barrel of KKX) bulbs. Less quantity than bar-
rel, 50c per 100.

CALADIUM E8CULENTUM.

8 to 10-inch roots $2.50 per 100

10tol2 •• " 3.50

13-inche8 and over 6.00 "

All packed and f. o. b. cars at Richmond.

T. W. WOOD & SONS,

Seedsmen RICHMOND, VA.

Florists Take Notice

MURRAY'S CHOICE FLORIST FLOWER SEEDS
ARE THE BEST MONEY CAN BUY.

.,1 . „ . , . Tr. packet

Choice Primula Sinensis flmbriata, mixed or

in separate colors 50c

Choice Tuberous Rooted Begonia, single

and double, extra fine strain 50c

Choice Gloxinia crassifolia; a verv perfect

strain ". 5q^

And all other kinds of Florists' Flower Seeds
of superb quality at

JAMES C. MURRAY'S, Seedsman,

403 iWain Street, PEORIA, ILL.

GRASS SEEDS.

Kentucky Blue, Orchard, Timothy, Red Top,
Meadow Fescue, Perennial and Italian Rye Grass,
Tall Meadow Oat, Johnson, Bermuda, Creeping
Bent, Wood Meadow and other Domestic and
Imported varieties. CLOVERS— Red, Sah-
hng. Alfalfa, Crimson, White, Alsike, Japan, eto.
WOOD, STUBBS & CO'.S "EVERGREEN" and ' SHADY
GREEN" Lawn Grasses are giving the best satis-
faction everywhere. Put up in packages and
bulk. Special low prices to the trade.

ONIOlir SETS Silver Skin,
11'" *^-"' w-CiJ-O Yellow and Potato

Wholesale prices for present or future deliveries.

WOOD. STUBBS & CO..

Ibe Largest and Best Collectioa of Seeds is Ky.,
LOUISVILLE. KY.

XXX SEEDS

CHINESE PRIMROSE -Finest known,
large llowcring fringed, flficon vars.. single and
double, mixed; 500 seeds $1.00; half pkt. 60c.

PANSY, FINEST GUNTS-Extra fine,

the best of the mammoth flowering varieties,

mixed; 4000 .seeds. 81.00; half pkt. 50c.
CINeRARI*— Choicest large llowering dwarf

varieties, mixed. 1000 seeds, 60c.
PRIMULA Obconioa Hvbrida— F'nest Giant

flowering hybrids, mixed, grand, lOOO seeds, 60c.

JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa.

THE HOME OF PRIMR OSES.

A good ady. In a good paper wUl bring
good retnms.

igoT.

The American Florist.

1283

KENNICOTT BROS. CO.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

And Dealers
All Kinds

42 and 44 East Randolph Street.

o" Florists' Supplies.

CHICAGO, ILL.

Bedding Plants

CHEAP
rOR CASH.

POTTED PLANTS CHEAPER THAN
ROOTED CUTTINGS.

PANSIES— Giant Trimardfau, immense blooms.

colors in great variety. Stocliy, transplanted

plants. 60c per 100 by mail; $3.00 per 1000 by

express.
SALVIA Splendens and Bonfire.
LOBELIA-Dwarf Blue. German Ivy, Heliotrope,

Olhonna (Vase Plant), Paris Daisy, white, all

Irom 3x3-inoh pots, at the low price of $1 00 per

100. .\11 clean, healthy stock.
FEVERFEW-Dwarf Double Gem. $1.75 per 100.
DOUBLE PETUNIAS— Rooted cuttings, ,$l.COperlOO.
CARNATIONS— Rooted cuttings. Flora Hill. $1.00

per lOu, Jd.OU per 1000; McGowan, 11.00 per 100.

$« 50 per moo.
ROSES- Hnde and Bridesmaid. 2H-inoh, at $2.00

per ICO. $18.00 per 1000.
». I^ie^STK^, :Ba1:a-v'la, 111.

AZALEAS, BAY TREES

THE FINEST AND LARGEST
STOCK IN THE WORLD.

SANDER. BRUGES, BELGIUM.

Our Agent, Mr. .\. Dimmock. will be nleased to
reply to any communications addressed to bim at
eo Vesey' street. ITew York City.

P J^ONIF^ ''*'* ^"* flowers AND
iRAJiyVhJ Lawn Decorations.

Red, Pink and White, $10 per 100;
S75 per 1000. Fine assortment of
mixed singles, |5 per 100; J40
per 1000.

CHICAGO P/€ONY FARMS, Joliet, III.

Well Rooted
Cuttings,

ALTERNANTHERAS

Red and yellow. ,"iOc per 100, or $4.00 per 1000.
From 2-inch pots. $1.25 per lOCO.
AGERATUM Princess Pauline, R. C. !>Cc per 100.
From 2-inch pots, $1 50 per IfO.

STELLA GURNEY, R. C. «1.0O per 100. From 2-inoh
pots. $2.00 per 100.

DAVIS BROS., Morrison, III.

PANSIES

WORTH
RAISING

Small Plants All Sold.

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU.

I9» Grant Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

VIOIiETS, Booted Runners.

La France Per 100 $2.00

Prince of Wales •■ 1.40

Luzonne " 1.5J

CANNAS, Dormant Tabers.

Florence Vaughan. Alphonse Bouvier, Madame
Crozy, $1.60 per lOO.

GEO. E. FELCH, Ayer, Mass.

CLEMATIS— 2 years, $2.00 per doz.. 13 best kinds.
H. P. ROSES— 2 year, flne dormant plants, own

roots, choice assortment, $1.60 per dozen; $10.00

per 100.

F. A. BALLER, Bloomington, III.

ASPARAGUS SEED

PLUMOSUS NANUS

(True)

Per 100, $1.00; 1000. $8.C0; 200O, $15.00;
5.000 at $6.75 per 1000.

Sprengerii, per ico, 50c; looo. $3.00.

DeCUmbens, (new), 25 seeds, eOc; per 100,

$2,110.

VAUGHAN'S ASTERS, Improved Victoria, snow

white, crimson scariet, light blue, indigo
blue, pink and rose, trade pkt., 25c., H
oz., 45c; oz., $1.50.

SEMPLE'S BRANCHING.

While oz.. 80c: H oz., 2.=ic; pkt., lOc.

Lavender. ■■ $1.,^0; ' 45e; " 2oc.

Pink ■• 1.10; " 2^c; " 10c.

Queen of the Market, seoarate shades, ear-
liest aster in cultivation, oz., 50c, H oz.,
20c; trade pkt., ICc.

white, large pkt.,
. flowered.

CENTAUREA. Candidissima, lOCO seeds, 25c; oz., $1.
Gymnocarpa, trade pki. 10c; oz.. 40c.
New Imperlalis, mi.xed, trade pkt., 10c; oz , 50c.
MIGNONETTE Defiance, greenhouse grown stock,
trade pkt.. 25c: oz.. $1 60.
True Machet. trade pkt.. 10c; oz.. .Wc.
NASTURTIUM, Vaughan's Special Mixture, tall, oz.,
lOo; U lb., 20c; lb.. 80c.
Dwarf, oz., 10c; H lb., 25c; lb., 85c.

CANDYTUFT, Empress,

10c: oz.. 2JC.
CANDYTUFT. Giant, hyacinth .
white large pkt., lOc; oz., 40c.
COSMOS, earlv-flovserine varieties, mixed,

trade pkt . iOc; oz , 25c.
SWEET PEAS, named and choice mixtures,
the best in .Vmeriea,
PETUNIA, Large-Flowering Fringed, trade pkt., 50c.
Giants, California, trade pkt. 5ie. Vaughan's Best
Mixture, large llowenug sons 1000 seeds, 50c.
10 per cent for cash \\ith order for above prices.

TUBEROSES ") We are headquarters. See last
^ A I A ml TM ft L issue, or write for our Whole-
«. T^Ix. . ,o 1 sale Florists' Catalogue, free
ULALllULUs j on application.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STOHE.,T.ltXr\,%^::M'X\

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Verbenas. 35 vars., 60o per 100. |5 per 1000. Col-
eus. 30 vars., 60o per lOO, $5 per lOOJ. Heliotrope,
14 vars., $1 per 100, $8 per 1000. Ageratums, 3 vars.,
eOc per 100. $5 per 1000. tantanas. 4 vars., $1.25
per 100. Giant Alyssum, $1 per 100. Silvia(, 3
vars.. $1 per 100. Express prepaid on all R. C.

Verbenas and Heliotropes, 2t4-inch.$2 per 100;
$18 per 1000; strong plants. Cash with orders.

8. D. BRANT. CLAY CenTIR. KAS.

VERBENAS:

25 I.EADINO KINDS,

2-inch pots. ,$2.00 per 100.
Rooted Cuttings. 60 cts per 100.
T> £\ ^^n es ^ Brides, Maids, Meteors, Perles,
Bl\MOIa9 t strongly rooted cuttings, $1.50

per ICO. Fine stock.
Rooted Cuttings of CARNATIONS, 80 cts. to $2.50
per 100. Best leading varieties of CHRYSANTHE-
MUMS. Write for prices.

W. H. GULLETT & SONS. Lincoln, III.

Chrysanthemam GOLD SIvllTH

Cream yellow tinted with bronze, sport from Pres.
W. R. Smith, flne large flowers, strong stem.
Your collection of Chrysanthemums can not be
complete without this new candidate. There is
without doubt a commercial future before this
sort. Exhibited at Cincinnati November 17 it
scored 83 points. Price $2 per doz. Orders taken
now and filled in March.
H. L. RACAN, P.O. Box 166. Sprinsfield, O.

AGEBATUM

"Stella Gurney."

As necessary to your bedding stock as ooleus or
geraniums.

3-inch pot plants $5.00 per 100

2^-inch pot plants 2.50 "

Rooted Cuttings 1.50 '*

ALBERT M. HERR. Laneasterp Pa.

ROOTED RINNERS OF

Marie Louise Violets

from soil, 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000.
Cash with order.

Address J. DUERR, Geneva, III.

2 - Great Glories - 2

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE, 3H-inoh

pots, $15.00 per 100.
BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE Nana Com-

pacta, 2M-inch pots, $15.00 per 100.
This stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease.

THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass.

PLACE YOUB NAME.

and your ipeolaltlei before the purchasing florists of the entire country
.dvertisin '

b; advertising in
mmmo aovt. i

THE AMERICAN FLORIST.

1284

The American Florist.

April 6,

The Nursery T^aiDE.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Thbo. J. Smith, Pres.; N. W. HiuLB, Vioe-Pres.;
GBOBeB C. Seaqee, Rochester, N. Y.. Seo'y.

Twenty-sixlh annual convention, Niagara Falls,
N. Y., Juneia-14, 1901.

G. A. Gamble, of Fort Smith, Ark,, has
bought the Benton County Nursery,
Bentonville, Ark.

N. Eaele Ferris has bought the inter-
est ol his father, S. W. Ferris, in the Bris-
tow Nursery, Bristow, la.

The extension of the facilities lor
marketing fruit has had as much as
anything to do with the increased calls
upon nurserymen for fruit trees.

Althodgh the principal call is for fruit
trees, apple, peach and cherry, all nursery-
men who deal in rare ornamental stock
report increased demand in that line.

And now the nurserymen are to experi-
ence the delights of government competi-
tion, for the Secretary of Agriculture is
preparing to distribute large numbers ot
forest tree seedlings to the farmers named
by congressmen.

The hackberry, Celtis occidentalis, is a
rare native tree w^ell adapted to with-
stand the adverse conditions usually sur-
rounding trees in cities. The bark is
thick and rough, the numerous branches
spread horizontally and the leaves, about
like those of the apple, but more pointed,
are a bright, shining green.

The prospectus for the Twenty-sixth
annual convention of the American Asso-
ciation of Nurserymen, to be held at the
Cataract House, Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
'une 12 to 14, has been issued. The
jsual concession in railroad fares is
announced. It is also stated that Frof.
Lj. H. Bailey, of Cornell, will address the
association on "What Becomes of the
Nursery Trees."

Cinders for Park Walks.

The value ot soft coal cinders for park
walks has recently been discussed through
the medium of the monthly bulletins of
the Association of New England Park
Superintendents, the general opinion
expressed being that this material is
excellent, as well as economical, for the
purpose, excepting only on grades of
more than four per cent, where, on
account of their character, they might be
liable to wash out, J. A, Pettigrew,
superintendent of Boston parks, uses
about five inches of ashes, first screening
them through one-half or five-eighths
screen, laying rough on the bottom and
fine on the top, rolling each course with
a hand roller.

Mr. Wirth, superintendent of Hartford
parks, recommends that when a good
gravel, such as is abundant about Hart-
ford, can be had at a reasonable cost, it
is preferable to surface the cinder walks
with this material, it being more pleas-
ing to the eye and its reddish brown
20lor harmonizes well with foliage and
other natural objects. He also finds a
layer of cinders one inch thick, well
washed down and rolled while wet an
excellent binder between the last layer of
broken stone and the top dressing of
screenings on park drives,

Mr. Keith, of the Bridgeport parks,
also favors the use of ashes and cinders
for roadbeds, believing them less liable to
disintegration than any other material.
Their porosity prevents them from heav-
ing. To avoid their becoming dusty he

spreads about one inch of hard pan over
the entire surface, then waits for a rain
or uses a sprinkling cart to wet it
through. When partially dried out, he
adds one-half an inch of pea gravel and
rolls in with a heavy roller.

Jackson Dawson recommends cinder
walks as being the cleanest, most elastic
and easily cared for walks that can be
constructed. He advises that _ in con-
structing such walks good drainage be
secured by first using broken stone or
coarse slag at the bottom.

John C. Olmsted recommends as fol-
lows: "Where extreme economy is neces-
sary, and especially as a temporary expe-
dient, I approve of the use of screened
cinders for walks, but would certainly
advise coveringthem withbindinggravel,
as Mr. Wirth suggests, partly because of
the greater durability of the latter but
chiefly because of its much more natural
and agreeable appearance. I should
object to their use in macadam roads, on
the ground that they are too soft and
will pound up between the stones to a
useless oowder. I believe in general that
it is an economy in most park work to
use the very best of material, because the
cost of labor is pretty nearly as great
when poor material is used and the set
economy of using poor material is not,
therefore, as great as it may seem."

H. S. Adams says: "My experience has
been that the ashes and cinders are most
useful for filling low lands, where it is

desired to float the filling rather than
attempt to fill to the bottom. For such
places they are particularly useful because
of their lightness and permanency.
Another and more important use is for
ballast behind retaining walls and bulk-
heads. Cinders and ashes have in the
main a certain degree of elasticity which
enables them to receive a trust without
transmitting it to the retaining struct-

Franklin, Pa.

W. T. Bell &Sons have bought twenty-
seven acres of land at Niles Station, on
the L. S. & M. S. R. R., five miles from
this place, and early in the season will
build two carnation houses, each 27x200
feet, the product from which will be sent
to their larger place in Franklin, or
shipped direct to customers. Water from
an excellent spring will be piped more
than half a mile, and will give a pressure
of sixty pounds in the houses.

A large stock of carnation plants in
2-inch pots is now ready lor planting out
at the new place, as soon as the weather
will permit, and a portion ot the material
lor the buildings, including glass, has
already been bought.

W. T. Bell, the father, has been engaged
in business here lor more than thirty-two
years, while the sons, John and Philip,
were admitted to the partnership three
years since.

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Hedging

2,000 Beech, European and Purple

Leaved.
3,000 Elms, American and European.

500 Japan Gingko.
2,000 Lindens, American and European.
1,000 Magnolias, in variety.
50,000 Mapies, Norway, Sugar, etc.
10,000 OAKS, Pin, Red, Scarlet and

English.
10,000 Oriental Plane, 6 to 12 feet.
75,000 California Privet, 1 and 2 years.

500,000 EVERGREENS. Of all sizes, including Hemlocks, Norway, Colorado
Blue, Oriental and Weeping Spruces Arbor- Vitaes, Retinosporas, Pines in variety,
root pruned and sheared specimens.

Trade List also Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue free on Application,

1,000,000 Shrubs all varieties and sizes.

10,000 Clematis, Paniculata,

10,000 Rosa Wichuraiana and hybrids.

5,000 Rosa Multiflora Japonica.
10,000 Honeysuckle, Hall's, etc.

5,000 Dahlias, whole roots.
100,000 Asparagus, very strong, five

varieties.
25,000 Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and
Kalmias.

THE WM. H. MOON CO.,

Morrisville, Pa.

NORWAY MAPLES

^3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

We have a fine block ol 2000 trees that have been gro'jvn 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, William \Vabngr Harpek, Prop.,

CHESTNUT HILL. PHILADELPHIA,

PA.

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII

strong 3-yr.-old plants, pots, 100, J5; lOOO. $40.

AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA

Strons 3-yr., field grown, ICO, $5; lODO, $40.

CLEMATIS PANICULATA

strong 2-year, field-grown, 100, $5; 1000, $40.
Strong 3 v<=ar, fli-ld-growTi, 100, $S; 1000, $70.

HONEYSUCKLE, Hall's Japan

■ strong 2-year, field-grown, ICO, $5; 1000, $40.

THADDEUS N. YATES & CO.,

Mount Airy Nurseries,
7356 Germantown Ave., PHILADELPHIA, PA,

BARGAINS! BARGAINS!

25 Hydrangea P. Grundiflora, flnp, large speci-
mens. Standards. Snowballs, Deutzias, Maples
and Althcas, double and single. Who wants
Ihemy Will sell at a bargain, or exchange for R.
C. Carnations, Geraniums, Cok'us. Ac, or small

^"r J. P. SHELLY, florist, TICKAHOE, N. Y.

Maples

NORWAY,
SIGAR.

From 1 to 3-incli caliper, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisville, Bucks Co., Pa.

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Clematis! Clematis!

WE OFFER STRONG TWO-YEAR-OLD PLAHTS

Boskoop Seedling, Duchess of Edinburgh, Gypsy Queen, Henryl,

Jackmanni, Mme. Baron Veillard, Mmt^. Van Houtte, Miss

Bateman, Standishi, The Gem, The President,

$3.00 per dozen, $25.00 per 100.

Clematis Crispa and Coccinea, $i.oo per dozen, ;SS7.oo per loo.

Clematis Paniculata and Flammula, gi.oo per dozen, $8oo per loo.

Jackman's New Hybrid Clematises. Countess of Onslow, Duchess of
Albany, Duchess of York and Grace Darling, strong, healthy, pot
grown plants, 75c each.

Clematis Indiylsa, not hardy, but the grandest of all cool greenhouse
climbers; see description in our 1901 catalogue. Extra heavy
plants 75c each.

HFNPV A nPFPP 71* Chestnut St,
L,1"^IV« t^» L>riVL«i-iiV» PHILADELPHIA, PA.

ROSES

We believe in shifting
young Roses often. All
stock offered in 2H-in.
pots has been shifted
from 2-in., and is equal
to most stock advertised as 3-in., and when we
send it out it is well established.

Let us know your wants.

2 and 2 l-2-in. Stock is Fine.

VARIETIES GROWN ■■

Meteors LaFranc« - President Carnot

Brides A. V. Kaiserin Golden Gate

Maids Woottons American Beauties

Per.es Belle Siebrecht Liberty

CARNATIONS.

R.C. and 2-in. Bradt, Crocker. Joost and McGowan.

R. C. COLEUS.

Mixed, VerschafFeltii, Golden Bedder, Yellow
Queen, etc. ENGLISH IVY.
2V4. 3 and i-inch pots.
GERANIUMS. Red, white aud pink in 3-iD.
A few thousiind ^F*E2E!^9^0-E^ieiX,
ready for 2-inch pots.
Special in WOOTTON ROSES, 2^-in., ready to
plant in beds. Write

QEO. «. KUHL, Pekin, III.

36,000

f GRAFTED ROSES

On Manetti Stocks.

Bridesmaid, Bride, Golden Gate,
Kaiserin, 2K-inch pots, $1200 per
100,^95.00 per 1000. Sunrise, $15
per 100. Liberty, $18 per 100.

Orders booked now. Stock war-
ranted first-class.

100,000 ROOTED CARNATION CUT-
TINGS, ready now, of standard varie-
ties and last year's new ones.

S. J. BEUTEB,

.WESTERLY. R. I.

QARDENINQ

Tbli ii the paper to recommend to your
ouBtomers, the leading hortioultural

Joarnal in America for amateurs

•t.OO Per Year. Sample Copies Free.

Llber&l tenni to florlata who take labMrlptloiu.

IK mmm co. n.— »«■ chicaso.

American Beauties

STRONG PLANTS from 2 x 3-inch pots, ready for
a shift, $6 per 100; $50 per 1000.

-JOSEPH HEACOCK, Wyncote, Pa

Grafted Roses

LIBERTY, $18.00 per 100

"*"•*• I $.2 per 100

'""»^' $r.O per muo

GOLDEN GATE, )

Choice Plants, 3'inch pots, ready
for immediate Planting.

J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES,

$6.00 per ICO
Kaiserin 54.00 rer 100

Beauties and Kaiserin took First Pre-
mium at Philadelphia Exhibition.

Bridesmaid »3 00 per 100

All flrst-class, from 2-in. standard pots.

T. E. BARTRAM, Lansdowna, Pa.

Maid, Liberty, Bride,
Kaiserin.

Stron-; plants with healtliy own roots. If you
want tlie finest stoclc obtainable, place your order
at once for immediate or later delivery.

STEPHEN MORTENSEN.

( Near Phila.) SOUTHAMPTON. PA.

IT IS NOT...

what you pay for the adver-
tisement but what the adver-
tisement pays you. It pays
to advertise in the American
Florist.

m

New Roses

THE BALTIMORE (certificated) color a
light pink and of the largest size; flowers
through the entire season; $5 per dozen.

ADMIRAL SCHLEY, the best crimson bed-
der ever introduced, $3 per dozen.

NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM JOS. W. COOK,

scored 89 Commercial points in Phila-
delphia. Color a light blush pink, stiff
stems, blooms very early; $2.50 per
dozen.

Cash with the Order. Send for Descriptive Slip.

JOHN COOK, 318 N. Charles St. Baltimore, Md.

PUase metiCion the American Fl'^rtsi when jvriting:

TD/^QJ'PO A No. I Slock
AvvyOXiO. 100 1000

BRIDES, 21/,-inoh $3.00 $25 00

BRIDESMAIDS, 2>4-inch 3.0J 25.00

METEOR, 2i4-inoh 3.00 Co.OO

LIBERTY, 2!4-inch 12.03

C.\-H WITH ORDEH.

JOHN MUNO, Rogers Park, Chicago.

Please mention eheAmertcan Florist when zt/rtting.

2^,000 Hridesmaids, Urides, Golden Gate,
grrafted on Muneiti stnck. warranted to be
first-clasa. IIO.OJ per 100; $90.00 per 1000.

ORDERS BOOKED NOW.

3O00 Meteors, from 2-inch pots, ready now,

$4 00 per 100; $3J.00 per ILOO.
CUT FLOWERS, Roses, Carnations and violets,

largest aud best quality in the market. Orders

always fllh-d on time.

CHRIS. HANSEN, St. Paul, Minn.

American Beauty Roses

Two-eyed cuttings, growing in
2V2-inch pots, ready to shift,
$6 00 per 100; $50 00 per 1000.

Address COLE BROS , Peoria, III.

Rooted Cuttings OF THE

NEW AND STANDARD CARNATIONS.

Send for price list.
WM. SWAYNE. Box 226, Kennett Square, Pa.

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April 6,

Our fasTiMBS;

Announcements of coming contents or other
events of interest to our bowling, shooting and
cycling readers are solicited and will be given
place in this column.

Address all correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., I^ostoo, RIass.;
Robt. Kift, 172.5 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co., 3:i4 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

At Utica.

The following is the score made by the
Utica Florists' Bowling Club at its
practice meeting, Monday evening,
April 1:

Player Ist 2d 3d 4th 5th Av

Rolands 149 137 156 139 144 145

Wilcox 146 153 124 138 156 143

Mathews 185 136 131 141 143 143

Spencer '. 146 133 125 149 148 140

Hildebrand 154 102 127 130 133 129

Day 120 138 102 98 168 125

Qots.

At New York.
The New York Florists' Bowling Club
reeled off four games with their rivals in
the Arlington tournament last Monday
night, two with the Twentieth Century
and two with the Empire City teams,
winning only one game out of the four.
Scores were as follows, Elliott's second
score being made by Thielmann:

Player 1st 2d

Burns 158 144

Lentz. 129 16U

Haf ner 168 136

Lang 211 150

Elliott 71 130

Total 734 720

Twentieth Century 835 805

Player 1st 2d

Lang 177 160

Burns 165 149

Lentz 192 185

Hafner. 143 141

Thielmann... 202 205

Total 869 8M

Empire City 932 737

< On a side alley, in the free-for-all game,
the best score of the evening, 215, was
made by Melber.

With Philadelphia Gunners.

The annual meeting of the Philadel-
phia Florists' Gun Club was held at
Horticultural Hall March 2G. The audit-
ing committee reported the club to be in
€.'!:cellent financial condition, with a good
surplus in the treasury. A slight change
was made in the method of conducting
monthly contests for club prizes, and in
the future, instead of competing in a
series of three or four shoots for these
prizes, a trophy will be donated to be
won each month, fifty targets, unknown
angles, handicap added to the score.
Special prizes were otJered by Dr. George
Goebel and Howard Shuler, to be shot
far in the April and May contests.

Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President, J. G.
McKaraher; vice-president, E. H. Eisen-
lohr; secretary and treasurer, T. C.
Brown; field captain, V. V. Dorp; ground
committee, V. V. Dorp, J. Hause and
E. Whitaker; handicap committee, W.
K. Harris, J. D.Barrettand T.C. Brown;
entertainment committee, John Westcott,
John Burton and Howard Shuler; trophy
committee, Daniel Jones, L. H. Eisenlohr
and Cbaries D. Ball.

Erib, Pa.— The Schluraff Floral Com-
pany has purchased the Titus Berst
greenhouses and will use them for grow-
ing roses, carnations and violets. They
have also leased a large store in the
Schlaudecker block, at 22 West Ninth
street.

Indianapolis.

MEETING OF THE STATE SOCIETY OF FLO-
RISTS.— COMMITTEES APPOINTBD TO PRE-
PARE FOR CARNATION CONVENTION NEXT
FEBRUARY.— GOOD EXHIBITS ARE SHOWN.
— VARIOUS NOTES OF INTEREST.

There was a well attended meeting of
florists at the Denison house, April 2,
President Haugh, of Anderson, presiding.
The main topic of the evening was the
carnation meeting and Wm. G. Berter-
mann recommended the German house
as a place well adapted for the purpose.
The following executive committee was
appointed: Wm. G. Bertermann, Fred.
Dorner, Jr., H. W. Rieman and J. S.
Stuart. The finance committee named is
H. W. Rieman and George Wiegand, of
Indianapolis; J. A. Evans, of Richmond;
Herbert Heller, of New Castle, and F.
Dorner, Jr., of Lafayette. The commit-
tee on exhibition is E. A. Nelson and J.
Hartje, of Indianapolis; J. S. Stuart, of
Anderson, and Fred. Lemon, of Rich-
mond. The committee on entertainment
is E. G. Hill, of Richmond; J. A. E. Haugh,
of Anderson; Ed. Beitermann, H. Junge
and W. Billingsby, of Indianapolis. The
reception committee is Robert McKeand,
F. Alley, A. Baur, F. Huckriede and W. W.
Coles. Wm. G. Bertermann, president of
the carnation society, is a member
ex-ofScio of all committees. E. A.Nelson's
much talked ofnew carnation was on exhi-
bition and admired by all. The E. G. Hill
Company showed several new rose seed-
lings, in which all florists were very much
interested, especially an unnamed red
variety. John Hartje had a vase of
white carnation seedlings some of which
were very fine. Stuart & Haugh, of
Anderson, had several vases of very fine
Avondale, Armazindy, Crane and America
carnations. The following new members
were elected to the club: Fred. Dorner,
Jr., of Lafayette; C. A, Rieman, of Con-
nersville, and Irvin Bertermann, of this
city.

E. A. Nelson has bought six lots adjoin-
ing his place, which now gives him over
two acres of ground. He intends erect-
ing four houses 26x132 to accommodate
his new carnation. The houses will be
strictly modern and Garland's iron gut-
ter will be used.

Wm. Bertermann suggests that I gave
him too much credit in connection with
the Harrison funeral decorations. It was
Walter Bertermann who was in charge.

The continued cloudy weather has held

back many plants and flowers that were
expected to be in for Easter; consequently
high prices prevail.

The following were recent visitors:
Fred Lemon, E. G. Hill and J. A. Evans,
of Richmond; J. S. Stuart and J. A. E.
Haugh, of Anderson, and J. W. Bernard,
of Marion. H.J.

Lincoln, Neb.

GOOD BUSINESS DESPITE UNPROPITIOUS
WEATHER.— STOCK IN GOOD SHAPE.—
STACKHOUS STARTS BUSINESS.

We have had ten days of continuous
cloudy weather with two snow storms
and rain thrown in. But trade has been
good through it all, using up everything.
There is going to be a big cut of all kinds
of stock for Easter and a full line of
plants in good shape, but there will not
be enough to supply the demand.

WillStackhous, foreman for C. H. Frey
for the past three years, is going Into
business for himself and has purchased a
block of ground east of town, near the
cemetery, and will begin at once to put
up a range of houses.

Chapin Brothers have all hands busy
getting up a big stock of bedding plants.
Here also, everything looks right for
Easter. Roses and carnations will be in
full crop.

Frey & Frey are prepared and looking
for one of their busiest weeks on record,
having a large lot of lilies and bulbous
stock in prime condition. C. H. F.

New Orleans.

TRADE OPENS BRISKLY WITH THE ADVENT
OF SPRING. — FALL SHOW IS PLANNED.—

NOTES.

We are now at the end of one of the
mildest winters which we have had in sev-
eral years, and while many tender plants
have stood the weather, people are adding
to their gardens and business has opened
quite briskly. Fine flowering plants are
offered at all the markets and the prices
are fair.

Several creditable chrysanthemum
shows have been given here in previous
autumns but they have not generally
proved a financial success. However, at
the last club meeting it was decided to
venture again next fall and a committee
of seven, with J. Steckler as chairman,
was appointed to arrange the plans.

F. Faessell is going to tear down his
houses and rebuild them of entirely new
material. M. M. L.

.AN.

Indispensable Adjunct

To a. successful wholesale business is an up-to-date,
accurate, complete Trade Directory. Such a
book, 397 pagfes, containing^ the name and
address of every florist, nurseryman and seedsman
in America, new list of private g;ardeners and horti-
cultural supply concerns and much other informa-
tion will be mailed from this office on receipt of $2.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO. |

334 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, ILL. J

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Wholesale Dealers in Everything for Florists.

Should You Not Receive OUR 1901 CATALOQUE, Write Us for Same.

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Rooted Carnation

CUTTINGS.

THIS stock is strictly lirst-class in
every respect, free from disease and
will be tH4)roughly rooted wiieo sent out.
We puanintee tlit^in to be as represented.
Mopey refunded if not satisfactory.

Cnnrt P'>i'^ I'fr '"o Pfr icoo

opui I, Armazindy $>C0 $10.00

Triumph 1.50 12 60

Flora Hill 1,60 12,50

White Cloud 1,60 12.,W

Evanston l.fO 13,50

Armazindy 1.00 7.50

Portia 1.00 7,50

McQowan ICO 7,50

Kohinoor , 1,00 7,60

J. A. BUDLONG,

37-39 Randolph St., CniCAGO, ILL.

Piease mer'ion lh.e Armrir.an Flortst wAen zv^tlmg-

SELECTED CARNATIONS.

I'.T 100 P.-r 1000

The Marquis, largest rich pink $4.00 $3.5.00

Morning Glory, best light pink 3.50 30.C0

Mrs, Lawson, famous deep pink — 6,00 50,f0

Ethel Crocker clear pink 3,50 .S0,00

Genevieve Lord, light pink 4,00 35,00

Mrs. Lippincott, pink 5,00 40,00

Mrs, Joost, pink, money maker 2,00 15.00

White Cloud, fine white 1.50 12.50

Flora Hill, large white 1,50 12,60

Peru, pure white 4,00 30.00

Elm City, new white 4,00 30,00

Estelle, best bright scarlet 6,00 80,00

Chicago, largest red 4,00 30,00

G, H. Crane, fine scarlet 2 50 20.00

America, light red 2,50 20.00

Maoeo, dark crimson 2,00 15,C0

Gomez, light crimson 2,00 15.00

Mrs. Bradt, best variegated 3.00 25,00

GEO. HANCOCK & SON. Grand Haven, Mich.

CARNATIONS

McGowan, Psyche. Seneca Chief, $1.00 per ICO,
New York, Albertini, Evelina, Flora Hill. Wm.

Scott, Peachblow, Cooch .Shell, $1,50 per 100,
Uncle Walter, .lohn Y'oung. White Cloud, Gov,

Griggs, Oneida, Red Jacket, Painted Lady, $2,00

per 100,

G, H, Crane, America, Lily Dean, Melba,
E. Crocker, $3.00 per 103.
Marquise, Mrs. B, Lippincott, $5,C0 per lOO,

WALKER & McLEAN,

15 W. Federal St.. - - Younnstown, 0.

COLEUS,

2-INCH
POTS.

VERSCHAFFELTII,
GOLDEN BEDDER,
QUEEN VICTORIA,
FIREBRAND,

$2 per 100.

C.OTTOSCHWABE,Jenl(intown,Pa.

Rooted Carnation Cuttings

No better Carnation Blooms were ever offered in the Chicago
market than those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first-class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

^ Thp ^nnrt P'°'^ Penoc

g niC opUl I, Armazindy... $ 6,00

fgKXKKfimsag

Per 100 Per 1000
$50,00

Irene '.... 10,00 75,00

Sunbeam 10.00 75,00

Bon Homme Richard 10,00 75,00

Proliflo 1000 7500

Nydia 10,00 75,00

Mrs, Lawson 7,00 60,00

The Marquis 4,00 35,00

Genevieve Lord 4,00 35,00

EthelCrocker 4,00 35.00

Peru 4.0O 35.00

G. H, Crane 3,00 25,00

America 2.50 20.00

Cerise Queen 1.60 12.50

Evanston 1.60 12.50

Per 100 Per 1000

,,$7,00 .$80.00

Mrs. Leopold Ine

John Young 150 12.60

Argyle 1,50 12,60

Triumph 1.50 12.50

FrancesJoost 1.60 12.50

Gov. Griggs 1.50 12.50

Melba 1.50 12.50

Edna Craig 1.50 12.50

Flora Hill 1,50 12.50

White Cloud 1.50 12.50

Evelina.,, 1.00 7.50

MoGowan 1,00 7,50

WIETOR BROS..

Wholesale Growers
of Cut flowers,

61 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

I Rooted Cuttings Carnations and Roses. |

5 CA.iei«A.TIOPIS.

Per 100 Per 1000

GUARDIAN ANGEL »fi.00 $50.00

CRANE 2, .50 20,00

EVANSTON 1,00 9,00

JOOST ICO 9.00

WHITE CLOUD 1,00 9.00

FLORA HILL 1.00 9,00

TRIUMPH 1,00 9,00

Per 100 Per 1000

IRENE Perdoz,, Jl,50; $10,00 $75,00

ARMAZINDY 1,00 9.00

TIDAL WAVE 100 9.00

WM, SCOTT 1.00 9,00

ARGYLE 1.00 9,00

ETHELCROCKER 2,00 17,50

GENEVIEVE LORD 3 00 25, lO

MARQUIS 3,00 25,00

Per 100 Per lOOO

METEOR 11,50 112.50

PERLE 1.50 12,50

Per 100 Per 1000

BRIDE $1 ,50 $12,50

BRIDESMAID 1,50 12,50

GOLDEN GATE 1.60 12,60

AMEKICAN BEAUTY, 15.00 per ICO,
Per 100 Per lono | Per 100 Per 1000

LA FRANCE $3 00 $25 00 BRIDE $3,00 $25,00

METEO* 3. CO 25,00 BRIDESMAID 3 00 25.00

PERLE 3,00 25,00 i| GOLDEN GATE 3.00 25.00

These cuttings are all weU-rooted, guaranteed free from disease, carefully packed.

GEORGE REINBERG. 51 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO.

Per 100 Per 1000

Lawson $7 00 $60 00

Olympia, Estelle 6 00 60 00

Marquis, Lord. Elm City 8 00 40 CO

Crocker, Crane, America, Nugget,

L, Paul 2 50 23 00

Cloud, Jubilee, Hill 2 00 15 00

Scott, Armazindy, Eldorado, Evans-
ton, Dana, Meteor, Victor 100 10 00

D. B. HERRON, Olean, N. Y.

nnOnTHV CU/FFT the best scarlet Carna-
UUnUIIII OH LI. I J tion in the market to-
day. Rooted Cuttings ready now, $12,00 per 1000.

ORDER AT ONCE.

T. A. WEBB, CORFU. N. Y.

CaAiCM ^\IrIOXi S and standard
varieties. Write for prices.

Atparagut Sprengetii, 3-inoh MOO per 100

A«paraguf Plumosui. 3 " 6.00 per 100

Small Fern« tor dishes, 4 vars.,2!4-in. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata, 2!/2-inch 4,00 per lOO

Boston Ferns. 8-inch pans $15 and $18 perdoz.

2H-inch 4.00 per 100

3-inch S.OOperlOO

CARL HACENBERCER. West Mentor, O.

Rooted Cuttings, Ethel
Crocker, $2,25; Flora Hill,

$1.75; Webb, $1,25; Scott, 90c; McGowan, 90c;

Cartledge, $1.00; Keller, $1.50 per 100.

ARNO S. CHASE, Cumberland Center, Me.

CARNATIONS.

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April 6,

Hartford, Conn.

CLOB HOLDS INTEKESTING SESSION. —
PAPERS ILLUSTHATBD BY OBJECT LES-
SONS. — ROSES, GEHANIDMS AND PRUNING
DISCUSSED -VAKIOUS MATTERS OF INTER-
EST.

The Hartford Florists' Club held its
semi-monthlT meeting on Tuesday even-
ing, March 26. The only business of the
session was the election of Hans J. Koeh-
ler as corresponding secretary. Arrange-
ments were made for forming a bowling
team, [ohn Coombs brought in some
Bride, Bridesmaid and Liberty roses and
gave some points on growing. He holds
the opinion, with many others, that
grafted roses, on Manetti, are preferable
to those on their own roots. Liberty
with him has proven slow to start and
he thinks it is not a profitable rose for
the cut flower grower. A. Frey, gar-
dener at the city parks, showed some
blooms of one of the new ivy-leaved gera-
niums. Leopard. It is a large, handsome
flower, dark pink, semi-double, and is
spotted in the so-called orchid-flowered
manner. Mr. Frey says that besides
doing ^ell in the greenhouse it does
finely out of doors as a hanging basket
plant.

Theodore Wirth, superintendent of the
city parks, read a valuable and interest-
ing paper on the pruning of trees and
shrubs. Especially did he call attention
to the senseless butchering of shrubs
which perennially takes place through-
out the land and which results in leaving
the lower part of a shrub a lot of naked
sticks surmounted by a lot of stubs.
After reading his paper Mr. Wirth illus-
trated some of his points by actually
pruning a number of different kinds of
scrubs which had been cut off close to
the ground and brought to the club
rooms for the purpose.

Almost all kinds of Easter ,8tock are
plentiful and selling well, with the excep-
tion of daffodils, the sale of which has
dropped off. Violets are away down in
price. Carnations are very scarce.

J. T. Withers, for five years foreman of
the Keney Park nurseries, has located at
North Abington, Mass., where he has
taken a place with W. H. Wyman as
superintendent of nurseries. H. J. K.

fo.TouGHKENAMON. Pa.— Michael Keat-
ing, an experienced florist, has leased the
Isaac Larkin greenhouses near bear.

Marlboro, N. Y. — It is announced
that the greenhouses of C. A. Valentine
have been leased to H. Evans, who took
possession April 1.

Geneva, N. Y — W. & T. Cass had a
large stock in prime condition for Easter
and report an enormous early demand.
They have found the Japanese fern ball a
very ready seller.

Orchids! W'

We are headquarters for Orchids in the
United States — imported or established.
Also supplies, such as Peat, Moss and Bas-
kets. Our price list for 1901 now ready.

L-AGER & HURRELL, s^mmh. n- j-

Orchid Qrowara and Importara.

When You Read This
You Will Know

That on Friday, April i2tli. our regular series of Spring \\
Auction Sales will open with an unprecedented stock of
Holland Roses, choice Evergreens, Deciduous Ornamen-
tal Trees and Shrubs, Climbers, etc. The heaviest ship-
ments of this material ever sent to Boston are now on the
way, consigned to us, and will be sold in lots to suit, every
Tuesday and ^Friday, with the exception of April 19th,
which is a holiday.

LISTS
MAILED
TO
APPLICANTS.

N. F. McCarthy & co.

84 Hawley St., BOSTON.

New Canna Pennsylvania

'X'hE new Hybrid orchid-flowering Canna. Its flow-
* ers are en»rmous and of a bright crimson color.
It is a free bloomer, has large spikes, and will have
more open flowers on a spike at one time than any of
the orchid-flowering Cannas. The foliage is green and
very fine.

$1.00 EACH. $10.00 PER DOZ.

Eight other novelties in Cannas for 1901. The set
of nine, only $4.00.

Send for our Price List describing over 50 new and
standard varieties of Cannas, New Roses, etc.

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AMFDIPA 1*1.0(1 per 100 out of pots.
mTILHIt)>%; J5.00 per 100 rooted cuttings.
MAES, S4.00. per lOD. STANDARDS, J3.50 per 100.

.JEAN VIAUD, CLYDE, /MnOnprlOO

DRY DEN and Novelties, ) ***■"" P'^'^ '""•

Little Pink, Dr. E. A. Herring, E. E Re.\ford.

$3.50 per doz. Send for price list.

HENRY EiCHHOLZ, Waynesboro, Pa.

THE JENNINGS STRAIN. 3J,0"0 medium size,
iriiusphinteil, 6J cts. per 100, by mail; 14.00 per
1000. bv express.
COLD FRAME PLANTS, in bud and bloom, ready
,\pril 1, $1 bo per 100. The above all ^o. 1

htOCk. l'.\9H WITH ORDEK.

E. B. JENNINGS, Grower of the Finest Pansies,
I. nek Bf>x 254 8outh|)ort, Conn.

IN BEST
..VARIETIES

SPECIALTIES

Pt08E8, m>m 3-lnoli pou.

CARNATIONS, for all deUTerr.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
SMILAX.
Prion low. Band for lilt. VIOLETS.

WOOD BROTHERa. FISHKILL. N.Y,

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West Grove,

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LETTUCE PLANTS

Grand Rapids, fine plants from cold frame,
|1.00 per 1000; 5000 for $4.00.

DAISIES

(Bellis), fine plants, 100, 40c; ICOO, $3 00.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

Please mention the American Florist when wtitinfr.

Caladium
Esculentum.

1st size, 9 to 12 inches ciro $4.00 per 100

2d size, 7 to 9 inches ciro a.00 per 100

Write fur sjjecial prices on larger lots tti

B. H. RITTER. PORT ROYAL. 8. C.

Stop Walking tlie Floor, you won't be diiap-

pointed if you place your orders for

SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX

With CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN CO., Evergreen,
Ala., or their agents, L. J. Kreshover, New York;
J. B. Deamud, Chicago; M. Rice & Co., Philadel-
phia; Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis. Our advice:
Wire your address and go "Sleep in peace.."

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The American Florist.

1289

New Rose ROBERT SCOTT.

PRICES

of Robert Scott Rose.

Own Root from 2 1-2-Inch Pots

1 plant 75c.

12 plants 50c each.

50 plants 35o each .

100 plants 30o each.

1000 plants, $250; 500 at same rati-.
Grafted Plants from 2 1-2-fn. Pots.

1 plant $1 00

12 plants 75fiich.

50 plants 50i'ai'h.

100 plants 40 each.

lOOO pi.. 35c each; 500 at same rati'.

^e have decided
to propagate only
a limited number
of plants. Intend-
ing planters sliould
place their orders at
once. We offer
both grafted and
own root plants for
April delivery.

Produces a Sure Crop of

Pink Hybrid Roses

for Christmas.

A seedling from Merveille de Lyon crossed
with Belle Siebrecht, retaining the size, form,
color, and growth of the Hybrid Perpetual, with
the everblooming qualities of the Tea Rose. This
new rose is practically an Everblooming Hybrid,
and the first of a type that will not only flower
profusely during the spring and summer, but will
flower during the winter, ft has no tendency to
go dormant during the winter, and every shoot
has a flower bud. The habit of growth is strong
and vigorous, with bright green foliage. The
buds are of large size, and are produced on stifl
stems with the heavy hybrid foliage almost up to
the bud, like its parent — Merveille de Lyon. The
open flower is of immense size, very double, and is
almost as beautiful as the half expanded bud.
The color is new in Everblooming roses, and is
only seen in the Hybrid Perpetual class. Clear
rosy pink, shading to flesh color on the outer
petals, Robert Scott will not only be a very wel-
come addition to our small list of forcing roses,
but is everybody 's rose. Awarded honors wherever
shown. Certificate of Merit and Silver Medal by
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Preliminary
Certificate of Merit by American Rose Society.
Certificate of Merit in Ireland. Awarded Silver
Medal by New York Florists' Club
March 11, 1901,

All Retail Florists Admire Robert
Scott Rose, and want it, for there is
no other rose of a delicate Laing-
Luizet color that will flower in
November, December and January.
All our cut of this rose has been
purchased by Mr, H. H. Battles, of
Philadelphia,

The Leading Rose Growers endorse
It. We gave a few of the letters
received from prominent growers
who have seen it growing it
Sharon Hill, in issue ot American
Florist, January 5.

Graifed Plants READY NOW. Own root plants April 15.

SUNRISE.

The best Rose of its class yet introduced. The habit of
growth is very much like Perle des Jardins, and is a free and
continuous bloomer. In close bud form it shows the high
brilliant colors seen only in the "Austrian-Copper," scarlet
and yellow. As it opens the color deepens, the scarlet turning
darker red, the yellow to orange and copper, the inside of
petals golden yellow. The rose is large and perfectly double,
A splendid novelty for winter forcing.

We have a good stock of both grafted and own root

plants, and ofler them at a
moderate price.

Grafted plants of Sunrise from
2 1-2-inch pots $15.00 per 100.

Own root plants of Sunrise from
2 1-2-inch pots $10.00 per 100.

1000 Grafted Kalserin Augusta Victoria, 2>^-inch pots,
8 inches high, SlO.co per tuO; $9j.oo per lOOO.

500 Grafted Souv, du President Carnot, 2;^-inch pots,
{12 uo per 100,

ORDER NOW.

.A.<a<ar"^ss

ROBERT SCOTT & SON,

Sharon Hill, Dei- Co.. Penn.Q

1290

The American Florist.

April 6,

Buffalo.

WEATHER FAVORABLE AND STOCK ABUND-
ANT. — GOOD EASTER TRADE. — VARIOUS
NOTES OF INTEREST.

With sun and cool weather, bulbous
stock shows up well and lilies that were
in doubt were in tor Easter. A trip
through the various greenhouses showed
plenty of ordinary stock and a supply
equal to any demand. Fine carnations,
such as Marquis, Lawson and Bradt, will
be scarce but other varieties are in fair
supply. Azaleas are good and Crimson
Ramblers fine. Pans of tulips and hya-
cinths, also Harrisii in large pots, are in
demand. Some good mignonette, pan-
sies and heather seen in some of the
greenhouses should sell well.

Kasting, Scott, Neubeck and Adams
called on C. F. Christenson, at his green-
houses, March 28, and his mignonette
cannot be beaten, not even by John N.
May.

The market and east side stores are,
from present indications, overstocked
but their trade is good.

Recent visitors were H. J. Wise, East
Aurora, N. Y.; Mai Beattus, Dayton,
Ohio; E. R. Fry, Rochester, N. Y.

W A.

Pittsburg.

GROWERS HOLD BACK THEIR CUT UNDER
THE MISTAKEN IDEA THAT BETTER
PRICKS WILL RESULT.

Trade in Pittsburg and vicinity has not
been very good the past week. Stock
was very plentiful and good, with prices
down. Easter week finds stock scarce
and the wholesalers had trouble with the
growers to get them to send in enough
stock to supply the early <lemand,
, although it was not very great. This
seems to happen every year, the grower
thinking that by holding his stock until
the last two days of the week he will
realize better prices than if he shipped it
in earlier. This, however, has proven to
be rarely the case. They usually develop
the flowers too much and are compelled
to sell cheaply at the last.

Woodward.

Rooted Carnation Cuttings.

I'er Uoz. Per 100 IVr 1000

Sunbeam, light pink $1.50 110.00 $75.00

Bon Homme Richard, white 1.50 10.00 75.f0

Nydia, %'arie|ated 1.50 10 00 75.00

Proliflca, cense pink 1.50 lO.UO 75.00

Mrs. Thos. \V. Lawson, cerise pink 6 00 50.00

Marquis, pink 4 00 35 00

Genevieve Lord, pink 3.50 30.00

Ethel Crocker, pink 3.50 30.00

Gold Nugget, yellow 2.50 20.00

Gen. Macco, crimson 2.00 15.00

Gen. Gomez - 2.00 15.00

White Oloud, white 2.0O I5.0O

Mrs. Frances Joost. pink 2.00 15.00

Mrs. Jas. Dean, pink I. .SO 12.00

Flora Hill, white 1.60 12.00

William Scott pink 1.00 8 00

A rmazindy, variegated 1.00 8.00

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., Joliet, III.

At Baltimore meeting of the American
Carnation Society. Our exhibit of

'The IiaWSOn was awarded

the Gold Medal in heavy com-
petition against allcomers. The Society's
Silver Cup for best arrangement of blooms,
and rirst Prize for 100 dark pink.

MY STOCK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

ROOTED CUTTINGS per 100. «7. 00

per 1000, $«0. 00

PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass.

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Rose Cuttings! Carnation Cuttings!

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

100

Lady Dorothea $1.50

Kaiserin 1.50

Maman Cochet 1.50

American Beauty 3.00

1000

.$12.60
12.50
12.60
25.00

ROOTED

lOOO

CUTTINGS.

100

100 1000

Brides $1.50 $12.50

Bridesmaids 1.50 12.50

Meteors 1.50 12.60

Perles 1.50 12.60

GoldenGate 1.50 12.50

CARNATION

100

Mrs Thos. W. Lawson $7.00 $60.00

The Marquis 6 00 60.00

Estelle ■ 7.00 50.00

Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

Ethel Crocker 5.0O 40.00

Olympia 5.00 40.00

G. H. Crane 3.00 25.00

Mrs. George M. Bradt 3.O0 25.00

Gen. Gomez... 3.00 25.00

America 3.00 25.00

Chicago 3.00 25.00

Mabel : 3.00 25.00

Elsie Ferguson 3.00 25.00

Gold Nugget , 3.00 26.C0

Pingree 3.00 25.00

Mrs. James Dean 200 15.00

Mrs. Frances Joost 2 00 15.00

Genesee 2.00 15.00

Mary Wood 2.00 15.00

John Young 2.00 15.00

John Hinkle 2.00 15.C0

Dorothy Sweet 2.00 16.00

Jubilee 2.00 15.00

We offer only choice Rooted Cuttings, first-class in every respect, true to naire. 25 at 100
rates; 250 at 1000 rates. Write for catalogue and complete list of Carnations and Rjses, rooted
cuttings and in pots.

Do you receive our weekly price list? If not, write us; we will place your name on
our mailing list.

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

White Cloud $2.00

Leslie Paul 2.00

Gov. Griggs 2.00

Albertini 2.00

Dawn 2.00

Eldorado 2.00

Melba 2.00

Victor 1.50

Triumph 1.50

Daybreak 1.60

Ivory 1.50

Evelina 1.50

Flora Hill 1.50

Cense Queen 1.50

Meteor 1.50

Armazindy 1.50

Iris Miller l.BO

Sandusky 1.25

William Scott 1.25

Tidal Wave 1.00

Portia 1.00

Lizzie McGowan 1.00

Psyche 1.00

1000
$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
17.00
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
10.00
10.00
800
8.00
8.00
7.50

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Please mention the American Flutist when -writing.

CARNATIONS

iROOTRD

OU'TTTIN^O®

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following prices:

G. H. CRANE $25.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT 2.5.00 "

MADAM CHAPMAN 25.00 "

DAYBREAK 12.50 "

WHITE CLOUD $12.50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10.00

MoGOWAN 1000

ELDORADO 10.00 "

\

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to bi seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in need of a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times.

Addre«CHAS. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich. ^"^^'^

The Queen of Commercial White Carnations. Scored 91 at Baltimore, was
• awarded 1st prize for 100 white, brouze medal for 12 best seedling and
first-class Certificate of Merit. Stock nil sold until May 1st. Its vigor-
ous, free growth and tendency to bloom early insures a safe investment for cuttings delivered in May.

NORWAY

ous, free growth a

EGYPT
Genevieve Lord

crimsons in length and strength of stpra. exquisite, spicy odor and keeping
qualities. Can be had in good flower by Xovember.r

Above two varieties, $1.50 per doz..^$10iper 10O.|$75'per 1000.9

The Greatest Money Making Pink. A friend of the "com-
mon people and a deiicendant of the great Wm. Scott,
whose illust ions mantle it is wearing with becoming
grace. Stock lar^e and in the pink of condition. $5 per 100, $40 per 1000.

All of the new ones of this year, the best of last year and ihe best standard varieties.

Chrysanthemum Timothy Eaton a i^rge stock of this giant white which

"whipped" every variety which went up aeainst it.
ever offered. 50c each, $5 per doz.. $30 per 100.

came over the border from Canada and
The most sensational white chrysanthemum

COMPLETE LIST OF OTHER NOVELTIES
AND STANDARD VARIETIES. CATALOGUE
READY. WRITE FOR IT.

H. WEBER & SONS,

OAKLAND,
MO.

LIBERTY ROSE

A few hundred extra nice plants in 2
and 2V2, ready for a shift. Write

GEO, a. KUHL. Pekin, III.

11 ^M good business pollcj .t •& ^
to mention the •^•^•^

....American Florist

when yon write to an advertiser.

I have several thousand

ETHEL CROCKER CARNATIONS

left which I will close out at $15 per
1000. Order quick. Well-rooted and
healthy.

Also several thoasand Bride, Maid aad
Golden Gate Roses at $10 per 1000.

CASH WITH ORDER.

GEO. HARRER, Morton Grove, III.

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The American Florist.

1291

READY
NOW!

New Carnations.

ALL THE LEADING SORTS, IN FINE SHAPE,
"INCLUDING ^ ^ ^

lOO lOOO

Prosperity $16.00 $130.00

Roosevelt 12.00 loooo

Lawson 7.00 60.00

G. H CRANE 3.00 25.00

GENEVIEVE LORD... 5.00 40.00

LORNA 10.00 75-00

NORWAY 10.00 75.00

CALIFORNIA GOLD, 10.00 75.00

100

Avondale $4.00

Crocker 3.00

Gen Maceo 3.00

WHITE CLOUD 2.50

Peru 3.00

MRS. GEO. M. BRADT 3.00

Olympia 5.00

MRS.FRANCESJOOST 3.00

1000
$30.00
20.00
25.00
18.00
25.00
2500
40.00
20.00

The great TIMOTHY EATON Chrysanthemum 50c each; $5.00 per doz.; ♦
$30.00 per 100.

We will be pleased to mail you our Catalogue of Chrysanthemums, Carnations,
Crotons, Grafted Roses, Palms, etc. ^

♦; ROBERT CRAie & SON,

MARKET AND
49ih STREETS,

Philadelphia, Pa.

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^ Carnation Cuttings

Per 100 Per 1000

Lawson $5.00 $45.00

Marquis 5.00 40.00

Olvmpia 4.00 35.00

Crocker 3 00 25.00

Lord 3.00 25.00

Crane 300 25.00

Morning Glory 3 00 25 00

Peru 3.50 20.UO

America 2.50 20.00

Bradt 2.50 20.00

Pingree 2.50 20.(0

WhiteCloud 1.50 13.00

Jubilee 1.60 12.00

Maceo 1.50 12.0)

MaryWood 160 12.U0

DaybreaK 1.25 lO.fO

Flora Hill 1.25 10.00

Joost 1.25 lO.UO

Triumph 1.25 lO.OO

Scott 1.00 8C0

Evelina l.OD 8.00

Albertini 1.00 8.00

10 per cent off for cuttings of above varieties
except Lawson put in sand after order received,
Add y to above prices tor 2-inch pot plants.
260 .It 1000 rates. Cash or C. O. D.

W. J. & M. S. VESEY, ft. Wayne, Ind.

March Prices

Ethel Crocker has been with me all that
I claimed for it, but not with some of the
growers. If you can get the results 1 do
it will be your best pink, and in order to
have it tried a second season I offer it
free bv mail for $2.50 per 100

Elm City is a white that has given nie
excellent results, and as it is compara-
tively unknown I make the same offer
with it; free by mail at $2.50 per 100.

Genevieve Lord, Mrs. Lippincott, White Cloud, Bradt,
Olympia, Leslie Paul, Gomez and Maceo at
reduced prices for March. Send for them.

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Penn.

»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦

REPORTt?.'e JUDGES

Appointed by THE PHILA. FLORISTS' CLUB
to judge our grand new ROSE

Queen of Edgely, !;'M%icAi. beauty.

W^f "We are convinced tliat this variety is a valuable addition
to the list of forcing roses, being In every respect, except color,
the exact counterpart of the American Beauty. The color is a
beautiful, bright pink, which is good, even In the full flowers. The
fragrance is also as fine as that of Beauty, and the exhibited
blooms showed remarkable vigor. (Signed),

ROBERT KIFT, WM. MUNRO, JOS. HEACOCK."

The last two named were winners of first prizes for American Beauties at the Rose
Show, Eden Masee, Uarcli 27, 1900.

FOR TERMS AND BOOKLET: ADDRESS

R. CRAIG & SON, East. Agts.,

49th and Market Sts., Phila.

E. G. HILL & CO., West. Agts.,

Richmond, Ind.

THE FLORAL EXCHANGE, Inc.

335 N. Sixth St.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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Wben WTltlng mention tbe American Florist.

Pure
White.

"Hoosier Maid,"

Does not get weak necked, sleepy, nor
split in mid-winter, $8.00 per 100;
|2.C0 for 25. Cash with order.
Express prepaid.

ANDERS RASMUSSEN, New Albany, Ind.

pnCCO Excellent stock of Brides and
nUOCO Maids, out of 2>^-inch pots at
$2 00 per 100; $15.00 per lOOO.

CARNATIONS E»helCrocker,2;^i,ich
UnilllHilUlia pots, 13 per 100; $25

per 1000. Daybreak, 2J^-in. pots, $1.50

per 100.

WEST VIEW FLORAL CO., Knightstown, Ind.

1292

The American Florist.

April 6,

Minneapolis.

TRADE BHISK EVEN BEFORE THE EASTER
RUSH BEGAN.— STOCK IN GOOD SHAPE
EVERYWHERE.— HAREISII HIGH.

The last seven days trade was right up
to the best standard. There is a scarcity
of carnations, and one of the growers
would not sell a flower below 4 cents,
more than a week before Easter. Ro»es
have moved along in fine shape, the
demand jnst about keeping them cleaned
up. Friday, March 29, was a bad day
for those who had flowers coming from
•Chicago, for all trains were late. Brant
& Noe did not receive their stock until
12:25, the first time since their opening
that their stock has failed to arrive on
time.

A stroll through the greenhouses shows
the rose and carnation plants everywhere
in prime condition. Grafted stock, espe-
cially Bridesmaid and Bride, is endorsed
by the growers here.

Harrisii seem to be fairly numerous
and the plants extra fine. They will
bring 20 cents to 25 cents a flower this
year for Easter. C. F. R.

Syracuse, N. Y. — A subscriber in this
city writes: "Your Syracuse correspond-
ent, 'A. J. B.' can not be very reliable
when he says that the local retailers
secure most of their supply of lilies from
New York and that Henry Burt has quite
a stock. P. R. Quinlan & Co. have 2,500
Japan longiflorum and Harrisii lilies in
fine condition for Easter and supply with
lilies not only Mr. Burt but many other
florists in nearby towns."

PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.

Nothing since the World's Fair, at
Chicago, in 1893, has elicited the wide-
spread interest that is manifest, all over the
world, in the Pan-American Exposition,
which is to be held in Buffalo, from May 1
to November i, 1901.

The purpose of the Exposition is to
illustrate the progress of the countries of
the Western Hemisphere during a century
of wonderful achievements, and to bring
together into closer relationship the people
composing the many States, Territories
and Countries of the three Americas.
Acting under proper authority, the Presi-
dent of the United States has invited all the
Reoublics and Colonies of the American
Hemisphere to join in commemorating the
close of the Nineteenth and beginning of
the Twentieth Century, by holding this
International Exposition, on the Niagara
Frontier.

For this important event, the Nickel Plate
Road has issued an attractive descriptive
folder pamphlet, elaborately illustrating
the Pan-American Exposition, the buildings
and grounds.

The Nickel Plate Road is the short line
between Chicago and Buffalo, and affords
competent train service from Chicago to
Buffalo, New York City, Boston and all
points east, with trains of modern equip-
ment, on which no extra fares are charged;
also dining-car service of the highest order.
It affords meals in its dining-cars on the
individual club plan, ranging in price from
35c to $1.00.

Call on any ticket agent for Pan-Ameri-
can folder of the Nickel Plate Road, or
address John Y. Calahan, General Agent,
111 Adams St., Chicago.

Parties desiring hotel or rooming accom-
modations at BufTalo or Niagara Falls,,
.during any period of the Pan American
^Exposition, are invited to apply by letter
or otherwise to F. J. Moore, General Agent,
291 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.

100

1000

( 7.O0 160.00 1

10.00

75.00

10.00

75.00

10.00

75.00

10. CO

75.00

10.00

75.00

fi.OO

55.00

4.00

35.00

4.00

35.00

2..=i0

20.10

■Am

25.00

;i.50

20.00

l.'2.5

10.00

2.50

20.00

Guardian Angel iTac-^nfrst loo looo

Rooted

CARNATION CUTTINGS.

All the new and standard vartetlest free from rust and all other dUeasea.
Our Btock U in fine shape and all cattlugs »re well rooted when sent out.

Mrs. Leopold Ine J^oimo

and best paying red Carnation.

Rooted Cuttings 8

Sunbeam

Bon Homme Richard

Nydia

Proliflca

Irene

Mrs. Lawson

Marquis

Genevieve Lord

Ethel Crocker

Crane

Peru ;.

America

Mrs. Bradt

paying pink Carnation.

Cuttings

John Young

White Cloud

Triumph

Argyle

Evanston

F. Joost

Cerise Queen

Gov. Griggs

Melba

Armazindy

Flora Hill

Evelina

McGowan

$4.00
1.50
1.25
1.00
1.00
1.00

. 1.00
1.00
1. 00
1.00
1.00

, l.CO
1.00
1.00

J35.00

laso

10.00
9.00

9.eo

9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
7.60
7.60

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

100 lOOO

Bridesmaid 11.50 $12.50

Bride 1.50 12.60

Golden Gate 1.50 12.50

Meteor 1.50 12.50

Perle 1.50 12.50

2 1-2 INCH ROSE PLANTS.

100 1000
Liberty $12.00 $100.00

Bridesmaid ■. 3.00

Bride 3.00

Meteor 3.00

Golden Gate 8.00

Perle 3.00

Kaiserin 3.00

25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00

All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately,
« when money will be refunded.

FETEB BEINBEBG, si wabash Ave., Chicagro, 111.

The Largest Fancy Carnation.

-PROSPERITY-

A few thousand ready for immediate delivery.
Speak quick If you want them.

I*rlc©® fof !^oo'tecl Oti't'tii^gs.

I Plant $ .50

12 Plants 5 00

25 Plants 8.25

50 Plants 10.00

100 Plants 16.00

250 Plants t 37.50

500 Plants 70.00

750 Plants 101.25

1000 Plants 130.00

WRITE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS.,

Flatbush, N. V.

CARNATIONS!

The Sensational Xew Varieties for 1901.

PROSPERITY.

GOV. ROOSEVELT

And all the other new ones at advertised rates; also all the
really good varieties of last year, and former introductions in
extra tine selected stock, all ready for very early shipment.
Descriptive Trade list will be mailed to those not
receiving it on receipt of Postal Card.

JOHN N. riAY, Summit, New Jersey.

please mentzon the A me* ican Florist when writing,

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation oroduoes the finest flowers, is perfectly healthy
and is the best white variety ever introduced.

IT BLOOMS EARLY

IT BLOOMS LATE

IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Our price list contains cuts from photographs taken every two weeks during the months of February)
March, April, May, June, October ana November. 5fo other Carnation can stand such a test

Price

$10 per 100,
$7S per 1000.

Rooted Cuttings ready now.

Come and see it or send lor circular.

J. r^. oxr^i^ojv.

Blooxxisibvu^S;, Pa.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1293

ORANGES

In puts, oearine size.

Best sorts t-'rafted on t'itrus trifoIiiMii.

12-in., bushy, 2 years, $iO piT 100.

PHOENIX

Canariensis and Tenuis.

Vt-ry 8torl<y.4 and 5-in. rots. Ptr 100
3--4 chiirartiTized leaves, 15-18-in., $|S.OO
5-fS •• " 20-24 " 25.00

PHOENIX RECLINATA

l-'ioe. n-in. pots, 15-ls-in., $!5.00 per 100.

OROTONS

.5 7- in., 3-iii. pots, JIO.OO per ICO.

8-12-in., 3-3!4-in. pots, $15 per 100.

JASMINE %"v\%°

lH-20-iD., -i-iii. pat^, ifl.S.OJ per 100.

GARDENIA FLORIDA

8-10-ln., branched, 3-in. pots, $10 per 100.

All in flrst-olass condition. Not less
than 50 plants at above rates. If you
want CANNAS for fall delivery, write us for
prices, etc.

P. J. BERGKMANS CO., I

3 Fruitland Nurseries, %

Pieasg mention titr Amrrjcan Fl">tit it'hen '.ruling.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

TOMATO —Lorillard, Mayflower, Dwarf Cham-
pion, Acme, Stone and other varieties ready for
transplanting, I5c per 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50
per 10,000. If by mail add lOo per 1( 0.

EGG PLANT — N. Y. Improved, good size for trans-
plantins or potting, 25c per 100; 43.00 per 1000;
$15.(i0 per 10,000. If by mail add 10c per luO.

PEPPER— Bull Nose, Ruby King, Sweet Mountain
and other varieties, ready for transplanting,
25c per 100; $2.00 per li 00; $15.00 per 10,000. If
by mail, add li'c per 100.

BEET—Early Egyptian, 20c per 100; $1.50 per 1000:
$12.50 per 10,000. If by mail, add lOo per II 0.

LETTUCE— Grand Rapids, Curled Simpson iind
oth^r varieties, 15o per IIO; $1.00 per 1000; (8.50
per 10,000. If by mail add 10c per ICO.

CABBAGE— In var., 25o per 100; $1.25 per 1000.

CELERY— White Plume and Golden Self Blanching
small plants, ready for transplanting, 15c per
100; 75c per lOCO; $5.00 per 10,000. If by mail add
10c per 100.

CAULIFLOWER— 35c per 100. Cash with order.
R. VINCENT. Jr.. & SOM. While Marsh. Md.

For Sale Cheap.

100 DOZEN CANNAS, Austria, Bis-
mark, F. Vaughan and Paul Mar-
quant, good strong plants ready
April 20th.

E. ROACH. Sta. 3. Nashville, Tenn.

which

Circulates

The actual paid circulation of the
American Florist is, we believe, the
largest in its class. The contents
are of real present value and are
preserved for reference. Advertisers
who use regularly our columns estab-
lish permanent business with the best
trade in the United States.

STRONG 2 YEAR
FIELD GROWN.

CRIMSON RAMBLER extra strong $12 00 per 100

HYBRID PERPETUAL, in fine assortment $10.00 per 100, $90 00 per lOOo'

HYBRID PERPETUAL, in fine assortment, 2d size 6.00 " 50.00 "

These are well rooted, good stock, but not quite heavy enough to go into flrs't grade.

AZALEA MOLLIS

(Hardy). Fine for Easter Forcing.
12 to 15 inches high $35.00 per 100 15 to 18 inches high ' $40.00 per 100

RHODODENDRONS.

Bushy plants well sot with buds.
18 to 20 inches high $75.<X) per 100 20 to 24 inches high 1100.00 per 100

SPIRAEAS

JAPONICA $3.00 per 100 ASTILBOIDES FLORIBUNDA ....•4 00 Der 100

NANA COMPACTA $5.00 per 100 ...uu per luu

PALMS

KENTIA BELMOREANA. 2H-inchpot8 $8.00 per 100. $75 00 per 1000

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 3-inch pots, 4 and 5 leaves „. iisoo ner im

KENTIA BELMOREANA. 4 inch pots. 14 to 16 inches high ^nnn "

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5-inch pots, 18 inches high kciSn ..

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5 and 6-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high '. tr'oo "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 2H-inch pots jooo "

KENTIA FORSTERIANA,3-incli pots, 12 inches high Jr'Xo ••

KENTIA FORSTERIANA,4-inoh pots, 15 to 18 inches high 3500 ..

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5-inoh pots. 18 to 22 inches high Rn'm ..

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5 and 6 inch pots, 24 to 28 inches high 7500 ..

ARECA LUTESCENS, 2H-inch pots «a.00 perl80,'$50.00 per 1000

ASPARAGUS

PLDMOSUS NANUS, S-in. pots $ 6.00 per 100

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 4-in. pots 12.00 "

SPRENGERII, 2^-in. pots $3.00 per 100

SPRENGERII, S-in. pots 600 ••

SPRENGERII, 4-in. pots '. i.oa "

Strong 2-inoh pots .

BOSTON FERNS

.$3.00 per 100, $26.00 per 1000

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., PainesviUe, 0.

BOSTON FERNS

Perdoz. Per 100
In 2H-inch pots, in fine shape, $ .60 $3.00
■• 3 1,00 7.50

FDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor, Pa.

Begonia Semperflorens Plena

Nancy, double delicate pink.
Boule de Neige, double white.
These are likely to prove valuable.

3H-in. pots, in bloom, $1.00 per doz.

EDWIN LONSDALE. Wyndmoor, Pa.

Begonia Suaveolens (B.od'ol;>ta.)

Pure white flowers, similar to B. Nitida
and is frequently found in collections under
that name.

This is an excellent Begonia for local trade.
3-in. pots, in full bloom, doz. $1; 100 $7.50.

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor. Pa.

BUCKLEY'S

Dalilias

BT THE

THOUSANDS.

If you expect to
curry off some of
those prizes at the
Pan-American orat
any other show, you
must get in line,
ind get your order
in early.
My Dahlias are
prize winners. Don't send for a "cheap mixture'
for I don't carry that kind.
Prices reasonable. Catalogue free.

W. W. WILMOREp The Dahlia Specialist,

Box 382, DENVER, COLO.

MY SPECIALTY.

Cyclamen Persicum Splendens Giganteum. finest
strain in the world in four true (colors (Septem-
ber sowing) plants tninsplanted from Hats,
$3.00 per ICO; $35.00 per lUOO. My strain of
Cyclamen has a reputation second to none.
I solicit your patronage and guarantee
satisfaction.

PAUL MADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa.

Plants and
Rooted Cuttings
GERANIUMS.

2S.000 Rooted Cuttings— AH strong, selected top
cuttings, well rooted, ready for 2H-inoh pots, is
thi' kind of stock we send out, of the following
supiTb varieties, at $3.00 per 100; $18 tO per 1000:
linianti, Heteranthe, Grant, S. A. Nutt Athlete
Frances Perkins, E. G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine'
Mme. Jaulin, Mme. Bruant, La Favorite, Mrs j'
M. Garr.

ROSE GERANIUMS-Strong 2«-inoh, $3.00 per 100.

COLEUS— Our champion collection consisting
of twenty varieties, embracing the newest sorts
and only those of decided merit. Largo, selected
top cuttings, well-rooted and free from mealy bug
6i'o per 100; $5.(0 per 1000. Golden Bedder and
Verschaffeltii in quantity, 75c per 100; (6 per 1000.

PETUNIAS —Double Fringed eight varieties,
selected from Henderson's and Dreer's latest sorts,
also including the novelties, White Fawn, Pink
Beauty and Mrs. F. Sander. Strong rooted cut-
tings. $1.25 per ICO by mail; $10.00 per 1000 by
express.

CASH WITH ORDER.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Sprlngflold, III.

Please mention the American FlortsJ when un ittng

Pll

2X AND 3-IXCH PLANTS

WANTED — .

Address DECORATOR, care Am. Flo rist.

Palms § Ferns.

HOaiE-ORO\rN, FINE, CLEAN
STOCK; OBOWN COOL.

Write (or Price Litt. j. b. HEISS.
The Exotic Nurseries. DAYTON, OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous
Alpine Plants. ~

Field-
Grown '

AND

A Complete Aiiortment of Old and New Van.

The Blue Hill Nursery, So. Bralntree, Mass. \

* COBBE8PONDKNCX BOLICITTJD. : i

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The American Florist.

April <5,

Aurora, 111.

SEASON HAS BEEN A PROSPBEOUS ONE.—
EASTER TRADE HEAVY. — NUMEROUS
FLOWERING PLANTS BUT FEW GOOD
LILIES.— VARIOUS JOTTINGS.

Business has been fairly good all season
with the several establishments here and
a prosperous Easter is at hand. With
one exception all the growers will be late
with a considerable portion of their lilies,
and everyone complains about the Har-
risii. There is no more disease than
usual, but the plants are very uneven.
Azaleas are very good this season and
bulbous stock is plentiful and of good
quality. Carnations have been in greater
demand this season, especially the fancy
sorts, which are called for by name quite
frequently, and the demandjhas increased
to the point where the people are willing
to pay the price. More fancy carnations
will be grown next season, as J. M.Smely
will build a new house for them.

The C. B. & Q. R. R. will probably
build several more houses this season.
The present plant, or the larger part, is
devoted to Meteor roses, but two houses
are given to carnations and a consider-
able number of bedding plants are raised
to plant along the line. The railroad
greenhouses are here to stay and we all
ought to be glad to see them grovv.

One of our growers is advertising fine
roses at 25 cents per dozen, but roses are
changing hands at from 4 cents to 7
cents wholesale.

J. M. Smely welcomed a baby girl to
his home recently. S. M.

Salt Lake City, Utah.— John E. Bil-
lings, who has recently been engaged in
floriculture, died ,of heart disease on
March 23.

DuLUTH, Minn.— Mrs. C. H. Stang, for
many years the only florist in Dnluth,
^and now one of the most proficient, has
taken charge of the cut flower depart-
ment of Panton & White.

ASPARAGUS. Per 100

Plumosus, 3-iooh, strong $10.00

" 4-inoh strong 15.00

Sprengerii, 2-inch 3.00

3-inch 8.00

4-inch 12 00

Primula Chinensis, white and pink, 3-ineh. 6.00
" " •■ 4-inoh. 10.00

Rex Begonias 5-00

Ageratum Stella Gurney, Princess Pauline. 3.00

Alyssum. large (lowering. Tom Thumb 3.00

Agathcea (Blue Daisy) 3.00

Abutilons. mixed 4.10

Begonia Rubra 4.00

flowering, in variety 2.50

Cannas-.-.. - 5-00

Cuphea 3.00

Cofeus 3.00

Fuchsias 3.00

Gernniums 4 00

German Ivy 4.00

Feverfew, 3-inoh 5.00

Hibiscus, 4-irich 10.03

LanlanoS 4.00

Lobelia 3,00

Marguerite Daisy 4 .03

Salvias 3.00

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cellar Rapids. Iowa.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Per 100 Per 1000

Coleus, 12 varieties $ 50 $4 00

Alyssum, giant 100 800

Mnie. Salleroi Geranium 100 8 00

Ageratum Princess Pauline 50 4 00

Tradescantia Zebrina 60 '4 00

Vincas, variegated and green 1 00 8 00

Lady Hume Campbell Violets, sand

rooted 75 6 00

Chrysanthemums, 20 varieties 1 00 8 00

Carnations, " " .... 100 Send for

" " " to.. 4 00 list.

Kalamazoo Nursery & Floral Co.
w. c. COOK, Mgr. Kalamazoo, Mich.

Crimson Rambler Roses,

-A.T«I> OOriiEJI^ CMOIOB^ »T00K:. Per 100

2 year, extra strong, budded, 4 foot canes $)5.00

1 ' " *■ " own roots. 4 foot canes 15 00

Pink, Whitft and Yellow Ramblers, 2 year, own roots 15.00

American Beauiy, 2-year, budded... 15.00

Kai serin Augusta Victoria 2- year, budded 15.C0

Mad. Ctroliue Testout, budded 15.00

Herraosa. 3-yeflr extra strong, own roots ^ 15.00

H. P. Roses in 15 best sorts, budded stock 11.00

'• own roots 13.ti0

Clematis Jackmanni and other large flowering types, 2-year 25.00

" *' '* *' 3-year old, extra strong 30.00

Arapelopsis Veitchii, extra strong and well branched, Holland grown., 3 to 4 feet 15.00

" " ■' 2feet 10.00

Iris Ka^mpferi, imported from Japan, strong clumos, in 25 assorted colors 12.00

Dlelytra Spectabilis (or Bleeding Heart; extra strong clumps 7.00

Ijily of the Valley clumps, extra strong 20 00

Hydrangea P. G.," strong 3-year field grown 10.00

CHOICE PALM STOCK.

Phoenix Reclinata. very fine stock, 7-inch pots. 30 inches high each % 1.50

La.ania Borbonica, 4-inch pots, 11 inches high Doz. 2.50

5 '• 15-18 " •• 5.O0

6 " 18-20 " •• 9.00

bushy '. • 6.C0

" " 8.00

'• each 2.0O

" ■• .75

" ■■ 1.25

extra fine " .75

with 4-5 branches •■ 2.00

per 100 2.50

very fine ■' 10.00

Boston Ferns, specimen plants in 9 and 10- inch pans each 2.00

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, tor June delivery per 100, tl5.00; per 1000. 1140.00

Begonia Vernon fine stock, 2M-inch pots per 100 $3.00

Chrjsanthemums, large stock of standard kinds '. " 3.00

Roses, Golden Gale. 2M-inch pots " 3.O0

Coronet, 2H-iuch pots '* 3.00

■" Sweet Little Q,ueen, 214- inch pots " 3.00

" Clolhilde Soupert, 2M-inch pots " 2.50

" Liberty. 2H-inch pots " 10.00

Geraniums in best standard kinds, strong plants ready to shift into 3 and 4-in pots, per 100, $4.00;
per 1000 J35.00.

WE ARE DELIVERING

Rooted

Cuttings of

and all the other new ones as below :

PROSPERITY (666). Each. 50o; 12 for 15.00; 25 for 18.25; 50 for «10.00; 100 for $16.00; 250 for

$37.50; 500 tor $70.00; 750 for $101.25; 1000 tor $130.00.
Queen Louise doz., $1.50

Kentia Belraoreana,

Kentia Forsteriana,
Picus Elastica, '

Asparagus Sprengeri,?*/^
4

15

■ 18

24-30

24

36

3H-4 feet high

2H-3 "

PROSPERITY

Dorothy.

Irene

Roosevelt

Norway

Egypt

Bon Homme Richard.
Guardian Angel

1.50
1.50
2.50
1.50
1.50
1.50

100, $10.00;
■' 10.00
" 10.00
" 12.00
" 10.00
'■ 10 00
" 10.00
5.00

1000,

$75.00
75.00
75.00

100.00
75.00
75 00
75 00
40 00

Carnations.

strong plants transplanted into soil and flats,
grow.

Every one sure to

100 1000

♦Marquis $5.00 $40.00

M rs. Thos. W. Lawson 7.00 60.00

•Estelle 7.00 60.00

'Ethel Crocker 5.00 40.00

'Genevieve Lord 5.0O 40.00

'G.H.Crane 3.00 25.00

•America 3.00 25.00

'White Cloud 2.00 17.50

New Chrysanthemums, loo, $3000

best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton, Yanariva.

100 1000

'Flora Hill $1.75 $15 00

*Wm. Scott 1.50 12.00

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 4.00 30.00

Gold Nugget 4.00 30.00

Chicago 4.00 30.00

Gen. Maceo 3.00 25.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00 25.00

Daybreak 2.00 15.00

Ready April 1st. Each, 50c; doz., $5.00;
Mrs. Elmer D. Smith, the

THE OBAND NEW

FINE QERANIUM

14 BARCLAY STREET
NEW YORK.

Jean Viand.

Cannas a Buy nowl Don't get left again.

VAUGHANS' SEED STORE,

Doz., $1.25; per 100, $10.00.
2-inch pots.

84 a 86 RANDOLPH STREET.
CHICAGO.

GREENHOUSES. WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL.

GERANIUMS

2%

Inch.

Per 100
S. A. NUTT, nURKLAND, Double Deep Pink

and Double Grant $2.60

Rooted cuttings of above 1.25

OOLDBN BEDOBR COLEUS, 2-inoh, per

1000, $14.00 1.50

Rooted cuttings 60

MIXED COLBUS, fine assortment 55

CASH WITH ORDER.

R. I. HART, Box 244 Hackettstowii, N.J.

YES!

I HAVE

BOSTON TERNS M

Bench Grown, Fat, and in futfest Vigor.

Best broad-leaved drooping variety, $4.00 to
$20.00 per J 00. Sample doz. 75c to $2.50.

W. A. BOCK,

NORTH CAUBKISOE, HASS.

PLEASE MENTION US TO OUR ADVERTISERS.

igor.

The American Florist.

1295

CLOSING OUT TO MAKE ROOM.

10,000 Kentia Belmoreaua, healthy stock in prime condition,
home-grown, 15 to 20 inches high, averaging four leaves. $15 per
100; $125 per 1000. Orders filled while stock lasts.

Mention .hi. paper. SIEBRECHT & SON, Ncw Rochclle, N. Y.

ALTERNANTHERA

Rooted Cuttings, Paronychoides Major
and Aurea Nana, 60c per 100, |5.00 per
1000, prepaid.

Rd^TRN FFRN^ strong plants from 2>^-inch pots at

|3 00 per 100.

CANNAS

Cash With Order.

Dormant roots. Chas. Henderson, Florence Vaughan,
Paul Bruant, Childsii, Queen Charlotte, Sophia Buch-
ner, Mme. Crozv, Egandale, Oriole, Austria, Burbank,
at $2.50 per 100.

uCnAlllUlllO Fine assortment of 2^-inch at $2.00 per 100.

-G. W. WE&THERBT, ChilUcothe. Mo.

Cycas
stems

READY.

3 to 10 pounds,

assorted to

suit.

Per 100. $9.00

Special for
large lots.

Vaughan's Seed Store,

CHICAGO.
New York.

Boston Ferns.

I The lar^uht siuuk in United States >.'o\v Ready.
I Cut from bench, 10 to 15 fronds, 3 feet long, at
:, $25.f0perl00. Small plants $5per inr;$40 per fUCO.
f Alternantheras, 4 kinds. Dracaena Indivisa. 6 and
t 7-inch.

! L. H. FOSTER.

45 King St.,

Dorchester, Mass.

CANNAS.

Dormant or started, strou'.; tubers: Chas Hen-
derson. Crimson Hedder. Burbank. Le Clerc, $2.00
per 100; $18.00 per lOCO. .\lphonsc Bouvler. P.
Marquant, Mme. Crozy. Philadelphia, etc.. $3,00
per 100. Cineraria, ciantflowere 1.2i4-in .$3.00ptr
100. Geranium, double or single, mi.Ked. 2V2-in.
S2.00 per lio. Cash please.
Shellroad Greenhouse Co., Grange P. 0., Balto., Md.

Strong ROOTED CUTTINGS of

Princess of Wales Violets

$6 00 per 1000.

Also all the leading varieties of CARNATIONS.
Send for price list.

FIPV % FARFR *<>0I Woolsey street,
\\\l\ 06 rADCn, SAN FRANCIS>.;0, CAL.

Please mention t/tf American i-'iorzst when writing

About 12,000 Violet Plants.

Sand Struck Cuttiu'is r*':id> aftt*r Easter.
$10 per 1000 for Marie Louise; $15 for Farquhar.
Clean, no disease or black My. Cash with order.
Another lot to come on later; 5 per cent off your
bill if you come and see them before you buy.

JOSEPH MARKLE, Rhinebeck, N. Y.

Mixed, good collection.
Double Fringed Petunias,
Fine Asparagus Sprengerii. All the above from
2-moh pots at $2.00 per 100.

E. I. RAWLJNQ8, Qoakertown, Fa.

Geraniums

UNROOTED MORNING (iLORY CUTTINfiS.

$1.75 per 100;

Per 100

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 3-in $5.00

Sprengerii, fine, 3V2-in.. 5.00

Boston Fern, true, 3"4-in 5.00

New Geranium De Roo Muting, has yellow

foliage and double scarlet bloom 20.00

New Geranium Double Snow Drop; we know

not a better white 15.00

Geranium Jean Viaud. 3-in 10.00

Alteruanthera. r.^d. also pink, 2H-in 1.50

Sedum Variegatum. Border Plant, 2>i-in 1.60

Cigar Plant, 2H-in 1.60

California Moss, Hanging Basket Plant,

2«-tn 1.60

California Moss, from saud 50

.Terusalem Cherrv. 2M-in 1.50

Smilax, from flats 25

Coleus, 15 choice named varieties, 2^-in. ... 1.50

Vinca, green trailing, 2J4-in 1.50

6-in 1500

" variegated, 6-in 20.00

5 Plants at 100 rate;
Cash, or R. C. and plants

will be sent C. 0. D.

$15.00 par 1000.

Per 100

Iresines, mixed, 2>i-in $1,50

Salvia Clara Bcdman. 2V4-in 1.50

Marguerite, or Paris Daisy, white, 2!4-in 1.50

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 2!4-in 1.75

Nasturtiums, tall, also dwarf, mixed, 2Ji-in. 1.60

Heliotropes, mixed, 2H-in 1.60

Hardy Pinks, pink colors from sand 1.00

" " large clumps 5X0

New Ice Plant, from California, the finest

basket plant we ever saw; ihi-'va 10.00

Candytuft, White Rocket. Hats 25

Verbenas, 10 choice colors, named, 2J^-in.. . 1.60
Seedling Cannas, President Carnot. Mme.
Crozy. .Sarah Hill, Queen Charlotte and

A. Bouvier i.oo

Lobelia Crystal Palace Gem, 2;i-in 1,60

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, from flats 2.(0

Petunia, choice double mixed, 4-in 5.00

Per 1000

Pansy Plants, 20 leaves, from cold frame 815.00

260 at 1000 rate.

THE MORRIS TIORAL CO., ftr""

Phoenix Nursery Company,

1215 N. Park St., BLOOMINGTON, ILL.

oner the following well-grown stock:

Per 100

AGERATUM, PRINCESS PAULINE, 2!4-in.pots $ 2.00

STELLA GURNEY. 2!/2-in. pots. 3.00

ALTERNANTHERA, sorts, i/j-in. pots 2.0O

COLEUS, sorts 2.50

CLEMATIS. DUCHESS EDINBURGH. JACK-

MANNII. MADAME EOUARO ANDRAE.

3 yrs., well established, from 6-in. pots 25.00

2 yrs , from 4-inch pots 20 00

CLEMATIS, PANICULATA, extra well rooted,

2V4 and 3-inch pots 5. CO

LOBELIA, blue, from cuttings. 2V^-m. pots,

ready to bloom 3,00

ROSE, EXPRESS OF CHINA, 2!i-in. pots.. 2.00

SWAINSONIA ALBA, 4-in. pots 6 00

'■ 3-in. pots 4,00

Per 100

$3.00

STEVIA, VAMEGATA. 2"4-

, pots, fine 3,00

SALVIA, ST LOUIS, 2V4-in. pots

VIOLET. MARIE LOUISE, 2-in. pots, well

established 3. 00

AOIANTUM Capillus-Veneris, 2H-incb pots,. 3.00

ROSES, from 4-in. pots. Will make fine
plants for April sales, of very best bed-
ding sorts, mostly 2 yrs., well branched
and well establisheti plants, A. GUINOI-
SEAU. BON SILENE. BRIDE. BRIDES-
MAID. CLOTHILDE SnUPERT. OR GRILL,
ETOILE DE LYON, HERMOSA. HENRY M.
STANLEY. MOSELLA, MAMAN COCHtT,
MARIE GUILLOT. MALMAISON. Nl-
PHETOS PERLE DES JARDINS. PAPA
GONTIER, PRINCESS SAGAN, RAIMBOW.
SUNSET. SAFBANO 8 00

Onn nnn Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fresh
L\j\j\\j\j\j picked from our own plants, sure

to grow, 90c, per IGO; $7,50 per 1000.
Alternantheras— Red. yellow, pink, strong, 2-inch

pots, at $2.00 per lOu.
'Mums— Fine rooted cuttings, W. R. Smith, Daille-

douze, Maj. Bonnatfon, H. Robinson, F. Hardy,

J. .Jones, etc., $1.50 per 100.

Boston Ferns, 2i4-inch, 50o per doz, ; $3.00 per 100.

3-inch, $1.00 per doz.; $10.00 per 100.
Geraniums— P. Bruant. Gettysburg. Crystal, Mme.

Bruant, etc. 2 inch, $2.00 per 100.

Vinca Major Var. 1-inch, strong. $10 per 100.

Russelia Multillora, 2-inch, fine plants, 50c per doz.;
$4.00 per 100.

Cannas, started ready for potting, Chas. Hender-
son. A. Bouvier. L. E. Bally. F. Vaughan. Bur-
bank, Egandale, Mme. Crozy, Queen Charlotte,
$2.50 per 100 in variety.

A. J. BALDWIN, Newark, Ohio.

.S. A Nult, Francis Perkins. Beaute Poitevine, La
Favorite. Double Grant. Centaurea. Montague,
Gloire de France, Mrs. Plltzer, Rev, Atkinson, Jas.
Gaar. Marguerite de Layers, in 2 and 2i4-inch pots.
$3,C0 per luO; $35.10 per 100).

Pfll HI? i.'rimson Verschaffeltii and Golden
uULCUo Queen, rooted cu'tuigs, 60c per 100;
$5 per 1(00. Coleus in variety, iiOc per 100; $4perM.
Feverfew, rooted cuttings, $1.50 per U 0; $12 per 1000.
Heliotrope, rooted cuttings. $1.00 ter I 0.
Fuchsias, rooted cuttings $1.00 per 100.
Ageratum, Princess Pauline and others, 2-in. pots,

$1,1 per 100; rooted cuttings, 50c per 100,
Salvia, Spleudens and Bedman, rooted cuttings,

$1,511 per 100,
Giant Alyssum, 2-in. pots, $1.00 per 100. Rooted

cuttings, 75c per 1< 0.
Vinca Minor, rooted cuttings, $1.00 per 100.
CASH WITH ORDER.

J. E. FELTHOUSEN, Schenectady. N. Y.

Please mention the American Florist to our advertisers.

1296

The American Florist.

April 6,

Kalamazoo, Mich.

BVBRTONB HAPPY BKCADSB OF GOOD
STOCK AND BRISK SALES. — ETHEL
CROCKER DOES SPLENDIDLY.

Things about the floral establishmente
are beginning to assume a "vari-colored"
blooming aspect. The bright weather
for the past few days, which is more than
welcome at this season, will tend to
bring out flowers in abundance, That
the first Easter of the twentieth century
will prove a record breaker may be
inferred from the fact of the number of
advance orders booked.

G. Van Bochove & Brother have things
in fine condition. Their American Beau-
ties look especially attractive and while
there seems to be an abundance of them,
there is not a bud but what has been sold
in advance. Their Brides, Bridesmaids
and Meteors are equally on top and bulb-
ous stock has never looked finer. What
there is left of their lilies are just in con-
dition for Easter sales. The disease has
played havoc with some, yet there seems
to be an abundance to go the rounds.
Carnations are doing finely, and Ethel
Crocker, notwithstanding its general
condemnation, is behaving splendidly. In
fact the Van Bochove brothers consider
it one of the best of last year's introduc-
tions. An additional carnation house
26x150 will be built this spring, which
will give them seventeen houses and over
50,000 feet of glass.

A call on the Dunkley Floral Company
shows everything about the place to be
in the pink of condition. Azaleas, genis-
tas, cinerarias and Primula obconica bid
fair to sell at sight, while roses, carna-
tions and bulbous stock will in nowise
sufifer for lack of buyers. Business all
through the season has been brisk.

NOMIS.

Augusta, Ga. — The residence, together
with some of the out-buildings, of W.
K. Nelson, nurseryman, were totally
destroyed by fire on March 17.

Inwood, N. Y. — J. B. Powell has been
missing from his home since February 13,
and his family and friends, being unable to
account for his absence, fear that he has
met with foul play.

HoLYOKE, Mass. — On Wednesday even-
ing, March 27, E. M. Wood, of Boston,
delivered a lecture before the joint meet-
ing of the Holyoke, Springfield and North-
ampton horticultural societies. His
theme was "The Evolution, Location and
Environment of Greenhouses During the
Past Fifty Years, and their Uses."

NEPHROLEPIS WITTBOLDM.

Stront; Plants, ready for 3-inch and 4-incb pots,
11.00 each; $10.00 a dozen; $75.00 per 100.

The GEO. WITTBOLD CO.

Palms and Ferns

1657 Buckingham St., CHICAQO, ILL.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Roses, Bride $1.01 per 100

" Maid 1.00 "

Swainsooia G. Alba 1.00

Chrysantbemums, Mme IJerg-

mann, Glory of the Pacific,

Golden Weeding. Major Bon-

DaflFon, Mrs. Jerome Jones,

Thornden, J. G. Whiildin... 1.00

Salvia Splendens 60c per 100. 85.00 per lOCO

Heliotrope 50c " 4.00

Marguerites 60c " 5.00 "

Tradescantia Zebrina $ .50 per lOJ

Geranium Mme. Salleroi, R. C 75 '*

Ageratum Cope's Pet, R. C 50 "

POT PLANTS

Dracsna Tndivisa. 4-in $15.00 per 100

Vinca Variegata, 2 sorts, 3-in — 3.00 "

Vinca Variegata and Harrisonii. from soil,
ready for 3-inch pots, $1.25 per 100.

JOHN IRVINE & SONS,

817 WASHINGTON AVE.

BAY CITY, MICH.

THE CHOICEST VABIETIEB
IS CUI.TIVATIOIT.

500,000 Verbenas

Fine pot plant! $2.50 per 100; $20 per lOOO. Rooted Cuttings 60c per tOO: $5 per 1000; $46 per^tO.OOO.

NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKED LIGHT, AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. SEND FOH CIRCULAR.

We are the Lar^^est Growers of Verbenas In the country.

Uor plants cannot be eurpassed.

Please ■mentinn the American F^nrist 'when urfiting

Geraniums

Per 100

10 best vars., IVi-'iu. pots $3.0D

3V4 " 400

ALTERNANTHERAS, yellow 1,60

redi ■ 2.00

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII, May 1st 2.00

DECUMBENS, 2-in. poi 10.00

DOUBLE PETUNIAS 3.00

VERBENAS. 15 vars., 2 and 2V4-inch pots ...... 2.00

COLEUS, 15 vars., 2-inch pots 2.00

VINCA VINES, 2 vars 3.00

PANSY PLANTS, large 1.50

«0a0 Small Pttusy Plants $3 00perl(0O

Cash I'leabe.

JOS. n. CINNINGKAM, Delaware, 0.

LAST CALL.

Dormant Cannas. Strong Two-Eyed Pieces.

Per Do7. Per 100

Burbank .....$ .50 $3.00

Pierson's Premier 85 6.00

Eeandile 75 5.00

AUema'iia 85 6.00

Chas. Henderson 50 3 50

Queen Churlotte... 60 4.00

Mile, Herat 61 4,00

Esplorateur Crarapbell fO 3.50

Florence Vaughan 6) 4 00

Souv. de Mme, Crozy BO 4,00

-Vlphonse Kouvier ?0 3.50

Heaute Poiievine 60 4,u0

6 at Dozen and 25 at 100 Rates.

N^IHAN SMITH &srN, Adrian, tich.

VERBENA KING

See what 1 have
, to ot?cr in Special
Number, or write
for list.

IC. HUWFELD,

.* Clay Center, Kan.

THE KOOTEU c IITTINO
8PECIALIST.
> icaii Florist -ajheii ivtitine

'Donc'iAe Extra large stocky plants.
X^CtlllalCSa Giant Mixed, in bud and
bloom; Jl per 100; f8 per lOCO. Will save you 60 per
cent on R. C, (.'arnations.- Write for prices. Lash
with order. hy. ERNST & SON, Washington, Mo.

Hardy Rhododendrons,

Hardy Azaleas,

Clematis,

Ampelopsis Veitphii,

California Privet,

Evergreens,

Buxus In Standard and Pyramid Shape,

Bay Trees

H. P. Roses,

Climbing Roses,

Standard Roses.

Grafted Bride <, Bridesmaids,

English Ivy. in 4 and 5-incli pots.

Tutierous Rooted Begonias, Single and

Douole,
Cycas stems,
Herbaceous Paeonias,
Tree Paeonias,
Cannas.
Hardy Pinks,
Hardy Phlox,
General Collection of Herbaceous plants.

Ask for Price List.

BOBBINK & ATKINS, Rutherford. N. J.

ummmmmff.mmsm!m£mmm&

Flowering Plants

*^ Per 100

Chinese Primroses, 3>^-inch,

in bloom $5,00

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 2-in. 2.00

Fuchsias, 5 vars , 2-in 2.00

Abutilon, trailing, 2 in 3.00

Flowering Begonias, 2-in 2.00

Geraniums, assorted, 2-in 2.00

100,000

flardu HerDaceous Plants

SEND FOR LIST.
CASH PLEASE.

EDWARD B. JACKSON,

Stamford, Conn.

Please mention tke American Florist when writing.

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The American Florist.

12B7

kk

99

Indispensable

(^* (5* (5* ^w

This is the only word which describes the Ameri-
can Florist Company's Directory, just out. This
book, 397 pages of facts tersely told, is issued
annually and is an aid to business and money
making which no wholesaler or traveling salesman
can aflford to be without. It contains the name of
every Florist, Nurseryman and Seedsman, arranged
both by states and towns and alphabetically; and
new lists of Gardeners or Superintendents of
private estates, Experiment Station Horticultur-
ists, Landscape Architects and Horticultural Sup-
ply Concerns. It will save many times its cost by
enabling you to cover America with your catalogue
and at the same time waste no printed matter or
postage on dead names.

EDITION OF 190 J,
POSTPAID, $2.00 oe

KWk\m

fLORIST
CO.,

324 Dearborn St.,
CHICAGO, ILL.

SPECIAL TRADE LIST T^Zr''""

Asparagus Cormorensis. Thn is a
novelty ot great merit. It looks
similar to Asparat^us Plumo- Size Per Per
sus, but grows ni urn more vig- pots. 100 doz.
orous, and will make very long
strings in a shorter time 2-in. $4 00

Asparagus Plumosus 2 3.0O

Alyssum Double Giant 2H 3.00

Ageratum Princess Victoria Lou-
ise, new IVz 3.C0

Ageratum Princess Pauline 3 3.

dwarf, dark blue 3 3.00

Clematis, large-llowtring varie-
ties. 2 years old $4.00

Clematis Paniculata, 2 years old.. 4 10.0)
1 year old... 3 5.0O

Carnation Ethel Crocker, strong
plants 2t4 3.00

Carnations Lizzie McQowan and
VVm. Scott 2!4 2.00

Geraniums best bedding varie-
ties, strong plants 3 4.00

Geranium America, the best sin-
gle light pink 3 8.00

Geraniums Mars and LePilot 3 5 00

Lobelia Humila Splendens, new,
dark blue, white eye 2H 4.00

Lobelia Emperor Wiiliam 254 3.00

Forget-me-not, Alpestris, blue,
wnite and pink clumps 3.C0

Periwinkle, variegated 4 1.00

2!4 3.00

Passiflora Coerulea, Pfordil 3 5 00

Salvias Splendens and Clara Bed-
man 2V4 3.00

We can supply any quantity rooted cuttings

Chrysanthemums. Carnations, Verbenas, Coleus. Alter-

nantheras. Geraniums. Prices on application.

C. EISELE, Ilth & Jefferson Sts., Philailelphia.

The Famout Kudzu Vine— Hardy as a rock. Lasts
BO years. Can be cut back every year. Grows
50 Jeet in one season. 17.00 per 100.

Asparagus Sprengeri— Strong 3!4-in., $6.00 per 100.

New Rote Snowflake— The Daisy Rose, $10 per 100.

New Lace Fern— Fronds last a month, $6.00 per 100.

New Russelia Multiflora— 2W-inch, $4.00 per 100.

50 New Plants not to be Had Elsewhere.

.Callai-White, $3 per 100; Spotted, $3; Yellow, $20.

Cannai, Dahlias, and all summer blooming bulbs.

Electroi and Cuts for Floritti and Seedsmen.

A. BLANC. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Pleau meKtion the American FtorUt when zuriting.

First Introduction to Amprica of

Black

Soluble Insecticide

- - - Soap - - -

Awarded Grand Prize at Paris Exposition and
winner of Gold Medals at Internat.onal Kxposi-
tions of Rome. Vilie d*^ Dijon and Turin, also
Diploma of Honor at Marseilles. Recommended
as efficai'ious by largest Eurojiean nurserymen
and growers. iDCludin? Messrs. Vilniorin, Andri-
eux and others. \\\ pests of outdoor or indoor
plant life, including San Jose sfale surcunib to
tbe effects of this remt-dy. Fruit growers, super-
intendents of parks and large estates and horti-
culturists generally will o' lige us by writing for
pamphlets, prices and other itiformation.

V. CASAZZA & BRO. ;?E°w'^yoRrc'i^y".* '

WHOLE GARDEN

For 14c.

We wish to gaiu this year 2(M),000 new

customers, and hence offer

1 Pkff. Salzer'sBlue Blood Tomato.. 16c

The Northern Lemon ific

Mama's Favorite Onion 10c

Emerald Green Cucumber.... lOc

City Garden Beet lOc

13 I>ay Ptadish 10c

LaCrosse Market Lettuce.... 1.5c

Elegant Flower Seeds 15c

Worth $1.0 for 14 c ents. |Too

We will mail tou this entire 81.00's
worth of splendid seed novelties free,
tofjether with our large illustrated
Plant and Seed Catalogue on receipt
of this n otice an d 14e in postage
Choice O nion Seed 60o lb and up.
Potatoes at 81.20 per barrel and up*
Catalogue alone. 6 cents. T
JOHN A. SALZERSEEDCO..LaCrosse.Wis.

Gatalorue Illustrations.

We sell Electros of the fine illustra-
tions tisedinthe American Florist
at 15 cts. per square inch. Send
list of your needs to

THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

xrm m--*m-iiPmi*-*-m.^K-mm.-¥t -m

HIKOTEEH.

IT COSTS 4 CENTS FOR EACH COO FEET OF |

-9 FLOOR SPACE ?.

I

i

DOES NOT INJURE THE MOST SENSITIVE
PLANTS- ENDORSED BY PROMINENT HtMISTS-
n.r USES FOR FUMIGATION OR SPRAYINC INDOOR] OR Y\
•JLfiW - ZOO LBS. or TOBACCO IN ONE PINT Of HIKOIfCN JW
r^ SOID BY SttOSMtN CIRCUIAH fhEE-^"

SKABCURA DIPCC.CniCAGO.

<)UICKLYD0ES IT.'W

* xf-s.-.z :5::K::x.^ri: ce: ;>e:;^.

Please mention tke American Florist tvhen writing.

LONG'S

New Printed Albums
For Floral Arrangements

FOR FLORISTS' USE IN ORDER TAKING.

Five varied selections and bindini."i, ranging in
price from $2 50 to $7. SO and finbracioir ninety
subjects. ^^INVALUABLE TO FLORISTS.

WELL PRINTED. HEAVY PAPER. CLOTH BOUND.

Descriptive circular free. On sale also by
Reliable Supply Dealers.

DAN'L B. LONG, Publisher, Buffalo, N. Y.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

You Htioiild know wliAt
noted growers say

Imperial Liquid
Plant Food

^^K^^M^^r ^^^^- Inodoroua, not expen-
H^K^H^M^ Blve. Full Information, booklets
^^^^^BH and prlcH on requeBt. Leadlnft
% ^^ Ea'^tern Dealers handle It.
EASTERN CHEMICAL CO., Mfr^..
620 ATLANTIC AVE.. BoBton, Mass.

1298

The American Florist.

April 6,

Toronto.

TRADE IMPBOVES WITH GOOD WEATHBE. —
PROSPECTS FOR EASTER — FLOWERING
PLANTS ARE SCARCE. — FALL SHOW
PLANNED. — VARIOUS NOTES.

Saturday, March 23, being a fine day
made a good impression on business,
especially with violets, of which many
thousands were sold. Roses continue
good and some fine blooms are seen in
the stores. There is a large demand for
Harrisii and azaleas and the buyers lor
the stores are busy looking around and
overbidding each other forthe few plants
which are to be had. A call on Thomas
Manton found that usually very active
gentleman very much under the weather
and likely to continue so until after the
Easter rush. He has a nice batch of well
grown Harrisii, about all there are in
this locality, and a fine lot of violets, also
a few specimen plants of Clivia miniatum
which will make a good show in some-
one's Easter window. His brother,
George Manton, had some very fine
Crimson Ramblers in sight, but allowed
the sulphur to ignite over the oil stove
and ruined them for this year.

At the Gardeners' and Florists' Asso-
ciation meeting the aflairs of the recent
carnation show were closed up and
arrangements made for a ladies' evening
in June and a chrysanthemum show in
November, the date of which is to include
the king's birthday, November 9.

One of the leading features of the Easter
trade is going to be plant baskets and
the retailers will not be amiss in buying
heavily, owing to the shortage in bloom-
ing plants.

J. H. Duulop has about the only azaleas
ajound, and they are well bloomed. He
also has some very fine plants of Bou-
gainvillea Sanderi, genistas and lilacs.

p. G. D.

Cromwbll, Conn. — A. N. Pierson
shipped several car loads of lily plants
during the few days preceding Easter.

Saginaw, Mich. — Charles Frueh &Son
have a nice stock of lilies ready for Easter.
They have been particularly successful
with the 5-7 Harrisii bulbs this season.

Greenwich, Conn,— L. E. Martin, for-
merly gardener for C. C. Worthington at
Irvington, N. Y., has succeeded John W.
Duncan as superintendent of W. H. S.
Wood's estate here, Mr. Duncan having
gone to become assistant superintendent
of the Boston park system.

REBUILT MACHINERY

and JSUPPLIES at Bargain Prices. Larg-
est MacliiDery Depot ou eartb. We buy
buildm^'8 and plants; ' amont:
others we bought the World's
Far, the Omaiia Exposition, the
ClHta;:o l*o>t uflJee. and other
ptruL-tures. \Ve rebuild machin-
ery of all kinds, and sell with
t'inding guai'antees. Boilers
Irom *25up; Engines from f35

up; Pteam Pumps from $15 up,

eto„ We CATTY complete stock cj Gen^l^J^.'^-
plie?, such as BFXTING, MIAFTING,
llAisGF.RS, PI LXEYS, IRON

IMPF. IRON ROOFING. X'A^.B"
WARF:, VALVES & FITTINCJ*
P1>1 MBING i>IATERlAL. etc.

Will -Hn.i fr,.,.,oiir ■:,'^n.,»a-.-rat:il.t: N ■>■ 4

Constantlv buying entire etocka

at Sheriffs' and Receivers* sales.

Chicago House Wrecking Co..

W. 35th & Iron Sts-. Chicago. III.

Invalid Appliance Co.,
COLUiBIA PUNT TUBS

-TbaUDdlkalaanrlUlapBrt."
iJ faar KdlimaQ dooo't huwUc Ifao^

^^asw^ssy2^sKK»««re Kre^^i^BCTia<5^si^srerere «^^^y ^^ a«»»g2

A MAN'S LAWN

will never look smooth and "velvety.*' the rank crab-grass
will never be straightened up so It can be cut off, and ihe
^rass will never grow so thickly until he invests in that mod-
ern lawn beautifler known as a "

rinley Rotary Lawn Rake

^ Papa! We Can Rake Your i.awn.*'

. It came out only last
season, and from Gar-
deners, Parkmen and
others, an avalanche of
testimonials has come
to us, all of them saying
in sub.^tance, "this is the
greatest Invention of mod-
ern times in its line. We
couldn't do without it "

A CHILD CAN PUSH IT.

YOU NEED ONE
If YOU HAVE A LAWN.

It runs easy, is simple, strong, and the otily thing of its kind. We have
a descriptive circular telling all about this Lawn Rake and containing
testimonials from users in all pans of the country.

We wan^ you to have one. and will mail it free for the asking.

F. B. JOLIET

I4inch, $10.00-

FINLEY LAWN RAKE CO.,

20-inch, $12.00.

Joliet, III., U. S. A.

See That
Ledge?

Pat. Sept. 18. 1900

THE

IMPROVED

JENNINGS
IRON GUTTER.

Estimates furnished on

Cypress Greenhouse Material

With or without our

Patent Iron Gutters and Plates.

No threads to cut for our

Patent Iron Bench Fittings

and Roof Supports.

Ventilating Apparatus.

Send four cents in stamps for our Circulars
and Catalogues.

JENNINGS BROS., OIney.Phila., Pa.

Economy in Heating

At the present and prospective
prices of coal those florists are
lucky indeed who are using the

Weathered Boilers.

Are you one of them? If not,
then write us and we will fur-
nish indisputable tacts.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marlon St , NEW YORK.

The most widely drcnlated'Gennan gardening

JCuinal, treating of all department, of tiortioulturt
and floriculture. Numerous eminent oorre.pond-
• nt. in all part, of the world. An adTerti.lng
medium of the highe.t ola...

MoUer'i Deut.ohe Gartner Zeltung U pnbll.hed
weekly and richly iUu.trated. Subioriptlon 18.0)
per annum, Inoluaing po.t&ge. Sample oopie. fret.

uAm^^^Der-j^i

iril

E^^^^^^^i^

Thn Unuior That will kill all the weeds in your
I lie niUWCl lawns. It you keep the weeds cut
so thev do not ffo to seed and cut your grass with-
out br'eakinj: the small feeders of, roots, the grass
will become thick and weeds will disappear. Ihe
Clipper will do it. Send for catalogue and prices.
CUPPER UWN MOWER CO., Norristown, Pa.

American florist Advertisements
Pay Advertisers.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1299

Boston Florist Letter Go.

FLORI8T8' LETTBR8.

This wooden box nicely stained and vais
aishedt 18x30x12 made In two BectlonB* one
for each size letter, g:lvea away with flint
order of 500 letters.

Block Letters, 1 H or 2-lnch size, per 100. 13^.
Bcrlpt Letters, $4. Fastenerwlth each letter or word.
Csed by leadlnK florists everrwriere and tor ■&!• bT
Hit who'eeale florists and supply dealers.

N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager,
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

IF YOU WANT

HEALTHY PLANTS

FUMIGATE WITH

NICOTICIDE

THE BEST OF ALL

INSECTICIDES

Write for full particulars to

The Tobacco Warehousing & Trading Co.,

1000 Magnolia Ave., LOUISMUE, KY.

Use "UP-TO-DATE"

= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

M. Rice & Co., 'X„1.Ul.t?e'rs.

918 Filbert St., PHJXAX>ELPH1A, FA.

Catalogttk for the Abkinq

The Conley Foil Co.

Manufacturers ot
2 AND 4 DOMINICK STREET,

SiGMUND GeLLER

Importer and Mir. ol

Florists' Supplies

Complete stock— New Goods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

108 W. aath St., nea r 6th Av.. NEW VORK.

^i^^^x^ Adjustable Vase Holders

Ko. 1.— Brass, nick'-l, 4 (iit long, 6 clasps to each
rod. Price complete (with green or white tum-
blers) $2,25, Price complete (with green or white
cornucopia vases) «3.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft, rod
brassed and nickeled, with three clasps tor 5 to 6-
Ini-h pots, each, $1.75.

Kifi's patent rubber capped Flower Tdbes,
IH-inoh diameier, per 101), $3.50.

JOSEPH KIFT & SON, 1725 Chestnut St.. Ph ila.. Pa.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want
in the way of

PREPARED PALMS

Whether the raw materiaU or the
finished goods, you will get best
satisfactioQ and service from the
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co.,

Jacltsonville, Fia.

Branch Store. Indianapolis, ind.

uiries Cheerfully Answered.

[very New Thouglit and
Every Advanced Idea

IN floral fashions is represented in our stock. Buyers who are desirous of
being in the lead will find us strictly up todate. Prices lower than else-
where for corresponding quality.
After Easter you will want Engagement and Wedding Baskets, Jardinieres
and Vases for Spring Plants, Cords and Tassels, Ribbon Inscriptions and
Letters, Doves and Sheaves. Prepare now for the Decoration Day trade. The
best Immortelles and Cape Flowers are now in stock; Cycas Wreaths and
Leaves, Moss Wreaths and all styles of Metal Designs.

COMPLETE CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.,

50-56 North Tourth St., wholesalers Only. PHILADELPIilA, PA.

Mailing and
Cut Flower Boxes

a specialty with us. The Mailing
Packages are used by the largest
shippers of plants and bulbs, take
less postage and are water-proof.
Our Cut Flower Boxes are mois-
ture-proof and are used by all
retail florists. These boxes are
shipped knocked down flat. Write
for prices.

The Dayton Paper Novelty Co.

DAYTON, O.

S for 1 ceirxt,

3 FT. HARDWOOD FLOWER STAKES S.KS:i:p.°.^STl';l

sample and prices on other sizes on application. <^^Ji^S,^,^^^Ji

lOllS A. SHARE, factory Cor. Barth Ave. and Belt R. R., Indianapolis. Ind.

A. HERRMANN.

Cape riowers. au. oolobs;
Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
^^ All Florists' Sopplies.

Send for Prloei,
404-412 East S4th St..

NEW YORK.

REED & KELLER,

122 & 119 W. 25th St., NEW YORK, N. Y.

MANUFACTURERS OF

FLORISTS' WIRE DESIGNS.

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Galax Leaves and all Decorative Greens.
Please ntention the American Florist when writing

Sheep Manure.

In natural state. $1.00 per ton,
in car load lots, f. o. b. cars.
Kirkland, 111. Write for prices on dried pulver-
ized sheep manure. Cash with all orders.

MONTANA FERTILIZER CO., Elgin, III.

IRON

RESERVOIR

VASES

Mcdonald bros.,

IRON LAWN
SETTEES.

For Lawns and
Cemeteries.

108-114 Liberty St..
COLUMBUS, OHIO.

Sekd for Oub 1901 Catalogue

Please mention the Amoican Florist when ivyitmz-

GEORGE RIPPERGER,

Sheep Manure

I have now on hand a large quantity of A1 Sheep

Manure. Send for price list and sample.

Best Fertilizer for Top Dressing.

CASH WITH ORDER OR UEFERENCB8.

Sry"ie't^n?hTt.f*- LONG ISLAND CITY.

Please mention the American Florist when w>iling

1300

The American Florist.

April 6,

Syracuse, N. Y.

BASTBE TRADE CERTAIN TO BE HEAVY. —
DBUAKD INCREASING EACH YEAR. — GOOD
SUPPLIES NOT ENOUGH TO GO ABOUND. —
VARIOUS NOTES.

With favorable weather Syracuse
florists look for a large Easter trade.
There is a good supply of almost every
kind of stock except the Easter lily. The
disease which has done so much damage
to that flower of late years has worked
havoc here. Henry Morris has on sale a
quantity of Bride and Bridesmaid roses
which are booked as "specials." They
bring from $3 to $5 a dozen ordinarily,
but at Easter the prices will be much
higher. No florist in Syracuse can grow
all the plants and cut flowers demanded
at Easter. A great many of them are
obtained from New York. The demand
for plants and flowers at Easter in Syra-
cuse gets larger each year.

L. E. Marquisee will have but a small
part of the carnations which he could
sell. The carnation growers are keeping
away from the stores, saving their pro-
ducts for Easter, when the prices will be
higher, and, as aresult, theretailers have
had a hard time to fill orders during the
past week.

Quinlan & Co. have an elegant supply
of hybrid roses, which beat anything in
the city in this line.

Henry Morris intends to build a cooler
in his cellar and to enlarge his shipping
capacities. A J. B.

St. Thomas, Ont.— Webster & Com-
pany's greenhouses were destroyed by
fire March 25, the loss being $3,000 with
no insurance.

Brockton, Mass. — The fifth anniver-
sary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Hathaway was pleasantly celebrated
by their friends, who surprised them by
calling in large numbers at their home,
on the evening of March 25. The time
was passed very delightfully, with music,
congratulations and good wishes.'

Thos.W.Weathered'sSons

46 Marion St., New York City,

Design, Construct and Heat
Greenhouses for private or
Commercial purposes.
Plans, material and work-
manship the best.
Strictly up to date.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE,

Perfect Hot Water Heating our Specialty.

HEADQUARTERS

COCOA FIBRE.
SHEEP MANURE.
BONE all grades,
IMPORTED SOOT.

DUNNE & CO., ItSi'it New Y

* HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES

SPHAGNUM RQcl
GREEN MOSS,
RUSTIC WORK, all kinds.
CLAY'S FERTILIZER.

, ir\V New York.

Awarded the only flrst-
class Certificate of Merit

by the Society of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
Aug. 21, 1890. for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

iWhilldin

PotteryGo

Jersey Qty W^^BPUng Island (jty
Philadelphia

RED POTS.

Sample Pot and Price List
on application

ft)

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

STAMDARD FLOWER POTS!

Packed in imall oratei, eai; to handle.

Prloe per crate
UOO 1-ln. poU In orate, U.88

1600 2M "
1600 3iJ "
1000 3 "

800 3H "

600 4 "

3306

U4 6

6.36
6.00
6.00
6.80
4.60
«.61
3.16

Price per orate
120 7-ln. poti In crate, M .30

48 9
4810
2411
24 13
1J14
16

3.60
4.80
3.60
4.80
4.80
4.60

Seed pans, same price aa pots. Send for prloe Hat of
CyUndjsra for Cnt Flowera, Hanelnx Basketa, Lawn
TaaeB. et«. 10 per cent off for cash with order.

HILFINaER BROS. POTTERY,

OK.... FORT EDWAKD, N. Y.

AUSUR BOLEXB & Sons, New Tork Asenta,

61 D»T ITBMT. N«W TOKK riTY

THOSE RED POTS

"STANDARDS"

FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y,

HARRY BALSLEY,
Rep.

DETROIT. MICH..

490 Howard St.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write tor price list

6. HENNE6KE 60.. "'■■'{aS"'"^

FLOWER POTS

STANDARD PGTSspe.^.tv

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

P, 0. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

Standard r>riX^
Flower... ■ V>^ i O

If your greenhouses are within &00 mile*
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money .^^^

W. H. ERNEST.

28th and M Streets. WASHINGTON, D. C.

WRITE

AF IfnUD 1521-23 N. LEAVITT ST.,
■ ii MJnnt CHICAGO, ill..

FOB PRICES OF

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market.

KELLER BR05.,

_ 213-15-17-19-21-23 Pearl St..
NORRISTOWN. PA.

Manufaoturers of Standard Flower Pots, red in
color, equal to the best on the market; are IQ
miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec-
tions. We give special attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantities. A
postal will bring prices and discounts.
Please mrnfion (he American Florist when wriling.

GEO. KELLER & SON,

MANmrAOTURIBS 0»

Flower Pots.

Before baying write tor prioea.
381-383 Herndon Street
near Wrlghtwood Are.,

CHICAGO. lU..

Please mention Ike American Florist when writing.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1301

THE} OH!IOIPfA.Iv

Garland Valley Gutter and Drip Conductor

No bolt holes or other undesir-
able connections to hold moisture
and rot off bars.

Sash bars do not have to be
mutilated and made to carry the
gutters, but vice versa.

THE GUTTER IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE

it has stood a ten year test and 1 can warrant that it will last fifty years longer, will outlast one dozen galvanized
or steel gutters, as steel is the poorest material for greenhouse use. No breakage of glass by frost or ice. Only seven
inches of shade in December. No drips from condensation when proper humidity is maintained within. No wires
to hold bars to gutter, wires are for supporting ridge pole without using ridge pole posts. Simplest and easiest to
erect, never sags or gets out of line. Made in my own foundry, of No. 1 Lake Superior cast iron. Do not make a
mistake by putting in untested devices, but get into the hand wagon with the successful growers who have tested the
Garland Iron Gutter and Drip Conductor. The following is a partial list; write to any of them:

Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago,
Lincoln Park Greenhouses, Chicago,
Chas. D. Ball, Holmesburg. Pa.,
Wietor Bros., High Ridge, Chicago,
Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O.
E. D. Kaulbach & Son, Maiden, Mass.,
Fostoria Floral Co., Fostoria, O.,

Write for Illustrated Catalogue
Containing Testimonials of Above.

A. H Poehlmann, Morton Grove, 111.,

M. A.Hunt Floral Co.,TerreHaute, Ind.,

Peter Reinberg, Summerdale, 111 ,

F. Stielow, Niles Center, 111.,

W. A. Hartmin, South Haven, Mich.,

The Cottage Greenhouses, Litchfield, 111.,

Leopold Schroeder, Dolton Station, 111.,

R. I. Macklin, Marshfield, Wis.,

W. P. Ransom, Junction City, Kans.,

Marso Bros., Joliet, 111.,

Michael Winandy, High Ridge, 111.,

Juergens & Co., Peoria, 111.,

Joseph Heinl, Jacksonville, 111.,

J. W. Howard, Somerville, Mass.

GEO. M. GARLAND, Des Plains, 111.

IS MUCH m|>RE P» RA»U ttHAN PINE.

ISASH iAR

«» TO itt narrow jLEiteTH tmi^aeR.^

iREENHOU

AMD OTTflB autUMWg'MjH millAt.^

S<in<J\foc»ur Illostr..
"CYPjPESJS.UJIMBER^

S«nd foJTfur Special 'fireenhou*

Please mention tke American Florist when ■wriiin^

LYANS* INPROYED

y£MmAnM6\

APPAMA7US \

WOITE foe ILLUSrRAnO ^-AlflLOCue

QUMf/t arrMAC/tmwm.

I

FOR INSURANCE AGAINST
DAMAGE BY HAIL, Address

JOHN a. ESLER, See'y F. H. A.,

SADDLE ItlVCIt. H. a

American florist Advts.

\'%/%^/%/%/%/%^/%y%^A

SEW ARE OF SAP in Cypress lumber for greenhouse material. a
A little sap in lumber to be used for interior finish in dwellings
won't hurt. But in greenhouse material it is a FATAL defect.
The moisture inside the greenhouse makes the difference.
The sappy piece is the first to decay, and is the weak link in the chain.
We can't afford to have any weak spots in our material.
We want permanent customers, which means satisfied customers.
We can make you a permanent customer.
Your first order is our opportunity.
May we have it.
Write us about it.

CYPRESS '3^c^^"^

OF
DE^SMlSKf]

UOHN L. WtoHSBlackhav/kSt.

MONINOER Co. ''"■^■%Vc".To'^'''

9^%^^^^%'*

\^m^^-%^%^^'%^%

ym^^^m

Boilers

Fof GREENHOUSES.

OP HIQH ^
GRADE.. •*"

Bi-HotWatm.

See our Catalogue

GIbllnfcCo.JtIcs.N.Y.

RUSTIC WORK

FOR ALL PURPOSES
MADE TO ORDER.. .

In stock, the most extensive variety in the
country, of Baskets Window Boxes, Stands,
Brackets and original designs. Prices low.

RUSTIC MFG. & CONSTRUCTION CO.,

19 Fulton Street, NEW VORK CITY.

1802

The American Florist.

April 6,

Columbus, O.

GOOD STOCK ABUNDANT FOE EASTER AND
HEAVY SALES ASSUBBD. — NOTES OF LOCAL
DOINGS.

J. R. Hellenthal has the finest lot of
Dutch bnlb stock in the city. He has
been buying bis bulbs from the same
Holland firm for the past few years and
believes in staying -with a good thing.
The fine stock of Ramblers is not found
in bloom on this place which was seen a
year ago, although the treatment given
them was just the same. We think this
part of the state will be well supplied
with Easter stock and a big demand is
expected.

Mr. Rolker, of New York, was in the
city this week introducing a Lilium long"-
florum for which he claimed the advan-
tage of flowering from ten to fourteen
days earlier than ordinary longiflorum
under similar treatment.

Gus Drobish, of the Cottage Rose Gar-
dens, shows little sign of the serious
illness from which he so recently recov-
ered. He is trying hard to catch up with
his work.

Underwood Brothers are ahead onlilies
this season, their Easter crop being in
fine shape. Carl.

FoNTANA, Wis. — Fred. Taylor will
engage in market gardening this season,
planting fifteen acres of land as a starter.

PouGHKEEPSiE, N. Y. — The April meet-
ing of the Dutchess County Horticul-
tural Society was held on April 3, at the
residence of C. J. Reynolds. I. L. Powell
presented a paper entitled "Erperience
with Carnations and Method of Culture
* During the Past Two Years."

\THE
'new OEPftRTURE,"-k=*
vVXhTJU\I!NGLi\PPLiaNCE,:?

You can not get a GOOD THING
for nothing:. But the price of this
apparatui is next to nothing;. Send
for price and description to

J. D. CARMODY, Evaasvllla, lad.

\. Prevents
mildew.

3. Operates to
perfection in
catchy weather.

5. Are placed
on their merits.

The A u t o-
matic Ventila-
tor does its own
think iog.

2, Saves all
labor.

4. Improves
the growth of
plants.

6. The first
cost the only
expense.

7. Will last a
lifetime.

The A u t o-
matic Ventilator
ventilates as
necessity re-
quires.

The Chadborn Patent Automatic Ventilator

And TEMPERATIRE RCGILATOR

By simply attaching our Temperature Controlling Device to your heating system
you not only secure an even temperature but effect a direct saving of fuel.

MANUFACTURED BV

THE CHADBORN MFG. CO.

Broadway and High St.,

NEWBURQH, N. Y.

Our Illustrated Catalogue, Prices, Etc., is yours for the asking.

Please mention the American Florist -when Tvritin^.

Henry W. Gibbons Co.

INCORPORATED

7(;

and Manufacturers

GREENHOUSE ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS

Gulf Cypress Structural Materials,

STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,

Iron Frames for Qreenhouses
and Ventilating Materials.

Sales Offices, 136 Liberty St., NlW YUnK) N. Y. Manufactory General Office, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Wrile to NEW YORK OFFICE for Estimates, CaUilogues, Pl:ins, Expert Advice, Etc.
HENRY W. GIBBONS, Pres., New York, N. Y. J. L. DILLON. Treas.. Bloomsburg, Pa.

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DO NOT FORGET

before building that addi-
tion to your greenhouses
to write us for expert plans
and figures. Perhaps we
can save you money.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

48 Marion St., NEW YORK.

greenh'ousb. ^^ ^V ^^ rn

VENTILATOR ^^ 4^ ^^ I I

GULF CYPRESS BARS,
OREBNHOUSE AIATERIAI,,

Manufactured by 8. JACOBS & SONS,
Fluihing Ave., near Metropolitan Ave., Bro"*''"!, N Y.
AT WHOLESALE.

Catalogue and esti-
matei furniihed.

D. 0. Cunningham

.filass Co.,

PITTSBURS, PA.

TANK WINDOW GLASS.
HOT-HOISE GLASS A SPECIALTY.

Holds Class
Firmly

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Sea the Point JV

Tk* Tu B*T>*T P«r>
fMt Olaidmc F*ixto are
«k* bMt. He rishta or
lefU. Box of loot paiBU
7t oentt, poitpftid.
HENRT A. DREEK,
T14 CkMbmt St., num., r..

igoi.

The American Florist.

803

As with our battleships and
almost every other valuable inven-
tion, the would-be and pretending
;ill- wise offer to criticise and con-
ilemn them long bi^fore they ar »
abU' to prove their etViciency. Kut
'^uch wise judges are, as "a rule,
relegated to the deep, dark and
l;itnomless sea of-ignorance. and
arc the lautrhins stock for the
Wiser and truer judj^os.

Just so with the Duplex Gutter;
it will get its rewiirds by such jud-
^^e3 lont: before it will be able to
prove Its superiority over the
other makes that confront it :it
present. Remember I make a
j;iiller to suit the ideas of my cus-
tomers and not one of llimsy sheet
sti'el, as you are made to believe
b\ some guessing' their story.

I furnish them in the fol-
lowing .metals: Steel,
wrought iron, cast iron,
copper, or zinc, alt at
nearly a^ low a price as
cast iron and of some of
these muter.als at only
half the cost of cast
iron. I will ^viarantee
them as durable as any
other make, with more per-
fection and much stronger
construction. I claim
nothing for my gutter that
reflects upon any other
make; they all have cer-
tain merits.

PLEASE NOTICE THE
QUESTIONS FOLLOW -
IXG: How long will a cast
iron gutter last if made in
5-foot sections, and erected
upon a 2-inch pipe made
out of three-sixteenths-
inch steel sheeting? (pipe
is usually made out of that
material).

How long will a house
last that is held together
with steel wire, when its
life is only five years? (As stated in an advertisement).

All well-informed per-ons know better and will see at once that
a man who will condemn his own material to injure others is either
running from llie enemy or dreadfully scared, if my gutter is as
poor as it is said to be by competition it needs no free advertising.

Why do we not build cast-iron bridges? Because thev would
not last long enough and because they would fall of their weight
unless on a continuous pier. We build thera of steel and iron and
still you are informed that steel lasts only live years.

Take a piece of steel plate one- fourth inch thick and suspend it
in your greenhouse and see how long it will last. This is the thif^k-
ness of our angle gutter, upon which the greenhouse is constructed.
If cast iron gutters will stand fifty years on gas pipe, my gutter will
stand longer, when it is made of as heavy and heavier metal, which
it is, and not in the earth as the pipe is, upon which the cast iron
gutter holds its life.

Think for yourselves, gentlemen, and you can readily see whtre
the shoe pinches.

Send for my catalogue and read common sense reasons that are
not disputable.

E. HIPPARD, Youngstown, 0.

CAST OLASS

CALLED PLATE

HBADQUARTERS.

JOHN LUCAS & CO., Philadelphia.

American Florist Advts.

Mean More Business.

WATER.

If you want water only when the wind blows a windmill will do your
work and cost less money than our Rider Jind Ericsson Hot Air Pumps, but
if jou want water every day while your flowers are growing and do not want
your pump blown down when the wind blows too hard, no pump in the
world can equal ours. We have sold about 20,0C0 of thera during the past
twenty-five years, wliich is proof that we are not making wild statements.

Our Catalogue "A 3*' will tell you all about thera. Write to near-
est store.

Rider-Ericsson Engine Co.

t St., New York.
n St.. Boston.
Pitt St., Sydney.

692 Craig St.. Montreal. P. Q. 86 Lake St., Chicago.

Tfniente-Rey 71. Havana, Cuba. 40 N. 7th St.. Pbiladelphia.
. S. W. MtTchaQt and .Makca Sts., Honoluh'.

HOTBED SASH

In Pine, Louisiana Cypress
and Red Cedar.

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL,

Cal. Red Cedar and Louisiana Cypress.

BEST GRADES, PERFECT WORKMANSHIP.

A. DIETSCH & CO. 8»^!ifive CHICAGO, ILL.

1304

The American Florist.

April 6

Index to Advertisers.

Advertisins rat's. ..1276

Alien S L A Co II

.\merican Blou'erco IV
American Rose Co..

r->;8 II

Amling EC... ...... 1279

Andorra Nurseries. 1281

lialdwin AJ 1295

BallerF A 1283

Bartram T E 1285

liassett A Wash-
burn 1279

BaurSAlfred I

Bayersdorfer U*Co 1299
lienthey & Co .... 1279
lJercl;maii3 P J vJo 1293
Bernhe'mer Eugene 1380

lieraing HG.. 128 J

BiDdel;unst Die It

Ulano A A Co 1297

Ulue H 11 Nursery. .129!
Boobinf & Atkiua.1296

Bo.k W A 1291

BostonCo-operative

Growers Es 1280

Boston Letter Co... 1299

Brant SU 1283

lirant & Noe 1279

Briiiley EB&C0..1281
lijcklev W T Plant

Co..." 1293

Budion!;.JA....1279 128?

liunyard H A 1278

Burpee W A & Co.. II
Caldwell the Wood-
man Co 1288

CarmodvJ D 1302

Casazza V*Iiro...l297
Chadborn MfgCo..l302
Cbadwicl; Ctias.. .1290

Chase AS 1287

Chicago Carnation

Co 1279 129J

Chicago House Wkg

Co 1298

Chi'go faeony Frm 1283
Cincin Cut Flow Co.l278
Clipper Lawn Mow-
er Co 1298

Cole Bros 1285

Conard A .Jones Co. 1288

Con ley Foil Co 1299

Cook John 1285

Cottage Gardens. ... I
<*lrabb A. Hunter. .. . I
Craig Robt A Son.. 1291
('unningham D O

Glass Co 1302

Cunningham Jos H.I293
Dailledouze Bros... 1292

Davis Bros 1283

Davton Paper Nov-
elty Co 1299

Deamud J B 1278

Detroit Flower Pot

Mfg 1300

Dietsch A & Co ...1303
i.iUon J L 1285 1292 1296
Dorner F & Sons Co I

DrcerH A 1285 I3u2

DuerrJ 1283

Dunlop John II 1281

Dunne & Co 1800

Easfn Chemical Col297
EiohholzHenrv....l288

Elsele C 1297

Ellis Frank M 1280

Ernst Henry &Son.liH6

Ernest W It 1300

Felch Geo E 1283

Felthousen J E ...1295

Fick & Faber 1295

Finley Lawn Rake

Co 1398

Fisher Peter 1290

Floral Eichange . . . 1391
FloridaNaturalPro-

duct Co 1299

Ford Bros 1281

Foster Lucius II 1295

Frver E 1283

Gardening Co 13H5

Gardeners Chroncle II

Garland Geo M 1301

Geller Sigmund ....1299

Ghormlev \Vm 1381

Gibbons H W Co... 1303

Giblin & Co MOl

Gullett \V n * Sonsl283
Gunther \Vm H ...1281
Gurney Heater Co. . 1304
Guttm n Alex J.... 1281
Hagenburger Carl. .1287

Hail Ass'n 1301

Hancock G * Son.. 1287

Hinsen Chris 1285

Harrer Geo 1290

Hart R I 1294

lleacooK Joseph 1285

lleiss J B 1293

llenneckeCCo 1300

llerendeen .Mfg (_'o. IV
Herr Albert .M.1283 1391

llerron Dana R 1387

Herrmann A 1299

Hews AH >!fc l'o....l300
Hilfluger Bros 1300

Hill The EGCj.... 1

Hippard E 1303

I Hitchin s & Co III IV
I Holton.tHunkel Cnl378

, Hooker H M Cn 1304

Horan Edw C 1281

Hort 'dv It

Hose Connect'n Co. IV

Humfeld C 1396

Hunt EH 1279

Invalid AppPce Co. 1293
Irvine John A Sons.l296
Jackson Edw 1>. ...1296
Jacobs S.V Sons... 1302

.Jennings E B 1288

Jennings Bros 1298

Johnson A StOr es. . I i83
Kalamazo) Nurserv

A Floral Co ".1294

Kasting W F 1280

Keller Bros 1300

Keller Geo A Son. . . 13 iii

Kellogg Geo M 1378

Kennicott Bros Co.. 1283

KyTobProCo 13

Kervan Co The 1278

Kift Joseph A Son. .1299

Kohr A F 130J

Kramer I N A Sons. 1394
Kroeschell Bros Co. IV

Kuehn C A 1280

KuhlGeo A. ...1385 129)
Lager A Hurrell. ...1288
Lakeview Rose Gar. 139)

LangJullus 1381

Langjahr A H 1281

Limpre.;ht S J 1281

Lockland Lum CO..1302

Long D B 1297

Lonsdale Edwin 1293

Lord A BurnhamCo IV

Lucas J A Co 1303

McCarthy >' FACo

1280 1288

McDonald Bros ...1291
MoKellarA VVinlrsn 1287

Mader Paul... 1293

Markle Jos 1295

May John N 1293

1 Mil'lang Frank 1281

Mlllang A Saltiord.1281
Moller's Zeitung....l298
Moninger JC Co.... 1301
i Montana Fertil Co.. 1299
Moon Samuel ("'.... 1284
Moon Wm H Co.... 1384
Morris Floral Co. ...1295
Mortensen Stephen. 1285

Moss Geo W 1280

Muno John 1385

Murray JasC lii8J

Myers A Co 1304

N Eng Cut Flower

Co 1280

NY Cut Flower Co.l281

' X Y Cut Flower Ex.1381

Nickel Plate RR...1292

Xiessen Leo 1280

1 PalenCoThe II

; Pennock ham'l S...1380
I Phoenix Nurs Co...l296
Pittsburg Cut Flo

Co 1378

Pollworth C C Co

1278 I3O0

Pritohard J N 1378

Quaker CityMchCo 1301

Ragan H L 1383

Randall A L 1279

Rasraussen A 1291

Rawlings E 1 1295

Raynor J 1 1281

Reed A KelKr 1299

Regan Print House. II
Reinberg Geo. .1279 1287
Reinberg Peter. . . .

: 1279 1292

Renters J 1285

Rice MA Co 1299

Rider-Ericsson Eng.

Co .1303

Rife Engine C" 1304

Ripperger Geo 1299

Ritter B H 1288

Roa'h E 1293

Roche A It

Rodgers Alex 11

Roland Thomas... . 1283
Rolker A A Sous.... II

Rupp John F 1S82

Rustic Mfg Co 1301

Salzer J .V Se- d Co.. 1297

Sander A Co 128)

Sohillo Adam IV

Schmidt J C 1288

Schwabe C Otto. .. .1287
Scott Robt A Sou.. 1289
Seminole Palm Co 1279

Share Lo'iis 1299

Shelly J P 1384

Shellroad Green-
houses 1295

Sheridan W F 1281

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CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, APRIL 13. 1901.

No. 671.

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CopyriRht 1901, by American Florist Company.
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THIS ISSUE 40 PAGES WITH COVER.

CONTENTS.

The Easter trade 1305

Cyrtomium falcatum (iUus.) 1306

Primula obconica grandiflora (illus.) 1307

Point Pleasant Park, Halitax, Nova Scotia

' (illi.s.) 1309

Carnations 1309

i —Planting in the fleld 1319

Mustard and cress 1310

New York 131 1

Boston 1311

Tiffin, 1312

Chicago 1312

Pliiladelphia 1313

St. Louis 1313

, Pittsburg 1313

Greenhouse building 1314

The perversity of human nature 1314

Twelve best herbaceous plants 1314

Easier bloss' ms 1314

Piping rose house 1314

Columbus, 13 '5

Obituary— A bra m D, Rohrer 1315

The seed trade 1320

—Onion growl nti 1320

Cleveland 1320

The nursery trade 1322

1 Lowell, Mass 132 J

Our pastimes 1324

— Atriioa 1324

-At New York 1324

London, Ont 1324

Syracuse, X. Y 1326

Cin-innati 13 '8

Fall River, Mass 1330

Washington 1332

Minneapolis 1S34

Omaha 1336

Detloit 1338

THE EASTER TRADE.

I I

In comparing the Easter trade of 1901 with that of preceding years, several facts
must be taken into consideration. Most deplorable was the unpropitious
weather which prevailed thronghont the length and breadth of the land. Cold,
rain and snow cut off a large sum from the total sales. Nevertheless, most corres-
pondents report sales equal to last year, when business was heavier than ever
before. While trade declined in many cities, it also increased in others, so that a fair
average would put the aggregate about as large as ever in history.

It is worthy of note that the supply of flowering plants seems to have been
generally equal to all demands, while from many sections comes the report that
more cut flowers might have been used to advantage, at least in certain lines. The
lily, as usual, was most popular, with azaleas second in demand. Of the former
there was a sufficiency, the quality averaging poor, while of the latter there were
surpluses here and there, and prices were not high. The experience of the week in
these and other lines seems to show that the future of the plant trade at Easter lies
in seeking better quality rather than increased quantity. It should be borne in
mind that medium- priced specimens were most salable.

As to cut flowers, supplies of good material were generally rather under the
demand and wholesale rates h'gh, with the result that retailers frequently found
themselves forced to ask prices which were prohibitive. Whatever may be the case
at Christmas, it is certain that for Easter there is a sharply defined price limit
beyond which it is unsafe to go. In this case this was most apparent as to carna-
tions, but was true as to roses and other items as well. Bulbous stock did poorly
everywhere. A number of the Easter reports are presented herewith:

Birmingham, Ala.— A. H. Lindsay says
trade was fifty per cent ahead of a year
ago with stock enough except azaleas.

Salt Lake City, Utah.—?. T. Hud-
dart says Saturday'ssnowstorm wasthe
cause of much stock of all kinds being
left unsold.

YoBK, Pa.— J. Reeser says trade was
ahead of last year, with a shortage in
all lines of stock and prices advanced on
some items.

Pueblo, Col —I. W. Joseph says trade
increased ten per cent with ample sup-
plies of stock and a surplus of roses.
Lilies seemed not in the usual demand.

Toronto, Ont.— J. H. Dunlop says
business increased twenty per cent, with
a few plants left over, but not enough cut
flowers to go around. The preference
was for violets.

Waterbury, Conn. — Alex. Dallas says
that the weather was very bad but trade
increased fully twenty-five per cent.
Lilies ran short and carnations were
higher in price than usual.

Leavenworth, Kans.— At the Fair-
view Greenhouses they say trade was
about as nsual at Easter, with plenty
of cut flowers except roses and lilies and
a general scarcity of blooming plants.

Northampton, Mass.— G.W.Thorniley
says the record is up to last year in spite
of bad weather. There was stock enough
of all kinds except lilies and Beauties.
Carnations lead other cut flowers.

Houston, Tes.— Mrs. N. E Westgate
says Easter sales were one-half greater
than usual. There were enough cut
flowers but flowering plants were
scarce. Lilies were most in demand.

Davenport, 1a.— John T. Temple
reports business ten to fifteen per cent
ahead of last year, despite rainy, unfavor-
able weather. Lilies were scarce, but
their stock about equal to the demand.

St. John, N. B — H. S Cruikshank says
trade was twenty-five per cent larger
than last year with an adequate supply
of all kinds of stock Lilies in pots were
in demand, as were all kinds of cut flowers.

Reading, Pa.— Hoskins & Giles report
trade a fifteen per cent increase, with
ample supplies of stock in all lines. Much
material of inferior qualitv was shown
and hurt the sale of better stock to some
extent.

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Louisville, Ky— The Easter trade was
about the same as in previous years,
according to the estimate of H. G Walkerl
There was a plenty of all kinds of stock,
lilies and azaleas being most in demand

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among plants, and carnatioss most pop-
ular among cut flowers. The weather
was cold and a drizzling rain fell all day
on Saturday.

Bloomington, III —J. D. Robinson
reports a substantial increase. There
were enough flowering plants except
lilies. Everything in the way of cut
flowers sold, carnations being most in
demand.

Salt Lake City, Utah. — Easter week
was cold and blizzardy, but just the same
R. E. Evans estimates trade to have
increased fifty per cent over last year.
There was enough stock of all kinds
except lilies.

Dayton, O.— J. B. Heiss says Easter
trade was ten per cent better than last
year, with a shortage of lilies and other
bulbous stock. Lilacs sold poorly, but
there was a good demand for small
palms and ferns.

Dallas, Texas.— The Texas Seed and
Floral Company report their Easter
trade to have doubled. They found the
greatest demand for Easter lilies and
carnations and did not have nearly
enough of either.

Tekee Haute, Ind. — Lawrence Heinl
says Easter trade was about as usual,
with adequate supplies of stock except
lilies. The marked increase in demand
was for flowering plants, everything in
bloom selling well.

KoKOMO, Ind.— Trade was thirty per
cent ahead of last year, according to
W. W. Coles, who says prices were from
ten to twenty per cent higher than usual
at the season. The shortages were on
lilies and carnations.

Oakland, Cal. — Donjoto Bros, say
trade increased seventy per cent with the
prices of cut flowers twenty-five per cent
higher than usual at Easter. The supply
of plants was about equal to demand but
there was a scarcity of cut flowers, par-
ticularly lilies and carnations.

Brattlbboho, Vt.— C. E. Allen says
Easter trade was satisfactory, although
threatening weather no doubt had an
effect upon trade. The supply was suffi-
cient in all lines. Lilies and carnations
were most in demand.

EvANSViLLE, Ind.— J. H. Wade & Com-
pany say Easter was about as good as
last year, despite unfavorable weather.
There were enough plants, but not
enough cut flowers. Roses and carna-
tions were in greatest demand.

Lincoln, III.— W. H. Gullett & Sons
note a small decrease in the Easter trade,
there being enough stock of all kinds
except carnations, which were rather
higher in price than usual. They note an
increased call for bulbous flowers.

Springfield, Mo.— W. A. Chalfant
says that trade jncreased thirty per cent,
with a sufficiency of flowering plants but
a shortage of carnations. Lilies and
roses sold well and with carnations
made ninety-fi-ve per cent of the sales.

Camden, N. J.— C. W.Tumley says that
the results of six months' labors were
concentrated in one day's business, and
that Jupiter Pluvius made that a wet
one. The better class of stores did very
well, but the sidewalk men lost heavily.

Portland, Me.— J. A. Dirwanger says
that trade decreased owing to the
storms when business should have been
at its height. Because of the inclemency
stocks in all lines were rather more than
the demand. Lilies and roses were most
easily salable.

Fort Wayne, Ind.— W. J- & M. S.
Vesey report sales twenty-five per cent
ahead of a year ago with prices rather
better than usual and inadequate sup-
plies of both blooming plants and cut
flowers. Lilies were most popular, but
there was a good sale for the better
grades of all flowering plants, some very
large hydrangeas being used at good
figures.

CYRTOMIUM FALCATUM AT PHILADELPHIA SPRING SHOW.

(.Sci- issue of March 3P, page 1231.)

New Albany, Ind.— Anders Rasmussen
says that Easter sales were twice as
large as a year ago and that everything ,
was sold out clean Saturday night. Car- '
nations shipped in were very poor, '
especially the whites and reds. Prices i
were about the same as last year.

Lancaster, Pa —Albert M. Herr says
that in money value the sales of Easter
were thirty per cent ahead of last year,
with ruling prices slightly higher than
then. There was an ample supply of all
kinds of plants, but a general shortage
of cut flowers.

Orange, N. ].—]. B. Davis says that
trade in the Oranges increased ten per
cent, with "stock enough to have done
more business. Bulbous material was
plentiful but slow sale. Carnations and
violets were most in demand and in
short supply.

Hdntsyille, Ala —Eugene Trump'
says everything sold at better prices than'
usual and that sales aggregated forty
per cent increase. More blooming plants
and good cut flowers could have been
sold. Lilies, roses and carnations were
most in demand.

New Orleans, La.— U. J. Virgin says
trade increased twenty- five per cent and,
there was stock enough in all lines. Tht
only flowering plants which sold wel
were Easter lilies and they also led cnl
flowers. There were no demand for car
nations or violets.

PiNEBLUFF, Ark.- C. A. Starr says th(
Easter sales increased twenty-five pe
cent, with better prices than usual'
There was increased demand for plantt;
and cut flowers were scarce. Camationi
and roses were most in demand, with i
great shortage of lilies.

Galveston, Tex.— J. D. Pruessner say
that sales were twenty-five per cent \ti
than a year ago, but that the loss i
attributable to the big storm of las
September While trade has notregainei
its footing, more stock might have bee
sold had it been on hand.

Laramie, Wyo. — Easter trade wd
about the same as last year, wit
adequate supplies of all kinds of stocl
Among flowering plants bulbous mati
rial was most io demand and azalea
least salable. Lilies and roses lead ca
nations among cut flowers.

Waterville, Me— H. R. Mitchell ;
Son report trade to have increased fifl
per cent with better prices on all line
There were enough plants but a shorta{
of cut flowers, especially carnation
Lilies were the most popular of plant
with azaleas as second choice.

Newport, R. I.— J. J. Butler estimat'
the Easter business to have increast
fortv per cent, with an adequate supp
of plants except Easter lilies, but ashor
age of cut flowers, lilies, carnations at
violets being most in demand. Bn
stock was not readily salable.

Syracuse, N. Y.— R. H. C. Bard sa
trade was twenty per cent ahead of la
year, with adequate supplies of all kin
of stock and increased prices for earn
tions and American Beauty roses. Spir?
and rhododendrons sold slowly and t
same may be said of cut flowers.

Pittsfield, Mass.— Sales were abo
on the level of last year, according
John White, who says there were enoo,
cut flowers for all demands, but tb
flowering plants of all kinds were she
in supply. Lilies and azaleas were

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greatest demand. Roses and carnations
had the preference as cut flowers. A
great deal more stock could have been
disposed of had Saturday been otherwise
than a very disagreeable, rainy day.

Allegheny, Pa.— J. W. Lndwig says
Easter sales were about as usual, with a
shortage of flowering plants and anover-
snpply of cat flowers. Among plants
azaleas were most in demand and spiraea
least salable. Of cut flowers, carnations
were wanted and lilies in least favor.

Newark, N. J,— John C. Muller reports
trade to have decreased twenty five per
cent because of the very bad weather,
which prevailed before Easter. There
was enough of everything, although car-
nations and roses were in demand. Bulb-
ous stock was a drug on the market.

Utica, N. Y.— Wm. Mathews says that
there was a plenty of stock and that
everything of good quality sold well,
with no demand for the poor grades.
Lilies and azaleas were favorites among
flowering plants. The aggregate of sales
w is about fifteen per cent ahead of last
year.

RocHESTEB, N. Y.— Rain fell during all
of the Easter week, but \. B. Keller esti-
mates sales to have been as large as 'ast
year, although prices were rather lower.
There was an abundance of flowering
plants and enough cut flowers except car-
nations. All classes of bulbous material
were over-plentiful.

Hamilton, Ont.— Trade was one-third
better than last year, according to E. G.
Brown, who says there were enough
plants, except lilies and white azaleas,
and enough cut flowers, except carna-
tions and good violets. He notes a fall-
ing off in the sales for spira;a and colored
hyacinths.

Bangor, Me.— Carl Beers reports trade
to have decreased one- third, with an over-
stock in nearly all lines. He says, how-
ever, that nearly everyone is satisfied
with the results, considering that the
weather was the worst on record. Oth-
erwise, he says, a new record would have
been made.

Providence, R. I.— Farquhar Macrae
says that had the weather been good the
Easter trade would have no doubt
eclipsed all records. Sales were about
as large as last year but there were
ample supplies for more business. Car-
nations were most in demand but bulbs
in pans sold well.

Racine, Wis.— A. J. Fidler says that
his Easter sales were double those of last
year and thinks that everyone has a
large increase to report, prices being
somewhat better than usual. There
was a shortage of flowering plants,
everything selling ont cleanly, but of cut
flowers the supply was adequate.

Buffalo, N. Y.— W. .\. Adams esti-
mates Easter trade to have been fifteen
per cent ahead of last year with rather
better prices than usual. Lilies were
scarce and as a rule there were enough
cut flowers. Everything sold well,
hydrangeas, azaleas, roses, carnations
and violets being most in demand.

Nashville, Tbnn.— According to M. C.
Dorris the call for plants was excellent,
but there was an overstock, nevertheless,
even lilies being left. The supply of cut
flowers was about equal to the demand
and prices were somewhat better than
last year. Lilies had the call as pot
plants and roses were most in demand
among cut flowers.

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PRIMULA OBCONIOA QRANDIFLORA AT PHILADELPHIA SPRING SHOW.

(See issue of March 30, page 1231.)

Fbbmont, Nbb.— H. C. Green says that
the weather was fine, stock plentiful,
business good and every customer satis-
fied. The total of sales was probably
forty per cent greater than last year and
prices averaged one-third higher than
heretofore at Easter. There were not
enough plants, but cut flowers were plen-
tiful, except carnations.

Augusta, Ga.— L. A. Berckmans reports
that the Easter trade was heavier than
usual, with a slight increase in prices in
some lines. There was a shortage of
blooming plants and much of the supply of
cut flowers was ordered from a distance.
Easter lilies, azaleas and callas sold well,
also palms. Carnations and roses were
the most popular cut flowers.

Dubuque, Ia.— W. A. Harkett says that
heavy rains up to Saturday morning
hurt trade to some extent, but that the
total of sales was slightly ahead of last
year the noticeable feature being the
decrease in demand for expensive plants.
Prices were about as last year, except on
roses, which were somewhat short of the
supply and therefore a little higher.
There was also a little shortage of pink
roses. Medium priced flowering plants
sold best, with not much call for palms
and other decorative material.

Bridgeport, Conn— At Horans' they
say that Easter trade was less than last
year and that prices were low on every-
thing except violets. There was plenty
of all kinds of stock but the principal
cause of the surplus was the fact that it
rained steadily for four days before
Easter. The rich trade bought well, but
the poorer classes did not buy at all.

Omaha, Neh — S. B. Stewart estimates
Easter trade as one-fifth greater than
that of last year, with an adequate sup-
ply of all kinds of stock and prices about
as a year ago, but firmly maintained.
Among plants, lilies and azaleas were
most in demand and for cut flowers the
call was for roses, carnations, narcissi,
hyacinths and violets, in the order named.

Syracuse, N. Y. — L. E. Marquisee says
that Easter sales were generally ahead
of last year. Some dealers report one
hundred per cent increase. Prices were
about as usual at Easter, save on carna-
tions, which averaged higher. There was
a plenty of plants, except lilies, and
enough cut flowers except violets. Pott?d
roses sold especially well, also azaleas
and tulips in pots. The demand for cut
roses was hardly up to former years,
carnations, violets and tnlips being
mostly in demand.

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WoKCHSTEB, Mass.— H. F. A. Lange
says that rain seriously interfered with
trade, but that total sales were about
equal to last year. There were more
blooming plants than could be sold,
lilies, Rambler roses and azaleas being
most in demand. There were enough cut
flowers except carnations and violets,
although lilies were most ireqnently
called tor.

Washington, D. C— Trade was twenty
per cent ahead of a year ago and prices
were about the same except on carna-
tions, which were short of the demand
and higher in price. Large azaleas were
not readily salable, but smaller plants
and lilies were in demand. It was the
same old story of impossibility to wait
on the rush of trade at the last moment,
according to A. Gude & Bro.

Lincoln, Neb.— C. H. Frey says trade
was twenty per cent ahead of last year
and prices ten per cent higher. There was
enough stock, something being left on
hand in nearly all lines. Lilies lead the
blooming plants, and roses, carnations
and lilies were most popular as cut
flowers. The weather was bad for the
three days previous to Easter, but no
one has any fault to find.

Kansas City, Mo.— Samuel Murray
reports his Easter sales fifty per cent
better than last year. His business of
Saturday and Sunday broke all records.
There were generally adequate supplies
of stock. More blooming plants were
sold than ever before and with these Mr.

were a plenty of cut flowers, with the
exception of first quality violets. Azaleas
sold better than Ramblers, but it was
noticeable that there was less demand
than usual for lilies in pots and that cut
roses did not sell as heretofore.

New Bedford, Mass.— Wm. C. Kraber
says that trade would have been ahead
of last year, had it not b;en for the dis-
agreeable weather, because of which sup-
plies were generally equal tp demands
and prices lower. Lili !s, azaleas and car-
nations were the most salable items,
although violets went well. There were
some nice Crimson Ramblers, but a good
many of them were left over.

Butte, Mont.— Law Brothers report
that there were more blooming plants
sold here at Easter than ever before,
but the supply was adequate. There
were only about half enough home-
grown cut flowesB and the prices on
Harrisii and Beauties were twentv-five
per cent higher than last year. Lilies
and carnations were the popular flowers.
The aggregate of sales was about as last
year.

Sharon, Pa.— John Murchie says that
every florist sold completely out of stock
and that the total of Easter sales was
twenty per cent ahead of last year, the
price obtained for flowering plants being
rather better than usual. There was
enough stock in this line, except good
lilies, and there was an adequate supply
of good flowers, kltbough none to spare.
Lilies and carnations were most in
demand.

DRIVEWAY IN POINT PLEASANT PARK, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.

Murray was well supplied. Lilies,

, azaleas, hyacinths and lily of the valley

*and tulips in pots were the most popular.

Roses, carnations and violets seemed to

enjoy unlimited sale.

Cleveland, Ohio.— J. M. Gasser says
that the Easter trade was about the
same as last year, but would have been
away ahead of all previous records had
it not been that Saturday was a cold,
rainy, miserable day. All flowering
plants were sold out and more could
have been used to advantage. There

Deteoit, Mich. — Philip Breitmeyer
says that Easter sales were fifteen per
cent ahead of last year, owing to a suffi-
ciency of stock to meet the demand.
Prices were about as usual and Breit-
meyer & Sons had all the plants they
needed, especially lilies and azaleas. In
cut flowers they'report an oyersupply of
roses and carnations. Plants had the
call and bulbous stock was least salable,
except lilies and smaller material when
put up in fancy baskets. These with
azaleas similarly decorated had the lead.

In cut flowers, violets were most popu-
lar, with roses and lilies second. They
found that the price of carnations was
so high as to shut of! the demand.

Richmond, Ind.— The E. G. Hill Com-
pany represent the total of Easter sales
as twenty per cent larger than last year,
partially due to better prices. There
was an insufficient supply of plants, lilies
and azaleas having the preference. Roses
and carnations were most salable among
cut flowers, carnations being short of
the demand. It was noticeable that
everybody, rich or poor, wants flowers
for Easter.

Providence, R. L— W. E. Chappell
says that the Easter trade was about as
last year, but would have been easily
twenty-five per cent larger had it not
rained steadily on Saturday and Sunday.
Roses were cheaper than usual. There
was an adequate supply of all kinds o<
stock except violets. Azaleas, lilies,
bulbous plants and primulas were
most popular. Cut bulbous stock sold
very slowly.

St. Joseph, Mo— L. J. Stuppy esti-
mates trade from twenty per cent to
thirty per cent ahead of last year and
says that prices were rather better than
usual, good prices having prevailed all
winter. There was an adequate supply
of both cut flowers and blooming plants,
but everything cleaned up well with no
orders refused. He says he had some
Marquis carnations which sold readily
at $2 per dozen.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — M. J. Lynch
says that everyone is satisfied with ten
per cent less sales than last season, the
decrease being caused by the very
unfavorable weather. There were enough
cut flowers except carnations, roses being
rather in oversupply. Easter lilies were
most in demand among plants, several
dealers having azaleas left on their hands.
The violet men reaped a harvest, ship-
ping to New York.

Muncie, Ind.— S. Humfeld says the
Easter business was seventy-five per
cent ahead of last year, with an ample
supply of bulbous stock. Roses were
scarce and there was a greater demand
than usual for fancy carnations. Lilies
were scarce and callas sold in their stead.
Some good lilacs, azaleas and rhododen-
drons sold well. The Muncie Floral
Company had some fine cinerarias in
7-inch pots, which sold readily at $1
each.

New London, Conn.— Trade is esti- •
mated to have increased twenty-five per
cent, but H, H. Appledorn says it would
have been much larger had it not been
for the drenching rain which fell when the
rush was at its height. There was
enough stock of all kinds, although
everything was pretty well cleaned out.
Daffodils did not sell as usual and violets
and pinks had the best of the cut flower
market. Roses seemed rather high in
price for ready sale.

Denver, Colo.— The Park Floral Com-
pany estimates the Easter business as
fifteen per cent ahead of last year, but C.
J. Theiss thinks the increase was as much
as fifty per cent. They agree that prices
were better than usual and that the
greatest shortage was of good lilies..
There was an adequate supply of cut
flowers, but everything cleaned up well.
It is agreed that, next to the lily, Crim-
son Ramblers were the most popular
plant and that there was little call for
the cheaper grades of stock. Beauties
enj oy ed heavy demand and fancy carna-
tions took well.

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VIEW FROM POINT PLEASANT PARK. HALIFAX. NOVA 8COTIA.

Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, N. S.

To one visiting Halifax, Nova Scotia,
■ the first time there are apt to be many
points of interest, natural, historical and
othervyise. Yet not one of them perhaps
will combine more numerous and varied
attractions than Point Pleasant Park,
or South Park as it is often spoken of
locally. It occupies the extreme southern
end of the peninsula upon which the
city of Halifax is built, and comprises
within its borders somewhat more than
two hundred acres, principally woodland.
The distinctive charm of the place lies in
its naturalness; its entire freedom from
' the manufactured aspect so commouly
found among parks. One feels a sense of
restfulness and freedom from restraint as
soon as he enters it, and only the mag-
nificent roads, the few scattered seats
placed at favorable points for enjoying
the view and the occasional wayfarer,
remind one of his proximity to a city and
;. the conventionalities of civilization.
" The park lands belong to the imperial
government of Great Britain, but in 1873
I were leased to the people of Halifax for a
period of nine hundred and ninety-nine
years, at the very reasonable rental of
one shilling per year, the government
retaining the right to make use of the
1 park for any military purposes and to
erect such forts and other buildings as
should be deemed necessary. In accord-
ance with this right two small forts have
been erected, which, with their cannon
and redoubts, their stockades of pointed
iron posts and their pacing sentinels are
grim reminders of those old days when
French and English and Indians hunted
each other through the forests of Nova
Scotia. There is another edifice within
< the park of even greater historic and
; romantic interest to the stranger. This
' is the old Martello Tower, a round, stone
building of decidedly antique appearance,
which at once suggests ideas of captive
Frenchmen and of pining, imprisoned
j Indians. It, and others like it on the
;, coasts of England, are said to have been
\ erected in the days when England dreaded

some landing by Napoleon upon English
territory. Campbell refers to them in his
well-known lines in "Ye Mariners of

England:"

"Brittania needs no bulwiirks.

^o towers alon^ the steep:
Her mjirch is o'er the mountain waves.

Her home is on the deep."

But aside from these few buildings,
which really serve only to emphasize the
naturalness of the rest, the park is as
nearly in its original virgin condition as
is compatible with the comfort of one
who wishes to see its beauties. There
are, as has been said, miles of magnificent
drives which intersect and wind about
throughout the entire area, now skirting
the shore and aflfording a view of what
is said to be one of the finest harbors in
the world; now sweeping under grand old
pines with the underbrush so thick that
one can see but a short distance; and
again just near enough to the shore to
give one an occasional glimpse of some
distant point of land and of the broad
ocean beyond. Besides the drives there
are numerous smaller, though equally
lovely, walks open to pedestrians and
bicyclists, winding among open glades
and fern carpeted forests where wild
flowers bloom at almost every season of
the year. The trees are mostly conifers,
and many of them are of great size and
beauty. Pines and spruce predominate,
yet hemlock and larches are abundant,
besides many natural groves of birches,
poplars and other deciduous trees. A
feature of peculiar interest is the abund-
ant and luxuriant growth of Scotch
heather, planted some fifty or sixty years
ago by a Scottish regiment, which spent
several weeks under canvas on the place
where the heather now grows. So great
is the interest excited by this in the mind
of the tourist that a policeman guards it
so long as it remains in bloom. Yet this
is the only forbidden thing within the
park; all else, including the ferns and a
gorgeous display of wild roses, is at the
disposal of the citizen or the visitor. It
speaks well, however, for the interest and
pride which is taken by Halifax in this
bit of natural woodland that for the

most part its beauties are enjoyed with-
out yielding to the desire to carry part of
them away.

One day in each year the park is closed
to the public, as is all imperial property,
and during this brief period of exclusive-
ness a soldier guards each entrance and
informs one that he "may not enter
there." But for the remaining three
hundred and sixty-four days (or five as
the case may be) the park is open to all
who choose to enter it. And one may
wander for hours through its ever-
changing, yet always beautiful and rest-
ful scenes, and on leaving wonder still
whether he has seen it all.

F. C. Sears.

CARNATIONS.

PLANTING IN THE FIELD.

Unless the weather is very unseason-
able planting should be attended to at
once. Carnations are half-hardy and
will stand a few degrees below freezing
without apparent injury. I am not,
however, an advocate of planting them
so early as to surely get this freezing, but
work on the principle that it is better to
have them get a frosting than to have
them miss the good influence of the April
rains, rains that are filled with nitrogen
and other life-giving elements.

The main advantage gained by field
culture for carnations lies in the fact that
they derive almost a hundredfold more
benefit from the rains than they would
in the houses from a similar application
of water, and that the spring air appa-
rently gives to the carnation a certain
life and vitality that it is simply impossi-
ble to obtain in a greenhouse. To miss
both of these by late planting is losing
the most important benefits of field cul-
ture and your plants would be better off
in the house, where they will not suffer
the vicissitudes of drought that come
later in the summer. Let your plants
have a good start, for with well estab-
lished plants and proper cultivation, the
danger from the late summer droughts is
reduced to a minimum.

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Planting itself is a simple matter and
requires no instruction from anyone, but
some of us sometimes forget that employes
do not always work as we do ourselves
and that there are three times in the car-
nation's life when the grower's presence
is especially required, when the cuttings
are taken, when the stock is planted iu
the field and again when the houses are
planted.

See that the ground is well prepared
and mellow to a depth of five or six
inches. Then see that the pots or
boxes containing the plants are well
watered, and, if the field is dry or the
plants have to be hauled any distance in
the air, give them a second watering
after they are knocked out of the pots.
In planting the one important point is
to have the top of the ball just covered
with the soil from the field and no more.
Deeper than that is supposed to induce
stem rot, and to leave the pot-ball
exposed is an even greater mistake, as
the air dries it out down to the bottom.

If the soil is at all dry and no rain
is in sight for a few days it will pay well
to take the time to firm the ground
around each plant with the foot, being
careful not to tramp so close that the
lower leaves are bruised and the stem
skinned by the operation. If the soil is
at all wet or rain is expected, this can be
dispensed with to advantage.

Plants that have need of topping can
and should be topped before planting,
but good little sturdy plants that will
hold themselves erect are better left until
they have started to grow in the field, as
topping checks root development and
just at this time you want to encourage
rather than discourage root development.
* Albert M. Herb.

Mustard and Cress.'

This is a spring salad, gathered in an
hour's ramble along the flower bedecked
highways of Philadelphia, and is dished
up as a mild and agreeable mouthful of
news, mainly concerning the Easter
festival, for the jaded appetites of the
tired after the battle.

The business done was fully up to the
rosiest expectations. With the exception
of Saturday, ideal weather prevailed and
the quantity of stock disposed of was
enormous. Azaleas were probably the
most popular of all the Easter plants, as
in past years, but, notwithstanding the
immense demand, many were left unsold.
One firm alone was reported to have had
40,000 plants, and stole a march on the
other growers by filling up every
retailer within teach early and at
remarkably low figures. Lit Brothers'
department store was selling 12 to
15-inch azaleas, well grown plants in
perfect flower, at 67 cents, which will
give an idea of the trade figures that
must have prevailed. Good authorities
declared that plants in bloom were being
sold to the retailers at prices no higher
than was paid for the dormant plants
last fall. Besides that, many of the
growers had half their stock left unsold.

Every Easter lily of passable quality
found a home. There was about as
much defective stock as in former years
in this flower. Some of it was too short,
some too early, some too late, and of
diseased stock there was considerable
but I hardly think so much as last year.
The Bermuda bulbs have been largely
displaced by the Japanese stock in this
city. The latter are freer from disease
but not as easily grown.

Crimson Ramblers were plentiful and
sold well. There were fewer large plants

of these this year, the growers having
learned that medium sized stock sells
best and brings the best returns. One
retailer said Ramblerwasa "dead duck,"
but 1 think this was an isolated case.

Genistas and bougainvilleas, as usual,
cut quite a figure in the display and were
fairly good sellers. Small to medium
sized plants, mostly, were shown; the
largest bougainvillea I saw was at
Pennock's and was sold for $38

Hydrangeas, spiraeas, lily of the valley
in pans, hyacinths, tulips, daflodils,
heaths and rhododendrons came next in
order of importance. I fancied there
were more rhododendrons than usual
and they were fine plants. The demand
for these was excellent. It will be safe
to grow some more of them for next
year. I never saw better hyacinths. They
were magnificent in nearly every dis-
play. Hugh Graham's were probably
the finest of all and reflected credit on the
man who grew them, as well as on the
fellow who furnished the bulbs (which I
am sorry to say was not yours truly).
Deutzias and snowballs were not greatly
in evidence and from all I could learn,
went rather slow.

John and W. H. Westcott had a fine
batch of the new Spiraea Gladstone.
They were snapped up readily at 75 cents
each, wholesale. It is away ahead of
either S. floribunda or S. compacta
multiflora, and will pay anyone to grow
it for next year. There was a companion
variety, called Washington, said to be
very good also, but it was not in bloom
at the time of my visit. I will try to
remember to report on that one later.
Both sorts were illustrated in the last
issue of this journal.

For a bang-up flower show you ought
to have been out at Craig's or Harris'
Sunday before Easter. Men and women
came from near and far to see the dis-
play. It was estimated that at least
5000 people visited the Craig place that
day. They had six special policemen on
duty. "W. P." said they were there to
keep out the bad little boys — at least
those who looked bad — the mangy-
footed little gutter-snipes with that por-
tion of their raiment on exhibition which
is much better kept sacred from public
scrutiny. "R. C." was in his glory,
arranged in "his best bib and tucker"
and constantly surrounded by bevys of
most charming ladies. It was delightful
merely to look at his radiant countenance
under these circumstances.

The Mullers and the Schaeflers, and all
the other fortunate growers who had a
pull with the city authorities strong
enough ito drag a permit for a stand on
the city ball plaza, made that ideal mar-
ket spot gay with blossoms and did a
rushing business. The display was beau-
tiful beyond words and was lightsome
enough to cheer the heart ol the moodiest
misanthrope that ever wore shoe leather.
This cheerful -spot was only one of
many such dotted all though the high-
ways and by-ways of the city. The bad
weather of Saturday played hob with
the street men's best day, unfortunately,
else they would have all been happy
beyond measure.

A number of the out-of-town growers
rented stores in the city. One of the
most ambitious efi'orts in this direction
was that of Albert Woltemate, of Ger-
mantown, who had a large store on
Chestnut street, above Sixteenth, and
seemed to be doing an txcellent business.
His slogan was "Germantown flowers
at Germantown prices." John Haubert,
of Bala, had eight stores on Columbia
avenue and neighborhood, his head-

quarters being at Nineteenth and Colum-
bia avenue, where he held forth in person
relieving the purses of willing patrons in
exchange for Easter plants and filling
their minds with sage counsel and cheer-
ful conversation free of charge.

Of the uptown shows Habermehl's
easily distanced all competitors. Their
store and range of eight or ten green-
houses were brilliantly lighted evenings
with electric lights and great crowds
visited the establishment during the
week. The greatest attraction was the
show conservatory back of the store,
the center of which was an artistic
sunken bed filled with blooming plants
arranged in groups, flanked on each side
by benches a blaze of color and backed by
a rockery with a fountain in the center,
the rockery being studded all over with
electric lights in various colors. To the
right of the rockery in the avenue behind
the main range of houses a field of daisies
with little children picking the flowers
was formed and proved a great attrac-
tion to the ladies and young folks. This
was a simpler creation than the wedding
scene of last year but seemed to give as
much delight. This firm certainly makes
the most of its opportunities for attract-
ing the public and leaves no stone
unturned in their hunt for patrons. It
was up hill work for many a year but
their fame is now far more than local and
is a gratifying instance of what can be
done by push and persistency.

The old established firms in the center
of the city, such as Kift's, Pennock's, and
Graham's, made their usual big display
and were taxed to their utmost to cope
with the business showered on them. They
were all strong on basket work, which
is much the most profitable way to
handle plants of the small, low-priced
sorts. There were some very beautiful
and artistic creations to be seen in this
line. A pan of hyacinths fixed up a little
sells readily for a dollar or more and
takes very little more trouble than a pot
at 15 cents. I cannot say that I saw
anything particularly novel this year;
there seems to be a lull in the matter of
innovations, both in plants and arrange-
ments.

The seed stores did a good business in
foliage and flowering plants. Their
regular spring trade in seeds and bulbs
and this addition made Easter week one
of the liveliest possible. Michell's, Lan-
dreth's, Johnson & Stokes' and Dreer's all
did a good stroke in this department and
their employes all earned their salaries
for once and were glad when Saturday
night came around.

The department stores also sold a great
many Easter plants. Wanamaker's did
probably the largest business and 1 heard
no complaint about their cutting prices
as in former years. Whoever sells them
now seems to have them hypnotized into
paying decent prices and they have to
sell at about the same as the regular
stores, which is gratifying to the trade
generally.

I hear, Mr. Editor, that your Eastern
contemporary does not like my style.
That's too bad. Kindly assure him of
my most distinguised consideration and
inform him that I have taken a vow
never to write except to please myself
and fill a gap when Robert Kift and
other better men than myself are busy.
I would rather plough a ten acre field
than write a column for the Aubrican
Florist. But why should he bother him-
self? I'm sure my lucubrations were
never intended for him and I'm surprised
that he reads them. They're all paid for
in hard cash, which may be one of the

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reasons for this aversion. I do not often
see his paper but it used to strike me he
always wanted a lot for a five-dollar
priz; and hated to pay the bovs much
tor their hard labor. However, I sup-
pose I'll die some time, and then he'll
surely be happy and cease sighing:
"Oil, were he waited aw;i\
■ l'"roiii this black iicfldariiii of sorrow,
W'herb the dust of an earthy to-day
Is the earth of a duhty tomorrow."

And sing:

"The miiiroock doo may ci'jnaly craw
l''or (leather .lock is nou awa."

la the meantime let him stick to small
beer and eschew anything in your
columns that looks in anyway thumb-
marked with the crude and inefficient
paws of your penitent and sinburdened
chronicler, Geobge C. Watson.

New York.

KECOBO OF THB EASTBR BDSINHSS.—
PLANTSMEN B^|OYED UNPRECEDENTED
PBOSPBRITV.— CUT FLOWER INTERESTS
LANGUISHED —UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
INTERFESES WITH LOWER CLASS TRADE
BUT DOBS NOT HURT FASHIONABLE BUSI-
NESS.— EXCELLENT TASTE DISPLAYED IN
PLANT ARRANGEMENTS —STORY OF THE
WEEK IN DETAIL.

The growers' record of the Easter plant
trade is a very simple one — empty houses
and well-filled columns of figures in the
sales book; bankbook well filled also.
All really good material was ordered
well in advance by the confident retailers
and up to the last moment a ready mar-
ket was found for everything that was
in salable shape. The retailers in the
fashionable sections ot the city are espe-
cially pleased over their Easter plant
trade. They are unanimous in their
belief that the severe rainstorm that vis-
ited this city on Saturday harmed them
not, and some of them really claim it was
an advantage to them in that it kept
sightseers and idle shoppers away and
lett room and time to serve nicely the
customers who, with comfortable car-
riages at their disposal, found no incon-
venience in getting around and who,
when they did come, came for the express
purpose of buying something good.
Those establishments in the less favored
districts — those that cater to the com-
mon people— were the ones that suflered
on account of the inclement weather, and
especially was this true of those whose
restricted quarters compel them to
depend upon the sidewalks tor their
plant display, and the cut flower sales of

1 these people were also greatly curtailed
for the same reasons, transient buyers

! being driven indoors by the storm.

Not only did the big stores do a large
business in the aggregate, but they found
the tendency setting strongly in the
direction of high priced arrangements.
The larger specimens of azaleas, rhodo-
dendrons, bougainvilleas, etc., sold pro-
portionately better than ever before.
Fewer instances of overdecking of plants
with ribbon and gauze were seen, and it
is plain that the height of indulgence in
this fad has been passed. Of tissue paper,
once so generally resorted to, to conceal
flower pots and cover bare stems and
gaps in the symmetry of plants, practi-
cally none was used, the tasteful pot

• covers and baskets recently introduced
having driven the crude and flimsy paper
devices from the field and the advancing
skill of the plant growers having given
the market a supply of plants in which
bare stems and unsightly gaps are
absent.

Taken all in all, it may be truthfully
said that the azalea was the leading

plant in the public favor. In single spec-
imens or grouped in hampers, big or little,
azaleas found customers ready to buy,
and the market was practically cleared
of them. Lilies did not do quite as well as
in past years, the more fashionable people
seeming disposed to leave them to the
mercy of the moderate buyers and the
Sunday-school committees. In some
iiuarters hydrangeas were reported as
slow, and some establishments found
yellow to be a color of very limited favor.
Violets lost caste generally, for the public
have learned the bad habit of this plant
in regard to odor when more than a day
or two old, and quite a few outside store
areas are filled with the unsold stock
which had passed the limits of toleration
indoors. Lily of the valley in pans and
boxes sold well, but all other bulbous
material sold poorly, this being particu-
larly true of hyacinths. Crimson Ram-
bler roses gained nothing over last year's
record, and in some instances are reported
as having experienced a wavering popu-
larity. Bougainvilleas, erica, hybrid roses,
lilacs and rhododendrons all enjoyed a
satisfactory demand.

The story of the Easter cut flower mar-
ket as told by the wholesalers is a very
pathetic one and is fully corroborated by
the quantity of unsold material which is
still in their possession several days after
the big event. Roses and violets are the
most unfortunate items on the list. Bulb
flowers are, of course, in the same condi-
tion, but this was expected, whereas, had
the weather been propitious for just one
day — Saturday — it is the belief of every-
one interested that the roses and violets
would have made a prosperous run. Of
course, there was an immense reserve
stock shipped in on the Saturday, the
antiquated custom still having many fol-
lowers among the growers. The effect
of the damp and dark weather prevailing
all through the week was apparent on
these goods when received and their con-
dition after spending Sunday in the
wholesalers' cellars and ice boxes can be
imagined. With the heavy daily crop
coming in now there is not much chance
for material in this condition, and it is
not surprising that $10 a thousand for
roses and tuHps and $5 a thousand for
lily of the valley was considered a good
selling price on Monday and Tuesday for
hold- over stuff.

Advanced figures were set on American
Beauty and especially selected roses of
other varieties on Saturday, but sales at
these rates were few. The high class
retailers have practically abandoned the
cut flower industry as an Easter specialty
and showed no disposition to secure any
supplies in advance and the street dealers
who would have been a welcome factor
in unloading the wholesalers were pow-
erless in the rain. Since the beginning of
this week many weddings and other
festal occasions have taken place, but so
enormous is the product coming every
morning to the numerous wholesale
marts that the demand makes a very
slight impression. Carnations and smilax
are exceptions to the above described
conditions, there being a good market
for all fine stock of the former, and it
being next to impossible to secure any
respectable smilax anywhere at any price.

The meeting of the New York Florists'
Club on Monday evening was not as well
attended as was warranted by the very
enjoyable paper presented by Mr. Her-
rington, there being but thirty members
present. It is reasonable to attribute
this to the Easter fatigue rather than
to indifference, and no doubt the meeting
of. the ways and means committee, which

is called for Tuesday, April 23, will see a
full attendance and good progress made
on the preliminary work for the great
October exhibition, schedules for which
are now ready. On the exhibition table
on Monday night were a vase of Gerbera
Jamesoni from A. Herrington and a seed-
ling LiElio-cattleya (C. Mendelli X Laelia
elegans) from Lager & Hnrrell. The
former received a certificate of merit and
to the latter was awarded honorable
mention. Anappreciativevote of thanks
was given Mr. Herrington for his enter-
taining account of his recent European
trip.

F. H. Traendly's little daughter Carrie
died on Monday morning, April 8. She
had been ill with scarlet fever for two
weeks. Her age was seven years. She
was a very bright and lovable child and
sincere sympathy for Mr. Traendly is felt
throughout the trade.

A novelty in George M. Stumpp's
Easter plant stock was Crimson Ram-
blers trained in the form of an arbor,
under which a grey rabbit sat peeping
out from among the foliage.

Siebrecht & Son had a popular spe-
cialty in some double flowered Japan
cherries. Their bougainvilleas were
superb, the largest specimen, B. Sander-
iana, selling for $125 for an Easter gift.

The New York Cut Flower Company
will remove to their new place, Twenty-
sixth street and Sixth avenue, next week.

Cleary's Easter auction sale was a big
success. The orchid sale will take place
April 19.

Visitors: Messrs. Hugenholtz, Goe-
mans and Willebrand, of K. J. Kuyk,
Hillegom; John Speelman and De Wilde,
of Speelman & Sons, Sassenheini; Messrs.
Scheepens, of Keur & Sons, Hillegom; J.
X'lasveld, of Vlasveld & Sons, Sassen-
heim; Kapteyn, of Van Waveren &
Kruyff, Sassenheim; J. Van Zanten, of
Van Zanten & Sons, Lisse; Bockman, of
Zijp&Co., I'itgeest; Van Teylingen, of
Van Zanten & Co , Hillegom; W. C.
Fans, of M. Van Waveren & Sons, Sas-
senheim, and H. C. Baartman, of Sassen-
heim. J. G. Bahret and G. H. Bahret,
Poughkeepsie; G. Sambrook, Troy, and
A. E. Fancher, Binghamton, N. Y.

Boston.

UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS .MILI-
TATE AGAINST MOST COMPLETE SUCCESS
AT EASTER — PHENOMENAL BUSINESS IS
DONE NEVERTHELESS. — PLANTS RULE
THE WEEK. — MODERATE PRICES PREVAIL
— CUT FLOWER GROWERS DO WELL.—
VARIOUS NOTES OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Seldom has the weather clerk treated
Boston florists and their customers to
worse Easter weather than has been their
lot this year. With exasperating plausi-
bility each day a speedy relief from the
dispiriting fog and rain was predicted,
and so often was the especial promise of
fine weather for Saturday and Sunday
repeated that everybody believed it reli-
able; but it wasn't. What would have
been the story of the florists' business
had the sun shown brightly for the great
festival is only conjecture but. even as it
was, a phenomenal record was made. As
had been anticipated, plants had a run
such as nobody could have believed pos-
sible a few years ago. There were some
surprises. The unprecedented number of
lilies in preparation for this market had
led to a fear that this Easter staple wot^d
prove to have been overdone. The result
showed the contrary. Perhaps it was
because the aforesaid fear had induced
growers and dealers to more moderate
prices than heretofore but, whatever the

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cause, it did seem as though every indi-
vidual that walked Boston's streets
wanted a lily plant, and so the down-
town dealers who had adopted the low
scale of prices were cleaned out before the
demand was satisfied, getting, as a rule,
advanced figures on Saturday, the only
lilies left unsold being a small number in
the hands of the more ambitious estab-
lishments, where prices of past years
were adhered to. For the most part the
lilies were short, stocky longiflorums
with from three to six or eight buds and
flowers on a stalk and there were very
few of the big, tall, many-flowered speci-
mens which used to be so common.

Spring flowering bulbs in pans sold
better than ever before and Warren
Ewell is jubilant thereat. At the price at
which these bright-hued and very satis-
factory favorites are supplied it is sur-
prising that their claims have not been
more readily recognized heretofore by the
Easter flower lovers with scanty purses.
They surely get their full money's worth
every time they buy them. Crimson
Rambler roses were rather disappoint-
ing. Their sale fell off materially from
that of last year and the interest in the
big trained specimens languished, quite a
number being left on the hands of the
retailers. Hydrangeas also showed up
in goodly numbers after it was all over,
although it was not their fault, for the
stock was exceptionally high class.
Azaleas enjoyed a good demand and
rhododendrons sold well excepting in the
larger sizes, where the prices were evi-
dently more than the buyers cared to
invest. Indeed, the most notable char-
acteristic of the Easter trade of 1901
may be said to have been the willing
* indulgence of the people of moderate
means in plants of moderate cost. Tissue
paper or ribbon adornment, fancy pot
covers or other accessories were not to
be seen in any of the store windows,
everything being delivered in the ordinary
flower pots.

The cut flower trade was as good as
could be reasonably expected, consider-
ing the growing preference for flowering
plants and the unfavorable weather for
transient shoppers. As in the case of
plants, lilies had a tremendous boom.
One wholesaler asserted that he had
more lilies ordered one week in advance
than his entire sales of lilies for the last
two Easters had aggregated and the
close of the week witnessed some lively
hustling to fill orders satisfactorily.
Callas also found a good market. A
few especially selected roses were disposed
of at enhanced rates but, with the excep-
tion of carnations, it may be fairly stated
that there was no advance in value of
cut flowers in any line. Carnations did
take quite a jump and on Saturday
morning very few really good flowers
changed hands at less than $5 a hundred,
while the leaders in fancy sorts reached
$8 and $10.

Bulbous stock was once more a menace
to the prosperity of the general cut
flower market. This, together with
violets and gillyflower, proved a burden-
some responsibility for those forced to
• cRrry them. The violets would, no
doubt, have pulled through in fair shape,
despite the enormous quantity picked,
had the weather been different, but no
possible contingency could make an
outlet for the avalanche of single and
double daffodils and tulips which came
in just as in previous years, the growers
of this material seeming inexplicably
indifferent to their costly annual experi-
ence in this line. But with the above-
mentioned exceptions and excepting also

the pickled roses that are always in evi-
dence at a holiday time, cut flowers were
well sold, both local and shipping trade
being brisk, and there was nothing of
value left over in wholesalers' hands.

Arrangements are progressing favor-
ably for the grand horticultural exhibi-
tion with which the new horticultural
hall is to be opened. May 29 is the date
selected and the show will be continued
at least one week. A very large attend-
ance is expected and special excursion
rates on the railroads are a possibility.

Jackson Dawson has several more of
his Wichuraiana hybrid roses in bloom
for the first time. One of these, Wichura-
iana crossed with Crimson Rambler, has
flowers which are a fac-simile of the
Rambler, only a little lighter in color,
with the habit of Wichuraiana.

On Saturday, April 6, the last meeting
of the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society in the old building was held.
The regular exhibitions scheduled from
the present time up to June 15 have
been cancelled and the first schedule exhi-
bition in the new hall will be the rose
and strawberry show, June 20 and 21.

The new rose, Queen of Edgely, has
given evidence of increasing popularity,
so say Welch Bros., who are handling
it exclusively for this market. At Easter
it sold unexpectedly well considering
that the market was full of American
Beauties.

Sutherland disposed of 2,000 potted
lilies Easter w^ek and believes he could
have sold another thousand.

Ten lovely young ladies helped to care
for the Easter rush at Grimmer's West
street store.

Visitors in town: Robt. Miller, Exeter,
N. H.; C. B. Weathered, New York.

Tiffin, O.

A VISIT TO THE ULI-HICH PLACE JCST
BBFOKB EASTER. — GOOD STOCK IN EVI-
DENCE. — A FANCY CARNATION.

Things were most interesting about
the LewisUllrich place just before Easter.
The lilies, both Harrisii andlongiflorum,
were just right, on time and nearly all
engaged two weeks in advance. Bulbous
stock of all sorts never looked finer and
neither have roses. Golden Gate has
surpassed Mr. Ullrich's own high expec-
tations. The mammoth carnation house
was a field of blooms, the like of which
would make life worth living to any
grower. Besides growing the best
standard varieties, Mr. Ullrich has
indulged quite freely in all the novelties
of this season's introduction. His own
seedlings, however, interested nie the
most. Among these he has several white,
two red and quite a few pink ones which
seem promising. There is also one which
comes in the class with the fauciest fan-
cies. The color is of the brightest shade
of pink, each petal being fringed with
white. The stem and calvx are ideal.
Business alL through the season, both
wholesale and retail, proved all that
could possibly be desired. Nomis.

Mansfield, O.

The Berno Floral Company seems well
prepared to meet all demands of their
trade. Things are in splendid shape all
through their houses. Mr. Berno was
especially successful with his Crimson
Ramblers this year. He had the same
kind of specimens one sees at the Wm. K.
Harris and Robert Craig places. There
may be several improvements made
about the Berno establishment during
the coming spring. The Easter trade
was phenomenal. Nouis.

Chicago.

RESUME OF THE EASTER MARKET.— SALBS
LARGEST IN HISTORY. — SHIPPING ORDBES
MORE NUMEROUS THAN EVER — SCAR-
CITY ON FRIDAY BECOMES OVERSTOCK
ON SATURDAY. — GROWERS HURT THEM-
SELVES. — PLANT TRADE LARGER TH.\N
HERETOFORE. — NO .NOVELTIES SHOWN —
RETAILERS OVERBOUGHT. — WHAT SOME
OF THE LEADERS SHOWED.— JOTTINGS
OF VARYING INTEREST.

Now that the smoke of battle has
cleared away and it is possible to obtain
a comprehensive view ot the Easter mar-
ket it is assured that the week's business
was the heaviest on record, but the
aggregate of sales might easily have been
better had the growers been regardful
of the best interests of all concerned.
The impossibility of obtaining definite
advance information as to probable sup-
plies made the commission men wary of
booking orders beyond a certain point I
and the necessity tor their caution was I
proven on Thursday and Friday, when
receipts were inadequate to meet the
demands of an unprecedented shipping
trade. It may be stated that as a gen-
eral thing there was a shortage every-
where on Friday and prices were up to a
level highly pleasing to the growers and
disquieting to the retailers, but on Sat-
urday, too late for shipping, there was a
deluge of delayed stock in nearly all the
commission houses and values broke
badly. It is related of one grower that
he sent in 1,500 carnations on Friday
morning and they averaged better than
5 cents. He was telephoned to for addi- 1
tional supplies but tailed to respond '
until Saturday, when he sent in 4,300,
which made an average of only 2 cents.
There was a fair local trade Saturday .
afternoon, the fakirs taking large q nan- ,'
titles of the lower grade stock, but nearly |
every house carried something over to !
Sunday and from Sunday to Monday, i
when things cleared up fairly well, for the'
new city council received large quantities
of flowers. Since then the market has
been pursuing the even tenor of its way.
On the whole the growers are apt to find
Easter so satisfactory that they will not'
appreciate to the full the folly of holding
stock until too late. If there is any dis-
satisfaction it will be on the part of the
bulb forcers, for never before were there
such great quantities of their material in
market. There proved to be enough
lilies by Saturday and in many instances
the retailers found that they had over-
bought, fearing a scarcity. Carnations,'
too, hung in some retailers' hands, the
prices being too high, repelling the con-
sumers.

There can be no dispute that the plant
trade at Easter assumed hitherto
unknown proportions, and at the same
time it seems equally certain that on the
whole the retailers overbought and had
something left unsold. Of course there
were more lilies than anything else; in
fact, there were more lilies than all other
flowering plants combined, but most of
them were very poor. They were either
elongated, scrawny specimens, with only
a couple of flowers, or else they were
stunted, obese looking things and not
well bloomed. But on the whole, the
latter form was least objectionable«
Azaleas were shown of all sorts and con-
ditions, beautiful specimens, some, but
more of the 75 cent kind. The well flow-
ered plants sold readily, but some retail-
ers made the mistake of hiding their
charms with too great a profusion of
crepe paper embellishments. There were
thousands of pots of bulbous stock and.

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as a rule, it sold well, because cheap.
There were aumeroas pots of violets,
some primroses, a few spiriuas, cycla-
mens and gloxinias, rather less hydran-
geas and rhododendrons than usual, a
meager showing ot Crimson Ramblers
and ericas, witn no Begonia Gloire de
Lorraine in CTidence. The birch bark
receptacles were everywhere and were
tasteful and popular filled with all man-
ner of small plants.

Frank Garland, whose place has been
christened "Little Holland," from the
large quantities of bulbs forced there
each year, had a big cut for Easter,
including 21,000 tulips and 24,000 daf-
fodils. In all he is forcing 330,000
bulbs this year. He has been in business
twelve years and has 60,000 feet of
glass, under which he produces first-class
stock, including such specialties as adi-
antum, smilax and Asparagus Sprengerii.
He grows Bride and Bridesmaid roses
and has had excellent success with Golden
Gate. He has the leading carnations and
is adding Prosperity to his list for next
year.

Samuelson had the best Easter win-
dow, all green and white. The bottom
of the window was mossed to make a
not too smooth foreground, with many
excellent plants of Adiantum Farleyense
growing in concealed pots. The wall
was obscured by a screen of lilies and the
background was festooned with green, in
the center of which was the Rock of Ages
with a superb cross of lilies. It was alto-
gether very effective. Samuelson did a
big business in plants with no novelties
in his stock.

Ernst Weinhoeber says that the Easter
trade was all that could have been
expected and certain it is that his store
was never more handsomely arrayed.
The gems of his plant collection, which
embraced no great novelties, were some
splendid Vervaneana azaleas, but all of
his stock was improved by the skillful
use of the numerous accessories, such as
fancy baskets, silks and satins, now at
the hand of the artistic operator.

W. J. Smyth made a better showing of
Easter plants than ever before, having
the added facilities of his new palm house.
He had some extra hydrangeas and some
lilies which were better than the average.
About the only unusual item of his stock
was a few Crimson Ramblers, but they
were not as good as might be, although
readily salable. He had some splendid
Harrisii, several bulbs in a big pan.

Peter Reinberg went to New Castle
Wednesday to stay until building opera-
tions are well under way there. Mr.
Weiland, who has been on the ground for
some time, writes that he has now
unloaded twenty-two cars of material,
although eight to ten more will be reri nired
before the big range is complete.

Mrs. Marie Dressel has asked the Supe-
rior Court for a decree of separate main-
tenance from August Dressel. Judge
Tuthill has issued an injunction forbid-
ding Mr. Dressel from interfering with
his wife or disposing of his property and
ordering temporal^ alimony during the
pendency of the suit.

Mangil was fortunate in securing a
vacant store on State street, adjoining
his handsome establishment, for his
plant trade. He sold several hundred
lilies in pots, a number of azaleas, rhodo-
dendrons and roses and a large quantity
of tulips and hyacinths in pans. It was
his best Easter.

Peter Reinberg had some Golden Gate
roses which wholesaled at 30 cents each
at Easter, and quite a number brought
20 cents and 25 cents each.

The Chicago Tribune is encouraging
the horticultural embellishment of the
city by offering $120 in prizes for the
best backyard plantings in each of the
three sections of the city.

John Mangel and Mrs. Anna J. Reed
were married at Milwaukee on Wednes-
day, April 3, after having secured a spe-
cial dispensation from Judge A. C. Brazee.

George Piepgras, who recently filed a
petition in bankruptcy, has gone out of
business, selling his fixtures to others in
the trade.

Wietor Brothers filled au order aggre-
gating 16,000 rooted cuttings one day
this week.

Double strength 16x24 glass is now
worth $G.10 a box in large lots.

Visitors: E. G. Hill and J. A. Evans,
Richmond, Ind.; T. C. Joy, Nashville,
Tenn.; W. A. Hartman, South Haven,
Mich.; B. D. Alton, Fairmont, Minn.

Philadelphia.

APHIL MEETING OF THE CLUB. — BOSES THE
TOPIC OF DISCDSSION. — THREE WELL-
KNOWN ESSAYISTS. — THE DISCUSSION.

The April meeting of the Florists' Club
was held on the second Tuesday of the
month instead of the first on account of
the Easter rush, and was but slimly
attended. John Taylor, of Bayside, N. Y.,
John N. May, of Summit, N. J., and
Benjamin Durfee, of Washington, were
present and each gentleman read a paper
pertaining to the present condition or
status of the rose. It was an intellectual
feast such as is not often our lot to
enjoy and the club room should have
been packed. We cannot account for this
lethargy except on account of postpone-
ment or a pressure of work.

The essayists all dep'ored the narrow
limits to which the list of forcing roses is
now confined and this was further
emphasized by Robert Craig, in a few
remarks after the papers were read. He
thinks many of the old roses are much
too good to be dropped. E. G. Hill has,
he said, at last succeeded in getting seed
to set on both Bride and Bridesmaid and
he feels sure that great things are to be
expected when plants from this seed are
developed. He also spoke of the recent
rose show and said that if $30,000 could
be raised a rose show could be held in
Madison Square Garden that would
bring in $50,000 at the gate.

Mr. Taylor praised the camationists,
saying they responded nobly with their
flowers for exhibitions when many rose
growers refused.

Dean Hole was elected an honorary
member of the club and the papers read
at the meeting were directed to be sent
to him. K.

St. Louis.

WEATHER GOOD AND TRADE THE I!E8T ON
RECORD — GOOD STOCK IN MARKET BUT
NO OVER SUPPLY EXCEPT OF BULBOUS
MATERIAL —MANY POOR LILIES —NOTES.

The weather was fine and Easter busi-
ness was correspondingly good, every-
thing being sold out clean. W. L. Hucke,
of Belleville, sent in about as fine a lot of
carnations as one would ask for. He
sent in 4,000 blooms in the four days
before Easter and got better than 5 cents
for them. Mr. Hucke has only four small
houses and it is surprising the quantity
of fine stock he cuts. He grows princi-
pally Crane, Marquis, Armazindy and
Mrs. Lawson.

Violets were not plentiful and brought
$4 and $5 per thousand. Lily of the
valley was rather scarce as several who
expected to get in large lots for Easter

were a few days late. Narcissi brought
$4 per hundred, while Von Sions had no
sale whatever and large numbers were
left over. All kinds of tulips were to be
had for $2 and $3 per hundred. Easter
lilies were much in demand and a large
number were sold at 15 cents each for
the best. A great deal of inferior stock
was sent in.

The retail trade was of the best and
some even go so far as to say that there
was not enough stock on the market.
A large number of azaleas were sold and
also Easter lilies, Dutch hyacinths and
tulips in pans. Some report quite a sale
in palms and other decorative plants.

Geo. Waldbart had a nice window full
of fern balls and other shapes and sold a
large numoer. R. J. M.

Pittsburg.

TRAFFIC TIED UP BY STORM THREE DAYS
BEFORE EASTER.- BUT TRADE WAS SAT-
ISFACTORY. — STOCK PLENTIFUL AND
PRICES FAIR.— GOOD WINDOW DECORA-
TIONS.

Whatever may be said of Pittsburg
weather, certainly nothing good can be
said of it for the last week. Wednesday
a remarkable snow and rain storm tied
up all the street car lines in the city for
over a half a day. The telephone and
telegraph lines were down and traffic and
business delayed to an extent that made
the florists weary. Friday business
picked up with a vengeance and on Satur-
day florists experienced a remarkable
trade, better in many respects than they
have ever had before. Small cash sales
were very good, but there was some fall-
ing off in the very large sales. Almost
every one had to put in the usual two
nights' work, and they all seem to be
well satisfied. All flowers were plentiful
and prices about the same as those of
other seasons.

J. B. Murdoch's windows presented a
very pretty sight, being decorated with
flowering plants in papers and ribbons.
.\. M. Murdoch's windows were dressed
more elaborately than usual with cut
flowers and flowering plants. Thomas
Ulam's windows were decorated with
sotne very fine genistas and azaleas.
Breitenstein &Flemm had their windows
trimmed with plants in very beautifiil
arrangements. The display of ribbons
and fancy baskets was worthy of special
mention. L. I. Neff had a very nice dis-
play of potted plants, such as tulips,
hyacinths and daffodils.

Mrs. E. A. Williams, who managed to
get her new store on Penn avenue into
shape for Easter, had a very nice display
considering the short space of time in
which she had to do the work. A. W.
Smith had a very large display of plants
and some very beautiful arrangements of
plants in the windows.

All growers disposed of their stock
well and they deserve credit for the way
in which they brought it into market.
The general stock of flowering plants
was very good and the sales were better
than ever before. Woodward.

Kalamazoo, Mich. — Easter trade was
a great deal better than last year and
stock, both cut flowers and blooming
plants, was of very fine quality and fair
prices prevailed. There were enough
roses, but carnations were scarce. The
fancies retailed readily at $1 a dozen.
Lilies proved to be plentiful. The tofirn
seemed to be flooded with pot plants and
the sale of bulbous stock was brisk at
fair prices, nearly everything closing out
cleanly.

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AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. OHIOASO.

Growers should note the fact that
Easter next year falls on March 30, much
earlier than usual.

It is costing but $220 per acre per
annum for the maintenance of Washing-
ton Park, Chicago.

Rose growers agree that in Liberty
they will have an ideal red rose if they
can master the secret of its successful
handling.

Subscribers who wish to change the
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address as well as the new one.

Get your "copy" in early. We cannot
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^ tising or contributions, reaching this
office later in the week than Thursday.

At the B. G. Hill place at Richmond,
Ind., they have a batch of Crimson
Rambler seedlings just coming into
bloom this week, promising some strik-
ing novelties.

It is reported that there is a very poor
prospect for the Texas crop of cape jas-
mine buds. The great storm last Sep-
tember destroyed at least one-third the
crop and the balance are likely to be of
poor quality.

We are now receiving the names of
those who intend going to the S. A. F.
convention at Buft'alo next August. It
will be to your advantage to send us
your name and address as soon as yon
decide upon attending.

The story of the Easter trade seems to
show that while the carnation is enjoy-
ing increased popularity, doubtless due
to the improved qualities now produced,
there is a sharply defined limit of price
above which retailers cannot handle the
flower satisfactorily in quantity.

A MEETING of the incorporators named
in the charter granted by congress to the
Society of American Florists will be held
in the lecture room of the Botanical Gar-
den, Washington, D. C, May 14, at 9
a. m., for the purpose of planning the
reorganization of the society under the
charter.

The New York Florists' Club has
issued the schedule of prizes for its exhi-
bition to be held at Madison Square
Garden, New York, October 21 to 28,
1901, and it is, in many respects, the
most liberal of any ever offered in the
United States. Copies of this list, and of
the supplementary list which is to follow,
may be obtained by addressing Jas. W.
Withers, secretary of the exhibition com-
mittee, 130 Liberty street, New York.

Greenhouse Building.

Milwaukee, Wis. — Emil Schmitz. house
12x100. August Dettmann, three houses.
Julius Granmann, house 18x75.

Fairmont, Minn. — Burr D. Alton,
range of 5,000 feet.

Madison, N. J. — L. M. Noe, rose house
20x211.

Richmond, Ind. — Mrs. E. T. Grave,
two houses 30x208.

Minneapolis, Minn. — East Side Floral
Co., house 12x50; three houses 20x114.

Philadelphia, Pa. — ^J. W. Jennings, con-
servatory 73x97.

Rochester, N. Y.— H. E. Wilson, house
30x350.

Portland, Me.— G. W. Billings, con-
servatory.

Greensburg, lad. — Hedges & Clark,
house 20x60; one 12x60.

Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.— Villard Estate,
range of conservafories.

Middletown, Conn. — F. B. Fountain,
one house.

South Norwalk, Conn. — Samuel Lynes,
one house. J. Cockeran, one house.

Fall River, Mass. — C. Warburton, four
iron houses 24x100.

• The Perversity of Human Nature.

The predominant characteristic of the
uninformed is selfesteem, that bvimp of
egotism which leads the possessor to be
certain that he 'Iknows it all." And in
no class in the community is this trait
more pronounced than among the less
successful growers of cut flowers for the
wholesale markets. This conviction is
brought home to the observer at each
holiday, when he sees commission men at
a loss for stock when most in need and
overburdened upon the following morn-
ing, by which time the demand has
dwindled to the proportions of the
meager wants of local buyers.

Every wholesaler in a market which is
happy in the possession of a large ship-
ping trade knows from experience that
the greatest demand is upon the second
day preceding a holiday. The commis-
sion man must have reliable advance
information as to his probable receipts
in order to book orders safely, and
seeks to impress this fact upon his
growers and asks for the heavj' con-
sig iments on Thursday and Friday
before Easter. Does he get them? Most
certainly not! The average grower
knows much better, by intuition, prob-
ably. He sends his stock in on Satur-
day, by which time a goodly part of it is
"over-ripe," and instead of packing the
"sal ted" portion separately he judiciously
scatters it through the whole consign-
ment, with the result that only the
merest tyro among street fakirs would
give more than "a verse of rag- time song"
for the whole unsavory mess, in the over-
burdened condition of the market.

Year after year the experience is the
same. The close of what is known as the
big shipping day sees the market bare,
with orders scaled, trouble and vexa-
tion written on every face, hut the next
day, when it is too late, there is an
abundance, such as it is in quality. Will
these "know-it-all" growers never learn?
Can they not comprehend the lutility of
"salting?" Can they not let the whole-
saler hold the stock, if it must be held at
all? Will they never understand the com-
munity of interest between themselves,
the wholesaler and the retail dealer?

Were it onlyfortherecalcitrantgrower,
no one would give a thought. Hjrihly
deserves the loss and disappointment he
brings upon himself. But he inflicts

equal evils upon those who must rely \%

upon his kind. More than all he is a i|

menace to the best interests of the cut \h

flower trade. j-^

Twelve Best Herbaceous Plants.

Ed. Am. Florist:— It was not my
intention to criticise Mr. Boyd's paper
under the above caption, merely pointing
out an error. We all agree, whether
amateurs or professionals, that it is a'
diflicult matter to select twelve varieties
as the "best " However, when every-
thing is considered, Mr. Boyd's list is
without question the best that has yet
appeared. I will give this "happy
thought"- of mine. For Iberis sempervi-
rens, Arabia albida and Veronica rapes-
tris substitute Thalictrum anemonoides,
Mertensia Virginica and Dicentra eximia
multipinnata respectively. This will
make no material change in color, height
or time of flowering and is a good selec-
tion of twelve best herbaceous plants for
amateurs. J. H.

Easter Blossoms.

We miss the lesson of \'onder flowers if
we look on them as forms of mere adorn-
ment, or see in them only the hues and
fragrance of a fleeting life. Beautiful, aa
they are, like. us, they will fade and fail.
But their supreme appropriateness lies in
this, that in all plant life under heaven,
death is the stepping stone to life more
fair and rich, the law of which is held
within themselves. The autumn winds
strip the plant's branches bare, and
wither its blossoms and to outward
semblance, quench the life out of it wholly.
But when the spring rains come again
and the sun's kindlier rays kiss thegrten-
ness back again into the shrivelled
branches there has been at work all the
time an answering law of life within
those branches, more powerful than all
other powers besides. And thus our ver-
nal buds best symbolize our Easter fact.
— Bishop Potter in Chicago American.

Piping Rose House.

Ed. Am. Florist: — I am planning a
rose house 140 feet long, front wall lour
feet, all wood; rear wall eight feet, with
north-side propagating house six feet
wide, the rose house to be eighteen feet
wide, with ridge in the center of the
18-foot part and fourteen feet high, and
the ends of glass over four feet of wood. I
intend to heat it with hot water under a
pressure of forty to forty-five pounds.
The water will enter the house in two
4-inch mains by a cross passage halfway
the length of building, heating a carna-
tion house on the way and entering rose
house about forty-five feet from boilers.
What I want to know is how many
2-inch or 1':; inch pipes I will require to
give a maximum heat of 65° when the
outside temperature is 10 ' below zero?
How should they be placed? Under-
stand that the cross passages must not
be blocked. There will be three benches,
two of five feet and one of three feet with
one 24inch and two 20-inch passages.
Is the ridge too high? The building will
face due south. Canuck.

The rose house can Ije heated with
three 2-inch flow pipes running either
way from the center, with twelve retarns
distributed under the benches. If there
are two rows of purlin posts in addition
to a row of center posts the flows can be
carried overhead, one on either, row of
posts and connect at the farther end of
the house with the coils. L. R. Taft.

ipor.

The American Florist.

1315.

Columbus, O.

EASTKB TRADE PROVED THOEOUr.HLY SAT-
IS! ACTOKY. — SUPPLIES WERE EQUAL TO
DEMAND — EVERYONE ENJOYS AS MUCH
lUSINESS AS COULD B8 HANDLED.

The results of Easter, as measured b3'
the contents ol the money drawers, are
most satisfactory. Notwithstanding the
inclement weather on Saturday and Sun-
day, the rush which had been anticipated
and for which ample preparation had
been made, exceeded all expectations.
The florists were perhaps the busiest
men in the city. A. Knopf, of the Frank-
lin Park Floral Company, reports a clean
sweep all through the stock. Roses,
carnations and bulbous stock went like
the proverbial hot cakes, while blooming
plants, such as azaleas, lilies and Crim-
son Ramblers, found ready buyers. Mr.
Knopfs general stock was never in finer
condition.

.\t Livingston's "beehive" there Seemed
to be no let up all day Saturday and late
into the night. Extra help was drafted
from the seed department, which, in addi-
tion to their regular staff in the flower
department, gave them an ample force.
Their windows presented a most attract-
ive appearance, although towards even-
ing the stock began to dwindle away
and by the time the place was closed ice
chests and windows were stripped of
every bloom. Blooming plants sold
equally well. There was enough stock
to meet all demands.

S. P. Stephens, although located at the
cemetery gate, had his hands lull. The
cemetery cars townbound carried bloom-
ing plants and flower boxes galore. Mr.
Stephens, in addition to his wholesale
trade, has built up a fine retail business.
His busy time, however, will soon com-
mence, when the graves of one of the
largest cemeteries in the city will require
thousands of bedding plants and shrubs,
as well as the personal care and atten-
tion of himself and his staff of assistants.

John R. Hellenthal reports the best
trade he has had in years. His roses,
invariably of a high grade, seemed to
have made a special effort for this great
occasion. His bulbous stock was equally
fine and his Crimson Ramblers simply
sold at sight.

Underwood Brothers are glad it is all
over, and no wondei \ To wait upon a
crowd, giving each individual special
attention, is no easy task. Things, how-
ever, moved along swimmingly, there
being no drawback of any sort to mar
their record.

Columbus, the seedling carnation to be
put on the market by the Franklin Park
Floral Company next season, is doing
splendidly and from all appearances it
seems destined to make its mark and
rank as one of the best commercial car-
nations.

Between his mailing trade, which is on
the increase, and his local business, which
is also growing, Gus. Drobish has no idle
moments. Easter trade proved all and
more than he expected.

John R Hellenthal intends to rebuild
bis potting shed and to make various
other improvements about his place.

NoM[s.

OBITUARY.

ABRAM D. BOHRBR.

• Abram D. Rohrer, one of the pioneer
florists of Lancaster, Pa., died April 4,
after a brief illness, from congestion of
the brain. Deceased was born and raised
in Lancaster county. He was in his

sixty-third year. In his early life he
engaged in market gardening and truck-
ing. In 1872 he went into business as a
florist and seed dealer with his brother,
Henry D. Rohrer. In ls94 the partner-
ship was dissolved, when Abram D.
retired, having leased his houses to
Landis & Co. Since then he has spent
his winters in Florida. His wife and one
son, Willis, survive him. Mr. Rohrer
has been a member of the Society of
American Florists since its organization.

SITIATIONS. WANTS. fOR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this bead.

Every paid subscriber to the American Flokist
for the year 1901 is entitled to a five-line want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year.

mTUATION WANTED— By German, age 35,
^ single; grower of cut flowers; compet»ni. in all
liranches; capable of taking charge. Address
G F C, care Americao Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— Single man. age 34;
grower of roses, carnations, 'mums, violi-ts.
bulbs, painis, ferns and beddmg plants. Address
Fred. Hill. 207 W. Seneca St., Oswego. N. Y.

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman on com-
'^ me'cial plac^*. where palms, ferns, Euster
plants, etc.. are grown; 12 years' experience; mar-
ried; 2H >f?ars old. References. Address

K F. care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By a man (Suede)
with more than 30 wears' experience in all
brandies of the trade; competent to take charge,
commercial or private. Please slate wapc^.

A Florist, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— Foreman in private or
conQmerciul place, by 1st of May. Roses, car-
nations chrysanthemums, violets, de orative
plants and bedding stuff New York preferred.
Ad.ress II L, care Americao Florist.

SITUATION WANTED — Bv good all-arouud
florist, ag(^ 30, single; good grower of palms,
ferns and pot plants in general; carnations,
'mums; good propagator. Able to lake charge of
houses. Address O K, caie Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As manager or fore-
man up to date in every department or com-
mt-rcal work, capable of band ing men and hav-
ing the work done in a practical way. Best of
references as to ability, etc. Address

Capable, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By a workmg fore-
*^ man First-class grower of carnations, violets
and thoroughly up (o date iu every branch of
commercial work. Capable of baudling men, and
take charge of a place. Best of refejences frjm
here and Germany. Please state wag-s when
writing. Addreas Growkb, care Am. Florist.

AVANTED—Iwo good Beauty growers. Apply
' ' to Wietoi: Bko?; ,

51 Wabash Ave., Chicago.

WANTED— Reliable, competent man. Fine
roses, 'mums, etc. Also assistant. Address
J.T.Williamson, LaRose Gardens, Memphis, Tenn.

YVANTED— At once, a reliable fi risi capable to
' ' take charge of place of 15 003 feet of glass;
must be sober, honest and reliable. A steady
place for good man. Wages right. Address

F, care American Florist.

WANTED— First-class grower of roses, 'mums,
carnations, bulb stock, [.alma and ferns. A
general all-around man that can take full charge.
Fair wages and steady place to right \ arty.
Address with terms and references

Superintendent, cai-e American Florist.

■\VANTEI)— Working foreman for retail place;
'' must be t^ood grower of roses, ".-arDations,
'mums, eic. (i<iod "ages and steady pt'sition for
rightnian. Married man preferred. Apply with ref-
erences, also state s*)ary expected. None but a
a sober and industrious m:in need apply. .Vdaress
L E, care American Florist.

"\T7"ANTED— A Scotchmen. American or English
^ ' man as foreman iu small place. Must be an
all-around florist, and also familiar with propaga-
tion and plant growing. A man familiar with
greenhouse construction and pipe fitting pre-
ferred. No one hddicted to the drink h^bit need
apply. Send references and state wages expected.
Sherman Nursery Co., Charles City, Iowa,

TyrANTED— Working foreman for commercial
'' plant of ls.o:o feet near Pitibiirg. Must
thoroughly und^-rstand roses and carnations.
Wages to ^t;lrt, $15.00 per week and a nice new
flvercotii hou.se. e<|ual to 880.00 per m' nth. Do not
apply unless you are thoroughly competent and
have good references A gnod man will find this
a very desirable place. Address with lull partic-
ulars. Forrest's Greenhouses,

Washington, Penna.

T^OR SALE—Greenhouse establishment, 35,000
J- feet of glass, well stocked. Prije a little more
than than one years' sales. Address

Ohio, care American Florist.

t^OR SALE OR RENT— Leading florist business
-*- in Kansas City. Mo. Two acres ground and
greenhouses of modern erjuipment. Address
H. Probst, 1180 Broaaway. New York. City.

T^OR SALE— At vour own price, first-class,
J- good paying florist store in Washington,
D. C. Will give, to an enthusiastic enquirer^
good reasons for belling. Address

Washington, care American Florist.

L^OR SALE— Ten greenhouses, about 22 010 feet
■^ of glass, innstly 16x24 glass, healed bv hot
water. Laree brick coal cellars, will hold' four-
cars of eoai. The greenhous-s are built on a
southern slope, and all in good condition, and
planted to roses, carnations and bedding stock,
all fine order. Also all plants for next year's
croDS. Two dwellings; one house Iiss&ix rooms
and basemcLt. and other ten rooms and basement,
both heated with hot waier; separate boilei-3.
Good city water pressure, and a Utile less than four
acres of flf e land. Close to cemetery: inside city
limits Fifiy miles from Chicago and thiriy-
five miles Iroin Milwaukee. This place must be
St on to be appreciated. Apply to

LEWIS TURNER. Kenosha. Wis.

FOR SALE OR RENT.

Establishment of 8.OC0 feet of glass in Batavia,
IU., 36 miles from Chicago. Six houses, in good
condition, none of them more than five years old.
Steara heat, city wat-r. electric cars pass the
door. Now doing profitable business. Very easy
terms. Good chance for live man. Owner going
to Europe. If interested address

S. E SMITH & SON, Batavia, III.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paying business, both
local and shipping trade, well stocked and
a good stock coming on. Location the best
for living and growing stock. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, care Am Florist.

WILLIAM PLUMB

Practical Landscape Architect
and Gardentr.

Personal attention given to all necessary
details in correclly forming the grounds of
an estate, whether on a large or small scale.

Planting, Grading, Draining, Road-mak-
ing, etc., guaranteed to be done m a thor-
oughly competent manner.

Plans and estimates furnished. Address

51 West 28th Street, NEW YORK.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY a*

At Nyack, N. Y, A plot 220x125
feet, on which are four Rose houses,
lOOx}8x6, each house heated by a
No. 16 Hrtchings Boiler; and seven
houses, each about 64x11 ft., heated
by flues. This property wiH be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

333 JMercer St. NEW VORIt.

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The American Florist.

April 13,

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed for Ten Cents.

AyERICAN ROSE CO., Washington, P. C.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, '^jSoo!""

Cash with first order. Seven years' experieace.
Reff'n'ncfs: 200 dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park, N. C.

Vhol^^ale power/arK^

CiNcnrNATi, April 11.

Eoses, Beauty 20, 00@35 . 00

" Bride.. 8.00@10.00

Bridesmaid 8.00@10.00

" Meteor 8.80@10 00

" Perle 5.00® 7.00

Carnations 2.ii0@ 7.00

Violets 5U® .re

Lily of the valley 4.00

Roman, Dutch Hyacinths 3.00® «.00

Narcissus 3 00

Daffodils, Tulips 3.00® 6 00

Harrisli lilies 15.00

Callas 10.00@15 00

Asparagus 50.00

Smllax 12.5CW115C0

Adiantum 1 .00

Galax leaves 15

Common ferns .30

St. Lodis, April 11.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 5.00® 8.00

Beauty, long, per doz.3. 00® 5.00

short " .75® 2 50

Perle 4.00® B.OO

Meteor 5.00® 8.00

Carnations, common 2 00® 3.00

" choice '4.00® 5.00

LUy of the' valley 3.00® 4. to

anflai- 15 00@20.00

Adiantum 1.25

Galax -15

Violets 30® .40

Narciss 3.00

nomans *.oo

Dutch Hyacinths 4.00® 5.01

Sweetpeas Tffrn 10)

Callas 12.50®15 00

Harrisii 15-00

Tulips iM@ 4 00

MILWAUKKB, April U.
Roses, Beauty, long,per doz. 3 00® 4.00
" ' " med. " 1 50® 2 50

" " short " 1.00® I 25

» Bride, Bridesmaid 6.00® 8 00

Meteor 6.00® 8.00

" Golden Gate 6.00® ■'f.OO

Perle «.00@ 8.00

Carnations, ordinary l.OD® 2 00

fancy 3 no® 4.00

Adiantum '=® l-OO

Smllax 20.00

Asparagus IS

Galax leaves -20

Violets .50

Romans, Paper White 2.00® 3.00

Lily or the Valley 3 00® 4.00

Banisii 10.00@I2.£0

Calaa n.0O@I2.fO

Tulip, Bingle 3 10(" 3.00

MienoneUe ,,„300

Dutch Hyacinths 5. CO® 6 00

PlTTSBURQ, April 11.

RoKS, Beauty, fancy 40.00@50.00

^^ " extra 20.00@30 00

>'o. 1 10 00(gl.=>.00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00®i2 00

" Meteor 4.0O@I3 00

Perle 2.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 1 .5D@ 2.00

fancy 3 U0@ 5.00

Violets 35® 1.00

Paper White, Romans 2 00® 3. GO

^nSion 2.00® 3.00

Lily of the vaUey 2.00® 3.00

Mignonette 1.00® 4,00

Sweetpeas 1.00® 2.00

Tulips 2.00® 4 00

HaiTisii 8 00@12 00

Smilax ,. IB. 00® 20. 00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Asparagus 35.0C@7B.00

'• Sprengerii 20® .75

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 11.25
Dagger (ernr per 1000, 2.00

■ mtitinntiitiiiituaniim iamtiM""""'""""""""'""""'"""""""""""""""*;

J. B. DEflMUD.

51 and 53 Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO.

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Please mention the A me} ican Florist iiheu :v> iting.

CUT FLOWERS.

.... Shipping; orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLL WORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG GUT FLOWER CO., Ltd.

504
Liberty Street,

ALL

FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
PA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

No, 1 contains 25 lbs I3.B0

No, 2 contains 35 lbs 4.60

No. 3 contains 50 lbs 6.00

Brilliant Bronze or Green $1.25 per 1000

Small Green, for Violets 1.00 per 1000

Telephone
708 Madison Sq.

FANCY FERN, DAGGER FERN, ETC.. at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARD. 38 W. 28lh St., New York.

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HoltOn AND

Hunkel Co.

Wholesale

Florists....

MILW41KEE, >VIS.

...GEO. M. KELL066...

"""-'i'nTe'Weii: Cut Flowcra

Give ut an order and we will please you.

Our Greenhouies at PLEASANT HILL, MO.
Our Store. 906 Grand Ave.. KANSAS CITY, MO.

IVlono dibtancb 'phoks at eithxb flaob
Please mention the American Florist when writirtz-

EXTRA
SELECTED

Southern Wild Smilax

P.reOlb.case $3.00

IVr 40 lb. case 2.50 (

Per 30 lb. case 3.0O

E.xpress rate 25 ppr cent less than merchandise
rate. Cases we'ph 60, 40 a"d 31 lbs., but are ship-
ped at 50, 35 an 25 lbs. t*"^ Prompt attention to
telegraphic orders. R. A. LEE, SELMA. ALA.

(Formtrly of hvergreeii, Ala.)
Please mention the A merican Flortst when writing.

WILD SMIUX.
HUREL ROPING.

THE KERVAN CO..

30 West 29th Street, NEW YORK.

The Cincinnati
Gut Flower Co.,

416 Walnut St.,
CINCINNATI, 0.

Consignments Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Snipping Orders.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

Successful Growers are Wanted

To know that they can dispose of all their surplus, stock by adver-
tising in the American Florist. TRY IT NOW.

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The American Florist.

1317

We arc at a loss to know just what to say
to convince you that

We Want Your Business and
are Entitled to it.

We have told you of our superior facilities, our large
supplies of good stock and our determination to extend our
business by affoiding satisfaction to our customers. Why
have YOU not written to us about your needs? Those
who have done so are now our satisfied customers. J- J-
WRITE TODAY.

E. C. AMLING,

CEST, BEST EQUIPPED «ND MOST CENTRAL!

LLY LOCATED
N CHICAGO.

THE L ARC

Wholesale cut floweWhouse
32-34-36 Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BEAUTIES

LongstPm per doz.,

Stems 30 LDches

■• 24 "

" 20 "

" 15 "

" 12 "
Short stems.

Brides, Maids per 100,

Meteors

Perles

Roses, good seconds

Carnalions, standard sorts

Fancy sorts

Callas, Harrisii per dozen.

Paper White

Freesias. Tulips.

Daffodils

Valley

Violets

Mignonette per doz.

Asparagus per string

Galas. 1000,11; 10,000for $7.50; per 100

Ferns, per 1000, J3.C0 per 100

Leucothoe sprays "

Adiantum "

Smilax per dozen,

$•1.00

3.00

2.50

2.00

1 50

1.00

.50— 7^

4!oo— 6.00

4.00— 6.00

4.0O—

3. CO
1.50— 2.00
3.00— 4.00
1.3.>- 1..50
3.00

3.00— 4.00

2.00— 3.00

3.00— 4.00

.50— 1.00

.35— .50

.50— .60

.15

.30

1.00

.75— 1.00

1.50— 2.00

Prices Subject to Change without Notice.

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CARNATION
BLOOMS

Shipped direct from Greenhotises to
all points. Standing orders solicited.

SEND TO HEADQUARTERS
AND GtT THE BEST.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO.,

JOLIET, ILL.

SEMINOLE
PECIALTIES

FRESH GREEN PALM LEAVES,

CROWNS AND BUDS, NEEDLE PiNES,

MOSS.

Full line of Prepared Palm Leaves, Fiber and
Accessories. Lowest prices. Most liberal terms.

SEMINOLE PALM CO..

II>^-v^i:» port, F'l^.

Please mention the A menran tiurtst ivhen writing.

GEO. REINBERG,

"SSS.I Cut Flowers

Choice American Beautlej.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

61 Wabash Ava., CHICAGO, ILL.

Bassett&Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

'"'•^•'^j:?,:'oiCut Flowers

OWEENHOU8E8; HIM8DALK. ILL.

A. L. RANDALL A

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Wash-
ington St., Chicago.

Write for ipeal&l qnotatloni on Imrga oMtn

P2ease mention the American Florist when wtittng

J. K BUDL0NG

37-39 Randolph Street, JjmCAGO.

WHOLESALE

Roses and
Carnations nnm.im <

A Specialty GROWER Of

CUT FLOWERS

Wbol^^ale flower/\arK^

Chicago, April 12.
Roses. Beauty, extra long sterna..
30 "
24 "
20 "
15 "
12 "
" " short " .6(

** Bride, Bridesmaid 4

" Meteor 4

Perle

Golden Gate 8

t;a<^.-tions 1 ,

" fancy 3

Violets

Callas, Harrisii 10.

Lily of the valley 3.

Paper Whites, Romans 3

Daffodils 2.

Tulips 3.

Mignonette 35® .50 doz.

Cattleyas S.OOduz.

Adiantum

Common ferns per 1,000 3 00

Galas leaves, per 1000 $1.00

Smilax per dozen 1.50® 2.00

Asparagus. . .per dozen 6.00@ 8.U0

4.00

3 0)

2.50

2 00

1.50

1.00
)@ .75
U0@ 6.00
,00® 6.00
4.00
00@15.00
5C(m 2.00
00® 4 00
75@ 1.00
CO® 12. 5)
00® 4.00
,00® 4.00
00® 3 00
CO® 4.00

75® i.ro

.30
.15

WEILAND & RISCH

can save you

money on

Cut
Flowers

We are extensive growers and
have unsurpassed ship-
ping facilities.

WRITE OR TELEGRAPH.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO.

E. H. Hunt

THE "OLD RELIABLE" FOR

WHOLESALE-

CUT FLOWERS

Hunt's Flowers
Go Everywhere

76 Wabasb Ave., CHICAGO.

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

eOO.OOO FEET OP GLASS.
HeadquanerB for American Beauty.

SI Wabash Ave., - CHICAGO, ILL.

please mention the A merican Florist when wrilinz.

Benthey & Co.

F. F. BENTHEY, Manager,

Wholesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street, CHICAGO,

'Consignments solicited..

Wholesale Store, ::r"'

Sell our own-grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors

In quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy

reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both

Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.

Try us.

124 Sixth Street. N.

Minneapolii. Minn.

BRANT & NOE.

American Florist Advts.
Always Sell Stock.

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April 13,

April Weddings

Extra fine Valley; choice White Lilacs; long
Beauties in quantity. Very reasonable.

^SAMUEL S. PENNOCK,

OUR NEW HEADQUARTERS

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND,

(Forinerly 67 Bromrield Street.)

3-* M^-%srley St.

:^0ST01«.

arc spacious, convenient and central.
If you want the best Boston Flowers
or first class supplies of any kind we
are prepared to supply you promptly
and satisfactorily. Call and see
for yourself. ^ ^ j^ ^ j^ j^

TELEPHONE 1270 MAIN,

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, ' """Tosi'S'N! li'lSI' '"••'•

WELCH BROS., Proprietors.

Alec New Bnglacd Axente for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.
Acknowledged by all florists the best tn use. Special prices for doz. lota.

Bole Agents for FREYSTEDTS' Immortelle Letters and Emblems,
Block Letters. S2 p» r lOO. Script Letters. S4 per 100.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR.

We Supply the New England Trade

With Highest 6rade

ROSES, GflRNflTIONS.
ULY OF THE YflLLEY.

\/IAI ETC and all flowers the

V IvIsC 1 tJ Boston market afFords.

PRICES EIGHT and Packinq Propbblt Done.

N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

Tel. 734 and 64. 84 Hawlcy St., BOSTON.

Pifase mention the American Florist when writing.

Frank M. Ellis.

WKOIESALE nORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale riorist

t322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

please mention the American Florist ivhen ivtiting.

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

IIZZ PINE STREET.

~~ LOUIS, MO.

WW A complete line of Wire Deaigng.

Desirable Advertising Space

Tn Dont <"> the walls

III, lU nBIII of the

BOSTON FLOWER MARKET

Effective. Profitable. Address
GEO. CARTWRIGHT, Secretary. 1 Park St., BOSTON.

Wbol^ale power/\arK^

Boston, April 10. .

Roses, Beauty, extra 1.5.00@25.00

" medium 8 no@li.OO

culls 3,00® S.OO

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 4.00® 6 00

extra 8.00@10.00

Carnations i 1.(0® 2.00

extra 2.00® 4.00

Roman hyacinths, Freesias 7S@ 1 50

Lily of the valley 1.00® 3.00

Mignonette 1.00® 3.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissi 1.00® 2'00

Violets 15® .60

VoQ Sion 1,10@1.60

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax 12.00@18,00

Asparagus 50.00

Sprengerii, .20© .25 per bunch
Philadelphia, April 10.

Roses, Tea 4.00@10.00

" extra 10.00@l2.00

Beauty, extra 25.00®40.00

firsts Ii.50@20.00

Carnations 2.00® 3.'0

fancy 3.0'® 5.00

Lily of the valley 2.0<@ 4.00

Romans, Paper Whites 3 00® 4.00

Violets 60® 1.00

Asparagus 35.00@50,00

Smilax 15.00@20.00

Adiantum 1 .00

Bdppalo, ^ pril 11.

Roses, Beauty 20 O0®50.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 8.00@16.00

Carnations 2.50® 6 00

Lily of the valley 3 0(@ 4.00

Smilax 15.00@20 00

Adiantum 1.00® l.tO

Asparagus B0.00@75.00

Violets 60® 1.S6

Itamsii 12 00(ai6.(0

GIVE

US

A

TRIAL.

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

Open day
and night.

Roses. Carnatiois and ell kinds of
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

Ufll r VICTIIIR Wholesale Com-

,11 nil ■■ IVII9 I inUf mission Florist.

481 Washington St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Alflo Dealer In FlorlBts' Supplies & Wire Des'^rns.

LU

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or to

erntiEimer

-lorists.

1604

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Ludlow Street,

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Philadelphia....

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Phone 1-42-69-A.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS,

liONO DISTANCZ PUIIinFIPIIIl PI

'i>HONB 3-46-94 D. rniLAiiLLrniA, tAi

Consignmentt of Choice Valley and Roiei iolicitad.

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long DIsUnoe Phone 1-11-26 D.

Consignments of Roses. Carnations, Violets solielti I.

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wbolssale Florist,

27 S. nth St , Tele phone 63-F4. PniLADELPBIA.

Orders bj mall, telegraph or telephone WUI
receive prompt attention.

Consignments of good stock solicited.

SHIPPING LIBELS '^

"Cut Flowers

Printed in two colors on gummed
paper; your card, etc., In black and
leaf adopted by the S, A. F. in red.
Very attractive. Price per 500. $2,85;
per 1000, 14.50. Send for samples

eucnio or this uaf, postpaid, $1.29.
American Florist Co.,

^^^_ CHICAOO.

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE TRADE.

The undersigned have opened a first-class establishment for the sale of cut flowers at wholesale
on commission at 3 Ordway Place, Boston, Mass. Correspondence —tth growers and buyers solicited.

LAWRENCE COTTER. Telephone

LAWRENCE J. FLYNN. Connection. ■

.NEW ENGLAND GUT FLOWER GOMPANYi

I go I.

TiiE American Florist.

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TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

lyily of tine 'Valley.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1998 Sfadlflon Sqoare.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS JJew"vork^""*'
SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, all leading variPties, also rare novelties.
Shipping a Specialty. ^S^Price list on application.

TELEPHONE 206B MADISON SQUARE.

Walter r. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ,

Telephone 902 Madison Square.

39 West 28th St., NEW YORK.

William Qhormley,

Wholesale florist, " '^§,'^4%liTilTY.

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley, and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
Aladisoo Square.

SHIPPING ORDERS

Qiveo Special Attention.

JOHN YOUNG

Has the bpst KEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY in New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO. J*
All Choice Flowers dally.

51 West 28th St., NEW YORK.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thii. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

. : . . 30 West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 551 Madison Square.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,

40S E. 34tli Straat,

Oyl FItwer Exchange. NEW YORK.

Telephone S99 Madison Sqoare.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-412 E. S4th 8t. Near Ferry.
Open for Ont Flower Sale* at 6 o'clock
Every HomlnK

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON, Secretary.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

ffip GUI Flowers

All orders receive most careful attention.

TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA.

Blx prizes American Rcse Hoclety, New Yorfc City.

It is good business policy
to mention the

...AMERICAN nORIST

when you write to an advertiser.

Choice Carnations.

Selected Roses.

Traendly&Schenck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 A 799 Madison Sq.

Whol^ale pbwer/arK^

New York, April 10.

Roses, Beauty, select 15 00@25.00

medium 8.(10(3)10.00

culls l.sn® 3 00

Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor I O0@ 2.00
" med'm 3 U0@ 4.00
" select.. 6 no@lo.cO

BruunTS 5 @20 00

Carnations l.COCii 2.10

fancy S.iiO® &.0D

Lily of the valley 1 50® 2.50

Smilax 15.00@18.00

Asparagus 25.0ii@5U.00

" Sprengetii, perdoz. bun. 2.00@3 00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Violets 15@ 50

Harrisii lilies 6,(0® 8.00

Mignonette 1.00® 2.00

Paper White narcissi 1.00® 1.50

R. hyacinths. Jonquils, Freesias, .5ii@ 1.50

Tulips, Von Sion narcissi l.OO® 2 00

Oattleyas 35.00@60 00

MMim & SALTrORD,

Wholesale Commission Dealers in

CUT FLOWERS

so West 29th St., NEW YORK.

Telephone 1304 Madison .Square.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

OROWBRS and PLOWFR BUYERS.
Write for Terms and Quotations.

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 29tn street, NEW YORK CITY.

Telephooe 1738 Madison Square.

The New York Gut Flower Go.

119 and 121 West 23d Street,
112 and 114 West 24th Street,

T.I.|ihon.733-18th. NEW YORK.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.
Special Attention Siven to Shipping Ord.n.

FORD BROS.

....WlioiGsaie Florists,

III West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BIG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. 'Phone. 157 Madison Sq.

Julius Lang

53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

Represents the Best Growers of

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

TELEPHONE 280 Madison Square.

S. J. LIMPRCCHT,

Wliolesale Gommission Florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens lor Decorations.

119 West 30th Sfeet. NFUf VDDK

Telepnone 14;w Madison Square. i.L" ■ Vnn.
CoDslgnmentB Solicited.

fl. H. immm.

19 Eoervm Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Controls the best Brooklyn

Cut Flower Trade.
Consignors get the Benefit.

Always mention the.

American Florist

wben wTitine advertjiert.

Try the new
Flower Commission House

E. B. BRINUY & CO., ,Si

CORRESPONDENCE WITH GROWERS SOLICITED.

48 W. 30tli St.,

YORK GITY.

Teleplrxone Sl&S JVI^tHsorm. Sci«_»^re.

Now we have

DaHodil*,
Tulips,
Sweet Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN.

4.7 WEST 28th ST..

NEW YORK.

CUT F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Tel. 421
MadisoU'Square,

Special in
Roses : ♦

Liberty, Pres. Carnot,
Kalserln, Meleor,
Bon Sllene.

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April /J,

The ^eeE) TR3t>E.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

Albebt McCullough, Pres. ; F. W. Bolqiano,
Vioe-Pres. ; S. P. Willard, Wethersfleld, Codq.
5ec'y and Treas.

Nineteenth annual convention, Rochester, M.
If.. June 11-13. 1901.

Visited Chicago: S. Y. Haines, Minne-
apolis, Minn.

DwABF Essex rapeis in strong demand
and somewhat higher in price locally at
Chicago.

Mrs. V. H. Hallock, mother of E V.
Hallock, died at her residence at Queens,
M. Y., April 3.

Onion seed of high vitality is beirg
well cleaned up, especially of kinds avail-
able for producing onion sets.

NoRTHHUP, King & Co. have started a
retail store on Nicollet avenue, Minne-
apolis, to run a few weeks only, during
the busy season. Mr. Northrop has been
ill for ten days but is now around again.

We are told by the Hollanders that
Cottage Maid tulip will not stand winter
forcing but must be allowed to come
gradually into bloom about Easter.
When grown this way it flowers fully
four weeks later than the varieties whch
force well. We think all floiists who
have tried to force this with other kinds
have failed with it.

Charles F. Saul reports a large call
for heavy seeds in the vicinity of
Syracuse, N. Y. The farmers are using
a great deal of spring rye and forage
plants. He says they are doing a great
deal of experimenting. There is much
call for ensilBge corn and Alfalfa clover.
The spring has been extremely backward
and it is still cold.

Onion Growing.

In press bulletin No. 70 of the Okla-
homa Agricultural Experiment Station
the following occurs: "Onion seed deteri-
orates very rapidly with age and only
that of last season's crop should be used.
The sprouting seeds and young plants
are very easily killed by drought and
some method of planting must be followed
that will carry the young plants over the
dry weather in March."

[Seedsmen and large planters find a
ditference in the vitality ol onion seed
varying with different crops and when
carried over a year or more yarying with
the locality where the seed is kept. Seed
stored in California seems to retain its
vitality for several seasons, while east of
the Missouri river only the plumpest seed
of strong vitality will be reasonably good
the second year. User s of seed for grow-
ing onion setsprt ferto use only new crop
seed of the highest vitality, because if by
reason of weak growth or partial failure
of even a small percentage to sprout, the
remaining plants are thus given more
room and the sets grow too large. It is
diflerent with onion seed sown to pro-
duce large bulbs, as in that case the
plants which iail leavemore room for the
remaining ones and a ten per cent failure
to germinate might improve rather than
injure the whole crop.— Ed.]

FoN DO Lac, Wis.— E. Haentze has
invested $3,900 in the residence and
three acres of land adjoining his green-
houses. The property will be planted
with fancy ornamental nursery stock.

Cleveland.

BAD WEATHER INTERFERES WITH TRADE
BDT AGGREGATE OF SALES IS SATIS-
FACTORY. — NOTES OF THE VARIOUS
SPECIALTIES.

It is doubtful if anything short of a
howling blizzard could have presented
more discouraging weather conditions
than prevailed in Cleveland at Easter.
Nevertheless business in general is
reported as satisfactory and in some
instances showed an increase in volume.
There seems to have been little variation
from other years in the matter of price,
excfpting that lilies, owing to a threat-
ened shortage, seemed somewhat more
firm and a price approximalirg $3 per
dozen seems to have been generally main-
tained. Carnations, also, owing prob-
ably to the greater proportion of high
grade flowers now grown, showed a
higher average price, 75tents to $1 being
a quite general ratefor good stock, while
little if anything went below 60 cents
per dozen.

The plant oflerings showed up about
as usual, with azaleas, hydrangeas, hardy
roses, lilies and bulbous stock among the
leading features. Considering the earli-
ness of the date, there was a surprisingly
large supply of hydrangeas, although the

stock comes from a very few growers.
They seem to have sold well, but there
are plenty still to be had. Lilies, of
course, sold well, especially where the
plants were good, and were not in over-
supply. Azaleas were good and sold at
fair prices. Crimson Rambler was in
good supply, better than ever before as
to quantity and quality, and met with a
very good sale. Other hardy roses are
quite generally reported as being less
satisfactory in every way. There is a
place and a demand for a certain amount
of bulbous stock, but to exceed that is to
knock the little profit all out of it and to
damage the sales of other lines of stock
by creating a glut. A.

Concord, N. H— Frank A. Main &
Company removed on April 1 to a new
store at 23 Pleasant street, a first.clasa
location in every respect.

Richmond, Ind — Mrs. E. T. Grave,
who has had such phenomenal success
with carnations, is building two houses
30x208 in which she will plant Liberty
roses, both grafted and own root stock.
The E. G Hill Company has work under
way on the big new house in which they
will grow Adonis and one or two other
new carnations.

Johnson & Stokes' SPECIAL BULB OFFER.

ne Uulbs, $2 00 per 100, $18.00-
in excellent coiiditioD

BEGONIAS. Tuberous Rooted, Single, in separate colors. Exceptionally
per llOO Single, Mixed, Jl. 85 per 103; per 1000, 817.00.

CANNAS. Crozv's, Large Flowering, grown at our Floracroft Trial Grounds
true to narne and color. .Vll varieties. Per 10:i, $3.00; per lOOO, IC5.00.

CANNA ROBUSTA PERFECTA, esceptionallv fine bulbs, $2 00 per lOO, $18.C0 per 1000.

GLADIOLUS, <'hoiie Hybrids. No. 1, Pine iSulbs, 11.25 per 100, $10.00 per 1000. No. 2, Fine Misture, $l.0O-
rer lUO S7.50 per 10^0.

GLOXINIA. II.vbrida Crassifolia, grown by a specialist, whose bulbs are the finest obtainable; $3.0D per
h 0; per iuOO, $27.C0

TUBEROSES, Excelsior Double Pearl. Laree sized Bulbs, sure bloomers, and will not fail to give satis-
faction; 6]o per IGO, $5.00 per 1000; 5000 for $22.50. Fine No. 2 size, 4Cc per 100, $2.25 per IUOO.

E»A.i:.,:ivi «e:e;i3s.

KENTIA BELMOREANA per packet (12 seeds), 15c; per 100 seeds, 65c

LATANIA BORBONICA " • " lOo " 50c

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS " '■ 8 c

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII ■ ■ 50c

per 1000 seeds, $5 00-
3.60
6.50
310

JOHNSON & STOKES. 217-219 Market St.. Philadelphia,

ESTABLISHED 1802

THORBURN'S
SEEDS

Tuberoses, Double Pearl, largest siz;,

per lOU, 80c; per 1000, Jt5 00.

Finest Mixed Gladioli for Florists, all

colors.
Choice Imported Named Glad'oli in great

variety.

SPECIAL PRICE LIST FOR FLORISTS
ON APPLICATION.

J.M.THORBURN&CO.

(Late ol IS John Street)

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW YOfOI

GRASS SEEDS.

Kentucky Blue, Orchard, Timothy, Red Top,
Meadow Fescue, Perennial and Italian Rye Grass,
Tall Meadow Oat, Johnson, Bermuda, Creeping
Bent, Wood Meadow and other Domestic and
Imported varieties. CLOVERS— Red, Sah-
ling. Alfalfa. Crimson. White, Alsike, Japan, etc.
WOOD, STUBBS & CO'.S "EVERGREEN" and • SHADY^
GREEN" Lawn Grasses are giving the best satis-
faction everywhere. Put up in packages and
bulk. Special low prices to the trade.

ONION SETS ?^riVwf„'Jp,....,

Wholesale prices for present or future deliveries.

WOOD. STUBBS & CO..

Ibe Largest and Best Coltection of Seeds is Ky.,
LOUISVILLE. KV.

XXX SEEDS

CHINESE PRIMROSE — Finest known.

large flowprinp frinl^^'d. flf n vars.. single and

double, raised; 500 seeds $1.00; half pkt. 50c.

PANSY. FINEST GIAMTS-Estra fine,
the best of the mammoth flowering varieties,
mised; 4000 seeds. $1.00; \vM pkt. 60i;.

CIN6RARI«— Choicest iMT^'e (lowering dwarf
varieties, mi.\ed, 1000 seeds, buc.

PRIMULA Oboonica Hybrida— Finest Giant
llowering h\ brids, mixed, yraud, lOOJ seeds, 50c.

JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanslown, Pa.

THE HOME OF PRIMROSES.

For Sale Cheap.

100 DOZEN CANNAS, Austria, Bis-
maik, F. Vaughan and Paul Mar-
quant, good strorg plants ready
April 2Cth. ^

E. ROACH, Sta. 3, Kashville, Tenn.

SPECIALTIES —

ROSES, rrom 3-lnali poti.

CARNATIONS, for all dellTerr.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
SMILAX.
Pnosilow. Sand for lilt. VIOLETS.
WOOO BHOTHERa, FISMHIU.. N, V.

igoi.

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1321

K[1IC0TT BROS. CO.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

And Dealers in
All Kinds of

42 and 44 East Randolph Street.

Florists' Supplies.

CHICAGO, ILL.

McKellar b WInterson

Wholesale Dealers in Everything for Florists.

Should You Not Receive OUR 1901 CATALOGUE, Write \is for Same.

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Please menlion ihe American Florist vhen wtiting.

Bedding Plants

CHEAP
rOR CASH.

POrrEO PLANTS CHEAPER THAN
ROOTED CUTTINGS.

SALVIA Splendens and Bonfi-e.

LOBELIA-Dwarf Blue. German Ivy. Heliotrope.

Othonna (Vase Plant), Paris Daisy, "hit.-. xW

Irom 2x3-inch pots, at the low pr.ce of $1 00 per

100. All clean, healthy stock.
FEVERFEW-Dwarf Doub > Gem. .1il.75 per 100
DOUBLE PETUNIAS— Rooted cuttings, *l.(OperlOO.
CARNATIONS— Rooted cuttings, Plor* Hill, $1.00

per lOJ. }(f.OU per lOOO; McGowau, 11.00 per 100.

$8 PO per 1000.
ROSES— Bride and Bridesmaid. 2i4-inch, at *;.C0

per 10, JlS.OOper lOOO.
B. Bl*l«'K'l«i*, ■^ektCk-vi.r^, 111.

AZALEAS, BAY TREES

THF FINEST AND LARGEST
STOCK IN THE WORLD.

SANDER. BRUGES, BELGIUM.

Our Agent, Mr. A. Dimmo^k, will be rieased to
reply to flny c mraunications addr ssed to h i m at
60 Vesey' Street. Kew York City.

p ypONIP^ ^^^ ^"* flowers *no
r/CUinCJ Lawn Decorations.

Red. Pink and White, $10 per ICO;
$75 per 1000. Fin; assortment ot
mixed singles, %1> per ICC; J40
per 1000.
CHICAGO P/€ONY FARMS, Joliet, III.

PANSIES S'aTJ«"s

BUY DIRECT from the GROWER

I

SPECIALTIES

Rosei

Carnalions

Adianlum

Smilax

Tulips

Daffodils

Lilies

and General

Bulb Slock.

Having decided to dispose of the product of
my plant, consisting of 60,000 feet of glass,
direct to the trade, I have establ'shed a modern
Wholesale House at 55-57 Wabash Ave., and
will be glad to furnish high grade stock at

LOWEST M\RKET PRICES.

Soliciting a share of your esteemed trade,
Respectfully,

FRANK GARLAND.

. Greenhouses, Dcs Plaincs, III.

♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•••♦♦•4

>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦

Small Plants All Sold.

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU,

I l»B Grant Avenue. JERSEY CITV. N. J.

Rooted Cuttings OF THE

I NEW AND STANDARD CARNATIONS.

Send for price list.
WM. SWAYNE. Box S26. Kennett Square. Pa.

When corresponding with advertlieri
mention the Ambrican Plobist.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Veibenas, 35 vars.. 60; per KKi. $s pc^r 1000. Col-
eus. 30 vars., 60- per ICO. *■=< per 100). HehotroDe,
14 yars.. $1 per 100. $8 per 1000. Ageratums. 3 yars.,
fOc per 100. $5 per lOOO. lantanas. 4 yars., %\:&
per 100. Giant Alyssum, %\ per 100. Silvias, 3
vars., %\ per 100. Express prepaid on all R. C.

Verbenas and Heliotropes, 2^i-inch. $2 per 100;
$18 per 1000; strong; plants. Cash with orders.

8. D. BRANT. CLAY CENTER. Kas.

IfCDDCmCi 2S liEADINO KINDS,

iCIIDklllldl 2-inch pots, 12.00 per lOO.
Rooted Cuttings, 60 cts per 100.

T|S OGiX*GS ■ Brides, Maids, Meteors, Perles,
JWwOXiO. strongly rooted cuttings, $1.50

per ICO. Fine stock.
Rooted Cuttings ot CARNATIONS, 80 cts. to $2.50
per 100. Best leadiug varieties of CHRYSANTHE-
MUMS. Write for prices.

W. H, GULLETT & SONS, Lincoln, III.

CLEMATIS— 2 years, $2 00 per doz., 12 best kinds.
H, P. ROSES— 2 year, fine dormant plants, own

roots, choice assortment, Jl.bO ptr dozen; (lO.OJ

per 100.

F. A. BALLER, Bloominston. III.

ROOTED RINNERS Of

Marie Louise Violets

from soil, 60c per 100; <5.O0 per 1000.
Cash with order.

Address J, DUERR, Geneva, III.

2 - Great Glories - 2

BEGONIA GLOIRE DK LORRAINE, 2Ji-inch

pots, $15.00 per 100.
BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE Nana Com-

pacta, 2H-inch pots, 115.00 per 100.
This stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease,

THOM AS ROLAND, Nahant. Ma8».

rADIUATIAMC Rooted Cuttings, Ethel
LiKllA I lUllO. Crocker, $2.2f; Flora Hili,
$1.75; Webh, $1.25; Srott, 90c; McGowan, 90c;
Ciinlodge, $1,00; Keller, $1 50 per 100.

ARNO S. CHASE, Cumberland Center, Me.

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April /J,

The IJjluRSBRY T^aiDE.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Theo. J. Smith. Pres.; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres.;
GsoBes C. Seaoer. Rochester. M. Y.. Sec'y.

Twentv-sixiriannu.ilcouvention, Niagara Falls,
N. Y., June 12-14. 1901.

NuRSEBiHS in the far northwest report
an nnprecedentfd demand for stock this
soring and prices are np.

John Watson has resigned the business
management of Rosedale Nurseries, Bren-
bam, Tex.^ because of ill health.

It is announced that the work of con-
struction on the Arnold Arboretum, Bos-
ton, has reached a state of practical com-
pletion.

Wm. a. Petbbson says that as an iron-
clad variety to withstand all adverse
conditions the while ash easily takes the
lead over other trees ijr street planting
in cities.

Prof. C. S. Sabgbnt says that lor
many purposes, particularly as posts, the
catalpa has no known equal. Catalpa
■wood seems particularly suited for use in
t)urial caskets.

N. W. Hale, of Knoxville, says that
nurserymen in a state without an ento-
mologist and an inspection law are
decidedly handicapped in doing business
in states which require inspection. He
has caused an inspection law to be intro-
duced in the Tennessee legislature.

Lowell, Mass.

BASTBR TRADE SUFFbKS FROM CONTINUOUS
BAINS — SALES HBAVV UUT MUCH STOCK

4 IS LEFT OVER. — EVBRVOSE HAD PRE-
PARED FOR KECOBD IIRBAKISG HU^I.'(ESS.

Easter was not so good as it might
have been, although everyone put in a
much larger stock thau in the past year.
There was a plenty oi flowering plants
and cut fljwers, a much larger supply
than there was demand for. The week
before Easter was something awful It
rained every day, but on Saturday it let
up t'jr awhile and then business took a
little jump. It looked for an hour as if
it might go ahead of all past years, but
down came the rain and trade was per-
fectly flat and continued to be so until
closing up time Sunday noon

Previous to Easter the usual scare was
going around, that stock was going to
te scare;", and the growers weie a little
stiff in their pries, asking 8 cents for cir-
nations, but when they saw what kind
of weather we were having prices took
a big drop.

A week before Easter Patten engaged
a vacant store and filled it wim ihe
finest I. lies ever seen here in Lowell And
at the regular store on the Square every-
thing looked fine, filled with choice flow-
ering plants and cut flowers.

All the stores were dressed in their
finery, the windows filled with Mies,
spiraeas, azaleas and hydrangeas artis-
tically arranged.

McManmon's store was well filled with
plants and his windows looked fine, with
spiraeas and hydrangeas.

Marshall's store was well stocked wiih
flowering plants and he reports trade
good.

(rriffiths handled quite a lot of lilies
and was cleaned out in good season.

Whittet reports trade good and was
satisfied with the way things went.

A. M.

Houston, Tex.— W. W. Westgate has
sold out and will go into the drug busi-
ness at Seattle, Wash.

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Hedging

2,000 Beech, European and Purple

Leaved.
3,000 Elms, American and European.

500 lapan GIngko.
2,000 Lindens, Amencan and European.
1,000 Magnolias, in variety.
50,000 Map es, Norway, Sugar, etc.
10,000 CVKS, Pin, Red, Scarlet and

English.
10,000 Oripntal Plai-e, 6 to 12 feet.
75,000 Califamia frivet, 1 and 2 years.

500,000 EVEBOBEENS. Of all sizes, including Hemlocks, Norway, Colorado
Blue, Oriental and Weeping Spruces. Arbor- Vities, Refinosporas, Pines in variety,
root pruned and sheared specimens.

Trade List also Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue free on Application.

1.000,000 Shrubs all varieties and sizes.

10,000 CItma'is, Paniculata.

10.000 Rosa Wichuraiana and hybrids.

5,000 Rosa Multiflora Japonica.
10,000 Honeysuckle, Hall's, etc.

5,000 Dahlias, whole roots.
100,000 Asparagus, very strong, five

varieties.
25,000 Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and
Kalmias.

THE WM. H. MOON CO.,

Morrisville, Pa,

NORWAY MAPLES

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
' 14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens ■with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, William Warner Hakpeii. Prop..

CHESTNUT HILL. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

1 bave a line Stock of Shade Trees of leadini; kinds-, IH lo 3 ioches diameter. 30O'J
White ISiroh and Purple Beech, 7 to 10 feet; 10,000 Shrubs, fine Japan Snowballs ;ind
Hydrangeas. Eversreens. all kinds and s'zes; 25 OJO Call oruia Privet. 2 to 5 feet; 10 Ovi)
Hardy Roses, own roots- plenty Ramblers, Pears, Apples. Cherries, Quinces, Peaches,
many in bearing sizes; Rhododendrons and Hardy Azaieas.

CiTEPHEN CRANE, Proprietor dl Norwich Nurseries. NORWICH, CONN.

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII

strong 3-vr-old plants, pots, 100. 15; 1C03, .$40.

AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA

Strong' 3-vr., field grown. 110, $5; lOXl. $40.

CLEMATIS PANICULATA

strong 2-year, fleld-grown, 100, »5; lOCO, $40.
Strong 3 year, fleld-grown, aO. $8; lOUU, $7u.

HONEYSUCKLE, Hall's Japan

Strong 2-year, fleld-grown; 1(0, $5; ICOO, |40.

THADDEIS N. YATES & CO.,

Mount Airy Nurseries.
7356 Germantown Ave.. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

BUCKBEE'S

Fancy Pansy Plants

Extra .fine stocky September plants, trans-
1 lanted uoil u'in'erpd in cold frame?, now 'n
b'ld :iad bl.'om,$1.50 per ICO, $10 per tOOO.

SEEDLINGS, not transplanted. $3.m per ](iO?.

H. W. BICKBEE,

Rocklord Seed Farms.
Forest City Greenhouses.

Rockford. III.

YES!

PANSIES

Cold Frame Plants, in bud and
bloom, SI 5J per JUo. No. 1 stoik.
Cash with order.

E. B. JENNINGS, Grower of the Finest Pansies,
r.ork Rot 354 Soiilhi'ort. Conn.

Maples

NORWAY.
SIGAR.

From 1 to 3-incti calirer, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisville, Bucks Co., Pa.

(HAVE

BOSTON TERNS

Bench Grown, fat, and in Fullest Vigor.

BiSt broad-leaved drooping variety, $4.00 to
$20.00 per 100. Sample doz 75c to 52 50.

W. A. BOCK,

NOKTH CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

Orchids! #~

We are headquarters for Orchids in the
United States ^ imported or tstablished.
Also supplies, such as Pent. Moss and Bas-
kets. Our price list for I90I now n adv.

LAGER & HURRELL, "ummii; n. j.

Orchid Qrowari and Importer*.

LETTUCE PLANTS

Grand Rapids, fine olants from cold frame,
$1.00 per 1000; 5000 for $4 00.

DAISIES

(Bellis), fine plants, ICO, 40c; If 03, J3 00.

J. C. SCHMIDT. Bristol. Pa.

Caladium
Esculentum.

1st size, 9 to 12 inches oirc $1.00 P'-r lOO

2d size. 7 to 9 inobeacir! -JUO per 100

Write for sp-cinl prices on larUv'r lots to

B. H. RITTEB. PORT ROYAL, 8. C.

Stop Walking the Floor, you wont be diiip-

pointed if you place your orders for

SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX

With CALDWELL THE WOODSMAN CO., Evergreen..

Ala , or their Brents, L. J. Kreshover, New York:
J. B. Deamud. Chicago; M. Rice & Co., Philadel-
phia; Vail Seed Co., Indianapolis. Our advice:
Wire your address and go "Sleep in peace."

igoi.

The American Florist.

1323

Clematis! Clematis!

WE OFFER STRONG TWO-VEAR-OLD PLAITS

Boskoop Seedling, Duchess of Edinburgh, Gypsy Queen. Ilenryi,

Jackmanni, IMme. Baron Veillard, IMmt^. V<in Houtte, Miss

Bateman, Standishi. The Gem, The President,

%\.QQ per dozen, $25.00 per 100.

Clematis Crispa and Coccinea, si.oo per dozen, gz.oo per loo.

Clematis Paniculata and Tlammula, $i.oo per dozen, $8.oo per loo.

Jackman's New Hybrid Clematises. Countess of Onslow, Duchess of
Albany, Duchess of York and Grace Darling, strong, healthy, pot
grown plants, 75c each.

Clematis Indivisa, not hardy, but the grandest of all cool greenhouse
climbers; see description in our 1901 catalogue. Extra heavy
plants 75c each.

HENRY A. DREER,

7U Cheslnut St,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

APRIL J9th.

APRIL I9th,

PM^ORISO^S'

Sander's Annual Spring Auction Sale win consist of

Cattieyas, Laeiias, Dendrobiums, Cypripediums, Vandas, Oncidiums, etc.

I

ra g^t*^^t; civx.^>::&tl4:*^jS9 sclented on account of their free and fchowy Ilowerins character, all in the fia*'st
p'S'iole condi tou. : : Orchids wul grow and flower very 'refly in a Pa'ra Uuuse and whe e stage ro m is limited will

ihriTo with tieedom suspend d from the rouf, and buyers should no miss th s excellent opporuiniiy. The above are from

SANDER, ST. ALBANS, ENGLAND, AND BRUGES, BELGIUM, which

u Ai a t\ <«n II MI u u A'l will sell on Friday. April 19th, I9!)l, at 12:30 P. M.

MeSSrSi Uleary & COi, 60 VeSey Sin Ni !■ City, illustrated catalogues on Application.

■V rv f\ tr ^\ We believe in shifting

1 1 i A ^ W~ V^ young Roses often. All

B# I I ^ I ^ stocl< oflered in 2V,-in.

■%" F 1 J 1 1 J pots has been shitted

from 2-in.. and is equal

to most stocl< advertised as 3-in., and when we

send it out it is well established.

Let us know your wants.

2 and 2 l-2-in. Stock is Fine.

VARIETIES TnnrfM an

Meteors L-iFranc^ Presid<*nt Caruot

Brides yv. V. Kaiserin Golden Gate
Maids Woottons American Beauties

Per.es Belle Siebreoht Liberty

CARNATIONS.

R.C. and 2-in. Bradt. (rocker, Joost and McGowan .

R. C. COLE US.

Miied. Verschaffeltii, Golden Bedder, Yellow
Queen, etc EMGLISH IVY.

2%, 3 iind l-inch pots.

GERANIUMS. Red. white and pink in .S-in.

A few thousand SE»I«e;i«GEI«II,

ready for 2-inch pots.

Special in WOOTTON ROSES, 2!4-in.. ready to

plant in beds. Write

GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III.

IT IS NOT...

what you pay for the adver-
tisement but what the adver-
tisement pays you. It pays
to advertise in the American
Florist.

m

NEW ROSES FOR iqoi.

All the new varieties, including

ROBERT SCOTT, QUEEN OF E06ELY

and others worth growing in fine stock. Also all the
STANDARD VARIETIES both for forcing and planting in the
open ground in Al condition, fit for immediate shipment.

JOHN N. riAY, Summit, New Jersey.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES,

J6.00 per ICO
Kaiserin $4.oo rer lOO

Beauties and Kaiserin took First Pre-
mium at Philadelphia Exhibition.

Bridesmaid «3 oo per lOO

All flrst-class. from 2-in. standard pots.

T. E. BARTRAM, Lansdowne, Pa.

Maid, liberty, Bride,
Kaiserin.

strains nlanis with heaUh\ own roots. If you
want til-! finest stoci< obta nable, place your order
at once for iminediiite or lat r delivery.

STEPHEN MORTENSEN.

( Near Phila.) SOUTHAIVIPTON. PA.

Do not hide yotir light under a btiahel.
Tell the people what yon hare for sale.

Grafted Roses

LIBERTY, $18.00 per 100

"*"^^' 1 $12 per 100

BRIDES, ; ^jj^ ,^^^

GOLDEN GATE, )

Choice Plants, 3-incli pol«, ready
for immediate Planting.

J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa.

1324

The American Florist.

April /J,

Our Pastimes.

Announcements of coraing contents or other
events of interest to our bowling, shooting and
cycling readers are solicited and will be given
place in th's column.

Address all correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Mill; St., Bo-ton, Mass.;
Robt. Kift. 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa ;
or to the American Florist Co., 3:i4 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

At Utica.

The following is the record of the Utica
Florists' Bowling Club for its practice
meet, Monday, April 8:

Player • Ist 2d 31 4th fth Av

Wilooi 189 150 163 128 16l U9

Rowlands Wi 137 166 1S2

Mathews 143 157 123 13i 149 14!

Spenc r 123 154 15S i-.'3 124 136

Murphy 152 131 108 144 143 135

Tomey 80 63 89 71 63 71

Quis.

At New York.

The fatigues of Easter were doubtless
responsible for the very slim attendance
at the bowling alleys on Monday after-
noon. News of the death of Captain
Traendlj's little daughter was received
with much sorrow. The scores were as
follows:

PUyer 1st 2d 3d

Hafner 127 168 141

Butterfleld 157 162 122

Schenck 116 147 113

Burns 182 148 142

Lang 126 141

Melber IKl 131 160

London, Ont.

BASTBR SHOWS AN INCREASE IN SALES. —
DEMAND FOR CUT FLOWERS DECREASES.
^ — HIGH PRICES MiY BE THE CAUSE.

Was it fickle fashion, or high prices, or
both, that cauied a falling oij in the
demand for cut flowers? That-there was
a falling off in the local demand there is
no quesiion of doubt and we can hardly
attribute it to high prices, particularly
on roses, when one dealer had a large
placard in the window all day Saturday,
"Roses $1 perdozen." At the other stores
more seasonabli" prices were obtained,
from $1 50 to $3 per dozen, but even at
these prices the supply was more than
equal to the demand and lar){e quantities
of good stock were carried over. The
demand forcarnationswas a little better,
prices obtained being from 60 cents to
$1 per dozen, vet the supply was equal
to the demand. There was little or no
demand for lily of the valley, tulips or
daffodils. Taken altogether the local
demand for cut flowers was a disappoint-
ment. For !•; ister lilies the demand far
exceeded the supply.

For the first time at Eister there was
a demand for azaleas. Some very good
ones were shown in the windows and
were eagerly picked up. The demand for
smaller flowering plants was not as
noticeable as in former years. Notwith-
standing the falling ofl in the demand for
cut flowers, the total sales for the week
showed an increase of ten per cent over
the corresponding week last season.

W. G.

Sandusky, Ohio. —The Sandusky Floral
Company has been sold to Conrad Hueter
and Wm Osberg, who will conduct the
business nnder the name of Hueter &
Osberg.

Oshkosh, Wis— Work is well under-
way on Fred Rents chlei's new range of
houses, 107x115. The addition covers
12,300 square feet of ground and will
cost $8,000.

I Crimson Rambler Roses,

5 -A.PJ13 OTTMBJie C*IOIOE5 STOCK:. Per lOO

5 2 year, extra strong, budded, 4 foot canes $15.00

5 1 '• *■ " own roots. 4 foot canes 1500

^ Pink, White and Yellow Ramblers, 2-year, own roots 15.00

5 American Beauiy, 2-year, budded... " 15.00

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria 2- year, budded 15.(0

Mad. Caroline Testout, budded 15.00

Herraosa, 3-j'epr extra strong, own roots 15.00

H. P. Roses in 15 best sorts, budded stocK 11.00

' '• " '* own roots .- 13.t0

Clematis Jacknaanni and other large flowering types. S-year 25 00

" " " . '* " 3-ytar old, extra strong 30.00

Ampelopsis Veitchii, extra strong and well btanched, HolUnd grjwn., 3 to 4 feet 15.00

2feet 10.00

Iris K<Tempferi, imported from Japan, strong clumos, in 25 assorted colors 12.00

Dielytra Spectabilis (or Bleeding Heart> extra strong clumps 7.00

Lily of the Valley clumps, extra strong ,. ; 20 CO

Hydrangea P. G., strong 3-year field grown '. lu.OO

WE ARE DELIVERING

Rooted

Cuttings of

and all the other new ones as below;

PROSPERITY

PROSPERITY (666K Each 60c; 12 Tor J5.C0; 25 for «R.25; 50 for JIO.OO; 100 for $16.00; 250 for
»37..'tO; 50O for t?0.00; T50 for $101 25; 1000 tor $130.00.

8ueen Louise doz., $1 SO; 100, $10.00; ICOO,
orothy " 160 " 10.00 "

Irene " 150 " 10.00

Roosevelt " 2.50 " i2.no

Norway " 1.50 " 10.00 "

Egypt " ISO '■ 1000 "

Bon Homme Richard " 1.50 " 10.00

Guardian Angel " 5 00 "

Carnations.

Strong plants transplanted into soil and flats,
grow.

Every one sure to

100

♦Marquis $5.00

Mrs Thos. W. Lawson 7.00

•Estelle , 7.00

'Ethel CrockfT ,5.0)

♦Genevieve Lord 5.00

*G. H. Crane 3.00

♦America 3.00

♦White Cloud

1000 100 1000

$40.00 'Flora Hil! $1.75 $15 ro

60.00 'Wm. Scott 1.50 I2.0O

60.00 Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 4 00 30.00

40.00 Gold Nugget 4 00 30.00

4000 Chicago 4.00 30.00

2.5.00 Gen. Maceo 3.00 25.00

2.5.00 Gen. Gomez 3.00 2.5.00

!.0O 17.60 Daybreak 2.00 15.00

New Chrysanthemums. "i^'l^Z' ''\k,.^'^LTlT.^^-^k

best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton. Yanariva.

THE OBAND ITEW Taq m Trio 11 <1 Doz.. $1.25; per 100, $10.00.

FINK QEBAHIUM •* CctH V lOlUU. 2-inch pots.

CannaS. Buy nowl Don't eet left again.

•*5'y,^To';''K"^ VAUGHANS' SEED STORE, '^^^c^A^g^'reU^""^-

3 GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL.

Rooted Carnation Cuttings

No better Carnation Blooms were ever oflfered in the Chicago
market than those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first-class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

Till* Cnnrt P'lk Per lOO Per lOOO

I lie O|J0l I, Armazindy...$ 6.00 $vi.00

Iri-oe 10.00 7.i.00

Sunbeam in.OO 75.00

Bon Uomine Richard 10.00 7.i.00

Prolific 1000 7500

Nvdia lO.UO 76.00

Mrs. Lawson 7.00 60.00

The Marquis 4.00 35(0

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35 00

Kthel Crocker 4.00 S.i.OO

Peru 40n 35.0(1

G. II. Crane. ..J 3.01 25.00

America 2.50 2fl.(i0

Cerise Queen \.hO 12.50

Evaustou l.EO 12.50

Mrs. Leopold Ine

John Youns

Argyle

Triumph

Frances Joost

Gov. Griggs

Melba^

Edna Craig

Flo'a Hil!

White Cloud

Evelina

McGowaa

erino P

erIOOO

$?.00

$60.00

1 50

12.60

1.50

12.60

1.50

12.60

1.60

12.50

1.50

12.50

1.50

12.50

1.50

12.60

1.50

12.50

1.50

12.50

1.00

7.60

1.00

7.60

WIETOR BROS..

Wholesale Growers
of Cut Flowers, |

I

01 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Successful Growers

<^

Know that I hey can disp ose of all their Surplus 5tock by
advertising in the American Florist. TRY IT NOW.j»jt

igoi.

The American Florist.

1:325

As fast as we can get the space we are planting

out all our stock of

Neohrolepis Wittboldii

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NEPltROLEPIS WITTBOIDII.-Strong plants ready for 3 and 4-inch pots,
$1.00 each; $10 00 a dozen; $75.00 per 100.

Florists who wish to secure

stock would do well to

order at once. The

demand is large

and constant'

ly growing.

Philadelphia, Feb. 1. 1901.
The Geo. Wittbold Co.. Chicago, 111.

Gentlemen:— We are much pleased with
Nepbkolepis WiiTBOLDii; the specimen
plant which you recently sent shows the
characteroftiie plant very nicely; its bold,
heavy fuliage, which is made to appear
very light and graceTul by the wavy edge,
should make this a most valuable decora-
tive Fern, for which there is room a'oug-
side of the Bosloii Fern. We see no rea-
son why the plant should not become just
as popular as this valuable variety.
Yours very truly,

HENRY A. DREER. Inc.

J. D. E.

Newark, Ohio, Dec. 27, 1900.
The Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago, 111.

Gentlemen:— Please ship to me as soon
as possible 300 more of your Xephrolepis
Wittboldii.

The plants I received from you a short
time ago are doing so nicely that the more
I see of them the more I am convinced
that Nephbolepis Wittboldii is the great
fern of the futuie, and I feel that I cannot
get too heavy a stock. I know that every
enterprising florist will purchase a stock
of it as soon as he sees what a grand dec-
orative plant it will make.

Wishing you a prosperous New Year, I
remain Yours very truly,

A. J. BALDWIN.

Kentias==Latanias

Varieties

Size
Pot

Xentia B«lmoreana 2^
Kentia Belmoreana 3
Kentia Belmoreana 3Vi
Kentia Belmor'ana 4
Kentia Belmoreana 5
Kentia " strong 5
Kentia Belmorpana 6
Kentia " strong 6
Kentia Forsteriana 214
Kentia Forsteriana 3
Kentia Forsteriana SYt
Kentia Forsteriana 5
Kentia " strong 5
Kentia Forsteriana 6
Kentia " strong (5
Latania Borbonica 2H
Lataoia Borbonica 3
Latania Borbonica 3!4
Latania Borbonica 4
Latania Horbonica 5
Latania Borbonica 6
Latania liorboiiica
Areca Lutescens 2)4
Areca Lutescens 3^
Areca Lutescens 4

Height
Inches
8 to 9
10 to 12
12 to 14

14 to 16
16 to 20
18 to 24
20 to 22
26 10 28

8 to 9
10 to 12
12 to 14
20 to 24
22 to 26
28 to 30
30 to 34

12

12 to 15

15 to 18
18 to 22
211 to 24
24 to 30

5 to 6
12 to 15
18 to 20

No. Per

Leaves Each Doz.

3 to 4

4 to 5
.S to 6
6 to"

5 to 6

5 to 7

6 to 7
6 to 7

3 to 4

4 to 5

5 to 6
5 to 6
5 to 6

5 to 6

6 to 7
3

5 to 6
5 to 6

5 to 7

6 to 7
6 to 8

.25
.40
.75
1 00
1.25
1.50

.25

.75

I.OO

1.25

1.50

.15

.25

.50

.60

.75

3 plants In potl.OO
3 •' •' 2.00

3 " .25 3.00

t 1.50

2.00

3.00

40O

7.20

12.00

15.00

18.00

1.50

2.00

3.00

720

12.00

is.rn

18.00

.«u

1.00

1.50

3.00

5.00

6.00

9.(0

..Asparagus..

Size Pot

Asparagus Sprengerii 2-inoh

Asparagus Sprengeru 3-inch

Asparagus Sprengerii 4-inch

Asparagus Sprengerii 5-inch

Per

100

112.00

15.00

20.00

30.00

60.00

90.00

125.00

150.00

12.00

15.00

20.00

60.00

90.00

125.00

150.00

5.00

8.00

12.00

20.00

a5.00

50.00

800
15.00
25 00

Doz.

$ .50
l.ro
1.50
2.00

Per
1000
JIOO.OO
150 00
180 00
300 00
600.00
900.00

100.00
150.00
180.00
600.00

40.00
75.00
lOO.OO
175.00
300.00

Per 100

S 3.00

8,10

1200

15.00

Varieties

ft^Giiljf Size

Pot

Pteris Umbrosa 2-inch

Pteris serruiata 2-inch

Cyrtomium Kalcatum 2-inch

Cjrtomium Falcatum 3-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 4-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 5-inch

Nephrolepis Bostoniensis 2-inch

Per

Doz.

$ .50

.50

.50

1.00

1.50

2.00

.50

Per

100

$4.00

4.00

4.00

8.00

12.00

15.00

4.C0

Miscellaneous.

Each. Dozen

Fern Balls, well started 1-50 $5.00

English Ivy, 4-inch

English Ivv, 5-inch

2.C0
300

Pot Height Leaves Each Doz,

Pandanus Dtilis 2V4 6 to 8 10 to 12

~ " " ■■ ' 8 to 10 12 to 15

strong
8tro..g
e.\lra

$1.50
2.25
3.0U

Pandanus U tills 3

Pandanus Veitchii 6

Pandanus Veitchii 7

Pandnnus Veitchii 8

Draoa'na Terminal's 3

Draca?na Terminalis 3^

Phceais Reclinata 3

Phoenix Canariensis 3

Phceoix Canariengis 10 43 to 45

Aspidistra Lurida 5 1ft to 20

Sansevi^ra Javanica Variegata, 3-inch, strong plants.
Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 4-inch, strong plants
Sanseviera Javanica Viiriegata. 5-inch, st ong plants

Peperomia Argyreia (Saundersii), 4- inch

Peperomia Peltata, 4-inch

100

$1.00 $ 8.00
00 15.00

4 to
4 to
6 to
8 to

.50

18.00

27.00

36.00

1.10

20U

1.50

1.50

3.5)

6.00

.. dozen

10.00
10.00

1.20
2.00
3.00
2.00
2.00

The Geo. Wittbold Co..

p»A.r^:»j:® J^:s>fiy p^E>ie:x:®,

^&ST ^ta.ob:lxie:l^»^>^>^ I*l^oe,

OHIC.A.OO, II^X^,

1326

The American Florist.

April 13,

Syracuse, N. Y.

UNFAVORABLE WEATHBR INFLUENCES EAS-
TER TRADE —SALES ARE LATE AND
BUSINESS DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. — TOTAL
IS SATISFACTORY — THEHOKTICOLTURAL
SOCIETY PLANS A ROSE SHOW FOR JUNE.

The demand for Easter flowers was
not nearly so marked as it would have
been had the sun been more in evidence.
Still the sales have been quite saiisfac-
tory. The dark and gloomy weather at
the first of the week, when Easter trade
was due to begin, made the customers
wary, and in consequenceinsteadof most
of the sales of plants coming on Wednes-
day and Thursday and the cut flower
trade on Saturday, the sales of both
classes weie bunched on the last day.
Delivery wagons were hustling around
the city Sunday morning to fill the
orders. All of the churches were pro-
fusely decorated for the occasion. Prices
were about the same as in previous
years. Lilies sold for 25 cents, azaleas
ifrom $1 to $5, callas $2.50 per dozen,
roses from $2.25 to $6, violets $2 per
hundred, carnationp, lilies of the valley,
hyacinths, tulips and narcissi, 75 cents a
dozen. Hyacinths sold particularly well.

The Central New York Horticultural
Society, with headquarters in this city,
will hold a meeting in a few days for the
purpose of perfecting plans for a rose
show to be held in June. At its last
meeting the matter was brought up and
favorably considered. In addition to
roses, it is proposed to have other flow-
ers, particularly wild flowers, on exhibi-
tion. There is also some talk of having
a strawberry display in connection with
the rose show. If the project goes
through it is probable that the proposed
show will be held in the new Alhambra,
which will be completed in about a
month. It is a spacious building and an
ideal place. N. H. Chapman is secretary
of the society. A.J, B.

Bridgeport, Conn. — John Reek opened
a branch store especially for Easter busi-
ness at 1197 Main street.

Geraniums.,,

Double Gen. Grant, White Swan, La Favorite.

.1. .T. HarrisoD, G. De France, all stocky.

nice plants, 3|/o-in., $2.50, 3-in., %\ CO per UO-
FUCHSIAS, tine vars . 3-in., ni.-e planes, $4 per 100,
VINCA VINES, 3 in . lari^^e. %\ 03 per lUO.
PANSIES. cu.d frame. 50 .-ts. per ICO.

GEO. H BENEDICT, Yorkvilie, N. Y.

ChrysaDthemam GOLD SMITH

Cream yellow tinted with bronze, sport from Pres.
W. R. Smith, fine lartje flowers, strong stem.
Your collection of Chry&antbemums can not be
complete without this new candidate. There is
without doubt a commercial future before this
sort. Exhibited at Cincinnati November 17 it
scored 83 points. Price $2 per doz Orders taken
now and filled in March.
H. L. RACAN, P. O Box \m. Sprinefield. O.

AGERATUM

''Stella Gurney."

Ab necessary to your bedding stock as coleua or
geraniums.

3-inch pot plants $5.00 per 100

SJi-inch pot plants 2.50

Rooted Cuttings 1.50 "

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster. Pa.

GARDENING

This iB the paper to recommend to your

ouBtomers, the leading horticultural

Journal In America for amateurs. ...

•tiOO Per Year. Sample Copies Free*

Liberal terms to florlBts who take sabaorlptlonB.

THE 6ARDENIN6 CO. "0"°" B.d,. GHICA60.

CARNATION

CUTTINGS.

All the new and standard varieties, free from rust and all

other diseases. Our stock is in fine shape and all

cuttings are well rooted when sent out.

,W|

MRS. LEOPOLD INE

The most prolific and best paying
red Carnation. Per 100 Per 1000

Rooted Cuttings $ 7 00 $60 OU

Sunbeam 10.00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard... 10.00 75 00

Nvdia 10 00 75.00

Prolifiea 10.00 75 00

Irene 10 00 75.00

Mrs. Lawson 6 00 55 00

Marquis 3 00 25.00

Genevieve Lord 3.00 25 00

Ethel Crocker 2.50 20 00

Crane 3 00 25.00

Peru 2 50 20 00

America t 1 25 10 00

Mrs Bradt 2.00 17.50

GUARDIAN ANGEL

The most proli6c an
pink Carnation.
Rooted Cuttings

John YouDg

White Cloud

Triumph

Argyle

Evanston

F. Joost

Cerise Queen

Gov. Griggs

Melba

Armaz'ndy

Flora Hill....

Evelina

McGosvan

d best
Per 100
$4 00
1.50
1.25
1 00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.(0
1.00
1.00
1.00
100
1.00

paying

Per 1000

$35.00

12 50

10.00

9 00

9 00

9.00

9.00

9 00

9 00

9.00

9 00

9.00

7 50

7.00

Rooted Rose Cuttings. 2 1-2 inch Rase Plants.

Per 100 Per 1000

Bridesmaid $1 50 $12.50

Bride 150 12.50

Golden Gate 1 50 12 50

Meteor 1.50 12 50

Perle 1.50 12 50

Per 100 Per 1000

Liberty $12 00 $100 00

Bridesmaid 3 00 25 00

Bride 3 00 25 00

Meteor 3 00 25 00

Golden Gate 3 00 25 00

Perle 3 00 25 00

Kaiserin 3 00 25 00

All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfacto'y it is to be returned
immediately, when money will be refunded.

Peter Reinberg,

i 51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. ILL.

lyiy^ r^ W / A \/ ^^^ Queen of Commercial White Carnations. Scored 91 at Baltimore, was
I A^ I ,1 Y^ \\ /\ Y awarded 1st prize for 100 white, brou/.e medul for 12 best seedling and .
■*■ ^ ^-^ ■ V ' ▼ -4 ■■ ■ lirst-class Certificate of Merit. Stock all sold until May 1st Its vieor-

ous, free growth and tendency to bloom early insures a safe investment Tor cut tings delivered in May. '
w^ •^ ■« r r^»Tp A most distinct, dark variety, rich and dazzling in color. Surpasses all other
i~^l I Y \r I crimsons in length and strength oT stem, exquisite, spicy odor and keeping
^"^ ^^ qualities. Can be had in good llower by November. ^

Above two varieties. $1.50 per doz.. $10 per 10O. $75 per 10OO.
/"» ..^2 1 .^^ The Greatest Money Making Pink. A friend of thecom-

vlcnCVlCVC LOrO ""^" people :md a descendant of the great Wm. Scott.
^-*^^ ^^ J ^^ ~ «— *v^ * ** whose illiist ions mantle it is wearing Vi'ith becoming

grace. Stoik large and in the piuk of condition. $5 per 100. $40 per 1000.

All of the new ones of this year, the best of last year and ihe best standard varieties.

Chrysanthemum Timothy Eaton ^v|arge stock of this gmntwhitewhjoh

"whipped" every variety wbii'h u-ent ui> iiiiiiinst il.
ever olTi red. 50c each, $5 per doz.. $30 per 100.

e over tlie border from Canada and
rhri most sensational white chrysanthemum

COMPLETE LIST OF OTHER NOVELTIES
AND STANDARD VARIETIES. CATALOGUE
READY. WRITE FOR IT.

H. WEBER & SONS,

OAKLAND,
MD.

American Beauties

We have some extias in 3-inch and
4-inch. Wiite us about them.

Send us a dollar lor samples and you'll snap
them up qu>ck.

GEO. A. KUHL, Pakin III.

Robert Scott,

tVERYBODY'S ROSE, ^rrd lut.
Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, DeL Co, Pa.

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The American Florist.

1327

After Easter Clearance Sales. ^ "", ^^ ir

and tor bedomj
put it off ontil you can not get it.

NEPHROLEPIS B08T0NIENSI8.

stock now for baskets and vases
Z out, hdoit it is all sold. Don't
We offer good stock of the following articles:

Size pots. Per 100

Alyssum. sweft 2i4 gl.BO

Asjeratums, four sorts 254 1.50

Asparaeus SurL-n^erii 2^ 2.50

Acaiypha Sandi-rii 2^ 300

Aoalvpha Marjjinata ZVi 2.50

Aoal.ypr,a Triumphans iy^ 2^50

A-^alypba Trifolur 2'/i 2.50

AbutiloQS, 6 colori 2V4 2.00

Begonias, llowering varieties, 10 sorts 2(.4 2!50

Carex Japouica. fine for vases 2v± 2.50

CiiDnas, 6 leading varieties, fine plants,

well establish-din pots 214 3.50

Clerodendron Balfouri 2H 2.00

Coleus in best tedding varieties, per 1000,

S18 0U ; 2^4 2.00

Cyclamen Persicum Giganteum 2'/2 2.50

Calla Lilies, blooming '.ulbs 3.00

Draca'na Terminalis. 3-in. pots,$l per doz.

]>raca>na Indivisa, floe plants $25 per lOl/O, 2^ 3 CO

Ferns, Nephrolepis E.\aliaia 2>4 203

Feins, Nephrolepis Bostoniensis, the Bos-
ton Fern, per lOCO 122.50 2H 2.50

Ferns. Nephrolepis Cordata Compasta 2y» 200

Fuchsas, double varieties 2^ 3.C0

Fuchsias, single varieties 2k 2.60

Geraniums, leading varieties of double and

single, per 1100, $26.00 2'^ 3.00

Honeysu kles. 3 sorts 2V4 2.00

HeJio rope^. 6 sores 2^ 1.50

Hi'iscus, 10 sorts VA 2.50

Hibiscus, 10 sorts, extra fine plants 3 4.0O

HoyaCa-nosa, Wax Plan*, per do/., $1.... 3
Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora, 3 to h

canes about 3 ft. in height 12.00

Ivy Eoelish 2VJ 2.50

.Tasmine, Maid of Orleans 2H S-tO

Jasmine, Grand Duke 2' -2 3.5'J

Lemon, Ponderisa, the giant lemon, fruit

weighs 2 to 4 lbs., a great pot plant. ...2'/4 6.05
Lantanas, Weeping, fine for baskets and

vases 2y<i 2.(0

Lily, Candidum, fine bulbs 4.00,

Myrtus Communis, sweet German Mir.le, 2^^ 2.50

Orange, Otaheiie 254 3.00

Orange, Otaheiie 3 4.00

Primula Obconica 2i4 1.50

Primrose Chinese, white and pink ZM 2.50

Phrynium Variegatuiii, elegant foliage 2^ 2.50

Plumbago Sanguine*, pink flowers 2Vi 3.00

Palms, Corypha Ausiralis iVt 3. CO

Palms, Arectt Lutescens, 3 plants io a pot,

4-in. pots, at $i.iO per dozen.

Per dc z.
iPalms, Areca Lutescens, 3 plants in a pot. 3-

inch pots ,t .7-^

I'fllms Latania liorboiiiea, 3 inch pots 60

Palms, Latania Borbonica, 6-inch pots, 4 to 5

leaves ^.''O

Palms, Phoenix Canariensis. 3-inch pots 6p

Size pots. Per 1

Palms, Phoenix Canariensis 2^ $3.50

Kassclias, 3 sorts 2K 2 f"

Sunseviera Zeylanica VA 2. CO

Swainsonia. w'hite and pink 2V4 2 60

IStephanotis Floribunda 2V4 3.U0

Spiraea Anthony Waterer, the new red

Spirsa 2!4 2.ro

Smilas, per 1000. $12.00 2 1.5u

Tuberoses, fine bulbs. SVOO per lOOJ.

Verbenas assorted colors 2i4 1.25

Verbenas named sorts Zy^ 2t0

Vinra Variegata, white and green foliage,

fine for baskets and vases. We have

20,OtO plants to offer; per ICOO, $17.50. .2!/j 2.C0

Roses ! Roses !

We can supply the choicest varieties of Teas and
J.vbrid Teas, 2^-in. pots, at $2 per 100. Polvanth«s
'ind Climbers, fro n -Vi-in pots at $2 per 100. 'Ihe
ibnye from 4-inch pots at $8 per 100.
We can iupplv the tollowing Hvbrd Peroetuals
rom 2H-in. [ols at $3 per lOJ. Madame Masson,
ijen. J»c.i., Mme. Clias. Wood and Paul Neyron.
Ihese varieties from 4-in. pots at $10 per 100 We
'.?-? ^"ooE Crimson Ramb er from 2H-in. pots at
,.-oO per I'iO and $2?.5) per IQ-O. Psy.-he, the new
Jambler, identical with Crimson Rambler, except
. uati he flowers are bright Dink. The only compan-
ion of Cr.msou E.imbler; 214-inch pots at $4 per luO.

PONDEROSA LEMON.

Our New April Wholesale Catalogue is just issued, and will be mailed to all applicants. Write fo" it today.

The Good & Reese Co.

Tlie Largest Rose Growers in tlie World.

-SPRINGFIELD ^ ^ OHIO.

1328

The American Florist.

April

Ciacinnati.

TRADE WAS SATISFACTORY AND EVERYONB
HAD GOOD STOCK. — VABIODS NOTES OF
LOCAL ISTBRBST.

Easter trade was fully up to last year,
if anything a little better. The weather
was dark and gloomy; consequently
there was a sc ircity o( roses and carna-
tions. Bulbous stock was plentiful and
there were just enough Harrisii to go
around. In the plant line we noticed
some well grown azaleas, roses, lilacp,
deutzias, cinerarias and spiraeas which
found ready sale. Tulips and hyacinths
in pans and some made up pans of
Harrisii, etc., sold well. J. A. Peterson
and A. Sunderbruch & Son had the
showiest window decorations.

Richard Witterstaetter contemplates
erecting two houses the coming summer
and will use the Garland gutter. He
intends to put up a fine office and psck-
inji room, with a billiard room up stairs.

Henry Hellmann, one of our crack car-
nation growers, has been duly initiated
in the order of Free Masons. He is quite
a "joiner," as this makes four difi'erent
lodges he is a member of.

George & Allan were strictly in it again
this Easter. They had a fine lot of lilies
which sold out clean and an immense
amount of bulbous stock.

Ed. Kohl is now foreman at Sunder-
brnch's greenhouses. D.

MiLFORD, Conn. — The greenhouses
formerly conducted by O. H. Nye have
been demolished.

SELECTED CARNATIONS.

Per 100 Per 1000

The Marquis, largest rich pink....W.00 $3fi.00

Morning Glory, best light pink...'. 3.50 30.CO

Mrs. Lawaon, famous deep pink — 6.00 50.ro

Ethel Crocker clear pink 3.50 .10.00

Genevieve Lord, light pink 4.0O 35,00

Mrs. Lippincott, pink 5.00 40.00

Mrs. Joost, pink, money maker 2.00 15.00

White Cloud, fine wh te 1.50 12.50

Flora Hill, large white 1.50 13.60

Peru, pure white 4.00 30.00

Elm City, new white 4.00 30.00

Estelle. best bright scarlet 6.01) .50.00

Chicago, largest red 4.0) 30.0)

G. H. Crane, tine scarlet 2 .=i0 20.00

America, light red 2.50 30.00

Maceo, dark crimson 2.00 15.f0

Gomez, light crimson 2.< 15.00

Mrs. Bradt, best variegated 3.00 25.00

GEO. HANCOCK & SON. Grand Haven, Mich.

I have several thousand

ETHEL CROCKER CARNATIONS

left which 1 will close out at $15 per
1000. Order quick. Well-rooted and
healthy.

Also several thousand Bride, Maid and
Golden Gate Roses at $10 per 1000.

CASH WITH ORDER.

GEO. HARRER, Morton Grove, III.

I oc-f r^oll •»•'«'•« plant-
LdoL \^<X\\ ing out.

Carnallons in 2-lnc^ Dots at prices
that will astonish you.

MRS. BRADT. ETHEL CROCKER, WM.
SCOTT, MRS. .lOOST, LIZZIE MoSOWA.N.

Write GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III.

CARNATIONS

Well rooted stock from the sand, of

ETHEL CROuKER) $2bbo^per looo.

M.-GO\VAX, $100 per 100.

GEO. R. GEIGER, Nazareth, Pa.

Rose Cuttings! Carnation Cuttings!

ROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS.

100 1000

Brides $1.50 $12.50

Bridesmaids 1.50 13.50

Meteors 1.50 12.50

Verles 1.50 12.50

GoIdenGate 1.50 12.50

CARNATION

100

Mrs Thos. W. Lawson J7.00 $60.00

The Marquis 6 00 60.00

Estelle 7.00 50.00

Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

Ethel Crocker 5.(0 40.00

Olympia 5 00 40.00

G. H. Crane 3.00 25.00

Mrs. George M. Bradt 3.0J 2,5.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00 25.00

America '. 3.00 25.00

Cnicago 3.00 25.00

Mabel 3.00 25.00

Elsie Ferguson 3 00 25.00

Gold Nugget 3.00 25.10

Pingree 3.00 25.00

Mrs. James Dean 2 00 15.00

Mrs. Krances Joost 2 OD 15.00

Genesee 2.00 15.00

Mary Woo J 2.00 15.00

John Young 2.01 1.5.00

John Hinkle 2.00 15.f0

Dorothy Sweet 2.00 15.00

Jubilee 2.00 15.00

100

Lady Dorothea $1.50

Kaiserin 1.50

Maman Cochet 1.50

American Beauty 3.00

ROOTED

1000

CUTTINGS.

100

White Cloud $2.00

Leslie Paul 2.00

Gov. Griggs 2 OJ

Albertini 2.00

Dawn 2.00

Eldorado 2.00

Melba 2.00

Victor 1.60

Triumph 1 50

Daybreak 1.50

Ivory 1.50

Evehna 1.50

Flora Hill 1.50

Cerise Queen 1.50

Meteor 1.50

Armazindy 1 50

Iris Miller 1.50

Sandusky 1.25

William "Scott 1.25

Tidal Wave 1.00

Portia 1.00

Lizzie McGowan 1.00

Psyche 1.00

1000

$12.50
12.50
12.50
25.00

1000
$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
16.00
17.00
17.00
12.50
12.50
12.60
1250
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.60
12.50
10.00
10.00
800
8.00
8.00
7.50

We offer only choice Rooted Cuttings, first-class in every respect, true to naire. 35 at 100
rates; 250 at 1000 rates. Write for catalogue and complete list of Carnations and Roses, rooted
cuttings and in pots.

Do you receive our weekly price list? If not, write us; we will place your name on
our mailing 11^.

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

Ptease -mention the American Flurist ivhen writing.

Rooted Cuttings Carnations and Roses.

CA.I«I»fA.TIOI«S.

Per 100 Per 1000

GUARDIAN ANGEL $6.01 $i0.00

CRANE 2 50 20.00

EVANSTON l.CO 9.00

JOOST 1.10 9.00

WHITE CLODD 100 9 00

FLORA HILL l.on 9.00

TRIUMPH 1.00 9.00

IRENE Per doz., $1.50; $10.00

ARMAZINDY 1.00

TIDAL WAVE 100

WM. SCOTT 1.00

ARGYLE 1.00

ETHEL CROCKER 2.00

GENEVIEVE LORD 3 00

MARQUIS 3.00

Per 100 Per 1000

Per 100 Per 1030

lETEOR $1.50 112.50

PERLE.. 1.50 12.50

PerlOOPerlOOO

BRIDE $1 .60 $12.60

BRIDESM.AID..... 1.50 12.60

GOLDEN GATE 1.50 12.60

LA FRANCE $3 00

M ETEO.< 3 . CO

PERLE 3.00

AMERICAN BEAUTY, $5.00 per ICO.

Per lOO Per lOOO i Per lOO Per 1000

$25 00 ! BRIDE $3.00 $».00

25.00 I BRIDESMAID 3 00 25.00

25.00 1 GOLDEN GATE 3 00 25.00

These cuttings are all well-rooted, guaranteed free from disease, carefully packed.

GEORGE REINBERG. 51 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO.

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation Droduc«a the finest flowers, is perfectly healthy
and is the best white variety ever introduced.

IT BLOOMS EARLY

IT BLOOMS LATE

IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Our price list contains cuts from photographs taken every two weeks during the months of February,
March, April, May, June, October and November. No other Carnation can stand such a test.

J. I^.

DriAo $10 per 100.
rilCB $75 per 1000.

Rooted Cuttings ready now.

Come and see it or send lor circular.

^Blooxxist^ii^r-g;, Pa*

COLEUa

2-INCH
POTS.

VERSCHAFFELTII,
GOLDEN BEDDER,
QUEEN VICTORIA,
FIREBRAND,

$2 per 100.

C. OTTO SCHWABE, Jenkintown, Pa.

Per 100 Per 1000

Lawson $7 00 $60 00

Olympia, Estelle 6 00

Marquis, Lord, Elm City 6 00

Crocker, Crime, .Vmerica, Nugget,

L. Paul 2 60

Cloud, Jubilee, Hill 2 00

Scott, Armazindy, Eldorado, Evans-
ton, Dana, Meteor, Victor 1 00

60 00
40 CO

23 GO
15 OO

10 00
D. B. HBRRON, Oleaa, N. V.

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The American Florist.

1329

READY
NOW!

New Carnations.

ALL THE LEADING SORTS, IN FINE SHAPE,
"INCLUDING j^ ^ j^

TOO lOOO

Prosperity $1600 $130.00

Roosevelt 12.00 loooo

Lawson 7.00 60.00

G. H. CRANE 3.00 25.00

GENEVIEVE LORD. . 5.00 4000

LORNA 10.00 75-00

NORWAY 10.00 75.00

CALIFORNIA GOLD, 10.00 75.00

100

Avondale $4.00

Crocker 300

Gen Maceo 3.00

WHITE CLOUD 250

Peru 3.00

MRS. GEO. M. BRADT 3.00

Olympia 5.00

MRS.FRANCESJOOST 3.00

1000
$30.00
20.00
25.00
18.00
25.00
2500
40.00
20.00

i The great TIMOTHY EATON Chrysanthemum 50c each; $5.00 per doz.;

I $30.00 per 100.

We will be pleased to mail you our Catalogue of Chrysanthemums, Carnations,
Crotons, Grafted Roses, Palms, etc.

ROBERT CRAIG & SON,

MARKET AND
49th STREETS,

Philadelphia, Pa.

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»♦»♦»»»»»»»

Rooted Carnation Cuttings.

Psr Doz. Per 100 Per 1000

Sunbeam, light Dink JI.50 IIO.CO $75.00

Bon Homme Richard, white 150 10.00 75.10

Nydia, variegated l.EO 100) 75.00

Proliflca, cerise pinli 1.60 lO.tO 75.00

Mrs. Thos. VV. Lawson, cerise pink 6.00 50.00

Marquis, pink 4 00 35 00

Genevieve Lord, pink 3.50 30.00

Ethel Crocker, pink 3.50 80.00

Gold Nugget, yellow 2.50 20.00

Gen. Maceo, crimson 2 00 15.00

Gen. Gomez ■ 2.00 I5.0O

White Cloud, white 2.00 15.00

Mrs. Frances Joost, pink 2.0O 15.00

William Scott, pink 100 8 00

Armazindy, variegated 1.00 8.00

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., Joliet, III.

A.S
usual.

ON TOP!

At Baltimore meeting of the American
Carnation Society. Our exhibit of

The XiaiWSOIi was awarded
the Gold Medal « heavy com-
petition against allcomers. The Society's
Silver Cup tor best arrangement of blooms,
and First Prize for 100 dark pink;

MY STOCK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

ROOTED CUTTINGS per 100, $700

per 1000, $60.00

PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass.

CARNATIONS a^^Jl^^^nda^
varieties. Writo for prices.

Asparagus Sprengeiii, 3-inch $4.00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosui. 3 " 6.0O per 100

Small Ferns for dishes, 4 vara., 2i4-in. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata, 2H-inch 4.00 per 100

Boston Ferns, 8-inch pans $15 and $18 per do?..

2H-inch 4.00 per 100

" " 3-inch S.OOperlOO

CARL HACENBERCER. West IMentor, O.

The Largest Fancy Carnation.

-PROSPERITY-

A few thousand ready for immediate delivery.
Speak quick if you want them.

r»ric©s for iRooted Cvitting®,

1 Plant I .SO

12 Plants S 00

25 Plants 8.2S

50 Plants 10.00

too Plants 16.00

250 Plants $ 37.50

500 Plants 70.00

750 Plants 101.25

1000 Plants 130 00

WRITE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.

DAIUEDOUZE BROS.,

Ratbush, N. Y.

CARNATIONS

:rootre>

OUTTTXIVO®

{

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following pjices:

G. H. CRANE $25.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT 2.5.(X)

MADAM CHAPMAN 25.00

DAYBREAK 12.60

WHITE CLOUD $12.50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10.00 ••

McGOWAN 1000 " •

ELDORADO 10.00 "

t

We have the largest and finest stock of tliese varieties to bi seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in need of a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times.

«^:!L«CHAS. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Micli. LockB"*

}

1330

T/f£ American Florist.

April /J,

Fall River, Mass.

TRADE GOOD ALTHOOOH THE WEATHER
WAS BAD —EVERYONE SOLD OUT CLEANLY
EXCEPT ON ROSES.— WAR burton's SUC-
CESS.

Easter has come and gone and the
florists are happy over the results,
although r«in fell incessantly and every-
thing is floodtd. C. Warburton reports
a good sale on lilies and Japan cherries.
Carnations, violets and everything sold
up clean except roses. He says that if
the weather had been good it would have
been the best Easter he ever had. James
Slinn reports that his business never was
so good. He had about 1,000 lilies and
disposed of them all. Hydransreas, bego-
nias. Asparagus Sprengerii, Boston ferns,
and palms said well. He is going to add
more glass. George Smith reports a
good trade on everything but roses. All
the other florists report having sold out
clean and are well satisfied.

We all take ofl our hats to C. Warbur-
ton since he scored 94 points for his seed-
ling carnation, Cressbrook. It is a good
one and the florists here are all placing
orders for it. Mr. Warburton has placed
his order with Weathered's Sons for four
new iron houses, 24.xlOO feet, even-span,
running east and west, which will make
his plant considerably larger than all the
others put together. John.

ORANGES I

In pots, bearing size. £

Best sorts grafted on Citrus trifoliata, jc

12'iu., bushv, 2 ve:irs. »20 per ICO. £

PHOENIX I

Canariensis and Ten\ils. -

Very stocky, 4 and 5-in. pots. Per 100
3-4 characterized leaves, 15-18-in., $15. CO
5.6 " •■ 20-24 " 25.00

PHOENIX RECUNATA

?"ine, n-in. pots. l.^-|s-in., *;?.ODper 100,

CROTONS I

5-7-in., 3-in. pots. JIO.OO per ICO. g

8-12-in., 3-3!4-in. pots, $15 per 100. S

JASMINE "I'lfK'^e^ I

18-20-in.. 4-iu. pJt>, *15.03 )icr 100. g

GARDENIA FLORIDA |

8-lO-in , brancjed. 3-in. pots, $10 per 100. £

All in first-class condition. Not less g

than 50 plants at above rates. If you g

want CANNAS tot fall delivery, write us for g

prices, etc. £

P. J. BERGKMANS CO., f

Fruitland Nurseries, %

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

TOMATO —LoriUard, Mayflower, Dwarf Cham-
pion Acme, Stone and other varieties ready for
transplanting, 15c per 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50
per 10,000. If bv mail add 10c per 1' 0.

EGG PLA^f — N. v. Improved, good size tor trans-
planting or potting, 25c per 100; $2.00 per 1000;
$15.1 per 10,001 If bv mail add 10c per luO.

PEPPER— Bull Nose, Ruby King, Sweet Mountain
and other varieties, ready for transplanting,
25c per lOJ; $2.00 per h 00; $15.00 per 10,000. If
by mail, add 1' c per 100.

BE^T— Early Egvptian 20c per ICO; $1.50 per 1003:
$12 .50 per '10,000. It bv mail, add 10c per b 0.

LETTUCE— Grand Rapids, Curled Simpson and
oth-r varieties, 15c per IIO: $1.00 per 1000; J8.5'J
per 10,000. It by mail add 10c per ICO.

CAHBAGE— In var., 2So per 100; $1.25 per lOOO.

CELERY— White Plume and Golden Self Blanching
small plants, ready for transplanting, 15c per
1(0; 75c per lOCO; $5.00 per 10,000. If by mail add
lOo per 100.

CAULlFLOWtR— 35c per 103. Cash with order.

R. VINCENT, Jr., & SON. White Marsh, Md.

STRONG 2 YEAR
FIELD GROWN.

CRIMSON RAMBLER, extra strong 112.00 per 100.

HYBRID PERPETOAL, in fine assortment $10.00 per 100, $90.00 per 1000.

HYBRID PERPETUAL, in fine assortment, 2d size 6.00 " 50.00

These are well rooted, good stock, but not quite heavy enough to go into first grade.

AZALEA MOLLIS

(Hardy). Fine for Easter Forcing.
12 to 15 inches high :. $35.00 per lUO 15 to 18 inches high $40.00 per 100

RHODODENDRONS.

Bushv plants well set wi^h buds.
18 to 20 inches high $75.00 per 100 20 to 24 inches high 1100.00 per ICO

SPIRAEAS

JAPONICA $3.00 per 100 ASTILBOIDES FLORIBUNDA .... $4.00 per IflO

NANA COMPACTA $5.00 per 100

PALMS

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 2H-inoh pots $8.00 per 100, $75 00 per 1000

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 3-inch pots, 4 and 6 leaves $15.00 per 100

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 4 inch pols, 14 to 16 inches high 30.00 '

KENTIA BELMOREANA, 5-inch pots, 18 inches high 60.00

KENTIA BELMOREANA, Sand 6-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high 75.00

KENTIA PORSTERIANA, 2H-inoh pots 10.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 3-inch pots, 12 inches high 15.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 4-inch pots, 15 to 18 inches high 35.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5-inch pots, 18 to 22 inches high 60.00

KENTIA FORSTERIANA, 5 and 6 inch pots, 24 to 28 inches high 75 00

ARECA LUTESCENS, 2J4-inch pots $6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1000

ASPARAGUS

pots $6.00 per 100 §P5ENGERII, 2H-in. pots $3.00 perlOO

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 3-

PLUMOSUS NANUS, 4-in. pots 12.00"

SPRENGERII, 3-in. pots 5.00

SPRENGERII, 4-in. pots 8.00

BOSTON FERNS

Strong 2-inch pots $3.00 per 100, $25.00 per 1000

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., PainesviUe, 0.

BOSTON FERNS

Perdoz, Per lOD
In 2V4-inch pots, in fine shape, $ .50 $3.i'0
" 3 " " 1.00 7.50

FDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor, Pa.

Regonia Semperflorens Plena

Nancy, double delicate pink.
Boule de NeJge, double white.
The&f are likely to prove valuab'e.

2^2-111. pots, in bloom, $1.00 per doz.

EDWIM LONSDALE. Wyndmoor, Pa.

Begonia Suaveolens (Bo&a.)

Pure white flowers, similar to li. Nitida
and is frequently found in collections under
that name.

This is an excellent Begonia for local trnde.
3-in. pots, in full bloom, doz. $1; 100 $7.50.

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor, Pa.

Oaiilias

THOUSANDS.

If you expect to
carry off some of
those prizes at the
Pan-American or at
any othersbow.you
must get in line,
■ind pet your order
in early.
My Dahlias are
prize winners. Don't send for a "cheap mixture'
for I oon't carry that kind.
Prices reasonable. Catalogue free.

W. W. WILMORE, The Dahlia Specialist,

Box 382, DENVER, COLO.

MY SPECIALTY.

Cyclamen Persicum Splendens Giganteum, finest
strain in the world in four true colors (SeptJ*»u-
ber sowing) plants transplanted from uats,
$3.00 per KO; $25.00 per 1000. My strain of
Cyclamen Las a reputation second to none,
"l solicit your patronage and guarantee

satisfaction.

PAUL MADER,

East Stroudsburg, Pa.

ASPARAGUS. Per 100

Plunio^us, 3-inch, strong $10.00

4-iDoii strong... 15 00

Sprengerii, 2-inch 3 00

3-inch 8 00

4-inoh le 00

Priniu'a Chinensis, white and pink, 3-inch. 6.00

" 4-inch. 10.00

ReT Begonias 5.00

Ageratum Stella Guroey, Princess Pauline. 3.00

Alyssuni.large Mowering, Tom Thumb 3.00

Aeatho'a (Blue Daisy) 3.00

Abutilons. mixed 4. CO

Uegonia Rubra 4,00

'■ flowering, in variety 2.50

Ciinnas : 5.O0

Cupbea 3 03

Coleus 3.03

Fuchsias 3.00

Geraniums 4 00

German Ivv 4.00

Feverfew. S-inch... 5.00

Hibiscus, 4-inch 10.00

LanlMioS 4.00

Lobelia 3.0O

Mari:uerite Daisy ' 4.01

Salvias 3.00

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Inch.

GtRflNIUMS

PerlOO
S. A. NUTT, nURKLAND, Double Deep Pink

and Double Grant $2.60

Rooted cutt'nes of above 1.25

aOLDGN BEDDtR COLEUS, 2-iuch, per

1000. »14.00 1.50

Rooted cuttings 60

MIXED C0LGU3, fine assortment 55

-CASH WITH ORDER.-

R, I. HART, Box 244 Hack etlstowii. N.J.

Palms # Ferns.

HO.\IE-GROWN, FINE, CLEAN
STOCK; GKOWN COOL.

Write lor Price Litl. J. B. HEISS.
The Exotic Murseries. DAYTON. OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous
Alpine Plants.

MO Alpine Plants. G^wn

A Complete Assortment ol Old and New Vars.

The Blue Itlll Nursery, So. Bralntrefl, Mass.

I COUREsroNDBNCK BOLICITKD.

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The American Florist.

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PALMS

For Decorating and
for Growing: on.

|Y/| >■ stock of Palms is larger and in better condition than ever before.
I I Entirely American-grown and free from insects o: disease. They
are of exceptional value, and cannot fail to give satisfaction.

Areca Lutescens. lerdo/ ivnoo

i-iucli pot, I plant ill pot, 6 to 8 inctus hi^'h I'er lOOO, J45.00 $1.00 $ 6.C0

4 •■ •• 3 plants in pot, 15 inches high 3.00 25.CO

fi " ■' 3 •■ " 20 " •' 9.00 rs.oo

6 •• "3 •■ " 21 •' ■• 18.00 lOO.CO

F.acli. Perdoz.

8 " ■• 3 " " 30 " '• ■ «-J..50 *30.00

8 '■ "3 •• " 36 '■ " 3.00 36.00

Kentia Belmoreana.

Per doz. Per lOO

2V4-incb pot, 3 to 4 Icmvo3, 8 incheb liish.... Per ICOO, IIOO.OO

Latania

Kentia.

Borbonica.

fi in. put, h to ii leaves. 1.^ ti 18 IucIk'S bii:h
6 ■• i; lo s ■■ 'JO lo 24

IVr doz.
$ fl.CO
. 13.00

4loSi
5 to (i

5 to 6

fi

6 to 7
6 to 7

6 to 7

7 to 8

10 to 13 inches hiyh .

15

SO

21

3fi to 28
38 to 30
30lo32
36 to 40

1.50

$12.00

3.C0 25.00

4 50 .S5 CO

. St.OO 75.00

Each. Per doz.

. $1.35 $I.S0O

I..=>0 I8.C0

2.00 24.0U

3.C0 36 00

4.C0

Kentia Forsteriana.

Perdoz. I'er 100

-inch pot, 4 leaves, 8 inches high Per 1000, $100 00 $I.F0 $12.00

■' 4 13 ■■ •■ 3..50 20.00

■ 4 o 5 leaves, 15 inches high 4.50 35.00

Each. Perdoz.

" 5 " 24 lo 38 inches high $1.00 $12.00

•• 5to6 ■' 31 •• •■ 1.25 15.C0

'■ 6 •' !i81o32 " " 1.50 18.00

■• Bto7 " 30lo36 •' " 3.10 24.10

> •■ 38to43 •• " 2.60 30.0J

■' 7 '■ 42 " ■' 3.00 36.00

" 7toS •■ 50to51 " " 400 4800

JO<SE>FH tIE>iVOOCIg:, -Wyaoote, Fa.

36,000

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OBAFTEO ROSES

On Manetti Stocks.

Bridesmaid, Bride, Golden Gate,
Kaiserin, 2K-inch pots, $1200 per
100, $95.00 per 1000. Sunrise, $15
per 100. Liberty, $18 per 100.

Orders booked now. Stock war-
ranted first- class.

100,000 ROOTED CARNATION CUT-
TINGS, ready now, of standard varie-
ties and last year's new ones.

S. J. B.EUTER,

WESTERLY. R. I.

THE BALTIMORE (certificated) color a
light pink and of the largest size; tlowers
through the entire season; $5 per dozen.

ADMIRAL SCHLEY, the best crimson bed-
der ever introduced, $3 per dozen.

NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM JOS. W. COOK,

scored 89 Comiiiarcial points in Phila-
delphia. Color a light blush pink, stiff
stems, blooms very early; $2 50 per
dozen.

Cash with the Order. Send (or Descriptive Slip.

JOHN COOK, 318 N. Charles t. Baltimore, Md.

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REPORTt?iUUDGES

Appointed by THE PHILA. FLORISTS' CLUB
to judge our grand new ROSE

Queen of Edgely, amerIcaji beauty.

^I^P "Wo Bra convinced that this variaty is a valuable addition
to the list of forcing roses, being In every respect, except color,
the exact counterpart of the American Beauty. The color is a
beautiful, bright pink, which is good, even In the full flowers. The
fragrance is also as fine as that of Beauty, and the exhibited
blooms showed remarkable vigor. (Signed),

ROBERT KIFT, WM. MUNRO, JOS. HEACOGK."

ThP last two riami'd wen- winners of first prizes for American Ueauties at the Bose
Show, Eden Mnsee, Marcli 27, 190O.

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i R. CR4IG & SON. East. Agts.,

^ 49lh and Market Sts.. Phila.

t I. G. mil & CO., West. Agts.,

X Richmond. Ind.

FOR TERMS AND BOOKLET; ADDRESS

THE FLORAL EXCHANGE, Inc.

335 N. Sixth St..
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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When writing mention the A-inencan Florist.

American Beauty Roses

Two-eyed cuttings, growing in
aVL'-inch pots, ready to shift,
!86 00 per 100; ^50 00 per 1000.

Address COLE BROS , Peoria, III.

12 per 100; $110 per 1000

LIHEKTY $18.00 pcr'lUO.

M A I DS I

BRIDES j

GOLDEN G-VTE . \
Stronp plants uralted on Manetti stocks, ready
for 4-inch pots; warranted to be first-class.

METEOR and BRIDE, own roots, 13.00 per
ICO, »25 00 per lOCO.

CHRIS. HANSEN, St. Paul, Minn.

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The American Florist.

April /J,

Washington.

EASTKR SALES SHOWED SATISFACTORY
TOTAL.— HTDHANGBAS NOT IN FAVOR.—
NOTES OF TBB DOINGS OF RETAILKUS.

Easter trade was satisfactory to every-
body. Most of the retail florists report
that business was as good if not better
than last year. Large quantities of
medium sized flowering plants were sold.
Hydrangeas did not sell well this year.
There was a good demand for violets in
pots and pans. J. Louis Loose made a
fine show at his branch store, with
azaleas, lilies, syringas and Crimson
Rambler roses. J. H. Small & Sons had
a fine display of ericas, boronias, lilies,
azaleas, rhododendrons. Crimson Ram-
bler roses and some fine specimens of
Bougainvillea Sanderiana. They sold a
number of baskets filled with pot plants.

J. R. Freeman made a good display at
hif store with azaleas, lilies, a fine lot of
Crimson Rambler roses and Adiantnra
Farleyense. A. Gude & Brother had a
splendid Easter trade and used about 500
palms for decorations.

Z. D. Blackistone made a good display
at his stores, with Ramblerroses, azaleas,
hydrangeas, lilies and a number of other
plants. Medium sized plants sold best.

George Shafler had a good show of
azaleas, lilies and Ramblers and had the
front of his store illuminated by electric
light.

O. A. C. Oehmler made quite a display
on each side of his store, with lilies,
azaleas and Rambler roses.

The American Rose Company had their
glass wagon filled with lilies and ferns
parading the streets.

Jiohn Ley and F. H. Kramer sent in fine
lots of Crimson, Pink and Yellow Ram-
bler roses. P. G.

CARNATIONS

THREE GOOD PINKS

Ethel Crocker, Genevieve Lord,
Mrs. Bertram Lippincott,

S2.90 PER 100.

White Cloud, Maceo,

$1.25 PER fOO.

Mrs. Bradt, Q. H. Crane,

$2.00 PER 100.

BEDDINB STOCK.

Aqeratum, Stella Gurnpy, one of tlio best lliiiiEs in

ihe market; 3-iiioh I'lOts, .$5.00 per ICO; 2M-mch

in.ts, $2.50 per lOO.
Geraniums, America, from 2-inoh pots at $3.50 p»r

lOO. s. A. Nutt, rooted cuttings, $1.25 per ICO;

2-inoh pots, $2.00 per 100.
Alyssum. a now giant single dwarf, a grand yariety

irom 2-inch pots at $2.60 per lOO.
Nasturtium. "Sunlight" snd "Moonlight," two

go d things, tnim 2- inch pots at $2.60 per 100.
Double Petunia, fine assortment, from 3-inoh pots

at $j.oO per 100 and from 2-inch at $2..50 per 100.
Hardy Phlox, mixed sorts, as fine an assortment as

ever "rew, but sold cheap on account of being

mixed; from 3and4-incl] pots :it $5.00 per ICO,

and rooted cuttings at $1.25 per 100 nr $10.01 per

KIOO. I have some lO.OOU of these now growing

and ready for sale.
Pansies. Irom cold frames, "medium sized;" a

good assortment read}' about April 20th at $1.25

per 100 (ill bud and bloom).

4L6CRT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa.

Express prepaid to any part of U. S.

Geranium America

$8.00 per ICO, out of 8V4-iuch pots.
$12 00 per 100, out of S'/4-inch pots.

Henry Eicliliolz, Waynesboro, Pa.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Koses, Bride Jl.OO per 100

Maid,

Swain soniiL G. Alba

( hrysjinthemums, Mme. Berg-
m:inn, Glory of the Pacific,
Ooldpn Wi'dding. Major Bon-
naffon. Mrs. Jerome Jones,
Thornden, J. G. Whiildin...

1.00
00

I.OO

Salvia Splendens 60c per 100, |5.00 pfT 1000

Heliotrope 50c " 4.00

Marguerites 60c ** 5.00 "

Tradescantia Zebrina % .50 per 100

Geranium Mme. Salleroi, R. C "5 "

Ageratum Cope's Pet, R. 50 '*

POT PLANTS

Dracaena Indivisa. 4-in $15.00 per 100

Vinoa Variegata, 2 sorts, 3-in 3.00 "

Vinca Variegata and Harrtsonii. from soil,
ready for 3-inch pots, $1.25 per 100.

JOHN IRVINE & SONS,

817 WASHINGliON AVE.

BAY CITY, MICH.

I

500,000 Verbenas

THE CHOICEST VARIETIES
Iir CVIiTIVATION.

Fine pot plants $2.50 per 100; $20 per 1000. Rooted Cuttings. 60c per 100; $5 per 1000: $45 per^lO.OOO.

NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKED LIGHT, AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. SENO FOft CIRCULAR,
We are the Largest Growers of Verbenas In the country.

Oar plants cannot be surpassed.

Please mention the American Florist when writinf;.

I*a.

Geraniums

Per 100

10 best vars., 2^-in. pots 83.09

.SH " 400

ALTERNANTHERAS, yellow 1.50

red 2.00

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII, May Ist 2.00

DECUMBENS. 2-in. pot lO.iX)

DOUBLE PETUNIAS ,. 3.00

VERBENAS. Li Tars.. 2 and 2ii-ineh pots 2.00

COLEUS, 15 vars., 2-inch pots 2.00

VINCA VINES, 2 vars 3.00

PANSY PLANTS, large 1.50

800O Small Pansy Plants J3 00 per 1000

Cash Please.

JOS. n. CINMNGHAIVI, Delaware, 0.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Per 100

C'oicus, 12 varieties % 50

Alyssum, giant 1 00

Mme. Salleroi Geranium 1 00

Ageratum Princess Pauline 50

Tradescantia Zebrina liO

Vincas, variegated and green 1 00

Ijady Hume Campbell Violets, sand

rooted 75

Chrysanthemums, 20 varieties 1 00

Carnations, " " 1 Oj

" " " to.. 4 00

Per 1000
M 00
8 00
K 00
4 00
4 00
8 CO

600
8 00
Send for
list.

Kalamazoo Nursery & Floral Co.

w. C.COOK. wgr. Kaliiiiazoo, Mich.

VERBENA KING

See what 1 have
to ofler in Special
Number, or write
for list.

C. HUMFELD,

Clay Center, Kan.

THK HOOTED CUTTING
SPECIALIST.

Please mention the A merican Florist when writing.

^3qvi0{a0 Kxtra large stocky plants.
X^CbllalCS. ciant Mixed, in bud and
bloom; %\ per 100; t8 per 1000. Will save jou 50 per
cent on R. C. Carnations . W rite for price s. C ash
with order, "'hy, ERNST'ft-50N3Washington7lVIo.

Hardy Rhododendrons,

Hardy Azaleas,

Clematis,

Ampelopsls Veltchii,

California Privet,

Evergreens,

Buxus in Standard and Pyramid Shape,

Bay Trees.

H. P. Roses,

Climbing Roses,

Standard Roses.

Grafted Brides, Bridesmaids,

English Ivy, in 4 and 5-inch pots.

Tuberous Rooted Begonias, Single and

Double,
Cycas stems.
Herbaceous Psonlas,
Tree Paeonias,
Cannas,
Hardy Pinks,
Hardy Phlox,
General Collection of Herbaceous plants.

Ask for Price List.

BDBBINK & ATKINS, Rutherford, N. J.

Flowering Plants

** Per 100

Chinese Primroses, 3>^-inch,
in bloom $5.00

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 2-in. 2.00

Fuchsias, 5 vars , 2-in 2.C0

Abutilon, trailing, 2-in 3.00

Flowering Begonias, 2-in 2.00

Geraniums, assorted, 2-in 2.00

100,000

Hardy tterbaceous Plants

SEN' I) FOR LIST.
CASH PLEASE.

EDWARO B. JACKSON,

Stamford, Conn.

Piease mirntion the American Florist when writing.

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1333

CLOSING OUT TO MAKE ROOM.

10,000 Keutia Belmoreaua, healthy stock in prime condition,
home-grown, 15 to 20 inches high, averaging four leaves. $15 per
100; $125 per 1000. Orders filled while stock lasts.

«e„«on .hi. paper. SIEBRECHT Sc SON, Ncw Rochelle, N. Y.

YOUR LAST CHANGE

On Geraniums.

40,000 ROOTED CUTTINGS READY TO SHIP. Our

last crop of Gerauiums which we will offer in
rooted cuttings is now read\'. Our stock is all
grown in benches the same" as roses and carna-
lions, consequeutlN our cuttings are much suce-
rior to the ones chopped off of pot plants most gen-
erally sent out. Strong, selected top cuttings, well
rooted, ready for 2Vi-inch pots, of the followioe
superb varieties: llruanti, Grant, lleteranthe, S.
A. Nutt, E, G. Hill, Beaute I'oitevine, Frances
Perkins, La Fraiic!e. Mme. Jautin, SIme. Bruant.
Mrs. .T M. Garr, La Favorite, $2.C0 per 100; J18,00
per U)00.

PETUNIAS. Double Fringed, eight novelties in
white, pink and brotched: White Fawn, Snow
Ball, Mrs. F. Sander. Pink Beauty, Fantasie,
Helen Gould, San .Juan, Bonnie. Large, strong,
rooted cuttings, well looted, that will make salable
plants in a short time, .tl.OO per 110; *9.00 per lOOO.

COLEUS— Our champion collection consisting
of twenty varieties, embracing the newest sorts
and only'those of de<*ided merit. Large, selected
top cuttings, welLruuted and free from mealy bug,
60c per 100: I5.C0 per ICOO. Golden Bedder and
VerschafYeltii in nuaiitity, 7,=ic per 100; 16 per 1000.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Springfield, III.

RHODODENDRONS.

500 clumps of RhododcDdron Maximum,
(i to 8 ft. high, at $25 a dozen.
Prices of smaller clumps and Kalmias on
application.

L. F. KINNEY, Kingston, R.I.

Vinca Maj
Variaga

or
a

Strong
Plants,

from 2)4' -in.
pots, $2 50
per 100.

SMITH & YOUNG CO.

456 [. Washington St. INDUNAPOIIS. IND.

CANNAS

Martha Washington, Cloriosa.
Rosemawr, Philadelphia,

Duke of Marlborough, and m other var-
ieties. Write for list.

The Conaid & imits Co, ""v.''"

CANNAS.

Dormant or started, strong tubers: Chas. Hen-
derson, Crimson Bedder, Burbank, Le Clerc, $2.00
per 100; $18.00 per lOCO. Alphonse Bouvier. P.
Marquant, Mme. Crozy, Philadelphia, etc.. $3.00
per lOO. Cineraria, giant Dowered, 3V4-in . .$2.00 per
100. Geranium, double or single, mixed, 2i"-in.
J2.00 per 100. Cash please.
Shellroad Greenhouse Co., Grange P. 0., Balto., Md.

Strong ROOTED CUTTINGS of

Princess of Wales Violets

$6 00 per 1000.

Also all the leading varieties of CARNATIONS.
Send for price list.
FIPV £ FARFR I^O* Woolsey street.

niiK Oi rADCn, san francTsco. cau.

FUa^e mention the A merican tloriU when writing.

UNROOTED MORNING filORV CUTTINfiS.

$1.75 per 100; 915-00 par 1000

Per 100

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 3-lu $5.00

Sprenperii. fine, SVa-in 5.00

Boston Fern, true, 3H-in 5.00

New Geranium Ue Roo Mitting. has yellow

foliage and double scarlet bloom 20.00

Now Geranium Double Snow Drop; we know

not a better white 15,00

Geranium Jean Viaud, 3- in 10.00

Alternanlhera, red. also pink. t%-'\ii 1.50

Sedura Variegatum. Border Plant, 2J4-iu — 1.50

Ci^ar Plant. 2j^-in 1.50

California Moss, Hanging Basket Plant,

2M-in lf»0

California Moss, from sand 50

.Jerusalem Cherry, 2M-iii 1-50

Smilax, from flats 25

Ooleus, 15 choice named varieties, 2>i-in.... 1.50
Vinca, green trailing, 2M-in 1.50

variegated, 6-in.

6-in 15.00

20.00

Per 100

Iresines. mixed, 2!^- in $1.50

Salvia Clara Bedman. 2>/^-in 1.50

Marguerite, or Paris Daisy, white, 2V^-in 1.50

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 2i4-in 1.75

Nasturtiums, tall, also dwarf, mixed. 'IH'nx, 1.50

Heliotropes, mixed, 2i^-in 1.50

Hardy Pinks, pink colors from ssmd 1.00

" " large clumps 5.00

New Ice Plant, from California, the finest

basket plant weaver saw; S^^-in 10.00

Candytuft. White Rocket, flats 25

Verbenas, 10 cho.ce colors, named, 2H-in. . . 1.50
Seedling Cannas, President Carnot. Mme.
Crozy, Sarah Hill, Queen Charlotte and

A. Houvier 1.00

Lobelia Crystal I'alace Gem, 2M-in 1.50

Asparagus'Plumosus Nanus, from flats 2. CO

Petunia, choice double mixed, 4-in 5.00

Per 1000
Pansy Plants, 20 leaves, from cold frame $15.00

5 Plants at 100 rate; 250 at lOOO rate.

Cash, or R. C. and plants

will be sent C. 0. D.

THE MORRIS fLORAL CO.,

MORRIS,
ILL.

W. L. SMITH

AURORA, ILLINOIS.

Geraniums.

Beautiful stock.

Finest sorts, pgf ,qq

4-inch pots $10.C0

3-inch pots 5. CO

2S4-incli |.oti 3.00

Dracaena Indivisa.

Extra strong.

6-inch 15.00

4-inch 10.00

CIIRYS.VNTHEMUMS, best s:rls 3.00

COLEUS 2.00

FEVERFEW Little Gem 2.60

HELIOTROPE 3.00

IVIES, English 3.00

l..\TANIA BOKBOXICA, C-inoh, $7.50 doi.
" 5-inch, $4.60 doz.

MOON VINE, white 4.00

OLEANDERS, dbl. pink and dbl. white. ... 4.00

" 6 inch 30.00

SMILAX 2.00

OTAKEITE ORANGES, 4-inch.

V INC AS, 4 inch, fine

VERBENAS

15.00

l.T.OO

2. CO

Vinca Major Variepta.

Extra strong, stocky plants, from 2}^-
in. pots,$5.00 per 100; from 3>^-in.pot5,tS.CO
per 100. The avi-in.pot plants are last year's
propagation and are sure to give satisfac-
tion. The larger plants are field-grown
clumps which have been dormant most of
the winter, but are now in very active
growth, with S to 10 ends.

NATHAN SMITH & SON. Adrian, Mich.

ALTERNANTHERAS S„ir

Red and yellow, 50.- per 100. or ,11.00 per 1000.
From 2-inch pots, $1.25 per 100.
AGERATUM Princess Pauline, R. C. !JCc per 100.
From 2-inch pots, $1.50 per 1(0.

STELLA GURNEY. R. C. $1.00 per 100. Prom2-inoh
pots, $2.00 per 100.

DAVIS BROS., Morrison, ML

We've thonsands of readers and hnn-
dredi of advertisers. Each helps the other.

Onn nnn Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fresh
ZUUiUUU picked from our own phints, sure

to grow, MOc per ICO; $7.50 per 1000.
Alternantheras— Red. yellow, pink, strong, 2-inch

pots, at $2.00 per lOO.
'Mums— Fine rooted cuttings, \V. R. Smith, Daille-

douze, Mtij. Bonnaffon, H. Robinson, F. Hardy,

J. Jones, etc., $1.50 per 100.

Boston Ferns. 2i4-inch, 60c per do/..; $.3.00 per 100.
3-inch, $1.00 per doz.; $10.00 per 100.

Geraniums— P. Bruunt, Gettysburg, Crystal, Mme.
liruant, etc. 2 inch, $2.00 per 100.

Vinca Major Var.4-inch, strong, $10 per 100.

Russelia Multiflora, 2-inch, fine plants, 50c per doz.;
$4.00 per 100.

Cannas, started ready for potting, Chas. Hender-
son. \. Houvier, L. E. Bally, F. Vaughan, Bur-
bank, Egandale, Mme. Crozy, Queen Charlotte,
$2.50 per 100 in v.ariety.

A. J. BALDWIN, Newark. Ohio.

IHease mention the American Florist when writing.

S. A Nutt, Francis Perkins. Beaute Poiteviue, La
Favorite, Double Grant. Centaurea, ftruntague,
Gloire de France, Mrs. Ptitzer, Rev. Atkinson, Jus.
( iaar. Marguerite de Layers, in 2 and 2'/i-inch pots.
$3.00 per lOO; $25.00 per 1000.

Pni die (rinisoLi Verschaffeltii and Golden
UULlUO Queen, rooted culliiigs, 60c per 100;
$.''1 p.r KOO. Coteus in variety. fiOc per 100; -Si per M.
Feverfew, rooted cuttini^'s. $1.50 p.-r 1(0; 812 p<T 1000.
Heliotrope, reeled cuttings. $1.00 per I'O
Fuchsias, rooted cultings. $1.00 per 100. ■
Ageratum, Princess Pauline and others. 2-iD. pots,

$1.10 per 100; rooted cuttings, 50c per 100.
Salvia, Splendens and Bedniun, rooted cuttings,

$1.50 per 100.
Giant Alyssum, 2-in. pots, $1.00 per 100. Rooted

cuttings, 75c per lOO.
Vinca Minor, rooted cuttings. $1.00 p<'r 100.
CASH WITH ORDER.

J. E. FELTHOUSEN, Schenectady, N. Y.

Please mention the American Florist when wiitnig.

Boston Ferns.

Tlie largest sto'-k in United States Now Ready.
Cut from bench. 10 to 15 fronds, '» feet long, at
t25.C0perl00. Small plants $5per 10C;$40 per lUCO.

Alternantheras. 4 kin<ls. Dracaena Indivisa. 6 and
7- inch.

L. H. FOSTER. '

45 King St., Dorchester, Mass.

Ptea^e mention the American Florist 7uhen 7ttfitri£-

Mixed, good collection.
Double Fringed Petunias,
Fine Asparagus Sprengerii. All tbe above from
2-inch pots at $2.00 per 100.

E. I. BA WIRINGS, Uaakertown, Pa.

Geraniums

1334

The American Florist.

April 13,

I

Minneapolis.

EASTBR MADE VERT BRISK BDSINESS.—
BOSBS FOR ALL. — FANCY CARNATIONS
HIGH.— GOOD SHOWINGS BY BETAILKRS.

Easter week was a busy one here.
Although Friday was a rainy, disagree-
able day, it did not seriously interfere
with trade. Saturday cleared up a little
and everyone was fully occupied. Some
of the decorations in the windows were
magnificent, displaying a fine lot of
Harrisii, azaleas, hydrangeas, hyacinths,
etc., some baskets arranged with assorted
plants being very taking. E. Nagel
& Co., the Wm. Donaldson Co , A. S.
Swanson, H. B. Whitted and S. E.Olson
Co. had the interiors ot their stores also
in attractive shape.

Roses were in sufficient numbers for all,
ranging in price from $4 to $S per hun-
dred. Beauties were in limited supply,
while carnations also were cleaned up,
the fancies bringing $8 per hundred.

Miss P. N. Eichhorn, who recently
started the new flower store, reports a
good Easter trade.

Brant & Noe had a good supply of
roses and report a very satisfactory
week throughout. C. F. R.

New Castle, Ind. — The big growers
have been having an unpleasant time of
it in Iheir building operations, the rains
being almost continuous and the Indiana
clay is very sticky, if a good sort for
roses.

OwATONNA, Minn.— L. P. Lord & Com-
pany have succeeded Lord & Johnson,
J. L. Johnson continuing with the con-
cern as foreman. Lord & Company arc
establishing agencies in several not far
distant towns.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Let us send you a sample order to show

you what good stock is, then

you will want more.

ABUTILON Savitzii-Dozen, 3Dc; 100, $2.00.

Souv. de Bonn— Doz.ri. 200; lUO. $1.25
SALVIA— Hobold (new) grei-n leaves. scarlet tlowtTs.
Yellow Bird, brialit yellow leaves, si.sriet

llowers, dozen. aUc; 100. $1.00.
IMPATIENSSULTANI— Doz.,25c-; lOO, $1..50: 1000,$13.
ACHYRANTHUS— Doz., 15o; lUO. JI.OO; 1000. $9.00.
ALTERNANTHERA— Redand yellow, doz., 20c; 100,

$1.01; 10)0, $i».00.
AGERATUM P. Pauline -Doz., 20o: lOO.Sl.OO; 10M,$9.
HELIOTROPES— Three best varieties on earth, pu -

pie ,iad white, doz., 20c: 100. ,fl 00; KOO. $9.C0,
NEW PARIS DAISY Mme. Gailbert-Dozen, 25i-; per

100, $1.25.
PANSIES— Koemers supe b prize, best to be had,

nne plants at $1 per lOOO; $3 00 for 500; 100, 76c.
COLEUS— Sixteen varifti^, all true fonarae. Send
lor list. Per dozen, 20c; 100, 7oc; 1000, $6.0o.

We prepay express charges and guarantee to
please you. Try us once. We want you to have
our price list, send for it. We can do you good.

S. T. DANLEY, Macomb. III.

rirst Itttroduction to America of

Black

Soluble Insecticide

Soap

Awarded Grand Pii^eiat I'uris Exposition and
winner of Gold Medals at Intfrnational Exposi-
tions of Home, Ville de Dijon and Turin, also
Diploma of Honor at Marsf*iIN*s. Recommended
as etlicacioua by largest European, nurserymen
and throwers, includintr Messrs. Vilmorin, Andri-
eux and others. All pests of outdoor or indoor
plant life, including San Jose scale, succumb to
the effects of this remedy. Fruit growers, super-
intendents of parks and large estates and horti-
culturists g'*nerall> will <olige us by writing for
I'amphlets, prices .ind other information.

V. C4SAZZA & BRO. }?E"w'%^rc^.«Ty^*'

FOR IHE MCSIH
or APRIL

SPECIAL TRADE LIST

Asparagus Cormorensis. Thi? is a
novelty of grent merit. It looks
similar to Asparagus Plumo- Size Per Per
sus, but grows mucn more vig- i>ots. 100 doz.
orous, and will make very long
strings in a shorter time 2-in. $4 00

Asparagus Plumosus 2 3.00

Alyssum Double Giant •. 2'/2 :i.00

Ageratum Princess Victoria Lou-
ise, new 2!4 3.C0

Ageratum Princess Pauline. , .'.., 3 3.U)

dwarf, dark blue H 3.00

Clematis, large-llowering varie-
ties, ;; years old $4.00

Clematis Paniculata. 2 vears old. 4 10.0)
1 year old... 3 5.00

Carnation Ethel Crocker, strong
plants 2'/i 3.0D

Carnations Lizzie McGowan and

Wm. Scott 2H 2.00

Geraniums, best bedding varie-
ties, strong plants 3 4.00

Geranium America, the best sin-
gle light pink % 8.00

Geraniums Mars and LePilot 3 5.OQ

Lobelia Puniila Splendena, new,
dark blue, white eve 2i4 4.00

Lobelia Emperor William 2^4 3.00

Forget-me-not, Alpestris, blue,
wnite and pink clumps .3.00

Periwinkle, variegated 4 1.00

2Vi 3.00

Passiflora Coerulea, Pfordii 3 5 00

Salvias Splendens and Clara Bed-

mau 2!4 3.00

We can supply any quantity rooted cuttings

Chrysanthemums. Carnations. Verbenas, Coleus, Alter-

nantheras. Geraniums. Prices on application.

C. EISELE, nth & Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia.

Alyssum Little Gem, 2-inch $2.00 per lOO

Cobiea Scandens, 3and 4-iDch, .,.$4 .t 6.00 * ,

Nasturtiums, dwarf, floe, 2-inch 2.00 "

Wall Flowers, dbl. and sgl., 2-inch.... 2.00
Maiden Hair Fern, cut back clumps,

started $4 to 8.00

Lettuce. Early Cabbage 15o and .25

cinerarias. 4-iDch 75c to $1.00 doz.

Hydrangea Pan. Grand., Deuizias, Snowballs and

Alth:eas, line for lawns, 5Cc up.
Make your own carnation, rose and violet fertil-
izers athorae and for sale. A mone,\ maker for
Ilorists. The three receipts for $5.0) or 12.00 each.
Cash please, JOHN P, SHELLY. Tuckahoe, N. Y.

kk

77

Indispensable

(j?* t^* t2^ €^^

This is the only word which describes the Ameri-
can Florist Company's Directory, just out. This
book, 397 pages of facts tersely told, is issued
annually and is an aid to business and money
making which no wholesaler or traveling salesman
can afford to be without. It contains the name of
every Florist, Nurseryman and Seedsman, arranged
both by states and towns and alphabetically; and
new lists of Gardeners or Superintendents of
private estates, Experiment Station Horticultur-
ists, Landscape Architects and Horticultural Sup-
ply Concerns. It will save many times its cost by
enabling you to cover America with your catalogue
and at the same time waste no printed matter or
postage on dead names.

EDITION OF J 90 J,
POSTPAID, $2.00 M

u

AMERICAN

nORIST

CO.,

324 Dearborn St.,
CHICAGO, ILL.

jpoi.

The American Florist.

1335

Boston Florist Letter Go.

MANTTFACnrHBRS OP

FLORISTS' LETTERS.

This wooden box nicely stained and
alBhed. 18x30x12 made In two aectlonsi one
for each size letter, given away with nnt
order of 500 letters.

Block Lett«™. 1 !.« or 2-lnch size, per 100, f3.00.
Bcrlpt Lettere, M FaBiener wltb each letter orword.
Used Dy leading florlBts everywhere and tor uUa by
ibl whO'eeale Horlsta and supply Gealers.

M. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager,
84 HaMley St., BOSTON, MASS.

IF YOU WANT

HEALTHY PLANTS

FUMIGATE WITH

NICOTICIDE

THE BEST OF ALL

INSECTICIDES

Write for full particulars to

The Tobacco Warehousing &TradIng Co,,

1000 Magnolia Ave., lOUISVILU, KY.

.use "UP-TO-DATE"

= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.
M. Rice & Co., 'r„rc.tre'r,.

918 FUbert St., PHII.AD£:i,PUIA, PA.

Cataloqttb fob thb Asking

The Conley Foil Co.

Manufactarers ot

2 AND 4 DOMINICK STREET,

SiGMUND GeLLER

Importer and Mir, ol

Florists' Supplies

Complete stock — New Goods — New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

lOS W. 2Sth St., near 6th Av.. NEW YORK.

Adjustable Vase Holders

No, 1.— Hrass. nickel, 4 ff-t long. 6 clasps to each
rod. Price complete (with green or white tum-
blers) J2.2.5. Price complete (with green or white
cornucopia vases) $2-50. No. 2. — Heavy 4 ft. rod
brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-
in^h pots, each, $(.75.

Kift's patent rubber capnpd Flower Tubes,
IH-inch diameier, per lOO, $;i.50.

JOSEPH KIFT & SON. 1725 Chestnut St., Phila.. Pa.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want
in the way of

PREPARED PALMS

\\ hether the ruw materials or the
finished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and service from thf-
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co ,

Jacksonville, fla.

Branch Store, Indianapolis. Ind.

Inquiries Cheerfully Answered.

Every New Thought and
[very Advanced Idea

IN floral fashions is represented in our stock. Buyers who are desirotis of
being in the lead will find us strictly up-to-date. Prices lower than else-
where for corresponding quality.
After Easter you will want Engagement and Wedding Baskets, Jardinieres
and Vases for Spring Plants, Cords and Tassels, Ribbon Inscriptions and
Letters, Doves and Sheaves. Prepare now for the Decoration Day trade. The
best Immortelles and Cape Flowers are now in stock; Cycas Wreaths and
Leaves, Moss Wreaths and all styles of Metal Designs.

COMPLETE CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.,

50-56 North fourth St., wholesalers Only. PHILADEIPHIA, PA.

Mailing and
Cut Flower Boxes

a specialty with us. The Mailing
Packages are used by the largest
shippers of plants and bulbs, take
less postage and are water-proof.
Our Cut Flower Boxes are mois-
ture-proof and are used by all
retail florists. These boxes are
shipped knocked down flat. Write
for prices.

The Dayton Paper Novelty Co.

DAYTON, O.

E5TABUSHED
1666

EMILSTEFFEItS^

SUCC.™ K.STEFFENS.
««>5TEfTEMSBR0S

S for 1 cent,

3 FT. NARDWOOD FLOWER STiKES ;"„ir*i-.^'5f;nSii

sample and prices on other sizes on application. ^^^^^^^^^S

LOUS A. SHARE. Tactory Cor. Barth Ave. and Belt R. R.. Indianapolis. Ind.

A. HERRMANN.

Cape Flowers. "-^ colobb;
Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
^■^ All Florists' Supplies.

Send (or Prloei.
404.4I2 East a4th St.. NEW YORK.

Sheep Manure.

In natural slalf, $1.00 per ton,
in car load lots, f. o. b. cars,
Kirkiand, III. Write for prices on dried pulver-
ized sheep manure. Cash with all orders.

MONTANA FERTILIZER CO., Elgin. III.

Your Advertisement

will transact business 365 days in the year, working 24 hours per day, with
all the best purchasers in the United States and Canada, if placed in

The Best Drumn.er. THc AtTierican Flon'st.

1336

The American Florist.

April 13^

Omaha.

BASTBR }!USINBSS SATISFACTORY IN BVBRY
WAY. — EVERYTHING SOLD BRISKLY. —
STOCK PLENTIFUL AND OF GOOD QUAL-
ITY. — DOINGS HERE AND THERE AMONG
THB CRAFT.

Easter business was more than satis-
factory this year, although the weather
was not favorable. Easter morning,
however, turned very bright, after some
raw, rainy days. All the lilies sold at
fair prices. Azaleas, cinerarias, spirasas
and, in fact, all blooming plants, even
callas, sold equally as well as the Easter
lily. Most of the lilies were used for
homes and churches, very few being used
for store decoration. Never before have
the florists made such elaborate display
for the Easter trade as this year and the
quality of the plants was fully up to the
quantity. Violets were very much in
demand, but the beautiful lily of the val-
ley held its own. Daffodils and tulips
sold better this year than in former vears.
American Beauties brought $6 to $8 per
dozen. Tea roses sold at from $1 to
$1 50; carnations, 50 cents to $1; lilies,
$2 to $3.

Frank Sahan, foreman for the past two
years for Hess & Swoboda, lately married
and has resigned his position to accept
the superintendency of one of the large
cemeteries. George Zimmer, for the last
two years with the Colfax Floral Co., of
Denver, is now foreman with Hess &
Swoboda.

O I hlig, formerly with T. Joslyn, went
to Springfield, 111., where he has secured
a good position, and J. H. Hadkinson
has returned from Springfield, 111., to
teke charge of the grounds of the Omaha
Country Club.

Joseph Chalmers, assistant superin-
tendent of the Forest Lawn Cemetery,
has gone to the state of Washington to
go into business for himself. Grippe.

PouGHKBBPSiE, N. Y.— W. G. Saltfotd
had a very fine Easter showing at his
Main street store, including some very
well flowered plants. Arthur Saltford is
in charge there.

Newport, R. 1 — The gardeners here
fear that the unusually severe and pro-
tracted cold of the past winter has been
disastrous fot the hydrangeas for which
Newport has been noted.

GEORGE RIPPERGER,

Sheep Manure

I h:ivp now on hand a laree quantity of A1 Sheep

Manure. Send for pricp list and aarapje.

Best Fertilizer for Top Dressing.

CASH WITH OUDEU Oli KEFERENCBS.

Part"r;."lev"n1r/t.f*- LONG ISLAND CITY.

Please, mention the A merican Florist when w>itinz

HEADQUARTERS

COCOA FIBRE. SPHAGNUM »nd

SHEEP MANURE. GREEN MOSS.

BONE all grades, RUSTIC WORK, a

IMPORTED SOOT. CLAYS FERTILI3

DINNE & CO., iJ^sl' New

SPHAGNUM and
GREEN MOSS.
RUSTIC WORK, all kinds,
CLAYS FERTILIZER.

,5o*.rv' New York.

mil. a v>\/., 300, SL I'l-" '
HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES

Awarded the only flrst-
class Certificate of Merit

by the Society of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
Aug. 21, 1890, for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

ifelLLDlN

PotteryGo.

Jersey Qty W^iljfloNO Island (Tty
Philadelphia

WILLIAM H. KAY COMPANY,

HORTICULTURAL ARCHITECTS

BUILDERS

STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING

ENGINEERS

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL OF

EVERV DESCRIPTION.

42 DEY STREET,

NEW YORK.

Thos.W.Weathere(l'sSons

46 Marlon St., New York City,

Design, Construct and Heat
Greenhouses for privat6 or
Commercial purposes.
Plans, material and work-
manship the best.
Strictly up to date.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

Perfect Hot Water Heating our Specialty.

FLOWER POTS

.A.X.XJ XS.XIVX3S.

STANDARD POTSsPc^Am

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

P.O. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.

Standard OnX^
Flower... ■ W 1 O

If your greenhouses are within 500 milea
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

W. H. ERNEST.

28th and M Streets, WASHINGTON, 0. C.

REP P OTS

SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION,

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Uls"!*"'"

American Florist A dvts.

Mean More Business.

WRITE

AF IfflUR 1521-23 N. LEAVITTST.^
■ li MJnni CHICAGO. ILL..

FOR PRICES OP

Standard Pots

which ft>r strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market.

KELLER BROS.,

^ gi3.iR.i7.tq.gt.ga Pearl St.,

NORRISTOWN. PA.

Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red in
color, equal to the beat on the market; are 16
miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec-
tions. We give special attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantities. A
postal will brine prices and discounts.
Plfase mention the American Florist zuhen wriUnz-

GEO. KELLER & SON,

UANUTAOTUBIBS OT

Flower Pots.

Before tn jing wrtt« tor prlOM.

361-363 Herndon Street

Mar wngtatwood Are ,

CHICAQO. ILL.

THOSE RED POTS

"STANDARDS"

PULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y,

HARRY BALSLEY. DETROIT. MICH..

Rep. 490 Howard St.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list.

6.HENNE6KE 60.. ""^^IS"^"^

Several large advertisements reached
us too late for insertion in this issue.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1337

Liquid
Plant
Food

Grows hardier stock; prows improved stoclv.
Stock ships better: alsorcadv earlier. Brings
better customers and more profits.

30 gal., including bbl $12.10

20 8.10

10 4.85

-For spraying
fertilizer and
Bordeaux,
kerosene, etc.,

Use the "IMP. Nozzle and Sprayer."

EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY,

620 Atlantic Ave.. Boston.

It automatically dilutes the feriilizer, 50 to 1, BY

THE HOSE, with no labor. Needs no

adjustments. All brass. $3.00.

^NEW OEPftRTORE, *?5

You can not get a GOOD THING
for nothing;. But the price of this
apparatus is next to nothing;. Send
for price and description to

J. D. CARMODY. Evansvlll*. iNd.

REBUILT MACHINERY

and ^<l]PPl.IES at Bargain Prices Larg-
est MacliiDery Depot ou earth. We buy
buildiiit;s and plants, amoni:
others we bouclit the World's
Fa r, the Omuba Exposition, the
Chicago Post offlce, and other
structures. \Ve rebuild machin-
ery of all kinds, and sell with
binding guai'antees. Boilers
trom $25 up; Engines from f 35
up; Fteam Pumps from US up,

We carry complete stock of General S\«>-
uMo., such m BF.tTINCJ, SHAFTING,
II At<<iF,lt>*, Pri.TF.YS, IRON

PIPF. IRON KO"I"I>'«il H,V/U'
\VARE,VAI,VES& FITTIM.^.
Pl.TIMBIN<J MATERIA I,, etc.

Will PKiid frpi-,our2fii'-pac.-<"ataloe N...i

Constantly buying entire stocKS

at Sberiffs* and Receivers' sales.

Chicago House Wrecking Co..

W. 36th & Iron Sts., Chicago, III.

-5^

THE
KINNEY
PUMP.

For applying

Liquid

Manure it
lias no equal!

Sent prepaid
for $2.00.

KINGSTON,
R. i.

tL. The HOSE CONNECTION CO.

SUNDIRD FLOWER POTS!

Paoked In small oratei, easy to handle.

__ Prloe perorate
IMD Mn. pou In orate, M.S8

want" " 6.26

IMOjS " " 6.00

lOOO 8 " " 6 00

800 3K" •■ 6.80

600 4 " " 1.60

3»6 '• •• 4.61

144 6 " " 3.16

Seed pans, same price as pots.

Price per orate
UO 7-ln. pots In crate, 14.30
80 8 " " 3.00

48 9
4810
24U
34 12
U14
616

4.80

4.80

4.60

Bend for price list of

Cylinders for Cut Flowers, Hanging Baskets, Lawn
vases, etc. lO per cent otT for cash with order.

HILFINSER BROS. POTTERY,

OR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

AUSVR BouotB & Sons, New Tork Agents,

H Drr iTBiiT, mrr tobk oitt

ilESESESBEBEEiSiESBBSesaSEe.'SSS^t'k

A MAN'S LAWM

will never look smooth and "velvety," the rank crab-grass
will never be straightened up so it can be cut off. and the
grass will never grow so thicKly until he invests in that mod-
ern lawn beautifler known as a

finley Rotary Lawn Rake

'Q>f'?>/Gii7mQ£rf7ficyLii¥j^

" Papa! Wo Can Rake Your Lawn.

It came out only last
season, and from Gar-
deners, Parkmen and
others, an avalanche of
testimonials has come
tons, all of them saying
in substance, "this is the
greatest invention of mod-
ern times in its line. We
couldn't do without it."

A CHILD CAN PUSH IT.

YOU NEED ONE
ir YOU HAVE A LAWN.

It runs easy, is simple, strong, and the only thing of its kind. We have
a descriptive circular telling all about this Lawn Rake and containing
testimonials from users in all pans of the country.

We want you to have one, and will mail it free for the asking.

I4inch, $10.00-

-F. B. JOLIET-

-20-inch, $12.00.

FINLEY LAWN RAKE CO., - Joliet, III., U. S. A.

<>v'<f'»<vvvwv '<>.' wviv

fSWS

^^^^^^^^i^

Tho Mnu/Or '^'^'^'^ ^^>" ><'" ^'l t'^^ weeds in your
I lie IllunCI lawns. If you keep the weeds cut
so the.v do not ffo to seed and cut your grass with-
out breaking the small feeders o( roots, the grass
will become thick and weeds will disappear. The
Clipper will do it. Send for catalogue and prices.
CUPPER lAWN MOWER CO., Norristown, Pa.

Printed! Published Specialties

Florists' Catalogues, Folders and
Souvenirs, Booklets, Photographs,
Tags, Labels, .Stationery, etc. Cir-
culars. Samples, etc., on advice.
DAN'L B. LONG, Publialier, Buffalo. N. Y.

%

It Burns

od-

The most convenient way
oP applying an insecticide
ever yet devised. No pans
required— No heating of
irpns-No trouble-Cannot
injure the most sensitive
blooms -Very effective.
Price 60(t per box of 12
^olls. AH dealers sell it!

Skabcura Dip Co.

St. Louis — Chicago.

American Florist Advertisements
Pay Advertisers.

1838

The American Florist.

April /J,

Detroit.

BASTBR TBADB EXCEEDBD LAST YBAr'S
HIGH RECORD. — BAD WEATHER DOES NOT
DETER BUYERS. — VIOLETS ARE MOST
POPULAR AND LOW IN PRICE.

Easter trade was good and far exceeded
the business of the same period a year
ago. The week was a mixture of all
kinds of disagreeable weather, but all the
retail places were crowded to their limit
with eager buyers. The total volume of
trade in the last two days in some known
cases is fifteen and twenty per cent
greater than the same days a year ago.

Owing to bad weather the movement
of plants was rather slow and possibly
did not equal in volume the sales of last
year. A large and full assortment could
be found in all the stores. There was
but little demand for Beauties, though
some good Brunners sold well. Violets
were good, plentiful and sold well, possi-
bly because the price was down to $1
per hundred. Violet plants in pans were
also popular and sold easily.

The great call for violets was a relief
to the meager stock of carnations. With
the exception of violets all stock sold in
about the usual proportions. Very little
advance in prices was made on anything
except carnations, which held up well at
$1 per dozen and fancy rarieties $1.25
and $1.50 J. F. S.

MiDDLETowN, CoNN.— F. B. Fountain
made Easter the occasion for a public
opening of his new greenhouses at 157
Court street.

Ansonia, Conn.— The stock and fixtures
, of the store on Bridge street lately occu-
pied bv J. E. Costello, were auctioned at
sherifiTs sale on March 30.

DO NOT FORGET

before building tbat addi-
tion to your greenhouses
to write us for expert plans
and figures. Perhaps we
can save you money.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marlon St., NEW YORK.

Prevents
Mildew

Operates to

perfection

in

oatcliy weatiier.

Are placed
on their merits

The Automatic
Ventilator
does its own
tiiinlting.

Saves all
labor,

Improves
the growth of
plants.

The first cost
the only
expense.

Will last
a lifetime.

Ihe Automatic
Ventilator
venti'ates as
necessity
requires.

The Chadborn Patent Automatic Ventilator

And TEMPERATIRE REGULATOR

t

By simply attaching our Temperature Controlling Device to your heating system
you not only secure an even temperature but effect a direct saving of fuel.

MANUFACTURED BY

THE CHADBORN MFG. CO.

Broadway and High St.,

NEWBURQH, N. Y.

Our Illustrated Catalogue. Prices. Etc., is yours lor the asking.

28 Cortland
239 Prankii
22A

WATER.

If you want water only when Lhe wind blows a windmill will do your
work and cost less money than our Rider and Errcason Hot Air Pumps, but
if 3 ou want water every day while your flowers are growing and do not want
your pump blown down when the wind blows too hard, no pump in the
world can equal ours. We have sold about 20^000 of them during the past
twenty-five years, which is proof that we are not making wild statements.

Our Catalogue "A 3" will tell you all about them. Write to near-
est store.

Rider-Ericsson Engine Co.

t St., New York. ti92 Crai;; St.. JIontkeal, P. Q. 86 Lal-e St., Chicaoo.

n St.. Boston. Temente-Rey 71, Havana, Cuba. 40 N. 7th St.. Philadelphia.

Pitt St., Stdnet, N. S. W. Merchant and Alakca Sts., Honolulu.

tlenry W. Gibbons Co.

INCORPORATED

^^

and Manufacturers
...ot....

QREENHOUSE ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS

Gulf Cypress Structural ^laterials,

STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,

Iron Frames for Qreenhouses
and Ventilating Materials.

Sales Offices, 136 Liberty St., NEW YORK, N. Y. IVIanufactory General Office. Bloomsburg, Pa. \

Write to NEW YORK OFFICE for Estimates, Catalogues, Plans, Expert Advice, Etu. ;

HENRY W. GIBBONS, Pres., New York. N. Y. J. L. DILLON. Treas., Blootnsburg, Pa. I

SASH

nOTBED.

GREENHOUSB,

VENTILATOR

GinLF CYPRESS BARS,
OREENHOCSE UATERIAI.,
Manufactured by 8i JACOBS & SONSj
Flushing Ave., near Metropolitan Ave., Brookl).., .] Y.
AT WHOLESALE.
Catalogue and estl-

m&tei f urnlihed.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

Holds Class
Firmly

Sea the Point 4V

Tk« Tut KCTVCT Per.
f««ft Qlaxlac F*lBt« ftra
tk« beat. He rlEhta er
UfU. Box ef lOMpoUU
7ft oentSr poftpaid.
HENRT A. DREKK,
114 CkaaUml M., rUI>., t%.

I go I

The American Florist.

13^9

THE OI«IGHPJA.r^

Garland Valley Gutter and Drip Conductor

No bolt holes or other undesir-
able connections to hold moisture
and rot off bars.

Sash bars do not have to be
mutilated and made to carry the
gutters, but vice versa.

THE GUTTER IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE

it has stood a ten year test and I can warrant that it will last fifty years longer, will outlast one dozen galvanized
or steel gutters, as steel is the poorest material for greenhouse use. No breakage of glass by fiost or ice. Only seven
inches ot shade in December. No drips from condensation when proper humidity is maintained within. No wires
to hold bars to gutter, wires are for supporting ridge pole without using ridge pole posts. Simplest and easiest to
erect, never sags or gets out of line. Made in my own foundry, of No. 1 Lake Superior cast iron. Do not make a
mistake by putting in untested devices, but get into the band wagon with the successful growers who have tested the
Garland iron Gutter and Drip Conductor. The following is a partial list; write to any of them:

Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago,
Lincoln Park Greenhouses, Chicago,
Chas. D. Ball, Holmesburg. Pa.,
Wietor Bros., High Ridge, Chicago,
Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O.
B. D. Kanlbach & Son, Maiden, Mass.,
Fostoria Floral Co., Fostoria, O.,

Write for Illustrated Catalogue
Containing Testimonials of Above.

A. H Poehlmann, Morton Grove, III.,

M. A. Hunt Floral Co., Terre Haute, Ind. ,

Peter Reinberg, Sutnmerdale, 111 ,

F. Stielow, Niles Center, 111.,

W. A. Hartmin, South Haven, Mich.,

The Cottage Greenhouses, Litchfield, 111.,

Leopold Schroeder, Dolton Station, 111.,

R. I. Macklin, Marshfield, Wis.,

W. P. Ransom, Junction City, Kans.,

Marso Bros., Joliet, 111.,

Michael Winandy, High Ridge, 111.,

Juergens & Co., Peoria, 111.,

Joseph Heinl, Jacksonville, 111.,

J. W. Howard, Somerville, Mass.

GEO. M. GARLAND, Des Plains, HI.

IS MUCH M » RB OMMmVt THAW PINE

"lis'

SASH BAR
REENHOUS

AND OfW t| 8UltOIN«8!t^ MnERIAL«j<

Sen J%^r-eurItlv«tr«t^^oaK
"CYPAESB-tUfilBERAM^ USES.*

S«nd |f©f-»yr Spedal fireenhotif^^^utftr.

N£

srss.

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Please mention the American Florist wtien wriii>

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APPAJfATUS \

guA/ce/f arrmcHMfwom

^ .rf~.*--r'-»' RICHMOND. IND

!

FOR INSURANCE AGAINST
DAMAGE BY HAIL, Address

JOHN a. ESLER, Sac'y F. H. A.,

««DDLF RIVER. H. .1

American Florist 4dvts.

^ SCe^olri ci.ll.

OUR old customers can tell yoo about our Greenhouse Material.
There are probably several in your vicinity.

Write us about it and we will tell you who are nearest to you.

We rest our reputation upon the work wc have already done.

Ask ihe owner about the lasting quality of our Cypress.

Ask him if he wasn't perfectly satisfied with our material and
our workmanship.

Our large number of satisfied customers is our strongest endorse-
ment.

We would like to add you to the number.

CYPRESS '.^."ar.."

t/OHN C. WtoIBSRlackhawkJt.

MONINGER €0. ""■t^,l"^?.''o'/'^'

%^%'%^'^'^'%'%'%^'%'%^^^^'%^^'%^^%'^^%'%'%'%'%'%'%'%'%^'%'i

Boilers

Fof GREENHOUSES.

OP HIGH ^
QRADB..«**

See our Catalogue.

9-^^^'S^. 6lbliflfcCo.,Utlca.ll.Y.

RUSTIC WORK

FOR ACL PURPOSES
MADE TO ORDER.. .

In stock, the most extensive varietV in the
country, of Baskets 'Window Boxes, Stands,
Brackets and orig^inal designs. Prices low.

RUSTIC MF6. & CONSTRUCTION CO.,

19 Fulton Strast, NEW YORK CITY.

1340

The American Florist.

April /J,

Index to Advertisers.

Advertising rates. . . 1314
Allen S L&Co..... II
American Blower Co IV
American Rose Co..

1J16 II

Amling EC 1317

Andorra Nurseries. 1322

Baldwin A J 1333

Bailer FA 1331

Bartram TE 1323

Bassett & Wash-
burn 1317

BaurS Alfred I

Bayersdorfer HACo 1335
Benedict Geo H . . . . 1.3-26

Benthey & Co 1317

BerckmaiiB P J Co 1330
Bernheimer Eugene 1318

Beroing HG 1318

Bindekunst Die — II
BlueH 11 Nursery.. 1830
Bonbin & Atkins. 1332

Bock W A 1322

BostonCo-operative

Growers Es 1318

Boston Letter Co. ..1335

BrantSD 1321

Brant A Noe 1317

Brinley EB&Co..l319

BuckbeeH W 1322

Buckley W T Plant

Co 1333

BudlongJA 1317

BunyardH A 1316

Burpee \V A & Co.. II
Caldwell the Woods-
man Co 1322

Carmody JD 1337

Casazza V&Bro...l334
Chadborn MrgCo..l338
Chadwiok Chas.. .1329

Chase AS 1321

Chicago Carnation

Co 1317 1329

Chicago House Wkg

Co 1337

Cbi'go Paeony Frm 1321
Cinoin Cut Plow Co.1316

Ckary &Co 1323

Clipper Lawn Mow-
er Co 1337

Cole Bros 1331

(Jonard & Jones Co. 1333

Conley Foil Co 1335

Cook John 1331

Cottage Gardens. ... I
Crabb A Hunter. ... I
Craig Robt & Son . . 1329

Crane Stephen 1322

Cunningham Jos H. 1332
Dailledouze Bros... 1329

Danley ST 1334

Davis Bros 1333

Dayton Paper Nov-
elty Co 1335

Deamud J B 1318

Detroit Flower Pot

Mfg 1336

Dietsch A* Co.... Ill
Dillon J L 1323 1328 1332
Dorner F & Sons Co I

Dreer H A 1323 1338

DuerrJ 1321

Dunlop JohnH 1319

Dunne& Co 1336

Easfn Chemical Col337
Eichholz Henry... 1332

EiseleC 1334

Ellis Frank M 1318

Ernst Henry &Son.l332

Ernest W H 1338

Felthousen J E ...1333

Fiok & Faber 1333

Finley Lawn Kake

Co 1337

Fisher Peter 1329

Floral Exchange... 1331
FIoridaNaturalPro-

duct Co 1335

Ford Bros 1319

Foster Lucius H 1333

Frjer E 1321

Guriienine Co 1326

Gardeners Chroncle II

(jarland Krank 1321

Garland Geo M 1339

Geiger Geo B 1328

Geller Sigmund .... 1315

Ghormley Wm 1319

UibbonH H W Co... 1338

(Jlblin A Co 1339

Good & R eseCo...l327
GuUett W H <S Sonsl3Jl
Gunther Wm H ...1319
(iurney Heater Co. . 1340
Buttm n Alex J... 1319
Hagenburger Carl . .1329

HailAss'n 13i9

Hancock G& Sou.. 1328

Hansen Chris 1331

Harrer Geo 1328

Hart R 1 13W

Hartnian Mlg Co.. Ill
Heacocit Joseph — 1331

Heiss J B 1330

Uennecke C Go 1888

Herasdaen MIg Co. IV

Herr Albert M . 1326 1332

Herron Dana R 1338

Herrmann A 133^

Hews AH&C0....1336

Hiianger Bros 1337

Hill The EG Co.... I

Hippard E Ill

Hitohin s & Co.... IV
Hol'onifeHunkel Co 1316

Hooker H M Co 1.340

Horan Edw C 1319

Hort * dv II

Hose Conneot'n Co. 1337

Hurafeld C 1332

Hunt EH 1317

Invalid Appl'ce Co. Ill
Irvine Jobn& Sons. 1332
Jackson Edw H....1333
Jacobs S& Sons.... 1338

Jennings E B 1332

Jennings Bros Ill

Johnson & .StoKe8..13iO
Kalamazoo Nursery

& Floral Co .1332

Kasting W F 1318

Kay Wra H Co.... 1336

Keller Bros 1336

Keller Geo & Son... 1336

Kellogg Geo M 1316

Kennicott Bros Co.. 1321
Kentucky Tobacco

Produce Co 1336

KervanCoThe 1316

Kift Joseph & Son.. 1335

Kinney L F 1333

Kohr A F 1336

Kramer I N & Sons.1330
Kroeschell Bros Co. IV

Kuehn C A 1318

KuhlGeoA 132313261328
Lager AHurrell.... 1322
Lakeview Rose Gar. 1328

LangJulius 1319

LauBJahr AH 1319

Lee R A 1316

Limprecht S J 1319

Lockland Lum Co . . 1338

Long DB 1337

Lonsdale Edwin.. .1330
Lord & BurnhamCo IV

Lucas J Hi. Co 1340

McCarthy N F&Co 1318
McKellar&Wintrsn 1321

MaderPaul 1330

May John N 1323

Willang Frank 1319

Millang A 8altford.l319
Moller's Zeitung — II
Moninger JCCo... 1339
Montana Fertil Co.. 1335
Moon Samuel C . . . . 1322
Moon Wm H Co.... 1322
Morris Floral Co... .1333
Mortensen Stephen. 1323

Moss GeoM 1318

Myers & Co 1340

New Eng Cut Flower

Co 1318

NY Cut Flower Co. 1319
N Y Cut Flower Ex.1319

Niesaen Leo 1318

PalenCoThe II

Pennook Saml S...1318
Pittsburg Cut Flo

Co 1316

Pollworth C C Co

1316 1336

Pritohard J N 1316

Quaker CityMchCo 1339

Rtgan H L 1326

Randall A L 1317

RawlingsE 1 1333

Raynor JI 1319

Regan Print House. II
Reinberg Geo. .1317 1328
Reinberg Peter

1317 1326

Renters J 1331

Rice M& Co 1335

Rider-Ericsson Eng.

Co 1338

R'pperger Geo 1338

Ritter B H 1333

Roa h E 1320

Roche A II

Rodners Ales 11

Roland Thomas... 1321
Rolker A & Sons.... II

Rupp John F 1320

Rustic Mfg Co 1339

Sander & Co 1321

Schillo Adam IV

Schmidt J C 1322

Schwabe C Otto. .. .1328
Scott Robt * Son. . . 1326
Seminole Palra Co 1317

Share Louis 13:15

Shelly J P 1334

Shellroad Green-
house Co 1333

Sheridan W F 1319

Siebrecht & Son. 1333 I
Situations Hi. Wants 1316
Skabcura DipCo. .. 1337
Smith Nath & Sou.. 1333

Smith W L 1833

Smith WJ^T Co.... I

Smith & Young Co 1333

Soltau C 1331

Sprague Smith Co. .1340

Stahf Chas B 1318

Sti-ffrns Emil 1335

Storrs & Harrison

Co 1330

Stearns Lumber Co.l339

Suiberland GA 1318

Swahn Pot Mfg Co.l33B
Swayne Wm — .... 1331
Thorburn J M &Co.l320
Tobacco Warehouse

& Trading Co.... 1335
Traendly ASchenckl319
A'auyhau's Seed

Store 1324 I

Vicks Sons Jas II

Vincent R Jr & Sonl330

Vredenburg & Co.. II
Weatbered'a Sons
Thos 1338 1338 1340 III
Weber H * Sous.... 1326

WeeberADon II

WeiKind A Risch. .1317

Welch Bros 1318

Whilidin Pot Co... .1338

Wietor Bros 1324

Wildpret Bros 11

Wilks S Mfg Co.... Ill
Wilmore W W .... 1330
Wittbold Geo Co.... 1325

Wood Bros.' 1320

Wood Stubbs A Co.l320
Yaies T N A Co.... 1322

Young Jno 1319

Young A Nugent.. .1319

DIED AT 103

-CHEVREUL
We are his disciples io encouraging
tlie use of harmonious combinations
of the most durable and beautiful
colors for house painting. Send
tor sample cards of LUCAS PAINTS.

Let the advertiser know that you take
the Florist. Then he'll know how he
came to %tt your order.

A FLIMSY BOILER

is a poor investment.

THE WEATHERED

will last a lifetime and you
can depend upon it. jt jt ji

Testimonials by the hundred on application to

Thos. W. Weathered's Sons,

4G Marlon St., NEW YORK.

Sprague Smith Go.

PUTE AND WINDOW PUSS

Greenhouse Glass a Specialty

207-209 Randolph Street CHICA60.

PUasg mention thf American Florist when writing.

GURNEY '-400 StHIES"

HOT WATER HEATER.

Western Bell Ins Aicenta,

A Successful Florists' Boiler

Must accomplish certain definite results. You know what
is requiied; so do we, and therefore the Gurnty Heaters are
built so as to produce a maximum of heat from a minimum
consumption of fuel. No matter what the size of your
greenhouse, we can supply a boiler that will heat it as it
ought to be.

Gurney Boilers are constructed on the most approved
ideas, are extremely durable and very economical. Remem-
ber that the QURNEY claims are based on actual achieve-
ments.

Our Qreenhouse Catalogue goes to you for the asking.

GURNEY HEATER MFG. GO.

Niw YORK BRANCH : 74 Fr.nklin St..

Ill FiHh Ave., N. Y. CITY. BOSTON. MA88.

JAHS8 B. CI.OW A SONS, »S«-a%4 Uike St., Chicago, lU.

Myers & Co.

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ESTABLISHED 1849.

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GREENHOUSE ARCHITECTS 1 BUILDERS.

i

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HEATING ENGINEERS.

Greenhouse Iron Bench
Boilers Frames.

"^^^^n^^Hj^:,;

Send for catalogue and latest prices.

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Vol. XVI.

CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, APRIL 20, 1901.

No, 672.

IFtfiiiE Lk^mmmm 1Fil@@i!^

Ctopyright 1901, by American Florist Company.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter.

Published evert Satubdat bt

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,

334 Dearborn St., Chicago.
Eastern Office: 79 Milk St., Boston.

Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $2.00.

Subscriptons accepted only from the trade.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

OITICBRS— Patrick O'Mara, New York, N. Y.,
president; Wm. F. KASTrNO, Buffalo, N. Y., vice-
president; Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk Street,
Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Bbattt, Oil City,
Pa., treasurer. The seventeenth annual meeting
will be held at Buffalo, August 6-10, 1901.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual meeting at New York, March, 1803.
Leonard Baeron, 138 Liberty St., New York,
■eoretary.

THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Annual convention at Indianapolis, February,
1903. Axbsrt M. Hbbr, Lancaster, Fa., secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual meeting at Buffalo, August, 1901. Edwin
Lonsdale. Chestnut Hill, Pa., secretary.

THIS ISSUE 38 PAGES WITH COVER.

CONTENTS.

Notes on garden roses 1341

George Ellw linger (portrait) 1343

Progri'ss at the Pan-American 1342

Twelve best herbaceous plants 1342

Pyrami'lal bays (ill us.) 1343

Carnal ions 1343

—Spring treatment for plants indoors 1343

The Easter trade 1343

The Clara cemetery vase (illus.) 1344

(Jhurchvartl planting (illus.) 1314

Chicag6 1314

Boston 1345

New York 1316

St. Louis 1346

Philadelphia 1346

San Franci co 1346

Buffalo 1^17

Minneapolis 1347

Youogslowu, 1347

Milwaukee 1347

Nitrate of sod.i for lawns 13)K

Greenhouse building 1348

Pan-American cut flower shows 1348

Accommodations at Buffalo 1348

Exact information wanted 1348

Obituary 1318

The seed trade 1354

—Let Secretary Wilson explain 1351

The nursery trade 13i6

Hartford, Conn 13.56

Our pastimes 1368

Cin-innati 1368

Baltimore 1368

Washington 13IW

Ottawa, Ont 1360

Salt Lake Citv 1363

Montreal " 1364

Toronto 1;168

Albany, N. Y 1368

Dallas, Tex 1370

Notes on Garden Roses.

To secure good results with hardy-
roses, and I speak more of those of the
hybrid perpetual class, it is necessary to
begin right, and to do this let us first
turn our attention to the border or bed
where they are to be planted. The soil
most suitable for roses is a rich loam,
preferably of a rather stiff nature. If the
ground is naturally of this sort not so
much preparation will be necessary. The
first and one of the most important
matters is to arrange for perfect drain-
age, for, although roses love plenty of
moisture, !t will not do to have water
stagnant during the fall and winter
months, causing the ground to sour.
The soil should be prepared to a depth
of about two feet, and let me say right
here that there is no danger of its being
too rich.

If the soil is light or gravelly it will be
advantageous to take oflf the top soil,
remove the under soil and, putting back
the top, add more good loam to make
the required depth. The writer is a great
advocate of subsoiling, and while you
have begun you may go a "spit" deeper,
loosening up the subsoil and removing
any stones that may be found. I have
very often seen it the case that a rose bed
would be put in a place where the g">Od
soil naturally was only a few inches
deep, the bottom being gravel or hard-
pan. It is in cases like this that a little
extra work at the start will repay best
in the end. It is here, too, that in
removing the bottom soil you must
insure a perfect drainage, for the nature
of the subsoil may cause the water to
remain in the prepared bed, thus making
it soggy and against success. To enrich
the soil nothing will equal cow manure
because its lasting qualities are what is
required for luxuriant growth during the
summer to ensure better flowers for
another season. Of course there are
many chemical fertilizers that may be
used with advantage and of these possi-
bly pure ground bone is the best.

If the roses are budded or grafted, in
planting see that the roots are put deep
enough to allow the plants to form roots
above the graft, as in many cases the
stock will die out after a few years and
the plant will be on its own roots. Many
varieties do better on their own roots
than on the briar on Manetti and where
plants can be procured on their own
roots, it is generally better to use them,
although this is not the case with all
varieties. If grafted plants are used do
not allow any suckers to come up from

the stock, this weakening the growth
and many times entirely killing out the
plant.

There are many different opinions
regarding pruning. My idea is that
with most varieties the best blooms may
be obtained if the plants are well cut
back, say to six or eight eyes. Prun-
ing may best be done during the last
days of March or early April, as the
location or season will permit. To
secure fine, large blooms nearly all
varieties will require disbudding. This
is something that is generally overlooked
but if once tried I think will be con-
tinued. As soon as the blooming season
is past, comes the time when roses are
very often neglected, and yet it is the
time when a little attention and encour-
agement to the plants will add materially
to the following season's blooms. If the
location will permit, a mulching of good
barnyard manure will be as beneficial as
anything. Plenty of water should be
given at all times during the summer,
and I have seen it the case too often,
especially with the amateur, that in place
of a watering a sprinkling would be
given. The ground should be thoroughly
saturated. In many cases manure may
be given in liquid form. It works won-
ders with the roses grown in the green-
house and is not sauce for the goose
sauce for the gander?

There are so many varieties it is a
hard matter to make a selection, as
every one may have tastes of his own as
to what is the ideal rose. The following
twenty-five varieties are perhaps as use-
ful and hardy sorts as may be found, at
any rate I am sure that when once tried
only a few of them will be discarded:

Alfred Colomb, Anna de Diesbach,
Baroness Rothschild, Beauty of Wal-
tham, Capt. Christy, Clio, Coquette des
Blanches, Countess of Oxford, Duke of
Edinburg, Fisher Holmes, Gen. Jacque-
minot, Gloire Lyonnaise, John Hopper,
Jules Margottin, Mabel Morrison, Mme.
Gabriel Luizet, Mme. Victor Verdier,
Magna Charta, Marie Baumann, Mar-
shall P. Wilder, Merveille de Lyon, Mrs.
John Laing, Paul Neyron, Pride of Wal-
tham, Ulrich Brunner.

There are many of the hybrid tea roses
which are perfectly hardy or, with a
slight winter protection, are very useful
as late summer bloomers. I refer to ^uch
varieties as La France, Duchess of
Albany, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria and
Souvenir du President Camot. In this
vicinity and many others, the varieties
mentioned will stand without winter pro-
tection except a mulching to protect the

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roots, but where winter protection has
to be given possibly as good a way as
any is to bend over the plants and cover
with earth. Many people protect by
tying up with straw but the great
objection to this is that mice harbor in
the straw and gnaw the bark off the
plants.

Now having gone pretty thoroughly
into the details tor the successful grow-
ing of garden roses there is one thing
yet which must not be neglected, and
that is the fighting of insect pests. One
of the most destructive is the rose slug
which appears in the early part of the
season on the under side of the leaves
and if not destroyed will eat them till
they are perforated like lace work.
Spraying or syringing with whale oil
soap or kerosene emulsion will destroy
them readily, but the under side of the
leaves must receive the spray. Then we
have the rose bug, which in some sec-
tions is a destructive little rascal, com-
ing just in time to destroy the best of the
blooms. The only way to destroy these
is to pick or shake them ofi into a pan of
kerosene and water, which soon finishes
them, but although this seems an endless
task, I have not yet found a better
remedy. Is there one?

Again, some seasons in the warm
nights of early summer, comes the June
bug, eating the foliage clean before it.
This, by its thorough destruction of the
leaves, takes all the life and vigor out of
the plants and, besides, there seems to be
no effectual way of destroying them.
There are many more insect and fungous
pests, such as the aphis and mildew, but
simple remedies have been found foi most
of them and, although they are bad

i enough, a continual watching will keep
them in check and secure for the grower

■ an abundance of that flower which
stands justly among all others as the
queen of the garden. John W. Duncan.

George Ellwanger,

Of George Ellwanger, senior member of
the firm of Ellwanger & Barry, whose
latest portrait is reproduced herewith, it
may be said that he won his success by
perseverance, strict attention to business
matters and last, but not least, by a
thorough knowledge of every branch of
horticulture. Mr. Ellwanger was born
in Hepbach, near Stuttgart, Germany,
December 2, 1816, and at the age of four-
teen began his career in one of those old-
time establishments where fruit, orna-
mental trees and shrubs were grown, as
well as a large and complete assortment
of greenhouse plants. Here he acquired
a general knowledge in every department.

The greater part of his spare time, espe-
cially the winter evenings, was occupied
in the study of horticultural books, that
is, after the year's supply of stakes and
labels had been whittled out and all the
strawmats for covering houses and frames
were out of the way. R;ading was his
favorite occupation and he read all the
books that he could get hold of; his fancy
suggested especially the botanical works
on ornamentals and evergreens, on which
he is an authority to-day. After serving his
apprenticeship, a few years were spent in
several places in the vicinity of Stuttgart,
there to improyehis knowledgeand then,
at less than 20 years of age, the desire for
a broader field brought him to the United
States and Rochester, then only a small
city. Here he had no difBcuIty in finding
employment at the old Reynold green-
houses, which none of us remember now.

Not very long after the Mount Hope
nurseries were started on five acres of

land, where the office building is located
now. Everything was prospering satis-
factorily, when the greenhouses took fire,
destroying all the stock. But this loss did
not discourage the young man and, having
associated with the late Patrick Barry,
rebuilding was begun at once. From
time to time they were able to add to the
acreage of the nurseries as well as to the
area of glass on the original grounds and
after that business increased more rap-
idly, so that in 1856 it was found neces-
sary to create the separate departments
under the direction of a special foreman
for each. The nurseries now have con-
siderably more than a thousand acres
of highly cultivated land planted with
readily salable nursery stock. During
the budding season, for many years Mr
Ellwanger would not allow anyone of

GEORGE ELLWANGER.

the employes to cut a single scion, for he
feared the mistakes which so easily may
occur here; but in late years the selection of
scions has been turned over to the depart-
ment foremen, who have all had good
training.

Mr. Ellwanger is still actively engaged
in business, and not even the smallest
details escape his notice. We are as
likely to find him in the greenhouses, the
office, or miles away in some part of the
nurseries. Personally he is a most pleas-
ant gentleman, always cordial and cheer-
ful and a true and lasting friend to those
who have the fortune to be associated
with him.

Progress at the Pan-American.

April in Buffalo, although it cannot be
called a cold month, is very uncertain
and, unfortunately, this April has been
so far a typical one. A bright, dry April
would have been a great blessing to the
progress of work on the grounds.

The shrubs and herbaceous plants, with
few exceptions, have come through the
winter in good shape and the grass
seeded last year is perfect and slowly
assuming the welcome tints which glad-
den the eye. The thousands of hyacinths,
tulips and narcissi are showing well
above the ground and those in the
exhibit department are bound to make
the music garden a brilliant expanse of

color during the month of May. The
long borders on each side of the grand
basin, containing a quarter of a million
bulbs, are also showing up finely. |

The aquatic basins are about complete. |
The one destined for the Victoria regia
will be carefully and thoroughly heated. i
The exotic nymphsas, also for this basin,
are being grown in the conservatories
and are already splendid plants and
growing at a prodigious rate. Many
exhibits of conifers and shrubs will be
here the moment the ground is sufficiently
dry.

The landscape department is still
propagating with all possible speed and
many hundreds of sash are now cover-
ing hot beds that contain hundreds of
thousands of bedding plants to be used
in the courts, at the base of many of the
buildings, in front of the pergolas and in
every available spot where color of
flower and foliage can further embellish.

As I have often had occasion to men- l
tion, this is no White City but a Rain- f
bow City, and the charm and delight of
the coloring of the buildings is beyond
my descriptive powers. Within a few
days the fence dividing the acquired
ground from Delaware Park has been
removed. Buffalo people knew the eflect
of this, but the stranger whose attention
was not drawn to it would have no idea
of the enhancement to the whole exposi-
tion. Here are 150 acres of a true park
the landscape features of which are
unsurpassed. Although electric fount-
ains, electric launches and innumerable
lights throughout the grounds will make
it a fairy scene on summer evenings,
great and beautiful as is the whole design
of the Pan-American, the transition from
the artificial to the natural as you enter
the park is delightful and a feature that
no previous exposition has had the good
fortune to possess. j

The schedule of the classes for the series i
of flower shows which will be held I
throughout the summer is being issued ^
in very neat pamphlet form and all those
who are interested in these exhibitions
who do not receive a copy will be gladly
furnished the same by forwarding their
request to me at the Horticulture Build- '
ing, Pan-American Exposition grounds.
WiLLiA.M Scott.

Twelve Best Herbaceous Plants.

I was greatly interested in the little
controversy between Messrs. Boyd and
Duncan as to the relative value and best
selection of hardy perennials for the
amateur. As I look at it, both selections
are excellent; so is Mr. Egan's list in
Prof Bailey's cyclopedia, but we must
consider that with such a vast number
of good things to draw from, each
individual has his own favorites, and 1
should think that it may be difficult to
find two men who will agree on twelve
or even twenty-five as the most desirable
species of hardy plants. It would be
easier for them to agree on 100 or more
species, but even then there would be
differences of opinion.

I have no corrections to suggest on
either of these lists, though I would have
liked to see a Pyrethrum hybridum
included; any color would have suited
me. Perhaps also a campanula or two, ■
an Aquilegia coerulea, glandulosa or
alpina, the almost perpetually blooming
Achillea Millefolium rubra, some variety
of primula, the stately Lobelia cardinalis
or a hybrid thereof, the bright rose colored
variety of Aster Novic Anglia?, Hemero-
callis flava or H. minor, the early and
late flowering Phlox suffruticosa in some

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variety, the graceful free blooming and
lasting SpirjEa filipendula fl. pi., one or
another of the many dianthuses and
perhaps also the showy, stately Heleninm
autumnale superbum.

As to Coreopsis lanceolata, which is
mentioned in both lists, I can assure the
gentlemen that C. monstrosa, or, as it is
sometimes called, C. grandiflora, is
superior in many respects and much
easier to handle, as it is a true perennial,
forming close mats over the ground sur-
face; it never dies out, like C. lanceolata,
in the most unfavorable winters. All it
requires is a rich soil and a replanting
every second or third year. Old, half-
starved plants will not perfect the large,
well-shaped flowers characteristic of this
variety, nor will such neglected plants
continue to flower until fall, like a
strong newly planted C. lanceolata, but
when not allowed to grow into each
other or spread out so as to cover too
much ground, they will, in my humble
opinion, give better and more lasting
satisfaction than C. lanceolata. It is an
old variety, no new introduction,
though not so well known as C. lanceo-
lata.

The above was not written with a
view to furnish anew list of twelve hardy
plants for the amateur. It would hardly
answer the purpose because, with the
exception of the primula, no early spring
flowering plants are mentioned. The
bulk of bloom would come in at midsea-
son and some would continue until fall,
but all possess the additional value of
being excellent cut flowers, useful to the
amateur as well as the professional. I
miRht have added a few more equally
valuable species of easy culture, but an
amateur or professional beginner, not
acquainted with the subject would be
puzzled, I am afraid, in selecting from
a list much larger than it is now.

J.B. K.

Pyramid Bays.

The bay industry in Belgium is a most
gigantic one. Although bay trees are to
be found in small quantities surrounding
the historical town of Bruges, they are
cultivated by the thousand within ten
minutes of the center, giving employment
to scores of men and women. In the
winter months the visitor would not real-
ize that this is practically the home of
the bay tree, as every grower stores them
away in long sheds, just sufficient heat
being required to keep out the frost. In
April they are removed again to the open,

. syringed and cleaned and by May the
young shoots appear, giving them a
charming, fresh appearance. Our illus-
tration shows a view in Sander's nursery

: at Bruges, from which large exportations

* are made to America.

CARNATIONS.

SPRING TREATMENT FOR PLANTS INDOORS.

Carnation culture in the houses can be
reduced to very simple methods from
now until the end of the season, and
expenses reduced in proportion to the
prices received for the stock. If there are
among your varieties some that are
bringing good prices, these are the ones
to rective special attention, even at the
expense of others that are in the doubtful
column. There are always a few varie-
ties or a few houses, in the larger estab-
lishments, that hardly pay for the atten-
tion needed after Easter and the quicker
these are pulled out the better of! the
grower will be.

Give the varieties that are paying a
mulch of well rotted manure. This will
act as a stimulant and at the same time
help to retain the moisture in the soil.
Moisture in the soil is a very important
element in what might be termed the
spring culture of the carnation, and really
requires more attention than during the
winter months. An over-supply com-
bined with the bright sun and warm
days will produce a soft, grassy growth
and flowers that will be no credit to the
grower. On the other hand, being kept
too dry will result in a stunted growth
and small flowers, so that it is very
important to strike the happy medium
and maintain the good quality and size
of the flowers without the loss of their
keeping power. With the heat cut off
from under the benches and the mulch of
manure on the top, watering need not
take any more of ones time than it does
in midwinter, but will require a little
closer watching, as the top of the ir.ulch
may be dry and yet the soil underneath
be moist.

There are some who question the advis-
ability of turning the heat off the houses
early in the season. There may be some
slight gain by the use of heat and night
ventilation at this period of carnation
culture, but the gain is very Httle and
barely offsets the expense. This applies
to establishments where carnations are
the one thing grown and where the fires
can be dispensed with entirely. Where
there is a mixed lot of stock grown and
the fires required for other plants, then it
will pay to fire on all cool nights for the
carnations as well.

In exclusive carnation establishments,
and their name islegion, firing may be dis-
pensed with as soon as the outside tem-
perature does not go below 34° or even
in occasional cases where the inside tem-
perature does not go below that figure
for more than a few hours, a contingency
which maj' happen at this time of the
year when there is a frost outside during
the early hours of the morning. I have
seen houses of carnations go down to
freezing or even as low as 30'^ between
the hours of five and seven in the morn-

ing and suffer very little; in fact they
seemed to be all the better for it as not even
the open flowers were injured, although
it would be pretty risky to take such
chances unless the plants were exception-
ally strong and healthy. A few bursted
flowers may result from the low night
temperature, but the loss from these is
not enough to pay the coal bills, and the
plants seem to be all the better with a
low night temperature after the bright
days and hot sun.

Shading can soon be given to all of the
houses, especially those containing the
scarlets and most of the pinks, as there
are very few of these sorts that do
not lose color with the bright spring
days. Care must be taken not, to go to
extremes in the way of shading as too
dense a shade will be quite as injurious
as none at all. The first shading should
be applied rather lightly and then a sec-
ond can be given when needed. This
double labor is more than paid for by the
increased vigor of the plants over those
that are shaded heavily at once.

Disbudding and tying need special
attention, as more side buds form at this
seasou of the year than in the winter,
and they seem to detract more from the
quality of the terminal bud than they do
in the winter if left on the stem. Give a
portion of the money saved on coal to
the extra attention and care of your car-
nations and both you and they will be
the gainer. Albert M. Herr.

THE EASTER TRADE.

The following are a number of belated
Easter trade reports:

Fargo, N. D —The volume of Easter
business was far ahead of last year with
prices about the same. Stock of all kinds
was good. Lilies and azaleas sold well.
Prospects bright for spring trade. ♦

Sbattlb, Wash.— Chas. W. Johnson
says that Easter trade increased twenty-
five per cent, with an abundance of
flowering plants, except lilies. Carna-
tions, roses and lilies lead all other lines.

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Speingpibld, Mass. — Mark Aitken
says that the popularity of azaleas at
Easter was a surprise. He accounts for
the decreased calls of Crimson Rambler
by the fact that the plants were not as
good as usual.

Victoria, B. C— Trade was about the
same as last year but prices were some-
what higher. Carnations in particular
commanded one-fourth better rates than
last year. There was a shortage of
stock in every line and everything sold
out cleanly.

Nashua, N. H.— August Gaedeke & Co.
repi/rt that trade was about as last year.
There were enough flowering plants and
a surplus of some lines oi cut flowers.
Trade would have been larger, exceeding
last year, had it not rained continuously
all the week.

Trenton, N. J.— C. Ribsam & Son
report trade twenty-five per cent ahead
of a year ago with prices rather better,
although there were adequate supplies
of all kinds of stock. All the good flower-
ing plants were sold but of cut flowers
roses and carnations were the most in
demand.

MiTCHBLL, S. D.— E. C. Newbury says
trade was thirty per cent greater than a
year ago and prices somewhat higher.
There were ample supplies of plants but
a shortage of cut flowers. Lilies were
most in demand. Since Easter there has
not been the usual reaction and demands
have exceeded supplies right along.

Columbus, Ohio. — Easter trade was
« far ahead of any previous year and prices
were rather better than usual, particu-
larly on carnations. Lilies were plenti-
ful but generally of rather poor quality.
Azaleas had the best sale ever known
here. There was nothing left unsold in
cut flowers, says Albert Knopf.

Vancouver, B. C.^ames Pont says ]
that Easter trade was twenty-five per i
cent ahead of a year ago, with ample '
supply of lilies and other flowering plants.
Carnations and roses were not equal to
demand. Bulbous stock was not readily
salable. The weather has recently been
very cold and the coming spring is much
delayed.

Des Moines, Ia.— W. L. Morris reports
an increase of thirty per cent in Easter
business. Thete were ample supplies in
all lines. Lilies, azaleas and hyacinths
were the most popular plants. All cut
flowers sold well except callas. Stock
was much better than usual at Easter.
The prospects are good for a large trade
in spring plants and bedding stock.

Spokane, Wash. — The latter part of
Easter week was very rainy and dis-
agreeable, otherwise the sales would have
been much greater, but as it was Hoyt
Bros, are able to report an increase of
ten per cent. There were ample supplies
of plants and enough cut flowers except
carnations. Lilies were most in demand,
there being hardly any call for palms and
ferns.

Grand Island, Neb. — Ed. Williams
reports trade about on the usual
Easter level, with stock enough of all
kinds. Cinerarias, spira;as and lilies sold
well but Dutch hyacinths were not in
demand. Roses, carnations, violets, lily
of the valley and bulbous stock sold well
as cut flowers. Trade has been very good
all winter and the prospects are fine for
a good spring trade.

Los Angeles, Cal. — E. Fleur says that
trade was about as usual at Easter but
prices were rather higher. There was a

sufficiency of both plants and cut flowers,
carnations and roses being most in
demand. It was noted that Boston
ferns were not readily salable, but aspara-
gus was in demand. It looks now as
though the summer would be a dry one,
as there has been but very little rain this
winter.

The Clara Cemetery Vase.

One of the handiest devices put upon
the market in recent years is the Clara
cemetery vase shown in the accompany-

THE CLARA CEMETERY VASE.

ing illustration. The vase is the inven-
tion of Mrs. C. W. Pike and is made of
glass, the usual size being about twelve
inches high by four inches in diameter at
the top.

Churchyard Planting.

Ed. Am. Florist:— Herewith you will
find diagram of the front of a churchyard
which I expect to plantthis spring. You
will oblige very much by giving me a few
pointers as I have not had much experi-
ence in decorative planting. The plot of
ground faces southeast and the sunshines
upon it more or less until three o'clock in
the afternoon. E. E.

The churchyard allows very little room
for planting if the elms are permitted to
remain in their present position. My
advice is to remove them to the parking
along the street, placing one on each side
of the lot, outside the sidewalk. Even if
they remain where they are, they are
entirely too close together; the distance
should be nothing less than thirty feet
and fifty feet is far better. I suppose, of
course, that the specimens in question
are the common white elm, Ulmus Ameri-
cana. I suggest the following planting
list:

1. Cydonia Japonica.

2. Berberis Thnnbergii.

3. Ligustrum Ibota.

4. Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora.

5. Clematis Davidiana.

6. Clematis paniculata.

7. Tecoma Thunbergii.

8. AmpeJopsis Veitchii.

9. CercidiphvUum Japonicum.

10. Spirjea Van Houttei.

11. Diervilla rosea.

12. Teas' weeping mulberry.

In this list I have omitted anything of

great size or spread and also such shrubs
as snowballs and lilacs, the latter beinft
too great a temptation to the boys and
girls who visit the church and even to
passersby.

In addition to the list you may add
two or three plants of Clematis Jack-
manni directly under the window, with
a plant or two of Clematis recta in front
of the C. Jackmanni to hide their lower,'
flowerless parts.

In place of Berberis Thunbergii a bor-
der of geraniums one and one-half by ten
feet may be substituted and Clematis
Davidiana maybe replaced by herbaceous
phloxes of purple color. The Clematis
paniculata and Tecoma Thunbergii are
supposed to cover the fence, but if none
exists they may be trailed on common
galvanized wire. James Jensen.

Chicago.

condition of great oveesupplv leaves
sidewalk dealers in possession op
the market. — stocks large and
prices very low — carnations doing
better than roses — muno to open
with large resources — a good dec-
oration. — various notes of varying
interest.

The fakirs have ruled the market this
week; in fact so absolute has been their
reign that there is even talk of a combina-
tion to undertake to regulate the whole-
saling of cut flowers in this city to the sat-
isfaction of the gentry of the streets. It is
said that the Greeks have gone so far in
their organization as to elect John Lam-
bros as president and Charlie Probst as
treasurer, and the air is full of rumors of
boycott, the gentlemen feeling that the
wholesalers do not afford then the con-
sideration to which their importance at
present entitles them. They say that
this week they have sold three-fourths of
the stock which is in this market, and as
a matter of fact, this assertion seems to
have good foundation. There has not
been a time in the last nine months when
American Beauties were as cheap as
within the last ten days, the prevailing
price for even the best long-stemmed
stock being whatever the purchaser
chose to oSer. Selected buds sent out on
shipping orders have commanded not to
exceed $3 per dozen. The cut of tea
roses has been larger than at any time
in xhe previous history of this market ,
and as a general thing the qualities have
been high, but prices have moved in
inverse ratio to the advancement of qual-
ities. The very best stock has been
quoted at $6, but the average will not be
much more than $2 and possibly even
less, for the greater part of each day's
receipts was sold for whatever "the street
men offered. The single exception to this
unsatie factory state of the market is the
condition of carnations, which are hold-
ing up well and are worth more than
roses, for few carnations are sold at less
than $1 and the fancies are still bringing
pretty fair prices. There are more lilies
in market than there were in Easter
week, with very little sale for them, a
condition generally prevailing as to bulb-
ous material. '

On Friday morning trade was reported
as picking up a little and receipts short-
ening because of the few days of cool
weather. Prices were a trifle firmer.
The fakirs' organization has been found
to consist of ten members who are boy-
cotting one grower, but it isn't hurting
his trade any, and all his surplus is
quickly taken up by the Greeks outside
the combination, who go there merely
because the other ten stay away, expect-

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. ing, probably, to be all the more wel-

I come.

I John Mono is laying plans for the open-

' ing of hi8 wholesale house at the comer
of Wabash avenue and Randolph street
as early in May as the room can be made
ready for his occupation. He is expect-
ing to start in with upwards of 300,000
square teet of glass, having secured sev-
eral large consignors. He has 75.000
feet of glass in his own range and has
two growers with equally large places,
Michael Winandy and the Sinner Broth-
ers. Other growers on his stafl will be
Henry Phillip, who is shortly to become
his son-in-law and for whom Jacob
Phillip, the father, is building a range of
60,000 square feet of glass at Rogers
Park. This will be planted to Bride,
Bridesmaid, Meteor and Liberty roses.
Mr. Phillip, senior, is a vegetable grower
with 50,000 square feet of modem green-
houses and it the son's venture is success-
ful, it is not unlikely that the father will
put in cut flowers eventually. Jacob
Phillip, Jr., another son, is building six
modern vegetable houses at Rogers Park.
Chas. Schneider, who is now the sole
proprietor of the Central Floral Co., will
be compelled to remove from Central
Music Hall because of the fact that Mar-
shall Field will tear down that structure
to make room for a new retail store
building. Mr. Schneider has the credit
of havmg put up the finest decoration of
the past season, that at the Chicago Ath-
letic Association upon the occasion of
their German dinner. He transformed
the large gymnasium into a typical Ger-
man beer garden, with trees, white
painted chairs and tables and all com-
plete. Large quantities of green were
required in the work and it is conceded
to have been one of the most unique and
successful decorations put up in this dty
this year.

Matt. Weber has been in charge of the
carnation houses at Peter Reinberg's for
the last two or three months, under
George Collins, who has found the duties
of foremanship in the big establishment
rather more than could be given close
attention by one man. That Mr. Weber
is worthy of the responsibility reposed in
him is shown by the finality of the Rein-
berg cut of carnations at present. There
are none better in the market.

The Poehlmann Bros. Co. has been
organized by the election of John Poehl-
mann as president, Adolph Poehlmann
as vice-president, and August Poehlmann
as secretary and treasurer. They are
planning the erection of three detatched
bouses 23x306 for American Beauties.

Fred. Perry, a grower who has worked
for a number of firmsin this vicinity, was
arrested, April 15, tor having fired two
shots at Mrs. Wm. Springer, at Hinsdale,
with whom he formerly boarded, and
afterwards turned the revolver upon
himself.

■ E. C. Amling has taken the room for-
merly occupied by George Peipgras as an
office, thereby increasing his store room
about 400 square feet and making it one
of the best equipped in the country.

E. E. Pieser says that although prices
are very low, the receipts are so phenom-
enally large that the daily sales at Ken-
nicott's average fully as large as they did
between Christmas and Easter.

Wietor Bros, have begun planting car-
nations in the field this week and the
other growers will soon be at this task.
C. M. Dickinson says that the "old
reliable" business is heavier than ever at
this season and everj body is happy,

PLAN OF CHURCHYARD PLANTING.

Buyers of glass in small quantities are
being asked $6.8:! per box for 16x24
double strength A grade.

Visitors: J. D. Carmody, Evansville,
Ind ; L. W. Wolk, Elpaso, 111.; Geo.
Souster, Elgin, III; Wm. Dittman, New
Castle, Ind.; M. F. Kyle, Kalamazoo,
Mich.

Boston.

DULL PBBIOD SDCCEBDS THE ACTIVITIES
OF EASTER. — GROWERS BUSY BtJTWHOLB-
SALERS AND CITY RETAILERS HAVE
LITTLE TO DO. — PRICES AVERAGE LOW.
—FLORICULTURE AS A PURSUIT FOE
WOMEN. — PLANS OF HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY. — VARIOUS MATTERS OF LOCAL
INTEREST.

Florists are complaining of dull times
since Easter, that is the city florists. The
out-of-town retailers have plenty to
occupy their minds in the preparations
for spring planting and other seasonable
work that keepsthem good natured even
when nobody wants to buy roses or
violets, and the growers are busy filling
the vacant lily houses with spring bed-
ding plants, astilbes and stocks for
Memorial day, and similar diversions.
But for the city people, and more espe-
cially the wholesale cut flower men, it is
exasperatingly slow. The retailers have
had more or less wedding and engage-
ment affairs since Easter, but they have
managed to make the odds and ends of
plants left over from the Easter sales fit
into many an emergency, and these
remnants are not abandoned as revenue
getters until there is nothing left but the
pot and the stump. Weatlier has been
none too good for the street dealers and
so, with a heavy crop coming in every
morning, the wholesalers have been kept
on the anxious seat. Carnations still
maintain their lead as quick sellers, but
at reduced values. Roses, on the other
hand, accumulate rapidly and are sold
at very low figures when a customer for
a good quantity heaves in sight. The
only light-hearted rose grower encoun-
tered this week was E M. Wood. "Now,
I'm getting $4 a dozen for some of my
Libertys," ne said, "but I tell you they're

corkers," and he tried to reach his hand
up high enough to show the exact length
of stem, not having a cane on which to
indicate it, as his friend J. H. Taylor is
wont to do. Lilies are pretty well cleaned
up and white carnations being in short
supply white flowers of all kinds are
moving more readily than those that are
colored. This helps the Bride somewhat
but does not clean up the stock by any
means.

Somebody signing the name of Martha
Taft Wentworth is out with an article
in the Boston Herald telling women how
to grow rich as florists and representing
that "to-day hundreds of women are
making comfortable incomes from pieces
of ground which used to run to waste."
In "flower raising as a business" this
amusing contributor agrees that "the
work may be monotonous, but it cer-
tainly is fascinating," and further "that
the services of a boy are absolutely neces-
sary, but the cost is small since he is not
expected to workfor manyhours a day."
Lots of boys are longing for just such
snaps. How many dozen can yon place,
Martha?

Much interest is being developed in
relation to the great opening exhibition
which is to be held in the new Horticul-
tural Building on May 29 and succeed-
ing days. The display of rhododendrons
and azaleas on that occasion is expected
to eclipse all previous attempts and the
orchids, which are to occupy the small
exhibition hall exclusively, will make a
superb show. Preparations are now in
active progress for the vacating of the
old Horticultural Hall by the society and
tenants and on May 1 demolition of the
building will commence. The books and
papers in the library are being stored in
a room in the Tremont building tempor-
arily until the new quarters are in readi-
ness to receive them.

Recent visitors in town h ive been E.
A. Mosely, Washington, D. C ; 9. D.
Shaw, Holyoke, Mass.; Winfried Rolker
and W. Hagemann, New York city; also
a little army of Dutchmen whose names
in print look as though lightning had
struck the page and whose faces, after
they had canvassed Boston and surround-

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iog hamlet8 for forcing bulb orders,
looked as though something even worse
than lightning had struck them.

N. F. McCarthy & Co.'s opening
auction sale on April 12 was a record
breaker and the quality of the conifers
and other evergreens seen at that and
the succeeding Tuesday and Friday sales
has never been equaled here.

On Saturday, April 13, August Rolker
& Sons exhibited two plants of the new
double Easter flowering Azalea Haerensi-
ana at Horticultural Hall, which were
much admired for their fine flowers.

The ball committee of the Gardeners'
and Florists' Clob had a meeting this
week and progress is being made on the
preliminary work of preparing for a
notable event next November.

The Boston Cut Flower Company had
a big vacant store on Bromfield street
for a special Easter branch and disposed
of a large quantity of flowering plants
at popular prices.

Rhododendrons give evidence in dead
stalks and brown leaves of havirg passed
through the hardest winter for many
years. The damage is general in this
neighborhood.

W. W. Lunt, chairman of the plant
committee of the horticultural society,
was seriously injured by a fall one day
last week.

Frank Furrett was fined $10 in the
Cambridge police court on April 4 for
stealing flowers from his employer, W.
A. Bock.

Ingram & Lynesare cherishing a hand-
some pink pport which has occurred on
carnation G. H. Crane.
, P. Welch is modestly receiving con-
gratulations of f'-iends on the birth of
another son, April 10.

Jas. Rough contemplates taking a trip
to Europe next [une.

New York.

LITTLE ACTIVITY IN THE CUT FLOWER
MABKBT — SURPLUS ISLAROB AND VALUES
TENDING DOWNWARD -CARNATMNS FALL
FRC.M THEIR HIGH ESTATE. — VARIOUS
NOTES OF LOCAL INTEREST.

In the cut flower market general con-
ditions have not changed any since last
week. The dimensions of the surplus are
as large it not larger and the few society
evfnts that have occurred have made but
little impression on it, while values have
pursued the downward course usual at
this time of the year. Retailers and the
street men have the wholesale market
completely at their mercy except in the
case ol a few specialties and "they're not
doin' atingtoit." Of roses the supplv
is especially large, and this is true of all
varieties and grades, although the lower
grades are in greatest proportion.
"Extras" and "sptcials" are not heavy
in comparison, but the limited demand
of the past week has caused prices to
give way, nevertheless. The variable
weather of the past two weeks has left
its imoress on Bridesmaid, which has lost
in color pnd decreased in average size.
American Beauty, Ulrich Brunner and
Jacqueminot are all being received in
large quantities and are disposed of at
prices that shrink from day to day

Carnations are not doing as well as
they did last week, as they are now
increased in abundance and lower figures
prevail The close picking of violets for
Easter limited the product for a time but
they are now coming al'>ng aga'n and
find the demand slow. Belated Harrisii
and longiflorum lilies are mfeting with a
cool reception and buyers get them at
their own figures. DaSodils and tulips

are at least selling, although the prices
are low — which could not be said of them
last week Of the few things that are
selling well Moss roses and smilax may
be mentioned. The former bring $2 a
bunch and are well worth it, for they are
the prettiest thing in the flower line in
this market. Smilax brings from 20
cents to 25 cents a string sluA they are
poor strings at that.

Amonc the impending changes in the
retail trade it is said that Warendorfl is
going with Fltishman, Brower is to
move across to the other side of Broad-
way and Linsdale will sell out on account
of his health. Siebrecht & Son's hand-
some new store in the Windsor Arcade is
nearly ready for occupancy.

The Hortioultura' Society of New York
will hold a fine exhibition at the Botani-
cal Garden on May 8 and 9. The prize
schedule can be obtained from Secretary
Leonard Barron.

St. Louis.

TRADE SLACKS OFF AFTER EASTER —
PRICES ON THE DECLINE —LARGE SUP-
PLIES OF STOCK EXCEPT GREENS. —
DOINGS AT THE CLUB MEETING. — MANY
ESSAYS FOR NEXT MONTH.

Business has fallen off slightly during
the past week and prices are on the
decline. American Beauties have hardly
any sale, and at the most bring $3 per
dozen for the very btst. Roses bring
from 6 cents apiece for very select stucs
to $10 per thousand if taken as they
come, the market being overstocked
with them. Carnations bring from $1
to $4 per hundred. Very few Lawsims
are cotniiPg in now, the best being
Marquis, Crane and White Cloud C A
Kuehn has had a fine vase of the new
carnation, Mrs. Nelson, on exhibition at
his store this week Mr. Gross, of Kirk-
wood, is sending in some very fine violets
but prices are generally low Lily of the
valley is of the very best and just about
enough to supply the market There is
a large amount of bulbous stock sent in
that cannot be sold and is therefore
dumped. Easter lilies and callas bring
from 8 cents to 10 cents, and quite a
number are being sent in. Adiantum and
asparagus are very scarce just at present.

The monthly meeting of the St. Louis
Florists' Club was held Thursday, April
11, but only ten members were present.
Mr. Beneke asked to be excused from
serving on the show committee and the
president appointed Emil Schrav as his
successor and made Mr. Meinhardt chair-
man of the committee. Several items of
interest were settled and as there were
no essays to be read the meeting
adj urned. The next meeti'-g will be
held on May 9, when Max Hcrz'g will
tell us how to plant and grow sweet
peas and Rudolph J. Mohr will tell what
he knows about oichids from a commer-
cial standpoint. There will also be
papers by Messrs. Beyer, Guy and Bern-
ing. R.J. M.

Philadelphia.

TRADE MOVES STEADILY BUT STOCK
■ACCUMULATES — STREET MEN SELL AT
LITTLE PRICES AND POPULAR FAVOR
WANES —CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSES NO
LONGER A NOVELTY.

Business the past week has been mov-
ing along very satisfactorily. There have
been a num^>er of weddings and rv*»-er
entertainments that have helped to keep
down the surplus, but not to the extent
desired, as it has at last become burden-
some and the street men are having a

picnic. Very fair looking mignonette is
sold twenty -four sprays in a bunch at
10 cents per bunch. Shake out the com-
mission and the fakirs' profit as well as
express charges and returns are disas-
trous. Is it worth while to cheapen this
flower by giving it away in this fashion?
Nobody is benefited and the market is
spoiled. The southern daflodils have
entirely ruined the market for these '
flowers here. They c ime in first-class
shape, in bunches of twenty-five, and are
sold at any old price from $3 to $20 per
thousand, very few, however, at the lat-
ter price. The streets have been yellow
with them.since Easter and now people
do not seem to want them at all. Paper
White narcissi are also sold for $2.50 per
thousand and retailed on the street at
10 cents per bunch of twenty-five sprays.
Carnations are about the only item that
seems to hold up; they bring $2 for any-
thing worth havirg, with the fancies at
from $3 to $5 Beauties have broken
badly; $3 is high for the best, with $1.50
often doing the trick for the same stock.

What was said by aretailer and quoted
by Mr. Watson in his "salad" of last
week in reference to Crimson Rambler
being a "dead duck" is in a measure true.
They do not begin to be the novelty they
were two seasons ago. They are a big,
showy plant but a well flowered azalea
or trim hydrangea seems to have the
preference. The Boston market, it seems,
is also treating them coldly and they are
noted among the left-over stock. As a
matter of fact some of the largest grow-
ers of these roses in this city sent wagon
loads of them onto the street and sold
them on Saturday for what they would
bring, which in many cases was not half
the wholesale price.

We notice that "D. R.,"contributingto
a conteiiporary, speaks of a too great
diflerence between the wholesale and
retail prices of certain plants. To a man
like "D R." who stands in the middle of
the road with nothing to carry, the
reward may seem generous, but if he
would like to get in the race he will no
duubt find abundant opportunitie" and
get a chance to "figure" out profits
galore. K.

San Francisco.

UPS AND DOWNS OFTRADE.-gUIBT BEFORE
THB STORM OF EASTER ORDERS.— STOCK
ABUNDANT AND PRICES NOT HIGH — CAR-
NATIONS OCCUPY THE CENTER OF THE
STAGE — NOTES OF THE SUCCESSES OF
THE GROWERS.

For a couple of weeks before Easter
business was at a very low ebb, and
prices were the lowest in the season's
record, carnations being the only thing
that held their own. Easter, however,
brought a very good revival and in most
cases was found to be at least twenty-
five per cent better than a year ago.
There were adiquate supplies in nearly
all lines, with the exception of lilies and'
carnations, the latter being short
because of their popularity and the
former scarce because of the poor results
which had attended the forcing by the
growers this year. Retail, prices were
hardly higher than those which prevailed
during the winter season, good Beauties
retailing at $3 a dozen and tea roses at
50 cent's per dozen. The best carnations
brought the same prices as roses. There
were some very fine Dcutzia gracilis in
6 inch pots which sold well and some
Spiraa Japonica, grown by Ed Schwerin
was eas'ly the very finest thing in the
market.

John O' Hern, of San Mateo, is sending

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in some very fine carnations, there being
nothing better in his stock than The
Maiqnis. The flowers are very large
and fine, but for some reason the color
does not take well here, the most popu-
lar shade being the pink of Mrs. Lawson,
of which Mr. O'Hem will plant a large
hoQse next year.

Severs & Co. are bringing in the best
lily oi the valley at present and it is in
good demand. Their range of carnation
bouses is a eight just now and ot the
many good things growingthere, thtre is
nothing which is better than Hannah
Hobart, the flowers averaging three and
one-half to four inches.

Cauhape Bros, make a specialty of
plants ii pots and have immense quanti-
ties of Nephrolepis exaltata and N. Bos-
toniensis. Three houses are filled with
ferns. Then they have two large houses
planted to carnations and one of smilax
and two houses of miscellaneous stock.

There are bright prospects for the suc-
cess of the Pacific States Floral Congress
and the annual flower show of the Cali-
fornia State Floral Society, May 14 to 18.
GoLDBN Gatb.

Baffalo.

STORT OF VARYING TRADE CONDITIONS —
BASTBR BUSINESS GOOD BOX FLOWERING
PLANTS LEFT ON HAND —ACTIVITIES OF
THE FOLLOWING WEEK AFFORD AN OUT-
LET. — VARIOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST.

With the weather all that one could
wish for, trade has been fair ^ioce Easter.
Those who had plants left from Easter
have disposed of them at fair prices.
Hydrangeas did not sell this year as they
did last, while spiireas were in more
active demand. Azaleas, lilies, Crimson
Ramblers and pans of hyacinths were the
best sellers, azaleas, I think, going fifty
per cent better than last year. Among
the cut flowers ofi^ered at Easter Maiquis,
Lawson and Bradt carnations sold read-
ily at $2 a dozen, while good Daybreak,
Scott, White Cloud and others brought
$1 50. But we must not forget that
while carnations sold at that price good
roses were all that were called for; seconds
found no sale at all. Violets had an
enormous sale but unfortunately the sup-
ply gave out Saturday and all we could
do Was to take orders for Sunday, which
some were afraid to do, but the supply
was large on Sunday. Stock in general
was better than ever before and shows
what progress is being made by the cut
flower growers.

The rtgular meeting of the B F C.was
held on Wednesday evening with a good
attendance, much business of importance
being transacted. It seemed the general
opinion of all that Chairman Adams, of
the committee on accommodations has a
big task, but his assistants are good and
WDat they want is early requests from
intending visitors to the convention.

Prof. Cowell returned last week from
Jamaica alter a five weeks' trip, nicely
tanned and reports a plrasant and profit-
able trip, as he secured many valuable
specimens for the park greenh'iuses.

At Easter Scott had a branch store in
one of the dry goods establishments
which is the first start in this direction.
Buffalo so far has been free from the
Greek and other cheap sellers.

Everjone expects a good trade from
now until June 1, especially for the open-
ing of the Pan-American on May 1.

Palmer and Anderson made deliveries
at Easter with automobiles, which were
a flood advertisement.

Palmer, Rcbstock, Zimmerman, Adams
and Anderson have each had fine window
displays this week.

Visitors: Harry Balsley, Detroit; S. B.
Smiley, Lancaster, N. Y.; R. E. Boettger,
Eggertsville, N. Y. W. A.

Minneapolis.

TRADE LETS DOWN AFTER EASTER. — PRICES
ON A LOW LE YEL^OTTINGS OF INTEREST.

Trade is not so brisk this week. The
retailers all report an exceedingly good
Easter business, larger considerat)ly than
the preceding year. There was a large
sale of potted plants, as well as cut
flowers. Violets, potted and arranged in
baskets, were very popular. Roses and
carnations are now in supply for all with
a much lower price.

H. A. Sauer and Hans Rosacker, who
do business as the East Side Floral
Company, at Seventeenth and Adams
street N E., are about to erect four new
greenhouses, three 20x114 and a head
house 12x50.

Ralph Lathrom has resigned his posi-
tion with E Nagel & Co., and has gone
to Excelsior, where he will spend the
summer on the shores of Lake Miime-
tonka.

R. Wessling has removed to 513
Nicollet avenue, where he has a much
more convenient place in which to carry
on his trade. C. F. R.

Youngstown, O.

BASTBR TRADE THE HBAVIEST ON EBCORD.
— NEW FIRM PROVIDES SPLENDID STOCK
OF FLOWERING PLANTS — PEOPLE TAKE
TO THEM AT ONCE — A PRECEPT FOR
OTHER GROWERS IN PROVINCIAL CITIES.

The first Easter of the twentieth cen-
tury, as well as the first one for Walker
& McLean, proved an eye-opener. Never
in the history ot this progressive city had
there been such a demand for flowers
and blooming plants. Everything sold
readily, from the comparatively inexpen-
sive tulip to the choice American Beauty
rose. To the credit of Walker & McLean
be it said that they were well prepared
to meet all demands with a general stock
that could not possibly have been sur-
passed. Their blooming plants, espe-
cially, were worthy ot note. Disregard-
ing all precedents and remembering that
blooming plants at Easter are much in
demand in the eastern markets, Mr.
Walker put forth his best tff )rts, the
result being as fine and as perfect a col-
lection of azaleas, rhododendrons, genis-
tas and lilies as was seen exhibited in any
large city. Did it pay? Most decidedly.
Everyone bought plants. There is, after
all, a deal in seeing things, and he who
made the assertion that "seeing is believ-
ing" might have also added that "seeing
things means wanting them." To expect
the avrrage man or woman to ask for a
plant without having the slightest idea
of what the plant looks like is, to say the
least, expecting the unusual. Show
them the attractive plant and they will
soon inquire the price and, if within
their means, nine chances to one they
will buy it. Time there was, and
not so long ago, either, when but the
favored few, the so-called society people,
could aSord flowers To-day, thanks to
the efl'orts of our best and most progres-
sive men in the trade, flowers are within
the reach of all The poor mill girl is no
less elated over a bunch of flowers than
is the refined society belle. Why, then,
should not the pot plant become equally
popular outside of our large citie>? It
d'-pends on the florists themselves.
Walker & McLean have demonstrated
beyond a doubt that fine plants can be
easily sold in Youngstown and that the
Youngstown people know a good thing

when they see it, no less than do the
folks of New York, Chicago, Philadel-
phia and Boston.

Business through the season was quite
brisk and encouraging. Between decora-
tive work of one sort or another and
funeral work Mr. McLean has all he can
attend to, while Mr. Walker,in hisnative
element, about the greenhouses at Crabb
Creek, does not complain of ennui either.
Mrs. Walker has left on a visit to Phila-
delphia, where she intends to remain for
five or six weeks.

E. Hippard is rushing things, which
bespeaks a general activity among the
florists this spring He reports a brisk
demand for ventilating machines, while
his new metal gutter is making friends
wherever seen. All told Mr. Hippard is
well pleased with the present business
outlook. NoMis.

Milwaukee.

TRADE ROSTER TO BE INCREASED THIS
SPRING —THREE NEW FIRMS ALREADY
ANNOUNCED.

There will he several new names to add
to the list of Milwaukee florists this
spring. The prosperity which has come
to the several growers and storekeepers
this season is an encouragement toothers
to embark in the business and a number
of accessions to the ranks are expected.
Already three men have concluded their
plans The new establishments are
announced as follows:

August Dettmann will erect three
houses 14x50 teet at 417 Auer avenue.

Emil Sohmitzwill start at 1224 Fourth
street with a house 12x100 feet.

Julius Granmann will built a house
iNxY.'i at 417 Auer avenue.

The C. C. Poll worth Companv has
purchased 80 000 (eet of 2 inch pipe and
is making further preparations for erect-
ing a large addition to the plant they
already occupy, known as the Deuster
place. C. B. W.

Mechanicsville, N. Y — The green-
houses of Young & Brown have been
sold to D. J. Hubbs.

PiTTSFiELD, Mass.— F. I. Drake was
married on Wednesday evening, April 10,
to Miss Grace O. Beebe.

QuiNCY, Mass —Fire at two o'clock on
the morning of April 6 did $1,000 dam-
age at the greenhouses of Danforth
Arnold.

Battle Cebek, Mich —John McCrea
has sold his interest in the business of
McCrae & Cole to Levant Cole for
$6,750.

Aurora, III —George E. Sutphen has
opened a store at 29 Downer place for
the sale of all sorts of seeds, plants and
requisites.

Long Island City, N. Y.— The green-
houses at Astoria, belonging to Wm.
Nurges were damaged by fire on the after-
noon of Sunday, March 31.

Rochester, N. Y.— A Greek flower
pe idler named Peter Ponaretes shot and
killed his partner, George Hoompaotis,
in a quarrel April 10.

West Newbury, Mass.— George Mil-
ton, who has been with Thomas King,
has resigned to resume his old place as
gardener at Atkinson Common. t

Chadro.v, O. — K stock company com-
posed of ladies led by Mrs. O. Pomeroy,
Mrs. L. L. Durfee, Mrs. E A Cook and
Miss E'mie Warner is building a green-
house 20x60 to be in charge of Max
Salomon.

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front pages, regular discounts ap-
plying only to the back pages.
The Advertising Department of the Ahxjucan
Flokist is for Florists, Seedsmen and Nurserymen
and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only
Orders lor leM than one-hall inch space not accepted
Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to
secure insertion in the issue for the following
Saturday. Address

AMERICAN FLORIST OO.^ CHICAGO.

The Pan-American Exposition opens
in ten days.

European stocks of kentias and arau-
carias appear to be pretty well cleaned
tip.

The prices of well grown geraniums of
the best bedding sorts should not be
started too low.

Greenhouse building seems to be pro-
gressing with the usual rapidity despite
the unprecedented high price of glass.

The large stocks of Boston fern which
were in evidence early in the season have
melted away and salable small sizes are
•now hard to find.

We are now receiving the names of
those who intend going to the S. A. F.
convention at Buffalo next August. It
will be to your advantage to send us
your name and address as soon as you
decide upon attending.

Florists are finding profit in carrying
moderate quantities of hardy ornamental
nursery stock and many of those who do
a general greenhouse business are this
spring increasing their facilities by plant-
ing the most called-for varieties of trees
and shrubs.

E. H. D— Your inquiry and answer
are of no interest to our readers and as
you have failed to give your name we are
unable to forward the latter. Many
correspondents make similar errors and
their inquiries, like that of "E. H. D." go
to the waste-basket.

Nitrate of Soda for Lawns.

Ed. Am. Florist:— You will oblige by
stating to what extent nitrate of soda
can be used on lawns to advantage and
how often. D-

In answer to your inquiry of April 3, I
will say that nitrate of soda must be
applied to lawns with caution. When
the fertilizer is too concentrated, the
grass is injured. On the other hand, its
effects are not lasting and it is rather
quickly washed from the soil. The
poisonous effects seem to be due chiefly
to certain impurities in the nitrate of
soda, such as sodium perchlorate. It can
be applied with safety at the rate of
about 400 pounds per acre, but I would
recommend for fertilizing lawns that it
be applied in solution at the rate of one-
half a pound to eight or ten gallons of
water about once a month. This solu-
tion can be sprinkh d upon the grass and
the danger of too great concentration at
any one point is thus avoided.

F. Lamson-Scbibneh.

Greenhouse Building.

New Albany, Ind.— Anders Rasmussen,
carnation house.

Waterville, Me.— H. R. Mitchell & Son,
house 21x110.

Sedamsville, O.— R. Witterstaetter,
two houses.

Madison, N. J.— Lyons & Blake rose
house 18x150; carnation house 10x150.

Champaign, 111.— C. C. Ferdinandsen,
one house.

Dallas, Tex— Texas Seed & Floral Co..
range of houses.

St. Marys, Pa.— St. Marys Greenhouse
Co., two houses 17x100.

Morton Grove, 111.— Poehlmann Bros.
Co., three houses 23x306.

Rogers Park, 111.— Henry Phillip, range
of 60,000 feet. Jacob Phillip, Jr., six
vegetable houses.

San Francisco, Cal.— J. Kessel, two
even span fern houses 17x125.

Pulvers, N. Y.— Wm. Ostrander, one
house.

Wyoma, Mass.— Mr. Southwick, one
house.

Black Hall, Conn.— Mrs. Griswold,
conservatory.

Oswego, N. Y.— D. J. Kimball, one
house.

Pittsfield, Mass.— L. W. Atcheson, four
houses.

East Rochester,' N. H.—E. A. Corson,
one house.

Pan-American Cut Power Shows.

The following are the dates of the cut
flower exhibitions arranged for at the
Pan-American exhibition:

Carnations May 1 to May 8

Tender roses M ay 21 to M uy 25

Paeonirs May 28 to .June 7

Hardy roses June 18 to June 25

Sw-et peas July .3 to Aug. 2

G'adiolus .4ug. 6 to Aug. 17

Astrrs Aug. 27 to Sept. 7

Dahlias Sept. 17 to Sept. 27

Chrysanthemums :...Oct. 22 to Oct. 31

The schedule provides for adequate
representations under each head, and all
sufficiently meritorious displays will
receive a reward. The first will be a
diploma, the next a bronze medal, the
next a silver mtdal, and the highest a
gold medal.

Exhibits will be properly staged where
exhibitors do not personally attend.
Judges will be chosen from the most emi-
nent specialists for the respective dis-
plays. All exhibits must be correctly and
legibly labeled. Exhibits must be pre-
paid to the exposition grounds. The
superintendent will be empowered to
remove any exhibit that is no longer
attractive. A business card not to exceed
9x6 inches may be displayed with each
exhibit.

Copies of a neatly printed pamphlet
containing the full schedule of classes for
each exhibition may be obtained by
addressing Wm. Scott, Assistant Super-
intendent of Horticulture, Bnflalo, N. Y.

Accommodations at Buffalo.

The Buffalo Florists' Club has under-
taken to arrange for the accommodation
of all visitors who expect to attend the
Convention of the S. A. F. in Buffalo.
While it is true that hotel rates will be
higher than usual, there are any number
of apartment houses that have been
fitted out for the accommodation of
Pan-American visitors; also private
houses in the residence portion of th«"«ty,
where rooms can be had for $1 and up
for each person, and in many breakfast
will be served if desired, while other
places will give all meals; the latter
places not so plentiful.

The hotel committee has a list of
houses and hotels with the rates, and
any person or persons wishing to engage
rooms can have same secured in advance
by addressing the chairman of the com-
mittee, W. A. Adams, 479 Main street,
Buffalo, N. Y., stating whether they
want accommodations at hotel, apart-
ment or private house, with or without
breakfast, and the number of persons
desiring accommodations together.

It will be necessary to inform the com-
mittee early, as they have the refusal of
several apartments for the week, where
from 100 to 150 can be accommodated
in one place.

It will be unnecessary to communicate
with the secretary of the S. A. F., as the
executive committee look to the Buffalo
club to accommodate the visitors, which
the hotel committee is willing to do, pro-
viding it is are notified in time.

Street car facilities are excellent, the
restaurants plentiful and rates reason-
able. No one will be overcharged at any
place, and with the above desirable
apartments and private houses, every
one will be taken care of if they notify
the committee in time.

W. A. Adams, Chairman.

A Cactus Curiosity.

We have heard of toads being entombed
in coal measures and in solid seams of
stone for hundreds of years, and have yet
lived on being brought to light, and now
we are told that in the Botanical Gar-
den, Berlin, there is said to be a cactus
which has been growing in a hermetic-
ally sealed glass for seven years. It is
supposed that fungi in the soil germinate,
and in dying supply the cactus with car-
bonic acid. Water may also come from
the decomposition of cellulose. — fournal
of Horticulture.

Exact Information Wanted.

Ed. Am. Florist: — In one of the recent
issues of your valued paper, a subscriber
endeavored to demonstrate of what
assistance our expert growers might be
to the average grower by giving infor-
mation pertaining to a number of point!
now being withheld. For instance, to
my knowledge no grower has ever volun-
teered to state his experience as to the
number of blooms he has averaged per
plant of the diflerent kinds of carnations
and roses for each month of the cutting
season, including the percentage of selects
and inferior blooms.

Being very desirous of gaining this
information, I addressed letters to four
of our most prominent carnation
growers, and received answers from all;
however, but two of the firms give infor-
mation, as to two carnations only. It
does not seem plausible that the origin-
ators of new carnations are not keeping
exact records of the productiveness of
their favorites. Will not some one b:
kind enough to state his experience in
this line? P- ^-

OBITUARY.

MRS. ROBERT CAMERON.

Mrs. Robert Cameron, wife of the
superintendent of the Botanic Garden,
"Cambridge, Mass., died on Sunday, April
14, after a long illness. At a special
meeting of the Gardeners' and Florists'
Club, of Boston, called for the purpose
by President Ewell, resolutions of sym-
pathy were unanimously passed.

jgoi.

The American Florist.

1349

WALTER COWING.

Walter Cowing, of West Roxbury,
Mass., lor many years an active mem-
ber of the Massachnsetts Horticultural
Society and a frequent exhibitor of aqni-
legias, irises and similar garden peren-

■ nials, died on Monday, April 15, of heart

f failure.

Canajohahib, N. Y. — Martin Crowe,
who has for some time been in charge of
the Edwin Yates establishment, will soon
remove to Utica, where he formerly
resided.

SITUATIONS, WANTS, rOR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this bead.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
lor the year 1901 is entitled to a five-line want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year.

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SITUATION WANTED— By good grower of
American Beauty roses o\\ a flrst-class up-to-
date eastern establishment. State terras, etc.
X X. care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By experienced Horist.
as foreman. No 1 rose, carnation, violet
grower specialty. Address

G. Florist, care P. O. Canton. O.

SITUATION WANTED— As working foreman.
No. 1 grower of roses, carnations, violets,
'mums and general stock; 16 years' experience.
Address Beauty, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By first-class grower
of roses, carnations and general stock; 18
years' experience; competent of taking charge;
private or commercial. Address

W, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By a man (Swede)
with more than 30 years' experience in all
branches of the trade; competent to take charge,
^ commercial or private. Please state wages,

A Florist, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED — By good, all-around
florist; age 30, single; good grower of palms,
ferns and pot plants in general; carnations and
'mums. Good propagator; able to take charge.
Address OK, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman, by a first-
class grower of roses, carnations, 'mums,
palms, ferns, etc.; capable of taking entire charge
of a large place and having the work done m a
practical way. Best of references. State terms,
etc. Foreman, 154 La Salle Ave., Chicago.

SITUATION WANTED— By a graduate florist
of the horticultural school of Ghent, Belgium,
with 25 years' experience and 3 years in this coun-
try; understands all branches of the trade; wants
position as head gardener on gentleman's place,
or as florist in horticultural establishmeni. First-
class references. Address E S, care Am. Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— Foreman and grower;
thoroughly up-to-date in every department of
commercial trade; capable of handling men and
carrying on the work in a practical manner.
Best references furnished for east and west. Good
health. South or west preferred. Well acquainted
with climate and soil. Open for engagement
May 1. Hustler, care American Florist.

ANTED — Two American Beauty o;rower8.
Geo. RErNBBRQ, 51 Wabash Ave., Chicago.

VU ANTED — Youn^ man who knows something
' * about rose and carnation growing.

J. M. Gasser Co.. Cleveland, O.

^T'ANTED — Young rqan with some experience
in greenheuse, potting, bedding, etc.

Gift Floral Co., Richmond, Ind.

ANTED— 2000 feet 2-inch pipe and 125 feet

4-inch; also 12x14 inch glass.
St. Marts GflEENHOusE Co., St. Marys, Pa.

W

TT/'ANTED — A young florist for general green-

'' housework; must be good potter. F. Beu,

care E. C. Amling, 34 Randolph St., Chicago.

"WTANTED- A young man with some experience
"' in greenhouse work. State wages with
board. Address MOB, care Am. Florist.

WANTED AT ONCE— \*oung man who under-
'" stands growing roses and something about
carnations. Wages $25 per mouth and board.
H. P. Kleinhans, Easton, Pa.

IVTANTED — Several good rose growers, to take
'' charge of a section. Good place for the
right partu'^.

South Park Floral Co., New Castle, Ind.

"\VANTEI>— First-class growerof roses and gen-
'* eral s'Cik. at once, for commercial place;
German preferred; must be competent and reliable.
Apply to C. S. Foote, Downers Grove, 111.

WANTED AT ONOE— A reliable, competent
'* and sober working foreman, to grow general
cut flowers. Please send references and wages
expected. Address A B, care Am. Florist.

TT/'ANTED— Young man that understands plant-
•' ing and care flowers, cutting grass, etc.;
outside work. Call at

North Cedar Hill Cemetery,

Frankford. Phila., Pa.

TyANTED— Two young men, one good florist
'' and one good assistant; both good workers;
wages $20.00 a month wtth board. Address
Alfred Pahud, Crown Hill Cemetery,

Indianapolis, Ind.

"IVANTED— At once, a reliable florist capable to
' ' take charge of place of 15.000 feet of glass;
must be sober, honest and reli:ible. A steady
place for good man. Wages right. Address

F, care American Florist.

TT/'ANTED— Single young man or young woman
*' for position in retail store near Boston.
Must have had experience and come well recom-
mended. Address H, care W. J. Stewart,

79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.

TTTANTED- We have on our books two firms
*' wanting foremen for ranges of glass from
15,000 to 60,000 square feet, and willing to pay $65
to $75 per month.

Vaughan's Seed Store. Chicago;

WANTED — A first-class rose and carnation
grower to take charge of about 18,000 square
feet of glass. Send references, age. and wages
wanted per month with board, washing and room.
Address Pa, care American Florist.

"\T/'ANTED— A willing, reliable nan with some
'' experience in general greenhouse work;
commercial place. Steady job and a good home.
State experience, reference and wages per month
with board, in first letter. Address

Geo. S. Belding, Middletown, N. \'.

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[/"ANTED— Traveling salesman (age about 30),
' for visiting wholesale florists and nursery-
men for selling European products. Permanent
position for party of good address with Al refer-
ences, intelligent, sober and energetic. State ex-
perience and salary desired. Address

Importer. P. O. Box 2250. New York City.

TyANTED— A Scotchmen, American or English
' ' man as foreman in small place. Must be an
all-around florist, and also familiar with propaga-
tion and plant growing. A man familiar with
greenhouse construction and pipe fitting pre-
ferred. No one addicted to the drink habit need
apply. Send references and state wages expected,
Shersian Nursery Co., Charles City, Iowa.

OR RENT— Greenhouses, 4,5C0 feet of glass,
city water, H acre land. Write

97 Main St., Buflfalo. N. Y.

OR SALE— One hundred and fifty boxes of
16x24 double strength A glass.

L. A. Jennings, New Castle, Ind.

F

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FOR SALE— Greenhouse establishment, 35,000
feet of glass, well stocked. Price a little more
than than one years' sales. Address

Ohio, care American Florist.

FOR SALE— Four greenhouses about 3000 feet
glass with or without dwelling in city of
30,000, opposite cemetery. Address

Michigan' care American Florist.

FOR RENT — A rare chance to lease three violet
houses 125x11 feet, in fine condition. Good
house, six rooms; large barn, with \M of fine land.
Apply Wm. Wincott. Box 500. Babylon, L. I.

FOR RENT CHEAP— Greenhouses, 1500 feet of
glass with barn and living rooms, 2 miles
from city and in a growing town; city water.
Address R. Moeller, 97 Main St., Buffalo. N. Y.

FOR SALE — A greenhouse in town of 5000,
doing good business in and out of town. A
good thing for the right man. Possession at once.
Sickness the cause. Address

L. BucKENDOHF, Norfolk, Neb.

FOR SALE— Five greenhouses one hundred feet
long with all the stock and appurtenances,
etc., to same, in centerof great rose growing town
of New Castle, Ind., at a wonderful bargain.
These houses are right opposite Union Depot.
Must be sold (luick. Address

L. A. Jennings, New Castle, Ind.

"POR SALE OR RENT— Leading florist business
J- in Kansas City. Mo. Two acres ground and
greenhouses of modern equipment. Address
H. Probst, 1180 Broadway.' New York, City.

■CiOR SALE— Ten greenhouses, about 22,030 feet
J- of glass, mostly 16x24 glass, heated by hot
water. Large brick coal cellars, will hold four
cars of coai. The greenhouses are built on a
southern slope, and all in good condition, and
planted to roses, carnations and bedding stock,
all fine order. Also all plants for next year's
crops. Two dwellings; one house has six rooms
and basement, and otner ten rooms and basement,
both heated with hot water; separate boilers.
Good city water pressure, and a little less than four
acres of floe land. Close to cemetery; inside city
limits. Fifty miles from- Chicago and thirty-
five miles from Milwaukee. This place must be
seen to be appreciated. Apply to

LEWIS TURNER. Kenosha. Wis.

WANTED !

To express full apprecia-
tion to many applicants for
position. Absence from
home and illness have pre-
vented answering so many, which I regret. Hav-
ing been disappointed in several alleged florists
claiming great but showing little knowledge and
reliability, I desire a competent working foreman.

J. T. WILLIAMSON,

LaRose Gardens, Memphis, Tenn.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paying business, both
local and shipping trade, well stocked and
a good stock coming on. Location the best
for living and growing stock. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, care Am. Florist.

WILLIAM PLUMB

Practical Landscape Architect
and Gardener.

Personal attention given to all necessary
details in correctly forming the grounds of
an estate, whether on a large or small scale.

Planting, Grading, Draining, Road-mak-
ing, etc., guaranteed to be done m a thor-
oughly competent manner.

Plans and estimates furnished. Address

51 West 28th Street. NEW YORK.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY oj

At Nyack, N. Y. A plot 220xJ25
feet, on which are four Rose houses,
100x18x6, each house heated by a
No. t6 Hhchings Boiler; and seven
houses, each about 64x(( ft., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

a33 Mercer St. NEW YORK.

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The American Florist.

April 20,

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed for Ten Cents.

AMERICAN ROSE CO., Washington, P. C.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, *^ioooI'"

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
References: 200 dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park, N. C.

When corresponding with advertlaeri
mention the Ambkican Plobist

Wbol^ale flower/arK^

CmcmuATi, April 18.

Roses, Beauty 20 . 00@35 .00

Bride 4.00® 6.00

Bridesmaid 4.00® 6.00

" Meteor 4.80® 6.00

" Perle 4.00® S.OO

Carnations 1.00® 4.00

Violets .50® .75

Lily of the valley 4.00

Roman, Dutch Hyacinths 2.00® 4.0O

Narcissi 3.00

Daffodils, Tulips 2.00® 4.0O

Harrisii lilies 10.00

Callas 10.00

Asparagus 50.00

, Smilax 12.50®15.00

Adiantum 1 .00

Galax leaves .15

Common ferns .20

St. Louis, April 18.'

Boses, Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00@ 6.00

" Beauty, long, per doz.2. 50® 4.00
" ■' short " .50® 2.00

Perle 3.00® 6.00

" Meteor 4.00® 6.00

Carnations, common 1.00® 2.00

" choice 2.50® 3.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Smilai 15.00®20.00

Adiantum 1.00® 1.25

Galax .15

Violets 20® .30

Narcissi 2.00® 3.00

Romans 2.00

Dutch Hyacinths 3.00® 4.00

Sweet peas 50® .75

Callas 10.00

Harrisii : 10.00

Mn-WAUKKB, April 18.
Roses, Beauty, long, per doz. 3.00® 4.00
" " med. " 1.50® 2.60

" " short " 1.00® 1.26

" Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00® 6.00

" Meteor 4.00® 6.00

" Golden Gate 4.00® 6.00

Perle 4.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary l.OQ® 1.50

" fancy 2.00® 3.00

Adiantum 76® 1.00

Smllax 20.00

Asparagus 65.00

Galax leaves .20

Lily of the Valley 3.00® 4.00

Harrisii 10.00@12.60

Callas 10.00(iul2.60

Tulip, single C.COin; 3.00

Mignonette 8.00

PiTTBBUBs, April 18.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 35.00@40.00

" " extra 2O.00@3O 00

No. 1 10.00®lo.00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00®12.00

" Meteor 4.00® 6 00

Perle 3.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 1.00® 2.00

fancy 2.50® 6.00

Violets 26® .75

Von Sion 2.00® S.OO

Lily of the valley 2.00® 3.00

Mignonette 1. 00® 4.00

Sweet peas 76® 1.60

Tulips 2.00® 4.00

Harrisii 2.00® 8.00

Smilax 15.00@20.00

Adiantum 76® 1.00

Asparagus 35.00@75.00

" Sprengerii 20® .75

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 11.26
Dagger fernp per 1000, 2.00

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J. B. DEflMUD.

51 and 53 Wabash Ave,

CHICAGO.

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CARNATION BLOOMS

Extra Select, from 2 to 4 cents.

SHIPPED DIRECT FROM GREENHOUSES TO ALL POINTS.

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CNIC400 CARN/VTION CO., - Joliet, III. | |]

CUT FLOWERS.

A J, J, J, Shipping orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG CUT FLOWER CO., Ltd.

504
Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
FA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

No. 1 contains 25 lbs $3.50

No. 2 contains 35 lbs 4.50

No. 3 contains 60 lbs 6.00

Brilliant Bronze or Green $1.25 per 1000

Small Green, for Violets 1.00 per 1000

Telephone
798 Madison Sq.

FANCY FERN. DAGGER FERN, ETC.. at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARD, 38 W. 28th St., New York.

Holton AND

Hunkel Co.

_ Wholesale

MILWAIKEE, WIS.

...GEO. M. KELLOGG...

Largeil Grower ol...
in the Weit.

Cut Flowers

Give u. an order and we will please you.

Our GreenhoutM at PLEASANT HILL, MO.
Our Store, 906 Grand Ave.. KANSAS CITY, MO.

lar'l.One DISTANOK 'PHONB AT BITHSB PLAOB

Please mention the Ametica,n Florist when writing.

The Cincinnati
Gut Flower Co.,

c'lNciNNATro. WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

Consignments Solicited.
Special AtteDtion Given to Shipping Orders.

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The American Florist.

1851

WATCn lis GROW!

Our business has been developing rapidly, but steadily,
because we are giving everyone service exactly according to his
needs. Tell us YOUR needs; we can help YOU. We have
just taken in another room and rearranged our store to be able
to handle more business. May we handle youts? Write us
about it, or better yet, come to see us.

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street,

CHICAGO. ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BEAirriEs

Long per doz., $3.00—14.00

Medium •• 1.50—2.50

Short " .75—1.00

Brides, Maids per 100, 4.0O— 6.00

Meteors " 4.00— 6.00

Perles " 3.00— 4. OO

Roses, cood seconds " 3.00 — 3.0O

Carnations, standard sorts.. " 1.50-3.00

Fancy sorts " 3.00—4.00

Callas. Harrisii per dozen, .75 — 1.25

Sweet Peas perlOO, 1.50

Pimsics " .50 — .75

Paper White " 3.00

Tulips " 3.00—4.00

Valley " 3.00—4.00

Violets " .50—1,00

Mignonette per doz. .35 — .50

Asparagus per string .50— .60

Galax, 1000,11; 10,000for J7.50; per 100 .15

Ferns, per lOOO, J3.00 per 100 .30

Adiantum " .75—1.00

Smilax per dozen, 1.50 — 3.00

Prices Subject to Change without Notice.

GEO. REINBERG,

•^rXS.! Cut Flowers

Choice American Beauties.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

61 Wabash Ava.» CHICAQOp ILL.

Bassett&Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

•^•^"^rroiCut Flowers

^ OREENHOUSE8! HINSDALE, ILL.

Poehlmann Bros. Co.

Wholesale Growers of

Cut Flowers

and
Dealers In

All telegraph and teleplione orders

given prompt attention. Oi

Gkbexhouses: Wabash Ave.,

Morton Grove, 111. CHICAQO, ILL.

TRANK GARLAND,

Wliolesale Grower and Siiipper of

...CIT FLOWERS

55-57 Wabash Avenue,

CHICAQO.

Tel. Central 2384.

A. L. RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Waab-
ington St., Chicago.

wnta for ipeolal gnotatloni on Urge ordm.
JVeasg mention the A merican Florist when wt iting

SEMINOLE
PECIALTIES

FRESH GREEN PALM LEAVES,

CROWNS AND BUDS, NEEDLE PINES,

MOSS.

Full line of Prepared Palm Leaves, Fiber and
Accessories. Lowest prices. Most liberal terms.

SEMINOLE PALM CO.,

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

J.H.BUOLONG

37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

—CUT FLOWERS

Roses and

A Specialty GROWER Of

Wbol^ale [[ower/\arK^

CmcAao, April 19.
Roses, Beauty, extra longstems..
30 '•
24 "
20 "
15 "
12 "
" " short '*

" Bride, Bridesmaid

'■ Meteor

Perle

Golden Gate

Carnations

" fancy

Violets

Callas, Harrisii

Lily of the valley

Paper Whites

Daffodils

Tulips

Mignonette 35® .50 doz.

Cattleyas 8.00 doz.

Adiantum

Common ferns per 1,000 3 00

Galax leaves, per 1000 $1.00

Smilax per dozen 1.50® 2.00

Asparagus. ..per dozen 6.00® 8.00

4.00

3.03

2.50

2.00

1.50

l.-OO
,50® .75
4.00® 6.00
4.00® 6.00
3.00® 4.00
6.00®13.00
1.50® 2.00
3.00® 4.00
.50® 1.00
6.00@10.00
3.00® 4.00
3.00® 4.00
2.00® 3.00
3.0O® 4.00

.75® I. CO
.30
.15

WEILAND & RISCH

can save you

money on

Cut
Flowers

We are extensive growers and
have unsurpassed ship-
ping facilities.

WRITE OR TELBQRAPH.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAQO.

E. H. Hunt

THE "OLD RELIABLE" FOR

WHOLESALE-

CUT FLOWERS

Hunt's Flowers
Qo Everywhere

76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

eOO.OOO FEET OF GLASS.
Headquarters for American Beauty.

51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Please mention the American Florist when writing

Benthey &i Co.

F. F. BENTHEY, Manager,

Wholesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street CHICAGO.

"ConsignmeDts solicited..

Wholesale Store, Jl!:r"'

Sell our own -grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors

in quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy

reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both

Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.

Try us.

124 Sixth Street. N.

Minneapolis. Minn.

BRANT & NOE.

American Florist Advts.
Always Sell Stocl^.

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April 20,

April Weddings

Extra fine Valley; choice White Lilacs; long
Beauties in quantity. Very reasonable.

SAMUEL S. PEKNOGK,

OUR NEW HEADQUARTERS

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND,

(Formerly 67 BromHeld Street.)

3-5: H^-wley ®t.

^0ST01«.

are spacious, convenient and centraL
If yoo want the best Boston Flowers
or first-class supplies of any kind we
are prepared to supply you promptly
and satisfactorily. Call and see
for yourself, j* j* j^ .^* j* .^t

TELEPHONE 1270 MAIN.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, » """ToSi'S'ii! Si'l'^l' **'•••'

WELCH BROS., Proprietors.

Also New HDgland Agenta for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.
Acknowledged by all florlata the best In use. Special prices for doz. lots.

Sole Agents for FREYSTEDTS' Immortelle Letters and Emblems,
Block Letters, S2 per 100. Script Letters. S4 per 100.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST 6RADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR.

We Supply the New England Trade

With Highest Grade

ROSES. GflRNflTIONS,
UILY OF THE YflLLEY,

i/|/\| ETC and all flowers the
VIvlsLld Boston market affords.

PRICES RIGHT ahd Packins Propkrlt Doke.

. N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

TeL734.nd64. 84 Hiwley St., BOSTON.

PUase mention the American Florist jnhen jtititing.

Frank IM. Ellis.

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIG NMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale florist

n22 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Please mention the A merica n Florist when writing.

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

nS2 PINE STREET.

— — " LOUIS, MO.

^nA complete li ne of Wire Deslgna.

Desirable Advertising Space

Tn Dfint en the walls
..•• lU nSIII of the

BOSTON FLOWER MARKET

Effective. Profitable. Address

GEO. CflRTWRIGHT, Secretary, 1 Park St., BOSTON.

Wbol^ale flower/\arK^

Boston, April 17.

Roses, Beauty, extra l.=i.00@20.00

medium 8.00@12.00

culls 3.00® 5.00

Bride, Bridespiaid, Meteor. 3.00® 5.00

" extra 6.00® 8.00

Carnations 1 .CO® 2.00

extra 2.00® 3.00

Roman hyacinths 75® 1.50

Lily of the valley 1 .00® 8.00

Mignonette 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissi 1.00® 2.00

Violets 15® .50

Von Sion 1.00@1.50

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax 12.00@18.00

Asparagus 50.00

" Sprengerii, .20® .35 per bunch
Philadelphia, April 17.

Roses, Tea 3.00® 8.00

" extra 8.00@10.00

Beauty, extra 15.00@35.00

firsts 8.00®15.00

Carnations 1.50® 2.00

fancy 3.00® 5.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Violets 50® 1. 00

Asparagus 35.00®50.00

Smilax 15.00@20.00

Adiantum 1 .00

Bditalo, April 18.

Roses, Beauty 15.00@26.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4.00® 8.00

Carnations 1.00® 3.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Smilax 16 .00®20 00

Adiantum 1 .00® 1 .50

Asparagus 50.00@75.00

Violets .60

Harrisii I2.00@16.00

Open day
and night.

Roses. Carnations and all kinds of
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

llfU r VICTIIIR Wholesale Com-
IVnil ■■ Undlinil) mission Florlst.

481 Washington St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Also Dealer In Florists' Supplies & Wire Designs.

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1604

Ludlow Street,
Philadelphia....

Phone 1-42-69-A.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS.

^^giSS^^^MD. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Conslgnmentt ol Choice Valley and Roies lOliciM.

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long Dlstsnoe 'Phone 1-41-28 D.

Conslgninents ol Roses, Cirnations, Violett sollolli I.

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wholesale Florist,

27 S. nth St.. Telephone 63-e4, PHILADELPBU.

omen by mall, telesrsph or telephone wlU
receive prompt attention.

Consignments of good stock sollolted.

SHIPPING UBELS tss

•Cut Flowers

Printed in two colors on gummed
paper; your card, etc.. In black and
leaf adopted by the S. .A. F. in red.
Very attractive. Price per 600, $2.85;
per 1000, (4.60. Send for samples

CUCTKO or THIS UAT. POSTPAID. $1.25.

American

Florist Co.,

CHICAQO.

The new ENGLAND CUT FLOWER CO,

Consignments
Solicited.

TELEPHONE 907 MAIN.

Carries a foil supply of choice Roses, all varieties;
Carnations, Violets, Bulb Flowers, Wire Desigfns,
Baskets, Sheaves, etc. Lowest Wholesale Prices on
ever'ything. Write for Prices or call and see us.

3 Ordway Place,

BOSTON, MASS.

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TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

r^ily o:g tla-e "VeiHey.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1098 MadUon Sqoare.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

42 West 28th Street,
NEW YORK.

SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, all leading varieties, also rare novelties.
Shippino a Specialty. .WPrioe list on application.

TELEPHONE 206B MAOISON SQUARE.

Walter I Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ^

Telephone 902 Madison Square.

39 West 28th St., NEW YORK.

William Qhormley,

Wholesale riorlst,

57 West asth Street,

KEW YORK CITT,

Receives daUy the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley, and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
Madison Square.

SHIPPING ORDERS

Qiven Special Attention.

JOHN YOUNG

Has the best BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY in New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO. ^
All Choice Flowers dally.

61 West 28tli St., NEW YORK.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE KECOCNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

. GROWERS and BUYERS make a note of tbii. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

. : . . 3D West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 551 Madison Bqnare.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,

408 E. 34tli Str««t,

C«l FItwtr Exchinge. NEW YORK.

Telephone 299 Madlaon Square.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-412 E. 34th St. Near Ferry.
Open for Cnt Flower Sales at 6 o'olook
Every Morning

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON, Secretory.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

»i Goi Flowers

All orders receive most carelul attention.
TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA.

Six piizea American Rose society, New York City.

It is good business policy
to mention the

.^AMERICAN riORIST

when you write to an advertiser.

Choice Carnations.

Seiected Roses.

Traendly&Schenck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut riower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq.

Wbol^ale power/arK^

Nbw York, April 17.

: Roses, Beauty, select 10.00@20.00

" " medium 5.00® 8.00

" culls 1.00@ 3.00

" Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor .60® 3.00
med'm 3 00® 4.00
select.. 5.00® 8.00

Brunners 4.00ffll2.00

Carnations 1.00® 2.00

fancy 3.00® 4.00

Lily otthe valley 1.50® 2.50

Smilax I5.00®25.00

Asparagus 35.00@50.00

" Sprengerii, perdoz. bun. 2.00@3.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Violets 25® .50

Harrisii lilies 2.00® 4.00

Mignonette 1.00® 2.00

Paper White narcissi 1.00® 1.50

R. hyacinths. Jonquils, Preesias, .50® 1.50

Tulips, Von Sion narcissi 1.00® 2.00

Cattleyas 35.00@50.00

MMim & SALTFORD,

Wholesale Commission Dealers in

CUT FLOWERS

50 West 39th St., NEW YORK.

Telephone 1304 Madison Square.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

GROWERS and FLOWER BUYERS.
Write for Terms and Quotations.

ALEX. J. 6UTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 29tn street, NEW YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

The New York Gut Flower Go.

119 ud 121 West 23d Street,
112 ud 114 West 24th Street,

T»l»phon»733-l8th. NEW YORK.

COM8IQNMENT8 SOLICITED.

Spaelil Attention Olvan to Shipping Ordar*.

FORD BROS.

....Wholesale Florists,

III West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BIG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. 'Phone, 157 Madison Sq.

Julius Lang

53 West 30tb Street. NEW YORK.

Represents the Best Growers of

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Square.

S. J. UMPRECHT,

Wholesale Gommission florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street. MFU/ VnDK

Telepbone U38 Madison Square. I»LTT lUHH.
Conslgrnmenta Solicited.

fl. H. LflNGJfmR,

19 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Controls the best Brooklyn

Cut Flower Trade.
Consignors get the Benefit.

Always mention the

American Florist

when writine sdvertiieri.

Try the new
Flower Commission House

[. B. BRINLEY & CO., new Vr? city.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH GROWERS SOLiaXED.

TeleplTiorae SlOS iwiataisoxx Scaxieir-o.

Now we have

Daffodils,
Tulips,
Sweet Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN.

47 WEST 28th 8T.

Tel. 421
Madison-Square,

NEW YORK.

OUT F LOWERS AT W HOLESALE.

Special in
Roses :

Liberty, Pres. Carnot,
Kalserin, Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

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The American Florist.

April 20,

The gEEt) Tm^e.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

Albert McCullouqh, Pres. ; F. W. Bolgiano,
Vice-Pres.; S. F. Willakd, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Sec'y and Treaa.

Nineteenth annual convention, Rochester, N.
Y.. June 11-13. 1901.

Onion sets are pretty well closed out,
the last going at low prices.

Nbw York.— Wm. A. Cox, of the Cox
Seed Co., left with Mrs. Cox for Cali-
fornia April 16.

Seed peas are being put into the ground
rapidly in the Wisconsin and Michigan
growing districts.

The Plant Seed Company is to have a
three-story addition 13x70 to its ware-
house at Petoskey, Mich.

It is reported that C. P. Braslan, of
San Jose, Cal., will be appointed man-
ager of a well known star and theater
company very soon.

VisiTHD Chicago: E. S. Thompson,
with the Michigan Seed Co., South
Haven, Mich.; John W. Kilev, of San
Jose, Cal.; H. M. Clair, with S. L. Allen
& Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; W. R. Roach,
with Jerome B. Rice Seed Co. , Cambridge,
N. Y.

Miss Phcebe Headwoeth, for many
years connected with Yanghan's Seed
Store at Chicago and New York, died at
her home in Lowell, Mich., April 12.
She had not been at her desk since March
• 1 and was sent home by her physician
lor a summer's rest. The state of her
health was more serious than the attend-
ants supposed and she survived the trip
but a day or two.

The Melon Louse.

Melon growers should consider at this
time of year any steps that they propose
taking for preventing the ravages of the
melon louse during the coming season.
It is too late to do anything after the lice
appear. Their habits are such that no
effective spraying or other general treat-
ment is possible.

Two methods have been suggested
looking toward the prevention of loss.
One consists in thoroughly cleaning up
and plowing the old melon fields now,
if melons are to be planted on the same
land next year. This serves to destroy
many of the insects which pass the win-
ter in the trash and litter of the old melon
field.

Perhaps a better method is to change
the crop on the old field and grow melons
in a new place. If this plan of rotation
is followed, it discourages the insects and
gives them nothing to work on at the
old location and it takes considerable
time for them to find the new one.— Okla-
homa Experiment Station Bulletin.

Let Secretary Wilson Explain.

The directors of the Wholesale Seeds-
men's League, representing all the great
seed houses in the United States, met at
the Astor House, in this city, yesterday
and adopted a resolution declaring that
the Secretary of Agriculture ot the United
States, through the manner in which he
is allowing the contract to be filled for
seeds for free distribution this year, has
brought the seed division of his depart-
ment into disrepute and departed from all
precedents in any department. Back of

this resolution, the seedsmen assert, lie
the following facts:

When the contract for the distribution
of 1901, which is just taking place, was
let the usual stringent specifications were
made. In packages which have already
been sent out all of the important por-
tions of the specifications have been
absolutely ignored. Instead of named
varieties of vegetables the packages are
merely marked "selected variety." In-
stead of the quantities in each being as
required by the specifications almost
every package contains much less. Pack-
ages of cucumber seed were to run 80
to the pound. Those weighed run 104
to the pound. Onion seed, which should
run 96 to the pound, takes 106; peas,
which should run 160 to the bushel, run
304, and sweet cojn packages take 290
to the bushel, where they should take
only 60. Packages marked with the
names of high-priced tobacco seeds con-
tain only cheap vegetable seeds, while
none shows contents such as were called
for by the printed list upon them. Many
contained cheap seeds of varieties not
called for at all under the contract.

"This contract was let for about
$78,000," said the president of the league
yesterday, "and calls for the distribution
of sixteen or seventeen millions of pack-

ages of seeds. Filling the contract as it is
now being filled can be done for one-half
the money, and at a profit. If the same
system ot inspection prevails as up to
this year, some one connected with the
agricultural department must be in col-
lusion with the packers to get the seeds
now being sent out passed. It is a fraud
upon the people and upon the govern-
ment." — New York Journal, April 12,
1901.

Lincoln, Neb.

The past week has been a very disa-
greeable pne and a hard one on stock,
being cloudy and raining most of the
time. But, notwithstanding the weather,
trade has been good both in cut flowers
and plants. Plant trade promise! to be
heavy this spring and every one has a
big stock in fine shape. Some of the
near-by towns that draw on Lincoln for
stock when short, are Hastings, Beatrice,
York, Grand Island, Fremont and
Nebraska City. Reports from all are
satisfactory, every one doing a good
business, which is steadily increasing.
C. H. F.

Pebry, N. Y.— Fred. Eustace, of Pike,
has started in the florist business here.

Johnson & Stokes' SPECIAL BULB OFFER.

line litilbs. 82 (X) [ler 100, $18.00
in excellent condition

BEGONIAS. Tuttprous Rooted, Single, in separate coloi-a. Exe<'[>lion;i
per luOO, Single, Mixed, $1.85>cr ICO; per 1000, J17.U0.

CANNAS, Crozv's, Large Flowering, grown :it our Floraeroft Trial Grounds,
true to name and color. All varieties. Per lOO, 183.00; per ICOO, 125.00.

CANNA ROBUSTA PERFECTA, esceptionallv fine bulbs, $2 00 per lOO, $18.(0 per 1000.

GLADIOLUS. I'hoice Hybrids. No. 1, Fine Bulbs, $I.2o per 100, $10.00 per 1000. No. 2, Fine Mixture, $1.00
per lUO, $7..'j0 per lOTO.

GLOXINIA, It\brida Crassifolia, grown by a specialist, whose bulbs are the finest obtainable; $3.03 per
11,0; per ioOO, $27.00

TUBEROSES, Excelsior Double Pearl. Large sized Bulbs, sure bloomers, and will not fail to give satis-
faction; 63o per 1(jO, $5.00 per 1000; 5000 for $32.50. Fine No. 2 size, 4CC per lOU, $2.25 per 1000.

KENTIA BELMOREANA per paoliet (12 seeds), 15c; per 100 seeds, 65c;

LATANIA BORBONICA " " 10c ' " 50o

ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS ■' " 8Y

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII • 50c

per 1000 seeds, $5.00
•■ 3.60
6.50
3.C0

JOHNSON & STOKES. 217-219 Market St., Philadelphia.

ESTABLISHED r802

THORBURN'S
SEEDS

Tuberoses, Double Pearl, largest size,
per 100, SOc; per 1000, |t5 00.

Finest Mixed Gladioli for Florists, all
colors.

Choice Imported Named Gladioli in great
variety.

SPECIAL PRICE LIST FOR FLORISTS
ON APPLICATION.

J.IVI.THORBURN&CO.

(Late of IS John Street)

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW VORI

GRASS SEEDS.

Kentucky Blue, Orchard, Timothy, Red Top,
Meadow Fescue, Perennial and Italian Rye Grass,
Tall Meadow Oat, Johnson, Bermuda, Creeping
Bent, Wood Meadow and other Domestic and
Imported varieties. CLOVERS — Red, Sah-
ling. Alfalfa, Crimson, White, Alsike, Japan, etc.
WOOD. STUBBS & CO'.S "EVERGREEN" and 'SHADY
GREEN" Lawn Grasses are giving the best satis-
faction everywhere. Put up in packages and
bulk. Special low prices to the trade.

ONION SETS ?^r„f jpoui.

Wholesale prices for present or future deliveries.

WOOD. STUBBS & CO..

The Largest and Best Collectios of Seeds in Ky.,
LOUISVILLE, KY.

XXX SEEDS

CHINESE PRIMROSE — Finest known,
large llowering frin;,'ed, Itri.M-n vars., single and
double, mixed; .500 seeds $1.00; half pkt. 50c.

PANSY. FINEST GIANTS-Extra fine,
the best of the mammoth flowering varieties,
mixed; 4000 seeds, 81.00; half pkt. 50c.

CINERARIA— Choicest large flowering dwarf
vari.'tus, mixed, 1000 seeds, 50c.

PRIMULA Obconica Hybrida- Finest Giant
flowering hybrids, mixed, grand, 1000 seeds, 50^-'.

JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa,

THE HOME OF PRIMROSES.

lO.COO Narcissus, P. \V. G @ 17.00

16,000 Daffodils (golden candlesticks; jTTi.OO

5,000 .Jonquils (Campernelles) @ 4.0O

Correspondence solicited.

MISSES WILSON, Montgomery, Ala.

SPECIALTIES —

ROSES, from S-lnob pou.

CARNATIONS, for all dellrerr.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
SMILAX.
PnoMlow. BendforUit. VIOLETS.
WOOD BROTHBRa. FISHKIU.. N.Y.

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KENNICOTT BROS. CO.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

And Dealers in
All Kinds of

42 and 44 East Randolph Street.

Florists' Supplies.

CHICAGO, ILL.

McKellar fe Winterson

Wholesale Dealers in Everything for Florists.

Should You Not Receive OUR 1901 CATALOQUE, Write Us for Same.

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Please mention the A nterica n Florist 7t'hen writing.

Bedding Plants

CHEAP
FOR CASH.

POTTED PLANTS CHEAPER TH»N
ROOTED CUTTINGS.

SALVIA Splendens and Bonfire.

LOBELIA— Dwarf Blue. German Ivy, Heliotrope,

Othonna (Vase Plant), Paris Daisy, white, all

Irom 3x3-inch pots, at the low price of $1 00 per

100. All clean, healthv stock.
FEVERFEW-Dwarf Doufa'c Gem. $1.75 per 100.
DOUBLE PETUNIAS— Rooted cuttings, Sl.COperlOO.
CARNATIONS— Rooted cuttiogs. Flora Hill, $1.00

per lOl), $((.00 per 1000; McGowan, 11.00 per 100.

$6.60 per 1000.
ROSES— Hride and Bridesmaid, 2H-inoh, at *3.00

per ICO, $18.00 per 1000.
B. EMS^iriCXV, :Ba1:a^-vrl(i, 111.

AZALEAS, BAY TREES

THE FINEST AND LARGEST
STOCK IN THE WORLD.

SANDER. BRUGES, BELOIUM.

Our Aiieiit, Mr. A. Dimniock, will be oleiised to
reply to anv communications addressed to him at
60 Vesey' Street. New Tork City.

YES!

I HAVE

BOSTON TERNS

PANSIES

WORTH
RAISING

Small Plants All Sold.

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU.

I9» Grant Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

Rooted Cuttings OF THE

NEW AND STANDARD CARNATIONS.

Send for price list.
WM. SWAYNE. Bo:: 236. Kennett Square. Pa.

IT IS NOT...

what you pay for the adver-
tisement but what the adver-
tisement pays you. It pays
to advertise in the American
Florist.

Bench Grown, Fat, and in Fullest Vigor.

Best broad-leaved drooping vaiiety, $4.00 to
$20.00 per 100. Sample doz. 75c to $2,50.

W. A. BOCK,

NORTH CAUBRIDGE, MASS.

2 - Great Glories - 2

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE, SM-ioch

pots, 115.00 per 100.
BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE Nana Com-

pftota, 2!<-inch pots, 115.00 per 100,
This stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease.

THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass.

Orchids! ^

We are headquarters for Orchids in the
United States — imported or established.
Also supplies, such as Peat, Moss and Bas-
kets. Our price list for 1901 now readv.

LAGER & HURRELL, s^mm". n- j-

Orchid Qrow«rt and Importars.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Verbenas. 35 vars., 60j per 100, $.i per UKX) Col-
eus, 30 vars., 60! per 100, $5 per lOOJ. Heliotrope,
14 vars., $1 per 100, $8 per 1000. Ageratums. 3 vars.,
60o per 100, $5 per 1000. Lantanas. 4 vars., $1.35
per 100. Giant Alyssum, tl per 100. Silvias. 3
vars., II per 100. Express prepaid on all R. C.

Verbenas and Heliotropes, 2t^-inch. $2 per 100;
$18 per 1000; stron;; plants. Cash with orders.

8. D. BRANT. CLAY CeNTSR, KaS.

LETTUCE PLANTS

Grand Rapids, fine plants from cold frame,
$1.00 per 1000; 5000 for $4.00.

DAISIES

(Bellis), fine plants, 100, 40c; lOOO, |3.00.

J. C. SOHMIDTj Bristol. Pa.

BUCKBEE'S

Fancy Pansy Plants

Extra fine stocky September plants, trans-
planted and wintered in cold frames, now in
bud :i nd bloom, $1.50 per 100. $10 per 1000.

SEEDLINGS, not transplanted, $3.00 per 1000.

H. W. BICKBEE,

Rocklord Seed Farms, Dnrkfnril III

Forest City Greenhouses. KOtMoru, in.

PANSIES

Cold Frame Plants, in bud and
bloom, 81.50 per 100. No. 1 stock.
Cash with order.

E. B. JENNINGS, Grower of the Finest Pansies,
I>ock Box 254. Southport, Conn.

Wanted

-A few hundred Single
New Life Geraniums.

IOWA SEED COMPANY, Des Moines, Iowa.

C irculation

which

Circulates

The acttial paid circulation of the
American Florist is, we believe, the
largest in its class. The contents
are of real present value and are
preserved for reference. Advertisers
who use regularly our columns estab-
lish permanent business with the best
trade in the United States.

1356

The American Florist.

April 20,

The (Nursery Tr^db.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Theo. J. Smith. Pres. ; N. W. Hale, Vice-Prea. ;
QsoBeE C. Seager. Rochester, N. Y.. Seo'y.

Twenty-sixth annual convention, Niagara Falls,
N. Y., Juneia-14. 1901.

NuBSERYMBN report that the orders for
Crimson Rambler roses are even heavier
than usual this spring.

It is reported that the plantings of
pecan trees in favored sections of the
south have been very heavy during the
past season.

The heavy and continuous rains have
been a source of much inconvenience to
nurseries at Geneva, N. Y., -where orders
are piling up.

A SYNDICATE of California fruit grow-
ers is reported to have contracted with
leading newspapers for $60,000 worth of
advertising for the prune as an article of
diet.

From every section of Georgia come
reports of first class prospects for the
peach crop. Orchards with few excep-
tions have been well cultivated, fertilized
and pruned.

The Shady Hill Nursery Company, of
Boston, has secured 125 acres ot well-
located ground at Bridgewater for nur-
sery purposes, which gives them, includ-
ing their Bedford property, 550 acres
under cultivation. H. Hobbie recently
connected with Bowman & Co., Roches-
ter, N. Y., has been employed to take
(harge of the packing and heeling-in
grounds.

Illinois State College Agricultui'al Interests.

A peculiar condition of afiairs is said
to exist at this state college, although
one not greatly to be wondered at by
those familiar with the results of making
educational institutions dependent on
the whims (or worse) of state legisla-
tures.

It seems that in a spasm of generosity
the legislature erected the finest building
provided by any state for the accommoda-
tion of the agricultural college, and this
being done and the college being burdened
with its maintenance, the legislature lost
interest in the matter and failed to make
any appropriation for furnishings, appa-
ratus or material for use. The results
are that the college must be maintained
entirely upon the small amount received
from the general government, which is
entirely inadequate for properly operat-
ing the college, to say nothing of pur-
chasing equipment.

Two bills have been presented to
remedy this state of afiairs and it is to
be hoped, and should be strongly urged
by the citizens of Illinois, that they be
passed and the college be enabled to
make something other than a whited
sepulchre of its fine building.

Hartford, Conn.

STATE TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE
BUFFALO EXPOSITION. — APPROPRIATIONS
MADE FOR HORTICULTURE AND POMO-
LOGY.— GOOD STOCK ON A PRIVATE
PLACE.— VARIOUS NOTES.

J. Francois Huss, gardener to J. J.
Goodwin, is producing some fine stock in
his new range of houses. Mr. Huss finds
the Liberty rose a poor grower and shy
bloomer. A house of violets was a mass
of white and blue. The kinds grown are
Marie Louise, Swanley White, Lady

Hume Campbell and La France, the last
a fine single, very large and dark purple
in color. A specimen of the old-fashioned
but not often seenchorizema was covered
with its peculiarly colored but handsome
flowers. It seems as though this plant
must be possessed of commercial possi-
bilities. A hundred medium-sized plants,
well grown and trained, in 6-inch pots,
displayed in a florists' show window
would certainly catch the public eye and
probably sell readily at profitable prices.
Considerable space is devoted to the
Anthemis Comtessede Chamboid, yellow
in color, large and very free blooming.
All the standard things usually grown
on a large private place are well repre-
sented here, also many others not often
met with.

The General Assepibly of Connecticut
has made an appropriation of $500 to be
used under the auspices of the Connecti-
cut Horticultural Society to represent
the horticultural interests of the state at
the Pan-American Exposition. Both the
appropriation and the space alloted at
the exposition, 100 square feet, seem
ridiculously small; nevertheless consider-
able energy and thought have already
been expended by volunteer workers in
the matter, and undoubtedly the state
will be as fittingly represented as possible
under the circumstances. The committee
in charge of arrat^ements is as follows:
A. C Sternberg, L. H. Mead, Theodore
Wirth, G. A. Parker, the Rev. Magee
Pratt, W. W. Hunt, S. L. Cheney, T. J.

McRonald and C. M. Rogers. The Rev.
Magee Pratt is secretary of the committee.
Other appropriations have been made for
pomology, agriculture, nursery interests,
etc.

Rainy weather played havoc with the
Easter trade, so that orders fell far below
expectation, and there was grumbling
everywhere. There was a good supply
of almost all kinds of stock, with the ■
exception of carnations, which are still
scarce. G. L. Osbom undoubtedly grows
the finest and largest supply of carna-
tions of anyone in Hartford and sells
most of them at retail.

Anent the much talked of San Jose scale
it may be said that potash whale oil
soap has been used with gratifying
results in Hartford. Some twigs of an
infested peach tree sprayed with this
soap were sent to the Division of Ento-
mology at Washington for examination,
and the report came back that less than
one-half of one per cent of the scales were
left alive.

Growers in Hartford are fighting shy
of Lilium Harrisii, preferring longiflonim,
on account of the susceptibility of the
former to disease. H. J. K.

Newark, N. Y.— The Wayne County
Fruit Growers' Association has been
organized with constitution and by-laws
similar to those of the state society. The
ofiicers are: President, F. L. Reeves, of
Palmyra; secretary, C. E, Clark, of
Newark.

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Hedging

2,000 Beech, European and Purple

Leaved.
3,000 Elms, American and European.

500 Japan Gingko.
2,000 Lindens, American and European.
1,000 Magnolias, in variety.
50,000 Maples, Norway, Sugar, etc.
10,000 OAKS, Pin, Red, Scarlet and

English.
10,000 Oriental Plane, 6 to 12 feet.
75,000 California Privet, 1 and 2 years.

500,000 EVEKGBEENS. Of all sizes, including Hemlocks, Norway, Colorado
Blue, Oriental and Weeping Spruces. Arbor- Vitjes, Retinosporas, Pines in variety,
root pruned and sheared specimens.

Trade List also Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue free on Application.

1,000,000 Shrubs all varieties and sizes.

10,000 Clematis, Paniculata.

10,000 Rosa Wichuralana and hybrids.

5,000 Rosa Multiflora Japonlca.
10,000 Honeysuckle, Hall's, etc.

5,000 Dahlias, whole roots.
100,000 Asparagus, very strong, five

varieties.
25,000 Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and
Kalmias.

THE WM. H. MOON CO.,

Morrisville, Pa,

NORWAY MAPLES

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, William Waiiner Harper, Prop.,

CHESTNUT HILL. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Choicest Fruit and Ornamental Trees.

Shrubs, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds. 40 Acres Hardy Roses. 44 Greenhouses
of Palms, Everbloomlng Roses, Ficus, Ferns, Etc. Correspondence
solicited. Catalogue Free. 47 Years. 1000 Acres.

THE STORRS& HARRISON CO..

Painesvillei Ohio.

Maples s:r

From 1 to 3-inch caliper, also ~ie-
year seedlings. Write for price list

SAMUEL C. IVIOON^

Morrisville, Bucks Co., Pa.

CLEMATIS— 2 years, $2.00 per doz., 12 best kinds.
H. P. ROSES— 2 year, fine dormant plants, own

roots, choice assortment, $1.50 per dozen; $10.00

per 100.

F. A. BALLER, Bloomington, III.

American Florist Advts.

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The American Florist.

18 57

DREER'S

SPECIAL OFFER
. . . OF . . .

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Spike of Dreer's Superb Double
Hollyhock.

HARDY PERENNIALS

Wc arc handling HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS as a leading specialty
and are carrying an immense stock of all the popular varieties, the principal ones
being enumerated below.

For a full and the most complete list offered in this country, see our current
TRADE LIST, which was distributed March 20th.

Varieties marked ' are suitable for cut flowers.

Per
doz.
'Achillea Filipendulina, strong divisions $ .75
" Millefolium Roseum, strong

divisions 60

* " The Pearl, 3-in. pots 60

" Tomentosum, strong divisions, 1.00

Actea Spicata I.OO

Rubra 1.25

Alyssum Sasatile Compactum, strong

dirislons 75

*Antheniis Tinotoria, 2>i-in. pots 60

* " ■• K.hvavi, 2M-inoli

pots 60

* " " Pallida, 2H-in. pots .60
^Anemone .Japonica—

* Alba, 2H[-inch pots 75

* Elegans, 2!i-ineh pots 75

* Lady Ardilaun, 2M-ineh pots 75

* Queen Chttrlotte. 2'4-inch pots 75

«■ Whirlwind, 2H-inch pots 75

Per
100

$6.00

400
400
8.00

6.00

4.00

4.00
4.00

6.01
6,00
6.00
6.00
600
Doz.
'Chrysanthemum JUximum Filiformis, strong divis-
ions $ .75

'Chrysanthemum Maximum Triumph, strong divis-
ions 75

Clematis Davidiana, 1 year old clumps 75

'Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandillora, strong clumps, . , .75

'Delphinium Formosum. light, 1 year o:d 75

Sulphureum, strong, 2 years old 2,00

'Dictamnus Fraxinella, strong plants 1,00

' " " Alba, strong plants 1.2.T

Digitalis, strong plants 1.00

'Doronicum Austriacum, strong divisions 1.00

* " Caucasicum, " " 12^

* " Exoelsum, " " 1,50

'Erigeron Salsuginosus, new, 2^4-inch pots l.PO

SiK'ciosus, strong divisions 75

'Eupatorium C'l^lestinum, 3-inch pots 75

'Gaillardia Grandillora. 4-inch pots 75

Geum (Joccineum fl. pi,, 3-inch pots 75

'Gypsophilla Paniculata, strong, 1 year old 75

'Helenium Autumnale Superba, strong divisions' l.CO

* " Bolauderi. strong divisions 1.00

« •' Grandicephalum Striatum, str. divisions .76

Pumilum, strong divisions 100

♦Helianthus MultiBorus II. pi., 2M-inch pots...

' " " Maximus, strong divisions. .

'Heliopsis Pitchorianus, strong divisions

' ■• Sea ber Major, " '*

Hemerocalis Dumortieri. " "

Fulva, " "

Plava, " ■•

Kwanso fl. pi., strong divisions.

.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.60
.60
■60

Heuchera Alba, 1 year ofd plants 1.00

Hibiscus, Orimsou Eye, strong, 1 year old 75

'Hollyhocks, strong 1 year old plants.

Dreer's Superb Double, in 6 separate colors 1 OT

in choice mixture 75

.Allegheny, in choice mixture 75

Single select, in choice mixture 75

Hypericum Moserianum, strong, 1 year 1.(0

Iris Germanica, 12 choice varieties 75

*' " in choice mixture 60

*,^" Kaempferi, 25 choice varieties 1,60

■ " " in choice mixture 100

'Incarvillea Delavayi, strong llowerini; roots 4,00

Lobelia Cardinalis, strong, 1 year old 60

Syphilitica, strong clumps 76

'Lysimachia Clethroides, strong divisions 75

'Lychnis Chalcedonica Rubra Plena 1,50

' " Vespertina .Vlba, strong clumps 1.25

' Viscaria Splendens, strong clumps 100

Monarda Didyma, 3-inch pots 75

Rosea, strong divisions 75

Fistulosa Alba, strong divisions 75

PapaverOrientalis, 3-inch pots 75

'Paeonia, 12 choice double varieties 1 60

12 choice single varieties 2 50

Tenuitolia 1,25

* ■■ ■' flora plena 2.0O

Per doz. Per ICO
$8.00

Per
doz.

Anthericum Liliastrum , strong I .75

Liliago, strong 75

Aquilegia Chrysantha. strong 75

Alba, btrong 76

" Californian Hybrids, strong 76

Canadensis 75

Asters, 12 choice varieties, strong 1.00

Bocconia Cordata, strong divisions 75

'Boltonia Asteroides, strong divisions 75

* •* Latisquama, strong divisions. , .75

Campanula Carpatica, 3-incb pots 75

" Alba, 3-in, pots.. .75

Pyraraidalis, strong, 1 year

old 1.00

'Caryopteris Mastacanthus, strong, I year

old 1.00

Cassia Marilandica, strong 1 year old. .. .75
'Chrysanthemum, Hardy Pompon, 40 vars..

2V4-inch pots 60

100

J6,00

6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00

8,00
10,00
8,00
8.00
10.00
12.00

6.00
600
6,00
6,00
6.00
8 0D
8. CO
6.00
8 00
6. CO
600
6.00
6.00
6.00
4.00
4.00
4 00
8.00
6.00

8.00
6.C0
6.01
600
8,00
6,00
4.00
10 00
8.00

4 00

6. CO
H.OO
12.C0
10.00
8.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
12. CO
2T00
8.(0
1500

Per
100
,t.5.00
5.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
S.OO
600
6.00
6.00
B.OO
6.00

8.0O

8.C0
6.00

4.00

..oRsni

Tkitoma Pkitzeki.

Pentstemon Barbatus Torreyi, strong divisions $1.00

* " Gloxinioides, 3-inoh pots 1.00 8.00

"Physostegia Virginica, strong divisions 75 6.00

* " " Alba, strong divisions 75 6.00

'Pinks, Hardy, six vareties, strong clumps 75 6.00

*Platycodon .Taponicus fl. pi., strong clumps 1.00 8.00

* " Mariesi, strong clumps 75 6.00

* '* Grandiflorum, strong clumps 75 6.00

•Primula 'Veris Superba (new) 1.25 10.00

" " English Cowslip 60 4.00

" Vulgaris, English Primrose 75 6 OO

'Pyrethrum Dliginosum, strong divisions 1.00 8.C0

•Rudbeckia, Golden Glow, strong divisions 50 4.00

* " Newmani, strong divisions 75 6.00

Per doz. Per 100

•Rudbeckia Purpurea, strong divisions $1.00 $ 8.00

•Scabiosa Caucasica, 3-inch pots 1.00 8.00

* " " Alba, 3-inch pots 1.25 lO.CO

•Statice La ti folia, 1 ^pear old plants 1.00 8.00

•Stokesia Cyanea, 3-inch pots 1.26 10.00

'Thalictrum Aquilegifolium, strong plants 1.25 10.00

.Vtropurpureum, strong plants 1.25 10.00

" Adiantifolia 1.50 12.00

•Tritoma Pfltzeri, strong divisions 1.5iJ 10.00

Uvaria Grandillora strong divisions 1.00 ^ 8.00

•Trollius Europa?us, strong plants 1.00 8.00

•Veronica Longifolia Subsessilis, strong plants 1.50 12.00

Incana, strong plants l.CO 8.00

HENRY A. DREER, c™- Philadelphia, Pa.

1358

The American Florist.

April 20,

Our pasTiMEs.

Announcements of coming contents or other
events of interest to our bowling, shooting and
cycling readers are solicited and will be given
place in this column.

Address all correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St„ Boston, Mass.;
Robt, Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

At UUca.
The following is the record of the Utica
florists in their practice match April 15:

Player 1st 2d 3il 4th 5th Av

Baker 163 179 168 193 169 174

Rowlands 143 159 120 177 160

Spencer 150 126 125 162 155 144

Wilcox 155 126 in 118 170 136

Mathews ....142 93 117

Tomey 76 82 73 84 103 84

Qois.

At Chicago.

The Chicago bowlers have been inactive
since the conclusion of the schedule of
games in the Anson league but a meeting
will be called in a few days to plan a
campaign looking toward the capture of
the national championship at Buflfalo in
August. It is probable that a series of
games will be played, the bowlers mak-
ing the highest averages to compose the
convention team.

At New York.

The "Arlington Tournament, "in which
the New York Florists' Bowling Club has
competed against six of the crack teams
of the city, has been concluded and the
florists' are tied with the Twentieth
< Century Club for first place. This is
practically equivalent to first place, as
the florists had to play one game with
but four men, which set them 'back. They
are elated at their success, which was
beyond their best expectations and
Bufialo is now in their mind's eye.

Cincinnati.

LAST OF THE MONTHLY SHOWS. — A NOTICE-
ABLE FALLING OFF IN INTEREST. — PLANS
FOE CLUB ACTIVITIES.— JOTTINGS HERB
AND THEHE.

The last of the monthly exhibitions of
the Cincinnati Florists' Society took
place on Saturday, April 13, at the clnb
rooms, and potted plants of hydrangeas,
begonias, hybrid roses and cut blooms of
hyacinths, tulips, Lilium Harrisii and
lily of the valley were shown. Henry
Schwarz received first prize on six hybrid
roses and six begonias. Gus. Adrian was
first for three hydrangeas and George &
Allan were first on four vases of hyacinths,
four vases of tulips, LiUum Harrisii and
lily of the valley. Their vases of Har-
risii and lily of the valley were fine, espe-
cially the 100 lily of the valley, which
was very tastefully arranged and meas-
ured fully two feet in diameter. The
writer thinks it would be a very good
idea to cut the April exhibitions out of
the list as there were no more than ;!00
visitors in the hall all afternoon and the
difierent exhibitors are very slow in
responding at the April exhibitions, there-
fore I believe it would be a very wise idea
to add these premiums to the March
exhibition and have that as the last show
and wind up of the season.

At the meeting of the society in the
evening we were honored by the presence
of a committee representing the Fall Fes-
tival Association who came to ask the
society to put a float in the industrial
parade, but the majority of the florists
seem to be against the idea. The matter
of giving a picnic next July was also

brought up at this meeting. Both mat-
ters, pertaining to float and picnic, were
laid over until the next monthly meeting,
on May 11, when we would like to have
all those who can come and give their
views on these subjects. C. J. Jones,
of the Walnut Hills Floral Bazaar, says
there will be a float on the streets in the
fall festival parade if he has to build it
himself, and Frank Ball and Ben George
are going to have that picnic, even if it
rains.

The directors of the Cincinnati Cut
Flower Company, at a meeting on Mon-
day, April 15, declared a dividend of
twenty-six percent. This certainly proves
that business the past year was pretty
good with them and all stockholders
seem satisfied.

There is a rumor afloat that one of our
most prominent retailers intends to give
up his store in the near future, and
devote his entire time and energies to the
growing of cut flowers for the wholesale
market.

Miss Ada Kresken reports the best
Easter trade in the past twenty-seven
years, and also says they have been
exceptionally busv with funeral work.

D.

Baltimore.

EETAILEES REPORT A SATISFACTOHY
BASTEE. — RAIN OUTS DOWN SALES MATE-
RIALLY. — ABOUT LILIES.

Reports from stores average a rather
better Easter than last year. The drizzly,
disagreeable Saturday injured the market
trade very considerably, and forced much
lower prices than most of the growers
expected to get. It was a pity, for the
lilies, spiraas and azaleas were very
good. Cinerarias and geraniums were
rather leggy generally and bore the
marks of forcing, but the bulk of plants
on the stands were very well grown.
No doubt the bad weather shortened the
sales in the stores, for few people care to
take flowers or plants out to the ceme-
teries in rain and storm, and a very
heavy percentage of the sales are usually
for that purpose.

Complaints of Harrisii lilies not com-
ing into bloom early enough are plenti-
ful, and at least one grower had a plenti-
ful supply of longiflorums, while his Har-
risii were all late and weak.

Edw. A. Montgomery has filed a trust
deed to his property, to Jas. W. Long, for
the benefit of his creditors. Mack.

Springfield, III.— David Wirth has
put up a greenhouse 10x120 and a neat
office 23x46.

Colorado City, Col.— Stephen Clark,
gardener for Gen. Palmer, of Glen Eyrie,
will embark in commercial floriculture,
building a range of glass upon five lots
recently purchased.

Peoria, III. — Cole Bros, recently made
twenty funeral pieces and about as many
bouquets for the obsequies of William
Becker, the aggregate value being $500.
One gates ajar was five feet eight inches
high.

Mixed Ferns

FOR FERNERIES.

Five or Six Varieties. Write
GEO. A. KUHL. PEKIN. ILL.

Don't Forget Our Bostons.

Southern Wild Smilax

PfrCOlb. case $3.00

Per 40 lb. case 2.50

Per 30 lb. case 2.00

Express rate 25 per cent less than merchandise
rate. Cases weigh 60, 40 and 30 lbs., but are ship-
ped at 50, 35 an 25 lbs. i;^"Prompt attention to
telegraphic orders. R. A. LEE. SELMA, ALA.

(Formerly of Evergreen, Ala.)
Please mention the A merzcati Ftorist when writing,

WILD SMILAX.
LAUREL ROPING.

THE KERVAN CO..

30 West 29th Street, NEW YORK.

EXTRA
SELECTED

CANNAS

A FEW HUNDRED LEFT OF THE
FOLLOWING CHOICE VARIETIES:

X

Ppnn «vl Vflnifl ^^^ "'^ Hybrid Orchid-Flowering Canna. Bright
r Ctlll^J' 1 Vdllia crimson color, immense flowers, fine green foliage.

A free bloomer. Everyone ought to try it. Price, Potted Plants, $1.00,

postpaid; $10.00 per dozen by express.

Olympia— Bluish purple per 100

Martha Washington— Pink "

Conqueror— Large flowering variety "

Luray — Bright pink. Tremendous bloomer "

Buttercup— Best yellow. Always bright "

Rosemawr — Light rose pink "

Shenandoah— Pink flower, purple foliage "

Black Prince— Deep crimson maroon. Large flowers "

Improved Pillar of Fire— Bright crimson scarlet. Contrasts

splendidly with Alsace in bedding

Qloriosa— Variegated. Enormous spikes "

Philadelphia— Bright crimson. Sheds old flowers. Is always

bright

Duke of Marlborough— Rich maroon. Great bloomer "

Improved Duchess of Marlborough— Bright pink "

Yellow Crozy- Good yellow "

Pres. ricKinley

$10.00
10.00
20.00
10.00
10.00
8.00
10.00
10.00

6.00
6.00

Pres. Cleveland " 4.00

Mile. Berat " 4 00

Florence Vaughan " 4.00

Chas. Henderson " 4 00

Alphonse Bouvier " 3.50

Paul Marquant per 100, $3 50

Allemania " 6.00

Italia " 6.00

Burbank " 4 00

Austria " 3 00

ORDER QVSCY. "-FORE THEY ARE POTTED UP.

THE CONARD & JONES CO., West Grove, Pa.
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The American Florist.

1359

After Easter Clearance Sales. ^Tii^^Z^TX^Jll^TJt'^^

pot it off until you can not get it. We offer good stock of the following articles:

NEPHROLEPIS B08T0NIENSI8.

Size pots. Per IfO

Plumbago Sanguinea, pink flowers 254 $3.00

Palms, Corypha Australis 2H 3.C0

Palms, Areca Lutescens. 3 plants in a pot,

4-in. pots, at $2.(0 per dozen. Per doz.

Palms, Areca Lutesoens, 3 plants in a pot, 3-

inch pots $ .75

Palms, Latania Uorbonica, 3 inch pots 60

Palms, Latania Borbonica, 6-incri pots, 4 to 5

leaves 6. no

Palms, Phoenix Canariensis. 3-inch pots 60

Size pots. Per ICO

Palms, Phoenix Canariensis 2V4 $2.50

Russelias, 3 sorts 2H 2.00

Sanseviera Zeylanica 2>-2 2.00

Swainsonia, white and pinls 2^ 2.50

Stephanotis Floribunda 2^4 3.00

Spiraea Anthony Waterer, the new red

Spiraea 2'i 2.C0

Smilas, per 1000. $12.00 2 1.50

Tuberoses, fine bulbs. $5.00 per 1000.

Verbenas, assorted colors 21-4 1.25

Verbenas, named sorts 2V4 2.00

Vinca Variesata, white and green foliage,
U:^ fine for baskets and vases. We have

20,000 plants to offer; per 1000, $17.50.. 2!4 2.0O

Roses! Roses!

■•We can supply the choicest varieties of Teas and
Hybrid Teas, V/t-va. pots, at $2 per 100. Polvanthas
and Climbers, from 2!4-in. pots at $2 per 100. The
above from 4-inch pots at $8 per 100.

We can supply the following Hybrid Perpetuals
from 2!4-in. pots at $3 per 100. Madame Mas,soii,
Gen. Jacq., Mme. Chas. Wood and Paul Neyron.
These varieties from 4-in. pots at $10 per 100. We
have strong Crimson Rambler from 2H-in. pots at
$250 per lUO and $22.50 per lOOO. Psyche, the new
Rambler, identical with Crimson Rambler, e.xcept
that the flowers are bright pink. The only compan-
ion of Crimson Rambler; 2V4-inch pots at $4 per 100.

Size pots.

Alyssum, sweet 2!4

Ageratums, four sorts VA

Asparagus Sprengerii 2H

Acalypha Sanderii 2i4

Aoalypha Marginata 2V4

Acalj'pha Triumphans 2i4

Aoalypha Tricolor 2'/a

Abutilons, 6 colors 2H

Begonias, flowering varieties, 10 sorts 2'/4

Bougainville:! Sanderiana, fine plants from

214- inch pots, $45.00 per 1000

Caladium Esculentum, strong bulbs

Calla Lilies, blooming bulbs

Calla Alba Maculata, tlie spotted Calla,

large bulbs 2 to 3 inches in diameter

that will bring 4 to 6 blooms

Carex .Taponica, fine for vases 2^

Cannas, 6 leading varieties, fine plants,

well establishPd in pots 2i4

Clerodendron Balfouri 2H

Coleus in best tedding varieties, per 1000,

$18.00 2H

Cyclamen Persicum Gi^anteum 2i4

Draca'na Terminalis, 3-in. pots. $1 per doz.
Draca'ua Indivisa. fine plants, $25 per 1000, 2V4

Ferns, Nephrolepis Esaltata ~y%

Ferns, Nephrolepis Bostoniensis, the Bos-
ton Fern, per 1000. $33.50 214

Ferns, Nepltrolepis Cordata Compacta — 2^

Fuchs'as, double varieties 2H

Fuchsias, single varieties 2H

Geraniums, leading varieties of double and

single, per ICOO, $25.00 2'4

HoneysUL kies. 3 sorts 2V4

Heliorope^. 6 sorts 2V4

Hibiscus, 10 sorts, extra fine plants 3

Hoya Carnosa, Wax Plant, per doz., $1 — 3
Hydrangea Paniculata Graudifiora, 3 to 5

canes about 3 ft. in height

Ivy English 2W

.Jasmine, Maid of Orleans VA

Jasmine, Grand Duke 2', 2

Lemon, Pouderosa, the giant lemon, fruit

weighs 2 to 4 lbs., a great pot plant — 2^4
Lantanas, ^Veeping, fine for baskets and

vases 2^

Lily, Candidum, fine bulbs

Myrtus Communis, sweet German M>r,le, 2^

Orange, Otaheite 2Vi

Orange, Otaheite 3

Primula Obconica 2Vi

Primrose Chinese, white and pink 2i4

Phrynium Variegatuni, elegant foliage — 2^

Per 100
$1.50
1.50
2.50
3.00
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.00
2.60

5.00
3.50
3.00

400

2.,'iO

3.50
2.00

2.00
2.50

SCO
2.00

2.50
2 00
3.00

2.50

3.00
2.00
1.50
4.00

12.00
2.50
3.(0
3.50

6.00

2.(0
4.00
2..W
3.00
4.00
1.50
2.50
2.50

P0NDER03A LEMON.

Our New April Wholesale Catalogue Is just Issued, and will be mailed to all applicants. Write for it today.

The Qood & Reese Co.

The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

-SPRINGFIELD ^ J- OHIO.

1360

The American Florist.

April 20,

Washington.

TRADE GOOD SINCB BASTEE.— MANY SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES. — A LOSS BY FIRE.

Trade has been brisk since Easter and
most of the florists have their hands full
with weddings, dinners and teas. Roses
carnations, violets, lilies and all spring
flowers are plentiful. F. W. Bolgiano
reports a good Easter trade and is quite
Ijusy now. The Standard Floral Com-
pany and John Robertson also did agood
business, both in flowering plants and
cut flowers.

Fire broke out Wednesday night, April
10, in the store of O. A. C Oehmler at
821 Fourteenth street N. W. By the
time the firemen arrived the flames had
gained considerable headway. The build-
ing was damaged about $500 while the
loss on the stock is estimated at $300.
The fire is believed to have been caused
by crossed electric wires. P. G.

Ottawa, Ont.

season's business proves SATISFACTORY.
—BULBOUS STOCK PROFITLESS AT EAS-
TER.— PRICES NOT HIGH.

Charles Scrim reports that there is little
of unusual interest transpiring, although
the season has been a good one and the
Easter trade the best on record. He
estimates that there was at least fifty
per cent more stock sold than usual.
Azaleas were remarkably popular and
roses, lilies and spiraeas also sold well.
Bulbous stock has been fairly profitable
this season, but was over-abundant at
Easter, every comer grocer having more
or less of it to sell at ruinous rates on
Saturday night. There is very little
stock shipped into this city, as the whole-
sale prices in the large centers, are about
on the level with retail prices here. C.

New Britain, Conn.— The greenhouses
of Mrs. S. C. Goodhue were destroyed by
fire one night last week.

Westerville, O. — ^J. F. Sked has again
been given the contract for the season's
floral work in Minerva Park.

Gen. Grant, double, 2H-in. pots, $2.00 per 100;

3-in., t3.E0 per 100.
Fuchsias, double and single, large plants, 3-inch,

»4.0U per lOO.
Pelargoniums, a line assortment, 3-in., $5.60 per 100.
The Marquis Carnation, out o; pots, $4.00 per 100.
Vincas, long vines, 3-incli pots, $4,00 per 100.

GEORGE H. BENEDICT, Yorkville, N. Y.

MY SPECIALTY.

Cyclamen Persicum Splendens Giganteum, finest
strain in the world in four true colors (Septem-
ber sowing) plants transplanted from Hats,
$3.00 per lUO; $25.00 per lUOO. My strain of
Cyclamen has a reputation second to none.
I solicit your patronage and guarantee
satisfaction.

PAUL MADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa.

Palms $ Ferns.

HOME-OROWN, FINK, CLEAN
STOCK; GROWN COOL.

Write tor Price Litt. j. Q. HEISS.
The Exotic Nurseries, DAYTON, OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous
Alpine Plants.

AND

Field-
Grown I

A Complete Assortment of Old and New Vars.

i The Blue mil Nursery, So. Bralntree, Mass.

CORREerONDKNCE SOLICITED.

Crimson Rambler Roses,

A.I«r> OTHBJI* CHOICE STOCIC. Per lOO

2 year, extra strong, budded, 4 foot canes $15.00

I " " '' *' own roots. 4 foot canes liS.OO

i'ink. White and Yellow Ramblers, 2-year, own roots 15.00

American Beauty, 2-year, budded , 15.00

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria 2-yeaF, budded 15.00

Mad. Caroline Testout, budded 15.00

Hermosa, 3-ye8r, e.\tra strong, own roots 15.00

H. P. Roses in 15 best sorts, budded stock 11.00

* " " '' own roots 13.C0

Clematis Jackmanni and other large flowering types, 2-year 25.00

•' " " " " 3-year old, extra strong 30.00

Vmpelopsis Veitchii, extra strong and well branched, Holland grown., 3 to 4 feet 15.00

■• " •• " " 2feet 10.00

Iris Kaempferi,. imported from Japan, strong clumps, in 25 assorted colors 12.00

Dielytra Spectabilis (or Bleeding Heart) extra strong clumps 7.0O

Lily of the Valley clumps, extra strong 20.00

Hydrangea P. G.,' strong 3- year field grown 10.00

WE ARE DELIVERING

Rooted

Cuttings of

and all the other new ones as below :

PROSPERITY

PROSPERITY (666). Each. 60c; 12 for «5.00; 25 for J8.25; 50 for JIO.OO; 100 for $16.00; 250 for
$37.50; 500 for $70.00; 750 for $101.25; 1000 for $13000.

Queen Louise doz., $1.50;

Dorothy " 1-50

Irene " 150

Roosevelt " 2.50

Norway " 1-50

Egypt " 1.50

Bon Homme Richard " 1.50

Guardian Angel

Strong plants transplanted into soil and flats,

grow.

100, $1000; 1000,

" lOOO "

" 10.00 "

■• 12.00 "

" 10.00 "

" lOOO "

" lOOO "

5.00 "

$75.00
75.00
75.00

100.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
40.00

Carnations.

Every one sure to

100 1000

♦Marquis $5.00 $40.00

Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson 7.00 60.00

•Estelle 7.00 6O00

"Ethel Crocker 5.00 40.00

♦Genevieve Lord 5.0O 40.00

♦G.H.Crane 3.00 25.00

♦America 3.00 25.00

♦White Cloud 2.00 17.50

100

♦Flora Hill $1.75

♦Wm. Scott 1.50

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 4.00

Gold Nugget 4.00

Chicago 4.00

Gen. Maceo 3.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00

Daybreak 2.00

Ready April 1st. Each, 60c; doz.

1000

$15.00

12.00

30.00

30.00

30.00

26.00

25.00

15.00

$5.00;

Mrs. Elmer D. Smith, the

THE QBAND NEW

FINK OEBANIUM

New Chrysanthemums. ,00 $3000

best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton, Yanariva.

Jean Viaud. ^ii^\^J""^' *''''■

CannaSi Buy nowl Don't eet left again.

''tti^'-'^il'^" YAU6HANS' SEED STORE, «*"«c"A^??rG"o^""^-

GREENHOUSES. WESTERN SPRINGS, lUL. g

Please Mention Ameiioan Florist.

Dahlias

THOUSANDS.

If you expect to
carry off some of
those prizes at the
Pan-American or at
any othershow.you
must get in line,
and get your order
in early.
My Dahlias are
prize winners. Don't send for a "cheap mixture'
for I don't carry that kind.
Prices reasonable. Catalogue free.

W. W. WILMORE, The Dahlia Specialist,

Box 382, DENVER, COLO.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

TOMATO — Lorillard, Mayflower, Dwarf Cham-
pion, Acme, Stone and other varieties ready tor
transplanting, 15c per 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50
per 10,000. It by mail add 10c per ICO.

EGG PLANT — N.Y. Improved, good size for trans-
planting or potting, 25c per 100; $2.00 per 1000;
$15.00 per 10,000. If by mail add 10c per 100.

PEPPER— Bull Nose, Ruby King, Sweet Mountain

■ and other varieties, ready for transplanting,
25c per 100; $2.00 per lOOO; $15.00 per 10,000. If
by mail, add lOc per 100.

BEET— Earlv Egyptian, 2Dc. per 100; $1.50 per 1000:
$12.50 per 10,000. It by mail, add lOo per 1(0

LETTUCE— Grand Rapids. Curled Simpson iind
other varieties, 16c per 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.60
per 10,000. If by mail add 10c per ICO.

CABBAGE— In var., 26o per 100; $1.25 per lOOO

CELERY— White Plume and Golden Self Blai""Tng
small plants, ready for transplanting, 15c per
100; 75o per lOOO; $5.00 per 10,000. If by mail add
10c per 100.

CAULIFLOWER— 36c per 100. Cash with order.

R. vInCENT. Jr., & SON, White Marsh, Md.

ASFABAGTJS. Penoo

Plumosus, 3-inch, strong $10.00

" 4-inch, strong 15.00

Sprengerii, 2-inch 3.00

3-inoh 8.00

4-inch 12.00

Primula Sinensis, white and pink, 3-inoh. 6.0O
" 4-inch. lO.OO

Rex Begonias 5.00

Ageratum Stella Gurney, I'rinooss Pauline. 3.00

Alyssum. large llowering. Tom Thumb 3.00

Agathcea (Blue Daisy) 3.00

.\butilons. mixed ; 4. CO

Begonia Rubra 4.00

flowering, in variety 2.50

Cannas 5.00

Cuphea 3.O0

Coleus 3.00

Fuchsias 3.00

Geraniums ; 4.00

German Ivy 4.00

Feverfew, 3-inch ■. 5.00

Hibiscus, 4-inch 10.00

Lantanos 4.00

Lobelia 3. CO

Marguerite Daisy 4.01)

Salvias : 3.00

I. N. KRAMER & SON, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Please mt-nlion the Amrrican Florist -when u-ritJng^

mm\\m i^.

Per 100

S. A. NUTT, nURKLAND, Double Deep Pink

and Double Grant $2.™

Rooted cuttings of above 1.25

aOLDBN BEDDER COLEUS, 2-inoh, per

1000, $14.00 1-60

Rooted cuttings * . ■ . -60

MIXED C0LBU5, fine assortment 55

-CASH WITH ORDER.

R.I. HART, Bo«244 Hackettstown, N.J.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1361

To make room for planting out NEPH-
ROLEPIS WITTBOLDII, we will dis-
pose of an exceptionally fine lot of LA-
TANIA BORBONICA (about 10,000 plants)
from S-in. pots, at $35 per 100, 25 at 100
rates. The stock is ready for 6 in. pots, and
if properly handled will make fine 7-inch
stock for this fall.

SPECIAL

Ken tias==Latanias

Varieties

Size Height

Pot Inches

Kentia Belnioreana 2^ 8 to 9

Kentia Belnioreana 3 10 to 12

Kentia Belmoreana 3Vi 12 to 14

Kentia Belmoreana 4 14 to 16

Kentia Belmoreana 5 16 to 20

Kentia Belmoreana 6 20 to 22

Kentia Forsteriana 2V4 8 to 9

Kentia Forsteriana 3 10 to 12

Kentia Forsteriana 3V4 12 to 14

Kentia Forsteriana 5 20 to 24

Kentia Forsteriana 6 28 to 30
Latania Borbonica 2H

Latania Borbonica 3 12

Latania Borbonica 3^ 12 to 15

Latania Borbonica 4 15 to 18

Latania Borbonica 5 18 to 22

Latania Borbonica 6 20 to 24

Latania Itorboinca 6 24 to 30

Latania Borbonica 8 18 to 20

Areca Lutescens 2}i 5 to 6

Areca Lutescens 3Vi 12 to 15

Areca Lutescens 4 - 18 to 20

No. Per

Leaves Each Doz.

3 to 4

4 to 6
6 to 6
6 to 7

5 to 6

6 to 7

3 to 4

4 to 5

5 to 6
5 to 6
5 to 6
3

5 to 6
5 to 6

5 to 7

6 to 7
6 to 8

.25

.75

1.35

.15

.25

.50

.60

.75
8 to 10 2.25
3 plants in potl.OO
3 ■' " 2.00

3 '■ .25 3.00

1.50
2.00
3.00
4.00
7.20

15.00
1.50
2.00
3.00
7.30

15.00
.60
1.00
1.50
3.00
5.00
6.00
9.0O

..Asparagus..

Size Pot

Asparagus Sprengerii 2-inch

Asparagus SprenL^erii 3-inch

Asparagus Sprengerii 4-inch

Asparagus Sprengerii 5-inch

Doz,

$ .50

1.00

1.50

2.00

Per
100

J12.00
15.00
20.00
30.00
60.00

125.00
12.00
15.00
20.00
60.00

125.00
5.00
8.00
12.00
20.00
35.00
50.00

8.00
15.00
25.00

Per
1000
$100.00
150.00
180,00
300.00
600,00

100.00
150.00
180.00
600.00

40.00
75.00
100.00
175,00
300.00

Per 100

$ 3.00

8,00

12,00

15.00

/ V

'T'HOSE wishing to secure stock of
■*■ NEPHROLEPIS WITTBOLDII should
do so at once, as all available plants will
be planted out as soon as possible, lack
of space being the only reason for their
not being planted out at once. We offer
them at |1 each, $10 per dozen and $7i
per hundred.

Varieties p^j

Pteris Umbrosa 2-inch

Pteris Serruiata 2-lnch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 3-inoh

Cyrtomium Falcatum 4-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 5-inch

Nephroiepis Bostoniensis 2-inch

Per

Doz.
$ .50

.50
1.00
1.50
2.00

.50

Per
100

14.00

4.00

8,00

12.00

15.00

4. CO

Miscellaneous.

. Fern Balls, well started.

English Ivy, 4-inoh

English Ivv, 5-inch

Each. Dozen.

..$ ,50 (5.00

2.00

3.00

100
! 8.00
15.00

Pot Height Leaves Each Doz.

Pandanus Utilis 2V4 6 to 8 10 to 12 * 1.00 j

Pandanus tltilis 3 8 to 10 12 to 15 2.00

Pandanus Veitchii 6 strong $1.50 18,00

Pandanus Veitchii 7 strong 3.35 27.00

Pandanus Veitchii B extra 3.00 36.00

Drnca^na Terminalis 3 l.EO

Draca-na Terminalis 3V4 2,00

Phtenix Reclinata 3 4 to 6 1,50

PhoiuixCanariensis 3 4 to 6 1.50

Phosnix Canariensis 10 40 to 45 6 to 8 3,50

Aspidistra Lurida 5 15 to 30 8 to 12 ,50 6,00

Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 3-inch, strong plants dozen

Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 4-inch, strong plants — "
Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 5-inch, strong plants — "

10.00
10.00

1.20
2.00
3.00

The Geo. Wittbold Co..

X&ST :Bta.olglJa.gt-i f> yrm, f*l^oe,

OHic^oo, ir<r^.

CLOSING OUT TO MAKE ROOM.

10,000 Kentia Belmoreana, healthy stock in prime condition,
home-grown, 15 to 20 inches high, averaging four leaves. $15 per
100; $125 per 1000. Orders filled while stock lasts.

nention .hi. paper. SIEBRECHT Sc SON, Ncw Rochellc, N. Y.

YOUR LAST CHANGE

On Geraniums.

40.000 ROOTED CUTTINGS READY TO SHIP. Our

last crop of Geraniums which we will offer in
rooted cuttings is now readj". Our stock is all
grown in benches the same as roses and carna-
tions, consequently our cuttings are much supe-
rior to the ones chopped off of pot plants most gen-
erally sent out. Strong, selected top cuttings, well
rooted, ready for 214-iiich pots, of the following
superb varieties: Bruanti, Grant, Heteranthe. S.
A. Nutt, E. G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine, Frances
Perkins, La France. Mme. Jaulin. Mme. Bruant,
Mrs. J, M. Garr, La Favorite, $2.00 per 100; $18.00

{)er 1000. Sweet Scented Geraniums, strong 2^-
nch, $2.50 per 100. Madame Salleroi, strong 2H~
inch, $2.00 per 100.

PETUNIAS. Double Fringed, eight novelties in
white, pink and blotched: White Fawn, Snow
Ball, Mrs. F. Sander, Pink Beauty, Fantasie,
Helen Gould, San Juan, Bonnie. Large, strong,
rooted cuttings, well rooted, that will make salable
plants in a short time, $1.00 per HO; $9.00 per 1000.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Springfield, III.

American Florist Advts .

Mean More Business.

SOUTHERN VIOLETS

FOR NORTHERN CULTURE.

Young, vigorous California plants,
well-rooted, and free from disease.

ONE DOLLAR PER HUNDRED.

Try them, you will be surprised at the
yield and quality.

CHRISTINE JOHNSON, University, Miss.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

Alyssum Little Gem, 2-inoh $2.00 per 100

Cobcea Scaudens, 3 and 4-inch. .. .$4 & 6.00 '

Nasturtiums, dwarf, fine, 2-inch 2.0O "

Wall Flowers, dbl. and sgl., 2-inch 2.00

Maiden Hair Fern, out back clumps,

started $4 to 8.00

Lettuce Early Cabbage 15c and .25 "

Cinerarias, 4-inoh 76o to $1.00 doz.

Hydrangea Pan. Grand., Deutzias, Snowballs and
Alth^as, tine for lawns, 50o up.
Make your own carnation, rose and violet fertil-
izers at home and for sale. A money maker for
florists. The three receipts for $5.00 or 12.00 each.
Cash please. JOHN P. SHELLY, Tuckahoe, N. Y.

/Sat*«l T1 1 11 m e Leading Vans., 2^-inoh

VrcXrOlUlUUlS, pots, $3 per 100. Mme.

Salleroi, 2V4-inch pots, $3 per 100. Strong

Rooted Cuttines, $1.50 per 100. Cash with

order. FRED WALTER, LeRoy, N. Y.

RHODODENDRONS.

500 clumps of Rhododendron Maximum,
6 to 8 ft. high, at $25 a dozen.
Prices of smaller clumps and Kalmias on
application.

L. F. KINNEY. Kingston, R. 1.

Vinca Major
Variegata

Strong
Plants,

from 1)i-\n.
pots, |2.S0
per 100.

SMITH & YOUNQ CO.

456 E. Washington St.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

Boston Ferns.

The largest stock in United States Now Ready.
Cut from bench, 10 to 15 fronds, 2 feet long, at
$25.C0 per 100. Small plants. $ 5 per 100; $40 per 1000.

Alternantheras, 4 kinds. Dracaena Indivisa, 6 and
7-inoh.

L. H. FOSTER.

45 King St.,

Dorchester, Mass.

Geraniums

Mixed, good collection.
Double Fringed Petunias,
Fine Asparagus Sprengerii. All the above from
2-inch pots at »U.0() per 100.

B. I. BAWL,IN08. Quakertown, Pa.

1362

The American Florist.

April 30,

Salt Lake City.

STATB OF TRADE IN THB METROPOLIS OF
UTAH.— SHARP PRACTICES OF IRRESPON-
SIBLE DEALERS. — GOOD PLANTS OF
BEAUTY ROSB. — SPRING TRADE PROMISES
TO BE ACTIVE.

P. T. HuddaTt says that the one thing
that hurts the flower business here most
of all is some dealers ordering more
material than they can possibly use;
then when the shipments arrive and they
have been able to size up their orders,
they refuse to take what they do not
need. This perishable stock being left in
the hands of the express company is sold
for whatever the company can get,
regardless of value, and the stock is put
on the market with prices away down,
which makes competition out of the
question. One would think that the
wholesalers would soon get tired of this
kind ot treatment and refuse to ship to
the parties who refuse to accept stock in
this manner. This thing has happened
several times this Easter and the result
was that there was more stock in this
market than could be used to good
advantage.

The Huddart Floral Company had
about 250 plants of American Beauty
roses in full bloom, in 5-inch and 6-inch
pots which found a ready sale at Easter
at $1 and $1.50 each. A rose grower
from Philadelphia who happened to be
in Salt Lake City said he never saw better
plants ot this kind and that the price
asked was not nearly what they were
worth compared to prices in the east.

We are hoping for a good spring trade
,on bedding plants and there is a great
deal of stock around. Cut flower trade
has been very quiet since Easter and
prices have dropped right out.of sight.

At Easter time thousands upon thou-
sands oi callas are shipped from Califor-
nia to private parties in this city, and
used for churches, which hurts the Easter
business to a great extent.

Lawrence, Mass.— C. E. Wingate has
gone with a party to Bar Harbor to
enjoy a week's duck hunting.

ORANGES I

In pots, bearing size. £

Best sorts grafted on Citrus tritoliata, E

12-in., bushy, 2 years, $20 per 100. S

PHOENIX

Canariensis and Tenuis.

Very stocky, 4 and 5-in. pots. Per 100
3-4 characterized leaves, 15-18-in., $15.00
5-6 ■' " 20-24 " 25.00

PHOENIX RECLINATA

Fine, 5-iD. pots, 15-18-in.. $26.00 per 100.

CROTONS

5-7-in., 3-in. |iots. $10.00 per 100.

8-12-in., 3-3J4-in. pots, $15 per 100.

JASMINE ITuVy'

18-20-in., 4-in. pots, $15.00 per 100.

GARDENIA FLORIDA

8-lO-in., branc'jed, 3-iD. pots, $10 per 100.

All in first-class condition. Not less
than 50 plants at above rates. If you
want CANNAS for fall delivery, write us for
prices, etc.

P. J. BERCKMANS GO.,

fruitland Nurseries,

A.XJGUSTA., GtA..

Rooted Carnation Cuttings

No better Carnation Blooms were ever offered in the Chicago
market than those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first-class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

Tho Cnnrt Pii^ Per lOO Per lOOO

IMC o|IUI l» Armazindy...$ 6.00 $50.00

Irene 10.00 75.00

Sunbeam 10.00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75.00

Prolific 10.00 75.00

Nvdia 10.00 75.00

Mrs. Lawson 7.00 60.00

The Marquis 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord ■. 4.00 35.00

Ethel Crocker 4.00 35.00

Peru , 4.00 35.00

G. H. Crane 3.00 25.00

America 2.50 20.00

CeriseQueen 1.50 13.50

Evanston 1.50 12.50

Per 100 Per 1000

..$7.00 $60.00

Mrs. Leopold ine

John Young 1.50 12.50

Argyle 1.50 12.50

Triumph 1.50 12.50

Frances Joost 1.50 12.50

Gov. Griggs 1.50 12.50

Melba 1.50 12.50

EdnaCraig 1.50 12.50

Flora Hill 1.50 12.50

White Cloud 1.50 12.50

Evelina 1.00 7.50

MoGowan 1.00 7.50

WIETOR BROS.,

61 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Wholesale Growers
of Cut Flowers,

Qg^iCfg^a^igBi'B^ag^i^gsis«gH'ag5«««K«^^

NEW ROSES FOR 1901,

i'

All the new varieties, including

ROBERT SCOTT, QUEEN OF EOGELY

and others worth growing in fine stock. Also all the
STANDARD VARIETIES both for forcing and planting in the
open ground in A I condition, fit for immediate shipment.

JOHN N. riAY, Summit, New Jersey.

ROSES

We believe in shifting
young Roses often. All
stock offered in 2V4-in.
pots has been shifted
from 2-ln., and is equal
to most stock advertised as 3-in., and when we
send it out it is well established.

Let us know- your wants.

2 and 2 l-2-in. Stock is Fine.

VARIETIES GROWN m

Meteors LaFrance President Carnot

Brides A. V. Kaiserin Golden Gate

Maids Woottons American Beauties

Perles • Belle Siebreoht Liberty

CARNATIONS.

R.C. and 2-in. Bradt, Crocker, .Toost and McGowan.

R. C. COLEUS.

Mixed, Verschaffeltii, Goltlcn Redder, Yellow
Queen, etc. ENGLISH IVY.

2H. 3 and 4-inch pots.
GERANIUIMS. Red and pink in 3-in.

A few thousand ^f^XeE^^f O-E^^II*

ready for 2-inch pots.

Special in WOOTTON ROSES, ^i^-in., ready to
plant in beds. Write

GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, 111.

Vinca Major Variepta.

Extra strong, stocky plants, from 2}4-
in. pots,$5.00 per 100; from 3>^-in.pots,$S.OO
per 100. Tfie avi-in.pot plants are last year's
propagation and are sure to give satisfac-
tion. Tlie larger plants are field-grown
clumps whicli liave been dormant ir'^^of
tlie winter, but are now in very active
growtfi, with 8 to 10 ends.

NATHAN SMITH & SON, Adrian, Mich.

Grafted Roses

LIBERTY, $18.00 per 100

^^"^^' 1 $12 per 100

^'^"^^^' I $110 per 1000

GOLDEN GATE, )

Choice Plants. 3-inch pots, ready
for immediate Planting.

J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Maid, Liberty, Bride,
Kaiserin.

strong plants with healtliy own roots. If you
want the finest stock obtainable, place your order
.It once for immediate or later delivery.

STEPHEN MORTENSEN,

(NearPhila.) SOUTHAMPTON, PA.

17rkaOa Brides, Maids, Meteors, Perles,
^WVlaCS, strong rooted cuttings, $1.25 por

100, *i:.00 per 1000.
TTAi^lt ATI d Q -5 leading kinds, 2-inch
V CX MCJICVS, pots. »2.00 per 100.

Yory best standard 'Unms, fine plants. 83.00
per 100. Some fancy 4 and 5-in. Spren^erll
cheap; also choice Pansy Plants in bloom.

We positively guarantee all of ubove to be
good value at prices offered.

W. H. aULLETT & SONS, Lincoln, III.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1363

36,000

GRAFTED ROSES

On Manetti Stocks.

Bridesmaid, Bride, Golden Gate,
Kaiserin, 2'A-'mch pots, $12 00 per
100, ;?95.00 per 1000. Sunrise, $lS
per 100. Liberty, $18 per 100.

Orders booked now. Stock war-
ranted first-class.

100,000 ROOTED CARNATION CUT-
TINGS, ready now, of standard varie-
ties and last year's new ones.

S. J. BEUTER,

WESTERLY. R. I.

New Roses

THE BALTIMORE (certificated) color a
light pink and of the largest size; flowers
through the entire season; $5 per dozen.

ADMIRAL SCHLEY, the best crimson bed-
der ever introduced, $3 per dozen.

NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM JOS. W. COOK,

scored 89 Commercial points in Phila-
delphia. Color a light blush pink, stiff
stems, blooms very early; $2 50 per
dozen.

Cash with the Order. Send for Descriptive Slip.

JOHN COOK, 318 N. Charles St. Baltimore, Md.

American Beauties

We have some extras in 3-inch and
4-inch. Wiite us about them.

Send \is a dol];ir tor samples and you'll snap
them up <iuick.

GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III.

Robert Scott,

EVERYBODY'S ROSE, p^rctiut.
Robert Scott & Son. Sharon Hill, pei. co . Pa.

LIBERTY $18.00 per 100.

MAIDS 1

BRIDES V $12 per 100; $110 per 1000

GOLDEN GATE . (
Strong plants grafted on Manetti stocks, ready
for 4-inch pots; warranted to be first-class.

METEOR and BRIDE, own roots, $3.00 per
100, $35.00 per lOCO.

CHRIS. HANSEN, St. Paul, Minn.

American Beauty Roses

Two-eyed cuttings, growing in
2y2-inch pots, ready to shift,
^6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.
Address COLE BROS.. Peoria, III.

'ROBT. GRAIG & SON, |

Roses, Palms

and Novelties in Decorative Plants,

Market and 49th Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.

LAST CALL!

LAST CALL!

FOR GOOD CARNATION CUTTINGS.

Per 100 Per 1000

BON HOMME RICHARD, white $10 00 $75.00

SUNBEAM, light pink 10.00 75.00

NYDIA, variegated 10.00 75.00

PROLIFICA, cerise pink 10 00 75.00

MRS. THOS. W. L.\WSON, cerise pink 6 00 50 00

MARQUIS, pink 4.00 35.00

GENEVIEVE LORD, pink 3 50 30 00

ETHEL CROCKER, pink 3.50 30.00

G.H.CRANE, scarlet 3 OO 25 00

MRS GEO. M. BRADT, variegated 3.00 25 00

GOLD NUGGET, yellow 2 50 20 00

CHICAGO, scarlet 3,00 25 00

OLYMPIA, variegated 5 00 40 00

GEN. GOMEZ, crimson 2 00 15.00

GEN. MACEO, crimson 2 00 15 00

WHITE CLOUD, white 2 00 15 00

MRS. FRANCES JOOST 2.00 1500

ARGYLE, pink 150 12.00

WM. SCOTT, pink i.oo S 00

EVELINA, white 1.00 8 00

ARMAZINDY, variegated 1.00 8 00

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., Joliet, 111.

The Largest Fancy Carnation.

-PROSPERITY-

\ few thousand ready for immediate delivery.
Speak quick if you want ttiem.

I*ric©s for footed Cvi-t-ting®,

1 Plant $ .50

12 Plants 5 00

25 Plants 8.25

50 Plants 10.00

100 Plants 16.00

250 Plants ; 37.50

500 Plants 70.00

750 Plants 101.25

1000 Plants 130.00

WRITE FOR FULL DESCRIPTION.

DAILIEDOUZE BROS.,

Flatbush, N. Y.

CARNATIONS

:rooi:*ki>

OUT1*IJVG5^®

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following prices:

G. H. CRANE 125.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT S.'i.OO "

MADAM CHAPMAN 25.00 "

DAYBREAK 12.60

WHITE CLOUD 112.50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10.00 "

McGOWAN 1000

ELDORADO 10.00

i

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to bi seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in need of a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times.

Addre^CHAS. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich. l<'-=|',b««

American Beauties

STRONG PLANTS from 2 x 3-inch pots, ready for
a shift, $6 per 100; $50 per 1000.

JOSEPH HEACOCK, Wyncote, Pa.

Please mention the American Florist when zvriting.

1364

The American Florist.

April 20,

Montreal.

TRADE SATISFACTORY AT BASTEE AND
EYBBYBODY HAPPY.— PLANT BUSINESS
INCREASING.— WHITE LEADS IN FAVOR.—
FALL SHOW PLANNED.

Easter trade was quite good and every-
one is satisfied. Logan Girdwood did a
larger business than ever before, prices
being higher than usual. C. Campbell
said that all his white flowering plants
were disposed off. J. Bennett cleared out
his well filled store, as all stock was
good. Charles Deloremier, son of Justice
Deloremier of this city, experienced his
second Easter trade and has reason to
congratulate himself. His patronage
comes from the high-class French. As a
general observation the trade in plants
is improving upon former years, except
with spiraeas, which have been overdone.
Of cut flowers carnations and roses lead,
but everything was in demand.

At the recent meeting of the club the
principal business was the decision to
hold a chrysanthemum show next fall.
Our letter of condolence on the demise of
Queen Victoria received its answer from
Lord Strathcona and sympathy for
G. Copland, who was bereaved by the
death of a daughter, was expressed by a
standing vote. J. Bennett read a paper
on carnations and G. Robinson one on
cinerarias. G. V.

Peoria, III.— J. C. Murray has closed
a contract with the city for the care of
the parks and public grounds during the
season.

, Crawfobdsville, Ind.— Anthony V an't
Leven has a very large stock of geraniums,
including all the standard and new varie-
ties, and is booking a great njany orders
for bedding work.

^ 50,000

Latania Borbonica Seedlings

IN SPLENDID CONDITION.

♦ Per 100 «250 *

Per 1000 2000

Per .=.000 90.00

Cash With order.

PEUX GONZALEZ & CO.,

303 to 323 Ellsworth St. and Crescent Ave.
^ 5AN FRANCISCO. CAL. *

!♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»>••••••♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

oW^a'itSemum GOLD SMITH

Cream yellow tinted with bronze, sport from Pres.
W. E. Smith, fine large aowera, strong stem.
Your collection of Chrysanthemums can not be
complete without this new candidate. There is
without doubt a commercial future before this
sort. Exhibited at Cincinnati November 17 it
scored 83 points. Price $2 per doz. Orders taken
now and filled in March.
H. U. RACAN, P.O. Box 166 . Springfield. O.

CARNATIONS

Well rooted stock from the sand, of

ETHEL CROCKER, io'^oo .1^ Toi^

MoGOW.VN, $1,00 per 100.

GEO. R. GEIG EB, Naiareth, Pa.

GARDENING

This li the paper to recommend to your

customers, the leading horticultural

Journal In America for amateurs. ■ ■ ■

•2>00 Per Year. Sample Copies Free.

Liberal terms to florists who take snbsorlptlons.

THE 6AR0ENIN6 CO. "q""" Bid,. CHICAGO.

Rose Cuttings! Carnation Cuttings!

ROOTED

1000

ROOTED ROSE

100 1000

Brides $1.50 $ia..=)0

Bridesmaids 1.50 ia50

Meteors 1.50 12.50

Perles ' 1.50 12.50

GoldenGate 1.50 12.50

CARNATION

100

Mrs Thos. W. LawsoD J7,00 $60.00

The Marquis 6.00 50.00

Estelle 7.00 50.00

Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

Ethel Crocker 5.0O 40.00

Olympia 5.00 40.00

G. H. Crane 3.00 25.00

Mrs. George M. Bradt '. 3.00 25.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00 25.00

America m. 3.00 25.00

Chicago '. 3.00 25.00

Mabel 3.00 25.00

Elsie Ferguson 3.00 25.00

Gold Nugget 3.00 25.00

Pingree : 3.00 25.00

Mrs. James Dean 2.0O 15.00

Mrs. Frances Jcost 2.O0 15.00

Genesee 2.00 15.00

Marv Wood 2.00 15.00

JohnYoune 2.00 15.00

John Hinkle 2.00 15.00

15.00
15.00

CUTTINGS.

100

Lady Dorothea $1.50

Kaiserin 1 .50

Maman Cochet ' 1.50

Americjtn Beauty 3.00

CUTTINGS.

100

White Cloud $2.00

Leslie Paul 2.00

Gov. Griggs 2.00

Albertini 2.00

Dawn : 2.00

Eldorado 2.00

Melba 2.00

Victor 1.50

Triumph 1.50

Daybreak 1.60

Ivory 1,50

Evelina 1.50

Flora Hill 1.50

Cense Queen 1.50

Meteor 1.50

Armazindy 1.50

Iris Miller 1.60

Sandusky 1.25

William Scott 1.25

Tidal Wave 1.00

Portia 1.00

Lizzie McGowan 1.00

Psyche 1.00

1000

$12.50
12.50
13.50
25.00

1000
$15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
17.00
12.50
12.60
12.60
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
10.00
10.00
800
8.00
8.00
7.50

Dorothy Sweet 2.00

Jubilee : 2.00

We offer only choice Rooted Cuttings, first-class in every respect, true to name. 25 at 100
rates; 250 at 1000 rates. Write for catalogue and complete list of Carnations and Roses, rooted
cuttings and in pots.

Do you receive our weekly price list? If not, write us; we will place your name on
our mailing list. <

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

Rooted Cuttings Carnations and Roses.

Per 100 Per 1000

GUARDIAN ANGEL $6.00 $50.00

CRANE ...-. 2.50 20.00

EVANSTON l.OO 9.00

JOOST l.OO 9.00

WHITE CLOUD 1.00 9.00

FLORA HILL 1.00 9.00

TRIUMPH 1.00 9.00

Per 100 Per 1000

METEOR $1.50 $12.50

PERLE 1.50 12.50

Per 100 Per 1000

IRENE Per doz., $1.50; $10.00 $75.00

ARMAZINDY 1.00 9.00

TIDAL WAVE l.OO 9.00

WM. SCOTT 1.00 9.00

ARGYLE l.OO 9.00

ETHEL CROCKER 2.00 17.50

GENEVIEVE LORD 3.00 25.00

MARQUIS 3.00 25.00

LA FRANCE $3.00

METEOR 3.00

PERLE 3.00

Per 100 Per 1000

BRIDE $1 .50 $12.50

BRIDESMAID 1.50 12.50

GOLDENGATE 1.60 12.60

AMERICAN BEAUTY, 15.00 per ICO.

Per 100 Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000

$25.00, BRIDE $3.00 $25.00

25.00 BRIDESMAID 3.00 25.00

25.00 I GOLDENGATE 3.00 25.00

These cuttings are all well-rooted, guaranteed free from disease, carefully packed.

GEORGE REINBERG. 51 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO.

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation produces the finest flowers. Is perfectly healthy
and is the best white variety ever introduced.

IT BLOOMS EARLY IT BLOOMS LATE IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Our price list contains outs from photographs taken every two weeks during the months of February,
March, April, May, June, October ana November. No other Carnation can stand such a test.

J. rv.

DrU. $10 per 100,
rrlCE $75 per 1000.

IDlJLrl-^OJV,

Rooted Cuttings ready now.

Come and tee it or tend for circular.

]BlooxKi.sl3vax>s:, Pa.

CINCINNATI rLORAiee

2330 Harrison Avenue,

CINCINNATI, O.

MOON VINE, 2-iu., $2,00; 2'/2-in., $2.50; 3-in , $3 per 100. These are strong plants and pure white.

COLEUS, 2'4-in., $l..50 per 100. All top cuttings and fine plants, just right to shift.

QBRANIUMS, leading vars. all inbudaud bloom; 2 in.. $2; 2V4-in.. $2.60; 3-in., $3; 4-in., $5.60 per 100

We Ijave 2i.000 now readv to ship Mme. Snlleroi, 2M-in.. $1.75 per 100, $17.50 per 1000. All plants

packed light, lowest rates, and to be deliviTed in first-class condition.

igor.

The American Florist.

1365

Rooted Carnation

CUTTINGS.

THIS stock is strictly nrst-class in
every 'tiSpoct. free from disease and
will be tliorouyhly rooted when sent out.
We truariintee th-"m to be as retiresented.
Moni'y refunded if not .satisfactory.

Sport

Pink
5 Armazindy.

Pi>r 100 PtT 1000

$5 CO $10.00

Triumph 1.50 1260

Flora Hill 1.60 12.60

White Cloud 1.60 12 50

Evanston 1.50 12.60

Armiuind.v 1.00 7.60

Portia 1.00 7.50

MoQowan ICO 7.50

Kohinoor l.OO 7.60

J. A. BUDLONG, .

37-39 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL. |

A.S
usual.

ON TOP!

At Baltimore meeting of the American
Carnation Society. Our exhibit of

The liaiWSOU ^as awarded
the Gold medad '^ heavy com-
petition against all comers. The Society's
sliver Cup tor best airangement of blooms,
and First Prize for 100 dark pink.

MY STOCK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

ROOTED CUTTINGS per 100, J7 00

per 1000, S60. 00

PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass.
SELECTED CARNATIONS.

Per 100 Per 1000

The Marquis, largest rir-h pink....W.00 $35.00

Morning Glory, best light pink 3.50 30.t0

Mrs. Lawaon, famous deep pink 6,00 BO.fO

Ethel Crocker clear pink 3.60 30.00

Genevieve Lord, light pink 4.00 35.00

Mrs, Llppincott, pink 5.00 40.00

Mrs. Joost. pink, money maker 2.00 15.00

White Cloud fine wh.te 1.80 12:50

Flora Hill, large white 1.50 12.50

Peru, pure white 4.0O 30.00

Elm City, new white 4.00 30.00

Estelle best bright scarlet 6.00 50.00

Chicago, largest red 4.00 30.01

G. H. Crane, fine scarlet 2 50 20.00

America, light red 2.50 20.00

Maceo, dark crimson 2.00 15.^0

Gomez, light crimson 2.'0 15.00

Mrs. Bradt. best variegated 3.00 25.00

GEO. HANCOCK & SON, Grand Haven, Mich.

I have several thousand

ETHEL CROCKER CARNATIONS

left which I will close out at $15 per
1000. Order quick. Well-rooted and
healthy.

Also several thousand Bride, Maid and
Golden Gate Roses at $10 per 1000.

CASH WITH ORDER.

GEO. HARRER, Morton Grovo. III.

Last Call rnrru.."""--

CarnaMons in 2-lncii pots at prices
that will astonish you.

MRS. BRADT, ETHEL CROCKER, WM.
SCOTT, MRS. JOOST, LIZZIE MoJOWAN.

Write QEO. A. KUHL, Pokln, III.

Rooted Cuttings, Ethel
Crocker, S2.25; Flora Hill,

•1.75: Webb, $1.25; Scott, 90o; McGowan, 90c;

Carvledge, $1.00; Keller, $1 50 per 100.

ARNO S. CHASE, Cumberland Center, Me.

CARNATIONS.

CARNATION

CUTTINGS.

All the new and standard varieties, free from rust and all

other diseases. Our stock is in fine shape and all

cuttings are well rooted when sent out.

MRS. LEOPOLD iNE

The most prolific and best paying
red Carnation. Per lOO Per 1000

Rooted Cuttings $ 7 00 $60.00

Sunbeam 10.00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard... 10.00 75 00

Nvdia 10.00 75.00

Prolifica 10.00 75 00

Irene 10 00 75.00

Mrs. Lawson 6 00 55 00

Marquis 3 00 25.00

Genevieve Lord 3.00 25 00

Ethel Crocker 2.50 20 00

Crane 3 00 25.00

Pern 2.50 20 00

America 1 25 10 00

Mrs. Bradt 2.00 17.50

GUARDIAN ANGEL

The most prolific and best
pink Carnation. Per 100

Rooted Cutting? $4 00

John Young 1.50

White Cloud 1.25

Triumph 1 00

Argyle 1.00

Evanston , 1.00

F.Joost 1.00

Cerise Queen 1.00

Gov. Griggs 1.00

Melba 1.00

Armazindy 1.00

Flora Hill 1.00

Evelina 1.00

McGowan 1.00

paying

Per 1000

$35 00

12 50

10.00

9 00

9 00

9.00

9.00

9 00

9 00

9.00

9 00

9.00

7 50

7.00

Rooted Rose Gultings. 2 1-2 inch Rsse Plants.

Per 100 Per 1000

Bridesmaid $1 50 $12.50

Bride 150 12.50

Golden Gate 1 50 12.50

Meteor 1.50 12.50

Perle 1.50 12 50

Per 100 Per 1000

Liberty $8 00 $75 00

Bridesmaid 3 00 25 00

Bride 3 00 25 00

Meteor 3 00 25 00

Golden Gate 3 00 25 00

Perle 3.00 25 00

Kaiserin 3.00 25.00

All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfacto'y it is to be returned
immediately, when money will be refunded.

Peter Reinberg,

51 Wabash Avenue,

CHICAGO, ILL.

*mfmAmmmmtmf»tmtmfmrmmmnmmmw^'wiNWfmmK<*f*mNw>h

NORWAY

Genevieve Lord

The Queen of Commercial White Carnations. Scored 91 at Baltimore, was
awarded 1st prize for 100 white, bronze medal for 12 best seedling and
first-class Certifloate of Merit. Stock all sold until May 1st Its vigor-
ous, free growth and tendency to bloom early insures a safe investment for cuttings delivered in May.
1" </^'% / PiTP •*■ ™"5' distinct, dark variety, rich and dazzling in color. Surpasses all other
rrl I Y r' I crimsons in length and strength of stem exquisite, spicy odor and keeping
^■^^"* qualities. Can be had in good flower by November.

Above two varieties, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. $75 per KOO.

The Greatest Money Making Pink. A friend of thecom-
mon people and a deicendani of the great Wm. Scott,
whose illust ions mantle it is wearing with becoming
grace. Stock large and in the pink of condition. $5 per 100, $40 per 1000.

All of the new ones of this year, the best of last year and the beat standard varieties.

A large stock of this giant white which
came over the border from Canada and

"whipped" every variety which went up against it. The most sensational white chrysanthemum

ever offered. 50c each, $5 per doz., $30 per 100.

COMPLETE LIST OF OTHER NOVELTIES
AND STANDARD VARIETIES. CATALOGUE
READY. WRITE FOR IT.

Chrysanthemum Timothy Eaton

H. WEBER & SONS, 'T'-

Per 100 Per 1000

Lawson $7 00

Olympia, Estelle 6 00

Marquis, Lord, Elm City 5 00

Crocker, Crane, America, Nugget,

L. Paul 2 50

Cloud, Jubilee. Hill 2 00

Scott, Armazindy, Eldorado, Evans-
ton, Dana, Meteor, Victor I 00

160 UO
50 00
40 CO

23 00
15 00

10 00
D. B. HBRRON, Olean. N. Y.

CARNATIONS aZ^l^TnaTr^
vurieties. Write for prices. '

Aiparagus SprengeMi, 3 inch $4.00 per 100

Asparagui Plumosui. 3 " 6.00 per 100

Small Ferns for dishes. 4 vara ,2H-in. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata. 2!4-inoh 4.no per 100

Bolton Ferns, 8-inch pans.. ..$15 and $18 per doz.

2V4-inch 4.00 per 100

" " 3-inoh S.OOperlOO

CARL HACENBEROER. West Mentor, O.

1366

The American Florist.

April 20,

Toronto.

TRADE SHOWS A GRATIFYING INCREASE AT
BASTEE. — PLANTS SOLD BETTER THAN
EVER BEFORE.

Easter trade proved the largest on
record, about twenty per cent to the
good. Flowering plants had first call,
more business being done in this line
than ever before. The plants were good
and brought high prices. Violets sold
well, violet hampers proving a catchy
leature. Select Beauties sold well at $18
a dozen, and tea roses brought $3 and $4.
Some very select carnations were seen
and sold at $1 50 a dozen. Harrisii were
plentiful but were so poor in quality that
they were hard to sell. Daflodils and
tulips were over abundant.

Primula obconica, in large pots, well
grown, took the place of hydrangeas.
They are very tffective plants and with
such splendid keeping qualities that one
can recommend them. Every one in this
vicinity missed it with Crimson Ramblers.

Tom Manton is again able to come to
town but is still very weak. H. G. D.

New Bedford, Mass.

E. Y. Pierce has taken first honors for
violet culture here this season. AH
through the winter his house of Imperials
has done remarkably well and his stock
has commanded a good sale at advanced
prices.

The business of the late Wm. Pierce
will be conducted by his son, Wm. P.
Pierce, who has been managing the
establishment for several years.

Ernest Chamberlain, who has been
• with Wm. Pierce, will start in business
for himself May 1, having leased a very
good store on Purchase street.

There is considerable talk of building
in this vicinity and Samuel Peckham
expects to double his range in the course
ot time. W. G. K.

Indianapolis, Ind.— Mr. Baur, of the
firm of Baur & Smith, and Miss Anna
Steinkamp, of Richmond, were married
April 8.

Geraniums

Per lOO

10 best vars., 2ys-in. pots S3.O0

■• 3!4 " 400

ALTERNANTHERAS, yellow 1.50

red 2.00

ASPARAGUS SPRENGERII. May 1st 2.00

DECUMBENS. 3-in. pot 10.00

DOUBLE PETUNIAS 3.00

VERBENAS. 15 vars., 2 and 2!4-inohpots 2.00

COLEUS, 15 vais., 2-inch pots '. 2.00

VINCA VINES, 2 vars 3.00

PANSY PLANTS, large 1.50

8000 Small Pansy Plants $3.00 per ICOO

OaAH T^IKAflK

JOS. n. CUNNINGHAIVI, Delaware, 0.

Begonia Suaveolens (b. od'o'lata.)

Pure white flowers, similar to H. Mtida
and is frequently found in collections under
that name.

This is an excellent Begonia for lor*al tradn.
3-in. pots, in full bloom, doz. $1; 100 $7.50.

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor, Pa.

Express prepaid to any part of U. S.

Geranium America

$8.00 per UO, out -f 2H-lnch pots.
Hi 00 per lOO, out ot S!4-inuh pots.

Henry Eicliliolz, Waynesboro, Pa.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Roses, Bride Jl. 00 per 100

•• Maid 1.00 "

Swainso ia G. Alba 1. 00

Chrysantbemums, Mme lierg-

njann. Glory of tbe Pacific,

Go'den Weeding Major Bmi-

natfoD, Mrs. Jerome Jones,

Thornden, J. G. Wbiildin... 1.00 "

Salvia Splendens 60o per 100, 15.00 per 1000

Heliotrope 50c "

Marguerites 60c "

Tradescantia ZebriD:i ..."

Geranium Mme. Salleroi, R. C.
Ageratum Cope's Pet, R. ('

4.00 •'

5.0O "

.$ .,W per 100

. . .75 •■

.. .50 "

POT PLANTS

DracEena Tndivisa, 4-in 115.00 per 100

Vinoa Variegata, 2 sorts, 3-in 3.00 "

Vinca Variegata and Harrisonii, from soil,
ready for 3- inch pots, 11.2.') per 100.

JOHN IRVINE & SONS,

817 WASHIMGTON AVE.

BAY CITY. MICH.

THE CHOICEST VABIETIBB
IS CtTLTITATION.

500,000 Verbenas

Fine pot plants $2.60 per 100; $20 per 1000. Rooteil Cuttings 60c per 100; $5 per 1000; $46 per 10,000.

NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKED LIGHT. AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED SENO FOR CIRCULAR.

We are the Larg:e8t Gro^rera of Verbeoas In the country.

Oar plants cannot be surpassed.

J. X^. I>IE^I-,0?f, :Blooxxi{sl3u:&>rg;» £*^.

Please mention the American Florist when 7vntinfe

CARNATIONS

THREE GOOD PINKS

Ethel Crocker, Genevieve Lord,
Mrs. Bertram Lippincott,

£2.50 PER 100.

White Cloud, Maceo,

SI. 25 PER 100.

Q.H. Crane. »pi?%„

per 111]

BEDDINQ STOCK.

Ageratum, Stella Gurney, from 3-inch pots, $5.00

per HO; 2-inch pots, $2.5U per 100.
Geraniums, America, from 2-inoh pots at $3.50 p'r

HO S. A. Nutt, and a few oiher sorts, rooted

cuttings, $1.25 per 100.
Alyssum, a new giwnt dwarf, a ;^rand variety, from

2-inch polB at $2.;0 per 100.

Double Petunia, a fine assortment, from 3-inch

pois at $i.Oj per 100.
Salvia, Clara Bedman, from 3-inch pots at $3.00

per 100, and from 2-inch at $2.00 per luO,

Hardy Phlox, as fine an assortment as ever grew,
but sold cheap on accoun of their be ng n<ixed.
Fr.im 4-inch pots at $5.00 per 100 Rooted
cuttings at $1.25 per 100 or $10.0U per lOOO.

Pansies, from cold frames (medium sized); a good
assortment, at $1.25 per 110.

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa.

VERBENA KING

See what 1 have
to offer in Special
Number, or write
for list.

C. HUMFELD,

Clay Center, Kan.

THB ItOOTED t UTTING
SPECIALIST.

Please mention tfie American Florist when iirriting.

E.\tra large stocky plants.
G'ant Mixed, in "bnd and

Pansies.

bloom; $1 per 100; »8 p. r 1000. Will save jou 50 per
cent on E. C. Carnations. Write for prices. < ash
with order. hY, ERNST & SON, Washington, Mo.

Hardy Rhododendrons,

Hardy Azaleas,

Clematis,

Ampelopsis Veitchli,

California Privet,

Evergreens,

Buxus in Standard and Pyramid Shape,

Bay Trees

H. P. fioses,

Climbing Roses,

Standard Roses.

Grafted Bride <, Bridesmaids,

English ivy. in 4 and i-r en pots,

Tuberous Rooted Begonias, Single and

Douole,
Cycas ^ terns,
Ht-rbaceous Paeonias,
Tree Paeonias,
Cannas,
Hardy Pinks,
Hardy Phlox,
General Collection of Herbaceous plants.

BOBBINK &7TYrNs!'''^°ll'u'tlierford. N. J.

Flowering Plants

** Per 100

Chinese Primroses, 3;^-inch,
in bloom $5.00

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 2-in. 2.00

Fuchsias, 5 vars , 2-in 2.00

Abutjion, trailing, 2 in 3.00

Flowering Begonias, 2-in 2.00

Geraniums, assorted, 2-in 2.00

100,000

Hardy HerDaceous Plants

SEND FOR LIST.
CASH PLEASE.

EDWARD B. JACKSON,

Stamford, Conn,

Please mention the American Florist whin writing.

igoi.

The American Florist.

13 07

^

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Indispensable

t^' 9^^ M^^ 9^^

This is the only word which describes the Ameri-
can Florist Company's Directory, just out. This
book, 397 pages of facts tersely told, is issued
annually and is an aid to business and money
making which no wholesaler or traveling salesman
can aflford to be without. It contains the name of
every Florist, Nurseryman and Seedsman, arranged
both by states and towns and alphabetically; and
new lists of Gardeners or Superintendents of
private estates, Experiment Station Horticultur-
ists. Landscape Architects and Horticultural Sup-
ply Concerns. It will save many times its cost by
enabling you to cover America with your catalogue
and at the same time waste no printed matter or
postage on dead names.

EDITION OF 1901,
POSTPAID, $2.00 ^

AMERICAN

flORIST

CO.,

324 Dearborn St.,
CHICAGO, ILL.

SPECIAL TRADE LIST rJU^"^'"

Asparagus Cormorensis. Thi« is a
novelty or yreat merit. It looks

I similar to Asparagus Plumo- Size Per Per

sus, hut grows miic'i more vie- pots. 100 doz.

I orous and will mak** very long

s' ri ngs i n a shorter time 2-in. $4.00

Asparagus Plumosus 2 4.00

Alyssum Double Giant 2!4 3.00

Ageratum Princess Victoria Lou-
ise, new 2!4 S.™

Ageratum Princess Pauline 3 3.0

dwarf, dark blue 3 3.00

Clematis, larg-^fluwering varie-
" lies. 2 years old $4.00

Clematis Paniculata, 2 years old.. 4 lO.OT

I vear old... 3 5.00

'Carnation Ethel Crocker, strong

plants 2/2 3.00

Carnations Lizzie McQowan and

Wm. Scott 2i4 2.00

Coerulea 3 500

Geraniums best bedding varie-
ties, strong plants 3 4.00

Geranium America, the best sin-
gle light pink 3 8.00

Geraniums Vlars and LePilot 3 5.00

Lobelia -"umila Spl-ndena, new,

dark blue, white eye 2!4 4.00

Lobelia E'liperor Will am 2!4 3.00

Forget-me-not, Aipestris, blue,
wnite and pink clumps 3.00

Periwinkle, variegated IVi 3 OO

Passiflora Coerulea 3 6.1O

Salvias Splendeus and Clara Bed-
man 2H 3.00

Chrysanthemums, R. C from soil, MO

White— vory, B>-rgroanD, M>-rry Monarch, Jlrs.
H. Robi sou. Lady Fiizwigram. Ykllow —
Boonaff n Mrs. H. J. Jones, Lincoln, Mr*.
Whilldin, Molesto. Pink— Glory 01 the Pacillc,
. Mrs. Perriu. Pink Ivory, Marquis de Moiitraort.

C. tISELE. nth & Jefferson Sts., Philadelphi a.

ALTERNANTHERAS Sn^r

Red and yellow, 50o per 10", or J4.00 per lOOO.
From a-inch pots, $1.25 per 100.

AGERATUM Princess Pauline. R. C. 50c per 100.

From 2- inch pots, $1 5 1 per 1 0.

STELLA GURNET, R. C. ll.OO per 100. From 2-inch
pots, ti uo per 100.

DAVIS BROS., Morrison, III.

UNROOTED MORNING GLORY CUTFINGS.

$1.75 per 100;

Per 100

Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 3-in $f>.00

Sprengt-rii fine, 3i4-in 5.'0

Boston Fern, tru^, 3H-in 5.00

New Geranium De Roo Mittirg. has yellow

foliaift- and double scarlet bloom 20.00

New G ranium Double Snow Drop; we know

not a b^ tter white 15.00

GTanium J*-an Viaud, 3-in 10.00

Alternanthera, r d. also pink, 2?^- in 1.50

Sedum Varifgatum, Border Plant, 2J4-in 1.50

Citiar Plant, %M-'\n 1.50

California Moss, Hanging Basket Plant,

2Ji-n l.PO

California Moss from sand 50

.Jerusalem Cherrv, ^\i-\n\ 1.50

Smilas, from flats 25

Coleus, 15choice named varieties. 2!4-in — 1-50

Vinca, green trailing, 2H-in I-fO

6-in isro

" variegated, 6-in 20.00

5 Plants at 100 rate;

Cash, or R. C. and plants

will be sent C. 0. D.

$15.00 per 1000.

Per 100

Iresines. mixed, 2!4-in $1.50

Sa via Clara Bedman, 2>4-in 1.50

Marguerite, or Paris Daisy, white, 2^-in 1.50

Ageratum Princess Pauline. 2H-in 1.75

NHSturtiums, tall, also dwarf, mixed, 2!^-in. 1.50

Heliotropes, mixed, 2!4-m 1.50

Hardy Pinks, puik colors from sand 1.00

" " laree clumps 5.00

New Ice Plant, from California, the finest

basket plant we ever saw; 2!4-in 10.00

Candytuft. White Rock^-t, flats , 25

V' rbenas. lU cho ce colors, named, 2H-in-- • 1-50
Seedling Cannas, President Carnot. Mme.
Crozy. Sarah Hih, Queen Charlotte and

A. Bouvit-r 1.00

Lobelia Crystal Palace Gem ^M-xn 1.50

A-parrtgus Plumosus Nanus, from flats 2.(0

Petunia, choice double mixed, 4-in 5.00

Per 1000

Pansy Plants, 20 leaves, from cold frame $15.00

250 at 1000 rate,

MORRIS,
ILL.

THE MORRIS TLORAL CO.,

LILY OF THE VAILEY PIPS,

from open ground, strong, thrifty plants, $4.50

per 1010
ASPARAGI>S ROOTS. Barrs Mammoth, 2-year

II a is. V:' per 10 0.
GERANIUMS, beddma, red, semi-double, best

t'l n ■ ers big p antA, young stock, $10 per UO.
AGERATUM, Cope's Pet. strong, .Jl.O" D»r lOo.
PANSIES, tine, large b'ooms. best in the state. $4 50

per 10 ; or will eschauge Tor C-rna i n R. C.
P. L. POPE & SON. Bar. esboro. «. J.

CANNAS.

Dormant or started, str' ng tubers: Chas Hen-
deraon. Cr m^on Bedder. liurb»»nk. Le Clerc. .$2.iX)
pe 100; $18.1 per 10 0. Alphoose Uoiivier. P.
Marquaot, Mme. Crozy, Phil delphia etc. $<00
rer UO. Cineraria, gimitflowere i.2H-'n .$.'.00pfr
100 Geranium, dou'^le or single, mi.^ed, 2V4-in.
$2 00 per 1' 0, Cash please.
Shellroad Greenhouse Co., Grange P. Balto., Md,

Onn nnn Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fresh

^UUiUUU picked from our own plants, sure
to grow, 'Mr. per 110; $7.50 per 1000.

Allernantheras— Red yellow, pink, strong, 2-inch
pots, at $2.00 per lOO.

'Mums— Fine rooted cuttings, W. R. Smith, Daille-
douze, Maj. Bonnaffon. H. Robinson, F. Hardy,
J. Jones, etc., $1.50 per 100.

Boston Ferns, 2M-inch, 50o per doz. ; $3.00 per 100.
3-inch. $1.U0 per doz.; $10.00 per 100.

Geraniums— P. Bruant, Gettysburg, Crystal, Mme.
BruHni, eic. 2 inch, $200 per lOO.

Vinca Major Var.4-inch, strong, $10 per 100.

Russelia Multiflora, 2-inoh,flne plants, 50c per doz.;
$4.0.i pi-r luO. t

Cannas, ►tarted ready for potting, Chas Hender-
son. A. Bouvier, U E. Bally, F. Vaughan. Bur-
bank, l-gandale, Mme. Crozy. Queen Charlotte,
$2.50 per 100 in variot> .

A. J BALDWIN. Newark. Ohio.

itease mention the American Florist when writing.

1368

The American Florist.

April 20,

Albany, N. Y.

TRADE FAIR IN SPITE OF CONTINnOUS RAINS.
—STOCKS WELL EXHAUSTED.— EVERY-
ONE SATISFIED.

There is no complaint concerning
Easter business, despite the fact that the
weather during the week before Easter
throughout a large section of eastern
New York was very rainy. In Albany
the only time during which no rain lell
was on Friday afternoon and a lew hours
on Saturday morning. The principal
call was for roses and violets among cut
flowers, and azaleas, hydrangeas and
Crimson Ramblers among plants. Eyres
had orders for 80 000 violets on the Sat-
urday before Easter. W. C. King & Co.
report that had the weather been fair
their stock would have been exhausted
early and Danker reported that his sales
were ahead of last year.

Busidess was remarkably good during
the week following Easter. There were
numerous weddings, receptions and
social functions of all kinds. A hotel
called the New Kenmore was opened to
the public for the first time on the even-
ing of April 15. Eyres and Whittle
Brothers had charge of the floral decora-
tions, which were elaborate.

The Saratoga Floral Association has
purchased the floats, costumes and other
paraphernalia used at the festival of the
Mardi Gras in New Orleans at a cost of
over $20,000 and will introduce them in
the floral fete next September.

George H Grey who conducted an
establishment at 256 Siuth Pearl street,
has sold out to W C Kmg & Co.

Eyres had the decorations during the
, week for dinners given by Mrs. J. C. Gray
and State Engineer Bovd.

P. K. Morrissey, of Rensselaer, expects
to build a carnation house 22x300 this
summer. R. D.

Janesville, Wis —George Rentschler
has received word that the death of an
uncle, John Eberle, at Hanover, Germanv,
leaves him one of the heirs to $125,000.
His share will be about $9 000.

First latroduction to America of

Black

Soluble Insecticide

- - - Soap - - -

Awarded Grand Prize at Paris Exposition and
winner of Gold Medals at Internat.onal Exposi-
tions of Rome Ville d" Dijon and Turin, also
Diploma of Honor at Marsinilos. Recommeoded
as efllcacious by lar-est European nurserymen
and grow rs iiicludinti Messrs. V.lmorin, Andri-
eux and others. All pests of outdoor or inooor
plant life, including San Jose s".ale succumb to
the pffects of this rem- dy. Fruit growers, super-
intendents of parks and large estate* and horti-
culturiHts g<?nerally will o lige us by writing for
immphlets, prices and other information.

V. CiSAZZA & BRO. ;?e°w'VoRrc'=.«Ty".*-

Sale by
Seedsmen.
For Free
Pamphlet
Write to

The Kettuck)

Tobacco
Product Ct

I^hUtIIU, »

HEADQUARTERS

COCOA FIBRE.
SHEEP MANURE.
BONE all grades,
IMPORTED SOOT.

SPHAGNUM and
GREEN MOSS.
RUSTIC WORK, all Icindi,
CLAYS FERTILIZER.

Awarded the only flrst-
class Certificate of Merit
by the Society of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
Aug.21, 1890. for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

i^ILLDIN

Jersey Qty

PoTTERYC ft

lo_NG Island (Tty

Philadelphia

Thos.W.We[athere(l'sSon$

46 Marlon St., New York City,

Design, Construct and Heat
Greenhouses for private or
Commercial purposes.
Plans, material and work-
manship the best.
Strictly up to date.

SEND FQR OATALOGUE.

Perfect Hot Water Heating our Specialty.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS!

Packed in imall oratei, eaiy to handle.

Pnoe per orate
IMO Mn. pou In crate, 14.88

1500 2
16002..
10003 "
800 3M "
6001 "
330 6 "
144 8

6.26
6.00
600
6.80
4.6]
4.61
3 18

pnoe per orate
120 7-ln.poti In orate. 14.20
■■ -00

48 9
4810
24U
34 13
1314
8 16

4.80
3.60
4.80
4.80
4.60

Seed pans, same price aa pole. Bend for price list of
Cylinders for Cut Flowers HanKlng Baskets, Lawn
Tases, eto. 10 per cent off for cash with order.

HILFINaER BROS. POTTERY,

DR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

ADSDIT Bouora & Sons. New Tork Asents,

^' rtWV STRWr WW -VOHW • ITT

FLOWER POTS

DU^NE & CO., ISJTVl' New York.

HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES.

STANDARD POTSsp.^..tv

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

P. 0. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.

Standard |70X^
Flower... ■ V/ I O

If your greenhouses are within 500 miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

W. H. ERNEST.

28th and M Streets, WASHINGTON, D. C.

RED P OTS

SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., His"'*"'"
GEORGE KIPPERGER,

Sheep Manure

I havp now on hand a lareo quantity of "* ^heep

Manure. Setid for . rioe ii>t and" sample.

Best Fertilizer for Top Dressing.

CASH WITH ORDEU OB BEFEBENCBS.

Office. ao7 Aodemy St., i Aa,p in, .yn piTu
Factory, Seventb,5t., LUNu loLANU bl I !•

STAB. 17^

*HHEWS^

WRITE

AF IfnUR 1521-23 N. LEAVITT ST.,
■ fi NUnrii CHICAGO. ILL..

FOR PBICEB OP

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market.

KELLER BROS.,

_^^_Z13-1B-17-19-21-23 Psirl St.,
NORRISTOWN, PA.

Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red is
oolor, equal to the best on the market; are 16
miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad oonneo-
tlons. We give special attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantities. A
postal mil bring prices and discounts.
Please mention the American Florist when writing'

GEO. KELLER & SON,

UANTTVAOTUBIBS OV

Flower Pols.

Before tmrlng write for prloM.

361-363 Herndon Strati
near Wrlghtwood Are.,

CHICAQO. ILL.

THOSE RED POTS

"STANDARDS"

FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y,

HARRY BAL8LCY. DETROIT. MICH..
Rap. 490 Howard St.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list

6. HFNNFGKF GO.. ""^^V^°°-

Several lar^e advertisements reached
us too late for insertion in this issue.

I go I

The a mer i ca n Fl orist.

1369

Boston Florist Letter Co.

MANTJTACTTJBKBS OF

FLORISTS' LETTBRA.

This wooden box nicely stained and van
alshed, 18x30x12 made In two sectlonsi one
for each size letter, given away with flrat
order of 500 letters.

Block Letters. 1 H or 2-Inch size, per 100, 13.00.
Horlpt Letters. $4- Fastener with each letter or word
Used by leading florists everrwhere and for luc b?
all wholesale florists and supply (lealen.

N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager,

ad Hawlnv St.. BOSTON, M«»e

IF YOU WANT

i HEALTHY PLANTS

FUMIGATE WITH

NICOTICIDE

THE BEST OF ALL

INSECTICIDES j

Write for full particulars to <

The Tobacco Warehousing &TradlngCo., |

1000 Magnolia Ave., LOUISVILLE, KY. \

use "UP-TO-DATE"

= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

M. Rice & Co., 'XnliU'crr..

918 FUbert St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Cataloqtte for the Asking

The Conley Foil Co.

Manofoctarers ot

2 AND 4 DOMINICK STREET.
^■^■^ TJi — n- "Vorb:.

SiGMUND GELLER

Importer and Mir. of

Florists' Supplies

Complete Stock— New Goods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

108 W. 28th 8t-, neareth Av.. NEW YORK.

Wr^T^^ Adjustable Vase Holders

No. 1.— Brass, nickel, 4 fe»*t lon^r. 6 clasps to each
rod. Price complete (with green or white tum-
blers) $2.35. Price complete (with green or white
cornucopia vases) $2.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod
brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-
ineh pots, each, $1.75.

Kift*s patent rubber capped Flower Tcbeb,
IH-inch diameter, per 100, $3.50.

JOSEPH KIFT & SON. 1725 Chestnut St., Phila.. Pa.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want
in the way of

PREPARED PALMS

Whether the raw materials or the
tinished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and service from the
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co.,

Jacksonville, Fla.

Branch Store, Indianapolis, Ind.
'Inquiries Cheerfully Answered.

[very New Thought and
[very Advanced Idea

IN floral fashions is represented in our stock. Buyers who are desirous of
being in the lead will find us strictly up-to-date. Prices lower than else-
where for corresponding quality.
After Easter you will want Engagement and Wedding Baskets, Jardinieres
and Vases for Spring Plants, Cords and Tassels, Ribbon Inscriptions and
Letters, Doves and Sheaves. Prepare now for the Decoration Day trade. The
best Immortelles and Cape Flowers are now in stock; Cycas Wreaths and
Leaves, Moss Wreaths and all styles of Metal Designs.

COMPLETE CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.,

50-56 North fourth St., wholesalers Only. PniLADELPHIA, PA.

Mailing and
Cut Flower Boxes

a specialty with us. The Mailing
Packages are used by the largest
shippers of plants and bulbs, take
less postage and are water-prouf.
Our Cut Flower Boxes are mois-
ture-proof and are used by all
retail florists. These boxes are
shipped knocked down flat. ^Vrite
for prices.

The Dayton Paper Novelty Go.

DAYTON, O.

Please mention American Flori t when orilt^ring.

S for 1 cent.

3 FT. NIRDWOOD FLOWER STAKES Siri°X°nJ.S"?±:

sample and pr ces on other sizes on application. ^^^^^^Ji^^^

LOLIS A. SHARE, factory Cor. Barth Ave. and Belt R. R., Indianapolis, Ind.

A. HERRMANN,

Cape flowers, *"■ colobs;
Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
AHi> All florists' Sopplies.

Send for Prioei.
404>4I2 Eaat S4th St.. NKW YORK.

Sheep Manure.

In natural state, $1.00 per ton,
in car load lots, f. o. b. cars,
Kirkland, 111. ^Vrite for prices on dried pulver-
ized sheep manure. Cash with all orders.

MONTANA FERTILIZER CO., Elgin. III.

Invalid Appliance Co.,

MANUrACTUREKA OF

COLUMBIA PLANT TUBS

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

REED & KELLER,

122 & 119 W. 25th St., NEW YORK, N, Y.

MANUFACTURERS OF

FLORISTS' WIRE DESIGNS.

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Qalax Leaves and all Decorative Greens.

RUSTIC WORK

FOR ALL PURPOSES
MADE TO ORDER.. .

In stock, the most extensive variety in the
country, of Baskets 'Window Boxes, Stands,
Brackets and original designs. Prices low.

RUSTIC MF6. & CONSTRUCTION CO.,

10 Fulton Street.

NEW VO»K CITY.

Von Htiould kuuw whtit
noted growers say

Imperial Liquid
Plant Food

iSh>... ..— . ... ..„..

W/^^^K^m slve. Full Information, booklet-«

^^^^^(M and prlcpR on request. LeadlnR

% ^ KaHtern Dealers handle It.

EASTERN CHEMICAL CO., Mfr^..

620 ATLANTIC AVE., BOBtOfl, MaSS.

1370

The American Florist.

April 20,

Dallas, Texas.

BUSINESS ON THE INCRBASE. — BRIGHT
PROSPECTS FOR THE TRADE IN THE
LONE STAR STATE.— NEED OF A LARGE
CUT FLOWER GROWER. — ONE ESTAB-
LISHMENT TO ENLARGE ITS FACITILI-
TIBS.

Business is increasing very rapidly in
Texas and what we most need now is a
large grower near at hand as a source of
wholesale supplies, for shippedin flowers
are very unsatisfactory. At Easter time
the supply of homegrown cut flowers
was decidedly inadequate, the Texas Seed
and Floral Company reportinji that they
alone could have sold at least 2,000 more
had they been obtainable. They had a
large cut and also received several
hundreds from the north, where Texas
gets most of her cut flowers now, but
these were not satisfactory. It is diffi-
cult to ship carnations from St. Louis or
Chicago and have them arrive here in a
fresh condition. The Texas Seed and
Floral Company is planning to build
several large houses here this season to
increase tbeir output of cut flowers F.
W. Beach, formerly of Richmond, Ind.,
is now in charge of their establishment.
He says that when they have completed
their contemplated improvements, with
packing shed, water cistern elevated
eighty feet, with gasoline engines for
pumping, they will have the most com-
plete and best equipped place south of St.
Louis.

The demand for really well grown
plants shows a rapid increase. Some
yery fine hydrangeas have been shown
here this spring, plants with from four
«to six trusses each, and well colored.
They have not only made a very showy
display, but they sold rapidly. Violets
have been selling well but \tere scarce.
There has been a heavy crop of Brides
and Bridesmaid roses and also a goodly
supply of American Beau ties. The season
has been a good one throughout.

Lone Star.

West Andover, Mass.— E. Flynn, of
Lawrence, Mass., has leased the Edwards
greenhouses.

Madison, N. J — L. M. Noe has work
underway on another rose house 20x211.
Mr. Noe has a house of Liberty which are
very healthy, vigorous plants, producing
fine flowers which sell at a high price, but
he thinks he gets but about one-third the
number of blooms produced by Meteor.

THE FINLEY LAWN RAKE FOR 1901

TNO SIZES-20-inch, $12.00; 14-inch, $1000, net F.

Two Colors. Vermilion or Dark Green. Endorsed by Florists. Seedsmen and

Si nd

for Circular

O. B.

others.

Jolibt.

riniey Lawn Rake Co., Joliet, III.

^^t^;'«^^^^%^

Tha Mnufor ^^^*' ^^^'^ '^i" ^" ^^^ weeds in your
1 116 inUil bl lawns. If >ou keep tbe weeds cut
so they do not go to seed and cut your grass with-
out breaking the small feeders of roots, the grass
will become thick and weeds will disappear. Ihe
Clipper will do it. Send for catalogue and prices.
CUPPER UWN MOWER CO., Norristown, Pa.

"Viola''

LARGEST HORTICULTURAL ADVERTIS-
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SWEDISH QARDENINQ OFFICES,

6. Regeringsgatan. STOCKHOtM.

Boilers

OF HIGH .
GRADE. ."^

For GREENHOUSES.

See Our Catalogue.,

ll;^"*teain and
It^'Bot Water.

Giblin&Co.. Utica. N.Y.

WON SENT

WIL BRING YU 50 DIFFERENT
HARMONIUS KOLOR KOMBIJ^A-

•SIONS FOR XTERIOR DEKORA-
SIONSOFHOUS AN HOM.

JOHN LUCASaCO.PHILA.8. N.Y

■ »■ «• *n»F-fr-#qit^K>M*-^Hfc'

NIKOTEEH

IT COSTS A CENTS FOR EACH COO FEET OFli
-9 FLOOR SPACE ?. (7

fim DOES NOT INJURE THE MOST SENSITIVE \
I W PUNTS- ENDORSED BY PROMINENT FIMISTS-'
J».f USED FOR FUMIGATION OR SPRAYINC INDOORS OR
twfkOUT- 200 IBS. OF TOBACCO III ONE PINT OfllKOIFCII
SOID BY SEEDSMEN CIRCULAR fTlEE-

SKABCURA DIPCO.CniCACO.

IRON

RESERVOIR

VASES

IRON LAWN
SETTEES.

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Mcdonald bros., nivvM^sit'i^Hio.

Send fou Our 1901 Cataloode

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: 71 oenti, poitp»id.

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SASH

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GtTLF CYPRESS BARS,
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Flushing Ave., near Metropolitan Ave..Braol<lyn, N Y.
AT WHOLESALE.
Catalogue and eftti-'
mHtp. riirniih*'d.

Piintedi Published Specialties

Florists' Catrtlofjue", Foldors aud
Souvenirs, Booklet 8. Fhotograi-'Us,
Tags, Labels, Stationery, et**. Cir-
culars. SampleB. etc., im advice.
DAN*L B. LONG, Publisher, Buffalo, N. Y.

tgoi.

The American Florist.

1371

cfpI13s

us MUCH M »IIE OUfUaPLKtHAlPINE.

PRES
ASH BARi

««■• roit FEET •NtENaTH ORl^GER.^

1 GREENHOUS

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Please mention tfie American Florist ivhen writi7ie

Prevents /

Mildew

Operates to

perfection

in

catchy weatiier.

Are placed
on their merits

The Automatic
Ventil3tQr
does its own
ling.

^the

You can not get a GOOD THING
for nothing. But the price of this
apparatus is next to nothing. Send
(or price and description to

J D. CARMODY. Evansvilla. Ind.

REBUILT MACHlNERYJi

and SUPPLIES at Bargain Prices. Larg-
est Machinery Depot on eartb. We buy
bulldiut^s and plants, amonc
others we bousht the World's
B'a r, the Onrnba Exposition, the
Chicago Pobt ufflce, and other
structures. We rebuild machin-
ery of all kinds, and sell with
binding guarantees. Boilers
from KSup; EnRlnes from J3j
up; Steam Pumps from »15 up,
etc. We carry complete stock oiGenern^.u^-
plies, such as BF.tTING, *'HAFTII»G.

MaJjuers, Pi'Ci'i'-.vs, iron

PIPF. IRON ROOFINJj. HARD-
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; PLUMBING MATERIAL, etc.

; Will ^emi freLSOur-PRn-pafreratalng No.

I Constantly buying entire stocSS I

, at SherilTs' and Receivers' sales.
-,J Chicago House Wrecliing Co..
:5 W. 35th& Iron Sts, Chicago, III.

:.Si

Piease merUon the American Florist when writinz-

DO NOT FORGET

before building tbat addi-
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to write us for expert plans
and figures. Perhaps we
can save you money.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marlon St., NEW YORK.

Please mention the A r,

lean Florist ivhen ivnline

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the only
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And TEMPERATIRE REGULATOR

By simply attaching our Temperature Controlling Device to your heating system
you not only secure an even temperature but effect a direct saving of iuel.

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Broadway and High St.,

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Our Illustrated Catalogue. Prices. Etc.. is yours lor the asking.

WATER.

If you want water ooly when the wind blows a windmill will do your
work and cost less money than our Rider and Ericsson Hot Air Pumps, but
if you want water every day while your flowers are growing and do not want
your pump blown down when the wind blows too hard, no pump in the
world can equal ours. We have sold about 20,0C0 of them during the past
twenty-five years, which is proof that we are not making wild statements.

Our Catalogue *'A 3*' will tell you all about them. Write to near-
est store.

Rider-Ericsson Engine Go.

28 Cortlandt St., New York. 692 Criiig St., Moktreal, P. Q. Sfi Lake St., Chicago.

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Wrile to NEW YORK OFFICE for Estimates, CataloRues, Plans, Expert Advice, Etc. 5

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Write for

Catalogue containing
testimonials of the
leading florists.

GEO. M.
GARLAND,

Des plaines. III.

1372

The American Florist.

April 20,

Index to Advertisers.

Advertising rates. . .13)8

Allen S L* Co II

American Btower uo iV
American. Rose Co..

1360 II

Amling E C 1361

Andorra Nurseries. 1356

Baldwin A J 1367

Bailer FA 1356

Bassett & Wash-
burn 1351

BaurS Alfred I

Bayersdorfer HACo 1369
Benedict Geo H....1360

Benthey'&.Co 1361

Berckmans P J Co 1362
Bernbeimer Eugene 1352

Heroing H G 13i)2

Bindekunat Die — If
Blue H 11 Nursery.. 1360
Bot)bin< & Atkins. 1366

Bock W A .1365

BostonCo-operative

Growers Es 1362

Boston Letter Co . . . 13''9

Brant SD 1355

Brant* Noe 1351

Brinley EB&Co..ia63

BuckbeeH W 1365

Buckley W T Plant

Co 1361

BudlongJA . . . . 1351 1365

Bunyard H A 1350

Burpee W A & Co.. II

Carmody J D 1371

Ca8azzaV&Hro...l368
Chadboru MfgCo..l3n
Chad wick Chas...l363

Chase A S ...1365

Chicago Carnation

Co.. 13i0 1363 ■

Chicago House Wkg

Co.. 1371 ;

Cinoin Cut Flow Co.1350 1
Cincinnati Flo Co. .1384
Clipper Lawn Mow-

erlCo 1370

Cole Bros 1363

Conard & Jones Co. 1358

Conley Foil Co 1369

Cook John 1363

Cottage Gardens — I
Crabb A Hunter.... I
Craig Robt & Son..lS63 |
Cunningham Jos H. 1366 i
Dailledouze Bros... 1363

Davis Bros 1307

Dayton Paper Nov-
elty Co 1369

Deamud J B 1350

Detroit Flower Pot

Mfv 1368

Dietsch A & Co.... Ill
Dillon J L 1362 1314 1366
Dorner F A SousCo I

Dreer H A 1357 1370

Dunlop John H 1363

Dunne & Co 1368

East'n Chemical Col369
Eichholz Henry .... 1366

ElseleC 1367

Ellis Frank M 1352

Ernest W H 1368

Ernst H & Son 1396

Finley Lawn Rake

Co 1370

Fisher Peter 1365

FloridaNaturalPro-

ductCo 1369

Ford Bros 1353

Foster Lucius H... 1361

Fryer E 1355

Gardening Co 1364

Gardeners Chronole II

Garland K'rank 1351

Garland Geo M 1371

Goiger Geo R 1364

Geller Sigmund ...1369

Ghormlcv \Vm 1363

Gibbons H W Co... 1371

Giblin A Co 1370

Gonzalez F & Co... 1364
Good A R-ese Co... 1369
Gullett W H & SonslSaj
Gunther \Vm H ....1353
Gurney Heater Co.. 1372
Guttm-n Alex J.... 1363
Hagenburger Carl . . 1365

Hail Ass'n 1372

Hancock G A Sou.. 1365

Hansen Chris 1363

Harrer Geo 1365

Hart R 1 1360

Heacook Joseph 1363

Heiss J B 1360

HenneckeCCo 1368

Herendeen Mfg Co. IV

Herr Albert M 1366

Herron Dana R 1365

Herrmann A 1369

Hews AHA Co. ...1368

Hilflnger Bros 1368

Hill The EGCo.... I

Hippard E Ill

Hitohin^s A Co.... IV
HoltonAHunkel Col3i0
Hooker HM Co 1372

Horan Edw C 1353

Hort Adv II

Hose Connect'n Co. \^

Humteld C 1366

Hunt EH 1361

Invalid Appl'ce Co.1369

Iowa i?eed Co 13 »5

Irvine John A Sons. 1366
Jackson Edw li,..1366

Jacobs S A Sous 1370

Jennings E B 13i5

Jennings Bros Ill

Johnson Chrisliue.1361
.Toliuson A Stores. .1354

Hasting W P 13r2

Keller Bros 1368

Keller Geo A Son. . . 1368

Kellogg Geo M 1350

Kennicott Bros Co.. 1355
Kentucky Tobacco

Produce Co 1368

Kervan Co The 1368

Kift Joseph A Son. .1369

Kinney L F 1361

Kohr A F 1368

Kramer I N A Sons.l3'!0
Kroeschell Bros Co. IV

Kuehn C: A 1352

Kuhl GeoA

...13 8 1362 1363 136)
Lager AHurrell....l3.i6
Lakeview Rose Gar. 1364

Lang Julius, 13'^3

Langjahr A H 1353

Lee R A 1368

Limprecht S J 1363

Lockland Lum Co. .

1370 III

Long D B 1370

Lonsdale Edwin . . . .131*6
Lord A BurnhamCo IV

Lucas J A Co 1370

McCarthy N FACo 1362
McDonald Bros... .1370
McKellarAWintrsn 1355

Mader Paul 1360

May JohnN 1302

MiMang Frank 1353

Millang A Salt'ord.1353
MoUer's Zeitung — It
Moninger JC Co... Ill
Montana Fertil Co.. 1369
Moon Samuel C — 13.i6
Moon Wm H Co....l3ii>
Morris Floral Co... .1367
Mortensen Stephen. 1362

Moss Geo M 1352

Myers A Co 1372

>>ew Eng Cut Flower

Co 1352

NY Cut Flower Co.l353
N Y Cut Flower Ex.l3i3

Niesseu Leo 1352

Palen Co The 11

Pennook Sam'l S. . 1352
Pittsburg Cut Flo

Co 1350

Poehlmann BrosCo 1351
Pollwonh C C Co

1350 1368

Pope P L A Son..., 1367

Pritohard J N 1360

Quaker CityMchCo 1371

RaganH L 1364

Randall A L 1361

Rawlings E 1 1361

Raynor J 1 1353

Regan Print House. H

Reed A Keller 13P9

Remberg Geo. .1351 1364
Reinberg Peter

1331 136i

Routers J 1363

Rice MA Co 1369

Rider-Ericsson Eng.

Co 1371

Rife Engine Co 1372

Ripperger Geo. 13d8

Roche A n

Rodeers Alex II

Roland Thomas ... 13.56
Rolker A A Sons. . .. II

Rupp John F 1354

Rustic Mfg Co 1369

Sander ACo 1365

Schillo Adam IV

Schmidt J C 13S5

Scott Robt A Son. .1363
Seminole Palm Co 1351

Share Louis 1369

Shelly J P 1361

Shellroad Green-
house Co 1367

Sheridan \V F 13.i3

Siebrecht A Son. 1361 I
Situations A Wants 1349
Skabcura UipCo. .. 1370
Smith Nath A Son. .1362
Smith W A TCo... 1
Smith A Young Co 1361

Soltau C 1355

Sprague Smith Co.. 1372

Stahl Chas B 1352

Stearns Lumber Co. 1371
Storrs A Harrison

Co 1366

Sutherland G A.... 1382

Swahn Pot Mfg Co.

Swayne Wm

Thorburn J M ACo.
Tobacco Warehouse

A Trading Co
Traendly ASchenck
^'auehan'8 Seed

Store 1S6

Vick's Sons Jas
Vincent R Jr A Son

Viola

Vredenburg ACo..

Walter Fred

Weatbered's Sons
Thos 1368 I37I 13T,'

1368 j Weber H A Sons.... 1365

1355 WeeberADon...... II

1354 I Weiland A Risch...l351

Welch Bros l»-Z

1369 I Whilidih Pot Co. . ..1368
1S63 I Wietor Bros 1362

Wildpret Bros 11

) I 1 WilksS Mfg Co.... Ill
II . Wilmore W W 1360

1360 Wilson Misses 13S4

1370 I WittboldGeoCo. .1361
II I Wood Bros 1364

1361 I Wood Stqbbs A Co.l364
Young Jno. 1363

111 Young A Nujjent. ..13-3

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IS without question the engine for the
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atteDtioQ. Never stops. It
pumpB SO ft, hieh for every
footof fall. 8old onSOdfflfs
trial. Send for free catalog.

RIFE ENGINE CO.

126 liberty St., New yorl(.

!

FOR INSURANCE AGAINST
DAMAGE BY HAIL, Address

JOHN a. ESLER, Sae'y F. H. A..

A FLIMSY BOILER

is a poor investment.

THE WEATHERED

will last a lifetime and yott
can depend upon it. ^ .^ jt

Testimonials by the hundred on application to

Thos. W. Weathered's Sons,

46 Marlon St., NEW YORK.

Sprague Smith Co.

PLATE AND WINDOW GLASS

Greenhouse Glass a Specialty

207-209 Randolph Street CHIUGO.

Please mention the American Florist when Tvriling,

'>^«i

A Successful Florists' Boiler

Must accomplish certain definite results. You know what
is requited; so do we, and therefore the Gurney Heaters are
built so as to produce a maximum of heat from a minimum
consumption of fuel. No matter what the size of your
greenhouse, we can supply a boiler that will heat it as it
ought to be.

Gurney Boilers are constructed on the most approved
ideas, are extremely durable and very economical. Remem-
ber that the GURNEY claims are based on actual achieve-
ments.

Our Qreenhouse Catalogue goes to you for the asking.

GURNEY "400 SbHiES"

HOT WATER HEATER.

Western SelllnK AgentR,

GURNEY HEATER MFG. CO.

74 Franklin St..

in Fifth Ave.. N. Y. CITY. BOSTON. MASS.

JAMES B. CLOW A SONS, 2as-224 Lake St., Chlcseo, lU.

NEW YORK BRANCH :

Myers & Co.

ESTABLISHED 1849.

GREENHOUSE ARCHITECTS I BUILDERS.
HEATING ENGINEERS.

Greenhouse
Boilers.

Iron Bench
Frames-

Send for catalogue and latest prices.

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Vol. XVI.

CHICAQO AND NEW YORK. APRIL 27. 1901.

No. 673.

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iCopyrieht 1901, by Amerioan Florist Company.
[ Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter.

Published evert Saturday by

J AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,

! 324 Dearborn St.. Chicago.

Butern Office: 79 Milk St., Boston.

Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $2.00.

SubBcriptons accepted only from the tradb.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

UITICBB8 — Patrick O'Maba, New York, N. Y.,
preaiJent; Wm. F. Kabtino, Buffalo, N. Y.. vice-
president; Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk Street,
Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Bkattt, Oil City,
vPa., treasurer. The seventeenth annual meeting
will be held at Buffalo, August 6-10, 1901.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual meeting at New York, March, 1902.

Lbohabd Babbon,
lecretary.

136 Liberty St., New York,

THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Annual convention at Indianapolis, February.
1933. Albebt M. Hebb, Lancaster, Pa., leoretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual meeting at Buffalo, August, 1901. Edwin
Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa., secretary.

THIS ISSUE 40 PACES WITH COVER.

CONTENTS.

Herbjiceous plsut notes 1373

C vela mens at Illinois rniversily (illus.) 1374

Growing good violets 1374

Artificial pollination of carn.itions 1374

The mourning iris (illus.) 1375

Tbo chan'.;fs of two decades 1375

Xotes of Kng.ish exhibitions 1376

A St. Louis success (lUus.) 1376

Best meihtds of fumigating 1376

.\mong southern growers 1377

, A floral corner pie -e (illus.) 1378

• The lettuce industry in Ohio (illus.) 13!8

. New York 1378

! Boston 1379

Chicago 1380

' Pniladelphia 1380

I St. Louis 1381

1 Greenhouse building 1383

Phil. A. Delphia '. 1382

Healing problfms 138i

Obituary 1382

The seed trade 1388

• — Governinent seeds 1388

; —The seed trade of IWI 138B

' The nursery trade 1390

WoreesiiT, Mass 1390

Our pastimes 1393

Cleveland 1393

Columbus, 1393

Albany, N. Y 1392

, Bellevue. Pa 1392

Lowell. Mass 1392

Syracuse. N. V 1394

Minneapol is 1396

San Franci co 1398

Peterson. N. J 1400

Pittsburg H02

Toronto I4U4

Cincinnati 1406

Herbaceotis Plant Notes.

The sunny and mild weather daring
the first halt of April has started all our
hardy plants into growth rather earlier
than usnal in the vicinity of Rochester,
N. Y., and many of them are in bloom
now. The snow that fell on them last
week has not damaged any ot them in
the least. Aside from the spring flower-
ing bnlbs we have the charming little
hepaticas in blue, red, pink and white.
Last year's foliage is green on them yet,
but the young, silk-covered, bronzy leaves
are pushing up fast and the clumps are
thickly studded with the pretty flowers
and many buds. Hepaticas are admir-
ably adapted for spring bedding and the
clumps may be transferred when the
flowers are faded, to other quarters, to
make room tor other bedding plants in
May. If they are intended to reoccupy
the flower bed in tall, careful lilting and
replanting with the entire ball is required,
but it certainly pays to spend a little
extra time on them, as they will flower
more profusely next season. They should
not be divided, even it the clamps are
large, unless you want more stock, for
divided plants never bloom very freely
lor a year or two. During the summer
months a half shady position suits them
best and a light soil is preferable. Other-
wise they are not difficult to handle and
I do not see a reason why so few of them
are grown. They make a good, salable
pot plant for early spring, too, though
not a very cheap one, because the plants
must be grown for two years, at least,
in the field before they are strong enough
for a 4-inch pot, but the tact that they
bloom BO early without the protection
of a glass structure is in their favor and
should come into consideration.

The subulata section of phloxes are
nearly all out in flower where they are
not too densely shaded, forming large
sheets of white and pink over the ground.
It is strange that the past winter should
damage our patches ot Phlox subulata
in Fpots on the rockery tor the first time,
while those on level ground, fully exposed
to winds and sun, came through in
excellent condition. Neither of them were
protected in any way. ^^. subulata Vivid,
the brightest of all, and the true Nelsonii,
a waxy, transparent white, with a small
pale- pink center, not the one which is
sold generally under this name, are a
week or two later in coming out; both
are very distinct and also very rare.
P. amoena, P. reptans and P. ovata will
be fully out in a few days; none of these
snfiered in the least during the winter.

Arabis albida and A. alpina are both
ready to open and soon will be a mass of
white. Iberis sempervirens is coming
out fast, too; it is the first really service-
able outdoor flower among hardy plants.

Aubretias in variety are nearly fully
out. The old batches of these pretty
dwarf plants (some of them have not
been disturbed in any way for six or
seven years) are decidedly superior to the
more recent plantings. They form thick,
densely matted cushions, covered with
blue or purple bloom, almost hiding the
greyish green foliage. No covering of
any sort is used on these in winter and
none have snfiered in the least.

Sanguinaria Canadensis, with its pure
white, starry, eight to twelve-petaled
flowers is at its best now. The young
reddish foliage, palmately lobed and
veined, is very ornamental, too, at this
stage; later it turns a dark green. Saxi-
frages, with their leathery, large,evergreen
leaves are pushing up showy racemes of
pink flowers in abundance now, on level
ground as well as in the rockery. It is a
most desirable spring flower, very easy
to grow, requiring no care; in fact, when
once planted it is there forever, unless
crowded out by some rapidly growing
and spreading neighbor.

Caltha palustris fl. pi. var. monstrosa
is in bloom. It Is a very donble flower,
quite large and pure, deep golden yellow
in color. In moist, rich ground it grows
as high as twelve inches but, although a
moisture loving plant, we have always
had good success on a rather dry border
and also on the foot ot a rockery, only
the flower stems are thereby shortened
and its height reduced. It is a very useful
cut flower, selling readily at very fair
prices, but not much grown.

Iris pumila in variety has made its
appearance, too, and the more beautiful
very dwarf I. vema, also. I. pumila, the
ordinary bluish purple variety, is quite
common everywhere, but the choicer
white and yellow varieties are rarely
seen.

Senecio aureus, a native plant, deserves
to be grown more extensively on account
ot its early blooming qualities. Under
cultivation it is quite an ornamental
plant.

The helebores, too, are still in flower
on the shady part of the rockjry.
The large flowers are perfect now, far
superior to those produced in winter
because irost damages their broad petals.

Draba Aizoon forms small compact
rosettes of stiff, almost spiny leaves. It
is one of the first spring flowers to come
out and lasts several months. The flow-

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ers are small but numerous, bright yel-
low. It does well in very dry places,
either on a rockery or on level ground
and on slopes. The plant is very neat in
appearance.

The primulas and auriculas are also
showing flowers and many others will
soon be out; one mild, sunny day must
burst them open. J. B. K.

Cyclamens at University of Illinois.

The accompanying illustration is from
a photograph of the collection of cycla-
mens at the greenhouses of the Univer-
sity of Illinois. The plants were grown
by Fred. Atkinson, the University florist,
from seed obtained from England. Some
of the plants have carried over thirty
flowers at a time, the individual flowers
of unusual size and perfection.

Growijg Good Violets.

\An essay read by Joseph Bradley, be/ore the
Tarrytown Horticultural Society, March 2S, igoi.'\

I take cuttings in February or the first
week in March from plants grown in a
cold frame, with just enough protection
from the cold to keep them alive. By so
doing I get stronger and more robust
plants. I start the cuttings in half sand
and half leaf mold. I find they root
quicker and make more roots than when
grown in all sand. They are left in the
violet house until planted out and by
that time have good, long roots and
there is no trouble to get them started to
grow in the field.

I plant them in three different places in
the garden to make sure of success in one
place if not in another. I p]ant in a row
running east and west on the north side
of a row of cannas or some other tall

much and make too many crowns, pinch
them off, as I get better results from
plants with one or two crowns than
from those with four or five. I may not
get as many blooms but I get larger and
stifier stems. If it should come a long
dry spell of weather I give the plants a
good watering, enough to saturate the
earth around them.

I have grown violets in the house and
frames all summer but of this I do not
approve. I find that when growing them
outside in the summer I can make the
beds in the houses rich enough to run the
plants over winter without applying any
manure, and I believe a great deal of
harm is done by using artificial fertilizers
in the winter.

I use the soil I take out of the rose
house, making it about six inches deep,
spreading a good coat of well rotted cow
manure on top. Then I spread over this
a good coat of air-slaked lime and mix
the whole well together. When I have
not enough of this compost I take two-
thirds of good garden soil to one- third of
leaf mold, with , the same treatment of
manure and lime as above. I have used
new soil, the same as for roses, but I
cannot get as good results from it.

I plant inside in September, for I like
the plants to get good hold of their new
soil before the growing season closes, but
am careful to keep the house open as
long as possible and allow them to have
the first few light frosts; it stifiens them
and makes them hardy. I do not turn
on the heat until I am forced to. I try
to keep the bouse about 42°, with the
ventilators a little open. I would rather
have it at the freezing point than have it
at 50°. I keep the plants well watered
and syringe them on bright mornings but
never in the evening.

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growing plant. This gives them enough
shade in the hottest part of the day. I
have planted a bed for the last few years
on the west side of a row of locust trees
running north and south, but each time
they have become diseased.

The soil is very sandy, so I find it
necessary to give them a heavy mulching.
Half rotted leaves are good lor this pur-
pose, as they retain the moisture in the
soil for a long time and violets like the
earth cool and moist. To get strong
plants I believe in keeping the runners
pulled off and if the plants spread too

I find it beneficial to keep the surface of
, the soil stirred between the plants. This
work I do with an old chisel, I givetwo
or three sprinklings of air-slaked lime
and work it in with the chisel and hands.
This keeps the earth sweet; there is noth-
ing so detrimental to violets as the earth
becoming sour.

There are two pests which dama^^ the
plants if not kept in check. One is a
small green worm or caterpillar which
lodges on the under side of the leaves and
eats them full of holes. I use slug shot
for these, put on with a small blower.

Then there is a larvae of a gallfly. This
gets on the young leaves as they come
up from the crown and causes them to
curl and rot off. I use ivory soap for
these, one small cake dissolved in five
gallons of water, and put on with either
syringe or watering pot. This also keeps
down red spider.

The eel worm is very destructive and I
used to be troubled with it until 1 used
plenty of lime. I believe violets like the
lime and there seems to be no fear ol
using too much.

Spot commonly causes trouble. This,
in my opinion, comes from too much
dampness on the foliage, coupled with a
warm, muggy atmosphere. I have had
the spot for the last three years and each \
time have succeeded in getting rid of it i
by simply placing the plants in the frame '
and greenhouse and placing the sash
over them to keep the dew oft', with a
lively circulation of air through them.
For those in the frame I drive a row of
stakes at each end of the sash, leaving
them fifteen inches above the frame; then
nail a strip on top of them and lay on the
sash. On the house I can lift the sash
from the bottom, which I do, thus get-
ting a good circulation of air, and here 1
would say never have the houses closed
one hour when you can leave them open.
When a few dulldays come in winter and
the frames have been kept closed, I have
seen specks of disease come on these
plants.

There is another form of disease which
causes a brown rim to form around the
leaf. This, I think, comes from the roots
and may be caused by the soil becoming 1
stagnant or sour, or it may be caused by I
artificial fertilizers or by eel worms, and !
I find when once it comes it is hard to i
get rid of. I give the soil about the '
affected plants a good coating of air-
slaked lime and work it in as deeply as
possible without cutting the roots.

Then there is what is commonly called
the heart rot. This, again, is caused by ,
too close an atmosphere and this is one
of the reasons I prefer a medium sized
plant to a large one. The foliage is not
dense and allows the crowns more air
and keeps them dry. I have been more
troubled with this last named disease, if
it may be called such, than with both the
others, and I believe this is on account ot
so much warm, muggv weather so late .
in the fall.

If one wishes to keep plants blooming
as long as possible in the spring, I find it
necessary to shade the glass with lime
the last week in February or the first
week in March to keep them from send-
ing up their young foliage. With those
in the frame, about the last week in
March I lay the shutters on and tilt the
sash from one side. By so doing I can
get good blooms for two or three weeks
longer. jl

Artificial Pollination of Carnations. ■

An account is given in Gartenflora of
cross pollinating Dianthus Chinensis
with the pollen of D. Caryophyllus for ,
the purpose of combining the vigorous
growing habit and strong stems of the
first with the rich color and odor of the
latter. Incidentally pollen from D. bar-
batns and D. plumarius was also used to
fertilize the Chinese carnation. The pol-
len of D. barbatus was effective, and
seventy good seeds were obtained; but
that of D. plumarius exerted no influence
whatever. Some 100 seeds were obtained
when D. Chinensis was pollinated by D.
Caryophyllus. These were sown. None
of the resulting carnations were alike in

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'type, form, or leaf formation. Out of
sixty blossoms only three were well filled.
Ten of the more promising plants were
set in pots, pollinated with D. Caryo-
phyUus, and the seed harvested in the fall.
This seed, when sown the following
spring, produced plants which blossomed
at intervals between June 1 and Septem-
' her 30. Selected plants were again pol-
linated with D. Caryophyllus and the
operation repeated three times. The
result of the experiment at the end of six
years is a plant which blossoms earlier
than D. Caryophyllus and has a stronger
stem. It is believed that after a few
years this strain can be so fixed as to
come true to seed. The experiment is
further believed to show that it requires
at least ten years before satisfactory
results can be obtained in cross pollinat-
ing carnations. — Experiment Station
Record.

The Mourning Iris.

The adaptability of the beautiful Iris
Susiana, the mourning iris, for extensive
greenhouse culture is an open question,
but my experience with a limited number
for several years, 'convinces me it is a
particularly attractive variety for cool
greenhouse or conservatory and never
tails to receive favorable comment. Mr.
George Watson, in his description of
the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's
spring show, in reference to it, says that
in the hands of an artist it might prove
valuable in funeral work. The name,
color and individual beauty commend
his suggestion, and it only remains for
some enterprising individual to test its
qualifications.

As regards a successful method of
cultivation, experience has taught me
that only the longest and largest root-
stocks can be depended upon to flower.
Such as could be accommodated in shal-
low pans rarely flower the first year. In
late summer, when they are procurable,
place three or four roots in 6-icch pots
thoroughly drained; plunge them in a
cold frame to remain until January, after
which place in a cool house fully exposed
to the sun. When they commence to
flower, shade the plants or remove them
to a shady position, where they will
remain in full perfection from six to ten
days. The plants will flower from year
to year by ripening the foliage and dry-
ing-ofif carefully.

1 would suggest that at least, a few be
tried. The delight of friends and one's
own admiration for this lovely iris will
amply repay for the small space occupied
and add a new pleasure to each recurring
spring. Francis Canning.

The Changes of Two Decades.

[An essay by Edgar Sanders, read before the
Chicago Florists* Club, March i, igoi.\

In some respects it does not seem to me
so long ago, but ho w few of the old guard
are still in the harness, and what a change
has come over the scene. Twenty years
ago— let's see, who and what did we
have in the florists' way in Chicago in
the year 1880? In many respects the
difference now and then is magical indeed,
in the flowers used, the general make-up
of them, and things generally.

Twenty years ago we had no florists'
club, no florists' directory, no bowling
club, no quartette, no liveried driver and
tiger, With a fashionable turnout, no
fakirs, no hello, and no trade papers. It
is just about that long ago that I as one
0! the first starters in this city, retired
from the field as one of your competitors,
to make room for those to follow.

How many florists had we then in the

IRIS SUSIANA (MOURNING IRIS>. AT PHILADELPHIA SPRING SHOW.

(See issue of March 30, pag^ 1231.)

business, what did they grow, and how
difiierent from our own times? Our city
then had 503,185 population; it is now
nearly four times that number. The city
proper covered but thirty-seven square
miles, now 186. There were then inside
the city limits sixty-one florists' firms,
fifteen of these doing business as retailers
in the central part, and one wholesaler.
These foui'teen, by the way, then did the
cream of the trade of that day in flowers.
This is all changed. What those in the
center now sell, exclusive of the fakir, is
but a drop in the bucket, so to speak, of
all the flowers that are grown and sold
in this city. Shipping either into the
city, or out of it, was then but an infant
as compared to now. It would be hard
to say how extensive a field Chicago's
supply comes from, and harder still to
say to what point Chicago flowers are
not shipped.

Besides the sixty-one florists in the
city limits twenty years ago, there were
forty-three firms in nearby towns, a total

of 104 firm?, as I make it. Last year my
computation was 377 firms in the city,
and 140 outside, a total of 517, all kinds.
If that is correct, in 1880 for every 4,338
inhabitants there was one florist firm; in
1900 one for every 3,477; less diflerence
after all than I had imagined.

Twenty years ago one commission
house had just started, and peddled its
small consignments among the retailers.
Now we have from fifteen to eighteen
wholesale houses to 500 and odd grow-
ers and retailers, but the buyers now do
the hustling. Here is a remarkable
change indeed. So much so that 50,000
roses or carnations could more easily be
picked up to-day for a rush order than
could 500 twenty years ago. No Idnger
than twenty years ago an establishment
with 5,000 feet of glass was respectable,
a range of ten houses 20x100 worth
going to see; double that, a big place
indeed, with lots of the smaller ones still
heating with old-fashioned flues, and
houses glazed with 7x9 and 8x10 glass.

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Now anyone with less than 50,000 feet
ofglassisnot in it; a quarter to a half
million feet is the idea. The big eight
who wholesale their own cut easily have
2,500,000 feet of glass lumped together,
and mostly in roses and carnations at
that. Why, the money paid for coal by
one of these giants alone would be a
handsome take for the biggest of those of
twenty years ago.

Of the fifteen firms credited to the cen-
tral part of the city twenty years ago,
J. C. Vaughan, John E. Bohan, W. D.
Chandler, James Farrell, August Gutzloe,
Albert J. Hovey, Mrs. C. Krick, C. J.
Kruger, Charles Reissig, Edgar Sanders,
Fred. A. Schiller. W. T. Shepperd, and R.
S. Watson & Co., not one is left in the
original business in 1901. In the out-
skirts there are a very few of the origin-
als, but as a rule they are all new; the
big ones, the oldest but a decade old, sev-
eral even less than ten years old.

What did they grow twenty years ago?
For one thing, not now seen, white bal-
sams ran a close race with carnations;
the old double white primula was an
important feature; camellia flowers were
also still in the ring. Disbudded carna-
tions were not thought of for ten years
after; every bud was expected to perfect a
flower, and good sales at that. Tuber-
oses were grown extensively nearly all
the winter, a highly profitable crop at 3
to 5 cents per flower, and a grand thing
for the grower and the retailer as then in
demand, even if bulbs were expensive as
compared to now.

New varieties of carnations had a

' longer run than now, but no talk of

sleepiness. President De Graw, Lady

Emma, La Purite, Astoria, etc., followed

132 sorts. After 1890 new sorts fairly
rolled in; 1892, the banner year, is cred-
ited with fifty-seven sorts, and still it
goes on; many are called, few are chosen;
yon pay your money and try your luck.
Hinze's White stayed with us until a very
few years ago, and good old Portia, a
product of 1884, is still in the ring.

C. W. Ward, you know, recently esti-
mated that the florists in this country
grow, altogether, 5,000,000 carnation
plants each year, producing 60,000,000
blooms a year, that sell for $2,000,000.
It may be. In this city we have two
growers alone who housed 240,000 car-
nation plants between them. Think of it!
Whatever the number may be and what
they bring, the Chicago market gets
away with its fuU share of roses and
carnations, and tor this time we will end
and let it go at that.

Notes of English Exhibitions.

The fortnightly meetings of the Royal
Horticultural Society are attracting con-
siderable numbers of visitors and the
roster of fellows has been very largely
augmented during the past year. It is
many years since the society was in such
a flourishing condition as at present. It
has become quite evident that the exhibi-
tions are the greatest source of attrac-
tion. There are some who are anxious
to establishment new trial grounds, but
it would be a great oity to risk the funds
in such a venture. It would be far better
to provide a more suitable hall of horti-
culture in a central location, for there
would be plenty of exhibitors to show
what can be grown in various districts.

Hardy deciduous flowering shrubs are

ESTABLISHMENT OF GEORGE WALDBART, STt LOUIS, MO.

by Hinze's White and Red, Hinsdale, King
of the Crimsons, and others, all origin-
ated as late as 1.S76 and 1877 and had
barely got a foothold in the trade twenty
years ago. All told, up to 1880, there
were raised and named seven in whites,
eight in reds, seven in pinks, six yellow,
and four white variegated, two maroons
and one red striped. The next decade,
1880 to 1890, there was brought onto
the market upwards of 125 new sorts.
Beginning, however, in 1884 the coming
carnation tide may be said to have
had its origin, with thirty-two new
sorts; 1885 dropped to eight only; 1886
ran up to thirty-seven; the two follow-
ing yeais sixteen and eighteen respect-
ively, out of the total for the decade of

becoming very popular and fine displays
have been made on several recent occa-
sions. At the Royal Horticultural
Society meeting April 9 a large group
of double flowered cherries, Prunus
Peeudo-Cerasus Watereri, was a great
attraction. The plants were of various
sizes and included some standards with
stems about five feet high. They were
loaded with bloom and J noted that there
was not a petal dropped at the end of the
day, a fact which should commend it for
decorations. P. Persica sanguine" '^re
pleno was also very fine.

Prunus triloba, Cytisas scoparius
pracox, Staphylea colchica and Sta-
phy lea Columbia shown at this meeting
were all worthy of note. The latter is

not so well known as S. colchica, but is
equally worthy of culture. The planti
shown were compact bushes and densely
covered with drooping racemes of pure
white flowers. It was submitted for a
certificate but no award was made.

Messrs. Barr & Sons made a grand
display of narcissi chiefly grown iu pots,
and including some grand new varietie*,'
General Roberts being especially fine.

A. H.

A St. Louis Success.

In a city noted for its many handsome
floral establishments and for the successes
which they have made, there is no place
more exalted in the public favor than the
new store of George Waldbart, three
views of which are presented herewith.

Mr. Waldbart was born at Baden-
Baden, Germany, in 1854, and has spent
his lifetim : in association with the gar-
dening craft. His youth was spent in
gardening in the fatherland, and his
young manhood found him pursuing his
horticultural education in some of the
best schools and commercial places there.
In 1878 he came to America and St. Louis,
working for his brother Alexander, who
was already established at the corner of
Grand avenue and Chestnut street. In
1893 Mr. Waldbart started in business
for himself at 516 Grand avenue, his
present stand. He had success from the
very first day.

Last summer the old place was torn
down and the new store erected in its
place. The first illustration gives a view
of the store as it appears to passers-by
upon the opposite side of the avenue; the
second view shows the interior, with Mr.
Waldbart standing beside the handsome
new plate glass cut flower box in the
center; the other picture shows one of the
big show windows as it recently
appeared.

Mr. Waldbart caters to the best trade
in St. Louis and makes it a rule to
handle the best stock be can obtain. He
is not only a large buyer in St. Louis hut
procures large supplies from Chicago,
where his standing order calls for all the
choice stock one cf the largest growers
can spare to one buyer, and wtiere bis
exemplar^' business methods make his
patronage esteemed. R. J. M.

Best Methods of Fumigating.

Ed. Am. Florist:— -I would like to see
some articles in regard to the best meth-
ods of fumigatirg. There are so many
preparations of tobacco on the market
and so many ways of using them that it
is a question which is preferable. We
use tobacco dust. It is slow and will not
kill the aphis under the leaves, where
they are protected, and it takes a long
time to get rid of the odor, which destrojs
the perfume of the flowers. 1 want to
change and do not know what is best to
do. B. C. C.

It is very evident why this correspond-
ent has cause for complaint about the
odor of tobacco aflecting the flowers.
If I hang up my jacket among the plants
I have been fumigating, 1 will probably
be reminded of tlie job in the morning,
when I put it on, but if I hang it out la
the breeze for a few hours I can wear It
when I call on my best girl and she
wouldn't accuse me of smoking, not a
bit, no matter how close she got. There-
fore, young man, bang out your jacket.
First cut all the available flowers and
get them out of the way of the smoke.
Get any kind oi a fumigator that has
plenty of draft, the more the better. Put

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ESTABLISHMENT OF GEORGE WALDBART, ST. LOUIS, MO.

a little paper or excelsior in the bottom
and use long, dry stems. Some will
smile at my extravagance at burning dry
stems, but if you are on to your job and
will stay by it you won't burn any and
the smoke will be far more effective and
the job quickly done. A good, vigorous
shake will prevent any burning. I like
to fumigate early in the morning if possi-
ble so that the air can be put on before
the next cut, as fresh air in abundance
will in a large degree remove the odor of
smoke from the flowers. If you have a
particularly hard shelled batch of aphids
to deal with get some sweepings of the
cigar factory, as much leaf refuse as pos-
sible, as this, unlike the stems, contains
little if any salt-petre and therefore does
not burn easily. It will smoulder for
hours and do very effective work.

I-L.J.

The fumigation of carnations is largely
a matter ot choice. There are a number
of insecticides on the market which are
efficacious when used according to direc-
tions but, personally, I rely on the old-
fashioned style of burning tobacco stems,
as we get them here from the factories
for very little money. This method is all
right where the flowers are picked clean
twice or three times a week, as we do.
Smoking is usually done on Friday night,
all the flowers being then cut very close,
and by Monday, the time of the next
picking, there is very little odor left. We
use about three bushels of stems for a
house 23i25(> and need not fumigate
oftener than every alternate week. The
stems are slightly moistened and allowed
to burn slowly, thus making a very
dense smoke, which is allowed to stay in
the house over night, all smoking being
done between 5:30 and 6 p. m.

Albert M. Hbrr.

Among Southern Growers.

Charles I. Raynor, of the Anchorage
Rose Co., Louisville, Ky., has just
returned from a trip through a number
of the southern states and reports him-
self greatly impressed with the progress

made by the trade in that section within
recent years. He says that nearly every
establishment of the considerable number
which he visited, has been greatly
enlarged within the past two or three
seasons and that everything is thor-
oughly up to date. At Atlanta, Georgia,
he found these conditions to be particu-
larly pronounced.

W. C. Lawrence is the manager of the
Westview Floral Co, at Atlanta, and
has an ideal plant. The houses extend
150 feet on each side of a central shed.
The hot water system is employed, a 100
horse-power boiler being used. The
houses are three-quarter span and all the
stock produced, particularly roses and
carnations, shows very good quality.
The asparagus, too, is particularly fine.

It is noticed here that all .the bench mate-
rial is cedar. The houses are located in
a cemetery and the surroundings are
very fine, the natural scenery having
been much improved by the efforts of
Superintendent Burford. This promises
in time to be one of the finest cemeteries
in the south.

The C. A. Dahlestablishraent at Atlanta
has grown very rapidly in the last few
seasons and now contains upwards of
75,000 square feet of glass. The carna-
tions here show what can be done in this
direction in the south and are fully as
good as most of the stock produced in
the northern sections famous for their
carnation experts. Flora Hill is grown
for white and the plants are sturdy and
strong, giving a profusion of bloom.
Mr. Dahl has nothing but single-strength
glass in his establishment, the 16x24
size being used, set with the sash bars
twenty-four inches apart. He claims
that there is almost no breakage with
this method. Mr. Williams is thegrower
in charge.

At Nashville Mr. Raynor spent some
time at the establishment of Joy & Souf.
This is one of the most progressive and
rapidly developing cut flower establish-
ments in the country and the quality of
the stock turned out there is of the very
best. This applies to both carnations
and roses, the latter being grown entirely
in solid beds. Their house of Kaiserin
for summer blooming is bound to be a
most profitable investment.

The success of these southern rose and
carnation growers is all the more remark-
able from the fact that all through the
south good sod is very difficult to pro-
cure, the soil being generally of that red
clay which would seem more suitable for
making brick than growing cut flowers,
but there are dozens of growers in this
section of the country who "get there
just the same." H. G. W.

Utica, N. Y. — Peter Crowe has found
business excellent all season and consid-
ers the prospects to demand an increase
in his facilities. He is therefore prepar-
ing to add seven new houses to his range,
planning to get them ready for early
planting to roses.

ESTABLISHMENT OF GEORGE WALDBART, ST. LOUIS, MO.

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April2j,

A Floral Corner Piece.

For the decoration of a casket the
piece here illustrated is easily made and
effective. It ■ is made on the ordinary
wire frame of a cross from \rhich the
upper and one side arm have been cut.
The flowers and foliage nsed may vary,
as all such arrangements do, according
to individual taste, but it is advisable,
that for a position so conspicuous, foliage
be used that will not wilt easily, and
flowers that are perfect in their individu-
ality. C. B. W.

The Lettuce Industry in Ohio.

In the vicinity of every large city there
have sprang up within recent years,
large ranges of glass devoted to the forc-
ing of vegetables for winter market. In
many cases the growing of vegetables
and cut flowers is combined but in others
there are extensive establishments given
to one crop. In this truck farming under
glass, the principal crop is lettuce and
through northern Ohio there are dozens
of establishments, ranging from 5,000
feet of glass to several hundred thousand,
devoted to this one item. The accom-
panying illustration shows a house of
lettuce at the establishment of M. M.
Miesse, at Lancaster. The house shown
is 47x200 feet, with long slope to the
south. The photograph from which
the production was made was taken on
February 22, 1901.

At Toledo, Cleveland and Ashtabula
there are many lettuce growers, some of
whom were recently visited by a party
among whom were W. J. Greene, of the
Ohio Experiment Station; Judd Tussing,
of Canal Winchester, Ohio, and Frank S.

eight two-horse wagons. The plant cost
$10,000.

A. W. Crane, at Toledo, has fourteen
houses 30x250 feet, covering about two
and one-third acres. Everything is in the
finest of condition here, the crop looking
fine. Lettuce is the principal crop but he
also grows a few radishes. The plant is
heated by steam. Mr. Crane has a
brother in the same business close by,
with nine houses 30x250 feet. These
growers aim to produce three crops of
lettuce and then devote their houses to
cucumbers.

At Cleveland a large number of new
houses have just been built for vegetable
forcing but most of them are not so
large as are used in other places. Proba-
bly the largest grower at Cleveland is
M. L. Kuetenit, who has three houses
30x200 feet, built pn a hillside. This
grower has an ingenious device for
watering celery in the field by means of
a pipe carried about eight feet above the
ground on posts, using lawn sprinklers
to distribute the water. He has about
an acre so arranged and can make it
rain at his pleasure.

At Ashtabula, Dunbar & Hopkins have
twelve houses given to lettuce. Every-
thing is in solid beds raised about three
feet. These gentlemen ship their stock to
market with three dozen heads of lettuce
in a basket, the baskets nicely lined with
paper. <

Frank Luce built three new houses last
fall, short-span-to-the-south, with glass
down to the ground on both sides. There
are two or three other growers' in this
vicinity and he is the only one who has
not had good success this season. His
stock has been suffering from a disease

but it seems not unlikely that over-pro-
duction will result and very small prices
will rule if houses continue to be put up
at the rate which has marked the last
two or three years. M. M. Mibssb.

CORNER PIECE FOR A CASKET.

Miller, of Columbus. They first visited
George Bayer, of Toledo, whose principal
crop is carnations but who also grows
quite a quantity of lettuce in solid beds.
Adding Mr. Bayer to the party, they
visited the Searles Brothers, at Toledo,
who have a new plant of six connected
houses, supported by iron trusses. All
their lettuce is in solid beds. Their
boilers are in a pit over which there is a
work room large enough to admit sjx or

which has puzzled all the lettuce experts
who have seen it.

Roger Griswould, Jr., is a young man
at the head of a large establishment.
His principal crop is lettuce in solid beds
but he had one house of tomatoes from
which he has derived good results, ship-
ping to the New York market. AH the
Astabula growers are members of an
organization which undertakes to _ see
that prices are maintained after a fashion.

New York.

WHOLESALE MARKETS IN BETTER TRIM —
SUPPLY NOT NOW UNWIELDY.— SPRING
FLOWERS ON THE WAY.— GOOD BUSINESS •
REPORTED IN ALL BRANCHES OF THE
TRADE.— AUCTION SEASON ON —A GOOD
DECORATION —BULB MEN SAIL FOR HOME.
— PERSONAL DOINGS OF VARIOUS MOMENT.

The past few days have seen a favor-
able turn in: the cut flower market. Last
week was very unsatisfactory up to Sat-
urday, when demand and supply seemed
better balanced than for some time past,
and the improved conditions still con-
tinue. The receipts of roses have been
greatly diminished and it is now possible
to adhere to something tangible in
prices. American Beauty went down to
$8 and $10 a hundred for the best last
week but will show up considerably bet-
ter in this week's returns. Many of
them are deformed and stained in the
bud and the wholesalers have a regular
job each morning peeling them down to
a semblance of what they should be.
Violets are still very abundant, the dark
weather being strongly in their favor.
The best now coming in are Campbells
and these are especially fine. Bulbous
material is finding a better reception this
week, daffodils, lily of the valley and
tulips all moving fairly well. The receipts
have diminished greatly and this fact has
a good deal to do with the case. One of
the prettiest novelties for the season is a
vase of very fine spikes of perennial lark-
spur in a Broadway window. Consider-
able quantities of forced shrub bloom are
seen in some windows and it makes a ,
very pretty and seasonable decoration.

The Brooklyn kings, Mallon and Weir,
both give glowing accounts of business in
that enterprising borough. One or both
of these worthies is met at every turn
about the wholesale district or the mar-
kets every morning, and so omnipresent
are they that it seems as though each
must have half a dozen doubles. No
consignment of any size escapes the eag'e
eye of "Boss" Weir. "Boss" Mallon's
remedy for after-Easter frictions between
growers and wholesalers is that a com-
mittee be constituted to receive the for- .
mer and that no expense be spared in the
ceremony. Would that Mr. Mallon's
unctuous smile could be fftectually trans-
ferred to paper.

The down town establishments, seeds-
men, supply dealers, etc., all report satis-
factory business. The voice of the
auctioneer is among the many evidences
of springtime and the salesrooms on Dey
street and Vesey street are crowded with
buyers at every sale. The stock is mainly
trees and shrubs as yet but the first inti-
mation of established sunny weather will
bring in the geraniums, pansies and sim-
ilar material and a very short and sud-
den season is predicted by close observers.

Aldred & Co. had the decoration for
the Stillman-Rockefeller wedding which ,
took place at St. Bartholomew's church
on Tuesday, April 23. Large quantities
of palms, lilies and Asparagus Sprengerii J
were the principal material used. The '
affair was one of the largest of the sea-
son.

Lulu, the six year-old daughter of
Anton Schnltheis, died at College Point
on April 11. She had been ill for nine
days with scarlet fever and diphtheria.

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1379

A LETTUOE HOUSE AT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF M. M. MIE8SE, LANCASTER, OHIO.

'Mr. and Mrs. Scbnltheis have the heart-
felt sympathy of the trade in their sad
bereavement.

The Dutch bulb men are rapidly thin-
ning out. Last Saturday there were
eight of them to sail on one steamer and
the last ol them are due to leave by May
4.. They report generally that their
orders fall short of those taken last year.

Chas. Maynard, formerly gardener for
Mrs. Ames, at North Baston, Mass., has
located at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, in charge
of the G. B. Schlegel place.

A. Warendorffwill remove from Broad-
way to 9 West Thirtieth street, and will
not locate with Mr. Pleischman as pre-
viously reported.

The New York Cut Flower Company
will be located in their new quarters,
Sixth avenue and Twenty-sixth street in
a few days.

The Phillips Manufacturing Company
has secured land in Jersey City, where
they will erect a factory in the immediate
future.

W. S. Allen is about to move to a new
location at 5;; West Twenty-eighth
'Street, over Bradshaw's wholesale place.

M. A. Hart will remove on May 1 to
the store No. 48 West Thirtieth street,
lately occupied by Brinley & Co.

A. Herrmann sailed on the Barbarosa
Thursday, April 25, for Bremen. He will
be gone about two months.

Julius Lang is receiving heavy ship-
ments of Campbell violets of exceptional
, quality.

Sander & Co.'s orchid sale at Cleary's
last week was a big success.

C. W. Ward's carnations at John
Young's are very fine.

Visitors: W.W. Edgar, Waverley, Mass.;
J. H. Rebstock, Buflalo. N. Y.

Boston.

THB ADVKNT OF SPKING LENDS ADDITIONAL
INTEREST TO SHRUBBERY AT ARNOLD
ARBORETUM. — BARLY BLOOMBRS ARE
OUT. — HAVOC OF THB WINTER SEASON.
— MANY STRANGE CONTRADICTIONS. —
MANY SUPPOSEDLY HARDY SPBCI.MENS
SUCCIMB WHILE DOUBTFUL SUBJECTS
SURVIVE. — VARIOUS NOTES.

With the opening of spring the shrub-
bery plantations at ths Arnold Arbore-
tum are again full of interest. The early
comuses, dircas and corylopsis are open-
ing their yellow flowers, which, although
inconspicuous, are nevertheless very
welcome visitors, forerunners of the
gorgeous procession soon to appear.
Another precocious bloomer Is Stach-
yurus praecox, a new introduction from
Japan, which is probably more interest-
ing to the botanist than to anybody else.
It belongs to the magnolia family and
the small yellowish flowers are arranged
in racemes not unlike the inflorescence of
the common currant. Erica camea is in
full bloom and is the most attractive
thing as yet in the collection. Forsythias
are showing color, and the blossom buds
of the earliest lilac, Syringa oblata, have

already burst their covering. The cold
rainy weather which has prevailed
throughout April is not calculated to
move the season along very rapidly, but
has helped to prepare vegetation lor a
very sudden jump just as soon as the sun
resumes business.

It is now possible to estimate the havoc
created among evergreens and other
shrubs by the most destructive winter
which we have experienced in a quarter
of a century. Rhododendrons, kalmias,
ilexes and mahonias look as though a
fire had swept across the plantations,
and hemlocks, spruces and pines are in
many instances but little better. A
remarkable feature of the situation is the
number of unaccountable contradictions
presented. The native Rhododendron
maximum is in places apparently killed
outright and the common "lamb-kill" is
badly browned, while the fancy ponti-
cumbred rhododendrons, in which no
confidence cail ordinarily be placed,
appear uninjured. The native hemlocks
are hurt more or less while the Japanese
species are all right. Taxus cuspidata,
a Japanese species, has come through
much better than Tains Canadensis.
Thujas are mostly safe but entire plants
of Picea alba, P. nigra and P. rubra are
dead. Sambucus Canadensis is also killed
to the ground, yet the doubtful Corialia
Japonica growing in a neighboring bed
is in much beter condition than usual.
Hypericums and the Asiatic berberises
are damaged generally. Mr. Dawson is

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April 2j^

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planting well in hand, and the smaller ii
growers about town are hard at it. /J

The Budlongs, father and son, are i
making copious applications of witch-
hazel to their persons this week, and
move carefully in their daily avoca-
tions, because of injuries resulting from
tumbles from their bicycles while out for
a spin last Sunday. Each loit a consid- !
erable quantity of cuticle.

Chas. W. Johnson, formerly foreman
for W. N. Rndd at Mt. Greenwood, who
has been with the Washington Floral
Co., at Seattle, Wash., for some time, will
resign April 30, to become manager of
the greenhouse department of H. W.
Buckbee, at Rockford.

I. N. Keller, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has
been in town this week and among his
purchases were fifty plants of Nephrolepis
Wittboldii. The Geo. Wittbold Co. has
sent several fine specimens of their pet
fern to the Pan-American Exposition.

James Psenecka has succeeded Luke
Collins as foreman for Wietor Bros. He
has been with the firm for several years
and the quality of their cut will not dete-
riorate under his management.

Shafier & Alberty have opened a cut
flower stand at the Windsor-Clifton
Hotel, 39 Monroe street. The senior
partner is Carl Shafier, formerly with A.
M. Rothschild & Co.

P. M. Broadbeck, whose greenhouses
stand in leased land, has determined to
tear down his range this season but has
not yet completed plans for rebuilding.

Judging from a consignment of blooms
received at Vaughan's Seed Store this
week. Ivory, or White Golden Gate, is
quite an attractive rose.

Mrs. C. L. Washburn and son are home
from Asheville, N. C. Mrs. Washburn is
enjoying improved health as a result of
the trip.

The local commission houses would
welcome consignments of good smilax
just now. It would do well in this mar-
ket.

The lily growers are not getting much
profit out of their belated stock this year.
The purchaser makes the price.

It is said that Benjamin Durfee, of the'
American Rose Co., Washington, D. C,
will be in town April 27.

W. N. Rudd has been confined to his
home by grip the past week but is now
much better.

A. L. Randall andfamily left on Wednes-
day for a two weeks' outing at West
Baden, Ind.

J. S. Wilton has been elected president
of the village of Western Springs.

much dtjected over it all. He lays the
blame to the four weeks of uninterrupted
freezing weather and the evaporation
during the dry northeast winds of last
February which the plants, weakened
from the effiects of two years of drought,
were unable to withstand.

The cut flower trade moves along
without any incident of special note, all
the usual material of the season being
supplied in abundance and at times
marketed with difficulty even at the pre-
vailing values, which are all in the favor
of the buyer. Roses are showing the
eSect of the protracted cloudy weather
in pale petals and attenuated stems.
Carnations are more plentiful than at
Easter and prices are lower. Violets are
holding on more persistently than usual
but the Mayflowers have in part sup-
planted them in the favor of the street
corner merchants and their cu'tomers.
Last week included a holiday — Patriots'
Day — which brought no special demand
for floral work and made the surplus at
the end of the week somewhat more diffi-
cult for the wholesalers to dispose of.

The apartments of the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society in the old building
are now practically deserted, the library,
furniture and other belongings of the
society having all been removed and
Secretary Manning's headquarters for
the present are at the Tremont building.
It will be some weeks yet before the new
Horticultural Hall is in order for occu-
pancy, but the main section of it will be
all ready for the big opening exhibition
at the end of next month.

Plant auctions at McCarthy's have
been well patronized during the past
week. Roses and other dormant shrub-
bery have brought good values, all indi-
cations pointing to a very extended
interest among the public this season in
the planting of such material. Fancy
conifers and other decorative evergreens
have also sold well.

It is understood that Wm. Donald is
leaving the Bailey estate, at West Rox-
bury, to take charge of the greenhouses
of R. & J. Farquhar & Co., at Roslindale.

Guests at the April banquet of the
Horticultural Club were Prof. L. C.
Elson, E. N. Pierce, Joseph Fuller and
Mrs. Fuller.

Edmund M. Wood is seriously ill, suf-
fering with a complication of disorders.

Wm. H. Ireland, son of R. D. Ireland,
died at Winthrop April 23.

In town: Jas. W. Begbie, representing
Clucas & Boddington Co., New York.

Chicago.

TRA.DB FAIRLY ACTIVE AND STOCKS SOME-
WHAT HEDDCED. — AVEHAGES CONTINUE
LOW FOR QUALITIES ARE GOING BACK-
WARD.— -MANY SHIPPING ORDERS.— LIT-
TLE LIGHT AHEAD FOR SOME WEEKS. —
DOINGS AT HINSDALE.— AVERAGE ON
VIOLETS.— DOINGS OF THE GROWERS.—
PERSONAL MOVEMENTS AND OTHER JOT-
TINGS.

This week came in with reduced receipts
because of the cool weather, but at the
same time qualities deteriorated, so that
average returns have improved but little.
The week started in with fairly active
demands, particularly in the shipping
line. It is generally noted this year that
the number of shipping orders received is
considerably larger than ever before, but
the average size is small. Almost inva-
riably first-class qualities are called for
and it has sometimes been difficult to
meet the requirements this week although
the day's receipts have proved to be
arger than could be readily assimilated.

Beauties are still low in price, vrith very
little demand for anything except in
medium lengths, and these are not over-
plentiful. There seems to be no outlet
for the large quantities of short-stemmed
stock save through the street fakirs.
Brides and Bridesmaids seem to be some-
what off crop and the receipts of Meteor
are not large. Many of the big growers
are throwing out their old stock and
replanting, a number of them having this
work already well in hand. It is noted,
however, that more plants are being car-
ried over for a second year than ever
before. The market afi'ords some supe-
rior blooms of Liberty, but not in quan-
tity, fully nine-tenths of the cut being the
short-stemmed stock which has little
greater selling value than short Meteor.
Some fine specimens of Marquise Litta
are also to be had in limited quantities.
The receipts of carnations are still heavy,
and the quality has generally run down,
but prices are still holding fairly well.
Lilies continue slow sale although the
qualities are generally pretty fair. Vio-
lets and bulbous material are nearingthe
end of their season and spring flowers
are beginning to make their appearance.
Kennicott Bros. Co. have had arbutus
this week, and in limited quantities it
has sold rather better than usual.

Bassett & Washburn believe in early
field planting for carnations, but because
of wet weather this year they were unable
to begin work before April 23, when the
task of setting 100,000 plants outdoors
was begun under Mr. Bassett's personal
supervision. They have already replanted
several rose houses, all the stock of
Bride, Bridesmaid and Liberty planted
this year being grafted. They are pre-
paring to do business in chrysanthemums
next fall and among other new things
they have 1,000 plants of Timothy
Eaton, the sensational Canadian white
variety, and 200 plants of Malcolm
Lamont, a red variety of which Mr.
Washburn thinks highly.

A. L. Randall, who handled more than
a quarter of a million violets at Easter,
says that the average receipts for violets
in this market this season have been
about 60 cents per hundred, considerably
less than a year ago. He says, however,
that the aggregate of sales has been much
larger than ever before because of the
increased production and superior quality
generally. He thinks that the violet
growers have made much more money
per square foot of glass this vear than
last.

August Dressel has not been making
both ends meet of late and his creditors
had a meeting April 25. The statement
made by Mr. Dressel's attorney showed
liabilities secured, about $12,000; open
accounts, about $6,000; estimated assets,
$23,000. The meeting was adjourned
for one week. Mr. Dressel stands ready
to transfer his entire property to a
trustee for the benefit of the creditors.

The perennial application for the with-
drawal ot the sidewalk dealers from
State street has again culminated in an
appeal to the city council, this time
signed by rather more of the retail deal-
ers than ever before, but the ordinance
introduced last Monday night was
referred to the judiciary committee of the
council, where it vrill probably be pigeon-
holed.

George Reinberg was probably the first
grower in this vicinity to begin planting
out carnations. He took up the task on
April 16, and before he finishes will have
300,000 out, covering about six and one-
half acres. Peter Reinberg also has field

Philadelphia.

BAD WEATHER CUTSINTO TRANSIENT TRADE
—STOCK PLENTIFUL BIT NOT IN OVBB-
SCPPLY. — ALL ABOUT THE PRICES —CAR-
NATION GROWERS GET THE CREAM OK
THE season's BUSINESS. — LILIES ARE
DOWN. — BECKER MAKES THE MOST OF
HIS SPACE. — SO.ME GOOD POT ROSES.—
VARIOUS JOTTINGS OF PERSONAL DOINGS.

The weather has been abominable the
past week and has interfered with the
transient trade to a considerable extent.
There have been a good many weddings
and these, with the ever present mortuary
orders, have kept the wheels from clog-'
ging. The southern daffodils are about
done and there will be a chance for the
home growers, who have a few beds ont-
side and which are just commencing to
flower. Roses are plentiful. Beauties are
only bringing $3 per dozen for the specials.
The best teas sell for from $6 to $8.
Liberties are very fine, the long ones fully
as good as Beauties; $1, $2 and $3 pei

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1381

dozen is the price. Mertensen, Pen-
nock and Scott & Son are the growers.
Scott & Son are sending in some fine
iblooms of their new pink hybrid tea,
Robert Scott. Carnations are very fine
and are bringing a good price, ranging
from $3 to $6 for fancies, with $2 for
anything worth having. If there has
been anything of a crop the past season
the camationists should have no canse
to complain, as that metropolitan dis-
ease called the glut has not had much
chance to aflectthem this winter. Violets
are about done, althoagh there are still
a few good doubles about; the first warm
day or two will cause their exit for the
■eaion. Just suppose that all the Easter
lilies that were grown for the recent
festal occasion had won out, what would
the harvest have been? The price is now
$3 per hundred when sales are made; in
fact, no reasonable offer is refused and
many go to waste.

Jacob Becker is right in it vrith several
houses of fine roses in pots. He has
thousands of them, all in fine condition.
Mr. Becker makes his houses do double
duty, keeping dormant pot roses on top
and underneath the tables during the
winter, In early January tables of
forcing roses. Beauties, Bridesmaids and
Kaiserins are' lifted 'and potted and pot
roses from the cold houses change places
with them. This gives room to set
farther apart the dormant stock, which
is still kept cold. The roses in the warmer
houses, mostly Magna Cbarta and
Jacq., are now brought on for Easter
and sold at that time, which in turn
makes room to spread out the entire
dormant stock, including the lifted tea
roses from under the tables, which are
now rooted well and ready to come along
for the spring sales.

Joseph Heacock has been sending his
palms away the past week by the car-

,load. This demand comes at a very
opportune time, as it gives him the
needed room to spread out and repot the
thousands of young arecas and kentias
that were ripe for such a move.

W. K. Harris has been confined to the
house the past two weeks and most of
the time to bed; in fact, he has been a
very sick man. We are happy to say
that he is on the mend, however, and
with the return of good weather hopes
to regain his health and strength.

JohnWestcottsays, "Boys, don't forget
ladies' day. May 15, from 4 to 10 p. m.

. Be sure to be on hand and help the fair
ones there to have a good time.

H. H. Battles is now beginning life in
earnest. He hat just erected two houses
each 175 feet long at his country place
near Newtown Square. K.

|( St. Louis,

''notable BANQOBT MARKS THE SUCCESS-
FUL WORK OF world's FAIR PEOPLE IN
CONGRESS. — FINEST DECORATION ON REC-
ORD PUT UP BY MR. BUECHEL. — STATE
OF THE WHOLESALE MARKET.

No more successful event of its kind has
'- ever taken place in the west than the
banquet given by the Business Men's
League at the Planter's Hotel on Tues-
day evening. April 2.'!, to commemorate
the passage by congress of the St. Louis
' World's Fair bill, and to do honor to the
members of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition Commission, who are now
guests of St. Louis. The surroundings
were in keeping with the importance of
the event. The floral arrangements were
in thorough consonance with the guests
and the occasion. Some idea of the mag-
nificent display may be gained from the
r fact that a small forest of palms, orange

trees, rubber plants and large quantities
of other ornamental material were
brought into service, besides thousands
of yards of vari-colored bunting and
thousands of electric lights. The table
decorations were something grand. The
speaker's table was at the south end,
while the others went out from this like
the ribs of a fan. The table panels
included fifty-two, thirty-six inches by
eight inches, made up principally of
American Beauties and violets, while the
center one on the speaker's table had a
border of pansies; forty smaller ones,
twenty-eight inches by four inches, made
up of carnations and roses: twelve small
blocks, twelve by twelve inches, and
twenty-three 12-inch stars of red carna-
tions. There were 600 boutonnieres of
white carnations. On the speaker's table
a large bunch of long-stemmed American
Beauties was laid and trimmed vdth
laurel leaves, forming the laurel design
of the olden times. The punch-cups were
of real lemons, hollowed out and frozen.
The credit for the magnificent floral
arrangement is due to E. C. Buechel,
manager of the Riessen Floral Company.
The wholesale marketis in much better
shape this week, as there is not such an
over-stock of flowers as there has been
lately. American Beauties are somewhat
scarce and bring all the way from 4 cents
to 35 cents. Tea roses have been some-
what scarce for the last few daj-s but
Brides and Bridesmaids are of very good
quality. Carnations bring from $1.50
to $4. Sweet peas are bringing $1 per
hundred for good stock. Gross, of Kirk-
wood, it bringing in some very fine flow-
ers. Harrisii, of which there are still a
few, sell at from 8 cents to 10 cents.
Smilax, asparagus and ferns are scarce.

R. J. M.

(^EW5 C;lOTE5.

Oceanic, N. J.— Thomas Leavy died on
Monday, April 22.

North Wales, Pa.— Theo. Knehl has
sold his greenhouses to C. Stutsebecker.

Haverstraw, N. Y.— John E. Zundel
has opened a flower store in the Haight
Building.

Danielson, Conn.— The greenhouse and
residence of Geo. N. Potter have been sold
to E. Bass.

Cincinnati, O.— Fred. A. Walz, the
florist, has been appointed foreman at
Lincoln Park.

Morris, III.— A. Mitting, of the Mor-
ris Floral Company, has returned from a
flying trip to California.

Ellis, Mass.— Peter Fisher has been
elected to membership in the Massachu-
setts Horticultural Society.

Oswego, N. Y.— P. J. Campbell, who
recently purchased the Northrup green-
house, is planning to enlarge and improve
the property.

Duluth, Minn.— George Bates, who
has been making floral designs in the
W. W. Seekins establishment for three
years, has gone with Eischen Bros.

Waterville, Me.— H. R. Mitchell &
Son are preparing to erect another car-
nation house 21x1 10, giving them a total
of about 14,000 square feet of glass.

Milwaukee, Wis —The greenhouses
and barn of Edward WolfJ, at Lapham
and Thirteenth avenue, in the town of
Greenfield were recently damaged by fire
to the extent of $1700.'

Troy, N. Y.— H. M. Burger has removed
his store from 49 Congress street to 318
Fulton street, a location that is more
central and better adapted for business.

WiNCiiENDON, Mass— H. J. Whitte-
more has bought the Morse place on
Central street, where he proposes to
build a small store in which he will con-
duct a retail flower business.

Rhinebeck, N. Y.— The violet growers
shipping from here sent more than a mil-
lion violets to New York for Easter. The
American Express Company took out
750,000 on Saturday, April 6.

Glenyille, O.— Charles Schmitt has
returned here after spending several
years in the Edwin Lonsdale establish-
ment at Philadelphia and will grow car-
nations in the A. Schmitt place.

DoTLESTOWN, Pa.— The greenhouses
formerly occupied by E. Gilbert have
been sold, with their contents, to John
E. Andre, who will remove them to the
site where his other greenhouses are
located.

LocKPORT, N. Y. — Frank G. Lewis
threatens the city with suit for damages
because of failure to furnish water as per
contract. City work has temporarily
reduced the water supply and endangered
his stock.

Lincoln, Neb.— Business is rushing all
along the line, with plenty of stock. The
weather has been very unfavorable, with
rain almost every day. Carnation
planting has just begun, and will be
rushed through.

Belvidere, 111.— The J. W. Lyon Com-
pany is enjoying so prosperous a season
that enlarged facilities are necessary and
a new rose house 40x120 is under way.
A propagating house 16x20 will also be
built this spring.

Williamsport, Pa.— George T. Bridge-
land, Sr., of the florist's firm of Bridge-
land & Son, fell from a step-ladder April
17, while pruning grape vines for a cus-
tomer. He struck upon his head and
dislocated his neck. He is r)9 years of
age but may recover.

Allentown, Pa.— John F. Horn has
taken his brother, Charles, into partner-
ship, and at the expiration of their lease
here, one year hence, they will build and
equip a new plant at Manhattan, on land
recently purchased. Two greenhouses
20x300 will be erected for the cultivation
of American Beauties.

Reading, Pa.— T. K. Shenk built a wall
ten feet high on property adjoining the
greenhouses of Christian Getz, at 1133
Moss street. Just before Easter the wall
fell down and demolished one end of the
greenhouses. The parties being unable
to agree as to the amount of damages,
Mr. Getz has brought suit.

St. Paul, Minn.— The case of Chris.
Hansen against the St. Paul Gas Light
Company has been on trial before Judge
Bunn this week. The defendent's gas
leaked into the plaintifl's greenhouses
and for something over two years he
has been endeavoring to recover damages
to the amount of $.!0,500. The case has
been to the supreme court once.

Oceanic, N. J.— M. C. D. Borden is
about to erect one of the finest private
ranges of glass In the United States. The
contract with Messrs. Lord & Burnhlim
is said to call for a range of twenty-eight
fruit and flower houses to cost about
$125,000. Wm. Turner, late on the
Rockefeller place at Tarry town, is to
have charge of the establishment.

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April 27,

Subioriptlon, 11.00 a year. To Europe, 12.00.

SubsoriptionB accepted only from thoie

in the trade.

AdTertiaements on all except cover pagei,

10 Cent! a Line, Agate; tl.OO per inon.

Cash with Order.

No Special Position Guaranteed.
DlioonntB are allowed, only on coniecutive inter-
tioni, as follows — 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 timet,
10 per cent; 28 times, 20 per cent;
52 times, 30 per cent.
Cover space sold only on yearly contract at
tl.OO per inch, net, in the case of the two
front pages, regular discounts ap-
plying only to the back pages.
The Advertising Department of the Ahibican
Flobibt is for Florists, Seedsmen and Nurserymen
and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines only
Orders for lest than one-hall inch space not accepted
Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to
seoure insertion in the issue for the following
Saturday. Address

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. OHIOAQO.

DiAGRAJis of the S. A. F. exhibition
hall at Bnfialo may now be had on appli-
cation to Chas. H. Keitsch, 270 South-
ampton street, BuflFalo, N. Y.

CoNTRiBUTOHS will bear in mind that
in order to be sure ot insertion in any
given issue their "copy" must reach this
office not later in the week than Thurs-
day.

Paris Gheen amounting to over fifty-
three tons, intended to be used for insecti-
cide purposes, was inspected in Louisiana
during the year 1899-1900, accordingto
official reports.

Sub-irrigation of tomatoes at Purdue
University gives a decided gain in total
weight and quality of crop, although the
surface watered plants produced the
greatest number of fruits.

At a recent exhibition of the Caledo-
nian Horticultural Society in Edinburgh,
Scotland, an arrangement of Begonia
Caledonia, intermixed with B. Gloire de
Lorraine, is said to have been highly
eflective.

The National Sweet Pea Society of
England is an established fact. An exhi-
bition will be held at the Royal Aqua-
rium, London, next July. The secretary
is H. J. Wright, 32 Dault road, Wands-
worth, London, Eng.

A French writer states that early
struck chrysanthemum cuttings are much
more subject to the attacks of rust than
those propagated later. Cuttings taken
in January and February were most
severely attacked, while those taken in
April suffered very little. Plants in vig-
orous, healthy growth are in all cases
more resistant than those which have
been checked or lost vigor in any way.

Are You Going?
For fifteen years, beginning with the
first year of the S. A. F. era, the Ameri-
can Florist has taken an active part in
promoting the excursions of the trade
pilgrims, especially from Chicago and the
west, to the annual gatherings of that
society. It hardly needs to be said that
with the great Pan-American celebration
which dominates the dawn of the century,
the Florist will do even more. The
Bufi'alonians have reason to expect much
of their Chicago friends and they shall
not be disappointed. We ask every
western subscriber who even thinks of
attending the Pan-American meeting of
the S. A. F. to send us his name that we
may reach him from this date until
August 6 with seasonable news of the
trip.

It Is To Read.

Ed. Am. Florist:— You will find $1
enclosed, to renew my subscription to
the American Florist, which I consider
the best paper a florist can have to refer
to. Yours truly,

Detroit. Harry Pickworth.

Greenhouse Building.

Belvidere, 111.— J. W. Lyon Co., house
40x120; propagating house 16i20.

Council Bluffs, la.— J. F. Wilcox, six
houses 25x200.

Evanston, 111.— John Weiland, four
houses.

Ridgewood, N. J— A. V. D. Snyder,
three houses ;!0j300.

Peoria, 111.— B. Juergens, two show
houses 27x60.

Colorado City, Col.— Stephen Clark,
range of houses.

Rensselaer, N. Y.— P. K. Morrissey,
carnation house 22x300.

Clifton, R. I.— George Young, two
houses 35x349.

Williamsport, Pa. — Daniel Gorman,
house 50x100.

Lynn, Mass.— Wm. Miller & Sons, four
houses 25x150.

Ponghkeepsie, N. Y.— Allen Traver one
violet house. <

Preston, Conn.— J. R. Peckham & Son,
range of houses.

Rhinebeck, N. Y.— Chas. Ferris, one
violet house.

Phil. A. Delphia.

The "Phil." who states in your esteemed
western contemporary that he is "Phil.
A. Delphia" is rot the satne "PhU. A.
Delphia' ' who gave chrysanthemum notes
in your columns during the seasons of
1897 and 1898. This explanation is
made to avoid conflict with the latest
aspirant to that pen title, who has recently
written a part of what he considered pre-
sumably authentic horticultural history
in connection with some mishaps at a
florist's establishment in Youngstown,
O., for the aforesaid western contem-
porary, to which E. Hippard in the same
journal recently took exception indig-
nantly. It is presumed that "Phil." the
second did not know that there was in
existence "Phil." the first, hence this
statement.

Hereafter it would be well for the
younger "Phil." to sign himself "Phil. A.
Delphia, Second," or exercise his ingenu-
ity until some other nom-de-plume equally
appropriate may be evolved.

Phil. A. Delphia, First.

Heating Problems.

Ed. Am. Florist:— Our present plant
consists of five connected houses running
east and west, with service room and
boiler pit at west end, and heated by two
small steam boilers. We intend to erect
this season three new connected houses
27x100 feet for Bride, Bridesmaid and
Perle roses. They will extend eastward
from ten feet of east end of old plant,
connected with it by means of glass cov-
ered corridor. Outside walls will be of
double boards, with paper between, and
there vrill be an 18-inch row of glass in
south wall. We want to replace old
boilers with one steam boiler of sufficient
capacity to heat entire plant —.3 wish
to know what size or capacity of boiler
to use, amount and size of pipe needed in
new houses to easily maintain a temper-
ature of 70° in coldest weather, size of
main and required fall from east end to

boiler? There will be no partition walls
in the new houses. G. & D.

The size of the old houses is not given
and no estimate can be made regarding
the size of boiler that will be required for
all of the houses. The new houses can
be readily heated by means of a fifty.
horse-power boiler and the old houses
will make it necessary to add to this one
horse-power for each seventy-five feet of
radiation that they contain. As the
height of the houses is not given the
amount of glass can only be approxi-
mated, but if it is not more than thirty-
three feet, measured from plate to plate
over the ridge, the following estimate
can be used where the mercury does not
drop more than 15° below zero. With a
2V2 inch overhead main in each house,
twenty-two I'A-inch returns will be
needed in the outer houses and twenty-
one in the middle house. If all of the
pipes are placed under the benches, and
one of the pipes in each coil is used as a
return, two additional returns will be
needed in each house to take the place of ^
the flow pipes. A 4-inch main supply;
pipe will be desirable for the new houses,
with a 2V^inch feed for each house. The
main return should also be 2i-i-inch, and
it should, if possible, be given a fall of at
least one inch in ten feet, although less
will answer. The pipes in the coils may
be distributed under the benches, unless
there are walks along the walls, when it
will be well to place about one-half of
the returns in coils on the walls and dis-
tribute the others under the benches.

L. R. Taft.

OBITUARY. ■

MAXIMS CORNU. " '

The death is announced of Maxime
Cornu, director of the Jardin des Plantes
at Paris, France.

J. F. NORRIS.

J. Frank Norris.headof the well- known,
nursery firm of J. F. Norris & Son,
Brighton, N. Y., died Sunday, April 21,
after an illness lasting about a week.
He had been in business in Brighton for
nearly fifty years and was well and
favorably known. The business was
founded in 1842 by Mr. Norris's father,
and upon his retirement J. Frank Norris
assumed it. Mr. Norris was 58 years of
age. He is survived by Mrs. Norris, two
daughters, a son, J. Frank Norris, Jr.,
and a brother, George E. Norris, all of
whom reside in Brighton. |X

JAJIES BRYDON. ■

The death occurred on April 23 of one
of the ablest gardeners and most esti-
mable of men that the fraternity possessed
in the vicinity of Boston. In passing
through a greenhouse door Mr. Brydon
scratched his thumb with the brass door
fittings, blood poisoning was evident in
a few hours, and in ten days he died,
after a period of acute suffering. Mr.
Brydon was born near Bristol, England,
of Scotch parents, and after serving his
time in some of the best places there,
including Coombe Abbey and Coventry,
he came to Brookline to serve under th^
late Mr. Atkinson. Thence he went to
the Waban Rose Conservatories, with
Mr. Montgomery, and later was engaged
as superintendent on the estate of John
Simpkins, Yarmouthport, Mass. He has
been in the employ of this family for
nearly nineteen years, partly at Yar-
mouthport and later with Mrs. Bayard
Thayer, in Lancaster, Mass. Mr. Brydon
has distinguished himself in many
branches of the profession, as a chrys-
anthemum r-aiser and grower. In the

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1383

atter respect hewas never equaled, beirg
:he pioneer grower of large exhibition
blooms in Boston. As a raiser and
Tower of water lilies he was an expert,
laving in fact solved the secret Marliac
aas guarded so carefully, of his success in
raising hybrid water lilies. Some of these
seedlings have been awarded medals by
the Massachusetts Horticultural Society,
and many more were under development.
Mr. Brydon leaves -a. widow, who is a
sister of Alex. Montgomery, and four
children to mourn the loss of a man of
sterling worth, a kind father, and we
know him to have been an honor to his
profession. Interment was at Natick,
Mass., Thursday, April 25.

SITIATIONS, WANTS, fOR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this head.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
for the year 1901 is entitled to a five-line want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
duping the year.

SITUATION WANTED— Foreraan, ape 34, sln-

''^ gle; roses, carnations, 'raums, violets, palms,
ferns and bedaine plants. Address

Mass, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By a man (Swede)
•^ with more than 30 years' experience in all
■ branches of the trade; competent to take charge,
commercial or private. Please state wages.

A Florist, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED — By good all-aroiiud
florist: age 30. single: good grower of palms,
' ferns and pot plants m general; carnations,
'muoas. Good propagator. Able to take charge.
Address O K, care American Florist.

1 , , , ,

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman by a man
of 26 years' practical experience in the grow-
I ing of roses, carnations, violets, mums, palms.
ferns, etc. Good wages expected. First-class
] references as to ability, etc.
. Foreman, 154 La Salle Ave., Chicago.

SITUATION WANTED~By aman well versed
in all branches of horticulture, as manager of
either a commercial or private place; have had
' full charge for 14 years in one place. Wnuld pre-
fer a place on the Paclflc slope. Only a flrst-class
place accepted. Please state full particulars.
Address Manaobr, care American Florist

W

ANTED — Two goml growers of America
Beauty. Apply to Wietor Bros.,

51 Wabash Avenue, Chicago.

W'

ANTED— 2000 feet 3-inch pipe and 125 feet

4-inch; also 12x14 inch glass.
St. Marts Gbeenhouse Co., St. Marys, Pa.

vy AN TED— A young man with some experience
'* in greenhouse work. State wages with
board. Address M O B, care Am. Florist.

WANTED AT ONCE— Young man who under-
'" stands growing roses and something about
carnations. Wages $25 per month and board.
H. P. Kleinhans. EabtoD, Pa.

T^^ANTED— A flrst-class carnation grower; also
'* well-up in general greenhouse work on a
large establishment, growing cut flowers

Grower, cafe Amtricau Florist.

W

ANTED— Two good rose growers; good wages;
steady position. Call or write.

Geo, Keinberg, 51 Wabash Ave.,
or 301 Balmoral Ave.. Chicago, 111.

WANTED— First-class' grower of roses and gen-
eral stock, at once, for commercial place:
German preferred; musibe competent and reliable.
Apply to C. S. FoOTE, Downers Grove, 111.

WANTED AT ONCE— A single florist for gen-
eral greenhouse work and bedding. Not tao
much experience required. S'ae wages.
A. Blankenfeld, 3834 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

WANTED— A first-class rose and carnation
grower to take charge of about 18,000 square
feet of glass. Send references, age, and, wages
wanted per month with board, washing and room.
Address Pa, care American Florist.

WANTED— Immediately, florist who under-
stands bis business, to take charge and do
the work under 8000 feet of glass. Keep a boy.
Must grow good roses, carnations, etc.; $35.00 per
month with board. I M, care Ara. Florist.

WANTED~At once, young, single man to
assist in greenhouse where a small retail
triide is done. Must be soIkt and agrt-eable as
he will hoard in family. Wac<-3 $18 per rcouth
with board. Mrs. II.'E. Smith, liurlin, N. H.

T\/' ANTED— Good, steady, capable roan who
'* understands roses, carnations, violets and
general greenhouse stock, as foreraan; free house
and eood wages to the right man. Addreps
T. O'Connor, lilackstone Boul., Providence. R. I.

"\VANTED— A willing, reliable nan with some
'* experience in general greenhouse work;
commercial place. Steady job and a good home.
State experience, reference and wages per month
with board, in first letter. Address

Geo. S. Beldino, Middletown, N. Y.

T\''ANTED— Working foreman, thoroughly un-
*' odfrstanding florists' business; must be good
potter and propagator; also make up designs;
generally' useful, sober, honest and willing to
work. State wages and referencf from last place.
Address Wm. A. Bock, N. Cambridge, Mass.

T\''ANTED— Traveling salesman (age about 30),
' ' for visiting wholesale florists and nursery-
men for selling Evimpean products. Permanent
position for party of good address with Al refer-
ences, intelligent, sober and enprgetic. State ex-
perience and salary desired. Address

Importer. P. O. Bos 2250. New York City.

WANTED— A Scotchman, American or English
man as foreman in small place. Must be an
all-around florist, and also familiar with propaga-
tion and plant growing. A man familiar with
greenhouse construction and pipe fitting pre-
ferred. No one addicted to the drink habit need
apply. Send references and state wages expected.
Sherman Nursery Co., Charles City. Iowa.

OR SALE— 100 boxes 16x24 D. S. A. Pittsburg
glass. Address J M F,

Box 45, De Haven, Pa.

F

FOR SALE OR RENT— 8.000 feet of glass in a
lively western town, by July 1. Write for
particulars. .1, care American Florist.

IpOR SALE CHEAP— On account of s ckness.
one of the best florist businesses in Chicago.
T. J. CoRBUEY. HOti-1411 Madison St., Chicago.

ipOR SALE OR LEASE— Florist (-stablishment
in a good busines city in Southern Minnesota.
For particulars address

A F, care American Florist.

FOR SALE— Greenhouse establishment, 35,000
feet of glass, well stocked. Pricsea little more
than than one years' sales. Address

Ohio, care American Florist.

FOR SALE—Four greenhouses about 3000 feet
glass with or without dwelling in city of
30,0CO, opposite cemetery. Addrtss

Michigan, care American Florist.

FOR RENT— A rare chance to lease thiee violet
houses 125x11 feet, in fine condition. Good
house, six rooms; large barn, with \% of fine land.
Apply Wm. Wincott, Box SCO, Babylon, L. I.

FOR SALE— Ten greenhouses, about 22,0'X> feet
of glass, mostly 16x24 glass, heated by hot
water. Large brick coal cellars, will hold four
cars of coai. The greenhouses are built on a
southern slope, and all in good condition, and
planted to roses, carnations and bedding stock,
all fine order. Also all plants for next year's
crops. Two dwellings; one house has six rooms
and basement, and.other ten rooms and basement,
both heated with hot water; separate boilers.
Good city water pressure, and a little less than four
acres of fine land. Close to cemetery; inside city
limits. Fiftv miles from Chicago and thirty-
five miles Irotn Milwaukee. This place must be
seen to be appreciated. Apply to

LEWIS TURNER, Kenosha, Wis.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY a«

At Nyack, N. Y, A plot 220x125
feet, on which are four Rose houses,
1 00x1 8x6, each house heated by a
No. \6 Hhchlngfs Boiler ; and seven
houses, each about 64x(ii ft., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HITCHiNGS & CO.,

333 Mercer St. NEW YORK.

WANTED !

To express full apprecia-
tion to many applicants for
position. Absence from
home and illness have pre-
vented answering so many, which I regret. Hav-
ing been disappointed in several alleged florists
claiming great but sbowine little knowledge and
reliability. I desire a cnmiiet'-nr w-^rkingforeraan.

J. T. WILLIAMSON,

LaRose Gardens. JVIemphU. Tenn.

FOR SALE OR RENT.

Establishment of 8,000 feet of glass in Hatavia.
111., 36 miles from <_'h;cago. Six houses, in good
t.-ondition, none of them more than five years old.
Steam heat, city water, electric cars pass the
door. Now doing profitable business. Very easy
terms. Good chance for live man. Owner going
to Europe. If interested, address

S. E. SMITH & SON, Batavia. III.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paying business, both
local and shipping trade, well stocked and
a good stock coming on. Location the best
for living and growing stock. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, care Am. Florist.

A Splendid
Retail Business
For Sale....

The flower store located at the
corner of Twenty-Third street
and Lexington Avenue, New
York City, with entrance and
show window on each street.
Established sixteen years; twelve
years in posession of present
proprietor. Has always been
profitable both for summer and
winter business and its credit is
good in the New York flower
market. Twenty-Third street
cross-town and Broadway and
Lexington avenue cars pass the
door. Lease three years to run,
with reasonable rent. Ill health
the only reason for selling.
Reference N. Y. Cut Flower
Co., or any wholesale dealer in
New York City as to the above
facts. For price and any other
particulars, address

GEO. H. LINSDALE,

135 East 23rd Street.
NEW YORK CITY.

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The American Florist.

April 2j,

Washington.

TEADB KBKPS UP WBLL.— A FIRM BETIEBS.
— GDDES HAVE FAMILY ADDITIONS.

Trade is keeping up fairly well, although
a few retailers say that business has
fallen off since Easter. General stock is
very plentiful and in fine condition. The
cool and rainy weather is keeping out-
door planting back very much.

The "Floral Hall," Fourteenth street
N. W., has been closed since Thos. J.
Wade left, Mr. Litzinger taking this step
about $2,000 out of pocket.

Adolph and Wm. F. Gude were each
recently presented with fine little daugh-
ters. P- G.

Madison, N. J.— The Morris County
Gardeners' and Florists' Society will
hold its sixth annual flower show in the
Assembly room here, November 5 and 6.

Vhol^ale power/arK^

CINCINBATI, April 25.

Roses, Beauty IS .00@25.00

Bride 4.00® 6.00

Bridesmaid 4.00® 6.00

Meteor 4.80® 6.00

Perle 300® 4.00

Carnations ICO® 3.00

Violets 2.^@ .50

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Roman Hyacinths 2.00® 3.00

Daffodils, Tulips 3.00

Harrisii lilies 8.00®l0.00

Callas 8.00®10.0O

Sweet peas 1 01)

Asparagus 50.00

SmUax 12.50

Adiantum 1 00

Galax leaves , .IS

Common ferns .20

St. Loitis, April 25.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00® 6.00

" Beauty, lone, per doz.2. 50® 4.00
" •• short •' .60® 2.00

" Perle 3.00® 5.00

Meteor 4.00® 6.00

Carnations, common 1.00® 2.00

choice 2.50® 3.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Smilax 18 00@20.00

Adiantum lOO® 1.25

Galax -15

Violets 20® .30

Narcissi 2.00® 3.00

Romans ^^ 2.00

Dutch Hyacinths 3.00® 4.O0

Sweetpeas 50® .75

Callas 10.00

Harrisii lOOO

MiLWAHKBE, April 25.
Roses, Beauty, long.per doz. 3 00® 4.00
" ' .' med. " 1.50® 2.50

" " short " l.OO® I 25

" Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00® 6.00

" Meteor 4.00® 6.00

" Golden Gate 4.00® 6.00

Perle 4.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary l.OO® 1.50

fancy 2 00® 3.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax 2000

Asparagus 65.00

Galax leaves .20

Lily of the Valley 4 .00

Harrisii 10.00®ia.eo

Galas 10.00@12.50

Tulip, single 2.00® 3.00

Mignonette 3.00

PITT8BUB8, April 25.

Roses, Beauty, fancy ^'5.00@35.00

extra I5.00®20.00

No. 1 8 O0@12.O0

" Bride, Bridesmaid ■;.00@10 00

Meteor 3.00® 5.00

Perle 3.00® 5.00

Carnations, ordinary 1.00® 1.5D

" fancy 2.50® 5.00

Violets 2U@ .75

Von Sion 2.00® 3.00

Lily of the valley 1.00® 3.00

Mignonette 1.00® 3. CO

Sweetpeas BO® .75

Tulips 2.00® 4.00

Harrisii 3 00® 6.00

Smllax 15.00@20.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Asparagus 35.00@50.00

" Sprengeril 20® .76

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 tl.25
Dagger feme per fOOO, 2.00

gggsgsggsggggggggggseggggggggagggsssssageggggggggi

fancy ferns

$2.50 per 1000; 30c per 100.

Wild Smllax

50 lb, case, $800.

We still have a large suoply
of Fancy Ferns, the best in
the market.

Wc will have Wild Smilax
after other dealers are out.

J. B. DEAMUD

51 Wabash Avenue, ...CniCAGO.

Phone Central 3155.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

CARNATION BLOOMS

Extra Select, from 2 to 4 cents.

SHIPPED DIRECT FROM GREENHOUSES TO ALL POINTS.

Per doz.

American Beauties, l-'ng $3.00

medium .... 1..50 to 2.00

short ;. .75to 1.00

Per 100

Brides. Bridesmaidt $3 00 to $ 4 00

Meteors, Kaiserins S.OJto 5 00

Perles 2.08 to 3.0O

Carnations, fancy 2.00to 3.00

standards 1 00 to 1.50

SwsetPeas l.(«to 1.50

Violets, double .75 to l.no

Valley 300to 4.00

Tulips 200to 4.(10

Margue'ites 50 to .75

Forget-me-no' 100

Callas e.COto 8.00

Lil. Harrisii 6.00 to 8.no

Pansies T. lOD

Mignonette 2.00 to 4.i)0

Adiantum 75

Smilax 15.00 to 25.00

Asparagus Plumosus BOOllo 75.00

Sprengerii 3.U0 to 4 00

I CHICAGO CARNATION CO., - Joliet, III.

CUT FLOWERS.

Ji Ji Jk Ji- Shipping; orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG GUT FLOWER GO., Ltd.

504
Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
FA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

No. 1 contains 25 lbs $4.50

No. 2 contains 35 Iba 5.50

No. 3 contains 50 lbs 7.00

Brilliant Bronze or Green..." 81.00 per 1000

Telephone
798 Madison Sq.

FANCY FERN, DAGGER FERN. ETC., at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARD, 38 W. 28lh St., New York.

Holton AND

Hunkel Co.

Wholesale

MILWAIKEE, WIS.

...GEO. M. KELLOGG...

^"•••.?'?h"eVeJii: Cut Flowers

Give u. an order and we will piea.e you.

Our Greenhou.ea at PLEASANT HILL, HO.
Our Store, 906 Grand Ave.. KANSAS CITY, MO.

|V*LONe DI8TAN0B 'FHONX AT BZTSBB FLAOX

Please mention the American Florist when Tvriting,

The Cincinnati
Cut Flower Co.,

t^l^ith. WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

CoDsignments Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1385

We arc bending; our energies toward laying a

Foundation for the Future.

iWe are doing business with an eye to the tomorrow.
While trade this year has been fully up to our expectations we
2 propose to do much more another season. We want you with
I us then; hence we must please you now. Come.

! E. C. AMLING,

!THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street,

CHICAGO. ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BEAUTIES

Long per doz., $3.00— $J. CO

Medium '• I.fO— 2.50

Short ■' .75—1.00

Brides, Maids per 100, 4.U0— 6.00

Meteors " 4.00— 6. OO

Perles " 3.O0— 4.00

Roses, good seconds " 2,00— 3. CO

Carnaliont, standard sorts.. " 1.50—2.00

Fancy sorts " 3.00—4.00

Callas, Harrisii per dozen, .75—1.25

Sweet Peas per 100, 1.00— 1.50

Pansies " 50— .75

Tulips " 3.00— 4. OJ

Valley " 3.00—4.00

Violets " .50—1.00

Mignonette per doz. .35— .50

Asparagus per string .50— .60

Galax, 1000,11.25; 10,000; for JIO.CO per 100 .20

Ferns, per 1000, $3 50 per 100 .40

Adiantum " .75 — j.oo

Smilax per dozen, 1.50— 2.00

Prices Subject to Change without Notice.

WEILAND & RI5CH

can save you

money on

Cut
Flowers

We are extensive growers and
have unsurpassed ship-
ping facilities.

WRITE OR TELEGRAPH.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO.

Bassett&Wasliburn

76 & 78 Wabash Aye., CHICAGO.

Vk*l**al« Dealer* mmt
Crowera of

Cut Flowers

GREENHOUSES! HINSDALE, ILL.

Poehlmann Bros. Co.

Wholesale Growers of

and
Dealers

.n Cut Flowers

All telegraph and telephone orders

given prompt attention. 51

Greenhouses: Wabash Ave..

Morton Grove. 111. CHICAQO, ILL.

Wholesale Store, :rr"

Sell our own-erown Roses, Beauties and Meteors
in quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy
reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both
Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.

Minneapolis, Minn! DK/lll I \k llULa

.If your..

Business Methods

are right yon can make a profit
on an adTcrtUement here.

E. H. Hunt,

WHOLESALE

Cut flowers

THE "OLD RELIABLE, '

76 Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO.

Wbol^ale flower/arK^

CHICAQO, April 26.
Roses, Beauty, extra long stems..
30 "
24 ■•
20 "
15 "
12 ..

" " short "

" Bride, Bridesmaid

" Meteor

Perle

" Golden Gate

Carnations

" fancy

Violets ;

.'^iweet peas '.

PansieA

Callas, Harrisii

Lily of the valley

Paper Whites

Daffodils

Tulips

Mignonette 35@ .50 doz.

Cattleyas 6.00 doz.

Adiantum

Common ferns per 1,000 3 50

Galax leaves, per 1000 $1.25

Smilax per dozen 1.50® 2.00

Asparagus. ..per dozen B.OO® 8.00

4.00

3.00

2.50

2.00

1.50

1.00
60® .75
4.00® fi.OO
4.00® 6.00
3.00® 4.00
6.00@12.00
1.60(a> 3.00
3.00® 4.00
.50® 1.00
1.00® 1 50
.51j@ .75
B.00@10.00
3.00® 4.00
3.00® 4.00
2.00® 3.00
3.00® 4.00

.75® l.CO
.40
.20

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cat Flowers.

eOO.OOO FEET OF GLASS.
Headquarters for American Beautjr.

51 Wabash Ave.. • CHICAeo, ILL.

GEO. REINBERG,

wholesale
Grower

.1 Cut Flowers

Choice American Beauties.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

FRANK GARLAND, "

Wholesale Grower and Shipper of

...CUT FLOWERS

SS-S7 Wabash Avenue, —

CHICAQO. Tel. Central 2384.

Benthey & Co.

F. F. BENTHEY, Manager,

Wholesale Ccmmission Florist

41 Randolph Street CHICAGO.

"Consignments solicited..

A. L. RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Waab-
Ington St., Chicago.

Write for speolal qnotatlons on tarcro ordar.

J. a. BUDLONG

Roses and
Carnations
A Specialty.

37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

Sin CUT FLOWERS

SUCCESSFUL SELLERS

are the successful groweis who advertise iajtjtjtjtjfj^jtjt

-THE AMERICAN FLORIST

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The American Florist.

April 2y,

April Weddings

Extra fine Valley; choice White Lilacs; long
Beauties in quantity. Very reasonable.

^-SAMUEL S. PENNOCK.

OOR NEW HEADQUART ERS

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND,

( Formerly 67 Bromneld Street.)

3-3: Ma^-wle>r SI:., :^0«TOIV.

are spacious, convenient and centraL
If you want the best Boston Flowers
or first-class supplies of any kind we
are prepared to supply you promptly
and satisfactorily. Call and see
for yourself, .^t j* j» j* jt j»

TELEPHONE 1270 MAIN.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, » """ToS^S'^i! ^'^. '*"•'•

WELCH BROS., Proprietors.

Alao New Bngland Agenta for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.
Acknowledged by all florlsU the best In uBO. Special prioea for doz. lots.

Sola Asenta for FREYSTEDTS' Immortelle Lettera and Emblema.
Block Lettera, S2 per 100. Script Letters. $4 per 100.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR

We Supply the New England Trade

With Highest Grade

ROSES. GflRNflTlONS.
ULY OF THE YflLLEY.

\r|/\l ETC and all flowers the

V IV/lsC 1 O Boston market affords.

PRICES RIGHT AND Packino Pbopkrly Done.

N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

Tel. 734 and 64. 84 Hawley St. , BOSTON .

FHease mention the American Florist when "wrtting.

Frank M. Ellis.

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale riorist

1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Please mention the American Florist when 7t/riiing.

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

1IZ2 PINE STREET.

fc ST. LOUIS, MO.

VA complete line of Wire Deslgna.

Desirable Advertising Space

Tn Dont on the walls
III! lU nillll of the

BOSTON FLOWER MARKET

Effective. Profitable. Address
GEO. CARTWRIGHT. Secretary, t Park St., BOSTON.

Whol^ale flower/larK^

Boston, April 24.

Roses, Beauty, extra 15.0a@20.00

mediuii 8.00@12.00

" " culls 3.00® 5.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 3.00® 5.00

extra 6.00® 8.00

Carnations 1. CO® .2.00

extra 2.00® 3.P0

Roman hyacinths 76® 1.50

Lily of the valley 1.00® 3.00

Mignonette 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissi 1.00® 2.00

Violets 15® .60

Von Sion l.UO@1.50

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax 12. 00® 18. 00

Asparagus 50.00

" Sprengerii, .20® .25 per bunch
Phtladelpeu, April 24.

Roses, Tea 3.00® 8.00

" extra 8.00®10.00

" Beauty, extra 15.00®36.00

firsts 8.00@15.00

Carnations 1.50® 2.00

" fancy 3.00® 5.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Violets 50® 1.00

Asparagus 35.00®50.00

Smilax 15.00®20.00

Adiantum. 1 .00

Buffalo, April 25.

Roses, Beauty ....15.00®25.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4.00® 8.00

Carnations 1.00® 3.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Smilax 15.00@20.00

Adiantum 1.00@ 1.50

Asparagus 5O.00@75.0O

Violets .80

Harrisii . . . : 12.00®16.00

GIVE

US

A

TRIAL.

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

Open day
and night.

J'VfSTERt*

of

Roses, Carnationa and ell kinda
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

Ufll F VICTIIIR Wholesale Com-

nHli ■• IVnOlinU) mission Florlst.

481 Washington St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Also Dealer In Florists' Supplies & Wire Designs.

1604

« CO

Ludlow Street,
Philadelphia....

5 Phone 1-42.69-A.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS,

'^^Pi^JSi^^^D. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Constgnmenti of Choice Valley and Rotes (olicitad.

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long Dlitanca 'Phone l-tl-38 D.

Consignments ol Roses. Carnations. Violets sollolti i,

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wholesale Florist,

27 S. nth St., Telephone 6384. PHILAPELPIIA.

Orders bT mall, telegraph or telephone will
reoelve prompt attention.

Consignments of good stock solicited.

SHIPPING LIBELS s

• •Cut Flowers

Printed in two colors on gummed
paper; your card, etc.. In black and
leaf adopted by the S. A. F. In red.
Very attractive. Price per 600, J2.85;
per 1000, $4.6a Send for samples

nccTRo or this leaf, postpaid'. $1.25.

American

Florist Co.,

CHICAQO.

The new ENGLAND CUT FLOWER CO.

3 Ordway Place,

BOSTON, MASS.

Consignments
Solicited.

TELEPHONE 907 MAIN.

Carries a full suppl-y^ of cfioice Roses, all varieties;
Carnations, Violets, Bulb Flowers, Wire Designs,
Baskets, Sheaves, etc. Lowest Wholesale Prices on
everything. Write for Prices or call and see us.

,/po/.

The American Florist.

1387

TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

Xylly o± ■tla.e "Valley-.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1998 Madison Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS Jjew"york^''"*'
SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, all leading varieties, also rare novelties.
Shipping a Specialty. -^"Price list on application.

TELEPHONE 20eS MADISON SQUARE.

Walter f. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ,

Telephone 902 Madison Sqnare.

39 West 28t]i St., NEW TOBK.

William Qhormley,

Wholesale florist, " ^^I^^ToITSIty.

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley, and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Teleptione 2200
Madison Square.

SHIPPING ORDERS

Qiven Special Attention.

JOHN YOUNG

Has the best BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY in New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO. jt

All Choice Flowers dally.
61 West 28th St., NEW YORK.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWtRS and BUYERS make a note of thli. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

. : . . 3D West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 561 MadiBon Bqnare.

FRANK MILLANQ.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,

408 E. 34th Straat,

SmI Flewcr Exchange. NEW YORK.

Telephone 299 Bf adiaon Square.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXGHAN6E

404-412 E. S4th St. Near Ferry.
Open for Out Flower Salei at 6 o'clock
Every HomlnK

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON, Secretory.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

ffiM GUI) FlOW6r§

All orders receive most careful attention.
TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA,

Six prizes American Rose Society, New York City.

It is good business poiioy
to mention the

...AMERICAN TLORIST

when yon write to an advertiser.

Choice Carnatiens.

Selected Roses.

Traendly & Schenck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq.

Wbol^ale pbwer/\arl^

New York, April 24.

1 Roses, Beauty, select 10.00@20.00

" " medium 5.00® 8.00

culls 1.00® 3.00

" Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor .60® 2.00

med'm 3 00(a» 4.00

" " select.. 5.00® 8.00

" Brunners 4.0I)@12.00

Carnations l.OOffl 2. CO

fancy 3.00® 4.00

Lily of the valley 1.50® 2.50

Smilax 15.00@a6.00

Asparagus 25.00®50.00

Sprengerii, per doz. bun. 2.00@3.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Violets 25® 50

Harrisii lilies 2.00® 4.00

Mignonette 1.00® 2.00

Paper White narcissi 1.00® 1.50

R. hyacinths. Jonquils, Freesias, .50® 1.50

Tulips, Von Sion narcissi 1.00® 2.00

(Jattleyas 35.00®50.00

M\lim & SALTrORD,

Wholesale Commission Dealers in

CUT FLOWERS

50 West 29th St., NEW YORK.

Telephone 1304 Madison S(|uare.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

QROWERS and FLOWER BITVERS.
Write (or Terms and Quotations.

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 29th street, NEW YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

The New York Gut Flower Go.

119 and 121 West 23d Street,

112 and 114 West 24th Street,

Telephone 733-IBth. NEW YORK.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

Special Attention Qlven to Sliipping Order*.

FORD BROS.

....WHoiesaie Florists,

III West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BIG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. 'Phone. 157 Madison Sq.

Julius Lang

53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

Represents the Best Growers or

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Square.

S. J. LIMPRECHT,

WHolesale Gommission florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street. MFW YODK

Telephone U3d Madtaon Sqnare. I'L" ■ vnn.
CoDSlgnmentfl Solicited.

flXCMGlfl

19 Boervm Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Controls the best Brooklyn

Cut Flower Trade.
Consignors get the Benefit.

Alwayi mention the.

American Florist

when writine kdvertisen.

Try the new
Flower Commission House

[. B. BRINLEY S CO., new To? Sty.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH GROWERS SOLICITED.

Teleplxosoio SIOS IVIaiclisora Scjtji^x-e.

Now we have

Daffodils,
Tulips,
Sweat Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN

GUI

47 WEST 28th ST..

NEW YORK.

F LOWERS AT WHOLESALE.

Tel. 421
MftdisoniSquare,

Special In
Roses :

Liberty, Pres. Carnot,
Kalserln. Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

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The American Florist.

April 2j,.

The ^EEl) T^fllDE.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

Albert McCuLLonoB, Pres.; F. W. Bolsiano,
Vice-Pres.; S. F. Willabd. Wethersfleld, Conn.
Seo'y and Treas.

Nineteenth annual convention, Rochester, N.
y.. June 11-13. 1901.

ViNB seed contract prices are generally
lower this season.

Dwarf Essex rape seed is selling at 75
cents to $1 higher per 100 pounds.

Visited Chicago: A. T. Boddington,
ol Clucas & Boddington, April 24.

W. A. Cox and wife passed through
Chicago enroute to California, April 23.

A. H. Goodwin, of the Goodwin, Har-
ries Co., Chicago, was in Florence, Italy,
April 20.

Both mail and counter trade has been
slow the past week, and while diiBcult
to explain satisfactorily, is possibly
accounted for by the very cool weather
and extended storms.

New York. — Snzuki & lida will move
on May 1 from 11 to 31 Barclay street,
where they will enjoy better business
facilities, including a palatial passenger
elevator to their oiBce.

Long Island, N. Y.— Cabbages, says
our correspondent, have rotted very
badly during the past winter. The
extreme cold weather of February, dur-
ing which time the ground was bare,
appears to have frozen them so hard as
to destroy life in a great many. As
a result our acreage is just about one-
half what it should have been from the
stock put away last fall.

Government Seeds.

The following correspondence in con-
nection with this great and increasing
abuse is added to the chapter of the
wrong which has been and is being done
to the legitimate seed trade in the
country. t£ow long our congressmen
will continue to accept and use such
unfair means in the hope of gaining a
little doubtful political popularity, de-
pends on the forbearance of the public,
which in years past has certainly been
great:

The Wholesale Seedsmen's League of the United
States has forwarded :i protest to Secretary of
Agriculture James Wilson, at Washington, charg-
ing gross irregularities in the tree seed distril>u-
tion of his department and protesting- against
payment for see-is furnished on the April. 1901,
contract. 'Ihe letter reatls:

Dear Sir:— By authority of the board of direc-
tors of the Wholi'sale See. Isiiien's League, ana in
the name of that trade organization. I lodge with
you a lormal protett against the payment of cash
upon th4- vouchers of the New "Yori; Market
Gardeners' Association for the supplying to the
Department of .-Vi^riculture of work purportin-.; to
liave been done, and for the following reasons:

1. The specific varieties of seeds indicated in
the printed specifications of the 27th of January,
1900, have not been supplied, but very common
and very cheao sorts substituted, this giving the
contractor great advantaLies.

2. No varieties whatever are named on the
printed packets, only the words, "A selected
variety," this t^iving the contra(-tor great advan-
tages."

3. The stipulated weights named in the specifi-
cations of the 27th of -lanuary, 190U, have not been
gt'en, but reduced quantities — rom ten to fifty
per cen^. less than the specifications, this giving
the contractor great advantages.

4. Because of other irregularities which can be
named, givin-.; the contiactorestraordinary advan-
tages f<.'r enormous profits. Trul\ yours,

BiBNKT Landheth. Secretary.
A letter was also sent to Robert Tracewell,
comptroller of the United States treasury, request-
ing him to stop payments on vouchees of the
Market Gardeners' Association.

To this letter the comptroller replied as

follows in part: "I referred your com-
munication to the secretary of agricul-
ture for his information and appropriate
action. I am in receipt of his letter of
the 17th inst. relative thereto in which
he said that these people are proceeding
in the terms of their contract and that
the seeds are going out in a satisfactory
way and of good quality."

Commenting on this, W. Atlee Burpee, a
director of the Wholesale Seedsmen's
League, states: "Now, when the secretary
or some one in his office chooses to take
this position, which is absolutely untrue,
it is time that we should take vigorous
action. I can state from my personal
examination of many of the packages
which have been received from congress-
men in Pennsylvania, New York and New
Jersey, that the charges made in Secretary
Landreth's letter are absolutely correct,
and in nearly every case these packets
contain less seed than the specifications
in the printed requests for proposals on
which it was announced the contract
had been awarded."

Mr. Burpee adds: "I hope you will see
fit to publish in the American Florist
these documents and urge every seeds-
man to write letters of protest to the
comptroller of the treasury."

The Seed Trade of I90J.

John Lewis Childs, Floral Park,
N. Y.— April is up to the usual standard
with us.

J. M, Thorbubn & Co., New York.—
Our business up to April 1 this year com-
pares very favorably in all departments,
with that of last year and the year
previous.

Alexander Seed Co., Augusta, Ga,—
Our business in all lines up to the first of
April has improved much over last sea-
son. Our melon trade was much better
than last season.

Vacghan's Seed Store, Chicago. —
Counter trade somewhat better at this
date as the average temperature for the
past four weeks has been warmer. Mail
trade holding up well.

Wood, Sti'bbs & Co., Louisville, Ky.—
Our trade has been very good this season,
in fact, very much larger than we antici-
pated. This applies to all departments
of our business, garden seed, field seed
and onion sets.

DiNGBB & Conard Co., West Grove,
Pa.— Our business as a whole, which is
that of the mailing business, has been
quite satisfactory this year and much
ahead of the business ot last year in
volume and in net results.

JoBNSON & Stokes, Philadelphia. — Our
business for March and so far for April
has been the most satisfactory that we
have had for several years, both in our
mail order and wholesale tlepartments.
The late spring we think has had a good
eflect.

Henry F. Michell, Philadelphia,—
Our business has been especially good
this year in all the various departments.
We have been compelled to do a great
deal of night work to keep up vrith the
orders, and we feel quite safe in saying
that we are considerably ahead of last
year.

Steele, Beiggs Seed Co., Toronto,
Ont.— The unusually dry season has
caused an unprecedented rush of orders
in all lines of seeds. The short supply of
stocks from failure of seed crops has
made it difficult to meet the demand.
Business for April, thus far, exceeds that
of any previous year.

R. H SeuMWAY, Rockford, III.— I am
very well satisfied with mail trade this
season. Have run a little ahead of last
year thus far, although I issued 50,000
more catalogues in 1900 than in 1901.
I have filled a little over 100 000 orders
since January 1, and am running a little
ahead of last year on same dates as last
year. Have had sixty hands at work •
during busy season.

W, Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia.
— Business for March, both retail and
wholesale, showed a gain over March of
last year, but the gain was in increased
size of orders, not in number of orders.
The most noticeable feature of the busi-
ness this year has been the less nutnber
of replies from newspaper advertising.
This has been remarked not only by seeds-
men but by advertisers in other lines.

Wm. Henry Madle, Philadelphia —We
had a very fair year in 1900, and are
glad to report that we think 1901 will be
even better, from the fact that we have
saved considerable money in our cata-
logues, as well as in newspaper advertis-
ing. Notwithstanding this saving in our
expense account, we expect to equal last
year's business, so we have every reason
to believe that the net results will be
more satisfactory than they were last
season.

Iowa Seed Co., DesMoines, la.— Our
retail mail trade is the largest this year
that we have ever had, and our whole-
sale trade is also beyond precedent. The
only thing that the trade has been lesson
this year than ordinary, is common red
clover which is one of our leading items.
We did not expect as large a trade this
season on it owing to the fact that there
was a good crop of clover seed grown in
this state last year. The season has been
quite backward, which we consider an
advantage to seed dealers.

L. L. May & Co., St. Paul, Minn —
Business in the wholesale seed line has
been very brisk the entire season and
sales are away ahead of all previous
records. Grass seeds are now moving
very rapidly, there being an extra good
demand for Bromns inermis. There is
also a good demand for corn and we look
for a good trade for six weeks yet in
these articles. In the catalogue depart-
ment, sales have run aoout even with
last year. They still continue very good
and show a slight advance daily over
last season's record for the first half of
.\pfil. We did no advertising this year
and put out only two-thirds the number
ot books we did last season and are
gratified at the results so far shown.

J. M, McCdllocgh's Sons, Cincinnati,
O.— We are pleased to say that the
volume of business in all of our depart-
ments, has been greater and more satis-
factory, this spring, than for the past
five years. The jobbing trade opened
earlier in January than usual, and has
kept up beyond our expectations. The
mail order trade has possibly been
exceeded in number of orders, once or
twice in the past five years, but not the
class or amount of the orders. We expect
to close a very satisfactory season, and
to have less stock in our garden and
flower seed departments, to carry over,
than usual, all of which it is absolutely
recessary for us to take into considera-
tion in closing our contracts for another
season.

Newport, R I.— Robert Johnstoii, who
has been gardener for Mrs. F. O. French,
will remove next month to Lexington,
Mass., where he will take charge of the
estate of Miss Carey.

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1389

NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT

HARDY WATER LILIES

in order to secure the best results this season. We have the larg-
est and most complete collection of Hardy Nymph ;es in the world.
It embraces American and French Hybrids, native and foreign
species. For prices see our Spring Edition of Dreer's Wholesale
Price List, which is sent to the trade only. We are also pleased
to answer a'l correspondence regarding the making of ponds,
best varieties, etc.

HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

McKellar h Winterson

Wholesale Dealers in Everything for Florists.

Should You Not Receive OUR 1901 CATALOGUE, Write Us for Same.

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

ESTABLISHED 1802

'S

SEEDS

Tuberoses, Double Pearl, largest size,
per 100, 80c; per 1000, |5 00.

Finest Mixed Gladioli for Florists, all
colors.

Choice Imported Named Gladioli in great
variety.

SPECIAL PRICE LIST FOR FLORISTS

ON APPLICATION.

J.IVI.THORBURN&CO.

(UM of IS John Street)

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW VORS

ORCHIDS FOR CUTTING 'i'^^^l^''

Per 100

Cattleya Douiana $2C0.00 to JioO.f

Skinueri 75.00 to liSOJ

show plants,
each, JI2.(Oto$jEO.iO.

Odontoglossum Kiampri 100.00

Miltonia Kodri'Sii 100.0D to 126.00

SchrcdBFi 250.00 to 300.00

Tiichopilia Suavis . .. 60 00

.'Vnihutiuiu S ■her^erianum 13.C0 to 2U.00

.Vssortment of all Orubids exist-

lughere 120.00 to 375.00

y.amia, each, $2.60. Larecr plants

uroportioDttttdy higher.
TERMS: Casn m advwnce (only), immediate ship-
ment. Reference, the Geniiau (.'uusul, San Jose.
Cosla Rica. _ _

P. 0. Box 124. RICARDO DIENER,

San Jose de Costa Rica, Central America.
Correspondence in German, nuglisb and Spanish.

Please mevtion the Aniertcan F^'^rist when 7t'*itfnsr-

SEASONABLE BULBS -INTERESTING PRICES.

BEGONIAS. Tuberous Rooted. Single, in separate colors. Exceptionally fine Uulbs, 42.00 per 100, $18.00
per WOO Single, Mixed, $1.85 per lOO; per lOOn, $17.00.

TUBEROSES. Kxcelsirr Double Pearl. Lartje sized Bulbs, sure bloomers, and will not fail to give satis-
faction; 6''o per 110. $5.00 per 1000; 5000 for $22.51).

TUBEROSES, Excelsior Double Pearl, second size. The finest we ever offered of this size, and a decided
barg.-iin. Don't wait if you want to take advantage of this low offer; per 100, 40c; per lOOO, $2.00;
per 6000, $9.50. CA.I«IVA.S.

CROZY'S LARGE FLOWERING. Grown at our Floraeroft Trial Grounds, in excellent condition and true
to name and color. We offer below the standard varieties as lollows:

Per 100 Per lOOO

Allemania $2.60 $23.00

Alsace 250 2300

Austria 2.60 23.00

Baronne de Poilly 250 23.C0

Charles Henderson 2.f0 23 00

Florenre Vaughan 2.5i) 23.00

Per 100

Italia .$2.50

Mile. Berat 2.50

Paul Marquant 2.50

Secretaire Chabanne 2.5u

Mixed Sorts 2.25

Per lOCO
$23.00
23.01
23.00
23.10
20,00

CANNA ROBUSTA kERFECTA o.tceptionallv fine Bulbs, $lT.i per UO; $15.00 per 1000.
See PALM SEEDS, GLOXINIAS and GLADIOLUS in last weeks issue.

JOHNSON & STOKES,

217-219 Marhet St.. Philadalphia, Pa.

$ Cycas $ Cycas $ Cycas $

THE TRUE LONG LEAVED VARIETY

Just arrived in fine condition! Stems from X lb. up to any size!

Prices on latge and small quantities of the above, also on all Summer
and Fall Bulbs, Roots, Tubt;rs and Plants, cheerfully given by

.F. W. 0. SCHMITZ, Jersey City, N. J.

NANUS

"''ill^'' PLUMOSUS

SPRENGERII. per ICO. 50e; lOOO, $3.00.
DECUMBENS. ^new), 25 seeds. eOc; per 100. J2.C0.
VAUGHANS ASTERS.Improved Victoria, snow white.

t'rirason scailei. 1 ^ht blue, indmo blu3, pink

and rose, trade pkt., ^Sc; J4 oz., 45c; oz., $1.50.
SEMPLE'S BRANCHING.

White oz.8t)c. X oz.2Sc. pkt. 10c.

Lavender "$1.60 " 45c " 25c.

Pink •■ l.tO •■ 25c '• 10c.

Queen of the Market, separate shade , earliest Aster

in cultivation, oz.. 50c; hi oz., 20c; tr. pkt,, 10c.
CANDYTUFT, Giant, hyacinth - flowered, white,

large pkt., 10c; uz..40c.

VAUGHANS SEED STORE,

(True). Per 100. $1; lOOD, $8;
$14; 5UO0 al $6.75 per lOUO.

WDO,

CENTAUREA, New Imperialis, mixed, tr. pkt . 10c;

oz., 60-. White, trade pkt., lOc; oz., 6uc,
NASTURTIUM. Vaughan's Special Mixture, tall, oz.,

10c: '4 lb., 20c; 11)., 80c. Dwarf, oz., lOc; M lb..

2.=ir; lb., 85c.

PETUNIA, Large-Flowering Fringed, trade pkt., sCc.
Giants, California, iraile pkt.. bic, Vaughan's Best
mixture, lar^'e llowering. lOOO seeds, 50o.

10 per c<Dt for cash ^vith order.

TUBEROSES / We are headquarters. .Write
CALADIUMS - for our Wholesale Florists'
ULaUIOLUSI Catalogue, free.

84-86 Randolph St.. CHICAGO.
14 Barclay St., NEW YORK,

Please mention the American Florist to our advertisers.

1390

The American Florist.

April 2j^

The (Nursery TRaE»E.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Thbo. J. Smith, Pres.; N. W. Halk, Vice-Pres.;
Qeobse C. Seageb, Rochester. N. Y., Seo'y.

Twenty-sixth annual convention, Niagara Falls,
N. Y., June 12-14. 1901.

Israel Kinney, of Zanesville, O, a
highly respected nurseryman, is prepar-
ing to retire from business because of
continued ill health.

At Normal, 111., the shipments of nur-
sery stock have been from five to twelve
cars per day for several weeks and busi-
ness is far heavier than ever before.

R R. McGiLL, with W. W. Barnard &
Co., of Chicago, says the demand for
perennials and nursery stock this season
has been far in excess of same in previous
years.

A tree which is attaining a degree of
popularity ia the silver-leaved linden,
Tilia Europaea argentea, although to
some the strong fragrance of its flowera
is not pleasant.

Pbof. C. S. Sabgent, of the Arnold
Arboretum, who is making a careful
study of North American hawthorns, has
now collected and described ninety-five
species of Crataegus.

San Jose scale has been found in seven-
teen counties of Indiana, according to
Horticulturist James Troop. In six of
these it has already been practically
eradicated by persistent use of remedies
and preventives.

The prospects were never better in
Nebraska for the greatest fruit crop on
record, peaches, plums and cherries being
loaded with buds just ready to open.
Failure was never known there if disaster
had not fallen by this date.

The Phcenix Nursery Co., of Delavan,
Wis., has been organized to take over the
business of Franklin K. Phoenix by the
election of H. C. Johnson as president, D.
E. Lee vice-president and A. P. Wilkins
secretary, treasurer and manager.

An article on the "Extermination of the
Oak at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin," by
James Jensen, has been reprinted in
pamphlet form. Copies may be had from
Mr. Jensen, 574 N. Sacramento avenue,
Chicago, HI., on receipt of a two-cent
stamp.

The Flow of Sap.

Ed. Am. Floeist:— My son, like thou-
sands of others, claims that the sap
which flows in early spring in maple
sugar making, comes from the roots,
flowing upward. I hold that it is sap
which was stored last autumn and is
now flowing down from the new growth.
Which of us is right? R. L.

The question cannot be answered by a
word, since the sap travels from all parts
ot the tree, which are at the time not
frozen, to the wound made in tapping.
As the tree is usually tapped a short dis-
tance from the ground it is fair to say
that the great bulk of sap comes from
above the wound.

In the autumn, when the leaves drop
from the tree, a large amount of reserve
material is stored up in the cambium, the
soft cortex, and the living wood. This
reserve material undergoes chemical
changes during the winter, resulting in
the formation of sugar. This produces
an increased internal pressure within the
tree. A further increase in the internal
pressure is brought about in the warm

days of springby theexpansion of the air
bubbles in the trachael elements, (Stras-
burger, Noll etc., p. 185). These air
bubbles account for the good run of sap
on a warm day following a frosty night
(Goodale, p. 265). This is brought
about by a negative pressure (or suction)
which occurs during the night, resulting
in an accumulation of air into the
trachael elements. Thisnegativepressure
was found to be sufficient to raise a col-
umn of water 26 feet high (Clark, Mass.
B'd. Ag. 1S73, p. 187).

It is thought by some that the supply
of sap is furnished by the roots. This
can hardly be the case on account of
their frozen condition. If the ground
and roots were not frozen, the liquid
that might be taken in hand by the roots
is raw material aid this cannot be con-
verted into sugar without the aid of the
foliage leaves. Sugar making in north-
ern Canada, is carried on at a time when
the ground is frozen, showing that little,
if any, sap could come from the roots.
J. B. Dadbno.

Worcester, Mass.

BUSINESS slackens OFF BUT RECEIPTS
ARE NOT LARGE — BOLDOUS STOCK SLOW
TO MOVE. — VARIOUS NOTES OF LOCAL
DOINGS.

Trade has been rather quiet this week
and nothing out of the regular routine
has occurred. Dark and rainy weather
has kept plants from blooming very
freely and so we are not burdened with
an unwieldy surplus. Bulbous stock is

nearly exhausted and no one is sorry, as
this material has Deen very hard to turn
this season and will probably be grown
in much smaller quantity next year.
Roses are a little over-plentiful, especially
in white, but the supply of Liberty,
Bridesmaid and Carnot is about right',
Violets from frames are now oSered in
quantity and are retailing for $1 per
hundred.

The second monthly exhibition of the
Worcester County Horticultural Society,
on April 18, was rather below the usual
standard. The number of entries was
small, but the quality of the exhibits
was very good. H. F. A. Lange showed
a splendid vase of The Marquis carna-
tion and J. C. Whitin had a fine display
of cut flowers shown in vases.

Hardy and perennial plants have win-
tered well, as a rule, with the exception
of rhododendrons, which O. B. Hadwen
savs have sntilered severely.

We have had so much rain lately that
field planting will be delayed consider-
ably, especially on low and heavy lands.

Lange has received his first lot of
16x24 glass and will commence shortly
to remodel some of his houses.

A. H. L.

Brampton, Ont —Allen R. Webb, of
Batavia, N. Y., is now in charge of the
carnation houses at the H. Dale estate.

St. Marys, Pa.— The St. Mary's Green-
house Company is going to move down
town and add two more houses, 17x100
using butted glass.

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Hedging

1,000,000 Shrubs all varieties and sizes.

10,000 Clematis, Paniculata.

10,000 Rosa Wichuralana and hybrids.

5,000 Rosa Multiflora Japonica.
10,000 Honeysuckle, Hall's, etc.

5,000 Dahlias, whole roots.
100,000 Asparagus, very strong, five

varieties.
25,000 Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and
Kalmias.

2,000 Beech, European and Purple

Leaved.
3,000 Elms, American and European.

500 Japan 6ingko.
2,000 Lindens, American and European.
1,000 Magnolias, in variety.
50,000 Maples, Norway, Sugar, etc.
10,000 OAKS, Pin, Red, Scarlet and

English.
10,000 Oriental Plane, to 12 feet.
75,000 California Privet, 1 and 2years.

500,000 EVBRaREENS. Of all sizes, including Hemlocks, Norway, Colorado
Blue, Oriental and Weeping Spruces. Arbor- Vit.-es, Retinosporas, Pines in variety, '
root pruned and sheared specimens.

Trade List also Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue free on Application

THE WM. H. MOON CO., - Moffisville, Pa.

NORWAY MAPLES ?4?o15'¥e''e?.S*St.|

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, William Warneu Harpei!, Prop.,

CHESTNUT HILL. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

n,J-.^*,\'' *, flne Stock of Shade Trees of leading kinds, \Vt to 3 inehei diameter. 3000
White Biroh and Purple Beech. 7 to 10 feet; 10,000 Shrubs, flne Japan Snowballs and
H.vdranepas, Evergreens, all kinds and si/.es; ffi.OOO Call ornia Privet, 2 to 5 feet- lOOOO'
llard.s- Kosos, own roots; plenty Ramblers, Pears, Apples, Cherries, Quinces. Pe.'iches,
man.vinbearingsi7.es; Rhododendrons and Hardy Azaleas.

**TEPHEN CRANE. Proprietor of Norwich Nurieries. NORWICH, CONN.

Maples Sir

From 1 to 3-incli caliper, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list

SAMUEL O. MOON.

Morrlsvllle, Bucks Co., Pa.

CLEMATIS— 2 years, $2.00 per doz., 12 best kinds.
H. P. ROSES— 2 year, flne dormant plants, own

roots, choice assortment, 81. bO per dozen; $10.00

per 100.
F- *■ B*LLEP, Bloomington. III.

1 year, 12-15 in. for transplanting, (gt $8,00 per lOCO .
18-24 In. " " (2) 20.00 per lOOO'-

Other sizes on application.
THE ELIZABETH NURSERY CO.. Elizabeth, N. J.

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1391

KENNICOTT BROS. CO.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

And Dealers i
All Kinds of

42 and 44 East Randolph Street.

>" Florists' Supplies.

CHICAGO, ILL.

A.8

nsual.

ON TOP!

At Baltimore meeting of the American
Carnation Society. Our exhibit of

71l6 IiSiWSOn was awarded

the Gold Medal in heavy com-
petition against all comers. The Society's
Silver Cup tor best Arrangement of blooms,
and first Prize for 100 dark pink.

MY STOCK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

ROOTED CDTTINGS per 100, 17.00

perlOOO,$60.00

PETER FISHER, Ellis, Mass.

Please meniiov the American Florist %uhen writinz-

SELECTED CARNATIONS.

Per 100 Per 1000

The Marquis, largest rich pink $4.00 $35.00

Morning Glory, best light pink.... 3.50 30.00

Mrs. Lawson, famous deep pink — 6.00 60.C0

Ethel Crocker clear pink 3.50 30.00

Genevieve Lord, light pink 4.00 35.00

Mrs. Lippincott, pink 5.00 40.00

Mrs. Joost, pink, money maker 2.00 15.00

White Cloud, fine white 1,80 12,50

Flora Hill, large white 1.50 12.60

Peru, pure white 4.00 30.00

Elm City, new white 4,00 30,00

Estelle, best bright scarlet 6.00 50.00

Chicago, largest red 4.O0 30,00

G, H, Crane, fine scarlet 2 50 20,00

America, light red 2,50 20.00

Maceo, dark crimson 2,00 15,fl0

Gomez, light crimson 2,no 15,00

Mrs, Bradt, best variegated 3,00 25,00

GEO. HANCOCK & SON. Grand Haven. IVIich.

Please mention tlie Atnertcan Florist when uniting,

I have several thousand

ETHEL CROCKER CARNATIONS

left which 1 will close out at $15 per
1000. Order quick. Well-rooted and
healthy.

Also several thousand Bride, Maid and
Cloiden Gate Roses at $10 per 1000,

CASH WITH ORDER.

GEO. HARRER, Morton Grove. III.

Last Call rntoS."""'-

Carnations in 2-inc*i pots at prices
that will astonish you.

MRS. BB.\DT. ETHEL CROCKER, WM.
SCOTT, MRS, .TOOST. LIZZIE McQOW.\N.

Write GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III.

All thi' new
and standard
varieties. Write for prices.

Asparagus Sprengeiii. 3-incb $4,00 per 100

Asparagus Plumosus, 3 " 6.00 per 100

Small Ferns for dishes, 4 vara., 2V4-in. 3,00 per 100

Carex Variegata, 214-inch 4.00 per 100

Boston Ferns, 8-inch pans $15 and $18 per doz.

2V4-inch 4.00 per 100

3-inch 8,00 per 100

CARL HACENBEROER, West Mentor, O.

CARNATIONS

amminiiiiiiimmunwiitiiiiiiiimiiiiiititiiititiim.

iiiiiuitnuiuniimiintutme

24^-INCn ROSE PLANTS.

Liberty

Bridesmaid ..

Bride

Meteor

ion 1000

$8.00 $75.00
3.00 2.i.00
3.00 25.00
3.00 25,00

100 1000

GoldenGate 3,00 25,00

Perle 3,00 25,00

Kaiserin 3.0J 25.00

All the Dew aod HtandRrd varieties, free from rust and all other diseases.
Our stock Is ia fine shape and all cattiugs are well rooted when sent out.

Mrs. Leopold ine

The most

proliflo 100 1000
nnd best paying red Carnation,

Rooted Cuttings $ 7,0D $60.00

Sunbeam 10.00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard 10,00 75,00

Nvdia 10,00 75,00

pfoliflca lO.CO 75,00

Irene 10,00 75,00

Mrs, Lawson 6.00 55,00

Marquis 3 00 25,00

Genevieve Lord 3,00 25,00

Ethel Crocker 2,50 20,10

Crane 3.00 25.00

All stock sold under the condition that if not
when money wil

Guardian Angel '^^\T°il

and best paying pink Carna-
tion. Rooted Cuttings

Peru

Mrs, Bradt

John Young

White Cloud

Argyle

Evanston

F, Joost

Cerise Queen

Gov, Griggs

Flora Hill

100 1000

$4,00
2.50
2.0a
1,50
1,25
1,00
1.00
1.00
1,00
1,00
I.CO

$35,00
20,00
17.50
12.50
10,00
9. CO
9,00
9,00
9.00
9.00
9,00

satisfactory it is to be returned immediately,
I be refunded.

I PETER REIN BERG, wabafh\ve Chicago, 111. |

swmnmmnmmmiimTTmfmTmmTTmmTTmmmTTmmTTfmTmmmTTmnfmfTmmis

NORWAY

The Queen ot Commercial White Carnations. Scored 91 at Baltimore, was
awarded 1st prize for 100 white, bronze medal for 12 best seedling and
first-class Certificate of Merit. Stock all sold until May 1st. Its vigor-
ous, free growth and tendency to bloom early insures a safe investment for cuttings delivered in May.
■— ^ ^--^ ■« r g-^^TT^ A most distinct, dark variety, rich and dazzling in color. Surpasses all other
Y^K \ Y Y^ I crimsons in length and strength of stf-m. exquisite, spicy odor and keeping
*— ^^-* * * * qualities. Can be had in good flower by November.'

Above two varieties, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100, $75 per 10OO.

g^ • 1 J The Greatest Money Making Pink. A friend ot thecom-

1 I^nCVlCVG I Of*fl "^°° people and a descendant of the great Wm. Scott,

^^^^**^^ ▼ "^^ ▼ ^^ a— rfVTM VK whose illustrious mantle it is wearing with becoming

grace. Stock large and in the pink of condition. $5 per 100, $40 per 1000.

All of the new ones of this year, the best of last year and ihe best standard varieties.

Chrysanthemum Timothy Eaton ;\.L^Il\lX°^o'r'd'lrTo°rc'a'n*Sd?iS'd

"whipped" every variety which went up against it. The most sensational white chrysanthemum
ever offered. 50c each, $5 per doz., $30 per 100.

COMPLETE LIST OF OTHER NOVELTIES
AND STANDARD VARIETIES. CATALOGUE
READY. WRITE FOR IT.

H. WEBER & SONS, "T''

\

CARNATIONS

I^OO'TRO

OUTT^IIVO®

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following prices:

G, H. CRANE 125.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT 2.5,00 "

MADAM CHAPMAN 25,00

DAYBREAK 12,50 "

WHITE CLODD 112,50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10,00 "

McGOWAN 1000 "

ELDORADO 10.00 "

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to bd seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in need of a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times.

Addre«CHAS. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich. '^•=|',«<»

»^< f ^»^**^^^^**»^».>W*

(@°OUa DIECTOBT FOR 1901 WILL BE MAILED TO TOU^^a
p®- PROMPTLY UPON APPLICATION. PRICE TWO DOLLARS."-S«

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The American Florist.

April zy.

Our pasTiMBs,

ADDouncementB ol coming contents or other
events of interest to our bowling, shooting and
cycling readers are solicited and will be given
place in this column.

Address all correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.;
Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

At Utica.

The following ia the record made at
Utica in the regular weekly practice,
April 22:

Player 1st 2d 3d 4th Av

Baker 163 166 137 187 161

Murphy 133 169 13« 114 138

Rowlands 104 143 137 152 131

Spencer 122 129 125 127 126

Mathews : 159 132 13J 99 125

Wilcox 124 134 119 117 123

Hildebrand Ill 123 121 113 117

Day 110 109 110

Toomey 80 81 89 83 83

At Flatbush.

Adverse fortune having driven the pro-
prietors of the big bowling alleys into
temporary retirement the Flatbush
Bowling Club is now doing its little
turn at a rival house and on Monday
evenings instead of Thursday. The boys
are not proud of the scores below
recorded, but it's the best they can do
under the circumstances. Monday is
wash day in Flatbush.

Plaver 1st 2d 3d 4th

Riley 123 169 146 131

E. Dailledouze 145 124 115 147

P. Dailledouze 132 139 141 162

H. Dailledouze 157 115 148 124

Woerner 104 116 i09 101

Schrautz 182 115 118 144

« Wocker 105 117 118 125

A. Zeller 182 114 124 183

At New York. '

Monday evening saw a crowd of
unusual dimensions at the alleys of
the New York Florists' Bowling Club.
A ripple of excitement was caused by the
match between the press representatives
for the new hat generously contributed
by Lawrence Hainer, butthe winner, Mr.
Butterfield, had a veritable walk-over.
His deportment, under the circumstances,
was most exemplary. He did not put on
any airs and recognizes his acquaintances
on the street just the same as he did
before the event. Scores were recorded
as follows:

Player Ist 2d 3d

Burns 165 152 148

Siebrecht 142 170 155

O'Mara 192 210 148

Hafner 146 162 l.=i2

Traendlv...- 110 119 125

BuiterBeld ^2 142 132

T.Lang 188 1S4 13ii

Lcntz 151 IE4 163

Taylor 116 145 100

Thielraann 174 176 179

Sheridan Ill 75 83

Stewart 101 97 94

.I.Lang 114 83 64

Melber 144 100 133

Allen 42

Cleveland.

LOCAL OBGANIZATION SPEEDS UP IN MEM-
BERSHIP AND INTEREST. — BOWLBBS TO
PRACTICE UP. — PLANS FOR CONVENTION
TRIP.

The local club is enjoying quite a boom
in the waj- of membership. Eight or ten
new members have been added lately and
a number of former ones have either
renewed their connection or have signi-
fied their intention of so doing, so that
the prospect is beginning to become rosy
again. There is nothing like a good time
to bring the fraternity out and two or
three very "warm" ones have had the

usual stimulative effect. Also the bowl-
ing contingent is worked up these times
by the glittering prospects of a free round
trip to Bufialo this summer, ofiered to
the six men making the highest scores in
twenty- five games. The Cleveland teams
have unfortunately never stood very high
in these annual contests at the convention ,
but this time it is going to be different, if
hard work at practice counts for any-
thing. Come all ye, therefore, who think
ye are bowlers! foin in and help land
something for Cleveland at the Buffalo
convention next August. There will
probably also be an attempt to get
together on the transoortation problem,
so that Cleveland florists will go more as
a body instead of straggling off hap-
hazard, as has heretofore been the case.
In any event the matter will shortly be
up for discussion in a form that ought to
develop something of importance and
practical benefit. A.

Columbus, O.

WITTBOLD's NEPHROLEPIS MAKES A WARM
FRIEND. — BANKED EQUAL TO THE BOS-
TON FERN.— GOOD STOCK AT THE
MABKETS.— JOTTINGS HERE AND THERE.

Albert Knopf, manager of the Franklin
Park Floral Company, says that he has
seen Nephrolepis Wittboldii a number of
times and has watched it closely since he
was shown the original plants at the Witt-
bold establishment in Chicago. He says
that if ever a photograph failed to do
justice to the subject it is in the case of this
remarkable fern. He considers it even
more graceful and striking than is shown
in the illustrations which have appeared
from time to timein the trade papers, and
is expecting to see it take a place in the
trade alongside the ever popular Boston
fern.

Favorable weather has made notable
improvements in the display of flowering
plants at Central Market. Judging from
the reports of growers, sales and prices
are very satisfactory.

The Livingston Seed Company reports
a big demand for the Crimson Ramblers
which they had in exceptional qualities
at Easter. Their azaleas were also good
and sold on sight.

C. A. Roth has constructed a show
window which serves both the purpose
of making a handsome display and pre-
serving the stock, as it is arranged for
cold storage.

Underwood Brothers are cutting some
Ulies which are better than the average
stock shown at Easter. This lot was
retarded on purpose.

John Davie & Son, who leased the
Highland greenhouses two years ago,
are bringing some fine stock to market.
Carl.

Albany.

ADJOCNMENT OF LEGISLATURE MAKES
BUSINESS.-ADMIRING CONSTITUENTS SEND
FLORAL TOKENS, — NOTES.

The principal volume of business this
week was caused by the closing of the
state legislature on Tuesday. Eyres
received an order for a large basket of
five dozen long-stemmed American
Beauties to be delivered to Speaker
Nixon. Whittle Bros, received orders
for over 100 American Beauties and a
large basket of carnations to be delivered
to Senator Plunkett, of New York city.
Two hundred and fifty Mrs. Bradts were
used in the order. The same firm delivered
a large basket of violets to Senator
Higgins. Danker delivered orders for a
basket of American Beauties, lilies and
mignonette given by thefriends of Senator
Higgins. The friends of Assemblyman

Waite ordered from Danker a large
bouquet of carnations, lilies, etc. The
firm of W. C. King & Co. also received
numerous orders.

Whittle Bros, will build a new front in
their store on North Pearl street, after
the June commencement season, and will
make it second to none in the state out-
side of New York city.

John Shater, of Saratoga, a grower of
carnations and American Beauties, was .
a recent visitor. R. D.

Bellevue, Pa.

BURKI HAS SUCCESS WITH THE UNOERFBBD
SMOKE CONSUMER.— FINDS IT A SAVER.

Fred. Burki, who is alive to all the
latest improvements in greenhouse con-
struction and management, has been j
using the Jones underfeed stoker since i
February 25, and is well pleased with !
the results. He says it required two '
months' time lor the installation of the
stoker and to get it into satisfactory
order, but since then he has heated a range
of thirty-six houses with one boiler and is
using only slack coal, saving something
in the quantity also by Jhe use of the new
device. He says that it entirely does
away with smoke, which was a great
nuisance to him before, as he used about
1000 tons of soft coal annually. It takes
from fifty to seventy pounds of steam to
run the stoker and Mr. Burki reduces
same with a valve to from eight to
thirty-five pounds in the line, according
to the weather prevailing. With that
much pressure on the boiler he has to
return the condensed steam to the boiler
with a pump, instead of by gravitation
as before. He says that he thinks that
every large place where soft coal is burned
would find the stoker advantageous.

Lowell, Mass.

WEATHER BAD BUTTRADE FAIRLY ACTIVE.
-CARNATIONS SCARCE BUT ROSES ABUND-
ANT.— VARIOUS DOINGS.

The weather here has been very bad
since Easter, but business has been pretty
good, there being plenty of funeral work,
with now and then a wedding. One of
the prettiest decorations seen here for
some time was a church and house
decoration done by Patten. About 100
palms were banked on the altar, making
a good background for the Easter lilies
which were arranged in front of the
palms in large bunches. At the house
everything was carried out in good style ':
and showed artistic taste. Carnations ■
are not overplentiful, but rosea are in
good supply and selling as low as 30
cents per dozen.

Harvey Green's houses are well filled !
with bedding plants, enough to meet the
usual demand. As soon as the weather
permits Mr. Green is contemplating
building a new violet house.

A. Roper, of Tewksbury is to build a
300-foot house for carnations this
summer.

C. F. Miles put out a new and very j
handsome delivery wagon the other daj. 1:

A. M.

Derby, N. H — J. D. Purdy has pur-
chased the greenhouses and business of ■
W. F. Madden.

MuNCiE, Ind.— S. Humfeld, of the Mun-
cie Floral Co., has determined to locate
a branch establishment at Montpelier.

Saginaw, Mich — Grohmann Brothers
are enjoying a very prosperous season.
They now have 25,000 feet of glass, well
stocked.

jgoi.

The American Florist.

1393

DREER'S

HARDY PERENNIALS

Wc are handling HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS as a leading specialty
and arc carrying an immense stock of all the popular varieties, the principal ones
being enumerated below.

For a full and the most complete list offered in this country, sec cor current
TRADE LIST, which was distributed March 20th.

Varieties marked * are suiUble tor cut flowers.

SPECIAI. OFFER.
OF

doz. 100

'^'Achillea Filipendulina, slrone divisions $ .75 $8 00
Millproliura Kosetira, strons

divis ons fO 4 00

* •• The Pearl. 3-in. pots CO 4 00

Tomemosum, strong divisions, 1.00 S.OO

Actaea Spicata J. 00

Rubra 1.25

Alyssum Saxatile Oompactum, strong

divisions 75 6 00

*Anthemis Tinctoria, 2}i-iu- pots. 61) 4.00

* ■■ ■■ K hvayi, 2!4-inch
pots 60 4.00

* " " Pallida, 2X-in. pots .60 4.00
*Anemone .TupoTica—

* aiba 314-inch pots 75 6.0'

* Kleeaus, 2y-iDuh pots 75 6 00

* Ladv Ardilaun, 2Si-'nfli pots 75 6.00

« Queen Ch-rlotte. 2U-inch pots 75 6.00

» Whirlwind, 2V<-iuch potj 75 6 00

Doz.
^Chrysanthemum Maximum Filiformis, strong divis-
ions $ .75

♦Chrysanthemum Maximum Tr.umph, strong divis-
ions "^-^

Clematis Davidiara. 1 .year old clumps 75

*Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandillora. strong clumps... .75

^Delphinium Pormosum, light, 1 year o d 75

Sulphureum. stron?, 2 years old 2.00

■-Dictamnus Kraxinella, strong plants 1. 00

^ •• " Aiba, strong plattts 1.25

Digitalis, ftrong plants - 1.00

'Doronicum A ustriaoum, strong divisions 1.00

'.= " Caucasicum, " " 1 2i

* " Kxcelsum, " " 1.50

*Erigeron Salsuginosus, new, 2!-4-inch po's 1.50

Speciosus, strong divisions 75

^'Eupatorium Cwlestinum, 3-inch pots 75

*Gaillardia GrandiHora. 4-inch pots 75

Geum Coccineum ft. pi , 3-inch pots 75

*Gypsophilla I'anioulata, strong, 1 year o:d 75

*Helei>ium Auiumnaie Superba, sirong divisions .... l.CO

» ■■ Bolnnderi, strong divisions 1.00

« •■ Grandicephalum Striatum, str. divisions .75
Tumilum, strong divis ons 1 00

.75
.75
.75
.75
.75
.60
..50

■^piKE OP Dreer's SrpsBB Double

HOLLTBOCK.

Hellanlhus MultiBorus 11 pi , i% inch pots.

* " " Maximus. strong divisioDB.
*Heliopsis Pitcherianus. strong aivi-ious

Scaber Major. " "

Hemerocalis Dumortieri, " "

l-'ulva. " *'

Plava, " "

Kwanso fl. pi., strong divisions 50

Heuchera *lba. 1 year old plants 100

Hibiscus. Crimson Eye, strong, 1 year old 75

'Hollyhocks sirong 1 year old plauts.

DTi-ers Superb Double, in 6 separate colors...'. 1 OJ

in choice mixture 75

Vllegheny. in choice mixture 75

Single select, in choice mixture 75

Hypericum Mo3>rianum, strong. I year l.tO

Iris (iermanica, 12 choice varieties 75

in choice mixture. 60

'■ Kaenipferi, 25 choice varieties 1.50

in choice nii-\turo 100

ncar»illea Oelavayi, strong tlowenng roots 4.00

Lobelia dirdinalis. strong, 1 year old 60

S\i*bilitica. strong clumps 75

*Lysimachia < K-throides, strong divisions 75

*Lychnis ("halced.inici Rubia Plei a 1.50

* ■ Vesiiertma Alba, strong clumps 1.25

* •■ viscaria Splendens, strong cluujps 1.00

Monarda Didynia, 3-inch pots... 75

Kosea, strong divisions 75

Pistulosa Alba, sirong divisions 75

PapaverOrientalis. 3-'nch pots 75

*PeEonia, 12rhoice double vari>'ties 1 50

12 choice single varieties 2 50

Tcuuitolia l-SS

« •■ llora plena 2.00

Per do7. Per iro

Per Per

doz. too

Anthericum Tjiliastrum strong $.75 $5.00

Lll'ago, sirong 75 5.00

Anuileqia I 'brysantha, strong 75 6.(X>

Alba, itrong 75 6.00

Californian Hybrids, strong 75 .6.00

Canadensis 75 6.0O

Asters, 12 choice varieties strong 1.00 8.00

Bocconia *-' 'rdata strong divisions 75 6 00

"Boltonia Asteroides, strong divisions 75 6.00

» ■■ Lat squama, strong divisions.. .75 6.00

Campanula Carpatica, 3-incb pots 75 6.00

Alba. 3-in. pots.. .75 6.00
Pyrumidalis, btroog, 1 year

■ old 1.00 8.0O

♦Carvopteris Mastacanthus, strong, 1 year

olj l-^O 8-CO

Cassia Marilandica. strong 1 year old... .73 6.00
*Chrysanthemum, Harty Pompon, 40 vars.,

21-1-inch pots 60 4.00

100

J5 00

6.0)
6.03

e.co

6.00

800
10.00
8.00
8.00
10.00
12.00

6.00
600
600
6.00
6.00
8 01
8.IjO
6.00
8 00
6.(0
60O
6.00
6.00
6.00
4.00
4.fO
4,01)
8.0O
6.00

8.00
6.C0
6 0)
600
K.OO
6.00
4.00
10 00
8.00

4 00
6.0O
6.00
12.C0

10.00

8.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
12.C0
2". 00
8.(0
15.0D

i^:M'

OU«l

Kmw-

TRITOMA PFITZBRI.

Pentstemon Barbatus Torroyi, strong divisions

* " Gloxiuioid 8, 3-llich jjnts

*Physostegla VirtJiuica, strong divisions

* ■' '■ Alba, strong divsions .

*Plnks, Hardy, six var et.es. s rong clumps

*PIatycodon Japouicus . pi., strong clumps —

* " Mariesi. strong clumus

* " Granditloruin, strong clumps

*Primula A'eris .superha ( new)

*' " Engli-h ('owslip

" Vu'g<iris. English Primrose

*Pyrethrum Cliginosuiii, strong divisions

*Rudbeckia, Golden Glow, strong divisions ....

* " Newmani. strong divisions

....$1.00
. ... l.Oii

75

7ft

KO

1.25
.60
.75

I.OO
.50
.75

SOU
8.00
6.00
B.OH
6(0
8.01
6.110
6.00
10.00
4.0J
6 01
8.10
4.00
6.(0

♦Rudbeckia Purpurea, strong divisions

*Scablosa Caucasica, 3-inch pots

* " " Alba, 3-inch pots

*Statice Latifolia, 1 .\ ear old plants

*Stokesia Cjan<.», 3-inch pots

*Thalictrum Aquilegifolium, strong plants

Atropurpureum, strong plants

Adiantifolia

*Tritoma PHtzeri, strong divisions

Ovaria Grandiflora strong divisions 100

*Trollius Eurjpii'us. stroma plants 1-^0

♦Veronica Longi folia Subses^ilis. strong plants 1.60

Incana, strong plants '.CO

Per doz.
..$1.(0
.. I.OO
.. 1.25
.. l.CO
.. 1.25
.125
.. 1.25
... 1.60
.. 1.51

oRtn

PerlOO
$ 8.00

8.00
10.00

8.00
lO.OO
10.00
10.00
12.00
10.00

8.00

8.00
♦2.00

8.00

HENRY A. DREER, =«i'2r Philadelphia, Pa.

1394

The American Florist.

April 2j,

Syracuse, N. Y.

TRADE HOLDS UP WELL AFTER EASTER —
PRICES OF CUT FLOWERS REMAIN FIRM.
— GOOD SALE ON POTTED FLOWERING
PLANTS.— A NEW WHITE SEEDLING OF
PROMISE. — THE ASPHALT CONTROVERSY
AND OTHER MATTERS.

The local florists are rejoicing at the
volume of business since Easter, which
has much exceeded their expectations.
Winter prices are still maintained inmost
lines and it will be a number of weeks
before there will be any material change.
Several large social functions since
Easter have furnished the florists with
considerable work in decorations. The
demand for potted plants this year has
been unusual. Azaleas, hyacinths, daf-
fodils and tulips are having very large
sales at present. One reason for this
is that the prices on potted goods have
been comparatively low, while cut flow-
ers have maintained a good position in
the market.

The pending asphalt controversy in
Venezuela is of considerable interest to
Syracuse florists, as one of the principals
in the fight is P. R. Quinlan, senior mem-
ber of the firm of P. R Quinlan & Co.
He is a member of the Warner Quinlan
Asphalt Company, which holds a conces-
sion to the La Felicidad asphalt lake in
Venezuela. The company is supported
in its claims by the government of
Venezuela but is opposf d by the asphalt
trust. Mr. Quinlan has recently returned
from an extended trip to that country in
the interest of his company.

L. E. Marquisee is planning great
achievements for his new seedling carna-
tion. Empire State. The flower is a pure
white and averages from three to lour
inches in diameter, borne on a strong
stem two and one- half to, three feet in
length. The plant has an ideal habit.
Mr. Marquisee will house about 5,000 of
the plants this winter ai)d intends to dis-
seminate the variety in 1903. Mr. Mar-
quisee has sold 170,000 rooted cuttings
of The Marquis since its dissemination
last year.

Several growers here have been plan-
ning new buildings but, on account of the
high price of glass and other materials,
• have deferred construction until next
season. Henry Morris has hadthe plans
made for a large new greenhouse and
others will build, also, as soon as condi-
tions will warrant it.

About six months ago Ira D. Dibble
started a mushroom bed 12x25 feet in
his cellar. He employed a man at a cost
of $35 to prepare the bed and in two
months it was yielding good quantities,
■gince then he has cut 100 pounds from
the bed and the increase is good.

Potted roses have sold unusually well
in Syracuse this spring, at prices varying
from $1 upwards. Quinlan & Co. have
found a ready market for this class of
goods. A. J. B.

Schenectady, N. Y.— J. E. Felthousen
has taken a contract to supply the Briggs
Real Estate Company with 1 2 ,000 shrubs
and plants.

w

IT IS NOT...

what you pay for the adver- '^
tisemeni but what the adver- J*
tisement pays you. It pays m
to advertise in the American ^
Florist. Jj

Roses and Rooted Cuttings Carnations. I

OA.i«r«.A.'rioi««».

Per 100 Per 1000

GUARDIAN ANGEL $8.00 $50.00

CRANE 2.50 20.00

EVANSTON I. CO 9.00

JOOST l.CO 9.00

WHITE CLODD 1.00 9.00

FLORA HILL 1.00 9.00

TRIUMPH 1.00 9.00

Per 100 Per 1000

IRENE Perdoz., J1.50; $10.00 $75.00

ARMAZINDY 1.00

TIDAL WAVE 100

WM. SCOTT 1.00

ARGYLE 1.00

ETHEL CROCKER 2.00

GENEVIEVE LORD 3 00

MARQUIS 3 00

9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00
17.50
25.t.0
25.00

These cuttings are all well-rooted, guaranteed free from disease, oareluUy packed.

SB X'B'IPS, XEOjSE;

AMERICAN UEAUTY.
Per lOO Per lOOO

LA FRANCE $3.00 $35. OJ

METEOR 3.00 25.00

PERLE.... 3.00 25.00

15.00 per ICO.

Per 100 Per 1000

BRIDE $3.00 JJS.OO

BRIDESMAID 3 00 25.00

GOLDEN'GATE 3,00 25.00

i GEORGE REINBERG. 51 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO. I

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation oroduoes the finest flowers, is perfectly healthy
and is the best white variety ever introduced.

IT BLOOMS EARLY

IT BLOOMS LATE

IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Our price list contains cuts from .

March, April, May, June, October and November.

hs taken every two weeks during the months of February, I
No other Carnation can stand such a test.

r^.

Drli>« $10 per 100,
Price «75 per 1000.

Rooted Cuttings ready now.

Come and see it or tend lor circular.

Blooxx>.fiit>iii:<^, Pa.

Hardy Cut Ferns

H.SO F»er lOOO

Also

BRONZE and GREEN GALAX

A-l
SIOCK

Write for Prices on Galax. ^

HENRV M. nOBINSON & CO., 32, 34, 36 Court Sq., Boston, Mass.

WILD SMILAX.
LAUREL ROPING.

THE KERVAN CO..

30 West agth street, NEW YORK.

Telephone 551 Madison Square.
Please mentton the American tlorist when writing.

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed for Ten Cents.

AMERICAN ROSE CO., Washington, D. C.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, ",'oV"

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
References: 200 dealers in TJ. S.

J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park, N. C.

Southern Wild Smilax

Per 60 lb. case $3.00

I'er 40 lb. case 2.50

Per 30 lb. case 2.00

Express rate 25 per ceut less than merchandise
rate. Cases weigh 60, 40 and 30 lbs., bnt are ship-
ped at 50, 35 an 25 lbs. If^/'Prompt attention to
telegraphic orders. R. A. LEE, SELMA. ALA.

(Formerly of tivergreen, Ala.)
Please mention the American Florist when wriUnf.

EXTRA
SELECTED

CARNATIONS

THREE GOOD PINKS.

Ethel Crocker, Genevieve Lord,

Mrs. Bertram Lippincott,

S2.S0 PER 100.

Q. H. Crane, %f,^ Leslie Paul, »',%

BEDDINQ STOCK.

Ageratum, Stella Gurney, one of the best things,;

in the market; from 3-inch pots full of bloom,

ffi.OO per lOO; from 2-lnoh pots. S2.50 per 100. ;
Geraniums, a fine lot ot S. A. JNutt rooted cuttings, i

also a few other sorts, all at $1.25 per 100. j

Alyssum, ftlnew single giaut dwarf.agrand variety, '

from 2-inch pota at $2.60 per 100.
Hardy Phlox, mi.xed sorts, aa fine an assortment as

ever grew, but sold cheap on account of their

being mixed. From 4-inch pots at $5.00 per 100,

and rooted cuttings at $1.25 per 100 or $10.00

per lOOO.
Pansies, from cold frames, "medium size;" a (rood

assortment, at $1.25 per 110. Orders tilled in

rotation as they come into bloom

To make sure uf getting the ttljove stock send
cash with the order; It it is all s jld money will be
returned the da\' it is received.

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa

PANSIES

Cold Frame Plants, in bud and*
bloom, SI 5J per lou. No. 1 stock.
Cash wilh order.
L. B. JENNINGS, Grower of the Finest Pansier,
Look Box as *. Soutbiiort, Conn.

CARNATIONS. ^^.:^¥^^^^.

11.75; Webb, $1.25; Scott, 90c; McGowan, 90o;
Curtledge, $1.00; Keller, $1.50 per 100.

ARNO S. CHASE, Cumberland Center, Me.

rgoi.

The American Florist.

1395

Plants for Decoration Day.

Better get your stock now for baskets and vases
and for bedding: out, before it is all sold. Don't
put it off until you can not get it. We offer good stock of the following articles:

Si?.e pots. Per 100

Alyssum, sweet 2!4 $1.50

Ageratums, four sons 2H 1..W

AsparaEus Sprfngerii 2>4 2.50

Acalypha Sandeni zy^ 3 00

Acalypha Martjinata 2^ 2.50

Acalypha Triumphans 2'^ 2.50

Acalypha Tricolor 2i4 2.60

.\butilon8, 6 colors 2^ 3.00

.Vsparagus Plumosus Nanus, tine youne

plants from I^-inch pots; have 25,000

to offer. 3a3.50 for lO.0 3.50

Begonias, flowering varieties, 10 sorts 2!4 2.50

BoupainvilleiiSanderiaDu. fine plants from

2^4 inch pots. $45.00 per 1000 5.00

Caladium Esculentum, strong bulbs 3..50

Calla Lilies, blooming hulbs 3.00

Calla Alba Maculata, the spotted Calla,

large bulbs 2 to 3 inches in diameter

that will bring 4 to 6 blooms 4.00

Carex Japouica, tine for vases t% 2.50

Cannas, 6 leading varieties, fine plants,

well established in pots 2Vi 3.50

Clerodendron BaUouri 2V4 2.00

Coleus in best tedding varieties, per 1000,

$18 00 2i4 2.00

Cyclamen Persicum Giganteum 254 2.50

DracKna Indivlsa, fine plants, $25 per 1C03, 2!4 3.00

Ferns, Nephrolepis Exaltata 2yi 2.00

Ferns, Nephrolepis Bostoniensis, the Bos-
ton Fern, per 1000. $32.50 2% 2.50

Ferns. Nephrolepis Corduta Compacta 2V4 2 00

Fuchs'as, double varifties 2H 3.0O

Fuchsias, single varieties 3^ 2.60

Geraniums, leading varieties of double and

single, per ICOO, $25.00 t% 3,00

Honeysuckles, 3 sorts 2H 2.00

Helioi ropes, 6 sons 2V4 1.60

Hibiscus, 10 sorts, extra fl'ne plants 3 4.00

HoyaCarnosa, Was Plant, per doz., $1.... 3
Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora, 3 to 5

canes about 3 ft. in height 12.00

Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora, hardy,

mailing size 5 00

Ivy English 2!4 2.50

.Jasmine, Maid of Orleans -^H 3.C0

Jasmine, Grand Duke 2!4 3.50

Lemon, Ponderrsa, the giant lemon, fruit

weighs 2 to 4 lbs., a great pot plant 2^4 6.00

Lantanas, Weeping, fine for basfcets and

vases 2^ 2.C0

Lily, Candidum, line bulbs 4.00

Myrtus Communis, sweet German Myrile, 2V4 2.50

NEPHROLEPIS B08T0NIEN8I8.

Per doz
Asparagus Scandcns Duplex, the elegant new

Asparagus, fine plants 12 inches high in 3-

inch pots. Try it $3 00

Chrysanthemum (new) Timothy Eaton. This is

the best white Chrysanthemum for Florists.

Offered for the first time this year. Fine

plants 2.■^0

■fCryptomeria .Japonica, Ihe Japanese Cedar, 3-in.

' pots l.CO

Palms, Areca Lutescens, 3 plants in a pot, 3-

inch pots 75

•Palms. Areca Lutescens, 3 plants in a pot, 4-in.

pots 2.'0

Palms, Latania Borbon ica, 3 i och pots 60

Palms, Latania Burbonica, 6-iucu pots, 4 to 5

leaves 6.nO

Palms, Phoenix Canariensis, 3-inch pots 60

Sive pots. Per HO

Orange, Otaheite 2!/j $3.00

Orange, Otaheiie 3 4.00

Primula Obconica iVt 1.60

Primrose Chinese, white and pink 2^ 2.50

Phrynium Vanegatum. elegant foliage — 2^ 2.50

Plumbago Sanguinea, pink flowers 2^^ 3.00

Palms, C'orypha Australis 2Vt 3-CO

Palms, Phoenix Canariensis 2i4 $2.50

Primula Forbesii, or Baby Primrose 2!4 2 00

Riissclias, 3 sorts 2,% 2.00

Sanseviera Zeylanica 2^2 2.00

Swainsonia, w'hite and pink 2H 2.50

Stephanotis Floribunda 2^4 3.00

Spiraea Anthony Waterer, the new red

Spiraea 2V4 2.C0

Smilax, per 1000, $12.00 2 1.50

Tnberoses, fine bulbs. $5.00 per 1000.
',Vinca Variegata, white and green foliage,

fine for baskets and vases. We have

20,OCOplant8 to offer; per ICOO, $17.60.. 2Vi 2.C0
A'iolets.from2H-inL.h pots. Swanley White,

L:idy Hume Campbell and Hardy Rus-
i sian, $20.00 per 1000 ' 2.25

P0N0ER08A LEMON.

Our New April Wholesale Catalogue is just Issued, and will be mailed to all applicants. Write for it today.

The Good & Reese Co.

The Largest Rose Growers in tlie World.

-SPRINGFIELD ^ ^ OHIO.

1'396

The American Florist.

April ^7,

Minneapolis.

BOSINESS STEADY AND STOCK ABDNDANT —
QUALITIES GOOD BUT PRICES LOWER —
NOTES OF PERSONAL DOINGS.

Trade has been more steady the last
seven days, and business all over the city
is reported good. There is considerable
funeral work, which keeps the white
flowers in demand. Roses and carna-
tions are in ample supply, with prices
moderate, tea roses ranging from $2 to
$6 per hundred, and carnations from
$1 50 to $3 per hundred. Fine stock is
offered in both lines. Most of tt.e retail-
ers are handling a few shrubs and hardy
roses, also seeds.

The windows are all very attractive,
but A. Swanson has the most tastefully
arranged display. Mr. Swanson's espe-
cial pride is his show window and he has
the space necessary for a good decoration.

The E. Nagel & Company store is now
under the management of T. Nagel, who
succeeds Mr. Lathrom.

L S. Donaldson, of the firm of Wm.
Donaldson & Co., has returned from his
trip abroad. C. F. R.

Springfield, Mass.

TRADE IN CUT FLOWERS CONTINUES ACTIVE.
—PROSPECT FOR A HEAVY DEMAND FOE
BEDDING MATERIAL — VARIOUS NOTES.

Business holds good, flowers of all
kinds being plentiful, except carnations,
which are badly needed. Violets are
beginning to show the effects of a few
warm days. Pansies are coming in and
sell well, as the stock is in fine condition.

Aitken was kept busy last week

decorating for the most fashionable wed-

' ding of the season, also for the close of

the series of assemblies. The local papers

spoke very highly of the decorations.

Adams & Son are busy 'these days,
shipping nursery stock and bedding
plants. All growers are busy just now
with spring stock, and from the present
outlook will be ready for the rush.

City Forester Gale is busy at present
pruning and having a general clean up of
our parks. A. B.

ORANGES I

In pots, bearing size. £

Best sorts sff'^'d on Citrus trifoliata, £

I2-in., bushv, 2 ye.irs, $20 per ICO. S

PHOENIX

Canariensis and Tenuis.

Very stooliy, 4 aud 5-in. pots. Per 100
3-4 characterized leaves, 15-I8-in., Jl.i.OO
5-6 " " 20-24 '■ 25.00

PHOENIX RECLINATA

Fine, .'i-in. pots, l.s-ls-in, $.'? 09 jjcr 100.

CROTONS

5-7-in., 3-in. pots. JIO.OO per ICO.

8-12-in., 3-3V4-in. pots, ltl5 per 100.

JASMINE iru^-^E^

18-20-in., 4-in. pots, *li>,03 jipr 100.

GARDENIA FLORIDA

8-10-in., brancjed, 3-in. pots, $10 per 100.

All in first-class condition. Not less
than 50 plants at above rates. If you
want CANNAS for fall delivery, write us for
prices, etc.

P. J. BERGKMANS GO.,

Fruitland Nurseries,

Rooted Carnation Cuttings

No better Carnation Blooms were ever offered in the Chicago
market than tfiose we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first-class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

Jho Cnnrt Pink Per lOO Per lOOO

I lie OJJWl I, Armazindy...$ 6.00 Jsn.OO

Irc-ne 10.00 75.00

Sunbeam 10.00 75.00

Bon Homme Bichard 10.00 75.00

Prolific 10.00 7500

Nvdia 10.00 75.00

Mrs. Lawson 7.00 60.00

The Marquis 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 35.00

Ethel Crocker 4.00 35.00

Peru ; 4.00 35.00

G. n. Crane 3.O0 25.00

America 2.50 20.00

CeriseQueen 1.60 12.50

Evanston 1.50 12.50

Mrs. Leopoldinc .TtS" ""^"SS

John Young 150 12.60

Argyle 1.50 12.60

Triumph 1.50 12.50

Frances Joost 1.50 12.60

Gov. Grig&s 1.50 12.50

Melba 1.50 12.60

Edna Craig 1.50 12.50

Flora Hill 1.50 12.50

White Cloud 1.50 12.60

Evelina 1.00 7.50

McGowan 1.00 7.50

Wholesale Growers
of Cut Flowers,

^WIETOR BROS.,

SI Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

NEW ROSES FOR iqoi"

' All the new varieties, Including

ROBERT SCOTT, QUEEN OF EDGELY

and others worth growing in fine stock. Also all the
STANDARD VARIETIES both for forcing and planting in the
open ground in Al condition, fit for immediate shipment.

JOHN N. HAY, Summit, New Jersey.

H^ ^-v >^ m^ ^y We believe in shifting

1 1 ■ A ^k ^~ ^k young Roses often. All

MM I I ^ I ^ stock oflered in 2y,-in.

B%1*1 JA ^_y pots has been shifted

from 2-in., and is equal

to riost stock advertised as 3-in., and when we

send it out it is well established.

Let us know your wants.

2 and 2 l-2-in. Stock is Fine.

VARIETIES GROWN —

Meteors LaFrance Presidi^nt Carnot

Brides A. V. Kaiserin Golden Gate

Maids Wootlons American Beauties

Per.es Belle Siebrecht Liberty

CARNATIONS.

R.C. and 2-in. Bradt, Crocker, Joost and McGowan.

R. C. COLEUS.

Mixed, Verschaffeltii, Golden Bedder, Yellow
Queen, etc. ENGLISH IVY.

2^, 3 and 4-inoh pots.
GERANIUMS. Red and pink in 3-in.

A tew thousand SF>ICE;PfGrEiIdI«

ready for 2-inch pots.

Special in WOOTTON ROSES, 2!4-in., ready to
plant in beds. Write

GEO. A. KUHU Pekin, Ml.

Vinca Major Variegata.

Extra strong, stocky plants, from 25^-
in. pots,$5.00 per 100; from 3>^-in.pots,t8.00
per 100. The 2i/j.in.pot plants are last year's
propagation and are sure to give satisfac-
tion. Ttie larger plants are field-grown
clumps which have been dormant most of
the winter, but are now in very active
growth, with 8 to 10 ends.

NATHAN SMITn & SON, Adrian, Mich.

Maid, liberty. Bride,
Kaiserin.

strong plants with healthy own roots. If you
want th.'. finest stocK obtainable, place your order
at once for immediate or lat.r delivery.

STEPHEN MORTENSEN.

( Near Phila.) SOUTHAMPTON. PA.

T?/\eAe Brides, Maids, Meieors, Perles,
XvvrawOi strong rooted cuttings, $1.25 per

lOU, ,i;l2.00 per lOOJ.
T7ov>Vk ATI o c< 2i leading l<inds, 2-inch
V Ci IJCllaia, pots fc'.OO per 100.

Very best standard 'Mums, flue plants, $3.00
per 100 Some fancy 4 aud 5-in. Spren^erll
cheap: also choice Pansy Plants in bloom.

We positively guarantee all of above to be
good value at prices olTeri'tJ.

W. M. QULLETT & SONS, Lincoln, III.

AZALEAS, BAY TREES

THE FINEST AND LARGEST
STOCK IN THE WORLD.

SANDER. BRUGES, BELGIUM.

Our Agent, Mr. A. Dimniook. will be nleased to
reply to anv communications addressed to him at
60 Vesey' Street. New Tork City.

PANSIES ^A°,^

SmallPlants All Sold.

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU,

I9B Grant Avenue, J ERSEY CITY, N. J.

"Dq Tt 0^ AO l^xtra large stocky plants,
X^CwUoXCS. Giant Mised. in bud and
bloom; $1 per 100; |8 per lOOO. Will save you 50 per
cent on R. C. Carnations. Write for prices. Cash
with order. hY. ERNST ft SON, Washington, Mo.

I<fOI.

The American Florist.

1397

36,000

GBfcFTEO ROSES

On Manetti Stocks.

Bridesmaid, Bride, Golden Gate,
Kaiserin, 2^-inch pots, gl2 00 per
100, $95.00 per 1000. Sunrise, $1 5
per 100. Liberty, $18 per 100.

Orders booked now. Stock war-
ranted first-class.

100,000 ROOTED CARNATION CIT-
TINOS, ready now, of standard varie-
ties and last year's new ones.

S. J. B.EUTER,

WESTERLY. R. I.

New Roses

THE BALTIMORE- (certificated) color a
light pink and of the largest size; flowers
through the enti'e season; $5 per dozen.

ADMIRAL SCHLEY, the best crimson bed-
der ever iniroauced, $3 per dozen.

NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM JOS. W. COOK,

scored 89 Commercial points in Phila-
delphia. Color a light blush pink, stiff
stems, blooms very early; $2 50 per
dozen.

Cash with the Order. Send lor Descriptive Slip.

JOHN C OOK, 318 N. Charles St. Baltimore, Md.

American Beauties

We have some extras in 3-inch and
4-inch. Wiite us about them.

Send us a dollar for samples and you'll snap
them up quick.

GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin. III.

Robert Scott,

EVERYBODY'S ROSE. ^,:^'^,^
Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, oeico , Pa.

LIBERTY $18.00 per 100.

MAIDS i

BRIDES ^$12 per 100; $110 per 1000

GOLDEN GATE . )
Strong plants grafted on Manetti stocks, ready
I for 4-inch pots; warranted to be flrst-class.
I METEOR and BRIDE, own roots, 13.00 per

ICO, J25.00 per lOCO.

CHRIS. HANSEN, St. Paul. Minn.

American Beauty Roses

Two-eyed cuttings, growing in
2V2-inch pots, ready to shift,
^6.00 per 100; g50 00 per 1000.
I Address COLE BROS , Peoria. III.

jROBT. CRAIG & SON, |

Roses, Palms

and Novelties in Decorative Plants,

; Market and 49th Sts., Philadelphia, Pa,

LAST CALL! LAST GALL!

FOR GOOD CARNATION CUTTINGS.

Per 100 Per 1000

BON HOMME RICHARD, white $10 00 $75.00

SUNBEAM, light pink 10.00 75.00

NYDIA, variegated 10.00 75.00

PROLIFICA, cerise pink 10.00 75.00

MRS. THOS W. LVWSON, cerise pink 6.00 50 00

MARQUIS, pink 4.00 35.00

GENEVIEVE LORD, pink 3 50 30.00

ErHEL CROCKER, pink 3.50 30.00

G H.CRANE, scarlet 3 00 25 00

MRS GEO. M. BRADT, variegated 3.00 25 00

GOLD NUGGET, yellow 2 50 20.00

CHICAGO, scarlet 3.00 25.00

OLYMPIA, variegated 5.00 40.00

GEN. GOMEZ, crimson 2 00 15.00

GEN. MACEO, crimson 2 00 15.00

WHITE CLOUD, white 2 00 15.00

MRS FRANCES JOOST 2.00 15 00

ARGYLE, pink 150 12.00

WM. SCOTT, pink 1.00 8 00

EVELINA, white 1-00 8 00

ARMAZINDY, variegated 1.00 8 00

I CHICAGO CARNATION CO., Joliet, 111.

wgssmg2SSKSfiyy«ig'si^ig!«gggzsKsssBgissgawagaa^

ji

strictly first-class and guaranteed,
with special discount in 1000 lots:
500 at 1000 rates: 50 at tCO rates.

FROM 2J^=1NCH POTS.

CLEAN BUSHY PLANTS.

Beauties per 100. $S CO; per 1000, $75.ro

Brides " 4 00 " 3a.0U

Maids " 4.00 " 35.00

Meteors " 4.r0 " 3.').no

Pcrles •' 4.0O •' 35.00

K CARNATION PLANTS, from soil and pot. Strictly flrst-class and free from disease.

« Write us your wants.

S GERANIUMS, all the leading varieties.

g CHRYSANTtlEMUMS, Rooted Cult ngs. Extra choice stock now ready; Jl.50 per

^ hundred, »12. 50 per thousand.

I LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

ROSES

FINE STOCK FROM 2M-IH. POTS.

We have the following varieties In su'p*us
and offer them at these prices as long as sur-
plus lasts: $2 00 per 100, $18.00 per 1000.

Moselia

M. Nitjl

Mrae. Prauciaca Kruger

Marie Van Houtte

Mme. C. Bruoner

Mme. Welche

Mme. Elie Lambert

Mme. Lambert

Marie GuiUot

Maid or Honor-

Mme. Reine Gerard

Paqueretie

Suzinne Blanchet

Souv. de Jeanne Chabaud

^anta Rosa

Souv. de un Ami

Snowfiake

Souv. de J. B. Guillot

Sylph

The Bride

The Queen

Beaute Inconstant

Baron Berge

Bridesmaid

Bervl

Catherine Mermet

Climbintr Meteor

Duchess de Brabant

Enchantress

Etoile de Lyon

Floni

Geo. Pernet

Gen. Robt. E. Lee

Golden Gate

James Sprunt

Jeanne Driven

La Ph'i'nis

La Princess Vera

Mme. Sch waller

Mme. de Watteville

Marion Diogee

Mignonette

Meta

THREE NEW WICnURAIANA HYBRIDS.

Evergreen Gem Gardenia Jersey Beauty

$3.00 per 100. $25.00 per 1000.

The STORRS& HARRISON Co.

PAINESVILLE, OHIO.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

Grafted Roses

LIBERTY, $18.00 per 100

M4IDS,

BRIDES,

GOLDEN GATE,

$12 per 100
$110 per 1000

Choice Plants, 3-inch pots, ready
for immediate Planting.

10 SAMl»LE PLANTS TO FLORISTS
ONLY, FOR »1.00.

J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg, Pa.

ROS^S, from 5-in. pots at 9c. Fine, clean
Plants, Clotbilde Snupert, Gen. Jacqueminot, La
France, Coquette des Blanches, Coquette des
Alps, Malmaison, Lady Emily Peel, etc; Queen of
the Prairie, same size, at 8c. Large-flowered
Clematis, finest purple, white and lavender sorts,
3-year. 30c; fine 2-year dormunt or from 5-in. pots,
18c; fine 1-year at very moderate prices. Clematis
Paniculata,' dormant or from 5-in. pots, lOo. Pack-
ing Tree tor cuah. Would like to exchange a few
Clematis for tine, clean-rooted Cuttings or 2- in.
Geraniums. C'>leus and T.,obelia. f

W. H. SA LTER, Rochester. N. Y.

Mario Louise, strong sand
rooted, 85 per lOOa Chrys-
anthemums, btiit standard sorts, strong R.C ,81
per 100; 500 for $4. Cash please. Sample 5c,
SS. KlIlL.'^OUIS^kr* CLINTON, N, Y.

Violet Cuttings

1398

The American Florist.

April 27,

San Francisco.

TRADE SLACKS OFF SOMBWHAT AFTER
EASTER. -:-PHICES WELL MAINTAINED. —
PLANS FOE A FINE SHOW.— A PROMINENT
STORE CHANGES HANDS.

The demand for cut flowers since Easter
has gone down somewhat, but prices for
all stock are about the same as then, with
the exception of lilies, which sell now, the
same as before theholiday, at from $1.50
to $3 per dozen, according to quality.
Roses are coming in plentilully and the
stock is good, taking into consideration
the warm weather we are having. Car-
nations are still scarce and sell readily at
from 25 cents for Flora Hill and other
standard varieties to $1 per dozen for
Hannah Hobart, which latter cannot be
had for less. Some parties here do not
seem to understand that the prices I
quote are average prices, as I get them
from the leading stores and growers. Of
course there are exceptions, according to
stock and parties buying and selling
same.

One of the largest business deals
recently reported has been consummated
here this week. Joe Jacquemet & Co.
have sold their Fourth street store, one of
the oldest in this city, lor a cash con-
sideration of $4000, the present holders
being Dominic Fagoni, Felix Rosaia,
'Francisco Desirello and Serrinenzi Bas-
tiano, owners of the Geary street store.
The latter will be continued by Mr.
Rosaia, the three other partners taking
charge of the Fourth street store. Jacque-
met & Co. also ofler their Ingleside
nursery for sale, as they intend to retire
(from business.

The flower show in connection with
the convention that will be held iu this
city from May 14 to 18, will be one of
the best ever held here, as the reports
from the different committees show.
There will be three dislinct classes, for the
growers, the dealers and the amateurs.
This should bring out the very best
material to be had at the time and show
our distinguished eastern visitors, Presi-
dent McKinley and party, what we have
and can do in the line of flowers on this
coast. Golden Gate.

Augusta, Ga. — L. A. Berckmans says
that there is an increasing demand for
palms, blooming plants and cut flowers
in the south and that the prospect is
good for heavy spring sales of bedding
stock, cannas and fancy- leaved caladiums
seeming to be the favorites.

Geraniums. ^^^^^^^^ „„

4-inctipots $10 00

3-iDch pols 6.00

2V4-inch pots 3.10

RO^E and MT. SNOW 3.00

MRS. PARKER B.OO

Dracaena Indivisa

Extra Stronj:.

5-inch 15.00

4-moh 10.00

CHRYSivNTHEMUMS, best torts 2.Cu

COLEUS 2.00

FEVERFEW Little Gem 2.5U

IVIES, English 3.00

L.^TANIA BORBONICA. 6-incli, $7.50 doz.
" " 5-inch, 44.50 doz.

MOON VINE, white 4.00

OLEANDERS, dbl. pinl£ and dbl. white... 4.00

•• 6-inch 30.00

SMILAX 2.00

OTAHEITE ORANGES, 4-inch 15.10

VINCAS, 4-inch, fine 15.00

2W-inch 3.00

VERBENAS 2.C0

HYDRANGEA HORTENSIS, 4-inch 12.C0

2X-inch 4.00

SANTOLIANA INCANA, 2H inch 2.,=>0

AURORA, ILL.

Florists and Seedsmen

It will pay you well to send me list
of your wants and get my prices
before placing your orders for

DUtGh WUh

for delivery in the early Autumn.

HYACIMTnS, TULIPS, WARdSStS.

FREESIAS, CROCUS, SPIRAEAS,

LILIUM LONOIFLORUM, Etc.,ttc.

All Bulbs rarefuUy j^own and guaranteed first-
class and true. No auction stuff or trash.
Correspondence solicited.

GEORGE E. DICKINSON,

No I Broadway, NEW YORK, N. Y.

Also Nursery and Fruit Stocks of every description.

XXX SEEDS

CMINESE PRIMROSE — Finest known,
large Ilowering frin-^ed. fiTiefn vars.. single and
double, mixed; 500 seeds $1.00; half pkt. 50c.

PANSY, FiNESlT SIAIMTS— Extra fine,
the best of the mammoth flowering varieties,
mixed; 4000 seeds. $1.00; h:ilf pkt. 60c.

CIN6RARI«— Choicest large flowering dwarf
varieties, mixed, 1000 seeds, 5Uc.

PRIO/iyi-A Obconioa Hvbrida— Finest Giant
flowering hybrids, mixed, grand, lOOO seeds. 50o.

JOHN F. RUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa.

THE HOME OF PRIMROSES.

Please mention the American Florist when writinz.

2 - Great Glories - 2

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE, 2!<-inoh

pots, 115.00 per 100.
BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE Nana Com-

pacta, 2!4-inch pots, 115.00 per lOO.
This stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease.

THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant. Mass.

Per 100 Per 1000

Lawson $700 16000

Olympia, Estelle 6 00 60 00

Marquis, Lord, Elm City .- 5 00 40 CO

Crocker, Crane, America, Nugget,

L. Paul 2 50 23 00

Cloud, Jubilee, Hill 2 00 15 00

Scott, Armazlndy, Eldorado, Evans-
ton, Dana, Meteor, Victor 100 10 00

D. B. HERRON. Glean. N. Y.

Special Trade List

FOR TI1C MONTH OF APRIL

ALYfSUM Double Giant, 2y4-inch pots, }3.00

per lUO.
AQfcRATUM Princess Victoria Louise, new, 2i4-

incti jLOts. S3.00 per ino.
AQERATUM Princess Pauline, 3- inch pot". i3.03.'

per 100.
A0ERA1 DM, dwarf, dark blue, 3-inch pots $3.00

per ino
CLEMATIS, large flowering varieties, 2 years

old, 14.00 per doz.
CLEMATIS PAMCULATA; 2 years old. 4-inoh

pots. $10.00 per lOO.
CLEMATIS PAMCULATA, 1 year old, 3-incb

pots. $5.00 per 103.
CARNATION Ethel Crocker, strong plants, 2hi-

inch pits, $3.00 per 100.
CARNATION Lizzie MoGowan, Eldorado and

Wm. Scott. 2!4-inch pots, $-2.00 per luO.
DRACAENA Indivisa, strong planis, 5-inch pots.

$3.fO per doz.
EDELWEISS, The Queen of the Alps: produces

A beautiful, white, everlasting flower, useful

in finest design work; from 2-inch potB,

$3.00 per ICO.
QEkANIUJVlS, best bedding varieties, strong

plants, 3-inch pots, $4.00 per 100.
QBRANIUM America, the best single light pink,

3-inch rots, $8.00 per 100.
QERANIUMS Mars and Le Pilot, 3-inch pots.

$5.00 per 100.
LOBELIA Pumila Splendens, new. dark blue,

white eve, 2H-in. pots, $4.10 per lOD.
LOBELIA Emperor William, 2S-in. pots, $3 00

per 100.
FORQBT-ME-NOT PALUSTRIS. Pheasants

Eye. This is 'an improved summer flowering

Forget me-not. Clumns, $4 00 per lOu.
PERIWINKLE, variegated, 2H-inoh pots, $3.C0

per ICO
PASSIPLORA COBRULBA, 3-inch pots, $5.00

per 100.
SALVIAS Splendens and Clara Bedman, 2^-inch

pots, $3.00 per 100.

CHRYS ANTHEMUMS

ROOTED CUTTINGS FROM SOIL.

White: Ivory, Bergmann, Merry Monarch. Mrs.

H. Robinson. Lady Fitzwygram.
Yellow: Major Bonnaffon, Mrs. H. J. Jcnes, Mrs.

Whilldin, W. H. Lincoln, Modesto.
Pink: Glory of the PaciOc, Mrs. Perrin, Pink

Ivory, Marquis de Montmort.

G. EISELE

nth and Jefferson Sts., PniLADELPniA.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

IN BEST
..VARIETIES

SPECIALTIES

ROSES, from S-lnoh pou.

CARNATIONS, for au deUTarr.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
SMILAX.
PrioMlow. Sand for Urt. VIOLETS.

M/OOO mitOTHERa. FISHKIU.. N. Y.

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Indispensable Adjunct

T

''O a successful wholesale business is an up-to-date,
accurate, complete Trade Directory. Such a
book, 397 pages, containing the name and
address of every florist, nurseryman and seedsman
in America, new list of private gardeners and horti-
cultural supply concerns and much other informa-
tion will be mailed from this office on receipt of $2.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

334 Dearborn St., CHICAQO. ILL.

'^.S3-9S:$»»9;d99.^93»9.993i933d9^93»»a«'939-9^»S93S^939.9€^»»d3^99^'

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The American Florist.

1399

To make room for planting out NEPH-
ROLEPIS WITTBOLDII, we will dis-
pose of an exceptionally fine lot of LA-
TANIA BORBONICA (about 10,000 plants)
from 5-in. pots, at |35 per 100, 25 at 100
rates. The stock is ready for 6 in. pots, and
if properly handled will make fine 7-inch
stock for this fall.

Ken tias==Latanias

VnriHtiBs ^"-^ Height No. Per Per

varieues p^^ Inches Leaves Each Doz. 100

Kentia Belmoreana 2% 8 to 9 3 to 4 $ % 1.50 }12.00

Kentia Belmoreana 3 10 to 12 4 to 5 2.00 16.00

Kentia Belmoreana 3V, 12 to 14 5 to 6 .25 3.00 20,00

Kentia Belmoreana 4 14 to 16 6 to 7 .40 4.00 30.00

Kentia Belmoreana 5 16 to 20 5 to 6 .75 7.20 60.00

Kentia Belmoreana 8 20 to 22 6 to 7 1.25 15.00 128.00

Kentia Porsteriana 2V4 8 to 9 3 to 4 1.50 12.00

Kentia Forsteriana 3 10 to 12 4 to 5 2.00 15.00

Kentia Forsteriana 3H 12 to 14 5 to 6 .25 3.00 30.00

Kentia Forsteriana 5 20 to 24 5 to 6 .75 7.20 60.00

Kentia Porsteriana 6 28 to 30 5 to 6 1.25 15.00 125.00

Latania Borbonica 2M 3 .60 5.00

Latania Borbonica 3 12 5 to 6 1.00 8.00

Latania Borbonica 3H 12 to 15 6 to 6 .15 1.50 12.00

Latania Borbonica 4 15 to 18 5 to 7 .25 3.00 20.00

Latania Borbonica 5 18 to 22 6 to 7 .50 5.00 35.00

Latania Borbonica 6 20 to 24 6 to 8 .60 6.00 50.00
Latania Borbonica 8 18 to 20 8 to 10 2.25

Areca Lutescens ZH 5 to 6 3 plants in potl.OO 8.00

Areoa Lutescens 3H 12 to 15 3 " " 2.00 15.00

Areca Lutescens 4 18 to 20 3 " .25 3.00 25.00

..Asparagus..

Size Pot Doz.

Asparagus Sprengerii 2-inch $ .50

Asparagus Sprengerii 3-inch 1.00

Asparagus Sprengerii.. .; 4-inch 1.50

Asparagus Spreugerii 5-inch 2.00

Per
1000
JIOO.OO
150.00
180.00
300.00
600.00

100.00

150.00
180.00
600.00

40.00

75.00

100.00

175.00

300.00

Per 100

$ 3.00

8. CO

12.00

15.00

/ K

'T^HOSE wishing to, secure stock of
■■■ NEPHROLEPIS WITTBOLDII should
do so at once, as all available plants will
be planted out as soon as possible, lack
of space being the only reason for their
not being planted out at once. We offer
them at $\ each, $10 per dozen and $75
per hundred.

Varieties "F^f'^S.. gize Per Per

Pot Doz. lOO

Pteris Umbrosa 2-incli $ .50 $4.00

Pteris Serrulata 2-inch .50 4.00

Cy rtomium Faloatum 3-inch 1.00 8.00

Cyrtomium Falcatum 4-inch 1.50 12.00

Cyrtomium Falcatum 5-inch 2.00 15.00

Nephrolepis Bostoniensis 2-inch .50 4,00

Miscellaneous.

Each. Dozen.

Fi>rn Balls, well started ( ,50 $5.00

English Ivy, 4-iach 2.00

English Ivv, 5-inoh 3.00

Pot Height Leaves Each Doz. 100

Pandanus Utilis 2!.J 6 to 8 10 to 12 $1.00 $8.00

Pandanus Dtilis 3 8 to 10 12 to 15 2.00 15.00

Pandanus Veitchii 6 strong $1.50 18.00

Pandanus Veitchii 7 strong 2.25 27.00

Pandanus Veitchii 8 extra 3.00 36.00

PhcBuix Reclinata :...3 4 to 6 1.50 10.00

Phoenix Canariensis 3 4 to 6 1.50 10.00

Phoenix Canariensis 10 40 to 45 6 to 8 3.59

Aspidistra Lurida 5 15 to 20 8 to 12 .50 6.00

Sanseviera Javanica Variegata. 3-inch, strong plants.... dozen 1.20

Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 4-inch, strong plants " 2.00

Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 5-inch, strong plants.... " 3.00

The Geo. Wittbold Co.,

\&ST ^t;»ok:lxa.s:l3.^Krk. E>l^oe,

OHICA.OOi, ir^i*.

Orchids 1 ^

Just at band a fr^sh shipment of Cattleya
Warnerii, Oncidium Varicosum Rogersii, Zygo-
petalum Mackayii. Z. Crinitum and Z. Gautierii,

;ili in fine condition.

LAGER & HURRELL, s*^"""- ^- ■■•

Orchid Qrowari and Importera .

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine

S15.00 per 100.

Liglit Pinl( Lorraine ti^^x

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor, Pa.

ROOTED RINNERS OE

Marie Louise Violets

from soil, 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000.
Cash with order.

Address

J. DUERR, Geneva, III.

SEEDLINGS.

Fine plants, grown
from the best seed.

Asters, 5 kinds, 35o per 100; $2.50 per 1000.
Mignonette, Golden Market, 35c per 100; 12.50 per

1000.
Verbena, Mammoth, 40o per 100; $3 per 1000.
Stocks, Ten Weeks, out of 2i4-in. pots, $2 per 100.
German Ivy. 3-in., large, $2.50 per 1000.

J. O. SCHMIDT. BRISTOL. PA.

Mixed Ferns

FOR FERNERIES.

Five or Six Varieties. Write
GEO. A. KUHL. PEKIN. ILL.

Don't Forget Our Bostons.

^ 50,000 '^

latania Borbonica Seedlings

LN aPLENSrO CONDITION.

Per 100 $2 50

Per 1000 20.00

Per50C0 90.00

Cash With Order.

EELIX GONZALEZ & CO.,

303 to 323 Ellsworth St. and Crescent Ave.
5AN FRANCISCO. CAL.

THE LARGEST FANCY CARNATION.

DDACDCDITY ^ '^^ thousand read.v

r llUOrCni III (or immediate delivery.

Speak quick if you want them.

Prices for Rooted Cuttings: 1 plant, 50c; ISplants,
$5; 25 plants, $8.2i; 60 plants, $10; 100 plants, $16;
250 plants, $37.50; 60O plants, $70; 7.'i0 plants,
$101. 2S; 1000 plants, $130.

Write for full description.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS., Flatbush, N. Y.

...New..,
Ghryganthematn

Cream yellow tinted with bronze, sport from Pres.
W. R. Smith, fine large flowers, strong stem.
Your collection of Chrysanthemums can not be
complete without this new candidate. There is
without doubt a commercial future before this
sort. Exhibited at Cincinnati November 17 it
scored 83 points. Price $2 per doz. Orders taken
now and filled in March.
H. L. RACAN, P.O. Box 166, Springfield, O.

GOLD SIVIITH

American Florist

^SS3t

IS PAID FOR
CIRCULATED
AND READ.

^ssss!sssasssssassssase&

YOUR LAST CHANCE

On Geraniums.

25,000 left at Reduced Prices

STRONG ROOTED CUTTINGS READY TO SHIP. Our

last crop of Geraniums which we will offer in
rooted cuttings is now ready. Our stock is all
grown in benches the same as roses and carna-
tions, consequently our cuttings are much supe-
rior to the ones chopped off of pot plants most gen-
erally sent out. Strong, selected top cuttings, well
rooted, ready for 2H-inch pots, of the following
superb varieties: Bruanti, Grant. Heteranthe, S.
A. Nutt, E. G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine, Frances
Perkins, La France. Mme. JauUn, Mme. Bruant.
Mrs. 3 M. Garr, La Favorite. $1.50 per 100; $15.00
per 1000. Sweet Scented Geraniums, strong 2H-
inch, $3.E0 per 100. Madame Salleroi, strong 2'i-
inch. $2.00 per 100.

ALYSSUM. California Giant for vases and bas-
kets and Little Gem for borders, strong 7W-in.,
$1.75 per 100, $I6.0U per lOOO.

PETUNIAS. Double Fringed, eight novelties in
white, pink and blotched: White Fawn. Snow
Ball, Mrs. F. Sander, Pink Beauty, Fantasie,
Helen Gould, San .Juan, Bonnie. Large, strong,
rooted cuttings, well tooted, that will m.ike salable
plants in a short time, $1.00 per HO; $9.00 per 1000.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Springfield, III.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Verbenas. 35 vars. , fiOj per 100, |5 jicr 1000. Col-
eus, 30 vars., 60c per 100, $5 p.r KXIJ. Heliotrope,
H vars., $1 per 100, $8 per 1000. Ageratums. 3 vars.,
60o per 100, $5 per 1000. Lanlanas, 4 vars., $1.25
per 100. Giant Alyssum, $1 per 100. Salviai, 3
vars.. $1 per 100. Express prepaid on all RC.

Verbenas and Heliotropes, 2!i-inch, ^ per 100;
$18 per 1000; strong plants. Cash with orders.

8. D. BRANT. Clay Obntir, Kas.

It la good business policy .t. .t. .t.
to mention the ^^i^i^

....American Florist

when yon write to an adTcrtlaer.

1400

The American Florist.

April 27,

Paterson, N. J.

GROWERS ARK BUILDING NEW HOUSES FOR
AMERICAN BBAOTY. — GOOD STOCK IN
EVIDENCE.— VARIOUS NOTES.

A. V. D. Snyder, at Ridgewood, has
begun work upon three large greenhousei,
each 30x300 ieet, in which he proposes
to grow American Beauties, Brides-
maids, Brides and fancy carnations. The
old range of houses will be used in the
future lor the forcing of bulbous stock,
of which Mr. Snyder is one of the largest
growers in the country.

George Young, at Clifton, is building
two new houses, 35x349, which will be
used exclusively for American Beauties.
Mr. Young has had excellent results with
Beauties this season and has shipped
some of the finest stock received in the New
York market. Last year he put up a
house 30x368 feet and it is giving excel-
lent results.

Easter trade was good in this vicinity
despite the downpour of rain. There
was a big call for lilies and all flowering
plants sold out clean.

C. S. Nash has had some good Brides
and Bridesmaids this winter but did not
have his usual success with Beauties.

Joseph Towell is confined to his bed
most of the time. Selk City.

New Castle, Ind.— The South Park
Floral Company is already planting some
of their new houses to Beauties.

Randolph, Mass.— Marcus L. Tyrell is
having good results with his dark pink
seedling carnation, Liberty, and claims
it to be the most free bloomer he has
ever grown. He has exhibited it in many
places and it has been received ^ith favor
in each case.

BUCKBEE'S

Fancy Pansy Plants

Extra fine stock.v September plants, trans-
planted and wintered in coldfraraes.now in
bud and bloom, $1.50 per 100, $10 per 1000.

SEEDLINGS, not transpl!inted,$3.00 per 1000.

H. W. BUCKBEE,

^S^e'l^t-ltflrirnru'ses. Rockford, III.

RHODODENDRONS.

500 clumps of Rhododendron Maximum,
6 to 8 ft. nigh, at $25 a dozen.
Prices of smaller clumps and Kalmias on
application.

L P. KINNEY, Kingston, R.I.

Vinca Maj
Variaga

or
a

Strong
Plants,

from 2X^-in.
pots, |2.50
per 100.

SMITH & YOUNQ CO.

436 E. Washington St.

INDUNAPOIIS, IND.

Boston Ferns.

The largest slock in United States Now Ready.
Cut from bench, 10 to 15 fronds, 2 feet long, at
laS.COperlOO. Small plants $5per lflO;$40 per lOCO.

Alternantheras, 4 kinds. Dracaena Indivisa, 6 and
7-inoh.

L. H. FOSTER.

45 King St., Dorchester, Mass.

ALa**o vt 1 iiwi a Mixed, good collection.
VrcIraiIll.UIIiS Double Fringed Petunias,
Fine Asparagus Sprengerii. All the above from
2-inch pots at 13.00 per 100.

£. I. BA WIRINGS, Quakertown, Pa.

Crimson Rambler Roses,

A.PffI> OT^M^ie CMOIOB: JSI^OOIC. FerlOO

2 year, extra strong, budded, 4 foot canes $15.00

1 " '* " own roota. 4 foot canes 15.00

Pink, White and Yellow Ramblers, 2-year, own roots 15.00

American Beauty, 2-year, budded 15.00

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria 2-year, budded 15.00

Mad. Caroline Testout, budded 15.00

Hermosa, 3-yeflr extra strong, own roots 15.00

H. P. Roses in 15 best sorts, budded stock II.OO

" *' own roots 13.C0

Clematis Jackmanni and other targe flowering types, 2-year 25.00

" *' " " " 3-year old, extra strong 30.00

Ampelopsis Veitchii, extra strong and well branched, Holland grown., 3 to 4 feet 15.00

'* " . 2feet 10.00

Iris Knempferi, imported from Japan, strong clumps, in 25 assorted colors 13.00

Diely tra Spectabilis (or Bleeding Heart) extra strong clumps 7.00

Lily of the Valley clumps, extra strong 20 00

Hydrangea P. G.,'girong 3-ye:ir field grown lO.OO

WE ARE DELIVERING

Rooted

Cuttings of

and ail the other new ones as below :

PROSPERITY (666). Each. 60o; 12 for 15.00; 25 for 18.25; 50 for 810.00; 100 for $16.00; 250 tor

J37.50; 500 for 170.00; 750 for $101.25; 1000 for $130.00.
Oueen Louise doz., $1.60; 100, $10.00; 1000,

PROSPERITY

Dorothy.

Irene

Roosevelt

Norway

Egypt

Bon Homme Richard.
Guardian Angel

1.50
1.50
2.50
1.50
1.50
1.50

10.00
10.00
12.00
10.00

laoo

10.00
5.00

$75.00
75.00
75.00

100.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
40.00

Carnations.

strong plants transplanted into soil and flats. Every one sure to
grow.

100 1000

♦Marquis $5.00 $40.00

M rs. ThoB. W. Lawson 7.00 60.00

•Estelle 7.00 60.00

♦Ethel Crocker 5.00 40.00

♦Genevieve Lord 5.00 40.00

♦Q.H.Crane 3.00 25.00

♦America 3.00 25.00

♦White Cloud 2.00 17.50

New Chrysanthemums, loo, $3000

best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton, Yanariva.

Jean Viand.

CannaSa Buy nowl Don't eet left again.

THE OBAin} HEW

FIZTK OERAKIUU

100 1000

♦Flora Hill $1.75 $15.00

♦Wm. Scott 1.50 12.00

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 4.00 30.00

QoldNugget 4.00 30.00

Chicago 4.00 30.00

Gen. Maoeo 3.00 25.00

Gen. Gomez 3.00 25.00

Daybreali 2.00 15.00

Ready April 1st. Each, 50c; doz., $5.00;
Mrs. Elmer D. Smith, the

Doz., $1.25; per 100, $10.00.
2-inch pots.

VAUGHANS' SEED STORE, "''"'o^A^^Tg^o'

14 BARCLAY STREET
NEW YORK.

GREENHOUSES, WESTERN SPRINGS,

STREET.

Please Mention American Florist.

Dahlias

BY THE

THOUSANDS.

If you expect to
Ciirry off some of
those prizes at the
Pan- A merican or at
any other sbow.you
must get in line,
and get your order
in early.
My Dahlias are
prize winners. Don't send for a "cheap mixture'
for I don't carry that kind.
Prices reasonable. Catalogue free.

W. W. WILMORE, The Dahlia Specialist,

Box 382, DENVER, COLO.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

TOMATO — Lorillard, Mayflower, Dwarf Cham-
pion, Acme, Stone and other varieties ready for
transplanting, 15c per 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50
per 10,000. If by mail add 10c per KO.

EGG PLANT — N.Y. Improved, good size for trans-
planting or potting, 25c per 100; $'2.00 per 1000;
115.00 per 10,000. If by mail add 10c per 100.

PEPPER— Bull Nose, Ruby King, Sweet Mountain
and other varieties, ready for transplanting,
25c per 100; $2.00 per ItOO; $15.00 per 10,000. If
by mail, add li'c per 100. ■

BEET— Early Egyptian, 20c per 100; $1.50 per 1000:
$12.50 per 10.000. If bv mail, add 10c per li 0.

LETTUCE — Grand Rapids, Curled Simpson :ind
other varieties, 15o per KO; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50
per 10,000. If by mail add lOo per ICO.

CABBAGE— In var., 25c per 100; $1.25 per lOOO.

CELERY— White Plume and Golden Self Blanching
small plants, ready for transplanting. 15c per
11 0; 7.'ic per lOCO; $5.00 per 10,000. If by mail add
lOt', per 100.

CAULIFLOWER— 35c per 100. Cash with order.

R. VINCENT. Jr., & SON. While Marsh. Md.

Palms 9 Ferns.

HOUE-OROWN, FINE, CLEAN
STOCK; GROWN COOL,.

Write lor Price List. J. B. HEISSj
The Exotic Nurseries, DAYTON, OHIO.

Field-
Grown \

A Complete Assortment of Old and New Vars.

Hardy Herbaceous
Alpine Plants.

AND
'
The Blue Hill Nursery, So. Bralntree, Matt, i

CORREBPONDKNCK SOLICITED. '

Gen. Grant, double, 2J4-in. pots, $2.00 per 100;

3-in., $3.50 per 100.
Fuchsias, double and single, large plants, 3-inch,

$1.00 per lOO.
Pelargoniums, a line assortment, 3-in., $5.09 per 100.
The Marquis Carnation, out of pots, $4.00 per 100.
Vincas, long vines, 3-inch pots, $4 OOpi-r 100.

GEORGE H BENEDICT, Yorkville. N. Y.

GARDENING

This li the paper to recommend to your
customers, the leading horticultural

Journal in America for amateurs

•t.OO Per Year. Sample Copies Free.

Iilbaral termi to florliti who take inhMrlptloiu.

THE GARDENING CO. wnon bw,. CHICAGO.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1401

PALMS

For Decorating and
for Growing on.

MY stock of Palms is larger and in better condition than ever before.
Entirely American-grown and free from insects or disease. They
are of exceptional value, and cannot fail to give satisfaction.

Areca Lutescens.

Per doz. Per lOO

3-inch pot, 1 plant in pot, 6 to 8 inches high Per 1000, $45 00 $1.C0 8 6.ro

4 " " 3 plants in pot, 1E> inches hiph 3.C0 liS.CO

fi " •• 3 " " 20 " •• 9.C0 re.co

6 " '• 3 " ■' 24 " " 12.00 lOO.CO

Kach. Per doz.

8 " ■• 3 " " 30 " " «-J.50 130.00

8 '■ " 3 " " 38 " " 3.00 36.00

Kentia Belmoreana.

Per doz. Per 100

2V4-inch

3

4

h

6
6

7

pot, 3 to 4 leaves, 8 inches hijih Per ICOO, IIOD.OO $1.50 $12.00

••4 1
■• 5t
" 5t

1 to5
I to 6
> to 6

10 to

15

20

Inches high 3.C0 2.5.00

. 4 60 35(0

. 9.00 75.00
Each. Per doz.

24 " " 11.25 $1500

2fito28 '• •' 1.50 18.C0

28 to 30 •• •' 200 24.00

30 to 32 •• •• 3.f0 36.00

36 to 40 •• •• 4.C0

Kentia Forsteriana. perioz lenoo

2H-inch pot, 4 leaves, 8 inches high Per 1000, $100 00 $1.S0 $12.fO

to 7
to 7
to 7
to8

4 •' 12

4 to 5 leaves, 15 inches high.

2.50 20 00
4.50 35.0J
Each. Per doz.

KENTIi.

Latania Borbonica. perdoz

6 in. pnt, 5 to 6 leaves. 15 t) IK inches his;h $ 9.00

5

5 to 6

6

fi to7

24 to 28 inches high $1.00

20 to 24

12.00

30

i8 to32

30 to 3B

36 to 42

42

50 to 54

1.25
1.50

•:.'o

2.S0
3.00
400

$12.00
15.f0
18.00
24.10
30.0)
36.00
48 00

JOSE>F»H[ HE^A^COCK:, vvTynoote, p>a.

ROSES. BEDDING PLANTS, ETC.

Per 100

Hybrid Perpetual Roses, choicest varieties $3.00

Monthly Roses, best kinds 2.50

Climbing Roses, finest varieties 2 50

Geraniums, best kinds. 3-in.. $3.00; 4-in 6.C0

Carnations, s-'ood kinds. $2.00 to 4 00

Asparagus P. Nanus, 3-in., $5.00; 4-in 12.00

Begonias, $3.00 to 6.00

Cannas, all good sorts, 3 and 4-in 4.00

Chrysanthemums, assorted 2.50

Dahlias, dry roots, assorted 4.00

Coleus, best kinds 2.00

Fuchsias, assorted, 2 and 3-ip 3.00

Phoenix Canariensis and Reclinata, 4-in., $15.00;

5-in 20.00

Pelargoniums, 3-in 6.C0

Paeonies. tine stock. Write for prices.

Verbenas, named sorts 3. CO

Vincas, green andvaneeated, 3-in., $6.00; 4-in. 10 00

Alternantheras, Aurea Nana and P. Majnr 2.03

Alyssum, dbl. Tom Thumb and large dbl.

white 2.00

Ampelopsis Royal i and Veitchii 5.00

Asters, linest VHrieties 1.50

Calla Lilies. 3-in. $4.00; 4-in., $8.00; S-in 15.00

Dracaena Indivisa, 4-in., $1000; 5-in 14.00

Feverfew Little Gem 3.00

Gladiolus 1.50

Heliotrope 3.(0

Hydrangea Hortensis, 3-in. $4.C0; 4-in 8.00

Lantanas, assorted, uumed kinds 3.50

Lobelia 2.50

Pansies. best mi^ed 1.50

Ferns. Adiantum Cuneatum. 3-in., $3.00; 4-in.,

$f).(i0; tine large clumps from the bench. . . 7.00
Boston Ferns, 3-in., $5.00; 4-in., $10.00: 5-in.. .20 mi

Selaginellas. two kinds. 3- in 3.10

Cyperus Alt.. 3-in., 13.00; 4-in 5.00

Anthemis Canariensis 3.01

Dusly Miller, two kinds 2.50

Write for Complete List of Plants, with Varieties.

WILLIAMS & SONS CO., Batavia, III.

Please mention the American Fiorist when writing

ALTERNANTHERAS S„Yr

Red and yellow, 50c per 100, or $4.00 per 1030.
Prom 2-inch pots, $1.25 per 100.

AGERATUM Princess Pauline. R. C. 50c per 100.

From 'i-inch pots, $l,5u per ICO.
STELLA GURNEY, R. C. $1.00 per 100. From 3-inch
pots, $2.00 per 100.

DAVIS BROS., Merrlsoa, III.

Plants— Plants— Plants

Per 100

Asparagus Plumosus Xanus, 3-iD $5.00

'* " from Hats 2.00

" Spreng;erii, fine, SVa-in 5.00

Boston Fern, true, 3^-in 5.00

New Geranium De Rod Muting, has yellow

foliage and double scarlet bloom 20.00

New Geranium Double Snow Drop; we know

not a better white 15.00

Geranium Jean Viaud, 3-in 10.00

Gpraniums, choice mixed, 3-iQ 5.00

Alternanthera, rrd, also pink, 2^-iD l.SO

Sedum Variegatura, Border Plant, 2^-in — 1.50

Cisar Plant. 23^-in 1.50

California Moss, hanging basket plant, 2^-in. l.RO

California Moss. Irom sand 50

Jerusalem Cherry, 2!^-in 1.50

Smilax, from flats 25

Coleus, 15 choice named varieties, 3H-in — 1-50

Salvia. Clara Bedman. 2H-in 1.50

Lobelia Crystal Palace Gem, 2H-in 1.50

5 Plants at 100 rate; 250 at

Per 100

Vinca, g;reen trailing, 2H-in 1.50

6-in 15.00

" trailing variegated, 2!>^-in 2.00

Marguerite, or Paris Daisy, white, 2i4-iD 1.50

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 2!^-in 1.75

Nasturtiums, tall, also dwarf, mixed, %MAn. 1.50

Heliotropes, mixed, %Hr\ii. 1.50

Hardy Pinks, pink color from sand 1.00

" " large clump.'* 5.C0

New Ice Plant, from California, the finest

basket plant we ever saw; 2><-in 10.00

Candytuft, White Rocket, flats 25

Verbenas. lU choice colors, named, 2Ji-in.. . 1.50
Seedling Cannas, President Carnot, Mme.
Crozy, Sarah Hill, Queen Charlotte and

A. Bouvier 1.00

Petunia, choice double mixed, 4-in 5.00

Per 1000
Pansy Plants, 20 leaves, from cold frame $15.00

lOOO rate. Cash or C. O. D.

THE MORRIS FLORAL CO., Morris. 111.

GCRAMUMS! COLEUS!

10 varieties, 2^-inoh pots, $3.00 per 100.
10 varieties. 3i4-inch pots. $1.00 per 100.

PerltO
Yellow... $1.50

Red 3.10

Snrengerii 2. CO

Plumosus 3 00

M- ^ - Decurabens 10 00

Vinca vines. 2 var.eties 3.00

iu variri.iea. 07}-iucu pubs,

Alternantheras
Asparagus

CASH OR C. 0. D.

JOS.

16 varieties. 3-inch pots,
$2.00 per 100.

Per 100

Cenlaurea Gym $2.i

Verbenas, lb varieties 2.00

Pansy Plants I.SO

Pansy, small seedling, ItOO, $3.00 50

Ageratum, bl ue 2.U0

Smilax, May 16 1.25

H. CUNNINGHAM. DELAWARE. O.

Rooted Cuttings OF THE

NEW AND STANDARD CARNATIONS.

.Send for price list.
WM. SWAYNE. Box 336. Kennett Square. Pa.

Always mention the American Flo-
rist when writing to advertisers.

TELEGRAPH CODE

0» TH»

AM. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

In eltner itis or llexl ble ooTor. addbiss obdibs to
AMERICAN FLORIST CO., CHICAGO.

1402

The American Florist.

April 2"^^

Pittsburg.

BIG STOBM INTERFERES WITH BUSINESS.—
TRADE CONTINUES FAIR DESPITE MANY
DRAWBACKS.— PROSPECT FOR MUCH OUT-
DOOR WORK,

The continued rains, causing the rivers
to rise and numerous landslides along
the railroads, thus blocking traffic and
delaying shipping, have caused the florists
of Pittsburg and Allegheny a great deal
of trouble. The bad weather was also
detrimental to trade and to growing.
Considering everything, however, trade
has been fair, as iuneral work has been
plentilul. The florists are beginning to
do decorative work and the prospect for
plenty of weddings for the next two
months is good. Flowers are coming
into market in very nice shape. Roses
and carnations are especially good.
Violets are on the wane, along with bulb-
ous stock. Sweet peas are coming in
now very plentifully and are very good.
Lilies are still good and very plentiful;
in fact, the market has been over-supplied
with them. In the way of plants azaleas
are going out with the demand. The
bedding plant season is now beginning
and orders are already being placed
among the florists. Seeds and shrubs
are also selling well. Woodward.

Utica, N. Y.

FLORISTS ORGANIZE WITH MEMBERSHIP
OF SEVENTEEN. — OFFICERS ELECTED.—
MEETINGS TO HE MONTHLY.

At a meeting of florists held at the office
of Dr. W. A. Rowlands, 183 Genesee
fetreet, on the evening of Thursday, April
18, the Utica Florists' Club was organ-
ized, the following being elected officers:
President, Harry Mathews; vice-presi-
dent, W. A. Rowlands: secretary, F. E.
Shaw; treasurer, C. F. Seitzer; executive
committee, F. ]. Baker, \. C. Spencer
and William Mathews.

In addition to the above the following
signed the membership roll: Peter Crowe,
A. R. Wilcox, Jesse Williams, Henry
Martin, H. Belmont, Donald MacLean,
Louis Jones, William Death, James
Toomey, Charles Mathews.

Meetings will be held the first Thurs-
day of each month at 183 Genesee street.

XXX STOCK

PYPI AMFN P^rsicum Splendens Giganteum, finest
UiULHlflLII strain id the world, -in four true

■ ■olors (separate), transphinted from flats, $3. (lO

per 100; :f^2D.OO per 1000. My strain of Cyclamen

is supiTii in ever particular.
ntDAUIMU^ Alp. Riccard, John Doyl.e, Mrae.
UCnHniUmO Thibaut, Gen. Grant. Gloire dc

France. Mme. Juulin, Griffith, Counteas de ('as-

tries, Frances Perkins. S. A. Nutt, Leonard Kel

way. La Favorite, st'rone, well-grown plants.

from 3-in pots, $5 per 100; SYt-in. $6 per 100.
piUUlC Started from sand bed, in vnrs. as fol-
UMnnMO lows: Queen Charlotte. F. Vaughan,

Chicago, Chas. Henderson. .1. D. Cabos, Pres.

MoKinley, Alphonse Bouvier, fine plants, ready

for 4-in, pots, 830.00 per 1000.
pCQnuii REX, in 12 leading vars., strong, well-
DLUUI1IH grown plants. 3-in. pnis. $6.00 per 100.
I solicit >nur patronftee and Liunmntee satisfaction,

PAUL MADER, East Stroudsburg, Pa.

1000 BLACKHAWK

tOOa DIANA

Strong rlan's in Hats, 11.00 per 100; $8.00 per
1000; the 2000 tor $15.00. This is good ilhIIid;;
stock. 15 to 20 other varieties. 2-in. pots, J2.0II
l>er 100: $15 per 1000. Rooted ■■uttinss, $1 per 11 0.
RUDBECKIA Coldcu Glow, fleld-growu, per lOld.
$n.O(l.

PERENNIAL PHLOX, fleld-grown clumps, $4.0D per

loo 111 i^ood Hss'inment.
ALTERNANfHERAS. red and yellow, Fall-strucli

cintiii>:s, S0,> oer 100; $4.00 per 10 0; 20 for $7.00.
CANNAS, 15 to20v:irieties, pot-grown, $4.00 per ino;

such as AUemania, Kronos, Ijorraine. Pres. Mc-

Kinley, I'res. Cleveland, F. VauKhan and others.

C.\91I WITH OBDER.

Chrysanthemums

C. C. NANZ,

OWENSBORO, KY.

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Roses, Bride $1.00 per 100

Maid 1.00

Swainsonia G. Alba 1.00 "

Chrysanthemums, Mme. Berg-

mann, Glory of the Pacific, '

Golden Wedding, Major Bon-

naffon, Mrs. Jerome Jones,

Thornde'n, J. G. Whiildin... 1.00

Salvia Splendens 60o per 100, $5.00 per lOCO

Heliotrope 50c " 4.00 "

Marguerites 60c " 5.0O "

Tradescantia Zebrina $ .50 per 100

Geranium Mme. Salleroi, R. C 75 "

Ageratum Cope's Pet, R. C 50 "

POT PLANTS

Dracffiua Indivisa, 4-in $15.00 per 100

Vinca Variegata, 2 sorts, 3-in 3.00 "

Vinca Variegata and Harrisonii. from soil,
ready for 3-incb pots, $1.25 per 100.

JOHN IRVINE & SONS,

817 WASHINGTON AVE.

BAY CITY. MICH.

Pleasg mention the A merican Florist when writing.

500,000 Verbenas

THE CHOICEST VABIETIES
Iir CtTIiTIVATIOH.

Fine pot plants $2.S0 per 100; $20 per 1000. Rooted Cuttings 60c per 100; $5 per 1000; $46 per 10.0C0.

NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKED LIGHT. AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. SENO FOR CIRCULAR.
We are the Largest Growers of Verbenas In the country.

Oar plants cannot be surpassed.

J. 'iv. tyLX^x^fy^, :BiooKs:isi3t;i^x>s:,

Please mention the American Florist when wrilmf^

r»a.

Onn nnn Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fresh

^UUfUUU piclced from our own plants, sure
to grow, 90o per 100; $7.50 per 1000.

Alternantheras— Red, yellow, pink, strong, 2-inch
pots, at $2.00 per 100.

'Mums— Fine rooted cuttings, W. R. Smith, Daille-
douze, Maj. Bonnaffon, H. Robinson, F. Hardy,
J. Jones, etc., $1.50 per 100.

Boston Ferns, 2H-iiioh, 50t per doz.; $3.00 per 100.
3-inoh, $1.00 per doz.; 110.00 per 100.

Geraniums— P. Bruant, Gettysburg, Crystal, Mme.
Bruant, etc. 2 inch, $2.00 per 100.

Vinca Major Var.4-inch, strong,-$10 per 100.

Russelia Multiflora, 2-inch, fine plants, 50c per doz.;
$4.00 piT 100.

Cannas, started ready for potting, Chas. Hender-
son. A. Bouvier, L. E. Bally, F. Vaughan, Bur-
bank, Egandale, Mme. Crozy, Queen Charlotte,
$2.50 per 100 in variety.

A. J. BALDWIN. Newark, Ohio.

VERBENA KING

See what I have
to offer in Special
Number, or write
for list.

|C. HUMFELD.

Clay Center, Kan.

THE ItOOTED CUTTING
SPECIALIST.

Please mention the American Florist when ivriting.

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS,

from open ground, strong, thrifty plants, $4.50

per lOCO.
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. Barr's Mammoth, 2-year

plants, $5.00 per lOOO.
GERANIUMS, bedding, red, semi-double, best

bloomers, big plants, voting stock, $10 per ICO.
AGERATUM, Cope's Pet, strong, $1.00 per 100.
PANSIES, fine, large blooms, best in the state. $4.60

per 100; or will exchange for Carnation R. C.
P. L. POPE A SON. Barnesboro. N. J.
Please mention the American Florist when writing.

CANNAS.

Dormant or started, stron^i tubers; Chas. Hen-
derson, Crimson Redder, liurbank, LeCler,-, '".OO
per 100; $18.00 per lOCO. Alphonse Bouvier, P.
Marquant. Mme. Crozy, Philadelphia, etc.. $3.00
per 100. Cineraria, giant nowerci, 2H-in , $2.00 per
100. Geranium, double or single, mixed, 2^-in.
$2.00 per lOO. Cash please.
Shellroad Greenhouse Co.,;Grange P. CIBalto., Md.

Hardy Rhododendrons,

Hardy Azaleas,

Clematis,

Ampelopsis Veitchii,

California Privet,

Evergreens,

Buxus in Standard and Pyramid Shape,

Bay Trees.

H. P. Roses,

Climbing Roses,

Standard Roses.

Grafted Brides, Bridesmaids,

English Ivy, in 4 and 5-incb pots,

Tuberous Rooted Begonias, Single and

Double,
Cycas Stems,
Herbaceous Paeonias,
Tree Pxonias,
Cannas,
Hardy PInlcs,
Hardy Phlox,
General Collection of Herbaceous plants.

Ask for Price List.

BOBBINK & ATKINS. Rutherford. N. J.

CANNAS

Martha Washington, Clorioaa,
Rosemawr, Philadelphia,

Duke of Marlborough,

and 50 other varietii's. Wriic for list.

The Gonad & Jones Co.

WEST GROVE,
PA.

CANNAS and DAHLIAS

50C0 Austria and Biirbank, $1.:;5 i er 100. $10 00 per
1000. Dwarf French, leading kinds. $;J.60
ler 100.

DAHLIAS per 100, $S00

IRIS GERMANICA ' 2.S0

Cash W ith Oudek.

H. H. KERN. Banner Springs, Kan.

A TEW BARGAINS.

ASPARAGUS SI■RE^'tiEKII,2'/J-iDch i>olf,

fine, $4.00 per 100.
EUONYMITS, green and variegated, liue,

2i4-iiich, $4.00 per 100.
l-'ANCY-LEAVEl) CAI.ADIUM PLANTS,

from $4.00 per 100 upward.
A few dry bulbs, at reasonable prices.
F. J. ULBRICHT. L.'.B. 113. ANNISTON. ALA.

The American Florist.

1403

NOW READY!

^

FULLY

REVISED TO

DATE

The

American Florist

Company's

Directory ee 1901

^

With
Tliousands

of

New Names

and

Clianges

of
Address

OF

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
and SEEDSMEN

OF THE UNITED STATES AND CAN-
ADA, Arranged both by States and Post
Offices and all names ,^ ^ ,^ j^ ^ j^

Alphabetically.

ALSO

Gardeners, Horticulturists, Landscape Architects, Parks,
Cemeteries, Botanical Gardens, Societies and Horti-
cultural Supply Concerns. »3* »?* jt ^ jt j*

PRICE TWO DOLLARS.

American Florist Company,

324 DEARBORN STREET,

CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A. j»

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The American Florist.

April .

Toronto.

BIG STOBM PCTS AN END TO SATISFACTORY
BUSINESS — BOSBS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY.
— OTHER NOTES OF THE MARKET. — CLUB
MEETING AND VARIOUS MATTERS.

Business had been very good until the
storm on April 20, when the six inches of
snow which fell knocked things flat.
Azaleas and lilacs are about over but
hybrid roses are coming from all sections
and many remain unsold. American
Beauties are in excellent shape and we
expect the horse show this week to clear
up the market ol surplus stock, of which
there is considerable in the rose line.
Brides and Bridesmaids were never bet-
ter and a few good Liberty are on hand.
Carnations are off crop, but the demand
is high. Forget-me-nots are in great
demand as very few were grown this
season; the growers forgot themselves
at Easter, and lily of the valley is also
hard to find. Violets are about over and
the few to be seen are of poor quality.
Sweet peas arecomingin more plentifully.
Lilies are a drug on the market and all
bulbous stock is over-plentiful. Smilax
is very scarce, mostly imported and of
poor quality.

The Gardeners' and Florists' Associa-
tion met on Thursday evening, April 18,
the session being occupied with business
and the rearrangement of the prize list
for the chrysanthemum show. Cards
have been sent out for a musical to be
given by the club.

Arthur Frost is showing some of his
new English primrose. Pride of Dover-
court. It has a larger flower and deeper
color than the old variety. H. G. D.

York, Pa.— C. F. Henkel, of 9 West
Market street, has moved into more
commodious quarters at 9 East Market
street.

Norwood, R. L— Visitors at the estab-
lishment of the Norwood Floral Company
are favorably impressed with Beau Ideal,
the improved Daybreak carnation which
is growing there.

Lawrence, N. Y. — The gardeners of
Lawrence and Cedarhurst have organ-
ized a new association under the name
of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Horticult-
ural Society, with the following officers:
President, J. G McNicoIl; vice-president,
Jas. Sanderson; treasurer, E. J. Horn;
secretary, Alexander McKenzie. It is
proposed to hold an annual floral
exhibition.

HEADQUARTERS

COCOA FIBRE,
SHEEP MANURE.
BONE all grades,
IMPORTED SOOT,

SPHAGNUM and
GREEN MOSS,
RUSTIC WORK, all kinds,
CLAY'S FERTILIZER.

DU^NE & CO., iS^sL New York.

HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES.

clECTROS... ^ ^

for Catalogue Purposes.

WE have a large assortment of
strictly high-class halftones of
which we can supply electros suitable
for catalogue illustratiou. If you need
anything in this way, state ^our re-
quirements and we will submit j-roofa
of the illustrations in stock
Price for cash only 15 cents per square inch.

4 THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. ♦

324 Dearborn St., CHICAGO.

Awarded the only flrst-
class Certificate of Merit

by the Society of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
Aug. 21, 1890, for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

ifelLLDIN

PotteryGS

Jersey Qty MT^'^l i yiONG Island (ity
Philadelphia

ThoSiWiWeathered'sSons

46 Marlon St„ New York City,

Design, Construct and Heat
Greenhouses for private or
Commercial purposes.
Plans, material and work-
manship the best.
Strictly up to date.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

Perfect Hot Water Heating our Specialty.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS!

Packed in imall oratet, eaiy to handle.

Price per orate

Prioe per orate

UOO J-ln. potj In orate. M.S8

120 7-ln, POM In orate, 14.30

1600 3M"

5.26

60 8 '

8.00

•' 6.00

48 9 '

3.80

1000 3 "

6.00

4810 '

4.80

B0Q3)i "

6.80

34U ■

3.60

6004 "

«.60

24 13 •

4.80

8W6 "

1.61

1314 ■

4.80

1M6 "

3.16

616 ■

4.60

Seed pans, aame prloe as pots. Send for prioe list of
Cylinders for Cnt Flowers, HanglnK Baskets, Lawn
Vases, eto. 10 per cent off for oash with order.

HILFINaER BROS. POTTERY,

OR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

Ausnn BOLKIB A SONS, New York Agents,

61 n»T STRKT. K»W TORK riTT

FLOWER POTS

STANDARD POTSsPHct..Tv

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

P. 0. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.

Standard POX^
Flower... ■ W * v3

If your greenhouses are within 500 milet
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

Wi H. ERNEST.

28th and M Streets. WASHINGTON, 0. 0.

RED P OTS

SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., tJI^'**''^"
GEORGE RIPPERGER,

Sheep Manure

I have now on hand a laree quantity of Al Sheep

Manure. Send for price list undaaruple.

Best Fertilizer for Top Dressing.

CASH WITH ORDER OU KHFKHENlKS.

ffia;.°?.*s,o,"s';.f ■■ \m% islakb city.

ItfiSTAB-

WRITE

At l^nUD 1521-23 N. LEAVITT!
I liNUnni CHICAGO. ILL.,

ST.,

FOR PRICKS or

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market.

KELLER BROS.,

«____213-16-17-19-21-23 Pearl St.,
NORRISTOWN, PA.

Manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, red in
color, equal to the best on the market; are 10
miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad oonneo-
tions. We give s^eoial attention to mail orderi and
make special sizes to order in quantitlei. A
postal nill bring prices and discounts.
Please mention the A merican Florist when writing-

GEO. KELLER & SON,

HANUTAOTURIBS 01

Flower Pols.

Before bnjlns write for prloss.

361-363 Herndon Strati
nav Wrigbtwood Are ,

CHICAGO- lU-

THOSE RED POTS

"STANDARDS"

FDLL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT PH'F'Y,

HARRV BALSLCY. DETROIT. MICH..
Rep. 490 Howard St.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price liit,

6. HENNF6KE 60.. ""^^rr^

Several lar^e advertisements reached
us too late for insertion in this issue.

\goi.

The American Florist.

1405

Li quid
Plant
Food

Grows hiirdier stock; {jrows improved stock.
Stock ships better; :ilso rfadv earlier. Brings
better customers imJ more profits.

30 gal., including bbl $12 . 10

20 8.10

10 4.85

-For spraying
fertilizer and
Bordeaux,
Icerosene, etc.,

Isc the "IMP. Nozzle and Sprayer."

EASTERN CHEIVIICAL COMPANY,

620 Atlantic Ave.. Boston.

It autoinaticallv dilutes the fertilizer, 50 to I, BY

THE HOSE, with no labor. Needs no

adjustments. All brass. $3.00.

ioston Florist Letter Go.

MANUTACTUREES OF

FLORISTS' LETTBRS^

This wooden box nicely RtaUied and vmi>
lished, 18i30xlS made In two gectlons> one
'or each size letter, given away wltb first
^rder of 500 letters.

Biocli Letters, m or Z-lnch size, per 100, fJ.OO.
Script Letters. $4. Fastener with each letter orword.
Osed by leading UorlBtB everywnere and tor tale bj
^;i wtio'esale florists and supply Gealers.

V. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager,
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

IF YOU WANT

HEALTHY PLANTS

FUMIGATE WITH

NICOTICIDE

THE BEST OF ALL

INSECTICIDES

Write for full particulars to

The Tobacco Warehousing & Trading Co. ,

1000 Magnolia Ave., LOIISVILLE, KY.

Use • 'UP-TO-DATE"

= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

JXL. Alice & Co., Xn'iilaclupers.
918 FUbert St., PHII,ADEL,FH1A, PA.

Catalostte for the Asking

The Conley Foil Go.

Slanafactqrerfl ot
2 AND 4 DOMINICK STREET,

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want
in the way of

PREPARED PALMS

Whether the ruw loaterials or the
Unished goods, you will get b^st
satisfaction and service from the
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co.,

Jacksonville, Fla.

Branch Store. Indianapolis. Ind.

riea Cheerfully Answered.

Tnqui

Every New Thought and
[very Advanced Idea

IN floral fashions is represented in our stocli. Buyers wtio are desirous of
being in the lead will find us strictly up-to-date. Prices lower than else-
where for corresponding quality.
After Easter you will want Engagement and Wedding Baskets, Jardinieres
and Vases for Spring Plants, Cords and Tassels, Ribbon Inscriptions and
Letters, Doves and Sheaves. Prepare now for the Decoration Day trade. The
best Immortelles and Cape Flowers are now in stock; Cycas Wreaths and
leaves, Moss Wreaths and all styles of Metal Designs.

COMPLETE CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.,

50-56 North Tourth St., wholesalers Only. rniLADELPIIIA, PA.

Mailing and
Cut Flower Boxes

a specialty with us. The Mailing
Packages are used by the largest
shippers of plants and bulbs, take
less postage and are water-proof.
Our Cut Flower Boxes are mois-
ture-proof and are used by all
retail florists. These boxes are
shipped knocked do\vn flat. Write
for prices.

The Dayton Paper Novelty Co.

DAYTON, O.

EMIL

^^p) .^ ^noi-ACTuwe;? o^

sua.™ nSTEFFENS.
*><oSTEITENSBROi

^IgjrsT: NEW

NEXT SEA50N^5 BUSI N ESS

can be started now by advertisinj? in this journal. Don't delay in
commencing next summer's business. The best orders are placed early
with advertisers in j^E AMERICAN FLORIST

TRY THIS PLAN.

140G

The American Florist.

April 21^

Cincinnati.

A VISIT TO THE GROWERS AT HYDB PARK.
—GOOD STOCK IN BVIDENCB.— TRBAT-
MBNT FOR LIBERTY ROSB.— BUSINESS NOT
ACTIVE.

Yonr scribe and a Iriend braved the
elements last Sunday and in the slush
and mud took a trip to Hyde Park on a
visit to the George & Allan and Sunder-
brach & Meier establishments. At George
& Allan's they are busy getting their
young roses and carnations into larger
pots. They still have plenty of Easter
lilies and about 4000 longiflorums com-
ing on vrhich will make good stock later.
Their house of adiantum and another ol
sweet peas are also worthy of mention.
In roses the Meteors and Beauties are in
fine condition. We went to call upon
Gus. Meier, who has charge of the green-
bouses of Sunderbruch & Meier. After
congratulating him upon his marriage,
which took place last Wednesday, we
took a look around the greenhouses.
Everything was in prime condition, with
the exception of the Liberty roses, which
did not come up to expt ctations the past
season. Mr. Meier says, however, he is
not going to discard it. He thinks he
can master it and will lift the old plants
and plant them in another house, where
he vrill be able to give it more ventila-
tion, as he believes it wants to be treated
the same as the Bennett rose, with
which Mr. Meier was very successful
when he was foreman for the late C. L.
Mitchell, of the Oakley Rose Houses.

Business was not what it should have
been the past week. The weather for this
time of the year is remarkable. We have
had about two days of sunshine since
Easter. Consequently there is not an
abundance of cut flowers.

E. G. Hill, of Richmond, lud., was a
visitor Monday. He reports plant trade
very brisk. D.

Elmwood, Conn.— Chas. K. Swenson
has bought a new windmill to increase
his water supply.

Sprague Smith Co.

PLATE AND WINDOW GLASS

Greenhouse Glass a Specialty

207-209 Randolph Street CHICAGO.

SiGMUND GELLER

Importer and Mir. ol

Florists' Supplies

Complete stock — New Qoods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

I08 W. 28th St., near 6th Av.. NEW YORK.

A. HERRMANN.

Cape Flowers. au.oolobb:
Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
AKD All Florists' Supplies.

Send for Piloei.
404-411 Kaat S4th St.. NEW YORK.

RUSTIC WORK

FOR ALL PURPOSES
MADE TO ORDER.. .

In stock, the most extensive variety in the
country, of Baskets Window Boxes, Stands,
Brackets and original designs. Prices low.

RUSTIC MFG. & CONSTRUCTION CO.,

I» Fulton Straat. NEW YORK CITY.

THE FINLEY LAWN RAKE FOR 1901

.TKO SIZES— 20-inch, $12.00; 14 inch $10.00, net. F. O. B. Joliet.

Two Colors. Vermilion or Dark Green. Endorsed by Florists, Seedsmen and others.

Send

for Circular

nnley Lawn Rake Co., Joliet, III.

S for* 1 GG>\^\:.

3 FT. HARDWOOD FLOWER STAKES Z^^^^J^^^rA

sample and pr ces on other sizes on application. •.?* i^ ^ ^ ,^ ^ jt ,.«* jJ .,•«

LOLIS A. SHARE, Factory Cor. Barth Ave. and Belt R. R., Indianapolis. Ind.

^^^wi^^P

Tho Mnu/Qr "^^^^ ^<" l*'" ^l' "<b weeds in your
Illy IliUnCi lawns. If you keep the weeds cut
so they do not t;o to seed and cut your grass with-
out breaking the small feeders of roots, the grass
will become thick and weeds will disappear. The
Clipper will doit. Send for catalogue and prices.
CUPPER UWN MOWER CO., Norristowo, Pa.

Holds Class
Firmly

, Saa tha Point JV

! Tk* Tu K*T>*r Per.
I tk» bcrtTN* rirhta n

. >rt. ftu rirl

lafta. BoxaflOOlpoial*

I 7i cents, poatpald.

I HCNBT A. DREEK,

T14 CkMU.I H., num., r..

SASH

HOTSeD,

GREENHOUSE.

VENTILATOR

OITLF CTPRB8S BARS,
OREIEMHOCSB MATERIA!.,
Manufactured by 8. JACOBS & SONS.
Flushing Ave., near Metropolitan Ave.. Brooklyn, N Y.
AT WHOLESALE.
Catalogue aod esti-
matei furoiihed.

FOR INSURANCE AGAINST
DAMAGE BY HAIL, Address

JOHN a. ESLER, Sec'y F. H. A.,

•ADDLE RIVER. N. J

T

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The most convenient way
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AmericaQ RIowpruo IV
American Rose Co..

1.94 II

Amling E C 1385

Andorra N urseries . 1390

Ba'dwin A J 1402

Bailer FA 1390

Bassett & Wash-
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BaurSAlfted I

Bayersdorler H&Co 1405
Benedict Geo H . . . . HOJ

Benthey & Co 1385

Berckmans P J Co 1396
Bernheimer Eugene 1386

Berning H G 1386

Bindekunat Die — IE
Blue H.ll Nursery. .1400
Boobin'^ A. Atkins. 1402
BostonCo-operative
Growers Ex ...... 1?86

Boston Letter Co. . . 1405

Brant SD 1399

Brant * Noe 1385

Briulev EB&G0..1387

Buokbee H W 14U0

Buckley W T Plant

Co 1399

BudlongJ A 1385

BunyardH A 1384

Burpee W A ACo.. II

Carmody J D 14U7

Casazza V & Bro. . . II
Chadborn MrgCo..l4n7
Chadwiok Chas....l391

Chase AS 1391

Chicago Carnation

Co 1384 1397

Chicago HouseWkg

Co :i4n7

Cinoin Cut Flow Co.l384
Clipper Lawn Mow-

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Cole Bros 1397

Conard & Jones Co. 1402

Conley Foil Co 140i

Cook John 1397

Cottage Gardens I

Crabb * Hunter. ... I
Craig Robt A Son.. 1397

Crane Stephen 1390

Cunningham Jos H.14i'l
Dailledouze Bros... 1399

Davis Bros 1401

Dayton Paper Nov-
elty Co 1405 j

Deamud J B 1384

Detroit Flower Pot '

Mfv 1404

Diokmson Geo E..1398

Diener Ricardo 1389

Dietsch A * Co.... Ill
'■illon J L 1394 1397 1402
Dorner F A Sons Co I
Dreer H A 1389 1393 1406

DuerrJ 1399

Dunlop John H 1387

Dunne & Co 14 4

East'n Chemical Col 405

EiseleC 1398

Ellis Frank M 1386 I

Elizabeth Nur Co.. 1390 t

Ernest W H 1404 |

Ernst H & Son 1393 |

Finley Lawn Bake

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Fisher Peter 1391

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Ford Bros 1387

Foster Lucius H .... 1400

Gardening Co 1400

Gardeners Chronicle II

Garland K'rank 1385

Garland Geo M 1407

Geller Sigmund ...1406

Ghorraley Wm 1387

Gibbons H W Co... 1407
Giblin A Co Ill

Gonzalez F & Co... 1399
Good A R-eseCo...l395
Gulleit W H & Sonsl396
Gunther WmH ...1387
Gurney Heater Co.. 141 8
Guttm^n Alex J.... 1387
Hagen burger Carl. .1391

HailAss'n 14 6

Hancock G & Son.. 1391

Hansen Chris 1397

Harrer Geo 1391

Hartman Mtg Co.- HI
Heacock Joseph — 1401

Heiss J B 1400

H'enneckeCCo 1104

Herendeen Mfg Co. IV

Herr Albert M 1394

Herron Dana R 1398

Herrmann A 1406

Hews A H * Co.. .1404

HilBnger Bros 1404

Hill The EG Co.... I

Hippard E Ill

Hitohins A, Co.... IV
HoltonAHunkel Co 1384

Hooker H M Co 1408

Horan Edw C 1387

Hon 4dv II

Hose Connect' n Co. IV

Humfeld C 1402

Hunt EH 1385

Invalid Appl'ce Co.l406
Irvine .John A Sons. 1402

Jacobs S & Sous 1406

Jennings KB 1394

Jennings Bros Ill

.Tohnson A StoKes..l389

Kasting W P 1386

Kay Wra II Co.... Ill

Keller Bros 14U4

Keller Geo & Son... 1404

Kellogg Geo M 1384

Kennicott Bros Co.. 1391

Kern H H 14i«

Kervan Co The 1394

Kitt Joseph A Son. .1406

Kilbourn R 1397

Kinney L F 1400

Kohr A F 1404

Kroeschell Bros Co. IV

Kuehn C A 13S6

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Lakeview RoaeGar.1397

Lang Julius 1387

Langjdhr A H 1387

Lee R A 1394

Limprecht S J 1387

Lockland Lum Co. .1408

Long D B 11

Lonsdale Edwin.. ,.13«9
Lord A BurnhamCo IV

Lucas J A Co Ill

McCarthy N FACo 1386
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Mader Paul 1402

May .lohnN 1396

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Moon Samuel C....1.S90
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Moss Geo M 1386

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Robinson H M & Co 1394

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Rolker .\ A Sons.... II

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Sander AOo 1396

Schillo Adam IV

Schmidt J C 1399

Schmitz F W 0....1389
Scott Robt A Son. . . 1897
Seminole Paira Co. II

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Shellroad Green- j

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Smith W L 1398

Smith WAT Co.... I
Smith A Young Co 1400

Soltau C 1396

Sprague Smith C0..1416

Stahl Chas B 1386

Stearns Lumber Co. 1407

Sletfrns Emil 1405

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Swahn Pot Mfg Co.l404

Swayne Wm 1401

Thoi-burn J M ACo.l38»
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Williams « Sons Co 1411

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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

. OinoBRs— Patrick O'Mara, New York, N. Y.,
president; Wm. F. KASTrNO, Buffalo, N. Y., Tioe-
■president; Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk Street,
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AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

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CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

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THIS ISSUE 36 PAGES WITH COVER.

I CONTENTS.

Ipracffinas and other foliage plants 140'.t

|ie?onia Gloire de Lorraine 1410

lohn Berterraann (portrait) 1410

Pruning trees and shrubs 1 4 10

'^otes on celastrus (ill us. ) 1412

Moving large trees (illus ) 1413

Oawson on water gardens 1413

I'arnot roses in f. urth year 1414

Liest methods of fumigating 1414

tarnations— Mrs. T. W. Lawaon (illus.) 1414

The fungus oC stem rnt 141.'5

Sew York 1415

ioston 1416

Jhicago 1416

Minneapolis 1417

Cincinnati 1417

[yranklin. Pa 1417

White Mrs. Bradt 1418

'!» it possible; 1418

ISreenhouse building 14 IH

Bouses for mild climate 141H

rrouble with steam boiler^ 1418

'Jbituary— X. H. Cushing 1419

-Mrs. James Frost 1419

!-Mrs. J. D. Carmody 1419

,1'he seed trade 1424

t-Govemnient seeds (illus ) 1434

Baltimore 1424

fl'he nursery trade 1436

»-The elm leaf beetle 1426

Syracuse, N. Y 1426

Dur pastimes 1428

Detroit 1428

it. Louis 1438

Hartford, Conn. 1430

St. Paul ]43»

Krie. Pa 1434

Portland, Ore 1436

iTarrytown, N. Y 1438

Dracaenas and Other Foliage Plants.

Novelties of real commercial merit are
few and far between among foliage
plants, that is to say, plants that may
be sold to a retail purchaser with a rea-
sonable guarantee that they will endure
the trying conditions of the average
dwelling. Plants of such vitality and
endurance as Ficus elastica and Aspidis-
tra lurida are very hard to find, and any
novelty possessing such merit as these
would be greeted with much enthusiasm.

But if we cannot have new plants of
equal value with these for retailing and
for decorating, we can at least try to
grow some of the old ones better than we
have done in the past, and thus in a
measure adapt them for such uses. It is
not very difficult to grow various species
of foliage plants rapidly, by the use of
high fertilizers and plenty of heat and
moisture, and thus produce what are
generally known as exhibition plants,
but if such plants are placed in a poorly
lighted store or an overheated dwelling
ttie defects in their preparation are very
soon apparent, and the species may be
condemned through an error in growing.

The moral of all this is that there is a
certain limit in regard to high feeding
and forced growth beyond which it is
unwise to go if one is desirous of keeping
in the good graces of one's customers.
Now just where this limit is to be found
is one of the knotty problems for the
grower, and one that can only be solved
by careful experimentation, for it is out
of the question for anyone to lay down a
positive formula for potting soil without
having had an opportunity to observe
the average results that are obtained by
practical growing in a given locality.
Speaking in a general way, it may be
said that a light, open soil may be fertil-
ized much more than a heavy, clayey soil
without the liability of bringing about
an attack of indigestion among the
plants that are potted therein.

But doctors disagree, and likewise
plant growers, and the only sure way to
find out what the soil needs is by experi-
ence and close observation. But if you
use strong fertilizers, then the old advice
to "try it on the dog" maybe applicable,
or in other words, not to risk an entire
crop in an experiment. While a plant
may be grown in coal ashes provided a
sufficient quantity of fertilizing material
is added to the ashes, yet I prefer to have
a soil that contains a goodly quantity of
humus, and for this reason decayed sod
makes the best foundation for the com-
post heap. But this compost heap is

supposed to have been prepared last fall,
and at this season should be quite ready
for use in order that the spring potting
may proceed just as rapidly as possible.

Among the foliage plants that are
ready to be moved along quite rapidly as
the weather grows warmer are those
generally known in the trade as draca-
nas, though many of the plants grown
under this name are in reality cordylines,
these plants being mostly heat-loving
subjects, and also requiring to be repotted
before they become stunted if one desires
to have plants that are well-furnished
and vigorous.

Some clean young stock, free from
"spot" and insects is the first condition
for successful dracsena growing, and
after this is complied with there are the
proper conditions of moderate shading,
plenty of moisture both at the root and
overhead, and as remarked above, that
very essential point of giving the young
plants a shift from time to time before
the roots become starved. A soil that
is rather coarse and fibrous and includ-
ing a little bone meal in its composition
usually gives the best results, and from
the fact that the roots of these plants
are somewhat fleshy I prefer not to ram
the soil in the pots quite so firmly as
should be done in potting a palm.

During hot and dry weather the dra-
cjenas are benefited by being syringed
twice a day, the second syringing being
given well on in the afternoon, or toward
night, this treatment tending to keep the
plants free from thrips and red spider.
But as the time approaches for the sale
of the plants in question, they should be
treated to a sort of ripening or harden-
ing process by means of abundant venti-
lation and rather more light, thus giving
the foHage more endurance and also help-
ing the color.

The easiest to manage and, on the
whole, the most satisfactory of the col-
ored cordylines for general purposes is
C. terminalis, a species that is naturally
variable, and which by means of cross
fertilization has produced the majority
of our garden draca^nas, so-called.
Another form of this species was also
grown quite largely a number of years
ago under the name of D. ferrea stricta,
the leaves of which were stiffer than those
of the type and also showed more color,
but of late years this variety has been
but little seen and seems hard to find <n
any quantity. Of the later introductions
among the colored dracsenas. Lord
Wolseley is one of the best, and D. Litzei
and D. Norwoodensis are also very
handsome varieties when well grown.

1-410

The American Florist.

Max

7.

The majority of these colored dracjenas
have been introduced to the trade by
various European growers, but there
have also been some experiments in
hybridization in this country at various
times, one of the most interesting lots of
seedling dracienas having been raised
more than twenty years ago bj' Mr.
Butler, of Wellesley, Mass.

Of a very distinct type from the fore-
going are the dracaenas of the fragrans
section, the well known D. fragrans not
only being a very ornamental plant in
itself, although only presenting a cheer-
ful green in its foliage, but aiso being
responsible for several variations, the
best of these being D. Lindenii and D.
Massangeana, the first named having the
best varif gation of the two.

The draca-nas of the fragrans class will
flourish under similar conditions to those
briefly indicated for those of the termin-
alis section, and like the latter they enjoy
heat and moisture during the growing
season, but need some hardening off
before being sent out in a retail store,
else there may be an interchange of
unsatisfactory conversation between the
retailer and the consumer while the
leaves of the dractena in question assume
varied autumn tints and then part com-
pany with th« parent stem.

Still another type, or rather two of
them, are found in those two later intro-
ductions of the dracjEUa family, namely,
D. Sanderiana and D. Godseffiana, both
of which are attractive and useful, though
very distinct in characterfrom eachother
and also from the other members of the
family. D. Sanderianase«ms most useful
in small sizes, such as in pots of three to
four inches in diameter, its neat growth
and constant vai legation having made
it a very useful subjectfor giving color to
a small fernery or in a window box. D.
GodsefEana is more spreading in habit,
branching quite freely, and its dark green
leaves thickly spotted with golden yel-
low remind one quite strongly of some
forms of Aucuba Japonica.

Both these last named are true dra-
csnas and both may be propagated
quite readily by means of cuttings and,
as a matter of fact, with reasonable care
will root 100 pfr cent of the cuttings
that are planted, there being usually
more difficulty in getting a sufficient
number of cuttings during the winter
season than there is in rooting them.
From the fact that neither D Sanderiana
nor D. GodsefEana are by any means
rank-growing plants it is a good plan to
pot several of the young plants together
m one pot, thus securing a bushy little
specimen in a pot of convenient size.

W. H. Taplin.

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine.

With reference to E.G. Hill's statement
that the trouble in the culture of Begonia
Gloire de Lorraine is caused by a small
mite, I may confirm his assertion but must
add that here in England this pest is not
confined to begonias. I have been
troubled with it on gloxinias, bouvar-
dias, Ficus elastica and other plants, and
even ferns, particularly Lomaria gibba.
It is difficult to discover the insect with
4he naked eye but under a good lens it
may be examined. It is brown in color
and very slender. It is curious that such
a tiny insect should prove so destructive.
If once allowed to become established on
the plants it seems almost hopeless to try
to eradicate it, and I know of no other
insect so destructive to plant life. It
may be kept in check by frequent fumiga-
tion or dipping in any powerful insecti-

cide, but it is only by repeating the oper-
ation three or four times a week that the
pest can be brought under control. In
any instance where only a few plants are
affected it would be advisable to burn
the plants and obtain new stock.

Plants of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine
which were stopped back and all the flow-
ers taken ofl in December, have broken up
from the base and are now a mass of
bloom. The foliage is not quite so good
as in the autumn but the flowers are
bright in color and stand up well. One
great secret in the culture of this popular
plant is to be careful to propagate only
from the short cuttings taken ofl close to
the old stem. These are sure to have

JOHN BERTERMANN.

more eyes at the base and break up freely
when stopped back. It may be a long
time to wait for cuttings which show no
flowers, but the flowers at the top will
do no harm if there are some short-jointed
basal ejes. A. H.

John Bertermann.

The elder member of the firm of Berter-
mann Bros., of Indianapolis, was born
at Wilhelmshohe, near Cassel, ia Ger-
many, on April 21, 1S50. His father
was overseer of the park of a castle of
the German emperor and, after a period
of schooling the boy entered an appren-
ticeship under the chief gardener there.
Here he remained until twenty- five years
of age, by which time he had worked his
way up to be the principal reliance of his
superior, whose representative he was,
the chief gardener being at that time in
poor health. Mr. Bertermann came to
America in 1876 and located at Cincin-
nati, where he remained for two years,
working in both private and commercial
places. Removing to Indianapolis, his
first place was with Gustav Lange, on
the place which Bertermann Brothers
now own. In February, 1879, the two
brothers, John and William founded their
firm, now one of the most prosperous in
the country, by buying Mr. Lange's
retail store on Washington street, at the
same time erecting three small green-
houses on Liberty street. At first they
were compelled to struggle manfully to
maintain their foothold, but in 1882
they were enabled to buy the store of

Lewis Bros., where their present store is,
and three years later they bought five
acres of land on Washington street,
where they now have a modern range of
houses. At that time the location was
well outside the city; now it is in a busy
community and they are doing a large
and steadily increasing trade.

Pruning Trees and Shrubs.

yA paper by Theodore IVirth, Superintendent of
Parks, read t^ejore the Florists' Club of Hartford,
Conn., March 2^\ 1901.^

During the winter months, when all
outdoor vegetation has died out, and
our gardens look bare and deserted, the
man with shears and pruning saw makes
his appearance, and in accordance to old,
traditional habits and to his own ideas
and knowledge, displays a marvelous
artistic taste, of which the beautiful,
regular forms, the unnatural appearance
and the sometimes fantastic shape of his
victims, mutilated beyond recognition,
are the best proof.

Year after year the owner of the
garden employs this artist, and submits
the trees and shrubs, which are, or
should be, the ornament of his home
grounds, not only during their time of
leaf and flower, but, through their
natural appearance of branchlets and
twigs, also during the winter, to the
merciless and baroarous treatment of
this tree and shrub butcher. If he does
not employ a special man who calls him-
self a gardener or landscape gardener it
is because he has an intelligent man who
tends to his furnace in winter, takes care
of his lawn in summer, sweeps his side-
walks, and because this man can swing
his saw and knife as well as the next
man.

Possibly it occurs to the gentleman or
the lady of the house once in a while
that there seems to be no plausible rea-
son why the shrubs should be pruned in
this fashion, but they see it done else-
where, and therefore are satisfied that it
must be, or they notice with pleasure
and satisfaction the strong, forcible
growth following such pruning, the long
shoots with plenty of leaves but no
flowers.

They wonder how it is that the same
shrubs are blooming every year in the
parks or on well kept private places,
where they are treated properly, but
questioning the man who did the
damage, they are easily convinced by his
own belief, that either the soil isnogood,
or too good, or that the flower buds were
winter killed or that they never existed,
or that the shrubs are too old or too
young, or that the shrub is no good any
how and never was.

It is really surprising that such treat-
ment of our shrubs and trees should be
so universally tolerated as it is, and the
reason for it must be looked for on both
sides, by the owner of the garden as the
employer, as well as by the man who
manifested so dearly his ignorance and
unfitness for the work which he performs.

The gentleman who owns a garden
and takes pride in same, and wishes
to make it as attracive as possible
should know that the man whom he
expects to treat his shrubs, trees and,
flowers should be familiar with their '
names, habits and requirements, and he
should recognize the fact that such
knowledge requires studv, intelligence,
ambition and ability. He should also
be open to the conviction that a man
with the qualifications just mentioned is
in usefulness above the man who- simply
tends to his lawns and paths, and is con-

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sequently entitled to higher compensa-
tion for his services.

On the other hand it is a well known
and undeniable fact that the number of
gardeners who have the proper knowl-
edge and training to perform this work
is very small indeed. Gardening in this
country, generally speaking, I am sorry
to say, is not yet recognized as a voca-
tion that requires as much study, ability
and personal fitness as does that of a
machinist or any other mechanic.

The largest percentage of those gar-
deners to whom I am referring have
graduan3' drifted into the ranks by
serving as laborers in the caretaking of
private and public grounds. They are
able to take care of a horse and a cow,
to do chores around the house, to keep a
place clean and in good trim, are diligent
and honest workers, but they lack the
knowledge and experience, the under-
standing and insight into the work
which should bring them into closest
contact with nature and its secrets.
Their knowledge is simply based upon
the superficial habitual performance of
their daily work, but the pleasure and
art of observing nature in her own works
to study the life and habits of the trees,
shrubs and other plants, and to become
through such study and observance an
expert in their business, is unknown to
them.

To this unscientific, barbarous and
condemnable method of pruning shrubs
and trees as above mentioned is due the
inclination of people of better taste and
knowledge, not to do any pruning at all,
and it certainly is better to leave shrubs
and trees alone than to mutilate them.
Yet it is wrong to think that a certain
amount of pruning of our shrubs and
trees is not necessary or beneficial, or
that it cannot be done without destroy-
ing the natural appearance and beauty
of the plants. Any planting of shrub-
bery, no matter how appropriately and
harmoniously arranged, as to character,
size and adaptability of the plants used,
will become overgrown and crowded
within a few years, if left alone to
unrestricted growth. On the other hand,
by judicious pruning that same planting
can be kept in prime condition, young
and vigorous, for almost a lifetime.

Just as well as it is possible to increase
and perfect the fruit bearing capacity of
our fruit trees, and to prolong their
Ufe of utility, it is also possible to aid
our flowering shrubs to maintain their
foliage in youthful prof usion and graceful
habit, and to produce their attractive,
fragrant flowers year after year; namely,
by proper pruning.

In order to be able to do the pruning
in such a scientific way as to arrive at
such satisfactory results it is, of course,
necessary that the gardener should know
the character of the plant which he
expects to prune. He must know what
the plant is, whether it flowers on the
young wood which the coming growth
is to produce or whether the flowers are
produced by the old wood. He should
know whether the main attraction of the
tree or shrub which he is to prune, is in
its foliage or in its flowers.

There are some shrubs such as Hydan-
gea paniculata. Hibiscus Syriacus, etc.,
on which a heavy pruning is justified, if
large, well developed flowering shoots
and blooms are desired. In such cases
the last year's shoots should be thinned
out, leaving only one-third of them, and
these should be cut back to two or three
eyes.

The pruning which, however, I have in

CELA8TRU8 ORBICULATUS— BRANCHES PENDULOUS.

mind, and about which I wish to speak,
is in reference to shrub plantations as a
whole, as they are as a rule established
on private places, more than to that of
individual plants, which for their flower-
ing capacities and value, or their special
qualities for foliage effect, are picked out
and planted and pruned for such special
purpose.

In order to clearly illustrate what I
have in mind, let me begin at the very
beginning, at the time when we lay out
our garden, plan our shrubbery and tree
plantations, and lay the foundation of
what we hope and intend to become a
lasting, attractive feature of our home
grounds. Every gardener knows, or
should know, that all deciduous trees
and shrubs should be properly pruned
when transplanted.

The main object in view when estab-
lishing a new planting is to insure the
life and growth of the plants, and foi
that reason a radical pruning Is necessary,
for it is expecting too much of the roots
to support the whole upper structure as
long as they have first to establish them-

selves in their new quarters before they
can absorb and forward the life-giving
elements from the mother earth.

At that period, therefore, it is necessary
to cut back thoroughly without regard
to flowering wood. For good, healthy
stock not less than one-third is the
proper scale for trimming back, the thin-
ning out to be done in the same propor-
tion and at the same time. Plants that
have suffered through exposure to sun
and wind can be cut back one-half or
even more if necessary. For plantings
established in fall, I prefer to postpone
the pruning till spring, following the sup-
position that the sap in the wood will
partly recede to the stock and help to
maintain the plant during this period of
acclimation.

In the second year very little pruning
need be done; in fact, only such of the
one-year-old shoots need be removed as
are superfluous or cross each other. At
this period of existence some of the
shrubs will already bloom and the
intended effect and combination of foliage
will be noticeable. In all the following

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years the same method is to be followed
as in the second year, if pruning is at all
necessary.

There is no call for the shears or saw
before the shrubs become too full and
crowded, or unless there are some shoots
which, through their forcible growth,
exceed their usefulness as a part of the
shrub, and so destroy the harmonious,
gracefal appearance of same. Such shoots
want to be cut out at their base and not
only topped, while the rest of the branches
and twigs, which give the plant a well
developed natural appearance should
be left alone. In this manner a planta-
tion will become perfect and form the
attraction of the grounds which was
planned for at the beginning.

In spite of all this careful and scientific
treatment as outlined in the last few
lines, a planting is apt to become over-
grown and rank in ten or fifteen years,
and a more radical pruning is necessary
of same or all members of the group, to
keep its outlines within certain bounda-
ries and to maintain the desired effect.
This radical pruning can again be done
without destroying the natural appear-
ance of such a plantation, by observing
the following procedure:

In pruning the shrubs cut back some of
the branches to one-half of their length
and remove such as are sickly and
can be easily spared and let the rest
stand without pruning the remaining
branchlets and twigs. The latter will at
least partly cover the trimmed branches,
and still make the plant attractive,
while the cut back members of the shrub,
will produce a young, healthy growth for
next season. The next year there will
most likely be more new wood than
necessary and some of the new shoots
may have to be taken out and in addi-
tion another part of the old wood will be
sacrificed to make room for the young
wood which is ready to take its place,
and so it is possible to renew and keep
young a plantation without losing at
any time a large part of its attractive-
ness and beauty oi flowers and leaves.

Again, the man who knows his shrubs,
will also be aware d the fact that not
all shrubs should be pruned at the same
time, and he will cut accordingly. He
will prune his hydrangeas and altheas
during the winter or in early spring, and
his forsythias and certain spirsas just
after they are through blooming.

Whatever shrub you prune, a safe

method of procedure is to remove first all
the dead wood, then all branches that
cross each other, and then if there is
more wood to spare, remove the poorest
and least desirable.

It goes without telling that all dead
wood should be removed in all plantings,
even where they consist of native stock,
which has been planted for covering and
natural wild efiects. There is a great
difference between wildness and disorder;
our woods and bushlands may look
attractive and sublime where nature has
been left alone, and where vines partly
cover decayed branches and stumps of
deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs,
but near well kept homes and palaces,
dead wood in trees and shrubs looks like
a sore finger in an apple pie; it is out of
place, and is indigestible to a mind of
order and cleanliness.

In speaking about dead wood, the
pruner should also bear in mind that all
wood left standing above a live eye, is
sure to decay, and for that reason he
should be particular to always cut close
to the standing eye. Nothing looks
worse on shrubs and trees than those
short dead stomps, which always will be
tell-tale of the superficial and careless
manner in which the work has been
performed.

What I have said of the pruning of
shrubs is also to a great extent applica-
ble to trees; that is, a tree should at all
times be relieved of dead, crossing and
superfluous wood, not only in the
immediate neighborhood of our dwell-
ings, but also in our groves, be they on
private land or public grounds. Just as
much as you may judge rightly the man's
character and tendencies by his outer
appearance, you may also judge the
gardener and his employer by the
appearance and the care they give to
those gifts of nature over which they
have control and charge.

Notes on Celastras.

CELA8TRU8 8CANDENS— BRANCHES PENDULOUS.

Among the hardy ornamental vines
none are more beautiful in autumn than
the species of celastrus with their bril-
liant yellow and scarlet fruits. Two of
the species intrDduced into cultivation
have proved hardy as far north as Mon-
treal and can therefore be relied upon
everywhere in the northern United States.
One of them is a well known native
climber not uncommon in woods from
Quebec to N. Carolina and reaching
westward to S. Dakota, Kansas and
New Mexico. The other is a foreign
species widely distributed in Japan and
China. The native species, C. scandens,
has a great variety of popular names, as
climbing or shrubby bittersweet, also
false bittersweet, waxwork or Roxbury
waxwork, climbing staff-tree, stafi'-vine
and fever-twig. It grows usually in
woods, in rich rathermoist soil, rambling
over rocks and shrubs or climbing into
trees to a height of fifteen or sometimes
twenty feet. The leaves are obscurely two-
ranked, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, ter-
minated by an elongated point, crenate
at the margin, quite glabrous and about
two to five inches long. The greenish-
white flowers are rather inconspicuous
and appear in June at the end of the
branchlets in racemes or panicles. The
fruits, which are about one-half inch in
diameter, are also borne in racemes or
panicles sometimes six inches in length;
they begin to color orange yellow in the
middle of September but not until the
beginning of October do they disclose their
brilliant scarlet seeds, which remain
bright and fresh until about mid-winter.

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The Asiatic species, C. orbiculatus, was
first introduced by Parsons, of Flushing,
into this country from Japan, where it is
a common plant and known under the
name Tsuru-Mume-Modoki. Its name is
also spelled C. articulatus and both
spelliogj occur in Thunberg's "Flora
Japonica," where the species was first
described, but the latter spelling is appa-
rently due to a misprint. Sometimes it
is erroneously named C. panicniatns,
which is a Himalayan species, tender and
rarely cultivated in this country; it has
its fruits in terminal panicles like the
native species. C. paniculatus is only a
form of C. orbiculatus of less vigorous
growth and with smaller leaves. C.
orbiculatus is very similar in foliage to
the American species, but the leaves are
shorter and broader, often almost orbic-
ular, terminated by a short point, and
somewhat thicker in texture. The chief
diflerence, however, is in the fruits, which
are borne in the axils of the leaves, in
clusters of two to three, and are some-
what smaller and of paler color. As they
are disposed along the branches they are
mostly hidden by the foliage, but after
the foliage has fallen they are even more
showy than those of C. scandens, since
they are more profusely produced and
distributed almost equallyover thewhole
plant.

The two accompanying illustra-
tions, from photographs taken at the
Arnold Arboretum, will serve to show
the distinctive characters of the two spe-
cies. Both kinds are almost equally val-
uable for ornamental purposes and may
be used for covering rocks, walls and
trelliswork, fences and other unsightly
objects or allowed to ramble over shrubs
and to climb into trees. As C. scandens
bears the fruits above the leaves, it is
already showy by the middle of Septem-
ber, when the fruits bfgin to color, and is
of striking beauty two or three weeks
later, when the foliage turns clear
yellow and the fruits disclose their bright
scarlet seeds, and more so if climbing in
a tree with dark-colored foliage. C.
orbiculatus does not display its beauty
until the middle of October, when the
leaves after turning yellow have fallen,
but then it makes a greater show and
the fruits keep fresh and brilliant a longer
time.

The fruit-bearing branches are well
suited for house decoration and are often
used at Thanksgiving and Christmas,
especially in New England. They are
also much appreciated in Japan for the
same purpose and are brought in autumn
in great quantities from the mountains
to be sold in the cities. The celastrus
grows in almost any kind of soil, but C.
scandens prefers somewhat moist and
partly shaded situations while C. orbicu-
latus grows equally well in drier latitudes
and in the full sun. Both species are well
suited for seaside planting and thrive
close to the sea, the foliage remaining
uninjured in the very spray of the salt
water. In planting celastrus for its
showy fruit care should be taken to select
fertile plants, forcelastms is polygamous
and some plants have only staminate
flowers and therefore bear no fruits.
They are readily propagated by seeds
sown in autumn or stratified and sown
in spring, also by hardwood and soft
wood cuttings, by root cuttings and by
layers. They usually produce suckers
freely and often become a nuisance in
nurseries, because every piece of root
which remains in the ground after the
plants have been dug up, sends forth
young shoots, entwining and strangling
other plants. Alfred Rbhdbr.

MOVING LARGE TREES.

Moving Large Trees.

The several articles on the matter of
moving large trees, which have recently
appeared were of much interest to a great
many readers, and some very good points
were brought out. We do a great deal
of work in the line of landscaping and
frequently have occasion to move trees
and tor this purpose we have patented
moving wagons which will carry trees
of from ten inches to twelve inches cali-
per with a ball of earth from six to seven
feet in diameter and weighing up to five
tons. Over that weight we use timbers
and jacVscrews. The accompanying
illustration shows a row of four hard
maples which we moved at Warren, Pa.
They were fine specimens, the trunks
from fourteen to sixteen inches in diame-
ter and with heavy tops. The hard
maple being one of the most difficult of
trees to move, we took extraordinary
precautions and with each tree moved
from fifty-five to sixty-five cubic yards of
earth, weighing from sixtj' to seventy-
five tons. We think this would be a
trifle heavy for an ox team. Figuring
our traveling expenses, the cost of tim-
bers used only for this job and loss of
time for bad weather, the cost was a
little less than $53 per tree, but we had
to move these four trees only five, ten,
twenty and forty feet respectively. We
are to-day moving eight-inch elm trees a
distance of one mile for $7.50 per tree.

C. D. ZiMMBBMJVN.

Dawson on Water Gardens.

Jackson Dawson, in the Bulletin of the
New England Association of Park
Superintendents, says, in reference to
water gardens: "Can we not have more
T^ater gardens in our parks and make
those we have more ornamental instead
of the unsightly things edged with stone
walls that we call ponds?

"I have seen ponds and bays where all
the natural shrubbery and native plant-
ing was cleared up to the water's edge
and the trees in the background trimmed
up like so many sentinels, thus destroy-
ing all the charm of the once natural
woods and river banks. We know, of
course, that in public places we cannot
have all such places decorated, but we

could have more than we do. We have
material enough to plant such places
with perfectly hardy plants and when
once planted I am sure the public will
appreciate them. A lake or pond properly
planted can be made a thing of beauty
from spring to fall and even into the
winter.

"No pond or brook should be banked
with stone unless actually necessary to
hold the soil in its place, and even then
they should not be laid like a wall, but
as near on a natural slooe as possible to
the water's edge, with plenty of pockets
left to plant so that eventually the stones
will not be seen but would have the
appearance of a natural bank.

"I have seen many fine natural effects
which might well be copied; for instance,
a group of flag, Typha latifolia, with
Hibiscus palustris and cardinal flower
and white water lilies on the surface,
along the Hudson; a large rock at the
edge of a wood with pool in front,
Helenium autumnale, ferns and cardinal
flower; a ditch in a brackish marsh,
Phragmites communis. Hibiscus palus-
tris, Liliumsuperbum, Lobelia cardinalis;
a river bank with buttonbush, clethra
and alder, with huge masses of Lythrum
Salicaria and white water lilies in the
eddies, the lythrum in such quantities
that it dazzled the sight. A river with
overhanging trees and shrubs, clethra
and Lobelia cardinalis, Mimulus ringens,
arrow heads, pickerel weeds in groups, a
swamp of cardinal flowers, fire weed and
bidens, etc., etc. Add to these many fine
herbaceous plants and aquatics that are
hardy and a water garden could be made
the finest feature in many of our gardens
and parks. The following list, all hardy
and mostly native, are fine for the water
garden shrubbery:

"Azalea viscosa, Rhodora Canadensis,
Rosa setigera and R. lucida. Ilex verti-
cillata, I. laevigata, I. glabra, Cornus
stolonifera, Clethra alnifolia, high-bush
blueberry, Viburnum dentatum, Cepha-
lanthus occidentalis, Spirjea salicifolia,
Clematis Virginica, and many others.

"Of herbaceous plants we have Hibiscus
palustris and others, Lobelia cardinalis.
Lobelia syphilitica, Lythrum Salicaria,
different fall blooming asters and solida-
gos, several hardy coreopsises, Asclepias
purpurescens, Eupatorium purpureum

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and E. perfoUatum, Rhexia Virginica,
Mimulus riogens, Chelone glabra, Chelone
Lyonii, Sabbatia chloroides, Iris versi-
color, Iris Pseudacorus, and, if wanted,
all the forms of the Japanese iris.

"Of true aquatics we have all the nym-
phasas, both native and hardy hybrids,
Nelumbium luteum and N. speciosum, the
pretty little floating heart, limnanthe
mum, the pickerel weed, Alisma Plantago,
Caltha palustris, the utricularias, the
saggitarias, Nuphar advena, the water
shield, the water poppy, the flags, the
rushes and sedges, all of which can be
used to great advantage and when judi-
ciously combined form a most attractive
garden; there are besides numbers of
varieties of foreign aquatics, both tender
and hardy."

On thesame subject, J.C.Olmsted says:
"We cordially agree with Mr. Dawson's
vigorous handling of the subject of pari;
ponds. I think many of the park ponds
have been made unnecessarily ngly by
engineers or by gardeners who are over-
fond of formality and have very little love
of natural eflects. As a matter of fact, if
a pond is intended to be natural and
informal, it is never necessary to use
either riprap walls or curbing around
the water edge. A shore can always be
made of earth protected by natural vege-
tation, or of a gentle slope covered with
coarse sand or gravel.

"Nine times out of ten the diiBculty of
properly treating the shore of a pond
arises from the slope above and below
water being continuous with each other
and too steep, and there should be a
beach rising a few inches above water on
a slope of one in five or one in ten and
continuing to the depth of three to six
inches below water with the same gentle
slope. Such a beach made of gravel of
suitable size will stand very heavy wave
action. Another difficulty arises where
water birds are kept in the park pond, in
that they destroy the turf or plants
which would otherwise beautify and
protect the shore In that case a gravel

Carnot Roses in Fourth Year,

The accompanying illustration is a
reproduction from a photograph of a
house of Souvenir du President Carnot
rosesatthe establishment of Clark Bros.,
on the Bladensburg road, Washington,
in the District of Columbia. These roses
are in solid beds and are now in their
fourth year. The plants have been
improving right along; the illustration
shows their condition three days before
the Easter of 1900 and (or the Easter
just past they produced an even better
crop P. G.

Best Methods of Fumigating.

Ed. Am. Florist: — I would like to see
some articles in regard to the best meth-
ods of fumigating. There are so many
preparations of tobacco on the market
and so many ways of •using them that it
is a question which is preferable. We
use tobacco dust. It is slow and will not
kill the aphis under the leaves, where
they are protected, and it takes a long
time to get rid of the odor, which destroys
the perfume of the flowers. I want to
change and do not know what is best to
do. E. C. C.

A wonderful change for the better has
taken place in fumigating methods dur-
ing the past few yeari". Some of our
least pleasant recollections are of the
times when as a greenhou=;e assistant we
were wont to fumigate with tobacco
cloth, or rag and tobacco paper of vary-
ing degrees of strength, and with a mul-
tiplicity of odors which not infrequently
produced such a nausea, that we did not
appear at supper time.

Tobacco dust has some advantages as
a f amigant, as also have the more familiar
tobacco stems; they are cheap and if used
strong enough will kill aphis and thrip;
in indiscreet hands they, particularly the
stems, are dangerous to plant life. They
take all the bloom from cannas, gerani-
ums, begonias and other flowers, and if

ROSE SOUVENIR DU PRESIDENT CARNOT FOUR YEARS IN SOLID BED.

beach with appropriate waterside bushes
aiid trees, where there is no objection to
obstructing the view, is the best treat-
ment."

BiDDEFOHD, Me.— T. W. A. Smith is
confined to his home by illness.

Menominei:, Wis.— The home of Mrs.
Senfi, the florist, was destroyed by lire
April 25. The loss was $2,500.

given even in mild doses, scorch adian-
tums, spiraeas, heliotrope and other sus-
ceptible plants. Furthermore, stems
cause a lot of dirt. They take the color
out of carnations and roses, to say noth-
ing of other flowers, and the odor of the
smoke hangs to the house and flowers
for two or three days. We still use some
tobacco stems, but only to a limited
extent.
There are a number of very excellent

fumigating compounds now on the mar-
ket and we believe we have tried about
all of them. Rose-leaf extract of tobacco,
when steamed, is very good. So is niko-
teen, but there are now other more simple
and eflectual preparations on the market.
We consider the best of these to be niko-
teen aphis punk and nicoticide. The first
named is comparatively cheap and comes
in tabloid form, a dozen rolls in a small
box. It will clean out any white, black,
yellow or green aphis, or thrips, your
correspondent may have on his plants
and will not injure such sensitive plants
as cucumbers, tomatoes, mignonette,
young foliage on grape vines or any
flowers whatsoever. It may be used in
orchid houses with perfect safety.

In using aphis punk we generally lay a
wire stake at intervals along the house,
unroll each punk and then roll them
loosely and vertically round the stake,
lighting from the bottom, and of course
blowing it out if any flame appears. The
house can be left as soon as the rolls are
lighted. No odors on flowers are notice-
able from using aphis punk.

Nicoticide is a new preparation which
we think very highly of. It comes higher
than aphis punk but is far more deadly
to insect life, while we have never known
it to injure anything but young adiantum
fronds. We evaporate this in small tins
over wood alcohol lamps. It will destroy
all kinds of aphis and thrips at strength
recommended by the makers. To clean
out mealy bug we use it a trifle stronger,
and for red spider fifty per cent stronger;
if the last named pest is small, one dose
will clean it out, but if sizeable two suc-
cessive fumigations are needed. Strong
doses take the color from roses and car-
nations, but we have tried no other
remedy which will clear out mealy bug
or red spider as this does, and even if it
comes high we feel we must have it; it
leaves no disagreeable odor behind it.
Those using it should leave the house
after lighting the lamps. W. N. Craig.

CARNATIONS.

MBS. THOMAS W. LAWSON.

Owing to numerous inquiries, a few
hints on the cultivation of the Lawson
carnation may not be out of place at
this season.

Cuttings propagated any time during
February or March will make the best
stock for early planting and blooming.
By early, I mean plants to be housed in
the latter part of July or the first week
in August. If wanted for later planting,
cuttings taken in April, owing to the
rapid growth and great vitality of the
variety, make grand stock for taking
indoors in August and September. Early
stock should be put in 2-inch pots and
repotted along as they require, until in
3' iinch or iinch, but it is not advisable
to have the size larger than4inch, as the
ball will be too large to transplant into
benches, where the depth is limited.

As soon as danger of frost is over, the
stock may be planted out in the field and
as they are to be lifted early, the plants
need not be set far apart. Usually the
distance will be governed by the width
of the wheel hoe to be used in their culti-
vation and from six to eight inches will
be sufficient distance between plants in
the row.

The worst defect in the Lawson is a
tendency to throw short stems on the
first blooms early in the season if the
plants are allowed to make their flowering
growth in the field. To remedy this go
over the plants, say, ten days to two

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weeks before housing and carefully pincb
back all flowering growths, so that the
flowering shoots are made under glass.
This will insure a much longer stem on
first blooms, and the stems will keep
increasing in length as the season
advances.

The Lawson is an early and, by reason
of its exceptional vitality, free bloomer,
throwing up its growths in rapid succes-
sion, so that it comes as near being con-
tinuous as any variety yet produced. Its
productiveness is wonderful, considering
the quality of the bloom, and to stimu-
late this, a liberal supply of nourishment
is necessary. I find a top dressing of
pulverized sheep manure every two
weeks suits it admirably, commencing
early in November, and continuing all
through the winter and spring. Should
the soil appear at all over-fed or sour
withhold the sheep manure and substi-
tute a good dusting of air-slaked lime.

Another important point to be watched
is the tendency of the blooms to fade or
bleach around the edges on the sudden
appearance of sunshine, after dull, cloudy
weather. We have little trouble in this
respect, as our houses run north and
south and so do not get the direct light
in winter, which has been in our favor
with the cultivation of this variety, and
the reason why I have failed to warn
others whose aspect is the reverse.

We have had no shading on our houses
until three weeks ago, when the east side
was shaded, and now we are lightly shad-
ing the west side. I would advise those
growing the Lawson with a southern
aspect to shade, say, from four inches to
six inches down the center of each square
or row of glass as early in the season as
this trouble appears, increasing the shade
with the season. If you have any of your
houses running east and west plant
Lawson in them or in any houses that
get partial shade from other structures.
It will well repay any extra care
bestowed.

In other respects the culture of the
Lawson does not differ from the average
carnation. Only during the dull months
of winter I find it beneficial to run the
night temperature at from 52° to 55°,
keeping it as near the latter as possible
This promotes a steady growth and
prevents splitting and other evils caused,
in my opinion, by slow or arrested
development. There is little or no split-
ting in the fall or spring. Why is not
raising the temperature essential to off-
set this trouble in winter?

Peter Fisher.

The Fungus of Stem Rot.

The Geneva Experiment Station, of
New York, in conjunction with the Cornell
station, has recently issued a bulletin
giving the results of extensive experiments
and investigations regarding the fungus
causing stem rot. The bulletin contains
accounts of the discovery of the fungus
(rhizoctonia) on about thirty species of
cultivated plants.

This fungus is the cause of stem rot in
carnations, the leaf rot of lettuce and
Asparagus Sprengerii, and is a frequent
cause of damping off of many seedling
plants, besides which it is suspected to
be the cause of one form of stem rot in
asters, another form being caused by a
different fungus. Regarding carnations
it is stated that the fungus spreads
slowly through the soil but never through
the air, its principal mode of dissemina-
tion being by means of affected plants
and cuttings.

The fungus is supposed to be capable

HOUSE OF MRS. LAWSON CARNATIONS. GROWN PETER FISHER, OF ELLIS, MASS.

of protracted existence upon decaying
vegetable matter in the soil and can also
exist on many varieties of weeds. The
occurrence of the fungus as a disease pro
ducing organism is largely dependent
upon the conditions. An excess of mois-
ture or heat, an acid condition of the
soil and the presence of freshly decaying
plant products in the soil all favor its
growth. Liming the soil is to be recom-
mended, although not a complete pre-
ventive. Sterilizing the soil by heat may
be found practicable. Frequent changes
of the sand in the cutting benches is
advised.

There is another fungus (fusarium)
which causes a stem rot in carnations
and it may be that the different experi-
ences of growers with the disease, as
shown in discussions on the subject, are
due to the differences in the fungi causing
the disease. The investigation is to be
continued and more light will undoubtedly
be thrown on the subject. It is to be
hoped that a practicable remedy may be
found.

It is worthy of note that a number of
expert growers have stated it to be their
opinion that an excess of manure in the
soil was favorable to the spread of the
disease, which coincides with the state-
ments above of Messrs. B. M. Duggar
and F. C. Stewart, the authors of the
bulletin.

New York.

STATE OF THE WHOLESALE MARKETS.—
STOCKS REDUCED AND DEMAND FAIRLY
ACTIVE —QUALITIES GENERALLY ON THE
DOWN GRADE —LILIES PROVE POOR
PROPERTY.- SUMMER BUSINESS NOW AT
HAND— PLANT TRADE GOOD.— VARIOUS
PERSONAL AND TRADE DOINGS.

With a reduced supply and fair demand
the cut flower trade in this city has been
generally satisfactory since last report.
Stock is well cleaned up daily as a rule,
with the exception of lilies and migno-
nette, both of which have continued to
lag. Even daffodils and tulips have
found a ready market, and lily of the
valley has been a good seller, also. Roses
are running poor in quality, especially
Brides and Bridesmaids. Brunners,
Meteors and Jacqs are more abundant

and are moved with greater effort, the
sunshine of the past few days having
given these varieties a vigorous push.
Carnations have held up unexpectedly
well in value and quality and up to
present writing have brought remunera-
tive prices, but it now appears as though
there might be a break soon, as blooms
are coming in more freely. The quality
continues excellent. Lilies are shorten-
ing up in supply and nobody is sorry.
At $2 a hundred they are very awkward
and unprofitable material from the
standpoint of the grower or wholesaler.
Violets are about finished, after one of
the longest seasons on record. Moss
roses are more plentiful and the receipts
of smilax are also increasing, with prices
tending downward.

With the beginning of May the prelim-
inary season of weddings is at an end
and the "steamer trade" will begin to
replace the wedding business on the flo-
rists' order books. The dimensions of
the latter were last season far behind the
record, but there is nothing on which to
base a reliable forecast as to the
approaching season. There will be an
ample supply of stock for all demands
that may be made.

Visitors to Flatbush miss a treat if
they fail to stop a few minutes at the
Brown conservatories, where the fine
condition of the contents convinces one
that Mr. Riley is an expert at something
else besides bowling. Cineraria stellata,
Anthurium Andreanum, calceolarias,
yellow callas and orchids in variety
are among the special attractions at
present.

Among the passengers per steamship
Zealand for Antwerp on Wednesday,
May 1, was Harry Bayersdorfer, who is
off on his annual purchasing trip. If
there are any novelties in fancy supplies
to be found on the Continent, Harry
does not propose to let them escape his
eagle eye.

Charles Zeller & Son report an unprece-
dented plant trade this season, and the
advance demand for orange t^ees and
other specialties so well done by them
indicates that the added capacity of the
Meissner greenhouses recently acquired
will not be a burden to them.

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\

F. Manker is one of the prosperous
Brooklyn florists clustered around Green-
wood cemetery. Bedding plants now
occupy every inch of available room,
20,000 lilies and over 2,000 azaleas hav-
ing been turned out up to and including
Easter. Marquis carnation is very fine
here.

The auction rooms are doing a rushing
business every Tuesday and Friday.
Competition is brisk and prices fair as a
rule.

Boston.

CUT FLOWEH MARKET IN GEBATLV IM-
PROVED CONDITION.— QUALITIES NOT OF
THE BEST BUT SURPLUSES ARE NOT
UNVPtELDY. — AFFAIRS OF THE HORTI-
CULTURAL SOCIETY. — SPECIAL RATES
FOR OPENING EXHIBITION. — VARIOUS
NOTES OF DOINGS IN THE TRADE.

It is gratifying to be able to record a
great improvement in the condition of
the wholesale cut flower market this
week. Undoubtedly the long period of
dark, stormy weather which reluctantly
left us in the latter part of last week vras,
by retarding crops, partially responsible
for the changed conditions which made
the present healthy state of the market
possible, but it is the fact rather than its
cause that we have to do with, and for
it all gro wers and wholesalers, also all
retailers who understand where their
best interest lies, are very grateful. The
sun has been shining for the past few
days, but it will take a considerable con-
tinuance of sunshine to bring the roses,
especially the pink varieties, back to
* their best quality. Carnations have
suflered also but not in the degree that
roses have. Bulbous materi^ is not over-
abundant and is benefiting by the general
condition of the market. Violets have
alone enjoyed the dreary dampness and
are better in quality than ever before at
so advanced a date. Prices are not much
higher than recently quoted on anything,
but stock is more nearly sold out at full
figures than for a long time past and job
lots are hard to find, much to the disgust
of the sidewalk dealers.

Secretary Manning has the library of
the horticultural society so arranged and
systematized in its temporary quarters
in the Tremont Building that books can
be consulted or taken out for home read-
ing as readily as ever. The task was by
no means a light one, but it was accom-
plished with commendable dispatch.
Treasurer Richardson has opened his
office temporarily at Room 7, Chickering
Hall, adjoining the new horticultural
building. In the meantime work is
rapidly progressing on the magnificent
structure which, when completed, will be
one of the handsomest buildings in Boston
and as the stagings are gradually cleared
away the vastness and beauty of the
new headquarters become strikingly
apparent. Reduced rates have been
granted on all New England railroads
for parties attending the grand opening
exhibition, May 29 to June 5.

Two bills have been reported in the
Massachusetts legislature appropriating
for the use of the Metropolitan Park
Commission $450,000 and $100,000
respectively, the latter being for the
completion of the Nantasket Beach
reservation.

The Public Garden is all illuminated
with pansies, hyacinths, daisies, etc., at
last, considerably later than customary.
The public are taking full advantage of
it these fine days and Superintendent
Doogue is happy.

Wm. Ingram, of Manchester, N. H.,

arrived here by steamer on Tuesday
from Jamaica, where he has been enjoy-
ing a lew weeks' recreation, loaded down
with coral machettes and interesting
narrative.

The Boston & Maine railroad has
ordered 50,000 plants to oe distributed
among the station agents for planting
on the station grounds this season. The
usual prizes for excellence will be given in
the fall.

Auction sales are a little slack this
week, buyers being few in number. This
is not altogether a misfortune — at least
the buyers who get the advantage think
so.

Hermann Thiemann, who has been
sufiering greatly with sciatic rheuma-
tism, is about again after a month's
seclusion.

•'Jack" Hannan, well known for many
years in the retail trade here, succumbed
to pneumonia at the City Hospital this
week.

Edmund M. Wood is reported as
improving and his friends are beginning
to feel sanguine of his recovery.

Lawrence Cotter has a house of superb
lilies that will be in just in time for
Meinorial day.

M. B. Bunker will remove from 6
Beacon street to 8 City Hall avenue on
May 6.

Chicago.

SUMMER CONDITIONS PREVAIL IN THE CUT
FLOWER MARKET. — SPRING FLOWERS IN
GREAT ABUNDANCE HURT THE STAPLE
LINES —ROSES ARE MOSTLY SOFT AND
CARNATIONS SLEEPY. — STORE-KEEPERS
REAFFIRM THEIR DECLARATION OF WAR
ON THE GREEKS —A NEW CARNATION
GROWER IN BOWMANVILLE.— VARIOUS
ITEMS OF DOINGS 'N LOCAL MARKET.

The season has advanced fully a month
within the past week and practically
summer conditions prevail in the cut
flower market. There is a surplus of all
lines of stock and such large quantities
of spring flowers that the staple articles
are sufiering to a greater extent than
would be warranted by the dimensions
of the daily receipts, for good roses and
carnations are not over-abundant.
While the receipts are unwieldy, the
greater part of the cut is popped-open
roses and sleepy looking carnations.
Really first-class flowers are hard to get
in quantities sufficient to supply shippmg
orders, although the demand has fallen
down considerably. A great many of the
growers are busy replanting rose houses
and the supply is apt to diminish mate-
rially as soon as the present crop of buds
is ofi. The season's supply of bulbous
stock is approaching an end, although a
number of growers will have various
specialties for some weeks to come, and
good violets are no longer received in
large numbers. The few which are com-
ing in fetch pretty lair prices. In the last
few days the warm weather has brought
along lilacs very rapidly and the supply
from southern Illinois will shortly have
the home-grown product for competition.
Already tue receipts are so heavy that
the street fakirs have become the princi-
pal outlet. Pansies and sweet peas have
also become plentiful, but the gentry of
the streets say they cannot handle the
former satisfactorily in any quantity.
On Thursday afternoon the temperature
fell some 30° and on Friday there was a
prospect that the impending dissipation
of all values might be postpone'' ^r a
few days. It had got to be pretty bad
before the weather changed, Thursday's
clean up sales to the Greeks being at 10
cents a bunch and worse for carnations.

The legitimate store-keepers are plan-
nirg a new method of attack upon their
sidewalk competitors and have engaged
a gentleman of the legal persiiasion to
direct their eflorts. They say that they
have formed a firm determination to
make the curbstones too warm for the
Greeks this spring, but the basket dealers
are still doing business at their accus-
tomed stands. Thej' have dropped their
talk of boycott against certain whole-
salers.

H. N. Bmns has bought T. J. Corbrey's
place at 1409 West Madison street, tak-
ing possession May 2, and will conduct
it in connection with his establishment
at 690 West Va i Buren street, at least
unt'l his lease expires there. The Cor-
brey place is new and one of the best on
that side of town. Mr. Corbrey's prin-
cipal care in the future will be lor
his health, which has been precarious of
late.

Peter J. Youngquist is building four
carnation houses 22x265 at the comer
of North Fifty-ninth street and Kedzie
avenue. The houses will have three
benches in each and be heated by hot
water. Mr. Youngquist secured his stock
of carnation plants of Michael Becker
and will consign his cut to J. A. Budlong.

The jobbers in glass have notified the
big growers of another increase in the
price of glass, taking effect May 1. The
list price of 16x24 double strength A
grade glass is $45 50 per box and the
prevailing discount is 80 and 20 per cent,
which makes the net price figure out at
$7 28 per box in less than car lots.

W. W. Saunders, proprietor of the
Golden Gate Bulb and Lily Farm, at
Oakland, Cal., returned home Tuesday
night after a six weeks' visit here and at
Battle Creek. He is an extensive grower
of callas at Oakland and proposes to <
continue the shipment of cut blooms to
local commission houses.

Weiland & Risch are now installed in
their new quarters in the basement under
their old location at 55 Wabash avenue,
where they will have greatly enlarged '
facilities. Benthey is soon to move to
the same basement and John Muno will
shortly be with them.

The Florists' Club has issued a circular
to the trade calling for the names of par-
ties likely to attend the S. A. F. conven-
tion at BntTalo next August, with a view
to securing advantageous terms from the
transportation authorities.

It is interesting to read that a certain
authority estimates the number of square
feet of commercial greenhouses in the
state of Connecticut at 800,000. There
is one grower in Cook county who has
that much glass.

J. P. Tonner, who has had selling space
with McKellar & Winterson, has rented
space in Prank Garland's establishment,
where his daughter Lilian will henceforth
keep the books.

F. R. Hills, of May wood, who has been
consigning to local commission houses,
has rented counter space at E. C.
Amling's, where he will sell his own cut
hereafter.

J. A. Budlong started out Wednesday
on his bicycle, with a vieyy to combining •
pleasure and business, calling upon
growers and buyers in various accessible
towns.

The Geo. Wittbold Company put up a
big decoration at the Hub this week,
covering the whole front of the store
with greens and flowering plants.

Hydrangeas are very plentiful in the
market now and well grown plants are
ofiered at cheap prices. They do not seem
to sell quite as freely as usual.

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r i The Central Floral Company has
( removed from Central Music Hall to 41
State street, the second door north of
the Masonic Temple.

Benthey & Company are making fine
progress on their new range of glass at
New Castle and expect to be planting
Beauties on May 20.

Wietor Bros, have 1,516 feet of Gar-
land's iron gutter on hand and will
shortly begin the erection of their new
range of houses.

Charles Erne is again with E. H. Hunt,
after having spent some months with
W. J. Smyth at Michigan and Thirty-
first street.

N. J. Wietor and Frank Everett are
going to Fox Lake on a fishing expedi-
tion next week.

Robert W. Schenk has been appointed
gardener in charge of the city pumping
stations.

Peter Reinberg shipped a carload of
carnation plants to New Castle on
Tuesday.

Mrs. C. M. Dickinson started April 30
I for a visit with her parents at Seattle.

Minneapolis.

TBADE FAIRLY ACTIVE AND EVBRYONB
' SATISFIED.— ROSES ABUNDANT BDT CAR-
i NATIONS ARE SCARCE. — VARIOUS NOTES.

Considerable funeral work the last
' seven days has kept the florists quite
busy, so with a few decorations and the
regular trade the week was a very sat-
isfactory one. Roses of all varieties are
abundant, while carnations seem to be
in limited quantities, especially so the
' whites. The warm, sunny weather of
late is fetching out the Beauties in larger
numbers, also Bridesmaids in great quan-
tities.

Brant & Noe are fixing their cold- room
up in better shape. They are using the
artificial ammonia cooling system and
its success is unqualified, it being clean
and fully as cheap as the old method. It
is used throughout the building which
. they occupy.

Bedding stock is occupying the minds
of the greenhouse men now and the
warm weather has caused some sales to
be made already to the impatient pur-
chasers who want an early start.

A large quantity of cinerarias in fine
condition are being displayed in the
store windows, also some hydrangeas,
of which the Wm. Donaldson Company
had the finest lot.

The Minneapolis Floral Company is
rapidly getting its new houses into con-
dition, and it will make a model range
when completed. C. F. R.

Cincinnati.

ARRIVAL OF SPRING BEINGS RUSH OF STOCK
TO MARKET. — GOOD ROSE PLANTS SELL
RAPIDLY.— DOINGS AT ADRIAN'S. — OTHER
NOTES.

Spring is coming on with a rush, for in
the last few days the weather has been
very pleasant, and the stock is more
plentiful. The wholesale men report
enough of everything except white car-
nations to fill orders. The flower mar-
ket last Saturday was a mass of bloom-
ing plants and cut flowers and all the
stand-holders seemed to be doing a good
business. Some exceptionally fine pot
roses were seen on Brunner's Sons'
stand, especially American Beauties,
with ten and twelve flowers and buds.
Al. Brunner informed me he had 500 of
this variety and the plants were all sold
but one-half dozen. He is also well sat-
isfied with the way his hybrids have sold.

It simply shows that the man with the
best stock gets the money.

A visit to Gus. Adrian found this
hustling up-to-date florist in line with a
fine lot of bedding plants for spring sales.
Mr. Adrian has one of the best helpers
to be found in the business in this city.
The writer has reference to Mrs. Adrian,
who certainly is doing her share to help
Gus. make a success of his rapidly grow-
ing business.

Don't forget to attend the meeting of
the society on Saturday, May 11, at
7:30 p. m. sharp. Lots of business of
Importance will be brought up at this
meeting, including nomination of officers
lor the ensuing year.

J. A. Peterson gave up his Walnut
street store on May 1.

Frank Ball took a flying trip to St.
Louis last Saturday. D.

Franklin, Pa. '

BBLLS' NEW PLACE TO BE A PINE ONE.—
GOOD STOCK IN EVIDENCE THROUGHOUT
THEIR RANGE. — CARNATIONS IN ESPECIAL
DEMAND.

Within a short distance of the city, on
as fine a tract of land as ever felt to the
lot of the grower, W. T. Bell & Sons will
soon commence building two modern
carnation houses, each 28x200 feet.
Carnations, as everywhere else, have
been much in demand, the supply on the
whole scarcely sufficing to go the rounds.
In addition to their retail trade, which is
quite extensive, they supply a number of
florists in neighboring towns. It was a
question between declining orders and
extending facilities. Mr. Bell chose the
latter course.

A stroll through the houses proved
very interesting indeed. Carnations were
at their best, not a bloom but what the
commission men would grade as first-
class. The Marquis, as grown here,
bears out all that its introducer ever
claimed for it. Mrs. Crane, Bradt, Day-
break and White Cloud are likewise
grown successfully here, while Red 'acket,
although long since elsewhere replaced
by other aspirants, still seems to hold
its own here. The rose houses showed
excellent cultural management.

What is equally interesting as well as
attractive about the establishment is the
neatness and order obtaining every-
where. Ladies may go through the
place in their silks and satins and depart
without having their fineries soiled or
dusty. _ Mr. Bell believes that flowers,
like animals, require clean surroundings
and healthy conditions in order to thrive.

In addition to roses and carnations
W. T. Bell & Sons grow bulbous stock
and plants of many sorts quite exten-
sively. NOMIS.

BRpGEPORT, W. Va.— Henry Hose lost
heavily in the recent storm, his green-
houses being inundated.

RIDGEWOOD, N. J.— Andrew V. D. Sny-
der has broken ground for a range of new
greenhouses which will cost $6,000.

Brazil, Ind.— Albert Dinkle has bought
property on Walnut street to which he
will remove his greenhouses and enlarge
them.

Torrington, Conn. — The greenhouses of
the Jeflrey estate have been sold to
Castle, of Valley Park, who is about to
open a florist business in that place.

Paterson, N. J.— Robert Smith is a
lucky florist. He recently won a $750
automobile, the investment having cost
him $1. He was offered $500 for the
machine on the spot.

Meetings of Florists' Clubs.

The accompanying list gives the cities
in which there are active florists' clubs.
Following the name of the club is the
place of meeting, the day of meeting, the
hour and the name and address of the
secretary:

Baltimore, Md.— Gardeners' Club of Balti-
more, Royal Arcanum building, 18 W. Saratoga
street. Second and fourth Mondays of each
month, at 8 p. m. John J. Perry, Sec'y, Gay and
Eager streets.

Boston, Mass.— Gardeners' and Florists' Club
of Boston, Horticultural Hall. Meets four times
a year on call of executive board. W. E. Fischer,
Sec'y, Horticultural Hall.

Brockton, Mass.— Brockton Gardeners' and
FlorisU' Club, store of W. W. Hathaway, Times
Building. First and third Tuesday of each
month, at 8 p. m. W. W. Hathaway, Sec'y,
Brockton, Mass.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Buffalo Florists' Club, 481
Washington street. Second Wednesday of each
month, at 8 p. m. Wm. Legg, Sec y, 1440 Dela-
ware avenue, Buffalo.

Chicago, III.— Chicago Florists' Club, Handel
Hall, 40 Randolph street. First and third Friday
of each month, at 8 p. m. Charles Hunt, Sec'y,
84 Randolph street, Chicago.

Cincinnati, O.— Cincinnati Florists' Society,
Jabez Elliott Flower Market. Second Saturday
of each month, at 8 p. m. Geo. S. Bartlett, Sec'y,
313 East Second street.

Cleveland, O.— Cleveland Florists' Club,
Progress Hall, 244 Detroit street. Second and
fourth Mondays of each month, at 8 p. m. A. H.
Graham, Sec'y, 2s49 Euclid avenue. Cleveland.

Denver, COL.— Denver Floral Club, 323 Charles
Block. Second Friday in each montli, at 8 p. m.
F. T. Rushmore, Sec'y, 2252 Clarkson street.

Des Moines, Ia.— Des Moines Florists' Club, at
various florists' establishments. Last Monday in
each month, at 8 p. m. J. T. D. Fulmer, Sec'y
702 Walnut street, Des Moines.

Detroit, Mich.— Detroit Florists' Club, Cowie
Building, Farran and Gratiot avenue. Third
Wednesday of each month, at 8 p. m. Geo. W.
Davis, Sec'y, 372 Lincoln avenue.

Indianapolis. Ind.— State Florists' Association
of Indiana. Horticultural rooms. State House,
Indianapolis. First Tuesday of each month, at
8 p. m. R. a. McKeand, Sec'y, Garfield Park,
Indianapolis.

MILWAUKEE, Wis —Milwaukee Florists' Bowl-
ing Club, Plankinton House. Thursday eveoings
at 8 p. m. C. C. PoUworth, Sec'y, 137 Oneida
street.

New York, N. Y — New York Florists' Club
Elk's Hall, 19 West Twenty-ninth street. Second
Monday of each month, at 7:30p. m. John Young,
Sec'y, 51 West Twenty-eighth street. New York.

Omaha. Neb.— Nebraska and Iowa Florists'
Society, Fuller's Hall, Fourteenth and Douglas
streets. Second Thursday in each month at 8
p. m. Louis Henderson, Sec'y, 1519 Famam
street, Omaha.

Philadelphia, Pa.— Florists' Club of Philadel-
phia, Horticultural Hall, Broad street above
Spruce. First Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m.
Edvrin Lonsdale, Sec'y, Wyndmoor, Philadelphia
Pa.

PiTTSBURO, Pa.— Pittsburg and Allegheny Flo-
rists' and Gardeners' Club, at rooms of Pittsburg
Cut Flower Co. , 504 Liberty street. Second Thurs-
day of each month, at 8 p. m. T. P. Langhans,
Sec'y, 504 Liberty street. Pittsburg.

Providence, R. I.— Florists' and Gardener's
Club of Rhode Island. 96 Westminster street.
Providence. Second Thursday in each month,
at 8 p. m. Alexander Rennie, Sec'y, 41 Washing-
ton street, Providence.

ST. I^uis, Mo.— St. Louis Florists' Club, Odd
Fellows Hall No. 2, Ninth and Olive streets.
Second Thursday of each month, at 3 p. m. Emil
Schray, Sec'y, 4101 Pennsylvania avenue, St.
Louis.

Toronto, Ont— Toronto Gardeners' and Flo-
rists' Association, St. George's Hall, Elm street.
Third Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m. W. C.
Jay, Sec'y, 438 Spadina avenue.

Utica. N. Y— Utica Florists' Club, 183 Genesee
street. First Thursday of each month, at 8 p. m.
F. E. Shaw, secretary.

West Hoboken, N. J.— North Hudson Florists'
Club, store of H. C. Steinhoff, Hudson boulevard.
West Hoboken. First Tuesday of each month]
at 8 p. m. Geo. F. Kogge Sec'y 616 Washington
street, Hoboken.

TopsHAM, Me.— The engagement of
Edward B. Spragne and Miss Bertha
Dean is announced.

New York Mills, N. Y.— James Jones
has resumed his old place as florist at the
Rose Lawn Greenhouses, ovirned by itlrs.
Herbage.

Auburn, Ind. — A. F. Fleming has
leased property adjoining his own and is
building a new greenhouse. He finds
trade good.

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SubBcriptioD, $1.00 a year. To Europe, I2.0O.

Subscriptions accepted only from those

in the trade.

Advertisements on all except cover pages,

10 Cents a Line, Agate; 11.00 per inch.

Gash with Order.

No Special Position Guaranteed.
Discounts are allowed, only on consecutive inser-
tions, as follows — 6 times, 5 percent; 13 times,
10 per cent, 26 times, 20 per cent;
52 times, 30 per cent.
Cover space sold only on yearly contract at
tl.OO perinch, net, in the case of the two
front pages, regular discounts ap-
plying only to the back pages.
The Advertising Department of the Ahsbican
Florist is for Florists, Seedsmen and Nurserymen
and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines on/y

Orders lor less than one-hall inch space not accepted
Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to
secure insertion in the issue for the following
Saturdav. Address

AMERICAN FLORIST CO., OHIOAQO.

TuEHB is a big demand for ivies for
planting in window boxes.

The Florists' Hail Association is enjoy-
ing its annual spring boom.

Boston ferns in salable small sizes and
for growing on are in active demand.

Indications point to increased demands
for started plants of cannas this season.

The supply of really well grown bed-
ding geraniums promises to be short
again, but prices are low.

The Pan-American carnation exhibi-
tion is a great success. Many of the
exhibits arrived late, however, and
delayed the judgesinmakingthe awards.

Tomato plants grown from cuttings
from plants which had fruited are said to
have produced over thirty pec cent more
than those grown from seed of the same
variety.

When yon mix that carnation soil, if
you do not want stem rot, remember:
Not too much manure and that not too
fresh, plenty of air-slaked lime or wood
ashes, full sunshine on the pile; turn it
often.

The production of window glass in
this country will cease for the summer
one week from to-day, with stock much
less than the usual summer demands,
and prices moved up another notch
May 1.

Pot Washing Machine.

Ed. Am. Florist:— Can any reader
advise as to whether there is on the
market a reliable pot-washing machine,
suitable for working by steam from a
small boiler, and if so, by whom it is
manufactured. W.

Are You Going?

For fifteen years, beginning with the
first year of the S. A. K. era, the Ameri-
can Florist has taken an active part in
promoting the excursions of the trade
pilgrims, especially from Chicago and the
west, to the annual gatherings of that
society. It hardly needs to be said that
with the great Pan-American celebration
which dominates the dawn of the century,
the Florist will do even more. The
Buffalonians have reason to expect much
of their Chicago friends and they shall
not be disappointed. We ask every
western subscriber who even thinks of
attending the Pan-American meeting of
the S. A. F. to send us his name that we
may reach him from this date until
August 6 with seasonable news of the
trip.

"Its Fine Reading and the Ads."

Ed. Am. Florist:— I enclose $1 as sub-
scription for another year. I prize your
journal very much for its fine reading
matter and the advertisements it con-
tains. Success to the Am brican Florist.
Yours very truly,

Hinsdale, Mass. H. J. Smith.

White Mrs. Bradt.

Ed. Am. Florist: — We have a white
sport from Mrs. George M. Bradt carna-
tion which is as good a flower as any
Bradt that was ever grown. It is a pure
white. I would like to know if Mrs.
Bradt has given a white sport at any
other place. W, B.

Mrs. Bradt has made several sports
into pure white, scaft-let and even pink so
that is hardly worth the trouble of work-
ing up a stock of "W. B.'s" sport.

Albert M. Here.

Lettuce Roots Decay.

Ed. Am. Florist:— Can you explain the
cause of some trouble I have with let-
tuces? They are grown in house 11x60
feet; night temperature 40° to 45°; house
ventilated during the day; horse manure
mixed with soil. The trouble is that
under these conditions the roots decay.

J. K.

I am of the opinion that our friend's
trouble comes from too much manure. I
do not consider it a fungus disease. I
have had similar difficulty with the first
crop in some of my lettuce beds and the
same beds subsequently gave the best and
heaviest lettuce. M.

Is It Possible 1

The first doves — emblems of peace —
have just been freed from the Pan-Ameri-
can towers, the ding-dong and sing-song
of the midway have just begun, and in
this first dawn of its opening our own
dear old Great Scott flickers. A trifling
business mention by his Bufialo neighbor
excites him unreasonably. But we can-
not follow him. This is to be a summer
to celebrate the dawn of the century.
The American Florist cannot aid or
abet the official representative of horti-
culture at the Pan-American in flounder-
ing this way at the start. We are with
you, old man, in all that stands for the
best interests of horticulture. Lead ns
on, but upward.

Greenhouse Building.

Tewksbury, Mass. — A. Roper, 300-foot
carnation house.

Lowell, Mass. — Harvey Green, violet
house.

Auburn, Ind. — A. F. Fleming, one house.

Terre Haute, ^ Ind.— John G. Heinl &
Son, range of houses.

South Braintree, Mass.— H. B. Dol-
beare, consei^atory.

Kennebunk, Me. — J. O. Elwell, one
house.

Rhinebeck, N. Y.— Chas. Ferris, one
violet house.

Somersworth, N. H. — E. A. Corson, one
house.

Plainfield, Vt. — S. Parrish, one house.

East Haven, Conn.— F. H. Kimberley,
range of houses.

Belmont, Mass.— Edw. Skahan, range
of houses.

Great River, N. Y.— C. B. Hobbs, tnree
conservatories.

Marlboro, Mass.— W. L. Lewis, two
houses. ■

Houses for Mild Climate.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I live in a part of the
country in which the sun shines nearlv
every day in the year, and where only a
trace of snow falls in the winter. I wish
to construct a block of greenhouses for
growing roses, carnations, violets, etc.,
and a miscellaneous assortment of bed-
ding plants. Would you advise short-
span- to-the-south houses, or even-span '
running north and south? What height
would you suggest for gutters above the
ground? What height, width and
arrangement of benches are most easily
cared for and most profitable?

Sobscribbr.

Under the conditions named I would
prefer even-span houses. Especially for
the carnations and violets, arrangements
should be made for ventilators in the
side walls, although these need not be
of glass. A good arrangement would be
to use houses about twenty-six feet wide,
with three benches and four walks for
carnations and violets, and four benches
and five walks for roses. This would
bring the walks along the walls, which
should be about five feet high, unless the
walks can be slightly sunken, when the
height of the walls may be reduced to
four and one-halt feet. The height of the
benches can be varied with that of the
walls, but for convenience the surface of
the soil should not be much less than two
and one-half feet nor more than three
feet. The width should be about six feet
for carnations and violets and four feet
for roses. L. R. Taft.

Trouble With Steam Boiler.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I have a trouble-
some steam boiler. It will not take the
water from the return pipes fast enough,
consequently they fill up and prevent cir-
culation. Perhaps you can suggest . a
remedy. The houses are in two sections,
part on each side of the boiler. One sec-
tion consists of five connected houses
each 100 feet long. Three of the houses
are twenty feet wide and the other two
about ten feet wide. The main is of
2'inch pipe and on leaving boiler passes
overhead through a rose-house 135 feet
long (but does not supply steam here,
this house being heated by another boiler)
thence along the end of the houses, enter-
ing each overhead. The main return,
into_ which all the others empty, is of
1^4 inch pipe and also runs in straight line
across ends of houses direct to boiler,
with fall of about two feet in 215, and
then falls perpendicularly six feet to bot-
tom of boiler. The other section consists
of three houses each 20x100 feet. The
2-inch main, eighty feet in length, runs
overhead across ends of houses and the
supply pipes drop from this under the
benches, where both return and flow are
located. The return into which all empty
is of I'i-inch pipe and runs direct to
boiler across ends of houses, with a fall
of eight inches in the eighty feet, falling
six feet to enter boiler at bottom. The
piping in all the houses is of lV4inch pipe.

R. B.

From the description it appears that
there is nearly 1,500 square' feet of radia-
tion, including the mains, in each rangeof
houses, and that this is supplied by a
2-inch main. In a high pressure system^
where the return water is pumped back
into the boiler, it would give good results,
but for a low pressure gravity system,
which I infer is used in the present case,
the main supply pipes are altogether too
small. For the best results these pipes
should be three inches in diameter, and

jgoi.

The American Florist.

1419

the supply pipes for each of the twenty-
foot houses should be 2-inch. It would
also be advisable to increase the size of
the main returns to 2-inch. It the other
parts of the system are properly arranged,
the trouble complained of will be cor-
rected. L. R. Taft.

OBITUARY.

N. H. CUSHING.

Nathaniel H. Gushing died at Woburn,
Mass., April 29. He was a market gar-
dener and a large grower of pansies. He
caught cold at the funeral of his brother
and pneumonia developed. He was 40
years of age.

MRS. JAMES FROST.

Mary Elizabeth Frost, wile of James
Frost, of Greenville, Ohio, died April 17,
after a long and painful illness. She was
52 years of age and was possessed of
many warm friends. The floral tributes
at the obsequies, April 20, attested the
wide esteem in which she and her hus-
band are held.

MBS. J. D. CAEMODY.

J. D. Carmody, of Evansville, Ind., has
the sympathy of the trade throughout
the country in the death of his wife,
which occurred at a Chicago sanitarium,
April 28. Mrs. Carmody had been a
great suflerer for many years and visited
Chicago to undergo a surgical operation.
The operation appeared to be favorable
to the patient, but later complications
arising irom a weakened condition
resulted in her death. Mrs. Carmody
was very popular in Evansville and one
of the most successful business women of
that town. She was a prominent mem-
ber of the Woman's Relief Corps and other
organizations. The remains were con-
veyed to Evansville and, after service at
St. Paul's Episcopal church, interred at
Oak Hill Cemetery in the presence of many
sorrowing friends. The floral oSerings
were numerous and very fine.

Rutland, Vt.— C. H. Miles has opened
a new office on Centre street.

Sutton, Mass.— Frank N. Hoyle is seri-
ously ill with typhoid pneumonia.

Champaign, III. — C. C. Ferdinandsen is
increasing his facilities by building a show
house, for use as a salesroom,

Cbomwbll, Conn. — A. N. Pierson is
making extensive improvements and
alterations in his ofiice and work rooms.

West End, N. J.— W. G. Eisele has
taken a very large contract, that for
landscape work at the beautiful mansion
which Daniel O'Day, of Standard Oil
fame, is erecting at Hollywood.

East Haven, Conn.— F. H. Kimberley
is about to add some 75,000 feet more
glass to his establishment. Violets,
roses, carnations and orchids will all be
grown extensively in the future.

New Albany, Ind. — Anders Rasmussen
reports the sale of stock of his new white
carnation, Hoosier Maid, to be beyond
his expectations. He is planning to
build a new house for it next year.

Baring Cross, Ark. — Bedding plant
trade has opened here with a rush. J. W.
Vestal & Son are well equipped for it for
they have put up a new house for this
class oi stock. Frank Vestal has a new
house for tree seedlings.

SITLATIONS, WANTS, TOR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this head.

UlTUATION WANTKD — Uy [jood all-around
^^ grower of roses, carnations, 'mums, violets,
etc. Only a Qrst-class place wanted, where good
wages arc: paid; cun take full ch:trt:*'.

E \V, care American Florist.

SJITDATION WANTED-As foreman; all-around
^^ man: especially successful . growinK high
grade carnations; married. Up-to-date place
wanted. State wages with particulars.

F W, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman by a flrst-
^^ class grower roses, caruations. 'mums, violets,
palms, ferns, and forcing of bulbs. Three years
in last place; capable of taking charge of a large
place. Firat-class references. Single.

Florist, care American Florist.

W

ANTED — A lady forourflor st establishment;

must have experience.
J. Ensweilek, 5329 S. ^Morgan St., Chicago.

"YY^^' TED— 2000 feet 2-inch pipe and 125 feet
' ' 4-inch: also 12x14 inch glass.

St. Marts Gbeenhouse Co., St. Marys, Pa.

WANTED — Two American Beauty growers.
Apply at oncp. Geo. Reinbeuo,

51 Wabash Ave., or 301 Balmoral Ave., Chicago.

WANTED— A young man, with good habits, to
take the place of second man in greenhouse
of 15,000 feet of glass. State wuges. Address
F, care Americ m Florist.

WANTED — Two good gardeners lor greenhouse
work, bedding and ttlline boxes. Two gar-
deners for landscape work. Wages $12 per week.
W. G. EisELE, West End, N. .J.

WANTED — A flrst-claes carnation grower; also
well-up in general greenhouse work on a
large establishment, growing cut Mowers

Grower, care Amtncan Florist.

XVANTED— At once, a reliable lloiist capable to
'' take charge of place of 15 000 leet of glass;
must he sober, honest and rrliable. A steady
place for good man. Wages right. Address

F, c»re American Florist.

WANTED— A good rose grower to take charge
of Bride and Maid section to work under
foreman. Wages $25.00 month and board to start
with. Address Joun Muno,

Rogers Park. Chicago, 111.

WANTED— A good, reliable and sober man for
general greenhouse work; must have good
experience in growing a general line of plants.
Wages $.'5.00 to $30.1 per month with board.

Carl Hirsch, Hillsdale, Mich.

TV'ANTED— Married man for cariation houses;
*• must be a good grower, steady and have
good references. Send particulars regarding ref-
erence and salary desired to

Buci-iEYE, care American Florist.

WANTED — A flrst-class rose and carnation
grower to take charge of about 18,000 square
feet of glass. Send references, age, anu wages
wanted per month with board, washing and room.
Address Pa, care American Florist.

WANTED AT ONCE— A good all-around flo-
rist; a sober and industrious man. and no
other need apply. A good, steady place for the
right man. Salary $25.00 per month and board.
Please send references, etc., in first letter.

S. M. Harbison, Danville, Ky.

TVANTED— Working foreman for a small com-
' ' mercial place; must be good on roses and
carnations; married man with small family as
house is near greenhouses. State wages and
where last employed. M. J. Lyncu,

256 Main St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

WANTED— A Scotchman, American or English
mau as foreman in small place. Must be an
all-around florist, and also familiar with propaga-
tion and plant growing. A man familiar with
greenhouse construction and pipe fitting pre-
ferred. No one addicted to the drink habit need
apply. Send references and state wages expected.
Sherman Nursery Co., Charles City, Iowa.

FOR SALE— 100 boxes 16x24 D. S. A. Pittsburg
glass. Address J M F,

Box 45, De Haven, Pa.

FOR SALE OR RENT— 8.0CO feet of glass in a
lively western town, by July 1. Write for
particulars. J. care American Florist.

FOR SALE OR LEASE— Florist establishment
in a good busines city in Southern Minnesota.
For particulars address

A F, care American Florist.

UOR SALE— Greenhouse establishment. 35,000
J- feet of glass, well stocked. Price a little more
than than one jears' sales. Address

Ohio, care American Florist.

L^OR SA.LE— One Hitchini^s boiler in use three
' winters; also windmilland tauK. Business
must be closed as the owner is dead.

Mrs. II. D. Hobart, Homer, N. V.

Ij^OR RENT— Store and greenhouses, corner of
-L Lincoln :iad Van Buren Sts. Established 20
years. Immediate possession. Tnos. H. Gault,
9:U Stock Exchange Bldg., Chicago.

Xj^OR SALE— Ten greenhouses, about 22,010 feet
-L of glass, mostly 16x24 glass, heated by hot
water. Large brick coal cellars, will hold four
cars of coai. The greenhous^-s are built on a
southern slope, and all in good condition, and
planted to roses, carnations and bedding stock,
all fine order. Also all plants for next year's
crops. Two dwellings; one house has six rooms
and basement, and otber ten rooms and basement,
both heated with hot water; separate boilers.
Good city water pressure, and a little less than four
acres of tine land. Close to cemetery; inside city
limits. Fifty miles from Chicago and thirty-
five miles from Milwaukee. This place must be
seen to be appreciated. Apply to

LEWIS TURNER. Kenosha, Wis.

Not

ice

IS hereby given that Arnold R.

WANTED !

Lommell is no longer in our
employ and customers are cautioned against
paying him money on our account as he is
collecting same and appropriating it to his
own use Information as to his where-
abouts bv telegram collect solicited.
JOS. Kirr & SON, 1725 chestnut St., Phila.

To express full apprecia-
tion to many aoplicants for
position. Absence from
home and illness have pre-
vented answering so many, which I regret. Hav-
ing been disappointed in several alleged florists
claiming great but showine little knowledge and
reliabiluy, I desire a competent working foreman.

J. T. WILLIAMSON,

LaRose Gardens, Memphis, Tenn.

FOR SALE.

Controling interest in a first-class Nursery
Co. Doing a good, paying business, both
local and shipping trade, well stocked and
a good stock coming on. Location the best
for living and growing stock. Long estab-
lished. Address OWNER, oare Am. Florist.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY oe

At Nyack, N. Y, A plot 220x125
f eett on which are four Rose houses,
100x18x6, each house heated by a
No. 16 Hitchingfs Boiler ; and seven
houses, each about 64x1 1 ft., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HITCHIN6S & CO.,

a33 Mercer St. NEW YORK.

W

3 a^aa-^isiassiaas i§ asssss^^a^

If you want to get the want ^S
you want to get, you want j|j
to get your want ad into the ^

American !
florist!

Try it now. jtt

Every advertisement represents <&

a genuine want. J* It pays j^

to answer them. ^ j^ ^ ^

1420

The American Florist.

May 4,

Lincoln, Neb.

Plant trade is in full sway. A great
many people buy early here and use the
stock as house plants for a few days,
until the danger of frost is over. This
class of trade calls for 4 inch plants
mostly and will use anything showy.
Bedding will begin shortly. Cut flower
trade is good but the warm weather the
past week has flooded the market with
good stock. Almost every one is busy
planting out carnations and several are
about through with this work. Lincoln
will soon be quite a fruit center as there
are thousands of trees being planted, one
firm haying 120 acres in peaches alone.

C. H. F.

Tuscola, III.— George C. Schmitt is
ill with typhoid fever and, while his con-
dition is not serious, the loss of time in
the spring rush is a great irritation.

Wbol^ale [lower/\arK^

CmciKNATi, May 2.

Rosea, Beauty I5.00@25.00

Bride 3.00® 5.00

" Bridesmaid 3.00® 5.00

Meteor 3.80® 5.00

Perle 3.00® 4.00

Carnations 1.00® 3.00

Violets 35® .50

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Daffodils, Tulips 3.00

Harrisii lilies 6.00® 8.00

Callas 6.00® 8.00

Sweet peas 1.00

Asparagus 50.00

fimilax 12.50

Adiantum 1 .00

Oalax leaves .15

Common ferns .20

St. Lotus, May 2.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 3.

•' Beauty, long, per doz.2. 00® 3,
" " short " .50® 1,

" Perle 3,

" Meteor 3.

Carnations, common 1 .

" choice 2.

Lily of the valley

Sweet peas

Callas 6.

Harrisii 6.

Lilac

Narcissus Poetlcus

.Jonquils

cimilax, 15

Adiantum

Qalax

MiLWADKBB, May 2.

Roses, Beauty, long, per doz. 3.00®
" " med. " 1.50®

" " • short " 1.00®

" Bride, Bridesmaid 4,

" Meteor 4,

" Qolden Gate 4

" Perle 4

Carnations, ordinary 1

" fancy 2

Adiantum

Smllax

Asparagus

Galax leaves

Lily of the Valley

Harrisii 10

Callas 10

Tulip, single 2

Mignonette

PiTTSBUKs, May 2.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 25

" " extra 15

No. 1 8

" Bride, Bridesmaid 2

" Meteor 3

" Perle 3

Carnations, ordinary

" fancy 1

Violets

Lily of the valley ,,,', 2

Mignonette 1

Sweet peas \,

Daisies * i

Tulips ;; 2

Harrisii 3

Smilax ! . 20

Adiantum '.'.'.',

Asparagus .'■'sO

" Sprengerii

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 II.
Dagger feme per 1000, 2.00

00® 6.00

00

60

00® 5.00

00® 6.00

00® 2.00

50® 3.00

4.00
60® .75
00®10.00
00@10.00

5.00
50® 1.00
60® 1.00
00@20.00

1.00
.15

4.00
2.50
1.25

00® 6.00

00® 6.00

00® 6.00

.00® 6.00

00® 1.50

.00® 3.00

75® 1.00

20.00

65.00

.20

4.00

00®12.60

00@12.50

to® 3.00

3 00

.00® 30. 00
.00® 20 00
00®10.00
,00® 8.00
.00® 5 00
.00® 5.00
,50® .76
.00® 3.00
,2U@ .75
,00® 4.00
,00® 3. CO
,60® 1.50
,00® 2. CO
.00® 4.00
00® 6.00
00@25.00
75® 1.00
,00®7B.OO
35® .60
25

fancy Terns

$2.50 per JOOO; 30c per 100.

Wild Smilax

50 lb. case, $8.00.

We still have a large supply
of Fancy Ferns, the best in
the market.

We will have Wild Smilax
after other dealers are out.

Per doz.

American Beauties, l'>ng $3.00

" '• medium — 1.50 to 2.00

" " short 75 to 1.00

Per 100

Brides, Bridesmaids |3 OO to $ 4 00

Meteors, Kaiserins 3.00 to 5.00

Perles 2.08 to 3.00

Carnations, fancy 2.00 to 3.00

" standards 1.00 to l..=>0

SweetPeas l.ooto 1.50

Violets, double 75 to 1.<I0

Valley 300to 4.00

Tulips 2 00 to 4.00

Marguerites — 50 to .75

Forget-me-not 1.00

Callas O.OOto 8.00

Lil. Harrisii 6.00to 8.00

Pansiet 1 03

Mignonette .,. 2.00 In 4.U0

Adiantum .75

Smilax 15.00 to 25.00

Asparagus Plumosus 60 00 to 75.C0

Sprengerii 3.00 to 4.00

J. B. DEAMUD

51 Wabash Avenue,

.CI1IC4G0.

Phone Central 3155.

Please mention the American Florist when 2v*iling.

CARNATION BLOOMS

' Extra Select, from 2 to 4 cents.

SHIPPED DIRECT FROM GREENHOUSES TO ALL POINTS.

I CHICAGO C4RN4TI0N CO., - Joliet, III.

CUT FLOWERS.

A J. ji j^ Shipping orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLL WORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG GUT FLOWER CO., Ltd.

504
Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
PA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

No. 1 contains 25 lbs $4.50

No. 2 contains 35 lbs : 6.50

No. 3 contains 50 lbs 7.00

Brilliant Bronze or Green $1.00 per 1000

Telephone
798 Madison Sq.

FANCY FERN. DAGGER FERN. ETC.. at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARD, 38 W. 28lh St., New York.

Holton AND

Hunkel Co.

Wholesale

Florists....

...GEO. M. KELLOGG...

■""•"•i^n'r'w'e'ii: Cut Flowers

QWe u. an order and we wlU please you.

Our Greanhou.ei at PLEASANT HILL, MO.
Our Store. 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO.

|aF~LONe DieTANOS 'PHOirS AT KITHEB FLAOI

Please mention the Ameyican Florist when writing.

The Cincinnati
Gut Flower Co.,

Kffi:o. WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

Consignments Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders.

igoi.

The American Florist.

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f

We are trying here to say just the word
which will make

YOl WANT TO BUY OT US.

Wc have endeavored to impress upon you the fact of our
1 large resources, our undoubted superior facilities and our desire
{ for your cut flower trade. Many of you have replied with
1 orders. But we want more. Why not write or wire today?

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street,

CHICAGO, ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BBAUTieS

Long per doz., $3 00—

Medium ■• 1.. '•0-2. 00

Short " 75— l.OO

Brides, Maids per 100, 4.00— 5.00

Meteors " 4.00—5.01)

Perles " 3.0J— 4.U0

Roses, good seconds " 2.00 — 3. CO

Carhalioni, standard sorts.. " 1. CO— 1.50

Fancysorts " 2.00— 4. UO

Callas per dozen, .75 — 1 .00

Sweet Peas per 100, .75— 1.0)

Pansies " .40— .60

Tulips " 3.00— 4.00

Valley " 4.00-5.00

Violets " 1.00

Mignonette per doz. .35 — .50

Asparagus per string .50— .60

Galax, 1000, «1. 25: 10,000; for llO.fO per 100 .20

Ferns, per 1000, $3.50 per 100 .40

Adiantum " .75—1.00

Smilax per dozen, 1.50 — 2.00

Prices Subject to Change without Notice.

WEI LAND & RISCH

can save you

money on

Cut
Flowers

We are extensive growers and
have unsurpassed ship-
ping facilities.

WRITE OR TELEQRAPH.

59 Wabash Avenue,
CHICAGO.

Bassett&Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

VbalMal* Dealers aid
Grower* of

Gut Flowers

0RCENHOU8E8; HINSDALE, ILL.

Poehlmann Bros. Co.

Wholesale Growers of

and
Dealers In

Cut Flowers

All telegraph and lelephoue orders

given prompt aLientiou. 51

Greenhouses: Wabash Ave.,

Morion Grove. III. CHICAGO, ILL.

Wholesale Store, K!:r"'

Sell our own-grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors

In quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy

reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both

Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.

Try us.

124 Sixth Street. N.

Minneapolis. Minn.

BRANT & NOE.

,.11 your..

Business Methods

are right yon can make a profit
on an advertlaement here.

E. H. Hunt,

WHOLESALE

Cut flowers

THE "OLD RELIABLE."

76 Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO.

Please ntention the A merican Florist -wheu writing-

Wbol^ale [lower/arK^

Chicago, May 3.

Roses. Beauty, 30-36-inoh8teins.. S.OO

" 24 " " 2 03

18 " " 1.50

12 " " 1.00

" 8 " " .75

6 " " .60

Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00® 5.00

Meteor 4.00® 5.00

Perle 3.00® 4.00

Golden Gate 4 00® 8.00

Carnations l.OU® 1.50

fancy 2.00® 4 00

Violets 5'® 1.00

Sweet peas 'S® 1 00

Pansies *@ .£0

Callas, Harrisii 4.10® 8. OH

Lily of the valley 4 00® 6.00

Paper Whites 3.00® 4.00

Daffodils 2.00® 3.00

Tulips 3.00® 4.00

Mignonette 35® .50 doz.

Cattlevas 8.00 doz.

Adianlum 75® l.fO

Common ferns per 1,000 3 50 .40

Galax leaves, per 1000 $1.85 .20

Smilax per dozen 1.50® ^.00

Asparagus. . .per dozen 6.1100 8,00

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

eOO.OOO FEET OF GLASS.
Headquartera for American Beauty.

51 Wabash Ave.. • CHICAGO, ILL.

GEO. REINBERG,

""tss.! Cut Flowers

Choice American Beauties.

We will take care ot your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

61 Wabash Ave., CHICAQO, ILL.

ERANK GARLAND,

Wholesale Grower and Shipper o(

...CIT FLOWERS

S5"S7 Wabash Avenue, =^=^^^
CHICAQO. TeL Central 2384.

Benthey & Co.

F. F. BENTHEV, Manager,

Wholesale Commission Florist

41 Randoiph Street CHICAGO.

Ig^nConsignments solicited

A. L. RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Willi*
Ington St., Chicago.

)*• •'>- mnfif'

J.RBUDLONG

Boses and
Carnations
A Specialty

37-39 Randolph Street, j^HICAGO.

WHOLESALE

6R0WER of

I screei, vrii\*M«jivy.

CUT FLOWERS

SUCCESSFUL SELLERS

are the successful growers who advertise ini^ Jl J* J* J*i^ J* J*

-THE AMERICAN FLORIST.

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May y,

May Weddings

Extra fine Valley; choice White Lilacs; long
Beauties in quantity. Very reasonable.

-^SAMUEL S. PENNOCK,

OUR NEW HEADQUART ERS

GEORGE A. SUTHERLAND,

( Formerly 67 Bromfield street.) S-% H^-wle^r ^-t., TAQ^^CyPim

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, ' ""'ToS^S'ii! ^^. '"•'•

are spacious, convenient and central.
If you want the best Boston Flowers
or first-class supplies of any kind we
are prepared to supply you promptly
and satisfactorily. Call and see
for yourself. J- J- ^ J- J- J-

TELEPHONE 1270 MAIN.

WELCH BROS., Proprietors.

Also New England Agents for 8. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.

Acknowledged bj all florists the best In use. Special prices for doz. lota.

Sole Asente for FREYSTEDTS' Immortelle Letters and Emblems
Block Letters, S2 per 100. Script Letters. S4 per lOO.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR

We Supply the New England Trade

With Highest Brade

ROSES, GflRNflTIONS.
UILY OF THE YflLLEY.

\M/\| CXC and all flowers the
VIvlsLld Boston market affords.

PBICBS EIGHT and Packino Pboperlt Donb.

. N. F. MCCARTHY & CO.,

Tel. 734 and 64. 84 Hawlcy St., BOSTON.

please mention the American Florist when writing.

Frank M. Ellis.

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITBD.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale Florist

1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

C. A. KUEHN,

Wholesale Florist,

1122 PINE STREET,

— LOUIS, MO.

IVA complete line of Wire DeslKng.

Desirable Advertising Space

Tn Dont en the walls
III! lU nBIII of the

BOSTON FLOWER MARKET

Effective. Profitable. Address
GEO. CARTWRIGHT. Secretary, t Park St., BOSTON.

Wboi^ale flower/\arK^

Boston, Mav 1.

Roses, Beauty, extra ." 15.00@25.00

medium 8.00@12.00

culls 3.00@ 5.00

" Bride, Bridesooaid, Meteor. 3.00® 5.00

extra 6.00® 8,00

Carnations l.C0@ 2.00

extra 3.00® 3.00

Roman hyacinths 75@ 1.50

Lily of the valley 2.0O® 4.00

Mignonette 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissi 1.00® 2.00

Violets 35® .75

Von Sion 1.(jO@1.60

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax I2.00@18.00

Asparagus 50.00

" Sprengerii, .20® .25 per l;>unch
PaiLADELPHiA, May 1.

Roses, Tea 2.00@ 6.00

" extra 8.00®IO.OO

Beauty, extra 15.00@35.00

firsts .......; 8.00@15.00

Carnations 1.50® 2.00

fancy 2.60® 4.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Violets 50@ .75

Asparagus 35.00@50.00

Smilax 15.00@20.00

Adiantum 1.00

BcTFALo, May 2.

Roses, Beauty 16 00@25.00

" Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4.00@ 8.00

Carnations .• l.C0@ 3.00

Lily of the valley 3. 00® 4.00

Smilax 16 .00@20 . 00

Adiantum 1.00@ 1.60

Asparagus 50.00@75.00

Violets .60

Harrisii 12.00@16.00

b;|J:i,i^i>N YORK

GIVE

US

A

TRIAL.

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

Open day
and night.

Roses. Carnations and all kinds of
Seasonable F'lowers in Stock.

Ufll r VICTIUR Wholesale Cem-
If nil ri IVnOlinUi mission Florist.

481 Washington St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Also Dealer In Florists" Supplies & Wire Designs.

LLJ

LU

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g 2 1

1604

LLJ

C9

UJ

S pa "■

Ludlow Street,

UJ

rr-

Philadelphia....

LLJ

1^

Phone 1-42-69-fl.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS,

LONO DI8TANCB PUIIAnFIPUIl PI

'Phonb 3-t^-94 D. rnlLAUCLrnin, rAi

Consignments ol Choice Valley and Roiet follcilad.

Geo. JVl. jvioss,

WHOLESILE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long Distance 'Phone l-<l-38 D.

Consignments ol Roses. Carnations, Violets solloU I.

CHAS. B. STAHL

WbolesAlB Florist,

27 S. nth St., Telephone 63P4, PHILAPELPBI*

Orders by mall, telegraph or telephone will
receive prompt attention.

GonslffDmentB of good etook Bollolted.

SHIPPING LIBELS S!

• Ciit Flowers

Printed In two colors on gummed
paper; your card, etc.. In black and
leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Very attractive. Price per 500, $2.85;
per 1000, (4.60. Send tor samples

OEcnto or this uaf, postpaid, $i.2s.
American Florist Co.,

^^^_ 'CHlCAaO.

The new ENGLAND CUT FLOWER CO,

C30i"i-mt. cfe B'XjiTKtrwr,

Consignments
Solicited.

TELEPHONE 907 MAIN.

Carries a full supply of choice Roses, »!1 varieties;
Carnations, Violets, Bulb Flowers, Wire Designs,
Baskets, Sheaves, etc. Lowest Wholesale Prices on
everything. Write for Prices or call and see us.

3 Ordway Place,

BOSTON, MASS.

jgoi.

The American Florist.

1423

TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

ryily o* tlxeValley.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1998 Madlaon Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS JIew^yoAk^*'"'"

SUPERB ORCHIDS, VIOLETS and VALLEY.

Choice ROSES and CARNATIONS, all leading varieties, also rare novelties.
SHiPPiNe A Specialty. .^"Price list on application.

TELEPHONE 206B MAOISON SQUARE.

Walter f. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ,

Telephone 902 Madison Square.

39 West 28th St., NEW YORK.

William Qhormley,

Wholesale Florist,

57 West B8th Street.

Iir£W YOBK CITT,

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley, and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Teleptione 2200
Madison Square.

SHIPPING ORDERS

01 yen Special Attention.

JOHN YOUNG

Has the best BEAUTIES, CARNATIONS, VIO-
LETS AND VALLEY in New York.

TRY A SHIPMENT OR TWO. J*

All Choice Flowers daily.
51 West 28tli St., NEW TOKK.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS and BIYERS make a note of this. It
will be lo your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

30 West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 661 Madison Bqnare.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,
408 E. 3«tli Straat,

D»l Fitwer Exeliange. NEW YORK.

Telephone 299 Madison Sqnsre.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-412 E. 34th St. Near Ferry.
Open for Cat Flower Bslea at 6 o'clock
Every Blomlnc

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON. Secretary.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

«i Gut Flowers

AM orders receive most carelul attention.
TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA.

Blx prizes American Rose Society. New York City.

f ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed tor Ten Cents.

AMERICAN ROSE CO., Washington, P. C.

I It is good business poUoy
I to mention the

\ .^AMERICAN fLORIST

I when von write m nn advflrtiier

The New York Gut Flower Go.

119 and 121 West 23d Street,
112 and 114 West 24tli Street,

Teltphoni 733-IBIh. NEW YORK.

COMSIONMENTS SOLICITED.

Special Attention Oivsn to Shipping Ordert.

FORD BROS.

....WHoiesaie Florisis.

Ill West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

BIG FRAGRANT VIOLETS. 'Phone, 157 Madison Sq.

Julius Lang

53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

Represents the Best Growers op

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Square.

S. J. LIMPRCCHT,

Wholesale Gommissioii florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

IIS West 30th Street. lUFU/ YORK

Telephone h:« Madison Square. I'L " ■ unn.
ConslgrnmentB Solicited.

OTffiGJM

19 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Controls the best Brooklyn

Cut Flower Trade.
Consigno rs get the Benefit.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, "jSJ.o!*"

Cash with drst order. Seven years' experience.
References: 200 dealers in U. S.

Galax and Leucothoe Sprays j. n. pritchard, m park, n. c.

THE KERVAN CO..

30 West 29th Street, NEW YORK.

Telephone 551 Madison Square.

Choice Carnations. Selected Roses.

Traendly & Schenck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq.

Wbol^aie power/arK^

New \obk, May 1.

Roses, Beauty, select 10.00@20.00

medium 5.00® 8.00

culls l.on® 3.00

Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor .50® 2.00
med'm 3 00(g) 4.00
select.. 5,00® 8.00

Bruuners 4.0*J@12 00

Carnations 1.00® 2.(0

fancy 3.00® 4.00

Lily of the valley l.M® 2.50

Smilax 15. 00® S5. 00

Asparagus 25.0fl@50.00

'* Sprengerii, perdoz.bun. 2.00®3.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Violets 35® 50

Harrisii lilies 2.00® 4.00

Mignonette 1.00® 2.00

Paper White narcissi 1.00® 1.50

R. hyacinths. Jonquils, Freesias, .50® 1.50

Tulips, Von Sion narcissi I.OO® 3.00

Cattleyas 35 . 00@60. 00

MILLANG & SALirORD,

Wholesale Commission Dealers in

CUT FLOWERS

50 West 29th St., NEW YORK.

Telephone 1304 Madison Square.

A BUSINESS PROPOSITION.

GROWERS and FLOWRR BUVERS.
Write for Terms and Quotations.

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

52 W. 29tn Street, NEW VORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

especially

Always mention the American Flo-
rist when writing to advertisers.

Now we have

Daffodils,
Tulips,
Sweet Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN

4.7 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. 421
MadisoU'Square,

NEW YORK.

CUT F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Special in
Roses :

Liberty, Pres. Carnot,
Kalserin, Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

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The American Florist.

May ^,

The ^eeE) TsabB,

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

AI.BERT McCuLLOUGH, Pres.; F. W. Bolqiano,
Vioe-Pres. ; S. F. Willard, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Seo'y and Tteas.

Nineteenth annual convention, Rochester, N.
Y., Jane 11-13. 1901.

Visited St. Paul: W. A. Cox and Mrs.
Cox, of San Francisco.

Visited Chicago: P. M. Koster, of
Koster & Co., Boskoop, Holland.

It is truly wonderful, says the Chicago
Daily News, what large catalogues from
small garden seeds grow.

Summer has developed with great
strides for five days and trade has
responded with a great rush, but it is
abont over. A few more warm days
and the shy buyer will say it is too late.

Boston, Mass.— Joseph Breck & Sons
report that until about the beginning of
the present month the volume of business
in the wholesale trade was iuUy up to
the record but that since then the supple-
mentary orders that usually come to
hand from country dealers have not been
as large or frequent as usual. The
aggregate of retail counter trade is about
equal to that of last spring. It is made
up, however, of a greater number of

U. S. Department of Agriculture.

SFZIT^CH.

A SELECTED VARIETY.

Culture.— Sovr In early Spring, in drills a toot
apart, every two weeks for a succession, and as it
erows, thin out for use. For Fall use bow in August,
and for a winter crop In September,

LABEL OF GOVERNMENT SEED PACKET.

small purchases and what is known as a
"boom" day has not yet been experienced.
Ordinarily, on the days before and
directly after Patriots' Day, it is impos-
sible to take care of the counter trade,
but this year there was no special rush.
Catalogue trade is at least twenty per
cent better than for three or four years

U. S. Department of Agriculture.

A SELECTED VARIETY.

OttUure.— Sow the seed in a light, rich, dry border,
as early as the ground can Ite worked, in drills 8 or
10 inches apart, and coviT the soodsahout a quarter
of an inch deep, rolling or treading them in if the
ground be dry. When fairly out of the seed leaf
they may be transplanted to another bed. or tlunned
out to G or 8 inches apart and let grow until wanted
to plaotout in trenches.

LABEL OF GOVERNMENT SEED PACKET.

patt, both as to the number and value of
orders. The season has been cold and
steadily wet, so far, and greatly
improved business conditions can reason-
ably be expected as soon as seasonable
spring weather prevails.

Government Seeds.

We reproduce herewith two labels of
government seed packets as mailed to a
Cook County 111 .citizen by his congress-
man. The mere absence of varietal
names renders the seed comparatively
worthless and affords the contractor
some advantages not intended by the
original proposals.

Baltimore.

CLUB MEETING SUFFERS FROM SMALL
ATTENDANCE. — INTERESTING DISCUSSION
AS TO BEST ROSES — BEST TWELVE OF
TWO CLASSES.— TRADE INJURED BY BAD
WEATHER.

The members who were out at the club
meeting thought there would be no
quorum, until at 8:30 o'clock, when they
were called to order. The committee on
reviving the associate or honorary mem-
bership list was not ready with its
report, so the most interesting matter on
hand will likely be debated next meeting.
A question slip asked for the best twelve
roses, and quite an interesting discussion
arose on the varieties named. The

following seemed the most favored by
those present: White Maman Cochet,
Pink Maman Cochet, La France, Caro.
line Testout, Kaiserin A. Victoria,
Meteor, Clothilde Soupert, Etoile de
Lyon, Papa Gontier, Souv. de Malmaison,
Safrano and Hermosa, among ever-
bloomers, and Paul Neyron, Mrs. John
Laing, Ulrich Brnnner, Magna Charta,
Jacqueminot, Giant of Battles, Capt.
Christy, Merveille de Lyon, Mme. Victor
Verdier, Mme. Chas. Wood, Prince
Camille de Rohan and Dinsmore, among
hybrid perpetuals.

The sloppy weather has interfered very
seriously . with retail sales, and demand
for cut flowers languishes, while prices
droop. Mack.

SEASONABLE BULBS -INTERESTING PRICES.

BEGONIAS, Tuberous Rooted. Single, in separate colors. Exceptionally fine Bulbs, $2.00 per 100, J18.00

per II 00 Single, Mixed, J1.8S per lOO; per lOOO, JI7.00.
TUBEROSES, Excelsior Double Pearl. Large sized Bulbs, sure bloomers, and will not fail to give satis-
faction; Cc per ICO, $5.00 per 1000; 5000 tor $22.50.
TUBEROSES, Excelsior Double Pearl, second size. The finest we ever offered ot this size, and a decided

bargain. Don't wait if you want to take advantage of this low offer; per 100, 40o; per lOOO, $2.00;

per 6000, $9.50. CA.]V:I«A.S.

CROZY'S LARGE FLOWERING. Grown at our Floracroft Trial Grounds, in excellent condition and true

to name and color. We offer below the standard varieties as lollows;
Per 100 Per 1000

Allemania 12.60 $23.00

Austria 2.60 23.00

Baronne de Poilly 2.50 23.00

Florence Vaughan 2.50 23.00

CANNA ROBUSTA PEllFECTA exceptionally fine Bulbs, $1.75 per ICO;
See PALM SEEDS and GLADIOLUS in recent issues.

JOHNSON & STOKE9, 217-219 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Per 100

Italia $2.50

Paul Marquant 2.60

Secretaire Cliabanne 250

Mixed Sorts 2.25

;15.00 per 1000.

Per loco

$23.00

23.00

23.00

20.00

PLUMOSUS NANUS,

ASPARAGUS
SEED.

(True). Per 100, $1; 1000, $7.00;
SPRENGERII, per 10O, ,50o: lOno. $3.00.
VAUGHAN'S ASTERS.Improved Victoria, snow white.

crimson scarlet, linht blue, indigo blus. pink

and rose, trade pkt.. :^dc; H oz., 45c; oz., $1.50.
SEUPLE'S BRANCHING.

White oz. 80c, H oz.23c. pkt. 10c.

Lavender "$1.50 " 4Sc " 2.5c.

Pink " 1.00 " 23c " lOe.

Queen of the Market, separate shade-, earliest Aster

in cultivation, oz., 50o; H oz., 20c; tr. pkt., 10c.

NEW SEED.
CLOSEST PAIGES.

2000, $13.00; 5000 at $6.00 per 1000.

CENTAUREA, New Imperialis, mixed, tr. pkt , lOo;

oz., 503. White, trade pkt., 10c; oz.. 6Uc.
NASTURTIUM, Vaughan's Special Mixture, tall, oz.,

10c; U lb., 20c; lb., 80c. Dwarl, oz., 10c; H lb-.

25c; lb., 85c.

TUBEROSES 1 We are headquarters. Write
CALADIUMS ■ for our Wholesale Florists'
OLADIOLUS ( Catalogue, free.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, ftll^^T^^^ii'Zr

LIVISTONA SINENSIS

Fine fresh seeds in origi-

True Japanese variety; far superior to Latania Botbonica.
nal tin cans each containing ICOO seeds at $5.00 per can.

SUZUKI & IIDA, 31 Barclay Street, N. Y.

F orists and Seedsmen

It will pay you well to send me list
of your wants and get my prices
before placing your orders for

DUtGl] 6U D§

for delivery in the early Autumn.

HYUCINTHS, TULIPS, NARCISSUS,

rREESIAS, CROCUS, SPIRAEAS.

LILIUM LONGiriORUM, Etc.Etc.

All Bulbs carefully grown and guaranteed first-
class and true. No auction stuff or trash.
Correspondence solicited.

GEORGE E. DICKINSON,

No 1 Broadway, NEW YORK. N. Y.

Also Nursery and Fruit Stocl(S ol every description.

CSTABLISHED 1802

TtlORBURN'S
SEEDS

Tuberoses, Ooiible Pearl, largest siz;,
per 100, 80c; per lUOO. $5 00.

Finest Mixed Gladioli for Florists, all

colors.
Choice Imported Named Gladioli in great

variety.

SPECIAL PRICE LIST FOR FLORISTS
ON APPLICATION.

J.M.THORBURN&CO.

(Utc of IS John StrMt)

S6 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW VOMI

A good adT, In a good paper will bring
good rttnms.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1425

Dreer's IC\ Hardy Perennials

We are handling HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS as a leading
specialty and are carrying an immense stock of all the popular varieties,
the principal ones being enumerated below.

For a full and the most complete list offered in this country, see our
current TRADE LIST, which was distributed March 20th.

Varieties marked * are suitable for cut fiowers.

Gaili.ardia Gkandiploka.

Per
doz.
'Achillea Pilipendulina, strong divisions $ .75
Millefolium Roseuni, strong

divisions 60

The I'earl. 3-in. pots 60

Tonieutosuiu, strong divisions, 1. 00

Actaea Spioata 1.00

Rubra 1.25

Alyssum Saxatile Compactum, strong

divisions 75

Anthemis Tinotoria, 2i(-in. pots •..! .60

* " " Kelwayi, 2X-inch
pots 60

* " " Pallida, 2 J<-in. pots .60
^Anemone Japonica —

* Alba, 2H[-inch pots 75

« Elegans, 2M-inoh pots 75

* Lady Ardilaun, 2i4-lnch pots 75

* Whirlwind, 2V<-iiich pots 75

Anthericum Liliastrum, strong 75

Liliago, strong 75

Aquilegia Chrysahtha, strong 75

" Alba, strong 75

Californian Hybrids, strong 75

" Canadensis 75

Per
100

$6.00

4.00
4,00
8.00

6.0O
4.00

Per
doz.

Asters, 12 choice varieties $1.00

Bocconia Cordata, strong divisions 75

*Boltonla Asteroides, strong divisions 75

Campanula Carpatica, 3-inch pots 75

" Alba. 3-in. pots.. .75

Pyraraidalis, strong, 1 year

old 1.00

♦Caryopteris Mastacanthus, strong, 1 year

old ,

1.00
.75

Doz. 100

■ Erigeron Speciosus, strong divisions $ .75 $6.00

*Eupatorium Ccelestinum, 3-inch pots 75 6 00

'Gaillardia Granditlora. 4-inoh pots 75 6 00

Geum Ooccineuin 11. pi., 3-iiich pots 75 6.00

*Gypsopliilla Paniculata, strong, 1 year old 75 6.00

*Helenium Autuninale Superba, strong divisions 1.00 8 00

* " Bolanderi, strong divisions 1.00 S.fiO

* " Grandicephalum Striatum, str. divisions 76 6.00

* " Puinilum, strong divis.ons 1.00 8 OO

*Hellanthus Multiflorus fl. pi., 2!i-inoh pots 75 6.(0

* •' " Maximus, strong divisions 75 6 00

'''lieliopsis Pitcherianus, strong divisions 75 6.00

* " Scaber Major, " " 75 6.00

lietnerocalis Dumortieri, " " 75 6.00

Fulva, " " 60 4.00

Plava, " " 60 4.C0

" Kwanso fl. pi., strong divisions 50 4 OH

Heuchera Alba, 1 year old plants 1.00 8.00

Hibiscus, Crimson Eye, strong, 1 year old 76 6.00

^Hollyhocks strong 1 year old plants.

Dreer's Superb Double, in 6 separate colors 1.01 8.00

" " " in choice mixture 75 6.fO

Single select, in choice mixture 75 6 00

*iiypericum Moserianum , strong. 1 year l.CO 8.00

Ins Germanica, 12 choice varieties 75 6.00

in choice mixture 60 4.00

*" Kaempferi, 25 choice varieties 1.50 10 00

'• " in choice mixture 1.00 8.00

^Incarvillea Delavayi, strong flowering roots 4.00

Lobelia Cardinalis, strong, I year old 60 4 TO

Syphilitica, strung clumps 75 fi.OO

Cassia Marilandica, strong 1 year old. .
'Chrysanthemum, Hardy Pompon, 40 vars..

4.00 2J<i-inoh pots 60

4.00 "'Chrysanthemum Maximum Filiformis,

strong divisions 75

6.0'' *Chrysanthemum Maximum Trium ph,

6.00 strong divisions 75

6.00 Clematis Davidiana, 1 year old clumps.. .75
6 00 ^Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandiflora, strong

.■S.OO clumps 75

.5.00 *Dictamnus Praxinella, strong plants.... 1.00
6.00 * '■ " alba, str. plants. 1.25

6.00 *Doronicum Austriacum, strong divisions 1.00
6.00 '* " Caucasicum, " '* 1 25

5.00 "Erigeron Salsuginosus, new, 2M-in. pots 1.50

Per doz.

'^Lysimachia Clethroides, strong divisions $ .75

*Lychnis Chalcedonica Rubra Plena 1.50

* ■' Vespertina Alba, strong clumps 1.25

* ■• Viscaria Splendens. strong clumps 1.00

Monarda Didyma, 3-inch pots 75

Rosea, strong divisions 75

Fistulosa Alba, strong divisions 75

Pentstemon Barbatus Torreyi, strong divisions 1.00

* " Gloxinioidcs, 3-inch pots 1.00

^'Physostegia Virginica, strong divisions 75

* " " Alba, strong divisions 75

•Pinks, Hardy, six vareties, strong clumps 75

*PIatycodon .Japonicus 11. pi., strong clumps l.CO

* " Mariesi. strong clumps 75

* " GrandifloTum, strong clumps 75

♦Primula Veris, English Cowslip 60

Vugoris, English Primrose 75

*Pyrethrum riiginosura, strong divisions 1.00

*Rudbeckia, Golden Glow, strong divisions 50

* " Newmani, strong divisions 75

♦Rudbeckia Purpurea, strong divisions l.CO

'*'Scabiosa Caucasica, 3-inch pots 1.00

* ■■ " Alba, 3-inch pots 1.25

*Statice La ti folia, 1 year old plants l.CO

'^'Stokesia Cyanea, 3-inch pots 1.25

*Thalictrum Aquilegifolium, strong plants 1 25

" Atrop'urpureum, strong plants....- 1.25

" AdiantifoUa 1.50

*Trollius Europi'us. strong plants 1-CO

♦Veronica Longifolia Subsessilis, strong plants 1.60

Incana, strong plants l.CO

Pit
100
$8.00
600
6.00
6.00
6.00

8.00

8.C0
6.00

4.O0

6.00

6.00
6.00

6.00
8.00

10.00
8.00

10.00

Per 100
$ 6.00
12.00
10.00
8.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
8.00
8.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
8.00
6.00
6.00
4.00
6 00
8.0O
4.00
6.0O
8.00
8.00
lO.CO
8.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
12.00
8.00
12.00
8.00

HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

PRIVET

1 year, 12-15 in. for transplanting, @ $8.00 per IWO
18-24 in. " " (St 20.00 per 1000

Other sizes on application.

CLEMATIS PANICULATA

No. I per lOO, $7.00

9.0O

X

l-ye»r, for transplanting

HYDRANGEA P. G.

3 to 4 fnet, X strong

2 to 3 feet

2.60

10.00
7.00

THE ELIZABETH NURSERY CO., Elizabeth, N.J.

RASPBERRIES

Something; new TUB PROLIFIC. .\. cross
bBt«>en the Cuthbert and the Miller. \'ery
heavy yielder and a beitutiful Idrge, red berry;
just the thing for market as it is firm and will
ship well; large, strong c:ines, $1.25 per ICO; $9.00
per lOOO.

SEP. McBRIDE, Box 18, Mt. Vernon. N. Y.

CLEMATIS. Notwithstanding heavy sales, I have
a Hue asaortment. 12 leading kinds, "from 4 and 5-
In pots. 12 per doz., $16 per 100. paniculata, 4 and
6-in. pots, $1 per doz., .$8 per 100. H. P. Roses, own
roots, 4-in. pots, mostly in bud, $1 60 per doz.; 10
choice sorts. F. A. BALLER, Blootnlngton, III.

ROOTED RINNERS OF

Marie Louise Violets

from soil, 60c per 100; jSS.OO per 1000.
Cash with order.

Address

J. DUERR, Geneva, III.

Mease ■mention the A nierican Florist when ivriting.

SEEDLINGS.

Fine plants, grown
from the best seed.

Asters, 5 kinds, 85o per 100; $2.50 per 1000.
Mignonette, Golden Market, 35c per lOO; $2.50 per

100).
Verbena, Mammoth, 40c per 101; $3 per lOCO.
Stocks, Ten Weeks, out of 2'/4-in. pots, $2 per 100.
Gernian Ivy, 3-in., large, $2.50 per lOOO.

J. C. SCHMIDT. BRISTOL, PA.

THE LARGEST FANCY CARNATION.

nBACQCDITV ^ ^ew thousand ready

F Ulldr kill I I > fc)r immediate delivery'.

Speak quick if you want them.

Prices lor Rooted Cuttings: 1 plant, 50c; 12 plants,
15; 25 plants, $8.2.o; 60 plants, $10; 100 plants, $16;
350 plants, $37.50; 500 plants, $70; 750 plants,
$101.2^; 1000 plants, $130.

Write for full description.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS., Flatbush, N. Y.

Please -mention the American florist when writing.

American Beauties

We have some extras in 3-inch and
4-inch. Write us about them.
Send us a dollar for samples and you'll snap
them up quick.

GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III.

EXTRA
SELECTED

Southern Wild Smilax

Pfreoib. case $3.00

Per 40 lb. case 2..50

Per 30 lb. case 2.00

Express rate 25 per cent less than merchandise
rate. Cases weigh 60, 40 and 30 lbs., but are ship-
ped at 50, 35 an 25 lbs. tS^Prompt attention to
telegraphic orders. R. A. LEE. SELMA, ALA.

(Formerly of Kvergreen, Ala.)
Plrasf mention the American florist when wittlnf.

IN BEST
..VARKTIEI

SPECIALTIES

ItOSES, from 3-lnah pou.

CARNATIONS, for all dallrer;
CHRYSANTHKMUMS.
SMILAX.
PrtoMlow. andforllit. VIOLKTS

WOOD BROTHema. FISHKILJ.. a> . > ,

1426

The American Florist.

May 4,

The Nursery T^^^i^b.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Theo. J. Smith, Pres. ; N. W. Hale, Vioe-Pres. ;
Qeobge C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y., Sec'y.

Twenty-sixth annual convention, Niagara Falls,
N. Y., Juneia-14, 190L

The Albaugh Nursery Co , at Phone-
ton, O., sustained a small loss by fire in
the office building April 26.

Thb summer meeting ol the Missouri
State Horticultural Society will be held
at New Haven, Mo , June 4 to 6.

P. S. Petbeson & Son, Chicago, say
the season has been a favorable one but
that planting practically ends with this
week because of the rapid growth which
has come with the past few days of
remarkably warm weather.

Thb twenty-seventh biennial session of
the American Pomological Society will
be at Buffalo, September 12 and 13, 1901,
the exhibition being held in the Horti-
cultural Building at the Pan-American
Exposition; exhibits will be eligible to
exposition awards.

The New York state law prohibiting
the admission of nursery stock unless
accompanied by a certificate from the
entomologists of the state whence the
goods are shipped, is embarrassing the
nurserymen of several states where there
is no such office as state entomologist.

^ The Elm Leaf Beetle.

"The elm leaf beetle appeared again in
Worcester, Mass., the past season," says
James Draper in the New England Park
Superintendents' Bulletin, "and the
method for its suppression was, in the
first place, to scrape all ihe loose bark
from the trunks, from the ground up to
the main limbs. The bark thus removed
was found to contain large numbers of
the pupae, which were destroyed in the
burning of the bark. The second move
was to apply kerosene emulsion with a
stifl fiber brush. We tound the brush to
work better than the spraying process,
which was tried the previous year. In
addition to the treatment of the trunks
of the trees, with a sprinkling pot the
ground all under the trees was sprinkled
with the emulsion and the crevices
between the bricks and paving stones
where the pupae were secreted were well
saturated.

"As soon as the trees were leaved out
the spraying operation was began and
continued for some five weeks. We used
the arsenite of lead preparation as used
formerly by the Gypsy Moth Commission,
and the preparation called disparene,
which is made in Boston. Both of these
preparations were effective where prop-
erly applied. The sections of our city
that were infested worst the previous
year were attended to first and the foli-
age was well preserved. Those trees
that were reached later on were found to
be infested much worse on account of the
inability to cover the territory soon
enough. Some of these latter trees were
badly eaten in spite of all our efforts.
It is safe to assert that from seventy-five
to eighty per cent of our elm trees showed
but little it any injury to their foliage.

"We will follow uptheworkthe coming
year on the lines as above stated. We
used for a spraying outfit pumps and
tanks similar to those used by the Gypsy
Moth Commission and they worked to
our full satisfaction."

Syracuse, N. Y.

CKOPS ARE OFF IN CFNTRAL NEW YORK. —
MUCH FUNERAL WORK AND PLENTY OF
LILIES — SOME GOOD DBCOEATIONS AND
NOVEL DESIGNS — VARIOUS NOTES OF
LOCAL DOINGS IN THE TRADE.

Flowers are scarce in the local market
at present and the prospects are that
they will be lor some weeks to come.
Roses and carnations are the favorites.
There is an abundant supply of Easter
and calla lilies, which find their use in
funeral work. Lilies sell at $1.50 a
dozen, roses at from $1.50 to $4 a dozen
and carnations at about 75 cents. Aza-
leas, hyacinths and other potted plants
have dropped considerably in price from
day to day. The past week has seen
some of the handsomest floral work of
the whole year. The numerous April
weddings and the more than ordinary
number ot funerals, with a few social
affairs, have been the occasions for most
of the work in this line. W. S Wheadon,
manager for P. R. Quinlan & Co , has
turned out some of the best of the deco-
rations and funeral pieces.

A few days ago Quinlan & Co. fur-
nished a floral yacht for the funeral of a
member of the Long Point Yacht Club.
The yacht was sloop rigged and was
about forty inches long. The hull was
of pink carnatiotis, the deck of white
rosebuds, the cabin of pink roses, the
sails of asparagus and Roman hya-
cinths, and the rigging of purple chenille.
On the bow of the boat was the name of
the club in immortelles.

Mr. Wheadon had charge of the deco-
rations for the banquet ol the New York
State Bankers' Association at the Yates
Hotel. The tables were strewn with
roses and asparagus. The main feature
of the decoration was a safe forty inches
high and thirty-three inches wide, done
entirely in flowers. Pink and white car-
nations were used most extensively in
the work. All the smallest details of the
safe, even its dial and hinges, were car-
ried out with handsome effect.

Henry Morris has sold several pieces of
a floral design recently, which he says
has proven very satisfactory for funeral
work. The piece consists of three sago
palm leaves about forty inches long, tied
at the stems and laid flat in the shape of
a fan. Upon the palm leaves is placed a
veil of asparagus in which are inter-
twined roses of the desired size and qual-
ity. It is a piece which is growing in pop-
ular favor in Syracuse.

The florists are getting their stock in
shape for out-door planting and are
planning some very ornamental designs
in flower beds. In consequence of a
larger demand than usual the raisers and
dealers in pansy plants and ^11 other
kinds of out-of-door goods are planning
a very busy season. A. J. B.

Jacksonville, Fla.— It is estimated
that the season's business here has been
at least one- third larger than last year
but that the sales of the old-established
firms have shown little if any increase
because ol increased competition.

Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Hedging

2,000 Beech, European and Purple

Leaved.
3,000 Elms, American and European.

500 Japan 6ingko.
2,000 Lindens, American and European.
1,000 Magnolias, in variety.
50,000 Map es, Norway, Sugar, etc.
10,000 OAKS, Pin, Red, Scarlet and

English.
10,000 Oriental Plane, 6 to 12 feet.
75,000 California Privet, 1 and 2 years.

500,000 EVEKOREENS. Of all sizes, Including Hemlocks, Norway, Colorado
Blue, Oriental and Weeping Spruces. Arbor- Vitses, Retinosporas, Pines in variety,
root pruned and sheared specimens.

Trade List also Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue free on Application.

1,000,000 Shrubs all varieties and sizes.

10,000 Clematis, Paniculata.

10,000 Rosa Wichuraiana and hybrids.

5,000 Rosa Multiflora Japonica.
10,000 Honeysuckle, Hall's, etc.

5,000 Dahlias, whole roots.
100,000 Asparagus, very strong, five

varieties.
25,000 Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and
Kalmias.

THE WM. H. MOON GO.

Morrisville, Pa.

NORWAY MAPLES IV^^^ZA.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, William Warner Harpeu, Prop ,

CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Maples sr

From 1 to 3-incti caliper, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisville, Bucks Co., Pa.

io,ooo

Carolina Popiar Cuttings |

IV PRIME CONDITION FOR PL4NIING,

$io.oo for the lot, packed.

If You Have Stork To Sell...

the best way to make that fact known to the trade it by regtilar

G.ve,t:rHa'?''*°«" ...The American Florist.

igoi.

The American Florist.

142T

K[NNICOTT BROS. CO.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

And Dealers
All Kinds

o" Florists' Supplies.

42 and 44 East Randolph Street.

CHICAGO, ILL.

CARNATIONS

1 THREE GOOD PINKS.

Ethel Crocker, Genevieve Lord,
Mrs. Bertram Lippincott,

From soil at S2 SO PER lOO.

\ Q. H. Crane. ^^^^ and Qomez, |> -^^f^^

BEDDINB STOCK.

Geraniums — Fine rooted cuttings of S. A.

Nutt and others at $1.25 per ICO.
Alyssum— A new giant single dwarf, very

fine, at t2 50 per 100.
Salvia— "Clara Bedman," 3 inch pots, at

J3.C0 per 100.

HARDY PHLOX.

Mixed sorts, as fine an assortment as ever
grew, but sold cheap on account of being
mixed. From 4-inch pots at J5.00 per 100.
Rooted cuttings at |1.25 per 100, or $10.00
per 1000.

ALBERT M. NERR, Lancaster, Pa.
SELECTED CARNATIONS.

Per 100 Per 1000

The Marquis, largest rich pink.... $4.00 $35.00

Morning Glory, best light pink.... 3.50 30.C0

Mrs. Lawson. famous deep pink — 6.00 50.00

Ethel Crocker clear pink 3.60 30.00

Genevieve Lord, light pink 4.00 35.00

Mrs. Lippincott, piuk 6.00 40.00

Mrs. Joost, pink, money maker 2.00 15.00

White Cloud, fine white 1.60 12.50

Flora Hill, large vfhite 1.60 12.60

Peru, pure white 4.00 30.00

Elm City, new white 4.00 30.00

Estelle, best bright scarlet 6.00 50.00

Chicago, largest red 4.00 30.00

G. H. Crane, fine scarlet 2.50 20.00

America, light red 2..50 20.00

Maceo, dark crimson 2.00 15.00

Gomez, light crimson 2.00 16.00

Mrs. Bradt, best variegated 3.00 25.00

GEO. HANCOCK & SON. Grand Haven, Mich.

Last Call

before plant-
ing out.

Carnations in 2-incli pots at prices
that will astonish you.

MRS. BRADT, ETHEL CROCKER. WM.
SCOTT, MRS. .JOOST, LIZZIE McUOWAN.

Write GEO. A. KUHL, Pakin, III.

CARNATIONS

All the new
and standard
varieties. Write for prices.

A»paragu» Sprengeiii, 3-inoh $4.00 per 100

Aiparagus Plumosui. 3 " 6.00 per 100

Small Fernt. lor dishes, 4 vara., 2i4-in. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata, 2y2-inch 4.00 per 100

Boston Ferns, &-inch pans $15 and $18 per doz .

2V4-inch 4.00 per 100

3-inch 8.00 per 100

CARL HACENBERCER. West Mentor, O.

CARNATIONS.

Per 100 Per 1000

Lawson $7 00 $60 00

Estelle 6 00 60 00

Marquis, Lord, Elm City 5 00 40 00

Crocker, America, L. Paul 2 50 23 00

Hill 3 00 15 00

Atmazindy, Evanston, Dana, Victor,

Meteor 100 in 00

D. R. HBKKON, Olesn, N. Y.

atitiiitiiitiiiimtiiiniiuiinntititmiamniititlt iimimiutimtitltltiiiiittiuitini titiiiitje

124^-INCII ROSE FIANTS.

100 1000

American Beauty $6.00 $65.00

Bridesmaid 3.00 2S.0I)

Bride 3.00 25.00

Meteor 3.00 35.00

Liberty

Golden Gate 3.00

Perle 3.O0

Kaiserin 3.0D

100 1000
,00 $75.00
25.00
25.00
26.00

Mrs. Leopold Ine I'ii^Tl

and best paying red Carnation.

Rooted Cuttmgs 3

Sunbeam

Bon Homme Richard

Nydia

ProliQca

Irene

Mrs. Lawson

Marquis

Genevieve Lord

Ethel Crocker

Crane

100

1000

7.O0 $60.00

10.00

75.00

10.00

75.00

io.no

75.00

10.00

75.00

10.00

76.00

6.00

.55.00

3.00

26.00

3.00

25.00

2.50

20.tO

3.00

26.00

Guardian Angel

All the ne^v and standard varieties, free from rust and all other diseases.
Uur Steele is la Hue shape aud all cuttiugs are well rooted when sent out.

The most

prolific 100 lOOO
and best paying pink Carna-
tion. Rooted Cuttings $4.00 $35.00

Peru 2.50 20.00

Mrs. Bradt 2.O0 17.50

John Young 1.60 12.60

White Cloud 1.25 10.00

Argyle 1.00 9.00

Evanston 1.00 9.00

F.Joost 1.00 9.00

Cerise Queen 1.00 9.00

Gov. Griggs 1.00 9.00

Flora Hill l.OO 9.00

All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately,
when money will be refunded.

PETER REINBERG,

51
Wabash Ave.,

Chicago, 111.

NORWAY

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The Queen of Commercial White Carnations. Scored 91 at Baltimore, was
awarded 1st prize for 100 white, bronze medal for 12 best seedling and
first-class Certificate of Merit. Stock all sold until May 1st. Its vigor-
ous, free growth and tendency tobioom early insures a safe investment for cuttings delivered in May.
■—<>-»■« r w~v>Tp A most distinct, dtirk variety, rich and dazzling in color. Surpasses all other
w~* I I Y r^ I crimsons in length and strength of stem, exquisite, spicy odor and keeping
*— '^^-* * * * qualities. Can be had in good fiower by November. r

Above two varieties, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. $75 per 1000.

^-» • ■ J The Greatest Money Making Pink. A friend of the oom-

• IgtlgY^lgV^g I Offl ™°'' P^P'" and a descendant of the great Wm. Scott,

^-*^^**^^ V M^^ T W* B.^vrA %« whose illust'ious mantle it is wearing with becoming

grace. Stock large and in the pink of condition. $5 per 100, $40 per 1000.

All of the new ones of this year, the best of last year and the best standard varieties.

Chrysanthemum Timothy Eaton ci!nTo;lrThV^oMe^Tom can^d"^^^^^^

"whipped" every variety which went up against it. The most sensational white chrysanthemum
ever offered. 50c each, $5 per doz., $30 per 100.

COMPLETE LIST OF OTHER NOVELTIES
AND STANDARD VARIETIES. CATALOGUE
READY. WRITE FOR IT.

H, WEBER it SONS, ■".','■

CARNATIONS

leOOTKO

OUTTIIVO^S

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following piices:

G. H. CRANE $25.00 per 1000

MRS. BRADT 2.5.00 "

MADAM CHAPMAN 25.00

DAYBREAK". 12.50 "

WHITE CLOUD $12.50 per 1000

FLORA HILL 10.00

McGOWAN 1000

ELDORADO 10.00

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to hi seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in need ot a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times. »

Address CHAS. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich. '^'''I',^"
^■■^■••••■••■••^••••••••••* ••• ■•»•*•■— ********** ^^w^..

m-OVB. DIECTORT TOR 1901 WILL BE MAILED TO TQVm
(@» PROMPTLY UPON APPLICATION. PRICE TWO DOLLARS -^"^

1428

The American Florist.

May 4,

Our pasTiMEs.

Announcements ot coming contents or other
events of interest to our bowling, shooting and
cycling readers are solicited and will be given
place in this cojumn.

Address all correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.;
Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

The Chicago Florists' Bowling Club
is trying to arrange a summer aeries of
games between teams representing the
various branches of the trade.

At Utica.

Only a quartette of bowlers presented
themselves lor exercise upon the regular
practice night, Monday, April 29. Their
scores were as follows:

Player 1st 2d 3d Av

Murphy 110 151 187 149

Baker 143 144 135 141

Wilcox 135 121 147 134

Spencer 122 135 145 134

QOIS.

At Denver.

Little has been heard, lately, of the
Denver bowlers, but it is likely that they
will have a team in the national tourna-
ment at Buffalo in August. Phil. Scott,
A. E. Maufl and John Berry have already
signified their intention of attending the
S. A. P. meeting and doubtless others
will be found to complete the team.

At Flatbush.

There were nine ball twirlers at Doer-
ner's alleys when game was called last
Monday eveninjf. Domestic quiet pre-
vAiled, for there were no visitors, although
the irregularity of some of the scores
made would suggest the possibility of a
Fancourt, Crowe or some similar dis-
turbing element in the vicinity of the
balk line. John Raynor, with an average
of 166, and P. Riley, with an average of
171, were well satisfied with their even-
ing's work, but Louis Schmutz pocketed
the pot in the last game just to show
them "there were others."

Player 1st 2d 3d

Riley 2iO 154 158

Woerner 1S2 110 101

P. Dailledouze 91 122 II4

Sohtnutz 122 154 163

C. Zeller 64 63 80

Wocker 130 116 114

Raynor 168 173 156

E. Dailledouze 130 124 98

H. Daiiledouze 156 1U7 120

■•-»-*

Detroit.

CLUB MEETING FULL OF INTERBST. — A DIS-
COURSE ON ORCHIDS — PLANS FOB THE
FALL SHOW.— SCHOOL CHILDREN TO
PARTICIPATE — MUCH O0TSIDE INTEREST
MANIFESTED. — PLANS FOE BUFFALO
TRIP.

The Florists' Club's meeting on Wednes-
day evening was well attended and the
members listened to an interesting paper
on orchids, by H. C. Fruck, who easily
sustained his reputation as a successful
orchid grower. The club has engaged
the Detroit Light Guard Armory tor the
flower show, which will be held the week
of November 11. All the members of the
clui) have pledged their hearty suppoi't
to the project and a guarantee fund was
generously subscribed to by all ot the
members who attended the last meeting.
It is not anticipated that there will be
any deficit, but the bare possibility of it
will be easily met with the substantial
guarantee fund already subscribed. The
president appointed the several commit-
tees, in whose hands the full details of

the work will be placed. Five thousand
chrysanthemum plants will be given to
the school children of the sixth and sev-
enth grades tor growing in competition
and liberal premiums offered for the most
successful work. The plants will be dis-
tributed the last week ot May and to
each plant there will be attached explicit
cultural instructions. The plan was first
submitted to the board of education and
was heartily approved. It is calculated
that this feature will enlist the interest
and encouragement ot the school teachers
and parents, and thus give extensive
publicity and popularity to the show.

About forty persons have so far declared
their intention of attending the Buffalo
convention from here and the club will
send a bowling team, which has already
commenced active training for the event.

J. F. S.

St. Louis,

VOUNGS HAVE GOOD BUSINESS AND AMPLE
SUPPLIES OF MATERIAL. — COLLECTION
OF ROSES FOR BEDDING — STATE OF THE
MARKET. — NO PERMANENCY IN PRICES.
— VARIOUS 70TTINGS.

C. Young & Sons Company has a fine
looking lot of bedding stock, especially
geraniums. They are tilling orders very
tast, on account of the summer weather
that has set in. We have had practically
no spring, jumping from winter into
summer. Next to geraniums roses are
sold most extensively as bedding plants,
and of these a large number are sent out
to fill catalogue orders. They have an
assortment of thirteen varieties which is
known as the Forest Park Collection,
and of this they have sold large numbers,
probably due to the popular name of the
collection, as the rose beds ot Forest
Park are excellent. In this collection are
such roses as Perle des Jardins, Souvenir
de la Malmaison, La France, Souvenir
de Wootton, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria
and Hermosa; two-year- old plants bring
$5 per dozen, while young plants bring
$1.50 per dozen. They have six houses
that are reserved for roses for cut blooms,
and these are in the best ot condition.
Their palms are as nice and clean as it
they were in a private place, which can-
not be said of all commercial places.
Their orchids are very good and consist
principally of cattleyas, although they
have some very good specimen plants of
other species. They formerly heated
their houses with hot water, but changed
to steam some time ago without altering
the piping.

Owing to the exceedingly warm days
of the last week stock has come in so
verj' plentifully that the prices are run-

ning up and down the scale, pausing at
no fixed place. The best price obtained
for roses in quantity was 2^^ cents, while
some went for less than $1 per hundred.
Carnations and other stock suffered like-
wise. Some very fine sweet peas are
coming in.

The next monthly meeting of the club
will be held next Thursday, May 9, and
as several good essays are promised, a
large attendance is looked for.

A. A. Harper, ot Pine Bluff, Ark., is in
the city. R. J. M.

FaU River, Mass.

C. Warburton has over 13,000 rooted
cuttings of his new pink carnation,
Cressbrook, and they are in best ot con-
dition. When I called upon him this
week, he was cutting some flowers to
send to Buffalo to the Pan-American
carnation show. They were the hand-
somest pinks I ever saw.

Trade is quiet here just now but
we are having good weather and the
florists are getting ready to plant stock
outside.

James Warburton is on another trip to
the old country. We wish him a pleasant
journey. J. L.

Macon, Ga. — The greenhouses of Chas.
W^oodruff were destroyed by fire on the
evening of April 18.

Worcester, Mass. — Edward Rathbun,
whose greenhouses are on June street,
will shortly open a bakery, lunch room
and flower store on Pleasant street.

BEDDING PLANTS

Pots. Per 100

Geraniums, mixed 4 $5.00

" 3 3.0O

Salvias, four varieties 4 5.00

3 3.00

Aqeratums, four varieties 3 3.00

2K 2.00

Petunias, from Dreer's Superb Double

Seed 3 3.00

Verbenas, Dreer's Mammoth 3 3.00

Coleus, lllix^d m 1.75

Alternantheras. red and yellow m 1.75

Beqonias, flowering 2J4 2 00

■ " 3 3 00

bedding.!.!'..".'.'..".';..'.'!'.!.'.". 2« 2!oO

3 3.C0

Cryptomeria Japonica 2M 3.00

3 5.00

Ferns in variety 2H 2.50

Vincas 8 10.00

Dracaena Indivisa 4 8.00

Cannas, Kpuderson, Alphonse Bouvier,

h.i;andBle, Charlotte aud others 3 3.00

Cannas. as above 4 5 00

Parlor Ivy 2« 2.00

R. C. oi Coleus, Salvias, Ageralums .60

Satisfaction Guaranteed. Low Express Rates.

J. S. BLOOM, Riegelsville, Penna.

Roses and Rooted Cuttings Carnations. |

CA.I«I«A.TIOI«S.

Per 100 Per 1000

GUARDIAN ANGEL $6.00 $30.00

CRANE 2. ,50 20.00

EVANSTON l.OO 9.00

JOOST 1.00 9.00

WHITE CLOUD 1.00 9.00

FLORA HILL 1.00 9.00

TRIUMPH 1.00 9.00

Per 100 Per 1000

IRENE Per doz., $1.50; $10.00 $75.00

ARMAZINDY 1.00 9.00

TIDAL WAVE 100 9.00

WM. SCOTT 1.00 9.00

ARGYLE 1.00 9.00

ETHEL CROCKER 2.00 17.50

GENEVIEVE LORD 3.00 25.1)0

MARQUIS 3.00 26.00

These cuttings are all well-rooted, guaranteed free from disease, carefully packed

i-ia-ii<iir. xeosE^ i»l,a.i«ts.

AMERICAN liEAUTY, $5.00 per 100.
Per 100 Per lOOO

LA PRANCE $2.50 $20, OU

METEOR 2.60 20.00

PERLE 2.60 20.00

GEORGE REINBERG. 51 WABASH AVE

wfmwmmmwtrmimrmmmwmmtfwwmffmtmmtfffm

Per lOO Per 1000

BRIDE $2.50 $20.00

BRIDESMAID 2 50 20.00

GOLDEN GATE 2.50 20.00

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1429

NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT

HARDY WATER LILIES

in order to secure the best results this season. We have the larg-
est and most complete collection of Hardy Nymphass in the world.
It embraces American and French Hybrids, native and foreign
species. For prices see our Spring Edition of Dreer's Wholesale
Price List, which is ssnt to the trade only. We are also pleased
to answer ad correspondence regarding the making of ponds,
best varieties, etc.

HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

McKellar h Wlnterson

Wholesale Dealers in Everything for Florists.

Should You Not Receive OUR 1901 CATALOGUE, Write Us for 5ame.

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.
COLEUS.

Please mention the American Florist when "writing.

We have an immense stock and can sup-
ply you in all you want. All nice, strong,
well-rooted cuttings of the following varie-
ties, all labeled true to name :

Golden Verschaf feltii, Scarlet Verschaffeltii,

File Brand, Tam O'Shanter, South Park

Gem, Alhambra, Fire King, Golden Crown,

Midnight, Salvatore, John Goode, Spotted

Gem, Combination, Nigger, Queen of the

West, Beckwith's Gem.

ROOTED CUTTINGS. Doz., 100. 1000, 5.000. lO.COO.
% .3U $ .7.1 $6.00 $25.00 $45.00

Doz. 101 1000

ABUTILON— Souv.de Bonn % .20 $1.35

S.ivitzii 30 2.00

HELIOTROPE— R.C.. 3 best vars. .30 1.00 $9.00
ALTERNANTHERA— Red and yellow 1.60 10 00

ExrKESS PKEPAID.

S. T. DANLEY, Macomb, III.

Please mention the Aynerican Florist when ■writing.

BEDDING PLANTS

Per 100

Centaurea Gymnocarpa, 3-in J2.50

Geranium Madame Salleroi, 2>^-inch,

fine 3.00

Geranium Madame Salleroi, 2-inch 2.00

Salvia Drooping Spike, 2>^-inch 3.00

" Clara Bedman, 2-inch 2.00

Petunia Double Pink, 2>^-inch,50c per doz.

Cash With Order.

WILLIAM CLARK, Batavia, III.

When corresponding with adTcrtlieri
mention the Akbkica.h Flosist,

PLANTS TO CLOSE OUT.

5,000

5,00D

1 000
1.010
2,000

2 COO
7 00U
7,000
,=i,00l)
1,000
1,000
1,000

Per 100

Geraniums, niixei. 2i4-in $ 1.50

DeRoo Mituns, new, 2>4-in. lO.OU

.lean Viaud, 3-in 10.01

.\seratum Princess Pauline, 3-in 2.C0

Marguerites, white, 3-in 2.00

2!^-in 1.25

Ci»ar Plants. 2H-in 1.25

Sedum Varieeatura, 2i4-ln 1.25

California Mo<s,2i4-in 1.25

New Ice Plant, 2W-in 5.C0

^"inca Variegated, trailing. 2}^-in 2.00

Marie Louise Violets. 2!i-m 1.50

Per 100
3,000 Salvia Clara Redman. 3-in $ 2.00

lO.UOO Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, flats 2.00

5,000 Geraniums, mixed, 3-in 5.00

15,000 Verbenas, 10 named varieties, 2!^-in. . 1.50

1.000 Mangolds, cream color, flats 50

I.flOO Asparagus Sprengerii, 3Vi-ln 5 CO

2,000 ^milax irom Hate 35

5,0(0 Nasturtiums, dwarf, also tall. 3H-in.. 1.00

l.OCO Dracaena Indivisa. fine, 4!4-in 15.00

2,000 Lobelias, Crystal Palace Gem 1.50

10,000 Pansy Plants, 20 leaves, flne, 1000, $10; 1.60

The above Plants are in A No. 1 condition: 5 plants at 100 rate. Cash.

THE MOBBIS FLORAL CO., Morris. 111.

QUEEN LOUISE CARNATION

This new Carnation oroduoes the finest flowers. Is perfectly healthy
and is the best white variety ever introduoed.

IT BLOOMS EARLY

IT BLOOMS LATE

IT BLOOMS ALL THE TIME.

Our price list contains cuts from photographs taken every two weeks during the months of February,
March, April, May, June, October ana November. No other Carnation can stand such a test

Price

$tO per 100.
$75 per 1000.

J. Xv. oir^ivOiv,

Rooted Cuttings ready now.

Come and tee it or tend lor circular.

Carnations. * «o?k...

FRANCES JOOSr, $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000

GEN. GOMEZ 2 00 '• 15.00

McGOWAN 1.00 " 9 00

\VM. SCOTT 1.00 •■ 9.C0

ALL EXTRA FINE.

ISABELLA GREENHOUSES,

Box 82,

BABVLON. L. I., N. Y.

Onn nnn Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fresh
ZUUiUUU picked from our own plants, sure

to grow, iiOr, per ICO; $7.50 per lOUO.
Alternantheras— Red. yellow, pink, strong, 2-inch

pots, at $.;.00 per \»i.
Boston Ferns. 2V4-inch, 50c per doz.; $3.00 per 100.

3-inch. »1.U0 per doz.; $10.00 per 100.
Vinca Major Var.4-inch, strong, $10 per 100.
RusseNa IVIultiftora, 2-inch, flne plants, 50c per doz.;

$4.00 per 100.

A. J. BALDWIN. Newark, Ohio.

BEGONIA REX

3-inch pots $5.00 per lOO

4-inch pots 800 per 100

The above stock is in extra fine condition
and sh-juld be shifted immediately, A
large assortment of the best varieties.

Vinca Major Variegata

2>^-inch pots $5X0 per lOO

3-inch pots 8 00 per itlO

No better stock can be purchased for the
money; just right for spring filling. It is
strong, fleld-^rown clumps.

NATHAN SMITH & SON, Adrian, Mich.

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The American Florist.

May ^,

Hartford, Conn.

INTERHSTING MEETING OF TUB CLDB.—
LACK OF UNITED EFFORT TO SUSTAIN
THE STAtES' PRESTIGE AT BUFFALO.—
VABIOUS PERSONAL NOTES.

At the meeting of the Hartford Florists'
Club, April 23, L. Frey brought in some
good specimens of Boronia elatior, Erica
cupressina and E. perspicua erecta, and
gave a short talk on growing and prop-
agating them. T. J. McRonald and H. J.
Koehler were appointed to get together
the necessary material for the horticult-
ural exhibit for the state for the opening
week at the Pan-American Exposition.
The Rev. Magee Pratt, general secretary
of the committee in charge ot the arrange-
ments, complains that the answers
in reply to his circulars addressed to the
florists throughout the state indicate a
lack of interest in the matter on the part
of some of the members of the craft.
Various reasons are given for not being
able to do anything for the cause in the
way of donations of plants, etc. Consider-
able enthusiasm has already been worked
up among many of the florists, but it is
hoped that not a single one will neglect
to contribute his share towards uphold-
ing the honor of the state at Buff'alo this
summer.

The rainy weather which ushered in the
month of April continued with but little
respite until the last Thursday and seri-
ously aflected all outdoor work. Ten
and eleven-hundredths inches was the
record of the rainfall for the month, far
above the average.

J. Vidboume, for some years foreman

ot the city park nurseries, gives up his

* position in June. He will visit the Pan

American Exposition and then go abroad.

D. A. Spear is displayina^ some finely
grown Japanese fern balls in his store
windows.

Herman Lips, of Bedford, Mass., was
in town last week. H. J. K.

BUCKBEE'S

Fancy Pansy Plants

Extra fine stocky September plaota, trans-
planted and wintered in cold frames, now in
bud und bloom, $1.50 per 100, $10 per 1000.
SEEDLINGS, not transplanted, $3.00 per 1000.

H. W. BICKBEE,

^Sfe'lrc-itfc^irnru^ses, R't"*"^"' '"•

FAXON'S :r^sl'. PANSIES.

The best mixture in cultivation, flowers very

large, thick and velvety; of superb colors and

markings. The perfection of form and texture.

In Trade Packets at Sl.OO each.

M. B. FAXON,

Lock Box 1528. BOSTON, MASS.

Correepondence eolicited.

PANSIES

Cold Frame Plants, in bud and
bloom, $1.50 per 100. No. 1 stock.
Cash with order.
E. B. JENNINGS. Grower of the Finest Pansies,
Lock Box 254- Southpopt, Conn.

PANSIES SIaTJn"o

Small Plants All Sold.

Rooted Carnation Cuttings

No better Carnation Blooms were ever offered in the Chicago
market than those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first-class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

I lie opUl I, Armazindy...$ 6.00

Irene 10.00

Sunbeam 10.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00

Proliflc 10.00

Nydia 10.00

Mrs. Lawson 7.00

The Marquis 4.00

Genevieve Lord ; 4.00

Ethel Crocker 4.00

Peru .-. 4.0O

G. H. Crane 3.O0

America 2.50

Cerise Queen 1.60

Evanstoa 1.50

Mrs. Leopold Ine ^rr^^^S

John YounK 1 50 13.60

Argyle 1.50 12.60

Triumph 1.50 12.50

FrancesJoost 1.60 12.50

Gov. Griggs 1.50 12.50

Melba 1.50 12.50

Edna Craig 1.60 12.60

Flora Hill 1.60 12.60

White Cloud 1.50 12.60

Evelina 1.00 7.50

McGowan 1.00 7.60

WIETOR BROS..

61 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

Piease mention the A merican Florist when wntinj^-

Wholesale Growers
of Cut Flowers,

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU.

I9» Orait Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

NEW ROSES FOR iqqi.

All the new varieties, including

ROBERT SCOTT, QUEEN OF EDGELY

and others worth growing: in fine stock. Also all the
STANDARD VARIETIES both for forcing and planting in the
open ground in A I condition, fit for immediate shipment.

JOHN N. riAY, Summit, New Jersey.

Maid, I>iberty, Bride,
Kaiser in.

Stronjx plants with healthy own roots. If you
want the finest stock obtainable, place your order
at once for immediate or lattr delivery.

STEPHEN MORTENSEN.

( Near Phila.) SOUTHAMPTON, PA.

Please mention the American Florist when writing

Perles,
1.25 per

U /\e^e Brides, Maids, Meteors,
XllUSdwOf strong rooted cuttings, 3

100, $12.00 per 1000.
TTAV^ViaTi o c< 25 leiidine kinds, 2-inch
V CI MCllniS, pots, S2.00 per 100.

Yerv best stand^ird 'Mums, flue plants, $3.00
per lOO' Some fancy 4 ami ."i-in. Spren^erii
cheap; also choice Pansy Plants in bloom.

We positively guarantee all of above to be
good value at prices ottered.

W. M. GULLETT & SONS, Lincoln, lU.

AZALEAS, BAY TREES

THE FINEST AND LARGEST
STOCK IN THE WORLD.

SANDER, BRUGES, BELGIUM.

Our Ajzeiit, Mr. A. Dimmock, will be oloased to
reply to any communications uddressed to him at
60 Vesey Street. New York City.

Mixed Ferns

FOR FERNERIES.

Five or Six Varieties. Write
GEO. A. KUHL. PEKIN. r^\..

Don't Forget Our Bostons.

►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦<

50,000

I Latania Borbonica Seedlings

L.

IN SPLENDID CONDITION.

Per 100 $ 2IS0

Per 100(1 20.00

PerSOCO 90.00

Cash With Order.

TELIX GONZALEZ & CO.,

303 to 323 Ellsworth SI. and Crescent Ave.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.

Orchids 1 ^

.Tust at tand a fn'sh shioment of Cattleya
Warnerii. Oncidium Varicosum Rogersii, Z»go-
petalum Mackayii, Z. Crinitum and Z. Gautierii,
all in line couditiim.

LAGER & HURRELL, simmILJJ;

Orchid Qrowart and Importars.

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine

WIS. 00 per 100.

Light Pink Lorraine *.';'iro.

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmooc Pa.

TELL THEM WHERE YOU SAW THE AD.

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1431

_^ f^ £^ J— g^ We believe in shifting
IB m \ ^ ^~ ^k young Roses often. All
IF I I ^k I ^k stocl< offered in ZV,-\n.
t^^\w \W m %W pots has been shifted

I * ^^ Irom 2-in., and is equal

I to riost stock advertised as 3-in., and when we

I send it out it IS well established.

I Let us know your wants.

;2and 2 l-!-in. Stock is fine.

VARIETIES GROWN ■■

'Meteors LaFrano" President Carnot

; Brides A. V. Kaiserin Golden Gate

Maids Woottons American Beauties

Penes Belle Siebrecht Liberty

CAHNATIONS.
B.C. and 2-in. Bradt, Crocl<er, Joost and McGowan

i R. C. COLEUS.

Mixed, Vcrsclialfeltii, Golden Bedder, Yellow
Queen, etc. ENGLISH IVY.

2^, 3 and 4-inch pots.
GERANIUMS. Red and pink in 3-in.

A few thousand SPISBPiG-EMSII*

ready for 2-inch pots.
1 Special in WOOTTON ROSES, SW-in-. ready to
plant in beas. Write

GEO. A. KUHL Pekin, III.

i New Roses

THE BALTIMORE (certificated) color a
light pink and of ttie largest size; flowers
through the entire season; $5 per dozen.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY, the best crimson bed-
der ever introduced, $3 per dozen.
NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM JOS W. COOK,
j scored 89 Cominsrciai points in h'hila-
delphia. Color a light blush pink, stiff
I stems, blooms very early; $2 50 per
dozen.

Cash with the Order. Send for Descriptive Slip.

JOHN COOK, 318 N. Charles St. Baltimore, Md.

2 - Great Glories - 2

BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE, 2M-inch

pots, $15.00 per 100.
BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE Nana Com-

pacta, 2!i-inch pots, 115.00 pet 100.
This stock guaranteed absolutely free from disease.

THOMAS ROLAND, Nahant, Mass.

Robert Scott,

! EVERYBODY'S ROSE. ^^,'^,,.
'Aobert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill. Dei.c.Pa.

LIBERTY $18.00 per 100.

MAIDS i

BRIDES V$12 per ICO; $U0 per 1000

GOLDEN GATE . (
Strong plants grafted on Manetti stocks, ready
' for 4-inch pots; warranted to be flrst-class.

METEOR and BRIDE, own roots, $3.00 per
ICO; $25.00 per lOCO

CHRIS. HANSEN, St. Paul. Minn.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES IVr

$6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.

Beauties. 3V4-in. rots. $8.00 per 100.

Brides, Maids, Perles, Meteors and Kaiserins, 2Vi-in.
' pots, $3.00 per 100; $25 00 per ICOU.
j; Pres. Carnot, 2!/,-in. pots, $3.50 per 100, $30 per 1000.
! The above all good, clean stock.

COIvE :BieoS., PEORIA. ILL.

^)iV(Viwy«w¥vwv«¥WvWMtf»www^vwwvwtfywy)^

IROBT. CRAIG & SON,

Roses, Palms

and Novelties in Decorative Plants,

j Market and 49th Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.

LAST CALL!

LAST CALL!

FOR GOOD CARNATION CUTTINGS.

Per 100 Per 1000

BON HOMME RICHARD, white $10 00 $75.00

SUNBEAM, light pink 10.00 75.00

NYDIA, variegated 10.00 75.00

PROLIFICA, cerise pink 10 00 75.00

MRS. THOS. W. L.WVSON, cerise pink 6 00 50 00

MARQUIS, pink 4.00 35.00

GENEVIEVE LORD, pink 3 50 30.00

ETHEL CROCKER, pink 3.50 30.00

G.H.CRANE, scarlet 3 00 25 00

MRS GEO. M. BRADT, variegated 3.00 25 00

GOLD NUGGET, yellow 2 50 20.00

CHICAGO, scarlet 3 00 25.00

OLYMPIA, variegated 5 00 40 00

GEN. GOMEZ, crimson 2 00 15.00

GEN. MACEO, crimson 2 00 15.00

WHITE CLOUD, white 2 00 15.00

MRS FRANCES JOOST 2.00 15 00

ARGYLE, pink 1-50 12.00

WM. SCOTT, pink 1.00 8 00

EVELINA, white 1.00 8 00

ARMAZINDY, variegated 1.00 8 00

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., Joliet, 111.

strictly first-class and guaranteed,
with special discount in 1000 lots;
500 at 1000 rates; 50 at KO rates.

FROM 2>^-INCH POTS.

CLEAN BUSHY PLANTS.

Beauties per 100, «8,00; per 1000, $75.C0

Brides " 4 00 " 35.0U

Maids " 4.00 " 35.00

Meteors " 4.fO " 35.00

Perles " 4.00 " 35.00

Strictly flrst-class and free from disease.

Extra choice stock now ready; $1.50 per

CARNATION PLANTS, from soil and pot.

Wrue US your wants.
GERANIUMS, all I he leading varieties.
CHHYSANTnEMUMS, Rooted Cuttings.

hundred, »12.50 per thousand.

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

ROSES

FINE STOCK FROM 2^-IN, POTS.

We have the following varieties in surplus
and offer them at these prices a$ Icng as sur-
plus lasts: $2.00 per 100, $18.00 per 1000.

Mosella

M. Niel

Mme. Franciaca Kruger

Marie Van Houtte

Mme. C. Brunner

Mme. Welche

Mme. Elie Lambert

Mme. Lambert

Marie Guillot

Maid of Honor

Mme. Reine Gerard

Paqueretie

Suzdnne Blanchet

Souv. de Jeanne Chabaud

Santa Rosa

Souv. de un Ami

Snowflate

Souv. de J. B. Guillot

Sylph

The Bride

The Queen

Beaute Inconstant

Baron Berge

Bridesmaid

Bervl

Catherine Mermet

Climbing Meteor

Duchess de Brabant

Enchantress

Etoile de Lyon

Flora

Geo. Pernet

Gen. Robt. E. Lee

Golden Gate

James Sprunt

Jeanne Drivon

La Phcenis

La Princess Vera

Mme. Schwaller

Mme. de Watteville

Marion Dingee

Mignonette

Meta

THREE NEW WICHURAIANA HYBRIDS.

Evergreen Gem Gardenia Jersey Beauty

$3.00 per 100. $26.00 per 1000.

The STORRS& HARRISON Co.

PAINESVILLE, OHIO,

Please meni:on the American Florist when writing.

Grafted Roses

LIBERTY, $18.00 per 100

MAIDS, j -.,- ,--

( $12 per 100

BRIDES, ) ^„^ ,„^^

( $110 per 1000

GOLDEN GATE, )

Choice Plants, 3-inch pots, ready
lor immediate Planting.

10 SAMPLE PLANTS TO FLORISTS
ONLY, FOR »1.00.

J. L. DILLON, Bloomsburg. Pa.

ROSFB, from 5-in. pots at 9c. Fine, clean
Plants, Clotbilde Soupert, Gen. Jacqueminot, La
France. Coquette des Blanches, Coquette des
Alps. Malmaison, Lady Emily Peel, etc; Queen of
the Prairie, same size, at 8c. Large-tlowered
Clematis, finest purple, white and lavender sorts,
3-ye;ir, 30c; floe a- year dormant or from 5-in. pots,
IHc; fine 1-year at very moderate prices. Clematis
Paniculata.dormant or from 5-in. pots, lOo. Pack-
ing tree for cash. Would like to exchange a 8pw
Clematis for fine, clean-rooted Cuttings or 2-in,
Geraniums, Coleus and T^obelia.

W. H. SALTER, Rochester. N. Y.

"PoTlttlAtt Extra large stockv plants,
^^ €MALi>X'^^m Giant Mixed, in bud and
bluom; $1 per 100; |8 per 1000. Will save you 50 per
cent on R. C. Carnations. Write for prices. Cash
with order. hY. ERNST & SON. Washington, Mo.

1432

The American Florist.

May 4,

St. Paul.

SBASON ADVANCES WITH A BOSH — TKADB
GOOD ALL ALONG — BULBOUS STOCK
PROFITLESS IN BETTER CLASS OF PLACES
— GOOD SUPPLY OF BEDDING STOCK. —
MUCH SPRING WORK. — CUT FLOWEH
BUSINESS STILL ACTIVE.

Sommer has come on so rapidly that
almost before we were aware of spring's
advent we are plunged into the heat of
mid-summer. Trade has been good all
along. Bulbous stock has sold fairly
well with the smaller stores but was a
drug on the market with the best trade.
Azaleas, roses, Bpirseas, hydrangeas and
Crimson Ramblers have been in good
demand. There is a good supply of
spring bedding stock in sight, with bright
prospects for an excellent trade. The
warm, bright weather has brought
everything on with a rush and nimble
fingers are kept unusually busy repotting
and putting in hot beds. As usual, gera-
niums are the leaders in bedding stock.
Many of the smaller growers depend on
spring bedding stock tor their annual
income and receive more in May and
June than in the remaining months of the
year. This system is not profitable, as
full houses all of the time are what makes
a profit. Ferns, asparagus and lilies are
always in good demand and by a little
judicious management could be grown
by many of the growers whose houses
are now nearly empty nine months in the
Tear.

Since Easter the cut flower trade has
been good, with a fair supply of stock to
meet the demand. As spring advances
fhe demand increases until June weddings
and commencements complete the year's
business. Felix.

^^S!ZSraZSS!ZZSSSSSSS8»S^S!«S^SB2i^^!SSiSS3?S^SaSSSS!SSaSSS;SS&S!i

Salbm, Mass.— Wm. T. Walke is doing
a very fine business here and proposes to
add two or three more houses the com-
ing summer.

A

Splendid
lot of

ASPARAGUS ^
SPRENGERII I

.$2.00 per ICO
. 3.0)
. 4 00

From 2-in. pots, prepaid.
" 2!4-in. ••

" 3-m. •' " -iw ^

These are worth twice the money. Send a

cash with order and tliey will be sent pre- X

Said as above. Safe and satisfactory X

elivery guaranteed. \

FRED RAFFERTY. \

Hermosa Gardens, SANTA ANA, CAL. ♦
♦♦♦••»»•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

Vinca Maj
Variega

Strong:
Plants,

from 2^-in,
pots, $2.50
per 100.

SMITH & YOUNG CO.

or
a

436 E. Washington St.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

Boston Ferns.

The largest stock in United States Now Ready.
Cut from bench, 10 to 15 fronds. 2 feet long, at
|25.C0perl00. Small plants, $6 per IOC; $40 per 1000.

Alternantheras, 4 kinds. Dracaena Indivisa, 6 and
7-inch.

L. H. FOSTER.

45 Kins St., Dorchester, Mass.

Mixed, good collection.
Double Fringed Petunias,
Fine Asparagus Sprengerii. All the above from
2-inch pots at $2.00 per 100.

K. I. BA WIRINGS, Qaabertown, Fa.

Geraniums

CARNATION NOVELTIES

strong Plants from 2-incti Pols.

Prosperity per ICO, $16.0D

Gov. Roosevelt " 12.00

Queen Loui'e '' 1000

Mrs. Leopold Ine ** 7.00

Bon Homme Richard per 100. $10.00

ProliOca ■• 10.00

Egypt •' 1003

Carnations, Standard. ^''""^ •"'"*'

Mrs. Thos. W, Lawson per 100, $7 00

G.H.Crane " .S.OO

Flora Hill " 3 00

M.'irquis - " 4.00

Cuttings from 5oll.

(Jen. Maceo per 100, $2 50

Gen. Gomez ■* 2.00

Ethel Crocker •• 2.00

(ienevieve Lord .-... *' 5.00

Roses.

Crimson Rambler, 2 year, extra, budded, 4-foot canes per

"*" " " own roots, 4-foot canes

Trt^e Crimson Rambler, fine tops per

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 2- year, grafted per

Hermosa, 2-year, own roots -

2i,2°!nch Pots.

Brides per 100. $3.00

Bridesmaids " 3- CO

Perles " 3.60

Meteors " 3.0O

Liberty per

American Beauty '

Kaiserin

Golden Gate

ICO, $15.00

IS 00

doz,, 5.C0

100, 15.00

13.00

too, $10.00
6.00
3.S0
3.0O

Geraniums,

a large stock.

2ii-in. pots, $4.C0 per 103; $30 00 per 1000.
ColetJS, per 100. $2.f0; 1000, $20f0.

.,A.si>t*«-^g;t_x«» fSprens:^*^'* 2V4-in. pots, per 100, $3.00.
13^1-1.1 ifc&e», best kinds, 2-in. pots, per 100, $5.C0.

He»r<ay F»l-».lo:^, finest named kinds, per 100, $4.00.

New Chrysanthemums. \^^^'^: MrrE.me'f^b.t^i'.h^t

best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton, Yanariva.

THE OKAND NEW Taei n TTiaiirl Doz., $1.25; per lOO, $10.00.

PIITK OEBANIUM U C«*ll V ICtlUU. 2-inch pots.

CannaS. Buy nowl Don't get left again.

''^^^'^^'^^^' VAUGHANS' SEED STORE, «*"«c"A^^)TG"o^^''"^•

GREENHOUSES. WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL.

•i^sssis^ssessaiisssssissm

<<Wv\N".lW.<NN\WrfW

Dahlias

THOUSANDS.

If you expect to
carry' off some of
those prizes at the
Pan-American orat
any othershow,you
must get in line,
and get your order
in early."
My Dahlias are
prize winners. Don't send for a "cheap mixture'
for I don't carry that kind.
Prices reasonable. Catalogue free.

W. W. WILIMORE, The Dahlia Specialist,

Box 382, DENVER, CoLO.

Palms 9 Ferns.

HOME-GROWN, FINE, CI.EAN
STOCK; GROWN COOL.

Write lor Price List. J ,
The Exotic Nurseries,

B. HEISS.

DAYTON, OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous
Alpine Plants, ^'rtn

A Complete Assortment ol Old and New Vars. '

i The Blue Hill Nursery, So. Bralntree, Mass. <

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. i

AND

Gen. Grant, double, 2V4-in. pots, $2.00 per 100;

3-in., J3.S0 per 100.
Fuchsias, double and single, large plants, 3-inch.

Jl.OO per 100.
Pelargoniums, a line assortment, 3-in., $5.00 per 100.
The Marquis Carnation, out of pots, $4.00 per 100.
Vincas, long vines, 3-inch pots, $4.00 per 100.

eeORGE H. BENEDICT, Yorkvllle. T.TY.

Always mention the American Flo-
rist when writing to advertisers.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

TOMATO —Lorillard, Mayflower, Dwarf Cham-
pion, Acme, Stone and other varieties ready for
transplanting, 15c per 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50
per 10,000. It by mail add lOc per KO.

EGG PLANT — N.Y. Improved, good size fortrans-
planting or potting, 25c per 100; $3.00 per 1000;
$15.00 per 10,000. If bv mail add 10c per luO.

PEPPER— Bull Nose, Ruby King, Sweet Mountain
and other varieties, ready for transplanting,
25o per 100; $2.00 per 1000; $15.00 per 10,000. If
by mail, add 10c per 100.

BEET— Earlv Egvptian, 20c per 100; 11.50 per 1000:
$12.50 per 10.000. If bv mail, add 10c per ICO

LETTUCE— Grand Rapiis, Curled Simpson and
other varieties, l.'io per 100; $1.00 per 1000; 18.50
per 10,000. If by mail add lOo per ICO.

CABBAGE— In var., 26c per 100; $1.25 per lOOO.

CELERY— White Plume and Golden Self Blanching
small plants, ready for transplanting, 15o per
110; 75c per lOCO; $5.00 per 10,000. If by mail add
10c per 100.

CAULIFLOWtR— 35c per lOO. Cash with obdkb.
R. VINCENT. Jr.. & SOM. White Marsh. Md.

SEMINOLE
PECIALTIES

FRESH GREEN PALM LEAVES,

CROWNS AND BUDS, NEEDLE PINES,

MOSS.

Full line of Prepared Palm Leaves, Fiber and
Accessories. Lowest prices. Most liberal terms.

SEMINOLE PALM CO..

Please mention the A merican Florist when writing.

The most'wldely drcnlated'Oerman gardening

Journal, treating of all departments of hortlouItoN
and florloultare. Numerous eminent correspoid-
•Bts in all parts of the world. An advertlslnt
medium of the highest class.

MoUer's Deutsche Gartner Zeltung is published
weekly and richly illustrated. Subscription 13. M
pel annum, Including postage. Sample oopieslfrst.

nipoj.

The American Florist.

1483

nro make room for planting out NEPHROLEPIi WITTBOLDIl. we will
■'• dispose of an exceptionally fine lot of LATANIA BORBONICA
(about 10,000 plants) from 5-in. pots, at |35 per 100, 25 at 100 rates.
The stock is ready for 6 in. pots, and if properly handled will make tine
7-inch stock for this fall.

Ken tias==Latanias

LATANIA BORBONICA.

..Asparagus..

Size Pot

j Asparagus Sprengerii 2-inch

( Asparagus Sprengerii 3-incli

Asparagus Sprengerii. T 4-inch

> f

Miscellaneous.

Pern Balls, well atartt'd.

English Ivy, 4-inch

English IvV, 5-inoh

Doz. Per 100

$ .SO » 3.00

l.CO 8.C0

1.50 12.00

Each. Dozen.
..t .50 $5.00

Pot Height

Pandanus mills 2!4 6 to 8

Pandanus Ctilis 3 8 to 10

Pandanus Veitchii 7 strong

Pandanus Veitchii 8 extra

Phronix Reclinata 3

Phcenix Ganariensis 3

Phoenix Canariensia 10 40 to 45

Sanseviera Javanica Varieguta, 3-inch,
Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 4-inch,
Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 5-inch,

Leaves
10 to 12
12 to 15

Each Doz.

$3.25
3.00

4 to

4 to

6 to

strong plants,
strong plants,
strong plants.

S I.OO

2.00

27.00

36.00

1.60

1.50

3.50

...dozen

2.00
3.00

100

« 8.00

15.00

10.00
10.00

1.20
2.00
3.00

Varieties

Size Height

Pot Inches

Kentia Belmoreana 2H 8 to 9

Kentia Belmoreana 3 10 to 12

Kentia Belmoreana 3^ 12 to 14

Kentia Belmoreana 4 14 to 16

Kentia Belmoreana 5 16 to 20

Kentia Belmoreana 6 20 to 22

Kentia Forsteriana 2V4 8 to 9

Kentia Forsteriana 3 10 to 12

Kentia Forsteriana 3H 12 to 14

Kentia Forsteriana 5 20 to 24

Kentia Forsteriana 6 28 to 30
Latania Borbonica 2M

Latania Borbonica 3 12

Latania Borbonica 34 12 to 15

Latania Borbonica 4 15 to 18

Latania Borbonica 5 18 to 22

Latania Borbonica 6 20 to 24

Latania Borbonica 8 IK to 20

Areca Luteacens 2!4 5 to 6

Areca Lutescens 3^4 12 to 15

Areca Luteacens 4 18 to 20
.\reca Lutescens 6

No. Per

Leaves Each Doz.
3 to 4 $ t 1.50

4 to 5

5 to6

6 to 7

5 to 6

6 to 7

3 to 4

4 to 5

5 to 6
5 to 6

2.00
.26 3.00
.40 4.00
.75 7.20
1.25 15.00
1.50
2.00
.25 3.00
.75 7.20

5 to 6 1.25 1.5.00

3

5 to 6
5 to 6

5 to 7

6 to 7
6 to 8

.60
1.00
1.50
3.00
5.00
6.00

.15

.25

.50

.60

8 to 10 2.25
3 plantain potl.OO
3 " " 2.00

3 " .25 3.00

.75 9.00

Per
100

$12.00
15.00
20.00
30.00
60.00

125.00
12.00
15.00
20.00
60.00

125.00
5.00
8.00
12.00
20.00
35.00
50.00

8.00
15.00
25.00

Per
1000
$100.00
150.00
180.00
300.00
600.00

100.00
150.00
180.00
600.00

40.00

75.00

100.00

175.00

300.00

Varieties

..i^ernSf size per Per

Pot Doz. 100

Pteris Cmbrosa 2-inch $ .50 $4.00

Pteris Serruiata 2-inoh .50 4.00

Cyrtomium Falcatum 3-inch 1.00 8.00

CVrtomium Falcatum 4-inch 1.50 12.00

Cyrtomium Faloatum 5-inch 2.00 15.00

Nephrolepis Bostoniensis 2-inch .50 4.C0

The Geo. Wittbold Co.,

tOS? ]B«:aok:la3.£:l^^>^^^ Pl^oe,

OHIOA.OO, IC^Ev.

OUR PRICES

ON SPRING STOCK.

100,000 Plants and Rooted Cuttings
Ready to Ship.

GERANIUMS. Our superb collection consisting
of the lolloning higli-grade varieties: Bruanti,
Heteranthe, Grant, S. a. Nutt, Francis Perkins.
Mrs. E. G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine. Mme. Bruant,
Mme. Jaulin, LaFrance, Mrs. J M. Garr and La-
Favorite, strong selected top cuttings, well-
rooted, equal to the average 2><-inch pot plant.
$150 per 100, $15.00 per 1000. Mme. Salleroi »nd
Rose Geraniums, strong 2M-in('h, $2.00 per 100.

VERBENAS. The 20tli century colle-tion. New
Mammoth, 20 grand varieties, including all the
newest sorts. Strong 2J4-inch pot plants, $1.25
per ion. $12.00 per 10(0.

ALYSSUM. California Giant for vases and bas-
iteis, and Little Gem for borders; strong 2J4-inch
pot plants, $1.25 per ICO; $12.00 per 1000.

PETUNIAS. Double Ffing.'d, eight novelties in
white, pink, purple and blotched. Strong r. oted
cuttings, well rooted, $1.00 per 100, $9.10 per 10.0.
Strone2!i-inch, $!.00 per 100, $15.00 per 1000.
.£OLcUS. Our champion collection of 15 varie-
ties including onh' those of decided merit, etront^
rooted cuttings, 60c per lOO; $5.00 per 10' 0. Golden
Bedder and Verschaffeltii,75c per 100; $6 per lOlO.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Sprlngfiotd, III.

Rooted Cuttings OF THK

NEW AND STANDARD CARNATIONS.

Send for price list.
WM. SWATNE. Box 226, Kennett Square, Pa.

FOR DECORATING. ^^ X\ I |\/| y^ ^^^ GROWING ON.

My stock of Palms is larger and in bttter condition than ever before.
Entirely American-grown and free from insects or disease. They are
of oxceplional value, and cannot fail to give satisfaction.

ARECA LUTE6CEN8. Per doz. Per 100

2-inch pot, I plant In pot, 6 to 8 inches high Per 1000, $45 00 Jl.CO $ 6.C0

4 " " 3 plants in pot, 15 inches high 3.C0 25.C0

fi " •• 3 ■■ •■ 20 •■ •• 9.C0 75.C0

6 " •• 3 " " 24 •■ " 12.00 lOO.CO

Each. Per doz.

8 " " 3 " " 30 " " $2.50 $30.00

KENTIA BELMOREANA. Per doz. Per 100

2!4-inch pot, 3 to 4 leaves, 8 inches high Per ICOO, $100.00 $1.60 $12.00

3 ■■ ■■ 4to5 " 10 to 12 inches hicih 3.C0 26.00

4 •■ " 5 to 6 ■' 15 ■' ■• 4 50 35 to

h '■ " 5 to 6 " 20 " " 9.00 75.00

Each. Per doz.

6 ■• •• 6 ■• 21 ■• ■■ $1.25 11500

6 " ■■ 6lo7 •• 26to28 " ■• 1.50 18.C0

KENllA FORttTERIANA. Per doz. Per 100

2!4-inch pot, 4 leaves, 8 inches high Per 1000, $;00 00 $1.60 $I2.C0

3 •• •• 4 •• 12 " ■■ 2.50 2000

4 •• " 4 to 5 leaves, 15 inches high 4.50 3.5.O0

Each. Per doz.

6 •■ ■• 5 '• 24 to 28 inches high $1.00 $iaOO

6 ■• " 5to6 •' 31 ■■ ■'■ 1.25 15.C0

6 ■■ •■ 6 ■■ 28to32 '■ '■ 1.60 18.00

7 " ■• 6 to 7 " 30 to 38 ■• •■ 2.C0 24.10

LATANIA BORBONICA. Per doz.

6 in. pot, 5 to 6 leaves, 15 1 5 18 inches high $ 9.00

6 6to8 " 20toS4 '• '■ 12.90

JOSEPH H EACOCK, Wyncote, Pa.

Please mention the American Florist to our advertisers

r

1434

The American Florist.

Ma

^y 4'

Erie, Pa.

GBBA.T SNOW STORM BREAKS ALL RECORDS
FOR APRIL. — MDCH DAMAGE INFLICTED
UPON FLORISTS.— STOHM FAR- REACHING
IN EFFECTS.

Daring the night of Friday, April 19,
and all day Saturday, the heaviest snow
storm ever known at thislate date raged
over Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
The snow was wet and sticky, driven by
a high wind, and had not been falling
many hours when communication was
interrupted and the disaster began to be
apparent. V. S. Schluraff says that it was
the heaviest fall of snow ever known at
Erie and that business was impossible; in
fact, no attempt was made to do business,
all efiorts beings directed toward saving
greenhouses and stock. The storm lasted
thirty hours and the only thing which
saved many a greenhouse was the work
of the men in clearing the roof. Many
losses are reported from the crushing
weight. Dozens of growers were practi-
cally without coal and found it utterly
impossible to secure any. Fortunately
the cold was not severe and most of them
were able to avoid serious loss in this
direction.

Everyone thought that the Easter
weather was bad enough but we are all
thankful that this latest visitation did
not come two weeks earlier. It would
have inflicted incalculable loss then. S.

Albany, N. Y.

TRADE gUIET IN NEARLY .^LL LINES —
SOCIAL SEASON AT AN END,— VARIOUS
NOTES.

« The past week has been rather quiet.
About the only event at which flowers
were required was a banquet of the local
alumni of Syracuse University held on
the evening of April 29. The floral
decorations consisted of spirsaand white
orchids furnished by W. C. King & Co.

August Roelker, of New York, visited
here during the week, R. D.

New Bedford, Mass.— E. H. Cham-
berlain, for the past twenty years in the
employ of Wm. Pierce, will open a florist
establishment on Purchase street on
May 15.

XXX STOCK

PYPI AMFN Persicum Splendens Giganteum. finest
u i ULMmLn strain in the wor d, 'in four true
folors (separate), transplanted from flats, $3. CO
per 100; $35.00 per ICOO. My strain of Cyclamen
is superb in ever particular.
CEDAUIIlUt Alp. Riocard, John Doyle. Mme.
UtRHniUmd Thibaut, Gen. Grant, Gloire de
France. Mme. Jaulin, Griffith. Countess de Cas-
tries, Frances Perkins S. A.Nutt, Leonard Kel-
way. La Favorite, strong, well-grown plants,
from 3-in pots. $5 per 100; 3!4-in. $6 per 100.
pi||||lP Started from sand bed, in vars. as fol-
bHnnHO lows; Queen Charlotte, F. Vaughan,
Chicago, Cbas. Henderson, .7. D. Cabos, Pres.
McKinley, Alphonse Bouvier, fine plants, ready
for 4-in. pots $30.00 per 1000.
nCCnUll REX. in 12 leading vars., strong, well-
DCDUniA grown plants, 3-iD. pots, $6.00 per 100.
I solicit your patronage and guarantee satis faction.

PAUL MADER, East Str oudsburg, Pa.

1000 BLACKHAWK

1000 DIANA

Stronii jilants in Hats, II. OO per 100; $8.00 per

1000; the ;iO«U for $16.00. This is good mailins.'

stock. 15 to 20 other varieties. 2-in. pots, J2.0U

ner 100: $15 per 1000 Rooted cuttings. $1 per ICO.

RUDBECKIA Golden Glow, field-grown, per lOCO,

$5. a).

PERENNIAL PHLOX, field-grown clumps, $-1.0D per
100 in good assortment.

ALTERNANIHERAS, red and yellow, Fall-struck
oultii.gs, 60c oer ICO; $4.00 per 10 0; 20"0 for $7.00.

CANNAS, 15 to 20 varieties, pot-grown, $4.00 per 100;
such as AUemania, Kronos, Lorraine, Pres. Mc-
Kinley, I'res. Cleveland, F. Vaughan and others.

CASH WITH ORDER.

C. O. NANZ. OWENSBORO, KV.

Ghrysanthemums

ROOTED CUTTINGS

Roses, Bride $1.00 per 100

" Maid 1.00 "

Swainsooia G. Alba 1. 00 "

Chrysanthemums, Mme. Berg-

mann, Glory of the Pacific,

Golden Wedding. Major Bon-'

naffon. Mrs. Jerome Jones.

Thornden. J. G, Whiildin... 1.00

Salvia Splendens 60c per 100, $5.00 per lOCO

Heliotrope 50c " 4.00 '•

Marguerites 60c " 5.00 "

Tradescantia Zebrina $ .50 per 109

Geranium Mme. Salleroi, R. C .75

Ageratum Cope's Pet, R. C 50

POT PLANTS

DracKna Indivisa, 4-in $15.00 per 100

Vinca V.iriegata, 2 sorts,3-iu 3.00 "

\'iuca Variegata and Harrisonii, from soil,
ready for Scinch pots, $1.25 per 100.

JOHN IRVINE & SONS,

817 WASHINSTON AVE.

BAY CITY. MICH.

GERANIUMS! COLCUS!

10 variefes, 2!4-inch pots, $3.00 per 100.
10 varieties. 3!,4-inch pots, $1.00 per 100.

Per ICO
Velluw.. $1.50

Ked 2.10

Snreugerii 2.C0

Plumosu.., 3 00

— - ■ ^ ^ Decumbens 10.00

Vinca Vines, 2 varieties 2.00

Alfernantheras
Asparagus

15 varieties, 2-inch pots,

$2.00 per 100.

Per 100

Centaurea Gym $2.li0

Verbenas. 1.^ varieties - 2.0U

Pansj Plants 1.00

Pansy, small seedling, liOO, $3.00 SO

Ageratum, blue 2.00

Smilax, May 15 l.ffi

CASH OR C. 0. D.

JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, DELAWARE. O.

THE CHOICEST VABIETIEB
IH CULTIVATION.

500,000 Verbenas

Fine pot plants $2.50 per 100: $20 per 1000. Rooted Cuttings 60c per 100; $5 per 1000: $45 per 10,000.

NO RUST OR MILDEW.

PACKED LIGHT. AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. SENO FOR CIRCULAR.

We are the Largest Growers of Verbenas In the coontry.

Oar plants cannot be snrpassed.

J. t,. HTL^I^O^i, :Blooi3:isl3t:&rs;» I*^.

Please mention the American Florist when lurilmf;

VERBENA KING

See what 1 have
to offer in Special
Number, or write
for list.

O. HUIWIFELD,

Clay Center, Kan.

THB BOOTED CUTTING
SPECIALIST.

Well Rooted
Cuttings,

ALTERNANTHERAS

Red and yellow, 50c per 100, or $4.00 per 1000.

From 2-inch pots, $1.25 per 100.
AGERATUM Princess Pauline, R. C. 5"c per 100.

From 2-inch pots, $1.5i) per I'O.
STELLA GURNEY, R. C. $1.00 per 100. From 2-inch

pots. $2.00 per 100.

DAVIS BROS., Morrison, III.

Sweet Potato Plants

sent safely anywheri' by mail. .Jersey Yellow,
Jersey Red, Pierson and Red Bermuda, 6Ce per
ICO, or 200 for $1.00. Vine'and Bush, Gen. Grant.
Brazilian. Vineles* Gold Coin and Early Golden,
75c per ICO. all post paid. Send for eirculur.

F. S. NEWCOMB, Vineland, N. J.

TELEGRAPH CODE

OP THK

AM. SEED TRADE ASSOCIAT!?!!

In sltlier vtlfforflexlbleooTer. adt>bib8 obdibs to
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. CHICAGO.

Hardy Rhododendrons,

Hardy Azaleas,

Clematis,

Ampelopsis Veitchli,

California Privet,

Evergreens,

Buxus in Standard and Pyramid Shape,

Bay Trees

H. P. Roses,

Climbing Roses,

Standard Roses

Grafted Brides Bridesmaids,

English Ivy, in 4 and 5-inch pots.

Tuberous Rooted Begonias, Single and

Double,
Cycas litems.
Herbaceous Paeonlas,
Tree Pseonias,
Cannas,
Hardy Pinks,
Hardy Phlox,
General Collection of Herbaceous plants.

Ask for Price List.

BOBBINK & ATKINS, Ruthertoid. N. J.

CANNAS

Martha Washington, Cl'oriosa,
Rosemawr. Philadelphia,

Duke of Marlborough.

auil 50 other v;irieti<-.s. Wriie for li&I.

Tlie Conafd & Jones Co. ^%r^^ '

MAMMOTH VERBENAS. Large, stocky Plants,
])lent\- of Itrieht red if wanted. 60c per 100 h. n.uil,
$4 per 1000; 2-in., in bud, $1.25 per 1(0. PANSIES,
coming in bud. $1 per 100. GERANIUMS, Nutt,
Grant, and La Favorite, 4-in , in Dud, bloom or
without, $6 per im.

SAMUEL WHITTON. 16-17 Gray Av.. Utic*. N. Y.

tgoi.

The American Florist.

1435

NOW READY!

*?

FULLY

REVISED TO

DATE

The

American Florist

Company's

Directory *e 1 901

oe

With
Tliousands

of

New Names

and

Changes

of
Address

OF

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
and SEEDSMEN

OF THE UNITED STATES AND CAN-
ADA, Arranged both by States and Post
Offices and all names ^ ^ ^ ^ J- ^

Alphabetically.

ALSO

Gardeners, Horticulturists, Landscape Architects, Parks,
Cemeteries, Botanical Gardens, Societies and Horti-
cultural Supply Concerns, j* j* j* ,;* j* j*

PRICE TWO DOLLARS.

American Florist Company,

324 DEARBORN STREET,

CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A jt

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1436

The American Florist.

May 4,

Portland, Ore.

lOTTINGS OF THE SIGHTS AT NE4R-BY
GREENHOUSE ESTABLISHMBNTS. — TRADB
HBAVy, ESPBCIALLY FUNERAL WORK.

At Mt. Tabor L. Pfonder has a large
range of glass. His young stock for the
coming season is in good shape. Near
by is the new place of Martin & Forbes.
Here are two houses of roses that are in
the pink of perfection. They are at pres-
ent cutting Brides and Bridesmaids that
would make any of the eastern growers
envious. Kaiserin has behaved hnely all
during the winter months and is in full
crop now, with stems two feet and over.
The carnations at present are rather
oflFcrop. This place is no doubt the neat-
est up to date on this part of the coast.
At Albina Mr. Johnson is located and the
Mrs. Joost carnation is having full sway.
Down the valley at Clarkamus, eleven
miles out, Charles Street, the crack viokt
grower of Portland, can be found and
the flowers that he has sent into the city
stores the past season were of excellent
quality. Calling on a gentlemen at
Woodstock who is not directly in the
florist business but who is somewhat of
a pansy specialist, I can truly say the
show his place presented was worthy the
study he has given the flower.

After the very rainy and disagreeable
weather which we had at Easter, spring
has made her appearance in all her glory.
Easter business was the largest ever
known in this city, fully forty per cent
over last year. Lilies were in limited
supply and sold quickly. Home grown
roses were very short on account of dull
weather, also carnations. At present
iuneral work is heavy and almost any-
thing is used to help fill up; one firm had
orders for thenty-three designs in one
day last week. ' H.

KiRKSviLLE, Mo.— Mrs. B. F. Eads,
whose calla bulbs nearly all rotted last
season, has been having splendid success
with them this year. The new bulbs were
potted in only moderately rich soil, with
no commercial fertilizers. Every two
weeks she gives them a watering of soap
suds.

Nashua, N. H. — By the will of the late
J. T. Greeley about 160 acres of land was
left to the city of Nashua, under certain
provisions, for public park purposes. It
is proposed to improve it bv the planting
of young trees in the near future. Judge
C. W. Hoitt is a member of the park
commission.

ELECTROS... 4

for Catalogue Purposes,

WE have a large assortment of
strictly high-class halftones of
which we can supply electros suitable
for catalogue illustration. If you need
anything in this way, state ^our re-
quirements and we will submit jrroofs
of the illustrations in stock
Price (or cash only 1& cents per square inch.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.,

.324 Dearborn St.. CHICAGO.

GARDENING

This is the paper to recommend to your

oustomers, the leading horticultural

Journal in America for amateuTS.

•a»00 Per Year. Sample Copies Free'>

Liberal terms to florists who take subsorlptloiu.

THE 6AR0ENIN6 CO. "onon Bid.. CHICAGO.

Awarded the only flrst-
class Certificate ol Merit

by the Society of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
Aug. 21, 1890, for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

ffniLLDIN

Jersey Qty

PotteryGo

[ONG Island (JTY

Philadelphia

Thos.W.Weathered'sSons

46 Marlon St„ New York City,

Design, Construct and Heat
Greenhouses for private or
Commercial purposes.
Plans, material and work-
manship the best.
Strictly up to date.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

Perfect Hot Water Heating our Specialty.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS!

Packed in imall oratet, eaiy to handle.

Price perorate
UOO Mn. poti In orate, U.'Se

uooa

t3M'

1600 aS '
lows ■

800M '

sooi ■

8306 '
144 8

5.%
6.00
6.00
6.80
4.60
4.61
3.16

Prloe per orate
120 7-ln, pott In orate, 14.30
60 8 ■■
43 9
4810
34 11
3413
i314
616

3.00
3.60
4.80
3.60
4.80
4.80
4.60
8ee<3 pans, same prloe aa pots. Send for prloe Hat of
Cylinders for Cnt Flowera, HanslnK Basfaeta, Lawn
Vases, eto. 10 per oent off for cash with order.

HILFINflER BROS. POTTERY,

OR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

AnsniT ROLKIB A SONS. New York Agents,

M r>MT iTRavT. ?nw York r ity

FLOWER POTS

STANDARD POTSspec^.utv

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

P. 0. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.

Standard OriX^
Flower... ■ W * O

If your greenhouses are within GOO miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you

money.,

W. H.

28lh and M Streets. -

ERNEST.

WASHINGTON. 0. C.

RED P OTS

SAMPLE POT AND PRiCE LiST
ON APPLiCATiON.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., U',^'**"^"

HEADQUARTERS ^°"

COCOA FIBRE. SPHAGNUM and

SHEEP MANURE, GREEN MOSS,

BONE all grades, RUSTIC WORK, all kii

IMPORTED SOOT. CLAY'S FERTILIZER.

DINNE & CO., IJjrVu' New York.

HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES.

^•HEWS^

iaSIRJB

WRITE

At l^nUD 1521-23 N. LBAVITT!
• Ti MJnni chicaqo. ill..

ST.,

FOn PRICKS OF

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market

KELLER BROS.,

_213-15-17-19-21-23 Pearl St.,
N0RR1ST0WN, PA.

Manufaotureri of Standard Flower Poti, red in
oolor, equal to the best on the market; are 10
miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad oonneo-
tions. We give special attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantitlei. A
postal will bring prices and discounts.
Plfase ntfyition the American Florist when wrilinz-

GEO. KELLER & SON,

MANIFACTURKRS OF

FLOWER POTS.

HefoH' buying write for prices.

361-363 Herndon Street,
near Wrightwfvid Ave,.
CHICACO, ILU

THOSE RED POTS

" STANDARDS"

FCLL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y,

HARRY BALSLEV.
Rep.

DETROIT. MICH.,
490 Howard 81.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list

6.HFNNF6KE 60.. ""^^1^'^°"^

We like to have yon tell our advertiseri
that you read oor paper.

ipor.

The American Florist.

1437

Boston Florist Letter Go.

MANFFACTURBHS OP

FLORISTS' LETTBRe.

This wooden box nicely stained and Tai>
nishedi 18x30x18 made In two gectlonSf one
for each size letter, given away with nnt
order of 500 letters.

Block Letters, Hi or 2-lnch olze, per 100, 12.00.
goript Letters, t4. Fastener with each letter or word.
Used by leadlnK Horlsta everywbere and for ule b7
All wholesale dorlBts and supply dealers.

N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Maniger,
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

IF YOU WANT

HEALTHY PLANTS

FUMIGATE WITH

NICOTICIDE

THE BEST OF ALL

INSECTICIDES

Write for full particulars to

The Tobacco Warehousing & Trading Co.,

1000 Magnolia Ave., LOUISVILLE, KY.

IRON

RESERVOIR

VASES

IRON LAWN
SETTEES.

For Lawns and
Cemeteries.

MoDONALD BROS., ''X^^^iSem.^.

Send fou Oub 1901 Catalogue
f^ease mention the American Florist when 7vr^ting.

Use

"UP-TO-DATE"
= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

oL, Alice & Co., Tvlanulaclurers.

918 FUbert St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Cataloqtjk for the Asking

The Conley Foil Co.

Mannfactnrers ot

2 AND 4 DOMINICK STREET.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want
in the way of

PREPARED PALMS

Whether the raw materials or the
finished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and service from the
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co.,

Jacksonville, Fla.

Branch Store. Indianapolis. Ind.

"Inquiries Cheerfully Answered.

E

#)

VERY FLORIST

IS ENTITLED TO ONE

Of our handsome Illustrated Catalogues. Send us your
address and we will forward it to you. It costs money to
make such a catalogue and mail it, free to all, but it brings
us good customers and it is a great convenience to those who
are ambitious to keep in the lead in their profession. It illus-
trates just the goods you will need for Decoration Day and
Tor Graduations and WEDDINGS IN JUNE.
Now is the time to figure up what you will need to sup-
ply your customers satisfactorily. OUR PRICES on Baskets,
Vases, Cycas Leaves and Wreaths, Moss Wreaths, Metal
Designs, Doves, Sheaves, Letters, Ribbon Inscriptions, Cape
Flowers and Immortelles are VERY LOW. We are the
largest dealers in these goods in America.

\ H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.,

Wholesalers Only.

50-56 North fourth Street,

PHILADELPniA, PA.

Mailing and
Cut Flower Boxes

a specialty with us. The Mailing
Packages are used by the largest
shippers of plants and bulbs, take
less postage and are water-proof.
Our Cut Flower Boxes are mois-
ture-proof and are used by all
retail florists. These boxes are
shipped knocked do^wn flat. Write
for prices.

The Dayton Paper Novelty Co.

DAYTON, O.

REED & KELLER,

122 & 119 W. 25th St., NEW YORK, N. Y.

MANUFACTURERS OF

FLORISTS' WIRE DESIGNS.

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Galax Leaves and all Decorative Greens.

You Hlioiild know what
noted growers say

Imperial Liquid
Plant Food

Wt^^S^^M elve. Fail Information, tKiokleta

^^^^^BB and prices on request. Leadlnt;

% ^ Eastern Dealers nandle It.

EASTERN CHEMICAL CO., Mfrs..

620 ATLANTIC AVE., BOBton, MaSS.

in
in

AN

Indispensable Adjunct

I

TO a successful wholesale business is an op-to-date,
accurate, complete Trade Directory. Such a
book, 397 pages, containing; the name and
address of every florist, nurseryman and seedsman
in America, new list of private gardeners and horti-
cultural supply concerns and much other informa-
tion will be mailed from this office on receipt of $21

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

334 Dearborn St., CHICAQO, ILL.

S^

1438

The American Florist.

-May ^,

Tarrytown, N. Y.

MONTHLY MEETING OF THE HORTICUL-
TURAL SOCEBTY FULL OF INTEREST. —
THE PROGRAMME FOE THE BALANCE
OF THE YEAR. — VARIOUS DOINGS.

The monthly meeting of the Tarry-
town Horticultural Society was held on
April 25, with a satisfactory attendance.
The executive committee reported the
following list as the dates of meeting for
the balance of the year, the topics to be
discussed and the names of the essayists:

M&y 30. Dracjenes, by Joseph MooDey.

June 27, Small Fruits, by David McFarland.

July 25, Commercial Ferns, by J. M. Cooke.

August 29, Cyclamens, by J. E. White.

September 26, Hardy Shrubs, by Thos. Cock-
burn.

October 31, General Propagation, by J. W. Coley.

November 28, Carnations, by \Vm. Scott.

December 29, Election and Dinner.

At the April meeting C. E. Nossiter was
proposed for membership and Alex.
McClelland, Alfred E. Cooke and Mr.
Grossman were elected. Mr. Stevenson
was elected to the executive committee
in place of Wm. Turner, who has left
Tarrytown, and other routine business
was transacted.

John Shore, of Harrison, a member of
the Portchester Horticultural Society,
was present and addressed the meeting,
choosing as his subject the query, "Where
are we at?" He paid his respects to
several live issues with the gardening
fraternity and was warmly applauded.

Wm. Scott exhibited two excellent
plants of Spirjea astilboides in 7-inch
pots and the judges, J. E. White and
David McFarland, awarded a certificate
of merit. H. J. R.

Sleepy Eye, Minn.— Business at the
Palmyre greenhouse is so heavy that the
establishment will be enlarged to three
times its present size.

Sandusky, O.— J. C. Gooding, who was
in business here for many years, will be
an assistant at the horticultural building
at the Pan-American Exposition this
stimmer.

Sprague Smith Go.

PLATE AND WINDOW GUSS

Greenhouse Glass a Specialty

207-209 Randolph Street CHICAGO.

SiGMUND GELLER

Importer and Mir. ol

Florists' Supplies

Complete stock — New Goods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

108 W. 28th St., neareth Av., NEW YORK.

A. HERRMANN.

Cape Flowers, allcolobb;
Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
AKD All Florists' Sapplies.

Send for Prlcei.
404-4lt last S4th St.. MEW YORK.

RUSTIC WORK

FOR ALL PURPOSES
MADE TO ORDER.. .

In stock, the most extensive variety in the
country, of Baskets 'Window Boxes, Stands,
Brackets and original designs. Prices low.

RUSTIC MFG. & CONSTRUCTION CO.,

19 FHlten Straat. NEW YORK CITY.

THE FINLEY LAWN RAKE FOR I90i

TWO SIZES— 20-iiich, $12.00; 14-inch. $10.00, net. F. O. B. Jollat.

Two Cclors, Vermilion or Darl< Green. Endorsed by Florists, Seedsmen and others.

Send

for Circular.

Finley Lawn Rake Co., Joliet, III.

3 FT. HARDWOOD FLOWER STAKES -^r,!?Xa%^^trr'i!l

sample and pr ces on other sizes on application, ^^^^^^^^^ji

LOUIS A. SHARE, Factory Cor. Barth Ave. and Belt R. R.. Indianapolis. Ind.

Tho Mnuior '^^^^ ^^^^^ l^i" ^" t^^ weeds in your
I lie inUnGl lawns. If you keep the weeds cut
so they do not ^o to seed and cut your grass with-
out breaking the small feeders of roots, the grass
will become thick and weeds will disappear. The
Clipper will doit. Send for catalogue and prices.
CUPPER UWN MOWER CO., Norristown. Pa.

w

KINNEY
PUMP.

For applying
Liquid
Manure it

lias no equal!

Sent prep.iid
for $2.00.

dress

The HOSE CONNECTION CD/

.;a3._:a:3;.:a33,.£3:::s;3

iWW.

INIKOTEEM

IT COSTS 4 CENTS FOR EACH COO FEET OF
-7 FLOOR SPACE ?.

_ DOES NOT INJURE THE MOST SEN5ITI«

W PLANTS- ENDORSED BY PROMINENT FimSTS-^LJ

Mr USED FOR FUMIGATION OR SPRAYING INDOORS OR Y

i^loUT- 200 LBS. OFTOBACCOmONEPINTWIIKOfEnJU

"^ SOLD BY SEEDSMEN CIRCULAR FREE-Jn

SKABCURA DIPCC.CniCACO.

Quickly Docs IT. "w

Invalid Appliance Co.,
COLUMBIA PLANT TUBS

Adjustable Vase Holders

No. 1. — Brass, nickel, 4 feet long, ti clasps to each
rod. Price complete (with green or white tum-
blers) S2.25. Price complete (with green or white
cornucopia vases) 82.50. No. 2. — Heavy 4 ft. tod
brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-
in^'h pots, each, $1.75.

Kift's patent rubber capped Flower Tubes,
lV4-inch diameter, per 100, 83.50.

JOSEPH KIFT & SON. 1725 Chestnut St.. Phila.. Pa.

R. I.

:

FOR INSURANCE AGAINST
DAMAGE BY HAIL, Address

JOHN a. ESLER, Sac'y F. H. A.,

•ADDLE RIVER. M. J

Do You Use Water

Then you need a power to pump it to
vour house or barn. The

DEFF Hydraulic Engine

■ ■■• ^m is the b«t. Pumps more water.
NtTtr Btop-ii. ReqQireanoftt-
t«nl1oD. 8t>ld on 80 days
irlttl. SenJ for free book-

RIFE ENGINE CO.,
126 Liberty St.. New York.

American Florist Advertisements
Worii Every Day.

igor.

The American Florist.

1439

-AjLjuunjmjij^

CfFRHS

l« MUCH M »RE OURMIUIitHAN PINE.

PRES'

isash bar^
[reenhoiiI^

AND Ot>«r 8UI>.DItHCt^ feRiAL»<<|

/Vfa J« mention the A merica n Florist when ivriling

^NeW OEPft^TUflE,'^

You can not get a C00/» TH/HG
for nothing;. But the price of thii
apparatus is next to nothing. Send
for price and description to

J. D. CARMODY. Evansvlll*. lad.

REBUILT MACHINERY

SUPPLIES at Bargain Prices. Larg
MacMoery Depot on eartb. We buy
buildiUKs an4 plants, among
otherH we boupht the World's
Fa r, tbe<.)miibaExpuHition,the
CUica;;o Post uffite. and other
Btruc-tures. \Ve rebuild machin-
ery of all kinds, and sell with
binding guarantees. Boilers
trom t25up; Engines from f35

; etc. We cairy
; plieSj such as

llAf^GERS, PrOFYS, IRON

PIPF, IRON ROOFIN<.\ H AKIJ.

WARE,VALVES&FITTIN<-S,

: PLUMBING MATERIAL, etc.

; Will Frnd fret-, our 25u-page Catalog No.

t Conatantly buying entire stocks j
, at SherifTs* and Receivers' sales.
; Chicago House Wrecking Co..
: W. 3Blh & Iron Sts.. Chicago, III.

Please meffwn the American Florist when ■writing.

DO NOT FORGET

before building that addi-
tion to your greenhouses
to write us for expert plans
and figures. Perhaps we
can save you money,

THOS. W. WEATHEREO'S SONS,

46 Marlon St., NEW YORK.

Please mention the American Florist when writing

LVANS' IMPROVED
V£NmAT/ifG \

Appapatus \

guAKfff arrMACHmfwom.

.*■ -r.<r-r-r RICHMOND. inD.

Prevents
Mildew

Operates to

perfection

in

catchy weather.

Are placed
on their merits,

The Automatic
Ventilator
does its own
thinking.

Saves all
labor.

Improves
the growth of
plants.

The first cost
the only
expense.

Will last
a lifetime.

The Automatic
Ventilator
ventilates as
necessity
requires.

The Chadborn Patent Automatic Ventilator

And TEMPERATURE REGUUTOR

By simplj attaching our Temperature Controlling Device to your heating system
you not only secure an even temperature but efifect a direct saving of fuel.

MANUFACTURED BY

THE CHADBORN MPG. CO. """""^ rBwIuROH. n. v.

Our Illustrated Catalogue, Prices, Etc.. is yours lor tlie asking.

WATER.

If you want water only when the wind blows a windmill will do your
work and cost less money than our Rider and Ericsson Hot Air Pumps, but
if you want water every day while your flowers are growing and do not want
your pump blown down when the wind blows too hard, no pump in the
world can equal ours. We have sold about 20,000 of them during the past
twenty-five years, which is proof that we are not making wild statements.

Our Catalogue "A 3" will tell you all about them. Write to near-

est store.

Rider-Ericsson Engine Go.

28 Cortlandt St., New York. 692 Craig St., Montkeal. P. Q. 40 IJpiirbom St.. Chicaoh.

339 Franklin St.. Boston. Tf niente-Rey 71, Havana, Cuba. 40 N. 7th St.. Philadelphia.

22.\ Pitt St., Sydney, N. S. \V. Mtrohant and Alakca Sis., Honoluh-.

Henry W. Gibbons Co.

INCORPORATED

and Manufacturers
...ol....

QREENMOUSE ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS

Gulf Cypress Structural Materials,

STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,

Iron Frames for Qreenbouses
and VentllatlnK Materials.

Sales Offices, 136 Liberty St„ NEW YORK, N. Y, Manufactory General Office, Bloomsburg, Pa,

Write to NEW YORK OFFICE for Estimates, Catalogues, Plans, Expert Advice, Etc. ;

HENRY W. GIBBONS, Pres., New York, N. Y. J. L. DILLON, Treas., Bloomsburg. Pa. ;

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GARLAND'S IRON GUTTER

Write for

Catalogue containing
testimonials of the
leading florists.

GEO. M.
GARLAND,

DES PLAINES. ill.

1440

The American Florist.

May^,

Index to Advertisers.

> dvettising rates. . . 1418

Allen S L & Co 11

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CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, MAY ii, 1901.

No. 675.

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THIS ISSUE 36 PAGES WITH COVER.

CONTENTS.

Notes on orchids and their treatment (illus.).1441

Pan- American carnation show I-U2

Best methods of fumigating 1443

Notes in passing 144 4

Are you going? 1444

New York 1445

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I tica, X. Y 1419

.Vphis in adiantura house 1450

Pan-American rose show 1450

Greenhouse building 1450

Pan-.Vmerican floral exhibitions 1 *50

Rose cuttings 1450

Oas leaks in greenhouses 1450

To follow poinsettias 1450

Buffalo 1460

Obituary 1451

The seed trade 1456

The nursery trade 1458

Our pastimes 1460

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Notes on Orchids and Their Treatment.

[ A n essay read before the Detroit Florists^ Club,
May /, igor, bv Henry C. Fruck, gardener to
foseph H. Berry, Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.}

"Imitate the conditions of nature."
This rule for the cultivation of orchids
has been dinned in my ears oftener than
any other, and yet experience has tauf(ht
me to be cautious in following it. Some
of the imitators, knowing that nature
provides an excessively high temperature
for these exquisite children of her lightest
fancies, give them heat enough in all
conscience. They know also that nature
is lavish, at times, in supplying them
with water, and so we find them stewing
their plants in a steaming atmosphere
and wondering why success does not
attend their efforts.

It is well enough to imitate nature if
we neglect none of her provisions for the
welfare of her offspring. If we can repro-
duce, with the proper temperature, the
dripping rocks to which some orchids
cling, the trees overhanging rivers, the
dense woods with their moisture and
deep shade, the altitude of 7,000 to 8,000
feet at which we find Odontoglossum
Alexandrae and Odontoglossum luteo-
purpureum, together with masdevallias,
restrepias, etc., etc., and the great height
of 14,000 feet above the sea, at which
Oncidium nubigenum is discovered, and
then if we can have the breezes blow to
wait fresh air to the plants and carry of
all excess of moisture, then— but then we
would have nature and not the imita-
tion. Yet even if we could do all these
things, just as nature does them, we
would still lose plants or find sickly ones
on our hands.

It is nature in her kindliest aspects
that we should copy and as we cannot
use every one of the means that she
employs, those that are available should
be modified to compensate for the lack of
those which we cannot bring to our aid.
Thus, when we give shade to some plants
that in their natural growth require
much sunlight, we remember that under
glass the heat is not tempered by the
winds, but is stored up and rapidly
reaches a degree at which our plants
may be scorched. There are, however,
two lessons given us by nature that we
must never forget: We must give perfect
drainage. We must give perfect ventila-
tion.

From my own experience in the culture
of orchids, I shall give some hints with
especial reference to the needs of those
who raise these beautiful flowers for
commercial purposes. If anything I can
say will aid ever so slightly in arousing

deeper interest in this branch of floricul-
ture, I shall feel more than repaid.
Orchids have not yet attained the popu-
larity which they should enjoy in this
part of the world. Many consider them
too aristocratic and fear to venture on a
closer acquaintance, and yet their culti-
vation is recompensed with results as
well proportioned to the care given them
as those reached with almost any other
of our flora.

When a considerable number of species
is grown, it is necessary to have three
houses to accommodate those of diSerent
habitats. For the sake of convenience
we will call these the East Indian, Bra-
zilian and New Grenadan houses, the
names being suggestive of the species
which each should shelter.

When the plants in the East Indian
house are to be brought into growth,
increase the heat from 60" at night to
65°, and from 65° by day to 70°. In
May, June, July and August let the tem-
perature rise to 70° or 75° at night, and
as high as 90° in the daytime, but give
plenty of air, with shade from the direct
rays of the sun, excepting in the early
morning and the evening. Always, dur-
ing the growing season, supply plenty of
moisture in the air by pouring water on
the tables and walks.

In the Brazilian house less heat and
moisture are required. At first 60° at
night and 65° in the daytime is the right
temperature, but in May, June, July and
August it should be 65° to 70° at night
and 70° to 85° by day. In the New
Grenadan house the mercury may be
kept as low as 45° in winter, and the
temperature in summer should be as low
as possible, care being taken to give
shade from the direct rays of the sun. It
is better to have a house with a northern
aspect.

Temperature during rest should be, tn
the East Indian house, 60° by night and
65° by day; in the Brazilian, 50° to 55°
by night, and 55° to 60° by day; in the
New Grenadan, 45°. Just enough water
should be given to keep the plants from
shriveling, except in the case of those
which grow in the winter months, such
as some species of aerides, vanda, sacco-
labium, phalaenopsis, zygopetalum, Itelia,
cattleya and similar genera. These will
require water at the roots to keep them
growing, but care should be taken not
to wet the young shoots, or they may
rot. Plenty of light should be given.

Deciduous orchids should have as much
sunshine as possible, when resting, to
ripen the pseudo-bulbs, but very little
water. Those without pseudo-bulbs

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May It,

sboald never be allowed to become dry
at the roots; keep the moss about them
a little damp. Those on blocks need
water twice or three times a week in fine
weather.

With newly imported plants remove all
decayed parts with a sharp knife; never
tear them. Lay the plants on dry moss
in the shady part ot the house. Water
sparingly until the roots strike, then pot,
being careful to avoid overpotting. Fill
the pots nearly full of potsherds and
charcoal, through which the water will
pass without becoming stagnant. Place
the plants on top and after they are well
started, add a little peat add sphagnum
moss mixed with charcoal. If placed on
blocks, a moister atmosphere will be '
needed. Where room is scarce, the plants
may simply be hung up, but it is notcon-
venient to move them when they are
kept in this way and the roots are more
liable to breakage.

When the plants are blooming, keep
them in a drier, cooler atmosphere, and
the flowers will last longer. The tem-
perature should not fall below 50° at
night. It is better to have a house for
the flowering plants, as the blooms may
become spotted and decayed in the grow-
ing houses.

Many plants require repotting after
rest. Those that do not should get a
top dressing of fibrous peat and moss,
after removing the old soil carefully so
as not to break the roots, and cleaning the
pots thoroughly. Phaius, calanthe, den-
drobium, stanhopea, cyrtopodinm, bras-
sia, miltonia, sobralia, bretia and oncid-

Use pots of good size. Give drainage
two inches deep, place on this a layer of
moss, then one of rough peat, and then
add the compost, making it fairly firm
about the roots. When the young
growths are about six inches high, water
freely.

Many plants persist in producing but
one flowering pseudo- bulb annually, but
some, if the plants are cut, give back
shoots, thus adding to the blooming
growths. Some, like cattleyas, may be
more readily treated in this way than
others. The manner of operation is to
take a plant that has, say, four or five
back pseudo-bulbs and cut the rhizome in
two between the bulbs, without other-
wise disturbing the plant. The best time
for this is the season of rest or just before
the plants begin to grow. If it is desired
to increase the stock of particular plants,
take of) a piece and plant it in a shady
place.

Watering should be ^one carefully; too
much moisture will cause the young
shoots to damp off. As they advance
in growth, more may be given, and when
the pseudo-bulbs are half grown the roots
should receive a good supply. Give a
gentle syringing at the close of hot,
sunny days; the water used for this pur-
pose should be at the same temperature
as the air in the house. Dry the atmos-
phere once a day by ventilation. The
plants on blocks require syringing twice
a day in summer, and the blocks should
be soaked in water twice or three times
a week. <

Some orchids are easily increased by

DENDROBIUM PHAL/CNOP8IS.

ium are species which should be potted
just as they begin to grow. L^elia, cat-
tleya, saccolabium, aerides, vanda and
similar species should be potted just
before they begin to grow. After potting,
give water sparingly until fresh roots are
made. The best materials for filling
baskets are potsherds and sphagnum.

The best time for potting terrestrial
orchids is just when they begin to grow.
An excellent soil is composed of turfy
loam, broken into the size of English
walnuts; leaf mold or peat, and a little
rotted cow manure, thoroughly mixed.

dividing into pieces or cutting the old
pseudo-bulbs after the plants have done
blooming, as, for instance, dendrobiums.
The best time for dividing is when they
are beginning to grow, or while they are
at rest. Cut through the pseudo-bulbs
with a sharp knile, being sure to have a
piece of root on each piece. Put the
pieces in a shady part of the house, give
a little water at the roots until they have
made new ones, then pot.

Propagation from seed produces inter-
esting results, though in some cases one
must wait a whole year for germination.

Some very fine cattleyas, lailias, dendro-
biums and cypripediums have been raised
in this way. The variation has been
wonderful. Many orchids seed freely
when fertilized. The seed should be sown
as soon as ripe. The best place is the
top of the orchid pot, where it will not
be disturbed. Do not cover, but give a
little water to settle it. After germina-
tion, put into little pots, near the edge,
several in a pot, to avoid souring. It is
to be hoped that greater efforts may be
made to hybridize, for this sort of propa-
gation may result in hardier varieties.

When too much moisture is given with-
out a free enough circulation of air, rot
may ensue. It assails the fleshy bulbs.
Cut away all of the diseased portions
and apply sulphur to the wound in such
a way that none of it will fall on the
roots. Remove the plants to a drier and
cooler place and water with extreme
care.

Spot is thought by some to be infec-
tious; 1 do not think so. The plants, in
most cases, outgrow it if given sufficient,
but not excessive heat and a moderate
supply of water, with full exposure to
the light, though not to the burning rays
of the sun, and plenty of fresh air with-
out their being exposed to chill. When
the plants are attacked, take away the
material around the roots, cut oflf all
decayed parts, and repot, carefully reject-
ing rotting matter, especially wood.

I have made a selection of some of the
plants that I deem best adapted to the
uses of the commercial florist. This is
the list:

Aerides Fieldingii, A. odoratum and A.
reseum; Bletia Acaulis and B. hyacinthina;
Burlingtonia fragrans; cattleyas; Ccclo-
gyne cristata, C. cristata alba and C. cris-
tata major; Cymbidium eburneum, C.
Mastersii and C. Mastersii album; cypripe-
diums of the insigne varieties; Dendrobium
nobile, D. Phaleenopsis and D. Wardia-
num; Litlia albida, L. anceps and L.
autumnalis; odontoglossumsof the many
crispum varieties; Oncidium varicosum
and O. varicosum Rogersii; Saccolabium
Blnmei, S coeleste, S. guttatnm, S. viola-
ceum; Vanda coerulea and Zygopetalum
Mackavi.

The Pan-American Carnation Show.

Although the Pan-American Exposition
was hardly in condition for dress parade
on May 1, the special exhibition of cut
carnation blooms was opened promptly
as scheduled and continued from May 1
to May 8, inclusive. The blooms were
staged in the big Horticultural building,
which was kept cool and afforded the
opportunity for an excellent display. A
great many of the exhibits were late in
arriving and the show was a little slow
in taking on its best form, but it was in
every way creditable to its promoters
and afforded much interest to the many
thousands of people who visited theexpo-
sition during the first eight days.

All the latest novelties were shown and
aside from the wonderful excellence of
the stock, a most remarkable feature
was the keeping quality many of the
varieties showed. A number of the
exhibits were renewed on Saturday, but
others stood through the entire e'ght
days and were in presentable shape at
the finish. Furthermore, some of the
exhibits had traveled long distances,
and at the very beginning to the pro-
fessional eye showed the marks of their
journeys.

The list of exhibitors shows the names
of nearly every one of the prominent
growers of novelties, C. W. Ward having

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VIEW IN OROHID HOUSES AT QR08SE POINTE FARMS, MIOH.-H. O. FRUOK, GARDENER.

one of the best of the exhibiti. His T. H.
Manly, a grand scarlet, was one of the
finest vases in the show, and by many
was judged to outclass all previous
introductions in its class. He also
showed Roosevelt, Golden Beauty and
Mrs. Lawson in very fine form. L. E.
Marquisee sent a very fine vase of The
Marquis, and also ot his white seedling,
Empire State.

The Chicago Carnation Company made
a good showing with its favorite varie-
ties and attracted much attention with
the scarlet seedling which has been
christened J. J. Shedd. Witterstaetter's
Enquirer was fine and proved itself one
of the best of the keepers.

Chatterton Warburton's shipment of
Cressbrook was damaged in transit from
Fall River and was in no condition to
receive an award on Wednesday, when
the judge, Professor John F. Cowell,
inspected the display, but a second ship-
ment arrived in fine shape and won a
great deal of praise.

H. Weber & Sons were unfortunate
with their first shipment, which con-
tained such varieties as Mrs. Lawson,
Norway, Genevieve Lord, Buttercup and
Egypt, but they sent a second shipment
which arrived in excellent condition and
was fairly representative of the attain-
ments of these well known growers.

The Canadian members of the fraternity
were well represented, Gammage & Son
and John H. Dunlop each making very
fine showings. The following is a list of
awards as announced late on the after-
noon of the second day:

Fifty blooms red, first award to C. W.

Ward, Queens, N. Y., lor J. H. Manley;
second to Chicago Carnation Co , Joliet,
111., for J. J. Shedd; third to A. Herring-
ton, Madison, N. J., for G. H. Crane.

Fifty blooms white, first award to L.
E. Marquisee, Syracuse, N. Y., for seed-
ling No. 22; second to ]. Gammage &
Son, London, Ont., for Mary Wood;
third to Chicago Carnation Co., for
White Cloud.

Fifty blooms light pink, first award to
C. F. Guenther, Hamburg, N. Y., for The
Marquis; second to L. E. Marquisee, for
The Marquis, third to Chicago Carna-
tion Co., for The Marquis.

Fifty blooms dark pink, first award to
Chicago Carnation Co., for Mrs. Law-
son; second to C. W. Ward, for Mrs.
Lawson; third to Gammage & Son, for
Rosa Moran.

Fifty blooms crimson, first award to
C. W. Ward for Gov. Roosevelt; second
to J. H. Dunlop, Toronto, for Gen,
Gomez.

Fifty blooms yellow variegated, first
award to C. W. Ward, for Golden
Beauty.

Fifty blooms white variegated, first
award to C. T. Guenther, for Mrs.
Bradt; second to A. Herrington, for
Olympia; third to J. H. Dunlop, for Mrs.
Bradt.

Twenty-five blooms varieties intro-
duced in 1900 and 1901, first to L. E.
Marquisee, for The Marquis; second to
J. H. Dunlop, for Olymoia; third to C. W.
Ward, for Gov. Roosevelt.

One hundred blooms, not less than five
varieties, arranged for effect, first award
to J. Gammage & Son.

General display, first award to J. Gam-
mage & Son; second to R. Witterstaetter,
for Enquirer; third to L. E. Marquisee.

A fine display of Marie Louise violets
from George T. Schuneman, of Baldwins,
Long Island, N. Y., received special
mention. A.

Best Methods of Fumigating. '

Ed. Am. Florist:— I would like to see
some articles in regard to the best meth-
ods of fumigating. There are so many
preparations of tobacco on the market
and BO many ways of using them that it
is a question which is preferable. We
use tobacco dust. It is slow and will not
kill the aphis under the leaves, where
they are protected, and it takes a long
time to get rid of the odor, which destroy s
the perfume ot the flowers. I want to
change and do not know what is best to
do. E. C. C.

The method of fumigating varies
according to the kind of plants to be
fumigated. The best thing to use in fumi-
gating violets Is hydrocyanic acid gas.
Directions for using this are given in a
circular published by the United States
Department of Agriculture. For fumi-
gating other crops tobacco in some of its
more concentrated forms, such as rose--
leaf extract, nicomite, etc., is the best
general material to use. The best way
to use the rose-leaf extract is to put a
pint or more of it, diluted with the same
quantity of water, into a shallbw tin
pan and drop a large piece of hot iron
into it. This vaporizes the extract and
causes the distribution of nicotine with-

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May 11^

out injuring the foliage unless it is very
sensitive to tobacco. Nicomite is adver-
tised in most of the florists' papers and
the method of using it can be obtained
from the manufacturers. The same may
be said of rose-leaf extract.

Albert F. Woods.

I have used different methods of fumi-
gating, but have found nikoteen very
satisfactory. It is easy to handle and
much more effective than tobacco stems
or dust. One valuable thing about the
use of nikoteen is that it does not affect
the color of the flowers, the same as
tobacco stems, vrhich is an important
factor. I use three tablespoonsful in
about one pint of water, using the hot
iron process, having the pan deep enough
so that the liquid will not boil over in
setting the hot iron in. It would require
four of these pans for a rose house
20x100 feet. Nicoticide is also very
effective and by following the directions
of the manufacturers there will be no
difficulty in eradicating all greenhouse
pests without harm to the plants.

Wm. Tubnbe.

I am very much interested in the
subject of fumigation, particularly as
practiced in large commercial places. We
have experimented somewhat, but find it
difficult to form any very positive con-
clusions. Of course the kind of plants
grown makes a difference in results. We
grow only roses and, with the exception
of young stock, the plants reach high
above the bench and we can consequently
get at the aphis more readily with any
filmes or smoke. Then again, roses are
not as tender as some other plants, but
we find considerable injury is sometimes
done where tobacco stems &re used,

the smoke to remain but a short time,
say five or ten minutes. However, this
is not satisfactory in all kinds of
weather and leaves considerable refuse
in the walks, and always injures the
plants somewhat, causing leaves to turn
yellow, fading the color of the Brides-
maids and sometimes stunting the
flower. This I believe is the most com-
mon method of destroying aphis, as well
as cheapest at first sight, as all tobacco
extracts are somewhat high in price.

We have been using aphis punk during
the past season. It is very positive in its
results, quickly and easily applied and
does not dirty up the walks. True, it is
expensive, seemingly, but it does no
injury whatever that we can see. We
shall in all probability continue its use.
For young plants we use tabacco dust,
where it becomes necessary, but it is not
very satisfactory, although it is effectual
with us. I will say also that I have used
kerosene emulsion once or twice a week,
not too strong, as it might be noticeable
in the fragrance of the flowers, and never
have a green fly where used.

A. H. BUDLONG.

Notes In Passing.

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Great Britain, is advertised as "some-
thing new" and the price asked, $1,
indicates very decidedly that it is con-
sidered a genuine novelty. It may be
rare in cultivation, but it is certainly not
new therein, for the writer has known
it for much longer than a quarter of a
century, and is inclined to the belief that
it has been in existence, if not in actual
cultivation, for several centuries.

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COLLEGE, WELLESLEY, MASS.

especially where used at night or in the
evening and the smoke allowed to
remain in the house all night.

We have used tobacco stems vrith fair
results by fumigating in the morning,
not too heavily, but often, and allowing

Begonia Erfordii, it is also classed as a
novelty, and it is dubbed "the favorite
of Switzerland" to help it along. If the
writer is not mistaken, this novelty (?)
was sent out nearly, if not quite, ten
yean ago. It is the result of a cross

between B. X'ernon and B. Schmidtii, the
seed of which was first disseminated, I
believe, by Haage Schmidt, of Erfurt,
Germany. Erfurt, its birthplace, appar-
ently suggested its varietal name.

With all due respect to Albert M. Herr,
who on page 1418, discourages the prop-
agation of a white Mrs. Bradt carna-
tion, my advice to "W. B." would be to
increase his stock of the same, for although
there may be other white Bradt sports,
they vary among themselves, and one
sport may prove to be superior to
another, either in one or all of the follow-
ing essentials which go to make up a
valuable carnation, namely, vigor, pro-
ductiveness, fullness of flower, length of
petal, and possibly fragrance.

Alfred Dimmock, of the firm of F. Sander
& Company, St. Albans. England, when
met some time ago in New York, was
very enthusiastic about Coleus Thyrsoi-
deus, and I see A. Herrington, in a recent
number of your New York contemporary
also gives it favorable notice. It ought
to be a good thing. L.

Are You Going?
For fifteen years, beginning with the
first year of the S. A. F. era, the Ameri-
can Florist has taken an active part in
promoting the excursions of the trade
pilgrims, especially from Chicago and the
west, to the annual gatherings of that
society. It hardly needs to be said that
with the great Pan-American celebration
which dominates the dawn of the century,
the Florist will do even more. The
Buffalonians have reason to expect much
of their Chicago friends and they shall
not be disappointed. We ask every
western subscriber who even thinks of
attending the Pan-American meeting of
the S. A. F. to send us his name that we
may reach him from this date until
August 6 with seasonable news of the
trip.

Present indications point to a very
large_ attendance, perhaps the largest in
the history of the society. We give space
herewith to some notes on the initial
work of getting together excursion
parties at various points and will do
likewise where we are furnished with
additional data from these and other
localities:

Syracuse, N. Y.— There will probably
be a half dozen convention visitors from
here.

Cedar Rapids, la.— Mrs. E. A. Paige is
planning to attend the florists' Pan-
American meeting.

Columbia City, Ind.— D. C. Noble and
Mrs. Noble are planning to attend the
S. A. F. convention.

Waynesboro, Pa.— Henry Eichholz is
telling his friends that he will meet them
at Buffalo in August.

Sterling, Kans.— Mrs. J. W. Goodson
anticipates attending the Pan- American
meeting of the S. A. F.

Paterson, N. j[.— Already a party of
eight from this vicinity is assured for the
convention trip in August.

Greenfield, Mich,— J. H. Bradbury will
combine Pan-American sight- seeing with
attending the S. A. F. meeting.

Flint, Mich.— Walter Hassel bring will
spend his summer vacation at the Pan-
American during the S. A. F. week.

Nash ville, Tenn.—T. C. Joy has acq uired
the habit of attending S. A. F. conven-
tions and will be on hand at Buffalo.

Denver, Col. — The prospect is for a
party of at least four or five convention-
ites from here, possibly enough for a
team in the bowling contest.

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1445

OCELOGYNE CRISTATA.

Le Roy, 111.— L. L. Fry, his mother and
sister will visit the Pan-American Expo-
sition at the time of the S. A. F. excursion.

Salt Lake City.— It is not likely that
the far west will be largely represented
at the convention, but P. T. Huddart
plans attending.

Columbus, O.— This city will be well
represented at Buffalo, at least a dozen
being already assured, counting florists
and their families.

Fargo, N. D. — John G. Graves, man-
ager tor A. T. Shotwell, is planning to
accompany the Twin City party to the
S. A. F. meeting at Buffalo.

Pittsburg, Pa. — The local florists'
organization is sure to take a large
party to the convention, for the season
has been a most prosperous one.

Cleveland, Ohio— This city will be well
represented at the convention for there
13 much interest in club matters and the
club has taken hold of the excursion.

Detroit, Mich. — About forty persons
here have so far announced their inten-
tion of attending the Buffalo convention
and the club will send a bowling team.

Chicago— The Florists' Club has issued
a circular to the trade calling for the
names of parties likely to attend the S.
A. F. convention at BuSalo next August,
with a view to securing advantageous
terms from the transportation authori-
ties.

Lowell, Mass.— It is likely that quite a
party will attend the S. A. F. convention
from here. Already George W. Patten,
J. J. McManmon and Alex. Whittett, of
Lowell, and M. A. Patten, of Tewksbuiy,
have announced their intention of par-
ticipating.

Sharon, Pa.— Quite a party of local
florists will attend the S. A. F. meeting
this year, among them M. I. O'Brien,
Edgar McConnell, M. L McConnell,
Albert Williams, Charles Heinz, E. J.
Murchie and Geo. H. Murchie, several of
whom will be accompanied by their
wives.

Albany, N. Y. — Already there is much
interest in the Pan-American meeting of
the S. A. F. and the attendance from this
vicinity will be large. Those who have

announced their intention of going are
H. G. Eyres, W. C. King and P. Hyde, of
Albany; Geo. T. Sambrook, Jno. A.
Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Menand and
Louis Menand, of Troy, and Arthur
Cowee, the Berlin dahlia specialist, who
will make an exhibit.

New York.

HOHTICULTUHAL SOCIETY HOLDS FINS
BXHIBITION.— B0TANI,;AL GARDEN THE
SCENE OF MEETING AND SHOW. — THE
PREMIUM AWARDS. — BUSINESS HAS

AMOUNTED TO LITTLE IN THE PAST
FEW DAYS — ALL STOCK ACCUMULATES
IN WHOLESALE HOUSES — MUCH OUT-
DOOR MATERIAL MADE USE OF —SMALL
FERNS ENTIRELY CLEANED OUT —VARI-
OUS DOINGS IN THE TRADE.

The meeting of the New York Horticul-
tural Society at the Botanical Garden
drew quite a large attendance of the
public on Wednesday afternoon, May 8.
President James Wood occupied the chair
and called the meeting to order shortly
after 4 p. tn. After a few introductory
remarks appreciative of the courtesies
extended by the officials of the Botanical
Garden, he announced that an exhibition
of roses, pteonies and strawberries had
Deen scheduled for the second Wednesday
in June, also a general exhibition in
C-tober next. Secretary Barron's report
showed the membership at present to be
131. On motion the entire list of officers
was re-elected for the ensuing year. Then
followed a talk on cultivated plants and
flowers, by Cornelius Van Brunt, pro-
fusely illustrated by colored lantern slides.
Previous to the meeting the visitors were
escorted through the conservatories and
were given an opportunity to inspect the
display in the exhibition hall. The con-
tents of the conservatories, while com-
prising a very extensive and interesting
collection of all classes of plants, did not
give striking evidence of the adaptability
of this splendid architectural structure to
the purposes of plant growing. Ground
is being broken for some six or seven
additional houses which, if constructed

OATTLEYA X THAYERIANA,

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for utility rather than show, will
undoubtedly be put to a good use. The
exhibition was a creditable one. While
under the management of the Horticul-
tural Society, ■ liberal prizes had been
offered by the Botanical Garden, which
were awarded as follows: To Siebrecht
& Son, first premiums for ferns, azaleas
and rhododendrons, crotons, palms,
foliage plants, aroids and nepenthes. To
the Botanical Garden, first for flowering
shrubs and trees. Firsts to J. de Wolff
for daffodils, to the Bedford Agassiz Club
for wild flowers, to Julius Roehrs for
orchidB, to P. Weinberg for succulents
and special prizes to A. McKenzie,
gardener for T. J. Taylor, for calceo-
larias, andtoH.T.Clinkaberry, gardener
for C. G. Roebling, for orchids. The
award for conifers was added to Sie-
brecht & Son's premiums and A. Herring-
ton won the award for the most
deserving horticultural novelty with
Gerbera Jamesoni. J. H. Troy also
made a fine display of the new hardy
Indica azalea. Firefly.

The past few days have been barren of
business in any cut flower line and may
be classed among the dullest ever experi-
enced in this city. Flowers of all kinds
are very abundant and the absence of any
demand has caused them to accumulate
in wholesalers' hands, there being, seem-
ingly no price that can be named low
enough to move them. Roses give
evidence of waning quality, every warm
day that comes giving them another push
down hill. Carnations are also beginning
to go the same way. Bulbous flowers
are again heaped high in every mart, this
time from out of doors, and it is scarcely
wArth the trouble to pick and send them
in. Violets are at an end and an odd
bunch here and there is regarded as a
curiosity. Lilies are still iJlentiful
Spira;a, thunbergia, forsythia, lilacs and
such material from outside is being used
in quantity to decorate the florists'
windows.

Growers of small ferns for this market
have had a very prosperous season.
Practically all the acceptable material in
this line has been used up and it would
be difficult to fill an order of any size
to-day in the more desirable kinds. This
branch of the business has grown with
astonishing rapidity in the past few
years.

Hermann Warendorff has taken one ot
the new stores in the magnificent Hotel
Ansonia, now in course of erection at
Seventy-third street and Boulevard. It
will not be ready for occupancy for some
time.

K. Melber, who has been with his
father at Middle Village, has leased the
Firgnes place at Tappan and will start
business there June 1 on his own accoxmt.
He will add one new bouse this season.

Geo. T- Giatras has made application
for a discharge in bankruptcy. The
creditors' meeting will be held at 25
Broad street on May IG. The liabili-
ties are $10,395.88.

Courtney & Dutcher, with greenhouses
at Sparkill, have been succeeded by H. S.
Courtney, who will continue to be repre-
sented at the New York Cut Flower
Company.

C. T. Darling, of Stony Brook, is send-
ing some remarkably fine Marquis car-
nations to Moore, Hentz & Nash.

A. L. Bock, formerly of Bhmann &
Bock, has opened a fine store at Forty-
eighth street and Tenth avenue.

Frank Hicks, of Hicks & Crawbuck,
was married on April .30 to Miss Caro-
line Cowles, at Wautagh.

The only visitor of note who came to

our notice this week was Ben Elliott, of
Pittsburg, Pa.

Frank H. Traendly was married on
April 30 to Miss Marion Jervis.

Chicago.

UNSATISFACTOHY STATE OF THE MARKET.
— HECKIPTS LABGE AND DEMAND LIGHT.
—GOOD SHIPPING STOCK SCARCE -FAKIBS
MOVE MOST OF THBCIT. DOING BUSINESS
BETWEEN SHOWERS. — AVERAGES VERY
LOW — WHOLESALERS EEALLOT SPACE
IN THE ATLAS BLOCK — TOLIPS AT THE
PARKS — A WEDDING AT ROGERS PARK.
— VARIOUS PERSONAL ITEMSOF INTEREST,

This has been a decidedly unsatisfactory
week in the local market. Monday,
which is usually very brisk, dawned cold
and rainy, and this condition continued
for days, with almost nothing doing
among the city retailers. For the most
part sh'pping trade has not been as heavy
as in previous weeks and the receipts
have been curtailed little as yet by the
unfavorable weather. There are great
quantities of roses coming in, but most
of them are of very poor quality and the
purchaser sets the price. This is true of
American Beauty as well as of the tea
roses. First-class shipping stock is not
easy to pick out from the great mass of
receipts, and those who require this kind
of supplies are having to pay fair prices,
but the Greeks are gejtting the surplus at
little or nothing. Carnations have fallen
from their high estate. For a number of
weeks they have been better property
than roses, the lower grades far x)ut-
classing cheap tea roses as to salability
and the fancies at all times commanding
fair prices, but within the last week or
ten days the receipts have been so much
ahead of the demand that here, too, the
fakir, doing business between showers,
establishes the market prices for all
except the most select stock. Lilies are
about at an end and everyone is glad
of it, for recently they have hardly been
worth handling. There are, however,
numerous callas and all the tulips that
the market can use. Lily of the valley
has come to be very good property and
sweet peas are doing well. Pansies have
become plentiful and cheap. One or two
days this week lilac has sold well, but
the average will not be high. There are
already pEeonies from southern Illinois,
and they have been taken quickly. A.
Kennicott, who is the principal factor in
the pffiony supply, predicts that the rains
of this week have insured the heaviest
crop ever known, for the plants were in
just the right condition to make the best
use of the moisture which fell. The local
crop will be along in the last week in
May.

The plans of the wholesalers in the
Atlas block, at the corner of Wabash
avenue and Randolph street, have been
somewhat altered within the week.
Benthey & Company have taken the
corner room of the basement and the
Poehlmann Bros. Co. the large room on
the Randolph street side, Weiland &
Risch having already moved into the
space on the Wabash avenue front. John
Muno had a lease upon part of the space
to be occupied by the Poehlmanns, but
will now open his wholesale store in the
room upon the second floor which the
Poehlmanns vacate. This arrangement
gives Benthey & Company a very fine
space, the Poehlmanns greatly increased
facilities, and at the same time provides
Mr. Muno with as much room as he
thinks he will need at first. There are
now ten growers or commission men in
the Atlas block and the trade is becoming

more and more concentrated at that
corner.

The tulips have been at their best in
the parks this week. The American
grown bulbs at Lincoln Park have given
the same excellent results as in the trials
last year and the general display there
has been one of the best on record. At
Washington Park the tulips have also
been very fine, but somebody "mixed
those babies up," for the various beds
show far more breaks in color than nanal.
They are making good progress on the
rose garden there, the stock coming from
the Storrs & Harrison Company.

At the last meeting of the Florists'
Club, May 3, President McAdams
appointed Edgar Sanders, Phil. Haus-
wirth and Ed. Winterson an entertain-
ment committee to arrange for summer
outings. The financial secretary was
instructed to present at next meeting a
list of members over one year in arrears
and to revise the membership roll. Mr.
Sinner, of Sinner Bros., Rose Hill, was
admitted to membership and Paul
Kopanka promised a paper for the next
meeting. May 17.

Henry Phillip and Miss Helen Muno
were married Tuesday afternoon at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jno. Muno, at Rogers Park. The
young couple, lor the groom is only 22
years of age and his bride two years bis
junior, are well known in the trade and
are related to a great many of those in
the craft north of town. They will start
out with very fair prospects in life, for
Mr. Phillip's father is putting up a range
of about 75,000 square feet for carna-
tions for him.

John Mangel has been attracting con-
siderable attention to his show window
by displays of wonderfully variegated
lilies and roses. He has had a vase of
Golden Gate with markings much like
those of Mrs. Bradt carnation which
he has had labeled the"New MangelRose. "
He will probably have no rivals, as
chemically treated flowers are even less
popular than perpetuated plants with the
average florist.

Kennicott Bros. Company was treated
to a little excitement last Saturday, for
their store suddenly became full of smoke
and a fire alarm brought enough rubber
coated men with axes to quell almost
any sort of a blaze. It was soon found,
however, that the smoke came from a
defective flue passing through the rear
of their place.

As forecasted in these columns some
weeks ago, J. F. Kidwell & Brother have
taken a lease on the Forty-third street
store formerly occupied by John Blanck
and are now nicely equ'pped for business
there. It is a very good stand, but there
are now three flower stores in the block,
where Mr. Blanck had it all to himself.

The Chicago Carnation Company was
the only one of the local growers to par-
ticipate in the carnation show at the
Pan-American Exposition. They won a
gold medal award for their Mrs.Lawson.a
silver medal award for their seedling, J J.
Shedd, and bronze medals for White Cloud
and The Marquis.

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Zender celebrated
the nineteenth aniversary of their
wedding on Thursday evening. May
2, and had the assistance of quite a num-
ber of their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Fred.
Holton. of Milwaukee, have been guests
at the Zender home

Flint Kennicott is now domiciled at
his country home for the summer and
his son comes to the city each day to
attend school in Hyde Park, traveling
sixty miles a day for the purpose.

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1447

George Reinbergsays this is the banner
year for business in rooted cuttings. His
sales have been larger than ever before
and he is booking a number of advance
orders for field-grown carnation plants
for fall delivery.

Bassett & Washburn have postponed
the erection of their proposed new houses.
They say they prefer to vyait awhile,
although they have the sash bars on the
ground, rather than pay the prevailing
price of glass.

Henry Wittbold, who lives at Des
Plaines, 111., has started a sweet pea
farm, planting eighteen pounds of seeds,
intending to produce flowers for the
Wittbold Company's two city stores.

Frank Bean has built a new store
25x20 at his place at 27S0 North
Fortieth avenue and has a show house
in course of erection in the rear. He does
a big business in bedding plants.

The big growers at Hinsdale and
Joliet did not receive any part of the
welcome rains which fell upon Chicago
and the growers north of town Sunday
night and Monday.

Edwin Eagle & Company have opened
a store at the corner of Fifty-seventh
street and Lake avenue, to be run in con-
nection with their greenhouses on Seven-
tieth street.

Peter Reinberg has a plant of Golden
Gate rose which has produced flowers in
which the lightest shade is just the tint
of the deepest pink usually found in this
rose.

The George Wittbold Company has put
up a big decoration at Siegel-Cooper's
department store this week, using sixty
cases of wild smilax on the job.

Martin Peterson has resigned his place
with E. H. Hunt and on Jane 1 will open
a retail store at 754 West Division street.

Adam Zlska, the wire design maker at
Deamud's, celebrated his twenty- fifth
wedding anniversary May 2.

J.N. J ackobsen is now located at Buffalo.
He was recently at Vaughan's, at
Western Springs.

Crimson Rambler roses have been very
fine at Vaughan's Seed Store the past
two weeks.

Visitors: J. A. Evans and wife, of
Richmond, Ind.

Philadelphia.

BUSINESS IN CUT FLOWERS SHOWS THE
USUAL GRADUAL SPRING DECLINE. —
STOCK PLENTIFUL AND PRICES TENDING
DOWNWARD.— PLANTSMEN OVERTAXED
WITH SPRING liUSINESS. — PRICES NOT
HIGH. — A VISIT TO THE BUFFALO EXPO-
SITION—MEETING OF THE CLUB FULL
OF INTEREST. — VARIOUS NOTES OF PER-
SONAL AND OTHER DOINGS.

Business the past week has moved
along about as usual for the season, a
gradual falling ofl being evident. Flow-
ers have commenced to accumulate and
prices are down. A very fair grade of
carnations can be had for $1.50 per hun-
dred; former price $2. The four-dollar
kind are now $2.50 to $3. The quality
of all grades is excellent. Roses are sell-
ing fairly well at from $6 to $8 for the
special teas. Beauties range from $1 to
$3 per dozen and are fine. Violets are
almost done; 50 cents per hundred is the
price. Dafiodils are plentiful at almost
any price. Robert Craig & Son are ship-
ping a lot of these flowers to other cities,
where prices are better, the market here
seeming to have had a surfeit and even
the finest stock hardly pays the expense
fif selling. Centaurea imperialis is a new
flower on the market the last week or

two and attracts considerable attention;
$.'") per hundred is the price. The bedding
plant men are very busy; in fact they can
scarcely get their orders out. There is
considerable trouble to get plants in
flower, the demand being so great.
Prices range about $7 per hundred for
all i-inch pot stock; 2Viinch and 3-inch
stock sells for $4 and $5 per hundred.
Pot roses are in great demand at from
$20 to $35 per hundred.

The writer had the pleasure of shaking
hands vrith Ex-president Scott at the
Buffalo exposition on the opening day.
He was up to his eyes in work, getting
carloads of palms from Florida placed in
position and later arranging a very cred-
itable display of first-class carnation
flowers. The grounds under his care are
in fine condition and will prove a great
feature of the show. They are now
ablaze with hundreds of thousands of
tulips and hyacinths and are well worth
a visit of themselves. I was amazed at
the extent of the buildings and grounds
of the exposition; 330 acres are enclosed
and the buildings thereon are magnifi-
cent in architecture and coloring, and
while a few of them are not so large as
those at Chicago, many of them are
larger and all appear more beautiful
in design. The electrical effects are
easily much ahead of anything so far
produced anywhere. The effect when
seen by one standing at the lower end of
the esplanade and looking toward the
tower when the current is turned on is
bewildering in its beauty. We could say
much more in praise, as there are many
very fine features that go to make this
exposition one of the most enjoyable of
any that have been held. We must not
forget the midway, with its many allur-
ing shows; it will far surpass that at the
Chicago exposition, being larger in extent
and the general character of the buildings
and accommodations being much more
elaborate. No one who can spare the
time should miss this exposition.

Jos. Kift & Son have had a costly expe-
rience with an agent, Arnold L. Lommell,
who for the past six months has been
selling their vase holders and fairy vase
stands. He turned in a great number of
orders from the first of the year until
Easter and then started on another trip,
which he turned into a collecting tour for
himself, getting every account he could
and pocketing the proceeds. He traveled
rapidly and visited nearly all the trade
before being discovered. He is now a
fugitive. He is a German of medium
light complexion, about 50, is six feet
tall, stout, weighs about 200 or over
and frequently smiles as he speaks, and
is of pleasant address. He is a good
makerup, being ((uickand tasty and has
had a good deal of experience in the
retail business in several of the large
cities. Messrs. Kift & Son would like
very much to have information as to his
whereabouts.

The May meeting of the Florists' Club
was not very well attended. In the
absence of President Harris, who is still
confined to the house by illness. Vice-
president John Westcott occupied the
chair. A number of new members were
elected and others proposed. The essay-
ist of the evening, Robert Cridland, read
a paper on landscape gardening which
was much enjoyed. Robt. Craig & Son
exhibited some twenry-five plants of their
hybrid calceolarias, which made a great
show and were very much admired. They
have a large house devoted to these
plants and are having a good demand for
them. President Westcott spoke of the
reception for the ladies next Wednesday

afternoon and evening and hoped all
would be on hand to make it as enjoy-
able as possible.

M. Rice, of the firm of M. Rice & Co.,
made his annual trip to Europe on the
Deutschland, the largest steamship
afloat, being 687 feet long. He sailed
April 18 and has written that while he
will not buy a full cargo for the monster
steamer, he is finding many rich novel-
ties abroad.

E. F. Bennis is to erect a very fine con-
servatory at Germantown. It is to be
ornate, 40x150 feet, heated by hot water
and lighted by electricity. The cost is
estimated at $8,000.

David Scott, of Buffalo, has been spend-
ing a few days in this city, as has Mrs.
John Walker, of Youngstown, Ohio, at
which place she reports business to be
booming. K.

Boston.

MARKET CONDITION SHOWS A RADICAL
REVERSAL.— OVEBSUPPLY IN ALL LINES.
—SEASON STILL BACKWARD. — EX-PRESI-
DENT WOOD IS IMPROVING —VARIOUS
NOTES.

Last week's rosy business report was
hardly in type before the situation expe-
rienced a very material reversal. Heavier
receipts was the rule in all lines of cut
flowers and the usual falling off in the
demand from suburban consumers fol-
lowed; down went values and with them
the hopes of the wholesale dealers and
the growers for a record week. Since
that time the condition of the market
has been one of over-stock and depres-
sion, which has been only prevented from
a complete collapse by the continued cold
and backward season. With the high
temperatures that are fairly due now to
make up the proper average for the
spring season we would be in much
worse shape.

E. M. Wood is considerably improved
at present writing and hopes of his ulti-
mate recovery are now entertained by
his family and friends but he is still a
very sick man and no one except his reg-
ular attendant is allowed to see him.

Carl Jurgens is sending some very fine
blooms of Liberty rose to Welch Brothers
this spring. It is as a summer bloomer,
however, that Mr. Jurgens is particularly
interested in this rose and in this respect
he is not sanguine.

The florist store of James Taylor at the
corner of Boylston street and Massachu-
setts avenue is closed up.

Visitors: Walter Mott, representing H.
A. Dreer, Philadelphia; Jas. A. Fraser,
representing Peter Henderson & Co.,
New York.

Pittsburg.

SMOKY CITY WIT TO ADD TO THE GAIETY
OF NATIONS — TRADE GOOD IN ALL LINES.
— CUT FLOWER WORK CONTINUES IN
DEMAND AND BEDDING STOCK GOBS OUT
WITH A RUSH.

May promises to be a much more busy
month for the florists than April. A
great many prominent people dying in
and around Pittsburg and Allegheny has
created a demand for a great deal of
funeral work In addition to this there
has been quite a number of weddings
and even a very large debutante affair,
for which the florists had some work.
The Americns Club, the largest club of
the kind in the country, gave a very
elaborate banquet at the Hotel Schen-
ley, the large banquet room of which
was very nicely decorated for the occa-

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May II,

sion by A. W. Smith. People have
already begun to clamor for their bedding
plants and to have their vases filled, at
a time of the year, too, when frost is
just as likely as not to come along some
early morning and clean up the wrhole
lot. And they insist on having them
regardless of the advice of the florist to
the contrary. It is the time of the year
when the florist, accustomed as he is to
bunchirg roses and violets and making
dainty boxes of flowers for ten months
out of the year, wishes he was grinding
a hand organ in the frigid zone because
some old lady occupies two hours buying
six verbena plants, or because some man
whose business is in iron and steel wants

to know why in the • • his geranium

bed isn't planted. Truly there are some
very provoking things that occur at this
season of the year but it is really
marvelous the amount of planting there
is done all in a few days. But the Pitts-
burg florist is contenting himself with
the thought of the time in August when
he will go to the Buffalo convention.
There is not much being said now about
it but as sure as there will be a Pan-
American Exposition, just as sure will
there be a big crowd leave this city in
August for a good time in Buffalo.

Mr. Langhans, of the Pittsburg Cut
Flower Co., has gone to the expense of
introducing into his home and also his
office a plant for the purpose of manu-
facturing soda water for the pleasure of
his customers and friends. Mr. Lang-
hans, when interviewed about thematter,
said that while he did not intend to
forget the name of Schlitz, it was indeed
a convenience of the twentieth century to
b^ able at any moment to press the but-
ton and drink the "phiz" therefrom.

Woodward.

Orange, N. J.

MBETING OF THE NEW JBKSEY FLOBICULT-
CBAL SOCIBTT —DAVIS BRINGS UP THE
SUBJECT OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL
SCHOOLS OF GARDENING.

The regular monthly meeting of the
N. I. F. S. on Wednesday, May 1, was
well attended. The date of the fall show
was fixed for November 12, only oneday,
to be free to the school children and 10
cents to be charged to adults. The
Armorv at Orange was selected as the
place. "Treasurer MacRorie reported $65
to date subscribed for the distribution of
plants among the school children and
appropriate staging at the forthcoming
show. The request made by the Orange
Orphan Asylum for permission to com-
pete with the school children of the
Oranges was granted. A committeecon-
sisting of George Smith, J. B. Davis and
Malcom MacRorie was constituted to
frame resolutions expressing the feelings
of the society at the wanton destruction
of trees along the streets by the telephone
and telegraph companies, designed to
quicken the committee on streets of the
town council to a sense of their duties
and attract public attention to the out-
rage. The society was disappointed in
an essayist for the evening. The time
W9S taken up by J. B. Davis, as substi-
tute, who displayed the colored plates
from Brookes' folio work on The Gardens
of England. He defined landscape gar-
dening as "not that art by which grounds
are laid out, but that art which invests
them with beauty by harmonious sur-
roundings and appropriate ornament."
Geometric or formal gardening, as in the
examples before the society, the speaker
said is as old as the Augustan epoch of
Roman history, carried to great height

by Lenotre, the inventor of the French
school, and imitated by the Dutch and
English, ridiculed by Addison in his essays
on gardening and by Pope and Cowper,
thus opening the way for Lancelot
Brown (Capability Brown) (1715-
1773) and afterward Repton (1752-1818)
and culminating in J. C. Loudon (1783-
1843). This eminent Scotchman was
the pioneer of the so-called English school
which is recognized as such upon the
continent and known here as the informal
style. A. J. Downing was the apostle of
that manner of landscape gardening in
this country.

"In gardens Wisdom dwelt in days of ycre
And with serener smiles dispensed her lore.
And when the good implored the immortal powers
They asked not pomp, but amaranthine bowers;
Free in cool shades and flowery meads to rove;
Eternal peace and rural joys to prove."

The discussion was opened by Mr.
Caswell, who has visited many of the
scenes which still remain unchanged
although many years have elapsed since
the publication of the pictures shown.
His representation that the great advan-
tage of Scotch gardening over English is
due in a great measure to the greater
beauty of the natural scenery was claime d
by President Hayes to be unfair, there
being no Englishman present to defend
the aspersion. It was proposed that he
do this himself but he declined on the
grolind of being an Irishman. A voice,
"Well, give us a description of the Lakes
of Killarney." Mr. 'Hayes declared "he
had never been there." Adjourned with
usual vote of thanks. President Duck-
ham, of Madison, will address the next
meeting.

Indianapolis.

STATE SOCIETY OF FLORISTS HOLDS
MONTHLY MEETING. — FIRST PBDDLER
CONFRONTS LEGITIMATE STOREKBEPERS.
— VAHIOUS NOTES OF PERSONAL AND
OTHER DOINGS.

The monthly meeting of florists was
held May 7, in the rooms of the Com-
mercial Club building. It was decided to
henceforth make this a permanent meeting
place. The meeting was fairly well
attended but the only outside members
present were Mr. Haugh, of Anderson,
and W. W. Coles, of Kokomo. The lat-
ter had been here all week, with his wife,
who has been ill but is how rapidly
improving. New members elected to the
club were William Bradley, of Elwood,
and E. M. Hyatt, of Anderson. H.
Junge, H. Rieman and Wm. Bertermann
were appointed a committee to extend
the club's sympathy to Mr. Carmody, of
Evansville.

The fitst street peddler has put in his
appearance in our city, selling good cut
flowers at prices never heard of here
before, much to the chagrin of all
retailers. The matterwas brought before
the recent club meeting, all agreeing that
something ought to be done, but as no
agreement could be reached as to this
"something," it is safe to say that the
peddler has come to stay.

Last week a party of our florists
visited Fort Wayne, and were very
favorably impressed with the roses and
carnations grown there, especially those
of W. J. & M. S. Vesey.

A. Nelson reports satisfactory progress
in his building. The weather delayed
work somewhat, but he expects to have
everything ready at planting time.

Robt. McKeand has begun beautifying
our parks. The city greenhouses, though
enlarged, are packed to overflowing with
bedding plants.

Though market business is very active.

prices are low, 4-inch geraniums selling
at 95 cents a dozen.

Bertermann Bros, are replacing their
two last old fashioned houses with
modem structures. H. f.

Dallas, Texas.

VISIT OF WEALTHY NEW YORKERS CALLS
FOR A LAVISH BANQUET DECORATION —
MUCH GOOD STOCK USED. — GROWERS
BUSY BUILDING.— GARDEN ROSES IN PER-
FBCTION.

A party of New York capitalists has
been making a tour of Texas, and upon
a recent evening the gentlemen were
entertained at a banquet at the Oriental
Hotel, Dallas, where preparations for this
function had been made upon a scale
which resulted in the finest decoration
ever put up in Texas. The Texas Seed
and Floral Company was entrusted with
the order, which they executed to such
good purpose that the guests said that
they had never seen anything better in
New York city. The grand diningroom
of this million-dollar hostelry is 40x150
feet and the walls were decorated with
smilax and bunting. The entrance to
the room was through an arch of palms
and greenery and over the center, in a
frame of American Beauty roses, were
the words "Welcome to Dallas." Over
3,000 American Beauty, Bride, Brides-
maid and Golden Gate roses were used
on the tables, together with thousands
of carnations and sweet peas. In the
center of the room there were three heavy
banks of palms, reaching fifteen feet high.
Much of the stock required for this
decoration was grown by the Texas
Seed and Floral Company, but the
choicest material was obtained from
Chicago, the buds being cut particularly
close to stand the forty-eight hours' trip
in the hot weather then prevailing. The
stock arrived in perfect condition.

At the establishment of the Texas Seed
and Floral Company they are very busy
with building operations, but R. Nichol-
son, secretary and manager of the concern,
is planning that if the rush of work will
permit he will take his summer vacation
during the week the S. A. F. will be in
Buffalo. He will probably be the only
representative of this city and even he is
likely to be too busy to get away this
summer.

Dallas just now is a veritable rose
garden, every door-yard being embellished
with a profusion of bloom unknown to
more rigorous climates. Here one sees
Marechal Niel in all its grandeur and all
the most desirable of the garden roses in
a perfection unknown outside the great
empire of the south. F. W. B.

St. Joseph, Mo.

PLANT TBADE OPENED HEAVY AND PROM-
ISES TO BXCBBO ALL RECORDS. — KIDD TO
GO OUT OF GREENHOUSE BUSINESS.—
TWO FINE RETAIL STORES.

Plant trade opened up with a boom
when the warm weather set in, but the
cold, cloudy, rainy weather of this week
has caused a marked falling off in local
sales. Demand for cut flowers and floral
work is not so good as it has been lately.
The supply of flowers is fully equal to the
demand and prices are on the decline,
one florist having a special sale on car-
nations at 25 cents per dozen. Roses
are plentiful and of fair quality and
carnations are in abundance. Easter
lilies are on hand with everybody, and
poor sale except for funerals.

J. N. Kidd is closing out his entire
greenhouse stock and will in the future
devote his time to his two down town

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store8, where he will make cut flowers
and floral work a specialty, also hand-
ling supplies, seeds, bulbs, etc. Mr. Kidd
has had painters and paper hangers at
work in both his stores and they are now
model flower stores, surpassing anything
in the city.

The market gardeners are flooding the
market with cheap bedding plants,
pansies, etc. \'ery little planting has
been done as yet. ]. K.

Toronto.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES ATTENDING THE HOBSB
SHOW MAKE TRADE BRISK. — STOCK IS
PLBNTIPUL.— VARIOUS NOTES.

The horse show, which is proving a
larger social success each year, was
instrumental in giving the florists the
busiest week they have had for some
time. The many banquets and recep-
tions given used up surplus stock and
there was a good demand for American
Beauties, lily of the valley, orchids and
other flowers of the better grades. The
club colors were blue and yellow and
used up large quantities of violets, yellow
tulips and daflodils, which were very
plentiful. Roses are in good demand and
are plentiful. Carnations also experi-
enced a heavy call, but white was the
only scarcity.

"Jack" Simmons is seriously ill from
the eSects of poisoning said to be caused
by Primula obconica. Several minor
cases have been reported lately from the
same cause and some of the growers are
discarding the plant on that account.

The Canadians had quite a showing of
carnations at the Pan-American exhibi-
tion May 1 to May 8. John H. Dunlop
and Gammage & Son were both compen-
sated with several prizes.

Victor Able has opened a new stand on
Yonge street.

H. G. D.

Minneapolis.

SPRING FLOWERS ARE NOW ABUNDANT BUT
CUT FLOWER TRADE CONTINUES FAIR.—
VARIOUS NOTES.

The warm spring weather, with its
bright sunshine, has done its share in
bringing the bedding stock into prime
condition. A stroll along the different
streets shows the tulips and hyacintht,
daffodils and other spring flowers in full
bloom. Lilacs are out and people coming
in from the day's outing were loaded
down with mayflowers. Pansies are in
market and some fine strains are noticed.
They sell at 25 cents per dozen. The
sidewalk dealers in flowers are in full
swing now.

Trade in the last seven days was not
rushing, but fair business was done.
Roses, carnations and violets are in
abundance. The bulbous stock is about
finished for this season.

Alfred Gibbons is busy with his gladioli
and is very confident of success.

A. Swanson has been displaying some
very fine American Beauties.

C. F. R.

Baltimore.

PARK DISPLAY OF TULIPS FAR SUPERIOR
TO THE USUAL SHOWING. — POOR RETURNS
AT AN AUCTION.— VARIOUS )OTTINGS.

The parks and squares are losing a
little of their spring glory in the fading
of the tulip and hyacinth beds, but the
shrubbery and trees are compensating
with their delicate foliage and bright
blossoms. Probably never in their his-
tory have our park flower beds been

more attractive than this spring. Not
that the size or quality of the flowers
was superior, but the taste in arranging
the colors was conspicuously ahead of
former efi"orts. Mr. Seybold deserves the
thanks of the city for so striking an
improvement.

The Montgomery auction did not turn
out to be much of a success. Strong
4-inch geraniums at 3V2 cents and Harrisii
lilies in bud at the same price are samples
of the returns. James Pentland will con-
tinue to occupy the premises on Green-
mont avenue, notwithstanding the sale
of them.

Cool weather retards planting of ten-
der bedding plants to some extent, and
consequently sales are not as brisk as
they might be.

Geo. Black has become the sole propri-
etor of the Lutherville Nursery Company,
grounds and buildings. Mack.

Washington.

TRADE CONTINUES FAIRLY ACTIVE.— BED-
DING NOT YET IN FULL SWING.— FORCING
LILY OF THE VALLEY.— NOTES.

Trade has been good for the last two
weeks and most ot the retail men report
business quite satisfactory. The weather
is bright and spring-like after the rainy
spell we had last month, but the nights
are still cool and bedding is held back to
a certain extent. Cannas and geraniums
are the extent of the large plantings.
Late tulips and pansies in the public
parks are making a fine showing.

Sometime ago I saw at the Experi-
mental Division, Agricultural Depart-
ment, under Dr. B. T. Galloway, some
large clumps of lily of the valley taken
from the open ground and placed in
shallow boxes and forced on the pipes
under the benches. They were much
stronger and larger than any of the
imported single pips I have seen.

Secretary Wilson made a good move in
placing Dr. B. T. Galloway in charge of
the seed distribution and the investiga-
tion of the present contractor's actions.

J. Louis Loose is making preparations
for moving to his new store at the north-
east comer of F and Thirteenth streets
N. W. P. G.

Albany, N.Y.

LARGE FUNERAL CALLS FOR SOME FINE
WORK. — VARIOUS LOCAL NOTES OF INTER-
EST IN THE TRADE.

A notable event this week was the
funeral of Senator Michael Russell. The
members of the senate sent a large stand-
ing wreath seven feet in height, composed
mainly of Bridesmaid roses, also a large
vase three feet square filled with hydran-
geas and potted palms. Lieut.-Governor
Woodruff sent a beautiful wreath of
American Beauties. The pieces were sup-
plied by Eyres.

Moore & Sanders have lately pur-
chased an acre of ground near the Fair-
view Home, Watervliet. Ground was
broken on Monday for a violet house
25x200 feet.

W. C. King & Co. have undertaken
considerable landscape work this spring,
and at present have about twenty men
employed. R. D.

Davton, Ohio. — On May 1 lightning
struck the telephone wires leading to the
office of H. H. Ritter, administering so
severe a shock to Jacob Fischer, one of
Mr. Ritter's employes, that for a time it
was thought he would not recover con-
sciousness.

Paterson> N. J.

SOME GOOD DECORATIONS CALLED FOR BY
SOCIAL EVENTS.— tROSB GROWING CON-
CERN CHANGES NAME. — CONVENTION
PARTY.— OTHER NOTES.

Edw. Sceery had the decorations at
the Hamilton Club on May 1 tor the
banquet given to Attorney General
Griggs upon his retirement from Presi-
dent McKinley's cabinet. The club
house, the finest in the state, was deco-
rated with American Beauty roses and
Asparagus plumosus. Mr. Sceery also
had the Levi- Weil decorations on May 5.

The Paterson Rose Company has been
established just one year and has been
very successful in the growing of roses.
The business from now on will be con-
tinued by Fred. T. Schwaehle, the prac-
tical member of the former company, and
if close application counts, he should suc-
ceed.

Among those who will attend the Buf-
falo convention are the following: John
G. Esler, John Condie, Mrs. Kirberg,
Andrew V. D. Snyder, Jas. Van Voorhees,
Edw. Sceery, F. C. Gohle and Martin
Werne. With a delegation like that our
city should be heard from.

Silk City.

Columbus, Ohio.

NEWSY JOTTINGS OF DOINGS HERE AND
THERE IN THE LOCAL FRATERNITY. —
PLANS FOR CONVENTION TRIP.

The following members of the craft are
expecting to take in the Buflalo conven-
tion: The Underwood brothers, J. R.
Hellenthal and family, James McKellar,
Thos. Ludwig, Gus. Drobish and family,
Sherman Stephens and family and Albert
Knopf and family.

Last Sunday being the first really fine
day of the season, caused hundreds of
people to visit the cemetery. This, of
course, meant rushing business for Mr.
Stephens, who claims it was a record-
breaking day. His stock did not hold
out.

Maurice Evans & Son are again in the
lead with a fine lot of verbenas. Mr.
Evans has labored for years to perfect
this fine strain.

Gus. Drobish is still quite busy with
his mailing trade and aside from this has
had a very large run on funeral work.
Carl.

Utica, N. Y.

NEW ORGANIZATION OF CRAFTSMEN PLANS
TO HOLD A FLOWER SHOW NEXT FALL.

On the evening of May 2, in the ofiice
of Dr. W. A. Rowlands, on Genesee street,
the Utica Florists' Club held its first
regular meeting since its recent organi-
zation. There was a good attendance
and much interest was manifested, and
it is evident that the club is to have a
most successful existence. The main sub-
ject considered was in relation to the
holding of a flower show. After some
discussion it was unanimously decided
that one should be held some time during
the coming fall, the matter of arrange-
ments being deferred until future meet-
ings. The last flower show in this city
was held in 1890, in Oneida Hall. It was
a notable event, but in the coming show
an eflort will be made to surpass all pre-
vious efforts of the kind. The next meet-
ing of the club will be held on Thursday
evening, June 6. «

Schenectady, N. Y.— J. W. H. Groupe
is about to open a florist's store in the
basement of the Schenectady Club build-
ing.

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AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. OHIOAQO.

The latest advance in the price of glass
amounted to practically seven per cent.

The growers report competent help to
be among the most pronounced of the
season's scarcities.

We beg to acknowledge receipt of some
nice bunches of the New England brand
of mavflowers from C. W. Sibley, of
Athol, Mass.

Ueceochabis Clibrani, the bi-generic
hybrid of Urceolina pendulaandEucharis
grandiflora, Is now being offered by an
English firm.

Secretaby Hebe's report of the tenth
annual meeting of the American Carna-
tion Society, held at Baltimore, Eebruary
21-22, has been received.

We are now receiving the names of
those who intend going to the S. A, F.
convention at Buffalo next August. It
will be to your advantage to send ns
your name and address as soon as you
decide upon attending.

Reports from the New England woods
indicate that the mayflower crop has
been more abundant than usual this
spring and the flowers finer. The season,
which generally closes about May 5, is
extended several days later by reason of
the cold, rainy weather which retarded
the blooming.

Missed An Old Friend.

Ed. Am. Florist: — I recently requested
you to discontinue my subscriptipn to
the American Flobist, but have found
that I miss it considerably and want you
to start sending it again. Enclosed find
$1. Respectfully.

Oakniont, Pa. F. M. Alexander.

Aphis In Adiantum House.

Ed. Am. Florist:— Please inform me of
the best remedy for aphis in an adiantum
house. DoM.

Nicotine is the best medicine for aphis
at any time, but owing to the fact that
the young fronds of adiantum are very
tender it is not safe to fumigate them
with tobacco stems. The adiantum house
may be safely fumigated with the prepa-
ration known as nicotine aphis punk,
provided that the quantity used does
not exceed the proportion recommended
\y the makers of the preparation. This
m.:thod of fumigating produces a strong
nicotine vapor, and the moderate use of
this preparation on two successive even-
ings will probably kill all the aphis in the
house without injury to the ferns.

W. H. Taplin.

The First Rural Cemetery.

Ed. Am. Flobist: — Can any reader
inform me as to when and where the
first rural cemetery in the United States
was established? L. C.

Pan-American Rose Show— Important.

Ed. Am. Flobist:— Will you please
insert in your next issue that on
account of Dedication Day at the
Pan-American Exposition occurring on
May 20, the exhibition of tender roses
will be put forward one day, opening
May 20 instead of May 21. As an
immense attendance is assured on that
day it is very desirable that we should
have the show of roses. Please give this
as much publicity as possible.

William Scott.

Greenhouse Building.

Hightstown, N. J. — ^Joseph Johnson,
Jr., one house.

Philadelphia, Pa — E. F. Bennis, house
40x150.

Girard, Kans. — Eldridge Nursery Co ,
one house.

Salt Lake City, Utah.— J. H. Mitchell,
range of houses. i

Braintree, Mass, — George H. Arnold,
house 30x175.

Trenton, N. Y. — C. A. Nicholson, two
carnation houses.

Rutland, Vt. — S. A. Baker, one house.

Thompsonville, Conn. — D. Wm. Brain-
ard, house 10x67.

Pan-American Floral Fxhibitions.

Roses, tender— Fifteen classes. May 20
to May 25, entries close May IS.

PfEonies — Nine classes. May 28 to June
7, entries close May 25.

Roses, hardy — Six classes, June 18 to
June 28, entries close June 15.

Sweet peas — Twenty classes, July 23 to
August 2, entries close July 20.

Gladioli— Fifteen classes, August 6 to
August 17, entries close August 3.

Asters — Nine classes, August 27 to Sep-
tember 7, entries close August 24.

Dahlias — Eighteen classes, September
17 to September 27, entries close Sep-
tember 14.

Chrysanthemums — Twelve classes,
October 22 to October 31, entries close
October 19.

Further particulars mav be had on
application to Frederic W. Taylor or
Wm. Scott, Department of Horticulture,
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y.

Rose Cuttings.

Ed. Am. Flobist: — Are one-eyed rose
cuttings superior in any way to two-
eyed or heel cuttings? Will plants from
blind wood cuttings of American Beauty
produce blind wood more freely than
plants produced from cuttings of flower-
ing wood? B.

There is very little diflerencein the two,
that is if strong, firm wood is chosen for
the single-eyed cuttings, but as a rule the
two-eyed cuttings are preferable, as it
leaves one eye under the soil, which will
eventually throw a strong shoot, which
in turn means more wood and foliage,
particularly if they are heel cuttings from
good, healthy shoots. Experience of
many growers demonstrates that the
cuttings from what is termed blind shoots
of American Beauty plants do not, as a
rule, produce more blind wood than do
cuttings from flowering shoots; the so-
called blind wood will as a rule produce

a bud eventually if left on the plant.
This class of wood must not be con-
founded with the really blind plants
which can be found occasionally in
almost any large house of Beauties;
these plants should be avoided altogether
when taking cuttings, as they are alto-
gether a ditierent class of shoots to the
generally accepted term of blind wood.
John N. May.

Gas Leaks In Greenhouses.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I should like to
know it any instances are on record
where growers have been unfortunate
in having illuminating gas leak into the
greeuuouses from street mains and what
were the effects on roses. M.

Yes, there are several cases on record,
and in every one the effect on the stock
of plants inthegreenhonseshas been very
disastrous. One of the worst cases that
ever came under my observation was
that of the late Robert Halliday, of
Baltimore. In his case it took all the
young foliage oft the plants and in some
places killed the plants outright. I
believe he sued the gas company for
damages but I have no information as to
what the result was. Possibly his son,
the present Robert Halliday, could give
that information if desired.

John N. May.

To Follow Poinsettias.

Ed. Am. Flobist:— I intend to plant a
house of poinsettias and wish to know
what you would suggest as a crop to
follow same. DoM.

The answer to this question depends
very much on the market the grower has
for his product. But assuming that the
poinsettias are to be grown for a Christ-
mas crop, and may be removed from the
house shortly afterward, the first thought
is to use this space for an Easter crop,
for example Lilium longiflorum or L.
Harrisii, or for hydrangeas, and thus get
space in someof the otherhouses in order
to force azaleas for the same event. As
Easter comes upon an early date next
year this would allow of running a third
crop from the same space, and this
last crop could be hybrid roses in pots
for the spring trade, or if this is not
advisable then fill up the house with
bedding stock just as soon as the Easter
crop is out of the way. W. H. Taplin.

Buffalo.
exposition already possesses many
atteactions, but is not yet com-
plete. — HORTICULTDBAL FEATUBES
I'AST ASSUMING SHAPE — MANY TRADE
EXHIBITS NOW IN PLACE. — STATE OF
TRADE.— NOTES.

A visit to the Pan-American is already
of much interest, although things will
not be in full running order for another
ten days or so. Whilie the exhibits are
not yet all in place, the Horticultural
building is fast getting into . shape and
gives promise of much excellence. Super-
intendent Scott is one of the busiest men
on the grounds and is giving his personal
attention to all the details. Everything
will be staged attractively and kept in
good condition, for the superintendent
has a competent force of assist£(nts.
Superintendent George Troup, of Forest
Lawn Cemetery, has loaned six grand
plants of Areca lutescens, which are
already in place, and there is a large
collection of tea plants, sent by Dr.
Sheperd, of South Carolina. The George

igoi.

The American Florist.

1451

Wittbold Co., of Chicago, has sent twelve
splendid plants of Nephrolepis Witt-
boldii, which are well displayed, and C.
W. Ward is making a fine showing of
pelargoniums and zonale geraniums. In
the center of the Manufactures building
eight very large cocoanut palms are
being placed and will make a fine appear-
ance. Out on the grounds the beds of
tulips, hyacinths and pansies are just
coming to their best and in a few days
the exposition will be in a condition to
afford vastly more interest to the horti-
culturist than was at any time found at
the World's Fair.

Trade continues very fair, for there is
a great deal of funeral work. Postmas-
ter Dorr died a few days ago and there
was a large floral display at his obse-
quies, and other large funerals have
occurred within the fortnight. Mrs.
Grover Cleveland was matron of honor
at a wedding here this week, for which
there was a large decoration.

Rebstock, Scott, Zimmerman, New-
lands and Neubeck & Meyers have each
large stocks of plants for vases and bed-
ding add are in-the height of a very busy
period.

Visitors: G. E. Fancourt, Wilkes-
barre, Pa.; W. C. Krick and daughter,
Brooklyn; Henry Wise, East Aurora, N.
Y.; Robert Kift, Philadelphia. W. A.

OBITUARY.

D. T. FISH.

It is announced that the death of D. T.
Fish occurred at Edinburgh, Scotland,
April 22. Mr. Fish was widely known
as a horticultural writer and practitioner.

JAMES BARROWS.

James Barrows, late of Germantown,
Pa., well known to the older generation
of gardeners and florists of Philadelphia,
died at the good old age of 76 years, and
was followed to his last resting place by
many of his sorrowing friends on Satur-
day, May 4. He was hale and hearty
until a few weeks ago, when a series of
complications incidental to his advanced
age made it advisable to remove him to
a hospital, where for a time he rallied
and sanguine hopes of his gaining sufE-
cient strength so that he could be out
and about again were fondly cherished;
but unfortunately the malady from
which he suffered took a turn for the
worse and he gradually sank until he
passed away, beloved and mourned by a
large circle of friends. Mr. Barrows was
an enthusiastic florist, audit was a treat
to be in his company and li.sten to his
unbounded praise of some of his favorite
flowers. E. L.

St. Peter, Minn.— T. Kloss is enjoy-
ing a very good spring trade.

SITUATIONS, WANTS, POR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this head.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
for the year 1901 is entitled to a five-line want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year.

SITUATION WANTED— By experienced florist
foreman. No. 1 grower of roses, carnations,
'mums and violets. References. Address

G. Florist, rear 1512 \V. Tus St., Canton, O.

SITUATION WANTED-A.^ foreman; all-around
*-^ tnan; especially succossfui growing high
grade carnations; married. Up-to-date place
wanted. State wages with particulars.

F W, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman by a first-
^ class grower of roses, carniitions, palms, ferns,
mnms, etc.; capable of taking entire charge of a
large place and havinij the work done in a prac-
tical way. Best of references. Single.

Floiust, 154 La Salle Ave., Chicago.

W

ANTED — A lady to take charge of a cut llower
store. Must have experience. Address
5329 South Morgan St., Chicago.

"\VANTKD~Good gardener for private grounds.
' ' Most be steady and. reliable. For vegetables,
flowers, lawns and general work. Addrrfsu

B. G. Wore, Akron, O.

WANTED— A young man. with good habits, to
take the place of second man in greenhouse
of 15.000 feet of glass. State wages. Address
F, care American Florist.

WANTED — Two good gardeners lor greenhouse
work, beading and tilling boxes. Two gar-
deners for landscape work. Wages $12 per week.
W. G. EisELE. West End, N. J.

WANTED— A first-class carnation grower; also
well -up in general greenhouse work on a
large establishment, growing cut flowers

Grower, care American Florist.

WANTED— A good rose grower to take charge
of Bride and Mnid section to work under
foreman. Wages $25.00 month and board to stait
with. Address John Muno,

Rogers Park. t. hicago, III.

WANTED— At once, a reliable florist capable to
take charge of place of 15 CHX) leet of glass;
must he sober,"honest and reliable. A bieady
place for good man. Wages right. Address

F, Care American Florist.

TV^ANTED— Married man for carnation houses;
' ' must be a good grower, steady and have
good references. Send particulars regarding ref-
erence and salary desired to

Bucii-ETE. care Anifrican Florist.

WANTED— A youn^' man with few years' expe-
rience in greenhouse work, between now
and the first of June. Place is permanent for the
right man. Please staie waives wiinout board,
and where last employed.

Theo. Bock, Hamilton, O.

"l^rANTED — An up-to-date rose and carnation
''' grower t) take charge 3U,OUO feet of glass.
State age. experience, reference and wages per
month with board and room in first letter; also
your telegraph address. Address to

John L. W\land, DeHaven, Pa.

WANTED AT ONCE— A good, reliable and
sober man for general greenhouse work;
must have good experience in growing a general
line of plants tor cut flowers and plant business,
bingle, to live in house. Wages right. Address
H. E. Philpott, 336 Portage Ave.,

Winnipeg. Manitoba.

"YY'ANTED— Working foreman, thoroughly un-
*' derstanding ihe florists' business; must be
good potter and propagator, also make up designs:
generally useful: sober, honest and willing to
work. VVages $U.0O to $15.03 per week. Reference
from last place required. Address

Wm. a. Bock, N. Cambridge, Mass.

OR SALE— 100 boxes 16x24 D, S. A. Pittsburg
"ass. Address J M F,

" Box 45, De Haven, Pa.

Lj^ORCED SlLE— Before August 1st, three green-
er houses 20x9?: steam and hot water.

Alice G. Wrigbt, Portland, Me.

F

FOR SALE OR RENT— 8.0CO feet of glass in a
lively western town, by July 1. Write for
particuliirs. J, care American Florist.

FOR SALE — Entire greenhouse stock of bedding
plants, roses, palms. llower pots, tools, etc.
Address J. X. Kidd, St. Joseph, Mo.

FOR SALE— Greenhouse establishment, 35,000
feet of glass, well stocked. Price a little more
than than one years' sales. Address

Ohio, care American Florist.

ipOR SALE OR RENT— Greenhouses with dwell-
ing house attached. Is now having a fine
trade. It will bear investigation.

F. O. Wells, Greenfield, Mass.

FOR SALE— One Hitchings boiler in use three
winters; also windmill and taLk. Business
must be closed as the owner is dead.

Mrs. H. D. llOBAHT, Homer, N. Y.

FOR RENT— Store and greenhouses, corner of
Lincoln and Van Buren Sts. Established 20
years. Immediate possession. Thos. H. Gault,
934 Stock Exchange Bldg., Chicago.

UOR SALE— Cheap on account of sickness, a
-T good florist's business, established ^4 years,
connected houses, 5000 feet of glass, steam heat,
houses rebuilt nearly new; dwelling on premises.
Address P. O. Box 631, Frederick, Md.

WANTED !

TpOR SALE CHEAP — Greenhouse establish-
J- ment in a good business city iu Wisconsin; 4000
ft. of glass well stocked with mi cellaneous plants,
one acre land, good house 6-rooms. Owner going
back to Europe. Address

G D. care American Florist.

FOR SALE— Ten greenhouses, about 22. OK) feet
of glass, mostly 16x24 glass, healed by hot
water. Large brick coal cellars, will hold four
cars of coai. Ttie greenhous-s are built on a
southern slope, and all in good condition, and
planted to roses, carnations and bedding stock,
all fine order. Also all plants for next year's
croDS. Two dwellings; one house has six rooms
and basement, and other ten rooms and basement,
both heated with hot water; separate boilers.
Good city water pressure, and a little less than four
acres of flne land. Close to cemetery; inside city
limits. Fifty miles from Chicago and thirty-
five miles from Milwaukee. This place must be
seen to be appreciated. Apply to

LEWIS TURNER, Kenosha, Wis.

To express full apprecia-
tion to many applicants for
position. Absence from
home and illness have pre-
vented answering so many, which I regret. Hav-
ing been disappointed in several alleged florists
claiming great but showing little knowledge and
reliability, I desire a competent working foreman.

J. T. WILLIAMSON,

LaRose Gardens. Memphis. Tenn.

FOR SALE.

Tt-n Greenhouses of about 35,000 feet of
t^lass, situated in a thriving city 35 miles
from Chicago. Now doing a large busi-
ness in plants and flowers, both whoh-sale
and retail. For particulars address

IV1 Mf care of American Florist.

WANTED,

TWO FIRST=CLASS

SALESMEN

to travel the South and Southwest;
those familiar with Garden Seeds pre-
ferred. Address, giving experience,
reference, etc ,

P. 0. Box 1594, PHILADELPHIA.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY oe

At Nyack, N. Y. A plot 220x125
feet, on which are four Rose houses,
1 00x18x6, each house heated by a
No. 16 Hitchings Boiler; and seven
houses, each about 64x11 ft., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

^33 Mercer St. NEW YORK.

?.S;933.^i9S^3S3=S:9 ^i9Sa3S=§i§=9S

If you want to get the want «tt
you want to get, you want ^
to get your want ad into the ^

AMERICAJ^I
F L O R I S Tl

Try it now.

m

Every advertisement represents la
a genuine want. J* It pays j^
to answer them, jt jt jt ^

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The American Florist.

May 11^

ferns! Terns! Terns!

May 1st sees close of Shipping Season for Southern Wild Smilax. We resume
again September 1st. Thanking you very much for past favors and soliciting a
continuance of your valued patronage, we are respectfully,

Please mention the American florist when mritme'

New Crop Fancy and Dagger Ferns. Begin
moving May 15. Book orders now and insure
a supply for Decoration Day.

Caldwell The Woodsman Go. K'""'''

DAGGER FERNS

-i-^ NOW READY. $1.50

per ICOO. Discount on

large orders.

Bronze and Green Gatax Leaves, 75c per ICOO.

P rincess Pine. $5.00 per 100 lbs. Laurel Festooning,

4c, 5c and 6i per yiird. Laurel Wreaths and Pine

Wreaths for decorations. Engaae your ferns of ua

now for Decoration use andyouwont get left.

CROWL TLRN CO., P. 0. Millington, Mass.

Telegraph Office, New Salem, Mass.

Please mention ike A merican Florist ivhen 7vrilinz

Wbol^ale power/arK^

CracnrNATi, May 9.

Roses, Beauty 15.00@25.00

" Bride 3.00® 5.00

Bridesmaid 3.00® 5.00

" Meteor 3.60® 5.00

Perle 3.00® 4.00

Carnations 1.00® 3.00

Violets 35® .50

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Daffodils, TuUps 3.00

Harrisii lilies 6.00® 8.00

Callas 6.00® 8.00

Sweet peas 1 . 00

Asparagus 50.00

Smilax 12.50

Adiantum 1.00

Galax leaves .15

Common ferns J .20

St. Louis, May 9.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 2.00® 5.00

•• Beauty, long, per doz.2.QP@ 3.00
" " short " .50® 1.60

Perle 2.00® 4.00

" Meteor 2.00® 5.00

Carnations, common 1.00

" choice 1.50® 2.00

Lily of the valley 3.0O

Sweetpeas 3B@ .50

Callas 6.00® 8.00

Harrisii 6.00® 8.00

Jonquils .50

Smilax. 15.00

Adiantum 75®1.00

Galax .15

Milwaukee, May 9.
Roses, Beauty, long,per doz. 3.00® 4.00
med. " 1.50® 2.50
short " 1.00® 1.26

" Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00® 6.00

" Meteor 4.00® 6.00

" Golden Gate 4.00® 6.00

Perle 4.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary I.OD® 1.60

" fancy 2.00® 3.00

Adiantum 75® l.OO

Smilax 20.00

Asparagus 65.00

Lily of the Valley 4.00

Harrisii (0.00@12.60

Callas 10.00® 12. 60

Tulip, single 2.00® 3.00

Mignonette 3.00

Common Ferns .30

PiTTBBnKG, May 9.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 25.00@30. 00

extra 15.00®20.00

No. 1 8.00®10.00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 2.00® 8.00

" Meteor 3.00® 5. DO

" Perle 3.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 50® .76

fancy 1.00® 3,00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Mignonette 1.00® 2.00

Sweetpeas 50® l.OO

Daisies 1.00® 2.00

Harrisii 3.00® 6.00

Smilax 20.00@26.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Asparagus 50.00@76.00

" Sprengeril 35® .60

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 11.26
Daggei teior per 1000, 2.00

sgggggggaggggggggggggggggggggagss;

CATTLEYAS $5.00 per dor.

American Beauties, long —
'■ ' '■ medium
" " short

Per doz.

$3.00

1.50 to 2.00

.75 to 1.00

Per 100

Brides, Bridesmaids $3 00 to $ 4 00

Meteors, Kaiserins S.OOto 4 00

Perles 2.09 to 3.00

Carnations, fancy 2.00

standards 1.00

Sweet Peas 75 to 1.00

Valley • 300

Vall»». outside 1.00

Tulips 200to 3.00

Margue'ites 60 to .75

Forget-me-not 1.00

Callas e.OOto 8.00

Lil. Harrisii e.OOto 8.00

Pansies : 50 to .76

Mignonette .' 2.00 to 4.0O

Adiantum .76

Smilax 15.00 to 20.00

Asparagus Plumosus 60oato 75.00

Sprengerii 3.00 to 4.00

fancy ferns

$2.50 per JOOO; 30c per 100.

Wild Smilax

50 lb. case, $8.00.

We still have a large supply
of Fancy Ferns, the best in
the market.

We will have Wild Smilax
after other dealers are out.

J. B. OEAMUO

51 Wabash Avenue,

.CHICAGO.

Phone Central 3155.

Please mention the A merican Florist when writing.

Dagger Ferns for Memorial Day

SI. 50 PER 1000. IN QUANTITIES.

We would respectfully inform the trade that our new crop Dagger Ferns are now ;
ready and are A No. 1 quality. Be sure and order them early to avoid disappointment. 1
We carry a full assortment of Florists' Hardy Sup-
plies, as follows: Galax, Leucothoe Sp'ays, Hardy HENRY M. ROBINSON
Ferns Moss, Bouquet Green, Laurel Fesiooning, ^ (>q ^^| 26,8.2 gosto..

Bundle Laurel, Etc. Trusting we shall receive •^•^'

your orders, we lemain . . . Yours very truly, 36 Court Square, BOSTON.

CARNATION BLOOMS

Extra Select, 3 cts.

fancy, 1 1-2 to 2 cts.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY, Joliet, Illinois.

CUT FLOWERS.

jk ji, J, J, Shipping orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLL WORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG CUT FLOWER CO., Ltd.

504

Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
PA.

Wild Smilax
Galax Leaves

Telephone
708 Madison Sq.

FANCY FERN, DAGGER FERN, ETC.. at Market Prices.

HARRY A. BUNYARD, 38 W. 28tti St., Ntw York.

No. I contains 25 lbs HM

No. 2 contains 35 lbs 6.M

No. 3 contains 50 lbs 7-00

Brilliant Bronze or Green 11.00 per 100

1 igoi.

The American Florist.

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Try Us On

A TELEGRAPH ORDER

when you arc next in urgent need. First-class shipping
slock isn't very plentiful just now, but our stock grades
rather better than that of most houses, and we'll treat
your hurry-up calls in the best possible manner in the
hope of getting your regular business next season.

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street,

CHICAGO. ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BEAUTIES

Lone per doz.,

Medium *'

Short

Brides, Maids per 100,

Meteors "

Perles "

Roses, Kood seconds "

Carnations, standard sorts.. "

Fancy sorts "

Callas per dozen.

Sweet Peas per 100,

Piinsies

Narcissus J Poeticus

Tulips "

Valley '■

MargutTites "

Mignonette per doz.

Asparagus per string

Galax, 1000.11.25: 10,000; for $10.fO per 100

Ferns, per 1000, 13.50 per 100

Adiantum " .60 —

Smilax per dozen, 1.50 — 2.00

Prices Subject to Cbanee without Notice.

.J3.00—

l.SO— 2.00

.75— 1.00

4.00— 5.00

4.00— 5.00

3.00— 4.00

2.00— 3. CO

l.CO- 1.50

3.00— 4.00

.75— 1.00

.75— 1.00

.40— .50

1.00

3.00- 4.00

4.00— 5.00

.40— .50

.25— .35

50—

.60
.20
.35

75

Holton AND

Hunkel Co.

Wholesale

Florists....

MILWAIKEE, WIS.

isSSSSS^SSSSSSP^

WEILAND-AND Risen

CHICAQO'S RELIABLE

Wholesale Growers and Shippers of

CUT FLOWERS,

59 Wabash Ave., Chicago.

SEND FOR WEEKLY PBICK LIST.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Bassett&Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave.. CHICAGO.

Cut Flowers

GREENHOUSES: HINSDALE, ILL.

Poehlmann Bros. Go.

Vk*l*Ml« Dealer* ■■<
Grower! of

Wholesale Growers of

aad
Dealers In

Cut Flowers

All telegraph and telephone orders

given prompt attention. 51

Gbkenhouses: Wabash Ave..

Morton Grove, III. CHICAOO, ILL.

Wholesale Store, Sir;-""*

Sell our own-grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors

8 V

reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both

in quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy

Dalfotas, Montana, etc.
Try us.

We are Rose Specialists.

Minne«polit!*Mi'nn! DK/lll I tt llULa

.If your..

Business Methods

are right you can make a profit
on an adTcrtfaetnent herr.

E. H. Hunt,

WHOLESALE

Cut flowers

THE "OLD RELIABLE."

76 Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO.

Please mention iheAmertcan florist wker^ zvriting.

Wbol^ale flower/\arK^

CmcAso, May 10.

Roses, Beauty, 30-36-inoh stems.. 3.00

24 " " 2.00

18 " " 1.50

" 12 " " 1.00

" " 8 " " .75

" " 6 " " .50

" Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00® 5.00

Meteor 4.00® 5.00

Perle 3.00® 4.00

GoldenGate 4.00® 8.00

Carnations 1 .OOfii 1 .50

fancy 2.00® 4.00

Sweet peas 75® 1 00

Pansies 4C@ .60

Callas, Harrisii 4.00® 8.00

Lily of the valley. 4.00® 5.00

Paper Whites 3.00® 4.00

Daffodils 2.00® 3.00

Tulips... 3.00® 4.00

Mignonette 28® .35 doz.

Cattleyas 6. 00 doz.

Adiantum 60® .75

Commonferns per 1,000 3 50 .35

Galax leaves, per 1000 $1.25 .20

Smilax per dozen 1.50® 2.00

Asparagus. . .per dozen 6.00® 8.00

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cat Flowers.

600,000 FEET OP GLASS.
Headquarters for Amarioan Beauty.

51 Waba8h Ave., ■ CHICAGO. ILL.

GEO. REINBERG,

"■sKsi;., Cut Flowers

Choice American Beautlea.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

81 Wabash Avo., CHICAGO, ILL.

FRANK GARLAND,

Wholesale Grower and Shipper ol

...CIT FLOWERS

SS-57 Wabash Avenue, :^===
CHICAaO. Tel. Central 2384.

Benthey & Co.

F. F. BENTHEY, Manager,

Wholesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

'Consignments solicited..

A. L. RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Waab>
Ington St., Chicago.

Writ* for .Beolnl onnt^tlom nn lai-ffft nramn

J. A. BUDLONG

Roses and
Carnations
A Specialty

37-39 Randolph Street, CHJCAGO^

WHOLESALE

6R0WER of

CUT FLOWERS

SUCCESSFUL SELLERS

are the successful growers who advertise in.^J'J'.^'J'J'J' J*

-THE AMERICAN FLORIS7.

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The American Florist.

May It,

Choicest of HIT TLOWCRS at WHOLESALE.

SAMUEL S. PENNOCK.

iei2-i-i=ie=is i^vidio-w st-

*»HIi:^ A.r> RiIvE» HI A.-

GEO. A. SUTHERLAND

BEST BOSTON FLOWERS. All Sup-
plies Required in Florist's Business.
An entire floor Devoted to Stock and manufacturing. Sole agents for United States for the won-
derful KORAL LETTER, unequalled for design work. PREPARE FOR DECORATION DAY.
TEiEPnovE 1270 MAiv -^ New Address, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, " "^'ToSi'S'^i! K' ""•'

WELCH BROS. J Proprietors.

Also New Bngland A«ents for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.
Acknowledged by all florists the best In use. Special prices for doz. lots.

Sole Agents for FREYSTEDT8' Immortelle Letters and Emblems.
Block Letters. S2 per 100. Script Letters, $4 per (OO.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR.

-F-o <

Decoration Day Flowers

AND SUPPLIES

SEND TO

N. F. McCarthy & Co.,

Tel. 734 and 64.

84 Hawley St., BOSTOM.

...GEO. M. KELLOGG...

""•"'i'n'r'w'eii: Cut riowen

GWe u. &n order and we will please you.

Our Greenhouiet at PLEASANT HILL, MO
, Our Store, 906 Grand Ave.. KANSAS CITY, MO

t^^LONe DI8TAN0B 'PHOHS AT SITHXB PLACB

Please mention the American Florist when writing,

Frank M. Ellis,

WNOLESALE TLORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNBLENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale florist

1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Please mention the American Florist when -unitine.

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

1122 PINE STREET.

fc ST. LOUIS, MO.

■^"A complete Use of Wire Deslgrns.

Desirable Advertising Space

Tn Dont <"> the walls
• III lU n6lll of the

BOSTON FLOWER MARKET

Effective. Profitable. Address
GEO. CARTWRIGHT, Secretary. 1 Park St.. BOSTON.

Wbol^ale power/\arK^

Boston, May 8. .

Roses, Beauty, extra 15.00@2.5.00

medium 8.00@12.00

culls 3.00® 5.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 3.00® 5.00

" extra 6.00® 8.00

Carnations <. l.CO® 2.00

Roman hyacinths 75® 1.50

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Mignonette 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissi 1.00® 2.00

Violets 35® .te

Von Sion 1.00@1.6O

Adiantum 75® 1. 00

Smilax 12.00® 18.00

Asparagus 50.00

" Sprengerii, .20® .25 per bunch

Philacelfhia, May 8.

Roses, Tea 2.00® 6.00

" extra 8.00@10.00

" Beauty, extra 15.00@35.00

firsts 8.00@16.00

Carnations 1 .00® 1 .50

fancy 2.00® 4.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Asparagus 35.00@50.00

Smilax 15.0O@2O.0O

Adiantum 1 .00

BtTFPAi.0, May 9.

Roses, Beauty 5 00@30.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4.00@ 8.00

Carnations 1.00@ 4.00

Lily of the valley 3.0C@ 5.00

Smilax I5.00@25 00

Adiantum 1.00® 1.60

Asparagus SO.OO®75.00

Violets .60

Harrisii 5.00@10.CO

Open day
and night.

Roses. Carnations and all kinds of
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

llfll C VACTIIIR Wholesale Com-

nnii li nR9 I inU| mission Florist.

481 Washington St., Buffalo, N. V.

Also Dealer In FlorlBts' Supplies & Wire Deeigna.

Please mention the American Florist wheti writmz

S^

1604

Ludlow Street,
Philadelphia....

Phone 1-42-69-A.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. I3TH AND FILBERT STREETS,

LONODisTANOi PUIIinFIPUIl PI

'PHoiTB 3-15-M D. rniLAUCLrniA, rAi

Consignments of Choice Valley and Roses solieitad,

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long Distance 'Phone 1-41-38 D.

Consignments ol Roses. Carnations, Violets sollolti I.

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wboles&le Florist,

27 S. 11th St , Telephone 63-P4. PHILADELPHU

Orders by mall, teleffrapb or telephone wlU
receive prompt attention.

ConBlennitintfl of ^ood stooK eollolted.

SHIPPING LIBELS ss

• Cut Flowers

Printed in two colors on gummed
paper; your card, etc.. In black and
leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Very attractive. Price per 500, $2.85;
per 1000, $4.60. Send for samples

CUCIKO OF mis UAF, POSTPAID, $1.28.

American Florist Co.,

J^^ CHICAOO.

The new ENGLAND CUT FLOWER OO.

Consignments
Solicited.

TELEPHONE 907 MAIN.

Carries a full supply of choice Roses, all varieties;
Carnations, Violets, Bulb Flowers, Wire Desig:ns,
Baskets, Sheaves, etc. Lowest Wholesale Prices on
everything:. Write for Prices or call and see us.

3 Ordway Place,

BOSTON, MASS.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1455

TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

Ivlly o* tJne 'Valley.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

T«flephone No. 1998 Madison Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS ^"Ew^voRKf""*'
Are shipoiriJ th- tinp<.t Roses in the New York Market. Carnations,
lilies, Valley, Orchids, Novelties. p^ce List to Applicants.

TELEPHONE 20ee MADISON SQUARE.

Walter I Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ,

Telephone 902 Madison Sqnare.

39 West 28th St., NEW YOB.E.

William Qhormley,

Wholesale Plorist, " ''riw yoIk cItt.

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley, and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
Mad'son Square.

SHIPPING ORDERS

Qlven Special Attention.

JOHN YOUNG

Special American Beauties,
Surpas ing Carnations.

Lily of the Valley, Orchids,

and all Seasonable Flowers.
51 West 28th Ft., VTEW YORK.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW -YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS asd BUYERS make a oote of thii. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER^

. i . . 30 West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 661 Madison Bqaare.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,
408 E. 34th Straat,

cm Flewer Exchange, NEW YORK.

Telephone 209 Madison Sqnare.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-412 C. 84th St. NearFerrjr.
Open for Cnt Flower galea at 6 o'clook
fivery Hornlnc

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISINO.

JOHN DONALDSON. Secretory.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

m^ Gol FI0W6r§

All orders receive most carelul attention.

TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA.

81x prizes American Boee Society. New York City.

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed tor Ten Cents.

AMERION ROSE CO., Washington, P. C.

It is good business poiioy
to mention the

...AMERICAN nORIST

when voa writA to an advertiier.

Choice Carnations.

Selected Roses.

Traendly&Schenck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq.
Please menlton i he American Flortst when wetting.

Wbol^ale power/arK^

New \'ork, May 8,

Roses, Beauty, select 10.00@20.00

medium 5.00® 8.00

culls 1.00® 3.00

" Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor .50® 1.00
med'm 2 00® 3.00
select.. 4.00® 6.00

Brunners 4.00@12 00

Carnations 75® 1 . 50

Lily o( the valley 1.50® 2.50

Smilax 12.00@15.00

Asparagus 25.00@50.00

Sprengerii, perdoz. bun. 2.00@3.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Harrisii lilies 2.00® 4.00

Mienonette 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, narcissi 50® 2.00

Cattleyas 30.00@40.00

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

A full supply daily of the choicest

New York and New Jersey

FLOWERS.

52 W. 29th Street, NEW YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

f^ease mention the A merican Florist when writing,

Tlie Cincinnati
Cut Flower Co.,

-^--l-to. WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

CoDsigntnents Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Shipping Orders.

ESPECIALLY

Galax and Leucothoe Sprays.

THE KERVAN CO..

30 West 29th Street. NEW YORK.

Telephone 551 Madison Square.
Please mention the A merican FlorxU when writing.

NEW YlRK CUT FLOWER GO.

Market, corner 26th St
an

Dorner Zbtn bt •,.,,, v«,l, r>:<..
ind Sixth Ave.. IVH TO k Cltlf.

HIGH GRADE FLOWERS.

Ppec'nl attention to Shippinc; Orders.

FORD BROS.

Rece vers and Shirrfrs of

FRESH FLOWERS.

All varieties iu New York market.
Ill West 30th St., NEn YORK.

Telephone 157 Madison Square.

Julius Lang

53 West 30tfa Street, NEW YORK.

Rbprbsents thb Best Growbbs op

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Square,

S. J. UMPRECHT,

Wliolesale Gommlssion florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street, NFW YDDK

Telephone UW MadiBon Square. I'L" i unit.

Consigmnents Solicited.

fl. H. LflNGJflHR,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

BE.ST FLOWERS SHIPPED AT LOWEST
NEW YORK PRICES.

19 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

TELETHciNE 939 MAIN.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, "poljo!^"

Cash with first order. Seyen years' experience.
References: 200 dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park, N. C.

Always mention the American Flo-
rist when writing to advertisers.

Now we have

Daffodils,
Tulips,
Sweet Peas,
Freeslas,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN

47.

Tel. 421
idadison^^uare.

cyj

WEST 28th ^ ST..

NEW YORK.:

F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Special in
Roses: *

Liberty, Pres. Carnot.
Kalserin, Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

1456

The American Florist.

May II,

The pEED TR?Jt>B.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

ALBERT McCuLLOueH, Pres.; F. W. Bolsiano,
Vice-Pres. ; S. F. Willakd, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Seo'y and Treas.

Nineteenth annual convention, Rocliester, N.
Y.. June i:-13. 1901.

Visited Chicago: J. E. Northrup and
S. Y. Haiaes, of Minneapolis, Minn.; R.
G. Craig, of R. G. Craig & Co., Mem-
phis, Tenn.

B. T. Galloway, chief of the Bnrean of
Plant Industry, Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington, D. C, has been placed
in charge of the government seed dis-
tribution.

St. Louis.— The Plant Seed Co., reports
the spring business in this city as covering
a longer period than usual, owing to
the peculiar season, and at no time have
they experienced the extreme rush for a
few days at a time which comes in almost
every season.

Chicago. — Alexander Rodgers, of this
city, filed a declaration of insolvency
May 8, due, it is claimed, to the decline
in price of timothy seed. The liabiUties
are placed at $63,000, with assets of
$36,000. The Chicago Title and Trust
Company was appointed receiver.

F. H. Ebbling, of Syracuse, N. Y.,
reports an unusual demand for alfalfa
this year. More has been sold in Syra-
cuse than in the last five years together.
The principal reason for this seems to be
that the farmers are appreciating the
value of alfalfa as a fodder, besides its
benefit to the soil.

Government Lettuce Seed Proves Onion.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I suggest that you
< open enclosed government seed packet
and see it it does not contain onion seed
instead of lettuce. I have opened several
which did. Several sacks of the govern-
ment seeds were sent to the postotEce
here and some lots fell into my hands
and those of my employes We are hav-
ing a heap of fun over Uncle Sam's seed
business. My clerks think the govern-
ment ought to make as big a racket to
hired help as I do to insure correct pack-
eting of seeds. R. H. Shumway.

Rockford, 111.

[The packet to which reference is made
was labeled "lettuce, a selected variety,"
and contained onion seed. — EdQ

The Government Seed Contract.

Evidence is accumulating that the specifica-
tions of the contract for vej^etable and flower
seeds for free distribution by the government
have not been strictly followed. A correspondent
recently received from the congressman of his
district several packages coutaining spinach,
watermelon, lettuce, peas and cucumber seeds.
These he opened and weighed, and found that
the spinach if planted ^vould produce enough for
a fair sized meal for one persou. With respect to
the other seeds he discovered that the packages
of cucumber average 61 grains, and .according to
the speciflcationa "should be 87i4 grains, \\liich
makes a difference iu each packet of 23>^ grains,
or on the quantity of 2,73", 280 packets a difference
of 9175 pounds. Lettuce averages 49 grains,
should be 64 11-16 grains, making a difference of
5 11-16 grains, or on the total quantity of 2,737,280
packets 3227 pounds. Watermelon averages 52
grains, should be 87H grains, making a difference
of 35i4 grains, or on the total quantity of 2,737,280
packets 13,881 pounds. Peas average 2 2-3ounce8,
should be 3 11-15 ounces, or on the total quantity
of 1.184,400 packets of 1410 bushels.

Others who have received seeds from the gov-
ernment report similar discrepancies, conse-
quently there is basis for the belief that the spec-
ideations were not followed as strictly as they
should have been. Evidence of this character
fully warranted the Wholesale Seedsmen's League
in protesting against payment on the vouchers of
the contractor until a full investigation is made

into the manner in " hich the C'lntract has been
filled. The charges formulated by the league
are serious, and the evidence it and others pre-
sent appe.-irs weighty. The matter has reached
the proportions of a scandal, which seems to
reflect in a measure on the Department of .\gri-
culture. This the department cannot afford to
tolerate, and it should prol>e the matter thor-
oughly and publicly. It is public money that is
lieing expended fur vegetable and flower seeds,
and citizens, since congress ordains the distribu-
tion, have a right to receive the amount bar-
gained for in the contract. If the contractor
made up packages of a less weight than the spec-
ifications called for, and did so under the author-
ity of the Department of .\gricultiire, the reasons
for the change should be oflic:all,\ given to the
public, together with the total number of extra
packages which would thus be made up. If on
the contrary the contractor supplied packages of
less weight than the speciflcations called for, and
did so without authority, he ►hould not be paid
until he has strictly fulfi'lled his contract. Again,
if it should prove that the lightweight packages

were the exception antl not the rule, that also
ought to bt-' demonsii-ated f"r the vindication of
the contractor. — Philadelphia Public Ledger, May

/, 1001.

*-»-*

Fitchbohg, Mass. — Mrs. Mansfield
has opened a branch store at the F. & L.
waiting room, Park building.

Fair Haven, Mass.— Peter Murray, at
the W. P. Winsor estate, is one of the
few very successful growers ot odonto-
glossnms. At present a house sixty feet
long is filled with them, principally
O. crispum, and the showing of spikes is
simply grand. They will be in full bloom
at the time of the opening exhibition of
the new Horticultural Building in Bos-
ton and it is expected that a fine display
of them will be made there at that time.

Fresh Palm Seeds, Tuberoses ^Begonias

Special
Offer of

TUBEROSES— Excelsior Double Pearl, large sized bulbs, sure bloomers and will not fail to give satifac-

tion-. 60c per 100; J5.00 per 1000; 5000 for $22.00.
TUBEROSES— Excelsior Double Pearl. Just to make a distinction we call these second size, but they

are fine and of exceptional value, and will give most satisfactory results. Per 100. 40c; per lOQO,

$2.00; per 5O0O, $9.S0.
BEGONIAS— Tuberous Rooted, single, in separate colors, exceptionally fine bulbs, $2 per 103; $l8perlC00.
BEGONIAS— Tuberous Rooted, single, mixed, per 100, $1.75; per 1000, $18.00.
CANNAS— Crozy's Large Flowering (subject to being unsold^ Austria, Allemania and Paul Marquant;

per 100, J2.ii0; per 1000, $23.00.
CANNAS— C'rozv's Mixed, ner 100, $2 26: per 1000, $20.00.
CANNA ROBUStA PERFECTA— Exceptionally fine large bulbs, $1.75 per lOO; $15 00 per lODO.

I^XCE:«SXI f>.A.XvIWI sE;E;r>s.

KENTIA BELMOREANA— 103 per dozen seeds; 50o per lOO; $4.00 per 1000.
LATANIA BORBONICA— lOc per dozen seeds, 40c per ICO; $2.00 per lOCO.

JOHNSON & STOKES, 217-219 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.

ASPARAGUS
SEED.

PLUMOSUS NANUS,

NEW SEED.
CLOSEST PRICES.

(True). Per lOO, $1; 1000, $7.00; 2000. $13.00; 5000 at $6.00 per 1000.
SPRENGERII, per 100. 50c; lOOO, $3.00.
VAUGHAN'S ASTERS, Improved Victoria, snow white,

crimson scarlet, light blue, indigo blue, pink

and rose, trade pkt.. -ZliC.; M oz., 45c; oz., $1.50.
SEMPLE'S BRANCHING.

White oz. 80c, X oz.25c. pkt. lOc.

Lavender "$1.50 " 45c " 25c.

Pink " l.OO " 35c " lOc.

Queen of the Market, separate shade .earliest Aster

in cultivation, oz.. 50c; M oz., 20c; tr. pkt., lOc.

CENTAUREA. New Imperialis, mixed, tr. pkt., lOo;
oz., 60c. White, trade pkt., 10c; oz., 60c.

NASTURTIUM, Vaughan's Special Mixture, tall, oz.,
lOo; ]4 lb., 20c; lb., 80c. Dwarf, oz., 10c; H lb.,
25c; lb., 85c.

TUBBROSes 1 We are headquarters. Write
CALADIUMS :■ for our Wholesale Florists'
OLADIOLUS I Catalogue, free.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, r.ill^rr^'Zr-

LIVISTONA SINENSIS

True Japanese variety; far superior to Latania Botbonica. Fine fresh seeds in origi-
nal tin cans each containing 1000 seeds at $5.00 per can.

SUZUKI & IIDA, 31 Barclay Street, N. T.

Florists and Seedsmen

It will pay you well to send me list
of your wants and get my prices
before placing your orders for

Dutfili Bulbs

for delivery in the early Autumn.
HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NARCISSUS,

FREESIAS, CROCUS, SPIRAEAS,

LILIUM LONGIFLORUM, Etc., Etc.

All Balbs carefully grown and guaranteed first-
class and true. No auction stuff or trash.
Correspondence solicited.

GEORGE E. DICKINSON,

No. I Broadway, NEW YORK, N. Y.

Also Nursery and Fruit Stocks ol every description.

A good adv. in a good paper will bring
good returns.

ESTABUSHED 1802

T

'S

SEEDS

JUST a:ri«I"vejd

IN FINI CONDITIOS,

FRESH SEEDS OF

Per 1000 6000 and up.

Kentia Belmoreana S4.50 ® HOO

Kentia Forsteriana 4.50 @ 4.00

J.IVI.THORBURN&CO.

(Utc o( IS John Strt«t)

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW VOfDI

The American Florist.

1457

Dreer's o«f dt Hardy Perennials

We are handling HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS as a leading
specialty and are carrying an immense stock of all the popular varieties,
the principal ones being enumerated below.

For a full and the most complete list offered in this country, see our
current TRADE LIST, which was distributed March 20th.

Varieties marked * are suitable for cut flowers.

Gaillardia Grandiflora.

Erigeron Speciosus, strong divisions I .75

*Eupatorium Ccplestinum. 3-ineh pots 75

"Gaillardia Grandiflora, 4-inch pots 75

Geum Coccineum fl. pi., 3-inch pots 75

^GypsophlUa r.aniculata, strong, 1 year old 75

*Helenium Autumnale Superba, strong divisions 1.00

* " Bolanderi, strong divisions 1.00

* " Grandicephalum Striatum, str, divisions 75

* " Pumilum, strong divisions 1.00

*Helianthus Multiflorus II. pi., 2^-inch pots 75

* " " Maximus, strong divisions 75

'Heliopsis Pitoherianus, strong divisions 75

* " Scaber Major, " " 75

Hemerocalis Dumortieri, " " 75

Fulva, " " 60

Plava, " " 50

Kwanso fl. pi., strong divisions 50

Heuchera Alba, 1 year old plants 1.00

Hibiscus, t-'rimsou Eye, strong, 1 year old 75

'Hollyhocks, strong 1 year old plants.

Dreer's Superb Double, in 6 separate colors 101

in choice mixture 75

Single select, in choice mixture 75

'Hypericum Moserianum, strong. 1 year l.CO

Iris Germanica. 13 choice varieties' 75

" " in choice mixture 60

* " Ksempferi, 25 choice varieties 1.50

" in choice mixture 1.00

'Incarviltea Delavayi, strong flowering roots 4.00

Lobelia Cardinalis, strong, 1 year old 60

*' Syphilitica, strong clumps 75

I*er

doz.

'Achillea Filipendulina, strong divisions $ .75

Millefolium Roseura, strong

divisions 60

* " The I'earl. 3-in. pots 60

Tomentosum, strong divisions, 1.00

Actaea Spicata I.OO

Rubra 1.25

Alyssum Saxatile Compactum, strong

divisions 75

^Anlhemis Tinctoria, 2H-in. pots 60

* " " Kelwayi, 2i4-inch
pots 60

* " " Pallida, 2!<-in. pots .60
'Anemone .Taponica —

* Alba, '2^i-inch pots 75

* Elegans, 2Si-inch pots 75

* Lady Ardilaun, 2)4-inch pots 75

* Whirlwind, 2^-iuch pots '. .75

Anthericum Liliastrum, strong 75

Liliago, strong 75

Aquilegia Chrysantha, strong 75

Alba, strong 75

" Californian Hybrids, strong 75

" Canadensis 75

Doz.

$6.00

4.00
400
8.00

6.00
4.00

4.00
4.00

6.0'
6.00
6.00
600
.■S.OO
5.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00

1.00

1.00
.75

100
$6.00
600
6.00
6.00
6.00
800
8.00
6.00
80O
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
4.00
4.00
4 03
8.00
5.00

8.00
6.0O
600
8.00
6.00
4.00
lOOO
8.00

4 00
6.0O

Per Per

100 doz.

Asters, 12 choice varieties .$1.00

Bocconia Cordata, strong divisions 75

'Boltonia Asteroidt^s, strong divisions 75

Campanula Carpatica, 3-inch pots 75

'■ *' Alba, 3-in. pots.. .75

" Pyraraidalis, strong, 1 year

old

'Caryopteris Mastacanthus, strong, 1 year

old

Cassia Mnrilandica, strong 1 year oid.
'Chrysanthemum, Hardy Pompon, 40 vars.,

2M-inch pots 60

'Chrysanthemum Maximum Filiformis,

strong divisions 75

'Chrysanthemum Maximum Triumph,

strong divisions 75

Clematis Davidiana, I year old clumps. . .75
'Coreopsis Lanceolata Grandiflora, strong

clumps 75

'Dictamnus Praxinella, strong plants 1.00

* " " ^Iba, str. plants, \.'^
'Doronicum Austriacum, strong divisions 1.00

* " Caucasicum, " " 1 25
'Erigeron Salsuginosus, new, 2'4-in. pots 1.50

Per doz.

'Lysimachia Clethroides, strong divisions $ .75

'Lychnis (.'halcedonica Rubra Plena , 1.50

* " Vespertina Alba, strong clumps 1.25

* ■' Viscaria Splendens, strong clumps 1.00

Monarda Didyma, 3-inch pots 75

Rosea, strong divisions 75

Fistulosa Alba, strong divisions 75

Pentstemon Barbatus Torreyi, strong divisions 1.00

' " Gloxinioides, 3-inch pots 1.00

'Physostegia Virginica, strong divisions 75

* •' '■ Alba, strong divisions 75

'Pinks, Hardy, six vareties, strong clumps 75

'Platycodon .Taponicus fl. pi., strong clumps 100

' " Mariesi. strong clumps 75

* " Grandiflorum, strong clumps 75

'Primula Veris, English Cowslip 60

Vulgaris, English Primrose 75

'Pyrethrum Uliginosura, strong divisions 1.00

'Rudbeckia, Golden Glow, strong divisions 50

* " Kewmani, strong divisions 75

'Rudbeckia Purpurea, strong divisions l.CO

'Scabiosa Caucasica, 3-inch pots 1 .00

* •• " Alba. 3-inch pots 1.25

'Statice LatiTolia, 1 year old plants 1.00

'Stokesia Cyanea, 3-inch pots 1.25

'Thalictrum Aquilegifolium, strong plants 125

Atropurpureum, strong plants — 1.25

" Adiantifolia 1.50

'Tfollius Europieus, strong plants 1.00

'Veronica Longifolia Subsessiiis, strong plants 1.50

Incana, strong plants I.OO

Per
100
$8.00
6 00
6.00
6.00
6.00

8.00

8.C0
6.00

4.00

6.00

6.00
6.O0

6.00
8.00

10.00
8.00

10.00

Per 100
$ 6.00
12.00
10.00
8.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
8.00
8.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
8.00

e.oo

6.00

4.00

6 00

8.0O

4.00

6.C0

8.00

8.00

lO.CO

8.00

10.00

10.00

10.00

12.00

8.00

12.00

8.00

HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

ROEMER'S
Superb Prize Pansies

The finest strain of Pansies
in the World

INTRODUCER AND GROWER OF ALL THE
LEADING NOVELTIES.

Highest Award Inter. Exhibition at Ham-
burg, 1897. Catalogue free on application.

Fred. Bioemer,

Seed Grower. QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY.

ROOTED RUNNERS OF

Marie Louise Violets

from soil, 60c per 100; $5.00 per ICOO,
Cash with order.

Address J. DUERR, Geneva, III.

Please mention the Afnerican Florist when lorittng,

TEI.EGI&AFH CODE

OF THB

AM. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

9a.f3C3,

In either itlff or flexible oorer. addbiss oboibs to
AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. CHICAGO.

THE LARGEST FANCY CARNATION.

DDAQDCDITV ^ ^^^ thousand ready

I^HUOrdll I ■■ for immediate delivery.

Speak quick if you want them.

Prices for Rooted Cuttings: 1 plant, 50c; 12 plants,
15; 25 plants, $8.25; 60 plants, $10; 100 plants, $16;
250 plants, $37.50; 600 plants, $70; 750 plants,
1101.25; 1000 plants, $130.

Write for full description.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS., Flatbush, N. Y.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

American Beauties

We have some extras in 2.\2;^-inch
and 2^x3-in. Write us about them.

Send us a dollar lor samples ami you
them up quick.

snap

GEO. A. KUHL, Pekln, III.

EXTRA
SELECTED

Southern Wild Smilax

Per 60 lb. case $3.00

Per 40 lb. case 2.50

Per 30 lb. case 2.00

Express rate 25 per cent less than merchandise
rate. Cases weigh 60, 40 and 30 lbs., but are ship-
ped at 50, 35 an 25 lbs. t^~Prompt attention to
telegraphic orders. R. A. LEE. SELMA, ALA.

(Formerly of Kvergreen, Ala.)
Please mention the A mertcan Florist when writing.

IN BEST
..VARIETIES

SPECIALTIES

ROSESf tram g-lnota pou.

CARNATIONS, for all deUTarr.
CHRY8AHTHKMUM8.
SMILAX.
pnoMlow. Band (or Hit. VIOLETS.

WOOO mROTHBHO. FISHKILU. N.Y,

1458

The American Florist.

May

II.

The Nursery Trsije.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

TaBO. J. Smith, Pres. ; N. W. Hale, Vioe-Pres. ;
Qeobsb C. Seageb. Rochester. N. Y.. Seo'y.

Twenty-sixth annual convention, Niagara Falls,
N. Y., June 12-14. 190L

NuBSEEYMEN throughout the country
are considerably agitated over the free
tree distribution plan of the Secretary of
Agriculture Their apprehension is war-
ranted by the proportions to which the
evil of seed distribution has attained.

The Enterprise Nursery Co., St Joseph,
Mo., has given a deed of trust to Maurice
Phillips for the benefit of creditors.
Irving Rouse, Thos. Meehan, Fairmount
Nurseries and W. T. Hood & Co., are
creditors but the largest claim is only
$70 50.

The Spring Nursery Trade.

T. R. Watson, Plymouth, Mass.— Our
estimate is that the spring business will
aggregate one-half more than last year.

Stephen Crane, Norwich, Conn.—
Trade is certainly one-third heavier than
a year ago. The most noticeable increase
in demand has been for shade trees for
parks, for choice shrubs, California
privet and peach trees. The sale on pear
trees was not so heavy as usual.

Stoehs & Habbison Co., Painesville,
O. — We are not yet through with our
spring rush and have no footings to tell
us definitely about sales. We know that
trade has been very good and there is no
question but there has been a very large
increase in the demand for nearly all
kinds of ornamental stock. The fruit
tree trade was also fully up to the aver-
age.
« W. & T. Smith Company, Geneva, N.
Y.— We have had one of the busiest sea-
sons for a great many years. There has
been a very large demand for'stock, both
in fruit trees and ornamentals, and
there is almost no surplus left. The
weather during our packing season has
been very unpleasant on account of rain
and snow, but it has also been cold,
which has kept stock from starting.

Samuel C. Moon, Morrisville, Pa.— I
have had a good trade in ornamental
evergreens and deciduous trees and flow-
ering shrubbery. The past winter was
an unusually severe one on evergreens
and many are dead, even among those
which are generally the hardiest species.
Consequently good evergreens are scarce.
An increased demand and better prices
than last year is noted in most lines of
ornamental stock.

Wii. H. Moon Co., Morrisville, Pa.—
We take pleasure in stating that the nur-
sery business has been very encouraging
this spring in all lines, but especially in
ornamentals, the line in which we are
most interested. Prices have been better
and the demand for first-class stock
unprecedented. Though the season is
not yet over, we think we can safely esti-
mate an increase of sales from fifty per
cent to seventy-five per cent over the best
previous records.

The Elizabeth Nubseey Company,
Elizabeth, N. J. — Business with us has
been of the very best. In fact, we have
had so much business that it has been
almost impossible for us to fill our orders
on time. We have had double the num-
ber of men employed, and have worked
day and night, excepting Sundays. We
never work on Sunday. Our business
has increased, we should lay, nearly one-

third. Our trade is largely in ornamen-
tals, and prospects look good for another
season.

P. S. Peterson & Son, Chicago, 111 —
Our sales have been considerably heavier
than ever before. Owing to a quiet real
estate market very few new additions to
the city have been laid out, so subdivision
planting has been light. Ornamental
stock is being ordered in a much greater
variety than formerly, which necessitates
carrying a more extensive list. The vol-
ume of our shipping trade has increased
three-fold, largely due to advertising.
We intend this summer to more than
double our packing and storage sheds
and extend our private side track farther
into our nursery.

P. J. Berckuans Company, Augusta,
Ga. — The demand for bedding and green-
house plants for this spring is decidedly
better than that of last year. Oursouth-
ern people are giving more attention to
beautifying their grounds and are using
large quantities of palms and other deco-
rative plants for tne home. Many of the
small towns have ladies' floral and gar-
den clubs, which stimulate the desire for
plants, and many of the small towns
have displays in the spring and fall,
where the plants raised by some of our
amateurs would do credit to the most
advanced floriculturist. For open ground
flowering the rose is still in the lead, as
in our mild climate all of the fine varie-
ties of teas can be grown most luxuri-
antly, and plants are seldom injured by
the frost. For colored foliage fancy-
leaved caladinms,and crotons are grow-
ing in demand, the same with cannas.
For house decoration palms and ferns
are the leaders.

Lowell, Mass.
season at least three weeks late —
spring flowers not yet in evidence.

— VARIOUS notes of THE DOINGSOF THE

craft.

The season here is very backward.
Last year at this time outdoor stock,
such as tulips and hyacinths were in full
bloom, but the bulbs that were planted
last year are about three weeks late in
flowering, owing to the cold, dreary
weather we have been having. Pansies
and daisies in baskets have made their
appearance, but as yet there is not much
call for them.

Harvey Green sent out a neat little
circular about bedding plants the other
day and expects to do a big business in
this line.

A. C. Tingley has one house planted
with giant candytuft, which he hopes to
have in flower for Memorial day.

Foster, of Tewksbury, is bringing in
some fine violets, and his Joost carna-
tions are all right, too.

Business keeps up fairly well, with
plenty of weddings booked for next
month.

E. L. Marshall has been very busy this
spring handling herbaceous plants.

Frank Faulkner is now connected with
J. F. Walsh, on Highland avenue.

Charles French, of Tewksbury, is bring-
ing in some very fine pansies. A. M.

Muskegon, Mich. — L. Wasserman,
who was among the first to procure
stock of Nephrolepis Wittboldii, has just
bought a second order. He says that it
is invaluable to him if for no other rea-
son than the use he is able to make of
the cut fronds in funeral work.

NORWAY MAPLES \;}\\rA^T-&,

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, William Warnbb Habpeu, Prop.,

CHESTNUT HILL. PHILADELPHIA. PA.

Maples zr

From 1 to 3-inch calirer, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisville, Bucks Co., Pa.

Company

For f Trees, Shrubs, Vines,
Your I and Small Fruits.

Descriptive IllDstrated Catalogue Free.

THE WM. H. MOON CO..

^OPrisvMIe Pa

.4r

• •• •/\i^ •

Indispensable Adjunct

To a soccessf ol wholesale business is an up-to-date,
accurate, complete Trade Directory. Such a
book, 397 pages, containing the name and
address of every florist, nurseryman and seedsman
in America, new list of private gardeners and horti-
cultural supply concerns and much other informa-
tion will be mailed from this office on receipt of $2.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.

334 Dearborn St., CHICAQO, ILL.

igoj.

The American Florist.

1459

KEIICOTT BROS. CO.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

And Dealers in
All Kinds of

42 and 44 East Randolph Street.

Florists' Supplies.

CHICAGO, ILL.

CARNATIONS

THREE GOOD PINKS.

Ethel Crocker, Genevieve Lord,

Mrs. Bertram Lippincott,

From soil at $2.50 PER 100.

I a. H. Crane. |^-^oo^ and Qomez. ^^^\^

BEDDINQ STOCK.

Geraniums— Fine rooted cuttings of S. A.

Nutt and others at $1.25 per iCO.
Alyssum— A new giant single dwarf, very

fine, at |2.50 per 100.
Salvia— "Clara Bedraan," 3 inch pots, at

J3.C0 per 100.

HARDY PHLOX.

Mixed sorts, as fine an assortment as ever
grew, but sold cheap on account of being
mixed. From 4-inch pots at $5.00 per 100.
Rooted cuttings at $1.25 per 100, or $10.00
per 1000.

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa.
SELECTED CARNATIONS.

Per lUO Per 1000

The Marquis, largest rich pink. ...$4.00 J35.00

Morning Glory, best light pink-.... 3.50 30.UO

I Mrs. Lawson, famous deep pink. . .. 6.00 50.C0

Ethel Crocker, clear pink 3.50 30.00

Genevieve Lord, light pink 4.0O 35.00

Mrs. Lippincott, piuk 5.00 40.00

, Mrs. Joost, pink, money maker 2.00 15.00

■ White Cloud, fine white 1.50 12.50

Flora Hill, large white 1.50 12.60

( Peru, pure white 4,00 30.00

Elm City, new white 4,00 30.00

Estelle, best bright scarlet 6.00 50.00

Chicago, largest red 4,00 30.0J

G. H. Crane, fine scarlet 2 50 20.00

.America, light red 2.50 20.00

Maceo, dark crimson 2.00 15.00

Gomez, light crimson 2.00 15.00

Mrs. Bradt, best variegated 3.00 25.U0

GEO. HANCOCK & SON. Grand Haven. Mich.

Last Call

before plant-
ing out.

Carnaljons in 2-inoli Dots at prices
that will astonish you.

MRS. BRADT, ETHEL CROCKER, WM.
SCOTT, MRS. .JOOST, LIZZIE MoQDWAN,

Write GEO. A. KUHL, Pakin, 111.

CARNATIONS

All the new
and standard
vurieties. \\'rit'' for prices.

Aiparagus Sprengetii, 3-inch $4.00 per 100

A<paragu« Plumosut, 3 " 6.U0 per 100

Small Fern« lor dishes, 4 var8.,2y4-in. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata, 2Vi-inch 4,00 per 100

Boston Ferns , 8-inch pans $15 and $18 per doz ,

2V4-inch 4.00 per 100

3-inoh 8.00 per 100

CARL HACEMBEROER. West Mentor. O.

CARNATIONS. Per 100 Per 1000

Lawson $700 |60W)

Estelle 6 00 50 00

Marquis, Lord, Elm City 5 00 40 CO

Crocker, America, L. Paul 2 50 23 00

Hill 2 00 15 00

Armazindy, Evanston, Dana, Victor,

Meteor 100 10 00

'2i-INCIl ROSE PLANTS.^

100 1000

American Beauty $6,00 $55,00

Bridesmaid ;.. 3.00 2S.O0

Bride 3.00 25.00

Meteor 3.00 25.00

100 1000 F

Liberty $8.00 $75.00 -

GoldenGate 3.00 25.00 E

Perle 3.00 26.00

Kaiserin 3.03 25.00

All the new and standard varieties, free from rust and all other diseases.
Our stock 1« la fine shape and all cattlugs are well rooted when sent out.

Mrs. Leopold IneJJ^oiTfl^^

and best paying red Carnation.

Rooted Cuttings 3

Sunbeam

Bon Homme Richard

Nydia

Proliflca

Irene

Mrs. Lawson

Marquis ■•

Genevieve Lord

Crane

100

1000

7.00 $60.00 1

10.00

75.00

10.00

75.00

10.00

75.00

lO.CO

75.00

10.00

75.00

6.00

55.00

3.00

25.00

3.00

25.00

3.00

25.00

Guardian Angel '^^i^°il m looo

and best paying pink Carna-
tion. Rooted Cuttings $4.00 $35.00

Ethel Crocker 2.50 20.00

Mrs. Bradt 200 17.50

John Young 1.50 12.50

WhiteCloud 1.25 10.00

Argyle 1 00 9.00

Evanston 100 9.00

F.Joost. 1.00 9.00

Cerise Queen 1.00 9.00

Gov. Griggs 1.00 9.00

All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfactory il is to be returned immediately,
when money will be refunded.

PETER REINBERG, wabafh^ve Chicago, IlL

m T/-vf-v-m-« r A ■« r The Oueen of Commercial White Carnations. Scored 91 at Baltimore.
rV I 1 1^ V^ /V Y awarded 1st prize for 100 white, bronze medal for 12_ best seedling and

EGYPT

first-class Certificate of Merit. Stock all sold until May 1st. Its vigor-
ous, free growth and tendency to bloom early insures a safe investmsnt tor cuttings delivered in May
A most distinct, dark variety, rich and dazzling in color. Surpasses all other
crimsons in length and strength of stem, exquisite, spicy odor and keeping
qualities. Can be had in good flower by November.
Above two varieties. $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. $75 per 1C00.
y-» • ■ J The Greatest Money Making Pink. A friend of the com-

I if^n(^\/if^\Tf^ I Ot*fI ™°° people and adesceudantof the great Wm. Scott.
V-IWllV-y IV^ ▼ V* B.^v/1 %* whose illust'ious mantle it is wearing with becoming
Stock \:iT2.e and in the pink of condition. $5 per 100. $40 per 1000.

'^ All of the new ones of this year, the best of last year and the best standard varieties.

Chrysanthemum Timothy Eaton

"whipped" every variety which went up against it.
ever ofTered. 5dc each, $5 per doz., $30 per 100.

.\ large stock of this giant white which

came over the border from Canada and

The most sensational white chrysanthemum

COMPLETE LIST OF OTHER NOVELTIES
AND STANDARD VARIETIES. CATALOGUE
READY. WRITE FOR IT.

H. WEBER & SONS,

OAKLAND,
MD.

CARNATIONS

liOOTTRr)

OUTTIIVG^S

We are booking orders now for cuttings at the following piices:

H. CRANE $25.00 per 1000 WHITE CLOUD $12.50 per 1000

D. R. HBRRON. Olcan, N. Y.

FLORA HILL 10.00

McGOWAN 10 00

ELDORADO lOOO

MRS. BRADT 2.S.00

MADAM CHAPMAN 25.00

DAYBREAK 12.50

We have the largest and finest stock of these varieties to bi seen anywhere and
will have large quantities of Cuttings during the season. If you are in need of a
large lot write me and get special price. Can save you money. We also have the
blooms of the above varieties at market quotations. Violet blooms at all times.

Aad!e«CHA5. CHADWICK, Grand Rapids, Mich. '^"=}',f«

t®"OUB DIECTOKT POK 1901 WHiL BE MAII.ED TO YOU-=®J^
t@-^PBOMPTI.Y UPON APPLICATION. FBICE TWO DOJJ.AB.B.'-m

1460

The American Florist.

May II,

Our pasTiMEs.

Announcements ot coming contents or other
events of interest to our bowling, shooting and
cycling readers are solicited and will be given
place in this column.

Address ail correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. Stewart. 79 Milk St., Boston. Mass.;
Robt. Kift. 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

At Utica.

The following is the record for the
practice meeting on the evening of Mon-
day, May 6:

Player Ist 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th Av

Baker 164 130 179 150 1P6

Spencer 120 121 139 165 167 189 1!)0

Rowlands 148 133 140 144 151 142 143

Murphy 124 122 170 125 146 151 138

Quis.

At Flatbush.

Scores made at Doerrer's alleys were as
follows:

Player 1st 2d 3d 4th

Rlle.v 165 103 147 168

P. Uailledouze 102 136 111 124

Woorner 115 116 98 97

Lansjahr 97 116 127 91

H. 1/ailIedouze 152 115 126 115

Wooker 143 104 131 134

Buttprfleld 105 lOO 126 107

C. Zeller 116 59 48 91

At Philadelphia.

The Jenkintown Bowling Club gave
the Florists a scare in the first game of a
team match on the alleys In Horticul-
tural Hall April 29. The Jenkintown
bowlers played fine tenpins in the first
game, having lots of speed and making
the spares in good shape, winning it by
thirty-two pins. The game proved too
fast for them, however, and their second
game was erratic. The Florists bowled
the same consistent game for which they
are noted, and won out on the total by
< 212 pins. The score:

Florists 1st 2d 3d T'l

Moss 145 145

Kuestner , 129 127 256

Dunham 179 160 159 488

Johnson 169 172 158 499

Allen 167 139 191 497

Moore 159 158 160 477

Mooney 161 184 183 528

Team totals 980 933 978 2890

Jenkintown 1012 811 855 2678

At New York.

Monday evening. May 6, was the usual
practice night for the bowling club but,
for some reason, the attendance was
very slim. Had the usual attendants
been aware that John Raynor, the light-
ning twirler of the Flatbush aggregation,
was to honor the New York alleys with
a visit no doubt they would have turned
out in force if only to see the unusual
spectacle of liveliness and agility dis-
played by the pin boys when Raynor's
spheres came down the alley like shot
from a "Long Tom." A. S. Bums, the
noted "cross alley" roller, having now
moved up into the 200 class, is thmking
of selling out his property in Woodside
and acquiring a residence in the Waldorf-
Astoria. Scores were recorded as follow:
Player 1st 2d 3d

Lang 239 169 236

Burns 214 195 168

Slebrecht 144 163 157

Raynor 145 167 154

Sheridan 137 149 134

Hafner 153 165 210

Stewart 112 109 114

At Chicago.

The florists have organized four teams
for practice in anticipation of the trip to
Bufialo. Thirty-six games will be played,
on Tuesday nights, at the Star alleys, the

teams representing the growers, retailers,
seedsmen and wholesalers. The three
highest men on each team who have
played in two-thirds or more of the
games will be eligible to compete in the
finals, which will determine the team
which will represent the club in the con-
vention contest. In the first series of
three games the following scores were
made:
Growers. 1st 2d 3d T'l

Geo StoUerv 181 157 128 466

F. Matti 167 191 126 484

N.Schmidt 114 16! 133 4C9

J. Paulus 174 124 117 415

Fred Stollery 153 158 157 468

Total 789 793 6612242

Wholksalees. 1st 2d 3d- T'l

E. F. Wlnters'on 145 166 153 464

.TohnZeok 156 127 153 436

W. S. Heffron 124 I8» 123 431

H.Metz..... 99 152 149 401)

Jos. Foster 16j 158 171 492

Total ; 689 785 749 2223

Rbtailers. 1st 2d 3d T'l

Chas. Balluff 175 165 110 450

Walter Kreitling .'....144 138 117 399

P. J. Hauswirth 121 150 171 442

Oscur Kreitlinj; a 81 115 1C9 308

Geo. Asm us 169 184 155 508

Total 693 752 662 2107

Sebdsmbn. 1st 2d 3d T'l

John Degnan 158 162 149 459

Chas. Hunt 157 117 139 413

C.W.Scott 91 147 105 343

W. Nagle 86 86 62 234

A. L. Vaughan 101 96 82 279

Total 693 698 537 1728

We have been informed that some
prizes are to be offered in this series, G. L.
Grant, of this city, havingintimated that
he will donate $1 for every score over
200 and J. A. Evans, of Richmond, Ind.,
has promised a regulation ball.

With Philadelphia Gunners.

The Florists' Gun Club held a well
attended meeting at Horticultural Hall
April 30, the principal business being the
presentation of plans for the improve-
ment of the grounds at Wissinoming.
For some time past the grounds have
been very unsatisfactory, inasmuch as
they were not enclosed, and the club
house was too small. A new club house
35x50 feet will be built about thirty
yards back of the old one, and arrange-
ments include three sets of traps. All
targets will be thrown from ground pits,
doing away with the objectionable screen.
The grounds will be inclosed and the
magau trap run with a motor. The
improvements will cost about $1,000.
The following comniittees were ap-
pointed:

Improvement committee, J. J. Hallo-
well, V. V. Dorp, Dr. Goebel, C. D. Ball,
John Westcott, George Anderson, H.
Sheeler, J. Pechin, G. Whitaker and T. C.
Brown.

Finance committee, J. J. Hallowell, J
D. Carlisle, G. H. Eisenlohr, Dr. Goebel,
Daniel Jones, J. D. Barrett, A. B. Cart-
ledge, W. K. Harris, H. Sheeler.

Committee on rules and by-laws, J. J
Hallowell, T. C. Brown, J. D. Carlisle'
John Westcott, W. K. Harris, A. B. Cart-
ledge.

George Anderson, J. J. Hallowell and
Dr. George Goebel were appointed dele-
gates to the annual convention of the
Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Associa-
tion, which will be held at AUentown,
May 14-17.

Batavia, III.— The place conducted
by E. Freyer for some time past has been
leased by T. McAllister & Co,, for a term
of five years. Mr. McAllister was for-
merly with Geo. A. Kuhl, of Pekin, III.

CARNATION CITTINGS.

Low Prices.

Strong Stock from Soil.

Per

1010
7.00
7.00 ,
7.00
lOOO \

10.00 ;

10.00 ■
1250
15.C0
20.00
20.00 I
20.00 !

20.C0

30.00

30.00

4000 \

40.00 I

40.00

30.00

Per 100

Wm. Scott % .75

Evelina 75

Armazlndv 75

Flora Hill". 1.00

Argyle 1.00

White Cloud l.OO

Mrs. Frances Joost 1.50

Gen. Maceo 1.50

G. H. Crane 2.00

Ethel Crocker 2.00

Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt 2.00

America 2.00

Gold Nugget 2 00

Marquis 3.00

Genevieve Lord ' 3.00

Morning Glory 4.00

Olympia 4 00

Mrs. "Thos. W. Lawson 5.00

Estelle 3.60

NEW VARIETIES.

Sunbeam 10.00 75.00

Prosperity 12.00 IIOOO

Nvdia 10.no 75.00

Norway lO.OO 76.00

Gov. Roosevelt 10.00 7500

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., Joliet, III.

Violet Stock.

The celebrated Grand Rapids violet stock,
rooted cuttings and pot plants now ready:
Imperial, Marie Louise. Farquhar and Lady
Campbell.

GERANIUMS, 4-inch, S. A. Nutt and Bruanti, in
bud and flower, $6 00 per 100, without pots.
Mnif. Salleroi, $3.50 per 100.

CRABB & HUNTER, Grand Rapids. Mich,

CLEMATIS. Notwithstanding heavy sales. 1 have
a tine assortment, 12 leading kinds, from 4 and B-
in pots. $2 per doz., $15 per 100. Paniculata, 4and
5-in. pots, $1 per doz., $8 per 100. H. P. Roses, own
roots, 4-in. pots, mostly in bud. $1 50 per doz.; 10
choice sorts. F. A. BALLBR, BloomtDgton, III.

^3^~.m{a0 Extra large stocky plants.
X^CbllSACSi Giant Mixed, in bud and.
bloom; $1 per 100; (8 per 1000. Will save you 50 per
cent on R. C. Carnations. Write for prices. Cash
HY. ERNST & SON. Washington, Mo.

cen

with order.

I ROSE PLANTS.

3 2i^-inch pots.

% Per 100 Per 1000 1 1 Per 100 Per 1000

5 AMERICAN BEAUTY J5 00 BRIDE 12.60 »20.00

% METEOR. .7 2.50 *20. 00 BRIDESMAID 2.50 20.00

5 PERLE 2.60 20.00 II GOLDEN GATE 2.60 20.00

5 AMERICAN BEAUTY bushes lifted from benches, crated and packed in moss. .. 3.60 30.00

Rooted Carnation Cuttings.

Per 100 Per 1000

WM. SCOTT JI.OO $9.00

TIDAL WAVE 1.00 9.00

We have the largest and finest stock of Rose Plants to be seen anywhere.
% Write for Special Price on Large Quantities.

I GEORGE REINBERG. 51 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO.

Per 100 Per 1000

EVANSTON 11.00 $9.00

JOOST l.OO 9.00

I igoi.

The American Florist.

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McKellar b Winterson

Wholesale Dealers in Everything for Florists.

Should Vou Not Receive OUR 1901 CATALOQUE, Write Us for Same.

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

R. Van der Schoot & Son

WHOLESALE BULB GROWERS

Established 1830.

Catalogue Now Ready. j. ^ j. HILLEGOM, HOLLAND. |

I6&&g;ee&&&:&ge&&&&&&e:eee6-.^

GRAfTED
..ROSES

liberty - |iS.OO per ico.

Bridesmaid )

Bride I $12.00 per 100.

Golden Gate J

Choice plants, 3-moh pots, ready for
immediate planting. Ten sample plants
to florists only for ll.CO.

Verbenas

Choice Varieties in bud and bloom,

3-inch pots - $3.00 per 100.
2j^-inclipots, 2 00 per 100.

NEW CARNATION

Queen Louise

We have sold this season 75,G0O disbud-
ded long ^tem fl->wers of this great com-
mercial while carnation at the highest
market price and have had only good
reporis from our customers and not one
word of complaint from either comraiss on
men. flo.ists or retail customers.

You will have to grow this variety
if yo u wish to compete w i th your
neighbor.

On our place it produces twice as many
flowers as White Cloud or Flora Hill and
is a better variety in every respect.

Rooted Cuttings, $10.00 per 100,
$75.00 per 1000.

Bloomsburg,
Pa....

J. L. DILLON,

W

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PLANTS TO CL05E OUT.

5,000
5.000
l.OUO

i.oro

2,000
2 000
7,000
7,000
5,000

1,000

1,003
1,000

Per 100

Geraniums, mixei. 214-in $ 1.50

DeRoo Mitiins, new, 2>4-in. lO.Oo

Jean Viaud, 3-in 10.01

Ageratum Princess Pauline, 3-in 2.C0

Marguerites, white, 3-in 2.00

" '■ 2i4-in 1.25

Cisar Plants, 2H-in ...'.....'...'. liss

Bedum Variegatum, 2V4-in 1.25

California Mo.-s,2!4-iu 1.25

New Ice Plant, 2>4-in 5.C0

Vinca ~\'ariegated. trailing, 2H-in.... 2.00

Marie Louise Violets. 2;.i-m 1.50

Per 100

2,000 Salvia Clara Bedman, 3-in $ 2.00

10,000 Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, flats 2.00

5,000 Geraniums, mixed, 3-in s^oo

15,000 Verbenas, 10 named varieties, 2!4-in.. l!50

1.000 Mangolds, cream color, flats 50

l,C0O.\sparagus Sprengerii,3H-in 5 00

2,000 Smilax irom flats 35

5.0( Nasturtiums, dwarf, also tall, 2V4-in . . LOO

1,0C0 DracM'na Indivisa, fine, 4!4-in 15 OO

2,000 Lobelias, Crystal Palace Gem. .. 1 50

10,000 Pansy Plants, 20 leaves, fine, 1000, $10- 1 60

The above Plants are in A No. 1 condition; 5 plants at 100 rate. Cash.

THE MORRIS FLORAL CO., Morris, 111.

BEGONIA REX

3-inch pots fS.OO per 100

4-inch pots 8,00 per 100

The above stock is in extra fine condition
and should be shifted Immediately. A
lartie assortment of the best varieties.

Vinca Major Variegata

2^-inch pots tSSi) per lOO

3-inch pots 8 00 per 100

No better stock can be purchased for the
money; just right for spring filling. It is
stronj:;, tleld-i^rown clumps.

NATHAN SMITH & SON, Adrian, Mich.

Wanted Cannas

Mad. Crozy, Pres. Cleveland and
Chicago for cash or will exchange
2J^-inch, sirong Getaniums S. A.
Nutt

FRED, J. KINO, Florist, Ottawa, III.

Ofin nnn Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fresh
^UUfUUU picl<ed from our own plants, sure

to grow. 90c per 100; $7.50 per 1000.
Alternantheras— Red. yellow, pink, strong, 2-inch

pots, at J2.00 per 100.
Boston Ferns, 2i4-inch, 60c per doz. ; 13.00 per 100.

3-inch. 11.00 per doz.; 110.00 per 100.
Vinca Major Var.4-inch, strong, {10 per 100,
Russelia Multiflora, 2-inch, flne plants, 50c perdoz.;

»4.00 per 100.

A.J. BALDWIN, Newark, Ohio.

BEDDING PLANTS

Pots,

Geraniums, mixed 4

„ " " 3

Salvias, four vaneties 4

3

Ageratums, four varieties 3

" " 2w

Petunias, from Dreer's Superb Double '

Seed 3

Verbenas. Dreers Mammoth 3

Coleus, mixed 2ii

Alternantheras, red and yellow 2}i

Begonias, flowering 2ii

Per 100
S5.00
3.00
5.00
3.00
3.00
2.00

3.00
3.00
1.75
1.75
2.00
3.00
2.00
3.00
3,00
5.00
2.60
10.00
8.00

3.00

5.00

2.00

.60

bedding 2H

3

Cryptomeria Japoniua 214

,. ". . '■ 3

Ferns in variety gj^

Vincas 5

Dracfena Indivisa 4

Cannas, Henderson, Alphonse Houvier,

Kgandale, Charlotte and others 3

Cannas. as above 4

Parlor Ivy 2H

R. C. of Coleus, Salvias, Ageratums

Satistaction Guaranteed. Low Express Rates.

J. S. BLOOM, Riegelsville. Penna.

ROSE**, from 5-in. pots at 9c. Fine, clean
Plants, Clothilde .Soupert, Gen. Jacqueminot, La
France, Coquette des Blanches, Coquette des
Alps, Malmaison, Lady Emily Peel, etc; Queen of
the Prairie, same size, at 8c. Large-flowered
Clematis, finest purple, white and lavender sorts,
3-year, 30c; flne 2- year dormant or from 5-in, pots!
18c: flne 1-year at very moderate prices. Clematis
Paniculata, dormant or from 5-in. pots, 10c. Pack-
ing free for cash. Would like to e-tohange a few
Clematis for flne, clean-rooted Cuttings or 2-in
Qeraniums, Coleus and Lobelia.

W. H. SALTER. Rochester, N. Y.

1462

The American Florist.

May //,

Cincinnati.

WARM WEATHER HURRIES THE BUDS —
STOCK SUFFICIENT FOR ALL NEEDS FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS.— A NEW
GROWER FOR THE WHOLESALE MARKET.
— ALBERT SUNDERBRUCH MAKES A
CHANGE.

The weather since my la»t notes has
been very warm, which has brought out
an abundance of stock and at last the
wholesale houses are receiving enough
flowers to fill all orders. This is the first
time since last December that we have
heard this and it sounds a little odd.
Roses are showing the effects of warm
weather, but carnations seem to be hold-
ing their own both in size and color.

J. A. Peterson contemplates giving up
his retail store on Race street next
month. He intends to grow for the
wholesale market, which will be good
news for the wholesale men of this city.
Mr. Peterson grows nothing but choice
stock; in fact, he is one of the very few
florists of this city who has tried to
elevate the business by handling nothing
but the best grade of goods.

Albert Sunderbruch withdrew from the
firm of A. Sunderbruch's Sons on May 1.
After a short vacation he will go back into
business with the Cincinnati Cut Flower
Co. Henry Wellmann, who has been
with the firm of Sunderbruch & Sons for
the past sixteen years and has been a
faithful employe, became a member of
that firm on the day that Mr. Sunder-
bruch withdrew.

A good m any of the dealers h ave star ted
to put out bedding plants and everybody
is busT. D.

Rhinebeck, N. Y.— George A. Saltford
has moved here from Poughkeepsie and
leased the violet houses of his father, W.
G. Saltford, the latter being now engaged
in the wholesale business in New York
•city.

BUCKBEE'S

Fancy Pansy Plants

Extra fine stocky September plants, trans-
planted and wintered incoldfrJiiues,now in
bud and bloom, $1.50 per 100, $10 per 1000.

SEEDLINGS, not transplanted, $3.00 per 1000.

H. W. BICKBEE,

?S?elrc''i.flr''ernr;sas. "O^kford. III.

FAXON'S To^tlL' . PANSIES.

The best mixture in cultivation, flowers very

large, thick and velvety; of superb colors and

markings. The perfection of form and texture.

In Trade Packets at $1.00 each.

M. B. FAXON,

Lock Box 1528. BOSTON, MASS.

Correspondence solicited.

PANSIES

Cold Frame Plants, in bud and
bloom, $1.50 per 100. No. 1 stock.
Cash with order.
E. B. JENNINGS, Grower of the Finest Pansies,
L.ock Box 364 Southnort. Coun.

PANSIES S'aTJn"o

Small Plants All Sold.

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU.

Grant Avenue, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

^.«^r»v^v^^»^»^«,;?»<^x.\^,^»v>vV^^••v>x»vVV»^vV^vv.>v^?'.>^^^^

Rooted Carnation Cuttings

No better Carnation Blooms were ever offered in the Chicago
market than those we are shipping out this season. Our plants
are in perfect health and every cutting offered is well rooted
and in first-class condition. We have all the fancy sorts.

ThD Cnnrt Pink Per 100 Per 1000

I lie opUl I, Armazindy...$ 6.00 $50.00

Irene 10.00 75.00

Sunbeam 10.00 75.00

Bon Homme Richard 10.00 75.00

ProliBc 10.00 75.00

Nvdia 10.00 75.00

Mrs. Lawson 7,00 60.00

The Marquis 4.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00 36.00

Ethel Crooljer 4.00 35.00

Peru 4.00 35.00

G. H. Crane 3.00 25.00

America 2.50 20.00

CeriseQueen 1.60 12.50

Evanston 1.60 12.50

Mrs. Leopold Ine Tr.r^^S

John YounK 150 12.60

Argyle 1.50 12.50

Triumph 1.50 12.50

Frances Joost 1.50 12.50

Gov. Griggs 1.50 12.60

Melba 1.50 12.50

Edna Craig 1.50 12.50

Flora Hill :... 1.50 12.60

White Cloud 1.50 12.60

Evelina . . . 1.00 7.60

McGowan 1.00 760

WIETOR BROS.,

Wholesale Growers
of Cut Flowers,

g 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL.

f^ease mrntjon the American Florist wfieyi writing.

NEW ROSES FOR iqoi.

All the new varieties, Including

ROBERT SCOTT, QUEEN OF EDGELY

and others worth gfrowing; in fine stock. Also all the
STANDARD VARIETIES both for forcing and planting in the
open ground in A I condition, fit for immediate shipment.

JOHN N. riAY, Summit, New Jersey.

.The New Deutzia .

LEMOINEI

Fine plants for field in 2!2-inch pots,

$2 00 per 100; $18 00 per lOOO.
JACOB THOMANN, Rochester. N. Y.

T? /^QA6 BT-ides, Maids, Meteors, Perles,
XWaCa« strong rooted cuttings, $1.25 per

100, $12.00 per lOOO:
T7AT>VtaT1 Q o '-5 le.^ding kinds, 2-inch
» CL MCUCt/a, pots, 82.00 per 100.

Yery best standard 'Mums, fine plants. 83.00
per 100 Some fancy 4 and 5-in. Spren^erii
cheap; also choice Pansy Plants in bloom.

We positively guarantee all of above to be
good value at prires offered.

W. H. GUULETT & SONS, Lincoln, III.

AZALEAS, BAY TREES

THE FINEST AND LARGEST
STOCK IN THE WORLD.

SANDER. BRUGES, BELGIUM.

Our Agent, Mr. A. Ditnmock. will be pleased to
reply to any communications addressed to him at
60 Vesey Street, New York City.

Mixed Ferns

FOR FERNERIES.

Five or Six Varieties. Write
GEO. A. KUHL. PEKIN. ILL.

Don't Forget Our Bostons.

Please mentionihe American Florist when writing.

50,000

Latania Borbonica Seedlings

IN SPLENDID CONDITION.

Per 100 82.^

Per 1000 20.00

PerSOCO 90.00

Cash With Order.

EELIX GONZALEZ & CO.,

303 to 323 Ellsworth St. and Crescent Ave.
^ SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. *

Boston Ferns.

Largest stock in America at $25 and $50 per 100.
Small plants $5 per 100, 840 per lOCO. Cut from
bench. 15,000 Geraniums, Double Petunias, 4-in.;
Alternantheras, 4-kinds; Dracaena Indivisa. tj and 7-
in.: Palms, Kentias. Cocos. Latania, Asparagus Plu-
mosus Nanus and Sprenger4i, 4-in.

L. n. FOSTER, 45 King St.. Dorchester, Mass,

Begonia. Gloire de Lorraine

S16.00 per 100.

Ligiit Pink Lorraine *e\Yo"o.

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor, Pa.

TELL THEM WHERE YOU SAW THE AD.

I<)01.

The American Florist.

1463

_- f^ £\ ^— £\ We believe in shifting

I ■ J \ ^ ^~ ^ young Roses often. All

IF I I ^^ I ^k> stock offered in 2/t-in.

B% 1 y 1 J B 1 J pots has been shifted

from 2-in., and is equal

to most stock advertised as 3-in., and when we

send it out it is well established.

Let us know your wants.

2 and 2 1-2-in. Stock is fine.

VARIETIES GROWN ■■

Meteors Lal''rancn Presidi-nt C:irnot

Bridea A. V. Kaiscriu Golden GatP

Maids' Wooltons American Beauties

Per.es Belle Siebrecht Liberty

CARNATIONS.
K.C.and2-in. Bradt. Crocker. , J oost and McGowan.

R. C. COLEUtf-

Mixed, Verschafteltii, Golden Bedder, Yellow
Queen, etc. ENGLISH IVY.

'2Va, 3 and 4-incti pots.
GERANIUMS. Red and pink in 3-in.
A few thousand SfliEKIGrBI*!!,
ready for 2-inch pots.
Special in WOOTTON ROSES, ev'j-in., ready to
plant in beds. Write

GEO. A. KUHL Pekin, III.

New Roses

THE BALTIMORE (certificated) color a
light pink and of the largest size; tlowers
through the entire season; $5 per dozen.

ADMIRAL SCHLEY, the best crimson bed-
der ever introduced, $3 per dozen.

NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM JOS. W. COOK,
scored 89 Commercial pomts in Phila-
delphia. Color a light blush pink, stiff
stems, blooms very early; $2 50 per
dozen.

Cash with the Order. Send (or Descriptive Slip.

J OHN COOK, 318 N. Charles St. Baltimore. Md.

CHRYSANTIIEMIMS.

Mrs. H. Robinson, Major Bonnatfon,

E. Duilledouze, Mrs. E. G. Hill,

Ivory, Golden Wedding,

Marion Henderson, Sunrise.

and other fine varieties. Write for circular.
, Rooted cuttings and from syj-inch pots, $2 per 100.

A. D. MONTOOMERY, Hazleton. Pa.

Robert Scott,

EVERYBODY'S ROSE, ^^rduk

I Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Kill. peiccPa.

LIBERTY $18.00 per 100.

' MAIDS I

I BRIDES V$12 per 100; $110 per 1000

I GOLDEN GATE . S

Strong plants grafted on Manetti stocks, ready
'' for 4-inch pots; warranted to be flrst-class.

METEOR and BRIDE, own roots, 13.00 per
ICO; 125.00 per lOCO.

I CHRIS. HANSEN, St. Paul. Winn.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES ^Po^r"

$6.00 per 100; $50.00 per 1000.
Beauties, 3V4-in. pots, $8.00 per 100.
Brides, Maids, Perles. Meteors and Kaiserins, 2'/4-in.

pots, $3.00 per 100; $25 00 per lOOO.
Pres. Carnot, 2!i-in. pots, $3.50 per 100, t30 per lOOO.

The above all good, clean stock.
COI^B :BIgOS.. PEORIA. ILL.

ROBT. CRAIG & SON, |

Roses, Palms

and Novelties in Decorative Plants,

Market and 49th Sts.. Philadelphia, Pa,
IMWWMMMWMMMMMWWMI

t

Chrysanthemums == Roses == Marguerites == Stevia

Wi' irrow onl\ j^ood connnerGial varieties of 'Mums in large quantities, select our stock carefully
and supervise all' shipments personally, 6o that satisfaction is practically assured. Prices are fixed as
low as good stock can he sold for allowing a fair profit.

WHITE.

Rooted

YELLOW. Cuttings,

Per ICO

Yell. Pitzwygram 2.i

Oct. Sunshine 2.00

Col. Apple ton,

(new) 5 00

Golden Trophy.. . 1.30
Mrs. «vtiilidin.... 1.30

Modesto I 30

Bonnatfon 1.30

Pennsvlvaoia 2 50

Golden Wedding.. 1.75
Harry Burrell.... 1.50

Rieman 1.50

Yellow .lone! 1.30

Eclipse, Y eUow

Chadwick 2.S0

Yellow Mayflower 2.00
Y'ellow Queen.... 1.30

3-in,,l(0$5.ro I Brides ..2^-in.
■• 4.5U I Meteors,
BEAUTIES will be listed liter.

CaUfornia White, Rooted Cuttings, per 100, $3.00. Giant Yellow Rooted Cuttings, per lOD, $4.C0

Common White, Rooted Cuttings, per ICO, $2.C0.

Rooted Cuttings, per 100, $1.50; 2Mi-in. stock, $2.50.
When less than 25 plants are ordered, add 20 per cent. Five per cent discount will be allowed on
rr.'ers from 5C0 to ICOO plants; ten per cent discount will be allowed on orders for 1500 and over.
Remittances must accotnpany orders from unknown parties. Goods will be sent C. O. D. if requested.
All orders are filled as soon as stock is ready, tvery order has our personal supervision and will be
executed to the best of our ability. In every case when stock is shipped satisfaction is guaranteed, or
mon''\' refunded. Record: 225,000 shipped out in 19j0 witlii;'ut a kick. Have the stock to double arat.

FOEHLMANN BROS. CO., Morton Grove, 111.

Rooted
Cuttings,

Per HO

I'itzwygram $1 30

Indcicndence . . . . 1.50

Bergmann 1.E0

Kalb 1.30

Rohiasou 1 30

Ivory 1.30

Woodford 1.30

The Queen L.'iO

Mayflower 1..50

.Terome Jones 1.30

Greti-benBuettner 1.30
Minnii* Wana-

maker 1.30

Chadwick 2 OD

BRONZE.
Lady Hanhara.. . . 1.50
Uhas. Davis 1.30

2V4-in.

Stock,

Per lUO

$2.00

3.50

2.60

2.00

2.C0

2(0

2.00

2.50

2.R0

201

2 00

2.ro

3.00

2.50
2.00

2H-i".

Rooted

2/2-in.

Stock.

Cuttings,

Stock.

Per ICi)

Per HO

Per 100

2.60
3.C0

■ PINK.

Marquis d'Mont

F(l

mort

1.2.1

2.C0

Glory d'Paciflc...

l.;«)

2.00

2 0<l

Maud Dean

1.60

2.50

2 00
2 00

I'errin

1.30
1.30

2.00

Viviand-Morel.. .

2.00

4 "0

Pres. Smiih

1.30

2.00

2 50

Suaulding

1.50

250

o 50

Murdock

i.;w

2.00

2.50

Autumn Glory —

1.50

2.60

2.00

RED.

3.50

Defender

l.fO

2.60

3.110

Shrimpton

1.50

3.50

2,00

Childs

1.60

2.50

Gates . . .2^-in
Maids...

, If0$3.f0; 1000 $25.00;
l.nj •■ 25.00

iro$3.0f; 1000$25.CO;3 in., 100$4.50
'•3 00 " 25 00 '• " 4.50

FROM 2K-INCH POTS.

CLEAN BUSHY PLANTS.

strictly first-class and guaranteed,
with special discount in 1000 lots:
500 at 1000 rates; 50 at ICO rates.

Beauties per 100,

Brides **

Maids "

Meteors "

Perles "

$8.00; per 1000,
4 00
4.00
4.ro
4.00

$75.f0
35.00
35.00
35.00
35.00

CARNATION PLANTS, from soil and pot. Strictly first-class and free from disease.

Write us your wants.
GERANIUMS, all the leading varieties.
CHRYSANTIlfMUMS, Rooted Cuttngs.

hundred, »12.5a per thousand.

Extra choice stoclc now ready; $1.50 per

\ LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N

ROSES

FINE STOCK FROM 2^-IN. POTS.

We have the following varieties In surplus
and offer them at these prices as long as sur-
plus lasts: $2.00 per 100, $18.00 per 1000.

Beaute Inconstant

Baron Berge

Bridesmaid

Beryl

Catherine Mermet

Climbing Meteor

Duchess de Brabant

Enchantress

Etoile de Lyon

Flor:i.

Geo. Fernet

Gen. Robt. E. Lee

Golden Gate

James Sprunt

Jeanne Drivon

La Pha-nix

La Princess Vera

Mme. Schwaller

Mme. de Walteville

Marion Dingee

Mignonette

Meta

Mosella

M. Niel

Mme. Prancisca Kruger

Marie Van Houtte

Mme. C. Bruoner

Mme. Welche

Mme. Elie Lambert

Mme. Lambert

Marie Guillot

Maid of Honor

Mme. Reine Gerard

Paqueretie

Suziinne Blanchet

Souv. de Jeanne Chabaud

Santa Rosa

Souv. de un Ami

Snowflake

Souv. de J. B. Guillot

Sylph

The Bride

The Queen

THREE NEW WICnUR4IANA HYBRIDS.

Evergreen Gem Gardenia Jersey Beauty

$3.00 per 100. $25.00 per 1000.

The STORRS & HARRISON Co.

PAINESVILLE, OHIO.

Orchids ! ^

Just ;irrived, a One shipment of CATTLEYA
TRIANAE. Write for particulars at once, as
no more plants will be in the market this

season.

LAGER & HURRELL, stMM'T. n. j.

Orchid Qrowcri and Importsrt.

PUase nteni'on the American Florist when writing.

Palms § Ferns.

HOME-GROWN, FINE, CL,EAN
STOCK; GROWN COOL.

Write lor Price Ll«t. J. B. HEISSj
The Exotic Nurseries. DAYTON, OHIO.

Hardy Herbaceous
Alpine Plants.

AND

<
The Blue nill Nursery

Field-
Grown

A Complete Assortment of Old and New Vars.

So. Bralntree, Mass. i

C0HKE8PONDENCE SOLICITED.

n

MAMMOTH VERBENAS. ""^^-

stocky
plants, plenty
of l)right red if wanted, 60c per 100 by mail, ^ oer
lOOO; 2-in., in bud. 11.25 per ICO. GERANIUMS. Red
Bruant and Grant, 4-in., in bud, bloom or without,
$5. CO oer 100.

SAMUEL WHITTON, 16-17 Gray Av., Utica, N. V

1464

The American Florist.

May II,

Nashville, Tenn.

SPBING -WEDDINGS ~MAKE TRADE GOOD.—
BEDDING STOCK IN STRONG DHIIAND.—
VARIODS NOTES OF DOINGS OF THB
DEALERS.

The many brilliant weddings since the
Lenten season have given an impetus to
trade. For one of these weddings the
entire house decoration was of Easter
lilies and very effective. The early spring
flowers are beginning to come in abund-
antly. Lilies ol the valley are very plenti-
ful and handsome paeonies are attracting
many purchasers. There is a good
demand, too, for the standard items, and
roses continue to hold their own in the
market. Brides, Bridesmaids and Beaii-
ties are fine in shape and color, the latter,
however, more scarce than the two
former.

Joy & Son will soon remove their store
two doors from their present location,
to the corner of the block they are now
in. The change will give them more
commodious quarters and in every way
be a change for the better.

The plant trade is booming with all
the florists and the small grower is get-
ting ofi' his stock daily at the market
house or by peddling it through the
streets in wagons.

Currey & Co. have been showing a first
class stock and will make extensive pre-
parations this summer and fall to meet
the requirements of next season's trade.

Geny Bros, report business as very
good. They are doing a fine plant trade
at present. M. C. Dorris.

MiNNETONKA, MiNN.— A. Brackett is
building a greenhouse on Water street
and will presently remove his stock there.

-^r&CL i«i OKI lX.&n.-t\:koi^y

Special Prices on Bedding Plants, pots. Per 100

Geraniums (best varieties) 2H-iii- *2.00

3-iii . J3 00; 4-in.,$1.00.

Coleus (12 varieties) 2^ " 1.50

Acliyrantbus (red anJ i;reen) 2 " 1.5U

Golden Feverfew and Dustv Miller..2 " l.oO

Aeeratum 214-in., $l.tO;.4 " 3.00

Scarlet Salvia aVi " S-W

Marguerite Daisies 4 ** 3.00

Alvssuni (double) 2 " 1.50

Er'antliemum (tricolor) 4 " H.OO

Fuchsias 4 '\ 4.fO

Besonia Vernon 3 *' 5.00

Lobelia (extra heavy) 2 " 2 00

Cannas (good varieties) 4 " 4 00

Alternauthera (2 colors) 2'/4 " 2.C0

Moon Vines 2H-in., 12.50; 4 " 4.C0

Cobaja Scandens 4 " 4.C0

Phlox 2 ■' 100

Verbena 2 •■ 1.60

C. L. BRUNSON & CO., PADUCAH, KY.

situriw

Themostwidely drcalated' German Bardenlnj!

]ouinftl, treating of all department! ol hortloultUM
and floriculture. Numeroui eminent oorreipond-
•nti in all parti of the world. An adveitllln;
medium of the higheit ol&ii.

MoUer'i Deutiohe Gartner Zeltung U publiihed
weekly and richly lUuitrated. Subioriptlon I!. 01
per annum, Inoludlng poitage. Sample ooplei fi*"

EXCURSIONS TO BUFFALO EXPOSITION

VIA NICKEL PLATE ROAD,

on May 14th. 21st and 28th, respectively,
at rate of $13.00 for the round tiip from
Chicago; good returning five days from date
of sale. Three through trains daily, with
vestibuled sleeping cars and first- class din-
ing car service. For particulars and Pan-
American folder, write John Y. Calahan,
General Agent, ill Adams St , Chicago.
Depot: Van Buren St. and Pacific Ave.,
Chicago, on Elevated Loop. 8.

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CARNATION NOVELTIES

strong Plants from 2-inch Pots.

Prosperity per ICO, $16.03

Gov. Roosevelt " 12.00

Queen Louite " 10 00

Mrs. Leopold Ine " 7.00

Carnations, Standard.

Mrs. Thos. \V. Lawson per 100, ,$7 00

G.H.Crane " 3.00

FloraHill " 3 00

Murquis " 4.00

Bon Homme Riatiard per 100, $10.00

Prolifica " 10.00

Egypt " 10.00

Strong Plants,
Cuttings from Soil.

Gen. Maceo per 100, $2 50

Gen. Gomez " 2.00

Ethel Crocker •' 2.0O

Genevieve Lord " 5.0O

Roses.

Crimson Rambler, 2 year, extra, budded, 4-root canes per ICO, $15.00

"' " " " own roots, 4-root canes " 15.00

Tree Crim'son Rambler, fine tops per doz., 5.00

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 2-year, grafted per 100, 15.00

Hermosa, 2-year, own roots " 13.00

2Vo°iiich Pots.

Brides per 100. $3.00

Bridesmaids " 3C0

Perles " 3.60

Meleors ' 3.C0

Liberty per 100, $10.00

American IJeauty .

Kais'erin

Golden Gate.

Geraniums,

a large stock.

2H-in. pots, Jl.CO per lOD; $30 00 per 1000.
Oolei:a.Si» per 100, $J.E0; 1000, $20.00.

A.SI»ear^e:-«j-8B Spr^ne^rH, 2H-in. pots, per 100, $3.00.
X>^t-aileaiB, best l;inds, 2-in. pots, per 100, $5.(0.

Merely I»tlLl.03C, finest named jiinds, per 100, $4.00.

Ready Now. Each, 50o; doz..

5.00
3.60
3.(X)

$5.00;

New Chrysanthemums, loo $30 oo Mrs. Eimer d. smith, the

best new yellow; Omega, Ciiestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton, Yanariva.

Jean Viaud. £°Seh*'pftLP" ""• *"'-°*'-

Cannas. Buy nowl Don't get left again.

THE GRAND NEW

FIZTK QEBAHIUU

'''^'1^''^^!^^" VAUGHANS' SEED STORE,

GREENHOUSES. WESTERN SPRINGS, I

84 & 86 RANDOLPH STREET.
CHICAGO.

SraSS8^I^SSSSSfS5S!S!SSSS;SS855H

PLANTS — O HE? A I» — PLAHTS

In. pots. 100 lOCO

Alternanthera, red and yellow.... 2 $1.50

Carnation Floni Hill, from flats... a. 25 $9.50

L. McQowan, " ... 1.00 7.00

Wm Scott, " ... 1.00 7,50

Cuphea riatycentra 2 2.00

Dracsna Indivisa 3H 500

Feverfew 2 1.50

fuchsia 2 2.00

Geranium Mme. Salleroi 3H 3.50

Heliotrope 3 2.60

Ivy, German 2- 2.00

Lobelia, C. P. Conuacta 2 1.50

Pansies, large plants 400

Petunias, douWe. finest, Ig. ng.... 3 -2.50 18.00

Dr»Cf»c Brides 2 2 00

KOSCS Maids 2 2.t0 18 00

Salvia Solendens and Bonfire 2 1.50

Verbenas 2 1.50

Write for Prices on Larger Pots.

THOS. MCALLISTER & CO., Batavia, Illinois.

Going Out of Plant Business

Carnations

-inch,
strong.

$2.00
per 100

12C0 Scott

4' McGowan

160 Jubilee

160 Daybreak

100 Crane

150 Ivory

ROSES, 600 Bridesmaids per 100, $4.C0

125 Woottons " 4.f0

200Beautie3 " 6.00

160 Stevias. dwarf " 1-50

lOOAsclepia " 1-60

rtOO Smilax. 2-iu " 2.00

Geraniums, assorted, 2-in., $2 00; 3-ln.. $5.00; 4-in.,
$6.00 per ICO.

CMsh please. Order early.

Address J. N. KIDD, St. Joscph, Mo.

Geraniums !

riNE, URGE PLANTS. MIXED VARS.

- 3V2-incb, $4.00 per 100.

VAN WERT QREENMOUSES,
Van Wert. Ohio.

It is not mach trouble to mention the
AuBRJCAN Plokist -w^hen corresponding
with an adTertlser.

VEGETABLE PUNTS.

CABBAGE— Wakefield. Succession. All Head Early
and Late Flat Dutch, Savov and other varieties,
ISeoer 100; $1.00 per lOOD; $8.50 per 10,000.

CELERY— White Plume. Golden Seir Blanching
and other varieties, 15c per ICO; $1.00 per lOlO;
$8.50 per 10,000. Small plants for transplanting,
76o per lOOO.

EGG PLAM— N. Y. Improved, 25c per 100; $2.00
per moo.

PEPPER— Hull Nose, Ruby King and Sweet Moun-
tain, 25c per 100; $2.00 per 1000.

TOMATO— In var., 20o per 100; $1.25 per ICOD.

LETTUCE— In var., 15c per 100. $1.00 per 1000.
If any of the above wanted by jnail, add loc per

100 plants. ,-. ,,. „

^ C.\SH W ITH OltDER.

R.VINCENT. Jr.. & SON. White Marsh, Md.

Pvrlampn Persicum Splendens Giganteum. I

V>Jl/iaillvll offer a grand lot of th^se at an
exceptionally low .price. No better Cyclamens
are obtainable. I can furnish them in" 4 separ-
ate colors, transplanted from flats, at $3.00 per
100; $25.00 per lOuO.

riDf^nilimC ^^^P- Ricard. ,rohn Doyle. Mme.

UCiaillUllia Thibaut, Gen. Grant, Gloire de
France, Mme. .laulin, Gritlith. Countess de Cas-
tries, Frances Perkins, S. A. Nutt, Leonard
Kelwav, La Favorite. My selection from 3-in.
pots, $'4.00 per 100; purchaser's selection, $5.00
per 100; from 3H-in. pols, $6.00 per 100.

Pannac Queen Charlotte. Florence Vaughan,

l^ailliao (jhas. Henderson, Chicago, J. D.
Cabos, Egandale, Papa. Pres. McKiuley, from
3-in. pots, $5.C0 per 100. Surplus Florence
Vaughun, started Irom sand bed, $3.50 per 100.
I solicit your patronage and guarantee satisfaction.

PAUL MADEB. E, SIroudsburg, Pa.

VERBENAS - ASTERS

Verbenas, Mammoth, fine plants from soil, 40c per

100; »3.t0 per ludO.
Asters, Seniple's. Queen of the Market and Giant

Comet Branching, 66c per lOO; $2.60 per 1000.
Cabbage Plants ready to plant out, $1.25 per 1000.

J. C. SCHMIDT, Bristol, Pa.

i3.AV>ri vi-iii vna Mixed, good collection.
VrdTciilllUXUB Double Fringed Petuniai,
Fine Asparagus Sprengerii. All the above from
2-inch pots at $2.00 per 100.

B. I. BAw£lN08> Quakertown, Pa.

jgoi.

The American Florist.

1465

Special Offer.

To make room for planting out NEPHROLEPIS WITT-
BOLDII, we will dispose of an exceptionally fine lot of
I.ATANIA BORBONICA (about 10,000 plants) from 5-inch
pots, at ^35.00 per 100, 25 at 100 rates. The stock is ready
for 6-inch pots, and if properly handled will make fine 7-inch
stock for this fall.

Kentias==Latanias

LATAXIA BORBONICA.

..Asparagus..

Size Pot

Asparagus Sprengerii 2-inoh

Asparagus Spreogerii 3-inch

Asparagus Sprengerii 4-inch

Miscellaneous.

Doz.
$ .50

i.no

1.50

Per 100

$ 3.00

8.C0

12.00

Each. Dozen.

Fern Balls, well started

English Ivy, 4-inch

English Ivy, 5-inch

Pot Height

Pandanus Utilis 214 6 to 8

Pandanus Utilis 3 8 to 10

Pandanus Veitohii V strong

Pandanus Veitchii 8 extra

1 PhcBnix Reclinata 3

Phcenix Canariensis 3

I'hcenix Canariensis 10 40 to 45

jSanseviera Javanica Variegata, 3-inch,
Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 4-inch,
Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, ^-inch,

• t .50

Leaves
10 to 12
12 to 15

6

Each

J3.25
3.00

4 to

4 to

6 to

strong plants,
strong plants,
stiong plants.

Doz.

} 1.00

2.00

27.00

36.00

1.50

1.50

3.50

. . dozen

t5.00

2.ro

3.00
100
% 8.00
15.00

10.00
10.00

1.20
2.00
3.00

Varieties

Size
Pot

Rentia Belmoreana 254
Kentia Belmoreana 3
Kentia Belmoreana 3i4
Kentia Belmoreana 4
Kentia Belmoreana 5
Kentia Belmoreana 6
Kentia Forsteriana 2^
Kentia Forsteriana 3
Kentia Forsteriana 3^
Kentia Forsteriana 5
Kentia Forsteriana 6
Latania Borbonica 2^
Latania Borbonica 3
Latania Borbonica 3Vii
Latania Borbonica 4
Latania Borbonica 5
Latania Borbonica 6
Latania Borbonica 8
Areca Lutescens 2H
Areca Lutescens %'A
Areca Lutescens 4
Areca Lutescens 6

Height
Inches
8 to 9
10 to 12
12 to 14

14 to 16
16 to 20
20 to 22

8 to 9
10 to 12
12 to 14
20 to 24
28 to 30

12

12 to 15

15 to 18
18 to 22
20 to 24
18 to 20

5 to 6

13 to 15
18 to 20

No. Per

Leaves Each Doz.

3 to 4

4 to 5
B to6
6 to 7

5 to 6

6 to 7

3 to 4

4 to 5

5 to 6
5 to 8
5 to 6
3

5 to 6

5 to 6
51o7

6 to 7
6 to 8

.25

.40

.75

1.25

.25
.75
1.25

t 1.50
2.00
3.00
4.00
7.20

15.00
1.50
2.00
3.00
7.20

15.00
.60
1.00
1.60
3.00
5.00
6.00

.15

.25

.50

.60
8 to 10 2.25
3 plants in potl.OO
3 •• " 2.00

3 " .25 3.00

.75 9.00

Per
100

J12.00
15.00
20.00
30.00
60.00

125.00
12.00
15.00
20.00
60.00

125.00
5.00
8.00
12.00
20.00
35.00
50.00

8.00
15.00
25.00

Per
1000
$100.00
150.00
180.00
300.00
600.00

100.00
150.00
180.00
600.00

40.00
75.00
100.00
175.00
300.00

/ V.

Varieties

m.rGrnStt Size
Pot

Pteris Umbrosa 2-inch

Pteris Serruiata 2-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 3-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 4-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 5-inch

Nephrolepis Bostoniensis 2-inch

Per
Doz.
$ .50

.50
1.00
1.50
2.00

.50

Per

100

$4.00

4.00

8.00
12.00
15.00

4.10

Send for our Catalogue of Perpeluated Cycas Leaves and Plants. We manufacture a full line.

The Geo. Wittbold Co.,

lOS^ ^u:ao]z:lns:l^^x>^ Pl^oe,

OHICA.OO, IJUL.

OUR PRICES

ON SPRING STOCK.

100,000 Plants and Rooted Cuttings
Ready to Ship.

GERANIUMS. Our superb collection consisting
ot tbe Iiillowing high-grade varieties: Bruanti,
Heteranthe, Grant, S. A. Nutt, Francis Perkins,
Mrs. E. G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine, Mme. Bruant,
Mme. Jaulin, LaFrance, Mrs. J M. Garr and La-
Favorite, strong selected top cuttings, well-
rooted, equal to the average 2H-iuch pot plant.
Jl 50 per lUO, $15.00 per 1000. Mme. Salleroi and
Rose Geraniums, strong 2!4-inch, $2,00 per 100.

VERBENAS. The 20th century collection. New
Mammoth, 20 grand varieties, including all the
newest sorts. Strong 2^-inch pot plants, $1.25
per 100, $12.00 per 10(0.

ALYSSUM. California Giant tor vases and bas-
kets, and Little Gem for borders; strong 2^-inch
pot plants, $1.25 pi-r ICO; $12.00 per lOOO.

PETUNIAS. Double Fringed, eight novelties in
white, pink, purple and blotched. Strong rioted
cuttings, welt rooted, $1.00 per 100, $9.tO per lOt'O.
Strong 2'j-inch, $J.OO per lOO, $15.00 per 1000.

COLEUS. Our champion collection of 15 varie-
ties including onI\ tho.se of decided merit, strong
rooted cuttings, 60o per 100; $5.00 per 1010. Golden
licdder and Verschaffeltii. 76c per 100; |8 per lOCO.

PANSIES. Fine large plants from cold frames,
in bud and bloom, $1.50 per 100; IH.OO per ICOO.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Springfleld, III.

(footed Cuttings o^ the

' NEW AND STANDARD CARNATIONS.

Send for price list.
WM. SWAYNE. Box 226, Kennett Square, Pa.

FOR DECORATING.

PALMS

FOR GROWING ON.

My stock of Palms is larger and in better condition Ihan ever before.
Entirely American-grown and free from insects or disease. They are
of axeeplional value, and cannot fail to give satisfaction.

ARECA LUTESCENS. Per doz. Per 100

2-inch pot, I plant In pot, 6 to 8 inches high Per 1000, $45 00 $1.00 $ 6.0O

4 " " 3 plants in pot, 15 inches high 3 CO 25 00

« " " 3 " " 20 " •• 9.C0 7.5,00

6 " " 3 " " 24 ■' •• 1200 lOO.OO

Each. Per doz.

R " ■' 3 •• " 30 ■■ " $>.50 $30.00

KENTIA BELMOREAN/t. Per doz. Per 100

2!4-inch pot, 3 to 4 leaves, 8 inches high Per ICOO, IIOD.OO $1.50 $12.00

3 '■ " 4 to 5 " 10 to 12 inches high 3.C0 26.00

4 " " 5to6 ■• 15 " " 4.50 350O

•■> " " 5 to 6 •• 20 " " 9.00 75.00

Each. Per doz.

6 " ■• 6 •■ 21 ■• " $1.25 $1500

6 " ■■ 6to7 " 26to28 " ■ 1.50 18.00

KENTIA FOR8TERIAN».. Per doz. Per 100

2H-inch pot. 4 leaves, 8 inches high Per 1000, $100 00 $1.60 $12.00

3 •• • 4 •• 12 ■■ •• ■ 250 2000

4 " ■' 4 to 5 leaves, 15 inches high 4.50 35.00

Each. Per doz.

6 "5 " 24 to 28 inches high JI.OO $12.00

■ " 5tu6 • 30 " •• 1.25 15.00

6 •• •• 6 ■■ 28to32 '■ " 1.50 18.00

7 " " 6to7 " 30to3B ■ •■ 2.00 2410

LATANIA BORBONICA. Per doz.

6 in. pot, 5 to 6 leaves, 15 ti 18 inches high 8 9 00

6 ■■ 6to» ■• 20to24 " •• .12.00

JOSEPH HEACOCK, Wyncote, Pa.

Please mention the American Florist to our advertisers.

14GG

The American Florist.

May 11^

St. Louis.

MARKET OVER-STOCKED WITH INFERIOR
MATERIAL.— FIRST CLASS STOCK NOT
PLENTIFUL AND BRINGING GOOD PRICES.
— JOTTINGS HERE AND THERE AMONG
THE TRADE.

The market is still over-stocked with
second-class flowers. Very little really
good stock is coming in, and this brings
tairly good prices, but the rest goes for
almost nothing. Some lots of roses are
sold at 40 cents per hundred just as they
are in the box. A great deal of this class
of stock was formerly sold to street
fakirs, but, as stands on the sidewalks or
streets are not now permitted, they go
to waste or sell for almost nothing. As
one of the wholesale men said, yon could
not give them away if you wanted to.
The hot and bright days have been the
cause of so much poor stock, but after
the cool and rainy days of this week it is
to be hoped that good flowers will soon
be coming in again. A great deal of
funeral work is being done of late, and
this has used np the white flowers.

C. C. Sanders has been very busy of
late with planting out and other work.
He has done a very good business in
bedding plants this year and also in nur-
sery stock in general.

Wm. Schray & Sons are doing a rush-
ing business in plants as well as in cut
flowers. They did a large business in
pansies this year, having very fine stock.

Fred Meinhardt, at Bellefontaine Cem-
etery, reports business at his place as
rushing in the plant line. He says that
he cannot get enough help at jiresent.

Mrs. H. G. Berning is still quite ill and
will soon go to southern Texas for the
summer. Mr. Berning will go down
with her, but will not remain.

The Michel Company is doing a good
spring catalogue trade. They have a
very fine collection of geraniums.
« J. W. Dunford, Jr., is thinking of dou-
bling the number of his houses the com-
ing summer. R. J. M.

Double Gen. Grant, Mme. Jaulin, E G.
Hill, Mme. Bruant, Nutt and others, trom
4-inch pots, in bud and bloom, $5 per 100.

Violet Runners Lady Campbell, clean and
healthy, $4 per 1000.

R. PABST, Rutledge, Delaware Co, Pa.

Please mention the A merican Florisi when ^mtltne

PAN-AMERICAN OPENING.

The Nickel Plate Road will sell excursion
tickets from Chicago to Buffalo at |l3.00
for the round trip on each Tuesday in May
(the 14th, 2lst and 28th), with limit of five
days; namely, returning good on any train
to and including midnight train from Buf-
falo on Saturday following Tuesday tickets
are sold. They will be good going on all
trains on date sold.

Daily train from Chicago at 10:35 a m.
arrives Buffalo 2:05 following morning;
daily train trom Chicago at 2:30 p. m.
arrives at Buffalo 7:35 next morning; daily
train from Chicago at 10:30 p. m. arrives
Buffalo 4:45 next afternoon.

All trains carry through vestibuled sleep-
ing cars. Individual Club Meals, ranging
in price from 35c to |1.00, and no meal in
excess of the latter figure, are served in
dining cars.

For sleeping car reservations and all
other information, call at Chicago City
Ticket Office, ill Adams St., or write John
Y. Calahan, General Agent, ill Adams St ,
Chicago, 'Phone Central 2057. Chicago
Depot: Van Buren St. and Pacific Ave., on
the Elevated Loop. 7.

Chrysanthemums

RontPt] Cuttiiiirs Mme. Bergmann, Glory of thp Pacific,
Golden Wedding, Major Bonnaffon, Mrs. J rome Jones*
J. G. Whilldin, Philadelpbia, W. H. Lincoln, ivory, all

1 stock. T5c ler lUO; .$?.l,U ptr lUOU.

I No

RnilVSrili^ Root cuttings, W ite, Piok and Scurlet
UUUTOI Uia Mixed, best varieties, 60c per lUO.

Stevia Compacta

75c per 100.

If wanted by mail,
add 15c per 100.

Heliotrope '^,Tl^?tm.

-POT PLSNTS

pots .

Salvia Splendens, 2 in.
Heliotrope. *.'-iii. pots.
GERANIUMS,

IVlme. Saleroi _ — 2-in

L;i Favorite, dbl. white. . ." — 4 **

S. A. Nutt, best red 4 "

Gen. Gr.ant 4 '*

Hap'pv Thought 4 "

Mrs. Pollock t "

Per 100
...JI.50
... 1.00

1.50
6 00
6.0)
6.1)0

8.00
8.00

Marguerites, 2Vs- i n. pots

Ageratum C ope's Pet, 2-in. pots

Cobeea ScHndeos. 3-ia. pots

Vinca Uarrisonii and Green strong plant

trom soil

Dracffina Indivisa 4-in...

F*rns, assorted 2 " . . .

Heliotrope 2 '* ...

4 " ...

r 100

$2 00

1.50

3.50

3.00
15 00
2.00
I 50
5.00

JOHN IRVINE & SONS, 817 Washington Ave., Bay City, Micli.

GERANIUMS! COLEIS!

10 varieties, 214-inch pots, $3.00 per 100.
10 varieties. 3V4-inc.h pots, 84.00 per 100.

Per 100
Yellow... 81.50

Red 2.00

Soreiiyerii 2.l0

Plumosus 3 00

^ Decumbens 10.00

Vinca Vines, 2 varieties 2.00

lu varieties. aya-mcQ pois

Alternantheras
Asparagus

15 varieties, 2!4-inch pota,
stronK, $2.00 per 100. \

Per 100

Centaurea Gym |2.uc

Verbenas, I."; varieties 2.(X)

Pansy Plants i.oo

Pansy, small seedling, 1000,[$3.00 50

Ageratum, blue 2.00

Smilax, May 15 i.js

CASH OR C. 0. D.

JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM. DELAWARE. O.

Coleus

12 Fine Sorts ^eTf^rll^i^."""- '" ''°

$2 per 100. $18 per 1000.

Rooted Cuttings of the above,

60c per 100; $3 per 1000.

Salvias

Stiong 2 l-2-incli Pots. ^RTslrver' Ironed

$2.50 per tOO. $20 per 1000.

J-

Verbenas

2;-..i. n.t.. Whit-^. scarlet, blue, striped
-inCtl Pots, or miNed,

$2 per 100. $15 per 1000.

All utside grown.

J-

CASH WITH ORDER, PLEASE, AND SATISfACTION
GUARAIMTEIO.

CRITCHELL'S

Station "I" CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CANNAS

Martha Washington, Cloriosa,
Rose ma wr, Philadelphia,

Duke of Marlborough.

and 50 other viirietif.s. Write for list.

The Conaiil & Joins Co. ""',r"
CANNAS....

BURBANK, from sand bed, well-
rooted, |2.00 per 100.

W. W. DEDRiCK, Ashley, Inid.

Hardy Rhododendrons, ^

Hardy Azaleas,

Clematis,

Ampelopsls Veitchll,

California Privet,

Evergreens,

Buxus in Standard and Pyramid Shape,

Bay Trees,

H. P. Roses,

Climbing Roses,

Standard Roses.

Grafted Brides, Bridesmaids,

English Ivy, in 4 and S-inch pots.

Tuberous Rooted Begonias, Single and

Double,
Cycas Stems,
Herbaceous Paeonias,
Tree Paeonias,
Cannas,
Hardy Pinks,
Hardy Phlox,
General Collection of Herbaceous plants, i:

Ask for Price Liat.

BOBBINK & ATKINS, Rutiierford, N. J.

VERBENA KING.

See what 1 have
to oifer in Special
Number, or write
for list.

C. HUMFELD.

Clay Center, Kan.

THK KOOTED CUTTIMO
SPECIALIST.

Sweet Potato Plants

sent safely anywhen* by mail. Jersey Yellow,
Jersey Red, Pierson and Red Bermuda, 6Co per ,
ICO, or 200 for $1.00. Viueland Bush, Gen. Grant, '
Brazilian, Vinoless Gold (.'om and Earl v Golden, ^
75c per 100, alt post paid. Send for circular. '

F. S. NEWCQMB, VIneland, N. 1.

We've thonsanda of readers and han-
dredi o< adTcrtifen. Each helpt the other.

^19

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The American Florist.

1467

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^

NOW READY!

FULLY

REVISED TO

DATE

The

American Florist

Company's

Directory ^- 1901

at

With
Tliousands

of
New Names

and
Clianges

of
Address

OF

FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN
and SEEDSMEN

OF THE UNITED STATES AND CAN-
ADA, Arranged both by States and Post
Offices and all names J- J^ ^ ^ ^ j.

Alphabetically.

ALSO

Gardeners, Horticulturists, Landscape Architects, Parks,
Cemeteries, Botanical Gardens, Societies and Horti-
cultural Supply Concerns. ^ ^ J^ J- d^ J.

PRICE TWO DOLLARS.

American Florist Company,

324 DEARBORN STREET,

CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A. jt

v5

1468

The American Florist.

May //,

Salt Lake City.

PHOSPBCT FOE A NBW RANGE OF COMMER-
CIAL GLASS— MEN FSOM MONTANA INTER-
ESTED.

W. Perry Hamilton, of Butte, Mont.,
has bought of L. S. Hills a five-acre tract
o( excellent land located on State street
north of Twelfth South street. It is
understood that the purchase was made
for the purpose of establishing large
greenhouses under the management of
J. H. Mitchell, also of Butte. Mr.
Mitchell, who has been in town for
several days, has gone north again, but
is expected back soon, as it is reported
the work of construction will be rushed
to completion. The plans call for a
thoroughly modern range of houses for
cut flowers and general greenhouse pur-
poses and the cost is estimated at from
$30,000 to $40,000. It will be a most
important addition to Salt Lake City's
flower supplies.

Springfield, Mass,

GROWER PROPOSES TO MODERNIZE HIS
PLACE AND DEVOTE IT LARGELY TO DEC-
ORATIVE PLANTS.

Mark Aitkin has in course of erection
three houses, each 20x200. Mr. Aitkin
is a progressive and alert young florist
and, besides this addition, intends
remodeling his entire range, and thus be
well equipped to meet the demands of his
increasing trade. It is his intention dur-
ing the coming season to give particular
attention to decorative plants and ferns,
depending for his principal supply of cut
flowirs on the large growers in Connect-
icut and in the vicinity of Springfield.
Aitiong the plants which Mr. Aitkin has
especially succeeded with is Hydrangea
Otaksa. I have never seen a finer lot
than his. Nomis.

Clara Cemetery Vase

PER DOZ.. $3.50. BOXED.

VAUSHAN'S SEED STORE,

Qen'l Agents.

...CHICAGO.

GARDENING

Thli !• the p&per to recommend to your

customers, the leading horticultural

Journal In America for amateurs. ...

•a.OO P«r Year. Sample Copies Free^

Liberal terms to florists wbo take snbsorivtlons.

THE 6ARDENIN6 CO. wonon Bid,. QHIGA60.

Awarded the only flrst-
class Certificate of Merit

by the Society of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
Aug.2I, 1890, for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

ifelLLDlN

PotteryGo

Jersey Qty W^SJloNC Island Oty
Philadelphia

Thos.W.Weathere(l'sSons

46 Marion St., New York City,

Design, Construct and Heat
Greenhouses for private or
Commercial purposes.
Plans, material and work-
manship the best.
Strictly up to date.

SEND FOR GATALOQUE.

Perfect Hot Water Heating our Specialty.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS!

Packed In small orates, easy to handle.

Prtoe perorate
IHO >-ln. pots In orate, M

IMOJM " " 6.26 60 8 " " 8.00

1600 aS " ■' 6.00 48 9 " ' 8.80

1000 3 " " 6.00 4810 " " 4.80

800 3« " " 6.80 34U •' " 8.60

600 4 " " 4.60 34 13 " " 4.80

8306 '■ " 4.61 13 H " ", 4.80

144 6 " " 3.16 61<i " " 4.60

Seed pans, same prtoe as pots. Send for prloe list of
Cylinders for Cut Flowers, Hanging Baskets, Lawn
Vases, eto. 10 per cent off for cash with order.

HILFINaER BROS. POTTERY,

OR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

Anacii BOLKIB A BONi, New Tork Agenu,

61 DST (TBnT. iriW TOSK CITT

FLOWER POTS

STANDARD POTSspccfAm

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

P. 0. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

Standard POX^
Flower... ■ W I O

If your greenhouses are within 500 milet
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

W. H. ERNEST.

28lh and M Streets. WASHINGTON, D. C.

RED P OTS

SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., 511^**'^^"

HEADQUARTERS

COCOA FIBRE. SPHAGNUM and

SHEEP MANURE. GREEN MOSS.

BONE all grades, RUSTIC WORK, a

IMPORTED SOOT, CLAYS FERTILU

DlNNE&CO.,|Jt)rV.!New

SPHAGNUM and
GREEN MOSS.
RUSTIC WORK, all kinds.
CLAYS FERTILIZER.

^rv.' New York.

HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES.

STAB.

WHEWS^O

WRITE

Ac IfnUQ 1521-23 N. LEAVITT ST..
I Ti Mjnn, CHICAGO. ILL..

FOR PRICKS OF

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market.

KELLER BROS.,

^ 213.l5.17.1fl.2l.23 Pearl St..

NORRISTOWN. PA.

Manutaoturers of Standard Flower Pots, red in
color, equal to the beat on the market; are 16
milei from Philadelphia, best of railroad oonnec-
tions. We give ipecial attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order In quantities. A
postal will bring prices and discounts.
'-'lease men don the American Florist when writinz

GEO. KELLER & SON,

MANtKACTUREKf' (IK

FLOWER POTS.

Beforf buying write for prices.

361-363 Herndon Street.
near Wrightwood Ave.,
CHICAGO, ILL.

THOSE RED POTS

"STANDARDS"

FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BDLB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y,

HARRV BALSLEV.
Rep.

DETROIT. MICH.,
490 Howard Rt.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list

6.HENNE6KE 60.

miLWAUKBB.
WIS

We like to have you tell our advertigera
that you read our paper.

igoi.

The American Florist.

'1469

Liquid
Plant
Food

Grows hardier stock; grows improved stock.
StOL'k ships belter; also ready earlier. Brings
better customers and more profits.

30 gal., including bbl $12 . 10

20 8.(0

10 4.85

-For spraying
fertilizer and
Bordeaux,
kerosene, etc.,

EASTERN CHEMICAL COMPANY,

620 Atlantic Ave.. Boston.

Usejhc "IMP/Nozzlc and Sprayer."

It automatically dilutes the fenilizer, 50 to 1, BY

THE HOSB, with no labor. Needs no

adjustments. All brass. $3.00.

Boston Florist Letter Go.

MANCFACTIKKKS OF

FLORISTS' LETTERS.

Thi** wooden box nicely gtained and var-
ninhed* 18x30x12 made in two sections, one
for each sizt» Jetter, given away with first
order of 500 letters.

Block Letters, W« or 2-inch size, per 100. $2.00.

Script Letters, $4. Fastener with each letter or
word.

Used by leading florists everywhere and for sale
by all wholesale florists and supply dealers.

N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager,
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

IF YOU WANT

HEALTHY PLANTS

FUMIGATE WITH

NICOTICIDE

THE BEST OF ALL

INSECTICIDES

Write lor full particular* to

The Tobacco Warehousing STradingCo.,

1000 Magnolia Ave., LOUISVILLE, KY.

Use "UP-TO-DATE"

= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

]M[. Alice & Co., Xn'ulaclul'erf.
918 FUbert St., PHILADELPHIA, FA.

CATALOam! FOR THE ASKING

The Gonley Foil Go.

Blanafactarers of

2 AND 4 DOMINICK STREET.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want

in the way of

PREPARED PALMS

Whether the raw materials or the
finished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and service from the
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co.,

Jacksonville, Fla.

Branch Store, Indianapolis. Ind.
"Inquiriea Cheerfully Answered.

VERY FLORIST

IS ENTITLED TO ONE

Of our handsome Illustra'ed Catalogues. Send us your
address and we will forward it to you. It costs money to
make such a catalogue and mail it, free to all, but it brings
us good customers and it is a great convenience to those who
are ambitious to keep in the lead in their profession. It illus-
trates just the goods you will need for Decoration Day and
Tor Graduations and WEDDINGS IN JUNE.
Now is the time to figure up what you will need to sup-
ply your customers satisfactorily. OIR PRICES on Baskets,
Vases, Cycas Leaves and Wreaths, Moss Wreaths, Metal
Designs, Doves, Sheaves, Letters, Ribbon Inscriptions, Cape
Flowers and Immortelles are VERY LOW. We are the
largest dealers in these goods in America.

H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.,

Whoiesaler^ Only.

50-56 North Tourth Street. PIHUDELPniA, PA.

Mailing and
Gut Flower Boxes

a specialty with us. The Mailing
Packages are used by the largest
shippers of plants and bulbs, take
less postage and are water-proof.
Our Cut Flower Boxes are mois-
ture-proof and are used by all
retail florists. These boxes are
shipped knocked dow^n flat. Write
for prices.

The Dayton Paper Novelty Co.

DAYTON, O.

ESTABUSHED
1666

EMIL

sua.™ N.STEFFENS.
"DSTEFrEHSBROi

NEXT SEASON'S BUSINESS

can be staii;ed now by advertising in this journal. Don't delay in
commencing next summer's business. The best orders are placed early

TRY TmlptAl^"^''"' ''' THE AMERICAN FLORIST

1470

The American Florist.

May

II.

Syracuse, N, Y.

MAHOUISBE HAS FINE SUCCESS AT THE
PAN-AMERICAN CARNATION SHOW. —
HIGHEST AWARDS FOR HIS TWO SEED-
LINGS. — VARIOUS NOTES OF VARYING
LOCAL INTEREST.

The principal event of interest to local
florists during the past week has been the
success of L. E. Marquisee, who has
secured two gold medals and one silver
medal at the carnation show at the Pan-
American Exposition. These prizes were
taken on two of his own seedlings. The
Marquis and the new white. Empire
State. The gold medal for Empire State
was obtained in a class where there were
ten entries for the best filty white carna-
tions. The Marquis took first prize for
the best variety disseminated during
1900 or 1901 and was awarded a silver
medal in a class for the fifty best light
pink carnations. This completes around
dozen of high awards that Mr. Mar-
quisee has obtained at shows in Phila-
delphia, Boston, Baltimore, Toronto and
other cities in the United States and
Canada.

The flower season grows duller as
warm weather approaches and sales are
falling ofl to a marked degree. Winter
prices are, however, being maintained for
the most part a id stock is keeping in a
very satisfactory manner. From now
on funeral work, with the oedding season,
will be the most important features of
the business.

A number of local florists are planning
to attend the convention of the Society of
American Florists at Buflalo next August,
although none have made special arrange-
ments so far. Among those who expect
to go or to be represented are Henry
Morris, Henry Burt, P. R. Quinlan &
Co. and L. E. Marquisee

Fred. W. Bannister has answered in
the suit brought against him by John A.
Belch for services. Mr. Belch sues for
$173.50. Mr. Bannister puts in a coun-
ter claim for $173.50 for flowers and
shrubs furnished.

The fruit growers of Seneca county met
at Waterloo, Tuesday, May 7, to perfect
an organization.

P. R. Quinlan & Co. report an unusu-
ally large amount of floral work during
the past week.

At several recent society events Henry
Burt has furnished some handsome floral
decorations. A. J. B.

Sprague Smith Co.

PLATE AND WINDOW CUSS

Greenhouse Glass a Specialty

207-209 Randolph Street CHICAGO.

SiGMUND GELLER

Importer and Mir. ol

Florists' Supplies

Complete stock — New Goods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

10 8 W. 28th St., near 8th Av.. NEW YORK.

A. HERRMANN.

Cape riowers, *"■ oolobb:
Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
Ain> All florists' Sopplies.

Seod {or Prioei.
«e4-4lt Caat S4th St., NIW YORK.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

THE FINLEY LAWN RAKE FOR 1901

TWO SIZES— 20-inch, $12.00; 14-inch, S10.00, net. F. O. B. Jolist.

Two Colors, Vermilion or Dark Green. Endorsed by Florists, Seedsmen and others.

Sond

for Clrcuiar.

Finley Lawn Rake Co., Joliet, III.

S for 1 cerxt.

3 FT. HARDWOOD FLOWER STAKES ^^^^^^^-&

sample and prices on other sizes on application. ^^^^^^^^^Ji

LOUS A. SHARE, Factory Cor. Barth Ave. and Belt R. R., Indianapolis, Ind.

Tho Mnuiar '''''^' ^'" '''" ^" "'^ weeds in your
I UC nlUllCl lawns. If you keep the weeds cut
so they do not tzo to seed and cut your grass with-
out breaking the small feeders of roots, the grass
will become thick and weeds will disappear. The
Clipper will do it. Send for catalogue and prices.
CUPPER LAWN MnWEB CO . Morrlstown. Pa.

HARMONY

Is our hobby! Harmony of color,
not of sound. Our sample cards are
practical and will help you to pre-
sf^rve and beautify your home. Send
for them. JOHN LUCAS & CO.,
Philadelphia, New York and Chicago.

T

RUSTIC WORK

FOR ALL PURPOSES
MADE TO ORDER.. .

In stock, the most extensive variety in the
cotmtry. of Baskets \C^indow Boxes, Stands,
Brackets and original designs. Prices low.

RUSTIC MF6. & CONSTRUCTION CO.,

lO Tultan 6lrAAt.

NrW VOKK CITV.

!

FOR INSURANCE AGAINST
DAMAGE BY HAIL, Address

JOHN a. ESLER, Sae'y F. H. A.,

SADDLE RIVER. N. J

mmi

The most convenient way
of applying an insecticide
ever yet devised. No pans
required — No heating of
irons-No troublc-Cannot
injure the most sensitive
blooms-Very errecl;ive.
Price 60<t per box of 12
-^1 1 s . \\\ dealers sell it !

Skabcura Dip Co.

St. Louis -^ Chicago.

invalid Appliance Co.,

M*NUFACTUt<«»fl or

COLUMBIA PLANT TUBS

Adjustable Vase Holders

No. 1.— Brass, nicki'l, 4 fi^.t Inns;, 6 clasps to each
rod. Price complete (with green or white tum-
blers) 12.25. Price complete (with green or white
cornucopia vases) t2.50. No. 2.— Heavy 4 ft. rod
brassed and nickeled, with three clasps for 5 to 6-
inoh pots, each, $1.75.

Kifi's patent rubber capped Flowir Tobm,
IH-lnoh diameter, per 100, J3.B0.
JOSEPH KIFT & SON, 1725 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa.

American Florist Advertisements
Pay Advertisers.

•got.

The American Florist.

1471

ifllMUCH MgltK O mUUIU i THAW PIHE

*RES
pVSH BAR

mEENHOllJU

fi Sand fo>7^ i- SI>»aS"6f»w>^^^ cwUr.

1 <> NetHfflSgjy, ^g^Xfifi^^s.

'VwiiT mention the American Florist when writing

, •THE. _ _
^NEW OEPftRTURf4h?5

You can not get a 600^ THING
Of nothing. But- the price of thii
Itppar atui ii next to nothing. Send
;ot price and description to
1 4. D. CARMODY, Evaasvlll*, lad.

REBUILT MACHINERY

and isUPPliIES at Bargain Prices. Larg
Machinery Depot on earth. We buy
buildings and plants; among
others we bouytit the World's
I Fair, the Omaha Exposition, the
I Chicago Post office, and other
I structures. We rebuild machin-
ery of all kinds, and sell with
binding guarantees. Boilers
from 125 up \_ BnclneB ftom t35

etc. We carry complete
plies, such as BEX(TIii,^-» ---icTiTir
BAlkGERS, PUClJEYS, IRON
PIPE, IRON KOOFINO, HARD-
WARE, VALVES & FITTINGS,
PHIHIBING MATERIAL, etc.

SVili ?..nH free, our 25(i-TiaK«'<"'alalog No.

Constantly buying entire stocks |
at Sheriffs' and Receivers' sales.
Chicago House Wrecking Co.,
W. 35th & Iron Sts.. Chicago, III.

'r

\PUase merHon the ATtierican Florist when writing.

DO NOT FORGET

before building that addi-
i tion to your greenhouses
to write us for expert plans
and figures. Perhaps we
can save you money.

THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS,

46 Marlon St., NEW YORK.

Please mention the American Florist when writing

EVANS' IMPROVED
APPAMATifS i

WRITL FOR ILLU^rRATtD ■-ATaLOCUE

gi/A/rn ctrr MACH/Mfwoim.

^■r-IHr Jf RICHMOND, INP.

Prevents
Mildew

Operates to

perfection

In

catchy weather.

Are placed
on their merits.

Saves all
labor.

Improves
the growth of
plants.

The first cost
the only
expense.

Will last
a'

The Automatic ^, h^b . s^^h tl . i .-

Ventilator U^-'m llmiL^^ j WmKm ?*"»""""=

does its own HH -'Sttil . ' 1^^ V<^"^i <^<"'

ventilates as

necessity

requires.

The Chadborn Patent Automatic Ventilator

And TEMPER4TIRE REGULATOR

By simplj attaching our Temperature Controlling Device to your heating system
you not only secure an even temperature but effect a direct saving of fuel.

MANUFACTURED BY

THE CHADBORN MFG. CO.

Broadway and High St.,

NBWBURQH, N. Y.

Our Illustrated Catalogue, Prices. Etc., is yours for the asking.

INCORPORATED

Henry W. Gibbons Co. ,,

QREENHOUSE ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS

and Manulacturer, Qu|| ^ypfeSS StfUCtUral ^316^31$,

STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING, L;7v^;a\T.tU°g-S[;r,?!-.r"

Sales Offices, 136 Liberty St., NEW YORK, N. Y. Manufactory General Office, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Write to NEW YORK OFFICE for Estimates, Catalogues, Plans, Expert Advice, Etc.
HENRY W. GIBBONS. Pres., New York, N. Y. I. L. DILLON, Treas., Bloomsburg. Pa.

li|/E furnish fREE OE CHARGE to our customers, drawings showing
■ * the most improved construction for their special wants. J- J- ^

GREENHOUSE MATERIAL,

Cal. Red Cedar and Louisiana Cypress.

BEST GRADES, PERFECT WORKMANSHIP.

A. DIETSGH & GO. 8»e"^tiS'lvo CHICAGO, ILL.

Please mention the A me> tcan Floy ist wheri vt tting.

GARLAND'S IRON GUTTER

Write for

Catalogue containing
testimonials of the
leading florists.

FI.ACE YOUB NAME.

and your ipeoialtlei before the purohailng florliti of the entire ooantry

0^'/;.^.""" THE AMERICAN FLORIST.

1472

The American Florist.

May II,

Index to Advertisers.

Advertising rates... 1450

Allen S L S Co II

American Blower Co IV
American Rose- Co..

1455 II

Amling EC 1453

Andorra Nurseries. 1458

Baldwin A J 1461

Bailer F A 1460

Bassett A Wash-
burn 1453

Baur S .\lfred I

Bayersdorter HA Co 1469

Uenthey A Co 1453

Bernheimer Eugene 1454

Kerning H G. 1454

Bindekunst Die.... H

Bloom J S 1461

Blue Hill Nursery. .1463
BobbinX A Atkins. 1466
BostonCo- operative

Growers Ex 1454

Boston Letter Co ... 1469

Brant & Noe 1453

BruDsonC L A Co. 1464

BuckbeeH W 1462

Buckley W T Plant

Co.... 1465

KudlongJ A 1463

Bunyard H A 1452

Burpee W A A Co.. II
Caldwell the Woods-
man Co 14P2

Carmodv J D 1471

Cttsazza V &Bro... It
Chadborn MtgCo..I471
Chad wick Chas.. .1469
Chicago Carnation

Co. 1452 1460

Chicago HouseWkg

Co. :i4Tl

Cinoin Cut Flow Co.l455
Clipper Lawn Mow-

efCo 1470

Cole Bros 1463

Conard & Jones Co. 1466

Conley Foil Co 1469

Cook John 1463

Cottage Gardens. ... I
Crabb * Hunter.. . .1460
Craig Robt A Son. 1463

Critchell B P 1466

(irowl Fern Co 14fi2

Cunningham Jos H. 1466
Dailledouze Bros... 1457
Dayton Paper Nov-
elty Co 1469

Deamud J B 1452

Dedrick W W 1466

Detroit Flower Pot

Mfy 146H

Dickinson Geo E. 1456
Dietsch A A Co.. .1471

i.illon JL 1461

Dorner F & Sons Co I

Dreer H A 1457 III

DuerrJ 1457

Dunlop John H 1455

Dunne & Co 1468

East'n Chemical Ool469

Ellis Frank M 1454

Ernest W H 1468

Ernst H & Son J460

Faxon M B 1462

Finley Lawn Rake

Co 1470

FloridaNaturalPio-

duutsCo 1469

Ford Bros 1455

Foster Lucius H — 1462

Garden] ne Co 1 468

Gardeners Chronicle II

Garland Krank 1453

Garland Geo M 1471

Geller Sigmund ....I47U

Ghiirmlev Win 1455

GibbonRH W Co... 1471

Giblin A Co Ill

Gonzalez F &. Co . . 1462
Gullett W H A Sonsl4a2
Gunther Wm H ....1455

G urney Heater Co . . 1472
Guttman Alex J....14E5
Hagenburger Carl . .1459

Hail Ass'n 1470

Hancock G A Son. .1459

Hansen Chris 1463

Heacock Joseph 1465

Heiss J B 1463

Hennecke C Co 1 468

Herendeen Mfg Co. HI

Herr Albert M 1459

Herron Dana R 1459

Herrmann A 1470

Hews AHA Co.... 1468

Hilflnger Bros 1468

Hill The EG Co.... I

Hippard E Ill

HitchinKs A Co.... IV
HoltonAHunkel Co 1453

Hooker HM Co 1472

Horan Edw C 1465

Hort Adv II

Hose Connect'nCo. Ill

Humfeld C 1466

Hunt EH 14i3

Invalid ApproeCo.1470
Irvine John A Sons.1468

Jacobs S A Sons III

.Jennings E B 1462

Jennings Bros IV

Johnson A Stoke8--1456

Kasting W F 1454

Kay Wra H Co.... Ill

Keller Bros 1468

Keller Geo A Son... 1468

Kellogg Geo M 1154

Kennicott Bros Co.. 1459

Kervan Co The 1455

Kidd J N 1464

Kift Joseph A Son.. 1470

King Fr-d J 1461

Kohr A F 1468

Kroeschell Bros Co. IV

Kuehn C A 1454

KuhlGeoA

...1457 14E9 1462 14H3
Lager A Hurreil... . 1463
Lakeview Rose Gar. 1463

Lang Julius 1455

Langjahr AH 1455

Lee R A 1457

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Vol. XVI.

CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, MAY i8, 1901.

No. 676.

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Copyright 1901, by American Florist Company.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter.

Published evert Saturday bt

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SOCIETY OP AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

QppiCBRS— Patrick O'Mara, New York, N. Y.,
president; Wm. F. Kastins, Buffalo, N. Y., yice-
president; Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk Street,
Boston, Mass., secretary, H. B. Bbattt, Oil City,
Pa., treasurer. The seventeenth annual meeting
will be held at Buffalo, August 6-10, 1901.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual meeting at New York, March, 1902.
Leonabo Barron, 136 Liberty St., New York,
■eoretary.

THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Annual convention at Indianapolis, February,
1902. Albert M. Herb, Lancaster, Pa., leoretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual meeting at Buffalo, August, 190L Sdwin
Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa., secretary.

THIS ISSUE 40 PAGES WITH COVER.

CONTENTS.

Society of American Florists

—Ex-President Wm. R. Smith (portrait)

Carnations

The climbing dahlia (illus.)

Pan-American notes

Notes on aquatics ,

Plants for design work (illus.)

A department store lloral display (illus.)

Is'otea on herbaceous plants

New water lilies at St. Louis (il.us.)

Landscaping as a part of the florists' busi-
ness (illus.)

Chicago

New York

Boston

Philadelphia

St. Louis

Tltica. N. Y

lialtimore

Buffalo

Cincinnati

Washington

A complaint

Heating a Canadian greenhouse

Greenhouse building

From Hues to hot- water

Obituary— John Thojipson

—Mrs. W. W. Coles

—Herman Schiller (portrait)

The seed trade

Montreal

The nursery trade

Pittsburg ,

Our pastimes

Salt Lake City

Columbus, O

Syracuse, N. Y '.

Bradford, Pa

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Society of American Florists*

FIRST MEETING OF INCORPORATORS.

The meeting of incorporators ol the
national society under thecharter granted
by congress was held at the lecture room
in the Botanic Garden, Washington, D.
C, on Tuesday, May 14. There were
present the following gentlemen: Presi-
dent P. O'Mara, Secretary Wm. J. Stew-
art, Treasurer H, B. Beatty, Ex-presi-
dents J. N. May, James Dean, Robert
Craig, Edwin Lonsdale, Wm. R. Smith,
W. F. Gude and Messrs. C W. Ward, Emil
Buettner, Wm. Fraser, J. G. Esler, P.
Welch, Lawrence Cotter, Benj. Durfee, F.
R. Mathison, A. Gude, Philip Gauges,
Alex. Wallace and W, G. Bertermann.

The meeting was called to order by W.
J, Stewart and on motion P. 0*Mara
was elected chairman and Mr. Stewart
secretary. Mr. O'Mara made a brief
and pertinent address calling attention
to the far reaching importance of the
meeting and expressing the gratitude
which everyone felt to W. R. Smith,
through whose untiring eflorts for a
decade this auspicious event for Ameri-
can horticulture has been made possible.

The formulation of a constitution and
by-laws for the society under the pro-
visions of the charter was then proceeded
with and occupied the entire day. Many
of its provisions, especially those relating
to the co-operative relations of the S. A.
F, with other existing organizations,
occasioned prolonged and, at times, very
animated discussion, but as finally
adopted the constitution and by-laws, as
here presented, was passed by a unani-
mous vote and it was felt that a long
step forward towards effective co-opera-
tion of the several active societies under
the much prized national charter had
been made and that the beginning of a
new epoch had been auspiciously opened,
pregnant with great possibilities for hor-
ticulture in America. The complete con-
stitution and by-laws as adopted was as
follows:

ARTICLE I.

OBJECTS.

The objects of the society are to advance the
love of floriculture and horticulture in America;
to promote and encourage the development of its
industries; lo classify its products; to hold meet-
ings and exhibitions; to co-operate with the
national and state governraeots and regularly
organized horticultural bodies in disseminating
horticultural knowledge.

ARTICLE II.

OFFICERS. THEIIl ELECTION AND DUTIES.

Sec. 1. Officers. The officers of this society
shall consist of a president, first vice-president,
secretary, treasurer and such other officers, agents
and committees as the president or executive

board shall appoint, as provided for in section 2
(b) of this article.
Sec. 2. Elections and appointments.

(a) The. president, first vice-president, secre-
tary and treasurer shall be elected by ballot at
the annual meeting of the society and their term
of oflice shall begin with the first day of January
nest succeeding the election and shall conliaue
for one year, or until their successors are duly
elected and qualified.

(b) The president shall appoint on the first
day of January of each year (or on the second
day of January when the first falls on Sunday)
two directors to serve for a term of three years.
He shall also appoint at the same time one state
vice-president from each 8ta*e and territory rep-
resented in the membership, to serve for a term
of one year.

(c) Nominations for elective oflicers shall be
made orally at the morning session of the second
day of the annual convcntioQ.

(d) 'Che secretary shall cause official ballots
to be prepared according to the "Australian"
form, containing the names of all candidates
nominated for the various elective ofilces Bal-
loting shall take place at the morning session of
the third day of the annual convention. The
presidpnt or presiding officer shall apooiat a
committee tQ receive, assort and count the votes
given, and report the number; the polls shall
remain open from 10 a. m. to 13 o clock noon; a
majority of all the votes cast 8h:i'l be necessary
for an election; and the president nr presiding
oflicer shall declare who is elected.

(e) No person shall be allowed to vote whoso
dues for the current year are unpaid, and all
voters shall give satisfactory p'oof of their gcod
standing in the .society, as defined by these by-
laws, before being allowed to deposit their ballot.

(f) No ballot shall be allowed to be deposited
in the ballot box except that oflicially prepared
by the society through its secretary.

*(g) Vacancies in any of the otTi^e-s of the soci-
ety shall be filled by appointment by the presi-
dent, subject to the approval of the executive
board.
Sec. 3. Duties of oflicers.

(a) President The president shall preside at
all meetings of the society, and exercise a gen-
eral supervision of its ;ifTairs. He shall report
from time to time such measures as seem neces-
sary for promoting its objects and extending its
usefulness. He shall annually on the first d ly of
January appoint two directors to serve for a terra
of three years, one botanist, one entomologist one
vegetable pathologist, and one state vice-presi-
dent for each state or territory represented in the
society; he shall act as chairman of the executive
board at its meetings and sign all diplomas and
certificates of the society.

(b) First Vice-President. In the event of the
absence, resignation, death or di^abiIity of the
president— said disability to be determined by the
executive board— the first vice-president shall
exercise all the authority, privileges and power
of the president. He shall be a resident of the
state in which the annual convention is held dur-
ing his term of oflice and shall be the oflicinl
representative of the society under the direction
of the executive board in all local preparations
for said convention.

(c) Secretary. The secretary shall conduct
the correspondence of the societv and shall have
charge of its papers, reports, seaf, dies and med-
als. He shall audit all bills against the society,
receive aod receipt for all fees and annual assess-
ments, remitting same to the treasurer, and shall
give bonds for such sura as the executive board
may from time to time deem sufficient. He shall
keep an alphabetical list of all raembers and
shall notify each member by mail of all meetings
of the society. He shall duly record the proceed-
ings at the meetings of the society and executive
board, prepare ballots, act as editor of such pub-
lications as are ordered to be printed and shall

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prepare and countersign all diplomas and certifl-
cates of the society. He shall keep a registration
book, in which shall be recorded names and
descriptions of new varieties of plants, under the
rules of the society, application for same having
been duly made by the owner thereof, and shall
give prompt public notice of each registration
with the date of same in such horticultural
journals as the executive board may direct. He
shall receive for his services a salary of S750 per
annum and railroad expenses incurred in the per-
formance of his duties shall be paid.

(d) Treasurer. The treasurer shall have cbarse
of the funds of the society, and shall pay all bills
when same have been approved by the president
and secretary. He shall make all transfers and
investments un-der the direction of the executive
board and shall keep a correct record of receipts
and disbursements, rendering an account of same
annually to the society, the same having been
duly audited the preceding meeting of the execu-
tive board. He shall give bonds in such sum as
the executive board may from time to time deem
sutficient. the expense of supplying same to be
assumed by the society, and shall receive for his
services a salary of 8ldu per annum.

(e) Directors. The directors shall attend all
executive meetings as hereinafter provided and
perform such other duties as devolve upon them
as members of the executive board.

(f) State Vice-Presidents. It shall be the duty
of each state vice-president to make an annual
report to the society of progress and interesting
horticultural events that have occurred in his
state during the preceding year, to assist the
officers in the dischargt- of their duties, and in
general to promote as best he can the welfare of
the national society. He shall be the accredited
representative of the society at all meetings and
exhibitions of importance in his state.

ARTICLE III.

GOVERNMENT. EXECUTIVE BOARB.

Between the sessions or the society its govern-
ment shall b*" vested in an executive board, con-
sisting of tht' president, junior ex-president, first
vice-president. secr<'tary, treasurer, six directors
and the duly accredited delegates of co-operative
socie ies, as hereinafter provided. A regular
raeeting of the board shall be held each year
about mid-Lent, at the call of the secretary, up u
such date as the president may direct, at which
a programme for ihe next convention shall be
considered and adopted, a superintendent for the
exhibition appointed and special rules and regu-
lations for the management of the exhibition
shall be arranged. At this meeting the accounts
of the secretary and treasurer shall be audited,
appropriations made for specific purposes and
such other ai-tion taken as in the judgment of the
board may be for the welfare of the society, and
any action taken by the executive board at its
meetings shall be legal and binding upon the
society, providing that it is not inconsistent with
these by-laws, and provided, further, that no
expenditure or contract for expenditure in excess
of $100 for any special purpose shall be valid until
approved by vote of the society. It shall also be
the duty of the executive board to supervise the
proceedings and exhibition of the society at its
annual convention, and to this end the board shall
hold during the annual convention daily sessions
at the call of the seciftary. Special meftines of
the board shall be called by the secretary on order
of the president, or request of a majority of the
members of the t-xt>cutive board. No business
other than that stated in the notice shall bi' trans-
acted at such meeting. Seven members of the
board shall constitute a quorum for the transac-
tion of businos at any meeting. The executive
board may adopt such rules and regulations for
the conduct of their meetings and management
of the affairs of the society as they may di-em

a roper, not inconsistent with thesi' by-laws,
[ileage shall be allowed all members of the
board in attendance unon regular or sperial meet-
ings, sessions during the annual eonventinn alone
excepted.

ARTICLE IV.

MEMBERSHIP.

Sec. I. Eligibility. All persons interested in
horticultuT"'. professional or amateur, and manu-
facturers of and dealers in horticultural suoplies
shall be eligible to membership individually in
this society.

Sec. 2. Fees and Assessments. Th« pB_\ment
of $30 shall secure a life membership in the soci-
ety and exempt from all future assessments. Any
eligible person may beeotte a member for the
current y<'ar by the payment of $5. and such
membership may be continued by the payment, of
ai^assessment nf $3 in advance each consecutivt-
year. Any annual member m gtod standing may
become a life member by the payment of $Jd.

ARTICLE V.

CO-OPERATIVE BOClETlES.

Any national or state organization making
application therefor, and whose aims and pur-
poses are in harmony with the charter of th<'
Society of American" Florists ana Ornamental
Horticulturists may be cnrollefl as a co-operative
Bociety by an aflirraative vote of this society.

£ec. 1. Delegates. Ea^h duly enrolled auxil-
iary section havinga membership of fifty or more
in good standing, of whom at least twenty-five
are members in good standing of the Society of

American Florists and Ornamental Horticultur-
ists, shall be entitled to elect one delegate
annually who shall serve for one year as a mem-
ber of the executive board, with all the powers,
rights and privileges appertaioing thereto.

Sko. 2. Registration. All registrati- n of new
plants by members of co-operative to^iefes shall
be effected through and by the otlice of the sec-
retarvot the Society of American Florists and
Ornamental Horticulturists, under the rules of
said society. In rase of a dispute as to a name it
shall be referred to its special societv for settle-
ment, subject to the final approval of the Society
of American Flonsls and Oroaraental Horticult-
urists. And all legislative, botanical, pathologi-
cal or entomological matiers shall be referred to
the regularh constituted committees and author-
ities of said society, any expense appertairiini:
thereto to be paid by the Society of American
Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists ►ubj^ct
to the approval of tlie executive board. The sec-
retary shall also incorporate in theannual pr.nled
report of proceedings such reports of the co o^jer-
ative societies as may be furnished officially by
the secretaries of said co-operative sec eties.

Sec 3. Support or Special Eshibitions. The
Society of American Florists and Ornamental
Horticulturists may pay at*kny lime to any co op-

HERtWIAN SCHILLER AND DAUGHTER. FRIEDA.

(From photo taken about ten } ears aiio).

erative society holding a public floral exhibition
in any part of the United estates such sum as may
be voted by its exer-utivc board." said sum to be
used in suppojt of such exhibitions and miiy at
the or<l*'r of said executive board contribute suit-
able medals, certificates or other awards for new
plants of American origin or other products of
American skill deemed of special value to Ameri-
can horticulture.

SEC. 4. Rights Reserved to Co-operative Socie-
ties. The foregoing obligations and privileges
^hall not be h«'Id as in auy way impairing the
auionomy of regularly organized societies that
may becoim' a part> under tln'se provisions or
resiricting their riglits to self government.
ARTICLE VI.

MEETINGS.

Sei. 1. Meetings. The first anuual meeting of
Ihe .soci«'ty ahall be held at HulTalo. New Yort,
on the lifst Tuesdjut' of August, 1001. and thiTe-
a'ter the annual meeting shall be ht-id on the
third Tui'sday of August m each year continuing
for three days or until all bu^ine^s is compltied,
the locaiion of each meeting to bi' s«'lected by
ballot at the morniog session of the second day
of the preceding annual meeting.

Sec. 2 Quorum. Thirty members present shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi-
ness at an,\ mteting.

Sec. 3. Vroxy voting. Proxy voting shall not
b*' iiUowed.

Sec. 4. Order of Husiness. The transaction of
business shall be in the following order:

Ca ling to order.

President's address.

Report of secretary.

Report of treasurer.

Reports of state vice-presidents.

Reports of standing committees.

Reports of special committees.

Unfinished business.

New business.

Adjournment.

Sac. 5. Exhibitions. There shall be held,
whenever practicable, in connection with each

annual convention an exhibition of materials and
manufactures used in and products of horticult-
ure. It shall be in charge of a superintendent,
who shall be appointed by the exeeutive board at
its preliminary meeting, and shall !>■ governed by
such rules and regulations as the executive board
shall adopt. .Judges shall be appointed by the
president and >eeretary at least one mouth before
the exhibition.

ARTICLE VIL

RESERVE FtrXD.

Money aecruing from life membership pay-
ments shall form a reseive fund, the interest of
which may be appropriated annually for general
or specific purposes.

ARriCLE VIII.

DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS.

Whenever any donation or bequest shall be
made to ihe society for any specific purpose, it
shall be so applied and the iiameof the donor and
the amount and the description of each donation
shall be regis ered in a book kept for the purpose.
The society may, upon recommendation of the
executive board,' award medals or other testi-
monials to donors or benefactors of the society
who have advanced its interests or promoted its
usefulness.

ARTICLE IX.

SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS.

Every resolution involving an appropriation of
money must be referred to the executive board
before it can be acted upon; and it shall be the
duty of the board to report on the same at the
next session after tfie one at which such resolu-
tion is introduced; provided, however, that in
cases of urgency the executive board may retire
for coDsuliation and report at the same session at
which such resolution is introduced.

ARTICLE X.

AMENDMENTS.

The constitution and by-laws iray be amended
or altered at any regular meeting by a two-thirds
vote of the members present, notice of such alter-
ation or amendment having been submitted to
the societN ata previous meetini: orfurnished to
tiie secretary by June 1st, preceding the meeting,
and published in full by him in the general pro-
gramme and call of the Society, at least three
weeks before the annual meeting^

Officers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, PatrickO*Mara; first vice-presideiit,
W. F. Kastiog; secretary, Wm. J. Stewart;
treasurer, H. B. Beatty. Temporary
directors to hold office until their suc-
cessors are appointed: Messrs. J. F.
Sullivan, A. B. Cartledge, J. D. Carmody.
A. Wallace, E. Buettner, R. Witterstaet-
ter. Messrs. O'Mara, Durfee, May, Craig
and Smith were appointed to endeavor
to secure legislation by congress tor the
extension of the foreign parcels post to
the delivery of domestic parcels through
the United Siatea mails.

The noon recess was delightfully passed
by the visitors as the guests of Wm. R.
Smith in his library. A beautiful hand-
painted punch bowl, the gift of Mrs C.
W. Hoitt, of Nashua, N. H., was filled
and duly emptied with many good wishes
and prophetic words for the future glory
of the grand old society. Hon. Amos
Cummings honored the party with his
presence and congratulatory letters from
Hon. D. B. Henderson, speaker of the
house of representatives, and Hon S. W.
McCall were read and received with
cheers. In the evening there was a ban-
quet at the Ebbitt House.

The dinner given in honor of the visit-
ing by the resident members, J. H. Small,
jr., Betij. Durfee, Wm. R. Smith and
W. F. Gude, was a great success. The
dining room was decorted with palms
and vases of roses and the table was
decked with roses and p.xonias. Mr.
Durfee's Ivory, the white Golden Gate,
and Mme. A. Chatenay were fine, also
Gude's Bridesmaids and La France. Wm.
F. Gude, as chairman, deserves much
credit for the way he managed the whole
afiair.

By 8 p. m. all were seated. On each
plate was an ivy leaf bearing the name
of the guest in gilt letters. The menu
cards were very unique, the face of each
being ornamented by a graceful cluster

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of native flowers of the district in water
colors. Each card had a dilTerent flower
and at the head ot the menu was the
society's badge in green with gilt letters.
The work was bj' Lillian Dexter.

Wra. R. Smith acted as toastmaster.
President O'Mara was first called upon
and said that at one of his former visits
to Washington he found the water in the
streets at high water mark; this time it
was high tide for the S. A. F. He named
Hon. A. J. Cummiags godfather for the
new society because of his part in getting
its charter.

Robert Craig said that it gave him
much pleasure to state that Mr. Smith
was not with us to look after prices and
other business matters, but purely as a
lover of the beautiful.

Wm. F. Gude spoke in his usual vein;
the plants in his greenhouses are no less
flowery than his speech. He said in part:
I believe to-night that the mercury of my
joy is at summer heat, that it is capable
ot making the bud of expression burst
forth into full flowers of matured
thought. Only those who have been
closely connected with the matter
know of the innumerable ramifications,
elevated hopes, disappointments and
discouragements through which we had
to pass during the nine years since .the
beginning ot the efifort to secure the char-
ter which makes the occasion for this
meeting. The organization is largely
indebted to Wm. R. Smith and Benjamin
Durfee, of the craft, and Hon. Amos J.
Cummiiigs, member of congress from
New York city, tor the successful culmi-
nation ot this long anticipated measure.
This is a sort of love least. It is but the
touch of hospitality and fraternity that
so often springs out in a more genuine
manner around the board than at almost
any other gathering, and the incorpora-
tors who are residents of the District ot
Columbia feel proud to be the hosts ot
the occasion. I need not assure you that
you are welcome.

Lawrence Cotter said he wished to
thank the gentlemen in behalf of the
Massachusetts members for their great
success in getting congress to charter the
S. A. F. "This is God's country," he
said, and to Mr. Smith, "you once said
that Peter Henderson had a mission; now
you fill his shoes."

C. W. Ward made some very happy
remarks, and among other things said
that it is not the few who make the
advancement recorded by this meeting,
but it is the American push that moves
everything before it.

Benjamin Durfee said that it is fitting
that the re-creation of our noble organi-
zation should come with the budding of
the trees and the blooming of the spring
flowers. He said that the finger of the
giant progress points to us and com-
mands commercial leadership, while the
gentle figure of art turns toward
uB and beckons to leadership jesthetic.
How earnestly I wish that our dear
friend Smith, the pioneer, the faithful and
earnest worker, may be spared to see the
fruition of his well-laid plans, to see a
society endowed as richly as Cornell,
making itself the great uplifter of all
from mere sordid pursuits.

Among those who spoke entertainingly
and prophetically were W. R. Smith,
Amos J. Cummings, J. N. May, F. R.
Mathison, W. G. Bertermann, Edwin
Lonsdale, Emil Ruettner, Patrick Welch
and others.

J. H. Small, Jr., was unable to be pres-
ent on account oi the illnesi of his father
and sister at Atlantic City.

On Wednesday a number of thevisitors

WILLIAM R. SMITH, EX-PRESIDENT OF THE S. A. F.

who could stay over took a ride over the
electric car system styled "Seeing Wash-
ington" and enjoyed it very much.

P. G.

CARNATIONS.

CLEANING OUT THE HOUSES.

In the rush ot spring work carnation
growers often allow the houses that
have passed their period of productive-
ness, to become overgrown with weeds,
or let the plants in them dry up as they
stand. Care in this direction is not one
ot the essential features of carnation cul-
ture but it is one of those numerous mat-
ters which detract from or increase the
success of the following season, just in
proportion as we attend to or neglect
them.

As soon as carnation plants have
reached a stage where it no longer pays
to water and attend to them, they should
be pulled out and carted to the dump.
Leaving them in the house is apt to
result in the house becoming filled with
red spider, aphis, thrip and weed seeds,
which are a direct menace to next win-
ter's crop. As soon as you have decided
to quit on a certain carnation house pull
out all the plants and clean up the house
the same day. It thesoilis.tobechanged,
remove it at the same time aod allow the

sun to dry everything up thoroughly.
This may seem a bit hard on the house
but it pays to get every part of the struct-
ure well dried out.

As soon as the house is dry and clean
take a bushel ot tobacco stems to every
3,000 square feet of ground surface, add
by sprinkling over the top four ounces of
sulphur, close the house tightly and
fumigate, leaving the house closed at
least twenty-four hours, so that every
spider, aphis and thrip that may have
taken rehige in cracks and crevices will
be reached and killed. Then, after the
rush of work is over, the house can be
given a good coat ot lime wash or, if you
have smooth surfaces and care to stand
the expense, a coat of white lead is
neater and better. For all ordinary pur-
poses the lime wash will answer Rnd
serves the double purpose of being a dis-
infectant as well. All bench boards,
wooden posts, sides and ends, if rough,
should be given a heavy coat. For the
painted portions of the house a promi-
nent builder tells us to use a preparation
of zinc in the paint, as it is afStrong
fungicide.

It the rafters do not need any paint
they will need a good washing down.
This can be given some rainy day, when
it can be done quickly and comfortably.
Do not use any but a pure white paint
for the roof portions of the house, as dark

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paint absorbs instead of reflecting the
winter sunlight, and gives a dark house.
White paint covered with dirt is guilty
of the same ofiense, hence the necessity of
keeping rafters washed off. Having
attended to these details the house can
stand until wanted for planting, with a
little attention to see that it is kept in
this condition of neatness and cleanliness.
If you dre changing the soil, there is
less liability of its souring if you leave
the house empty until a short time before
planting. If you are not changing it,
then in order to have it good and sweet
by planting time you will want to leave
it without manure or water until about
two weeks before planting, so as to get
it dried completely to the bottom of the
beds or benches by the sun, a process
which acts similarly to sterilization.

Albert M. Hbrr.

success with the mahguis.

The remarkable variation in results
which expert growers of carnations have
obtained with The Marquis this season
prompted J. D. Twombly, of Winchester,
Mass., to write the subjoined letter to a
friend. As The Marquis is much too fine
a variety to be lightly discarded, Mr.
Twombly's hint as to its requirements in
the way of temperature may serve as the
key to success with other growers. Here
is what he says:

"I see in the trade papers quite a good
deal in relation to the success, or lack of
it, of various growers of The Marquis
carnation. As you may remember, I
secured 500 rooted cuttings of The Mar-
quis through you last spring, in April, I
think. I planted them out with about
20,000 others of various kinds, all in the
same field and enriched in the same
manner. The plants of The Marquis were
transplanted to the house about the first
of September, being benched in the same
house with Genevieve Lord, Mrs. Joost
and Ethel Crocker. Now, I have been
growing carnations for moi;e than thirty
years and have had many varieties in
that time, but I never saw the carnation
that gave such satisfactory results as
The Marquis has this year. The first
blooms were not on as long stems as I
might have desired but they were good.
Surely no variety on the place, out of
about 15,000 plants has produced so
many good flowers as has The Marquis.
Ethel Crocker in the same house, has
done absolutely nothing, but probably
through no fault of the variety, as I am
convinced The Marquis needs a cold
house and Ethel Crocker a much warmer

one."

A GOOD WHITE.

L. E. Marquisee, the originator of The
Marquis, seems to have struck a second
bonanza in the white seedling which he
has appropriately christened Empire
State. It is of large size and good stem.
Mr. Marquisee has 4,500 plants of it.
He does not expect to put it on the mar-
ket before the spring of 1903. That Mr.
Marquisee received the highest award
for white at the recent Pan-American
carnation exhibition is but another
proof of the quality of Empire State.

NOMIS.

The Climbing Dahlia.
The climbing dahlia, HidaJgoa Werck-
lei, is a distinct climbing plant which
appears to have been first introduced
from Costa Rica by John Lewis Childs,
of New York, in 1899, under the name of
Childsia Wercklei. It flowered well at
the Royal Botanic Garden, at Kew, last

summer and appears likely to become a
popular plant, either for the cool green-
house or for outside work. It is a very
rapid grower. In a shady position it
does not flower well, but in a sunny
situation and in light, sandy soil the
flowers are produced freely. They are of
a bright orange scarlet and closely resem-
ble a single dahlia, and are well set off
by the bright green, deeply cut leaves.

A. H.
[The accompanying illustration was
reproduced from an engravingforwarded
by our correspondent. We do not know
its origin.— Ed ]

Pan-American Notes.
Director Ulrich has done wonders in
landscape work since the recent storm.
What was a mud hole on Monday last is
now a fine grass plot. It seems as if he
must have been at work a month instead
of only a week. The hyacinth beds
around the cascades still look good and
in a few days all the vases will be filled,

HIDALQOA WERCKLEI.

(Flowers jibout three inches in diameter).

when it will be a sight, with the
fountains playing all the time and elec-
tric lights shining at night.

In the last days of the recent carnation
exhibition another shipment of flowers
was received from the Chicago Carnation
Company, including J. J. Shedd, White
Cloud, Nydia, Maceo, Chicot, Sunbeam,
Joost, Seedling No. 56, Gold Nugget and
Hortense. This was given second award
for general display. A second shipment
from H . Weber & Sons contained Norway,
Buttercup, Genevieve Lord, Egypt and
Lawson, all good.

The F. R. Pierson Company, of Tarry-
town, has sent many fine exhibits, includ-
ing several large specimen bay trees, an
elegant lot of Boston ferns, some tree
ferns, a fine Latania Borbonica, many
evergreens, rhododendrons, azaleas,
hydrangeas, Crimson Ramblers, Catalpa
Bungei and many other plants which,
when placed about the grounds and
hall, will be a decided acquisition.

The tulip beds of the F. R. Pierson
Company are the finest ever seen here
and are viewed by thousands daily. The

beds of fas. \'ick'8 Sons, of Roches-
ter, H. F. Michell, Philadelphia, and
O. W. Clark & Son, Buffalo, are equally
as fine, but not so large. Clark & Son
have a fine lot coming on in about one
week which will show the latest in the
best varieties.

The cypress trees on the upper bank of
the court are very pretty, as are the
rhododendrons that fill in the space
around the Machinery building.

The work is progressing very rapidly
in the conservatories and the rock work
is handsomely attired in raiment procured
in Florida by Prof. Van Deman.

C. D. Zimmerman, of Buffalo, has a
very pretty display of hyacinths and
tulips, with a pansy border.

C. Eisele, of Philadelphia, has very fine
beds of pansies and other plants.

W. A.

Notes on Aqu,>tics.

The spring of 1901 will long be remem-
bered for its wintry and unseasonable
weather. At a time when it is not
unusual to have many spring flowers,
and trees and shrubs putting forth the
tender leaves and blossoms, we were
enveloped in snowwreaths and the cut-
ting, harsh winds of a real winter
blizzard. Much work on the line of
planting and renewing has, of necessity,
been delayed and will be crowded in with
the detail of seasonable work that will
present itself in the near future. Prepara-
tion for spring work, taking time by the
fore-lock, having soil composted and
other materials ready for operation
when the opportune season arrives will
enable us to make the most of the fleeting
season.

It will yet be in good time to replant
hardy nymphteas where they are over-
grown and crowded, and intending
purchasers should not defer planting till
next season because it is now getting
late. There is much to be gained by
planting hardy nymphjeas even if the
operation is delayed until after mid-sum-
mer. I hope to demonstrate this fact by
the condition of affairs at Buffalo this
season. The present is a good time to
plant hardy nymphaeas.

Usually the early part of May is about
right for planting nelumbiums, but at
Riverton, N. J., we are at least two
weeks later than usual and most sections
east, west and north of us are two to three
weeks later than we are. It is yet in
good time to plant lotuses, but advan-
tage may be taken of starting these
indoors and good potgrown plants may
be had for June planting. Yet with the
caution given from time to time throagh
this medium, many persons insist on
ordering these plants, or rather tubers, at
an early date and doubtless many will
find that early purchased tubers, instead
of making new growth, have turned
black and show no signs of life, and arc
not likely to. Lotus tubers should not
be transplanted until the weather is
settled warm and vegetation around us
emphasizes the fact that spring is here.
If these conditions do not exist naturally,
artificial means should be resorted to.
Where planting is deferred till June it is
better to secure pot-grown plants; these
may be planted during June and early in
July with good results.

It is yet too early to risk tender nym-
phaeas out of doors. The end of May or ,
early in June will be best. Those who
have accommodation under glass, where
the plants may be grown on until a
suitable time for planting arrives, should
secure plants at once. Tfie game remarks

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PLANTS FOR DESIGN WORK.

will apply to victorias unless ponds are
artificially heated, but more of this later.

Do not overlook the planting of mar-
gins of ponds. The hardy bamboos are
increasing annually in demand and
deservedly so. After the severe winter
experienced in this section, and the lack
of snow or any protection whatever,
they are now pushing forth new growth
from the old canes, m spite of the fact
that on many of these the foliage is sere
and dead.

In planting margins a very ornamental
bush for this purpose should not be over-
looked, and that is Tamarix Africana.
It is of irregular growth, inclined to be
tall, especially in wet ground, but its
graceful, feathery foliage and branches
are most attractive and striking all the
season, and in spring they are literally
smothered with delicate pink flowers.
The bushes should be pruned hard after
flowering. Other marginal plants by far
too seldom met with are Acorus Japonicns
variegatus, Sagittaria Japonica fl. pi.,
S. Montevidiensis, typhas, lythrum,
jussieuas, etc. Wm. Thicker.

Plants For Design Work,

The accompanying illustration shows
the character of plants that are well
adapted for design work. Pack the balls
of roots, without pots, with moss when
filling the frame. If carefully done the
design is quite beautiful before the flow-
ers are added and many times more
attractive than it cut stock is depended
upon entirely. These adiantnms are
old, divided clumps from the bed and
make taller-stemmed fronds than the
fresh seedlings. As they do not wilt
when planted in this way they are indis-
pensable. Besides the plants illustrated
here the ordinary run of ferns and aspar-
agus are serviceable and should be kept
on hand by all makers of floral designs.

C. B. W.

A Department Store Floral Display.
The accompanying illustration shows
the floral department of Daniels & Fisher,
of Denver, Col. This department, which
is only a small branch of the firm's great
business, is under the direct management
ofE. W. Ortman, who has had charge
for about one year. In that time he has
succeeded in so bringing his department
before the eyes of his employers as to

secure for his display the most conspicu-
ous window of their business building.
Before that time an obscure window was
all that could be spared for it. The firm
owns and operates its own greenhouses,
embracing about 40,000 square feet of
glass. It is one of a very few depart-
ment stores in the country which own
and run such a branch. The growing
business under Mr. Ortman only shows
again what has long been proven — that
this business is a most popular and last-
ing one if the public is properly shown
what it wishes to possess. We hope
that many of our readers may some time
see the window, to which the picture
only does photographic justice.

HoLYOKK, Mass —The Holyoke Horti-
cultural Society has planned for an annual
rose show in June. A special silver cup
is ofiiered by G. N. Tyner for the best
exhibit of twelve varieties, two blooms
of each.

Notes On Herbaceous Plants.

With every year we notice the decided
increase in the demand for perennials of
all descriptions. Not long ago the pat-
rons of a florist simply gave orders to
plant the beds in their grounds with
various bedding plants, but now a
majority of the people will insist that
part of the grounds be adorned with
hardy perennials. The old practice of
planting every available space with
ordinary bedding plants is seldom fol-
lowed now. We are going back to the
old style of gardening, creating harmoni-
ous mixtures of both hardy and tender
materials combined. The bedding of
to-day is more natural; the beds present
the graceful outlines which we admire so
much in nature, where no formal or fan-
ciful designs are ever encountered. The
sheared and clipped monstrosities, as we
have seen them for quite a number of
years, are fortunately rapidly disappear-
ing.

The hardy herbaceous plants are now
certainly the most striking and interest-
ing feature in a garden, there is such an
unlimited variety in color, size and shape
of the flowers. Some grow tall, stately
and broad, while others, equally beauti-
ful and interesting, creep closely on the
ground and form colored mats over the
surface. We have plants which thrive in
every conceivable situation, shady or
sunny, dry, moist or in swampy places.
The driest and poorest banks and hill-
tops, where grass refuses to grow, can
be clothed with refreshing and luxuriant
verdure and may also be made more
attractive by introducing the various
flowering species which prefer such a
situation.

There are hardy plants which bloom
before the snowdrops and we have others
which will often continue in bloom until
December. In fact, the herbaceous bor-
der has its attractions every month in
the year. Even in midwinter we can find
a few hellebores under the snow. It is
no wonder, then, that the flower-loving
people are anxious to gather a collection
of hardy plants around their homes and
the florist who is up to the times has
long before this found out the necessity

STORE OF DANIELS & FISHER, DENVER, COLO.

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May i8,

of keeping at least the leading and most
popular hardy plants in stock.

The few old collections which were in
existence in this country twenty-five or
thirty-five years ago have materially
aided in distributing the older, reliable
species over the country at the beginning
of the revival of the taste for perennials,
but it was soon found necessary to look
elsewhere for the newer or rarer things
also. Now we have quite a number of
younger establishments east and west,
which catalogue a formidable list of
hardy herbaceous plants, suitable for
planting in beds, the mixed border, the
rockery, the wild garden and also for
intermixing with shrubs. Additions to
the lists are noticed with every new issue
of the catalogue; old varieties of certain
species are dropped to make room for
the newer and improved introductions.

The varieties of panicled phloxes, the
pyrethrums and the asters now offered
are far ahead of those offered twenty
years ago, and so it is with a number of
other species and genera. Rare things,
even when not new, quickly attract
the public eye. The chaste little Amebia
echioides is an old plant of which the
public had no knowledge a few years
ago; now the demand is far in excess of
the supply. But it is really a gem among
our spring flowering plants, growing
eight or ten inches high, with terminal,
curved spikes of soft primrose yellow
flowers, with a purplish black, small dot
between each lobe of the corolla, and
blooms very freely.

Myosotis rupicola, the true alpine for-
get-me-not, must be seen to be appreci-
ated. It is very dwarf, only about two
inches high, forming a dense, compact
tuft. The color is of deepest blue, with
yellow eye. the earliest bloomer of all
and as hardy as anyjof the forget-me-nots.
The hybrid lobelias of the cardinalis and
syphilitica type are grand acquisitions.
The intense and dazzling color of the for-
mer in softened in them, but the shades
are brilliant nevertheless; lavender, pale

have a good run; we flowered it last year
for the first time and every one seemed
enthusiastic over its pleasing color as
well as the flowering quality. The vari-
ous varieties of oriental poppies are well
worth attention. Many of them are
decided improvements on the type in
color as well as in growth. Papaver
nudicaule sulphureum is a most valuable
acquisition. The pale primrose yellow
flowers are not only larger and of better
substance than those of the type, but
also more perfect and symmetrical in
form.

When Campanula persicifolia Back-
housei came to us a number of years
ago, we thought the size of the flowers
in this species had attained its limit
there; now we have the immense bells of
C. persicifolia Grossglocke in more per-
fect shape; it is a very robust grower as
easily managed as the well known type
and is likely to be plentiful everywhere
soon, because the plants quickly grow
into large clumps and divide freely.

The improved varieties of Phlox subu-
lata, as The Bride, the true Nelsonii and
the clear pink Vivid, are so much superior
to the type, that no one will care for the
older varieties when these imjjroved sorts
can be obtained. In the white flowered
Japanese anemones, Whirlwind and Lady
Ardilann had quite a run for awhile when
first introduced; now we have a superior,
soft rose-colored variety in Queen Char-
lotte. If ever a plant deserved to be
pushed to the foreground, this anemone
Is the one to be selected. It is bound to
become very popular.

Not new but scarce and most elegant are
the little plants of Anemone nemorosa fl.
pi. The pure white, dainty flowers of good
size are double to the center, borne singly
on slender, erect stems. They .last twice
as long as those of the several beautiful
single forms. Astilbe Thunbergii and
A. Chinensis are recognized everywhere
as valuable acquisitions and nearly all
fanciers of hardy plants are now familiar
with them, but with the allied Spiraea

JAMES GURNEY'8 "BEST RED" NYMPH>EA.

and deep rose, as well as carmine and
crimson are represented. The hybrids
of Heuchera sanguinea are not less
attractive. Rose, pale and darker pink,
carmine, crimson and white flowers are
found among them and they are likely to
sell as well as the original species did
when first introduced.
Veronica spicata rosea ii promising to

Arnncus Kneiffii, being newer, only a few
are acquainted as yet. This plant
deserves to be mentioned among the
most promising and will undoubtedly
be in great demand for some years to
come. The foliage is very finely divided
into narrow segments and the feathery,
panicled sprays of white flowers are pro-
duced in great profusion. It is said to

attain a height of from three to four feet,
but as yet I have not seen any plants of
half that size, though when fully estab-
lished they are likely to grow more vig-
orously in stem as well as in foliage.

The golden yellow flowered Coronilla
montana is extremely rare, though easily
grown and as hardy as the old C. varia,
but quite distinct in its growth, which is
erect, almost woody, though the stems
die down entirely in winter. The first
flowers appear in May, from the axils of
the leaves. Buds are forming as the shoots
continue to elongate. New growths
spring up from the base during summer
and these in turn will furnish bloom later
in the season. The foliage as well as the
flowers remind us of the well known
greenhouse shrub, C. glauca. J. B. K.

New Water Lilies at St. Louis.

George B. Moulder, the Kentuckian
who is so well-known as a water lily ,
specialist, says that the most meritorious I
new tropical nymphaea which he has '
tried is one raised by James Gurney, ,j
Superintendent of Tower Grove Park,
St. Louis. Mr. Gurney has had it in '
flower in the park ponds labeled simply |
"Best Red" and, although the parentage I
is unknown, it is probably a cross of ■
Nymphsa Devoniensis and N. rubra. '
Already a number of people have the ]
plants but it will probably be named
and distributed in the trade next season.
The accompanying illustration gives et
idea of its prolific blooming qualities, 1
which are among its strongest merits.

It is said that Nymphjea Frank Tre- i
lease, a crimson Devoniensis also raised I
by Mr. Gurney, is very fine.

Landscaping as a Part of the Florists' |
Business. >

yRead by Robert B. Ctidtand, oj Germantovm, I
Pa., before the Fiortsts" Oub of Philadelphia, May 1

r, 190'A i

When accepting the honor which your I
committee conferred in assigning a sub- I
ject on which to prepare and read a paper :
before this club, I realized to a degree the^
difficulty of writing from a business point
of view in disregard to those talents that
make the "gardening art" a profession
rather than a commercial enterprise.
Therefore, in hopes of making a more .
interesting paper, I have taken greater
latitude than the title implies.

The desire of the people to beautify
their surroundings has become more gen-
eral here within recent years than at any
other period. We have awakened from
the old, stereotyped methods, to realize
the possibility of design in the adjust-
ment of the house, roads, paths and.
other adjuncts necessary to the conven-
ience and comfortsof the home. Wemay
have utility without sacrificing beanty;
every feature is considered as to its par-
ticular fitness, and each arranged with
regard for the whole.

The house site is selected with consid-
eration for health and beauty; exposure
must be bright and sunny, the ground
properly drained and the water supply
good. Prospect and aspect, theviews to
those within and those without, must be
well pleasing to the eye.

Roads must be as direct as possible and
conform to the topography. Should the
grades be rolling and steep a circuitous
drive will be essential to attain an easy
ascent. The same may apply to paths;
when, however, the ground is compara"
tively level, long winding roads or paths,
with sharp reverses, are in bad tatte,
and we should not condemn anyone who
takes to the turf where such exist.

igor.

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1479

SHRUBBERY PLANTATION ABOUT THE OFFICE BUILDING AT QRAOELAND CEMETERY, CHICAGO.

The entrance gates are also to be con-
sidered. These should be simple in out-
line and broad in effect; the piers set at
right angles to the drive, and where dis-
crepancies of distance from highway to
piers occur, the same should be made up
in the wing-walls.

The designing of the grounds as regards
planting requires considerable thought.
Sometimes an entire new scene must be
created, while at others it is only neces-
sary to embellish that which already
exists. Vistas are to be made by plant-
ing, or to be opened by the judicious use
of the axe. In either case a thorough
knowledge ot what nature has used in
the building of her landscape is essential.

The hills are to be explored to ascer-
tain the various trees and shrubs that
exist; also the lowlands and the water's
edge. On high elevations wiU be found
the oaks, poplars, maples, ash, chestnuts,
pines, junipers and others; this will sug-
gest what to use under similar condi-
tions. Likewise the sweet gum, red
maple, magnolias, alders, with others
will indicate what to use on low grounds.
Close to water we find the willows of
various tints of gold and red bark, and
the variety Babylonica, of airy, graceful
foliage, dipping its branches into the
very stream. This is nature's guide, and
if followed will give us harmony at
least.

Ingenious man, however, is not satis-
fied with the indigenous, so the cata-
logues must be increased by numerous
importations. Here is an easy channel
to err. Like the boy with his first box
of crayons, we are tempted to use too

many varieties, scattering them through-
out the plantations with no more serious
thought tor the combinations of colors.

The plants should be arranged in har-
monious masses, and each located with
regard for its particular beauty at differ-
ent seasons. Nature has given material
in the form, leaf, flower or fruit with
which to decorate the landscape at all
seasons, and as the flower of one variety
is fading another is appearing, thus it
continues until fall, when the foliage
assumes its gayest attire; after the leaves
have fallen the fruit and twig still
brighten the aspect.

In arranging the masses for color, those
at a distance should be larger than those
closer to the eye. Clumps of the same
colored flowers should not be repeated
too frequently, or it will give the appear-
ance of spottiness.

On observation we frequently see the
lack of judgment in distributing single
specimens over the lawn. Recently was
counted at least forty plants of spiraea
and forsythia in as many different posi-
tions on a small place, and all visible
from one point. This, as you may imag-
ine, was not very pleasing.

Whether the work be great or small,
we must apply the same fundamental
principles, judgment and taste. And it
would seem that the more familiar the
florist becomes with those impulses which
inspire to better methods of design in
landscape gardening, the more artistic
will be those embellishments which are
within his province. Whatever we do,
let it be done with a purpose; if a tree is
to be planted for shade, place it where it

best serves that end. If the space will
not permit of planting one of spreading
habit, use one of pyramidal growth.

The planting of many large growing
trees on small grounds is not wise, nor
should they be placed closer than twenty
to twenty- five feet from the house. Never
plant a specimen because it is attractive,
unless a suitable place can be found for
it. Consider ultimate size and the gen-
eral appearance of the whole. It is better
to map out a scheme with system, regard-
less of the rendering of the drawing. A
layout may be depicted crudely on paper,
and yet be highly satisfactory when
realized on the ground.

Specimen plants should be isolated, as
they are not generally necessary to the
picture as a whole. In planting to
screen offensive objects use the hemlock
or spruce; as a summer screen privet is
better, or vines, the dolichos being par-
ticularly useful in making a quick screen
over a lattice.

We have learned a lesson from the
wanton mutilation of street trees by the
telegraph and telephone companies,
which would suggest, where practicable,
to set them back to the building line.
Then the leader will be spared at least,
and if cutting is found necessary it may
be done symmetrically.

When the grounds are small and the
straight lines predominate, the flower
beds should be located in geometric
fashion; what is done on one side must
be duplicated on the other. The beds
should be placed close to the house or
the border planting, for they appear ^est
with a background. Brilliant colors

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The American Florist.

May i8,

should only be used when they are sur-
rounded with abundance of green and
dark shadows. Planting at the base of
the house is infinitely better than
cutting beds in the turf. When thus
treated use only the cleaner, free growing
sorts.

Herbaceous plants, as a rule, are not
suitable for this purpose, and some vari-
eties are as much out of place as a coleus
bed in the woodland. These should be
scattered through the shrubberies in bor-
ders, along the walks of the vegetable
garden, or in a flower garden especially
provided, where one may cut at will for
indoor decoration.

There are exceptions, however, and
perhaps all have appreciated the perfect
harmony of the larkspur, delphiniums,
hollyhocks, paeonies and monkshood
scattered in a natural manner around
the base of a building of the old farm-
house type. Vernonias, asters and solid-
agos seem most suited to the borders of
the woods.

The demand for perennials is becoming
more pronounced, and in a measure they
are supplanting many of the bedding
plants. Therefore, it behooves the florist
to familiarize himself with the best adap-
tion of these invaluable plants, and gain
even greater distinction than he possessed
as the author of the pattern beds.

In closing, whether we are florists, nur-
serymen or landscape gardeners, let our
work be the faithful representation of
what may be done in helping nature.
And though commercial interests must
be a factor, there is no legitimate reason
why it should be a barrier to good
design. Let us have a brotherhood at
least, through the genius of which the
world may be made more beautiful by
the conferences and intermingling of
thought on this the most delightful of
vocations, landscape gardening.

Chicago.

STATE OF THE MARKET. — POOR STOCK IN
OYEB-SUPPLY. — GOOD BEAUTIES VERY
SCARCE AND LILY OF THE VALLEY HARD
TO FIND.— HEAVY RECEIPTS OF MEDIUM
GRADE CARNATIONS — P.KONY CROP IS
ON. — RETAILERS HAVE TROUBLES OF
THEIR OWN — LOSE IN WAR ON CURB
STONE DEALERS AND ARE OUT OP POCKET
TO A MAN OF "INFLUENCE."— SCHOOL
BOARD DECREES AGAINST PRESENTS AT
COMMENCEMENTS.— VARIOUS ITEMS OF
INTEREST.

In many respects this has been a most
unusual week for the wholesalers. The
unseasonablv cold weather has had a
disastrous effect on the quality of nearly
all items of stock and has made it diffi-
cult to fill many orders, while at the
same time the market was in a condition
of virtual glut. Beauties have been the
principal shortage, cuts being light
and the quality so poor that even the
best stock was not worth a high price.
There has been much complaint from
out of town buyers that Beauties sent
them were no better than those they had
at home and were not serviceable for the
purposes intended, but at the same time
the buds were as good as the market
afiorded and a good many orders went
unfilled. In tea roses, first-class Brides
aiid Bridesmaids have been difficult to
procure, while there have been thousands
of such quality that only the street
fakirs could handle them. Liberty,
Meteor, Golden Gate, Kaiserin and Mar-
quise Litta have been in better shape.
Carnations, too, show the eflects of the
weather and good stock has not been
plentiful, but at the same time there have

been thousands upon thousands of
inferior flowers to be moved with the aid
of the street salesmen. The receipts in
one commission house on Wednesday
were not less than 25,000 and naturally
the averages have been pretty low,
although a trifle better than in the
recent very hot weather. There have
been some fine parrot tulips this week
and by Friday paeonies were coming in
plentifully, selling fairly well. The first
whites this year were started 08 at 75
cents per dozen. Lily of the valley has
suddenly become a pronounced scarcity
and many of those with wedding and
funeral work on hand were unable to
secure supplies during the week. Sweet
peas, too, have shortened up, white in
particular, being scarce.

The retailers and their troubles have
occupied the center of the stage this week.
It develops that the gentleman whom
the retailers engaged to prosecute their
war on the fakirs h&s turned a pretty
penny at their expense. This man was
introduced to the retailers as a relative
of a prominent politician and he is said
to have assured them that if a little
money were placed at his disposal he
could procure the passage, by the city
council, of an ordinance prohibiting the
street fakirs from operating in the down
town district. The retailers at once
expressed tbeir willingness to 'chip in"
toward a fund for the purpose and it is
said that sixty-four of them subscribed
in amounts varyiqg from $2 to $50.
Most of them took receipts for the
money, signed J. S. Feldman, but that is
all they have got, except the laugh which
the Greeks are now giving them, for the
council last Monday night formally
turned down the ordinance. It is said
that Feldman secured subscriptions
amounting to between $700 and $800
and what he did with the money is a
question. He received it with the under-
standing that it was to be used for
lobbying and says that he did all he
could in the matter, but several of the
subscribers did not pay the amount for
which they had pledged themselves and
this he is now collecting, having started
suit against several of the retailers,
among them John Mangel and H. F.
Halle, before a far distant country justice
of the peace.

At a session of the Board of Education
on Wednesday night the recommendation
of Superintendent E. G.'Cooley, with
regard to ostentation and presents at
commencements, was adopted by a vote
of twelve to three. Mr. Cooley has eon-
ducted the schools most ably in the past
year, his administration being remark-
ably free from acts antagonistic to any
of the many interests involved in school
management, but this ukase has aroused
a hornets' nest; it not only deals a severe
blow to the flower trade but to the
dry goods, shoe, livery and many other
tax-paying industries. The superintend-
ent poses as standing for those children
whose parents cannot afiord flowers and
furbelows, but his viewpoint hardly
affords a full survey of the situation, for
it is asserted by many that neither the
superintendent nor the board has the
imperialistic power to forbid a fond
mamma to deck hersweet girl graduatein
finery or to station a policeman at the
door to keep out the matron who brings
the gorgeous bunch of garden pseonies.
It is pointed out that the matter of
ostentation at commencement is a sub-
ject for the exercise of individual good
taste rather than managerial authority.

The other day Bassett & Washburn
received a case of ferns from the cold

storage company which had been over-
looked in the warehouse and had
remained frozen down since the autumn
of 1899. The stock was in good con-
dition, considerably better than most
lots which have been in storage only
since last fall. This firm believes that
there are no Harrisii lily bulbs too good
for their use. They thought they took
unusual precautions to procure good
stock for the past season, but were dis-
appointed, and have gone even farther for
next season. During this week they have
placed an order for about 30,000 7-9
bulbs, which will be selected for them
while growing in the fields in Bermuda
and carefully kept separate from any
other lots of bulbs.

The preliminary premium list has been
issued for the autumnal exhibition of the
Horticultural Society of Chicago and
follows the same general lines as that of
last year, the notable exceptions being
the restoration of the international com-
petition which was a feature in the chrys-
anthemum classes prior to last year, and
the provision that cut flower exhibits,
unless specifically excepted, shall be
judged twice, first as soon as may be
after being staged and again on the fol-
lowing day, the average of the points
obtained determining the awards. Aside
from two silver cups, thirteen silver and
one bronze medal, the money value of
premiums listed is $2,936.

The George Wittbold Company reports
business for the past three months as the
heaviest in the history of the concern,
both in the wholesale and retail way.
Palms and ferns have been moving out
at an unprecedented rate and every mail
brings orders for their Wittboldii, which
is gaining favor every day. In the two
retail stores they have had some very
big jobs lately, including a $400 wedding
decoration put up at Germania Hall
last Monday.

The flower trade has recently been
receiving much publicity at the hands of
the daily papers. The Tribune is con-
ducting a prize contest in the beautifying
of city yards and has written up the
campaign against the curbstone gentry
and its inglorious end, while the Record-
Herald has called attention to the won-
derful development of the flower industry
in Chicago by several illustrated articles
in its Sunday issues.

Peter Reinberg has been down to New
Castle to see how things are progressing
there and finds two houses glazed and
ready for planting. The builders are
finding it slow work, but all of them
expect to have their houses ready in
time. Peter Weiland will be up from New
Castle tomorrow to spend a couple of
davs.

Klehms' Nursery has 5000 plants of lon-
giflorum lilies in training for the Decora-
tion day business. The Kennicott
Brothers Company expects to have at
least 10,000 first-class flowers from this
lot, considerably more than they ever
before handled for memorial purposes,
but they promise to take well.

This is a busy season for fohn C. Schu-
bert, who has recently been reappointed
city smoke inspector. The agitation for
a clean city, which is now going on, is
occasioning a great deal of complaint at
his office and he is prosecuting numerous
cases against persons whose chimneys
are polling the atmosphere.

There is a prospect for a very good
Decoration day trade. Last year ship-
ping orders were very numerous at that
time, although, as Mr. Amling notes, the
orders were not particularly large and
prices were only fair.

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It is reported that glass has unex-
pectedly struck the toboggan and prices
are coming down as fast as they recenth'
went up. One ol the big growers bought
several hundred boies a few days ago at
$5.53 for 16x24 double strength A glass,
and there are rumors of oflferings at even
a less price than this.

On May 15 August Dressel filed a
petition in bankruptcy in the United
States district court. The liabilities
amount to $18,200. Mr. Dressel has
taken this step on the advice of creditors
who believe that in this way, rightly
handled, the property will pay claims
and leave an equity.

J. A. Valentine, of Denver, was a receut
visitor and went on to Buflalo, whence
he will travel to Duluth by steamer, and
from the latter city home. He recently
made the trip from Galveston to New
York by steamer.

Wietor Brothers have sold completely
out of rose plants and carnation cuttings
and say this has been the biggest season
they ever knew in this department. Some
of their orders were phenomenally large.

The annual picnic of the employes of
Vaughan's Seed Store will be held at
Western Springs, May 19. The train
leaving at 11:40 a. m. is the one to take.

Benthey & Company are now nicely
installed in their new quarters and the
Poehlmann Brothers Company expects
to move in within a few days.

E. C. Amling has been absent from his
place of business two days this week,
attending the funerals of relatives of
Mrs. Amling.

C. C. Ferdinandsen has opened a mod-
est retail store at 6223 Cottage Grove
avenue, handling cut flowers and bed-
ding plants.

C. H. Dickenson, of E. H. Hunt's, is
planning to make an attractive exhibit
at the S. A. F. trade exhibition this
year.

Emil Buettner has been at Washington
this week attending the meeting of the
incorporators of the S. A. F.

W. N. Rudd is a republican candidate
for alderman of Blue Island, which has
been made a city recently.

Visitors: Alfred Dimmock, represent-
ing Sander, of Bruges, Belgium; Meyer
Heller, New Castle, Ind.

New York.

MONTHLY MEETING OF THE FLORISTS'
CLUB.— ATTENDANCE LABGB AHD EN-
THUSIASM RUNS HIGH, — VISITORS FROM
THE HUB MAKE LAUDATORY REMARKS.
— ENTERTAINMBNT.-STOCK VERY ABUND-
ANT AND DEMAND LIGHT.

The meeting of the Florists' Club on
the evening of Monday, May 13, was
well attended and enthusiastic. After
the usual routine business the matter of
the fall show was considered and the
reports of the chairmen of the various
sub-committees indicated a very encour-
aging activity. Mr. Langjahr reported
for the outing committee that arrange-
ments had been made for an excursion of
the club members and their families to
Locust Point in the second week of July.
A committee, with Mr. Langjahr at its
head, was appointed to attend to ques-
tions of transportation, etc., in connec-
tion with the Buffalo convention, for
which the attendance from here promises
to be unprecedentedly large. Messrs.
Lawrence Cotter, Fred. Mathison and
P. Welch, of Boston, were visitors at the
club meeting, being on their way to the
S. A. F. session at Washington. Each
was called on for remarks and responded
pleasantly, congratulating the club on its
evident prosperity and New York florists

generally on their enterprise. Mr. Mathi-
son stated that he and Mr. Welch
expected to continue their trip as far as
North Carolina, whose governor would
no doubt have something to say to them.
The entertainment committee of the club
acquitted itself in the usual creditable
manner and Messrs. Butterfield, Plumb
and Stewart contributed songs as their
share of the entertaintment. Samuel
Henshaw, being called upon, gave an
exceedingly interesting little talk on what
he had seen on his recent trip to Jamaica,
Trinidad, Barbadoes, etc., which was
received with much favor. On the exhibi-
tion table were some new ivies and
Azalea Firefly from J. H. Troy, for each
of which honorable mention was given
by the judges.

Business continues as reported last
week — very light demand but enormous
supply of every kind of stock, which
wholesalers find exceedingly difficult to
get rid of. Prices are all broken up and
there is no prospect of recovery at present.

Mr. Pankok, of Pankpk & Schnmaker,
was thrown from his bicycle on Wednes-
day and suffered a dislocated knee.

Millang & Saltford have dissolved
partnership, the business to be continued
as before bv Charles Millang.

Mrs. J. K. Creevey has been chosen
president of the botanical department of
the Brooklyn Institute.

The new greenhouses at Bronx Park
are to cost $68,300. J. R. Sheehan & Co.
have the contract.

The display of hyacinths and tulips at
Prospect Park this year is very fine.

Herman C. Steinhoff has just returned
from a trip to Trinidad.

Mrs. WarendorfJ sails for Europe to-day
on the Pennsylvania.

Visitor: Albert McCuUough, Cincin-
nati.

Boston.

WHOLESALE HOUSES CROWDED WITH
STOCK.— BUVERS THE ONLY SCARCITY.
— STREET DEALERS SET THE MARKET
PRICES. — NATIONAL CHARTERITBS OFF
FOR WASHINGTON — SUCCESSFUL OPEN-
ING EXHIBITION ASSURED FOR NEW
HORTICULTURAL HALL —NOTES.

Very dull indeed is the cut flower trade.
Market and wholesale establishments
present a most discouraging aspect for
the grower looking for purchasers for his
product A regular price for any item is
out of the quesrionand the only value on
cut flower stock of any kind is whatever
the street fakir elects to give for it.
Improvement is nowhere in sight, but
Decoration day will soon be near enough
to make itself felt and all are looking
ahead to that event, which means so
much to everyone connected with the
florist business in this section of the
country. Astilbes, lilies, candytuft and
stocks are in active training for the
Decoration day demand, which is bound
to be exceptionally good for such
material if the season drags along as it
has been doing with outdoor shrub
bloom.

The only little ripple on the surface
this week was the departure of the local
charter members for Washington to par-
ticipate in the organization of the S. A.
F. under the national charter. The party
consisted of Messrs. Welch, Cotter,
Mathison and Stewart. They were
escorted to the train on Monday by a
procession consisting of George Watson,
of i-'hiladelphia, who is in town on a
strictly business trip and seems to find
things very satisfactory here in his line.

The new horticultural building is

becoming a center of attraction and is
visited daily by numbers of people.
Progress is now very rapid and there is
no doubt that it will be in readiness for
the opening exhibition at the end of this
month. In anticipation of the extended
horticultural interest the public library
is preparing to make a special exhibition
of books and photographs relating to
horticulture at the time of the opening
of the flower show.

The "Koral" letter factory at Suther-
land's is now in full operation and visi-
tors are greatly interested in the clever
operations whereby such intricate fancy
work and wonderfully perfect script
letters are turned out while one waits.
The demand is already far beyond what
was anticipated.

Visitor: Wm. P. Craig, Philadelphia.

Philadelphia.

GRAHAM PUTS UP A VERY FINE OBCOBA-
TION FOE A DINNER. — TRADE IN GENERAL
LIGHT AND STOCK IN OVER SUPPLY —
QUALITIES ON THE DOWN GRADE.— CAR-
NATIONS HOLD UP FAIRLY WELL.

The principal event of the week, from
the point of view of the storekeeper, was
the elaborate dinner tendered to United
States Senator Mathew Stanley Quay.
The display was very lavish, there being
six long tables, seating over 500 people,
the full length of Horticultural Hall,
where the banquet was served. The dis-
tinguished guests were seated at a.
seventh table across the end of the hall.
Each table was dressed in a different
color, yellowand white daisies, red, white
and pink roses and lilacs were the flowers
for the long tables, with American
Beauties for the speakers' table. Tall
standards rose about every ten feet,
holding aloft branches of dogwood and
lilac blossoms; tall chandeliers studded
with miniature electric lights were placed
between these. The letters in Senator
Quay's name in electric lights, one on
each table, desigoatedthe tables without
the usual numbers. A liberal use of the
colored wood matting in connection with
the flowers and foliage carried out the
color idea on the tables admirably.
Altogether it was a very fine piece of
work and reflects great credit on Hugh
Graham, the artist in charge.

There is, with the exception of a few
large orders, very little doing. The school
commencements, it is hoped, will help
out a little, along with the June weddings
The supply of flowers is more than
adequate for the demand and the man
with a large order can get his supply at
a very low price; $8 is high for tea roses,
which, by the way, have now very long
stems but little to show in the way of
flowers. Beauties are also getting smaller
and sunburnt, which spoils the color con-
siderably. Carnations are still fine and
plentiful; $1.25 is high for good ordinary,
with $2 to $4 for the specials.

W. K. Harris, who passed through a
severe illness, but was on the mend a
week ago, has had a relapse, caused,
probably, by his overtaxing his strength.
He is now gaining again, so that before
long we hope to see him again wielding
the gavel and hear his authoritative voice
from the chair as of yore.

Plant men continue very busy and it
looks as if they would sell out completely.
K.

Bbavbr, Pa.— B. F. Engle, of Roches-
ter, has purchased the Beaver Greenhouse,
on Raccoon street, and will remove it to
Rochester.

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The American Florist.

May i8.

St. Louis.

CLUB MBBTING HAS FBW ATTRACTIONS
FOR CITY PEOPLE. — MUCH BDSINBSS
TEANSACTBD AND PLANS MADE FOE
FUTURE. — DISCUSSIONS. — DUNFORD TO
TAKE A PARTNER AND BRANCH OUT.—
STATE OF THE MARKET.

The May meeting of the Florists' Club
was held on Thursday, with eleven mem-
bers present, and of these all were from
outside the city except three. The first
outdoor meeting is to be held at Belle-
ville, June 13, Dr. Halstead having
extended the invitation. The meeting
will be called at 3 o'clock. It was decided
that the club give a picnic in July, at
w^hich prizes will be offered for various
sports. A meeting of the show commit-
tee will be held on Tuesday, May 21,
with Frank Ellis, 1316 Pine street, who
was added to the committee by the pres-
ident at this meeting. The World's Fair
committee reported that the first pay-
ment on stock has been made, but that
several members have not come to the
front with their contributions. H. G.
Ude brought a few blooms of a Daybreak
colored seedling carnation with stems
fifty-two inches long and so stifl that it
was not necessary to stake them, as they
droop but slightly, about nine inches
from an erect position. Dr. Halstead
and F. J. Ammann, who were the judges,
gave it favorable mention. Mr. Mohr
exhibited flowers of eight varieties of
Cupid sweet peas, also a vase of
Zvolanek's Christmas sweet pea which
he has had in bloom since last Christ-
mas. He is growing some 155 varieties
of sweet peas this summer at the Mis-
souri Botanical Garden. A paper by
Frank K. Balthis, on "A few succulents
and their uses," was well received. A
very interesting discussion on carnations
was started. Mr. Guy, of Belleville,
^ays that he is cutting Ethel Crocker at
present which measure three inches in
diameter, while others claimed too many
splits among them and think .Genevieve
Lord is better. Everyone agreed that
Mrs. Joost is as good as the best in its
class. Dark weather, it was claimed,
caused a large number of splits in Ethel
Crocker.

The market was very short of roses
and carnations the latter part of last
week, but some very good stock is now
coming in. Some good sweet peas are
bringing from 35 cents to 50 cents per
hundred. Calla lilies are coming in very
handy of late for funeral work and sell
for more than the few Harrisii still in
the market. Trade has been somewhat
slack for some time but several of the
Grand avenue florists are doing quite a
trade in potted plants of late.

J. W. Dunford, Jr., will increase his
place to double the amount of glass this
summer and will take in a partner, F. B.
Call. The firm will be known as the St.
Louis Carnation Company and will have
a capital of some $25,000 or $30,000,
making this one of the largest in the
west and the largest grower of carna-
tions in the vicinity of St. Louis. They
will go in for rooted carnation cuttings
as a specialty. Mr. Dunford has always
turned out very fine stock. R. J. M.

MuNCiE, Ind. — George Kendall has
sold his greenhouses and business at 298
Kilgore avenue to Fred. W. Meyer, a
young man vrho has been with the E. G.
Hill Company at Richmond and who is
well qualified to make a success of busi-
ness for himself Mr. Kendall is in poor
health and will shortly remove to Pasa-
dena, Cal.

Utica, N. Y.

BREEZY JOTTINGS OF DOINGS HERE AND
THERE AMONG THOSE OF THE CRAFT. —
MUCH GOOD STOCK IN EVIDENCE AND
PROSPERITY IS UNIVERSAL.— NOTES OF
DOINGS OF THE GROWERS.

Rosarian Peter Crowe will soon com-
mence building seven additional houses
of goodly dimensions. Mr. Crowe's
roses present a sight worth seeing at all
seasons of the year and he has been a
leading prize winner at the exhibitions of
the American Rose Society. His Adiantum
Bardii is unquestionably a fine as well as
a paying fern. Thousands of fronds are
shipped weekly to the New York, Buflalo
and Boston markets, the demand for
them at all times exceeding the supply.
Mr. Crowe is working up a stock and
will likely put it on the market a year
hence.

Alderman Baker is busy. Aside from
public business, which is the reward tor
being one of the city fathers, he has had
many afiairs of his own to attend to.
Between funeral wark, which is heavy,
and outdoor work, which brooks no
delay, the boys about his establishrnent
are kept on the jump. Those who believe
that thirteen is an unlucky number
should see Baker's seedling carnation
designated by those figures. It is a fine
white flower, slightly penciled with pink.
Mr. Baker intends growing a house of
it next season.

Dr. A. W. Rowlands, a lover of the
divine flower, is about to build two
good sized, modem carnation houses.
Although a professional man, he takes
more than a passing interest in carna-
tions and seems to know as much about
the requirements of each and every
variety as the average grower who
grows carnations not for the love of the
thing but for what there is in it.

J. C. Spencer reports good trade all
along the line. His place, as usual, looks
spick and span and the general stock is
in excellent condition. Mr. Spencer has
a seedling, which it would be hard to
distinguish from the Lawson. Like the
latter, it possesses all the good qualities
of a high grade carnation.

Wm. Mathews, of orchid fame, has no
complaints to make. Business is brisk
and encouraging and his stock ii in the
pink of condition. Besides orchids, of
which he is perhaps the largest grower
in the state, Mr. Mathews grows carna-
tions and roses equally well.

Wm. Pfeifer thinks there is nothing to
surpass The Marquis and a glance at
his stock would suffice to convince one
that he has good grounds for his opinion.
The Lawson is his next favorite, while
Bradt, Crane and White Cloud show up
equally well.

A stroll through F. E. Shaw's place
proved interesting. Carnations, of which
he makes a specialty, looked decidedly
fine. Such varieties as The Marquis,
Lawson and Mrs. Bradt do especially
well here, while Jubilee is still in the lead
as a red. Nomis.

Fall River, Mass.

We are sorry that Mr. Warburton's
seedling, Cressbrook, was damaged on its
way to Buflalo for we think it is a
winner.

The plants for the two cemeteries are
to be bought by contract this year for the
first time in the history of Fall River.

F. Buffiogton is meeting hawkers' prices
oh pansy plants, selling nice plants at
20 cents a dozen.

Business is fair, flowers are scarce and
the outlook for Memorial day not
encouraging. John.

Baltimore.

INTERESTING CLUB MEETING WITH ATTEND-
ANCE SMALLER THAN USUAL. — MANY SUB-
JECTS DISCUSSED. — VARIOUS NOTES.

The attendance at the last meeting of
the club was not up to the usual mark,
which was the more to be regretted as
some very interesting questions were dis-
cussed. Add to this Mr. Seybold's excel-
lent essay on pruning, and it will be
evident that everyone who stayed at
home missed a treat. Mr. Seybold was
asked as to the quickest growing shade
tree, and said it is the 'Carolina poplar,
but he advised planting it alternately
with some more valuable tree of slower
growth, when they begin to close up
cutting out the poplars. M. J. Hanni-
gan said chrysanthemums for single-
stemmed blooms for exhibition should be
planted by mid-June and Fred. Bauer
said always before the Fourth of July.
After considerable discussion it was
voted that the six best bedding gera-
niums are Doyle, Centaur, La Favorite,
Dr. Jacoby, Queen of the West and Wm.
Pfitzer. It was agreed that the six best
hardy climbing roses are Reine Marie
Henriette, CUmbing Jules Margottin,
Crimson Rambler, Climbing Clothilde
Soupert, Climbing Wootton and Balti-
more Belle.

The town is full of lilac blooms and
spring flowers of all kinds, lily of the
valley is a drug, and so, in fact, is pretty
much everything in the way of cut
flowers. Plant sales are improving.

Our ex-florist and artist, Hans Schuler,
now in Paris, continues to win honors.
His Ariadne was given a position at the
last salon. Mack.

Buffalo.

VARIOUS NOTES OF INTEREST OF DOINGS IN
THE PAN-AMERICAN CITY. — TRADE IS
FAIR.— DOINGS OF THE CLUB.

A meeting of the Bufi'alo Florists' Club
on Tuesday evening had a good attend-
ance and considerable business was
transacted, pertaining to the S. A. F.
meeting, every chairman reporting prog-
ress. Three new members were elected,
showing that the club is still active.

Trade in general is fair but a cold wave
has made the weather unpleasant. Flow-
ers are very good in quality; Bridesmaids
only are getting smaller. Beauties are
good and finding ready sale. Harrisii
lilies are still holding out.

R. E. Boettger of Eggertsville, fell in
stepping from his wagon, receiving an
internal injury which will lay him up for
two months at least.

M. J. Wood, formerly in the florist
business at Providence, is here looking
up a store to sell Coney Island salt
water taffy.

It is still impossible to quote hotel
rates for the S. A. F. meeting as no one
vrill tell what he expects to charge In
August.

E. J. Nolan is now in charge of floral
work at the Pan-American, assuring all
of good care for flowers.

Palmer & Son are making a good show
in their windows, and Anderson is run-
ning on Beauties.

Recent visitors: S. B. Smiley, Lancas-
ter; F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown; J. H. Dun-
lop, Toronto. W. A.

Bennington, Vt.— The business of the
Tecumseh greenhouses, belonging to W.
G. Richardson, has been sold to L. C.
Holton, who has leaded the land and
buildings and will continue the business
in his own name.

igoi.

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1483

Cincinnati.

SOCIBTT VOTES DOWN PBOPOSITIONS FOE
EDMMBR DIVERSIONS — INDEPBNDBNT PIC-
j NIC IS PLANNED. — VARIODS NOTES OP
(I DOINGS IN THE TRADE.

At the meeting of the local society last
, Saturday evening the propositions for a
, picnic and for a float for the tall festival
parade were voted down, the sentiment
being that the club will need all the
money it has to carry on the exhibitions
next winter. We are going to have a
picnic, however, and if there is a surplus
on the right side of the ledger, it will be
used to build a float for the industrial
parade next fall, for after the meeting
several of the craft got together and
decided to go ahead and arrange matters
for this purpose independent of the soci-
ety. The following nominations tor
board of directors were made at the
meeting: Gus. Adrian, Ben. George, C. J.
Jones, Fred. Braunstein, Henry Schwarz,
E. G. Gillett, Albert Sunderbruch,
W. Partridge, Julius Schumann, Max
Rudolph, Frank W. Ball. Five are to be
elected at the June meeting.

Business the past week has been only
fair, with stock enough to fill all orders.
The latter part of the week receipts
slackened up and by Saturday night the
wholesale houses were pretty well cleaned
out of roses and fanc3' carnations. There
was a nice lot of material an the tables
at the flower market last Saturday and
all the standholderrseemed to be doing
a good business.

Henry Schwarz is building a new
dwelling at Norwood and contemplates
moving his greenhouses overfrom Price's
Hill, adding one or two more houses to
the rat ge. D.

Minneapolis.

CHANGE IN THE WEATHER BEINGS UNF.V-
VORABLB TRADE CONDITIONS.— ALL BUSI-
NESS HELD BACK BY COLD.— NOTES.

Trade last week was very slack. From
unnsual warmth the weather changed to
very cold and disagreeable, which condi-
tion continues up to this writing. The
market is full of all kinds of good stock,
with no heavy demand for any item,
the retailers buying only sufficient quan-
tities to make creditable displays. Plant
trade, too, will be a little quiet until
warm weather comes again.

E. Nagel & Company have a very
orderly range of glass on Lake street.
They have 15,000 square feet in opera-
tion, growing carnations and plants of
all descriptions, which find ready sale at
their down town store, at 818 Nicollet
avenue.

Bufialo is the talk among the florists
and a goodly number will attend from
Minneapolis and St. Paul. C F. R.

Pawtucket, R. I.

A new departure with the Rhode
Island Greenhouses is the cultivation of
decorative plants of the staple sorts, tor
the wholesale market. Their kentias in
all sizes and stages of growth are
decidedly fine. Mr. Miller, the genial
superintendent of the establishment,
reports an increased trade in this line,
with the indications of a heavy tall busi-
ness, for which they seem to be well
equipped. Carnations, roses and bulb-
ous stock tor the wholesale market will
b|e grown, as heretofore, on a large scale.

J. M. Leach & Sons intend building an
additional good-sized carnation house,
for carnations have done well with them.
They will plant over 20,000 in the field.

NOMIS.

Washington.

E.X-PBESIDBHT SMITH RECEIVES THB TESTI-
MONIAL OF APPRECIATION FROM THE
NATIONAL SOCIETY.

W. R. Smith has received from Wm. J.
Stewart, secretary of the S. A. P., the
engrossed and handsomely framed reso-
lutions adopted by the executive com-
mittee, testifying appreciation for his
services in securing the national charter.
On the parchment is an illuminated
vignette respecting a female figure, as on
the society's medal, strewing flowers
which tall on a plowman at work in a
field. At one side of the vignette are the
words: "Loved at home, revered abroad."
On the other side it reads: '"Health and
peace and sweet content." The text of
the resolution, which bears the signa-
tures of President Patrict O'Mara and
Secretary Wm. J Stewart, is as follows:

TO MK. WM. R. s:*IITH.

Gr.EETiNo:— The executive committee of the
Society of Am -riciin Florists assembled at Bult'alo,
N. Y., March 5, 1!X)1, on being apprised of the
fact that a national charter for said society had
been duly fjrantcd by congress and signed by the
President of the United States, did (hen and there
unanimously adopt the following resolution:
Be it

Resolved, That in the name of the Society of
American Florists and Ornamental Horticultur-
ists which we hero represent, we hereby express
to our beloved ex -president and esteemed fellow
member, Mr. Wm. R. Smith, superintendent of
the Boianio Garden, WasMD^tton, D. C, our
grateful appreciation of his devoted and unselQsh
efforts in behalf of this so.-iety and tendtr our
heartfelt conj^ratulations upon the successful
termination oi his perseveringen'leavors to secure
for us a national charter. The realiza'ion,
through his instrumentality, of this unique priv-
ilege, pregnant as it is with the possibilities for
great ftdvaucement of horticulture in America,
places him among the benefactors of our profes-
sion, whose names are imperishjible in Horticult-
ural annals. p Q

Albany. N. Y.
Trade has suffered greatly during the
past week owing to the strike on the
street railway system in both Albany
and Troy. The convention ot field repre-
sentatives of the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company was held at the Ten Eyck
this week. A banquet was given at
which 2;'0 covers were laid. Eyres sup-
plied the decorations, which consisted of
apple blossoms, magnolias and pink car-
nations. R. D.

i^EWS ^OTES.

Omaha, Nbb. — J. J. Hess says that
hydrangeas have sold better this year
than ever before.

Oak Corners, N. Y.— Oaks & Baker
have closed out their greenhouse business
and have disposed of the buildings and
stock.

Hempstead, N. Y.— One of the large
conservatories of Theodore Havemeyer
was destroyed by fire on the night of
May 6.

ScHBNBCT.\DY, N. Y.— J. E. Felthouseu
has taken an order from Mann Bros., of
Randolph, Mass., for 35,000 plants and
shrubs.

Fairmont, Minn. — Burr D. Alton has
determined to embark in the greenhouse
business, growing both vegetables and
cut flowers.

Tarkio, Mo. — F. P. Zimmerman has
closed out his establishment here and is
now seeking a position as grower. The
business will not be continued.

White Rivee Junction, Vt.— JohnPer-
rand, formerly of Newport, has bought
the Aitken property on Maple street and
will engage in the florist hnsiness.

Lincoln, III— W. H. Gullett & Sons
now have an agent at Havana, 111.,
Edwin Gore.

Kansas City, Mo.— W. L. Rock has
opened a new and commodious branch
store at c, East Eleventh street. He has
had a very fine business this season.

Villa, O.— The greenhouses and barn
of A. G. Wenger were destroved by fire
May 5, entailing a loss of $2,500. Mr.
Wenger grew vegetable plants largely.

Springfield, Ohio.— C. L. Reese has
established a counter for the sale ot cut
flowers at the drug store of Roth &
Livingston, 60 South Limestone street.

East Scipio, N. Y.— Charies Lester has
completed his greenhouse and has the
place well stocked with bedding and
vegetable plants. Business is opening well
with him.

Petoskey, Mich.— The Petoskey Floral
Company will hereafter be known as
the Petoskey Floral and Nursery Com-
pany, a line of ornamental stock having
been added.

Little Silver, N. J.— An empty storage
building on the grounds of J. "T. Lovett
ourned at midnight May 10. The loss
was covered by insurance and the cause
of the fire is unknown.

Owosso, Mich.— L. O. Underwood has
purchased the John S. Schleider place,
known as the Sunnyside Greenhouses,
and will erect a store on the property for
a general provision business.

Utica, N. Y.— At the last club meeting
several vases of carnations were shown,
among them. Baker & Son's seedling
from Armazindy and Albertina, and
Queen Louise, f. L. Dillon's new white,
which excited the admiration ot all
present.

New Haven, Conn.— At the May meet-
ing of the New Haven Horticultural
Society it was decided to hold a floral
exhibition early in November. Prof. W.
E. Britton, ot the Connecticut Experi-
ment Station, read a paper upon injuri-
ous insects, illustrated by stereopticon
views.

PoDGHKBBPSiB, N. Y.— At the May
meeting of the Dutchess County Horti-
cultural Society, which was held at the
residence of W. G. Salttord, I. L. Powell
read a paper on carnations. It was
decided that the next meeting should be
held in conjunction with the Anandale
rose show, June 10.

Richmond, Ind.— On Saturday evening.
May 11, fire destroyed the bam on the
Vernon Graves place just outside of town
on the National road. Besides the live-
stock, hay, grain and implements, a
quantity of cypress tor new greenhouses
was destroyed. The loss will be about
$1,200, partly covered by insurance.

Pair BURY, III.— Trade has been very
good here the past winter, about fifty
per cent better than last year. Carna-
tions are leading and bring good prices,
G. H. Crane and Mrs. Bradt having first
call, with Mary Wood a good second,
closely followed by Flora Hill. Kring
Brothers will add one carnation house
and make a tew other minor improve-
ments.

Wichita, Kans.— P. J. Conklin has
decided to retire from business and is
closing out his stock. Mr. Conklin
recently met with a considerable loss
through the disappearance of a trusted
employe, a man named Otto Gehrman,
who collected about $400 on open
accounts and has not been seen stnce
April 29.

1484

The American Florist.

May iS,

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Subscriptions accepted only from those

in the trade.

Advertisements on all except cover pages,

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front pages, regular discounts ap-
plying only to the back pages.
The Advertising Department of the Amkbican
FLOBI8T is for Florists, Seedsmen and Nurserymen
and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines on/y

Orders for less than one-hall inch space not accepted

Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday tQ
secure insertion in the issue for the following
Saturday. Address

AMERICAN FLORIST OO.^ OHIOAQO.

Thb pot manufacturers report this as
one of the best seasons on record.

Ctrtomtum falcatum is a plant which
has been in increased demand this season.

There are reports of jobbers who are
wtlline; to deliverglass at rates materially
tinder the price publicly quoted by the
combine.

We beg to inform our readers that we
have adopted Bailey's "Cyclopedia of
American Horticulture" as our standard
in nomenclature.

Thb demand for hardy herbaceous
plants has been heavier than anyone
expected, although a decided return to
favor had been anticipated.

Attention is called by the Gardeners'
Mp^a^/ne to a double flower of Dendro-
binm thyrsiflorum produced at the Isle
of Wight, Eng., which is said to be inter-
esting though not beautiful. ,

A FETCHING creation of English floral
art, recently described, was a shower
bouquet of crimson geranium flowers
with ribbons to match. It is said to
have been "magnificently grand."

The wholesalers of decorative plants
have had a big Eeason and most of them
are pretty well sold out of the most use-
ful sizes. Small stock, latanias, kentias
and Boston ferns, for growing on are
now moving rapidly.

Pan-American Rose Show— Important.

Ed. Am. Florist:— Will you please
insert in your next issue that on
account of Dedication Day at the
Pan-American Exposition occurring on
May 20, the exhibition of tender roses
will be put forward one day, opening
May 20 instead of May 21. As an
immense attendance is assured on that
day it is very desirable that we should
have the show of roses. Address entries
to the undersigned at the Horticulture
Btiildiog on the Exposition groundF.

William Scott.

Briarcliff School of Horticulture.

The formal opening of the main build-
ing of the Briarclifi^ school of practical
agticulture and horticulture took place
on'May 15. President Van Norden, of
the school association, presided and
addresses were made by several promi-
nent gentlemen, including Waiter W.
Law, the donor of the farm on which the
■chool is located. The building cost
$20,000 and the school opens with thirty-
five students, of whom ten are women.
The farm comprises about sixty acres.

The Liberty.

Of all the roses ever born,

You are indeed a wonder,
And you will tread with tooting horn,

AUyour opponents under.

i'll buy a hundred plants of you,

I'm sure you'll be a winner;
111 m.ike tlie start with just a few,

My fortune a beginner.

I'll propagate your stock, you bet,

.\nd plant n goodly number,
And with the profit pay the debt

That does my place encumber.

Long may you live O lovely rose.

And may' you l?e regarded
As sweet delight for eyes and uose.

When others are discarded.

Jonathan.

A Complaint.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I see that the wise-
acres are now assembling at Washing-
ton to sit upon the national charter
which Bx-President Stnith and President
McKinley secured for us. I don't want
to see those auxiliary societies consoli-
date with the main body. I am against
it. I belong to the S A. F., to the car-
nation society, and to the York-American
rose society, and have been a member
since their beginnings. I have never got
an oflace nor even an executive committee-
ship, although I am just as good looking
as some of the presidents and my voice is
louder. Now if they consolidate they
will abolish two- thirds of the offices, and
I might just as well quit, so far as get-
ting one is concerned. There are not
nearly enough offices to go around now.
Joseph Littlesmall.

Pan-American Floral Fxhibitions.

Roses, tender — Fifteen classes. May 20
to May 25, entries close May 18.

Pffionies— Nine classes. May 28 to June
7, entries close May 25.

Roses, hardy— Six classes, June 18 to
June 28, entries close June 15.

Sweet peas — Twenty classes, July 23 to
August 2, entries close July 20.

Gladioli— Fifteen classes, August 6 to
August 17, entries close August 3.

Asters — Nine classes, August 27 to Sep-
tember 7, entries close August 24.

Dahlias — Eighteen classes, S;ptember
17 to September 27, entries close Sep-
tember 14.

Chrysanthemums — Twelve classes,
October 22 to October 31, entries close
October 19.

Further particulars may be had on
application to Frederic W. Taylor or
Wm. Scott, Department of Horticulture,
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y.

Capacity of Boiler.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I have five detached
houses 20x100, three-quarter span, ten
feet to ridge, rear wall seven feet, front
wall four feet, one end glass, the other
covered by a shed. Would a tubular
boiler twelve feet long with thirty-eight
2\'n inch flues heat these houses suffi-
ciently for roses and carnations, say to
60° in zero weather? Each house is
piped with one 2-inch overhead flow pipe
and eight IVi-inch returns. The flow pipe
along the front of the houses, feeding the
2 inch pipes, is 3 inch. I have another
ten horse power boiler which I could set
with the larger one if necessary.

F. G. D.

The boiler described is large enough to
heat the five houses in an economical
manner. While another boiler would not
be needed, even in zero weather, it might
be well to have the small boiler set up so
that it could be used if anything hap-

pened to the large one. The ten horse-
power boiler alone would furnish all of
the heat required for three or four
months of the year and could then be
used with greater economy than the
large one. L. R. Taft.

Notes on Celastrus— Correction.

Celastrus punctatns should be substi-
tuted tor C. paniculatus in the sentence
of Mr. Rehder's article — see first para-
graph page 1413, issue of May 4— which
reads, "C. paniculatus is only a form of
C. orbiculatus of less vigorous growth
and with smaller leaves."

Glazing a Carnation House.

Ed Am. Flosist:— We have on hand a
lot of double strength glass 12x16, which
we would like to use for a carnation
house. Should the sash bars be twelve
or sixteen inches apart? Which would be
the most advisable. S. & Y.

It will be best to have the sash bars
sixteen inches apart, as they will obstruct
the light far less than when twelve inches
apart. L. R. Taft.

Heating a Canadian Greenhouse.

Ed. Am Florist:— We wish to heat a
greenhouse 21x175 feet and ten feet to
ridge, by low pressure steam, for rose
and carnation growing. How many
1-inch pipes will it take and in what posi-
tion with solid beds? What should be
the capacity of the boiler to maintain
the proper temperature when the ther-
mometer outside registers 20° below zero?
Which is the cheaper svstem to install,
steam or hot water? What is the differ-
ence in the cost of fuel? Canadian.

The boiler should be twenty horse-
power and the radiating surface should
be one 2' •_• inch overhead flow and four-
teen 1-inch returns on the walls. Steam
costs one-fourth less to put in but in
small plants the cost of fuel and attend-
ance is greater than for hot water.

L. R. Taft.

Greenhouse Building.

Watervliet, N. Y.— Moore & Sanders,
house 24x200.

Springfield, Mass. — Mark Aitkin, three
houses 20x200.

Bradford, Pa. — Geo. L. Graham, one
carnation house.

Salt Lake City, Utah.— Huddart Floral
Co , one house.

Rock Isla id, III. — Meyers & Behring,
three houses.

Hartford, Conn. — ^John Coombs, two
houses 30x150.

Indianapolis, Ind. — Bertermann Bros.,
rebuild two houses.

Kalamazoo, Mich — JohnCalder, house
16x120

Englewood, N. J.— J. W. Lydecker &
Co., four houses 20x117.

Utica, N. Y — A. W. Rowlands, two
carnation houses.

Lancaster, N Y.— W. ]. Palmer & Son,
two houses 20x350.

Fairbury, 111.— Kring Bros, , one carna-
tion house.

Toledo, O.— Henry Crane & Co., one
house.

Pawtucket, R. I.— J. M. Leach & Sons,
carnation house.

Olean, N. Y.— W. C. Ross, three houses
26x200.

Whitman, Mass.— R. E. Moir one rose
house.

Madison, N. J— A. P. Smith, two rose
houses.

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The American Florist.

1485

About Advertising.

The man who would succeed in busi-
ness should listen attentively and
reverently to anybody who will tell him
how to advertise. In the competitive
race of to-day you must: First, have
something that people want. Second,
let the people know that you have it.
The first undertaking is what is known
as successful merchandising; the second is
successful advertising. — Hearst's Chicago
American,

From Flues To Hot Water.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I have three small
greenhouses, each 20x45, nine feet to
ridge, outside walls four feet high. Two
of the houses run north and south, with
partition wall between. The third house
runs east and west and is twenty feet
south of the others. All the houses
are heated by flues and I wish now to
install hot water, using a sectional
boiler. Will you kindly advise me as to
the piping. How many runs of 2-inch
pipe will it take in the first two houses
to maintain a temperature of 50° to 55°?
Also how many for the third house for a
temperature of -t5° or 50° when the ther-
mometer falls to 15° or 20° below zero.

J. W. S.

The first two houses can be heated by
means of twelve 2-inch pipes, or one
2i2-inch flow and ten 2 inch returns may
be used. For the other house two less
returns will be required. L. R. Taft.

OBITUARY.

JOHN THOMPSON.

John Thompson, the well known grape
grower, of the Tweed Vineyards & Nur-
series, Clovenfords, Scotland, died at his
home April 27.

MES. W. W. COLES.

We have to record the death of Mrs.
W. W. Coles, of Kokomo, Ind., which
occurred at an Indianapolis sanitarium
May 1-t. It was only last week that her
health was said to have improved con-
siderably, and the news of her death is
now regarded as somewhat sudden. Mr.
Coles' numerous friends in the trade give
him their fullest sympathy in this hour
of his bereavement.

HBRUAN SCHILLBB.

Herman Schiller, the Chicago florist,
died at his home May 12, aged 49 years.
For the past seventeen years Mr. Schiller
had been a patient suflerer from locomo-
tor ataxia, this with some complications
being the cause of his death. Mr. Schiller
vi-as a native of Pomerania, Germany,
and came to this country in 1881, pur-
chasing a half interest in the establish-
ment of Stielow & Kuske, of Niles Cen-
ter, 111., a suburb of Chicago. Although
handicapped by lack of knowledge
of the language and the country he
speedily pushed to the front as a grower,
making a specialtyof high grade bulbous
stock. About a year ago the greenhouse
establishment was sold to John Brod,
and Mr. Schiller confined his energies to
the retail end of the business, purchasing
the place of T. J. Corbrey, at S97 West
Madison street, which is under the man-
agement of George Asmus. A second
store, in charge of the eldest daughter.
Miss Frieda, is located at 660 Jackson
boulevard. Mrs. Schiller and six children
survive. The two youngest children are
still at school, butthe others are engaged
in the business.

SITIATIONS, WANTS, rOR SALE.

Advertisemeuta under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this bead.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
for the year 1901 is entitled to a five-line want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year.

SITUATION WANTED-By experienced grower.
^ No. 1 roses, carnations, 'mums, violets. Best
references. Address G. Florist.

1512 rear West Tus St., Canton, O.

qiTUATlOX WANTED— By experienced florist
^ and grower of roses, carnations, violets and
all kinds of bedding plants; ^5 years' experience.
Address B P, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— As foreman by first-
^ class grower of cut flowers and plants; fine
propagator and raaker-up; life experience; single;
capable of taking charge of a large place. Good
references Address

FobEMAN, 154 La Salle Ave., Chicago.

SITUATION WANTED— By first-class, up-to-
^-^ date florist; competent in all branches of the
business; successful grower and maker-up; a
salesman of good address. Reliable, honest,
sobor and industrious. Life experience. Refer-
ences. Only first class place need answer.
Address Reliable, care American Florist.

ANTKD— A good young man for general

greenhouse work. Apply to
H. N. Bruns. 1409 W. Madison St., Chicago.

W

Tl/'ANTED— Two young men to work in rose
* " houses. M ust have some experience. State
wages wanted with board. Address

Cole Bros., Peoria, 111.

"\1/'ANTED— Bright boy about fourteen as an
' ' appretico, one horse to care for; good dome
and small wages to the right party. Apply with
references. E. M, Holt, Kane. Pa.

T\/'ANTED— Foreman, large commercial place.
'' Ability, large experience in general grow-
ing, and references demanded. No o hers con-
sidered. A W S, Box 869, Pittsburg. Pa.

TV^ANTED— June 1. a working foreman; Beau-
*' ties and teas specialties: married man; first-
class wages with bouse. Must have tirst-class
references. T. W. Lydecker. Englewcod, N. J.

TYANTED- Immediately, florist who under-
*' stands his business, to take charge and do
the work under 8000 feet of glass. Must grow
good roses, carnations, etc. Address

A M. care Am. Florist.

WANTED— A good rose grower to take charge
of Bride and Maid section to work under
foreman. Wages $25.00 month and board to stait
with. Address John Muno,

Rogers Park. ' hicago, 111.

WANTED AT ONCE— Good all-around man to
'' take charge of rdnge of houses and grow
cut flowers and plants for retail store. Permanent
situation tfi right man.

Frank B. Smith lV; Son, Danville. 111.

WANTED— A gooj grower of adiantum ferns,
one who also has had some experience with
roses and carnations. Must be willing, and
capable of earning a good saUry. Address

The F. R. Williams Co., Cleveland, O.

WANTED— A young man with few years' expe-
rience in greenhouse work, between now
and the first of June. Place is permanent for the
right man. Please s.taie wages witnout board,
and where last employed.

Theo. Bock, Hamilton, O.

WANTED— Good gardener for vegetables, flow-
ers, lawns and general nursery work. Must
be steady, reliable and willing to work. One wh<j
understands growing carnations, roses, violets.
State wages. A steady place for good man.

C. H. Webster, Centralia, III.

TV^ANTED — An up-to-date rose and carnation
'* grower t> take charge 20.000 feet of glass.
State age. experience, reference and wages per
month with board and room in flrst letter; also
your telegraph address. Address to

JoBN L. Wtlano DeHaven, Pa.

WANTED — On or before June l.good all-around
thrower to help in greenhouses and in plant-
ing out. Permanent position for a steady and
reliable man, single. Apply with references and
wages wanted. Address

Charles Fkueii A Sons, Saginaw. E. S., Mich.

OR SALE— 100 boxes 16x24 D. S. A. Pittsburgk
Address J M F,

Box 45. De Haven, Pa.

F

FORCED SlLE— Before August 1st, three green-
bouses 30s97; steam and not water.

Alice U. Wbigbt, Portland, Me.

VO\l SALE— Entire greenhouse slock o( bedding
-•^ plants, roses, palms, llower pots, tools, etc.
Address J. S. Kidd, St. Joseph, Mo.

"POR SALE— Greenhouse establishment, 35,000
J- feet of glass, well stocked. Pri^e a little mora
than than one years' sales. Address

Ohio, care American Florist.

■pOR SALE OR RENT— Greenhouses with dwell-
-L ing house attached. Is now having a fine
trade. It will bear investigation.

F. O. Wells, Greenfield, Mass.

"C^OR RENT — Store and greenhouses, corner of
J- Lincoln and Van liuren Sts. Established 20
years. Immediate pos-ession. Thos. H. Gault,
931 Stock Exchange Bldg., Chicago.

Xj^OR SALE CHEAP — Greenhouse establish-
-*- mentinagood business cit.y in Wisconsin; 4000
ft. of glass well stocked with mi-eellaneous plants,
one acre land, good house 6-rooms. Owner going
back to Europe. Address

G D, care American Florist.

'C'OR SALE— Florist establishment in best city
J- of Wisconsin. 15.000 popul..tion. 6600 feet of
glass; olllce connected with resid nee, center of
town, lot 66.'j4U0 si reet cars pass the door. Owner
leaves for Europe July 1st. Address

G R, care American Florist.

T'OR SALE— Ten greenhouses, about 22 0J0 feet
J- of glass, mostly 16.'i24 glass heated by hot
water. Large brick coal cellars, will hold four
oars of coal. The greenhouses are built on a
southern slope, and all in good condition, and
planted to roses, carnations and bedding stock,
all fine order. Also all plants for next year's
crops. Two dwellings: one house has six rooms
and basement, and other ten rooms and basement,
both heated with hot water; separate boilers.
Good city water pressure, and a Utile less than (our
acres of fide land. Close to cemetery; inside city
limits. Fifty miles from Cdicago and thirty-
five miles from Milwaukee. This place must be
seen to be appreciated. Apply to

LEWIS TURNER, Kenosha, Wis.

To express full apprecia-
tion to many applicants for
position. Absence from
home and illness have pre-
vented answering so many, which I regret. Hav-
ing been disappomled in several alleged florists
claiming great but showine little knowledge and
reliability. I desire a competent working foreman.

J. T. WILLIAMSON,

LaRose Gardens, Memphis, Tenn.

FOR SALE OR LEASE.

A plant containing 5000 foet of glass, 3 acres of
ground in the ceutral part of a town of 80CO
inhabitants, and doiLg a business of $2,000 to
$:2,£00 per year; heated by hot water. Cottage of
five roomsincluded.

If I don't sell, would like to employ a good,
reliable man to run the place.

MT. STERLING FLORAL CO.. Mt. Sterling, Ky.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY ^

At Nyack, N. Y. A plot 220x125
feet, on which are four Rose houses,
100x18x6, each house heated by a
No. 16 Hitchingfs Boiler; and seven
houses, each about 64xlt ft., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

^33 Mercer St. NEW YORK.

WANTED !

There Are Buyers

For all kinds of good stock

advertised in..

THE AMERICAN FLORIST

1486

The American Florist.

May i8,

ferns! ferns! ferns!

New Crop Fancy and Dagger Ferns. Begin
moving May 15. Book orders now and insure
a supply for Decoration Day.

I»rlo©

(l.SO i»^r lOOO. Speol^l Odot^tloris ori I^^<Tt£^ C>i;i.^int:ltles.

May 1st sees close of Shipping Season for Southern Wild Smilax. ^Ve resume
again September 1st. Thanking you very much for past favors and soliciting a
continuance of your valued patronage, we are respectfully,

Caldwell The Woodsman Go. K'"""'

PUase mention the American Florist when w*iline

'S DAGGER FERNS

ggggsggsgggggssgggggggggggggagggggggggggggggggg.

J1.50

"l^j::^ per lfO'>. Discount on

largo orders.

Bronze and Green Galax Leaves, '5o per IfOO.

Princess Pine, JS-OO per 100 lbs. Laurel Festooning,

4o, 5c and 6^ per jard. Laurel Wreaths and Pine

Wreaths for derorations. Engaee your ferna of us

now for Decoration use and you wont get left.

CROWL FERN CO., P. 0. Millington, Mass.

Telegraph Office, New Salem, Mass.

Piease menft'on ihe A nterican Florist when writing

Wbol^ale power/arK^

CracnrNATi, May 16.

Roses, Beauty 15.00@a.=i.00

Bride 3.00® 5.00

" Bridesmaid 3.00® 5.00

" Meteor 3.80® 5.00

Perle 3.00® 4.00

Carnations 1.(0® 3.00

Violets 35® .50

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Daffodils, Tulips 3.00

Harrisii lilies 6.00® 8.00

Callas 6.00® 8.00

Sweet peas 1 00

Asparagus 50.00

Smilax 12.50

Adiantum 1.00

Galax leaves .15

Common ferns .30

St. Louis, May 16.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid ;... 3.00® 6.00

Beauty, long, per doz.2. 01® 3.00
short " .50® l.EO

Perle a. 00® 4.00

" Meteor 3.00® 5.00

Carnations, common.... 1.00

choice 1.50® 2.00

Lily of the valley 3.00

Sweet peas 3f® .50

Callas 6 00® 8. CO

Harrisii 6.0i@ 8.00

Smilax. 13. 50(3! 15 00

Adiantum 15® 1.00

Galax .15

MiLWAnKBB, May 16.
Roses, Beauty, long.per doz. 3 00® 4.00
" " med. " 1 50® 2.50

" " short " 1.00® I 25

" Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00® 6.00

" Meteor 4.00® 6.00

" Golden Gate 4.00® 6.00

Perle 4.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 1.00® 1.50

fancy 2 00® 3.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax 20.00

Asparagus 65.00

Lily of the Valley .■ 4.00

Harrisii 10.00® 12. fO

Callas 10.00@I2..=0

Tulip, single 2.t0@ 3.00

Mignonette 3.00

Common Ferns .30

PlTTBBUBB, May 16.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 20.00@25.00

" " extra 15.00@18 00

No. 1 8 00® 12. 00

" Bride, Bridesmaid 2.00® 5.00

" Meteor 2.00® 6 00

" Perle 2.00® 4.00

Carnations, ordinary 50® .75

fancy l.CO® 3.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 3.00

Mignonette 60® 1.2B

Sweet peas 50® l.CO

Daisies 1.00® 2. CO

Harrisii 4.00® 8.00

Smilax 1S.OO@20.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Asparagus 60.00® 75.00

•' Sprengeril 36® .60

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 11.25
Dagget teiDF cer 1000, 2.00

CATTLEYAS $5.00 per dor.

American Beauties, I'-ng

" medium
" *' short

Per doz.

J3.00

1.50 to 2.00

.75 to 1.00

Per 100

Brides, Brldeimaidt $3 CO to $ 4 00

Meteors, Kaiserins S.OOto 400

Perles 2.08 to 3.00

Carnations, fancy 2.00

standards 1.00

Sweet Peas 75 to 1.00

Valley 300

Vall-». outside 1.00

Tulips * 2C0to 3.10

Margue'ites ,. .60 to .75

F orget-me-not 1.00

Callas e.COto 8.00

Lil. Harrisii 6.00 to 8.(0

Pansies 50 to .75

Mignonette. 2.00 to 4.no

Adiantum 75

Smilax 15.00 to 20.00

Asparagus Plumosus 50 to 75.00

Sprengeril 3.00 to 4 00

Taney Terns

$2.50 per 1000; 30c per 100.

Wild Smilax

50 lb, case, $8 00.

We still have a large supply
of Fancy Ferns, the best in
the market.

We will have Wild Smilax
after other dealers are out.

J. B. DEAMUO

s

51 Wabash Avenue,

.. . CHICAGO.

Phone Central 3155.

Please mention the American Florist when zuritmg.

Dagger Ferns for Memorial Day

S1.50 PER 1000. Discount on larj^e orders.

We would respectfully inform the trade that our new crop Dagger
Ferns are now ready and are A No. 1 quality. Be sure and order them
early to avoid disappointment. We carry a full assortment of Flo-
rists' Hardy Supplies, as follows: Galax, Leucothoe Sprays, Hardy Ferns,
Moss, Bouquet Green, Laurel Fesuioning, Bundle Laurel, Etc. Trust-
ing we shall receive your orders, we remain
Yours very truly,

HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.,

Telephone 26lS'2 Boston. 36 Court Square, BOSTON, MASS.

CARNATION BLOOMS

Extra Select, 3 cts.

Fancy, 1 1-2 to 2 cts.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY, Joliet, Illinois..

CUT FLOWERS.

A J. J, J, Shipping orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG GUT FLOWER GO., Ltd.

504
Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
PA.

Brilliant Bronze or Green $1.00 p«t 1000

FANCY FERN, DAGGER FERN. ETC.. »'

Market Prices.

Galax Leaves

HARRY A. BUNYARD. 38 W. 28th St., Niw York.

Telephone
798 Madison Sq.

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1487

We concentrate all our energies on handling cut flowers as
they should be handled. Therefore

It Stands to Reason

that we can give better satisfaction than those houses which
have half a dozen irons in the fire. Try us on a telegraph
order today, or any day.

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street,

CHICAGO. ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BEAUTIES

Lonz per doz.. $3.00— $4.C0

Medium - 1.60— i. 50

Short " .75—1.00

Brides, Maids per 100, ' 4.00—5.00

Meteors •' 4.00— 5 OD

Perles " 3.00—4.00

Roses, Kood seconds " 2.00— 3.00

Carnaiions. standard sorts.. " 1. CO— 1.50

Fancysorts " 2.0O— 4.U0

Callas per dozen, .75 — l.OO

SweetPeus perlOO, .75— l.OJ

Pansies " .40 — .50

Narcissus Posticus " 1.00

Tulips " 3.00—4.0)

Valley " 4.00—5.00

Marguerites " .40— .50

Mignonette ■ per doz. .25r- .35

Asparagus per string .SO— .60

Gafax, 1000, »1. 25; 10,000 tor JlO.fO; per 100 .20

Ferns, per 1000, $3.50 per 100 .33

Adiantum " .60— .75

Smilax per dozen, 1.50— 2.00

Prices Subject to Change without Notice.

Holton AN2
Hunkel Co.

Wholesale
Florists....

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

WIETOR BROS.

«Cut Flowers

Wholesale
Growers

All telegraph and telephone orders
given prompt atti'ntioD.

51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO.

WEILAHD AND RISCH

CHICAGO'S RELIABLE

Wholesale Growers and Shippers of

CUT FLOWERS,

59 Wabash Ave., Chicago.

SEND FOR WEEKLY PRICE LIST.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Bassett&Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

TkclMal* Dealers Mtf Out CljkiflfAHa
Grower.. I bill MOWtrS

0KgENHOU8g»; HINSDALE, ILL.

Poehlmann Bros. Go.

Wholesale Growers of

and
Dealers

■n Cut Flowers

All telegraph and telephone orders

given prompt atten-tion. 51

GRiEMHonsEs: Wabash Ave.,

Morton Grove, 111. CHICAQO, ILL.

.It your.,

Business Methods

•re right yon can make a profit
on an adyertlMment here.

E. H. Hunt,

WHOLESALE

Cut flowers

THE "OLD RELIABLE, '

76 Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO.

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

600.000 FEET OF GLASS.
Headquarters for American Beauty.

51 Wabash Ave.. • CHICA60. ILL.

GEO. REINBERG,

"•tzs.. Cut Flowers

Choice American Beauties.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

B1 Wabash Ava., CHICAGO, ILL.

PJfin'ifi *nfit7tinn thp A tn^rtcan Florist wket^ Tvriting.

J.aBUDLONG

37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

"CUT FLOWERS

Roses and
Carnations cpnwCR nf

A Specialty bllUWLn 01

Wbol^ale power/arK^

Chicaoo, May 17.

Roses, Beauty, 30-36-1 nch stems 3.00® 4.0O

24 " " 2.01(3) 2 50

18 " " 1.50

" 12 I. .. 1 00

8 " " .75

6 " " .60

" Bride, Bridesmaid 3 00® 5.00

Meteor 3.0n@ 5. GO

Perle 3 00® 4.00

Golden Gate 4 00® 8.00

Carnatiom 1.00® 1.50

fancy 2.00® 4 00

Sweet peas 76® 1 00

Pansies *@ .60

Cailas, Harrisii 4. CO® 8.00

Lily of the valley 4 00® 5.00

Paper Whites 3.00® 4.00

Daffodils 2.C0@ 3.00

Tulips 3.00® 4.00

Mignonette 25® .35 doz.

Cattleyas 6.00 doz.

Adiantum 60® .75

Common ferns per 1,000 3 50 .35

Galas leaves, per 1000 »1.25 .20

Smilax per dozen 1.60® 2.00

Asparagus. ..per dozen 6.00® 8.00

ERANK GARLAND,

Wholesale Grower and Shipper of

...CLT FLOWERS

55-57 Wabasb Avenue,

CHICAQO.

Tel. Central 2384.

Benthey & Co.

F. F. BENTHEY, Manager.

Wholesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street CHICAGO.

C!V*Cons<enmeDt8 snliriitpd ,^

A. L. RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Wuk*
Ington St., Chicago.

Wrlta for ipeolal anoutlon. on larva ordara.

■/■}

If You Have Stock To Sell...

the belt way to make that fact known to the trade ii bj regular

GWL?L?S"*°' •" ...The Americaa ^loiri^t

1488

The American Florist.

May t8.

Choicest of CUT T LOWERS at WHOLCSALL

SAMUEL S. PENNOCK,

Until June 22d will be open from 7:30 A. M. to 8 P. M.

1612-14-16-18 Ludlow Street, PHILADELPHIA.

GEO. A. SUTHERLAND

BEST BOSTON FLOWEKS. All Sup-
plies Required in Florist's Business.
An entire floor Devoted to Stock and manufacturing. Sole agents for United States for the won-
derful KORAL LETTER, unequalled for design work. PREPARE FOR DECORATION DAY.
TELEPHONE 1270 MM\ -.i^. New Address, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, « "^•'ToS^i'ii! TAt '"'•'

WELCH BROS.j Proprietors.

Alao New Bngl&Dd Agents for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.
Acknowledged by all florlsta the beat In use. Special prices for doz. Iota.

Sale Agents for FREYSTEDTS' Immortelle Letters and Emblems.
Block Letters. S2 orr 100. Script Letters. $4 per (OO.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR.

-Ff'o t-

Decoration Day Flowers

AND SUPPLIES

SE -JD TO

N. F. McCarthy & Co.,

Tel. 734 and 64.

84 Hawley St., BOSTON.

...6E0. M. KELLOGG...

^'•-'iXVeii: Cut riowers

Give ui an order and we will please you.

Our Greenhouiei at PLEASANT HILL, MO
Our Store, 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO

fS^LOne DISTANCE 'PHONB AT EITHBB PLAOI

PUase mention the American Florist when writing,

Frank M. Ellis,

WHOLESALE ELORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale riorist

1322 Pine St. , ST. LOUIS, MO,

Please mention thf Ame*tcan Florist ivken ivyilinsr-

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

iIZZ PINE STREET.

^ ST. LOUIS, MO.

KV^A complete line of 'Wire DeBi^nii.

Desirable Advenising Space
...Jo Rent "" *o'}^Hr''

BOSTON FLOWER MARKET

Effective. Profitable. Address
GEO. CARTWRIGHT. Secretary. 1 Park St.. BOSTON.

Wbol^ale power/\arl^

Boston, Mav 15.

Roses, Beauty, extra I,") 00@25.00

medium 8.00@U'.00

culls 3.011® S.OO

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 3 00® 5 00

'.• extra fi.OO® 8 00

Oarnations I.i0@ 2.00

Roman hyacinths 7o@ 1.50

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Mignonette 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissi 1.00® 2.00

Violets ,. 35® .75

Von Sion 1 (0®1.50

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax 12.00@18.00

Asparagus 50.00

" Sprengerii, .20® .25 per bunch

Philadelphia, May 15.

Roses, Tea 2.00® 6.00

" extra 6.00@10.00

Beauty, extra 15.00®30.00

firsts 6.00®15.00

Carnations l.On® 1,50

fancy 2.00® 3.00

Lily of the valley 2.0U@ 4.00

Asparagus 35. 00® 50. 00

Smilax 15.00®20.00

Adiantum 1.00

BtTPFALO, May 16.

Roses, Beauty 5 00@30.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4.00® 6.00

Carnations l.CO® 3 00

Lily of the valley 3 Of® 4.00

Smilax 16.00®25 00

Adiantum 1.00® 1.60

Asparagus 50.00(a75.CO

Harrisii 5.00@10.C0

GIVE

US

A

TRIAL.

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

Open day
and night.

Roses, Carnations and all kinds of
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

Ufll P IfltCTIIlR Wholesale Com-
Ifnli ri IVnOIIIIUl mission Florist.

481 Washington St.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Also Dealer In Florists' Suppllea & Wire Des^na.

Please mrtilion the American Flnrtst when 7t'ritins^.

1604

Ludlow Street,
Philadelphia....

S Phone 1-42-69-A.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long Distance
'PHONH 3-45-94 D.

Consiflnmentt of Choice Valley and Ro.e< loiicltad.

Geo. M. Moss, f

WHOLESUE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street. PHILADELPHIA, tk.

Long Dlatance Phone 1-41-26 D.

Consignments of Roses, Carnations, Violets sollelli i

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wholesale Florist,

27 S. nth St . Telephone 63 P4. PHILADELPBU.

Orden by mall, teletrrsph or telepbone will
receive prompt attention.

ConBltrnmentB of good stock aoUotted.

SHIPPING LIBELS !2S

• Cut Flowers

Piinted Id two colors on gummed
paper; your card, etc., in black and
leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Very attractive. Price per 600, $2.85;
per 1000, 14.50. Send for samples

CUCIRO Of THIS UAT, POSTPAID. SI.25.

American Florist Co.,

^^.^ CHICAOO.

The new ENGLAND CUT FLOWER CO.

Consignments
Solicited.

TELEPHONE 907 MAIN.

Carries a full supply of choice Roses, all varieties;
Carnations, Bulb Flowers, Wire Desig^ns, Baskets,
Sheaves, etc. Lowest Wholesale Prices on every-
thing. Write for Prices or call and see us.

3 Ordway Place,

BOSTON, MASS.

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The American Florist.

1489

TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

I^lly oJ tlie "Valley.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1098 Madison Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS JJew^york^""''
Are shipping the finest Roses in the New York Market. Carnations,
lilies, Valley, Orchids, Novelties. . p,i„ l,,, j„ Applicants.

TELEPHONE 20eB MADISON SQUARE.

Walter f. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ,

Telephone 902 Madison Square.

39 West 28th St., NEW YORK.

William Qhormley,

Wholesale riorist, " "^^I^^^HTcIty.

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley, and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
Madtson Square.

SHIPPING ORDERS

Qlven Special Atteatloa.

JOHN YOUNG i Choice Carnations.

Seiected Roses.

Special American Beauties,
SurpaS'ing Carnations,

Lily of the Valley, Orchids,

and ull SeasciKible Flowers.
61 West 28tb. St., NEW YORE.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS and BUYERS make a note of thii. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

. . . 30 West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 661 Msdlaon Square.

FRANK MILLANG.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,
408 E. 34th Str«»t,

Cvl Flawtr Exchange. NEW YORK.

Telephone 299 MadlBoD Square.

N.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-4(2 C. 34th St. Near Ferry.
Open for Cnt Flower Sales at 6 o'doek
Every Homlne

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON. Secretary.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

6J016E GUI Flowers

All orders receive most carelul attention.
TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA.

8I1 prizes American Rose Poclety. New York City.

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed for Ten Cents.

AMERICAN ROSE CO., Wasiilngton, D. C.

It is good buslnesa policy
to mention the

.^AMERICAN nORIST

when vou write to %n advertiier.

Traendly&Schenck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq.
Please mention the American Florist when ■writing.

Wbol?5ale [lower/\arK^

New \ork, May 15.

Roses, Beauty, select 10.00@20.00

medium .'j.OO® 8.00

culls I. DO® 3.00

" Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor .50® 1.00

med'm 2 UO® 3.00

" select.. 4 00® <a 00

Brunuers 4.0'@|-.i 00

Carnations 75® 1.50

Lily of the valley 1.50® 2.50

Smilax 12.00@15.00

Asparagus 25.00®50.00

" Sprengerii, perdoz. bun. 2.00@3 00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Harrisii lilies 2.00@ 4.0O

Mignonette I.00@ 2.00

Tulips, narcissi 50® 2 00

Cattleyas 30.00@40.00

Chas. Mlllang

WHOLESALE Cu^nilSSlON DBALEK IN

CUT FLOWERS

50 West 29th St. NEW YORK.

Telephoae I3C4 Madison Squar,'.
Please mention the American Florist when writing

ALEX. J. eUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

A full supply daily of the choicest

New York and New Jersey

FLOWERS.

52 W. 29th Street, NEi^ YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

please mention the American Florist when -luriting.

TKe Cincinnati
Gut Flower Co.,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

416 Walnut St.,
CINCINItlATI, 0.

Consignments Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Snipping Orders.

NEW YORK GUT FLOWER 00.

Market, corner 26th St ii.,„ \j.,\, nji,.
and Sixth Ave., NBW YOIK Clllf.

HIGH GRADE FLOWERS.

Si'eci;il uttenlioii to Shipping Orders.

FORD BROS.

Receivers and Shippers of

FRESH FLOWERS.

All varieties iu New York market.

Ill West 30th St., NEW YORK.

Telephone 157 Madison Square.

Julius Lang

53 West 30tJi Street, NEW YORK.

RBPRE8ENT8 THE BE8T GROWERS OP

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

Telephone 280 Madison Squarb.

S. J. LIMPRECHT,

WHolesale Commission Florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street. IMFU/ YODK

Telephone H38 Madison Square. 1'L" I URU.

ConeigrnmeiitB Solicited.

Wholesale Commission Florist,

BEST FLOWERS SHIPPED AT LOWEST
NEW YOKK PKICllS.

19 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Telei'Hunk i>39 Main.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, "lyoo!*"

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
Ref'Tfnci's: 200 dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park, N. C.

Always mention the American Flo-
rist when writing to advertisers.

Now we have

Daffodila,
Tulips,
Sweet Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN

CUT

4.7. WEST 28th < ST..

•i NEWc^YORK.

F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Tel. 421
ijIodisoniSquare

Special in
Roses :

Liberty, Pres. Caratt
Kalserin, Meteor,
Boo Sllene.

1490

The American Florist.

May 18,

i

^ii44iimiiiii^iii4iimmii4mii4iiii^^

NEPHI

mm

"The Great

NEPHROLEPIS WITTBOLDII shori
pocket of every man in the trade. WITTIj
of the pinnae heavily undulated, crinkled iri
stronger grower and propagates even more

NEPHROLEPIS WITTBOLDII is
it next season; in fact, everybody wants it i_
same time it reproduces so rapidly that we i:i
plants which will at once produce runners iiija

NEPHROLEPIS WITTBOLDII is oat
$10.00 a dozen; $75.00 per tOO.

See Our Display

at the

Pan=A m erican

Exposition

A Six-Months-Old Plant Lifted with 40 Runners.

The above illustration is from a photograph taken of a 6 monlhs-old plant lifted from the bench. It shows 40 runicrs. Other
plants have had even more runners (a few as many as 60) after six months on the bznch, in a compost of leaf mold and loam. The
or.gioal plant increased to 4000 in the first three years. This beats the Boston Fern. Witlboldii is a money maker for every-
body, because it is so wonderful y prolific. Many of those who bought early are re-ordering because they like it so well. Experi-
ence shows that it is "the great fern of the future" and of the present.

^1

S
b

p:(l!

-A

Ken tias==Latanias

Varieties

Size
Pot

Eentia Belmoreana 2*4
Kentia Belmoreana 3
Kentia Belmoreana 3Vi
Kentia Belmoreana 4
Kentia Belmoreana 5
Kentia Belmoreana 6
Kentia Forsteriana 2V4
Kentia Forsteriana 3
Kentia Forsteriana 3H
Kentia Forsteriana 5
Kentia Forsteriana 6
Latania Borbonica 2^
Latania Borbonica 3
Latania Borbonica 3Vi
Latania Borbonica 4
Latania Borbonica 5
Latania Borbonica 6
Latania Borbonica 8
Areca Lutescens 2}^
Areca Lutescens 3Vi
Areca Lutescens 4
Areca Lutescens 6

Height
Inches
8 to 9
10 to 13
12 to 14

14 to 16
16 to 20
20 to 22

8 to 9
10 to 12
12 to 14
20 to!M
28 to 30

12

12 to 15

15 to 18
18 to 22
20 to 24
18 to 20

5 to 6
12 to 15
18 to 20

No. Per

Leaves Each Doz,

3 to 4

4 to 8

5 to 6

6 to 7

5 to 6

6 to 7

3 to 4

4 to 5

5 to 6
5 to 6
5 to 6
3

5 to 6
5 to 6

5 to 7

6 to 7
6 to 8

.25

.40

.75

1.25

.25
.75
1.25

( l.SO
2.00
3.00
4.00
7.20

15.00
1.50
2.00
3.00
7.30

15.00
.60
1.00
1.50
3.00
5.00
6.00

.15

.25

.50

.60
8 to 10 2.25
3 plants in potl.OO
3 " " 2.00

3 " .25 3.00

.75 9.00

Per
100

$12.00
15.00
20.00
30.00
60.00

135.00
12.00
15.00
20.00
60.00

125.00
5.00
8.00
12.00
20.00
35 00
50.00

8.00
15.00
25.00

Per
1000
SIOO.OO
150.00
180.00
300.00
600.00

100.00
150.00
180.00
600.00

40.00

75.00

100.00

175.00

300.00

..Asparagus..

Size Pot Doz. Per 100

Send for our Catalogue of Perpetuated Cycas Ll

The Geo. Vfl

mfmnmmmmfffmmmmmmmmmmB

I

$ .50 i 3.00

00 8.00

1.50 12.00

igoi.

The American Florist.

1491

^^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^^

LEPI8
LDII.

1 of the Future/'

csit interest for every florist; it means money in the
hcioston Fern witti much wider fronds and the edges
m :ve manner; it is much more decorative, is an even
ic is just as tough and enduring as a house plant.

1 • o cannot afford to do without; everybody will want
tnnd is ail that we anticipated, and more, but at the
ill 11 orders upon receipt. We are sending out strong
c the bench. Give'it light soil.

iglants ready for 3-inch and 4- inch pots, at $1.00 each.

« k we shall
in rtation of

IAS

u five feet
interesting
T. elsewhere

VV/E'VE received dozens of letters from grow-
" ers who have tried WITTBOLDII and

:^r.^-^'m^-M.

. r . , , NEPHROIEPIS WITTB01D:I.

everyone h xs sometlung good to say ot it, touch-
ing many different points. Dreer writes pra-sing

"it's bold, heavy foliage, which is made to appear very light and graceful by the wavy edgf," and another big grower of
Boston Fern says he thinks he cannot get too heavy a stock of WITTBOLDII, for everybody wants it. Another man,
who has a retail store, writes that he couldn't think of doing without it, if only for the use he makes of the cut fronds in funeral
work. WITTBOLDII grows sa rapidly in light soil that a bench of it for cutting for floral work is more prolitab'e than any
cut flow^er. The cut fronds are wonderfully decorative and useful everywhere; we ourselves use dizens of them every day in
our two stores. Every grower for retail trade will want a bench of WITTBOLDII for cuttings.

See It at the
Pan= American.

:ieties

••t^ernStm size

Pot

2-inch

' 2-inoli

loatum 3-incli

oatum 4-incti

Per
Doz.
$ .50
.50
1.00
1.50

Per

too

$4.00
4.00
8.00

12.00

Miscellaneous.

linoh

linoh

Pot Heigtit Leaves Each

.« 2% 6 to 8 lOto 12

8 3 StoIO 12tol5

ohii 7 strong

ohii 8 extra

■ata 3

le&Bis 3

enais 10 40to45

anica Variegata, 3-inch, strong plants,
anica Variegata, 4-inch, strong plants,
anica Variegata, 5-inch, stiong plants.

4 to
4 to
6 to

$3.25
3.00
6
6
8 3.50

Each. Dozen.

$2.ro

3.00

100

t 8.00

15.00

Doz.

$ 1.00

2.00

27.00

36.00
1.50
1.50

..dozen

10.00
10.00

1.20
2.00
3.00

' We manufacture a full line.

bold Co.,

01110.^00, iivi<.

I' ~ ' Cyrtomium ratcatum.

1492

The American Florist.

May /c?,

The gEEE) TRaSB.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

ALBKBT McCuLLOuaH, Pres. ; F. W. Bolgiano,
Vice-Pres. ; S P. Willabd, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Sec'y and Treas.

Nineteenth annual convention, Rochester, N.
Y., June 11-13, 1901.

The hegira of the Dutch travelers is
about complete.

S. E. Beiggs, of the Steele, Briggs Seed
Co., Toronto, Ont., sailed for Europe on
the Germanic May 8.

Hideo Yoshida, representing the Impe-
rial Trading Co., of Yokahama, Japan,
is at the Astor House, New York.

It is reported that a number of Ameri-
can houses have written French dealers
that in their opinion this market will
not pay to exceed 45 francs for white
Roman hyacinths in quantities.

Visited Chicago: F. H. Henry, ol
Henry & Lee, New York; Fred. H. Hun-
ter, representing the Coi Seed Co., San
Francisco; J. J. Van Waveren, represent-
ing L. \an Waveren & Co., Hillegom,
Holland.

The weather has been dry about
Chicago for six weeks and has had a
bad eflfect on onion seed sown for sets.
Many crops show a poor stand, and on
light soil high winds have blown the seed
away or covered it too deeply.

The Schi> ler-Corneli Seed Companv,
St. Louis, reports a large increase in
their business over last season; in fact,
this is the best season since the forma-
tion of the firm. Adolph Cornell, sccre--
tary of the company, is now in California.

Reliable reports indicate that some
American or Holland bulb houses have
booked orders for French bulbs at a price
4 leaving no profit at present asking prices
on the other side. This selling "short" is
not only risky but demoralizes the legiti-
mate trade.

A DEALER in Bermuda bulbs, who has
just returned from the island, is of the
opinion that the season has been favor-
able to a good sound growth of the bulbs
and that a larger percentage than usual
of the plants will makegood sized salable
roots.

Chables F. Saul notes among the seeds
in increased demand in central New York
this season. Dwarf Essex rapr, cow peas,
80ja beans and Bromu9 inermis. He
has sold several carloads of alfalfa clover
seed. Burnett Galloway says he has sold
three times more alfalfa than during any
previous season. Many hundreds of
acres in Oaondaga county have been
seeded with it this year.

Montreal.

TRADE CONTI.NnSS GOOD AND SPRING BUSI-
NESS PROMISES TO BBEAK ALL RECORDS.
— MEETING OF THE CLUB. — CONVENTION'
PARTY. — OTHER NOTES.

At last we are enjoying the right kind
of spring weather. Since Easter, the
trade has been very good and will
undoubtedly be so for some time yet. All
the growers have increased their spring
stock, some having double what they
used to grow. Window boxes will be in
great demand, judging by the orders
already in, and hardy perennials and
shrubs' will again be the favorites in the
garden.

Montreal will be represented at the
S. A. F. convention at Bufialo, by the
following gentlemen: J. Bennett, J. Mc-

Kenna, G. Robinson, W.Hall, C. Gratton.
John Walsh, and T. Martin and perhaps
others. They intend to go first to
Bufialo, thence to the C. H. A. conven-
tion at London.

At the club meeting May 13 we framed
a new list for the chrysanthemum show
so as to give a chance to small exhibitors.
By a unanimous vote the club decided
to have its annual picnic but trouble
arose in selecting a place for it.

W. Hall, of Outremont, intends to
build a couple or more new houses. He
is going in for carnation culture. Mr.
Hall is a bright and enterprising young
man, with a promising future before him.

Miss E. Cairns, with S. S. Bain for
thirteen years, has opened a retail store
on her own account. Her ability insures
her success.

J. McKenna showed some fine sweet
peas at the last club meeting-. The flow-

ers are grown upon the main stalk, all
side buds being removed.

Miss M. Wilshire, formerly manager of
Wilshire Brothers' store, was recently
married to F. J. Smith. G. V.

Lincoln, Neb.
Trade is above the average, especially
plant sales, some varieties being well
cleaned up and Memorial day two weeks
away. Bnt there are still thousands of
good geraniums in all sizes, which are
always good stock to have here. In cat
flowers there is not much stock except
roses and carnations, but these are good
and are kept well cleaned up. May ■!■ we
had one of the hardest rains on record,
almost a cloud burst, quite a little
damage being done, as much stock
recently planted was washed out or
covered with mud. There was frost May
10 and IJ. C. H. F.

Extra Selected SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX

Per 25 lb. Case $2.50.

Per 40 lb. Case, 93.50.

Express rate 25 per cent less than merchandise rate. ngo'ffQr PoMIC
Prompt attention tQ telegraphic orders. UOggCI 161110

Per 50 lb. Case, $4.00.

25 per

New crop now ready: %
1000. Quality A No. 1.

ESTABLISHED 1802

'S

^.^R. A. LEE, Formerly of Evergreen, A'a. Selma, Ala.

Begonias and Tuberoses SSSo

'Pil'hoT*rke^e excelsior double pearl. Sure blooming bulbs— your last chance, as
^ 14UwX UdCd another week may be too late to get such quality.

Per ioo\ 30c. per 1000, $2.00.
nocrrkYII'I e TUBEROUS ROOTED SINQLE. Fine large Bulbs in excellent condition and
^SCgUnictlS true to color. Separate Colors, $200 per 100; $i$.oo per looo. Single
mixed, $1.75 per 100; $i6 00 per lOoo.

JOHNSON & STOKES. 217-219 Marliet Street. Philadelptia, Pa.

LIVISTONA SINENSIS

True Japanese variety; far superior to Latania Botbonica. Fine fresh seeds in origi-
nal tin cans each containing ICOO seeds at J5.00 per can.

SUZUKI & IIDA, 31 Barclay Street, N. Y.

Florists and Seedsmen

It will pay you well to send me list
of your wants and get my prices
before placing your orders for

Dutch Ws%

for delivery in the early Autumn.
nVACINTnS, TULIPS, NARCISSIS,

FREESIAS. CROCUS, SPIRAEAS,

LILIUM LONOiflORUM, Etc., Etc.

All Bulbs carefully grown and guaranteed first-
class and true. No auction stuff or trash.
Correspondence solicited.

GEORGE E. DICKINSON,

No I Broadway, NEW YORK, N. Y.

Also Nursery and Fruit Stocks of every description.

GLADIOLUS BULBS

We have a Surplus Stock of Groff's Hybrids,
consisting of 3 OOJ No. 1 and 8 UOO No. i B^lbs
which we offer at the following low prices,
strictly cash with order:

No. I (II/2 m. and up in diameter) $12 per lOCO.

No. 2 (1 to 1^ inches in diameter) $9 per 1000.
600 at ICOO rates

M CRAWFORD COMPANY, Cuyahoga Falls, 0.

We've thousands of readers and hun-
dreds oi adyertiiers. Each helps the other.

SEEDS

Just Arrived in Fine Condition

Gycas Revoluta Stems

ASSORTED Sl/.KS.

PRICES: Single stems. 10c per pound; in 100
lb. lots, 9c per pound. Also fresh seeds of
Per lOCO fOOOandup.

flreca Lutescens $5.50 (•■ S5.00

Kentia Belmoreana 4 50 @ 400

Kentia Forsteriana 4 60 («> 4.0U

J.IVI.THORBURN&CO.

(Late of IS John Street)

36 CORTIANDT STREET. HEW VOM

EePECIALLY

Galax and Leucothoe Sprays.

THE KERVAN CO..

30 West 29th Street. NEW YORK.

Telephone 551 Madison Square.

igoT.

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1493

KENMCOTT BROS. CO.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

And Dealers
All Kinds

z Florists' Supplies.

42 and 44 East Randolph Street.

CHICAGO, ILL.

You will have all you can do to supply the enormous demand this year for

flowers and Other Decorative
Material for Decoration Day

I can take orders now for anything in that line and can take good care of
them at fair prices if promptly filed. Speak up now before it is too late.

GEO. A. SUTHERLAND, 34 Hawley Street, Boston, Mass.

.^S&g-;&:&&&&g-&&&&g- §•&&&&&&%.

ROEMER'S I
I Superb Prize Pansies j

He

m

The finest strain of Pansies
in the Worid

INTRODUCER AND GROWER OF ALL THE
LEADING NOVELTIES.

Highest Award Inter. Exhibition at Ham-
burg, 1897. Catalogue free on application.

Fred. Roemer,

QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY. ^

THE LARGEST FANCY CARNATION.

DDOCDCDITV '^ ''^'^ thousand ready

r HUvi Clll I I f f^'^ immediate delivery.

Sjieaic quiet; if you want them.

Prices for Rooted Cuttings: 1 pHnt, 50c; 12plants,
16; 35 plants, J8.2v, 60 plants, |10: 100 plants, $16;
250 plants, $37..5a; 5(iii plants, $70; 750 plants,
1101.3"^; 1000 plants, $130.

Write for full description.

DAILLEDOUZE BROS., Flatbush, N. Y.

Piease mention the American /•7ori5t when 7vtitin<;

American Beauties

We have some extras in 2x2^-incli
and2>^x3-in. Wiite us about them.

Send us a dollar tor samples and you'll snap
them up quick.

GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III.

IN BEST
..VARIETIES

SPECIALTIES

PI08C8, trom 3-liuib pou.

CARNATIONS, for aU deUT«r7.
CHRYSANTHEMUIMS.
•MILAX.
Pnowlow. BoaforUit. violkts.

wooo mnoTHBRa. fismkiu.. n.y.

DREER'S
Prize PRIMULAS

For best results these should be
sown at once. Our strain is unex-
celled tor size, texture and free-
dom of bloom.

Alba Magniflca, the finest white.
Alba, the standard pure white.
Rubra, a good dark red.
Kermesina SpIenJens, rich crimson.
Cheswick Red, the brightest red.
noiborn Blue, blue.
Rosy Morn, rosy pink.
Punctata Elegantissima, spotted.
Robiista Grandifiora mixed, a very

stiong growing type.
Fern-leaved, mixed.
Dreer's Ihoicest Mixture, made up out

of the finest named sorts.

Any or the above, 51. ((I per traae pacwei; 60o per V^ Trade Packet.
A trade packet contains from 500 to 1000 Seeds, according to variety.

HENRY a. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Any of the »bove, $1.(0 per trade

PLUMOSUS NANUS,

ASPARAGUS
SEED.

(True). Per 100,
SPRENGERII, per lOO, 50c: 1010. $3.00.
VAUGHAN'S ASTERS.Improved Victoria, snow white,

crimson scarlet, li^nt blue, indieo blua, pink

and rose, trade pkt..' 25c; a or,., 45c; oz., $1.50.
SEMPLE'S BRANCHING.

White oz. 80c, J< oz.25c. pkt. lOo.

Lavender "$1.50 " 45c " 25c.

Pink " l.CO " 25c " lOc.

Queen ol the Market, separate shade ■.earliest Aster

in cultivation, oz., 50e; H oz., 20c; tr. pkt., ICc.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

NEW SEED.
CLOSEST PRICES.

1000, $7.00; 2000, $13.01; 5000 at $6.00 per 1000.

CENTAUREA. New Imperialis, mixed, tr. pkt , 10c;

oz., 60.;. White, trade pkt., 10c; oz., 60c.
NASTURTIUM. Vaughan's Special Mixture, tall, oz.,

10c; M lb</20c; lb., 80c. Dwarf, oz., lOo; }i lb.,

2.V.; lb., 85c.

TUBEROSES 1 We are headquarters. Write
CALADIUMS f for our Wholesale Florists'
QLADIOLUS \ Catalogue, free.

84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO.
14 Barclay St . NEW YORK.

SUCCESSFUL SELLERS

are the tticcessful growers •who advertise iaJ^J^J^J^i^J^J^Jf

-THE AMERICAN FLOBtlST.

1494

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May i8.

The (N[ur5ery T^atiE.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Thko. J. Smith, Pres.; N. W. Hale, Vioe-Pres.;
QsoReE C. Seageb. Rochester, N. Y., Seo'y.

Tweoty-sixlh annualconvention, Niagara Falls,
N. Y., Juneia-14, 1901.

Ellsworth Bbown, hitherto engaged
as a nursery agent, has purchased sev-
eral acres of choice land and started in
the nursery business at Seabrook, N. H.

J. A. Whiteside is now the sole owner
oi the Girard Nursery Co.,Girard, Kans.,
having bought the interests of W. C.
McMillan, Howaid Corning and J. D.
Bradley.

The Sedgwick Nursery Co., Sedgwick,
Kans.. owned by John Schermerhorn,
has passed into the hands of William and
Dexter E. Condon, who have been identi-
fied with the business for years.

Henby M. Ddnlap, president of the
Illinois Horticultural Society, has incor-
porated the Illinois Orchard Co , with
$15,000 capital, to take over his busi-
ness at Savoy. The charter empowers
the company to do a general nursery
business.

Wm. Warner Harper, of Chestnut
Hill, Pa., says business in all depart-
ments has been unusually brisk this
spring, but, owing to the severe winter,
which was especially hard on evergreens,
that part of the business has had by far
a heavier call than in former years.

Gbobge C. Seager, secretary of the
American Association of Nurserymen,-
reports that there is a prospect of secur-
ing a better rate than a fare and one-
third to the annual convention, by reason
of the Pan-American Exposition. Should
it be deemed advisable to withdraw the
« certificate plan rate notice will be mailed
to each member.

The Ontario County Fruit Growers'
Association was organized at Canan-
daigua. New York, May 4, and will
co-operate with the state association
organized at Syracuse in February. The
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, S. D. Willard, Geneva; first vice-
president, Thomas B. Wilson, Halls
Corners; second vice-president, W. S.
Marks, Hopewell; secretary, Harry G.
Chapin, East Bloomfield; treasurer,
Clarence T. Ottey, Seneca; executive
committee, Thomas B. Wilson, chairman,
W. I. Cumine, Bristol; C. P. Whitney,
Phelps; Edward L. Moody, Gorham; H.
G. Chapin, East Bloomfield.

lUinois State Agricultural College Interests.
With reference to comments under
above caption in our issue of April 20,
page 1356, Director Eugene Davenport
writes: ''The statement rather implies
that the legislature grew weary in well-
doing. The fact is, the previous assembly
not only provided $150,000 for an agri-
cultural building, but also provided
government moneys which greatly
increased the maintenance fund of the
college. This, however, promptly led to
such an increase in the attendance of
students as to make even that fund
inadequate and the present assembly has
just passed bills amounting to $60,000
per annum for the maintenance of the
college and station, besides $10,000 for
furnishing the new building. This with
the government fund already provided
givei the college of agriculture and
experiment station a generous amount
for maintenance."

Pittsburg.

MUCH INTEREST MANIFEST IN DISCUSSIONS
BEFORE THE CLUB — PALMS AND ROSES.
— LITTLE DOING IN THE MARKET.

The Florists' Club had an interesting
meeting May 9, the feature of the session
being the general talk on palms. P. S.
Randolph, John Bader and President
Faulkner were the chief participants.
The varieties and growth of palms was
under discussion, and there were some
interesting remarks relative to their sell-
ing qualities. The next monthly meet-
ing promises to be a very interesting one
also, when the discussion will be confined
principally to roses. It may be well to

mention here that it is remarkable the
interest that is being taken in the club of
late. The discussions prove to be very
interesting and of great value to the
members.

There is little to note in the market
this week. Trade for the past few days
has been rather slow. There is a good
outlook, however, for June weddings.
Cut flowers are becoming poor in qual-
ity. Violets have disappeared from the
market and roses and carnations are not
so good as they have been. The dark
weather early in the month is responsible
for the falling ofiF in the quality of the
flowers. The plant trade is booming, of
course. Woodward.

NEW ROSES FOR iqoi.

All the new varieties, insiuding

ROBERT. SCOTT, QUEEN OF EOGELY

and others worth growing: in fine stock. Also all the
STANDARD VARIETIES both for forcing and planting in the
open ground in A I condition, fit for immediate shipment.

JOHN N. riAY, Summit, New Jersey.

TW^yy^r^W r a \^r The Queen of Commercial While Carnatiofis. Scored 91 at Baltimore, wsa
1^ I I 1^ VV /\ Y awarded 1st prize for 100 white, bronze medal for 12 best seedling and
■*■ ^ ^-^ » V ' T ^ ». * first-class Certificate of Merit. Stock all sold until May 1st. Its vigor-
ous, free growth and tendency to bloom early insures a safe investmtint for cuttings delivered in May
f^/^'\ J f^nr^ A most distinct, dark variety, rich and dazzling in color. Surpasses all other
I^IW \ i-' I crimsons in length and strength of stem, exquisite, spicy odor and keeping
^"^^^ qualities. Can be had in good flower by November. -

Above two varieties. $1.50 per doz.. $10 per 100. $75 per KOO.

/■^ • w -.^^ J The Greatest Money Making Pink. A friend ot the com-

I IgllgY^lgVT'^ I A%lr€\ ™oQ people and a descendant of the great Wm. Scott,

^-•^'**^^ ~ ^^ " ^^ M-^vr« *• whose illustrious mantle it is wearing with becoming

grace. Stock large and in the pink of condition. $5 per 100. $40 per 1000.

All of the new ones of this year, the best of last year and the best standard varieties.

Chtysanthemum Timothy Eaton L'^,^!,':^t:l^tJ^^l^^^l^^,

"whipped" every variety which went up against it. The most sensational white chrysanthemum
ever offered. 50c each, $5 per doz., $30 per 100.

COMPLETE LIST OF OTHER NOVELTIES
AND STANDARD VARIETIES. CATALOGUE
READY. WRITE FOR IT.

H. WEBER & SONS, °T''

NORWAY MAPLES

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEICHT.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees tliat have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, William Warner Harper, Prop.,

CHESTNUT HILL. PHILADELPHIA, PA,

SIRPLIS....

Send for our

SURPLUS LIST of
ROSES AND GREEN-
HOUSE STOCK...

PHOENIX NIRSERY CO.

p. 0. Box 625,

BLOOMINGTON. ILL.

Maples 'S!-

From 1 to 3-incl] caliper, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrlsville, Bucks Co., Pa.

HARDWOOD JACKS

From 3-iDch Pot*.

We have 10,000 plants of this variety in superb
I'ondition; strong, well-rooted, AI in every way.

$6 per 100; $50 per 1000.
QUEEN OF EDGELY.

Fine strong iilanfs Irom 3-liu*h pots, $25 per
100; $200 per 1000.

AMERICAN BEAUTY,

strong, well-rcot*-d plants from 2H-)n<-h pots,
ready for. 1 shift; very clean. 100, $6; 1000, $B0.

This Stock is in the Pink of Condition.

The DINGEE & CONARD CO. . West Grove.Pa.

"i-^-oTHEMOON

Company

J For J Trees, Shrubs, Vines,
Your \ and Small Fruits.

Cescrtpttve Illnetrated Catalogue Free*

THE WM. H. MOON CO..
Merrisvlll*. P«.

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AT CHRISTMAS.

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DID THE SAME AT EASTER.

A A A A A A

CAN DO LIKEWISE FOR

DECORATION DAY.

WELCH BROS.

15 Province Street, BOSTON, MASS.

SELECTED CARNATIONS.

Per 100 Per 1000

The Marquis, largest rich piDk....$4.00 $36.00

Morning Glory, best light pinlj 3.50 30.C0

Mrs. Lawson, famous deep pink.... 6.00 50.f0

Ethel Crocker, clear pink 3.50 30.00

Genevieve Lord, light pink 4.00 35.00

Mrs. Lippincott, pink 5.00 40.00

Mrs. Joost, pink, money maker 2.00 15.00

White Cloud, fine white 1.50 laSO

Flora Hill, large white 1.50 12.60

Peru, pure white 4.00 30.00

Elm City, new white 4.00 30.00

Estelle, best bright scarlet 6.00 50.00

Chicago, largest red 4.03 30.0J

G. H. Crane, fine scarlet 2 50 20.00

America, light red 2.50 20.00

Maceo, dark crimson 2.00 15.ro

Gomez, light crimson 2.f0 15.00

Mrs. Bradt, best variegated 3.00 25.00

GEO. HANCOCK & SON. Grand Haven, Mich.

All the new
and standard
varieties. Write for prices.

Atparagut Sprengeiii, 3-inch $4.00 per 100

Atparagui Plumosut, 3 " 6.00 per 100

Small Ferns for dishes, 4 vars.,2>4-in. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegata, 2H-inch 4.00 per 100

Boiton Fernt, S-inch pans $15 and $18 per doz.

" 2V4-inoh 4.00 per 100

" " 3-inch 8.00 per 100

CAUL HACENBERCER. Wast Mentor. O.

CARNATIONS. Per 100 Per 1000

Lawson $7 00 $80 00

Estelle 6 00 50 00

Marquis, Lord, Elm City 5 00 40 CO

Crocker, America, L. Paul 2 50 23 00

Hill 2 00 15 00

Armazindy, Evanston, Dana, Victor,

Meteor 100 10 00

D. R. HBRRON, Olean, N. Y.
fttase mention the American Florist when writing.

CARNATIONS

isssssassssasssasssssasasssi

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OUR CARNATION BLOOMS

ARE STILL THE BEST.

Place your orders for DECORATION DAY with us and

thus avoid pickled slock.

Best assortment. $4.00 per 100; $3O.O0 per 1000.

CHICAGO CARNATION CO., Joliet. 111.

FERNS! FERNS! FERNS!

NEW CROP NOV READY

Place Your Order for Memorial Day with Us and You Won't Get Left.

Taney Ferns, per 1000, $1.25. Dagger Ferns, per 1000, $1.25; 5000, $5.00.

DISCOUNT ON LARGE LOTS. PROMPT AND CAREFUL ATTENTION GIVEN
ALL ORDERS. CASH FROM UNKNOWN CUSTOMERS.

EVERGREEN FLORAL GO.

Evergreen, Ala.

Wholesale Store, Kissr'"

Sell our own -grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors

in quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easv

reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, botn

Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.

Try us.

124 Sixth Street, N.

Minneapolis. Minn.

BRANT & NOE.

Onn (inn Asparagus Plumosus Nanus,
ZUUfUUU picked from our own plants,

fresli
sure
to grow, 90c per lOO; *7.50 per 1000.
Alternantheras— Red. yellow, pink, strong, 2-inch

pots, at li.OO per 100.
Boston Ferns, 2i4-inch, 50c per doz.; 13.00 per 100.

3-lnrh. $1.00 per doz.; 110.00 per 100.
Vinca Major Var.4-inch, strong, tlO per 100.
Russelia Multiflora, 2-inch, fine plants, 50cperdoz *
t4.00 per 100.

A. J. BALDWIN. Newark, Ohio.

I oci- r^oll before plant-
LCtot V>Clll ing out.

Carnations in 2-inch Dots at prices
that will astonish you.

MRS. BRADT, ETHEL CROCKER, WM.
SCOTT, MRS. JOOST, LIZZIE McQOWAN.

Write QEO. A. KUHL, Pakin, III.

Violet Stock.

The celebrated Grand Rapids violet stock,

rooted cuttines and pot plants now ready;

Imperial, Marie Louise, Farqubar and Lady

Campbell.
GERANIUMS, 4-inch, S. A. Nutt and Bruanti, in

bud and flower, 16 00 per lOO, without pots.

Mme. Salleroi, $3.60 per 100.
CRABB A HUNTER, Grand Rapids,fMich.

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The American Florist.

May i8\

Our pasTiMEs.

Announcements of coming contents or other
events of interest to our bowling, shooting and
cycling readers are solicited and will be given
place in this column.

Address all correspondence for this department
to \Vm. J. Stewart, '9 Milk St., Boston, Mass.;
Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, 111.

At New York.

The bowling club will hold an impor-
tant special meeting Monday evening,
May 27. Following is the record of the
last practice match:

Player 1st 2d 3d

Burns 163 167 159

Lang 165 164 ia

Shaw 125 13i 116

Siebrecht 124 147 135

Hafner 146 165 149

Butterfleld 129 143 131

Sheridan 117 131 119

Traendlv 1.58

At Chicago.

The second series of three games between
four teams of the Chicago Florists' Bowl-
ing Club was played Tuesday, May 14.
Here are the scores:

Retailers. 1st 2d 3d T'l

Chas. Balluff 154 183 2i4 551

Oscar Kreitliog 107 126 UU 343

Ed. Hauswirth 135 122 135 392

Metz 90 113 123 326

G. Balluff 89 67 73 229

Total 575 611 655 1841

Gkowers. 1st 2d 3d T'l

Geo StoUerv 13j 150 148 436

F. Matte liiO 175 141 466

Schmitz 134 178 116 438

J. Paulus 1«2 147 132 441

FredStollery 174 190 191 655

Total 7c8 840 738 2336

Wholesalbes. Ist 2d 3i T'l

E. P. Winterion 202 150 181 633

Leonard Kill 137 119 103 359

W. S. Heffron 95 96 139 330

G.L.Grant 154 1V2 143 419

Foerster 176 145 138 459

Total 764 662 7012130

Seedsmbx. 1st 2a 3d T'l

Deu'nan 145 168 167 480

Ileuderton 109 99 124 332

Scott 102 126 168 396

C. Reardon 115 116 132 363

W. Nagle 102 115 168 385

Total 573 624 759 1956

At St. Louis.

The club has kept at its work, though
it has been very warm, which has cat
down the attendance. Following are the
latest scores:

Player 1st 2d .3d 4th 5th Av

Kuehn 139 219 2l 4 187

Weber 117 164 168 149 15U

Beneke ,...163 144 131 121 147 141

Adels 114 116 108 141 rr3 136

Young 8J 136 143 119

Player 1st ■ 2d 3^ 4th Av

Kuehn 170 169 170 160 167

Ellison 127 158 141 161 148

Beneke .•...1'22 159 140

Elhs 73 130 101

R.J.M.

At Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia bowlers are as active
as ever, although the readers of this col-
umn might not think so from the meager
reports served up of late. The first team
of the club, either of five, six, ten or
twenty men, has not been defeated this
winter, although they have been up
against the strongest teams of the city.
They won a nota^ble victory from the
Franklin ten-men team last Monday
night, on the Imperial alleys, Ninth and

Walnut streets. The Franklins are a
Very strong aggregation of players, as
will be seen by the score they put up,
making an individual average of 163
pins in each game. The Florists, how-
ever, with two substitutes, or second
team plavers, made an individual aver-
age of 165 and defeated their opponents
by sixty-seven pins. The first two games
V7ere very close, but in the last the Flo-
rists made a great finish and won out
with a comfortable margin. Mooney, ot
the Florists, rolled a remarkable game,
making 251 and a grand total of 620
pins, which is the record for three games
in a team match in this city. There were
but two simon pure florists on this team,
however, so the issue at Buffalo should
not be considered settled by this exhibi-
tion of skill. The score follows:

Florists Xo. I 1st 2d 3d T'l

Moss 155 178 174 507

Hamilton 172 147 164 483

Dunham 137 146 199 472

Moore 183 198 18 539

Mooney 184 251 185 6I!0

Team totals 821 92J 880 2621

Franklin 792 844 707 2423

Florists Xo. 2 1st 2d 3d T'l

Johnson 163 170 195 618

Leaver 131 141 li9 401

Allen 199 146 156 501

Kitt 164 117 192 473

Ku-rstner Ii3 133 2U6 462

Team totals 770 707 878 2355

Franklin 810 779 897 2486

Florist-i' grand total 4976

Franklin's grand lo;al 49C9

K.
— *-»-*^

Sing Sinr, N. Y.— Briarcliff Farms are
building four tnore rose houses each
28x300 feet, all even span, two byHitch-
ings & Company and two by Lord &
Bnrnham.

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Indispensable

^^ tS^ ^^ ^^

This is the only word which describes the Ameri-
can Florist Company's Directory, just out. This
book, 397 pages of facts tersely told, is issued
annually and is an aid to business and money
making which no wholesaler or traveling salesman
can aflford to be without. It contains the name of
every Florist, Nurseryman and Seedsman, arranged
both by states and towns and alphabetically; and
new lists of Gardeners or Superintendents of
private estates. Experiment Station Horticultur-
ists, Landscape Architects and Horticultural Sup-
ply Concerns. It will save many times its cost by
enabling you to cover America with your catalogue
and at the same time waste no printed matter or
postage on dead names.

EDITION OF J 90 1,
POSTPAID, $2.00 ^

AMERICAN

nORIST

CO.,

324 Dearborn St.,
CHICAGO, ILL.

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The American Florist.

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McKellar fe Winterson

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

HEADQUARTERS ""^ ^^^ Novelties and Cut Flowers for School Closings,
V _^ and Decoration Day.

I R. Van der Schoot & Son

WHOLESALE BULB GROWERS

Established 1830.

Catalogue Now Ready. ^ ^ ^ HILLEGOM, HOLLAND.

ORArT[D
..ROSES

Liberty - |18.00 per iCO.
Bridesmaid )

Bride - $12.00 per 100.

Golden Gate J

Choice plants, 3-inch pots, ready for
immediate planting. Ten sample plants
to florists only for$I.CO.

Verbenas

choice Varieties in bud and bloom,

3-inch pots - $3.00 per 100.
2;^-inclipots, 2 00 per 100.

NEW CARNATION

Queen Louise

AVe have sold this season 75,000 disbud-
ded long stem flowers of this great com-
mercial white carnation at the highest
market price and have had only good
reports from our customers and not one
\\ ord of complaint from either commiss on
men, florists or retail customers.

You will have to grow this variety

if you wish to compete with your

neighbor.

On our place it produces twice as manv
flowers as White Cloud or Flora Hill and
is a better variety in every respect.

Rooted Cuttings, $10.00 per 100,
$75.00 per 1000.

J. L. DILLON, ^ir ""^^

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Bay Trees and Boxwood

PYRAMIDS

AND

STANDARDS

A Grand Array of

CHOICE SPECIMENS.

ENGLISH IVIES, 4 to 5-in. pots, $15 and $20 per 100.

606BINK i ATKINS,

RUTHERFORD, N. J.

Write for Catalogue.

ROSE8, from 5-in. pots at 9c. Fine, clean
Plants, Clothllde Soupert, Gen. Jacqueminot, La
France. Coquette des Blanches, Coquette des
Alps, Malmaison, Lady Emily Peel, etc; Queen of
the Prairie, same size, at 8c. Large-flowered
Clematis* finest purple, white and lavender sort3,
3-year, 30c; flue 2-year dormant or from 5-in. pots,
]8c; fine 1-year at very moderate prices. Clematis
Paniculata,' dormant or from 5-in. pots, 10c. Pack-
ing free for cash. Would like to exchange a few
Clematis for fine, clean-rooted Cuttings or 2- in.
Geraniums. Coleus and Lobelia.

W. H. SALTER, Rochester. N. Y.

^3oTiaiOe Extra large stockv plants,
X^rtlllSXCO* Giant Mixed, in bud and
bloom; $1 per 100; 18 per 1000. Will save you 50 per
cent on R. C Carnations. Write for prices. Cash
with order. hY. ERNST & SON, Washington, Mo.

Mixed Ferns

FOR FERNERIES.

Five or Six Varieties. Write
GEO. A. KUHL. PEKrN. ILL.

Don't Forget Our Bostons.

Please mention the American Florist when ~urritingl

CLEMATIS. Notwithstandine heavy sales, I h.-ive
a tine assortment, 12 leading kinds, from 4 and 5-
in pots. 12 per doz., $15 per 100. Kaniculata,4 and
5-in. pots. $1 per doz., .$8 per 100. H. P. Roses, own
roots, 4-in. pots, mostly in bud, $1.50 per doz.; 10
choice sorts. F. A. BALLBR, BloomlDgtorf, III.

3 41)8

The American Florist.

May i8,

Salt Lake City.

TRADE HOLDS I' P WKLL — MANY WEDDING
DKCOBATIONS ON TUB OBDBB BOOKS —
IIBDDING PLANT TBADB SLOW IN STAKT-
ING— A Die. GROWER WELCOMKD.

The Huddart Floral Company voices
the general scntinient in the trade here
when its members say that trade is all
that they could desire. Bedding plant
sales are belated and thus far a little
slower than usual, but the social Eeason
is not yet at an end and general cut
flower trade is splendid. The orders for
decorations for May weddings afford an
assurance ol prosiierity clear up to
Memorial day, which always means
good business here. Then, on June 2,
President McICinley and party are sched-
uled to arrive for a twD day's stay, dur-
ing which time many (lowers will be
usjd, and then come commencements.
With bedding out in the meantime it
looks as though every one would be busy.

It is good news that Salt Lake City is
shortly to have a big grower of cut flow-
ers who will dispose of his crops at
wholesale. There is a big field here for a
large producer of first-class stock, for the
supply is very generally inadequate and
much stock is shipped in from long dis-
tances, We understand that the venture
is backed by a son of Senator Clark, of
Montana, which ought to insure its reli-
ability.

The Huddart Ploral Company is plan-
ning a considerable improvement in its
range this season. Two old houses will
be torn down and replaced and one new
house will be added. P. H.

Troy. N. Y.— Sambrook & Son have
had a fine run of funeral work lately.

Tbkke Hautb, Ind,— Lawrence Heinl
has b'een awarded the contract for plant-
ing flower beds in CoUett Park on his bid
ot $7.^.

Oak Park, III.— F. Blondeel has suc-
ceeded F. Grosse & Co. and contemplates
some additions to his greenhouse plant,
with iron gutters.

Gold Storage Valley

NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT

LILY OF THE VALLEY

for JUNE WEDDINGS

Tine Pips, Carefully Packed and Well
Frozen, $12.00 per 1000.

HIi DDIIIIC MOQ-I'tll W. Madison SI.
■ III DHUHO cMioAGO.

GAREX JAPONIGA

VARIEGATA.

We have a tine stock of this useful

grass. Indispensab'e to all who

have bedding and filling

ot vases to do.

From 2Vl'inch pots, $5.00 per 100.

NATHAN SMITH & SON, Adrian, Mich.

AZALEAS, BAY TREES

THB FINEST AND LARGEST
STOCK IN THE WORLD.

SANDER. BRUOES, BELOIUM.

Our Am'iit. Mr. A. Itiininock. will be nhnised t<t
reply to any commuuicjitinn.s iidilressed to hLm at
eo ▼•■•7 Btr««t. V«w York Oitj.

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2i-INCI1 ROSE PLANTS.

100 1000

.\inBrl(;au lieauty $0.00 $5,5.00

Uridosmald 3.00 2hM

llrIdH 3.00 25.00

Meteor 3.00 25.C0

100 1000

Liberty $8,00 $75.00

Golden Gate 3.00 25.00

Perle 3.00 25.00

Kiiiscrin 3.0D 28.00

All the now and HtHiidHrd vartetleH, free from riiHt and all oilier ciUeases.
Our Htook Is lu Hue shape aud all outtlugs are well rooted wheu sent out.

lOO 1000

Ounrdiiui Angel.., $1.00 $3ij.00

Marquis 3.00 35.00

Genevieve Lord 3.00 2.5.00

Crane 3.00 25.00

I'.thel Crocker 2.50 2n.t0

Mrs. Hradt 2.0D 17.50

,7<,hu Younu 1.60 12.50

100

White Cloud $1.25

ArK'yle I.OO

Evanston 1.00

F. Joost 1.00

Cerise Queen 1.00

Gov. Griggs 1.00

lUOO
MO.OO
9. CO
9.00
9.00
9.00
9.00

All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately,
when money will be refunded.

I PETER BEINBERG, waba^'Ae Chicago, 111. |

ROSE PLANTS.

2Vi-lnch pots.
Per 100 I'er lOCO I Per 100 Per 1000

ami:kica.n ueauty $5 oo ' bride $2.50 $20.00

MUTEOK 2.50 $20,00 1 BKIUESMAIU 2 50 20,00

PKULE 2. BO SO. 00 || GOLDEN GATE 2.50 20.00

,\ME1UCAN BEAUTY bushes lifted from benches, crated and packed in moss.,, 3.00 '-'5,00

Rooted Carnation Cuttings^

EVANSTON
JOOST

Per 100 Per 1000
..,$1,00 $9,00
... l.CO 9.00

Per 100 Per 1000

WM. SCOTT $1.00 $9,00

TIDAL WAVE 1,00 9,00

We have the largest and finest stock of Rose Plants to be seen anywhere.
Write for Special Price on Large Quantities.

, GEORGE REINBERG. 51 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO.

Plrasr mr niton the Ante* icati Florist ic/trn 7vntirts:

American Beauties

From 3-inch pots, $9 per 100; $80 per 1000.

-JOSEPH HEACOCK, Wyncote, Pa. |

FAXON'S

'WHITE
HOUSE'

PANSIES.

The best mixture in cultivation, flowers very

larnc ttiick and velvety; of superb colors and

markings. The p(.T((-'cti()n of form and texture.

In Trade Packets at $1.00 each.

M. B. FAXON,

Lock Box 1528, BOSTON, MASS.

CorrfHpondenro Bolifiti-d.

PANSIES

Cold Frame Plants, in bud and
bloom, $1.50 per 100. No. 1 stock.
Cash witli order.
I. B. JENNINGS, Grower of the Finest Pansies,
L.ork Box aft4 HoiiMiiMirt, Conn.

r /\lNolll^ RAISING

Small Plants All Sold.

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU.

Grant Avenue, JCRSCY CITV, N. J.

Do not forget to say "saw your ad. In
the Ambrican Plokist" when corre-
•ponding with advertiiera.

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

50,000 '

;; Latania Borbonica Seedlings

<>

^ IN SPLKNDII) CONDITION.

* I'er 100 liftO *

I'er 1000 20.00

I'or fiOCO 90.00

Cash Willi oniiT.

FELIX GONZALEZ & CO.,

303 to 323 Ellsworth St. and Crescent Ave.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.

Boston Ferns.

Liircest slock- iu Amnrioa itt J',>5 .'Uid $51) por 100.
Smiill plants *I) per 100. $40 pit WO. Cut from
bench. lA.OOO Geraniums. Double Petunias, 4-iu.:
Alternantheras, 1-kiiuls; Draciiena Indivisa, and 7-
in.: Palms. Kentias, Cocos. Latania, Asparagus Plu-
mosus Nanus and Sprengerii, 4- in.

L. n. FOSUR, 45 King St.. Dorchester, Mass.

CRYPIOMERIA JAPONICA ^XTi.'.^/.f;;,'^^^

stock, •.; iiieh. at $3.00 per 100 .\l90 an exlra line
lot from 3-ineh pots, at $5.00 per 100. SatLs artlon
guaranteed. E. I. RAWLINGS. Quakertown, Pa,

i^or.

The American Florist.

1499

H^ >v £\ m^ £\ We believe in shilling

I ■ ■ ■ ^ ^~ ^ young Roses olten. All

l# I I ^ I ^ stock oHered in ZS-ln.

■%iy«yB 1 # pots has been thilled

Irom 2-in., and is equal

to most stock advertised as 3-in., and when we

send it out II is well established.

Let us know your wants.

2 and 2 1-2-in. Stock is Tine.

VARIETIES GROWN 1

Mi'liiom LnKrancn I'ri'siil.'iit (;iirn<il,

Hrldcs A. V. KlliaiTlli Unlilmi (Jllti'

Mulds WooUoiiN AiiiiTicMiii lifautics

IVrios Bollo Kli'liriM-.ht MhiTty

CARNATIONS.
U.d. und:;-ln. llnidt,( 'rocker. .Incisiiiiul Mc(;owhd,

R. C. COLEUB.

Mixed, VorschiilTi'llii, r.oliliin Hcddiir, Yellow
Queen, etc.. ENGLISH IVY.

'.iyi, 3 and i-ln<',h pots.
QERANIUMS. Rod mid pink In :Mn.

A few thouBiind ISX'REDiN'GiBICI,

ready for ^-Ine.h potH.
Special in WOOTTON ROSES, ■:y,-Ui.. ready to
plant in beds. Write

GEO, a. KUHL Pekin. III.

New Roses

THE BALTIMORE (certificated) color a
liRht pink and of the largest size; llowers
through the entire season; $5 per dozen.

ADMIRAL SCHLEY, the best crimson bed-
der ever introduced, $3 per dozen.

NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM JOS. W. COOK,

scored 89 Commercial points in Phila-
delphia. Color a light blush pink, stiff
stems, blooms very early; $2,50 per
dozen.

Cash with the Order. Send lor Descriptive Slip.

JOHN COOK, 318 N. Charles SI. Baltimore, Md.

Robert Scott,

EVERYBODY'S ROSE, ^rrctuit.
Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, pei. co . Pa.

HHERTY $18. UO per 100.

MAIUS )

BRIDES yjl2i)er 1(X); $110 per 1000

(JOLDKN (JATE . \
Strong' plants j^rarted on Mimetti stocks, ready
for 4-lnch pots; wiirrantol to be llrst-c^Iass.

METEOR and BRIDE, own roots, 18.00 per
ItO, JSi.OO per lOCO.

CHRIS. HANSEN. St. Paul. Minn.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES ^poV^"

$6.00 per 100: $50.00 per 1000.
Beauties, :i'/,-in. pots, ««,()0 per 100.
Brides, Maids, Perles. Meteors and Kaiserins. 2'/i-in.

pots, «:i.0« per 100; »i") DO per 11)00.
Pres. Carnot. ^:',4-lu. pots, ,ii3..')0 per 100, |:i0 per 1000.

The above all good, clean slock.
COT^E Itf*<>.««»,, PEORIA, ILL

ROBT. CRAIG & SON, I

Roses, Palms I

, and Novelties in Decorative Plants. 5;

; Market and 49tli Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. %

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine

win. 00 per too.

Light Pinl( Lorraine •^;','^.

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndnioor, Pa.

Chrysanthemums == Roses == Marguerites == Stevia

We urou onl> t^uoil e.oimiieii'.lul \arleties of 'Munis in liirjie tjuaiitities, select our .stock oarofiilly
and supervise alT shipnientH perHonally, B'> thiit sntislaction is practically assured. TrlcuH are flxed as
low as ^(ind Htoek e.an be sold Tor allowing' a fair prollt.

WHITE.

Hooted

Ciittlni.'s,
I'or 100

l''it/.\vyk'rani mi. so

Independence .... 1.50

Herrmann l.FiO

Kail. 1.30

Robinson 1.80

Ivory 1.30

Woodford l.SO

The Queen I..'i0

MaytUtwer l.BO

.Irromi' .lones .... 1.;I0
(;ret{!henlluottner 1,30
Minnie W a n a -

maker 1.30

Chadwlek ;;00

BRONZE.
Lad\' Ilanhani.. . . 1.50
Chas. Davis 1,80

RED.

Uefi'Mder I.W

Shrinipton 1.50

Childs 1.50

a.5o

2.50

a. 50

IMrides
Meteor

.ai<-ln.,10O»3.on; 10l)0»25.00;3 In.,

300

ar>.oo

1 00 $4.50
" 4.50

•Ji^-ln. Rooted 2V4-in. , Itooted 2!/,-ln.

Stock, YELLOW. (Juttlnijs, Stock, Ciittlnus, Stock.

I'erlOO I'er irii I'er lOn I'fr l(S) Per 100

$J.0O Yell, Iflt/.wVKram 2.10 2.!iO

2.50 Oi'l. Sunshine.... 2.00 3.00

2.50 Col. A ppleton,

2.00 (new) 5 00 rt.SO """'I i-"" 2.00

2.0O Ooldcn Trophy... 1.80 2.00 Glory .n-aclllc. .. 1.80 2.00

■i.ti) Mrs. Whllldln.... 1.3) 2,0') Maud Dean 1.50 2.50

2.00 Modesto 130 2(10 ','.'''';'",■ ;;" "i ••• 2? ^'22

2,50 lionnalTon 1.81 2.01) Vivland-Morel . 1.80 2.00

2.50 IVnnsvlvaola.... 250 1,00 'res. Rmllh ..)0 2.0O

20) Col. Ion Wedding.. 1.75 2 50 M)auMln|. 1.50 2.50

:;,00 Harry Hurrell.... 1.50 2,.'.ii Munluek.. 1.30 2,00

Rleinau 1.50 2.50 A Mtiiniii Glory.. .. 1.60 2.50

2.00 Yellow .lones 1.30 2,00

3,00 ICcUpso, Yellow

Chadwick 2.50 8.50

2.50 Yellow Mavllower 2.00 3.00

2.00 Yellow (,iui'i^a.... 1.:10 2,00

dates .. .2>4-ln., 100$8.(10; I000»2fi.00; 3-ln., ICOJfi.OO
Maids... " " 8.01) ■■ 26.00 " ■' 4.50

liKAUTlES will lie listed late

JVI A. I« <^ U IS R I'X^ LC tS .

California White, Rooted Cuttings, per lOO, $3.00. Giant Yellow I{oote,l Cuttings, per lUO, 14.00

Common White, Rooted CuttliiRs, per ICO, $2.00.

Rooted Cutllnt;s. per 100, »l.60; 2V4-ln. stock, HI2.50.
When less than 25 plants iire ordered, add 20 lier cent. I''lve per cent discount will be allowed on
orders from 500 to ICOO idants; ten per cent discount will lie llllow(^d on orilers for 16(K) and over.
Ueiiilttiinces must aecompany orders from iiiikiiown parties. (Joods will be sent C O. D. If requested.
All orders are lllled as soon us stock is ready. Kverv order lias our personal supervision and will be
e.vecuted to the best of our iilillit^ . In every case wlien stock is shipped Hatisfiictlon Is triiaranteod, or
111 V rer led. K.rord: 226,000 slilppe.l out ill lOUO without II kiek. Have the stock to double anit.

FOEHLMANN BROS. CO., Morton Grove, 111.

FROM 2>i-INCH POTS.

CLEAN BUSHY PLANTS.

lieautles per 100, $8.00; per 1000, Iil76.(10

lirldes '• 4,00 " :)6.00

Maids " 4.00 " 35.00

Meteors " 4.f0 " 85.00

I'erles " 4.00 " 36.00

Strictly lirst-class and guaranteed,
with special discount in 1000 lots;
600 at 1000 rates; BO at 100 rates.

CARNATION PLANTS, from soil and pot. Strictly first-clasi and free from dliease.

Write US your wants.
GtRANIUIVIS, all the leadini; varieties.
CHRYSANftlEMlMS, Rooted CuttinRS. Extra choice stock now ready; ^1.50 per

hundred, 812.50 per thousand.

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

ROSES

FINE STOCK FROM 2'A-\H. POTS.

We have the following varieties In suip'us
and offer them at these prices as long as sur-
plus lasts: $2.00 per 100, $18.00 per 1000.

Uf^fLuto liK^onsLfint

MoH<-llu

IlridHainaiJ

M. Nlel

Mm<!. KrariciHca Krutiiir

Ciithefinf Merraet

Marie Van Iloiitte

Mm«. C MniQnor

(Mlmt)inu Meteor

Mnie. Welche

l)urJir',4>. d(! Ilnibant

Mme. EMe Lambert

KrH-hiintri'Ss

Mme. Lambert

Ktoil*' U'- Lyon

Marie Gulltot

Florii.

MafdoflloDor

Gi!0. I'ernet

Mm<!. Uelne Gerard

Gen. Robt. E. Ll'C

Paqueret(«;

Ooldcn Giiti!

Su/anne Blanrhel

.fiiinett SpriMit
.luHnnc DrivoD

Sonv. de Jeanne Chabaud

Santa KoHa

La Phn-iilx

Snuv. do un Ami

La Princ«H8 Vera

Snowllake

Mnic. Sch walliT

Suuv. de J. B. QuLllot

Mriie. do Wttttevllle

Kylph

MarUm Didk*^''

The Bride

Mi(fnoni'ttc

The (^iieen

Mfit.lL

THREE NEW WICIIURAIANA HYBRIDS.

Mver^ireen (ieni Gardenia Jersey Beauty

$3.00 per 100. $25.00 per 1000.

The STORRS& HARRISON Go.

PAINESVILLE, OfllO.

Orchids 1 <^

JuHl ;irrivt*'l, a lino slilpmont of CATTLEYA
TRIANAE. Write Tor jiurtle.iiiiLrM at once, im
no more plantH will bo in tho miirket this

LAGER & HURRELL, ''"^""' "■ -»•

Orchid Qrowari and ImporUra.

/Vi'usr mrni-on the American I'lornt when wuhntr

Palms # Ferns.

HOIVIK-<}K(>WN, KINK, VI.KAN
HT«)C'K; GROWN COOL.

Write lor Price List. J ,
The Exotic Nurseries,

B. HEISS.
DAYTON, OHIO.

; Hardy Herbaceous
Alpine Plants.

AND Alpine Plants. ^';ol

A Complete AitortmenI ol Old and New Vars.

The Blue mil Nursery, So. Bralntree, Mats. <

KltKMroNKKNCK HOI.rcJTKIi. H

MAMMOTH VERBENAS. ». 1^

iif l)riKlil ri'U if whuI-imI, ilOo pi^r 100 l.v riiiiil, *■( tier
l(l(J(l::>-in.,iri l.ijil. t\.'lh per 100. GERANIUMS. IC<'<I
KriiHnt uiid t;ruiit, 4-lri., in bud. l)luoi[i or wilhoiit.
$5. CO DiT 100.

SAMUEL WHITTON. 15-17 Gray Av., Utica. N. Y.

1500

The American Florist.

May i8,

Columbus, O.

BATN RETARDS SPRING WORK BDT DEMAND
FOR BEDDING STOCK IS HEAVY. — HETBR-
ANTHE GERANIUM BETTER THAN NUTT
ASABEDDER.-AFFLECKS PLANCHANGES.
—NOTES.

We are having a spell of wet weather
through this section of the country, caus-
ing a check in the early planting, but the
demand for bedding stock is very brisk,
there being a large :all for red gerani-
ums, Heteranthe being the leader, as we
find it does better in this locality than
any other semi-double variety. S. A.
Nutt, used so extensively through the
country, while a fine pot plant, is not so
valuable as a bedder with us. The usual
cry of cutting prices is heard but I am
sure that at the close of the season the
growers will say we have had a prosper-
ous vear.

AfHeck Brothers are making a number
of changes about their place. They con-
template planting one large house of
roses in solid beds, using tile and cinders
for drainage. Howard Affleck has a plan
of his own which he thinks, if properly
carried out, will make a serviceable solid
bed, at least he is willing to bank one
house on it as an experiment.

John Underwood, father of Underwood
Bros., was given a pleasant surprise on
his birthday last jveek, a large circle of
friends gathering at his residence, among
them some of our prominent Masons, of
which society Mr. I'nderwood has been
a member for a number of years. Refresh-
ments were served in true Underwood
style. Carl.

TO THE TRADE
ONLY

BY order of J. A. PETERSON (Flor-
ist), I will offer iit Auction on Thu sday,
May 23d, 10 a. m. shuro. at his greenhouses,
Mckenrv Avenuo. Westwood. Cincinnati,
Ohio, his entire stock of Decorative Plants,
fonsistine: of Kentia Belmoreana and Fors-
teriana. Latanias, Areca Lutescens. Caryota
Urens, Rhapis Flabelliformrs. Cycas Revo-
luta. Cocos Plumosa, lu to 12 feet high.
Very larpe sptcimen plants 'n the lot.
in from 10 inch to 12 inch pots. 14 to 18-inch
tubs. A 'so fine plants of Pandanus Veitchii
and Utilis. Dracaenas. Araucarias. Tree Ferns.
AdiantL-m Farleyense, etc., etc. This will be a
rare opportunity to secure a fine lot of decora-
tive plants, which will be sold to the highest
bidder without limit or reserve, as Mr. Peter-
son wishes to reiire from the Decorative Plant
business.

CHAS. BRUNS,

AUCTIONEER.

Take Harrison Ave. Cars to McHenry Ave.,
Westwood.

BUCKBEE'S

Fancy Pansy Plants

Extra line stock v Septoniher plants, trans-
planted and wintered in cold frames, now in
bud and bloom, $1.50 per 100. $tO per 1000.

SEEDLINGS, not transplanted, $3.00 per 1000.

H. W. BICKBEE,

Rocklord Seed Farms,
Forest City Greenhouses.

Rockford, III.

Geraniums !

fINE, L\ROE PLANTS MIXED VARS.

^ SVz-inch, $4.00 per 100.

VAN WERT GREENHOUSES,

Van Wert, Ohio.

sisssaaHSSBSHSBassrasssssasBesfiEiasBiiii^s

CARNATION NOVELTIES

strong Plants from 2-incii Pots.

Prosperity per ICO, ,S16.O0

Gov, Koosevelt " 12.00

Queen Louise " 1000

Mrs. Leopold Ine " 7.00

lion Homme Richard per 100. $10.00

Proliflca ■■ 10.00

Egypt " lOOJ

Roses.

Crimson Rambler, 2 year, extra, budded, 4-foot canes per ICO, $15.00

•' ' " *' " own roots, 4-foot canes " 15.00

Tree Crinjson Rambler, fine tops per doz., 5.C0

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. 2- year, grafted per 100, 15.00

Hermosa, 2-year, own roots " 13.00

21/2-inch Pots.

Brides ..per 100. $3.00

Bridesmaids "' 3.C0

Perles " 3.50

Meteors ' 3.0O

Liberty per 100, $10.00

American Beauty .

Kaiserin

Golden Gate.

6.00
3.50
3. CO

CrGl^S/IlilllllS, 2H-in. pots, $4.C0 per lOO; $30 00 per 1000.
Colet_»fS, per 100, $2.60i 1000, $20.C0.

.A.SI>^i-^e:v»» ®iJi-e>nfi:^rl» 2H-in. pots, per 100, $3.00.
]3^1-ilT<a.is« best kinds, 2-in. pots, per 100. $5.C0.

H^«"<ay Plrx-lo^s:, finest named kinds, per 100, H.OO.

New Chrysanthemums. "i^'lA MS^t'.!?%.r.kX

best new yelfow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton, Yanariva.

THE GRAin> HEW

FIITK QEBAmVM

Doz.. $1.25; per 100, $10.00.
2-inch pots.

Jean Viaud.

CanUaS. Buy nowl Don't get left again.

VAUGHANS' SEED STORE, «*"«c"A12.Yg"J:"" g

14 BARCLAY STREET
NEW YORK.

GREENHOUSES. WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL.

SSSSii

fzsHHJifssKafssssa

BARGAINS!

< Per 100

Adiantum Cuneatum, strong 2X'-in $4.00

Boston Ferns, 2;4:-in 4.00

4-in 1200

Latania Borbonlca, strong 3-in '. 6.00

Pandanus Utilis, 4-inch 15.00

'■ " S " $5 00 per doz.

" " 6 " 9.C0

Brides and Maids, 2X-in 3.00 per KO.

WRITE us FOR FIGURES ON CHRYSANTHE-
MUMS AND BEDDING PLANTS.

Walker & Mclean, Fed, si. Youngstown.

LAST CALL

FOR

Decoration Day.
FINE GERANIUMS - "-- «-"

I lilU UkimillUIIIW Salmon Pink and
White. Also ZV, and 3-inch.

Write or \\ire us for anything in the plant line:
Cannas, Felar^roniums, Vlncas. I^obelia,
Siuilax, Salvias, Plniuosns, Spreng'erl,
Boston Ferns, Fnchsias, Ivy Oeraninms,
Beg'onlas, Mixed Ferns, Etc . Etc.

GEO A. KUHL. PEKIN. ILL.

Going Out of Plant Business

Carnations ir?ol"g';^

12C0 S.-ott .^ -V

4 MeGowan I

ISOJubilee \ $2.00

150 Daybreak f per lUO

If Crane I

150 Ivory J

ROSES 600 Bridesmaids per 100, $4.00

12S Woottons '• 4.C0

JtOBeauties " 6.00

150 Stevias. dwarf " 1.60

lOOAsclepia " 1.60

H'lOSmilax, 2-in ■' 2.00

Geraniums, assorted, 2-in., $2 00; 3-ln.. $5.00; 4-in.,
$e.UO per ICO,

Cash please. Order early.

Address J. N. KIDD, St. Joseph, Mo.

VEGETABLE PUNTS.

CABBAGE— Wakefield, Succession. All Head Early
and Late Flat Dutch, Savoy and other varieties,
I5c.Der 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50 per 10,000.

CELERY— White Plume, Golden Self Blanching
and other varieties, I5c per ICO; $1.00 per lOl^
$8.60 per 10,000. Small plants for transplanting,
76c per 1000.

EGG PLANT— N. Y. Improved, 25c per 100; $2.00
per 1000.

PEPPER— Bull Nose. Ruby King and Sweet Moun-
tain, 25c per 100: $3.00 per IQOO.

TOMATO— In var.. 20c per 100; $1.25 per lOOO.

LETTUCE— In var.. 15c per 100. $I.Oj per 1000.
If any of tlie above wanted by mail, add loc per

100 plants. ,-, ,,, ^

'^ Cash With Order.

R.VINCENT. Jr..& SON, White Marsh, Mil.

PvriiiniPII Persicum Splendens Giganteum. 1°
VJVilulllCII offer a grand lot of tu>-se at an

exceptionally low price. No better Cyclamens
are obtainable. I can furnish them in 4 separ-
ate colors, transplanted from flats, at $3.00 per
100; $25.00 per lOciO.

fil>raillliniC •^'"- Ricard. .Tohn Doyle, Mrae.

UCiaillUIIIS ThibBut, Gen. Grant. Gloire de
France. Mme. .lauiin Gritlith Countess de Cas-
tries. Frances Perkins. S. A. Nutt, Leonard
Kelwav, La Favorite. My selection from 3-tn.
pots. $4.00 per ItO; purchaser's selection, $6.00
per 100; from 3i4-in. pots, $B.0O per 100.

Pannac Queen Charlotte. Ho'ence Vaughan,

l/aillias (jhas. Henderson, Chicago, J. D.
Cabos, Egandale. Papa. Pres. McKinley, from
3-in. pots, $5.C0 per 100. Surplus Florence
Vaughan, started from sand bed, $2.50 per 100.
I solicit your patronage and guarantee satisfaction.

PAUL MADER. E. S'roudabur g, Pa.

CnRYSANTHEMlMST

Mrs. H. Robinson.

E. DaiUedouzf.

Ivrry. Lady Playfair,

Marion Henderson,

and other tine vnrioties.

Major BonnafTon,
Mrt.. E. G, Hill,
Golden Weddinfi,
Sunrise, Oetii,

Writi- for circular.

Rooted cuttings and from -Ji^-inch pots, $2 per lOO.

A. P. MONTGOMf RY, Hazleton. Pa.

VERBENAS - ASTERS

Verbenas, Mammoth, fine plants from soil, 40c per

1(J0; *3.e0 per lOCO.
Asters, Semple's, (Jueen of tte Market and Giant

Comet Branching. 56c per 100; $2.60 per 1000.
Cabbage Plants ready to plant out, $1.26 per 1000.

J. C. SCHMIDT, Bristol, Pa.

igOT.

The American Florist.

1 501

mm

FOR FUMIGATING GREENHOUSES

NiCOTICIDE

HAS NO EQUAL

11

From "American Gardening," January 12, 1901.
To THE Editor of American Gardening:

Some enquiries hiiviug been lately addressed asking if I could rt!0-
oommend the use of the recently inlrodured fumiguting extract ■'Nici>ti-
cide," the following partieuhirs are offered: Wo first tried it at the
advertised strength on a house of Gardenias; all the mealy bugs and
aphis were killed.

We placed some tender plants in the house to note its effect, and
found that young fronds on Adiantiims Cuoeatura and Farlcyeuse sus-
tained injury; no other plants suffered at all. We next tried it on two
dormant loan-to graperies, which had figs on the back walls; the latter
harbored some mealy bug, but we have not found a living bug since the
fumigation. Our only other trial was on a house of violets which con-
tained a little red spider and green aphis; both of these were killed out-
right, while plants were uninjured.

So far as our experiments have gone, mealy bug, black and green
aohis and red spider have been killed and the only injury done was to
the adjantum fronds named. Nikoteen *'Aphis Punk" while safe to use
on almost all classes of plants, will injure adiantums somewhat. We
believe "Nicoticide" will prove a valuable addition to our fumigating
compounds. Of course further experience is needed but it is cheaper
and much safer to use than hydrocyanic gas, which has recently found
much favor as an insect destroyer. W- N. CRAlGt

North Easton, Mass.

Ithaca, New York, January 29, 1901.
The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co..

Gentlemen: — I received from your warehouse some time ago a
sample of *'Nicoticide" (Fumigating" Compound) for trial, and to report
the result. I have tried it on Coleus, with mealy bug: killed all the

young ones, a few of the old ones not quite dead. It killed green fly on
Eustcr lilies, killed white fly on Pelargoniums, and red spider on roses.

The following plants were in the bouse in flower when vaporized—
Cvlamens, Primulas, Fuchsias, Hegonias, alsoaplantof Adiantum
('uneatum — without the least damage to llowers or foliage. I think if
the houso had been air-tight, likely all of the mealy bug would havo
been killed.

I think it will prove a valuable insecticide, especially fur those hav-
ing greenhouses attached to the dwellings.

Yours very truly, ROBT. SHORE.

Park Ridge. III., February 25, 1901.
The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., Louisville, Kt.

Gentlemen:— In reply to yours of the2Ut inst,can say that we have
given your "Nicoticide" a complete trial and are happy to say that we
think jt is the most effective and easy applied insecticide we know of.
We have found it does not injure the plants in the least even if used
very strong.

"Enclosed please find checK for one dozen cans which kindly send as
soon as possible. Y'ours truly, EMIL BUETTNER,

Oyster Bat. L. I., February 23, 1931.
The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., Louisville, Ky.

Gentlemen:— I take pleasure in cordially commending "Nicoticide"
as the best insecticide I have ever used. We have given it a lull, fair
and impartial trial, and find it etTicacious with green fly, mealy bug,
anls, etc.; can't say what it will do with scale and thrips, not having
tried it thereon. Will send you another order in the near future, and
will use it freely to keep down insect life. Yours respei-tfuljy.

SEAWANHAKA GREENHOUSES,

Per Wm. L. Swan, Proprietor.

Write for Particulars to
1003 MAGNOLIA AVE., LOUISVILLE, KY.

TJ»iVI>IIVO OO.,

BEAUTIFUL STOCK

Per 100

Geraniums, finest sorts, per 1000, $25.00 $ 3.00

'* 4-iach, selected lO.OO

Mt.otSnow 3.00

Mrs. Parker 5.00

DracEena Indivisa, extra strong, 5-moh 15.00

" "4 " 8.00

Coleus, best sorts 2.00

Chrysanthemums, best sorts 2.00

Feverfew, Little Gem 2.S0

Ivies, English 3.00

Oleanders, dbl. piniv and dbl. white 4.0O

• 6-inch... 30.00

Smilax 2.00

Verbenas 2.C0

Hydrangea Hortensis, 4-inch 12.00

2V4-mch 4.00

Latania Borbonica, 6-inch $7.50 per doz.

5 " 4.50 '■

W. L. SMITH. AURORA. ILL.

CANNAS

Martha Washington, Clorioaa,
Rosemawr, Philadelphia,

Duke of Marlborough,

iind 50 other varieties. Write for list.

The Conard & Jones Co. ^^'\T'^-
GERANIUMS! GERANIUMS!

For Decoration Day Trade.

Grand 4~inch stock, $7.00 per 100.
VERBENAS and PANSIES, nic.> sl..ckat$2.25per 100.
A splendid lot of YOUNG ROSES for forcing.
Write for prices.

W. H. fiULLETT & SONS. Lincoln. III.

nAilMAC strong 4-in. Plants. Bur-

•'•••■•■•*i# bank, Florence Vaughan,

Chas. Henderson ana Paul Bruant,J6 0U per

lut; |45.lJU per lOCO.

^•^mm.,m.m.^..\ Strong 'ZV,-\n. plants, $3.00
llDlfillMeil per 100; $25 per 1000; 4-in..
'•r'''*'0 $6 per 100; }55 per 1000.

Robt. F. Tesson, west Forest Park. St. LoUiS, Mo.

CARNATIONS

THREE GOOD PINKS.

Ethel Crocker, Qenevieve Lord,

Mrs. Bertram Lippincott,

S2.S0 PER 100.

Hardy Phlox

A fine mixed assortment at $5 00 per 100
for plants from 4-inch pots, and |1.25 per
100 for rooted cuttings.

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa.

PLANTS— OHE;i^E>— PLANTS

In. pots. 100 lOOO

Alternanthera. red and yellow 2 81.50

Carnation Flora Hill, from Hats. .. 1.25 $3.60

" L. McGowan, '■ ... 1.00 7.00

" Wm. Scott, " ... 1.00 7 50

Cuphea I'iatycentra 2 2.00

Dracaena Indivisa 3% 5.00

Feverfew 2 1.50

Fuchsia 2 2.00

Geranium Mme. Salleroi 3H 3.50

Heliotrope 3 3.00

Ivy, German 8 2.00

Lobelia. C. P. Comnacta 2 1.50

Petunias, double, flnest, Ig. flg 2 2.O0 18.00

Prtcf>a Brides 2 200

rVVJaca Maids 2 2.C0 18.00

Salvia Splendens and Bonfire 2 1.50

Verbenas 2 1.50

Coleus, rooted cuttings, e.\ strong .60

Chrysanthemums, rooted cuttings,

extra line stock, 6 good vars l.:25

Write for Prices on Larger Pot5.

TMOS. MCALLISTER & CO.. Batavia, Illinois.

Rooted Cuttings OF THE

NEW AND STANDARD CARNATIONS.

Send for price list.
WM. SWAYNE. Box 226, Kennett Square. Pa.

A good adr. In a good paper will bring
good returns.

OUR PRICES

ON SPRING STOCK.

100.000 Plants and Rooted Cuttings
Ready to Ship.

GERANIUMS. Our superb collection consisting
o( tlie following high-grade varieties: Bruanti,
Heteranthe, Grant, S. A. Nutt, Francis Perkins,
Mrs. E. G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine, Mme. Bruant,
Mme. Jaulln, LaPranoe, Mrs. J M. Garr and La-
I-'avorite, strong selected top cuttings, well-
rooted, equal to the average 2M-inch pot plant.
»1 50 per 100, J15.00 per lOOU. Mme. Salleroi »nd
Rose Geraniums, strong 2M-infh, $2.00 per 100

VERBENAS. The 20th century collection. New
Mammoth. 20 grand varieties, including all the
newest sorts. Strong 2^-inch pot plants, $1.25
per lOfl, $12.00 per lOCO.

ALYSSUM. California Giant for vases and bas-
kets, and Little Gem for borders; strong 2M-inch
pot plants. $1,25 per ICO; $12.00 per 1000.

PETUNIAS. Double Fringed, eight novelties in
white, pink, purple and blotched. Strong rooted
cuttings, well rooted, $1.00 per 100, $9.C0 per lOOO
Strong 2i4-iuch, $2.00 per 100, $15.00 per 1000.

COLEUS. Our champion collection of 15 varie-
ties mi'luding only those of decided merit, strong
rooted cuttings, 60c per 100: .$5.00 per lOOO. Golden
liedder and \'er8chaffeltii.75c per 100; 16 per lOCO.

PANSIES. Fine large plants from cold frames,
in bud and bloom, $1.50 per 100; $14.00 per 1000.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

Springnald, III.

Weeping Lantanas, mm

FINE PLANTS, $1.50 per 100.

l/inlntc Clean and campbeii's, iv,-
MWVOVb, Healthy. iSS"' «*'•"" P"

7 ' 100. Swan ley

Whites, 2V4-inoh, $2.50 per 100.

A. B. CAMPBELL, Cochranvjile, Penna.

Centaurea Gymnocarpa 3-inch, $2.50 per 100

Salvia, drooping spike 2-inch, 2.00 per 100

Begonia Argentea Guttata 2V4-in., ;i.tO j^r RO

Cash with order. WM. CLARK, Bala»ia, III.

1502

The American Florist,

May. 18^

Syracuse, N. Y.

FLORIST MAKES A HIT WITH A BIG DISPLAY
OF VEHT WELL-GROWN HYDRANGBAS —
BEDDING SEASON AT ITS HEIGHT. — TRADE
LIVELY BUT PRICES AT THE SAME OLD
LEVEL.

Henry Morris has a large number of
hydrangeas grown for window display.
In each of his two front windows are
200 hydrangea plants in 6-inch pots,
elevated on fiber-ware jars, and all in a
mass of bloom. One window is banked
with Beauties and the other with Easter
lilies. The hydrangeas were grown from
cuttings taken last spring, were later
planted in beds, potted in the fall and
now have three, four or five blooms
apiece.

Preparations for the bedding season,
which will be at its height in this locality
next week, have occupied the attention
of Syracuse florists for the past few days.
Geraniums, pansies, verbenas and foliage
plants have been meeting with lively
sale in the market at the same prices as
in former seasons. The stock is, as a
whole, in excellent condition.

Superintendent H. A. Moyer, of the
state fair grounds, has planted 700 new
shade trees at the grounds. J. A. B.

Madburt, N. H.— W. H. Elliott, of
Brighton, Mass., has purchased the farm
of Mrs. Susan E. Young, on the road
leading to Dover. The estate comprises
125 acres of rich land. It is understood
that Mr. Elliott will erect a large range
of greenhouses here for the special pro-
duction of American Beauty roses, which
are reputed to grow remarkably well in
this section.

St. Paul, Minn.— In March of last year
Michael Mandl bought a barrel of tuber-
ose bulbs and they were shipped from
Wilmington, N. C, by freight. Through
an error in notifying Mr. Mandl of their
arrival they were allowed to stand a
month in the freight house. They were
frozen and Mandl sued but the decision
was against him on the ground that at
that season the bulbs must have been
frozen before transferred to the Minne-
apolis & St. Louis R. R. at St. Louis.

Western florists-Notice

Per 100

Geraniums, assorted, 2>^-inch $2.00

Boston Ferns, 2>^-inch 3.00

Cannas, Mme. Crozy, Austria, Chas.

Henderson, dormant roots 2.50

Alternanthera, Paronychoides Major
and Aurea Nana, rooted cuttings,

prepaid, $5.00 per lOCO 60

Lantanas, assorted, 2;4-in 3.00

Pteris Tremula Fern, 2-in 3.00

Pansies, 2-in 1.25

Vinca Variegata, 4-in i2>^c each

CASH WITH ORDER.

G. W. WEATHERBY, Chillicothe, Mo.

VIOLETS MARIE LOUISE

10,000 Strong, Healthy Plants,

"December Rooted,"

$5.00 per 100 $40.00 per 1000

INSPECTION INVITED.

James Duncan, ?^:N"r''"'.''p.o''''iloxT9''

Per 100 Per 1000

BEAUTY TOMATO PLANTS $ .15 $1.25

JERSEY WAKEFIELD CABBAGE 1.^5

$»,()0 per lO.mo.

ASPARAGUS P. NANUS 1.75 15.00

CELERY in tiu:intny and best varieties, ready .Tune

10. Write for priees uu Iarf.ce quantities.
GERMAN IVY, 2-inch. 81. 1 per 100. Rooted (jut-

tings, 60cts. per ICO. (^"Casb with order.

MRS. GRISWOLD, Worthington, 0.

Chrysanthemums I

Rooted Cuttings Mme. Bergmann, Glory of the Pacific,

Golden Wedding, Major Bonnaffon, Mrs. Jerome Jones.

. G. Whilldin, Philadelphia, W. H. Lincoln. Ivory, all No.

stock, 75c ter lUO; $7.oU per lOOO.

RnilVArriif) ?oot cuttings, Wbite, pink and Scarlet

Mixed, best varieties, 60c per 100.

Stevia Compacta

75c per 100.

If wanted by mail,
add 15c per 100.

Heliotrope '""^""'oo

S4.00 per 1000.

-POT PLaNTS-

Per 100

Salvia Splendens, 2-in. pots 81.50

Heliotrope, 2-1 n. pots 1.00

GERANIUMS,

Mme. Saleroi 2-in 1.50

La Favorite, dbl. white.. .....4 " .... 6.00

S. A. Nutt, best red 4 " .... 6.00

Geq. Grant ..;...4 ".'... 6.U0

Happy Thought ,4 " .... 8.00

Mrs. Pollock 4 ".... 8.00

Per 100

Marguerites, 2^-ia. pots J2O0

Ageratum Dope's Pet. 2-in. pots 1.50

Cobeea Scandens, 3-in. pots 3.50

Vinca Harrisouii and Green, strong plants

from soil 3.0D.

Dracaena Indivisa 4-in 15 00

Ferns, assorted 2 " 2.00

Heliotrope 2 " 1.50

4 " .... 5.00

JOHN IRVINE & SONS, 817 Washington Ave., Bay City, Mich.

li[RANIUM$! COLEUS!

10 varieties, 2!4-inoh pots, $3.00 per 100.
10 varieties, 3H-inch pots, 14.00 per 100.
Per 100
Yellow... $1.50

Red 2.00

Sorengeri 2.00

PlumoBus 2 50

Decumbens 10.00

Alternantheras
Asparagus

15 varieties, gi^-inch pots, „
strong, $2.00 per 100. !

Per 100

Centaurea Gym |2,(jo

Petunias, Double and Single 3.00

SMILAX, 2-in. pot, JIO.CO per 1000 l.CO

Vinca Vines, green leaves, 2-in., to close out.. 1. 80'

CASH OR C. 0. D.

JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM. DELAWARE. O.

PLANTS TO CLOSE OUT.

5,000
5,000
l.OOO
2,000
2 000
7,000
7,000
5,000
1,000

Per 100

Geraniums, mixed. 2i4-in $ 1.50

" DeRoo Mitilng, new, 2>4-ln, lU.OU

Jean Viaud, 3-ln..._ 10.00

Marguerites, white, 3-in ' 2.00

2>4-in 1.25

Ci?ar Plants, 2!4-in 1.25

Sedura A'ariegatum, 2V4-in 1.25

California Moss,2H-in 1.25

Niw loe Plant, 2^-in 5.C0

Per 100-

10,000 Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, flats $ 2.00t

5.000 Geraniums, mixed, 3-in 5.0u

1,000 Mangolds, cream color, flats 50'

1,000 .\sparagus Sprengeri, 3^-in 5.00

2,000 &milax irom flats 26

5,0C0 Nasturtiums, dwarf, also tall, 2^-in.. 1.00

1,000 Draca>na Indivisa, fine, 4Vi-in 15,00

2,000 Lobelias, Crystal Palace Gem 1,50

The above Plants are in A No. I condition: 5 plants at 100 rate. Cash.

THE MORRIS FLORAL CO., Morris, HI.

VERBENA KING

VERBENA PLANTS. $2.00

11. T 100.

CARNATIONS, Flora Hill,
R. C, $1.25 per 100; $10
per 1000. Win. Scott,
$1 per 100; »8 per lOOO;
L. McGowan, SI per
100; »7 per ICOO; New
York. $1.25 per 100; $10
per 1000; Mayor Pin-
gree, $1.25 per 100; 110
per inoo.
COLEUS, Rooted Cut-
tiUL's, best named, 70c
per lUu. i . r j...(-, AGERATUMS, 3bestvars.,ti0c
per 100;$.'> per 1000. GERANIUMS, best named, R.
C. $1.50 ner 100. Express paid on all rooted cut-
tings. FEVERFEW, 2!/»-in., to clean up, $2 per 100,

C. HUMFELD, Clay Center, Kan.

Piea^e nteyidon the American Florist ivhen Tot lUng

Geraniums

IN BLOOM, 41/2-inch, |6 00 per 100 at
the greenhouse, near Milwaukee Ave.,
12 miles from Chicago court house.

X>iV^¥' IBieOS., Niles, III.

Please mention the American Florist tvhen writing.

CANNASls^

CHAS. HENDERSON. PRES. CLEVE-
LAND, ANTOINE CROZY, and others,
$4. to per 1000.
VINCA— Green aud Variegated, $3.00 per 100.

JAMES FROST,

Darke County, GREENVILLE, OHIO.

PAN-AMERICAN OPENING.

The Nickel Plate Road will sell excursion 1
tickets from Chicago to Buffalo at $13.00
for the round trip on each Tuesday in May
(the 14th, 2ist and 28th), with Hmit of five,
days; namely, returning good on any train
to and including midnight train from Buf-^
falo on Saturday following Tuesday tickets
are sold. They will be good going on all
trains on date sold.

Daily train from Chicago at 10;35 a. m.
arrives Buffalo 2:05 following morning;
daily train from Chicago at 2:30 p. m.
arrives at Buffalo 7:35 next morning; dailjK
train from Chicago at 10:30 p. m. arrives
Buffalo 4:45 next afternoon.

All trains carry through vestibuled sleep-
ing cars. Individual Club Meals, ranging
in price from 35c to $1,00, and no meal in,
excess of the latter figure, are served in
dining cars.

For sleeping car reservations and all.
other information, call at Chicago City
Ticket Office, 111 Adams St., or write John
Y. Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St ,
Chicago, 'Phone Central 2057. Chicago
Depot: Van Buren St. and Pacific Ave., on
the Elevated Loop. 7.

Double Gen. Grant, Mme. Jaulin, E. G.
Hill, Mme. Bruant, Nutt- and others, Irorrf
4-inch pots, in bud and bloom, $5 per 100.

Violet Runners Ladv Campbell, clean and
healthy, $4 per 1000.

R. PABST, Rutledge, Delaware Co., Pa.

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The American Florist.

1503

Boston Florist Letter Go.

FLORISTS' LETTERS.

ThU wooden box nicely utained mid var-
nished* lHx30xl2 made in two BecUong, one
for each sizj letter, given away with first
order of 500 letters.

Block Letters, t>4 or 2-inoh size, per 100. $2.00.

Script Letters, $4. Fastener with each letter or
word.

Used by leadin? florists everywhere and for sale
by all wholesale florists and supply dealers.

N. F. McCarthy, Trcas. and Manager,
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, M ASS.

I-

First latroduction to America of

BLACK SOLUBLE INSECTICIDE

■ ■■■ W^^/\l ■• ■■

Awarded Grand l*rize at Paris Exposition and
winner of Gold Medals at Internet. onal Exposi-
tions of Rome. Ville d'* Dijon and Turin, also
Diploma of Honor at Marseilles. Recommended
as etlicacious by largest European nurserymen
and growers, iucluding Messrs. Vilmoriu-Andri-
eux and others. All pests of outdoor or indoor
plant life, including San Jose S'^.ale, succumb to
the effects of this remedy. Fruit powers, super-
intendents of parks and, lartre estates and horti-
culturists generally will ohlifre us by writing for
pamphlets, prices and other information.

V. CASAZZA & BRO. ;?E°w'VoRlc'1?i^^:-

Sold by Seedsmen [verywhere.

SiGMUND GELLER

Importer and Mfr. of

Florists' Supplies

< Complete stock — New Goods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

> 108 W. 28th St., near 6th Av., NEW YORK.

A. HERRMANN.

Cape Flowers, aij- oolobb:
Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
AHo All Florists' Sopplles.

Send (or Prioei.
I 4M.4I1 East a4th St.. NEW YORK.

Use

"UP-TO-DATE"
'= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

JM. Rice & Co., 'Xn^ul^'c^uJe'r..
918 FUbert St., PHII.ADEL,PHIA, FA.

I Catalootjb fob thb Asking

I The Conley Foil Co.

' ManufactnrerA ot

I 2 AND 4 DOMINIOK STREET,

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want
in the way of

PREPARED PALMS

Whether the raw materials or the
finished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and service from the
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co.,

Jacltsonville, Fla.
Branch Store, Indlanapolii, Ind.

Inquiries Cheerfully Answered.

Just Bear in Mind

THAT at the prices we quote on Memorial Day Goods
there is a big profit in handling these desirable Spec-
ialties. Every wide-awake florist should lay in a good
line of the handsome Metal and Porcelain Designs, Moss
Wreaths, Cycas Leaves, Immortelles, Cape Flowers, and
numerous other things that will be called for and of which
we have the most extensive stock in the country. The
day is almost here. Send your orders at once. :: :: ::
DON'T WAIT TILL THE LAST MOMENT!

H. Bayersdorf er & Co.

50-56 N. Fourth St.
PHILADELPHIA I

|^-3-S-a-§-§i9-9t9a3S3^Si3a§<§asaaS^«SaaS:§f9SSS^33a«i§S:-9S3.^iS-§as.|

Mailing and
Cut Flower Boxes

a specialty with us. The Mailing
Packages are used by the largest
shippers of plants and bulbs, take
less postage and are water-proof.
Our Cut Flower Boxes are mois-
ture-proof and are used by all
retail florists. These boxes are
shipped knocked down flat. Write
for prices.

The Dayton Paper Novelty Go.

DAYTON, O.

Please mention American Florist when ordering

REED & KELLER, New York City,
n. BAYERSDORfER & CO., Philadelphia.

QBINBRAL AQENTS

^^ TheKoral Letter is Peifect

Nothing else like it. Inscriptions
in beautiful Script, any color,
3;^c a letter. Block letters, VAc
each. The most elaborate
design work to order in a few minutes.

GEO. A. SUTHERLAND, iSsTS)?'"' ''

Distributing Agency for the U. S.

EXCURSIONS TO BUFFALO EXPOSITION

VIA NICKEL PLATE ROAD,

on May 14th, 2tst and 28th, respectively,
at rate of |13.00 for the round tiip from
Chicago; good returning five days from date
of sale. 1 hree through trains daily, with
vestibuled sleeping cars and first-class din-
ing car service. For particulars and Pan-
American folder, write John Y. Calahan,
General Agent, ill Adams St., Chicago.
Depot: Van Buren St. and Pacific Ave.,
Chicago, on Elevated Loop. 8.

REED & KELLER,

122 & 119 W. 25th St., NEW YORK, N. Y.

MANUFACTURERS OF

FLORISTS' WIRE DESIGNS.

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
FLORISTS* SUPPLIES.

Galax Leaves and all Decorative Greens.
Please mention the American Florist when ivyiting.

The most widely circulated Gemun gardening

Journal, treating of all departments of hortloultait
and florlouitare, Numerous eminent oorreipoad-
•Bti in all parti of the world. An advertising
medium of the highest class.

Moller's Deutsche Gartuer Zeltung Ij published
weekly and riohlv illustrated. Subscription tS.M
per annum, including postage. Sample copies free.

FOR INSURANCE AGAINST
DAMAGE BY HAIL, Addres*

JOHN a. ESLER, Sac'y F. H. A.,

SADDLE RIVKR. M. J t

1504

The American Florist.

May iS,

Bradford, Pa.

SPRING PLANT TEADK OPENS BRISKLY.—
STOCKS AHE LARGE— JOTTINGS OF A
VISIT TO THE GROWERS AND DEALERS.

Notwithstanding the tardy spring,
things are moving along brisklv and
from all indications the florists will have
a busy time ot it from now on. Bedding
stock seems to be in abundance, although
the demand bids fair not only to keep pace
with the supply, but to exhaust it before
the season is over. At W. C. Rockwell's
things, as usual, show up in fine condition.
His carnations proved money makers all
through the season and at the present
writing the crop is good. His roses and
violets were likewise up to the standard.
Mr. Rockwell will make several changes
and alterations about his establishment;
among other things, a new boiler of
improved pattern and large capacity will
replace the old one.

Geo. L. Graham is well pleased with the
result of this season's trade. Both roses
and carnations look healthy and vigor-
ous, with an abundance of buds and the
supply barely keeps up with the demand.
His bedding stock has never looked finer.
Mr. Graham contemplates adding a
good sized carnation house to his plant.

G. R. Oliver has left on a two weeks'
trip to Connecticut, leaving the place in
charge of his eflicient foreman. Nomis.

Lexington, Ky.— Capt. J. D. Yarring-
ton's store was recently entered by
burglars, who rifled the cash drawer,
obtaining only a few dollars.

Rock Island, III.— Meyer & Behring,
two young men from Muscatine, la.,
have bought a piece of property on
Fifteenth street upon which they will
embark in the florist and nursery busi-
ness, building three 100-foot greenhouses.

Clara Cemetery Vase

PER DOZ., $3.50. BOXED.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

Oen'l Agents.

...CHICAQO.

GARDENING

Thl« !• the paper to recommend to your

ouitomers, the leading horticultural

Journal In America for amateurs. ...

•StOO Per Year. Sample Copies Free^

Liberal termi to florl«t» who take inbiorlptloni

THE GARDENING CO. """Q" b""- CHICAGO.

Awarded the only flrst-
class Certificate of Merit

by the Society of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
Aug. 21, 1890, for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

ifelLLDIN

Jersey Qty

. i^tet.

PoTTERYGft

lo_NG Island (mr

Philadelphia

Thos.W.Weathered'sSons

46 Marlon St., New York City,

Design, Construct and Heat
Greenhouses for private or
Commercial purposes.
Plans, material and work-
manship the best.
Strictly up to date.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

Perfect Hot Water Heating our Specialty.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS!

pnoe per orata
120 7-ln. potalnorate.M.30
■" " ■■ " 8.00

Packed in imall oratei, eaiy to handle.
Prtoe pei- orate vhko n«r

IMO l-ln. poU In orate. M.SS
1600 3M" " 6.36

1600 sS" " 6.0O

1000 3 " " 6 00

800 3«" •• 6.80

6001 " " <-60

330 6 " " 4.61

1M6 " " 3.18

48 9
48 10
24U
24 13

1214
8 16

4.80
3.60
4.80
4.80
4.60

LU6 " 3.10 10 ■■ " *.ou

Seed pana, same price as pots. Send for price list of
Cylinders for Cut Flowers, nanRlng Baskets. Lawn
Tases, eto. 10 per cent oil for cash with order.

HILFINaER BROS. POTTERY,

OR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

AusniT BOLKIB & SONS. New tork Agents,

61 D»T ITBiaT. ^fIW rOBK CITY

FLOWER POTS

STANDARD PDTSsp.^..tv

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY MF'G CO.,

P. 0. Box 78. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

Standard POX^
Flower... ■ V^ i ^

If your greenhouses are within BOO miles
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

W. H. ERNEST.

28th and M Streeli^ WASHINGTON. P. C.

RED POTS

SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION.

C. C. POILWORTH CO., Ul^"'*"'"

HEADQUARTERS

COCOA FIBRE. SPHAGNUM and

SHEEP MANURE.
BONE all grades.
IMPORTED SOOT.

DUNNE & CO., ifjrv.! New Y

HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES

GREEN MOSS.

RUSTIC WORK, all kinds,

CLAY'S FERTILIZER.

InMTV.! New York.

WRITE

AC If DUD 1521-23 N. LBAVITT ST..
■ ii MJnni CHICAGO, ill..

FOR PRICES OF

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market.

KELLER BROS.,

213-IB-17-19-21-23 Pearl St.,
NORRISTOWN, PA.

Manufaotureri of Standard Flower Pots, red in
color, equal to the best on the market; are 16
miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad conneo-
tions. We give special attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantitiei. A
postal will bring prices and discounts.
Please mention the American Florist when writinx-

GEO. KELLER & SON,

MAM F.\< TUKERS

FLOWER POTS.

Before buying write for prices. •

361-363 Herndon Street,
near Wrightwood Ave.,

CHICAGO, ILU

THOSE RED POTS

"STANDARDS"

FULL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BDLB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y,

HARRY BALSLCY.
Rep.

DETROIT. MICH.,
490 Howard St.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list.

G.HENNEGKE 60.. ""^^1^"

We like to have yon tell our adTertiaeri
that yon read our paper.

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The American Florist. 1505

GARDEN HOSE.

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We bought at sale 75,000 feet of brand
y new 3-4 inch Rubber Garden Hose.

^ It is in good condition; comes in 50-

\ foot lengths, complete with couplings.

' Price per foot, 5 3-4 cents. We have

all kinds of Garden Hose. Our cata-

►

\ logue No. 47 tells you all about it.

Besides, we can interest you on

; SASH, GL ASS, ROOFING,
PIPE OF ALL KINDS,

florists' Supplies in General.

OUR PRICES ARE ASTONISHINGLY LOW.

WRITE US TO-DAY.

CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKIN6 CO.,

West 35th and iron Sts., CHICAGO

1506

The American Florist.

May i8,

Toronto.

BUSINESS SHOWS A CONSIDKKAIILE FALL-
ING OFF.— ALL STOCK NOW FAIRLY PLEN-
TIFOL. — PABK DEDS MAKE FINE SHOW-
ING.

Cut flower trade has fallen ofl consider-
ably in the past week and stock has com-
menced to accumulate. The first grade
tea roses are still quoted at $8 and Beau-
ties at $3 a dozen, but much stock can be
bought at one's own price. Carna-
tions still hold up in price with about
enough to meet demands. Quite a brace
was noted, on Saturday, when the
annual decoration of the Northwest
Monument, in Queens Park, took place
under the auspices of the Northwest
Field Force. Many floral tributes were
donated by the different military organ-
izations and among the private contrib-
utors were Jno. H. Ounlop, Tidy & Son,
J. Simmons, Jno. Cotterill and the H.
Dale Estate, of Brampton.

The parks about the city are all look-
ing very gay, with many beds of tulips,
the colors being very effective and pleas-
ing. The present show is the largest
ever made in this city and the ribbon
beds are exceedingly fine. Many of the
bulbs have been grown a second year,
but it is hard to distinguish them from
the bulbs imported lastfall.

Pansies are now very plentiful, several
of our specialists having very fine strains.
They are certainly booming the sale of
these flowers. Dnnlop showed a window
of pansies arranged in hampers which
proved very artistic and found ready
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Index to Advertisers.

Allen SLA Co II

American Blower Co IV
American Rose Co..

14H7 II

Amling EC U87

Andorra Nurseries. 14St4

lialdwin A J 1495

Bailer F A 1497

Hassett & Wash-
burn 1487

Baur S Alfred I

Bayersdorfer HiCo 15' 3

lienthey & Co 1487

Bernheimer Eugene 1488

Berning H G 1488

Blue Hill Nursery.. 1499
Bobbinic A Atkins. 1497
BostonCo-operative

Growers Ex 1488

Boston Letter Co... 1503

Brant A Noe 1495

Bruns H K 1498

BuokbeeH W 1500

Buckley W T Plant

Co 1501

liudlong J A 1487

liunyard HA 1486

Burpee W A & Co.. II
Caldwell the Woods-
man Co 1486

t.'umpbell A B 1501

Carmody J D 1507

Cas8zzaV&Bro...l503
Chadborn MfgCo..l5D7
Chicago Carnation

Co. 1485 1495

Chicago HouseWkg

Co 1B05

Cincin Cut Plow Co.l4f9

Clark Wm 1601

Clipper Lawn Mow-
er Co 1508

Cole Bros 1499

Conard * .(onesCo.lSUl

Conley Foil Co 1503

Cook.Tohn 1499

Cottage Gardens — I
Crabb A Hunter. .. .149.i
Craig Robt & Son. .1499
Crawford M .^- Co.. 1492

».'rowl Fern Co U86

('unningham Jos H.1502
bailledouze Bros... 1493

Day Bros 15ij2

Dayton Paper Nov-
elty Co 1503

Deamud J B 1486

DfnOwden P P 11 *

Son II

Detroit Flower Pot

Mfy 1504

Dickinson Geo E..1493
Dietsch A &■ Co ... . 1507

union JL 1497

Dingee & Conard

Co The 1491

Dorner F & SonsCo I

DreerH A 1493 III

Duncan .Jus 1502

DunlopJohn H 1489

Dunne & Co 1504

East'n Chemical O0I6O6

Ellis Frank M 1488

Ernest W H 1504

Ernst H & Son 1497

Evergreen Flo Co. .1495

Faxon M B 1498

Finley Lawn Rake

Co 1506

FloridaNaturalPro-

ducts Co 1503

Ford Bros 1489

Foster Lucius H .... 1498

Frost .las 1502

G.'irland Frank 1487

Garland Geo M 1507

Geller Sigmund ....1503

Ghnrmlev Wm 1469

Gibbons "H W Co...l5S7

Giblin A Co Ill

Gonzalez F &. Co... 1498

Griswold Mrs 1502

GuUett \V H A SonslSIl
Gunther Wra H ....1489
Gurney Heater Co. .1508
Guttman Alex .7.... 1489
Hagenburger Carl.. 1495

Hail Ass'n 1603

Hancock G * Son.. 1495

Hansen Chris 1499

HeacocH Joseph 149.^

Heiss J B 1499

Hennecke C Co 1504

Herendeen MfgCo. IV

Herr Albert M 1501

Herron Dana R 1495

Herrmann A 1503

Hews AHA Co. ...1504

Hilflnger Bros 1504

Hill The EG Co.... I

Hippard E Ill

Hitchin»s & Co.... IV
HoltonAHunkelCol487

Hooker HM Co 15i 8

Horan Edw C 1489

Hose Connect'nCo.1506

Humfeld C 1503

Hunt E H 1487

Invalid Appl'ce Co.l5{J6
Irvine John & Sons. 1502

Jacobs S A Sons III

Jennings E B 1198

Jennings Bros. .... . Ill

.Johnson A StoKes..l49i

Kasting W F 1488

Keller Bros 1504

Keller Geo & Son... 1504

Kellogg Geo M 1488

Kennicott Bros Co. .1493

Kervau Co The 1492

Kidd J N 16U0

Kift Joseph & Son.. 1508

Kohr A F 1504

Kroeschell Bros Co. IV

Kuehn C A 1488

Kuhl Geo.V

1493 1495 1497 1499 1500
Lager A Hurrell....l499
Lakeview Rose Gar. 1499

Lang Julius 1489

Langjahr A H 1489

Lee R A 1492

Limpreoht S J 1489

Lockland Lum Co. .

1506 1508

LongDB II

Lonsdale Edwin 1499

Lord A BurnhamCo IV

Lucas J A Co Ill

McAlister ThosAColSOl
McCarthy N FACo 1488
McDonald Bros.. ..1506
MoKellarAWintrsn 1497

Mader Paul 1500

May John N 1491

Millaiig Chas 1489

Millang Prank 1489

MoningerJCCo III

Rlontgomery A D.
Moon Samuel C
Moon Wm H Co..
Morris Floral Co. .

Moss Geo M 1488

Myers A Co 1508

New Eng Cut Flower

Co 1488

NickelPlateRR...

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N Y Cut Flower Co. 1489
N Y Cut Flower Ex.1489

Niessen Leo 1488

Pabst R 1E03

PalenCoThe II

Pennook Sam'l S. . . 1488

Peterson J A 1500

Phaniix Nur Co 1194

Pittsburg Cut Flo

Co 1486

Poehlmann Bros Co

1487 1499

Pollworth C C' Co
1486 1504

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Pritchard J N 1489

Quaker CitvMchCo 1507

Randall A L 1487

Rawlings E 1 1493

Raynor JI 1489

Reed A Keller 1503

Regan Print House. II
Reinberg Geo. .1487 1498
Reinberg Peter

1487 1498

Rice MA Co 1503

Rider-Ericsson Eng.

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Rife Engine Co 1506

Robinson H M & Co 1486

Roemer Fred 1493

Roland Thomas — I
Rolker A A Sons. ... II

Rustic MfeCo 1507

Salter WH 1497

Sander ACo '..1498

SchiUo Adam IV

Schmidt J C 1501

Schmitz P W O.... II
Scott Robt A Son. . , 1499

Share Louis 1504

Sheridan W P 1489

Siebrecht A Son 1

Situations A Wants 1485
Skabcura Dip Co. . . 1606
Smith Nath A Son.. 1498

Smith W L 1501

Smith W ATCo.... I

Soltau C 1498

Sprague Smith Co.. 1507

Stahl ChasB 1488

Stearns Lumber Co. 1507,
StorrsAHarrioonCo 1499

Sutherland G A —

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Suzuki A lida 1492

Swahn Pot Mfg Co.l304

Swayni' Wm 1501.

Tcsson Rob( F 1501-

Thorburn J M ACo.449i.
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A Trading Co.... 1501
Traendlv ASchenckl489
Van D r Sohoot R

A Son 1497

Van Wert Sreenh's 1600
Vaughan's Seed

Store 1493 1500 1504 I
Vick's Sons Jas — II
Vincent R Jr A SonlBOl

Viola ; Ill

Vredenburg A Co. . II
Walker A McLean. t5C0
WeathiTby G W....I5C2
Weathered's Sons
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Weber H A Sons.. ..1494

Weeber A Don 11

Weilund A Risch...l487
Welch Bros.... 1483 1495
Whihdin Pot Co. ...1504

Whitton S 1499

WietorBros 1487

Wildprct Bros 11

Wilks S Mfg Co.,., Ill
^ittbold Geo Co....

1490 1491

Wood Bros 1493

Young J no 1489

Young A Nugent.. .1489

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CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, MAY 25, 1901.

No. 677.

ITiHfii ^vmmw^^ fiLimmv

Copyright 1901, by American Florist Company.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter.

Published etert Saturday bt

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,

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Baatero Office: 79 Milk St., Boston.

Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $2.00.

Subscriptons accepted only from the trade.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

OmcBRB — Patrick O'Mara, New York, N. Y.,
president; Wm. F. Kastino, Buffalo, N. Y., Tloe-
president; Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk Street,
Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Bbattt, Oil City,
Pa., treasurer. The seventeenth annual meeting
will be held at Buffalo, August 6-10, 1801.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual meeting at New York, March, 1902.
LioNABD Barron, 139 Liberty St., New York,
secretary.

THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Annual convention at Indianapolis, February,
1902. ALBBBT M. HXRR, Lancaster, Pa. , leoretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual meeting at Buffalo, August, 1901. Edwin
Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa., secretary.

THIS ISSUE 40 PACES WITH COVER.

CO//TE//TS.

Society of American Florists 1509

Rose stocks for srattiiiK 15C9

Crotons as house plants (illus.) 1510

"Notes on foliage plants 1510

An ivy wreath (illus.) 1511

The rose and its future 15 U

Roses in parkways (illus.) 1513

Notes of English exhibitions 1513

;V far western establishment (illus.) 1514

Best methods of fumigating 1514

Encouraging ruinous competition 1514

Chicago '515

Boston 1516

New York 1616

Philadelphia 1517

Detroit 1517

.\ question of fertilizers 1518

To pa?ony ^Towers 1518

The best aspect 1518

{jireenhouse building 1518

Trouble with Harrisii 1518

Failure with garden asparagus 1518

Obituary— Thomas Smith 1518

— C. P. Lines 1519

— Leverett M. Chase 1519

—Mrs. Chas. Ingram 151

—Herbert F. Leavitt 1519

— Wm. Fanconrt 1519

San Francisco 1520

The seed trade 1524

The nursery trade 1526

Our pastimes 1528

Toronto 1528

Lowell, Mass 1530

Buffalo 1533

Omaha 1534

Indianapolis 1538

St. Louis 1540

Pittsburg 1542

Society of American Florists.

THB QDHSTION OF AFFILIATED SOCIETIBS.

I certainly would advise all the differ-
ent organizations to affiliate with the
parent society, especially now that the
S. A. F. has a national charter. It will
be remembered I always advocated that
the chrysanthemnm and carnation socie-
ties should be under the wings of the
parent. John Thorpe.

As requested, I will try and give you
my views on the recent action of the
S. A. F. incorporators at Washington,
especially as bearing on the affiliation of
other societies. If my statement is some-
what hazy, indefinite, pessimistic and
contradictory in its various parts, it will
all the more truthfully represent my
present state of mind in the matter.
Having gone through one pitched battle
lasting several days over the question of
affiliation, I can most fully appreciate
the difficulty of the task which confronted
the gentlemen in question, and am com-
pelled to admire the simple and direct
method by which they have attempted
to solve the problem.

As the words "co-operative society"
have, by long use.come to convey a distinct
and definite meaning not applicable to
the societies in question, some other
term, as "affiliated societies," might be
more desirable. However, that is a small
matter. Let us consider what each party
gains and loses incase the plans set forth
are carried out, and thecamation, chrys-
anthemnm and rose societies, and the
Indiana state society, become co-opera-
tive. First, as to the S. A. F.: It gains
absolutely nothing except the privilege
of taking the matter of registration of
new varieties entirely into its own hands
and of being able to publish a complete
list. This could readily be done now, so
far as the list is concered, by including
the other lists with its own at publica-
tion.

On the other hand it proposes to add
to its executive board two, three, four,
or possibly more, men from other socie-
ties — perhaps not members of the S A. F.
and having no interest in it or its welfare
— and to pay their mileage. When one
notes that seven members constitute a
quorum of the executive board and that
the executive board controls expenditures
and practically manages all the business
of the society, one finds food for thought
here. I should be inclined to doubt the
legality as well as the wisdom of such an
arrangement, and am inclined to ask
why, at least, should not each society

stand the expense of its own delegate.
So far as the S. A. F. is concerned, the
balance seems to be on the wrong side of
the ledger.

What do the other societies gain? The
privilege of sending a delegate, expenses
paid, to take part in the government of
the S. A. F. is all; and as they are to
maintain a complete separate existence
I cannot see what object there is in their
having a voice in the management of the
S. A. F., with which they really have no
concern. They now have the privilege of
printing reports in the S. A. F. volume
and can receive any donations as well
now as after affiliation takes place. The
taking of the registration entirely out of
the hands of the expert specialists of
whom the membership of the "co-opera-
tive" societies is composed is undoubtedly
a mistake. If the proposed plan is carried
out, it should be so modified as to require
all registrations of carnations to be
passed upon by the carnation society,
chrysanthemums by the chrysanthemum
society, etc.

In short, I am of the opinion that if
any material gain is to be made for any
of the societies the union must be made
closer than is contemplated at present.

W. N. RUDD.

Rose Stocks for Grafting.

Ed. Am. Flohist: — Having noticed at
different times that the veteran horti-
culturist, Jackson Dawson, has used
Rosa multiflora for a stock on vyhich he
has grafted many of the cultivated roses
with gratifying success, I would ask how
and in what way said stock diflers from
the Manetti so mach in general use now-
adays for grafting Bride, Bridesmaid,
Liberty and some other forcing roses?
It has been stated that most of the
Manetti stocks now raised in Europe
find their way to America. If R. multi-
flora is as good as the Manetti for the
purpose mentioned, why is same not
used by the trade in general, or is there
some difficulty in the way ot getting up
the requisite amount of stock necessary
for the needs of the American trade?

W. K.

In our early experiments with grafted
tea roses we gave R. multiflora a very
thorough trial in comparison with
Manetti and several other stocks, but
our experience never warranted its gen-
eral use in preference to Manetti. Multi-
flora is a tremendous root feeder^ a condi-
tion that is desirable only up to a certain
point. For the moderate growing teas,

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May

sucE as the Mermet iamily, it seemed to
go beyond that point, and' the result was
that we could not get anywhere near the
amount of growth on our plants that we
could get with Manetti. However, we
were slow to discard it, but after taking
note of the eiperience of others, particu-
larly that of a prominent grower of
Waltham, Mass., we concluded that
nothing that we had seen warranted
any further experiments with multiflora
as a stock for tea roses, grown under our
conditions.

Alexandbe Montgombry.

I have no precise knowledge as to Rosa
multiflora or its value for grafting pur-
poses. All the multiflora stocks coming
under my notice have been made from
cuttings one-half to three-fourths of an
inch in diameter which rendered them
unfit for pot grafting. E. G. Hill.

I had a few roses grafted on multiflora
stocks sent me last spring. I could see
but very little difference in the growth
between them and those grafted on
Manetti. After having bedded them side
by side, in three months, those grafted
on Manetti showed more vigor and
strength than those grafted on multi-
flora. I have not had a chance to try
the multiflora stock on winter forcing
varieties. Those 1 had were tried on
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, which I use
only for summer blooming. I suppose
the reason why multiflora is not freely
used by the trade is that there is no stock
of same on the market to be bought. 1
tried to procure some last fall, but on
account of the dry and hot summer, the
stock had made but little growth, not
nearly strong enough for grafting pur-
poses. Eknst G. Asmus.

I have long recommended the multi-
flora as a stock forboth teas and hybrids.
Several who have tried teas on it say
that it gives quick remits, ,good growth
and plenty of bloom, but that the flowers
are not so large. I have recommended
it to Hugh Dickson, of Belfast, Ireland,
and he tells me that while all varieties
are not congenial to it, many do well. I
think, myself, with the experiments that
I have made with it, that there is no rose
that is used for a stock which produces
results so quickly. For my own amuse-
ment, and for the benefit of some of my
friends, I usually graft several hundreds
every winter, and the results, as many
can vouch for, have been marvelous.
Crimson Rambler scions with three eyes
have given me beautiful little plants, in
4-inch and 5-inch pots, with from two to
three spikes of fine flowers at Easter.
(I think that several times you have
made mention of the results of this kind
of grafting) . In hybrids 1 have grafted
a thousand plants at a time and, while
possibly not having all exhibition roses,
have had such a quantity of fine blooms
that it has astonished many whose
imported plants did not give so good
results. As a stock to work none is more
easy, but one point which has possibly
been overlooked is never to graft on the
stems. Take two-year old plants, grown
in good ground, and cut up the roots in
lengths of from three to four inches,
always keeping the roots right side up
and grafting on the ends nearest to the
stem, using dormant, well ripened wood
and splice grafts. Keep in a medium
temperature in sphagnum for two weeks,
then pot and bring into heat gradually,
and the result will be fine growth, never
troubled with borers. The stock is

easily grown from seed, young wood in
summer, old wood in autumn and spring,
and, while many condemn it, I have had
nothing but good results, especially with
hybrid perpetuals and such roses as the
Crimson Rambler, Oawson and others.
Jackson Dawson.

Crotons as House Plants.

The photograph herewith reproduced
was taken by an amateur from a plant
of Croton Intermptum which has been
in my home since New Year's day, 1898,
which will indicate decisively, I think,
that crotons are excellent plants for
home adornment.

This particular plant is about thirty-
three inches high, and is growing in a
6inch pot. It has not been repotted

CROTON INTERRUPTUM.

(.VfttT three years in dwelliug room.)

since being brought into the house. Not-
withstanding the statement made by
some writers that there are more plants
killed in dwelling rooms by too much
water than by all other causes combined,
or words to that effect, I take the
opposite view with great pleasure and
without hesitation say that there are
more plants killed in our homes through
not having sufficient water than by all
other causes combined. The plant under
consideration has had a good watering
every day without a miss, and sometimes
twice, since it has been in the house.

All writers upon horticultural matters
are safe in saying: "Do not water a
plant until it needs it." A healthy plant
in a pot not too large, well filled with
roots, in the dry atmosphere of our
American homes, gro wring in a sitting-

room temperature, will be found to need
water at least once and frequently twice
a day. Unfortunately, too many plants
after being taken from the moisture-
laden atmosphere of a greenhouse to the
drier one of our homes, are neglected or
are entirely forgotten as to their require-
ments, and are allowed to suffer forthei
want of water before the signs of distress
are noticed. Then oftentimes the florist
who has sold the plant is blamed for
selling one that was not healthy.

The first few days after plants have
been removed from the greenhouse to the
home are critical ones in their existence,
because the drier atmosphere which the
home furnishes and in which they are
then growing makes more demands upon
the roots, to supply the needs of the
leaves, than has been the case in their
more congenial greenhouse quarters.
When florists are advised to take plants
to their own homes and watch over and
care for them, they "pooh-pooh" the
idea, and act as though they were too
big to undertake anything so small. It
is not too small nor is it beneath the
dignity of any florist to experiment
along the lines indicated if they would
add to their sum of knowledge and have
a desire to impart correct information
when occasion requires.

While there are cases where crotons •
have failed as house plants, it has not
been because these plants rebel against
adorning our homes, but it is because
intelligent treatment has not been given
them therein. PerL, Thb First.

Notes On Foliage Plants,

%

In a recent article attention was invited
to some useful species and varieties of
dracaenas and cordylines, aclassof plants
that has secured s little more recognition
during the past few years, and in this
continuation of the subject of foliage
plants that are of interest to the trade
another brief reference to one method of
growing these plants may be admitted. |

The method referred to is that of plac- ■
ing one tall plant of Cordyline terminalii ;
in the center of a large pot or pan and
then filling in around it with some smaller
cordylines and also some other plants
with contrasting foliage, for example
two or three small Boston ferns or plants
of Asparagus plumosus or A. Sprengeri. '

This means a more costly specimen in
a certain size of pot, for one has to reckon
the cost of each plant that is placed in
such a group, and then to add enough
to cover the additional labor, but a few
of such specimens are useful to have and
sometimes induce a sale on account of
their novelty, the size and cost of such _
plants being regulated by the market in
which they are to be offered.

Asparagus plumosus alone is quite a
salable plant in some places when nicely ;
grown in 5-inch or 6-inch pots, the foli- ■
age being so graceful and so enduring ■
that it can safely be recommended as a
house plant. And another good feature
is found in the fact that even though the
sale of the asparagus as a pot plant
should fall off, the plants themselves do
not soon deteriorate and the sprays may
be cut for mingling among cut flowers.

In order to produce shapely plants of
the asparagus in a short time it is also a
good plan to group two or three nice
young plants together in a 6-inch pot, a
practice that need not be very costly
when we take into consideration the •
very moderate price perhundred at which
these asparaguses are offered in nice
young stock for such a purpose.

Among the pandanuses at the present

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time there are bnt two species that take
a prominent place among foliage plants
for the trade, namely P. Veitchii and P.
utilis, for while there are several other
species that are grown to some extent,
there are no others yet in the trade that
form an important factor in the stock of

. the retail florist.

: 1 say that there are no others of note
yet in the trade because the latest impor-
tant addition to this fine family of plants,
P. Sanderii, is not yet oflered for sale and
probably will not be until its new owners
on this side of the ocean have worked
up stock enough to ofler it in paying
quantities.

Of this new pandanus there are varied
opinions, though mostly favorable, but
in the humble opinion of the writer it
seems a trifle premature to express a'
decided opinion on a new plant of this
character after having only seen a few
foreign-grown specimens that are as yet
scarcely naturalized. As to whether P.
Sanderii is an entirely new species or is a
form of another species there is also some
doubt, though it seems probable that it
is originally derived from the same
species as P. Veitchii, but difiiering greatly
from that noble plant in the coloring of
its leaves.

But these are questions that are of
more interest to the botanist than to the
practical plant grower, the questions of
greater interest to the latter being those
of the probable date at which the new
plant may be purchased, and then the
question whether the general public will
embrace the opportunity of transferring
their shekels in exchange for the gilt-
edged pandanus. In the meantime the
hurried retailers will continue to ask for
"green pandanus" and "variegated pan-
danus," and the grower will continue to
understand that P. utilis and P. Veitchii
are the plants in question, and also to
realize that to sell readily and to prove
satisfactory to the customers these
plants must be clean, well grown and
symmetrical.
To grow stock of this description one

I has to begin with the plants in 2inch or
3-inch pots, give them space enough to
insure stocky and thrifty growth and
repot before starvation of the roots has
caused the lower leaves to lose color.
During the winter season a night tem-

' perature of 65° and full exposure to the
sun may be given and comparatively
little syringing overhead is needed, but

I during hot and dry summer weather
they may be freely watered overhead, for
too dry an atmosphere will encourage
thrips, and moderate shading will also
be found beneficial.

I A healthy pandanus is bountifully sup-

. plied with roots and therefore can utilize
a two-inch shift quite readily when
repotted. Pandanus utilis, and for that
matter some other species, also, are
sometimes afiected by a spot disease of
the foliage, this being usually caused by
the ravages of a minute mite that bur-
rows in the tissues of the leaves. It is a
difficult matter to eradicate this pest and
if a plant becomes seriously affected it
usually pays best to destroy it and pro-
cure clean stock, but a light attack may
be cured by dipping in a sulphur soap
solution, the sulphur being the active
agent in disposing of the mite.

P. Veitchii is seldom troubled by dis-
ease and may be looked upon as a varie-
gated plant of particularly strong con-

' atitution. It is a plant that can also
dispose of a good deal of food and it
allowed to become much root-bound will
ioon lose color.

( It is always in order to put in cuttings

AN IVY WREATH.

of Pandanus Veitchii, though the cut-
tings will usually root more quickly dur-
ing the hot weather. It Is generally
found that the cuttings root better when
the rooting medium is not kept too wet,
at the same time avoiding the other
extreme of keeping them so dry as to
shrivel them. W. H. Taplin.

An Ivy Wreath,

Design makers are frequently called on
to furnish an ivy wreath as being appro-
priate and fitting the sentiment of a cus-
tomer for the funeral of a friend. The
wreath here illustrated, after being made
in the ordinary way, with ivy leaves,
had a few loose spravs of ivy attached,
with three sprays of Euonymns variega-
tus, four flowers of laurestinus, a few
violets, three white camelias and just a
bit of jasmine. It st'U remained an ivy
wreath and was as beautiful as any
floral piece it chanced to be compared
with. C. B. W.

The Rose and its Future.

\Readhy Benjamin Durfee, of Washington, D.
C, b-fore the Florists' Club of Philadelphia, April
10, igo/.\

I look around this room and see the
pioneers of "roses under glass." Here
are May and Burton, Lonsdale and
Craig, Anderson and many others, now,
as of yore, her gallant and trusty knights
ready and eager to do battle for suprem-
acy against the upstart carnation. These
carnations do bnt grow and perish in a
twelve-month, while our lovely queen
never grows old and never dies. There's
no stem-rot in her constitution. She
don't know the meaning of anthracnose.
She is as vigorous and lo vel y now as at her
birth. She never sleeps. So 1 say to you
all, let's cheer loyally for her immortality.

This carnation movement originated
with one of the most loval rosarians —
Lonsdale, of Chestnut Hill— and I have
no doubt he read the future with unerr-

ing vision when Helen Keller was born.
The improvement of the carnation was
one of his grandest thoughts, and bis
initial object has been attained; but now
he will watch and work with deeper and
more intense interest for the fruition of
his final object, the glorious advancement
of the rose.

The improvement of the carnation is
but a mere kindergarten school that
must inevitably lead to the improvement
of the rose, or, as we might almost say,
to the gilding of refined gold. Soon the
carnation hybridizer will yearn for suc-
cess in a more difficult field — the rosary.
Let us, therefore, strive in every way to
use our rose society to promote this
desire. Let's have true American seed-
ling roses adapted to our needs. As we
have now outstripped Europe in the car-
nation, so let ns outstrip her with our
native roses.

Our friend Gillett, of Cincinnati, seems
to have looked between the lines of my
hurried remarks in New York. But I
say to him the time is getting ripe for a
boom in roses such as has been unheard
of for many decades. The hustling
movement of the carnation faddist — and
the more hustling this movement the
better— is the exact counter-irritant
required. It will start the rose blood
into wonderful activity in the veins of
every true lover of the queen of flowers.
Soon the persistence of a Hill, or the
painstaking ski'l of a Weber or a Cook,
will give us American seedlings in roses
that will rival any and all of the conti-
nental accidents. One, just one lovely
novelty, resulting from careful and
thoughtful fertilization will cause every
true American rosarian to enter the race.

I know it is difficult to originate roses
of a more advanced type, and veiy easy
to develop new types of carnations, but
this ease of multiplication will surely
cause a check to the carnation boom.
Struggle as you may the carnation tan

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be simply a modest handmaiden, and
mere development of size will the more
surely lead to her downfall.

It seems as though grave mistakes
have been made in the introduction of
new roses. The very skillful growers
like Asmus, Montgomery and Craig have
forgotten that fully eighty per cent of the
florists of the country are not skillful
rose growers. They are intelligent, hard
workers, but generally grow in a miscel-
laneous way, and for them the new rose
must, as our friend Rawson says of the
chrysanthemum, be an "easy doer."
What could be more superb than the
magnificent Liberty roses at the recent
show, but how few growers can point to
such results. When in Chicago a few
weeks ago one very large grower there
was talking with great unction of the
twenty-tour first-class Liberties he was
cutting per week from several thousand
bushes, and to-day I was told with much
elation that three large houses of Liberty
not far from this city of Philadelphia
were each yielding ten very fine flowers
per day, and they were realizing 30 cents
gross for each flower.

No, no, gentlemen, you must supply
varieties that the average grower can
handle, and get average profitable results
Irom. The market for average blooms at
moderate prices — the people's market — is
the one to study. It Is the market of
profit. Give the ordinpry florist a good
average sized rose, free from any tendency
to rest in winter, with freedom and con-
stancy of bloom — not a cropper — and you
have provided for nearly every florist in
the United States.

The most imposing sights at the recent

rose show were the enormous blooms of
American Beauty and the great number.
Fully one-third of the rose space was
occupied by them, and at least two-thirds
of the remaining room by Bridesmaid
and Bride. Next in quantity came
Meteor and Liberty, then Golden Gate
and lastly a few miscellaneous jars of
Madame Chatenay, Sunset, Lady Doro-
thea, Gontier, Bon Silene, Mme. Hoste,
Madame deWattevilleandthe new roses.
It surely emphasized the paucity of vari-
ety that has been reached in commercial
rose growing and suggested the great
profit which would result from active
development of new types.

And it is the province of the American
Rose Society to aid in this good work;
to create an enthusiasm within and with-
out its membership equal to the push
and energy of the carnation specialists —
the Dailledouzes, the Domers, Witter-
staetters and many others. Let us emu-
late their example by bringing forth
American born roses to adorn our Ameri-
can beauties and American homes.

There has beeu more or less adverse
criticism of the rose society's action in
transforming its annual exhibition into
a social function and confining it perma-
nently to New York city; but can we not
see much discretion in at least for the
time being concentrating our efforts
within the limits of the largest city of
the nation in order that some one or
more of the vastly wealthy may be
induced to turn their golden streams
into a channel which must elevate and
refine the whole community, and turn
the current of the donor's thought from
money-making to rose-making?

These men who have battled for gold
in the war of commerce may now in their
mature manhood be stimulated by pride
of locality, by the desire to rival Boston
and Philadelphia, by a feeling perhaps of
shame that the city has not through
endowment or bequest hitherto devel-
oped a substantial interest in floriculture,
and thus be induced to enter our aesthetic
field and found for New York a floral
institute equal if not superior to those of
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Then
perhaps Chicago would not be outdone,
and in a few years our annual exhibition
would become such a popular function
that each city would vie with the other
for its annual possession.

It is right that we should love our
flowers and seek to improve them, but
we must not lose sight of the vitalizing
force in all undertakings, which ismoney.
Without it the advancement of the rose
society must be slow and discouraging;
but if by enlisting the aid of the wealthy
element and educating them in our art
we can secure substantial assistance in
prizes and bequests would we not make
a great mistake to throw this aid aside?

If our fraternity could lose sight, abso-
lutely, of the commercial side of the ques-
tion, could be filled to overflowing with
the love of the rose which animates that
great rose lover. Dean Hole, how great
would be the gain to them. It is through
this true love of the rose that financial
success will most easily be reached. Then
it will come unheralded and unsought.
Y'our true love of the rose, my fellow-
members, would breed such a love in
others, and the recompense in dollars
and cents would come by indirection.

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WILD ROSES IN A BOSTON PARKWAY.

I These are but casual and general ideas,
yalneless -without the practical and
'working rules, but in them lies the suc-
cess oi our national rose society and its
future. Let every rose grower and everj^
florists' club, aid in making the exhibi-
tion in March, 1902, a complete and
lunqnalified success.

Roses in Parkways.

I The two photographs herewith repro-
duced show what can be done with a
[plantation of the wild prairie rose of
Michigan (Rosa setigera) with Rosa
Wichuraiana as a ground cover. These
views were taken last summer in one of
the parkways of the Boston park sys-
item, one from the driveway and the
other from the walk which is separated
from the driveway by this beautiful belt
of roses. The effect of the long, arching
branches of the pink prairie rose against
the white ground work of the Wichurai-
ana was indescribably lovely. Mr.
Pettigrew's system with the prairie rose
is to cut out all the old wood alter
blooming, which insures a growth of
vigorous young canes for the flowering
of the next season. Unfortunately the
plants have been severely injured during
the exceptional winter just past and the
display this summer will not equal that
of last year.

Tipton, Ind.— George Shaw, who has
been seriously ill, is convalescing.

Camdbn, N. J.— Edward Harris and
Robert Hogarth have formed a partner-
ship in the flower and plant trade.

Notes of English Exhibitions.

The meeting of the Royal Horticultural
Society of Great Britain, on April 23,
was certainly a record one. Many exhibi-
tors were disappointed, the hall being
quite inadequate to accommodate the
numerous exhibits, and many good things
had to be returned without having been
staged. The Auricula Society took up
some space, but, independent of that,
there would have been an over-full hall.
There was nothing very startling among
the auriculas, but there were some very
fine primroses of the polyanthus type,
especially in the yellows, the trusses
being large and the individual flowers of
good size. There were also some good
blue varieties, but these had only one
flower on a stem.

Orchids were a great feature of the
meeting. Thomas Rochford was awarded
a gold medal for a splendid group of
Odontoglossnm crispum, which included
some very fine varieties. B. S. Williams
& Son and H. Gow & Co. were other
trade exhibitors, each staging good
groups. Daffodils were another great
feature, Ihe principal exhibitors being
Veitch & Sons, Barr & Sons and Bath
& Co., although a good collection came
from Ireland. Several amateurs showed
seedling varieties, some of which appeared
to be likely to become popular for market
work. Roses were well shown by several
exhibitors, those cut with long stems
being far the most attractive.

Hardy deciduous flowering trees were
again a great feature. Cuthbush & Son
mad" a grand display with azaleas
guelder roses and white wistarias, welj

flowered standards of the latter being
very attractive. Lilacs were also fine,
especially the double varieties in Williams
& Sons' group. In Cutbush & Son's group
laburnums and standard cratsegnses
of various sorts showed how w^ell this
class of plants is adapted for decorations.
Some prettv tinted varieties of ferns came
from Hill & Son, and H. B. May staged
a group of Pteris Alexandra;, which may
be best described as a magnified form of
Pteris Mayi. This should certainly prove
a good market fern.

Carter & Co. had a fine group of cine-
rarias representing agrand strain in well
grown plants. These were backed up
with tall plants of the stellata type. H.
J. fones showed Begonia Gloire de Lor-
raine in good condition for so late in the
season, plants in 5-inch pots and about
nine inches high being a mass of bloom.
Calla Elliottiana was also very fine.
Messrs. Wallace had an interesting col-
lection of hardy herbaceous and alpine
plants. A. Perry also staged a pretty
group, and Peed & Sons made a good
display. Laing & Sons were large exhi-
bitors, their group consisting chiefly of
hardy flowering plants. J. Paul & Son's
roses were good. B. Cant and J. Mount
were also among the rose exhibitors. A
splendid group of anthuriums came from
the gardens of Sir Trevor Lawtence.

The wholeeihibition demonstrated the
need of better accommodations for these
interesting and popular meetings, and
this was fully emphasized by the fellows
at the special meeting called by the
council for the purpose of consideripg
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grounds, which was vetoed absolutely
in lavor of the scheme of acquiring a new
hall for the fortnightly meetings.

The meeting of the Royal Horticultural
Society on May 7 brought out another
good attendance of both exhibitors and
visitors. The distribution of medals by
the president was one attraction of the
meeting. We are pleased to see the name
of James Sweet, among the recipients of
the Victoria Medal of Honor. Mr.
Sweet is one of our best market growers.
As a producer of flowering plants in pots
he has long held a high reputation,
especially for heaths, boronias, and
other hard-wooded plants. Mignonette,
marguerites, genistas, pelargoniums, in
fact all classes of flowering plants for
market, are not only done well but in
very large quantities at his place.

A large group of Calla EUiottiana and
C. Pentlandi from Lord Rothschild was
one of the attractions of the meeting.
There must have been considerably over
100 plants, all of fine quality, though a
few of the blooms of C. Pentlandi were
rather pale in color. Messrs. Cutbush &
Son also exhibited a fine group of C.
EUiottiana, Flowering plants of this
have been rather scarce, but we seem
now likely to have it in quantity and it
will undoubtedly be afavorite plant with
the florists.

The hybrid tea rose, Lady Battersea,
appears to possess qualities which will
recommend it as a standard market
variety. It is difficult to accurately
describe the color, it being a peculiar mixt-
ure of bright red and crimson and a shad-
ing of orange with a light, almost white,
margin on the large, broad petals. It is,
perhaps, prettiest in the bud, the buds
being long and deep, and stand up
well on long stifl^ stems. Paul & Son, of

ered plants, fully eight feet high, have
been exhibited by W. Paul & Son, of
Waltham Cross, It should become as
popular as Crimson Rambler, for it
makes a grand plaut for grouping. In a
group of roses staged bv B. R. Cant &
Sons, of Colchester, Marquise Litta,
Antoine Rivoire and The Bride were very
fine. F. Cant & Company had a fine lot
of cut blooms of roses.

D. Kemp, gardener to W. Bryant,
showed some wondeifuUy fine specimens
of amaryllis, one pot having upwards of
fifty blooms on it. Although a number
of bulbs were in the pot they were all off-
sets of the original, which was raised
from seed in 1893. Some fine coleus and
zonal pelargoniums were shown by H. B.
May. Begonia Gloire de Lorraine was
again shown by H. J. Jones, who also
staged some good daffodils and tulips.
Barr & Sons showed daflodils and
Darwin tuUps. Storrie & Storrie, of
Dundee, exhibited a grand lot of polyan-
thuses and primroses. Orchids were a
great feature, sonte grand varieties being
shown, and several gained certificates.

A fine collection of hardy flowering
shrubs was exhibited. Exochordagrandi-
flora was specially worthy of note.
Cineraria stellata, shown by Carter &
Co., was another great attraction, a
large group of well grown plants of a
tall branching habit and a good variety
of distinct colors.

Schizanthus Wisetoniensis, shown by
H. Low & Co., was very attractive.
They also had a few plants of Mrs. T. W.
Lawson carnation with very fine blooms.

A fine collection of tulips grown in
Ireland came from Hogg & Robertson,
of Dublin.

There were some fine exhibits' of hardy

STORE OF ALEX. MANN, JR., SAN FRANCISCO. OAL.

Cheshunt, the raisers, have exhibited it
in fine condition this spring and also last
autumn. And I certainly think it is a
rose worth looking after by all who
grow for cut blooms.

The hybrid China rose. Field Marshal,
is also a very fine rose, with large, full
flowers of a rich, deep crimson, and a
strong climbing habit. Some well flow-

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A Far Western Esblishment.

The accompanying illustrations give a
fair idea of the kind of flower stores which
have developed on the Pacific coast in
the past few years. The establishment
represented is that of Alex. Mann, Jr.,
at 1441 Polk street, San Francisco. Mr.
Mann has been in business only six yean
but his progress has been steadily upward,
success attending his eflorts from the
very beginning. He now has a fine trade
and handles not only cut flowers but all
kinds of florists' supplies, designs, baskets,
ribbons, etc , carrying a large stock and
a varied assortment. Golden Gate.

Best Methods of Fumigating.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I would like to see
some articles in regard to the best methods
of fumigating. There are so many pre-
parations of tobacco on the market, and
so many ways of using them, that it is a
question which is preferable. We use
tobacco dust. It is slow and will not
kill the aphis under the leaves, where
they are protected and it takes a long
time to get rid of the odor, which destroys
the perfume of the flowers. I want to
change and do not know what is best to
do. E. C. C.

If by this "E. C. C." means strictly the
burning of tobacco, it is very doubtful if
any method he may adopt will prevent
it damaging the blooms. We have tried
a great many methods of burning tobacco
of late years, but in every case find it
damages the flowers in one way or
another. To avoid this we some years
ago adopted a system of vaporizing
tobacco with steam; any of the prepara-
tions now on the market for this purpose
can be used and with care will not injure
the flowers. The vendors of each of the
difierent preparations all give instruc-
tions how to use them, or if "B.C. C." pre-
fers, he can make his own liquid from
stems or dust as he elects, but to apply j
it is necessary to have a steam boiler of
sufficient capacity to circulate live steam ]
at about twenty pounds pressure through '
a half-inch pipe in each greenhouse.
If he can do this, all that is necessary i
' is to have places, outlets with yalves,
where he can connect pieces of steam
hose with a half inch coupling at one .
end and a piece of ' 4-inch pipe about a
foot long made fast in the other end;
this last IS to place in a large pail or a
butter tub. The pipe should nearly
touch the bottom; put in_ enough liquid
to cover the end of the pipe, fill up the
tub with stems, turn on the steam and
in a few minutes the house will be filled
with vapor carrying the nicotine into -
every inch of space in the house. We
have these connections about fifty feet
apart and turn all on at the same time;
as soon as the house is filled they are all
shut off. By doing this once a week the
aphis is kept away and at less expense
than by burning tobacco, also without
injuring the flowers. John N. May.

herbaceous and alpine plants, from Peed
& Sons, A. Perrv, T. S. Ware, R. Wallace
& Co., and M. Pritchard. A. H.

Tebeb Haute, Ind— Cowan Brothers
& Company have decided to discard
their old boilers and have ordered a new
boiler of ample capacity from the Kroe-
schell Brothers Company, Chicago.

Encouraging Ruinous Competition.

It seems to be a failing of the average
florist to unhesitatingly discuss the
profits of our business with anyone and
everyone, not stopping to think that
brags about prosperity will in time cot
our own throats.

To prove this staternent, the writer * i
will take his own town as an example. A
dozen years ago the city referred to had
but two small greenhouses; to-day it has
eighteen, some of them very large estab-
lishments. The two of twelve years ago

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grew both in size and prosperity. The
owners never hesitated to boast of the
money they were making, and thereby
unconsciously but positively encouraged
the great competition which the eighteen
plants furnish to-day. It does not take
much reasoning to see at once what

: efiect this has upon the once prosperous

I pioneers. With the increased competi-
tion, the older florists find little profit
left in their trade and one by one are
driven out of business entirely.

i Unless the reckless talk about the pros-

j perity of the flower trade is hushed, it is
only natural that competition will
increase. Anyone who has recently

! visited the average greenhouse could not
but be impressed by the praises sung of
the increased trade this season. If busi-
ness was good, we are all very glad of it,
but that is no reason why it should be
preached to everyone, especially to
persons outside the trade.
Notwithstanding the fact that the

\ town already referred to has eighteen
plants already in operation, there is now
a prospect for six more ranges of houses
being built very soon, the result of those
already in the business telling how
hard it was to fill their holiday order.
Men with capital hear of the big busi-
ness being done among the growers all
over the country and naturally suppose
it would be a profitable employment for
their idle capital.

The city I write of has a population of
about G2,000, whicTi, you will see, gives
each florist an average population of less
than 4,000 people to do business with.
Can the florists continue long to be
prosperous with such competion' A
little competition is the life of trade but

, too much means the financial death of
those in it. F. M. H.

Chicago.

MABKBT IN A CONDITION OF DEMORAL-
IZATION EARLY IN THB WEEK — HEAVY
RECEIPTS, STOCK POOH AND WEATHER
WET. — PROSPECTS FOB DECORATION
DAY. — FEW JASMINE BUDS IN SIGHT. —
DIETSCH GETS A PATENT. — DRESSEL
STOCK SOLI) AT AUCTION. — SCHOOL
BOARD DECREE DEPLORED. — VARIOUS
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The market has been in a condition of
utter demoralization for the greater part
of this week. Receipts were seldom
heavier, qualities generally poor and the
weather execrable A downpour of rain
came at the same time as the deluge of
stock, and on Monday morning, when
business is usually fairly active, ttie mar-
ket was surfeited with low grade mate-
rial. Tuesday's receipts were not quite
so heavy, but the rain prevented the
street fakirs from operating and the
accumulation was even worse than the
day before. Wednesday brought some
shght improvement, but it was not until
Thursday that things began to take on
their accustomed activity. Beauties,
which were scarce a week ago, have been
overplentiful all this week, although
qualities haveshown as greatan improve-
ment as there has been increase in quan-
tities. It seems that the tea roses are
just coming into crop with most of the
growers and the cut has been very heavy
in spite of the dark, cold weather. Carna-
tions are pursuing the even tenor of their
ways and large quantities of blooms
are being marketed, the qualities being
generally pretty fair. It is remarkable
the number of carnations that have been
consumed in this market this year. As
a general thing, there has been no great
oversupply and carnations have proved

STORE OF ALEX. MANN, JR., SAN FRANOISOO, CAL.

more profitable than roses in establish-
ments where pretty fair grades of stock
are turned out. There are several houses
that have been handling from 5,000 to
20,000 blooms a day all winter and
making averages which certainly leave a
big margin of profit for the growers.
Although there is a prospect of a large
crop for Decoration day, it is certain that
everything in the carnation line of rea-
sonably good quality will find a ready
market. The prospects are that there
will be an abundance of roses, such as
they are in quality, only a small part of
the receipts serving the purposes of out-
of-town buyers. Advance quotations for
roses for Decoration day run from G
cents to 8 cents, which is very reason-
able, considering the small proportion of
the receipts which will stand the trials of
a long journey. Paeonies are coming in
more plentifully, but are later than usual
this year and there is little chance of a
surplus after supplying the Decoration
day demand. The Texas crop of cape
jasmine buds was ruined by the big
storm of last fall and this item will cut
little figure in the market this year.
There is some stock coming from Florida,
but nothing is known as to the quality.
Greens are not so scarce as formerly,
although the supply of ferns is pretty
nearly at an end and the new crop mate-
rial will be welcome. Smilai is not good,
but is more plentiful, and of asparagus
and adiantum there are adequate quan-
tities and very good qualities.

The trade is greatly wrought up over
the action of the school board with
regard to flowers at commencements.
June has been one of the best months in
the year in the local market and a very
large proportion of the business has been
at the time of school closing. The aggre-
gate of business done by retailers at this
season amounts to many thousands of
dollars and the loss of it cuts a big hole
in the receipts of the wholesalers and
growers. There is talk of concerted
endeaver to induce the school authorities
to reconsider their action and the subject
will no doubt be taken up at the next
club meeting.

A. Dietsch, who has been ill all winter,

has just returned from a five week's stay
at Raleigh, Missouri, in the Ozark mount-
ains, where he was restored to perfect
health. On his return he found letters
patent awaiting him for his new method
of greenhouse construction, which is exem-
plified in the range of houses being erected
at Rogers Park by Michael Winandy.
There are a dozen or more points covered
by the patent, but at first glance the
principal innovation seems to be the
breaking up of the roof of the connected
houses into much shorter spans and
more gables than usual. Mr. Winandy
is so favorably impressed with the idea
that he is building 75,000 square feet
after Mr. Dietsch's plans.

The Chicago Title & Trust Co., receiver
in the August Dressel bankruptcy case,
sold oflf the perishable assets on Satur-
day afternoon. May IS, in the presence
of a good crowd of bidders. That por-
tion of the stock which could be moved
and distributed to advantage, such as
bedding and decorative plants, realized
fair prices, Vaughan's Seed Store being
the principal buyer, but the plants in the
benches, which must be removed by the
first of June, brought almost nothing.
The meeting of the creditors before the
referee in bankruptcy will be held June 6,
when it is expected a trustee will be
appointed.

C. W. Northrup, of La Grange, is pre-
paring to get his usual crop of extra
quality sweet peas during the coming
season. He has planted the best of vari-
eties and will pursue the same method of
irrigation which gave him such pro-
nounced success last year. He has a
trench along each row of sweet pea vines
and each evening during the dry, hot
weather, turns on the hose and lets the
water run through the canals until the
ground has had a thorough soaking.

The greenhouse builders at New Castle
have had troubles of their own ever since
they began the work of erection on the
large ranges in course of construction
there. The latest misfortune befell
Benthey & Company in the recent severe
wind storm, which blew down one of
their unglazed houses. The principal
loss, however, was in time.

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If C. L. Washburn isn't in the store he
is most likely to be found on the links of
the Hinsdale Golf Club, "teeing up" the
little rubber sphere and "driving" with
might and main and considerable preci-
sion. He is said to have become so pro-
ficient at the game that it is seldom now
that he "foozles his approach." Mr. and
Mrs. Bassett are expected home from
Battle Creek to-day.

Klehms' Nursery is turning out some
very fine stock just now, including the
lilies which they have grown for Decora-
tion day, to fill the place of the usual
crop of cape jasmine. Another of their
specialties which is meeting with favor at
Kennicott's is the lilac, Charles X, which
is much the finest variety which is com-
ing into this market and brings highest
prices.

A big consignment of snowballs from
southern Illinois came in to Amling's
on Tuesday, just at the height of the
glut. This material ought to do very
well the day before Decoration day, but
it has been useless this week, although
the quality was very good.

Nick Reading, who is on the John
Zender place at Rogers Park, this being
his first season, is producing some very
fine Flora Hill carnations. Next year he
proposes to grow only the very best of
the newer varieties. He is consigning to
John Muno.

John Muno has opened his wholesale
store at 53 Wabash avenue, in the room
recently vacated bythePoehlmanns, and,
despite that he started in the dulkst
week in the season, says he is more than
satisfied with the way things are going.
P. M. Broadbeck, who some time ago
announced his intention of tearing down
his old range of houses on the North Side,
has concluded to re erect the glass on the
property which he owns at South Evans-
ton. . . , . ,

Nearly 100 persons participated in the
picnic of the employes of V'aughan's Seed
Store, May 19. Mr. and Mrs. Vanghan
joined the weather man iii making it a
very enjoyable occasion for all concerned.
McKellar & Winterson have fine lines
of pteonies and bedding stock in view for
Decoration day trade, also a great
variety of baskets in new designs for the
school exercises next month.

A.J. Budlong's establishment has been
in the hands of the decorators this week
and now the surroundings are in keeping
with the quality of the stock handled
there.

The E. H. Hunt establishment has been
greatly extended and improved of late to
afford the greatest possible convenience
in handling their increasing shipping
business.

The Poehlmann Brothers Company is
now installed in the basement at 33 and
35 Randolph street, and has one of the
best equipped places in town.

Walter Retzer reports that he has had
a splendid retail trade, particularly in the
last few weeks, many good-sized jobs
being on his books.

The George Wittbold Company has
had plant and cut flower decorations up
in four downtown stores this week.

Charles Schweigett, of Niles Center, is
sending Benthey & Company some par-
ticularly fine gladioli.

Visitors: Peter Weiland, New Castle;
C. C. PoUworth, Milwaukee.

JoLiBT, III.— The commissioners of
West Park are to build a greenhouse
22x100 feet. F. S. Allen is secretary.

Calumet, Mich.— A. E. Lutey intends
to join the convention throng if he can
possibly get away.

Boston.

MUCH SPHING WORK BEING DONE IN THE
PAHKS. — EFFECTS OF THE WINTER. —
EXPERIENCES WITH VARIOUS GROUND
COVERS. — STATE OF THE MARKET. —
STOCK PLENTIFUL AND DEMAND LIGHT.
—PROSPERITY EXPECTED TO RETURN
NEXT WEEK. — INDEX OP PUBLIC GAR-
DENS.— COTTER HAS FINE LILIES.— VARI-
OUS NOTES OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Supt. J. A. Pettigrew has been doing
an immense amount of thinning out and
replanting in the park drives and boule-
vards this spring, notwithstanding the
wet weather. In about ten days more
the spring work will have been practic-
ally completed. Many comuses, red-
buds and amelanchiers have been planted,
fringing the woodlands, and forsythias
and Lonicera Morrowii have also been
largely used. Many of the cornuses
planted last year are dead and must be
replaced. The same is true of several
plantations of young hemlocks and oaks,
which were unable to withstand the
peculiar conditions of the past winter.
Hypericums generally are in bad shape
also. Japanese honeysuckle, which was
extensively planted as a ground cover
some years ago, is being rooted out, it
having proved unsatisfactory for the
purpose, being unattractive a good part
of the time and untidy because of the
debris it collects and the difficulty of
clearing it up. Rosa Wichuraiana has
proved fairly satisfactory as an under-
growth of Rosa setigera but is also diffi-
cult to clear of dead leaves and is not
sufficiently den^ to keep the weeds down.
In fact, the ideal ground cover under
such conditions has yet to be found.
Rosa setigera is badly killed back this
season, but Rosa multiflora is in much
better shape than it was last year and
will make a fine show when in bloom.
Just now the principal bloomers are the
amelanchiers, redbuds, kerrias, rhodo-
typos and the early pyruses. The glory
of Prunns pendula, forsythias, etc., has
already departed. Azalea Vaseyiisjust
coming in and lilacs will soon follow.
Daphne cneorum, of which not nearly as
much is uaed as should be, is a sheet of
deliciously fragrant pink.

Business in all cut flower lines is exceed-
ingly depressed. There is practically
nothing doing except what goes through
the street fakirs and no prospects of
immediate change. Decoration day will
undoubtedly be good — it always is a
profitable floral holiday in Boston. After
that the weddings of June, school com-
mencements, etc., should infuse a little
life into the business for two or three
weeks at least. Carnations are very much
shortened up in supply, the growers pre-
sumably holding them back as much as
possible for Decoration day prices. Their
success depends much upon the weather
in the meantime. In roses quality is
tending downward but the cold house
roses, Kaiserin and Carnot, are excep-
tions, there being some very fine blooms
received of these two prime summer
favorites. Daffodils and tulips have been
blooming outside for two weeks and are
now on the wane. Lily of the valley
from frames is superb. Lilacs are not
yet in evidence but indications are that
they will be with us before these lines are
in type. The retail florists do not relish
the idea of having outdoorlilac in bloom
for Decoration day. It is supposed to
keep people from buying flowers and,
when abundant, its tendency is to cause
lower values on everything.

A map and index of Boston Common
and the Public Garden for 1901 has just

been issued by the Public Grounds Depart-
ment, Wm. Doogue, superintendent. It
contains a deal of information regarding
these renowned pleasure grounds, includ-
ing a botanical list of all the trees,
diagrams of all the flowerbeds, with the
names of the tulips used in the spring
display, and will prove a very handy
document for reference for those who are
interested. Mr. Doogue has distributed
some 3,000 trees this month to citizens
wishing to plant them on the public high-
ways or on lawns sufficiently close to the
boundary to give shade to the sidewalk.
Lawrence Cotter is pointing vrith
pride to a house of Rolker's "black-
stemmed" lily, giganteum multiflornm.
The plants amply prove their title, as the
flowers are both gigantic and numerous,
and their slowness at Easter is all for-
gotten in admiration of the bountiful
Decoration day crop that is now in
sight. Liberty rose is also looking well
at the Rosemere Conservatories.

Owing to the backward season it has
been decided to postpone the opening exhi-
bition in the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society's new building until June 3 at S
p. m. The show will continue until 10
p. m., Sunday, June 9.

Mr. Burgess, of Burgess & Cooling, the
Waltham florists, was seriously injured
last week in a bicycle collision. He sus-
tained a broken cheek bone and other
severe contusions.

The dreaded brown-tail moth has made
its appearance in Medford within a few
days and is swarming over pear and
apple trees, doing an immense amount of
damage.

Geo. W. Sutherland, of Athol, nephew
of the original Geo. A., the wholesaler,
has taken a position at the Waban Rose
Conservatories.

Thomas F. Galvin has the contract for
the landscape work on the new estate of
Thomas W. Lawson, at Egypt, Mass.

The last meeting of the season was
held by the Boston Horticultural Club,
Thursdaj evening. May 23.

There were over 100,000 visitors at
the tulip display on the Public Garden, i
Sunday, May 12.

Mr. and Mrs. H. C Philbrick, of New-
ton, are receiving congratulations on the
birth of a son.

Mrs. M. H. Norton, who was badly ,
injured in a fall recently, is recovering
slowly.

E. M. Wood is much improved and is
now allowed to see his friends.

Visitors: Peter Crowe, Utica, N. Y.;
Wm. R. Smith, Washington.

New York.

TRADE VEBY DULL AND MAY PROMISES A
LOW RECORD. -STEAMER TRADE AMOUNTS
TO LITTLE. — yUALITIES GENERALLY
POOR. — VARIOUS NOTES OF TRADE INTER-
EST.

"Nothing doing" is the response to all
inquiries about the state of business at
either wholesale or retail flower estab-
lishments. The month will figure up
very poorly as to volume of business and
average of prices for staple varieties
unless a very great and improbable tidal
wave should strike us during the last
week of May. The travel outward
bound for Europe seems to be heavy
notwithstanding Pan-American seduc-
tions, but the amount of flowers called
for is very light and It cannot be said,
that steamer trade makes any appreci-
able impression on the flower product.
Quality is poor, as a rule, roses being
more or less mildewed as to foliage and
undersized as to bud. American Beauty

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is being received in particnlarly bad shape.
Peas are getting very plentiful. Lilacs
from the rural districts are coming in by
wagon and car loads and at present are
the principal stock in trade of the street
men. Bulbous stock is at an end for this
season.

.\dvices have been received from A.
Herrmann thatheis now at Blankenhain,
Germany, and has happened on a lot of
sterling novelties in the florists' supply
line that will astonish the trade next fall.

The outing committee of the New York

; Florists' Club has decided upon Julys as

i the date of the club excursion. Locust

Point, Long Island, is the place selected.

Thomas W. Weathered does not pro-
pose to let advancing years deter him
from his annual trip to IJngland. He is
booked for the Lucania, June 1.

Pankok & Schumacher have purchased
iSve acres of land in Whitestone, where
they are about to erect a range of modern
greenhouses.

C. W. Ward has been seriously indis-
posed since his return from the meeting
of S. A. F. incorporators at Washington.

Visitors: L. Loonmans, Oudenbosch,
Holland; Frank H. Myers, Philadelphia,
Pa.

j Philadelphia.

txRADE BATHER QDIET, STOCK PLENTIFUL
AND PBICBS LOW.— INTERESTING EXHIBI-
\ TION AT HOBTICDLTURAL SOCIBTY
^ MEETING.— NOTES OF INTEREST.

There is not much that can be said
about business the past week, as things
are quiet. Flowers are plentiful and as
the demand is so light, prices are very
low. The asking figures are: Beauties,
$3 per dozen; Bridesmaids, Brides and
Kaiserins, $4 to $S per hundred. There
are some fine blooms of Kaiserin coming
in and it has the call when choice white
roses are wanted. Liberty is in fine
shape and sells at from $S to $12. Car-
nations are good and cheap, $2 buying
almost the best, with some as low as 75
cents, and others $4- per hundred. Lily
'of the valley has been plentiful. Some
very good stock, outside grown, from
imported pips that have become estab-
lished, has been oflered as low as $1 per
hundred and this has hurt the sale of the
.forced kind. The storage stock will now
soon hold the boards until the new crop
of 1901 makes its appearance.
I The May meeting of the Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society was made gay with
the fine collections of blooming plants on
the exhibition tables. Wm. Robertson
carried ofi' the first prize with six very
'fine geraniums, also first for specimen.
Wm. Kleinheinz was first for specimen
Calceolaria hybrida. John McGregor
received a special premium for a collection
of Japanese paonies. Robert Craig also
received a premium for an exhibit of fine
calceolarias. There were a number of
other exhibits and, taken altogether, it
was one of the best minor exhibitions of
the society. David Rust and John Mc-
Cleary were elected delegates to repre-
sent the society at the meeting for
election of trustees of the state college.

Many congratulatory remarks about
the acquirement of a national charter by
the S. A. F. are heard among the trade
in this city. It is regarded as a great
step forward and one bound to lead to
largely increased interest in the society's
,work. As the time for the annual con-
vention draws nearer it is evident that
Ihe delegation to Buffalo from this city
will be a large one, rivaling in numbers
that of last season to New York.
■ Returning from a second visit to the

Pan-American Exposition I can say that
the reports as to the incompleteness of the
exhibition are greatly exaggerated. The
display is well worth going to see at this
writing (May 20), the beautiful grounds
having all been cleaned up and the
asphalt walks completed. Mr. Scott has
his work well in hand and is about
planting the hundreds of urns that
adorn the tops of the many terraces and
other prominent points. K.

Detroit.

LEGISLATURE DEPOSES BALSLEY'S PARK
BOARD.— PUTS SUPERINTENDENT IN SU-
PREME CONTROL.— A PROPOSITION TO
MAKE FLORISTS EMPLOY LICENSED
ENGINEERS.— NOTES.

Harry Balsley and his associate mem-
bers of the board of park commissioners
have been legislated out of office and Robt.
E. Bolger made sole commissioner with
control of the whole park and boulevard
system. The same "ripper" legislature
is about to pass an act requiring all
greenhouse establishments using steam
to einploy a licensed engineer. A special
meeting of our club was held Wednesday
evening. May 22, to take action relative
to the proposed bill, and a committee
consisting of Philip Breitmeyer, P. H.
Beard, Robt. Flowerday and J. F. Sul-
livan was appointed to go to Lansing
to use every effort to defeat the passage
of the bill. Our club notified several
florists throughout the state of the
impending measure and it is hoped our
combined efforts will be successful. The
injustice and impossible conditions
imposed by the proposed measure make
it imperative that every florist in the
state oppose it with all his influence.

The regular meeting of the club on
May 15 was devoted entirely to matters
relating to the fall flower show. The
guarantee fund was still further strength-
ened and the finances are now in a very
safe condition. The various committees
reported progress all along the line. On
May 24_5,000 chrysanthemum plants in
2' 2 inch pots were distributed to the
pupils of the sixth and seventh grades of
the public schools, with printed cultural
instructions.

Owing to the cold and unfavorable
weather prevailing here this spring, there
has been practically no outdoor bedding
or window gardening done yet and when
operations in that line do commence all
customers will want their work done at
the same time. Trade in other lines has
been satisfactory and the supply of most
flowers about equal to the demand.

Miss Anna J. Schnlte. who has been
employed in different florists' stores of
this city for a long time, and recently
with the Lakeview Floral Company, has
opened a floral department in Hibbard's
bakery, on Woodward avenue.

H. G. Flammer has moved his retail
store to 275 Woodward avenue, above
the park, where he has a neat and
attractive place, with tiled window and
new furnishings throughout. J. F. S.

New Orleans.

CLUB PLANS AN ANNIVERSARY OUTING. —
DETAILS NOT DECIDED. — FALL SHOW
MATTERS. — OTHER NOTES.

A committee has been appointed to
devise ways and means to celebrate our
next club anniversary, which comes in
July. For the last three years we have
been taking a three days' vacation trip.
Nothing is decided yet but it may be that
this year, on account of certain circum-

stances, cor celebration will not be of
such long duration this time.

The arrangements for the fall chrysan-
themum show are reported regularly at
each of our meetings, and no doubt every-
thing will be ready in due time. Still,
we are passing through a very long dry
spell, which has prevented many of us
from making mu:h headway so far.

The rush ot plant sales is nearly over
for this spring and every florist is quite
satisfied with the season's business. Some
report twenty- five per cent heavier sales
than last year, while the increase has
been even more with others.

U. I. Virgin is erecting a house for
asparagus.

E. Valdejo is building a new greenhouse
20x72. M.M. L.

Washington.

There have been some fine decorations
recently, one of the largest being|that at
Georgetown University, by J. R. Freeman,
for the reception tendered Cardinal Mar-
tinelli. A great number of large palms,
azaleas, lilies and hydrangeas were used.

The death of Mrs. Gage gave some of
the florists considerable work, J. H.
Small & Son and A. Gude & Brother
each supplying some very fine pieces.

A. Gude & Bro. had the elaborate deco-
rations for the LieberNorris wedding
May 18.

J. H. Small, Sr., and daughter are
improving at Atlantic City. P. G.

Newhuryport, Mass.— E. W. Pearson
has opened a branch store at 24 State
street, to be in charge of Mr. Pearson's
daughter.

Fairfield, Ia. — The George Wray
establishment will be enlarged and mod-
ernized this summer, increasing business
requiring better facilities.

Greenfield, Ind.— Jacob Forest is
planning a considerable enlargement of
his place to keep pace with the demands
of a rapidly increasing trade.

ISHPEMiNG, Mich.— The Ishpeming
Floral Company, William Trebilcock,
manager, is doing a fine business this
spring, particularly in outside work.

HoLYOKE, Mass. — The horticultural
society met on May 15, elected officers
and made arrangements for the annual
rose show. The officers elected were as
follows: President, Rev. Dr. E. A. Reed;
vice-president, A. F. Sickman; treasurer,
C. E. Mackintosh, secretary, G. H. Sin-
clair.

Newport, R. I.— The Newport Hor-
ticultural Society will hold its annual
rose and strawberry exhibition in
Masonic Hall on June 25 and 26. Two
silver cups are offered by Mrs. Burke-
Roche, one for a group of palms
and foliage plants and one for 100
roses, competition limited to the private
gardeners of Newport. The tenth annual
chrysanthemum show will be held
November 5, 6 and 7.

KoKOMO, Ind.— The funeral of Mrs. W.
W. Coles was held May 17, in the pres-
ence of a large number of sorrowing
friends of the family. Mrs. Coles was a
woman ot high character and her loss is
felt to be a personal one bv every mem-
ber of the community. She left three
daughters and a son to share their
father's loneliness. A number of florists
from out of town attended the obsequies
and the floral tokens were profuse. Tele-
grams and letters of deepest sympatky
came from many friends in the trade.

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10 Centi a Line, Agate; tl.OO per inch.
Cash with Order.
No Special Poiition Guaranteed.
Dliooants are allowed, only on consecutive inter-
tioni, as follows — 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times,
10 per cent; 26 times, 20 per cent;
52 times, 30 per cent.
Cover space sold only on yearly contract at
11.00 per inch, net, in the case of the two
front Images, regular discounts ap-
plying only to the back pages.
The Advertising Department of the Ahebigan
Flobist is for Florists, Seedsmen and Nurserymen
and dealers in wares pertaining to those lines on/y

Order* lor leu than one-hall Inch space not accepted

Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday to
secure insertion in the issue for the following
Saturday. Address

AMERICAN FLORIST OO.j OHIOAao.

At Steglitz, Berlin, J. C. Schmidt is
trying rose forcing on the American plan
in four newr houses.

It is said that a French grower has
developed a Chinese primrose (Primula
Sinensis) with yellow blooms.

The Chadborn Mfg. Co., was given
the contract for ventilating the north
conservatory at the Pan-American Expo-
sition.

And now it is said the English sparrow
Is making trouble for agriculturists and
horticulturists in the country to which
it is indigenous.

Next Thursday being a legal holiday,
correspondents and advertisers are urged
to get their copy in by Wednesday for
our issue of June 1.

Officers of the window glass jobbers'
association assert that with the present
attitude of the trusts there can be no
early redaction in the price of greenhouse
glass. '

The Victorian Medallists of Honor in
Horticulture have been increased and
limited to sixty-three, in consonance
with the years of the reign of Queen Vic-
toria, by the Royal Horticultural Society
of Great Britain.

A Question of Fertilizers.

Ed. Am. Florist:— What proportion of
muriate of potash, superphosphate and
ground bone should be used to a cubic
foot of fairly good, porous loam in place
of horse manure for carnations, the
whole to be thoroughly mixed and
nitrate of soda added? W. & R.

I would advise "W. & R." byall means
to use the manure. While there is no
doubt equally good results can be had
from chemical fertilizers, they are exceed-
ingly dangerous and only to be used
after careful experiments on small plots.
Finely ground bone is safe as ordinarily
used and supplies the same wants of the
plants as superphosphates. Muriate of
potash is not needed in some soils at all
and a very small amount dusted over
the bench and worked in will be sufficient
in any case. It is not customary to mix
nitrate of soda with the soil but to use
it in liquid form. The report of the
fertilizer committee in the last proceed-
ings of the S. A. F. covers the ground as
far as the committee was able to do so.
If "W. & R." desire to experiment along
this line they will do well to write to the
experiment station of their state for
advice as to materials to be used and
quantities. W. N. Rddd.

Can't Afford To Be 'Without It.

Ed. Am. Florist:— Enclosed find $1 to
renew my subscription. We can't afl'ord
to be without the Florist.

De Soto, Mo. G. M. Thost.

To Paeony Growers.

The dates set for the show of pjEonies
at the Pan-American Exposition, May
2S to June 7, would in ordinary seasons
have suited the majority of growers
throughout the country, but on account
of the very late season these dates will find
few pEeonies open. Without changing
the dates, we will be very glad whenever
a grower has flowers that he wishes to
exhibit to receive them at any time, and
they will be judged as soon as received.
William Scott.

The Best Aspect.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I wish to build a
house 20x100 feet and enclose sketch
showing how I propose to locate it. I
am undecided however, whether to run
the house north and south or east and
west. The house is for carnations and
the site — at the foot of a hill— is well pro-
tected from west and northwest winds.
What would you advise? W. H. S.

Greenhouses used for the forcing of
plants for winter blooming should be
run invariably east and west. Any devi-
ation from this rule should be toward
the east rather than toward the west.
A greenhouse ^ituated at the foot of a
hill, running east and west, and pro-
tected from north and northwest winds,
is certainly a very desirable location.

M.

Greenhouse Building.

Angola, Ind. — R. Ford Carpenter, one
Beauty house.

Council BluSs, la.— I. F. Wilcox, six
houses 26x200.

Sandusky, O. — Conrad Heuter; one
house.

Coatesville, Pa.^ames Brown, two
houses 24x104.

Greenfield, Ind.— Jacob Forest, three
lOOfoot houses.

Outremont, Quebec, Can. — W. Hall,
two carnation houses.

Sing Sing, N. Y.—Briarclifif Farms, four
rose houses 28x300.

Sioux City, la.— J. R. Elder, house
30x150.

Forest Hills, Mass.— Bussey Institu-
tion, range of conservatories.

New Berlin, N. Y.— Mrs. C. A. Holmes,
conservatory.

Waynesboro, Pa. — H. Eichholz, one
house.

Shiremanstown, Pa.— J. F. Rupp, one
house.

Trouble With Harrisii.

Ed. Am. Florist:— I think thatenough
has not been said with regard to the
miserable rpiality of the bulbs supplied
last year under guarantee as the best
Harrisii to be had in Bermuda. A few
years ago the bulbs could be depended
upon to force into bloom by Thanksgiv-
ing, but those we get now will not stand
forcing at all. There was less disease
among them this year than usual, I will
admit, but one-fourth of them are blind,
another one-fourth of them have only
one bud, which withers when any attempt
is made to force it, and the remaining
one-half of the bulbs produce only one
and two buds, on long, weak stems.
Most of the stock I am speaking of is

5-7, which ought to produce three and
four buds toastalk. The bulbs of today
cost double what they did three years
ago and are not worth half as much to
the cut flower grower. I think the time
is not far distant when the Bermuda
growers will have to give us better bulbs
at more reasonable prices, or else will
have to supply the trade with flowers
instead of bulbs. F. Jones.

Failure With Garden Asparagus.

Ed. Am. Florist:- We are sending you
in separate package some asparagus
roots from a two or three-year-old bed.
Late last summer the asparagus rusted
badly and this spring failed, with a tew
exceptions, to start. Where it did start
the stalks are very small and weak. Can
you give us any information in the
matter?' A. W. & S.

From what is said regarding the occur-
rence of rust In the field last year, and
from the appearance of the roots sent,
we judge that the attack of rust is the
cause of the death of the plants. They
were greatly weakened by an attack of
this disease late in the season, and the
supply of stored food that was intended
to carry the plants through the winter and
spring was exhausted. Asparagus rnst
is caused by the fungus Puccinia asparagi
D. C., and has done much damage in
many parti of the country. Consider-
able attention has been given to the
devising of remedies for the disease, and
the recommendations of the best authori-
ties are to plant asparagus on good
land, to fertilize it heavily, and cultivate
thoroughly in order to produce vigorous
plants that will be able to overcome the
attack of rust. The rust may appear in
such fields, but the worst eflcct produced
will be the shortening of the life of the
bed, and the object of heavily fertilizing
is to keep the plants as vigorous as pos-
sible and thereby prolong life. When a
bed becomes so badly injured that the
crop is unprofitable it is best to abandon
it and plant a new one. Recently the*
New York Experiment Station has
obtained some benefit by spraying
thoroughly with Bordeaux mixture,
and this treatment is deserving of careful
trial. Alisbrt F. Woods. ,

Catalogues Received,

The Herendeen Manufacturing Com-
pany, Geneva, N. Y., boilers; W. J.
Hesser, Plattsmouth, Neb., wholesale
palms; H. Den Ouden & Son, Boskoop
and Noordwyk, Holland, wholesale
nursery stock; Jacs. Smits, Naardeo-J
and Boskoop, Holland, plants; Pingee
& Conard Co., West Grove, Pa., roses;
Van Til-Hartman,Hillegom, near Harlem,
Holland, wholesale bulbs; V. Lemoine
& Fils, Nancy, France, plants; Klehm's
Nurseries, Arlington Heights, III., trees,;
and shrubs; Plant Seed Co., St. Louis,
Mo., trade seed list; Gt. Van Waveren &
Kruijfli, Sassenheim, Holland, spir.cas;
P. Mann & Co., Washington, D. C,
seeds; L'Horticole Coloniale, Brussels,
Belgium, plants; H. Cannell & Sons,
Swanley, Kent, England, plants.

OBITUARY.

THOMAS SMITH.

Its oldest citizen was lost to Rochester,
N. Y., in the death of Mr. Smith, May 15.
He was born in Ireland, December 23,
1799, and had therefore reached the age
of 102 years and 5 months. He worked

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jiorEllwanger&Barryand Frost & Com-
jipan; for many years,

j C. p. LINES.

I, C. P. Lines died at New Haven, Conn.,

Son May 8. He was probably the oldest
nurseryman and florist in Connecticut,

.having devoted his attention for forty-
five years to his profession, which he dis-
continued only when ill health forced him

ito give up active work.

I LBVBRBTT M. CHASB.

Leverett M. Chase died at his home in
JRoxbury, Mass., on May 19, aged 68
i years. Mr. Chase was an enthusiastic
; member of the Massachusetts Horticult-
ural Society, highly esteemed by his many
friends for his genial and courteous dis-
position. His wife died about a year
ago and he has never recovered from the
shock.

j MES. CHARLES INGRAM.

\ Mrs. Charles Ingram died at her home
'in Reading, Mass., on Wednesday, May
15, after an illness of nearly ten years,
accompanied by great sufifering during
the latter part of the period. She was a
devoted and loyal wife, whose hard work
and cheery encouragement alone saved
the business for her husband during his
long sickness a few years ago, and he has
the deep sympathy of many friends in his
[lirreparable loss.

HERBBRT F. LEAVITT.

Herbert F.Leavitt, the popular "Bert,"
foreman of the order department of
Welch Brothers' wholesale cut flower
establishment in Boston, died on Sunday,
May 10. He slipped and fell down a
flight of stairs at his home two weeks
before, breaking his shoulder and sus-
taining internal injuries that necessitated
his removal to the hospital. He sufifered
excruciatingly and was delerious most of
the time till his death. He has been with
Welch Brothers for twelve years, a faith-
ful employe, always at his post, and
everybody liked him. He leaves a wife
and two young children. His age was
;28 years and 6 months.

'' WILLIAM FANCOUET.

There is no ancient gentlemen but gardeners,
ditchers, and grove makers; they hold up
Adam's profession.

William Fancourt died at the Cook

.County hospital, Chicago, 111., May 20,
and was buried in Mt. Greenwood Cem-
etery on the 24-th. He was born in Lon-
don, England, about 1830. He came
from a family of gardeners and was a
skilled workman. Oncoming to America
about 1866 he first worked in Philadel-
phia, with Robt. Buist.Sr., then for three
or four years with John Dick. Coming

■to Chicago in the early seventies he
engaged with John Goode in Hyde Park
and subsequently he was employed by
half the establishments about the city,
working for Aug. Dressel, Harnes & Co.,
M. E. Page, Sam. Pearce, Rose Hill Cem-
etery, J, Lang, Vaughan's Greenhouses,
Bassett & Washburn and others. More
recently he cared for the greenhouses and
grounds of the Chicago Home for Incur-
ables. Andrew McAdams, speaking of
him, said: "He was the most expert prop-
agator of hard-wooded stock in the west,
if not in the United States. There was
nothing he could not make root."

I He married an English woman in the
seventies, but they separated and she
returned to England. About fifteen

, years ago he was severely frozen, the
injuries resulting in the amputation of
one limb. Six months steady work gen-
erally found "Fan," as he was called,
ready for a vacation and for a few
weeks following he usually forgot the

responsibilities and trials of a gardener's
life in his own diversion. His was a
rugged physique which carried him
through many vicissitudes in compara-
tively good health to man's allotted
three score years and ten.

SITIATIONS, WANTS, fOR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this nead.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
for the year 1901 is entitled to a flve-Iine want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year.

SITUATION WANTED— By ^'ood. all-around
^^ practical florist and gardener. German; single.
Address W31 K, "care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By a florist of 25 years'
^ t-xperience; married. First-class grower of
cut and pot Mowers. Also good landscape gar-
dener and designer. Address with particulars.
\V W, 5 Dorsey's Lane, Carroll, Baltimore, Md.

CjITDATION WANTED-As working ftreman,
*^ by a married man of 30 jears' experience;
competent in ;l 1 branches; flrst-class rose, carna-
tion, chrysanthemum and violet grower. Lost my
own greenhouses by fire. Address

G M, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED" About July 1st. by
^ experienced florist, single; grower of roses,
rarnations, 'mums, violets, bedding plants; fine
propagator; capable of taking charge: 11 years'
experience; good references from Europe and this
country; would like to go south.

Address C H, care American Florist.

SITUATION WANTED— By first-class, up-to-
^ date florist; competent in all branches of the
business; successful grower and maker-up; a
salesman of good address. Reliable, honest,
sober and industrious. Li(e experience. Refer-
ences. Only flrst-class place need answer.
Address Reliable, care American Florist.

"\^^ANTED— A lady to work in cut flower store.
'* Must have experience. Address
J. W. Ensweiler, 5339 S. Morgan St., Chicago.

"\^ANTED— A competent grower of cut flowers

* ' by June 15. State wages and give reference.
Also an assistant. Retailer, care Am. Florist.

"\T/'ANTED— Foreman, large commercial place.
'* Ability, large experience in eeneral grow-
ing, and references demanded. No o hers con-
sidered. A W S, Box 869. Pittsburg, Pa.

WANTED AT ONCE— A good gardener for

* ' private place, to care for vegetables, flowers,
lawn and small greenhouse. Must b^ strictly
sober. Good wages. F O, care Am. Fiorist.

WANTED— A good grower of adiantum ferns,
one who also has had some experience with
roses and carnations. Must be willing, and
capable of earning a good salary. Address

The F. R. Williams Co., Cleveland, O.

WANTED— A young man with few years' expe-
rience in greenhouse work, between now
and the first of June. Place is permanent for the
right man. Please state wages without board,
and where last employed.

Theo. Bock, Hamilton, O.

"\\^ANTED — An up-to-date rose and carnation
' ' grower ta take charge 20,000 feet of glass.
State age. experience, reference and wages per
month with board and room in first letter; also
your telegraph address. Address to

John L. Wtland, DeHaven, Pa.

FOR SALE— 100 boxes 16x24 D. S. A. Pittsburg
glass. Address J M F,
Box 45. De Haven, Pa.

FORCED SALE— Before August 1st, three green-
houses 30x97; steam and hot water.

Alice G. Wright, Portland, Me.

FOR SALE— Entire greenhouse stock of bedding
plants, roses, palms, flower pots, tools, etc.
Address J. N. Kidd, St. Joseph, Mo.

FOR SALE— Greenhouse establishment. 35,000
feet of glass, well stocked. Price a little more
than than one years' sales. Address

Ohio, care American Florist.

FOR SALE— Four greenhouses 20 feet wide, in
the best town in the world. A snap for the
right man if sold at once.

J J, care American Florist.

FOR RENT — Store and greenhouses, corner of
Lincoln and Van Buren Sts. Established 20
years. Immediate possession. Thos. H. Gault,
934 Stock Exchange Bldg., Chicago.

UOR ^ALE— Lease and stock of between 7,000
-L and 8,000 feet of glass. All in good condition.
Must sell on account of had health. All retail
trade. Rent very reasonable. Address

C W K, care American Florist.

UOR SALE CHEAP — Greenhouse estabiish-
J- meutinagood business city in Wisconsin; 4000
ft. of glass well stocked with miscellaneous plants,
one acre land, good house 6-rooms. Owner goin^'
back to Europe. Address ' "^

Q D, care American Florist.

p^OR SALE— Florist establishment in best city
^ of Wisconsin, 15,000 population, 5500 feet of
glass; oflice connected with residence, center of
town, lot 66x400 street cars pass the door. Owner
leaves lor Europe July 1st. Address

G R, care American Florist.

POSinON Of TRIST WANTED.

YOUNG MAN, nineteen years with the largest
seed and plant house in New York. Could take
CHARGE OP OFFICE. STOCK BOOKS, REG-
ISTER OF CUSTOMERS. Have a complete
knowledse, having had charge of the above.
Unblemished testimonials. Ready to start. For
full particulars; write X Y Z

Clucas & Boddin gton Co., 342 W. 14th St, N. Y.

To express full apprecia-
tion to many applicants for
position, .\bsence from
home and illness have pre-
vented answering so many, which I regret. Hav-
ing been disappointed in several alleged florists
claiming great but showing little knowledge and
reliability, I desire a competent working foreman.

J. T. WILLIAMSON,
LaRose Gardens. Memphis, Teon.

WANTED !

In Philadelphia, 25,OCO square feet of
glass well stocked with roses, carnations
and bedding plants. Will sell stock cheap.
For further particulars apply to

W. H. TOMER,
2542 N. Chadwick St., PHIIAOELPHIA, PA.

FOR SALE,

Ten Greenhouses of about 35,C00 feet of
glass, situated in a lliriving city 35 miles
from Chicago. Now doing a large busi-
ness in plants and flowers, both wholesale
and retail. For particulars address

M M, care American Florist.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY oe

At Nyack, N. Y, A plot 220x125
feet, on which are foor Rose houses,
1 00x18x6, each house heated by a
No. 16 Hitchings Boiler; and seven
houses, each about 64xn ft., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick cash buyer.

HiTCHINGS & CO.,

333 Mercer St. NEW YORK.

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jp you want to get, you want ^
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Every advertisement represents
a genuine want. .^ It pays
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San Francisco.

FLORiL CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION OF
CALIFORNIA STATE FLORAL SOCIETY-
SOME OF THE EXHIBITS AND PRIZE WIN-
NERS. — BUSINESS VERY POOR.— ILLNESS
OF PRESIDENT'S WIFE CAUSES CANCELLA- |
TION OF ORDERS FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS. — ;
OTHER NOTES.

The flower congress that has been
going on this week in connection with
the flower show, adjourned yesterday
evening. The meeting was tlie first of its
kind ever held west of Chicago and the
members of the California State Floral
Society are highly pleased with the
results. A complete volume of the pro-
ceedings of the congress will be published
in a short time and sold by subscription.
As to the flower show, it was one of the
finest ever held in this city and successful
in every way. The financial end of it
should make a good showing as it was
well attended. John Sievers was out
with his prize-winner carnations and
raked in all three prizes, for best six
varieties, six blooms of each, using his
own seedlings, every one of which
measured four inches across. As the
twelve largest and best blooms of any
one variety, he had Hannah Hobart,
each one measuring four and one-half
inches across. He also received first for the
largest and best collection of carnations.
John Carbone, of West Berkeley, was
equally successful with roses grown
ander glass. He was first for best six
varieties, best dozen blooms of one
variety and for largest and best collec-
tion. The first prize for collection of
garden roses also went to West Berkeley,
being awarded to E. Gill. F. Ludeman
was second. Mr. Gill was also first for
climbing roses and blooms of flowering
shrubs. First for sweet peas was awarded
to C. C. Morse & Co , for lilies to John
< Carbone and for pansies to Serveau
Bros. Pelicano & Co. won three firsts
for displavs of cut flowers and also the
prize of $30 ofiered by the Cox Seed Co.
The Cox Seed Company was first for
decorative plants, C. Abraham receiving
a special premium in this class. Domoto
Bros, captured five prizes for specimen
plants. Among exhibits not for compe-
tition was a splendid assortment of
ferns from E. Schwerin, a table of plants
from D. O. Mills, of Milbrae, one from
Golden Gate Park, a display of rhododen-
drons from the University of California
and a showing of some fifty standard
varieties of carnations from Fick &
Faber.

The business for the past three weeks
has been very poor. The storekeepers
cannot remember any worse business or
as bad for this time of the year. What
the reason is we can only guess, but a
plentiful supply of outdoor stock is show-
ing. One may watch the ferryboats from
across the bay at evening and see that
every lady carries a bunch of outdoor
roses or flowering shrubs. Of course
funeral work goes on as ever, but for a
few dollars one can get a large piece,
with plenty of flowers. We all expected
some extra business for the week that
President McKinley was to have been
here, but a quietus has been put on all
proceedings, through the illness of Mrs.
McKinley. Dominic & Company had the
decoration of the streets, some 15,000
yards of garlands made of pine and
cypress green, at 10 cents per yard, being
used.

Chas. Steppenbach has doubled his
store space and now has the largest store
in the western addition.

Golden Gate.

Vm CARNATION BLOOMS

I ARE STILL THE BEST.

i Place your orders for DECORATION DAY with us and

\ thus avoid pickled stock.

% Best assortment, $4.00 per 100; $30.00 per 1000.

I CHICAGO CARNATION CO., Joliet. 111. ^

PITTSBURG CUT FLOWER CO., Ltd.

504

Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
FA.

g-^ I ■ Brilliant Bronze or Green $1.00 per 1000

o^i^x Leaves ^.t^^i^.zf'''*' °''®®^'' ''^"'^- =^^- **

79r3rs<, * HARRY A. BUNYARD, 38 W. 28lh St., New York.

Wbol^ale power/arK^

CrNCiNNATi, May 23.
Roses, Beauty 15 . 00@25 .00

"■ Bride 3.00® 5.00

Bridesmaid 3.00® 5.00

Meteor 3.90® 5.00

" Perle 3.00® 4.00

Carnations l.no® 3.00

Violets 35® .50

Lily or the valley..'. 3.00® 4.00

Daffodils, Tulips 3.00

Harrisii lilies 6.00® 1.00

Callas 6.00® 8.00

Sweet peas 1.00

Asparagus 50.00

Smilax 12.50

Adiantum 1 .00

Galax leaves .15

Common ferns .20

St. Louis, May 23.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00® 5.00

Beauty, long, ptrdoz.a.OO® 3.00
" •• short " .60® 1.50

Perle 2.00® 4.00

" Meteor 3.00® 5.00

Carnations, common 1.00

choice :...; 1.50® 2.00

Pa3onies 3.00® 5.00

Sweetpeas 36® .50

Callas 6.00® 8.00

Harrisii 6.00® 8.00

Smilax 12.50(»15.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Galax .15

MrLWAUKSB, May 23.
Roses, Beauty, long,per doz. 4.0O

med. " 1.50® 2.50
" " short " ■ 1.00® 1.25

" Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00® 6.00

" Meteor 4.00® 6.00

" Golden Gate 4.00® 6.00

Perle 4.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 1.00® 1.50

fancy 2.00® 3.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

BmUax 20.00

Asparagus 65.00

Lily of the Valley 3.00

Harrisii 10.00®12.BO

Callas 10.00®I2.SO

Tulip, single 2.00® 3.00

Mignonette 3.00

Common Ferns .30

PiTTSBUBS, May 23.

Roses, Beauty, fancy 20.00@25.00

" " extra 15.00@18.00

No. 1 8.00@12.00

Bride, Bridesmaid 2.00® 8.00

" Meteor 2.00® 6.00

Perle 2.00® 4.00

Carnations, ordinary 50® .75

fancy 1. CO® 3.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 3.00

Mignonette 50® 1.25

Sweetpeas 15® .50

Daisies 60® 1-50

Harrisii 4.00® 8.00

Smllax 15.00@20.00

Adiantum '. .75® 1.00

Asparagus 25.00®50.00

Sprengeril 35® .60

Oalax, green and bronze per 1000 tl.25
Dagger feme oer 1000, 2.00

Holton AND

Hunkel Co.

Wholesale

Florists....

MILWAIKEE, WIS.

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

^I^P DAGGER FERNS

^vTS - s'-SJ now ready, $1.50
'*^— T— -i;^::;;- per ICOO. Discount on
large orders.
Bronze and Green Galax Leaves, 75c per lOOO.
Princess Pine, J5.00 per 100 lbs. Laurel Festooning.
4c, 6c and 65 per yard. Laurel Wreaths and Pine
Wreaths for decorations. Engage your ferns of us
BOW for Decoration use and you'wont get left.
CROWL TERN CO., P. 0. Millington, Mass.
Telegraph Office, New Salem. Mass.
Please mention the American Florist when writing

Wholesale Store, Klsxr'"

Sell our own-grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors

in quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy

reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, botn

Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.

Try us.

124 Sixth Street. N

Minneapolis. Minn

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BRANT & NOE.

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Decoration Day Prices.

CATTLEYAS $5.00 per dor.

Per doz.

American Beauties, long $3.00 to 4 00

medium 2.00 to 3.00

short 1.00

Per 100

Brides. Bridesmaids $4 00 to $ 6 00

Meteors, Kaiserins 4.00 to 6.00

Perles 3.08 to 4.00

Carnations, fancy 2.00to 3.00

standards 1.00 to 2.00

Sweet Peas 75 to 1.00

Valley 300to 4.C0

Valle». outside 2.00

Tulips 2.00 to 3.00

Marguerites 50 to .75

Forget-me-not 1.00

Callas, Lil. Harrisii 6.00 to 10.00

Pansies .50

Mignonette 2.00 to 4.0U

Adiantum .75

Smilax 15.00 to 20.00

Asparagus Plumosus 50.00 to 75.00

Sprengeri 3.u0to 400

Paeonies 5.00

Cornflowers .60

New Fancy ferns

$2.50 per JOOO; 30c per 100.

Wild Smilax

50 lb. case, $8.00.

We still have a large supply
of Fancy Ferns, the best in
the market.

We will have Wild Smilax
after other dealers are out.

J. B. DEAMUD

51 Wabash Avenue,

...CniCAGO.

Ftaoae Central 3155.

J. A. BUDLONG

37-39 Randolph Stpcet, JJHjCAGO.

WHOLESALE

Boses and

A Specialty GROWER Of

CUT FLOWERS

CUT FLOWERS.

A J, jk J, Shipping orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

eOO.OOO FEET OP GLASS.
Headquarters for American Beauty.

51 Wabash Ave., • CHICAGO, ILL.

GEO. REINBERG,

"SS .t Cut Flowers

Choice American Beauties.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

B1 Wabash Ava., CHICAQO, ILL.

Please mention the Ame*i.can Florist when Txrrtttng.

FRANK GARLAND,

Wholesale Grower and Shipper of

...CLT ELOWERS

S5-S7 Wabasti Avcniie, ==^=^:^

CHICAQO. Tel. Central 2384.

.li your..

Business Methods

are right yoti can make a profit
on an adyertliement here.

Wbol^ale power/arl^

CmcAeo, ;\Iay 24.

Roses, Beauty, 30-36-incb stems 3.00® 4.00

24 " " 2.00® 2.50

" " 18 " " 1.50

" " 12 " " 1.00

" 8 " " .75

« " " .50

" Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00® 5.00

Meteor 3.00® 5.00

Perle 3.00® 4.00

Golden Gate 4.00® 8.00

Carnations 1.00(a> 1.50

fancy 2.00® 4.00

Sweet peas 76(0 1,00

Pansies 40® .60

Callas, Harrisii 4.00® 8.00

Lily of the valley 4.00® 5.00

Paper Whites 3.00® 4.00

Daffodils 2.00® 3.00

Tulips 3.00® 4.00

Mignonette 25® .35 doz.

Cattleyas 6.00 doz.

Adiantum 60® .75

Common ferns per 1,000 3 60 .35

Galax leaves, per 1000 $1.25 .20

Smilax per dozen 1.50® 2.00

Asparagus. .. per dozen 6.00® 8.00

E. H. Hunt,

WHOLESALE

Cut riowers

THE "OLD RELIABLE,"

76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

JOHN MUNO,

"'s;,;;r:; Cut Flowers

Boo'" 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Telephone Central 35!ih. All telegraph and
telephone orders gi\'t*n prompt attention.

WIETOR BROS.

.1 Cut Flowers

Wholesale
Growers

All teleij^niph and telephone orders
given prompt attention.

51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO.

WEILAND AND Risen

CHICAGO'S RELIABLE

Wholesale Growers and Shippers of

CUT FLOWERS.

59 Wabash Ave., Chicago.

SEND FOR WKEKLT PRICE LIST.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Bassett&Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Vheleiale Dealera aarf
Broweri of

Cut Flowers

OKECNHOU8C8; HINSDALE, ILL.

Poehlmann Bros. Co.

Wholesale Growers of

Cut Flowers

and
Dealers In

All telegraph and telephone orders

given prompt attention. 51

Greenhouses: Wabash Ave.,

Morton Grove, 111. CHICAGO. ILL.

Benthey & Co.

F. F. BENTHEV, Manager,

Wliolesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street, CHICAGO,

"flnnH'enments snlir^ited..

A. L RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Wuk-
ing:ton St., Chicago.

write for ipeolal qaotatloni on Urge ordar.

If You Have Stock To Sell...

the best way to make that (act known to the trade 1. by regtilar

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The American Florist.

May 25,

Choice Lot of Plants ""^

Brides and Maids

WHICH WE ARE OFFERING AT

$20.00 PER 1000 IN 2-INCH POTS; $35.00 PER 1000 IN 3-INCH POTS

SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, I6I2-I4-I6-I8 ludlow street, PHILADELPHIS.

g>^£\ /% ^W IT^HFIVI \ M n ^^^^ BOSTON FLOWERS. All Sup<-
VVCt^V t\m \j\j 1 llCrlClw/%1^ Lr plies Required in Florist's Business.
An entire floor Devoted to Stock and manufacturing. Sole agents for United States for the won-
derful KORAL LETTER, unequalled for design work. PREPARE FOR DECORATION DAY.
TELEPHOXE 1270 MAIN — . Ncw Address, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, ' "^'ToS^Sii! K^' '"•"•

WELCH BROS., Proprietors-

Also New BDgland Agenta for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.

Acknowledged by all florists the best In uae. Special prices for doz. lots.

Bole Asenta for FREYSTEDTS' Immortelle Letters and Emblems.
Block Letters. S2 per 100. Script Letters. $4 per 100.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR

-F'o <

Decoration Day Flowers

AND SUPPLIES

3ESD TO

N. F. McCarthy & Co.,

Tel. 734 and 64. 84 Hawley St., BOSTON.

...GEO. M. KELLOGG...

'"""•i?Te"w°a'ii: Cut Flowers

Qlve u. an order and we will please you.

Our Greenhou.ei at PLEASANT HILL, MO
Our Store, 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO

la^LOne DISTANOB 'PHONB AT ETTHSB FLAOX

Pleau mention the A merican Florist when writings

Frank M. Ellis.

WHOLESALE FLORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST, LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale riorist

1322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Please mention the American Florist when luritine-

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

nSS PINE STREET.

— -~ LOUIS, MO.

I^A complete line of Wire Desl^na.

Desirable Adverlising Space

Tn Dont «■> the walls
■ •■I lU nClll of the

BOSTON FLOWER MARKET

Effective. Profitable, Address

GEO. CARTWRIGHT, Secretary. 1 Park St.. BOSTON.

Whol^ale [lower/\arH^

BosTOK, Mav 22.

Roses, Beauty, extra ". 15.00@20.00

" " medium 8.00@12.00

culls 1.00® 3.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor. 2.00® 3.00

" extra 4.00® 6.00

Carnations 1.00® 3.00

Lily of the valley 1.00® 2.00

Mignonette 1.00® 2.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissi 50® 1.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax , 12.00@15.00

Asparagus 50.00

" Sprengerii, .20® .25 per bunch

PHIJ.ADSLPHU, May 22.

Roses, Tea 2. 00®. 6. 00

" extra 6.00®I0.00

Beauty, extra 12.50@30.0O

firsts 6.00@15.00

Carnations 1.00® 1.50

fancy 2.00(g) 3.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 4.00

Asparagus 35.00@50.00

Smilax 15.0O®20.0O

Adiantum ' 1.00

Bdtfalo, May 23.

Roses, Beauty 5.00®30.00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4.00® 6.00

Carnations 1.00® 3.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4.00

Smilax 15.00@25.00

Adiantum 1.00® 1.60

Asparagus 60.00@75.00

Harnsii 5.00@10.CO

GIVE

US

A

TRIAL.

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

YORK

W^^

%

«■-«£*

Open day
and nighl. _ _ . ., ,

Roses. Carnatioiis and all kinds of
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

mil C VACTIUf! Wholesale Com-
ifllli ri IVAOIinU) mission Florist.

481 Washington St.. Buffalo, N. V.

Also Dealer In Flortste' Supplies & Wire Designs.

Please mention the American Florist
every time you write to an advertiser.

UJ

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1604

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Ludlow Street,

LU

n- r,

Philadelphia....

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Phone 1-42-69-A.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS,
LONG DISTANOB DUII AFIEI DUIl Dl

'PHONB 3-45-91 D. rniLAUtLrniA, rA,

Consignment, of Choice Valley and Rose, solicited.

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESUE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long Dlstsnoe Phone 1-41-28 D.

Consignments of Roses, Carnations, Violets solioili I.

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wholesale Florist,

27 S. nth St.. Telephone 63-64, PIIILADELPBI*.

Orders by mall, telesraph or telephone will
reoelve prompt attention.

ConslKnments of Rood stock solicited.

SHIPPINO UBELS £l>

• Cut Flowers

Printed in two colors on gummed
paper; your card, etc.. In black and
leaf adopted by the S. A. F. in red.
Very attractive. Price per 500, $2.85;
per 1000, ti.bO. Send for samples

CUCtRO OF THIS LEAF, POSTPAID, SI.2S.

American Florist Co.,

^^^.. CH ICAOO.

The new ENGLAND CUT FLOWER CO.

Consignments
Solicited.

TELEPHONE 907 MAIN.

Carries a full supply of choice Roses, all varieties;
Carnations, Bulb Flowers, Wire Designs, Baskets,
Sheaves, etc. Lowest Wholesale Prices on every-
thing. WriteJ for Prices or call and see os.

3 Ordway Place,

BOSTON, \IASS.

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TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

Hvlly o* tla.e> 'Valley.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28th Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1998 Madison Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS JJew"yoAk^''"*'
Are shipDine: the finest Roses in tiie New York Market. Carnations,
lilies. Valley. Orchids, Novelties. ^p,,,^ ^ist to Applicants.

TELEPHONE ZOBB MADISON SQUARE,

Walter F. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ,

Telephone 902 Madison Bqnare.

39 West 28th St., NEW YORK.

William Qhormley,

Wholesale florist, " ^^ew^toIk ci-rT.

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley, and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
Madison Square.

SHIPPINQ ORDERS

Qlven Special Attention.

JOHN YOUNG

Special American Beauties,
Surpassing Carnations,

Lily of the Valley, Orchids,

and all Seasonable Flowers.

51 West 28tli St., NEW YORK.

Tel. 1905 Madison Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW VORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

GROWERS and BIYERS make a note of thii. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

. : . . 30 West 29th Street.

New Telephone No. 651 Madison Square.

FRANK MILLANQ.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,
408 E. 34th Straat,

ChI Flewer Exehinga. NEW YORK.

Telephone 299 Madison Bqnare.

N.Y. GOT FLOWER EXCHANGE

404-412 E. S4th St. Near Ferry.
Open for Cnt Flower gales at 6 o'clock
Kvery Momlnff

DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON. Secretary.

JNO. H. OUNLOP,

iffiE GUI Flowers

All orders receive most carelul attention.
TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA.

Six prizes American Rose society. New York City.

ONE DOLLAR FIFTY PER 1000 FOR

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Delivered NOW FREE, anywhere in the
United States reached by mail or express.
Every leaf guaranteed perfect. Fifty leaves
mailed tor Ten Cents.

AMERICAN ROSE CO., Washington, P. C.

It is good business policy
to mention the

.^AMERICAN nORIST

wh«D von write to an advertiier.

Choice Carnations.

Selected Roses.

Traendiy&Schenck

NEW YORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut Flower Exchange.

New Telephone No. 798 & 799 Madison Sq.
Please metition the American Florist when writing,

Wbol^ale flower/\arH^

New \obk, May 22.

Roses, Beauty, select 10.00@20.00

medium .5.00® 8.00

culls 50@ 1.00

" Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor .60® 1.00
med'm 2 00® 3.00
select.. 4.00® 6.00

" Liberty 2.00@10 00

Carnations 50® 1.60

fancy 1.50@30D

Lily of tlie valley 1.50® 2.00

Smilax 12.00@15.00

Asparagus 25.00®60.00

" Sprengerii, perdoz. bun. 2.00@3.00

Adiantum .75

Harrisii lilies 3.00® 4.00

Mignonette •. 1.00® 2.00

Sweet peas 60® .75

Cattleyas 30.00@40.00

Chas. Millang

■WHOLESALE CiOIMlBSION DEAI-EK IX

CUT FLOWERS

50 West 29th St. NEW YORK.

Telephone 13"4 Madison Square.
Please mention the American Fiortst ichen writing

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

A full supply daily of the choicest

New York and New Jersey

FLOWERS.

52 W. 29th Street. Hi.<M YORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

The Cincinnati
Cut Flower Co.,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

416 Walnut St.
CINCINNATI,

Consignments Solicited.
Special Attention Given to Snipping Orders.

NEW YORK GUT FLOWER GO.

""'^'' Zn^X^t New Yotl( City.
HIGH GRADE FLOWERS.

Special uttc-ntion to Shippiuo; Orders.

FORD BROS.

Receivers and Shirr^rs of

FRESH FLOWERS.

All varieties iu New York market.
111 West 30th St.. NEW YORK.

Telephonp 157 Madison Rtiunro.

Julius Lang

53 West 30th Street, NEW YORK.

Reprbsentb the Best Gbowebs of

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY.

TELEPgoiTE 280 Madison Square,

S. J. LIMPRECHT,

Wliol6sal6 Gommission Florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.
Also all kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street. NFW YODK

Telephone 1433 Madison Square. !'•-•» 1 Ulin.
Consignments Solicited.

Wholesale Commission Florist,

BEST FLOWERS SHIPPED AT LOWEST
NEW YOKK PRICI-S.

19 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

TELErniiSE 939 M.»ik.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, *^-,'o'ooI'"

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
References: 200 dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITCH4RD, Elk Park, N. C.

Always mention the American Flo-
rist when writing to advertisers.

Now we have

Daflodlls,
Tulips,
Sweet Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN

47 WEST 28th ST..

NEW YORK.

CUT F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Tel. 421
Madison Square,

Special in
Roses :

Liberty, Pres. Carnot
Kalserln, Meteor,
Bon Sllene. t

1524

The American Florist.

May 25,

'The ^eeE) TR^Eib.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

ALBEBT McCULLODGH, PreS. ; F. W. BOLGIANO,

Vice-Pres. ; S. F. Willabd, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Sec'y and Treas.

Nineteenth annual convention, Rochester, N.
Y., June 11-13. 1901.

SwBET corn is being offered freely at
lower prices.

The prospects are for a good attend-
ance irom the west at the Rochester con-
vention.

Roman hyacinth bulbs for September
shipment from France are being offered
at lower rates.

Adam Cuebib, of Currie Bros.. Mil-
waukee, Wis., passed through Chicago,
May 23, on his waj' to New York.

A FEW odds and ends in sales of sweet
corn and beans, with some plant trade,
is all that is left of the garden seed busi-
ness for this season.

The mail order business of the Bailey
Seed Company, 30-36 La Salle street,
Chicago, III., has been declared fraudu-
lent by the postofEce authorities.

Visited Chicago:— A. G. Trumbull of
the Trumbull Seed Co., Kansas City,
Mo.; Horace Cheeseman, with S. F.
Leonard, of Chicago; Alei. Mather, with
Currie Bros., Milwaukee.

Burnet Landreth says that J. Ster-
ling Morton, ex-secretary of agriculture,
has taken np in his paper, the Conserva-
tive, the case of the seed trade against
the congressional free seed distribution,
and will continue to agitate against
that parody upon agriculture.

American Seed Trade Association.
The nineteenth aimual meeting of the
American Seed Trade Association will be
held at Powers' Hotel, Rochester, N. Y.,
June 11-13. Secretary S. F. WiUard,
with regard to transportation, states
that members can do nothing better than
to buy regular Buffalo tickets and then
round trip tickets from Buffalo to
Rochester, as exposition rates are the
lowest that can be obtained.

Westjrn Rates to Rochester.

The Wabash and Nickel Plate railroads
have made a round trip rate of $15.76
for the western seedsmen from Chicago
to Rochester, good for ten days, with
stopover at Buffalo. The Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern railroad makes a
rate of $17.26. Prospective visitors will
do well to quote these 6gures in consult-
ing wilh their local agents of these lines.

The Government Bulb Contract.
Bids for bulbs lor the public grounds
and the White House were operied the
other day, the lowest bidder being H. A.
Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa , $1,566 1)5. The
other bids were as follows: Ed. S
Schind, Washington, $1,744.31; P. W.
O. Schmitz, Jersey City, $1,966 37;
Stumpp & Walters Co , New York,
$1,728.37; C. H. Joosten, New York,
$1,574 06; John Condon, $1,803.20.
The contractor is required to furnish only
first-class stock and is not paid at all
until the bulbs have been inspected and
not in full until they have bloomed and
proved true to name.

Gratuitous Seed.
The aged idiocy of the promiscuous
and gratuitous distribution of seed by

the Department of Agriculture, and the
representatives and senators of the
American congress, is again exploiting
itself before the public. The Chicago
Inter Ocean is, among the reputable
daily papers of the country, the only
zealous advocate of this dilapidated,
expensive and inexcusable fraud. Its
issue of April 14, 1901, contains expanded
head lines and glaring sub- head lines call-
ing attention to the fact that the gov-
ernment will, this year, send out dona-
tions of seeds to helpless citizens — pre-
sumably the farmers — amounting to five
hundred and sixty tons in weight And
it rejoices in the fact that next year our
beloved paternal government will give
away one thousand tons of seed. The
farmers aggregate several millions of
people. They are all indirectly taxed to
maintain this government A few of
them — a small per cent of the millions —
may receive each a packet of seeds valued,
at the highest, at ten cents, and valued
at the lowest, worth nothing at all.
They cost the government for their pur-

chase and putting up and their distribu-
tion through the mails, mote than they
can be bought for of reputable dealers
who sell seeds always germinative and
always true to name. To tax all of the
people to raise money with which to buy
poor seed to give a few of the people is
not the business of an honest and just
government. — The Conservative, Mav 2,
1901.

Rochester, Minn.— Henry Roehder
has bought the residence and greenhouse
business of Mrs. M. J. Hyde.

Burlington, Wis — The Burlington .
Floral Company is shipping large quan-
tities of cut flowers to Milwaukee.

Jewett City, Conn.— John Tate, of
New York, has come to take charge of
the greenhouses of A. A. Young, Jr.

Muncie, Ind. — The Muncie Floral Com-
pany has been sending stocks of plants
to nearby towns, where bedding material
has sold well.

Begonias and Tuberoses

Tuberoses

THE LOWEST OFFER
OF THE SEASON-
QUALITY CONSIDERED

EXCELSIOR DOUBLE PEARL. Sure bloomine bulbs— your last chance, as

another week may be too late to get such quality.
Per 100, 30c. per 1000, $2.00.

TlpO'rkTI'isi e tuberous rooted SINQLB. Fine large ISulbs in esci'llent condition and
^'*'5 *"*■'**'" true to color. Separate Colors, $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000. Single
mixed, $1.75 per 100; $i6.oo per 1000.

JOHNSON & STOKES. 317-219 Marliet Street. Philadelphia, Pa.

LIVISTONA SINENSIS

True Japanese ♦ariety; far superior to Latania Boibonica. Fine fresh seeds in origi-
nal tin cans each containing 1000 seeds at |5.00 per can.

SUZUKI & IIDA, 31 Barclay Street, N. T.

LILIUM
HARRISII

THE GOOD KIND"

it

WE control the output of
one of the most experi-
enced and careful growers
on the Island and we claim
our stock superior to the
"MIXED LOTS" usually
supplied.

Let us book your order now.
5-7 inch, $42.50 per looo;
7-9 inch (scarce), $90.00 per
1000. Write for prices on
quantities

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO: New YORK:

84-86 Randolph Street. 14 Barclay Street.

ESTABLISHED 1802

SEEDS

Just Arrived in Fine Condition

Gycas Revoluta Stems

ASSORTED SIZES.

I'RICES; Single stems, 10c per pound; in 100
lb. lots, 9c per pound. Also fresh seeds of
Per lOCO f 000 and up.

Areca Lutescens $,"1.50 c $5.00

Kentia Belmoreana 4.50 © 4.00

Kentia Forsteriana 4.50

ca

4.0U

J.M.THORBURN&CO.

(Late o( IS John StrtcO

36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW VORi

Onn nnn Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, fresh
ZUUiUUU picked from our own plants, sure

to grow, 90c per lOO; $7.50 per lOUO.
Alternantheras— Red. yellow, pink, strong;, 2-inch

pots, at $:.'.uO per 100.
Boston Ferns. 2!4-inch, 50c per do/,.; $3.00 per 100.

3-inch. $1.00 per doz.; $10.00 per 100.

per doz.; $10.00 per 100
VInca Major Var.4-inch, strong, $10 per 100.
Russelia Multiflora, 2-iDch, fine plants, 50c per doz.
$4.00 per 100.

A. J. BALDWIN, Newark. Ohio.

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Pay Advertisers.

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May We Have Your Order for

"W^,

DECORATION DAY?

We Have Supplies for All Requirements

PRICE LIST

...For...
Decoration Day

BEAUTIES Per doz.

Extra long stem $4 00

Stems 30 inches 3.00

" 24 " 2.50

" 20 " 2.00

" 15 " 1 50

" 12 " 1.00

Short stem $ ,50— .75

ROSES Per 100

Brides and Maids $6.00— $8.00

Meteors 6.00— 8 00

Perles 4.00— 6 00

Roses, our selection 4.00

CARNATIONS Per 100

Standard sorts $2.00—

Fancys 3.00— $4 00

MISCELLANEOUS

P.xonies per 100, $5.00— $6 00

Harrisii " 10 00

Callas per doz, 1.00— 125

Sweet Peas per 100, .75— 1.00

Pansies " .50— .75

Narcissus Poeticus " 1.00

Forget- Me-Not.... " 1.00

Valley " 4.00— 5.00

Marguerites " .50 — .75

Mignonette per doz., .25— .35

DECORATIVE

Asparagus per string, $ .50—$ .60

Galax, 10,000, $10; 1000,

$1.25 per 100, .20

FERNS, 1000, $3 50, " .35

Adiantum " .60— .75

Smilax per doz , 1.50— 2.00

5tore open from 7 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. dally.
Sundays and holidays closed at noon.

AT no time during the season have we been bet-
ter equipped for business than for Decoration
^ Day. We are assured of large supplies of all
desirable grades of seasonable stock and expect
to fill not only all advance orders, but all rush
orders by 'phone or wire right up to the last
minute. Our specialties are: Beauties (which are
the best in the market), Carnations, Paeonies, Lilies
and Ferns, (wc have been about the only unfailing
source of supply on Ferns in Chicago this spring)
but a buyer may always order of us with the assur-
ance that whenever anything is to be found in
Chicago it is to be had at Amling's.

We want to say that our shipping business has
increased remarkably the past season. We think
this is because the buyers appreciate that we have
superior facilities for handling this class of business.
We represent none but skilled growers, whose cut is
not excelled anywhere, and, devoting our entire
time and thought and energy to the proper hand-
ling of Cut Flowers and nothing else, it stands to
reason that we can give better service than those
houses with half a dozen irons in the fire.

Let Is Drive It In

that if you are in need you can get instant attention
by wiring us. We want your orders for Decoration
Day, for June weddings and commencements, and
for next season. Once we get your custom we shall
keep it, as we keep others.

E. C. AMLINQ

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph St.

LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE
CENTRAL 1977.

CHICAGO, ILL.

1526

The American Florist.

May 2s,

*rHE i^URSERY T^SItlE. I

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Theo. J. Smith, Pres. ; N. W. Hale, Vioe-Pres.;
Qeoeqe C. Sbaqeb. Rochester. N. Y., Seo'y. [

Twenty-sixth annual convention, Niagara Falls, I
N. Y., Juneia-14. 190L

J. A. Banker is preparing to establish
a nursery on twenty acres of land at
Salina, Kans.

Wm. H. Barnes says that there was
never brighter prospect for a big fruit
crop in Kansas.

European nurserymen have done a
rather heavier business than usual on
this side of the water this season.

Overproduction is tbe only thing
which may deprive the nursery trade of
prosperity in the next few years.

Thb preliminary programme for the
fifth annual convention of the American
Park and Outdoor Art Association, at
Milwaukee, June 26 to2S,hasbeenissued
and provides for many interesting papers
on park and kindred subjects. The meet-
ing promises to be a most successful one. '

Reports received by the P. J. Berck-
mans Company, from some sections of
Georgia, state that peaches are droop-
ing very rapidly, but in other sections >
some varieties are overloaded and will 1
need thinning Curculio is reported as
being very bad in certain sections. Tak-
ing the crop on all varieties into consid-
eration, the Messrs. Berckmans think
Georgia is safe for a little more than half
a crop this season.

American Association of Nurserymen.

The secretary of the American Associa-
tion of Nurserymen, George C. Seager,
has mailed a circular to members from
, which we reprint the following relating
to transportation and hotel accommoda-
tions:

When reduced rales were arrfcuped for the
approachiu2 conven ion of the American Asso-
ciation of Nurserymen, at Niagara Falls, June
12, 13 and 14, it was thought that the Pan-
Am'Tican Exposition at liuffalo might result in
:i hetter rate than the fare aud one-third given
under the certificate plan. We did not think best
to rely on such a condition, however, and our
application lor a tare and one-third rate to
Niagara Palls was granted. Already, however,
railroads havean-ounced special rates on account
of the Pan-Anjeri:an in many cases better than
a fare and a third.

In response to many requests the executive
committee has deemed itbest therefore to instruct
all members to secure the best rates possible by
personally arranging with their respective local
ticket agents or passenger oflicials. It is not
thought that it will be possible to secure lOO
certificates under existing conditions, therefore
all members are to disregard instructions regard-
ing certilicaie plan contained in former circular.
Obtain best rates possible to Buffalo. Some of the
railroads pass through the Falls; if not, it is but
a short distance from JiulTalo by stream or electric
line.

Would suggest reserving your rooms at Cataract
House at once. Our rate is wonderfully low and
everything points to a big attendance. •

ing for the services of inspectors. The
department last year issued 400 certifi-
cates of inspection to nurserymen under
the provisions of Chapter 482, Act of
1898, and destroyed about 5,000 trees.
By an amendment to the act of 1898,
passed last winter, all transportation
companies within the state receiving or
carrying nursery stock from a point
without to a point within the state are
required on the receipt of such consign-
ments to notify the commissioner, giving
the name of the consignor, the consignee,
and point of destination. By this means
the department will keep track of all
consignments of nursery stock sent into
the state.

Florists' greenhouse plants, flowers
and cuttings are exempt from the pro-
visions of the law. R. p.

I

Evidences of Progress.

The desecration of park scenery and
rural beauty by obtrusive advertisements
has long bten deprecated by all lovers of
nature. A practical remedy is sought in
Boston, where the park commissioners
have petitioned the legislature for an
enactment to secure against the dis-
figuring with advertising signs, of prop-
erty contiguous to the public parks and
boulevards. The proposed bill will give
the commissioners power to regulate
and determine the height and character
of all fences erected on any land border-
ing on public parkways or within 200
feet of the boundaries.

The campaign against insect pests is
being waged with increased vigor in all
progressive coitfmunities and spraying,
scraping and fumigating is going on
meriilj'. The most effectual of all
remedies — protection of insect eating
birds — should receive more attention.
Prof. E B. Southwick, park entomolo-
gist of New York city, estimates that
there are between 1800 and 1900 species
of noxious insects at large in the New
York parks.

few weddings during the week were the .i
only things which required any amount '
of stock and Miss H. B. Whitted had her
share of these. The cold snap, which
lasted for a number of days, has now
vanished and warm, nice weather taken
its place, much to the advantage of the
flonst with bedding stock.

D. O. Pratt, of Anoka, was a visitor in
the city Saturday and reported trade
fair. Mr. Pratt intends enlarging his
plant this year.

Miss P. N. Eichorn, who recently
started in the florist business on Nicollet
avenue, has abandoned the venture.

C. F. R,

I

Minneapolis.

TRADE DOLL AND BUYERS MAKE THE
PRICES ON CUT FLOWERS.— FAVORABLE
WEATHER FOR PLANTSMEN. — NOTES.

Trade last week was not much to com-
ment on, although the preceding Satur-
day was quite a busy day. The market
is a scene of over-supply, roses and car-
nations selling at the buyer's price. A

Camden, N. J.

WEATHER VERY UNFAVORABLE FOR STOCK.
— LARGE DEMAND FOR BEDDING PLANTS.
—VARIOUS JOTTINGS.

It has been raining incessantly and the
dampness has well nigh ruined geraniums,
and other decorative plants will, to a
great extent, be substituted at Decora-
tion day. There is an increasing demand
for all kinds of bedding stock. The
Haddon Nurseries have been working
day and night to fill orders. Indoor
roses have assumed a tired look, but car-
nations happily come to the rescue.
Ordinary varieties bring 35 cents a
dozen, while fancy stock has been sold
at $1.25 a dozen. Lilacs have sold well.
Smilax and asparagus are in demand at
fair prices.

Every florist should make the approach-
ing Bufi'alo convention the event of his ,
life, as he ;vill realize tenfold value for the fl
amount expended. Extremely low rates "
will no doubt be offered, which should
induce everyone in the trade to arrange
his work so that he can attend.

C. W. T.

Hartford, CoNN.^ohn Coombs and
J. F. Huss are planning to attend the
S. A. F. meeting and Theodore Wirth
will probably join them.

Columbia City, Ind.— D. C. Noble & ,
Co., proprietors of the North Side Green- '
houses, are doing a fine bufiness this
spring, the bedding plant trade having
opened unusually well.

Sioux City, Ia.— J. R. Elder has work ,
underway on extensive improvements to
his range, including a new system of
water supply and a battery oif boilers.
He will add one house 30x150.

NORWAY MAPLES

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet apart,
perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES. William Wabneb Hakpeu, Prop.,

CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA. PA.

San Jose Scale in New York.

The Department of Agriculture of the
state of New Y'ork is vigorously prose-
cuting the work of exterminating the
San Jose' scale. Seven inspectors have
been detailed by the department this
spring and for the next two months their
efforts will be confined wholly to the
inspection of large orchards. The work
of inspecting the nurseries will betaken
up about August 1.

As a result of last year's experience in
combatting the San Jose scale in this
state the department is now receiving
the active support of fruit growers, nur-
serymen, grangers, etc., and all are ask-

"s^^oIHEMOON

Company

For [Trees, Shrubs, Vines,
Your \ and Small Fruits.

Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue Free.
THE WM. H. MOON CO..
Morrisvllle. Pa.

Maples sr

From 1 to 3-inch caliper, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisvllle, Bucks Co., Pa.

ELECTR0S^4

for Catalogue Purposes.

WE have a large assortment of
strictly high-class halftones of
which we can supply electros suitable
for catalogue illustration. If you need
anything in this way, state your re-
quirements and we will submit rroofs
of the illustrations in stock
Price for cash only 15 cents per square inch.

4 THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO., ♦

♦ 324 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. T

igoi.

The American Florist. 1527

KENNICOTT BROS. CO.

Wholesale Commission Florists

""VlJlnT, '."i FLORISTS' SIPPLIES,
42 and 44 E. Randolph St Chicago, III.

Don't Forget to Qet Your Orders in Early for

LILIES ^PAEONIES

-^^ Decoration Day,

They are the Cheapest Flowers for the Money.

HARRISII LILIES, SIO.OO per 100. P/EONIES, S5 00 per 100.

Decoration Day Price List.

SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

Per Hundred.

Am. Beauties, short $ 8.oo to $io.oo

Am. Beauties, medium 15.00 to 18.00

Am. Beauties, fancy, fair

length 25.00 to 30.00

Am. Beauties, long 40.00

Meteors 6.00 to 8.00

Bridesmaids 6.00 to 8.00

Perles 4.00 to 6.00

Roses, our selection 4.00

Paeonies, pink and white 5.00

Common Ferns and Galax, SCO sold at tOOO rate.

All flowers in season at lowest market rates.

Store open until 6:30 P. M. week days, until noon Sundays and holidays.

We always ship extra select or high-grade goods unless otherwise ordered.

DON'T FAIL TO GET SOME OF THESE LILIES, AS THEY ARE

AS FINE AS CAN BE GROWN.

\^nmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Per Hundred.

Carnations, special fancy va-
rieties and white $3.00 to $ 4.00

Carnations, good average 2.00 to 2.50

Harrisii 10.00

Valley 2.00 to 5.00

Daisies i.oo to 2.00

Smilax 15.00 to 18.00

Adiantum 50 to i.oo

Asparagus per string, .75

Galax per 1000, $1.50, .20

Common Ferns, 1000, $2.5010 $3.00, .30

1528

The American Florist.

May 25,

Our pasTiMEs.

Announcements ot coming contents or other
events of interest to our bowling, shooting and
cycling readers are solicited and will be given
place in this column.

Address all correspondence for this department
to Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk St., Boston, Mass.;
Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.;
or to the American Florist Co., 324 Dearborn St.,
Chicago, III.

At Detroit.

The following is the score compiled by
local bowlers on the evening of May 20:

Player 1st 2d 3d 4th

Davis 135 131 123 133

Stock 148 169 99 1C2

Watson 165 145 164 160

Dunn 115 110 142 166

Pickworth .....117 117 102 1C9

J. F. S.

At New York.

The following is the score made in the
practice meeting. Monday, May 20:

Player 1st 2d 3d

Burns H2 liis 2n0

Lentz •. 194 170 188

Taylor 129 ,20 n9

Lang 179 197 217

Siebrecht 164 147 156

Hertle 146 124 141

Theilmann 168 159 186

At Flatbush.

The following is the record of the Flat-
bush florists at their practice meeting
May 21:

Player 1st 2d 3d

C. Woerner HI 94 119

E. Dailledouze 153 112 If8

L. Schniutz 130 127 126

C. Wocker 120 130 149

A. Zeller 145 136

H. Uailltdouze 113 140 126

P- Riley 137 122 163

P. Dailledouze 120 133 110

S. Butterfleld 142 103 140

Blind 112 138

At Chicago.

The following is the record of the third
series of games in the preliminary con-
test for places on the Buffalo convention
team:

Wholesalers. 1st 2d 3d T'l

E. F. WiDteraon 170 148 152 470

Chas. HuKhes 144 124 142 410

W. S. Heffron 112 12O 123 355

G.L.Grant 113 193 166 431

Jas. Forester 191 178 193 662

Total 729 723 776 2228

Growers. 1st 2d 3d T'l

Geo. StoUery 180 142 199 521

P. Matte 149 122 153 424

N. A. Sohmitz 134 124 135 393

J. Paulus 105 121 163 389

Fredstollery 143 191 154 488

Total 711 700 804 2215

Kktatlers. 1st 2d 3d T'l

Chas. Ballufl J84 130 164 478

Walter Kreitling 118 89 105 312

P. J. Hauswirth 141 160 135 436

Oscar Kreitling 105 129 131 365

Geo. Asmus... 133 158 191 482

Total 681 «(66 726 2073

Seedsmen. 1st 2d 3d T'l

Jno. Degnan 115 137 197 449

C.A.Hunt 121 123 119 3fli

Dunran 124 175 159 468

Chadwick HI H2 97 320

W. Nagle 86 86

C. W. Scott 115 135 250

Total 557 661 707 1925

■*--»-^

Toronto.

BUSINESS TAKES A SPURT AND STOCKS ARE
WELL CLEANED OUT. — PRICES AVERAGE
WELL. — ROSES SENT TO BUFFALO. —
VARIOUS NOTES OF LOCAL DOINGS.

Alter the lull of last week business is
on the jump, stock is of the best quality
and cellars are being emptied. The only
shortages in roses are Meteors and

Perlea. The new price-list just issued
quotes first grade Beauties at $3 per
dozen, Bridesmaids, Brides and Meteors
at $8 and Morgan, Hoste, Cusln, Perle
and others at $6 per hundred. Carna-
tions continue at their former prices, $2
to $4, and are about enough to meet
demands. Beauties in this locality were
never better, stems sturdy and long, foli-
age deep and free from mildew, and color
of the finest. Lily of the valley is of poor
quality and very scarce, but a few warm
days will bring in the outdoor stock and
all demands will be met. Sweet peas are
good and plentiful, selling well, while
smilax is scarcer than ever.

Quite a showing was made at the rose
exhibition of the Pan-American Exposi-
tion with the stock from this locality.
It was of the very best and will certainly
be heard from. Jno. H. Dunlop exhibited
in the classes for twenty-five Beauties,
Brides, Bridesmaids, Meteor, Liberty,
Wootton and Perle, while his entry for
the collection contained fifty each of the
above blooms with Morgan, Cusin,
Hoste and White ^ougere (?) in addition.
W. J. Lawrence sent twenty-five each of
Beauties, Bridesmaids and Brides, and
Arthur J. Frost sent three dozen of his
seedling callas, the Pride of Dovercourt.

One of the ladies at our local theater
recently called at a prominent store to pur-
chase a floral design for a deceased friend,
an actress. Upon being asked what color

of flowers she would prefer, she asked for
suggestions, and was informed that
white would be proper if the piece wai
for a single lady, or if for a married lady
that purple would be permissible. After
pondering for several moments she said
to make it white with a dash of purple
here and there.

Miss Mary Waltham, bookkeeper for
Jno. H. Dunlop, was married to Sydney
Frazer, on May 14.

J. Simmons is again attending to busi.
ness, having recovered from his recent
illness. H. G. D.

Sandusky, O.— The Sandusky Floral
Company has had a fine business this
spring and will increase its facilities
before another season.

Newport, R. I.— Siebrecht & Son are
having an establishment built on the
Paran Stevens estate for a retail flower
store which is to be the finest in New-
port. The store will be 40x50 feet in
area, the interior decoration being white
and gold.

Teree Haute, Ind. — Fred. Heinl says
that the bedding plant trade is fully two
weeks behind last year. J. G. Heinl &
Co. will begin work on their new houses
at Seventh and Walnut streets about
July 1 and will cover a lot 45x142. The
old place on North Eighth street will be
given up entirely.

WE WILL HAVE A COMPLETE

ASSORTMENT OF ALL^ ^ ^

Memorial Day
Flowers.

Our LILY OP THE VALLEY

is very fine and will please.

E. H. HUNT.

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.

76-78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. J

rw W VVWWWWWW^W^ WW ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ WW

Dagger Ferns for Memorial Day

$1.50 PER 1000. Discount on lar;;e orders.

We would respectfully inform the trade that our new crop Dagger
Ferns are now ready and are A No. 1 quality. Be sure and order them
early to avoid disappointment. We carry a full assortment of Flo-
rists' Hardy Supplies, as follows: Galax, Leucothoe Sprays, Hardy Ferns,
Moss, Bouquet Green, Laurel Fesiooning, Bundle Laurel, Etc. Trust-
ing we shall receive your orders, we remain
Yours very truly,

HENRY M. ROBINSON & CO.,

Telephone 261S-2 Boston. 36 Court Square, BO&TON, MASS*

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

pof.

The American Florist.

1529

McKellar fe Winterson

45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Iteadquarters

for all CUT FLOWERS, SUPPLIES and
NOVELTIES
for SCHOOL CLOSINGS and

Decoration Day

Our supply will consist of all the best varieties of Roses, Carnations, Paeonies,
Lilies and other miscellaneous stock. Large supply of Decorative Goods, such as Galax
Leaves, Leucothoe Sprays, Smilax, Ferns, Bouquet Green, etc. Complete stock of Bas-
kets, Ribbons, Cycas Leaves, Cycas Leaf Wreaths, Artificial Flowers and Palms.

Early Orders Solicited. Our Facilities for Handling Short Time Orders are Unsurpassed.
Send for Complete Price Lists and Catalogue.

DECORATION DAY PRICES

TAKINa EFFECT
SUNDAY. MAY 26.

ROSES— American Beauties— Select per doz.

" " Medium "

" " Short

Meteors per 100,

Brides. Bridesmaids, KttlseriDS

Perles "

Our selection, assorted '*

Good Seconds "

We also have a limited supply of Golden Gate.
Wootton and newer varieties.

CARNATIONS— Extra Select per 100,

Good Quality

Our selection, assorted "

1.00
iOO

,H.CO

6.00

$3.ro to $4.C0
1.50 to 3.50
.75 to
4.00 to
4.00 to
3.00 to
5.00
4.00

La Prance,

$3.00 to $4.00
1.50 to 2.00
1.50

Our supply of Carnations consists of all the new and
standard varieties, also novelties.

ORCHIDS— Cattleyas. selecH per doz. $6 00 to $ 6.00

.Vssorted Sprays, etc per bo i, 5.00 to 25.00

We carry Orchids In regular stock, although It is advisable
to give as much time as possible on orders.

MISCELLANEOUS

VALLEY— Extra Select per 100, $4.01

Outdoor " 2.00to|3.CO

MIGNONFTTK " 3.00

MARGUERITES " .75 to 1.00

FORGtT-ME-NOTS " .75 to 1.00

PANSIES '• 50to .75

CAPE JASMINE " 3C0to 5.00

TULlPji ■■ 2.00 to 3.00

1.00

MISCELLANEOUS

CALL AS p

MARRISII and Longlflorum

SWEET PEAS ■'

" " white **

GLADIOLUS— White perdoz., $ .75 "

Mixed colors " I.fiO

PAEONIES— White and Pink... .75 ■

DECORATIVE STOCK

FERNS— *diantum per 100,

Common Fancy,- scarce, subject to

advance " per lOOU, $2.60 "

IVY LEAVES ■■ 5.00 ■■

GALAX LEAVES— Green ■• 1.0) "

Bronze " 1.50

LEUCOTHOE SPRAYS " 7.50 ■•

SMILAX— Select perdoz.

ASfARAGUS PLUMOSUS—

Select Strings each. 50 to 75c "

SprayR bunch, 5.c

Sprengeri "

SABAL PALM LEAVES— Artificial per 100,

P. AND D. AT COST.

Prices quoted are subject to ch.in;.'e without notice,
and inferior grades billed accordin|4 to value.

USE THE TELEGRAPHIC CODE

Any Flowers, in or out of SPason, if obtainable anywhere, can be
had from us, whether quoted or not. Careful packing, prompt ship-
meat, fair treatment to all. No order too large, none too small.

r 100, $ 8 00 to $12.00

laOOto li.OO

" .75 to

i.ro

500
10.00
5.C0

.75

.30
.60
.15
.20

l.tO
2.00 to

6.00 to

.25 to
3.00 to

3.00
H.OO

.50
5.00

Extra select

If You are not one of our steady buyers, we kindly solicit a trial.

OO-f r^oll before plant-
^doL V>Clll ing out.

.1 CarnaMons in 2-incti pots at prices
that will astonish you.

I'UIRS. BRADT, ETHEL CROCKER, WM.
(iSCOTT, MRS. JOOST, LIZZIE McQOWAN.

' rite OEO. A. KUHL. Pekin, HI.

yiolet Stock.

t The celebrated Grand Rapids violet stock,
r rooted cuttings and pot plants now ready;
' Imperial, Marie Louise, Farquhar and Lady

Campbell.
IRANIUMS, 4-inch, S. A. Nutt and Bruanti, in
bud and flower, $6 UO per 100, without pots.
Mme. Salleroi, $3.50 per 100.
W»BB A HUNTER. Crand Rapids. Mich.

footed Cuttings OF THB

r NEW AND STANDARD CARNATIONS.

Send for price list.
WM. SWAYNE. Box 226, Kennett Square, Pa.

NEW ROSES FOR 1901.

All the new varieties, including

ROBERT SCOTT, QUEEN OF EDGELY

and others worth growing: in fine stock. Also all the
STANDARD VARIETIES both for forcing and planting in the
open ground in A( condition, fit for immediate shipment.

JOHN N. ilAY, Summit, New Jersey.
Successful Growers are Wanted

To know that they can dispose of all their surplus stock by adver-
tising in the American Florist. TRY IT NOW. *

1530

The American Florist.

May 2S,

Lowell, Mass.

WEATHER DNPROPITIOOS AND TRADE DE-
CLINES. — PLANT BUSINESS WILL BOOM
WITH SUNNY SKIES. — VARIOUS LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST.

Owing to the rainy weather we are
having the cut flower trade is flat; a
little funeral work now and then is all
that keeps things moving. Flowers are
in good supply, in fact more than there
is demand for at present. Some of the
stores are filled with bedding plants,
which sell readily, but at a low figure.
Everybody is making preparations for
Memorial day, which is a busy time here,
especially if the weather is good.

Something in the way of a window
decoration which was novel and pleasing
was seen at Patten's last week. The
window was sodded and in the center
were some stacked rifles with the motto,
"Welcome Home." It was in honor ol
the Lowell contingent of the Twenty-
sixth Regiment justfromthe Philippines

Another new wagon made its appear-
ance theotherday, bearingR. A. Griffith's
name. Fancy vehicles seem in great
demand here this season.

Walsh, on Highland avenue, got the
contract to furnish the plants ior the
parks. McManmon will supply the city
cemeteries.

James Walsh, who opened a store down
town last fall, closed it last week and
has gone back to the greenhDuses.

Frank Sladen has severed his connec-
tion with C. L. Marshall to go with J. J.
McManmon, at Brookside. A. M.

Eau Clair, Wis.— O. R. Demmler has a
big stock ot bedding plants, larger than
ever before, and expects trade demands
to consume them all in short order as
soon as settled springlike weather
arrives,

Atlanta, Ga — John A. Lambert, who
organized a stock company a few months
ago, claims to have been euchred out of
his holdings by his partners and is begin-
ning legal proceedings against them. He
has issued a circular to bis patrons
which he says has "set the woods afire."
He is now established at 60 Cherokee
avenue and is just completing a range of
6,500 square feet of glass.

FAXON'S '

WHITE
HOUSE'

PANSIES.

The best mixture in cultivation, flowers very

large, thick and velvety; of superb colors and

markings. The perfection of form and texture.

In Trade Packets at $1.00 each.

M. B. FAXON,

Lock Box 1528. BOSTON, MASS.

CorrcepondencG Bolicited.

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU.

Grant Avenue,

JERSEY CITY, N. J.

atiiiituiiitnnitiHHnuitHiiiiimitiiituiiiiumtiiiimi uuiiitaittiit ttiimi iinittiiiimAi ie

2^-INCn ROSE PLANTS.

PANSIES

Cold Frame Plants, in bud and
bloom, $1.50 per 100. No. 1 stock.
Cash with order.
E. B. JENNINGS, Grower of the Finest Pansies,
Ijork BoT 254 Southnort, Conn.

PANSIES ^aTs!^

5mall Plants All Sold.

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA ■^.:^°;i^'^^S°;

■stock, 2-iuch, at $3.00 per lOO. Also nn extra liue
lot from 3-inch pots, at $5.0J per 100. Satisraction
guaranteed. E. I. RAWLINGS, Quakertown, Pa.

100 1000

American Beauty $6.00 $55.00

Bridesmaid 2.75 35.00

Bride 2.75 25.00

Meteor 2.75 25.00

100 1000

Liberty $10.00 $80.00

Golden Gate 2.75 25.00

Perle 2.75 25.00

Kaiserin 2.75 25.00

American Beauty $8.00 $75.00

Meteor 4.O0 35.00

Bridesmaid 4.00 35.C0

100 1000

100 1000

Bride $4.00 $3,=..00

GoidenGate 4.00 35 00

All tbe new and standard varieties, free from rust and all other diseases.
Our stock is la tine sha^e aud all cattiugs are well rooted wlieu sent out.

100 1000
Guardian Angel $4.00 $35.00

Marquis ' 3,00 25.00

Genevieve Lord 3.00 25.00

Crane 3.00 25.00

Ethel Crocljer ' 2.50 2n.C0

Mrs. Bradt 2.0D 17.50

John Young 1.50 12.60

All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned innnediately
when money will be refunded.

100 lOOO

White Cloud $1.25 $10.00

Argyle 1,00 9,00

Evanston 1,00 9.00

F. Joost l.OO 9,00

Cerise Queen 1.00 9,00

Gov. Griggs 1.00 9.00

3 FETER REINBERG,

51

Wabash Ave.,

Chicago, 111.

i ROSE PLANTS. I

2V4-inoh pots
Per 100 Per lOOO

METEOR .
PERLE....

Per 100 Per 1000

.„ .,„„„ .BRIDE $2.60 $20.00

50 $20.00 BRIDESMAID 2 50 20,00

60 20,00 1 1 GOLDEN GATE 2.60 20.00

AMERICAN BEAUTY bushes lifted from benches, crated and packed in moss... 2.E0 2000

Rooted Carnation Cuttings.

Per 100-Per 1000 Per 100 Per 1000

EVANSTON $1.00 $9.00 , WM. SCOTT $1.00 $9.00

JOOST l.CO 9.00 I TIDAL WAVE 1,00 9,00

We have the largest and finest stock of Rose Plants to be seen anywhere.
Write for Special Price on Large Quantities.

GEORGE REINBERG. 51 WABASH AVE.. CHICAGO.

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50,000

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Latania Borbonica Seedlings

IN SPLENDID CONDITION.

Per 100 $2 50

Per lOOn 20,00

Per .mo 90,00

Cash With Order.

TELIX GONZALEZ & CO.,

303 to 323 Ellsworth St. and Crescent Ave.
* ,5AN FRANCISCO, CAL. *

Gold Storage Valley

NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT

LILY OF THE VALLEY

for JUNE WEDDINGS

Fine Pips, Carefully Packed and Wall
Frozen, $12.00 per 1000.

HU DDIIMC M09-I4II W. Madison St.
■ ill DnUliO CHICAGO.

Pleasf mentinn the Atnfyttan Fiorist irht-v ".rritm^.

American Florist Advertisements
Work Every Day.

PAN-AMERICAN OPENING.

The Nickel Plate Road will sell excursion
tickets from Chicago to Buffalo at |13.00
for the round trip on each Tuesday in May
(the 14th, 21st and 28th), with limit of five
days; namely, returning good on any train
to and including midnight train from Buf-
falo on Saturday following Tuesday tickets
are sold. They will be good going on all
trains on date sold.

Daily train from Chicago at 10:35 a. m.
arrives Buffalo 2:05 following morning;
daily train trom Chicago at 2:30 p. m.
arrives at Buffalo 7:35 next morning; daily
train from Chicago at 10:30 p. m. arrives
Buffalo 4:15 next afternoon.

All trains carry through vestibuled sleep-
ing cars. Individual Club Meals, ranging
in price from 35c to |t.OO, and no meal in
excess of the latter figure, are served in
dining cars.

For sleeping car reservations and all
other information, call at Chicago City
Ticket Office, lit Adams St., or write John
Y. Calahan, General Agent, tit Adams St.,
Chicago, 'Phone Central 2057. Chicago
Depot: Van Buren St. and Pacific Ave., on
the Elevated Loop. 7.

AZALEAS, BAY TREES

THE FINEST AND LARGEST
STOCK IN THE WORLD.

SANDER. BRUGES, BELQIUM. .

Our At^eut, Mr. A. Diramock, will be olojised to
roplv to any coinmiinlciitions addressed to him ;it
6i> Vesey Street, New York City.

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We Sre Now Settled in Our

Prices for Decoration Day

LARG[

BEAUTIES

Extra long stem

Stems 30 inches

" 24 "

" 20 "

" 15 •'

" 12 "

Short stem $

Brides and Maids $6

Meteors 6,

Perles 4

Roses, our selection

Carnations, standard sorts 2

" fancjs 3

PiEOnies 5,

Harrisii

Callas, per doz , $1— $1.25

Sweet Peas

Pansies

Narcissus Poeticus

Forget- Me- Not

Valley 4

Marguerites

Mignonette per doz ,

Asparagus per string,

Galax, 10,000, $10; 1000,

$1.25 per 100,

Ferns, 1000, $3.00; "

Adiantum "

Smilax per doz., 1

Per doz.

$4.00

3.00

2.50

200

1 50

1.00

,50— .75

Per 100

.00— $8 00

,00— 8 00

00— 6.00

4 00

.00—

.00—

,00—

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75—
50-

00—
50—
25—
50—

60-
50-

4 00
6.00

10 00

• 1.00
.75
1.00
1.00

5 00
.75
.35
.60

.20

.35

.75

200

And COMMODIOUS
NEW QUARTERS

No. 35 RANDOLPH ST.

And wc are enabled better than ever before to
handle our constantly increasing business to
best advantage to our patrons.

Our Stock is of superior quality, being the
product of a large number of our leading
growers. For

DECORATION DAT

this season we offer an unusually fine line of
stock of the greatest variety and at very reas-
onable prices.

Benthey & Co.

WHOLESALE GROWERS AND DEALERS IN
CUT FLOWERS.

35 Randolph St., CHICAGO.

Greenhouses.

New Castle, tnd.

SMILAX

$1.50 per 100; $12.50 per J 000.

asparaguTplumosus

$3.00 to $5.00 per 100;
$25 to $40 per 1000.

Pot plants ready for delivery July 1st.
Send for sampk* plant.

ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa,

Orchids! ^

Just iirrived, a fine shipment of CATTLEYA
TRIANAE. Write for particulars at once, as
no more plants will be in the market this
season,

LAGER & HURRELL, summit, n. j.

Orchid Qrow«ra and Importers.

Palms # Ferns.

HOME-GKOTVN, FINE, CI-EAN
STOCK; GROWN COOL..

WrHe tor Price U.t. J. B. HEISS.
The Exotic Nurseries. DAYTON, OHIO.

From 4-inch pots in bud and bloom, Double
Grant, E. G. Uill. Mme. Jaulin, Mme. Bruant, and
others, $5.00 per 100.

John Doyje, Alphonse Riccard, Mme. Barney,
$6.00 per 100.

Lady Campbell Violet Runners, $4.00 per 1000,
Cash

R. PABST, Rutledge, Delaware Co., Pa.

BEAUTIFUI. STOCK

Per 100

Geraniums, finest sorts, per lODO, $25.C0 $ 3.00

4-inch, selected lO.OO

Mt. of Snow 3.00

Mrs. Parker 5.00

Dracaena Indivisa extra strong, 5-inch 15.00

4 ■• 8.IJ0

Coleus, best sorts 2.00

Chrysanthemums, best sorts 2.00

Feverfew, Little Gem 2.60

Ivies. Eusilish 3,00

Oleanders, dbi. pink and dbl. white 4.00

•' 6-inoh... 30.00

Smilax 2.00

Verbenas 2. CO

Hydrangea Hortensis, 4-inch 12.0U

2V4-inch 4 00

Latania Borbonica, 6-inch $7.50 per doz.

5 ■' 4.50 "

W. L. SMITH. AURORA. ILL.

CANNAS

Martha Washington, Cloriosa,
Rosemawr, Philadelphia,

Duke of Marlborough,

and 50 other varieties. Write for list.

Tile Conard & Jones Co. '^"V,"'"'^-

Mixed Ferns

FOR FERNERIES.

Five or Six Varieties. Write
GEO. A. KUHL. PEKIN. ILL.

Don't Forget Our Bostons.

HAMNAQ strong 4-in. Plants. Bur-
UftHllftW bank, riorence Vaughan,

Chas. Ilenderson and Paul Bruant, $6.00 per

100; |45.00 per lOCO.
Om».m,m.m^m,t^„\ Stronj,' 2!4- in. plants, J3.00
aDlGnfiLfill Perl00;J25 per 1000; 4-in.,
'•|*''""0 16 per lOO; J56 per 1000.

Robt. F. TeSSOn, west Forest Park, St. LoUiS, Mo.

x:x:x: stock:.

r.vrlampn persicum splendens giganteum

V/Jl/IOIIICII I offer a grand lot of these at an
exceptionally low price. No better Cyclamens
are obtainable. I can furnish them in four
separate colors, from 2V,-\n. pots, $5 00 per ICO;
$45.00 per lOCO. Same transplanted from fiats,
at $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per lOuO.

npr^milimC '^'P- Rlo^ard, .John Doyle, Mme.

UCiaillUIIIS Thibaut, Mme. Jaulin, Griflith,
Gloire de France, Frances Perkins, Countess de
Castries, S. A. Nutt, Gen. Grant, Leonard Kel-
way, fine plants, in bud and bloom, from 3-inch
pots, J5.00 per ICO; from 3i4-inch pots, $6.00 per
100; from 4-in. pots, extra stron;;. $7.00 per 100.

CANNAS— Queen Charlotte, Chicago, Chas. Hen-
derson, violence Vaughan, from 3-inch pots.
$5.00 per 100.

REX BEGONIA— In 12 standard vars., fine plants,
Irom 3-inoh pots, I7.0O per 100.
I solicit your patronage and guarantee satistaclion.

PAUL MADER. E Stroudsburg, Pa.

Weeping Lantanas,

2'^- inch

FINE PLANTS, $1.50 per 100.

Violets, SL^a^irhr'

Whites, 2y,-inch,

A. B. CAMPBELL.

Campbell's. 2!^-
iuch, *l.50 per
100. Swan lev
$2,50 per 100.

Cochranville. Penna.

Sold Out!

Our stock of younp Carnations is sold
out. Place your order now tor Field Plants
for fall delivery. All the best varieties.

GEO. HANCOCK & SON,

Grand Haven, Mich.

Boston Ferns.

Largest stock in America ut $25 and $60 per 100.
Small plants $5 per 1 GO, $40 per lOCO. Cut from
bench. 15,000 Geraniums, Double Petunias, 4-in.;
Allernanlheras, 4-kiiids; DracEena Indivisa, B and 7-
in,; Palms, Kentias, Cocos, Latania, Asparagus Plu>
mosus Nanus and Sprengeri, 4-in. *

L n. rOSTER, 45 King St., Dorchester, Mass.

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The American Florist.

May 25,

Buffalo.

SPLENDID EXHIBITION OF BOSES AT THE
EXPOSITION. — MANY PROMINENT GHOW-
EBS REPRESENTED.— CUT FLOWERS GOOD
AND TRADE ACTIVE.

Work is progressing rapidly at the
Pan-American and the display of rosea
on Monday was fine. The exhibitors
were quite numerous and included the
following: Lakeview Rose Gardens,
Jamestown, N. Y.; J. H.Dunlop, Toronto;

B. F. Dorrance, Dorranceton, Pa.; W.
J. Palmer & Son, Buflalo; Geo. E. Fan-
court, Wilkesbarre, Pa.; Peter Crowe,
Utica, N. Y.; W. F. Kasting, Buftalo; S.J.
Renter, Westerley, R. I.; C. T. Guenther,
Hamburgh, N. Y.; Arthur T. Frost,
Toronto, Ont.; H. C. Geiger, Philadel-
phia, Pa.; W.J. Lawrence, Mimico, Ont.;
Arthur Herrington, Madison, N. J., and
the American Rose Co., Washington D.

C. There was also a fine lot of carna-
tions and sweet peas from the Lakeview
Rose Gardens. The Queen of Edgely
rose was one of the noteworthy exhibits.
The display could hardly have been
improved upon and for a general collec-
tion the lot sent by J. H. Dunlop was
certainly the best. The Lakeview Rose
Garden's Beauties were particularly fine.
The judge, W. T. Bell, had a difficult task.

Cut flower sales continue good and
stock is plentiful. Roses are of extra
quality and tulips are the best of the sea-
son. Several prominent men visiting the
Pan-American last week, and on dedica-
tion day, were entertained by different
directors, calling for several decorations.

W. A.

New Bedford, Mass. — E. H. Chamber-
lain has opened an attractive flower
store at 4- Purchase street.

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NEW
ALL

Prices:

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STOCK
SIZES

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAQO : NEW YORK :

S4-86 Randolpb St. 14 Barclay 5t.

Geraniums! Geraniums!

Best Red and Pink.

BARGAIN OFFER* FOR DECORATION DAY

4-in., splendid sturdy plants, $6.50 per 100.
3y4-incn, J6.00 per 100. 3-inch, $4.50 per 100.

CANNAS

Best sorts, 4-inch, J7.00 per 100.
Get a sample 100 of our grand young stock of
FORCING ROSES, (3.00 per 100, and our standard
*IV11JM$, in prime condition to plant.

Stock Absolutely Certain to Please.

W. H. GULLETT & SONS, Lincoln, III.

CARNATIONS. Per 100 Per 1000

Lawson 17 00 $80 00

Estelle 6 00 50 00

Marquis, Lord, Elm City 5 00 40 OO

Crocker, America,* L. Paul 2 50 23 GO

Hill 2 00 15 00

Armazindy, Evanston, Dana, Victor,

Meteor 100 10 00

D. R. HBRRON. Olean, N. Y.

Matched pair Cycas Plants in good
leaf; stems of about 20 to 25 pounds
weight. Address with best price
packed for shipping.

JOBBER, care American Florist |

THE LARGEST FANCY CARNATION. |

DDIICDCDITV '^ '^'^^^ thousand ready I

rnUOr cm l l • for immediate delivery. '

Speak quick if you want them. t

Prices for Rooted Cuttings; 1 plant, 50c; ISplants 1

$5; 25 plants, $8.2i; 50 plants, $10; 100 plants, $16-' I

250 plants, $37.50; 500 plants, $70; 750 plants' I
$101.2.i; 1000 plants, $130.

Write for full description. • \

DAILLEDOUZE BROS., Flatbush, N. Y.

Please mention the A merica n florist when writing.

CARNATIONS tV^^^'l

varieties. Write for prices.

Asparagus Sprengeiii, 3-inch HOO per 100

Asparagus Plumosus, 3 " 6.00perlOO

Small Ferns, for dishes, 4 vars , 2^-in. 3.00 per 100

Carex Variegafa, 2^-inch 4.00 per 100

Boston Ferns, 8-inch pans $15 and $18 per doz.

" " 2i4-inoh 4.00 per 100

" " 3-inch S.OOperlOO

CARL HACENBERCER. West Mentor, O. i

IN BEST
..VARIETIEt

SPECIALTIES

ROSES, trom B-lnoh pots.

CARNATIONS, for tU daUrarr.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS.
8MILAX.
PrloMlow. Sand tor Ust. VIOLETS.

WOOD BKOTHEfta, PIBHtriLL. N.Y,
Please mention the A merican Florist when writing.

It is good business policy >&>£<£
to mention the t^t^*^

....American Florist

when von write to aa advcrtiKT.

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indispensable

This is the only word which describes the Ameri-
can Florist Company's Directory, just out. This
book, 397 pages of facts tersely told, is issued
annually and is an aid to business and money
making which no wholesaler or traveling salesman
can aflFord to be without. At contains the name of
every Florist, Nurseryman and Seedsman, arranged
both by states and towns and alphabetically; and
new lists of Gardeners or Superintendents of
private estates, Experiment Station Horticultur-
ists, Landscape Architects and Horticultural Sup-
ply Concerns. It will save many times its cost by
enabling you to cover America with your catalogue
and at the same time waste no printed matter or
postage on dead names.

♦

EDITION OF 1 90 J,
POSTPAID, $2.00 ^

flORIST
CO.,

324 Dearborn St.,
CHICAGO, ILL.

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The American Florist.

1533

SOW PRIMULA SEED NOW

VAUQHAN'S INTERNATIONAL PRIMULA MIXTURE.

Tliis mixture is composed of the most salable colors of Single Flowering Chinese
Primulas, the best whites, pinics and reds, with a sprinkling of other colors, enough to
give a large variety of colors, the most important shades predominating. We have
taken special pains to make this mixture as complete as possible and iiureservedly
recommend it to everyone. Price for International Mixture, Pkt. of 250 seeds ""
packets. 1750 seeds, $2.00; Per 1-18 oz., $-2,50. 250

seeds.

ALBA, pure white $ .50

C1ISWICK RED, bright red 50

KERMESINA SPLENDENS, crimson 59

ATROSANQUINE*, brightest deep red 50

ALBA MAQNIFICA. snow white 50

PBACHBLOSSOM, white with pink hue 60

BLUE, a clear sky-blue 60

NEW UPRIQMT DEEP VELVETY RED 50

ROSEA, a bright pink 35

JHONT BLANC, large, pure milk-white 50

STRIATA, white and lilac striped 35

50c; 5
1000

seeds.
$1.50
1.75
1.75
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70

CINERARIA

Type of "i u ■ Iwteunath'Nal Mixture.'

VAUGHAN'S INTERNATIONAL MIXTURE— Liko our Pansy Mixture of that
name, tbis strain has given unusual satisfaction. It consists of a mixture irade up by
ourselves oT the choicest English, French and German strains and cannot be excelled
in variety of colors, size, shape and substance of flowers and perfect health of plant.
Trade pkt., (lOUO seeds), 50c; 3 pkts., $1.25.

ASPARAGUS PHIMOSIS NANUS SEED. SsTsrs.foJaae^plv ISS: *"

CNICAGO: 84-86 Randolph St.

NEW YORK: 14 Barclay St.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE

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I R. Van der Schoot & Son

WHOLESALE BULB GROWERS

Established J 830.

Catalogue Now Ready.

lOO

^ ji J. HILLEGOM, HOLLAND.

%i.

ROEMER'S

Superb Prize Pansies j

The finest strain of Pansies
in the World

INTRODUCER AND GROWER OF ALL THE
LEADING NOVELTIES.

Highest Award Inter. Exhibition at Ham-
burg, 1897. Catalogue free on application.

Fred. Roemer,

Seed Grower. QUEDLINBURG. GERMANY.

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IT IS NOT...

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what you pay for the adver-
tisement but what the adver-
tisement pays you. It pays
to advertise in the American
» Florist.

WANTED

iniolesale Prices on Bedding Stock for
< Cash.

I LORAIN FLORAL CO.. LORAIN. O.

DREER'S
Prize PRIMULAS

For best results these should be
sown at once. Our strain Is unex-
celled for size, texture and free-
dom of bloom.

Alba Magnlfica, the finest white.
Alba, the stanaard pure white.
Rubra, a good dark red.
Kermesina Splendens, rich crimson.
Chlswick Red, the brightest red.
Holborn Blue, blue.
Rosy Morn, rosy pink.
Punctata Elegantissima, spotted.
Robusta Grandiflora mixed, a very

strong growing type.
fern-Leaved, mixed.
Dreer's Choicest Mixture, made up out

of the finest named sorts.

PRICE

Any of the above, 81.C0 per trade packet; 60c per % Trade Packet.
A trade packet contains from 500 to 1000 Seeds, according to variety.

HENRY S. DREER, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Ct.»t: BJ'vergrreeris,

EsrECIALLY

Galax and Leucothoe Sprays.

THE KERVAN CO..

30 West 29tfi street. NEW YORK.

Telephone 551 Madison Square.

THE AMERICAN FLORIST'S

COLOR CHART

ti now aooepted a« tbe stand&nl In preparing oolo

dOMinpUonB. by many foreUm booset u

well a« In Anxerfoa.

PRICE IS CCNT8 POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 322 Dearborn St Chledbo

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The American Florist.

May 25,

Omaha.

VABI0D9 NOTES OF INTEREST IN THE
TRADE. — MEETING OF THE STATE SOCI-
ETY.— HIGH FARE TO BUFFALO— SPRING
BUSINESS ALL THAT CODLD BE ASKED.

The Nebraska Florists' Society had a
good meeting on May 9. S. B. Faulkner
was on hand with a good paper on how
to grow roses under glass. We also
brought up the subject of the BufiFalo
convention and I may safely say that
you will not see more than three or four
there from Omaha. The railroads have
put the fare at $41.50 for the round trip
and this does not include a sleeper, which
will bring it up to $51.50.

Bedding plants sell better this year
than ever before and at good prices. A
Japanese concern opened a store on
Farnam street and sold any amount of
camelias, palms, coniferas, larches, wis-
taria, etc., at good prices. Some conifers
brought ais high as $25 each, but it hurt
the florists very little.

Business in cut flowers and bedding
plants is all that the florists can expect.
They are all very busy and there is no
surplus in cut flowers to be had; there is
any amount of funeral work.

N. Peterson, of Florence, Neb., has lost
his little son, five years old. Mr. and
Mrs. Peterson have the sympathy of all
the florists in this vicinity.

J. H. Hadkinson has been appointed by
the Nebraska State Horticultural Society
to make a fruit display at the Buffalo
exposition. Grippe.

Austin, Minn. — A. N. Kinsman is build-
ing some new greenhouses and will soon
have the finest range in the state, out-
side the Twin Cities.

BARGAINS!

Per 100

Adiantum Cuneatum, strong l%-\n $4.00

Boston ferns, 2'4:-in ; 4.00

" " 4-in 1200

Latania Borbonica, strong 3-in 6.00

Pandanus Utilis, 4-inch 15.00

" " 5 " $5 00 per doz.

" " 6 " 9.C0

Brides and Maids, 2;4:-in 3.00 per ICO.

WRITE us FOR FIGURES ON CHRYSANTHE-
MUMS AND BEDDING PLANTS.

Walker &, Mclean, Felsi. Youngstown. 0.

CARNATIONS

.^_^Norway, Egypt and
Qenevieve Lord.

Other New and Standard Varieties.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Timothy Eaton, the biggest and most
emotional white. Complete list of other
new and standard varieties. Fine stock
for immediate shipment. Send for price
list.

H. WEBER & SONS, Oakland, Md.

Please meni:on the American Florist luhen wriling.

CANNAS Sff"

CHAS. HENDERSON $4. CO per 100.

VINCA— Green and Variegated, J3.00 per lOO.
MOONFLOWER VINES. 4-inch, staked,

$6 00 per loa.

JAMES FROST,

Darke County, GREENVILLE, OHIO.

i CARNATION NOVELTIES

^1 strong Plants from 2-incli Pots.

M Prosperity per 100^ $18.00 I Bon Homme Richard per 100, $10.00

si Gov. Roosevelt " 12.00 Egypt " 10 00

Queen Louise

10 HO Mrs. Leopold Ine.

r.OO

Carnations From Soil.

Per 100 Per 1000

Daybreak $1.00 $ 9.00

Flora Hill l.OO 9.00

Storm King 1.00 9.00

Wm. Scott l.CO 9.00

ISridfsmuid 1,00 9.00

LATANIA BORBONICA, 4-inch pots per doz., $1.50; per lOD,

per doz.. $1.(jO; per KO. $30 00.
PELARGONIUMS, assorted kinds, strong, 3-inch stock ready to bloom, per 100, $6.00.

Per 100 Per 1000

Mrs. G. M. Bradt $3.ro $25.00

Ethel Crocker 2.00 15.00

Marqu.s 4.00 35.00

General Maceo , 150 12.00

Genevieve Lord 4.00

13.00; 5-inoh pots, Extra Strong

Roses.

Crimson Rambler, 2 year, extra, budded, 4-foot canes per ICO, $15.00

" " " " own roots, 4-foot canes " 15.00

Tree Crimson Rambler, fine tops per doz., 5.00

2i/2°>nch Pots.

Brides per 100. 83.00

Bridesmaids ** 3.C0

Perles " 3.60

Meteors ■' 3.C0

Liberty per 100, $10.00

American Beauty .

Kaiserin

Golden Gate.

6.00
3.S0
3. DO

Geraniums,

a iar^e stock.
2M-in. pots, $3.00 per lOO;
CoJexas, per 100, $2.50; 1000, $2000.

^^spea-r^St-KS Siar^ng^rl, 2H-in. pots
XS^lallcAiB, best kinds, 2-in. pots, per 100, $5.00.

M^r<ay I»l:«.lc»3£:, finest named kinds, per 100, $4.00.

$25 00 per 1000.

, per 100, $3.00.

New Chrysanthemums. \^%A

best new yellow; Omega, Chestnut Hill, Timothy Eaton. Yanarlva.
THE QBAND NEW T An \t Vl 9 11 rl

Each, 50c; doz., 15.00;
Mrs. Elmer D. Smith, the

Doz., $1.25; per 100, $10.00.
2-inoh pots.

CannaS. Buy nowl Don't get left again.

14 BARCLAY STREET
NEW YORK.

GREENHOUSES

VAUGHANS' SEED STORE, «*'««c«A^??rG"o^:''"^

WESTERN SPRINGS, ILL.

ATTENTION!!

Do not forget our fine GERANIUMS fall colors),

and HELIOTROPES for DECORATION DAY. Justthe

tliinss to set out. To see them is a temptation.

Good, strong plants in 4-inch pots, $7.50 per 100.

Orders rtceived will be sent out the $aine day

In. pots. 100 1000

Alternanthera, yellow 2 $1.50

Carnation Flora Hill, from Hats. . . 1.25 $9.60

" L. McGowan, '■ ... 1.00 7.00

" Wm. Scott, " .... 1.00 7.50

Cuphea Piatyoentra 2 2.00

Dracaena Indivisa 3^ 5.00

Feverfew 2 1.50

Geranium M me. Salleroi 3i4 3.50

Heliotrope 3 3.00

Ivy, German 2 2.00

Petunias, double, finest, Ig. flg.... 2 2.00 18.00

D/\c£»c Brides 2 2 00

•VUSCS Maids 2 2.C0 18.00

Verbenas 2 1.50

THOS. MCALLISTER & CO., Batavia, Illinois.

Western riorJsts-Notlce

Per 100

Geraniums, assorted, 2;^-inch $2.00

Boston Ferns, 2>^-inch.., 3.oo

Cannas, Mme. Crozy, Austria, Chas.

Henderson, dormant roots 2.50

Alternanthera, Paronychoides Major
and Aurea Nana, rooted cuttings,

prepaid, $5.00 per lOCO 60

Lantanas, assorted, 2>^-in 3.00

Pteris Tremula Fern, 2-in 3.00

Pansies, 2-in .-. i.25

VInoa Variegata, 4-in I2>^c each

CASH WITH ORDER.

0. W. WEATHERBY, Chillicothe, Mo.

VERBENAS - ASTERS

Verbenas, Mammoth, fine plants from soil, 40c per
' 100; $3.00 per lOOO.
Asters, Semple's. Queen of the Market and Giant

Comet Branching, 66c per 100; J2.50 per 1000.
Cabbage Plants ready to plant out, $1.25 per lOOO.

J. C. SCHIVIIDT, Bristol, Pa.

LAST CALL

FOR

Decoration Day.
FINE GERANIUMS iiBB

White. Also 2V4 and 3-iiich.

Write or wire us for anything in the plant line:
Cannas, Felarcronlums, Vincas. lobelia,
Smilaz, Salvias, Plnmosns, Spren^erl,
Boston Ferns, Fuchsias, Ivy Qeranituns,
Beg-onias, Mixed Ferns, Etc.. Etc.

GEO. A. KUHL, PEKIN. ILL.

VEGETABLE PLANTS.

CABBAGE— Wakefield. Succession. All Head Early
and Late Flat Dutch, Savoy and other varieties,
1.5c'0er 100; $1.00 per 1000; $8.50 per 10,000.

CELERY—White Plume, Golden Self Blanching
and other varieties. 15c per ICO; $1.00 per lOCO;
$8.50 per 10,000. Small plants for transplanting,
75c per 1000.

EGG PLANT— N. Y. Improved, 25c per 100; $2.00
per 1000.

PEPPER— Bull Nose, Ruby King and Sweet Moun-
tain, 25c per 100; $2.00 per 1000.

TOMATO— In var., 20c per 100; $1.25 per lOOO.

LETTUCE— In var., 15e per lOO, $1.00 per 1000.
If any of the above wanted by mail, add loc per

100 plants. ^, ,,. ^

Cash W ith Okder.

R.VINCENT, Jr.. & SON, White Marsh, Md.

VIOLETS MARIE LOUISE

10,000 Strong, Healthy Plants,

"December Rooted,"

$5.00 per 100 $40.00 per 1000

INSPECTION INVITED.

James Duncan, tZ^T^^^v'.o^'^o^ll

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

\rgoT.

The American Florist.

1535

Nephrolepis Wittboldii

"The Great Fern of the Future"

A Six-Months-Old Plant Lifted with 40 Runners.

Kentias==Latanias

The accompanying illustration
is from a photograph taken when
a six - months - old plant was
lifted from the bench. The pic-
ture shows that the plant had
40 runners. Other plants have
had even more runners (a few
as many as 60) after six months
on the bench in a compost of
leaf mold and loam. The origi-
nal plant increased to 4000 plants
in the first three years. This
beats the Boston Fern. Witt-
boldii is a money maker for
everybody because it is so won-
derfully prolific, so enduring and
so useful. Many of those who
bought early are re-ordering
because they like it so well.

NEPHROLEPIS
WITTBOLDII

is offered, strong plants, which
will at once make runners if
planted on bench, at $1.00 each,
$10.00 a dozen, $75.00 per 100.

We have just received a very luri^f iinporla-
lion of

Specinieu plants up lo live feet hieh. (iet ii
' prices V^efore orderiug elsewliere.

..Asparagus..

Size Pot Do7,. Por 100

Asparacus Sprengeri 2-inoh $ .!iO $3.00

Asparagus SpreD^eri 3-inch 1.00 H.CO

Asparagus Sprengeri 4 inch 1..W 13.00

Varieties

Size
Pot

Rentia Belmoreana 2Vt
Kentia Belmoreana 3
Kentia Bclmoreuna 3!4
Kentia Belmoreana 4
Kentia Belmoreana 5
Kentia Belmoreana 6
Kentia Forsteriana 2V4
Kentia Forsteriana 3
Kentia Forsteriana 3^
Kentia Forsteriana 5
Kentia Forsteriana 6
Latania Borbonica 2^
Latania Borbonica 3
Latania Borbonica 3S4
Latania Borbonica 4
Latania Borbonica 5
Latania Borbonica 6
Latania Bort)nnica 8
Areca Lutescens 2%
Areca Lutescens 3H
Areca Lutescens 4
Areca Lutescens 6

Height
Inches

8 to 9
10 to 12
12 to 14
14 to 16
16 to 20
20 to 22

8 to 9
10 to 12
12 to 14
20 to 24
28 to 30

12 to 15
15 to 18
18 to 22
20 to 24

18 to 20
5 to 6
12 to 15
18 to 20

No. Per

Leaves Each Doz.

3 to 4

4 to 5

5 to 6

6 to 7

5 to 6

6 to 7

3 to 4

4 to 5

5 to 6
5 to 6
5 to 6
3

5toB
5 to«

5 to 7

6 to 7
6 to 8
8 to 10 2.25

3 plants in poll. 00

3 " ■' 2.00

3 " .2.5 3.00

.75 9.00

.25
.40
.75
1.25

.25
.75
1.25

t 1.50
2.00
3.00
4.0O
7.20

15.00
1..50
2.00
3.00
7.20

16.00
.60
1.00
1.50
3.00
5.00
6.00

Per
100

J12.00
15.00
20.00
30.00
60.00

135.00
13.00
15.00
20.00
60.00

125.00
5.00
8.00
12.00
20.00
35 00
50.00

8.00
15.00
25.00

Per
1000
{100.00
150,00
180.00
300.00
600.00

100.00
150.00
180.00
600.00

40.00
75.00
lOO.OO
175.00
300.00

Varieties

..Ferns..

Size
Pot

Pteris Umbrosa 2-ineh

Pteris Serruiata 2-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 3-inch

Cyrtomium Falcatum 4-inch

Miscellaneous.

Per
Doz.

$ .50
.50
1.00
1.50

Pit
100

4.00
8.00
12.00

Kuglish Ivy, 4-iuch

English Ivy, 5-inch

Pot Height

Pandanus Utilis 2V5 6 to 8

Pandanus tills 3 8 to 10

Pandanus Veitchii 7 strong

Pandanus Veitchii 8 extra

Phcenix Reclinata 3

Pho?nix Canariensia 3

Phmnix Canariensis 10 40 to 45

Sanseviera Javanica Variegn.ta, 3-inch,
Sanseviera .Tavauica Variegata, 4-inch,
Sanseviera Javanica Variegata, 5-inch,

Leaves
10 to 12
12 to 15

$2.35
3.00

Each. Dozen.

$3.f0

3.00

100

i 8.00

15.00

Doz.

t 1.00

2.00

37.00

36.00

1.50

1.50

4 to 6 1.50 10.00

4 to 6 1.50 10.00
6 to 8 3.50

strong plants dozen 1.20

strong plants.... " 2.00

strong plants " 3.00

Send for our Catalogue of Perpetuated Cycas Leaves and Plants. We manufacture a full line.

The Geo. Wittbold Co.

lOS^ IBtAoltiia^Srl^^Jan. I*l^oe,

OHic^G^o, ir«r«.

1536

The American Florist.

May. 2s,

Albany, N. Y.

SBTTLBMENT OF STREET CAR STRIKE GIVBS
A CHANCE FOR REVIVAL OF BUSIEBSS.—
YARIOVS NOTES OF LOCAL IMPORT.

The street car strike, which had a very
depressing efiect upon business, was
settled May 18, and since that date
trade has steadily improved. A sad inci-
dent of the strike was the shooting of
two prominent citizens by the militia on
orders to fire into a crowd that was
throwing stones. The funerals of the
victims, however, made about all the
business there was at the time. Retailers
report that there will be a large number
of weddings during the first and second
weeks in June, for which orders have
already been booked.

H. H. Bender, superintendent of public
buildings, started a number of men to
work this week with power sprayers, to
spray the elms in the plaza in front of the
capitol. This work has become a neces-
sity owing to the ravages of the elm leaf
beetle.

Daniel Whittle, of the firm of Whittle
Bros., has lately taken enthusiastically
to golf.

R. D.

Liocoln, Neb.

The weather the past week has been
fine, making the plant trade very heavy,
especially shipping businees, which calls
for almost everything in the bedding
plant line. The cut flower trade is
increasing every day, as the commence-
ment season advances, most ot the small
towns in southern Nebraska getting
their flowers from Lincoln. Nebraska
City, Sterling, York and Humboldt are
towns that report business as good.

C. H. F.

Cedarsbi EG, Wis. — Wni. Nero & Com-
pany have embarked in the flower and
plant business here and are nicely
equipped for spring trade, particularly in
bedding plants.

LOOK!

Roses! Roses! Roses!

From 3-inch Pots. $5.00 per 100: $40.00 per 1000.

Varieties: Brides. Hridesraaids, Meteors,
Kaiserin, La France, Carnots, Perles, Hermosa,
Mosella. from 4-inch pois, }S.OO per 1(K; $65.0U
per 1000.

Swainsonia. Geraniums, Heliotrope. Fuchsias.

My plants are free from all diseases, and are
clean and healthy. Ten per cent discount cash
with order. IT plants are not satisfactory money
refunded.

M. F. LaROCHE, Agt.,

COLLINGDALE, Delaware Co-, PA.

AMERICAN BEAUTIES I'ffs'''

$6.00 per tOO: $50.00 per 1000.
Beauties, SVi-iii. pots, «8.0O per 100.
Brides. Maids. Perles, Meteors and Kaiserins, 2'/5-in-

pots, $3.00 per 100; $35 00 per 1(00.
Pres. Carnot. 3H-in. pots, $3.50 per 100, jaO per lOOO,

The above all good, clean stock.
COI-.B :BieO».. PEORIA. ILL,

ROSES, from 5-iu. pots at 9c. Fine, clean
Plants, Clothilde Soupert, Gen, Jacqueminot, La
France, Coquette des Blanches, Coquette des
Alps, Malmaison, Lady Emily Peel, etc; Queen of
the Prairie, same size, at 8c. Large-flowered
Clematis, finest purple, white and lavender sorts,
3-year, 30c; fine a-year dorrannt or from 5-in. pots,
18c; fine 1-year at very moderate prices. Clematis
Paniculata, dormant or from 5-in. pots, lOc. Paclc-
ine: tree for cash. Would like to exchange u few
(.'leraatis fur flue, clean-rooted Cuttings or 2 in.
Geraniums, Coleus and Lobelia.

W. H. SALTER, Rochester, N. Y,

FROM 2'A-WCH POTS.

CLEAN BUSHY PLANTS.

Strictl, first-class and guaranteed, g?i7e"!!::,-.-:::.-.;:; "".'"*' *tTo ""'■•"""'' ^slw

with special discount in 1000 lots; Maids " 4.00 " 3500

500 at 1000 rates; 50 at ICO rates. Meteors " 4,fO " 3,5^00

Perles " 4.00 " 35.00

CARNATION PLANTS, from soil and pot. Strictly first-class and free from disease.

Write us your wants.
GERANIIMS, all the leading varieties.
CnRYSANTIIEMlMS, Rooted Cuttings. Extra choice stoclc now ready; Ji.50 per

hundred, $12,50 per thousand,

LAKEVIEW ROSE GARDENS, Jamestown, N. Y.

Please mention the American Florist when ivriting.

American Beauties

From 3-incli pots, $9 per 100; $80 per 1000. ^

-JOSEPH HEACOCK, Wyncote, Pa. I

Please mention the American Flutist wheyi ivriting.

GRAFTED

...ROSES

liberty - |1S.00 per iCO.
Bridesmaid, 1

Bride . $12,00 per 100.

Golden Gate J

Choiee plants, 3-inch pots, ready for
immediate planting. Ten sample plants
to florists only for Jl.CO.

Verbenas

Choice Varieties in bud and bloom,

3-inch pots - $3.00 per 100.
2>4-inchpots, 2 00 per 100.

J. L DILLON,

Bloomsburg,
Pa,.,.

W

R0$[$

Pteai,e m.er 'ton the American Florist when writing.

ROSES TO CLOSE OUT.

Clean, healthy stock, from 2^-in, pots,
$2 per 100; $18 per lOOO.

Universal Favorite, Comtesse de Labarthe,

C. Soupert, Dr. Grill,

Evergreen Gem, H. M, Stanley,

Pink Roamer, Queen's Scarlet,

Gen. Tartas, Agrippina,

Mme. Francisca Kruger, Greville,

Manda's Triumph, Angelo Ferrario.

Fill'' stock for immediate sales
while they last,

Rockford Seed farms. H. W, BUCkbeG,
Forest City Greenhouses, rockford, ill.

"ROBT. CRAJG & SON, I

Roses, Palms I

and Novelties in Decorative Plants. f

Market and 49th Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. f

We believe in shifting
young Roses olten. All
stock offered in IVt-m. |
pots has been shifted
from 2-in.. and is equal
to most stock advertised as 3-in., and when we
send it out it is well established.

. Let us know your wants.

2 and 2 1-2-in. Stock is Fine.

VARIETIES GROWN -

Meteors LaFrance President Carnot \

Brides A. V. Kaiserin Golden Gate *,

Maids Woottons American Beauties '

Peries Belle Siebreeht Liberty

CARNATIONS.

R.C.and3-in. Bradt, Crocker, , J oosl and McGowan. \

R. C. COLEUS. I

Mixed, Verschaffeltii, Golden Bedder, Yellow
Queen, etc ENGLISH IVY.

2V4, 3 and 4-inch pots.
GERANIUMS. Red and pink in 3-in. '

A few thousand SPI^E^Pf OrE^ESX*

ready for 2-inch pots.

Special in WOOTTON ROSES. 'ZV^-xVi., ready to
plant in beds. Write

GEO. A. KUHL, Pekin, III.

New Roses

THE BALTIMORE (certificated) color a
light pink and of the largest size; flowers
through the entire season; $5 per dozen, '

ADIVIIRIVL SCHLEY, the best crimson bed-
der ever introduced, $3 per dozen.

NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM JOS. W. COOK,

scored 89 Commercial points in Phila-
delphia, Color a light blush pink, stiff
stems, blooms very early; $2 50 per
dozen.

Cash with the Order. Send for Descriptive Slip.

JOHN COOK, 318 N, Charles St. Baltimore, Md.

Begonia Gloire de Lorraine

S15,00 per 100.

Light Pink Lorraine *.\Yo"o.

EDWIN LONSDALE, Wyndmoor, Pa.

t@°^OUR DIEdTORY FOB 1901 WILL BE MAILED TO YOU-°@l
m^ FROIVIFTLT UFON AFFLICATION. FRICE TWO DOLLARB.-°^

The American Florist.

1537

The Marquise Litta Rose

We have a limited
amount of stock to sell
for immediate delivery
from 2 1-2-incli pots.

THE coming most popular light red
rose. No other new rose of recent
years has been so generally and
largely taken up. Four of the
largest growers for the Chicago market
are now planting from 5,000 to 25,000

1 each =

\Am

We also have 3C00 BRIDES and 6000 BRIDESMAIDS in 2X-Jnch pots ready to shift to 4-inch,
for sale at a low price.

These were made for our own use, from the very best wood on the plants, but as we changed our plai
of planting we have this surplus stock.

$22.50 per thousand to close them out quick. Cash.

Try a change of stock and see if it does not improve the quality.

South Park Floral Co., New Castie, ind. |
J

ROSES

i FINE STOCK FROM V/A^. POTS.

We have the following varieties in surplus
and offer them at these prices as long as sur-
plus lasts: $2.00 per 100, $18.00 per 1000.

Mosella

M. Niel

Mme. Francisca Kru^er

Marie Van Houtte

Mme. C. Brunner

Mme. Welche

Mme. Elie Lambert

Mme. Lambert

Marie Guillot

Maid of Honor

Mme. Reine Gerard

Paquerette

Suzanne Blanchet

Souv.de Jeanne Chabaud

Santa Rosa

Souv. de un Ami

Snowflake

Souv. de J. B. Guillot

Svlph

The Bride

The Queen

Beaute Inconstant

Baron Berge

Bridesmaid

Beryl

Cathefine Mermet

GlimbiuK Meteor

Duchess de Brabant

Enchantress

Etoile de Lyon

Floni

Geo. Pernet

Gen. Robt. E. Lee

Golden Gate
ijames Sprunt

Jeanne Drivon

La Phcenix

La Princess Vera

Mme. Scbwaller

Mme. de Watteville

Marion Dingee
.Mignonette

Meta

THREE NEW WICHURAIANA tlYBRIDS.

I Evergreen Gem Gardenia Jersey B<'auty

i $3.00 per 100. $25.00 per 1000.

The STORRS& HARRISON Go.

PAINESVILLE, OHIO.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»

I CHANGE \
\ Your ROSE STOCK |

T Strong, ch'aii. hfflUhy, well-pstalj- ♦

J lished stock on own roots for T

T June shipment. T

X 800 MAIDS J Z

I 600 BRUIES 3-inch, at $5 00 per ICa T

T 1000 MlTfORS \ X

^ 300 GOLDEM GATE / ., ■,„„^ »„ nn „„, ,„„ T

300 DOROTHEA , ^-incb, 16.00 per 100. ♦

300 LIBERTY, 3-inch, $10.00 per 100. X

L. L. MAY & CO. ;

^ ST. PAUL. MINN. ♦

► ♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

' MAMMOTH VERBENAS. \^i.7^

of bright red if wiiutrd, rtOc per 100 by mail, %i vet
1000; 2-in., in bud, »1.25 per luO. GERANIUMS. Red
Bruant and Grant, 4-in., in bud, bloom or without
tS.CO oer 100.
j SAMUEL WHITTON. 1S-17 Gray Av.. Utica. N. Y.

Chrysanthemums == Roses == Marguerites == Stevia

We erow only good commercial varieties of 'Mums in large quantities, select our stock carefully
and supervise allshipments personally, so that satisfaction is practically assured. Prices are fixed as
low as good stock can be sold for allowing a fair profit.

WHITE.

2Vi-ia. I Rooted

Stock, I YELLOW. Cuttings,

Per 100 Per ICO

$3.00 Yell. Pitzwygram 2.(0

2.50 Oct. SunshiBe.... 2.00

2.50 Col. Apple ton,

2.00 (new) 5 00

2.C0 Golden Trophy... 1.30

2.C0 Mrs. Whilldin.... 1.30

2.no Modesto 1 30

3.50 Bonnaffon 1.30

2.50 PennsvUania .... 2 50

2 0) Golden Wedding.. 1.75

3.00 Harry Hurrell.... 1.50

Hieman 1.50

2.ro Yellow ,)ones 1.30

3.00 Eclipse.Y'l.Chwk. 2.50

Y'ellow Mayflower 2.00

2.50 Yellow Queen 1.30

2.00 Parr, early 1.60

lCO$3.CO;1000$35.00;3-in.,lCO»5.CO I Brides
" 3.08 •■ 25.00 " " 4.50 | Meteors,
BEAUTIES will be listed later.

California White, Rooted Cuttings, r'-r 100, J3.0O. Giant Yellow Rooted Cuttings, per 103, $4.00

Common White, Rooted Cuttings, per ICO, $J.CO.

Rooted Cuttings, per lOO, $1.50; 2V4-in. stock, $3.50.
When less than 25 planls are ordered, add 20 per cent. Five per cent discount will be allowed on
orders from 50O to ICOO planls; ten per cent di.scount will be allowed on orders for 1500 and over.
Remittances must accompany orders from unknown parties. Goods will be sent C. O. D. if requested.
All orders are filled as soon as stock is ready. Every order has our personal supervision and will be
e.vecuted to the best of our ability. In every case when stock is shipped satisfaction is guaranteed, or
money refunded. Record: 325.000 shipped out in 1900 witlii^ut a kick. Have the stock to double amt.

FOEHLMANN BROS. CO., Morton Grove, 111.

Rooted
CuttiDgs,

Per 110

Fltzwygram $1.30

Independence 1.50

Bertjmann 1.50

Kalb 1.30

Robinson 1 30

Ivory 1.30

Woodford 1.30

The Queen 1.50

Mayflower 1.50

.lerome Jones 1.30

GretchenBuettner 1.30
Minnie Wana-

maber 1.30

Chadwick 2 GO

BRONZE.

Lady Hauham 1.50

Chas. Davis 1.30

Gates ...2H-in..
Maids. . .

2H-io.

Rooted

2H-in.

Stock,

Cutt

ngs,

Stock,

Per 100

Per 100

Per 100

2.60
3. CO

PINK.

Marquis d'Mont-

mort

1.35

3.00

3 00

Glory d'Paciflc...

1.30

2.0D

■^ Oil

Maud Dean

1.50

2.50

2,00
3 00

Perrin

1 30

2.00

Viviand-Morel ,.

1.30

3.00

4 00

Pres. Smith

1.3U

3.00

Spaulding

1.50

3 50

3 60

Murdock

1.30

3.00

3.50

Autumn Glory.. . ,

1.5U

3.50

3.00

Pink Ivory

1.30

3.00

3.50

RED

3,(10

Defender

1.60

2.50

30O

Shrimpton

1.50

2.60

3,50

Childs

1.,=lll

3.50

.2!4-in., 100*3.00; 1000$25.00;3 in., IOO$4.50
■• 3,00 " 2500 •■ " 4.50

Roses

The Kind that Grow and Bloom

COOL GROWN.
INSPECTION CORDIALLY INVITED.

Brides and IVIaids ^^Tnchpots.

Per ICO, $3.S0. Per ICOO, $30.00. Cash.

Liberty per .00,, SCO RQSEMERE CONSERVATORIES

LAWRENCE COTTER, MOR.

DORCHESTER, MASS.

Robert Scott,

EVERYBODY'S ROSE. tzV^U
Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, oei.co .Pa.

GRAFTED ROSES.

MAIDS ;

liRlDES Ul2 per 100; $110per 1000

GOLDEN GATE . I

Strong' plants ;;rafted on JIanetti stocks, ready
for 4-in(.-li pMts; \\arr;iiited to be first-class,

CHRIS. HANSEN, St. Paul, Mlim.

1538

The American Florist.

May 2-5,

Indianapolis.

MABKBT BOSINHSS VERY BBISK —BREEZY
BATCH OF PERSONAL MENTIONS— BBH-
TERMANNS ARK GREAT TRAVELERS.

Market business still continues brisk,
so brisk, in iact, that a man standing on
the sidewalk near the market was able
to dispose of quite a number of old Bride
roses which he evidently found on the
dump pile of some grower.

Wm. Walker and son recently paid a visit
to Indianapolis. Mr. Walker was on the
lookout for pointers on heating appa-
ratus, etc., as he intends overhauling his
place this summer.

Henry Rieman has been ill because of
too much work and no recreation, but is
feeling pretty good again.

Ed. Bertermann spent last week in
Chicago, and reports a glorious time.

Carlchen Sonnenschmidt, who has been
on the sick list, is convalescent.

Henry Rothermal, Sr.,hasbought back
his old place in Brightwood.

Wm. G. Bertermann has returned from
his Washington trip.

John Bertermann leaves for Cincinnati
this evening.

H.J.

Springfield, Mass,

TRADE FALLS OFF IN CUT FLOWER DEPART-
MENT.— PLANT BUSINESS IIOOMING.—
OUTSIDE DEMAND HEAVY.

Business in the stores is slacking up
somewhat, and cut flowers of all kinds are
plentiful. Design work is fairly good,
helping to use up some of the surplus
flowers. There are a number of society
weddings coming ofl in June. Aitkenhas
his hands full, and will be kept busy to
get some of the decorations done in time.
Schlatter & Son report business as good,
and are kept busy with bedding plants.
All growers of spring stock are rushed
and report sales as good. Florists from
outside towns are often here buying up
stock, for which there seems to be a good
demand. Pansies are ^bout done.
Hydrangeas have sold well, of which
there have been some well grown plants,
retailing at a good fair price. A. B.

Clara Cemetery Vase

PER DOZ., $3.50. BOXED.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

Qen'l Agents. . ...CHICAQO.

Please mention the A merican Florist when writiui

Chrysanthennims

Kooted Cuttinjjs Mme. Bergmann, Glory of the Pacific,
Golden Wedding, Major Bonnaffon, Mrs. Jerome Jones,
J. G. Whilldin, Philadelphia, W. H. Lincoln, Ivory, all No.

1 stock, 75c .ter 100; $7.uO per 1000.

Bouvardia
Stevia Compacta

Root Cuttings, White. Pink and Sciirk't
Mixed, be3t varieties, 60c per ICO.

:it: per 100.

If wantf-d by mail
add 15c per 100.

Heliotrope

SOc cer 100.
$4 CO per 1000.

-POT PLTSNTS

er 100
.11.50
. 1.60
. ,5. CO

Salvia Splendens, 3-in. pots

Heliotrope, 2-lu. pots

Heliotrope, 4 inch

GFRAMIUMS,

Mme. Saleroi 2-in 1.50

L;i Favorite, dbl. wliite '...4 " 6.00

S. A. Nutt, best red 4. " .... 6.03

Gen. Grant '.....4 "...-. 6.00

Hapiiy Thought 4 " .... 8.00

Mrs. Pollock 4 " .... 8.00

Pf r 100

Marguerites, 3!4-in. pots J2O0

Ageratum Cope's Pet. 2-in. puts 1.50

Cobffia Scandcns, -'.:-in. pots 2.50

Vincas, strong clumps, 2 ft. long and up.. 3.00

Dracsna Indivisa 4-iD 15 00

Ferns, assorted 2 " — 2.C0

Cannas, Bouvier, F. Vaughan, Crozy,

Burbank, 5-incti pots 8.00

6-inch pots 12.00

Clematis Paniculata, I .year 4.00

JOHN IRVINE & SONS, 817 Washington Ave., Bay City, Mich.

THE WHOLE COLNTRY IS CaLLING FOR

...HARDY HERBACEOIS PLANTS

We can supply all varieties, the old favoriles and the latest superb novelties. Our
stock is grown on high ground and unsurpassed in quality. These plants Increase rapidly
and every florist should plant now for future division.

Send for list and wholesale prices.

THE BLUE HILL NURSERY,

Asparagus, Coleus,

Per 100

.SPRENUERI,2-iiicli pots J:.'. 00

PLUMOSDS, 2-iuch pots 2.50

DECOM BENS, 2-inoh pots 10.00

GERANIUMS.

3- inch pots, ui.\ s»-lection 4.00

Per 100

15 varietii's, 2! 5 inch pots $2.00

VINCA, green li-avi-s 1.60

SMILAX,

2-ini-h pots $10 pi-r 1000; l.OU

PRIMROSES, .luly 10th 2.00

C.\SH.

JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM. DELAWARE. O.

IVIEMPHIS FLORAL CO.,

Hardy Rhododendrons,

Hardy Azaleas,

Clematis,

Ampeiopsis Veitchli,

California Privet,

Evergreens,

Buxus in Standard and Pyramid Shape,

Bay Trees,

H. P. Roses,

Climbing Roses,

Standard Roses,

Grafted Brides, Bridesmaids,

English Ivy, in 4 and 5-inch pots,

Tuberous Rooted Begonias, Single and

Double,
Cycas Stems,
Herbaceous Pxonias,
Tree Paeonias,
Cannas,
Hardy Pinks,
Hardy Phlox,
General Collection of Herbaceous plants.

Ask for Price List.

BOBBINK & ATKINS, RuthertorJ. N. J.

Centaurea Gymnocarpa 3-inch, $2.50 per 100

Salvia, droopiiis! spike 2-inch, 2.00 per 100

Begonia Argentea Guttata •2<A-iu., 3.00 per lOO

Cash with order. WM. CLARK, Batavia, 111.

per 100; J6 per lOOO,
per 100: ^ per lOOO.

Boston Terns

EXTRA FINE 3-INCH ROSE PLANTS. J

American Beauties $7.00 i»r 100 I Duchess of Albany S.oOperlOO 1

Golden Gate SOO ■■ Perle des iardins 5.00 " I

Kaiserin Augusta Victoria....... 5.00 | SEND US .SI.OO I OR SAMPLES. ;

Smilax, 214-iucli $1.50 per ICO.

Memphis. Tenn.

VERBENA KING

VERBENA PLANTS. $2.00

per 100.
CARNATIONS, Flora Hill.
R. ('., $1.25 per lOO; $10
per 1000. Wm. Soott,
Jl per 100; JS per 1000;
L. McGowan, {I per
KO; J7 pc'r ICOO; New
York, $1.25 per 100; $10
I'er lOCO; Mavor Pin-
j.'ree. $1.25 per 100; $10
per 1000.
COLEUS. Rooted Cut-
tin;,'s, best named, 70c
AGERATUMS, 3 best vars., t)0c
GERANIUMS, best named, E.
C. $1.50 per 100. Express paid on all rooted cut-
tings. FEVERFEW, 2'/2-in., to clean up, $2 per 100,

C. H UMFELD, Clay Center, Kan.

Geraniums

IN BLOOM, 41/2-inch, $6 00 per 100 at
the greenhouse, near Milwaukee Ave.,
12 miles from Chicago court house.

T>A.^V :BlgO{S. , Nlles, ill.

We have left several
hundred plants in
2M-inoh pots, Bood
stock. As louK as surplus lasts, $2 50 per 101.
JESSAMINE GARDENS. Jessamine, Fla.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1539

Size pots. I'erlOO

Asparagus Plumosus, $27.50 per 1000 2-inch $3.00

Acilypha Sanden 2Vi-inch 2,50

Aioysia Uitriodora, or Lemon Verbena 2 " 1.50

Abu ilons, t'l colors 2V2 " 1 50

bougainviilea Sanderiana 12 to 15 in. high, 2V2 " 3 50

Btgonias, flowering, 10 choice sorts 2V2 " 2.50

Clerodendron Balfouri 21/2 *' 2.00

Cyclamen Persicum Giganteum 2y2 " 2.50

Calla Lliy, Little Gem, Dwarf Calla 2y2 " 2.00

Coleus, fine assortment 2^2 " 2.00

Fuchsias, nice youQg plants 2 " 2 50

Geraniums, mostly double varieties..... 2y2 " 2.50

Impatlens Sultani 2y2 " 2 50

jasmine Grand Uuke 2y2 " 3 00

Maid of Orleans 2^2 " 2.50

Dracaena indlvisa 2y2 " l 50

Pots. 100
Oxalis Ortgiesii, upright variety, fine for

baskets 2y2 $2 50

Palms, Corypha Australis 2V2 3.00 A

Pbanix Canariensis 2V2 2 00 '^ ''^

Primula Obconica 2V2 150

■' Forbesil, Baby Primrose 2y2 1.50

" Chinese, White and Pink 2y2 2 50

Phrynium Variegatum, fine foliage plant, 2y2 2 50

Pomegranates, 3 varieties, all double 2V2 1-50

Plumbago Sanguinea, pink flg. variety... 2y2 3 00

Spiraea Anthony Waterer 2V2 1-50

Smiiax, per 1000. $7 50 2 1.00

Mephanotis Flor.bunda 2V2 3 0"^

Swalnsonla White and Pink 2y2 2 50

Vinca Variegata, per 1000, $12 50 2y2 1 50

Violets, Swanley White, Lady Hume

Campbell and Hardy Russian 2y2 2.00

Baby Primrose.

We will here say for the information nf all that we
are entirely sold out of Roses of all varieties.

First
come

first
served

YOUn«nBETTfR

ORDER THESE

QUKK.

Giant CTclamen

The Good & Reese Co.

The Largest Rose Growers in the World.

-SPRINGFIELD ^ ^ OHIO.

' BUCKLEY'S

Special Spring Prices

On the Following Stock, In First-Class
I Condition and Ready to Ship.

I PANSIES— Special. Our last crop of 15 OOO plants
: is now ready and in fine condition. Fine large
I plants from coH frames, in bud and bloom, worth
fc.iO per 100. Special Price 11.25 per 100. $10.00
per KOO

VERBENAS— Special. New Mammoth, 20th cen-
tury collection. Twenty grand varieties, includ-
; ing all the newest sorts. Strong plants, trom 2M-
: inch pots, worth 11.50 per 100; special price, $1.00
per ion, $in.00 per 10( 0.

' ALYSSUM. California Giant for vases and bas-
• kets. and Little Gem for borders; strong 2Ji-inch,
worth Sl.fO per 100; special price, ll.CO per 100,
JlO.On per IQOO.

,' AGERATUM, Snow Drift, the white novelty of
1910; Princess Pauline and Stella Gurney, stroDs
.2V4-l"ch. $1.50 pnr 100

I ALTERNANTHERA. Red and Green. Strong 2k-
inch, $1.25 per loO $12.00 per 1000.
i PETUNIAS. Double Fringed, eight novelties in
' white, pink and blotched. Strong 2Jf-inch, $1.50
per 100. $12.00 per 1000.

COLEUS. Our champion collection of 15 varie-
ties including only those of decided mer t, strong;
rooted cuttings, 60c per 100; $5.0J P' r 10 0. Golden
Bedder and Verqchaffeltii. 7.tc per luO; IS per IilCO.
ROSE GERANIUMS. Strong 2',4-in., $2.00 per 100.
MME. SALLEROI GERANIUMS. Strong 2M-inch,

12.00 per 100.

GERANIUMS. S A. Nutt. Bruanti, Grant, Fran-
cis Perkins, Mrs. E. G. Hill, Beaule Poitevine, La
Favorite LaFrance, strong rooted cuttings, $1.50
per 100, $14.00 per 1000.

THE W. T. BUCKLEY PLANT CO.,

I SprlngfMld, III.

American Florist Advts.
Always Sell Stock.

Seasonable Stock

/"» _^ -. -- -_ • _ .»_._ ._ We have the following varieties in 2H-in. pots at JS.fO per 1(0, and

• IPrflrlllj tTlS '"3-in Dots at $i00o-rliu: Due de Montmort. S. A. Null, Marvel. Wm

^^*^ *»«««».«m..»_r Phitzer, La Favorite, Mme. Bruant, Or. Despres, Caesar. Pierre Le Brun, La

Fayette, Kleber and Richelieu. iLe lollowiug in 2>4-in. pnts nuiy Mars, Countess de Castries nnd

Mme. Jaulin. The following in 3-in. pots only; M. A Borie Aine. M. Alph. Riccard. Mme. Buchner.

Sam Sloan and M. Canovas.

MARS, from 2i/2-iu. pots, $1 CO per 100. AMERICA, from 2!4-in. pots, $t<,CO per ICO.

Chrysanthemums

Ivory, Pink Ivory. Harry A. Parr, Mrs.

Cannas

Fine stock of \\i<^ followiri? varieties, from 21-4-inrh
pots «t,$3 00 per lOii: Polly Rose, Mrs. J. Jones. M,
de Montmort Glory of Pacific, Maj. Bonnaflon,
S. T. Murdock and Nagoya.

Well estahli'lied plants from 3-inch pots, Jfi.'O p'r IC. Souv. de. Mme. Crozy.
Directeur Roelz, Pierson's Premier, Ex. Cramnbell. Robusta, Florence Vaughan, Queen
Charlotte, Egandale, A. Bouvier, Chas. Henderson, Buruank, Beaute Poitevine and
Crimson Bedder.
GO per KO. BLACK PRINCE. $10.00 per 100.

ALLEMANIA,

In. p-ts. 100

Carex Japonica Variegata 2H $5 01

Lobelia 2« 2.60

Cyperus Alternifolius 2H 2.59

Vi>ca Major Variegata 2V4 3.00

Anemone. Queen Charlotte 6.00

In. rots. ICO

Rudbeckia, Golden Glow 2^4 2 60

Isolepis Gracilis 2^ 2.60

Phaiaris Variegata S'j 3.00

Princess of Wales Violet, extra strong

plants from soil $lo.ou per 1000 125

Nathan Smith & Son, adrian, mich.

PLANTS TO CLOSE OUT

P»r 100

5,000 Geraniums, niisel. 2!4-in $ 1.50

1 OCO " Jean Viaud, 3-in 10.01

2,000 Marguerites, white, 3-in 2.00

2000 •• •■ 2H-in 1.25

7.000 Ci?ar Plants, 2!4-in 1,25

7,(i00 sedura Variegatum, 2i4-in 1.25

5,000 California Moss,2V4-iii 1.25

1,000 •' New Ice Plant, 2!<-in 5.00

10,000 Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, flats % 2.00

I,UOO ■• " " 3-in 5.0)

The above Plants are in A No. 1 condition: 5 plants at 100 rale

Pe

5.000 GeraniuTis, mixed, 3-in

1,000 Mangolds, cream color, flats

5,0(0 Nasturtiums dwarf, also Tall, 2H-in..

1,000 Dracn-na Indivisa. line. \Vi-\u

2,000 Lobelias. Crystal P.ilace Gem

8.000 Smiiax, 2>i-in

5,0C0 Chinese Prniiulas^J^i-inch

1.000 Pink and Red Alieroaniheras. 2;4-iii.
ICO.COOCaljhage Plants, Flat Dutch, $.',00 per

Cash.

r 100

5.00

.50

1.00

15.00
1..50
1.50
2.01
2.00

1000.

THE MORRIS FLORAL CO., Morris, III.

1540

The American Florist.

May 2s,

St. Louis.

BECBIPTS SLACKEN AND MARKET ASSUMES
A MOEB HBALTHY TONE.— THE PBEVAIL-
ING PRICES.— PLANT TRADE BOOMING.—
SHOW COMMITTEE MEETS.- NOTES.

The local market is' doing somewhat
better than a short' time ago, when
stock was more plentiful than at present.
Beauties are very scarce and bring $2 to
$2 50 per dozen. Tea roses sell at from
$2 to $4- per hundred and carnations at
trom 50 cents to $1.50 per hundred.
Extra fine Flora Hill, Bradt and a few
others bring top prices. A large number
of whites are coming in but not enough
to supply the demand. Sweet peas are
plentiful and bring from 35 cents to 50
cents per hundred. A few gladioli and
pseonies are coming in now and bring $5
per hundred. Smilai is very fine and
selling at 15 cents a string. Out of door
roses are blooming in all the parks now
and make a very tine appearance. A few
Gen. Jacqs. are coming in to the whole-
sale market, as well as several other
hardy varieties.

The plant trade is reported by all as
being very good. C. C. Sanders says
that he has sold a large number of
potted plants this year but not yet as
many as last spring. Emil Schray, of
Wm. Schray & Sons, reports that they
have sold more this year than formerly
and that they are already almost sold
out of bedding stock. He says that they
have had a phenomenal sale of Geranium
Queen of the West. Geo. Windier makes
tne same report. Fred. Meinhardt, of
Bellelontaine Cemetery, has had a busy
time, as every one wants work finished
at once.

The show committee of the club met
May 21, with Frank M. Ellis and the
following officers were chosen: Chairman,
Fred. Meinhardt; treasurer, C. C. San-
ders; iecretary, Emil Schray; assistant
* secretary, R. J. Mohr. It was decided to
circulate a subscription list and the pre-
liminary schedule will be isgued shortly.

J. W." Dunford, ]r., has put in a two
and one-half horse-power gasoline engine
and a pump with a capacity of thirty
gallons a minute, raising the water to a
tank which is seventy-two feet higher
than his greenhouses. R. J- M.

YoBK, Pa.— Augustus Doll has demol-
ished his greenhouses and retired from
business. His interests were sold to
C. E. Smith.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING you want
in the way of

PREPARED PALMS

Whether the raw materials or the
finished goods, you will get best
satisfaction and service from the
right people on the right spot.

Florida Natural Products Co.,

jBCksonville. fla.

Branch Store, Indianapolis, Ind.

^^Inquiries Cheerfully Answered.

Invalid Appliance Co.,
COLUMBIA PUNT TUBS

FAOTOnV ANO OPFIOSi

GARDENING

Thlt !• the paper to recommend to your
oustomets, the leading horticultural

loutnal In America for amateurs

•t>0O Par Year. Sample Copies Free.

Lltiersl termi to flortiti who take salxorlptloni

THE GARDENING CO. """»" b'""- CHICAGO.

Awarded the only flrst-
class Certificate of Merit
by the Society of Amer-
ican Florists at Boston,
Aug.21, 1890, for Stand-
ard Flower Pots.

I^ILLDIN

JerseyGty

PoTTERYGa

ONG Island (Tty

Philadelphia

Thos.W.Weathere(l'sSons

46 Marlon St., New York City,

Design, Construct and Heat
Greenhouses for private or
Commercial purposes.
Plans, material and work-
manship the best.
Strictly up to date.

SEND FOR OATALOOUE.

Perfect Hot Water Heating our Specialty.

STANDARD FLOWER POTS!

Paoked in imitll oratei, eaiy to handle.

Price per orate
1600 Mn. poti In orate, M.88
1600 3M" " 6.26

1600 «J" " 8.00

1000 3 " " 6.00

800 3H" •• 6.80

6004 " " 4.60

3S0 6 " " 4.61

144 6 " " 3.16

Price per crate
120 7-ln. potilnorata,|4.K

60 8
48 9
4810
24U
34 U
1214
6 16

8.00
8.6"
4.8

" 4.80

4.80
4.60
Seed pans, same price as pot«. Bend for price list of
Cylinders for Cut Flowers, HanKing Basket*, Lawn
Yasee, etc. 10 per cent off for cash with order.

HILFINBER BROS. POTTERY,

OR.... FORT EDWARD, N. Y.

Auaun BOLUB A dON«, New Tork A«ent«,

61 D¥T ITRIBT. WWW TORK riTT

FLOWER POTS

.a.XjX< :a.xrs'x>s.

STANDARD POTSsP.ct..Tv

List and SAMPLES FREE.

SWAHN'S POTTERY RRF'G CO.,

P. 0. Box 78, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

Standard POX^
Flower... t yJ I \D

If your greenhouses are within 500 milei
of the Capitol, write us, we can save you
money

W. H. ERNEST.

28lh and M Streets. WASHINGTON. P. C.

RED P OTS

SAMPLE POT AND PRICE LIST
ON APPLICATION.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., U',^'^*"'^"

HEADQUARTERS

COCOA FIBRE, SPHAGNUM and

SHEEP MANURE, GREEN MOSS.

BONE all grades, RUSTIC WORK, al

IMPORTED SOOT, CLAY'S FERTIIIZ

DIINNE & CO., IfJTV.! New

STAB.

' \ ',

I

<^ATAL0Ci^?-

WRITE

Ac l^nUD 1521-23 N. LBAVITT ST..
• ii KUnni CHICAGO, ill..

POR PRICKS OF

Standard Pots

which for strength and porosity combined
are the best on the market.

KELLER BROS.,

„ 213-16-17-19-21-23 Peirl St.,

NORRISTOWN. PA.

Manufaotureri or Standard Flower Poti, red in
color, equal to the best on the market; are 16
miles from Philadelphia, best of railroad connec-
tions. We give special attention to mail orders and
make special sizes to order in quantities. A
postal will brine prices and discounts.
^!''ase mention the American Florist when writing.

GEO. KELLER & SON,

MANI'FACTUBKBS OF

FLOWER POTS.

Before buying write _jr prices,

361-363 Herndon Street,
near Wrightwood Ave.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

THOSE RED POTS

'■STANDARDS"

FDLL SIZE AND WIDE BOTTOMS.
BULB PANS AND AZALEA POTS.

DETROIT FLOWER POT M'F'Y,

HARKY BAL8LEY.
Rep.

DETROIT. MICH..
490 Howard St.

IIIIL W V>U., aoui St. I'v/H SI
HORTICULTURAL SUPPLIES.

Red Standard Pots.

CORRECT SIZE.
SUPERIOR QUALITY.

Write for price list.

6. HENNEGKE 60..

MILWAUKflB,
WI5

We like to have yon tell our adverdieri
that yon read onr paper.

tgor.

The American Florist.

1541

ORD[R

Bayersdorfer's

MOSS WREATHS
CYCAS LEAVES

METAL DESIGNS
CAPE FLOWERS
PATRIOTIC

INSCRIPTIONS
IMMORTELLES
ETC.

ror Decoration Day

They're the best in the
world and just what
customers want, i^ <^

Bayersdorfer's

COMMENCEMENT

BASKETS,

LACE

HANDKERCHIEFS,

RIBBON LETTERS,

STEM COVERS

FOR BOUQUETS

for
School Graduations

All up-to-date s'y'es that
sell at fight. J» Your
money's woith always.

H.

Bayersdorfer

& Company

50-56 N. 4th St. Philadelphia.

WRITE, WIRE OR TELEPHONE.
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION GIVEN.

Mailing and
Gut Flower Boxes

a specialty with us. The Mailing
Packages are used by the largest
shippers of plants and bulbs, take
less postage and are water-proof.
Our Cut Flower Boxes are mois-
ture-proof and are used by all
retail florists. These boxes are
shipped knocked dONvn flat. Write
for prices.

The Dayton Paper Novelty Go.

DAYTON, O.

n. BAYERSDORFER & CU., Philadelphia,
REED & KEUER, New York City,

QENBRAL AQBNTS

^f TheKoral Letter is Perfect

Nothing else like it. Inscriptions
in beautiful Script, any color,
VAz a letter. Block letters, VAc
each. The most elaborate
design work to order in a few minutes.

GEO. A. SLTHERUND, iSsW^ "

Distributing Agency for the U. S.

ESTABUSHED
1866

EMIL>TEFFEMS>

SUCC.™ H.STEFFEHS
woSTEfTENSBROS

Boston Florist Letter Go.

MANUFAcTrUKKa OK

Ei £ ^aaa».. FLORISTS' LETTERS.

Thi** w^ooden box nicely gtnined and var-
nished* 18x30x13 made in two sections, one
for each size ietter, g^iven away witli first
order of 600 letters.

Block Letters, IVi or 2-inch size, per 100. $2.00.

Script Letters, $4. Fastener with each letter or
word.

Used by leadinz florists everywhere and for sale
by all wholesale florists and supply dealers.

N. F. McCarthy, Treas. and Manager,
84 Hawley St., BOSTON, MASS.

use "UP-TO-DATE"
= FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

M. Rice & Co., 'Ty'r;;',^..

918 Filbert St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Cataloqttb for thb Asking

f^ease men lion the American Florist when ivriling.

EXCURSIONS TO BUFFALO EXPOSITION

VIA NICKEL PLATE ROAD,

on May 14th. 21st and 28th, respectively,
at rate of Ili.OO for the rouna ttip from
Chicago; good returning five days from date
of 5ale. Three through trains daily, with
vestibuled sleeping cars and first class din-
ing car service. For particulars and Pan-
American folder, write John Y. Calahan,
General Agent. Ill Adams St, Chicago.
Depot: Van Buren St. and Pacific Ave.,
Chicago, on Elevated Loop. 8.

First Itttroduction to America of

BLACK SOLUBLE INSECTICIDE

■ I • ■ ^3 V^ A\ I • ■ ■ ■

Awarded Grand Prize at Paris Exposition and
winner of Gold Medals at International Exposi-
tions of Rome. Ville de Dijon and Turin, also
Diploma of Honor at Marseilles. Recommended
as etlii'.iiMous by lareest European nurserymen
and growers, including: Messrs. Vilmorin-Andri-
eux and others. All pests of outdoor or indoor
plant life, includint]: San Jose scale, succumb to
the effects of this remedy. Fruit growers, super-
iutendt'nts of parks and large estates and horti-
culturists generally will oblige us by writing for
pamphlets, prices and other information.

V. CASAZZA & BRO. ;fE°w'%Rt1?i^y».*-'

Sold by Seedsmen Everywhere.

SiGMUND GELLER

Importer and Mtr. of

Florisfs' Supplies

Complete stock — New Goods— New Illustrated
Catalogue Now Ready. Send for it.

108 W. 28th St.. riearath Av.. NEW Y OKK.

A. HERRMANN.

Cape Flowers. ^^ oolobs;
Cycas Leaves, Metal Designs,
Ain> All Florists' Sapplles.

S«nd for Prlcei.
404-412 Ka»t «4th St.. NKWVORK.

The Conley Foil Go.

Uanofaotnrers ot
2 AND 4. DOMINIOK STREET,

1542

The American Florist.

May 25,

Pittsburg.

TRADB FALLS AWAY IN CUT FLOWER
DBPABTMBNT.— STOCK PLENTIFUL BUT
QUALITIES POOR. — CLUB PLANS EXHIBI-
TION OP OUTDOOR FLOWERS.

The cut flower business seems to sufler
as the plant trade increases. Funeral
work is slow and the box trade is sufler-
ing slightly. There is a promise of
plenty of June weddings. Flowers, espe-
cially roses, are not very good in quality
but are very plentiful. The roses have a
great deal of mildew, no doubt due to
neglect while the bedding plant trade
holds the growers' closest attention. No
doubt the outside flowers help to reduce
the volume of business. Outside tulips
have been a gliit on the market, as they
usually are at this time of the year.
Lilac has been very plentiful and very fine
this season and is still coming into the
market in very large quantities.

President Falconer called for a special
meeting of the Florists' Club for the
evening of May 23 for the purpose of
appointing committees to look after the
general detail work of the coming "out-
side" flower show which was suggested
by Mr. Falconer last meeting and which
will take place about the middle of June.
A hall in the city will be secured and an
exhibit of outdoor flowers, principally
lune roses, will be offered to the public
for one day. This should be interesting
to the general public and will be a benefit
to the entire local trade in many ways.

The work on the farm at Bakerstown,
which was purchased by a company
headed by Fred. Burki, is progressing
rapidly. Two large greenhouses, 400
feet long, are being erected and have been
advanced to the glazing stage.

Woodward.

HiGHSTOWN, N. J.— Joseph Johnson, Jr..
is Aecting a new residence and a com-
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Sycamore, III.— William Sw^inbank
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about June 15. The range consists of
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Index to Advertisers.

Advertising rates. . . 151S

Allen SL&Co II

American Blower Co IV
American Rose Co..

1523 II

Amling E C 1525

Andorra Nurseries. 15:6

Baldwin A J 1524

Bassett & Wash."

burn 1521

BaurS Alfred I

Bayersdorter HACo 1541
Benthey & Co 1521 1531
Bernheimer Eugene 1522

Berning HG 1522

Bindekunst Die — II
Blue Hill Nursery. .1538 I
BobbinK A: Atkins. 1538
BostonCo-operative

Growers Es 1522

Boston LettiT Co. .. 1541 i

Brant & Noe 1520 ]

Bruns H N 1530

BuckbeeH W 1536 :

Buckley W T Plant i

Co 1539 j

BudlongJA 1521 i

Bunyard HA 1520 1

Burpee W A ACo.. II

Campbell A B 1531 ;

Carmody JD 1543 i

Casazza V A Bro...l541 ;
Chadborn MtgCo..l543 ;
Chicago Carnation

Co... 1520 i

Chicago HouseWkg

Co 1542 !

Cincin Cut Flow Co.l52t

Clark Wm 1538

Clipper Lawn Mow-
er Co 1542

Cole Bros 1536

Conard A Jones Co. 1531

ConleyFoilCo 1541

Cook John 1536

Cottage Gardens — I
Crabb A Hunter.. . .1529
Craig Robt A Son.. 1536

Crowl Fern Co 1520

Cunningham Jos H.153y
Dailledouze Bros...l53i

Day Bros 1538

Dayton Paper Nov-
elty Co 1541

Deamud JB 1521

Detroit Flower Pot

Mfy 1540

Diet*ch A A Co.... 1543

iJillon JL 1536

Dorner F A SonsCo I

Dreer H A 1533 III

Duncan Jas 1534

Dunlop John H 1523

Dunne A Co 1540

Easfn Chemical Co III

Ellis Frank M 1522

Ernest W H 1540

Faxon JI B 1530

Finley Lawn Rake

Co 1542

FloridaNaturalPro-

ducts Co 1540

Ford Bros 1523

Foster Lucius H — 1631

Frost .Tas 1534

Gardeners Chronicle II

Gardening Co 1540

Garland Frank 1521

Garland Geo M 1543

Geller Sigmund 1541

Ghnrmlev Wm 1523

Gibbons H W Co. ..1643

Giblin A Co Ill

Gonzalez FA Co... 1530
Good A R(=se Co.. 1539
Gullett \V H A Sonsl532
Gunther Wm H ...1523
Gurney Heater Co. . 1544
Guttman Alex J — 1523
Hagenburger Carl . . 1533
HailAss'n Ill I

Hancock G &Son..I63I

Hansen Chris 1537

Heacock Joseph 1436

Heiss J B 1531

Hennecke C Co 1540

Herendeen Mfg Co. W

Herr Albert M 1631

Herron Dana R 1532

Herrmann A 1541

Hews AHA Co.. ..1540

Hilflnger Bros 1540

Hill The EGCo.... I

Hippard E Ill

Hitchin»s A Co.... IV
HoltonAHunkel Co 1520

Hooker HM Co 1644

Horan Edw C 1523

Hort Adv Ill

Hose Connect'nCo.

154 i III

Humfeld C 1538

Hunt E H 1521 1833

Invalid ApprceCo.l340
Irvine John A Sons. 1538
Jacobs SA Sons.... Ill

Jennings E B 1.530

Jessa m ine Gardens . 1 538
Johnson A StoKes. .1524

Kasting W F 1522

Keller Bros 1540

Keller Geo A Son... 1540

Kellogg Geo M 1522

Kennicott Bros Co.. 1527

Kervan Co The 1533

Kitt Joseph A Son.. 1542

Kohr A F 1540

Kroeschell Bros Co. IV

Kuehn C A 1522

Kuhl GeoA

1529 1531 1534 1536

Lager AHurrell....l631
Lakeview Rose Gar. 1536

Lang Julius 1623

Langjahr A H 1523

La Roche M F 1536

Limpreoht S J 1523

Lookland Lum Co. .1644

LongDB II

Lonsdale Edwin 1536

Lorain Floral Co. . . 1533
Lord A BurnhamCo IV

Lucas J A Co 1543

McAllisterTACo...I634
McCarthy N FACo 1522
MoKellafAWintrsn 1S29

Mader Paul 1631

May JohnN 1529

May L Li A Co.... 1537
Mempeis Floral Co. 1538
Meserve A R A Sons II

Millang Chas 1523

Millang Frank. 1623

Moller's Zeitung.
Moninger JC Co.
Moon Samuel C.
Moon Wm H Co .
Morris Floral Co.

Moss Geo M 1522

^luno John 1521

Myers A Co 15)4

New Eng Cut Flower

Co 1522

Nickel Plate RR...

1530 1541

NY Cut Flower Co.1523
N Y Cut Flower Ei.l523

Niessen Leo 1522

Pabst R 1631

PalenCoThe II

Pennock Sam'l S...1522
Pittsburg Cut Flo

Co I.i20

Poehlraann Bros Co

1621 1537

PoUworth C C Co

1521 1540

Pritchard J N 1523

Quaker CityMohCo 1543

Randall A L 1621

RawUngsE 1 1630

Raynor J 1 1523

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1642
III
1526
1526
16:»

Regan Print House. II
Reinberg Geo. .1521 1530
Reinberg Peter

1521 1530

Rice MA Co 1541

Rider-Ericsson Eng.

Co Ill

Robinson H M & Co 1533

Roemer Fred 1E33

Roland Thomas I

Rolker A ASons. ... II

Rosemere Cons 1537

Salter W H 1536

Sander ACo 1630

Sohillo Adam IV

Schmidt J C 1S3I

Scott Robt A Son... 1637

Share Louis 1542

Sheridan W F 1523

Siebrecht A Son I

Situations A Wants 1519
Skabcura Dip Co. . . I54i
Smith Nath & Son.. 1539

Smith W L 1531

Smith W A T Co.... I

Soltau C liSO

South Park Flo Co.. 1537
Sprague Smith Co.. 1543

Stahl Chas B 1622

Stearns Lumber Co.l543

Sti-ffens Emil 1541

Storrs&HarrisonCo 1537
Sutherland G A

1522 1541

Suzuki & lida 1524

Swahn Pot Mfg Co. 1.540

Swayne Wm 1529

Tesson RobI F 1831

Thorburn J M ACo. 1524
Tobacco Warehouse

A Trading Co.... 1.542
Traendly ASchenckl523
Van D "r School R

A Son 1533

Vaughan's Seed

Store l.=^21 1632 1533

1634 1538 I
Vick's Sons .Tas ... . II
Vincent R Jr A Sonl534
Vredenburg A Co.. II
Walker A McLean. 1634
Walz W J A Ci.... II
We.itlierbv G W....I63t
Weathered's Sons
Thos 1640 1543 1541 III
Weber H A Sons. ..1534

Weeber A Don II

Weiland A Risch...l521

Welch Bros 1522

Whihdin Pot Co. . ..1540

Whitton S 1537

Wietor Bros 1521

WilksS Mfg Co.... Ill
Wittbold Geo Co. ...1536

Wood Bros 1532

Young Jno 1523

Young & Nugent. ..1523

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Vol. XVI.

CHICAQO AND NEW YORK, JUNE i, ipoi.

No. 678.

irdiiii Lkm^mmm f^^wim

Copyricht 1901, by American Florist Company.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter.

Published evert Saturday by

AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY,

324 Dearborn St.. Chicago.
EasUrn Office: 79 Milk St., Boston.

Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, J2.00

Subscriptons accepted only from the trade.

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS.

OmcBRB— Patrick O'Maba, New York, N. Y.,
president; Wm. F. Kastinq, Buffalo, N. Y.. vice-
president; Wm. J. Stbwabt, 79 Milk Street,
Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Bbatty, Oil City,
Pa., treasurer. The seventeenth annual meeting
will be held at Buffalo, August 6-10, 1801.

AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY.

Annual meeting at New York, March, 1902.
Lbohabd Barron, 136 Liberty St., New York,
ieoretary.

THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY.

Annual convention at Indianapolis, February,
1902. Albbrt M. Hebb, Lancaster, Pa., secretary.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

Annual meeting at Buffalo, August, 190L Edwin
Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa., secretary.

THIS ISSUE 36 PAGES WITH COVER.

CONTENTS.

Society of American Florists 154.5

L'l-ntiiureii imperialis 1546

Herbert F. Leavitt (portrait) 1S46

Carnations— Truisms of flfld culture 1546

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society lFi46

\'iburnum macrocephalum (illus.) 1547

Manual labor 1517

To banish wireworms 1517

Growing cyclamens for seed (illus.) 1518

Coleus thy'rsoideus (illus.) 1550

Euphorbia jacquinaeflora (il'us ) 1550

Chicago 1551

House of winter melons (illus.j 1552

New York 1S52

Philadelphia 1553

Boston 1 553

St. Louis 1553

Washington 1553

Use lor a shaded green house 1554

Troubles with palms 1554

Diseased ;;erauiums 1554

Plan for greenhouses 1554

Heating a carnation house 1555

Toronto 15-55

Obituary 15.55

Minneapolis 1556

The seed trade 1560

—The mail seed trude at Rockford IfSH

—American Seed Trade Association 1.560

The nursery trade 1561

Evansville, Ind 1-562

St. Joseph, Mo 1562

Our pastimes 1564

Forest City echoes 1564

Syracuse, N. Y 1.566

Cincinnati 15H8

San Francisco 1570

Columbus, 1572

Paterson, N.J 1574

Society of American Florists.

THE QUESTION OF AFFILIATED SOCIETIES.

I can only say, believing as I do that
in union there is strength, I can see that
nothing but good could come out of the
affiliation of all the societies under the
national charter and believe that the best
interests of every florist individually
interested would be best served by closer
co-operation. I think it is a good thing.
Wm. F. Gude.

Affiliation or co-operation can only be
accomplished by a united vote of the
different bodies affected at one of their
regular annual meetings. The S A. F.
has all of my good wishes, as it should
have those of every florist who is alive to
his own interests. There are some very
good features named in the papers
regarding the new S. A. F. that will cer-
tainly meet the approval of all the
societies and be of incalculable benefit to
the trade at large, such as universal
nomenclature, committees of complaints
and kindred matters.

Albert M. Heeh.

I have looked over that part of the
new constitution and by-laws referring
to the affiliation of co-operative societies
and I heartily approve of all the incor-
porators have done. It seems to me that
they have brought about an affiliation
which will tend to the benefit of both the
parent society and its active offspring
without impairing the independent work
of the co-operative societies. I agree
with that clause which gives one delegate
from each society the right to act with
the executive board. These co-operative
associations or societies have done an
immense amount of good work and it is
from them that the most active work
and progress must be expected, and their
relations to the S. A. F. will not hamper
them in the least. There is one fact con-
nected with all this that is comforting
and will doubtless be the means of there
beinji the heartiest co-operation between
us all, and that is that every good and
active member of any one of the co-opera-
tive societies is a loyal and good and
active member of the S. A. F. It seems
to me the incorporators have done good
and conscientious work and the floral
fraternity of the whole country owes
them a hearty vote of thanks.

William Scott.

The attitude of the S. A. F. towards
the special societies, as defined in the

by-laws adopted at Washington, is, I
believe, in the direction of the best devel-
opment of American horticulture. Evi-
dently the men most actively identified
with the affairs of the society do not per-
ceive, in the multiplication of these
groups devoted to specific lines, any
menace to the usefulness or prosperity of
the S. A. F. and I feel confident that the
policy announced by the incorporators
will receive the approval of the society
at large when it convenes next August.

The unanimity with which the pro-
visions in the new by-laws were finally
adopted in an assemblage of men of
widely-varying interests would seem to
be a good indication that this subject
which has been the cause of so much
solicitude to many good members in the
past has now been disposed of in a man-
ner satisfactory to everybody. There
have been many who have not seen their
way clear to form immediate conclusions
as to what would be the wisest course
for the S. A. F. to pursue but this seem-
ing indecision was a convincing assur-
ance that when a settled policy should
crystalize it would be neither hasty nor
immature but would have behind it the
force of the accumulated convictions
which men of keen discernment and clear
intellect had been quietly nursing for
years. So, when the right time had
come, the representatives of the society
were prepared to put themselves on
record, with a full realization of the
importance of their action, that they
believe the mission of our great national
organization will be best fulfilled and the
fullest measure of horticultural advance-
ment secured by a reasonable and liberal
encouragement of the auxiliary bodies.

The assumption on the part of the
S. A. F. of maternal relations towards
the special societies should not be looked
upon as either presumptuous or inappro-'
priate. The work of the latter being
confined, in each instance, to a single
line, their scope is, and always will be,
limited, while that of the S. A. F. com-
prises the entire domain of horticulture.
Thus, the position of the S. A. F. is
unassailable, not because of priority of
organization, numerical superiority, or
financial strength, or even because she
possesses the much-prized charter, but by
virtue of her comprehensive sphere and
the resultant ties that bind her equally
to her numerous kindred as soon as they
come into being and to whom, with her
concentrated central organization, she
can be a fortress of tremendous strength.
The composition of the executive board
is also a guarantee that every plant or

1546

The American Florist.

June

flower whose devotees are sufficiently
zealons in its behalf shall have a repre-
sentation in the councils of the national
society fully equal to its proportionate
importance in the horticultural world.
Wm. J. Stewart.

Centaurea Imperialis.

For the last two years we experimented
with Centaurea imperialis, the oflspring
of C. moschata and C. Margaritae, and
are pleased with the superior quality of
the flowers, which are much larger than
those of either of the parents. The large,
compact flower heads are composed ot a
mass of long, fuzzy, feathery florets, the
outer row, next to the globose involucre
and calyx being a trifle broader. They
are as sweet scented as the flowers of C.
moschata, or C. odorata, and in color
vary from white to rose, lilac or purple.
The stems are long and stiff enough to
sustain the weight of the flower heads.
After cutting they keep fresh for almost
a week.

The growth is erect, two to two and
one-half feet high with us, branching from
below. The plants bloom quite freely
after July, a few scattered flowers appear-
ing before that time, and they keep up a
succession well into September. I have
not measured any of the flowers, but
they seem to be about twice the size of
the older varieties. The foliage resembles
that of C. moschata, smooth, divided
several times and the edges dentated.

To grow any of the sweet sultans,
including C. imperialis, I am strongly in
favor of sowing the seed in flats under
glass, pricking ofi" singly into small pots
as soon as the seedlings can be handled
conveniently, repotting once after that
into a size larger before setting out into
the open field. All the centaureas of that
type show an exasperating tendency to
die out if transplanted directly from seed
bed to the garden, no matter how careful
we are with them. When tlie plants are
grown in pots until they attain a fair
siae, w^e rarely have any loss; otherwise
one-half if not three-fourths of them may
refuse to establish themselves in the new
quarters. An open, light and well drained
soil is preferable; low and stiflf ground
they dislike. Ten inches apart in the
rows is about the right distance to plant
them. The soil between the rows should
be kept loose and well stirred, especially
in the earlier stages of growth.

It is true that these plants are not as
easily grown, as for instance, C. Cyanus;
if they were we would see them more
frequently, with florists as well as on the
amateur's place. But when their cultiva-
tion is better understood, I think more
of them will be grown. The whole
moschata section of centaureas are desir-
ble as cut flowers from midsummer to
fall. Any or all the varieties may be
grown to advantage; even the old
C. rubra is good for that purpose. C.
moschata is a native of Asia Minor, I
believe, of erect branching growth. It
delights in summer heat and does well in
southern countries generally. A packet
of mixed seed may produce a variety of
shades and colors, white, yellow, or pur-
plish and rose. It grows about two feet
high. C. suaveolens is as fragrant as any;
the flowers are light yellow and of good
size; the height ot the plant is about one
and one-half feet. C. alba, or C. Mar-
garit.-c, as it is frequetly called, is creamy
white, free blooming, about one and ont-
half to two feet high, and C. Maria'
resembles C. imperialis in growth and
habit. J. B. K.

CARNATIONS.

TRUISMS OF FIELD CDLTDRE.

Constant cultivation of the soil has
been so persistently advised through the
columns of the trade papers that repeti-
tion seems superfluous, but cultivation
must be recognized as two-thirds of the
work to be spent on the carnations dur-
ing their field existence, and should be
done as soon after each rain as the
ground can be worked to advantage.
If the rows are far enough apart to work
them with a horse and cultivator, so much
the better for the carnations; if not, then
use one ot the numerous wheel cultiva-
tors that are in the market and put
enough muscle on the handles to harrow
the ground two or three inches deep.

Do not stop when the harrowing is

THE LATE HERBERT F. LEAVITT.

(See page 1519, issue of May 25).

done but follow right after with the hoe,
for it is quite as important that the soil
in the row be cultivated. There is this
difference to be recognized between culti-
vation in the row and between the rows;
between the rows the ground should be
stirred to a good depth; in the rows the
surface only needs breaking up enough to
destroy the weeds and act as a mulch.
A careless man, who hacks into the
ground as if he were hoeing potatoes or
corn, is one to be kept out of the carna-
tion field, as this deep hoeing around the
plants, especially in a dry season, is an
injury instead of a benefit. All that is
needed is a half inch depth ot loosened
soil around the plants, so that evapora-
tion does not take place too rapidly.

Cultivation, like other good things,
can be overdone. There is no question
but that the ground should be stirred
after each rain, no matter how often
that may be, but after the soil is well
cultivated, if a dry spell happens along,
let the plants alone until the next rain,
or if that is too long coming, they may
need one hoeing to kill the weeds, as
weeds are as much of an enemy to carna-
tions in the field as are aphis and spiders
in the houses. It is well to bear in mind
that constantly hoeing and cultivating
during a dry spell is a positive injury, for
if the ground has been putinto the proper
shape immediately after a rain the loose

surface will act as a mulch and prevent
evaporation, but if this loose surface is
constantly stirred during dry weather i
you are in a measure assisting evapora-
tion by turning up the moist soil and
turning down the dry.

Weeds, as heretofore stated, are to be
avoided as if they were the worst disease
carnations are heir to. To allow them '
to grow up among carnations is to rob
the latter of all the benefits they are enti-
tled to during field culture; namely, sun-
light and abundant air. They also rob
the soil of its plant food and moisture
and if, as one occasionally sees, they are
allowed to get as high as the plants,
themselves, they breed disease by keeping
out the light and air, and when they are
eventually cut out they leave the plants
in such a condition that sudden exposure
to full sunlight and air is a real injury.
It is, of course, exceptional to have any
carnation grower let the weeds get so
great a start in his patch, but it should
not only be exceptional, it should never
happen, for it is almost impossible to get
good results from plants grown under
such conditions. Now that the rush of
spring work is practically over it will be
money well spent to give a little extra
attention to the carnations in the field.

Albert M. Hers. ;

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

The usual monthly meeting and eihi- '
bition of the PennS3lvania Horticultural
Society was held at Horticultural Hall,
Philadelphia, on May 19, and wtll main-
tained the high standard of the exhibi-
tions of the past two vears. H A Dreer,
H. F. Michell and Samuel F. Bodine
oflered cash premiums for various plants
and vegetables, each class being well con-
tested, and in addition many plants and
flowers were on exhibition, showing
excellent skill and culture. Among the
latter may be mentioned a well grown ;
lot of about twenty-five plants of Calce- j
olaria hybrida from Robert Craig, bean- j
tifuUy colored and well developed plant*, j
A grand collection of Japonese pjeonias '
came from Joseph McGregor and a nice
batch of Calceolaria hybrida from W.
Roberts, gardener for Col. Morrell, of
Torresdale, Pa.; also a specimen plant
of Campanula Medium from Francis ,
Canning.

The plants in competition were equally
meritorious, the winning gloxinias being
immense plants, having from fifty to 100
open flowers, with large, healthy foliage,
displaying wonderful skill in culture.
The display of Calceolaria rogosa was
excellent. This is bt coming very popu-
lar around Philadelphia, as a pot plant, •
and its adaptability was well illuatrated
in this competition, strong, branching
specimens, from twelve to eighteen inches
through, covered with bright yellow
flowers, making desirable plants for any
purpose. The geraniums from Wm Rob-
ertson were beautifully done and made a
show in themselves.

During the evening a paper on Cinera-
ria stellata was read by Thomas Hol-
land, gardener to Lincoln Godfrey, Rad-
nor, Pa., he having displayed wonderful
plants both at the spring show and at
the April meeting. His treatment seems
to be about what is usually adopted in
cineraria culture but he pays particular
care in watering and herein probably
lies Mr. Holland's success. ,

John Thatcher in his talk on Amaryllis
vittata strongly advises everyone to grow
this beautiful flower, the culture being
comparatively easy. He recommend»
planting the bulbs out in the garden In

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May. Mr. Thatcher's exhibit at the
April meeting showed that he is entitled
to speak authoritatively on the subject,
for rarely does one see such plants as
were staged. The judges' awards were
as follows at the May meeting:

The llGnry A. Dreor prizes, cauliflower, best
head Snowstorm — First, .Jolin T. Whittaker,
gardener to Charles F. Leuuig. Andalusia: sec-
ond. John McCleury, gaidener to William
Wei^'htman, Gerraaiitown. Geranium, best six
plants, newer varieties — William Robertson, [gar-
dener to John \V. IV pper. .lenkintown.

Henry F. Michell prizes, eaulilliiwer, three
heads— First. J. T. Whittaker: second. J. Mc-
Cleary. Calceol:iria liybnda, specimen plant —
William Kieinheinz, gardener to P. .\. B.
Widener, Ogontz; second Francis Canning, gar-
dener to S. T. Bodine. Villa Nova. Gloxinia
crassifoiia grandiflora, three plants— -tohn Whit-
taker. gardener to R. W. Basis, Wallingford.
Begonias, tuberous root d — First, Francis Can-
ning. Geranium, specimen plant — First. Wil-
liam Robertson.

Samuel T Hodine prizes. Calceolaria rugosa —
First, W. H. Carey, gardener to Mrs. Allen B.
Rorke, Ardmore; second Thomas Holland, gar-
dener to Lincoln Godfrey, Radnor.

Special mention — To .Joseph McGregor, for col-
lect ion of Japanese pa^onias; to Robert Craig A
Son, for colle-'tion of seedling calceolarias, and
to Francis Canning, for well grown specimen
plant of campanula,

Francis Canning.

Vibtirnum Macrocephalum.

Those who are looking for something
unusual in the way of Easter forcing
shrubs may find a good thing in Vibur-
num macrocephalum. The double flow-
ered variety, so-called, shown in the
illustration makes 'a very pretty plant
with abundant trusses of handsome
white flowers. It is not reliably hardy
north of Philadelphia but from Philadel-
phia southward it should be much more
generally planted as a garden shrub
than it is.

The Bulb Industry in England.

There seems to be a prospect that
before very long the eastern counties
will oust Holland from the position it
has so long held of chief contributor of
bulbs to the English market. Every
^year immense quantities of snowdrops,
daflfodils, narcissi, and other bulbous
flo wers are poured into the London and
great provincial markets. Where the
Norfolk and Lincoln marshes once existed,
there is now one of the richest alluvial
'tracts in England. The soil is light but
not dry, and is very easy to till. In the
early spring there are acres of daffodils,
narcissi, snowdrops and violets to be
seen. The bright-looking Pheasant's-eye
and the stately N Emperor help to make
the scene very picturesque. For early
markets the daffodils are plucked as soon
as they have what is termed a "crook"
' neck, and are then placed in sheds heated
to a temperature ot between 70° and 80°.
They are put into troughs of soft water,
and in two or three days the blooms are
ready to be tied up in bunches of dozens
and despatched by rail toCovent Garden
i and elsewhere —Journal of Horticultiire.

Manual Labor.

' I have no sympathy with this new fad
of exaggerated horror at the thought of
manual labor. What's the matter with
manual labor, all of a sudden? The
human race has subsisted by it, forlo!
these thousands of years — and no one
seemed to think of raging against the
Almighty, just because he had to go out

,and hoe a row of potatoes now and
again. The best and brightest men this
country has ever seen thought their best
thoughts in the furrow, or at the chop-
ping block at the back door. Nobody
pitied the man with the axe when

VIBURNUM MACROCEPHALUM.

Abraham Lincoln was splitting rails.
Of all kinds of snobbery that afflict a suf-
fering nation, this pitying snobbery is
the worst. When I hear a woman pity-
ing another woman because she has only
one servant, and has to cook a meal now
and them, or sew a vagrant button on
for the man she loves, 1 always wonder
what has made her jealous of the other
woman.

One day my laundress didn't come
with the clothes. And the next day she
didn't come, and the next day she didn't
come. And things grew desperate. It
suddenly dawned on me that there was
a washtub and some hot water some-
where about the premises. I went down-
stairs and did some washing. I'm
afraid I didn't do it very well, but I did
it. Since that fateful day I feel like a
whole Declaration of Independence when-
ever I hear women moaning over the
laundress who's like the check which
never came until after the lease fell due.
There are hundreds of women in Chicago
to-day who'd have fewer doctor bills and
a whole lot less worry if they'd go down
into the basement and do a little good,
honest washing once in a while, just to
scandalize the janitor. But, for good-
ness sake, dear ladies, if you do it, do it
without a "higher motive." It's getting
so that you can't buy a new hat with-
out parroting some phrase about buying
it, not to please yourself and your hus-
band or your sweetheart, but to serve
humanity in its love and beauty. Fudge!
If you're going to eat breakfast, eat

because you're hungry, not because you
"feel it your duty to your struggling fel-
low-beings to do it." It you're not hun-
gry, don't eat, and then nature will get
a chance to get you good and hungry, a
la Mark Twain, and his no-food cure.
I'm getting tired of hearing about
"devoted lives." Devote yourself to
doing what you ought to do because
you want to do it, and say no more
about it. One good, honest street-car
conductor who gets up in the gray dawn
and works till dark, and who does it
because he has to, and who's thankful to
get the job, is more real benefit to
humanity by the force of his example and
his cheerful good humor than all the high
born counts and dukes on earth who go
out into the fields to work to "show the
world" something or anothsr. — Winifred
Black in Hearst's Chicago American.

To Banish Wireworms.

Deep digging has been recommended as
tending to reduce the numbers of the wire-
worm, says a correspondent of the Jour-
nal ol Horticulture, but it is only a very
partial remedy, and ot limited applica-
tion. Trap setting done at the proper
season is of much advantage. Tbe best
plan seems to be that of placing slices of
potato on the points of sticks and bury-
ing these beneath the ground to the
depth of some inches. Every day or two
they should be pulled up, and the "catch"
disposed of by burning. Traps on the
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with some success — not only pieces of
potato, but also slices of turnip and the
stalks of lettuces. A writer on garden-
ing states that by persevering in these
modes he captured many thousands in a
fortnight's time in a carnation border
which was infested.

Spirits of tar and the refuse lime of gas-
works have been also used as destructive
agents where thej' could be applied. But
the oddest remedy, perhaps, is that which
checks the ravages of the wireworm by
cramming it to death vrith luxurious
food. Rape cake broken into small
pieces is drilled into the ground — say a
few weeks beforecarrots are sown, where
the vegetable is in danger. This is most
effective, so it is said, in dry seasons, and
the larva devours this food until it dies
of repletion. Perhaps so, yet I am half
inclined to suppose that its death is
hardly to be accounted for on the reple-
tion theory, since over-gorging does not
appear to prevail in the insect world. It
may be that the oily bait is unwholesome
to its constitution, though pleasant to
its palate.

Growing Cyclamens for Seed.

[ The foUotving is an essay 6y Paul Kopanka,
read at the meeting of the Chicago Florists* Club,

May //, igoi. ]

In response to the request made by the
club at the last meeting, I have prepared
the following on Cyclamen Persicum. I
am going to say something about the
culture of cyclamens forseed in an extens-
ive way. My experience is that the best
time to sow the seeds so as to get strong
plants <or producing seed is during the
months of August and September.

Make a preparation of soil containing
two parts of leaf-mold, one part of peat
and one part of very clean sand. Mix all
up well and sift through a fine sifve.
Take shallow pans, clean them thor-
oughly and fill to the top with the above
mentioned soil. Press down lightly and
evenly and sow the seeds evenly but not
too thickly. Cover seeds with a very
light layer of this same soil by taking
the sieve and sifting soil over the seeds.
Press down lightly again and water with
a fine rose. Put on top of each pan a
sheet of blotting paper and from now on
water only on top of the blotting paper.
The blotting paper on top of the seeds
has the advantage of keeping the pans
evenly moist; the seeds will come up
more evenly and there is no danger of
overwatering or getting green moss or
fungus on top.

If you have first-class seeds they will
sprout in three or four weeks. Label
each pan with the name of the variety
and the date of sowing of seed and keep
all pans of the same variety together so
that no mistake can occur when pricking
out begins. Place the pans in a well
shaded house near the glass. The tem-
perature in August or September is hardly
controllable. Give plenty of ventilation
but avoid draughts and be careful not to
allow the pans to get too dry. During
the hot weather examine them twice a
day whether they need water or not.

After three weeks take the blotting
paper off. By this time the seeds will
begin to have little bulbs and the first
leaf will be formed. Be careful now and
water only when necessary with a fine

rose on the sprinkling can. After the
little bulbs have made two leaves and
the bulbs are fully out of the soil prepare
shallow flats about two inches deep.
Before using the flats whitewash thera.
Have plenty of holes in the bottom for
drainage and put a very light layer of
moss on the bottom. Fill the boxes with
the same soil as was used in the pans,
only add one part of very old rotted cow
manure which looks almost like earth;
press lightly down. Begin to prick out
the little plants from the seed pans,
planting one-half inch apart in rows and
have the rows one inch apart. When all
plants are pricked out place them in a
house devoted only to cyclamens.

The houses should be low, two-bench
houses, from 200 to 300 feet long. The
longer the houses are the easier it is to
have good air in them, and the floor in
the houses should be made of brick, the
supports of the benches of iron, the
bottom of the benches of slate. The slate
benches when watered stay moist longer
and cool the air, so the floor when
syringed stays wet longer and also cools
the air and gives the cyclamens a more
favorable atmosphere. Give the cyclamens
the most natural cultivation possible.
The ventilation is preferred from the top
to that from below. Water heating is
also preferred to steam.

Place the flats of plants on the slate
benches. If slate benches cannot be bad
put flats on the coarse grayel which has
been put on the other benches. Leave
the plants in flats until they have touched
each others' leaves and no ground can
be seen. It is of greater advantage to

A HOUSE OF CYCLAMENS GROWN FOR MARKET.

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A CYCLAMEN PLANT BEARING 180 FLOWERS.

prick out the young plants in flats first
and then into little pots because the
young plants out of the flats are much
stronger, have larger bulbs and more
and stronger roots. When planted in
2V2 inch pots they will more quickly take
hold of the soil and form a stronger bulb.

By this time the young plants will have
reached the months of October and
November. If the temperature becomes
below 50° in October firing should
begin to keep the temperature at 50°
at night, because August and September
being very warm, it is very easy to check
the young plants by low temperature,
and then all kinds of diseases will take
hold of them, as the young plants are
very tender. Keep this temperature
during November and December. On
bright, sunny days syringe the plants
lightly over the foliage, keep walks well
dampened and give plenty of ventilation,
but avoid any direct draughts.

About the beginning of January begin
to pot the little plants into 2\'i inch pots,
with the same preparation of soil as that
used in the flats, only leaving out the
peat and adding one part of well rotted
sod and lifting through a coarser sieve.
Place on the slate benches, pot against
pot, raise the temperature to 55° and
water only with the watering can. Shift
the plants from liVjinch to 3-inch pots
when well rooted through.

It will now be about the month of
March. Prepare the hotbeds for the
cyclamens out of doors. Make a good
layer of horse manure, let the manure get
good and hot, take all the sash ofi,
permit all ammonia to escape, put on a
layer of very loose soil about six inches
thick, and put close to the glass. Plunge
the 3-inch potted cyclamens in rows, the
space between pots being from two to
three inches. Put the sash on and shade
the glass by whitewashing. Now very
close attention to the hotbeds is required.
When the sun is out give plenty of air by
alternating the sash, lifting every other
one. During dark and damp weather
give a small crack of air. By tbis treat-

ment the young plants will make a vigor-
ous and compact growth, with large
leaves on short stalks. If at night heavy
frost should appear, cover all sash with
boards; if the weather should be unsuit-
able in March prepare everything a
month later.

When the plants are well rooted in the
3inch pots repot into 4 inch pots with

same preparation of soil as the 3-inch
had, only adding a little bone meal and
coarse sand instead of fine sand. Plunge
again into hotbeds without any bottom
heat, again near the glass. Now the
plants will have reached May or June.
Elevate the sash about two feet above
the plants. Make a shade above the
elevated sash by drawing a white cloth
from one end of the frame to the other.

From now on you may be liberal in
watering, and if carefully done use the
half-inch hose. Syringe two to three
times a day, both plants and surround-
ings. When the 4 inch pot plants are
thoroughly rooted shift them into 5-inch
pots, with a preparation of soil half leaf
mold, half old sod, one part old, rotted
cow manure, some coarse gravel and a
little bone meal. This to be all chopped
up and well mixed. But it is not neces-
sary to shift any more. Plunge again in
hotbeds as described above but leave the
sash off entirely and shade only with
white cloth from 9 o'clock in the morn-
ing to 4 o'clock in the afternoon. If
heavy rain is in sight put the sash on.

The last shift, into 6-inch pots, will be
in October or November. Before shifting
select all the strongest and best plants
from each variety you are going to raise
seeds from If the 5inch are well rooted
through, I mean, if there is no more
nourishment left, shift them into 6-inch
pots so that half of the bulb is above and
the other half below the ground. All the
sh'fting should be done in this way.

Be careful to insure good drainage by
putting broken crocks at the bottom of
the pots, using the same soil as before,
but adding a larger portion of well rotted
cow manure. The nights are now start-
ing to get cold and plants are already
well hardened off; it is not advisable to
leave them out in frames any longer.
Before placing them in houses have the
hou'es thoroughly clean. This being

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done begin to place the 6-inch pots on
benches, giving each pot plenty of room
so when the flowers form the seed-pods
and begin to hang down they will not
lay on each other and commence to rot;
also so that the sun will strike all the
pods to ripen the seeds. When the plants
come in full flower and the 6-inch pots
are again well rooted through give them
once each week a feeding of dissolved
gnano or liquid manure; this feeding will
help them to develop larger flowers and
also larger seeds.

The temperature at night will now be
40° to 45°, in daytime during dark, cold
weather 50°, with the admission of very
little air, and in bright sunny weather
syringe the walks and foliage, but be
very careful not to syringe the flowers.
The watering of the 6 inch pots should
be done with the greatest care, only a
watering can to be used, and do not use
cold water. Have a barrel or two at the
end of each house and fill at night with
water to use for watering the following
day, so that the water gets the house
temperature. Well grown cyclamen
plants ought to have when in 5 inch
or 6 inch pots 100 to 200 flowers per
pot. Never syringe cyclamens when in
full flower.

It fumigating is necessary fumigate
before the cyclamens are in full bloom.
It is advisable when the weather is
warmer to partition oS each variety by
drawing white cloth through the space
left between the several sorts so that no
insects or bees get the pollen of one

bulb, spread a cloth on a table in a dry
place where the sun strikes it, and the
pods will all spring open and the seeds
will lay on the cloth. There may be a
number which will not open by them-
selves, so help them a little by rubbing
between your hands. Separate the seeds
from the stalks and empty pods. In
separating the seeds the largest ones will
be first-class, the next second-class and
the smallest the third-class. I prefer to
always buy the first-class seeds because
they give the best plants.

By growing cyclamens in an extensive
way I mean from 200 to 500 6-inch pots
of each variety. It has slipped my
memory how many plants are needed
to produce a pound of cyclamen seeds,
but it is still a well paying business. I
will speak sometime later of the sovring
of cyclamens in February instead of
August or September and of propa-
gating cyclamens only from eyes.

Japanese Floral Decorative Art.

The chief difference between the arrange-
ment of flowers in this country and in
Japan is that, whereas in this country
the art is merely considered as a pretty
accomplishment for gentlewomen, in
Japan it ranks as a science and a philos-
ophy which can only be mastered after
several years of close study. Far from
being practiced only by ladies, this pretty
Japanese art has amongst its devotees
princes, scholars, and other prominent
men, who, having retired from the cares

ADIANTUM OUNEATUM AS GROWN BY MRS. A. RAVENT08, OF SANTA CLARA, CAL.

variety onto that of the other, and it is
a good thing to have white cloth or
mosquito bars over the ventilators for
the same reason. In this manner you
can surely keep each variety true.

When all the stalks and seeds pods are
hanging down, help them to get the right
place around the pots and if necessary
elevate the pots by putting them on top
of 5inch pots turned up-side-down. It
will perhaps be necessary to change tem-
perature a few degrees higher or lower,
which has to be judged by the growth of
the plants.

In April or May the seeds will be get-
ting, or already are, ripe, which depends
upon the weather and sun. Watch care-
fully to see if a pod here and there is
bursting; if this appears the harvest
begins. Cut all the stalks oflF, near the

of political life, are in search of a hobby
which will afford not only amusement,
but will also ofler intricacies and obsta-
cles worthy of their trained minds. All
cultured people in Japan are proficient in
the science jnst as the better classes
amongst western nations cultivate taste
in dress, or in the artistic arrangement
of their 'household gods. The Japanese
term for a flower — hana — also implies a
blossom-clad stream, and even the stumps
or branches of flowerless trees and shrubs;
and their science of flower arrangement
consists not only in grouping the flowers
but more particularly in grouping their
leaves and twigs according to prescribed
formula. The blossom is looked upon
as a minor detail in the artistic composi-
tion, and of very small value if separated
from the parent stem, whose sweeping

though artificial curves emphasize its
beauty. The whole science is therefore
reduced to obtaining curves which
though really distorted, have the appear-
ance of being true to nature.— /ouroa/o/
Horticulture.

Coleus Thyrsoideus.

The blue coleus has been welcomed
with open arms, so to speak. It has met
with favor wherever tried and has many
enthusiastic friends, among them Alfred
Dimmock, who wrote of it as follows in
the Spring Nnmber of this journal:

"This is a very interesting and remark-
able flowering plant. One generally
looks for variation of color in the foliage
of this genus, but in this instance we
have a vigorous, erect spike of charming
bright blue flowers, similar in color to
those of Salvia patens, with pleasing
fragrance— produced well above a wealth
of clear green foliage. Many of the stems
have some twelve inches of flowers, and
they retain their decorative character
nearly a month. On December 24 last I
saw in our St. Albans nursery some 200
specimens of this plant, each carrying a
dozen or more spikes. The mass of bine
flowers was a brilliant and effective sight 1
contrasted with the surroundings of a
dull winter's day. Coming into bloom
at such a gloomy season and being an
easy grower, requising little heat, (in its
native country it grows at a high eleva-
tion) it should make a very popular plant
for Christmas decoration."

In the coleos family one generally '<
expects to see highly colored leaves, and
flowers when allowed to remain on the
plants, of a very inconspicuous kind. In
the above species the leaves are of a clear
green, and the flowers which are pro-
duced in spikes from six inches to one foot
in length are a fascinating blue, about
the same shade as seen in Salvia patens.
It is a plant that is bound to become
popular when better known, as it has so J
many good qualities to recommend it. i
It is easily grown, does not require much /
heat, flowers in the depth of winter, when i
its brilliant masses of bloom make a j
pleasing contrast with the surroundings, '
which are never very gay in that season,
and above all, the flowers last for a long j
time. It should be treated as a salvia
or ordinary coleus, and grown on into a
large plant. It is a subject that has a
brilliant future before it as a decorative
plant for Christmas use, when blue is
always a very scarce color.— Gardening ',
World. !

Euphorbia Jacquinaeflora.

Both Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcher-
rima and E. jacquinasflora have proven
to be useful and profitable for holiday
decorations, but the latter named vari-
ety is not nearly so well known as it
deserves to be. The accompanying illus-
tration is shown to give an idea of its
general form and gracefulness, although
these plants were but a few in medium
sized pots set out for a top shelf of a side-
board decoration. Put all your pots
together under a dry bench, where they
should remain until spring, when they
should be started, and of the youog
growth make cuttings and pot on. The
past season has demonstrated more than
ever the superior value of pot-grown
plants to those in the open bench or bed. ,
The drooping of the bench-grown stock
is very annoying, and storekeepers prefer
good pot plants for show. These are
easily kept in a store for two weeks.

C. B. W.

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COLEUS THYR80I0EU8.

Chicago.

MAKKBT BXPBRIBNCBS A RADICAL REVER-
SAL OF FORM.— DECORATION DAY BDSI-
NBS9 THE HEAVIEST ON RECORD.— ALL
STOCK SCARCE AND MANY ORDERS
UNFILLED. — NO BREAK AT LAST MOMENT

' AND THE CITY BDYEHS HAVE TROUBLES.

' — WEBER BROTHERS TO CARRY OVER
ALL THEIR ROSE PLANTS. — VARIOUS

' DOINGS OF INTEREST.

The market has never known the like
of the past two weeks. The period
immediately preceding May 25 was the
dullest of the season, stock was abund-
ant and demand at its lowest ebb, but
beginning last Saturday business began
to boom and has proceeded at a merry
clip. The Decoration day demand was
far in excess of that of previous years
and stock was hardly in the usual sup-
ply, with the result that orders were
severely scaled and late and supplement-
'ary orders were filled only in rare
instances. Carnations were the princi-
pal shortage, as had been anticipated,
and the result was that any sort of stock
was worth $2.50 per hundred, with $3
the prevailing price for the ordinary vari-
eties. Roses were more nearly up to the
demands, although it was necessary to
send out some pretty poor stock on ship-
ping orders, the average qualities were
so low. Some orders for Brides and
Bridesmaids went unfilled but it was on
Beauties that the greatest shortage
developed. It had been anticipated that
the supply of pjeonias would be equal to
all demands and, acting on this supposi-
tion, many houses booked advance orders,
some of which they were unable to fill in
full from the fact that every customer
insisted on having a portion of the stock
available, which proved to be much less
than had been anticipated. There was
no house in town which was able to sup-
ply pseoniasfor all its orders on Monday
and Tuesday or Wednesday. Harrisii
lilies were good in quality, particularly
the stock from Klehm's nursery and the
I Poehlmanns', and sold well at fair prices.
The shortage early in the week caused all
the wholesalers and commission men to
call in as much stock as possible, with
the result that for once there was no
. deluge of pickled material to cause a

break in values on the day preceding the
holiday. On the contrary, the shortage
became more pronounced, to the con-
sternation of the city buyers who had
held off, looking for lower prices, for
some of them found it almost impossible
to pick up all the stock they needed late
on Wednesday. The street fakirs were
out of business nearlj' all the week,
because of the high prices, but on Wednes-
day they were able to operate with lilac,
snowballs and similar stock. On the
whole it may be said that the Decoration
day trade furnishes the most prosperous
week May has seen in a number of years.
Weber Brothers, at 2408 Lincoln ave-
nue, are building a carnation house
34x100 which they propose to plant
with some of the good standard sorts,
buying field grown plants for the pur-
pose. With the exception of this one
house of carnations, their entire place,

eight new houses, will be given to Bride
and Bridesmaid roses, the entire stock of
the past season beingcarried over through
next year. They have been producing as
fine a grade of stock as has come into
the market this year. They consign to
J. A. Budlong, whose own establishment
will be devoted solely to Atnerican Beauty
and Meteor next season.

A. C. Spencer says that, judging from
the sales of the Peter Reinberg establish-
ment, the trade in rooted cuttings and
pot plants this season has been entirely
without precedent. Their sales of rooted
cuttings of carnations have run well into
the hundreds of thousands and were sev-
eral times greater than last year, when
they thought that prosperity was with
them. Both George Reinberg and the
Wietor Brothers, who are large dealers in
this class of stock, have many thousands
of carnation plants in the field and report a
number of advance orders for field grown
stock for fall delivery.

E. C. Amling says that he thinks that
the numerous growers who are planting
largely of the Marquise Litta rose will
have no cause to regret their venture.
He has been handling the Marquise
Litta sent in by the South Park Floral
Company this season and says that,
length for length of stem, the new rose
has brought more money than the same
sizes of American Beauty.

GuBtav Decker, formerly with the Gar-
field Park Floral Company, at 1688
West Madison street, is preparing to
build a range of three greenhouses and a
store at 546-550 One hundred and nine-
teenth street, in West Pullman, where he
will do a general retail business.

Bassett & Washburn will this season
give grafted roses the most extensive
trial they have thus far had in the west.
They have grafted some 30,000 plants,
mostly Bride and Bridesmaid, butinclud-
ing 5,000 Liberty.

A. Lange had an order for Governor
Tanner's funeral which necessitated a
trip to Springfield last Sunday to arrange
a vase containing 300 long stemmed
Beauties.

A. L. Randall has been operating two
telephones during the past two or three
months and finds the second one equally
as good an investment as the first.

EUPHORBIA JACQUINyEFLORA.

1552

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June /,

House of Winter Melons.

The accompanying photograph of a
mnskmelon house at the Newport estab-
lishment of Elbridge T. Gerry was taken
on January 29. There are three of these
houses, one fifty-foot, one thirty-foot and
one twenty- five-foot house, each twelve
feet wide, and since November 2 Mr.
Griffin has cut five hundred ripe melons.
The varieties grown are Mr. Grifiin'a
own hybrids which were last year regis-
tered with the S. A. F. and the flavor is
unexcelled by anything grown either out-
doors or indoors at any season of the
year.

New York.

DEMAND FOE MEMORIAL FLOWBBS PROVBS
UNPRECEDENTED —STOCK FAR SHORT OF
MEETING RBODIREMENTS — HIGH PRICES
IMPOSSIBLE aIt DECORATIONDAY.— much
LOW GRADE MATERIAL EASILY SOLD.—
VARIOUS NOTES OF PERSONAL CHAR-
ACTER.

It was on Wednesday morning. May
29, that, after a period of unprecedented
dullness, New York awoke to the fact
that the supply of flowers was entirely
inadequate for the demands of Decoration
day. The previous day's experience had
given the tip to the wholesalers that a
scarcity existed all over the territory
north of this city, there being many ship-
ping orders received from parties vvho
have not been heard from since Christ-
mas, and they had no difficulty in placing
all the good material in roses, carnations
■•»nd lilies that was within reach. Decora-
tion day business will not stand any
great advance in prices, however, cheap
goods being sought almost exclusively.
The tardy season had brought about
corfditions rarely experienced here at this
date. Snowballs, deutzias and paeonias—
all prime stand-bys for this particular
occasion— were not in bloom, btft lilacs,
which usually are all gone when Decora-
tion day comes around, were in fairly
good shape. Whatever there was in this
class of material was promptly gobbled
up as soon as it appeared. The Thirty-
fourth street market fairly swarmed
with hungry buyers on Wednesday
morning, all ready to scoop up at good
prices, material that is never salable
except on such an occasion as this. The
failure of the usual supply of out-door
material made a market for the green-
house product, which was also in short
supply and quickly left the wholesalers
with little to sell except lily of the valley,
which was present in unweildy quantities,
the outdoor crop being just in. Roses
are of poor quality generally and there
are many inferior carnations, vvhich,
excepting for the peculiar conditions
above described, would stand little
chance of a sale at any price.

Henri Beaulieu exhibited some very
fine pansies at the last meeting of the
Florists' Club, mention of which was
overlooked in our previous account of
the meeting. They received honorable
mention from the judges. A rich treat is
promised for the June meeting of the club,
as J. K. M. L. Farquhar is to give a
stereopticon lecture on the Gardens,
Fields and Wilds of the Hawaian Islands.

The jaunty, selfcontented manner
which W. H. Siebrecht has been display-
ing for several days is not due to the
healthy condition of the bulb market or
anything of that sort, but is owing to
the arrival of a grandson, who came to
the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. H.
Lorenz, on May 25.

George E. Rinkenberger has been
appointed manager of the New York

HOUSE OF WINTER MUSKMELONS, GROWN BY ARTHUR GRIFFIN, GARDENER TO
ELBRIDQE T. GERRY, NEWPORT, R. I.

office of the Gurney Heater Mfg. Qo., at
111 Fifth avenue.

During remodeling of his store, Dards
is doing business temporarily at 536 Fifth
avenue.

Aldred & Co., the Fifth avenue florists,
have closed up and gone out of business.

Visitor: Robt. Hunnick, Newport, R. I.

Philadelphia.

OUT OF TOWN DEMAND OCCUPIES THE
ATTENTION OF WHOLESALERS AT DECO-
RATION DAY.— LOCAL TRADE NOT INVIG-
ORATED BY THE MEMORIAL NEEDS. —
PRICES STIFFEN BUT LITTLE.— BEDDING
PLANTS WELL CLEANED OUT.— NOTES OF
VARYING INTEREST.

Since we may speak of the weather
occasionally, I would say that the past
month has been very wet in this neigh-
borhood, so damp, in fact, that outdoor
work has been very much delayed in con-
sequence. There has been a fair amount
of work going on the past week, and this
demand, together with the bad weather,
has kept the stock of cut flowers pretty
well used up. The commission men had
a great trade with their out of town cus-
tomers, the smaller towns and cities
seeming to have more work for Decora-
tion day than this city, where, while
there is a slightly increased demand, yet
it is not sufficient to cause any hustling
for stock, such as is apparent from a
visit to the wholesalers, some of wh3m
were up all the night of Wednesday get-
ting out orders. There seemed to be even
a falling off in the demand for the set
immortelle pieces which used to keep the
boys busy for weeks ahead, there not
being half the number made now there
were from five to eight years ago. Prices

of flowers are about the same as a week
ago, with perhaps a slight stiffening for
Decoration day. Extra teas bring from
$6 to $8 per hundred. Beauties $1.50 to
$3 per dozen, carnations $1 50 to $2 for
common and $3 to $-i for the extras.
Sr^'eet peas are now in from outside and
sell at from 50 cents to 75 cents per hun-
dred. Robert Craig had a nice crop of
longiflorum lilies which sold for $8 per
hundred. Paeonias are just coming; $5
to $8 per hundred is the price.

Bedding plant men are nearly sold out,
although the bad weather has hindered
them greatly, as it was difficult to keep
th^ir stock in good condition, geraniums
sufiering the most. Echeverias are now
very scarce, although a few years ago
they were a drug, but now that there is
something of a revival of the carpet or
design bedding, particularly with cacti,
it has created a demand that is hard to
fill. A. Blanc has just finished two large
beds at Somerton Hills Cemetery that
are very striking and much admired.
His collection is one of the best in the
country.

Rupert Keinle, the Seventeenth street
florist, met with a painful accident one
day last week, being mixed up in the col-
lision of two trolley cars. In addition
to being considerably bruised he sus-
tained a broken arm. He is now out of
the hospital and doing well. He was
fortunate in having two accident policies
both in working order at the time.

It is now apparent that the past win-
ter has been a very disastrous one for
trees that have heretofore been consid-
ered very hardy. Many beautiful speci-
mens in Fairmount Park that were
planted just after the Centennial Expo-

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1553

sition and which had become noted for
their symmetry, are now dead and will
have to be replaced.

J. Huster has his usual fine bedding at
Girard College about finished, except for
the crotons, which he will plant about
June 10. Mr. Huster is the first man in
this vicinity to bed crotons; he showed
us that they will stand and thrive in the
hot sun.

■ George C. Watson has returned from a
two weeks' business trip to Boston and
through the New England states. He
reports having booked a lot of orders.

Mr. Harris is much better, being able
to be about and attend to business.

K.

Boston.

UBMOBIAL DAV TRADE HQOAL TO THBMOST
OPTIMISTIC ANTICIPATIONS. — LOCAL AND
SHIPPING DEMANDS UP TO ALL PEBVIODS
BECORDS. — LILACS AND LILIES OF TUB
VALLEV ABOUT THE ONLY SURPLUSES —
BIG OPENING EXHIBITION TO BE HELD
NEXT WEEK.

There has been the usual big Decora-
tion day rush of local and shipping trade,
fully up to the most sanguine expecta-
tions. Continued rainy weather has
kept outside material back and injured
the quality of the greenhouse product.
Roses and carnations wereinbigdemand,
but, although medium grades were prin-
cipally called for, yet buyers were very
critical and unwilling to accept ddmaged
goods at any price. Extra grades of
roses went less rapidly than heretofore.
SpiriEas and stock gillies were in big sup-
ply, but found good sale because of the
scarcity of the customary outdoor pro-
duct. Lilies also had satisfactory sale.
Lilacs were too plentilnl all over this
section and for that reason lound but
few buyers and were left on wholesalers'
hands. The same story is true of HI vol the
valley, which was almost worthless
stock, nobody wanting it at any price.
Late tulips were in, but red ones only
were salable. All ferns and other greens
sold well. There was a good crowd of
buyers at the market Thursday morning,
but there was only a small supply of
material, which cleaned out well, but at
lower figures than during the Wednesday
rash. A good many poor quality carna-
tions were in evidence, and these were
found difficult to onload unless of bright
colors.

The great opening exhibition at the
new horticultural building will open
promptly at 8 p. m., Monday, June 3,
and will continue until Sunday night,
June 9. There will be a band concert
every afternoon and evening during the
continuance of the show. Members of
the society will be provided with season
tickets for themselves and their families.
Admission otherwise will be 50 cents for
the first evening and every afternoon of
week days and twenty-five cents every
evening and all day Sunday.

Robeit Edgar, who has been in Eng-
land for the past two years, most of the
time at Sander's, is expected home in six
weeks.

Tackson Dawson is cherishing a plant
of Aquilfgia Canadense with pale yellow
flowers, lound in Yarmouthport.

John Clark, of Rawson's seed store, is
receiving congratulations on the birth of
another son, Monday, May 20.

Visitors: Jos. Fuller, Leominster; C. S.
Chase, Dighton; Otis, of Rochester, and
Corion, ot East Rochester, N. H.; Har-
mon, of Portland, Me.; Slinn, of Fall
River; Chase, of Middleboro, and Davis,
of Dover, N. H.

St. Louis.

BECEIPTS SHORTENED BY UNSEASONABLE
WEATHER. — DECORATION DAV SUPPLIES
INADIioUATE.— RETAILERS BUSY. — CON-
VENTION WANTED.

The very cool weather of the last week
has begun to tell on the market, and
very little stock was available for Deco-
ration day, much of the receipts grading
low. American Beauties are verv scarce,
and tea roses bring from $2 to $6. Car-
nations are selling quite rapidly at from
50 cents to $3 tor the fancies. Sweet
peas are very plentiful and cheap.
Paonias are coming in and some very
nice blooms are to be seen of this beauti-
ful spring flower. They bring 35 cents
and 50 cents per dozen. Gladioli sell for
$4 per hundred and smilax is quite plen-
tiful at 15 cents a string .Some irises were
sent in but there is no demand whatever
for them.

The retail trade is reported by all as
very good. Mr. Waldbart is very busy,
with considerable graduation work on
hand and also some funeral work. Mr.
Weber is in the same position, with con-
siderable funeral work. Mr. Weber is
hard after the Missouri florists who do
not belong to the S. A. F., as he wants
to get all the new members that he can in
Missouri so that he can have the meeting
here in St. Louis for 1903.

R. J. M.

Washington.

SPRING WEATHER MADE STOCK PLENTIFUL
FOR MEMORIAL DAV.— SOME GOOD WIN-
DOW DISPLAYS.

Trade has kept up well, with com-
mencements and a few receptions. The
rain of the last few days, and the warm
sunshine, has brought out any amount
of flowers, such as irises, p;eonias and
roses. Everybody made large prepara-
tions for Memorial day and did a large
trade. Some of the store windows were
handsomely decorated for the occasion.
Z. D. Blackistone's was of red, white and
blue immortelles. A. Gude & Brother
had a large cross of galax leaves draped
with a silk flag. J. Louis Loose made
a fine display with a large number ot
pa-onias.

John Shine is now with George C.
Shaffer. P. G.

Newbuhvport, Mass. — E. W. Pearson
has opened an uptown office at 24 State
street.

Mendota, III. — H.Schweitzer is enjoy-
ing a very brisk trade this spring and has
a large stock.

Easton, Pa.— F. L. Morgenstern has
purchased the Keller greenhouses on
West Northampton street.

Birmingham, Ala. — G. R. Curry has
the sympathy of the trade because of the
death of his little daughter.

Excelsior, Minn.— A. Brackett has
embarked in the florist business at the
corner of Water and Third streets.

Madison, N. J.— Lyons & Blake are
adding to their facilities by the erection
of a new house for roses and one for car-
nations.

St. Clairsvillb, O.— W. S. Taggart
has his new place in shape for a good
spring trade, bedding plants being his
specialty.

Salt LakeCity, Utah.- J. H. Mitchell
has begun active work on his new range
of greenhouses on South State street and
the construction will be rushed.

Meetings of Florists' Qubs.

The accompanying list gives the cities
in which there are active florists' clubs.
Following the name of the club is the
place of meeting, the day of meeting, the
hour and the name and address of the
secretai^:

Baltimore, Md.— Gardeners' Club of Balti-
more, Royal Arcanum building, 18 W. Saratoga
street. Second and fourth Mondays of each
month, at 8 p. m. John J. Perry, Sec'y, Gay and
Eager streets.

Boston, Mass.— Gardeners' and Florists' Club
of Boston. Horticultural Hall. Meets four times
a year on call ol executive board. W. E- Fischer,
Sec'y, F anklin Park, liiston, Mass.

Brockton, Mass.— Brockton Gardeners' and
Florists' Club, store of W. W. Hathaway, Times
Building. First and third Tuesday of each
month, at 8 p. m. W. W. Hathaway, Sec'y,
Brockton, Mass.

Buffalo, N. Y.— Buffalo Florists' Club, 481
Washington street. Second Wednesday of each
month, at 8 p. m. Wm. Legg, Sec y, 1440 Dela-
ware avenue, Buffalo.

CeiCAOO, III.— Chicago Florists' Club, Handel
Hall, 40 Randolph street. First and third Friday
of each month, at 8 p.m. Charles Hunt, Sec'y,
84 Randolph street, Chicago.

Cincinnati, O.— Cincinnati Florists' Society,
Jabez Elliott Flower Market. Second Saturday
of each month, at 8 p. m. Geo. S. Bartlett, Sec'y,
313 East Second street.

Cleveland, O— Cleveland Florists' Club,
Progress Hall, 244 Detroit street. Second and
fourth Mondays of each month, at 8 o- m. A. H.
Graham. Sec'y, 2(i49 Euclid avenue. Cleveland.

De.nver, Col.— Denver Floral Club. 323 Charles
Block. Second Friday in each month, at 8 p. m.
F. T. Rushmore, Sec'y, 22.b2 Clarkson street.

Des Moines, Ia— Des Moines Florists' Club, at
various florists' establishments. Last Monday in
each month, at 8 p. m. J. T. D. Fulmer, Sec'y
702 Walnut street. Des Moines.

Detroit, Mich.— Detroit Florists' Club, Cowie
Building, Farran and Gratiot avenue- Third
Wednesday of each month, at 8 p. m. Geo. W.
Davis, Sec'y, 372 Lincoln avenue.

Indianapolis, Ind.— State Florists' Association
of Indiana, Horticultural rooms. State House,
Indianapolis. First Tuesday of each month, at
8 p. m. R. A. McKeand, Sec'y, Garfield Park,
Indianapolis.

Milwaukee, Wis — Milwaukee Floiists' Bowl-
ing Club, PIftnkinton House. Thursday evenings,
at 8 p. m. C. C. PoUworth, Sec'y, 137 Oneida
street.

New York, N. Y — New York Florists' Club,
Elk's Hall, 19 West Twenty-ninth street. Second
Monday of each month, at 7:30p. m. John Young,
Sec'y, 51 West Twenty eighth street. New York.

Omaha. Neb — Nebraska and Iowa Florists'
Society, Fuller's Hall, Fourteenth and Douglas
streets. Second Thursday in each month at 8
p. m. Louis Henderson, Sec'y, 1519 Famam
street, Omaha.

Philadelphia, Pa.— Florists' Club of Philadel-
phia, Horticultural Hall Broad street above
Spruce. First Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. ra.
Edwin Lonsdale, Sec'y, Wyndmoor, Philadelphia
Pa.

PiTTSBURO, Pa.— Pittsburg and Allegheny Flo-
rists' and Gardeners' Club, at rooms of Pittsburg
Cut Flower Co., 504 Liberty street. Second Thurs-
day of each month, at 8 p. m. T. P. Langbans,
Sec'y, 504 Liberty street. Pittsburg.

Providence, R. I.— Florists' and Gardener's
Club of Rhode Island. 96 Westminster street.
Providence. Second Thursday in each month,
at 8 p. m. Alexander Rennie, Sec'y, 41 Washing-
ton street. Providence.

St. Louis, Mo. —St. Louis Florists' Club, Odd
Fellows Hall No. 2, Ninth and Olive streets.
Second Thursday of each month, at 3 p. m. Emil
Schray, Sec'y, 4101 Pennsylvania avenue, St.
Louis.

Toronto, Ont.— Toronto Gardeners' and Flo-
rists' Association, St. George's Hall, Elm street.
Third Tuesday of each month, at 8 p. m. W. C.
Jav, Sec'y. 438 Spadina avenue.

Utica N. Y — Otici Floritt-' Club, 183 G-nesee
street. Fust Thursday of each month, at 8 p. m.
F. E Shaw, secrftaty.

West Hoboken, N. J.— North Hudson Florists'
Club, store ot H. C. Steinhofl, Hudson boulevard.
West Hoboken. First Tuesday of each month,
at 8 p.m. Geo. F. Kogge Sec'y 616 Washington
street, Hoboken.

Galveston, Texas —J. D. Pruessner is
among those who think of attending the
convention.

Detroit, Mich.— Adolph Strittmatter,
head florist at Belle Isle Park, has
resigned. The new commissioner. Robert
Bolger, assumes supreme control June 1.

Lancaster, O —The firm of Gravett &
Son are busy. The elder started in busi-
ness forty years ago and the son,, who is
now in charge, is rapidly extending their
trade.

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AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. OHIOAaO.

Op«e writer claims that Browallia
gpeciosa major will bloom nearly
throughout the year.

The information regarding bedding
plants can be aent to "Subscriber" on
receipt of his name and address.

The English sweet pea society will
hold its first annual exhibition at the
Royal Aquarium, London, July 25 and
26

An English girl on h-r way to school,
says the Journal ot Horticulture, ate
some daSodil dowers and died from their
poisonous tffects.

The latest idea in carpet bedding is
that of an EogUsh amateur who pro-
poses to set a county map of his native
land in a sea of blue lobelia.

^K are in receipt of the "Bulletin of
the New York Botanical Garden," (Vol.
II, No. VI) containing ofE:ial reports
and a number of scientific papers.,

It is noteworthy that throughout the
cotintry the Memorial da3' demand seems
to hare been heavier than ever and that
stock was very generally in short supply.

A NEW bouquet named the Alexandra,
says a European contemporary, has
been brought out by a London florist.
It ia in the form ot a festoon, and its
special feature is that it will be carried
Irom the elbow and the wrist, leaving
the hands perfectly free.

Although the season is more back-
ward than any within the memory of the
oldest inhabitant, it has served to pro-
long the season of beddingont and stocks
of bedding plants are well cleaned out
without there having been the usual rush
and with a prospect of many demands
yet to be met.

Pan-American Floral Fxhibitions.

Roses, hardy— Six classes, June IS to
Jnne 28, entries close June 15.

Sweet peas — Twenty classes, July 23 to
August 2, entries close July 20.

Gladioli— Fifteen classes, August 6 to
August 17. entries close August 3.

Asterf— Nine classes, August 27 to Sep-
teml>er 7, entries close August 24.

Dahlias— Eighteen classes, September
17 to September 27, entries close Sep-
tenJjer 14.

Chrysanthemums — Twelve classes,
October 22 to October 31, entries close
October 19.

Further particulars mav be had on
application to Frederic W. Taylor or
Wm. Scott, Department of Horticulture,
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y.

Use for a Shaded Greenhouse.

Ed Am. Flobist:— I have a lot that is
shaded until about nine o'clock in the
morning by a house on the adjoining
property. Would a greenhouse built on
this lot be suitable for growing carna-
tions or for garden truck? If not, what
would you advise growing in the pro-
posed house. J. M. H.

(If the common plants of the commer-
cial florist the violet would do as well as
any under the conditions named, while
of the hot house vegetables lettuce would
be first choice, and would be better
suited than either carnations or roses.
L. R. Taft.

Greenhouse Building.

Austin, Minn — A N. Kinsman, range
of houses.

Kirkwood, Mo. — Hugo Gross, three
houses 25x100. A. Scheidegger, two
houses.

Clifton, N. J. — Wm Simpson, two rose
houses.

Providence, R. I.— Gray & Schuyler,
range of houses.

Rockland, Mass.— W. B. & H. Arnold,
one house.

Winthrop, Mass. — Mrs. Ruttle, con-
servatory 16x60.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.— W. E. Webber,
one house.

Woodside, N. Y. — R. Dryer, one house.

Washington, Pa. — Richard Forrest,
cai'nation house 20x80, rose house
30x60. .

Bensenville, 111. — W. F. Duntemann, two
houses 21x100, two 27x200.

Boston, Mass. — Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Corporation, house 26x103

Rochester, N. H.— C. W. Bradlee, one
house.

Doylestown, Pa —John E. Andre, one
house.

Y^ork, Pa. — Casper Henkle, four houses.

Troubles With Palms.

Ed. Am Florist: — What is it that
causes spots to come on palm leaves,
first a dead green, then light yellow,
finally causing the palms to die? I have
a large Latania Borbonica and a fine
Pandanus utilis which are much disfig-
ured. The spots generally appear in the
springtime, small at first buc spreading
rapidly. J. H.

Without seeing the aflected plants
there is naturally some uncertainty in
answering such a query as this, but
it seems probable that this trouble
has arisen from either one of two
causes. One of these probable causes is
a severe attack of scale, which might
bring about the condition described, and
the second is overwatering while the
plants were subjected to a comparatively
low temperature, this latter treatment
being more likely to aflfect the pandanus
than the latania. If the disfigurement
has been caused by scale an examination
of the lower side of the leaves will soon
prove it, and in that case a careful wash-
ing with whale oil soap solution or one
of the various insecticides will put a
check on it, though the marks will
remain on the leaves. If no scales are to
be found on the leaves, it would then
appear that the trouble came from the
plants having received a severe check as
noted above, and in the latter case it
would be well to wash out all the soil
from the roots and also to cut away any
dead or diseased portions of the roots,
then to repot the plants in as small pots
as may be conveniently used. After hav-

ing been repotted the plants should be
placed in a shaded portion of the green-
house and watered carefully for some
time to come, which means that the soil
should be kept moist, but not sodden, in
order that renewed root action may be
encouraged. The present is a favorable
time for performing this operation, the
next four months being the season of
most active growthforthe plants referred
to. W. H. Taplin.

Diseased Geraniums.

Ed. Am. Florist: — We are sending you
by express two plants of S. A. Nutt gera-
nium that show some kind of disease.
Please state name of trouble, also cause
and remedy. The first we saw of it was
last year, when it destroyed about 500
plants of this variety while they were in
the greenhouse; but they appeared to
outgrow it when planted outdoors. The
plants are in a light, cool house, stand-
ing on soft coal ashes, the roots watered
when necessary, but never the foliage.

G. B. W.

This geranium disease is caused by an
excess of soluble salts in the soil. The soil
sent with the plants contains eight-tenths
of one per cent soluble salts, which is
about four times the normal amount, and
more than any ordinary plants can stand.
Not being acquainted with the conditions
under which these plants were grown,
we can hot tell exactly the source of the
salts present in the soil, but the indica-
tions are that there was an excessive
application of kainitor other commercial
fertilizer. The soil should be thrown
away and the plants repotted in the
good soil. Care should be taken to avoid
an excess of fertilizer, and any manure
and sods used in making the soil should
be thoroughly rotted before using. Coal
ashes should be thoroughly leached before
being used to set plants on.

Albbet F. Woods.

Plan For Greenhouses.

Ed. Am. Florist: — We have a piece of
land upon which we expect to erect three
or four greenhouses 20x100 feet. We
wish to start so that if we should need
tuem, we can add on and cover the
greater part of the ground, which is
132x198 feet, facing the street to the
east, with an alley on the north and
south. Would like some person's opinion
as to the best way to start the Duildings.
Will have to have an office facing the
street to the east. The houses are to be
even span. We will be very glad if you
can give us a plan that will be for the
best, tor houses, office, potting shed, etc.

B. & W.

In determining the size of the office and
potting shed it is desirable to know
something of the kind of business that is
to be carried on. Thus, a potting shed
ten or twelve feet wide would answer
where cut flowers alone are to be grown,
while if one is to do a general retail busi-
ness sixteen or even twenty feet might
prove none too much, and the same is to
a certain extent true regarding the office.
While there might be some conditions
that would make some other arrange-
ment more desirable I would suggest
that the office, which might be 16x20
feet, be located in the northeast comer
of the lot and that a potting shed 16x60
feet run from the back of this along the
north side of the lot. For four twenty-
foot greenhouses we would suggest that
evenspan houses running north and
south be built on the south side of the

jgoi.

The American Florist.

1555

office and potting shed. They may be
116 ieet long if desired. The office, pot-
ting shed and four greenhouses will
occupy a space 80xl.i2 feet, leaving for
future additions 1 18x132 teet. If desired
this can be utilized by extending the pot-
ting shed and erecting five or six other
houses. These may be even span, or
they can be of one of the three-quarter
span forms. The space will provide for
six twenty-foot houses, one twelve-foot
propagating house, and a nine-foot alley
at each end of the houses. L. R. Taft.

Heating a Carnation House.

Ed. Am. Flohist: — I have just com-
pleted a new house 20x100, long-span-
to-south, eleven feet to ridge, north wall
seven feet, south wall five feet five inches,
with thirty inches of glass. The house
is protected from the west and north-
west winds by a hill. I propose to grow
carnations in this house and would like
to know whether steam or water will be
more economical. I was able to buy
between 500 and 600 feet of 2-iach pipe
at the price of junk. It is in good condi-
tion, but it is galvanized. Is it advisable
to use it? Some say that it will not
radiate heat as well as black pipe. If
steam is used could 2-inch pipe be used
alone? Will you please to tell me how to
pipe the house? W. H. S.

For a house 'of the size named, hot
water will in every way prove most
desirable, especially as the low cost of
the pipe will make the expense of putting
in the system little if any more than for
steam. The cost of fuel will be less than
for steam and the attention required will
also be less. While the radiation from
galvanized pipe is less than from black
pipe, the difference is not enough to make
it unwise to u=e the pipe that has been
purchased. An extra run of pipe will
equal the difference in the efficiency of the
two. Without knowing how the benches
are arranged, no very definite plan for
the piping can be suggested. To main-
tain a temperature of 50° when the mer-
cury outside is at zero, twelve runs of
pipe will be necessary, and either three
or four should be flows. One may be on
each of the side walls, or under the side
benches, and the one or two remaining
may be on the posts overhead, or under
the center bench or benches. The returns
should be distributed under the benches.
The heater for a house of this size should
have a grate about twenty-five inches in
diameter. While larger pipe may be used,
it is not advisable to use pipe that is
more than one and one fourth inches in
diameter for steam heating. When a
large boiler can be secured at a low price,
2-inch pipe might be used for radiation,
but even then, for a small house, it would
be better to use the boiler and pipe for
hot water. L. R. Taft.

Toronto.

TRADE TAKES A SPURT — SOCIAL AND MAT-
RIMONIAL FUNCTIONS CALL FOR MUCH
GOOD STOCK — DUNLOP'S SUCCESS AT
BUFFALO ROSE SHOW.

The Ontario Jockey Club is having its
spring meet, which always means a gala
week for the florists, and with several
large funerals the order books and cash
registers are being filled. Now that court
mourning is about to cease, after our
recent bereavement, Dan Cupid is getting
in his work and many wedding orders
are being booked. The cool weather
which we have experienced this spring
has kept cut stock in good form and
material of the best quality always finds

ready sale. The supply at present is
about e(|ual to the demand.

Jno. H. Dunlop is highly elated with
his success at the Pan-American rose
show. Out of his eight entries he was
awarded six highest awards, one second
and one third.

W.J. Gammage, of London, has been a
visitor this week. H. G. D.

OBITUARY.

ROBERT A. ATKINSON.

Robt. A. Atkinson, of R. Atkinson &
Son, Edgewater Park, N. J., died on the
morning of May 21, after a long illness.

OTTO LUGGER.

Prof Otto Lugger, entomologist and
botanist of the state of Minnesota, died
May 21, aged 56 years. He contracted
pneumonia while inspecting some green-
houses at Faribault and breathed his
last in a few days. He had a national
reputation in his line.

FRANK VESTAL.

Frank Vestal, the well-known nursery-
man and florist, of Little Rock, Ark.,
died May IS after a brief illness with
pneumonia. He was 42 years of age and
of very strong constitution. Mr. Vestal
is survived by his father, J. W. Vestal, a
brother, Charles, and two sisters. He
had not married.

Bangor, Me— Carl Beers has estab-
lished a plant market at Union Hall.

SITUATIONS, WANTS, fOR SALE.

Advertisements under this head will be inserted
at the rate of ten cents a line (seven words) each
insertion. Cash must accompany order. Plant
advs. not admitted under this head.

Every paid subscriber to the American Florist
for the year 1901 is entitled to a flve-Une want
ADV. (situations only) free, to be used at any time
during the year.

QiTUATION WANTED — By i^rower. to take
^ charge. Rufereuces :is to ability and char-
acter. R D, care Americiu Floribt.

QITDATION WANTED— By experienced grower,
*^ foreman; ro^es, carnations, 'mums, violets,
specialties. Be>t ol reference*. Address

G. Florist. 1512 \V. Tus St. Canton. O.

TV/'ANTED— A competent growvr of cut flowers
*' by June 15. State wages and fjive reference.
Also an assistant. Retailer. care'Ara. Florist.

"\\^ANTED— Two young men to work in roa**
• ' housts. Must havi* some experience. State
wages wanted with board. Address

CoLB Bros.. Peoria, 111.

IT^ANTED— Good ;iII-around florist; plants and
'' cut dowers. Write and state experience
and wayies expected, etc.

Chapin Bros., Lincoln, Neb.

YVrANTED— Good rose grower; must also be suc-
* '^ cessful grower oC bedding stock. State age,
references and wages. Good place for the right
party. .fosEPU Labo. Joliet, 111.

WANTED— Foreman, large commercial place.
Ability, large experience in general grow-
ing, aiid reference* demanded. No o hers con-
sidered. A W S, Box 869. Pittsburg, Pa.

WANTED— Salesmen cal ing on the florists
trade regularly, to handle rjuick selliag side
line on commission. Good money tj live men.
Cheapest article of this kind on the market.

Loris A. Share. Indianapolis. Ind.

AVANTED AT ONCE— A tlor si: must be a good
' ' propagator, good in wateriug plants and a
quick worker, $12. tO a week to a florist— no others
need to apply. Place is permanent for a compe-
tent man. Address

Otto Kl'Ni.eiel. Davenport, la.

WANTED— An up-to-date rose and carnation
grower tt take charge 2U.OU0 f^et of glass.
State age. experience, leference and wages per
month with board and room in first letter; also
youf ielev.rd.ph address. Ad iresd t-i

JoBN L. WiLASu De Haven, Pa.

UOR SALE— 100 boxes 16x24 D. S. A. Pittsburg
-■- glass. Address J M F,

_^ Box 45. De Haven, Pa.

WANTED !

XfORCEU SALE— Before August 1st, three green-
-»- houses 2u.\9(: steum and not water.

Alice G. WRiobT, Portland, Me.

UOK SALE— Entire grefenhouse slock of bedding
^ planis, roses, palms. Ilower pots, tools, etc.
Address J. X. Kidd, St. Joseph, Mo.

■p'OR SALE— Four greenhouses 20 feet wide, in
-•- the best town in the world. A snap for the
right man if so.d at onee.

.T J. care American Florist.

■POE SALE— Greenhouse establishment. 35,000
-•- feet of glass, well stocked. Price a little more
than than one years' sales. Address
Ohio, care American Florist.

"POR RENT— Store and greenhouses, corner of
-L Lincoln and Van Buren Sts. Established 20
years. Immediate pos-es>ion. Thos. H. Gault,
931 Stock Exchange Bldg., Chicago.

■pOR ■'ALE— Lease and stock of between 7,000
-•- and 8,0U0 feet of glass. All in good condition.
Must sell on account of Had health. All retail
trade. Rent very reasonable. Address

C W K, care American Florist.

rpo LEASK— Location for florist at Sullivan,
J- Ills., no llorist, 180 miles south of Chicago,
nearest plant establishment Decatur, 111., about
30 miles. Central lots, nominal rental, loag lease.
Address \V. A. Steele, Sullivan, 111.

BOILERS FOR STILE.

Two No. 10 Kunnau boilers, heated JO.OCO feet
of glass last seven winters. Price, $2i5.00 each.
It's a ereat bai'eain.

JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., La Crosse, Wis.

To express full apprecia-
tion to many applicants for
position. Absence from
home and illness have pre-
vented answering so many, which I regret. Hav-
ing been disappointed in several alleged florists
claiming great but showing little knowledge and
reliability, I desire a competent working foreman.

J. T. WILLIAMSON.

LaRose Gardens, MemphU, Tenn.

In Philadelphia, 2i,OC0 square feet of
glass well stockej with roses, carnations
and bedding plants. Will sell stock cheap.
For further particulars apply to

W H. TOMER.

2542 S. Chadwick St., PHIUDELPH'A, P*.

For Sale.

GREENHOUSE
PROPERTY oe

At Nyack, N. Y. A plot 220x125
feet, on which arc four Rose houses,
1 00x18x6, each house heated by a
No. J 6 Hitchings Boiler; and seven
houses, each about 64x0 ft., heated
by flues. This property will be
sold cheap to quick ca^h buyer.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

iZZ Mercer St. NEW YORK..

If you want to get the -want
•you want to get, you want
to get your want ad into the

AMERICAN
FLORIST

m

Try it now.

Every advertisement represents
a genuine want. J* It pays»
to answer them, jt jl jt

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Mioneapolis.

TKADE GOOD IN THE WEEK PRIOR TO
MEMOBIALDAY. — CARNATIONS SCARCE. —
BEDDING STOCK TOUCHED BY FROST.

Business was all that could be asked
for at Decoration day. Carnations were
to be had only in limited quantities, but
roses were more plentiful. American
Beauties have been in short supply and
much called lor. Considerable funeral
work during the week kept everyone
busy and used up a share of the large
quantity of white flowers. The bedding
stock planted out suflered the last few
nights, as heavy frosts were reported.

Donaldson & Co. have their rustic
stands filled with a fine assortment of
plants and placed at the main entrance
of the store, where they make an attract-
ive display. Their greenhouses are Hear-
ing completion.

Visitors: Mrs Campbell, ol St. Cloud,
and Ralph Lathrom, of Excelsior.

C. F. R.

Omaha, Neb. — Lewis Zadina has opened
a greenhouse establishment opposite St.
Mary's Cemetery, South Omaha.

Wbol^^ale ffower/\arKjfe

CiNCiNMATi, May 29.

Roses, Beauty 15.00@30.00

Bride 3.00® 4.00

Bridesmaid 3.00® 4.00

" Meteor 3.90® 5.00

" Perle 3.00

Carnations 1. 00® COO

Lily of the valley 4.00

Harrisii lilies 8.00@10.00

Callas 10.00

Sweet peas .50

Daisies .'35

Irises 5.i0

Asparagus 60.00

Smilax 12.50

Adiantum 1.00

Qalas leaves . Ir>

Common ferns .20

St. Loots, May 29.

Roses, Bride, Bridesmaid 3.00® 6.00

Beauty, long, per doz.2.0')@ 3.00
" ■■ short " .50® 1.50

" Perle 2.00® 4.00

Meteor 3.00® 5.00

Carnations, common 1. 00

choice 1.50® 2.00

PKonies 3.00

Sweet peas .35

Callas 6.00® 8.00

Harrisii 6.00® 8.00

Smilax, 13.50(0 15 00

Asparagus Sprengeri I.OC® 2.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Galax .16

Milwaukee, May 29.
Roses, Beauty, long, per doz. 4.00

" " med. " I 50® 2.60

" " short " 1. 00® 1.25

" Bride, Bridesmaid 4.00® 6.00

" Meteor 4.00® 6.00

" Golden Gate 4.00® 6.00

Perle 4.00® 6.00

Carnations, ordinary 2.00® 3. CO

fancy 3 00® 4.00

Adiantum 75® 1.00

Smilax 20.00

Asparagus 65.00

Lily of the Valley 3 . 00

Harrisii 10.00®12.f

Common Ferns .30

PiTTSBURS, May 29

Roses, Beauty, fancy 25.00@35.00

'• " extra 1 8. 00® 20 00

No. 1 8 00® 1 2 00

Bride, Bridesmaid 2.00® H 00

" Meteor 2.00® 8 00

" Perle 2.00® fi.OO

Carnations, ordinary 1.50® 2.00

" fancy 2.60® 3.00

Lily of the valley 2.00® 3.00

Mignonette 50® 1.25

Sweet peas 20® .75

Daisies 60® 1. 00

Harrisii 6.00@13 00

Smilax 12. 50® 15. 00

Adiantum 75® 1. 00

Asparagus 25.00@60.00

Sprengeri 35® .60

Galax, green and bronze per 1000 tl.25
Dagger fernp per 1000, 2.00

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CATTLEYAS $5.00 per doz.

American Beauties, long

medium
" " short....

Brides, Bridesmaids $4

Meteors, Kaiserins 4.

Perles 3.

Carnations, fancy 2

standards I

Sweet Peas

Valley 3

Valley outside

Marguerites

Forget-me-not

Callas. Lil. Harrisii 6.

Pansies

Mignonette 2.

Adiantum

Smilax 12

Asparagus Plumosus 50.

" Sprengeri 3,

Paeonies

Cornflowers

Per doz.

J3.00

2.00

1.00

Per 100

OO to $ 6 00

,00 to 6.00

OB to 4.0O

00 to 3.00

00 to 2.00

,75 to 1.00

00 to 4.C0

2.00

,50 to .75

1.00

00 to 10.00

.50

,00 to 4.00

;50 to .75

.50 to 15.00

,(K)to 75.00

UO to 4 00

5.00

.60

^cw rancy ferns

$2.50 per tOOO; 30c per JOG.

Wild Smilax

50 lb. case, $8.00.

We, still have a large supply
of Fancy Ferns, the best in
the market.

We will have Wild Smilax
after other dealers are out.

J. B. DEAMUD

51 Wabash Avenue, ...CHICAGO.

Fhone Central 3155, K<

CARNATION BLOOIV1S

Extra Select, 3 cts.

Fancy, I 1-2 to 2 cts.

CHICAGO CARNATION COMPANY, Joliet, Illinois.

CUT FLOWERS.

^ ^ . . Shipping orders receive prompt
and careful attention.

C. C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis.

PITTSBURG GUT FLOWER CO., Ltd.

504
Liberty Street,

ALL
FLOWERS

IN
SEASON.

PITTSBURG,
PA.

Brilliant Bronze or Green Jl.OO per lOOO

FANCY FERN. DAGGER FERN. ETC.. <A\

Market Prices.

Galax Leaves

HARRY A. BUNYARD, 38 W. 28lh St., New York.

Telephone
798 Madison Sq

'c^^P DAGGER FERNS

# ■_ ' ■■•r^ -^i-'W READY, J1.50
^-^IT" per ICOO. Discount on
laree orders.
Bronze and Green Galax Leaves, 76c per KOO.
Princess Pine, J5.00 per 100 lbs. Laurel Festooning,
4c, 6o and 6^ per yard. Laurel Wreaths and Pine
Wreaths for decorations. Knpaee your ferns of us
now for Decoration use and you wont get left.
GROWL TERN CO., P. 0. Millington, Mass.
Telegraph Office, New Salem, Mass.
Please mention the A merican Florist when writinz

There Are Buyers

For all kinds of good stock

advertised in..

THE AMERICAN FLORIST

HoltOn AND

Hunkel Co.

Wholesale

MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Please tnevtion thfi American Florist when writing-

Delivered Free,

BRONZE GALAX LEAVES

Sample 50, lOc. Per 1000, $1.50.
AMERICAN ROSE COMPANY

WASHINQTON, D. C.

igoi.

The American Florist.

1557

Traiip raad?^ now record with us, and while we could not fill every order
received for Decoration Day, we are sure that

Wc Gave Better Service

than most houses, and we are still in a position to live
op to our reputation for giving the best service to be
had in Chicago or any other market.

E. C. AMLING,

THE LARGEST, BEST EQUIPPED AND MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED
WHOLESALE CUT FLOWER HOUSE IN CHICAGO.

32-34-36 Randolph Street,

CHICAGO. ILL.

Long Distance 'Phone 1977 Central.

CURRENT PRICE LIST.

BEAUTIES

Long per doz.,

Medium '■ •$!

Short "

Hrides, Maids per 100, 4

Meteors '* 4

Perles " 3

Roses, pood seconds " 2

Carnaliont, standard sorts.. " 1

Fancy sorts " 2

F:>'onies per dozen,

Sweet Peas per 100,

Valley '■ 4

Marguerites "

Mignonette per doz.

Asparagus per string

Galax, 1000,11 25; 10,000 for JlO.fO: per 100
Ferns, new crop, 1000, $J.00, per 100

Adiantum "

Smilas per dozen, 1

13 CO
FO- 2.50
,75- 1.00
,00- 5.00
00— 5.O0
,00— 4.00
,00- 3.0O
,60-

,00— 4.00
,50— .150
,5P— .75
,00— 5.00
40— .50
,25— .35
,50— .60
.20
.25
.75
25— 1.50

60-

Prlces Subject to Change without Notice.

WEILAND-AND RISCM

CHICAGO'S RELIABLE

Wholesale Growers and Shippers of

CUT FLOWERS,

59 Wabash Ave., Chicago.

SEND FOR WEEKLT PRICE LIST.

WHOLESALE FLORISTS

Bassett&Washburn

76 & 78 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

VtalMal* Dealers ■>«(
Croweri of

Cut Flowers

OREENHOU8E8; HIM8DALB. ILL.

Poehlmann Bros. Co.

Wholesale Growers of

and
Uealers

.n Cut Flowers

All telegraph and telephone orders

given prompt attention. 51

Greenhouses: Wabash Ave.,

Morton Grove. 111. CHICAGO. ILL.

Benthey & Co.

F. F. BENTHEY, Managsr,

Wholesale Commission Florist

41 Randolph Street. CHICAGO.

f^^Constenments solicited

A. L RANDALL ^

Wholesale Florist

Don't Forget that we are at 4 Walk
Ing^ton St., Ctaicaco.

Writ* for ipeotal gnotstlons on Urge order*

Wholesale Store, Kir-""*

Sell our own-grown Roses, Beauties and Meteors
in quantity, also Maids and Brides. Within easy
reach of towns in Minnesota, Nebraska, both
Dakotas, Montana, etc. We are Rose Specialists.
Try ns.

Minneapolis! Mi'nn! DK/lll I tt llULi

Please mention the A mertcan Flonst -u/hen turitinf^.

Alwayi mention the

American Florist

when wilting advertiieri.

E. H. Hunt,

WHOLESALE

Cut flowers

THE "OLD RELIABLE. '

76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

PETER REINBERG,

Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers.

600.000 FEET OF GLASS.
Headquarters for American Beauty.

51 Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

GEO. REINBERG,

"srSoi Cut Flowers

Choice American Beautlej.

We will take care of your orders at
reasonable prices. Prompt attention.

SI Wabash Ava., CHICAOO, ILL.

J.aBUDLONG

Roses and
Carnations
A Specialty.

37-39 Randolph Street, CHICAGO.

WHOLESALE

GROWER of

CUT FLOWERS

Wbol^ale power/arK^

Chicaqo, May 31.
Roses, Beauty, 30-36-moh stems
24
18
12

" Bride, Bridesmaid 3

" Meteor 3

Perle 3

Golden Gate •*

Carnations

" fancy 2

Pagonias 4

Sweet peas

Pansies

Callas, Harrisii 4 .

Lily of the valley 4

Marguerites

Mignonette 25@ .35 doz.

Cattleyas 6.U0doz.

Adiantum

Common ferns per 1,000 SCO

Galax leaves, per 1000 $1.25

Smilax per dozen 1.25® l.bO

Asparagus. ..per dozen 6.00® 8.00

3.00
2.00
1.50
1.00

.75

.50
00® 5.00
,00® 5.00
CO® 4.00
00® 8.00
1.50
.00® 4 00
,00® 5.00
50® .75
40® .60
DO® 8.0U
00® 5.00
40® .50

.75
.25

.20

JOHN MUNO,

"'s;:::; Cut Flowers

Koom 221. 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

Telephone Cektral 35Si.h. All telegraph and
telephone orJers given prompt attention.

W1ET0R BROS.

..Cut Flowers

Wholesale
Growers

All tele'^rapb and telephone orders
given prompt att''ntion.

5t Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO.

FRANK GARLAND,

Wholesale Grower and Shipper of

...CIT fLOWERS

55-57 Wabash Avenue,

CHICAQO.

Tel. Central 2384.

If You Flave Stock To Sell...

the best way to make that fact known to the trade li bj regular

Guejtlir "''« "" ...The American Florist.

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The American Florist.

luuc

Choice Lot of Plants

of Brides and Maids

WHICH WE ARE OFFERING AT
$20.00 PER 1000 IN 2-INCH POTS; $35.00 PER 1000 IN 3-INCH POTS

SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, I612-14-I6I8 ludiow strict, Philadelphia.

g>^g\ M ^W TTHFOl yi 1^ n ^^^^ boston flowers. All Sup-

VfCvF* /%• ^9U I Ml EL Iv LrA 1^ 1^ pUes Required in Florist's Business.
An entire floor Devoted to Stock and manufacturing. Sole agents for United States for the won-
derful KORAL LETTER, unequalled for design work. PREPARE FOR JUNE WORK.
TEiEPnoxE 1270 MAi< _— . New Address, 84 Hawley St., BOSTON.

CITY HALL CUT FLOWER MARKET, » "^"""rs^S'ii! Si'lSl* '•""•

Proprietors.

WELCH BROS.,

Bole Agents for FREYSTEDTS' Immortelle Letters and Emblems,
Block Letters. $2 d( r 100. Script Letters. S4 per lOO.

THE NEW ENGLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST GRADE OF FLOWERS AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR

Also New England Agents for S. J. RUSSELL'S FAMOUS DOVES.

Acknowledged by all florlBts the best In use. Special prices for doz. Iota.

-for-

EVERY DAY'S FLOWERS

AND SUPPLIES

SE-'D T(l

N. F. McCarthy & Co.,

Tel. 734 and 64. 84 Hawley St., BOSTON.

...GEO. M. KELL066...

'"""\*„'?h"o"w'e'it: Cut Flowers

Qive us an order and we will please you.

Our Greenhouiet at PLEASANT HILL, MO
Our Store, 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY. MO

I^T'I'OHS DieTANCB 'PHOITE AT EITHSB PLAOS

Please mention the American Florist when writing.

Frank ivi. Ellis,

WHOLESALE ELORIST,

1316 Pine Street,

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.

H.G.BERNING

Wholesale florist

t322 Pine St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Please mention the American Florist 7vhen ^vritim.

C. A. KUEHN,
Wholesale Florist,

1122 PINE STREET.

fc ST. LOUIS, MO.

I^^A complete line of Wire Deslgnn.

Desirable Advertising Space
....To Rent

Wbol^jale flower/\arl^

Boston, May 2i>.

DECORATrON DAv'pRICEfl.

Roses, Beauty, extra 30.00@25.00

medium 8.00@13.00

culls 3.00® 5.00

■" Bride, Bridesmaid Meteor. 3.00® 6.00

extra R.00@l(1.00

Carnations 2. CO® 6.00

Lily of the valley 50® 1.00

Mignonette 1. 00® 2.00

Tulips, Yellow narcissi fO® 1.00

Sweet Peas .' T,i® 1.00

L.iD^'iilorum lilies 6, CO® 8.00

Adiantum 75® 1,00

Smilax 12,00@15,00

Asparagus 50,00

" Sprengeri, .20® .25 per bunch

Philadelphia, May 29.

Roses, Tea 2,00® 6,00

" extra 6.00®10,00

Beauty, extra 12,50@30.00

firsts 6,00@15.00

Carnations 1.00® 1.50

fancy 2,00® 3.00

Lily of the valley..,, 2.00® 4.00

Asparagus 35.00@50.00

Smilax 15,00®20,00

Adiantum 1 ,00

BuypALO, May 30,

Roses, Beauty 5.00@30,00

Bride, Bridesmaid, Meteor 4.00® 6.00

Carnations 1.00® 3.00

Lily of the valley 3.00® 4,00

Smilax 15,00@25 CO

Adiantum 1,00® 1,60

Asparagus 50,fl0®75,00

Harrisii 5 00® 10. CO

on the walls
of the

BOSTON FLOWER MARKET
Effective. Profitable. Address

GEO, CARTWRIGHT. Secretary. 1 Park St,, BOSTON,

GIVE

US

A

TRIAL.

WE

CAN

PLEASE

YOU.

Open day
and night.

]:}Vt5TER»*
^l^vN^^ YORK-

ds of

Roses. Carnatic<i9 and ell kind!
Seasonable Flowers in Stock.

UfU C VICTIIIfS WliDiesale Com-
nffli Ti IVAO I inUl mission Florist.

481 Washington St.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Also Dealer In FlorlBta' Supplies * Wire Des.tras.

Ptear,e mention the Ante

;*« Fionst 7i'hen 7fvjttnet

cs

s °

2 "^ S

1604

Ludlow street,
Philadelphia....

S Phone 1-42-69-A.

LEO. NIESSEN,

Wholesale Florist,

N. W. COR. 13TH AND FILBERT STREETS,

^"■JgH^oT/^S^iHD. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Consignments of Choice VaS:e> and Roset lolicitad.

Geo. M. Moss,

WHOLESILE FLORIST,

32 South 17th Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Long Distance Phone 1-41-26 D,

Consignments ol Roses. Carnations. Violets sollelli 1

CHAS. B. STAHL

Wholesale Florist,

27 S. llth St, Te lephone 63>P4. PHILADELPDU.

Orders by mall, telegraph or telephone will
reoelre prompt attention.

ConBijniiiQents of good Btook sollolted.

SHIPPING LIBELS £i'

-Cut Flowers

Piloted In two colors on gummed
caper; your card, etc., in blaclc and
leaf adopted by the S. A. P. in red.
Very attractive. Price per 500, J2.85;
pe.- 1000, $4.50. Send for samples

CUCIRO or IHIS UAf, POSTPAID. SI.28.

American Florist Co.,

^^^_ CHICAQO.

The new ENGLAND CUT FLOWER CO.

Consignments
Solicited.

TELEPHONE 907 MAIN.

Carries a full supply of choice Roses, all varieties;
Carnations, Bulb Flowers, Wire Designs, Baskets,
Sheaves, etc. Lowest Wholesale Prices on cvery-
thin?. Write for Prices or call and see us.

3 Ordway Place,

BOSTON, MASS.

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TOP GRADE

Carnations

BEAUTIES,

BRIDES,

BRIDESMAIDS,

METEORS,

LIBERTIES.

Xvily o« tli© "Voilley.

JOHN I. RAYNOR,

49 West 28tli Street,

NEW YORK.

Telephone No. 1998 Madlaon Square.

YOUNG & NUGENT,

WHQLFSALE FLORISTS fjE^^^^^I^^""*-

Are shiDoinv! the finest Roses in the New York Market. Carnations,
lilies. Valley, Orchids, Novelties. ^__pHce Ust to Appticants.

TELEPHONE 20eS MADISON SQUARE.

Walter F. Sheridan,

Wholesale Florist ,

Telephone 902 Madison Square!

39 West 28th St., NEW YORK.

William Qhormley,

Wholesale riorist, " ''riw^YOBK cItt.

Receives daily the choicest Roses, Carnations, Valley and all other
flowers in season that come to the New York market.

Telephone 2200
Mad'son Square.

SHIPPING ORDERS

Given Special Attention.

II JOHN YOUNG

I Special American Beauties,

Surpassing Carnations,

Lily of the Valley, Orchids,

and uU Seasoiiablo Flowers.

61 West 28th St., NEW YORK.

Tel. 1905 Madisou Sq.

THE RECOGNIZED HEAOQUARTEKS IN
NEW YORK CITY FOR

Violets % Carnations.

eROWCRS aHd BUYERS make s note of (bit. It
will be to your advantage.

WM. H. GUNTHER.

. : . . 30 West 29th Street.

.N6W Telephone No. 651 MadlsoD Square-

FRANK MILLANQ.

CUT FLOWERS,

WHOLESALE COMMISSION,
408 E. 34th Straat,

OnI Flewtr Exchange. NEW YORK.

' Telephone 299 HadUon Square.

J.Y. GUT FLOWER EXCHANGE

I 404.4I2 C. 34th St. Near Ferry.

Open for Cnt Flower Sales at 6 o'clock
Every Sfomlnc

. DESIRABLE WALL SPACE TO RENT
FOR ADVERTISING.

JOHN DONALDSON. Secretarr.

Traendly&Sclienck

NEW VORK CITY,
38 W. 28th Street, Cut Ffower Exchange.

New Telepbone No. "98 A "99 Madison Sq.
Please mention /he American Florist when writing.

Wbol^ale flower/\arK^

Choice Carnations. Selected Roses. \{[^ YORK GUT FLOWER GO.

""'^'' i:Ts'a\^\.V.. Kew Yotl< City.
HIGH GRADE FLOWERS.

Special attention to Shipping Orders.

FORD BROS.

Receivers and Siiirpers of

FRESH FLOWERS.

.Ml varii.'tiL's in New York nmrk^'t.
111 West 30th St.. neW YORK,

'IVlpphonr 157 Madi«<ui S<iii;ir>'.

Julius Lang

53 West 30th Street, MV/ YORK.

Represents the Best Growers of

ROSES, CARNATIONS, VALLEY,

Telephone 280 Madison Square.

S. J. LIMPRCCHT,

Wholesale Commission Florist

and FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

Also ell kinds of Greens for Decorations.

119 West 30th Street. MFU/ YflDV

TelepUone ll^-iy Madison Square. I'L" ■ vltn»
Couslgriiiuentg Solicited.

JNO. H. DUNLOP,

is Gill Flowers

All orders receive most care!ul attention.
TORONTO. ONT.. CANADA.

Blxprzea American Rose Poclety. New York City.

Cvit li-verg^reerx®,

ESrECLALLV

Galax and Leucothoe Sprays.

THE KERVAN CO.,

|30 West 29th Street. NEW YORK.

I Telephone ii51 .Ua^disuii Square.

; It is i^ouU DUAintiBS poUoy

to mention the

.mAMERICAN riORIST

1 <vheQ ?oa write to an advertiier.

New York, May 29.

DECttKATION DAY PRICES.

Roses, Beauiy, select I.t.0O@3S.0O

medium 6.00@r-'.00

" culls 2.(iO& 3.00

Bridesmaid, Bride, Meteor I.IO® 3.00

med'm 3 OOftu 5.00

" " select.. 6 00® 8.00

Liberty., a.OUs'lO 00

Carnations U.UKoi 3.U0

fancy 4.00® 6.00

Lily of the valley 35® 1.00

SmUax ia.00@15.00

Asparagus 25.0"® 50. 00

" Sprengeri, perdoz. bun. 3.0066 00

Adiantura .75

Harrisii lilies 6.0O@ 8.00

Mignonette 1.00® 2.00

Su'eet peas 50® 75

Cattleyas 30.0o®40.00

Chas. IVfillang

WHOLESALE ClOlMlfeSlON DSALEII IN

CUT FLOWERS

50 West 29th St. NEW YORK.

Telephone l-ili Afadison Squar?.

ALEX. J. GUTTMAN,

Wholesale Commission Florist,

A full supply daily of the choicest

New York and New Jersey

FLOWERS.

52 W. 29th Street, NbW VORK CITY.

Telephone 1738 Madison Square.

The Cincinnati
Cut Flower Co.,

----6. WHOLESALE FLORISTS.

Consignment:* bolicited.
: Special Attention Given to Snipping Orders.

fl. H. immm.

Wholesale Commission Florist,

BEST FLOWKR.S SHIPPED AT LOWEST
NEW YOKK PRICES.

19 Boerum Place, Brosklyn, N. Y.

rELEninNK ii39 .Main.

GALAX LEAVES

Choice bronze and green Galax, 45c per 1000.

Leucothoe Sprays, ",'^««

Cash with first order. Seven years' experience.
References: 200 dealers in U. S.

J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park, N. C.

Always mention the American Flo-
rist when writing to advertisers.

Now we have

I Daffodils,

Tulips,
Sweet Peas,
Freesias,
Lilac and
Acacia.

EDW. C. HORAN

47 WEST 28th ST.

Tel. 421
Madison Square,

.NEW YORK.

GUT F LOWERS AI W HOLESALE.

Special in
Roses :

Liberty, Pres. Carntt
Kalserin, Meteor,
Bon Sllene.

1560

The American Florist.

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The ^ebd T^aDs.

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION.

ALBBKT McCuLLonoH, Pres. ; F. W. BoLeiANO,
VIoe-Pres. ; S F. Willard, Wethersfleld, Conn.
Beo'y and Treas.

Nineteenth annual convention, Roctiester, N.
Y.. June 11-13. 1901.

VisiTKD CHiCiGO: John Rennie, of
Toronto, Ont.

Cow PEAS have sold well this season,
the market beine now bare.

Eaely AunBR cane seed forfodder pur-
poses is scarce again and price advanced.

There has been an unusual demand
for early varieties of seed corn both of
the dent and flint kinds.

W. A. BoswELL, of William Boswell &
Co, London, England, is vititing the
seed trade in this country.

Snow has fallen tea considerable depth
in northern Italy within the fortnight,
bringing ruin to many crops.

Ladies' hats made of raffia and
trimmed with milkweed balls have
proved attractive features in the win-
dow of Vanghan's Chicago Seed Store.

The Sioux City, la., Seed and Nursery
Company is said to have contracted for
the growing of 500 acres of beans near
Cass City, Mich. Their peas will be
grown near Gaylord.

Sedalia, Mo — The season's business
at the Archias Seed Store has been almost
double that of last year. The firm will
put in a new set of seed drawers and gal-
lery in the salesroom during the summer.

Charles N. Page, manager of the
Iowa Seed Company, of Des Moines, is
convalescing from a recent illness, and
« is planning a trip to Europe immediately
following the meeting of the American
Seed Trade Association.

The Mail Seed Trade at Rockfird.

The postmaster at Rockford, 111., is
said to have lodged a novel complaint
with the Postmaster General, based on
the amount of mail seed trade handled.
It is well understood that the depart-
ment grades postoffices according to
their receiptp. and in th's connection the
postmaster at Rockford calls attention
to the tons of matter bandied through
his ofiiee without adding one penny to
its receipts, for he says that the seeds-
men receive from their customers not
only enough stamps to prepay all their
own postage but enough to leave a sur-
plus for disposal to other concerns at a
trifling discount. The postmaster says
that this spring he has been paying out
$25,000 a week more for the redemption
of money orders than he has been receiv-
ing for those he fells and that the office
annuallv cancels thousands upon thou-
sands c f dollars worth of stamps it does
not sell. The postmaster claims that
Rockford ranks next to Philadelphia in
the amount of seeds mailed.

American Seed Trade Association.

The nineteenth annual meeting of the
American Seed Trade Association will be
held at Rochester, New York, June 11 to
13, at Powers' Hotel, where a special
rate of $3 to $4 per day will be made to
members.

Aside from routine business there will
be reports and discussions on expr. ss
and customs tariff, postal laws, remit-
tances and postage on seed catalogues.

legislation, weights and measures,
nomenclature and identification of veg-
etables, and experiment stations. The
question box will also be brought into
use each day. Papers on "Novelties,"
by W. J. Mandeville, Rochester; "Con-
tracts," by Alfred J. Brown, Grand Rap-
ids, and "Inconsistencies," by J. E.
Northrup, Minneapolis, are expected to
introduce highly practical discussions.

Among the papers scheduled to be read
is one on "Kaffir corn: How grown; its
uses." by A. G. Trumbull, Kansas City;
one by O. H. Dickinson, of Sprirgfield,
Mass., and one on celery and the diffi-
culties of a positive guarantee. It is
expected to arrange for a popular even-
ing session, open to the friends of mem-
bers, at wh ch C. L Allen, of Floral Park,
N Y., will elucidate certain "Facts Per-
taining to Plant Life and Growth."

and never should have been. They aver-
aged about one good head to a dozen •
plants. It is time that this wholesale
buying and distribution of old mixed
seed should be stopped. Perhaps the
amount appropriated could all be well
used in obtaining and sending out seeds
from varieties of home growing or from
other countries to be tested in variotiB
sections, but when a seed grower in thii
country gets something new and good
he can usually find a better way to dig-
tribute it than to sell to the Department
of Agriculture. — The Grape Belt.

The Government Seeds.

If one is gardening for fun, he may try
the garden seeds gent out by the Depart-
ment of .'Agriculture, and he may find
some pleasure and get some information
out of it. We know one gardener who
planted a lotof cabbage seed labeled with
the name of some new variety. He said
he had an opportunity when he har-
vested them to try the merits of all the
kinds that he had seen growing or
described in the catalogues during the
past fifty years, and some varieties that
he thought had never been in a catalogue

WiLLiAMSPORT, Pa — Evenden Broth-
ers lost 800 panes of glass during a hail
storm. May 15.

Greensburg, Ind.— Hedges & Clark
are adding two new houses to their
range, prospects being very bright with
them.

Bensenville, III— W. F. Duntemann
is adding largely to his range of glass,
building four new houses with a com-
bined glass area of 11,000 square feet.

Sacramento, Cal.— The annual floral
parade was an even greater success than
usual and one of the most tasteful vehi-
cles displayed was that of Mrs. H. 0.
Buckman, whose carriage was a big
willow basket filled with American
Beauty roses and mounted upon the
lightest of rubber tired running gear.

SPECIAL OFFER of CANNAS and BEGONIAS

CANNA ROBUSTA— Large, fine Bulbs now offered at one-half their value— $1.25 psr hundtsd;

$10,00 per thousand.

BEQONIAS — 'I'uberous-rooted single, fine lar!:re Bulbs in splendid condition in the followintrcolors
— pinli, white, yellow nnd scarlet at $1:75 per hundred; $lft.£0 por thousand.

Single Mixed— $1.60 per huDdred; $15.50 per thousand.

25 sold at too rate; 3.SI) ;Lt 1000 rate.

JOHNSON & STOKES.

217-219 Marhet Street, Phlladelpliia, Pa.

LIVISTONA SINENSIS

Fine fresh seeds in origi-

True Japanese variety; far superior to Latania Boibonica.
nal tin cans each containing ICOO seeds at |S.OO per can.

SUZUKI & IIDA, 31 Barclay Street, N. Y.

LILIUN
HSRRISII

"THE GOOD KIND"

WE control tho output of one of the most
I'xperienced and tiareful growers on the
Island and we claim our stock superior i<»
the "MIXED LOTB" usually suoplied.
Let us book your order now. 5-7 inch.
$12.50 per ICOO; 7-9 inch (scarce}, $itO.OJ per
lOOO. Write for prices on quantiiies.

VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE,

CHICAGO: New YORK:

84-86 Randolph Street. 14 Barclay Street.

ESTABLISHED 1802

T

'S

SEEDS

Just Arrived in Fine Condition

Gycas Revoluta Stems

ASSORTED 9IZE8.

PRICES: Single steins, lOo per pound; in 100
Jb. loi8, 9.5 per pound. Also fresh seeds of
PerlOCO fOOOandup.

Areca Lutescens $5.50 (" $S.OO

Kentia Belmoreana 4 50 (ni 4 OO

Kentia Forsteriana ...

J.IVI.THORBURN&CO.

(Lat« of IS John Street)

S6 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW VORS

Always mention the American Flo-
rist when writing to advertisers.

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^^^^ Sow Primula Seed Now

^/■'A^^' W^!"^^^^^^^ VAUQHAN'S INTERNATIONAL PRIMULA MIXTURE.

■/^^, T^^>»^i 7^ *," "^^s^ '^^ -^''^r^i|§I^^*^ This mixture is composed of tbe most salable colors of Single Flowering Chinese

^ j1- k.'^lHK -<W% . I'rimulas. the best whites, pinks and reds, with a sprinkling of other colors, enough to

^^jjlrlff ^^^^^iS ^^^'^ * large variety of colors, the most important shades predominatine. We have

. ~v ■-^r' '\\--'-^ ""TP^ i^^A^^ ^ :A^^^~^ taken special pains to make this mixture as complete as possible and uureseryedly

V . Tfe' J^' /%.' i <.j(fe-Cfc--< «L.J^M&. recommend it to evervone. Price for International Mixture, Pkt. of 260 setds, 60u; 5

-Utfc 1* 'SiMJi V ^TaB I -'v^^BfFS packets. 17S0 seeds, $2.00; Per 1-16 oz.,$i.50. 250 1000

-.^swx ■m--»T<^ ijr./ ^^ ■^jB^'ii ALB\, pure white $.50 $1.50

■a^ti^-^W'.'M iiwt , r >^WKSSiiJ CHISWICK RED. bright red SO 1.75

_^K, fVj^.J .«» **i»^i5^^BS KBRMESINA 5PLBNDbNS, crimson 5U 1.75

^f*. ,' JH^^* r^^n^^lr ■ •^V ALBA MAQNIFICA, snow white 50 1.70

.^ i«.k ii«-'.-»ir»» .-^^'f^Sj^ff^ J> PBACHBLOSSOIW, white with pink hue 60 1.70

'-^■•^iJtau'^c- jT^^^jAfei.: tX^^^'W^ BLUB, a clear sky-blue .... 50 1.70

t.;Jflrtrt NBW UPHIQHT DEEP VELVETY RED 50 1.70

>f -dt _Stir' '''- " " -W& ROSEA, a bright pink 33

I .^.Amrv -ur- " HBB'^^fc^w' V. -X:^^ MONT BLANC, large, pure milk-white 50

' t"?^ i'S^JSHC ^^^^*'*-iSS*8B*^ '■ STRIATA, white and lilac striped 35

■V / ^'^•^T^WgWiPs. uJuJnS^^^' ^SW: \"" ' VAUQHAN'S COLUMBIAN CINERARIA— It consists of a mixture made up by

, . ■J'vni'U^Mj^^^^ V;, \ ourselves of the choicest English, French and German strains and cannot be excelled

M L'^''^^Bta^^^^ -" ' I v\ N\ ' in variety- of colors, size, shape and substance of flowers and perfect health of plant.

*'M-»£^" ■ Trade pkt., (ICUO seeds). 50c; 3 pkts., .$I.2F).

^' ASPAR40LS PllMOSlS NANUS SEED. Si^sTB.fooaue^p'er IZ *'=

l/plinh;)n'C ^PPfl ^tftPP C"'CA00: 84-86 Randotph St.

TTPE0KV.,eHA^■s■UTKu..T.,.^.,. MixTt-K..- VdUyndll 5 JCCU OlUIC, NEW YORK: 14 Barclay St.

R. Van der Schoot & Son

WHOLESALE BULB GROWERS

^

Catalogue Now Ready.

Established 1839.

^ ^ jt HILLEGOM, HOLLAND.

WATERLILIES

Dreer's Aquatic Nurseries,

HEADQUAKTERS FOR

AQUATIC PUNTS OF ALL KINDS.

These miiy be planted during any
summer month, but June is best. We
furnish choice plants of Nymphaeas^
Tropical day and night floweriBg vari-
eties; Nelumbiums of all kinds, and
tin- Queen of Wiiter Lilies, the Vic-
toria, which should not be planted
out until last of June unless artificial
beat is supplied. We gladly give any
information desired, both as to plants
and construction of ponds, large or
small.

HENRY A. DREER,

I'hiladelphia, Pa.

ROEMER'S
Superb Prize Pansies

The finest strain of Pansies
in the World

INTRODUCER AND GROWER OF ALL THE
LEADING NOVELTIES.

Highest Award Inter. Exhibition at Ham-
burg, 1897. Catalogue free on application.

Fred. Boemer,

Seed Grower. QUEDLINBURG. GERMANY. ^

Sold Ox:it!

Our stock of younp Carnations is sold
out. Place your order now for Field Plants
for fall delivery. All the best varieties.

GEO. HANCOCK & SON,

Qrand Haven, Mich.

Boston Ferns.

Lartjest stock in America at $25 .ind $50 per 100.
Small plants $5 per 100, $40 per lOCO. Cut from
bench. 15,000 Geraniums. Double Petunias. 4-in.;
Alternantheras. 4-kincls-, Dracaena Indivisa, 6 and 7-
in.: Palms. Kentias. Cocos. Latania. Asparagus Plu-
mosus Nanus and Sprengeri. 4-in.

L It. rOSIER, 45 King St., Dorchester, Mass.
THE AMERICAN FLORIST'S

^ COLOR CHART

ll now aocept«<] bm the atandard In prepulng oolo

deMnpUona. by many f orelen hoiuet ai

well ai In Amerloa.

PRICE 15 CENTS POSTPAID.

AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 322 Deirborn St. Chicago

PLANTS TO CLOSE OUT

Per 100

5,000 Geraniums, raise J, 2V4-in $ 1.50

1000 " Jean Viaud, 3 in lO.OO

3.000 Marguerites, white, 3-in 2.00

2000 " •■ 254-in 1.25

7,000 Cijar Plants, 2W-in 1.25

7,000 Sedum Variegatum, 2!4-in 1.25

5,000 California Moss, 2!4-in 1.25

1,000 " New Ice Plant, 2>4-in 5.C0

10,000 Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, Hats $ 2.00

1,000 ■• " " 3-in 5.0)

The above Plants are in A No. 1 condition: 5 plants at 100 rate. Cash.

THE MO BBIS FIiOBAI. CO., Morris, III.

CANNAS

Per 100

5.000 Geraniums, mixed, 3-in 5.00

1.000 Mangolds, cream color, flats 50

5,0(0 Nasturtiums, dwarf, also tall, 2H-in.. l.OO

1,000 Dracana Indivisa. fine, 4!4-in 15.00

3,000 Lobelias. Crystal Palace Gem 1.50

8,000 Smilax, 2!4-in 1.50

5,000 Chini'se Primulas, 2;-4-inoh 2.00

1,000 Pink and Red Alternantheras, 2f4-iu. 2.00
100,000 Cabbage Plants, Flat Dutch, $J.OO per 1000.

Strong 4-in. Plants. Bur-
bank, riorence Vaughan,

Chas. Henderson ana Paul Bruant,$6uu per

luu; J45.UO per lOCO.

C^.^^^^a! Stron-2/, in. plants, $3.00
^lliellKeil per 100; $i5per lOun; 4-in.,
W|«IWII^WII $6 per lOO; »55 per 1000.

Robt. F. TeSSOn. west Forest Park. St. LoUiS, Mo.

Fleaie mention the American Florist when writing.

CANNAS

Martha WaBtiington, Cloriosa,
Rosemawr, Philadelphia,

Duke of Marlborough,

and 50 other varieties. Write for list.

The Conafd & Jones Co. ^^'\'r^-

Please mentwn the American Florist when writing.

1562

The American Florist.

Ju ne

The (;luR5ERY Tr^de.

AM. ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN.

Theo. J. Smith, Pres. ; N. W. Hale, Vice-Pres.;
George C. Seaqeb. Rochester. N. Y.. Seo'y.

Twenty-sixth annualconvention, Niagara Falls,
N. Y., June 12-14, 1901.

The park board of Des Moioes, la.,
will expend about $13,000 in planting
on the river front this fall.

Nelson Bogdb, of Batavia, N. Y , ia
building new service buildings to replace
those destroyed by fire last September.

Fall business is opening up well with
most nurserymen with prospects of
unusually heavy deliveries for that sea-
son.

The park commissioners of Nashville.
Tenn., offer to defray the expense of
improvirg the customs house grounds if
the Treasury Department will give its per-
mission.

International Society of Arboriculture.

The Indiana Forestry Association has
accomplished so much tor forestry
throoghout the country during the
period of its existence that it has become
necessary to give it a title more in line
with the scope of its work, hence the
change in name to the International
Society of Arboriculture, organized at
Connersville, Ind , May 25, 1901. Dr.
C. A. Schenck, of Bill more, N. C, was
chosen vice-president; John P. Brown, of
Connersville, Ind , secretary and treas-
urer, and the Hon. J. Sterling Morton,
of Nebraska City, Neb., was nominated
for the presidency.

Desirable Antumn Bloomers.

* When is a shrub not a shrub? When
it is a desmodium, for then it ia herba-
ceou", but it pushes up from the base so
shrub like that it has come to' be classed
as one, and is handled by many nursery-
men, and catalogued as a shrub. The
most desirable species are Desmodium
penduliflorum, or Lespedeza Sieboldi, as
it should properly be catalogued, and D.
Japonicnm (Lespedeza Japonica) which
is very like the former, perhaps a botani-
cal form of it, but flowering one or two
weeks later and distinct for horticultural
purpose.". D. penduliflorum bears rose-
colored flowers, while those of D. Japoni-
cum are white. Each blooms in Septem-
ber and October, when few shrubs are in
flower, and they are hardy in as rigor-
ous a climate as that of central New
England. The flowers are in long
racemes and their late bloom is very
desirable. The plants are of easiest
culture, usually increased by division of
the clumps. D. penduliflorum is easily
increased by greenwood cuttings under
glass. Strorg plants may usually be
obtained of nurserymen and wholesale
ptantsmen at from 25 cents to 50 cents
each. They will attain good size with
age.

The Fatal Bloom On Fruit.

Schnirer reports the result of an exam-
ination showing the danger of eatirg
fruit without first washing it. While at
work one day in Weichselbaum's labor-
atory he sent for some grapes to eat.
The fruit had been kept in a basket out-
side the laboratory and was covered
with dust, so that the water in which it
was washed was black. On examining
this Schnirer reflected that inasmuch as
the neighboring street was traversed by

consumptive patients going to the clinic
the dust might contam tubercle bacilli,
and to settle this he injected into three
guineap'gs ten c. c. of the water in which
the grapes had been washed. One
animal died in two days, the others died
on the forty-eighth and fifty-eighth days
Ttspectivelj', the latter presenting marked
tuberculous lesions, especially at the
place of injection. The water in which
the grapes had been washed was taken
from the faucet, and the glass containing
it had been sterilized; n«ither the boy
who brought the grapes nor the mer-
chant who sold them was consumptive.
This danger was ri cognized long ago by
Pasteur. One day at a large family din-
ner he called the attention of those pres-
ent to the danger of imbibing germs
while eating fruit, and to impress the
necessity- of caution upon his hearers,
washed his bunch of grapes in a glass of
water. After he had finished the grapes
and forgotten his little speech, being
thirsty, he drank from the glass in which
the grapes had be»n washed, thereby
rousing much merriment amongst the
irreverent youngsters present. — Medical
Record.

Evansville, Ind.

PROSPEROUS TIMES FOR THE TRADE IN
ALL LINES.— MDCH BUILDING GOLNG ON.
— SOME CHANGES.

The past season has been one of excep-
tional prosperity for the florists here,
and John Hubbard & Co. report similar
conditions in the seed trade. - Bedding
stock has been g6od and is now well
cleaned up at good prices. Many changes
are now under way in the various green-
house establishments, some ipaking
extensive additions and others rebuild-
ing and thoroughly overhauling their
premises.

Wm. Blackman has given up the store
at 302 Main street and located at 402

on the same thoroughfare, where he has
much more roomy and attractive quar-
ters. Mr. Blackman is building three
new houses, each 20x125 feet, at the
lOacre place on Slaughter avenue.
When these are completed the downtown
greenhouses will give way to business or
residence buildirgs.

Julius Niednagel has purchased the
greenhouses of J. D. Carmody, which
have been rented to him during the past
fifteen years, and will move them to a
piece of property which he has acquired
about half a mile farther one on Lincoln
avenue.

Henry Seymour is adding two new
houses to his establishment on Read
street.

St. Joseph, Mo.

FLORISTS PRC^TEST AGAINST PBACIICES OF
PARK PEOPLE. — THREATEN LEGAL MEAS-
URES —TAXPAYERS GIVE SUPPORT.

L. J. Stuppy and other florists of this
city have served notice on the park com-
missioners that they will appeal to the
courts for an injunction to prevent the
board distributing large quantities of
flowers from the public parks. The flo-
rists say this is very detrimental to their
business. Many taxpayers have joined
them and are demanding that the park
commission quitsquanderingthe people's
money in this fashion. The annual
apportionment ordinance is now before
the municipal assembly and an increase
of $1,500 is asked for park improvement
and extension. ' This is being vigorously
fought by those who object to the loose
methods of the park board.

Lynn, Mass. — At the meetin? of the
Houghton Horticultural Society Monday
evening. May 20, E. F. Dwyer read a
paper entitled "Something about the
Garden," which was followed by a pro-
lific discussion.

Roses

The Kind that Grow and Bloom

COOL GROWN,
INSPECTION CORDIALLY INVITED.

Brides and Maids

Per ICO, |3. 50. Per ICOO, $30.00.

Liberty per 100, ^s.oo. RQSEMERE CONSERVATORIES

From
2^°inch pots.

Cash.

LAWRENCE COTTE", MQR.

DORCHESTER, MASS.

NORWAY MAPLES

3 TO 4 INCHES CALIPER,
14 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT.

We have a fine block of 2000 trees that have been grown 6 feet apart,
■ perfect specimens with good heads and perfectly straight trunks.
ANDORRA NURSERIES, William Warner Harper, Prop.,

CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA, P*.

'i»"oTHEMOOH

Company

For f Trees, Shrubs, Vines,
Your I and Small Fruits.

Descriptive Illnstrated Catalogue Free.
THE WM. H. MOON CO..
Morrisville, Pa.

Maples ='•

From 1 to 3-incli calirer, also one-
year seedlings. Write for price list

SAMUEL C. MOON.

Morrisville, Bucks Co., Pa.

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^ ELECTROS... 4 ■

For Catalogue Purposes.

WE have a large assortment of
strictly high-class halftones of
which we can supply electros suitable
for catalogue illustration. If you need
anything in this way, state your re-
quirements and we will submit jToofB
of the illustrations in stock
Price for cash only 15 cents per squarfl inch.

THE AMERICAN flORIST CO., ♦

324 Dearborn St.. CHICAGO. X

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The American Florist.

1563

mmm bros. co.

WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS

And Dealers
All Kinds

iTf Florists' Supplies.

42 and 44 East Randolph Street.

CHICAGO. ILL.

■^ ^v ^\ v~ ^\ We believe In shitting

I I ■ A W ^T" ^ young Roses often. All

1/ I I ^ I ^ stock oHered in 2V,-\n.

W\\ Fill XW pots has been shifted

from 2-in., and is equal

to most stock advertised as 3-in., and when we

send it out it is well established.

Let us know your wants.

2 and 2 l-2-in. Stock is Fine.

VARIETIES GROWN iw

Meteors LaFrancft President Curnot

Brides A. V. Kaiseriu Golden Gate

Maids WoottoDS American Beauties

Per.es Belle Siebrecht Liberty

CARNATIONS.

R.C. and2-in. Bradt, Crocker, .Toostand McGowan.

R. C.'COLEUS.

Mixed, VerschafTeltii, Golden Bedder, Yellow
Queen, etc ENGLISH IVY.

3V4. 3 and 1-inch pots.
GERANIUMS. Red and pink in S-in.
A few thousand SP:^E^?f O-E^ICX,
ready for 2-inch pots.
Special in WOOTTON ROSES, 2Vi-in., ready to
plant in beds. Write

GEO, ft. KUHL, Pekin. III.

PANSIES

Cold Frame Plants, in bud and
bloom, $1.50 per 100. No. 1 stoik.
Cash with order.
E. B. JENNINGS, Grower of tbe Finest Pansies,
Tjork Rot 254 Southport, ConD.

■ /ifNolLO RAISING

Small Plants All Sold.

CHRISTIAN SOLTAU.

Crant Avenun. JERSEY CITV. N. J.

Circulation

which

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The actual paid circulation of the
American Florist is, we believe, the
largest in its class. The contents
are of real present value and are
preserved for r<'.ference. Advertisers

who use regularly our columns estab-

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j ROSE PLANTS. |

3 The American Beauty Plants which we

I offer in 3-inch pots at $8 per 100 and

I $75 per 1000 are particularly good value;

I the best to be found in the country. ^

American Beauty $6.00

Bridesmaid 2.75

Bride 2.75

Meteor 2.75

ii i=a=iivcn

100 1000

$55.00
2:-..0il
25.00
25.00

100 inoo

Liberty , $10.00 JSO.CO

GoldenGate 2.75 25.00

Perle 2.75 25.00

Kaiserin 2.75 25ru0

KK) lOCO
American Beauty J8.O0 $75.00

Meteor -1.00

Bridesmaid 4.0D

35.00
35.10

F»o*rs.

100 icoo

Bri'le $4.00 »?5.C0

GoldenGate 4.00 35 00

All stock sold under the condition that if not satisfactory it is to be returned immediately,
when money will be refunded.

PETER REINBERG,

51

Wabash Ave..

Chicago, 111.

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